June 2009
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Can raising goats help you find a dream life?
With so many folks entrapped in the chains of modern living, they always at least dreaming to escape the rat race. But here is a story of a professor cum writer, along with his wife, did actally jump off the wheel, with a little help from his goat herd raised in his barn in rural Vermont, USA. Goat milk and goat cheese sold helped them make ends meet. Also, his book - Goat Song - the author...
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The compulsion to be rich with power and prestige?
In an era where money trumps everything, and in most societies worldwide, one is often measured by richness, and the power and prestige that goes with it. How shallow is this notion that money is happiness, and how distorted is this measurement.
So what is richness then? OSHO says:
“Richness is something else, a begger can be rich, and an emperor can be poor, richness is the quality...
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“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete,...”
– Lao Tzu
If you choose to remain not content, you will be drowned by your own jealousy.
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Om Mani Padme Hum - Tibetan Buddhist Mantra
There is lot of meaning to the chanting of the buddhist mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum”, we often see the Tibetan monks in robes chanting this repeatedly.
Om promotes the virtue of generosity, purifies the pride & bliss within, and falls under the realm of the devas or god.
Ma promotes the virtue of ethics, purifies the jealousy & lust for entertainment within, and falls under...
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Credit Scores 101 - US consumer finance scoring...
In the United States, your credit score is the basis of all consumer finance in determining credit-worthiness. The term credit score usually refers to your FICO score, a number based on a formula developed by the Fair Isaac Corporation. The credit score is a summary of all your credit accounts and payment history. If you’ve got a mortgage, car loan, a Visa or MasterCard, or store branded credit...
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Emotional detachment and indifference in cubicle...
Workplaces are becoming more diverse, with people likely to have widely different habits, preferences and sensitivities. If your job involves sitting in a cubicle which is an open office format, and if your co-workers are getting on your nerves, how do you cope or deal with situation? Do you talk to the person/s about what and why you are irritated? Or you could choose to see inwardly and...
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One billion people hungry worldwide - United...
A record high of 1 billion people throughout the world suffer from hunger, a figure which has increased by 100 million because of the global financial crisis, says the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN). Also, persistently high food prices have also contributed to this hunger crisis. That is nearly 1 hungry out of 7 persons in this world, with world population...
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The King of Good Times in Bad Times?
For Kingfisher Airlines, a premium five-star airline in India, soaring fuel prices and too-rapid expansion contributed to the financial difficulties that have exaberated the problems brought on by the slowing economy. But for Mr. Vijay Mallya, whose business empire under The UB Group, includes United Spirits, India’s largest liquor producer, United Breweries, India’s largest beer producers (the...
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Sahara desert sun rays into CO2-free electricity
According to Spiegel Online, Die Welt, a conservative daily, took a positive view, writing that power from sahara desert solar plants would turn out to be cheaper than power from solar panels installed on German roofs. Under the plan, energy would be gathered mostly using concentrating solar power, a technology that uses mirrors to harness rays from the sun to produce steam and drive turbines...
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The American dream turns sour for immigrants?
Many immigrants started with nothing and built businesses that support them and their extended families and communities. They epitomize the American dream: Work hard and you can build a good life. With customers spending less and banks less willing to loan money, some immigrant entrepreneurs are wondering whether that’s still true?
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Immigration policy aids technology innovation?
The technology industry’s argument is that without a good immigration policy, the United States will struggle to compete on a global basis if it cannot more easily hire foreign-born engineers, who have aided technology innovation.
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Alcohol - Is it good or bad for you?
Studies suggest that alcohol in moderation may promote heart health and even ward off diabetes and dementia. The evidence is so plentiful that some experts consider moderate drinking — about one drink a day for women, about two for men — a central component of a healthy lifestyle. Or, are these studies just crap and even moderate drinking is bad for you?
Read more…and this story that...
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Good Luck, Bad Luck or Fate?
The woman who missed the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 that exploded mid-atlantic killing all aboard, must have thanked her good luck as she was late to the airport. She flew safely back to Paris the next day from Rio de Janeiro. However, call it bad luck, she was killed in car crash, when the car driven by her husband veered across a road in Kufstein, Austria, and swerved into an oncoming...
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“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
– The Dalai Lama
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The Joy of Less and the Pursuit of Happiness
How much do you really need to have a joyfull life? A very relative question indeed.
Read more in this opinion piece….
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Friends without borders
A refreshing video that educates to open young minds from being entangled by borders of all kinds…it is very hard to remove prejudices from older minds, however children are the future generation, who can deliver a world without man-made and mind-made borders…this is the best foreign policy all nations in the world should strive to achieve.
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Mattress money goes to the garbage dump :)
An Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress she said had almost $1 million inside, setting off a frantic search through tons of garbage at a number of landfill sites in Tel Aviv, Israel. Some people belive that Mattress Money is a good form of investment with a good 0.00% return. Yes…nada…zilch return… :)
Or, is this women pulling a fast one, for free fame?
Now the...
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Cancer drug capecitabine can erase fingerprints?
A commonly-used cancer drug capecitabine can make patients’ fingerprints disappear, potentially causing problems for foreign travel. Inflammation and blistering which are side-effects of the drug, may remove or change fingerprint pattern, which is used worldwide to identify any individual uniquely. What are the implications?
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Rainbow frog worshipped in India?
A frog that constantly changes colour is being worshipped as a God in Kerala, India. Hundreds of curious followers flock to Reji Kumar’s home in Thiruvananthapuram every day to pray and ask for miracles from the rainbow frog. The frog was a dazzling white colour when Reji first spotted it. Then it changed to yellow and had gone grey by the time he got it home.
This might sound so crazy to...
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Next time you are walking in a thunderstorm...
Thunderstorms are part of our lives and inevitable that we carry on with our daily routine during these weather conditions. However, a small but significant step might save you from a thunder-bolt strike, the thunderstorm hazard. Stay away from taking shelter from the rain under a tree during a thunderstorm.
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The Fear of Flying Aboard Commercial Jetliners
Many travelers who fly on inter-continetal flights, have at-least had a thought that crosses their mind that they are so dependent on the professional pilots, reputable service of the airline, and the modern technology of the jetliner. But the case of missing Air France Flight 447, that disappered due to suspected storms enroute to Paris on a trans-atlantic flight, is demonstrating...
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Ethical capitalisim is without greed for money?
If the old capitalism is all about money, and the power and wealth that follows money, here is a paradoxical approach by a group of Harvard graduates.
Nearly 20 percent of the graduating class have signed “The M.B.A. Oath,” a voluntary student-led pledge that the goal of a business manager is to “serve the greater good.” It promises that Harvard M.B.A.’s will act responsibly, ethically and...