Uses of Honey & Cinnamon & it's Benefits

My boss forwarded me an email outlining the uses of honey & cinnamon. I hope you find this list useful.

It is found that mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the diseases.

Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries.

Scientists of today also accept honey as a Ram Ban (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases.

Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today's science says that even though honey is sweet,if taken in the right dosage as medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients also.

A famous magazine named Weekly World News published in Canada dated 17 January 1995 has given a list of diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon as researched by western scientists.

ARTHRITIS:
Take one part honey to two parts of Luke warm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body. It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two. Or for arthritis patients daily morning and night take one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If drunk regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured.
In a recent research done at the Coppen Hagen University. It was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

HAIR LOSS:
Those suffering from hair loss or baldness may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon or honey, one teaspoon cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair. It was found very effective even if kept for 5 min. also.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of Luke warm water and drink it. It destroys the germs of the bladder.

TOOTHACHE:
Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be done 3 times a day daily till such time that the tooth has stopped aching.

Mission Impossible 4 to Shoot in Dubai

Probably the last installment of the very successful movie series, Mission Impossible 4 starring Tom Cruise, will film some scenes in Dubai. They have called for casting for more than 1,000 extras which includes 3 speaking roles.  Mission: Impossible 4 will be directed by Brad Bird with Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames, Lea Seydoux, Josh Holloway, Michael Myqvist, Vladimir Mashkov.

There has been some news that Indian superstar Anil Kapoor will be included in the movie. He is quoted saying that the movie production have offered him a role and he accepted.

The movie has already started filming in Prague. They will head to Dubai for 3 weeks before filming in Vancouver, Canada.

It is scheduled to be released on December 2011.

Unsecured Online Banking

I just received an SMS from Emirates NBD:

"Please do not click or respond to emails asking for account, card or internet banking details.  Emirates NBD will NEVER ask for such info.  To report call 600 54 0000."

Emirates NBD gives a great service, even online.  If you do double online transaction, they will immediately contact you and verify the transaction.  Even for very small amounts.

Unfortunately, this is the opposite to my sister's bank - Standard Chartered Bank.  She lost more than AED 26,000/- in her bank account in less than an hour last February 2010.  Somebody hacked Standard Chartered Bank online banking system and bought Etisalat mobile load worth AED 26,500/- in less than an hour and their system did not detect anything suspicious about the transaction.

She made the complaint on the same day to Standard Chartered Bank when she received a system text message saying that she doesn't have enough money on her account to do the last transaction.  It was very illogical to not send successful online transaction text messages but only for failed online transactions.

Later on they told her to follow up with Etisalat since the money was with them now.  My sister has been feeling down and hopeless for several months now.  She never thought that she would lose that amount of money while deposited in a bank.  I cannot imagine the mental torture that she is having on how to get her money back from Standard Chartered Bank.

My opinion was Standard Chartered Bank should upgrade their online banking system like Emirates NBD which can detect scrupulous online transactions like what happened to my sister.  Isn't buying online load worth AED 26,500/- very uncommon and should be regarded as a phishing activity?

Standard Chartered Bank should return her money and they should file a case against the people who hacked their online banking system.   Their employees are the only ones who has access to their system and they can find out who these culprits are.  The loads were passed to several phone numbers here in Dubai and the UAE has a very strict policy when buying sim cards.  The identity of the culprit is in the record books of Etisalat.  Only the police has access to that.  We tried calling Etisalat and they told us that we should file a case with the police which was already done by my sister.  But I think that Standard Chartered Bank should be the one who is doing these since the money was stolen from them.  It was stolen not from my sister's purse but from their online banking system.

I just pray that this will get resolved and that my sister will get her money back.

Gulf News features Pinoy Human Trafficking

Abu Dhabi: A Filipina charged with running a human trafficking ring in the capital was Wednesday sentenced to 13 years and seven months in jail, and also fined Dh50,000 by the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court of First Instance. M.F. was also charged with possession and sale of alcohol, employing people not under her sponsorship and encouraging prostitution.

Another defendant, J.M., charged with trafficking, encouraging prostitution and working (illegally) for a non-sponsor received a sentence of three years.

E.B., a third defendant, was also sentenced to three years in jail for human trafficking and prostitution.

Fourteen other women, who were also accused of prostitution as part of the same case, received jail terms of three years. All the defendants are from the Philippines and will be deported after serving their prison terms.

To read the whole report visit the following link:
http://gulfnews.com

Bowling at DFC

One of our weekend activities is Bowling at Dubai Festival City. Before going, be sure to tear out the coupons from your Good Living Book voucher. They usually offer buy 1 get 1 free. And we usually go for the free abra ride before eating at the food court.