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New Year's Day is perhaps the oldest of all holidays and celebrated everywhere in the world. New Year's Day mark the end of one calendar year and beginning of another. The date of New Year's Day varies in countries across the globe this is because different countries and communities follow different calendars. Most countries in the world have adopted Gregorian Calendar and celebrate their New Year Day on January 1. It is the celebrations of this New Year Day which we shall discuss under this section. Origin Of New Year Origin of New Year dates back to the era of emperors. They thought of celebrating a special day which should dot a day for beginning and end of the year. First New Year celebrations were noticed in Mesopotamia around 2000 years. It was celebrated at the time of Equinox in mid-March by the Egyptians, Persians and Phoenicians while Greeks celebrated it on winter solstice. January 1- an Official Date of New Year Celebrations The Roman emperor Julius...

Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?   Chocolate is made from plants, which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids, which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from ageing caused by free radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Dark chocolate contains a large number of antioxidants (nearly 8 times the number found in strawberries). Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the production of nitric oxide, and balance certain hormones in the body. In honour of Halloween, a day when many of us are indulging in sweet treats, I thought I'd write about the health benefits of chocolate. Dark chocolate is especially beneficial. In fact, many experts recommend eating one or two ounces of dark chocolate every day. 1) Dark Chocolate is Good for Your Heart Studies show that eating a small amount of dark chocolate two or three times each week can help lower yo...

Details of what is gold and how or why Gold Jewelry is made in different Karats: The gold used in jewelry contains alloys. Various karat weights, including 10k, 14k, 18k and 22k, contain part zinc, copper, silver, or palladium. 18K gold is 750 percent pure, with 250 alloys added. Gold: Gold is a type of Precious metal whose chemical symbol is AU Temperature: The melting temperature of Gold is slightly lower than that of copper at 1945 ° F or 1063 ° C ( Iron is 2802°F and Copper is 1981°F ) Specific Gravity: of gold is 19.32 Density: One cubic inch of pure gold weighs 10.18 troy ounces. Weight: Gold for Jewelry purposes is weighed in Grams, Pennyweight (DWT) or Ounces (troy) 1 Troy ounce is equal to 31.10348 grams or 20 DWT (pennyweight) 1 DWT (pennyweight) is equal to 1.555 grams or 0.05 troy ounces. Karat: The most popular jewelry made in gold is 10 karat,14 karat, 18 karat and 22 karat gold Jewelry. Purity: The purest form of Gold considered 24 karats is equal...

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A supermarket, a large form of the traditional grocery store, is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food and household products, organized into aisles. It is larger in size and has a wider selection than a traditional grocery store, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box shop. In the early days of retailing, all products generally were fetched by an assistant from shelves behind the merchant's counter while customers waited in front of the counter and indicated the items they wanted. Also, most foods and merchandise did not come in individually wrapped consumer-sized packages, so an assistant had to measure out and wrap the precise amount desired by the consumer. This also offered opportunities for social interaction: many regarded this style of shopping as "a social occasion" and would often "pause for conversations with the staff or other customers."These practices were by nature very labour...

Next to oxygen, water is the most important factor for survival of man and animals. A person can do without food for five weeks or more, but without water he can survive for only a few days." Hard Water 1. Hard Water. This is saturated with calcium, iron, magnesium, and many other inorganic minerals. All water in lakes, rivers, on the ground, in deep wells, is classified as hard water. (Many city systems take water from rivers or lakes, or reservoirs supplied with mountain water; they erroneously call their supplies "soft water" but it is soft only in comparison with water which is harder.) Boiled Water 2. Boiled Water. Boiling helps remove some of the germs, but concentrates the inorganic minerals. Other germs are carried into a fertile element for rapid and lusty propagation of germs and viruses already in the body. Raw Water 3. Raw Water. This has not been boiled. Raw water may be hard (as calcium hardened water) or soft as rain water. It contains million...

Put about 100 bricks in some  Particular order in a closed  Room with an  Open window. Then send 2 or 3 candidates in  The room and close the door. Leave them alone and come back  After 6 hours and then analyze  The situation. If they are counting the  Bricks.  Put them in the accounts  Department. If they are recounting them..  Put them in auditing  . If they have messed up the  Whole place with the bricks.  Put them in engineering. If they are arranging the  Bricks in some strange order.  Put them in planning. If they are throwing the  Bricks at each other.  Put them in operations  .. If they are sleeping.  Put them in security. If they have broken the bricks  Into pieces.  Put them in information  Technology. If they are sitting idle.  Put them in human resources. If they say they have ...

The rupee is the common name for the monetary unit of account in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, Indonesia (as the Rupiah), and formerly in Burma, and Afghanistan. Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century by Sher Shah Suri, founder of the Sur Empire. The term is from rūpya-, a Sanskrit term for silver coin. The Indian rupee (sign: ₹ code: INR) is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India. What is the Indian currency called? The Indian currency is called the Indian Rupee (INR) and the coins are called paise. One Rupee consists of 100 paise. The modern rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (singular paisa), although this division is now theoretical; as of 30 June 2011, coin denominations of less than 50 paise ceased to be legal tender. Banknotes are available in nominal values of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000...