Health Facts

HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, chappati, or other bread, instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack.Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heartbeat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as age the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalizes the arteries and veins.

INSECT BITES: Take one part honey to two parts of lukewarm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two.

ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured.In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

HAIR LOSS: Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair. It was found to be effective even if kept on for 5 minutes.BLADDER

INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.TOOTHACHE: Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.

CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powdermixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found toreduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day, any Chronic cholesterol is cured. As per information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

INFERTILITY: Yunani and Ayurvedic Medicine have been using honey for thousands of years to strengthen the semen of men. If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before going to sleep, their problem will be solved.In China, Japan and Far-East countries, women, who do not conceive and need to strengthen the uterus, have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries. Women whocannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honeyand apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.A couple in Maryland, USA, had no children for 14 years and had lost hope of having a child of their own. When told about this process, husband and wife started taking honey and cinnamon as stated above; the wife conceived after a few months and had twins at full term.

UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomachache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.GAS: According to the studies done in India & Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient, which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY: Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age.Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES: Three tablespoons of Honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS: Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

CANCER: Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.

FATIGUE: Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts, are more alert and flexible.Dr. Milton who has done research says that a half tablespoon honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH: People of South America, first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water. So their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS: Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restore hearing.

*NOTE:The honey used needs to be REAL RAW UNPASTEURIZED HONEY. If it says PURE honey it is most likely pasteurized. It is best to only buy honey that says RAW or UNPASTEURIZED on the label. The difference is that the enzymes are all heated out of the pasteurized honey.

Tilt Built

Is the notion of contemporary Architecture distorted?Are designers running away from the simplicity of purpose?Or is it preparation for a future of seismic proportionsin which the straight will bend and the tilted will come upright?

Liquid Floor Tiles

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Selvam's Birthday

Let us all join here in wishing Selvam a Happy & Prosperous year ahead.

Inflation & Deflation

Few months back everyone were talking about inflation because the inflation percentage exceeded more than 10% mainly due increase in the general level of prices for goods and services. Last week the announcement from the central government shows inflation has come to less than 1% and this will lead to deflation.

Deflation can be caused also by a decrease in government personal investment & general spending by the people. The opposite of inflation which is deflation has its side effects i.e increased unemployment since there is a lower level of demand in the economy, which can lead to an economic depression. RBI has attempted to stop severe deflation and inflation in an attempt to keep the excessive drop in prices to a minimum.Deflationary periods can be both short term or long term. Japan, for example, had a period of deflation lasting decades starting in the early 1990's. The Japanese government lowered interest rates to try and stimulate inflation, to no avail. Zero interest rate policy ended in July of 2006.

Now the big question is after elections what the newly appointed government is going to do to stop Inflation/deflation? We have to change our economy policy and we have to concentrate more on agriculture. If you see before 90’s our economy was not dependent on global economy and when globalization started India gets benefited by getting more FDI which led to more dependence on western countries but we failed to concentrate on agriculture and gave away large tracts of cultivable land to SEZs. Now we are feeling the pinch.

Government should learn a lesson now and concentrate on Agriculture. At least 60% of the country should concentrate on Agriculture which will help us in times like this whereby when there is a recession in the western world we are caught in the whirlpool. Lets hope for the best that India becomes a developed nation by 2020.

Recession only for Middle Class

Recession only for Middle Class
When it is boom time, the rich and the poor benefit. The rich become richer by investing and expanding their business and poor benefit by getting subsidies and free housing etc from the government. The only class that contributes to these two classes i.e the Upper and the Lower classes is the Middle Class.

It is this middle class people who pay Income Tax very honestly and fill the government's coffers while the rich manage to grease the palms of the authorites and get away with paying almost quarter of what they are supposed to pay and for the poor, of course they don't fall in the income tax category as they are the so called poor people even if they own 2 - 3 houses and earn 4 figure salaries.

Even now that recession is here, it is the middle class who are suffering, the rich businessmen are cutting down on their staff strength even if there is no problem as they have amassed lots of wealth during the boom time and I am sure they can ride this 1 - 2 year recession while the lower class have this very reason to avail of more benefits at the cost of the Middle Class.

As for Taxation, The rich have got ample reason to avoid taxes by saying there is recession and their business is bad but at the same time government is breathing down the neck of the middle class group to pay the taxes saying that it is needed to develop the country.

So all you middle class guys keep working hard during the recession and help the upper class and the lower class to survive this recession.

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Focus on What You Want rather than......

Most of the time people, which include you and me , focus on What we don't want rather than what we want.

There is something called the Law of attraction which is a law of nature. It is impersonal and it does not see good things or bad things. It is receiving your thoughts and reflecting back to you those thoughts as your life experience. It simply gives you whatever it is you are thinking about.

When you focus your thoughts on something you want, and you hold that focus, you are in that moment summoning what you want with some infinite power in the Universe which many term it as "GOD". The law of attraction doesn't compute "dont" or "not" or "no", or any other words of negation.

For eg.,

'I don't want to be late'
Law of attraction takes it as I want to be late
'I don't want to argue'
Law of attraction takes it as I want more arguing
'I don't want to spill something on this outfit'
Law of attraction takes it as I want to spill something on this outfit

So eventually you always get what you don't want. Instead you could always say it like this:

I want to be early
I want to prevent unnecessay arguments
I want to avoid spilling anything on this outfit

This way a positive feeling is sent out and you get what you want. You create your life with your thoughts. What you think about the most of focus on the most, is what will appear as your life.

The problem is most people are thinking about what they don't want and they're wondering why it shows up over and over again. Change your thinking and focus on what you want and you will eventually get it.

Excerpts from the Book "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne"

Full forms of short forms....

Here is a collection of full forms of some corporates....in lighter vein....
We can add to the list by being a bit creative ....

1. NIIT : Not Interested in IT
2. WIPRO : Weak Input, Poor & Rubbish Output
3. HCL : Hidden Costs & Losses
4. TCS : Totally Confusing Solutions
5. INFOSYS :Inferior Offline Systems
6. HUGHES : Highly Useless Graduates Hired for Eating and Sleeping
7. BAAN : Beggars Association and Nerds
8. IBM : Implicitly Boring Machines
9. SATYAM : Sad And Tired Yelling Away Madly
10. PARAM : Puzzled And Ridiculous Array of Microprocessors
11. C-DOT : Coffee During Office Timings
12. AT&T : All Troubles & Terrible
13. CMC : Coffee, Meals and Comfort
14. DEC : Drifting & Exhausted Computers
15. BFL : Brainwash First and Let them go
17. TISL : Totally Inconsistent Systems Ltd.
18. PSI : Peculiar Symptoms of India
19. ORACLE : On-line Romance And Chatting with Lady Employees.
20. MASTEK: Mad And Stupid Technicians Enroute to Kabaadkhana
21.PATNI : Pathetic Appraisal Techniques , No Increments
22 DLF : Dead Lock Funds

Murphy’s Golden Laws…….
Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.
To Err is human, to forgive is not a COMPANY policy.
The road to success.....is always under construction.
Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.
In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.
All the desirable things in life are illegal, expensive or fattening or married to someone else.
Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appear brighter before you hear them speak.
Everyone has a scheme of getting rich....which never works.
If at first you don't succeed….destroy all evidence that you ever tried.
You can never determine which side of the bread to butter. If it falls down, it will always land on the buttered side.
Anything dropped on the floor will roll over to the most inaccessible corner.
As soon as you mention something…if it is good, it is taken…if it is bad, it happens.
He, who has the gold, makes the rules.
If you come early, the bus is late. If you come late, the bus is still late.
Once you have bought something, you will find the same item being sold somewhere else at a cheaper rate.
When in a queue, the other line always moves faster and the person in front of you will always have the most complex of transactions.
If you have paper, you don't have a pen. If you have a pen, you don't have paper. If you have both, no one calls.
You will pick up maximum wrong numbers when on roaming.
If your exam is tomorrow, there will be a power cut tonight.
Irrespective of the direction of the wind, the smoke from the cigarette will always tend to go to the non-smoker.

Investment Banking Explained...

Young Chuck moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.
The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.
The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry Chuck, but I have some bad news. The donkey died.'"
Chuck replied, "Well then, just give me my money back."
The farmer said," 'Can't do that. I went and spent it already."
Chuck said, "OK, then, just bring me the dead donkey."
The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with a dead donkey?"
Chuck said, "I'm going to raffle him off."
The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
Chuck said, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."
A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?"
Chuck said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars apiece and made a profit of $898.00."
The farmer said, "Didn't anyone complain?"
Chuck said, "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."

Chuck went on to work for Morgan Stanley……till the recession hit home. Now he is jobless and is waiting for another farmer to come his way sell him a donkey.

Happy Holi

Happy Holi to everyone at iDream! That deep initial resistance to getting your face smeared, gives path to so much fun and smiles later.

English Classes

So we have been having some English speaking and writing classes in our Mumbai office. Here are some fundas on the English Language...

Read all the way to the end................ This took a lot of work to put together!!!You think English is easy??? Read to the end

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce the produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

6) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

7) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

8) I did not object to the object.

9) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

10) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

11) They were too close to the door to close it.

12) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

13) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

14) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

15) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.

There is no egg in eggplant, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on. English was invented by lunatics. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

You lovers of the English language might enjoy this . There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.' It's easy to understand 'UP.', meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers, we warm UP the bench by sitting on it and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special. And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP...When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so........it is time to shut UP!

Bringing down running cost by smart design

There is a lot of debate about bringing down running cost of an office by way of smart design. Whereas this is probably possible for a new office, how realistic is this for an existing office? Can we, as designers, help in bringing down running costs of an existing office and is it worthwhile for a client to go "through the trouble" of making changes in a running office?

You cant direct the wind but you can move your sail

In recent times the iDream team has spent many hours brainstorming. Serious attempts have been made in groups and at individual levels to battle the slowdown. Whereas there has not been much change in the external climate, there has been tremendous, positive changes, within iDream. Towards the same effort, iDream now launches its staff blog. Its appropriately called myidream. All staff are expected to participate vigorously on this forum and contribute towards the greater good of the organisation. Its a place where we all can meet and sit down together, anytime of the day, without any barriers.

Welcome to iDream's first blog and please spread the message.
You can begin blogging by commenting on this post.