Saturday, March 5, 2011
Secret of success: Get the mind-set of an ant!
All of us tend to look up to big people for lessons on how to get better. We are keen to learn the secrets of their success. But we forget that sometimes the biggest lessons in life come from the smallest folks around us. Now that’s a good lesson to remember!
Take ants for instance. Would you believe those small creatures can teach us how to live a better life? Jim Rohn - the great motivational guru – developed what he called the ‘Ants Philosophy’.
He identified four key lessons from the behaviour of ants that can help us lead better lives. Jim Rohn is no more – but his messages continue to inspire. Here then, are the four lessons from Rohn’s "Ants Philosophy".
1. Ants never quit. Have you noticed how ants always look for a way around an obstacle? Put your finger in an ant’s path and it will try and go around it, or over it. It will keep looking for a way out. It won’t just stand there and stare. It won’t give up and go back.
We should all learn to be like that. There will always be obstacles in our lives. The challenge is to keep trying, keep looking for alternative routes to get to our goals. Winston Churchill probably paraphrased the ant’s mindset when he offered this priceless advice: “Never give up. Never, never give up!”
2. Ants think winter all summer. Remember the old story of the ant and the grasshopper? In the middle of summer, the ant was busy gathering food for the winter ahead – while the grasshopper was out having a good time. Ants know that summer - the good times – won’t last forever. Winters will come. That’s a good lesson to remember. When the going is good, don’t be so arrogant as to believe that a crisis or a setback cannot happen to you. Be good to other people. Save for a rainy day. Look ahead. And remember, good times may not last, but good people do.
3. Ants think summer all winter. As they suffer through the unbearable cold of the winter, ants keep reminding themselves that it won’t last forever, and that summer will soon be here. And with the first rays of the summer sun, the ants come out – ready to work, ready to play. When we are down and seemingly out, when we go through what looks like a never-ending crisis, it’s good to remind ourselves that this too shall pass. Good times will come. It’s important to retain a positive attitude, an attitude that says things will get better. As the old saying goes, tough times don’t last. Tough people do.
4. Ants do all they possibly can. How much food does an ant gather in summer? All that it possibly can! Now that’s a great work ethic to have. Do all you can! One ant doesn’t worry about how much food another ant is collecting. It does not sit back and wonder why it should have to work so hard. Nor does it complain about the poor pay! Ants just do their bit. They gather all the food they can. Success and happiness are usually the result of giving 100% - doing all you possibly can. If you look around you, you’ll find that successful people are those who just do all they possibly can.
Follow the four simple steps of Jim Rohn’s ‘Ant Philosophy’ – and you’ll see the difference. Don’t quit. Look ahead. Stay positive. And do all you can.
And there’s just one more lesson to learn from ants. Did you know that an ant can carry objects up to 20 times their own weight? Maybe we are like that too. We can carry burdens on our shoulders and manage workloads that are far, far heavier than we’d imagine. Next time something’s bothering you and weighing you down, and you feel you just can’t carry on, don’t fret. Think of the little ant. And remember, you too can carry a lot more on your shoulders!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Schedule of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Matches
Match | Date | Teams | Venue |
1 | 19 Feb | India vs Bangladesh | Dhaka |
2 | 20 Feb | New Zealand vs Kenya | Chennai |
3 | 20 Feb | Sri Lanka vs Canada | Hambantota |
4 | 21 Feb | Australia vs Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad |
5 | 22 Feb | England vs Netherlands | Nagpur |
6 | 23 Feb | Pakistan vs Kenya | Hambantota |
7 | 24 Feb | South Africa vs West Indies | New Delhi |
8 | 25 Feb | Australia vs New Zealand | Nagpur |
9 | 25 Feb | Bangladesh vs Ireland | Dhaka |
10 | 26 Feb | Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | Colombo |
11 | 27 Feb | India vs England | Kolkata* |
12 | 28 Feb | West Indies vs Netherlands | New Delhi |
13 | 28 Feb | Zimbabwe vs Canada | Nagpur |
14 | 1 Mar | Sri Lanka vs Kenya | Colombo |
15 | 2 Mar | England vs Ireland | Bangalore |
16 | 3 Mar | South Africa vs Netherlands | Mohali |
17 | 3 Mar | Pakistan vs Canada | Colombo |
18 | 4 Mar | New Zealand vs Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad |
19 | 4 Mar | Bangladesh vs West Indies | Dhaka |
20 | 5 Mar | Sri Lanka vs Australia | Colombo |
21 | 6 Mar | India vs Ireland | Bangalore |
22 | 6 Mar | England vs South Africa | Chennai |
23 | 7 Mar | Kenya vs Canada | New Delhi |
24 | 8 Mar | Pakistan vs New Zealand | Pallekelle |
25 | 9 Mar | India vs Netherlands | New Delhi |
26 | 10 Mar | Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe | Pallekelle |
27 | 11 Mar | West Indies vs Ireland | Mohali |
28 | 11 Mar | Bangladesh vs England | Chittagong |
29 | 12 Mar | India vs South Africa | Nagpur |
30 | 13 Mar | New Zealand vs Canada | Mumbai |
31 | 13 Mar | Australia vs Kenya | Bangalore |
32 | 14 Mar | Pakistan vs Zimbabwe | Pallekelle |
33 | 14 Mar | Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Chittagong |
34 | 15 Mar | South Africa vs Ireland | Kolkata |
35 | 16 Mar | Australia vs Canada | Bangalore |
36 | 17 Mar | England vs West Indies | Chennai |
37 | 18 Mar | Sri Lanka vs New Zealand | Mumbai |
38 | 18 Mar | Ireland vs Netherlands | Kolkata |
39 | 19 Mar | Australia vs Pakistan | Colombo |
40 | 19 Mar | Bangladesh vs South Africa | Dhaka |
41 | 20 Mar | Zimbabwe vs Kenya | Kolkata |
42 | 20 Mar | India vs West Indies | Chennai |
43 | 23 Mar | First Quarterfinal | Dhaka |
44 | 24 Mar | Second Quarterfinal | Colombo |
45 | 25 Mar | Third Quarterfinal | Dhaka |
46 | 26 Mar | Fourth Quarterfinal | Ahmedabad |
47 | 29 Mar | First Semifinal | Colombo |
48 | 30 Mar | Second Semifinal | Mohali |
49 | 02 Apr | FINAL | Mumbai |
*To be confirmed. Most probably it would be played in M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore). |
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
How to make an existing website store multi-lingual in Magento
Please look at the right hand side for the
1. For this we have to download the language pack and then unpack it to application folder.
Download the language pack from the below link:
www.magentocommerce.com/langs/list/
2.Go to System > Configuration. On the left top corner in Current Configuration Scope drop downbox, you can see Default Config , and the list of present store views.
3.Now add the new store view like turkish. Under the drop down box, there’s Manage Stores link or we can directly go to System > Manage Stores. Click the Create Store View link on top right,and type these in store view information form:
Store: Main Website Store
Name: Turkish
Code: turkish
Status: Enabled
Sort order: 0
4.Save, go back to System > Configuration. In Current Configuration Scope drop down box, we
now see there’s Spanish store view. Click that link. On Locale options tab on the left, un check
the “use website” check box then change the locale to Turkish(Turkey). Save.
Now we can have your website in Turkish.
Step 2:- Catalog translation in multi-language.
To create a multilingual store then,we don’t need to have separate catalogs for the English, Turkish and German stores. We have to set the same catalog for different store views. So we have to edit categories or products in the Admin Panel, we’ll see a drop down in the upper left where we select which store we’re editing (default, english or turkish). Same steps to be taken ,when we import products.
In case of products,we’ll need to create a separate product for each language. However, to make it easier we can use the Duplicate feature/button available after we save the original product and and get to the Edit Product page. We can then put the right product with the right language in the right category for the right store view.
Steps to translate Categories:-
To translate categories. Go to ADMIN--> Catalog--> Manage Categories. The catalog structure and text above is “default”. To provide the English or Turkish translation, select your Turkish store view from the “Choose Store View:” drop down in the upper-left of the page.
Now click on a category name. Verify that the scope is still set to your Turkish store view.
Enter translated content for the name, description, and whatever else we want to be language specific.
Save it and repeat the process for each category. Now, when we switch between store views/languages on the front end we'll be able to see the translations for the category names change.
Steps to translate products:-
To create or translate product. Go to ADMIN--> Catalog--> Manage Products. It’s the same process as for the categories. Click the “Add a Product” button if we don’t already have one made.
The “Choose Store View” drop down is again on the top left of the page. So make a product, fill in the default values, be sure to assign it to the website and categories, and save it.
Now for the same product, choose the Turkish store view from the “Choose Store View” drop down. Enter translated content here. Save it. Now when we go to our store front end and switch between languages, we’ll be able to see the translated content change for that product.
Step 3:- To Translate graphical elements in the front end to multiple languages.
We need to create an “additional” skin inside/skin/frontend/default/ folder, give it some meaningful name and assign it to appropriate language (Store View).
create a seperate theme/skin for different another language and write language specifuc css for that skin and put that skin into an additional skin folder..
In order to assign the skin to a language we go to admin under the System > Configuration section. There we choose appropriate language (Store View), English or Turkish and assign it appropriate skin, for English and for Turkish.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
How to Upgrade old version of Magento to a new version
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
List & Address of Museums in Delhi
Air Force Museum
Near Palam Airport
Time:0900 - 1700 (Closed Mon and Tue)
Ph: 3035684
Archeological Museum
Red Fort
Time: 1000 - 1700 (Closed Fri)
Ph: 3267961
Bal BhawanBahadur Shah Zafar Marg
Time: 0900 - 1730 (Closed Sun & Mon)
Ph: 3314701
Art & Crafts Museum
Pragati Maidan
Time: 1000 - 1700
Ph: 3371353
Gandhi Museum
Opp Raj Ghat
Time: 0930 - 1730
Ph: 3311495
Gandhi Smriti Museum
5, Tees January Marg
Time: 0900 - 1700
Ph: 3012843
Indira Gandhi Memorial
1, Safdarjung Road
Time: 0930 - 1700
Ph: 3010094
National Gallery of Modern Art
Jaipur House, India Gate
Time: 1000 - 1700
Ph: 3382835
National Museum
Janpath
Time: 1000 - 1700
Ph: 3019538
National Museum of Natural History
FICCI Bldg,
BaraKhamba Rd
Time: 1000 - 1700 Ph: 3314849
National Philatelic Museum
Dak Bhawan,
Parliament Street
Time: 0930 - 1230 & 1430 - 1630 (Closed Sat & Sun)
National Police Museum
CBI HQ, CGO Complex, Lodi Road
Time: 1000 - 1700
National Science Centre Museum
Pragati Maidan
Time: 1130 - 1900
Ph: 3328193
National Rail Museum
Chanakya Puri
Time: 0930 - 1730
Ph: 601816
Nehru Memorial Library & Planetarium
Teen Murti Bhawan
Time: 0930 - 1645
Ph: 3016734
Sangeet Natak Academy's Musical Instruments Gallery
Rabindra Bhawan, Feroz Shah Rd
Time 0930 - 1800
Ph: 3387246
Shankar's International Dolls Museum
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
Time: 1000 - 1800
Ph: 3316970
Some lovely quotations
Whenever You Have A Dream Inside Your Heart,
Never Let It Go Coz Dreams Are The Tiny Seeds,
From Which Beautiful Tomorrow Grows
Have A Wonderful Dream Tonight
We spend most of our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do.
Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.