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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Does Honey get Spoilt?

There are many times when you return home after a long time and find that some of the packets of food remain unused. Do you throw them away because they are old or would prefer to use them if they still tasted good. Well, most of us would not want to throw something away just because they are old. Well, how about honey?

Honey in its purest form does not spoil even if kept for eternity. As a matter of fact, honey that had been kept in sealed containers by ancient pharoahs were found to be fresh and very much usable when discovered. Sealed containers are okay. But normally, we get honey in packets or in bottles. And this myth that honey never gets spoilt may not always be applicable.

Honey,for it to remain unspoilt should not be adulterated. Even a little bit of water might make honey lose its usual characteristics. It is better to make sure it is not spoilt. Sometimes, long unused honey can be found to contain gluttoned particles. These are hardening of honey in small quantities. This can be one way to make sure that the honey is adulterated, or is not entirely safe to use.

But, still consuming this kind of honey is not entirely fatal. Not many diseases or illness is known to be caused by consuming old honey. Also, honey sold in the market is tried and tested and normally adulterated with materials that aid in keeping it fresh in taste. Check for any info on 'Best Use before' date on the side of the packets to know if you need to consume them.

All said and done, make sure next time you buy honey, you get one in sealed containers. Those are the closest to unspoilt honey. So, the next time, you tell your girlfriend "You are so sweet as honey", not only do you mean she is sweet, but also sweet provided she is sealed and untouched!

Saturday, April 01, 2006

Indians heading top corporations

A list of Indians who currently head top corporations of the world.


The Co-founder of Sun Microsystems (Vinod Khosla),
Creator of Pentium Chip (Vinod Dahm),
Founder and creator of Hotmail (Sabeer Bhatia),
Chief Executive of McKinsey & Co. (Rajat Gupta)
President and CFO of Pepsi Cola (Indra Nooyi)
President of United Airlines (Rono Dutta)
GM of Hewlett Packard (Rajiv Gupta)
President and CEO of US Airways (Rakesh Gangwal)
Chief Executive of CitiBank (Victor Menezes),
Chief Executives of Standard Chartered Bank (Rana Talwar)
Chief Executive officer of Vodafone (Arun Sarin)
President of AT & T-Bell Labs (Arun Netravali)
Vice-Chairman and founder of Juniper Networks (Pradeep Sindhu)
Founder of Bose Audio (Amar Bose)
Founder, chip designer Cirrus Logic (Suhas Patil )
Chairman and CEO of Computer Associates (Sanjay Kumar)
Head of (HPC WorldWide) of Unilever Plc. (Keki Dadiseth)
Chief Executive Officer of HSBC (Aman Mehta)
Director and member of Executive Board of Goldman Sachs (Girish Reddy)
Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (Raghuram Rajan)
Former CTO of Novell Networks (Kanwal Rekhi)

Choosing the right travel package

With international airfares falling with increasing competition, numerous travel agencies have sprung up to help you make your international visit easy and comfortable. But now there is a problem of plenty. Here are a few things you need to consider when choosing the travel package of your choice.

COST

Naturally this is the first thing to look out for. Prepare the budget you are ready to shell out. But remember that if you are too particular about the upper limit for your travel, you choose that package that falls well inside your budget. Most often, no matter how deeply you look into the costs involved, there are always instances when you feel there was a hidden cost involved which younever knew until you made the payment. Also, you might end up making more than the planned purchasing. So, this is one factor, you must carefully plan and decide.

COMFORT and PRIVACY

For economy budget travellers, travel agencies usually help make costs low by taking the tourists in groups so that the cumulative costs involved help in making the cost per tourist less.But, too many co-travellers might end up ruining your comfort and privacy levels. It is best to know in advance the number of tourists who accompany you. Some travel agencies make good planning to split this group into smaller groups when you walk out in the destination. The best way to know about such organizing is through reviews about the package that you can find on the internet blogs and forums.

FLEXIBILITY

Choose a package that offers you more flexibility in deciding your period of stay in individual locations. Each of your co-travellers have different tastes and it is simply not enough if everyone is offered the same periods of stay at individual locations. So, look for travel packages that offer you the freedom to choose to lengthen or shorten your stay at individual spots. This kind of flexibility might shoot up the costs a bit, but nevertheless makes your travel a much more relishing experience.

MANAGEMENT

Finally, choose from reviews the kind of travel agancy that takes on the leadership during the stay. The least thing you would want to do is keep finding your way in a foreign place, while the travel is simply doing only what he is paid for - ferrying you to and from the place.