Sunday, March 21, 2010

Banana..........A Medicinal & Miracle Fruit..........

Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!

This is interesting. After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit.
It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression:

According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS:

Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia:

High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure:

This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power:

200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation:

High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers:

One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn:

Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness:

Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites:

Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves:

Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers:

The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control:

Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):

Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking & Tobacco Use:

Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassiu! m and ma gnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:

Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes:

According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine, 'eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Warts:

Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Male Vs Female at the ATM of a Bank...Read the realities & Enjoy

Subject: Fwd: Male vs Female at the ATM of a bank

How true?!!!!.....You Got to Believe it


MALE VS. FEMALE AT THE ATM MACHINE ....................

A new sign in the Bank lobby reads:

Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive -IN-ATM  Counter  
for customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.

Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts.

After months of careful research, MALE and FEMALE procedures have been developed. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender.'


MALE PROCEDURE:

1. Drive up to the cash machine.

2.Put down your car window.

3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.

4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
 
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.

6. Put window up.

7. Drive off...................ONLY SEVEN EASY. STEPS

FEMALE PROCEDURE 
 ( What is really funny is that most of this part is the truth! ) 

1. Drive up to cash machine.

2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.

3. Set parking brake, put the window down.

4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.

5. Tell person on cellphone you will call them back and hang up.

6. Attempt to insert card into machine.

7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.

8.. Insert card.

9. Re-insert card the right way.

10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.

11. Enter PIN.

12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.

13. Enter amount of cash required.

14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.

15. Retrieve cash and receipt.

16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.

17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.

18. Re-check makeup.

19. Drive forward 2 feet.

20. Reverse back to cash machine.

21. Retrieve card.

22. Re-empty handbag, locate card-holder, and place card into the slot provided!

23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.

24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.

25.. Redial person on cell phone.

26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.

27. Release Parking Brake.    and 27 hard/harsh steps................... with "Add On" Card of her Man. 

Please do Remember...........................

"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped"


SEND THIS TO   MEN WHO NEEDS A LAUGH, AND TO THE LADIES who can handle it.... they need a laugh, too!

A lady sent it to me to make me laugh  and She was laughing, too. ) 

Do not quit.......................

Do not quit as Winners Nvere Quit...................

One day I decided to quit... I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality. .. I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"

His answer surprised me...

"Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"

"Yes", I replied.

"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo". He said. "In the third year, there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit. In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit." He said. "Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant. But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle."

He said to me. "Did you know that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots. I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you. Don't compare yourself to others." He said. "The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern, yet, they both make the forest beautiful."

"Your time will come, "God said to me. " You will rise high!"

"How high should I rise?" I asked.

"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.

"As high as it can?" I questioned.

"Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."

I left the forest and brought back this story. I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.

Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness. Bad days give you experiences. Both are essential to life.

Keep going...

Happiness keeps you Sweet,

Trials keep you Strong,

Sorrows keep you Human,

Failures keep you humble,

Success keeps You Glowing,

but Only God keeps You Going!.................And Remember...................



"Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional."

Difficult ?s & Intelligent answers.

Difficult ?s................. but intelligent answers...........


Question and the Answer given by Candidates oh sorry, most of them are IAS Officers now.

Q.How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

A.Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)

Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?

A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 Rank Opted for IFS)

Q.If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?

A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)

Q.. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

A. It is not a problem, since you will never find! an elephant with one
   hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)

Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?

A. No Probs , He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)

Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?

A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)

Q. What looks like half apple ?

A : The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast ?

A : Dinner.

Q. What happened when wheel was invented ?

A : It caused a revolution.

Q.. Bay of Bengal is in which state?

A : Liquid (UPSC 33Rank )

Q. How many buckets of water does Pacific Ocean contains?

A : It depends on the size of the bucket. (CA Institute Campus Interview Placement)


Interviewer said 'I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question. Think well before you make up your mind!' The boy thought for a while and said, 'my choice is one really difficult question.'


'Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this. 'What comes first, Day or Night?'


The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on his answer, but he thought for a while and said, 'It's the DAY sir!'


'How' the interviewer asked,


'Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult
question!'

He was selected for IIM!


"Dont ever be angry on your friends..Bcz at the last moments of our life, we remember not the words of our enemies... but the silence of our F.R.I.E.N.D. And................

Never Assume, as Assume makes an Ass out of U & ME.

Ten commandments..............................

Ten Commandments of Marriage...............

Commandment 1.

Marriages are made in heaven.
But so again, are thunder and lightning.

Commandment 2.

If you want your spouse to listen and
pay strict attention to every word you say,
talk in your sleep.


Commandment 3.

Marriage is grand -- and divorce is at least 100 grand!


Commandment 4.

Married life is very frustrating.
In the first year of marriage,
the man speaks and the woman listens.
In the second year, the woman speaks
and the man listens.
In the third year, they both speak and
the neighbours listen.


Commandment 5.

When a man opens the door of his car
for his wife, you can be sure of one thing:
Either the car is new or the wife is.


Commandment 6.

Marriage is when a man and woman
become as one; the trouble starts when
they try to decide which one.

Commandment 7.

Before marriage, a man will lie awake
all night thinking about something you
said.. After marriage, he will fall asleep
before you finish.


Commandment 8.

Every man wants a wife who is beautiful,
understanding, economical, and a good
cook. But the law allows only one wife.


Commandment 9.

Every woman wants a man who is handsome,
understanding, economical and a considerate
lover, but again, the law allows only
one husband.


Commandment 10.

Man is incomplete until he marries.
After that, he is finished.



Bonus Commandment story..................

A long married couple came upon a wishing well.
The wife leaned over, made a wish and threw in a penny.
The husband decided to make a wish too.

But he leaned over too much, fell into the well, and drowned.
The wife was stunned for a moment but then smiled, "It really works!"

And..................................

"The purpose of Life is a Life of purpose" and its possible only by not getting entangled in matrimony.

Friday, March 19, 2010

On the button.................

On the button......................

Meaning

Just right; exactly on target or at exactly the right time.

Origin

The Vancouver Winter Olympics have provoked a rash of emails asking if 'on the button' derives from the sport of Curling. In curling, which has a Scots sub-language all of its own, the centre of the target (a.k.a. 'house') is called the button. The object is to get the stones as near as possible to the middle of the target, so being 'on the button' at the end of a game is clearly no bad thing.
The sport has an ancient enough pedigree to have spawned the odd phrase as well as its jargon words, as it originated in Scotland in the 1600s and it would be pleasing to find a Scottish phrase that wasn't coined by Sir Walter Scott. Regrettably, 'on the button' is a 20th century phrase and from the USA. It is from a sporting context, but from boxing rather than curling. The 'button' in question is the US slang term for the point of the chin. The phrase started being used around the end of WWI and there are many printed citations of 'the champ was socked on the button' etc. from that period. The earliest citation of the phrase that I have found is from the impressively named Indiana newspaper The Logansport Pharos-Reporter, May 1917:
Moran is a one-punch fighter. He packs a mighty mean crusher in his right hand. If it ever lands on the button Morris will prove himself a superman if he doesn't go down.
The precise location of the button was made clear in Harry Witwer's screenplay for the 1921 boxing film The Leather Pushers:

The Kid floored him with a right cross to the button of the jaw.
P. G. Wodehouse, a frequent visitor to the USA, took up the phrase and introduced it to the UK, as in his novel Laughing Gas, 1936, for example:

He soaked [socked] him on the button, don't you know.
Before long the term began to be used to mean 'accurately; precisely' and came to refer to times as well as locations. An early example of that is found in Printers' Ink Monthly, May 1937:

On the button, a program ending exactly on time.

The interest in the possible curling-related source of 'on the button' has come about because of the media interest in the much-fancied British team and their chances of a gold medal in the Winter Olympics. It's no surprise that, with personnel with names like Ewan MacDonald, David Murdoch etc., the British team is really the Scottish team. That's only so long as they are winning though.

Having lost to Sweden, the English newspapers have stopped referring to 'our boys', who can now enjoy being Scottish again.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Meaning of Corporate Communication.........

MOST IMPORTANT..............

Please take note that this is only for reading in lighter vein and not to be applied and applicable at day to day real working scenario.


The ..Meanings Of..Corporate Communication... The 'Corporate' language !!


'We will do it'..............means

'You will do it'


'You have done a great job'..................means

'More work to be given to you'


'We are working on it'.....................means

'We have not yet started working on the same'

'Tomorrow, first thing in the morning'......................means

'Its not getting done... ............At least not tomorrow !'.


'After discussion we will decide - I am very open to views'..........means

'I have already decided, I will tell you what to do'


'There was a slight miscommunication'..........................means

'We had actually lied'


'Lets call a meeting and discuss'..........................means

'I have no time now, will talk later'


'We can always do it' .............................means

'We actually cannot do the same on time'


'We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline' ..............................means

'The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver on time.'


'We had slight differences of opinion' ............................means

'We had actually fought'


'Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help you'.........means

'Anyway you have to find a way out, no help from me'


'You should have told me earlier' ........................means

'Well even if you told me earlier that would have made hardly any difference!'


'We need to find out the real reason' means ..........................

'Well I will tell you where your fault is'


'Well.... family is important, your leave is always granted. Just ensure that the work is not affected' .................................means

'Well you know...'


'We are a team' ....................................means

'I am not the only one to be blamed'


'That's actually a good question'..........................means

'I do not know anything about it'
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AND FINALLY, THE BEST OF ALL...
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'All the Best' means............

You are in trouble'............ and bear in mind...............

"If there are two perfections, there is limitation. Therefore perfection has to be only one-........ And....... Why not it be YOU?"

Gist of Life...............

1. ATTITUDE IS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT..................

SOLDIER : SIR WE ARE SURROUNDED FROM ALL SIDES BY ENEMIES ,

MAJOR: EXCELLENT ! WE CAN ATTACK IN ANY DIRECTION.


2. EVERY ONE KNOWS ABOUT ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL WHO INVENTED

THE TELEPHONE, BUT HE NEVER MADE A CALL TO HIS FAMILY.
BECAUSE, HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE
DEAF.................THAT'S LIFE " LIVE FOR OTHERS



3. THE WORST IN LIFE IS "ATTACHMENT " IT HURTS WHEN YOU LOSE IT.
THE BEST THING IN LIFE IS " LONELINESS "BECAUSE IT TEACHES YOU
EVERYTHING AND, IF YOU LOSE IT, YOU GET EVERYTHING.



4. LIFE IS NOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ACT TRUE TO YOUR FACE
.....IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO REMAIN TRUE BEHIND YOUR BACK .



5. IF AN EGG IS BROKEN BY AN OUTSIDE FORCE....... .A LIFE ENDS.
IF AN EGG BREAKS FROM WITHIN...... .LIFE BEGINS. GREAT THINGS
ALWAYS BEGIN FROM WITHIN .



6. IT'S BETTER TO LOSE YOUR EGO TO THE ONE YOU LOVE.THAN TO
LOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE ....... BECAUSE OF EGO .



7. A RELATIONSHIP DOESN'T SHINE BY JUST SHAKING HANDS AT THE BEST
OF TIMES. BUT IT BLOSSOMS BY HOLDING FIRMLY IN CRITICAL
SITUATIONS


8. HEATED GOLD BECOMES ORNAMENTS. BATTED COPPER BECOMES WIRES.
DEPLETED STONE BECOMES STATUE. SO, THE MORE PAIN YOU GET IN
YOUR LIFE THE MORE VALUABLE YOU BECOME.


9. WHY WE HAVE SO MANY TEMPLES, IF GOD IS EVERYWHERE ? A WISE
MAN SAID : AIR IS EVERYWHERE , BUT WE STILL NEED A FAN, …
TO FEEL IT .


10. WHEN YOU TRUST SOMEONE TRUST HIM COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY
DOUBT....... ....... AT THE END YOU WOULD GET ONE OF THE
TWO.....

EITHER A GREAT LESSON FOR YOUR LIFE OR A VERY GOOD
PERSON..................&

"Society is built upon "Trust", Trust is built upon" Faith" and Faith is built
upon "TRUTH"

What's Simplicity......?

What's Simplicity.....?

" Simplicity is Life"......................

Life is need base never want base. Desires have no ends. Simplicity is way of life and human culture and heritage highly stresses on simple living and high thinking, and this is the way of life: Legs down to earth and eyes looking beyond the sky.........and to achieve "Simplicity" in life.....................

Simplify your needs

Amplify your work

Certify your conduct

Glorify your future

Nullify your greed

Justify your expenses

Magnify your mind

&

Rectify your mistakes.