Tidbits and notes posted on FB and Twitter. Part 213
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The best approach to explain the succession of civilizations and Empires in the Fertile Crescent (in Lebanon, Palestine and Syria or Phoenicia, Canaan, Aram) that raided and conquered the Near East civilizations is the analogy of survival among the lions and lionesses empires or warlike empires versus settled and wealthy empires.
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006, stated at the annual Dinner of Francis Boyer Lecture of The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research on December 5, 1996:
“Augmenting concerns about the Federal Reserve is the perception that we are a secretive organization, operating behind closed doors, not always in the interests of the nation as a whole. This is regrettable, and we continuously strive to alter this mis-perception.”
Quinoa, drought-resistant crop, contains a toxic compound called saponins, a bitter component that’s used by the plant to ward off predators. It isn’t actually a grain (it’s part of the goosefoot family, related to spinach and beets. Protein content of quinoa is 18% versus 8% in rice
Toxic compound called saponins in Quinoa needs to be removed before consumption, which can be accomplished by polishing or washing the grain, which makes processing it expensive. (The polishing process also reduces the fiber of the grain, lowering its protein, vitamin, and mineral levels).
“The Peter principle” applies to all public institutions when any employee in a hierarchy rises to the level of his or her own incompetence.
Ca ne vaut rien d’insister pour que quelqu’un voit la realite’ en face: l’important est d’avoir un sourire serain aux levres
Si notre imagination est puissante de se souvenir des bons moments, les mauvais ne formeront que de reperes et contrastes
Je passe le plus clair de mon temps a l’obscurcir
Quand on se prend pour quelqu’un, on oublit qu’on fond on est plusieurs.
Keef mouhemmet al majless badha tetghayyar, wa Nabih Berry 3ala ra2ssa? 60 naayeb ra7 ye fel, wa 60 naayeb jaayeen 3ala al akeed, baynaathom wlaad al “zou3ama”.
3am befteker bi yalli ra7ou: kaanou shabab bi waktha
Al khetyaar bi shouf jhannam: fa2ad al amal bil ta3afi
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