World Water Day 22-March

Today is World Water Day. It is an opportunity for all of us to stop and think for a moment about how precious our water is. It is a time to remember where our water comes from and reflect on whether we are using this precious resource wisely. It’s time to take action to reduce our wasteful water consumption.

In the UAE we have a unique water situation -- most household water is produced by a very costly and energy intensive process of desalination.

While desalination is crucial to meet our everyday needs, it does come with impacts that threaten our environment and ultimately our own health.

• Increased water production to meet our needs is increasing our carbon footprint due to the high amounts of fossil fuel based energy required to desalinate sea water; these carbon emissions are leading to global warming and climate change.
• The brine produced as a result of desalination is also released into the sea, damaging the UAE’s valuable and unique marine ecosystems.

Our per capita water consumption is also 3 times the average global water consumption. We estimate that up to 252 litres of water is wasted every day by the average UAE resident:

• 34 litres of water is wasted when we leave the taps running whilst we brush our teeth, shave, and wash our vegetables.
• 38 litres of water is wasted when we take a bath rather than a shower
• 180 litres of water is wasted when we use a hose to wash our car rather than a bucket.

Reducing our water wastage is everyone’s responsibility. To make a difference, it takes each and every one of us. The time is now; please do your part to conserve this precious resource and our environment for our children, grandchildren, and future generations.


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Top Ten!!!!!

Amazing tree

“If you look closely at a tree you’ll notice its knobs and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.”

Camel Spider ! ! !

Solar Eclipse on 15th jan 2010!

The solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.9190. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse will appear as partial eclipse over a region thousands of miles wide.

It will be visible as a partial eclipse in much of Africa, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia. It will be seen as annular within a narrow stretch of 300 km (190 mi) width across Central Africa, Maldives, South Kerala(India), South Tamil Nadu(India), North Sri Lanka, parts of Burma and parts of China.

The eclipse starts at Uganda, passes through Nairobi, enters Indian ocean where the greatest eclipse is taking place in mid of Ocean for a maximum of 11 Mins and 7.7 seconds.

After that enters Maldives, where it would be the longest on land with 10.8 Min of viewing. This makes the tiny islands of Maldives the best spot for viewing this eclipse from land. The annular Eclipse at Male', the capital city of Maldives starts at 12:20:20 hrs and ends 12:30:06 hrs Maldives local time (GMT+5hrs). This is also the longest duration of any city having an international airport in the eclipse track.^[1]

At approx 13.20 hrs IST, the annular solar eclips enters India at Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum), Kerala and exits India at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. The eclipse is viewable for 10.4 minutes in India. The best place from India is Dhanushkodi in Pamban Island off Tamil Nadu coast. Dhanushkodi is about 18 km South east from Rameshwaram and 18 Km West of Mannar Island in Sri Lanka.

After Rameswaram, enters Sri Lanka at Delft Island, exits at Jaffna in Sri Lanka, cross Bay of Bengal and ends in Burma - China border.

For best viewing of the Eclipse, you need to travel to Maldives, where many International flights land and take off everyday, being a world famous tourist destination. Visa for Maldives is free for 30 days for a tourist entry.

Thiruvananthapuram city, which is the entry point of the eclipse in India, is equipped with telescopes and announced facilities for the public to view the eclipse.^[2] Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, situated in Trivandrum, is analysing the atmospheric-ionospheric parameters during the eclipse.^[3] Lot of scientists have camped in the city to witness and study the eclipse.^[4]

Dhanushkodi, which falls on the central line of the Eclipse is a good place to view the eclipse. The northern most limit of shadow in India is Cuddalore, Neyveli, Erode, Kodaikanal, Madurai. Other best locations in Tamil Nadu: Thoothukudi and Cape Comorin which lies 22 km north of Central line. Only means of reaching Dhanushkodi or kodandaramar temple is by ST bus or Auto from Rameswaram and for Dhanushkodi after road's end it is only by fish carts or 4x4 SUVs. Permission is required for entering Dhanushkodi ruins from the coast guard post as that area is 10 km from Sri Lankan coast. The centre line passes some 2 km east of Kodandaramar Temple. The exact location is between NH end and Dhanushkodi ruins. Dhanushkodi is about 2 km east of the central line. The degree difference is about 0.2 between Central line - Kodandaramar Temple and Dhanushkodi ruins vice versa. Dhanushkodi is about 5 km from Kodandaramar Temple.

Newton's Cradle Please click on it

So, my dear all, Please remember to think before your action so that we may expect a re-action in equal wave length. If you expect pleasant or gentle re-actions from others you have to perform similar action to them.

Details: Burj Dubai now BURJ KHALIFA

The world's tallest tower, 'Burj Khalifa' is 828 metres (2,716.5 ft) high





Dubai, UAE; January 4, 2010: The world's tallest tower, developed by Emaar Properties, was unveiled tonight to a crowd of thousands and the world in a crescendo of fireworks, lasers and fountain displays.

The wonderful song follow the leader

This is a warm-up exercise song!

Please watch and do the instructions given




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8zzG4n8CpM

Short Story "confidence"

Please Read this story it will be interesting!

In a drought season in Orrissa ,People use to go to pray together in congregation for rain. It is the time for prayer and all people gathered. But one boy came with an umbrella . one man enquired him, what is the matter. the boy replied that " we are coming to pray for rain. i'am confident that if we pray we will get rain.


The man was astonished by the boy's reply. he congratulated him.



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Isaac newton's Birthday! ! !! !! !!! ! - Jan 4 1643 – 31 March 1727

Sir Isaac Newton FRS (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727])^[1] was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is perceived and considered by a substantial number of scholars and the general public as one of the most influential scientists in history. His 1687 publication of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (usually called the Principia) is considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation, thus removing the last doubts about heliocentrism and advancing the scientific revolution.

Newton also built the first practical reflecting telescope^[7] and developed a theory of colour based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into the many colours that form the visible spectrum. He also formulated an empirical law of cooling and studied the speed of sound





Happy Birthday Sir Isaac Newton!


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Water Pollution

What is water pollution ?


The introduction of any material in water which make it harmful for all life
forms is known as water pollution



water pollution is usually caused by human activities . there are different pollution sources.

some sources are given below :-

* acid rain
* oil tanker
* traffic
* factory
* underground mines
* oil wells
* agriculture
* sewage treatment

Global Warming

What is global warming ? How does it effect us ?

Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the planet Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) between the start and the end of the 20th century.^[1][A] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century was caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation.^[1] The IPCC also concludes that variations in natural phenomena such as solar radiation and volcanism produced most of the warming from pre-industrial times to 1950 and had a small cooling effect afterward.^[2][3] These basic conclusions have been endorsed by more than 40 scientific societies and academies of science,^[B] including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries.^[4]

EFFECT

The effects of global warming and climate change^[2] are of concern both for the environment and human life. Evidence of observed climate change includes the instrumental temperature record, rising sea levels, and decreased snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere.^[3] According to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, "[most] of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in [human greenhouse gas] concentrations". It is predicted that future climate changes will include further global warming (i.e., an upward trend in global mean temperature), sea level rise, and a probable increase in the frequency of some extreme weather events. Ecosystems are seen as being particularly vulnerable to climate change. Human systems are seen as being variable in their capacity to adapt to future climate change.^[4] To reduce the risk of large changes in future climate, many countries have implemented policies designed to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.