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Particular Food's Intolerance vs Allergy

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:48 PDT

Just read about Intolerance and Allergy and wished to share it with you. Intolerance is about something your stomach cannot digest particular food (proteins etc in it) and allergy is about over sensitivity of immune system to normally harmless substance (protein etc in food). Intolerance problem takes time to appear but allergy trigger very fast.

How to Welcome New Employee

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sat, 04 May 2013 10:07:31 PDT

A Facebook friend has shared welcoming of an employee on a company and after watching it I tried to check one video on Google which I have watched earlier. I had a good memory and got it fast. I got one another new video which CNBC has collected about different companies style of welcoming new employees.

This is want the Facebook friend has shared about Talentica:

This is what I remembered about Aditi Technologies:

CNBC Awaaz collection about welcoming new employee:

Budget Tablet PC: Salora ProTab HD

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:09:48 PDT

Here is a very cheap Tablet PC but with very good configuration. Salora ProTab HD is very high in configuration you check about Processor, RAM, Display or anything else. Only battery is of little concern. But you are not going to find such Tablet PC at this price range. Battery is also good enough. It gives 4 hrs on regular use. Price of Salora ProTab HD is only Rs 5499 at Flipkart.

Processor: 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex - A9
RAM: 1GB DDR3
Display: 7 inch and Resolution: 1024 * 600 (180 ppi is good)
Weight: Only 290 gm (easy to hold on hand for long)
Connectivity: Wi-Fi and 3G (Dongle support).

Google's Nexus 7 Vs IPad Mini

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:15:57 PDT

Here is a short post about Google's Nexus 7 and IPad Mini. If you are looking for Budget Tablet PC and zeroed on Nexus 7 but thought to check nearby Tablet PC which is not in budget category for Indian but still not very costliest then you may like to check Apple's IPad Mini.

Both Tablet PCs are class in itself. Not much to think about it other than OS. If you are neutral about OS then both Tablets are good. But Nexus 7 is far cheaper than IPad Mini.

Google's Nexus 7 -

Better Processor
Better customization,
Easier File transfer between Laptop/Desktop,
Better pricing,
Better resolution (216 ppi) vs Mini's 163,

Apple's IPad Mini -

GPU is better,
Weight is unbeatable, only 308 gm Vs Nexus 340 gm,
Camera is far better in IPad Mini. Two cameras, one with 5MP and another with 1.2 MP. Nexus has 1.2 MP front Camera only.
Battery is slightly better in IPad Mini.

Apple IPad mini uses iOS 6 and Google Nexus 7 is using latest 4.1/4.2 Jelly Beans.

Nexus is 7 inches and Apple IPad Mini is 7.9 inch screen.

Many times, you may find Apples app more optimized than Android's one for tablets. But you have options there.

Size and weight is not much different but for reading, 7" is better with higher ppi of Nexus.

More:
Google's Nexus 7 Vs IPad Mini Vs Galaxy Tab 2

IPad Mini vs Nexus 7 debate

Budget Tablet PC: Nexus 7 - a Quality Tablet by Google

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:22:10 PDT

Google's Nexus 7 is good quality budget tablet by Google in the market. It is not as cheap as many Indian Tablet nearly to Nexus 7 but it has many things which is why you want to go for it. It comes at Rs 16,000 (15,999) in India. Nexus 7 is all balanced when it comes to Processor speed, Screen resolution, battery backup, temperature on long use, RAM available, Weight and everything you want to look into your Tablet PC. It runs on Android Jelly Beans which is said to be best version for Tablet PC. Processor is 1.3 GHz and Screen resolution is 1280 * 800 IPS display.

Tough it does not have rear facing camera. But generally people use Tablet PC for reading, online browsing etc. It does not have any SIM cards. With Wi-Fi, it will work best.

Bihari: Lets Not Just Go With Party Lines

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:09:42 PDT

Hello Bihari Friends, Lets not just go with party line. Think for Bihar when deciding about your action in next election. Lets not forget the Nitish as well. Standing tall when Bihar has no name (instead defamed), working for its development, facing all those who has energy to malign Bihar image but not for its development, taking bribery and then also not working correctly and on time was part of Bihar day to day life for officials there. The time is for regional parties. On south, it is regional parties/ regional stalwarts who has bought some development to the region and not central leaders. I see on a Facebook post, BJP is clearly the winner but it may not be the case of Non-Facebook user. So, it may happen that your VOTE just work to divide 'good vote' and help LALOO win the election. So, please be careful. Keep voting choice open for Nitish till last day and then decide. Thanks!

Budget Tablet PC: Zync Quad 8.0" and Zync Quad 9.7 Inch

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:22:49 PDT

Zync has launched two smart tablets PC which is of high end in-spite of low price. It is better than IPad at many things. Zync superb tablets are - Zync Quad 9.7 Inch and another is Zync Quad 8 Inch.

Zync 9.7 Inch

Zync 9.7 inch Spec: Android 4.1 Jelly Beans,
Quad Core 1.5 GHz Processor,
Retina display (2048 * 1536) with IPS, Full HD,
2GB RAM,
5 MP auto focus camera,
Wi-fi, dongle support,
Weight 603 grams,
GPU: Octa-core, Mali-400 MP4, 16GB internal memory and 32 GB expandable memory, many more you wish to have.
Zync Quad 9.7 everything very good beyond what you can imagine at this price. It has ppi of 263 which is very very good for reading book on Tablet PC. With high end CPU processor, GPU processor and sensors you can enjoy playing all games on Android. The negatives are - I read that it become hot after 1 hr of usage. It has a proprietary USB charger which means that you need to carry it charger. Other device charger wont work with it.

Zync Quad 9.7"

With so many things in just Rs 13,990! Yes, it is all in that price itself.

Zync Quad 8.0 Inch

Zync Quad 8.0 has almost all those things Zync Quad 9.7 has but its screen is comfortable 8 inch and its display is not retina display. Still its display quality is very good and tha is 1024* 768. It has ppi is 160 which gives you very good quality for reading.

It also has IPS technology which make viewing angle better. GPU is Octa-core, Mali-400 MP4. It has 8 GB internal memory and 32 GB expandable memory whereas Zync 9.7 has 16 GB internal memory. Weight is also very good. Weight is 471 grams. Playing games are fun because of high end CPU, RAM, and GPU processor.

Zync Quad 8 Inch is offered at Rs 12,990.

Its negatives are same as Zync Quad 9.7 Inch Tablet PC.

Hormones, Emotions and Physical Appearance of Love

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:33:27 PST

Want to know about the Science of Love! How emotions, Hormones and Physical appearance affect or get affected by Love! Know all those in funny way by taking the Quiz on Love. Your already known facts will be verified and you will learn about each points better than you already know it.
Take this Quiz on Love

Healthy Food in list of Cancer Fighting Food

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:09:29 PST

Here is a slideshow on webmd that shows food that are good in fighting Cancer. There list of food comes again and again for healthy life. So, better stick to those if you can and avoid trouble. Many foods listed there will be found in mood enhancing list as well. They also suggest that nutrients are good but in form of natural resource it is better. You know that nutrients in the form of pill can cause liver to overwork when you do not need many things in the pill! But the same is not the case of natural resources. Body can easily leave natural nutrients when it does not need.

List of Healthy Food that Stops Cancer Coming

Why Muslims are Restless !

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 06:26:36 PST

Muslims are generally restless with their religions. I think it is the points written in their religious text book which is responsible for all these!

I just wandered to a website which was about converting to Islam. I got the link through an Ads displayed on YouTube. I read the website first page as fun.

Few lines from the website, which also mention the source of it are:

“...The only religion in the sight of God is Islam...” (Quran 3:19)
“If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter, he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (their selves in the Hellfire).” (Quran 3:85)
“Indeed God has forbidden to reside eternally in Hell the person who says: “I testify that none has the right to be worshiped except Allah (God),’ seeking thereby the Face of God.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)

There are many more interesting quotes out there, which you find as non inclusive to this world. For more interesting quotes out there.

Drinking Milk the Right Way!

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:22:02 PST

Milk is very important food in our daily life. Few people directly drink milk, few eat it in other forms like Ghee, and butter. Few crave for sweets made of milk. Few says milk is most healthy drink they have everyday, few says it is not good for consumption. now, we know that all cannot digest milk due to lactose in it. and number of people with Lactose intolerance are not less in number.

Here are few suggestions I got from the net :-

I read that because milk help in inducing sleep so better not to take in the morning. Also, because Milk is good in inducing sleep so better take it at night. There are many other benefits of milk taken at night. You can read articles given below or search on the net.
It is also written to avoid milk at empty stomach in the morning as this will just pass fast through the stomach and don't get digested properly. This again can cause many health problem.

I see many takes milk in the morning and do not find any problem. But anyway they give scientific evidence as well and you decide what is best for you.

Reference:
http://www.lookchem.com/Chempedia/Health-and-Chemical/15813.html
http://www.personal.psu.edu/hxm5014/assignment5.htm#sleep

Sushruta - Father of Surgery

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:14:56 PST

If you never heard about Sushruta then you missed another chance of being proud about India. It is another fact where we are lagging today and need to catch up.

He is called as the "Father of Surgery". Some says about him as Father of Plastic Surgery. Yes, plastic surgery at that time.

Read yourself the paragraphs I have taken from Wiki:

Sushruta made numerous contributions to the field of surgery. He demonstrated the surgical techniques of making incisions, probing, extraction of foreign bodies, alkali and thermal cauterization, tooth extraction, excisions, and trocars for draining abscess draining hydrocele and ascitic fluid. He described the removal of the prostate gland, urethral stricture dilatation, vesiculolithotomy, hernia surgery, caesarian section, management of haemorrhoids, fistulae, laparotomy and management of intestinal obstruction, perforated intestines, and accidental perforation of the abdomen with protrusion of omentum. He gave details of the six types of dislocations, twelve varieties of fractures, and classification of the bones and their reaction to the injuries. He provided principles of fracture management, viz., traction, manipulation, appositions and stabilization including some measures of rehabilitation and fitting of prosthetics. He classified eye diseases (76) with signs, symptoms, prognosis, medical/surgical interventions, and cataract surgery. He described the method of stitching the intestines by using ant-heads as stitching material. He was the first to deal with embryology and sequential development of the structures of the fetus. He pioneered the dissection and study of anatomy of human body. He introduced the use of wine to dull the pain of surgical incisions. He enumerated 1120 illnesses, and recommended diagnosis by inspection, palpation and auscultation.

Sushruta was a Bihari and lived in Varanashi, Uttar Pradesh.

I myself was not aware of it. Spread the words.

References:

Sushruta: the father of Indian surgery and ophthalmology - USA Govt Website,

Sushruta,
Acharya Sushrut-Father Of Plastic Surgery.

Jaggery Vs Sugar: Which one is better?

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:54:21 PST

You may all know Jaggery is better than Sugar from many tale or from your elders. But Why?

Both are made from same Sugarcane but why the difference!

Jaggery contains many nutrients than just energy. It contains calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, potassium iron, zinc, and others. These all good part of sugarcane value removed in the process of Sugar making. Sugar is a refined product.
Jaggery release energy slowly which is good for our health. Sugar release sudden burst of energy. So, Jaggery is better for diabetics as well. It is good for normal human compared to Sugar. Ayurveda does approve of taking anything which release sudden burst of energy in general.
Jaggery also does many things due to its nutrients and other qualities left due to non refined work. It acts as a purifier, good for acid balance and many.
Jaggery is eco-friendly. It does not waste water as Sugar does in course of making.

Food companies should provide Jaggery in easy to eat form. People find it difficult to consume Jaggery due its solid cube. It should be sold in broken form!

How Should You Praise Your Children?

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:38:09 PDT

This article may be useful for those parents who are raising their children. Pampering your children is not bad in childhood but how you praise can define many things for children.

Mindset can be Fixed or Growth. Fixed mindset believe that their abilities are fixed whereas Grwoth mindset people think that abilities can be developed.

An excerpt where Dweck references one of her earlier papers on effects of praising innate qualities versus effort and process (http://www.stanford.edu/dept/psy...):

People can also learn these self-theories from the kind of praise they receive (Mueller & Dweck, 1998). Ironically, when students are praised for their intelligence, they move toward a ﬁxed theory. Far from raising their self-esteem, this praise makes them challenge-avoidant and vulnerable, such that when they hit obstacles their conﬁdence, enjoyment, and performance decline. When students are praised for their effort or strategies (their process), they instead take on a more malleable theory— they are eager to learn and highly resilient in the face of difﬁculty.
Thus self-theories play an important (and causal role) in challenge seeking, self-regulation, and resilience, and changing self-theories appears to result in important real-world changes in how people function.

Growth mindset people are more resilient. They are better in coming out of difficult condition whereas Fixed mindset people feel less confident when face challenge.

Hope you got something from the article!

Hot Water Bag and Other Treatment for good Digestion

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 09:51:18 PDT

Here are two tips for good digestion of your food and healthy life. One is hot water bag. Purchase Hot Water bag from nearby pharmacy shop in few hundred rupees and get health benefits whenever you need. It help in stomach spasm and disturbance. Important: Separate hot bag and your skin with 2-3 or more layers of clothes. You should not feel uncomfortable on skin or else it will burn. Also, heat on skin is of no use. Heat need to penetrate slowly to inside of stomach.

Another method is to rub with your hand clockwise. Many times you may have seen people doing this. You can do this daily as this does not require anything extra which you do not have every time.

So, now you know stomach pain remedy without any medicine.

More: 7 Ways to beat stomach bloat
Someone else has shared his experience with Hot Water bag.

Food for Skin Care

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:48:16 PDT

Skin is the mirror of your inner health. Skin is not just the outer shell of our body. Here are few foods that help us keep ourselves healthy and skin glowing.

Avocado

Avocado - It has multiple minerals and also called butter fruit. It is very good as a juice as well. Next time when you visit to juice shop ask for butter fruit juice. Its smash look like smooth butter so butter fruit.
Flaxsheed/Tishi/Alsi - Flaxseed is very common in India but it reduced to only a festival in north India. It has very important nutrition called Omega 3 fatty acid. You may have listened about Omega 3 Fatty Acid! Include this in your daily consumption.

Flaxseed
Almonds - Anyway it is good for mind as well. So, when mind is good then what else you need. Helpful for skin as well.
Acerola Cherries - Good for Vitamin C.
Baked Potatoes - Not talking about french fries. Those are fast food style. Baked Potatoes by heat with its skin is good for your skin too. It supplement your copper need. It gives you skin elasticity.

Source: Feed Your Face: 10 Foods for Better Skin

Sing Songs and get Health Benefits

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:33:28 PDT

Singing has many health benefits. Don't you believe? Try to practice it for some time. You may have felt uplifted when you may have sung songs. Continue doing so!

Here are the excerpts from a article on net:

Singing Reduces Stress and Pain
Singing for seniors has improved their health. They visited doctors fewer number of times. Better eyesight experienced and better on depression.
Singing also has shown health benefits for Alzheimer's decease.
It helped in improving immune system.

So, select your favorite songs, practice it and live better!

More on the Health benefits of singing.

Some Info about Blood Group

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:35:51 PDT

There are 4 major blood types:
A, B, AB and O.
These are determined by presence or absence of two antigens - A and B.

More: http://www.redcrossblood.org/learn-about-blood/blood-types

Dream Vacation: A Vacation to Melbourne, Australia

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:12:53 PDT

Melbourne has many things to offer to its traveler. Excitement depends on person to person. Yet each kind of person can find many things to get the excitement they look in dream vacation. Melbourne has very crowded place (Chapel Street) to quite place too.

So, what you want to bring from your vacation? Nature's beauty, fun, adventure or something else! If you are not sure now then also no worry. Here you can get all of those types. You can choose whatever you want to spend your time and whatever you want to bring back from Melbourne.

Ballooning Over Yarra Valley I would love to see the landscape of the city and feel the sky through it.

(Img from visitmelbourne.com)
Second on the list can be Melbourne Aquarium. It has many things to offer. I can sit along with Penguin, and play with Shark(WTF!). They maintain place at sub-zero for Penguin and they provide guide and short training for diving with Shark. I am feeling it is too adventurous. If I can be there then I will let them convince me why Sharks wont like my flesh before diving with Sharks. :)

(Img from abc.net.au)

(Img form melbourneaquarium.com.au)
Visiting every other places where I can see specialty of Melbourne and its culture. I will walk here and there if I get time and photograph as much I can. My photography skills will come into use. Though I do not have big camera every professional photographers show, I can get decent photos from my camera. I shall visit Highpoint shopping Center and other places of interest. Even if I may not need to purchase, window shopping is also a shopping. :) Phillip Island Nature park is 90 mins from Melbourne but great to be there when you are Melbourne.
Though I am not a great fan of Museum, there are different types of museum to visit. Sports museum, migration museum, scienceworks museum and others. Now you say it is worth visiting then!
AAMI Park (Modern stadium) is also worth visiting. Check the upcoming events there.
Kids, young and old alike can enjoy with animal at Collingwood Children's Farm. People say animals are happily living there. It means animals are well taken care of. See images at Google to understand a little. People like this as outdoor activity.
City Central Tram is free and run through the city. So, good to take a ride and enjoy the city.
Royal Botanic Garden is one of the best managed garden as people say. So, I must be there.

(Img from ultraspirit.com.au)
Cricket Ground in Melbourne, a place to visit for Cricket crazy Indian. For life long whenever India play there, my visit can bring smile and happiness on my face! It is very good cricket ground too. It is largest and oldest sporting venue in Australia.

I may have listen Melbourne word first in this Hindi song or marked from here!

As I said, there are many places of Interest one can visit, I may try to enjoy the above mentioned places first.

If you feel it's your time to visit Melbourne NOW! then check the link for more info www.visitmelbourne.com/in.
This post is written as a participation to IndiBlogger contest.

Completely Strange! Man is 40 times smaller than Female and ...

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:40:56 PDT

Female is 40 times bigger than male and male becomes part of female as reproductive organ. WTF I am talking about ?

Here is the video:

Anaerobic Vs Aerobic Exercises

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:45:47 PDT

Here is a short article about Anaerobic and Aerobic Exercises. You may have listed must about Aerobic but not about Anaerobic.

Anaerobic is exercise which is short and tough. It mean it requires more energy in short period. You may have done these exercises. Squatting and push-up are the example of this.

Aerobic are exercises which we do for longer time with less energy requirement. Rope jumping is a good aerobic exercise. Anaerobic exercises are also Aerobic exercise when we start doing it as we cannot do it in hard way. To build stamina by doing medium exercises for longer period of time. This helps in controlling breathing.

Sushil Kumar Shinde Promoted to Home Minister. Reason ?

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:45:15 PDT

Watching CNN-IBN on the cabinet rejig today when world's worst power crisis happen till date. I read why Sushil Kumar Shinde made Home Minister when we are facing power crisis. Keshava Rao, a congressman replies - He is the one who came from backward caste rose to this place. He was this and that and now he is home minister. The only point he has for Shinde candidature was that he is a dalit. Another guest available on the show made the point that he failed everywhere whatever post he has taken. Maharashtra CM, Power Minister and other, he has not done anything good at those places. Even congress made a point that he is even week politician at one point.

Congress has a habit of promoting his man based on loyalty to party. In the process, congress party does not think of Country. Loyal to country! No, this is not a required criteria either for the party. Made President (prathibha Patil) just because of loyalty as you know. This was just an example. There are many such cases.

Answer to Aamir Sohail's Question: Why India did not protested in World Cup?

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:08:50 PDT

India has protected the gaming spirit and World Cup by not protesting against the match in World Cup. That was a tournament with many countries and not bilateral tournament. India and its public could have protested shown the maturity.
Another question Aamir Sohail has raised was not related to cricket. He has asked, why India talk with govt there when there is non democratic government? Vajpayee govt has done Lahore visit when there was democratic government. and it is not our fault when there there are always military government there. It is part of Pakistan society.

The above discussion with Aamir Sohail and other panelist has happened at CNN IBN News at 9 today on the occasion of BCCI announcing cricket with Pakistan.

Dry Eye and Irritation, Congestion Kind of Situation due to this

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 09:29:49 PDT

Dry Eye and Irritation kind of state you may have felt in your eye(s). This may give you feeling of congestion or pressure on your eye as well. This is common to most professional who need to stare at thing. One such profession is Information Technology (IT). So, this dry eye is part of Computer Vision Syndrome as well.

As home remedy, you can do some exercises or Yoga. Other than that, you can give your eyes warmness to simulate tear producing glands. Over the counter eye drop are also available. If you feel dry eye problem then do not just ignore this. Follow the above to see if it works or see the doctor.

from restoreeyesight.com

"Add Tears" is one drop from Cipla which is for eye lubrication.
Yogic methods can prove helpful for long lasting effect and cure. Trakata and other mentioned here are good for your eyes. Trakata helps in concentration as well. If you need more info, then search internet.
Palming is another method to give your eye some support. It can be done anywhere and help for short time. Rub your hand for few seconds and put your palm on your eyes for few seconds / minutes. Don't pressurize your eye. Just put your palm with gentle touch.
Eye supplements are also available. If you eat outside and don't take much vegetable (green) then you can use this to see the effect before visiting the doctor. Again do not wait long for your eye problem.
More here, or here.

What is Adam's Apple? What do you say in your language?

noreply@blogger.com (Satya Prakash) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:31:08 PDT

What do you call it to that bump on throat seen on many man's throat. Few girls can also have it but not that big. Some boys may not have it as well. Still if you do not understand what is called Adam's Apple then you can read this article. There you will also come to know why it is called Adam's Apple.