Under Current Pending world recession, you need to keep your blood pressure under control and relaxation is paramount important. How to achieve this? See below.
Joyful music improves blood vessel function
Posted in Cardio-Vascular on Mon November 17, 2008
Recent study results suggest that laughing and listening to music that makes people feel joyful can help to improve blood vessel function.
Michael Miller and colleagues studied the effect of different music on 10 volunteers. While the volunteers were listening to the music the researchers measured how well their blood vessels responded to a sudden increase in blood flow caused by the release of a blood pressure cuff.
Results showed that when the volunteers listened to music that made them feel joyful their blood vessels dilated by 26%. In comparison, listening to music that made the volunteers feel anxious caused blood vessels to dilate by 6%. Laughter was also found to improve blood flow. Listening to a comedy tape caused blood vessels to dilate by 19%.
Miller M, Beach V, Mangano C, Vogel RA. Positive Emotions and the Endothelium: Does Joyful Music Improve Vascular Health?” Miller M, Beach V, Mangano C, Vogel RA. Presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 11th 2008.
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Management Case Study
Management Case Study No.1
The manager of a large corporation got a heart attack, and the Doctortold him to go for several weeks to a farm to relax. The guy went to a farm, and after a couple of days he was very bored, so he asked the farmer to give him some job to do. The farmer told him to clean the shit of the cows. The farmer thought that to somebody coming fromthe city, working the whole life sitting in an office, it will take over a week to finish the job, but to his surprise the manager finished the job in less than one day.
The next day the farmer gave to the manager a more difficult job: to cutthe heads of 500 chickens. The farmer was sure that the manager will notbe able to do the job, but at the end of the day the job was done. The next morning, as most of the jobs in the farm were done, the farmerasked the manager to divide a bag of potatoes in two boxes: one box withsmall potatoes, and one box with big potatoes. At the end of the day the farmer saw that the manager was sitting in front of the potatoes bag, but the two boxes were empty. The farmer asked the manager: "How is that you did such difficult jobs during the first days, and now you cannot do this simple job?" The manager answered: "Listen, all my life I'm cutting heads and dealing with shit, but now you ask me to make decisions!"
Management Case Study No.2
A man goes into a pet shop to buy a parrot. The shop owner points to three identical looking parrots on a perch and says, "the parrot on the left costs 500 dollars".
"Why does the parrot cost so much," asks the man.
The shop owner says, "well, the parrot knows how to use a computer".
The man then asks about the next parrot to be told that this one costs1,000 dollars because it can do everything the other parrot can do plusit knows how to use the UNIX operating system.
Naturally, the increasingly startled man asks about the third Parrot to be told that it costs 2,000 dollars. Needless to say this begs thequestion,
"What can it do?"
To which the shop owner replies, "to be honest I have never seen it do anything, but the other two call him boss!"
Management Case Study No.3
A big manager is giving his emploees a lecture about improving production. He entered the room with a large, emgty jar, and a big bag. Presenting the jar to the emploees, he opens his bag and starts taking out rocks out of it, putting them in the jar.
As he finished, he asks his emploees whether the jar is full.
"Yes, of course."
The manager than opens a package of peas, and starts pouring them into the jar. When he finished, he asks the emploees whether the jar is full again.
"Yes, indeed"
Then he opens a package of rice, and starts pouring the rice inside. When he finishes, he asks the question again:
"Is the jar full now?"
"Yes, it is."
He takes a bottle of beer out of his bag and pours it in the jar, filling it to the edges. Then, he asks his workers:
"So, what moral have you learned today?"
"Bigger matters come first?"
.......................................................................................................................
Management Case Study No. 4
This is for those amongst you that think some people get paid too much
Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, a nd when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer . $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap ........................... $ 9998.00
Total $ 10,000.00
The manager of a large corporation got a heart attack, and the Doctortold him to go for several weeks to a farm to relax. The guy went to a farm, and after a couple of days he was very bored, so he asked the farmer to give him some job to do. The farmer told him to clean the shit of the cows. The farmer thought that to somebody coming fromthe city, working the whole life sitting in an office, it will take over a week to finish the job, but to his surprise the manager finished the job in less than one day.
The next day the farmer gave to the manager a more difficult job: to cutthe heads of 500 chickens. The farmer was sure that the manager will notbe able to do the job, but at the end of the day the job was done. The next morning, as most of the jobs in the farm were done, the farmerasked the manager to divide a bag of potatoes in two boxes: one box withsmall potatoes, and one box with big potatoes. At the end of the day the farmer saw that the manager was sitting in front of the potatoes bag, but the two boxes were empty. The farmer asked the manager: "How is that you did such difficult jobs during the first days, and now you cannot do this simple job?" The manager answered: "Listen, all my life I'm cutting heads and dealing with shit, but now you ask me to make decisions!"
Management Case Study No.2
A man goes into a pet shop to buy a parrot. The shop owner points to three identical looking parrots on a perch and says, "the parrot on the left costs 500 dollars".
"Why does the parrot cost so much," asks the man.
The shop owner says, "well, the parrot knows how to use a computer".
The man then asks about the next parrot to be told that this one costs1,000 dollars because it can do everything the other parrot can do plusit knows how to use the UNIX operating system.
Naturally, the increasingly startled man asks about the third Parrot to be told that it costs 2,000 dollars. Needless to say this begs thequestion,
"What can it do?"
To which the shop owner replies, "to be honest I have never seen it do anything, but the other two call him boss!"
Management Case Study No.3
A big manager is giving his emploees a lecture about improving production. He entered the room with a large, emgty jar, and a big bag. Presenting the jar to the emploees, he opens his bag and starts taking out rocks out of it, putting them in the jar.
As he finished, he asks his emploees whether the jar is full.
"Yes, of course."
The manager than opens a package of peas, and starts pouring them into the jar. When he finished, he asks the emploees whether the jar is full again.
"Yes, indeed"
Then he opens a package of rice, and starts pouring the rice inside. When he finishes, he asks the question again:
"Is the jar full now?"
"Yes, it is."
He takes a bottle of beer out of his bag and pours it in the jar, filling it to the edges. Then, he asks his workers:
"So, what moral have you learned today?"
"Bigger matters come first?"
.......................................................................................................................
Management Case Study No. 4
This is for those amongst you that think some people get paid too much
Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, a nd when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer . $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap ........................... $ 9998.00
Total $ 10,000.00
The market is bad...So decided to tell some jokes
Joke No.1 :
A UM graduate found himself difficult to get a job here. He finally accepted the offer to work with Taiping Zoo.
"What to do? It's better to work like this than earning nothing...", mumbling to himself.
So since that day, the IT grad started work acting as a monkey. He has to wear monkey suit and mask, chew nuts and eat bananas. He has to climb trees too and jump from one to another to attract visitors.
The zoo has since then enjoyed tremendous business due to the increase in visitors. Even Mahathir wanted to see the super 'smart' monkey in the world.
Unfortunately, one day when he was jumping from the trees, he fell down into a crocodile pool!
"Oh my God...I'm dying...now" he thought, as a hungry looking crocodile swam steadily towards his direction.
In the middle of his struggle, suddenly he heard a soft voice, "Don't be afraid my friend... I'm from UKM".
Have a good laugh !
Next Joke: Night Courses! - This is really Funny...
Ah Beng went to take night courses so that he could get
a promotion or a better job. During work, Ah Beng likes
to show off to Ah Seng about his knowledge.
Ah Beng: Ah Seng ah... I've been taking night courses
for 3 months already, next week is the exam.
Ah Seng: Oh... Good luck ah.
Then Ah Beng started show off...
Ah Beng: Ok, I test you, who is Graham Bell?
Ah Seng: Don't know
Ah Beng: He is the inventor of phone la... in 1876,
see... if you take night courses, you would know this.!
Ah Seng: ....................... *speechless*
The next day, Ah Beng shows off again...
Ah Beng: Ah Seng ah... let me ask you, who is Jean
Jacques Rousseau?
Ah Seng: Wash your toilet one ah?
Ah Beng: No! He's the author of "Confessions",
nah nah nah... told you already, if you take night
courses, you would know this.
Ah Seng: .................. *speechless + frustrated*
The next day, once again...
Ah Beng: Do you know who is Alexander Dumas?
Ah Seng: Your gay partner?
Ah Beng: Choiii!!! If you do! n't know don't simply
answer la. He's the author of "The 3 Musketeers" ,
if you take night courses, you would know this.
Ah Seng: ........ *speechless + frustrated + irritated
This time Ah Seng cannot tahan (stand) anymore and ask
Ah Beng...
Ah Seng: Eh... Do you know who is Ah Kaw?
Ah Beng: Errrr... No!
Ah Seng: He's the guy sleeping with your wife!!
If you stop night courses, you would know this!!
Ah Beng: ........................ *fainted*
NEXT... Legal Misunderstandings...
One afternoon, a wealthy lawyer was riding in the back of his limousine when he saw two men eating grass by the road side. He ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate.
"Why are you eating grass?" he asked one man.
"We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied.
"Oh, come along with me then."
"But sir, I have a wife with two children!"
"Bring them along! And you, come with us too!" he said to the other man.
"But sir, I have a wife with six children!" the second man answered.
"Bring them as well!"
They all climbed into the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limo.
Once underway, one of the poor fellows says, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you."
The lawyer replied, "No problem, the grass at my home is about two feet tall."
NEXT.....This particular joke won an award for the best joke in a competition in Britain:
One Chinese person walks into a bar in America late one night and he saw Steven Spielberg.
As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushes over to him, and asks for his autograph.
Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says 'You Chinese people bombed our Pearl Harbor, get out of here.'
The astonished Chinese man replied 'It was not the Chinese who bombed your Pearl Harbor , it was the Japanese'.
'Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all the same,' replied Spielberg.
In return, the Chinese gives Spielberg a slap and says 'You sank the Titanic; my forefathers were on that ship.'
Shocked, Spielberg replies 'It was the iceberg that sank the ship, not me.'
The Chinese replies, 'Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg, you're all the same.'
Have a good day !
These jokes below, Ladies out there, you'll love this!
Husband StoreA store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE ! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch. . . . You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband...
On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking. "Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads: Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims,"I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
NEXT...
Several men are in the locker room of a golf club.
A cell phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker function and begins to talk.
Everyone else in the room stops to listen.
MAN: 'Hello'
WOMAN: 'Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?'
MAN: 'Yes'
WOMAN: 'I am at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It's only $1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?'
MAN: 'Sure, go ahead if you like it that much.'
WOMAN: 'I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2008 models. I saw one I really liked.'
MAN: 'How much?'
WOMAN: '$390,000'
MAN: 'OK, but for that price I want it with all the options.'
WOMAN: 'Great! Oh, and one more thing....the house I wanted last year is back on the market They're asking $2,950,000' for it.
MAN: 'Well, then go ahead and give them an offer of $2,800,000. They will probably take it. If not, we can go the extra $150,000 if it's really a pretty good price.'
WOMAN: 'OK.. I'll see you later! I love you so much!'
MAN: 'Bye! I love you, too.'
The man hangs up.
The other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths agape.
He turns and asks: 'Anyone know who this phone belongs to?'
A UM graduate found himself difficult to get a job here. He finally accepted the offer to work with Taiping Zoo.
"What to do? It's better to work like this than earning nothing...", mumbling to himself.
So since that day, the IT grad started work acting as a monkey. He has to wear monkey suit and mask, chew nuts and eat bananas. He has to climb trees too and jump from one to another to attract visitors.
The zoo has since then enjoyed tremendous business due to the increase in visitors. Even Mahathir wanted to see the super 'smart' monkey in the world.
Unfortunately, one day when he was jumping from the trees, he fell down into a crocodile pool!
"Oh my God...I'm dying...now" he thought, as a hungry looking crocodile swam steadily towards his direction.
In the middle of his struggle, suddenly he heard a soft voice, "Don't be afraid my friend... I'm from UKM".
Have a good laugh !
Next Joke: Night Courses! - This is really Funny...
Ah Beng went to take night courses so that he could get
a promotion or a better job. During work, Ah Beng likes
to show off to Ah Seng about his knowledge.
Ah Beng: Ah Seng ah... I've been taking night courses
for 3 months already, next week is the exam.
Ah Seng: Oh... Good luck ah.
Then Ah Beng started show off...
Ah Beng: Ok, I test you, who is Graham Bell?
Ah Seng: Don't know
Ah Beng: He is the inventor of phone la... in 1876,
see... if you take night courses, you would know this.!
Ah Seng: ....................... *speechless*
The next day, Ah Beng shows off again...
Ah Beng: Ah Seng ah... let me ask you, who is Jean
Jacques Rousseau?
Ah Seng: Wash your toilet one ah?
Ah Beng: No! He's the author of "Confessions",
nah nah nah... told you already, if you take night
courses, you would know this.
Ah Seng: .................. *speechless + frustrated*
The next day, once again...
Ah Beng: Do you know who is Alexander Dumas?
Ah Seng: Your gay partner?
Ah Beng: Choiii!!! If you do! n't know don't simply
answer la. He's the author of "The 3 Musketeers" ,
if you take night courses, you would know this.
Ah Seng: ........ *speechless + frustrated + irritated
This time Ah Seng cannot tahan (stand) anymore and ask
Ah Beng...
Ah Seng: Eh... Do you know who is Ah Kaw?
Ah Beng: Errrr... No!
Ah Seng: He's the guy sleeping with your wife!!
If you stop night courses, you would know this!!
Ah Beng: ........................ *fainted*
NEXT... Legal Misunderstandings...
One afternoon, a wealthy lawyer was riding in the back of his limousine when he saw two men eating grass by the road side. He ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate.
"Why are you eating grass?" he asked one man.
"We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied.
"Oh, come along with me then."
"But sir, I have a wife with two children!"
"Bring them along! And you, come with us too!" he said to the other man.
"But sir, I have a wife with six children!" the second man answered.
"Bring them as well!"
They all climbed into the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limo.
Once underway, one of the poor fellows says, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you."
The lawyer replied, "No problem, the grass at my home is about two feet tall."
NEXT.....This particular joke won an award for the best joke in a competition in Britain:
One Chinese person walks into a bar in America late one night and he saw Steven Spielberg.
As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushes over to him, and asks for his autograph.
Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says 'You Chinese people bombed our Pearl Harbor, get out of here.'
The astonished Chinese man replied 'It was not the Chinese who bombed your Pearl Harbor , it was the Japanese'.
'Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all the same,' replied Spielberg.
In return, the Chinese gives Spielberg a slap and says 'You sank the Titanic; my forefathers were on that ship.'
Shocked, Spielberg replies 'It was the iceberg that sank the ship, not me.'
The Chinese replies, 'Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg, you're all the same.'
Have a good day !
These jokes below, Ladies out there, you'll love this!
Husband StoreA store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE ! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch. . . . You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband...
On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking. "Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads: Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims,"I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
NEXT...
Several men are in the locker room of a golf club.
A cell phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker function and begins to talk.
Everyone else in the room stops to listen.
MAN: 'Hello'
WOMAN: 'Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?'
MAN: 'Yes'
WOMAN: 'I am at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It's only $1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?'
MAN: 'Sure, go ahead if you like it that much.'
WOMAN: 'I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2008 models. I saw one I really liked.'
MAN: 'How much?'
WOMAN: '$390,000'
MAN: 'OK, but for that price I want it with all the options.'
WOMAN: 'Great! Oh, and one more thing....the house I wanted last year is back on the market They're asking $2,950,000' for it.
MAN: 'Well, then go ahead and give them an offer of $2,800,000. They will probably take it. If not, we can go the extra $150,000 if it's really a pretty good price.'
WOMAN: 'OK.. I'll see you later! I love you so much!'
MAN: 'Bye! I love you, too.'
The man hangs up.
The other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths agape.
He turns and asks: 'Anyone know who this phone belongs to?'
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