Advisory on Influenza – A (H1N1)

1. What is Influenza – A (H1N1) and what is the current situation
• Influenza – A (H1N1) is an influenza virus causing illness in people. First detected in Mexico in April, 2009, it has spread more than 168 countries in the World
• World Health Organization (WHO) has given Influenza A – H1N1 virus a pandemic alert of Phase 6. At this time, WHO considers the overall severity of the influenza pandemic to be moderate. This is based on scientific evidence as well as input from WHO Member States on the pandemic’s impact on their health systems, and their social and economic functioning.
• The moderate assessment reflects that:
 Most people recover from infection without the need for hospitalization or medical care.
 Overall, hospitals and health care systems in most countries have been able to cope with the numbers of people seeking care, although some facilities and systems have been stressed in some localities.
• As of 31st July 2009, WHO has reported 1,62,000 laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1 across 168 countries. As of 4th August 2009, India has reported 558 laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1.

2. What are the signs and symptoms of influenza-A (H1N1)?

What is Success?

Success is not the absence of failure. Success is what happens when you choose to move on beyond failure. Learning what not to do is an important part of knowing what is most effective to do. Every mistake can spotlight a way to improve. Frustration and disappointment are painful for a very positive reason. The pain pushes you in the direction of achievement. What does not work gives you a realistic understanding of what will work. Whatever stops you can no longer stop you when you see it clearly enough to work your way around it.

Take the initiative

Don’t sit around waiting for enough energy to get going. Get yourself moving and you’ll create the energy necessary to keep you in motion. Do you just not feel like doing anything? That’s the time when you can make the biggest positive difference for yourself by going ahead and taking action anyway. In ways small and large, your world right now is filled with opportunities to make a difference.

Value what you already know

Value what you already know, and also value the countless things you don’t yet know. For in what you do not know, there is the joy of learning and discoveries to come. Find peace in the thought that you cannot ever have it all or know it all. For if you did, there would be nothing more to experience.

The best is yet to come. For you have the opportunity to choose it all from the boundless field of possibilities.

Always Be Positive

There is always something positive that you can do. Conditions are not as bad as they seem, nor are conditions as good as they appear. Conditions are whatever you choose to make of them.

It’s up to you to take the energy of this day and give it a specific direction. Though circumstances are constantly changing, you can always choose to move in the direction of your choice.

How does Stock Market work?

It was autumn, and the Red Indians asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a Red Indian Chief in a modern society, he couldn’t tell what the weather was going to be. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared.

But also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, “Is the coming winter going to be cold?” “It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed,” the meteorologist at the weather service responded.

Opportunity is everywhere

There’s no need to spend a lot of time looking for opportunity. It is everywhere, and every day more opportunities are being created. There is always work to be done. There is always value to be created.

Instead of waiting for a new opportunity or searching for the perfect opportunity, go ahead and get to work. Make the most of some of the opportunities that are already here and now.

Three Rules of Life

1. Your Attitude Is your Life: You can choose your attitude. And your attitude changes your life and the lives of those around you. Rarely does a bad attitude solve the problem. Typically, when something goes wrong or feels unpleasant, we get crabby and yell at the wrong people. We may solve the problem, but the crabbiness is an unnecessary extra. Solve the problem without the crummy attitude and everyone wins.

Beautiful Moment

When one beautiful moment ends, another begins. Do not hold so tightly that you miss the beauty altogether. With a thankful heart, enjoy the goodness that comes your way in things great and small. The way to make sure you never lose it is to simply let it be. In good time the joys of life come, one after another. Be open and accepting of what is now here and you’ll connect with the abundance that is all around you.

11 Guidelines for Eating Healthy

Food is a huge part of our lives. It is also one of the aspects that we have the ability to manage well, if we make the effort. The greatest gift you have been given is your unimaginably amazing human body. This guide to healthy eating will go a long way in helping you keep your body healthy and full of energy, so that you can use it properly in helping you achieve your highest potential.

The objective is to ensure that the food you are eating is providing you maximum benefit, not just at a physical level, but also at a psychological and energetic level.

Healthy Eating Guide:

1. Eat with Awareness:
Eating with awareness means to really taste your food and not eat while being elsewhere mentally. So don’t eat while reading a newspaper, chattering endlessly, or while watching TV. You will find that you enjoy simple, natural foods much better.

2. Don’t Eat when Upset: