World's Oldest Person

Born in 1880 and still alive? This is the question that everyone is tempted to ask when we hear this news. Yes, Antisa Khvichava is the world's oldest person at present. She lives in a remote mountain village in Russia with her 40-year-old grandson. She recently celebrated her 130th birthday with her son, 10 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and six great, great grandchildren. 

While this is the story of Antisa Khvichava, there is another woman, Turinah, in Indonesia who claims that she is 157 years old. The woman still carries on with her daily activities on her own. She has the habit of smoking clove cigarettes. Though they are no proofs of her age but still officials believe that she could be 157 because her adopted daughter is 108 yrs old now. If 157 is her true age then she was born in 1853 when there were no telephones, cars, aeroplanes, and televisions. In fact the world wars din't happen at that time. 

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e-Withdrawal Will Be Stopped For Indian Paypal Users

Paypal, one of the leading online payment company, has reported that it would be stopping the electronic withdrawal of money for the Indian users. Usually Paypal pays in two ways, e-withdrawal and check, where they charge a processing fee of USD 5 for check payments. Now they have said that the e-withdrawal will be put on hold for Indian users due to some functionality issues. Paypal also guaranteed that the processing fee of USD 5 for check withdrawals will be refunded till the e-withdrawal is restored completely. 

Therefore from 29 July, 2010 onwards those who use Paypal accounts in India will be able to withdraw money only with the help of checks for which they won't be charged the processing fee(USD 5). This concession is allowed only till the e-withdrawal functionality is put in place. So if you are in need of money from Paypal urgently, its better to take it out before 29 July. 

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Beware of Social Networking Sites

The most popular social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Orkut, LinkedIn and so on, can put you out of reach of a job. It doesn't matter which site you are using to connect to your friends. Be positive and don't write any bad comments about your staffs or colleagues, because this would cause you severe problem. 

About 79% of the human resource managers in America use the information from these sites to know about you before they pick you. So, if you are a blogger make sure that your contents are positive and no negativity surrounds it. Be sure to make a good impression with your profile that you create in these social networking sites because it is viewed by many of the employers. Not only they look for our attitude and psychology but also they check whether or not our profile is 100% complete. So everything from the lifestyle to the attitude is known to them from the comments, photos and videos that you post in these social networking sites. 

Choose your connections wisely. Accept invitations and friend requests only from the people you know. One more thing that the employers search here is that whether or not you have at least 40 friends or connections in these sites and also you should be active. If you adhere to all these conditions then you are out of danger from getting rejected from your job interview. So, be aware of these social networking sites. 

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Muralitharan Retires with 800 Wickets

The test cricket spin legend, Muralitharan, has retired from test cricket with a happy note. He has 800 wickets to his name now. The Sri Lankan spinner took the wicket of Ojha to reach this landmark. This is the new world record for highest number of wickets in test cricket. The hope of 800th wicket for Murali was fading away as the wickets were falling at the other end. Some how he managed to pull off his landmark wicket to put his teammates, fans, wife, mother and the team in joy. Even though the Indian team has lost the match, Murali opinions that Harbanjan has the talent and time to become the highest wicket taker in the world. Well done Murali.

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Happiest Country in the World.

Though Holland has lost the recent world cup battle against Spain, it has got a reason to be HAPPY. The most happiest countries in the world are Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Holland. These countries are clustered together in the same region. Whereas the football world cup winner is placed in the 17th position among  the 21 European countries that were considered in the survey. 

Many researchers feel that money is the object that drives most of the waking hours of a human being. Obviously  money can buy certain kind of happiness to mankind but can't be reason for the entire happiness in one's life. Ideed, Denmark, the world's happiest country, had a per-capita GDP of $36,000 in 2009, according to the Central Intelligence Agency. That's higher than 196 of the 227 countries for which the CIA collects statistics.

Jim Harter, a chief scientist at Gallup, says that "Each of us is two different people. We evaluate our lives periodically; we sit back and reflect and summarize things that have gone on in our lives to date". "Another side is how you experience things daily. Daily experience affects your stress and your psychology. How you evaluate your life affects your decisions. It's important to think about how you can leverage that well-being."

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Lady Gaga Dangerous Eye Trick - Stahl Eye Center

Teens are trying to get the same look as Lady Gaga using online contact lenses with dangerous results.   When contact lens is not fitted properly, the patient risks everything from minimal discomfort to loss of vision related to a contact lens infection says Dr. Marc Werner, an ophthalmologist at Stahl Eye Center.

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Aravaan Movie Launched

T.Siva's Amma Creations is producing a movie called "Aravaan" written and directed by Vasanthabalan. The star cast include Aadhi, Pasupathy, Dhansika, Archana Jose and the music will be scored by singer Karthik. The movie is expected to be released next year. Very big shots of kollywood were present in the pooja of the movie.

The last time Pasupathy and Vasanthabalan worked together was for the movie "Veyyil". The young and talented Aadhi has two films (Mirugam and Eram) to his credit that proved his acting skills. His next movie waiting for release is Ayyanaar, which is expected to be released for 2010 Deepavali. Let's wish this new team a grand success because they deserve it.

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Tricks and Tips to Increase the Internet Speed of Your System

Do the following to increase the speed of internet in your system. This will work in the Windows XP operating system without any problem.

1) Go to START and click on RUN option and enter gpedit.msc and press OK.

2) In the window that appears expand the Administrative Templates folder.

3) Now expand the Network folder.

4) Click on the QoS Packet Scheduler.

5) Below the setting click on the Limit Reservable Bandwidth and click on the "not configured" or "enabled box".

6) Now set the Bandwidth limit to 0%.

The readers are most welcome to say their opinion on this article and can suggest new ideas through comments to make others benefit.

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Symbol for Indian Rupee Released

The Indian currency notes, coins, computer keyboards, mobiles, softwares... etc., will be embedded with the newly designed symbol. The symbol was designed by  the IIT post-graduate Uday Kumar. He would be receiving 2.5 lakhs for designing the symbol. There were 3000 designs that were available for selection among which Uday Kumar's symbol got selected. The symbol is a mix of the Devanagri ''Ra'' and Roman ''R''. Indian rupee is the 5th currency in the world that would be identified by a symbol. The others are US dollar, British pound-sterling, Euro and Japanese yen to have its own symbol.

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Tips to Reduce Body Heat Naturally During Summer

The common problem that most of us face during summer is the heat that season brings with it. Here are some useful  tips to reduce body heat and keep the body cool during summer and also during other seasons.

1) Take oil bath twice a week. Oil bath reduces the body heat to a great extent.

2) Drink butter milk, coconut water and atleast 3 litres of plain water to keep body heat under check. Drinking enough amount of water protects our body against many diseases.

3) Eat vegetarian food, especially green leafy vegetables, because taking meat increses the body heat. Also, see to that you include cucmber, water melon... etc., in your daily diet which has lot of water content i it.

4) Apply oil and massage your head for atleast 10 minutes so that the heat in the body gets reduced.

5) One more effective way to control heat is to soak tulsi seeds in water for atleast 15 minutes and drink the water with the seeds. This will reduce the heat completely and keep the body very cool. Beware of the amount of seeds you intake daily. It should not be more than a pinch.

6) Avoid going out on very hot days and maintain regular meal timings. Don't skip food.

If you feel that I have left out some important tips, please comment on this post so that it would be useful to the readers those who search for these information. Also share your personal health tips here so that every reader can benefit from this article.

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FIFA World Cup 2010 Finals Goal Video and the Awards

The champions of Europe became the champions of the world in South Africa this Sunday. The champion team scored the goal in the 116th minute of the match. The teams dint score goals in the given 90 minutes of the match. Andres Iniesta became the hero of the match by scoring the wining goal during the second half of the extra time. Dutch's Robben failed to convert the easy opportunities in to a goal that he got during the 90 minutes of the game.

The golden ball was given to Forlan, Casillas won the golden glove, Mueller won the best young player and the golden boot awards. Finally the fair play award was given to Spain for their decent play.

The video of the goal and other interesting videos are available in the FIFA.com website. For more information and statistics about the currently concluded match do visit the same site and gather information about who won the golden boot, ball..etc.,

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Spain Stops the Winning Spree of The Dutch in the FIFA World Cup 2010 Finals

The Nederlands players had reached the final of the FIFA world cup 2010 without loosing even a single match whereas the Spanish players let a match slip away from them against the Switzerland team. It was a good show by the Spanish players who played well to clinch the title for the first time. They created history by winning the lifting the cup in the first appearance in the finals of the world cup. 

Andres Iniesta scored the winning goal in the second half of the extra time that was given. The moment he scored the goal the whole stadium knew that it was Spain that's is going to lift the trophy. The Holland had no chance because hardly 5 minutes were left in the match. The Dutch lost in the final of the FIFA world cup for the third time including this finals.

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Medicinal Values and Uses of Tulsi

Tulsi is a small plant that is found in plenty in India especially in the southern states. This plant is also closely related to the Hindu community. Some people of this community never forget to pray tulsi everyday morning. There are three different varieties of tulsi available namely Krishna, Vana and Rama tulsi. 

This plant has a lot of medicinal values. It has got anti-oxidant properties that reduce the level of glucose in the blood there by controlling diabetics. It also reduces cholesterol and blood pressure there by reducing heart diseases. It is also used for preparing herbal tea which helps in building up stamina.

Not only its leaves are useful but the oil made from it are also useful and have a lot of medicinal values. Its seeds help in reducing the human body heat. Recent research have suggested that tulsi has got analgesic properties which would be helpful in reducing pain in the body, that is, it could be used as pain killer. So, whether or not you have these diseases, it is good to have a tulsi plant at home. Cultivate the habit of  taking few tulsi leaves before your breakfast to say no to some of the diseases permanently.

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