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How to give and receive feedbacks

Feedback Covenant: This is the set of rules those have to be followed when you are engaged in a group where giving and receiving feedback is an  integral  part. I have tried to divide some of the points under following headings

Maxims of quality:

I will carefully consider all feedback but retain the right to use or not use what is offered.

I will ask for clarification when needed, both for my own work and that of my colleagues.

I will provide specific feedback that is concrete.

I will keep a professional tone.

Maxims of Quantity:

I will strive to respond within 24 hours to new postings by team members.

I will provide detailed feedback balancing negative and positive points

Maxims of Relation:

I will keep an open mind when giving feedback as well as when receiving it.

I will offer positive support and help in every interaction.

 I will not take feedback personally if the receiver does not use suggested changes.

I will give constructive feedback ideas that can help improve the work as opposed to criticisms.

Maxim of manner:

I will offer positive support and help in every interaction.

I will try to  avoid obscurity and ambiguity. 

Reference:

Armand, T. (2007, 11 7). Basic rules of conversation. Retrieved from http://armannd.com/basic-rules-for-conversation.html/

The Indian Mindset List 2014

The world changes – ever faster – and we realize that our younger generations have grown up with many different experiences than we’ve had.   Most of the times, we just don’t realize – how different that world truly is.

Each year Beloit College releases The Beloit College Mindset List. The list was first published in 1998, since then, it has been providing an eye-opening look at “the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college” that year.

So, I decided to create an Indian Mindset List. Please feel free to suggest more points for 2014 students, most of whom were born in 1992-93.

Students passing out their college in 2014 will know a few facts such as:

• ·         Engineering and Medicine have been the conventional professional courses.
• ·         Maruti’s Nano is an upgraded two wheeler.
• ·         Facebook is just FAD. I don’t go there any more.
• ·         Dad always bought a new camera from an online retail outlet.
• ·         Jenifer Lopez copied Bappi Lehri.
• ·         You always have to pay to get any work done in a government offices.
• ·         Pakistan and Bangladesh have always existed as independent countries.
• ·         2G spectrum  means A.Raja.
• ·         Violating traffic laws bring e-challans home.
• ·         Manmohan Singh was the finance minister at a time and he was the one who brought    the concept of   globalization to India.
• ·         Bangladesh was a part of India.
• ·         Google is  a ‘verb’.
• ·         Reality shows are very ‘real’.
• ·         Chamomile tea, a health symbol, was only sold in big stores.
• ·         Kirana mandi or local ‘parchoon ki dukaan’ is the only place where mom brings grocery from.
• ·         Facebook is a place to get into and out of the relations.
• ·         Contact lenses used to last 10-12 months.
• ·         A few TV channels are only meant for saas-bahu.
• ·         Cellphones always came with camera and touch screen.
• ·         Fiat and Ambassdor car used to run on roads.
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Hand washing- A most effective way to reduce infections

Do you remember your childhood days when your mother always used to compel you to wash hands before dinner and after using the bathroom and you groaned! You usually stomped over the sink to wash hands. As you grew up you trained your kids the same way your mother trained you realizing the importance of washing hands. You might have seen Japanese custom of ojigi, bowing to greet each other. This is a brilliant infection prevention strategy since it by-passes the hand to hand contact which has proved to be foremost risk factor for transmitting the majority of virus and bacteria.
Over the years studies have proved the fact that Hand washing is a single most effective intervention in reducing the spread of infection. Hand washing protects the adults and kids of all ages and saves lives everywhere, from kitchen to playground, from bathroom to classroom, from hospital to office, from shops to the car. It’s a challenge of educating our kids to wash hands because studies have found people are not regular in  hand washing. Studies have shown that around 90% women washed their hands after using public toilets whereas only 75% men did! Similarly, phone surveys in 2005 found that not more than 75% people wash hands after using bathroom at home, changing baby's diapers, petting a cat or dog, after handling food or money. Thus, adults have to be careful with their habits as kids learn from them only. 
In this constantly modernizing world everything has become complicated in recent years. Hand washing is no exception, with new products in market along with new issues to consider like how should we wash hands and with what. Here, we are going to discuss a menu of hand washing products like simple soaps, bars versus liquid soaps, antiseptic Hand wash and antibiotics containing hand wash. We will  be discussing the optimal techniques and timings in washing hands towards the end.
Simple Soap
Simple soap cleans hands mechanically by detergent action, lifting and washing away dirt , organic material and associated germs. These germs are not sticky on the skin and thus, are washed off. Simple soap doesn't have anti-microbial function. It has been estimated that worldwide institutions if practice hand washing in a better way, it could result in saving more than 1 million lives each year by reducing deaths due to diarrhea and other communicable diseases. For this reason the World Health Organization(WHO) has said that routine hand washing with simple soap and water is “the most important hygiene measure in preventing the spread of infection”.
Bar versus liquid soap
Soaps can be contaminating themselves. They may be germ carrier and transfer germs from one person to another with the germs on the bars or on the liquid dispenser. Simple soaps are not anti- microbial , so germs can live in the soapy goo for a long time, thus transmitting infections. Bar soaps harbour more bugs as compared to the liquid dispensers. Studies have shown that fewer infections have been found in households using liquid soaps as compared to ones using bar soap. Hospitals have abandoned the bar soaps long time back for use of health care professionals.
If your household uses bar soap then bar should be placed on the drain stand rather than in a soap dish to minimize pooling of contaminating soapy water. It is true that liquid dispenser is more sanitary than the bar soap dish but they are not immune to the contamination and should be cleaned.
 Refillable dispensers should not be topped off
 Both pump and container should be thoroughly washed
 Routine washing of pump surface between refills should be done with disposable paper towel.
Antiseptic  Hand wash
Simple soaps appear to work just fine according to many studies but they are not anti-microbial. Hand washing substances that kill germs are called as antiseptic. They have got anti-microbial activity. Alcohol compounds are most effective and widely used to kill germs including bacteria, some virus and fungi. They kill germs quicker than other substances. In recent years alcohols have find place in hand rubs, rinses, foams and gels that don't require water.
Alcohol sanitizer contain moisturizing agents, which makes them very well tolerated by the users except the ones having cuts or scars, which leaves a burning sensation for a few seconds after use. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for hospitals hand hygiene recommends alcohol based hand rubs between patients contacts for all health care workers. But despite of above stated facts, alcohol based hand sanitizer have been slow to find commercial consumer success outside hospitals and health care centers.
Triclosan (Antibiotic) products
Triclosan is widely used in household. It is antibiotic in the sense that it act specifically against unique properties of bacteria. The action of Triclosan in cleansing solution depends upon its concentration. The enhanced anti-germ action over simple soaps can range from negligible to 100 fold. A 0.2% Triclosan solution has no advantage over simple soap , whereas 1% solution is better than soap.
No study yet proves that Triclosan containing products actually reduce personal and household infections. The majority household illness are due to the virus. The absence of benefit in reducing viral symptoms likely predicts that overall household health will not be much benefitted by the use of  antiseptic products  because viral illness are so much more common than due to bacteria.
Timings of hand washing
Now, we have established that Hand washing is necessary and simple soap is sufficient, let us discuss how and when should adults and kids wash hands.
We all touch our eyes,nose, mouth etc from time to time. Germs can enter onto mucous membranes and can infect cells locally and or spread in whole body. Thus, we need to minimize the opportunity for germs transmission from others to ourselves and from our hands to our orifices.
Some important Hand washing moments are :
 After using bathroom
 After playing with animals or in the area where animals hang out
 After playing outside
 After blowing nose or coughing into the hands.
 After having food
 After visiting a hospital of a sick friend
 After cleaning home, furniture, car etc.
 After using vacuum cleaners
 After cooking food
 After changing diapers of the babies
 After handling money
 Before bedtime
 Before having food
 Before cooking food

Techniques of  Hand washing
Time you spend at the sink is most important in deciding how  effective is the hand wash.  The difference between removal of bacteria during a 10 second wash  and a 4 minute wash can be as much as a several thousand fold reduction in germs. Wash creating good lather on hands, on wrist, near nails and between fingers.
Tip for kids: You can make use of musical interlude. Teach your kid to sing Twinkle-twinkle little star or ABCs. These songs take exactly 20 seconds. Tell them that by the time the song is done, its time to dry which is almost as important as washing itself is.
Hand drying
It is a well known fact that moisture is a potent breeding ground for all germs. Wet hands transmit germs much more efficiently than dry hands. Both paper and cloth towels are effective on drying hands and eliminating germs as compared to electric dryers. It is thought  that physical rubbing of hands on towel further reduces germs from levels obtained by washing hand alone. Make sure that you use clean towel, rub thoroughly and leave the cloth towel open for drying after  use.

It is a known fact that germs are important cause of disease and fighting them with sophisticated scientific advances is effective. Good hygiene is important to protect ourselves against infection. Hand washing is most important practise  to keep away germs

बाइबिल का मार्गदर्शन

बाइबिल का एकमात्र कार्य मानवजाति के भविष्य के विषय में बताना ही नहीं है अपितु बाइबिल इससे बहुत कुछ अधिक बताती है. यह हमें आनंद पूर्वक जीवन को संतुष्टि से जीने की कुंजी बताती है. कुछ क्षण अपने जीवन में चल रहे व्याकुलता व कलेश के विषय में सोचें. हमें कई प्रकार की भावनाएँ घेरे रखती है, जैसे कि धन , परिवार, सेहत एवं अपनों के मरने का भय. बाइबिल हमें आज की इन सभी समस्याओं से निपटने में सहायता करती है तथा कई प्रश्नों के उत्तर देकर हमारे चित्त को राहत प्रदान करती है. इनमें से कुछ प्रश्न इस प्रकार है:
हम कष्ट क्यों भोगते है?
जीवन में आई विपत्तियों से कैसे निपटा जाये?
हम अपनी पारिवारिक जिंदगी कैसे खुशहाल बना सकते है?
मरने के बाद हमारा क्या होता है?
क्या हम फिर कभी अपने मृत बंधुयों को मिल पाएंगे?
हम यह कैसे विश्वास करें कि भविष्य में परमेश्वर अपना वचन निभायेंगे?
आप यह पढ़ रहे हैं, इससे यह पता चलता है कि आप जानना कहते है कि बाइबिल हमें और क्या सिखाती है. यह पुस्तक http://www.watchtower.org/hi/bh/index.हतं आपकी सहायता करेगी. आप देखेंगें कि प्रति अनुछेद के बाद उससे जुड़े प्रश्न अंत में दिए गए हैं . कई हज़ार लोगों ने यहोवा के साक्षी की इस प्रश्न व उत्तर रूपी बाइबिल को आनंद पूर्वक पढ़ा है. हमें आपसे मिलकर बाइबिल के विषय में और अधिक अध्ययन करने का मौका दें. आप अपने लिए एक प्रति प्राप्त करने के लिए क्लिक करे:

https://watch002.securesites.net/hi/contact/submit.हतं . परमेश्वर का आशीर्वाद आपको बाइबिल के पढने व मनन करने की रोमांचकारी अनुभूति प्रदान करे एवं बताये कि बाइबिल सही मायने में क्या सिखाती है.

Take a Pass on to Unhealthy temptations and Stay Fit

We all try to lead a healthy lifestyle with our continuous efforts to stay away from the unhealthy food and near to the gym. But, it becomes very difficult because of the donuts and  munching kept in  the office  near coffee machine, pizza with the friends outside, munching at home and the dinners out. In the morning when we want to leave the bed to head towards the gym to burn the extra calories we have gained, the warm comforter doesn't allow us to do so. The beast known as temptation is always round the corner of our hearts which forces us to eat the unhealthy food. You have to fight with this monster sitting within your heart. You sly him once but he returns again. You again sly, but it will still come up and take you away from all the healthy habits. Fear not, here are some tactics that would help you to keep away from the  unhealthy temptations.

1. Take a deep breath  whenever you feel like eating something unhealthy. When ever you're stressed or anxious, instead of reaching for a bag of fatty munching like chips, focus on your

breath. A few slow, steady breaths through the nose can calm exhausted nerves. Add a mantra: Inhale peace, exhale tension.

2. Drink water. You might  take thirst for hunger by mistake. When you feel an   overwhelming urge to snack, drink a glass of water and wait 20 minutes. Your "hunger" pangs will likely fade away.

3. Have tea. Herbal and flavored teas pack plenty of flavor with few to no calories and antioxidant property. Choose  a sweet fruity variety to curb the afternoon munchies.

4. Give up the habit of takeout dinner. Instead of getting dinner on busy nights, stop by the supermarket to buy a premium frozen meal. It will cost less than takeout, cook in no time flat and still satisfy your palate.

5. Be a kid again. Order from kids menu. In this way you not only save calories but also the money!

6. Make it “bake”. Skip the fried potatoes, bake them. Make wedges of potato or the sweet potato. Brush some oil and add salt. Bake this in oven at 450F for 30 minutes, flipping half a way.

7. Visualize  the consequences of eating out of temptation. Think that it will take weeks to bounce back to whatever unhealthy you are going to eat now.

8. Track your calories. Keep a record of the calories you are eating. You can do so manually or online. There are certain websites which will help you calculate them. The number of calories required by your body every day is an important factor in how much you weigh. An adult man's body contains 10-20 percent more lean tissue (muscle) than a woman of similar size and age, therefore, a lower body fat percentage. This alone means that a man's average calorie needs are about 5-10 percent higher than a woman's calorie needs.

9. If you are a big chocolate and cream lover and can't take a pass onto cakes and other similar eatables, try this. Mix up some low fat milk with chocolate syrup, then slowly savor each rich and sweet sip.  In addition to the taste you'll get a boost of calcium. Your craving for creamy chocolate treats will go away.

10. Start your dinner or lunch with soup. Research has found that eating a broth based soup at the beginning of a meal can help prevent overeating. Soups are high-volume foods but often low in calories. Choose low-sodium varieties or make your own.

11. Find support from your friends, family members and relatives. Tell them about your goal and what you aim. Ask for help if you are an emotional eater. Whenever you feel disturbed or anxious, call someone or talk to someone you feel comfortable with. If you urge to eat a tub of cookies or ice-cream find the company until the urge passes. Whenever  you want to blow out the calorie bank phone a friend. Go to gym or for a walk/run.

12. Next time when you visit the super market, stick  yourself to the perimeter where you find fruits, vegetables, whole and healthful food.  If you are closer to the processed and unhealthful foods you'll find yourself tempting to buy that food. Whole, healthful foods are usually along the outside edges of the store.

13. Build a healthy, bigger and better burger for yourself. Drop the  the cheese slice to save 50 calories and 3 grams of fat or more. Swap beef for a veggie burger, use wheat buns not white and pile on the tasty, low-cal toppings: onions, pickles, tomatoes, lettuce and mustard. You can easily make at home with light mayonnaise, if you wish.

14. Reduce your meatballs. Meatballs at a restaurant can weigh up to 8 ounces--more than twice a serving of meat. Make your own meat balls using  extra lean turkey or beef. Create   a  size of a dice. Six dice sized meatballs should equal a 3-ounce portion.

15. Learn to face your fear. When you feel strong enough to buy something to eat from outside, bring that temptation home. Know your strength. Tell yourself that you have the power to resist and  it can make you feel even more powerful. Tell yourself the that just because the cookies are in the pantry doesn't mean you have to eat them.

16.Make a journal. Write  down  that you are trying to lose weight and it is difficult for you to control the temptation.  Weigh the pros and cons of a decision of eating or not going for a workout. Make a list, then start counting: How many pros and how many cons? The answer

should be clear to you.

17. The next time you're out for cocktails, ask the bartender to cut your drink with seltzer or club soda. You'll save calories, and the bubbles add a festive touch.

18. If find that something is tempting you, just like some donuts in the  bakery near you, avoid the place. Out of sight, out of mind. You might trash the pantry of junk food, changing the channel to avoid fast food ads or taking an alternate route so you  don't walk past the bakery.

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