Sikh Concept of Guru

Guru is the guiding word for the Sikh, the student of truth. But what does the word Guru mean? Literally, Guru means in the Sanskrit original, “from dark to light”. It refers to that technology, that source, which takes us from the darkness of ignorance to the light of God.

 

In the historic sense, Guru is the Word of God, as spoken by the founder of the Sikh faith, Guru Nanak, who, in his ecstasy of love for God, sang about the nature of God and man.
 

The Sikh sings these poetic songs of Nanak, and so comes to love and live with the Guru’s word implanted in the heart, mind, and soul. He may express that love of the Guru in many ways – the Guru is his breath of life, his sustenance, most personal friend, companion, source of divine wisdom, and joy. The Word of the Guru is the path on which a Sikh walks. By obeying the word of the Guru, the Sikh is transformed, healed, and he becomes a source of light and wisdom for others.
 

Guru Nanak wrote his songs and passed them on to his successors who also sang God’s praise, in their own poetic style. These compositions, along with others of the same divine inspiration, were compiled by the fifth Guru, Guru Arjun Dev, and brought together in the form of a Granth. A Granth, from the Sanskrit root, means “that which ties one to the Infinite Master.”
The tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, added the poetry of the ninth Guru, Guru Teg Bahadur, and sealed the Granth forever, so that no word could be altered or added. He declared the Granth as Guru for Sikhs for all time, and called it the Siri Guru Granth Sahib (Great Guru). Since that time there has never been, nor will there ever be, any other Guru in human form for the Sikhs.
 

The Siri Guru Granth Sahib is what gives you the experience of your higher nature. For the Sikh it is the supreme living wisdom which removes ignorance, the cause of suffering, through its Truth, and through the repetition of its powerful sound current.
 

Unlike other religious scriptures, the Siri Guru Granth Sahib is not the history of a people or of a religion. It is the experience of the soul and its journey through life to oneness with God. Thus, the Siri Guru Granth Sahib speaks universal Truth; that Truth which was before time began, which is True now, and which will be True for eternity. It relates to all people in all places at all times. Just as in the Bible, it says, “In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God.” Sikhs recognize the Siri Guru Granth Sahib to be the embodiment of God’s word in written form. It is the pivot point around which a Sikh’s mind revolves throughout the busy hours of the day. The Guru guides the mind to the experience that God’s light lives within the soul of mankind, and that God is One. 

 

Number portability to trigger next round of price war

Mobile Number Portability could unleash the next price war amongst telecom operators that would eventually benefit the end customer, say analysts.


Mobile number portability is a service that enables mobile telephone users to retain their mobile telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network operator to another. This reduces the barriers for people to move from one network to another, thus leveling the playing field for new entries into the mobile phone network service provider industry.

The wireless industry has undergone a great deal of change with respect to pricing after the introduction of a plethora of players over the last one year or so.

Analysts believe what has been served is just a preview to the real war. The gloves are really off with the introduction of mobile number portability. All this while operators could sit back and relax once they acquired a new customer. They had the advantage of an inherent barrier as customers were reluctant to switch between networks due to the effort of recreating their social network on their new numbers.

The number portability is likely to be introduced in India from 1 July 2010. While mobile number portability has existed in countries such as the UK, Germany, Hong Kong and the Unites States since the turn of this century, it has been introduced more recently in other South East Asian countries such as Singapore and Taiwan.

Research findings point out that the most appropriate time to introduce MNP services is when the mobile penetration is high and new service providers are entering into the market. All these conditions seem to be making it a perfect storm for the portability service to be availed in India.

There have been a lot of reports that suggesting that mobile number portability is an urban, post-paid concept. To the contrary, In India, I wouldn’t b e surprised if it’s just the opposite.  It is a fallacy to expect only metros and post-paid customers to use number portability.

Source: NDTV Profit

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Guava - A Fantasic Fruit !!!

FANTASTIC FRUIT

You’d think it were cod liver oil.

Eating more fruit -- ideally a total of four or five servings a day -- could help cut the risk of cancer, stroke, and heart disease.  We’re not talking athlete’s foot or the common cold here. Yet the slight upward nudge in fruit consumption is barely detectable.

Maybe people are too stuck on their chips-cookies-candy snack routines. Maybe their sweet tooths are sated by sodas, cakes, and ice cream. Maybe it’s too tough to get good fresh fruit at restaurants, snack bars, or the office.

It doesn’t help that the National Cancer Institute spends only about $1 million a year plugging its 5 a Day program, while Mars spent more than $64 million in 1996 advertising M&M’s.

Whatever the reason, fruit ought to be an everyday pleasure, not medicine.

You Can’t Go Wrong

Any fruit is good fruit. Some studies find a lower risk of cancer among people who eat more fruits and vegetables rich in carotenoids and vitamin C. Others find a lower risk among people who eat more of any fruits or vegetables.

But fruit aficionados may want to pick the most nutritious of the bunch. So we gave each fruit a rating by adding up its key nutrients: vitamin C, carotenoids, folate, potassium, and fiber. We also added calcium and iron which are less common in fruit so you can compare scores for fruits to those for vegetables.

For each nutrient, we calculated what percent of the Daily Value (DV) is in one serving of the fruit. One exception: There is no DV for carotenoids. Some like beta-carotene are converted to vitamin A by the body. But others like lycopene may cut the risk of cancer even though they aren t converted to vitamin A. So we added up all the carotenoids and devised our own DV for them 5,000 micrograms (mcg).

And the winners are...

Gold Medalists: 80-421

OK, so you ve never eaten a guava. You still gotta respect its numbers. What sets guava and other super-scorers apart are impressive quantities of vitamin C, carotenoids, or both.

Take watermelon: Two cups supply 45 percent of a day’s worth of vitamin C and 245 percent of a day’s carotenoids. Or pink grapefruit: A half has 100 percent of a day’s vitamin C and 145 percent of a day’s carotenoids...for only 50 calories.

Don’t worry if you can’t find papayas, mangos, or some of the fancier fruits in the chart.  And don’t sweat it if you refuse to fork over three bucks for half a pint of raspberries.

There’s no shame in sticking with oranges, watermelon, cantaloupe, or any other in-season, bargain-priced fruit that makes your mouth water.

Silver Medalists: 40-79

Apples, pears, and bananas may look lowly next to guavas. Next to almost any other food, they’re stars.

Fruits with mid-range scores may not shine when it comes to carotenoids, but they’re good sources of vitamin C, fiber, and potassium often for fewer than 100 calories.

And some may offer more than their scores show. Cherries, figs, fresh pineapples, and lemons haven’t been analyzed for carotenoids, so we used estimates (based on their vitamin A levels).

What’s more, change a fruit’s serving size and you change its ranking. Eat a medium peach instead of the large size we used to come up with our score and you’ll get fewer nutrients.

Bronze Medalists: less than 40

The lowest scores go to canned or dried fruit. One reason is that both canning and drying deplete vitamin C.

Still, dried prunes, currants, figs, and dates are good sources of fiber and potassium. Just watch the calories they add up quickly once you exceed our small serving sizes. And don’t forget your toothbrush: Dried fruit sticks to teeth.

Canned fruit can have other disadvantages. Peaches and pears lose points because their fiber-rich peel has been removed. And fruit packed in heavy or even light syrup has extra sugar (and calories) that most of us don’t need. Go for fruit canned in its own juice or water instead.

(Frozen fruits are comparable to fresh...but some contain added sugar.)

The bottom line: Any fruit is better than no fruit. You ll get more out of guava or grapefruit than applesauce or canned pears. But even the lowest-scoring fruit beats a Low Fat Twinkie, hands down. 

Source: http://www.cspinet.org/nah/fantfruit.htm

Why Are Americans Jobless?

John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6 a.m.

While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN PHILIPPINES ) .
He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA ), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE ) and tennis shoes (MADE IN
VIETNAM). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA ), then he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how much he could spend today.

After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN ) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA ), he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY ) filled it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia ) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.

At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his computer (MADE IN MALAYSIA ), John decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL ) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE ) and turned on his TV (MADE IN KOREA ), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in AMERICA .

AND NOW HE'S HOPING HE CAN GET HELP FROM HIS PRESIDENT (MADE IN KENYA ) 

Lol;-)

Healthy Mocktails!

Prevention is better than cure.
 HEALTHY JUICES

Carrot + Ginger + Apple  - Boost and cleanse our system.


Apple + Cucumber + Celery -   Prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol, and eliminate stomach upset and headache.  


Tomato + Carrot + Apple - Improve skin complexion and eliminate bad breath.  


Bitter gourd + Apple + Milk -   Avoid bad breath and reduce internal body heat.  


Orange + Ginger + Cucumber - Improve Skin texture and moisture and reduce body heat.  


Pineapple + Apple + Watermelon - To dispel excess salts, nourishes the bladder and kidney.  


Apple + Cucumber + Kiwi - To improve skin complexion.  


Pear & Banana -   regulates sugar content..  


Carrot + Apple + Pear + Mango - Clear body heat, counteracts toxicity, decreased blood pressure and fight oxidization .  


Honeydew + Grape + Watermelon + Milk - Rich in vitamin C + Vitamin B2 that increase cell activity and str engthen body immunity.  


Papaya + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin C, E, Iron. Improve skin complexion and metabolism.  


Banana + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin with nutritious and prevent constipation 

Eight clues to Happiness

1. First and foremost is GOOD HEALTH. If you do not enjoy good health you can never be happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will deduct from your happiness.

2. Second, a HEALTHY BANK BALANCE. It need not run into crores but should be enough to provide for creature comforts and something to spare for recreation, like eating out, going to the pictures, traveling or going on holidays on the hills or by the sea. Shortage of money can be only demoralizing. Living on credit or borrowing is demeaning and lowers one in one's own eyes.

3. Third, a HOME OF YOUR OWN. Rented premises can never give you the snug feeling of a nest which is yours for keeps that a home provides: if it has a garden space, all the better. Plant your own trees and flowers, see them grow and blossom, cultivate a sense of kinship with them.

4. Fourth, an UNDERSTANDING COMPANION, be it your spouse or a friend. If there are too many misunderstandings, they will rob you of your peace of mind. It is better to be divorced than to bicker all the time.

5. Fifth, LACK OF ENVY towards those who have done better than you in life; risen higher, made more money, or earned more fame. Envy can be very corroding; avoid comparing yourself with others.

6. Sixth, DO NOT ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE to descend on you for gup-shup. By the time you get rid of them, you will feel exhausted and poisoned by their gossip-mongering.

7. Seventh, CULTIVATE SOME HOBBIES which can bring you a sense of fulfillment, such as gardening, reading, writing, painting, playing or listening to music. Going to clubs or parties to get free drinks or to meet celebrities is criminal waste of time.

8. Eighth, every morning and evening, devote 15 minutes to INTROSPECTION. In the morning, 10 minutes should be spent on stilling the mind and then five in listing things you have to do that day. In the evening, five minutes to still the mind again, and ten to go over what you had undertaken to do.

- KHUSHWANT SINGH

Automobile Manufacturer - Logos

I found this one at this website and thought its worth sharing! Its like a ready reckoner and its a very exhaustive collection!

Abadal Abarth Abbott Acura AC Adler Aixam AJS Albion Alfa Romeo Allard Alldays & Onions Alpine Alta Alvis American Motors Corporation (AMC) American Austin American Bantam Amilcar Amphicar Ansaldo Aquila Arden Argyll Ariel Ariès Armstrong Siddeley Auto Romania (ARO) Arrol-Johnston ASA Ascari Aston Martin Auburn Audi Austin-Healy Austin-Morris Autobacs Autobianchi AV Monocar Avanti AWZ Ballot Bandini Baoding Dadi Bayliss-Thomas Bean Bebi Beijing Automobile Works Belsize Bentall Bentley Benz Berkeley Berliet Bianchi Biddle Bignan Biscuter Bitter Bizzarrini Blixt BMC BMW Bond Borgward Brammo Bricklin Bristol Bufori Bugatti Buick Bungartz BYD C.A.C Cadillac Cardi Caterham Ceirano Charron Chenard & Walcker Chery Chevrolet Chrysler Cisitalia Citroen Cizeta-Moroder Clyno Cole Connaught Continental Motors Corbin Corre-La Licorne Crane Simplex Crosley Cross Lander Crossley Dacia Daewoo DAF Daihatsu Darracq Daimler Datsun Dauer DB De Dion-Bouton Delage Delahaye Delaunay-Belleville Delfino Dellow De Lorean Derways DeTomaso Detroit Electric Diatto Dampf-Kraft Wagen (DKW) Dodge Dongfeng Donkervoort Durant Eagle EDAG Eisenacher Motoren Werke (EMW) Elfin Elva Facel Vega Farboud First Automobile Works (FAW) Ferrari Fiat Fioravanti Fisker Flint Force Ford Franklin Frazer Nash Freestream Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych (FSO) Fudi FuldaMobil Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod(GAZ) Geely Geo Georges Irat Giannini Gilbern Gillet Ginetta Glas General Motors (GM) GMC GN GoNOw Gray-Dort Great Wall Gurgel Gutbrod Guy Motors Hafei Hebei Zhongxing (ZXauto) Heinkel Hillman Hindustan Motors Hispano-Suiza Holden Hommell Honda Cars Horch Hotchkiss et Cie Humber Hummer Hupmobile Hyundai Infinti Intermeccanica International Harvester Invicta Isdera Iso Rivolta Isotta-Fraschini Isuzu Itala Izh Jaguar Jawa Jeep Jensen Jiangling (JMC) Joss Jösse Car Jowett Kaiser Kewet Kia Koenigsegg Lada LaFayette Laforza Lagonda Lamborghini Lanchester Lancia Land Rover Laraki Lvivsky Avtomobilny Zavod (LAZ) Lea-Francis Leblanc Lexus Leyland Ligier Lincoln Lister Lloyd Locomoblie Lola Lorraine Dietrich Lotus Lutskiy Avtomobilnyy Zavod (Luaz) Lucien Rosengart Magna Steyr Mahindra Marathon Marcos Marmon Maruti Maserati Mathis Matra Maxwell Maybach Mazda McLaren Mercedes-Benz Mercury Merkur Messerschmitt Métallurgique MG Minerva Mini Mitsubishi Monica Moretti Morgan Morris Mors Mosler Nanqi Napier Nazzaro Nissan Noble Nota Neckarsulmer Fahrradwerke A.G.(NSU) Oldsmobile Oltcit Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche (OM) Opel Orca Osca Overland Packard Pagani Paige Panhard et Levassor Panoz Panther Peerless Pegaso Perodua Peugeot Pierce Arrow Pininfarina Plymouth Pontiac Porsche Proto Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional (Proton) Qvale Railton Rambler Renault Reo Reva Riley Rinspeed Rolls Royce Rothwell Rover Rumi Russo Baltique Saab Saleen Salmson Saturn Scania Scion Seat Shelby Siata Siddeley-Deasy Simca Singer Sivax Skoda Smart SPA Spectre Spyker Standard Stanga Stanguellini Steyr Stoddard-Dayton Stoewer Studebaker Stutz Subaru Sunbeam Suzuki Talbot Tata Tatra Tesla Motors Think Toyota Trabant Tramontana Triumph Trojan Troller Tucker TVR Ulyanovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (UAZ) União Metalo-Mecânica (UMM) Unic Vabis Valiant Valmet Vanden Plas Vandenbrink Vauxhall Vector Velie Venturi Vignale Virago Voisin Volkswagen Volvo Wanderer Wartburg Westcott Westfield Wiesmann Willys Wolseley Yugo Zagato Zastava ZAZ Zhejiang Zhonghua Zavod Imeni Likhacheva (ZIL) Zimmer