Forwards4all: 08/15/12

[forwards4all] World's Top 10 Most Livable Cities

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Four of Australia’s capital cities have been named among the world’s most livable. Melbourne outperformed 140 rivals to receive the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Livability Survey gong for a second year in a row.

Here is a list of all 10 most livable cities in the world.

1. Melbourne is the most livable city in the world with a perfect score of 97.5 per cent.

2. The Viennese Christmas Market is a favourite for tourists and residents in the Austrian capital, named the second most livable city.

3. Vancouver, Canada, a seasoned performer in the rankings, claimed third spot.

4. The Toronto city skyline gives a hint as to why the Canadian city came in fourth.

5. Canada’s third city in the top ten was Calgary, down to number five. Here, City of Calgary firefighters wear their cowboy duds as they wait on standby at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

6. Adelaide rocketed three places to join sixth thanks to above infrastructure improvements.

7. Sydney dropped one place to seventh position despite an unchanged score.

8. Finland’s capital Helsinki made livability at eighth rankings. Pictured are the city’s monument and cathedral.

9. Perth was the fourth Australian city in the top ten, coming in at ninth, down one place from last year. Pictured is the Fremont’s fisher mans harbour and Perth city behind.

10. New Zealand’s Auckland rounded out the top ten.

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[forwards4all] Triple Filter Test (Inspiring Story)

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Triple Filter Test (Inspiring Story)

One day an acquaintance came to meet Chanakya and said to him excitedly “do you know what I just heard about your friend?”

“Just wait a while”, Chanakya replied. “Before you tell me anything I would like you to go through a little test which I call the triple filter test”.

“What’s that?” asked the acquaintance.

“I will tell you”, Chanakya said. “Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you are going to say. That is why I call it the Triple filter test. The first filter is ‘Truth’. Are you sure that what you are about to tell me is true?”

“No”, the man said. “Actually, I just heard about it.”

“All right”, said Chanakya. “So you don’t really know if it is true or not. Now lets us try the second Filter, the filter of ‘Goodness’. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?”

“No, on the contrary..”

“So”, Chanakya continued, “You wanted to tell me something bad about him but you are not certain it is true. You may still pass the test because there is one filter left; the filter of ‘Usefulness’. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?”

“No, not really...”

“Well”, Continued Chanakya, “If you want to tell me what may not be true and is neither good nor useful, why tell it to me at all?”

MORAL OF THE STORY: He who repeats the ill he hears of another is the true slanderer.