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i need information about the Karnala bird sanctuary in maharashtra and importantly if its a tropical rainforest or deciduous forest……….please help!!

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>>> March 20, 2008
>>>
>>> Obama’s Anger
>>> By Ed Kaitz
>>>> ‘The anger is real. It is powerful, and to simply wish it away, to
>>>> condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen
>>>> the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races.’
>>>> – Barack Obama
>>>> Back in the late 1980s I was on a plane flying out of New Orleans
>>>> and sitting next to me was a rather interesting and, according to
>>>> Barack Obama, unusual black man. Friendly, gregarious, and wise
>>>> beyond his years, we immediately hit it off. I had been working on
>>>> Vietnamese commercial fishing boats for a few years based in
>>>> southern Louisiana. The boats were owned by the recent wave of
>>>> Vietnamese refugees who flooded into the familiar tropical
>>>> environment after the war. Floating in calm seas out in the middle
>>>> of the Gulf of Mexico, I would hear tearful songs and tales from
>>>> ex-paratroopers about losing brothers, sisters, parents, children,
>>>> lovers, and beautiful Vietnam itself to the communists.
>>>
>>> In Bayou country I lived on boats and in doublewide trailers, and
>>> like the rest of the Vietnamese refugees, I shopped at Wal-Mart and
>>> ate a lot of rice. When they arrived in Louisiana the refugees had
>>> no money (the money that they had was used to bribe their way out of
>>> Vietnam and into refugee camps in Thailand), few friends, and a
>>> mostly unfriendly and suspicious local population.
>>>
>>> They did however have strong families, a strong work ethic, and the
>>> ‘Audacity of Hope.’ Within a generation, with little or no
>>> knowledge of English, the Vietnamese had achieved dominance in the
>>> fishing industry there and their children were already achieving the
>>> top SAT scores in the state.
>>>
>>> While I had been fishing my new black friend had been working as a
>>> prison psychologist in Missouri, and he was pursuing a higher degree
>>> in psychology. He was interested in my story, and after about an
>>> hour getting to know each other I asked him point blank why these
>>> Vietnamese refugees, with no money, friends, or knowledge of the
>>> language could be, within a generation, so successful. I also asked
>>> him why it was so difficult to convince young black men to abandon
>>> the streets and take advantage of the same kinds of opportunities
>>> that the Vietnamese had recently embraced.
>>>
>>> His answer, only a few words, not only floored me but became sort of
>>> a razor that has allowed me ever since to slice through all of the
>>> rhetoric regarding race relations that Democrats shovel our way
>>> during election season:
>>>>
>>>> ‘We’re owed and they aren’t.’
>>> In short, he concluded, ‘they’re hungry and we think we’re owed.
>>> It’s crushing us, and as long as we think we’re owed we’re going
>>> nowhere.’
>>>
>>> A good test case for this theory is Katrina. Obama, Jesse Jackson,
>>> Al Sharpton and assorted white apologists continue to express anger
>>> and outrage over the federal response to the Katrina disaster. But
>>> where were the Vietnamese ‘leaders’ expressing their ‘anger?’ The
>>> Vietnamese comprise a substantial part of the New Orleans
>>> population, and yet absent was any report claiming that the
>>> Vietnamese were ‘owed’ anything. This is not to say that the federal
>>> response was an adequate one, but we need to take this as a sign
>>> that maybe the problem has very little to do with racism and a lot
>>> to with a mindset.
>>>
>>> The mindset that one is ‘owed’ something in life has not only
>>> affected black mobility in business but black mobility in education
>>> as well. Remember Ward Churchill? About fifteen years ago he was
>>> my boss. After leaving the fishing boats, I attended graduate
>>> school at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I managed to get a
>>> job on campus teaching expository writing to minority students who
>>> had been accepted provisionally into the university on an
>>> affirmative action program. And although I never met him, Ward
>>> Churchill, in addition to teaching in the ethnic studies department,
>>> helped to develop and organize the minority writing program.
>>>
>>> The job paid most of my bills, but what I witnessed there was
>>> absolutely horrifying. The students were encouraged to write essays
>>> attacking the white establishment from every conceivable angle and
>>> in addition to defend affirmative action and other government
>>> programs. Of the hundreds of papers that I read, there was not one
>>> original contribution to the problem of black mobility that strayed
>>> from the party line.
>>>
>>> The irony of it all however is that the ‘white establishment’
>>> managed to get them into the college and pay their entire tuition.
>>> Instead of being encouraged to study international affairs,
>>> classical or modern languages, philosophy or art, most of these
>>> students became ethnic studies or sociology majors because it
>>> allowed them to remain in disciplines whose orientation justified
>>> their existence at the university. In short, it became a vicious
>>> cycle.
>>>
>>> There was a student there I’ll never forget. He was plucked out of
>>> the projects in Denver and given a free ride to the university. One
>>> day in my office he told me that his mother had said the following
>>> to him: ‘M.J., they owe you this. White people at that university
>>> owe you this.’ M.J.’s experience at the university was a glorious
>>> fulfillment of his mother’s angst.
>>>
>>> There were black student organizations and other clubs that
>>> ‘facilitated’ the minority student’s experience on the majority
>>> white and ‘racist’ campus, in addition to a plethora of faculty
>>> members, both white and black, who encouraged the same animus toward
>>> the white establishment. While adding to their own bona fides as
>>> part of the trendy Left, these ‘facilitators’ supplied M.J. with
>>> everything he needed to quench his and his mother’s anger, but
>>> nothing in the way of advice about how to succeed in college. No
>>> one, in short, had told M.J. that he needed to study. But since he
>>> was ‘owed’ everything, why put out any effort on his own?
>>>
>>> In a fit of despair after failing most of his classes, M.J. wandered
>>> into my office one Friday afternoon in the middle of the semester
>>> and asked if I could help him out. I asked M.J. about his plans
>>> that evening, and he told me that he usually attended parties on
>>> Friday and Saturday nights. I told him that if he agreed to meet me
>>> in front of the university library at 6:00pm I would buy him
>>> dinner. At 6pm M.J. showed up, and for the next twenty minutes we
>>> wandered silently through the stacks, lounges, and study areas of
>>> the library. When we arrived back at the entrance I asked M.J. if
>>> he noticed anything interesting. As we headed up the hill to a
>>> popular burger joint, M.J. turned to me and said:
>>>>
>>>> ‘They were all Asian. Everyone in there was Asian, and it was
>>>> Friday night.’
>>> Nothing I could do, say, or show him, however, could match the fire
>>> power of his support system favoring anger. I was sad to hear of
>>> M.J. dropping out of school the following semester.
>>>
>>> During my time teaching in the writing program, I watched Asians get
>>> transformed via leftist doublespeak from ‘minorities’ to ‘model
>>> minorities’ to ‘they’re not minorities’ in precise rhythm to their
>>> fortunes in business and education. Asians were ‘minorities’ when
>>> they were struggling in this country, but they became ‘model
>>> minorities’ when they achieved success. Keep in mind ‘model
>>> minority’ did not mean what most of us think it means, i.e.,
>>> something to emulate. ‘Model minority’ meant that Asians had
>>> certain cultural advantages, such as a strong family tradition and a
>>> culture of scholarship that the black community lacked.
>>>
>>> To suggest that intact families and a philosophy of self-reliance
>>> could be the ticket to success would have undermined the entire
>>> angst establishment. Because of this it was improper to use Asian
>>> success as a model. The contortions the left exercised in order to
>>> defend this ridiculous thesis helped to pave the way for the
>>> elimination of Asians altogether from the status of ‘minority.’
>>>
>>> This whole process took only a few years.
>>>
>>> Eric Hoffer said:
>>>> ‘…you do not win the weak by sharing your wealth with them; it
>>>> will but infect them with greed and resentment. You can win the
>>>> weak only by sharing your pride, hope or hatred with them.’
>>> We now know that Barack Obama really has no interest in the
>>> ‘audacity of hope.’ With his race speech, Obama became a peddler of
>>> angst, resentment and despair. Too bad he doesn’t direct that angst
>>> at the liberal establishment that has sold black people a bill of
>>> goods since the 1960s. What Obama seems angry about is America
>>> itself and what it stands for; the same America that has provided
>>> fabulous opportunities for what my black friend called ‘hungry’
>>> minorities. Strong families, self-reliance, and a spirit of
>>> entrepreneurship should be held up as ideals for all races to
>>> emulate.
>>>
>>> In the end, we should be very suspicious about Obama’s anger and the
>>> recent frothings of his close friend Reverend Wright. Says Eric
>>> Hoffer:
>>>> The fact seems to be that we are least open to precise knowledge
>>>> concerning the things we are most vehement about. Vehemence is the
>>>> expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that
>>>> can never stand on its own.
>>>
>>> Our Republic does not guarantee equality of conditions,
>>> it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

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theperson asked:


Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!
This is interesting.
After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again.

Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes.
But energy isn’t the only way a banana can help us keep fit.
It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.
PMS: Forget the pills – eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest
ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at wor k leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a “cooling” fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body’s water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, “A banana a day keeps the doctor away!”
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PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes?? Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe…polish with dry cloth. Amazing fruit !

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