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- India Knowledge@Wharton'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-4158761283213213425</id><published>2009-06-21T10:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T10:39:33.963-07:00</updated><title type='text'>we are all at risk</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="tfont"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was aghast to discover that it was a mousetrap!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me; I cannot be bothered by it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mouse trap in the house."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse," sympathized the pig, "but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, "Like wow, Mr. Mouse, a mouse trap; am I in grave danger, Duh?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the darkness, she did not see that 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She returned home with a fever. Now 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His wife's sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The farmer's wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, &lt;a href="http://www.merirachanamerasangrah.blogspot.com"&gt;we are all at risk.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/png;base64,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" style="position: absolute; visibility: visible; z-index: 2147483647; left: 640px; top: 803px;" id="kosa-target-image" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-4158761283213213425?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/4158761283213213425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=4158761283213213425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/4158761283213213425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/4158761283213213425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-are-all-at-risk.html' title='we are all at risk'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-8626110467948620615</id><published>2009-06-21T10:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T10:19:26.581-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First be sure</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="tfont"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No problems for the first few stops, a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six feet eight, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He glared at the driver and said, "Big John doesn't pay!" and sat down at the back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The driver was five feet three, thin, and basically meek... Naturally, he didn't argue with Big John, but he wasn't happy about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next day the same thing happened -Big John got on again, said "Big John doesn't pay!" and sat down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the next day, and the one after that, and so forth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This irritated the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of his size.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally he could stand it no longer. He signed up for body building program, karate, judo and all that good stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; So on the next Monday, when Big John got on the bus and said, "Big John doesn't pay!" the driver stood up, glared back and screamed, "And why not?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied, "Big John has a Bus pass."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moral of the story: First be sure is there a problem before working hard to solve one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/png;base64,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" style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden; z-index: 2147483647; left: 229px; top: 524px;" id="kosa-target-image" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-8626110467948620615?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/8626110467948620615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=8626110467948620615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/8626110467948620615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/8626110467948620615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/06/first-be-sure.html' title='First be sure'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-1058835656382812122</id><published>2009-06-21T10:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T10:16:46.104-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Stone in the Desert</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/Sj5q6zFSduI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/TVYnJfGqH8g/s1600-h/_.._images_story_image_stone.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/Sj5q6zFSduI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/TVYnJfGqH8g/s320/_.._images_story_image_stone.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349830965740074722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An Arab while crossing a desert came across a huge rock half buried in the sand. Scrawled on the boulder was this inscription:                                                                  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TURN ME OVER AND YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM IT                 &lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/hp/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/hp/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Arab felt sure there was a great treasure hidden beneath it and worked mightily to turn it over.&lt;br /&gt;He succeeded after several hours. But there was no treasure there, only an inscription on the underside of the rock.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:red;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Inscription Was&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:red;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GREED IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL REMEMBER THIS AND YOU WILL BE A BETTER MAN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-1058835656382812122?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/1058835656382812122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=1058835656382812122' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/1058835656382812122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/1058835656382812122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/06/stone-in-desert.html' title='The Stone in the Desert'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/Sj5q6zFSduI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/TVYnJfGqH8g/s72-c/_.._images_story_image_stone.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-377381407683921983</id><published>2009-06-21T10:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T10:12:12.711-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Miserly Beggar</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/Sj5pyqTwr5I/AAAAAAAAAGI/ler6UAv07Q4/s1600-h/images.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 211px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/Sj5pyqTwr5I/AAAAAAAAAGI/ler6UAv07Q4/s320/images.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349829726434275218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The king was to pass by a beggar's hut and the man was beside himself with excitement, not because he was about to see the king but because the king was known to part with expensive jewels and huge sums of money when moved by compassion.&lt;br /&gt;He saw the king's chariot just as a kindly man was filling his begging bowl with uncooked rice. Pushing the man aside, he ran into the street, shouting praises of the king and the royal family.&lt;br /&gt;The chariot stopped and the king beckoned to the beggar.&lt;br /&gt;"Who are you?" he asked.&lt;br /&gt;"One of the most unfortunate of your subjects," said the beggar. "Poverty sits on my doorstep and follows me about like a dog. I haven't eaten since yesterday afternoon!"&lt;br /&gt;"Have you nothing for your king except a tale of woe?" said the ruler, putting out his hand. "Give me something."&lt;br /&gt;The beggar, astonished, carefully picked up 5 grains of rice from his bowl and laid them on the king's outstretched palm.&lt;br /&gt;The king drove away. The beggar's disappointment was great. He raved and ranted and cursed the king again and again for his miserliness. Finally, his anger spent, he went on his rounds.&lt;br /&gt;When he returned home in the evening he found a bag of rice on the floor.&lt;br /&gt;"Some generous soul has been here," he thought and took out a handful of rice from the bag. To his astonishment there was a small piece of gold in it. He realised then that the bag had been sent by the king. He emptied the rice on the floor, feeling sure there would be more gold pieces in it, and he was right. He found 5, one for each grain of rice he had given the king.&lt;br /&gt;"It is not the king who has been miserly," thought the man, sadly. "If I had been generous and given him the whole bowl of rice, I would have been a rich man today."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-377381407683921983?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/377381407683921983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=377381407683921983' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/377381407683921983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/377381407683921983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/06/miserly-beggar.html' title='The Miserly Beggar'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/Sj5pyqTwr5I/AAAAAAAAAGI/ler6UAv07Q4/s72-c/images.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-1416267597480286954</id><published>2009-04-11T07:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T07:24:54.550-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THE BRICK</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;About ten years ago, a young and very successful      executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He      was going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which      was only two months old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;He was watching for kids darting out from between      parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car      passed, no child darted out, but a brick sailed out and - WHUMP! - it      smashed Into the &lt;a id="KonaLink33" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;Jag's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; shiny black side door! SCREECH..!!!! Brakes slammed!      Gears ground into reverse, and tires madly spun the Jaguar back to the spot      from where the brick had been thrown. Josh jumped out of the car, grabbed      the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, "What      was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!"      Building up a head of steam, he went on. "That's my new Jag, that brick you      threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;"Please, mister, please. . . I'm sorry! I didn't know      what else to do!" Pleaded the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one      else would stop!" Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he pointed      around the parked car. "It's my brother, mister," he said. "He rolled off      the curb and fell out of his &lt;a id="KonaLink34" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid blue; color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static; background-color: transparent;"&gt;wheelchair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and I can't lift him up." Sobbing,      the boy asked the executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his      wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Moved beyond words, the young executive tried      desperately to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining,      he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his      handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see that everything      was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the      sidewalk toward their home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;It was a long walk back to the sleek, black, shining,      12 cylinder Jaguar XKE -a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side      door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent to remind him not to go through life so      fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. . . Some      bricks are softer than others. Feel for the bricks of life coming at to you.      For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has positive      answers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;/b&gt;     &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-1416267597480286954?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/1416267597480286954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=1416267597480286954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/1416267597480286954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/1416267597480286954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/04/brick.html' title='THE BRICK'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-2889624976305299014</id><published>2009-04-11T07:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T07:19:39.033-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Window"</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a name="The Window"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same      hospital room. One man  was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day      to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only      window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of      their wives and   families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in      the military  service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon      when the  man in the bed next to the window could sit up, he would pass the      time by describing to his roommate all &lt;a id="KonaLink5" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid blue; color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static; background-color: transparent;"&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid blue; color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static; background-color: transparent;"&gt;things&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; he could see outside the      window.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;The man in the other bed would live for those      one-hour periods where  his world would be broadened and enlivened by all      the activity and  color of the outside world. The window overlooked a park      with a lovely lake, the man had said. &lt;a id="KonaLink6" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid blue; color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static; background-color: transparent;"&gt;Ducks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="position: relative;" id="preLoadWrap6"&gt;&lt;div style="position: absolute; z-index: 4000; top: -32px; left: -18px; display: none;" id="preLoadLayer6"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0px none ;" src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and swans played on the &lt;a id="KonaLink7" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;      while  children sailed their &lt;a id="KonaLink8" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;model &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;boats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Lovers walked arm in arm amid      flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape,      and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the      man by the window described all this in exquisite  detail, the man on the      other side of the room would close his eyes and &lt;a id="KonaLink9" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid blue; color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static; background-color: transparent;"&gt;imagine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="position: relative;" id="preLoadWrap9"&gt;&lt;div style="position: absolute; z-index: 4000; top: -32px; left: -18px; display: none;" id="preLoadLayer9"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0px none ;" src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; the picturesque      scene.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;One warm afternoon the man by the window described      a parade passing by.  Although the other man could not hear &lt;a id="KonaLink10" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;band&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, he      could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it      with descriptive  words. Unexpectedly, an &lt;a id="KonaLink11" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;alien&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; thought entered his head:      Why should hehave all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never get to      see  anything? It didn't seem fair. As the thought fermented, the man felt       ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sights,      his envy eroded into resentment and soon turned him sour. He   began to      brood and found himself unable to &lt;a id="KonaLink12" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;sleep&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. He should be by that  window - and      that thought now controlled his life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling,      the man by the window  began to cough. He was &lt;a id="KonaLink13" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;choking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on the fluid in his      lungs. The other man   watched in the dimly lit room as the struggling man      by the window groped for the button to call for help. Listening from across      the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have      brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and      choking  stopped, along with the sound of &lt;a id="KonaLink14" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Now, there was only      silence--deathly silence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;The following morning, the day nurse arrived to      bring water for their baths. When she found the lifeless body of the man by      the window, she was saddened and called the hospital attendant to take it      away--no  words, no fuss. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the man asked if      he  could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the      switch and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one      elbow to take his   first look. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it      all himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the      bed. It faced a blank wall.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Moral of the story:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;The pursuit of happiness is a      matter of choice...it is a positive attitude we consciously choose to      express. It is not a gift that gets delivered to our doorstep each morning,      nor does it come through the window. And I am certain that our circumstances      are just a small part of what makes us joyful. If we wait for them to get      just right, we will never find lasting joy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;The pursuit of happiness is an      inward &lt;a id="KonaLink15" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.indianchild.com/inspiring_stories.htm#"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; position: static;"&gt;journey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Our minds are like   programs, awaiting the code that will      determine behaviors; like bank vaults awaiting our deposits. If we regularly      deposit positive, encouraging, and uplifting thoughts, if we continue to      bite our lips  just before we begin to grumble and complain, if we shoot      down that seemingly harmless negative thought as it germinates, we will find      that there is much to rejoice about.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-2889624976305299014?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/2889624976305299014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=2889624976305299014' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2889624976305299014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2889624976305299014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/04/window.html' title='The Window&quot;'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-2743308277643547642</id><published>2009-03-11T03:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T03:41:55.321-07:00</updated><title type='text'>motivational sayings &amp; stories - A Box Full of Kisses</title><content type='html'> &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-2743308277643547642?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/2743308277643547642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=2743308277643547642' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2743308277643547642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2743308277643547642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/03/motivational-sayings-stories-box-full.html' title='motivational sayings &amp; stories - A Box Full of Kisses'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-3522637102185998818</id><published>2009-03-11T03:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T03:12:37.059-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A short inspirational story :Two frogs</title><content type='html'>A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them &lt;br /&gt;fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit &lt;br /&gt;was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The &lt;br /&gt;two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit &lt;br /&gt;with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, &lt;br /&gt;that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took &lt;br /&gt;heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down &lt;br /&gt;and died.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, &lt;br /&gt;the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He &lt;br /&gt;jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the &lt;br /&gt;other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to &lt;br /&gt;them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the &lt;br /&gt;entire time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This story teaches two lessons:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging &lt;br /&gt;word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it &lt;br /&gt;through the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes &lt;br /&gt;to kill them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your &lt;br /&gt;path. The power of words... it is sometimes hard to understand &lt;br /&gt;that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak &lt;br /&gt;words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in &lt;br /&gt;difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time &lt;br /&gt;to encourage another.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-3522637102185998818?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/3522637102185998818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=3522637102185998818' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/3522637102185998818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/3522637102185998818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/03/short-inspirational-story-two-frogs.html' title='A short inspirational story :Two frogs'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-3568107994811668849</id><published>2009-03-11T02:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T02:55:31.652-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PUPPIES FOR SALE</title><content type='html'>A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about Nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he Felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the Eyes of a little boy. &lt;br /&gt;Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies." &lt;br /&gt;"Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money." &lt;br /&gt;The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?"&lt;br /&gt;"Sure," said the farmer. &lt;br /&gt;And with that he let out a whistle,"Here,Dolly!" he called.&lt;br /&gt;Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this One noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up....&lt;br /&gt;"I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt. &lt;br /&gt;The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."&lt;br /&gt;With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself To a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need Someone who understands." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The world is full of people who need someone who understands. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-3568107994811668849?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/3568107994811668849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=3568107994811668849' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/3568107994811668849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/3568107994811668849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/03/puppies-for-sale.html' title='PUPPIES FOR SALE'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-8242880306306923337</id><published>2009-03-11T02:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T02:52:46.112-07:00</updated><title type='text'>motivational stories</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;THE 4 WIVES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to delicacies. He took great care of her and gave her nothing but the best. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He's very proud of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. However, the merchant is always in great fear that she might run away with some other men. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He too, loved his 2nd wife. She is a very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant's confidante. Whenever the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and she would always help him out and tide him through difficult times. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, the merchant's 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and business as well as taking care of the household. However, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One day, the merchant fell ill. Before long, he knew that he was going to die soon. He thought of his luxurious life and told himself, "Now I have 4 wives with me. But when I die, I'll be alone. How lonely I'll be!" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I loved you most, endowed you with the finest clothing and showered great care over you. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No way!" replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The answer cut like a sharp knife right into the merchant's heart. The sad merchant then asked the 3rd wife, "I have loved you so much for all my life. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is so good over here! I'm going to remarry when you die!" The merchant's heart sank and turned cold. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He then asked the 2nd wife, "I always turned to you for help and you've always helped me out. Now I need your help again. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?" "I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" replied the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can only send you to your grave." The answer came like a bolt of thunder and the merchant was devastated. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then a voice called out : "I'll leave with you. I'll follow you no matter where you go." The merchant looked up and there was his first wife. She was so skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the merchant said, "I should have taken much better care of you while I could have !" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, we all have 4 wives in our lives &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a. The 4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it'll leave us when we die. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b. Our 3rd wife ? Our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, they all go to others. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c. The 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been there for us when we're alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;d. The 1st wife is in fact our soul, often neglected in our pursuit of material, wealth and sensual pleasure. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guess what? It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go. Perhaps it's a good idea to cultivate and strengthen it now rather than to wait until we're on our deathbed to lament &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-8242880306306923337?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/8242880306306923337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=8242880306306923337' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/8242880306306923337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/8242880306306923337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/03/motivational-stories.html' title='motivational stories'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-7542836122333882385</id><published>2009-03-10T22:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T22:48:01.542-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Moral story</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://punitjais.hpage.com"&gt;The Stone in the Desert&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;An Arab while crossing a desert came across a huge rock half buried in the sand. Scrawled on the boulder was this inscription:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TURN ME OVER AND YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM IT &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Arab felt sure there was a great treasure hidden beneath it and worked mightily to turn it over.&lt;br /&gt;He succeeded after several hours. But there was no treasure there, only an inscription on the underside of the rock. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Inscription Was&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GREED IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL REMEMBER THIS AND YOU WILL BE A BETTER MAN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-7542836122333882385?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/7542836122333882385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=7542836122333882385' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/7542836122333882385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/7542836122333882385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/03/moral-story.html' title='Moral story'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-4818634029436294569</id><published>2009-03-10T22:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T22:45:23.952-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fear</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://punitjais.hpage.com"&gt;Fear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a lion who feared nothing except the crowing of cocks. A chill would go down his spine whenever he heard a cock crowing.&lt;br /&gt;One day he confessed his fear to the elephant, who was greatly amused.&lt;br /&gt;“How can the crowing of a cock hurt you?” he asked the lion. “Think about it!”&lt;br /&gt;Just then a mosquito began circling the elephant’s head, frightening him out of his wits.&lt;br /&gt;“If it gets into my ear I’m doomed!” he shrieked, flailing at the insect with his trunk.&lt;br /&gt;Now it was the lion’s turn to feel amused.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moral: If we could see our fears as others see them we would realise that most of our fears make no sense!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-4818634029436294569?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/4818634029436294569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=4818634029436294569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/4818634029436294569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/4818634029436294569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/03/fear.html' title='Fear'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-2341397673324858857</id><published>2009-01-21T03:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T03:35:21.905-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;POTENTIAL OF RURAL INDIA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;India is one of the fastest growing free market democracy. Having a population of 1.1 billion, the economy is worth of $3trillion and GDP is growing at 8-9%.India would be the fifth largest market by 2025.&lt;br /&gt;Rural India has a population of 790 million and contributes 50% of India’s national Income. Nearly 100 million have been pulled out of poverty in the last 10 years. The earning of rural people in India  is $2+/day and will grow  nine times to 200 million by 2025.By 2017,Rural consumption levels will equal current Urban levels.&lt;br /&gt;In understanding Rural India ,4As –Awareness ,Availability, Affordability and Acceptability-can be used as marketing framework.&lt;br /&gt;AWARENESS&lt;br /&gt;About 40% of the population is illiterate while 50% of the population lives in the media dark areas. There are 16 languages and 432 dialects.&lt;br /&gt;Awareness can be spread through below the line (BTL)communication.&lt;br /&gt;AVAILABILITY&lt;br /&gt;Availability is assured through 47,000 periodic markets. Other touch points include 25,000 fairs and festivals and 7,ooo agriculture markets.&lt;br /&gt;Out of 6,00,000 villages 50% are not connected  by motorable road There are by and large 5 shopes in villages.&lt;br /&gt;Women’s Micro-Finance Groups.Individual women take credit from the group to start Income generating activity.&lt;br /&gt;For the 50% villages is not  connected by the road ,Uniliver  wanted a solution so as to insure deeper reach Enterprising individual women were on the look out for sustainable business opportunities. Project Shakti proved to be a win –win for both .It was co-created by Unilever and Mart.&lt;br /&gt;Under Project shakti, Individual women take  up dealership for  Unilever brands .There are 35000 shakti dealers at present and the turnover is around $50 million .&lt;br /&gt;Under Integrated Marketing Model using Youth ,educated Rural youth are selected  from youth clubs  and recruited and trained for marketing corporate brands .These entrepreneurs communicate brand benefit s,merchandize  and sell.&lt;br /&gt;AFFORDABILITY&lt;br /&gt;Average per capita income is less than $1 per day. Mostly it is irregular income through wage labor. Moreover rural population has limited  access to institutional finance. Solution lies in low unit packs at low price points or equated monthly installments (EMIs)  offered by market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ACCEPTABILITY&lt;br /&gt;More than 50% households are without  electricity .Rural marketers have limited understanding of need of  rural consumer .The solution lies with local customization .For example, color television with  battery backup ,mobile phone with menu in local language, dust cover and torch, and ice box to chill aerated drinks. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-2341397673324858857?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/2341397673324858857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=2341397673324858857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2341397673324858857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2341397673324858857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/01/potential-of-rural-india-india-is-one.html' title=''/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-553961868161503479</id><published>2009-01-15T22:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T22:46:55.118-08:00</updated><title type='text'>POEM</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;                                 &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; GRACE OF GOD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Oh man! Listen here oh man&lt;br /&gt;By the grace of&lt;br /&gt;                        God be with you&lt;br /&gt;At luckily moment&lt;br /&gt;                           God be with you&lt;br /&gt;What will be will be&lt;br /&gt;                             By the grace of God&lt;br /&gt;From day to day&lt;br /&gt;                       Give place to your betters&lt;br /&gt;With courage and faith&lt;br /&gt;                         Love conquers all&lt;br /&gt;Oh! Man attend you what you do&lt;br /&gt;Oh! Man beware what you say&lt;br /&gt;          When and whom&lt;br /&gt;This is labor, this is toil&lt;br /&gt;                 I think therefore I exist!&lt;br /&gt;…………………………………………..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-553961868161503479?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/553961868161503479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=553961868161503479' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/553961868161503479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/553961868161503479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/01/poem.html' title='POEM'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-3144519371437578446</id><published>2009-01-12T23:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T23:56:32.331-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The basic of salesman</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;SALESMAN&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;If we as a salesman want to sell a product to any customer so he should focus his mind in the following four basic point:&lt;br /&gt;1.      What is the basic needs of the customer?&lt;br /&gt;2.      What is his wish or interest?&lt;br /&gt;3.      What is the weak point of the customer?&lt;br /&gt;4.      How a salesman can establish the emotion of customer with the product?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two words’ Why, and ‘What else’ play a very important role in the  process of selling activity.&lt;br /&gt;Some basic tips for salesman:&lt;br /&gt;Listen 80% and Speak 20%&lt;br /&gt;The process of selling depends upon the single thing:-&lt;br /&gt;                        “Meet the people”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13 Rules of Benjamal Franklin which may bring any person at the top of the world in terms of success:-&lt;br /&gt;1.      Patience&lt;br /&gt;2.      Listen to someone very politely&lt;br /&gt;3.      System&lt;br /&gt;4.      Determination&lt;br /&gt;5.      Enjoying the concept of economies&lt;br /&gt;6.      :Labour&lt;br /&gt;7.      Fair dealing&lt;br /&gt;8.      Fair judgmental attitude&lt;br /&gt;9.      Selection of mid-way&lt;br /&gt;10.   Cleanliness&lt;br /&gt;11.  Peacefulness&lt;br /&gt;12.  Holiness in Behaviour&lt;br /&gt;13.  Politeness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“ If you don’t seek Perfection You can never reach excellence”.&lt;br /&gt;The greatest achievement could be for any person is “DREAM SELLING”&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-3144519371437578446?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/3144519371437578446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=3144519371437578446' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/3144519371437578446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/3144519371437578446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/01/basic-of-salesman.html' title='The basic of salesman'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-6929052124358511188</id><published>2009-01-11T23:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-11T23:27:04.446-08:00</updated><title type='text'>COMPATIBLITY MATCH ANALYSIS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;COMPATIBILITY MATCH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CANCER-ARIES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A watery sign and a fiery sign together may not do well .One  is highly emotional and other  is very aggressive .The moment one looses patience this relation may take wrong turn. So best is to avoid this relationship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANCER-TAURUS&lt;br /&gt; You provide each other enough ground to grow and expand. Both may be very supportive to each other and emotionally attached too. The study find that this match to be very compatible and except good going relationship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANCER-GEMINI&lt;br /&gt; This is a good match for friendship. Together you can give positive outcomes. However if one of you decide to compete with other there can be heartaches and problems. Both may feel restricted and compelled and may not enjoy much of freedom together in the longer run, so best is to avoid going ahead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANCER-CANCER&lt;br /&gt; Both of you are highly sensitive and fragile when it comes to relationship. If either of you sacrifices too much for the other there can be considerable blame and resentment, so this is being a potent match both have to careful of these factor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANCER-VERGO&lt;br /&gt; This love relationship can be blind but a real eye opener too. Both will realize that  it requires a lot of effort to make each other feel comfortable when it comes to solving issue. Both will need to work harder and there are chances that one of you gives up mid-way. Hence we find too much of tentativeness in the relationship. So best is to avoid it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANCER –LIBRA&lt;br /&gt; The study does not find potential in this relationship. One of you may act very possessive&lt;br /&gt;And dominating whereas other may lose while other may patience in handling such situation .The study reveals that this relationship does not have good potential as there are chances of becoming too direct with each other at times which may hurt feeling and result in distraction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANSER-SCORPIO&lt;br /&gt; The relationship has a good chance of growing well. Both may share similar views and both will also be ready to understand each other’s limitations. Generally both will compromise and adjust with each other. Higher level of tolerance is required at both  end but both will get well fells.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANCER-SAGITTARIUS&lt;br /&gt; This relationship has an average emotional needs and temperament are very different at both end .This may create frustration and discomfort at both end. Positively cancer can  benefit Sagittarian’s  humor and optimism and Sagittarius may learn to acknowledge and accept innermost feelings more fully as a  result of being with cancer. Both might have to draw lines to make this work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANCER-CAPRICON&lt;br /&gt; Cancer though sometimes irritated by Capricorn’s inexpressiveness or insensitivity is also drawn to Capricorn’s strength and emotional stability. Cancer’s emotion and need often conflicts with Capricorn’s emotional detachment and dry relation.Cancer softness is much needed and appreciated by Capricorn. It is also find that your tacte and preferences are completely different to each other but you love and admire each other very deeply .It is advisable that both of you know each other before you going ahead .If both will love each other deeply there will not be any problem.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANCER-AQUARIOUS&lt;br /&gt; Both may have intimate relationship however practical and emotional approaches will always have conflict. Cancerian may find Aquarius to be possessive  and inflexible where as Aquarius may find the cancerian to be too emotional and diffucalt to handle with considering this .It is found that the relation is less potential.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;CANCER-PISECER&lt;br /&gt; Both being emotional may find this relationship is very stimulating but when it comes to sharing responsibilities both may refrain. Responsibilities and routine activity can get much disorganized in your relationship. However both will be very supportive and attached thus..So it is found that this relationship is high potential of survival.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The above study on match compatible with cancerian will certainly help to people to find out the best one of destiny for his life. But never the less most of the things are wiyhin the boundary of  you itself so believe in god and do your best to get the relation successful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS YOU!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-6929052124358511188?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/6929052124358511188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=6929052124358511188' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/6929052124358511188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/6929052124358511188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/01/compatiblity-match-analysis.html' title='COMPATIBLITY MATCH ANALYSIS'/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-5192771592414163220</id><published>2009-01-10T00:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T01:06:07.990-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;                     BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff33;"&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;No Breakfast&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood  sugar level.This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Overeating:&lt;/span&gt;It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Smoking :&lt;/span&gt;It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;High Sugar:&lt;/span&gt; consumptionToo much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causingmalnutrition and may interfere with brain development.&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Air Pollution:&lt;/span&gt;The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.&lt;br /&gt;6. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Sleep Deprivation:&lt;/span&gt;Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.&lt;br /&gt; 7. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Head covered:&lt;/span&gt; While sleeping Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.&lt;br /&gt;8. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Working your brain during illness:&lt;/span&gt; Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.&lt;br /&gt;9. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Lacking in stimulating thoughts:&lt;/span&gt;Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.&lt;br /&gt;10. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Talking Rarely:&lt;/span&gt; Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"&gt;The main causes of liver damage are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.&lt;br /&gt;2. Not urinating in the morning.&lt;br /&gt;3. Too much eating.&lt;br /&gt;4. Skipping breakfast.&lt;br /&gt;5. Consuming too much medication.&lt;br /&gt;6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring , and artificial sweetener.&lt;br /&gt;7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.&lt;br /&gt; 8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver.Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store. We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to "schedule." Because :Evening at 9 - 11 PM : is the time for eliminating unnecessary/ toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health. Evening at 11pm - 1 am : is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state. Early morning 1 - 3 am : detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state. Early morning 3 - 5 am : detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process. Morning 5 - 7am : detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.Morning 7 - 9 am : absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30 am , for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30 am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10 am rather than no meal at all. Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.&lt;br /&gt;...................So do take care of ur health..&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS YOU..................&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-5192771592414163220?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/5192771592414163220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=5192771592414163220' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/5192771592414163220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/5192771592414163220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-4976445035451610776</id><published>2009-01-03T03:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-03T03:18:07.907-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 379px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 277px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287024853843786514" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/SV9JF7wFOxI/AAAAAAAAACA/8rLhqQE6dCo/s320/6_176.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;21 REASONS for being VEGETERIAN&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vegetarianism is the fastest growing trend in the developed world. Here are 21 reasons why you should think about turning green too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avoiding meat is one of the best and simplest ways to cut down your fat consumption. Modern farm animals are deliberately fattened up to increase profits. Eating fatty meat increases your chances of having a heart attack or developing cancer.&lt;br /&gt;Every minute of every working day, thousands of animals are killed in slaughter-houses. Pain and misery are common. In the US alone, 500,000 animals are killed for meat every hour.&lt;br /&gt;There are millions of cases of food poisoning recorded every year. The vast majority are caused by eating meat.&lt;br /&gt;Meat contains absolutely nothing - no proteins, vitamins or minerals - that the human body cannot obtain perfectly happily from a vegetarian diet.&lt;br /&gt;African countries - where millions are starving to death - export grain to the developed world so that animals can be fattened for our dining tables.&lt;br /&gt;'Meat' can include the tail, head, feet, rectum and spinal cord of an animal.&lt;br /&gt;A sausage can contain ground up intestines. How can anyone be sure that the intestines are empty when they are ground up? Do you really want to eat the content of a pig's intestines?&lt;br /&gt;If we eat the plants we grow instead of feeding them to animals, the world's food shortage will disappear virtually overnight. Remember that 100 acres of land will produce enough beef for 20 people but enough wheat to feed 240 people.&lt;br /&gt;Every day, tens of millions of one-day-old male chicks are killed because they will not be able to lay eggs. There are no rules about how this mass slaughter takes place. Some are crushed or suffocated to death. Many are used for fertiliser or fed to other animals.&lt;br /&gt;Animals who die for your dinner table die alone, in terror, in sadness and in pain. The killing is merciless and inhumane.&lt;br /&gt;It's must easier to become (and stay) slim if you are a vegetarian. (By 'slim', I do not mean 'abnormally slender' or 'underweight' but rather, an absense of excess weight!)&lt;br /&gt;Half the rainforests in the world have been destroyed to clear ground to graze cattle to make beefburgers. The burning of the forests contributes 20% of all green-house gases. Roughtly 1,000 species a year become extinct because of the destruction of the rainforests. Approximately 60 million people a year die of starvation. All those lives could be saved because those people could eat grain used to fatten cattle and other farm animals - if Americans ate 10% less meat.&lt;br /&gt;The world's fresh water shortage is being made worse by animal farming. And meat producers are the biggest polluters of water. It takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of meat. If the US meat industry wasn't supported by the taxpayer paying a large proportion of its water costs, then hamburger meat would cost $35 a pound.&lt;br /&gt;If you eat meat, you are consuming hormones that were fed to the animals. No one knows what effect those hormones will have on your health. In some parts of the world, as many as one on four hamburgers contain growth hormones that were originally given to cattle.&lt;br /&gt;The following diseases are commoner among meat eaters: anaemia, appendicitis, arthritis, breast cancer, cancer of the colon, cancer of the prostrate, constipation, diabetes, gallstones, gout, high blood pressure, indigestion, obesity, piles, strokes and varicose veins. Lifelong vegetarians visit hospital 22% less often than meat eaters and for shorter stays. Vegetarians have a 20% lower blood cholestrol level than meat eaters and this reduces heart attack and cancer risks considerably.&lt;br /&gt;Some farmers use tranquillisers to keep animals calm. Other routinely use antibiotics to starve off infection. When you eat meat you are eating those drugs. In America, 55% of all antibiotics are fed to animals and the percentage of staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin went up from 14% in 1960 to 91% in 1988.&lt;br /&gt;In a lifetime, the average meat eater will consumer 36 pigs, 36 sheep and 750 chickens and turkeys. Do you want that much carnage on your conscience?&lt;br /&gt;Animals suffer from pain and fear just as much as you do. How would you like to spend your last hours locked in a truck, packed into a cage with hundreds of other terrified animal and then cruelly pushed into a blood soaked death chamber. Anyone who eats meat condones and supports the way animals are treated.&lt;br /&gt;Animals which are a year old are often far more rational - and capable of logical thought - than six week old babies. Pigs and sheep are far more intelligent than small children. Eating dead animals is barbaric.&lt;br /&gt;Vegetarians are fitter than meat eaters. many of the world's most successful athletes are vegetarian. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-4976445035451610776?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/4976445035451610776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=4976445035451610776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/4976445035451610776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/4976445035451610776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2009/01/21-reasons-for-being-vegeterian.html' title=''/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/SV9JF7wFOxI/AAAAAAAAACA/8rLhqQE6dCo/s72-c/6_176.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-2840575254784049433</id><published>2008-12-06T04:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-06T04:26:05.811-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;Leadership Skills&lt;br /&gt;Leadership quality incorporates many of the diverse skills and the qualities, and for many of the people it does not come naturally. Good leader is a one who can find balance in managing, disciplining, delegating, instructing , encouraging, and sympathizing. Good leader do strives to accomplish the goal common among most of the leaders: to make the people believe in your vision, make them follow you, and do whatever it do takes to get a job done.&lt;br /&gt;As the manager/leader, all the eyes are on you. You will be representing the company; do choose your words carefully, be confident leader, and do make your presence known without being haughty or condescending. No person wants to feel like as if they are at a bottom of totem pole, so as the leader, do relate to your employees, try to be on their level, and do set examples. The people like to emulate the leaders, and if you are conscious of all your actions, the people will follow your lead and will strive to reach the top. All the parties will profit.&lt;br /&gt;Since the leadership is not inherent in most of the people, a wise leader must work with others to help them out to develop their own leadership skills and the style; education is the key factor to the successful leadership. It is not easy task to get everyone to work together amicably for good of the common goal, but this can be done. Good leader do sets a tone for each and every project and will helps to motivate a team to do the best it can do. Good leader also know to give credit to people who have done good job.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leadership Qualities A leader should have:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Vision of where he/she is going.&lt;br /&gt; Ability to do communicate well to the his/her followers.&lt;br /&gt; The shepherd’s heart for his/her people who work under.&lt;br /&gt; Understanding of a role of management as it will relates to the leadership.&lt;br /&gt; Deep desire to go on learning new things.&lt;br /&gt; Resolve to handle pain which comes with the leadership.&lt;br /&gt; Anointing of Spirit of the God in his/her life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-2840575254784049433?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/2840575254784049433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=2840575254784049433' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2840575254784049433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2840575254784049433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2008/12/leadership-skills-leadership-quality.html' title=''/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-6249795639598604520</id><published>2008-12-06T04:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-06T04:21:58.695-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Leadership Skill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Ten Skills of Leadership&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Getting and Giving the Information is probably important competency required of the leaders.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; If you cannot communicate effectively, then none other leadership skill will do compensate for this lack.                                                                                                                                                          First and the foremost thing is, you should be able to exchange the information effectively and accurately.&lt;br /&gt;Understanding the Group Needs and Characteristics It is very essential that we do first understand ourselves and our own needs and the characteristics. Only then we can know and understand the other people's needs and characters. This understanding will hopefully come naturally as we mature, creeping over us like a ivy winding about the tree. By directly exploring and encouraging the discovery of these kinds of personality traits, we can do accelerate maturing of the leader, adding the fertilizer to ivy and the tree. About Understanding the Group Needs and the Characteristics&lt;br /&gt;Knowing and Understanding the Group Resources&lt;br /&gt;Recognize the knowledge and the use of the group resources as the major technique in bringing the group together and creating a commitment to the common goals.&lt;br /&gt;Recognize that the resources are theoretically limitless, and that the leader's and the group's the ability to recognize and utilized the diverse resources tremendously affects what a group can accomplish.&lt;br /&gt;Involve more and more people in active leadership by giving each of them a part according to his or her resources.&lt;br /&gt;Evaluate a impact availability of the resources has on doing the job and maintaining a group.&lt;br /&gt;Controlling a Group&lt;br /&gt;Recognize how his own behavior will influences and can control others.&lt;br /&gt;Distinguish between the controlling group performance and setting an example.&lt;br /&gt;Identify the control as the function of group, or of the facilitator, and advantages and disadvantages of each having this responsibility.&lt;br /&gt;Identify the different techniques for controlling the group performance and the suitability in a different situations.&lt;br /&gt;Deploy the group resources to best interests of a group while encouraging the personal growth.&lt;br /&gt;Evaluate the leadership performance in terms of the group performance.&lt;br /&gt;Counseling&lt;br /&gt;Counseling is the private talk with someone which helps the individual to solve a personal problem. As a leader, people will do come to you with the problems. Because you are the leader, you will spot the people with problems. You cannot turn them away or will just let them suffer, because a ignored problem, if serious, almost inevitably will become a group problem. Counseling is been considered pretty difficult. The professional counselors, like the vocational counselors, clergymen, lawyers, bankers, teachers, psychiatrists and others, sometimes you will spend years learning how to counsel in their fields. People often will pay large amount of money to be counseled.&lt;br /&gt;Setting an ExampleSetting an Example is the personal behavior independent of any external influences. While very simple competency on its face, none is more important. Fail to demonstrate this competency to the members of your group, and you will be doomed to the negative results. No matter how good the line you talk, if you do not match it with your behavior, you will not get any respect and will find it increasingly difficult to get a group to work with you. It might be more difficult under some of the circumstances to set the positive example, but that will not stop you! Setting an Example is where your backbone will show. If you have the character, if your character has the integrity--that is, if who you are on outside is been lined up with who you are on inside--you will accomplish a far more than you may imagine possible. For this kind of the leader, as long as he do takes care of all his follower's needs, enjoys respect, loyalty, and love.&lt;br /&gt;Representing a GroupRepresenting Group is accurately communicating to the non-group members a sum of the group members ideas, feelings, etc., and vice versa. A leader should represent his team on the great variety of the issues. Some of these issues and a need for the decision representing a group interests will be known well in advance; and others will not be. Under any of the circumstances, to faithfully represent a group, you should:&lt;br /&gt;Fully understand nature of the problem.&lt;br /&gt;Know how a decision was been reached and be able to communicate this to others.&lt;br /&gt;Accurately and responsibly do communicate from and back to a original group.&lt;br /&gt;Realize that the other groups might derive their entire picture of the other group through you, the representative. You should be consistent, possess the integrity, and be fair to all the parties.&lt;br /&gt;Problem-Solving&lt;br /&gt;Effective use of the problem-solving will do more than any other competency to advance both getting a job done and keeping a group together. It is the "umbrella" competency in all its effect on the variety of issues. The problem-solving is useful both in the group situations and in the one-on-one.&lt;br /&gt;EvaluationEvaluation attitude is the predisposition to continually examine and analyze all our efforts. Evaluation is very critical component of cyclical learning process. It will not occur just formally at conclusion of the activities, but also informally as well, by all been involved, throughout a project or task. An Evaluation Attitude is one of the principals which form a basis of White Stag Leadership Development Program. One who will apply this attitude or the technique will be aware continually of the objectives of his learning's and will do attempt to measure his growth towards them.&lt;br /&gt;Sharing the LeadershipSharing a Leadership translates on one level into the "styles" of the leadership. Depending upon the job and a group, certain ways for a leader to work with a group will be more appropriate than the others. It will also identifies some generic roles groups have which can be distributed among all the members. Sharing the leadership is a key function of the leader. Ability to extend herself, to accomplish the jobs greater than a person alone can handle, is one of a key elements of the society's success today. Never has the society been so productive&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-6249795639598604520?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/6249795639598604520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=6249795639598604520' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/6249795639598604520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/6249795639598604520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2008/12/leadership-skill-ten-skills-of.html' title=''/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-2454269176504186231</id><published>2008-12-06T04:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-06T04:11:03.876-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Probability&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Three Different Concepts of Probability&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The classical interpretation of probability is a theoretical probability based on the physics of the experiment, but does not require the experiment to be performed. For example, we know that the probability of a balanced coin turning up heads is equal to 0.5 without ever performing trials of the experiment. Under the classical interpretation, the probability of an event is defined as the ratio of the number of outcomes favorable to the event divided by the total number of possible outcomes.&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes a situation may be too complex to understand the physical nature of it well enough to calculate probabilities. However, by running a large number of trials and observing the outcomes, we can estimate the probability. This is the empirical probability based on long-run relative frequencies and is defined as the ratio of the number of observed outcomes favorable to the event divided by the total number of observed outcomes. The larger the number of trials, the more accurate the estimate of probability. If the system can be modeled by computer, then simulations can be performed in place of physical trials.&lt;br /&gt;A manager frequently faces situations in which neither classical nor empirical probabilities are useful. For example, in a one-shot situation such as the launch of a unique product, the probability of success can neither be calculated nor estimated from repeated trials. However, the manager may make an educated guess of the probability. This subjective probability can be thought of as a person's degree of confidence that the event will occur. In absence of better information upon which to rely, subjective probability may be used to make logically consistent decisions, but the quality of those decisions depends on the accuracy of the subjective estimate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outcomes and Events&lt;br /&gt;An event is a subset of all of the possible outcomes of an experiment. For example, if an experiment consists of flipping a coin two times, the possible outcomes are: heads, heads heads, tails tails, heads tails, tails One can define the showing of heads at least one time to be an event, and this event would consist of three of the four possible outcomes.&lt;br /&gt;Given that the probability of each outcome is known, the probability of an event can be determined by summing the probabilities of the individual outcomes associated with the event.&lt;br /&gt;A composite event is an event defined by the union or intersection of two events. The union of two events is expressed by the "or" function. For example, the probability that either Event A or Event B (or both) will occur is expressed by P(A or B). The intersection of two events is the probability that both events will occur and is expressed by the "and" function. For exampe, the probability that both Event A and Event B will occur is expressed by P(A and B).&lt;br /&gt;Law of Addition&lt;br /&gt;Consider the following Venn diagram in which each of the 25 dots represents an outcome and each of the two circles represents an event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the above diagram, Event A is considered to have occurred if an experiment's outcome, represented by one of the dots, falls within the bounds of the left circle. Similarly, Event B is considered to have occurred if an experiment's outcome falls within the bounds of the right circle. If the outcome falls within the overlapping region of the two circles, then both Event A and Event B are considered to have occurred.&lt;br /&gt;There are 5 outcomes that fall in the definition of Event A and 6 outcomes that fall in the definition of Event B. Assuming that each outcome represented by a dot occurs with equal probability, the probability if Event A is 5/25 or 1/5, and the probability of Event B is 6/25. The probability of Event A or Event B would be the total number of outcomes in the orange area divided by the total number of possible outcomes. The probability of Event A or Event B then is 9/25.&lt;br /&gt;Note that this result is not simply the sum of the probabilities of each event, which would be equal to 11/25. Since there are two outcomes in the overlapping area, these outcomes are counted twice if we simply sum the probabilities of the two events. To prevent this double counting of the outcomes common to both events, we need to subtract the probability of those two outcomes so that they are counted only once. The result is the law of addition, which states that the probability of Event A or Event B (or both) occurring is given by:&lt;br /&gt;P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B)&lt;br /&gt;This addition rule is useful for determining the probability that at least one event will occur. Note that for mutually exclusive events there is no overlap of the two events so:&lt;br /&gt;P(A and B) = 0&lt;br /&gt;and the law of addition reduces to:&lt;br /&gt;P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conditional Probability&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes it is useful to know the probability that an event will occur given that another event occurred. Given two possible events, if we know that one event occurred we can apply this information in calculating the other event's probability. Consider the Venn diagram of the previous section with the two overlapping circles. If we know that Event B occurred, then the effective sample space is reduced to those outcomes associated with Event B, and the Venn diagram can be simplified as shown:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The probability that Event A also has occurred is the probability of Events A and B relative to the probability of Event B. Assuming equal probability outcomes, given two outcomes in the overlapping area and six outcomes in B, the probability that Event A occurred would be 2/6. More generally, P(A given B) = P(A and B) ---------------------------- P(B)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Law of Multiplication&lt;br /&gt;The probability of both events occurring can be calculated by rearranging the terms in the expression of conditional probability. Solving for P(A and B), we get:&lt;br /&gt;P(A and B) = P(A given B) x P(B)&lt;br /&gt;For independent events, the probability of Event A is not affected by the occurance of Event B, so P(A given B) = P(A), and&lt;br /&gt;P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8955871353980676055-2454269176504186231?l=nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/feeds/2454269176504186231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8955871353980676055&amp;postID=2454269176504186231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2454269176504186231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8955871353980676055/posts/default/2454269176504186231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nbdvaranasi.blogspot.com/2008/12/probability-three-different-concepts-of.html' title=''/><author><name>punit.k.jais</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17356055945701109719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wUZ2MmO-F_w/STpwqYc1nbI/AAAAAAAAABo/T-qJW3QjHCU/S220/DSCN6304_edited.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955871353980676055.post-1696196160864169714</id><published>2008-07-04T04:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T03:00:43.443-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Common Errors</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some Common Errors&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Grammar  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt; Everyone is singular.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Everyone cannot go with “their.” Everyone does his or her own work, not their own work. If it gets awkward, make the subject plural--”All students must do their own work.” &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;The same holds for any singular subject. “They” or “their” &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;shouldn&lt;/span&gt;’t turn up in sentences about “the student,” for example. The student is singular. The student cannot do their work. Students do their work or the student does his or her work. To avoid the awkwardness of using her/his all the time, try using plurals wherever possible. For example, instead of saying “The teacher must assess learning in his/her classroom,” say “Teachers must asses learning in their classrooms.” Here is a corrected section from a student’s paper for this class: “Assigning roles may hinder group participation. Each person may do their her or his role without interacting with other group members. The artist artists may draw what they think, the recorder recorders may write what they believe, and pretty soon everyone is working on their his or her own task without efficiently functioning as a group.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Commas and periods go inside a quotation mark. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Most people overuse “which” when “that” is usually what they mean. Don’t use “which” if you can do without the clause it introduces. • Don’t use “that” to indicate a person. The girl that came to dinner should be the girl who came to dinner. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• A two or three word phrase used as an adjective is hyphenated: Examples: Higher-order thinking, open-ended questions, sixth-grade classroom. If used as a noun, no hyphen is needed. Example: Problem solving is hard. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Many writers use “since” when they mean “because.” [Notice the period inside the quotation marks.] Since implies the lapse of time, as in “Since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell.” If you find yourself using “since,” replace it with “because” and see if the sentence is clearer. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Many writers use “while” when they mean “although,” whereas,” or “even though.” [Notice the period inside the quotation marks.]. While implies concurrent time—happening together. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• If a paragraph goes on for almost a page, find places to break it into two or more paragraphs. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• In the first page or two of your paper, I should find the words, “The purpose of this paper …” or “This paper addresses (considers, examines, investigates…) several questions…” or something that makes the focus explicit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Some writers use the word “researches” to mean studies or investigations, but this is wrong. English is a strange language. Study is a verb and there is a noun form (study or studies). Investigate is a verb and there is a noun form—investigations. Inquire is a verb and there is a noun form (inquiries). But there is no noun “researches.” Researches is a verb, as in “She researches before she makes a large purchase.” &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;APA&lt;/span&gt; Style&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• You don’t need page numbers in a citation unless you give a direct quote--but page numbers are allowed. When quotes are blocked and indented, no quotation marks are needed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• When a source is used several times in a paragraph and is the only source for the paragraph, just cite it once, at the beginning or the end--don’t cite after every sentence or point made.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Italicize the volume number of a journal &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• In all titles except journals (magazines, newspapers), only the first word of the title and the first word after a colon are capitalized.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• In the references, use only initials, not first or middle names. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Use “and” in references outside parentheses. Use &amp;amp; for references inside parentheses. Example: If people evaluate themselves positively—if they “like what they see”—we say that they have high self-esteem (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Pintrich&lt;/span&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Schunk&lt;/span&gt;, 1996). Self-esteem, though a popular topic among educators, may or may not have effects on achievement in school, depending on whether school achievement is a source of self-worth to the individual (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Bandura&lt;/span&gt;, 1997). Self-concept, however, affects learning in school, for example, through course selection. Marsh and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Yeung&lt;/span&gt; (1997) examined how 246 boys in early high school in Sydney, Australia …. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• When you cite several sources inside parentheses, they should be alphabetized based on the first author. Example: Self-regulated learners have a combination of academic learning skills and self-control that makes learning easier, so they are more motivated; in other words, they have the skill and the will to learn (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;McCombs&lt;/span&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Marzano&lt;/span&gt;, 1990; Murphy &amp;amp; Alexander, 2000). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• If the first author is the same, go to the second; if the second is the same, go to the third. Example: Attribution retraining studies (e.g., &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Borkowski&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Weyhing&lt;/span&gt;, &amp;amp; Carr, 1988; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Borkowski&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Weyhing&lt;/span&gt;, &amp;amp; Turner, 1986) have been successful in helping adolescents to adopt and use strategic behavior. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Use p. inside parentheses to give a page number. Use pp. for more than one number. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Example: Educational psychologists “study what people think and do as they teach and learn a particular curriculum in a particular environment where education and training are intended to take place” (Berliner, 1992, p. 145). The work of educational psychologists focuses “on the rich and significant everyday problems of education....” (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Wittrock&lt;/span&gt;, 1992, pp. 132-3). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Use a comma before “and” in a series of three or more. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Write out numbers below 10 (nine, eight, seven, zero, etc.). Use a numeral for 10 and higher (10, 208, 18, 452, etc.), unless it is the beginning of a sentence—then write it out (Four hundred students…). In a series of numbers that includes 10 or higher, use all numerals (5 of the 22 students were male). Use % for percent with a numeral (45%) unless it is the first word of the sentence. 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