'Good Morning' Motivation

Morning Motivation

When I woke up this morning lying in bed,

I was asking myself;

What are some of the secrets of success in life?

I found the answer right there, in my very room.

Debt Management - USA model...

It is a slow day in the East Texas town of Madisonville.

It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted.
Times are tough, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich tourist from the East is driving through town.

He enters the only hotel in the sleepy town and lays a hundred dollar bill on the desk stating he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.

As soon as the man walks up the stairs, the hotel proprietor takes the hundred dollar bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.

The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to pay his debt to the pig farmer. The pig farmer then takes the $100 and heads off to pay his debt to the supplier of feed and fuel.

The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has lately had to offer her "services" on credit.

The hooker runs to the hotel and pays off her debt with the $100 to the hotel proprietor, paying for the rooms that she had rented when she brought clients to that establishment.

The hotel proprietor then lays the $100 bill back on the counter so the Rich traveler will not suspect anything.

At that moment the traveler from the East walks back down the stairs, after inspecting the rooms.

He picks up the $100 bill and states that the rooms are not satisfactory...... Pockets the money and walks out the door and leaves town.

No one earned anything. However the whole town is now out of debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today.

If that doesn't scare the hell out of you, then I don't know what will.

...sent by Ronnie D'Souza: Bangalore/India

Oh! The English..... !!

ONLY THE ENGLISH COULD HAVE INVENTED THIS LANGUAGE
We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Then shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!
Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England ..
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends
and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
in which your house can burn up as it burns
down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out,
and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?
AND IF PEOPLE FROM POLAND ARE CALLED POLES THEN PEOPLE FROM HOLLAND SHOULD BE HOLES AND THE GERMANS, GERMS!
(…..sent in by Ronnie D’Souza: 23 May 2009)

Posture-ous

• Never sleep on your stomach (?)
• Pick a mattress that supports you, but is neither too hard nor too soft
• Adjust your car seat or steering wheel so your elbows are always bent at least 30 degrees while you are driving.
• When you stand, make sure your body follows its vertical plumb-lines
• When you sit, shoulders should be aligned vertically over the hips. Do not cross your legs at the thigh.
• Sit symmetrically so there is equal pressure on both hips
• Do not carry a wallet in your back pocket; it will work as a wedge and cause misalignment of your hips and pelvis
• Avoid high-heeled boots and shoes; wear footwear with shock-absorbing rubber soles.

............Health Tips from Dovecot - The Bangalore Club House Journal:May 2009

Indian MADAME TUSSAUDS(?) at Kolhapur.... Amazing !!!

Got this one on the email circuit........

Mind Blowing !!
Indian MADAME TUSSAUDS at Kolhapur.... Amazing !!!
Unlike at Madame Tussauds, that most of these statues are in the outdoors and exposed to vagaries of nature, makes it all the more amazing and mind blowing!

"Mera Bharat Mahaan!"

Siddhagiri Museum Kolhapur
… it's on the outskirts of Kolhapur on the way to Belgaum
..worth seeing…. all statues are made out of wax.

Comments:

Monika Sharma 01 May 2009
simply amazing and cute! This country offers so much, I wish its own people would know more about and learn to value what they have got.

Ramesh A. Vaswani 01 May 2009
This museum should find mention by the Ministry of Tourism in their Incredible India campaign and suitable facilities worked out for tourists to access the museum.

Nisha Maria Peres: 01 May 2009
Really awesome!! Thanks for sharing... and these are people worth seeing in immortalised wax forms

Ulrike Straka: Algiers: 03 May 2009

this is to remember India how it was, in a few years time!

i hope some of the good things stay. although i know that what seems beautiful and idyllic to me is in many cases not a situation that people want to have forever (no electricity, hard work on the fields).

Bloody noise, kill it…!

By Maxwell Pereira
mfjpkamath@gmail.com

Mumbai observed a 'No Honking Day' on April 07 (World Health Day) this year, focusing on noise pollution that impacts citizens’ health. A host of NGOs, automobile associations, as well as schools and colleges participated, to sensitize motorists on the campaign. The local FM radio stations pitched in too to appeal to motorists to abstain from honking for a day. An NGO – Earth Saviours Foundation in Delhi wants to emulate this on Dec 13.
Not many are conversant with noise pollution laws. Basically noise levels above 80dB (decibels) are considered detrimental and harmful to healthy hearing. And for normal tension free conversation one requires a background noise level of <55dB.
However, Government itself is the first violator of these norms – since noise standards prescribed in the Central Motor Vehicle Rules–1989 (CMVR) for most categories of vehicles are above 80dB. Except for petrol-driven two-wheelers for which the limit is 80 dB(A), for passenger cars and other petrol-driven vehicles it is 82 dB(A). For passenger or LCVs including three-wheeled vehicles with diesel engines upto 4000 Kgs. – 85 dB(A); for passenger or commercial vehicles above 4000 and upto 12000 Kgs - 89 dB(A); and above 12000 Kgs. - 91 dB(A).
The acceptable noise levels prescribed in USA are – for parks and open spaces, the exterior limits to be not above 60 dB(A), for residential areas within the buildings - 55 dB(A) and outside the buildings - 70 dB(A) and for other developed areas 75 dB(A).
Noise has been defined variously. Physically, ‘…as a complex sound with little or no periodicity’. Acoustically, ‘….as a signal that bears no information and whose intensity varies randomly and in time’. Psychologically, ‘…as any sound which is unpleasant or unwanted’. Commonly, it is the last definition that affects and touches every soul.
Increasing urbanization has led to mounting volumes of noise, intruding upon the quality of life and privacy of urban dwellers. The annoyance and discomfort caused by noise at times assume serious proportion meriting urgent attention. Noise in cities is a result of activities and factors like – road traffic, aircraft, railways and industrial and constructional works. Widespread prevalence of high intensity levels of sound from all these is termed as noise pollution.
The generation of noise from automobile machinery as well as the widespread use of horns is a major contributor to the level of ambient noise in Indian cities today.
Detrimental effects of traffic noise are under 3 major groups – subjective, behavioural, and physiological. Subjective effects include annoyance, disturbance, dissatisfaction, bother and noisiness – difficult to measure precisely, because of variation in describing levels of discomfort. Behavioural effects cover – interference with sleep, speech or any general task. Noise wakens people, or impairs quality of sleep and its duration. Noise can cause interference in speech and in the enjoyment of audio and visual programmes; also cause disturbance in studies and intellectual pursuits. It can upset balance between stress and recuperation and thus cause chronic fatigue, reduced efficiency and increase incidence of ailments.
Physiological effects are those that startle or cause fright phenomenon that can result in harmful effects on various parts of the body. Exposure to noise can raise blood pressure; accelerate heart rate, contract blood vessels; increase muscular tension and at extremely high levels and long periods of exposure, may produce deafness.
Noise caused by road traffic can be – that from various parts of the vehicle; that contributed by interaction between vehicle and road surface; and noise dependant on speed, and flow or density of traffic. Contributing elements from the vehicle itself being – engine (power unit, especially during acceleration); the inlet and exhaust; propulsion and transmission including gears and brakes; the horn; the chassis and body structure; the load factor in the vehicle and also ‘door slamming’. In effect, the horn is just one of the contributors!
Two-wheelers are generally noisier than cars. Commercial trucks worse, because of the larger horse power of the diesel engine and the heavy loads they carry. As vehicles grow older and their mechanical conditions deteriorate, their noise condition becomes more. In tyre/road-surface interaction, smooth surfaces generally produce less noise than rough ones. Grooved cement concrete pavements and wet surfaces too being a source of annoying noise to the neighbourhood.
Control of traffic noise can be through – changes in vehicle design; changes in tyres or road surfaces; elimination of noisier vehicles; modification in traffic operations and designing streets, buildings and areas that produce less noise. Changes in tyre-tread design and composition can reduce noise. Smoother surfaces result in less noisier roads – but this has simultaneously to be balanced against the required skid resistance factor of the tyres too. And legislative measures can prevent old vehicles from being used on roads.
Measures possible in traffic operations are – re-routing of heavier vehicles to the extent possible; by providing synchronized traffic signals to reduce the ‘stop and go’ traffic flow and consequently eliminating acceleration noise; and prohibiting the blowing of horns by proper signage and enforcement strategies. In addition to standard silent zones, the Delhi Traffic Police in 2002 banned honking at all signalized junctions too.
The CMVR require a motor vehicle to be fitted with an electric horn for purposes of warning only. Use of any multi-toned horn or other sound producing device with harsh, shrill or alarming noise is prohibited. Use of sirens only for ambulances, fire engines, salvage and police vehicles. Silencer to reduce to the extent practicable the noise that would otherwise escape from exhaust gases is mandatory. The Rules of the Road Regulations – 1989 further prohibit a driver from sounding the horn needlessly or continuously or violate the silence zone regulations; or drive a vehicle that creates noise when in motion; and against driving a vehicle with a defective muffler causing alarming sounds.
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© Maxwell Pereira, Dec 10, 2008: 3725 Sector-23,Gurgaon-122017:
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Why English is so hard to learn

Some reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:

The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

Since there is no time like the present,
he thought it was time to present the present.

A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
(……….sent by Ronnie D’Souza: 14 May 2007)