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Wednesday 11 August will be the first full day of Ramadan, according to a fatwa from the Caucasus Muslims Department. Since a holiday begins at sunset on the previous day, observing Muslims will celebrate Ramadan after sunset today, 10 August.

Ramadan will continue for 30 days until Thursday 9 September or Friday the 10th, depending on the visibility of the new moon.

Ramadan begins a day later in North America this year, Thursday 12 August, again because of the visibility of the new moon.

Ramadan is the holiest month of the Islamic calendar, the month in which the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.

Fasting in the month of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during this month is often thought figuratively to burn away all sins.

The Prophet Muhammad told his followers that the gates of Heaven would be open all the month and the gates of Hell would be closed and the devils chained up.

Lailat al Qadr, the Night of Power, marks the night during Ramadan in which the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet. The Koran says that this night is better than a thousand months (97:3), and that on this night the angels descend to earth. This is a time that Muslims spend in study and prayer. It is not known exactly when the Night of Power falls, but it is thought to be in the last 10 days of the month. Because of this, many Muslims will treat the last 10 days of the month of Ramadan as a particularly good time for prayer and reading the Koran.

The first day of the next month is spent in celebrations and is observed as the Festival of Breaking Fast or Eid ul-Fitr.

The times given below are prayer times for Baku during the month of Ramadan. The dates in red are those when the Lailat al Qadr, or Night of Power, is marked.

Ramadan 1431 – Timetable for Ramadan 2010

From Wednesday 11 August to Thursday 9 September 2010

Ramadan	August-September	Subh (Imsak)	Sunrise	Zuhr	Аsr	Maghrib (Iftar)	Isha
1	11	05:29	06:47	13:49	18:15	20:59	21:28
2	12	05:30	06:48	13:49	18:14	20:58	22:27
3	13	05:31	06:49	13:49	18:14	20:56	22:25
4	14	05:32	06:50	13:49	18:13	20:55	22:23
5	15	05:34	06:51	13:49	18:12	20:53	22:21
6	16	05:35	06:52	13:49	18:11	20:52	22:20
7	17	05:36	06:53	13:48	18:10	20:51	22:18
8	18	05:38	06:54	13:48	18:09	20:49	22:16
9	19	05:39	06:55	13:48	18:09	20:48	22:14
10	20	05:40	06:56	13:48	18:08	20:46	22:12
11	21	05:41	06:57	13:47	18:07	20:45	22:10
12	22	05:42	06:58	13:47	18:06	20:43	22:08
13	23	05:44	06:59	13:47	18:05	20:42	22:06
14	24	05:45	06:59	13:47	18:04	20:40	22:05
15	25	05:46	07:00	13:46	18:03	20:39	22:03
16	26	05:47	07:01	13:46	18:02	20:37	22:01
17	27	05:49	07:02	13:46	18:01	20:36	21:59
18	28	05:50	07:03	13:45	18:00	20:34	21:57
19	29	05:51	07:04	13:45	17:59	20:32	21:55
20	30	05:52	07:05	13:45	17:58	20:31	21:53
21	31	05:53	07:06	13:45	17:57	20:29	21:51
22	1	05:54	07:07	13:44	17:56	20:28	21:49
23	2	05:56	07:08	13:44	17:55	20:26	21:47
24	3	05:57	07:09	13:44	17:54	20:24	21:46
25	4	05:58	07:10	13:43	17:52	20:23	21:44
26	5	05:59	07:11	13:43	17:51	20:21	21:42
27	6	06:00	07:12	13:43	17:50	20:19	21:40
28	7	06:01	07:13	13:42	17:49	20:18	21:38
29	8	06:03	07:14	13:42	17:48	20:16	21:36

9 year old is Microsoft Systems Engineer

2010-05-26T15:53:00.000+05:30

Marco Calasan is only nine years old, he goes to school, likes to watch movies, reads comics and plays with his friends. He speaks three languages and is learning a fourth. In his spare time he works for Microsoft as a systems engineer.

This whizkid happens to be a computer genius who holds four Microsoft certificates - he is the youngest Microsoft systems engineer in the world. Recently Marco showed CNN's Anna Coren around the computer lab at his school and talked about IPTV, the content delivery system which he set up all by himself. The kid uses the technology to stream high quality video throughout Macedonia and also provides a service for the country's disabled.

If that wasn't enough, Marco has written a 312-page book on Microsoft's Windows 7. Professor Elena Achkovska-Leshkovska at the Institute of Psychology in Skopje tested Marco when he was seven years old - she found that his brain operated the same as a child over the age of 12. But the other object of fascination was his high level of emotional and social skills, something not normally found in such gifted children.

Watch the CNN video below: Link to this article

http://www.india.com/technology/computers/9-year-old-microsoft-systems-engineer_7726

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The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.

AWESOME WORK ON EGGS

2009-11-26T19:15:00.005+05:30

Excellent imagination and miniature hand work perfection. Enjoy in looking at this work!!

AWESOME WORK ON EGGS

Amazing Glass Balcony

2009-07-18T09:27:00.006+05:30

The Glass Balconies of the Sears Tower in Chicago

The owners of the Sears Tower, the tallest skyscraper in the United States (Chicago), inaugurated last week four glass box viewing platforms. These balconies are suspended 1,353 feet (412 meters) in the air on the 103rd floor. They are 10ft high and 10ft wide and can hold 5 tons with their 1.5 inch thick glasses.

Really impressive and definitively something to try...

GOLD....GOLD....GOLD......

2009-07-07T10:04:00.008+05:30

Technology changes never end..........

2009-07-01T17:19:00.002+05:30

Designer Jinsun Park from Korea has come out with a simple tool called Color Picker. Place the pen against an object and press the scan button, the color will be detected by the color sensor and the RGB cartridges in the pen will mixed the required inks to create the target color.

Interesting Facts

2009-06-29T13:12:00.002+05:30

The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long
Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile
A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.
A Boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.(the Wright brother's invented the airplane)
There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans.
One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny
The word "set " has the most number of definitions in the English language;192
Slugs have four noses
Sharks can live up to 100 years
Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
Kangaroos can't walk backwards
About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. Everyday
The largest recorded snowflake was 15in wide and 8in thick. It fell in Montana in 1887
The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.
Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency
Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints
There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human
It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with.
The world's largest Montessori school is in India, with 26,312 students in 2002
Octopus have three hearts
If you ate too many carrots, you'd turn orange
The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change.
1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 116 or old
The body has 2-3 million sweat glands
Sperm whales have the biggest brains; 20 lbs
Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.
Most cats are left pawed
250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa
A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant
You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep Smiling!
Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours
An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce
Bone is five times stronger than steel

World largest swimming pool, AMAZING!

2009-06-23T12:55:00.002+05:30

If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one.

It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water.

The Guinness Book of Records has named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world.

But if you fancy splashing out on one of your own - and you have the space to accommodate it - then beware: This one took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million.

The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo, on Chile 's southern coast, since it opened last month.

Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end.

It dwarfs the world's second biggest pool, the Orthlieb - nicknamed the Big Splash - in Morocco , which is a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. An Olympicsize pool measures some 50 yards by 25 yards.

Chile 's monster pool uses a computer- controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out at the other.

The sun warms the water to 26c, nine degrees warmer than the adjoining sea.

Chilean biochemist Fernando Fischmann, whose Crystal Lagoons Corporation designed the pool, said advanced engineering meant his company could build 'an impressive artificial paradise' even in inhospitable areas.

'As long as we have access to unlimited seawater, we can make it work, and it causes no damage to the ocean.'

10 Extraordinary People

2009-06-22T10:03:00.003+05:30

1. Kim Ung-Yong: Attended University at age 4, Ph.D at age 15; world's highest IQ

This Korean super-genius was born in 1962 and might just be the smartest guy alive today (he's recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as having the highest IQ of anyone on the planet). By the age of four he was already able to read in Japanese, Korean, German, and English. At his fifth birthday, he solved complicated differential and integral calculus problems. Later, on Japanese television, he demonstrated his proficiency in Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, German, English, Japanese, and Korean. Kim was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records under "Highest IQ"; the book estimated the boy's score at over 210.

Kim was a guest student of physics at Hanyang University from the age of 3 until he was 6. At the age of 7 he was invited to America by NASA. He finished his university studies, eventually getting a Ph.D. in physics at Colorado State University before he was 15. In 1974, during his university studies, he began his research work at NASA and continued this work until his return to Korea in 1978 where he decided to switch from physics to civil engineering and eventually received a doctorate in that field. Kim was offered the chance to study at the most prestigious universities in Korea, but instead chose to attend a provincial university. As of 2007 he also serves as adjunct faculty at Chungbuk National University.

2. Gregory Smith: Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize at age 12

Born in 1990, Gregory Smith could read at age two and had enrolled in university at 10. But "genius" is only one half of the Greg Smith story. When not voraciously learning, this young man travels the globe as a peace and children's rights activist.

He is the founder of International Youth Advocates, an organization that promotes principles of peace and understanding among young people throughout the world. He has met with Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev and spoke in front of the UN. For these and other humanitarian and advocacy efforts, Smith has been nominated four times for a Nobel Peace Prize. His latest achievement? He just got his driver license.

3. Akrit Jaswal: The Seven Year-Old Surgeon

Akrit Jaswal is a young Indian who has been called "the world's smartest boy" and it's easy to see why. His IQ is 146 and is considered the smartest person his age in India-a country of more than a billion people.

Akrit came to public attention when in 2000 he performed his first medical procedure at his family home. He was seven. His patient - a local girl who could not afford a doctor - was eight. Her hand had been burnt in a fire, causing her fingers to close into a tight fist that wouldn't open. Akrit had no formal medical training and no experience of surgery, yet he managed to free her fingers and she was able to use her hand again.

He focused his phenomenal intelligence on medicine and at the age of twelve he claimed to be on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer. He is now studying for a science degree at Chandigarh College and is the youngest student ever accepted by an Indian University.

4. Cleopatra Stratan: a 3 year old singer who earns 1000€ per song

Clepotra was born October 6, 2002 in Chisinau, Moldova and is the daughter of Moldovan-Romanian singer, Pavel Stratan. She is the youngest person ever to score commercial success as a singer, with her 2006 album La vârsta de trei ani ("At the age of 3"). She holds the record for being the youngest artist that performed live for two hours in front of a large audience, the highest paid young artist, the youngest artist to receive an MTV award and the youngest artist to score a #1 hit in a country ("Ghita" in Romanian Singles Chart).

5. Aelita Andre: The 2-year-old artist who showed her paintings in a famous Gallery

The abstract paintings of emerging artist Aelita Andre have people in Australia's art world talking. Aelita is two (the works were painted when she was even younger).

Aelita got an opportunity to show her paintings when Mark Jamieson, the director of Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne's Fitzroy, was asked by a photographer whose work he represented to consider the work of another artist. Jamieson liked what he saw and agreed to include it in a group show.

Jamieson then started to promote the show, printing glossy invitations and placing ads in the magazines Art Almanac and Art Collector, featuring the abstract work. Only then did he discover a crucial fact about the new artist: Aelita Andre is Kalashnikova's daughter, and was just 22 months old. Jamieson was shocked and embarrassed but decided to proceed with the exhibition anyways.

6. Saul Aaron Kripke: Invited to apply for a teaching post at Harvard while still in high school

A rabbi's son, Saul Aaron Kripke was born in New York and grew up in Omaha in 1940. By all accounts he was a true prodigy. In the fourth grade he discovered algebra, and by the end of grammar school he had mastered geometry and calculus and taken up philosophy. While still a teenager he wrote a series of papers that eventually transformed the study of modal logic. One of them earned a letter from the math department at Harvard, which hoped he would apply for a job until he wrote back and declined, explaining, "My mother said that I should finish high school and go to college first". After finishing high school, the college he eventually chose was Harvard.

Kripke was awarded the Schock Prize, philosophy's equivalent of the Nobel. Nowadays, he is thought to be the world's greatest living philosopher.

7. Michael Kevin Kearney: earned his first degree at age 10 and became a reality show Millionaire

24 year-old Michael Kearney became known as the world's youngest college graduate at the age of 10. In 2008, Kearney earned $1,000,000 on the television game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Kearny was born in 1984 and is was known for setting several world records and teaching college at the age of 17.

He spoke his first words at four months. At the age of six months, he said to his pediatrician "I have a left ear infection" and learned to read at the age of ten months. When Michael was four, he was given diagnostic tests for the Johns Hopkins precocious math program and achieved a perfect score. He finished high school at age 6, enrolled at Santa Rosa Junior College graduating at 10 with an Associate of Science in Geology. He is listed in the Guinness Book as the world's youngest university graduate at the age of 10, receiving a bachelor's degree in anthropology. For a while, he also held the record for the world's youngest postgraduate.

But in 2006, he became worldwide famous after reaching the finals on the Mark Burnett/AOL quiz/puzzle game Gold Rush, and became the first $1 million winner in the online reality game.

8. Fabiano Luigi Caruana: a chess prodigy who became the youngest Grandmaster at age 14

Fabulous Fabiano is a 16-year-old chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy with dual citizenship of Italy and the United States.

On 2007 Caruana became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 20 days - the youngest Grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States. In the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2649, making him the world's highest ranked player under the age of 18.

9. Willie Mosconi: played professional Billiards at age 6

William Joseph Mosconi, nicknamed "Mr. Pocket Billiards" was a American professional pocket billiards (pool) player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Willie's father owned a pool hall where he wasn't allowed to play, but Willie improvised by practicing with small potatoes from his mother's kitchen and an old broomstick. His father soon realized that his son was a child prodigy began advertising challenge matches, and though Willie had to stand on a box in order to reach the table, he beat experienced players many years his senior.

In 1919, an exhibition match was arranged between six-year old Willie and the reigning World Champion, Ralph Greenleaf. The hall was packed, and though Greenleaf won that match, Willie played very well launching his career in professional billiards. In 1924, at the tender age of eleven, Willie was the juvenile straight pool champion and was regularly holding trick shot exhibitions.

Between the years of 1941 and 1957, he won the BCA World Championship of pool an unmatched fifteen times. Mosconi pioneered and employed numerous trick shots, set many records, and helped to popularize the game of billiards. He still holds the officially recognized straight pool high run record of 526 consecutive balls.

10. Elaina Smith: youngest agony aunt aged 7

Her local radio station gave her the job after she rang and offered advice to a woman caller who had been dumped. Elaina's tip - go bowling with pals and drink a mug of milk - was so good she got a weekly slot and now advises thousands of adult listeners. The littler adviser tackles problems ranging from how to dump boyfriends and how to cope with relationship breakdown to dealing with smelly brothers.

When one listener wrote to Elaina asking how to get a man, she replied: "Shake your booty on the dance floor and listen to High School Musical". Another caller asked how to get her man back, Elaina told her: "He's not worth the heartache. Life's too short to be upset with a boy."

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2009-06-20T13:07:00.003+05:30

கடலில் விழுந்த ஏர் பிரான்ஸ் விமானம்: கடைசித் தருண புகைப்படங்கள்

அட்லாண்டிக் கடலில் விழுந்து விபத்துக்குள்ளாகிய ஏர் பிரான்ஸ் விமானத்தில், கடைசித் தருணத்தில் எடுக்கப்பட்ட புகைப்படங்கள் என இரு புகைப்படங்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன. இவை உண்மையானவைத்தானா அல்லது ஏதாவது கிராபிக்ஸ் வித்தையா என்பது தெரியவில்லை.

விவரம் வருமாறு:

அட்லாண்டிக் கடலில் விழுந்து 280 சொச்சம் பேரின் உயிர்களை ஒட்டுமொத்தமாய்க் கொண்டுபோன ஏர் பிரான்ஸ் விமானம் வானில் வெடித்துச் சிதறி, பின்னர்தான் கடலில் விழுந்திருக்க வேண்டும் என்று தடய அறிவியல் துறை நிபுணர்கள் கூறியுள்ளனர்.கடலில் சிதறிக் கிடந்த உடல்களில் இருந்த காயங்களை வைத்து இந்த முடிவுக்கு அவர்கள் வந்துள்ளனர்.

இதுவரை 50 பயணிகளின் உடல்கள் மட்டுமே மீட்கப்பட்டுள்ள நிலையில், விமானம் வெடித்து சிதறுவதற்கு முன்பாக எடுத்த புகைப்படங்கள் என, இரண்டு புகைப்படங்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன. இவை பலருக்கும் இ.மெயிலில் அனுப்பப்படுவதாகவும் தெரிகிறது.

ஏதோ ஒரு காரணத்தால் பிளக்கக் துவங்கிய விமானத்தில் பயணித்த பவுலோ முல்லர் என்பவர் சில புகைப்படங்களை எடுத்திருக்கிறார்.

இந்தப் புகைப்படங்கள் எடுக்கப்பட்ட கேமிரா சிதைந்துபோனாலும், அதன் மெமரி ஸ்டிக்கில் இருந்த புகைப்படங்கள் இவை எனக் கருதப்படுகிறது.

முதல் படம்: விமானத்தின் வால் பகுதியில் ஒரு ஓட்டை விழுகிறது. பயணிகளுக்கு மூச்சுத் திணறல் ஏற்பட்டதால் ஆக்சிஜன் மாஸ்க்கை மாட்டியுள்ளனர்.

இரண்டாவது படம். விமானத்தின் ஓட்டை பெரிதாகி விட்டது. அந்த ஓட்டை வழியே பயணி ஒருவர் வெளியே இழுக்கப்படுகிறார்.

இந்தப் புகைப்படங்கள் கேசியோ Z 750 டிஜிட்டல் கேமிராவில் எடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.இந்த கேமிராவின் சீரியல் எண்ணை வைத்து விசாரித்ததில் அந்த கேமிராவுக்குச் சொந்தக்காரர் நாடக நடிகரான பாலோ ஜி. முல்லர் எனக் கண்டறியப்பட்டுள்ளது.

விமானம் தள்ளாட்டத்தில் இருந்த நேரத்தில், விமானத்தின் உள்ளே உள்ள காற்று வெளியேறும் சமயத்தில் பயணிகளைத் தன்னுடன் இழுத்துச் செல்லும் நேரம் எப்படியோ சமாளித்து இவற்றை எடுத்திருக்கிறார். இந்தக் கேமிரா விமானத்தின் காக்பிட் அருகே கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது. இவர் பிரேசில் நாட்டில் உள்ள போர்டோ அலிக்ரே பகுதியைச் சேர்ந்தவர்.

இந்த புகைப்படங்கள் உண்மையானவைதான் என்பதற்கு எந்த அரசுகளோ என்று எந்த ஒரு அமைப்போ ஆதாரம் தெரிவிக்கவில்லை.

NEW YEAR SMS

2008-12-31T11:17:00.003+05:30

New Year Wiki : The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations.

Western new year

In countries governed by the Gregorian calendar, the celebration of New Year is celebrated on January 1, the date that is considered the most festive of them.
Celebrations on the Bay of Valparaiso, Chile; beginning of the show called "New Year at Sea," the largest in the world stage.

Traditionally, the Roman calendar began the first day of March. However, it was in January (the eleventh month) when the consuls of ancient Rome assumed the government. Julius Caesar, in 47 BC, changed the system, creating the Julian calendar, with some modifications in the time of Marco Antonio consul in 44 BC, the emperor Augustus Caesar in 8 BC and finally by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, is used today. In this year begins on January 1. Subsequently, the Gregorian calendar had the habit and the celebration was marked with a religious significance during the Middle Ages and later centuries.

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With the expansion of Western culture to the rest of the world during the twentieth century, the January 1 date became a universal in nature, even in countries with their own New Year celebrations (e.g., China).

At present, the celebration of New Year is a major event in the world. Major events are held in major cities around the world New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve for the December 31), being accompanied by the largest fireworks events. The largest events in the world are focused on:

* Australia Sydney
* Hong Kong Hong Kong
* GBR London
* USA New York
* Brazil Río de Janeiro,São Paulo
* Chile Valparaíso

While in Sydney was launched at midnight over 80,000 fireworks to more than one and a half million attendees, being the most-watched event on television worldwide last year at Valparaiso receive more than two million visitors to witness the largest fireworks in a natural setting and the huge worldwide; a total of more than 21 kilometers of fireworks on the bay, from the commercial port city of Valparaiso to Concon, Chile, all in 25 minutes of entertainment. In New York, the celebration is focused around a big crystal ball that descends on a crowd in Times Square, is also the party with the largest number of attendees last year: more than three million people. Moreover, much of the huge holiday clubs.

In the culture of Latin America there are a variety of traditions and superstitions for these dates as a way of omens for the coming year. The uncorking a bottle of champagne at 0:00 1. January still remains a symbol of New Year's celebration.

The New Year feast is closely related to the celebration of Christmas Eve, Christmas and Hannukah. Due to the closeness between all these parties is that much of the world sees the last week of the year as the beginning of the holiday period, either in winter (in the Northern Hemisphere) or summer (in the Southern Hemisphere).

New Year SMS

New Year Good Wishes SMS

Years come n go, but this year I specially wish 4 u a double dose of health n happiness topped with loads of good fortune. Have a gr8 year ahead! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
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May this New Year bring many opportunities your way, to explore every joy of life and may your resolutions for the days ahead stay firm, turning all your dreams into reality and all your efforts into great achievements.
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Hope u'll have a New Year that starts right and ends Happy!
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Nights are Dark but Days are Light,
Wish your Life will always be Bright.
So my Dear don't get Fear
Coz, God Gift us a "BRAND NEW YEAR".
*HAPPY NEW YEAR*
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My wishes for you, Great start for Jan, Love for Feb, Peace for March, No worries for April, Fun for May, Joy for June to Nov, Happiness for Dec, Have a lucky and wonderful 2008
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I wish U to have a .....
Sweetest Sunday,
Marvellous Monday,
Tasty Tuesday,
Wonderful Wednesday,
Thankful Thursday,
Friendly Friday,
Successful Saturday.
Have a great Year. HAPPY NEW YEAR
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I Wish in 2008
God gives You...
12 Month of Happiness,
52 Weeks of Fun,
365 Days Success,
8760 Hours Good Health,
52600 Minutes Good Luck,
3153600 Seconds of Joy...and that's all!
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In 'The Universal Bank of God'...
God stores his blessings & deposited 365 days full of love, faith & happiness for you...
So, Enjoy spending...
Happy New Year.
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A Relaxed Mind, A Peaceful Soul, A Joyful Spirit, A Healthy Body & Heart full of Love..All these are my Prayers for You..Wish a Happy New Year 2008.
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Throughout the Coming Year may your life be filled with little celebration of Happiness...Wishes you a Bright, Happy and Prosperous New Year 2008 with God Bless.
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Before the sun sets in this year, before the memories fade, before the networks get jammed.....Wish u and ur family Happy Sparkling New Year 2008.
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New Year begins, let us pray, that it will be a year with new Peace, New Happiness, and abundance of new friends. God bless you through out the new Year.
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Wishing you Happy New Year, May u always keep in ur heart the special beauty and cheer of New Year.
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New Year is the time to unfold new horizons & realize new dreams, to rediscover the strength & faith within u, to rejoice in simple pleasures & gear up 4 a new challenges. Wishin u a truly fulfilling 2008
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When the mid-nite bell rings tonight...
Let it signify new and better things for you,
let it signify a realisation of all things you wish for,
Let it signify a year of courage and believes,
Wishing you a very...very...very prosperious 2008.
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New Year Fun SMS
New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
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People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. Happy New Year!!
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May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.
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Merry Christmas, Enjoy New Year, Happy Easter, Good luck on Valentines, Spooky Halloween & Happy Birthday. Now bug off and don't annoy me for the next 12 months!!!!
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New Year SMS in Hindi
Sabke Dilo mai ho sabke liye Pyar,
Aanewala har din laye Khusiyo ka Tyohar,
Is ummid ka sath aao bhulke sare Gum
new year 2008 ko Hum Sab kare WEL-COME!
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Bith gaya jo saal, Bhul jayye,
Is Naya Saal ko Gale lagaye,
Karte hai dua hum Rab se sar jhukake...
Is Saal ka Sare Sapne poore ho Aapke.
*NAYA SAAL MUBARAK*
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Is Naye Saal mai..
Jo tu chahe wo tera ho,
Har din khubsoorat aur ratain roshan ho,
Kamiyabi chumte rahe tere kadam humesha yaar,
Naya Saal Mubarok ho tuje mere Yaar.
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Poore ho aapke sare Aim,
Sada badhti rahe aap ki Fame,
Milte rahe sabse Pyar aur Dosti,
Aur mila a lot of Fun & Masti.
Wish you a..Happy New Year with a Plenty of Peace & Prosperity.
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Day by day teri khusiya ho jaye Double,
Teri zindagi se delete ho jaye sare Trouble,
Khuda rakkhe humesha tuje Smart & Fit,
Tera liye New Year ho Super-Duper Hit!!
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Naye saal aaye banke ujale,
Khul jaye aap ki kismat ka tale,
Hamesha aap pe rahe meherban Oparwale,
Chand tare bhi aap pe hi rosni dale.
Happy New year.
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Gul ne gulshan se gulfam bheja hai, sitaro ne aasma se salam bheja hai,
mubarak ho apko naya saal, hum ne advance me ye piagam bheja hai. Happy New Year.

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A Prayer for the New Year

God grant us this year a wider view,
So we see others' faults through the eyes of You.
Teach us to judge not with hasty tongue,
Neither the adult ... nor the young.

Give us patience and grace to endure
And a stronger faith so we feel secure.
Instead of remembering, help us forget
The irritations that caused us to fret.

Freely forgiving for some offence
And finding each day a rich recompense.
In offering a friendly, helping hand
And trying in all ways to understand;

That all of us whoever we are ...
Are trying to reach an unreachable star.
For the great and small ... the good and bad,
The young and old ... the sad and glad

Are asking today; Is life worth living?
The answer is only in, loving and giving.
For only Love can make man kind
And Kindness of Heart brings Peace of Mind.

By giving love, we can help this year
To lift the clouds of hate and fear

Source : Article Compiled by Admin from Email Forwards and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year

Beauty inside our body.....(Must See)

2008-10-30T09:28:00.004+05:30

1. This image of red blood cells is one of a series appearing in the book Inside The Body: Fantastic Images from Beneath the Skin.

2. Here the blood cells are traveling along a vein within the liver. The images are provided by the Science Photo Library.

3. This bead-like structure with its projecting legs is a nerve cell. It sends signals and commands to and from the brain.

4. This dirty-looking surface is actually a healthy tooth. The cells in the green layer produce enamel, which protects the tooth.

5. A cross section of a piece of carpet? This is actually the small intestine where food is digested.

6. The surface of the tongue is rough due to these paillae, which contain the taste buds and send tactile information to the brain.

7. The cells lining the stomach secrete a layer of mucus to protect against the acidic gastric juices.

8. These crystals may look pretty, but the kidney stones they form can be extremely painful to pass through the urine.

9. These match-like structures are found in the brain and secrete a substance that cushions the brain and spinal cord against shock.

10. Rose petals scattered on a scarlet divan? This is actually the lining of the rectum.

Chandrayaan-1 launch perfect, says ISRO chairman

2008-10-23T09:32:00.004+05:30

SRIHARIKOTA:

As India's first lunar mission settled into its chosen orbit successfully, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair described the launch as "perfect" which was achieved after "fighting against all odds".

"It is a historic moment as far as India is concerned. We have started our journey for the moon and the first leg of the journey has gone perfectly well," Nair said seconds after the successful completion of the launch.

"It is a remarkable performance by the launch vehicle," he said.

It is a perfect launch. Now it will be orbiting the earth, he said, adding that today "what we have started is a remarkable journey for the Indian spacecraft to go to the moon and try to unravel the mysteries of the moon".

"We have been fighting against all odds," the noted scientist said explaining that heavy rains and cloudy skies over the last four days had led to a lot of worries about the launch.

"Fortunately, we had clear skies today and we would be completing the remaining part of the journey within 15 days," Nair said.

Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair described the successful launch as a historic moment in India's space programme.

"The launch was perfect and precise. The satellite has been placed in the earth orbit. With this, we have completed the first leg of the mission and it will take 15 days to reach the lunar orbit," Nair announced in the mission control centre shortly after PSLV-C11 put the spacecraft in a transfer orbit.

After circling the earth in its highly elliptical Transfer Orbit for a while, Chandrayaan-1 would be taken into more elliptical orbits by repeated firing of the spacecraft's Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) at opportune moments.

Subsequently, the LAM would be again fired to take the spacecraft to the vicinity of the moon by following a Lunar Transfer Trajectory (LTT) path, whose apogee lies at 3,87,000 km.

Later, when Chandrayaan-1 reaches the vicinity of the moon, its LAM would be fired again so as to slow down the spacecraft sufficiently to enable the gravity of the moon to capture it into an elliptical orbit. The next step would be to reduce the height of the spacecraft orbit around the moon in various steps.

After some more procedures, Chandrayaan-1's orbit would be finally lowered to its intended 100 km height from the lunar surface, which was expected to take place around November 8.

Later, the Moon Impact Probe would be ejected from Chandrayaan-1 in a chosen area following which the cameras and other payloads would be turned on and thoroughly tested, marking the operational phase of the mission.

Alternate Way to Eliminate Cancer

2008-10-11T10:33:00.000+05:30

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY .

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumours.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

WHAT CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal,Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to no urish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the
body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger,
unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life.

A GUY WITH FULL OF COURAGE

2008-07-31T13:09:00.001+05:30

'God has always been planning things for me'
July 28, 2008
Shobha Warrier

Naga Naresh Karutura has just passed out of IIT Madras in Computer Science and has joined Google in Bangalore.

You may ask, what's so special about this 21-year-old when there are hundreds of students passing out from various IITs and joining big companies like Google?

Naresh is special. His parents are illiterate. He has no legs and moves around in his powered wheel chair. (In fact, when I could not locate his lab, he told me over the mobile phone, 'I will come and pick you up'. And in no time, he was there to guide me)

Ever smiling, optimistic and full of spirit; that is Naresh. He says, "God has always been planning things for me. That is why I feel I am lucky."

Read why Naresh feels he is lucky.

Childhood in a village
I spent the first seven years of my life in Teeparru, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, on the banks of the river Godavari. My father Prasad was a lorry driver and my mother Kumari, a house wife. Though they were illiterate, my parents instilled in me and my elder sister (Sirisha) the importance of studying.

Looking back, one thing that surprises me now is the way my father taught me when I was in the 1st and 2nd standards. My father would ask me questions from the text book, and I would answer them. At that time, I didn't know he could not read or write but to make me happy, he helped me in my studies!

Another memory that doesn't go away is the floods in the village and how I was carried on top of a buffalo by my uncle. I also remember plucking fruits from a tree that was full of thorns.

I used to be very naughty, running around and playing all the time with my friends. I used to get a lot of scolding for disturbing the elders who slept in the afternoon. The moment they started scolding, I would run away to the fields!

I also remember finishing my school work fast in class and sleeping on the teacher's lap!

January 11, 1993, the fateful day
On the January 11, 1993 when we had the sankranti holidays, my mother took my sister and me to a nearby village for a family function. From there we were to go with our grandmother to our native place. But my grandmother did not come there. As there were no buses that day, my mother took a lift in my father's friend's lorry. As there were many people in the lorry, he made me sit next to him, close to the door.

It was my fault; I fiddled with the door latch and it opened wide throwing me out. As I fell, my legs got cut by the iron rods protruding from the lorry. Nothing happened to me except scratches on my legs.

The accident had happened just in front of a big private hospital but they refused to treat me saying it was an accident case. Then a police constable who was passing by took us to a government hospital.

First I underwent an operation as my small intestine got twisted. The doctors also bandaged my legs. I was there for a week. When the doctors found that gangrene had developed and it had reached up to my knees, they asked my father to take me to a district hospital. There, the doctors scolded my parents a lot for neglecting the wounds and allowing the gangrene to develop. But what could my ignorant parents do?

In no time, both my legs were amputated up to the hips.

I remember waking up and asking my mother, where are my legs? I also remember that my mother cried when I asked the question. I was in the hospital for three months.

Life without legs
I don't think my life changed dramatically after I lost both my legs. Because all at home were doting on me, I was enjoying all the attention rather than pitying myself. I was happy that I got a lot of fruits and biscuits.

'I never wallowed in self-pity'
July 28, 2008

The day I reached my village, my house was flooded with curious people; all of them wanted to know how a boy without legs looked. But I was not bothered; I was happy to see so many of them coming to see me, especially my friends!

All my friends saw to it that I was part of all the games they played; they carried me everywhere.

God's hand
I believe in God. I believe in destiny. I feel he plans everything for you. If not for the accident, we would not have moved from the village to Tanuku, a town. There I joined a missionary school, and my father built a house next to the school. Till the tenth standard, I studied in that school.

If I had continued in Teeparu, I may not have studied after the 10th. I may have started working as a farmer or someone like that after my studies. I am sure God had other plans for me.

My sister, my friend
When the school was about to reopen, my parents moved from Teeparu to Tanuku, a town, and admitted both of us in a Missionary school. They decided to put my sister also in the same class though she is two years older. They thought she could take care of me if both of us were in the same class. My sister never complained.

She would be there for everything. Many of my friends used to tell me, you are so lucky to have such a loving sister. There are many who do not care for their siblings.

She carried me in the school for a few years and after a while, my friends took over the task. When I got the tricycle, my sister used to push me around in the school.

My life, I would say, was normal, as everyone treated me like a normal kid. I never wallowed in self-pity. I was a happy boy and competed with others to be on top and the others also looked at me as a competitor.

Inspiration
I was inspired by two people when in school; my Maths teacher Pramod Lal who encouraged me to participate in various local talent tests, and a brilliant boy called Chowdhary, who was my senior.

When I came to know that he had joined Gowtham Junior College to prepare for IIT-JEE, it became my dream too. I was school first in 10th scoring 542/600.

Because I topped in the state exams, Gowtham Junior College waived the fee for me. Pramod Sir's recommendation also helped. The fee was around Rs 50,000 per year, which my parents could never afford.

Moving to a residential school
Living in a residential school was a big change for me because till then my life centred around home and school and I had my parents and sister to take care of all my needs. It was the first time that I was interacting with society. It took one year for me to adjust to the new life.

There, my inspiration was a boy called K K S Bhaskar who was in the top 10 in IIT-JEE exams. He used to come to our school to encourage us. Though my parents didn't know anything about Gowtham Junior School or IIT, they always saw to it that I was encouraged in whatever I wanted to do. If the results were good, they would praise me to the skies and if bad, they would try to see something good in that. They did not want me to feel bad.

They are such wonderful supportive parents.

Life at IIT- Madras
Though my overall rank in the IIT-JEE was not that great (992), I was 4th in the physically handicapped category. So, I joined IIT, Madras to study Computer Science.

Here, my role model was Karthik who was also my senior in school. I looked up to him during my years at IIT- Madras.

He had asked for attached bathrooms for those with special needs before I came here itself. So, when I came here, the room had attached bath. He used to help me and guide me a lot when I was here.

I evolved as a person in these four years, both academically and personally. It has been a great experience studying here. The people I was interacting with were so brilliant that I felt privileged to sit along with them in the class. Just by speaking to my lab mates, I gained a lot.

'There are more good people in society than bad ones'
July 28, 2008

Words are inadequate to express my gratitude to Prof Pandurangan and all my lab mates; all were simply great. I was sent to Boston along with four others for our internship by Prof Pandurangan. It was a great experience.

Joining Google R&D
I did not want to pursue PhD as I wanted my parents to take rest now.

Morgan Stanley selected me first but I preferred Google because I wanted to work in pure computer science, algorithms and game theory.

I am lucky
Do you know why I say I am lucky?

I get help from total strangers without me asking for it. Once after my second year at IIT, I with some of my friends was travelling in a train for a conference. We met a kind gentleman called Sundar in the train, and he has been taking care of my hostel fees from then on.

I have to mention about Jaipur foot. I had Jaipur foot when I was in 3rd standard. After two years, I stopped using them. As I had almost no stems on my legs, it was very tough to tie them to the body. I found walking with Jaipur foot very, very slow. Sitting also was a problem. I found my tricycle faster because I am one guy who wants to do things faster.

One great thing about the hospital is, they don't think their role ends by just fixing the Jaipur foot; they arrange for livelihood for all. They asked me what help I needed from them. I told them at that time, if I got into an IIT, I needed financial help from them. So, from the day I joined IIT, Madras, my fees were taken care of by them. So, my education at the IIT was never a burden on my parents and they could take care of my sister's Nursing studies.

Surprise awaited me at IIT
After my first year, when I went home, two things happened here at the Institute without my knowledge.

I got a letter from my department that they had arranged a lift and ramps at the department for me. It also said that if I came a bit early and checked whether it met with my requirements, it would be good.

Second surprise was, the Dean, Prof Idichandy and the Students General Secretary, Prasad had located a place that sold powered wheel chairs. The cost was Rs 55,000. What they did was, they did not buy the wheel chair; they gave me the money so that the wheel chair belonged to me and not the institute.

My life changed after that. I felt free and independent.

That's why I say I am lucky. God has planned things for me and takes care of me at every step.

The world is full of good people
I also feel if you are motivated and show some initiative, people around you will always help you. I also feel there are more good people in society than bad ones. I want all those who read this to feel that if Naresh can achieve something in life, you can too.

பரம்பொருளே பார்த்தசாரதி

2008-07-02T10:58:00.002+05:30

மயில்கள் ஆர்க்கும் ஊர் மயிலாப்பூர் என்றும்; அல்லி மலர்கள் நிறைந்த கேணி திருவல்லிக்கேணி என்றும் அழைக்கப்பட்டன. இந்த இரண்டு ஊர்களைச் சேர்த்தே பழங்காலத்தில் மயிலைத் திருவல்லிக்கேணி கிராமங்கள் என்று அழைப்பார்கள். இந்தத் திருவல்லிக்கேணி முற்காலத்தில் எப்படி இருந்தது தெரியுமா?

இரவியின் கதிர்கள் உட்புகமுடியாத அடர்ந்த சோலைகள் உள்ள ஊராக இருந்தது. அதுமட்டுமா? ஒப்பில்லாத மாதர்கள் வாழும் மாட மாமயிலைத் திருவல்லிக்கேணியாக இருந்தது. அதாவது அழகிய பெண்கள் வாழ்கின்ற மாடங்கள் நிறைந்த மயிலாப்பூர்த் திருவல்லிக்கேணியாக இருந்தது.

மயிலாப்பூரின் சிறப்பு, கபாலீஸ்வரர் கோவில். திருவல்லிக்கேணியின் சிறப்பு, பார்த்தசாரதி ஸ்வாமி கோவில். சுமதி என்கிற மன்னன் திருவேங்கடமுடையானை தரிசனம் செய்து வந்தான். பாரதப் போரில் பஞ்சபாண்டவர்களை வழிநடத்திய ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணர் மீது அவனுக்கு மிகுந்த பிரேமை. ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின் தரிசனம் வேண்டுமென்று இறைஞ்சிக் கேட்டுக் கொண்டான்.

ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணர் வாழ்ந்த இடத்துக்குப் போக வேண்டுமென்றால் வடக்கே வெகுதொலைவு மலைகளையும், காடுகளையும் ஆறுகளையும் தாண்டிப் போகவேண்டுமே என்று கவலைப்பட்டான்.

சுமதி மன்னன் கனவில் வேங்கடவன் தோன்றி, தன்னை தரிசிக்க அவ்வளவு தொலைவு போக வேண்டியதில்லை. இங்கே பிருந்தாரண்யம் எனப்படுகின்ற (பிருந்தா _ துளசி; ஆரண்யம் _ காடு.) திருவல்லிக்கேணியில் தான் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணனாக எழுந்தருளியிருப்பதாய் விவரம் சொல்ல, சுமதி மன்னன் இங்கு வந்து பாரதப் போரில் அர்ஜுனனுக்கு சாரதியாய் இருந்த ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணனை கண் குளிர தரிசனம் செய்தான். கோவிலும் எழுப்பினான். திருவல்லிக்கேணிக்கருகே துளசி வனத்திற்கு நடுவே

ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணர் குடும்ப சமேதராகக் காட்சி தருகிறார்.

திரண்ட புஜங்களோடு வலது கையில் சங்கம் ஏந்தி, இடது கை பாதத்தைச் சுட்டிக்காட்ட, உயரமாய் அகலமாய், கம்பீரனாய் பெரும் விழிகளோடு முகத்தில் வெள்ளை மீசையோடு இடுப்பில் கத்தியோடு சாளக்கிராம மாலையணிந்து ஆதிசேஷன் தலையில் நின்றவாறு காட்சியளிக்கிறார். வேங்கடவர் சுட்டிக் காட்டிய கிருஷ்ணர் என்பதால், வேங்கடகிருஷ்ணன் என்று பெயர்.

வேங்கடகிருஷ்ணனுக்கு அருகே அதே கம்பீரத்தோடு, கூர்மையான நாசியும் புன்சிரிப்பு தவழும் உதடும் வலது கையில் குமுத மலரும் கொண்டு ருக்மணி தேவி இருக்கிறார். ருக்மணி தேவியின் வலப்பக்கத்தில் உழு கலப்பையோடு பலராமர் காட்சி தருகிறார். வேங்கடகிருஷ்ணரின் இடப்பக்கம் தம்பி சாத்யகியும், அவருக்கு அருகே தெற்கு நோக்கி மகன் பிரத்யும்னனும்,

பேரன் அநிருத்தனும் காட்சி தருகிறார்கள். சன்னதிக்கு அருகே நின்று கைகூப்ப, மனம் கிரங்கும்.

சாத்யகிக்கு நேரெதிரேயுள்ள ஒரு ஆசனத்தில் ஸ்ரீதேவி பூதேவி சமேதராக உற்சவர் எழுந்தருளியிருக்கிறார். இந்த உற்சவருக்குத்தான் பார்த்தசாரதி என்று பெயர்.

ஆதிகாலத்தில், மூன்றுமுறை இந்த பார்த்தசாரதி ஸ்வாமியை உலோகத்தில் வார்த்தும், முகம் மட்டும் பருக்கள் நிறைந்து காணப்பட்டது.

என்ன இப்படி ஆகிவிட்டதே என்று சிற்பி கவலைப்பட, 'பாரதப் போரில் என் முகம் அம்பால் காயப்பட்டது. அதை நினைவுறுத்தும் வண்ணமாகவே இந்த இடத்தில் நான் இப்படி எழுந்தருளியிருக்கிறேன்' என்று சிற்பிக்கு, வேங்கடகிருஷ்ணன் கனவில் ஆறுதல் சொன்னதாக செவிவழிச் செய்தி உண்டு.

ஒயில் நிறைந்த இந்த பார்த்தசாரதி சிலையில் மற்ற அங்கங்கள் மிக சுத்தமாக இருக்க, முகத்தில் மட்டும் தழும்புகள் இருப்பதைக் காணலாம். அது மட்டுமல்லாது இடதுகால் பெருவிரலுக்கு அடுத்த விரலில் நகம் இருக்காது. பாரதப் போரில் பீஷ்மர் சரணாகதிக்காக அம்புவிட, அந்த அம்பு கிருஷ்ணரின் அந்த விரல் நகத்தைக் கீறியது என்றும் சொல்கிறார்கள்.

பார்த்தசாரதியின் இடுப்பில் யசோதையால் கயிறு கட்டப்பட்ட தழும்பு இருக்கிறதென்றும் கூறுகிறார்கள். மிகமிகத் தொன்மையான இந்தச் சிலைக்குக் கவசம் பூட்டி கண்ணும் கருத்துமாய் காப்பாற்றுகிறார்கள்.

சற்று தொலைவில் திருவாய்மொழி மண்டபத்திலிருந்து பார்க்க, ஒரு செவ்வக வாசல் முழுவதையும் அடைத்துக் கொண்டு, கருணை பொங்கும் பெரும் விழிகளும் வெள்ளை மீசையுமாய் மூலவரான வேங்கட கிருஷ்ணனைக் கண்குளிரக் காணலாம்.

உற்றுப் பார்க்க, அந்தக் கண்கள் இன்னும் அருகே வா என்றழைக்கும்.

சாரதி என்றால் யார்? தேரோட்டுபவன் மட்டுமா? இல்லை. இங்கு, கண்ணன் வழிகாட்டி. நம்மைப் போன்ற குடும்பிகளுக்கு பிரச்னையே, இனி அடுத்து என்ன செய்வது என்பதுதான். அடுத்து என்ன செய்வது என்று வழிகாட்டுபவன், பார்த்தசாரதி.

நல்லபுருஷன் வேண்டுமென்கிற பெண்ணுக்கு; நல்ல மனைவி வேண்டுமென்கிற ஆணுக்கு; நல்ல குடும்பம் அமைய வேண்டுமென்கிற தாபமுள்ள குடும்பிக்கு ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதியே வழிகாட்டி. அதேபோல புத்திக்கு வழிகாட்டி. பார்த்தசாரதிக்கு நேர் பின்னே மேற்கு நோக்கி எழுந்தருளியிருக்கும் யோக நரசிம்மர், புத்தியில் சிக்கல் ஏற்பட்டால் தெளிவுபடுத்த வழிகாட்டுவார்.

ஞானப் பாதைக்கு அழைத்துச் செல்வார். நாக்கு இல்லாத அலங்கார மணிகள் கொண்ட கதவினை உடைய வாசல். நிஷ்டையில் அமர்ந்திருக்கும் நரசிம்மருக்கு எதிரே தனி கொடிமரமும் பலிபீடமும் இருக்கின்றன. இந்த நரசிம்மரை, இங்குள்ள வைணவர்கள், பெரியவர் என்றும், தாத்தா என்றும் அழைக்கிறார்கள். இந்த நரசிம்மருக்கு முதல் பூஜை, முதல் கோஷ்டி ஆனபிறகு ஸ்ரீ பார்த்தசாரதிக்கு பூஜையும் கோஷ்டியும் ஆகும். மிக உக்கிரமாக இருந்த இந்த சன்னதி, காலப் போக்கில் பல்வேறு ஞானிகளால் உக்கிரம் குறைக்கப்பட்டு, சாந்த ஸ்வரூபியாக அஞ்சேல் என்று அபயம் அளிப்பவராக திருஷ்டி தோஷம் நீக்குபவராக காட்சியளிக்கிறார். இங்கே முகத்தில் அடிக்கப்படும் சங்கு தீர்த்தத்தால், பல்வேறு பயங்கள், தோஷங்கள் நீங்குகின்றன.

ஒரு ஊர் சிறப்பாவது அந்த ஊரின் கோவிலால். அந்தக் கோவில் சிறப்பாவது அந்த ஊர் மக்களால். திருவல்லிக்கேணி பார்த்தசாரதி சமேத வேங்கட கிருஷ்ணனை திருவல்லிக்கேணி வைணவர்கள் மனமாரக் கொண்டாடுகிறார்கள். நாள் தவறாது கோஷ்டியாய் அமர்ந்து நாலாயிர திவ்யபிரபந்தயத்தை ஓதுகிறார்கள். வருடத்திற்கு ஐந்துமுறை நாலாயிரம் பாடல்களையும் முழுவதுமாய் குழுவாய் அமர்ந்து சொல்லுகின்ற ஒரு வழக்கம் இங்கு மட்டுமே வெகு கண்டிப்பாய் பின்பற்றப்படுகிறது. கெஞ்சிக் கூத்தாடியோ, காசு கொடுத்தோ பிரபந்தம் ஓதுபவர்களைக் கொண்டுவரவேண்டிய அவசியமில்லை. ஊரிலுள்ள வைணவர்களே

பரம்பரை பரம்பரையாக மிகுந்த ஆர்வத்தோடு இங்கு பிரபந்தம் ஓதுதலைக் குறைவின்றி செய்கிறார்கள். இந்த ஒரு பெருமாள் மட்டும்தான் காதுகுளிரக் கேட்பதற்குண்டான வரத்தை வாங்கிக் கொண்டு வந்திருக்கிறார் என்று, திருவல்லிக்கேணி வைணவர்கள் கம்பீரமாய்ச் சொல்லுகிறார்கள். மிகுந்த கட்டுப்பாட்டோடும், கவனத்தோடும், நூற்றுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட வைணவர்கள் அமர்ந்து தமிழ் வேதம் என்று அழைக்கப்படும் அந்த நாலாயிர திவ்யபிரபந்தம் ஓதுதலை மன நிறைவோடு செய்கிறார்கள்.

பெருமாளுக்கு நைவேத்தியத்தில் மிளகாய் சேர்ப்பதில்லை. மிளகுதான் உபயோகம். எண்ணெய்ப் பண்டங்கள் இல்லை, கோவில் மிகப் பழமையானது என்பதற்கு, ஆயிரத்து இருநூறு வருடங்களுக்கு முந்தைய கல்வெட்டொன்று சாட்சியாக இருக்கிறது.

அங்குள்ள நிலக்கிழார்கள் கோவிலுக்குச் சொந்தமான கருமாரிச் சேரிப் புலத்தை அடகு வைத்தபடியால் அங்கிருந்து வரும் நெல்,

ஸ்வாமிக்கு போஜனத்திற்கு இல்லாமல் போயிற்று. அதை விஜயன் அரையன் என்கிற பக்தன் ஒருவன் காசு கொடுத்து மீட்டு, ஸர்மன், இளைய சட்டி ஸர்மன் என்ற இரண்டு அந்தணர்களிடம் கொடுத்து, ஸ்வாமிக்கு நாள் தவறாமல் திருவமுது கிடைக்கும்படியாய் கட்டளையிட்டு, அவர்கள் அவ்விதம் செய்வதற்கு உபயோகமாய் உலோகப்பானை ஒன்றும் தானமாகக் கொடுத்தான் என்று அந்தக் கல்வெட்டு சொல்கிறது. இப்படி பெருமாளுக்குத் தவறாது திருவமுது செய்து வரும் கைங்கர்யத்தை

எவர் தொடர்ந்தாலும் அவருடைய பாதத்தில் என் சிரஸ் என்று அந்தக் குறுநில மன்னன் வேண்டிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறான்.

அதுமட்டுமல்ல. மிகச் சமீபத்தில் ஆயிரத்துத் தொள்ளாயிரத்து முப்பத்தாறில் கோவில் விமானத்துக்கு தங்க முலாம் பூச வேண்டுமென்று தாமிரத் தகடு வாங்க, தங்கம் சேகரித்து பலர் முயற்சி செய்திருக்கிறார்கள். ஆனால், தங்கம் முழுவதுமாக வாங்க முடியவில்லை.

விமானத்தின் இரண்டு பக்கம் மட்டுமே தங்கமுலாம் பூசக்கூடிய அளவுக்கு தங்கம் கிடைத்தது. இன்னும் இரண்டாயிரம் தோலா தங்கம் கிடைத்தால் விமானம் முழுவதும் தங்க முலாம் பூசிவிடலாம். ஆகவே இந்த இரண்டாயிரம் தோலா கொடுப்பவர்கள் எவராயினும் அவர் பாதத்தின் மீது எங்கள் சிரஸ என்று தெலுங்கிலே ஒரு கல்வெட்டு இருக்கிறது. (ஒரு தோலா என்பது பன்னிரண்டு கிராம். இரண்டாயிரம் தோலா என்பது மூவாயிரம் சவரன்).

சென்னை நகர மக்கள் நினைத்தால் இரண்டாயிரம் தோலா தங்கத்தை ஒரே வருடத்தில் பார்த்தசாரதி பெருமாளுக்கு அன்பளிப்பாகக் கொடுத்து விட முடியும். அறுபத்து எட்டு வருட தவம் பூர்த்தியாகும். அன்று பல பெரியவர்கள் முயன்று முடியாத அக்கைங்கர்யம் எளிதாக நிறைவேறும். அப்படி விமானம் முழுதும் தங்க முலாம் பூசப்பெற்றால் சென்னை நகரம்

மேன்மேலும் வளமாகும் என்கிற நம்பிக்கை இருக்கிறது.

சிறிதும் இல்லாது பெரிதும் இல்லாத கோவில். பல்வேறு காலகட்டங்களில் பல்வேறுவித மண்டபங்கள் கட்டப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன.

கொடிமரத்துக்கருகேயுள்ள ஒரு மண்டபம், ஒரு தேவரடியார் தன்னுடைய சொந்தக் காசிலிருந்து கட்டியதாய் சொல்லப்படுகிறது.

அந்த மண்டபத் தூண்களிலுள்ள புடைப்புச் சிற்பங்கள் மிக நேர்த்தியானவை.

ஹிரண்யனை நரசிம்மர் நின்றவாக்கிலே அவன் இரண்டு கால்களையும் தலைமயிரையும் இரண்டு கைகளால் பற்றி பழங்காலை உயர்த்தி அவன் முதுகெலும்பை உடைத்துப் போடுவதாய் ஒரு வேகமுள்ள சிற்பம் இருக்கிறது. அதுமட்டுமல்லாது

பார்த்தசாரதி சன்னதிக்கருகே ஸ்ரீமந்நாதர் என்கிற பெயரோடு அனந்தசயனப் பெருமாளின் சன்னதி இருக்கிறது. சதுர்புஜங்களோடு ஆதிசேஷன்மீது நாராயணன் சயனித்திருக்கிறார்.

ஒரு கை பாம்பணை மீதும், ஒரு கை முத்திரையாகவும், இன்னொரு கை தொடை மீதும் இருக்க, நான்காவது கை உயர்ந்து ஒரு விரலை வளைத்து, அருகே வா என்று அழைப்பது போல காட்சியளிக்கிறது. ஸ்ரீதேவியும் பூதேவியும் அருகே இருக்க, நாபியிலிருந்து தாமரை மலர்ந்து அதன் மேலே பிரம்மதேவன் அமர்ந்திருக்கிறார். அந்த அனந்த சயனப் பெருமாளுக்கருகே, உள்ளே மறைவாக, சிரித்தபடி நரசிம்மரும் சிந்தனை மிக்க வராகரும் அமர்ந்திருக்கிறார்கள்.

அனந்த சயனப் பெருமாளுக்கு அருகே ஸ்ரீ ராமருடைய சன்னதி இருக்கிறது. சீதை, லட்சுமணரோடு மட்டுமல்லாமல், பரதரோடும் சத்ருக்னரோடும் ஸ்ரீராமர் காட்சியளிக்கிறார். அவருக்கு நேரெதிரே ஹனுமான் கூப்பிய கரங்களோடு நிற்கிறார்.

தாயாரின் பெயர் ஸ்ரீ வேதவல்லி. தனி சன்னதியும் அவருக்கருகே ஸ்ரீ கஜேந்திர வரதரின் சன்னதியும் இருக்கின்றன. கீதை படித்து கண்ணனை ஆழ்ந்து நேசிக்கிற அத்தனை பேரும் இந்த இடத்திற்கு வந்து கண்குளிர வேங்கடகிருஷ்ணனையும் பார்த்தசாரதியையும் பார்த்து வணங்க வேண்டும்.

குடும்பம் சுமுகமாக இருக்க கண்ணனை வழிபட வேண்டும். மனம் அமைதியாக இருக்க யோக நரசிம்மர் முன் கைகட்டி நிற்க வேண்டும். வீட்டில் நிம்மதியும், மனசில் அமைதியும் இருந்தால் அதைவிடச் சிறப்பான வாழ்க்கை வேறென்ன உண்டு?

உன்னை சகல துன்பங்களிலிருந்தும் காப்பாற்ற நான் இருக்கிறேன் என்று ஸ்ரீ பார்த்தசாரதியான வேங்கடகிருஷ்ணன் உயரமாய் அகலமாய் பெரும் விழிகளோடும், சிரித்த முகத்தோடும், நல்ல வீரமான மீசையோடும், கம்பீரத்தோடும், வா வா என்று கருணையோடு உங்களை அருகே அழைக்கிறான். எட்டி விலகி நின்று பார்க்கும்போதே அவன் அருகே போக வேண்டுமென்கிற ஆவலும், ஏக்கமும் நிச்சயம் ஏற்படும். இடையறாது அந்தக் கண்களைப் பார்த்துக் கொண்டேயிருந்தால் உள்ளுக்குள் மாற்றங்கள் நிச்சயம் நிகழும். வேண்டுவன கிடைக்கும்.

உன்னை சகல துன்பங்களிலிருந்தும் காப்பாற்ற நான் இருக்கிறேன் என்று ஸ்ரீ பார்த்தசாரதியான வேங்கடகிருஷ்ணன் உயரமாய் கலமாய் பெரும் விழிகளோடும், சிரித்த முகத்தோடும், நல்ல வீரமான மீசையோடும், கம்பீரத்தோடும், வா வா என்று கருணையோடு உங்களை அருகே அழைக்கிறான். எட்டி விலகி நின்று பார்க்கும்போதே அவன் அருகே போக வேண்டுமென்கிற ஆவலும், ஏக்கமும் நிச்சயம் ஏற்படும். இடையறாது அந்தக் கண்களைப் பார்த்துக் கொண்டேயிருந்தால் உள்ளுக்குள் மாற்றங்கள் நிிச்சயம் நிகழும். வேண்டுவன கிடைக்கும்.

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Firefox 3.0 Record Download Attempt Crashes Mozilla Servers

2008-06-18T17:36:00.002+05:30

Mozilla hopes to successfully complete 5 million downloads of the Web browser in 24 hours and set a Guinness World Record.

Mozilla's record-breaking attempt to massively release Firefox 3.0, the latest version of the only Web browser to compete with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s Internet Explorer, unfortunately broke some of its servers as well.

Mozilla said it aimed to set a world record with the official release out of beta Tuesday. The latest version offers additional features, faster speeds, and enhanced security.

Mozilla encouraged users to host download parties so it could set a Guinness World Record for the number of downloads in one day. Currently, Guinness does not hold recorded information on the number of downloads in a single day.

Nevertheless, Mozilla has generated plenty of excitement about the launch, with nearly 2 million people saying they would download the latest version. In fact, so many people tried to access the site that the servers appeared to crash. Attempts to reach the site for the latest version of Firefox were unsuccessful at least 20 minutes after the 1 p.m. Eastern time zone launch. Mozilla hopes to successfully complete 5 million downloads of the browser in 24 hours.

In a brief Twitter, Gina Trapani, editor of Lifehacker.com noted how badly the download was progressing. "Uh-oh, getfirefox.com taking forever to load already... this is like a scheduled, 24-hour DOS attack," she said. Similar posts were being filed throughout the blogosphere.

Mozilla promises speeds that are twice as fast for Web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office, as well as more efficient memory use. Finally, user bookmarks, histories, cookies and preferences are backed up on a secure database to prevent loss due to system crashes.

Firefox 3.0 reportedly has thousands of improvements, including an Awesome Bar, which can locate Web sites with regular words, rather than a URL. The bar locates sites based on recent visit and user browsing patterns. The bar can be disabled.

The latest version, under development for nearly three years, also warns users when sites they are about to visit have malware. Users can see who owns a Web site with one click and check to make sure their connections are protected from eavesdropping. Firefox automatically checks add-ons and plug-in versions, disabling older and insecure versions. The effective top-level domain service improves restriction of cookies. Anti-virus software has been integrated to coincide with downloads, and controls allow parents to disable downloads. And, Mozilla promises fewer cross-site JSON data leaks.

An information bar stores passwords after successful log-ins, replacing the dialog box. A revised download manager allows users to see and search the name of Web sites that delivered downloaded files and enables users to resume downloads after restarting browsers and resetting network connections, Mozilla said. Other conveniences include easier zooming, scrolling, podcast and videocast access, and text selection, among other features.

Mozilla said it has also improved Windows integration with better icons, interface widgets, and Web forms. For Macs, Firefox contains OS X widgets and it supports Growl for notification of downloads and updates. For Linux, Firefox offers default icons and styles based on the GTK theme.

The browsing experience will be more personal, with search results based on individual patterns, and Web-based protocol handlers allow users to access webmail more easily than from desktop applications.

For developers, the enhanced platform improves color management, graphics and fonts, and offline support, Mozilla said.

Find the detail break-up of the Final price of petrol available in pumps.

2008-06-03T17:53:00.000+05:30

This is a break up considering crude oil at 130 $ per barrel. Following details are for per liter petrol in Rs.

Basic Price = 21.93
Excise duty = 14.35
Education Tax = 0.43
Dealer commission = 1.05
VAT = 5.5
Crude Oil Custom duty = 1.1
Petrol Custom = 1.54
Transportation Charge = 6.00

Total price = Rs 51.90

So for a Rs 22 liter petrol at pumps we people pay Rs 28 tax extra.

Note: all the figures are approximate and eye opener.

Windows XP SP3 includes vulnerable Flash Player

2008-06-03T17:23:00.002+05:30

June 2, 2008 (Computerworld)

Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) ships with an out-of-date version of Adobe's Flash Player that's vulnerable to recently-spotted attacks, according to Microsoft's support documentation.

Windows XP SP3 includes Flash Player 9.0.115.0, a version released by Adobe Systems Inc. in December 2007. That version of Flash Player, however, was superseded by version 9.0.124.0 on April 8, nearly two weeks before Microsoft decided SP3 was done by giving it a Release To Manufacturing (RTM) label and sending it out for distribution.

The older version that shipped with XP SP3, however, harbors a bug that hackers have been exploiting since last week; that's when security researchers, including those at Symantec Corp., reported what they at first thought was a zero-day vulnerability in the most current edition of Flash, 9.0.124.0. A few days later, however, Symantec retracted that claim, and said that only the older 9.0.115.0 was at risk.

Adobe has confirmed that version 9.0.115.0, included with XP SP3, is vulnerable to the ongoing attacks, which have originated from Chinese servers. Users have been attacked after visiting legitimate Web sites that had been hacked using now-common SQL-injection attacks.

Microsoft noted that it bundled the outdated version of Flash Player with Windows XP in a document published on its support site; that document was last revised three weeks ago, on May 13. It has not advertised the fact, however, or issued a security advisory recommending that users update Flash.

Computerworld has confirmed that PCs running XP SP3 use the obsolete 9.0.115.0 version of Flash.

Adobe patched Flash on April 8 to plug seven vulnerabilities, including one that was reported two weeks earlier after a researcher used it to claim a $5,000 prize in a hacking challenge.

Although Microsoft tagged Windows XP SP3 as RTM April 21, it didn't release the service pack into general distribution via Windows Update until May 6. It has not yet triggered the update service to automatically download and install the service pack to users who have that option turned on; instead, users must explicitly go Windows Update and select SP3 from a list of offered updates.

Late Monday, Microsoft declined to answer questions about Flash, including why it wasn't able to add the newest version to XP SP3 and what advice it would give users.

Users running XP SP3 can determine which version of Flash Player is installed by calling up this Adobe page in their browser. Adobe has recommended that all users update to version 9.0.124.0.

Warne to be highest paid cricketer in IPL

2008-06-03T17:11:00.000+05:30

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sponsored Indian Premier League (IPL) will see the recently retired Australian spin legend Shane Warne drawing the highest fee with a staggering USD 400,000 in his kitty.

The BCCI managing committee announced the names of 34 cricketers including Warne, who have signed the contract and would be competing in next year's cricket league.

Retired Aussie pacer Glenn McGrath and prolific middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf will earn 350,000 dollar and 330,000 dollar respectively, announced BCCI treasurer N Srinivasan here today.

Former Kiwi skipper Stephen Fleming has been offered 350,000 dollar while 10 other cricketers were offered in the 225,000 dollar bracket. However, the board did not mention the names of any Indian cricketers who have been offered a contract amount.

On being asked about Australian captain Ricky Ponting and swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist's decision on joining the league, Mr Srinivasan said the board was in talks with them and would make a formal announcement soon.

Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar (2,25000 dollar) and captain Shoaib Malik (300,000 dollar) have also confirmed their participation in the league along with retired Sri Lankan star Sanath Jayasuriya.

Jayasuriya's team mate and highest wicket taker in Tests Muttiah Muralitharan has been offered 250,000 dollars.

So far cricketers from six countries which include players from Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies were given the contract.

The treasurer said that the amount paid to the cricketers would be for a period of one year and their contract will be reviewed later.

Lanky fast bowler from Srilanka, Nuwan Zoysa would be the lowest paid cricketer in the league with an offer of 100,000 dollars.

BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah also announced a hike in the dearness allowance from Rs 5000 to 10,000 and travelling allowance from Rs 7000 to 10,000 for the board members and the selectors.

How do we get oil and gas out of the ground?

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Oil and gas can get trapped in pockets underground such as where the rocks are folded into an umbrella shape.

Oil and gas can move through the porous rocks (rocks with gaps between the grains). The oil and gas move upwards from the source rock where they were formed. When they met a layer of cap rock (a rock with no spaces between the grains) the oil and gas are trapped.

A well is drilled so that the crude oil and other liquids travel up the bore hole. When it comes to the surface the crude oil has to be moved closer to where it is needed.

Finding oil and gas trapped deep underground and drilling a well are very complicated and expensive. It costs millions of pound to drill a well and only a few are successful. The liquids found underground can be a complicated mixture of water, crude oil and gas. The crude oil and gas need to be separated before they can be transported safely.

Which rocks are porous and could make good reservoir rock?

Plan an investigation to find out which rocks are most porous.

Can you find out how the people who search for oil discover oil traps deep beneath the land and sea bed?

How are oil and gas transported?

Oil and gas are often found far away or under the sea.
They have to be transported to an oil refinery.
This is often through a pipeline or in a tanker.

The crude oil is often found in remote places such as deserts, jungle or the Arctic. Transport of the crude oil to the refinery is sometimes very complicated. The oil refinery turns crude oil into useful products and materials. These are transported all over Britain or abroad. The products can travel through pipelines, by road, rail or by boats around the coast or along rivers and canals.

How is crude oil turned into finished products?

Crude oil is often a dark, sticky liquid that cannot be used without changing it. The first part of refining crude oil is to heat it until it boils. The boiling liquid is separated into different liquids and gases in a distillation column. These liquids are used to make petrol, paraffin, diesel fuel etc.

Crude oil is a mixture of different chemical called hydrocarbons. The boiling oil turns into a mixture of gases in the column. The gases flow up the column which is hottest at the bottom and cooler at the top. The gases cool down as they go up the column until they condense (turn back into liquid again). The separated liquids and gases, after cleaning and further processing, are used to make many products.

Liquids from refining oil still have to be changed to make them more useful. Sometimes it's to make them clean enough to be used. Sometimes it's to turn some of the unwanted liquids into things people want to buy.

The heavier liquids are in less demand from customers so are turned into lighter products that are in demand. One of the processes is called catalytic cracking. It breaks down some of the heavy liquids from the distillation column.

The heavy liquids are changed into simple and more useful liquids and gases. Cracking is just one of many chemical changes in an oil refinery.

Which of the products from oil refining are used in the largest quantities?
What is the point of cracking heavy liquids into lighter liquids and gases?

What things are made from oil and gas?

In an oil refinery and in a chemical works, crude oil and gas are turned into hundreds of useful products.

How do these products get to the customer?

Thousands of people are employed to make sure all these useful products get to the millions of people in Britain and overseas who wat to buy them everyday.

Many thousands of people are employed in Britain's oil and gas industry. Many of these work to get petrol and diesel fuel to where it is wanted - Britain's 10,000 filling stations - for motorists, lorrydrivers, taxis and buses.

Make a list of the jobs involved in finding and getting oil from under the ground to the petrol and diesel fuel at the filling station pumps.

Don't forget to include exploration, drilling, refining, transporting, selling and all the supporting jobs.

SATELLITE SPACE CAMERA VIEW !

2008-05-21T12:43:00.002+05:30

Niagara Falls

The image shows the Niagara River that connects Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, snaking around Goat Island, in the lower left of the full image. Most of the river's water plummets over the Canadian/Horseshoe Falls, but some diverted water spills over American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls downstream. Every second, more than two million liters of water plunges over the Horsehoe Falls segment of Niagara Falls creating one of the world's largest waterfalls as well as eating away as much as two meters of rock per year. The image was acquired August 2, 2004

Tsunami strikes the coast of Sri Lanka

This is a natural color, 60-centimeter (2-foot) high-resolution QuickBird satellite image featuring the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Imagery was collected on December 26, 2004 at 10:20 a.m. local time, slightly less than four hours after the 6:28 a.m. (local Sri Lanka time) earthquake and shortly after the moment of tsunami impact.

Ground Zero, New York City

This one-meter resolution satellite image of Manhattan, New York was collected at 11:43 a.m. EDT on Sept. 12, 2001 by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite. The image shows an area of white and gray-colored dust and smoke at the location where the 1,350-foot towers of the World Trade Center once stood. Since all airplanes were grounded over the U.S. after the attack, IKONOS ! was the only commercial high-resolution camera that could take an overhead image at the time.

Grand Canyon

Northern Arizona and the Grand Canyon are captured in this pair of Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) images from December 31, 2000. The above image is a true color view from the nadir (vertical) camera. In addition to the Grand Canyon itself, which is visible in the western (lower) half of the images, other landmarks include Lake Powell, on the left, and Humphreys Peak and Sunset Crater National Monument on the right. Meteor Crater appears as a small dark depression with a brighter rim, and is just visible along the upper right-hand edge.

Malosmadulu Atolls, Maldives

North and South Malosmadulu Atolls are in the Maldives, an island republic in the northern Indian Ocean, southwest of India. The Maldives are made up of a chain! of 1,192 small coral islands, which are grouped into clusters of atolls.. It has a total area of 298 square kilometers and a population of about 330,000. The capital and largest city is Male, with a population of about 80,000. Arguably the lowest-lying country in the world, the average elevation is just 1 meter above sea level. The natural-color ASTER image of the Malosmadulu Atolls was acquired on December 22, 2002, and is centered near 5.3 degrees North latitude, 73.9 degrees West longitude.

Ayers Rock (Uluru), Australia

This IKONOS satellite image of Ayers Rock was collected Jan. 17, 2004. Ayers Rock is located in Kata Tjuta National Park, 280 miles (450km) southwest of Alice Springs, Australia. It is the world's largest monolith, an Aboriginal sacred site and Australia's most famous natural landmark.

Noah's Ark Site?

Is it or isn't it? Satellite images of Mt. Ararat, Turkey have pointed to a possible sighting of Noah's Ark. Decide for yourself! Compare this image taken by Digital Globe on September 10, 2003 with Shamrock -- The Trinity Corporation's image (enlarge). Also, note their image is flipped.

The Nile River

This image of the northern portion of the Nile River was captured by the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer's (MISR's) nadir camera on January 30, 2001. Against the barren desert of northeastern Africa, the fertile valley of the Nile River runs northward through Egypt. The city of Cairo can be seen as a gray smudge right where the river widens into its broad fan-shaped delta. Other cities are dotted across the green landscape, giving it a speckled appearance. Where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea (top) the waters are swirling with color, likely a mixture of sediment, organic matter, and possibly marine plant life. Farther west! , the bright blue color of the water is likely less-organically rich sediment, perhaps sand.

Earth's City Lights

This image of Earth's city lights, captured on October 19, 2000, was created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS). The brightest areas of the Earth are the most urbanized, but not necessarily the most populated. Cities tend to grow along coastlines and transportation networks. The United States interstate highway system appears as a lattice connecting the brighter dots of city centers. In Russia, the Trans-Siberian railroad is a thin line stretching from Moscow through the center of Asia to Vladivostok. The Nile River, from the Aswan Dam to the Mediterranean Sea, is another bright thread through an otherwise dark region.

Mount St. Helens, Washington

On a Space Station expedition, astronauts observed and captured this detailed image of the volcano's summit caldera. In the center of the crater sits a lava dome that is 876 feet above the crater floor and is about 3,500 feet in diameter. The dome began to form after the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens. After the eruption, there was not any dome building eruptions for more than a decade. Afternoon lighting accents the flow features in the volcanic and debris flows and the steep valleys eroded into the loosely consolidated material near the summit. This picture was taken on October 25, 2002

The Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt

List of Water falls in India

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Andhra Pradesh

Chhattisgarh

Chitrakot 100 feet
Teerathgarh Falls 300 feet

Goa

Dudhsagar Falls 1,017 feet

Himachal Pradesh

Bundla Falls 328 feet
Palani Falls 492 feet

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Abbey Falls, Karnataka

Abbey Falls
Arisina Gundi Falls
Barkana Falls 850 feet
Bennehole Fals 230 feet
Chunchanakatte Falls
Emmeshirla Falls also called Kanchaguli Falls
Godchinamalaki Falls 43 metres
Gokak Falls 171 feet
Hebbe Falls 551 feet
Irupu Falls
Jog Falls 829 feet
Kalhatti Falls 400 feet
Keppa Falls 380 feet
Koosalli Falls 380 feet
Kudumari Falls 300 feet
Kunchikal Falls 1,493 feet
Magod Falls 650 feet
Manikyadhara Falls
Mekedaatu (Goat's Leap)
Muthyala Maduvu Waterfall 300 feet
Shivanasamudra Falls 320 feet
Unchalli Falls (Lushington Falls) 116 metres
Sathodi Falls 50 feet
Varapoha Falls 60 metres
Sirimane Falls, near Sringeri, Shimoga
shimsa Falls 300 feet
chunchi Falls 250 feet

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Chachai Falls 427 feet
Gatha Falls 300 feet
Keoti Falls 427 feet
Rajat Prapat Falls 350 feet
Patalpani Falls 200 feet

Maharashtra

Kune Falls 656 feet
Pandavgat Falls 350 feet
Marleshwar Falls, Devrukh

Meghalaya

Beadon Falls 394 feet
Bishop Falls (India) 443 feet
Kynrem Falls 1,000 feet
Langshiang Falls 1,107 feet
Nohkalikai Falls 1,100 feet
Nohsngithiang Falls 1,035 feet
Sweet Falls 315 feet
Elephant Falls
Crinoline Falls
Margaret Falls
Spread Eagle Falls

Mizoram

Vantawng Falls 750 feet

Orissa

Duduma Falls 516 feet
Joranda Falls 492 feet
Khandadhar Falls 800 feet
waterfall near Buguda
Barehipani 1308 feet around 400 mt ( This is situated at a height of 700 mt from sea level)

Tamil Nadu

Agaya Gangai in Kolli Hills near Namakkal
Amirthi falls 25 km south of Vellore in Javadu Hills
Anju Veedu 27 km from Kodaikanal in the Villpatti Range
Ayyanar Falls 10KM south of Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar District
Bamen Falls - in Palani Hills National Park
Bear Shola Falls - 2 km from Kodaikanal
Catherine falls Kotagiri
Elk falls Kotagiri
Fairy Falls - 5 km from Kodaikanal
Glen Falls - in Palani Hills National Park
Hogenakal Falls 20 m
Kalikesam falls in Kanyakumari district
Kiliyur Falls 300 feet
Koraiyar Falls in Pachaimalai near Arumbavur
Kovai Kutralam at Siruvani 37 km from Coimbatore
Kumbakkarai Falls in the foothills, 8 km from Periyakulam
Kuthiraiyar Falls near Pappampatti (Palani)
Kutralam Falls 167 metres

Aintharuvi - Five Falls
Chitraruvi - Small Falls
Pazhathotta Aruvi - Fruit Garden Falls or Orchid Falls
Pazhaya Courtallam - Old Falls
Peraruvi - Main Falls
Puli Aruvi - Tiger Falls
Puthu Aruvi - New Falls or Palaruvi - Milk Falls - The falls look like white milk
Shenbaga Devi Falls - The area is filled with Senbhaga Trees
Thenaruvi - Honey Falls - The area is known for the honey

Mangalam Aruvi (Mangalam falls) in Pachaimalai
Mayil Uthu Falls 18km from Esanai in Pachaimalai
Monkey Falls on Coimbatore-Pollachi-Valparai Highways
Neptune Falls rapids - in Palani Hills National Park
Pambar Falls - 4 km from Kodaikanal
Periyar Falls Kalrayan Hills
Pudur Megan Falls Kalrayan Hills
Pykara falls Nelgiris
Sengupathi Falls Coimbatore - Siruvani main Road.
Silver Cascade - 8 km from Kodaikanal 55 m high
Siruvani Waterfalls at Siruvani near Pollachi
Skamba Falls - 8 km from Kodaikanal
Snake Falls - in Palani Hills National Park
Suruli Falls 123-km from Madurai
Thakkam thootam falls near Palani
Thalaiyar Falls (Rattail) - width 13 m, height 297 m Palani Hills National Park
Tirparappu Water Falls in Kanyakumari district
Thirumoorthy Falls about 20 km from Udumalpet
Thoovanam falls or Dhuvanam falls near Amaravathinagar
Vaideki Falls 30-km from Coimbatore near Narasipuram
Vattaparai Falls - in Palani Hills National Park

Uttaranchal

Kempty Falls 40 feet

Unclassified

What are Blood Types?

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Everybody has a blood type. The most common blood type classification system is the ABO (say "A-B-O") system discovered by Karl Landsteiner in the early 1900s. There are four types of blood in the ABO system: A, B, AB, and O. Your blood type is established before you are born, by specific genes inherited from your parents. You receive one gene from your mother and one from your father; these two combine to establish your blood type. These two genes determine your blood type by causing proteins called agglutinogens (a-GLOO-tin-a-gins) to exist on the surface of all of your red blood cells.

There are three alleles or versions of the blood type gene: A, B, and O. Since everybody has two copies of these genes, there are six possible combinations; AA, BB, OO, AB, AO, and BO. In genetic terms, these combinations are called genotypes, and they describe the genes you got from your parents.

In addition to the proteins (agglutinogens) existing on your red blood cells, other genes make proteins called agglutinins (a-GLOO-tin-ins) that circulate in your blood plasma. Agglutinins are responsible for ensuring that only the blood cells of your blood type exist in your body.

Your genotype determines your blood type.

The agglutinogen produced by the O allele has no special enzymatic activities. However, the agglutinogens produced by the A and B alleles do have enzymatic activities, which are different from each other. Therefore people whose genotype is OO are said to have type O blood, meaning the agglutinogen on their red blood cells doesn't have any enzymatic activity. People with Type O blood have agglutinins a and b in their blood plasma. Agglutinin a helps the body destroy any type A blood cells that might enter the circulation system. Agglutinin b helps the body destroy any type B blood cells that might enter the circulation system.

People who have an AA genotype are said to have type A blood because the agglutinogen on their red blood cells has the enzyme activity associated with the A allele. It is important to recognize that people with the AO genotype also have the enzyme activity associated with the A allele, so they are also said to have type A blood. (Remember the O allele doesn't have any enzyme activity associated with it!) People with Type A blood have agglutinin b in their blood plasma. Agglutinin b helps the body destroy any type B blood cells that might enter the circulation system.

Likewise, people with the BB and the BO genotypes are said to have type B blood. These people have agglutinin a in their blood plasma. Agglutinin a helps the body destroy any type A blood cells that might enter the circulation system.

People who have the AB genotype have the enzyme activity associated with both the A and B alleles. These people have no agglutinins in their blood plasma.

The concepts of genotype and phenotype can be easily understood in the case of blood type. Genotype refers the actual genes an individual possesses that determine a particular trait. Phenotype refers to the characteristics of that trait an individual displays. In the case of blood type, both the AA and AO genotypes cause individuals to display the A blood type phenotype. Similarly, both the BB and BO genotypes cause individuals to display the B blood type phenotype. Individuals who are phenotypically type O or type AB have only one possible genotype, OO and AB, respectively.

In different parts of the world, the fraction of individuals with blood type A, B, O, or AB differs. The frequency with which blood types are observed is determined by the frequency with which the three alleles of the ABO gene are found in different parts of the world (allele frequency). Variation in the allele frequency at the ABO gene reflects the social tendency of populations to marry and reproduce within a national, regional, or ethnic group. As people throughout the world intermingle to a greater extent, the distribution of the different blood types will become more uniform throughout the world.

What are Blood Transfusions?

Because there are only four types of blood, it is possible to take blood from one person and donate it to another person in a process called transfusion. In order for a transfusion to work it is essential that the agglutinogens on the surface of the donor's blood cells match the agglutinogens on the surface of the recipient's blood cells. In other words, the blood type of the donor and the blood type of the person receiving the transfusion must be compatible. If the blood types don't match, special antibodies in the recipient's blood, called agglutinins, will attack the donated blood causing blood clots to form in a reaction called agglutination.

If you ever need a blood transfusion, someone will take a sample of your blood in order to determine your blood type and the genotypes of matching blood types. Someone with type A blood can receive blood from people with the AA, AO, and OO genotypes. People with type B blood can receive blood from people with the BB, BO, and OO genotypes.

There are two special genotypes when it comes to blood transfusions:
OO and AB.

The first special genotype is OO. People with O blood are said to be universal donors because they can donate blood to everybody. However, people with type O blood can only receive transfusions from other type O donors. Because O blood does not carry either the A or B agglutinogens, the immune system of a person with O blood views these agglutinogens as foreign. People with type O blood have agglutinins in their plasma that will react against the A and B agglutinogens. Therefore, type O blood will undergo agglutination if exposed to A, B, or AB blood.

The second special genotype is AB. People with AB blood are said to be universal recipients because they can receive blood from people with all four blood types. Since in AB blood both the A and B agglutinogens are presented on the surface of the red blood cells, the immune system of a person with AB blood views both of these molecules as part of itself -- not as something foreign. AB blood does not produce agglutinins against either the A or B agglutinogens, and therefore does not undergo agglutination when exposed to A, B, AB, or O blood.

Dasaavadharam Ring Tone

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India can do this!! - Well done ISRO scientists.

2008-04-30T11:27:00.000+05:30

PSLV-C9 launched successfully with 10 satellites

April 28, 2008

India on Monday created history by launching ten satellites in one go with its Polar launch vehicle carrying the heaviest payload of 824 kg.
The ten-pack launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation saw the 230-tonne Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) put into orbit an Indian Mini Satellite and eight foreign nano satellites besides the Cartosat-2A remote sensing satellite.
This is the first time that ISRO has put ten satellites into orbit in a single launch.
A Russian rocket in 2007 delivered 16 satellites in the outer space but the Russian launch vehicle carried a lesser payload of only around 300 kg.
"We have shown the world we can have multiple launches carried out in a precise manner. We have set a record. Only Russia [Images] has so far tried to launch 13 satellites in a single launch and I am not sure whether that was successful," ISRO chairman G Madhavan [Images] Nair.

He said there were some anxious moments due to some unusual weather conditions over the Bay of Bengal off the Andaman coast. "Only at 11 pm last night we decided to go ahead with the launch".
Nair expressed happiness that all the mission objectives were achieved with precision and all systems functioned very well.
"The PSLV-C9, in its total flight of 1,151 seconds, has performed extremely well. It's much better than a text book performance. Every system functioned as per the parameters," Nair said.
The CARTOSAT-2A and with IMS-1, followed by the nano satellites were released in quick succession, he said.
"We have received information from international customers that they have received signals from the satellites at their ground stations. The mission stations at Thiruvananthapuram and Mauritius have also received information that the satellites are in good health and we hope that if everything goes right within the next two days, we would be able to switch on the imaging system," Nair said.
He said while $0.6 million was charged for the nano satellites, it cost around Rs 120 crore for the CARTOSAT and Rs 22 crore for the IMS-1.
The launch comes ahead of India's plans to launch its first moon mission - Chandrayaan-I - expected later this year.
On the Chandrayaan Mission, Nair said a modest satellite, weighing about 500 kg, would be launched into the lunar orbit to collect topographical data of the moon.
"We hope by the third quarter of this year, we should be able to take a satellite to the moon," he said.
He said ISRO planned to induct indigenous cryogenic stage into the GSLV soon.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre director K Radhakrishnan, who was also present at the launch, said ISRO had started designing space capsules to send two astronauts on a low earth orbit in the next seven years for the manned mission to space.
Considering the safety of the crew and vehicle, which will be the GSLV, the design aspects were taken up very seriously and there would be an unmanned mission before sending the astronauts, Radhakrishnan said.
"The man mission is necessary for the country as the US, Russia, China and some major European countries already in the scenario as prominent players," he said.
Before the manned mission, there would be three unmanned missions which would be undertaken BY GSLV MK-III. The government had already made an initial allotment of Rs 95 crore for the mission, he said.
The PSLV blasted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 9.24 am and fourteen minutes later, the fourth stage injected the ten satellites into the 635 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).
This is the thirteenth flight of PSLV and the third with the 'core-alone' configuration, without the hugging six strap-on booster motors that powers the first stage.
CARTOSAT-2A, weighing about 690 kg, carries a state-of-the-art Panchromatic camera that can record high clarity images covering a swathe of 9.6 kms. It will provide data that could be used for urban and rural infrastructure management and land information systems.
The highly agile remote sensing satellite can be manoeuvred to facilitate imaging of any area more frequently.
The 83 kg IMS-1, developed by ISRO, incorporated many new technologies and has miniaturised subsystems. Data from it will be shared with other developing countries.
The eight nano satellites, built by universities and research institutions in Canada [Images] and Germany [Images], were launched under a commercial agreement.

Image: The PSLV-C9 soars into the sky after blasting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on Monday

Facts Of India

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Did you know these facts about our country?...

India is first in milk production.

India is largest producer and exporter of rice.

India is second largest producer and exporter of wheat.

India is first in manufacturing and launching remote sensing satellites.

India is the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).

The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people !.

The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat, the name of the legendary king in the Mahabhrata.

The name `India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.

The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus. The other name `Bharata' is derived from the ancient Bharata Varsha, Land of the legendary king Bharat and his sons.

Bharat in sanskrit means being maintained. This is one of the names of Agni, Hindu God of fire. Raja Bharat was Lord Rama's brother in Hindu legend Mahabharata. The official name of the country of India i.e Bharat, is derived from him.

The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.

Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software. ( a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987 ).

Chess was invented in India.

Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.

The 'Place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.

The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.

The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola

The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

The art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh 6000 over years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculations was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: ( 5th century ) 365.258756484 days.

The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European mathematicians.

Quadratic equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 ( i.e 10 to the power of 53 ) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C. during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 10*12( 10 to the power of 12 ).

Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. ( Source . Gemological Institute of America )

Sushruta is regarded as the father of surgery. Over 2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

"What makes a nation, is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past", says the noted historian Eric Hobsbawm. Hence, when we talk of a nation, it becomes very imperative that the past should also be talked about. And the past of India is as fascinating and interesting as it is momentous.

18 Tamil Siddha purusha & their peeta's.

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Name : Agastiyar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Markazhi
Tamil Birth Star : Aayilyam
Duration Of Life : 4-Yugas, 48 days
Place Of Samathi : Thiruvananthapuram
Caste : Velalar

Name : Pathanjali
Tamil Month Of Birth : Panguni
Tamil Birth Star : Moolam
Duration Of Life : 5-Yugas, 7 days
Place Of Samathi : Rameshwaram
Caste : ----

Name : Kamalamuni
Tamil Month Of Birth : Vaikasi
Tamil Birth Star : Poosam
Duration Of Life : 4000 Years, 48 days
Place Of Samathi : Thiruvarur
Caste : Kuravar

Name : Thirumoolar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Purattasi
Tamil Birth Star : Avittam
Duration Of Life : 3000 Years, 13 days
Place Of Samathi : Chidambaram
Caste : ---

Name : Kuthambisiddhar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Aadi
Tamil Birth Star : Visakam
Duration Of Life : 1800 Years, 16 days
Place Of Samathi : Mayavaram
Caste : Konar

Name : Korakkar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Karthigai
Tamil Birth Star : Aayilyam
Duration Of Life : 880 Years, 11 days
Place Of Samathi : Perur
Caste : Marattiyar

Name : Thanvanthri
Tamil Month Of Birth : Iyppasi
Tamil Birth Star : Punarpoosam
Duration Of Life : 800 Years, 32 days
Place Of Samathi : Vaideeswaran Koil
Caste : Mahavishnu

Name : Sundarandar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Aavani
Tamil Birth Star : Revthi
Duration Of Life : 800 Years, 28 days
Place Of Samathi : Madurai
Caste : Agamudaiyar

Name : Konganar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Chitthirai
Tamil Birth Star : Uthiradam
Duration Of Life : 800 Years, 16 days
Place Of Samathi : Thirupathi
Caste : Yadavar

Name : Chattaimuni
Tamil Month Of Birth : Aavani
Tamil Birth Star : Mirugasirisham
Duration Of Life : 800 Years, 14 days
Place Of Samathi : Thiruvarangam
Caste : Sinhala

Name : Vaanmeegar/ Valmiki
Tamil Month Of Birth : Purattasi
Tamil Birth Star : Anusham
Duration Of Life : 700 Years, 32 days
Place Of Samathi : Ettukudi
Caste : Vedar

Name : Ramadevar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Masi
Tamil Birth Star : Pooram
Duration Of Life : 700 Years, 06 days
Place Of Samathi : Azhagarmalai
Caste : Vishnukulam

Name : Nandeeswarar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Vaikasi
Tamil Birth Star : Visagam
Duration Of Life : 700 Years 03 days
Place Of Samathi : Kasi
Caste : Mirugamagarisi

Name : Idaikadar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Purattsi
Tamil Birth Star : Thiruvathirai
Duration Of Life : 600 Years, 18 days
Place Of Samathi : Thiruvannamalai
Caste : Konar

Name : Machamuni
Tamil Month Of Birth : Aadi
Tamil Birth Star : Rohini
Duration Of Life : 300 Years, 62 days
Place Of Samathi : Thiruparankundram
Caste : Kalludaiyar

Name : Bhogar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Vaikasi
Tamil Birth Star : Bharani
Duration Of Life : 300 Years, 18 days
Place Of Samathi : Pazhani
Caste : Vishvakarma

Name : Karuvoorar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Chittirai
Tamil Birth Star : Hastham
Duration Of Life : 300 Years, 42 days
Place Of Samathi : Karuvoor
Caste : Kannar

Name : Pambattisiddhar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Karthigai
Tamil Birth Star : Mirugasirisham
Duration Of Life : 123 Years, 14 days
Place Of Samathi : Sankarankoil
Caste : Jogi

2008-04-17T12:30:00.005+05:30

இது டாக்டர் எஸ்.ஜெயபாரதி அவர்கள் எழுதிய பதிவு. தற்செயலாக படிக்க நேர்ந்தது, இதோ உங்கள் பார்வைக்கும்..

சில ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னர் இந்தோனீசியாவில் ஒரு கரன்ஸி நோட்டு வெளியிடப்பட்டது. இருபதினாயிரம் ரூப்பியா நோட்டு அது. அந்தச் சமயத்தில் அதன் மதிப்பு யூஎஸ் ஒரு டாலர் எண்பத்தைந்து காசுகள்; இந்திய மதிப்பு எண்பத்து நான்கு ரூபாய்கள். அதில் உள்ள அதிசயம் என்னவென்றால் அதில் ஒரு விநாயகர் உருவம் இருப்பதுதான்.

ஏனெனில் இந்தோனீசியா முஸ்லிம் பெரும்பான்மையினரைக் கொண்ட நாடு.இதற்கு ஒரு நீண்ட பின்னணி உண்டு. ஆழமான பின்னணி. மிகவும் சூட்சுமமான பின்னணி. ஜாவாவின் மன்னர்கள் மிகவும் புராதனமான க்ஷத்திர மரபைச் சேர்ந்தவர்கள். சைவ சமயம், பௌத்த சமயம் ஆகியவை இரண்டும் செல்வாக்குடன் இருந்தன. சைவ சமயம் என்பது நாம் இன்று வைத்திருக்கும் சொங்கி சைவம் இல்லை. ஆகமம், தாந்திரீகம் ஆகியவை கலந்த சைவம். அது ஒரு ஒருமாதிரியான துவைத சைவம். சிவனே சர்வேஸ்வரன்; பரமேஸ்வரன். அவனே அருளாளன். அவனே படைத்தல், காத்தல் முதலியவற்¨றைச் செய்பவன். ருத்ரனாக இருந்து அழிப்பவனும் அவனே. ஒரு வித்தியாசம். ருத்ரனாக இருந்து காப்பவனும் அவனே.

இந்த சைவத்தில் வைஷ்ணவமும் இணைந்திருந்தது. ராமனுடைய கதையாகிய ராமாயணமும் அவர்களிடம் இருந்தது. கிருஷ்ணனுடைய அவதார மகிமைகளைக் கூறும் கிருஷ்ணாயணமும் இருந்தது. 'க்ரிஸ்ணாயாணா' என்ற பெயரில் அந்த இதிகாசம் விளங்கியது. சக்தி வழிபாட்டின் பல கூறுகள் அங்கு விளங்கின. கொடி கட்டிப் பறந்தது சண்டி வழிபாடு என்றழைக்கப்பட்ட துர்க்கை வழிபாடு. ஒரே இடத்தில் ஆயிரம் கோயில்களைக் கொண்ட இடம் ஜாவா. ப்ராம்பானான் என்று அழைக்கப்படும் கோயில்கூட்டம் அங்கு உள்ளது. அதை லோரோ ஜோங்க்ராங் என்னும் பெயராலும் குறிப்பிடுவார்கள். ப்ராம்பானான் கோயில் கூட்டத்துடன் ஜாவாவில் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான கோயில்கள் இருக்கின்றன. அதாவது அழிக்கப்பட்டவை போக மிச்சம் இருப்பவை. அவர்களின் பௌத்தமும் தாந்த்ராயணா பௌத்தம் என்னும் வகையைச் சேர்ந்தது. வஜ்ரபோதி என்னும் தமிழரைத் தலைமை பிக்குவாகக் கொண்டிருந்த காலகட்டத்தில் ஜாவானிய மன்னர் ஒருவர் போரோபுடூர் என்னும் பிரம்மாண்டமாக மேரு விஹாரத்தை நிர்மாணித்தார். மனிதன் என்பவன் தெய்வீக ஆற்றல்கள் பெற்றவனாக விளங்கவேண்டும் என்ற கொள்கையினர். க்ஷத்திரியர்களாக விளங்கியவர்கள் அந்த மாதிரி ஆற்றல்களைப் பெரிதும் வளர்த்துக்கொண்டார்கள். அந்த மரபில் வந்த கடைசி மன்னரின் காலத்தில் மிகப்பெரும் குழப்பம் ஏற்பட்டது. ஜாவானியர் மந்திரதந்திரங்கள், ஜோதிடம் ஆகியவற்றில் வல்லவர்கள். அந்த சமயத்தில் சில சாபங்கள், ஆணைகள், சபதங்கள், தீர்க்கதரிசனங்கள் ஆகியவை பிறந்தன. அதன்பின்னர் ஆட்சி பல கைகள் மாறி டச்சுக்காரர்களிடம் சென்றது. அந்த சாபங்கள், சபதங்களை மக்கள் மிகவும் நம்பியிருந்தனர். 'ராத்து' எனப்படும் பெருவீரன் ஒருவன் பிற்காலத்தில் வரப்போவதாக நம்பப்பட்டது. அப்போது ஜாவா மீண்டும் பழைய க்ஷத்திரிய மரபினர் கைக்கே சென்றுவிடும் என்றும் நம்பினர். அந்த தீர்க்கதரிசனத்தை நடக்கவொட்டாமால் தடுக்க பலர் முயன்றும் வந்திருக்கின்றனர். ராத்துவின் வருகையால் ஜாவாவும், ஜாவாவின் தலைமைத்துவத்தில் இந்தோனீசியாவும் வல்லரசாக மாறிவிடுமோ என்று பயந்தனர். ராத்து என்னும் அந்த க்ஷத்திரிய வீரன் ஜாவாவின் முக்கிய நகரமாகிய பாண்டுங் என்னும் பிரதேசத்தில் தோன்றுவான் என்று ஏற்கனவே நம்பப்பட்டது. சொக்கார்ணோ தம்மை ஓர் அவதார புருஷனாக நினைத்திருந்தார். விஷ்ணுவின் அவதாரமாகக் கருதிக்கொண்டார். ஒருமுறை வெட்டவெளியில் நிர்மலமான ஆகாயத்தில் மின்னல் தோன்றச்செய்து வெள்ளைக்காரப் பத்திரிக்கையாளர்கள் சிலருக்குக் காட்டினார். அவரே அந்த ராத்துவாக இஇருக்கக்கூடும் என்றும் நினத்தார்கள்.அந்தப் பழைய தீர்க்கதரிசனத்தின் ஒரு பகுதி சொக்கார்ணோவினால் உண்மையாகியது. அவரைத் தள்ளிவிட்டு வந்த சுஹார்த்தோ, நாளடைவில் தம்மையே பழைய பாண்டுங் மன்னர் பரம்பரை என்று நினைக்க ஆரம்பித்தார். அதற்குக் காரணமும் உண்டு. இப்போதைய யோக்ஜாக்கார்த்தா சுல்த்தானுக்கு அவர் சகோதர முறை ஆகிறார். ஏதோ ஒரு முறையில் என்று வைத்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள். அவருடைய மகனுக்கு பாண்டுங் ராஜகுமாரி ஒருத்தியை மணம் முடித்துவைத்தார். அந்த திருமண பெர்ஸாண்டிங்க் சடங்கின்போது, மணமகளும் மணமகனும் பண்டைய க்ஷத்திரிய மரபையட்டி ஆடையணிகள் புனைந்து மணம் செய்துகொண்டனர். இந்தோனேஷியாவின் பொருளாதார நிலைமை மோசமாகிக்கொண்டே வந்தபோது, சுஹார்த்தோவின் தரப்பினர் பழைய தீர்க்கதரிசனங்கள், சாபங்கள் போன்றவற்றையெல்லாம் கிளறிக் கிண்டிப் பார்த்தார்கள். பெரும்புலமை வாய்ந்த ஜோதிடர்கள், மாந்திரீகர்கள், தாந்திரீகர்கள் ஆகியோரையெல்லாம் வைத்து மிகவும் நுட்பமாக ஆராயச் செய்தனர். இந்தோனேஷியாவின் தற்சமய இடையூறுகள், துன்பங்களை நீக்குவதற்குச் சில பரிகாரங்களைச் செய்ய வேண்டியிருந்தது. அவற்றில் ஒன்று, கணேசரை வைத்துச்செய்யவேண்டிய பரிகாரம். பொருளாதாரம் சீரடையவும், இந்தோனேஷிய ஆட்சிக்கு ஏற்பட்டிருக்கும் ஊறுகள் நீங்குவதற்காகவும் செய்யப்பட்ட பரிகாரங்களின் ஓர் அங்கமாக கணேசரின் உருவத்தை கரன்ஸி நோட்டில் அச்சிட்டு வெளியிட்டார்கள். அவர்கள் பயன்படுத்தியது, பண்டைய ப்ராம்பனான் தாந்திரீக கணேசர். இந்த மூர்த்தம் மிகவும் வீரியம் மிக்கது. அந்த ரூப்யா நோட்டை வெளியிட்டு 18 மாதங்களுக்குள்ளாக சுஹார்த்தோவின் ஆட்சிக்கு மோசம் நேரிட்டது. ஏன் அவ்வாறு நடந்தது? இந்தோனேஷியாவின் நல்வாழ்வுக்கு இடையூறுகள் இல்லாவண்ணம் அந்த ஜாவானிய தாந்திரீகர்கள் சடங்குகளைச் செய்து பரிகாரமும் கண்டனர். இந்தோனேஷிய நல்வாழ்வுக்குக் குந்தகமாக இருந்தது சுஹார்த்தோவின் ஆட்சிதான். ஆகவே அந்த ஆட்சி அகன்றது. அதை நடத்திவர் சுஹார்த்தோ என்பதாலும் அவரே இந்தோனேஷியாவின் பாழ்நிலைக்குக் காரணர் என்பதாலும் அந்த சூட்சும மர்மசக்தி அவரை அகற்றிவிட்டது. அவர்கள் நம்பியது வீண்போகவில்லை. ஆட்சியிலிருந்து சுஹார்த்தோவும் அவருடைய ஆட்களும் அகன்றனர். ஒரு கொடுங்கோன்மையான ஆட்சி நீங்கியது. இவ்வாறு அற்புதமான அதிசயமான விதத்தில் ப்ராம்பனான் கணேசர் தம்முடைய ஆற்றலை வெளிப்படுத்தி அரிய காரியத்தை சாதித்துவிட்டார்.

"Importance of having Breakfast"

2008-03-29T17:14:00.004+05:30

Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden death. Advice on not to skip breakfast!

Healthy living
For those who always skip breakfast, you should stop that habit now! You've heard many times that "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Now, recent research confirms that one of the worst practices you can develop may be avoiding breakfast.

Why?

Because the frequency of heart attack, sudden death, and stroke peaks between 6: 00a.m. and noon, with the highest incidence being
between 8: 00a.m. and 10:00a.m.What mechanism within the body could account for this significant jump in sudden death in the early
morning hours?

We may have an Answer.

Platelet, tiny elements in the blood that keep us from bleeding to Death if we get a cut, can clump together inside our arteries due to cholesterol or laque buildup in the artery lining. It is in the morning hours that platelets become the most activated and tend to form these internal blood clots at the greatest frequency.

However, eating even a very light breakfast prevents the morning platelet activation that is associated with heart attacks and strokes. Studies performed at Memorial University in St.Johns, Newfoundland found that eating a light, very low-fat breakfast was critical in modifying the morning platelet activation. Subjects in the study consumed either low-fat or fat-free yogurt, orange juice, fruit, and a source of protein coming from yogurt or fat-free milk. So if you skip breakfast, it's important that you change this practice immediately in light of this research. Develop a simple plan to eat cereal, such as oatmeal or Bran Flakes, along with six ounces of grape juice or orange juice, and perhaps a piece of fruit. This simple plan will keep your platelets from sticking together, keep blood clots from forming, and perhaps head off a potential Heart Attack or stroke. So never ever skip breakfast .