MOTHER DAY QUOTES

• Every man, for the sake of the great blessed Mother in Heaven, and for the love of his own little mother on earth, should handle all womankind gently, and hold them in all Honor.
• Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.
• Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.
• No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother’s love. It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger where man faints, and over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenchless fidelity like a star.
• Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
• A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

• God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

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Health Guidelines for Ramadhan

B i s m i l l a a h i r  Rahmaannir R a h e e m

This article provides useful advice on how to avoid some common problems encountered in Ramadhan. If followed, it would enable one to fast comfortably and enjoy fully the spiritual benefits of Ramadhan.

During the holy month of Ramadhan, our diet should not differ very much from our normal diet and should be as simple as possible. The diet should be such that we maintain our normal weight, neither losing nor gaining. However,  if one is over-weight, Ramadhan is an ideal time to normalize one's weight.

In view of the long hours of fasting, we should consume slow digesting foods including fibre containing-foods rather than fast-digesting foods. Slow digesting foods last up to 8 hours, while fast-digesting foods last for only 3 to 4 hours.

* Slow-digesting foods are foods that contain grains and seeds like barley,  wheat, oats, millet, semolina, beans, lentils, whole meal flour, unpolished rice, etc. (called complex carbohydrates) . 
* Fast-burning foods are foods that contain sugar, white flour, etc. (called refined carbohydrates) . 
 * Fiber-containing foods are bran-containing foods, whole wheat, grains and seeds, vegetables likegreen beans, peas, sem (papry), marrow, mealies, spinach, and other herbs like methie, the leaves of beetroot (iron-rich), fruit with skin, dried fruit especially dried apricots, figs and prunes, almonds, etc.

The foods eaten should be well-balanced, containing foods from each food group, i.e. fruits, vegetables, meat/chicken/ fish, bread/cereals and dairy products. Fried foods are unhealthy and should be limited. They cause indigestion, heart-burn, and weight problems. 
  
AVOID 

* Fried and fatty foods. 
 * Foods containing too much sugar. 
 * Over-eating especially during the meal before Dawn (sehri. or suhur) 
 * Too much tea during the meal before Dawn (sehri. or suhur). Tea makes you pass more urine taking with it valuable mineral salts that your body would need during the day. 
 * Smoking cigarettes. If you cannot give up smoking, cut down gradually starting a few weeks before Ramadhan. Smoking is unhealthy and one should stop completely.

EAT 
* Complex carbohydrates during the meal before Dawn (sehri. or suhur) so that the food lasts longer making you less hungry. 
 * Haleem is an excellent source of protein and is a slow-burning food. 
 * Dates are excellent source of sugar, fibre, carbohydrates, potassium and magnesium. 
 * Almonds are rich in protein and fibre with less fat. 
 * Bananas are a good source of potassium, magnesium and carbohydrates.

DRINK * As much water or fruit juices as possible between iftar  (Breaking fasting) and bedtime so that your body may adjust fluid levels in time.

Common Medical Problems

CONSTIPATION Constipation can cause piles (haemorroids) , fissures (painful cracks in anal canal) and indigestion with a bloated feeling.

Causes: Too much refined foods, too little water and not enough fibre in the diet. 
Remedy: Avoid excessive refined foods, increase water intake, use bran in baking, brown flour when making roti.

INDIGESTION AND WIND Causes: Over-eating. Too much fried and fatty foods, spicy foods, and foods that produce wind e.g. eggs, cabbage, lentils, carbonated drinks like Cola also produce gas.

Remedy: Do not over-eat, drink fruit juices or better still drink water. Avoid fried foods, add ajmor to wind-producing foods.

LETHARGY ('low blood pressure') 
Excessive sweating, weakness, tiredness, lack of energy, dizziness, especially on getting up from sitting position, pale appearance and feeling faint are symptoms associated with "low blood pressure". This tends to occur towards the afternoon.

Causes: Too little fluid intake, decreased salt intake.

Remedy: Keep cool, increase fluid and salt intake.

Caution: Low blood pressure should be confirmed by taking a blood 
pressure reading when symptoms are present. Persons with high blood pressure may need their medication adjusted during Ramadhan. They should consult their 
doctor.

HEADACHE Causes: Caffeine and tobacco-withdrawal, doing too much in one day, 
lack of sleep, hunger usually occur as the day goes by and worsens at the end 
of the day. When associated with "low blood pressure", the headache can be 
quite severe and can also cause nausea before Iftaar (Breaking Fasting).

Remedy: Cut down caffeine and tobacco slowly starting a week or two 
before Ramadhan. Herbal and caffeine-free teas may be substituted. Reorganize 
your schedule during the Ramadhan so as to have adequate sleep.

LOW BLOOD SUGAR Weakness, dizziness, tiredness, poor concentration, perspiring easily, 
feeling shaky (tremor), unable to perform physical activities, headache, 

I love my Mother

Mom's smiles can brighten any moment,
Mom's hugs put joy in all our days,
Mom's love will stay with us forever
and touch our lives in precious ways...
The values you've taught,
the care you've given,
and the wonderful love you've shown,
have enriched my life
in more ways than I can count.


I Love you MoM
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There are times when only a Mother's love
Can understand our tears,
Can soothe our disappoints
And calm all of our fears.
There are times when only a Mother's love
Can share the joy we feel
When something we've dreamed about
Quite suddenly is real.
There are times when only a Mother's faith
Can help us on life's way
And inspire in us the confidence
We need from day to day.
For a Mother's heart and a Mother's faith
And a Mother's steadfast love
Were fashioned by the Angels
And sent from God above
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REFLECTION

A little boy and his father were walking on the mountains.
Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh! !!"

To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating,
somewhere in the mountain:
"AAAhhhhhhhhhhh! !!"

Curious, the little boy yells: "Who are you?"
He receives the answer: "Who are you?"

And then the boy screams to the mountain: "You're Stupid"
The voice answers: "You're Stupid"

Frustrated at the response, the boy screams: "I Hate You"
He receives the answer: "I Hate You"

He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention."

The man screams: "You are a champion!"
The voice answers: "You are a champion!"

The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but
really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you
say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.

If you want more love in the world, create
 more love in your heart. If you want people
to respect you, respect them.
This relationship applies to everything, in all
aspects of life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.

Your Life is not a Coincidence.
It's a Reflection of You!

Important Facts of Life

Health is the first of life


Wealth is the next of life

Character's courage is the best of life

Respect is must in life

Turning is the test of life

God's blessing is the crest of life

Love is crucial for life
Happiness is the perfume of life
Truth is the search of life

Death is the rest of life.

We Choose How We Live

All men and women are born, live, suffer and die;
What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams.
Whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things,
And what we do to make them come about...

We do not choose to be born.
We do not choose our parents.

We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth,
Or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing.
We do not, most of us, choose to die;
Nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death.

But within this realm of choicelessness,

We do choose how to live.

EGO Kills U

There was once a scientist. After a lot of practice & efforts, he developed a formula & learned the art of reproducing himself. He did it so perfectly that it was impossible to tell the reproduction from the original.


One day while doing his research, he realized that the Angel of Death was searching for him. In order to remain alive he reproduced a dozen copies of himself. The reproduction was so similar that all of them looked exactly like him.

Now when this Angel of Death came down, he was at a loss to know which of the thirteen before him was the original scientist, & confused, he left them all alone & returned back to heaven.

But, not for long, for being an expert in human nature, the Angel came up with a clever idea. He said to the scientist addressing all thirteen of them, "Sir, you must be a genius to have succeeded in making such perfect reproduction formula of yourself. However, I have discovered a flaw in your work, just one tiny little flaw."

The scientist immediately jumped out & shouted, "Impossible! where is the flaw?"

"Right here" said the Angel, as he picked up the scientist from among the reproductions & carried him off.

The whole purpose of the scientist & his formula of reproduction failed as he could not control his pride, so he lost his life.

So when man's Knowledge & Skills takes him to the top of the ladder & makes him successful, however the three letter word "EGO" can pull him down to earth immediately at its double speed.

So don't allow Ego to kill yourself, Instead; KILL YOUR EGO..!!!

The True meaning of Life is to Plant Trees under whose shade you do not Expect to Sit.

Google Plans New Solar Mirror Technology

Google’s Bill Weihl expresses his opinion, “We see a chance to make a difference in the field of renewable energy and energy information that can help bring the world to a lower carbon and more efficient economy.” Google is known for its Internet search engine. Now they want to make inroads into green technology too. They declared in 2007 that they want to invest in clean and green technology and want to do research of their own in the field of alternative energy. Now Google’s engineers are putting their effort and energy into solar technology. We all know that solar power is clean and green fuel. But the cost of solar panels prevents us from utilizing solar energy extensively. Now Google Inc. is trying to come up with its own solar panel with a reduced cost of 25%.


They are developing a new mirror technology for cheaper solar power. Weihl confirms, “Typically what we’re seeing is $2.50 to $4 a watt (for) capital cost. So a 250 megawatt installation would be $600 million to a $1 billion. It’s a lot of money.” That amounts to 12 to 18 cents a kilowatt/hour. They are using solar energy to heat up a substance that produces steam. This steam will turn the wheels of turbines. Mirrors will start the whole process by directing the sun’s rays on the substance to heat it up. Bill Weihl reaffirms his company’s commitment, “We’ve been looking at very unusual materials for the mirrors both for the reflective surface as well as the substrate that the mirror is mounted on.”

Weihl said Google is trying to reduce the cost of making heliostats, the fields of mirrors that have to track the sun, by at least a factor of two, “ideally a factor of three or four.”

Google is trying to develop a feasible technology in a couple of months to show internally. They are also opting for the accelerated testing so that they can find out the impact of decades of wear and tear on the new mirrors while they are installed in desert. Bill Weihl confirms, “We’re not there yet. I’m very hopeful we will have mirrors that are cheaper than what companies in the space are using…”

Google is also going for another technology — gas turbines — that would derive energy from solar power rather than natural gas. This will help Google office to reduce their electricity bill further.

Weihl shares his enthusiasm for future power generation, “In two to three years we could be demonstrating a significant scale pilot system that would generate a lot of power and would be clearly mass manufacturable at a cost that would give us a levelized cost of electricity that would be in the 5 cents or sub 5 cents a kilowatt hour range.”

Google is aiming to make the alternative form of energy cheaper than the energy generated from coal. Earlier Google was investing in other green companies. But later on they decided to develop their own clean and green technology. They discovered that most of the companies lack innovative ideas to replace dependence on fossil fuels. That’s why they are actively involved in coming up with their own new green technology.

First, Google people have put their own house in order. Goggle’s data centers make sure that 300 million web searches take place smoothly. But these searches translate into huge costs as they devour mammoth amount of electricity. Google put his team of intellectuals to come up with more efficient and less power consuming designs. This step reduced the servers’ consumption of energy by half. Google’s Mountain View, California, headquarters installed solar panels producing 1.6 MW of solar energy. Their carefully selected carbon offsets, has helped the company become carbon-neutral. According to Weihl the side effects are quite pleasant, “In the process we’re saving ourselves a lot of money by making ourselves more efficient.”

Extra Effort

A little extra effort will go a long, long way. When you've


Already done what must be done, go ahead and do just a

Little bit more.



Once you've established some good, solid momentum, make full

Use of it. When you're in the mode of accomplishment, keep

On cranking out those accomplishments.



Beyond your original goal is the opportunity to raise your

Performance to a higher level. With a little extra effort

You can get a lot of extra rewards.



Just an extra one percent can make the difference between

Being the best and being the same as all the rest. So every

Time you get the opportunity, give that extra one percent.



Persistent effort will get you almost there, and a little

Extra effort will carry you over the top. Once you think

You've done all you can, find a way to do a little more.



Rather than focusing on how little you can get away with,

Give your attention to how much you can accomplish. Build on

Top of what you've already created and the results will be

Spectacula

Make a Difference

Once upon a time there was a wise man who


used to go to the ocean to do his writing.

He had a habit of walking on the beach before

he began his work.



One day he was walking along the shore.

As he looked down the beach, he saw a

human figure moving like a dancer.

He smiled to himself to think of someone

who would dance to the day.



So he began to walk faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man

and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead

he was reaching down to the shore,

picking up something and very gently

throwing it into the ocean.



As he got closer he called out,

"Good morning!

What are you doing?"



The young man paused, looked up and replied,

"Throwing starfish in the ocean."



"I guess I should have asked, why are you

throwing starfish in the ocean?"



"The sun is up, and the tide is going out.

And if I don't throw them in they'll die."



"But, young man, don't you realize that there are

miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it.

You can't possibly make a difference!"



The young man listened politely.

Then bent down, picked another starfish and

threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves

and said, "It made a difference for that one."



Each of us can make a difference to this world.

Everybody is useful and it is just the matter of

whether u want to make a difference