Good retaliation

Mangalore Pub Incident: Blame Them All! via Boloji

Probably one the best retaliations I have read so far. I don't know which part of the article to quote...

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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
-- Voltaire

Eyes reveal so much

Eyes reveal health secrets of the brain via New Scientist

THE eyes may be the windows to the soul, but they also make pretty good peepholes into the brain.

the opening line is too good... and so is the rest of the article

The technique works very much like ultrasound, but bounces light off the tissue instead of sound waves. One beam of light is fired at the tissue and another at a reference mirror. When the reflected beams have travelled an identical distance, interference will make their combined beam brighter than if the distances are different. So by reflecting one beam off of different layers of tissue, and moving the reference mirror until the combined reflected beam is brightest, the technique can measure the depths of each section of tissue and build up a detailed image of its structure. It has proved particularly useful in ophthalmology because the semi-transparent nature of retinal tissue makes it possible for OCT to penetrate to greater depths - up to several millimetres. When applied to the OND it can give information about both the shape and thickness of retinal nerve fibres, allowing even subtle changes to be tracked.

कोशिश

कुछ यादें भुलाने की
फिर से जी भर मुस्कुराने की
नए सपने सजाने की

koshish

kuch yadien bhulane ki
phir se ji bhar muskurane ki
naye sapne sajane ki

Winning something other than cricket ....

And below is one B'day gift i will like to share with everyone... I really wanted to see this match but this will do for now

Resutls page from Australian Open

Thanks a ton Oui

Bhupathi, Sania amble to maiden Grand Slam together via The Pioneer

It is good to see that we are winning something other than cricket... There was another juniors grand slam that we won recently i have to get to the info.

it isn't going to be so...

some days you wish to give up,
some days you wish not to be strong,
some days you wish others to take initiative to set things right,
some days you wish people understand not judge,
some days you wish friends to trust not ask,
some days you just wish

but then it isn't going to be so...

Is this really happening??!?!?!

Mangalore incident is Talibanisation of India: Renuka via CNN IBN

I simply don't know what to say to this incident. I wonder how the hell do these people call themselves Hindus. I know there will be many to suport them. But is this the way to stop teenagers from drinking. Have I missed something or is this the age where there is nothing else other than voilence?

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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion.
Author: Abraham Lincoln

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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

--Buddha

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When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt

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We do not remember days; we remember moments.
~Cesare Pavese

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Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow.
--Mary Anne Radmacher

Someone kill them instead....

Taleban 'will kill school girls' from BBC

Taleban militants in the Swat valley in north-west Pakistan have threatened to kill girls who attend school.

A simple and logical read :)

The lack of female Einsteins is all down to numbers from New Scientist

Why are there so few female Einsteins? Many people share a belief that while women can do science, there are far fewer women than men at the very top of the science hierarchy because women just aren't as innately good at science as men. Others feel this view is wrong but cannot easily put their finger on why.

They should be able to now. There are few women at the top of science because there are so few women in science. It's simple statistics.

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you can no longer cite the greater number of men among the most successful people as evidence of innate differences until the effects of participation rates have been allowed for," says Bilalic.

In short, it's hardly surprising that there are so few women Einsteins when there are so few male ones – and so many more men are trying.

Hopping for a better new year!!!

Another year almost gone by... and life seems to have taken a leap. Strange, a year I will never forget yet it is not memorable at all.

Wishing the New Year bring happiness and smiles and success and much more!!!