Feeding the world

With all the novel agricultural practises at our disposal and their usage has yielded enough yield to feed the entire population of the world.On one side we hear abour many latest developments in the agriculture albeit it not getting comparable attention as healthcare sector gets, yet due to many reasons around the world , crop yield of many vital, staple crops have gone down.

Be it increasing population of India and China, use of maize as fuel crop, climatic changes, shortage of water for irrigation etc, the prices of foodgrains have been on rise and their yields falling.

The G20, G8, World Economic Forum, Many charity foundations including Gates Foundation have all given their Top priority to food or Feeding the world.

People below Poverty line of $1.25 have increased in recent years  and the prospect of reaching a goal where everybody will have food seems grim as the population of  the world is expected to touch 9 billion in 2050 from the current population of 7 billion people.

On the contrary the wastage of food in both rich and poor countries accounts for 30-50% of what is produced. The food gets either rotten or eaten by rats and mice  or gets spoilt in transit.

The Happiness Curve is U shaped

For most of us ,  the most happy part of our lives was when we had no responsibilities, less things to care about , times when our body had surge of its youthful hormones.A recent study conducted , shows that the happiness curve for most humans is U shaped , with happiness declining after youth and "the sad times" or the bottom of the curveexperienced during the middle ages, when one gets bogged down by pressures of life and responsibilities of both rearing the kids as well as taking care of the parents , and other pressures concerning Job, finance, housing ets is high on us.
But the most happiest people have been found with certain traits, viz
They are happy doing whatever they do,
and are most content with what they have , rather than striving always to have more.

Happiness with contentment is a great gain

Religiosity Highest in World's Poorest Nations

"a median of 95% of adults say religion is an important part of their daily lives, compared with 47% who say the same in the world's richest countries."
There seems to be relationship between religiosity, per ca pita GDP, and the socio-economic status of a country.
It looks, more poverty, more the uncertainty of daily life, and hence more dependence on the Higher power.

In the world's poorest countries -- those with average per-capita incomes of $2,000 or lower -- the median proportion who say religion is important in their daily lives is 95%. In contrast, the median for the richest countries -- those with average per-capita incomes higher than $25,000 -- is 47%.

Religion provides the strength to endure the daily struggles of life.

....that day will close on you suddenly like a trap,Luke 21:34-36

Luke 21:34-36 NIV

   ³⁴ “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. ³⁵ For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶ Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

Debt stricken Japan

Tsunami consequences have been far to high for Japan to bear, but it is still trying hard , as a hardworking nation it is to revive itself. The Japanese government announced a new $50 billion emergency budget Thursday that will be used for disaster relief,

Nuclear plant workers at risk of depression, death from overwork

The indebted workers of the Fukushima plant are facing various degrees of stresses and depression , as many of them have lost their homes and friends, relatives.With not much refreshment available , they  have to go back to work on the reactor mess cleaning, taking up dangerous work , everyday., hence sleeplessness and depression ever since  the devastating Tsunami had its effect on Japan.
‘‘More than 80% of the on-site employees have their homes within a 20-km radius from the nuclear plant and some of them have lost their family members,’’

Radioactive iodine found in breast milk of 4 women

Small amounts of radioactive iodine found in breast milk of 4 women
Ever since the Fukushima reactor gave way to the impact of Tsunami and earthquake, radioactivity has been difficult to control from spreading.The radioactive waters were first relesed into the pacific ocean, california had rains with ceasium and radioactive Iodine in it, and the recent news is the finding of small amounts of radioactive iodine in the breast milk of four mothers, the breast milk of the mother of an 8-month-old baby in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, contained the highest level of 36.3 becquerels of radioactive iodine per kilogram, but no radioactive cesium was found, the group said.

A Magic Moment I Remember-Alexander Pushkin

A Magic Moment I Remember

A magic moment I remember:
I raised my eyes and you were there,
A fleeting vision, the quintessence
Of all that's beautiful and rare.

I pray to mute despair and anguish,
To vain pursuits the world esteems,
Long did I near your soothing accents,
Long did your features haunt my dreams.

Time passed. A rebel storm-blast scattered
The reveries that once were mine
And I forgot your soothing accents,
Your features gracefully divine.

In dark days of enforced retirement
I gazed upon grey skies above
With no ideals to inspire me,
No one to cry for, live for, love.

Then came a moment of renaissance,
I looked up - you again are there,
A fleeting vision, the quintessence
Of all that`s beautiful and rare.

Alexander Pushkin 

"http://immortalpoetry.com/A_Magic_Moment_I_Remember"

Malnutrition

Bill Gates: Great Ideas from Unexpected Places

"I have always been interested in the scientific discoveries underlying health advances in developing countries. The benefits of such breakthroughs are substantial, with the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives. And the challenges are great, often involving issues that no one has been able to solve before."
Bill Gates

Egyptian women's voices not heard any more across the Tahrir square

The voices have been silenced, voices of women who once crusaded, championed the cause, with all courage gathered motivated and protested across the Egyptian streets for the pulling down of Mubarrak's rule, are no more considered important, they have been once again pushed aside.
"On January 18th, a charismatic activist with the April 6 youth movement named Asmaa Mahfouz invited fellow Egyptian citizens to join her for a Day of Rage on January 25th. Facing down the camera, she told her audience "Do not be afraid."
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/04/prominent-during-revolution-egyptian-women-vanish-in-new-order/237232/

nearly 50 years of married life

Marriage is not a bed of roses, nor a cake walk. what keeps it going.
The article from guideposts revealed a womans way of keeping it alive."After nearly 50 years of married life, Marion Bond West has learned much about how to keep love alive."
http://www.guideposts.org/

12 Ways to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally - Prevention.com

12 Ways to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally - Prevention.com:
High BP is a silent killer, causing diseases like heart attacks, strokes, aneurysms etc.

Beat high blood pressure on your own

• 1. Go for power walks
• 2. Breathe deeply
• 3. Pick potassium-rich produce
• 4. Read food labels for sodium
• 5. Indulge in dark chocolate
• 6. Take a supplement
• 7. Drink alcohol—but not too much
• 8. Go decaf
• 9. Take up tea
• 10. Work (a little) less
• 11. Relax with music
• 12. Seek help for snoring

http://www.prevention.com/lowerbloodpressurenaturally/list/3.shtm-

Sometimes in my desperateness When all things looked bleak

Sometimes in my desperateness

When all things looked bleak

I could not help, replaying in my mind

All my past mistakes

I blamed myself for the same mistakes

Which I so often repeat,

Though I would have had resolved,

Not to commit them again,

But there are times ,

When my mind gets so completely occupied,

That I give in to these same mistakes.

But at these times of helplessness,

Iam reminded by His Word,

To not put trust in my strengths ,

But do all that I can,

And leave to Him the rest.

For the heavenly Father shines His Grace,

through my struggles and pains,

and I find in the end that,

all was for my best.

self

your Brain's smartest times to do everything

8 Times You’re Naturally Smart - Prevention.com:
brains own rhythm or its biological, functions based on human clock,sleep pattern etc

your brain's smartest times to do everything

• 7 to 9 AM: Best for Passion
• 9 to 11 AM: Best for Creativity
• 11 AM to 2 PM: Best for Tough Tasks
• 2 to 3 PM: Best for a Break
• 3 to 6 PM: Best for Collaboration
• 6 to 8 PM: Best for Personal Tasks
• 8 to 10 PM: Best for Relaxing
• 10 PM onward: Best for Snoozing

Man stranded in empty Japanese town since tsunami

The Associated Press: Man stranded in empty Japanese town since tsunami
75-year-old Kunio Shiga who cannot walk very far was found stranded braving freezing night temperatures, ever since the tsunami struck .He was found at his traditional two-story house within 20 kilometers from the Fukushima nuclear plant , his town displays a ghostly look as all the people have been ordered to evacuate .He does not know what has happened to his wife and his car was found struck in the mud.Due to shortage of running water and electricity he was not able to cook and was running out of supplies and food.He kept listening to his battery powered radio.

Ancestral warnings forgotten in Tsunami-hit towns of japan

Tsunami-hit towns forgot warnings from ancestors -
A centuries-old tablet in Aneyoshi reads,

"High dwellings are the peace and harmony of our descendants," the stone slab reads. "Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point."

The monstrous Tsunami which levelled most of the towns in coastline did not touch about a dozen household in the Aneyoshi village , as they built their homes at a higher heeding the old warnings.
Another stone marker reads "Always be prepared for unexpected tsunamis. Choose life over your possessions and valuables."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake_warnings_in_stone

Fukushima the leaking longest-lasting radioactive material

The March 11  earthquake of magnitude 9.0 and  15 m tsunami waves which  shattered the north eastern coast of Japan to rubbles  have left 13,116 people dead and 14,377 others unaccounted for.
One month after the quake 23,000 shelters are home to some 151,000 people.In the Tohoku region  alone,   where 25 percent of the population is 65 or older ,around  28,000 people are dead or missing and 150,000 are homeless . Each day, thousands of Japanese and American troops set out to look for the 15,000 people who are still formally categorized as missing.

As Tepco struggles to prevent further spread of radiation from the crippled Fukushima reactor ,its decommissioning may take decades  .
A study released last week found that cesium 137 levels in a village outside the 30-km recommended evacuation zone were between 590,000 and 2.19 million becquerels per cu m; after Chernobyl, residents living in areas that measured above 555,000 were forced to relocate.
The government has prohibited  the farmers  from planting in soil  as the levels of cesium -137 is high.

$ 100 billion to tap solar and other renewable energy , A Saudi initiative

Saudi Arabia is all poised for its new investments of $ 100 billion to tap solar and other renewable energy sources to meet its increasing demand of power.In order to sustain the 10 % economic growth scenario, Saudi Arabia needs to re invent new sources of Energy apart from its existing oil resources.The energy demang is coming heavy on the nation and the oil resources are to be preserved so that they can be used for export purposes, to continue to remain as one of the main providers of crude oil for global purposes.Right now Saudi Arabia  with 20 percent of the world’s oil reserves,  burns some 800,000 barrels a day of oil equivalent to satisfy domestic demands.  
After upraisings and violence curbed further exports of crude oil from Libya, Saudi Arabia increased its daily output to 8.87 billion barrels a day as part of its pledge to meet the global  needs.
The nation is making massive plans to tap solar power, nuclear power and other non hydrocarbon sources for meeting its future energy demands.

Japan to pump radioactive water into sea

Japan to pump radioactive water into sea
water from its cripled nuclear plant-Fukushima Daiichi plant damaged by the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 earthquake, will be dumped into sea until Sunday, a daylater than previously planned, due to interupption in the work caused by the second aftershock on Thursday.

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) is struggling to contain the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl which engineers say could take months to stabilise them and years to clear up the toxic mess .

"Power blackouts and restrictions, factory shutdowns, and a sharp drop in tourists have hit the world's most indebted nation, which is facing a damages bill as high as $300 billion, making it by far the world's costliest natural disaster.

Economists expect Japan to slip into recession this year"

Bjørn Lomborg: the dissenting climate change voice who changed his tune | Environment | The Guardian

Bjørn Lomborg: the dissenting climate change voice who changed his tune
world's best-known critic of the dominant scientific view of global warming and the ensuing climate change.
Rajendra Pachauri, compared him to Adolf Hitler , for treating human beings as numbers.
"But Lomborg's record on climate change is more nuanced than the stereotype suggests. From the beginning, he has said global warming is happening and is largely caused by humans. However, he has been consistently critical of what he sees as exaggeration of how much this matters, and of policies to tackle the problem. These would achieve too little and cost too much, he argues, meaning the money would be better spent on, say, reducing malaria and HIV/Aids, or extending clean water and sanitation."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/30/bjorn-lomborg-climate-change

California heavy-duty trucks are responsible for global warming pollution

Emissions from vehicles have been a major contributory factor among others for Global Warming.Studies conducted byUnion of Concerned Scientists, have indicated that among other vehicles leading to pollution and Global warming , heavy-duty trucks contribute one-fifth of the global warming pollution.
"In California, heavy-duty trucks are responsible for one-fifth of the global warming pollution from the transportation sector. Opportunities for significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty trucks are available and many solutions offer co-benefits of reduced fuel consumption, lower operating costs, and reduced smog-forming emissions."
"The greenhouse gas emissions emitted from heavy-duty trucks, primarily in the form of carbon dioxide, contribute to global warming. If global warming continues unabated, California is expected to face a sharp rise in extreme heat, a less reliable water supply, more dangerous wildfires, and expanding risks to agriculture. "
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/solutions/cleaner_diesel/CA-heavy-duty-trucks-and-global-warming.html

World Water Day 2011,water shortage. and wastage

Expanding cities, growing slums, shrinking villages, mushrooming industries, more water requirements, and water wastage and exploitation has resulted in water shortage.
SAVE WATER!!!!!!!!!!!  March 22, 2011

World Population Prospects,rising life expectancy and falling fertility

World Population Prospects


World population crossed its mark of   6.9 billion in mid-2010, according to United Nations demographic reports, and is still on its increase  reach 7 billion in late 2011.

The population grew   by 2 percent annually  a four decades ago, by 1.32 percent annually a decade a ago , from mid-2009 to mid-2010, the population grew by  1.16 percent.

Each year 79.3 million people are added to the population , this has been the consistent trend for nearly  a decade.

“Many industrial countries are now experiencing either relatively slow population growth or—in Japan, Germany, and 14 East European countries—absolute decline. The combination of rising life expectancy and falling fertility has led these countries to experience significant population aging, meaning a rise in the median age. In contrast, many developing countries continue to grow rapidly and have still-large proportions of young people.”

China is the oft discussed example of a developing country with low fertility and rapid aging. 95 percent of population growth is happening in developing countries with some countries like  Afghanistan, East Timor , Liberia, Niger ,Uganda, the Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza), with population growth rates above 3 percent a year. The developing countries are home to worlds 82 percent population but unfortunately contributing  “just 34 percent of gross world product in absolute dollar terms.”

http://vitalsigns.worldwatch.org

The sub Saharan regions are showing growth rate of average 2.4 percent while the asian subcontinent exhibits diverse demographic trend , with Afghanistan leading with 3.5  percent growth rate and  Japan showing a negative one tenth of 1 percent.

 Owing primarily to very low fertility rates,  South Korea and Singapore are facing the prospect of population shrinkage in the near future.

1.1  percent demographically homogenous growth rate in  Latin America and the Caribbean  while population declining in Germany (–0.1 percent).

High prevalence of HIV/AIDS  and the ongoing civil wars have shortened lives in Congo, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Ten Things that will make you a happier person

Value ordinary moments

Avoid comparing yourselves with other

Don’t keep money as top priority

Plan meaningful goals for your life

Take initiative at work

Develop close relationships and treasure family

Smile even when you don’t feel like

Say thank you to others

Exercise

Give and share

Secret deal cut between the United States and Ethiopia to invade Somalia

Secret deal cut between the United States and Ethiopia to invade Somalia
One of the released Wiki Leaks cables, suggests that US Under Secretary of State for Africa, Jendayi Frazer in the Bush Administration  pressed Ethiopia's President Meles Zenawi to invade its neighbor Somalia when Ethiopia had no intention of invading Somalia in 2006. The Bush Administration  wanted to bring down the strongly growing Union of Islamic Courts , hence it pushed Ethiopia to invade . The U.S. military provided military aid and trained  Ethiopian troops.  Frazer was  was pushing the Ethiopians to attack, while  laying the groundwork both for the attack in the U.S. media and for a cover-up, by claiming that although the United States did not support Ethiopian military action, she could understand "the Somali threat" and why Ethiopia might find it necessary to go to war. Zenawi gave in to the US pressure with little support left for him at his homeland, to attack  Somalia.in 2006.
The attack finally did not go well for both US and Ethiopians . But it resulted in 20,000 deaths and according to some reports, left up to 2 million Somalis homeless. The 50,000 Ethiopian invasion force withdrew. “ the generally more moderate Union of Islamic Courts was weakened, but it was soon replaced in Somalia by far more radical and militant Islamic groups with a more openly anti-American agenda. In 2009,  the Ethiopian forces finally left the  Somalia  soil ,  leaving it  in  a more unstable  situation than when they attacked in 2006.
http://www.africaspeaks.com/somalia/291210.html
www.sudantribune.com

Fidel Castro: NATO's Inevitable War in Libya

Fidel Castro: NATO's Inevitable War: "
As the Libyan landscape changes its color owing to protests and opposition to the unmoving Gaddafi , growing frustration of the rebel leaders in this context, what role are the NATO countries going to play?
Excerpt-
"the inevitable military intervention that shall occur in Libya, the AP news agency, which I consider to be well-informed, headlined a cable printed today which stated": “The NATO countries are drawing up a contingency plan taking as its model the flight exclusion zones established over the Balkans in the 1990s, in the event that the international community decides to impose an air embargo over Libya, diplomats said”.

Islam and the Arab revolutions

The begining of this year saw the seeds of uprising and revolt against old regimes begin from Tunisia, soon like an avalanche, Egypt was shaken, Mubarrak had to step down, and now one hears this epidemic spread to Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Oman .The Middle East is undergoing Transformations.Where will this lead to?.This article in Economist , reveals further .The uprisings: Islam and the Arab revolutions | The Economist:

The 400 year old King James Bible, My second Bible in my Sixth Grade

The first Bible i received was a King James Bible, way back  in my sixth Grade.It was hard to understand , its language was archaic , not the spoken form of English,  but to me it seemed like the English of the Victorian or Pre-Victorian Era.One word which often used to make an impression in  the King James Bible  "verily".Others like, taketh, thou, wilt, whither, goest, etc were abundant.But yet that version had its own uniqueness, i learnt much of English through it.I committed myself as believer in Christ through this bible apart from the Gideon New Testament that i received as gift in my First Grade.

Today  King James Bible is 400yrs old
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/arts/ann-wroe/beginning-was-sound

the sweat, the heat and the distress, summer in Chennai

This year again as before , the summer is keeping its usual temperature, while marking its entry into the southern part of the Indian subcontinent.What an  intense  heat? .I pray everyday  for the rains to shower their grace upon this land.Disappointingly the dusk and the dawn , the best part of each day, linger for a short time, like the closing and opening address of a ceremony.Two months before several creepers were purchased by my husband , we potted them near windows, to avoid the penetrating heat rays, they are still young and not thick enough to hide the scorching rays.I cannot but wonder , the others who work by day under the red angry sun, doing manual work.Blessed are the cooler countries with their share of cool spring and not such hot summers.Hope another ice age comes and some more continental movement and we are into the cooler part of earth.El Nina effect, thankfully as per climate reports, suggest lesser temperature hikes this summer than it was in 2010.One feels like coming out only when the sun is setting.Water melon, Jack fruit, Musk melon are refreshing fruits in the market this summer, but to see the sweat, the heat and the distress is very unwelcoming sign.

Carl Sandburg-Prayer After World War

Prayer After World War 

              

Wandering oversea dreamer,

Hunting and hoarse, Oh daughter and mother,

Oh daughter of ashes and mother of blood,

Child of the hair let down, and tears,

Child of the cross in the south

And the star in the north,

Keeper of Egypt and Russia and France,

Keeper of England and Poland and Spain,

Make us a song for to-morrow.

Make us one new dream, us who forget,

Out of the storm let us have one star.

Struggle, Oh anvils, and help her.

Weave with your wool, Oh winds and skies.

Let your iron and copper help,

Oh dirt of the old dark earth.

Wandering oversea singer,

Singing of ashes and blood,

Child of the scars of fire,

Make us one new dream, us who forget.

Out of the storm let us have one star.

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

Top ten worst food

Top ten worst food,
which makes its way into our diet, knowingly or by slip, damage our health and prevent us from leading a healthy lifestyle.
Read on
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/
Icecreams, corn chips, Pizza, French fries, potato chips, bacon,Hot Dogs,Doughnuts, Soda, Diet soda.
Most of these are the chief contributors to weight gain, heart disease, osteoporosis, anxiety, blood sugar imbalance and arthritis.

when times are hard when my eyes are restless when my heart has lost hope

when times are hard
when my eyes are restless
when my heart has lost hope
i open the bible
and read its words
like water to a  parched soul
strength flows in
in between i struggle with my Lord
i fight and rebel with him
"why , this trouble Lord"
"why now , when all was going well, after a long time of struggle"
but , HE in His reassuring voice
comforts me
and says "do not fret, be quiet, i will fight for you,
trust me and walk on the waters,
but fix your gaze on me and not on the waters"

ihumbly bow down, calm returns,
i go back to the world
with the WORD in my heart.
-self

cuando los tiempos son difíciles cuando mis ojos están inquietos cuando mi corazón se ha perdido la esperanza

cuando los tiempos son difíciles
cuando mis ojos están inquietos
cuando mi corazón se ha perdido la esperanza
abro la Biblia
y leer sus palabras
como el agua a un alma sedienta
los flujos de fuerza en
entre lucho con mi Señor
Yo lucho y rebelde con él
"¿Por qué, Señor, este problema"
"¿Por qué ahora, cuando todo iba bien, después de mucho tiempo de lucha"
pero, con su voz tranquilizadora
me consuela
y dice "no se preocupe, en silencio, voy a luchar por ti,
confía en mí y caminar sobre las aguas,
sino que fijar su mirada en mí y no sobre las aguas "

ihumbly inclinarse, vuelve la calma,
vuelvo al mundo
con la palabra en mi corazón.

Himno preferido de Lincoln

"Cuando puedo leer mi título claro
Para mansiones en los cielos,
Voy a despedirme de Ev'ry miedo
Y limpie mis ojos llorando.

"Si la tierra contra mi alma participar,
Y se lanzaron dardos de fuego,
Entonces puedo sonreír ante la ira de Satanás
Y frente a un mundo con el ceño fruncido

"Que le importa, como un diluvio salvajes se acercan,
Y las tormentas de la caída de la tristeza!
Puedo, pero con seguridad llegar a mi casa,
Mi Dios, mi Heav'n mi todo.

"No voy a bañar a mi alma cansada
En los mares de descanso heav'nly,
Y no es una ola de problemas para rodar
A través de mi pecho pacífica "

Abraham Lincoln se gunsteling Hymn

                                            
"Toe ek my titel kan lees duidelik

Om wonings in die lug,

Ek sal afskeid vrees ev'ry

En vee my trane oë.


"Indien die aarde teen my siel betrokke raak,

En vurige pyle gegooi word,

Dan kan ek glimlag op Satan se woede

En gesig van 'n frons wêreld


"Kom ons omgee, soos 'n wilde vloed gekom het,

En storms van verdriet val!

Kan ek maar veilig bereik my huis,

My God, my heav'n my alles.


"Daar sal ek baai my vermoeide siel

In die see van heav'nly rus

En nie 'n golf van benoudheid roll

Oor my vreedsame bors "

http://www.gospelweb.net/lincolnquotes.htm

Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep and guard you

"Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep and guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared...I will send My terror before you and will throw into confusion all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all your foes turn from you in flight. And I will send hornets before you which shall drive out the Hivite, Canaanite, and Hittite from before you. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate for lack of attention and the wild beasts multiply against you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and are numerous enough to take possession of the land."

Exodus 23: 20-30

Amplified Bible

I expect this kind of supernatural protection, every day and pray for the same for me and my family members, to receive this.In the past as a  teenager i have seen the  hand of God guiding and protecting me in  very mysterious ways even today i still firmly believe in the above verses  offering each believer protection and safety when we claim His promises.

Love Is pain

Love Is pain

beautiful lines describing Why sometimes , love have to be so much pain

Why is love so much pain ?
Sitting on the roof starring at the stars
Thinking to myself how could I have fell for someone so hard
When all I was told was lies
Now that I think about it ,it makes me cry

[chorus]
To know someone I gave my heart to
Just tore my heart apart
A love that is endless
Why did this love have to start
Feeling the love I have for you
Just rushes through my veins
Why does love have to be so much pain

Memories no one can take away
The pain that I feel each and everyday
And it is going to be hard ,but I will pull myself through
A real time that a get over loving you

To know someone I gave my heart to
Just tore my heart apart
A love that is endless
Why did this love have to start
Feeling the love I have for you
Just rushes through my veins
Why does love have to be so much pain

So much pain . ..
So many nights so many tears I’ve cried (cried)
No one to be by my side
Stuck with misery and pain you are the one to blame
Cause it hurts to know ...

To know someone I gave my heart to
Just tore my heart apart
A love that is endless
Why did this love have to start
Feeling the love I have for you
Just rushes through my veins
Why does love have to be so much pain

(why does love have to be so much pain)
So much pain (so much pain)
Oh so much pain

Sweet coconut dosa,Sweet semicircle Dosa

I thought of making a sweet version of the ordinary Dosa.
Recipe
Dosa batter
Sugar- i cup
 Grated Coconut-2cups
Grated Carrot-1 cup
Honey-2 tablespoon

Pour Dosa batter on the tawa, flip it once cooked on one side
Mix sugar, coconut, honey and carrot.

Put 2 tablespoons in one Dosa , fold the Dosa, like a semicircle.
Pour little sesame oil or ghee.
Sweet semicircle Dosa is ready.

Where are the house sparrows?

Many a mornings i remember sighting group  of  busily chirping house sparrows, swiftly flying with their short wings. sometimes i have kept water for them in mud pots and even kept grains.It was a common sight, they were always there in and around our house, like uninvited guests, flying from the balcony into the rooms and then out again.Lately iam reminded from reading an article about their diminishing population, yes for sure ian mot able to see them nowadays.They have indeed become a rarity.The question that came into my mind was "why what has happened to these sparrows?" "where have they dissappeared?". Thats when i thought of writing a post on these , and remind my kids aout the sparrows on the international day being celebrated for their protection on march 20th.

Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Future

Amazon.com: Epicenter: Why Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future (9781414311357): Joel C. Rosenberg: Books: "
Rosenbergs , many political predictions have come true in the past, as per Amazon.com, it says
"drawing on his experience in Washington, his own exclusive interviews with world leaders, and his astute political acumen, Joel makes sense of the events surrounding the Middle East"
What changes are expected ahead in the revolting middle east?

www.amazon.com

The prayer above 11 year old israeli Yoav Fogel’s bed,brutally murdered by a Palestinian terrorist

Five members of the Fogel family  were brutally murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in the Samarian settlement of Itamar, southeast of Nablus ,on late Friday night of 11th  March 2011. The terrorist stabbed to death Udi (36) and Ruth (35) Fogel, and their children Yoav, 11, Elad, 4, and 3-month-old Hadas.

Even the three month old infant asleep in peace, was not spared by the terrorist, what a cold blooded heart he had.!!!!!!!!!!!.

The Prayer above 11-year-old Yoav Fogel’s bed, written originally in Hebrew, reads as,

May it be Your will, L-rd G-d and G-d of our forefathers,
That I love every one of Israel as myself, and
To graciously perform the positive commandment of loving your neighbor as yourself.
 And may it also be Your will, Lord G-d and G-d of my forefathers,
That you cause the hearts of my friends and neighbors to love me fervently, and
That I be accepted and desirable to everyone, and
That I be loving and pleasant, and
That I be gracious and merciful in the eyes of all who see me. 
As water reflects face to face, so the heart of man to man.
And all for the sake of Heaven, to do Your will,
Amen

Top four global grocery retailers

Top four global grocery retailers. Turnover in euro (€)m

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Increase (%)	CAGR % 2010-2015
Walmart**	318,833	337,858	356,116	371,088	386,064	401,753	26.0%	4.7%
Carrefour	91,728	96,144	101,958	108,443	114,845	122,360	33.4%	5.9%
Tesco	73,777	79,934	86,617	93,188	99,946	106,074	43.8%	7.5%
Metro	67,297	69,813	73,812	78,018	82,397	87,020	29.3%	5.3%

The three supplements most required for men

An article in Men's Journal indicates that the following three supplement are the most vital supplements for men, though men may consume sufficient amount of fruits and vegetables and other needed dietary substances yet,

Vitamin D3 supplement,
Omega-3-Fatty Acids
And multivitamin tablets are to be taken daily.
Researchers have that those taking these regularly are at lesser risk to develop stroke, arthritis, cancer , depression etc.

http://www.mensjournal.com/the-only-three-supplements-you-need/

Grant me, O God, the heart of a child

The poem beneath echoes my prayers to God , my heart is often wearied by indifference, weighed down by burdens and worries,holds   hurts, soured by ingratitude and pained by unkind remarks, but i would like it to be one which is transparent as a fresh spring.


 "Grant me, O God,
the heart of a child,
pure and transparent as a spring;
a simple heart,
which never harbours sorrows;
a heart glorious in self-giving,
tender in compassion;
a heart faithful and generous,
which will never forget any good
or bear a grudge for any evil.

Make me a heart gentle and humble,
loving without asking any return,
large-hearted and undauntable,
which no ingratitude can sour
and no indifference can weary;
a heart penetrated by the love of Jesus
whose desire will only be satisfied in heaven.

Grant me, O Lord,
the mind and heart
of thy dear Son."
                                  Translated from the French by
                                                     George Appleton

www.transformationgarden.com

a basic level of comfort

"The enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness...therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate."

Psalm 143: 3, 4

My Spirit felt overwhelmed to watch  Japan shattered, i feel despondent reading cases of Children at risk, abused,

at the same time feel grateful for whatsoever security  and a basic level of comfort that i enjoy in this developing part of the world with vast magnitude of disparity between the rich and poor.

I feel despondent to look at the lives of millionaires and billionaires , evading taxes ,who on their part can contribute so much to uplift the downtrodden.

But , i know out of extravagant lifestyle ,spills-forth very little charity.

But on my part i will continue to reshape small islands of poverty , illiteracy, and malnourishment thro the limited means available to me.

Earth hour celebrated every day in most parts of India

For many of us in southern part of, Earth hour is celebrated every day, not for an hour but for minimum of three hours each day, as thanks to our state's electricity board, we have power cuts for three hours per day.
I live near SEZ that is state economic zone , with lot of factories and industries around, small scale , at whose cost we suffer the grunt of power cuts.My part of world is hottest from march to june, sweltering heat, and no power.Great combination.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Earth Hour 2011

Lights-Out-For-Earth-Hour

The Earth Hour, an initiative of WWF for nature, is a commitment worldwide to protect the Mother Earth, by switching off lights on March 26 , 2011, between 8.30 to 9.30 pm.Billions of lights will go off , sending the message to conserve the precious natural resources and use them judiciously.

Rajinikanth's Robot

Rajinikanth adds 30% to Kalanithi Maran's Sun TV Network revenue - The Economic Times
Robot grossed Rs 62 crore from all versions in the first weekend and Rs 117 crore in the first week, thus becoming the first Indian film to cross this mark in a week.

Lifestyles of Prehistoric Coastal Dwellers in California

Archaeologists have discovered much about the North American Prehistoric hunters -The Clovis people-that lived in North America 13,100 to 12,900 years ago .They are believed to have come from Asia to Alaska via the Bering Land Bridge and then migrated southward^. But not has been discovered about the lifestyle of coastal communities . The researchers discovered three archaeological sites on California’s Channel Islands containing projectile points and crescents , revealing their marine dependent hunting lifestyle.

Lifestyles of Prehistoric Coastal Dwellers in California - NYTimes.com

Top ten NGO's

Top ten NGO's of the world working in developmental field include
BRAC Bangladesh Rural Advancement committee, one of the largest in the world, followed by Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, World Vision, Oxfam and Doctors without Borders.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com

gratitude for the past

Henri Boulard : "I don't need someone to repair my past; I need someone to transform me - to transform is to recreate."
Francois Fenelon, "Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future."
Some of my past brings back to memory beautiful times spent, cherished feelings, which i would love to play back.Some are mistakes, costly ones, can't call them as mistakes, or may be...times of hurt and pain..Everyones life is filled with such as these moments.But overall  when i think of times gone, its gratitude that swells up in me, gratitude to the Creator, who has ordained my life , their places and people.

Its my past that keeps me rooted
it reminds me from where my journey began,
the things that shaped my thinking
events that led me to know
the loving God
and begin a new discovery altogether.

Lifestyle and Travel|Long Way Down| Programmes |FOX History & Entertainment

Lifestyle and Travel|Long Way Down| Programmes |FOX History & Entertainment:
A beautiful way to discover the coastal countries of Africa, its people, the less known places,towns and villages along the road, bordering towns between countries.A must watch.I was able to see africa, its interiors as i have never heard or seen.

Dark is the sky mighty is the storm restless is my heart

HOPE

Dark is the sky
mighty is the storm
restless is my heart
unsteady is my feet
is there hope for me
i continue my journey
for i see travellers,
more helpless than me,
along the voyage,
sighting of a sparrow,
with its sweet voice,
brought hopes of oasis,
in this eternal stretching desert.
soon my heart knew
the spring is not far enough,
my weary soul will soon be refreshed.
hope came back and i continue.

-self

Amazon.com: The Restless Heart: Finding Our Spiritual Home in Times of Loneliness (9780385511148): Ronald Rolheiser: Books

Amazon.com: The Restless Heart: Finding Our Spiritual Home in Times of Loneliness (9780385511148): Ronald Rolheiser: Books: Rolheiser,author, examines deeply at loneliness, its benefits and dangers , loneliness is what brings us to draw closer to God and if channeled properly gives rise to best results of creativity of use to the society.

hymn composed by St. Thomas Aquinas-Adoro Te Devote

Adoro Te Devote
  hymn  composed by St. Thomas Aquinas
 Plágas, sicut Thómas, non intúeor:
Déum tamen méum te confíteor:
Fac me tíbi semper mágis crédere,
In te spem habére, te dilígere.

Thy wounds, as Thomas saw, I do not see;
Yet Thee confess my Lord and God to be.
Make me believe Thee ever more and more,
In Thee my hope, in Thee my love to store.

O Thou, memorial of our Lord's own dying!
O living bread, to mortals life supplying!

St. Jerome's prayer

O Good Samaritan,
come to my aid.
I am like the sheep that went astray.
O Good Shepherd,
seek me out and bring me home
in accord with your will.
Let me dwell in your house
all the days of my life
and praise you for ever and ever
with those who are there.

St. Jerome

David’s plea-Take up our case, my God and my Lord.

O LORD, you know all about this.
    Do not stay silent.
    Do not abandon us now, O Lord.
Wake up! Rise to our defense!
    Take up our case, my God and my Lord. 
[Psalm 35:22-23]

This is what the Sovereign LORD,
    the Holy One of Israel, says:
“Only in returning to me
    and resting in me will you be saved.
In quietness and confidence is your strength. 
    But you would have none of it.” [Isaiah 30:15]
I need to  turn to God and  seek our rest  in him, i need to  be quiet and trust the Lord, for the victory to be won and the battle to get over, for He assures of His help.