Saturday 30 June 2012

keep_mailing Battery-powered electric butter knife

At last! Battery-powered electric butter knife will spread cold butter straight on to bread

Heated knife powered by two AA batteries in the handle
Blade with heating element hits 41.8 degrees centigrade - perfect

Hot buttered toast is right up there with a nice cup of tea for comfort and sustenance.

Sadly, making it often ends in frustration when your perfect slice falls apart as you try to spread on a cold lump of butter that just won't melt.

Now designers believe they've conquered the problem by inventing a heated knife.

The knife, invented by British baker Warburtons, heats to 41.8 degrees Celsius after research found that is the optimum temperature to spread butter

The knife's heating element ensures a constant temperature of 41.8 degrees centigrade, and is powered by two AA batteries in the handle

Designers have created the world's first knife with a heated blade to solve the age old problem of cold butter not spreading properly on bread

The knife, designed by Warburtons, heats up to 41.8 degrees Celsius, powered by AA batteries in the handle - and melts the butter just enough to spread smoothly, without gouging holes in the bread.

A button on the handle activates the battery-operated heating element and a flashing LED indicates it is on.

The prototype can spread a slice of bread in 30 seconds - although it's not clear when or if it will be released, or how much it will cost.

Researchers created the knife with bread baker Warburtons after a survey found it is the most desired breakfast innovation.

Butter not spreading properly is one of our top five breakfast bugbears along with burnt toast and cold tea.

Stuart Jones, from Warburtons, said: 'We've fine-tuned the knife's specifications to ensure the speediest heat-up and perfect temperature for spreading and we're thrilled with how well it works.

The knife heats to 41.8 degrees Celsius after research found that is the optimum temperature to spread butter

The knife has two AA batteries in the handle and a heating element in the blade

A poll of 3,000 people revealed 1 per cent of Brits - all of them men - have even resorted to heating the spread with a hair dryer to combat the problem.

A quarter - 28 per cent - put the butter in the microwave, 8 per cent put it on a plate on top of the toaster and 7 per cent heat the knife on the hob. The new knife will perfectly cover a slice in butter in less than 30 seconds.

'It made complete sense to develop a tool to help busy Brits achieve the perfect even-spread on their toast, even when using butter straight from the fridge,' says Jones.

'Baking is a blend of expert craft and science and to make the perfect piece of toast it is essential to use a good-quality loaf that offers butterability.' The baker has yet to set a date for production.

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keep_mailing Hadith: offering at entry

Sahih Al Bukhari - Book of Prayer At Night (Tahajjud)

Volumn 002, Book 021, Hadith Number 264.
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Narated By Abu Qatada bin Rabi Al-Ansari RA: The Prophet PBUH said, "If anyone of you enters a Mosque, he should not sit until he has offered a two-Rakat prayer."

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keep_mailing Hadith: Itikaf is Sunnah

If you are planning for Itikaf today please apply your office leaves on time :)

may Allah give barakah in your lives.

Sahih Al Bukhari - Book of Praying At Night In Ramadaan (Taraweeh)

Volumn 003, Book 032, Hadith Number 237.
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Narated By 'Aisha RA: Allah's Apostle PBUH used to practice Itikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan and used to say, "Look for the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadan."

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keep_mailing Some Advices for Couples

♥ Tell your spouse "I love you" regularly.
♥ Always say please and thank you.
♥ Never demand anything one of another, but ask kindly with respect.
♥ Husbands, don't act like as u own your wife. Support them they are your companions
♥ Wives don't nag your husbands. If they have been too busy to get something done for you, and you have already asked them a number of times, try asking them after you have done something nice for them. You will find this goes over much better then telling them for example "I have been asking for two months now to fix the leaking tap.
♥ Husband, thank your wife for each meal, when laundry is done and for how well your clothes have been folded, and when the home is cleaned and what a clean house she keeps. Wives, when your husband fixes something around the home thank him and when he brings home his check tell him what a good provider he is.
♥ Each day ask the other if there is anything you can do for them.
♥ You both need to be patient with each other's weaknesses and faults.
♥ Be always seeking what you can put into the marriage.
♥ Pray daily for each other.
♥ Keep a list of the things your spouse asks you to do. When your spouse asks you to do something make sure you put it on your list and put a date beside it so you know how long it has been there.
♥ Never discuss each others past faults and mistakes in front of other people. While your spouse may laugh along with you and not say anything about it later, you may have hurt them deep down.
♥ Don't allow a disagreement to escalate into an argument and certainly not in public or in front of your children.

Prophet Muhammad (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said:
"The best of you are those who are best to their wives.."
[Tirmidhi, 3895]"

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keep_mailing Effective Communication - A Vital Skill To Develop

You might have experienced misunderstanding in family or official life on several occasions. The reason is obvious that either of the person didn't state his/her stance in clear fashion or perceive it clearly. So where does the fault lie and how can we improve? Let us study the below recommendations which need to be considered by Communicator or Listener in order to have solid common understanding and avoid communication gaps.

1. Improve vocabulary: Every word has its own deep meanings. For example there is a difference between 'Hate' and 'Dislike'. Likewise, there is a difference between 'Should' and 'Must'. To enhance vocabulary you should learn new words and understand the meanings of synonyms and antonyms as well. You can use online dictionaries or built-in features of MS Word (right click on a word to know synonyms/antonyms. article written by Junaid.Tahir

2. Listen carefully and listen more. If you listen more you are absorbing more and improving your level of comprehension. If you speak more you are on the verge of confusing others. So listen more and speak less. And when you speak, speak slowly and softly. Ask if you have communicated clearly or more elaboration is required.
3. If you don't understand something, ask for elaboration. It is said that "If you doubt at first, doubt again and clear it"

4. Put yourself in others' shoes to understand their perspective. Think win-win. Analyze the situation from everyone's perspective. Consider all the stake holders and consider their emotions. Develop Emotional Intelligence skill. Google it today. Article written by Junaid.Tahir

5. If you are writing Emails/Letters/Fax then re-read after you are done with typing. Considering point-4 while you review your article. You can ask someone to comment on what you have written.

6. Avoid hard words to avoid bad taste: For example instead of saying 'Rejected' use the word 'Not Approved'. When you say No, you should sound as if you wanted to say Yes but due to specific issue you can't say yes. So if that issue is addressed, you will be saying Yes and Saying Approved. Article written by Junaid.Tahir

7. Avoid too many arguments. Convince or get convinced. If things gets complicated, take a break… engage some well-wishers to assist resolve the matter.

Further, I would recommend understanding Berlos Model of Communication. As per him, there are 4 factors which can ensure strong communication if considered properly. These are Source, Message, Channel & Receiver. By source he means that the speaker needs to have good communication skills, positive attitude, has understanding of cultural aspects and proper knowledge on the subject. By Message he means that the speaker has to use mature and to-the-point wordings. By Channel means that correct medium at correct time (phone call, physical appearance, email, fax) to be used. By Receiver he means that Receiver needs to understand the message clearly. The Receiver's level of understanding, attitude and Listening skills matter a lot.

Conclusion: Effective Communication is an indication of your wisdom and maturity level and is critically important to enhance your personal and professional relationship. Developing this habit will improve your bonds with your friends, colleagues and family members so start working on this starting today…

What are your thoughts on how to improve communication skills in day to day life?

M Junaid Tahir

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keep_mailing Using Proactive Approach in day to day life

In simple words, Proactive Approach is to plan and align things in advance by foreseeing future risks, problems or challenges.

Having said that, there are three kind of people on earth. Category-1 is those who strategize things as they have the visualization to portray the future. So they organize things in advance in order to avoid any possible set back. I call these people as 'Organizers'. Category-2 is those people who have the reactive methodology to handle things. That means whenever a situation arises they react accordingly. I call these people as 'Reactors'. Although there can be good Reactors but the majority of them are bad Reactors since most of the situations do not give them the luxury of taking a U-Turn for going back to neutral to start again. Category-3 is Commoners. These people do not have control on their lives. They are the product of their circumstances. They automatically flow with the wind; no matter where the wind takes them to. Of course, the first category is the best one as they have a proactive approach to life. So coming back to the track to understand the concept of pro-activeness in more details. Here are some points:

1. Proactiveness is the vision and ability to align the tasks well in advance to avoid mishaps.

2. Proactiveness is to foresee the possible problems and work on the contingencies in parallel with the master plan. It is strongly recommended to execute your contingencies before they execute themselves at the required time, because you never know whether your contingency plan is going to be successful or not. Hence be sure about it by testing the contingency in advance specially when the risk factor is high.

3. Proactive people have the analytical skills to understand any situation in detail so that they can see low level risks and plan accordingly. (You may want to review my article on analytical skills here.

Considering a Tree analogy, I would refer 'The Organizers' as 'The Roots', 'The Reactors' as 'The Branches' and 'The Commoners' as 'The leaves'. Always remember the fact that when the wind blows, its leaves which are impacted at first place. So its Leaf's responsibility to stick to the Tree if they need to live. For Tree, it does not matter if any of the leaf is broken due to strong wind (circumstances). Which category you belong to? Please share your thoughts.

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keep_mailing Work Life Balance of a Newly Married Friend

Today we are going for the annual company function at world's tallest building, Burj khalifa park. This function is one of the greatest moments of each employee's life since the annual bonus is announced along with some superb and interesting performances by entertaining agencies. So all of the employees are excited and looking forward to attend it. However, one of my colleagues, who got married recently, is not joining us; the reason being his wife is not feeling well because of backache. Some of the colleagues asked him to join the event because function duration is only 2-3 hours. They insisted him to join because its once-in-a-year experience hence should not be dropped. So my friend had two options:

1- Let his wife stay at home for another couple of hours so he can attend the event and enjoy the cheerful moments with all the friends.
2- Drop the event and take care of his wife.

I am glad that he has opted for second option since Point-1 is more of a male perspective and point-2 is more of a family perspective.

My father once advised me that it is ok if due to any reason, I can't attend someone during his/her happy moments but I should ensure to attend my loved ones when they are in crisis. Why is that so?

Always remember, family comes first. The most valuable wealth one possesses is his strong family relations. Money comes, money goes; functions come, functions end but Family relations cannot and should not be compromised at the cost of financial and/or social benefits.

You must have seen so many rich families in crisis because of stringent relationship. So it's not the money it's the Strong family relationship which is an indicator of degree of happiness I wish my friend a happy and prosperous life and advise all of us not to compromise on family Ethics in order to increase Love, Care, happiness and affection in our lives.