Protecting your password.

When at a public terminal, such as cyber cafes, your password may be compromised. Here is a simple trick to prevent it.

Navigate to the login page desired;
Type in the userid;
for (each pwd character){
Give focus to anywhere but the pwd field;
Type some random characters;
Give focus to the pwd field;
Type the next character of the pwd}
Submit;
It involves typing random characters between successive
characters of the password, and changing focus to
and from the password field using the mouse. Instead
of the password snoopy2 the keylogger now gets:
hotmail.comspqmlainsdgsosdgfsodgfdpuouuyhdg2

http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/soups/2006/posters/herley-poster_abstract.pdf

Flaxseed Muesli

2 tsp ground flaxseed (freshly ground)!
fresh fruit like grated apple, sliced banana

Top all this with:

1 teaspoon honey
3 tsp raw milk
3 tsp flaxseed oil
100 grams of cottage cheese and yogurt, blended in equal quantities.

(I’d merely omit the flaxseed oil).

The cottage cheese it seems, is essential to make the oils in flaxseed water-soluble.

(Flaxseed is being praised by some natural health specialists, as a great source of natural Omega 3 oils, and other components, such as lignans).

DO Read more:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=de_en&url=http://www.glaube-nur.de/ernae05.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/queryd.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12270221

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/budwig.htm

http://educate-yourself.org/fc/dukestudyignorsbudwigwork15aug01.shtml

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/07/010712080024.htm

Useful extracts from Swami Ramdev’s disciple’s website, http://www.yogsandesh.org

Useful extracts from Swami Ramdev’s disciples’ website, http://www.yogsandesh.org
Flaxseed, (Linseed, Alsi):

(Allopathic qualities: Very high in Omega3 fatty acids, minerals. Eaten upto 50 grams per day.)

Ayurvedic qualties:

The seeds are sweet, with mild smell, oily, hot, pungent, heavy, purgative, strengthening, increasing the sexual desire, if taken in little quantity the seeds produce urine, reduce the swelling and in large quantity they reduce vata and cure leprosy, seminal problems, kapha, pitta and eyesight problem.

Vata related diseases:

Roast around 50 gm linseed in the pan and make powder, add 50 gm of sugar candy, 10 gm of chilly powder, beat it nicely with honey and prepare pills of around 3 .to 6 gm. Give the small pills to children and the big ones to the elders in the morning to get rid of kapha and vata related problems. Do not drink water till one hour after medication.

On carrots:

Carrot is most beneficial when it is eaten raw. Eat raw carrot everyday in the morning, this reduces overweight and strengthens the teeth and gums. It is a good idea to remain on carrot diet for three days. Replace lunch with carrot salad.

In case you are not satisfied with the diet, then take a hot glass of cow milk along with honey.

Do not take any thing else except carrot and milk with honey. You can drink water to quench your thirst. Carrot juice is more beneficial when compared to carrot. You can also take 50 to 200 gm of carrot juice twice daily. This diet is a sort of fasting and also supplies nutritional elements to the body. You can add glucose to make it tastier and healthier. Those who can not keep fast or can not live without eating grains and cereals, they can eat carrot vegetable without curry. It should be cooked with black pepper, cumin seeds, coriander and common salt. Use anardana instead of dry mango powder. This vegetable can be eaten raw without chapattis as well. You can take one or two chapattis and eat more vegetable.

Carrot vegetable is very tasty and can be eaten as it is. You can also make carrot raita like gourd or cucumber raita. Wash the carrot and grate it nicely, put it in beaten curd and add salt, black pepper and roasted cumin seeds. You can also add roasted cumin seeds in vegetable or raita. There is no need to boil the carrot to make raita or peel the skin. Separate the middle yellow portion and make sweet marmalade. Take a big carrot and cut it into slices, sometimes it is soaked in limewa-ter for eight hours and then soaked in sugar syrup. This marmalade is very delicious. You can garnish it with small cardamom, vansh lochan and silver covering. This gives great strength and enthusiasm.

Carrot halva

This sweet dish is extremely delicious and nutritious. However there is no need to add khoya as the shopkeepers do. Here we are giving the method to prepare halva in order to increase its medicinal qualities.

Wash the carrots and grate it. Now, pour cow milk in a large pan and put it on flame, add the grated carrot when the milk begins to boil and stir it with a big spoon. Add some sugar candy when the milk begins to thicken and stir again.

Remove the halva from flame when it is ready. Add small cardamom, vansh lochan and saffron. This sweet dish is nutritious and gives a good figure. Around 25 gm of this halva can be taken every morning and an equal quantity in the afternoon as well. If 3 gm of honey in each serving is added it becomes more beneficial. Drink a glass of hot cow milk added with sugar candy over it. Chapatti or some light lunch can be taken along with this halva.

Carrot and Ginger

Combination of carrot and ginger is very beneficial. Ginger increases the digestive elements, therefore carrot is easily digestible grate  the  carrot, chop the ginger, add both the things and rinse in water. Serve it in a plate, sprinkle common salt, roasted cumin seeds powder and lemon juice.

This is very healthy and nutritious item, which provides strength and energy; it also improves the digestion process. It contains vitamin A and C. It is tasty and improves the appetite. It can be a regular item on the breakfast table or a good substitute for the afternoon snacks.

Breakfast should contain a ripe guava along with carrot – ginger salad. The afternoon snacks should also be taken in the same way. Take hot milk at bedtime if desired. You can also add radish in the salad, it is very tasty and nutritious.

Vegetable soup is a very healthy dish. To prepare it, boil guava, tomato, carrot, radish and ginger in equal quantities and sieve it. Add lemon juice and take only this soup for three, five or seven days. Do not take any other grain or cereal; you might not need any medicine at all.

Sesame seeds, (esp. black sesame seeds):

The scientists say that the white sesame has medium medicinal value. Red sesame is ordinary and black sesame is best. Sesame contains lot of fat. If a person eats 100 gm of sesame then he will get the required amount of calcium. 100 gm sesame contains 1.5 gm calcium, 5.5 gm phosphorous, and 10 gm iron. Sesame contains Vitamin B complex also. The substance called lecithin found in sesame is beneficial for the brain. Consumption of sesame improves the sexual capacity. It increases the sperm. According to Saint Charak, sesame oil is strengthening and beneficial for the skin.

Why breathing exercises may help….

Why breathing exercises may help….

You can live weeks without food, days without water, but barely minutes without breathing. Smoking is naturally linked to breathing. When you smoke taking leisurely draws, you feel relaxed. (You did! Can’t be denied!). When you take short, quick puffs, like when you are busy at work, you get work done at least 15% more efficiently than non-smokers. (You did, don’t deny that either!). But, in the end, there is an exhaustion akin to the use of a credit card. You gallavant the whole day shopping, and then at the end, there’s this bill to pay.

Maybe, these three simple exercises (in sequence), may help to some extent, if done on waking up. (And maybe, whenever there’s an urge to smoke).

Breathing excercise 1:

Procedure : Take deep breaths and then completely breathe out.
Duration : 2 mins atleast. 5 mins max.
(Basically, stomach-breathe in (the belly expands), completely, quickly, (not chest-breathe) and exhale at as slow a pace as you can from the nostrils. the exhalation should be natural, till complete exhalation. The last “drops” of breathe would be warm, since that clears the air stagnating at the top of the lungs.

Breathing excercise 2:

Procedure : Push air forcefully out. Stomach will itself go in.
Duration : Start with 30 times or 1 min. increase upto 5 mins min. upto 10 mins max.
Tips : heart and high BP patients, and weak people do it slowly.

Breathing excercise 3

Procedure : Hold your right nasal with thumb, breathe in from left. Now open right nasal and close left nasal with middle and ring finger and breathe out from right nasal. Now breathe in from right nasal. Now close right nasal and open left and breathe out and in from left nasal. and so on.
Duration : atleast 10 mins.
Tips: Do not hurry. Do it slowly. Rest whenever needed.

Videos of the three important breathing exercises.
Breathing exercise 1:
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bhastrika+Pranayam
Breathing exercise 2:
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Kapal+Bhati+Pranayam
Breathing exercise 3:
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Anulom+Vilom+Pranayam

Bengali Gastronomy

Another historically fascinating link on Indian diet!

“You begin with the cool tender gourd seasoned with the head of the fish, the spare bones have gone into your mungh dal which comes with the meaty neck-bone fried brown and crunchy; then follow a mild jhol with slices of the green pumpkin and dotted with seeds of the black cumin, and a pungent “bhate” or “paturi” steamed in a sealed jar or braised in a covering of banana-leaf, thickened with oil and mustard-paste. And finally, just for “cleaning your mouth”, comes the tail-end of the fish–the least appealing part but made most pleasant with sweetened lime-juice and the green chili.”

http://www.parabaas.com/BB/articles/gastronomy.html

Warning signs of diabetes

Warning signs of diabetes

The cardinal signs of diabetes are the three “P”s:
Polyuria (increased urination)
Polydipsia (increased thirst)
Polyphagia (increased hunger)

Why does this happen?
The kidneys try to get rid of the excess blood sugar by releasing it in the urine. As a result, diabetics with uncontrolled sugar levels experience frequent urination. This makes people drink more to replace the water lost in the urine, hence polydipsia. And even through the food they are eating is being broken down into sugar and circling the body, it can’t get into any of the cells, making them feel hungrier. But the extra food they eat doesn’t lead to weight gain because, for the most part, the energy it contains cannot be used.

Other common symptoms include:
Blurred vision
Frequent infections
Slow healing cuts or sores
Numbness or tingling in hands and feet
Feeling tired Dry itchy skin
Sexual dysfunction
Sudden weight loss

http://www.dietdetective.com/diabetes-management/red-alert-warning-signs-of-diabetes.html

Can you see the real me!

 Jason Clegg on creating a new identity:

“Recently, I encountered this phenomenon through an interesting personal growth decision. I stopped drinking alcohol around mid-July. I had developed a nightly habit of drinking several glasses of wine every evening before bed. When I adopted a new wake up early program, I wanted to make getting up easier by cutting out the night cap. The simple decision led to fantastic results. I had never really considered myself a “drinker.” That is, I didn’t attribute it to my identity. But others did. Now, anytime alcohol is in the equation and I’m not drinking people ask questions. This process was frustrating until I realized that I simply needed to update their versions of me – you know, give them the latest edition of “Jason Clegg software”.

In these instances I have encountered two typical reactions. One is “Hey, congratulations!” or something along those lines. Usually, this indicates that the other person is pleased that I am changing. The other common reaction is “What? Why are you doing that?” or even more negatively, “Oh, come on party pooper: just have one drink!” With this reaction, the other person experiences some form of jealousy or contempt. My changes somehow threaten their idea of me or even lead to fear of how the decision will compromise our relationship. Such as, “Hey, Jason’s not drinking anymore – now we can’t go out and have a good time…” or “You’re a vegetarian? How can we ever share a meal together or enjoy a traditional holiday feast?”

Your ability to accept these changes in your identity will make or break your success in adopting a new behavior or eliminating an old one. Much of this will depend upon how well you can create and assert your own identity without relying upon or fearing the reactions of others. But – in a very simple way – it will also depend upon how well you personally accept the “new you.”

In truth, your identity is not who you really are (the topic of Part 2). Such exercises in change and transformation really point out just how true this is. Your ego may desperately cling to some fixed sense of self through a personal development process. Just remind yourself that your identity is not fixed at all. The realization will be reassuring and encouraging as you move ever closer to the real you!”

http://jasonclegg.com/blog/2006/08/28/how-to-create-a-new-identity-%e2%80%93-part-1-letting-go-of-the-past/

Jason Clegg on how to quit any addiction.

 This is an amazing blog post. After reading t, I was able to virtually quit something within an instant. It did not require me to fight it, or control it. I just looked at the issue, an realised that I was in some sort of a “mode”. That there was no point in subsituting that “mode” with another, and just dropped it.

Let’s  see if  I can be equally successful with quitting smoking.

Here’s a gist of the post:

JC: Who is in control, you or the cigarette?
Friend: Me, obviously.
JC: Why are you giving the cigarette so much power?
Friend: I suppose I am. But it is powerful. This is an addictive substance.
JC: It will only have the power you give it.

Of course, this was much easier for me to say at the time, having quit the addiction myself with success. But the difference between us in that moment illustrated my point: he was giving the cigarette power. I was not.

Many people give cigarettes power every day:

“Cigarettes are more addictive than heroin.”
“Quitting smoking is nearly impossible.”
“But I love cigarettes.”
“I’m young. Smoking is just a part of being young.”
“I just can’t resist. I think about smoking all day.”

Here are some ways to turn cigarettes Off and your desire to quite On:

“I want to be a non-smoker.”
“I want to be healthy and happy.”
“I want to enjoy my life without cigarettes.”
“I want to live a life free of addiction.”
“I want to have positive daily habits.”

Think about it: How did you start smoking cigarettes in the first place? Just like quitting, this was a gradual process in which you developed a new identity as a smoker and let go of your old identity as a non-smoker.

Once you make the decision to quit, you will need to begin letting go of this “old you” and start working on the new you. For me, the most critical part of this change was social. Many of the people I shared time with as a smoker were also smokers. Most of our social activities centered around smoking – hanging out at cafes, drinking at bars, etc.

Steps 1 will go a long way towards manifesting the trappings of a new identity, but it helps to see this change as a discrete part of the overall process. Make use of affirmations to speed this step towards your goal:

“I am finding a new identity as a non-smoker.”
“I am spending more time with non-smokers.”
“I am letting go of my old habits as a smoker.”

http://jasonclegg.com/blog/2006/10/03/how-to-quit-smoking-or-any-addiction/

Sacman on quitting smoking

All the poor beginners, and I am one of them.
Wed, Nov 1 2006 10:58 am
sacman

But I’m in my 4th month now, and the horrific trauma of quitting cigarettes
has become merely an annoying buzz. That’s a fragmentary sentence.

In any event, there is NOTHING I, or anybody else, can tell you rank
beginners that will take away the pain. I can’t even say “You just have to
deal with it,” because there is no “dealing” with it. It’s like losing an
arm. It’s the worst, most hideous thing a person could go through WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION of death by lung cancer or emphysema. But I doubt it.
It is even possible that it is not worthwhile to quit.

My mom and my wife are the two greatest women I’ve ever known – and my mom died in 2003 at the age of 57 (not smoking related). Quitting smoking was MUCH MUCH MUCH more difficult than losing my mother. Lots of you are probably thinking I’m being hyperbolic , or that I had a shitty relationship with my mom – I’m not and I didn’t. The hell that was quitting is one of two things that are keeping me from returning to smoking – I would do nearly anything to avoid going through that misery again. I’ve been scolded on
this NG before for saying stuff like “Lung cancer can’t be worse than quitting – quitting is impossibly hard.” Well – perhaps. I haven’t gone through lung cancer, and I hope I never will. But I *have* lost my beloved mother – and losing my smokes was worse. Sorry, but it was. This will not change with time.

Having written that, I have GONE through the hard part of quitting smoking;
I’m not GOING through it right now. I’m done with the hard part. So to the newbies, I have to tell you, the only way I was able to succeed was sheer stubbornness. I’m a real bastard that way.

This one time, my parents made me take violin lessons. I was totally opposed to it (I still despise music, and I’m in my 30s). So what I did was this: I snapped the bow across my knee and said “I don’t care what you do to me. You can beat me, you can take away my computer, you can take away the TV – what you can NOT do is make me play the violin ever again.” And they didn’t.

And then this other time, my parents mad me “try” skiing. If there’s anything I despise more than the noise that is music, it’s physical exercise. Hate it, hate it, hate it. So I did the same god damned thing with my ski pole. I snapped that fucker across my knee and told my parents that I’d do the same thing to every pole that was put in my hand – that
quite soon, this could become an expensive day for them. Yeah, a spoiled brat I may have been, but I totally didn’t have to ski ever again.

Then this other time my parents wanted me to be religious. Man, I can’t stand religion. It’s worse than voilin plus skiing. It’s worse than voilin TIMES skiing. It’s worse than voilin raised to the skiing power. And so anyway, this one time, my parents made me go to church. Guess what happened? Well – I won’t tell you, but I *will* tell you I never had to go to church again.

Stubbornness is sometimes the only way to get what you want. The main difference between when I’ve been stubborn in the past and when I’ve been stubborn with quitting smoking, is that in the past, it’s been kind of like me vs. something external. Quitting smoking – that’s purely me vs. me. Pardon me – I believe my Freud is showing.

So anyhow, you totally have to be stubborn. For most people all over the place. You can even still buy them in Safeway. So – you have to be stubborn, and you have to trust that things will get better, because for the first few weeks, things will not seem like they’re getting better. But they will.

Listen – I’m willing to be a quasi-anonymous partner for anybody who needs some one-on-one support. E-mail me at ———– at hotmail dot com and I’ll send you my phone #. I sure wish I had somebody to lean on a few months ago when I first quit.

Okay, so see you guys later.

Child obesity

Child obesity is a serious paediatric hazard. An exact rate is difficult to determine but in a class of 60, at least 30 are obese. The problem is that either parents aren’t aware about child obesity or are unwilling to accept it. Obesity starts by the age of four and once triggered, it cannot be controlled as the appetite has increased. In the long term, this can lead to heart attacks, diabetes, hypertension and a never-ending list of ailments.

Today, children lead sedentary lives and even parents don’t have the time to play with children. Outings now are more about going to malls, not beaches. Food habits include pizzas and burgers. If parents are obese, so will be the child.” — Dr Snehalata Deshmukh. Paediatric Surgeon

Sedentary lifestyle and improper food habits

There are many reasons for obesity. The most obvious being eating too much, having wrong kind of food and sedentary lifestyle. Think of your child’s body as a jug. If you put more water in it than you take out, then the water would collect in the jug and spill out. Similarly, they put on weight if the amount of energy in the foods and drinks consumed is more than the amount needed for their growth and physical activity. Research has concluded the following reasons for obesity:

• Infant birth weight: Weight of your child at birth is a factor associated with childhood obesity, which may also have a role to play in chronic diseases later in adulthood.
• Hereditary: Surprisingly, one of the common reasons of obesity is the gene that we inherit from our parents and close relatives. Genetic factors also include behavioural predispositions that affect our children’s food intake and interest in exercise.
• Sedentary Lifestyle: Because of computer games, gizmos and other indoor activities, children are spending lesser time playing sports. They burn less calories and thus tend to gain weight. Along with sedentary lifestyle, there is also academic pressure that our children face every day. There is homework, tuitions, exams, grades etc to worry about and these pressures often result in less physical activity.
• Eating habits: Excess snacking on junk food and chomping in between meals can lead to weight gain. 
• Underlying diseases: Hyperthyroidism, oedema, cushings syndrome can lead to obesity. Medical help is necessary to identify them.
• Media: Famous media personalities endorse aerated drinks, fried foods like chips that give nothing but empty calories. Children take these personalities as their role models and ape them.
• Advertising gimmicks: Free gifts given with chips, chocolate et al encourage kids as well as parents to buy foods that they don’t require.
• Home environment: This works in two ways. Grandparents dote on their grandchildren and fill their tummies with ghee and sugar-rich food. On the other hand, if both the parents are working, mothers prefer to buy ready-to-eat snacks rather than cook at home. These snacks are rich in sodium, sugar and fat, leading to accumulation of body fat. — Preetika Ghura. Nutritionist

Read more:

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1061037

Is your child pleasently plump or obese?

Agreed, a plump kid looks cute. But the problem begins when parents refuse to accept that their child is no more just chubby. Experts discuss the adverse effects and growing trend of child obesity.

Luxurious lifestyle is fattening

The usual suspects here are television, technology, change in lifestyle, junk foods etc. But look closely and you’ll find that they have evolved from smaller factors.

Cartoon channels meant that the couch in front of TV became the play area for children. Malls and supermarkets stand guilty too. They display succulent, foreign-made chocolate in the lower racks, within easy reach of children. Harassed parents face two options — buy them or face tantrums.

Schools in the last 10 years have undergone a sea change. Some have elevators for students, AC classrooms, small or no playgrounds and study load eating into a students’ free time. Schools are trying hard to maintain international standards that in turn affect children adversely. The canteens have food that your science teachers talks against. In all, schools are catering to wrong demands.

“But the fat refuses to go. My son can cook very well, unlike his sister who can’t tell vinegar from water. Unlike his sister, he can tell when I go easy on oil, cheese or butter. His sandwiches border on outrageous like that of Dagwood. He nibbles on cheese cubes and insists I pick up different types from the market. He drains cola bottles kept in the fridge for unannounced guests.

The ice cream in the freezer seems untouched until you lift it. He prises open a non-suspecting corner only to finish it without getting caught. The event goes unreported until I take it out for guests only to find it gone. He eats parathas without counting and insists on fried things for breakfast. If I refuse he simply goes into the kitchen and whips up some sinful concoction.

While I don’t mind him in the kitchen, I do get bothered when he eats indiscriminately. He then proceeds to sit with a laden plate in front of the television.

Each time I scold him, he’s all jokes and promises. But these promises are forgotten soon enough. It is not like there is less to eat in the house, but his constant demand for fatty foods trouble me.”

Read more.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1061036