AND I QUOTE

"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar."-Abraham Lincoln

HOW MUCH SALT IS TOO MUCH? NOT ENOUGH?

Experts have long blamed excessive salt in the American diet for rising rates of heart disease, high blood pressure, and kidney disorders. But too little salt can be a bad thing, too, says a new Institute of Medicine report. “Lowering sodium intake too much may actually increase a person’s risk of some health problems,” study author Brian Strom tells CBSNews.com.  (click below to read more)

OPENING A SUBMERGED SODA

NOW YOU KNOW

In 2011, 1.65 million American households—including 3.55 million children—were living on less than $2 per person per day, placing them below the World Bank’s average poverty line for developing countries.
WashingtonPost.com

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DOING GOOD

A restaurant owner in Albuquerque, N.M., discovered this week that one good deed deserves another. Back in the late ’90s, a teenage customer at Claus Hjortkjaer’s restaurant Le Café Miche took a date for a Valentine’s dinner but found himself $40 short when the check came. Hjortkjaer discreetly took care of it and told the teen to repay him one day. That day came this week, when the patron wandered into the restaurant and handed his old benefactor a $100 bill for the check, plus interest. “Sometimes it pays off to be a nice guy,” said Hjortkjaer.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EVERYTHING

If you’re one of the more than 10 million Americans who are color blind, theEnChroma Cx-D or Cx-PT sunglasses could change your life. Creator Don McPherson, who holds a Ph.D. in glass science, stumbled upon the concept when a color-blind friend borrowed laser-operator safety goggles one day to play ultimate Frisbee. McPherson discovered that the goggles allowed his friend to distinguish colors because the lenses isolated color wavelengths, keeping reds and greens from blurring into brown. The EnChroma lens “applies the same idea” but refines it, and comes in stylish aviator or Buddy Holly–style frames.
$599, enchroma.com
Source: Popular Mechanics

I SAYATH TO YOU

MEETING PROGRAM MAY 30, 2013

Madison County (Illinois) Veterans' Treatment Court Case Manager Nicolette Watson explains the services that are available via the court sponsored program. For additional information LINK HERE

THE WORLD'S LARGEST FLAG

An aerial picture shows the huge flag on the Clinceni airfield, south of Bucharest. Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/AP

A Romanian village has unfurled what is the largest flag ever made, according to Guinness World Records.

It took 200 people several hours to roll out the flag, which measured about 349 x 227 metres (1,145 x 744.5ft) , about three times the size of a football field, according to Jack Brockbank, an adjudicator for Guinness World Records who measured the flag before pronouncing it the biggest flag in the world. (click below to read more)

TODAY IN HISTORY

MAY 31

1790

The first U.S. Copyright Law was enacted, protecting books, maps, and other original materials.

1889

Heavy rains caused the South Fork Dam to collapse, sending 20 million tons of water into Johnstown, Pa. Over 2,200 people were killed and the town was nearly destroyed.

1911

The hull of the Titanic was launched in Belfast. At the ceremony, a White Star Line employee claimed, “Not even God himself could sink this ship.”

1961

South Africa became an independent republic.

1962

Former Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel.

1970

An earthquake in Peru left more than 50,000 dead.

2004

Alberta Martin, 97, one of the last widows of a U.S. Civil War veteran, died. She had married Confederate veteran William Martin in 1927 when she was 21 and he was 81.

2010

Nine people are dead after an Israeli navy commando attacks a flotilla of cargo ships and passenger boats on their way to Gaza to provide aid and supplies for the area.

AND I QUOTE

“Too often man handles life as he does the bad weather. He whiles away the time as he waits for it to stop.”-Alfred Polgar