Things You Didn’t Know About Sleep

http://www.barnorama.com/things-you-didn%E2%80%99t-know-about-sleep/

http://dailycontributor.com/research-says-less-sleep-causes-depression/10139/

12 foods that cut fat

12 foods that cut fat

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-01/diet/29722185_1_bad-cholesterol-foods-chillies

Silver Foil Are NOT Vegetarian

Silver Foil Used in Sweets Are NOT Vegetarian

At the end of a meal, do you like to eat a pan, sweet, or perfumed sopari? And then if these things are decorated with silver foils, what more can we want? Many sweets also are decorated with silver foils.

The silver foils are not very expensive. They are sold by weight. Ordinarily, you can buy a packet of 160 foils for a price between Rs. 100 to 200. That is, approximately one rupee per foil. Not only the sweets, now a days it is also applied on fruits. Some Ayurvedic medicines also are wrapped in silver foils.

What do you think? - how are these silver foils made? Hold your breath.

They are made by hammering thin sheets of silver in middle of booklets made of a bull's intestines. In other words, after slaughtering a bull, quickly his intestines are removed, and sold to the manufacturers of foils. The skins made of old intestines are of no use. Even one-day-old intestines can not be used, because within a few hours they stiffen.

The foil manufacturer removes blood and stools from the intestines, and cuts them into pieces. Then he puts one piece over another, making a booklet out of it. At his home, or in the factory, he puts one silver (or gold) sheet in-between each page. Then he hammers it hard until those metal sheets turn into thin wafers.

The intestines of bulls are so strong, that even repeated hammering do not destroy them, or they do not let the foils move around inside. Because of the hammering, some tissues of the intestine mix with the foils. After that the foil manufacturer sells the bundle of foils to the sweets manufacturers. Some small foil manufacturers sell the foils to the temples.

This foil is not only dirty, it also is non-veg. Even the meat-eaters do not eat intestines. Use of these foils turn even sweets into non-veg food. A few years ago the Indian Airlines learned about this, and since then stopped using them on the sweets served in their planes.

Pan

By now, a pan-lover vegetarian person may have eaten equivalent of many miles of oxen intestines! For them, here is an another bad news - the Chuna that they apply on pan, also is not vegetarian! That is made from the shells of living insects. These insects are taken from the ocean, killed, and removed from the shell. Then the shells are softened in water, dried, and ground into white powder. When you put this Chuna in your mouth, you are participating in killing of many insects. This is no different from taking life of a goat or a pig. Everyone wants to live, no one likes the pain of death.

Source:
http://www.indiancinemafans.com/board/upload/story-pics-111/indian-sweets-silver-foils-not-vegetarian-50092/

Vegetarianism

Link to Article
Vegetarianism and the Environment

Six Traits of an Unhealthy Friendship

http://www.divinecaroline.com/22052/101716-six-traits-an-unhealthy-friendship

Disable Flash to Speed Up Browsing

Flash animation and advertisements on webpages slows down loading of pages and they are very annoying, so it is a good idea to disabled flash.

To Disable in FireFox:
Tools Menu > Add-Ons > Select 'Shockware Flash > Click Disable.

Snakes & Ladders Game

Game of Knowledge
The original version of Snakes and ladders (Game of Knowledge) that was made thousands of years ago in India. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_Ladders

Birds Die Due to Manja

Manja (kite), the glass powder coated kite flying and fighting string
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manja_(kite)

Save Tigers From Extinction

Tigers From Extinction ˚͜˚
Just 1411 Left. Forward this text. Every little bit helps :)
Visit these sites and take action

Add Your Signature: www.saveourtigers.com/JoinTheRoar.php
How to Help: www.saveourtigers.com/WhatCanDo.php
Government: www.projecttiger.nic.in
WWF: www.wwfindia.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/StripeytheCub
Stripey Blog: http://saveourtigers.com/blog/

Facebook Groups

1. www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Tigers-Save-Our-HeritageJust-1411-left/277534109206
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5. www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8628463959

Orkut Community

1. http://www.orkut.com/Community?cmm=606162

Why Save Tigers - Our survival is dependent on the natural environment as it provides us with clean air, food and water. Tigers are at the apex of the food pyramid and are indicators of a healthy environment. The ‘Web of Life’: all things in nature, including humans, are interrelated; changing any component of the web will impact others. Saving the tiger we are protecting the entire ecosystem & its inhabitants.
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Meaning of Ganesha's Image

Story About Vegetarianism

This is a short but true story about Loura, a 13 year old girl.

Loura was a young girl who lived with her Parents in Moscow. During school holidays, she would visit her grandmother who lives in a village nearby. Grandmother had a farmhouse which Loura used to love a lot. The farmhouse would be full of hens, turkeys, sheep, goats, cows, rabbits etc. Loura visited her grand mom’s place during the summer holidays and of course she had a great time in the farmhouse. This time, she noticed a cute rabbit which had a good mix of browns and white color. She named him “Pickoo”. Soon, they became close friends and when ever Loura would call “Pickoo” he would draw towards her. Loura used to talk to Pickoo as if he was her true friend. Loura had to get back to her parents due to some emergency. Before leaving from her grandmother’s place she promised Pickoo that she will come back within a week’s time.

One week later…

Loura visited her grandmom’s place along with her parents. On this occasion, her grandmother had prepared varieties of dishes for lunch and Loura enjoyed each and every scoop of it. Immediately after the lunch, she headed towards the farmhouse in search of Pickoo. To her surprise, she didn’t find him. Loura ran to her grandma and asked her where is “Pickoo”? Grandma replied with a gulp, “You had him for Lunch today”. Loura couldn’t believe it. She was shocked. She cursed her grandmother, her parents and herself for this. Probably, this was the most unforgettable moment in her life where she was directly or indirectly responsible for her friend’s brutal death.

Loura was terribly hurt with this incident. She transformed herself into vegetarianism with a promise that she will never ever depend on another life for her living.

I really wish that all non-vegetarians living in this earth, learn their lesson in the same way like Loura did and try to “live and let live”

Source: unknown
Date: 27-Jun-08

Internet Addiction

इंटरनेट की लत का इलाज - इंटरनेट की लत लगा बैठे लोग अब लंदन के एक अस्पताल में जाकर इससे छुटकारा पा सकते हैं.

28 दिनों का ये इलाज ख़ासतौर से कंप्यूटर गेम और सोशल नेटवर्किंग वेबसाइटों के दीवाने हो चुके ऐसे युवाओं के लिए है जिन्हें लगता है कि उनका जीवन इंटरनेट के बिना नहीं चल सकता.


इंटरनेट का लत पाल चुके युवाओं के जीवन की बाकी गतिविधियां प्रभावित होती हैं.

ऐसे युवा इंटरनेट से वंचित होने पर चिड़चिड़े हो जाते हैं. ऐसी लत ऑनलाइन गेम जैसी चीजों में बढ़ जाती है जहां पर गेम खत्म होने का नाम ही नहीं लेता.

Guide to Cyberbullying

What is Cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is threatening, lying about, stalking or otherwise harassing a person online or via other electronic communication devices like a cell phone. It is becoming a bigger problem as more and more people spend time on the Internet. There are a number of behaviors that are considered cyberbullying, including:

• Sending harassing messages
• Impersonating another person and gaining trust
• Posting someone elses’ personal information
• Posting false or unsavory information about another person
• Posting private or doctored pictures about another person
• Using the Internet to encourage others to bully the victim

Why is Cyberbullying So Serious?

It may seem like cyberbullying is a trivial matter. Even if you believe that in-person bullying is a problem, it might seem like there is little damage that can be done online. This is far from the truth, however. Cyberbullying can be even more dangerous than in-person incidents:

• It can be more difficult to stop an online bully
• Emotional violence can be more damaging than physical violence
• Cyberbullying can have long term effects as gossip, lies, photos and videos stay long after bruises fade.
• Cyberbullying follows people into the home, which would normally be considered a safe haven from this type of activity.
• It is easy to impersonate another person online, gain someone’s trust and then turn on them.

Why is Cyberbullying So Difficult to Stop?

• Traditional bullies might be suspended from school, banned from certain places or activities or even arrested, but cyberbullies are more elusive.
• The anonymity of the Internet makes it difficult to be sure who is doing the bullying
• The anonymity of the Internet makes cyberbullies, especially kids, bolder.
• Cyberbullying can cross state and even international lines, making it nearly impossible to prosecute.
• Cyberbullies may think they can’t be caught or punished.
• Others may trivialize the damage the cyberbully is doing.

Source: http://familyinternet.about.com/od/computingsafetyprivacy/a/cyberbully.htm

10 Ways to Protect Your Children from Cyberbullying
http://familyinternet.about.com/od/computingsafetyprivacy/tp/stop_cyberbullies.htm

Learn about online bullying
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/home/safety-and-security/articles/learn-about-online-bullying.aspx

Make Your Child Bully Proof
http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/bullying/a/bullyproof.htm

Shared PCs Spread Germs

Source: http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4734487.cms
4 Jul, 2009, 1756 hrs IST,PTI

LONDON: You may have no other option than to use shared computers in your office or at an Internet cafe, but a new study has revealed that these terminals are breeding grounds for germs.

Researchers have found that shared computers are hot beds for bacteria and hot-desking in the office can even cause workers to become ill -- in fact, shared keyboards may contain five times the number of microorganisms as those used by one.

Lead author Enzo Palombo was quoted by leading British newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph' as saying: "High use, multiple user Internet cafes and computer labs are potential hot spots for harbouring microorganisms."

The researchers have based their findings after an analysis on computers -- in tests, almost half of keyboards harboured the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus which, although usually harmless when it is on the skin, can lead to serious infections if it enters the body. Swabs showed it was present on only one-fifth of single-use keyboards, they said.

According to the researchers warn that the risk of infection was high if the equipment was not thoroughly cleaned. Given that computers are not routinely disinfected, the potential for transmitting disease is great.

"Organisations need to be more rigorous in keeping shared equipment clean. Keyboards and other hand contact areas such as a computer mouse should be regularly cleaned and disinfected, especially for multiple-user workstations," Prof Palombo of Swinburne University of Technology said.