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Global Warming – Time to act is now

The planet is warming. Biggest environmental challenge is facing our planet. Coming generations are in danger. I want to draw your attention to the single important issue of Climate Crisis we are facing today that previous generations have never faced in history. Over the last century, the planet's temperature has risen by around 1 degree Fahrenheit. Ice caps are melting. Sea levels are rising. Species are disappearing. United Nations panel has estimated that the global temperatures will rise 3-10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century. This will be enough to melt the Greenland and Western Antarctic ice sheets. That will cause 20 feet rise in sea levels. That will make many coastal areas to disappear around the world. In 2003, heat waves caused more than 1,500 deaths in India. Lives of poor will be at most risk if we act rashly. Lives of our grand children are at stake. Global climate will be a deciding factor for our children what kind of world they will inherit fro...

Honesty is the cheapest policy (story)

Dear Friends, I am Senior Sales Executive in Human Values Company. I sell policies that you can use for your lifetime. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to present our policies to you. Policy that I am going to talk about today is unique in many ways. The policy is called 'Honesty is the cheapest policy.' As you know, there are many such policies that are available for free. But, that is also the biggest challenge for us. What comes for free does not inspire us. So, we have mixed a little bit of your smile in it. The policy has now become infectious with your smile. I will talk about how to buy this policy? How to use the policy? How can you end the policy in case you have a pressing need to do so? And, how to revive the policy in case it gets lapsed? Let me tell you what happened six months ago when I visited a house in New Delhi area. I gently knocked the door. "Madam, I am selling the 'honesty' policy from Human Values Company." "We do...