Re: tsunami relef

> > Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 00:35:28 -0000
> > From: "murthysudhakar2003"
> > Subject: india trip 2005
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Friends:
> >
> > I am leavign tomorrow for India for 7 weeks. The trip was scheduled
> > before the tsunami hit us. The tragedy is immense and the sorrow
> > undescribable. I have been moved by the compassion, generosity we
> > have all shown and inspired by the volunteers who have gone to help.
> >
> > On this trip I had intended to start a few more projects in some
> > villages. That is still the plan. I am planning to visit some of the
> > affected areas. We must rebuild or more correctly the will of the
> > people there shall achieve this.
> >
> > I shall attempt to send periodic reports as I had last time.
> >
> > I leave with prayers for the deceased and hope for the survivors- in
> > India, in Sri Lanka, in Malaysia, in Soamlia, In Andaman and Nicobar,
> > Thailand and and in Indonesia.
> >
> > The earth shook... the waves rolled...perhaps SHE wanted to highlight
> > the brotherhood of MAN.
> >
> > anbudan (in Tamil= with love and affection)
> >
> > sudhakar
> >
> > Dear Sevak,
> >
> > Please find below a well written appeal for contributions by one of
> > our sevaks, who sent it to his colleagues. You may re-use this mail
> > to appeal to your friends and colleagues.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Narayanan
> >
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> > The suffering all over South east Asia is tremendous and many of us
> > have responded- If you are still open to giving, I want to share the
> > following about an area I know well (India):
> >
> > I have some experience with a handful of NGOs in INDIA that are
> > small, and waste little money on overhead and get a lot accomplished.
> > Here is info one one of them, that I think is very good.
> >
> > Reports indicate that the death toll in India has reached over 12,500
> > so far, with children accounting for up to a third of all the dead.
> > Millions are affected and displaced. With our past experience of
> > the Orissa cyclone in 1999 & the Gujarat Earthquake we know that such
> > disasters lead to lasting difficulties for the victims that continue
> > long after the multi-national relief organizations leave.
> >
> > Due to the long-term effects of this disaster, local organizations
> > that have the organizational depth, a local volunteer force on the
> > ground , and local Know-how are needed so that relief activities can
> > continue even after the immediate media attention dies down. With
> > that in mind the All India Movement for Seva (AIM for SEVA or AIM,
> > seva is the Indian word for serving/caring)
> > http://www.aimforseva.org/projects_by_state.html is one organization
> > that I can personally recommend, as I have volunteered with them in
> > past and have been impressed with their dedication and managerial
> > ability (see my "Personal note" in Bold below).
> >
> > So far AIM for SEVA has distributed several truck-loads of food and
> > clothing ( from AIM centers all over India) - Locally available
> > products- things the people are familiar with, and respects local
> > culture, diet and custom: so it actually gets used. Like other local
> > organizations, they are operating several temporary shelters in
> > schools, Wedding/Community Meeting halls or are working with local
> > temples/churches and Schools to run the same. Several tens of
> > thousand people are being cared for by AIMS and associated
> > organizations in the wake of this disaster.
> >
> > AIM for Seva is Head Quartered in and have several permanent centers
> > in Tamil Nadu (the state in Mainland India that is most affected) and
> > also in AP (the 2nd most affected state) , all locally staffed &
> > managed, so that they can continue caring longer-term for those in
> > need, especially the children who are affected by this disaster.
> >
> > AIM for SEVA plans to start the rebuilding and rehabilitation of
> > villages in Pondicherry, Nagapatnam, Chennai, and Kovalam, as soon as
> > the Government building approvals are obtained, and the extent, scope
> > and success of this long-term work depends heavily on the the cash
> > contributions they are able to collect. They have dedicated people,
> > they need resources.
> >
> > In such a situation with millions of displaced & suffering people,
> > rebuilding seems an impossible task, but we should not let this
> > discourage us. Let every one of us help in whatever little way we can.
> >
> > You can help too, if you would like. AIM For Seva is asking for
> > monetary contributions from people that it can send to its relief
> > workers in South India. You can easily and quickly send your
> > contribution using a credit card through AIM For Seva's website. The
> > entire process takes a few minutes to complete. These contributions
> > are tax-deductible.http://www.aimforseva.org/
> >
> > You can also help by forwarding this message to other people
> > interested in providing resources for relief efforts.
> >
> > Here are answers to some frequently-asked questions.
> >
> > 1. Is the money going directly to India?
> > Yes. If the donation is tagged as "Tsunami Relief" on
> > the AIM website, then it will go directly towards the
> > relief efforts in India.
> >
> > 2. How is the donation tax-deductible?
> > AIM For Seva is registered as a non-profit
> > organization in the US, therefore any donations made
> > to it are tax-deductible.
> >
> > 3. What if I want to send food and clothing directly
> > to the disaster-hit areas?
> > The AIM For Seva center in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, was
> > accepting food, medicine, clothing, and blankets. However, there
> > seems to be a sufficient amount of this on the ground now, because
> > the response from people all over India was enormous.
> > The center is located in Anaikatti and phone number is
> > 91-422-2657001.
> >
> > The Pondicherry center was also accepting relief
> > supplies. Again my info is that they have plenty of supplies on the
> > ground now.
> > The contact information for Pondicherry is:
> > Swami Tattvabodh-ananda
> > Sri Vedananda Ashramam
> > 139, Aurobindo Street
> > Pondicherry - 605 001
> > Phone - 91-413-5208944
> >
> > 4. What about matching grants from my company?
> > Matching grants is a great way to double your
> > contribution towards the relief efforts. So please
> > inquire from your company's HR department if they
> > match grants to non-profit organizations.
> >
> > 5. Where can I read up more about AIM For Seva and its
> > activities?
> > http://www.aimforseva.org/organization.html
> >
> > Personal Note: About 4 years ago, My wife and I built a
> > residential School for Middle and High school kids in South India-
> > the day to day Running of the School is managed by AIM for SEVA
> > Volunteers. We have also partially financed (and raised funds for)
> > a second, fully operational residential school for indigent kids in a
> > remote village called Mulagunda, Karnataka (also run by AIM) Having
> > visited both places ( and also other AIM centers, hospitals etc) and
> > spent time with the kids, the teachers, and the Management, I am
> > consistently impressed with the quality of these schools and the
> > dedication of the staff- ordinary local folk dedicated to making
> > their communities better. And the kids have the glowing health,
> > academic record and confidence that is the ultimate proof of the fact
> > that our Money has been well spent.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
>
>

re-using plastic bottles

Many are unaware of poisoning caused by re-using plastic bottles. Some  of
 you may be in the habit of using and reusing your disposable mineral water
 bottles (e.g. Nestle, Bisleri, Aquafina, Kinley, Evian,etc...), keeping
them
 in your car or at work. Not a good idea. It happened in Dubai, when  a 12
 years old girl died after a long usage(16months) of SAFA mineral water
 bottle, she used to carry the same fancy (painted by herself) bottle to
her
 school daily. In a nutshell, the plastic (called polyethylene
  terephthalate or PET) used in these bottles contains a potentially
 carcinogenic element (something called Diethyl-hydroxylamine or DEHA).  The
 bottles are safe for one-time use only; if you must keep them longer, it
 should be or no more than a few days, week max, and keep them away from
 heat as Well. Repeated washing and rinsing can cause the plastic to
 break down and the carcinogens (cancer-causing chemical agents) can leak
 into the water that YOU are drinking. Better to invest in water bottles
that
 are really meant for multiple uses.This is not something we should be
 scrimping on. Those of you with family- do please advise them, especially
 children. This is a special warning for families in India who hang on to
 these disposable bottles and use them for cold water in their fridges  for
 ages. When a bottle looks a bit yellow- please get rid of it as a
 precaution.

Re: Famous quote

 

"I think laughter is very imperative. And that's the important part of my life, of making people laugh so they can forget their problems. A good laugh is better than anything."  http://saleemindia.blogspot.com  "

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From: saleem

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Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 9:44 AM

Subject: Famous quote

 

"I think laughter is very imperative. And that's the important part of my life, of making people laugh so they can forget their problems. A good laugh is better than anything."  http://saleemindia.blogspot.com  "

 

Famous quote

"Between You and God"

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you. Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the end, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway.
--Mother Teresa

SUNDAY JOKES

james bond

James Bond has a peculiar style of introducing himself by calling first Bond, then followed by great smile & finally James Bond. His style is absolutely killing but he doesn't know the consequences till he meets our great Hyderabad guy.



When Bond meets a Hyderabad guy......



James Bond: "My name's Bond...(smiles and then says)....James Bond."



James Bond: And you?



Telugu Guy: I am Sai...



Venkata Sai...



Siva Venkata Sai...



Laxminarayana SivaVenkata Sai....



Srinivasulu Laxminarayana Siva VenkataSai...



Rajasekhara Srinivasulu Laxminarayana Siva VenkataSai.....



Sitaramanjaneyulu Rajasekhara Srinivasulu Laxminarayana SivaVenkata Sai....



Bommiraju Sitaramanjaneyulu Rajasekhara SrinivasuluLaxminarayana Siva Venkata Sai.....



James Bond faints!!!

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One Early morning a mother went to her sleeping son and woke him up.
MOM : "Wake up, son. It's time to go to school."
SON : "But why, Mama? I don't want to go to school."
MOM : "Give me two reasons why you don't want to go to school."
SON : "One, all the children hate me. Two, all the teachers hate
me."
MOM : "Oh! that's not a reason. Come on, you have to go to school."
SON : "Give me two good reasons WHY I *should* go to school?"
MOM : "One, you are FIFTY-TWO years old and should understand your
responsibilities. Two, you are the PRINCIPAL of the school.

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Doctor: your husband needs rest and peace. Here are some sleeping
pills.
Wife: When must I give them to him?
Doctor: They are for you.

*****
Sardar's wish :when i die,i wana die lik my
grandpa who died peacefuly
in his sleep not screamin like all d passengers
in d car he was driving..
> >
Sardar at an Art Gallery: I suppose this horrible
looking thing is what
you call modern art ?
Art dealer: I beg your pardon sir, thats a
mirror! ( hahahahahah )
> >
> >
Flash news: A 2 seater plane crashed in a
graveyard in punjab . Local
sardars have so far found 500 bodies and are
still digging for more..
> >
A man asked sardarji, why Manmohan singh goes
walking at evening not in
the morning.
Sardarji replied ''Arey bhai Manmohan is PM not
AM''.

> >
Sardar visits Chinese friend dying in hospital.
Man says CHIN YU YAN n dies.
Srdr goes2 china 2 find meaning of friends last
words.
It is 'U R STANDNG ON D OXGN TUBE!"
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A girl went to a swimming pool in a BRA & PANTY.
Coach : Mam, here two piece costume is not allowed.
Girl : Kaun sa Utaroon? !!!

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One day a man goes to bank for withdrawing cash.
Lady cashier asked: So so ke loge?
Man replied: Khade khade bhi chalega.

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A Girl lodging a FIR report against the Rapist
Girl : Inspector saab,

char mein ek ne mere breast pakde,
ek ne meri gand mari,
ek ne choda,
ek ne chooma.
Inspector : Bus kar, FIR likha rahi hai....
Ya land khada kar rahi hai.

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A lady lost 3 panties in her house.
She asked her husband but he didn't know.
Husband asked maid.
Maid replied: Saab, aapko to maloom hai mai aandar
kuchh nahi pahanti.

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Man went to a bakery & asks
MAN : Abe pau hai kya?
BAKERYWALA : To kya madarchod, lund pe khada hu kya?

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A Lady dashes a man while getting in the bus ...
Man : Apne santre sambhaliye ma'm, they disturb me.
Lady : (Angrily) Tumko kya, santre mere hai na.
Man : Haan par juice to mera nikal raha hai.
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Saas aur bahu me hamesha anban kyo?
Kyonki jis ladke ki underwear saas ne 25 saal sambhali
Who bahu ne 2 minute me utari.
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Teacher: Kya cheez muh mein nahin leni chahiye.
Student: Jalta hua bulb
Teacher: Why ?
Student: kal raat ko mummy papa se keh rdhi thi "Bulb
bujha do to muh mein loongi"

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Sardar : How u got pregnant without me?
Wife : I was praying ur ID photo daily.
Sardar : Chutiya banati hai, photo to passport size ka
hai, samaan kahan hai?
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Sardar with big tummy go for walk in lungi.
One girl jokingly ask : Ye matka kitne ka?
He lift lungi & says : Nul ke saath 450 ka.
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A sardar havin sex with his wife when his condom went
in.
wife asked: Ab kya hoga?
Sardar: kuchh nahi, bachcha pagdi ke saath aaega.
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Sardar : Maine ladka maanga tha ladki kaise ho gayi?
Sardarni : Tumhare bharose rahati to ye bhi nahi hoti.

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A sardar gave 36 roses to his GF, who thrilled,
undresses lies down spreads her legs & says: "This is
for the roses."
Sardar: "Why, cant you find a vase."

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A crow shits on a sardar, sardarni hands over tissue
to sardarji.
Sardar says: Ab kiski gaand ponchhu, kawwa to udd
gaya.
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Sardar : Lets try something different. Do it in ears.
Sardarni : Hohji, main behra ho gayi to?
Sardar : Aaj tak goongi hui kya?

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(A man visits his doctor and.....)
Man : Doc, mera khada nahi hota hai.
Doctor : do u have girlfriend?
Man : No
Doctor : Do u visit pros?
Man : No
Doctor : Do u go for mujra?
Man : No
Doctor : To khada karke uspar kya coat taangega?

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*****

At weddings old aunts usd to tease me saying "You are next, you are
next."
But they stoppd it since I started doin the same to them at
funerals...!!

*****

Jeeto was about to give birth to a baby.
Santa: If it looks like you, it would be great.
Jeeto: If it looks like you, it would be a miracle.

*****

Will you love me after marriage also?
This depends on your husband, if he allows me.

*****
morning dialogue:
Banta, "Honey, you know when I shave in the morning I feel 10 years
younger."
Preeto, "But can you shave in the evening then?"

*****

Beware of Indian moms

A Mom comes to visit her son Kumar for dinner.....who lives with a girl
roommate Sunita.
During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how
pretty Kumar's, roommate was.
She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and
this
had only made her more curious. Over the course of the evening, while
watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more
between Kumar and his roommate than met the eye.
Reading his
mom's thoughts, Kumar volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking,
but I assure you, Sunita and I are just roommates."

About a week later, Sunita came to Kumar saying, "Ever since your
mother
came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver chutney jar. You
don't suppose she took it, do you?"
Kumar said ,"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure."

So he sat down and wrote :
Dear Mother:
I'm not saying that you 'did' take the chutney jar from my house, I'm
not saying that you 'did not' take the chutney jar. But the fact
remains
that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.

Love, Kumar

Several days later, Kumar received an email from his Mother which read
Dear Son:
I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Sunita, and I'm not saying that
you do not' sleep with Sunita. But the fact remains that if she was
sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the chutney jar by now
under the pillow...

Love,
Mom.

Lesson of the day: Don't Lie to Your
Mother...........especially if
she is Indian !
----payal

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Brought it on Yourself

"If there are any idiots in the room, will they please standup?" said the sarcastic teacher. After a long silence, onefreshman rose to his feet."Now then mister, why do you consider yourself an idiot?"enquired the teacher with a sneer."Well, actually I don't," said the student, "but I hate to seeyou standing up there all by yourself."
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Idiots

One day a man was walking in the street. He met another man who asked him what happened to his ears as both were covered with bandages. He said "I was ironing my clothes when the phone bell rang. Instead of picking up the phone, I picked up the iron, and so I burnt my ears". The man asked, "So what happened to your other ear?" He said, " That same stupid guy called again!

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Fishing?

This guy had an awful day fishing on the lake,
sitting in the blazing
sun all day without catching a single one. On his
way home, he stopped
at the supermarket and ordered four catfish.

He told the fish salesman, "Pick four large ones
out and throw them at
me, will you?"

"Why do you want me to throw them at you?"

"Because I want to tell my wife that I caught
them."

"Okay, but I suggest that you take the orange
roughy."

"But why?"

"Because your wife came in earlier today and said
that if you came by, I
should tell you to take orange roughy. She
prefers that for supper tonight."

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PUNISHMENT
A young female teacher was giving an assignment to her Grade
6 class one day. It was a large assignment so she started
writing high up on the chalkboard. Suddenly there was a giggle
from one of the boys in the class.
She quickly turned and asked, "What's so funny Pat?"
"Well teacher, I just saw one of your garters."
"Get out of my classroom," she yells, "I don't want to see you
for three days."
The teacher turns back to the chalkboard. Realising she had
forgotten to title the assignment; she reaches to the very top
of the chalkboard. Suddenly there is an even louder giggle from
another male student. She quickly turns and asks, "What's so
funny Billy?"
"Well miss, I just saw both of your garters."
Again she yells, "Get out of my classroom!" This time the
punishment is more severe, "I don't want to see you for three
weeks."
Embarrassed and frustrated, she drops the eraser when she turns
around again. So she bends over to pick it up. This time there
is an burst of laughter from another male student. She quickly
turns to see Little Johnny leaving the classroom.
"Where do you think you are going?" she asks.
"Well teacher, from what I just saw, my school days are over."
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Sign

There was a farmer who raised watermelons. He was disturbed by some local kids who would sneak into his watermelon patch at night and eat watermelons. After some careful thought he came up with a clever idea that he thought would scare the kids away for sure. So he made up the sign and posted it in the field. The next day the kids show up and they see this sign, it says "Warning!! One of the watermelons in this field has been injected with cyanide."
So the kids run off, make up their own sign and post it next to the sign that the farmer made. The farmer shows up the next week and when he looks over the field he notices that no watermelons are missing but he notices a new sign next to his. He drives up to the sign which read: "Now there are two".

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do pls keep writting to us

baity,

you are back after a long time. thoroughly enjoyed your joke.

have you visited my blog at"  http://saleemindia.blogspot.com  ". what do you think about co-blogging . you write so well. you can definitely make alot of diffrence to others life. a lot of people visits my blog. today i saw with amagement that 1727 visitors visited my blog.in diffrent phases of my life i faced diffrent problems and i tried to solve those problems. whatever way i reacted i just posted on the blog. thats all.

do pls keep writting to us. junmoni and me, we both go through your letters...infact all the letters, all the jokes , everything ...

bye.

---saleem 

----- Original Message -----

From: JEBEEN@aol.com

To: JEBEEN@aol.com

Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:24 AM

Subject: 1/7/05 Pizza anyone?

This is so close to what is probably going to be happening in 2008 that we're not sure how funny this really is...

 

 

      Operator: Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your national

      ID number?

      Customer: Hi, I'd like to place an order.

      Operator: I must have your NIDN first, sir.

      Customer: My National ID Number, yeah, hold on, eh, it's

      6102049998-45-54610.

      Operator: Thank you Mr Sheehan. I see you live at 1742 Meadowland

      Drive, and the phone number is 494-2366. Your office number over at

      Lincoln Insurance is 745-2302 and your cellphone number is 031

      266-2566. Email addresses are

      sea2fd.sea2@hotmail and sheehan@home.net. Which number are you

      calling from sir?

      Customer: Huh? I'm at home. Where'd you get all this information?

      Operator: We're wired into the HSS, sir.

      Customer: The HSS, what is that?

      Operator: We're wired into the Homeland Security System, sir. This

      will add only 15 seconds to your ordering time.

      Customer: (sighs) Oh well, I'd like to order a couple of your

      All-Meat Special pizzas.

      Operator: I don't think that's a good idea, sir.

      Customer: Whaddya mean?

      Operator: Sir, your medical records and commode sensors indicate that

      you've got very high blood pressure and extremely high cholesterol.

      Your National Health Care provider won't allow such an unhealthy

      choice.

      Customer: What?!?! What do you recommend, then?

      Operator: You might try our low-fat Soybean Pizza. I'm sure you'll

      like it.

      Customer: What makes you think I'd like something like that?

      Operator: Well, you checked out 'Gourmet SoybeanRecipes' from your

      local library last week, sir. That's why I made the suggestion.

      Customer: All right, all right. Give me two family-sized ones, then.

      Operator: That should be plenty for you, your wife and your four

      kids, and your 2 dogs can finish the crusts, sir. Your total is

      $49.99.

      Customer: Lemme give you my credit card number.

      Operator: I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid you'll have to pay in cash.

      Your credit card balance is over its limit.

      Customer: I'll run over to the ATM and get some cash before your

      driver gets here.

      Operator: That won't work either, sir. Your cheque account is

      overdrawn also.

      Customer: Never mind! Just send the pizzas. I'll have the cash ready.

      How long will it take?

      Operator: We're running a little behind, sir. It'll be about 45

      minutes, sir. If you're in a hurry you might want to pick'em up while

      you're out getting the cash, but then, carrying pizzas on a

      motorcycle can be a little awkward.

      Customer: Wait! How do you know I ride a scooter?

      Operator: It says here you're in arrears on your car payments, so

      your car got repo'ed. But your Harley's paid for and you just filled

      the tank yesterday.

      Customer: Well, I'll be a #%#^^&$%^$@#

      Operator: I'd advise watching your language, sir. You've already got

      a July 4, 2003 conviction for swearing at a cop and another one I see

      here in September for contempt at your hearing for swearing at a

      judge. Oh yes, I see here that you just got out from a 90 day stay in

      the State Correctional Facility. Is this your first pizza since your

      return.

      Customer: (speechless)

      Operator: Will there be anything else, sir?

      Customer: Yes, I have a coupon for a free 2 litre of Coke.

      Operator: I'm sorry sir, but our ad's exclusionary clause prevents us

      from offering free soda to diabetics. The New Constitution prohibits

      this. Thank you for calling Pizza Hut

 

Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life

dear baity,

very recently exactly this thing happened to me in real life.and i had a very bad day.thanx a lot for this article.

----saleem

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You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just what happened.  What happens when the next will be determined by how you react.

You curse.  You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over.
She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal
battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt.Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home,When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your
relationship with your spouse and daughter.You had no control over what happened with the
coffee.
  How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused
your bad day.
Here is what could have and should have happened.
  Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to
cry. You gently say, "It's ok honey, you just need, to
be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush
upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your
briefcase, you come back down in time

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"I think laughter is very imperative. And that's the important part of my life, of making people laugh so they can forget their problems. A good laugh is better than anything."  http://saleemindia.blogspot.com  "

----- Original Message -----

From: JEBEEN@aol.com

To: JEBEEN@aol.com

Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 10:33 AM

Subject: 1/6/05

Here is an interesting message for us to read and
think:

The 90/10 Principle

Have you read this before?
Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life
(at least the way you react to situations). What is
this principle?

10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of
life is decided by how you react. What does this mean?
We really have no control over 10% of what happens to
us. We cannot stop the car from breaking
down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws
our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in
traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other
90% is different. You determine the other 90%.

How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red
light., but you can control your reaction. Don't let
people fool you; YOU can control
how you react.

Let's use an example.
You are eating breakfast with your family. Your
daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your
business shirt. You have no control over what just
what happened.  What happens when the next
will be determined by how you react.

You curse.  You harshly scold your daughter for
knocking the cup over.

She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn
to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup
too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal
battle follows. You storm upstairs and change
your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter
has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get
ready for school.
She misses the  bus.
Your spouse must leave immediately for work.

You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school.
Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a
30 mph speed limit. After a 15-minute delay and
throwing $60 traffic fine away,you arrive at
school. Your daughter runs into the building without
saying goodbye.After arriving at the office 20 minutes
late, you find you forgot yourbriefcase. Your day has
started terrible. As it continues, it seems to
get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home,
When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your
relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why
did you have a bad day?
                     A) Did the coffee cause it?
                      B) Did your daughter cause it?
                      C) Did the policeman cause it?
                    D) Did you cause it?

  The answer is " D".
  You had no control over what happened with the
coffee.
  How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused
your bad day.
Here is what could have and should have happened.
  Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to
cry. You gently say, "It's ok honey, you just need, to
be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush
upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your
briefcase, you come back down in time to look
through the window and see your child getting on the
bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early
and cheerfully greet the staff.
Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference?
Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both
ended different.
  Why? Because of how you REACTED.
You really do not have any control over 10% of what
happens. The other 90% was determined by your
reaction.

Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.
If someone says something negative about you, don't be
a sponge.
Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don't
have to let the negative comment affect you! React
properly and it will not ruin your
day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a
friend,
being fired, getting stressed out etc.

  How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic?
  Do you lose your temper?
  Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had
the steering wheel fall off)
  Do you curse?
  Does your blood pressure skyrocket?
Do you try and bump them?
WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why
let the cars ruin your drive?
Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about
it.

You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep and get
irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy
and time into finding another job.

The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule
for the day. Why take out your frustration on the
flight attendant? She has no control over what is
going on. Use your time to study,get to know the other
passenger.

Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.
Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you
will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing
if you try it.

The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and
apply this principle. The result? Millions of people
are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems
and heartache.

We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle.

  It CAN change your life***!!!!!!!

BEST 100 BOOKS OF THIS CENTURY

THE LIST:

1. The Second World War, Winston S. Churchill
Brookhiser: "The big story of the century, told by its major hero."

Vol. 1, The Gathering Storm
Vol. 2, Their Finest Hour
Vol. 3, The Grand Alliance
Vol. 4, The Hinge of Fate
Vol. 5, Closing the Ring
Vol. 6, Triumph and Tragedy
2. The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Neuhaus: "Marked the absolute final turning point beyond which nobody could deny the evil of the Evil Empire."

3. Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell
Herman: "Orwell's masterpiece-far superior to Animal Farm and 1984. No education in the meaning of the 20th century is complete without it."

4. The Road to Serfdom, F. A. von Hayek
Helprin: "Shatters the myth that the totalitarianisms 'of the Left' and 'of the Right' stem from differing impulses."

5. Collected Essays, George Orwell
King: "Every conservative's favorite liberal and every liberal's favorite conservative. This book has no enemies."

6. The Open Society and Its Enemies, Karl Popper
Herman: "The best work on political philosophy in the 20th century. Exposes totalitarianism's roots in Plato, Hegel, and Marx."

7. The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis
Brookhiser: "How modern philosophies drain meaning and the sacred from our lives."

8. Revolt of the Masses, José Ortega y Gasset
Gilder: "Prophesied the 20th century's debauchery of democracy and science, the barbarism of the specialist, and the inevitable fatuity of public opinion. Explained the genius of capitalist elites."

9. The Constitution of Liberty, F. A. von Hayek
O'Sullivan: "A great re-statement for this century of classical liberalism by its greatest modern exponent."

10. Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman


11. Modern Times, Paul Johnson
Herman: "Huge impact outside the academy, dreaded and ignored inside it."

12. Rationalism in Politics, Michael Oakeshott
Herman: "Oakeshott is the 20th century's Edmund Burke."

13. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, Joseph A. Schumpeter
Caldwell: "Locus classicus for the observation that democratic capitalism undermines itself through its very success."

14. Economy and Society, Max Weber
Lind: "Weber made permanent contributions to the understanding of society with his discussions of comparative religion, bureaucracy, charisma, and the distinctions among status, class, and party."

15. The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt
Caldwell: "Through Nazism and Stalinism, looks at almost every pernicious trend in the last century's politics with stunning subtlety."

16. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Rebecca West
Kelly: "For its writing, not for its historical accuracy."

17. Sociobiology, Edward O. Wilson
Lind: "Darwin put humanity in its proper place in the animal kingdom. Wilson put human society there, too."

18. Centissimus Annus, Pope John Paul II


19. The Pursuit of the Millennium, Norman Cohn
Neuhaus: "The authoritative refutation of utopianism of the left, right, and points undetermined."

20. The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Helprin: "An innocent's account of the greatest evil imaginable. The most powerful book of the century. Others may not agree. No matter, I cast my lot with this child."
Caldwell: "If one didn't know her fate, one might read it as the reflections of any girl. That one does know her fate makes this as close to a holy book as the century produced."

21. The Great Terror, Robert Conquest
Herman: "Documented for the first time the real record of Stalinism in the Soviet Union. A genuine monument of historical research and reconstruction, a true epic of evil."

22. Chronicles of Wasted Time, Malcolm Muggeridge
Gilder: "The best autobiography, Christian confession, and historic meditation of the century."

23. Relativity, Albert Einstein
Lind: "The most important physicist since Newton."

24. Witness, Whittaker Chambers
Caldwell: "Confession, history, potboiler-by a man who writes like the literary giant we would know him as, had not Communism got him first."

25. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas S. Kuhn


26. Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis
Neuhaus: "The most influential book of the most influential Christian apologist of the century."

27. The Quest for Community, Robert Nisbet


28. Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed.
Helprin: "The infinite riches of the world, presented with elegance, confidence, and economy."

29. Up in the Old Hotel, Joseph Mitchell


30. The Everlasting Man, G. K. Chesterton
Lukacs: "A great carillonade of Christian verities."

31. Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton
O'Sullivan: "How to look at the Christian tradition with fresh eyes."

32. The Liberal Imagination, Lionel Trilling
Hart: "The popular form of liberalism tends to simplify and caricature when it attempts moral aspiration-that is, it tends to 'Stalinism.'"

33. The Double Helix, James D. Watson
Herman: "Deeply hated by feminists because Watson dares to suggest that the male-female distinction originated in nature, in the DNA code itself."

34. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Richard Phillips Feynman
Gelernter: "Outside of art (or maybe not), physics is mankind's most beautiful achievement; these three volumes are probably the most beautiful ever written about physics."

35. Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, Tom Wolfe
O'Sullivan: "Wolfe is our Juvenal."

36. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, Albert Camus


37. The Unheavenly City, Edward C. Banfield
Neuhaus: "The volume that began the debunking of New Deal socialism and its public-policy consequences."

38. The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud


39. The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs


40. The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama


41. Joy of Cooking, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker


42. The Age of Reform, Richard Hofstadter
Herman: "The single best book on American history in this century, bar none."

43. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, John Maynard Keynes
Hart: "Influential in suggesting that the business cycle can be modified by government investment and manipulation of tax rates."

44. God & Man at Yale, William F. Buckley Jr.
Gilder: "Still correct and prophetic. It defines the conservative revolt against socialism and atheism on campus and in the culture, and reconciles the alleged conflict between capitalist and religious conservatives."

45. Selected Essays, T. S. Eliot
Hart: "Shaped the literary taste of the mid-century."

46. Ideas Have Consequences, Richard M. Weaver


47. The Economy of Cities, Jane Jacobs


48. The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom


49. Ethnic America, Thomas Sowell


50. An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal


An American Dilemma, Vol. 1
An American Dilemma, Vol. 2

51. Three Case Histories, Sigmund Freud
Gelernter: "Beyond question Freud is history's most important philosopher of the mind, and he ranks alongside Eliot as the century's greatest literary critic. Modern intellectual life (left, right, and in-between) would be unthinkable without him."

52. The Struggle for Europe, Chester Wilmot


53. Main Currents in American Thought, Vernon Louis Parrington
King: "An immensely readable history of ideas and men. (Skip the fragmentary third volume-he died before finishing it.)"

54. The Waning of the Middle Ages, Johann Huzinga
Lukacs: "Probably the finest historian who lived in this century. "

55. Systematic Theology, Wolfhart Pannenberg
Neuhaus: "The best summary and reflection on Christianity's encounter with the Enlightenment project."

Systematic Theology, Vol. 1
Systematic Theology, Vol. 2
Systematic Theology, Vol. 3
56. The Campaign of the Marne, Sewell Tyng
Keegan: "A forgotten American's masterly account of the First World War in the West."

57. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Ludwig Wittgenstein
Hart: "A terse summation of the analytic method of the analytic school in philosophy, and a heroic leap beyond it."

58. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding, Bernard Lonergan
Glendon: "The Thomas Aquinas of the 20th century."

59. Being and Time, Martin Heidegger
Hart: "A seminal thinker, notwithstanding his disgraceful error of equating National Socialism with the experience of 'Being.'"

60. Disraeli, Robert Blake
Keegan: "Political biography as it should be written."

61. Democracy and Leadership, Irving Babbitt
King: "A conservative literary critic describes what happens when humanitarianism over takes humanism."

62. The Elements of Style, William Strunk & E. B. White
A. Thernstrom: "If only every writer would remember just one of Strunk & White's wonderful injunctions: 'Omit needless words.' Omit needless words."

63. The Machiavellians, James Burnham
O'Sullivan: "Burnham is the greatest political analyst of our century and this is his best book."

64. Reflections of a Russian Statesman, Konstantin P. Pobedonostsev
King: "The 'culture war' as seen by the tutor to the last two czars. A Russian Pat Buchanan."

65. The Hedgehog and the Fox, Isaiah Berlin


66. Roll, Jordan, Roll, Eugene D. Genovese
Neuhaus: "The best account of American slavery and the moral and cultural forces that undid it."

67. The ABC of Reading, Ezra Pound
Brookhiser: "An epitome of the aging aesthetic movement that will be forever known as modernism."

68. The Second World War, John Keegan
Hart: "A masterly history in a single volume."

69. The Making of Homeric Verse, Milman Parry
Lind: "Genuine discoveries in literary study are rare. Parry's discovery of the oral formulaic basis of the Homeric epics, the founding texts of Western literature, was one of them."

70. The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling, Angus Wilson
Keegan: "A life of a great author told through the transmutation of his experience into fictional form."

71. Scrutiny, F. R. Leavis
Hart: "Enormously important in education, especially in England. Leavis understood what one kind of 'living English' is."

72. The Edge of the Sword, Charles de Gaulle
Brookhiser: "A lesser figure than Churchill, but more philosophical (and hence, more problematic)."

73. R. E. Lee, Douglas Southall Freeman
Conquest: "The finest work on the Civil War."

74. Bureaucracy, Ludwig von Mises


75. The Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton
Neuhaus: "A classic conversion story of a modern urban sophisticate."

76. Balzac, Stefan Zweig
King: "On the joys of working one's self to death. The chapter 'Black Coffee' is a masterpiece of imaginative reconstruction."

77. The Good Society, Walter Lippmann
Gilder: "Written during the Great Depression. A corruscating defense of the morality of capitalism."

78. Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Lind: "For all the excesses of the environmental movement, the realization that human technology can permanently damage the earth's environment marked a great advance in civilization. Carson's book, more than any other, publicized this message."

79. The Christian Tradition, Jaroslav Pelikan
Neuhaus: "The century's most comprehensive account of Christian teaching from the second century on."

80. Strange Defeat, Marc Bloch
Herman: "A great historian's personal account of the fall of France in 1940."

81. Looking Back, Norman Douglas
Conquest: "Fascinating memoirs of a remarkable writer."

82. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, Henry Adams


83. Poetry and the Age, Randall Jarrell
Caldwell: "The book for showing how 20th- century poets think, what their poetry does, and why it matters."

84. Love in the Western World, Denis de Rougemont
Brookhiser: "What has become of eros over the last seven centuries."

85. The Conservative Mind, Russell Kirk


86. Wealth and Poverty, George Gilder


87. Battle Cry of Freedom, James M. McPherson


88. Henry James, Leon Edel
King: "All the James you want without having to read him."

89. Essays of E. B. White, E. B. White
Gelernter: "White is the apotheosis of the American liberal now spurned and detested by the Left (and the cultural mainstream). His mesmerized devotion to the objects of his affection-his family, the female sex, his farm, the English language, Manhattan, the sea, America, Maine, and freedom, in descending order-is movingly absolute."

90. Speak, Memory, Vladimir Nabokov


91. The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe


92. Darwin's Black Box, Michael J. Behe
Gilder: "Overthrows Darwin at the end of the 20th century in the same way that quantum theory overthrew Newton at the beginning."

93. The Civil War, Shelby Foote


94. The Way the World Works, Jude Wanniski
Gilder: "The best book on economics. Shows fatuity of still-dominant demand-side model, with its silly preoccupation with accounting trivia, like the federal budget and trade balance and savings rates, in an economy with $40 trillion or so in assets that rise and fall weekly by trillions."

95. To the Finland Station, Edmund Wilson
Herman: "The best single book on Karl Marx and Marx's place in modern history."

96. Civilisation, Kenneth Clark


97. The Russian Revolution, Richard Pipes


98. The Idea of History, R. G. Collingwood


99. The Last Lion, William Manchester


Last Lion: William Spencer Churchill: Vol. 1 Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
Last Lion: William Spencer Churchill: Vol. 2 Alone, 1932-1940
100. The Starr Report, Kenneth W. Starr
Hart: "A study in human depravity."

santa in a bar

Santa is sitting at a bar having a few drinks when he notices a very attractive lady sit down at the other end of the bar and order a drink.

Santa calls the bartender over and says, "Whatever she is drinking give her another one and tell her it is on me."

The bartender replies, "I don't think you want to do that."

"What do you mean?" yells Santa, "Send her the drink!"

"O.K." the bartender replies, "but I don't think it is a good idea."

"And why not?" asks Santa.

The bartender leans over the bar and very softly says, "Because she's a lesbian."

"I don't care, send her the drink." says Santa

So after the lady gets her drink Santa very casually strolls down to the other end of the bar and sits down next to her and says, "So what part of Lesbia are you from

SCOPE OF WORK IN MAINTENANCE OF WATER WORKS

Annexture – I

Scope of work:

Normal scope of work :

1. The plant will be manned by our operators, 1 nos and 1 helper in each shift of 8 hours,1 chemist cum superviser, 1 plumber, 1 electrician. Work schedule of the unit operators are if already available, you will provide us with the same.

.2. All minor maintanance work will be done by us. But any replacement of the machinery to be carried out by you or the charge will be borne by you..

3. Electricity to the plant will be supplied by you .Hours of avalability of power,break downs, and upset conditions etc will be notified by you well in advance.Log book of power meter will be maintained by us.
4. Supply of diesel to the generator set will be provided by you.Any repair to the DG set will be done by you. Records will be maintained
5. The required chemicals will be supplied by you.Jar test for optimum alum dosing will be done.
6. Auto dosers for alum will be set from time to time depending upon the needs.
7. Daily Inhouse testing of the water will be done by our chemist to check the efficiency of the Treatment Plant. Complete record of bacteriological and chemical analysis of water at inlet and outlet point of the works will be maintained by us. Charts will be prepared for important parameters and any change compared to standards must be taken note of.But all outside/official testing charges as and when required will be borne by you.
8. You have to provide all the drawings and O&M manual of each of the components of the works.
9. Any spare required for replacement should be made available by you at any time for the maintenance. We can provide you with a preventive maintenance report for the purpose.
10. Chart for inspection of machinery and lubricating schedule will be maintained by us.

Other works done by us on regular basis will be----

1.SCREEN:

Hand cleaned screens should be cleaned as often as required to prevent backing up of water in the inlet mains.Daily record of operation should be maintained to show frequency of cleaning.

If any mechanical part is there in the screen , oiling and greasing is to be done.

2.FLASH MIXER:

Daily record of chemical dosing by auto dosers should be maintained .

3. AERATION TANK:

In the aeration tank the following tanks are to be strictly monitored for efficient functioning of the system

i) Rate of flow of water .ii) Air supply by cascading. This is monitored by checking DO level .Min DO should be 1 ppm.iii) Maintain records

5.CLARIFIER TANK:

i) Sludge: Sludge removal should be sufficiently frequent .Continuous removal reduces floating scum and results in a thick sludge.Chokagaes in the sludge line is to be observed regularly.

The mechanical sludge scrapper should be run continuously or at a predetermined intervals as designed.The wheel of the scrapper is to be replaced immediately if worn out.

ii)Algae and other solids, oil ,grease etc are to be regularly atleast once a week to be removed by brushing and hosing them without disturbing the tank contents. Inlet and out let channels should be kept clean atleast once a week.Paint regularly to avoid corrosion.

iv) Keep records of cleaning

6. Rapid Gravity Filter :

It requires regular backwash. Otherwise problems like air binding, incrustation of media etc. Backwash should be done at the designed pressure, not at low pressure for a long duration as is done as shortcut method.The time and duration of backwsh is depended upon the turbidity of wasted water. You should provide us with the backwash manual given to you by the consultant.

7.POLISHING TANK:

The dosing of Sodium hypo chlorite is to be monitored and adjusted properly.Residual chlorine is measured.Maintain records.

 

8. MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS:

i) Lubricating schedule

ii) Cleaning and painting schedules

iii)Prompt detection of Leaks and wear and tears and remedial measures

iv) All pumps including standby are to be operated in rotation to avoid unneccesary overlaod in a single pump. Bearings, motors and electrical control equipments are to be inspected for any overheating

 

9. Safety in the plant:

i) All workers should be compelled to observe personal hygiene such as washing after work as well as washing before taking food.

ii) Immediate first aid for any cuts or burns.

10. Establishment of inhouse laboratory:

It is very important to have an inhouse testing lab . Only then the different parameters can be regularly tested and proper functioning of the plant can be gauranteed. We have our own analyst to do the testing works if you have a lab. If you do not have the lab , we can help you to set it up.

 

Annexture- II

Contract value

The monthly contract value for the above job shall be Rs. _____ Payments will be made on the 7th day of each month by cheque.

Termination clause :

In the event of termination of the contract from either side , one month notice is to be served .

Please sign this contract as token of your acceptance.

Thanking You

for SYED ENVO PROTECT (I) PVT LTD

 

(SALEEM ASRAF)

Director

today joke--GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY

cell phones

I just barely dropped trousers&sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall
saying:
"Hi, how are you?"

I'm not the type to start a conversation in the restroom, but I
answered, somewhat embarrassed,
"Doin! just fine!"

And the other person says:
"So what are you up to?"

What!, kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is too
bizarre so I say:
"Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling!"

At this point, I am just trying to get out as fast as I can, when I hear

"Can I come over?"

Ok!!, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just
be polite and end the conversation. I say
"No!!........I'm a little busy right now!!!"

Then I hear the person say nervously...
"Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other
stall who keeps answering all my questions!!!",

Cell Phones, aren't they great!!
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The Test

Three men who were lost in the forest were captured bycannibals. The cannibal king told the prisoners that they couldlive if they pass a trial. The first step of the trial was to goto the forest and get ten pieces of the same kind of fruit. Soall three men went separate ways to gather fruits.The first one came back and said to the king, "I brought tenapples." The king then explained the trial to him. "You have toshove the fruits up your butt without any expression on yourface or you'll be eaten."The first apple went in... but on the second one he winced outin pain, so he was killed.The second one arrived and showed the king ten berries. When theking explained the trial to him he thought to himself that thisshould be easy. 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8... and on theninth berry he burst out in laughter and was killed.The first guy and the second guy met in heaven. The first oneasked, "Why did you laugh, you almost got away with it?" Thesecond one replied, "I couldn't help it, I saw the
third guycoming with pineapples."
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Earthquake survival -TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

THE NORTH EAST REGION OF INDIA SPECIFICALLY ASSAM IS SITTING PRETTY OVER A LONG DUE EARTHQUACK. THE LAST ONE HAPPENED IN 1950s before i was born..

 

----- Original Message -----

From: shakil

To: saleem asraf

Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 10:31 AM

Subject: Fw: Earthquake survival -TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

You can go to the tips directly if you want to read this fast. Never know when these tips help you in life !

 very good article.. Please read through this....
 
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE "TRIANGLE OF LIFE", Edited by Larry
Linn for MAA Safety Committee brief on 4/13/04.

My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.

I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.
             
In 1996 we made a film which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul, University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did "duck and cover," and ten mannequins I used in my "triangle of life" survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover. There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the "triangle of life." This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA, Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.

The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under their desk. Every child
was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something.

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space
or void next to them. This space is what I call the "triangle of life". The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the
object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time
you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building. They are everywhere.

TEN TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

1) Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers" WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.

2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You
can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to
it.

3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.

4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a
much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.

5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.

6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!

7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different "moment of frequency" (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by
fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest  of the building is not damaged.

8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible   - It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the
interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked;

9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.

10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.

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Television or tele'violence'?

 

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:53 PM

Subject: Television or tele'violence'?

Television or tele'violence'?

 

Many of us complain that there no time for doing many things that we want to do in our life. It is not as though we do not have the time to do it, but our available time was not utilised for that purpose. During the day, our time is used on various activities, some useful and some others not so useful.  Knowingly or unknowingly, we waste our time.

 

One of the major time wasters is Television viewing. Even though TV is one of the very useful technological inventions of modern times, the misuse of this medium is also very much a reality. Much of what we view is not going to be useful to us in our life. Think about the amount of violence and crimes that are shown on the TV and consider whether there is any need to view them at all in our life.

 

If you critically analyse the contents of the television programme and evaluate the material quality, you will realise how much emotional violence is depicted in the same. Consider the commercials on alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, the news items on corruption and other forms of mental violence. For the next one week sincerely log the number of minutes you spend on television viewing and calculate how many man hours per month and hence per year you have spent your valuable time during the past five years. You will be amazed and stunned about the figure.

 

Lot of discretion is required to decide which programme you are going to watch and for how long. Find out why you are tempted to watch the television. Perhaps the positioning of the TV has to be changed. Or you may have to use a timer to remind you that the time you have allotted for television viewing is over. You could also write a small sticker with and attractive slogan and fix it on the TV screen to remind you about your new resolution of restraint. Perhaps you can make a public declaration on your 'war against television viewing!

 

Let me quote Sidney J. Harris:

 

" My objection to television is not merely that the quality of programmes is depressingly low; it is also that the screen exercises a hypnotic effect on the majority of watchers. It is a terrible slavery of the mind- and, as Aristotle warned us a long time ago.' The worst thing about slavery is that eventually the slaves get to like it' ".

 

Try and do something at least from to day?

 

N C Sridharan

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:49 PM

Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

"Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!"

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Television or tele'violence'?

Television or tele'violence'?

 

Many of us complain that there no time for doing many things that we want to do in our life. It is not as though we do not have the time to do it, but our available time was not utilised for that purpose. During the day, our time is used on various activities, some useful and some others not so useful.  Knowingly or unknowingly, we waste our time.

 

One of the major time wasters is Television viewing. Even though TV is one of the very useful technological inventions of modern times, the misuse of this medium is also very much a reality. Much of what we view is not going to be useful to us in our life. Think about the amount of violence and crimes that are shown on the TV and consider whether there is any need to view them at all in our life.

 

If you critically analyse the contents of the television programme and evaluate the material quality, you will realise how much emotional violence is depicted in the same. Consider the commercials on alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, the news items on corruption and other forms of mental violence. For the next one week sincerely log the number of minutes you spend on television viewing and calculate how many man hours per month and hence per year you have spent your valuable time during the past five years. You will be amazed and stunned about the figure.

 

Lot of discretion is required to decide which programme you are going to watch and for how long. Find out why you are tempted to watch the television. Perhaps the positioning of the TV has to be changed. Or you may have to use a timer to remind you that the time you have allotted for television viewing is over. You could also write a small sticker with and attractive slogan and fix it on the TV screen to remind you about your new resolution of restraint. Perhaps you can make a public declaration on your 'war against television viewing!

 

Let me quote Sidney J. Harris:

 

" My objection to television is not merely that the quality of programmes is depressingly low; it is also that the screen exercises a hypnotic effect on the majority of watchers. It is a terrible slavery of the mind- and, as Aristotle warned us a long time ago.' The worst thing about slavery is that eventually the slaves get to like it' ".

 

Try and do something at least from to day?

 

N C Sridharan

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

"Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!"

HAPPY NEW YEAR