look at that!!!!  BIG FISH!!!   how about having Fried fish for dinner!!!

FLOWERS ON MY TABLE

It is so surprising that these flowers i plucked 4 days back and just put it in the water as you can see and they are still looking fresh!!

10 Tips for a Positive Life

10 Tips for a Positive Life

   1. Take a morning walk of gratitude. It will create a fertile mind ready for success.  

    2. Transform adversity into success by deciding that change is not your enemy but your friend.  

    3. Make a difference to the lives of others.  

   4. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.  

  5. Live with the 3 E's. Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy.  

  6. Remember there’s no substitute for hard work.  

  7. Instead of complaining focus on solutions. It’s the key to innovation.  

    8. Read more books.  

  9. Smile and laugh more.   They are natural  anti-depressants.

 10. Enjoy the ride. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy it.

Fruit Juice can up cancer risk

So, eat your fruit.. Don’t drink it!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Your-glass-of-fruit-juice-can-up-cancer-risk/articleshow/10125386.cms

Your glass of fruit juice can up cancer risk

ANI | Oct 5, 2011, 12.00AM IST

A glass of juice in the morning is believed to be the healthy way to start a day, but Australian scientists have claimed that some fruit juices contain so much sugar that they actually increase the risk of certain cancers, rather than preventing them.

They said, in fact, by the time the drink has been processed and packaged, many of the ingredients in fruit that protect againsttumours have been lost, the Daily Mail reported.

The researchers wanted to establish how effective different fruits, vegetables and juices were at preventing the development of bowel cancer.

They examined the diets of 2,200 adults, who filled in a questionnaire detailing their daily eating habits. The team then tracked the participants for two years to see how many of them developed the disease.

Unsurprisingly they found that eating apples, sprouts, cauliflower or broccoli on a daily basis all reduced the likelihood. However, those who consumed lots of fruit juice had a higher risk.

The research found that those drinking more than three glasses a day were more likely to develop rectal cancer, a form of bowel cancer.

Scientists believe the high sugar content in juice may trigger certain tumours.

The Perth team also said that many things found in fruit which help protect against bowel cancer - including fibre, vitamin C and chemicals known as antioxidants - are lost during the juice's processing.

The findings were published in the journal of the American Dietetic Association.

Kelshi : Possible to be place of one of the oldest civilisation!!

I am from village Kelshi in Ratnagiri District. 

As a child I often visited the seashore near my village and spent hours and hours looking at - and sometime digging with my hands- into the sand to find bits and remains of human civilization (such as coins, potteries etc., raw bricks etc.)  We also witnessed the remains of houses and water wells.  These remains often surfaced as the sand was washed away by the Arabian Sea waves and were mostly found below the current sea level.  

I wondered how the water in the Arabian Sea went up in the past and was now going down washing a civilization lower than the Sea Level!!  My elder brother told me that it was possible a tsunami that washed away a civilization and I laughed at him. 

It was certainly like a mystery!  I still proudly retain some of those coins and pieces of pottery. 

If this article is true, we are sure to discover a great civilization older than the Indus???

I will be proud to show case some of the coins during any upcoming KCR event that I am having with me even in Riyadh.

Mohsin.

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_a-civilisation-as-old-as-indus-valley_1547987

A civilisation as old as Indus valley? Published: Friday, May 27, 2011, 1:28 IST By DNA Correspondent | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Did the coastline of the Konkan, from Shrivardhan in Raigad to Vengurla in Sindhudurg, have human habitation around 8,000 years ago? Did that population have well-developed engineering skills? Was there a unique Konkan culture in existence in 6,000BC? The latest discovery in the field of archaeology, below the sea waters of Konkan coast, could answer these questions with a big resounding‘Yes!’ In what could turn out to be a major discovery,researchers have found a wall-like structure, which is 24km long, 2.7m in height, and around 2.5m in width. The structure shows uniformity in construction. “The structure is not continuous from Shrivardhan to Raigad, but it is uniform. It has been found 3m below the present sea level. Considering the uniformity of the structure, it is obvious that the structure is man-made,” said Dr Ashok Marathe, department of archaeology, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, Pune. This joint expedition carried out by Deccan College, Pune and Department of Science and Technology, Central Government, has been in progress since 2005. “We were actually studying the impacts of tsunami and earthquake on western coast when we first found this structure in Valneshwar,” said Marathe. However, the age of the structure was decided on the basis of sea level mapping. “There have been exhaustive studies about the sea water coming inside the land. Based on the calculations, experts from the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) pegged the age of the wall at around 6,000 BC,” Marathe informed. The discovery has raised a number of questions, such as how these huge stones were brought to the shore? What was the purpose behind building this wall? If the date of the wall is accurate, then is it the same age as the Indus civilisation? Why have none of the researchers till date, found or made any mention of this civilisation? Marathe, who will be retiring in July 2011, has asked more people to try to find answers to these questions. In the wake of power projects coming up on Konkan’s coastline and the growing discontent, this discovery could prove vital. Marathe, though, displays little faith in the government. Check this link  http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/slideshow_photos-8000-year-old-advanced-civilisation-in-konkan-coast_1547920-3#top

Organizational Chart

Never seen an Organizational Chart depicted so clearly.

When top level  people look down, they see only shitheads;

When bottom level people  look up, they see only  assholes...     

Gravity Hill

Gravity Hill

A gravity hill, also known as a magnetic hill (and sometimes a mystery hill or a gravity road), is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces the optical illusion that a very slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope. Thus, a car left out of gear will appear to be rolling uphill due to gravity.^[1]
There are hundreds of gravity hill locations around the world. See list of magnetic hills.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_hill

ITS A 3D PRINTER

The plant that conquered

Single peat moss plant 'conquered America'

By Matt Walker Editor, Earth News The plant that conquered: the peat moss Sphagnum subnitens It is the most extreme example yet known of a single plant's ability to colonise sites spanning a huge region. Across northwestern North America, every example of a common peat moss called Sphagnum subnitens is genetically identical, researchers have discovered. That means every specimen can be traced back to a single parent, which likely conquered North America in less than 300 years, and shows how a single 'general purpose' genome can allow a plant to grow in a range of climates. As part of the same research, scientists also discovered that just two parent peat moss plants of the same species have also produced all those now living in New Zealand. It can be argued that this is the most genetically uniform widespread group of plants known Plant ecologist Eric Karlin, Ramapo College in New Jersey, US Both results are "extremely surprising", say the plant ecologists who did the research. One reason is because the same is not true in Europe, where a wide variety of S. subnitens mosses live. Details of the discovery are published in the journal Molecular Ecology. Professor Eric Karlin of Ramapo College in New Jersey, US and colleagues at Binghamton University in New York state, US and Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, US were initially studying the global distribution of S. subnitens. "Like other peat mosses, the plant grows in bogs and fens," Prof Karlin told BBC News. Standing just a few centimetres tall, the plant forms carpets and can vary in colour from green to red to brown. "It is not uncommon," says Prof Karlin, but it does have an odd distribution, occurring widely in Europe and across coastal northwestern North America, and again in New Zealand, where it is limited to the west coast of the South Island. "Prior to this study there had been no analysis to assess the genetic relationships of the plants in these remarkably disjunct populations," he adds. A red form of the moss species So he and colleagues did just that, also measuring the amount of genetic variety within populations of the peat moss growing on each continent. "All of the plants of S. subnitens in northwestern North America appear to have descended from just one parent," says Prof Karlin. "100% of the gene pool was contributed by one individual." Genetically identical plants of S. subnitens range from coastal Oregon to the western Aleutian Islands, a distance of some 4115km. In New Zealand, the populations there were founded by two different parents. But interestingly, these do not appear to have interbred. "Thus all plants of S. subnitens in New Zealand are genetic copies of either one or the other founding parent." The peat moss appears able to colonise many sites across extensive geographic regions due to its complicated way of reproducing. Mosses can reproduce in a number of ways. Either a moss plant clones itself, by passing on exactly the same DNA to new individuals via vegetative reproduction. Some plants may be able to defy the effects of aging, suggest scientists Find out about different ways animals and plants reproduce at BBC Wildlife Finder Learn more about bogs, and the wildlife living within Or it can reproduce by sexual reproduction. In humans and most animals, this usually occurs with a male parent providing the sperm and the female parent the egg, each supplying half their offspring's genetic material. Peat mosses can do this, but they can also sexually reproduce another way, with the same parent producing both the sperm and egg. This sperm and egg are also genetically different to each other, due to the way genetic material gets shifted around when they are created. S. subnitens also has a fourth way of reproducing, however. One parent can produce egg and sperm that are genetically identical. When these sperm and eggs come together, they produce offspring containing two copies of identical DNA. That means the offspring are genetically the same as their parent, without technically being clones. This special type of sexual reproduction only occurs in some mosses and some other seedless plants such as ferns. That is what Prof Karlin's team believes has happened in North America and New Zealand. SOURCES Visit the journal Molecular Ecology to read more about the peat moss that conquered America A single founder plant arrived in North America from Europe, probably sometime between the turn of the 18th and 20th Centuries. It then reproduced, spreading genetically identical copies of itself along the northwestern coast. "It can be argued that this is the most genetically uniform widespread group of plants known," says Prof Karlin. Two different plants of this species must have arrived in New Zealand, and individually spread in the same way. In neither North America, nor New Zealand, do any of the plants of S. subnitens show signs of genetic variation from the founding parents. The apparent health of the peat moss populations indicates that the plant has not suffered from having no diversity in its genetic make up. Prof Karlin explains: "This is in sharp contrast to many animals and plants." For them, inbreeding often leads to a concentration of unwanted genetic mutations, compromising their evolutionary fitness, he says. But this peat moss shows how many ecological niches can be filled by just a single genome, albeit one copied many times. "It appears that the species has a 'general purpose' genotype that can thrive without specialisation to each location where it occurs," says Prof Karlin.

THE KING of the kings of fruits!

The first four boxes of this rare and delicate variety of the king of fruits were sold for Rs 7,000 each in Mumbai’s popular fruit and vegetable bazaar, the Crawford Market, in January.

That is Rs. 583 per mango! The predicted rates for March are Rs. 2000-3000 per dozen (Rs. 200 per piece)!

Any orders????

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/food/12-alphonso-mangoes-sell-for-rs-7000-in-mahurat-trading/articleshow/7439543.cms

7 Feb, 2011, 11.44AM IST, Jayashree Bhosale & Ram Sahgal,ET Bureau

12 Alphonso mangoes sell for Rs 7,000 in 'Mahurat' trading

PUNE | MUMBAI: You can call it mango ‘mahurat’ trading. This year’s first Alphonso mango has fetched a record Rs 600, almost 50% more than the last year’s opening price.

The first four boxes of this rare and delicate variety of the king of fruits were sold for Rs 7,000 each in Mumbai’s popular fruit and vegetable bazaar, the Crawford Market, in January. Each box contained a dozen Alphonsos.

In Pune, the first box of 40 Alphonsos was sold at an auction conducted by the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) for Rs 11,111. This would translate into a retail price of Rs 450 per mango. The winning bidder was Ravsaheb Kunjir, an NRI. “Parents planning to visit their children in other countries usually take a few pieces of mangoes with them, even if they are expensive,” Kunjir told ET. These prized first few boxes come two to three months ahead of the main season, which usually starts in April. The fruit grows from early flowering in the rainy season.

“The high mahurat price is paid in order to get publicity,” said Nathsaheb Khaire, owner of PL Khaire and Sons, a grapes and mangoes trader in Pune. “The trader himself may not make much profit from the transaction. He may even have to sell those mangoes for a loss.”

Low supply has given a boost to the opening price this year. “Last year, we sold the first mangoes at Rs 4,500 a dozen. But this year, we have not got any early fruit from our orchards,” said Amar Desai, chief executive of the Pune-based Desai Bandhu Ambewale. Desai’s family owns orchards in Pawas in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra and has been trading mangoes for the past 75 years. The exorbitant price proves that the first boxes are more about lifestyle than taste. “The first mangoes usually go to politicians, film stars and the rich families in Mumbai,” said Prakash Bang, a marketing professional who packs and door delivers mangoes under the brand name Bangoes.

Yogesh Dhole, a fruits wholesaler and retailer in Crawford market, agreed. “Initial tranche of mangoes are purchased by large corporate houses, diamond merchants and film personalities,” he said. But it is only a matter of time before Alphonsos become affordable for the middle classes. The crop is expected to be good, though the season may be delayed by up to two months due to unseasonal rainfall, experts said. “As there was less than average mango production for two consecutive years, trees have abundant food storage, which will result in high fruit bearing this year,” said a scientist at the Balasaheb Savant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, the state-run agricultural university in Konkan, Maharashtra.

“Alphonso arrivals will begin in March but the price will be Rs 2,000-3,000 per dozen,” Desai said. “The arrivals will be in full swing only in April, when the fruit becomes affordable for all.” Wholesale fruit markets are also waiting for the king. “While last year there was crop damage due to a heat wave in the first week of April, this year we expect the crop output to be much better in the period after mid-April because of better weather conditions currently,” said Sanjay Narayan Pansare, director of APMC in Navi Mumbai.

Storms in Space

Three Storms on Earth (as seen from space)

For earthlings, a storm on our planet can be awesome or awful depending on its severity. This satellite image shows three storms in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 30. 2010: Hurricane Danielle (top, center) is heading for the north Atlantic, while Hurricane Earl (bottom, left) has a visible eye hitting the Leeward Islands. Meanwhile, developing tropical depression 8 is churning in the lower-right hand portion of the image.

A Perfect Storm

In April 2001, a temperate cyclone spun counter-clockwise over China, pushing a wall of dust as it moved. Not only was the tan dust thick enough to completely hide much of the land surface below, but is also almost formed its own topography, with ridges of dust rising up below the clouds.

An eye-witness to the dust storm who visited Jilin Province in northeastern China reported that around 7 a.m. local time on April 7, 2001, the dust blocked enough sunlight to leave the skies as dark as midnight. Researchers watched with surprise as dust from an Asian storm crossed the Pacific, reaching as far east as the U.S.s Great Lakes.

South Pole Aurora Australis

Auroras, such as the aurora australis seen here, are the result of solar flares and coronal mass eruptions on the sun. Though beautiful, the auroras' accompanying magnetic energy impulses often cause disruptions in electronic and communications technology.

Understanding Auroras

In 2007, NASA launched THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms), a 2-year mission to improve the understanding of how severe space weather effects on Earth.

The mission consisted of five identical probes that orbit the earth and line up over the United States every four days. In this artist's rendering, THEMIS' main orbits are represented by red ovals. Blue lines represent the Earth's magnetic field. The white flash represents energy released during substorms.

Mars Swirls

Martian winds blowing through the planet's sand dunes make intricate patterns -- a phenomena captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Clouds of Neptune

Does Neptune have clouds? This Voyager 2 image provides obvious evidence of vertical relief in Neptune's bright cloud streaks. These clouds were observed at a latitude of 29 degrees north near Neptune's east terminator, the "line" on a planet where daylight meets darkness.

Jupiter Swirls

This close-up of swirling clouds around Jupiter's Great Red Spot was assembled from three black-and-white negatives taken by Voyager 1 on March 5, 1979. At 617 kilometers (384 miles) per hour, the winds around Jupiter's Red Spot are nearly two times as strong as the winds that accompany Category Five hurricanes on Earth.

Jupiter's Volcanic Moon, Lo

Jupiter's moon Lo (shown in a composite photograph with Jupiter in the background) is the most volcanically active object in our solar system. This image shows a major eruption in progress on Io's night side. Incandescent lava glows red beneath a high volcanic plume, whose uppermost portions are illuminated by sunlight. The plume appears blue due to scattering of light by small particles in the plume

Dragon Storm on Saturn

The complex feature with "arms" and "secondary extensions" just above and to the right of the center in this image is called the Dragon Storm. It lies in a region of Saturn's southern hemisphere that scientists call "storm alley" because of the high level of storm activity observed there by the Cassini-Huygens mission.

Icy Frigid Triton

A color mosaic shows Neptune's moon Triton. By far the largest satellite of Neptune, Triton is so cold that most of its nitrogen is condensed as frost, making it the only satellite in the Solar System known to have a surface made mainly of nitrogen ice. The bluish-green band visible in this image extends all the way around Triton near the equator; it may consist of relatively fresh nitrogen frost deposits.

10 Top Extraordinary People in the World 1. Kim Ung-Yong: Attended University at age 4, Ph.D at age 15; worlds highest IQ This Korean super-genius was born in 1962 and might just be the smartest guy alive today (hes 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 boys 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 childrens 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 worlds smartest boy and its 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 wouldnt 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 vrsta 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 Kalashnikovas 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 rabbis 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, philosophys equivalent of the Nobel . Nowadays, he is thought to be the worlds 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 worlds 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 worlds youngest university graduate at the age of 10, receiving a bachelors degree in anthropology. For a while, he also held the record for the worlds 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 worlds 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 wasnt allowed to play, but Willie improvised by practicing with small potatoes from his mothers 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. Elainas 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: Hes not worth the heartache. Lifes too short to be upset with a boy.