INDIAN ENGLISH: IT VILL BE WERY HELPFUL, YAAR!"

 

 

It is the year 2020 and call centers are opening all over the West, as

the new economic power India outsources work to the countries where many

jobs originated. Millions of Americans, still struggling to adapt to a

global economy, are willing to accept jobs that pay them in a new

currency sweeping much of the world: EuRupees.

 

Some of them, eager to land one of the customer service jobs from India,

are attending special training sessions in New York City, led by

language specialist Dave Ramsey, who goes by a simpler name for his

Indian clients: Devendra Ramaswaminathan.

 

On this warm afternoon, the professor is teaching three ambitious

students how to communicate with Indian customers.

 

Professor: "Okay, Gary, Randy and Jane, first we need to give you Indian

names. Gary, from now on, you'll be known to your customers as Gaurav.

Randy, you'll be Ranjit. And Jane, you'll be Jagadamba.

Now imagine you just received a call from Delhi. What do you say?"

Gary: "Name as tea?"

 

Professor: "I think you mean 'namaste.' Very good. But what do you say

after that?"

 

Gary: "How can I help you?"

 

Professor: "You're on the right track. Anyone else?"

 

Jane: "How can I be helping you?"

 

Professor: "Good try! You're using the correct tense, but it's not quite

right. Anyone else?"

 

Randy: "How I can be helping you?"

 

Professor: "Wonderful! Word order is very important. Okay, let's try

some small talk. Give me a comment that would help you make a connection

with your Indian customers."

 

Randy: "It's really hot, isn't it?"

 

Professor: "The heat is always a good topic, but you haven't phrased it

correctly. Try again."

 

Randy: "It's deadly hot, isn't it?"

 

Professor: "That's better. But your tag question can be greatly

improved."

 

Randy: "It's deadly hot, no?"

 

Professor: "Wonderful! You can put 'no?' at the end of almost any

statement. You are understanding me, no?"

 

Jane: "Yes, we are understanding you, no?"

 

Professor (smiles): "We may need to review this later. But let's move on

to other things.

Have you ever heard Indians use the word 'yaar'?"

 

Randy: "Yes, my Indian friends use it all the time. Just last night, one

of them said to me, 'Randy, give me yaar password. I am needing it to

fix yaar computer."

 

Professor (laughs): "That's a different 'yaar,' yaar. The 'yaar' that

I'm talking about means friend or buddy. You can use it if you've

developed a camaraderie with a customer.

For example, you can say, 'Come on, yaar. I am offering you the best

deal.' Do you understand, Jagadamba?"

 

Jane: "Yaar, I do."

 

Professor (smiles): "Okay, let's talk about accents. If your client says

'I yam wery vorried about vat I bought for my vife,' how would you

respond?"

 

Randy: "Please don't be vorrying, yaar. She vill be wery happy and vill

give you a vild time tonight."

 

Professor: "Vunderful! I mean, wonderful. You have a bright future,

Ranjit. And so do you, Jagadamba.

But Gaurav, you haven't said anything in a while. Do you have any

questions about what we've just learned?"

 

Gary: "Yes, Professor, I do have one question: Wouldn't it be simpler to

learn to speak Hindi ?"

 

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How do you eat your Masala Dosa?

There are many ways to eat a masala dosa .What ever the way one eats; there is a very good reason for doing that. It shows some traits of the person that is you…

 

Case 1: People who open the masala dosa and eat it: These are the people who are very open about their life. Everyone one the persons friends would know all about him/her. I have generally seen guys do this rather than girls. Some people think that it is a gross way of eating but in truth, these people are just portraying who they are and how their life is.

 

Case 2: People who start from both end and approach the masala later: These are the people who like to wait for the exiting things to come to their life. Sadly when the times comes, they are not too interested or just do not know how to enjoy it to the fullest. These are the folks who just want life as either dry or exiting. They just do not know how to phase their life and enjoy it no matter what. There are two types of people within this group

 

Case 2.1: People who do not finish all the masala: These folks just do not care as much for the fun times as they are already brought down by the harsh reality of life. The dry periods in their life has left them with so much scars that they do not want to be really happy when the time is right. They just take only as much as they needed and end their life. A very sorry state indeed.

 

Case 2.2: People who finish all the masala with the little dosa they have: These are the folks who just are the extremes. They just go all out in life. No matter it is dark or bright. They may not enjoy life to the fullest but they sure make sure that they get every single good and bad thing out of life. Sometimes these folks are really hard to get along with. They are either your best friends or your worst enemies. They do not have a middle path at all.

 

Case 3: People who start from the middle and proceed to both ends: These are the people who like to get right to what they think is their best part of life. Usually these guys finish of the good portions in a hurry and get stuck with nothing but worst parts of their life. The thing to note among these people is that the tendency to burn out very early in their life. Like the above case, there are two kinds of people in this group too.

 

Case 3.1: People who do not finish the dosa: These folks are really the saddest of people. They are the ones who tend to end their life as soon as it hits the bad patch. For them, they only need and want the best things in life and nothing more. Typically, they are not prepared or tuned to life as a whole. They just want to enjoy from first till last. Sadly, no one in the world can live without even an ounce of sadness in life. Not even the richest of the richest. But to self destruct at the mere sign of distress is very bad. That is what these guys tend to do. Some learn to live life but most of them do not.

 

Case 3.1: People who do finish the dosa: These folks are the typical human beings. We all enjoy the greatest of times in life and push the sad parts thinking about the great times in life. Typically the plate is clean and nothing is left for fate or in life. Happiness and sadness are part of life and these guys know that and are kind of prepared for it. Life is not always happy but there are moments of happiness here and there.

 

Case 4: People who eat the dosa making sure that the masala lasts for the whole dosa: These people are very rare. These are the people who like to attain balance in their life. It is hard to displease these people and it is hard to make them really happy. They like their balance and are very protective of it. Sadly these are the people who tend to be lonely as anyone else may upset the balance of their system. Perfectionist to the core and are very careful. These guys do not make the best company but are needed in any group to make the group from going hay wire.

 

Case 5: People who do not share and eat the dosa as if it is precious: These folks are very protective about their life. They do not want anyone to come and interfere in their life. They like to hide their true nature and intensions for their benefit. Beware of such people as they are in every group for their own need and nothing else.

 

Case 6: People who offer their first bite to others: These guys are overly friendly. They do anything to be part of a group and make everyone feel like the group is important than the individuals. They are the glue that holds any group together. They are very friendly and bring the best of all the others in the group. They go out of their way to help other friends. Most groups should have a person like this and they are the ones who plan the group outings and other group activities. Once this person is out of the group, typically the group slowly falls apart.

 

Case 7: People who take one or two bites and then offer the dosa to others: These guys care about friends and friendship but they take their time to get into the group. They take their time in making friends and they typically are very committed once into the friendship. These guys like to always be in the side lines and typically do not jump into anything in life. They always take their time to analyze the situation and then make a decision. These guys take the better safe than sorry approach.

 

Case 8: People who wait for others to make the offer first: Typical people I must say. They are unsure about everything. Even if they wanted to offer, they will wait till the other person offers the food first. If the other person is silent, so are these people. They are the followers. They do terrific idea, they will pitch it to someone else and get their advice before proceeding. Sadly, most of the elderly world like these types of people.

 

Case 9: People who offer dosa only when they cannot finish it on their own: You all may be familiar with these kinds of people. People who are very generous only when all their needs are fulfilled. These folks are selfish but at the same time not misers or greedy. They just want to satisfy themselves before they give it to the world. They typically do not stuff themselves nor do they tend to starve. They are very good people who would give you the best of advices in life. They would make sure that you are not sad following their advice.

 

Case 10: People who offer the whole dosa and eat from others plates: These folks are other extreme. They know what they want, they get what they want but they cannot enjoy what they want. Instead they tend to settle for other things in life which satisfies the needs but does not satisfy the person completely. These guys are termed as born losers cause even when they have the thing they wanted, they can't stop others from stealing it from them.

 

So next time you sit with a person eating a masala dosa, look closely and see if he falls into one of the above categories. You may be surprised as how much it reveals about the person*

 

 

Source :Unknown

 

(Plz don’t take this very seriously…. They may not be accurate..)

 

Award Winning Story.... Too Good

There was a contest in TCS to write a fictional story for 500 words max which would start with the line :


"On a dark and foggy night, a small figure lay huddled on the railway  tracks leading to the Chennai station "


This is what a guy wrote for the contest....... and surprisingly, it was adjudged the best short story :))


On a dark and foggy night, a small figure lay huddled on the railway
tracks leading to the Chennai station. At once I was held back to see
someone in that position during midnight with no one around. With
curiosity taking the front seat, I went near the body and tried to
investigate it. There was blood all over the body which was lying face
down.


It seemed that a ruthless blow by the last train could have caused the end
of this body which seemed to be that of a guy of around my age. Amidst the
gory blood flow, I could see a folded white envelope which was fluttering
in the midnight wind. Carefully I took the blood stained envelope and was
surprised to see the phrase "appraisal letter" on it.


With curiosity rising every moment, I wasted no time in opening the
envelope to see if I can find some details about the dead guy. The tag
around the body's neck and the jazzy appraisal cover gave me the hint that
he might be a software engineer. I opened the envelope to find a shining
paper on which the appraisal details where typed in flying colors.
Thunders broke into my ears and lightening struck my heart when I saw the
appraisal amount of the dead guy!!!!! My God, it was not even, as much as
the cost of the letter on which the appraisal details were printed....


My heart poured out for the guy and huge calls were heard inside my mind
saying "no wonder, this guy died such a miserable death"...  As a fellow
worker in the same industry, I thought I should mourn for him for the sake
of respect and stood there with a heavy heart thinking of the shock that
he would have experienced when his manager had placed the appraisal letter
in his hand. I am sure his heart would have stopped and eyes would have
gone blank for few seconds looking at the near to nothing increment in his
salary.


While I mourned for him, for a second my hands froze to see the employee's
name in the appraisal letter... hey, what a strange co-incidence, this
guy's name is same as mine, including the initials. This was interesting.
With some mental strength, I turned the body upside down and found myself
fainted for a second. The guy not only had my name, but also looked
exactly like me. Same looks, same built, same name.... it was me who was
dead there!!!!!!!!


While I was lost in that shock, I felt someone patting on my shoulders. My
heart stopped completely, I could not breathe and sprung in fear to see
who was behind......... splash!!! Went the glass of water on my laptop
screen as I came out of my wild dream to see my manager standing behind my
chair patting on my shoulder saying, "wake up man? Come to meeting room
number two. I have your appraisal letter ready".

 

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5 Ways to Eat Better and Live Longer

Plenty of diets claim to help you drop pounds, but few are backed by sound scientific evidence -- and their long-term health effects are unknown.

Fortunately, there is an eating plan that not only helps you control your weight, but also helps you maintain optimal health whether or not you're overweight. This diet is supported by the findings of the Landmark Nurses' Health Study and other important research.

In addition to getting regular exercise, not skipping meals and staying adequately hydrated (drink about 64 ounces of fluids daily), follow these five principles...

Principle 1. Eat lots of green, leafy vegetables. Everyone knows that it's good to eat fruits and vegetables. Produce is low in calories and provides disease-fighting antioxidants as well as fiber, which helps relieve constipation and curb cholesterol levels. Antioxidant deficiencies have been linked to heart disease, cancer, eye disease and age-related memory loss.

The Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals' Follow-up Study reviewed the dietary intakes of 100,000 healthy men and women over a 12- to 14-year period. Those who had five or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables were more likely to stay healthy than those with lower intakes.

Important: Green, leafy vegetables, which are a rich source of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, conferred the greatest benefit. (For "A-list" and "B-list" vegetables, see below.)

Wisest: Precook your vegetables. Boil until they are half done and rinse in cold water. Let cool and refrigerate in a reseal-able plastic bag. Precooking doubles a vegetable's refrigerator shelf life. When you're ready to eat the vegetables, sauté in olive oil and garlic.

Principle 2. "Good" fats don't have to be boring. Your intake of saturated fat (found primarily in whole-fat dairy products and red meat) should be limited to one serving a day for whole-fat dairy and three four-ounce servings a week for red meat. Trans fats (found in baked goods, packaged snacks, crackers, margarine and many fast foods) are best eliminated.

But that doesn't mean that you should deprive yourself of all fats. Olive oil and fatty fish, such as salmon and tuna, are among the most well-known sources of healthful fat. Other options include cashews, almonds, peanut butter, avocados and soy products.

Helpful: Make an "omega-3" butter by mixing one-quarter cup of flaxseed oil with one-half cup of butter. This provides a better balance of fatty acids than butter alone. Refrigerate and use as you would butter, but only occasionally. Do not cook with omega-3 butter -- flaxseed oil can turn rancid when it's heated.

Principle 3. Don't get rid of all carbohydrates. Americans get half their daily calories, on average, from refined carbohydrates, such as white bread, white potatoes and white rice... ready-to-eat cereals... and baked goods. Whole grains, such as brown rice, barley, millet and whole-wheat pasta, are better choices. They'll give you long-lasting energy and lower your risk for heart disease and diabetes.

Like vegetables, whole grains can be precooked, stored in the refrigerator (for up to five days in a tightly covered container) and reheated before serving.

Best: Buy "quick-cooking" (partially precooked and dried) brown rice in your grocery store. It cooks in about 10 minutes.

Principle 4. Try underused protein sources. Most people get significant amounts of protein from red meat and whole-fat dairy products. However, these foods are also rich sources of saturated fat and cholesterol.

While reducing your intake of red meat and whole-fat dairy, add more plant-based protein sources. Good choices: Beans, nuts and grains, which contain less saturated fat and more fiber, vitamins, minerals and healthful fat. Fish, chicken and turkey can supplement these foods.

Peanut butter is a healthful and often-overlooked protein source. In the Nurses' Health Study, women who ate peanut butter five or more times a week had a 21% lower risk of developing diabetes than those who rarely ate it.

Best: For lunch, try peanut butter (without partially hydrogenated oils) on whole-grain bread. Add low-sugar jam, if you like. Other healthful protein sources include cottage cheese (1% butterfat), kidney beans, eggs and hummus. Soy products, such as edamame, soy milk and tempeh, also are good protein sources. But soy has an estrogen-like effect, so high intakes may increase risk for some types of breast cancer. Limit your intake to three to four servings of soy-based products weekly.

Principle 5. Don't forget a multivitamin. The Nurses' Health Study shows that after 10 or more years, the colon cancer risk was cut by more than half for women who took a daily multivitamin.

Better way: Skip "mega dose" multivitamins. A multivitamin that provides the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of most nutrients is fine. Exception: Vitamin D. The RDA is 400 international units (IU) per day, but studies show that most people need at least 1,000 IU per day.

"A-List" Veggies

Eat all you want of these very healthful vegetables...

All dark green, leafy vegetables (e.g., spinach, kale)

Artichokes

Asparagus

Beets

Bell peppers

Bok Choy

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery

Cucumbers

Eggplant

Fennel

Green beans

Mushrooms

Radishes

Salad greens

Snow peas

Tomatoes

Winter squash

Zucchini, summer and spaghetti squash

"B-List" Veggies

Eat no more than one to two servings (one-half cup each) daily of these vegetables, which are higher in carbohydrates and calories...

Jerusalem artichokes

Parsnips

Pumpkin

Rutabagas

Sweet potatoes

Turnips

Water chestnuts

 

 

Source: Bottom Line/Health

 

 

Unthanked People

When William Stidger taught at Boston University, he once reflected upon the great number of unthanked people in his life. Those who had helped nurture him, inspire him or cared enough about him to leave a lasting impression.

One was a school teacher he'd not heard of in many years. But he remembered that she had gone out of her way to put a love of verse in him, and Will had loved poetry all his life. He wrote a letter of thanks to her.

The reply he received, written in the feeble scrawl of the aged, began, My dear Willie. He was delighted. Now over 50, bald and a professor, he didn't think there was a person left in the world who would call him Willie. Here is a copy of that letter

My dear Willie,

I cannot tell you how much your note meant to me. I am in my eighties, living alone in a small room, cooking my own meals, lonely and, like the last leaf of autumn, lingering behind. You will be interested to know that I taught school for 50 years and yours is the first note of appreciation I ever received. It came on a blue-cold morning and it cheered me as nothing has in many years.

Not prone to cry easily, Will wept over that note. She was one of the GREAT UNTHANKED PEOPLE from Will's past. You know them. We all do. The teacher who made a difference. That coach we'll never forget. The music instructor or Sunday school worker who helped us to believe in ourselves. That scout leader who cared.

We all remember people who shaped our lives in various ways. People whose influence changed us. Will Stidger found a way to show his appreciation — he wrote them letters.

WHO ARE SOME OF THE UNTHANKED PEOPLE FROM YOUR PAST IT MAY NOT BE TOO LATE TO SAY, THANKS. DO IT NOW. DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TIME WAITS FOR NONE.


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IF

by Rudyard Kipling

 

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;
If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And-which is more-you'll be a Man, my son!

 

Cure For Sorrow

There is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose only son died.

In her grief, she went to the holy man and said, "What prayers, what magical incantations do you have to bring my son back to life?"

Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her, "Fetch me a mustard seed from a home that has never known sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life."

The woman went off at once in search of that magical mustard seed. She came first to a splendid mansion, knocked at the door, and said, "I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this a place? It is very important to me."

They told her, "You've certainly come to the wrong place," and began to describe all the tragic things that recently had befallen them. The woman said to herself, "Who is better able to help these poor, unfortunate people that I, who have had misfortune of my own?"

She stayed to comfort them, and then went on in search of a home that had never known sorrow. But wherever she turned, in hovels and in other places, she found one tale after another of sadness and misfortune.

She became so involved in ministering to other people's grief that ultimately she forgot about her quest for the magical mustard seed, never realizing that it had, in fact, driven the sorrow out of her life.

Source: Unknown

Best Side Of Life

 

Life is Double-Sided;

 

There is a Wrong Side and a Right Side;

A Sad Side and a Happy Side.

 

There is a Good Side and a Bad Side;

A Black Side and a White Side.

 

So if things seem dark to you,

Just change your thoughts about.

 

Life will look quite different,

If you turn it the Best side out…..

 

 

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A Life In Your Hands!

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn;
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight;
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy;
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty;

If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient;
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence;
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate;
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice;

If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith;
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself;
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world.

 

—Written By  Dorothy Law Holte

The Mouse Story

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package... "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,"Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it."

The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose. But wish you well; be assured you are in my prayers "So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap-- alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.

In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer's wife did not get well; she died.

So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, Remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT AND LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE. REMEMBER:

EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY; OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.

One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a friend.

Things we can learn from Dil Chahta Hai .. ..

• Freaking out and enjoying life doesn't need drugs or cigarettes.
• There are relationships apart from Bf/Gf, marriage, siblings, friendship that can be very emotional and true which is beyond the understanding of many people.
• And yeah even though U may be the best of friends there is always a limit which should never be crossed. Then it starts hurting...........
• Improving U r imperfections after you realize it, always take some time.
• You always don't need to show or prove your Gf/Bf how much U love or care about her/him, which can sound very boring and finally U R dumped.
• Believe in Love , true love will never let you down
• Never be ashamed to go back to your old friends, friends are there to understand your mistakes.

• Do not be afraid of others; always think that others are afraid of you. (Remember the Australian Beggar at the railway station ¦?)
• Whenever you need your friend, remember that he/she is just a phone call away...distances can't separate friends.
• In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
• It's the friends you can call up at 4 A. M. that matter.
• The only unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.
• The best kind of friend is the kinds you can sit on a porch and swing with never say a word, and then walk away with a feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

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The Year Niagara Falls Froze

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The Niagara River, as is the entire Great Lakes Basin of which the river is an integral part, is a legacy of the last Ice Age.


Niagara Falls indeed has the ability to freeze over. It doesn’t happen so much anymore because of an ice boom. The ice boom keeps the river and the falls from clogging up with ice. This must be done to keep the water intakes for the hydro electric plants running.

In the early 20th centruy it used to become so clogged up that an ice would create bridge. Each year there would be a winter festival held on the ice bridge.

Explanation:

The tremendous volume of water never stops flowing, However, the falling water and mist create ice formations along the banks of the falls and river. This can result in mounds of ice as thick as fifty feet. If the Winter is cold for long enough, the ice will completely stretch across the river and form what is known as the "ice bridge". This ice bridge can extend for several miles down river until it reaches the area known as the lower rapids.

Until 1912,visitors were allowed to actually walk out on the ice bridge and view the Falls from below. February 24th of 1888 the local newspaper reported that at least 20,000 people watched or tobogganed on the ice. Shanties selling liquor, photographs and curiosities abounded. On February 4th 1912 the ice bridge broke up and three tourists lives were lost.


There can also be a great deal of "mini-icebergs" which flow down the Niagara River from frozen Lake Erie. The flow of ice has been reduced considerably by the yearly installation of the "ice-boom" on Lake Erie. The ice-boom is a long floating chain (2miles- 3.2 KM) of steel floats strung across the Niagara River from Buffalo New York to Fort Erie Ontario. It is set in place during the month of December and removed during the month of March or April. It is maintained by the New York State Power Authority. The ice boom helps prevent the ice from clogging the river and most importantly the hydroelectric companies water intakes.

HOWEVER.... The flow of water was stopped completely over both falls on March 29th 1848 due to an ice jam in the upper river for several hours. This is the only known time to have occurred. The Falls did not actually freeze over, but the flow was stopped to the point where people actually walked out and recovered artifacts from the riverbed!

Source: Mail

Definition of Being Overweight

The most scale used by most professionals to determine acceptable weight is Body Mass Index (BMI). The BMI formula BMI = Weight (kg) / height (metre)2.

So your BMI could be easily worked out using the above formula. The result is then interpreted as follow:

• below 20 = underweight
• 20-25 = acceptable weight
• 25-30 = overweight
• 30-40 = obese
• over 40 = morbidly obese

The acceptable range of 20-25 allows a women of 1.7 metres (5ft 7 in) to weight anything between 57.8kg to 72.25kg. The acceptable maximum weight for health is higher than many people would expect.

Another good indication of genuine overweight is the "waist circumference" test. This test is as below:

Man - indication

• 94cm(37.5in) - OK
• 94-101cm(37.5in-40.5in - further weight gain should be avoided
• over 101cm(40.5in) - weight should be lost

Women - indication

• 80cm(32in) - OK
• 80-87cm (32-34.75in) - further weight gain should be avoided
• over 87cm(34.75in) - weight should be lost

If you are on the borderline on the BMI system, the waist circumference test may help you decide which categories you belong to and what action you need to take.

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Long-term and Working Memory - You Are What You Remember

Long-term and Working Memory - You Are What You Remember

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A GLASS OF MILK

 

 

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was
hungry.

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and
then asked, "How much do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness."

He said ... "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit..

Many year's later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.

Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.

He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won.

Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill
was sent t o her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and
something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words .. "Paid in full with one glass of milk"

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You God, that Your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands."

There's a saying which goes something like this: Bread cast on the waters comes back to you. The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone
you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place - And, after all, isn't
that what life is all about?

 

 

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Touching Poem of how we all behave with our mothers!

 

I was a just-born and she was thirty-one,

Though we were we, we were one.

I would cry out in Latin and she would respond in Greek,

I would learn nothing but she never got tired to teach.

 

I was surrounded by monsters eager to pull my cheek,

but they would vanish the moment I was wet and weep.

She would come running and hold me in her arms,

as if I had won the contest of the charms.

 

Now I was able to walk and chew,

hey, I was two.

I and she could now understand each other,

I was her everything and she needed no other.

 

I would try to walk and fall down,

But knowing she was with me, the fear of getting hurt was now gone.

We still could not converse that effectively,

But she would understand my needs so easily.

 

I could now roam about free,

Because now I have turned three.

I was ready to join a new world,

My academic life was now gonna mould.

 

She would dress me as best as a prince,

but when I would come back, she would need at least an hour to rinse.

I was now able to talk,

I was a ferry and she was my dock.

 

I still remember the child, whose shirt I had tore,

Hey buddy, I have turned four.

I now came home a little late,

Nevertheless finding her waiting at the gate.

She would hug me and carry me in her arms,

it felt like flying through the farms.

We now did the homework together,

I would spoil the home and she used to work.

 

Years passed and now I was fifteen, and with each year I would forget to lean.

I wouldn't care for what she said, because now I had become mean.

She would ask me to study for a good future,

but I was busy in a different culture.

Now I had many she’s in my life,

I dreamed of having one of them as my wife.

 

I changed a lot which she did not teach,

She would try to hug me but I was out of reach.

She still waited for me at the gate,

but I would look at her with utmost hate.

She would be awake till late in the night,

because I wasn't home, I was in a fight.

She had so much to scold, but she never did say,

hoping to find me better the next day.

Time went on and now I am grown,

lost in the world of my own.

 

I and she, between us have a river,

I have left her for my career.

When I was young, for me, she sacrificed her ambitions,

but I don't care, I now have my own mission.

I am not with her now, I am in a different city,

she is so old now but I don't even pity.

 

She needs me now but I am nowhere to find,

in the race for appraisal, I have become blind.

In a few years from now, I will be two,

there will be in my life someone new.

Then I’ll forget even to bother,

I am her son and she my Mother.

 

Letter from Narayan Murthy...........

 

PLEASE READ & THINK.......

Narayan Murthy's views on staying late in the office….

 

It's half past 8 in the office
but the lights are still on...
PCs still running,
coffee machines still buzzing...
and who's at work?
Most of them??? Take a closer look...
All or most specimens are ??-something male species of the human race...

Look closer... again all or most of them are bachelors...
and why are they sitting late? Working hard? No way!!!
Any guesses???
Let's ask one of them...
Here's what he says... "What's there 2 do after going home... here we get to surf, AC, phone, food, coffee.. that is why I am working late...  importantly no bossssssss !!!!!!!!!!!

 

This is the scene in most research centers and software companies and other off-shore offices.
Bachelors "time-passing" during late hours in the office just bcoz they say they've nothing else to do...
Now what r the consequences... read on...

 

"Working"(for the record only) late hours soon becomes part of the institute or company culture.
With bosses more than eager to provide support to those "working" late in the form of taxi vouchers, food vouchers and of course good feedback,(oh, he's a hard worker... goes home only to change..!!).They aren't helping things too... To hell with bosses who don't understand the difference between "sitting" late and "working" late!!!

Very soon, the boss start expecting all employees to put in extra working hours.
So, My dear Bachelors let me tell you, life changes when u get married and start having a family... office is no longer a priority, family is... and that's when the problem starts... becoz u start having commitments at home too.

For your boss, the earlier "hardworking" guy suddenly seems to become a "early leaver" even if u leave an hour after regulartime... after doing the same amount of work.
People leaving on time after doing their tasks for the day are labeled as work-shirkers...
Girls who thankfully always (its changing nowadays... though) leave on time are labeled as "not up to it". All the while, the bachelors pat their own backs and carry on "working" not realizing that they r spoiling the work culture at their own place and never realize that they wuld have to regret at one point of time.

 

* So what's the moral of the story?? *
* Very clear, LEAVE ON TIME!!!
* Never put in extra time " *unless really needed *"
Don't stay back unnecessarily and spoil your company work culture

which will in turn cause inconvenience to you and your colleagues.

 

 

There are hundred other things to do in the evening..
Learn music...
Learn a foreign language...
try a sport... TT, cricket.........
importantly Get a girl friend or gal friend, take him/her around town...

 

 

And for heaven's sake net cafe rates have dropped to an all-time low (plus, no fire-walls) and try cooking for a change.
Take a tip from the Smirnoff ad: *"Life's calling, where are you??"*

 

ITS A TYPICAL INDIAN MENTALITY THAT WORKING FOR LONG HOURS MEANS VERY HARD WORKING & 100% COMMITMENT ETC.

PEOPLE WHO REGULARLY SIT LATE IN THE OFFICE DONT KNOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME.
SIMPLE !!!

 

 

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DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Speech in Hyderabad

Why is the media here so negative?

Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our
achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success
stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at! Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a
self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements
but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I
was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the
day
after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The
Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a
Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid
and a granary.   It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The
gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the
newspaper, buried among   other news.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so
NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign
things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign
technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that
self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this
lecture,
when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal
in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India .   For her,
you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India
is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed   nation. Do you
have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is
yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,
The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a
face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International
best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in
the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay
$5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim
Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking
lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or
a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you
don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during
Ramadan, in Dubai . YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered
in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange
in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD
calls are billed to someone else.'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph
(88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop,
'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son.
Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell
anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New
Zealand .
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use
examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still
talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system
in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and
cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an
involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the
same here in India ?

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr.
Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the
streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And
then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the
authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the
officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure
in his bowels?
In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job.
Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to
the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.
We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do
everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the
government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all
over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper
and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms
but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and
toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.
This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to
the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to
women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room
protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the
whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my
sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our
neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the
government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually
making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with
our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far
away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a
majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.
Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their
glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to
England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out
to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and
brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape
the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is
mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great
deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F.
Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....

'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA
AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'

Lets do what India needs from us.

Thank you,

Dr. Abdul Kalam

 

 

 

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