NEWSLETTER

Thursday, 20 Rabi'ul Awal 1432 H / 24 February 2011

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In 1923, eight of the wealthiest people in the world met. Their combined wealth, it is estimated, exceeded the wealth of the government of the United States at that time. These men certainly knew how to make a living and accumulate wealth. But let's examine what happened to them 25 years later.

1. President of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab, lived on borrowed capital for five years before he died bankrupt.
2. President of the largest gas company, Howard Hubson, went insane.
3. One of the greatest commodity traders, Arthur Cutton, died insolvent.
4. President of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney, was sent to jail.
5. A member of the President's Cabinet, Albert Fall, was pardoned from jail to go home and die in peace.
6. The greatest "bear" on Wall Street, Jessie Livermore, committed suicide.
7. President of the world's greatest monopoly, Ivar Krueger, committed suicide.
8. President of the Bank of International Settlement, Leon Fraser, committed suicide.

What they forgot was how to make a life! Money in itself is not evil!

Money provides food for the hungry, medicine for the sick, clothes for the needy. Money is only a medium of exchange. We need two kinds of education. One that teaches us how to make a living and one that teaches us how to live. There are people who are so engrossed in their professional life that they neglect their family, health and social responsibilities. If asked why they do this they would reply that they were doing it for their family.

Our kids are sleeping when we leave home. They are sleeping when we come home.
Twenty years later, we'll turn back, and they'll all be gone. Without water, a ship cannot move. The ship needs water, but if the water gets into the ship, the ship will face problems. What was once a means of living for the ship will now become a means of destruction. Similarly we live in a time where earning is a necessity but let not the earning enter our hearts, for what was once a means of living will be become a means of destruction.

So take a moment and ponder....has water entered your ship?

Gold: $1,401.00 /oz
Platinum: $ 1,799.46 /oz
Silver: R7,48 per g
Saudi Riyaal: R 1.90
Oil: $106.48 / barrel
$ = R 7.13
£ = R 11.49
€ = R 9.76
Mahr Fatimi: R12124.72
Minimum Mahr:R242.49
Zakaah Nisaab: R4849.89
Krugerand: R10,752.52
24 carat gold: R322.66 /g
22 carat gold: R296.06 /g
18 carat gold: R241.97 /g
14 carat gold: R188.34 /g
09 carat gold: R122.23 /g

* Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele's "bold and progressive" step to suspend the toll tariffs in Gauteng were commended by the ANC.

* The names of people found guilty of drinking and driving will be published in newspapers, the KwaZulu-Natal transport department said.

* THE African National Congress (ANC) has appointed three researchers to help it investigate the "desirability and modalities" of nationalising SA's mines, Brian Sokutu, a spokesman for the ruling party said.

* "With no warning, I thought that I was about to die." Half a million other people also have their tale to tell about a normal day's business in the vibrant city of Christchurch which came to a dead halt at lunchtime and changed their lives forever.

* Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah returned home to a Middle East shaken by unrest after spending three months abroad for medical treatment.

WE ARE MOVING!

Al Baraka Bank Lenasia Branch is moving to bigger, better premises at:

Shop 20
Signet Terrace Shopping Centre
82 Gemsbok Street
Lenasia Extension 1

Tel: 011– 852 6623 or 0860 225 786
Fax: 011-852 6630

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Albaraka Bank Limited is an authorised Financial Services and Credit Provider. Reg. No. 1989/003295/06 NCRCP 14 FSP No. 4652

STEAK & KIDNEY PIE
Ingredients
¾ kg steak cubed- ¼ kg kidneys (lamb) - 2 tblsp butter - 1 onion chopped - 3 tsps crushed garlic - 2 tsps crushed green chillies - Salt to taste - 1 tblsp lemon juice - 1 tblsp lemon pepper.

Method
Cook steak and all ingredients on a low heat until tender and until ½ cup liquid is left. Add 3tblsp cake flour and cook until thick. Remove from heat allow cooling. Put filling into pastry shell. Makes one big pie or small ones.

"Ons voel mos nie almal altyd dieselfde nie, is dit nie? Partymaal voel jy goed en ek dalk bietjie af, soos Allah wil. Kliek hier vir die nuutste Dagstukkie om jou aan te moedig. Ons het ook al die Dagstukkies wat ons nou al uitgestuur het saam op een bladsy gesit, juis vir jou gerief. As ek dus 'n Dagstukkie uitstuur en jy voel dis nou nie vandag vir jou bedoel nie, dan kan jy sommer maklik vir jouself al die Dagstukkie-opskrifte gaan deurkyk totdat jy een vind wat jou hart aanraak. Of as iets gebeur wat jou so bietjie van balans af gooi: besoek die Dagstukkies! Jy weet nooit, dalk wil Allah jou juis deur 'n besondere Dagstukkie bemoedig.

E-pos ons by sjbekker@vodamail.co.za as jy die Dagstukkies op jou rekenaar wil ontvang..."

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