Our business network here at b5 Media is ripe with juicy money news and commentary. Check out these fine posts from around Bizzia this week:

Miranda at Yielding Wealth highlights a decreasing demand for lottery tickets. Yay!!! 
Jean at Small Business Boomers gives a step-by-step plan to help business owners avoid being the victim of employee theft.
Miki at Leadership Turn makes an important point about sweating the small weird financial stuff that makes us uncomfortable. When are we going to learn to trust our guts? 
Did you know credit scores are getting more sophisticated? It’s pretty scary fascinating.  

Enjoy and have a great weekend!
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Merry Christmas! And if you celebrate something else – have a happy one of those!
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I came across some information last week that puts the financial bailout numbers into perspective.
Former stockbroker and professional lottery numbers analyst Gail Howard of SmartLuck.com puts it this way:

A thousand thousands is one million: 1,000,000
A thousand millions is one billion: 1,000,000,000
A thousand billions is one trillion: 1,000,000,000,000.

She further clarifies:
"If you won a billion-dollar lottery that paid you one million dollars a day, you’d collect the entire sum in two and a half years. If you won a trillion-dollar lottery that paid you one million dollars a day, you’d be dead …read more

From the Sunday Column of Nelly Favis Villafuerte, Gentle Breeze, in the Manila Bulletin (3 August 2008)
Can DNA cells be transformed to allow conversion to a godly life?
This is a well-known story narrated in many books. I got this from the collection of stories by R Strand:
Max Jukes lives in a the state of New York. He was not a Christian and did not believe in any sort of Christian training. His was the life of a reprobate. The girl he married was of the same opinion and had the same sort of questionable character. …read more

Failure to prepare is preparing for failure.
Benjamin Franklin
We cannot fix our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein
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He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
–Arabian Proverb
HEALTH TIPS
http://www.bizzia.com/accounting-for-life-saving-numbers-6-triglycerides/
http://www.bizzia.com/accounting-for-life-saving-numbers-5-good-bad-cholesterol/
http://www.bizzia.com/accounting-for-life-saving-numbers-4-cholesterol/
http://www.bizzia.com/accounting-for-numbers-that-can-save-your-life-3-alcohol-can-be-good-for-diabetics/
http://www.bizzia.com/accounting-for-numbers-that-can-save-your-life-2-optimizing-your-foods-glycemic-index/
http://www.bizzia.com/accounting-for-numbers-that-can-save-your-life-1-glycemic-index/
http://www.bizzia.com/accounting-for-dangerous-plastic-containers/
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Numbers in these posts are for heads-up information only and should not be used as substitute for regular check-ups and competent medical advice.
Triglycerides are a type of fat in the bloodstream and fat tissue. Too much can contribute to the hardening and narrowing of arteries, putting you at risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Diseases such as diabetes, obesity, kidney failure or alcoholism can cause high triglycerides. Often, high triglycerides occur along with high levels of cholesterol.
Your body makes some triglycerides. Triglycerides also come from the food you eat. When you eat, your body uses calories for immediate …read more

Numbers in these posts are for heads-up information only and should not be used as substitute for regular check-ups and competent medical advice.
Your body needs some cholesterol to work properly. There is good cholesterol (high density lipoprotein, HDL) and bad cholesterol (low density lipoprotein, LDL).

HDL / LDL Food Tips
Check the Nutrition Facts panel on packaged foods. 5 % of the Daily Value (%DV) or less is low and 20 % or more is high.
Choose alternative fats. Replace saturated and trans fats in your diet with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. These fats do not raise LDL cholesterol levels and have …read more

Numbers in these posts are for heads-up information only and should not be used as substitute for regular check-ups and competent medical advice.
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that occurs naturally in all parts of the body. Your body needs some cholesterol to work properly. But if you have too much in your blood, it can stick to the walls of your arteries. This is called plaque. Plaque can narrow your arteries or even block them.
High levels of cholesterol in the blood can increase your risk of heart disease. Your cholesterol levels tend to rise as you get older. There …read more

Numbers in these posts are for heads-up information only and should not be used as substitute for regular check-ups and competent medical advice.
The Glycemic Index (GI), a measure of the effects of carbohydrates on blood sugar levels, uses glucose as the reference food with an assigned value of 100 (the higher the GI, the greater danger of high blood sugar levels).
Alcohol has a low GI. If the diabetic can control alcohol intake, small amounts can control blood sugar level. Some studies have shown that one drink prior to a meal reduces the GI of the meal by …read more