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Quote 'Ere You QUIT! ... Rather, WHY QUIT ... WHEN YOU CAN QUOTE!

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Quotes - 27 / 3 / 05 : Resurrection

Resurrection

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.

— Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American Classical Pianist (1887-1982)



By His resurrection from the dead He was openly declared to be the Son of God in power. His excarnation was as much a part of the process of manifestation as His incarnation. Indeed, the real Christ has not become known in His essential glory, until He is known no longer after the flesh, but as the risen, exalted Christ, the conqueror of death and sin

- James M Campbell : The Heart of the Gospel: A Popular Exposition of the Doctrine of the Atonement : Fleming H. Revell Co. 1907. pg. 137

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Quotes - 27 / 3 / 05 : Famous Quotes

Famous Quotes

There are many questions which fools can ask that wise men cannot answer.
--George Polya (1887-1985)

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
--Willy Wonka

In aging, one becomes more foolish and more wise.
--Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French Author

These days come and go, but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wise speak when they have something to say, the fools speak when they have to say something.
--Anonymous


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Quotes - 29 / 3 / 05 : Fighting IMFlation - Brazilian Way

Fighting IMFlation - Brazilian Way

BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil on Monday said it would not renew a $41.75 billion loan accord with the International Monetary Fund when it expires at the end of March, electing to brave financial markets alone for the first time since 1998.

Brazil, the IMF's largest debtor, said improved fiscal controls and external accounts, combined with the best economic growth in a decade, had cut its vulnerability to foreign financial shocks and improved its creditworthiness.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a longtime critic of the IMF before becoming president, said the decision to end support showed his unpopular spending cuts and commitment to orthodox fiscal policy had paid off.

# "This decision was taken with the calm and serenity of a government that, with the sacrifice of all Brazilians, won the right to walk with its own two legs," said [b]Lula[/i] ...

# "It is important we are no longer subordinate to the IMF," said Workers' Party congressman Ivan Valente.

# "It's terrific news, a hallmark of financial accomplishment for the country, and great credit goes to President Lula for this success," U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said in a statement on Monday.

* In August 2002, the IMF gave Brazil a record $30 billion lifeline as its financial markets sank amid fears President-elect Lula would overspend and cause Latin America's largest sovereign borrower to default.

Lula, who took office in January 2003, raised budget surplus goals above those stipulated by the IMF and renewed the deal for an extra 15 months in November 2003. He now says the decision to stick with the IMF and prudent economic policies worked.

Inflation is falling after the economy grew 5.2 percent last year and the government posted a primary budget surplus of more than 4.5 percent of GDP.

# Former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who signed Brazil's IMF accord in 1998, said countries should only negotiate deals when they are needed.

"If it isn't necessary, there is no reason to maintain it," he said.


- Reuters, Mon Mar 28, 2005

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One song can spark a moment, One flower can wake the dream,



One smile can make things better, If only we try to see.

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The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you are...

but on how happy others can be because of you!!!

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The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you are...

but on how happy others can be because of you!!!

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It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

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Mr Mulayam Singh rightly said that creation of smaller States are a threat to democracy and will lead to large-scale horse-trading.
- Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, in New Delhi, March 29

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Quotes - 6 / 4 / 05 : Don’t Believe Advani: RSS Ideologue

Don’t Believe Advani: RSS Ideologue

New Delhi, April 5: RSS ideologue K.N. Govindacharya, who was accused of describing former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee as a mukhauta, on Wednesday stopped short of calling BJP Chief L.K. Advani a liar. Reacting to Advani’s claim that the NDA could have found a solution to the Ayodhya issue had it come back to power, Mr Govindacharya said that Mr Advani should “not be believed,” and accused him of adhocism over the issue. Mr Govindacharya said: “What Advani has said should not be taken seriously and should not be beli-eved. They were in power for six years and could not utilise the time to find a solution to the issue.”
- DC, Wednesday, April 06, 2005

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Quotes - 9 / 4 / 05 : Happy New Year : INDIA ...

Happy New Year : INDIA ...

Although the Indian National Calendar is the official calendar for the Hindus, regional variants still prevail. As a result, we have a host of new year festivities that are unique to the particular regions on this vast country.

Characteristic of the Indian cultural mélange, Hindus in various states of India celebrate the new year in their own ways. And not all of these fall on the same day! The people of Kerala in the south of India celebrate their new year — Vishu — in mid April. Andhra Pradesh, in the southeastern part of India begins its new year — Ugadi — in the second week of April. During the same time, the Bengalis usher in the new year with the Poila Baishakh celebrations, the Maharashtrians with Gudi Padwa, and the Assamese in the northeast with the Bihu festivals. Hindus in Punjab get agog with Baisakhi, the springtime festival marking the beginning of a new year. By this time, the Hindus of Nepal and Kashmir, however, have already began the new year: The Nepalese new year — Nava Varsha — falls in the third week of March, and the Kashmiri Lunar year — Navreh — starts in the second week of March.




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Quotes - 10 / 4 / 05 : Pope's Devotion to Exercise

Schwarzenegger Praises Pope's Devotion to Exercise
Fri Apr 8, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Pope John Paul II was "a very physical guy and very good at sports," California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday, expressing admiration for the pontiff's devotion to physical fitness.

As Catholics worldwide reflected on the pope on the day of his funeral at the Vatican, former bodybuilding champion Schwarzenegger recalled meeting the Polish pontiff while visiting with his wife Maria Shriver and her parents in 1983.

"He also talked to me about his exercise regime," the Catholic Schwarzenegger told KNX radio in Los Angeles.

"That he worked out at 5 o'clock in the morning every day. He did his push-ups and sit-ups," the former Mr. Olympia said. "You know he was a very physical guy and very good at sports and very good skier and soccer player."



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Quotes - 11 / 4 / 05 : Minister Puts Officials On Notice

Minister Puts Officials On Notice
Fri Apr 8, 2005

HYDERABAD, APRIL 11. The Praja Patham programme got off to a sluggish beginning in Jawaharnagar division of the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad here on Monday.

It was not even 10 a.m. and the entourage was already reeling under the sweltering heat. Unmindful of the heat and dust, the Technical Education Minister, Nayani Narasimha Reddy, went about meeting people in right earnest and ended up knocking almost all the doors in Bapunagar and Viveknagar while his followers and officials laboured along.

"This is the first time we are out onto the streets after elections," sighed a small time neta in starched white scurrying to the shade of a tree.

"We just have to show our faces. Nothing more," a sweat-drenched official kept telling his colleague over his mobile.

Officials warned

But, the Minister meant business. Chiding officials for the ills plaguing the area, he warned them: "this was no `tamasha' and I would be back in two days to see if the works were completed."

At Bapunagar, he agreed to replace the defunct borewell with a power bore under the Summer Action Plan if residents arrived at a consensus. At Pardhiwada where residents complained of water not reaching their homes, he instructed officials to install a booster to ensure there was enough gravity to haul it.

Seeing the encroachments along the Ashoknagar nala and the debris being dumped into it, he came down heavily on revenue officials asking them to clear them immediately. Similarly, people living by the Chikkadpally municipal market raised a stink about unhealthy conditions prevailing due to two public toilets there. Lambasting the local health inspector, he wanted the premises be handed over to Sulabh group.

Mr. Reddy faced a piquant situation with an MCH official complaining that the APTransco authorities disconnected power supply to the Chikkadpally ward office. Asked about the dues, the official meekly conceded they dated back to 10 years.



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Quotes - 14 / 4 / 05 : Dr B. R. Ambedkar

Dr B. R. Ambedkar :

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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

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We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

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Life should be great rather than long.



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Quotes - 16 / 4 / 05 : Dr B. R. Ambedkar

A Circular Wonder :

Brief Appearance Of Spectacular Rainbow

# Phenomenon reported around noon.
# Usually occurs during spring.
# Followed by dip in mercury level and rain.
# Many regret missing the view.

HYDERABAD: The hot summer noon on Friday threw up a rare phenomenon that had many braving the sun to walk onto the streets and stare up into the sky. Rainbow, indeed, is common but this one was different. Instead of arching, it completed a circle.

The circular rainbow made a brief appearance around noon and dissolved after a few minutes leaving disappointed many more who rushed to the nearest window or onto the streets as word spread. "It was seen for about 10 minutes only," said Y.Ravi Kiron, Secretary of the Association of Amateur Astronomers, Hyderabad Chapter.

Rare Celestial Event

Circular rainbows are usually placed among the most spectacular celestial events that can be seen from the earth during day. In traditional rainbow, the centre of circular is in the direction opposite to that of sun and the full circle is not visible as the earth gets in the way.

The lower the sun is to the horizon, the bigger the rainbow happens to be. Similarly, the higher the sun is in the sky, the smaller the arch of the rainbow above the horizon is, explained Mr.Kiron.

"Around noon, the sun is totally overhead and the centre of the rainbow circle is opposite the sun. This helps us see the rainbow as a circle," he said. The phenomenon usually happens during spring days where it is still cold enough and there are high-altitude ice crystals through which the sun rays pass for a circular rainbow.

Incidentally, the rainbow's brief appearance was followed by the mercury going in for a dip and a blanket of clouds rolling out in the skies. Some parts of the city reported showers that came as a welcome reprieve from the heat.



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Quotes - 5 / 5 / 05 : Two Questions

Two Questions

* Why is it harmful to watch TV during nights with alllights switched off?

** Why does the soft and fluffy bread on toasting become hard?


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Quotes - 6 / 5 / 05 : A Tribute

A Tribute
Dr. Ochoa is a trauma surgeon/critical care MD/arginine researcher (and a father and husband too) at the hospital that I work at. Pretty important guy. Pretty busy guy. I would be surprised if he got more than 4 hours of sleep a night (but I also suspect most doctors don't sleep more than 4 hours a night...which kind of scares me). Anyway, I digress. I really think Dr. Ochoa is an awesome person and here's why in a nutshell. Despite his high rank, his relative importance (and let me tell you, heirarchy is everything in health care) he makes every single person that graces the halls of our hospital feel largely important and as if the health care system as a whole couldn't function without them. I just respect him so much for it. From the janitor, to the respiratory therapist, to the peon dietitian and then to the even lowlier medical student, Dr. Ochoa treats you as if your contribution to patient care (no matter how small) is the most intergral piece of the puzzle. In a field filled with big egos, the one doc in our hospital that could have the biggest, continually amazes me with his humbleness.

I really want to be more like the man. ...


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Quotes - 8 / 5 / 05 : Telangana only through SRC: Venkataswamy

Telangana only through SRC: Venkataswamy
`KCR let an opportunity go by'

HYDERABAD: The senior Congress leader, G. Venkataswamy, on Saturday said separate Telangana would have become a reality if the Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, K. Chandrasekhara Rao, had accepted the proposal for constituting a second States Reorganisation Commission (SRC).

Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, the deputy leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party avoided any further remarks against Mr. Rao after considerable heat was generated over his remarks on Telangana recently. Mr. Venkataswamy said he was confident that Telangana would be created some day and the only way out was constitution of the second SRC.

Terms of reference

The Congress leader said the terms of reference of the SRC were more important for carving out a new State. He said if the TRS had the support of all Union Ministers, there should be no problem in getting the Cabinet approval for the new State.

Mr. Venkataswamy toned down his tirade against the TRS chief in wake of the AICC general secretary, Digvijay Singh, holding a lengthy meeting with him to defuse the situation. He said the Union Labour Minister had lodged a complaint against him with Mr. Digvijay Singh and Mr. Ahmed Patel.

He said whatever he had said was the party stand, which stood by the second SRC.

"Let Mr. Chandrasekhara Rao deny the charge that he had not signed the papers favouring second SRC for creation of Telangana before the general elections," he said. He also denied the charge that he had become a hurdle for creation of a separate State.


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Quotes - 9 / 5 / 05 : Say 'nitwit'in Parliament and Be Damned

Say 'nitwit'in Parliament and Be Damned : Sunday May 1 2005

NEW DELHI: You cannot say "damned" and "nincompoop" in parliament. But then, you cannot even say "politically motivated", "conspiracy" and "unconstitutional" - perhaps three of the most commonly used words in the house.

If members care to find out what not to say inside the country's top legislative institution, they can pick up a copy of the revised edition of "Unparliamentary Expressions" for Rs.850 from Parliament House.

In its 900 pages, the book lists words deemed unparliamentary not only in the Indian parliament but also various state assemblies as well as parliaments in other parts of the world like New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Singapore and even Nigeria and Tasmania.

Half the book has Hindi expressions.

"It contains references to words and expressions declared unparliamentary up to the 13th Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and legislatures till 2003 and commonwealth parliaments up to 2002," says Lok Sabha Secretary-General G.C. Malhotra in the foreword.

Some words are unacceptable anywhere in the world, as jarring to the ear inside parliament as it would be in a bar. Words like ass, bloody, bitch, bastard, crap, horseshit belong to that category.

But there are hundreds of words that would not ordinarily come across as profanities inside parliament - agent, April Fool, civil war, drama and nervous strain are some examples of that.

Inexplicably, you cannot say "allegations", "patriotism" (in certain contexts), "abysmal depths", "better half", "changing sari", "downtrodden", "fudge", "humongous fraud" or even "odd" and "volleyball" in the house.

Even the term "Scheduled Castes" is not to be used in certain references. It is forbidden to say (Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram) "Godse" or "Hitler" (or for that matter any of his associates like Himmler and Goebbels).

Two of the most often used words by much harried Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee when dealing with a perpetually unruly house, "shame" and "unfortunate", are surprisingly in the list.

The expressions are mentioned alongside the year they were first banished from parliamentary lexicon, making it easy to reflect on the times.

Some things have not changed.

For instance, India's sports record. In 1959, the word "disgraced" was declared unfit when used for the country after a member said: "What has happened in the last Olympics has disgraced the country."

A tribute was paid to the political skills of late prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao. In 1992 a member exclaimed during a debate in the Lok Sabha: "Our ring master of the circus Mr. Prime Minister knows how to take the animals. My prime minister knows how to take the lion. Of course we do not have a lion in our parliament. We have many political jackals."

In 1960, a member was admonished for addressing the chair as "Beloved Chairman", especially when the acting speaker was a woman.

At the height of the debate over the sale of public sector enterprises, the expression "disposal of sick unit" was declared unsuitable. And in 1981 the term "Cold War" was declared unparliamentary.

The raging debate in 2002 was the foreign birth of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, so two terms "foreign born" and "foreigner" were expunged in 2002. Not that it prevented her critics from continuing to flog the issue.

The list of words banned from Indian parliament are relatively tame - joke, laughing stock, liar, monkey, my foot, nitwit, Pakistani elements, pity, rapscallion, rubbish, Satan, step-motherly, thief, white lie, worthless.

But in other countries, the insults are often bolder and more imaginative.

Numbskull, bunch of wimps, dirty little rat, four-eyed twerp, demented hyena, teletubby, gluteus maximus, jackass, mealy-mouthed, Pol Pot man, political harlots, scrawny toothless tomcat, silly old moo, slime bucket, quiggly wiggly, tinfoil tootsies - such gems have been exchanged in some legislatures.


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