Lets Welcome February

Today is February 1 ..It is the shortest month that has only less than 30 days.February is the second month of the Julian and Gregorian calendars.The month has 29 days in leap year and 28 days in non-leap year.2008 is the leap year with 29 days in February.February 2008 has five Fridays .February was named after the Latin term februum which means purification.So this February has 29 beautiful days and make each day a milestone in your life.

PALACE ON WHEELS-Express Exotica

An extraordinary train for extraordinary people.having run as the Palace on Wheels and Royal Orient Expree in the past ,the fully air-conditioned Heritage on wheels comprises 14 coaches ,interconnected telephone systems in the train including two restaurants -MAHARAJA and MAHARANI serving exotic Indian and continental cuisine ,a well stocked bar friendly smiling attendants serving u round the clock.Nowadays this train has become more popular among the domestic tourists who had enough of flying to Singapore or Bangkok.Ticket cost will be around Rs 60,000 for a couple with two kids.With plummeting cost of air travel, more and more people are now willing to spend even more on train travel.In fact,almost everything that could compromise of heaven on earth for seven days!

A legendary Wicket Keeper Bids Adieu to Test cricket !

ADAM CRAIG GICHRIST

TEST STATS:

M    I      NO    Runs   HS      Ave       SR       100   50   Ct      St
96   137   20     5570   204*    47.60    81.98     17     26    379   37





Gilly waving hands and saying good bye to test cricket , cricket really gonna miss him.




fans applauding and saying good bye to gilly ...

WORDS OF PRAISE FOR A LEGEND FROM OTHERS:

"Adam has always set high standards for himself and he joined my ranks of games's greatest all rounder , second only to sir gary sobers " said STEVE WAUGH

"Gilly changed the way one looked at keepers , Gilchrist was larger than life and frankly, the pressure on whoever replaces him is going to be immense" , said ANIL KUMBLE

"Gilly is one of the greatest to have ever played the game, he was incredibly positive and his flamboyant nature equals the greats of sir viv Richards and other calypso characters" said MATHEW HAYDEN


"Adam Gilchrist has given more outright joy to followers of the game than any cricketer since Sir Garfield Sobers. He will be missed as a cricketing force, as a contributor and as an entertainer " said PETER ROEBUCK

BYE BYE PETROL BUY BUY BICYCLES

In Future India there will be no reason to surprise to hear a rule that "No private two wheelers and four wheelers should be inside the city limits".
According to Green society by 2020 the price of a liter petrol will be around $ 30,000 . Oil mines in India will not satisfy our one day need, so we have to import crude oil from gulf countries.In such conditions there will be no other go.
Government will provide bicycles and air filling machine in a free of cost .This will also help us to protect our environment .
Bicycles are pollution free, accident rate will be reduced, it will be a very good physical exercise which helps to prevent heart diseases, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes too.

PARIS TO LONDON JOURNEY BETTER THAN TAKING A FLIGHT

London and Paris train service is done by Eurostar. Eurostar had completed 12 years in passenger service . They are also expanding their service between UK and the continental Europe .

In their latest achievement Eurostar has laid high speed tracks across the Europe to fasten their service. These tracks will support a maximum speed of 186 kmph. The total journey time between Paris and London will be just 2hrs and 15 mins . Eurostar also improved their frequency of their service.

Eurostar will be successful alternative to flight services since they will be more reliable and environmental friendly since they emit less amount of CO2 when compared to flight.

Locals will also support train journey inside Europe, since it will be more economical,reliable, also one of the ways to reduce the impact on climatic change.

But in India plans are going on to laid high speed tracks between mostly populated cities such as Chennai- Mumbai, Chennai-Bangalore.

Smoking and pregnancy are a deadly combination

Smoking and pregnancy are a deadly combination---quite literally for the baby. Mothers-to-be who cannot kick the nicotine addiction during pregnancy are four times more likely to see there baby die from cot death than non-smokers. Researchers from Bristol University's Institute of child life and health in the UK found that an alarming nine out of ten cot death victims had mothers puffing on cigarettes. Smoking also affects brain chemicals in the foetus and can prevent the lungs from developing properly. On the plus side, as many as 60 percent of deaths from the sudden infant death syndrome can be prevented if pregnant mothers kick the butt.

Water Bed - not a Funny thing

For all those who consider the water bed an object of childish whimsy, they have to accept how good is sleeping in water bed.

Over the past decades water beds received a bad reputation due to their old construction styles.
But today it has come with some latest techniques in their form and construction.Frequent use of spring beds will cause some damage to bones and muscles.

Water beds will make your body weightless when you sleep, which will provide a best support for your body.Water beds will eliminate the blood pressure and relax your muscles.Water beds are recommended by doctors to the pregnant mothers an newly born babies.

Water beds will give you ultimate enjoyment throughout the year.In the winter seasons we can heat the water and fall asleep in the hot bed will increase the bed circulation.

Excellent sleeping comfort the bed shapes exactly to the body,minimizes the pressure,especially around the joints.
Water beds will have a life span around 12 years. Even the price was high,benefits from the water bed make it better than the ordinary ones.

TIPS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER

In Earlier days there was no such scientific inventions in medical sciences, still they had a long and prosperous life than us. They used food as a medicine .

Todays express life takes us to fast food, Burgers, Pizzas and colas which will result in unbalanced diet, increase in fat level, rise in blood pressure .

Eating a balanced diet and light workout are the simple ways to keep you active.One who takes coffee frequently will leads to some trouble in sleeping. Whenever your mind is stressed take a long walk. Sharing your troubles with others will give some relief , and they may be able to offer another perspective that may help you. Try to have a minimum of 8 hours sound sleep this will help you to refresh your mind and rejuvenate your soul.

Support for ULTIMATE STAR from SUPER STAR

After Ajith succesfully finishing the film Billa which was released all over world .The film has made remarkable collection records in the history of Tamil cinema.To appreciate his perfomance Super star Rajini Kanth invited Ajith to share dinner with him.Ajith recieved advice from the Super star for his forthcoming films . Many upcoming stars indirectly fighting to catch that position, its a twist in the story that super star invited ajith and gave him advice to stand high in the industry. Already the super star side is angry over the dialouge's of "I'm the BOSS" in film ATM , and many other comments declaring his period is over. A punch in SHIVAJI saying "Six ku apram seven da , sivaji ku aparm evan da " however reveals that he's still the DON of tamil cinema not even tamil , Indian cinema. Now super star showing interest in growth of ultimate star, definitely there will be strong competition .

TSUNAMI -The Killer Waves

satelliete view of tsunami

Tsunami waves, which hit India for the first time on 26th December 2004 wreaking havoc across the southern coastline, are a known phenomenon in the pacific ocean region,which stretches from chile in Latin America to Japan in East Asia.

The waves are usually triggered by seismic distrubances-costal earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or undersea landslides-that jolt the ocean floor. Tremors under the sea displace ground surface, sending the water rapidly outward in concentric circles from epicenter. The result is a deep wave, stretching from the sea's surface to the floor that travels horiantally at speeds up to 500 miles per hour and reaches heights of 50 to 100 feet.

The waves travel faster in deep water,rising further as they approach shore.In open sea,tsunamis are only about a meter high,but when they reach a shoreline they can be taller as a home and weigh millions of tonnes.Though the bottom of the wave is slowed down by the sharp elevation of the ocean floor near the coast, its top part keeps moving at the original speed. As a result, vast quality of water piles up and finally crashing over the shore with the amazing force, thus causing the massive destruction.

The first sign of an approaching tsunami is the sea tide receding from the shore, which leaves the large part of the sea floor exposed. The ocean water then flows towards the shore faster than before, resulting in high waves. This phenomenon is repeated several times before tsunami itself hits the land.

The tsunamis can travel long distance without losing the original power.Neither islands nor reefs diminish their speed or power. Usually the waves do not dissipiate until they strike a continental landmass, and some waves travel back and forth across the ocean for a week.

Japan is one of the two Asian countries - the other being Indonesia - to be frequently hit by Tsunami waves. In fact the word tsunami is derived from the japanese language to describe very long, low seismic sea waves.

Fortunately, the tsunamis of a serious nature are known to occur only once in a decade in the region. But when they occur, they leave a trail of destruction, causing heavy damage to the life and property. One of the most destructive tsunami was in July 1998 that struck Papua New Guinea's north coast an the one generated off the coast of Chile in 1960 caused havoc over large distances. Hundreds of people die when a huge wave travelling at a speed of 750 km per hour smashed japan in 1960, following a series of quakes in Chile on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS REPORTED NEW INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Many infectious diseases heave emerged over the past decades to threaten human beings as viruses leap the species barrier from wild animals and bacteria mutate into antibiotic-resistant strains, scientists reported on Wednesday.

Presenting a map of “hotspots” of new infectious diseases, they predicted that the next pandemic is likeliest to come out of poor tropical countries, where burgeoning human populations come into contact with wildlife.

A three year investigation led by four major institutions tracked 335 incidents since 1940 when a new infectious disease emerged. The category includes HIV/AIDS, which has slain or infected more than 65 million people around the world, and outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and H5N1 bird flu, which have cost tens of billions of dollars to contain.

The emergence of new diseases have quadrupled roughly over the past 50 years, says the study, appearing in the British journal Nature.

Sixty percent of them are so-called zoonoses, or diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans. Most zoonoses come from wild animals, especially mammals, which constitute species mostly related to humans.

Novel pathogens that adapt to humans can be very lethal, as humans have no resistance to them.

Areas that present the biggest potential source for a new zoonose are the whole of a East Asia region, the Indian sub-continent, the Niger delta the Great Lakes region in Africa.

UNTOUCHABILITY IS A SIN ?... ISN'T IT ?

Untouchability is a sin , as said by mahatma Gandhiji. But today our Country is not behaving so, we pretending good but 
we are really not. The acts against the dalit peoples in INDIA shows that though we are 
developing as a economy power very fastly and literacy rate too increasing in a good manner,
reveals that we are still in that period only where some people were considered untouchables.
Some of the statistics of the atrocities done to dalits were as follows,
27 atrocities have been done against dalits ever day
13 dalits are murdered for no reason and all every day
5 homes have been burnt every day
11 dalit peoples beaten up
The true fact is that only 5% of all details were being reported and this is only 5% which is really a shame.

Some of the incidents like
A dalit women being raped and killed in one of ours states, In a goverment hospital in INDIA a dalit pregnant women refused treatment and died
In the noon meal scheme students refused to eat food as it was cooked by dalit women
and consequently she was also fired

48% of people were denied the basic need water
33% of people were denied of a visit from health workers
37% students sit seperately in government schools
12% of childs die before age of 5

We feel that we came out of these kind of untouchabilities , but till now every where this thing
still exist. This has to be totally cleared from our country when we can proudly say that we
are the supreme power one day...

TOXIN IN BREAST MILK

Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which a chemical known as perchlorate can collect in breast milk and cause cognitive and motor deficits in newborns. Used since the 1940s to manufacture explosives and rocket fuel, the contaminant is still widely present in the water and food supply, experts say.

High concentrations of perchlorate in breast milk can be passed on to a foetus during pregnancy and affect an infant's ability to manufacture thyroid hormone, the new study suggests.

Perchlorate can lessen the amount of iodide available to a mother to pass on to her infant, and a baby needs iodide to produce thyroid hormones which are "critical" for development and maturation of the central nervous system, skeletal muscles and lungs. The debate continues on how much perchlorate is high and harmful concentration. But scientists have long enough that iodide deficiency contribute to low IQ.

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My Train Journey

Usually i used to travel by train.We can see different kinds of people in train journey.For me the train sound seems like my mother's humming.Rail path will be laid in the midst of nature's beauty,so its a great pleasure to travel in the early morning.when i enter into the train i usually look for a window seat,lose yourself in the passing scenery,a griping book,or your portable music player.When the co-passengers are interrogation with a stony,uncomprehending look.And,when the train passes at stations,rediscover the simple joys of hot tea and savoury snacks.