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 that the food is not the enemy, but a doorway to the a life that one desires.

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 1 Never Outshine the Master
Law 2 Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies
Law 3 Conceal your Intentions
Law 4 Always Say Less than Necessary
Law 5 So Much Depends on Reputation. Guard it with your Life
Law 6 Court Attention at all Cost
Law 7 Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit
Law 8 Make other People come to you, use Bait if Necessary
Law 9 Win through your Actions, Never through Argument
Law 10 Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky
Law 11 Learn to Keep People Dependent on You
Law 12 Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim
Law 13 When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude
Law 14 Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
Law 15 Crush your Enemy Totally
Law 16 Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
Law 17 Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
Law 18 Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself. Isolation is Dangerous
Law 19 Know Who You’re Dealing with. Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
Law 20 Do Not Commit to Anyone
Law 21 Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker. Seem Dumber than your Mark
Law 22 Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
Law 23 Concentrate Your Forces
Law 24 Play the Perfect Courtier
Law 25 Re-Create Yourself
Law 26 Keep Your Hands Clean
Law 27 Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following
Law 28 Enter Action with Boldness
Law 29 Plan All the Way to the End
Law 30 Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless
Law 31 Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal
Law 32 Play to People’s Fantasies
Law 33 Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew
Law 34 Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one
Law 35 Master the Art of Timing
Law 36 Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge
Law 37 Create Compelling Spectacles
Law 38 Think as you Like but Behave Like Others
Law 39 Stir up Waters to Catch Fish
Law 40 Despise the Free Lunch
Law 41 Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes
Law 42 Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter
Law 43 Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others
Law 44 Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect
Law 45 Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once
Law 46 Never Appear Perfect
Law 47 Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop
Law 48 Assume Formlessness

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, defective fuel gauges was also observed: the indicator still indicated NOT empty even if the car had run out of fuel.

According to the Nissan site,

Beginning in March, owners of potentially affected vehicles in the brake pedal pin recall are being notified to bring their vehicles to a Nissan or Infiniti dealership for a quick, simple, visual inspection and, if necessary, repair.

Also beginning in March, owners of potentially affected vehicles under the recalls for fuel gauge inaccuracies will be notified as to when they should bring their vehicles to their dealers for repair. Until their fuel gauge senders are repaired, customers with potentially affected vehicles are encouraged to maintain a fuel level of at least a half-tank.

VEHICLES INVOLVED
Models and numbers of vehicles with potentially affected brake pedal pins are:

• 2008 through 2010 model year Nissan Titan, Armada, Quest and Infiniti QX56
• 178,916 in the U.S., 25,869 outside the U.S. (see box for locations)

Models and numbers of vehicles with potential fuel gauges inaccuracies are:

• 2005 through 2008 model year Nissan Titan, Armada and Infiniti QX56
• Nissan Frontier, Pathfinder and Xterra produced between January and March 2006 and between October 2007 and January 2008
• 418,865 in the U.S., 53,253 outside the U.S. (see box for locations)

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 for Lent.

In Poland, Fat Tuesday is not complete without freshly baked pączki which looks like a plain brown doughnuts glazed with syrup but without a hole in the center. These doughnuts are mostly homemade which are made from a rich combination of eggs, sugar, fats and sometimes milk and fruit.

Even if there are many Christians in the world, only a few countries celebrate Fat Tuesday. In Poland, serving pączki is the Polish’s way of celebrating Fat Tuesday in their unique way.

Are you on a last-minute shopping spree for organic flowers for this Valentine’s day?

Many online shoppers seem to turn to organic flowers to send to their special someone this Valentine’s day. These shoppers are conscious to where their flower money are going and they want to make sure that part of these goes to supporting flowers that are grown using environment friendly practices.

For people looking for places to buy organic flowers online, check out these are two sites: OrganicBouquet.com and CaliforniaOrganicFlowers.com.

Kramer knives are not just another knife to use in the kitchen. The sides of these knives are often laced with intricate designs. These knives are named after its inventor, Bob Kramer, who had gained more than a decade of experience building quality professional knives.

These knives are a favorite in the kitchen for its beauty as well as its performance. Because these are intricate kitchen masterpieces, the prices of these knives do not come cheap as well.

The Oprah Winfrey Show together with Payless ShoeSource has recently announced that they are offering discount offers, not only with their shoes. Oprah Show viewers get to have the opportunity of paying only 50 percent off their purchase from Payless Stores. This offer is only applicable to those in the United States, Canada, Guam and Saipan up to Friday, October 30.

This indeed makes it a must-have opportunity for shoppers who like to get more out from their buck this season.