plot !!!

Flint Lockwood always wanted to invent something great. Despite his creativity and zealous enthusiasm, his inventions, including spray on shoes, a remote controlled television, rat birds, hair-un-balder, and a flying car, all end in failure. Flint lives in Swallow Falls, a tiny fictional town in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, with Tim, his widowed technophobic father who misunderstands his son's talent. The town's only source of revenue is the Baby Brent Sardine cannery that has closed down, leaving the town only sardines for nourishment.
Along with the aid of his pet monkey, Steve, Flint invents a machine that transforms water into food, called the "Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator" (FLDSMDFR for short). Flint turns on the FLDSMDFR in his laboratory, but ends up short circuiting the house. He decided to power the machine by hooking it up to the nearby power plant. When he turns the machine back on it ends up rocketing through town, destroying the newly opened tourist attraction Sardine Land, and shooting up into the stratosphere. While recuperating from his failure, he meets Samantha "Sam" Sparks, a weather intern whose big break was foiled by Flint's actions. Their conversation is cut short when rainbow colored clouds float over the town and begin to rain cheeseburgers.
Realizing the potential for the FLDSMDFR, Flint creates a communication device to send orders to the machine and order it to create different types of food. Swallow Falls (now renamed Chewandswallow) becomes a "food tourism" destination and attracts many tourists. Everything is going well until the townsfolk start greedily requesting food from Flint's machine. Flint notices that the food is beginning to grow larger in size. Although he is concerned that the food is starting to "over mutate," the Mayor (now morbidly obese and having to move with a scooter) sees it as a better outcome for him and the city and guilts Flint into continuing to making food rain for the city.
Citizens and worldly tourists in Chewandswallow are blissful until suddenly a large destructive tomato-tornado formed of spaghetti and meatballs threatens the town. Flint rushes to his lab to turn the FLDSMDFR off and attempts to send a 'kill code' to stop the machine, but the Mayor throws a large radish and destroys the communication device before the code is sent. A shocked Mayor then tells Flint that he ordered a Las Vegas style all-you-can-eat buffet, before fleeing in fear. With Flint unable to control the machine, a massive food storm is created that threatens the world. However, his father encourages him to fix the mess. Flint gains self-confidence, builds a new flying car, and places the kill code in a USB flash drive. Flint, Sam, her cameraman, Manny, Steve and Brent set out to deactivate the FLDSMDFR. As they approach, they find that the machine is now the core of a giant meatball, where clouds go in the top and a food hurricane goes out the bottom which sends sentient food to attack them. In the chaos, one of the windows on the flying car breaks causing Flint to lose the kill code when the flash drive is sucked out the window.
Back at Chewandswallow, the citizens and tourists, with the help of Earl, escape. Mt. Leftovers collapses, causing an avalanche of food—a foodalanche—to destroy Chewandswallow. The foodalanche covers Flint's Lab while Tim is still attempting to send the kill code to Flint's cell phone. Tim survives the foodalanche and is able to send the kill code to Flint. Flint goes inside the meatball, finds the machine, and jams the phone into the USB port. To his frustration, Flint discovers that Tim sent him the wrong document and he is unable to stop the FLDSMDFR. Flint manages to use his Spray-On Shoes formula on the machine and causes it to explode. With the machine destroyed the food storm subsides and everyone on the meatball is able to return safely to Chewandswallow. Tim finally shows his appreciation for his son and his inventions before Flint and Sam celebrate with a kiss. Meanwhile, as a comeuppance for his actions, the obese mayor is stranded in the middle of the sea, having eaten nearly all of his peanut butter and jelly sandwich boat, while muttering that his plans were not well thought out.
During the credits, there is traditional animation of the characters which even includes a part where Mayor Shelbourne has been slendered down and arrested by Officer Devereaux.

food pyramid

Vegetables

A vegetable is a part of a plant consumed by humans that is generally savory but is not sweet. A vegetable is not considered a grain, fruit, nut, spice, or herb. For example, the stem, root, flower, etc., may be eaten as vegetables. Vegetables contain many vitamins and minerals; however, different vegetables contain different spreads, so it is important to eat a wide variety of types. For example, green vegetables typically contain vitamin A, dark orange and dark green vegetables contain vitamin C, and vegetables like broccoli and related plants contain iron and calcium. Vegetables are very low in fats and calories, but ingredients added in preparation can often add these.

Fruits

In terms of food (rather than botany), fruits are the sweet-tasting seed-bearing parts of plants, or occasionally sweet parts of plants which do not bear seeds. These include apples, oranges, plums, bananas, etc. Fruits are low in calories and fat and are a source of natural sugars, fiber and vitamins. Processing fruits when canning or making into juices may add sugars and remove nutrients. The fruit food group is sometimes combined with the vegetable food group. Note that a massive number of different plant species produce seed pods which are considered fruits in botany, and there are a number of botanical fruits which are conventionally not considered fruits in cuisine because they lack the characteristic sweet taste, e.g., tomatos or avocados.

Oils

The food pyramid advises that fats be consumed sparingly. Butter and oils are examples of fats. Healthy sources of fat can be found in fish, nuts, and certain fruits and vegetables, such as avocados.

Dairy

Dairy products are produced from the milk of mammals, most usually but not exclusively cattle. They include milk, yogurt and cheese. Milk and its derivative products are a rich source of dietary calcium, but also provide protein, phosphorus, vitamin A, and vitamin D. However, many dairy products are high in saturated fat and cholesterol compared to vegetables, fruits and whole grains, which is why skimmed products are available as an alternative. For adults, three cups of dairy products are recommended per day.^[8][9]

Meat and beans

Meat is the tissue – usually muscle – of an animal consumed by humans. Since most parts of many animals are edible, there is a vast variety of meats. Meat is a major source of protein, as well as iron, zinc, and vitamin B12. Meats, poultry, and fish include beef, chicken, pork, salmon, tuna, shrimp, and eggs.
The meat group is one of the major compacted food groups in the food guide pyramid. Many of the same nutrients found in meat can also be found in foods like eggs, dry beans, and nuts, such foods are typically placed in the same category as meats, as meat alternatives. These include tofu, products that resemble meat or fish but are made with soy, eggs, and cheeses. For those who do not consume meat or animal products (see Vegetarianism, veganism and Taboo food and drink), meat analogs, tofu, beans, lentils, chick peas, nuts and other high-protein vegetables are also included in this group. The food guide pyramid suggests that adults eat 2–3 servings per day. One serving of meat is 4 oz (110 g), about the size of a deck of cards.

Controversy

Many nutritional experts, like Harvard nutritionist Dr. Walter Willett, believe the 1992 pyramid does not reflect the latest research on dietetics.^[10] Certain dietary choices that have been linked to heart disease, such as three cups of whole milk and an 8 oz (230 g), serving of hamburger daily, were technically permitted under the pyramid. The pyramid also lacked differentiation within the protein-rich group ("Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, and Nuts").^[11]
Some of the recommended quantities for the different types of food in the old pyramid have also come under criticism for lack of clarity. For instance, the pyramid recommends two to three servings from the protein-rich group, but this is intended to be a maximum. The pyramid recommends two to four fruit servings, but this is intended to be the minimum.^[12]
The fats group as a whole have been put at the tip of the pyramid, under the direction to eat as little as possible, which is largely problematic. Under the guide, one would assume to avoid fats and fatty foods, which can lead to health problems. For one, fat is essential in a person's general sustainability.^[13][14][15] Research suggests that unsaturated fats aid in weight loss, reduce heart disease risk,^[16] lower blood sugar, and even lower cholesterol.^[17][18][19] These fats can be found in olive oil,^[20][21] nuts,^[22][23] pesto,^[24] seafood (including fish, shrimp, squid, and krill among many more)^[25][26] and avocados.^[27][28] Also, they are very long sustaining, and help keep blood sugar at a steady level.^[29][30] On top of that, these fats help brain function as well.^[31]
Several books have recently claimed that food and agricultural associations exert undue political power on the USDA.^[32][33] Food industries, such as milk companies, have been accused of influencing the United States Department of Agriculture into making the colored spots on the newly created food pyramid larger for their particular product. The milk section has been claimed to be the easiest to see out of the six sections of the pyramid, making individuals believe that more milk should be consumed on a daily basis compared to the others.^[34] Furthermore, the inclusion of milk as a group unto itself implies that is an essential part of a healthy diet, despite the many people who are lactose intolerant or choose to abstain from dairy, and a number of cultures that have historically consumed little if any dairy products. Joel Fuhrman says in his book Eat to Live that U.S. taxpayers must contribute $20 billion on price supports to artificially reduce the price of cattle feed to benefit the dairy, beef and veal industries, and then pay the medical bills for an overweight population.^[35] He asks if the USDA is under the influence of the food industry, because a food pyramid based on science would have vegetables at its foundation.^[35]
These controversies prompted the creation of pyramids for specific audiences, particularly some Vegetarian Diet Pyramids.^{[36][37][38][39]}

Alternatives

The Harvard School of Public Health proposes the Healthy eating pyramid, which includes calcium and multi-vitamin supplements as well as moderate amounts of alcohol, as an alternative to the Food Guide Pyramid. Many observers^[who?] believe that the Harvard pyramid follows the results of nutrition studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals more closely.^{[citation needed]} But in their book Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever, published in 2004, Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman M.D., point out that the guidelines provided in the Harvard Pyramid fail to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy oils. In addition, whole-grain foods are given more priority than vegetables, which should not be the case, as vegetables have a lower glycemic load. Other observations are that fish should be given a higher priority due to its high omega-3 content, and that high fat dairy products should be excluded. As an alternative, the authors postulate a new food pyramid, emphasising low glycemic-load vegetables, healthy fats, such as avocados, nuts and seeds, lean animal protein, fish, and extra virgin olive oil

coming soon in cinema in this december  ^^

 

Storyline

Follows Katniss Everdeen who has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.

 jimatkan elektrik demi masa depan anak kita !!

 

Selain berjimat cermat dalam berbelanja, jangan dilupa bahawa tenaga juga perlu dijimatkan. Tenaga yang dimaksudkan kat sini bukanlah kudrat anda. Tapi, penggunaan tenaga baik di rumah mahupun di pejabat. Dulu pun saya pernah tulis mengenai tip jimat elektrik. Jadi, topik 10 cara mudah jimat tenaga bolehlah dianggap sebagai kesinambungan info tersebut. :)

Gambar - ffaircond.com

1. Jika anda berhajat memasang penyaman udara, pastikan anda pilih saiz yang bersesuaian. Ini bagi memastikan anda menggunakannya secara lebih efisien serta tak membazirkan tenaga.

2. Sila set kawalan kipas penyaman udara daripada "auto" kepada "on". Ia kerana pengaliran udara yang sekata penting untuk menstabilkan suhu bilik.

3. Tetapkan suhu penyaman udara antara 24 - 26 darjah Celsius (C). Kalau terasa panas sangat, set suhu pada 24 darjah C. Jika cuaca redup atau hujan, boleh set pada suhu 26 darjah C. Kalau nak lagi jimat, tak payahlah "on" ketika hujan.

4. Kalau anda guna pemanas air pula, tetapkan suhunya antara rendah dengan sederhana. Ia dapat jimat tenaga gak.

5. Segerakan memperbaiki sebarang kebocoran paip. Lebih-lebih lagi kalau ia melibatkan peralatan pemanas air.

Gambar - Berita Harian Online

6. Mandi dengan menggunakan air pancur lebih menjimatkan berbanding berendam di dalam tab mandi, jakuzi ataupun kolam.

7. Semasa anda memasak, tutuplah periuk atau kuali tu. Ia dapat menjimatkan masa memasak.

8. Pada musim panas atau cuaca cerah, elakkan penggunaan pengering mesin basuh. Cahaya matahari mampu melaksanakan tugasnya dengan baik. Ini kerana selain menjimatkan elektrik, sinaran ultraviolet yang ada padanya mampu membunuh kuman.

9. Cabut semua plug peralatan elektrik jika dah selesai menggunakannya. Sebabnya, peralatan seperti tv dan komputer tetap akan menyerap tenaga walaupun suisnya dah dipadamkan.

10. Sekiranya dinding rumah atau pejabat anda tak ditebat, jadikan perkakas yang agak berat macam rak buku atau sofa sebagai pengganti. Susun elok-elok perkakas tadi di sekitar ruangan tersebut bagi mencegah kemasukan haba daripada luar serta kehilangan kesejukam dari dalam bangunan.

A man resolves to be the husband, father, and person he can be, one day at a time.

New Days Resolution

© Dusty J. Bee

Some people feel once a year,
They'll make a resolution and fight their fear,
Today I have made up my mind,
I'm making resolutions a day at a time...
Today I'll begin, my new tradition,
I promise to fight for what is right,
I promise to keep you warm all night,
I promise to protect my children from harm,
I promise to show you nothing but charm,
Always I'll care and never shall I leave,
Like my father did to me before I turned three,
I won’t be like my step dad and yell all the time,
I won't be my mom and do nothing but whine,
I'll parent my own way, loving always,
I'll be like myself and say I love you all day,
I'll give up my dreams for them you see,
For they are dreams that have come to be,
When they are wrong I will let them know,
But while I'm doing it I'll make sure I show,
Them that I love them with all of my heart,
This new parenthood thing is a beautiful art,
So now to end this first day of new,
I’ll pass this tradition to you, you and you’

parent poems

A child gives thanks to her two guardian angels.

My Angels

© Sara E. Faircloth

        

As a child safe within the warmness of your embrace
Protected from the cold careless world outside
Through all the trials and tribulations that I would face
I knew that under your wings I could run and hide
You have shown understanding and compassion throughout the years
That ultimately would make me the person I should be
After all the smiles and through all the tears
I was then blind, but now I finally see
I have two angels who have fallen from the sky
Who would lift me up when I was down?
To fix my wings when I couldn't fly
And to replace the smile that once was a frown
You've wiped my tears with your gentle hand
Reassuring me that everything was going to be okay
I knew that no one else could ever understand
I could read your expression, you didn't have to say
I wish to be that child once more
But life goes on and I will stand tall
So when you need an angel, just knock on the door
And I will be your feet if ever you should fall

Water conservation in the home has many benefits. Not only does it lower your water bill, but it also helps prevent municipal water systems or septic systems from becoming overloaded. This can help prevent pollution; if water systems become overloaded, bacterial contamination can leak into nearby streams, rivers and lakes. There are a number of steps you can take to ensure you're using the least amount of water possible in your home.

Bathroom

• Water conservation should start in the bathroom. First, focus on saving water in the shower. Reduce the time you spend taking showers; you can either be sure to limit the shower to the amount of time it takes you to soap up and rinse off, or you can turn the water off while you shampoo, soap up and shave. You can also purchase and install a low-flow shower head. Typical showers can use five to 10 gallons every minute, while low-flow shower heads can reduce the flow to 2.5 gallons per minute. There are other simple ways to save water in the bathroom, including turning the water off while you brush your teeth and avoiding flushing the toilet to dispose of small pieces of trash such as facial tissues.

 

Kitchen

• There are also numerous opportunities to save water in the kitchen. First, limit your use of the garbage disposal; throw away or compost as much as you can. Only run your dishwasher once it is full, and avoid using the extra-long prewash or scrub cycles. Finally, when washing vegetables or dishes in the sink, don't keep the water running. For vegetables, you can fill a container with water and wash them in there. When washing dishes, fill the sink with water and stopper the drain, only using the water that's in the sink. Use a washcloth or sponge to remove any stuck-on foods rather than relying on the force of the water.

Yard and Garden

• Watering 1,000 square feet of lawn with one inch of water can take up to 660 gallons. Because it's easy to waste water outside, it's important that you remain vigilant of the amount of water you use outside. Be sure to water your lawn in the early morning; when watering later in the day, much of the water is lost due to evaporation. Also avoid purchasing sprinklers that emit a fine mist, because much of the water is lost through evaporation and wind.

Throughout Your Home

• Be sure to regularly check your pipes and appliances for leaks. Even small leaks can waste a significant amount of water. Thus, it's important to spot leaks early so that the leak doesn't worsen and waste water for a long period of time.

< just give me a reason >

 

Right from the start
You were a thief
You stole my heart
And I your willing victim
I let you see the parts of me
That weren't all that pretty
And with every touch you fixed them

Now you've been talking in your sleep, oh, oh
Things you never say to me, oh, oh
Tell me that you've had enough
Of our love, our love

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
We're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

 

I'm sorry I don't understand
Where all of this is coming from
I thought that we were fine
(Oh, we had everything)
Your head is running wild again
My dear we still have everythin'
And it's all in your mind
(Yeah, but this is happenin')

You've been havin' real bad dreams, oh, oh
You used to lie so close to me, oh, oh
There's nothing more than empty sheets
Between our love, our love
Oh, our love, our love

 

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
I never stopped
You're still written in the scars on my heart
You're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

 

Oh, tear ducts can rust
I'll fix it for us
We're collecting dust
But our love's enough
You're holding it in
You're pouring a drink
No nothing is as bad as it seems
We'll come clean

 

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
That we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

 

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
That we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

Oh, we can learn to love again
Oh, we can learn to love again
Oh, oh, that we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

 

 

 

His Last Sonnet

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art! -
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night,
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like Nature's patient sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors -
No -yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,
Pillowed upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever -or else swoon to death.

John Keats