Oprah is recently influenced by the book “Women Food and God” which inspired her not to go on a diet again.
Geneeth Roth, the author of the book, has struggled with her weight all her life. At one point in time she weighed 276 pounds. She even got too depressed to the point that she was on the verge of committing suicide.
When she appeared on Oprah’s show, Roth looked lovely at having lost over a hundred pounds.

In the book Roth explains the link between eating habits and spirituality. Roth pointed out …

CGIS has several meanings:

Coast Guard Investigative Service which is part of the United States Coast Guard service whose mission is to carry out internal and external criminal investigations.
Center for Government and International Studies which is part of Harvard University.
CG Industrial Specialties that has to do with the isolation and control valves.
Center for Geographic Information System which is part of the Towson University.

and several other meanings, when one attempts to find the acronym’s meaning online.

The 48 Laws of Power is a combination coming from the different thoughts of known philosophers and famous personalities in history, all written out in just 48 laws. The book shows how to gain and preserve power, as well as defend themselves from people who exploits power to make other people’s lives miserable.
The author of the book, Robert Greene, admits that some of the laws are amoral.
A CNN article revealed Andrew Barnum, a player for the Los Angeles Lakers, as a new reader of this book.
Here are the 48 Laws:
Law …

After those Toyota Recalls, Nissan released an announcement for the recall of a total of 539,864 vehicles due to defective brakes and fuel gauges. There are six models that are involved in this recall: Armada, Frontier, Pathfinder, Titan, Quest, and Xterra, as well as some Infinitis (QX56). Most of these vehicles are sold in the US.
The recall was not prompted due to any accidents involving these vehicles. Nissan received reports of brake pedal pins partially disengaging which was traced to a manufacturing error by one of their suppliers. In addition, …

International House of Pancakes (IHOP) is giving away free pancakes, from the website:
Join IHOP to celebrate National Pancake Day on Tuesday, February 23, 2010. From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., we’ll give you one free short stack (three) of our famous buttermilk pancakes.* All we ask is that you consider making a donation to support local children’s hospitals through Children’s Miracle Network or other local charities.
In celebration of Fat Tuesday, IHOP is also encouraging to have dinner pancakes before Ash Wednesday, to consume all the fat and sugars before fasting …