best practice when editing an e-mail before replying

Tips on how to delete an item permanently, useful websites and e-mail etiquette

Windows: to delete an item permanently (eg, file), use Shift + Delete (bypassing the Recycle Bin).
Outlook: when setting the date for the current month, just type in the date and Outlook will automatically do the rest. Eg, to make an appointment for August 20 just type 20 in the date section of the start time and Outlook will set it as Mon 20/08/2007 (or whatever is your preferred format).

Inbox stress

Ten simple steps to remaining calm and in control of your e-mail

Over the past few weeks there have been studies showing how stressed many people have become by the daily barrage of e-mails. Often, as my own study found, this stress is self-inflicted by a tendency towards e-mail addiction.
When our own Dr Thomas Stuttaford succumbed and threw his hand in the air, it prompted me to look again at how you can reduce e-mail stress. As he said in his artcle, How strangers cause us stress: “Stress is reduced when someone is master of their own fate” — something many feel is impossible with e-mail.
But is it? Here are ten ways to control your inbox. The key is to be utterly ruthless about what you send and receive, and prioritise how you spend your time at the inbox.

EMail Horror stories

E-mail can be a very efficient way of distributing information but mistakes can be embarrassing, if not disastrous

As Hallowe’en approaches here are the top five e-mail horror stories we have seen and the ways to avoid them happening to you.
Telling all your resellers and partners who they are competing against
An organisation sent out product information and put everyone’s names in the “Cc” box. The address list took up most of the e-mail but the company also revealed all their partners to each other.
The moral: create a group list or use “Bcc” for the names.
A client who preaches sustainability and efficiency and sent nine attachments amounting to 11MB
There were no instructions about what to do with them and much of the information was available on their website.
The moral: send a link rather than the entire file.

MS Word — Top Ten tips

Useful tips and tricks that will make working with Word documents quicker and easier. Here are the main features of Word that can be used to save time:

1 Inserting the file path name in the footer: go to View/Headers and Footers/Insert AutoText menu, clicking on the down arrow of that box.
2 Use AutoText to enter a frequently used phrase or insert an object, eg, a logo: Insert/AutoText, highlight the text/object, then select AutoText. Type the keyword that you will use for this to appear, and select the “Add”’ button (or type Alt+F3). To insert, go to Insert/AutoText and pick the word from the dropdown list, or choose AutoText and pick from the whole list.
3 Formula — to add to columns in a table. With the cursor in the bottom cell of the columns (or row), click on Table/Formula.

MS PowerPoint — Top Ten tips

Hot tips to ensure that your next visual presentation is slick, dynamic and has real impact

1. Slide design
Find the most appealing template — http://www.freeppttemplates.com
2. Slide Master
Format the whole presentation: View/Master/Slide Master or hold down the shift key as you hover over the mini-icons at the bottom left and click on the Normal view which becomes the slide master view.
3. WordArt
To jazz up the text boxes (eg, straplines).

5. Outline view
To produce a single slide that contains a summary of titles of the key slides, switch to the Slide sorter view (View/Slide sorter) and hold down the Ctrl key and select the key slides. From the Slide Sorter toolbar click Summary Slide.

How to write a CV

Make sure your CV makes a good first impression

YOU know that you're a star but without a knock-out CV no-one else will believe you. Here’s how to impress and write yourself into a better job.
1. The nuts and bolts. The edited highlights of your working life should be no more than two pages long, says Andy Sharman, the head of recruitment for UK and Ireland at Procter & Gamble. “Less than two (full) pages suggests that you don’t have enough experience,” he says. Acceptable cheats include easy-on-the-eye spacing and increasing the font size.
2. Avoid vague statements. “Quite often people start with a profile — a short statement setting out who they are — but we see an awful lot that fall into generic phrases,” says Lorna Froud, the head of careers at Oxford Brookes University. “ ‘I am an excellent team worker’ is meaningless without evidence to back it up.”
3. Be concise. “It’s not War and Peace,” says Steven Kirkpatrick, the managing director of Adecco Staffing. Recruiters who have to plough through hundreds of CVs don’t enjoy flowery prose. Use active verbs and bullet points to ensure that every sentence counts.

How to change career

Most of us gaze in wonder at those bold souls who leap from career to career, but it’s not as difficult as it appears

As the career changers we speak to have invariably found, your dream job can be very different to the one you start out in. Working lives are getting longer, so while being a kung fu instructor might not be your cup of tea, if you’re bored, unhappy or harbouring a secret ambition, read what the experts have to say.
1. Is it just a rut? Put things into perspective, says Catherine Roan, the managing director of Careershifters.org. The right job might be the one you’re in. “People come to a workshop and say, ‘Gosh, I’ve actually got a really good job’. It’s easy to get frustrated with politics or parts you don’t like.” You might need to address aspects of your work and not your whole career.

How to get a promotion

Knowing where you want to go and being flexible about getting there will serve you better than blind ambition

Earning a promotion is a complex affair. Matters such as pay and benefits begin to look easy compared with manoeuvrings your way up (or sideways) through the ranks. Look around you before you jump at a new opportunity – a new job title could be the least important of many considerations, according to our experts. 

1. Put yourself out.
There’s more to a job than a 12-line description, Simon Copeman, the acquisition and alliance manager at 3M UK and Ireland, says. “I’m looking [to promote] someone who does a pretty good job... but also someone who comes up with solutions. Someone who has taken the initiative within their current role [and] has managed new experiences outside the strict job description.” 

How to get a pay rise

If you’re working your socks off and still being paid peanuts it’s time to take the bull by the horns and get negotiating

Colleagues call you ace, you always look busy and the chief executive knows who you are thanks to some smart moves at the office Christmas party. But have you done enough to earn yourself a raise? Not on that evidence. Here’s what it really takes to make the perfect pitch and boost your pay packet:
1. The bottom line.
“You have to know why you think that you are worth that much – however much you’re asking for,” says Professor Binna Kandola, a senior partner at Pearn Kandola, a business psychology firm. Then ask yourself why you are worth that much to your boss. Addressing the issue from his or her perspective will allow you to formulate a more persuasive pitch.
2. Do your homework.
It’s important to understand what the salary norms are for the job role and industry that you are working in, says Jo Causon, director of marketing and corporate affairs at the Chartered Management Institute. This means comparing roles and activities, not job titles within the company, she says. “There’s no reason why you cannot ask your HR department ‘how is my role benchmarked?’ ”

Produce lacking factor policy

There are always some factors lacking among a person or nation. The creator of policy notices these factors among the environment where he goes. He high lights these factors in his own personality. This provides him a significant boost and upper hand among such lacking subjects.
As an example I would like to mention the case that he produced in Saudia. There he observed that most Saudi class around him was with smart hair cut. They were not use to adopt a hair style with long hears. So policy creator adopted a long hair style and produced a significant effect on community there.

Show expectation/put responsibility policy

It is a wonder full policy for achieve an objective from some one. The some one may be your subordinate, officer, your child, brother/sister or a public dealing person in an office. Mostly may be the case that the subject will not carry out the job that u want but surely he will not go totally against it. And will support a little.

I will give an example that in a public dealing office, if u got some problem there. Then you may go to a responsible person and ask him that u want his guideline to solve the problem. Once he will feel that u expect from him to help u, he will get involved and will play a good role to solve the problem.

In my class while in school I often observed that many lacking behind students produced good results when teachers showed expectations from him.

World biggest polished diamond

In photo is the world's 20th largest rough diamond. In the proper hands the 478-carat stone could become the biggest polished, round diamond in history and weigh some 150 carats. Experts say the stone is of top-quality color and clarity and could fetch tens of millions of dollars. Miners unearthed the stone at Gem Diamonds' Letseng mine, a facility in which the Lesotho government holds a 30 percent share.

i know i will never hear the dukhi atma saying that ..

I know i will never hear Mr. zardari saying that i did a mistake. What a confused and dispersed personality he is. Simple is that he has no regards of his values and his own personality. Asking for BB's investigation in UNO at one side and lightly flirting with an important leader there before media, are two different behaviors. Only indicates his dual thinking. We all are ashamed of being the citizens of a country whose president is Mr. Zardari.

wall papers fro national geograhic

Do nots at your initial interview for job

The initial interview with the hiring manager is not the place to ask the following questions:
How many vacation days would I get? If you’re already thinking about time off and you haven’t even gotten the job yet, then what does that say about your work ethic? True, benefits like vacation days play a very important part in the worth of a job, but this first interview is not the place to ask. Wait until a second or third interview, or when the actual job offer comes, to ask.
Do you require overtime? Same with this question. It’s absolutely valid, but hold the question until later. Instead, ask “What’s an average day like here?”
What kind of health benefits do you have? Again, getting the answer to this question is a must, just not at this time. If you ask it in the initial interview, not only are you implying that you would settle for any job as long as your next root canal was covered, but some companies don’t even like to release that information until they have a serious candidate.

Neck Exercises

The neck is given special attention by the yoga practitioners, since they realize that it plays a large role in health and vitality.

The neck is important for two main reasons. Firstly, since the nerves from the neck go to the eyes, ears and brain, a spinal misalignment in the neck can cause vision and hearing problems, as well as problems such as headaches and poor sleep. Secondly, since major blood vessels pass through the neck to the brain, a neck misalignment can put pressure on the blood vessels and reduce the blood flow to the brain. This is a very common cause of chronic fatigue.

Learning to Breathe Correctly

We do deep breathing while asleep. Hence a simple way to learn how to breath properly is to simulate sleep. Lie down, close your eyes, relax the whole body, drop the chin and imagine that you are asleep, thus letting your breathing become deeper and deeper.

In Yoga deep breathing, you start filling the lower part of the lungs first, then you fill the middle and upper part. When exhaling you first empty the upper part of the lungs, then the middle, and last of all the lower part.

This process, however, is not divided into three separate actions. Inhalation is done in one smooth continuous flow just as one might pour water in filling a glass. First the bottom is filled, then the middle, and finally the upper portion. But the process itself is an uninterrupted one. Inhalation should be done in one continuous operation both the inhalation and the exhalation. Do it slowly and in a most relaxed manner. No effort or strain should ever be exerted. This is very important. Keep mouth closed.

Eye Exercises

The yoga practitioners attach special importance to eye exercises, for two reasons.

Firstly, a lot of eye problems in later life are due to a loss of tone in the eye muscles. These muscles become rigid, and this loss of elasticity reduces the ability of the lens of the eye to focus at different distances. It also causes the eyesight to become weaker. These exercises tone the eye muscles up and keep them elastic. If you already have eye problems when you begin these exercises, you will find your eyesight improving after a few months.

Secondly, any eye tension present will tend to produce a general feeling of tension, due to the eye's connection to the brain via the optic nerve. What happens is that eye tension produces an increase in the nerve impulses in the eye muscles. This increase in nerve impulses travels along the optic nerve and bombards the brain, causing a general feeling of tension and anxiety. The eye exercises will reduce tension in the eye muscles, as well as reduce general tension.

Traditional Breathing Techniques

We will look at some traditional breathing techniques. The purpose is not to suggest rigid techniques that needed to be followed blindly. Knowledge of these methods may be more important than the explicit directions themselves. The methods are subject to some variations. These helps you to establish and practice healthful rhythms. You may also gain additional insights into the nature of the breathing processes, and how to attain additional relaxation through them.

The Complete Breath

Most of us use three or four kinds of breathing. These may be called high, low and middle breathing and complete breathing. The complete breath is a combination of high breathing, mid breathing and low breathing.

A Breathing Exercise for Good Posture

This is an excellent exercise for the waistline or a weak back, but even more for stooped shoulders. It should be taught to all children at home and at school to counteract their tendency to slouch, for slouching, in addition to being ugly, develops a bad and unhealthy posture as it prevents the lungs from expanding as they should. It is a great exercise for beginners along with alternate nostril breathing described below.

Stand straight with feet together. Put your hands behind your back and interlock the fingers, palms upward. Now turn the palms down. This will automatically give a twisting movement to your elbows.

Inhale deeply, then bend forward, while exhaling, at the same time raising the arms until they are stretched out. Do not bend the elbows, which should remain straight throughout. Keep your head down, trying all the while to swing your arms a bit higher and higher.

Remain a moment in this position, holding your breath; then slowly return to the standing position without unlocking your fingers. Repeat the whole exercise two or three times.

Another version is done in a kneeling position. The procedure is the same, except that here you bend over until your forehead touches the floor.

Speed Speaks

It is wounder full to catch the speed moment of this perfect machine.

How to lose money without even trying

Getting into the music download business is the dot-com equivalent to buying a professional football team. As business investments go, it's a cinch to lose money. Even Steve Jobs would advise against it.
Just how grim are the prospects? Consider the Napster transaction from earlier this week. The struggling online music store was sold for less money than it brought in last year. For those keeping score, Napster's full-year fiscal 2008 sales (ending 31 March) topped $127 million. It sold to American consumer electronics chain Best Buy for $121 million on Monday. Investors bailed on Napster long before management did; the company's market cap has remained well below sales for most of 2008 as sales continued to slip quarter after quarter.

Nokia takes on Apple with 'all you can eat' music

A phone that lets owners download an unlimited number of tracks and keep them indefinitely aims to rein in the iPod.

Nokia is aiming to take on the might of Apple's iPod by releasing a phone that will allow owners to download an unlimited amount of music for a fixed fee.
The world's largest handset manufacturer has signed a deal with Carphone Warehouse to distribute its new "Comes With Music" phone, which will give owners access to about 2.1 million music tracks and goes on sale in October.
Owners of the Nokia's new phone will be able to download an unlimited number of songs from the world's three largest record labels — Universal, Sony BMG and Warner — for a year. The music can be played on the customer's phone and computer.

Craigslist: a triumph of nerd values

The founders of the popular – and controversial – classified advertising website have built a $5 billion giant without selling out.

Craig Newmark oversees a classified advertising website that spans the globe and is used by tens of millions of people every day. He drives a scruffy seven-year-old Toyota Prius and he goes to work only a couple of days a week. Jim Buckmaster is his business partner, responsible for the day-to-day running of an organisation that Wall Street estimates is worth about $5 billion (€3.5 billion). He lives in a modest, rented apartment not far from the company’s global headquarters, a rickety 19th century house tucked between a pizza restaurant and a junk shop in San Francisco. Even by the laidback standards of the Californian city’s sandal-wearing, Frisbee-tossing dotcom industry, the duo behind Craigslist could be considered a little odd.

In the flesh, however, this odd couple of self-proclaimed nerds seem as American as apple pie. Newmark, 55, is short, stocky, bald and wears glasses. Buckmaster, 46, is tall and slim, with lustrous brown hair and the good looks of a mature model. As befits liberal San Francisco tech entrepreneurs, both have goatees.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is pre-disposed to Parkinson's

Sergey Brin said he has a genetic mutation which increases his chances of contracting the degenerative disease

Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, has revealed that he has a genetic mutation which increases his chances of contracting Parkinson’s disease.
Writing on a personal blog that was launched yesterday, Mr Brin, 35, said he made the discovery following a genetic test.
He wrote: “The exact implications of this are not entirely clear,” but added: “Nonetheless it is clear that I have a markedly higher chance of developing Parkinson's in my lifetime than the average person.”
Parkinson’s diseases is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that impair functions such as speech and movement. Mr Brin said that studies have shown that his likelihood of contracting Parkinson’s disease in his lifetime may be 20 percent to 80 percent.

Google prepares to launch HTC Android phone

The new phone powered by Google is set to launch tomorrow, ready to face off against Apple’s iPhone in the run up to Christmas.
The long-awaited smart phone, called “G1”, will be manufactured by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC and will be available exclusively on T-Mobile in the UK.
The mobile, already dubbed the “G-phone,” will run on Android, Google’s new software for mobile phones. It will be launched in New York tomorrow afternoon, and will be available in the US next month. It is anticipated that the phone will be available in British stores by November.
The G1 is expected to cost about $199 (£108), which would be around the same cost as basic 8GB version of the iPhone.

Google, notoriously secretive about any of its new technology, is refusing to comment on the phone before its launch. But leaked photos and videos of the expected device, along with screenshots released by the search giant, show that the device is likely to have a touchscreen like the iPhone but also a slide-out Qwerty keyboard.
The phone is expected to have as built-in GPS (global positioning system), a tilt sensor for gaming, and a camera. It is thought it will be able to run Google's range of web applications, including Gmail, Google Docs and Google Maps, and will likely also feature Google's new web browser, Chrome.

How not to fight the US

DEVIATING somewhat from his usual mantra — that fighting terrorism is in Pakistan’s own interest — President Bush recently laid the ‘responsibility’ of fighting terrorism at Pakistan’s doorstep. This raises questions about the terms on which Pakistan joined the war.

In democracies, such questions are decided in parliament. But unfortunately, in Pakistan, most wars have been fought under one or the other military ruler. The decision to join the current war was also taken by Gen Musharraf on the spur of moment. Since then a pall of secrecy has surrounded the terms of engagement. The official line is that Pakistan joined the war in its own interest. In reality, the war was godsend for Gen Musharraf especially when Pakistan was dubbed as America’s ‘non-Nato ally’ in the war.

A GPS to Augment Your Entire Reality

Your cell phone will provide the important linkage between the real world and the digital universe.


“Press F1 for help.” When you’re working in a computer program and you get stuck, you can press a button and a handy guide pops up alongside whatever you’re puzzling over to clue you in. Wouldn’t it be great if real life worked that way? Out on the town, you could look at a restaurant, press a button, and get advice on whether the staff is surly or what wine to order.

The Future Is Now for Rechargeable Laptop Batteries

A space-age battery is about to revolutionize portable computing.

You’re 35,000 feet up, a few hours into a cross-country airplane journey. Having dutifully worked on some office memos, you finally get around to watching the DVD of Murder on the Orient Express on your laptop. But just as Detective Poirot is revealing whodunit, the screen goes blank. Your laptop’s batteries have run out of juice.

It’s a common enough scenario because rechargeable battery technology has failed to keep pace with other improvements in computers. While the number of electricity-hungry transistors that can be squeezed onto a silicon chip has doubled about every two years over the past few decades, it took more than 20 years (from 1970 to 1990) to double the amount of energy that rechargeable batteries can store per pound.

Now portable-energy start-up ZPower aims to strike a blow for frustrated laptop owners everywhere with a rechargeable battery that the company claims will offer 20 to 40 percent more computer time per charge than do the current champs of rechargeable technology, lithium-ion batteries. ZPower’s batteries also offer the advantage of being immune to “exothermic decomposition” (also known as “bursting into flames”), a problem that has prompted the recall of millions of lithium-ion batteries worldwide, not to mention some spectacular YouTube videos.

ZPower’s batteries use silver- and zinc-based electrodes. Silver-zinc batteries are not technically new; because they are so good at storing electricity, they were used in NASA’s Apollo spacecraft of the 1960s and 1970s. The technology wasn’t widely adopted back then because those silver-zinc batteries could be charged only a few times before they stopped working—not a problem for a 10-day mission to the moon, but a real deal breaker for mobile electronics.

ZPower has made improvements that allow its silver-zinc batteries to be recharged as often as lithium-ion batteries. And when the batteries do reach the end of their useful life, the silver and zinc can easily be recovered and recycled into new batteries, reducing environmental impact. On the downside, the batteries operate at a voltage different from that of lithium-ion batteries, meaning that laptop makers have to tweak their computers to work with the new batteries. ZPower is collaborating with computer component suppliers to develop laptop power systems that can handle both lithium-ion and silver-zinc batteries and says the first silver-zinc battery–­powered laptop is due out in early 2009.

How It Works
One big problem with traditional silver-zinc batteries is that as each cell is drained and recharged, zinc dendrites (shown as irregular objects in the diagram above) can form within the zinc anode (shown in green). These dendrites can distort the shape of the anode and can migrate through it, eventually piercing the membrane (yellow) that separates the zinc anode from the silver cathode (not shown, for clarity). If the membrane is pierced, the cell will short-circuit and die. To solve this problem, ZPower introduced polymers (shown as red balls) into the zinc anode. The polymers inhibit dendrites from growing and block their migration inside the anode, reducing the likelihood that the membrane will be pierced.

Could an Inner Zombie Be Controlling Your Brain?

If you had to sum up the past 40 years of research on the mind, you could do worse than to call it the Rise of the Zombies.

We like to see ourselves as being completely conscious of our thought processes, of how we feel, of the decisions we make and our reasons for making them. When we act, it is our conscious selves doing the acting. But starting in the late 1960s, psychologists and neurologists began to find evidence that our self-aware part is not always in charge. Researchers discovered that we are deeply influenced by perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and desires about which we have no awareness.

heir research raised the disturbing possibility that much of what we think and do is thought and done by an unconscious part of the brain—an inner zombie.

20 Things You Didn't Know About Bees

1. There are 16,000 species. Most are solitary insects; only about 5 percent are social bees, the most common being the honeybee. As many as 80,000 of them colonize a single hive.

2. Drones—the male honeybees—live only for mating with the queen. If there is a shortage of food in the hive, the workers kick their lazy, gigolo asses out.Worker bees have strictly regimented roles, including that of undertakers

3. To die for: When drones mate, they die afterwards from a ruptured abdomen. Sex detaches their endophallus, which gets stuck inside the queen.

20 Things You Didn't Know About Robots

1. “Robot” comes from the Czech word robota, meaning “drudgery,” and first appeared in the 1921 play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots). The drama ends badly when the machines rise up and kill their creators, leaving a sole lonely survivor.

2. They say it was an accident. The first known case of robot homicide occurred in 1981, when a robotic arm crushed a Japanese Kawasaki factory worker.

3. More than a million industrial robots are now in use, nearly half of them in Japan.

4. Archytas of Tarentum, a pal of Plato’s, built a mechanical bird driven by a jet of steam or compressed air—arguably history’s first robot—in the fifth century B.C.

20 Things You Didn't Know About Nothing

1. There is vastly more nothing than something. Roughly 74 percent of the universe is “nothing,” or what physicists call dark energy; 22 percent is dark matter, particles we cannot see. Only 4 percent is baryonic matter, the stuff we call something.

2. And even something is mostly nothing. Atoms overwhelmingly consist of empty space. Matter’s solidity is an illusion caused by the electric fields created by subatomic particles.

3. There is more and more nothing every second. In 1998 astronomers measuring the expansion of the universe determined that dark energy is pushing apart the universe at an ever-accelerating speed. The discovery of nothing—and its ability to influence the fate of the cosmos—is considered the most important astronomical finding of the past decade.

Herpes drug inhibits HIV in patients infected with both viruses

Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), McGill University have discovered how a simple anti-viral drug developed decades ago suppresses HIV in patients who are also infected with herpes. According to Dr Gotte, HIV/herpes co-infection rates are very high and carry significant health burdens for those patients who are already coping with HIV. "In co-infected individuals, HIV disease progression is enhanced by the presence of herpes," he explained. The NIH team discovered that in the presence of herpes virus, acyclovir actually attacks HIV directly and is able to suppress its reproduction.

Sight as you age

The lens consists mostly of water and protein and when the protein clumps, it clouds the lens and reduces the light that reaches the retina. The clouding may become severe enough to cause blurred vision. Most age related cataracts develop from protein clumping.

A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cataracts are related to aging. Cataracts are very common in older people. A cataract can occur in either or both eyes. It cannot spread from one eye to the other. In a normal eye, light passes through the transparent lens to the retina. Once it reaches the retina, light is changed into nerve signals that are sent to the brain. The lens must be clear for the retina to receive a sharp image. If the lens is cloudy from a cataract, the image you see will be blurred.

Although most cataracts are related to aging, there are other types of cataract:

• Secondary cataract: Cataracts can form after surgery for other eye problems, such as glaucoma. They also can develop in people who have other health problems, such as diabetes. They are sometimes linked to steroid use. 

• Traumatic cataract: Cataracts can develop after an eye injury, sometimes years later.

• Congenital cataract: Some babies are born with cataracts or develop them in childhood, often in both eyes. These cataracts may be so small that they do not affect vision. If they do, the lenses may need to be removed.

• Radiation cataract: Cataracts can develop after exposure to some types of radiation.

As we age, some of the protein may clump together and start to cloud a small area of the lens, this is a cataract. Over time, the cataract may grow larger and may cloud more of the lens, making it harder to see.

Researchers suspect that there are several causes of cataract, such as smoking and diabetes. Or, it may be that the protein in the lens just changes from the wear and tear it takes over the years.

How can cataracts affect one's vision?

Age-related cataracts can affect one's vision in two ways:

One; clumps of protein reduce the sharpness of the image reaching the retina. The lens consists mostly of water and protein and when the protein clumps up, it clouds the lens and reduces the light that reaches the retina. The clouding may become severe enough to cause blurred vision. Most age related cataracts develop from protein clumping.

When a cataract is small, the cloudiness affects only a small part of the lens. You may not notice any changes in your vision. Cataracts tend to grow slowly, so vision gets worse gradually. Over time, the cloudy area in the lens may get larger, and the cataract may increase in size. Seeing may become more difficult. Your vision may get duller or blurrier.

Second, the clear lens slowly changes to a yellowish/brownish colour, adding a brownish tint to vision.

When are you most likely to have a cataract?

The term 'age related' is a little misleading. You don't have to be a senior citizen to get this type of cataract. In fact, people can have an age related cataract in their 40s and 50s. But during middle age, most cataracts are small and do not affect vision. It is after age 60 that most cataracts steal vision.

The risk of cataract increases as you get older. Other risk factors for cataract include:

• Certain diseases such as diabetes.

• Personal behaviour such as smoking and alcohol use.

• The environment such as prolonged exposure to sunlight.

What can one do to protect his vision?

Wearing sunglasses and a hat with a brim to block ultraviolet sunlight may help to delay cataract. If you smoke, quit it. Researchers also believe good nutrition can help reduce the risk of age related cataract. They recommend eating green leafy vegetables, fruits and other foods with antioxidants.

If you are age 60 or older, you should have a comprehensive dilated eye exam at least once every two years. In addition to cataract, your eye care professional can check for signs of age related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and other vision disorders. Early treatment for many eye diseases may save your sight.

The most common symptoms of a cataract are:

• Cloudy or blurry vision.

• Colours seem faded.

• Headlights, lamps, or sunlight may appear too bright. A halo may appear around lights.

• Poor night vision.

• Double vision or multiple images in one eye. (This symptom may clear as the cataract gets larger).

• Frequent prescription changes in your eyeglasses or contact lenses.

These symptoms can also be a sign of other eye problems.

The symptoms of early cataract may be improved with new eyeglasses, brighter lighting, anti-glare sunglasses, or magnifying lenses. If these measures do not help, surgery is the only effective treatment. Surgery involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with an artificial lens.

A cataract needs to be removed only when the vision loss interferes with your everyday activities, such as driving, reading or watching TV.

Sometimes a cataract should be removed even if it does not cause problems with your vision. For example, a cataract should be removed if it prevents examination or treatment of another eye problem, such as age related macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy. It is not as dangerous if it is been cared and treated well.

The debt-stress connection

Gas and food prices are sky-high, the stock market is down, and the housing market is in the doldrums. But can worrying about the health of your bank account really make you sick?

Graphic designer Joshua Lurie-Terrell, described himself as an easy going person. That is, he did until the market started tanking and he and his wife lost half of their retirement savings. "I never let stress run my life before. But ever since money got tight, I've found that I'm a prisoner to it," he says. He worries that if he fills up the gas tank, he won't be able to afford the movies on the weekend, or if he keeps paying for health insurance, he won't be able to get his wife the birthday present she wants.

You can built it as you like

Say thanks that you do not have it in your home

Say thanks that you do not have it in your home, else it was going to be a lethal weapon

101 Ways to Make You Smile

01. Call an old friend, just to say hi.
02. Hold a door open for a stranger.
03. Invite someone to lunch.
04. Compliment someone on his or her appearance.
05. Ask a coworker for their opinion on a project.
06. Bring cookies to work.
07. Let someone cut in during rush hour traffic.
08. Leave a waitress or waiter a big tip.
09. Tell a cashier to have a nice day.
10. Call your parents.


11. Let someone know you miss them.
12. Treat someone to a movie.
13. Let a person know you really appreciate them.
14. Visit a retirement center.
15. Take a child to the zoo.
16. Fill up your spouse's car with gas.
17. Surprise someone with a small gift.
18. Leave a thank-you note for the cleaning staff at work.
19. Write a letter to a distant relative.
20. Tell someone you thought about them the other day.

Top ten countries with most airports

Here are top 10 countries with most airports

Top ten worlds largest countries

Here are top 10 worlds largest countries.

Top ten worlds largest lakes

Here are top 10 largest lakes

Top ten longests rivers in world

Here are top 10 longest rivers in the world

Top ten deepeset oceans and seas

Here are top 10 deepest oceans and seas

You never knew these for VODKA

1. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The stuff dissolves adhesive.

2. To clean the caulking around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking, let set five minutes and wash clean. The alcohol in the vodka kills mould and mildew.

3. To clean your eyeglasses,simply wipe the lenses with a soft, clean cloth dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs.

4. Prolong the life of razors by filling a cup with vodka and letting your safety razor blade soak in the alcohol after shaving. The vodka disinfects the blade and prevents rusting.

20 Things You Didn't Know About Mosquitoes

1. The world’s largest statue of a mosquito is a roadside attraction in Komarno, Manitoba, the Mosquito Capital of Canada. (“Komarno” is Ukrainian for “mosquito.” What’s up with that?) Sculpted in 1984, it is made of steel and has a wingspan of 15 feet. It’s also a weathervane, swiveling in the wind.

2. There are more than 2,500 varieties of mosquito (some entomologists claim 3,000) whining from the Arctic tundra to the tropical rain forests. Most are active at dawn and dusk, while others enjoy midday feeding. Protein is where you find it.

3. In 1998, researchers found a new mosquito species in the London Underground, descended from ancestors that flew in when the tunnels were dug 100 years ago. Once bird-feeders, they now feast on a menu of rats, mice, and people.

4. They rarely interbreed with their aboveground colleagues. Their DNA actually varies from one subway line to another.

5. Mosquitoes do notbite, they suck.

Didn't Know About Hygiene

1. “Hygiene” comes from Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health, cleanliness, and . . . the moon. Ancient Greek gods apparently worked double shifts.

2. The human body is home to some 1,000 species of bacteria. There are more germs on your body than people in the United States.

3. Not tonight dear, I just washed my hands: Antibacterial soap is no more effective at preventing infection than regular soap, and triclosan (the active ingredient) can mess with your sex hormones.

4. Save the germs! A study of over 11,000 children determined that an overly hygienic environment increases the risk of eczema and asthma.

20 Things You Didn't Know About Living In Space

1. Nearly every astronaut experiences some space sickness, caused by the wildly confusing information reaching their inner ears. In addition to nausea, symptoms include headaches and trouble locating your own limbs. Just like college, really.

2. And those are the least of your worries. In weightlessness, fluids shift upward, causing nasal congestion and a puffy face; bones lose calcium, forming kidney stones; and muscles atrophy, slowing the bowels and shrinking the heart.

3. At least you’ll be puffy, constipated, and tall: The decreased pressure on the spine in zero-g causes most space travelers to grow about two inches.

20 Things You Didn't Know About Snow

1. Snow is a mineral, just like diamonds and salt.

2. Lies your teacher told you: Most snowflakes don’t look like the lacy decorations that kids cut from folded paper. Flakes are generally bunches of those perfectly symmetrical crystals stuck together.

3. No two alike? More lies! Many crystals are almost identical in their early stages of growth, and some of the fully formed ones are pretty darned similar.

4. A snow crystal can be 50 times as wide as it is thick, so even though crystals can be lab grown to more than two inches across, they’re generally far thinner than a piece of paper.

5. At the center of almost every snow crystal is a tiny mote of dust, which can be anything from volcanic ash to a particle from outer space.

20 Things You Didn't Know About Gold

1. Gold was probably the first metal worked by prehistoric man. Decorative gold objects found in Bulgaria date back to 4,000 B.C., so the gold age actually overlaps with the Stone Age.

2. In the 7th century B.C., dentists in Italy used gold wire to attach fake teeth, and gold fillings were recommended for cavities as far back as the 16th century.

3. When the Spaniards landed in Peru in 1532, the Incan Empire had one of the largest collections of gold ever amassed. After the Incan king Atahuallpa was captured by the conquistadores, he offered, as ransom, to fill a 22-by-18-foot room with gold as high as he could reach.

4. The Spanish killed him anyway.

5. The Aztec word for gold is teocuitlatl, which means “excrement of the gods.”

Lady bug, a deadly predator?

Many people are fond of ladybugs because of their colorful, spotted appearance. But farmers love them for their appetite. Most ladybugs voraciously consume plant-eating insects, such as aphids, and in doing so they help to protect crops. Ladybugs lay hundreds of eggs in the colonies of aphids and other plant-eating pests. When they hatch, the ladybug larvae immediately begin to feed. By the end of its three-to-six-week life, a ladybug may eat some 5,000 aphids.

Ladybugs are also called lady beetles or, in Europe, ladybird beetles. There are about 5,000 different species of these insects, and not all of them have the same appetites. A few ladybugs prey not on plant-eaters but on plants. The Mexican bean beetle and the squash beetle are destructive pests that prey upon the crops mentioned in their names.

How Your Brain Can Control Time

Whenever I lose my watch, I take my sweet time to get a new one. I savor the freedom from my compulsion to carve my days into minute-size fragments. But my liberty has its limits. Even if I get rid of the clock strapped to my wrist, I cannot escape the one in my head. The human brain keeps time, from the flicker of milliseconds to the languorous unfurling of hours and days and years. It’s the product of hundreds of millions of years of evolution.

Keeping track of time is essential for perceiving what’s happening around us and responding to it. In order to tell where a voice is coming from, we time how long it takes for the sound to reach both ears. And when we respond to the voice by speaking ourselves, we need precise timing to make ourselves understood. Our muscles in the mouth, tongue, and throat must all twitch in carefully timed choreography. It’s just a brief pause that makes the difference between “Excuse me while I kiss the sky” and “Excuse me while I kiss this guy.”

20 Things You Didn't Know About Science Fiction

1. Arguably the inspiration for much science fiction traces back to classical mythology. Think of it—Earthlings abducted by beings from the sky, humans morphing into strange creatures, and events that defy the laws of nature.

2. Birth of the (un)cool: In 1926 writer Hugo Gernsback founded Amazing Stories, the first true science-fiction magazine.

3. Gernsback loved greenbacks. He tried to trademark the term science fiction, and he paid writers so little that H. P. Lovecraft later nicknamed him “Hugo the Rat.”

4. Rat’s revenge: The most famous sci-fi writing award is called the Hugo.

20 Things You Didn't Know About theory of Relativity

1. Who invented relativity? Bzzzt—wrong. Galileo hit on the idea in 1639, when he showed that a falling object behaves the same way on a moving ship as it does in a motionless building.

2. And Einstein didn’t call it relativity. The word never appears in his original 1905 paper, “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies,” and he hated the term, preferring “invariance theory” (because the laws of physics look the same to all observers—nothing “relative” about it).

3. Space-time continuum? Nope, that’s not Einstein either. The idea of time as the fourth dimension came from Hermann Minkowski, one of Einstein’s professors, who once called him a “lazy dog.”

4. But Einstein did reformulate Galileo’s relativity to deal with the bizarre things that happen at near-light speed, where time slows down and space gets compressed. That counts for something.

Meanings, under the words

Now a days there are some commonly used phrases in offices and communities that point to an intent or mind in progress. Have a look at these

1."We will do it" means "You will do it"


2."You have done a great job" means "More work to be given to you"


3."We are working on it" means "We have not yet started working on the same"


4."Tomorrow first thing in the morning" means "Its not getting done "At least not tomorrow!"


5."After discussion we will decide-I am very open to views" means "I have already decided, I will tell you what to do"

Perfect answer

A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was standing off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car.

The mechanic shouted across the garage,"Hello Doctor!! Please come over here for a minute."


The famous surgeon, a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic.

The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked argumentatively, "So doctor, look at this. I also open hearts, take valves out, grind 'em, put in new parts, and when I finish this will work as a new one. So how come you get the big money, when you and me is doing basically the same work? "

The doctor leaned over and whispered to the mechanic.....

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He said: "Try to do it when the engine is running".

Do you know that

1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?


2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?


3. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water?


4. There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is the bear?

Worlds most embarrasing moments

There was a World wide survey of "Most Embarrassing Moment in human life" the finale had the following three incidents....

Third Place

"It was the day before my eighteenth birthday. I was living at home, but my parents had gone out for the evening, so I invited my girlfriend over for a romantic night alone. As we lay in bed after making love, we heard the telephone ringing downstairs. I suggested to my girlfriend that I give her a piggy-back ride to the phone. Since we didn't want to miss the call, we didn't have time to get dressed. When we got to the bottom of the stairs, the lights suddenly came on and a whole crowd of people yelled "SURPRISE!".

The power of prayers

During the 2nd world war several thousand allied soldiers, mostly British, were trapped by the Germans at a French coast called Dunkirk.

All escape routes were sealed off. The sea escape route was impossible as the German submarines and war ships were heavily guarding it.

The Germans were closing in from all other directions and a bloody massacre was expected the next day. No one was expected to live.


The British PM, Winston Churchill told the nation, "There is only one hope. Let's all pray for them."


Throughout that day and night the whole of Britain prayed for them. Special masses and prayers were conducted in every church.


That night, suddenly, there was a heavy and dense fog. It was totally the wrong season for fog and it never happened before. Under the cover of the heavy fog, the British ships crossed the French channel as the German subs and war ships could not detect them in the fog and rescued each and every one of the soldiers.


As soon as the ships returned home, the fog vanished.


How and why the heavy fog formed and vanished is still one of the biggest meteorological mysteries.

You are the average of the five

You are the average of the five people you spend most of the time with!
I read this quote some where and i found it thought provoking and logically realistic. I want to add some point more to it that
You are the average of the five channels (TV,Radio), five people and five mail groups you spend most of the time with

Offensive Policy

This policy is defined and suggested by a dynamic personality.
Policy heading:
Always point out some negligence and flaw on behalf of second person

Description:
He suggests that as you come across any one in your daily life, first of all try to start conversation by pointing out some of his negligence or weak point. No matter that how odd it looks if you point without being it so. Second person will be stunned for some time. Next he may just clarify or express his shocking feelings. If you do not do this, then you are vulnerable to any such attack by his side, and most probably the point will be valid.
For example when being in contact with a friend to whom you have kept waiting for you. You may first say him that you must be more punctual. I was late due to traffic jam, else i was going to wait here for you.

Next Step:
So from now on make it your motto to apply offensive policy before you are subject to it.

Speech from Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, that i know i will never hear

President of pakistan Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, addressed the nation on 30 Feb AD, live from mud island. His speech reflects his coming policies and steps that he is going to implement. Following is a part of his great speech.
He said
My dear country men, i Asif ali zardari admit that

• I had commited lots of corruption
  
• I had no respect and care for people of my countrty
• America was more than any one else for me
• My policies revolved around my personal interests
• I was not man of word
• I made fool to all of you including my party

I have no resons, no excuses for all hat i had done. I just have confession, that i have done all this. Now keeping in view all present situation i declare that

• I will remove my financial agents from all key posts
• I will plan for betterment of my country fellows
• I will prefer my country interest more than american and personal intersest
• I will honour my words from now on
• I provide an opportunity to all of you that you may decide my future after this confession
  

Loan linked to judiciary

It looks that perhaps this person will never be able to provide loan now.

Transformer is in pakistan

Pakistan is no more behind than any nation. We have real transformers here.

Important press conference for every one

This image is from a very important press conference. Even without any description it is self explanatory and needs no other interest.

Brand new political movie

HERO :
President Bush & Musharaf

HEROINE :
Banzeer

VILLAIN:
Sharif, Qazi, Imran

SCRIPTED IN :
USA

SHOOTED IN :
Pakistan

CHARACTER ACTOR :
Amin Fahim

FRIENDLY APPEARANCE :
Saudi King

FRAUDY :
Asif Ali Zardari

COMEDIAN :
Shaikh Rasheed

SUPPORTING ACTOR :
Fazal ur Rahman

CHARACTERLESS ACTORS :
Chaudharies

DANCERS :
Sherry Rehman, Kashmala Tariq

MUSIC BY :
MQM

ACTION BY :
Pak Army

SUSPENSE BY :
Chief Justice

FINANCE BY :
US, India & Israel

Hats off to Samad Khurram

i was astonished to hear and read the news that a Pakistani student has refused to accept award from US ambessider to Pakistan.

An award distribution ceremony was held in National Arts Gallery, Islamabad on 18 June 2008 to appreciate the brilliant Pakistani students. Samad Khurram, a student of Roots School Systems islamabad campus was also invited there to receive award from US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson. She was the Chief Guest who had to distributes the awards.

When Khurram Samad was called up from the stage to receive his award, he put all the audience in surprise by not receiving the award from US Ambassador. Instead of shaking hand with the chief guest, he moved to the dice and said,

“I will not receive this award as a protest against the cross border attack by Americans in Mohmand Agency, which resulted in the death of 20 Pakistani soldiers and still many more are missing”. He also added that US policy of suppotring President Musharraf is not in the interest of Pakistani nation.

Samad Khurram is not a political person but just a student. His mature thinking and effective way of expression has a lot to ponder for American ploicy makers. They should not cultivate hatred in hearts of Pakistani people.

English premier league

A match between averton and manchester

Pakistan vs iraq in world cup qualifying round

A scene from world cup qualifying match between pakistan and iraq

David Bekham

English football star devid bekham, going to kick in his first match on behalf of american club galaxy

Robino going to score

Brazilian start robino going to score against ecodor

chilli vs Mexico

A view during a match between chilli and mexico in kopa america tournament

Preservation

Aik sikh tharmos lai kay picnic par chala gaya, kisi nein poocha
"yeh kiyun laey ho".
Sikh nein kaha
"is mein thandi cheez thandi aur garam cheez garam rehti hai".
"tum is mein kia laey ho" us shakhs nein kaha
sikh nein kaha
4 kulfi aur 2 cup garma garma chaey

Hansi ko apni sun kay

Hansi ko apni sun kay aik bar mein b chonk utha faraz
Yeh mujh mein dard chupanay ka kamal kaisay a gaya

fankar

Is dil e hasti ko us say piyar hai bahut
Magar wo shakhs b fankar hai bahut
Na milein ti milnay ki justaju b nahin karta
Aur milta yun hai jaisay hamara talabgar hai bahut

Difference between hockey and cricket

Question: What is the difference between hockey and cricket?

Answer:
In case of Hockey siome one gets curse in a hour
while
in case of cricket, it may take 8 hours

Opportunity to be rich during Ramazan

Jo shakhs b ramzan mein galyoan aur bazaroan say guzartay huay yeh alfaz kahay ga, wo bahut jald ameer ho jaey ga
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Allah kay naam pay dey dey baba

Appropriate moto song of president Zardari

President Zardari celebrates his victory by singing following song

Bachna aey ghareebo
lo mein a gaya
Corruption ka ashiq
Khazanay ka dushman
Apni ada hai bb say juda
hay hay!

Goal keeper of newziland football team

Goal keeper of newziland football team during training session of under 19 match

Forward of Brazilian Team Dego Yekam

Forward of Brazilian Team Dego Yekam, during practice just before match against Chilli

Play Game

Comparison of police

Interesting comparison of police in different cultures. Unfortunately Pakistan police is in worst conditions due to many factors. No moral, financial or national support for any cause.

First chineese




Then Americans



Then iran



And finally Pakistan

Operation mid night

It was a nice end of ramzan day. I came back from tarawih. every thing was smooth and looking fine. From past some days i had a plan to renovate my bed. It is a ordinary bed of steel pipes weaved with a nylon strings. i was going to change the weave pattern. It was looking a right time to do that. So i started the process at about 11:30 pm. Although after a full day fast, it was better to sleep at that time. But excitement tend me to do the renovation job.
The job was looking planned. But while in first part that was to remove previously weaven string net, i realized that it was complicated and took more time than expected. After an hour 12:30 i was there with my bed without any strings waiting for weaving it again. At that time i was fully tired and there was now no bed for me, to sleep at.

List of commands to run several windows softwares and utilities

Most of frequent windows users prefer to use key board than mouse. Following is list to invoke several software and windows utilities. just run the command in command prompt and invoke the target. It is a good habit, adopt it.

To run	Use command
Accessibility Controls	access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard	accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard	hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs	appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools	control admintools
Adobe Acrobat (if installed)	acrobat
Adobe Designer (if installed)	acrodist
Adobe Distiller (if installed)	acrodist
Adobe ImageReady (if installed)	imageready
Adobe Photoshop (if installed)	photoshop
Automatic Updates	wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard	fsquirt
Calculator	calc
Certificate Manager	certmgr.msc
Character Map	charmap
Check Disk Utility	chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer	clipbrd
Command Prompt	cmd
Component Services	dcomcnfg
Computer Management	compmgmt.msc
Control Panel	control
Date and Time Properties	timedate.cpl
DDE Shares	ddeshare
Device Manager	devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*	directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter	dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility	cleanmgr
Disk Defragment	dfrg.msc
Disk Management	diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager	diskpart
Display Properties	control desktop
Display Properties	desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)	control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility	drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility	verifier
Event Viewer	eventvwr.msc
Files and Settings Transfer Tool	migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool	sigverif
Findfast	findfast.cpl
Firefox (if installed)	firefox
Folders Properties	control folders
Fonts	control fonts
Fonts Folder	fonts
Free Cell Card Game	freecell
Game Controllers	joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)	gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game	mshearts
Help and Support	helpctr
HyperTerminal	hypertrm
Iexpress Wizard	iexpress
Indexing Service	ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard	icwconn1
Internet Explorer	iexplore
Internet Properties	inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard	inetwiz
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration)	ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)	ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)	ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections)	ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)	ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)	ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)	ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)	ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed)	jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed)	javaws
Keyboard Properties	control keyboard
Local Security Settings	secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups	lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows	logoff
Malicious Software Removal Tool	mrt
Microsoft Access (if installed)	access.cpl
Microsoft Chat	winchat
Microsoft Excel (if installed)	excel
Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)	frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker	moviemk
Microsoft Paint	mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)	powerpnt
Microsoft Word (if installed)	winword
Microsoft Syncronization Tool	mobsync
Minesweeper Game	winmine
Mouse Properties	control mouse
Mouse Properties	main.cpl
Nero (if installed)	nero
Netmeeting	conf
Network Connections	control netconnections
Network Connections	ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard	netsetup.cpl
Notepad	notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)	nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager	packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator	odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard	osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)	ac3filter.cpl
Outlook Express	msimn
Paint	pbrush
Password Properties	password.cpl
Performance Monitor	perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor	perfmon
Phone and Modem Options	telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer	dialer
Pinball Game	pinball
Power Configuration	powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes	control printers
Printers Folder	printers
Private Character Editor	eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)	QuickTime.cpl
Quicktime Player (if installed)	quicktimeplayer
Real Player (if installed)	realplay
Regional Settings	intl.cpl
Registry Editor	regedit
Registry Editor	regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook	rasphone
Remote Desktop	mstsc
Removable Storage	ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests	ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)	rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras	sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks	control schedtasks
Security Center	wscui.cpl
Services	services.msc
Shared Folders	fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows	shutdown
Sounds and Audio	mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game	spider
SQL Client Configuration	cliconfg
System Configuration Editor	sysedit
System Configuration Utility	msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)	sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)	sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot)	sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)	sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)	sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)	sfc /cachesize=x
System Information	msinfo32
System Properties	sysdm.cpl
Task Manager	taskmgr
TCP Tester	tcptest
Telnet Client	telnet
Tweak UI (if installed)	tweakui
User Account Management	nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager	utilman
Windows Address Book	wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility	wabmig
Windows Backup Utility (if installed)	ntbackup
Windows Explorer	explorer
Windows Firewall	firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier	magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure	wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player	wmplayer
Windows Messenger	msmsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)	wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool	syskey
Windows Update Launches	wupdmgr
Windows Version (to show which version of windows)	winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard	tourstart
Wordpad	write