யானைகளை விரட்ட

Murali Malai Murasu

விவசாயிகள் கவனத்திற்கு...

ஆப்பிரிக்க விவசாயிகள் எல்லோரும் விலங்கியலாளர் டாக்டர் லூசி கிங்குக்கு நன்றி சொல்லிக்கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள். ஆப்பிரிக்க யானைகள் கிராமங்களுக்குள் புகுந்து, பயிர்களை நாசம் செய்வது அங்கே வழக்கமான விஷயமாக இருந்து வந்தது. அவர்களின் பிரச்சினையைத் தீர்க்க ‘யானைகளும் தேனீக்களும்’ என்ற பிராஜக்டை உருவாக்கினார் லூசி. யானைகளுக்கு வேல மரங்கள் என்றால் பிடிக்காது, காரணம் அந்த மரங்களில் தேனீக்கள் கூடு கட்டியிருப்பதுதான். பல ஆண்டுகள் யானைகளை ஆராய்ச்சி செய்த பிறகு, தேனீக்களுக்கு யானைகள் பயப்படுவதைக் கண்டுபிடித்தார் லூசி.

விவசாய நிலங்களைச் சுற்றிலும், 30 மீட்டர் இடைவெளியில் தேனீ வளர்ப்பு தொட்டிகளை வைத்தார். விளைந்திருக்கும் பயிர்களின் வாசத்தை வைத்தே யானை அந்த இடம் நோக்கி வரும். அப்படி வரும் யானைகள் தேனீக்களின் ரீங்காரம் கேட்டவுடன் பின்வாங்கும். எல்லா கூடுகளும் ஒரே கம்பியால் இணைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. ஒருவேளை தேன் கூட்டை யானை தொட்டுவிட்டால், கம்பி அதிர்வதன் மூலம் கூடுகளில் உள்ள தேனீக்கள் யானைகளைக் கொடுக்கால் தாக்க ஆரம்பித்துவிடும்.
யானை அலறியடித்துகொண்டு ஓடிவிடும். பிறகு இந்தப் பக்கமே வராது. ’’தேனீக்களை விளைநிலங்களில் வளர்ப்பதன் மூலம் விவசாயிகளுக்குக் கூடுதல் வருமானம் வருகிறது. யானைகளிடமிருந்து பயிர்களும் பத்திரமாகப் பாதுகாக்கப்படுகின்றன. யானைகள் மிகச் சிறந்த உயிரினங்கள். அவற்றின் எண்ணிக்கை குறைந்து வரும் நிலையில், மின்சாரக் கம்பிகளைப் பயன்படுத்தினால் அது யானைகளுக்கும் மனிதர்களுக்கும் ஆபத்தாகிவிடுகின்றன. தேன் கூடுகளால் வேலி அமைத்து விட்டால் மனிதர்கள், யானைகளுக்கு மட்டுமில்லை, இயற்கைக்கும் நல்லது’’ என்கிறார் லூசி கிங்.

‘’யானை ஒருநாளைக்கு 400 கிலோ உணவு சாப்பிடும். எங்க நிலத்துக்குள் நுழைந்தால் ஒன்றும் மிச்சம் இருக்காது. இதுவரை யானைகளைப் பார்த்தால் தகர டப்பாவால் தட்டுவோம், நெருப்புப் பந்தம் பிடிப்போம். இப்போது எங்களுக்கும் பிரச்சினை இல்லை, யானைகளுக்கும் பிரச்சினை இல்லை. வருமானமும் கூடியிருக்கிறது’’ என்று மகிழ்கிறார் ஒரு விவசாயி. இயற்கை, மனிதர்கள், யானைகள் என்று எல்லா வழியிலும் பிரமாதமான திட்டத்தை வகுத்து கொடுத்த லூசி கிங்குக்கு சர்வதேச விருதுகள் குவிகின்றன.

நம் ஊர் விவசாயிகளும் இந்தத் திட்டத்தைப் பின்பற்றணும்…
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13 Tricks for Impressing Anyone You Meet in Under 30 Seconds

Sridhar Athimoolam

6 நிமிடங்கள் · Theni · 

Good Day,

13 Tricks for Impressing Anyone You Meet in Under 30 Seconds

Some experts estimate that 85% of your financial success comes not from your skills or knowledge, but from your ability to connect with other people and engender their trust and respect.

Within seconds, everyone you meet forms an impression that largely determines whether they’ll like, trust, and respect you.Whether you’re job-hunting or fundraising or leading an organization, making a good impression is absolutely critical. (No pressure, right?)

So, whether you are looking to raise money for your company, or you are managing your team or leading your business, connecting to people and making a great impression is very important.

Here are some tips to help you win hearts and minds in 30 seconds:

1. Neutralize the Fight-or-Flight Response

The first few seconds of a first encounter are driven by instinctive reactions. Each person makes unconscious immediate appraisals that center around how safe they feel. Be mindful of your immediate signals, and make sure they could never be perceived as threatening.

2. Respect Boundaries

Be mindful of personal space and respect the boundaries of others. If in doubt, follow the other person’s cues: If they lean in, you lean in; if they stand back, you do the same. Remember that concepts of appropriate personal space vary by culture.

3. Feed Expectations

In business, first impressions are frequently colored by expectations. We expect people to live up to the image we have created in our minds from their reputation, phone calls, emails, or texts. We expect consistency with that general image—and without it, we feel some degree of disappointment and confusion. It’s not the time to surprise others with a new side of your personality.

4. Be Mindful of Body Language

It accounts for more than half of what others respond to initially—so it literally does speak louder than words. Hold yourself in a way that signals attention and an open heart, and keep a facial expression that combines authority with approachability and eye contact.

5. Stay Positive

The language of the brain is pictures, sounds, feelings, and to a lesser extent, smells and tastes. It’s much more difficult to translate negatives into brain-friendly imagery than positives. Work to develop a positive explanatory style.

6. Keep Control of Your Attitude

The general energy you give off is one of the first unconscious things people respond to. If you’re frazzled, project calm. If you’re distracted and unenthusiastic, project positivity. (You’ll not only make a better impression, but you can influence your own mood.)

7. Manage Your Moods

People are drawn to warmth, enthusiasm, and confidence more than anger, arrogance, and impatience. Whatever is going on around you, manage your responses to get the best response from others.

8. Synchronize

Make sure your words, your tone of voice, and your body language are all saying the same thing. Mixed messages put off others, but consistency gives you clarity and credibility.

9. Use Sensory Language

Activate people’s senses, and mix up your imagery to make sure you hit their strength. Whenever possible, use descriptions of visual images, sounds, textures, motion, and feelings to add meaning to what you’re saying.

10. Be Curious, Open-Minded, and Interested

If you can get the other person talking and keep them talking, odds are they’ll be drawn to you. Be interested and open-minded; ask questions that spark their imagination and ignite conversation.

11. Dress for Success

Find a personal style that represents who you are and the message you want to send about yourself. Look at your dress and appearance as packaging a product.

12. Have a Personal Statement

Have a personal statement prepared and memorized so you can tell others concisely and eloquently what you do, what it means to you, and why it makes a difference. Think of it not as a sales pitch, but as an engaging and artfully crafted mini-presentation.

Work through these points and you should have a great first impression all lined up.

13. Make Every Meeting Count

Treat every connection you make as if it’s the most important thing you’ve ever done. Because, frankly, you never know when it actually will be.

Regards,
R.Rajesh

Thanks to R.Rajesh and Sridhar Athimoolam

HEART ATTACKS AND WATER !

                                        

How many folks do you know who say they don't want to 

drink anything before going to bed because they'll have to 

get up during the night.

Heart Attack and Water - I never knew all of this ! 

Interesting.......

Something else I didn't know ... I asked my Doctor why

 people need to urinate so much at night time. Answer from

 my Cardiac Doctor - Gravity holds water in the lower part of

 your body when you are upright (legs swell). When you lie

 down and the lower body (legs and etc) seeks level with the

 kidneys, it is then that the kidneys remove the water

because it is easier. This then ties in with the last statement!

I knew you need your minimum water to help flush the toxins

 out of your body, but this was news to me. Correct time to 

drink water...

Very Important. From A Cardiac Specialist!

Drinking water at a certain time maximizes its effectiveness

 on the body

2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal 

organs

1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion

1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood 

pressure

1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart

 attack

I can also add to this... My Physician told me that water at 

bed time will also help prevent night time leg cramps. Your 

leg muscles are seeking hydration when they cramp and 

wake you up with a Charlie Horse.

Mayo Clinic Aspirin Dr. Virend Somers, is a Cardiologist from

 the Mayo Clinic, who is lead author of the report in the July

 29, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American College of 

Cardiology.

Most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6

 A.M. and noon. Having one during the night, when the heart 

should be most at rest, means that something unusual 

happened. Somers and his colleagues have been working for 

a decade to show that sleep apnea is to blame

.
1. If you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it 

at night.

The reason: Aspirin has a 24-hour "half-life"; therefore, if 

most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, 

the Aspirin would be strongest in your system.

2. FYI, Aspirin lasts a really long time in your medicine chest,

 for years, (when it gets old, it smells like vinegar).

Please read on...

Something that we can do to help ourselves - nice to know.

 Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve instantly on the tongue.

They work much faster than the tablets.

Why keep Aspirin by your bedside? It's about Heart Attacks.

There are other symptoms of a heart attack, besides the pain

 on the left arm. One must also be aware of an intense pain

 on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating;

 however, these symptoms may also occur less frequently.

Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart

 attack.

The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack

 during their sleep did not wake up. However, if it occurs, the 

chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.

If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your

 mouth and swallow them with a bit of water.

Afterwards: - Call 911. - Phone a neighbor or a family

 member who lives very close by.- Say "heart attack!" - Say

 that you have taken 2 Aspirins.

Take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait 

for their arrival and ...DO NOT LIE DOWN!

A Cardiologist has stated that if each person after receiving

 this e-mail, sends it to 10 people, probably one life could be

 saved!

I have already shared this information. What about you?

Do forward this message. It may save lives!

"Life is a one time gift"