text: A few years ago a friend bought a sporty, good-looking car that seemed to be the perfect vehicle. It was well priced, it got great gas mileage, it was small enough to fit in tight parking spaces and big enough to load everything he needed for a week road trip. He felt like he’d done his homework and finally got it right. Except he forgot to consider one thing: Things That Can Go Wrong.
  Our friend lives in flood-prone area and quickly found out that the sporty low clearance was a problem when his neighborhood streets flooded. Then he blew a pricy low-profile tire while driving down a pock marked dirt road on a mountain bike trip. Though he doesn’t live in a snowy or ice-prone part of the country, his parents do. On his last visit home he was forced to wait until the roads were completely clean of snow before he could start home, costing him an extra three days of unplanned “vacation”. The last straw for his relationship with his dream car was getting stuck in a muddy parking lot at an outdoor concert. Mechanically, the car was dependable and will probably be on the road for hundreds of thousands of miles. However, for his lifestyle, he actually couldn’t depend on it. If everything went right, it was a great car. But when something went wrong, it was a disaster.
  When he finally admitted defeat and started shopping for a different car, he added criteria for utility in situations where things could go wrong: He drives to the Midwest for the holidays and he regularly drives slightly off-road to camp, bike and kayak. He lives in a hurricane zone and an area that frequently floods, so he needs to think about water, mud and extreme traffic. He also needed room to pack the dog kennel and all the things he and the dog would need for a couple of weeks in case they had to evacuate because of a disaster. He still had an average budget and he still insisted on high gas mileage, but having been stuck four times in twelve months, he realized that utility, especially in a non-average situation, was at the top of his priority list.
  Of course, all of us at Wise think a lot about being prepared, so this topic started some interesting conversations for us. We looked at the types of natural disasters that could happen around the country, both small and large, and came up with a list of critical vehicle features:
  Four-wheel drive – This feature is not just important for snow and ice. If you’re trying to get through muddy storm areas, you’re going to need it. If you do live in a region prone to winter storms, 4WD, or at minimum AWD is a no-brainer.
  Ground clearance – In an emergency you’ll sometimes have to make a road where there isn’t one. Higher ground clearance allows you to take on curbs, ditches, underbrush and deep puddles. (However, never drive through water if you don’t know how deep it is. Just two feet of water can float an SUV.)
  Cargo space – Pretend you need to leave your house for two weeks. Your vehicle should have sufficient room for your family, a kennel for each one of your pets, spare food, water and personal belongings. You don’t necessarily need an enormous SUV, you may just need a car with versatile cargo storage and a roof rack.
  Convert to a sleeping space – In emergencies there are a lot of situations where you may end spending the night in your car. If seats can lay flat or the cargo area can accommodate an adult lying mostly flat, you’ll have a safe, handy hotel if you ever need one.
  Gas mileage/capacity – Though many large SUVs and trucks easily tick all the boxes, they typically don’t get great gas mileage. If your vehicle of choice doesn’t get good gas mileage, make sure it at least has a large tank (some even have two tanks) so it can go a long way between gas stations, particularly should gas stations get down to emergency rations.
  An ophthalmoscopy is a test that examines the back part of the eye, called the fundus. The fundus includes the retina, which contains the nerve cells that sense light and images. It also includes nerves, blood vessels and connective tissue. This test usually occurs as part of a standard eye exam, and it uses bright light and special instruments to look through the pupil to the back of the eye. An ophthalmoscopy usually is performed by an optometrist or an ophthalmologist in his or her office.
  Some of the problems that can be found during an ophthalmoscopy are macular degeneration, glaucoma and retinal detachment. It can also be used if patients show signs and symptoms of health issues that affect blood vessels, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. In a normal outcome of an ophthalmoscopy, the fundus, including the retina, appears normal and healthy.
  There are two commonly used types of ophthalmoscopy. The first type is called a direct ophthalmoscopy. In this type, the patient sits in a dark room, and his or her eyes might be dilated using eye drops, but dilation isn't required. The doctor will shine a bright light into the patient's eyes and look at the back of the eye through an ophthalmoscope, a tool that is about as large as a small flashlight and has several lenses are able to magnify the view up to 15 times. Each eye is checked separately, and the entire test takes three to five minutes.
  The second type is called an indirect ophthalmoscopy, with provides a wider view of the fundus, with more detail, and takes about five to 10 minutes. For this test, the patient either lies down or sits tilting backward, and his or her eyes have to be dilated. The doctor will hold the patient's eye open, will shine an intensely bright light into the patient's eye from a headlamp the doctor is wearing and will look at the fundus using a handheld lens. The doctor might use a dull instrument to press through the skin and put pressure on different areas of the eye in order to bring parts of the fundus, such as the edges, into view. The doctor also might ask the patient to look in various directions.
  Ophthalmoscopy should not be painful; if it is painful, the patient should tell the doctor immediately. The procedure can be unpleasant, though. The lights that are used are very bright and can cause discomfort during the test. Many patients see spots or other shapes called after-images from the bright lights as well, especially because of the more intense light used for an indirect ophthalmoscopy.
  In addition, the pressure used on the eye with the indirect test may be uncomfortable for some patients. If eye drops are used, they might sting for a moment or two. The patient typically will be sensitive to light and have trouble focusing for a while after the test.
  In Buddhism, the views on vegetarianism vary between different schools of thought. According to Theravada, The Buddha categorically prohibited consumption of the flesh of any animal that was "seen, heard or suspected" to have been killed specifically for the benefit of monks (Jivaka Sutta, Majjhima Nikaya 55). This rule technically applies only to monastics, but it can be used as a reasonable guide by devout lay people.
  In Vajrayana, the act of eating meat is not always prohibited. The Mahayana schools generally recommend a vegetarian diet, as some believe that the Buddha insisted that his followers should not eat the flesh of any sentient being.[2] Monks of the Mahayana traditions that follow the Brahma Net Sutra are forbidden by their vows from eating flesh of any kind.
  Once a monk got some food stuck in his throat and another monk hit him by thinking to release him and save… the food stuck in the throat came out but the monk died… then the other monk who hit was feel bad and went to Samma Sambuddha and ask whether he is guilty or not guilty. Then Samma Sambuddha asked what was the “Thought” you had on the time you hit him? Then the monk said “I just wanted to save him, didn’t want to see him die”... Then Samma Sambuddha said “then you are not guilty… if your thought was to kill then only you are guilty”
  Another occasion one monk suffered a lot from a disease and other monks thought its better this monk die than suffering in such manner… then they pour some water into the sick monk and he died. Then those monks went to the Samma Sambuddha and ask whether they guilty or not guilty. Then Samma Sambuddha asked what was the “Thought” you had on the time you put water on him? Then the monks were saying “we thought its better he die than suffering like that”... Then Samma Sambuddha said “oh monks you all are guilty… and break the rules which are not allowed”
  Therefore the bottom line of being a vegetarian and a non vegetarian solely depends on your thought…!! You cannot blame a person who eat meat or vise verse..!!
  Lord Budhha had said ‘ Chetanaham bikka wei kamman wadami, chetaithwa kamma karothi papakan’ Intention is the most important aspect in the whole wide world if you had a bad intention in doing a good work then it will be a sin.
  Our intention or thought is the most important aspect that matters most not only being a veg or non veg but also in every work that we do daily….!!!