SOLUTION TO GEOMETRICAL PUZZLE IV

I am happy that at least one person was able to solve it and he spared some time to send the answer in his comment. CONGRATULATIONS TO BHANU

GEOMETRICAL PUZZLE - IV

Here is a geometrical puzzle of highschool level. Try to solve it.

There is a semicircular plot of land with radius R. A square garden is to be prepared in this semicircular region such that two vertices of the square are on the semicircular arc and remaining two vertices are on the diameter. What will be the area of the square in terms of radius R ?

If you get the answer then place it as a comment to my post. You require a Google registration for that. I will post the answer with solution on August 12.

SOME HUMOUR

• "Women are expert mathematicians. They always divide their age by two, multiply their husband's income by five and add a few years to the age of their friends !" (Einstein's opinion)
  
• Teacher : "What happens to gold when it is exposed to the air ?"
  Student : "It is probably stolen !"
  
• Did you hear about the Italian farmer who ran a steam roller across his fields because he wanted to market mashed potatoes?
  
  

SOLUTION TO GEOMETRICAL PUZZLE III

Here is the solution of geometrical puzzle III.

FUNNY MATHEMATICS

Have you ever tried to calculate the following ?

• 1111 x 1111
  
• 11111 x 11111 OR
  
• 111111111 x 111111111
  

Try it and you will get some funny numbers ! Let me give one for example...

111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Isn't it funny ?

GEOMETRICAL PUZZLE-III

There are four circles each with radius 'r'. The circles are so arranged that each circle touches two of the remaining three. There is a big circle touching all four circles. What will be the radius of the bigger circle expressed in terms of 'r' ?

If you have an answer post it as a comment to this post. I will post the answer on 10th July.

SOME FUN !!!

Just enjoy...!!!

• "When I was seven years old my father took me to the zoo."
  
  "Did they accept you ?"
  
• A famous writer once wrote a book about the adolescents and gave the following advice : When you go into a barber shop, always pick the barber with worst hair-cut. Remember, they cut one-another's hair !!!
  
• First man at a pub : "My wife doesn't love me, does yours ?"
  
  "I wouldn't know. I've never heard her mention your name," replied the other.
  
• I get intoxicated when I mix water in whiskey, in rum and in brandy. I suspect it is water which intoxicates me most.
  
• "How do you keep an idiot in suspense ?"
  
  "I'll tell you next week !"

THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION

• It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the idea of no schools at all with the democratic ideal of schools for everybody by having schools without education.
  _____________Robert Maynard Hutchins



• The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than to fill it with the accumulation of others.
  _____________Tryon Edwards



• The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things education must try to produce.
  _____________Virginia Gildersleeve



• Theories and goals of education don't matter a whit if you don't consider your students to be human beings.
  _____________Lou Ann Walker



• Education does not consist merely in adorning the memory and enlightening the understanding. Its main business should be to direct the will.
  _____________Joubert

CHICKEN GUNIYA

Recent breakout of CHICKEN GUNIYA in some southern states of India, Kerala in particular, is alarming. I therefore present some facts which could be helpful to common people.

(This information has been republished from: I.M.A.G.S.B.NEWS
BULLETIN/September 2006)

What Is Chicken Guniya or (CHIK or CHIKU) ?

Chickenguniya is a debilitating disease caused by a virus of the
Togaviridae family(alphavirus genus). The incubation period
(time between contamination or infecting bite and the first clinical
signs) is usually 4-7 days.Chickenguniya is an arbovirosis : the
virus causing the disease is transmitted by a vector, an arthropod
(mosquito). This is a heat-sensitive RNA virus. The virus was first
isolated in Tanzania & Uganda in 1953. The name originates from
the posture of the patients : in Swahili, Chickenguniya means:
waiting bent over.

How Is The Virus Of CHIK Transmitted ?

The virus is transmitted by mosquito only. The main virus reservoirs
are monkey, but other species (including humans) can also be
affected. The mosquito picks up the virus by biting a person
suffering from the disease during the viremia phase and in turn
infects other people.The virus is contained in the blood during the
viremic period or viremia.This period starts on the first day of
symptoms(D0) and lasts until about D+5. The virus is therefore
transmitted from human to the mosquito when a human is bitten
by a mosquito during the viremic period.
An infected mosquito will remain infected all its life and can
therefore transmit the virus each time it bites.

Can The Virus Be Transmited From One Person To Another?

No. Transmission takes place uniquely through vector mosquitos. This
vector is a daytime vector with highest activity at the beginning and at
the end of the day.However,artificial transmission through blood-
transfusion and graft surgery is possible in theory.Hence as the
precautionary measure the patient should be prevented from donating
the blood.

SYMPTOMS OF CHICKENGUNIYA

The symptoms of Chickenguniya( Chicken Guinea) include fever which can
reach 39 C i.e.,102.2 F, a petechial or maculopapular rash usually involving
the limbs and the trunk, and arthralgia or arthritis affecting multiple joints
which can be debilitating.There can also be headache,conjunctival infection
and slight photophobia.In the present epidemic in the state of Andhra Pradesh
in India, high fever and crippling joint pain was the prevalent complaint.
Fever typically lasts for two days and abruptly comes down,however joint
pain,intense headache,insomnia and an extreme degree of prostration lasts
for a variable period,usually for about 5-7 days.

Dermatological manifestations observed in a recent outbreak of Chickenguniya
in Southern India includes the following:

1. Maculopapular rash
2. Nasal blotchy erythema
3. Freckle-like pigmentation over centro-facial area
4. Flagellate pigmentation on face and extremities
5. Lichenoid eruption and hyperpigmentation in photodistributed areas
6. Multiple aphthous-like ulcers over scrotum,curual areas and axilla
7. Lympoedema in acral distribution (bilateral/unilateral)
8. Multiple ecchymotic spots (Children)
9. Vesiculobullous lesions (Infants)
10.Subungual haemorrhage

VACCINES & IMMUNIZATION

Since the beginning of the outbreak in La Reunion, 243 deaths directly
or indirectly related to Chickenguniya have been reported-most of them
occurring among elderly patients with underlying medical condition. About
755 of the deaths occured in persons over the age of 70 years.There are
273 patients(older than 10 days of age) who presented with a severe form
of Chickenguniya,246 of whom were confirmed. Of these,67 patients have
died. The signs of severity include respiratory failure, cardio-vascular
decompensation, or meningo-encephalitis. As for infants less than 10 days
old, 40 tnfections have been confirmed, one of whom has died. Chikungunya
infection was confirmed in the mothers of 39 of these infants.
Like in other arboviruses,Chickenguniya infection can either go totally
unnoticed(i.e. the person is symptom-free; infection is then said to be
asymptomatic) or cause painful and persisting symptoms.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WHEN FIRST SYMPTOMS APPEAR ?

You should immediately see a doctor who will prescribe a suitable treatment
for your particular symptoms. You must also avoid contact with mosquitos
so as not to transmit the disease to people around you.

CAN YOU BE INFECTED AGAIN?

No. Any person infected once acquires durable immunity naturally.However,
some joint pain(arthralgia) may persist or reappear over variable periods of
time.This is a reaction of the joints and is not due to any re-infection by the
virus.

ARE CERTAIN POPULATION GROUPS MORE LIKELY
TO DEVELOP CHICKENGUNIYA ?

No single catagory of population ( age, sex, occupation, ethnic group, etc. )
is more immune from Chickenguniya than others.

IS THERE A HUMAN VACCINE? CAN IT BE DEVELOPED
IN SHORT TERM?

No. There is currently no marketed vaccine available for humans.It takes
several years to complete a vaccine research, development and marketing
campaign.

IS THERE AN EFFICIENT THERAPY FOR PEOPLE?

Treatment is symptomatic-rest, fluids,and ibuprofen, naproxen,acetamenophen, or paracetamol may relieve symptoms of fever and aching. Aspirin should be avoided.
There is possible role for chloroquine in the treatment of Chikenguniya.There is an interesting dialogue, mostly in French(on Internet), about the possible use of chloroquine in the treatment of the arthralgia associated with Chikenguniya.
Supportive care with rest is indicated during the acute joint symptoms.Movement and mild exercise tend to improve stiffness and morning arthralgia, but heavy exercise may exacerbate rheumatic symptoms.
Use of steroids for the control of joint npains and inflammation is dangerous and completely unwarranted.
Following a recent outbreak (2006) of the disease in Southern India, several homeopathy practitioners in the region have been handing out medicine that is supposed to prevent the disease. However, there have been no scientific studies to confirm the effectiveness of homeopathy against the Chikenguniya.

HOW TO AVOID BEING INFECTED ?

Because there is no vaccine or preventive treatment, the only way not to be infected is to reduce exposure tu mosquito-bite as far as possible. This entails destroying larva-breeding grounds in order to reduce vector density, and protecting oneself against insect-bite.

WHERE DOES THE FEMALE Aedes albopictus LAY EGGS?

The female Aedes albopictus lays its eggs in a breeding ground or "nest" consisting of standing waterpools.Females lay their eggs in fresh water containing little organic matter(clean water).There are different types of these nests:

*Household Nests: rain barrels, flowerpot saucers,cut-in pots,etc.
*Quasi-household Nests: rain-exposed containers, cluttered rain gutters that do not drain completely, unmaintained swimming-pools and basins, old tyres, refuse abandoned in gardens, cut bamboo stalks, plants with sheathing leaves, etc.
*Natural Pockets:ravines,holes in boulders, holes or nooks of trees, swamps, ruts,etc. About 80% of nests are man-made(household and quasi-household). The aedes mosquito is sedentary: it will not fly more than 100 metre from itd original shelter.

AT WHICH TIME OF THE DAY IS THE Aedes albopictus MORE LIKELY TO BITE?

The adult(female) is active during the day, with two major periods of activity: one in the morning at sunrise, the other in late afternoon at sunset(when the mosquito is often more aggrassive).Aedes albopictus generally bites outdoors( it is "exophagic") but it can also fly into the house and bite people inside.

IS A VIRUS-INFECTED MOSQUITO ITSELF AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE?

No.Mosquitos do not seem to be affected by the virus in their bodies.Once a female is infected( and infecting), it remains so throughout its life. There is no evidence of the female transmitting the Chikenguniya virus to its eggs(however, transmission of the dengue fever virus to eggs has been evidenced.

HOW TO REDUCE RISK?

Short of an available vaccine or preventive drugs, the only way to reduce the risk of catching the disease is to reduce exposure to infected mosquitos. You must therefore(i) protect your body against bites and(ii) reduce the number of mosquitos around your home by destroying larva nests(discussed above).

HOW TO PROTECT ONESELF FROM MOSQUITO-BITES ?

Several options are available to you:
-Ventilation with fans or air conditioners.
-Electric insecticide diffusers or coils for outside use.
-Repellant creams and sprays.Mosquito repellant based on a 30% DEFT concentration is recommended.Aphysician should be consulted before using repellants if there are children under 12 years or/and a pregnant woman.Repellants are not advisible for children under three months.Insecticide-treated bed-nets are recommended for them.
-In the evening, long-sleeved clothes and long trousers should be worn to reduce direct skin exposure(especially legs and ankles).
-Mosquito screens should be placed on windows; mosquito nets over baby-cots and prams and over the beds of people confined to bed.

RECENT OUTBREAKS:

In February 2005, an outbreak was recorded on the French Island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. As on May 18,2006, some 258,000 residents have been hit by the virus in the past year(out of about 777,000). 219 official deaths have been associated with Chikenguniya.

Mauritius-3500 islanders have been hit in 2005.

In 2006,there was a big outbreak in Andhra Pradesh(India). The initial cases were reported from Hyderabad and Secunderabad as well as from Anantpur district as early as in Nov and Dec,2005 and it is continuing unabated. In Hyderabad alone an average practitioner sees and treats somewhere between 10 to 20 cases every day.

On average there are around 5300 cases being treated daily. This figure is only from public-sector. The figures combined with the private sector (clinics) would be much higher.

There have been reports of large scale outbreak of this virus in Southern India.At least 80000 people in Gulbarga, Tumkur, Bidar, Raichur, Bellary, Chitradurga, Davangere, Kolar and Bijapur districts in Karnataka State are known to have been affected since Dec 2005.

In Bangalore,the capital of Karnataka State(India), there seems to be an outbreak of Chikenguniya now(May 2006) with arthralgia /arthritis and rashes. So also in the neighbouring State of Andhra Pradesh. In the third week of May 2006 the outbreak of Chikenguniya in North Karnataka was severe.

As of July 2006, nearly 50000 people were affected in Salem, Tamilnadu.

On 24 August 2006,"The Hindu" daily reported that the Indian States of Tamilnadu,Karnataka,Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala had reported 1.1 million cases.

Analysis of the rcent outbreak has suggested that the increased severity of the disease may be due to a change in the genetic sequence, altering the virus' coat protien, which potentially allows it to multiply more in mosquito cell.

PLENTY OF ORAL FLUIDS

NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS

NO ASPIRIN

NO STEROIDS

SOLUTION TO GEOMETRICAL PUZZLE OF JUNE 1

We have,

Area of circle with radius R = πR²

and

Area of circle with radius r = πr²

First consider ΔABC where

AB² + BC² = AC²

∴ AB² + BC² = (2R)²

∴ AB² + BC² = 4R²

∴ AB² + AB² = 4R² (because AB = BC)

∴ AB² = 2R²

∴ MN² = 2R²

∴ (2r)² = 2R²

∴ 4r² = 2R²

∴ R² = 2r²

Now, πR² = 200

∴ π(2r²) = 200

∴ πr² = 100

Thus, the area of the smaller circle will be 100 sq. cm.

NOTE : I had received one anonymous comment with true answer. I would like to thank the HIDDEN IDENTITY.

LANGUAGE

1. Language is magic: it makes things appear and disappear.
   
        -Nicole Brossard



2. Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them !
   
        -Nathaniel Howthorne



3. Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing but a compromise - that which is common to you, me, and everybody.
   
        -T.E.Hulme



4. Words do not change their meaning as much in centuries as names do for us in the space of a few years.
   
        -Marcel Proust



5. Words are like water - the assumption being that it moves in any direction.
   
        -Bernard Malamud

INDIA-HERBS
HERBAL WONDERS FROM INDIA

A THOUGHT

Henry David Thoreau has in a few words said a great thing, something that a long novel might have failed to pinpoint. Read his words :

I HAVE LEARNED THIS AT LEAST BY MY EXPERIMENT; THAT IF ONE ADVANCES CONFIDENTLY IN THE DIRECTION OF HIS DREAMS, AND ENDEAVORS TO LIVE THE LIFE WHICH HE HAS IMAGINED, HE WILL MEET WITH A SUCCESS UNEXPECTED IN COMMON HOURS.

A JOKE...Hi...Hi...Hi !!!

The King of England was visiting a mental asylum. The dean was showing him the facilities they had in the asylum. He assumed that everybody would know the King of England and did not introduce the King to anybody.

In the foyer of the asylum the King met an inmate who had got himself cured of his mental illness and was on his way home.

The King asked, "What is your name ?"

"I'm John Smith," said the inmate, and asked the King, "Who are you ?"

"I'm the King of England," said the King.

"Don't worry man, they will make you alright here. You know who I was when I came over here ? I was the King of England!!!"


AYURGOLD

HERBAL PRODUCTS

A GEOMETRICAL PUZZLE

A square is inscribed in a circle with radius R. A circle with radius r is inscribed in the square. If the area of the bigger circle is 200 sq. cm., what will be the area of the smaller circle ?

If you find the answer post it as your comment to this post. I will give the solution on June 9.





INDIA-HERBS...WONDERS OF NATURE !!!

A BYTE ON 'BOOKS'

Books spread knowledge silently. For some they are an invaluable treasure and for some they are merely printed papers. A few sentences by Gilbert Highet nicely describe the importance of BOOKS.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless papers, but the minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice...and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart.

SURPRISING FACT ABOUT CALENDAR

What can be surprising about the calendar ? I, too, had the same question in my mind but the disclosure really surprised me. Here it is...

THE FIRST DAY OF A CENTURY NEVER FALLS ON
A SUNDAY
A WEDNESDAY
A FRIDAY !!!

THE IMAGE OF MOTHER

For a child the image of mother keeps on changing with the increasing age. How a child rates a mother at different ages ? Here is the answer !!!

• At 4 years : My mummy can do anything.
  
• At 8 years : My mom knows a lot ! A whole lot !
  
• At 12 years : My mother does not know quite everything.
  
• At 14 years : Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.
  
• At 16 years : Mother ? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.
  
• At 18 years : That old woman ? she's way out of date !
  
• At 25 years : Well, she might know a little bit about it.
  
• At 35 years : Before we decide, let's get mom's opinion.
  
• At 45 years : Wonder what Mom would have thought about it ?
  
• At 65 years : Wish I could take it over with Mom...
  

A BITE ON 'POEM'

Edgar Allan Poe termed poetry as 'the rhythmical creation of beauty in words'.

For a poet his poems are reflections of his soul and everything he/she writes comes from a special corner of heart. We all have that corner but we hardly realise the existence of that corner and therefore we are not poets.

The following words of T. S. Eliot about poetry tell us a lot.


POETRY IS NOT AN ASSERTION Of TRUTH, BUT THE MAKING OF THAT TRUTH MORE FULLY REAL TO US.

MATHEMATICS : A FUNNY FACT

India's Ramanujan was a genius personality in mathematics though he did not get proper education in an organised manner. He had discovered a surprising and funny fact about 'cubes of numbers'.

There is only one possible case
in which one can equate the sum of cubes
of two different positive integers
with the sum of cubes of two
altogether different positive integers.
There is no other such case known till now.

The sum of cube of 1 and cube of 12
is equal to the sum of cube of 9 and cube of 10.
The sum is 1729 for both.
Try to find out if there be any
possibility by which you can relate
four different positive integers
in the similar fashion.

MORE HUMOUR

An anxious patient asked the doctor : "Are you sure my illness is not serious ? I have heard that doctors sometimes give wrong diagnosis and treat patient for pneumonia who later dies of typhoid fever."

"That's sheer nonsense," replied the doctor, "If I treat a patient for pneumonia he dies of pneumonia !!!"

SOME HUMOUR

The young school teacher took her class
to the zoo but was surprised to see that
all the monkey cages were empty. Thinking
how disappointed the children would be,
she went to ask the head keeper where the
monkeys were. He explained that it was
mating time and the monkeys were at the back.

"Do you think they would come out for
some peanuts ?" she asked.

"I don't know, miss. Would you ?"

GEOMETRICAL PUZZLE : SOLUTION

I had posted a geometrical puzzle in my post on May 13. Its solution is as follows :

Divide one of the diameters of the circle in four equal parts and draw three curved boundaries as shown in figure to divide circle into four parts having equal area. The figure explains it better.

RELIGION : SOME THOUGHTS

1. The world is proof that God is a committee.
   .............................-Bob Stokes
   
   
2. Religion:A daughter of Hope and Fear,explaining
   to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
   .......................... -Ambrose bierce
   
   
3. The God of the Christians is a father who is
   a great deal more concerned about his apples
   than he is about his children.
   ................................-Diderot
   
   
4. If God were suddenly condemned to live the
   life which he has inflicted on men,He would
   kill himself.
   ..........................Alexandre Dumas.
   
   
5. A religion, even if it calls itself the religion
   of love,must be hard and unloving to those who
   do not belong to it.
   ....................................Freud
   
   
6. Many people believe that they are attracted by
   God, or by Nature,when they are only repelled
   by man.
   ..................................W.R.Inge
   
   
7. I cannot admit that any man born...has either
   the knowledge or authority to tell other men...
   What God's purposes are.
   ...................Judge BEN B. Lindsey
   
   
8. A God who let us prove his existence would be
   an idol.
   .........................Dietrich Bonhoeffer
   
   
9. The cosmic religious experience is the strongest
   and the noblest driving force behind scientific
   research.
   ..............................Albert Einstein
   
   
10. I often ask myself uneasily: Is religion indeed a
    blessing to mankind? Religion,which is meant to
    save us from our sins, how many sins are commited
    in thy name?
    .................Raden Adjeng Kartini
    
    
11. Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea,
    and yet he will be making Gods by dozens.
    ..................Michel De Montaigne
    
    
12. A religion that is afraid of science dishonours God
    and commits suicide.
    ................Ralph Waldo Emerson
    
    
13. I have no objection to churches so long as they do
    not interfere with God's work.
    ..........................Brooks Atkinson
    
    
14. In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put
    crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.
    .......................Robert G Ingersoll
    

I regret my absence for three consecutive days as I was
out of station. I will post the answer of geometrical puzzle
later as the diagram necessary for it is yet to be prepared.

DEFINING A TRUE FRIEND...

YOUR FRIEND IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU.............AND STILL LOVES YOU.

One of my students was showing me her COMMENTS BOOK. Generally, when the last year at the school is nearing the end, students exchange their feelings by making small notes in one another's COMMENT BOOKS which they keep as sweet memories of their teenage time.

Coming back to the main point, a friend of hers had written above sentence in her book.Perhaps this is a proverb. Whatever it is, it carries a deep message in it. It truly defines a friend. In today's materialistic world it is very difficult to have a true friend.

When I was a teenager, one of my elders had told me " A true friend is the one who stands beside you even after knowing that you are guilty."

What impressed me is the level of maturity that a teenager had shown by writing that message.I wish I had at least one TRUE FRIEND.

The answer to the mathematical puzzle posted on May 8 is : THE SUM OF THE TWO NUMBERS IS 1. Check it yourself.

MEDICINE AND MAGIC

With the advancement in medical science our expectation of medical miracles has got inflated and we wish that the modern medical treatments could get us rid of any disease. Thomas Szasz compares olden times with modern ones indicating what has gone wrong with us.

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine, now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

FAMILY - A PRICELESS TREASURE

We all have a 'family' but only a few are able to realise what a 'family' is and what it contributes, directly or indirectly, in shaping our life. Agnes Smedley has his confessions in the following words which I think suffice to describe the significance of FAMILY.

But there were years when, in search of what I thought was better, nobler things I denied these, my people, and my family. I forgot the songs they sung-and most of those songs are now dead; I erased their dialect from my tongue; I was ashamed of them and their ways of life. But now-yes, I love them; they are part of my blood; they, with all their virtues and their faults, played a great part in forming my way of looking at life.

GEOMETRICAL PUZZLE

Until now we had some arithmatical puzzles. This time I give one interesting geometrical puzzle.

I have a circular piece of land which I want to divide into four equal pieces but I want to use only three fences to separate the smaller pieces from one another. Help me to do so.


The answer to this problem can be posted as a comment to this post. I will post the answer on May 21.

The answer to the puzzle given on May 5 is :The two numbers are 12 and 10.


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DO YOU KNOW ?

...that the 'BLACK BOX' of an airplane is not black in colour ? Yes, it's colour in fact is ORANGE as it is easier to locate orange coloured box in case of an accident. Then why is it called BLACK BOX ? THe reason is that it is sealed in such a way that nobody on board can open it !!!

OPTIMISM

Have you seen a man looking both the ways before crossing a one-way street ? Laurence Peter calles him a pessimist. We usually struggle to find an optimist around us. Optimism is a positive driving force- a force sometimes found to have done miracles. Pessimism has depressing force which kills the fighter within us without reason and induces a negative attitude in everything we don't want to do. Optimism works as a stimulant which keeps both the heart and the brain positively active. Bill Vauhan compares an optimist with a pessimist by saying :

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure (that) the old year leaves.



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INTERESTING FACTS !!!

CAESAREAN BIRTH

It is said that Julius Caesar had been delivered that way.In those days in Rome if a woman was dead or dying with an unborn child in her womb,then it would be rescued by the method now known as Caesarean Section. In Latin Caedere means to cut-hence Caeser got his name after being delivered by this method and the method began to be known as Caesarean Section.

SIAMESE TWINS

Siamese Twins are twins born with their bodies joined together and in some cases having an organ common to both.Siam is the old name for Thailand.The term SIAMESE TWINS came in to use after the birth of twins Chang and Eng on May 11,1811 in Siam.In the local language their names mean "left" and "right" respectively.

GEORGE v/s GEORGE

I am referring to George Bush and George Washington. Both George Bush, Sr. and George Bush, Jr. have spent much of their presidential tenure in interfering with the affairs of other countries and have paid less attention to bringing comforts to the Citizens of America. Contrary to their politics, George Washington believed in sovereignty of Nations. His words better explain his mature attitude in politics.

I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of another; that everyone had a right to form and adopt whatever government they liked best to live under themselves.


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MATHS ONCE MORE !!!

Many of the readers have suggested that more mathematical puzzles and problems be given. Here is one more mathematical problem.


There are two numbers. The sum of the first number and the square of the second number is exactly equal to the sum of the second number and the square of the first number. This is possible in two situations. One is when the two numbers are equal. If the two numbers are not equal what is the condition for which the statement still holds ?

[If you find the answer - post it as your comment to this post. You require google account for that. I will post the answer on May 17.]

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY(WAR)

We condemn war in totality but the bloodshed does not come to an end. The history has more pages spent on war than on peace and progress. The words of H. L. Mencken tell us the reason :

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrinal glands.


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A Mathematical Puzzle

Solve the following puzzle. It is not difficult. I will post its answer on May 13. If you get the answer write a comment to the post.

When the square of the first number is added to the second number the answer is 154. When the square of the second number is added to the first number the answer is 112. Which are these two numbers ?





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THE SECRET OF WINNING

You must have the will to win. It could be sports, business or politics-all demand that you have a killer instinct within you to emerge ultimate winner. What one-time Billiards player Danny Mcgoorty (1901-1969) has said in following quote is the truth of winning.

Try to hate your opponent.
Even if you are playing your grandmother,
try to beat her fifty to nothing.
If she has already three,
try to beat her fifty to three.

Let's Laugh

Here is a joke to bring you back in mood.

Sunny was accused of assault and battery.
He said to his attorney : "I have got two million bucks.
Can you get me off ?"
"You have my word," Said the attorney,
"you will never go to jail with that much money".

WE MUST MAKE THE WORLD HONEST...

Thoughts of great people and philosophers have a long-lasting impression on shaping our lives.Here are some useful thoughts :

• All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
  ____________Samuel Butler



• I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.
  ____________Martin Luther



• Where god hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
  ____________Robert Burton



• Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and the corrupt.
  ____________Graham Greene



• Duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does one's self.
  ____________Oscar Wilde



• Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing.
  ____________Caroline Holland



• We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
  ____________George Bernard Shaw



• When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
  ____________Oscar Wilde

ANSWER TO PUZZLE OF APRIL 24

The ages of nine children are 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23 and 26 years whereas the father's age is 48 years.

LAUGHTER : YES, LAUGH...IT'S GOOD FOR HEALTH

• Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
  _____________Arnold Glasow



• If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.
  _____________Martin Luther



• Laughter restores the universe to its original state of indifference and strangeness : if it has a meaning it is a divine one, not a human one.
  _____________Octavio Paz



• It is a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
  _____________Dryden



• Both laughter and weeping are sudden motions, customs taking them both away.For no man laughs at old jests; or weeps for an old calamity.
  _____________Hobbes

DO YOU KNOW ?

How much America paid to Russia for Alaska?
America bought it from Russia for $ 7,200,000.
This worked out somewhere about 2 cents per acre.
The deal was negotiated by the American Secratary
of State, Seward. Despite the deal costing less
than 2 cents per acre, it was reffered to as;
"Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Ice-box"!!!

NOTE : I regret my absence for two consecutive days after continuous daily posting for 40 days. Due to inevitable reasons I could not post for previous two days.

FUNNY ARITHMETIC

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Is one million a small number?
or a large number?
Have you ever tried counting up to one million starting from one?
How much time will it take?
Here is the answer.
If you count one number per second
it will take
11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds
to reach upto one million.
You have to do it without stopping
-so you don't eat, sleep or talk to anybody!!!!!!!!!

SOME THOUGHTS

A few thoughts for today...

• Happiness is like a butterfly:More you chase it, more it runs away from you. But if you concentrate on other matters,then it comes slowly towards you and sits on your shoulder.
  
• Two most pitiful situations of life are :
  A motherless home
  and A homeless mother.
  
• Love can face anything :its faith, its hope, and its tolerance bear no limits.
  
• You cannot enjoy the beauty of a rainbow unless you are ready to face clouds and storms.
  

DIVORCE & SUICIDE

Is there anything common to divorce and suicide or are they different ? A.ALVAREZ in 'Life After Marriage' has described it in a few sentences.

Divorce and suicide have many characteristics in common and one crucial difference : although both are devastatingly public admissions of failure, divorce, unlike suicide, has to be lived through.

A Mathematical Puzzle

Let's have one more mathematical puzzle today. Solve it and if you find answer place a comment here.

A man has 9 children, all born at regular intervals. The sum of the squares of their ages is equal to the square of his own age. If ages are in exact number of years, find the age of every one.




[NOTE : I will place the solution in my post on May 2.]

ARE WE REALLY SOCIAL ?

Man(human being) is a social animal.This sentence is taught in schools to describe the nature of man.In what sense are we social ? Is it because we live in family,interact with one another,rear and educate our children,make friends, etc.,etc.? To some extent we are social on personal level but as a species we have never shown SOCIALITY...we kill other animals...we destroy environment...we do great harm to mother nature for short-term gains...we fight among ourselves...in family...in streets...on borders...and then we call ourselves SOCIAL ANIMAL !!!!!!!

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SCIENCE

What is science ? Much of our understanding of science as a branch of knowledge is that 'Science is a collection of information which previous generations did not have idea of and that it presents facts in their real form. A few words by Henri Poincare are enough to correlate science with facts.

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.



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BEING RICH...

When a person becomes rich his life style changes and lustre of money is reflected clearly in his behaviour. At times such people become centre of criticism by those who feel that he has lost his earlier simplicity and respect for others, particularly less wealthy than he. Is it unfair to exhibit the power of money ? Logan Pearsall Smith describes his view in following words :

To suppose, as we all suppose,
that we could be rich
and not behave as the rich behave,
is like supposing that
we could drink all day
and keep absolutely sober.

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There is only one thing about which I am certain...

Here are a few good thoughts I would like to share with you.

• There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain.
  ______________W.Somerset Maugham



• All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
  ______________Fran Lebowitz



• It is the responsibility of the media to look at the president with a microscope, but they go too far when they use a proctoscope.
  ______________Richard M. Nixon



• Marriage is not merely sharing fettucini, but sharing the burden of finding the fettucini restaurant in the first place.
  ______________Calvin Trillin



• There is no greater sorrow than to recall, in misery, the time when we were happy.
  ______________Dante Alighieri



• Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
  ______________Henry Ford



• Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
  ______________Ezra Pound

DO YOU KNOW ?

That.....
There are 31181 verses,
724692 words
and
3671480 letters
in the Bible.
The word "Lord"
or its equivalent "Jehovah"
occurs 7698 times.
This counting was done by the Prince of Granada
when he was imprisoned for 33 years in Madrid
with only the Bible to read.

MARKETING CONCEPTS !!!

This is the age of Marketing. Everything sells but one needs to campaign with all possible tools in operation to succeed. Here is some fuuny way to describe marketing concepts.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party and you say to her, "Hi, I'm very rich. Marry me!" That's Direct Marketing.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party and you get her telephone number. The next day you call and say, "I'm very rich. Marry me." That's Telemarketing.

You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says,"You are very rich." That's Brand Recognition.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party and say to her,"I'm very rich. Marry me." She slaps your face. That's Customer Feedback.


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LEAP YEAR

Which year is a 'Leap Year' ? Is every fourth year a Leap Year ? The answer is 'NO'. It is true that leap year comes every four year in general or to be more precise each year that is divisible by four is Leap Year but there is some exception. Out of those years ending in '00 only the years divisible by 400 are leap years. Thus 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 were Leap Years but 1900 was not a leap year and 2100 will not be a leap year.

The need for leap year arises due to occasional change (generally slowing down) in the rotational speed of the earth. Addition of one day to the leap year does not settle the calendar exactly so we sometimes add leap seconds to a year to synchronise the calendar with the atomic clock. The year 1972 was not only a leap year but two leap seconds were also added to it.

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A BIG BITE TODAY !!!

Yes, I have referred to this as a big bite because today I am posting a few good thoughts in place of only one. There is nothing common in these thoughts. Just because they are among my favourites...

• The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby.
  ______________________Natalie Wood
  
  
• If homosexuality were normal, God would have created Adam and Bruce.
  ______________________Anita Bryant
  
  
• Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I am not there, I go to work.
  ______________________Robert Orben
  
  
• It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
  ______________________Abraham Lincoln
  
  
• Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home.
  ______________________David Frost
  
  
• There are only two ways of telling the complete truth-anonymously and posthumously.
  ______________________Thomas Sowell
  
  
• The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea oneself. It is far better to wait until somebody else does it, and then to copy him in every detail except his mistakes.
  ______________________Aubrey Menen
  

GENERATIONS

We are talking a lot about generations and the generation gap when we compare, consciously or subconsciously, historical times with the present situation. Each generation believes that what they did was and are doing is the best thing anyone could do. George Orwell has said this nicely in a few words :

Each generation imagines itself
to be more intelligent
than the one that went before it,
and wiser
than the one that comes after it.

A LAWYER'S JOKE

To have some humourous moments here is a joke on lawyers.

The priest settled into a chair in the lawyer's office.
"Is it true," said the priest, "that your firm does not charge members of the clergy ?"
"I'm afraid you're misinformed," said the attorney. "People in your profession can look forward to a reward in the next world, but we lawyers have to take our reward in this one."

EDUCATION

In this age of explosion of knowledge everybody is aware of the significance of 'Education'. For most people 'education' is what they or their children get in schools or colleges but one should not forget that their is an open university (world, of course !) where every one gets knowledge absolutely free of charge and that knowledge is sometimes far more important in shaping the course of our life. Let us read the thought by Montesquieu :

We receive three educations,
one from our parents,
one from our schoolmasters,
and one from the world.
The third contradicts all
that the first two teach us.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY (SELF-ESTEEM)

Self-esteem, the sense of realising the importance of one's ownself is a highly significant aspect of life. Those who do injustice to their ownself in the process of making others better placed must remember the following words by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

It is easy to live for others;
everybody does.
I call on you
to live for yourselves.

A PROVERB

A proverb is a short sentence (statement) or phrase carrying some big truth or message. These few words have the power of changing the world, a power sometimes not manifested by hundred-page books. Read the following one.

The wise man,
even when he holds his tongue,
says more than the fool
when he speaks

LOVE ME NOT...

Today I have brought a poem from my collection; the author (poet) is unknown. I like this poem very much because it has a strong message for the young generation.

Love me not for comely grace,
For my pleasing eye or face,
Not for any outward part,
No, nor for my constant heart;
For those may fail or turn to ill,
so thou and I shall sever.
Keep therefore a true woman's eye,
And love me still, but know not why,
So hast thou the same reason still
To dote upon me ever.

COMPUTER LAUGHTER

To avoid human error in calculations and prediction, a famous Astrological institution installed a super computer. They invited a popular politician to inaugurate it. The politician had doubts about computer predicting correctly. So at the inauguration he asked the computer : "Where is my father nowadays ?"

Computer : "In your native place doing farming."

Politician : "No, he died some five years back."

Computer : "The one who died five years ago was your mother's husband. Your father is still alive in your native place doing farming !"

WHO LIVES IN '9 - DOWNING STREET' ?

We hear '10 - Downing Street' mentioned
time and again in media
because it is the official residence
of the British Prime Minister.
Do you know who lives in '9 - Downing Street' ?
If I say 'Nobody'
one may assume that
it being in the neighbourhood of
Prime Minister's residence
nobody is allowed to
stay there for security reasons.
But it is not the case.
Surprisingly there are only three numbered houses
in the Downing Street and they are 10, 11 and 12.
The Chancellor lives in and works from No.11
and No.12 accommodates offices
besides being the Government's Chief Whip's house.
There is nothing like houses
numbered from 1 to 9 !!!

DEFINING A "TRUE FRIEND"

We get and lose a number of friends through our life but everybody knows that it is very difficult to have even a few 'TRUE FRIENDS'. Perhaps, we remain confused for most of the time in deciding who our True Friend is. Here is a proverb which gives us the right definition of a True Friend.

The proper office of a friend is
to side with you when you are in the wrong.
Nearly anybody will side with you
when you are in the right.

ONE MORE BITE ON 'MAN'...

Man is considered to be the most selfish animal because though the man is called 'the image of god', for most part of his life he is planning to survive at the cost of others in a way that conceals his 'killer' intentions !!! A few words by ANTIMEDON written in 'The Greek Anthology' give us perfect idea of what a man is :

Drinking together in the evening we are human.
When dawn comes, animals
We rise up against each other.

Now Solution to puzzle of March, 30

30 * 20 = (30 + 20) (30 - 20) = 500

25 * 15 = (25 + 15) (25 - 15) = 400

33 * 22 = (33 + 22) (33 - 22) = 605

24 * 18 = (24 + 18) (24 - 18) = 252

THEN

27 * 22 = (27 + 22) (27 - 22) = 245

ANSWER : 245

VEGETARIANISM

Are you a non-vegetarian ? Its not entirely your fault, it may have cultural or familial influence or partly the so called natural compulsion. For some non-vegetarianism is 'fashion'- a way of life. The following words by K. D. Lang are dedicated to the victims of such brutal non-vegetarians.

If you knew how meat was made,
you'd probably lose your lunch.
I know-I'm from cattle country.
That's why I became a vegetarian.

PLANET EARTH

We live on Planet Earth and get, from her, whatever is necessary to sustain life. Yet the selfish beast within us does not understand that the way we are exploiting Mother Earth will one day result in irreversible harm to mankind and the life in general.

LET US NOT FORGET

...that we have not inherited this earth
from our forefathers but we have borrowed
it from our children.
-----------------------------

Unless we keep this in our mind
the earth cannot become HEAVEN !

A BITE ON "POSITIVE THINKING"

We talk a lot about one's attitude being 'negative' or' positive'. We find very few people with 'positive attitude' surprising everybody by their progress. One major contributor to the success of some persons is their 'positive way of thinking'. Here is a short story told by a friend during a discussion regarding "Positive Thinking".

A footwear company sent two of its salesmen
for a survey to an island where people were
living comparatively backward life. The
salesmen on their tour found that nobody was
wearing anything as footwear. After a week's
journey they returned to the company and
submitted reports prepared individually.

The first person reported

Since these people are habituated
to walk bare-footed, there is no use
trying to sell footwear here.

The second person reported

Surprisingly, nobody here is found to
have a habit of footwear. If somehow we
persuade a few persons to wear our chappals
and shoes then I am sure we will have a
big demand created within a short time and
our company will make huge gains !!!

I don't think I have to say anything
further to describe what the difference
between 'Positive' and 'Negative' thinking is.

A BITE ON 'NATURE'...

It is difficult for us to understand nature and, more we try to disclose its secrets more we find ourselves trapped in a mess which ends nowhere. Perhaps those who accept the superiority of nature are happier than those who, driven by their intelligence, try to reveal the so called 'Truths about Nature'. D.H. Lawrence has described the superiority of nature beautifully in "The Third Thing" :

Water is H₂O, hydrogen two parts, oxygen one,
but there is also a third thing, that makes it water
and nobody knows what it is.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

We have hundreds of 'faiths' (religions) all over the world and each has its own philosophy regarding life and god. Let us see what Beatrix Potter has said about Faith.

All outward forms of religion are almost useless,
and are the causes of endless strife...
Believe there is a great power
silently working all things for good,
behave yourself and never mind the rest.

How Will You Define Man ?

Man (human being) is considered to be the most intelligent and social animal on this planet earth. Here is what Samual Butler has to say about homo sapiens

Man is the only animal
that can remain on friendly terms
with the victims he intends to eat
until he eats them.

Another Bite Of Mathematical Puzzle

In my post on March 22 I had given a puzzle but nobody seems to have got solution. Before I give you the solution here is one more similar bite.

30 * 20 = 500

25 * 15 = 400

33 * 22 = 605

24 * 18 = 252

then

27 * 22 = ???

Solution to puzzle of March 22

1 * 2 = 1² + 2² = 1 + 4 = 5

3 * 4 = 3² + 4² = 9 + 16 = 25

5 * 6 = 5² + 6² = 25 + 36 = 61

7 * 8 = 7² + 8² = 49 + 64 = 113

9 * 10 = 9² + 10² = 81 + 100 =181

Thus the answer is 181.

Post your solution as comment. I shall give solution on April,6.

A JUMPER...

Will you dare to jump out of a plane flying at a height of say, ten thousand feet ?
Hoo...Hoo...Hoo...what a silly question ?
Wait my dear friend...there is still something to add !
You have to jump without a parachute !!!
No ?
And if you are offered one million dollars to do so ...
Still No ?
Everybody knows that one million dollars will go to your legal heir if you accepted the deal.

NOW READ THIS

A British Air-force Sergeant, Nicholas Alkemade jumped out of a burning plane from a height of about 18000 feet without parachute. He landed in deep snow after crashing through pine trees and survived. He was not even seriously injured. The aim was to end his life earlier instead of enduring the pain of burning before death. But...!!!

DO YOU KNOW ?

...that Marie Curie, better known for her work
in radioactivity, holds a unique record of receiving
the Nobel Prize twice ! Even more interesting fact is
that she received it in 1903 for her work in physics
and then in 1911 for her work in chemistry !

ONE MORE JOKE...

Here is one more bite of laughter.

An amorous-minded doctor was in bed with his wife on one of their few occasions together, and refused to be dragged out by any patient.
When a call came, he asked his wife to answer the bedside phone. The person on phone described his emergency. The wife told the man on the other side that the doctor was out and prescribed what the doctor whispered.

"Thank you," said the voice at the other end, "but is that gentleman in bed with you fully qualified ?"

A JOKE FOR TODAY

Scientists say that laughter is the best - what do you think I am going to say ?... No it is not 'medicine' - nowadays it has become an obsolete word. For me the saying goes like this...Laughter is the only vitamin with 100 times more effect than viag...!!! So let's laugh for a while.

A middle aged woman screamed into the phone : "Send someone over quickly! Two naked bikers are climbing up toward my bedroom window."
"This is the Fire Department, lady," the voice replied, " I'll have to transfer you to the Police Department."
"No, it's you I want," she yelled, " they need a longer ladder!"

IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ?

Since the beginning of human civilization, the word 'LIFE' has been ever-debated term due to the complexities one finds throughout life. Is Life Worth Living ? Let us see what Erich Fromm has to say :

A new question has arisen in modern man's
mind, the question, namely, whether the life is
worth living...No sensible answer can be given to
the question...because the question does not make any sense.

WOMAN AT DIFFERENT AGES

Some years back a friend of mine had told me 'THIS' to define a woman at different stages of life measured in years. I know I should not talk about the "AGE" of a woman but it is so well described that I cannot help myself.

08 - You take her to bed and tell her a story.
18 - You tell her a story and take her to bed.
28 - You don't need to tell her a story, to take her to bed.
38 - She tells you a story and takes you to bed.
48 - You tell her a story to avoid going to bed.

A BITE ON "VICTORY"

There is nobody who when defeated has a feeling of pride. Everybody wants to WIN. Bill Veeck was a base ball executive who during a discussion had to say these words about Winning:

I don't think that winning is the most important thing.
I think winning is the only thing.

A Mathematical Puzzle

Here is a puzzle; not much difficult, just some thinking and some analysis of what is given to get answer; try your way. I shall give the solution in my post on March 30, if nobody could solve it. You can post your solutions as comment. So here it is : If

1 * 2 = 5
3 * 4 = 25
5 * 6 = 61
7 * 8 = 113
then,
9 * 10 = ?

A BITE ON "TALKING"

Were you ever asked in school to write the opposite of 'talking' ? What do you think is the answer ? O.K. Swallow this thought by Fran Lebowitz...

The opposite of talking isn't listening.
The opposite of talking is waiting

FIRST BITE - ON STATISTICS

Statistics, as we all know (Do we really?!?!) is a scientific method of studying phenomena. Here is what Aaron Levenstein has said about Statistics :

Statistics are like a bikini.
What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital.

MY AIM

My AIM is to try to serve a small piece everyday which may be a thought, a funny thing or an interesting information. I shall try to remain regular on the blog.