The World’s Treasures
February 28, 2009There may be lost pirate treasure buried in the coves of the Caribbean Islands. There are certainly lost treasures of gold and jewels aboard early Spanish sailing ships sunk at sea. But not all treasure is lost. The earth is full of found treasures. Here are just a few of them.
Bauxite: This mineral is used to make aluminum. Guinea in Africa is rich with it.
Cashews: These delicious nuts grow on trees in Mozambique, a country in southeast Africa.
Chewing Gum: The sapodilla tree of Central America is the source of chicle, which is what puts the chew in chewing gum.
Chocolate: The seed of the cacao tree, which is found on many Caribbean islands, is used to make chocolate.
Chromium: This metal is used to make stainless steel. There is plenty of chromium in Zimbabwe, Africa.
Copper: One of the richest “copper belts” in the world is in Zambia, Africa.
Cork: Bulletin boards and stoppers in wine bottles are both made of cork, which is the bark of the cork oak tree in Spain.
Diamonds: Namibia, Africa, supplies the most valuable diamonds of the 18 countries in southern Africa rich with diamonds.
Emeralds: Colombia produces the most emeralds of any country in South America.
Gold: The world’s largest gold mine is in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Mahogany: The trees that supply this beautiful wood grow in Central America.
Nitrates: This mineral used to preserve foods is found in the desert of Chile.
Perfume: In the south of France, flowers are grown for their oils, which are used in making perfumes.
Seaweed: Off the coast of Japan, seaweed is harvested to eat or to flavor foods.
Sugar: Sugarcane is grown in many countries in Central America and the Caribbean Islands.
Vanilla: There wouldn’t be vanilla ice cream without the vanilla bean. More than half the world’s vanilla is grown in Madagascar.
Wool: Most of the world’s wool is supplied by the sheep of Australia.
Top Ten Organized Religions of the World
Statistics of the world’s religions are only very rough approximations. Aside from Christianity, few religions, if any, attempt to keep statistical records; and even Protestants and Catholics employ different methods of counting members.
| Religion | Members | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Christianity | 2.1 billion | 33.0% |
| Islam | 1.5 billion | 21 |
| Hinduism | 900 million | 14 |
| Buddhism | 376 million | 6 |
| Sikhism | 23 million | 0.36 |
| Judaism | 14 million | 0.22 |
| Bahaism | 7 million | 0.1 |
| Confucianism | 6.3 million | 0.1 |
| Jainism | 4.2 million | 0.1 |
| Shintoism | 4 million | 0.0 |
NOTES: As of 2005. This list includes only organized religions and excludes more loosely defined groups such as Chinese or African traditional religions.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, www.adherents.com.
Diets and Weight-Loss Plans
The Daily Plate doesn’t endorse any one particular diet. We simply recommend healthy eating habits, particularly keeping track of the foods you eat each day.
Presented below are several popular diets that some of our members are currently on.
From Wikipedia: The Atkins Nutritional Approach, popularly known as the Atkins Diet or just Atkins, is the most marketed and well-known of the…
From TheBestLife.com: The Best Life program is not one of those conventional plans where you’re either “on” or “off” a diet. Instead it’s a way of living…
From Wikipedia: Body for Life is a 12-week diet and exercise program, and also an annual physique transformation competition. It was created by Bill…
Dr. Oz’s: “YOU: On a Diet”
HMR (Health Management Resources)
From the official website: HMR (Health Management Resources™) is a privately owned national healthcare company specializing in weight loss and weight management. Our programs offer lifestyle…
From WebMD: Jenny Craig isn’t a Janie-come-lately to the diet field. The program began in 1983 in Australia and started U.S. operations in 1985. The Jenny…
From Wikipedia: Macrobiotics, from the Greek “macro” (large, long) + “bios” (life), is a dietary regimen that involves eating grains as a staple food…
From Wikipedia: The Mediterranean diet is a modern nutritional model inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of some of the countries of the…
From Wikipedia: The NutriSystem Nourish Diet plan is a “send you the food” diet plan. Its sales in 2006 totaled $435 million through September, so it is a…
From Wikipedia: [The diet] advocates consuming small amounts of very bland but calorie-dense foods, such as extra-light olive oil (not to be confused with…
From Wikipedia: The South Beach diet is a diet plan started by Miami, Florida-area cardiologist Arthur Agatston which emphasizes the consumption of “good…
From Wikipedia: The Sugar Busters diet is a low-carbohydrate diet focused on eliminating foods containing refined carbohydrates such as refined sugar,…
From Answers.com: The Beverly Hills Diet is a 35-day diet plan based on the premise that certain kinds of foods should not be eaten together. The creator of…
From Wikipedia: [Inventor John] Walker describes the diet as approaching weight loss “as an engineering problem”, claiming that his approach enabled him…
From Wikipedia: The Ornish Diet is a somewhat popular diet that was developed by Dean Ornish M.D. in his book Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing…
From Wikipedia: The Zone diet is a diet popularized in books by Barry Sears. It advocates balancing protein and carbohydrate ratios instead of caloric…
Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers offers a “Points” plan and a “Core” plan. In the “Points” plan, foods are assigned a point value based on a copyrighted formula; dieters have a points limit they are not supposed…
Starbucks
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Grande Skinny Vanilla Latte (Starbucks) Serving Size: 16 oz.; Calories: 130, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 19g, Protein: 12g |
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Tazo Chai Iced Tea Latte - Nonfat Milk (Starbucks) Serving Size: Venti, 24 fl oz; Calories: 350, Total Fat: 4g, Carbs: 73g, Protein: 7g |
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Grande Soy Latte (Starbucks) Serving Size: 16 fl. oz.; Calories: 170, Total Fat: 4.5g, Carbs: 23g, Protein: 9g |
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Hot Chocolate, Skim Milk, Cream (Starbucks) Serving Size: 12 oz.; Calories: 290, Total Fat: 9g, Carbs: 41g, Protein: 12g |
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Cafe Au Lait (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Grande drink / 16 oz; Calories: 100, Total Fat: 3.5g, Carbs: 8g, Protein: 7g |
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Venti Cinnamon Dolce Latte With Sugar Free Syrup (nonfat milk, no whip) (Starbucks) Serving Size: 20 oz; Calories: 160, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 24g, Protein: 15g |
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Caffe Americano (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Grande drink / 16 oz; Calories: 15, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 3g, Protein: 1g |
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Reduced-fat Blueberry Coffee Cake (Starbucks) Serving Size: 122 g; Calories: 310, Total Fat: 9g, Carbs: 53g, Protein: 4g |
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Tall Nonfat Latte (Starbucks) Serving Size: 12 oz. (Tall); Calories: 100, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 15g, Protein: 10g |
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Multigrain Bagel (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 bagel; Calories: 290, Total Fat: 4g, Carbs: 55g, Protein: 11g |
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Chai Tea Latte (Starbucks) Serving Size: 16 fl. oz. (Grande); Calories: 230, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 51g, Protein: 8g |
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Focaccia Bread (Starbucks) Calories: 240, Total Fat: 7g, Carbs: 36g, Protein: 9g |
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Tall Skinny Vanilla Latte (Starbucks) Serving Size: 12 fl. oz.; Calories: 90, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 14g, Protein: 9g |
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Blueberry Muffin (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 muffin / 101g; Calories: 360, Total Fat: 10g, Carbs: 64g, Protein: 6g |
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Low Fat Oatcake (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1/2 Oatcake; Calories: 258, Total Fat: 3.3g, Carbs: , Protein: 6g |
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Low-fat turkey bacon breakfast sandwich (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 sandwich; Calories: 330, Total Fat: 11g, Carbs: 41g, Protein: 20g |
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Espresso Con Panna - Doppio (Starbucks) Serving Size: 2oz.; Calories: 35, Total Fat: 2.5g, Carbs: 3g, Protein: 1g |
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Pumpkin Scone (Starbucks) Calories: 480, Total Fat: 15g, Carbs: 81g, Protein: 7g |
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Vanilla Latte With Whole Milk (Starbucks) Serving Size: 12 fl. oz. (tall); Calories: 240, Total Fat: 9g, Carbs: 29g, Protein: 9g |
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fruit and cheese plate (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 plate; Calories: 370, Total Fat: 19g, Carbs: 36g, Protein: 15g |
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Caramel Frappuccino® Light Blended Coffee - no whipped cream (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Tall drink /; Calories: 180, Total Fat: 1.5g, Carbs: 36g, Protein: 7g |
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White Chocolate Mocha- with whipped cream (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Grande drink / 16 oz; Calories: 420, Total Fat: 16g, Carbs: 56g, Protein: 14g |
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White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino® Light Blended Coffee - with whipped cream (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Venti drink / 24 fl oz; Calories: 440, Total Fat: 16g, Carbs: 62g, Protein: 11g |
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Cappuccino (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Grande drink / 16 oz; Calories: 110, Total Fat: 3.5g, Carbs: 10g, Protein: 7g |
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Caffe Latte (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Grande drink / 16 oz; Calories: 190, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 18g, Protein: 13g |
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Caramel Macchiato (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Grande (16 fl. oz.); Calories: 240, Total Fat: 7g, Carbs: 34g, Protein: 10g |
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Sugar Free Vanilla Latte (Starbucks) Serving Size: 12 oz; Calories: 120, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 18g, Protein: 12g |
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Peppered Bacon, Egg & Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 sandwich; Calories: 390, Total Fat: 18g, Carbs: 37g, Protein: 19g |
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Brewed Coffee (Starbucks) Serving Size: 12 oz; Calories: 5, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 1g, Protein: 0g |
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Nonfat Vanilla Latte (Starbucks) Serving Size: Grande (16 fl oz); Calories: 200, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 37g, Protein: 12g |
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Latte, Nonfat Milk - Grande (Starbucks) Serving Size: 16oz.; Calories: 160, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 24g, Protein: 16g |
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Cafe Misto (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Grande drink / 16 oz; Calories: 100, Total Fat: 3.5g, Carbs: 8g, Protein: 7g |
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yogurt parfait (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1; Calories: 310, Total Fat: 4g, Carbs: 59g, Protein: 9g |
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Tall Coffee (Starbucks) Serving Size: 12 fl oz; Calories: 5, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 0g, Protein: 0 |
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Pumpkin Loaf (Starbucks) Calories: 430, Total Fat: 21g, Carbs: 57g, Protein: 6g |
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Iced Coffee Light (Starbucks) Serving Size: 11 oz.; Calories: 35, Total Fat: 1g, Carbs: 5g, Protein: 2g |
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Skinny Caffe Latte (tall) (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 (tall); Calories: 122, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 18g, Protein: 12g |
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Cafe Au Lait (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Tall drink / 12 oz; Calories: 60, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 9g, Protein: 6g |
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Petite Vanilla Scone (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1; Calories: 170, Total Fat: 6g, Carbs: 20g, Protein: 0g |
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Coffee of the Week (Starbucks) Serving Size: 1 Tall drink / 12 oz; Calories: 5, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 1g, Protein: 0g |
Basic Email Management
By Susan Ward, About.com
Checking email, reading email and answering email can take up hours of time if you let it. But only if you let it.
Is your email killing your productivity? Then it’s time for some basic email management. Here are four simple email management rules to help you keep control of your inbox:
1) Let your email program manage your email as much as possible.
Email management starts with setting up and using filters. If you’re using an email program such as Outlook, you can configure email rules to send your spam directly to the trash - meaning that you don’t waste your time reading and deleting it.
2) Do not check your email on demand.
You don’t need to see every piece of email the second it arrives. If you’re using an email program that announces the arrival of new email, turn off the program’s announcement features, such as making a sound or having a pop-up screen announce the arrival of email. Checking email on demand can seriously interfere with whatever other tasks you’re trying to accomplish because most people will read email when they check it.
3) Don’t read and answer your email all day long.
You may get anywhere from a handful to hundreds of emails each day that need to be answered, but they don’t need to be answered immediately, interrupting whatever else you’re doing. Instead, set aside a particular time each day to review and answer your email. Schedule the hour or whatever time it takes you to answer the volume of email you get, and stick to that schedule as regularly as possible.
4) Don’t answer your email at your most productive time of day.
For me, (and for many others, I suspect), my most productive work time is the morning. If I start my work day by answering my email, I lose the time that I’m at my most creative. If I’m writing a piece, for instance, it takes me twice as long to compose it in the afternoon or evening than it would in the morning, when I feel fresh and alert.
Answering email, on the other hand, isn’t usually a task that calls for a great deal of creativity. So by ignoring my email until the late afternoon, and answering it then, I get the dual benefit of saving my most productive time for other more demanding tasks, and not continually interrupting whatever other tasks I’m trying to accomplish.
What time of day is your most productive? Scheduling less demanding tasks such as checking, reading and answering email outside of your “best” working time will help you make the most of your working day - and that’s good email management.
How to Use Business Management Tips
By eHow Business Editor
In order to succeed in business, there are certain management tips to follow. You may think you know all there is to know about business, by not considering common management tips, you may fall flat on your face. Therefore, if you are considering starting your own business, or even if you’re just managing a business, these tips can be quite useful.
Interior Designers have grown in numbers
Filipinos love decorating and accessorizing their home, that is why Interior Designers have grown in numbers because of the opportunity in this growing industry. And the challenge of keeping up with new approach and techniques in making homes beautiful is keeping interior designers on their toes.
Because of this challenge, Interior Designers are always on the lookout for beautiful home accents that they can use to fulfill their clients’ requests and come out with a beautiful and cozy home design. Competition is indeed tough in this field, that is why the designer must always be one step ahead if he wants to stay on top of the industry.
To help them get the best items that would make perfect accents for every home that they need to work on, Rain Collection is the website for them to visit.
Rain Collection is an online store of beautiful home decors that would fit perfectly on every house. Whether they are looking for small items for accents or big decors for greater emphasis, Rain Collection have them.
Now, the Interior Designer’s job has just been made easier because they don’t have to look to anywhere just find the best accents. Whether their style is minimalism, or even if they are ‘loud and proud,’ they can find the best decorative items at the Rain Collection website.
Interior Designers have grown in numbers
Filipinos love decorating and accessorizing their home, that is why Interior Designers have grown in numbers because of the opportunity in this growing industry. And the challenge of keeping up with new approach and techniques in making homes beautiful is keeping interior designers on their toes.
Because of this challenge, Interior Designers are always on the lookout for beautiful home accents that they can use to fulfill their clients’ requests and come out with a beautiful and cozy home design. Competition is indeed tough in this field, that is why the designer must always be one step ahead if he wants to stay on top of the industry.
To help them get the best items that would make perfect accents for every home that they need to work on, Rain Collection is the website for them to visit.
Rain Collection is an online store of beautiful home decors that would fit perfectly on every house. Whether they are looking for small items for accents or big decors for greater emphasis, Rain Collection have them.
Now, the Interior Designer’s job has just been made easier because they don’t have to look to anywhere just find the best accents. Whether their style is minimalism, or even if they are ‘loud and proud,’ they can find the best decorative items at the Rain Collection website.
