think we can all feel confident when saying "social media is here and here to stay." What we probably are not so comfortable with is juggling our social media endeavors with our personal life. I'm sure social media doesn't take away all of your personal life, but it can impose on it greatly if you aren't careful. There are probably people who haven't even begun to dabble in the social media world for fear of not having time or it taking up too much time. Great point! However, at this point in the world, you really can't afford not to be a part of social media. In either case, listed below are 10 tips to avoid losing out on life and how to manage your social media time.
1. Just Skim: When beginning a promotion, most of the first phase is conducting research and reading. Whether it's Facebook, Twitter, blogs or websites, to cut down on time spent, just skim it. By doing this, you can pull what you feel is worth spending your time reading and not have to worry about the rest.
2. Use your RSS Feed: Be selective when subscribing to different RSS feeds, but definitely use it. Any information you want to catch up on will be listed there. These same rules apply to who you follow on Twitter and newsletters you subscribe to. Choose wisely and be sure whatever it is adding value.
3. Consider a Timer: If you'd really like to manage your online time, set an allotted amount of time dedicated for this. It may help to set a timer and when it goes off, you'll know it's time to move on to something else.
4. Automate whenever possible: automating can be the key to your online happiness. When you have autoresponders or auto content generators in place they can save you scads of time. An easy and quick way to implement this might be your newsletter sign-ups. There are a variety of systems that will allow you to easily automate sign-ups. Even if you have a giveaway for signing up, the system can handle this too.
5. Consolidate, don't reiterate: If you are trying to keep up with everything, your Twitter, Facebook, Squidoo and a blog, there are ways to minimize updating them all. You can do so by doing it all at once. "How?" you ask. All of these programs can be linked together so when you update one, it will go out to all social media accounts. Many of these sites can be linked together and to a main site. This main site can be your blog, if you wish. Twitterfeed is a great place where you can update your Twitter, every time you update your blog. Your Twitter can be linked to Facebook and Squidoo.
6. Develop a Routine: Dedicate a specific time for social media on a regular basis and stick with it. It should be long enough to update your blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
7. Stick to Essentials: The internet can be considered a great influence on "lost time." One second you're looking at a TV listing, and then something about how to make money online, and then possibly an ad for shoes we just have to have. Four hours later and you've found new interests in paranormal studies, cherry tomatoes and how to move to Alaska. Stick to what you were planning to do and then leave. Also, over time you will learn where to spend your time the best and it will get easier to stay on track.
8. Don't be a Follower: Many people may give you their advice on which sites are the best for what. The thing to do is to decide which social media tool will benefit your needs the best. You don't have to use them all, and if one isn't working for you, go try a different one.
9. Plan: to make sure you're spending this social media time wisely and to its full advantage, it may be good to make a plan. With your "dedicated social media time," knowing to stick with the essentials and a routine put into place, developing a list of "to-dos" and goals around these should help you to stay focused. If you're focused and determined, you're bound not to waste any time.
10. Hire a Social Media Virtual Assistant: Ultimately, if you don't feel you have time to even start a social media quest, or if you've tried and it's just not for you but you still want to take advantage of all the awesomeness that it can bring, hiring a social media virtual assistant is another option and a fantastic idea. For example, http://www.besocialworldwide.com can help you quickly, effectively, and it's affordable. Dawn at BeSocialWorldWide, can help create, manage and update all of your social media needs, which can be WAY more rewarding than doing it yourself if you feel like you're in a crunch. Cruise on over to her website and see how many things she can do to help guide your social media presence, while keeping it updated and running efficiently.
Today, for many business and companies around the world, social media is very much a part of their success. It's especially essential to any kind of promotion. Although promotion does take up time, there are ways to use social media in a time responsible manner. The secret to managing your time with social media is tracking the time you actually spend on it and making any sort of adjustments necessary.
November 18, 2010
November 17, 2010
TAJ MAHAL
The focus of the Taj Mahal is the white marble tomb, which stands on a square plinth consisting of a symmetrical building with an iwan, an arch-shaped doorway, topped by a large dome. Like most Mughal tombs, basic elements are Persian in origin. The base structure is a large, multi-chambered structure. The base is essentially a cube with chamfered edges and is roughly 55 meters on each side (see floor plan, right). On the long sides, a massive pishtaq, or vaulted archway, frames the iwan with a similar arch-shaped balcony. On either side of the main arch, additional pishtaqs are stacked above and below. This motif of stacked pishtaqs is replicated on chamfered corner areas as well. The design is completely symmetrical on all sides of the building. Four minarets, one at each corner of the plinth, facing the chamfered corners, frame the tomb. The main chamber houses the false sarcophagi of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan; their actual graves are at a lower level. The exterior decorations of the Taj Mahal are among the finest to be found in Mughal architecture. The calligraphy found are of florid thuluth script, created by Persian calligrapher Amanat Khan.
Masons, stonecutters, inlayers, carvers, painters, calligraphers, dome-builders and other artisans were requisitioned from the whole of the empire and also from Central Asia and Iran to build the monument. While bricks for internal constructions were locally prepared, white marble for external use in veneering work was obtained from Makrana in Rajasthan. Semi-precious stones for inlay ornamentation were brought from distant regions of India, Ceylon (SriLanka) and Afghanistan. Red sandstone of different tints was requisitioned from the neighbouring quarries of Sikri, Dholpur. It took 17 years for the Taj to be built.
Konark Sun temple
Konark Sun temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), was built in black granite by King Narasimhadeva I (1236 C.E-1264 C.E) of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. The temple is a UNESCO-World Heritage Site. Built in the 13th century, the temple is designed in the shape of a colossal chariot with 24 wheels (3.3 m dia diameter each) drawn by seven horses and, carrying the Sun god, Surya, across the heavens.It is a stunning monument of religious (Brahmanical) architecture. The Sun temple belongs to the Kalinga School of Indian Temples with characteristic curvilinear towers mounted by cupolas and is aligned in the east-west direction as it is dedicated to Sun, which sun lits the entrance. The temple plan depicts three segments, viz., Natmandir (the outer complex), Jagmohan (the central complex) and Garbhagriha (the main complex housing the Deity). The main sanctum which (69.8 m. high) was constructed along with the audience hall (39.5 m. high) having elaborate external projections. The main sanctum which enshrined the presiding deity has fallen off. The Audience Hall survives in its entirely, but only small portions of the Dancing Hall (nata Mandir) and the Dining Hall (Bhoga-Mandap) have survived the vagaries of time. The Temple compound measures The Temple compound measures 857 ft (261 m) by 540 ft (160 m).
The entrance to the temple is guarded by two lions, each shown crushing a war elephant. Each elephant in turn is shown on top of a human body. At the entrance, there is also a Nata Mandir or dance hall where the temple dancers used to perform dances in homage to the Sun god. All around the temple, there are various floral and geometric patterns. There are also human, divine and semi-divine figures in sensuous poses. The poses contains couples in various amorous postures, and are derived from the Kama Sutr@.
NALANDA
The stupa of Sariputta at Nalanda.
The Nalanda, located in the Indian State of Bihar, was a Buddhist center of learning from 427 C.E to 1197 C.E partly under the Pala Empire. It has been called "one of the first great universities in recorded history." According to historical studies the University of Nalanda was established 450 C.E under the patronage of the Gupta emperors, notably Kumaragupta. Nalanda, considered as the world's first residential university, had dormitories for students and had accommodated over 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers. The university was considered an architectural masterpiece, and was marked by a lofty wall and one gate. Nalanda had eight separate compounds and ten temples, along with many other meditation halls and classrooms. On the grounds were lakes and parks. The library was located in a nine storied building where meticulous copies of texts were produced. The subjects taught at Nalanda University covered every field of learning, and it attracted pupils and scholars from Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia and Turkey. The Tang Dynasty Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang left detailed accounts of the university in the 7th century.
Lakshmana temple at Khajuraho, a panchayatana temple.Khajuraho Temple
Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval (between 950 C.E and 1050 C.E) temples of Hindu and Jain religion. There is perfect fusion of architecture and sculpture at this temple complex, famous for their erotic sculpture. The temples are a UNESCO world Heritage Site. At the Temple of Kandariya, there is a profusion of decorated sculptures considered as one of the greatest masterpieces of Indian art. Built by Chandela dynasty, the temples exhibit stunningly explicit sexual sculptures which were created by the artist's imagination of lovemaking positions prevalent at that time, or based on the rules outlined in the Kamasutra. Many of the sculptors have claimed artistic ownership on many sculptures. Built of sandstone in varying shades of buff, pink or pale yellow, most of the temples belong to the Shiva, Vaishnava or Jaina religious Sects, which are difficult to differentiate from one another. The temples, sited in an East-West direction, depicts a plan with spacious layout with interior rooms inter connected. An entrance, a hall, a vestibule and a sanctum are part the common layout plan of the temples. It is stated that the Khajuraho temples are a celebration of womankind, her innumerable moods and facets which are witnessed by the carvings of a woman writing letter, applying makeup to her eyes, combing her tresses, dancing, and playing with her child. Also etched, sculpted with consummate skill are innocent, coquettish, smiling, seductive, passionate and beautiful and erotic sculptures depicted in intricate detail. It is also opined that the Chandelas followed the Tantric cult with the faith that gratification of earthly desires is a step towards attaining Nirvana, the infinite liberation.
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November 14, 2010
SHRAVANABELAGOLA or GOMATESHWARA
The neighbouring areas of Shravanabelagola, apart from the Gomateshwara statue, have Jaina bastis and several images of the Jaina Thirthankaras. A beautiful view of the surrounding areas could be seen from the top of the Chandragiri hill. Every 12 years, thousands of devotees congregate here to perform the Mahamastakabhisheka, a spectacular ceremony in which the thousand-year-old statue is anointed with milk, curds, ghee, saffron and gold coins. The anointing last took place in February 2006, and the next ceremony will occur in 2018.
November 11, 2010
PARENTS.....TAKE CARE
The most important thing in the world, human generation is sex. Sex is not only for enjoyment but also for healthy mind and understanding between partners. What are partners? It is a very tough question to answer. Life partner is similar to business partner. A business partner is a member in a partnership, an entity in which both the profits and losses of a business or other venture are shared between all members. Same like life partner is a romantic or otherwise very close friend for life. The partners can be of the same or opposite sexes, married or unmarried, and monogamous or polyandrous. In this, life partners are share all the sorrows and losses in the life. The legal partners are getting legal children. The family atmosphere affects the development of child attitude and their mental growth. The problems inside the family, it is affecting the growth the child. Although the good family provides a good child to the society, same way a bad family contributes a criminal society.
Sex in the children
In the modern age, the progress of the world, the children in our community also going through the bad way. The author presently staying in Kuwait, there are 5 Indian schools are situated in this area. I heard a news that an Indian girls become pregnant, at the age of 13. And the shops near the schools are selling more condoms . Why world is going through this way.
Parents are going behind the money, they are not giving good know about the sex. Parents are thinking sex is a bad thing. But take care, it is a good for mental or physical growth of an individual. If a child do not about the sex, when he see a picture in the tv, she or he start to think what is it. After the child is asking mother. Mother ignores this. Then they ask this friend. Gradually the child is leading to a wrong way.
After she will become a lover. This leads sex. After sex , boy escapes. The girl the suffering. Some leads to suicides and other goes to a non-reputed family. Who is the responsible for this: Give the knowledge the your children, especially girls
Mobile is a leading member that leads crimes. One who get the number, they start
To share the information.
Sex in the children
In the modern age, the progress of the world, the children in our community also going through the bad way. The author presently staying in Kuwait, there are 5 Indian schools are situated in this area. I heard a news that an Indian girls become pregnant, at the age of 13. And the shops near the schools are selling more condoms . Why world is going through this way.
Parents are going behind the money, they are not giving good know about the sex. Parents are thinking sex is a bad thing. But take care, it is a good for mental or physical growth of an individual. If a child do not about the sex, when he see a picture in the tv, she or he start to think what is it. After the child is asking mother. Mother ignores this. Then they ask this friend. Gradually the child is leading to a wrong way.
After she will become a lover. This leads sex. After sex , boy escapes. The girl the suffering. Some leads to suicides and other goes to a non-reputed family. Who is the responsible for this: Give the knowledge the your children, especially girls
Mobile is a leading member that leads crimes. One who get the number, they start
To share the information.
November 8, 2010
Vitamins, nutrients vital for proper function of body
Last week we began to talk about why vitamins and nutrients are so important. Realistically, we can barely live without them. Every organ in your body needs vitamins and nutrients to survive. If you aren’t getting them sooner or later things are going to stop working right. Your cells simply can’t continue without food, just as you can’t continue without food. So, when all you eat is junk all day, you know for sure that you are doing what amounts to starving yourself. The only difference is that you feel full. Just imagine chewing on an oily piece of cardboard. Sound appetizing? I think not! That is basically all you are getting when you eat many types of junk food. But, an oily piece of cardboard is often better for you than many of the junk foods that are out on the market today. At least it has some fiber and hasn’t been refined to death. Many types of junk food are so refined that they don’t even qualify to be as good as cardboard.
There are many types of junk food and some kinds of fast food that have been analyzed by laboratories, and it was discovered that they have little or no nutrients at all. Even the meat in one well-known fast food restaurant had less protein that certain non-meat items. Now that is scary!The fact is that we really do need vitamins, and without them we are certain to become ill sooner or later, not to mention the sheer wear and tear that our bodies will take when we don’t take good care of them. I will use a metaphor that I have used many times before, which is how well we take care of our cars. When we take good care of our cars, they will serve us well and keep on running for years. But, when we don’t change the oil and filters, and keep them tuned up, pretty soon our cars are good for nothing. So, it is with our bodies.
Except the difference is that we can always buy a new car, but what can we do when our body gives out? Even with modern medicine, multi-organ transplants, and more, we can’t do a whole lot for a body that decides to give out once and for all. Thus, it is imperative that we do whatever we can to make sure that we are getting all the vitamins and nutrients that we need. This is preferably done with foods, or more specifically, whole foods, rather than supplements, whenever possible. These whole foods would ideally be taken from all of the various food groups, including proteins (either animal or vegetable), carbohydrates (including grains, vegetables, and fruits), and fats. If you eat everything that is required of your body daily, you will never, ever feel hungry and you probably won’t need to use supplements (unless you have some type of organic cause of deficiency). But when you fill your body with junk, then you feel full without any benefit. Most foods have several different types of vitamins and nutrients, so by eating a wide variety of foods, and by varying or rotating what you eat (ie don’t eat the same food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner), you should easily fulfill the requirements that your body has. It will take some work though, but once you get used to it, it will become easy.
So, we are back to the original question... why are these vitamins and nutrients that we’ve been talking about so important anyway? Well, the fact of the matter is that our bodies are made in such a way, that in order to function properly (our bodies perform thousands, even millions of hidden chemicals reactions every day, without us ever really knowing about any of it), we need to have vitamins and nutrients for these functions to take place. For example, one of the most important vitamins that we have is the B group of vitamins. They are absolutely essential for so many of the important functions of the body. Some of the functions that the B group of vitamins (which include biotin, folic acid, B1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 12, along with some other ones) do are: help cells to get their oxygen (along with Vitamin E) (and we can’t live without it), help get the important constituents from the foods that we eat (enzymes, for example), help to make the functions of our nervous systems work correctly, and help in overall good health (skin, hair, eyes, and more). People even get B injections to help when they have back and other bodily aches and pains.
Now, this is only one of the many vitamins that are required by the human body. We all know about the amazing importance of Vitamin C (protecting the body from toxins, fighting infectious invasions, etc). Vitamin D (helps keep our bones and teeth strong, etc), Vitamin E (helps to keep our circulatory systems running well, etc), and Vitamin A (for fertility and our eyes, etc) (remember those rabbits and the carrots?). And this is only the tip of the iceberg! Hopefully it is very clear now that everyone needs vitamins. There are no exceptions at all. And you simply can’t get them from eating junk foods. So, cease and desist! (Or at least cut down a lot). You need to be eating foods that contain those important vitamins and nutrients that are required so desperately by your bodies. And you can start right
There are many types of junk food and some kinds of fast food that have been analyzed by laboratories, and it was discovered that they have little or no nutrients at all. Even the meat in one well-known fast food restaurant had less protein that certain non-meat items. Now that is scary!The fact is that we really do need vitamins, and without them we are certain to become ill sooner or later, not to mention the sheer wear and tear that our bodies will take when we don’t take good care of them. I will use a metaphor that I have used many times before, which is how well we take care of our cars. When we take good care of our cars, they will serve us well and keep on running for years. But, when we don’t change the oil and filters, and keep them tuned up, pretty soon our cars are good for nothing. So, it is with our bodies.
Except the difference is that we can always buy a new car, but what can we do when our body gives out? Even with modern medicine, multi-organ transplants, and more, we can’t do a whole lot for a body that decides to give out once and for all. Thus, it is imperative that we do whatever we can to make sure that we are getting all the vitamins and nutrients that we need. This is preferably done with foods, or more specifically, whole foods, rather than supplements, whenever possible. These whole foods would ideally be taken from all of the various food groups, including proteins (either animal or vegetable), carbohydrates (including grains, vegetables, and fruits), and fats. If you eat everything that is required of your body daily, you will never, ever feel hungry and you probably won’t need to use supplements (unless you have some type of organic cause of deficiency). But when you fill your body with junk, then you feel full without any benefit. Most foods have several different types of vitamins and nutrients, so by eating a wide variety of foods, and by varying or rotating what you eat (ie don’t eat the same food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner), you should easily fulfill the requirements that your body has. It will take some work though, but once you get used to it, it will become easy.
So, we are back to the original question... why are these vitamins and nutrients that we’ve been talking about so important anyway? Well, the fact of the matter is that our bodies are made in such a way, that in order to function properly (our bodies perform thousands, even millions of hidden chemicals reactions every day, without us ever really knowing about any of it), we need to have vitamins and nutrients for these functions to take place. For example, one of the most important vitamins that we have is the B group of vitamins. They are absolutely essential for so many of the important functions of the body. Some of the functions that the B group of vitamins (which include biotin, folic acid, B1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 12, along with some other ones) do are: help cells to get their oxygen (along with Vitamin E) (and we can’t live without it), help get the important constituents from the foods that we eat (enzymes, for example), help to make the functions of our nervous systems work correctly, and help in overall good health (skin, hair, eyes, and more). People even get B injections to help when they have back and other bodily aches and pains.
Now, this is only one of the many vitamins that are required by the human body. We all know about the amazing importance of Vitamin C (protecting the body from toxins, fighting infectious invasions, etc). Vitamin D (helps keep our bones and teeth strong, etc), Vitamin E (helps to keep our circulatory systems running well, etc), and Vitamin A (for fertility and our eyes, etc) (remember those rabbits and the carrots?). And this is only the tip of the iceberg! Hopefully it is very clear now that everyone needs vitamins. There are no exceptions at all. And you simply can’t get them from eating junk foods. So, cease and desist! (Or at least cut down a lot). You need to be eating foods that contain those important vitamins and nutrients that are required so desperately by your bodies. And you can start right
November 6, 2010
ASTHMA
Asthma is a chronic but treatable condition
Signs and symptoms
Asthma signs and symptoms can range from mild to severe. You may have only occasional asthma episodes with mild, short-lived symptoms such as wheezing. In between episodes you may feel normal and have no difficulty breathing. Some people with asthma have chronic coughing and wheezing punctuated by severe asthma attacks.
Warning signs and symptoms of asthma in adults may include:
1. Increased shortness of breath or wheezing
2. Disturbed sleep caused by shortness of breath, coughing or wheezing
3.Chest tightness or pain
4. Increased need to use bronchodilators — medications that open up airways by relaxing the surrounding muscles
6 A fall in peak flow rates as measured by a peak flow meter, a simple and inexpensive device that allows you to monitor your own lung function
Children often have an audible whistling or wheezing sound when exhaling and frequent coughing spasms.
Exposure to various allergens and irritants may trigger your asthma symptoms. The following are common things that trigger asthma symptoms:
Allergens, such as pollen, animal dander or mold
Cockroaches and dust mites
Air pollutants and irritants.
Smoke
Strong odors or scented products or chemicals
Respiratory infections, including the common cold
Physical exertion, including exercise
Strong emotions and stress
Cold air
Certain medications, including beta blockers, aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Sulfites, preservatives added to some perishable foods
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a condition in which stomach acids back up into your esophagus. GERD may trigger an asthma attack or make an attack worse.
Sinusitis
Treatment
There are several types of medications available for treating asthma. Most people use a combination of long-term control medications and quick relief medications. Your doctor can help you decide which option is best for you based on your age and the severity of your symptoms. In general, the main types of asthma medications are:
1-Long-term- control medications. These are used regularly to control chronic symptoms and prevent asthma attacks.
2-Quick-relief medications. You use these as needed for rapid, short-term relief of symptoms during an asthma attack.
3-Medications for allergy-induced asthma. These decrease your body's sensitivity to a particular allergen and your immune system from reacting to allergens.
Long-term control medicationsThese medications are usually taken every day on a long-term basis, to control persistent asthma.
Inhaled corticosteroids. These anti-inflammatory drugs are the most effective medications for asthma. They reduce inflammation in your airways and prevent blood vessels from leaking fluid into your airway tissues.
Corticosteroids help decrease the frequency of your attacks and reduce the need for other medications you may use to control your symptoms. Because inhaled corticosteroids control most forms of asthma by delivering medication directly to your airways, they have a lower risk of side effects than are associated with oral corticosteroids.
Side effects associated with inhaled corticosteroids can include hoarseness or loss of voice, oral yeast infections (thrush), and cough. Long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids may slightly increase the risk of skin thinning, bruising, osteoporosis, eye pressure and cataracts. In children, inhaled corticosteroids may slow growth.
Long-acting beta-2 agonists (LABAs). These medications are part of a group of medications called bronchodilators, which open up constricted airways. Long-acting beta-2 agonists, such as salmeterol and formoterol , last at least 12 hours. They're used to control moderate and severe asthma and to prevent nighttime symptoms. Salmeterol or formoterol are used on a regular schedule along with inhaled corticosteroids and should not be used as the main treatment for asthma.
Leukotriene modifiers. These drugs reduce the production or block the action of leukotrienes — substances released by cells in your lungs during an asthma attack.
Cromolyn and nedocromil. Although they're not effective for everyone, daily use of inhalant may help prevent attacks of mild to moderate asthma. They may also be used to help prevent asthma triggered by exercise.
Theophylline. You take this bronchodilator in pill form every day. It may be helpful for relieving your nighttime symptoms of asthma. But theophylline may cause side effects, such as nausea and vomiting, severe abdominal pain, diarrhea, acid reflux, confusion, fast or irregular heartbeat, and nervousness. If you're taking theophylline, get regular blood tests to make sure you're getting the correct dosage.
Quick-relief medications Short-acting bronchodilators — often called "rescue" or "quick-relief" medications —stop the symptoms of an asthma attack in progress. You take these medications when you begin to have symptoms, such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness or shortness of breath. You may also use short-acting bronchodilators to prevent an asthma attack when your peak flow meter shows that your readings are lower than normal.
Short-acting beta-2 agonists. These bronchodilators begin working within minutes and last four to six hours. But they can't keep symptoms from coming back. The most commonly used short-acting bronchodilator for asthma is albuterol.
Ipratropium (Atrovent). Your doctor might prescribe this anticholinergic for the immediate relief of your asthma symptoms.
Oral and intravenous corticosteroids for asthma attacks. These corticosteroids — including prednisone, methylprednisolone, hydrocortisone and others — may be taken to treat acute asthma attacks or very severe asthma. They may take a few hours or a few days to be fully effective. Long-term use of these medications can cause serious side
effects, including cataracts, loss of bone mineral (osteoporosis) , muscle weakness, decreased resistance to infection, high blood pressure and thinning of the skin. Asthma attacks can be life-threatening and should be managed by a doctor.
Medications for asthma triggered by allergiesOther medications focus on treating allergy triggers for asthma and include:
Immunotherapy. Allergy-desensitiza tion shots (immunotherapy) may help if you have allergic asthma that can't be easily controlled by avoiding triggers. You'll begin with skin tests to determine which allergens trigger your asthma symptoms, followed by a series of therapeutic injections containing small doses of those allergens. You generally receive injections once a week for a few months, then once a month for a period of three to five years. Over time, you should lose your sensitivity to the allergens. Immunotherapy isn't for everyone, though. You're most likely to benefit if it's clear you have allergic asthma. In addition, immunotherapy carries the risk of an allergic reaction to the shot. Life-threatening reactions are rare but possible.
Anti-IgE monoclonal antibodies. If you have allergies, your immune system produces allergy-causing IgE antibodies to attack substances that generally cause no harm, such as pollen, dust mites and pet dander. If you have allergic asthma that's difficult to control, omalizumab may reduce the number of asthma attacks you experience by blocking the action of these antibodies. That way your immune system isn't prompted to react and cause the inflammation that makes breathing difficult.
It is used in children over 12 years old and adults with moderate to severe asthma caused by an allergy, if all other treatments have failed.
It is delivered by injection every two to four weeks. Risks include the possibility of a severe reaction within two hours of receiving the shot, blood-clotting problems, and a possible link to cancer. That link is currently being studied. Also, if you're pregnant or breast-feeding, tell your doctor beforehand.
Treatment by severity for better controlTreatment based on asthma severity can help you control your asthma. According to guidelines from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, asthma therapy should be flexible and based on changes in symptoms, which
November 3, 2010
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Colonization
The Southern Colonies
The New World had been discovered for a century, and the territory of the present United States was still a wilderness, uninhabited except by the native savage.1 It was not possible that such a condition could endure. North America presented wonderful opportunities for future development. It was bounded by two oceans, while Europe had but one; its central river valley for extent and fertility was unequaled in the world; nor could Europe match the Great Lakes, the cataract of Niagara, the Mississippi River, the Rocky Mountains, or the Grand Cañons of the Colorado and the Yellowstone. It was only through colonization that this vast and beautiful land could become truly useful to mankind, and the time was ripe for a portion of Europe to transplant itself permanently to North America. The burning question during the closing decades of the sixteenth century was, Which of the European states will succeed in becoming the mother of civilization in North America?
The chances all seemed to favor Spain. Spain had taken possession of Mexico and South America2 and of the adjacent islands of the sea; and, moreover, she had laid claim to all of North America on the ground of the Pope's decree of a century before. Her great advantage lay in the fact that she was by far the greatest maritime power of the earth. But Spain was ill fitted to found empires and build nations. Her motives were too low. She sought, not to found self-supporting colonies, but to plunder the natives in her mad search for gold. For gold she slew the red man, for gold she enslaved the black man, and gold proved the ruin of Spain.
For nearly a hundred years Spain had held undisputed sway in the New World. Neither England nor France had followed up their early discoveries with attempts at colonization. England during the sixteenth century was struggling with the Reformation and the political questions accompanying it; France was rent with civil and religious wars. Both were thus deterred for many years from giving serious attention to the new lands of the West, though both agreed in disputing the exclusive claims of Spain.
Meantime Spain had a clear field. No other nation ever had such an opportunity to establish a great empire.3 But Spain proved unworthy of her trust. The chief cause of her downfall was, as stated, her too great devotion to the god of gold. This caused a decline in her agriculture and manufacturing. But there were other causes. Spain lost her best artisans and laborers through the expulsion of the Moors; she lost much of her commercial spirit through the expulsion of the Jews; and, worst of all, the horrors of the Inquisition robbed the nation of much of its choicest blood. In addition to all this the efforts of Spain to increase her political power in Europe and to lead the forces of the counter reformation only weakened the Empire and hastened its downfall.
While Spain was declining through her own inherent weakness, France and England were rapidly rising. France had reached a season of peace and also a season of wide influence under the reign of that broad-minded statesman, King Henry of Navarre, the author of the Edict of Nantes. The French now began to occupy Acadia and the St. Lawrence Valley. But it is with the work of England that we are here concerned. The reformation in England had continued through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and, after a momentary reaction under Mary, had been completed under Elizabeth. The long reign of "Good Queen Bess," ending in 1603, brought not only internal peace, a notable revival of industries at home and activity on the sea, it also raised the British nation to a first-class power. And the Spaniard at length found his match in the Briton.
For five centuries, in their island home, the Norman and the Saxon, the Angle and the Jute, had commingled, until each had lost his identity in the producing of a race unsurpassed by any other in history -- the English race; and this people now, at the close of a long and successful struggle for religious liberty, had taken a foremost place among the nations. England was now seized with a desire to expand, and her attention was turned toward the New World.
Various were the motives of the British in turning their attention to colony building. One of the chief causes was a feeling of rivalry with Spain; another was a belief that the island was already overpopulated and needed an outlet for its surplus population. To these causes must be added the desire to search for gold, to find a northwest passage, and, as developed a littler later, a belief that the colonies could be made to furnish certain commodities, such as silk and wine, which could not be produced in England.
Reviving the half-forgotten voyages of the Cabots, England laid claim on this ground to the greater portion of North America. Conscious of the strength of youth, Englishmen set forth upon the sea, and stood ready to dispute with Spain the dominion of the ocean. The Elizabethan Era is renowned in English history, not only for its literature, but for its growing power upon the sea, and especially for its hardy and skillful seamen. There were Hawkins the slave trader, the famous half-brothers, Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh, Gosnold, Newport, and Frobisher, and above all Francis Drake, the greatest seaman before Nelson. Drake was the first to put into practice the policy of weakening Spain by attacking her in America.4 Drake it was who made a voyage around the earth ending in 1580, the second in history, in which he took many Spanish prizes; and henceforth he was known by the Spaniards as the Dragon. Eight years after the completion of his famous voyage he played an important part in the most momentous event of the century in which he lived -- the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Never before had Europe witnessed so vast a display of power upon the sea as that which Philip II now put forth in the "Invincible" Armada. Spain was at this time by far the richest and greatest nation of Europe or the world. Mexican and Peruvian gold had poured into the Spanish coffers in uncounted millions,5 and the power of the Empire was felt to the uttermost parts of the sea. This was the golden age of the Spanish Empire, and the Armada was the most notable product of that age. With this vast fleet Philip would now smite and disable the island kingdom, and at the same time he would present a spectacle to the world that would overawe any other nation that might have the temerity to measure swords with the Castilian. The Armada consisted of one hundred and thirty ships, the largest ever seen in Europe, bearing thirty thousand soldiers and three thousand heavy guns. Not only to chasten England for daring to claim a portion of the New World did Philip send forth this fleet, but especially to force back into the Church the straying Briton who had wandered from the Catholic fold.
Great was the excitement in the British Isles when the people knew of the hostile coming of the Armada. Europe stood aghast with consternation. Had England been conquered, France and the Netherlands would immediately have been attacked. But the English rose to the occasion. Forty thousand soldiers were soon under arms. The English fleet was much smaller than the Spanish, but the ships were swifter, and above all, they were manned by such masters of the sea as Lord Howard of Effingham and Hawkins and Frobisher and Drake, while the Armada was commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia, a man of little skill and less experience. The gigantic fleet approached the Plymouth harbor in May, 1588, in the form of a grand crescent seven miles in extent. The English met the foe and destroyed many of their ships by making sudden dashes, then sailing beyond the reach of the Spanish guns, and again by sending fire ships among them. In a few weeks the Spanish fleet was greatly disabled, and, moreover, it was penned within the German Ocean.
The conquest of England was now abandoned, and the remnant of the Armada, attempting to reach Spain by sailing around England and Scotland, encountered, near the Orkney Islands, a succession of terrific storms, and many more of the vessels found a bed in the depths of the sea. The soldiers perished by thousands, and comparatively few of them ever again reached their native land. Few events in history have been more far reaching in this results than the destruction of the Spanish Armada. It marked the end of Spanish dominion of the sea. It was the beginning of the end of the national greatness of Spain. From this time the Empire declined steadily and irresistibly, and three hundred and ten years later the downfall was completed in the short, decisive war with the United States of America. What England began in 1588 her child, then unborn, was to complete three centuries later; and the power of Spain was confined to the bounds of her own peninsula.
The greatness of the modern British Empire takes its rise from the defeat of the Spanish Armada. As a maritime power England soon rose to the first place, and from that day to the present there has been none successfully to dispute her sway. The defeat of the Spanish Armada has been pronounced the opening event in the history of United States.6 From that moment North America was open to colonization with little danger of hindrance from the Spaniards. Even before that even England had made a beginning of colonizing America, and the first Englishman to engage in it was Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Obtaining a charter from Queen Elizabeth, he made a heroic attempt to found a colony in Newfoundland; but Gilbert lost his life by shipwreck, and his mantle fell on the shoulders of a much abler man than himself, one who must be considered the father of English colonization on the soil of the United States -- Walter Raleigh.
Raleigh was one of the best representative Englishmen of his age. He was a student of books and a leader of men. A pupil of Coligny, a friend of Spenser, he was a statesman and a scholar, a courtier and a soldier, and in each he was one of the leading men of his times.7 Raleigh was granted a charter similar to that of Gilbert. He sent two exploring ships to the coast of North America, and they brought back glowing accounts of the beauty of the land and the gentleness of the natives. They had landed at Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. It was at this time that the eastern coast of North America received the name Virginia in honor of the Virgin Queen.8
Raleigh's first colony was sent out in 1585 under Ralph Lane with one hundred and eight men, who settled on Roanoke Island; but after a year of hardships they were picked up and carried to England by Sir Francis Drake, who happened to touch at that point in one of his great voyages. They brought back with them tobacco and the potato, and first introduced the use of these in England. Raleigh was disappointed at the failure of his colony and he determined to try again. In 1587 he sent a colony of one hundred and fifty, seventeen of whom were women, under John White, and soon after they landed at Roanoke, Virginia Dare was born. She was a grandchild of Governor White, and was the first English child born on the soil of the United States. The governor soon found it necessary to make a voyage to England, intending to return to his colony. But the war with Spain interfered, and three years passed before an English vessel reached Roanoke. When at last help came, the colony had utterly disappeared and its fate was never known.9
Raleigh was still undismayed. He exclaimed to a friend as late as 1602, the year of his fifth expedition, which also failed, "I shall yet live to see it an English nation." But the great man's fortunes now took a downward turn. His royal patron died, and in her place came the bustling little egotist, James I. Raleigh fell into disfavor; he was cast into prison, where he remained for twelve years, meantime writing his "History of the World." Then, after a brief season of liberty, he was again imprisoned on the false charge of treason and was soon after beheaded. No more dastardly deed was ever committed by a British sovereign than the murder of Raleigh.
Notwithstanding the fact that none of the colonies planted by Raleigh was permanent, he must be awarded the honor of securing the possession of North America to the English race, of making known the advantages of its soil and climate, and creating the spirit of colonization among his countrymen.10 It was Raleigh above all men who prepared the way for successful and permanent English colonization on the soil of the United States.
The Southern Colonies
The New World had been discovered for a century, and the territory of the present United States was still a wilderness, uninhabited except by the native savage.1 It was not possible that such a condition could endure. North America presented wonderful opportunities for future development. It was bounded by two oceans, while Europe had but one; its central river valley for extent and fertility was unequaled in the world; nor could Europe match the Great Lakes, the cataract of Niagara, the Mississippi River, the Rocky Mountains, or the Grand Cañons of the Colorado and the Yellowstone. It was only through colonization that this vast and beautiful land could become truly useful to mankind, and the time was ripe for a portion of Europe to transplant itself permanently to North America. The burning question during the closing decades of the sixteenth century was, Which of the European states will succeed in becoming the mother of civilization in North America?
The chances all seemed to favor Spain. Spain had taken possession of Mexico and South America2 and of the adjacent islands of the sea; and, moreover, she had laid claim to all of North America on the ground of the Pope's decree of a century before. Her great advantage lay in the fact that she was by far the greatest maritime power of the earth. But Spain was ill fitted to found empires and build nations. Her motives were too low. She sought, not to found self-supporting colonies, but to plunder the natives in her mad search for gold. For gold she slew the red man, for gold she enslaved the black man, and gold proved the ruin of Spain.
For nearly a hundred years Spain had held undisputed sway in the New World. Neither England nor France had followed up their early discoveries with attempts at colonization. England during the sixteenth century was struggling with the Reformation and the political questions accompanying it; France was rent with civil and religious wars. Both were thus deterred for many years from giving serious attention to the new lands of the West, though both agreed in disputing the exclusive claims of Spain.
Meantime Spain had a clear field. No other nation ever had such an opportunity to establish a great empire.3 But Spain proved unworthy of her trust. The chief cause of her downfall was, as stated, her too great devotion to the god of gold. This caused a decline in her agriculture and manufacturing. But there were other causes. Spain lost her best artisans and laborers through the expulsion of the Moors; she lost much of her commercial spirit through the expulsion of the Jews; and, worst of all, the horrors of the Inquisition robbed the nation of much of its choicest blood. In addition to all this the efforts of Spain to increase her political power in Europe and to lead the forces of the counter reformation only weakened the Empire and hastened its downfall.
While Spain was declining through her own inherent weakness, France and England were rapidly rising. France had reached a season of peace and also a season of wide influence under the reign of that broad-minded statesman, King Henry of Navarre, the author of the Edict of Nantes. The French now began to occupy Acadia and the St. Lawrence Valley. But it is with the work of England that we are here concerned. The reformation in England had continued through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and, after a momentary reaction under Mary, had been completed under Elizabeth. The long reign of "Good Queen Bess," ending in 1603, brought not only internal peace, a notable revival of industries at home and activity on the sea, it also raised the British nation to a first-class power. And the Spaniard at length found his match in the Briton.
For five centuries, in their island home, the Norman and the Saxon, the Angle and the Jute, had commingled, until each had lost his identity in the producing of a race unsurpassed by any other in history -- the English race; and this people now, at the close of a long and successful struggle for religious liberty, had taken a foremost place among the nations. England was now seized with a desire to expand, and her attention was turned toward the New World.
Various were the motives of the British in turning their attention to colony building. One of the chief causes was a feeling of rivalry with Spain; another was a belief that the island was already overpopulated and needed an outlet for its surplus population. To these causes must be added the desire to search for gold, to find a northwest passage, and, as developed a littler later, a belief that the colonies could be made to furnish certain commodities, such as silk and wine, which could not be produced in England.
Reviving the half-forgotten voyages of the Cabots, England laid claim on this ground to the greater portion of North America. Conscious of the strength of youth, Englishmen set forth upon the sea, and stood ready to dispute with Spain the dominion of the ocean. The Elizabethan Era is renowned in English history, not only for its literature, but for its growing power upon the sea, and especially for its hardy and skillful seamen. There were Hawkins the slave trader, the famous half-brothers, Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh, Gosnold, Newport, and Frobisher, and above all Francis Drake, the greatest seaman before Nelson. Drake was the first to put into practice the policy of weakening Spain by attacking her in America.4 Drake it was who made a voyage around the earth ending in 1580, the second in history, in which he took many Spanish prizes; and henceforth he was known by the Spaniards as the Dragon. Eight years after the completion of his famous voyage he played an important part in the most momentous event of the century in which he lived -- the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Never before had Europe witnessed so vast a display of power upon the sea as that which Philip II now put forth in the "Invincible" Armada. Spain was at this time by far the richest and greatest nation of Europe or the world. Mexican and Peruvian gold had poured into the Spanish coffers in uncounted millions,5 and the power of the Empire was felt to the uttermost parts of the sea. This was the golden age of the Spanish Empire, and the Armada was the most notable product of that age. With this vast fleet Philip would now smite and disable the island kingdom, and at the same time he would present a spectacle to the world that would overawe any other nation that might have the temerity to measure swords with the Castilian. The Armada consisted of one hundred and thirty ships, the largest ever seen in Europe, bearing thirty thousand soldiers and three thousand heavy guns. Not only to chasten England for daring to claim a portion of the New World did Philip send forth this fleet, but especially to force back into the Church the straying Briton who had wandered from the Catholic fold.
Great was the excitement in the British Isles when the people knew of the hostile coming of the Armada. Europe stood aghast with consternation. Had England been conquered, France and the Netherlands would immediately have been attacked. But the English rose to the occasion. Forty thousand soldiers were soon under arms. The English fleet was much smaller than the Spanish, but the ships were swifter, and above all, they were manned by such masters of the sea as Lord Howard of Effingham and Hawkins and Frobisher and Drake, while the Armada was commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia, a man of little skill and less experience. The gigantic fleet approached the Plymouth harbor in May, 1588, in the form of a grand crescent seven miles in extent. The English met the foe and destroyed many of their ships by making sudden dashes, then sailing beyond the reach of the Spanish guns, and again by sending fire ships among them. In a few weeks the Spanish fleet was greatly disabled, and, moreover, it was penned within the German Ocean.
The conquest of England was now abandoned, and the remnant of the Armada, attempting to reach Spain by sailing around England and Scotland, encountered, near the Orkney Islands, a succession of terrific storms, and many more of the vessels found a bed in the depths of the sea. The soldiers perished by thousands, and comparatively few of them ever again reached their native land. Few events in history have been more far reaching in this results than the destruction of the Spanish Armada. It marked the end of Spanish dominion of the sea. It was the beginning of the end of the national greatness of Spain. From this time the Empire declined steadily and irresistibly, and three hundred and ten years later the downfall was completed in the short, decisive war with the United States of America. What England began in 1588 her child, then unborn, was to complete three centuries later; and the power of Spain was confined to the bounds of her own peninsula.
The greatness of the modern British Empire takes its rise from the defeat of the Spanish Armada. As a maritime power England soon rose to the first place, and from that day to the present there has been none successfully to dispute her sway. The defeat of the Spanish Armada has been pronounced the opening event in the history of United States.6 From that moment North America was open to colonization with little danger of hindrance from the Spaniards. Even before that even England had made a beginning of colonizing America, and the first Englishman to engage in it was Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Obtaining a charter from Queen Elizabeth, he made a heroic attempt to found a colony in Newfoundland; but Gilbert lost his life by shipwreck, and his mantle fell on the shoulders of a much abler man than himself, one who must be considered the father of English colonization on the soil of the United States -- Walter Raleigh.
Raleigh was one of the best representative Englishmen of his age. He was a student of books and a leader of men. A pupil of Coligny, a friend of Spenser, he was a statesman and a scholar, a courtier and a soldier, and in each he was one of the leading men of his times.7 Raleigh was granted a charter similar to that of Gilbert. He sent two exploring ships to the coast of North America, and they brought back glowing accounts of the beauty of the land and the gentleness of the natives. They had landed at Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. It was at this time that the eastern coast of North America received the name Virginia in honor of the Virgin Queen.8
Raleigh's first colony was sent out in 1585 under Ralph Lane with one hundred and eight men, who settled on Roanoke Island; but after a year of hardships they were picked up and carried to England by Sir Francis Drake, who happened to touch at that point in one of his great voyages. They brought back with them tobacco and the potato, and first introduced the use of these in England. Raleigh was disappointed at the failure of his colony and he determined to try again. In 1587 he sent a colony of one hundred and fifty, seventeen of whom were women, under John White, and soon after they landed at Roanoke, Virginia Dare was born. She was a grandchild of Governor White, and was the first English child born on the soil of the United States. The governor soon found it necessary to make a voyage to England, intending to return to his colony. But the war with Spain interfered, and three years passed before an English vessel reached Roanoke. When at last help came, the colony had utterly disappeared and its fate was never known.9
Raleigh was still undismayed. He exclaimed to a friend as late as 1602, the year of his fifth expedition, which also failed, "I shall yet live to see it an English nation." But the great man's fortunes now took a downward turn. His royal patron died, and in her place came the bustling little egotist, James I. Raleigh fell into disfavor; he was cast into prison, where he remained for twelve years, meantime writing his "History of the World." Then, after a brief season of liberty, he was again imprisoned on the false charge of treason and was soon after beheaded. No more dastardly deed was ever committed by a British sovereign than the murder of Raleigh.
Notwithstanding the fact that none of the colonies planted by Raleigh was permanent, he must be awarded the honor of securing the possession of North America to the English race, of making known the advantages of its soil and climate, and creating the spirit of colonization among his countrymen.10 It was Raleigh above all men who prepared the way for successful and permanent English colonization on the soil of the United States.
ABOUT SEX
Anyone who thinks sex is definitely important will probably end up being divorced. Sex is a very pleasureful experience and is a good thing to have in a relationship. But if you’re looking for something to last a lifetime, than basing sex as a very important factor in your relationship is not good. Very few keep the sexual pace up through their marriage. Everyone hits lulls and sex does drop off in frequency as the years go by. So sex is something that is to be enjoyed between each other but should not be something that is extremely important. Relationships that are based on sex as a high priority, rarely last.
You want to make your partner happy in bed and you want to give him amazing pleasure. You want to give your man the same satisfaction and pleasure that he is able to give to you. You want to learn how to lose control in bed and how to get lost in the moment because that is how you have amazing sex and that is what your relationship needs.
In order to make a man happy in bed, you need to bring it. You need to stop worrying about little things and start focusing on more important things. For example, he doesn't care if you have a little belly. He loves you for who you are. Don't fret about stupid things like that and allow them to impact your sex life in a negative way. If you can look past that and focus that energy on something positive like giving him great oral sex, then imagine what you can do for your man.
The more sexual confidence you have, the better sex will be. The more into it you are, the more into it your man will be. When you give him something to feed off of, then that turns him on even more. Sometimes, women don't bring that sexual energy and passion to sex and that makes it difficult for men to get women in the mood and to make love to them. If you want to make him happy in bed, then you need to learn how to turn yourself on so you can turn him on.
Of course, sexual positions also help to make a man happy in bed. No man can argue that it is quite a sight to have a beautiful woman on top of them, taking control and getting what she wants out of it. Don't be afraid to be the controlling one in the bedroom and to tell your man what you want to do to him. This will give you sexual confidence, and therefore, you will have better sex and you will give him pleasure that is out of this world.
Women love sex. In fact, some women think about it just as often, if not more, then their male counterparts. They fantasize constantly and at great length (with you being the object of their desire, of course). These hot little fantasies can cover a broad spectrum of kink, but almost always involve one of the five most common vaginal and anal sex positions women enjoy. This is due to a number of reasons, the most significant being that they create a perfect balance between level of difficulty and maximum pleasure. In other words, these sex positions women enjoy result in loads of pleasure for the minimal level of effort required to pull them off. That’s not to say that women don’t love your faves as well; they’re definitely into sexual acrobatics every now and then -- but when we’re getting down and dirty, certain sex positions tend to get women more wet than others.
Sex positions have been relatively standardized in position and slang -- the missionary position, doggy style, straddling and standing up are all very commonly practiced and talked about positions. This is primarily because they are four of the easiest to accomplish, with maximum pleasure. Any position you perform a sexual act in is a sex position, therefore you may feel free to invent your own any time you like -- names included.
Sex positions are of course very numerous and are based upon what the participants wish to engage in. Some are more romantic and intimate than others, like the missionary position where you and your partner can gaze into each others eyes lovingly. However something like doggy style (entry from behind, woman on hands and knees) can be a lot more furious and filthy due to the different angles and movement options.
SEX POSITIONS ON AM
There are some positions that make it easier to stimulate a woman’s clitoris while making love, and this can be done with fingers, a sex toy, or part of the man’s body such as the pubic hair and bone. Since many women find it difficult to orgasm with penetration alone, this is a worthy consideration to note. Ignoring this aspect of sex will probably end you up with less than you were hoping for. However, ensuring that in whatever sex position you choose that you are both happy and getting what you need from it, there exists no problem.
Experimentation creates variety, and variety is important for sexual and romantic relationships to blossom -- nobody wants the same boring stuff every time you have sex. Trying out new positions for all of your sexual activities, including oral sex, pays off not only with new experiences, but probably a few laughs as you both get into sometimes ridiculous positions and try to make it work. Using furniture and other apparatus around you to help is recommended sometimes. Bannister rails, beds, tables, chairs, stools, etc. all provide you with various ways
November 2, 2010
some thing about GODS OWN COUNTRY
Elephant is the national animal of the country.Malayalam is the common language using in kerala.It was created on 1November 1956.The state has an area of 38,863 km2 .bordeered by karnataka to the north and tamil nadu to the east.Kerala is a popular tourist destination famous for its backwaters, Ayurvedic treatments and tropical greenery.kerala history will be on next edition .Kerala has 145,704 kilometers (90,536 mi) of roads (4.2% of India's total). This translates to about 4.62 kilometers (2.87 mi) of road per thousand population, compared to an all India average of 2.59 kilometers (1.61 mi). Virtually all of Kerala's villages are connected by road. Traffic in Kerala has been growing at a rate of 10–11% every year, resulting in high traffic and pressure on the roads. Kerala's road density is nearly four times the national average, reflecting the state's high population density. Kerala's annual total of road accidents is among the nation's highest. India's national highway network includes a Kerala-wide total of 1,524 kilometers (947 mi), which is 2.6% of the national total. There are eight designated national highways in the state. The Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP), which includes the GIS-based Road Information and Management Project (RIMS), is responsible for maintaining and expanding the 1,600 kilometers (994 mi) of roadways that compose the state highways system; it also oversees major district roads.Most of Kerala's west coast is accessible through two national highways, NH 47, and NH 17 and eastern hills are accessible through proposed Hill Highway (Kerala).
Cochin International AirportThe state has three major international airports at Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, and Kozhikode, that link the state with the rest of the nation and the world. The Cochin International Airport (COK) was the first Indian airport incorporated as a public limited company and is funded by nearly 10,000 Non Resident Indians from 30 countries. A fourth international airport is proposed at Kannur.
The backwaters traversing the state are an important mode of inland navigation. National Waterway 3 traverse through the state.
The Indian Railways' Southern Railway line runs throughout the state, connecting all major towns and cities except those in the highland districts of Idukki and Wayanad. Kerala's major railway stations are Alappuzha, Aluva, Chengannur, Ernakulam Junction, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam Junction, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Palakkad Junction, Shornur Junction, Thalassery, Thrissur Junction, Tirur, Thiruvananthapuram Central and Vadakara
November 1, 2010
SOME TIPS FOR BETTER LIFE
1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while walk, you smile.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
3. Sleep for 7 hours
4. Live with 3 E”s = Energy, enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Play more games
6. Read more books than you did in 2009
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6
9. Dream more while you are awake up
10. Eat more food that grows on trees and plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Do not waste energy on gossip.
14. Forget the issues of past.
15. Do not have negative thoughts.
16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lesson you learn will last life time.
17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
18. Smile and laugh more.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Do not hate anyone.
20. Do not take yourself very seriously. No one else does.
21. You do not have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it will not spoil the present.
23. Do not compare you life with others. you have no idea what their journey is all about. Do not compare you partner with other.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Forgive everyone for everything.
26. When you awake alive in the morning, thank God for it.
27. Do the right things.
28. Call your family often.
29. The best is yet to come.
30. GOD heals everything.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
3. Sleep for 7 hours
4. Live with 3 E”s = Energy, enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Play more games
6. Read more books than you did in 2009
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6
9. Dream more while you are awake up
10. Eat more food that grows on trees and plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Do not waste energy on gossip.
14. Forget the issues of past.
15. Do not have negative thoughts.
16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lesson you learn will last life time.
17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
18. Smile and laugh more.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Do not hate anyone.
20. Do not take yourself very seriously. No one else does.
21. You do not have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it will not spoil the present.
23. Do not compare you life with others. you have no idea what their journey is all about. Do not compare you partner with other.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Forgive everyone for everything.
26. When you awake alive in the morning, thank God for it.
27. Do the right things.
28. Call your family often.
29. The best is yet to come.
30. GOD heals everything.
October 31, 2010
Echo of life
A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh! !!"
to his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh! !!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"
He receives the answer: "Who are you?"
Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"
He receives the answer: "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention." And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I admire you!"
Again the man screams: "You are a champion!"
The voice answers: "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions."
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.
This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; Life will give you back everything you have given to it.
to his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh! !!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"
He receives the answer: "Who are you?"
Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"
He receives the answer: "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention." And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I admire you!"
Again the man screams: "You are a champion!"
The voice answers: "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions."
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.
This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; Life will give you back everything you have given to it.
October 29, 2010
CAN ANYONE BEAT THIS RESUME
RESUME
EDUCATION /Qualification:
1.Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh,1952.
2.Stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab 1954.
3.Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College,Cambridge, 1955 and 1957.
4.Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge,1957.
5.DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India'sexport competitiveness.
OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience:
1.Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59.
2.Reader, Economics, 1959-63.
3.Professor, Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1963-65.
4.Professor, International Trade, Delhi School of Economics,Universit y of Delhi, 1969-71.
5.Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi,1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi,1996 and CivilServant.
Working Experience/ POSITIONS:
1.1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade.
2.1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance.
3.1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India.
4.Director, Industrial Development Bank of India.
5.Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, Asian Development Bank.
6.Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD.
7.November 1976 - April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Departmentof economic affairs); 8.Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission; Member, finance, Space Commission.
9.April 1980 - September 15, 1982: Member-secretary, Planning Commission
10.1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint studycommittee September 16, 11.1982 - January 14, 1985: Governor, Reserve Bankof India.
12.1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Board of governors,International Monetary Fund.
13.1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister.
14.1985: President, Indian Economic Association.
15.January 15, 1985 - July 31, 1987: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission.
16.August 1, 1987 - November 10, 1990: Secretary-general and commissioner, south commission, Geneva.
17.December 10, 1990 - March 14, 1991: Advisor to the Prime Minister of economic affairs.
18.March 15, 1991 - June 20, 1991: Chairman, UGC.
19.June 21, 1991 - May 15, 1996: Union finance minister.
20.October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket.
June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha.
21.1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance.
22.August 1, 1996 - December 4, 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary standing Committee on commerce.
23.March 21, 1998 : Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha.
24.June 5, 1998 : Member, committee on finance.
25.August 13, 1998 : Member, committee on rules.
26.Aug 1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member,executive committee, Indian parliamentary group.
27.June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha.
28.Aug 2001 : Member, general purposes committee.
29.May 22, 2004 onwards: Prime Minister of India.
BOOKS:
India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth -Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1964; also published a large number of articles in various economic journals.
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge, 1956
Padma Vibhushan, 1987
Euro money Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993;
Asia money Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia, 1993 and 1994
INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:
1966: Economic Affairs Officer
1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section, UNCTAD
1972-74: Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on InternationalMonetary Reform
1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-India Consortium Meetings
1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning group meeting
1982: Indo-Soviet moni toring group meeting
1993: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Cyprus 1993: Human Rights World Conference, Vienna
RECREATION:
Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, India International Centre, New Delhi
Name: Dr Manmohan Singh
DOB: September 26, 1932
Place of Birth: Gah (West Punjab)
Father: S. Gurmukh Singh
Mother: Mrs Amrit Kaur
Wife: Mrs Gursharan Kaur
Children: Three daughters
Indian Prime Minister seems to be the most qualified PM all over the world.
EDUCATION /Qualification:
1.Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh,1952.
2.Stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab 1954.
3.Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College,Cambridge, 1955 and 1957.
4.Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge,1957.
5.DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India'sexport competitiveness.
OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience:
1.Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59.
2.Reader, Economics, 1959-63.
3.Professor, Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1963-65.
4.Professor, International Trade, Delhi School of Economics,Universit y of Delhi, 1969-71.
5.Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi,1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi,1996 and CivilServant.
Working Experience/ POSITIONS:
1.1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade.
2.1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance.
3.1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India.
4.Director, Industrial Development Bank of India.
5.Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, Asian Development Bank.
6.Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD.
7.November 1976 - April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Departmentof economic affairs); 8.Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission; Member, finance, Space Commission.
9.April 1980 - September 15, 1982: Member-secretary, Planning Commission
10.1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint studycommittee September 16, 11.1982 - January 14, 1985: Governor, Reserve Bankof India.
12.1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Board of governors,International Monetary Fund.
13.1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister.
14.1985: President, Indian Economic Association.
15.January 15, 1985 - July 31, 1987: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission.
16.August 1, 1987 - November 10, 1990: Secretary-general and commissioner, south commission, Geneva.
17.December 10, 1990 - March 14, 1991: Advisor to the Prime Minister of economic affairs.
18.March 15, 1991 - June 20, 1991: Chairman, UGC.
19.June 21, 1991 - May 15, 1996: Union finance minister.
20.October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket.
June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha.
21.1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance.
22.August 1, 1996 - December 4, 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary standing Committee on commerce.
23.March 21, 1998 : Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha.
24.June 5, 1998 : Member, committee on finance.
25.August 13, 1998 : Member, committee on rules.
26.Aug 1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member,executive committee, Indian parliamentary group.
27.June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha.
28.Aug 2001 : Member, general purposes committee.
29.May 22, 2004 onwards: Prime Minister of India.
BOOKS:
India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth -Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1964; also published a large number of articles in various economic journals.
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge, 1956
Padma Vibhushan, 1987
Euro money Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993;
Asia money Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia, 1993 and 1994
INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:
1966: Economic Affairs Officer
1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section, UNCTAD
1972-74: Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on InternationalMonetary Reform
1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-India Consortium Meetings
1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning group meeting
1982: Indo-Soviet moni toring group meeting
1993: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Cyprus 1993: Human Rights World Conference, Vienna
RECREATION:
Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, India International Centre, New Delhi
Name: Dr Manmohan Singh
DOB: September 26, 1932
Place of Birth: Gah (West Punjab)
Father: S. Gurmukh Singh
Mother: Mrs Amrit Kaur
Wife: Mrs Gursharan Kaur
Children: Three daughters
Indian Prime Minister seems to be the most qualified PM all over the world.
October 27, 2010
FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1. Coca-Cola was originally green.
2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
3. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States .
6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters
only on one row of the keyboard.
7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you
Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
12. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the
toughest tongue twister in the English language.
13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to
Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck
and die.
14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from
History. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great;
" Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar.
15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321
16. If a statue of a warrior on a horse has both front legs
in the air, the person died in battle. If the
horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.
17. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and
laser printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.
18. Honey - This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
20. A snail can sleep for three years.
21. All polar bears are left handed.
22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive
from each salad served in first-class.
23. Butterflies taste with their feet.
24. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
25. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
27. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
31. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the
body to squirt blood 30 feet.
32. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over
million descendants.
33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in
your ear by 700 times.
34. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
35. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
36. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
37. And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
3. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States .
6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters
only on one row of the keyboard.
7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you
Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
12. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the
toughest tongue twister in the English language.
13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to
Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck
and die.
14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from
History. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great;
" Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar.
15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321
16. If a statue of a warrior on a horse has both front legs
in the air, the person died in battle. If the
horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.
17. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and
laser printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.
18. Honey - This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
20. A snail can sleep for three years.
21. All polar bears are left handed.
22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive
from each salad served in first-class.
23. Butterflies taste with their feet.
24. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
25. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
27. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
31. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the
body to squirt blood 30 feet.
32. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over
million descendants.
33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in
your ear by 700 times.
34. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
35. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
36. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
37. And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
October 26, 2010
Some Jokes
1. Srdr: I haven’t slept all night in the train.
Frnd: Y?
Srdr: Got upper berth.
frnd: Y didn’t u Exchanged?
Srdr: oye, there was nobody 2 Xchng in the lower berth...
2. Sardar tells a girl "Come 2 my house at night, nobody will b
there....... ...... Girl goes at night & really nobody was there
3. A SARDAR went 2 a BANK to open a S.B. A/C. After seeing the Form
He had gone to DELHI for filling up. U know y?
FORM says “FILL UP IN CAPITAL ".
4. A sardar invested 5 Lakhs in a business and Suffered huge Loss.
Does u know what the business was?
. . . .. . . . . . . . He opened a Hair Cutting Saloon in Punjab village!
5. A Teacher lecturing on population - In India after Every 10 sec a women gives birth to a kid.
A Sardar stands up- we must find & stop her
6. Sardar-why r all these people running?
Man- This is a race, the winner will get the cup.
Sardar-If only the winner will get the cup, why r others running?
7. 19 SARDARS WENT 4A FILM.ON ASKING THEM Y THEY CAME IN A BIG GROUP OF 19?
THEY REPLIED THAT THE FILM WAS ONLY FOR ABOVE 18...
8. Teacher: "I killed a person" convert this sentence into future tense.
Sardar: The future tense is "u will go to jail".
9. Srdr gets ready ,wears tie, coat ,goes out, climbs tree, sits on the
branch regularly. A man asks why he does this. Srdr: "I've been
promoted as branch manager
10. A dog was chasing a Sardar and the Sardar was laughing.
A bystander: why are u laughing?
Sardar: I have an Air cell phone but still hutch network is following
me.
Banta called his friend, Santa, and told him that he recently met the woman of his dreams. Now what should he do?
Santa said, "Send her some flowers, and on the card invite her for a home-cooked meal."
Banta liked the idea, so he invited the woman.
The day after the meal Santa calls Banta and asks about the meal.
Banta, "It was a flop idea."
Santa, "Didn't the girl come to your house?"
Banta, "She did, but she refused to cook
Frnd: Y?
Srdr: Got upper berth.
frnd: Y didn’t u Exchanged?
Srdr: oye, there was nobody 2 Xchng in the lower berth...
2. Sardar tells a girl "Come 2 my house at night, nobody will b
there....... ...... Girl goes at night & really nobody was there
3. A SARDAR went 2 a BANK to open a S.B. A/C. After seeing the Form
He had gone to DELHI for filling up. U know y?
FORM says “FILL UP IN CAPITAL ".
4. A sardar invested 5 Lakhs in a business and Suffered huge Loss.
Does u know what the business was?
. . . .. . . . . . . . He opened a Hair Cutting Saloon in Punjab village!
5. A Teacher lecturing on population - In India after Every 10 sec a women gives birth to a kid.
A Sardar stands up- we must find & stop her
6. Sardar-why r all these people running?
Man- This is a race, the winner will get the cup.
Sardar-If only the winner will get the cup, why r others running?
7. 19 SARDARS WENT 4A FILM.ON ASKING THEM Y THEY CAME IN A BIG GROUP OF 19?
THEY REPLIED THAT THE FILM WAS ONLY FOR ABOVE 18...
8. Teacher: "I killed a person" convert this sentence into future tense.
Sardar: The future tense is "u will go to jail".
9. Srdr gets ready ,wears tie, coat ,goes out, climbs tree, sits on the
branch regularly. A man asks why he does this. Srdr: "I've been
promoted as branch manager
10. A dog was chasing a Sardar and the Sardar was laughing.
A bystander: why are u laughing?
Sardar: I have an Air cell phone but still hutch network is following
me.
Banta called his friend, Santa, and told him that he recently met the woman of his dreams. Now what should he do?
Santa said, "Send her some flowers, and on the card invite her for a home-cooked meal."
Banta liked the idea, so he invited the woman.
The day after the meal Santa calls Banta and asks about the meal.
Banta, "It was a flop idea."
Santa, "Didn't the girl come to your house?"
Banta, "She did, but she refused to cook
October 25, 2010
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Thoroughly trained in the classics and in the rhetoric and aesthetics of the Scottish common-sense school of philosophers, Poe was, according to the critic Robert D. Jacobs, indeed a southerner by temperament and inclination. Many of his formative years were spent in the southern cities of Richmond and Baltimore, the latter being the home of his blood relatives. Choosing a literary career after the death of his foster father, Poe began to contribute critical reviews to the Richmond Southern Literary Messenger in 1835 and later became its editor for two years. He married Virginia Clemm, his cousin who was less than 14 years old, in 1836. Until his death in 1849, Poe worked tirelessly as an editor and a reviewer, composing at the same time poetry, fiction, reviews, and essays of the highest literary excellence. He contributed to several noted American periodicals and newspapers; and in October 1845 he edited and briefly owned his own magazine, Broadway Journal.
Poe published his only major long piece, The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym, in 1838 and a short story collection, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, in 1839. His poem "The Raven," printed in the New York Evening Mirror on 29 January 1845, brought him considerable recognition. Tales, a second collection of short stories, and a third volume of poems, The Raven and Other Poems, appeared in 1845. After the death of his wife in January 1847, he continued to write and to pursue his ambition of owning his own magazine. In early October of 1849, while traveling to New York to marry Sarah Royster Shelton, a widowed former sweetheart, Poe stopped in Baltimore, where he was later found ill on a city street. He died in a Baltimore hospital on 7 October 1849. His unexpected death was noted by nearly every significant newspaper and magazine in the eastern United States.
A controversial figure, Poe has been the subject of much speculative analysis. Generally, his biographers conclude that his instability as a person was in part due to the pressure of being a journalist. Although periodically he experienced poverty and the ill effects of poor health, Poe managed to perfect a variety of literary forms. He absorbed the current wave of romantic thought, which in his day brought significant changes in literary theory and practice. His classical bent, along with his background in Scottish philosophy and aesthetics, contributed to his theory of unity of effect and to his ideas about the short poem. He and Nathaniel Hawthorne introduced the ambiguities of symbolism in their Gothic tales, and Poe is credited with defining the short story as a distinct literary form. His attempts to formulate an objective method for writing poetry had some impact upon the French Symbolist poets of the later decades of the 19th century. In the area of popular literature, he is said to have fathered the modern detective story and some forms of science fiction.
Poe believed his art - all art - should be evaluated by international, rather than national or regional, standards, but he was, nonetheless, frequently identified at the time with the South. He did not defend his region's politics or social customs, like other antebellum southern writers, but his lyricism was common to southern poets. Raised a Virginian, Poe sometimes posed as the southern gentleman, even if transcending regionalism in his work.
A Dream
In visions of the dark night
I have dreamed of joy departed-
But a waking dream of life and light
Hath left me broken-hearted.
Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?
That holy dream- that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding.
What though that light, thro' storm and night,
So trembled from afar-
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth's day-star?
October 24, 2010
Robert (Lee) Frost (1874-1963)
After his father's death in 1885, when young Frost was 11, the family left California and settled in Massachusetts. Frost attended high school in that state, entered Dartmouth College, but remained less than one semester. Returning to Massachusetts, he taught school and worked in a mill and as a newspaper reporter. In 1894 he sold "My Butterfly: An Elegy" to The Independent, a New York literary journal. A year later he married Eli nor White, with whom he had shared valedictorian honors at Lawrence (Mass.) High School. From 1897 to 1899 he attended Harvard College as a special student but left without a degree. Over the next ten years he wrote poems, operated a farm in Derry, New Hampshire and supplemented his income by teaching at Derry's Pinkerton Academy.
In 1912, at the age of 38, he sold the farm and used the proceeds to take his family to England, where he could devote himself entirely to writing. His efforts to establish himself and his work were almost immediately successful. A Boy's Will was accepted by a London publisher and brought out in 1913, followed a year later by North of Boston. Favorable reviews on both sides of the Atlantic resulted in American publication of the books by Henry Holt and Company, Frost's primary American publisher, and in the establishing of Frost's transatlantic reputation.
He passed away on january 29,1963.
some lines from his famous My November Guest
My Sorrow, when she's here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.
Her pleasure will not let me stay.
She talks and I am fain to list:
She's glad the birds are gone away,
She's glad her simple worsted grady
Is silver now with clinging mist.
His famous quation :
''The kind of Unitarian
Who having by elimination got
From many gods to Three, and Three to One,
Thinks why not taper off to none at all.''
CAPITAL CITIES PART 1
1. Capital of United States of America = Washington DC
2. Capital of China = Beijing
3. Capital of Japan = Tokyo
4. Capital of India = New Delhi
5. Capital of Pakistan = Islamabad
6. Capital of Nepal = Kathmandu
7. Capital of Sri Lanka = Colombo
8. Capital of Bangladesh = Dhaka
9. Capital of Bhutan = Thimphu
10. Capital of Singapore = Singapore
11 .capital of Switzerland=. Berne
12. Capital of Kuwait = Kuwait City
13. Capital of Qatar = Doha
14. Capital of Saudi Arabia = Riyadh
15. Capital of UAE = Sharjah
16. Capital of Bahrain = Manama
17. Capital of Canada = Ottawa
18. Capital of Australia=Canberra
19. Capital of Holland = Amsterdam
20. Capital of Brazil = Brasilia
21. Capital of Italy = Rome
22. Capital of South Africa=Pretoria
23. Capital of Malta = Valletta
24. Capital of Oman=Muscat
2. Capital of China = Beijing
3. Capital of Japan = Tokyo
4. Capital of India = New Delhi
5. Capital of Pakistan = Islamabad
6. Capital of Nepal = Kathmandu
7. Capital of Sri Lanka = Colombo
8. Capital of Bangladesh = Dhaka
9. Capital of Bhutan = Thimphu
10. Capital of Singapore = Singapore
11 .capital of Switzerland=. Berne
12. Capital of Kuwait = Kuwait City
13. Capital of Qatar = Doha
14. Capital of Saudi Arabia = Riyadh
15. Capital of UAE = Sharjah
16. Capital of Bahrain = Manama
17. Capital of Canada = Ottawa
18. Capital of Australia=Canberra
19. Capital of Holland = Amsterdam
20. Capital of Brazil = Brasilia
21. Capital of Italy = Rome
22. Capital of South Africa=Pretoria
23. Capital of Malta = Valletta
24. Capital of Oman=Muscat
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