What are mosaics?

A mosaic is a picture or pattern made by placing or fixing, small different-coloured pieces of stone or glass side by side.

The art was an invention of the Mediterranean peoples and flowered between c. 300-31 B.C. In the Roman period, or about the first five hundred years of the Christian era, mosaics of great beauty and variety were designed all over the empire spreading from Syria to Spain, and from Africa to Britain. The most brilliant mosaics in the world adorn walls and ceilings of sacred building in Rome, Ravenna and Salonika. Mosaics which have been discovered dating from the Pre-Christian eras were for the most part laid on the floor.

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Self appreciation Statements or Self Celebration techniques

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Here is some examples :

15. I can’t change others, but I can change my reaction to others.

16. I am an important and valued member of my family.

17. I am my final authority for everything I do.

18. I accept full responsibility for all my actions.

19. Allow myself the freedom to make mistakes.

20. I make my own decisions an willingly accept the consequence.

21. I love and appreciate myself just as I am.

22. I accept all my feeling as part of my life.

23. I love to love and to be loved.

24. The more I love myself the more love I have to give to others.

25. I think for myself and speak and act with deliberation.

26. I stand up for healthy opinions and conviction for growth promoting.

27. I do not blame others for my problems, mistakes, defeats or handicaps.

28. I take deep satisfaction in doing my work conscientiously and well.

29. I face reality and resist nothing I cannot change.

30. I accept every problems and goal as a challenge to my awareness and growth.

31. My relationship with God, other and self is growing happier and more fulfilling everyday.

32. I am now enjoying every I do.

33. I vibrantly healthy and radiantly beautiful.

34. I feel happy and blissful just being alive.

35. I open to co-operate with the blessings of my loving God.

36. The light and grace of God within me is creating miracles in my life hair and now.

37. All things are now working together for good in my life.

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Why do nitrogen filled in modern vehicle tyres, Does filling nitrogen in tire have any benefit ?

Normal air contains about 73 % of nitrogen and rest contains 20% of oxygen and other vapor. Filling nitrogen instead of air is generally in racing cars tyres, aircraft tires and in heavy commercial vehicles. In normal air filled tyres commonly heats when running due to the moisture inside the tire. If we filled nitrogen in tires the running temperature reduces dramatically and the result is longer tyre life. In case of tubeless tires nitrogen doesn't reacts with rims. We do not need to check tyre pressure regularly if filled the tire with nitrogen ( check it after 5 months).

Some major benefits of filling nitrogen in tires are

• Low inflation pressure loss.
• low wheel corrosion.
• Nitrogen prevents inner rubber deterioration by oxidation
• Tires run cooler.
• Increased tread life.
• Increased mileage.
• Helps prevent uneven wear.

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What is a shooting star?

In fact, shooting stars are not stars at all. We call them meteors, and scientist’s believe that they are broken fragments of comets, which still move about in space when the comet itself does so no longer. We see them when they enter our atmosphere because they leave a trail of light behind them, caused by the friction of the air on their surfaces. Most meteors are very small, but some can weigh several tens, and the vast majority of them disintegrate when they pass through the heat of the earth’s atmospheres. But some meteors, the larger ones, do land on earth, and when they do we call them meteorites. There are two main types of meteor – those made of minerals, which look like rock and are called aerolites, and those made chiefly of nickel and iron, which were call metallic meteors. Although it is very rare for a meteorite to fall on dry land, scientists think that many fall to earth every day, but that they land in the water which makes up two thirds of the earth’s surface. This is why we hardily ever notice when they do hit the earth.

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