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									<title>AND THUS COMES THE LIFE</title>
									<link>http://www.fropper.com/ezBlog/astrologychat</link>
									<description>Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it</description>
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									<pubDate>2009-Jan-21, 02:13:08</pubDate>
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						<title>Nostalgic Delhi</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/27539</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Nostalgia Urf New Delhi-India  The IGIA speakers blared in an echo &rdquo; Flight No 9W230 , New Delhi to JFK (New York)  is delayed due to unfavorable weather conditions caused by Fog. Passengers are requested to collect their refreshment tickets  from hospitality Crew&rdquo; This came to us three ,Me and my two wonderful daughters, as a cruel shock. It was my 5th visit to India ever since I settled in NY (USA) 30 years back.But for my daughters ,it was their 2nd visit in last  26 years. Airlines world over, are Professional Money Savers(PMS)  and would  not  bother to sense our inner desires once their ticket is sold.  Not that we did not spend two grand and enjoyable fortnights in New and Old Delhi to the brim but for the fact that we never left a moment to make it a joyous party. We were rather wondering if we could steal another opportunity to go back to the narrow lanes of Chandni Chowk and devour us with some choicest Breakfast delicacies at Haldirams.  Cycle Rikshaws still support the mass movement , though legally banned. But indeed the charms of movement stand unhindered  courtesy CNG coaches.  Four hours at Airport waiting lounge was as short as refresh call to the Cloak-room., for we were sharing each other of our wonderful experiences of last  29 eventful days.  For my girls it was their first conscious visit to Papa&rsquo;s birth place ,since they grew up and popped their neck around . Indeed what they felt was much nourishing an experience than they could dream of. The glittery comparison with  Times Square and Floral Park ceased  at the yummy corners of  Bengali Market and Chandni Chowk. Barring the hum and fervour ,Lajpat Nagar ,South Extension Markets looked much younger to   Mall Culture at Select City Walk, DLF Mall, Metropolitan Mall etc in South Delhi-Saket, flaunting the tallest and best names in World class Shopping choices. Karol Bagh,by all means, still holds high in its own unique terms. INA market served all and one  Euro-American choices at one snap. Dilli Haat spread the fragrance of Mini India with myriad forms of creativity at their best. Be it State Eatries or Handicrafts in wood, weaving furnitures, textiles, Home decore, Potteries, Carpets,  Gastronomic appetizers and   indeed the live regional Dance performances&hellip; all zoomed in an out like a klaedoscope . No money was enough to visit the wonderful galaxy of abundantly cultural emporiums kissing the horizons of Connaught place. Indeed the Choori and Hinna Bazaar of Hanuman Mandir left indelible marks that was befittingly video recorded.  Modern Delhi Metro Rails has virtually redrafted  the vast and colorful map of Delhi to a Journey of minutes- Name it and reach without fauz-paus. No more succumbing to cheating taxi/three wheeler street smart goons. Khadi Gram Udyog Bhavan created memories of Ghandian era once again.. and believe me that  my kids perhaps played the best of their  pocket burning fantacies in there.  Perhaps the best buys in Khadi Silk and Khadi Sarees.  History comes alive practically on every 5th milestone in Delhi, and reminds of the nostalgic glorious past.. be it Moghul Empire,Tughlak Dynasty, British Raj or the Post Independence era. History speaks through stones ,lanes,  thick shady trees,markets,linguistic patterns, traffic geometries,cultural noises, Museaums,Bus stand terminals&hellip; Just name it and its nostalgically fragrant. Rashtrpati Bhavan and Parliament House  to India Gate unto National Stadium. Cleridges Hotel to Conn.Place.. Teen Murti Round Circular Park,Mughul Garden ,Kashmere Gate,Bazaar Sita Ram,Nai Sarak,  Raj Path,Zymkhana Club,Ashoka Hotel  and an array of  Most Modern Chain of Taj ,Hyatt,ITC hotels. Garden of Seven Seasons,India Habitat Centre, Siri Fort Auditorium. Jamun trees still flaunt on either sides of most of Lutyans lanes. World Class Hospitals still behave younger to  AIIMS and Safdarjung,Moolchand Hospitals. JLN Stadium ,Pragati Maidan,IG Stadium, Ambedkar Stadium..Talkatora Gardens  and Swimming Pools spell the Modern class of New Delhi. Go West and North and we experienced  the best of metropolitan development under names of  Dwarka ,Janak Puri,Pitam Pura &amp; Azadpur Mega markets. South and East of Delhi are equally amazing that add  galaxy of Techno industrial and Metro Residential combinations of Modern extended Delhi Culture.  Gurgoan to Noida(BPO Capitals of Europe and US)&hellip; Faridabad ( the den of World class Hinna)to Sonipat .. its all humming with tremendous nostalgic fragrance  but indeed the modern geography of development has added sparkle to its existing luster.  Warmth-Blood relations,relatives.friends of relatives still  come out and extend open hearted help and escorts to  guide and advise.,inspite of the Jamming traffic on roads. Development has reversed the visibility of  Bicyles to Cars and Sedans ; Plain roads to Flyovers.Main lanes to Defined drive ways. Its changed a lot indeed, but with a delicate touch   by preserving the nostalgic past. The best part is &ldquo;We enjoyed the Warmth in the Hearts of Delhites&rdquo; The Airlines has announced Boarding and yet we are not through with our wonderful sharings ..May be it&rsquo;s a never ending Nostalgia.. An ever enduring memory.  My americanised girls said &ldquo;We Love Our INDIA&rdquo;  Its our India.       ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Jan 21, '09</pubDate>
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						<title>Lets Reach for Enlightenment</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/27457</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Hello my incredibly amazing friend :) Thank You so much for inspiring me in so  many ways. You are all so wonderful just the way you are. I am grateful for you :)    Save the Planet....One person at a time. And that person is You....  For some of you this message might be a little deep, but please bear with me.   The message is worth the time to read it all.  There are only two emotions in this world..... Love and Fear.  All your thoughts, all your reactions, and all your decisions are based from these two emotions . In the end, the only real emotion is Love. Fear is actually an illusion. The only problem with that illusion, is that for most people, fear seems very real. After all, fear and negativity is what controls this planet. From negativity pumped throughout all or most forms of the media, to all the fear based religions out there.  If you are taught that you are unworthy, or that your first reaction in any situation should be a negative one..... how are you supposed to live a Joy filled fulfilling life?  Joy, confidence in self, self love, happiness, affection, passion, caring, joy, excitement, etc., are emotions of LOVE.  These are thoughts that align you with those desires that you want to manifest in your life. They are also the emotions that make life worth living.  Rushing, hate, anger, revenge, stress, over working, lack of sleep, vanity, judgment , worry, animosity, jealousy, depression, low self esteem, frustration, lack of patience, and many more are reactions and emotions based out of FEAR.  Fear will make your desired manifestations take much longer and in many cases, manifest more situations for you to fear and worry about. Fear and negativity is what creates all sickness, disease, and fatigue, as well as creating a very poor outlook on life. Negativity affects those around you as well, to the point that most will no longer want to be around you because they feel drained when they do.   Most people don't have the mental protection barriers in place not to be affected by other people's negative (fear based) energy.  This is where the viscious cycle begins. One is affected by negativity, and shares it with another, and before you know it, one person's bad mood has affected many. Have you ever been at a workplace where the boss is in a bad mood? Most times, it affects all the employees around when that happens.  If you want to live a life based on Love instead of Fear, then you have to start taking steps to help you get there. Here are some steps I feel are helpful to do just that :  1. Avoid negative forms of media, and negative people. (the news is 99% negative it seems, and if you don't know about this or that, you won't fear it. If you have to be around negative people for whatever reason, just try to keep the conversations to a minimum. You could actually surprise them and ask them to tell you something &quot;good.&quot;)  2. Forgive any and all people in your life that you have negative feelings toward. (This might be one of the hardest steps, but a neccesary step nonetheless. In most cases, those people actually think they are living life the way they should be. It's not right or wrong. It just is. Forgive them and release that hate and resentment towards them . It hurts you far more to keep that negativity pent up than it ever could hurt them. Let it go.)  3. Focus on ONLY having Love in your heart and doing as many things as you can that bring you Joy. (Make every reaction you have in any situation come from a feeling of love instead of fear.) Forgiveness, understanding, and kindness are far better reactions than impatience, sarcasm, and anger. It benefits both you and those around you so much more in a positive way.  4. Use Love as motivation for applying these steps listed. Know that Love is the power behind EVERYTHING. Love protects you from any and all negative situations. If you do happen to manifest a negative situation though, love will help you be more relaxed, patient, calm, and help you react much more reasonable to it. Love keeps you happy, healthy, vibrant, passionate about life, successful, loved by many, and much much more.  5. Affirmations and Intentions Use affirmations to help reassure, and reaffirm that through Love all things are possible. Yes...I know...many will say that it actually goes &quot;Through God all things are possible&quot;. Well God and Love are the same thing. God IS Love. You are love and you are God in human form.  Some affirmations you could use might be: &quot;I am full of Love&quot; &quot;I treat myself and everyone with Love and respect.&quot; &quot;I am full of love, and love protects me and provides for me in all ways.&quot; I am grateful for and Love all things.&quot;  Setting intentions for your day in the morning, and before you go to bed at night will also help you set the course for your day in a loving way.  An example of an intention for bedtime could be:  &quot;Dear(God,Source,or whatever term you use for the higher power) I am grateful for all I have in my life. It is my intention to have a great night's sleep, and wake up energetic, vibrant, and full of love and life. I will wake up and seek Joy and Love in all that I do.&quot;  An example of an intention for the morning could be:  &quot;Dear(God,Source,or whatever term you use for the higher power), Thank You for a great night's sleep. I am grateful for all I have in life. It is my intention to go about my day with Love in all that I do. My reactions, my thoughts, and actions will be based out of Love, and in turn this will create more Joy, happiness, abundance, and protection in my experience.&quot;  Practice these steps, and analyze what source your thoughts are actually based on by paying attention to how you feel. If you feel great, then you won't have to spend so much time wondering where your thoughts are based from.  This is because when you feel good, you are in a positive or aligned mindset. If you are tired, sick, or just feel &quot;off&quot; a little bit, then these are signs that you need to ask yourself where your current thoughts are based from.... Love or Fear?  I understand all this could be a little overwhelming, however, you just have to continue working towards mastering having dominant feelings and thoughts of love as much as you can.  If it helps, let me tell you that I have not fully mastered this process fully myself either. It is a work in progress.  If you don't feel like you are progressing as fast as you like, don't beat yourself up. Just keep going at your own pace, and you will be where you want to be before you know it :)  This, and life in general is a never ending learning process. Enjoy the journey. Seek Joy :)  Thank You as always for reading this Inspirational-Letter :)  I am honored, happy , and very grateful to have your presence and energy here. Have an Amazing life experience full of love, success, happiness, positive energy, and attraction to all you desire :) Love and God Bless, Here is your Affirmation Creations for today :)            Here is today's Inspiration Creation :)        Thank You :)..........Astroanswers  Would you like to be able to meditate, but just haven't had success?  P.S. If you like this message, please forward to a friend. Thank You :)]]></description>
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						<title>Mending a Broken Heart</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/27092</link>
						<description><![CDATA[How to Mend a Broken Heart 
The best way to deal with a broken relationship is to get over it; the best time to get over it is now. There&rsquo;s an old saying that time mends a broken heart. After months or years, the wounds heal and you&rsquo;re able to get on with your life. But why wait months or years? Why not get over it today? Why subject yourself to one minute of misery, let alone months or years of it? 
Easier said than done? Certainly. It&rsquo;s not easy, but it&rsquo;s not impossible, either. 
Having your heart broken is a painful experience. The reason it is so painful is because it is not just one unpleasant feeling: it is three separate feelings all rolled into one. When we experience this three-in-one feeling, we say that we feel &ldquo;hurt.&rdquo; What are the three feelings that combine to make you feel hurt? 
1. You feel angry. You&rsquo;ve been let down, rejected, and betrayed by someone you believed loved you. How dare he* treat you this way? You tell yourself that he is just one more example of male bastardry and unreliability. If you could get your hands on him now, you&rsquo;d throttle him. You&rsquo;d really like to see him suffer. 
2. You feel self-pity. You tell yourself that you don&rsquo;t deserve this. You were good to him, and now you&rsquo;ve been kicked in the guts. This is totally unfair and unjustified. You&rsquo;re convinced that being rejected by your lover is intolerable and more than you should have to bear. 
3. You feel contempt for yourself . You tell yourself that your lover rejected you because there is something fundamentally wrong with you. If only you were a better person, this wouldn&rsquo;t have happened. He has seen your flaws and doesn&rsquo;t want you, and it&rsquo;s likely that no one else will want you either. 
No wonder you feel hurt. Anger, self-pity, and self-contempt are all painful enough on their own; but when you mix them together you suffer a triple-whammy. Not only do you feel hurt, but you&rsquo;re confused as well; you don&rsquo;t know how you feel. One minute you are angry with your lover, the next minute you&rsquo;re angry with the world for being so cruel and unfair, and then you&rsquo;re upset with yourself for being so inadequate. It&rsquo;s as though your emotions are in a washing machine being tumbled backwards and forwards. In short, you feel like an emotional wreck. 
The hurt that you feel comes on top of the break-up of the relationship. Although it seems like one big problem, it&rsquo;s actually two problems: (1) your relationship has ended; and (2) you feel hurt. You have two problems for the price of one. There&rsquo;s probably not much you can do about the first problem, but there&rsquo;s plenty you can do about the second one. 
You&rsquo;ll notice that each of the feelings&mdash;anger, self-pity, and self-contempt&mdash;are associated with certain thoughts and beliefs: (1) Anger is associated with the thoughts about what a bad person your former lover is and how he deserves to suffer; (2) self-pity is associated with thoughts about how unfair the situation is and how you deserve to be treated better; and (3) self-contempt is associated with thoughts of your own character flaws and personal inadequacy. 
The key to feeling better is to change your thoughts from ones that create pain and misery, to thoughts that are less painful. Imagine how you would feel if you thought to yourself, &ldquo;Thank goodness the relationship is over. He was really getting on my nerves.&rdquo; Instead of feeling hurt, you&rsquo;d feel relieved that the relationship had ended. But of course, you don&rsquo;t think this way; it&rsquo;s untrue and totally unrealistic. Even though you&rsquo;d feel better if you believed these thoughts, you&rsquo;d have a hard time convincing yourself of them because they are so far off the mark. 
So, although you want to change your thoughts to less painful ones, it is important that you don&rsquo;t sacrifice the truth in the process. You want to change your thoughts to ones that (1) are realistic and true; (2) will help you to feel better now; (3) will encourage you to seek happiness and fulfillment in the future; and (4) will allow you to effectively pursue your goals. 
The following five steps will show you how to get rid of the hurt and to move on. 
1. Make a commitment to yourself. Although it was your lover&rsquo;s decision to end the relationship, it is up to you to get over the pain. Nobody can do it for you, so you must take ownership of the problem. Nothing will improve until you decide that you&rsquo;re going to get over him and you&rsquo;re going to do it now! Make the commitment to stubbornly refuse to feel any more pain. 
2. Give yourself unconditional self-acceptance. Stop blaming yourself for the break-up. Sure, you have your faults; we all do. None of us is perfect, and anyone who gets close to us will see our flaws. But don&rsquo;t turn your flaws into disasters. Accept the fact that you are a fallible human being, and that there is no law that says you must be flawless. You&rsquo;re entitled to your weaknesses and blemishes. They are what make you human; they do not make you second-rate or unlovable. 
3. Develop unconditional life-acceptance. Life is often unfair: good things happen to &quot;bad people,&quot; and bad things happen to &quot;good people.&quot; That&rsquo;s just the way that it is. Hopping up and down and screaming blue murder won&rsquo;t change that fact. All it does is make you miserable. Accept the fact that life could always be better, but there is no law of the universe that says it must be the way you want it. The universe would be a better place if you controlled it, but you don&rsquo;t. So stop your bitching and learn to live with it. 
4. Give your ex unconditional other-acceptance. Like everyone else on the planet, your former lover is fallible. Now he&rsquo;s gone and made another mistake: he has cruelly rejected you. All humans have an incurable tendency to make mistakes. His actions represent just one more example of that. But that does not make him a total bastard; it merely proves that he&rsquo;s human. The longer you harbor spiteful thoughts towards him, the longer you&rsquo;ll feel angry and bitter. The sooner you accept that there is no law that says he should not have rejected you, the sooner you&rsquo;ll be ready to move on with your life. 
5. Set some goals and make them happen. Instead of dwelling on the past and on what could have been, set your sights on the future. Be proactive in seeking new acquaintances or, if you intend to remain single for a while, make the time to get involved in pursuits that you find rewarding. Commit yourself to the pursuit of your own happiness and fulfillment. 
Following these five steps will help you to get over the break up of a relationship that was important to you. They will stop you from feeling hurt and bitter and will allow you to get on with your life. They will mend your broken heart 
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						<title>They Hate Us and India Is Us</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/25731</link>
						<description><![CDATA[AS an open, diverse and at times chaotic democracy, India has long been a target for terrorism. From the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi in 1948 to the recent attacks in Mumbai, it has faced attempts to change its national character by force. None has yet succeeded. Despite its manifest social failings, India remains the developing world&rsquo;s most successful experiment in free, plural, large-scale political collaboration.   The Mumbai attacks were transformative, because in them, unlike previous outrages in India, the rich were caught: not only Western visitors in the nation&rsquo;s magnificent financial capital but also Indian bankers, business owners and socialites. This had symbolic power, as the terrorists knew it would.   However, I recently saw a televised forum in which members of the public vented their fury against India&rsquo;s politicians for their failure to act, and it soon became apparent the victims were poor as well as rich. One survivor, Shameem Khan &mdash; instantly identifiable by his name and his embroidered cap as a Muslim &mdash; told how six members of his extended family had been shot dead. Still in shock, he said: &ldquo;A calamity has fallen on my house. What shall I do?&rdquo; His neighbors had helped pay for the funeral. Like most of India&rsquo;s 150 million Muslims, Mr. Khan is staunchly patriotic. The city&rsquo;s Muslim Council refused to let the terrorists be buried in its graveyards.   When these well-planned attacks unfolded, it was clear to anyone with experience of India that they were not homegrown, and almost certainly originated from Pakistan. Yet the reaction of the world&rsquo;s news media was to rely on the outmoded idea of Pakistan-India hyphenation &mdash; as if a thriving and prosperous democracy of over a billion people must be compared only to an imploded state that is having to be bailed out by the I.M.F. Was Pakistan to blame, asked many pundits, or was India at fault because of its treatment of minority groups?   The terrorists themselves offered little explanation, and made no clear demands. Yet even as the siege continued, commentators were making chilling deductions on their behalf: their actions were because of American foreign policy, or Afghanistan, or the harassment of Indian Muslims. Personal moral responsibility was removed from the players in the atrocity. When officials said that the killers came from the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, it was taken as proof that India&rsquo;s misdeeds in the Kashmir Valley were the cause.   These misdeeds are real, as are India&rsquo;s other social and political failings (I recently met a Kashmiri man whose father and sister had died at the hands of the Indian security forces). But there is no sane reason to think Lashkar-e-Taiba would shut down if the situation in Kashmir improved. Its literature is much concerned with establishing a caliphate in Central Asia, and murdering those who insult the Prophet. Its leader, Hafiz Saeed, who lives on a large estate outside Lahore bought with Saudi Money, goes about his business with minimal interference from the Pakistani government.   Lashkar-e-Taiba is part of the International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders (the Qaeda franchise). Mr. Saeed&rsquo;s hatreds are catholic &mdash; his bugbears include Hindus, Shiites and women who wear bikinis. He regards democracy as &ldquo;a Jewish and Christian import from Europe,&rdquo; and considers suicide attacks to be in accordance with Islam. He has a wider strategy: &ldquo;At this time our contest is Kashmir. Let&rsquo;s see when the time comes. Our struggle with the Jews is always there.&rdquo; As he told his followers in Karachi at a rally in 2000: &ldquo;There can&rsquo;t be any peace while India remains intact. Cut them, cut them &mdash; cut them so much that they kneel before you and ask for mercy.&rdquo; In short, he has an explicit political desire to create a state of war between the religious communities in India and beyond, and bring on the endgame.&nbsp; Like other exponents of Islamist extremism, he has a view of the world that does not tolerate doubt or ambiguity: his opponents are guilty, and must be killed. I have met other radicals like Mr. Saeed, men who live in a dimension of absolute certainty and have contempt for the moral relativism of those who seek to excuse them. To achieve their ends, it is necessary to indoctrinate boys in the hatred of Hindus, Americans and Jews, and dispatch them on suicide missions. It is unlikely that any of the militants who were sent from Karachi to Mumbai &mdash; young men from poor rural backgrounds whose families were paid for their sacrifice &mdash; had ever met a Jew before they tortured and killed Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka, who was several months pregnant, at the Mumbai Jewish center.   Skip to next paragraph  Related  Times Topics: Terrorism in IndiaAmerica&rsquo;s so-called war on terror has been, in many respects, a catastrophe. In Pakistan, it has been chronically mishandled, leading to the radicalization of areas in the north that were previously peaceful. Yet links between the military, the intelligence services and the jihadis have remained intact: Lashkar-e-Taiba is merely one of a number of extremist organizations that continues to function.   The prime solution to the present crisis is to force the closing of terrorist training outfits in Pakistan, and apply the law to those who organize and finance operations like the Mumbai massacres. Hafiz Saeed and other suspects should be sent to India to stand trial. The remark by Pakistan&rsquo;s president, Asif Ali Zardari (a man whose history of shady business dealing makes him demonstrably unfit for high, or even low, office), that he did not think the terrorists came from Pakistan would be funny if it were not tragic.   The United States gives around $1 billion a year in military aid to Islamabad; that is leverage. It does the people of Pakistan no favors for Washington to allow their leaders to continue with the strategy of perpetual diversion, asking India to be patient while denying the true nature of the immediate terrorist threat. I received this e-mail message recently from a friend in Karachi: &ldquo;Nowhere can get more depressing than Pakistan these days &mdash; barring some African failed states and Afghanistan.&rdquo;&nbsp; Courtesey: NYTimes.com&nbsp; Brought&nbsp; to your Notice by astroanswers@aol.com    ]]></description>
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						<title>inspiration</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/24999</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Hello my Wonderful friends :)  I am grateful for you all.   Intend Joy........  I hope you are creating life how you  desire, instead of experiencing circumstances  by default.   If you are still experiencing situations  you believe are &quot;beyond your control&quot;,  never fear, that too can be changed.   Every circumstance and experience in your  life whether you want to admit or believe it or  not, is a direct result of your past thoughts.   With that being said, NOW is the time to  start creating your life with intentions and  expectation of the life you really want.   End your night with the intention of getting a great  night's sleep(no matter how many hours you sleep),  tell your self that you will awake refreshed and  happy to be alive as well as grateful for what you have.   When you wake up, say affirmations to yourself, tell  yourself that &quot;it is your dominant intent during this  beautiful day to seek only those things that  bring joy to me and that I want to experience&quot;.   Even if you are at work, there are experiences that  make you feel good like compliments from your  boss, or co-workers etc.   As long as your intention for every day is  to seek JOY in life, everything you experience  will bring you a sense of joy, and  therefore help you tremendously in manifesting  any and all things that you desire and expect to  manifest.  With best Complements from astroanswers@aol.com]]></description>
						<pubDate>Nov 22, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>STOCK MARKET-DOW JONES</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/23352</link>
						<description><![CDATA[CEO &ndash;Chief Embezzlement Officer.  
CFO&ndash; Corporate Fraud Officer.  
 
BULL MARKET &mdash; A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.  
 
BEAR MARKET &mdash; A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.  
 
VALUE INVESTING &mdash; The art of buying low and selling lower.  
 
P/E RATIO &mdash; The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.  
 
BROKER &mdash; What my broker has made me.  
 
STANDARD &amp; POOR &ndash; Your life in a nutshell.  
 
STOCK ANALYST &mdash; Idiot who just downgraded your stock.  
 
STOCK SPLIT &mdash; When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.  
 
FINANCIAL PLANNER &mdash; A guy whose phone has been disconnected.  
 
MARKET CORRECTION &mdash; The day after you buy stocks.  
 
CASH FLOW &mdash; The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.  
 
YAHOO &mdash; What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.  
 
WINDOWS &mdash; What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.  
 
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR &mdash; Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.  
 
PROFIT &mdash; An archaic word no longer in use.&nbsp; 
 
with complements from: 
astroanswers@aol.com 
 
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						<pubDate>Oct 19, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>Democracy and Politics</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/23350</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Buddies in view of Ensuing Presidential Refrendum in US many a lot of things are happening..Including Debates.. Neither positive nor negative...just darn funny.&nbsp;  Enjoy the debate!    Whether Democrat or Republican&nbsp; (or Labour, National or one of the 100 other parties in US),&nbsp; I think you'll get a kick out of this!   A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics?'&nbsp; Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:   I am the head of the family , so call me The President.   Your mother is the administrator of the money,&nbsp; so call her the Government.   We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.   The Nanny, we will consider her the Working Class.  And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.&nbsp;  Now think about that and see if it makes sense.&nbsp;  So the little boy! Goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.   Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.   He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.   So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his&nbsp; father and mother asleep.  Not wanting to wake the Mother , he goes to the Nanny's room Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny.  He gives up and goes back to bed.   The next morning, the little boy say's to his father,&nbsp; 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.'   The father says, ' Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.'   The little boy replies,&nbsp;  'The President has scrwed up the Working Class&nbsp; while the Government is sound asleep.&nbsp; The People are being ignored and&nbsp; the Future is in deep shit.&nbsp;  Its&nbsp; all&nbsp; so&nbsp; lightly said..but indeed&nbsp; we are&nbsp; a part of this&nbsp; politics  with best wishes.. astroanswers@aol.com         ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Oct 19, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>How Nobel Winners Spend Their Prize Money</title>
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						<description><![CDATA[How Far Do 10 Million Kronor Go? 
Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was sure his creation would help bring about the end of war. &quot;When two armies of equal strength can annihilate each other in an instant,&quot; he once wrote, &quot;then all civilized nations will retreat and disband their troops.&quot; Things didn't quite go according to plan. What has worked out, however, is the annual set of awards, established in 1901, that bear his name. They remain the most prestigious intellectual awards in the world. The first 2008 Nobel Prize, in medicine, will be announced October 6.&nbsp; 
A lifelong bachelor, Nobel lived a solitary life and spent most of his time tinkering with inventions, amassing 355 patents by the time he died in 1896. Following Nobel's death, his executors discovered that he had secretly created five annual prizes&mdash;chemistry, physics, literature, medicine and peace&mdash;in his will to honor &quot;the greatest benefit on mankind.&quot; It all came as quite a surprise. &quot;It took five years to get the prizes started because everyone had to figure it all out.&quot; says Hans Jornvall, secretary of the Nobel Committee at Karolinska Institutet&mdash;the group that chooses the Nobel Prize in medicine. Nobel initially donated 33 million Swedish kroner (about $4.6 million); the prizes come from the fortune's annual interest.  
 
Each award is decided by separate institutions which form assemblies to decide the actual prize recipients. Some prizes (medicine) require Nobel assembly members to remain active in their fields, while others (literature) appoint members for life. The Peace Prize is actually decided by five members of the Norwegian parliament. Nobel Prize winners must be living&mdash;there are no posthumous awards. Each year, the Nobel committees distribute nomination forms to an undisclosed number of recipients&mdash;past winners, prominent institutions, respected members of the field&mdash;who are allowed to chose as many nominees as they want. Self-nomination is not allowed. The winner is decided by a simple majority vote.  
 
The literature and peace prizes regularly inspire controversy. Jean Paul Sartre rejected his 1964 prize in literature, though his family tried to reclaim the award money after his death. Pablo Neruda wanted a Nobel Prize so much that he reportedly wined and dined Swedish writers and academics at his seaside villa; he finally won one in 1971. Bob Dylan has been nominated six times, Jerry Lewis once. In 2004, the literature prize went to Austrian feminist Elfriede Jelinek, a move so controversial that one assembly member resigned in protest. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho shared a 1973 Peace Prize for negotiating the end of the Vietnam War. Tho rejected his award, saying that there was no peace in his country. Kissinger's acceptance caused uproar; apparently the former National Security Advisor's role in a secret war against Cambodia and the overthrow of the Chilean government didn't sit well with some people.  
 
Some Nobel Prizes have gone to discoveries that turned out to be wrong. The 1926 Nobel Prize in medicine went to Johannes Fibiger, for discovering that roundworms caused cancer (they don't). A year later, psychiatrist Julius Wagner-Jauregg won for injecting patients with malaria to treat syphilitic dementia (not a good idea). Past laureates have espoused eugenics, opposed public schooling, joined the Nazi party, and claimed that September 11 attacks were an inside job. But the majority of prizes have gone to sound discoveries (x-rays, quantum physics, penicillin) and respected leaders (Martin Luther King, Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandela). This year's winners will come away with a medal, 10 million kroner (about $1.4 million), and the satisfaction of being inducted into one of the most exclusive clubs in history.  
 
When Austrian Elfriede Jelinek won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004, a television reporter asked what the prize meant to her. Jelinek paused, apparently amused at the foolishness of the question, then replied: financial independence, of course.  
The typical Nobel Prize winner is no slouch &mdash; he or she has probably already got a good job at a prestigious university &mdash; but while winners make an honest dollar, wealthy they are not. Most laureates spend their prize money (about $1.4 million) in mundane ways: to pay the mortgage, buy a car or save for rainier days. MIT's Wolfgang Ketterle, one of three scientists to win the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics 2001, said, &quot;I used the Nobel money to buy a house and for the education of my children.&quot; Others, meanwhile, such as the late Franco Modigliani, an MIT professor who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1985, buy a sailboat.  
 
Phillip Sharp, a cancer researcher and professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at MIT, is well off compared with most other academic scientists. That is, today. As co-founder of the biotech companies Biogen (now Biogen Idec), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Magen Biosciences Inc., he's made millions. But when he received his Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine back in 1993 for his discovery of RNA splicing, he wasn't nearly there yet. He used his half of the prize money (he shared the prize with British scientist Richard Roberts, who used his winnings to install a croquet lawn in his front yard) to buy an old Federalist house.  
 
American neuroscientist Paul Greengard, a professor at Rockefeller University in New York City, shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with two other researchers for their discoveries involving the communication of nerve cells &mdash; work that paved the way for the eventual development of antidepressants, such as Prozac. Greengard invested the entire sum of his winnings, about $400,000, to establish a new award: the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize.  
Greengard's intent in creating the $50,000 &quot;Nobel Prize for women,&quot; which he named in honor of his mother who died giving birth to him, was to help offset bias against in women in science. In a 2006 interview with the New York Times, Greengard said, &quot;There [is] still discrimination against women in science, even at the highest levels.&quot;  
The award is administered by Rockefeller University and has been given yearly since 2004 to biomedical researchers. The fifth annual prize went this year to Vicki Lundblad at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif.; Elizabeth Blackburn, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco; and Carol Greider, a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for their work in telomere biology.  
 
 
After the Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, she announced she would use her $1.3 million winnings to establish a health and education trust for the Burmese people. Whether that trust ever got off the ground under the repressive regime of the reclusive state is unclear. A trawl of Burmese discussion forums on the Internet suggests that people in the country have never heard of the project and express doubts that Burma's military rulers would have allowed Suu Kyi to go ahead with the endowment. In 2007, a Burmese national newspaper reported that the government had accused Suu Kyi of tax evasion for spending her Nobel money abroad and not in Burma. The accusations were widely interpreted as unjustified and regarded as yet another attack by the government on its most influential critic.  
 
Marie Curie was the first female professor at the Sorbonne and the first female Nobel laureate ever; together with her husband, physicist Pierre Curie, she was awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for their work in spontaneous radiation (the other half went to Henri Becquerel for discovering it). She was also the only person to ever receive two Nobels in two different scientific categories &mdash; she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911, also for her work in radioactivity.  
Curie was serene, dignified, dedicated. Albert Einstein is said to have remarked that Curie, &quot;of all celebrated beings, [is] the only one whom fame has not corrupted.&quot; She spent her winnings the way you'd expect, by pouring it into further research. The payoffs were many and varied, including an unprecedented and unrepeated string of Nobels won by one family: In addition to the prize Pierre shared in 1903, Marie's daughter, Ir&egrave;ne Joliot-Curie, and her husband, Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Joliot-Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. The downsides were also great. Marie's work with radioactive elements inflicted serious burns to her arms and hands &mdash; and perhaps triggered the leukemia that killed her at age 58  
 
Rockefeller University's G&uuml;nter Blobel, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, transferred the entire amount &mdash; roughly $1 million &mdash; to an account belonging to the city of Dresden, Germany. He earmarked the money for the restoration of the city's cathedral and the construction of a new synagogue. In 1945, from a refugee camp outside town, Blobel witnessed the Allied bombing of the city and the eventual collapse of the massive Dresden Frauenkirche. Later that year, his oldest sister was killed at age 19 in an air raid. &quot;It was one of the great pleasures of my life to donate the entire sum of the Nobel Prize, in memory of my sister Ruth Blobel, to the restoration of Dresden,&quot; Blobel wrote at the time of the award  
 
&quot;Back then, I did nothing particular with that money,&quot; says molecular biologist Christiane N&uuml;sslein-Volhard, who pioneered fruit-fly genetics and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995. Nine years later, she contributed a substantial amount of her prize money to the eponymous charity she established to help boost the disproportionately low number of women working in science in Germany. The Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Foundation takes a practical point of view, helping young female scientists with children by funding household duties like childcare or the purchase of a washing machine, and freeing women to pursue their scientific careers.  
 
The Emmy and Oscar were nice, but last year's Nobel Peace Prize (which Gore shared with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) was the former Vice President's absolution. For years, Gore had been dismissed, even ridiculed, for his traveling Power Point extravaganza warning about climate change &mdash; captured in the landmark documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Today, few would disagree that Al was pretty much on the money. Unsurprisingly, he sunk his Nobel winnings into the Alliance for Climate Protection, an organization founded and chaired by Gore that builds grassroots momentum to solve the climate crisis and aims within 10 years to have America generating 100% of its electricity from clean energy source  
 
In divorce papers signed in 1919, which finally dissolved Einstein's troubled marriage to his first wife, Mileva Maric, the theoretical physicist left all his Nobel money to Maric and their two sons. There has been a lot of speculation around that decision. Some have suggested that Einstein felt indebted to Maric &mdash; it has been rumored that she, herself a budding young scientist, helped author some of Einstein's most famous work. Although there's no clear evidence that she co-wrote any of his papers, few historians doubt that she assisted her husband and often provided him a sounding board.  
Perhaps more intriguing is Einstein's bold prescience: He left the money to Maric in 1919 (in a notarized document, no less), yet was not awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics until 1921&nbsp; 
 
 
 
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						<title>The love of Life</title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Four Boy Friends   Once upon a time there was a girl who had four boyfriends.    She loved the fourth boyfriend the most and adorned him  with rich robes and treated him to the finest of delicacies. She gave him  nothing but the best.   She also loved the third boyfriend very much and was always  showing him off to neighboring kingdoms. However, she feared that one  day he would leave her for another.   She also loved her second boyfriend. He was her confidant  and was always kind, considerate and patient with her. Whenever this girl  faced a problem, she could confide in him, and he would help her  get through the difficult times.   The girl's first boyfriend was a very loyal partner and  had made great contributions in maintaining her wealth and kingdom.  However, she did not love the first boyfriend although he loved her deeply;  she hardly took notice of him!   One day, the girl fell ill and she knew her time was short.  She thought of her luxurious life and wondered, 'I now have four  boyfriends with me, but when I die, will I be a alone.'   Thus, she asked the fourth boyfriend, 'I loved you the  most, endowed you with the finest clothing and showered great care over you.  Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?  'No way!' replied the fourth boyfriend and he  walked away without another word.   His answer cut like a sharp knife right into her heart.   The sad girl then asked the third boyfriend, 'I loved  you all my life.  Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me  company?' 'No!', replied the third boyfriend. 'Life is too good! When  you die, I'm going to marry someone else!' Her heart sank and turned cold    She then asked the second boyfriend, 'I have always  turned to you for help and you've always been there for me. When I die,  will you follow me and keep me company?'   'I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!', replied the second  boyfriend. 'At the very most, I can only walk with you  to your grave.'  His answer struck her like a bolt of lightning, and the  girl was devastated.    Then a voice called out: 'I'll go with you.  I'll follow you no matter where you go.' The girl looked up, and there was her  first boyfriend. He was very skinny as he suffered from malnutrition and  neglect.   Greatly grieved, the girl said, 'I should have taken  much better care of you when I had the chance!'   In truth, you have four boyfriends in your lives:   Your fourth boyfriend is your body. No matter how much time  and effort you lavish in making it look good, it will leave you when  you die.   Your third boyfriend is your possessions, status and  wealth. When you die, it will all go to others.   Your second boyfriend is your family and friends. No matter  how much they have been there for you, the furthest they can stay by  you is up to the grave.    And your first boyfriend is your spirit. It is often neglected in  pursuit of wealth, power and pleasures of the world.   However, your spirit is the only thing that will follow you  where ever you go. Cultivate, strengthen and cherish it now, for it is  the only part of you that will follow you to the throne of God and  continue with you throughout Eternity.   Thought for the day: Remember, when the world pushes you to  your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.     Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect. It  means you've decided  to see beyond the imperfections.&nbsp; With Best Complements of a&nbsp; Blessed &nbsp;Nav Ratree  astroanswers@aol.com        ]]></description>
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						<description><![CDATA[The Benefits of Quitting Smoking&nbsp;  Smoking nearly kills a few 7 million people each&nbsp; year. Its been more than&nbsp;2 decades since European and American State Machinery came down heavily on Smoking Promotion.Indeed results thus achieved have been really encouraging. Media has played a positive role in promoting the cause.Although it was hard to bring Tobaccco Products manufacturers to come on board but finally the will of enlightened and health caring masses prevailed over thier free will. In India its coming late&nbsp; ...Begining 2nd Octber 2008 smoking ban is going to reaching out people and encourage them to Love to Live in a Tobbacco free life.  If you smoke cigarettes or use other tobacco products, you no doubt have heard of the risk they pose to your health. Smokers face an increased risk of premature death and disability from heart attack, lung cancer, lung diseases like chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and stroke, among other ills. Being overweight also increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, creating a health-risk double whammy when smoking and overweight are combined. But no matter how long you have been a smoker, it's never too late to quit and start reversing the damage tobacco use can cause.   If you need more inspiration, here are some additional benefits of quitting smoking:   Reduced risk of mouth, throat, esophageal, bladder, and cervical cancer  Reduced risk of peripheral artery disease (impaired circulation to the lower body)  Fewer signs of premature aging of the skin  Fewer breathing problems and coughs  Fewer colds and other illnesses  More energy  Elimination of smoking odors and mess  More money  More control over your life  While quitting smoking is difficult, today there are more treatments and resources to help you do it than ever before. Talk to your doctor about your options, which include nicotine replacement patches or gum, behavioral therapy, support groups, and prescription medications like Zyban and Chantrix. There is excellent help and advice available at no charge from the National Anti Tobacco Trust As with other healthy lifestyle changes, like eating better or exercising regularly, the desire to make this change needs to come from you. If you don't feel you can make a firm decision to stop smoking, try making a list of the pros and cons that tobacco adds to your life. Ponder the negative aspects of smoking, and imagine the positives you'd gain by quitting. Start to visualize your life minus tobacco. This type of self-examination can often help you build motivation to take the next step.&nbsp; Be a better friend&nbsp; and educate your Smoking friends to love their precious Life.  With Best Complements from Astroanswers@aol.com]]></description>
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