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New Year

"The New year is like a new baby - many changes will be necessary, some of which may be neglected."

- Mc.Kenzie

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History of the New Year

The celebration of the new year on January 1st is a relatively new phenomenon. The earliest recording of a new year celebration is believed to have been in Mesopotamia, c. 2000 B.C. and was celebrated around the time of the vernal equinox, in mid-March. A variety of other dates tied to the seasons were also used by various ancient cultures. The Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Persians began their new year with the fall equinox, and the Greeks celebrated it on the winter solstice .....

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New Year

"The New year is like a new baby - many changes will be necessary, some of which may be neglected."

- Mc.Kenzie

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History of the New Year

The celebration of the new year on January 1st is a relatively new phenomenon. The earliest recording of a new year celebration is believed to have been in Mesopotamia, c. 2000 B.C. and was celebrated around the time of the vernal equinox, in mid-March. A variety of other dates tied to the seasons were also used by various ancient cultures. The Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Persians began their new year with the fall equinox, and the Greeks celebrated it on the winter solstice .....

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Capitalism at the Crossroads:The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World's Most Difficult Problems By Stuart.L.Hart

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Kindness

"Kind actions Begin with kind thoughts."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Who is Ramana Maharshi?

Ramana Maharshi (Maha or great, Rishi or Enlightened Being) was the awe inspiring sage who's presence graced the renowned sacred Arunachala hill during much of the 20th century. He was known throughout India and to many in the rest of the world as the silent sage whose peaceful presence and powerful gaze changed the lives of the many who came into his presence. In silence he radiated peace and contentment like a powerful beacon, effecting a change in anyone who came within his sphere. He encouraged people to look within and decide whether they were actually the body or the changeless eternal self within. His powerful example and inner influence led many people to experience this inner self as the same self behind all awareness, above the transient mind, emotions, and body.


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Money

"Finance is the art of Passing currency from hand to hand untill it finally disappears."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Kuvempu

Kuvempu! The very name evokes before the eyes of those who have seen him, pictures of lofty dignity as well as all-round respect; and he was conscious of it as one could gather from his composed dignified looks.

I first set my eye on him as Professor of Kannada in Maharaja's College in 1950, when I became Professor of English. We occupied adjacent rooms but without ever visiting each other. He came from behind the college, got into his room to meet his Honours class and left like a flash of lighting when the bell rang.

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The Ranbaxy Story

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Greatness

"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Ratan Tata

Mr Ratan Tata steps down as the Chairman of the Tata group on his 65th birthday today, implementing his self-initiated retirement policy. He, however, will continue to lead the conglomerate in a non-executive capacity
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Work

"Be the First to Praise and the First to Deserve Praise."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Salman Khan

About Salman Khan
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In Defence of Global Capitalism

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Work

"Work without faith and Prayeris like an Artificial Flower without Fragrance."

- Mc.Kenzie

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The December 26, 2004 Sumatran Tsunami

On the morning of December 26, 2004 a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from complex slip on the fault where the oceanic portion of the Indian Plate slides under Sumatra, part of the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor, pushing the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The tsunami wave devastated nearby areas where the wave may have been as high as 25 meters (80 feet) tall and killed nearly 300,000 people from nations in the region and tourists from around the world.

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How To Value Your Business And Increase Its Potential

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Experts

"What this Country Needs Today is Fewer Experts on What this Country Needs."

- Mc.Kenzie

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CHARAN SINGH(DEC,23 1902 – 1987)

More than the high offices he held in the country, Charan Singh is known for a grimy contribution, which eventually injected an interminable contamination in the cardinal principles of politics. He catapulted into power by engineering the first-ever defection.
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Rising Elephant:The Growing Clash with India over white collar jobs and its challenge to America and the world

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Intelligence

"If Library cards were used more and credit cards less, if would tend to raise the level of intelligence."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Jerusalem History

The origin of the name of the city is uncertain. It is possible to understand the name (Hebrew Yerushalayim) as either "Heritage of Salem" or "Heritage of Peace" - a contraction of "heritage" (yerusha) and Salem (Shalem literally "whole" or "in harmony") or "peace" (shalom). (See the Biblical commentator the Ramban for explanation.) "Shalem" is the original name used in Genesis 14:18 for the city. Similarly the Amarna Letters call the city Uru Salim in Akkadian, a cognate of the Hebrew Ir Shalem ("city of Salem"). Some consider a connection between the name and Shalim -- the deity personifying dusk known from Ugaritic myths and offering lists. The ending -ayim or -im has the appearance of the Hebrew dual or plural suffix respectively. It has been argued that it is a dual form representing the fact that the city lies on two hills however the treatment of the ending as a suffix makes the rest of the name incomprehensible in Hebrew. A Midrashic interpretation comes from Genesis Rabba, which explains that Abraham came to "Shalem" after rescuing Lot. Upon arrival, he asked the king and high priest Melchizedek to bless him, and Melchizedek did so in the name of the Supreme God (indicating that he, like Abraham, was a monotheist). According to exegetes, God immortalizes this encounter between Melchizedek and Abraham by renaming the city in honor of them: the name "Yeru" (derived from "Yireh", the name Abraham gives to Mount Moriah after unbinding Isaac, and explained in Genesis as meaning that God will be revealed there) is placed in front of "Shalem". The plural ending implies the community of all believers in the One God who testify to the city's holiness.
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Confidence

"You must first be a believer if you would be an achiever"

- Mc.Kenzie

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What is a SIM Card?
A SIM card or Subscriber Identity Module is a portable memory chip used in some models of cellular telephones. The SIM card makes it easy to switch to a new phone by simply sliding the SIM out of the old phone and into the new one. The SIM holds personal identity information, cell phone number, phone book, text messages and other data. It can be thought of as a mini hard disk that automatically activates the phone into which it is inserted.
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Ethics in Public Management

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Laugh

"A Single rose for a living is better than a costly wraeth at the grave."

- Mc.Kenzie

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What is a Plasma TV?
A plasma TV is a high definition (HDTV) alternative to the standard cathode ray televisions sold today. A plasma TV provides sharp images and vibrant colors, especially when used in conjunction with high definition broadcasts. Quite often a plasma TV is designed in a 16:9 ratio for wide screen movie formats, as opposed to the box-like 4:3 ratio of standard televisions. A quality plasma TV is not cheap, however. Units start at $4,000 USD and can be as high as $15,000 USD or more.

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Laugh

"Laugh with People - not at them."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Is There a Link Between Car Color and Accidents?
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Auckland, New Zealand indicates that there may be a link between car color and serious injuries as a result of car accidents. Their findings were published in the The British Medical Journal in December 2003More Information

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Financial Derivatives

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Fools

"As you grow older you can make fool of yourself in a more dignified manner"

- Mc.Kenzie

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What is Circuit Breaker
A circuit breaker is an electrical device used in an electrical panel that monitors and controls the amount of amperes (amps) being sent through the electrical wiring. Circuit breakers come in a variety of sizes. For instance, 10, 15 and 20 amp breakers are used for most power and lighting needs in the typical home. Some appliances and specialty items (washers, dryers, freezers, whirlpools, etc.) will require a larger circuit breaker to handle the electrical load required to run that appliance.

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Discovery

"If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

- Martin Luther King

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History of Flight
The discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans thinking about flying. Kites were used by the Chinese in religious ceremonies. They built many colorful kites for fun, also. More sophisticated kites were used to test weather conditions. Kites have been important to the invention of flight as they were the forerunner to balloons and gliders.
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Success

"A Successful Man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him."

- Swami Chinmayananda

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in a fine Georgian house in Cockermouth, now called Wordsworth House. His father John was estate agent to Sir James Lowther, who owned the house. The garden at the back, with the River Derwent flowing past, was a place of magic and adventure for the young William. William has an elder brother Richard, a younger sister Dorothy and two younger brothers John and Christopher.
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Faith

"Feed your faith and doubt will starve to death"

- Mc.Kenzie

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What is Blue Tooth ?
Bluetooth is the name of a wireless technology standard for connecting devices, set to replace cables. It uses radio frequencies in the 2.45 GHz range to transmit information over short distances of generally 33 feet (10 meters) or less. By embedding a Bluetooth chip and receiver into products, cables that would normally carry the signal can be eliminated
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Work

"The Harder I work, the luckier I get"

- Samuel Goldwyn

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Brief History of Crossword Puzzles
the world, yet have a short history. The first crosswords appeared in England during the 19th century. They were of an elementary kind, apparently derived from the word square, a group of words arranged so the letters read alike vertically and horizontally, and printed in children's puzzle books and various periodicals. In the United States, however, the puzzle developed into a serious adult pastime.

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Fear

"The Highway of Fear is the shortest route to defeat"

- Mc.Kenzie

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December 12
December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining.

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Aim

"From time to time stop and ask youself 'what am I really trying to achieve?' 'what is my aim?"

- Geoffrey Moss
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What's The Difference Between Vision And Mission Statements?
After 25 years in one facet of real estate or another, I have had the pleasure of meeting some of the greatest agents ever. These folks have inspired me and left me in awe. Whenever possible, I made a point of asking each of them three questions. What’s your best close? What do you do every day to build your business? And, how do you distinguish yourself from other Realtors in the eyes of clients? While I got many different and fascinating answers, I got one answer nearly all the time.

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Achievement

"Every accomplishment, great or small, starts with the right decision, "I'll Try."

- Mc.Kenzie

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What is Intranet ?

An intranet is an internal, secured business environment, which uses HTML and TCIP protocols like the Internet, but operates on a LAN (local area network). If the LAN provides access to the Internet, the intranet resides behind a firewall, with no gateway to, or from the Internet. Note that if a gateway exists, it is not an intranet, but an extranet.


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Experts

"An expert knows all answers - if you ask the right questions."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 --
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The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history. A single carefully-planned and well-executed stroke removed the United States Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's southward expansion. America, unprepared and now considerably weakened, was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full combatant.

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Creativity

"Creativity requires the freedom to doubt the worth of cherished practices."
- Geffory Moss

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RBI Governers

Few personalities are so close yet so distant to India's populace as the Governor of the Reserve Bank and few evocative of his awe and mystique: close, because virtually every individual, be he ever so poor or so rich, carries on his person the promise and signature of the Governor. Distant because central bankers are traditionally conservative and publicity shy. Awe they command as the custodian of the country's reserves and defenders of the external value of the currency. And, mystique they possess as purveyors of money, the commodity all desire but so few understand.to Continue

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Television Commercials

One trouble with television commercials is too much "tell" and not enough "vision".
- E.C. McKenzie

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Michael Porter

Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter is the world’s most influential thinker on competitive strategy and international competitiveness, and speaks widely on these topics to business and government audiences throughout the world. He also leads the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, created jointly by Harvard University and Harvard Business School to further his work. His work forms...
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PRINCIPLES

Managers often find it easier to fight for a principle than to live up to it.

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How to Write a White Paper
This article, as the title suggests, will address the two related topics about who is the best person to write a white paper and how to write one.

To begin with, let’s understand what a white paper means. A white paper is written when a company, individual or a group of people want to write a report on their product or research a topic that addresses a major issue in their relevant field. A white paper is designed to attract the attention of a specific target audience. This is different from a marketing advertisement or a brochure, which highlights the features and dimensions of a product with the aim to generate revenue. The goal of a white paper is to communicate specific information to a specific audience.
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DOING THINGS

Good, Better, Best, Never let it rest, Till your good is better and your better is best.
-Unknown
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World Disabled Day
The annul observance of the International day of Disabled persons, December 3rd, aims to promote an understandings of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awreness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social,economic and culture life.

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LEADERS

"Education can't make us all leaders - but it can teach us which leader to follow"
- E.C. McKenzie

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HISTORY OF MONEY

A fine "History of Monetary Systems" was written by Alexander Del Mar in 1886. The book was important enough to still be in print in 1983, and it is equally telling that for 20 years it has not sold.

It describes countless varieties of token - or 'numerary' - money systems involving paper money, silk money, copper money, iron money, rice money, mystery leather bag money, fish money, clay money, porcelain money and many others.Click here to know more about money

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Executives

"A Good Executives is One Who Can Make Decisions Quickly - and Sometimes Correctly"

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Chanakya

Chanakya (c.350 - c.275 BC) also known as Kautilya is one of the earliest known political thinkers and king makers in the literal sense of the word. Seeking revenge for being thrown out of the court of the ruler of Magadha, Chanakya took a promising young boy of ten (Chandragupta Maurya) from the streets and brought him up to become one of the greatest emperors of India, which at that time was divided into several states and kingdoms. ....To Continue