U n ME makes WE...: July 2008

Vitamins - Know more about it to be healthy

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Vitamins are nutrients that allow chemical reactions that lead to the creation of bone, tissue and muscle. During growth, a child needs vitamins that are in what he eats. Nutrients and the vitamins in them are the only building blocks he has. The benefits of vitamins amongst other is to be a fundamental building block. In adults vitamins maintain good health. Vitamins ensure the functioning of the nervous system, vitamins also allow the body to use calories as energy, process proteins carbs and fats.

The human organism requires the benefits of 13 vitamins. These vitamins are listed below. They are generally classified according to 2 criteria. The first according to toxicity and the second whether they are soluble in water or in fat. Water soluble vitamins do not stay in the body for very long, thus it is required to bring daily vitamins in the daily diet.

The human body can store its vitamins anywhere between 2 weeks and 1 year depending on the the specifics of that vitamin. The water soluble vitamins have the short end of the stick as they tend to need more regular replenishing. When the respective levels of vitamins drop critically, then deficiencies start to appear. Some deficiencies can be sever and lead to pain, shut down of certain bodily functions and in some underdeveloped countries, death. The benefits of vitamins, when plentiful on the other hand, can boost energy levels, protect the immune system and even slow down the aging process.

The following pictures tells more clearly about Vitamins...

Tree Man - Can u ever imagine a tree growing in a Man's Body??

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32-year-old Dede, an Indonesian villager, is dubbed the "Tree Man." He has woody growths on his hands that make him unfit for any kind of work except to feature as a "freak."

"We're clear about not giving them (US doctors) permission to bring Dede to the US," health ministry spokeswoman Lily Sriwahyuni Sulistiyowati was quoted as saying by Warta Kota daily.

"Moreover, people like Dede, who live in small villages, don't want to be taken away, especially to give blood samples. Normally village people don't easily give foreigners permission to test their blood," she said.

The spokeswoman declined to give an immediate comment when contacted by AFP.

Anthony Gaspari, a dermatologist from the University of Maryland, examined Dede as part of the documentary. He believes the massive growths are a combination of the human papilloma virus, which causes warts, and a genetic disorder that means his immune system is too weak to fight them off.

Gaspari told AFP from the United States that he was disappointed by the reported health ministry decision but said it would not stop his initial plan to treat his condition.

Gaspari said he was in negotiations with a US pharmaceutical company to provide Dede with an ongoing supply of vitamin A, which would hopefully boost his immune system and hinder the growth of the warts.

"My initial plan would be to send medication to Indonesia to a local doctor to administer," he said. "If it doesn't work I won't have any choice but to try to get him over here."

18 bombs defused in Surat - 3 suspects detained

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Gujarat's second largest city would have been sucked into another round of tragedy had the terrorists succeeded in blowing up what appears to be at least three dozen bombs — between the incendiary material found in WagonRs on Sunday and the assembled bombs discovered in the densely populated city on Tuesday. Surat is home to a Rs 70,000 crore diamond industry.

In a day of “battle with bombs,” the Surat police unearthed 18 live bombs and its bomb squad succeeded in defusing all of them, averting a major tragedy in the second largest commercial center of Gujarat.

It was the third consecutive day live bombs and explosives were found in Surat. As panic spread in the diamond and art silk city, all schools and colleges were closed and children sent back home. Shutters of cinema halls and shopping malls were also downed. These places will remain closed on Wednesday too.

Whether the terrorists were playing a hide-and-seek game with the police or all the bombs were planted simultaneously was not clear. But the bombs were found almost one after another from day-break till evening.

Of the18 bombs, as many as 10 were found in the labour dominated Varacha Road and Katargam areas alone. In Saturday’s blasts also, the labour dominated old city areas were targeted. The bombs and the explosive-laden cars were recovered from Varacha Road or nearby areas in the city in the last two days. As if throwing a direct challenge to the police, two of the bombs were found right in front of the Labheswar police chowky and Sardarpura police stations. Two bombs were planted in the diamond market adjacent to the Varacha Road, one in the Radhakrishna textile market and two on a fly-over.

Surprisingly, unlike in Ahmedabad and most other places, the bombs were not totally concealed. Most of the bombs were “boat-shaped” and wrapped in coloured papers. They were kept at strategic points, including behind street hoardings or near garbage dumps.

The entire day the police and civic authorities repeatedly urged people to maintain peace and patience and cooperate with them.

Minister of State for Home Amit Shah also appealed to people not to panic or spread rumours.

He said the police were on maximum alert to protect the lives and property of people.

In Ahmedabad, life, by and large, was normal.

However, in one incident, panic-stricken parents rushed to a school in Chandlodiya locality to get their wards following rumour of a bomb in a near-by area.

Bomb disposal squad defuses a live bomb in Surat.

Members of the bomb squad attempt to defuse one of the unexploded bombs found in Surat.

A bomb disposal squad member defuses a live bomb in Surat.

Bomb disposal squad members attempt to defuse one of the unexploded bombs in Surat.

People look at Varacha's busy market area in Surat where several live bombs were found.

One of the live bombs found in Surat on Tuesday.

Extreme Segregation

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A letter from top IT professional to Jeppiar - the chairmen of Jeppiar group of institutions in chennai.

Dear Jeppiar and other Engineering college owner brothers,
Let me introduce myself. I am a manager in an IT company and we recruit from your college. Actually, “recruit” would be an understatement.

We put up a “Tresspassers will be recruited” notice and pretty much herd in anybody who pays attention to us. But I am afraid we are having problems of late. Most of the students from your college seem to expect the following in our offices:

1. Separate staircases and elevators for boys and girls.
2. Separate work areas for ladies and gents
3. Separate dining areas for ladies and gents
4. They decline to shake hands with our clients many of whom happen to have 2 X chromosomes.
5. Iron grill creating separate seating areas for men and women in buses.
6. Separate mouse pads for girls and boys
7. Your boys also refuse to work on code written by girls, and in our company, I’m afraid team work is critical
8. We have video conferences, and your boys refuse to look into the camera because they are afraid that they might accidentally make eye contact with girls.
9. Some of them are complaining to our security demanding separate corridors and coffee machines for boys and girls.
10. Their productivity is very poor unless we make our security officers stand around in the work areas. Apparently, they are so used to “squads” that they find life without them impossible.

There are only two genders in Homo Sapiens society and at some point or the other, it is fairly inevitable that some interaction between them is required. So I earnestly request you to please upgrade your college rules to a level slightly above Medieval Spanish Inquisition so that IT companies can continue to flourish in this city.

Thank you
A Concerned IT Manager.

and here is the honorable chairmen Mr.Jeppiaar... :P

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johny :)

BMW M - Zero Cool pix

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M-Zero is a car concept inspired by BMW M series which also consider Mercedes Benz (as the backlight) and DB9 Aston Martin (the global silhouette of is definitely inspired by the DB9). Maël Oberkampf, the designer of M-Zero actually tried to make a model which could be considered as the equivalent of the R8 from Audi. And the result is M-Zero, a car concept that is the “synthesis” between the actual BMW design and a high an performance car which could become the most powerful model of the BMW legacy. The exterior looks great, very BMW style, but we are hoping to be able to see the interior design, we bet it’s futuristic.

Interesting Fact - Go across the earth in just 42 mins

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Do you know that we can cross the earth in just 42 mins, no matter which place you start and end...

Watch this video and know more about it...

Some interesting facts about our planet

Here you will find a listing of essential facts about the planet earth, the home to all of humanity:

Human Population of the Earth: 6,660,000,000 (6.66 billion) as of April 2008

World Population Growth: 1.14% - 2006 estimate (this means at the current rate of growth, the earth's population will double in 61.4 years)

Countries of the World: 195

Earth's Circumference at the Equator: 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 km)

Earth's Circumference Between the North and South Poles: 24,859.82 miles (40,008 km)

Earth's Diameter at the Equator: 7,926.28 miles (12,756.1 km)

Earth's Diameter at the Poles: 7,899.80 miles (12,713.5 km)

Average Distance from the Earth to the Sun: 93,020,000 miles (149,669,180 km)

Average Distance from the Earth to the Moon: 238,857 miles (384,403.1 km)

Highest Elevation on Earth - Mt. Everest, Asia: 29,035 feet (8850 m)

Tallest Mountain on Earth from Base to Peak - Mauna Kea, Hawaii: 33,480 feet (rising to 13,796 feet above sea level) (10204 m; 4205 m)

Point Farthest From the Center of the Earth - The peak of the volcano Chimborazo in Ecuador at 20,561 feet (6267 m) is farthest from the center of the earth due to its location near the equator and the oblateness of the Earth.

Lowest Elevation on Land - Dead Sea: 1369 feet below sea level (417.27 m)

Deepest Point in the Ocean - Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Western Pacific Ocean: 35,840 feet (10924 m)

Highest Temperature Recorded: 135.8°F - Al Aziziyah, Libya, September 13, 1922 (57.7°C)

Lowest Temperature Recorded: -128.5°F - Vostok, Antarctica, July 21, 1983 (-89.2°C)

Water vs. Land: 70.8% Water, 29.2% Land

Age of the Earth: 4.5 to 4.6 billion years

Atmosphere Content: 77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and traces of argon, carbon dioxide and water

Rotation on Axis: 23 hours and 56 minutes and 04.09053 seconds. But, it takes an additional four minutes for the earth to revolve to the same position as the day before relative to the sun (i.e. 24 hours).

Revolution around Sun: 365.2425 days

Chemical Composition of the Earth: 34.6% Iron, 29.5% Oxygen, 15.2% Silicon, 12.7% Magnesium, 2.4% Nickel, 1.9% Sulfur, and 0.05% Titanium
Mysterious Places

Natural phenomena can hardly be explained, especially if they are dangerous. Some of the geographic names on the map are terrifying: the Hill of the Dead, the Devil Bog, the Gorge of Death...

More>>

:·Tiahuanaco, Misteries on the Andes
:·Tungus Marvel
:·The Bermuda Triangle
:·Stull Cemetry
:·Nazca Lines
:·Stonehenge
:·Tiahuanaco, Bolivia
:·Antelope Canyon
:·The Stone Spheres
:·Silbury Hill
:·Avebury
:·Geomancy
:·Uffington White Horse
:·Ancient and Once Hidden Geometry of Brazil
:·Healing Stones
:·The Utah Mountainside of Mystery
:·The Seven Wonders of the World

its really tough to be a teacher :)

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Its really really a tough time for a teacher to correct exam papers... :)

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johny :)

Today's bomb blast is in Jharkhand - 5 Injured

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Today there was a bomb blast in Jharkhand that has taken place in the early morning.At least five persons were injured in the bomb blast near a bus stand in Godda on Sunday, police said.

"The blast took place at around 5:15 am near the bus stand," Superintendent of Police Jitendra Singh said.

The injured were rushed to a hospital where there conditions are stated to be out of danger, he said.

"It was a low-intensity blast," Singh said, adding the police is investigating the matter and a search operation was launched to identify the culprits.

The disgusting IT Highway

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Chennai city has been boasting of its IT corridor with innumerable IT companies -one springing up everyday . But of the nasty road with its disgusting traffic- people seem completely oblivious!

Nearly a dozen Engineering colleges and atleast a hundred IT companies/BPOs are located on this stretch , recently rechristened Rajiv Gandhi Salai. This means more buses on the roads and that requires better maintained roads. But things are going from bad to worse.

The medians have become a cud-chewing destination for what i believe are stray cattle ( i don think a cautious cattle-breeder could be unbothered about the cattle on the roads). Then the man-holes and dangling iron bars that have been along the edge of the roads for almost a year now.

Yet another pathetic thing at the Sholinganallur junction. At the turn on the OMR that leads to the Medavakkam junction is stationed an autorickshaw-stand and a bus-stop just to add to the conjestion!

Can't things be better if the bus-stop and the auto-stand are moved to a better place that can relieve the traffic conjestion? The life school-going kids who cross the road diagonally across the junction is at risk.

I believe any regular commuter would have noticed it...Will things improve?Let us keep fingers crossed!

P.S. : Do take a detour along the road-u ll have a sight of Chennai's striking contrasts in standards of living .

-ur chap