Self-Determination Using Your Power

Our lives are defined by the decisions we make each day. When we choose one option over another, whether we are selecting a restaurant or considering a cross-country move, we shape our lives. The decision-making process can be empowering, allowing us to enjoy the benefits of self-determination. Yet it can also be a source of anxiety because decisions force us to face the possibility of dissatisfaction and inner conflict. As a result, many of us opt to avoid making decisions by allowing others to make them for us. We consequently turn our power over to spouses, relatives, friends, and colleagues, granting them the stewardship of our lives that is ours by right. Though the decisions we must make are often difficult, we grow more self-sufficient and secure each time we trust ourselves enough to choose.

Ultimately, only you can know how the options before you will impact your daily life and your long-term well-being. Within you lies the power to competently weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each selection. Even if you feel incapable of making a decision, your inner wisdom and your intuitive mind will give you sound counsel if you have faith in yourself. Try to come to your own conclusions before seeking the guidance of others, and even then, treat their suggestions as supplementary information rather than votes to be tallied. Before making your choice, release your fear of wrong decisions. Perceived mistakes can lead you down wonderful and unexpected paths that expose you to life-changing insights. If you can let go of the notion that certain choices are utterly right while others are entirely wrong, you will be less tempted to invite others to take the reigns of your destiny.

When your choices are your own, you will be more likely to accept and be satisfied with the outcome of those choices. Your decisions will be a pure reflection of your desires, your creativity, your awareness, and your power. Since you understand that you must live with and take responsibility for your decisions, you will likely exercise great care when coming to conclusions. As you learn to make informed and autonomous choices, you will gain the freedom to consciously direct the flow of your life without interference.

Biggest killers of young people

Fri, Sep 11 10:09 AM

REUTERS – The first study to look at death rates across the world for young people aged 10 to 24 years was published on Friday.

The research, conducted by an international group of experts in adolescent health and backed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), included the following key findings:

* The top ten causes of death in all 10-24 year olds, male and female combined, globally were

1) Road traffic accidents (10 percent);

2) Suicide (6.3 percent);

3) Violence (6 percent);

4) Lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia (5.9 percent);

5) Tuberculosis (5.5 percent);

6) AIDS (5.5 percent);

7) Drowning (4.1 percent);

Fire-related deaths (2.6 percent);

9) Meningitis (2 percent);

10) War (1.8 percent)

* For males aged 10-24 worldwide, the top five causes of death were

1) Road traffic accidents (13.9 percent);

2) Violence (9.2 percent);

3) Suicide (6.4 percent);

4) Drowning (5.3 percent);

5) Tuberculosis (5.2 percent)

* For females, aged 10-24 worldwide, the top five causes of death were

1) Lower respiratory tract infections (6.7 percent);

2) Suicide (6.2 percent);

3) AIDS (6.1 percent);

4) Tuberculosis (5.8 percent);

5) Road traffic accidents (5 percent) **

** (Note- Maternal deaths from all causes represented 15 percent of deaths, however they were divided into a number of different categories meaning that no individual maternal death category featured in the top five)

* In higher-income countries, traffic accidents caused 32 percent of deaths in males aged 10-24 years. Violence accounted for 10 percent of male mortality and suicide 15 percent.

* Relative risks for death in Africa were higher than in any other region, and nearly seven times higher than in high-income countries. (305 vs 45 deaths per 100,000)

* Males died at higher rates than females in all age groups and regions apart from Africa and southeast Asia, where the increased number of female deaths was largely from maternal mortality, with deaths from suicide, fire, AIDS, and tuberculosis also contributing.

SOURCE: THE LANCET

Love and Marriage

A student asks a teacher, “What is love?”

The teacher said, “in order to answer your question, go to the wheat field and choose the biggest wheat and come back.

But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick.”

The student went to the field, go thru first row, he saw one big wheat, but he wonders….may be there is a bigger one later.

Then he saw another bigger one… But may be there is an even bigger one waiting for him.

Later, when he finished more than half of the wheat field, he start to realize that the wheat is not as big as the previous one he saw, he know he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted.

So, he ended up went back to the teacher with empty hand.

The teacher told him, “…this is love… You keep looking for a better one, but when later you realise, you have already miss the person….”

“What is marriage then?” the student asked.

The teacher said, “in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick.”

The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, when he reach the middle of the field, he has picked one medium corn that he feel satisfy, and come back to the teacher.

The teacher told him, “this time you bring back a corn…. You look for one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best one you get…. This is marriage.“*

40 Things You May Not Know

1. Money isn’t made out of paper; it’s made out of cotton.

2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickle the company once had.

3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks – otherwise it will digest itself .

4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

5. The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a “tittle”.

6. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

7. Susan Lucci is not the daughter of Phyllis Diller(internet rumors).  Susan Lucci is the daughter of Victor

8. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo … no one knows why.

9. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

10 Every person has a unique tongue print (no licking at the scene of a crime!).

11. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

12. The ’spot’ on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was albino.

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

14. During the chariot scene in ‘Ben Hur’ a small red car can be seen in the distance.

15. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

16. Chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

17. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

18. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww)..

19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants!

20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

21. Upper and lower case letters are named ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the ‘upper case’ letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, ‘lower case’ letters.

22. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

24. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

25. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before!

26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!

27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.

28. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

29. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original “Halloween” was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

30. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19.. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.

32. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in ‘87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

34. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

35. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples!

36. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

37. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

38. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

39. Back in the mid to late 80’s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator game.

40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.

Wanted A Wife – FUNNY HUMORS

A news paper had a humour page with following matrimonials published in it.

BANKER: Wanted wife who takes interest in me and credits me with her service.

CAR MECHANIC: Wanted a sturdy wife. Should be in working condition. Should be above average and must run the household at a good average.

DOCTOR: Recently a love-bug injected in me a strange bacteria, making me desirous of marriage. I’m looking for a girl who is patient and has knowledge of all ills and pills, is religious minded and keeps away from all sins be it anasin, metasin or crosin. I promise to be a good doctor with no side effects. Apply or reply.

DRUNKER: Wanted a girl. Girl’s father should preferably have a soda factory. I am an occasional alchoholic who drinks only when friends come home. Friends come home only seven times a week. Girl preffered will carry me from bar to ghar-bar. Meet personally or send soda for trial. Sample should be ample.

LAWYER: I hereby beg to solicit myself as an eligible candidate for the post of husband after marriage. The person whom I’m looking for should be strictly a girl. The girl should be strictly a girl. The girl should be willing to surrender to the service and jurisdiction of My Lord i.e. Myself. Any objection would be overruled and will not be sustained. Apply in confidence and if you have the confidence.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER: Wanted a Girl with a Lovely Look & Feel, Good GUI with Security features (privileges only for the Specific User especially critical Functionalities) .There must not be any Critical or Medium Bug in her.LowBugs can be deferred But needs to B fixed by the Next Build. She Must not be PLATFORM INDEPENDENT, USER FRIENDLY. We are ready to Test the Application & CERTIFY the product but we will assure it will never be released to ANY OTHER Customer.

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Know About Aspirin

Aspirin, that old standard in everyone’s medicine chest, can really pack a wallop. So much so that the American Heart Association has long recommended aspirin therapy for people who’ve had a heart attack, stroke caused by blood clot, unstable angina, or “ministrokes.” The AHA also notes that even people who have not experienced such an event but who are at increased risk because of family history, say, may also stand to gain from aspirin therapy.

We’re certainly familiar with our aspirin: About 60 percent of people ages 65 and older pop aspirin at least once a week. But this cheap,over-the-counter pill is not benign, and regular use should be discussed with a doctor. And beware marketing claims. Bayer was sent warning letters by the Food and Drug Administration today for touting two products—Bayer Women’s Low Dose Aspirin + Calcium (Bayer Women’s) and Bayer Aspirin with Heart Advantage (Bayer Heart Advantage)—for making unproved health claims.

Along with its benefits, aspirin has limitations, too. A roundup of recent research suggests taking aspirin regularly may do the following:

1) Cut pre-eclampsia risk during pregnancy. A research review published in The Lancet in 2007 suggests that pregnant women who took aspirin or other antiplatelet drugs were 10 percent less likely to develop the disorder that involves high blood pressure and potentially serious complications for mother and fetus. Aspirin therapy during pregnancy should definitely be discussed with an obstetrician.

2) Reduce risk of developing colorectal cancers. The journal Gastroenterology published a study earlier this year that found a significantly lowered risk of developing the cancers in men with regular, long-term aspirin (and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory) use. The benefits, however, were not evident until individuals had amassed a total of five consistent years of regular use. Also, the dose with the biggest benefit—325-mg pills more than 14 times each week—is greater than typically recommended.

3) Lower a woman’s risk of breast cancer. A research review published this month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found a 13 percent relative risk reduction in women who used aspirin regularly compared with those who did not. The findings found an overall reduced risk of 12 percent for regular use of NSAIDs in general. Previous research on breast cancer risk and NSAID use has shown conflicting results.

4) Throw off test results for prostate cancer. In an issue of this month’s journal Cancer, researchers reported that men who used aspirin and other NSAIDs regularly had about 10 percent lower levels of the prostate marker prostate-specific antigen. The researchers suggest this may hinder the detection of prostate cancer in regular users.

5) Offer some protection against Alzheimer’s disease. Research has been inconclusive, but a review published this year in the journal Neurology found people who used aspirin had a 13 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s. The study added to an ongoing debate about whether certain types of NSAIDs, say ibuprofen vs. aspirin, were more beneficial.

6) Help prevent strokes—unless you also take ibuprofen. A small study published this year in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology found that stroke patients taking daily aspirin to prevent another stroke who also took ibuprofen—say, for their arthritis—reaped no antiplatelet benefit. After the patient stopped the ibuprofen, the aspirin became effective. The Food and Drug Administration warns that aspirin’s benefits may be diminished by ibuprofen use.

7) Prevent asthma in middle-aged women. A study published in the journal Thorax this year found that women 45 and older who took 100 mg of aspirin every other day were 10 percent less likely to develop asthma over the next decade than women given a placebo. The study authors note that aspirin could exacerbate symptoms in about 10 percent of people already diagnosed with asthma.

Protect against Parkinson’s disease. A 2007 study published in Neurology suggests that women who used aspirin regularly (defined as two or more a week for at least a month at any point in their life) may be 40 percent less likely to develop the disease.

9) Provide zero protection against heart attacks in people with diabetes. This month, the British Medical Journal published research that suggests diabetics taking aspirin to prevent a first heart attack were no less likely to experience an attack than those taking a placebo. People with diabetes are at least twice as likely to develop heart disease or have a stroke as the general public.

10) Offer no protection to some sufferers of heart attack or stroke. A research review published in the British Medical Journal in January found that nearly 30 percent of people with cardiovascular disease who took prescribed aspirin were resistant to its effects. Such “aspirin resistance,” the study found, makes such patients four times as likely as those for whom aspirin had an effect to have a heart attack, stroke, or die.

11) Cause stomach troubles. People taking aspirin or another NSAID are at higher risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and stomach ulcers particularly with long-term use of the drug.

12) Be less effective in women. This month, a research review published in the journal BMC Medicine found that earlier studies showed a large benefit in men taking aspirin to reduce the rates of fatal heart attack, but women did not reap the same benefit.

Develop your connection between mind and heart

1. Be yourself
If I make a comment to someone – even though it was kindly and sincerely meant – and they get upset or take offense, is their upset my responsibility?
The answer is no.
You can genuinely love someone whilst nevertheless doing something they don’t like or agree with.You do it because you feel it is the right thing to do, though you still understand and have empathy for their different viewpoint (which causes their emotional reaction) which they have created by their own choices and belief system.If one only did things others can easily accept then the status quo would never progress.That would truly be a trap.

The solution here is better communication, leading to increased understanding of each other’s viewpoint, and therefore acceptance of the differing personal realities.There is a strong imprint in our culture to feel sad, guilty, etc. for painful emotions our actions may cause to others.There’s a general misconception that you are your emotions.
“I am angry” and “you make me angry”.This is conditioning not truth.

In terms of cause and effect, it’s a viewpoint at effect.Some say that to be happy, only do what others can easily experience – it’s the same lie. And if it isn’t then you’d better re-think whether you are indeed doing the right thing.
It is one definition of a ‘wrong’ action: that which you would not like another to do to you.You are responsible for your choices, decisions and actions.For being true to your judgment.For communicating with honesty and integrity, developing and maintaining an open mind, and promoting understanding and empathy.For never compromising your freedoms and rights nor trampling on another’s. For always acting from the primary motivation of love.
That’s all and quite enough.Others are responsible, in the same way, for their own beliefs, interpretations, feelings, responses, and reactions; that’s their right and their life – none of our business.

2. Decide what you want
Think of five things that are really important to you: they might include a nice house, loving supportive partner, the chance to travel, a good job, and so on.Now look at your current life and see how it matches up.
These questions can help you pinpoint problem areas:

* What are you doing that you do indeed want to do?
* What are you doing that you don’t want to be doing?
* What are you not doing that you do actually want to do?

In the light of this information, clarify your goals.

Be specific – before you can plan how to achieve a goal it needs to be stated in a way that is realistic, measurable and time-targeted.
Your action plan should be broken down into manageable chunks – the steps you know you can make that, one by one, will take you to where you want to go.
I believe that we do create our reality, the ‘game of life’ on this planet – everything has to be achieved through action, i.e. there is distance between cause and effect.
In practice this means we do best to ‘manifest’ spiritually (perceive our goal as already achieved and be grateful and ‘allowing’ for that) at the same time as we put our goals into directed action, so there is congruence between these two aspects of our being.
Also we need to make sure that our beliefs (at every level of the mind – conscious and subconscious) match up to our goals and our desires.Mind, body and spirit working in harmony.
My work is all about encouraging individuals to discover the truth within themselves – their own inner knowing that is gradually exposed by their own increasing awareness, responsibility and acceptance.
When all distortions and filters are cleared, those subjective realities start to coincide with an objective reality, albeit on a wider dimensional basis than the 3-D world of materiality that scientific rationalism is normally limited to.

3. Don’t worry
The shadow of love is fear.
To understand one’s fears and anxieties better I have found it workable to determine what need corresponds to the fear, as fear and need tend to go together: they’re opposite flows, like the fear of not obtaining one’s needs, whether for survival, comfort, belonging, rightness, esteem, success, realization, and so on.When you’ve identified the corresponding need, it’s easier to see if that need makes sense.Of course, you are worried if your child has got lost and you do all you can to resolve that situation.

But more often worry is a result of not wanting to own up to what you have done, or trying to predict and control other people’s feelings, and especially trying to please another rather than just being content at having done what you feel is the right thing.Unpredicted obstacles may occur so it is important to stay flexible and to think laterally.The future isn’t always predictable; instead of worrying about what the future holds, we need to learn to let go and trust in the Universe to reflect our intentions.
We cannot do better than our best.
We need to be open to new ideas and listen to our intuition to direct us to new solutions.Life is a game – think of it like that and don’t take anything too seriously.
Enjoy the challenges life offers!

4. Take control
Instead of feeling overwhelmed by a task, break it down into small segments that you know you can do and start on the first one.If you have lots of incomplete jobs, list them in order of priority and tackle the most important job first.
This way you have a sense of achievement at each step – and you’ll soon find yourself getting a whole lot more accomplished.Production equals morale.And if you’re living or working in a mess, sort it out – a disordered environment is reflected in your mind.

5. What makes you happy?
Write down a list of things that make you excited, however big, small, likely or unlikely.Then work to make them occur more often in your life.And appreciate the good things you take for granted – your child’s hug or a good book.
Look for moments of joy and savour them.
Recognize how many happen every day.
Feeling good can be a way of life, not just an occasional accident.

6. Smile!
Smiling triggers happy feelings in the brain and reduces stress.Even if you don’t feel happy or confident, just behave as though you do and soon you will.Find the joy in your life and you’ll be more attractive and nicer to be around, people will be nicer to you too – and you’ll smile some more!
Joy is infectious but so is misery; therefore don’t have anything whatever to do with people who dampen your spirits, invalidate your achievements or tell you what to think.

7. Get positive
Write down every negative thought you have over the course of a week, whether it’s “My family don’t appreciate me” or “I look dreadful.” Negativity is a habit and we often don’t realize we’re putting ourselves down.
Under each negative thought you’ve written, see if you can spot an alternative way of looking at it, that isn’t so negative.
See if you’ve exaggerated the situation or overly generalized, or if you are being unnecessarily intolerant or perfectionist, or thinking in terms of pleasing others rather than yourself – the ’shoulds’ and ‘ought-tos’.
The objective world, our playing field of life, is dialectic by the nature of a game, full of beauty and ugliness, good and evil. But the subjective truth of things, the bird’s-eye viewpoint, is ultimately always positive, causative and loving – as that is your essential nature.

8. Assert your rights
Think of things which you have a right to, e.g. “I have a right to an evening out with my friends from time to time.”
Think of rights that every human being should have, such as, “I have the right not to be bullied.”
Now, protect your rights with your life, and watch your integrity and self-esteem grow.

9. Give yourself some time
Be sure to put aside a little time every day for yourself – relax with a book, in the bath or sitting in the garden with the sun on your face.
Think of some things that make you happy – worrying solves nothing.
And at night time, go to bed early enough that you get enough sleep to feel your best the next day.

10. Communicate
If you have a problem, the thing to do is to communicate: find out the information you need to get the full picture, so that the solution becomes apparent.
If you’re upset, you need to communicate and say how you feel.
If you’ve done something wrong, again you need to communicate this.
Spot where you’re backing off from what you need to do or say, and as the saying goes, “feel the fear and do it anyway”.You’ll be glad you did!

11. Nurture your relationships
Communication, understanding and empathy are the component parts of relationship, they’re equally important.
Take time and trouble over your friends and your partner.
Listen and understand their opinions.
Value a different point of view equally as your own.
Don’t make being right more important than a friendship.
People with a few close friends are more likely to be happy than those with many mere acquaintances.

12. Don’t get put in a bag
Don’t allow others to label or stereotype you – and don’t do it to yourself either!
You may have some particular qualities, or have some sort of difficulty, but don’t let that define you.
There’s much more to your life than your race or gender, your sexuality, your psychological or medical problems, your political views, or any other such particulars.
Personal growth is all about finally jumping out of the box that you’re hiding away in – you don’t need any more limiting boxes to be stuck over your head!

13. Be creative
Making something come to life that you have envisioned – whether a painting, a wonderful meal, a dress, an invention, a business plan – is infinitely satisfying.
And you’ll feel pleasure every time you think of it.If you want to be happy, get active – at work, within the family and the community.
You will feel happier when you’re participating in an activity, whether it’s just playing with a child or helping organize a worthwhile event.
Self-esteem comes from demonstrated competence.
Everyone has skills but not everyone uses them.So use your skills – find out what you’re good at and do it.
Joy is often about living in the moment, being absorbed in what you’re doing, not brooding on the past or guessing your future.
Decide what YOU really want and then go for it.It can take courage but it’s worth the risk.

14. Be Mindful
We need to be very much in touch with our heart, with our feelings, but still to remain intelligent about it – to remain in control, not driven by our emotions.
We need a balance of left and right brain – rational mind and emotional mind, logic and feelings, intellect and intuition.
This is where mindfulness and wisdom is found.
We tend to be too cut off from our feelings, in order to suppress painful ones – and this becomes a habit.
Academic education reinforces this imbalance.
And then we lose a lot of our creative and intuitional ability.
At the same time, however, when those emotions ‘escape’ we tend to be driven by them, and think and act impulsively.

Longest english words

13. Honorificabilitudin ita – Tibus (27 letters)
The word occurs in Shakespeare’s play Love’s Labour’s Lost, and mens “with honorablenesses .” It can also be viewed as a rearrangement of the Latin sentence “Hi ludi F. Baconis nati tuiti orbi”, meaning: “Tese plays, F.Bacon’s offspring, are preserved for the world. This twist has been used to support the”Baconian theory” that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays.
However, in The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1957), William F. and Elizebeth S. Friedman have similar anagrams that “prove” Theodore Roosevelt, Lewis Carroll, and Gertrude Stein also wrote Shakespeare.

12. Antidisestablishmen tarianism(28 letters)
The word means, according Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language, “a doctrine of opposition to disestablishment (withdrawal of state patronage, support, or exclusive recognition from a church)”.It is said to have been used once by British Prime Minister WilliamEwart Gladstone (1809 – 1898).

11. Floccinaucinihilipi pification (29 letters)
This is found in the Oxford English Dictionary, and means “the action or habit of estimating something as worthless”.

10. Supercalifragilisti ceplalidocious (34 letters)
From the movie Mary Poppins. It means “god”.

9. Praetertranssubstan tiationalistical ly (37 letters)
Used by Mark McShane in his novel Untimely Ripped (1963). It means the act of surpassing the act of transubstantiation, which refers specifically to the transformation of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ during the Roman Catholic mass.

8. Hepaticocholecystos tcholecystentero stomy(40 letters)
Found in Gould’s Medical Dictionary. It is defined as “the surgical formation of a passage between the gall bladder and hepatic duct, on the one hand, andbetween the intestine and he gall bladder, on the other”.

7. Pneumonoultramicros copicsilicovolca noconiosts(45 letters)
Found in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, 8th edition. It is “a pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust”. It occurs especially in miners.

6. Antipericatametaana parcircumvolutio rectumgustpoopsof the coprofied (50 letters)
The title of a book on a shelf in a library in the classic ribald work Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Francois Rabelais.

5. Osseocarnisanguineo viscericartilagi ninervomedullary(51 letters)
A team that describes the structure of the human body; it occurs in Heading Hall (1861), a novel by Thomas Love Peacock.

4. Aequeosalinocalcali noceraceoalumino scupreovitriolic(52 letters)
Describes the composition of the spa wters at Bristol, in Gloucestershire, England. The word was coined by an English medical writer, Dr. Edward Strother (1675 – 1737).

3.Bababadalgharaght akamminapronnkon nbronntonnepronn t-uonnthunntrovarrhou nawnskawntoohooh oordeenenthurnuk(100 letters)
This word is on the first pate of Finegans Wake by James Joyce, and is a symbolic thunderclap representing the fall of Adam and Eve. (Other 100-letter words appear throughout the book.)

2. Lopadotemachoselach ogaleokranioleip sanodrimhypotrim -matosilphiparaomeli tokatakechymenok ichlepikossyphop hat-toperisteralektryon optekephalliokig lopeleiolagoiosi raiobaph-etraganopterygon (182 letters)
The English transliteration of a Greek word that occurs in Aristophanes’ play The Ecclesiazusae. The word is defined a “a goulash composed of all the leftovers from the meals of the last two weeks”, or “has”. A more, detailed translation is  “plattero-filletomul leti-turboto- cranio-morselo-pickleo-acido- silphio-honeyo- poured on the top of theouzelo-throstleo -cushato- culvero-roasting o- marrowo-dippero- levereto- syrupo-gibleto- wings.

1. (3,600 letters)
A chemical name describing bovine NADP – specific glutamate dehydrogenase, which contains 500 amino acids.

Wrong Number – A Beautiful Story

It was the day of my son’s XII results and I was so tensed. I sat beside him while he logged on the website with his registration no.”Ma”, he screamed in excitement, “I scored 1191, with centum in 4 subjects.” I can’t believe it. “I kind of became numb in my excitement. My eyes became wet. I kissed him on his forehead and smiled.”

Soon we realized that he stood first in the state. Oh, my joy knew no bounds when Reporters and media persons soon swamped my house for interviews and photos. I was so honored to join him in the snaps.

I wanted to call my “wrong-number- friend” to tell him the news…… I was so excited. He was someone whom I have known for more than 20 years.

I still do not remember when we became friends, but certainly cannot forget the first day he called me When I blasted him for giving me so many wrong calls….. After that he had called up a week later asking apology, for he had now got the right no of his friend whom he wanted to talk to .We spoke for an hour that day…even without knowing each other’s names. Though he kept pestering me to reveal my name I never did and so he kept a name…Sweety. I used to get so shy whenever he  called me ‘Sweety’. I was doing first year of BSc. Maths then, and he was a Computer Engineering student.

From then he used to call me very often. We almost discussed everything. By the final year of my college, we probably we were in love, but I had been cautious. I was in a dilemma whether to tell him. But what if he was of a different religion? Do I have the courage to talk to my parents about it? ……..all these questions ran through my mind.

I decided I’ll not talk to him thereafter. When he called next time I laid to him I that I was going to Delhifor my post graduation. He gave me his office number and asked me to ring him up once I reach there. I never called…… .

A couple of months later my marriage got fixed with a guy of my parent’s choice. I was not happy but I did not complain; rather accepted it as an obedient daughter. At times I felt I missed my wrong- number- friend…… .

My hubby was a moody person; I have hardly spent any good time with him- but he was genuine indeed and never bothered my personal space. After 2 years we had a boy…Yet, I was not very happy with my married life…One day I happened to browse through my diary and found I still had my old friend’s office phone no that he had given me. I dialed it and spoke with him. He said he was married and got a kid too. I was happy for him though in the bottom of the heart I felt bad that I could not marry him.

From then I used to occasionally call him on that number. I never gave him mine as I felt that would put me in trouble… And till today I almost shared everything with him including my relationship with my hubby…..today I was so happy and I wanted to call him.

Just then I got a call. “Your husband met with an accident and died on the spot” I banged the phone down. I broke. I did not call my friend…..I somehow started feeling guilty. I have never tried to talk to him properly when he was alive or moved close with him…. I felt I had been a bad wife……..

A couple of years passed and one day my son brought home a Bengali girl and said they wanted to get married. I got them married as I did not want my son to go through what I did.

I decided to give my son his father’s room and started clearing it. There was a phone book. I gently opened it to find,

“Wrong no Sweety – 26579785″!!! !!

Sourav Ganguly – Dada,Bengal Tiger….. – My Favourite

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly turned 37 on Wednesday. The most successful Indian captain, Dada, retired form the Test cricket after Australia series in Nagpur. Though Ganguly still plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, has expressed interests in heading the Board of Control for Cricket in India in future.

Sourav already made his debut as a commentator in last month’s ICC World Twenty20 Championships in England. Man of many ambitions Sourav Ganguly likes to achieve his target and on many occasions have had his say….

The Prince of Kolkata made his ODI debut for India in 1992 against West Indies but failed to impress and was immediately dropped. However, after a good run in the domestic cricket, Ganguly was recalled for the Test series against England and made a memorable debut at Lord’s with 131 runs which included 20 fours. Rahul Dravid also made his debut and scored 95 runs.
Sourav smashed another century (136) in the following Test at Trent Bridge and shared a 255-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar. From there on it was no looking back.

The Bengal Tiger was a regular feature in the One-day team from 1996 onwards but recorded his first century (113) only in 1997 against Sri Lanka at Colombo. Now, Sourav Ganguly was a prolific run-scorer for India in One-dayers and grabbed four consecutive Man of the Match awards against Pakistan in the Sahara Cup.

He was also effective with his right-arm medium bowling and took the career-best 5/16 against Pakistan. The fearless Bengal southpaw liked to attack consistently and developed a special liking for spinners

Unstoppable Sourav Ganguly was bestowed with Indian captaincy in 2000 and took India to great heights. Under Ganguly, India reached the finals of 2003 World Cup but lost to champions Australia. Ganguly-led India had a dream run between 2000-05 and won series in Australia and Pakistan. He was responsible for unearthing in talent like Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif and Harbhajan Singh among others.

It was during this period that he became the most successful Indian Test captain. However, Sourav’s personal form deteriorated and was subsequently dropped in October 2005

It was during the 2002 NatWest Series that cricket witnessed a football like celebration at Lord’s. After a heroic performance by Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif in chasing a huge 326 runs, Sourav Ganguly took off his shirt and celebrated the win in the balcony of Lord’s.

Later Ganguly clarified his behaviour saying that he was just mimicking the act performed by Andrew Flintoff during a tour of India.

Controversy and Sourav Ganguly walked all together. Ganguly was only responsible for bringing Greg Chappell as the coach for Indian team and they both made headlines for all wrong reasons. Chappell cited that Dada was unfit to lead the team in his letter to BCCI.

The dispute resulted in the removal of Ganguly as captain and even dropped from the ODI team in 2005. Ganguly said Chappell had asked him to step down and street protests followed in Kolkata; it was even discussed in the parliament

The lord of off-side made his comeback in 2006 during the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa and performed well for India. Ganguly also reclaimed his place in the One-day team and played some useful knocks before being named in the squad for the 2007 World Cup. Sourav also scored his first double hundred against Pakistan in 2007.

Sourav Ganguly retired from international cricket with 7212 runs in Tests with 16 centuries and 11363 in ODIs with 22 tons. With all kind of records set by Ganguly on the field he is all set for off-field actions. Sourav is all set to contest against Jagmohan Dalmia in CAB elections. Reports also state that Dada may be the East Zone’s candidate for the post of BCCI president in 2014. So, get set for Dada’s another comeback.