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Loud Thinking July 23, 2014 at 04:39PM
July 23rd, 2014 | 
Author: “Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.”
—B.K.S. Iyengar (born 1918);
Founder Of Iyengar Yoga
Loud Thinking July 23, 2014 at 01:17PM
Reclaim Your Time with a Time-Box System
Time boxing is a planning tool that’s a cross between a calendar and a to-do list. It lets you divide your schedule into increments (half-hour or hour-long chunks) that you can slot tasks into and monitor. To set it up:
Review your week. Take one day to plan for the week ahead. Inventory your deadlines, commitments, meetings, and so on.
Prioritize what’s on the list. Put deadline-sensitive tasks first, goal-oriented tasks second, and then schedule these around any recurring obligations.
Estimate time for tasks. Err on the side of caution when calculating how long each will take.
Enter series of time boxes into your calendar. Designate a task for each time slot (“8 AM to 9 AM: Return phone calls and emails”), and keep a log of how long it actually took you. Later, review whether you allocated enough time by seeing what you were and weren’t able to finish.
Adapted by HBR from Managing Time (20-Minute Manager).
Loud Thinking July 23, 2014 at 11:49AM
India is NOT a secular but a HINDU state.
Pakistan and all OIC members must take up at all world forums to declare Shiv Sena as a terrorist organisation and impose a world wide ban on this organisation.
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MPs ‘force’ Muslim worker to break fast
Last Updated On 23 July,2014 About 12 minutes ago
The members of the parliament who allegedly misused their power belonged to Shiv Sena.
NEW DELHI (Web Desk) – At least eleven members of Indian parliament have allegedly forced a Muslim worker to break his Ramazan fast in New Delhi, India.
According to Indian media reports, the members of the parliament (MPs), belonging to Shiv Sena, forced the Muslim catering supervisor to eat chapatti when they weren’t served their desired food at Maharastra Sadan in New Delhi.
The Express said a letter sent to Maharashtra chief secretary J Saharia has named the 11 Shiv Sena MPs as Sanjay Raut (Rajya Sabha), Anandrao Adsul (Amravati), Rajan Vichare (Thane), Arvind Sawant (Mumbai-South), Hemant Godse (Nashik), Krupal Tumane (Ramtek), Ravindra Gaikwad (Osmanabad), Vinayak Raut (Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg), Shivaji Adhalrao Patil (Shirur), Rahul Shewale (Mumbai-South Central) and Shrikant Shinde (Kalyan), the Hindustan Times reported.
The Indian Railways subsidiary (IRCTC) that was catering for the Sadan suspended all operations in protest while formally complaint the Maharashtra resident commissioner about the incident in an email.
The IRCTC stated that the MPs, belonging to Shiv Sena misbehaved with the Muslim staffer and forced him to break his fast by putting chapatti in his mouth. The incident happened at the public dining while the MPs knew he was a Muslim.
“The specific incident happened with the Resident Manager/IRCTC, Sh. Arshad who was forced to consume full chapati whilst he was having fast on the eve of Ramzan. The concerned has been deeply pained and hurt on this account as religious sentiments are attached,” the manager wrote.
Arshad too has complained to the resident commissioner.
“All the guests along with media reporters and staffs of Maharashtra Sadan got into kitchen where I was getting the orders prepared. They caught me and put the chapati into my mouth. I was wearing a formal uniform set as prescribed by IRCTC and everybody in the panel also knew my name as ‘Arshad’ as I was wearing the name tag. Even then they inserted chapati in my mouth which caused my fast to break on the eve of Ramzan. I was hurt with the thing they have done as religious sentiments are concerned,” the Express quoted from his letter.
Strong reaction was seen on social media platforms following the incident.
Renowned journalist Raza Rumi termed the incident as ‘Pathetic, Condemnable’.
Another person tweeted, “Shiv Sena is nothing but an embarrassment”.
Loud Thinking July 23, 2014 at 10:31AM
‘Monarchy’ to be replaced with democracy: Imran
By Bureau Report
Updated about 4 hours ago
PTI chief Imran Khan. — File Photo
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has claimed that his party is ready to do away with ‘monarchy’ and establish ‘genuine democracy’ in the country.
“There is total monarchy in the country in the garb of democracy. We are coming out on Aug 14 with full force to send ‘Badshahat’ packing and replace it with true democracy,” he said.
Imran Khan’s agitation
Speaking at a ceremony here on Tuesday to launch the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s initiative to give a subsidy of Rs600 each per month to a poor family on wheat flour and ghee, Mr Khan said the programme would cost Rs7 billion in one year and benefit more than 350,000 families.
He said politics should revolve around the people’s welfare and reiterated his claim that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be purged of corruption and people would get rid of politicians and officials who did not serve them.
The PTI chief said he would present proofs of rigging in last year’s elections before one million participants of his party’s long march on the Independence Day.
“Nobody can stop me from disclosing the names of the characters who stole the people’s mandate,” Imran declared.
He said his party’s workers were looking forward to the march which, he vowed, would rid the nation of people who were in the habit of ruling the country by rigging elections.
Mr Khan dispelled a perception that the march was aimed at harming democracy. The PTI had accepted the elections, but not the rigging, he said.
“We are establishing true democracy. All rallies held by the PTI have been peaceful,” he said.
He praised Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and his team for launching welfare schemes and asked the provincial government to take up issues with the centre within the ambit of the Constitution.
“I want the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to take a stand on the province’s claim of royalty on electricity, end to loadshedding and other problems faced by people.”
He said Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif had spent Rs100 billion of taxpayers’ money on their propaganda through media.
The PTI was gathering information about corruption in the Nandipur power project and Metro Bus, he added.
Imran Khan condemned Israel’s atrocities against innocent Palestinians in Gaza and wondered how the Jewish state was allowed to transgress and violate basic human rights enshrined in the UN charter.
Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said the measures his government had taken were in line with party’s pledges to people.
He said the government did not tolerate corruption and it was evident that it took action against corrupt officials.
Later, speaking at an Iftar dinner held to raise funds for the Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital set up in Hayatabad, Imran Khan said that the facility was ready to serve people.
Published in Dawn, July 23rd , 2014
Loud Thinking July 23, 2014 at 10:19AM
No Pakistani media has the guts to report this news..!
Gaza rocket lands near Israel’s main airport, US airlines cancel flights
Times of India reports..!
AP | Jul 22, 2014, 10.39 PM IST
Link:- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Gaza-rocket-lands-near-Israels-main-airport-US-airlines-cancel-flights/articleshow/38879473.cms
Loud Thinking July 22, 2014 at 11:20PM
No Pakistani media has the guts to report this news..!
Gaza rocket lands near Israel’s main airport, US airlines cancel flights
Times of India reports..!
AP | Jul 22, 2014, 10.39 PM IST
Link:- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Gaza-rocket-lands-near-Israels-main-airport-US-airlines-cancel-flights/articleshow/38879473.cms
Loud Thinking July 22, 2014 at 11:14PM
@MorningEdition: FAA issues 24-hour ban on flights to & from Tel Aviv in response to rocket strike near airport http://t.co/ZXtxOKiBTs http://t.co/HHUVkCwMW4
Loud Thinking July 22, 2014 at 11:13PM
@MarquardtA: Airlines that have suspended flights to tel Aviv, via @mollymhunter:
Delta
United
American/US Airways
KLM
Lufthansa
Air France
Loud Thinking July 22, 2014 at 11:13PM
@Lyonsoccer_87: @ibnkafka may be the IDF Air Force will heed the FAA and we’ll have the first no-fly zone on Israel
Loud Thinking July 22, 2014 at 11:12PM
@BowenBBC: Suspension of some flights to Ben Gurion is a victory for Hamas. Israel wants to project business as usual despite the #Gaza war.
