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Amazing Bridge

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:54:00 +0000

The bridge goes under water to allow movement of ships. In order for ships to pass, this bridge is half under the water. You drive down in the water and then come out on the other side. Truly a marvelous piece of engineering! This bridge is between Sweden and Denmark. The picture was taken from the Sweden side.

Curious Invention

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:29:00 +0000

Christopher Latham Sholes, American inventor and journalist, helped to invent the typewriter – a machine that puts letters on a sheet of paper when its keys are struck. American writer Mark Twain described it as “the curiosity breeding little joker”.

Happy New Year

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:19:00 +0000

Close your eye please !!!!

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:43:00 +0000

Comment if you like the picture.

A Slave of my Slave

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:01:00 +0000

Alexander the Great met an Indian Yogi during his visit to India. The yogi’s eyes shone with a strange light. Alexander bowed to the yogi respectfully and invited his to come to Greece along with him. “I will give you everything you ask for. But pray, do come with me! My people would love to meet you”, he said.
The yogi quietly answered, “I need nothing! I am happy where I am in this jungle”. Not used to his requests and demands refused. Alexander the Great was wild with anger. He took his sword and said, “Do you know who I am! I am Alexander the Great king. If you do not listen to me, I shall kill you”.
The yogi smiled; he was unshaken. “You cannot kill me! You can only kill my body. The body is a garment that I have worn. I am not the body. I am that which dwells in the body. O king! You say you are a king. May I tell you who you are? You are a slave of my slave!”
Alexander was stunned. “How do you say that I am a slave of your slave?!” he questioned. The yogi said in all compassion, “I have mastered anger. Anger is my slave. But you easily gave way to anger. Therefore, a slave of my slave”.
Alexander was left speechless.

Wonder Waves

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:24:00 +0000

Just Wow

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Thubs up if you liked it.Suleman Mirza and some Punjabi guy.

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:33:00 +0000

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE ULTIMATE COLLECTOR'S EDITION: Movie Trailer - Awesome video clips here
For the First Time Ever, uncover the intimate details of the search to cast Harry Potter and his friends. See Daniel, Rupert and Emma's never-before-seen audition tapes. Be there with stars and filmmakers walking onto the set of the exciting first day of shooting. Learn about Chris Columbus' critical, step-by-step decisions behind the creation of Harry Potter's world on screen. Look back on an amazing decade's worth of movies with Daniel, Rupert and Emma in new and vintage interviews never seen before.

Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and when

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:45:00 +0000

Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that India and China will outstrip the US.

Fly Without Fear

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Flying is the safest form of travel, but it terrifies 40% of airline passengers. In fact, fear of flying is so common that a website scared of flying has been set up to offer nervous travelers techniques and advice to conquer their phobia.
Features include a monthly webcast called the captain’s clinic, allowing you to talk directly to an airline captain. Each session lasts about an hour and attempts to answer all your questions. Those wanting a more direct approach can book a flight simulator, which gives you the experience of flying without having to board a plane.
In a more relaxing vein, a series of audio CDs and a book called flying Without Fear provide both encouragement and information. And to reassure yourself that you’re not alone, chat with others and share your thoughts via the site’s online discussion forum.

Nordic Walking

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:58:00 +0000

The term is less than a decade old, and is largely unknown in India. Even in England it’s become popular only in the past couple of years. Derived from a Finnish method of training cross-country skiers during the summer months, Nordic walking is becoming a popular alternative to jogging. This sport is similar to the training required for cross-country skiing, but without snow or skis, but using special walking stick-like poles. Brisk walking with the poles is not only good for the legs but for your whole body. The poles support part of your body weight and this takes pressure off the joints.

In this sport, you should walk along briskly with slightly longer strides than in normal walking supported by the poles. The body should be taut and the posture slightly forward-leaning. Keep your head straight, with your eyes on the horizon. The arms swing forward alternatively; the poles hit the ground slightly behind the forward heel and pull through the full length of the stride. Give yourself a good forward impetus with the poles and then open your hand fully. The loops hold the pole in position for a moment and then open you renew your grasp.
If you’re getting the poles make sure they’re the right length. This is crucial. As general rule the length of the poles should be 0.7 times your won height. For beginners, normal running or walking shoes are fine to start off with.

The Travel Agent

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:10:00 +0000

“The spirit of entrepreneurship includes imagination, inventiveness and openness to the new. This spirit of creative response aligns with the capacity to exercise moral imagination and to see ethical problems in a new light. To be sure, our most fundamental ethical values -- values such as honesty, avoiding doing harm, keeping commitments -- are grounded in timeless traditions and are not likely to be soon abandoned. But it is in the application of these ethical values to emerging, unique situations, where moral imagination and the entrepreneurial spirit can make a decisive difference.” David Schmidt.

A story of an entrepreneur who believes on himself and whose vision is different than others. Here is the story of entrepreneur Kong;

Alex Kong was genetically destined to be an entrepreneur. When his grandfather arrived on Borneo from China in the 1940s, he established a timber business. His son, Kong’s father, started as a carpenter, and later teamed up with his children to launch a succession of businesses, ranging from seafood exporting to a travel agency.
“If you want to make money, you have to be the boss,” Kong’s father once told him. “Don’t work for somebody else.”
After graduating from the University of Hawaii in 1993 with a degree in tourism planning, Kong returned to Sarawak with plans to get into the travel business. His father had built a hotel in Malaysia’s Gunung Mulu National Park on Borneo Island, but it was struggling due to its remote location. Kong established a travel company that packaged the hotel with transportation and other services. The company, along with his father’s hotel, boomed.
But Kong had bigger plans. An enthusiastic internet user at university, he now wanted to use his technology to expand his travel business. In the mid-1990s the internet was still largely underutilized in Asia, but Kong was convinced that it would take off. When he married his long time sweetheart Catalina Chu in March 1997, the future looked bright.
Within months, everything changed. A thick haze from forest fires in nearby Indonesia engulfed the entire region, keeping tourist away. Then in August, the Malaysian stock market crashed and the currency collapsed. Business slowed to a trickle. All Kong had to fall back on was his plan to start an internet travel business.
Kong sold everything he had and gave $447, 000 to a Kuala Lumpur company to develop an internet-based ticketing and reservation system. “I know this will work,” he assured Catalina. But at the end of 1997, the company went bankrupt without delivering the goods. Kong was completely broke. He couldn’t even afford to care for Catalina, who was pregnant and living in Hong Kong with her parents.
Still, Kong clung to his dream. This is the best time to launch, he told himself. People are looking for bargains. All he had to do was find a financial backer. In early 1998 he met hundreds of bankers and corporate investors. Unable to afford taxis, he sometime showed up for meetings soaking wet from the rain.
“If this project fails, I have nothing left,” he told potential backers. “I have to make this work.” They were touched by his simple, straight-forward approach, but nobody had money to invest.
In April 1998, Kong secured a meeting in Kuala Lumpur with Hanson Cheah, founder of the Hong Kong based venture capital group AsiaTech Venture. Unlike other potential investors, Cheah understood immediately the almost unlimited possibilities of the internet. After Kong’s 90-minute presentation, he took only a few seconds to respond: “How much do you need?”
With an initial investment of $180, 000, Kong started Asia Travel Network in June 1998. The company, through his website Asiatravelmart, links travelers with hotels, airlines and other suppliers. Its bulk buying power secures discounts for customers around the world. Asia Travel Network, which employs more than 100 people, is now a multi-million dollar business.
Catalina and their daughter Claudia have moved to Kuala Lumpur, where Kong now lives. “It was tough trying to convince investors to believe in my pain,” he says. “But my belief, coupled with loads of tenacity, was all that I needed to keep going.”

Coffee fights Cancer?

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:02:00 +0000

Everyday all tell us something nice for us. But, here’s good news for cappuccino addicts. Coffee may actually be good for you. A study at the National cancer Centre in Tokyo found that subjects who drank coffee daily had about half the risk of a particular type of liver cancer as those who did not.
In another study in Boston, the researchers found no connection between caffeinated coffee or tea and colon or rectal cancer. They did find that those drinking two or more cups of decaffeinated coffee a day had a reduced risk of rectal cancer – though this may just be because decaf drinkers tend to have healthier lifestyle.

Slumming Notice !!!!!

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:15:00 +0000

A real pack of millions of rupees work for rich kids to work as slum boy !!!!!

Rich kids work in Mumbai slum!!!
Here is their daily work menu ...
   · Selling trinkets at traffic signals
   · Polishing boots at CST station in Mumbai
   · Collecting garbage
   · Selling fish
All the rich kids are guided by Priyanka Chopra and John Abraham ..

The slum boys are invited to submit their details, those are interested to share their daily work with rich kids and go for leave to any destinations in the world!!!!

For details please contact:
Zero Mithash
CEO, Blindworld

If you are not believe … then visit here.

Serpent’s Paradise

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:07:00 +0000

Amazing news I today came to know that not only thrill me but astonished me. The man and reptile have learnt to coexist peacefully in four villages Musharu, Polshoria, Chhoto Poshla and Boro Poshla of Burdwan district of West Bengal. Children learn about cobras before they even walk. There are snakes everywhere – one for every two residents is the estimate. No one knows the exact number. They are worshipped as an incarnation of goddess Jhankeswari, hence the name jhaenglai. The snakes and people have lived together for hundreds of years.
The villagers won’t touch the snakes. Villagers are extremely protective about the reptiles and do not allow outsiders – even if they are experts – to touch the snakes. According to them the snakes are amazing. They may feed on chicks and ducklings but never harm cattle. The cows and calves stamping on them with their hooves. But they don’t strike back. According to the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), there would have been many more incidents of snakebite. Strangely, villagers are convinced that snakebite can be treated at the temple. Victims are brought to the temple and made to bathe in the pond. They listen to mantras, fast for a day and are not allowed to sleep. In a few days, they are cured.
Many herpetologists and biologists have visited these Burdwan villages to unravel the mystery behind this strange coexistence. No one, though, has succeeded. Researchers can’t do much because villagers won’t let even a single snake be transported out. A team from ZSI visited the villages, confirmed that the snakes were cobras and milked them to test the potency of their venom. These snakes enter kitchens and climb shelves while the women cook. The snakes do not feel threatened and people have got used to them. It’s truly remarkable.

$1, 000 Social Media Contest!

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:42:00 +0000

VISI will be sponsoring a social media contest. It’s new Twitter and Facebook presence spreads the word about the Cash for Servers promotion. The promotion details are;

VISI will give away a $1000 VISA gift card to one lucky winner who completes all of the qualifying steps below. The contest will run for two days; October 5th and October 6th. VISI will announce the winner on Wednesday, October 7th through Twitter (@VISIHOSTING).

The four steps to enter are:

1. Register online at www.visi.com/1000giveaway.
2. Become a fan of VISI Incorporated on Facebook. (facebook.com/VISIHOSTING)
3. Tweet about Cash For Servers. ("#CashforServers $500 rebate on dedicated server with @VISIHOSTING")
4. Update your LinkedIn status. ("Just heard about VISI's new promotion. Check it out at visi.com/cashforservers")

Read full contest rules online at www.visi.com/1000giveaway.

The World of Fragrance

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:28:00 +0000

As scents have a long history of fragrance wardrobes of different perfumes. It had become a $10 billion industry. People have used perfume, oil and unguents on their bodies for year’s dependant on fashion whims.

Today people seek out high quality aromatherapy perfumes oils to use in exactly the same way as our ancestors did. Perfumes or scents are made from extracts of essential oils and various aromatic compounds. Scents are an item of luxury and depending on the essential oil component they are categorized. Scents have been used as an accessory, mood enhancer and also in therapy. Although scents are mostly used by women, men also use fragrances available in different categories.

For more Visit: scents

Curious Images

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:11:00 +0000

It is the curious corner. I like to share with you some of the fine image that I see.

Videos

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Is Social Networking Usage Contribute To Jealousy In Relationships?

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:28:00 +0000

The researchers from the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada), surveyed young adults involving in romantic relationships and found that those who spent time on social networking sites such as Facebook may be exposed to information about their partners that makes them jealous, leading them to spent more time involved in online surveillance and to uncover even more jealousy-provoking information.

The researchers also describe a vicious cycle in which Facebook usage and feelings of jealousy become intertwined and have a negative influence on behavior and relationships. Some participants in the study described their increasing use of Facebook as "addictive". The research now explore this feedback loop and to determine whether a similar relationship between online social networking and jealousy toward a partner affect older adults as well.

India's Chandrayaan-1 Space Exploration - A New Era

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:00:00 +0000

This false-color image of Earth was taken from 200kms
above the lunar surface was taken by the Moon Mineralogy
Mapper, one of two NASA instruments onboard the Indian
Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.

The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was constructed, launched, and is operated by the Indian Space Research Organization. The spacecraft carry the Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument. the instrument is a state-of-the- art imaging spectrometer designed to provide the first map of the entire lunar surface at high spatial and spectral resolution. Scientists will use this information to answer questions about the moon's origin and development and the evolution of terrestrial planets in the early solar system. Future astronauts will use it to locate resources, possibly including water, that can support exploration of the moon and beyond.

The Pillars Of The Earth

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:22:00 +0000

This history is set in medieval epoch and is articulated through personages and independent narrative line that subsequently they are intertwined. The argument tour around the construction of a Romanesque cathedral in Kingsbridge (although exists a real locality with that name, situated in the southwest of England, near Plymouth and Torbay, in the region of Devon, nothing has to do with that of the novel, that is fictitious), that subsequently introduces the new Gothic style assimilating the finds of the Church of Saint-Denis (next to Paris), and to its Around it amuses several histories and personages that go grasping the focus of the attention. It begins with an ahorcamiento and a curse, and jumps some years to count the vicissitude of the family of Tom, construction whose dream is to create a cathedral, but that should fight against the poverty, the lack of work and money, and the political problems that burst in its existence. On the other hand, the monk Philip, that achieves the charge of Prior of Kingsbridge, revolutionizing the priory and the population that of him depends with its improvements and its extreme kindness and faith in God. In spite of being a dark epoch for the female sex, Ken Follett introduces its look of the 20th century, with portraits of audacious, enterprising, independent women and cultivated, with social importance and respected by the men, characteristics that would be able to be considered anachronisms or at least improbable. Thus, it Alienates, the daughter of a count, falls in misfortune when its father is captured after a robbery to its castle, but he imposes on itself the men that are interposed in its road, in the same way that Ellen fight by the justice and defends its criterion before the catholic church or its own husband. Their lives and those of their children, castles and princesses, loves, revenges, injustices, and roundtrip passions have entertained and captivated to thousands of readers bewitched by a romantic and epic story.

Wonder!

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:17:00 +0000

womens public bathroom toilet prank-hidden camera

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:42:00 +0000

Ten Best Spacewalk in History

srikantakumarlenka@gmail.com (srikanta) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:39:00 +0000

The Extra Vehicular Activity(EVA)is work done by the astronauts outside the space craft and away from the earth. The EVA is commonly known as spacewalk. Here there is some most interesting spacewalks in history.