Just forgot to give you all the following Links connectng my previous Blogs.
- 1) http://www.neaq.org/ for Whale Watch & 2) http://www.massbutterfliesorg/ for Butterfly Garden.
Prior to entering the Subject Village, there are certain things now, we need to imagine!
Down the Memory lane, we are supposed to travel back to the world of Rural New England Zone on journey to America's early years- 1790-1840.
It is similar to the Imaginary Travel, Writer Chaavi took us all to The City of Washington where a Wedding of Tamil couple was performed totally based on our own Culture- a humourical Satire! Just click the Link-
http://www.mediafire.com/?mjonxfkti7d8t78, & revive your Memory, especially the Seniors in my Age-group!
The above is the Link referred by me already to you all in Blog- 12.
Now,back to the US, here are the pages from Encyclopaedia reg.African Americans & their struggle from slavery.Click the Link below-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American
Let us now get into the Village & chat with Costumed villagers - The Present day Americans engaged for day to day life depicted on Ancient lines!
http://www.osv.org/ is the Link to click on Historical Features of Life!
Friday, August 20, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI- 16/ Whale Watch, Boston.
Before proceeding with Whale-watch, let us study the Mind-set of our Kids! Here is an example of Parents solving their own problem in their own way to tackle their Kids!- Courtesy- Thatha Patti Group of Yahoo.
A couple had two little boys, ages 8 and 10, that were excessively mischievous. The two were always getting into trouble and their parents could be assured that if any mischief occurred in their town their two young sons were in some way involved. The parents were at their wits end as to what to do about their sons' behavior.
The mother had heard that a clergyman in town had been successful in disciplining children in the past, so she asked her husband if he thought they should send the boys to speak with the clergyman.
The husband said, "We might as well. We need to do something before I really lose my temper!"
The clergyman agreed to speak with the boys, but asked to see them individually.
The 8-year-old went to meet with him first. The clergyman sat the boy down and asked him sternly, "Where is god?"
The boy made no response, so the clergyman repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is god?"
Again the boy made no attempt to answer, so the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face, "WHERE IS GOD?"
At that the boy bolted from the room and ran directly home slamming himself in his closet.
His older brother followed him into the closet and said, "What happened?" The younger brother replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time. God is missing and they think we did it"
Back to our Blog- 16, just have a glance in the Slide show at the end of which you will find Brief on 50 States of US! These States will be dealt with one by one reg. their Unique Features in the subsequent Blogs to follow.
A couple had two little boys, ages 8 and 10, that were excessively mischievous. The two were always getting into trouble and their parents could be assured that if any mischief occurred in their town their two young sons were in some way involved. The parents were at their wits end as to what to do about their sons' behavior.
The mother had heard that a clergyman in town had been successful in disciplining children in the past, so she asked her husband if he thought they should send the boys to speak with the clergyman.
The husband said, "We might as well. We need to do something before I really lose my temper!"
The clergyman agreed to speak with the boys, but asked to see them individually.
The 8-year-old went to meet with him first. The clergyman sat the boy down and asked him sternly, "Where is god?"
The boy made no response, so the clergyman repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is god?"
Again the boy made no attempt to answer, so the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face, "WHERE IS GOD?"
At that the boy bolted from the room and ran directly home slamming himself in his closet.
His older brother followed him into the closet and said, "What happened?" The younger brother replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time. God is missing and they think we did it"
Back to our Blog- 16, just have a glance in the Slide show at the end of which you will find Brief on 50 States of US! These States will be dealt with one by one reg. their Unique Features in the subsequent Blogs to follow.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI- 15 / Aquarium, Boston.
STATES OF US:
USA was formed initially in the year 1776 with Declaration of Independence by 13 American Colonies from the British Rule. One way that these States tried to show their independence was breaking away from the British English in its writing.
In 1778, Benjamin Franklin proposed new Alphabet for American English & then, an American Dictionary in the English language was however published by Noah Webster with only marginal changes with British English.Also, at later Stages, major changes were given effect in the public life with respect to LH Drive, Utilities, etc. in contrast to the British mode of life.Here are the two Extracts from- CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA of Dorling Kindersley produced below in this regard.
For more details on Formation of US, Click the Link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies
Continuing now with Marvels of Science dealt in theLast Blog- 14 regarding Time Zones in the US, as far as India is concerned, there are only two Main Zones namely- ET( Eastern Time ) & PT ( Pacific Time ).9.50 Hrs during Summer & 10.50 Hrs during Winter, behind ours.
Science not only covers the Land where we live, but also goes deepest to the Ocean-bed & highest to the Space-end!
Now, let us get inside the Museum!
By clicking the following, more details can be obtained.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish
Now, just enjoy Strange Experiences by a visitor away from India- Courtesy/- Thatha Patti Group of Yahoo!
1- I was at the checkout of a K-Mart. The clerk rang up $46.64 charge. I gave her a fifty dollar bill. She gave me back $46.64. I gave the money back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in my favour. She became indignant and informed me she was educated and knew what she was doing, and returned the money again. I gave her the money back again ... same scenario!
I departed the store with the $46.64.
This happened in Austin at Mo Pac Boulevard and Palmer Lane.
They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.
2- I walked into a Starbucks with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a Grande Latte. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said "buy one-get one free."
"They're already buy-one-get-one-free," she said, "so I guess they're both free." She handed me my free Lattes and I walked out the door.
They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.
3- One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, "Look at that dead bird!"
Someone looked up at the sky and said, "Where?"
They Walk Among Us!
4- While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning.
She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?"
When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for some time, she shook her head and said, "Oh I don't keep up with that stuff."
They Walk Among Us!!
5- I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call centre.
One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call centre was open. I told him, "The number you dialled is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?"
Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific."
They Walk Among Us!
6- My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.
They Walk Among Us!
7- My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases.
The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.
They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail!
8- I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands.
"Now," she asked me, has your plane arrived yet?"
They Walk Among Us!
9- While working at a pizza parlour ... I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding.
"Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces."
Yep, They Walk Among Us!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The wise man, whom we have called "the Venerable Sage," came one day to the court of King Janaka, ruler of a portion of India. In those early days, people had no lanterns or artificial lights. They used to keep open fires nearby most of the time. The King had a desire to ask this sage some questions about the source of light, but it happened, on that day, that the Sage did not feel inclined to talk. Still, somehow, Janaka got his permission to begin a conversation.
"Revered Sir," the king asked, "What lights a man's way in this world? What is the real source of light?"
"Why, that is easy, O King," the Venerable Sage replied, "the sun lights a man, of course. For, with the sun alone as light, a person sits, goes out, does the day's work, and returns."
"True, Sir! But when the sun has set, what lights one's way in this world?"
"Why, then, O King, the moon is one's light. For, by moonlight, one can sit, or go out, do one's work, and return."
"That is true, O Sage," agreed Janaka. "But," he added, "when the moon also has set, what then?"
"Then fire is one's light, O King. For, by the light of fire, one sits, or goes out, does one's work, and returns."
Again Janaka agreed. "That is true, Sir, but when the sun and moon have set, and the fire has gone out, then what lights one's way in the world?"
"O King," answered the sage, "at that time, voice alone is one's light. By the sound of voices, one can sit, or go out, do one's work, and return. For, when it is so dark that one cannot even see one's hand in front, one can still hear sounds, and move toward them."
"That, too, is true, Sir. But when the sun and moon have set, and the fire has gone out, and all sound has stopped, what then lights one's way in the world?"
"Then the Self, alone, is one's light, Your Majesty. For then one must sit, or go out, do one's work, and return, all with the help of the Self alone."
Janaka happened to know quite a lot about the Self already, but he urged the Venerable Sage to explain more about it. He hoped he could add further to his own spiritual knowledge, so he continued to question the Venerable Sage.
"Which is the Self?" Janaka asked.
"The Self, Your Majesty, is the Knowing One, here among our various parts -- the Inner Light within the heart. It is He who sees this world of our waking state. It is He who sees the world of dream. And, in the dreamless sleep, when we think that we are not seeing, the Self is there, seeing
"There can never be an end to the seeing of the Seer. He is eternal. In deep sleep, you seem to know nothing, but in truth, the Self goes on knowing, for can there ever be an end to the knowing of the Knower? No. He exists forever.
"In the space within your heart lies this One Controller of All, the Master of All. It cannot be destroyed. It does not attach Itself to anything. It is not bound, does not suffer, is not injured. Good and evil do not affect It.
"When a person clearly sees this Self inside as God, the Lord of the past and the future, then he has nothing to fear. This is the undying, fearless Brahman. Fearless, indeed, is Brahman, and he who knows this becomes the fearless Brahman."
இந்த இனிய சிந்தனையுடன்,
மீண்டும் சந்திப்போம்!
Krishnan
தொடரும்
USA was formed initially in the year 1776 with Declaration of Independence by 13 American Colonies from the British Rule. One way that these States tried to show their independence was breaking away from the British English in its writing.
In 1778, Benjamin Franklin proposed new Alphabet for American English & then, an American Dictionary in the English language was however published by Noah Webster with only marginal changes with British English.Also, at later Stages, major changes were given effect in the public life with respect to LH Drive, Utilities, etc. in contrast to the British mode of life.Here are the two Extracts from- CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA of Dorling Kindersley produced below in this regard.
For more details on Formation of US, Click the Link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies
Continuing now with Marvels of Science dealt in theLast Blog- 14 regarding Time Zones in the US, as far as India is concerned, there are only two Main Zones namely- ET( Eastern Time ) & PT ( Pacific Time ).9.50 Hrs during Summer & 10.50 Hrs during Winter, behind ours.
Science not only covers the Land where we live, but also goes deepest to the Ocean-bed & highest to the Space-end!
Now, let us get inside the Museum!
By clicking the following, more details can be obtained.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish
Now, just enjoy Strange Experiences by a visitor away from India- Courtesy/- Thatha Patti Group of Yahoo!
1- I was at the checkout of a K-Mart. The clerk rang up $46.64 charge. I gave her a fifty dollar bill. She gave me back $46.64. I gave the money back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in my favour. She became indignant and informed me she was educated and knew what she was doing, and returned the money again. I gave her the money back again ... same scenario!
I departed the store with the $46.64.
This happened in Austin at Mo Pac Boulevard and Palmer Lane.
They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.
2- I walked into a Starbucks with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a Grande Latte. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said "buy one-get one free."
"They're already buy-one-get-one-free," she said, "so I guess they're both free." She handed me my free Lattes and I walked out the door.
They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.
3- One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, "Look at that dead bird!"
Someone looked up at the sky and said, "Where?"
They Walk Among Us!
4- While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning.
She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?"
When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for some time, she shook her head and said, "Oh I don't keep up with that stuff."
They Walk Among Us!!
5- I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call centre.
One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call centre was open. I told him, "The number you dialled is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?"
Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific."
They Walk Among Us!
6- My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.
They Walk Among Us!
7- My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases.
The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.
They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail!
8- I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands.
"Now," she asked me, has your plane arrived yet?"
They Walk Among Us!
9- While working at a pizza parlour ... I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding.
"Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces."
Yep, They Walk Among Us!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The wise man, whom we have called "the Venerable Sage," came one day to the court of King Janaka, ruler of a portion of India. In those early days, people had no lanterns or artificial lights. They used to keep open fires nearby most of the time. The King had a desire to ask this sage some questions about the source of light, but it happened, on that day, that the Sage did not feel inclined to talk. Still, somehow, Janaka got his permission to begin a conversation.
"Revered Sir," the king asked, "What lights a man's way in this world? What is the real source of light?"
"Why, that is easy, O King," the Venerable Sage replied, "the sun lights a man, of course. For, with the sun alone as light, a person sits, goes out, does the day's work, and returns."
"True, Sir! But when the sun has set, what lights one's way in this world?"
"Why, then, O King, the moon is one's light. For, by moonlight, one can sit, or go out, do one's work, and return."
"That is true, O Sage," agreed Janaka. "But," he added, "when the moon also has set, what then?"
"Then fire is one's light, O King. For, by the light of fire, one sits, or goes out, does one's work, and returns."
Again Janaka agreed. "That is true, Sir, but when the sun and moon have set, and the fire has gone out, then what lights one's way in the world?"
"O King," answered the sage, "at that time, voice alone is one's light. By the sound of voices, one can sit, or go out, do one's work, and return. For, when it is so dark that one cannot even see one's hand in front, one can still hear sounds, and move toward them."
"That, too, is true, Sir. But when the sun and moon have set, and the fire has gone out, and all sound has stopped, what then lights one's way in the world?"
"Then the Self, alone, is one's light, Your Majesty. For then one must sit, or go out, do one's work, and return, all with the help of the Self alone."
Janaka happened to know quite a lot about the Self already, but he urged the Venerable Sage to explain more about it. He hoped he could add further to his own spiritual knowledge, so he continued to question the Venerable Sage.
"Which is the Self?" Janaka asked.
"The Self, Your Majesty, is the Knowing One, here among our various parts -- the Inner Light within the heart. It is He who sees this world of our waking state. It is He who sees the world of dream. And, in the dreamless sleep, when we think that we are not seeing, the Self is there, seeing
"There can never be an end to the seeing of the Seer. He is eternal. In deep sleep, you seem to know nothing, but in truth, the Self goes on knowing, for can there ever be an end to the knowing of the Knower? No. He exists forever.
"In the space within your heart lies this One Controller of All, the Master of All. It cannot be destroyed. It does not attach Itself to anything. It is not bound, does not suffer, is not injured. Good and evil do not affect It.
"When a person clearly sees this Self inside as God, the Lord of the past and the future, then he has nothing to fear. This is the undying, fearless Brahman. Fearless, indeed, is Brahman, and he who knows this becomes the fearless Brahman."
இந்த இனிய சிந்தனையுடன்,
மீண்டும் சந்திப்போம்!
Krishnan
தொடரும்
Thursday, August 5, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI- 14/- MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON
Today, 1st August, being the FRINDSHIP DAY, convenienly falls on First Sunday of August every year,
here is an Album below to click, conveying a wonderful Thought on Friendship!- Courtesy- Friends of Thatha Patti Group of Yahoo!
Getting up today early in the Morning, the First & Foremost thought caught my eyes is another one, also in the Album from- The Friends of Yahoo - Thatha Patti Group!
With such Thought-Provoking words in Mind for ever to follow in our life,let us get into The Museum of Science, Boston with our Kids to unravel the Myseteries invented or discovered by our Ancestors./ Scientists!Whatever we enjoy, The Marvels of Science & Technology, due credit goes to them only!LET US SALUTE THEM ALL!
Photos taken inside the Museum will follow later.
Presently, we both are at Michigan enjoying the company of our Daughter's Family for the past two weeks, Last two Parts of Blog were infact made & issued from here only.
I could study the exposure of our Kids to the world of Wisdom at the close angles here right through our own Grand-daughters.Sky is the Limit for them!
I asked jokingly one Kid of 5 years old, on visit to her Home,
' Get ready to go with us to India where you can live with your Grand-parents'. She replied instantly,
'I like staying here better!'
When I started thinking her version deeper, I could study the depth of her Positive Mode of Mind-set!
Back now to the Topic of Science,US has been divided into Nine zones based on Time- Day & Night.By clicking the following links, we can get a better idea about it.
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/
http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml
Asia, especially India, gains a lot, because of variations in Time between us & the US.As rightly said, When US sleeps, India works with Her huge Manpower at its disposal in fulfilling the Projects Offshore obtained from US. It yields large Amount of Foreign Exchange thereby boosting our Economy.
Any one travelling to US shall be familiar with the Time adjustments supposed to be made in his watch enroute for which Air-crew will be helpful.Even after being aware of it, at times, it misfires involving us forgetfully in tense-moments.
A friend of mine,on his way to Michigan via Chicago on Domestic Travels, was in a fix, sometime back being unaware of this time-difference..He was seen off by his Son promptly early morning from Massachusetts, the local time of which matches perfectly with Michigan but not Chicago, enroute!.Its local time was one Hour behind the others.Air-tickets displayed only the Local time but total time of travel was shown correctly.
In my friend's case, the Sender & the Receiver, both educated him well about all aspects except time-gap forgetfully.
My friend enjoyed the Hospitality of Air-crew, relishing Snacks &Drinks served by them for Breakfast.. Audio in flight was active & conveyed some message from Cockpit in American English which my friend just assumed that it is going to land at Chicago in time.He then noticed his watch showing around 08.30AM.He verified his Ticket for Arrival showing as 07.40AM.Something started revolving in his Belly.Are we late?
Puzzled somewhat, he was looking for answer from the crew but again the Amercan Accent played its trick Crew replied that about 35 Minutes are there left to reach. Since the connecting Flight to Michigan was at 08.35AM as per Ticket, my friend aked the Crew whether his Michigan Flight can wait for this Flight in case of its late arrival.Crew replied something which my friend failed to follow.Stout & Bulky Crew stature discouraged my friend to repeat his query, instead, forced him to assume again that due to bad weather, it was late by 30 Minutes. Crew was right considering theOne hour Timegap. Wife of my friend also encourged him by showing outside the window that the weather was too cloudy to land in time.Flight landed little late & my friend with his wife started rushing towards the Specific Gate from where Michigan flight was due taking off.He hurried looking for his flight timings in TV Screen, in case of late shedule, only to find later that it showed only the Timings of Arrival Flights.Then, they were rushing along the corridor of Arrival Gates only to find that Gates of Departure Flights just started then. Since their Departure Gate was at the end, it took some time more to reach where there was nobody & the Gate was found closed.They just assumed that their Flight had already left in time since their watch showed 09.08.They were looking for alternatives including their Checked-in Luggages.Then, they accidentally saw a digital clock near the Gate showing it was 08.08AM when their own watch was at 9.08..On query,a Passenger just arrived there, clarified the Mystery of One Hour Time adjustment. My friend therefore had enough time to board hi flight with 25 Minutes more left.Then it was Happy ending all the way & both relatives at either end cut a sorry figure., there was a great relief for all!
Back to you soon with Blog-15!
LONG LIVE OUR FRIENDHIP!
Krshnan
here is an Album below to click, conveying a wonderful Thought on Friendship!- Courtesy- Friends of Thatha Patti Group of Yahoo!
Getting up today early in the Morning, the First & Foremost thought caught my eyes is another one, also in the Album from- The Friends of Yahoo - Thatha Patti Group!
With such Thought-Provoking words in Mind for ever to follow in our life,let us get into The Museum of Science, Boston with our Kids to unravel the Myseteries invented or discovered by our Ancestors./ Scientists!Whatever we enjoy, The Marvels of Science & Technology, due credit goes to them only!LET US SALUTE THEM ALL!
Photos taken inside the Museum will follow later.
Presently, we both are at Michigan enjoying the company of our Daughter's Family for the past two weeks, Last two Parts of Blog were infact made & issued from here only.
I could study the exposure of our Kids to the world of Wisdom at the close angles here right through our own Grand-daughters.Sky is the Limit for them!
I asked jokingly one Kid of 5 years old, on visit to her Home,
' Get ready to go with us to India where you can live with your Grand-parents'. She replied instantly,
'I like staying here better!'
When I started thinking her version deeper, I could study the depth of her Positive Mode of Mind-set!
Back now to the Topic of Science,US has been divided into Nine zones based on Time- Day & Night.By clicking the following links, we can get a better idea about it.
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/
http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml
Asia, especially India, gains a lot, because of variations in Time between us & the US.As rightly said, When US sleeps, India works with Her huge Manpower at its disposal in fulfilling the Projects Offshore obtained from US. It yields large Amount of Foreign Exchange thereby boosting our Economy.
Any one travelling to US shall be familiar with the Time adjustments supposed to be made in his watch enroute for which Air-crew will be helpful.Even after being aware of it, at times, it misfires involving us forgetfully in tense-moments.
A friend of mine,on his way to Michigan via Chicago on Domestic Travels, was in a fix, sometime back being unaware of this time-difference..He was seen off by his Son promptly early morning from Massachusetts, the local time of which matches perfectly with Michigan but not Chicago, enroute!.Its local time was one Hour behind the others.Air-tickets displayed only the Local time but total time of travel was shown correctly.
In my friend's case, the Sender & the Receiver, both educated him well about all aspects except time-gap forgetfully.
My friend enjoyed the Hospitality of Air-crew, relishing Snacks &Drinks served by them for Breakfast.. Audio in flight was active & conveyed some message from Cockpit in American English which my friend just assumed that it is going to land at Chicago in time.He then noticed his watch showing around 08.30AM.He verified his Ticket for Arrival showing as 07.40AM.Something started revolving in his Belly.Are we late?
Puzzled somewhat, he was looking for answer from the crew but again the Amercan Accent played its trick Crew replied that about 35 Minutes are there left to reach. Since the connecting Flight to Michigan was at 08.35AM as per Ticket, my friend aked the Crew whether his Michigan Flight can wait for this Flight in case of its late arrival.Crew replied something which my friend failed to follow.Stout & Bulky Crew stature discouraged my friend to repeat his query, instead, forced him to assume again that due to bad weather, it was late by 30 Minutes. Crew was right considering theOne hour Timegap. Wife of my friend also encourged him by showing outside the window that the weather was too cloudy to land in time.Flight landed little late & my friend with his wife started rushing towards the Specific Gate from where Michigan flight was due taking off.He hurried looking for his flight timings in TV Screen, in case of late shedule, only to find later that it showed only the Timings of Arrival Flights.Then, they were rushing along the corridor of Arrival Gates only to find that Gates of Departure Flights just started then. Since their Departure Gate was at the end, it took some time more to reach where there was nobody & the Gate was found closed.They just assumed that their Flight had already left in time since their watch showed 09.08.They were looking for alternatives including their Checked-in Luggages.Then, they accidentally saw a digital clock near the Gate showing it was 08.08AM when their own watch was at 9.08..On query,a Passenger just arrived there, clarified the Mystery of One Hour Time adjustment. My friend therefore had enough time to board hi flight with 25 Minutes more left.Then it was Happy ending all the way & both relatives at either end cut a sorry figure., there was a great relief for all!
Back to you soon with Blog-15!
LONG LIVE OUR FRIENDHIP!
Krshnan
Friday, July 30, 2010
ANUBHAVAM PUDHUMAI- 13/ Children's Museum
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.
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.
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)
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With that Exhaustive Thoughts, let us now look forward our next Blog- 12
Krishnan
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