This blog has become a sort of personal-cum-public diary. As for its contents, some are meant for me and my friends and relatives; others are for the public. This blog will have only positive, ennobling, elevating, encouraging and uplifting thoughts/ideas/materials. Whoever visits should feel happy and should be able to pick up some good ideas/thoughts/links. In short, "NOTHING NEGATIVE" is my motto.(Grateful thanks to Jon Sullivan and Public-Domain-Photos.com for the background photo)
Happy New Year 2021
WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY, HEALTHY,
PROSPEROUS AND PURPOSEFUL
NEW YEAR 2020
In 2004, a one-term senator from
Illinois took the stage to deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic
National Convention in Boston. By the time Barack Obama had finished speaking,
Democrats across the country knew they had seen the future of their party.
In this interview with Rajeev Masand,
Jazbaa star Aishwarya Rai explains why she's no fan of the word 'comeback', how
Abhishek and she handle failure and criticism, and why she isn't in Bajirao
Mastani although the part was originally written for her. This interview first
aired on CNN-IBN on October 7, 2015.
Grateful thanks to Rajeev Masand, Aishwarya
Rai and YouTube.
Research shows sungazing stimulates the pineal gland as the direct
sunlight hits the eye, moves through retinal-hypothalamic tract, and then hits
the brain. ...
Increased energy levels. ...
Increases the actual size of the
pineal gland. ...
Promotes weight loss.
Source:
The Health Benefits of Sungazing -
Global Healing Center
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly - Martin Luther King Jr.
This is part 3 of our special series
on Human Ancestry!
Watch the entire series here ►► http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman
↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓
In part 3 of our special series on
human ancestry, we investigate how closely related we all really are. Basic
math tells us that all humans share ancestors. But you’ll be amazed at how
recently those shared ancestors lived. Thanks to genetic data in the 21st
century, we’re even discovering that we really are all descended from one
mother.
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REFERENCES:
Chang, Joseph T. "Recent common
ancestors of all present-day individuals." Advances in Applied Probability
31.04 (1999): 1002-1026.
Jorde, Lynn B. "Genetic variation
and human evolution." (2003).
Rohde, Douglas LT. "On the common
ancestors of all living humans." (2003)
Rohde, Douglas LT, Steve Olson, and
Joseph T. Chang. "Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living
humans." Nature 431.7008 (2004): 562-566.
Stringer, Chris. “Lone survivors: How
we came to be the only humans on earth.” Macmillan, 2012.
http://amzn.to/2oIFg3q (Library: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/855581724)
Tattersall, Ian. “Masters of the
planet: the search for our human origins.” Macmillan, 2012.
http://amzn.to/2pOZrKS (Library: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733231407)
LIFE The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give. Courtesy: preetkalsi.com
Ancient India was more Technologically
advanced than the West.A video by desciple of Shri Shri RaviShankarji, Khurshed Batliwala, who is also director
of World Alliance for Youth Empowerment at Ruia College, Mumbai.
With a post graduate in Mathematics
from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Khurshed Batliwala, or Bawa as
he is fondly known (a nick name that has stuck from his IIT days) is an
extraordinary personality.
In his own words, he decided it was
better to teach people meditation and make them happy rather than teach them
mathematics and make them miserable and thus chose the unconventional and
challenging career path as a faculty member of the Art of Living, sharing the
vision of its founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, which is to see a smile on every
face on the planet.
Grateful thanks to Shri Rajiv Narula, Shri
Khurshed Batliwala and YouTube.
10 SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS THAT WILL
CHANGE THE WORLD
1,005,464 views
Alltime10s
Published on Oct 21, 2015
Prepare for your minds to be blown as
we showcase 10 future scientific breakthroughs that are going to change your
life forever. Thanks to the National Geographic Channel for sponsoring this
video!
John Oliver talks to Stephen Hawking
in the first installment of Last Week Tonight's new "People Who Think
Good" series. They cover such topics as parallel universes, artificial
intelligence, and Charlize Theron.
Grateful thanks to John Oliver, “LastWeekTonight”
and YouTube.
She's a British novelist best known as
the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.
The books have gained worldwide
attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies.
In 2004, Forbes named her as the first
person to become a billionaire by writing books.
She's J.K. Rowling and here are her
Top 10 Rules for Success.
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1. Failure helps you discovers
yourself
She went from living on state benefits
to multi-millionaire status within 5 years.
2. Take action on your ideas
The Harry Potter books have become the
best-selling book series in history.
3. You will be criticized
Anticipating that the target audience
of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers
asked that she use two initials, rather than her full name.
4. Remember where you started
She was diagnosed with clinical
depression which she claims gave her inspiration to create the Dementors in the
Potter series.
5. #Believe
Twelve publishing houses rejected her
original Harry Potter manuscripts, but eventually small publisher Bloomsbury
gave her a chance with a small advance.
6. There is always trepidation
She conceived the idea for Harry
Potter in 1990. The 7 years that followed saw the death of her mother, divorce
from her first husband and relative poverty until Rowling finished the first
novel.
7. Life is not a checklist of
achievements
She named communist and civil rights
activist Jessica Mitford as her "most influential writer".
8. Persevere
She's the United Kingdom's
best-selling living author, with sales in excess of£238m.
9. Dreams can happen
In 2010, she was named the "Most
Influential Woman in Britain" by leading magazine editors.
10. We have the power to imagine
better
Harry Potter is now a global brand
worth an estimated US$15 billio
Kudos to J.K.Rowlings and grateful thanks
to Evan Carmichael and YouTube.
