Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Boomerang ......
Coral Reef___
Fire Works
Black Forest___
Circus___
Smile Please____
Good Sayings-27
521. Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
522. Every where you go, take a smile with you.
523. Abstacles are those frighful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
524. Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
525. Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
526. Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
527. Any one who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Any one who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
528. Paying attention t0 simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.
529. Don't find fault. Find Remedy.
530. Success is a matter of adjusting one's efforts to obstacles and one's abilities to a service needed by others.
531. The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.
532. There is always another chance... this thing called 'failure' is not falling down, but staying down.
533. A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
534. There is no failure except in no longer trying.
535. Who has never tested what is bitter does not know what is sweet.__German Proverb
536. Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
537. The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
538. Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
539. The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
540. If you do not except it, you will not find the unexpected, for it is hard to find and difficult.
Friday, 25 January 2008
General Knowledge-2
13. To which gharana does noted sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan belong?___Senia Bangash
14. What generic name is given to the class of whales who do not have teeth?___Baleen
15. In 1909, which Indian revolutionary assassinated Scotland Yard officer Curzon Wylie at the Imperial Institute, London?___Madan Lal Dhingra
16. What unit of measurement is named after the French scientist who invented the galvanometer?___Ampere
17. In 1948, who became the only Indian to dismiss Don Bradman in a Test match?___Lala Amarnath
18. By what common name do we know the Patella bone?___Kneecap
19. Who authored the classic Tao-Te-Ching and was the first major patriarch of Taoism?___Lao Tzu
20. By what name is the group of inert gases that make Group Zero of the periodic table known?___Noble Gases.
How to Make Successful Decisions
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The second reason why Jenny took this decision alone was that she knew it would be very painful and could be a source of regret. She wanted to be absolutely sure she took full responsibility for it, that looking back she would never be able to blame anyone else or claim they had influenced her at a time of stress. She would have to live with the decision for the rest of her life and she had to be extra careful that she was making up her own mind.
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A decision taken alone for a bad reason__seeing other people's views as irrelevant:
Nick was about to take up a two-year residential place in business studies at a university some eighty miles from where he currently lived. He owned his own house, and needed to decide whether to sell it or let it. He had enough money saved to cover his living costs over the next two years, so he did not have to sell his house. Renting it out would just about cover the mortgage repayments.
Nick didn't be believe in asking for other people's advice. He consider his affiars to be his own business, and his alone, and did not think other people could tell him anything useful. It never crossed his mind to discuss whether he could sell his house with any of his friends, family or colleagues. In this, he was following a well-established pattern. Within the previous few months alone he had decided to apply for the place in business studies, to sell his car, to resign from his job, all decisions made without consulting anyone else.
It was not that Nick found the decision whether to sell or rent his house easy. He recognized the numerous considerations, such as the possible nuisance value of still being responsible for a property investment, the likelihood of being able to sell his house easily against the problem of where to store his possessions if he did so. It was simply that Nick could not conceive of its having anything to do with anyone else.___CSR
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Kids need life skills
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Good Sayings-26
Good Sayings-25
482. Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.__ Horace
483. Just remember - when you think all is lost, the future remains.
484. Silence is one great art of conversation.__William Hazlitt
485. Man's best possession is a loving wife and a woman's best possession is a loving husband.
486. You are only what you are when no one is looking.
487. Be your own judge and you will be happy.__Gandhiji
488. The future of the child is always the work of the mother.__Napoleon
Tuesday, 8 January 2008
Ideal man___
Let me give
Friday, 4 January 2008
A Man Is As Great As
As great as the love he bears;
As great as the values he redeems,
And the happiness he shares.
A man is as great as the thoughts he thinks,
As the worth he had attained;
As the fountains at which his spirit drinks,
As the insight he has gained.
A man is as great as the truth he speaks,
As great as the help he gives,
As great as the destiny he seeks,
As great as the life he lives.
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How did Fruits and Vegetables Get Their Names?
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Raspberry comes from the German Verb ‘raspan’. It means to rub together.
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Strawberry is originally ‘Stray berry’. It was named thus because of the way the runner from this plant strays in all directions.
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Cranberry was once called ‘crane berry’ because its slender stalks resemble the long legs and neck of a crane.
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Cherries got their name from the City of Cerasus.
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The English term ‘grape has its equivalent in the Italian ‘Grappo’ and the Dutch and French ‘grappe’. All these mean a ‘bunch’.
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Raisin is a French word which comes from the Latin ‘Racenus’, a dried grape.
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Apricot comes from Latin ‘Praecoquus’, which means early ripe.
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Melon is a Greek word for Apple.
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Thursday, 3 January 2008
OLD IS GOLD
The next day the King and all his people moved on. They travelled for a long time through the desert. Men and cattle began to suffer from lack of water. The King sent his men to find water but they came back without finding any. Fear gripped the people. They did not know what to do.
Then John made his way secretly to the horse on which his old father was hidden in a large bag.
“Tell me, father, what are we to do! The people and cattle are dying of thirst.”
And the old man said:
“Set loose a cow and see where she goes. Dig where she stops and starts smelling the ground.”
John did exactly as he was told. The cow put her head low to the ground and roamed and finally she stopped and began smelling the ground.
“Dig here” John said.
The men started digging and in a short time struck a large fountain of water. They all had as much water to drink as they wanted and rejoiced and looked brighter.
“How did you manage to find a fountain head in this arid place?” the Kind asked the young man.
“I followed special signs…” John said.
The people drank, rested and moved on.
One night there was a strong downpour which put out their fire. Hard as the people tried they could not start it again. Suddenly one of them noticed a spark from a bonfire on top of a distant hill.
The Kind immediately ordered that they go to the hill and fetch the fire. The people hastened to fulfil the King’s order. Sitting on top of the hill by the fire was a hunter. The king’s men took burning sticks from the fire and tried to bring them back still aglow. They could not do so for the rain kept putting them out.
It was John’s turn to fetch the fire. He went to his old father and asked:
“Father, how am I to bring the fire back to camp!”
“Don’t take the burning sticks but collect some embers in a pot and thus you will bring the fire back to camp”.
John did as he was told. The people started fires, got warm, cooked their meals. The King ordered John to come before him. John came and the King began to shout at him”
“Why did you keep this a secret so long? Why did not you tell us at once how to go about it?”
“I did not know myself”, John answered.
“So, how did you find out?”
John had to tell the King that he had carried out the King’s orders, thanks to the advice of his old father.
“Where is your father?” the King asked.
“I have been carrying him all the while in a large bag” John said.
The King at once ordered the old man to be brought before him and said.
“Pardon me brother. I revoked my order. Old men are not a burden to the young. The old are wise. Don’t hide any longer! Travel with us openly and happily”.
Basic Law of Right Behaviour
------Paramahansa Yogananda….
Pearls Come From Molluscs
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The mollusc has a mantle or outer skin under its shell. When a particle of dirt, or tiny marine creature gets stuck in this mantle, a hard substance forms around it. This makes the pearl. It is formed of the same material as the mother of pearl. Pearls come in many shapes and colours. The most valuable ones are very smooth, spherical and usually white. But there is a black pearl from the Gulf of Mexico. It is also extremely valuable.
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Enrich Your Vocabulary-3
Literature: Written works, esp. those whose value lies in beauty of language or in emotional effect eg. Novels, poetry, plays histories, biographies, essays etc.
Tongue-twister: Sequence of words difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly.
Trilogy: Literary work in three connected parts.
Preface: Introduction to a large book, stating its subject and scope.
Vignette: Brief incident, scene or story; a short descriptive essay or character sketch.
Stanza: division of a poem (often into four, usually not more than twelve lines).
Rhyme: Identity, correspondence in sounds between words or the endings of words, esp. in poetry.
Anthology: Collection of writings by different authors.
Bibliography: List of resources used in compiling a text or books referred to; a list of the books of a specific author or publisher.
Wednesday, 2 January 2008
Biggest Disease
Just for TODAY___
Man of faith is man of excellence
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Youth Arise, Awake and know your strength.,.,/// PART-I
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