Having gone around the city of Boston in the last Part- 12,Let us know now, how the Fifty States of US came into existance as United under one country!
http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/UsaHistoryIndex.htm- is the Link to know more in detail about the History of the US>
United States - officially United States of America, republic (2000 pop. 281,421,906), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. It consists of 50 states and a federal district. The conterminous (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) United States stretches across central North America from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west, and from Canada on the north to Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico on the south. The state of Alaska is located in extreme NW North America between the Arctic and Pacific oceans and is bordered by Canada on the east. The state of Hawaii, an island chain, is situated in the E central Pacific Ocean c.2,100 mi (3,400 km) SW of San Francisco. Washington, D.C., is the capital of the United States, and New York is its largest city.
The outlying territories and areas of the United States include: in the Caribbean Basin, Puerto Rico (a commonwealth associated with the United States) and the Virgin Islands of the United States (purchased from Denmark in 1917); in the Pacific Ocean, Guam (ceded by Spain after the Spanish-American War), the Northern Mariana Islands (a commonwealth associated with the United States), American Samoa, Wake Island, and several other islands. The United States also has compacts of free association with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
Political Geography
The conterminous United States may be divided into several regions: 1)- the New England states ( Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut), 2)- the Middle Atlantic states ( New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia), 3)- the Southeastern states ( North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky), 4)- the states of the Midwest ( Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri), 5)- the Great Plains states ( North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas), the Mountain states ( Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah), 6)- the Southwestern states ( Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona), and 7)- the states of the Far West ( Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada).
Alaska is the largest state in area (656,424 sq mi/1,700,578 sq km), and Rhode Island is the smallest (1,545 sq mi/4,003 sq km). California has the largest population (2000 pop. 33,871,648), while Wyoming has the fewest people (2000 pop. 493,782). In the late 20th cent., Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Georgia, and Texas experienced the fastest rates of population growth, while California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and North Carolina gained the greatest number of residents. West Virginia, North Dakota, and the District of Columbia experienced population decreases over the same period. The largest U.S. cities are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia. Among the other major cities are Boston, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia Beach, Charlotte, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Louis, Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Dallas– Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Albuquerque, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Fresno, Long Beach, San Diego, and Honolulu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States- is another Link to know about the History of US where the above FIFTY States became United!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States
Let us now focus on Kids of US.They are the most cared for in the Laws of the Nation right from Birth.Bringing up them is really the most challenging task for the Indian Mothers from the Cultural point of view.
There are many safeguards in favour of Kids to be honoured by all Elders including the Parents. Numerous Games, Sports, Public Places like Museum of Science, Arts & Culture have been established to improve their knowledge.I was told that this mode of exposure to the Kids is available in all 50 states of US.At Boston, we had visited one of such Museums which was memorable in all respects.
Just click the Link- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Children's_Museum for details.
FOUR snaps taken outside the Museum are also produced below as Slide Show.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI- 12/- Boston City Travel
THE UNITED STATES consists of 50 States, divided into 7 Zones- New England, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West, South, South-West, Mountain & Pacific.
Massachusetts, also known as- The Bay State is one of the Six States under New England with Boston as its Capital.Its State Beverage- Cranberry Juice.
European explorers, The British, came first to this State in the year 1062 when Algonquin Tribes were already living there. One Part of the British, Th Puritans, settled themselves at Boston & called it as The Massachusetts Bay Colony.The Revolutionary war began in Massachusetts in 1775. When the war ended, it bacame the Sixth State of the new Nation- New England.
Boston as the capital of the State, Massaschusetts, has got all modes of Amenities like Airport, Harbour, Universities, as Rivers, Rail, Bus & Seaways, etc.
Just click the Link- http://www.cityofboston.gov/, to know more about this city.
http://www.cityofboston.gov
Let us see now- MBTA.- Massaschusetts BusTransportation Authorities.
Boston is well-served by Integrated Transport System, MBTA- combinaton of Bus, Taxi, Rail & Waterways, All-in-one.Daily & Season tickets, valid for both Bus & Rail, likely also for Waterways shortly.
MBTA is the Lifeline of Boston Commuters.
Just click the Link- http://www.mbta.com/ for their network.
History of the same over the years can also be viewed by clicking this Link-
Also view few snaps taken during travel by train below.
Massachusetts, also known as- The Bay State is one of the Six States under New England with Boston as its Capital.Its State Beverage- Cranberry Juice.
European explorers, The British, came first to this State in the year 1062 when Algonquin Tribes were already living there. One Part of the British, Th Puritans, settled themselves at Boston & called it as The Massachusetts Bay Colony.The Revolutionary war began in Massachusetts in 1775. When the war ended, it bacame the Sixth State of the new Nation- New England.
Boston as the capital of the State, Massaschusetts, has got all modes of Amenities like Airport, Harbour, Universities, as Rivers, Rail, Bus & Seaways, etc.
Just click the Link- http://www.cityofboston.gov/, to know more about this city.
http://www.cityofboston.gov
Let us see now- MBTA.- Massaschusetts BusTransportation Authorities.
Boston is well-served by Integrated Transport System, MBTA- combinaton of Bus, Taxi, Rail & Waterways, All-in-one.Daily & Season tickets, valid for both Bus & Rail, likely also for Waterways shortly.
MBTA is the Lifeline of Boston Commuters.
Just click the Link- http://www.mbta.com/ for their network.
History of the same over the years can also be viewed by clicking this Link-
Also view few snaps taken during travel by train below.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI- 11/- Spiritual
Seeking the Blessings of SRILAKSHMI in the last Blog- 10, let us now start our next lot of Blogs, seeking The Bessings of Sri Maruti!
Let us proceed with yet another Travel on Spirituality,towards a well-known MISSION world-wide & a GOD-WOMAN, also called as , ' AMMA ' at Global level!
1)- CHINMAYA MISSION
Situated at Andover, MA 01810, 10 Miles drive from our Apt, it is led by H.H.Guruji Swami Tejomayanana, Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide.
Its cultural & Spiritual activities are better understood by opening the Link-
http://www.chinmaya-boston.org/
Photos taken are shown below as Slide-show.
2)- AMMA
Known as- Amritananda Mayi at India, Her Ashram conducts various Welfare Activties apart from Spiritual.She is popular for her unique mode of interacting with devotees by HUGGING!
When she was in Boston recently, her program of tour was given wide publicity in Media by Local Newspapers. Here are the Photos as Slide show!
http://www.bostonherald.com/galleries/?gallery_id=4045&p=11
It is now time for enjoying little Humour followed by Food for Thought!
1)-Humour-
Courtesy- Group Google- PC World
Cigarette:
A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool at the other.
Love affairs:
Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five
day test.
Marriage:
It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her
master.
Divorce:
Future tense of marriage.
Lecture:
An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes
of the students without passing through "the minds of either".
Conference:
The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.
Compromise:
The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the
biggest piece.
Tears:
The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine
water-power.
Dictionary:
A place where divorce comes before marriage.
Conference Room:
A place where everybody talks, nobody listens & everybody disagrees later on.
Ecstasy:
A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt
before.
Classic:
books which people praise, but do not read.
Smile:
A curve that can set a lot of things straight.
Office:
A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
Yawn:
The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.
Etc.:
A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.
Committee:
Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can
be done together.
Experience:
The name men give to their mistakes.
Atom Bomb:
An invention to end all inventions.
Philosopher:
A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.
Diplomat:
A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look
forward to the trip.
Opportunist:
A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river.
Optimist:
A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in midway "See I am not
injured yet."
Pessimist:
A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, instead of the first letter
in word OPPORTUNITY.
Miser:
A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.
Father:
A banker provided by nature.
Criminal:
A guy no different from the rest... except that he got caught.
Boss:
Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.
Politician:
One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after?
Doctor:
A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills.
Friendship doesn't need every day conversation, doesn't always need
togetherness, as long as the relationship is kept in the heart, true friends
never go apart
2)- Food for Thought
Courtesy- Group Google PC World
Note: This list of Einstein quotes was being forwarded around the Internet in e-mail, so I decided to put it on my web page. I'm afraid I can't vouch for its authenticity, tell you where it came from, who compiled the list, who Kevin Harris is, or anything like that. Still, the quotes are interesting and enlightening.]
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"The only real valuable thing is intuition."
"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
"I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."
"God is subtle but he is not malicious."
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."
"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it."
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
"God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically."
"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."
"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."
"Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity."
"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
"In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."
"The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."
"Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves."
"Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!"
"No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
"Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever."
"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
"The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge."
"Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
"One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year."
"...one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought."
"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." (Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton)
Copyright: Kevin Harris 1995 (may be freely distributed with this acknowledgement)
__._,_.___
With that Exhaustive Thoughts, let us now look forward our next Blog- 12
Krishnan
Let us proceed with yet another Travel on Spirituality,towards a well-known MISSION world-wide & a GOD-WOMAN, also called as , ' AMMA ' at Global level!
1)- CHINMAYA MISSION
Situated at Andover, MA 01810, 10 Miles drive from our Apt, it is led by H.H.Guruji Swami Tejomayanana, Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide.
Its cultural & Spiritual activities are better understood by opening the Link-
http://www.chinmaya-boston.org/
Photos taken are shown below as Slide-show.
2)- AMMA
Known as- Amritananda Mayi at India, Her Ashram conducts various Welfare Activties apart from Spiritual.She is popular for her unique mode of interacting with devotees by HUGGING!
When she was in Boston recently, her program of tour was given wide publicity in Media by Local Newspapers. Here are the Photos as Slide show!
http://www.bostonherald.com/galleries/?gallery_id=4045&p=11
It is now time for enjoying little Humour followed by Food for Thought!
1)-Humour-
Courtesy- Group Google- PC World
Cigarette:
A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool at the other.
Love affairs:
Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five
day test.
Marriage:
It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her
master.
Divorce:
Future tense of marriage.
Lecture:
An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes
of the students without passing through "the minds of either".
Conference:
The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.
Compromise:
The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the
biggest piece.
Tears:
The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine
water-power.
Dictionary:
A place where divorce comes before marriage.
Conference Room:
A place where everybody talks, nobody listens & everybody disagrees later on.
Ecstasy:
A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt
before.
Classic:
books which people praise, but do not read.
Smile:
A curve that can set a lot of things straight.
Office:
A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
Yawn:
The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.
Etc.:
A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.
Committee:
Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can
be done together.
Experience:
The name men give to their mistakes.
Atom Bomb:
An invention to end all inventions.
Philosopher:
A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.
Diplomat:
A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look
forward to the trip.
Opportunist:
A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river.
Optimist:
A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in midway "See I am not
injured yet."
Pessimist:
A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, instead of the first letter
in word OPPORTUNITY.
Miser:
A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.
Father:
A banker provided by nature.
Criminal:
A guy no different from the rest... except that he got caught.
Boss:
Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.
Politician:
One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after?
Doctor:
A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills.
Friendship doesn't need every day conversation, doesn't always need
togetherness, as long as the relationship is kept in the heart, true friends
never go apart
2)- Food for Thought
Courtesy- Group Google PC World
Note: This list of Einstein quotes was being forwarded around the Internet in e-mail, so I decided to put it on my web page. I'm afraid I can't vouch for its authenticity, tell you where it came from, who compiled the list, who Kevin Harris is, or anything like that. Still, the quotes are interesting and enlightening.]
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"The only real valuable thing is intuition."
"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
"I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."
"God is subtle but he is not malicious."
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."
"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it."
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
"God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically."
"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."
"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."
"Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity."
"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
"In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."
"The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."
"Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves."
"Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!"
"No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
"Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever."
"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
"The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge."
"Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
"One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year."
"...one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought."
"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." (Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton)
Copyright: Kevin Harris 1995 (may be freely distributed with this acknowledgement)
__._,_.___
With that Exhaustive Thoughts, let us now look forward our next Blog- 12
Krishnan
Sunday, July 18, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI-10
Having gone round & round the at home looking for Amenities after strolling for a walk nearby at Arlington,it is time now for us to travel out towards Ashland, 15 Miles away by Car to seek the Blessings of The Goddess SriLakshmi, the Temple of whom is situated at New England Zone, combination of Massachusetts, New Hamshire, Rhode Islands (smallest state in USA), Maine ,Connecticut & Vermont (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England).Photography inside the temple is prohibited like India. Whatever possible in & around taken & can be viewed here as- Slide show.
Visit Lakshmi temple, Ashland, Massachusetts - is the site to click for details.
The inaugural function of this New England Hindu Temple, Inc. was conducted with Mahalakshmi Pooja and Diwali celebrations on October 28, 1978 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Melrose, Massachusetts. Exuberance and excitement filled the hearts and minds of everyone in the large congregation as they witnessed and experienced an authentic pooja service to Sri Lakshmi and it filled their spiritual need. This was easily seen as pledges and donations started coming in even before securing the non-profit status. Non-profit status from the Internal Revenue Service was secured on November 28, 1978 for tax-deductible contributions. The place of congregation was soon changed to Needham Village Club which was more centrally located.
In the summer of 1981, about twelve acres of land in the town of Ashland, Massachusetts were acquired for constructing the temple. services of Sri Ganapathy Sthapathy from the Institute of Architecture and Sculpture in Tamil Nadu were sought to design the temple according to the Agama Sastras. He visited in November 1982 and provided detailed plans for the temple. In early 1983, M/S MacNevin and Kerivan Engineering, Inc. of Wellesley was engaged to prepare the engineering design and drawings which were submitted to the Town of Ashland for approval. The land was cleared in the fall of 1983 and in the following spring the excavation work was carried out by Guigli & Sons. The contract for the foundation and structural work for the building was awarded to Kaikunte Engineering Corporation in Sharon in the summer of 1984. The ground breaking ceremony was observed on June 19, 1984 with a grand celebration of Ganesh Pooja.
In the fall of 1984 the temple applied to Thirumaial-Thirupathi Devasthanam in India for a loan to help hasten the construction of the temple. The application was duly approved and the first installment of Rs. 5 Lakhs was received in July 1985. The loan has now been repaid. When the initial contract with Kalkunte Engineering Corporation for the foundation and infra structure was completed, the first Ganapathy Homam in the temple was performed in September 1985. The contract to complete the building with all the utilities needed for occupancy was awarded to Parekh Construction Co. in Woburn, Massachusetts. The first floor had the mahdmandapam (60'x5O') with an Alankaramandapam for Lord Nataraja and His consort Sivakami.
A paved driveway to the temple from Waverly Street with parking spaces for 100 cars was also provided. The receipt of the occupancy permit for the temple in September 1986 was an important milestone on the road to the completion of the mammoth project. This was celebrated with a grand opening Ceremony on September 6, 1986. Sri Janakiram Sastrigal of Rajarajeswari Peetam in Stroudsburg, PA graciously performed the inaugural pooja along with local part-time Tamil priests.
The temple has remained open during the week-ends ever since with all the major Hindu feswals being celebrated in a traditional manner. Cultural activities such as classical music and dance concerts, Thyagaraja Aradhana, Dikshitar Day, Surdas & Meera Bhajans and discourses have further transformed the temple into the focal point of the Hindu community.
Extending from the mahamandapam by another thirty feet, sanctums for the principal deities Ganesh, mahalakshmi and Venkateswara were constructed beginning in September 1987 with the contract assigned to Parekh Construction Co. As the time approached for Hindu architectural ornamentation of the sanctums with vimana gopuram (sikhara), the service of Sri Muthiah Sthapathy of Tamil Nadu was contracted in 1988. In the same year, Sri Shadrinarayana Bhattar was appointed as the first full-time priest of the Srilakshmi temple to provide regular services within the temple as well as services such as weddings, Grahapravesams, Namakaranam etc. as required by the Hindu community at their residences. When he returned to India, Sri Krishna Bhattar was appointed to fill in the vacancy.
The spring of 1989 saw the arrival of ten artisans (silpis) from India skilled in the architectural work of the temple. With their arrival, the exquisite magnificence of the sancta with their vimana gopurams began to take shape. Their patient and devoted work under adverse weather conditions has brought us to the celebration of Rajagopuram Kumbhabhishekam. Plans for the Kumbhabhishekam were initiated in the fall of 1989. Sri Sampathkumar Bhattacharlar of Bangalore and Sri Sambamoorthy Sivachariar of Madras were chosen as chief priests to perform the Kumbhabhishekam with a host of other priests assisting them in this consecration ceremony.
The granite idols of Ganesh with Mooshikam and Balipeetam, Mahalakshmi, Venkateswara, Garuda and Dwarapalakas along with the bronze Utsavamurthis of Ganesh, Mahalakshmi, Venkateswara, Sridevi, Bhudevi and Sivakami were designed by Sri Ganapathy Sthapathy of the Institute of Architecture and Sculpture, Tamil Nadu and fabricated by the artisans at the institute. The bronze Utsavamurthis of Nataraja, Subrahmanya, Valli and Devasena were designed by Sri Muthiah Sthapathy. The ornamental designs of the sanctum and the vimana gopuram were skillfully executed according to the Hindu Agama-sastras by the Indian artisans. Coordination of the shipping of the idols from India was carried out through the considerable help rendered by Sri Meenakshisundaram and Sri Ramanujam of Madras. Sri N V Raghavan, also of Madras, has attended to the procurement of multifarious items required for the Kumbhabhishekam.
These are only a few of the many who have helped the temple in immeasurable ways to reach the present status of success in this ever growing project. Undoubtedly, the names of many people have not been mentioned due to lack of space. What was envisioned as a concept in 1978 took twelve years to blossom. Measured steps were taken all the way mostly due to the newness of the project. Through the grace and guidance of Goddess Srilakshmi, an important phase of the temple construction has been completed. Sri Lakshmi Temple now joins the ranks of other Hindu temples built in different cities across the country. In some sense, building the temple has been the easy and fun part.
It will be left to the future generations to foster the growth of the Srilakshmi temple and other temples.
More details avl at Site- http://www.srilakshmi.org/Contents/Devotees.aspx
Thanks to the Temple Authority for giving in detail, the History of construction, without which it would not have been possible to narrate the same in my Blog.
Today, 17th July, being the First day of Tamil Month, Adi, it was my intention to dedicate the TENTH Part of my Series of my Blog, TIN to The Goddess, who brings wealth to all Humanity, customarilly marked with Beginning of Adi, The Auspicious Month. ALSO, IT WAS MY DESIRE TO PUT IT POSTED IN THE BLOG ITSELF, without going for Clicking with Link, for particulars reg. how hard it was to yield fruit after 12 years of hardship by the people concerned. Hope the present as well as the future generations will sustain the growth in the days ahead.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT-
Air-conditioned room & a PC exclusively for my use provided with Internet, round the clock free, Melodious music of my choice at the back-ground to entertain, a Camera to capture Photos in both Still & Video modes in support of my Blogs along with relevent Books/ Guides, a Car to go with for roaming- driven by obviously Mahesh/ Akila & finally Healthy-cum-tasty foods of Varieties generated from Kitchen by Rajam & Akila!
These are the Factors behind my efforts to guide you all in this Travel venture across the two Mighty Oceans.
THANKS TO MY FAMILY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS BEHIND THE PC SCREEN!
ALSO, THANKS TO YOU ALL, THE VIEWERS ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN SO FAR!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SPIRITUAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT
GOD'S Rosebud-
Courtesy- Friend from Group of Thatha Patti!
A new minister was walking with an older,
more seasoned minister in the garden one day.
Feeling a bit insecure about what God had for him to do,
he was asking the older preacher for some advice.
The older preacher walked up to a rosebush
and handed the young preacher a rosebud and told him
to open it without tearing off any petals.
The young preacher looked in disbelief at the older preacher
and was trying to figure out what a rosebud
could possibly have to do with his wanting to know
the will of God for his life and ministry.
But because of his great respect for the older preacher,
he proceeded to try to unfold the rose,
while keeping every petal intact.
It wasn't long before he realized
how impossible this was to do.
Noticing the younger preacher's inability
to unfold the rosebud without tearing it,
the older preacher began to recite
the following poem...
"It is only a tiny rosebud,
A flower of God's design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine."
"The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
GOD opens this flower so easily,
But in my hands they die."
"If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of God's design,
Then how can I have the wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?"
"So I'll trust in God for leading
Each moment of my day.
I will look to God for guidance
In each step of the way."
"The path that lies before me,
Only my Lord knows.
I'll trust God to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose."
LET GO AND LET GOD unfold your life.
=======================
My Favourite video :
HOPE YOU ALL WILL ENJOY THE SAME!
=========================
In my next series:
One more Temple to visit, CHINMAYA MARUTI, run by Chinmaya Mission & Evidence with Photos from US Media on Indian Spirituality, will be taken up in the next Blog-11.
Visit Lakshmi temple, Ashland, Massachusetts - is the site to click for details.
The inaugural function of this New England Hindu Temple, Inc. was conducted with Mahalakshmi Pooja and Diwali celebrations on October 28, 1978 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Melrose, Massachusetts. Exuberance and excitement filled the hearts and minds of everyone in the large congregation as they witnessed and experienced an authentic pooja service to Sri Lakshmi and it filled their spiritual need. This was easily seen as pledges and donations started coming in even before securing the non-profit status. Non-profit status from the Internal Revenue Service was secured on November 28, 1978 for tax-deductible contributions. The place of congregation was soon changed to Needham Village Club which was more centrally located.
In the summer of 1981, about twelve acres of land in the town of Ashland, Massachusetts were acquired for constructing the temple. services of Sri Ganapathy Sthapathy from the Institute of Architecture and Sculpture in Tamil Nadu were sought to design the temple according to the Agama Sastras. He visited in November 1982 and provided detailed plans for the temple. In early 1983, M/S MacNevin and Kerivan Engineering, Inc. of Wellesley was engaged to prepare the engineering design and drawings which were submitted to the Town of Ashland for approval. The land was cleared in the fall of 1983 and in the following spring the excavation work was carried out by Guigli & Sons. The contract for the foundation and structural work for the building was awarded to Kaikunte Engineering Corporation in Sharon in the summer of 1984. The ground breaking ceremony was observed on June 19, 1984 with a grand celebration of Ganesh Pooja.
In the fall of 1984 the temple applied to Thirumaial-Thirupathi Devasthanam in India for a loan to help hasten the construction of the temple. The application was duly approved and the first installment of Rs. 5 Lakhs was received in July 1985. The loan has now been repaid. When the initial contract with Kalkunte Engineering Corporation for the foundation and infra structure was completed, the first Ganapathy Homam in the temple was performed in September 1985. The contract to complete the building with all the utilities needed for occupancy was awarded to Parekh Construction Co. in Woburn, Massachusetts. The first floor had the mahdmandapam (60'x5O') with an Alankaramandapam for Lord Nataraja and His consort Sivakami.
A paved driveway to the temple from Waverly Street with parking spaces for 100 cars was also provided. The receipt of the occupancy permit for the temple in September 1986 was an important milestone on the road to the completion of the mammoth project. This was celebrated with a grand opening Ceremony on September 6, 1986. Sri Janakiram Sastrigal of Rajarajeswari Peetam in Stroudsburg, PA graciously performed the inaugural pooja along with local part-time Tamil priests.
The temple has remained open during the week-ends ever since with all the major Hindu feswals being celebrated in a traditional manner. Cultural activities such as classical music and dance concerts, Thyagaraja Aradhana, Dikshitar Day, Surdas & Meera Bhajans and discourses have further transformed the temple into the focal point of the Hindu community.
Extending from the mahamandapam by another thirty feet, sanctums for the principal deities Ganesh, mahalakshmi and Venkateswara were constructed beginning in September 1987 with the contract assigned to Parekh Construction Co. As the time approached for Hindu architectural ornamentation of the sanctums with vimana gopuram (sikhara), the service of Sri Muthiah Sthapathy of Tamil Nadu was contracted in 1988. In the same year, Sri Shadrinarayana Bhattar was appointed as the first full-time priest of the Srilakshmi temple to provide regular services within the temple as well as services such as weddings, Grahapravesams, Namakaranam etc. as required by the Hindu community at their residences. When he returned to India, Sri Krishna Bhattar was appointed to fill in the vacancy.
The spring of 1989 saw the arrival of ten artisans (silpis) from India skilled in the architectural work of the temple. With their arrival, the exquisite magnificence of the sancta with their vimana gopurams began to take shape. Their patient and devoted work under adverse weather conditions has brought us to the celebration of Rajagopuram Kumbhabhishekam. Plans for the Kumbhabhishekam were initiated in the fall of 1989. Sri Sampathkumar Bhattacharlar of Bangalore and Sri Sambamoorthy Sivachariar of Madras were chosen as chief priests to perform the Kumbhabhishekam with a host of other priests assisting them in this consecration ceremony.
The granite idols of Ganesh with Mooshikam and Balipeetam, Mahalakshmi, Venkateswara, Garuda and Dwarapalakas along with the bronze Utsavamurthis of Ganesh, Mahalakshmi, Venkateswara, Sridevi, Bhudevi and Sivakami were designed by Sri Ganapathy Sthapathy of the Institute of Architecture and Sculpture, Tamil Nadu and fabricated by the artisans at the institute. The bronze Utsavamurthis of Nataraja, Subrahmanya, Valli and Devasena were designed by Sri Muthiah Sthapathy. The ornamental designs of the sanctum and the vimana gopuram were skillfully executed according to the Hindu Agama-sastras by the Indian artisans. Coordination of the shipping of the idols from India was carried out through the considerable help rendered by Sri Meenakshisundaram and Sri Ramanujam of Madras. Sri N V Raghavan, also of Madras, has attended to the procurement of multifarious items required for the Kumbhabhishekam.
These are only a few of the many who have helped the temple in immeasurable ways to reach the present status of success in this ever growing project. Undoubtedly, the names of many people have not been mentioned due to lack of space. What was envisioned as a concept in 1978 took twelve years to blossom. Measured steps were taken all the way mostly due to the newness of the project. Through the grace and guidance of Goddess Srilakshmi, an important phase of the temple construction has been completed. Sri Lakshmi Temple now joins the ranks of other Hindu temples built in different cities across the country. In some sense, building the temple has been the easy and fun part.
It will be left to the future generations to foster the growth of the Srilakshmi temple and other temples.
More details avl at Site- http://www.srilakshmi.org/Contents/Devotees.aspx
Thanks to the Temple Authority for giving in detail, the History of construction, without which it would not have been possible to narrate the same in my Blog.
Today, 17th July, being the First day of Tamil Month, Adi, it was my intention to dedicate the TENTH Part of my Series of my Blog, TIN to The Goddess, who brings wealth to all Humanity, customarilly marked with Beginning of Adi, The Auspicious Month. ALSO, IT WAS MY DESIRE TO PUT IT POSTED IN THE BLOG ITSELF, without going for Clicking with Link, for particulars reg. how hard it was to yield fruit after 12 years of hardship by the people concerned. Hope the present as well as the future generations will sustain the growth in the days ahead.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT-
Air-conditioned room & a PC exclusively for my use provided with Internet, round the clock free, Melodious music of my choice at the back-ground to entertain, a Camera to capture Photos in both Still & Video modes in support of my Blogs along with relevent Books/ Guides, a Car to go with for roaming- driven by obviously Mahesh/ Akila & finally Healthy-cum-tasty foods of Varieties generated from Kitchen by Rajam & Akila!
These are the Factors behind my efforts to guide you all in this Travel venture across the two Mighty Oceans.
THANKS TO MY FAMILY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS BEHIND THE PC SCREEN!
ALSO, THANKS TO YOU ALL, THE VIEWERS ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN SO FAR!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SPIRITUAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT
GOD'S Rosebud-
Courtesy- Friend from Group of Thatha Patti!
A new minister was walking with an older,
more seasoned minister in the garden one day.
Feeling a bit insecure about what God had for him to do,
he was asking the older preacher for some advice.
The older preacher walked up to a rosebush
and handed the young preacher a rosebud and told him
to open it without tearing off any petals.
The young preacher looked in disbelief at the older preacher
and was trying to figure out what a rosebud
could possibly have to do with his wanting to know
the will of God for his life and ministry.
But because of his great respect for the older preacher,
he proceeded to try to unfold the rose,
while keeping every petal intact.
It wasn't long before he realized
how impossible this was to do.
Noticing the younger preacher's inability
to unfold the rosebud without tearing it,
the older preacher began to recite
the following poem...
"It is only a tiny rosebud,
A flower of God's design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine."
"The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
GOD opens this flower so easily,
But in my hands they die."
"If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of God's design,
Then how can I have the wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?"
"So I'll trust in God for leading
Each moment of my day.
I will look to God for guidance
In each step of the way."
"The path that lies before me,
Only my Lord knows.
I'll trust God to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose."
LET GO AND LET GOD unfold your life.
=======================
My Favourite video :
HOPE YOU ALL WILL ENJOY THE SAME!
=========================
In my next series:
One more Temple to visit, CHINMAYA MARUTI, run by Chinmaya Mission & Evidence with Photos from US Media on Indian Spirituality, will be taken up in the next Blog-11.
Friday, July 16, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI- 9
Strolling over a brief circle nearby, in the last Part-8 & hope you all relished Tandoori at Punjabi Restaurent paid in $!
Let us now have a look at Unique Amenities avl here at our Spacious Apt, better shown & understood with Captions below as Slide show. Amenities means- may be present also in luxurious Apts in India nowadays.
Power supply- 120V AC 3 Wire, grounded- Provided by M/s N-STAR.
Drinking water, the only source of water for all purposes, is provoded by - MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY, lifting it from Quabbin Reservoir, about 65 miles west of Boston & the Watchusett Reservoir, 35 miles of Boston. These sources are almost covered by Forests & Streams,like Siruvani of our Kovai. The potable quality of Tap-water is furnished by the Authy periodically to the consumers.
Exclusive Heater room at each floor which has access only thro' Laundry room- Paid-service, provides 1)Heater circuits to the Apts for Hot Air during Winter- below Zero
2) Heater circuits for water, instant hot & cold variable thro' knob, round the clock for Kitchen & Baths.
3)- Heater circuit for Dish washer- cum- dryer, OIl or Gas-fired.
Additional space avl in Ground floor for Parallel Car Parking & Personal Secured Box for tenants since there are 42 Apts @ 6 per floor for 7 storeys excluding Pent-house on 8th floor.
M/s Comcost & M/s verizon, Private undertakings, provide Cable TV Channels & Internet. Indian Channels are costly.
M/s Vonage provide Phone with Calls to overseas
thro' VOIP mode, the cheapest @ 1500 Minutes free for 25$ per month including taxes.
Such provisions are also present in independent house & Villas.
One interesting point to note, Hearsay only- While we continue to adopt The British mode of life, day to day with regard to amenities, RH Driving, English Accent, etc., Americans just ignoring such modes, adopt their own but reverse to the British like Switch, plugs,power supply, LH Drive, etc. in resentment, perhaps!
Here are three FOOD FOR THOUGHTS concerning women-
Courtesy- Friends from the Groups, THATHA PATTI & PCWORLD.
1- Humorous mode of judging woman
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City , where a
woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the
entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit
the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the
shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch . . .. you
may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go
up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building !!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband
On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men
have jobs.
The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs
and love kids.
The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs,
love kids, and are extremely good looking. "Wow," she thinks,
but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads: Floor 4 - These men
have jobs, love kids, are drop- dead good looking and
help with the housework "Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly
stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These
men have jobs, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous,
help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the
sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men
on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are
impossible to please! Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
It therefore proves that sky is the limit for women for choosing their life-partners, which is the fact now.
2- OK! She found atlast the man she wanted- Presuming!!
Then, the sample scenario, again humorous, would be-
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen.
"Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter!
Oh my GOD! You're cooking too many at once.
TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW!
We need more butter. Oh my GOD!
WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER?
They're going to STICK! Careful . CAREFUL!
I said be CAREFUL!
You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never!
Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY?
Have you LOST your mind?
Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."
Now comes the real role but in Emotional mode!
3- In case, they settled down amicably in family life, the wife then takes the Major role of HOME-MAKER, when her real calibre comes out & proved, as under-
Here is a FOOD FOR THOUGHT which depicts the Role of women in our life!
I was born,
a woman was there to hold me.......... my mother
************
I grew as a child......
a woman was there to care for me.......to play with me.......... ..my sister
************
I went to school.....
a woman was there to help me learn....... ....my teacher
************
I became depress, whenever I lost
a woman was there to offer a shoulder ............ my wife
************
I became tough......
a woman was there to melt me.......... ..my daughter
************
I am dying
a woman is there to absorb me in.......... ...my motherland
************
The Strength of a Man : by Jacqueline Marie Griffiths
The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders.
It's seen in the width of his arms that circle you.
********
The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice.
It's in the gentle words he whispers.
********
The strength of a man isn't how many buddies he has.
It's how good a buddy he is with his kids.
********
The strength of a man isn't in how respected he is at work.
It's in how respected he is at home.
********
The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits.
It's in how tender he touches.
********
The strength of a man isn't in the hair on his chest.
It's in his Heart... that lies within his chest.
********
The strength of a man isn't how many women he's loved.
It's in how he can be true to one woman.
********
The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift.
It's in the burdens he can carry....
THEREFORE, FRIENDS! BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL MAN THERE IS A WOMAN!
THAT IS WHY- THE WORDS- WOMAN, LADY, Etc, ARE THE PART & PARCEL OF MAN, LAD, Etc.
Pondering over this sweet thought, now I retire to wake up with another Blog in hand to send!
********
Let us now have a look at Unique Amenities avl here at our Spacious Apt, better shown & understood with Captions below as Slide show. Amenities means- may be present also in luxurious Apts in India nowadays.
Power supply- 120V AC 3 Wire, grounded- Provided by M/s N-STAR.
Drinking water, the only source of water for all purposes, is provoded by - MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY, lifting it from Quabbin Reservoir, about 65 miles west of Boston & the Watchusett Reservoir, 35 miles of Boston. These sources are almost covered by Forests & Streams,like Siruvani of our Kovai. The potable quality of Tap-water is furnished by the Authy periodically to the consumers.
Exclusive Heater room at each floor which has access only thro' Laundry room- Paid-service, provides 1)Heater circuits to the Apts for Hot Air during Winter- below Zero
2) Heater circuits for water, instant hot & cold variable thro' knob, round the clock for Kitchen & Baths.
3)- Heater circuit for Dish washer- cum- dryer, OIl or Gas-fired.
Additional space avl in Ground floor for Parallel Car Parking & Personal Secured Box for tenants since there are 42 Apts @ 6 per floor for 7 storeys excluding Pent-house on 8th floor.
M/s Comcost & M/s verizon, Private undertakings, provide Cable TV Channels & Internet. Indian Channels are costly.
M/s Vonage provide Phone with Calls to overseas
thro' VOIP mode, the cheapest @ 1500 Minutes free for 25$ per month including taxes.
Such provisions are also present in independent house & Villas.
One interesting point to note, Hearsay only- While we continue to adopt The British mode of life, day to day with regard to amenities, RH Driving, English Accent, etc., Americans just ignoring such modes, adopt their own but reverse to the British like Switch, plugs,power supply, LH Drive, etc. in resentment, perhaps!
Here are three FOOD FOR THOUGHTS concerning women-
Courtesy- Friends from the Groups, THATHA PATTI & PCWORLD.
1- Humorous mode of judging woman
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City , where a
woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the
entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit
the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the
shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch . . .. you
may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go
up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building !!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband
On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men
have jobs.
The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs
and love kids.
The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs,
love kids, and are extremely good looking. "Wow," she thinks,
but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads: Floor 4 - These men
have jobs, love kids, are drop- dead good looking and
help with the housework "Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly
stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These
men have jobs, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous,
help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the
sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men
on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are
impossible to please! Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
It therefore proves that sky is the limit for women for choosing their life-partners, which is the fact now.
2- OK! She found atlast the man she wanted- Presuming!!
Then, the sample scenario, again humorous, would be-
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen.
"Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter!
Oh my GOD! You're cooking too many at once.
TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW!
We need more butter. Oh my GOD!
WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER?
They're going to STICK! Careful . CAREFUL!
I said be CAREFUL!
You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never!
Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY?
Have you LOST your mind?
Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."
Now comes the real role but in Emotional mode!
3- In case, they settled down amicably in family life, the wife then takes the Major role of HOME-MAKER, when her real calibre comes out & proved, as under-
Here is a FOOD FOR THOUGHT which depicts the Role of women in our life!
I was born,
a woman was there to hold me.......... my mother
************
I grew as a child......
a woman was there to care for me.......to play with me.......... ..my sister
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I went to school.....
a woman was there to help me learn....... ....my teacher
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I became depress, whenever I lost
a woman was there to offer a shoulder ............ my wife
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I became tough......
a woman was there to melt me.......... ..my daughter
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I am dying
a woman is there to absorb me in.......... ...my motherland
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The Strength of a Man : by Jacqueline Marie Griffiths
The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders.
It's seen in the width of his arms that circle you.
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The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice.
It's in the gentle words he whispers.
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The strength of a man isn't how many buddies he has.
It's how good a buddy he is with his kids.
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The strength of a man isn't in how respected he is at work.
It's in how respected he is at home.
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The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits.
It's in how tender he touches.
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The strength of a man isn't in the hair on his chest.
It's in his Heart... that lies within his chest.
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The strength of a man isn't how many women he's loved.
It's in how he can be true to one woman.
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The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift.
It's in the burdens he can carry....
THEREFORE, FRIENDS! BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL MAN THERE IS A WOMAN!
THAT IS WHY- THE WORDS- WOMAN, LADY, Etc, ARE THE PART & PARCEL OF MAN, LAD, Etc.
Pondering over this sweet thought, now I retire to wake up with another Blog in hand to send!
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI- 8
Here is a belated food for thought on the History of Spypond read in the Last Part-7, infact, spying on the Pond which I had preached you all not to to do! Violating my own version, just thought over a while-
WHY THE THEN RULERS OF INDIA OPTED FOR THIS SMALL POND FOR SECURING ICE BY EXPORT FARAWAY ACROSS THE TWO OCEANS DESPITE HAVING OUR OWN MIGHTY HIMALAYAS NEARBY? EVEN IF IT WAS JUSTIFIED FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, HOW THE BLOCKS OF ICE WAS KEPT UNMELTED FOR DAYS TOGETHER UNTIL IT REACHED THE DESTINATION- THE ICE HOUSE AT CHENNAI, THE FORMER NAME OF THE PRESENT VIVEKANANDAR ILLAM! Since my own relatives had raised this relevent query, why not spying for an ANSWER please? If you get an answer, kindly let me know.
Reverting back to this Part-8, let us stroll in & around our Apt.apart from Spypond covered in Part-7.
Our Apt. is well-connected by Rail-cum-bus Services to all tourist spots situated far & wide which will be dealt with one by one in the forthcoming Parts to follow.
This Part is better shown pictorially with Captions as- SLIDESHOW at the last!
Therefore, let me conclude the text Part with a Brief as under-
1- Robbins Library, 15Min.walk, http://www.robbinslibrary.org/
Incidentally, it is the place where Akila is working as Voluteer.Benefits are-
2- World War Memorials.
3- Bus Stop.
4-Rail Station
5-Postbox
6- Greenery.
Now, it is time for us to move by Bus-cum-Rail to visit Places of interest one by one.
Let us board a Bus at stop, 5 min. from Apt.
just wait for our next Part- 9 to know about our experiences on move, please.
By telling you to wait for next Part, I mean that prior to moving to certain place by certain means of transport for the first time, it is necessary to have some basic idea about our movements to avoid any problems enroute! Let me take you all to the early sixties when I was a Bachelor at Chittaranjan. My friend, Subba, also a bachelor, invited me to visit Kolkata for sight-seeing during the week-end.On our return by train to Chittaranjan, we boarded Delhi Janata Express from Howrah which goes via Chittaranjan. It was not the train infact to board but we had to opt for it since we reached late Howrah Station due to whole day sight seeing.Our train was the last to alight at Chittaranjan late night to enable us to report for duty at 07.30 AM on Monday. That too, we could board while it was just moving out of Platform at Howrah.At Asansol Station, the previous stop to our Chittaranjan, the train stopped for a while at Mid-night after which, sacrificing our valuable sleep, we both assembled at the Exit door to alight at the earliest possible time. It stops just for a minute at our Place for courtesy sake since it holds the name-CHITTARANAJAN, named after the Great Patriot, CHITTARANJAN DAS!
Oh, train had reached & slowing down on entering Platform.Oh, God,it had not stopped but moving slowly along the Platform.Subba, having longer legs with super-star Amitabh stature, urged me to follow him attempting jumping from slow-moving train.I did not since having Dwarf-like legs, it would be risky!Subba too, then backed out in frustration & we both were watching it crossing help-lessly. Co-passengers then advised us to wait next stop, Madhupur, one hour away. It was already 02.00 AM.Madhupur arrived at last & we got down in a hurry to board another train readily waiting for us to board on the opposite Platform.Subba, knowing more about Trains than me, smiled as if he did an adventurous thing forgetting himself that his calculations went wrong little earlier!Chittaranjan came at about 03.00 AM. When we were about to get ready to get-down, Co-passengers discouraged us by telling- अरे यार, किया कर रहे हो! ये गाडी इधेर नहीं रुकेगी भाई! इंतज़ार करो, अहेला स्टॉप केलिए, आसनसोल!
Subba smile vanished all of a sudden! We both watched our train running fast, not at all moving, of course, Chittaranjan.On query, we came to know that it was the Train- Delhi Howrah Janata Express, the sister of our earlier train, non-stopping at Chittaranjan.Now, it was Asansol again where we got down for catching another train back to our place.There was a train to our pleasant surprise towards Chittaranjan.Once bitten, twice shy!
We asked politely Passengers whether it stops at Chittaranjan.They answered to our surprise that it stops anywhere & everywhere we need, being Passenger train.
We arrived at 06.00 AM finally. Therfore, Friends! Never feel shy to get any query clarified if you are a stranger to some place.Few more such real incidents I came across, I will narrate later.
Now, Check this cool puzzle.....
A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was re! quired. He waited by the door and listened.
A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six" and was let in.
A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in.
The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said,"ten" and the man replied, "five."
But he was not let in. What should have he said?
Comon guys put on your thinking caps & get the solution.... ..
.....
......
......... Dont keep scrolling... .... think about the answer :)
.......
........
Ans: - 3
The man had to reply the number of characters in the word the Doorman was asking.
He should have replied "Three" instead of "Five".
I bet u'll read the question again....
krishnan
WHY THE THEN RULERS OF INDIA OPTED FOR THIS SMALL POND FOR SECURING ICE BY EXPORT FARAWAY ACROSS THE TWO OCEANS DESPITE HAVING OUR OWN MIGHTY HIMALAYAS NEARBY? EVEN IF IT WAS JUSTIFIED FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, HOW THE BLOCKS OF ICE WAS KEPT UNMELTED FOR DAYS TOGETHER UNTIL IT REACHED THE DESTINATION- THE ICE HOUSE AT CHENNAI, THE FORMER NAME OF THE PRESENT VIVEKANANDAR ILLAM! Since my own relatives had raised this relevent query, why not spying for an ANSWER please? If you get an answer, kindly let me know.
Reverting back to this Part-8, let us stroll in & around our Apt.apart from Spypond covered in Part-7.
Our Apt. is well-connected by Rail-cum-bus Services to all tourist spots situated far & wide which will be dealt with one by one in the forthcoming Parts to follow.
This Part is better shown pictorially with Captions as- SLIDESHOW at the last!
Therefore, let me conclude the text Part with a Brief as under-
1- Robbins Library, 15Min.walk, http://www.robbinslibrary.org/
Incidentally, it is the place where Akila is working as Voluteer.Benefits are-
2- World War Memorials.
3- Bus Stop.
4-Rail Station
5-Postbox
6- Greenery.
Now, it is time for us to move by Bus-cum-Rail to visit Places of interest one by one.
Let us board a Bus at stop, 5 min. from Apt.
just wait for our next Part- 9 to know about our experiences on move, please.
By telling you to wait for next Part, I mean that prior to moving to certain place by certain means of transport for the first time, it is necessary to have some basic idea about our movements to avoid any problems enroute! Let me take you all to the early sixties when I was a Bachelor at Chittaranjan. My friend, Subba, also a bachelor, invited me to visit Kolkata for sight-seeing during the week-end.On our return by train to Chittaranjan, we boarded Delhi Janata Express from Howrah which goes via Chittaranjan. It was not the train infact to board but we had to opt for it since we reached late Howrah Station due to whole day sight seeing.Our train was the last to alight at Chittaranjan late night to enable us to report for duty at 07.30 AM on Monday. That too, we could board while it was just moving out of Platform at Howrah.At Asansol Station, the previous stop to our Chittaranjan, the train stopped for a while at Mid-night after which, sacrificing our valuable sleep, we both assembled at the Exit door to alight at the earliest possible time. It stops just for a minute at our Place for courtesy sake since it holds the name-CHITTARANAJAN, named after the Great Patriot, CHITTARANJAN DAS!
Oh, train had reached & slowing down on entering Platform.Oh, God,it had not stopped but moving slowly along the Platform.Subba, having longer legs with super-star Amitabh stature, urged me to follow him attempting jumping from slow-moving train.I did not since having Dwarf-like legs, it would be risky!Subba too, then backed out in frustration & we both were watching it crossing help-lessly. Co-passengers then advised us to wait next stop, Madhupur, one hour away. It was already 02.00 AM.Madhupur arrived at last & we got down in a hurry to board another train readily waiting for us to board on the opposite Platform.Subba, knowing more about Trains than me, smiled as if he did an adventurous thing forgetting himself that his calculations went wrong little earlier!Chittaranjan came at about 03.00 AM. When we were about to get ready to get-down, Co-passengers discouraged us by telling- अरे यार, किया कर रहे हो! ये गाडी इधेर नहीं रुकेगी भाई! इंतज़ार करो, अहेला स्टॉप केलिए, आसनसोल!
Subba smile vanished all of a sudden! We both watched our train running fast, not at all moving, of course, Chittaranjan.On query, we came to know that it was the Train- Delhi Howrah Janata Express, the sister of our earlier train, non-stopping at Chittaranjan.Now, it was Asansol again where we got down for catching another train back to our place.There was a train to our pleasant surprise towards Chittaranjan.Once bitten, twice shy!
We asked politely Passengers whether it stops at Chittaranjan.They answered to our surprise that it stops anywhere & everywhere we need, being Passenger train.
We arrived at 06.00 AM finally. Therfore, Friends! Never feel shy to get any query clarified if you are a stranger to some place.Few more such real incidents I came across, I will narrate later.
Now, Check this cool puzzle.....
A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was re! quired. He waited by the door and listened.
A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six" and was let in.
A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in.
The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said,"ten" and the man replied, "five."
But he was not let in. What should have he said?
Comon guys put on your thinking caps & get the solution.... ..
.....
......
......... Dont keep scrolling... .... think about the answer :)
.......
........
Ans: - 3
The man had to reply the number of characters in the word the Doorman was asking.
He should have replied "Three" instead of "Five".
I bet u'll read the question again....
krishnan
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI- 7
Let us commence our Part-7 by walking towards Spypond from our Apt, our first outing since arrival on 9th. Setting aside the logic of so-called 'JETLAG', we left for the pond on the next day itself on curiosity in view of its Marvel!
' I spy a small bug in this room '- My daughter Usha quizzing her Daughter just to divert the latter's attention elsewhere, a tactic!
' Here it is! '- exclaiming Grand-daughter, Preksha forgetting her own thought instantly & concentrating on a Bug, visible to my own eyes through a lens only but could be seen clearly by her.
The word- SPY used here is not having the meaning what we are aware.I presume that this Part of the term-SPYPOND meaning just ' VIEW ' Therefore, Friends, not to go spying at SPYPOND please!
Details about Spy Pond
Also is the link for viewing Photos- "
We both visited the Pond on 26th June
when its Annual Parade & festivel took place.Group of Orchestra, all Senior citizens led by a Lady of > 80 years on Piyano, was the Main attraction.
Let me conclude this Part with a humour borrowed from a source long back, followed by a Food for thought, a;so borrowed recently.
1)HUMOUR
A Desi (local) chap was deeply in love with a pretty girl, whom he wanted. But he
did not have the courage to talk to her in person.
So he decided to go alone and with the help of a dictionary, he wrote a
letter of proposal to her.
HE WROTE :
Most worthy of your estimation after a long consideration and much
mediation, I have a strong indication to become your relation.
As to my educational qualification, it is no exaggeration or fabrication,
that I have passed my matriculation examination (no doubt without any
hesitation and very little preparation) .
What do you say to the solemnization of our marriage celebration according to the glorification of modern civilization and with a view to the expansion of the population of present generation. On your approbation of the application,
I shall make preparation to improve my situation, and if such obligation is worthy of consideration it will be our argumentation of the joy and
exaltation of our joint dissimilation.
Thanking you in anticipation and with devotion; To remain victim of your
fascination.
SHE ANSWERED :
Dear Mr. Victim of my fascination,
Congratulation for your lengthy narration of course full of affection aimed at an affiliation for a combination which on examination I find is a fine presentation of your ambition.
You have passed your matriculation with little preparation, what about my graduation after a long botheration, so improve situation in education and make an application by acquisition of post graduation and minimumqualificatio n for the convocation and before taking your photo for circulation undergo beautification.
Further strict observation of the following conditions is the regulation for the determination of our relation.
1. Consultation of my parents before approaching for my connection.
2. Communication of your confirmation that you are not a victim of any fascination and,
3. Procreation must not be your recreation.
In anticipation of a solid action instead of continuation of paper
conversation.
I Remain, unaffected by your affection.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
WHAT is it that's hard to break???
Diamonds are hard to find but not hard to Break.
What is the hardest thing to break then?
The answer is: HABIT!
If you break the H, you still have A BIT.
If you break the A, you still have BIT.
If you break the B, you still have IT!
Hey, after you break the T in IT, there is still the 'I'.
And that "I" is the root cause of all the problems that You/me/all are facing.
Isn't it right? Do You endorse? Do You agree?
Now you know why "HABIT" is so hard to break.
Now let's take quick taste and it will confirm to You
Now You think it is a frog and i think it is a horse
Moral of the story
We have to respect each other's opinion and views too.
As You can clearly see & understand from above picture.
We just need to listen others actively and their point of view
Regards,
GOOD MAN
Our next Part- 8 will be a topic again on walk in & around our Home.
' I spy a small bug in this room '- My daughter Usha quizzing her Daughter just to divert the latter's attention elsewhere, a tactic!
' Here it is! '- exclaiming Grand-daughter, Preksha forgetting her own thought instantly & concentrating on a Bug, visible to my own eyes through a lens only but could be seen clearly by her.
The word- SPY used here is not having the meaning what we are aware.I presume that this Part of the term-SPYPOND meaning just ' VIEW ' Therefore, Friends, not to go spying at SPYPOND please!
Details about Spy Pond
Also is the link for viewing Photos- "
We both visited the Pond on 26th June
when its Annual Parade & festivel took place.Group of Orchestra, all Senior citizens led by a Lady of > 80 years on Piyano, was the Main attraction.
Let me conclude this Part with a humour borrowed from a source long back, followed by a Food for thought, a;so borrowed recently.
1)HUMOUR
A Desi (local) chap was deeply in love with a pretty girl, whom he wanted. But he
did not have the courage to talk to her in person.
So he decided to go alone and with the help of a dictionary, he wrote a
letter of proposal to her.
HE WROTE :
Most worthy of your estimation after a long consideration and much
mediation, I have a strong indication to become your relation.
As to my educational qualification, it is no exaggeration or fabrication,
that I have passed my matriculation examination (no doubt without any
hesitation and very little preparation) .
What do you say to the solemnization of our marriage celebration according to the glorification of modern civilization and with a view to the expansion of the population of present generation. On your approbation of the application,
I shall make preparation to improve my situation, and if such obligation is worthy of consideration it will be our argumentation of the joy and
exaltation of our joint dissimilation.
Thanking you in anticipation and with devotion; To remain victim of your
fascination.
SHE ANSWERED :
Dear Mr. Victim of my fascination,
Congratulation for your lengthy narration of course full of affection aimed at an affiliation for a combination which on examination I find is a fine presentation of your ambition.
You have passed your matriculation with little preparation, what about my graduation after a long botheration, so improve situation in education and make an application by acquisition of post graduation and minimumqualificatio n for the convocation and before taking your photo for circulation undergo beautification.
Further strict observation of the following conditions is the regulation for the determination of our relation.
1. Consultation of my parents before approaching for my connection.
2. Communication of your confirmation that you are not a victim of any fascination and,
3. Procreation must not be your recreation.
In anticipation of a solid action instead of continuation of paper
conversation.
I Remain, unaffected by your affection.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
WHAT is it that's hard to break???
Diamonds are hard to find but not hard to Break.
What is the hardest thing to break then?
The answer is: HABIT!
If you break the H, you still have A BIT.
If you break the A, you still have BIT.
If you break the B, you still have IT!
Hey, after you break the T in IT, there is still the 'I'.
And that "I" is the root cause of all the problems that You/me/all are facing.
Isn't it right? Do You endorse? Do You agree?
Now you know why "HABIT" is so hard to break.
Now let's take quick taste and it will confirm to You
Now You think it is a frog and i think it is a horse
Moral of the story
We have to respect each other's opinion and views too.
As You can clearly see & understand from above picture.
We just need to listen others actively and their point of view
Regards,
GOOD MAN
Our next Part- 8 will be a topic again on walk in & around our Home.
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