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The Dreams of 3 Animals...!

Excellence!

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A German once visited a temple under construction where he slaw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage." The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked. "There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work. "Where are you going to install the idol?"

The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."

The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not. "Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency...

Tired of breathing dirty air? Well, you can help reduce air pollution.

Every time you drive to work or school, use your heater or air conditioner, clean your windows or even style your hair, you make choices that can reduce or increase air pollution.

This pamphlet shows you how to reduce air pollution. When more people make clean air their business, we'll all breathe easier.

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Drive Less

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Everywhere in the world, about half the air pollution comes from cars and trucks. Two big ways to reduce air pollution are to drive less, even a little less, and to drive smart. Fewer trips in your car or truck will help cut air pollution. And how you drive can reduce your car's air pollution contribution.

Driving less doesn't mean you have to stay home. Try combining driving with other ways of getting where you want to go:

 1. Carpool.
 2. Walk or ride a bike.
 3. Shop by phone or mail.
 4. Ride public transit.
 5. Telecommute.

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Drive Smart

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Driving smart keeps pollution at a minimum:

 6. Accelerate gradually.
 7. Use cruise control on the highway.
 8. Obey the speed limit.
 9. Combine your errands into one trip.
10. Keep your car tuned and support the Smog Check Program.
11. Don't top off at the gas pump.
12. Replace your car's air filter.
13. Keep your tires properly inflated.
14. Report smoking vehicles.

That's not all. When shopping for your next car...

15. Look for the most efficient, lowest polluting model or even a zero-polluting electric car. 

And if you must drive on days with unhealthy air...

16. Drive your newest car. Newer cars generally pollute less than older models.

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Choose Air-Friendly Products

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Many products you use in your home, in the yard, or at the office are made with smog-forming chemicals that escape into the air when you use them. Here's a few ways to put a lid on products that pollute:

17. Select products that are water-based or have low amounts of volatile organic
      compounds (VOCs).
18. Use water-based paints. Look for paints labeled zero-VOC.
19. Paint with a brush, not a sprayer.
20. Store solvents in air-tight containers.
21. Use a push or electric lawn mower.
22. Start your barbecue briquettes with an electric probe. Or use a propane or natural gas barbecue.

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Save Energy

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Saving energy helps reduce air pollution. Whenever you burn a fossil fuel, you pollute the air. Use less gasoline, natural gas, and electricity (power plants burn fossil fuels to generate electricity):

23. Turn off the lights when you leave a room.
24. Replace energy-hungry incandescent lights with fluorescent lighting.
25. Check with your utility company for energy conservation tips.
26. Use a programmable thermostat that automatically turns off
      the air conditioner or heater when you don't need them.
27. Add insulation to your home.
28. Use a fan instead of air conditioning.
29. Use an EPA-approved wood burning stove or fireplace insert.
30. Microwave small meals.
31. Insulate your water heater.
32. Install low-flow shower heads.

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Waste Not

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It takes energy to make and sell the products we use. Here are ways to cut energy use, reduce air pollution, and save money.

33. Choose recycled products.
34. Choose products with recyclable packaging.
35. Reuse paper bags.
36. Recycle paper, plastics, and metals.
37. Print and photocopy on both sides of paper.

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Watch Out for the Small Stuff

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When you breathe, very small particles such as dust, soot, and acid droplets can slip past your lung's natural defense system. These particles get stuck deep in your lungs and may cause problems increased asthma attacks, more bronchitis and other lung diseases, less resistance to infections, and even premature death for the elderly or people who are already ill. Here are a few things you can do to reduce PM10 pollution and protect yourself:

38. Don't use your wood stove or fireplace on days with unhealthy air.
39. Avoid using leaf blowers and other types of equipment that raise a lot of dust. Try using a rake or broom.
40. Drive slowly on unpaved roads.
41. Drive less, particularly on days with unhealthy air.
42. Avoid vigorous physical activity on days with unhealthy air.

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Know the Inside Story

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Air pollution is a problem indoors and out. Most people spend at least 80 percent of their lives indoors. Here are some ways you can reduce pollution in your home, office, or school:

43. Don't smoke. If someone must smoke, send them outdoors.
44. Some products such as cleaning agents, paints, and glues
      contain dangerous chemicals. Use them outdoors or with
      plenty of ventilation indoors.
45. Use safer products, such as baking soda instead of harsher
      cleaners.
46. Don't heat your home with a gas cooking stove.
47. Have your gas appliances and heater regularly inspected
      and maintained.
48. Clean frequently to remove dust and molds.

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Speak Up for Clean Air

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Now that you have read this pamphlet, you know more about reducing air pollution than most people. Try some of the ways described above. It will make a difference. Then, let other people know what you've found out.:

             49. Write to your local paper. Support action for healthy air.
             50. Let your elected representatives know you support action for cleaner air.

Everything Happens For a Reason

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be; your roommate, your neighbor, professor, long lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger who, when you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way. And sometimes things happen to you and at the time they seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never have realized your potential, strength, will power of heart. Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments or true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of the soul. Without these small tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smooth paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless. The people you meet who affect your life and successes and downfalls you experience, they are the ones who create who you are. Even the bad experience can be learned from... Those lessons are the hardest and probably the most important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart... forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them. Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen, let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it. I wish you all the best in your endeavors as well as struggles in life. Have a fighting spirit and never hesitate to get back in the struggle!

CHILD INNOCENCE

Childhood Innocence

           Sometimes I wonder what the world would be like if people remained children forever. Would all the issues around the world still exist? Would people still be fighting all the wars? I have a hard time imagining all of that happening if everyone still looked and behaved so cute and innocent like the baby girl in the picture above.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ORKUT

1.  ORKUT BUYUKKOKTEN( the creator of Orkut) gets $12 when a person registers to this website.
2. He also gets $10 when you add somebody as a friend.
3. He gets $8 when your friend’s friend adds you as a friend & gets $6 if anybody adds you as a friend in the resulting chain.
4. He gets $5 when you scrap somebody & $4 when somebody scraps you.
5. He also gets $200 for each photograph you upload on Orkut.
6. He gets $2.5 when you add your friend in the crush-list or in the hot-list.
7. He gets $2 when you become somebody’s fan.
8. He gets $1.5 when somebody else becomes your fan.
9. He even gets $1 every time you logout of Orkut.
10. He gets $0.5 every time you just change your profile-photograph.
11. He also gets $0.5 every time you read your friend’s scrap-book & $0.5 every time you view your friend’s friend-list.
12. Many Global Financial Consultants think this person might become the richest-person in the world by the end of 2009.
13. This is the best fact. This person has 13 assistants to monitor his scrapbook & 8 assistants to monitor his friends-list. He gets around 20,000 friend-requests a day & about 85,000 scraps a day. 
14. Finally Orkut got closed on 30 September 2014.