Friday, 25 February 2011

The Way to Lose Weight

The author of the acclaimed “Mucusless diet Healing System”, Prof Arnold Ehret once said “If one way is true...it is the way of Nature!” It will be an understatement to say he was and is so correct.

In this day and age when everyone desires to be slim or slimmer as the case may be, only very few people know that one sure-fire, all natural, method can lead to a slimmer and more importantly healthier person.

This method is as old as the mountains and is known as Fasting.

It is by far a greater cure of our ills-both physical and mental-than all of the drugs of the medical fraternity combined and when combined with an exclusive mucus-binding (alkaline forming) diet of mainly fruits, leafy and root vegetables (raw and cooked) and even basic exercises that involve the use of one’s own body weight for resistance such as Yoga, Calisthenics and pilates, a well conducted fast can reap untold benefits for those seeking to lose weight.

There are several types of fasts that can be beneficial for weight loss.

1. The complete water fast: This, admittedly, should be conducted with extreme caution or in a specialized sanitarium if undertaken more than 3 days.
2. The Juice Fast: This is much easier for the general populace and can be undergone as long as you feel like it.
3. The Fruit Fast: This, well, is really not a fast per se…but when one lives exclusively on SEASONAL ORGANIC fruits for days on end…meaning mono meals (2 at the most ) of only one kind of fruit say Apples in Fall, Melons in summer for a week plus, you will be bound to see the benefits.
4. The Dry Fast: This is another camouflaged fast where one consumes ONLY dry fruits such as dates; figs etc for 3 days or thereabout and then breaks the fast with a laxative. Though highly praised in some quarters, it’s not so common.

The second and third choices are by far my personal recommendations for those seeking to lose weight. A friend of mine tried the second choice after months of badgering and was able to eventually see the awesome cuts in his abdominal cavities. You should have heard him exclaim on the phone to me: “Foras…I got a six-pack man…and I didn’t even do no sit-ups…!” Moreover, his supposed hereditary red-eyes cleared up after several eye-doctors had told him it was just a genetic trait…yeah, right!

Being radical in nature, it must be undertaken with care and although I have covered it in chapter 17 of my e-book “fitness: inside and out”, do feel free to do some research before undertaking a fast or a restricted fruit diet.

Here are a few tips:
1. Prepare yourself for a fast by gradually tapering off of acid-forming aka “junk foods and commence to consuming raw and cooked fruits and veggies to begin a milder cleansing process as these items are the best intestinal brooms for the colon.
2. Every now and again, 3 hours after supper and say an hour or so before retiring to sleep, drink an herbal tea laxative such as “Smooth Move Herbal Tea” during this preparatory stage.
3. Drink 1-2 quarts of unflavored lemonade in the mornings to balance the chemical reactions within the body and to restore it to an alkaline state.
4. Be mentally prepared for the task ahead of fasting.
5. Take things a little easier while fasting or on a mono-diet of fruit.
6. Avoid using microwaves at all costs. I touched on this subject in the free section on controlling acne in my site.

Though not a conclusive list of the dos and don’ts of fasting be well informed that when undertaken properly, you’d not only lose the undesired weight, but you’d be well on your way to a cleaner and better you in no time.

For weight loss, Fasting, my friends is the ‘fastest’ way to improved health!





 http://www.bodyhealthsoul.com

Sunday, 20 February 2011

Sugarcane

Sugarcane: A Classic Example of Contract Farming


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Written and Photos by Tipakson Mapati, Prachadhrama News Net and Siriluk Sriprasit, Localtalk
Translated by Tipakson Manpati
Sugarcane is not only an important raw material for sugar industry. Nowadays it is more important concerning production of Ethanol fuel. The Ethanol is another means toward energy’s security improvement that many countries all over the world are focusing on, especially when the price of fossil fuel is soaring and will be exhausted from the earth by decades.
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In the Northeastern Thailand, sugarcane has been promoted by the government as a commercial field crop for 30-40 years. Numerous rice farmers began cultivating sugarcane as their extra earnings. Throughout decades, the farmers have diminished and expanded sugarcane fields from time to time, depending on the force of government’s policy and market demands. However, only few numbers of farmers who cultivate sugarcane for the factory have succeeded or become a wealthy. Meanwhile, several of them are caught in a trap of debt that hardly to disengage.
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Moreover, it is worrisome that supporting bio-fuel plantation without specific framework and appropriate procedure of land management will corrode capacity of the self-reliance on food of the farmers.
According to our fieldwork studies on sugarcanes cultivating of the farmers in Dong Dib village, Pontong district, Roi Et province. The studies found that the government’s policy in promoting bio-fuel plantation for Ethanol producing is a key factor that increases the demand of villagers in cultivating sugarcane. Moreover, sugar factory nearby the village also launched a price motivation strategy actuating farmers in expand sugarcane cultivation into the rice fields and orchard fields. Besides, dry evergreen forest-the nature food resource of the community, such as vegetable, indigenous herbs, mushrooms, and etc, is to be concerned that bio-Ethanol plants will invade it in the near future.
The country’s area of Thailand is 320 million Rai (1 Acer = 2.2 Rai). The land can be categorized into agriculture area 131 million Rai and it divided into the area of 15 main plants by the definition of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative as follow: Corn, Green bean, Cassava, Sugarcane, Sunflower, Soybean, Peanut, Palm Oil Trees, Onion, Garlic, Durian, Pineapple, Coffee trees, and Rubber trees, covering 41 million Rai.The area of the Northeastern is 105.5 million Rai. It is categorized into agriculture area 37.43 million Rai. In comparison, the totaling area of sugarcane cultivating in the country is 6 million Rai while the Northeast has 2.65 million Rai.
Source: Biothai Foundation
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Diminish Rice Field to Cultivate Sugarcane: Hopeful or Risk?
Many farmers hope that commercial plant that government has been promoting such as sugarcane will increase their earnings. Conversely, agriculture procedure needed quite a big cost of investment. The farmers do not earn even benefits and some have faced deficit that trap them into debt, causing effect and deterioration to health, mentality and environment.
Mr. Pongsiri Srikammueng, Village chief of Dongdib, Pontong district, Roi Et province says that the village habitation is 153 households. The habitation area is 4,655 Rai that can be divided into:
1. Rice fields (highland and lowland rice fields) 1,655 Rai
2. Field crops (sugarcane and cassava) 1,892 Rai
3. Orchard fields such as mangoes and longans (the area is not mentioned) and
4. Others, such as public land, forest, and water sources (the area is not mentioned)
Since 2006, both highland and lowland rice fields have been decreasing because villagers have expanded cultivating sugarcane and cassava in the rice fields, totaling 100 Rai.
“Since 2006, the sugar factory has subsidized farmers to expand sugarcane cultivating in the rice fields. Sugarcane cultivators are subsidized 500 Baht/Rai/ head. In addition, in 2007 the factory displayed billboards of sugarcane-selling price tendency that it will reach to 1,000 Baht/ton. This helps encouraging villagers become interested in sugarcane cultivating for the cultivating season during 2006/2007. However, when the harvest time comes, the sugar factory purchased the sugarcane only 800/ton” Pongsiri said.
Cultivating sugarcane and cassava in the rice fields are clearly divided into 2 parts. Sugarcane is cultivated in lowland rice fields because it has long trunk which length around 3 meters, so it bears in flood for approximately 1 week. On the other hands, cassava is cultivated in highland rice fields because it is not suitable for damped-soil.
Pongsiri adds that most of the rice field in the village is located in lowland where has flood every year, during August-September for 7-10 days. Therefore, growing rice in lowland has a unique pattern. The farmers usually preparing rice seed bedding for 2 times. The first rice seed bedding is in May and then farmers will begin transplant it during May-June. The second rice bedding began before August, in order to prepare young rice plant for re-transplant the rice that is dead from the flood. The farmers will re-transplant the rice after the flood gone, around October and then harvest it in early new year.
“Many rice farmers might feel that growing rice in lowland has many things to manage, while the rice output is not much. Especially today’s family expenses are high, so the villagers who own the rice field in lowland have turned to cultivate sugarcane instead because they think it should bring more earnings” Pongsiri said.
Weerapon Sorrasit, farmer of Dongdib village says that though lowland rice field has flood every year, in the past it was not a serious problem because the rice farmer’s families still had sufficient harvesting as the rice were local species and quite bear to flood, such as Kampai rice, Sanpatong rice, Etam rice, Ehom rice. However, nowadays, those local rice species are not popular. Moreover, pesticide from the rice farming that contaminated in the water could also be a cause that causes the rice perish when the flood came.
At present, the area of sugarcane and cassava has been expanding into the rice fields. Especially replacing sugarcane in lowland rice field since the sugar factory promoted subsidy. As cassava is unsuited for damped-soil, sugarcane has become more popular field crop for lowland area.
“I have cultivated sugarcane in my lowland rice field since 2006. At that time there were not many villagers wanted to take a risk. The output of sugarcane that grew in lowland was fine, but not very successful. However, I think maybe because I am not accustomed to cultivate it yet” Weerapon said.
Cost and debt follow up
Prayad Suriyo, farmer of Dongdib village says that cultivating sugarcane in the season is called ‘yeared-sugarcane’ or ‘overed dry season-sugarcane’. Most of the yeared-sugarcane cultivate in highland fields. The cultivating season begins in late November-December. By contrast, off-season sugarcane cultivates in the dry season and is called ‘watering-sugarcane’. The cultivating season begins in January-April.
“Watering-sugarcane needs water-control system because it begins to cultivate in the dry season when the soil becomes harden. So, it is necessary to cultivate the sugarcane near water sources, such as brooks or in lowland rice fields” Prayad said.
Watering-sugarcane that cultivate in the lowland rice field after finish harvesting, will be cropped in late October-November, as same as yeared-sugarcane. The reason is because the sugar factory will start purchasing sugarcane in November-April. Some years if the amount of sugarcane output is abundant, the factory will extends purchasing period to May.
“Watering-sugarcane aged 7-10 months must be cropped and sells to the sugar factory. However, comparing the watering-sugarcane to the yeared-sugarcane, it has many disadvantages such as short-trunked, lessen-weight and low-sugary” Prayad said.
Chompoo Nampob, farmer of Dongdib village adds that when the rice farmers decided to replace sugarcane in the lowland rice fields, that means they must lose the rice field at least 2 years. This is because usual harvesting period of sugarcane is utmost 2 years, that crop once a year. However, some farmers can crop it in year 3 and 4, but to do that they must rely on nourishing the sugarcane with a lot of fertilizers.
“Cultivating sugarcane in lowland rice field needed a big cost for nourishing. For example, to provide water pump lifting into sugarcane beds, especially at the beginning of its cultivation. After that, farmers have to urge fertilizing the sugarcane for its growth before the flood season comes” Chompoo said.
He adds that most of the sugarcane cultivators have owed fertilizers credit from the sugar factory. Usually, nourishing formula of sugarcane that specify by the sugar factory is to put fertilizers 3 times/year. To do this, the sugarcane output in the first year could be at least 12-15 ton/Rai. While fertilizing sugarcane less than 3 times/year, its output in the first year gives 8-10 ton/Rai. Mostly sugarcane output in the second year is less, about 10 ton/Rai.
The Cost of Sugarcane Cultivation

Pre-planting Period
1. Purchase sugarcane plants1 Rai of the sugarcane plants has 800 trunks (1 bunch of sugarcane plants =
10 trunks), 12,000 Bath. A trunk of sugarcane plant will be cut to length 40-50
centimeters. 1 Rai of sugarcane plants that is already cut can cultivate for 6-8 Rai.
2. Labors for carrying and lifting sugarcane plants into truck, 1 bunch = 1 Baht
3. Truck transporting the sugarcane plants (distance from purchasing place to field)
  • 2-3 kilometers from Dongdib village, 1 bunch = 1 Bath
  • More than 3 kilometers, 500-1,000 Baht/round depending on the distance
4. Plough the field (price in year 2007)
  • First plough, 380 Baht/Rai
  • Second plough, 220 Baht/Rai
  • Third plough, 250 Baht/Rai
5. Pre-planting
  • Put fertilizer in the bottom of the pit, 1 sack/Rai (1 sack = 1,000-1,200 Baht). Some farmers might add carbofuran (Furadan) Chemical in the pit to prevent termites and grubs drilling the sugarcane, 150 baht/kilogram.
  • Labor for cutting sugarcane-trunks, 5 people/Rai (150 Baht/day/head) either use planting machine (use credit service from sugar factory) 720-800 Baht/day
  • Two meals for the labor in planting sugarcane, 5 people tolling 300/day
Planting and nourishing Period
1. Either spraying weed-killer or grass birth-control pesticide
  • Grass birth-control pesticide 200 Baht/liter (1 liter can be used for 1 Rai)
  • Hiring the pesticide sprayer 200 Baht/Rai
2. First enriching by putting fertilizer since the sugarcane has planted
3. Removing grasses and weeds out from the sugarcane field before rainy season. There 2 ways as follows:
  • Mow the grasses (if the grass is not too thick will hire 4-5 people/Rai, but if it is too thick will hire 10 labors)
  • Use weed-killer, 160 Baht/liter and hire pesticide sprayer, 200 Baht/Rai (1 liter can be used for 2 Rais, price in 2007). Most farmers choose this way because it is convenient and faster than mowing
4. Second enriching by putting fertilizer formula 16-16-8 or 21-78, 1 bag/Rai (1 bag = 1,000-1,100 Baht). Some farmers might add uria fertilizer 2-3 bag/Rai (1 bag of uria fertilizer = 1,100 Baht)
5. Removing grasses again, using weed-killer (August-September)
6. Third enriching by putting fertilizer, 1 bag/Rai
Cropping Period
1. Cropping period (October-November)
  • Labors for cutting sugarcane, 1 Baht/trunk (1 trunk = 10-12 strips)
  • Labors for carrying sugarcane into the truck (50-60 Baht/ton) either hiring labor for cropping and lifting take it to the truck (180 Baht/ton)
  • Two meals for labors (breakfast and lunch) 30 Baht/day/head
  • Transporting truck from the sugarcane field to sugar factory (if the distance is between 15 kilometers cost 120/ton and the transporting cost higher depending on the distance)
Remark The sugar factory offers higher price for fresh sugarcane 10-27 Baht/ton because it has more sugary than fired-sugarcane. The sugar factory will make deduction on fired-sugarcane 20 Baht/ton. If the farmers cut the sugarcane trunk too long, its price will be deducted 20 Baht/ton

Supplying Sugarcane for the Sugar Factory: The contract of debt
According to the basic cost of sugarcane cultivating, most farmers have made a credit loan from the sugar factory, such as sugarcane plants, tractor renting, fertilizers, pesticides, labor payment, and etc. The factory will note down those credit loans for evidence and then will debit all debt after the sugarcane are sold to the factory.
Chompoo says that the sugar factory provided agricultural input factor to service sugarcane farmers as credit loan, such as sugarcane plants, cash credit to plough the land, agricultural instruments renting, cash credit for renting the cultivating land, cash credit for; hiring labors, fertilizers, pesticide, and etc. According to most farmers do not have cash to invest in agriculture, so they rely on making credit loan from sugar factory.
“All credit loans will be noted down and debit the debt after the farmers sold sugarcanes to the factory. The earnings are very small amount of money, no need to mention about any profits. Some farmers are suffering with deficit and debt, so they even have to sell their own land. I think the tendency of sugarcane farmers is not going well” Chompoo said.
He adds that the farmers can ask for detail information of the credit loans they have made, however, auditing it by themselves is not possible. That is why the farmers do not know how much debt they have owed until they have sold sugarcane to the factory.
Besides, the farmers have to pay additional fees for The Sugarcane Farmer Association. Moreover, they have to sign the contract that the factory specifies its rules to deduct the amount of money from the totaling price of sugarcanes. However, it seemed that the contract let the factory takes advantages over the farmers.

1. Additional fees for the Sugarcane Farmer AssociationThe sugar factory deducts money from the totaling price of sugarcanes that each farmer could sell, 3 Baht/ton. The money is additional fees for the Sugarcane Cultivator Association
2. Personal insurance contract The insurance contract payment is a 1-year contract between each farmer and the sugar factory, in order to guarantee the amount of sugarcane that farmer committed to sell to factory. The factory deducts 10 Baht/ton in advanced since the sugarcane was sent in, to ensure that the farmer could make at least 80% of its amount according to the contract. In case the farmer could make it, the factory will reimburse money after 45 days of purchasing period has closed.
3. Quota insurance contract The quota insurance contract is a 3-year contract to ensure the amount of sugarcane that the quota committed to sell to the sugar factory. Usually, the quota is free to gather its membership. The contract requires the quota to make sugarcane output at least 1,000 ton/year, however the factory deducts 100 Baht/ton in advanced since the sugarcane was send in. In case the quota can make complete amount according to the contract, they will be informed by factory to prepare some documentation for reimbursement and then the quota’s memberships will allot money in their group.

Chompoo says that the advanced deduction and reimbursement afterward according to the quota insurance contract causes inconvenient and conflict for the quota’s membership. This is because the deduction counts for all membership just incase someone cannot make the sugarcane output according to this contract.
He repeats that “Each quota member could make different amount of sugarcane product. Most of the farmers committed to sell 10 ton/Rai. If the member cannot make at least 80% of the output, the factory will deduct his/her sugarcane price 10 ton/Rai. However, the problem is that the factory also deducts money in advanced by counting from the whole amount of sugarcane output of the quota to ensure that the amount of sugarcane is according to the contract. If the amount is completed, the factory will reimburse the money. However, to do this way causes many inconveniences and conflict among the quota’s members” Chompoo said.
He adds that the quota reimbursement given as posted date cheque that farmers have to wait about 1 month to cash the cheque. However, this is not convenient for the farmers because they need cash, so they have to pay the fees service for cashing the posted date cheque.
Queuing Sugarcane to the Sugar Factory: Forcing down the price of the fired-sugarcane
In transporting the sugarcane into the sugar factory, the farmers have faced with several means of deduction, such as reducing the price of the fired-sugarcanes and the sugarcane that was cut too long. While the process of sugarcane cropping forces and urges farmers to burn the sugarcane field. The reasons of burning sugarcane are because it is more convenient and helps speed up sugarcane cropping.
The sugar factory opens the purchasing period from November-April. Some years if there is abundant amount of sugarcane, the factory will extend purchasing period until May. Usually, in the first 4-5 days in the purchasing period is free queuing for selling sugarcane. During this time, the quota that already completed their cropping can sell the sugarcane directly to the sugar factory.
After that the sugar factory will organize queuing for sugarcane quotas. While each quota is obliged to provide sugarcane outputs 1,000 tons, it is unwanted to crop sugarcanes beforehand too long due to the queue date. The reason is because it affects to the sugarcane’s heaviness toward decreasing its sugary.
Chompoo says that 70-80 percent of the farmers burn the sugarcane fields as it helps cropping more easy and increasing the amount of sugarcane that can be crop per day. For instance, fired-sugarcane 3-4 Rai, demanding 4-5 cropping labors to finish it within 1 day. In another word, 1 labor can crop fired-sugarcane in average 100-300 trunks or 2-6 tons (50 trunks = 1 ton) within morning time. To fire the sugarcane can also help saving some expenses, such as labor hiring and meals for them. By contrast, cropping fresh sugarcane is much harder.
“Fired-sugarcane 8 Rai (average amount of sugarcane 8 Rai is 100 tons) demanding 4-5 labors for cropping and they can finish it within 2 days. Although fresh sugarcane costs higher than fired-sugarcane, it is very hard to crop. Comparably, 1 ton of fresh sugarcane that a labor can crop in the morning, is excellent work” Chompo said.
Reducing toxic chemical before debt overflow and environment collapse
Chompoo believes that most farmers are willing to live sufficiency. However, they just cannot do that for now, because many of them have been trapped in the debt circle. The old debt resulted by previous deficit of agriculture investment has yet repaid. Accordingly, family’s expenses have been increasing. Therefore, theses factors have forced farmers to owe money from different credit loaners, such as the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, National Village and urban Community Fund, The Provincial Agricultural Co-operative, and another informal loans.
“In fact, the farmers have invested a lot of money, almost 100,000 baht on sugarcane cultivating. However, after subtract investment cost, only 20,000-30,000 Baht have left in each year. Moreover, some farmers encounter to bankrupt, as they owed services credit from the sugar factory more than earnings from sugarcanes. The sugarcane-selling price in 2006 was 820 baht/ton, 2007 was 800 Baht/ton and the price in this year is decreased to 638 Baht/ton. I am very stressed when the selling price in this year is very low” Chompoo said.
Apparently, agricultural farming that relies on chemical fertilizers and pesticides has destroyed the community environment. The moisture of the underneath soil has gone and it became harden dirt without any earthworm livings.
Chompoo emphasizes that “The rain has rinsed toxic chemical from the soil and it run to the village’s brook. Relatively, the toxic has affected to animals such as fish and frogs have got an ulcer in its body and the villagers dare not eat it. Therefore, the villagers have to buy food in the market outside instead. In addition, the abortion has been increasing among the cows and buffaloes that drunk water in the brook and eat grasses in sugarcane fields. Furthermore, burning sugarcane fields resulted an air pollution though the farmers have no choice to avoid it, because of the selling time limited.”
Lastly, Weerapon adds that what the villagers can do best for now, concerning to sufficiency living and caring for environment is that to reduce basic cost investment by lessening pesticides and try to use organic fertilizer instead. Conversely, keep on using chemical fertilizer, it will be a hard burden more than they can shoulder.
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The sugarcane farmer’s way of life is ongoing. While the government’s policy keep promoting economic plantation and bio-fuel plantation alongside with the inequity procedure system of the sugar factory. This is worrisome and doubt that farmers have been questioning in their mind. They do not know when all the debt will be released either when they can escape from the circle of the debt. Meanwhile, the environment is worsening. What will be happening in the route of sugarcane that driving by the sugarcane factory alongside with and Ethanol fashion, let’s think about it!















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Saturday, 19 February 2011

รอยแผลแห่งรัก

บทความหนุนใจ: รอยแผลแห่งรัก


 

 

 

รอยแผลแห่งรัก

วันหนึ่งในฤดูร้อนเมื่อหลายปีก่อนที่ตอนใต้ของรัฐฟลอริดา เด็กผู้ชายตัวน้อยๆ คนหนึ่งตัดสินใจที่จะไปว่ายน้ำเล่นในธารน้ำหลังบ้าน ด้วยความรีบร้อนที่อยากจะกระโดดลงเล่นน้ำเย็นๆ จึงวิ่งออกทางประตูหลังบ้านโดยถอดเสื้อและรองเท้าทิ้งไว้ตรงประตูนั่นเอง เขาพุ่งตัวลงน้ำทันทีโดยไม่รู้ตัวว่าในขณะที่กำลังว่ายออกไปกลางลำน้ำนั้น จระเข้ใหญ่ตัวหนึ่งก็กำลังว่ายตรงมา


คุณแม่ที่อยู่ในบ้านกำลังมองผ่านหน้าต่างออกไปข้างนอกและเห็นการเผชิญหน้าที่กำลังจะเกิดขึ้นในไม่ช้านี้ ด้วยความกลัวสุดขีดเธอจึงวิ่งออกไปจนถึงริมน้ำพลางร้องตะโกนบอกลูกชายด้วยเสียงอันดังเท่าที่เธอสามารถทำได้ เมื่อได้ยินเสียงตะโกนของคุณแม่ เด็กชายตัวน้อยก็ตกใจและหันหลังกลับว่ายไปหาคุณแม่ทันที ทว่ามันสายเกินไปเสียแล้ว ทันทีที่มาถึงตัวคุณแม่ จระเข้ก็มาถึงตัวพอดี เธอคว้าแขนลูกชายไว้ในขณะที่จระเข้งับเข้าที่ขา ตรงนั้นเองที่เกิดการชักกะเย่ออย่างรุนแรงระหว่างผู้เป็นแม่กับจระเข้ตัวนั้น แต่จระเข้ย่อมมีแรงมากกว่า ส่วนผู้เป็นแม่ก็รักลูกเกินกว่าที่จะปล่อยมือ ชาวนาคนหนึ่งบังเอิญผ่านมาและได้ยินเสียงกรีดร้องของเธอจึงรีบวิ่งลงจากรถไถและยกปืนเล็งไปที่จระเข้และยิงทันที


เด็กน้อยคนนั้นฟื้นตัวอย่างรวดเร็วในขณะที่รักษาตัวอยู่ในโรงพยาบาลนานหลายสัปดาห์ และเขาก็รอดตาย ขาทั้งสองข้างของเขามีแผลเป็นใหญ่และลึกมาก และที่แขนทั้งสองข้างก็มีรอยข่วนลึกจากการโดนจิกจากเล็บของคุณแม่ที่พยายามยื้อลูกชายที่เธอรักสุดชีวิตไว้เต็มกำลัง ผู้สื่อข่าวหนังสือพิมพ์ที่ไปสัมภาษณ์เด็กชายคนนั้นก็ขอดูรอยแผลของเขา เด็กชายคนนั้นก็ดึงขากางเกงขึ้น และเขาก็พูดกับผู้สื่อข่าวอย่างภาคภูมิใจอย่างยิ่งว่า “แต่ดูที่แขนของผมสิฮะ ผมมีแผลเป็นขนาดใหญ่ที่แขนด้วยนะฮะ แผลนี่น่ะเกิดขึ้นเพราะคุณแม่ของผมจับผมไว้ไม่ยอมปล่อย”


ท่านและข้าพเจ้าก็มีแผลเป็นเหมือนอย่างที่เด็กชายตัวน้อยมีบนแขนทั้งสองข้างเช่นกัน แต่มิใช่รอยแผลจากจระเข้หรือการถูกจู่โจมอย่างอื่น ทว่า...เป็นแผลเป็นแห่งอดีตที่แสนเจ็บปวด บางแห่งเกิดขึ้นจากการไม่ไตร่ตรองให้รอบคอบก่อนที่จะลงมือทำบางสิ่งบางอย่าง และผลของมันก็ทำให้เราเสียใจและเจ็บปวดอยู่ในทุกวันนี้ แต่พี่น้องที่รักในพระคริสต์ บาดแผลบางแห่งเกิดขึ้นเพราะพระเจ้าทรงรักเราเกินกว่าที่จะยอมปล่อยพระหัตถ์ของพระองค์ที่ทรงรั้งเราไว้มิให้ถลำลึกลงไปสู่ห้วงแห่งบาป ในระหว่างที่กำลังปล้ำสู้อยู่นั้น พระองค์ทรงจับแขนของเราไว้แน่น พระคัมภีร์สอนว่าพระเจ้าทรงรักเราทั้งหลาย หากท่านมีพระคริสต์ในชีวิตของท่าน ท่านก็กลายเป็นบุตรของพระเจ้า พระองค์ทรงต้องการที่จะปกป้องรักษาท่านและทรงจัดเตรียมสิ่งที่เป็นความจำเป็นของท่านในทุกเรื่อง แต่บางครั้งเราก็เดินพลัดหลงเข้าไปสู่เส้นทางชีวิตที่เป็นอันตรายอย่างยิ่งด้วยความโง่เขลาเบาปัญญา หลุมพรางชีวิตนั้นเต็มไปด้วยภยันตรายใหญ่หลวง และเราก็ลืมไปว่าศัตรูตัวร้ายกำลังคอยท่าอยู่ที่จะจู่โจมเราทุกขณะ ตรงนั้นเองที่สงครามฝ่ายจิตวิญญาณเริ่มต้นขึ้น และหากคุณมีแผลเป็นแห่งรักบนแขนของคุณ จงขอบพระคุณเถิด พระองค์ทรงไม่และจะทรงไม่ปล่อยคุณให้ตกลงไปในหลุมที่ศัตรู (ซาตาน) ขุดล่อไว้อย่างเด็ดขาด


ท่านลองสำรวจตัวเองดูสิว่าท่านมีแผลเป็นแห่งรักบ้างไหม ถ้าท่านสัตย์ซื่อกับตัวเอง ท่านจะเห็นว่ามีแผลเป็นปรากฏอยู่อย่างแน่นอน แผลเป็นเหล่านั้นไม่หายแต่จะจางลงตามกาลเวลา มันจะเป็นเครื่องเตือนใจเราว่าในอดีตนั้นเราก้าวพลาดไปตรงไหนบ้าง แต่ด้วยพระคุณความรักขององค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า เราได้รับการช่วยกู้และได้รับการฟื้นฟูให้กลับคืนสู่สภาพเดิม เรากำลังดำเนินไปกับพระองค์ ดำเนินตามรอยพระบาทของพระองค์ และดำเนินในน้ำพระทัยของพระองค์ ขอให้เหลือบมองแผลเป็นเหล่านั้นสักแวบหนึ่งและรับรู้ว่าแผลเหล่านั้นเกิดขึ้นจากความรักที่ไม่มีเงื่อนไขของพระเจ้า ข่าวประเสริฐเรื่องการไถ่บาปบนกางเขนของพระคริสต์เป็นข่าวประเสริฐที่ประกาศเรื่องความหวัง แต่มันก็เป็นข่าวประเสริฐที่ประกาศเรื่องรอยแผลแห่งรักด้วยเช่นกัน รอยแผลที่เป็นพยานหลักฐานแห่งการพลีพระชนม์บนกางเขนของพระเยซูเพื่อไถ่บาปคนทั้งโลก เมื่อคริสเตียนมองดูรอยแผลที่ปรากฏบนมือ เท้า สีข้าง และหน้าผากของพระองค์ เราต้องมองเห็นสิ่งที่อยู่ลึกกว่าภาพที่ปรากฏต่อหน้า ในรอยแผลเหล่านั้นคือความรักขององค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า


ทุกครั้งที่เราเห็นแผลเป็นที่แขนของเราให้มองเห็นความรักขององค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าด้วย ความรักของพระองค์ยิ่งใหญ่เกินกว่าที่จะเข้าใจได้ด้วยความรู้ของมนุษย์ ความรักนั้นไม่มีสิ่งใดเคลือบแฝง เป็นความรักที่บริสุทธิ์และเป็นพระคุณล้ำเลิศ
ทุกครั้งที่ต้องเผชิญกับการทดลองที่น่าลิ้มลองและแทบจะอดใจไว้ไม่อยู่ ขอให้ทูลขอการเสริมกำลังจากองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าและผ่านพ้นการทดลองนั้นไปให้ได้ อย่าให้แขนของเราเต็มไปด้วยแผลจนไม่น่าดู แต่จงใช้เวลาที่เหลืออยู่นี้ติดสนิทกับพระองค์ เชื่อฟังพระองค์ และยอมรับและทำตามน้ำพระทัยของพระองค์ ข้าพเจ้าหวังว่าในเวลาที่เราทั้งหลายกลับบ้านถาวรของเราเพื่อไปเฝ้าพระบิดานั้น แขนทั้งสองข้างของเราจะมีแผลเป็นเหลือยู่น้อยที่สุด


ขอพระเจ้าได้รับพระเกียรติสูงสุด


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Monday, 14 February 2011

สิ่งเล็กๆ ที่ยิ่งใหญ่ในคุณค่า






สิ่งเล็กๆ ที่ยิ่งใหญ่ในคุณค่า

กรวดเม็ดเล็ก ๆ รวมกันเป็นภูเขาสูงใหญ่
ก้าวเดินก้าวเล็ก ๆ เป็นระยะทางได้หลายกิโล
การกระทำเล็ก ๆ ด้วยความรักความกรุณา
สร้างโลกให้สดใส สดสวยด้วยรอยยิ้ม
คำพูดเล็ก ๆ สามารถบรรเทาปัญหาที่แสนจะยากเย็น
อ้อมกอดเล็ก ๆ เช็ดน้ำตาให้เหือดแห้ง
เทียนไขเล็ก ๆ ส่องแสงนำทางในความมืดมิด
ความจดจำสิ่งเล็ก ๆ คงอยู่นานหลายปี
ความฝันใฝ่เล็กๆ นำไปสู่ความยิ่งใหญ่
ชัยชนะเล็กๆ นำไปสู่ความสำเร็จที่ปรารถนา
สิ่งเล็กๆ ต่าง ๆ ในชีวิต
นำมาซึ่งความสุขอันยิ่งใหญ่
ถ้าเราได้คิดสักนิดถึงสิ่งเล็ก ๆ เหล่านี้แล้วหละก็
ความอบอุ่นเมื่อคิดถึงเธอก็ผุดขึ้นในใจ
มันเป็นความสุขใจอันสุดแสนจะบรรยาย
.. เสมอและตลอดไป

The Paradox of Our Time--George Carlin's Tribute to His Late Wife

The Paradox of Our Time

George Carlin's Tribute to His Late Wife

A Wonderful Message

by George Carlin
George Carlin

 ''A message said to have come from George Carlin on the occasion of his wife's death and his commentary on the nation after the Attack on America on September 11, 2001. ''



AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE!

GEORGE CARLIN POST 9-11 (His wife had recently died...)

Isn't it amazing that the George Carlin - gross and mouthy comedian of the
70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent.... and so very
appropriate post 9-11.

A wonderful Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but
shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more,
but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and
smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees
but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more
problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little,
drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too
little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our
possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and
hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to
life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but
have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer
space but not inner space.

We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air,
but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.

We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less.

We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold
more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less
and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small
character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of
two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.

These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one
night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer,
to quiet, to kill.

 It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the
stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time
when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going
to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to
you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your
side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.
Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember, to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

บทความนี้เขียนขึ้นโดย จอร์จ คอลลิน ซึ่งเป็นดาราตลกที่โด่งดัง
เขาเขียนขึ้นในวันที่ 11 กันยายน ( ตึกเวิรด์เทรดถล่ม)

หลังจากที่ทราบว่าภรรยาของเขาเสียชีวิตในตึกนั้นด้วย . ทำ..ในสิ่งที่อยากจะทำ อยากให้ทุกคนได้อ่าน ข้อความนี้ มี

ความหมายดีนะ

ทุกวันนี้เรามีตึกสูงขึ้น มีถนนกว้างขึ้นแต่ความอดกลั้นน้อยลง

เรามีบ้านใหญ่ขึ้น แต่ครอบครัวของเรากลับเล็กลง

เรามียาใหม่ ๆ มากขึ้น แต่สุขภาพกลับแย่ลง

เรามีความรักน้อยลง แต่มีความเกลียดมากขึ้น

เราไปถึงโลกพระจันทร์มาแล้ว แต่เรากลับพบว่า แค่การข้ามถนนไปทักทายเพื่อนบ้านกลับยากเย็น.....

เราพิชิตห้วงอวกาศมาแล้ว แต่แค่ห้วงในหัวใจกลับไม่อาจสัมผัสถึง

เรามีรายได้สูงขึ้น แต่ศีลธรรมกลับตกต่ำลง

เรามีอาหารดี ๆ มากขึ้นแต่สุขภาพแย่ลง

ทุกวันนี้ทุกบ้านมีคนหารายได้ได้ถึง 2 คน แต่การหย่าร้างกลับเพิ่มมากขึ้น

ดังนั้น …… จากนี้ไป …… ขอให้พวกเรา อย่าเก็บของดี ๆ ไว้โดยอ้างว่าเพื่อโอกาสพิเศษ

เพราะทุกวันที่เรายังมีชีวิตอยู่คือ …… โอกาสที่พิเศษสุด …… แล้ว

จงแสวงหา การหยั่งรู้

จงนั่งตรงระเบียงบ้านเพื่อชื่นชมกับการมีชีวิตอยู่ โดยไม่ใส่ใจกับความ ….. อยาก …

จงใช้เวลากับครอบครัว เพื่อนฝูงคนที่รักให้มากขึ้น …….

กินอาหารให้อร่อย ไปเที่ยวในที่ที่อยากจะไป

ชีวิตคือโซ่ห่วงของนาทีแห่งความสุขไม่ใช่เพียงแค่การ อยู่ให้รอด

เอาแก้วเจียระไนที่มีอยู่มาใช้เสีย

น้ำหอมดี ๆ ที่ชอบ จงหยิบมาใช้เมื่ออยากจะใช้

เอาคำพูดที่ว่า ……. สักวันหนึ่ง …….. ออกไปเสียจากพจนานุ กรม

บอกคนที่เรารักทุกคนว่าเรารักพวกเขาเหล่านั้นแค่ไหน

อย่าผลัดวันประกันพรุ่ง ที่จะทำอะไรก็ตามที่ทำให้เรามีความสุขเพิ่มขึ้น

ทุกวัน ทุกชั่วโมง ทุกนาที มีความหมาย เราไม่รู้เลยว่าเมื่อไรมันจะสิ้นสุดลง

….. และเวลานี้ …..

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

SEO Lies and SEO Truths - Jagadeesh M Nambiar | SEO Tips, Tricks PodCast Blog

SEO Lies and SEO Truths

SEO deals with research and analysis and one can call him as a SEO specialist only through good long-term experience in various theme based industries and business sites.

I read many lies around the web and I would like to share my point of view here to
my blog readers

Lie one - Come to us with $ we will get you #1 position for your keyword by a day, a week or a month. And some proudly say that if an SEO company doesn't guarantee then they don’t know SEO. So funny, may be they have the access to the Google organic listing Database or they might be talking about Google Adwords (PPC)


Read more...SEO Lies and SEO Truths

 

Top 10 Best Article Directories

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SEO - What is it & Why is it Important

SEO - What is it  Why is it Important


You may have seen these initials (SEO) throughout your research for making money online.

SEO stands for ….. Search Engine Optimization.

SEO is a process to ensure your website or blog is designed to ‘attrack’ the search engines so that you can be ‘ranked’ higher when people are searching for you, your product or service.
This process includes such things as doing research for the appropriate keywords for your business. These keywords are descriptive to your business and is very important to optimizing your site. Keywords must be targeted words or phrases that best describes your business and products.
It isn’t difficult to research and find the keywords. However, you should expect to spend some time to produce as many keywords so that you will have a better chance of ranking higher with the search engines. When someone searches your keyword or phrase you want to be listed on the first page of the search. Ranking at the number one position is attainable but does take some time.


Testing of your keywords and phrases is also essential to knowing what will work for your ebusiness.  And along with keywords that will connect your site to a higher ranking, link building is another essential part of SEO.  The more 'links" pointing to your site, these are called backlinks, the more the search engines will see lots of activity to your site and will want to rank you higher.

The most popular search engines are Google, Yahoo, MSN, Bing, AOL and Ask Jeeves. Search engines keep their methods and ranking algorithms secret, to get credit for finding the most valuable search-results and to deter spam pages from clogging those results. A search engine may use hundreds of factors while ranking the listings where the factors themselves and the weight each carries may change continually. Algorithms can differ so widely that a webpage that ranks #1 in a particular search engine could rank #200 in another search engine.

Your new website or blog should be 'submitted' to each search engine.  This will begin the search engines to 'spider'  its contents and begin to start looking at your site for ranking position.  It can take a few days to even weeks from referring of your site for all the main search engine spiders to commence visiting and indexing the new site.

If you are unable to research and choose keywords and work on your own search engine ranking, you may want to hire someone to work with you on these issues.  Outsourcing this task will save you time, however, be sure the individual you select to do this work understands your specific requirements.

There are also search engine marketing and promotion companies that will look at the plan for your site and make recommendations to increase your search engine ranking and website traffic. If you wish, they will also provide ongoing consultation and reporting to monitor your website and make recommendations for editing and improvements to keep website traffic flowing to your site and your search engine ranking high. Normally your search engine optimization experts work with your web designer to build an integrated plan right away so that all aspects of design are considered at the same time.

For those just starting out and on a strict budget, consider researching keywords and building links to your site on your own at first.  Once the site produces profitable income, consider outsourcing or hiring a professional team to manage and maintain your site and SEO.


Read more....SEO - What is it & Why is it Important

Friday, 4 February 2011

7 Ways To Get One-way Links To Your Site


by Pankaj gupta








One way links will help you gain better rankings in the major search engines. Here are 7 ways to get them :

1. Write articles
Writing articles alone won’t get you one way links, but if you submit it to articles database online, you will gain many one way links. The article database site will give you a link back AND the webmasters who reprint your article on their site will also give you a link back! If you write and article with a catchy title or in-demand content, you can get published hundreds of times online, which will give you tons of backlinks.

2. Participate in forums
In forums, you can usually have a link in your signature. This used to work extremely well about a year ago. Today, it is not as efficient, but it can still be good to do it sometimes on highly popular forums.

3. Participate in blogs.
Blogs are similar to forums. They get spammed a lot, but if you take the time to write useful comments on some of them, you can get some good one way links out of it.

4. Ask for it!
Do some research online for sites in your industry with a high ranking in the search engines. Send an email to the webmaster and tell them you think your site could be of interest to their readers, and ask them to put a link up! This can be time consuming, but it can sometime get you link on very high ranking sites.

5. Submit to directories
Also a time consuming job, but manually submitting to directories will get you many owe way links because a lot of them don’t ask for a link back. Don’t use a software to automate the submission though, because you can actually hurt your ranking doing that.

6. Write useful content
If you have very interesting content, or a cool tool on your site, people will naturally link to it!

7. Give testimonials
If you use a product, or read a book, and really like it, send a nice testimonial to the website owner. Many will give you a link back on their sale page. This gives you a one way link and often, quite a bit of traffic because people are curious to find out more about the person who gave a testimonial! 







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