Showing posts with label QUOTE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label QUOTE. Show all posts

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Do You Know??


1) If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth.
2) To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers
3) Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by ‘Bayer’.
4) Communications giant Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam.
5) Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
6) People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
7) Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
8 ) Astronauts can’t belch – there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
9) Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.
10) The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
11) The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
12) Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.
13) The night of January 20 is “Saint Agnes’s Eve”, which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.
14) There are over 25 million bubbles waiting to burst out of each bottle of Champagne
15) Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros
16) It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
17) The heat of peppers is rated on the Scoville scale
18) Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the ground for thousands of years
19) Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end
20) If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
21) Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases.
22) When it originally appeared in 1886 – Coca Cola was billed as an Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage.
23) Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals
24) Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
25) The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
26) For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place.
27) Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent
28) Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn’t smoke unless it’s heated above 450°F
29) The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold seashells
30) The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
31) Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean
32) The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man
33) Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density
34) Fish and Chip selling officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it produces
35) The University of Alaska spans four time zones
36) The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.



Friday, 5 August 2011

History of Friendship Day



Click to get the codes for this image. Beautiful graphic of a pink flower reflected in an animated pool. The comment reads: Happy Friendship Day!
The tradition of celebrating Friendship Day began in 1935 when the US Congress decided to dedicate a day in the honor of friends.

Though it is not known exactly what were the
 reasons that went into the making of this day,
 the retrospection of the world scenario of those timescan lead us to an understanding.

With the devastating effects of the First World War still showing and increasing hostilities, mistrust andhatred between countries providing the perfect conditionsfor another imminent battle, there was a greater needfor friendship and camaraderie not only among nations but also among individuals. 

Hence, the US Congress decided to designate the
 first Sunday of the month of August as Friendship Dayand with a formal proclamation in 1935, officiallydeclared the occasion a holiday dedicated in the honour of friends and friendship.
Since then, celebration of National Friendship Day became an annual event. The lofty idea of honoring the beautiful relationship of friendship caught on with the people, particularly the youngsters all over the country, and in no time Friendship Day became a highly popular festival. 

But the success of this wonderful occasion was not
 to be limited to the US alone.
With time, several other countries followed suit
in adopting the tradition of dedicating a day to the cause of friendship.
 The beautiful idea of having a day in the honor of friends was joyously taken over by several other countries across the world.
With more and more nations joining in the celebrations, Friendship Day soon became
Click to get the codes for this image. This beautiful graphic shows a red roser reflected in an animated pool. International FriendshipDay
Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated 
every year by many countries.
The occasion is observed on the first Sundayin August.
The traditional celebrations include meeting with friends and exchanging of cards, flower and gifts Many social and cultural organizations also celebrate Friendship Day by hosting programs and get togethers.
Special performances by rock bands are also organized in countries like the US to enhance the jubilations. 

In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie the Pooh,
 the famous cartoon character as the world’s Ambassador ofFriendship.
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It is interesting to note how some associations observe Friendship Day with different customs, by giving the festival different names and holding it in times unlike that of the actual festival. 
For example, National Friendship Day is held on the first Sunday in August; Women’s Friendship Day is on the third Sunday in August; the third week of May is the old friends, New Friends Week and the whole of February  is designated as the International Friendship Month.

These days, Friendship Day is celebrated with a lot of
 funfare and great expenses. Just as in US and several other countries, the festival has been greatly commercialized. 

Days before the festival, card and gift companies
 
launch an extensive campaign to lure people into buying cards and gift items for their friends.
Companies indulge in aggressive marketing to target youngsters, the main celebrators of festivals as these,and entice them into purchasing expensive articles for their pals. Restaurateurs too offer special discounts to make the most of the time.
This marketing strategy has been severely criticized by many people and is a subject of debate every year.
Many feel that such rampant commercialization has marred the very concept of Friendship Day and has turned it into a mere formality.
Many on the other hand think that greater hype and hoopla around the occasion has helped to generate awareness about Friendship Day festival which was till recently a low-key affair (compared to occasions as
 ”Mother’s day” and “Father’s Day“)
and thus promote friendship and brotherhood. 
The popular customs of Friendship Day includes handing over roses, especially the pink and yellow ones.
The day is observed with great exhilaration and merriment,with friends throwing parties, gorging on lip-smacking dishes and drinking hard (be it at home or at restaurants that offer special discounts for this occasion). 

A highly popular thing associated with the day is the
 
well-known Friendship Band - the modern day token of friendship that friends gift to one another to form an everlasting bond.
Friendship bands are favorite items for youngsters and are available in stores all over the country.
Girls go in for friendship bracelets instead of the conventional friendship wristbands.
Friendship Poems and Friendship Day Gifts are exchanged between best friends to renew the bond offriendship and express gratitude and love for each other.
 These are new ways of celebration of this day that the GenX has invented. 

Since its inception in 1935, Friendship Day and
Friendship Day celebrations have come a long way.
But however much the ways of celebration have changed, the basic idea behind the occasion remains the same.
Friendship Day remains the time when you acknowledge your friends’ contribution in your life, express love
 for them, cherish their presence in your life and pay them a tribute. 

Today, Friendship Day is being celebrated around
 
the globe, across diverse cultures and social segments.



Reason for celebrating friendship day every year



Why do we actually celebrate friendship day ??
Any idea ?? If not then see this post.. Its accepted from the UNO people.. This is the reason that the UNO has given for celebrating frndshp day.. Click read more..!!



Friendship Day was originally promoted by Joyce Hall, the founder of Hallmark cards in 1919, and intended to be a day where people celebrated their friendships by sending cards. The first Sunday in August was chosen as the centre of the largest lull in holiday celebrations. Friendship Day was promoted by the greetings card National Association during the 1920's but met with consumer resistance - given that it was rather too obviously a commercial gimmick to promote greetings cards. By the 1940's the number of Friendship Day cards available in the US had dwindled and the holiday largely died out there. There is no evidence to date for its uptake in Europe, however it has been kept alive and revitalised in Asia where several countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated in a number of countries across the world. In honor of Friendship Day in 1998, Nane Annan, wife of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, named Winnie the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship at the United Nations. The event was co-sponsored by the U.N. Department of Public Information and Disney Enterprises, and was co-hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford. Many friends acknowledge each other with exchange of gifts and cards on this day. Friendship bands are very popular in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and parts of South America. With the advent of social networking sites, friendship day is also being celebrated online. The commercialization of the Friendship Day celebrations has led to some dismissing it as a "marketing gimmick".



Thursday, 21 April 2011

TECHNICAL DEFINITION OF INFATUATION

Technical definition of what INFATUATION is according to a famous psychologist..

According to Freud Psychology:
Infatuation is only an attraction between male and female. And its a state of being completely carried away by un-reason passion,foolish examined feeling and unappreciated often completely unwanted unwarranted emotion.


Wikipediadefines Infatuation like this:
Infatuation is the state of being completely carried away by unreasoned passion or love: 'expresses the headlong libidinal attraction'[1] of addictive love. Usually, one is inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone.
Inka telusukovali ante click this wikipedia link abt infatuation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infatuation


Adi matter...Ardham ayite pandaga cheskondi.. Ardham kakapote malli chadavandi :P :P

Keep rocking...!!
Regards,
Manikumar.Y



Friday, 14 January 2011

Makar Sankranti: Date and significance:Wish you a happy makara sankrathi

Date and significance:
Sankranti is celebrated since last 6000 years, as archeological findings in Latin America prove that the Mayans celabrated something similar to Sankranthi with Pongal, Pala kayalu, as some kind of spring festival.
Sankranti is the Sanskrit word, which refers to the transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi(zodiac in Indian astrology) to the other. Hence there are 12 such sankrantis in all. However, the Sankranti festival usually refers to Makara Sankaranti, or the transition of the Sun from Dhanu rashi (Sagittarius) to Makara rashi (Capricorn).
For this purpose, the Zodiac signs are considered sidereally, and not tropically, as in western astrology, thus not accounting for the Earth's precession. The festival therefore takes place around 21 days after the tropical winter solstice (between December 20 and 23rd) that marks the starting of Uttarayana, which means northward journey of Sun.
Considering the Winter Solstice marks the beginning of the gradual increase of the duration of the day. Scientifically, the shortest day of the year is around December 21–22 after which the days begin to get longer, hence actual Winter Solstice begins on December 21 or December 22 when the tropical sun enters Makara rashi. Hence actual Uttarayana is December 21. This was the actual date of Makar Sakranti too. But because of the Earth's tilt of 23.45 degrees and sliding of Equinoxes, Ayanamasha occurs. This has caused Makara Sankranti to slide further over the ages. A thousand years ago, Makar Sankranti was on December 31 and is now on January 14. Five thousand years later, it shall be by the end of February, while in 9000 years it shall come in June.[citation needed]
While the traditional Indian Calendar is based on lunar positions, Sankranti is a solar event. So while dates of all Hindu festivals keep changing as per the Gregorian calendar, the date of Makar Sankranti remains constant over a long term, 14 January. Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the Hindu Calendar month of Magha.
Makar Sankranti is a major harvest festival celebrated in various parts of India. According to the lunar calendar, when the sun moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana, in the month of Poush in mid-January, it commemorates the beginning of the harvest season and cessation of the northeast monsoon in South India. The movement of the earth from one zodiac sign into another is called Sankranti and as the Sun moves into the Capricorn zodiac known as Makar in Hindi, this occasion is named as Makar Sankranti in the Indian context. It is one of the few Hindu Indian festivals which are celebrated on a fixed date i.e. 14th January every year.
Makar Sankranti, apart from a harvest festival is also regarded as the beginning of an auspicious phase in Indian culture. It is said as the 'holy phase of transition'. It marks the end of an inauspicious phase which according to the Hindu calendar begins around mid-December. It is believed that any auspicious and sacred ritual can be sanctified in any Hindu family, this day onwards. Scientifically, this day marks the beginning of warmer and longer days compared to the nights. In other words, Sankranti marks the termination of winter season and beginning of a new harvest or spring season.
All over the country, Makar Sankranti is observed with great fanfare. However, it is celebrated with distinct names and rituals in different parts of the country. In the states of northern and western India, the festival is celebrated as the Sankranti day with special zeal and fervor. The importance of this day has been signified in the ancient epics like Mahabharata also. So, apart from socio-geographical importance, this day also holds a historical and religious significance. As, it is the festival of Sun God and he is regarded as the symbol divinity and wisdom, the festival also holds an eternal meaning to it.
In year 2011 Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on the 15th January 2011. Though it is usually celebrated on the 14th of every year, 2011 is an exception where the festival falls on 14,15 and 16th of January, where 14th beging Bhogi, 15th Makara Sankranthi and 16th Kanuma.
Sankranti is celebrated for four days in Andhra Pradesh:
* Day 1 – Bhogi Panduga (Bhogi pandga)
The first day of festival is Bhogi. At dawn people light a bonfire with logs, old mats, clothes and other such things that are no longer useful. In many families, infants and children (usually less than three years old) are showered with fruit called “Regi Pandlu”, that is the Indian jujube fruit. It is believed that doing this would protect the children from evil eye, called “Dishti” (from Sanskrit Drishthi: sight) .
* Day 2 – Pedda Panduga,SANKRANTI (Surya)
The second day is Sankranti, also called “Pedda Panduga”,( literally, the big festival), when everyone wears new clothes,pray, and make offerings of sweets to God.
* Day 3 – Kanuma Panduga (Kanuma)
Kanuma Panduga (Kanuma) is not as widely celebrated, but is an integral part of the Sankranti culture.
* Day 4 – Mukkanuma
Mukkanuma is famous among the non-vegetarians of the society. People do not eat any meat or fish during the first three days of the festival, and do so only on the day of Mukkanuma.
Sankranti usually means all the four days together. It is celebrated in almost every village with adventurous games in South India. Whether it is the cock fights in Andhra, Bull fighting in Tamil Nadu or Elephant Mela in Kerala, there is huge amount of illegal betting but the so called tradition continues to play a major role in the festival. Another notable feature of the festival in South India is the Haridas who moves around begging for rice wishing luck.



Saturday, 1 January 2011

Great Quotes From Great Leaders



Sunday, 4 July 2010

A journey called Engineering

“It is good to have an end to journey; but it is the journey that
matters, in the end”-Ursula K. LeGuin an American science fiction writer. 
Here we are at the end of our journey called engineering. I am sure all you guys will agree with me that most of us cannot believe it’s been 4 years since we joined this course, four important years of our lives. Important not because we learnt lot of subjects but in our attempt to do so we learnt many more things than what we could have learnt from text books. We made friends who have made our lives beautiful, made foes that made us watch our each step, met lecturers who changed the way we look at life. In short engineering has been a life's experience.

Just remember that first day when we came to this course unaware what awaits us in the four years. We were from different backgrounds/states/even countries. We have just finished those four years which we were so anxious to finish. Its time to remember those days which we will never see again. Running late into class and on the way making up a excuse to tell the lecturer,  running into class to occupy the most happening benches, eating from each others lunch, writing those boring records in the class hours, helping each other out in the labs, teasing each other, sitting in the class praying the watch hands moved faster and sometimes slower, shouting MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM/ SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRR in the last half an hour of class, after class going out and grabbing some junk food, copying assignments from others , just before internals standing in the queue for photocopying notes, asking lecturers for important questions, last minute studies for internals, praying to god to get least $'s and *'s, telling I don’t know for those viva questions, writing VTU exams, waiting for results, if the results are announced waiting for the VTU server to load the marks when we could feel the earth spinning in our head. We have lived it through. We wantingly or unwantingly have been a part of someone's life. Today all these are just memories which we will cherish throughout our life.

I take this opportunity to thank each and every person who was a part of my engineering life. Who have made me what I am today. I am sorry if I did hurt someone in this journey. I don know when we will meet again but I would like to wish each and every person a very best of luck in their conquests may we all be winners everywhere we go.

At last I would like to end this post with the words of Albert Einstein

"Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been.''

Hope we all can stand up for it.


ALL THE BEST.



Friday, 18 June 2010

!!"కష్టం భరిస్తే విజయం వరిస్తుంది,,"!!

పల్లవి:

పెదవుల్లో దాగున్న నీ నవ్వే చూడాలని వేచింది సూర్యోదయం,,,
గుండెల్లో మోస్తున్న ఆ బాధే మరవాలని కోరింది ఆ ఆకాశం,,,
శిల అయినా ఉలి గాయం తోనే అవుతుంది శిల్పం,,,
కల అయినా కష్టాలే లేక అవ్వదుగా సత్యం,,,
బ్రతుకంటే సుఖమే కలకాలం ఉండదుగా నేస్తం,,,
గెలుపైనా ఓటమి రాకుంటే కోల్పోవును అర్థం,,, 
జీవితమే ఒడిదొడుకుల చక్రం,, 
జీవిస్తే నిన్నే వరించును విజయం,,,

చర:1

తడి ఆరని కళ్ళల్లో కన్నీరుల జలపాతం,ఆగాలి ఆగని ఈ కాలం కోసం,,
తుడిచేసిన స్వప్నాలే బాధించిన ప్రతి నిమిషం,వదలకు ఓ నేస్తం నీ మార్గం,,
మొలకెత్తే మొక్క అయిన అవ్వాలి ఎన్నటికైన ఒక వృక్షం,,,
పరిగెత్తే నది అయినా చేరాలి చివరికి సంద్రం,,
నీ గెలుపుకి గాయం ఒక అస్త్రం,,
వెనకడుగేయక సాధించు లక్ష్యం,,

చర:2

విధి ఆడిన ఆటల్లో ఒక ఆటే నీ జీవితం,పోరాడి చూపించు నీ ధైర్యం,,
మది కోరిన ఆశల్లో ఆశించకు ఏ ఫలితం,ఆచరనే చూపిస్తే ఏదైనా సొంతం,,
పడి లేచే కెరటం చేరునుగా ఎప్పటికైనా తీరం,,
పడిపోతున్నా రవికిరణం పంచునుగా వెలుగును నిత్యం,,
ఎదురైనా ఎంతటి కష్టం,,
ఎదిరిస్తే నీ గెలుపే తధ్యం,,



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