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When it says you only have 8 seconds to answer the question, they aren’t kidding !
Re-taking the test mixes up the questions so you can’t gain anything there.
This is VERY FAST, so be prepared.You only have 8 seconds for each question.
Click on the link below and have fun . Smartorstoopid
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Tour boats ferry people out to the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii every thirty minutes. We just missed a ferry and had to wait thirty minutes. I went into a small gift shop to kill time.
In the gift shop, I purchased a small book entitled, "Reflections on Pearl Harbor " by Admiral Chester Nimitz.
Sunday, December 7th, 1941 — Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending an afternoon concert in Washington D.C. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the phone. Pearl Harbor had been attacked. He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would now be the Commander of the Pacific Fleet.
Admiral Nimitz flew to Hawaii to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. He landed at Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1941.
There was such a spirit of despair, dejection and defeat — you would have thought the Japanese had already won the war.
On Christmas Day, 1941, Adm. Nimitz was given a boat tour of the destruction wrought on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Big sunken battleships and navy vessels cluttered the waters every where you looked.
As the tour boat returned to dock, the young helmsman of the boat asked, “Well Admiral, what do you think after seeing all this destruction” Admiral Nimitz’s reply shocked everyone within the sound of his voice.
Admiral Nimitz said, “The Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could ever make, or God was taking care of America. Which do you think it was?”
Shocked and surprised, the young helmsman asked, “What do mean by saying the Japanese made the three biggest mistakes an attack force ever made?”
Nimitz explained:
“Mistake number one: The Japanese attacked on Sunday morning.
“Nine out of every ten crewmen of those ships were ashore on leave. If those same ships had been lured to sea and been sunk, we would have lost 38,000 men instead of 3,800.
“Mistake number two: When the Japanese saw all those battleships lined in a row, they got so carried away sinking those battleships, they never once bombed our dry docks opposite those ships. If they had destroyed our dry docks, we would have had to tow every one of those ships to the mainland to be repaired.
“As it is now, the ships are in shallow water and can be raised. One tug can pull them over to the dry docks, and we can have them repaired and at sea by the time we could have towed them to the mainland. And I already have crews ashore anxious to man those ships.
“Mistake number three: Every drop of fuel in the Pacific theater of war is in top-of-the-ground storage tanks five miles away over that hill. One attack plane could have strafed those tanks and destroyed our fuel supply.
“That’s why I say the Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could make …or God was taking care of America.”
I’ve never forgotten what I read in that little book. It is still an inspiration as I reflect upon it. In jest, I might suggest that because Admiral Nimitz was a Texan, born and raised in Fredericksburg, Texas — he was a born optimist. But anyway you look at it — Admiral Nimitz was able to see a silver lining in a situation and circumstance where everyone else saw only despair and defeatism.
President Roosevelt had chosen the right man for the right job. We desperately needed a leader that could see silver linings in the midst of the clouds of dejection, despair and defeat.
There is a reason that our national motto is, IN GOD WE TRUST.
Why have we forgotten?
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Interesting read
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Tour boats ferry people out to the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii every thirty minutes. We just missed a ferry and had to wait thirty minutes. I went into a small gift shop to kill time.
In the gift shop, I purchased a small book entitled, "Reflections on Pearl Harbor " by Admiral Chester Nimitz.
Sunday, December 7th, 1941 — Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending an afternoon concert in Washington D.C. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the phone. Pearl Harbor had been attacked. He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would now be the Commander of the Pacific Fleet.
Admiral Nimitz flew to Hawaii to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. He landed at Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1941.
There was such a spirit of despair, dejection and defeat — you would have thought the Japanese had already won the war.
On Christmas Day, 1941, Adm. Nimitz was given a boat tour of the destruction wrought on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Big sunken battleships and navy vessels cluttered the waters every where you looked.
As the tour boat returned to dock, the young helmsman of the boat asked, “Well Admiral, what do you think after seeing all this destruction” Admiral Nimitz’s reply shocked everyone within the sound of his voice.
Admiral Nimitz said, “The Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could ever make, or God was taking care of America. Which do you think it was?”
Shocked and surprised, the young helmsman asked, “What do mean by saying the Japanese made the three biggest mistakes an attack force ever made?”
Nimitz explained:
“Mistake number one: The Japanese attacked on Sunday morning.
“Nine out of every ten crewmen of those ships were ashore on leave. If those same ships had been lured to sea and been sunk, we would have lost 38,000 men instead of 3,800.
“Mistake number two: When the Japanese saw all those battleships lined in a row, they got so carried away sinking those battleships, they never once bombed our dry docks opposite those ships. If they had destroyed our dry docks, we would have had to tow every one of those ships to the mainland to be repaired.
“As it is now, the ships are in shallow water and can be raised. One tug can pull them over to the dry docks, and we can have them repaired and at sea by the time we could have towed them to the mainland. And I already have crews ashore anxious to man those ships.
“Mistake number three: Every drop of fuel in the Pacific theater of war is in top-of-the-ground storage tanks five miles away over that hill. One attack plane could have strafed those tanks and destroyed our fuel supply.
“That’s why I say the Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could make …or God was taking care of America.”
I’ve never forgotten what I read in that little book. It is still an inspiration as I reflect upon it. In jest, I might suggest that because Admiral Nimitz was a Texan, born and raised in Fredericksburg, Texas — he was a born optimist. But anyway you look at it- Admiral Nimitz was able to see a silver lining in a situation and circumstance where everyone else saw only despair and defeatism.———————————-
President Roosevelt had chosen the right man for the right job. We desperately needed a leader that could see silver linings in the midst of the clouds of dejection, despair and defeat.
There is a reason that our national motto is, IN GOD WE TRUST.
Why have we forgotten?
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Appreciated.salute to the admiral for his optimistic approch .
BTW,ur thoughts on Manohar Parrikar ?
Parikar is simple person as heard, but don’t think will be successful as defense minister, till they r giving freedom to defence and raise their morale through OROP, teaching some lessons to neighnours will be distant dream.
Nokia Case Study: Something to ponder
During the press conference to announce NOKIA being acquired by Microsoft, Nokia CEO ended his speech saying this “we didn’t do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost”. Upon saying that, all his management team, himself included, teared sadly.
Nokia has been a respectable company. They didn’t do anything wrong in their business, however, the world changed too fast. Their opponents were too powerful.
They missed out on learning, they missed out on changing, and thus they lost the opportunity at hand to make it big. Not only did they missed the opportunity to earn big money, they lost their chance of survival.
The message of this story is, if you don’t change, you shall be removed from the competition.
It’s not wrong if you don’t want to learn new things. However, if your thoughts and mindset cannot catch up with time, you will be eliminated.
Conclusion:
1. The advantage you have yesterday, will be replaced by the trends of tomorrow. You don’t have to do anything wrong, as long as your competitors catch the wave and do it RIGHT, you can lose out and fail.
2. To change and improve yourself is giving yourself a second chance. To be forced by others to change, is like being discarded.
Those who refuse to learn & improve, will definitely one day become redundant & not relevant to the industry. They will learn the lesson in a hard & expensive way.
Whether you’re trying to survive an intensive college schedule or just want to seem smarter in front of your friends, you can do a lot of things to both look and be smarter. Here are ten simple tricks for boosting your real (and perceived) brain power.
10. Read Faster and Better
Obviously, one of the best ways to boost your intelligence is to read more! You can read faster (and thus consume more knowledge) by getting your speech mechanism out of the equation. So give your mouth something to do, like eating, humming, or chewing gum to get through that stuff quickly. Then, take some time to absorb and reflect on what you read to keep it in your memory. Whether it’s War and Peace or just the Wikipedia Random button, you’ll be surprised by how much more you learn when you’re reading not just fast, but well.
9. Speak Up (and Do It With Expression)
The more you can contribute to a conversation, a meeting, or other discourse, the smarter you’ll come off. Even if it means admitting ignorance or asking questions, you’ll still look better than if you stay silent—and you might actually learn something in the process. Expressive speech is key: you can boost your credibility a lot by simply making sure you speak with an engaging tone. Change your pitch and volume as necessary, and try to minimize the number of pauses as you speak. A little confidence goes a long way.
8. Don’t Fall Prey to BS
When someone’s trying to convince you of something, they can often resort to logical fallacies, appeals to your emotion, and other “workarounds”. Learn the most common forms of BS so you can detect them as they come up. By knowing what they are, you’ll also be able to avoid dishing out those same fallacies yourself, which can be a big hit to your credibility if someone catches you.
7. Focus on What You Know
When engaged in a heated discussion with your friends, you’re bound to stumble upon a few holes in your knowledge. It’s okay to admit when you don’t know something, but if you’re feeling particularly self-conscious and want to keep up the appearance of intelligence, the key is emphasizing what youdo know. If you’re in an argument, don’t stress disagreement so much as agreement—that way, you aren’t straying away from things you know about. You’re stressing the parts you do know while still taking part in the discussion. Photo remixed from originals by auremar andartenot
6. Get Some Exercise
A healthy body means a healthy brain. So, in between all the reading and mind-expanding, make sure you’re leading a healthy physical life, too. That means eating right and getting regular exercise. A number of studies. have shown links between regular activity and intellectual capacity, productivity, and creativity. Will spending all day at the gym make you smarter? Not quite, but sitting around all day will not only kill you, but hinder your brain from being at its absolute best.
5. Talk to Yourself
While mumbling to oneself is often looked at the behavior of a crazy person, a recent study showed that talking out loud to yourself can help give you a temporary cognitive boost when trying to find something. The theory behind it: when you give yourself verbal labels to a task you’re performing, you focus better on the task at hand at any given moment. So when you feel the need to open your mouth, don’t fight the urge—it might help you get things done faster.
4. Learn a Second Language
People who know a second or third language are often perceived as smart by others, but research shows that it can actually make you smarter, too. If you know a second language, you’re able to adapt to and switch between certain mental tasks better than those that only know one, so if you want to give your brain a real boost, learning a new language is a real (and useful!) way to do so. It’s not actually hard to do, either: all you need is this simple four step method to learn in just a few months.
3. Do Things the Hard Way
Technology really has made our lives easier (after all, that’s what Lifehacker’s all about), but sometimes it’s worth doing things the hard way. Take GPS navigation, for example: it’s great that you can essentially never get lost, but if you rely on it too much, you’ll never truly learn your way around. Instead, wean yourself off your GPS dependency and actually learn your way around town, develop a sense of direction, and learn to navigate using your brain. Doing things the hard way can help keep your brain sharp, so don’t be afraid to forgo the easy stuff once in a while.
2. Know What Won’t Make You Smarter
There’s a lot of work going into researching what makes us smarter—much of which we’ve mentioned here—but it’s also important to know what won’t make you smarter. Check out our list of nine stubborn brain myths that just won’t die to see just a few examples, like “the internet is making us dumber” (it isn’t, if you use it properly), “listening to classical music makes children smarter” (unlikely), or that “brain games make you smarter” (don’t waste your time). The less time you spend on silly myths, the more time you can spend actually expanding your brain, so get these out of your system now.
1. Just Believe You Can Be Smarter
The last step? Just believe you can be smarter. Studies have shown that this simple belief can actually make it true. That isn’t to say you should be pompous: you need toassume you aren’t that great yet, which will leave you open to learning new things and asking new questions—the exact sort of things that can make you smarter. But it’ll never happen if you believe your intelligence is somehow fixed, so once that roadblock is gone, you may find you’re much freer to pursue the level of intelligence you want. If you’re having trouble doing that, it may be time to recalibrate your reality—attitude is everything.
Source: lifehacker
During US President Barack Obama’s visit to the country earlier this year, the incidence below filled my heart with immense pride.
We all know that many Indian delegates were lined up in a queue and were introduced to Mr.Obama individually.
Amongst them, was Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, former Director General of
the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR).
On his turn, he was also introduced as a scientist to Mr.Obama.
As Dr.Mashelkar approached the US President, Obama exclaimed " OH! You are a scientist? What science do you do?"
Dr. Mashelkar is a reputed and a revered personality in the country and he had never encountered such a question before. But, he kept calm and replied, “I make science work for the poor.”
Bill, a fresh computer graduate from a world-class University, goes for an interview in a software company.
The interviewer is Steve, a grubby old man. And the first question he asks Bill is, `Are you good at logic?’
`Of course,’ replies Bill.
`Let me test you,’ replies Steve. `Two men come down a chimney. One comes with a clean face and the other comes out with a dirty face. Which one would wash his face?’
Bill stares at Steve. `Is that a test in Logic?’ Steve nods.
`The one with the dirty face washes his face’, Bill answers wearily.
`Wrong. The one with the clean face washes his face. Examine the simple logic. The one with the dirty face looks at the one with the clean face and thinks his face is clean. The one with the clean face looks at the one with the dirty face and thinks his face is dirty. So, the one with the clean face washes his face.’
`Hmm. I never thought of that," says Bill. `Give me another test.’
Steve holds up two fingers, `Two men come down a chimney. One comes out with a clean face and the other comes out with a dirty face. Which one washes his face?’
`We have already established that. The one with the clean face washes his face.’
`Wrong. Each one washes one’s face. Examine the simple logic. The one with the dirty face looks at the one with the clean face and thinks his face is clean. The one with the clean face looks at the one with the dirty face and thinks his face is dirty. So, the one with the clean face washes his face. When the one with the dirty face sees the one with the clean face washing his face, he also washes his face. So each one washes one’s face.’
`I didn’t think of that!’ says Bill. `It’s shocking to me that I could make an error in logic. Test me again!’
Steve holds up two fingers, `Two men come down a chimney. One comes out with a clean face and the other comes out with a dirty face. Which one washes his face?’
`Each one washes his face.’
`Wrong. Neither one washes his face. Examine the simple logic. The one with the dirty face looks at the one with the clean face and thinks his face is clean. The one with the clean face looks at the one with the dirty face and thinks his face is dirty. But when the one with clean face sees that the one with the dirty face doesn’t wash his face, he also doesn’t wash his face. So neither one washes his face.’
Bill is desperate. `I am qualified for this job. Please give me one more test!’
He groans when Steve lifts his two fingers, `Two men come down a chimney. One comes out with a clean face and the other comes out with a dirty face. Which one washes his face?’
`Neither one washes his face’, Bill replies, `I have learnt this logic.’
`Wrong, again. Do you now see, Bill, why programming knowledge is insufficient for this job? Tell me, how is it possible for two men to come down the same chimney, and for one to come out with a clean face and the other with a dirty face? Don’t you see the flaw in the premise?’"
first attempt 13 
second – http://prntscr.com/...sd
not that smart i guess 
Engineering mechanics making biology redundant
There was a time when a person could feel and know the result. He/ She did not need any lab tests to read the results. Understanding was living. Now even the lab test results often confuse. We are not paying attention to the natural faculties lost whenever a new technical device is invented. The concrete jungles, with multi storied apartments and nil space for trees and birds, insects and the rest of the biosphere are making us the bio-queers or freaks. But we thumb our noses at the transgender, homos and lesbians!
Economics and the economic development is actually the total extermination of nature. In the first chapter of economics, the apology is that it is a study of the ordinary man in his ordinary business of life. Many variations of this definition have been also added.
But from the second chapter onwards, the man is forgotten. You find, the indifference curves, cost curves, revenue curves, supply curve, demand curve…the mock Newtonian Physics! Meaningless technical jargon and make believe technical expertise obfuscates the basic fact that the so called subject is dealing with human beings, bundles of emotions and capable of living only in emotional relationships and never in the make believe mechanized monetary equations.
What we have to study are 1) Ecology, 2) Psychology,3)Natural Geography,4)the resulting tribal and social customs, traditions etc,and never this so called economic man, the nonexistent phantom.
Man basically is a social creature. As a social creature the basic natural drive must be altruism and not the deadly competition. Wants or greed are not unlimited. It is the urge to help, to belong, to grow with the tribe that are unlimited. Actually the human organism before the development of the cortex or mind, depended only n the sense of smell. It could distinguish among 10,000 different smells—friends, foes, sex partners, meals…, far better expertise than now we people who are totally dependent on computers. As the smells were common, perceptions too were common and there were no misunderstandings, negotiations, wars etc.In fact the entire biosphere obeyed the ecosphere and perception based on the common smells enabled symbiosis, cooperation, coordination, harmony…
Today we are busy curbing our Amygdala with analysis, and allow the blindness innate in the imprisonment to the visible spectrum, dominate our lives. Every other organism, the entire biosphere itself, we have dethroned from their partnership with us, in the gigantic stupidity. The common smell/communication was an emanation from the total reality and not the less than one per cent reality or the visible spectrum which has given us the pride of the big fool.
Economics has created a big wedge between man and his own basic nature. When a member of the tribe was found stealing, he felt totally ashamed and he simply could not live. Shame overwhelmed them.Now,thanks to economics and fraud promoted as a great talent the thieves smile happily and become the great leaders.Socities have become gigantic Kleptocracies—huge thieving corporations, gigantic in size and so complex that they cannot be even managed or modelled, trying to steal from each other and all, devastating nature. From robber barons, societies have moved to huge corporations totally inanimate and who just rob from nature. On the TV channels without even realising that lies are uttered, as they have become automatic habits, you find lies pitted against lies, as debates!
Markets are created for new products which are taking over as substitutes for our organs. Economic development has become innovating new and new products to market them without regard to the damage they do to the individual biology and the biosphere. Machines are edging out biological entities including ourselves and the entire ecosphere. Generating social hysteria for what is called economic development is the method of market promotion today.
Can this dismal science-economics without any concern for ecology, be allowed to continue as a faculty at all?
The new dieter’s 10 commandments:
1. If you eat something and no one saw it – it has no calories.
2. When you eat with someone else, the calories don’t count if they ate more.
3. Tasting someone else’s food doesn’t count.
4. If people around us gain weight, we automatically become thinner.
5. If your movie ticket comes with a free tub of popcorn, it doesn’t count as food.
6. Every food you split into smaller pieces will contain less calories.
7. Tasting food while preparing it is essential, and therefore – healthy.
8. Foods with similar colors contain the same amount of calories. This is why it’s fine to eat pistachio ice cream instead of spinach.
9. Chocolate has a dedicated area in the stomach, which is why you should have it with every meal.
10. Frozen foods, such as ice cream, contain no calories. The reason is that a calorie is a measurement of heat units.😝😝😂😂😉
Ask a flower in the field: ‘Do you feel useful?
After all, you do nothing but produce the same flowers over and over?’
And the flower will answer:
‘I am beautiful, and beauty is my reason for living.’
Ask the river: ‘Do you feel useful?,
given that all you do is to keep flowing in the same direction?’
And the river will answer: ‘I’m not trying to be useful,
I’m trying to be a river.’
Don’t try to be useful.
Try to be yourself: that is enough, and that makes all the difference.
Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul.
Because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take.
Sometimes taking part in a great battle
But sometimes you can do that simply by smiling,
for no reason,
at someone you happen to pass in the street.
Without intending to,
you might have saved the life of a complete stranger,
who also thought he was useless and might have been ready to kill himself,
until a smile gave him new hope and confidence.
@B@R_0_0_D wrote:
@vishusgh
:-) Hmm
determination is firs step toward success
A person who knows not,
And knows not that he knows not,
Is foolish… Disregard him.
A person who knows not,
And knows that he knows not.
Is simple… Teach him.
A person who knows not,
but believes that he knows
Is dangerous… Avoid him
A person who knows,
But does not know that he knows,
Is asleep… Awake him.
A person who knows,
And know that he knows’
Is wise… Follow him
These categories of persons reside within every individual,
Hence it pays to know you,
How can you be true to thyself?
Stick to your class and avoid mistake in life.
> Self-Improvement :: #3701
> By Nkwunye Paul from sagamu Nigeria
Jisee samajhna tha mere dil ki baat,WO samjhi nhi
Aur gairon ne aansu bicha diye magarmach ke.
Dil se Nikli baat toh galib kertein hein,
Humne toh fariyad ki unse,
Jisne humari aaj take suni hi nhi.