• How Rising Star Outreach helps people with leprosy in India

  Sally Read’s lecture about Rising Star Outreach was very interesting.  Rising Star is a growing non-profit that serves the needs of those with leprosy.  About half (55%) of all lepers on record live in India in dirty conditions. There are about 700 colonies of lepers in India.   Interesting facts about lepers From Sally’s lecture I learned several important lessons about [...]

  

• 5 Financial reasons why families move to Australia

  Here’s a list of financial reasons your family might want to move to Australia. Why move to Australia? Reason #1- All full-time jobs for Australian adults are at a livable wage.  While the minimum wage in America tends to be around $7-8/hour, it’s close to double that (around $15/hour) in Australia. Reason #2- There aren’t as many slums in Australia as in [...]

  

• 8 Differences will help Google’s Chromebook Pixel gain market share

  The Chromebook Pixel is going to revolutionize the laptop market.  I believe within 5 years Google laptops will occupy a large portion of the laptop market. When Google announced the first editions of the Google Chromebook (I have a $250 Chromebook and love it), consumers thought it was cool, but for serious techies a Mac or Windows device was the [...]

  

• 13 Interesting facts about the Mayo Clinic

  The Mayo Clinic is a major leader in the health care industry.  Here’s some interesting trivia that provides insight into why the clinic has seen such incredible success and growth. Interesting facts about the Mayo Clinic How did the Mayo Clinic become so popular? While the Mayo Clinic does not have much paid advertisements, it gains its patients primarily through [...]

  

• How to estimate your longevity

  How to calculate how old you will live to be for most Americans is quite simple. Though statistics are not exact, they can provide a good estimate of how long you will live to be according to your lifestyle. Here are guidelines you can use to estimate your longevity. Estimating how long you will live A healthy lifestyle If you [...]

  

• 4 Healthy habits from Gordon B. Hinckley’s life

  Gordon B. Hinckley didn’t get to 97 out of luck.  The reasons Pres. Hinckley lived to 97 can be attributed to his healthy lifestyle. Here are four specific things President Hinckley did to maintain good health. 4 Healthy habits from Gordon B. Hinckley’s life Each day in the morning President Hinckley would perform cardio exercise for at least 15-30 minutes (treadmill or stationary bicycle). [...]

  

• 11 Benefits of Hospice for Terminally Ill

  For the terminally ill, one of the hardest things to cope with is not necessarily the sickness they have, but coping with the treatments doctors and others put on them.  For patients who have cancer, often the treatments are more hard to endure than the cancer itself. Hospice is a lesser-known option for terminally ill patients.  Hospice allows those who [...]

  

• Kenneth Cooper’s contributions to health and fitness

  Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper introduced the concept of aerobics to the world.  Though aerobic exercises have existed since the beginning of man, it wasn’t until Kenneth Cooper that aerobics became popular. Here are some contributions Dr. Cooper made to the world of health and fitness. 7 Contributions Kenneth Cooper made to health and fitness He proved wrong the false notion [...]

  

• How food stamps may contribute to obesity

  Some people link using food stamps to obesity.  Let me explain some logic behind this thinking. Why using food stamps may lead to more obesity U.S. food stamps are quite generous and often provide enough food money to buy junk food.  A young family with three children might get by on $300-400 of groceries each month and prepare their own [...]

  

• Prevalence of obesity in the USA in 1990, 2000 and 2010

  Over the last 20 years the prevalence of obesity in the USA has grown dramatically.  Here are some growth trends of obesity in the United States. American obesity in 1990, 2000 and 2010 1990. In 1990 10 states in the U.S. had less than a 10% obesity prevalence. No single state had more than 15%  of people who were obese. [...]

  

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FamilySearch.org indexes billionth record

Today FamilySearch announced they indexed the billionth record!  It took about seven years to complete the goal (FamilySearch indexing began in September 2006).  To congratulate volunteers FamilySearch is giving away a free download of an indexing badge. The badge says “A billion records.  A billion stories.  Thanks a billion.  FamilySearch.org” Anyone interested in helping FamilySearch begin their second billion records, [...]

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