HELPFUL BEAUTY TIPS

In this busy world we have no time to take care of ourselves. We are so much engrossed in our work, that we neglect the fact that our busy life is taking a heavy toll to our skin. The following tips will enhance the beauty and health of our skin.

Drink at least 2 liters of water everyday to flush out toxins.Add a few drops of honey and lemon juice to a glass of warm water and start your day by having it. This cleans and purifies the blood and imparts a glow to the skin.During the course of the day, clean the skin as often as possible.This would ensure blood circulation.Don’t overload the skin with heavy make-up.Soak in the early rays of the sun. It is very good for the health and rejuvenation.Pollution is the main culprit. It robs our skin of its natural moisture. To combat its effect, immediately on reaching home wash your hands and face and exposed parts of the body with cold water. Then rub with cold milk, or glycerin and rose water on these parts to soothe them.Once in a month go for a professional massage.Don’t let your hands and feet pay the price of your lack of time. Constantly check your hands and feet for any problems.Both your hands and feet are very visible parts of your body. A few minutes devoted to their care would give amazing results.Remember, manicure and pedicure them every week.

MOTHER TERESA

This post is about the greatest being, the mother of mankind, Mother Teresa. Born on August 26, 1910, she was a Roman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship. No one in this entire world has shown so much compassion and piety for destitute children and adults. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta) in1950, India. For years, she had scoured the streets of Calcutta to search for suffering people and the dying. She takes them to her “Nirmal Hriday” headquarters so that they are cared for and treated well. Thousands of destitute children are cared for by her Missionary Organization.She has been honored all over the world for her humanitarian work and also awarded Noble Prize for her selfless service and devotion to those who need help, love and care. She is truly an Angel of God.

APPLE I-POD'S

Well, I simply love it, when I purchased one, I thought what to do with a 30GB I pod, and I don't have much songs and stuff to download. I thought its worthless buying a $110 I pod for nothing. But when I started using it, the experience was really amazing. It helped me a lot and solved all my problems once and for all, its 21 Hour Battery Backup helps me to watch movies while I am travelling, listening to music. You know what; the touch I phone with a memory of 8 GB is also one of the most beneficial electronic products I've ever seen.

The greatest part is, even if your desktop/laptop gets corrupted you can simply reboot it by just one time copying your OS files in the I Pod and the just connect the DOC cable to the I Pod and by a simple setting in the BIOS, like change the booting device, you will reboot it, no need to carry a CD with you all y\the time, especially during emergency. I Love it and you are going to love it too, now I am trying to get the TOUCH I Pod as well.

Dual Laptop

One of the US based company Gscreens computer has confirmed that it will be releasing a new version of laptops. These New versions of laptops are going to be released with dual screens. One will be the usual slide screen and the other one will be a slide out expandable display. These laptops are said to be having a resolution of 1280x800 pixel resolution and it is around 15.4 cm. This Dual laptop has a same specifications like the ordinary laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @2.26GHz, 4GB RAM, a 320GB hard disk. It might have a graphics of either Nvidia GeForce 9800M GT or a Nvidia Quadro FX 1700M with a 512 Megabyte Memory. This Dual Laptop is said to be costing around $3000 when released. This Dual laptop is said to be releasing this year but the releasing date is not confirmed yet.

KILL BILL

This blog is regarding a spectacular film that I have ever seen. The movie was written and directed by film maker Quentin Tarantino and released in 2003. It is an excellent movie with full of martial arts. The attraction of this movie is Uma Thurman who plays the lead role in the film. The story revolves around the bloody revenge that The Bride (Uma Thurman) also known as the Black Mamba of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad takes upon her friends of the same squad. She undergoes every sort of pain and with firm determination she kills all those who had hurt her.

This movie was released in two volumes and both the movies were taken artistically. The blood – soaked fight scenes are astonishingly good, well choreographed by Hong Kong Legend Sonny Chiba. It is a great movie to be watched by all the action lovers.

Dead Sea

Dead Sea is the saltiest body of water in the world. It is the only sea on earth which has no plant or animal life. It is, therefore, appropriately called Dead Sea. It is a saline lake situated between Jordan and Israel. This lake is 77 km long and its breadth ranges from 5 to 18 kilometers. The Dead Sea is nine times saltier than Pacific Ocean. Dead Sea is lower than the sea level by 396 meters. No river originates from this sea. The Jordan River and some small canals end up in this sea.

The salt content and soluble minerals are brought by these rivers and canals into the sea. It would be surprising to know that Dead Sea’s salt content goes on increasing. Due to the presence of large quantities of salt and other poisonous materials no living being can survive in this sea. Hence fish and other aquatic animals of the Jordan River die as soon as they enter the water of this sea. The Dead Sea is a pleasant spot for swimming. Its extreme salt content enables the people to float with ease. The saltiness provides great buoyancy.

SWINE FLU EPIDEMIC

Swine influenza virus is a contagious respiratory disease that normally affects pigs. It is commonly caused by H1N1 strains of influenza virus. During March/April 2009, a new strain of swine influenza virus has emerged in Mexico. The World Health Organization has named it as influenza A (H1N1), and said that it could spread from person to person through tiny droplets, expelled from the mouth and nose of an infected person when they talk, cough or sneeze.

The symptoms of this disease include fever, tiredness, lack of appetite, coughing and sore throat. It also includes vomiting and diarrhea.

There is no vaccine available to cure this disease. Scientists say that it would take another six months to develop an effective vaccine. So precaution is the only way to keep away from this disease. The precaution involves simple steps as follows:-

• TO WASH HANDS FREQUENTLY WITH SOAP AND WATER
• WHEN COUGHING OR SNEEZING, TO COVER THE MOUTH AND NOSE WITH TISSUE PAPER
• TO DISPOSE OFF USED TISSUE PAPERS CAREFULLY BY PUTTING THEM IN A BIN
• TO CLEAN HARD SURFACES FREQUENTLY
• TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN FOLLOW THIS PRACTISE
• TO EAT FULLY COOKED MEAT

Good hygiene shall always protect us from a wide range of infections.

Antarctica

Antarctica is the remotest, coldest and unspoilt continent in the world. This continent is a unique treasure of Mother Nature. It is endowed with a lot of minerals, oils and food resources. It lies in the Polar Circle and so it is considered as the remotest one. It has a temperature of about -88.3 degree Celsius. This continent has a total area of 14,200,000 sq.km, of which only 5% of landmass is visible while the rest is covered by vast expense of ice more than 2000 meters thick. It equals to 90% of the world’s ice reserves.

Charles Wilkee of United States Navy discovered this continent in 1839. Since then Antarctica has been explored thoroughly. This continent is a treasure of food, oil and resources. In 1959, a treaty called Antarctic treaty was signed by several countries to keep this continent non-political and pollution free. Through this treaty the flora and fauna of Antarctica is conserved a lot. The world countries are striving hard to keep this icy mass a common heritage of all mankind in future.

DHL

It is 1 of the best and well recognized express mail service provider throughout the world. It was started by 3 people named as dalsey, hillblom and Lynn in the year 1969 just to deliver documents from San Francisco and Honolulu.

The company expanded its wings in late 1970s and expanded worldwide, DHL started delivering to countries where others were not able to do. The competitor for DHL was Fed-Ex, but DHL maintained the major contribution with its best delivery throughout the world.

The company has been recognized for maintaining its environment without any pollution and harm to the public. DHL sold it shares to the deutsche post in 1998 and deutsche slowly started acquiring and finally got the major shares in the year 2001. Currently DHL shares its brand with the deutsche post business units.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth movie in the fantasy franchise based on J.K. Rowling’s books, is the franchise’s best so far. This movie is a complete blend of rich drama and easy camaraderie among the actors with the visual spectacle that until now has been the real star of the series. The movie is directed by David Yates, who made 2007’s ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’. This time, Yates stays true to the Rowling’s recipe yet infuses the film with a freshness and energy that makes it seem like a new start.

The story revolves around an assignment given to Harry by Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore, who enlists his protégé to retrieve a critical memory that new Professor Horace Slughorn(Jim Broadbent) possesses about young Tom Riddle, the future dark Lord Voldermort.

Romance is very much there in the air of this movie. Harry’s friend Ron Weasley is dating Lavender Brown, putting Hermione into a jealous snit. Harry has got his own love triangle, falling for Ron’s sister, Ginny, who’s dating another student. Along with a romantic rival, Harry has a more dangerous foe in Draco Malfoy, his bullying tormentor, now a torn and troubled youth himself as an agent of Voldermort. This movie is going to be very much exciting for all the die-hard fans of Harry Potter series.

A R RAHMAN

This post is about my favourite musician Allah Rakha Rahman. Born in Chennai, on January 6, 1966 he was inclined towards music from a very young age. After his father’s demise, he had the responsibility of supporting his family at a very young age itself.

A R RAHMAN was very determined and focused. Ever since he arrived with his film ROJA in Tamil, he has revolutionized the world of music. He has made the whole world to turn towards him. His music is really amazing and it has touched the hearts of million people. He is a Borne Genius. I’m glad that at least now he had received the OSCAR Award, it should have been given to him long back.

The thing that I like about him is his simplicity. Even after reaching great heights, he has never been rude to anyone. I thank the Lord for giving such a mind – blowing talent to Rahman, through which he is keeping us happy.

Kalpana Chawla

This blog is for all those who wanted to reach for the stars. Kalpana Chawla also had the same desire. She was the first Indian-born American woman to be sent to space. Kalpana was born in India’s Karnal district of Haryana on March 17, 1962. From a very young age she dreamt of flying and reaching out to the stars.

Kalpana Chawla always excelled in whatever she did. She overcame every obstacle in her life and her hard-work led her to NASA. She made her first space expedition on November 19, 1997 on STS-87. She made her second voyage on January 16, 2003 in the Columbian space shuttle STS-107. Before leaving for the voyage, Chawla said that JRD Tata, who flew the first mail flights in India, prompted her to take up aeronautics as a career. Sadly, STS-107 blasted off during her re-entry to the earth’s surface on February 1, 2003, perishing the entire crew of six including Chawla. Kalpana Chawla who always dreamt of the stars, she herself became a star. Her life history is the greatest inspiration for the youths of today.

AIDS – A KILLER DISEASE

This post is to create awareness among the people about the killer disease – AIDS. The disease is one, but hundreds of governments and thousands of dedicated professionals put up a united fight to conquer it. AIDS – this four letter word has send shivers down the spine. This is an infectious disease caused by a virus named HIV. This virus infects the immune system of a person and so, AIDS patients are more vulnerable to serious illnesses and opportunistic diseases than a normal healthy person.

The symptoms of AIDS patients are tiredness, fever, loss of appetite and weight, diarrhea, night sweat and swollen gland usually in the neck, armpit or groin. The time between infection and the out coming of symptoms range from six months to five years or more.

HIV virus spreads from person to person mainly through sexual contact. However a casual contact with AIDS patients does not lead to the disease. Sharing of needles among those, using narcotics and illicit drugs also enhances AIDS infection. Also, a HIV positive mother has the chance of spreading the disease to her child. AIDS is a deadly disease and it can be controlled only if all the people follow the guidelines and the precautions recommended by the Government.

Indians

The second test match between India and Australia was a perfect match for India right from the toss. MS Dhoni, the inspirational Indian captain had no second thoughts after winning the toss to bat first. India batted first aggressively right from the first over to put pressure on Australia. It was one of those matches to be remembered for Tendulkar who became highest run scorer in tests beating previous record holder Brian Lara. Ganguly who announced his retirement after the series scored a timely century, in the process scoring 7000 runs in the test cricket. MS Dhoni who showed his presence felt both as a player and more importantly as an agressive captain was rightly awarded the “MAN OF THE MATCH”.

The next match now is eagerly awaited where Australia would be looking to level the serious and on the other hand India would want to clinch the series before going into the final test match. For us fans, its going to be another high level of entertainment watching these two top teams in world cricket battle it out.

Climate Chage

The Great Lakes have been a bastion of stability, with water hovering at about the same level for as long as anyone can remember. But, according to a report in Discovery News, a new study shows that climate change once pushed lake levels far below where they are now. That opens up the possibility that future climate change might do the same thing. More than 33 million people depend on the Great Lakes for water, hydropower and work in industries ranging from shipping to recreation. During the past event, about 8,500 years ago, water ceased to flow between the lakes. Today, going from interconnected bodies of water to isolated basins could be catastrophic.

For decades, scientists have been working to reconstruct the aqueous history of the Great Lakes. Those reconstructions showed that, for thousands of years, lake levels have only varied by a couple of meters up or down, mostly due to the advance and retreat of glaciers, which alternately trap and release water. As they move, glaciers also cause land underneath them to rise and fall slightly.