i. Observe the mouth movements of those who speak English well and try to imitate them.
When you are watching television, observe the mouth movements of the speakers. Repeat what they are saying, while imitating the intonation and rhythm of their speech.
ii. Until you learn the correct intonation and rhythm of English, slow your speech down.
If you speak too quickly, and with the wrong intonation and rhythm, native speakers will have a hard time understanding you. Don't worry about your listener getting impatient with your slow speech -- it is more important that everything you say be understood.
iii. Listen to the 'music' of English
Do not use the 'music' of your native language when you speak English. Each language has its own way of 'singing'.
iv. Use the dictionary.
Try and familiarise yourself with the phonetic symbols of your dictionary. Look up the correct pronunciation of words that are hard for you to say.
v. Make a list of frequently used words that you find difficult to pronounce and ask someone who speaks the language well to pronounce them for you.
Record these words, listen to them and practice saying them. Listen and read at the same time.
vi. Buy books on tape.
Record yourself reading some sections of the book. Compare the sound of your English with that of the person reading the book on the tape.
vii. Pronounce the ending of each word.
Pay special attention to 'S' and 'ED' endings. This will help you strengthen the mouth muscles that you use when you speak English.
viii. Read aloud in English for 15-20 minutes every day.
Research has shown it takes about three months of daily practice to develop strong mouth muscles for speaking a new language.
ix. Record your own voice and listen for pronunciation mistakes.
Many people hate to hear the sound of their voice and avoid listening to themselves speak. However, this is a very important exercise because doing it will help you become conscious of the mistakes you are making.
x. Be patient.
You can change the way you speak but it won't happen overnight. People often expect instant results and give up too soon. You can change the way you sound if you are willing to put some effort into it.
Source: http://www.improvespokenenglish.org/2010/02/10-tips-to-improve-way-you-speak.html
You can become a Crorepati if you stop taking tea.
When one of my colleague realized that, I take too many Teas in a day (around 4 cups of tea) he told me that I can become a Crorepati, if I stop taking Tea.
I was really puzzled and confused. I have asked him what is the relation between Tea and Crorepati. Then he asked me the cost of a Tea and he calculated the total cost spent for a day as INR 32 ( 4 cups * 8 Rs ) . Then he further counted the total amount spend for a month as INR 900 ( 32 * 30 rounded to 900 ) .
Then he asked me to enter the following details in the below link.
Amount at the end of the tenure: 1 Crore
Number of months for which the investments are made: 30 Years (May be I will retire by this time)
Rate of return Desired : 17 % (My friend believes that
17% of returns in SIP is quiet possible if we invest long term. I hope he is right)
Result is :
Amount to be invested per month to get 1 crore return is : INR 900 (Great, I never realized this)
CLICK HERE
Finally I was shocked to see that, a small amount like INR 900 a month can yield 1 Crore at the time of retirement.
NOTE: In this article, I am NOT suggesting you to invest in SIP or STOP taking Tea. I just wanted everybody to realize that a small savings every day can return big yields if they are invested in planned manner. So Happy Saving and Happy Investing.
I was really puzzled and confused. I have asked him what is the relation between Tea and Crorepati. Then he asked me the cost of a Tea and he calculated the total cost spent for a day as INR 32 ( 4 cups * 8 Rs ) . Then he further counted the total amount spend for a month as INR 900 ( 32 * 30 rounded to 900 ) .
Then he asked me to enter the following details in the below link.
Amount at the end of the tenure: 1 Crore
Number of months for which the investments are made: 30 Years (May be I will retire by this time)
Rate of return Desired : 17 % (My friend believes that
17% of returns in SIP is quiet possible if we invest long term. I hope he is right)
Result is :
Amount to be invested per month to get 1 crore return is : INR 900 (Great, I never realized this)
CLICK HERE
Finally I was shocked to see that, a small amount like INR 900 a month can yield 1 Crore at the time of retirement.
NOTE: In this article, I am NOT suggesting you to invest in SIP or STOP taking Tea. I just wanted everybody to realize that a small savings every day can return big yields if they are invested in planned manner. So Happy Saving and Happy Investing.
Have you ever paid a Bribe and felt guilty ?
Corruption is one of the major concern of the people in India. In a unique attempt to tackle corruption, Janaagraha, a trust, formally launched IPaidABribe.com which is creating ripples in the Karnataka State Government.
IPaidABribe.com is an online forum to fight corruption by enabling users to tell and read stories of corruption in public space and offer solutions that prevents paying a bribe.
The anonymity of the bribe giver was maintained to encourage more to tell their stories.
Please go through their website www.IPaidABribe.com for further details.
IPaidABribe.com is an online forum to fight corruption by enabling users to tell and read stories of corruption in public space and offer solutions that prevents paying a bribe.
The anonymity of the bribe giver was maintained to encourage more to tell their stories.
Please go through their website www.IPaidABribe.com for further details.
Rare Autographs by Indian Legends
1. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
About Him
Full name: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam born October 15, 1931.
Served as Eleventh President of India from 2002 to 2007.
Before his term as India’s president, he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India.
2. Amitabh Bachhan
About Him
Full name: Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan
Born on: October 11, 1942.
Also called Big B, Angry Young Man and Shahenshah in Bollywood.
He is one of the one of the most prominent figures in the history of India.
About Him
Full name: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam born October 15, 1931.
Served as Eleventh President of India from 2002 to 2007.
Before his term as India’s president, he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India.
2. Amitabh Bachhan
About Him
Full name: Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan
Born on: October 11, 1942.
Also called Big B, Angry Young Man and Shahenshah in Bollywood.
He is one of the one of the most prominent figures in the history of India.
How to Avoid Cell Phone Radiation? Safety Tips
1) One study shows that men who wear cell phones near their groin could have their sperm count dropped by as much as 30 percent.
2)Speakerphone also reduces the cell phone radiation exposure because you do not have to keep the cell phone near you.
3)Do not make a call when the signal strength is one bar or less, which means the phone must work harder to establish a connection.
4)When possible, communicate by text messaging rather than making a call.
5)Do not use the cell phone in enclosed metal spaces such as vehicles or elevators, where devices may use more power to establish connection.
2)Speakerphone also reduces the cell phone radiation exposure because you do not have to keep the cell phone near you.
3)Do not make a call when the signal strength is one bar or less, which means the phone must work harder to establish a connection.
4)When possible, communicate by text messaging rather than making a call.
5)Do not use the cell phone in enclosed metal spaces such as vehicles or elevators, where devices may use more power to establish connection.
What is diabetes? What causes diabetes?
What is diabetes? What causes diabetes?
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is classed as a metabolism disorder. Metabolism refers to the way our bodies use digested food for energy and growth. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose is a form of sugar in the blood - it is the principal source of fuel for our bodies.
When our food is digested the glucose makes its way into our bloodstream. Our cells use the glucose for energy and growth. However, glucose cannot enter our cells without insulin being present - insulin makes it possible for our cells to take in the glucose.
Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas. After eating, the pancreas automatically releases an adequate quantity of insulin to move the glucose present in our blood into the cells, and lowers the blood sugar level.
A person with diabetes has a condition in which the quantity of glucose in the blood is too elevated (hyperglycemia). This is because the body either does not produce enough insulin, produces no insulin, or has cells that do not respond properly to the insulin the pancreas produces. This results in too much glucose building up in the blood. This excess blood glucose eventually passes out of the body in urine. So, even though the blood has plenty of glucose, the cells are not getting it for their essential energy and growth requirements.
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Why is it called Diabetes Mellitus?
Diabetes comes from Greek, and it means a siphon. Aretus the Cappadocian, a Greek physician during the second century A.D., named the condition diabainein. He described patients who were passing too much water (polyuria) - like a siphon. The word became "diabetes" from the English adoption of the Medieval Latin diabetes.
In 1675 Thomas Willis added mellitus to the term, although it is commonly referred to simply as diabetes. Mel in Latin means honey; the urine and blood of people with diabetes has excess glucose, and glucose is sweet like honey. Diabetes mellitus could literally mean "siphoning off sweet water".
In ancient China people observed that ants would be attracted to some people's urine, because it was sweet. The term "Sweet Urine Disease" was coined.
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There are three main types of diabetes:
Diabetes Type 1 - You produce no insulin at all.
Diabetes Type 2 - You don't produce enough insulin, or your insulin is not working properly.
Gestational Diabetes - You develop diabetes just during your pregnancy.
(World Health Organization)
Diabetes Types 1 & 2 are chronic medical conditions - this means that they are persistent and perpetual. Gestational Diabetes usually resolves itself after the birth of the child.
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Treatment is effective and important
All types of diabetes are treatable, but Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes last a lifetime; there is no known cure. The patient receives regular insulin, which became medically available in 1921. The treatment for a patient with Type 1 is mainly injected insulin, plus some dietary and exercise adherence.
Patients with Type 2 are usually treated with tablets, exercise and a special diet, but sometimes insulin injections are also required.
If diabetes is not adequately controlled the patient has a significantly higher risk of developing complications, such as hypoglycemia, ketoacidosis, and nonketotic hypersosmolar coma. Longer term complications could be cardiovascular disease, retinal damage, chronic kidney failure, nerve damage, poor healing of wounds, gangrene on the feet which may lead to amputation, and erectile dysfunction.
Symptoms of Diabetes
People can often have diabetes and be completely unaware. The main reason for this is that the symptoms, when seen on their own, seem harmless. However, the earlier diabetes is diagnosed the greater the chances are that serious complications, which can result from having diabetes, can be avoided.
Here is a list of the most common diabetes symptoms:
• Frequent urination
Have you been going to the bathroom to urinate more often recently? Do you notice that you spend most of the day going to the toilet? When there is too much glucose (sugar) in your blood you will urinate more often. If your insulin is ineffective, or not there at all, your kidneys cannot filter the glucose back into the blood. The kidneys will take water from your blood in order to dilute the glucose - which in turn fills up your bladder.
• Disproportionate thirst
If you are urinating more than usual, you will need to replace that lost liquid. You will be drinking more than usual. Have you been drinking more than usual lately?
• Intense hunger
As the insulin in your blood is not working properly, or is not there at all, and your cells are not getting their energy, your body may react by trying to find more energy - food. You will become hungry.
• Weight gain
This might be the result of the above symptom (intense hunger).
• Unusual weight loss
This is more common among people with Diabetes Type 1. As your body is not making insulin it will seek out another energy source (the cells aren't getting glucose). Muscle tissue and fat will be broken down for energy. As Type 1 is of a more sudden onset and Type 2 is much more gradual, weight loss is more noticeable with Type 1.
• Increased fatigue
If your insulin is not working properly, or is not there at all, glucose will not be entering your cells and providing them with energy. This will make you feel tired and listless.
• Irritability
Irritability can be due to your lack of energy.
• Blurred vision
This can be caused by tissue being pulled from your eye lenses. This affects your eyes' ability to focus. With proper treatment this can be treated. There are severe cases where blindness or prolonged vision problems can occur.
• Cuts and bruises don't heal properly or quickly
Do you find cuts and bruises take a much longer time than usual to heal? When there is more sugar (glucose) in your body, its ability to heal can be undermined.
• More skin and/or yeast infections
When there is more sugar in your body, its ability to recover from infections is affected. Women with diabetes find it especially difficult to recover from bladder and vaginal infections.
• Itchy skin
A feeling of itchiness on your skin is sometimes a symptom of diabetes.
• Gums are red and/or swollen - Gums pull away from teeth
If your gums are tender, red and/or swollen this could be a sign of diabetes. Your teeth could become loose as the gums pull away from them.
• Frequent gum disease/infection
As well as the previous gum symptoms, you may experience more frequent gum disease and/or gum infections.
• Sexual dysfunction among men
If you are over 50 and experience frequent or constant sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction), it could be a symptom of diabetes.
• Numbness or tingling, especially in your feet and hands
If there is too much sugar in your body your nerves could become damaged, as could the tiny blood vessels that feed those nerves. You may experience tingling and/or numbness in your hands and feet.
Source of this article is href="www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/diabetes/whatisdiabetes.php
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is classed as a metabolism disorder. Metabolism refers to the way our bodies use digested food for energy and growth. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose is a form of sugar in the blood - it is the principal source of fuel for our bodies.
When our food is digested the glucose makes its way into our bloodstream. Our cells use the glucose for energy and growth. However, glucose cannot enter our cells without insulin being present - insulin makes it possible for our cells to take in the glucose.
Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas. After eating, the pancreas automatically releases an adequate quantity of insulin to move the glucose present in our blood into the cells, and lowers the blood sugar level.
A person with diabetes has a condition in which the quantity of glucose in the blood is too elevated (hyperglycemia). This is because the body either does not produce enough insulin, produces no insulin, or has cells that do not respond properly to the insulin the pancreas produces. This results in too much glucose building up in the blood. This excess blood glucose eventually passes out of the body in urine. So, even though the blood has plenty of glucose, the cells are not getting it for their essential energy and growth requirements.
________________________________________
Why is it called Diabetes Mellitus?
Diabetes comes from Greek, and it means a siphon. Aretus the Cappadocian, a Greek physician during the second century A.D., named the condition diabainein. He described patients who were passing too much water (polyuria) - like a siphon. The word became "diabetes" from the English adoption of the Medieval Latin diabetes.
In 1675 Thomas Willis added mellitus to the term, although it is commonly referred to simply as diabetes. Mel in Latin means honey; the urine and blood of people with diabetes has excess glucose, and glucose is sweet like honey. Diabetes mellitus could literally mean "siphoning off sweet water".
In ancient China people observed that ants would be attracted to some people's urine, because it was sweet. The term "Sweet Urine Disease" was coined.
________________________________________
There are three main types of diabetes:
Diabetes Type 1 - You produce no insulin at all.
Diabetes Type 2 - You don't produce enough insulin, or your insulin is not working properly.
Gestational Diabetes - You develop diabetes just during your pregnancy.
(World Health Organization)
Diabetes Types 1 & 2 are chronic medical conditions - this means that they are persistent and perpetual. Gestational Diabetes usually resolves itself after the birth of the child.
________________________________________
Treatment is effective and important
All types of diabetes are treatable, but Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes last a lifetime; there is no known cure. The patient receives regular insulin, which became medically available in 1921. The treatment for a patient with Type 1 is mainly injected insulin, plus some dietary and exercise adherence.
Patients with Type 2 are usually treated with tablets, exercise and a special diet, but sometimes insulin injections are also required.
If diabetes is not adequately controlled the patient has a significantly higher risk of developing complications, such as hypoglycemia, ketoacidosis, and nonketotic hypersosmolar coma. Longer term complications could be cardiovascular disease, retinal damage, chronic kidney failure, nerve damage, poor healing of wounds, gangrene on the feet which may lead to amputation, and erectile dysfunction.
Symptoms of Diabetes
People can often have diabetes and be completely unaware. The main reason for this is that the symptoms, when seen on their own, seem harmless. However, the earlier diabetes is diagnosed the greater the chances are that serious complications, which can result from having diabetes, can be avoided.
Here is a list of the most common diabetes symptoms:
• Frequent urination
Have you been going to the bathroom to urinate more often recently? Do you notice that you spend most of the day going to the toilet? When there is too much glucose (sugar) in your blood you will urinate more often. If your insulin is ineffective, or not there at all, your kidneys cannot filter the glucose back into the blood. The kidneys will take water from your blood in order to dilute the glucose - which in turn fills up your bladder.
• Disproportionate thirst
If you are urinating more than usual, you will need to replace that lost liquid. You will be drinking more than usual. Have you been drinking more than usual lately?
• Intense hunger
As the insulin in your blood is not working properly, or is not there at all, and your cells are not getting their energy, your body may react by trying to find more energy - food. You will become hungry.
• Weight gain
This might be the result of the above symptom (intense hunger).
• Unusual weight loss
This is more common among people with Diabetes Type 1. As your body is not making insulin it will seek out another energy source (the cells aren't getting glucose). Muscle tissue and fat will be broken down for energy. As Type 1 is of a more sudden onset and Type 2 is much more gradual, weight loss is more noticeable with Type 1.
• Increased fatigue
If your insulin is not working properly, or is not there at all, glucose will not be entering your cells and providing them with energy. This will make you feel tired and listless.
• Irritability
Irritability can be due to your lack of energy.
• Blurred vision
This can be caused by tissue being pulled from your eye lenses. This affects your eyes' ability to focus. With proper treatment this can be treated. There are severe cases where blindness or prolonged vision problems can occur.
• Cuts and bruises don't heal properly or quickly
Do you find cuts and bruises take a much longer time than usual to heal? When there is more sugar (glucose) in your body, its ability to heal can be undermined.
• More skin and/or yeast infections
When there is more sugar in your body, its ability to recover from infections is affected. Women with diabetes find it especially difficult to recover from bladder and vaginal infections.
• Itchy skin
A feeling of itchiness on your skin is sometimes a symptom of diabetes.
• Gums are red and/or swollen - Gums pull away from teeth
If your gums are tender, red and/or swollen this could be a sign of diabetes. Your teeth could become loose as the gums pull away from them.
• Frequent gum disease/infection
As well as the previous gum symptoms, you may experience more frequent gum disease and/or gum infections.
• Sexual dysfunction among men
If you are over 50 and experience frequent or constant sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction), it could be a symptom of diabetes.
• Numbness or tingling, especially in your feet and hands
If there is too much sugar in your body your nerves could become damaged, as could the tiny blood vessels that feed those nerves. You may experience tingling and/or numbness in your hands and feet.
Source of this article is href="www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/diabetes/whatisdiabetes.php
How To Get Super White Teeth In No Time
Now most of us are really ‘sensitive’ when it comes to smiling. We can either be confident and offer our brilliant smile for everyone to admire, or be downright embarrassed to show our teeth!
For some of us smiling can really be a problem, but you can finally put a stop to this! Did you know that nowadays you can find thousands of products, which are adapted to each specific need, and have now been tested and proven effective to give you super white teeth in no time?
How to choose the right strategy for super white teeth.
You have a wide range of products to choose from, simply select the most suitable for your need and lifestyle. You will no longer have to worry about those stains that keep you from smiling; you can get to work on your teeth by following these strategies for super white teeth in no time.
Now you are probably wondering, how much will this cost me, and can I really afford the expense?
Forget the dentist, these methods are easy and cheap. Dental treatments for teeth whitening belong to the past; you no longer need professional help for effective results.
Bleaching kits are the solution for you. These home teeth whitening kits are much cheaper than your regular dentist treatments and will give you the same super white teeth results. Do-it-yourself teeth whitening kits are safe to use if you follow the instructions on the label attentively. In no time you will find your confidence coming back along with a brilliant smile.
Amongst some of the products available over-the-counter and online, you can choose from teeth whitening strip kits, teeth whitening gels and trays.
Teeth whitening strip kits are thin and flexible strips pre-soaked with a layer of whitening product. You can place the strips on the bottom and top teeth and leave for a while. They are comfortable to use and adhere perfectly to your teeth. Although these strips will give you super white teeth, some areas, such as the cracks in your teeth cannot be treated.
Teeth whitening gels are tubes of bleaching gel you can brush directly onto your teeth. Allow the gel to dry, and then rinse your mouth. This is probably the quickest and most effective method for teeth whitening, and will reach all areas of your teeth giving rapid results.
Teeth whitening trays will provide high-quality super white teeth, but will take up more of your time. These are probably the most effective of the three types, although not the simplest or most practical to use. These trays are pre-filled with a teeth whitening substance and are to be placed on the bottom and top teeth and left for a specified time lapse, to allow the bleaching product to have effect.
You will find these products very effective and will be satisfied with how little it takes to have a radiant smile of super white teeth to boast.
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