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FYI, Taiwan is still in “rescuing stage”. Several hundred people are still missing (buried in the mudslide, trapped in the trouble sites,….), many people lost their homes and family! Some villages have buried in mud! Taiwan has many beautiful scenes and some of them can probably only be seen on the films.

Typhoon Morakot happened around August 8th, it’s abbreviated to the “88 Disaster”. Zhejiang and some provinces were affected too, but the impact of damage is much bigger in Taiwan.

Please send our regards to our Taiwanese friends, I am sure our support will be welcome.

Regards
Norlina

How knowledgeable are you about Fast Food facts? I took the quiz (10 questions) and managed to get 1 right. I guess I need to update my Fast Food Facts.

Take the quiz at following link: http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/fast-food-quiz1.htm

New York Time’s food writer Mark Bittman, gives a 20 minute presentation at TED on what is wrong with the way we eat. A short history of food over the last 100 years and how we have evolved to our current state of affairs.

We need to spend more time communicating and putting into place the concepts and ideas presented in his talk.

The key, eat less meat and more plants (vegetables), live longer and healthier.

From Alan Davis, a Taiwanese restaurant with a toilet (twist).

Visit the blog to see more information: http://mrnaomi.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/taiwan-modern-toilet-restaurant/

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The latest report out confirms that obesity is on the rise in the US headed by Mississippi.

Some quick facts:

• Mississippi ranked number 1 for the 5th year in a row.
• More than 1 in 4 is obese in 31 states.
• Obesity among adults rose in 23 states over the past year.
• The rate of obesity is highest amongst 55 – 64 year-olds.
• Medicare spends anywhere from $1400 to $6000 more annually on health care of obese seniors than for non-obese.

The solution? Just maybe Ukranian Dr. Hryhory Chausovsky who invented the Smart Plate has the answer. The Smart Plate is a normal size plate that has a micro chip embedded with a weight sensor and talks to you once the weight on the plate is over the threshold.

It scolds you with phrases such as, “stop right there” or “where’s your will power”.

Of course its not full proof because we don’t know what kind of calories we are loading the plate up with but it just might be a start in the right direction.

Have a happy 4th of July and be careful of the weight of your food on your plate.

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Alan Davis of Strategic Solutions Partners, LLC points us to a recent article in Cargo Business News June 26, 2009.

The largest cold chain complex in Tianjin, China with a capacity of 200,000 metric tons will be completed by the end of this year.

The facility will be made up of 5 cold storage warehouses and a 15,000 square meter aquaculture market with processing capacity of 10,000 metric tons per annum.

It is projected to have frozen foodstuff trade volume of 1,000,000 metric tons with a trade value of approximately $4,000,000,000.

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Fair Oaks Farm, milks 32,000 cows daily, enough for 8,000,000 people. Entertainment plus.

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In this day and age of Walmart’s, Target’s, Safeway’s, Kroger’s, etc., how is an independent to compete, let alone survive?

The answer of course, is to be or do something remarkable. Create WOW and the customers will come.

I just recently read a book, Retail Superstars: Inside the 25 Best Independent Stores In America, by George Whalin. One of those retail superstars is Jungle Jim’s International Market, a humungous supermarket in Fairfield, Ohio.

Jungle Jim’s International is a 285,000 square foot (6.5 acre or 26,000 square meter) Supermarket that has it all (compared to the typical American supermarket from 35,000 – 45,000 sq. ft. or a Walmart or Target Supercenter which can be up to 200,000 sq. ft.). The store is based on themes that entertain the customers. It has one of the largest wine collections in the U.S., live seafood tanks, a cooking school and more. They have foods from around the world, they have Amish, Asian, European and other International foods. In fact if you can’t find it here chances are you can’t find it anywhere.

How about foot traffic? Jungle Jim’s has 50,000 shoppers per week passing through and annual sales of $100 million! Not bad for an independent located in a city with a population of 42,097 based on the 2000 census (Cincinnati is a good 30 minute drive away).

Independents can thrive and do thrive in todays environment. The key is creativity and being remarkable and they will come.

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How much does the plate size have to do with obesity? If you live in America most plates are piled high with food, and if you were brought up like me, then you were taught to clean the plate.

This leads to the following formula, More Food Than Necessary + Eating Plate Clean = Eating More Calories Than Needed. Eating more calories than necessary leads to gaining weight, which can lead to obesity.

So I ask is the key in just less food on the plate?

Compare food quantity below:

Smaller plates, less food, is it that simple?

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Memorial Day Holiday
Pause to give thanks to those who have lost their lives, for those who fought to defend our freedom, our way of life.

May God Bless You All.