A controversial subject , First thanks to SRK and Karan Johar for bringing the reality it is a daring act and involves huge risk. There is a cross response and mixed reviews for this movie. Hats off to trio SRk , Kajol and Karan Johar it is need of the hour there is frisking everywhere and terrorist need not be a muslim. The depiction in many of the movies are against.
Many thanks for taking a risk you had won hearts of many.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Renewable Energy
We should look into all viabilities and speeden the process all over the world since global warming is becoming a concern. We don't have the right to deny clean environment for the future generation. Let all of us join hands and do bare minimum contribution. Atleast in places where the resources are available let us implement it. It might be a costly investment but it will help a lot in long term. Please find below types
Renewable Energy: What are My Options?
This section outlines the different types of renewable energy, and how exactly they are produced. Generating clean and environmentally-efficient power is easier than you think, and there is a ton of research and development in the renewable energy market going on right now. The push for renewable energy standards is a hot topic, so understanding what your options are will help you understand where the renewable energy market may be headed in the near and distant future.
Hydropower
The power of water is abundant—approximately 73 percent of all renewable energy according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Hydropower is generated using the mechanical energy of flowing water by forcing it through piping called a penstock, which then turns a generator in order to produce electricity. Water power also consists of wave and tidal energy, which are both in the infant stage of research, as scientists try to discover how to harness the energy produced from movement of the ocean. The Hoover Dam is the largest hydropower system in the U.S.
Solar Power
Solar cells made from silicon absorb the sun's radiation, also called photovoltaic cells. The photovoltaic process involves the movement and displacement of electrons to absorb the sun's radiation and create electricity, but there are also solar systems that use large-scale mirrors to heat water, or produce high temperatures and generate steam, which is used to turn a generator.
Wind Power
Wind power is a very simple process. A wind turbine converts the kinetic energy (motion) of wind into mechanical energy that is used to generate electricity. The energy is fed through a generator, converted a second time into electrical energy, then fed into the grid to be transmitted to a power station. Wind power is abundant in California and Texas, with the two largest wind farms in the world residing in West Texas. Wind is unique because it carries incentives for farmers to give parcels of land for building wind turbines, and has the most potential as far as widespread adoption due to the large areas of land with consistent wind available to harness.
Geothermal Power
The process involves trapping heat underground, then building energy that rises near the surface in the form of heat. When this heat naturally creates hot water or steam, it is harnessed and then used to turn a steam turbine to generate electricity. The Italians were the first to use geothermal energy for commercial purposes in the early 1900s.
Biomass
Biomass is a very versatile form of renewable energy. Biomass power plants burn biomass fuel in boilers to heat water and turn a steam turbine to create electricity. Biomass fuel is everything from wood to landfill trash, which is currently being used to convert into methane for the production of dry natural gas. Agricultural research is seeing unique results, including dairy farms in Texas converting cow manure into energy.
Renewable Energy: What are My Options?
This section outlines the different types of renewable energy, and how exactly they are produced. Generating clean and environmentally-efficient power is easier than you think, and there is a ton of research and development in the renewable energy market going on right now. The push for renewable energy standards is a hot topic, so understanding what your options are will help you understand where the renewable energy market may be headed in the near and distant future.
Hydropower
The power of water is abundant—approximately 73 percent of all renewable energy according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Hydropower is generated using the mechanical energy of flowing water by forcing it through piping called a penstock, which then turns a generator in order to produce electricity. Water power also consists of wave and tidal energy, which are both in the infant stage of research, as scientists try to discover how to harness the energy produced from movement of the ocean. The Hoover Dam is the largest hydropower system in the U.S.
Solar Power
Solar cells made from silicon absorb the sun's radiation, also called photovoltaic cells. The photovoltaic process involves the movement and displacement of electrons to absorb the sun's radiation and create electricity, but there are also solar systems that use large-scale mirrors to heat water, or produce high temperatures and generate steam, which is used to turn a generator.
Wind Power
Wind power is a very simple process. A wind turbine converts the kinetic energy (motion) of wind into mechanical energy that is used to generate electricity. The energy is fed through a generator, converted a second time into electrical energy, then fed into the grid to be transmitted to a power station. Wind power is abundant in California and Texas, with the two largest wind farms in the world residing in West Texas. Wind is unique because it carries incentives for farmers to give parcels of land for building wind turbines, and has the most potential as far as widespread adoption due to the large areas of land with consistent wind available to harness.
Geothermal Power
The process involves trapping heat underground, then building energy that rises near the surface in the form of heat. When this heat naturally creates hot water or steam, it is harnessed and then used to turn a steam turbine to generate electricity. The Italians were the first to use geothermal energy for commercial purposes in the early 1900s.
Biomass
Biomass is a very versatile form of renewable energy. Biomass power plants burn biomass fuel in boilers to heat water and turn a steam turbine to create electricity. Biomass fuel is everything from wood to landfill trash, which is currently being used to convert into methane for the production of dry natural gas. Agricultural research is seeing unique results, including dairy farms in Texas converting cow manure into energy.
An investment plan for indians living in dubai
JEEVAN ANAND (ZINDGI KE SAATH BHI, ZINDGI KE BAAD BHI)
Jeevan Anand (Double Advantage Endowment) is an innovative plan from LIC International which combines the benefit of an endowment plan & whole life cover policy.
Under this plan, you pay premium for limited period (5 years) but your policy coverage continues though-out your lifetime to the extent of the sum assured without any further premium. This plan assuring you a Lump Sum payment (Sum Assured and Bonus) after the maturity of your policy(10, 15, 20 or 25 Yrs)
Key features of Jeevan Anand
Sum Assured with Bonus on Retirement.
Limited premium payments.(Only 5 Years)
Free whole life risk cover, even after you stops paying premiums
Double Accidental Death & disability cover up to age of 70.
Encashment/Surrender of the policy
Loans available.
Receive all benefits in choice currency
Policy can be transferred to any LIC branches in India, if you chose to.. (On repatriable basis)
Illustration for Age 35 & premium contribution Qtly 2700 (Only for 5 Years)
ü Life Cover (any cause):starting from first day $50,000 increasing every year to about $ 78,000* at chosen retirement.
ü Accidental Cover : Death / Total & Permanent Disability (from first day): $ 100,000 total
Amount*you receive at retirement (after 20 yr.):$ 78,000
Plus
Free insurance cover thereafter- Accidental = $ 100,000 Natural Death=$ 50,000 (global cover, natural death cover for whole life)
Jeevan Anand (Double Advantage Endowment) is an innovative plan from LIC International which combines the benefit of an endowment plan & whole life cover policy.
Under this plan, you pay premium for limited period (5 years) but your policy coverage continues though-out your lifetime to the extent of the sum assured without any further premium. This plan assuring you a Lump Sum payment (Sum Assured and Bonus) after the maturity of your policy(10, 15, 20 or 25 Yrs)
Key features of Jeevan Anand
Sum Assured with Bonus on Retirement.
Limited premium payments.(Only 5 Years)
Free whole life risk cover, even after you stops paying premiums
Double Accidental Death & disability cover up to age of 70.
Encashment/Surrender of the policy
Loans available.
Receive all benefits in choice currency
Policy can be transferred to any LIC branches in India, if you chose to.. (On repatriable basis)
Illustration for Age 35 & premium contribution Qtly 2700 (Only for 5 Years)
ü Life Cover (any cause):starting from first day $50,000 increasing every year to about $ 78,000* at chosen retirement.
ü Accidental Cover : Death / Total & Permanent Disability (from first day): $ 100,000 total
Amount*you receive at retirement (after 20 yr.):$ 78,000
Plus
Free insurance cover thereafter- Accidental = $ 100,000 Natural Death=$ 50,000 (global cover, natural death cover for whole life)
Save Paper Save Trees
Conserve paper
So why does saving paper even matter?
For starters, the pulp and paper industry is the third largest consumer of energy and uses more water to produce a ton of product than any other industry. In 2005, out of 245,000,000 tons of waste 34.2% was paper according to the EPA. That is over 83,300,000 tons of paper that is wasted every year.
When I first heard about Blog Action Day I knew this was a way that everyone, including designers, could easily help the environment.
About 20,000,000 trees are cut down annually for virgin paper used for production of books in the US alone. So think green and save the environment while saving yourself some money by using less paper.
What can You do to Kill Paper Waste instead of Trees?
Buy Recycled Paper, DuhAccording to the City of Seattle a ton of paper made from recycled paper, as opposed to virgin paper, saves the equivalent of 4,100 kilowatt hours of energy, 7000 gallons of water, 60 pounds of air emissions, and 3 cubic yards of landfill space.
Check Your Work to Avoid Printing Copies that Have to Be Thrown AwayMake sure to spell check your work, and even read over it on screen. Use the Print Preview feature to preview your work to make sure everything lines up correctly.
Use the Print Range feature to Print Only what You NeedYou can use the Print range feature available in most programs to print only the exact pages or the selected text that you need.
Don’t Throw Away Your Mis-prints, Keep it as Draft PaperYou can keep paper that you may have printed earlier which you no longer need, and print on the blank side instead of throwing it way like I am sure we have all done before. You can even use it to jot down notes for yourself instead of wasting Post it notes.
Make Use of Double Sided PrintingIt’s actually pretty simple. First print the odd pages by editing the Print range after pressing Ctrl+P. Then flip the pages over and put them back in the paper tray. Then just print the even pages by editing the Print range once again.
Avoid Printed Envelope Labels, And Print Directly on to the EnvelopeSave paper by avoiding printing addresses on to labels, only to turn around and stick that label on an envelope. It is very easy to addresses and more right onto the label using Microsoft Word or other word processing programs.
Send Documents via eMail or eFaxAlthough you may not always be able to, try to send stuff via email whenever possible. If you are going to fax something, many times people never use the functionality of many printers which allows for eFax. With eFax you don’t have to print something out just to stick in the fax machine and then throw it away when your done.
So why does saving paper even matter?
For starters, the pulp and paper industry is the third largest consumer of energy and uses more water to produce a ton of product than any other industry. In 2005, out of 245,000,000 tons of waste 34.2% was paper according to the EPA. That is over 83,300,000 tons of paper that is wasted every year.
When I first heard about Blog Action Day I knew this was a way that everyone, including designers, could easily help the environment.
About 20,000,000 trees are cut down annually for virgin paper used for production of books in the US alone. So think green and save the environment while saving yourself some money by using less paper.
What can You do to Kill Paper Waste instead of Trees?
Buy Recycled Paper, DuhAccording to the City of Seattle a ton of paper made from recycled paper, as opposed to virgin paper, saves the equivalent of 4,100 kilowatt hours of energy, 7000 gallons of water, 60 pounds of air emissions, and 3 cubic yards of landfill space.
Check Your Work to Avoid Printing Copies that Have to Be Thrown AwayMake sure to spell check your work, and even read over it on screen. Use the Print Preview feature to preview your work to make sure everything lines up correctly.
Use the Print Range feature to Print Only what You NeedYou can use the Print range feature available in most programs to print only the exact pages or the selected text that you need.
Don’t Throw Away Your Mis-prints, Keep it as Draft PaperYou can keep paper that you may have printed earlier which you no longer need, and print on the blank side instead of throwing it way like I am sure we have all done before. You can even use it to jot down notes for yourself instead of wasting Post it notes.
Make Use of Double Sided PrintingIt’s actually pretty simple. First print the odd pages by editing the Print range after pressing Ctrl+P. Then flip the pages over and put them back in the paper tray. Then just print the even pages by editing the Print range once again.
Avoid Printed Envelope Labels, And Print Directly on to the EnvelopeSave paper by avoiding printing addresses on to labels, only to turn around and stick that label on an envelope. It is very easy to addresses and more right onto the label using Microsoft Word or other word processing programs.
Send Documents via eMail or eFaxAlthough you may not always be able to, try to send stuff via email whenever possible. If you are going to fax something, many times people never use the functionality of many printers which allows for eFax. With eFax you don’t have to print something out just to stick in the fax machine and then throw it away when your done.
Save Tiger campaign
Save Nature Save Tiger.
The future generation might not be denied an oppurtunity to see it.
The word tiger should not be a history in future.
I think it is too late it was stressed even 15 years back when am in college that period it was roughly 3900 odd now reduced down to half. Please read the article below
Tiger population falls dramatically in IndiaIn environment, world on August 15, 2009 at 8:22 am
A century ago, India’s wild lands were home to about 40,000 tigers. Today, it’s estimated only 1,000 tigers remain as a result of poachers and big game hunters.The two reserves, Panna and Sariska National Park, no longer have a tiger population.Many of the tigers have been lost due to Asia’s demand for tiger bones, claws and skin. The animal parts are used in traditional medicines.Tigers have also died as a result of electric fences, illegal logging and fighting among the few remaining males.Panna park, once home to 24 tigers, has had no sightings since January.The Wildlife Institute of India had stated in 2007 that the nation’s tigers were doing well within the reserves but not in the protected forest areas. At that time it was urged though for measures to be taken to save the species.National Geographic reported in 2007:
“Indian tigers are not entirely down and out,” said Sujoy Banerjee, head of the species conservation program at the Indian branch of the international conservation organization WWF.”But if we don’t wake up now, the only tigers we will see will be at the zoo.”
The number of tigers surveyed that year seemed to differ from conservation groups and the Indian government. It was stated that the government did not want to report that the number of animals had decreased as much as the wildlife groups had indicated.As the numbers dwindled in 2008 wildlife experts urged the government to save the felines.BBC reported then:
“It is now time to act and save tigers from human beings. We have to create inviolate areas for tigers and provide modern weapons to forest guards,” conservationist Valmik Thapar told Hindustan Times newspaper.
Valmir Thapar spoke to the Wall Street Journal about the demise of tigers in his native India.
In India, 18 per cent of the land that is left as forest land. As that land degrades, the water supply also degrades. The disappearance of the tiger is a sign of the destruction of the ecosystem, something that has an impact on the entire animal population including humans.It is becoming doubtful that the tiger population in India can be saved.Since as far back as 2005 the nation’s forest ministry sent warning bells to the government but the local authorities did not heed them.Dr Raghu Chundawat, an independent scientist is one of those who has been sounding alarms. He says that the state government is still refusing to listen to the seriousness of the problem.Ashok Kumar, deputy chair of the Wildlife Trust of India, believes that India can reverse the population decline with the tigers. “The long-term future of the tiger can be saved.”That hope is echoed by Madhya Pradesh’s forest minister Rajendra Shukla reports the BBC:
“Panna is our only park which has lost on this count,” he says. “Three of state’s reserve forests – Kanha, Bandhavgarh and Pench – have been adjudged among the best managed tiger reserves in the country.”
That statement though may be overly hopeful. Experts believe that the population is already to small for tigers to have a viable future. Even if the population could right itself the lack of law enforcement stopping poachers puts the situation on a downward spiral. Factoring in the ever expanding human population in the tiger’s habitat brings the chance of survival for this magnificent feline down even lower.Ireland Online reports:
“The government must address the core problem of sufficient protection.“Unless heads roll, translocation of animals is not going to help as these too might be lost and the situation will not change,” Mr Bhargav, a member of the National Board for Wildlife in India said.
The future generation might not be denied an oppurtunity to see it.
The word tiger should not be a history in future.
I think it is too late it was stressed even 15 years back when am in college that period it was roughly 3900 odd now reduced down to half. Please read the article below
Tiger population falls dramatically in IndiaIn environment, world on August 15, 2009 at 8:22 am
A century ago, India’s wild lands were home to about 40,000 tigers. Today, it’s estimated only 1,000 tigers remain as a result of poachers and big game hunters.The two reserves, Panna and Sariska National Park, no longer have a tiger population.Many of the tigers have been lost due to Asia’s demand for tiger bones, claws and skin. The animal parts are used in traditional medicines.Tigers have also died as a result of electric fences, illegal logging and fighting among the few remaining males.Panna park, once home to 24 tigers, has had no sightings since January.The Wildlife Institute of India had stated in 2007 that the nation’s tigers were doing well within the reserves but not in the protected forest areas. At that time it was urged though for measures to be taken to save the species.National Geographic reported in 2007:
“Indian tigers are not entirely down and out,” said Sujoy Banerjee, head of the species conservation program at the Indian branch of the international conservation organization WWF.”But if we don’t wake up now, the only tigers we will see will be at the zoo.”
The number of tigers surveyed that year seemed to differ from conservation groups and the Indian government. It was stated that the government did not want to report that the number of animals had decreased as much as the wildlife groups had indicated.As the numbers dwindled in 2008 wildlife experts urged the government to save the felines.BBC reported then:
“It is now time to act and save tigers from human beings. We have to create inviolate areas for tigers and provide modern weapons to forest guards,” conservationist Valmik Thapar told Hindustan Times newspaper.
Valmir Thapar spoke to the Wall Street Journal about the demise of tigers in his native India.
In India, 18 per cent of the land that is left as forest land. As that land degrades, the water supply also degrades. The disappearance of the tiger is a sign of the destruction of the ecosystem, something that has an impact on the entire animal population including humans.It is becoming doubtful that the tiger population in India can be saved.Since as far back as 2005 the nation’s forest ministry sent warning bells to the government but the local authorities did not heed them.Dr Raghu Chundawat, an independent scientist is one of those who has been sounding alarms. He says that the state government is still refusing to listen to the seriousness of the problem.Ashok Kumar, deputy chair of the Wildlife Trust of India, believes that India can reverse the population decline with the tigers. “The long-term future of the tiger can be saved.”That hope is echoed by Madhya Pradesh’s forest minister Rajendra Shukla reports the BBC:
“Panna is our only park which has lost on this count,” he says. “Three of state’s reserve forests – Kanha, Bandhavgarh and Pench – have been adjudged among the best managed tiger reserves in the country.”
That statement though may be overly hopeful. Experts believe that the population is already to small for tigers to have a viable future. Even if the population could right itself the lack of law enforcement stopping poachers puts the situation on a downward spiral. Factoring in the ever expanding human population in the tiger’s habitat brings the chance of survival for this magnificent feline down even lower.Ireland Online reports:
“The government must address the core problem of sufficient protection.“Unless heads roll, translocation of animals is not going to help as these too might be lost and the situation will not change,” Mr Bhargav, a member of the National Board for Wildlife in India said.
Online money making
Do You Want a Massive Dollar Income, sitting right here in the UAE… Using only your computer and an Internet connection?
I and friend Siraj attended the above program at Al Murooj Rotana Hotel . Was it worth he has done his marketing well let uis think over since he is demanding AED 9000 plus for 2 day workshop plus one year free membership plus online VIP support.
I and friend Siraj attended the above program at Al Murooj Rotana Hotel . Was it worth he has done his marketing well let uis think over since he is demanding AED 9000 plus for 2 day workshop plus one year free membership plus online VIP support.
Travel By Metro
Traveled by metro yesterday with friends Safi and Sadiq . There were 5 stations which were closed on the way we travelled from Al Rigga to Mall of Emirates and back from Mall of Emirates to Union Square. The metro was launched in 09-09-2009 it took 5 months for us to take a trip was it right on our part as residents of dubai? Still we are yet to go to observation desk at Burj Khalifa the tallest man made structure in world.
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