










POTPOURRI is a new feature of MICRONEWS.  Each month we will try to offer a 
number of sometimes useful, sometimes hopefully helpful, and occasionally 
funny items you may find interesting...










            USEFUL PHRASES TO KNOW WHEN TRAVELING IN MOSLEM AREAS:

1.  Akbar khali-kili haftir lotfan.

    Thank you for showing me your marvelous gun.

2.  Fekr gabul cardan davat paeh gush divar.

    I am delighted to accept your kind invitation to lie down on the 
    floor with my arms above my head and my legs apart.

3.  Shomaeh fekr tamomeh oeh gofteh bande.

    I agree with everything you have ever said or thought about in your life.

4.  Auto arraregh davateman mano sepaheh-hast.

    It is exceptionally kind of you to allow me to travel in the trunk of 
    your car.

5.  Tikeh nuneh ba ob khrelleh bezorg va khrube boyyast ino begeram.

    The water-soaked bread crumbs are delicious, thank you.  I must have the 
    recipe.
                               CHILDREN AND WAR


More than likely your young children are curious and agitated when they see 
pictures on television news shows about American service personnel in Saudi 
Arabia.  You can help.

First, realize that the children's reactions are perfectly normal.  Many 
children their age have played with toy guns or plastic soldiers.  Quite a 
few have played video games in which they have battled a violent enemy.  
Newscasts about the preparations for war and perhaps knowing a neighbor or 
someone else who's over there makes the heretofore play consequences seem 
especially profound.

Encourage the children to ask questions.  Give them honest answers.  Use a 
world map or a globe and show them where the Middle East is in relation to 
where you are. Watch the news together.  Perhaps suggest they write to a 
serviceman and be willing to express their feelings.

You can say that war is terrible.  Explain your own beliefs as simply as you 
can.  You have the chance to help your children understand how important a 
place a peaceful world can be.


                                CLEAN WATER...







Consumers will shell out nearly $4 billion in 1991 in the search for purer, 
safer drinking water.  Many of the country's water supplies are contaminated 
with heavy metals, waste products, and chlorine.  You can promote good health 
and make money at the same time by accepting an offer made by Multi-Pure.  

This company offers you the opportunity to distribute their Solid Carbon Block 
Filtration system which removes bacteria, asbestos particles, cancer causing 
chemicals like TCE, PCE, and THM.  To get more information, send $1.00 to 
Multi-Pure Distributor, 4366 Page Blvd., Suite 2A, St. Louis, Missouri 63113.







                           THEY CALL HIM LEONARDO...








A life-like tortoise sculpture can be ordered from the Black Hills Reptile 
Gardens.  This sculpture is amazing.  It looks so real that visitors will 
think you have a real turtle on your coffee table.  It's cast in plastic and 
hand painted and measures 6" x 13" x 10". Weighing 13 pounds, it sells for a 
measly $79.95.  At that price, buy two!  Available from Black Hills Reptile 
Gardens, P. O. Box 620, Rapid City, SD 57709, 









                               ARTSY, TARTSY...








The Arts Extension Service, Division of Continuing Education, University of 
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 offers two resource books that you might find 
interesting.  They are, "Fairs and Festivals in the Northeast" and "Fairs and 
Festivals in the Southeast."  These books, in their sixteenth year of 
publication, provide valuable, profitable information to artists and 
craftspeople seeking direct marketing opportunities.  Each book lists over 
400 events and sells for $7.50.  The pair can be had for $13.00.








                                GOVERNMENT JOBS








Every year more than 300,000 people with diverse backgrounds and 
qualifications are hired by the United Sates government.  The "Federal Career 
Directory", stock # 006-01339-2, is a comprehensive resource guide costing 
$31.00 to these government jobs and their benefits.  You can order a copy from 
the Superintendent of Documents, Dept.36-IM, Washington, DC 20402-9325.










                              NO SMOKING BENEFITS

If you've managed to quit smoking the benefits are even bigger than you 
think.    New evidence shows that non-smokers eat more healthfully than those 
who continue to puff away, further lowering their risk of heart disease and 
cancer.

Overall, smokers consume fewer healthful, cancer-fighting foods like fruits 
and vegetables and are more likely to eat fatty red meat and drink alcohol, 
according to epidemiologist Alfredo Morabia, M.D., of the University 
Canton Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland.  While recently working with the 
American Health Foundation in New York City, Morabia reviewed 7,860 
questionnaires on the eating and drinking habits of people in Chicago, 
Detroit, New York , and Philadelphia.

The diets of smokers and non-smokers were dramatically different.  For 
example, a man who smokes a pack or more of cigarettes a day eats, on 
average, 20 percent more red meat than a non-smoker does.  A woman who smokes 
heavily (two packs or more a day) eats only half as much fruit as a 
non-smoker.  While a male smoker drinks, on average, two and a half bottles 
of beer (or the equivalent) a day, a non-smoker quaffs only half a bottle.

Smokers get a double whammy!  Cigarettes multiply their cancer risk many 
times.    Skimping on fruits and vegetables ups it even further.
                            WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?





Paul Spong, a noted environmentalist, has compiled and recorded the haunting 
voices of Killer whales in their natural habitat.  They are presented here 
without music or narration.

                             Compact Disk   $20.45
                             Cassette Tape  $12.45

                      Monterey Bay Aquarium Gift & Bookstore
                      886 Cannery Row
                      Monterey, CA 93940

Here's a chance to really get back at your neighbor.  Tote your stereo 
speakers out in the front yard and play this baby at 2:00 AM!
