This Past Week Was A Blur....

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We had both sides of the family over for a big egg hunt and a delicious ham dinner. This Easter was beautiful, but felt a little different this year.
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The northeast was hit hard by 2 large rain storms in March, the biggest one was last Tuesday with over 8 inches of rain. The rivers, lakes and ponds couldn't handle the amount of water from the first storm, so 8 inches just sent them over the edge.
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Here in Rhode Island several towns are devastated. We live in the southern part of the state which was hit pretty hard when the river broke it's banks in several sections of town...some parts are still under water. We've had the Governor and the head of Homeland Security here to inspect the damages, especially the bridges that were weakened by the rush of the water. People have been evacuated and can't get back into their homes. The town was without power because a substation was under 8 feet of water. Thankfully our power company built a temporary one to get the town back on line.
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We were very lucky and only had 2 inches of water in our basement. The water was coming in through the cement floor from the high water table. It was just a matter of pumping it out and my poor husband using a shop vac for 2 straight days. We are very experienced at floods...remember our past 5 (yes 5!) floods with "Father Nature". Father Nature, for those of you who don't remember or who are new to my blog, is my very forgetful 86 year old father who lives with us. He has left sinks on for hours, broken dishwashers and over-stuffed washing machines. We are very experienced with water and floods!!!
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These pictures below are not mine. They are from the Internet. There are so many videos too, but I thought theses were just incredible.
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This first shot is a section of Route 95, which is a major highway from Maine to Florida. Several sections were closed for a few days. The buildings to the right and left of the highway are under water.


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This next shot is a section of track that Amtrak and Acela travel on from Boston to New York and DC.
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These last pictures are the most shocking with just the sheer magnitude of water. This mall is about 30 miles north of us. I just saw a report on this evenings news that today was the first time they were able to enter and see the damage inside. There was 2 feet of water throughout the entire mall...from Macy's to Target...one end to the other.

Many people have lost their homes, businesses and their jobs. Please keep them in your prayers and send good thoughts this way that this beautiful weather we've had these past few days is here to stay.

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Take care,

~Karen~

Chocolate Reduce Stroke Risk

Jakarta - The consumption of chocolate, snacks favored by many people, every day in small amounts was able to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke about 40%.

German researchers studied 20,000 people over eight years by sending a few questions about their diet and eating habits. Researchers found that those who consume six grams of chocolate per day, about one bar of chocolate, 39% had a lower risk of a heart attack or stroke. These observations are published in European Heart Journal, Tuesday (30 / 3).

Previous studies said that consumption of dark chocolate in small amounts is good for you. But this is the first study showing the impact of chocolate consumption in the long term.

Researchers assume that the element "Flavonol" contained in chocolate that causes this. Flavonols were also found in vegetables and red wine, helps as well as expanding the blood so muscles work to help lower blood pressure.

"It's actually too early to recommend people consume more chocolate. But this is expected to be better than the people's choice of consumption of sugar or high-fat snacks," said Brian Buijsse, head of research epidemologis nutrients from Germany Institute of Human Nutrition, in Nuthetal, Germany.

Research subjects from Buijsse and his colleagues have characteristics had no history of heart problems, has a similar habit of having a heart risks such as smoking and heavy exercise, and weight index did not vary.

Since research is usually only observed and did not give them chocolate to find out the effects of early, researchers noticed that most observation even eliminate the possible impact of chocolate on the body. This research was funded by the German government and European Union.
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Eye Diseases Cure in Infants

Cure Eye Diseases in baby's eyes based on my personal experiences during the child (my first child) aged 5 days, then little hard to open his eyes when waking from sleep and the sound of her crying made me uneasy. after I check and see it because his eyes were red and watery eyes of a lot of shit around the eyelids, which causes him to cry.

that time I had time to panic, understand that their first child, but my mother wisely and to calm my dear mother told me, eye diseases drug that according to experience, when our parenting as a child, is to shed a little breast milk into the eyes of the child.

Alhamdulillah after the way it was done gradually eye diseases disappeared and our kids did not cry anymore when he opened his eyes when I wake to sleep and sore eyes were missing.

For that to know is the eye disease symptoms of your child. because the eye disease symptoms is very important to your baby.

Breadfruit as a food alternative, instead of rice

Preliminary

Breadfruit is an alternative food crop in Indonesia since 1920, which at first was not widely grown crop of people, but it is now quite popular because it can make a variety of diverse foods made from breadfruit for example: fried breadfruit, breadfruit getuk, compote breadfruit, breadfruit cake, noodles breadfruit, breadfruit klepon, dodol breadfruit, breadfruit balls, breadfruit and raw materials apem Pek empek maker (special food Palembang) and others. Because with breadfruit flour made food so this show is very beneficial for human life.

Now this was much sought breadfruit seedlings to plant communities, because their power is relatively easy cultivation, fruit production is good and beneficial fruit can be consumed for a variety of food and fruit prices are favorable and there are many other advantages that make the public appeal because of breadfruit can make alternative meals instead of rice. Therefore Breadfruit plant uses a lot of the benefits mentioned above are in such areas of Cilacap, known as breadfruit production centers in Indonesia, which according to his upcoming history of Bawean breadfruit.

It was only in 1983 by the "Department of Agriculture Cilacap District" began to popularize the breadfruit plants, and the famous bald breadfruit breadfruit as a prima donna national is the main crop that was developed to other areas. At the breadfruit bald finally managed to lift the name of Cilacap, so no wonder if the local government to make breadfruit Cilacap bald as a mascot for the region.
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Papaya efficacy for malaria drug

Yesterday, I once wrote about the efficacy of papaya fruit to smooth bowel movements, today I'll write about the properties of its leaves are very good to cure malaria fever. way is quite easy:

First, take a grip of the hand of papaya leaves, then washed with water. Then papaya leaves were ground into powder. After that papaya is already filled in the soft clean cloth to extract the water is squeezed out and taken away.

Secondly, water, juice papaya juice was drunk, see the results if a fever within 12 hours we or the patient is still high, may be repeated again drank the juice.

If that is too high fever and chills that never cease, I suggest you take to bring to the doctor as soon as possible. because the disease "malaria fever" is very dangerous.

Soursop leaves and Lime betel, efficacious medicine for children stomach pain

When our children are abdominal pain, to treat wind we usually use oil, but there is one more ancient secrets to treat abdominal pain of our children is by using soursop leaf that has been mixed whiting [Lime betel], how:

Take a few strands of soursop leaf, then this leaf with betel leaf smeared.

then soursop leaf that has been smeared in chalk was rubbed gently on the child's abdomen.

Then the leaf was buffed-calf pads are also in the second leg of the child starts from the bottom up slowly.

Hopefully in the near future the child's abdominal pain will disappear.

Hopefully useful

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6 Best Nutrition for Pregnant Women

For pregnant women in consuming foods that must be considered are: vitamins and minerals, because it is important for their own health and the fetus. The nutrients needed during pregnancy include:

1. Proteins, very large role in producing blood cells.

2. Carbohydrates, the body the energy needed for daily life.

3. Calcium, in the pregnancy, calcium is important to help the growth of the baby.

4. Iron, is very important in helping the process of cell production of red blood cells, primarily to prevent anemia.

5. Folic acid, based on several findings of health experts, pregnant women folic acid deficiency greater the risk of miscarriage or damage to the fetus.

6. Fat, for pregnant women, big fat benefits for the body's energy reserves, so that the body intermittently does not feel tired. Conectique.com)

IMPORTANT NUTRITION DURING PREGNANCY

With increasing content of their age, the nutritional needs of pregnant women will increase, especially after entering the second trimester of pregnancy. Because at that time, the rapid growth of the fetus took place - especially the development of the brain and nervous system - and requires optimal nutrition.

Necessary nutrients are:

1. Carbohydrate and fat as a source of energy to produce the substance of calories can be obtained from cereals, tubers.

2. Protein as a source of building materials can be obtained from meat, fish, eggs and nuts.

3. As a regulator of mineral substances can be obtained from fruits and vegetables - vegetables.

4. Vitamin B complex is useful for maintaining the nervous system, muscles and heart to function normally. Can be found in cereals, seeds - grains, beans, green vegetables, ragi, eggs and dairy products.

5. Vitamin D is useful for bone growth and formation of your baby. Source found in fish liver oils, egg yolk and milk.

6. Vitamin E useful for the formation of red blood cells healthy. Eat grains institutions mainly wheat, pulses, vegetable oil and green vegetables.

7. Folic acid is useful for the development of the nervous system and blood cells, are scattered on the dark green vegetables such as spinach, cauliflower and broccoli. In fruits, folic acid found in oranges, bananas, carrots and tomatoes. The need for folic acid during pregnancy is 800 mcg per day, especially in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Folic acid deficiency can disrupt the formation of the brain, until the defects in the central nervous system and brain of the fetus.

8. Iron required pregnant women to avoid anemia, many are in green vegetables (like spinach, kale, cassava leaves, papaya leaves), meat and liver.

9. Calcium, needed for the growth of fetal bones and teeth, and to protect pregnant women from osteoporosis, if calcium is not provided for pregnant women, the lack of calcium will be taken from the mother's bones. Other calcium sources are green vegetables and beans. We have the best of calcium obtained from milk and processed products. Milk also contains many vitamins, such as vitamins A, D, B2, B3, and vitamin C. (conectique.com)

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