Networkers' Dilemma: To Use Real Name or Not?

Just read an interesting article: A good analysis of practical problems associated with using the real name -- online.

However, I've been using my real name since beginning and most of my connections on Social Media too are doing the same.

So what's the problem? 

I think, as long as you remain within an acceptable boundary according to your social status there's no need to hide your real identity.

But yes, there's a problem and what's that -- has been explained in this posting

This is where it becomes a problem. There's no good reason an elementary school teacher shouldn't be allowed to pick up belly dancing as a hobby. However, if she were forced to upload her videos under her real name instead of 'Fatima the Enchantress,' she's much more likely to lose her job. People are quick to judge about that sort of thing.

Via: Cracked.com

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Have You seen Anyone Rising from the Ashes?

You are tired. Very natural. Life is a long journey towards an inevitable destination: Death. Some call it the beginning of another journey, but who knows, what lies after that?

Most us have some purpose of living but a few don’t — apparently. Do they give up and surrender to destiny? Many a do, but a few challenge the destiny and successfully change the course of life events!

One of them, I know!

An old lady who lost all her family members: Husband, sons, daughters, son-in-laws, daughter-in-laws and all grand children, in one devastating accident — leaving her alone in this world and literally without any purpose of living.

But, did she give up? No, rather she decided to fight it out against all odds -- and successfully changed the course of her destiny. You know, how?

She set-up a rehabilitation center with some private aids for people in similar situations -- helping them identify a purpose of living!

Today she is running it successfully and is, one of the most respected persons in the locality with everyone willing to extend all kinds of help and co-operation.

I think the difference between just living and living a meaningful life is, the way you look at it and find a purpose of living.

Well, have you seen someone like her — rising from the ashes? If so, please share your experience.

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India to Host Olympics! Are You Joking?

India's home minister says with amazing confidence that, the  Naxal menace will be curbed in 3 years; 'puppet on a chain' PM blames Pak foreign minister for talks failure; CNN-IBN highlights, through this video - repeated attempts to embed it here failed for no reasons; after all, I must remember, it's not from YouTube - the rampant corruptions jeopardizing India reputation globally.

And, quite surprisingly, "impressed with India's preparedness for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, five-time Olympic gold medalist rower Sir Steve Redgrave said on Thursday the country should take forward the legacy of the October 3-14 mega event and bid for the Olympics in future."

Is he joking, or  made to deliver this awesome statement?

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Is 'WikiLeaks' A CIA Operation?

While going through an interesting article on Askmen.com regarding recently reported Wikileaks incident suggesting 5 things that men should know about this website -- the 5th point caught my attention, where the author has touched upon a sensitive issue: The possibility of a CIA involvement in this leak.

Trust me, I've been pondering over the same, since yesterday, and to me it makes sense: Wild thought?

"If by publishing leaked documents WikiLeaks 'reports' on certain events in a neo-journalistic kind of way, who's reporting on WikiLeaks? At least one answer is the U.S.-based freedom-of-speech informed whistle-blower site Cryptome.org, which predates WikiLeaks by a decade and enjoys substantially more credibility. The site is run by New York City architects John Young and Deborah Natsios, and in the past Young hasn't been shy about not only leaking WikiLeaks documents, but also calling out and criticizing his more newsworthy upstart competitor. This has included accusations of collusion with underhanded agencies like the CIA."

Do you think -- there is a possibility of such nexus?

Via: Askmen.com

Do Regular Exercise to Get Over Depression

Emphasizing on the importance of regular exercise in treating depressions, which is being considered to be far more effective than conventional treatments like Pharmacological or Psychological , Brittany, opens up several knowledge lanes,

Treating depression has been the focus of a huge stream of medical and psychological research over the previous quarter-century. Various causes and treatments for the disorder have been proposed and seem to provide some relief for the patients. Most of the treatments have been focused on the psychological and pharmacological causes of depression, which have been linked to neurochemical abnormalities such as a lack of endorphins. Clinical psychotherapy has also had some success as a treatment depending on the patient.

With 340 million people in the world suffering from depression and rising, there's a acute need to address this problem with greater depth of understanding and also suggest a cost-effective remedy.So, the success of exercise in reducing depression, as highlighted in this posting, may offer some relief to a vast majority of patients in terms of cost benefit.

Via: Help in Psychology

CIA And Google to Record Future?

I wrote this long ago; however, forgot to post it. Now that CIA has joined hands with Google - just read on Wired - I've decided to publish it.



From the term 'Recorded Future,' what I could understand is: It's a concept of identifying future events - that have already been documented and uploaded to web - with the help of a 'Google Search' like mechanism, and then indexing those data according to a set of criteria -- matching end-user needs.

Well, the original piece I read in boston.com (via Gizmodo) posted by Scott Krisner, who, while elaborating the concept in details, wrote,"The founders of Recorded Future, a new Boston area start-up, believe there is value in applying Google-like search capabilities and a simple interface to a tightly constrained set of data: occurrences that are expected or predicted to happen tomorrow and beyond. The site presents three input boxes - what, who/where, and when - and presents text search results, charts, or  timelines."

Interesting, and must be with a good business potential -- why, otherwise, should Google make a good investment in that venture?

Undoubtedly, Scott has carried-out an in-depth analysis of the whole concept and also the organization behind it, embedding 2 YouTube videos in his posting for a better understanding of the subject. Thanks Scott!

But, I think, Jesus is partially correct in saying "Google's time machine is called Recorded Future. It won't allow Sergei, Larry, and Eric to go back in time, but it will let them to search into your future." -- because, Google already has a time machine that search into the past ( and for all practical purpose, into the future also but the search results are not segregated and indexed).

So, the fundamental difference, I assume, in this case would be: An exclusive and focused search into the events that have been planned and recorded for happening in future - except for the slightly confusing criteria of 'Momentum Value,that may go haywire, anytime!

If it's so, then, is it a refined search only -- or there's something more to that?

Let's wait and watch, how it shapes up!

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16 Tips for Successful Blogging

Let me come straight to the point:

1.Stop convincing yourself: That, you've floated a Blog just because it's your hobby. Had it been so you would have been reading other blogs and commenting on various issues -- more than sufficient to quench your thirst for creativity.

2.Convince yourself: That, you've started the Blog to enhance your reputation in personal and professional circle and/or earn few extra bucks -- may be some big money in future.

3.Do a thorough research: Focus reading relevant references during research on internet and ignore others  -- including most eye-catching news headlines.

4.Never try to blog during working hours: Minor interruptions during writing a blog posting may put you off-the- track and you're likely to produce some bull shit!

5.Be a serious Blogger: If you are serious about Blogging then you must post relevant articles at least twice a week -- otherwise quit it.   It's not your cup of tea.

6.Keep your eyes and ears open: You'll come across hundreds of interesting subjects for your Blog articles. But, watch out for lates developments closely and dig out the morale of the story.

7.Content is the King - everybody says - but Marketing is the Queen: No use of producing great articles if you've no audience. Sooner you realize better it is. Chalk out a strategic audience development plan and keep on improvising.

8.Become member of at least 10 popular Social Bookmarking Sites: Post links to your articles on those sites but not immediately -- as that would affect the search rankings of your blog pages.

9.Become member of at least 5 Social Networking Sites: Some of those sites are offering the opportunity to Blog from within and you should publish your articles there with a link - signature along with blog address is the best option - pointed at your own blog.

10.Add value to your postings: Elaborate your opinion with the help of few references to relevant articles from reputed web sites. Readers are investing precious time not for knowing your personal opinion only. So, offer value for their time.

11. Identify at least 25 reputed News and Article sites: Regular scanning of those sites will enhance your knowledge base and also help you to identify the subjects for blog postings.

12.Use simple language: Write your postings using simple words and avoid showing off your writing skills. Most of the world famous Bloggers use very simple language.

13.Avoid using unnecessary punctuations: Popularity of the article is assured when the sentences are designed  with less interruptions for smooth reading.

14.Focus on creativity while writing: Remember, article writing is not one of the  multitasking job. So, while producing the articles you must detach yourself from the rest of the world.

15.Have Patience: Keep on doing good work and wait for the right break, which may take more than few months or even a few years. Remember: There is no short cut to success.

16.Edit articles few time before posting: Scan your postings carefully, may be twice or thrice, before finally uploading to the Blog. I am sure, you will correct a few silly mistakes.

Read, what Andrew Sullivan, one of the most prominent blogger in the world, thinks about this amazing form of expressions.

All the best! 

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Electric Cars May Not be the Answer!

Could Electric Cars be developed into a viable alternative that we've been desperately looking for? May be!

However, the argument put forward in this article clearly rules out such possibilities raising a serious doubt about the future of global transportation.

So what's the solution?

It gets worse. Buy an EV today and it will be effectively worthless in five years, according to Glasss Guide. The reason? By then, the batteries will need replacing - at £8000 a pop. Imagine buying a new petrol car and being told that in five years time its engine, gearbox and steering will be worn out. Madness. Electric cars look great on paper but are not the answer. Neither is hydrogen, but thats another story.

Via: Daily Mail Blog

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Effective Talent Acquisitions — Key to Business Success.

7 years ago we’re retained by a small Indian corporate, willing to pay the recruitment fee which was 50 pct more than the common trend at that time.

To start with, Managing Director of the company established a direct communication channel with me, following up vigorously, to ensure successful completion of each and every critical assignments.

Since then we’ve been working hard for his company, identifying right candidates from target organizations and successfully pulling them out of the comfort zone.

In that process, we must have recruited a few hundred professionals so far, including 4 of the 6 current business heads and more than a few dozens senior level candidates.

Let me now share with you the growth story of the company: 1000 pct in seven years; unbelievable but true.

What made an otherwise small and unknown company to grow so hugely is, apparently a big question but has a very simple answer: Effective Talent Acquisitions.

The story, if highlighted in the right forum with evidential support, would make this initiative qualify for an ideal case study pertaining to effective talent management. And, I’m more than willing to make a presentation if there’s an audience.

Okay, what impressed me most during this delightful association, so far, is, the MD’s remarkable understanding of the importance of talent acquisition that he  translated into reality by launching a massive ‘Executive Search’ program – through us – ultimately transforming the company into one of the largest in its segment today.

Frankly speaking, I’ve not yet come across another initiative of such a huge magnitude, rather experienced what is diagonally opposite to this.

Sadly, leadership in most of the companies I know, are still allergic to direct involvement in talent acquisition and quite a few even proudly declare their detachment as professional achievement in terms of successful delegation.

It’s hard to believe that they’re not aware of its importance, still! ‘Sun rises in the east,’ is an universal truth and I’m sure the Chimps too know about it;

So, is effective talent acquisition — key to business success? Yes, it is!

Why then, there're no convincing evidences so far, in favor?

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An amazing Free Blackberry Application!

I have been using Blackberry smart-phone for more than 4 years. Initially a BB Pearl and then upgraded to Blackberry Curve 8320.

In between, I switched over to HTC and Nokia for a month but embraced the Blackberry again for some unexplainable comfort factor.

Well, during this period, I've tried most of the paid and free applications in different categories. Some were useful and the rest not. May be because the utilization of any application depends on actual user's specific requirements, and that vary widely.

Talking about free applications: Most of them being spread across numerous sites it's very difficult for a busy professional to gather complete information -- before deciding about the software matching his/her specific needs.

To make your life little better, let me recommend an amazing free blackberry application I've been using for more than a year by now: Viigo, a RSS reader -- one of the best, out of a dozen I've tried out.

It helps me organize - seamlessly - hundreds of feeds that I need to check on daily basis for identifying the subjects for my blog postings, apart from keeping a tab on latest developments from all over the world.  

Additionally, it offer the facility for operating multiple twitter accounts. You may visit the website here to read more about it.

Recently it's been taken over by RIM, the manufacturer of Blackberry Smart Phones, making it even more desirable in terms of performance improvements.

Life and Death: No Point in Fighting A Losing Battle?

Responding to Atul Gawande's posting on 'The New Yorker,' raising an issue, related to extreme desperation of terminally ill patients and their near-and-dear ones, that: What should medicine do when it can’t save your life? -- a reader, Mr Andrew, comments on Freakonomics, saying:

I respectfully disagree that medicine has “failed.” I am a physician and agree that a number of physicians carry on attempts at fruitless care to an extreme, both for psychological (theirs) and financial reasons, but most of us have a pretty good idea when care is fruitless and even “stressful and painful” for the patient but many, many patients and families want “everything done,” (especially because it usually costs them nothing). Also because we are encouraged to usually go along with the patient’s and family’s desires (and also because of attorneys) we spend a lot on unnecessary end of life care. Especially nowadays when patients are supposed to be our “partners” in health care decisions. — Andrew

And, I agree with him. What about you?

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Cultivate 5 Habits for Success At Workplace

Very simple tips but absolutely to the point, are those, suggested by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen, through her latest posting on Suite101 -- highlighting the usefulness of 5 habits that employees should practice at workplace to achieve their maximum potential.

"Succeeding at work doesn't necessarily involve particular personality traits (though a strong work ethic leads to success most of the time!). Work psychology is about being aware of certain personality traits and preferences, and using them to create better coworker relationships and achieve professional goals."

All five suggestions are worth immediate implementation, but the one -- suggesting employees to be realistic about professional goals, is, a 'bull's eye' hitting advice. Thanks, Laurie!

Via: Suite101  

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Men Need to Fight Back for Gender Equality on Social Media Sites

With women fighting for gender equality in every domain of life one can think of, there's a good news for them: On social media sites, in terms of time spent (30 percent more), women are ahead of men.

"Globally, women demonstrate higher levels of engagement with social networking sites than men. Although women account for 47.9 percent of total unique visitors to the social networking category, they consume 57 percent of pages and account for nearly 57 percent of total minutes spent on these sites. Women spend significantly more time on social networking sites than men, with women averaging 5.5 hours per month compared to men’s 4 hours, demonstrating the strong engagement that women across the globe share with social sites." Reports comScore, today.

Come on Men, spend more time on facebook and twitter - and defeat the women!

Thanks:  JeroenKoning on Flickr

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Fascinating Small Cars!

Abi Abrams, unfolds, the long-forgotten - yet relevant - history of adorable mini Cars:

"As today's economy continues to shake and stagger, most people find themselves in the 'savings' and 'fuel efficiency' mode when it comes to cars - and so the idea of small, easy to park and to maintain micro cars remains popular. Plus even from purely design and vintage collector's viewpoint, these cars can possess more cuteness and nostalgia factor than your favorite childhood toys. Just like a well-worn toy teddy bear, they are extremely cuddly and adorable."

Via: Dark Roasted Blend  

Thanks: Makezine

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Who Cares: Global Warming is Reducing Sea Oxygen Level?

Carrie Madren, highlighting an important development - and little reported - related to global warming: How climate change is impacting sea oxygen level, warns:

"While oxygen depletion may not draw dramatic headlines or spark rallies, dipping oxygen levels pose a growing problem for marine life and fisheries. It works like this: first, as concentrations of greenhouse gases rise and the Earth warms, ocean temperatures rise. And since warmer water not only expands but also holds less oxygen than colder water, a rise in the mercury will leave fish and other marine life in certain areas without sufficient oxygen."

How long, it will take, for our leadership, to arrive at a consensual agreement for implementing the corrective measures without further delay?

Via: Ecologist 

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Improve Relationships to Live A Healthy and Meaningful Life

The findings of a latest investigation that the lack of social interactions is a risk factor for death, could be a warning to those who prefer to remain aloof  -- I hope, it applies to both offline as well as online interactions.

Researchers clearly indicate, "that constant interaction is not only beneficial psychologically but directly to our physical health."

They also emphasized on the point that, "there are many pathways through which friends and family influence health for the better, ranging from a calming touch to finding meaning in life.

"'When someone is connected to a group and feels responsibility for other people, that sense of purpose and meaning translates to taking better care of themselves and taking fewer risks,' said, BYU professors Julianne Holt-Lunsta, one of the Scientists involved in the study.

So, squeeze, some time, out of your busy schedule, to improve the quality of relationships through an active social interaction - regularly - if you wish to live a healthy and meaningful life!

Via: Science Daily 

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Most Impacting April Fool's Day Hoaxes!

Some of the best 'April Fool's' hoaxes of  all time. The one I liked most, is highlighted below:

Instant Color TV image1962: In 1962 there was only one tv channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white. The station's technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that, thanks to a new technology, viewers could convert their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do was pull a nylon stocking over their tv screen. Stensson proceeded to demonstrate the process. Thousands of people were taken in. Regular color broadcasts only commenced in Sweden on April 1, 1970."

Read more at Museum of Hoaxes 

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Amazing Videos: A 3 Minute Philosophy Series!

CollegeBinary, a YouTube user, has done a remarkable job: He has made 9 videos highlighting the views of noted philosophers of all time.

Follow the link to view those absolutely amazing presentations

Thank to William Dalton on Flickr,

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Experts' Opinion: Best iPad Applications!

Thomas Weber, highlights, Daily Beast's experts' opinion recommending 20 best iPad application that you must install if you're the proud owner of a iPad.

"Fact is, while wags have been busy joking about iPhone Band-Aids and debating Apple’s crisis-response chops, the iPad keeps booming. Apple says it sold more than 3.2 million of the devices in the past three months. On Friday, the company rolled out the iPad in nine more countries, including Hong Kong, generating the familiar sight of gadget-hungry customers lining up for Jobs’ latest goodies. Some estimates now call for nearly 13 million iPads shipped by year-end, boosted by holiday sales to folks like analyst-turned-news mogul Henry Blodget, who has blogged about needing more iPads in the house to keep his kids from fighting over the device. The iPad’s success is extra remarkable considering that the tablet is carving out a new niche, as opposed to the iPhone, which built on the familiar cellphone paradigm."

Via: The Daily Beast 

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Experts' Opinion: Pakistani Double Game!

Max Fisher, highlights, some of the down-to earth opinions on how Pakistan is conveniently taking global powers for a ride that they may be knowing about, but overlook -- for some strange reasons!

"No 'Smoking Gun' The Guardian's Declan Walsh writes, 'for all their eye-popping details, the intelligence files, which are mostly collated by junior officers relying on informants and Afghan officials, fail to provide a convincing smoking gun for ISI complicity. Most of the reports are vague, filled with incongruent detail, or crudely fabricated. The same characters – famous Taliban commanders, well-known ISI officials – and scenarios repeatedly pop up. And few of the events predicted in the reports subsequently occurred.'"

Via: The Atlantic Wire

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Is Money Thicker Than Blood?

Is it so powerful that everything including relationship has no option but to take shelter below?

Is it so powerful that without it the definition of relationship takes an ugly turn?

Is it so powerful that the lack of it make us forget, everything, that our parents bestowed upon us, self less, to ensure a better quality of life .

Is it so powerful that we can't look after our parents -- if they don't have the money.

If it's so powerful, then I don't need it, because, I don't want someone or something else to dictate my life.

I still have enough courage and self-respect to decide about the course of my life -- with or without money.

Money may think that it's thicker than blood -- but I'd never let it win, at any cost.

Money can never be thicker than blood -- or a genuine relationship!


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The Leaked "Afghanistan War Diary" Exposes Pakistan!

The leak of above 90,000 U.S. secret military records pertaining to Afghanistan war between Jan 2004 to Dec 2009, is surely shaking the world now, but to India's advantage it has certainly opened a can of worms: How ISI has been master-minding,  for long, a full-fledged terrorist operation across the sub-continent -- in consultation with most of the prominent terrorist outfits from Pakistan and Afghanistan.

"The Afghan War Diary an extraordinary secret compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. The reports describe the majority of lethal military actions involving the United States military. They include the number of persons internally stated to be killed, wounded, or detained during each action, together with the precise geographical location of each event, and the military units involved and major weapon systems used." Via: WikiLeaks

Explaining the situation and its repercussion on Indo-Pak relationship, Amol Sharma, opines on WSJ Blog: India Real Time, that,

Indian officials have long claimed that Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, maintains ties with the Taliban and has helped orchestrate attacks in Afghanistan in recent years. New Delhi has at times been frustrated that Washington hasn’t taken its concerns more seriously.

Now India has some more ammunition to back up its assessment, buried in thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents about the war in Afghanistan. They paint a picture of current and former Pakistani ISI operatives who met secretly with Taliban militants, helped create a network of suicide bombers, and schemed to plan attacks.

As usual angry Pakistani officials deny leaked documents' suggestion of ties to Taliban, but completely unmasking them -- the Documents allege Pakistan secretly backed Taliban

Let the World speculate: What the Wikileak Means for the Afghanistan War but, it's high time, India takes this issue seriously and reciprocate appropriately.

Thanks Kate Elizabeth, for this wonderful image

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Eye-Catching Images Fascilitating A Deep Introspection

Truly eye-catching images that air a cool layer of peace and tranquility over mind and soul!

Follow the link to BBC website for a full-screen slide show

Is India's Prime Minister Grossly Underpaid?

Subhadip Sircar, on WSJ Blog, highlights: "A survey by the Economist magazine of the salaries of 22 heads of advanced and developing nations shows Mr. Singh at the bottom of the heap. The magazine ranked pay by taking the ratio of a leader’s earnings to the country’s GDP per person, measured on a purchasing-power-parity basis."

And then, out of curiosity, I followed the link to the website of "The Economist" that has recently published a report on Political Leaders' salary -- indicating, how poorly, is, Indian Prime Minister paid: A basic compensation of $ 4,106, annually.

Not a motivating salary at all and, I 'desperately' recommend to the Indian Government: Please, undertake a global compensation survey through a 'Competent Consulting Firm,' immediately - the base is already available, though - and fix the disparity!

Until then, let's stop blaming Dr Singh, holding him responsible for the current state of affairs.

Image: By whologwhy

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Follow Lincoln: Make Your Sufferings An Agent of Growth?

Joshua Wolf Shenk's Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness. is a classic that I intend to read as soon as possible, but the excerpt published on "The Altantic," long ago, is mesmerizing story of a perfect blending between Faith and Fate -- making Lincoln, always respond positively to sufferings!

 "Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Lincoln's dressmaker, once told of watching the president drag himself into the room where she was fitting the First Lady. 'His step was slow and heavy, and his face sad,' Keckley recalled. 'Like a tired child he threw himself upon a sofa, and shaded his eyes with his hands. He was a complete picture of dejection.' He had just returned from the War Department, he said, where the news was 'dark, dark everywhere.' Lincoln then took a small Bible from a stand near the sofa and began to read. 'A quarter of an hour passed,' Keckley remembered, 'and on glancing at the sofa the face of the president seemed more cheerful. The dejected look was gone; in fact, the countenance was lighted up with new resolution and hope.' Wanting to see what he was reading, Keckley pretended she had dropped something and went behind where Lincoln was sitting so that she could look over his shoulder. It was the Book of Job."

Via: The Atlantic

Slightly generalizing what O'Neill wrote: "We are born broken. We live by mending. Grace of God is the glue," is perhaps one of the most positive explanations - of sufferings - I've ever come across in life.

I'm sure, once we admit and accept this truth -- life would appear meaningful and worth living in any circumstances.

What do you think? Can we really make sufferings an agent of growth and prosperity!

Thanks: Therese J. Borchard

Thanks: KristinaVF, for this wonderful image

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Does Walking Inspire Clarity and Creativity?

Oliver Burkeman, on importance and usefulness of walking.

If we still don't know why walking inspires clarity and creativity, it's because there are too many possible explanations, not too few. An evolutionary psychologist might say we're designed to thrive outside, not at a desk; a scholar of the psychological phenomenon of "priming" might point to studies suggesting that high ceilings – and also, perhaps, the sky – prompt unrestrained thinking. Dreamier types speak of the trance-inducing rhythm of pacing. A study in the European Journal of Developmental Psychology offers more straightforward reasoning. In it, both children and adults performed a memory exercise better when walking than sitting. The researchers speculate that the physiological arousal of walking simply makes for better brain functioning, while the normally detrimental effects of multitasking are eliminated when the tasks are sufficiently different, drawing on separate "wells" of attention, rather than fighting over one.

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Technology May Help Scientists Walk Inside Protein, in Virtual Reality!

James F. Hinton, a Professor of Arkansas University, has created a new software program that would help Scientists walk inside - in virtual reality - Protein structure. Great!

To understand a protein, it helps to get inside of it, and a professor has now figured out a way to do so. A new computer software program and projection system lets a person look at larger-than-life, 3-D structures of proteins in virtual reality. This allows scientists to walk inside, through or around the protein of interest for investigating its structure and function.

Via: Science Daily

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How Language Influences Our Thought Process

Recently, I went through an interesting posting - and analysis - on how the language we speak affect our thought process and subsequent interpretation of events: How we see the world!

According to the Author: Same event is perceived differently by people speaking different  languages and that's truly amazing!

Well, since there's a globalization of everything we can think of, can we standardize the languages from all over the world -- to some extent, at least - which would surely help making a unified world!

All this new research shows us that the languages we speak not only reflect or express our thoughts, but also shape the very thoughts we wish to express. The structures that exist in our languages profoundly shape how we construct reality, and help make us as smart and sophisticated as we are. Via: WSJ

Thanks Lera, for helping us understand the complex relationship between language and knowledge system.

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Unconventional Career Tips for Hitting the Bull's Eye

Let me share with you some of the most unconventional but down-to-earth career tips I've come across in recent times.

These no-nonsense suggestions would position you in a deliverable situation pointing your career at the bull's eye.

Some of you may find these tips little awkward, but successful professionals are surely practicing them -- may not admit, though!

One of the fundamental rules of knowledge as power is to never give away information when it does not benefit you. If you are in a position that affords you exclusive knowledge, the more people you give this knowledge to, the more diluted your power becomes. The rule here is simple: Keep your mouth shut -- and do it as much as you can (and the less you say the better). Your personal life, who in the office is hooking up, your boss' golf game -- all of that is valuable information in one way or another. Don't hand it out unless you have to. Don embodies all of these qualities. In fact, one of the very few times Don blows his cool is when he overhears the team dragging Freddy Rumsen's name through the mud.

So, be practical and conquer the work-place!

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The Earth is Yours And Everything That's in It

An inspiring poem, apparently for man, but with a changing 'Gender World Order' now it applies to both: Man and Woman!

Via: White Dove Books

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