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Supermoon at its best!

Reviving Endangered Languages

Delhi Had To Sing Rock-A-Bye Baby When Pakistan Faced A Tremor Of 7.3

Computer Makes History With A Cost Of $19M

Places Of Worship For Indians In Australia

Oil And Petrol Price Hike Leaves None!

Gas Leaks Hits Shares Of Dr Reddy's Laboratories!

Keep An Eye On Your WiFi Connection!

Easy Curried Prawn Recipies

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Supermoon at its best!

March 19th 2011 05:33

March 19th - all of you should mark this day on your dairy. This is going to be the day when the moon is going to be nearest to the earth that you will be facing on this earth and am lucky to be alive to grab this opportunity, if the clouds do not fail to take a memorable picture of the moon being the closes to the earth. If you could get one on your city, share with me!

Of course, no celestial event has been left without rumors and scientists clarifying doubts... this will stat as long as the concept of destruction of earth occurs. This means the occurrence of the moon coming closer to the earth is going to cause no mishap to the earth in the form high or low tides or earthquakes. The scientists has outruled what happened in Japan is no way related to this.

Be ready to grab your cameras today!!!

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Reviving Endangered Languages

January 25th 2011 04:06

Linguists are trying to revive endangered languages from dying by using the same technology that images fetuses inside the womb of the mother. This time the image will be that of the tongue, the movement is recorded as videos, while the voice recorder records the spoken language concurrently. Amanda Miller is one of them who is actively involved in studying the dying and endangered languages of African origin.

What they analyze using this technique is the phonetics of these endangered languages as to what is being perceived, articulated and organized in different languages, and Miller is from Ohio university and she like others uses this portable technology to study and understand the phonetics or science of African tribal languages.

What they have achieved as a result is the identification of the fastest movements of consonants in the African languages that are not known to the outside world. For now, the sound is being placed in a mixed bag of International Phonetic Alphabet, which is used for comparison with other similar sounds and languages spoken by people of varied origins and languages.

As of now, Miller has investigated around 40 different click consonants based on the airstream, place and manner of articulation. This is going to help to help in making the spoken language as written languages.

The use of ultrasound in linguistics and phonetics is not a new technology but, of the course the purpose and the notion of the study is quite novel. India too is known for such many languages thriving amongst their tribes, I wonder, how many of the phonetics and linguists will be interested in taking up such a kind of study, as is quite riskier in a number of ways!?

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Accent Training Needed For Indian Call Center Workers!

January 24th 2011 03:40

This was one of the small incident that happened yesterday, when Brummie Viv Tomkins, a retired paramedic, 59, found herself talking to some Indian customer care service center, of a mobile service providers, to land up with difficulty in getting a proper response for a query. They had tough time following her accent. This is nothing new that these days, call centers, in general, hospitality centers get people into the job not for passion but for money, that they hardly know and understand what hospitality is or the meaning of courtesy. Things are getting tougher only. To know more, read more...

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Delhi Had To Sing Rock-A-Bye Baby When Pakistan Faced A Tremor Of 7.3

January 19th 2011 09:39

As the 7.3 Richter quake was found shaking Pakistan with the epicenter falling, grateful to those who recited the Quran, in a much isolated and less populated regions of Dalbandin, Baluchistan province. Pakistan so far seemed to have faced loss of two lives and three with related effects, heart attack, in the hospital.

The tremor spread across shock waves to the neighboring countries and states. India felt the shock waves in Delhi, Jaipur, Barmer, Ganganagar and Jaisalmer in parts of Rajasthan and Haryana. India faced no casualities.

What is more is that Delhi residents ran out of their shelter and have increased fear for many of those who are in the populated regions. Now, living in Delhi has been with added fear next to the blasts that happened last year.

Reports from geologists say that from 74 km ground level this shock waves could only shake Delhi and there was nothing to fear for now, as the reason was owing to the movement in the Indian and Eurasian plates. Read more...

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Computer Makes History With A Cost Of $19M

January 16th 2011 03:32

The curtain raiser for the computer museum is marked in the history, this has costed nearly $14m in silicon Valley. This museum captures memories and advancement in technology with innovations, discoveries and inventions in the science of development of computers.

The museum in located in the prime spot of Mountain View, California, covering nearly 25,000 square foot and has been marked as a “Revolution: The First 2,000 Years Of Computers” in the lifestyle of mankind. For many computers in the past 2,000 years is a news, while this makes you feel you have missed some of the history making generation and were born late.

John Hollar, CEO of the museum, in one of his statements said that the exhibits will involve those exhibits that has been crucial for the invention of computers, and will make you wonder and realize the importance of the engineering innovations that is happening in the making of computers today and prioritizes the importance of the changes in the technology that in other words are better known to be breakthroughs for the development of next generation of computers.

Nevertheless, the museum brings back those parts of the computers that were once used in the forefront of the exhibition. The $19 m expense will involve many of the early computers like ENIAC that was built during the times of World War II and Univac I with more than 1000 artifacts and 5, 000 images all set in nearly 19 galleries, other exhibits will involve f mini theaters, documents and more than 40 oral history stations.

This is worth checking out the museum in San Francisco!

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Places Of Worship For Indians In Australia

January 12th 2011 04:16

Australians claiming to be a more people-friendly and and culturally tolerant in a multicultural society, one proof that stands tall in this Christian country that is ruled over by secular society, has paved way for Indians to join hands together to create their own places of worship. Listed below are addresses and place to go for worship in any state of Australia, and find a small share that I experienced with my colleagues when I happened to get a chance to visit one such place.

B]List Of Places Of Worship In Australia:

The Australian Capital Territory:

1. Canberra Saiva Temple,
151 Beasley Street, Torrens
PH: 02 6286 8918

2. Hare Krishna (ISKCON) Temple
1 Quick St., Ainslie
PH: 02 6262 6208

3. Hindu Temple & Cultural Centre
Canberra 81 Ratcliffe Crescent,
Florey A.C.T 2615
PH: 02 6259 3057
Email: HTCC-EXEC@yahoogroups.com
WWW: Really Long Link

4. Vishnu Siva Mandir,
Canberra 82 Mawson Drive,
Mawson
PH: 02 6286 6404
Email: vishnusiva@hotmail.com

New South Wales:

1. Gurudwara Sahib Parklea Sikh Centre
8 Muaurants Lane, Parklea
PH: 02 9662 6994
Email: deep@mindless.com

2. Gurudwara Sahib Turramurra
81 Kissing Point Road, Turramurra
PH: 02 449 8253

3. Guru Nanak Sikh Temple
P.O Box 322 Hastings Street, Woolgoolga
Hare Krishna (ISKCON) Temple and Farm
New Govardhana, P.O. Box 687 Murwillumbah
PH: 02 66 795375
Email: stoka@nor.com.au

4. Hindu council of Australia
17 The Crescent, Homebush 2140
Mukti-Gupteshwar Temple
203 Eagleview Road, Minto, 2566
PH: 61 (0)2 9820 3751
Fax: 61 (0)2 9820 3942
Email: kundan@sourceunited.com

5. Sydney Murugan Temple
217 Great Western Hwy, Mays Hill
PH: 02 687 1695
Email: winnerbal@hotmail.com

6. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara
14 River Road, Revesby
PH:02 9792 3501

7. Sri Mandir
286 Cumberland Road, Auburn

8. Sri Venkateswara Temple
Temple Road, Helensburgh
PH: 02 4294 3224
Email

vt@acay.com.au

9. Shri Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir
40, Eleanor Street, Rosehill
PH: 02 9879 2776

Queensland:

1. Guru Nanak Sikh Association
Pacific Highway, Edmonton, North Queensland

2. Hare Krishna Temple
95 Bank Rd, Graceville
PH: 07 3379 5455

South Australia:

1. Ganesh Temple
3A Dwyer Road, Oaklands Park

2. Gurdwara Sahib Adelaide
285 Hampstead Road, Adelaide

3. Hare Krishna Temple
227 Henley Beach Rd,Torrensville
PH: 08 8234 1378

4. The Sikh Temple
Stuart Highway, Glossop

Victoria:

1. Gurudwara Sahib Melbourne
44 Hume Highway, Craigieburn
PH: 02 305 6511

2. Melbourne Murgan Centre
P O Box 1051, St Albans
PH: 03 9390 5228

3. Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple
57 Boundary Rd, Carrum Downs
PH: 03 9872 0878

4. Sri Vakratunda Vinayaka Temple
1292 - 1294, The Mountain Highway, The Basin
PH: 03 9793 1652

5. Sri Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha
14 Francis Street, Ferntree Gully

6. The Sikh Community Centre
116 Tyler Street, East Preston

Western Australia:

1. Bayswater Gurdwara
13 Murray Street, Bayswater WA 6053
PH: 9371 5850

2. Canning Vale Gurdwara
123 Saddleback Grove Canning Vale 6155
PH: 9256 1314

3. Hindu Association of Western Australia Inc
41 Warton Road, Canning Vale
PH: 08 9455 2097

4. Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan WA
John Leckie Pavilion cnr Stone Rd & Melvista Ave, Dalkeith WA

5. Shri Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan Perth
Bayswater Family Centre, 53-59 Murray Street, Bayswater WA

6. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Perth
189 Hancock Street Doubleview Western Australia 6018

7. Sri Balamurugan Thevasthanam
12 Madogalup Road Mandogalup WA

A Special Note On Perth Hindu Temple:

This was the place that I was taken by my colleague with one of the other Indian couples whom she met on the way and said that she knows them well. As a newcomer and as an Indian Christian, I was told many things about the temple by the caretaker, one such piece of information that I could remember is that this temple has all the Gods and Goddess of Hindu mythology under one roof.

You could get more details about the temple from their official website. They conduct poojas and follow traditions that your mom and dad will never like to forgo for the cause of living with you. If you are wondering of keeping them happy, take them to this place that has somehow developed the serenity and nativity of Indian temples.

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Oil And Petrol Price Hike Leaves None!

January 10th 2011 16:39

Well, the rise in petrol prices leave no mercy on any part of the world. To the dismay of everyone, the price hike has hit a very big margin of £1.30 a litre, making things worse for David Cameron.

The only way that the Prime Minister, can keep things ushered on the price hike and get 'people's hope' on him is by pointing out that this is not his flaw but is a pandemic problem, and is high time to get things under control.

The Prime Minister is concerned in not raising hopes of his people with a vain promise, rather took a brilliant measure of curbing the rising fuel price in the international market from hitting his country, by introducing a welcoming scheme called "fair fuel price stabiliser", which makes a complete dent on the duty for the fuel price, and will therefore reduce the cost of petrol convincingly to a certail extent. This, the Prime Minister, knows very well, that is only a stop-gap arrangement and will therefore require an international discussion with all the affected nations to discuss more on the price hike, and encouraging transfer of technology for sustainable practices.

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Gas Leaks Hits Shares Of Dr Reddy's Laboratories!

December 22nd 2010 10:37

Despite the immense loss of two live and a few injuries, which could be insignificant to the tragedy that happened in Mumbai earlier this year and in Bhopal, the judgment that came this year for an accident that occurred a decade ago in India, the stock market for Dr. Reddy's Laboratories went down considerably today.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, is one the leading well-established organisation with international reputation. the death of two employees, one who was on contract with the firm. The employees who lost their lives were identified as Choudhury Sridhar Reddy, a chemist, and Deepak Kumar, a casual labourer.

Police investigation reported that the firm's safety standards is to be blamed for the nitrogen gas leak this time, resulting in the loss of two lives and two injured.
This will result in a major dent for the pharmaceutical company for the brand name that they had been barging all these years.

What is more even disheartening is that the nitrogen gas leak occurred in the section of the company located in Bollaram, outskirts of Hyderabad, which is the plant production unit for active ingredients. Now, Dr. Reddy's lab will be under pressure to revise their safety standards at both the national and international level. Until then, Dr. Reddy's laboratories's share will be facing downfall in the stock market, which began today with a 4.13 % in BSE and 4.18% downfall in NSE market. Consequentially, if the lab takes appropriate reconciliations to the family members in loss, they have to face the ups and downs in the stock market until then. Furthermore, they will have to face more expenditure to face and implement the demands of both the national and international safety committees.

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Keep An Eye On Your WiFi Connection!

December 12th 2010 17:56

How will you feel, if the police knocks your doorstep, and says that you have been involved with a terrorist attack. This is what happened to one innocent Navi Mumbai jockey, who found himself baffled in shock and wrath this Tuesday night, when the police started to ask him about a terrorist Indian Mujahideen, whose email has been held as the key evidence supporting their involvement in Mumbai blast.

Akil Tulreja, the jockey who was questioned, was ultimately found to be

innocent when the police discovered that his Wi-Fi connection was unsecure and was hacked by the IM terrorists to send an email immediately after the blast.

Nevertheless, his brother Nikhil, was no less in facing the questionnaire, that could have been really awkward and a nightmare that they will never forget for the rest of the life.

Following this, cyber experts has advised and precautioned the public that they should take proper care to ensure that the passwords for Wi-Fi connectivity are kept secure. This is one of the most needed precaution as the terrorists will never have time to crack your password, unless you keep them explicitly known, allowing them to hack.

Other advised precautionary measures will include the use of 'Firewall', which increases the difficulty for hacker to break the computer security and opt for connections with those service providers who will be willing to provide you an ISP address. In such circumstances, always note that there is someone to help you, and you can resort for help from cyber security experts.

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Easy Curried Prawn Recipies

November 12th 2010 11:21

To enjoy a Quick Delicious Sumptuous Meal of Prawns enjoy this recipe. This is an easy and quick-to-do prawn recipe.

Serves: 6
Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes

Ingredients:
500 g prawn tails
1 tbsp oil
1 or 2 tsp curry powder
1 Onion diced and chopped
1 Carrot julienned into strips
½ Green Capsicum sliced
½ Red Capsicum sliced
2 Sticks Celery sliced
1 carton of 375 g can of light evaporated milk
1 tbsp flour

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a clean and dry pan. Sauté onions and remove on the heated oil from the pan. When done until golden brown, add curry and prawns together, stir-fry until cooked, and remove from pan. Care is taken that none of them turns crisp but remains tender and the juiciness of the prawns and onions to be blended well.
2. Use prawns juice to cook the remaining vegetables by boiling them in a closed pan. Add more water to immerse the vegetables at least 1/4th more than the level of the vessel and boil well.
3. When the vegetables are half cooked, add the sauted onion, curry and prawn mixture in the vessel where the vegetables were boiled, and cook until the vegetables turn soft and tender, or well cooked.
4. Add the evaporated milk and prawns into this mixture to boil. Heat through and thicken when is time thicken with flour made into a paste with a little water.
5. Simmer until the mixture is cooked well and blended.
6. Serve on a thick bed of white rice.

Tips:

The prawns when frozen and cooked using this recipe was found to taste even better and made the use of ingredients more economical. Frozen prawns when cooked with more curry and less flour are really a very tasty and healthy dish.
Some like more oil added to the dish for a more spicy effect has to add some real chillies.
The dish is a very healthy preparation and to prevent any gastric effect addition of ginger and garlic paste is recommended. The paste is added to the onion and sauted well to prevent any aroma and flavor.
This dish do not require a lengthy grocery list or much of your time and is going to make your tummy heavy with a quick lunch prepared instantly served hot with white and fluffy rice. This is used as a side dish for wheat rolls, chapatti, naan and roti. A real way to enjoy the delicacy of prawn, something that many in my house relish for lunch and dinner, other than me…I started taking some small portions, if I make a prawn preparation in this manner..quite delicious.

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