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July is national icecream month !!!

Leena Komarraju — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:58:41 +0000

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day. He recognized ice cream as a fun and nutritious food that is enjoyed by a full 90% of the nation’s population. In the proclamation, President Reagan called for all people of the United States to observe these events with “appropriate ceremonies and activities.”

This is icecream month

Leena Komarraju — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:54:41 +0000

July is National Ice Cream Month The weblog of Babson Library, Springfield College, Springfield, MA.

Quantum physics and positive thinking

Leena Komarraju — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:45:26 +0000

The notion of Quantum physics says that the entire universe, us included, are vibratory in nature and that when a person truly vibrates their thinking in a positive way, they literally attract positive things into their lives. The movie, “The Secret” was cited as being a guide as to how this process works. They could also have referenced the cult hit “What the Bleep Do We Know” as another example of scientists offering tangible proof as to how this process works.

TV soaps promoting postive change in indian women?

Leena Komarraju — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:53:03 +0000

To young women in India, TV soaps represent a medium that can influence positive change. To others, soaps are expected to impart traditional values that donâ€™t threaten Indian culture â€” and donâ€™t propagate what is seen as Western...

Are you under peer pressure?

Leena Komarraju — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:36:44 +0000

Men, women and children today are faced with many pressures of believing that have to be a certain image or accept a certain view in order to be accepted and validated in this...

Is your teenager having a problem?

Leena Komarraju — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:19:02 +0000

The teenage years are fraught with all kinds of problems, from low self-esteem and peer pressure to lack of motivation and chronic untidiness, but you can help your child through all of...

how we reason morally

Leena Komarraju — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:22:56 +0000

People undergo moral reasoning thruogh stages.However, movement through these stages are not natural, that is people do not automatically move from one stage to the next as they mature. In stage development, movement is effected when cognitive dissonance occurs ... that is when a person notices inadequacies in his or her present way of coping with a given moral dilemma.

henna for skin allergies, leprosy, insomnia and body cooling !

Leena Komarraju — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:32:51 +0000

Henna has medicinal value too. It is considered an anti-irritant, a deodorant and an antiseptic. It is used by Ayurvedic physicians for the treatment of heat rashes and skin allergies and to cool the body against the intense heat of summers. Because of it’s cooling property henna leaves and flowers are made into lotions and ointments to be used externally for boils, burns and skin inflammations, including sores from leprosy.

Matrimonial sites - how effective are they ?

Leena Komarraju — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:14:44 +0000

If you are single, no matter young or old, I am sure , you must be having profile in either shaadi or jeevansaathi ( am I right ?) or bharatmetrimony
Probably you are following the simple rules.To make the most of the time (time saving) or to avoid the heart break, you must be chatting with four to six, got intimate (or at least dating) with three and at the right moment, select one and dump the others.
What happened to the others ?
Nothing.If they are not fool, they themselves must be doing what you were doing.I mean, moving around with half a dozen.Everything works like business world with no tears and heart break.It is just a market.

Chimps calm each other with hugs, kisses

Leena Komarraju — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:57:15 +0000

For most folks, a nice hug and some sympathy can help a bit after we get pushed around. Turns out, chimpanzees use hugs and kisses the same way. And it works. Researchers studying people’s closest genetic relatives found that stress was reduced in chimps that were victims of aggression if a third chimp stepped in to offer consolation.