Plain Speak

‘He who plants a tree Plants a hope’. ~ Lucy Larcom, “Plant a Tree” Planted by self on 27th Aug 2011 The sapling fully grown as on 22nd June 2016       Three trillion is the latest estimate of the planet’s tree population, published in the September 2015 issue of ‘Nature’, an international weekly journal of science.  Although this number exceeds the number of stars in the Milky Way, it has also been estimated that 15 billion trees are cut down each year. Europe, India and eastern China have lost much of their original forest cover along with the African forests due to increase in human activity and climate changes. Forest in Southeast Asia has changed drastically and from 1970 to 2009, Thailand and Vietnam lost 43% of their forest cover, Cambodia and Laos lost 22% and 24%, respectively and if the trend continues, more than 30% of the regions remaining forest will be cleared by 2030. However, a study of NASA's Landsat satellite program’s four yea...

‘The way we dress affects the way we think, the way we feel, the way we act,   and the way others react to us.’ Judith Rasband. The quote made me think and realize the true value in it. It is widely believed that, on an average one has a total of five seconds to make a good impression when meeting with people and this time doesn’t allow one enough time to speak and create an impression. So, imagine the complexity of this and the importance of these few seconds in case of an interview or meeting a new prospect. Further going into a bit detail in this area it has been found that after a series of experiments by Princeton psychologists Janine Wills and Alexander Todorov they revealed that all it takes is a tenth of a second to form an impression of a stranger from their face, and longer exposures don’t significantly alter those impressions (although they might boost your confidence in your judgements). They published these interesting facets on first impression in the July 200...