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Schopenhauer's 38 ways to win an argument are: Carry your opponent's proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it. The more general your opponent's statement becomes, the more objections you can find against it. The more restricted and narrow his or her propositions remain, the easier they are to defend by him or her. Use different meanings of your opponent's words to refute his or her argument. Ignore your opponent's proposition, which was intended to refer to a particular thing. Rather, understand it in some quite different sense, and then refute it. Attack something different than that which was asserted. Hide your conclusion from your opponent till the end. Mingle your premises here and there in your talk. Get your opponent to agree to them in no definite order. By this circuitous route you conceal your game until you have obtained all the admissions that are necessary to reach your goal. Use your opponent's beliefs against him. If the opponent refus...

Would you explain, in simple terms, exactly what object-oriented software is?
Objects are like people. They’re living, breathing things that have knowledge inside them about how to do things and have memory inside them so they can remember things. And rather than interacting with them at a very low level, you interact with them at a very high level of abstraction, like we’re doing right here. Here’s an example: If I’m your laundry object, you can give me your dirty clothes and send me a message that says, “Can you get my clothes laundered, please.” I happen to know where the best laundry place in San Francisco is. And I speak English, and I have dollars in my pockets. So I go out and hail a taxicab and tell the driver to take me to this place in San Francisco. I go get your clothes laundered, I jump back in the cab, I get back here. I give you your clean clothes and say, “Here are your clean clothes.” You have no idea how I did that. You have no knowledge of the laundry place.  May...

It seems very surprising to know that parenting habits can be destructive, but it is true. Knowingly or unknowingly parents put the responsibility of their personal, emotional and psychological well being on their children. Read on to learn about the 10destructive parenting habits. Parents are expected to take care of their children and help them grow and develop in to separate and distinct individuals. Many parents take the responsibility of their child’s physical, emotional and psychological well being and at the same time help their children become independent and autonomous when they are preparing them for adulthood. Have quick look at the 10 destructiveparenting habits which can create a negative impact on your child’s mind. 1. Not Having Trust in Children Many parents do not trust their children and this has many long term effects on them. Your child’s self esteem, self concept, life satisfaction and interpersonal relationships will get affected. If you think that your child is n...

Let's face it -- the average Indian is obsessed with a fair complexion. Most dusky Indian beauties would give an arm and a leg to acquire pasty white skin, which we refer to as 'gora-chitta'. It's quite sad to see fresh, smooth-skinned (albeit dark) people ruin the texture and glow of their complexions by using every possible cream, lotion, soap, serum, face pack and what-have-you to become fair. The only ones benefiting from this craze are the fairness product companies who are laughing all the way to the bank. Don't get me wrong -- there are chemicals which work and there are ways to get rid of unwanted pigmentation, but you need to have the correct knowledge of what's good for you and what's not. Check out the ingredients on your fairness product package and read on to get the low-down on what works and what doesn't: 1.Hydroquinone: This is one of the most effective whitening compounds known today. However concentrations used matter immensely and in...

Benjamin Franklin was a man of action. Over his lifetime, his curiosity and passion fueled a diverse range of interests. He was a writer (often using a pseudonym), publisher, diplomat, inventor and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His inventions included the lightning rod, bifocals and the Franklin stove. Franklin was responsible for establishing the first public library, organizing fire fighters in Philadelphia, was one of the early supporters of mutual insurance and crossed the Atlantic eight times. Self-development was a constant endeavor throughout his incredible life. Benjamin Franklin was clearly a man who knew how to get things done. Here are 14 action-inducing lessons from him:  Less Talk, More Action  “Well done is better than well said.” Talk is cheap. Talking about a project won't get it completed. We all know people who constantly talk about the things they are going to do but rarely ever take that first step. Eventually people begin to question th...

The Art of Being Well by Dr Varella. If you don’t want to be ill, please read the steps below Speak your feelings Emotions and feelings that are hidden, repressed, end in illnesses as: gastritis, ulcer, lumbar pains, spinal. With time, the repression of the feelings degenerates to the cancer. Then, we go to a confidante, to share our intimacy, ours "secret", our errors! The dialogue, the speech, the word, is a powerful remedy and an excellent therapy! Make Decisions The undecided person remains in doubt, in anxiety, in anguish. Indecision accumulates problems, worries and aggressions. Human history is made of decisions. To decide is precisely to know to renounce, to know to lose advantages and values to win others. The undecided people are victims of gastric ailments, nervous pains and problems of the skin. Find Solutions Negative people do not find solutions and they enlarge problems. They prefer lamentation, gossip, pessimism. It is better to light...

Remember that the quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts. Keep the promises you make to others - and to yourself.  The project that most scares you is the project you need to do first.  Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results.  Stop being busy being busy. This New Year, clean out the distractions from your work+life and devote to a monomaniacal focus on the few things that matter. Read "The War of Art".  Watch "The Fighter".  In a world where technology is causing some of us to forget how to act human, become the politest person you know.  Remember that all great ideas were first ridiculed.  Remember that critics are dreamers gone scared.  Be "Apple-Like" in your obsession with getting the details right.  Take 60 minutes every weekend to craft a blueprint for the coming seven days. As Saul Bellow once said: "A plan relieves you of the torment of choice." Release your need to be liked t...

The Alchemist is an allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1988. The Alchemist was originally written in Portuguese. It has sold more than 65 million copies in more than 150 countries, becoming one of the best-selling books in history. The Alchemist details the journey of an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago. Santiago, believing a recurring dream to be prophetic, decides to travel to the pyramids of Egypt to find treasure. On the way, he encounters love, danger, opportunity, disaster and learns a lot about himself and the ways of the world. One of the significant characters that he meets is an old king who tells him about discovering his personal legend: what he always wanted to accomplish in his life. And that "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." This is the core philosophy and motto of the book. Excerpts from the foreword by Paulo Coelho : What is a personal calling? It is God's blessing...

The ego is the worst confidence trickster we could ever figure or imagine because you don't see it. The problem is that the ego hides in the last place that you'd ever look within itself. It disguises its thoughts as your thoughts, its feelings as your feelings. People's need to protect their own egos knows no bounds. They will lie, cheat, steal, kill, do whatever it takes to maintain what we call ego boundaries. People have no clue that they're imprisoned. They don't know that there is an ego, they don't know the distinction. At first, it's difficult for the mind to accept that there's something beyond itself, that there's something of greater value and greater capacity for discerning truth than itself. In religion, the ego manifests as the devil. And of course no one realizes how smart the ego is, because it created the devil so you could blame someone else. In creating this imaginary external enemy, it usually made a real enemy for ourselves, a...

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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.  Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.  A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.  A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.  The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all...

Life is tough, that’s a given. When you stand up, you’re gonna be shoved back down. When you’re down, you’re gonna be stepped on. My advice to you doesn’t come with a lot of bells and whistles. It’s no secret: you’ll fall down, you stumble, you get pushed, you land square on your face.And every time that happens, you get back on your feet. You get up just as fast as you can, no matter how many times you need to do it. Remember this: success has been and continues to be defined as getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down. If experience has taught me anything, it’s that nothing is free and living ain’t easy. Life is hard, real hard, incredibly hard. You fail more often than you win, nobody is handing you anything. It’s up to you to puff up your chest, stretch your neck and overcome all that is difficult – the nasty, the mean, the unfair. If you want more than what you have now, prove it! If you want to beat the very best out there that is, get out there an...

Most of these observations are either completely or partially true. Corruption has many names, and one of civil society isn't innocent either. Professionals and businessmen of various sorts indulge in unscrupulous practices. I recently had a chat with some doctors, surgeons and owners of nursing homes about the tricks of their trade. Here is what they said   1)      40-60% kickbacks for lab tests. When a doctor (whether family doctor / general physician, consultant or surgeon) prescribes tests - pathology, radiology, X-rays, MRIs etc. - the laboratory conducting those tests gives commissions.  In South and Central Mumbai -- 40%.  In the suburbs north of Bandra -- a whopping 60 per cent!  He probably earns a lot more in this way than the consulting fees that you pay. 2)      30-40% for referring to consultants, specialists & surgeons. When your friendly GP refers you to a specialist or surgeon, he gets 30-40%.  3)      30-40% of total hospital charges. If the GP or consultan...

THIS IS YOUR LIFE. Do what you LOVE and do it OFTEN. If you don’t like something, CHANGE IT. If you don’t like your job, QUIT. If you don’t have enough time, QUIT WATCHING TV. If you are looking for the love of your life, STOP. They will be waiting for you when you START DOING THINGS YOU LOVE. STOP OVER ANALYZING, LIFE IS SIMPLE. All emotions are beautiful. When you eat, appreciate EVERY LAST BITE. Open your MIND, ARMS, and HEART to New Things and People, We are united in our DIFFERENCES. Ask the NEXT PERSON you see what their PASSION is, and SHARE your INSPIRING DREAM with them. TRAVEL OFTEN; getting lost will help you FIND YOURSELF. Some OPPORTUNITIES only come once, SEIZE THEM. Life is about the PEOPLE you meet and the things you CREATE WITH THEM. So go out and START CREATING. LIFE IS SHORT. Live your DREAM and wear your PASSION. Source:  http://shop.holstee.com/pages/about http://reflectionof.me/life-35362

We are a unique species,   aren’t   we? Not humans. Indians, I mean. No other race speaks or spells like we do. Take greetings for example. A friendly clerk asking me for my name is apt to start a conversation with, “What is your good name?” As if I hold that sort of information close to my heart and only divulge my evil pseudonym. Bizarre. Which got me thinking about a compilation, a greatest hits of the 10 most hilarious   Indianisms   out there. And here they are.  1. 'Passing out' When you complete your studies at an educational institution, you graduate from that institution. You do not "pass out" from that institution. To "pass out" refers to losing consciousness, like after you get too drunk, though I’m not sure how we managed to connect graduating and intoxication. Oh wait … of course, poor grades throughout the year could lead to a sudden elation on hearing   you’ve   passed all of your exams, which could lead to you actually "passing o...

The BMW film series, The Hire was a series of eight short films (averaging about ten minutes each) produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, all eight films featured popular filmmakers from across the globe, starred Clive Owen as the "Driver", and highlighted the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles. The plots of each of the films differ, but one constant remains: Clive Owen plays "The Driver", a man who goes from place to place (in presumably rented BMW automobiles), getting hired by various people to be a sort of transport for their vital needs. Ambush Directed by John Frankenheimer Featured the BMW 740i While escorting an elderly man to an undisclosed location, The Driver is confronted by a van full of armed men Chosen Directed by Ang Lee Featured the BMW 540i The Driver protects a holy Asian child that was brought to America by boat. The Follow Directed by Wong Kar-wai Featured the BMW 330i Coupé and ...