Tips

1. Plots and buildings must be aligned to the directions.

2. The plot should be square or rectangular in shape. The ratio of length to width should be less than 2.

3. More open space in the North or East will provide greater shaded area than to the South or West. Big trees are recommended in the South and West and small plants and lawns on the North and East. The number of trees should be even.

4. The main entrance is preferred in the North or East. The wall in the North Eastern side should not be too high. Keep the Southern side tall and heavy.

5. The roof should slope towards East, North or North-East.

6. Columns in a building should be even in number.

7. Allow daylight to enter through doors and windows on the Northern and Eastern side. Keep the West and South shut when not in use.

8. Keep the central area open and not enclosed in any room. If it is roof is kept open, it reduces the number of openings to the outside and less dust enters the structure. It also allows the elements to freely enter the structure and balance the equilibrium.

9. Staircases should be on the South or South-West. They should climb from East to West or from North to South. They should wind up in a clockwise direction. The number of steps should be an odd number (thus when you start climbing with the right foot, you alight with the same foot)

10. The Master bedroom is prescribed on the South-West.

Malai Kofta Curry

Cooking time : 5 minutes Server : 4
Ingredients:
For Koftas
- 1/2 kg potatoes
- 2 green chillies, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
- 1 teaspoon fresh chopped ginger
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground spices
- 1 1/3 cups cream
- salt to taste
Batter - 1/3 cup flour + 1/2 cup water. Mix well
Coating : bread Crumbs
Frying : Ghee
Method

Put the potatoes in the cooker along with some water and 1 teaspoon salt. Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat. Release pressure gently and open the cooker. Drain the water, cool, peel and then grate potatoes. Add ground spices, cumin powder, coriander leaves, green chillies, ginger, salt and mix well. Make round flat balls and fill the cream in each. Dip the balls into the flour batter. Coat with bread crumbs and fry 3-4 at a time in hot ghee till golden brown.

Gravy Preparation
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 teaspoons ground fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon ground spices
- 1 teaspoon ghee
- 1/2 kg. tomatoes
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 green cardamoms
- 2 teaspoons cumin powder
- 2 1/2 cups water
- a few coriander leaves
- salt to taste
Method
Fry the onions in ghee till light brown. Add ground ginger garlic and keep frying on low flasme. Add bay leaf, chopped tomatoes, cumin powder, ground spices, red chilli powder, green cardamoms, salt and turmeic powder. Cook till ghee separates, then add 2 1/2 cups of water and cook till 3/4 cup of water is left. Remove from heat. Put the koftas in the dish and pour the boiling gravy over it. Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves.

How to get the best from Your Laptop Battery?

Laptop battery is a cause of worry for many laptop users. A few months ago, everyday we just saw media reports about laptop battery fire and accidents. If I am not wrong then more than 10 million laptop batteries were recalled and it caused a massive panic about the safety of laptops. Many of us are not aware of taking care of our laptops and laptop batteries. So, I would recommend that you read the tips :
1 Use Windows' power options properly

2 Don't leave stuff plugged in

3 Charge, discharge, then charge

4 Reduce your laptop's brightness

5 Use blank screen savers

6 Cut the screen furniture

7 Turn Wi-Fi off

8 Buy more memory

9 Defrag the hard disk

10 Check the battery light

The power of OM

While meditating, when we chant Om , we create within ourselves a vibration that attunes sympathy with the cosmic vibration and we start thinking universally. The momentary silence between each chant becomes palpable. Mind moves between the opposites of sound and silence until, at last, it ceases the sound. In the silence, the single thought— Om —is quenched; there is no thought. This is the state of trance, where the mind and the intellect are transcended as the individual self merges with the Infinite Self in the pious moment of realization. It is a moment when the petty worldly affairs are lost in the desire for the universal. Such is the immeasurable power of Om.

Why Telugu is called Telugu?

Telugu is the language spoken by 80 million andhrites.. but does any one knows what telugu means??
The etymology of the word Telugu is not known for certain.
It is explained as being derived from trilinga, as in Trilinga Desa, "the country of the three lingas". According to a Hindu legend, Trilinga Desa is the land in between three Shiva temples namely Srikalahasti, Srisaila and Draksharama. Trilinga Desa forms the traditional boundaries of the Telugu region. Other forms of the word, such as Telunga, Telinga, and Tenunga were also seen.

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ASP.NET 2.0

Q1. What is Dynamic Compilation?
A1. When an asp.net page is compiled for the first time, a copy of the compiled assembly is saved in the Temporary ASP.NET Files folder. This compiled page is of the type system.web.ui.page and includes all contents of the page (including html & scripts). When it is compiled a second time, a precompiled version is accessed from this location, thus speeding up the process. In case the source is changed, the assembly in the Temporary ASP.NET Files folder gets deleted, and thus re-compilation occurs. This process is called Dynamic Compilation. Compilation may be enabled or disabled at page level by setting the CompilationMode attribute in the Page Directive of the page.

Q2. How to set Dynamic Compilation for an entire website?
A2. In web.config, in pages element, add the attribute CompilationMode="Auto".

Q3. Why do we sometimes need to disable compilation?
A3. In case of big sites with many pages, and we dont want to load an assembly into the memory for every page. We set CompilationMode="Never". The pages are interpreted at runtime.

Q4. What is the FindControl method?
A4. A method that searches for a control, with a specific ID inside a container and get a reference to it. Its just like the getElementById in javascript.

Q5. What is a partial class? Whats the advantage of using it?
A5. In ASP.NET 2.0, a class may be written at several places, and at the time of compilation, all these classes (having the same name) get compiled as one single class. Hence these classes are called Partial Classes.
Advantage, for example, Any change in Code-Behind page gets reflected in the Presentation Page(inline code) and vice versa, because of the partial class mechanism. Compare this with the older ASP.NET 1.1, whenever a change was made to Code Behind, change got reflected in Presentation page but the reverse threw an error. So for any change in the presentation page, like addition of a new control, we need to specifically add a reference of that control in the Code-Behind page. The concept of partial classes in ASP.NET 2 eliminates this problem.