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Kalam: Music and dance can fight terrorism
New Delhi - President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Sunday night wondered whether
music and dance could become a tool for ending the menace of terrorism. "I
was thinking whether there is any alternative solution other than military,
economic and judicial approach to end this problem," he said adding India
had a rich civilisational heritage of 5,000 years blending literature,
music, dance and dramatics. The President, speaking on the occasion of
Rukmini Devi Arundale's birth centenary celebrations, said the experience of
listening and seeing great exponents had led him to think whether they could
be used as tools for ensuring global peace.
The Asian Age - March 1, 2004.
China endorses private property
Beijing: China's parliament amended the constitution on Sunday to protect
private property, a landmark move that waters down the Communist ideology of
the world's most populous nation. Analysts said the move reflected the
party's desire to maintain its grip on power while adapting to wrenching
social change wrought by 25 years of economic reform that have made the
private sector one of the key pillars of the booming economy. The
constitution now put private property on an equal footing with public
property. "It's significant for a socialist regime that says it's still
socialist or Communist to recognize more than before the role of the private
economy," a Western diplomat said.
Times of India - March 14, 2004.
Global warming the biggest problem, says British
expert
Chennai - March 19, 2004 - "Global warming is the biggest and most serious
problem faced by us in this century. Climatic change is happening and its
effects are real. If we do not take this seriously, it will have serious
consequences that will affect the generations to come," said Sir David
Anthony King, Chief Scientific Adviser to the U.K. Government. Sir David
said the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere had been rising at alarming
levels in the last 60.000 years. If the carbon-dioxide level doubles, the
ambient atmosphere will go up by 5 degrees Celsius which would lead to
melting of polar ice caps, rise in sea level, and as a consequence there
would be dramatic changes in the map of the world. More than 160,000 people
die worldwide every year due to the side effects of climatic change. Fusion
power plants and hydrogen fuelled transport systems would prove to be safer
options for the future generation. Solar energy and tidal energy are the
other potential energy sources in the years to come. The ecological and
economic damage arising out of global warming would be disastrous to
agriculture, which is the mainstay.
The Hindu - March 20, 2004.
Who sent the first email? When?
The first email was sent in 1971 between two PDP-10 computers in Cambridge
(USA) by an engineer Ray Tomlinson, a partner in the development of the
first major computer network Arpanet, the precursor of today's Internet. The
first email was addressed by Tomlinson to himself and was supposed to have
contained the message Testing 1-2-3. He was also the first person to use the
@ symbol in the email address. Soon, Tomlinson's ideas were generalized and
incorporated in the electronic mail software on Arpanet by the end of 1972.
Sunday Times of India - March 21, 2004.
How many units of blood can a healthy person donate at
a time?
Every adult human being (male or female) has 5 to 6 litres of blood. Any
person between 18 and 60 years, weighing 45 Kgs or more can safety donate
one unit of blood, that is, 350 ml once every three months. After donation,
the blood volume can be recovered within 24 hours and the hemoglobin count
returns to normal within two weeks. No special diet or rest is required
after donating a unit of blood.
Sunday Times of India - March 28, 2004.
Who invented the Scissors
Scissors were invented thousands of years ago (roughly 1500 BC) in ancient
Egypt. Early scissors have been found in ancient Egyptian ruins. These early
scissors were made from one piece of metal (unlike modern scissors, which
are made from two cross-blades which pivot around a fulcrum). Modern
cross-bladed scissors were invented in ancient Rome (roughly 100 AD). Early
scissors were not in common use until much later, in the 1500's (in Europe).
The Asian Age - March 28, 2004.
Significance of April 4, 2004
Dear Sir,
I felt I should write a short mail on this Special day !
You may ask what's so special about this day. Well the fact is :
Today is a very special day for every living being on
this Mother Earth because today is 04.04.04 which comes once in 1000 years
and coincidently it is a sunday which will come once in 7000 years.
Okay that's all for now.
Itn't it very special that we communicate on this day and mark the occasion.
Warm Regards,
Capt Suresh Panicker
Sandvik Asia Limited, (Wholly owned subsidiary of Sandvik AB, Sweden )
Mumbai Pune road, Dapodi, Pune 411 019. MAHARASHTRA.
Food For thoughts
"If you miss an opportunity, do not cloud your eyes with tears; keep your
vision clear so that you will not miss the next one."
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When you give away a little piece of your heart, you're giving away the
only thing you can give away, which, after you do, you got more left than
you had before you gave some of it away.
- Don Hutson |
