Dark chocolate (85% cocoa content) protects against heart disease (CVD) & stroke, but probably more so if you are a man ★★★ http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-dark-chocolate-good-healthparticularly-male.html

Omega-3 fatty acid EPA may help fight pancreatic cancer. Dietary antioxidants, nigella sativa, vegetables, vitamin D, turmeric, blueberry may help prevent or treat pancreatic cancer

Synergistic effect of combination of curcumin and sulforaphane in the inhibition of inflammation http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18841446 ★ http://examine.com/supplements/Sulforaphane/

Sulforaphane found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables could become ingredient to treating leukemia! sulforaphane, a natural compound found in broccoli believed to have both preventive and therapeutic properties in solid tumors. Studies have shown that people who eat a diet rich in cruciferous vegetables have a lower risk of some cancers

Vitamin D und probiotischer Bio-Joghurt mit den Bakterien Lactobacillus und Bifidobacterium, schützen eindeutig vor Erkältungen und Grippe! http://goo.gl/sPnDA

The German Dictionary - Das DEUTSCHE WÖRTERBUCH ist das größte und umfassendste Wörterbuch zur deutschen Sprache mit Wortbedeutungen und Belegstellen. Es wird auch DER GRIMM genannt, weil es die Brüder Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm waren, die 1838 mit dem DWB begonnen haben. Erst 1961, nach 123 Jahren, wurde es beendet. Insgesamt entstanden 32 Bände mit 330.000 Wörtern. http://goo.gl/xDhNf Die großen Wörterbücher werden nicht mehr gedruckt. Auch die Arbeit am DEUTSCHEN WÖRTERBUCH der Brüder Grimm wird nach 170 Jahren eingestellt. Die digitale Variante ist nunmehr im DIGITALEN WÖRTERBUCH DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE (DWDS) integriert, denn heute ist das Internet der gebotene Raum für Nachschlagewerke. It is also compiled by the Berlin Academy of Sciences and Humanities http://www.dwds.de/

Bioflavonoids / Flavonoids http://www.acu-cell.com/bio.html QUERCETIN & HESPERIDIN: antibacterial,antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant. Quercetin, through both its direct antioxidant activity and through the inhibition of enzymes like lipoxygenase and other inflammatory mediators, works as a systemic anti-inflammatory agent. Like many pharmaceutical ant-inflammatory drugs, hesperidin inhibits cycloxegenase, or COX. Hesperidin also affects inflammatory pathways by blocking a number of other enzymes

Das Flavonoid Quercetin und das Immunsystem: Foods rich in quercetin include black and green tea apples (440 mg/kg), onion, especially red onion (191 mg/kg) (higher concentrations of quercetin occur in the outermost rings and in the part closest to the root, the latter being the part of the plant with the highest concentration), red grapes, citrus fruit, tomato, broccoli and other leafy green vegetables, and a number of berries (Bilberries) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercetin ★ Quercetin glycosides occur in broccoli, apples, and especially in onions, with an abundance as high as 0.25–0.5 g/kg

An Apple 1 - computer from 1976 was auctioned for 400000 € in Bochum http://www.stern.de/video/video-ur-rechner-apple-18220-von-1976-fuer-400000-euro-versteigert-1931652.html It was built by Steve Wozniak and sold for $666.66

Without the side effects, Naringenin, an antioxidant which gives grapefruit its bitter taste, can do the same job as two separate drugs currently used to manage Type 2 diabetes ★ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1306240/Antioxidant-grapefruit-help-treat-diabetes.html ★ The flavanones naringenin and hesperetin exhibit estrogenic, anticarcinogenic and antioxidative properties. Orange juice and grapefruit juice contain high amounts of these compounds, and therefore their intake from the diet can be relatively high. Because of the relatively high concentrations of flavanones in plasma after after ingestion of grapefruit juice, considerable health effects could ensue in individuals consuming them regularly ★ Flavonoid compounds exhibit inhibitory effects against multiple viruses. While naringin was not inhibitory to herpes simplex virus, poliovirus, parainfluenza virus, the other three flavonoids were effective in various ways: Hesperetin reduced intracellular replication of all four viruses; catechin inhibited infectivity but not intracellular replication of RSV and HSV-1; and quercetin was universally effective in reducing infectivity!

Lusine Zakarian - Bats Mes Ter (Armenian Medieval Spiritual Music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lxun1G-OPI She (1937-1992) was an Armenian soprano

Fumarsäureester sind ein hochwirksames, nahezu nebenwirkungfreies Mittel gegen die Schübe der Multiplen Sklerose (MS) http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/rubin/rubin-herbst-2012/pdf/beitrag1.pdf ← Zu diesem Ergebnis sind Wissenschaftler der Ruhr-Universität Bochum durch Zufall gekommen → http://goo.gl/Q8AnR Fumaric acid esters are also currently being tested clinically for multiple sclerosis and psoriasis. Inflammation and oxidative stress are thought to promote tissue damage in multiple sclerosis. Thus, novel therapeutics enhancing cellular resistance to free radicals could prove useful for multiple sclerosis treatment → http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2724664/ ← Fumaric Acid and its Esters: An Emerging Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis

This shows an impact for black tea on rates of diabetes: Low prevalence of type 2 diabetes among regular black tea drinkers!

10 hochpotente Gewürze für die Gesundheit: entzündungshemmende Antioxidantien mit einem hohen ORAC-Wert. Jede Entzündung verursacht einen Oxidationsstreß, der unsere Antioxidationsmittelreserven schrumpfen läßt http://goo.gl/F08fT die antivirale, antibakterielle & antimykotische Wirkung der Tropaeolum majus → http://goo.gl/jIYMi The Top 10 Superfood Herbs and Spices that Protect Your Body → http://goo.gl/1wB2n → http://goo.gl/ejntC e.g. nigella sativa, curcumin from turmeric, black pepper = Kurkuma: 20 Health Benefits of Turmeric http://goo.gl/iE1OT Curcumin Is A Triple Negative Breast Cancer Killer http://goo.gl/egizK ★ AMJ: http://goo.gl/viQgx ● ORAC: http://goo.gl/tCInf killing brain cancer cell line: http://goo.gl/Pspbk Chris Kilham video on turmeric: http://goo.gl/zdcyJ

Casino Magnate's $41.5 Million Picasso Buoys Sotheby's Choppy Sale! Picasso famously spent less than three hours in 1932 painting STILL LIFE WITH TULIPS, a brown and royal-blue view of a basket of flowers sitting beside a marble head whose profile echoed that of his new lover, Marie-Thérèse Walter. The work later changed hands half a dozen times —Christie's owner Francois Pinault paid $28.6 million for it in 2000 — before it recently wound up hanging behind the front desk of the Wynn Las Vegas casino http://goo.gl/ARu0S Stillleben mit Tulpen: Pablo Picassos Stillleben «Nature morte aux tulipes» (1932) ist in New York bei Sotheby's für 41,5 Millionen $ versteigert worden

As for my Google+ account: Google Plus isn't Facebook ⇒ Feel free to circle me if you find my posts/shares interesting, but I do not always circle-back all people. Some of my interesting posts are public anyway. If I circle you, you don't have to re-circle me unless you find my posts interesting! My activities have shifted from Facebook and Twitter to GooglePlus, because - in many respects - Google+ is much better than Facebook & Twitter!

Blueberries lower high blood pressure! Blueberries - eaten weekly - reduce the risk for high blood pressure by 10 %

Women who took painkillers like ibuprofen acetaminophen two or more days per week had an increased risk of hearing loss! http://goo.gl/3rchq pain-relieving medicine may do some damage to your ears! The more often a woman took either of these medications, the higher her risk for hearing loss. There was no association between aspirin use and hearing loss

Advertisement free! Local weather forecast for all regions of the world: very detailed meteograms, next 48 hours & more http://goo.gl/NDI5H

Anti-aging food: curcumin, the yellow pigment of turmeric = anti-inflammatory, which shows promise against both Alzheimer's and cancer. Turmeric with olive oil with black pepper – black pepper boosts curcumin's absorption http://goo.gl/EN1sG vegetables including a lot of broccoli, green tea, blueberries, grapefruit, resveratrol - a compound found in the skin of foods like red grapes: it's a portfolio of foods with a reputation for cooling the chronic low inflammation http://goo.gl/0zXQe

5 excellent weather forecast websites provided from abroad: check out your local forecast! As a random example here: forecast for the German Huguenot city (Hugenottenstadt) Erlangen: http://goo.gl/gufLo incl. graphic (meteogram) for 2 days: http://goo.gl/U8I6a ← Reklamerfreie erstklassige Gratis-Services (Wettervorhersage) ohne Leistungsschutzrecht → http://goo.gl/xjNKS → http://goo.gl/FdKlG ★ http://goo.gl/TBwIj ← sogar der Deutsche Wetterdienst DWD ist verpflichtet, Geld für seine Daten zu nehmen ➡ auf englischsprachige Gratis-Premium-Dienste ausweichen! http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/germany/erlangen/hourly thanks for visiting my profile: http://goo.gl/wxnQS

Exercising in your 70s may stop your brain from shrinking and showing the signs of ageing linked to dementia

Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30? https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/fashion/the-challenge-of-making-friends-as-an-adult.html

Madonna bares her breasts during a concert in Istanbul! Topless video! → http://goo.gl/w7HcZ ← Titten-Video! Madonna entblößt ihre Schläuche bei einem Konzert in Istanbul. At her Italy concert she coyly “expressed herself” by pulling her pants down, giving the audience at Stadio Olimpico a good view of her backside → http://goo.gl/OjKib 10 min seminude MADONNA in ISTANBUL in June 2012 → http://goo.gl/LfWDb ← 1.700.000 views

Credit default swap: Die Kreditausfallversicherung der Hedgefonds http://goo.gl/mmwwA Monitor TV July 14, 2011

Google opens Google Play Books for Germany and gives you Goethe, Schiller & Heine for free: Hunderttausende dt. Titel zur Auswahl, darunter zahlreiche Neuerscheinungen. Lesen lassen sich die eBooks direkt im Browser, in der Android- oder iOS-App. Darüber hinaus können einzelne Titel auch als Epub oder als PDF heruntergeladen werden, um sie z.B. auf einen E-Reader von Sony, Kobo, iRiver & Aluratek zu übertragen. Für Amazons Kindle müssen diese danach noch umgewandelt werden, am besten mit dem Programm Calibre http://goo.gl/LAkvH Google Books, which is accessible from laptops, tablets & smartphones, allows to buy, store and read Google Books in the cloud. That means it's possible to access ebooks like messages in Gmail or photos in Picasa, using a free, password-protected Google account with unlimited ebooks storage. The free apps for Android & iOS allows to shop and read on the go. Tags: literature, librarianship, librarian, public library, German language, Bibliothek, Fachliteratur, Literatur, Bibliothek, Bibliothekar, Stadtbibliothek, Stadtbücherei

Half of Germany was running on solar power! German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity – equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity – through the midday hours of Friday and Saturday! Die Atom-Mafia hat im Lauf der letzten Jahrzehnte allein in Germany weit mehr als 100 Milliarden € staatliche Subventionen abkassiert und somit den technischen Fortschritt im Bereich der Erneuerbaren Energien stark behindert! Ohne die subventionierte Atommafia wäre der Anteil der Stromversorgung durch regenerative Energien oder alternative Energien das ganze Jahr über noch wesentlich höher! http://goo.gl/bn8ZA ● http://goo.gl/L8093 ← Half Of Germany running on Solar power!

Es gibt derzeit kein anderes Land auf der Erde, in dem Solaranlagen mit einer Leistung von über 20 000 MW Strom produzieren können. Wie Allnoch gegenüber Reuters erklärte, deckt diese Leistung rund ein Drittel des landesweiten Energiebedarfs an einem Werktag, am Wochenende, wenn Industrieanlagen und Büros ruhen, sogar beinahe die Hälfte http://goo.gl/RnSol Ökostrom

The aftermath of the highly controversial Facebook IPO: the expected FB price range is possibly $17 - $20 or "Why Facebook’s Stock Still isn’t a Bargain http://goo.gl/a6K3y Aug 20, 2012 marks the first IPO lockup period expiration and allows some insiders to sell, according to CIO Today, about 268 million shares of Facebook stock. Most insiders, however, will have to wait the full 181 days before they can sell the remaining 1.7 billion shares. The sheer number of shares potentially flooding the market could further push the stock price down into the $17 - $20 price range" http://goo.gl/RqSW6

http://goo.gl/CBDep Facebook which was born in a dorm room 8 years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of 900.000.000 people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut in years. Here its share price in real time http://goo.gl/uXgKZ → http://goo.gl/QjktL ★★★ Die FB Aktie wurde heute ganz eindeutig von den Konsortialbanken massiv gestützt, daß der Kurs trotz schlechten Börsenumfeldes nicht unter den Ausgabepreis von 38 $ rutschten konnte! Holpriger Börsenstart: Facebook zieht ganze Branche runter → http://goo.gl/kpA3J

Turmeric extract — curcumin derived from turmeric — may protect heart after surgery: half of those patients were given one-gram curcumin capsules to take 4 times a day, starting 3 days before their surgery and continuing for 5 days afterwards: people on curcumins had a 65% lower chance of heart attack. One limitation was that the study was relatively small. Another is that while curcumins are thought to be safe, there could be side effects at very large doses. April 16, 2012

Check out your local forecast! WeatherSpark is a new type of weather website, with interactive weather graphs that allow you to pan and zoom through the entire history of currently more than 4.000 weather stations. Get multiple forecasts for the current location, overlaid on records and averages to put it all in context. 4 forecasts - 3 outside the US! As a random example here: forecast for the German Huguenot city (Hugenottenstadt) ERLANGEN → http://goo.gl/XkyZ2 The best weather forecast website I've ever seen! There is also a report available describing the accuracy of the forecasts issued by several forecasting agencies

Anand spends 01:43 on move 4 in Blitz?! New York City, 1994, at the Intel World Speed Chess Tournament. In hopes of repeating his victory at the first tournament in Moscow, World Champion Viswanathan Anand plays amazingly after falling to an overwhelming time disadvantage of 2 minutes and 38 seconds in a blitz game against Grandmaster Ilya Smirin

CAPITALISM ● Capital - A Critique of Political Economy http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/index.htm ● Das Kapital. Band I http://www.mlwerke.de/me/me23/me23_000.htm

We, the Web Kids is a manifesto written in Polish by the Polish poet Piotr Czerski and translated into English → an excellent essay about the Internet and the copyright ● Der polnische Dichter Piotr Czerski hat ein lesenswertes Essay über Internet und Urheberrecht geschrieben translated into German → http://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2012-02/wir-die-netz-kinder/seite-1

♪♩♬ Omar Faruk Tekbilek (Turkish flautist) - Whirling Dervish http://lushlight.tumblr.com/post/12431824328/arsvitaest-omar-faruk-tekbilek-turkish türkischer Flötenspieler ♩♬♪

Simply beautiful! The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore http://vimeo.com/35404908 15 minutes video - 460.000 views!

Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y 1.000.000 views

Top 10 Reasons Why I'm Not Following You On Twitter And 10 Why I Am

Pollen allergy in Germany: Warm temperatures cause early hay fever http://www.thelocal.de/national/20120110-40033.html daily hay fever forecast for Germany: http://www.wetter.com/gesundheit/pollenflug/

Bukowski's brilliant letter to a library that banned his books http://goo.gl/iBcIX → Bukowski on censorship http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/10/charles-bukowski-on-censorship.html

Investors Pay to Lend Germany Money! While many euro-zone nations are struggling to obtain credit, investors are practically throwing money at Germany. The country on Monday raised almost 4 billion euros in six-month debt at a negative interest rate. In effect, investors paid Germany to be able to lend it money. The move highlights the economic imbalances in crisis-ridden Europe! Investors in Europe are so worried about the euro crisis and so desperate to find a safe haven for their cash that they decided to forego an interest rate, and even paid a premium, for the privilege of lending Germany money on Monday! http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,808080,00.html ★ → "Erstmals haben Investoren dem deutschen Staat eine Prämie gezahlt, um ihm Geld leihen zu dürfen. Bei einer Emission von Geldmarktpapieren mit einer Laufzeit von sechs Monaten lag die Rendite unter Null. Genauer gesagt betrug die durchschnittliche Rendite minus 0,0122 Prozent. Ein solch negativer Zinssatz kommt zustande, wenn für eine Anleihe mehr bezahlt wird als die Summe aus Nennwert und Zinskupon. "Das hat es bislang noch nie gegeben", sagte ein Sprecher der Bundesfinanzagentur zu Reuters. "Die Anleger bezahlen eine gewisse Prämie dafür, dass sie dem deutschen Staat Geld leihen." Im Dezember hatte es noch einen Mini-Zins von mickrigen 0,001 Prozent gegeben." http://www.boerse.ard.de/content.jsp?go=performance&key=dokument_585318

Tanzania Safari → elephants

Tanzania Safari Day Three on Dec 21, 2011 - Tarangire National Park which is home to an extraordinary amount of elephants with herds http://vimeo.com/34770696

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Even though Yahoo & Hotmail now offer much better services than they did a couple of years ago, Gmail still has the deserved reputation of being the best and coolest of the lot!

Stock Exchange in January in traditional strength?