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Sunday, January 30, 2005

MOBILE USERS - NUMBER CAN BE DIALED WITHOUT SIM CARD DURING EMERGENCY

An intersting post by Selva Kumar, a Chennai Copywriter on Creativegarh:

The Emergency Number worldwide for GSM Mobile is 112 and not 999. You can dial 112 even without a Sim Card.

If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to
establish the emergency number for you.

Do share this important info with others too. Hope you'll never need to use it though! and interestingly .. this number 112 can be dialed even while the keypad is locked.

Sunday, January 16, 2005

THE CREATIVITY POOL

Found this interesting post on Creativegarh by the founder Arun Verma:

http://www.creativitypool.com/

A database full of creative and original ideas. The Creativity Pool is the home of future innovation and tomorrow's most (in)famous inventions. This service is basically free and works like the penny cup next to the cash register. Have a brilliant suggestion or ideas for a new invention? Add it and be rewarded. Looking for inspiration or some great ideas for your business? Just ask. They may already be there.

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

The Buddhabrot

One more cool find by Manoj Vijayan on the Creativegarh Yahoogroup. DO chk it out.


Message: 1
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:55:22 +0530
From: Manoj Vijayan
Subject: The Buddhabrot


Hi all

If you've ever played with those programs that generate fractals, this is a must see. You don't have to understand the maths to enjoy the beautiful, awe-inspiring imagery here.

"The Buddhabrot Set is a re-visualization of the familiar Mandelbrot Set using a technique invented by Melinda Green. Instead of selecting points on the real-complex plane, initial points are selected at random from the image region. The point is iterated through the function, z = zˆ2 + c, where z has components in both the real and imaginary planes.

If the particle escapes (exits the viewing area with high speed), its path is reiterated, exposing its position onto the image surface with each step. In this fashion, areas of dense particle travel appear bright white. The result is an amazing universe of structure, spirituality, and mathematical intrigue."

http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/buddhabrot/

Best
Manoj

Rough seas lash UAE coast

Rough seas lash UAE coast

Staff Report

Dubai: High waves hit the coasts of the UAE due to a combination of strong winds and high tides.
Dubai Meteorological Office reported very strong winds of 30 knots and the highest tide day of the month. The combination contributed to the high waves and water reaching inland a few meters.

A source from the Met Office said, "The winds picked up offshore from the north-west at around 7.30 am and waves offshore reached 10-14 feet.

Police sources reported that a huge wave off Palm Island carried off five workers, one of whom is still missing.The four others swam to safety. Police are still looking for the missing worker.

Ajman and Sharjah experienced its highest tide at 12.30pm and Port Rashid at 12.20pm." Many worried residents and shops were thinking of evacuating their premises, but civil defence and police said that there was no need to panic.





Sunday, January 09, 2005

A SONG DEDICATED TO INDO-PAK PEACE

Here's a song that I wrote on the Indo-Pak peace process. Just one of my numerous attempts at song-writing. Forgive my hindi but!

CROSS-BORDER LOVERIST (Hip-Hop, Rap style)

OPENING CHORUS 1 (Female - Opera style)

Dil se dil milaya karo
Ye adoori ko paar karo
Nafrath ko haar karo
Insaaniyat mat bhool jao

FIRST VERSE

Do you care
When you hear
All the pain, suffering and crying

Do you know
That with your love
You can stop this world from burning and dying

CHORUS 2

The time has come
To become
A Cross-border Loverist

The time has come
To become
A Cross-border Loverist

SECOND VERSE

Forget the hate
There’s no fate
Destiny is in your hands

So don’t hesitate
Before its too late
Remember United we stand

REPEAT CHORUS 2 (2)

The time has come
To become
A Cross-border Loverist

The time has come
To become
A Cross-border Loverist

CHORUS 1 (Opera style)

Dil se dil mila karo
Ye adoori ko paar karo
Nafrath ko haar karo
Insaaniyat mat bhool jao

THIRD VERSE:

Bombs exploding everywhere
Even day has turned into a nightmare
Life has no value anymore
Is this what we are living for?

Thought Religion was a way to peace
But hate spreads like a disease
Across borders brothers fight face to face
Forgetting that we are all from the Human Race

The time has come
To become
A Cross-border Loverist

The time has come
To become
A Cross-border Loverist

FINAL VERSE:

It’s a crying need
To spread love and peace
Let suspicions decrease and faith increase

The time has come
To become
A Cross-border Loverist

The time has come
To become
A Cross-border Loverist


Saturday, January 08, 2005

MIRACULOUS MESSAGES FROM WATER

Came across this wonderful article on Creativegarh yahoogroup, posted by my good friend Manoj Vijayan. He has this uncanny knack of finding the most wondrous things on the Internet. Little wonder, he is known as the walking talking search engine on Creativegarh! :-)

Miraculous Messages from Water

How water reflects our consciousness


http://www.wellnessgoods.com/messages.asp

by Stace Sharp

Water has a very important
message for us. Water is telling us
to take a much deeper look at our
selves. When we do look at our
selves through the mirror of water,
the message becomes amazingly,
crystal, clear. We know that human
life is directly connected to the
quality of our water, both within and
all around us.

The photographs and information in
this article reflect the work of
Masaru Emoto, a creative and visionary Japanese researcher. Mr. Emoto has published an important book, "The Message from
Water," from the findings of his worldwide research If you have any
doubt that your thoughts affect everything in, and around you, the information and photographs that are presented here, taken from the
book of his published results, will change your mind and alter your
beliefs, profoundly.

From Mr. Emotos work we are provided with factual evidence, that
human vibrational energy, thoughts, words, ideas and music, affect the molecular structure of water, the very same water that comprises over
seventy percent of a mature human body and covers the same amount
of our planet. Water is the very source of all life on this planet, its
quality and integrity are vitally important to all forms of life. The body is very much like a sponge and is composed of trillions of chambers
called cells that hold liquid. The quality of our life is directly connected
to the quality of our water.

Water is a very malleable substance. Its physical shape easily adapts
to whatever environment is present. But its physical appearance is not
the only thing that changes; its molecular shape also changes. The
energy or vibrations of the environment will change the molecular
shape of water. In this sense water not only has the ability to visually
reflect the environment but it also molecularly reflects the environment.

Mr. Emoto has been visually documenting these molecular changes in water by means of his photographic techniques. He freezes droplets of water and then examines them under a dark field microscope that has
photographic capabilities. His work clearly demonstrates the diversity
of the molecular structure of water and the effect of the environment
upon the structure of the water.

Snow has been falling on the earth for more than a few million years.
Each snowflake, as we have been told, has a very unique shape and structure. By freezing water and taking a photograph of the structure, as
Mr. Emoto has done, you get incredible information about the water.

Mr. Emoto has discovered many fascinating differences in the
crystalline structures of water from many different sources and different
conditions around the planet. Water from pristine mountain streams
and springs show the beautifully formed geometric designs in their
crystalline patterns. Polluted and toxic water from industrial and
populated areas and stagnated water from water pipes and storage
dams show definitively distorted and randomly formed crystalline structures.


Spring Water of Saijo, Japan


Spring Water of Sanbuichi Yusui, Japan


Antarctic Ice


Fountain in Lourdes, France


Biwako Lake, the largest lake at the center of Japan
and the water pool of the Kinki Region. Pollution is getting worse
.


Yodo River, Japan, pours into the Bay of Osaka.
The river passes through most of the major cities in Kasai.


Fujiwara Dam, before offering a prayer


Fujiwara Dam, after offering a prayer

With the recent popularity in music therapy, Mr. Emoto decided to see what effects music has on the structuring of water. He placed distilled water between two speakers for several hours and then photographed the crystals that formed after the water was frozen.


Beethoven's Pastorale


Bach's " Air for the G string "


Tibet Sutra


Kawachi Folk Dance


Heavy Metal Music

After seeing water react to different environmental conditions, pollution and music, Mr. Emoto and colleagues decided to see how thoughts and words affected the formation of untreated, distilled, water crystals, using words typed onto paper by a word processor and taped on glass bottles overnight. The same procedure was performed using the names of deceased persons. The waters were then frozen and photographed.


Untreated Distilled Water


Love and Appreciation


Thank You


You Make Me Sick . I Will Kill You


Adolph Hitler


Mother Teresa

These photographs show the incredible reflections of water, as alive and highly responsive to every one of our emotions and thoughts. It is quite clear that water easily takes on the vibrations and energy of its environment, whether toxic and polluted or naturally pristine.

Masaru Emoto's extraordinary work is an awesome display, and powerful tool, that can change our perceptions of ourselves and the world we live in, forever. We now have profound evidence that we can positively heal and transform ourselves and our planet by the thoughts we choose to think and the ways in which we put those thoughts into action.

Photographs in this article are from :
" The Message from Water," by Masaru Emoto.
Photographs are reproduced here by exclusive permission
from the publisher to The Wellness Goods Company Inc.

This article is Copyright Protected by :

Stace Sharp and The Wellness Goods Company Inc.

Please see our Legal Restrictions for further information


Tuesday, January 04, 2005

TSUNAMI AFTERMATH - Tales of Religious Harmony in South India

1) TIRUCHENDUR - TEMPLE OF LORD MURUGA


Tiruchendur Lord Murugan Temple is on the sea shore - within 100 metres of the waves. The Temple is a cave with the entrance at the sea level and the cave inside is sliding down to the Sanctum Sanctorum of the Lord Subramaniam ( Murugan ) . When we stand in front of the deity, the sea water level outside is higher than our heads. There is every likely hood that tidal waves and tsunamis can rush in and fill the cave Temple with sea water. In the history of the Temple, it is mentioned that the Wind God ( Lord Varuna ) has promised Lord Murugan that he will not cross the boundary of the Temple.

It seems the Wind God has kept his promise.

While the tsunami on 26/12/04 has lashed the eastern coast of India and inundated all places near the coast deeply, the sea water did not enter the Temple. At 10.00 Hrs on the fated day ( 26/12/04), the sea near the temple receded by a Kilometre - people could see there a big crater with rocks visible - gradually the sea came back to its original level. But sea water has entered Jeeva Nager located opposite Tiruchendur Bus stand at 12.30 Hrs. All other coastal areas near Tiruchendur were affected by the lashing of tsunami.

The Temple area is unaffected as the sea receded there as though to keep the promise given.

- taken from the Tamil vernacular daily "Daily Thanthi" and edited by PP


2)
The Santhome miracle: A post between sea and church kept waves at bay

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20050103102527&Page=
T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=%2D367






Father Lawrence with the post in the background.


CHENNAI: Father Lawrence Raj, the parish priest of the Santhome Cathedral Basilica has been inundated with inquiries about the story of St Thomas’ miraculous post, supposed to have kept the sea away on December 26.

The 450-year-old church, located a few metres from the water, remained unaffected by the tsunamis even though buildings in line with it on either side were ravaged by the waves. The belief, says Father Lawrence, is that when St Thomas planted the post at the top of the steps leading to the cathedral, he said the sea would not pass that point. ‘‘But that is the legend,’’ stresses the father, ‘‘nobody knows whether it is true.’’

The priest sounds wary of declaring it a miracle. Puzzling, considering his job and that he gives visitors what he jokingly calls ‘‘credit cards to heaven’’ - neat little plastic cards laminated with a pinch of soil from St Thomas’ tomb that fit into your wallet. He offers logical explanations, like - perhaps it is because the church is built on a higher level. ‘‘But then,’’ he reasons, ‘‘the lighthouse is on roughly the same plain, and the water reached it.’’

Father Lawrence says that for the people who have faith, it would be a miracle. ‘‘I believe it is’’ he adds. He takes you to the terrace from which he saw the sea in action, as it surged across the road and flooded the huts in front of St Thomas’ post. It is an innocuous looking log of wood, mounted on a cement pedestal. The story goes that a village in the Mylapore area was flooded when a huge tree trunk fell across the river. The local king brought a royal pachyderm to lug it away, but the task seemed impossible. Then St Thomas came along, removed the girdle from his waist and handed it to a bystander and asked him to yank the log with it. He did so and the log was moved easily.

There is a mural illustrating the episode in the cathedral museum. Father Lawrence says the post is believed to be from that same log of wood. Though there is another story that the post comes from the chapel that St Thomas built in 74 AD.

‘‘People have been asking about this story. It has always been around but it is difficult to confirm as fact something that occurred nearly 2,000 years ago. That is why I have been trying to verify the story with other people,’’ says the priest.

Father Lawrence is certainly not alone in believing the story about the safety of his church.

‘‘Till December 31, we had about 2,000 people taking shelter over here. Partly because since it is a church, it is a centre point for distributing relief material. I suppose it is also because people feel safe here.''

Monday, January 03, 2005

Watch out for these spurious products in Dubai!

If you are the owner of a HP Inkjet printer or a laserjet, you would know of the high cost of the ink toners and cartridges. But these days you get replacement cartridges of a different make at lower cost that can be used in your HP printer. But beware!

One of my friends, an entrepreneur had this experience.

He had received a fax from a computer company in Dubai offering HP cartridges refilling and replaceables from Canada. He asked his assistant to call up the company and enquire the cost for a replacement cartridge for the HP1010 Laserjet printer, which the assistant did.

What happened was, the computer company seemed only too ready to dispose off its products and immediately sent over the cartridge with a bill for Dhs.125 uunasked for.

The replacement cartridge came neatly sealed in a box carrying the computer company's name with the seal "Country of Origin - Canada". On opening the box, a black plastic cover was found inside (as any other normal ink cartridge cover). But this black cover seemed to peel open easily which is not the case for any well packed ink-cartridge.

Inside the black plastic cover, there was an ink cartridge alright. It was exactly the same shape and make as the original HP cartridge. The only thing amiss or too close to the original was that this cartridge too had the "hp Q2162A" blue sticker running along the entire length of the cartridge as the original had. It even had the same "Made in Japan" markings as the original.

And therein lay the conflict.

The outer box had a different name whereas the cartridge inside looked exactly like a HP cartridge with the same stickers etc. For all you know, it could even have been a refilled HP cartridge.

My friend's assistant called up the computer company again asking for an explanation. The company tried to cover up by stating that its a HP compatible cartridge and hence the sticker.

The company was charging only Dh.75/- to refill old HP laserjet cartridges. Their fax claimed that replacement cartridges are Dhs. 100/-. They had sent my friend a cartridge with a bill for Dhs. 125/-. A clear case of hoodwinking. They were working under the assumption that people would not be too tech savvy and would oversee the HP sticker on the catridge.

Dubaians, if you are ever in the cost-saving business of buying replacement HP cartridges for your HP Laser printers, then watch out for such fly-by-night operators.

I recommend IMAGEPLUS cartridges for HP Inkjet printers. Imageplus has a showroom in the AL Ain Centre in Bur Dubai. Their cartridges are HP compatible and cost 40% less than originals and yet provide the same quality.