In Lord Rama merges the Mahatma

Barrister, servant of society, relentless toiler for the freedom of his people, non-violent crusader for amity and peace, and pillar of the Indian National Congress, Gandhiji had been working on a draft revised Constitution for the party almost ceaselessly. The work left the frail man of 107 pounds (with indomitable will and energy of a Titan) severely exhausted. On the January 29, 1948 he had told his associates, I am very tired. Yet I must finish this task.

He dictated, wrote carefully and precisely, and corrected meticulously his ideas on what the Congress should do. The major points he made for the party’’s programme in the post-Independence phase were,The Congress as a propaganda vehicle and parliamentary machine has outlived its use. India has to attain social, economic, and moral independence, in terms of its seven hundred thousand villages. The Congress must keep out of unhealthy competition with political parties and communal bodies. The AICC therefore resolves to disband the existing Congress organisation and to make it flower into a Lok Sevak Sangh with rules, and power to alter them as occasion may demand.
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Bloggers Mumbai Meetup

In conjunction with Scott Rafer, WINKsite , Metroblogging and Bloggers everywhere, Blogger Akshay has announced a meetup on Tuesday, 31st of January at 6 p.m. at the Carter Road - Cafe Coffee Day (Bandra West). So if you live/work in or around Mumbai or you intend to be in Mumbai on the 31st please do drop by.

Here is the full address.

Shop No. 14/15,
Gagangiri Premises Building,
Ground Floor,
Carter Road
Bandra
Mumbai-52

If you have any questions, or would like to confirm your attendance, leave a comment or fire off an email to akshaym [at] gmail[dot] com. Also, feel free to get in touch with Akshay at 9833230562

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The Great Monk of Modern India

How many of us Indians remember Swami Vivekanda? He was born this day in 1863 in Calcutta.

The valiant monk who proclaimed in America the greatness of Hinduism and of Indian culture at a time when the West regarded India as a land of barbarians. The beloved disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.He was the living embodiment of sacrifice and dedicated his life to the country and yearned for the progress of the poor, the helpless and the downtrodden. He was the great thinker and mighty man of action whose ringing words galvanized the slumbering Indians. For ages to come he will be a source of inspiration.

Biography

He came to be known as Swami Vivekanda only when he became a sannyasi or monk. His parents called him Narendra. His father was Vishwantha Datta and his mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi. As a child he was very lively and naughty.
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Wounds Heal 25% Faster In Older Adults Who Exercise Regularly

Wounds Heal 25% Faster In Older Adults Who Exercise RegularlyThe body’s ability to heal even small skin wounds normally slows down as we age. But a new study in older adults finds that regular exercise may speed up the wound-healing process by as much as 25 percent. “This is the first time we’ve been able to document this kind of enhancement associated with exercise,” said Charles Emery, a professor of psychology and the lead author of the Ohio State University study. The faster that a wound heals, the less chance it will become infected.

The study included 28 healthy older adults ranging in age from 55 to 77 (average age was 61). The participants hadn’t exercised regularly for at least six months prior to the study. For the research, about half (13) of them exercised three times a week for three months. The other 15 participants served as controls and were asked not to change their physical activity habits during the study period.

Each subject received a small puncture wound on the back of the upper arm. Adults in the exercise group started working out about a month before the wound procedure; this gave their bodies enough time to adapt to a regular exercise program.
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Minipizzas [Quick Dish Recipe]

Here is a recipe for a quick Dish which any Bachelor or Spinster can easily try out :

Ingredients
1/2 cup baked beans
1 tbsp. tomato sauce
1tsp. chilli garlic sauce
1 onion finely chopped
1 capsicum finely chopped
1 tomato grated
salt to taste
6 round bread slices
1 tbsp. butter
1/2 cup grated processed or mozarrella cheese sliced onions, capsicums, olives (optional)

Method
Heat half butter in nonstick pan.
Add chopped onion,capsicum, stirfry 2 minutes.
Add tomato, baked beans, sauce,salt, mix well.
Keep mixture aside.
Apply remaining butter sparing on slices.
Arrange slices on a baking sheet or tray.
Divide mixture equally over slices.
Spread evenly till the edges, Top with sliced veggies.
Sprinkle cheese on top.
Preheat oven to 250C, place tray in oven.
Bake till cheese melts, and bread layer is crisp.
Serve hot with tomato sauce and crushed chillies.

Making Time : 30 minute
Makes : 6 slices
Serve As :
Shelf Life : Best fresh.

Check it out dudes!

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What is Sudoku

Sudoku (Japanese: 数独, sūdoku), sometimes spelled Su Doku, is a logic-based placement puzzle, also known as Number Place in the United States. The aim of the canonical puzzle is to enter a numerical digit from 1 through 9 in each cell of a 9×9 grid made up of 3×3 subgrids (called “regions”), starting with various digits given in some cells (the “givens”). Each row, column, and region must contain only one instance of each numeral. Completing the puzzle requires patience and logical ability. Although first published in a U. S. puzzle magazine in 1979, Sudoku initially caught on in Japan in 1986 and attained international popularity in 2005.

Rules and terminology

The puzzle is most frequently a 9×9 grid, made up of 3×3 subgrids called “regions” (other terms include “boxes”, “blocks”, and the like when referring to the standard variation). Some cells already contain numbers, known as “givens” (or sometimes as “clues”). The goal is to fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1–9 exactly once. Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of three “directions”, hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name.

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Memory Tip5 :: Long Term Memory

Long-term memory differs from Short-Term Memory in several ways. From a practical point of view, it is mostly permanent and has an almost unlimited capacity. The recollection of childhood memories through hypnosis or other methods shows the permanence and large capacity of long-term memory. Additionally, it cannot be disrupted by things that can affect short-term memory. From a biological point of view, each type of memory has a different nerve chemistry and is affected differently by various drugs and diseases.

There are three types of long-term memory. The first is called “Procedural Memory.” This is how you remember skills such as riding a bike or dialing a phone. The second type of memory is called “Semantic Memory.” It helps you remember facts such as the color of your hair or your mother’s name. The last type of memory is called “Episodic Memory.” This kind is how you remember personal memories such as your last birthday party.

Each type of memory can benefit from different memory techniques. Most students are interested in improving and using their semantic memory. Elderly people are frequently more interested in their episodic memories and babies are very active in using their procedural memories.

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How to stick to New Year Resolutions

Plan of action

If you haven’t stuck to your plan in the past, don’t give up. Be flexible and give yourself more time. It sometimes takes years to succeed.

Here are some tips to help you stick to your resolutions this year:

i. Take time out for yourself to look at all you’ve experienced — the good and bad of the previous year. Look at areas you have succeeded in and areas you haven’t. Think about how can you improve the good and avoid the bad.

ii. Don’t make too many resolutions. Anything between one and five is realistic. Also, try not to aim for the sky within a month.

iii. Avoid absolutes, because they are difficult to manage and you soon tend to revert to old habits. Pick a gradual process of change.

iv. Be very careful about including last year’s unresolved resolutions. Try and find out why you didn’t stick to them first.

v. Write your resolutions down somewhere visible. Maintaining a journal may be a good idea.

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New Year Message

Difference between Rich/Poor People?

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to thecountry with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” “It was great, Dad.”
“Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked. “Oh yeah,” said the son.
“So, tell me, what you learned from the trip?” asked the father.

The son answered: “I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us; they have friends to protect them.”

The boy’s father was speechless. Then his son added, “Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are.”

Isn’t perspective a wonderful thing?
Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don’t have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!

“Life is too short ; So Live Life as if there is no Tommorow “

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New Year Traditions

Mock combats are performed to represent the struggle between the seasons, Life and Death, and Old year and New. Plant and fruit trees are beaten with sticks; water is poured to cleanse the spirit, remove impurities, and invite grace.

· There cannot be a New Year until the Old Year has gone. The Old Year is said to be evil and must be banished. A simulacrum of Death is paraded through the town or city and is buried, drowned, or burned. The effigy can be made of straw, twigs, or rags.

· Nothing should be taken out of the house as one may remove the good luck along with it. It was said to be wise to make sure that lots of things are to be carried in.

· Both one’s pockets as well as one’s stomach should be full. This was to make certain that in the ensuing year one would be prosperous and well fed. Empty pockets and un-stocked kitchen augured a year of poverty.

· Bidding farewell of the old year was originally done out of fear that the evil spirits were let loose on the last day of the year. So people would make lots of noise and have lots of fun to drive the evil spirits away, so that they could start a New Year unharmed and unimpeded.

· Another way people would drive the evil forces away was by setting of fireworks as it was believed that they were afraid of light and that they were also afraid of noise. So this was the reason why people would make lots and lots of noises at the stroke of midnight.

· Church bells are told to drive evil spirits away at the end of the old year.

· January is named for the Roman god, Janus. He is pictured with two faces one looking forward and one looking backward. This symbolizes the connection with both the ending of the old year and the beginning the new one. In America we use different symbols to represent the same things. An old man with a beard usually symbolizes the old year and a baby in diapers the new one.

· George Washington began the custom of holding a party on New Year’s Day where everyone was welcome. This became known as having an “open house” and is still done in many places today.

· Many cultures believe a tall, dark and handsome man crossing the threshold as a sign of good luck, but if the first person to enter the house is a red headed woman, the year is sure to be stressful.

· Holding a piece of silver or gold as the New Year begins is said to increase the chances of prosperity in the coming year. Some place a silver coin over the doorway or a penny on the windowsill.

· Eating pork, all kinds of greens, cabbage, sauerkraut, the Southern U.S. tradition of black-eyed peas or anything that forms a circle - such as donuts or pretzels - make for good fortune in the coming year.

· On New Year’s Day, it is believed that hair shouldn’t be washed as it would wash away good luck for the New Year. Red clothing is preferred during this festive occasion. Red is considered a bright, happy color, sure to bring the wearer a sunny and bright future. It is believed that appearance and attitude during New Year’s sets the tone for the rest of the year.

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Inspiration from Japenese Fishing

Fresh Fish

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.

To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish.

The frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.

So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan? If you were consulting the fish industry, what would you recommend?
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Birth of Jesus

About 2000 years ago God sent an angel to Israel, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to Joseph, a carpenter. The angel told Mary that by God’s power, she would conceive and bear a son.

When Joseph learned that she was pregnant, an angel instructed him to marry her. Joseph took her to Bethlehem to register for a census. While there, Mary gave birth to Jesus. She laid him in a manger because there was no room at the inn. Shepherds visited Jesus in Bethlehem.

Later, wise men brought gifts to Jesus. They told Herod the Great, a wicked king, that Jesus would rule Israel. So Herod sent soldiers to kill the children in Bethlehem. Warned by an angel, Joseph took his family to Egypt. After Herod died, they returned to Israel and raised Jesus in a town called Nazareth.
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Email Etiquette Tip - DON’T SHOUT!

If you USE ALL CAPS in your email or message board posts, you will immediately make yourself seem inexperienced or ignorant. Most experienced computer users consider the use of all capital letters to be the Internet equivalent of shouting.

For those of us who spend a lot of time hanging out in cyberspace, messages written in all capital letters are reminiscent of trying to hold a conversation in which one person is shouting every word while others are speaking at a normal volume.

Also, a message written in all capitals is harder to read. In blocks of text rendered in all capitals, words lose their “shape” because they are all the same height. Each word becomes a uniform rectangle. Most people read and quickly recognize words by looking at their overall shape. We do not read by visualizing words one letter at a time.

Capital letters are best left for their intended usage and, sparingly, to emphasize a particular word or phrase.

If you are new to the ways of the Internet, this restriction on the use of capital letters might seem silly and you might dismiss it as unimportant. However, using all capitals in your messages will adversely affect how people perceive you online.

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Martyrdom of Saint Thomas, disciple of Lord Jesus Christ

On this day St. Thomas the apostle was martyred. He was born in Galilee, and the Lord chose him among the twelve disciples (Mathew 10:3). When the Lord wanted to go to raise Lazarus from the dead, Thomas said to the other disciples: ” (John 11:16). He also asked the Lord at the supper: ” (John 14:5-6). When the Lord Christ appeared to the disciples after the resurrection, and said to them “Receive the Holy Spirit”, Thomas was absent. On his return, the disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” He said to them: ” (John 20:19-29).

After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost in the Upper room in Zion, the apostles dispersed everywhere to preach the Gospel, Thomas went to India. He worked there as a slave at one of the friends of the king, whose name was Lukios, who brought him to the king who inquired about his profession. Thomas said: “I am builder, carpenter and a physician. He preached in his master’s palace, and Lukios’ wife believed and all his household.

The king asked him about his achievements, and he said: “The palaces that I built were the souls that have become the temples of the King of Glory; the carpentry that I did was the Gospel that removes the thorns of sin; and the medicines I practiced are the Holy Mysteries which heal the poison of the evil one. The king became angry and tortured him, and bound him among four poles, cut off his skin and rubbed his wounds with salt and lime. The apostle Thomas endured the pains. Lukios’ wife saw him suffering, and she fell from the window and died. Lukios came to him and said: “If you raise my wife from the dead, I believe in your God.” Thomas went to the room where the dead body was, and said: “Arsabona (Arsonia), rise up in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.” She rose instantly and bowed to the Saint. When her husband saw that, he believed and many more with him from the people of the city, and Thomas baptized them.

Once the sea drove a huge tree to the shore that no one could lift it up. St. Thomas asked the king for permission to lift it up and to use its wood in building a church. He got the permission, he made the sign of the cross, and he raised it and later he built the church, to which he ordained a bishop and priests.

St. Thomas left and went to a city called “Kantoura” (Kontaria), where he found an old man weeping bitterly because the king killed his six children. The Saint prayed over them, and the Lord raised them up. The idol priests were angry, and wanted to stone him. The first raised a stone to throw it at him, and his hand was paralyzed. The Saint prayed over his hand, he was healed instantly, and all the idol priests believed in the Lord Christ. Then St. Thomas went to the city of “Parkenas” and other cities, where he preached in the Name of Jesus Christ. The king heard about him, and he put him in prison. When he found out that he was teaching the prisoners the way of God, he tortured him, and at last he was killed with a spear, and he received the crown of martyrdom. He was buried in “Melibar” or Mt. St. Thomas, India , then his body was relocated to El-Raha.

Hence He is the patron saint of the Churches in India as he is said to be founder of the churches in India.

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Similarities between (Girls and Windows) and (Boys and Linux)

Similarities between :

Girls and Windows

oBoth have a great UI.

oBoth consume large resources and do less work.

oBoth crash unexpectedly.

oBoth are not easily portable on different architectures (environment).

oBoth can’t work on low resource architectures (environment).

oBoth are costly to maintain.

oBoth give mostly unexpected outputs.

oBoth’s working often contradicts with their documentation.

oBoth are easily prone to viruses (rumors and doubts) (and they (viruses) do spread very fast in windows based networks).

oIn spite of all above disadvantages, both are liked.

Boys and Linux

oBoth have an average UI.

oBoth are robust.

oBoth are highly secure.

oBoth can be easily modified to support new concepts/features.

oBoth are efficient.

oBoth are easily portable to any architecture (environment) no matter how low are resources.

oYou can easily guess the output for your input (in Linux just open its code, for boys they are mostly transparent by nature ).

oBoth provide large support for development (work environment).

oBoth are poorly documented.

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