<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="1.0"><channel><title>Diary of pratanu banerjee</title><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/</link><description>Diary of pratanu banerjee</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Agriculture Versus Industry in West Bengal</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Recently I was going through a large number of newspaper articles on the incident of Singur and the issue of Tata factory being built up there!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I wonder how selfish the industrialists have become.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The capitalism is everywhere and exploitation is the basis of survival in modern society.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The fact may not be directly related with Tata Nano but let me tell you one thing human being needs to eat food and that comes from agriculture.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">So the priority is food crop then industry!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>With an empty stomach, you cannot move in a Tata Nano.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I think I am in the right path and telling the damn truth.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Yes, I support Ms. Mamata Banerjee, Trinamul Congress Leader's stand for the farmer and I think her voice is gradually being heard and it will be heard in the near future!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I really appreciate a voice among the crowd!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>In case of industrialization, the state is earning a bad reputation due to the recent Singur incident.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Agriculture is important due to the following points:</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">1.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Think of the corn flakes and fruits you eat in breakfast.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">2.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Think of the mango you eat in summer.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">3.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Think of the vegetable you take in lunch.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">4.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Decrease in production due to increasing number of factories in agricultural lands will lead to price hike.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Farmers should not be deprived due to the following:</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">1.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They go to the field in the morning and I have seen in my field work how hard is the life of a farmer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I have seen in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Maharashtra</st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I went Mulgawan village which is far away from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nagpur</st1:place></st1:City>.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">2.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I have seen the hardships of a farmer and the profit made by the middle men.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>So these people remain poor.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">3.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Please do not deprive these people of their lands.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">4.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>A farmer's land is the food for your future children.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">5.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Depriving a farmer is a sin and there can be no salvation to this sin.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They produce the crops that help the techies in cities to survive!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Now the issue of Tata Nano factory......</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The recent issue of Singur shows how cruel the bureaucrats can be just for their personal gain.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It shows clearly that industrialization has gained importance because of money.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>But do you think they will gain further in the long run?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The answer is "No!"<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">How many people can affort a Rs. 1 lakh car?</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It may be cheap but it is a fact that the job market is tough and those who are getting good salaries they will go for better cars than TATA NANO.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They will say "TATA GOOD BYE" to such a small car!!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They will try to purchase a solid car at a higher price thinking of the longevity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Always remember a cheap thing does not survive very long.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Let's take this example:</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I bought a black t-shirt with the hologram "Nike" from Yashoda in Shyambazar.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>But the quality of cloth is so good that the t-shirt remained as it is and to this day whenever I wear the t-shirt in my office, my friends appreciate.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I like that and I do not buy garments from shopping mall because "CHEAP THINGS DO NOT LAST LONG."<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Buy better quality clothes at a little higher price than the malls and that will last longer!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Because...It is "YOUR" hard-earned money.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>You have earned it "by the sweat of thy brow."<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Agriculture provides the nutrition to industrialists to survive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It brings the food that we need every day and putting a factory in an agricultural land is a wrong step.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>A factory should be set up in a barren land.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The land should be returned to the farmers and a part of it should only be used but at a good price!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Life is hard for a farmer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Listen from the fieldworker's mouth who worked among the Kolam tribe in <st1:place w:st="on">Maharashtra</st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They take dal and rice as their food and live in a house which shows that they just take 2 square meals a day!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>We have surveyed and found the level of sacrifice they do for us.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They work all the day in the scorching sun and at the end of the day, they get a sum of Rs. 30 to 40.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>We surveyed their households and found how miserable their life is.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>All the tribal welfare money goes in the pocket of the bureaucrats and very little goes to them!</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Thank you for reading this article.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Some opinions expressed in this article might be controversial but I have tried to put down the "harsh facts" in an elaborate way!</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:47:49 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/09/06/Agriculture-Versus-Industry-in-West-Bengal.html</link></item><item><title>Amazing World of Amazon Fish</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">New research shows that a number of fishes use electric fields to attract females of their species.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It is also used to intimidate rivals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>An Amazon fish has been taken as a case study.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>This research is undergone in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Florida</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Miami</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Behavioral ecologist Vielka Salazar is undergoing research and published it is Live Science.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The gymnotiform fish has been studied.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The male of this species of fishes gives off long electric hums almost like serenades at night.</P>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:46:59 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/05/Amazing-World-of-Amazon-Fish-1.html</link></item><item><title>working memory</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It is all defect in working memory, which may explain why one child cannot read her history book and another gets lost in algebra.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It is said that 10% of school age children suffer from poor working memory.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The working memory is a measure of a child's potential.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Tracy Alloway is doing research in Durham University of Britain.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Working memory is now regarded as the new IQ.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It is the single most important predictor of learning.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">There is a way of memory improvement, which Tracy Alloway thinks is ---------</P><OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Early identification.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Memory training.</LI></OL><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Working memory function:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It allows people to hold and manipulate a few items in their mind such as phone number.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>She compares this to a box.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>She thinks that the working memory for an adult is thought to be 3 to 5 items.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>People who have more than that on a mental grocery list are likely to forget something.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Take my example, when I have to remember<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>5 to 6 items, I have to associate and group them and then go to the store.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I have to chalk out a way so that I can remember with association.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Well, that's my way! What's yours?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Nelson Crowe of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Missouri</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> thinks as there is a limit, it is important to put in the right thing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Irrelavant information will clutter up working memory!</P>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:46:25 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/05/working-memory-1.html</link></item><item><title>Adult at age eleven</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Childhood is the golden era in one's life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>A new research finds that our childhood effectively ends at age 11!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The parents are increasingly succumbing to pester pressure from their kids.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The researchers found that the children are forcing their parents to authorize freedoms that falsely state their years in contrast with traditional upbringings as experienced by their parents.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Teenagers are being allowed to drink alcohol, stay out late, sleep over at the boyfriend and girlfriends house and have sex!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The little girls are getting mature faster!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The girls do not want to play with dolls!!!!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They do what adult women do-------like ----pierce ears, hair dye, and wearing fashionable dresses.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Random House publishers came to the conclusion after studying 1170 parents with kids under 18.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Think where we are heading towards.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Our life has become so complicated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The social life has changed a lot!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>In <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, though we have driven our British in 1947, our life has westernized a lot and successful people with lots of money need to go party at night clubs and for them an entire entertainment industry has been set up!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>So naturally it has some effect on children!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:45:49 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/05/Adult-at-age-eleven-1.html</link></item><item><title>When virtual world friend comes in real life...</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>am a member of Orkut for a long time.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I had good friendship with a man of 40s named Parthasarathi.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He is a member of the popular Bengali band named Eklabya.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He is an oncologist and lives in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">South Kolkata</st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>We used to chat through Orkut.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He has a French cut and is a handsome man as it appeared in website and as his profile told me he is an oncologist working at a <st1:place w:st="on">South Kolkata</st1:place> hospital.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>One day he gave me his phone number.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He messaged me his address. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I went one day to his home.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>His house is an old building.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I rang the bell at the door and there he is!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>A giant with a big French cut beard!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He looked like the ginnie of Aladin!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He has a huge belly!! He has big shoulders.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Below his eyes, he has a thick dark spot.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He told me that he practices late at night.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He is a nice person.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He asked me about my job and everything.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He is a very serious type person.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He told me how people in orkut disturbed him.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He told me how the gay friends disturbs him and the girls disturb him.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I smiled and thought they have not seen the real giant behind.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Later he blocked me and now I can hardly think of a person like him and hardly want to meet a person.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>A person may look sweet in a networking site photo but in reality he might be a devil!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>But in real life, I found Parthosarathi is a nice gentleman and lives his pastime with music and he sings in his band Eklabya beside his profession as an oncologist!</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">One of my Orkut friends met me near my Gariahat office.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>One morning I was chatting with him and he told me that he is coming to meet me!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He came straight away and I talked with him.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I saw that he is an ordinary guy with spots in the face like a Dalmatian.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He does not look impressive and in Orkut profile, there is no photo of him, just a picture of "something else." <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Usually it happens that a person not so goodlooking do not give picture in a networking site, they give picture of something else.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>So this guy named Amitava told me that he is from a business family background and he used to chat from a cyber café.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">But unusually in both the cases of these friends, after we met, there was hardly any messaging between us.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Probably the curiosity disappeared.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>So whenever some of my friends tell me to meet somewhere I just avoid! I am right, isn't it?</P>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:45:22 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/05/When-virtual-world-friend-comes-in-real-life.html</link></item><item><title>Measuring laughter</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Japanese scientists think that laughter is a weapon that in healthy doses can end the world's wars.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Professor Yoji Kimura is trying to find a healthy way to measure it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He is an expert in communications.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He has developed a machine to chart out laughter and a unit called "aH" to calculate it.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">From his research, we find that children laugh more freely releasing 10 aH per second.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>This is found to be twice as much as adult.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>This research has been done by Dr. Kimura in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kansai</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Osaka</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He thinks that adult tend to think whether it is appropriate to laugh and as a result, laughing spontaneously does not come to them!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Laughing is like a restart function in a computer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Laughing freely is very important in the course of human evolution.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Human's laughter is produced in 4 successive stages.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They are:</P><OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Letting loose.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Deviating from the norm.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Free laughing.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Having the laughter overflow.</LI></OL><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">He thinks that there is a circuit in the human brain that creates laughter through these steps.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He is trying to understand the mechanism. Dr. Kimura attached sensors to the subject's stomach over the diaphragm and detects the movements.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Th machine looks 3000 times a second at electric elements normally produced in the body.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>According to his theory, he thinks that humor in the brain is discharged directly through the movements of the diaphragm.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The different types of laughter are derision and cynicism.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The device invented by him will be used to determine to see if the person is pretending to laugh.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>His measuring device of laughter will be as small as a mobile phone and it will be marketed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Dr. Kimura planned to present his studies at International Society for Humor Studies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He looked forward of understanding differences in laughter internationally.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Laughter is something that has almost disappeared from our life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Our life is mostly rat race and we chase money and power!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>We forget to laugh!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Though there are some humor shows and cartoons etc. to make us laugh, it is hard to see people laugh!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Laughing is not so easy as people think twice before laughing! We have laughing clubs in our neighborhood.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>In fact the club split later and now 2 laughing clubs are there! Does that mean from laughing to quarelling among members for becoming president and chair persons of the club.and then again laughing??????? Ha ha ha ah aha ah aha ah a!!!! <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">J</SPAN></SPAN> </P>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:57:57 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/26/Measuring-laughter.html</link></item><item><title>Encyclopedia of life</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Scientists are going to release a Encyclopedia of Life that will have the record of all the animals and plants till date discovered.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The project tries to add 1.8 million known plant and animal species.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Each will have their own web page in an online archive that includes:</P><OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Photographs.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Genetic information.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Distribution maps.</LI></OL><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In this week,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>30,000 pages of the project will be released, which will focus on:</P><OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Fish.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Amphibia.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Birds.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Large mammals.</LI></OL><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This is just a small percentage but the scientists feel happy about the project!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Robert May is a former president of Royal Society thinks this will help them sort species and have a database.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Wikipedia has started this project with the "mash-up" software to aggregate large amounts of data.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The following institutes are helping Wikipedia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They are:</P><OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Natural</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">History</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City>.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in">Royal Botanic Gardens at <st1:place w:st="on">Kew</st1:place>.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in">Smithsonian Institution in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>.</LI></OL><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A team is working quite hard!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They have already scanned 2.5 million pages of academic journals, drawing and photographs<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>have been scanned.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The science of classification began with Carl Linnaeus in 1735.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He had promised to classify all know living thing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>By the time he reached his 13<SUP>th</SUP> and final edition, his original 11 pages expanded to 3000 and it is still incomplete!! </P>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:57:27 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/26/Encyclopedia-of-life.html</link></item><item><title>Smoking increase the risk of suicide</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></B> </P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We all know that smoking kills and it causes cancer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>But do we know that smoking raises the risk of suicide.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>We often find people committing suicide due to depression, financial reasons, love triangle and many more. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But a new study by the German researchers lead an in-depth study among the people of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Bavaria</st1:State></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The study found a link between a desire to kill oneself and smoking. </P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in <st1:City w:st="on">Munich</st1:City> done this research based on the study launched in 1990 among 3021 people aged 14 to 24 living in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Munich</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The people interviewed again 4 years later and 2548 volunteers responded.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>¼ of these individuals have not smoked.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Of the rest,</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">40% ----- Occasional smokers.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">17% ------- "non-dependent" regular smokers.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">19% ---- addicted smokers.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Among nonsmokers, 15% had suicidal thoughts defined as the following:</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN></SPAN>Making plans to kill himself/herself.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN></SPAN>Spending 2 weeks or longer with the wish to die.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The rate was around 20% on non-dependent smokers but among nondependent smokers suicidal ideation was 30%.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Smoking is injurious to health.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>In my life, I had no inclination of smoking. So no such suicidal tendency developed ever in my life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>My father also smoked in early life but left smoking and as he says, "I do not have frequent cough and cold when I was a smoker."<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Smoking not only affects you but your family members inhaling the smoke becomes a passive smoker.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Ten ways to avoid smoking are as follows:</P><OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Never imitate your friends who thinks that smoking makes your smart and manly.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Never think that smoking boosts thinking.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It reduces your thinking.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Eat fruits rather than a packet of cigarette, which is beneficial to your body making your skin glow and leads to health improvement.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Nurture a good hobby.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Have a good circle of friends who do not smoke.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Try to think of your family if you fall in serious illness, then who will take care of your family?</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Take care of your body by going to gym or aerobics or yoga.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Taking great care of your body will prevent you from indulging in smoking.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Smoking comes from movies also as movie stars show off their masculinity by smoking.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>So it is better to avoid those movies.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Always remember wasting money by smoking is just forcing yourself to commit suicide day by day.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Think yourself valuable, think your life an important part of this society.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Yes..!! You have the capacity to change the world around you by proper thinking and that wishful thinking comes when you stop smoking!!</LI></OL><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:52:38 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/01/13/Smoking-increase-the-risk-of-suicide.html</link></item><item><title>Ten Ways to Avoid Smoking</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Ten ways to avoid smoking are as follows:</P><OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Never imitate your friends who thinks that smoking makes your smart and manly.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Never think that smoking boosts thinking.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It reduces your thinking.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Eat fruits rather than a packet of cigarette, which is beneficial to your body making your skin glow and leads to health improvement.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Nurture a good hobby.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Have a good circle of friends who do not smoke.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Try to think of your family if you fall in serious illness, then who will take care of your family?</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Take care of your body by going to gym or aerobics or yoga.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Taking great care of your body will prevent you from indulging in smoking.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Smoking comes from movies also as movie stars show off their masculinity by smoking.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>So it is better to avoid those movies.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Always remember wasting money by smoking is just forcing yourself to commit suicide day by day.</LI><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Think yourself valuable, think your life an important part of this society.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Yes..!! You have the capacity to change the world around you by proper thinking and that wishful thinking comes when you stop smoking!!</LI></OL><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:51:41 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/01/13/Ten-Ways-to-Avoid-Smoking.html</link></item><item><title>As life moves along</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As life moves along.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Trouble may come</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Trouble may go</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">You being firm as a tree..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">With deep roots of confidence.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Can withstand the storms of life..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Can withstand the cyclones of life..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Near and dear ones may die..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">But never get broken calm..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Calm down.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We all are mortals.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Only things remains..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Are few drops of memory..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">You live in my mind.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">And I in your mind..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We may build monuments and temple in somebody's name..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">But it soon breaks up and disappears in the earth.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Dust remains.which flies high in air.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">No one is stronger than nature..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We still feel weak</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">When there is an earthquake.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">When there is a cyclone..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Only we can predict.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">But life is still at stake..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">When we are sleeping deeply..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We might weep ..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">When your parents die in earthquake..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Upheaviling your tender soul.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Shattering all your dreams and goals.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We are a small speck of sand</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In this vast desert.</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We might boast a lot..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">What what is there in our brain slot..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Only a tiny bit against this vast information</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We might be proud of our wisdom..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">But do we think seldom how many hours we passed lazily?</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As time is valuable</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As time is money..</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Let's not waste it</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Only one drop wasted</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A moment in your life gone</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Forever and ever and never comes back!</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It goes into our memory stack</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Whose password is difficult to hack!</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We can never get the moment back!</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:29:07 +0530</pubDate><link>http://happyworldofpablo.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/01/03/As-life-moves-along.html</link></item></channel></rss>