Currencies and ISO-code by country

This table counts the currencies and ISO-code by every country, according to the ISO 4217 code.


Currencies
ISO-CodeCountry
euro EUR Euro Countries:
Belgium, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Spain
dollar AUD Australia
lev BGN Bulgaria
pound CYP Cyprus
dollar CAD Canada
crownDKK Denmark
crownEEK Estonia
forint HUF Hongary
yen JPY Japan
lathLVL Letvia
litas LTL Lithuania
lira MTL Malta
dollar NZD New Zealand
crownNOK Norway
zloty PLN Poland
leu ROL Romania
dollar SGD Singapore
crownSKK Slowakia
tolar SIT Slovenia
baht THB Thailand
koruna CZK Czech Republic
lira TRL Turkey
dollar USD USA (United States of America)
pound GBP United Kingdom
rand ZAR South Afrika
crownSEK Sweden
frank CHF Zwitzerland

Why do people wear black clothes at a funeral

When a someone dies then the relatives are dressed in black during and after the church service and the funeral.

Where does this traditional phenomenon comes from?
For centuries, black is the color of sorrow. The use of black clothes at a funeral arose because they fear the deceased. Our ancestors believed that the soul of a dead person could not leave the body immediately. According to them, the soul of a deceased person was still just wander around. They thought that lonely souls wanted to grab living people, a cry for attention. In order not to be caught by that soul, people where dressed as inconspicuously as possible and black was ideal for this. This way people could walk out of sight of the wandering soul.

Why do we nod yes and do we shake our heads to say no?

We express ourselves not only verbally with words but use our whole body to make something clear, this happens non-verbally with body language. This is the same as we want to say 'yes' or 'no' without words.

In almost every country we shake our heads from left to right or right to left if we are talking about something that we are not agree with.

In a non-verbal 'yes' we nod our heads from top to bottom.

We do this almost unconsciously. But why do we do this, even with our advanced science we don't know.

Why we shake 'yes' and 'no' according to Darwin
Charles Darwin saw the no-shaking as a relic of the movements of a baby when it want to refuse food. The head then turns away from the breast or bottle.

The modern science about the 'yes' and 'no' shake
Modern scientists see the no shake a relic of a defensive reflex: averting the face from a threat. The nod is innate, and in this case you can compare it with a babay that latch to the good food.

Exceptions
Nodding and shaking are quite universal, but like every rule there are exceptions. In some parts of Greece and Italy people rattle with their tongue and throw the head in the neck to say 'no'. Eskimos do nod when they mean 'yes', but they wink when they mean 'no'.

Elderberry Syrup recipe

Elderberry Syrup helps you against coughing, sore throat and flu. Every day you can take one spoon syrup to prevent a cold. Even during a cold and sore throat the elderberry syrups helps you healing.

Pick the berries of the elderberry bush, these must be mature (dark blue to black). They can be picked in the fall, late August and September. Note that you have to wear dirty clothes because the elderberry easily make stains and these are very difficult to wash away.

Green, unripe berries can give you cramps. So let hang the immature berries. Do not eat just picked elderberries, because they contain toxic substancess. You can remove the toxins during the cooking process. Always wash the berries, especially if they have been sprayed.

Furthermore, the berries contain a lot of acids and vitamin C. Vitamin C is good against viral infections, especially in the winter period.

Recipe
Press the berries in a food mill.
Take 1 liter of juice.
Add a pound of cane sugar and some honey.
If you want some acidity you may add the juice of one lemon.
Let it all cook for about 15 minutes. Cooking is necessary because this way the toxic substances can be boiled to dead.
Take away the dross from the juice and divide the elderberry syrup over a number of bottles.
Store them in a cool place, preferably the basement.
Bottles that have been opened are best preserved in the refrigerator.

Elderberries as an addition to recipes
Elderberry syrup can add value to appetizers and other drinks.
Elderberry Syrup can be combined with many things.
Try adding a scoop to the Glühwein.

If you make vanilla pudding first put some elderberry syrup in the ramkins with a spoon before you add the vanilla pudding.

You can also make elderberry jam. To do that you have to replace the cane by sugar jelly.

How to give yourself a heart massage when having' a heart attack

Imagine it's 19:15 and you just drive home after an unusually busy day. You are very tired, and frustrated. You are very stressed and cooking ...

Suddenly, you feel a stabbing pain in the chest that radiates to your arm and one of your jaws.

You are just 5 kilometers from the nearest hospital removed.

Unfortunately you are not sure if you are able to reach the hospital.


What do you do?

You may be trained in giving CPR, but the teacher didn't explained how to perform CPR on yourself.

How to survive a heart attack when you are alone?

Because many people are alone when they suffer from a heart attack, the heart of the victim will beat irregularly and the victim will begin feeling dizzy, if there is no intervention on time ofcourse.

It only takes about 10 seconds before someone is unconscious.


What do you need to do to stay alive?

Do not panic, but start coughing repeatedly and powerful.

Take a deep breath before each cough.

The cough must be deep and long held as in coughing up mucus from deep in the respiratory tract.

So alternately inhale followed by a cough and that every two seconds without stopping until help arrives or until you feel that the heart is beating normally again.

Taking a deep breath provides sufficient oxygen in the lungs.

The cough movement allows to compress the heart and support the blood circulation.

The regular pressure on the heart will help to maintain a normal heart rhythm as good as possible. 


This way, a patient having a heart attack can reach the hospital.

Do not forget to go to the hospital for a check-up, even if you think the attack is over.

Bring all your family, friends and fellow people aware of these self-reliant chest compressions because most people don't know these techniques. It could save us a lot of lives.

This information comes from the article N. ° 240 the journal of general hospital Rochester.

Sights in the High Fens (Belgium)

What can you see in the High Fens in the Ardennes?

Strepy-Thieu, the largest ship lift in the world, with steel cables that are more than 5 cm thick.

The rivers Sambre and Meuse flowing together in the city of Namur.

Promenade des artistes and the sources of Spa. This is a walk by and on "Ruisseau la Picherotte" ith the middel of the forest. There you can walk through the sources of Spa.

Caves of Remouchamps. Here it is possible to take a boat trip.

Dam of Robertville nearby Warche. There you can walk through the forest to a castle.

Coalmine of Blegny is out of order but can be still visited. A visit to this coal mine usually leaves a deep impression to the visitors.

Forwarding calles from my mobile phone

GSM IconThis works with all networks

What can you activate or deactivate.
- Switch calls to another landline or mobile number.
- Forward all calls, or only when you are already calling, are does'nt answer a call or if you are unreachable.
- Switch calls to your voice mail.

You can divert your phone to another number via the menu of your mobile phone or the following codes:

To another numberActivateDeactivate
Your not answering withing 15 secondsType **61*+32 other number#
and push Send
Type ##61# and push Send
You mobile phone doesn't receive a signalType **62*+32 other number#
and push Send
Typ ##62# and push Send
Your'e in a callType **67*+32 other number#
and push Send
Typ ##67# and push Send
You want to forward all calls (no matter what)

Type **21*+32 other number#
and push Send
Typ ##21# and push Send

By default, the forwarding time is set to 15 seconds. Do you have a subscription? Then you can adjust it to a value between 5 and 30 seconds. Give in the seconds when you activate a: type ** 61 +32 another number ** seconds # and press Send.

Cost?
Activating call forwarding is free. You only pay for the connection from your phone to another number.

Sweep command in AutoCAD

Using the commando sweep to let an object follow a particular path.

First you draw the path, such as a spline.
Then you draw an object perpendicular to the spline, in this case a circle.
Then type the command sweep.
You select the object, which must follow the path (circle).
Enter.
Finally select the path (spline).
Enter.

Now if you put everything in color than you see that the circle has followed the path.

Name the words, not the colors

Can you read all the words without missing with the colors? Why is this so hard to do?




Your right brain tries to say the color.
But your left brain wants to read the word itself.
Not an easy task for our brain.

Checklist for building a website

Provide a neat layout. Let your website centered vertically and horizontally if it has a better result.

Responsive. Make your website responsive from the start or turn it in to a responsive website if you already have one. A responsive website scores better in Google than when it's not responsive. Why? Because it's all about user experience, and the user is often surfing with his iPad or Smart-phone, so the layout of your website has to addept to those small screens while the website is readable and loads fast.

Choose your domain name carefully. Note the words that visitors will move most.

Additional domain names need to refer properly, also called forward or redirecting of webpage's.

Check the cost of the domain and host charges and improve where possible.

Check out witch code language are supported. Many host companies supports ASP and PHP coding language if you need it.

Let's write an article about your website, this article may be published on another website or magazine.

Provide your website with a Facebook like button and other social media such as Twitter, Digit, Reddit, StumbleUp ...  Make social media buttons for your website.

Provide a good logo of your company or organization.

Make sure that all the text on your website is unique and can be clearly understood and is written without spelling errors.

Use Google Analytics to understand your target group of people and understand what they are looking for.

Use Google Webmasters to get even more insight into searches and any errors on your website.

Use a program like Xenu Sleuth's Links to detect bad links in your website.

Organizations need to provide their contact information on an easily accessible way on the website.

Describe carefully the title tags and keyword tags at the beginning of the html code.

Make your html code as minimum as possible and without mistakes. One wrong mistake or incorrect link in your html code and the linked page simply do not load correctly. The defined pages will never be visited. Also your visitors don't to and on wrong linked pages. Remember that your website should look professional, if you expect professionalism of your people in your the company, why not do the same for your website. People who end up on error pages, wrong pages will mostly left your website immediately.

Images
The images in your website needs to have a reference and also an Alt text that so visitor makes clear what there is to see in that picture if you go over it with the mouse.

Make happy pictures with lots of color, preferably with sunlight.
Make sure the key is clearly posted on the photo without a lot of distractions.

Or even better: ask a photographer to take professional photos for your website.

With FastStone Photo Resizer you can make the smallest possible jpg files without quality loss.

Free programs to helps to build and optimize your website.
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