Tuesday

About Sex in America.

Sex is everywhere we look.

It's in movies, music videos, television shows, advertisements and on the Internet. Interviews with over 600 young people from across the
United States have revealed that these con.Sex is everywhere we look.

It's in movies, music videos, television shows, advertisements and on the Internet. Interviews with over 600 young people from across the
United States have revealed that these constant messages are having a dramatic effect on their lives.

Here's what some of them had to say:"I know kids who have had sex in school. During school, after school, in the bathroom, stuff like that. On teachers' desks, I know people who have had sex on teachers' desks."
"Everything we like doing has some kind of thing to with sex. We like to listen to music - they talk about sex. We like watching movies - they talk about sex...that's why it's in our minds all the time."

"We don't get the right information. We get confusing information and different stories in every ear and in every corner of the hallway. I want to know the truth. I want to know what really goes on."
Stant messages are having a dramatic effect on their lives.
Here's what some of them had to say:
"I know kids who have had sex in school. During school, after school, in the bathroom, stuff like that. On teachers' desks, I know people who have had sex on teachers' desks."
"Everything we like doing has some kind of thing to with sex. We like to listen to music - they talk about sex. We like watching movies - they talk about sex...that's why it's in our minds all the time."

"We don't get the right information. We get confusing information and different stories in every ear and in every corner of the hallway. I want to know the truth. I want to know what really goes on."

Prom Night - Talked to Your Kids About Sex Lately?
April 12, 2002 - Prom season is here and parents need to take the time to talk about sex with their teens, says the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families, a non-profit organization that works to educate the public of the harms of today’s sexualized culture.

"On prom night, millions of American teens decide whether or not to give it up for the first time," said Jack Samad, vice president and producer of Sex & Young America: The Real Deal, a video and guide for parents. "With the constant sexual pressures teens face today, it is so important for parents to take an active role and have an influence on that decision."

Interviews with the over 600 teens featured in Sex & Young America: The Real Deal helped the National Coalition develop the following tips for parents:

1. Find a quiet, private place to talk.
2. Be honest about feeling uncomfortable with the conversation.
3. Ask questions sparingly – avoid an interrogation.
4. Do not allow interruptions. Show your teen the conversation takes priority
5. Ask your teen how they define sex and appropriate behavior for prom night.
6. Avoid preaching. Your teen will develop their own beliefs and values through your modeling, integrity and instruction over time.
7. Make your values clear. Tell your teen how you feel about sex and relationships.
8. Be clear about your expectations and encourage them to come to you if they ever struggle to meet those expectations.
9. Tell your teen that they can use you as an excuse not to engage in certain activities.
10. Apologize if, in the past, you have not been clear about your expectations, have not exhibited integrity yourself, or have been quiet about the issue.
11. Be prepared to answer some tough questions.
12. Most importantly, be sincere in wanting to listen to learn.

To hear hundreds of teens from across the country talk openly about today’s sex-saturated society, its impact on their behavior, and what moms and dads should do, parents can purchase Sex and Young America.
 

Friday

Worlds tallest man- a kind gentleman at heart.

Recognized as the tallest living man in the world at present, Bao Xishun is a Mongolian herdsman of world acclaim. He is recognized as being the worlds tallest man by the Guinness Book of World Records and is 7 feet 9 inches, or 2.36m tall. The title of being the worlds tallest man has had to pass through some rough patches in the last few months.

Bao’s title of being the worlds tallest man was conceded to Leonid Stadnyk, a Ukrainian by nationality, but was returned back to him earlier this year after Stadnyk refused to be measured by the Guinness authorities according to their rules and regulations. Xishun, born in 1951, is said to have measured 236 cm in a hospital at the Chifeng city in China. Two other people, both from Asia- Ajaz Ahmed and Vikas Uppal, have claimed to be over 8 feet tall, but neither of them has been able to prove their claims according to the format laid down by the Guinness Book of World records.
Bao is supposed to have grown at a normal pace till he was 16 years old, after which he experienced this sudden surge in size and ended up with his present height of 7 feet 9 inches just seven years later, at the age of 23. Bao later served the Liberation Army for a span of three years and also played in the army basketball team. After serving the army for a span of more than three years, the worlds tallest man started complaining of rheumatism and related problems, which is attributed to his sleeping in the outdoors during his childhood, rather than being unconventionally tall.

The worlds tallest man is a celebrated man all over the world. His wedding is supposed to be a famous one for his small, rather sleepy hometown. The wedding was supposedly sponsored by a dozen companies and the guests were invited from all over the world. Bao also holds quite a number of endorsement deals with companies, and spends most of his time promoting these products all over China.

Bao’s story of becoming the worlds tallest man is a rather fascinating one. When he had retired himself out of the Liberation army, after feeling the pain associated with rheumatism, Bao took quite some time to find a new job. He was offered the job of a ‘greeter’ at a local restaurant. This is where Bao came in solemn contact with a lot of people, some of whom were associated with the media and therefore, gave him the attention he had always desired and deserved.
Bao became an instant success with the media and was very popular in his own nation. It was the local media only that is believed to have applied to the Guinness Book of World records on Bao’s behalf to nominate him for being the worlds tallest man. He was measured to be taller than the previous record holder Radhuaone Charbib by about 2mm, and thus, at the age of 40, Bao was officially entitled as being the worlds tallest man.

Bao has been known as a kind man all over the world. One of the most famous incidents that have earned Bao the reputation of being a kind hearted person is when Bao saved the lives of two Dolphins in 2006. The dolphins are believed to swallowed plastic shards by mistake, which had led to a sudden deterioration of health. When the veterinarians had failed to remove those shards from the dolphins’ stomachs, Bao was called upon to help remove them. The worlds tallest man, with his 1.06m long arm helped in removing those plastic shards right from within the stomachs of the dolphins.

Everything that Bao has done in his life has been a much discussed affair, especially after he got listed in the Guinness Book of World records as the worlds tallest man. His marriage to a saleswoman belonging to the town of Chifeng-which also happens to be Bao’s own hometown-was largely discussed in the local media, especially owing to the fact that his wife was literally half his age and size.

There have been a lot of apprehensions about Bao and his life, but one thing has clearly stood up- that Bao is a true gentleman, who loves to enjoy the status of being the worlds tallest man.
 

Wednesday

Solve your question about the Bastu Shastra.

Vastu Shastra for Office
Vastu for office determines the efficiency of the work inside the office premises. Vastu principles help in the arrangement of office desk and office seating. Office is a place that has to be designed with the right procedural practice, as it gives an unbiased movement in work! If an office space is not designed as per the right vastu principles, then there will never be any balanced workout and progress. An office room that is designed without following the vastu principle will be less effective with effortless employees, disabled workman, owner might lose the power to manage or control his staffs, which leads to failure. Pursuing the vastu standards for office will ensure effective and efficient workout, and thereby proves to be a valuable asset to the company and much more.

Vastu for offices includes several different factors such as right office setup, office exteriors with respect to shape, slope, direction of various departments, location of the reception, placement of electrical gadgets, position of office desk, and many more. Apart from these, there are several other factors that you must take into your consideration about vastu for office. They are as follows:
  • The direction of the office entrance way
  • The right direction of the placement beams
  • The right direction to fix the doors and windows
  • The right direction and setup of the owner room
  • The right direction for the employees to work
Set your office as per these vastu tips. It is sure that you will progress in all aspects of your work.
  • The place of seat arrangement for managers, executives, and directors must be located in south, west, and southwestern direction of the office premises.
  • As per the vastu principles it is really good to set the accounts department in southeast direction.
  • The appropriate place to set the reception is in the northeastern direction of the office.
  • With respect to vastu principles, it is good to seat the employees facing the north or eastern direction.
  • The central portion of the office must be set empty.
  • As per the vastu principles, it is good to place rectangular desk for the MD.
  • Placing bore-well or fixing tank in the direction of south is not really recommended. This will affect the owner with less and insufficient cash flow.
  • The best and right direction to keep the storeroom is on the northwest and southeast location.
  • It is recommended to set the marketing department in the direction of northwest.
  • Fixing of some idols or images of God and Goddess in the right location of mirrors will bring you improved financial gains.
  • Setting a water fountain in the location of northeast of the office premises is really good and recommended.
  • Placing an aquarium containing 1 black fish and 9 gold fishes in the location of northeast of the office premises is really good and advisable.
Individuals who have set their office besides vastu norms and principals will find themselves out from the assistance of natural forces. The principle motto of vastu is to excerpt the maximum goodness from the natural forces in order to gain improved energy levels in the every face of liveliness. 


Bastu Shastra for House
Building a house as per the vastu norms is very much essential because it brings congruent balance amidst assorted atmospheric natural energies including cosmic energy, solar energy, lunar energy, and much more. Vastu for house involves several important traits, which depicts unique style in building every room of your home. Constructing a house by closely sticking with the vastu principles will greatly bring peace, success, and opulence to the dwellers residing in the home. Moreover, a good vastu shastra will drive away the negative powers and brings holiness and supreme powers into the home. Here are some brief descriptions that describe, in which style your house and rooms should be built by closely sticking with the vastu norms.

While constructing a house you need to mainly apply the principles of vastu for kitchen, pooja room, bedroom, and bathroon.

Vastu for Kitchen:
Kitchen is a place, where you cook your everyday food. You must have to consider quite several factors, while constructing your home kitchen. You must be very considerable in placing the sink, location of the gas, refrigerator, gas cylinder, and other things.

Essential Vastu tips for your home kitchen:
  • The right place to set your kitchen is in the south-east corner. If you never find an apt position, then you can avail the alternative of locating it in the north-west corner
  • Building kitchen in north-east, mid-west, mid-north, mid-south, south-west or in the centre is strictly not recommended, as they are out of vastu norms
  • Ensure that the cooking area never touches the sidewall of northern or eastern side
  • The right location to cook food is by setting it on the direction of east
Vastu for Pooja Room:
While setting the pooja room, you must have to consider all the following vastu principles in order to achieve the holiness to your dwelling.
  • Place the idols of the God and Goddess in the right direction
  • Stick close with the door placement
  • Strictly avoid using the proscribed raw material while constructing the puja room
  • Stick with the right number of doors and windows that are described in the vastu principles
Vastu for Bedroom:
Bedroom is a place where you wind up all your worries and tensions thereby stay relaxed with pleasant memories. So, it is really essential to design your bedroom with great care sticking very much to the vastu principles. The direction, which you face while sleeping will badly affect your physical workout in your everyday activity. If you have constructed your bedroom with the inappropriate structure that stands out of vastu principles will badly disturb your sleep and make you to turn restless. Moreover, you often get clashes and misunderstandings with your better-half. Along with that, you might experience everlasting health troubles.

Essential Vastu tips for your home bedroom:

  • The right direction to set your master bedroom is on south-west
  • Ensure to place your head positioning towards the direction of south corner. Placing head towards north is not recommended, as it will badly disturb your sleep
  • Keep your bedroom away from setting diving idols
  • Constructing your bedroom with the shape of rectangle or square is dearly recommended, as it bestows peace and good fortune
Vastu for Bathroom:

Building a house as per the vastu norms is very much essential because it brings congruent balance amidst assorted atmospheric natural energies including cosmic energy, solar energy, lunar energy, and much more. Vastu for house involves several important traits, which depicts unique style in building every room of your home. Constructing a house by closely sticking with the vastu principles will greatly bring peace, success, and opulence to the dwellers residing in the home. Moreover, a good vastu shastra will drive away the negative powers and brings holiness and supreme powers into the home. Here are some brief descriptions that describe, in which style your house and rooms should be built by closely sticking with the vastu norms.

While constructing a house you need to mainly apply the principles of vastu for kitchen, pooja room, bedroom, and bathroon.

Vastu for Kitchen:
Kitchen is a place, where you cook your everyday food. You must have to consider quite several factors, while constructing your home kitchen. You must be very considerable in placing the sink, location of the gas, refrigerator, gas cylinder, and other things.

Essential Vastu tips for your home kitchen:
  • The right place to set your kitchen is in the south-east corner. If you never find an apt position, then you can avail the alternative of locating it in the north-west corner
  • Building kitchen in north-east, mid-west, mid-north, mid-south, south-west or in the centre is strictly not recommended, as they are out of vastu norms
  • Ensure that the cooking area never touches the sidewall of northern or eastern side
  • The right location to cook food is by setting it on the direction of east
Vastu for Pooja Room:
While setting the pooja room, you must have to consider all the following vastu principles in order to achieve the holiness to your dwelling.
  • Place the idols of the God and Goddess in the right direction
  • Stick close with the door placement
  • Strictly avoid using the proscribed raw material while constructing the puja room
  • Stick with the right number of doors and windows that are described in the vastu principles
Vastu for Bedroom:
Bedroom is a place where you wind up all your worries and tensions thereby stay relaxed with pleasant memories. So, it is really essential to design your bedroom with great care sticking very much to the vastu principles. The direction, which you face while sleeping will badly affect your physical workout in your everyday activity. If you have constructed your bedroom with the inappropriate structure that stands out of vastu principles will badly disturb your sleep and make you to turn restless. Moreover, you often get clashes and misunderstandings with your better-half. Along with that, you might experience everlasting health troubles.

Essential Vastu tips for your home bedroom:

  • The right direction to set your master bedroom is on south-west
  • Ensure to place your head positioning towards the direction of south corner. Placing head towards north is not recommended, as it will badly disturb your sleep
  • Keep your bedroom away from setting diving idols
  • Constructing your bedroom with the shape of rectangle or square is dearly recommended, as it bestows peace and good fortune
Vastu for Bathroom:
Similar to other rooms, you must give close attention while you construct your home bathroom. The best location to construct the bathroom is the eastern part of the home. If you never find the right appropriate place to set your bathroom, then you can avail the vastu remedy by placing geyser in the south-east corner. 


Wednesday

Poem: A Smile


 
A Smile costs nothing but gives much.
It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
It cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.
Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile as much as he who has no more to give.

Some of the Funny Sayings.

A compromise is an agreement whereby both parties get what neither of them wanted. Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry.

Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day. He’s turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he’s miserable and depressed.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheapest medicine.

Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.

An optimist is someone who falls off the Empire State Building, and after 50 floors says, 'So far so good!'

You can't have everything....where would you put it?

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

If you wish to live wisely, ignore sayings including this one.

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

Join The Army, Visit exotic places, meet strange people, then kill them.

An consultant is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound confusing.

If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.

When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

It a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

You know the speed of light, so what's the speed of dark?

A day without sunshine is like, well, night.

 

Monday

Top 10 Most Successful Actors at the Box Office


  1. Samuel L Jackson

    Samuel L Jackson is the world’s highest grossing actor and his movies have made over $8.5 billion dollars worldwide.  Samuel is different from many actors on this list and has played smaller character roles in many blockbuster films.  You may argue that he doesn’t deserve the top spot over leading actors who have appeared in fewer films.  Although, Samuel L Jackson has been the busiest man in Hollywood for the last twenty years and should be commemorated for appearing in so many famous motion pictures, over 70 productions in all.  Movies that he has appeared in have an average gross of $57,166,459 million dollars.  As you would expect, Samuel L Jackson will be appearing in some upcoming features, including Iron Man 2, Quantum Quest: Cassini Space Odyssey, and Blown.  He is well aware of his sales record and is continuously trying to land roles in the year’s biggest blockbuster hits.

     

     

    2.   Tom Hanks

    Tom Hanks is the most successful lead actor in cinema history with his films grossing over $8 billion dollars worldwide.  He is averaging a gross of $94,885,394 million dollars per film.  Tom Hanks has starred in over 50 movies and 19 of them made over $100 million dollars at the worldwide box office.  Although, he does have the animated features Cars and The Simpson Movie on his resume, which he only had minor voice roles in.  In 2010, Hanks will be starring in Disney’s A Christmas Carol and Toy Story 3.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    3. Harrison Ford

    In the past, Harrison Ford was highest grossing actor in the world, but has recently fallen to number three.  You have to keep in mind that Ford was popular during the 1970’s and 80’s when box-office sales were not as extravagant.  This article does not measure inflation scales.  A high majority of the most financially successful films in history have come in the last twenty years.  At one point in history, each of the top five box office hits of all time included one of Harrison Ford’s roles.  His films have an average gross of $98,120,262 million dollars.  Ford will be starring in the film Crowley, which will be out at the end of the year.

     

     

     

     

     

    4.  Orlando Bloom

    Orlando Bloom is an English actor and the youngest member of this prestigious group of men.  He landed main roles in two of the biggest trilogies of all time, playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean.  Orlando Bloom has an amazing average film gross of $183,869,895 million dollars per movie.  Bloom’s first main title role was in the 2005 release Kingdom of Heaven, which was a profitable hit making $211,398,413 million dollars worldwide.  Orlando Bloom is extremely popular in various areas of Europe and England.  He has an international draw that is matched by very few.  Some of his upcoming roles include appearances in the movies Sympathy for Delicious and Main Street.

     

    5.  Tom Cruise

    Tom Cruise is a true international celebrity.  He is cherished in Japan, Europe, and other areas of the world much more then many actors on the list.  This is because he often travels and visits many different countries.  Cruise is widely considered one of the most powerful celebrities in the world.  His films have an average gross of $96,302,791 million dollars.  He will be starring in the blockbuster Motorcade in 2010.







    6. Bruce Willis

    Bruce Willis is a true action hero.  He has appeared in over sixty films and usually plays the title role in his movies.  Bruce Willis was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany and his father was an American soldier.  He moved to Penns Grove, New Jersey when he was two years old, after his father was discharged from the military.  To date, his films have an average gross of $51,615,555 million dollars per movie.  He truly has a unique acting style and makes intense, edge of your seat, entertaining cinema.  Watch out for his role alongside Tracy Morgan in Kevin Smith’s newest comedy A Couple of Dicks, which will be out in January of 2010.





    7.  Eddie Murphy

    Eddie Murphy is undoubtedly the most successful comedic actor of all time.  His films have an average gross of $99,165,711 million dollars.  Eddie Murphy began his career as an edgy comedian and performance actor.  Lately, he has turned to children’s films and continues to entertain billions of people worldwide.  Murphy has three films set to be released in the last half of 2009.  They are Beverly Hills Cop IV, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and A Thousand Words.  Shrek Forever After will be out in the middle of 2010.





    8.  Morgan Freeman

    Morgan Freeman is one of the greatest character actors of all time.  He is rarely the leading man in films, but his role always stands out and is vital to the movies success.  He has one of the most dominant and recognizable voices in Hollywood.  He has starred in around sixty productions, which have an average gross of $64,046,971 million dollars.  Freeman has many upcoming films he is contributing to, including Invictus, The Last Full Measure, and The Maiden Heist.

     

     

     

      

     

     

    9. Will Smith

    Will Smith is widely regarded as the most successful actor making films today.  His movies have an amazing average gross of $127,145,449 million dollars, which is the highest among lead actors.  He is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in domestic box office sales.  Will Smith has also had eight consecutive films open at the #1 spot.  Unlike some individuals on this list, Smith has not earned movie credit for small roles or voice work.  In the future, he will be starring in the blockbuster Time Share and will also be making a prequel to I Am Legend.






    10. Robin Williams

    Robin Williams is a storied comedic actor who rose to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy.  He quickly became an international celebrity and movie star in the 1980’s.  Williams is a bit of a goofy character, but is a great actor and can also tackle dramatic roles.  He has won six Golden Globes and three Grammy Awards in his career.  Robin William’s average film gross is $59,956,136 million dollars per movie.  Be sure to look out for his 2010 release Old Dogs.  In March of 2009 Williams had successful heart surgery to replace his aortic valve.  He has a tour planned and still travels the world performing his stand up comedy act.