How to prepare yum to taste Grilled Piceapple?

• Ingredients:
• One large ripe pineapple.
• 3 table spoons honey.
• 1 table spoon freshly sqeezed lemon juice.
• 1-2 tea spoon freshly ground black pepper.
• Method:
• Trim, core and peel the pineapple.
• Cut into quarters and slice out the core trim from each quarter.
• Cut each quarter into 4 pieces. 2 pieces lengthwise and 2 pieces crosswise.
• You should now have 12 wedges of the pineapple.
• Now mix honey, lemon juice and black pepper and brudh them to glaze on each slice of the pineapple coating compoetely.
  
• Preheat Barbeque grill. Either spray oil or non sticky cooking spray on the groll rack.
  
• Place the pineapple wedges on the grill and cook for approximately 4 minutes on each side turning them so that the grill marks are on all sides. Cook until the pineapple becomes fragrant and starts to dry up. Don't over cook as they will turn mushy.
  
• Remove them from the grill and brush them with any additional glaze one more time.
• Serve them and enjoy.
  

Exclusive and rare Platinum jewellery for men.

• Platinum the naturally pure white metal is becoming the ultimate choice for jewellery for men.
  
• From ancient tumes the maharajas of India and the royalties all over the world have used the precious metal platinum for their jewellery and this practice was followed down their generations.
• But why platinum? The reason is it is rare and precious. Further men indulge less in jewellery and hence need to be a class apart. The precious metal platinum is denser, heavier and stronger metal. So it feels substantial to the wearer as compared to other metals.
• Platinum is 30 times rarer than gold. It is this rarity which makes it exclusive and distinct. 
• There exists a vide variety of platinum jewellery to choose from for men like rings, bracelets, chains, cufflinks and pendants.
• In today's fast world the question that arises is whether platinum jewellery require any special care and attention. The platinum jewellery also gets scratched like any other metal but it does not effect its volume. Further the platimum jewellery is crafted in such a way that it lasts life long. Platinum jewellery is also a good investment option.
• Platinum is a natural white metal and remains white from ore to the level of crafting of jewellery. Its whiteness does not fade with time.
• The platinum jewellery in India is 95% pure where as the 8k gold is just 75% pure. Further platinum jewellery is hypoallergenic meaning compatible with any type of skin.
• All authentic Platinum jewellery comes with a quality assurance card and the purity hallmark 'Pt 950' marked within the piece. This also serves as an assurance of the buy back programme.
• Platinum is preferable not only for its rarity and purity but also for its innate value. There has never been a better time to buy this rare piece. So, what are you waiting for?
  

Now haclers target your phones too!

• Now a days with the introduction of windows on mobiles they are being used fust like personal computers.
• This means that the mobile phones are also exposed to the same computer menaces like hacking and virus attacks.
• The security experts have warned that hacking and viral attacks are quite possible on iPhones too.
• It is a fact that when there are security threats, there are also people looking for opportunities to capitalize on them. So Khosla ventures have come out with a solution called "Lookout" to tackle the menace. 
• Lookout is looking out to be a giant in the mobile world just like Symantec's role played in the PC market.
• Lookout began testing security software for phones running the windows mobile and android operating systems and also planning to introduce security application systems for the blackberry and iPhone. The software protects the phones against rogue programs and gives owners the ability to back up and erase the data on their mobiles.
• With more people downloading through mobile phones the security threats are also greater. Hence it is a must to have some good security software installed on the mobile phones to keep a check on hackers and viruses.
  

Care you need to take for piercing your ears for wearing that jewellery.

• It is the arrival of the festive season with christmas and New year purchases of ornaments in fashion. You may wish to wear necklaces, bangles or ear rings. Here are a few tips to prevent you from infection while piercing your ears for the purpose of wearing those decorative ear rings.
• Make sure that the studio from where you decide to get your ears pierced is clean and has employed trained and licensed persons to carry out the job.
• Check whether the equipment used for the piercing is sterilised and disposable needles are used for the purpose.
• Request the professional to wear a pair of latex gloves to carry out the procedure.
• Use warm water to rinse the pierced area and use a cotton swab to remove any crusting.
• Apply some medicated cleanser to the pierced area.
• Avoid use of alcohol and peroxide as they can dry the skin.
• Don't allow the piercing gun to be used on any other body part as it may crush your skin causing injury.
• Select a hypoallergenic jewellery.You can opt for jewellery made of surgical grade steel, titanium,14 or 18 karat gold. 
• For the few days after the piercing avoid wearing jewellery that can cause excessive rubbing leading to irritation.
  

How to dress up your christmas tree in style?

• Conventionally the christmas tree should be tall and symmetrical. But we can decorate it with whatever we can lie our hands upon. We can drape it with a sari and make it as colourful as possible. At Selfridges, the Fuschia Pink tree is creating waves.
• Go minimalistic to decorate your christmas tree in the Japanese or Asian way. Dust with white snow and leave it with that.
• Make your christmas tree look American, by making the tree tall and decorating with colorful lights.
• Make your christmas tree more delightful by decorating it with flower wreath and pom-pom garlands.
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How to prepare bubble and squeak ?

• Ingredients :
• Big Potatoes : 1 Kg
• Milk             : 150 ml
• Butter           : 50 gms
• Cabbage        : 500 gms
• Streaky bacon : 4 slices
• Onion             : 50 gms
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Method:
• Cut potatoes into roughly 1/2 inch cubes and put them to boil.
• Cook potatoes until they are done.
• Roughly cut the cabbage into a large dice, keeping pieces 1- inch in size.
• Cut the onion into a large dice and set aside.
• Roughly cut the bacon slices into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Drain the potatoes and mash them.
• Heat a large saute pan and add the bacon pieces. Cook the bacon until it is crispy.
• Scoop the bacon out and set  aside .
• Lower the heat to medium and add onions to the pan.
• Add cabbage to the pan and saute . 
• Add mashed potatoes and cooked bacon to the pan and mix well with the cabbage and onion.
• Let the mixture cook well undisturbed for 5 minutes which makes it crispy.
• Take the pan off the heat and serve once the mixture is crispy on the outside, yet creamy on the inside.
  

How to bake the christmas plum cake?

• Ingredients:
• Bakery special butter: 90 gms.
• Flour                       :  90 gms.
• Breakfast sugar       :  90 gms.
• Eggs                       :  2
• Black currants        :   50 gms.
• Raisins                  :    50 gms.
• Orange peel           :    50 gms.
• Ginger peel            :    50 gms.
• Black jack/
• Dark Caramel       :     20 gms.
• Method:
• Beat butter and sugar till it dissolves. 
• Add eggs, Beat the micture till light and fluffy.
• Mix all the fruits and roll them with flour to prevent the fruits from settling down at the bottom of the cake.
• Fold this mixture of fruits and flour with the egg mixture.
• Add black jack or dark caramel colour.
• Line the cake mould with butter paper and pour the mixture in it.
• Bake at 200 degree celc. To check the cake put a knife inside it, if clean it indicates that the cake is baked.
• Dust some icing sugar and decorate with christmas goodies.
  

Where can one fond God?

• You find God in:
• For me God exist in people and children. I believe that practically we cannot see God but can be realized by serving the poor. So for me serving the poor and helping others is serving God.
• How do you connect to God?
• I do my puja everyday in the mouning. I close my eyes and try to bring his image before me. I remove all my other thoughts except him. I start my day by prostrating before him ad pray that the day should be good for everyone in this world.
• Karma and kismat:
• I beleive that God exists in karma ie one's duty. If you do your karma properly it will follow in your nest life too. I beleive in Panchatatva and so in karma too. Good karma means you have kismat too.
• True contentment:
• I beleive that true contentment lies in sacrifice for others. I feel that sacrifice is the true path to reasise God.
  

Going on a holiday?

• Winter might be the best season for travelling. But one need to be cautious due to the impredictability of the weather. Before you set out on your much awaited outing during the winter vacation, here are a few things to do.
• Be prepared for everything:
• In addition to the regular things do not forget to carry additional clothing like sweaters, jackets and shoes as even a small drizzle or snow may make the climate chilly. Do not ignore even the slightest of allergies, dizziness or the uneasy feeling as it could be the beginning of the mild cold to the severe respiratory infection. Consult your doctor and keep the medicines handy while travelling.
  
• Eating right;
• Even though travellijg provides mental happiness and relaxation, do not ignore your health. You might be carrying the chats and snacks with you while travelling. In addition to this do not forget to carry dry fruits and jaggery as they provide good immune system to you from the chill.
  

A house intelligently designed to save energy.

• An environmentalist in Tokyo, Japan has intelligently designed his house to save energy.
• The house has solar panels on the roof, a cell at the backyard, the hot water pipes doubly functioning as heat insulation system and the lithium battery stores the excess slectricity.
• It is the high technology which gives this eco-house a cutting edge when it comes to low carbon housing.
• Panasonic, the maker of the eco idea house has fitted appliances that promise power saving at every step and at the same time ensuring a comfortable life style for the residents.
• The sensor in the house can recognise human presense, temperature and light. The sensor follows the people. For example, if a person is in the living room, the air condition will be on and if the person moves to the kitchen the kitchen lights will be on and the airconditioner and the lights in the living room will be automatically off, thereby avoiding wastage of energy.
• The eco-house also halves the water usage by simply tilting its drum and a fridge that learns the user's habits and goes into sleep mode when not required.
  

Now computer viruses not only spoil your hard disk but also your dignity.

• We heard about computer viruses spoiling our hard disk. But beware. Now they can even spoil your dignity. 
• I am a Twitter account holder. One day my colleague called and informed me about a promotion of some obscene messages sent by me to my followers. I was shocked to hear this as I had never sent any such messages from my twitter account. Still I logged into my account and found nothing adverse where as my followers have been receiving such messages for about a week without my knowledge. So, beware. Now viruses can even spoil your dignity.
• These must be the brain work of some of the penetrators who want to earn commission on referrals to sketchy sites. What this shows is that there are also crooks in social bookmarking sites. 
• These viruses can spread through a link attached to an e-mail. This can be checked by an antivirus software or firewall. So the installation of an antivirus software with continous updates is a must. But when the virus through web it is really difficult to check it.  The best way to stay away from these viruses is to avoid visiting unreputed sites.
  

How to improve your chils's handwritting for a good score?

• I was a senior govt officer gifted with a beautiful handwriting. Both in my office and family I was always the preferred one to write from greeting cards to any thing of importance. With my children struggling to write neatly and the efforts that I and my wife had to put on them to make them wue neatly made me realise that what was so easy for me was not so easy for all children. I have seen my children struggling to write neatly resulting in avoidable mistakes and loosing marks and worst of all loosing impression. I am sharing herewith the experience I had with my children to make them write neatly and beautijully.
  
• Why a good handwritting is essential?
• The teachers today are more busy with tonnes of papers to correct. They are tempted to award better marks to a paper which is neatly written than to a paper with cuttings, cancellations and illegible handwritting. Make the children realize this fact.
• Handwritting types:
• The handwritting can be of three types viz straight, left slanting and right slanting. Make your chils write a paragraph. If most of the alphabets are straight, he adopts a straight hand and if most of the alphabets are tilting to the left then he adopts a left tilt handwritting and if most of the alphabets are tilting to the right then he adopts a right tilting handwritting. Just observe what type of handwritting your child adopts and make him adhere to the same.
• Watch out for grip:
• See that your child holds the pen / pencil with the thumb to the left and the indes finger on the right and the other three fingers as support. See that the pencil should have support on the knuckles and never on the groove.
• Paper position:
• The note book or the paper should be kept at an angle to the edge of the tabe to ensure that there is sufficient gsp for free movement of hand.
• Non-writing hand:
• The left hand should be used to hold the book or paper at its position.
• Correct hand position:
• See to it that your child maintain a correct hand position . The writing hand should futlly rest on the table and should not dangle down as this will create strain while writing for long hours. Further see to it that the seat is not too low from the table as the child will not be able to maintain proper contact with the writing.
• Pressure:
• See to it that the child does notexert too much pressure on the paper. This will increase his speed of writing.
• Size:
• Alphabets can be classified into three types viz
• Alphabets with stem:- h, b,d......
• Alphabets of same siz p,q,y.....
• Alphabets of same size viz a, e,s......
• Practice the children to maintain the size of the alphabets and make them understand its importance like if you reduce the size of h it will appear as n.
• Follow these tips:
• Practice the children to write neatly without cancellations and over writings .Even if there is a need to cancel just put a line on the item to be cancelled.
• Write the words properly on the line.
• Maintain space between two words.
• Leave reasonable space between two paragraphs.
  

How to get connected to God?

• Where to find God?
• For me my parents and teachers are the manifestations of God. I find God in nature, in humanbeings, in animals and in everything around me. Once you feel connected to God then life is full of happiness,love and affection.
• How to get connected to God?
• I remain connected to God on a one-to-one basis.Yes. I speak to my God! as he is my soul or the inner voice. I talk to him when I am in need of some thing or if I have aome doubts. He does grant me what I deserve and clear my doubts and enlightens me.
• Karma:
• I beleive in Karma. I mean good thoughts lead to good habits which in turn lead to good actions. So our destiny is in our own hands. My teachers always use to tell me that put your best in whatever you do without worrying about the results. Further I beleive that what ever I am today follows from what I have done in my previous life. So do good deeds now as you and only reap the results of your karma.
• Where does true happiness lie?
• I feel that the true happiness lies in knowing the fact that I am happy. The reason is when  I  know  the reason and the extent of my happiness, I can surely accelerate it further.
  
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A home that rotates!

• An australian couple have constructed a rotating home that can follow the sun light just at the touch of a button and get natural light for the whole day.
• The rotating home mounted on a turn table can spin around and has plumbing and electrical systems. The octagonal home belongs to Luke and Debbie Everingham in New South Wales has irregular shaped rooms as compared to conventional houses. 
• The entire rotating house is powered by two machines which are just of the size ot  washing machine motor. The rotation is controlled by a touch panel which can be reprogrammed on the wall of the living room.

EVR salai the most dangerous road of Chennai.

• With 17 deaths in 2009,EVR salai has become the most dangerous killer road of Chennai.
• With the increase in the number of fatal accidents, the Chennai traffic police have declared the EVR salai between Ega theatre and Anna Arch, Palavakkam and Vettuvankani on the scenic ECR, and the IT corridor as  dangerous stretches and warned the motorists and pedestrians to be vigilant and cautious while using these roads. 
• Cnn we just think for a moment what is the main cause for the accidents in these stretches. The reasons are lack of wide roads, poor road conditions, lack of pedestrian facilities, poor lighting and overspeeding. 
• The concerned authorities need to take corrective measues like developing the infrastructure, prividing adequate facilities and constructing speed breakers to bring a solution to this problem.
  

Wah Virendra Sehwag creates record in cricket.

• Sehwag will become the first batsman to score triple centuries in tests if he adds another 16 in the first innings against Srilanka at Brabourne today.  He now shares the record of triple tons with Don Bradman and Brian Lara. His 284 is also the 3rd highest score on a sungle day.
• Sehwag took 168 balls to score 200.  It is the latest double ton by an Indian.Sehwag bettered his own record of 182 balls against Pakistan in Lahore (2005-06).His 200 was the second fastest ever in Tests after Kiwi Nathan Astle (off 153 balls). Five of the 10 fastest double centuries now belong to Sehwag. three of them coming off less than 200 balls.
• 6,000 test  runs by Sehwag in 122 innigs made him the third fastest Indian to acheive this landmark. Sunil Gavaskar with 117 innings and Sachin Tendulkar with 120 innings were the first two to reach this landmark.
• I wich that Sehwag will go on and make 400 in one day.
  

CAG to probe the cheap spectrum sale.

• The CVC, CBI are investigating the alleged revenue loss of Rs 50,000 crores to the government in the cheap spectrum sale effected by DOT. The CAG has entered into the probe now.
• The CVC had received complaints that the DOT is giving away the spectrums worth around         Rs 60,000 crores at Rs 9,000 crores on a first xome first served basis.
• The estimated loss of Rs 50,000 crores is based on the values of deals struck by Unitech and Swan with Telenor and Etisalat.
• The valuations of Rs 11,600 crores and Rs 9,400  crores have been struck within months of these xompanies being awarded the spectrum at Rs 11,600 crores.
• The Delhi High Court has held that arbitrary cut of dates are illegal. This raises a quwstion mark on the licences issued through FCFS.
  

Dubai to lose its funancial hub stattus to Abudhabi aid.

• The debt laden Dubai is likely to be bailed out by the oil rich Abudhabi and in return Dubai is likeky to loose its financial hub status .No doubt a time for Abudhabi to cash in on the aituation.
• Abudhabi is building a financial center just off the city's coast of Sowah island and is scheduled to be completed by 2014.
• The emirates in control of 8% of the world's oil is buying into global banks, car manufacturers and chemical firms.
• Abudhabi has one of the largest sovereign funds of the world worth around $627 billion.
  

Women are the worst hit in dry and flooded village

• The women of Kamlawati's Campierganj village, Gorakhpur, Eastern U.P. are the worst hit due to the climatic changes. What is it that affects the womenfolk of the village so much and why?
• Limited access to resources and livelyhood has a harmful effect on their health.
• Even in these modern times they have to walk longer distances in search of drinking water, fire wood etc. What a pity?
• With the men migrating to cities for work, the women are even ploughing the fields out of compulsion.
• The women literally starve giving up their portion of food to feed other family members.
• Severe stress on women leading to premature deliveries.
• Dalits and adivasi women are the worst hit.
• What they need from the government?
• Recognition as farmers so that they can avail credits and other benefits.
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TN govt bans early admission to class XI in matric schools.

• With a view to check the exploitation of the schools on students and parents, the TN govt has banned  admissions to class XI for the academic year 2010-2011 prior to declaration of board results of class X examination.
• Application forms should be given to everyone.
• Admissions should be carried out between May 16-30.
• No interviews can be conducted for the students/parents.
• Preference must be given to local students.
• No admission to class XI on basis of half-yearly examination results.
  

India beats SriLanka at Kanpur Cricket Test match.

• India notched up its 100th Test win when it defeated SriLanka at Kanpur by an innings and 144 runs.  S.Sreesanth was declared man of the match.
• If India wins the next Test in Mumbai, it will move to No.1 in the ICC Test ranking.
• The Kanpur match was India's biggest ever win against SriLanka and it was India's 3rd biggest Test victory amongst innings wins.
• India is the 6th team to acheive the 100 test wins. Ofxourse it had to play 432 matches to acheive this possition.
  

Is modern technology parting us away from our near and dear ones?

• Now a days it is a common scene to see peopls at market places, railway stations and roads to see people talking on their mobile phones. Some times I even feel that the mobiles are glued to our hands. Many of us spend most part of our lives sending messages, calling or answering calls. Thanks to the various mobiles that have come to the market with variety of features.
• Some times wonder whether modern technology has really improved our standard of life or creating a distance in our emotions in life.
• Given here are a few steps as to how we should manage our life with the use of modern technology and at the same time not to loose the emotions and charm of our life to modern technology.
• It is not always advisable to talk using modern gadgets like mobiles,laptops etc. It is fine asfar as our job is coneerned.But the problem is these gadgets has a strange effect on its users. Their observation become limited to shat they are doing and fail to observe what is happening around them. They hesitate to have eye contact and chat with others in person. What an irony? The modern technology which aims at making our world smaller is itself making us apart.
• What is the indicator? How can we know that we are becoming the victims of modern technology at the cost of our personal life. Ask the following questions to yourself and if your answer to nay of them is 'yes' then you are becoming a victim of modern technology and we need to change our life style immediately to avoid severe damage.

1. Are you ignored or are you ignoring somebody for the reason of working on a computer or talking on a mobile?
2. Are you interrupted by a phone call when a conversation about an important aspect is on in the family?
3. Are you ignoring or your family members complaining so for the reason of your spending long time on computers, laptops or mobiles surfing the net, messaging, talking, chatting, sending e-mails etc.

• Your question may be that should we avoid using modern gadgets? No. Not at all. We do need to use the modern gadgets. But not at the cost of your family life. Give the time they deserve from you. Further you can share with them interesting results of surfing or messages received. In case of musec lovers it can be enjoyed with the family members. See to it that the modern gadgets do not suceed in breaking the family bond.

Want to stop ageing and look younger, go dieting.

• Every one wants to look younger and avoid ageing.Isn't it? Then go dieting.
• Don't you wish to know how does diet help to fight ageing?
• According to research there are anti ageing molecules in our body that get activated by a low calorie diet. So the message is eat low calorie food to look younger and to avoid ageing.
• Charles Mobs, professor of Neuro sciences and geriatrics, Mount School of Medicine have unravelled that low caloeie diet brings down the development of molecules that promote ageing.
• It does not matter how the diet is restricted. It can be in terms of carbohydrates,fats or proetins. What matters is the diet should be of low calorie. This brings about a change in the CBP proteins that control the genes related to cellular functions.
  

Can you taste names?

• Generally we say what is there in a name? But it does matter to James Wannerton in Blackpoolsynaesthesia who lives with a condition called synaesthesia due to which his sense of taste is connected to his sense of hearing.
• As a result all sorts of noise triggers this fifty year old man's taste sensation. 
• Different names trigger different taste buds to this person. On hearing the name of Tony Blair he gets the taste of coconut in his mouth whereas on hearing the name of Christina he gets the taste of salt in his mouth.
• I feel this person is lucky as he need not have different variety of foods to enjoy different tastes as he has just to hear different names for this purpose. Alas! but one issue is he may not be in a possition to choose the noise or name suiting his taste.
  

How to keep your skin gowing and smooth.

• Every one of us want our skin to be smooth and glowing. With the onset of minsoon and winte our skin becomes dry. Here are a few thiings to do to keep our skin smooth and glowing for ever.
• Cleanse skin with gel based cleanser.
• Massage with a nourishing cream. Leave it for 15 minutes and then wipe it off with a moist cotton wool.
• Use a good sun screen.
• Use a light moisturiser.
• Keep your body warm and dry especially you feet to avoid fungal infection.
• Drink plenty of water as high humidity levels tend to damage your skin and also cause dehydration.
• Use a good night cream.
  

Reduce the use of Plastic to promate a safe and green environment.

• Recently the carcase of a cow in Kerala was found to contain 17 kg of plastic in its body. This clearly shows the dangers of plastic a non biodegradable substance composed of toxic chemicals that pollutes the earth. Here are a few steps that we all need to follow to give a safe environment to our future generation.
• Do not buy and use cheap plastic materials that are sold on thr foot paths or rasd sides.
• Demand the shop keepers to use butter paper in packing food items and refuse to accept food items packed by using plastics.
• Even if by chance you have used plastic bags, do not litter them around pilgrimage centre, tourist spots and beaches. Insteas dump them in the dustbins provided so that the concerned authorities can properly destroy them.
• The administrative authorities need to eanct laws and strictly enforce them to discourage the use of plastic bags. Even they can cancel the licence ot the manufacturers of plastic bags and the shopkeepers selling their goods in plastic bags and also levy a fine on the people using plastic bags.
• Carry liquids ij tetra packs insteas of plastic bags.
• The advice of religious institutions and religious heads to their devotees fo avoid the use of plastic bags will go a great way to protect our mother earth from the clutche of our biggest and most dangerous enemy "Plastic".
  

Google in controversy with McCabe over "Go".

• Google, the search engine company had recently released a programming langrage and named it as "Go". 
• A cimpany named McCabe has raised a controversy stating that there exists another programme of theirs by the smame name "Go" on Google's own servers and demanded that Google need to change this name.
• According to McCabe they had been working on "Go" for quite a long time and even have a book on the same.
  

Tips on how to meditate blissfully.

• We have succumbed or surendered life to hurry and haste. Is it not so? Our day begins with hurrying up to the workplace or college, hasty eating of food, hurrying up to catch the bus or trainn Have you ever thought what would be the ultimate of surrendering ourself to haste. The result is that we loose all our life pleasures, get ourselves strained and over stressed resulting in blood pressure and other undesired ailments at a very early age. I kept thinking to myself where does the solution fie for this problem/ The solution that came to my mind is meditation.
• I have also observed many people complaining that meditation did not give them possitive results. On analysing I realised that peoople become over enthusiastic and succumb to haste as usual even while meditating. Here are a few tips as to how to meditate blissfully.
• Practice meditation as a potent spiritual activity irrespective of any religion that benefits and enhancees your life dramatically.
• Keep thinking and saying in your mind that you are practising meditation as a tool to transcend you to eternity and that you continue to enjoy it without becoming addicted to it.
• Be like a child during meditation. Remove all notions and ideas that you heard from others as otherwise expectations and hopes will make you overenthusiastic making you hurry or haste durinf meditation. 
• Avoid comparing the benefits that you gained in the previous days with the meditation that you are performing today as this will you slow yor down in the process.
• While meditating keep saying to yourself that "I have the whole tine of the world  available to me for meditation. I am born in this world just to meditate and realise myselt. Request to the God to reveal himself before you".
• Breathe as slowly as you can. Take 5 to 7 seconds to inhale, 5 seconds to hold and 5 to 7 seconds to exhale. If you are doing this in 2 to 4 seconds it is an indication of haste overtaking.you in meditation.
• Consider meditation as a karma yoga that every one needs to perform to promote one's health.
  

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Now apples that don't rot.for months.

• Now you can buy for your childrren the delicious and sweet australian apples for your children without the fear of them getting rotten, Thanks to the scientists in Australia for developing a new variety of apple that can remain fresh for months.
• Researchers at Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries say that RS 103-30 is the "world's best apple" because of its sweet taste, longer shell life and disease resistant capabilities.
• This apple can be crispy for 14 days if stored in a fruit bowl and remain edible for 4 minths if stored in a refrigerator.
• Such developments of science will no doubt benefit the society and culture  and can in the near future expect  other fruits and vegs that don't rot . Is  it not a real and useful wonders of science in the  days of reducing  use of land for agriculture.

Tips for maintenance of healthy nails.

• Add more grains to your diet to have strong nails.
• Never cut the cuticles and calluses as the cuticles protect the nails from infection and the calluses will grow back harder giving you discomfort.
• Even if you don't like applying a nail polish, try and apply a clear coat occasionally as it will protect your nails.
• Wearing rubber gloves while doing the house work is advisable. This will protect your nails from the harsh chemicals used in detergents.
• Wearing closed shoes for a longer time creates sweating which can cause fungal infection to your nails. To avoid this use cotton socks instead of socks made of synthetiics. Further make your legs free of the shoes when and where ever possible.
• Consume foods which are rich in zinc like boiled eggs and milk. You will observe them doing wonders to your nails.
• Avoid filing the nails just after a bath as at this time they tend to be weaker and break easily.
• Buffing your nails regularly increases the blood supply and makes them grow faster.
  

Are your children using computers? Parents beware.

• Use parental control software that helps you select sites.
• Use kid safe browsers like kidzui and kidrocket.
• Use settings in search engines to exclude adult material from results.
• Upgrade your browser as the latest versions have better security settings.
• Keep the computer in a place where everyone could see the monitor.
• Check browser history after your child uses the computer.
• Monitor their computer usage in browsing centres which are becoming hot spots for gaming and adult material.
• Talk to your child about the danger of using adult sites.
  

Tips to take of your lower body.

People are fond of getting a 6 pack body. For this purpose they visit gyms, perform various exercises, weight lifting etc. The question here is whether they provide the same care to keep the lower portion of their body stronger? The legs form the major portion of the lower body. Here are some tips as and exercises to maintain a strong lower body.

Tips to maintain a strong lower body:

• When ever you do anything, don't tilt your body too much on one side. This will help to avoid knee, back and hip joint pains.
• Carry the laptop if any on a backpack. This will help to distribute the weight evenly on both the legs.
• While getting into a car, first seat yourself in the car and then take both the legs in simultaneously. Likewise while getting out of the car, take both your legs out simultaneously and then propel your body out.

Exercises for a strong lower body:

• Seated knee extention: Works on the quadiracep muscle. Extend your leg at the knee level. Take your foot to knee height and then take it down.
  
• Hamstring curl: Works on your hamstrings. Lie with your face down. Extend the legs at the knee level. Bring your feet to the knee height and take them down. Perform this at least thrice a week.
• Lunge: Works on the quadiraceps, hamstrings and gluteus muscles. Stand straight. Extend the legs to the hip level. Take the left leg backward to a comfortable distance. Now bring your hip to the knee level. Now repeat the same by taking your right leg backward. This completes one round. Perform 12 rounds atleast thrice a week.
• Supine pelvic twist: Works on the hip muscles. Lie down on the floor facing the ceiling. flex your knees with your feet on the floor. Now lift your hips 1 inch above the floor. Slowly raise your hips to 12 inches above the floor. Slowly return back to normal possition. Repeat this atleast 12 times.
• Plea squat: Works on the adductor (inner thigh), quadiraceps and gluteus muscles. Stand with your legs apart at more than hip's distance. The feet should be on the floor with one leg forward forming an angle of45 degree. Now squat and bring your hips to the height of your knees. Now slowly come back to the normal possition. Repeat this atleast 12 times.
  

Scheme for slow learners.

• The Sarvashiksha Abhiyan is planning to start a new scheme named " Aao Padhe Hum" with an aim to identify slow learners and enhance theeer knowledge.
• To begin with the students of class VI to VIII of Kasturba Gandhi schools would be analysed.
  
• 6000 schools have been identified for the Rs one crore project to benefit more than 4 lakh students.
• The project is to commence from November 7, 2009. Initially the students will be provided lessons upto class II and subsequently they would be thought according to their classes.
  

Yoga for a healthy heart.

• People suffering from heart ailments need to perform the following yogic exercises regularly in the morning in an empty stomach to remain helthy.
• Ek pada uttanasana: Lie down straight. Stretch your body. Inhale and lift your right leg keeping your body, hands and arms on the floor. Keep the lifted leg at an angle of 6o degree from the floor as far as you can breathing normally. Come back to the base position. Now repeat this with the left leg. Perform this asana 5 to 6 times.
• Ujjayee pranayama:Inhale through both your nostrils contracting the neck muscles as much as you can. You will feel a vibration both in your chest and head. Now with your thumb close the right nostril and slowly exhale through the left nostril. Repeat this 8 to 10 times.
• Deep breathing and Dhyan: Sit in Sukhasana. Inhale to the capacity of your lungs and slowly exhale. Take care to see that you inhale to the contraction and expansion capacity of your lungs and not of your stomach. Do this inhalation and exhalation slowly and perform dhyan. Repeat this 20 to 30 times.
  
• Anilom-vilom pranayama: Sit straight and inhale to your fullest capacity. Now with the right hand thumb close the right nostril and exhale slowly through the left nostril. Now inhale through the left nostril. Press the left nostril with the small and the ring finger and exhale through the right nostril removing the right hand thumb. Repeat this process alternating with the left and right nostrils.
• Hasyasana:Sit in Sukhasana. Close your eyes and smile thinking that you are free from all mental tensions and ailments. Now start laughing louder and louder to as much as you can. Now slowly return to the calm smile position.
  

Goa express rams stationary train near Mathura station.

• The Delhi bound Goa Sabarkranti Express rammed against the stationary Mewar Express also bound for Delhi in the early hours on Wednesday near Mathura junction on the budy Mathura - Vrindavan route.
• The ghastly accident has left 22 passengers killed and 23 passengers injured raising questions about railway safety.
• The impact of the accident was so great that many coaches of both the trains had just turned into heaps of metal. The army had to be summoned with special cutters to rescue the stranded passengers.
• The impact was so great that the engine of the Goa Express ripped open the SLR van of the stationary Mewar Express. Further, the pantry car of the Goa Express which was at the farther end of the train was also severely damaged.
• According to the Railway sources, the driver of the Goa Express must have over sped or crossed signals.
  

Exciting moon bombing images

• A NASA sattelite that has turtled into a moon crater on an exploration last week has sent back exciting photographs of every phase of its flight and the subsequent crash. According to the US Space Agency, the images were really blowing.
  

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How to avoid stomach bloating.

Abdominal bloating is a real struggle to avoid. Stomach bloating is easy oto avoid by followung the brlow mentioned steps.

• Avoid constipation. Too less of fibre, liquids and physical activity causes constipation resulting in stomach bloating. To avoid this include lot of fibre food lile grams, beans, fruits etc in your diet. Women need at least 35 gms and men need 50 gms of fibre consumption daily. Drink atleast 6 to 8 glasses of fluids a day. Perform physical activity of 30 minutes a day 5 times a week.
• Avoid allergens. Food allergens and intollerances can cause stomach bloating. Identify them with the help of your doctor and avoid them.
• Avoid sugary or carbonated drinks. Instead have lot of water flavored with lemon, lime or cucumber. Also try pepermint tea which can reduce stomach bloating.
• Limit salty and processed foods as they contain lot of sodirm and less of fibre both of which aids stomach bloating. Cultivate the habit of reading the wrappers of the processed foods and vonsume only those which have less than 500 mgs of sodium per serving.
  
• Go slow on beans and gassy vegetables if you are not accustomed to their consumption. Do not avoid them as they are higlly nutritious and have lot of fibre content. Include them in small quantities in your diet until you get adjusted to it
• Practise eating smaller meals 5 to 6 times a day instead of having 3 big meals a day as stomach bloating generally follows a big meal. This also helps to reduce bloof sugar and manage hunger.
  
• Avoid eating fast. If you eat fast without chewing the food properly, you also swallow air resulting in stomach bloating. Further please remember that digestion starts in your mouth. So take atleast 30 minutes for a meal. Also when you eat slowly you are satisfied in enjoying the taste of the meal and end up eating less.
  

Precaution against Cervical Cancer.

• Cervical cancer es the most common form of cancer among women is a silent killer as it does not show any symptoms in the initial or treatable stages.
• Cervical cancer is caused by human papilloma virus infection (HPV infection) which is usually transmitted sexually.

• As this form of cancer does not any symptoms in the initial stages one needs to watch out for
  

1. Persistent vaginal discharge.
2. Abnormal vaginal bleeding expecially between menstrual periods, after intercourse and after menopause.
3. Loss of appetite, weight loss and fatigue.
4. Pelvic, back or leg pain.
5. Leaking of urine or stool from the vagina.
6. Bone fracture.

• It is better to adopt the simple mantra "Prevention is better than cure" and visit a gynaecologist in case the above problems exist and get a pap smear done.
• A pap smear is a screening test done to see whethe a woman's cervix is healthy or not. The test looks for early changes in the cells of the cervix>
• Alternatively one can undergo a visual examination of the cervix with acetic acid or lugol's iodine or carry out a HPV-DNA test.
• Avoid smoking as women who smoke are more prone to the risk of cervical cancer.
• It is safer for young women to practice protected sex with the use of condoms.
  
• The young women now also have the chlice of getting vaccinated with HPV vaccine.
  

How to improve instincts?

• This is very simple and yet powerful way to centre yourself while awakening your internal stamina expecially in this competitive climate.
• The Navel Chakra is the place where you gathe and alchemize prana or life force. When the Navel Chalkra is active, your instincts and timing in life improve.
• Now the question is how to do Navel centre breathing?
  
• Sit in a lotus or semi lotused position (a crossed leg sitting posture) on the floor.
  
• With your hands form a circle infront of the Navel with the left hand on top of the right hand and tips of the thumbs touching each other.
• Now inhale and exhale slowly and deeply while focussing on the Navel.
• Do not visualize or over concentrate. Do this for five minutes.
  
• Practising Navel centre breathing encourages the circulation of energy around the body while you charge the Navel and its storage bins.
• This can also be done standing, the knees bent slightly which will enhance you consciousness and instincts.
• Navel breathing with the chanting of Om increases your rate of vibration and alighns your consciousness with the soul.
• Start with synchronized breathing. Inhale rapidly through your nose as you tilt your head upwards and exhale rapidly through your mouth as you tilt your head downwards. Do this 10 times. Keep your head vertical and concetrate at the centre of your chest, mid brow and top of the head. Do this 3 sets.
  
• Using the same Mudra as before recite Om mentally or verbally. Hold your breath for a few seconds between inhalations and exhalations. While reciting Om concentrate on the head, mid brow and heart simultaneously. Do this for 2 minutes. For the next 3 minutes think and be aware that you are the soul and the divineself.