Civil Services Aptitude Test 2011

NEW DELHI: In a significant move, Government has agreed to a proposal to introduce Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in place of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination.

"The government has approved the proposal for introduction of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in place of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination," minister of state for personnel, public grievances and pensions Prithviraj Chavan informed the Rajya Sabha.

In CSAT, one of optional subjects which a candidate could have chosen out of 23 optional has been replaced with common paper on aptitude test, he said, adding the syllabus of CSAT is being worked out.

The government will shortly notify the new scheme of examination giving details of the syllabus, he said in a written reply.

Courtesy: Times of India

10 Important questions your veterinarian will ask that you should be prepared to answer

A visit to your veterinarian doesn’t just involve your pet and the clinic staff; it includes YOU, the most important part of your pet’s health care team. The veterinarian relies on you to identify concerns about your pet’s health just as a pediatrician relies on a child’s parents.

Although you may wonder what the questions we ask have to do with your current concerns, answering them honestly and completely is essential. In fact this process (known as acquiring the history) is one of the most important parts of the visit and may help us identify your pet’s health problem.

If the person taking your pet to the veterinarian will not be able to answer these questions I recommend that you write down the answers to these questions and send them with your pet or provide a phone number where you can be reached so that we may ask these questions.


1. Any coughing, sneezing, vomiting or diarrhea?

You will be asked when does it occur (day or night or at any time), how often, the color of material produced, whether it is improving, worsening or the same.


2. Changes to appetite, water consumption or urination?

Many diseases will cause your pet to eat more or less, drink more and urinate more often. If your pet has not been finishing meals, continuously begs for food, you have been filling the water bowl more often, have noticed urinary accidents in the house (especially at night when you can not take your pet out) or have been scooping more clumps of litter these may be an indication that your pet has a medical condition. Your veterinarian will want to take a urine and blood sample as a start.


3. Are you giving any medications?

It is very important to identify ANY AND ALL medications your pet is currently receiving including preventatives, vitamins and over-the-counter products. Know the name, milligrams, how much and how often you are administering the medication. Sometimes bringing the medication with you is easiest. DO NOT withhold any information as medications your veterinarian prescribes may react with a current one potentially causing serious health problems.


4. Travel History?

Many diseases occur more commonly in specific areas of the country. If you travel to certain areas your pet may be exposed to different diseases. Also, if you are planning on traveling, your veterinarian may suggest certain preventative medications that target not only fleas but also ticks and heartworms.


5. Are there other pets in the house and do they have any medical conditions?

This is important in situations where diseases that are potentially contagious are of concern. Your veterinarian will provide tips on how to monitor your other pets for signs that they are also affected or provide treatment for your other pets.


6. Indoors only? If outdoors are they always supervised or sometimes unsupervised?

We all know that there are certain dangers that come with being outdoors. If your pet is indoors only it may help your veterinarian narrow down why your pet is sick.


7. Previous medical history?

This is a very important question as your pet may be affected by a recurrence of a previous disease or the treatments for one disease may make another disease worse.


8. Are vaccines up to date? Which have been given and when were they last given?

This question is important for many reasons. If your pet has not been properly vaccinated for a specific disease your veterinarian may be more suspicious of what is making your pet sick. Also, certain vaccinations can cause tests for that specific disease to be positive even though your pet does not have that disease.


9. What do you feed your pet and how much? Include treats and table scraps.

What you feed your pet is very important to their health. Certain diets may not be ideal for your pet’s life stage or for certain medical conditions. Also, on occasion, food recalls occur and at certain times these foods may have serious effects on your pet’s health. You or a guest may unknowingly have fed your pet a food item that is toxic to them.


10. Any other changes you have noticed or concerns you may have?

Things you bring up during this period may provide additional insight into what has been going on. Even if you think what you are about to say is unimportant or may make your veterinarian think you are crazy bring it up, you will be surprised how many times this piece of information may be the biggest clue in figuring out what’s wrong with your pet

"OM"

Let me try to explain WHAT exactly (or approximately) is this divine word ‘Om’.

We all know God is One. (Let Him be God or Lord the Omniscient, Omnipresent or Omnipotent, or Brahma, the Almighty, Allah, or Jehovah or Zoroaster)

But if I ask a Hindu … What (or Who) is God, he might say .. Brahma (or Brahman) in his ancient ‘Sanskrit Language’

If I ask a Muslim … What (or Who) is God, he might reply … Allah , in his ancient ‘Arabic language’

If I ask a Christian What (or Who) is God, he will reply Jehovah (or Yaweh) .. in Ancient ‘Hebrew language’

So God is having different names in different languages so as in different religions which originated in that particular land.

The ancient Rishis and sages of India found out a Universal Name to express the Unexplainable. ‘That’ which is the Omniscient, the Omnipotent and the Omnipresent. ‘That’ which is the Cause of this universe, which is the Creator (or the Manifestation). God.

That name should contain all the names in it. All the names and words of all the languages in this universe.

All these words or names must come out of the human mouth only - to be expressed.
Hence they took the lowest point of throat where the sound starts in the mouth as the base or starting point – when the throat is opened fully – which denotes ‘O’ …. and that point of the mouth or lips where all the sounds End – which denoted by ‘M’. Then came the word ‘Om’. All the names and sounds of the world ARE in it (in all the languages). This is verily the Universal Name for GOD, or Brahman or Allah or Jehovah…

Famous philosophers of India who propounded Advaita says the below ideas.. :

The whole of this universe has both name and form (Nama-Rupa) as its conditions of manifestation, according to Indian philosophy. Form is the outer crust of which the Name or the idea is the inner essence or kernel.

God is manifested himself as Name and Form or the universe. God has one word as its only possible symbol or name, and this is the Om. And as by no possible means of analysis can we separate the word from the idea, this Om and the Eternal Being are inseparable. And the name for that Eternal Being or God is this Om, and the Om only. And this ‘Om’ (O U M) when pronounced clearly and perfectly, may well be the generalized symbol of all possible sounds are produced in the space within the mouth beginning with the root of the tongue and ending in the lips. The throat sound is ‘O’ when its fully open at the base and the M is the last lip sound, and the U exactly represents the rolling forward of the impulse which begins at the root of the tongue till it ends in the lips. If properly pronounced, this Om will represent the whole phenomenon of sound- production, and no other word can do this; and this, therefore is the fittest symbol or word for the name for God. This is real meaning of the Om. And as the symbol can never be separated from the thing specified, the Om and the God are one and is indeed the first manifestation of divine wisdom. This Om is truly symbolic of God.
These word-symbols evolved out of the deepest spiritual perception of sages which symbolize and express as nearly as possible. And as the Om represents the Omniscient, the other names represent the differentiated views of the same Being, and they all are helpful to divine meditation and the acquisition of true knowledge.

If only (or all) the Hindus are united … nothing will happen…
If only (or all) the Christians are united …. No use…
If only (or all) the muslims are united …. Doesn’t make any difference …

Let us (all the religions of the world) try to be United… let us make the Universal Religion …

Then only there will be PEACE …

The Truth: Mean? Right? wrong?

- If your opinion of someone is not good, but you're giving an honest opinion about that person, is that mean?

- Is saying "no" to someone, mean?

- If someone wants to borrow something from you and you honestly don't want them to use it, are you wrong for telling them no? Are you wrong for letting them use it when you really didn't want to?

- Is it right to smile in a persons face when you really don't like them?

- Is it wrong to hold in your true feelings about something/someone to prevent hurting their feelings?

- Is it ok to make excuses for a lack of effort?

- If an ugly person walks up to you trying to get your phone number, is it mean to give them your number just because you don't want to be mean? Is it wrong to tell them, "I don't want to give you my number because you're not attractive to me."?

- Is it ever right to NOT tell the truth?

- What's more important to you, being honest and respected or being dishonest and liked? (If someone "respects" you, but you're not telling them the truth then that "respect" is not honest.)

Simply Complicated

A new day in my life gone waste; just don’t know how to go through with my life.
Always in my confused state of mind, trying for everything and then making a mess of it.
Just don’t know where am going and what I want from myself, unsatisfied with every effort I made to achieve the unachievable. Why is it so that I want to do everything but not even doing a single thing with perfection? Why the hell I give up just after starting to do something, why am I not clear about what I wanted to do exactly. Am I going crazy? Or am I confused or expecting more than actually I can deliver or is it something else??