ATMs Are Getting More Intelligent

In Melbourne New smart ATMs that can count your cash, read the cheques and credit it to your account immediately at any hour.They have already rolled out 40 ATMs that can do that and have 150 of that type out by the end of this financial year,” the Commonwealth Bank’s executive general manager of retail products, Michael Cant, said.

    “You deposit your cash or a cheque into an ATM that’s smart enough to count the cash, read the cheque and credit that immediately to your account” and customers will also be able to personalize their settings on ATMs that will pop up each time they use it. “When you put in your card, it identifies you as the customer and preferences that you set,” he says

Australian Bank ANZ is also set to introduce 800 ATMs by the end of the 2012-13 financial year that have the ability to deposit coins, notes and cheques and have them instantly credited to the customer’s account,if at all these ATMs are introduced work becomes much more easier for the customers.

A Toddler’s Rules Of Possession

1. If I like it, it’s mine.
2. If it’s in my hand, it’s mine.
3. If I can take it from you, it’s mine.
4. If it’s mine, it must NEVER appear to be yours in any way.
5. If I’m doing or building something, all the pieces are mine.
6. If I had it a little while ago, it’s mine.
7. If it looks just like mine, it is mine
8. If I saw it first, it’s mine.
9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
10. If it’s broken, it’s yours. 

Bread Upma Recipe

Ingredients:

• White bread slices 6-8
• Oil 4 tbsp
• Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
• Mustard seeds 1/4 tbsp
• Onion 1 medium
• Potato boiled 1 medium
• Turmeric powder a pinch
• Red chilli powder 1/2 tbsp
• Lemon juice 1 tbsp
• Green chillies 2
• Coriander leaves

Method:

• Cut the bread slices into smaller pieces.
• Heat oil in a kadai , and add cumin seeds & mustard seeds.
• When the cumin seeds change color & mustard seeds crackle, add onion & saute.
• When the onions turns brown, add diced potatoes & saute for 2 minutes.
• Add turmeric powder & bread pieces.
• Mix & add red chilli powder & sprinkle some water and cook for 2 more minutes.
• Add lemon juice, green chillies & coriander leaves.
• Now the tasty and delicious bread upma is ready to serve.

Bible signed by Einstein sells for $68,500 at auction

 A Bible signed by physicist Albert Einstein, in which he refers to the book as an "inexhaustible" source of wisdom and solace that deserves frequent reading, has fetched $68,500 at an auction here.

• Inscribed in German and signed by both Einstein and his wife Elsa in 1932, the Bible was a gift to their American friend, Harriett Hamilton.
• "We are very pleased with the price released for the Einstein Bible in the auction. Einstein didn't identify with organized religion as an adult, so the inscription is an extraordinary insight into his sentiments in the early 1930s," said Christina Geiger, the director of the Fine Books & Manuscripts Department at Bonham's, New York.
• In the book, Einstein advises that the Bible is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently.
• Any opinion expressed by Einstein on the Bible is of intense interest. He went through a devout phase as a child which ended around age 12; afterward he never subscribed to organized religion.
• Here, however, he espouses a comforting, humanist view to a friend of his wife, dramatically different from the post-Holocaust opinion Einstein offered to the philosopher Eric Gutkind, referring to the Bible as a "collection of honorable but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish", the auction house said.
• An extensive collection of 19th Century British Parliamentary papers relating to Arctic Exploration also sold for $68,500, at the auction, yesterday.
• Considered the single-most important primary source for Arctic studies, the assemblage was the most comprehensive grouping ever made available at auction.

Courtesy: Times of india

How To Observe Your Child In The Montessori Environment

• Please remove your footwear before you enter the environment.
• Please maintain absolute silence in the environment.
• Do remember that this a place of work
• Please do not step on the mats.
• Please do not touch the materials.
• Please do not disturb the children either by talking to them or by touching the children or their materials.
• If the children talk to you, just smile and remain passive or tell them that you have come to watch their work.
• Please talk softly. Do not talk from a distance.
• Observe all the children in the environment, not particularly your own child.
• Please leave the place quietly, after you have finished your observation.

Monsoon care for Moms & Moms to be

• Wear loose, cotton clothes and avoid synthetic materials to avoid rashes.
• Wash your hands and feet regularly to avoid infections.
• Drink coconut water and homemade ‘’Nimbu Paani’’
• Be hydrated.
• Install safety window nets to prevent mosquito bites.
• Keep your surroundings clean.
• Have a balanced - diet.
• Eat clean fresh food.
• Keep monsoon ailments at bay
• Avoid puddles
• Exercise and rest during monsoon

Latest Bollywood Movie - Raanjhanaa Review

Cast:Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol 
Director: Anand L Rai 

In the bustling lanes along the Ghats of Varanasi, an affable but impulsive drifter, son of a Tamil-speaking temple priest, meets a pretty girl, daughter of a Muslim professor. He flips hopelessly for her.

The girl not only resists the advances, she slaps the besotted guy as many as 15 times. Far from taking the hint, he grins and bears it. 

When the boy eventually gathers the courage to express his love and plants a faltering kiss on the girl’s cheek, he receives yet another slap. 

In desperation, he slashes his wrist, an act that is repeated on two more occasions in the course of the film, once by the boy himself, and then by the girl. 

The blood in the veins of the two pivotal characters, it might seem to some, is cheaper than the water that flows in the river. 

But the boy’s bleeding wrist sparks a scandal. An eyewitness tattles to the girl’s parents, and she gets into big trouble. Teenage love is thwarted.

About two hours later, in the pre-climactic sequence in a turbulent Delhi, the male protagonist, suitably chastened and far less cocky, offers his cheek to the girl yet again.

If that seems slapdash and juvenile, nothing could be further from the truth. Raanjhanaa, director Aanand L Rai’s second film, not only averts the curse that often befalls a sophomore effort, it also actually turns out to be an improvement on the well-received Tanu Weds Manu. 

Raanjhanaa, scripted by Tanu Weds Manu writer Himanshu Sharma, is a love story with a huge difference that benefits no end from a clutch of exceptional performances. 

The film defies the expectations of the audience at several crucial junctures and holds out absolutely no apologies for springing abrupt surprises.

It builds the drama at a gentle pace, taking care to create the right kind of physical and psychological spaces for the characters to breathe and evolve in.

Hindu boy Kundan Shankar (Dhanush) pursues Muslim girl Zoya Haider (Sonam Kapoor) with such tenacity that the latter is compelled to give in, if only briefly.

The girl’s family responds in horror to the budding romance and packs her off to her aunt’s place in Aligarh to complete her schooling.

Zoya breaks free from parental control when she enters JNU in Delhi and discovers a new life and her own voice, inspired by an ambitious and idealistic student leader (Abhay Deol). 


But that is only half the story. Eight years on, Kundan is still the boy he was, but Zoya is now a different individual, no longer the carefree, fun-loving schoolgirl of yore. 

Many plot twists are thrown into the tale. A couple of them are less than convincing and suffer from gaps of logic. What salvages Raanjhanaa is its unconventional take on love. 

The first half and a part of the second are set in Varanasi. The film captures the spirit of the location in a manner that provides the narrative its core. 

The vibrant, recognizable human tableau that unfolds in the background gives Raanjhanaa a distinctive feel. 

The film is dedicated to “Mahadev and his beloved Ganga”. Take the religious connotation out of it, and it has an unmistakable resonance, especially so at a time when the havoc that a flawed development model has wreaked on our rivers is being brought home in devastating ways.

Raanjhanaa gets somewhat weighed down in the second half as it factors into its plot many of the recent people’s protests (anti-corruption, Bhatta Parsaul, the Nirbhaya gang rape) that have rocked Delhi. 

It probes, if only for purely plot purposes, many of the social fault lines of our times – religious divides, the gap between Bharat and India, the rising mass anger against political corruption, tensions over land acquisitions, et al.

The film draws many of its supporting actors from the Capital’s 20-year-old Asmita Theatre Group and also provides glimpses of the latter’s street plays. 

Among others, Asmita founder Arvind Gaur plays a slimy politician and the group’s lead actor, Shilpi Marwaha, is given the role of the heroine’s friend, but one that isn’t of the blink-and-you-miss variety.

The two lead actors, Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor, complement each other perfectly. 

Dhanush slips effortlessly into the world of a happy-go-lucky boy who refuses to take no for an answer until it is too late. 

Even when he is exasperatingly impulsive, the character remains endearing, thanks to the boyish charm that the actor exudes.

But it is to Sonam Kapoor that Raanjhanaa belongs. She delivers a rock-steady star turn, moving from innocence to cynicism, and from demure to worldly wise in a smooth arc. 

She does not miss a trick in conveying the emotional ups and downs of a small-town girl who grows out of her moorings over a period of nearly a decade. 

However, Abhay Deol, in what is essentially a special appearance, seems somewhat miscast. He doesn’t look like a college student.

Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, who has strong screen presence, lends sustained energy to the character of Murari, the hero’s inseparable friend and confidant.

Swara Bhaskar, playing a sub-inspector’s daughter who pines for the hero and makes no bones about it, is saddled with a character that isn’t fully developed and flits in and out of the frame. 

If you are among those that helped Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani rake in all those crores at the box office, you owe it to yourself (and to the cause of popular Hindi cinema that entertains with more than just song and dance and star power) to vote for Raanjhanaa with your feet. 

Courtesy: Ndtv 

MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

The martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with an olive or a lemon twist. Over the years, the martini has become one of the best-known mixed alcoholic beverages. H. L. Mencken called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet" and E. B. White called it "the elixir of quietude".

Ingredients:

1/2 cup ice cubes
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger silver tequila
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger Cointreau
2 teaspoons Grand Marnier liqueur (optional)
2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers freshly squeezed lime juice
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger freshly squeezed orange juice
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 pimento-stuffed green olives (optional)

Directions:

Place the ice cubes into a margarita glass. Pour in the tequila, Cointreau, and Grand Marnier. Pour in the lime juice, orange juice, and lemon juice to taste. Garnish with a pimento stuffed olive if desired.

< 21 MEMOS FROM YOUR CHILD >

• Don't spoil me.

I Know quite well that I ought not to have all that I ask for. Im only testing you.

• Don't be afraid to be firm with me.    
  

I prefer it, it makes me feel more secure.

• Don't make me feel smaller than I am.

It only makes me behave stupidly big.

• Don't correct me in front of people if you can help it.

I'll take much more notice if you talk quietly with me in private.

• Don't make me feel my mistakes are sins.

It upsets my sense of values.

• Don't protect me from consequences.

I need to learn the painful way , sometimes.

• Don't be too upset when I say, I hate you.

It isn't you I hate but your power to thwart me.

• Don't take too much notice of my small ailments.

Sometimes they get me the attention I need.

• Don't nag.

If you do I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.

• Don't forget that I cannot explain myself  as well as I should like.

This is why I am not always very accurate.

• Don't make rash promises.

Remember that I feel badly let down when promises are broken.

• Don't tax my honesty too much.

I am easily frightened into telling lies.

• Don't be inconsistent.

That completely confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.

• Don't tell me that my fears are silly.

They are terribly real and you can do much to reassure me if you try to understand.

• Don't put me off when I ask questions.

If you do, you will find that I will stop asking and seek information elsewhere.

• Don't ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible.

It gives me too great a shock when I discover that you are neither.

• Don't ever think that it is beneath your dignity to apologise to me.

An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm towards you.

• Don't forget how quickly I am growing up.

It must be very difficult to keep pace with me, but please do try.

• Don't forget that I love experimenting.

I couldn't get on without it, so please put up with it.

• Don't forget that I cant thrive without lots of understanding and love.

but I don't need to tell you, do I ?

Mind Bender

The Sheriff of Tinseltown has been murdered. An investigator questions 4 suspects who have not been told anything about the case. He approaches each of them separately, & none of them can hear what the others say. The investigator says to each "The Sheriff was attacked tonight. What can you tell me about this?"

John : I didn't hurt the sheriff, & I wish you would leave me alone.
Melissa : I consider the Sheriff to be a good friend. I would never do anything to hurt him.
Chris : I didn't have anything against the Sheriff , so why are you bothering me?
Paul : I may not like the Sheriff , but I didn't do anything wrong.

Who seems like the most likely suspect, & why?
It is...................

CHRIS.  He says "I DIDN'T have anything against the Sheriff." Why didn't he say DON'T or DO NOT?
Didn't indicates the past tense, which suggests that he knows that the Sheriff is dead, but the investigator only told him that the Sheriff was attacked, not that he is dead. None of the other suspects referred to the Sheriff in this way.

The Power And Benefits Of Papaya

The benefits of papaya are very useful in our daily life..

• Boosts our immune system
• Helps in renewal of muscle tissues
• Prevents cataract formation
• supports digestive health
• Increases energy
• Aids in weight loss

Amazing Facts For Cat Lovers

• AILUROPHILIA is the love of cats.
• A house cat spends 70 percent of its time sleeping.
• Most cats don't have eyelashes!
• A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
• A group of kittens is called a Kindle.