Lion’s Whisker

Haile was a happy little boy living with his mother and father in their home in Ethiopia. But, one day his mother died and Haile was so hurt, and so confused, and so angry. A year passed and his father decided to remarry. But, Haile remained so hurt, and so confused, and so angry. So when Zeynab met him and hugged him he pulled away from her. When she fixed him his favorite foods for dinner he didn’t eat. When she made him a play suit out of fine cloth he ran through the woods and played so roughly he tore the clothes up. Whenever she spoke to him he ignored her.

One day when her husband was gone hunting, Zeynab went to Haile’s bedroom to talk to him.

"Haile, I love you so much and I really need you to love."

Before she could finish Haile jumped up and said, "I hate you, you aren’t my mother. I’m running away."

Haile ran past Zayneb and out of the house. Zayneb sat down and cried and cried. When her husband returned she told him what had happened. He told her to go on and cook dinner and not to worry that he would find Haile. Haile was at the river in his favorite spot. The two walked home and ate dinner without a word.

That night, as the other two slept, Zayneb got out and walked deep into the forest to the home of the witch doctor. The witch doctor was a very wise woman who knew the ways of peoples’ minds and hearts.

"I need you to make me a love potion so my step-son will love me," said Zayneb.

"Well," the old woman said slowly, "Before I can give you a love potion, you must bring me the whisker from a ferocious lion."

Zeynab’s eyes grew large as she said, "How am I supposed to do that?"

"Use your imagination," said the witch doctor.

Zeynab went home and slept just a few more hours. She got up before the sun rose and put several large pieces of raw meat in a bag and headed toward the hills. She walked until she found a cave which had large paw prints around it. Zeynab took a piece of meat out and placed it in front of the entrance to the cave. Then she hid in the bushes about 50 feet from the entrance and waited.

After a few minutes a large, very ferocious looking lion stepped out of the cave, looked around, smelled the meat, and ate it all up.

Zayneb waited for a couple of hours then she walked up to the entrance of the cave and placed a second piece of meat in front of it. Then she moved back only 25 feet and didn’t hide in the bushes. After a few minutes the lion came out. He looked around, stared at Zayneb, smelled the meat, picked it up, and ate it all up.

Zayneb waited for a couple of hours then she walked up to the entrance of the cave and placed a third piece of meat in front of it. She moved back only 5 feet and didn’t hide in the bushes. After a few minutes the lion came out. He looked around, stared at Zayneb, smelled the meat, picked it up, and ate it all up.

Zayneb waited for a couple of more hours then she walked up to the entrance of the cave and placed a fourth piece of meat in front of it. She moved back only two steps. After a few minutes the lion came out. He looked around, stared at Zayneb. She stared back at the lion. Although she was shaking inside, she didn’t move her body. She just stared right back at the lion’s large brown eyes. The lion smelled the meat, picked it up and began eating.

Very slowly Zayneb extended her hand, grabbed a whisker and quickly pulled it out. The lion kept eating as slowly, very slowly, as if walking on a tight rope, Zayneb backed away toward the bushes. When she got into the forest she ran back to the witch doctor’s home.

Breathing heavily, she rushed into the witch doctor’s house and held up the whisker. "See, here, I brought you a lion’s whisker. Now, give me a love potion."

The witch doctor looked at the whisker. "Ah, this does look like a ferocious lion’s whisker. But, I don’t have any love potions."

"What, what do you mean?" screamed Zayneb.

"Now, tell me, how did you get that lion’s whisker?" the old lady calmly asked.

"Well, I had to be very, very careful and patient. I was very gentle and very quiet, and persistent."

"Yes, and you were very courageous. See, you have all of the skills you will need to get your stepson to love you without a magic potion."

Then Zayneb understood. She returned home and treated Haile nicely as before. But, she did not make any special efforts to win his affection. She was just her sweet, giving self. When Haile was rude to her or ignored her, she continued on as if he had said nothing. In three weeks Haile began to smile and speak to Zayneb. In six weeks he offered to help her with chores. In nine weeks he invited her to walk with him to his favorite place at the river. One night about 12 weeks later, just before he fell asleep Haile looked up in Zayneb’s eyes and said, "Zayneb, I love you."

Demonetization - From the Eye of General Public.

Demonetization, First it's a very difficult word to pronounce or remember for the general public, here I am not referring them as "aam aadmi"or "mango man" unless all will directly connect it with the Aam Aadmi Party and The Great Kejriwal Sir.

Now come to the real Demonetization, it's a very fancy word with so much hope and future based on it, which is creating by the present govt sitting in the center, and being in opposition all other party have their moral duty to oppose it. 

In big term where all is directly related to it, every one facing so much problem with this, either in getting cash, pending all important work, daily expenses, long hours in waiting queue, postponing work, daily gossing and fight over money and decisions, daily changing rules creating so much confusions, no hope in coming future to dilute this condition. 

RBI and Bank body become the second "Hitor" in country after the great grand Modi ji. Its seem if u have power, u can say anything which will become rules for general public, and if u think it's wrong , u are free to say anything else any time. 

40 days approx 400 rules, still 10 more days left to pass over. If we watch the news there are so much kiosk in public for this. So many scams, so many raids, so many black money, so many ways to bypass it, "Jitna ghotala in 40 days me hua hai, utna to kabhi nahi hua". 

Future is still hidden somewhere which we can predict only not sure or confirmed, But we hope the situation will change and be better in all respect. 

all are busy in things related to money only, all other works have no any priorities for any one, its good time and things to spend as much time in this and be in limelight for all.

Every one is directly connected with government now, either in trouble or in happy mood. it's the one government who touched every single person of country by their move of demonetization. Future is also depend on the touch whether it's a feature touch or scratch.

Unable to Think or Decide.

सच में कभी कभी बहुत मुश्किल होता है , ये सोच पाना की कौन गलत है और कौन सही, हम कोई गलती बार बार किये जा रहे है , या कोई और हमें न समझ कर गलती पे गलती किये जा रहा है, गुत्थी उलझती ही जा रही है, अब तो ये सोचना भी की कभी सुलझेगी नामुमकिन सा ही लग रहा है?

हम तो तैयार बैठे है अपनी गलती को स्वीकारने के लिए अगर कोई हमसे हुई है, पर कोई हमे समझाए भी तो, या फिर हमे मौका दे की हम उनकी गलतियों को सुधारने की कोशिश या प्रयास करे.

कहते है न एक से भले दो, और दो से भले तीन, पर यहाँ तो तीन ने ही सारी व्यवस्था ख़राब कर के रख दी है, दो ही होते तो ज्यादा सही था. एक कान एक मुह का इतना प्रिय हो गया है की तीसरे की आवाज़ पहचान ही नहीं रहा है, गलती कौन नहीं करता? पर उसे सुधारने की भी कोशिश की जानी चाहिए, समय और दुरी की साथ अगर इसको दुरुस्त नहीं किया गया तो यही गलती अपराध सी लगने लगती है, फिर जब तक इस अपराध की सजा न मुकम्मिल हो, संतोष नहीं मिलता, पर यहाँ तो अपराध घोषित कर सजा तक देने का समय भी नहीं किसी के पास.

अपने दूर और पराये करीब हो गए है, हर बात, हर अपराध के दो पहलू होते है, सिर्फ अपना पक्ष देख कर उसे तय नहीं करना चाहिए, कुछ सामने वाले की परिस्थिति, और मज़बूरी भी हो सकती है. अकेले तो सभी चल सकते है, पर सबको साथ ले के चलने वाले पे क्या बीतती है ये अकेले चलने वाला कब सोचेगा.

अभी समय हाथ से नहीं गया है, जीवन बहुत पड़ा है, सुधार के लिए, कुछ कहो कुछ सुनो, शायद कोई समाधान निकल आये, जिनसे उम्मीद कर सकते है अगर उन्होंने ही साथ छोड़ दिया तो बाकि दुनिया तो पराई है, उसका क्या मोह और चिंता करना.

सभी व्यस्त है अपने जीवन में, कुछ समय निकल कर अगर पुरानी यादो और रिस्तो को दे दिया जाये तो जिंदगी और भी खूबसूरत होगी.

Microsoft Excel "Not Responding"

How to Solve Microsoft Excel "Not Responding" Error

Microsoft Excel is mostly used by companies for saving financial data. From calculation of profit/loss to finding averages, to charting and graphing data, Excel is used for several operations. It is even used for forecasting, and therefore, for making crucial business decisions.

An important program like Excel needs to work smoothly, so as to keep the data safe. However, several times, users face an error wherein Excel crashes, freezes or stops working. They get an error message saying- “Excel is not responding”, or “Excel has stopped working.”

1. Run Excel in Safe Mode

Open the command prompt, by pressing Windows + R, or choose the Run option from the Start Menu. In the command prompt, type excel. exe /safe, to run MS Excel in Safe Mode. Now try opening the file again. This would help if an ‘add-in’ or another program is causing Excel to crash.

2. Change Default Printer

This is a very simple solution. When we open an excel document like a spreadsheet, it attempts to communicate with the printer, so as to find out the margins supported by the default printer. If that communication fails, Excel crashes. In this case, you need to change the default printer. Go to the Control Panel, and click on Devices and Printers. Now, set Microsoft XPS Document Writer as the default printer, by right clicking on it. 

Once done, try to open excel again and your problem may be resolved.

3. Install Latest Updates

Issues often occur if the latest Office and Windows Updates are not installed. Make sure you install the latest versions and any updates you may have missed on. It is recommended to choose the option of Automatically Installing any Updates, for windows. You can do this by going to the control panel and then System and Security. 

4. Fix Problems with Add-ins

In safe mode, open Excel. Then click on File. Once it opens, go to Options. There, click on add-ins. The different add-ins in that program will be displayed.

You can try to disable the add-ins one by one, checking in between, if the problem has been resolved. If you see a recently added add in, you can try removing it first, to check if excel works after that.

5. Repair Office

One of the ways to fix the ‘Excel is not responding’ error is to repair Microsoft Office. For doing this, go to the Control panel, and choose Programs and Features. Click on Microsoft Office in the list, and then on Change button at the top. 

You will get the option to automatically ‘Repair’ Office. Once that is done, check if the problem has been solved.

6. Uninstall and Reinstall Office

If none of these methods work, you may have to uninstall Microsoft Office, and then reinstall it. It does not need to be done manually. Microsoft offers a program for it called the Easy Fix tool. You can find it on Microsoft’s official website. 

7. Update Anti-virus software

Apart from these solutions, it is recommended that you check if your anti-virus software is up to date. It may be conflicting with Excel and causing problems. You can try to disable your anti-virus and re-check if the error has been resolved.

If none of the above methods work, you can always use an efficient third party software like Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair

8. Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair

If the manual methods fail, you can opt for Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair. It automatically fixes corrupt Excel files. It restores all data, charts, worksheets to a new Excel File. It has a search option, which allows you to search for Excel files on the selected drive or the folder. It can help fix multiple Excel files at once. 

It has a user-friendly interface, and a step by step wizard will guide you and help you fix any Excel errors that you may be encountering. It can be used for both Mac and Windows. This tool could prove to be a life saver for those who facing a loss of important data due to non-responsiveness or crash of Excel.

Reference - http://www.accountingweb.com/community/blogs/priyanka-chouhan/how-to-resolve-microsoft-excel-is-not-responding-error

जीवन संघर्ष

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.

Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.

Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?” “Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she hastily replied.

“Look closer”, he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft.

He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity-the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

“Which one are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

Moral: In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive.

Struggles for School Admissions in Delhi 2013 on-words......(Mehnat Karane Walo ki Haar Nahi hoti)

Today I am feeling extremely happy to share with you all that finally I got succeeded in securing a seat for my child in a prestigious school of Delhi. My battle with All Schools from Since Last 3 Years finally come to an End. No body can ever think about conditions and difficulty faced by parents in Delhi for their kids to get admitted in Schools. The conditions become worse, if you don't have any sibling or Alumni point ready with you. Location where you stay also plays a vital role to get selected or for opting the best schools. 

I never thought about this at the time of purchasing a flat in Mehrauli area. The oldest and well known famous area of Delhi, have a major draw back for school selection as all school situated more than 5 km area from here and the Bus routes of school also not lie in with-in. If I Knew it earlier rather I would have preferred to stay on rent in the area like, Kalu Sarai, Vasant Vihar or Vasant Kunj. 

No body can ever imagine that, when i jumped in to this field of selection, after knowing all this drawbacks, I applied to 37 Schools of Delhi for my ward admission including all best and worst schools. God knows what will happen as from few parent's experience, they were unable to get a single seat after so many phases of selections.

This was the very first phase of disappointment and frustration to run all over the South Delhi area to fill the 37 schools forms, many more difficulties and frustration still waiting for all of us, as there were changes in the point system of Delhi admission criteria, The DOE introduced a new 5 points for interstate transfer cases and every one applied with the same having fake certificate or documents. So due to this Alumni belt was also disappointed as the transfer case were standing with them and getting admission being in more number and probabilities. So this was the year of court cases, one after another, there were more than 15 cases with the court to decide what will be the fate of Delhi nursery admissions and applicants.

So case after case, case against case, We were forced to run from one school to another for lottery as being in less point category we were on the mercy of Siblings, Alumni, Transfer cases, if they left the seat we all approx 2500+ candidate assembled for lottery, which decide few lucky one from them in numbers not more than 10/15.

This process took months, as process started from mid December 2013 and ended in May 2014, in between this I faced more than 60 round of lotteries and was unable to secure a seat in waiting list too. But thanks to God and St. Anthony School because they allotted a seat for my daughter as there were number of candidate less being a Girls Catholic School.

Now I was with seat but not satisfied as this was not my first or in between 20th choice from the list of filling forms. So I kept an Eye with the process going on but i didn't got more than frustration and disappointment. Now When all process stopped and the summer vacation of my daughter started, I got call from few more schools like Bloom and Manav Bharti, but due to 3 month passed and financial factor, I opted to stay in St. Anthony. In September I got call from Apeejay Saket but i simply refused it, cause it didn't make any sense to change school in September.

Now year change, I again jumped in the field of admission this year for KG class, as Nursery class was over with St. Anthony School. This year option were very less as only few school opened their admission with few vacant seats in the class, even I too had the less choice of schools as I already had a seat and only would opt schools from best School List. But the frustration and disappointment again caught me with full force and not let me to give any single point to be happy. We faced interviews, Lotteries, Tests but again empty handed, back to old school for KG Class. 

This all happened with me but I was too determined to fight again and again with this point systems based on various factor which was not favorable for us. 2016, I again in this admission field to fight and win a seat for my ward, Again I start applying from Jan on-words but with very few options not able to secure one seat. 

Point was against us but this time GOD was with me, as my daughter selected in Apeejay Shekh Sarai with her caliber to crack a seat in Entrance Test. We were very happy but due to financial factor, Teaching methodology, not value for the money factor held our hand to deposit the fees. Somewhere we were disappointed but  we assured our self with hope that may be something best is awaiting us in future, Even everyone suggested me to take admission, my inner soul didn't allowed me to go for it. 

We again started to send our daughter to educate in previous school with filling all fees, Dress purchasing and books. NO Body knows when the fate will change, and this happens to us as first time my daughter got selected in a lottery in DPS VK. I was overwhelmed to hear her name and with in hours i was over with all formalities, admitted her, purchased new books, dress and all.

Now the time of celebration for us, as We WON the battle of Points and admission which we started 3 year back. As we know the more happiness is also unable to digest, we again fell into deli-ma, that are we doing good or not as in comparison, previous school was looking more sound in academics. Again we discussed it with many parents, friends and relatives and came on the conclusion that it will be the best for our daughter in long run as be in the best school in India and DPS brand matters a lot in child's education, confidence and exposure with necessary Co-Ed education in today's scenario.

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