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Baruch Spinoza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baruch Spinoza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He initially gained infamy for positions that defied the Jewish law, with highly critical positions towards the Talmud and other sacred texts. In general, Judaism is quite tolerant with atypical representations of God; nonetheless, Spinoza believed that God was Nature/Universe, a thought that is unacceptable to Judaism. In the summer of 1656, he was issued the writ of cherem (Hebrew: חרם, similar to excommunication)[1] from the Jewish community, for the apostasy of how he conceived God. The terms of his cherem were quite severe (see Kasher and Biderman): it was never revoked. Following his excommunication, he adopted the first name Benedictus, the Latin equivalent of his given name, Baruch; they both mean "blessed". In his native Amsterdam he was also known as Bento de Spinoza, which was the informal form of his name.
//Sounds Great
He initially gained infamy for positions that defied the Jewish law, with highly critical positions towards the Talmud and other sacred texts. In general, Judaism is quite tolerant with atypical representations of God; nonetheless, Spinoza believed that God was Nature/Universe, a thought that is unacceptable to Judaism. In the summer of 1656, he was issued the writ of cherem (Hebrew: חרם, similar to excommunication)[1] from the Jewish community, for the apostasy of how he conceived God. The terms of his cherem were quite severe (see Kasher and Biderman): it was never revoked. Following his excommunication, he adopted the first name Benedictus, the Latin equivalent of his given name, Baruch; they both mean "blessed". In his native Amsterdam he was also known as Bento de Spinoza, which was the informal form of his name.
//Sounds Great
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The Price of Children
This is just too good not to pass on to all. Something absolutely positive for a change. I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. It's nice.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.
But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month, or
* $171.08 a week.
* That's a mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "rich" Actually, it is just the opposite. What do you get for your $160,140?
* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
* Glimpses of God every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs, and
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watching Saturday morning cartoons,
* going to Disney movies, and
* wishing on stars.
* You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay or Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat to history to witness the:
* first step,
* first word,
* first bra,
* first date, and
* first time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, So . . one day they will like you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!
Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.
But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month, or
* $171.08 a week.
* That's a mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "rich" Actually, it is just the opposite. What do you get for your $160,140?
* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
* Glimpses of God every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs, and
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watching Saturday morning cartoons,
* going to Disney movies, and
* wishing on stars.
* You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay or Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat to history to witness the:
* first step,
* first word,
* first bra,
* first date, and
* first time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, So . . one day they will like you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!
Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
10 Tips to Keep Your Desk Clean - lifehack.org
10 Tips to Keep Your Desk Clean - lifehack.ऑर्ग
While there is a challenge in the initial cleaning of the messy desk, the regular maintenance often poses the bigger challenge. Here are some tips to help keep the desk clean:
- Sort your mail and toss junk as it arrives। Even with an in-basket, you need to process your mail daily to avoid accumulating a stack of paper।
- Get rid of sticky notes and scraps of paper. Get a single notebook and use it to record notes, phone numbers, web addresses, ideas, to-dos, etc.
- Create a list or binder of regularly referenced material, such as phone numbers, and keep it accessible in a desk drawer।
- Schedule filing time at least once per week.
- Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive।
- When you stop working on something, put it away until the next time you need it। Don’t leave half-completed projects sitting on your desktop.
- Keep nothing on your desk unless you absolutely need them। If you aren’t joining sheets of paper with tape, move the dispenser off the desk।
- If you want personal photos in the office, have only one on the desk or better yet, hang them on the wall।
- Keep a reading folder for material you need to read। Schedule a regular reading time to clear that material।
- Create a “waiting for” or pending file to hold items dependent on outside action।
- Create a weekly appointment to clean your desk and this includes dusting or polishing। You might be less inclined to mess up a shiny desk.
It doesn’t take much “neglect” for your workspace to fill up with things that eat at your productivity. A few simple and regular good habits can free up a bunch of extra time for getting things done.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - How to adjust your side/rear-view mirrors (and why you need 3 monitors)
Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - How to adjust your side/rear-view mirrors (and why you need 3 monitors)
I am so much used to drive this way, I am sure I could never go back the old way.
I am so much used to drive this way, I am sure I could never go back the old way.
Friday, March 16, 2007
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Prohori
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nogori
vitemati chara
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onner nogorer o
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prohori
keno srishti chara
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bolbe ke kothai o
nogori
vitemati chara
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onner nogorer o
prohori
udbastu chintar she
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Books I read recently.
Updated on 05/22/06
1. 1st to die / James Patterson.
2. 2nd chance / James Patterson with Andrew Gross.
3. 3rd degree / by James Patterson and Andrew Gross.
4. The killing hour / by Lisa Gardner
5. Lunar park / by Bret Easton Ellis
6. Cruel and unusual / by Patricia Cornwell
7. Skipping Christmas / John Grisham
8. Blink : [the power of thinking without thinking] / Malcolm Gladwell
9. Angels & demons / Dan Brown
10. About face / by Fern Michaels
11. All that remains / by Patricia Cornwell
12. The beach house / by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
13. Envy / Sandra Brown
14. The rule of four / Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
15. A bend in the road / Nicholas Sparks
Updated on 12/15/06
1. Another world/ by Pat Barker
2. Birthright / Nora Roberts
3. Blood orchid / Stuart Woods
4. Blow fly / Patricia Cornwell
5. Bodyguard / by Suzanne Brockmann
6. Cat & mouse / James Patterson
7. Cold case / by Stephen White
8. Digital fortress / Dan Brown
9. Prey / Michael Crichton
10. Red rabbit / by Tom Clancy
11. 4th of July / by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
12. The 5th horseman / James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
13. Absolute power / by David Baldacci
14. At risk / Patricia Cornwell
15. The Body farm / by Patricia Cornwell
16. Cause of death / by Patricia Cornwell
17. Dead in the water / Stuart Woods
18. Deception point / Dan Brown
19. Jack & Jill / by James Patterson
Updated on 03/06/07
1. Crossroads of twilight / by Robert Jordan.
2. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything / Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
3. The Kalahari Typing School for men / by Alexander McCall Smith.
4. Banquets of the Black Widowers / by Isaac Asimov.
5. Beach road / James Patterson and Peter de Jonge.
6. The Christmas train / by David Baldacci.
7. Four blind mice / James Patterson.
8. From Potter's field / by Patricia Cornwell.
9. Full house / Janet Evanovich.
10. Who's looking out for you? / Bill O'Reilly.
11. The year of
magical thinking / Joan Didion. (Did not finish)
12. The eleventh commandment / by Jeffrey Archer.
13. Hornet's nest / by Patricia Cornwell.
14. Rising sun / by Michael Crichton
15. Disclosure / by Michael Crichton
16. Foundation's edge / Isaac Asimov
17. Second foundation / Isaac Asimov.
18. Foundation / Isaac Asimov.
19. The robots of dawn / Isaac Asimov.
20. Robots and empire / Isaac Asimov.
Friday, March 02, 2007
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