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Friday, February 19, 2010
Quote of the Day
Pls Don't Complain !!
Dear Friends,
Pls Don't Complain!!!
If you think you are unhappy, look at them
If you think your salary is low, how about her?
If you think you don't have many friends...
When you feel like giving up, think of this man
If you think you suffer in life, do you suffer as much as he does?
If you complain about your transport system, how about them?
If your society is unfair to you, how about her?
Enjoy life how it is and as it comes
Things are worse for others and is a lot better for us J
There are many things in your life that will catch your eye
but only a few will catch your heart....pursue those...God Bless..... Take Care....
Thursday, February 18, 2010
A new ways to charge mobile phones
Powermat is a revolutionary wireless charging technology. It allows users to wirelessly charge multiple devices simultaneously and eliminate the tangle of wires that accumulate in the home and behind work stations. Powermat is a 2 part system pairing a sleek, ultra-thin mat with receivers that attach to your device, enabling you to charge by simply placing those devices on the mat.
Wirelessly charge up to three Powermat-enabled devices at the same time. Includes mat, travel case, Powercube and 8 Powercube tips which will charge nearly all mobile devices.
Wirelessly charge up to three Powermat-enabled devices at the same time. Includes mat, Powercube and 8 Powercube tips which will charge nearly all mobile devices.
Powermat is:
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SIMPLE Just drop and charge and skip the constant plugging and unplugging
FAST Charges as fast as or even faster than your device’s charger
CLEAN No spaghetti of wires – charge up to 3 devices from one plug
SMART Automatically stops charging once the devices are fully charged
SAFE Eliminates overloaded outlets and power strips.
WHAT IS THE POWERCUBE?
The Powercube was designed as the ultimate “on-board” accessory for your Powermat and is the most cost effective, catch-all solution to charge hundreds of devices including Bluetooth headsets, eBooks, phones, music players, games and more. There are probably already numerous devices in your home that can be charged with Powermat. Plus, it can be very handy when friends and family visit and need to charge their phone or other device.HOW MUCH POWER DOES POWERMAT DRAW WHEN IN STANDBY MODE?
Powermat draws less power in standby mode than the vast majority of chargers for handheld electronic devices. Powermat utilizes advanced power management as well as an Energy Star Level V power supply to maximize energy efficiency. In internal testing, the Powermat system (with 3 access points) drew less than half a watt in standby mode, while most comparable chargers supporting 3 devices could be expected to draw, on average, 50% more wattage.HOW FAST DOES POWERMAT CHARGE AS COMPARED TO OTHER STANDARD CHARGERS?
Powermat charges electronic devices as fast or faster than the original chargers that come with the devices. Internal device-specific comparison testing shows that charging speed/time ranges from the same as with the original charger to 35% less with Powermat. On average Powermat charged 9% faster than comparable (original) chargers. Specific examples include: Blackberry at approximately 11% faster, Apple at 7% faster and Nokia at 14% faster.
India may have lost Siberian Cranes for ever….
Feb 18, 2010
For the tenth consecutive year, the majestic Siberian Cranes – among the most endangered birds in the world – have skipped India this winter, say experts.They apprehend that the Siberian Cranes are unlikely to ever come to the Bharatpur region of Rajasthan again as they have apparently changed their centuries-old migratory route from Siberia to India.
“These birds have not been sighted in the famous Keoladeo National Park of Bharatpur or any other place in northern India. It is clear that their route has undergone a change owing to a variety of reasons,” Dilawar Mohammed, ornithologist with the Bombay Natural History Society(BNHS), said.
The last time a pair of Siberian Cranes (Grus leucogeranus) was spotted in this park was way back in 2001.
“After that it has been a disappointment for bird lovers, ornithologists and tourists who used to go there for a glimpse of these royal birds,” Mohammed said.
He explained that the Siberian Cranes’ route to India was through Afghanistan. The adult birds stand as tall as 91 inches and can weigh over 10 kg.
Dodging the bombings by US fighter jets which tried to root out the erstwhile Taliban regime in October 2001 and after the 9/11 strikes in the US, the Siberian Cranes managed to reach India for the last time.
According to another bird lover and breeder Nigam Pandya, the Siberian Cranes or the Great White Cranes have not been sighted in this part of the world since 2001, indicating that they have skipped India completely.
“Presently, as per authoritative international estimates, there are barely 3,200 Siberian Cranes left in the world, making them among the most endangered species like the tiger or the Himalayan Pandas,” Pandya said.
Depending on their breeding habitats, the Siberian Cranes were classified into central, western and eastern populations.
While the central population, which used to come to India during winters for over two centuries, is now considered extinct, the western population spends its winters in Iran.
Only the eastern population with about 3,000 birds is still strong, but it is also under severe threat owing to changes in their wintering areas in China, one of them the construction of the huge Three Gorges Dam, Mohammed said.
Usually, the Siberian Cranes would start flying towards India in mid-October and stay here till March or April.
At its peak, in 1965, Bharatpur hosted over 200 Siberian Cranes. Less than 30 years later, in 1993, only five were sighted there.
Then, after a gap of three years, four were spotted in 1996. That was reduced to barely a pair of these birds by the late 1990s, following by the last pair seen in 2001.
Besides the loss of natural habitat in most parts where they lived and bred, Mohammed said, there have been reports of hunting of these huge birds in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the recent past.
The Siberian Cranes have always fascinated scientists for their ability to fly distances of over 2,500 km to escape the cold winter of Siberia.
En route, they flew over Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and then to northwestern India. One of their brief halting points was the Abi-I-Istada Lake in Afghanistan. From there it took them around eight weeks to reach Bharatpur.
The US-based International Crane Foundation says the eastern population breeds in northeastern Siberia and spends winters along the central Yangtze river of China.
The sparse Western population spends its winter along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran and breeds near the south of the Ob river which runs to the east of the Ural Mountains of Russia.
The central population that nested in western Siberia and flew down for warm winters to Bharatpur is no more.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Quote of the Day
“Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn’t do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.”
- AB’s Blog
Electric cars not so eco-friendly: Green groups
Models of Reva electric car. Photo: AP
A latest report has claimed that an increase in electric cars is likely to lead to more electricity production from coal, gas and nuclear plants, without necessarily reducing oil demand for conventional cars
Putting more electric cars on the road may increase CO2 emissions, three leading environmental lobby groups said on Monday — issuing a warning to the European Union as it prepares to support the new technology.
Electric cars are seen as a way for European car producers to boost their green credentials and develop a technology that would allow them to keep ahead of the competition. European governments, in turn, hope this would allow them to reverse a trend of job cuts in what is currently an ailing industry.
However, a report by Dutch consultancy CE Delft, backed by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth Europe and Transport & Environment, claims that “under current policies, an increase in (electric cars) is likely to lead to more electricity production from coal, gas and nuclear plants, without necessarily reducing oil demand for conventional cars.” The three groups call for the abolition of so-called super-credits in the EU’s laws on car emissions, which allow manufactures to count electric cars as zero-emission vehicles, helping them meet overall pollution targets for their entire model line-up.
Unless current rules are changed, the report claims, increasing sales of electric cars “may then lead to reduced efforts to improve the energy efficiency of conventional (…) cars with the result that (they) will probably not reduce oil consumption and CO2 emissions in the transport sector.” EU industry ministers are set to meet on Tuesday in San Sebastian, Spain, to approve an action plan for the development of electric vehicles. The initiative was presented in January as a top priority for Spain’s EU presidency, scheduled to run until June 30.
The CE Delft report says that CO2 emissions over the entire car production chain — the so-called ‘well-to-wheel’ cycle — would increase if electric vehicles were to be powered by lignite-derived electricity.
They would fall “significantly” if gas-fired power plants were used instead, and be reduced to “near zero if carbon-free renewable energy (were to be) used.” The environmental groups, therefore, want the EU and national governments to make sure electric cars are charged using electricity produced from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power.
To achieve this, they suggest fitting ‘smart meters’ that would automatically recognize ‘renewable energy’ to every electric car.
“We need smart electric vehicles that interact with smart electricity grids so cars can charge up on green power. Dump electric vehicles plugged into a dump electricity grid would only add demand for coal and nuclear power and drive us away from a sustainable energy future,” said Greenpeace’s Franziska Achterberg
Sunday, February 14, 2010
-- ♥ ♥ happy valentines day ♥ ♥ --
We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.
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