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BUSTED: TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT MILK

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BUSTED: TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT MILK A glass of milk for most people is the ideal way to start and end the day. Right from birth this drink has been the popular choice of many. However at many instances, misinformation that spreads amongst people leads to fallacious beliefs. Let's have a look at the top five myths about milk. 1. Weight Gain Some people believe that drinking milk can result in weight gain. However, there are studies that prove that drinking milk in a healthy pattern can actually prevent you from putting on those extra kilos. 2. Kidney Stones A popular myth that is held amongst people is that drinking milk could lead to the formation of kidney stones. It is essential to note that supplying your body with the correct amount of calcium can be an effective way to prevent and reduce the rate of the formation of kidney stones in the body. 3. Mucus Drinking milk does coagulate the saliva, which is mistaken by people to be resu

Be Willing to Learn

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Be Willing to Learn One truck driver was doing his usual load delivery at a mental hospital, by parking his vehicle beside an open drain. He discovered a flat tyre when he was about to return from the mental hospital.He jacked up the truck and removed the flat tyre to fix the spare tyre. When he was about to fix the spare tyre, he accidentally dropped all the 4 bolts in the open drain. As he cannot fish the bolts in the open drain, he started to panic as to what should be done? Just then, one patient happened to walk past him and asked the driver as to why he was looking troubled. The driver thought to himself, since there is nothing much he can do or this mental joker can.Just to keep the bugging away, the truck driver informed the whole episode to the mental patient and gave a helpless look. The patient just laughed at the truck driver and said you just cannot even fix such a simple problem? “No wonder you are destined to remain a truck driver for life”. The tru

The Tallest Buildings in India Revealed

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Standing tall at 254 meters (833 ft), the 61-floored Imperial Tower (I & II) are the tallest buildings in India. The Imperial is a twin-tower residential skyscraper complex in Mumbai that were the tallest buildings in the country till June 2012 when Palais Royale topped out. The towers are located at the sea front in Tardeo, South Mumbai. Construction was completed and the towers were inaugurated in 2010. (Photo by Krupasindhu Muduli via Wikimedia Commons) Palais Royale Palais Royale is still under construction – it is a skyscraper located on the land previously owned by Shree Ram Mills Ltd. in Lower Parel, Mumbai. The luxury building has 100 apartments with areas of 8,700 square feet (810 m2) and 14,000 square feet. With a floor plate of 500,000 square feet, the premises will have amenities like a cinema house, spa, cricket pitch, badminton court, football pitch and three swimming pools. It has 88 lakh square feet of total residential space. Lodha

Magnificent temples of India

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 Magnificent temples of India Kedarnath temple, Kedarnath, Uttarakhand       Lord Kalabhairaveshwara Temple , Adichunchanagiri Math (95 Kms from Bangalore ), Karnataka       Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple, Dharmasthala (75 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka         Trimbakeshwar Temple , Nasik , Maharashtra        Sri Krishna Temple, Guruvayur, Kerala   Sri Shantadurga temple, Ponda, Goa   Suchindram Temple, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu..      Sri Madhuru Madananteshwara Siddivinayaka Temple, Madhur (50 kms from Mangalore), Kerala     Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple Sri Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka     Sri Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh     Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple, Mangalore, Karnataka      Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple Corridor, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu     Sri Ranganathaswamy Kovil ( Temple ), Srirangam (Near Trichy), Tamil Nad

10 Things you shouldn't say to Your Boss

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10 Things you shouldn't say to Your Boss 01.   “That's impossible.”  When your boss gives an assignment to you or a goal to your team, don't dismiss it as unattainable. Ideally you should find a way to meet your supervisor's expectations, but if something truly is not feasible, suggest an alternative. Example: “I like your plan for moving up the newsletter's schedule, but I'm not sure how we can make that happen this month with the other assignments we have. Is it OK if I postpone the XYZ deadline for a week to make the newsletter a priority?”  09  more after the break... 02.   “But we've always done it this way.”  Just because you're comfortable with a particular way of doing things doesn't mean it's the best way for your team or organization. Be open to change. Sure, there will probably be an adjustment period with some confusion and kinks, but once you've learned the new system, it should be worth it. 03.   “That's n

Do you know . . .???

Do you know . . .??? - People with blue eyes see better in dark. - Money isn't made out of paper, it is made out of cotton. - A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it go mad instantly and sting itself to death. - Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. - A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above. - USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity - Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear By 700 times. - The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito. - We exercise at least 30 muscles when we smile. - Our nose is our personal air-conditioning system: it warms cold air, cools hot air and filters impurities. - Our brain is more complex than the most powerful computer and has over 100 billion nerve cells. - When a person dies, hearing is usually the first sense to go. - Ther

Importance of saying I love you

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A beautiful and a must read, a capture from random browsing, Simply explains that what is the Importance of saying I love you and similars like I Miss You I dedicate this post to all those who would love to understand the importance of these words. Please read this in a very light hearted manner and no negative thoughts. (Pictures used herein are not of my mom, but ofcourse I do Love & Respect this lady a lot & wish her to guide us  for atleast a few decades to come, the pictures depict an idol of a perfect mom.) This is an imaginary story written, inspired from a Boss at work After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.” The other woman that my wife wanted me  to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit he