In front of Mermaids Legendary

Mermaids are the legendary creature with the tail of a fish and a half-human top. They often considered magical with ability to give people power or to predict the future. Mermaids frequently fall in live with men. They attract men with beautiful songs and music to death by downing. They also transform in to human women eat men when they are tamed

Classically, a mermaid is seated on rock by the sea, with her golden here and fishtail dipped into the water and she holds a comb and a mirror in hand.

The mermaid’s male is merman. Mermaids’ legends began with the worship of gods. Oannes was a sea-god of the Babylonia. Poseidon was Greek god of the sea. Neptune was the Roman god of the sea. Triton was a Greek a messenger of the sea. They were often depicted as half-fish.

Among the many gods of India, the apsaras (celestial flute-playing water-nymphs) were worshiped by fishermen. Water-nymphs could be mistaken for mermaids because of their beauty in appearance and their musical talents, which mermaids are well known for.

As to merfolk originally, British mermaids did not have tails. It was which the sailors from the Mediterranean trading, that the idea of the half-human, half-fish creature become more popular.

Email vs Snail Mail

Electronic mail, called e-mail was started in the late 1960‘s by the armed forces of the United States of America. The army or military officers were looking for a way that communication could be carried out in the event of a large-scale nuclear war. They needed a system that would be very decentralized, reliable, and fast in case central institutions were destroyed. They came up with e-mail.

In the early 1970’s, e-mail was limited to the United States military, defense contractor and universities doing defense research. By the 1970’s it had begun to spread more broadly within university communities. By 1980’s, academics in a number of university disciplines were using e-mail for professional collaboration. The early 1990’s saw an explosion of the use of e-mail and other computer networking tool for a wide range of professional, academic, and personal purposes. Whereas a few thousand people were using e-mail in 1980, it was estimated that in 2000, more than 25 million people throughout the world were using it.

E-mail is a way of sending a message from one computer around the world. First, you write down the e-mail address of the person you’re sending the message to. Then you compose the message, either by writing it directly in a special e-mail software program or by writing it first in a word –processing program, then transferring it into the e-mail software. You push a button to issue a simple command to send the message. The computer system you’re connected to will break the message up into tiny pieces and send them electronically to the destination, usually over common telephone lines. The pieces might travel through different routes to various computers on the way. Then, usually within two to three minutes, the pieces will all arrive at their destination, where the receiving computer will re-assemble them into a message that can be read. The person receiving the message can then log into his or her computer account at convenient time and read the mail.

Earn money via AdSense

Google uses its Internet search technology to serve advertisements based on webpage inclusion. Lots of websites use AdSense to earn money via their inclusion. They use a wider range of bandwidth-generating techniques, including but not limited to online advertising. They create valuable content on their websites that attracts AdSense advertisements, which pay out the most when visitors are clicked. They use text content on their websites that encourages visitors to click on advertisements. But Google prohibits webmasters from using word groups like "Click on my AdSense ads" to increase click rates. The phrases accepted are "Sponsored Links" and "Advertisements".

History

Oingo, Inc., that is privately held company located in Los Angeles. It was started in 1998 by Gilad Elbaz and Adam Weissman. Oingo. It developed a proprietary search algorithm that was based on word meanings and built upon an underlying lexicon called WordNet, It was developed over the previous 15 years by researchers at Princeton University. Oingo changed its name to Applied Semantics in 2001.It was later acquired by Google in April 2003 for US$102 million.

How AdSense works

The webmaster inserts the AdSense JScript code into a webpage. Each time this page is visited, the JavaScript code uses inlined JSON to display content fetched from Google's servers. For contextual advertisements, Google's servers use a cache of the page to determine a set of high-value keywords. If keywords have been cached already, advertisements are served for those keywords based on the AdWords bidding system. For site-targeted advertisements, the advertiser chooses the pages on which to display advertisements, and the price advertisers choose to pay for every thousand advertisements displayed. Search advertisements are added to the list of results after the visitor performs a search. Because the JScript is sent to the Web browser when the page is requested, it is possible for other website owners to copy the JScript code into their own WebPages.

The major multi-sport event in South Asia

XI South Asian Games

The 11th South Asian Games was a major multi-sport event that took place from January 29th to February 8, 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Two thousand indeterminate athletes from eight countries competed at the Games in 23 different sport events. The sporting giant of the region, India continued its dominance in the game’s medal tally with a staggering 176 medals including 90 gold medals. Pakistan narrowly beat the host to occupy the second spot with 19 gold medals and 25 silver medals while the host Bangladesh captured 18 gold medals including the region’s most popular and prestigious football and cricket titles. Shehan Ambepitiya of Sri Lankan became the fastest man while Pakistan’s Naseem Hamid was crowned the fastest woman of the region wining the 100 meter sprint.

Shehan Ambepitiya bagged gold for Sri Lanka in the 100 meters men’s event while establishing a new record for the event in the South Asian Games. He established himself as the fastest athlete in the South Asian Games with a timing of 10.47 seconds.

Naseem Hameed emerged as the fastest woman of the South Asia by clocking 11.81 seconds in the 100m sprint. This was the career best feet of the Karachi-based athlete, who was also part of the bronze medal winning 4*100m relay team of the county in the 10th South Asian Games held in Colombo 2006

For a world without landmine

Landmine-busting teams are fighting a losing battle: for every mine that is cleared, 20 new ones are laid. A year after the death of Britain’s Princess Diana, whose high profile trips to Angola and Bosnia highlighted the scourge of landmines, donation were still pouring on to fund the mammoth task of clearing an estimated 100 million unexploded mines scattered across 70 countries from Angola to Afghanistan.

Although 126 countries have now signed the 1997 Ottawa Convention banning landmines, a child is either maimed or killed by a landmine somewhere in the world every hour, according to the United Nation. Some experts think they are going to have to change their ways before they can beat one of the world’s most cruel menaces.

Ingenious devices have been designed to make mine clearing easier. In the last year, engineers have come up with a string of ingenious devices to enable mine clearing teams to work faster and more cheaply, but some experts believe the only way to make a difference would be to ease tight security standards on de-mining.

So far, none of the recent inventions, including a remote-controlled sweeper, a wind-up detector and a ‘sniffer’ that search for mines like dog, have passed a test for 99.8% efficiency in the field. Safe and liable equipment is the priority for highly trained teams risking their lives to save others.

However, expert in the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) are wary of cheap and easy answer unless they prove to be totally secure. MAG, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its campaign to ban anti-personal mines, works in six of the most mine ridden-countries. So far, it says, it has seen no real impact from the new technologies. “Too many devices are developed with little understanding of the real practices of landmine clearance or the real condition of the world.”

Luxury car from Taiwan

Taiwan’s largest automobile manufacturing conglomerate Yulon Group introduced to the public the first model of its homegrown car brand Luxgen. The Luxgen 7 multi-purpose vehicle, or minivan, entirely developed in Taiwan, representnts Yulon Group’s first major step toward its goal of going global.

The Luxgen line marks the group’s second attempt at own-branding following its “Feeling 101” automobile which hit the market in the mid1980s. However, at that time only the exterior and interior of the initial model were designed in Taiwan at Yulon’s engineering center; while the engine and chassis came from Japan’s Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

The new Luxgen 7 MPV is being touted as an intelligent vehicle, equipped with a world leading THINK + car PC developed by Taiwan-based HTC Corp. The THINK + car PC integrate 3.5G telecommunications technology, GPS navigation, multimedia entertainment, vehicle safety, driver setting and system programming functions into one unit. Such a system is usually found in only the highest-priced luxury car models.

What not to do Valentine’s Day

Oh yes it’s that time of the year again when the flowers begin to blossom and the earth never felt so fresh; spring is surely in the air and so in l.o.v.e. Every magazine, article or programme is on the spot to tell you exactly where you should go, what you should do and what you should get for your significant other but today you’re going to get a good dose of what you should NOT to just so that Valentine’s day doesn’t become ‘just another day’ to celebrate your love.


Do NOT have expectations

It’s a killer when you have high and romantic expectations; a candlelight dinner at the most expensive restaurant in town, the biggest pendant at Swarovski, and dozen blood red roses and a box of Ferraro Roche chocolates to go with it does seem like the perfect way to go but you also have to understand and realistic; unless of course your man is a millionaire.

Do NOT drop hint

Don’t we all do it; even the guys! We want something an entire week before the big day, we’re off dropping little hint likes Hansel and Gretel dropping bread crumbs.

Do NOT compare and do NOT boast

Sure us girls would get jealous if another from amongst us got something better and fancier from her guy, but it’s important to remember to be understanding and happy with what you get; your friend might have got a larger bunch of roses or was taken on a holiday someplace exotic and You might have just had a simpler dinner at home or at nearest restaurant but don’t forget – it’s that thought that counts and you should be more than happy to let alone have someone to celebrate with than who might not.

Do NOT be typical

You are you and no one can change that but its’ also healthy to be spontaneous and do something different than you’re usually comfortable with; guy if you want the latest PS3 game, don’t get it for her and play it yourself – buy it for yourself and get her something she might like for a change. Why don’t you make reservations for a dinner out for change or make memory?

Do NOT make excuses

Valentine’s Day is certainly not the day to make any kind of excuses for anything,”I’m tired” or “I have really bad headache and need to get some sleep” is the ultimate punch line and none of you want upset the other. Make an effort, stay healthy and be perky.

Do NOT rush

NOT too big and NOT too small

No one want a tiny gift that makes one feel under-appreciated cause you couldn’t get him or her some thing big enough to be thrilled about; on the other hand a large gift, let’s say a trip out of town.

Do NOT buy him or her, what you want for yourself

It’s important to remember that this day isn’t just YOUR day alone, it’s a day to be shared with your loved one so you got to let loose a bit and give in; compromise a little bit and give each other what they really want.

Pollution in Water

Nearly 97% of the earth's water is salt water; another 2% is locked in ice caps and glaciers. That leaves just 1% as fresh water suitable for farming, recreation manufacturing, washing, and drinking,

Water is undoubtedly the most precious natural resource that exists on earth. It’s essential for everything on our planet o grow and prosper. Although we recognize this fact, disregard it by polluting our rivers, lake and ocean. We are slowly but surely harming our planet to the point where innocent organisms are dying even at this very moment.

Also our drinking water has become greatly affected and soon we will have to think about ourselves. In order to combat Water pollution occur when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of pollutant materials to the water. When it is unfit for its intended use, water is considered polluted.

These harmful substances can either emitted directly into a body of water our indirectly through environmental changes. An example of latte is fertilizer from a field carried into a stream by rain, in the form of run-off, which is very common in agricultural areas.

Estimates suggest that nearly 1.5 billion people lack safe drinking water and that at least 5 million deaths per year can be attributed to waterborne diseases. Raw sewage, garbage and oil spills have diluted the oceans and most coastal waters. Beaches around the world are polluted by sewage disposal and marine wildlife is beginning to suffer.

The major sources of water pollution can be classified as municipal, industrial and agricultural waste water runoff. Since the birth of “Chemical Age”, water quality has been heavily impacted worldwide by industrial and agricultural chemical. Pollution of surface water from human and agricultural waste and nutrification of groundwater from agricultural practices has greatly affected part of the World.

Global environmental collapse is not inevitable. But the developed world must work with the developing world to ensure that new industrialized economies do not contribute to the worlds’ environmental problem. Politician must think of sustainable development rather than economic expansion. Conservation strategies have to become more widely accepted, and people must learn that energy use can be dramatically diminished without sacrificing comfort. In short, with the technology that currently exists, the years of global environmental mistreatment can begin to be reversed.

Romeo the New Car

Alfa Romeo’s Duetto Spider may have shot to fame in 1967 film “The Graduate”, but even this Hollywood endorsement couldn’t stop the car from being axed in 1993. Previous Alfa Romeo CEO Luca de Meo has hinted at bringing back the iconic Alfa Romeo Spider in past, and according to new report a new generation of the spider is being formulated as part of a revitalization programme for the automaker’s again fleet.

All is not well, however, as there has been a freeze put on Alfa Romeo’s future plans until review of the brand is completed in April. If the review unsuccessful, there’s a chance the recently revealedGiulietta hatchback will be the last Alfa Romeo Ever produced.

Part of the expanding Flat Group, Alfa Romeo has suffered massive losses for the past couple of the years and managed to sell just 110,000 cars last year—almost half of what it sold in 2000.

The drum up excitement for the brand, Alfa Romeo is preparino to unveil three striking concept car at next month’s 2010 Geneva Motor Show: a new coupe previewing the replacement for the Brera, A sedan previewing the replacement159 and a convertible concept for a possible new Spider.

Tourist Attractions

It is a common declaration of the tourists that Sri Lanka is a tourits' paradise. Year after year, almost every plane that lands in Sri Lanka carries a good number of tourist from abroad. Some have fallen in love with our country that they have settled down here. For hundreds of years, we did not advertise our country and a few came then. Now we have made tourist come here from the four corners of the globe and pour out Pounds, Dollars, Francs, Yens and Roubles by millions, thus increasing our foreign exchange earning.

There are over a hundred attraction to tourist in our country and to see them all, they will have to spend over an year here. To name a few, there are the ruined cities of Anuradapura, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya and Kandy, still grand and majestic. The seven hot well at Tricomalee and the singing fish of Batticaloa lagoon are two other wonders. The three game sanctuaries at Yala, Willpattu and Kumana are a spectacle unseen elsewhere in the wide world. The fire-walkers of Kataragama keep tourist spellbound. The kandy Perahera still retains its ancient glory and few tourist miss it.

The golden beaches by the blue sea and the sand, the sun and grand sea-scape add to the long list. The towering majesties of Adam's Peak and Mt. Piduruthalagala located ina picturesque landscape make up just a few of our attractions.

The spectacle of fishermen bringing home the catch in towns like Negombo, Matara, Galle, Chilaw and Jaffana stand unrivaled. Nuwara-Eliya with its lovely tea estates and climate similar to that of England, Hambantota with its saharah heat and Diyathalawa with climate to soothe the invalid give tourists an idea of what the Garden of Eden was.

The fauna and flora so variegated and rare are delight to any tourist heart. What a sight it is to see the flowers in May and the fruit of so many kind ion April. It will have to be experienced to be appreciated.

These and so many other wonders have made tourist say that Sri Lanka is a land where every prospect pleases.

Buddhism most sacred festival

The Ehela trees laden with yellow gold blossoms herald the onset of the Vesak Festival, Buddhism most sacred event. Prince Sidhdhartha was born on a Vesak full moon day. He achieved supreme Enlightenment and attained Buddhahood on a Vesak full moon day. Finally his Great Demise occurred on a Vesak full moon day.

Through the ages Vesak Festival was a religious festival with devotees spending the dawn of Vesak in and around temple and religious sites- observin ”sil” meditation, listening to sermons and contemplating life, thus paying homage to the Buddha. However social event for Vesak are also planned months ahead, each town, each village, getting together to treat visitors with meals and drinks. Large alms-halls (dansal) are erected and food is served daily morning and night with the participation of both young and old. The funds are collected from the people of area. As Charity plays a main role during Vesak the participation is spontaneous. This practice goes back to ancient times, when the kings decreed that the masses who come to the city to participate in religious and social events to be treated lavishly.

It is during night time pageantry of Vesak unfolds.Planing begins months ahead for the construction of large structure called ‘thorana’ or pandals. These are erected at pivotal palace reminiscent of ancient portals at the entrance to cities. The tall structure over 100ft. high display the affluence of its’ patron.

Singing devotional songs in the style of carols is a recent activity adopted by private and public sector institutions and the banking sector to get their employees together to promote good will and harmony all round. There is a general camaraderie between people during Vesak and the outcome is amateur theatrical performed in village and smaller towns when traders, carpenters, tailor enact the roles. For a visitor to Sri Lanka during Vesak, the experience would be piety anf gaiety inter mingled with a atmosphere of extreme Love, Kindness and Compassion – the essence of Buddhism.

Green tea and lung cancer: Research form Taiwan

Green tea is a kind of tea made only with the leaves of Camellia sinensis which has undergone minimum oxidation during preparation. Green tea originates from China and has become related with many cultures in Asia from Japan to the Middle East. In present time, it has become more common in the West, where black tea is traditionally consumed. Many quadratic of green tea have been created in countries where it is grown. These quadratic can change substantially because variable growing circumstances, preparation and harvesting time.

Over the last few tithe green tea has been considered to many scientific and medical studies to determine the extent of its long- contemplated health benefits, with some testimony proposing standard green tea drinkers may have lower chances of heart disease and developing certain types of cancer. Green tea has also been claimed as useful for "weight loss management" a claim with no scientific support according to medical databases such as PubMed.

Drinking green tea has been well documented as a cure for many chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart, lowering cholesterol etc. Now new research form Taiwan, adds to growing testimony that the drinking has anti cancer powers, and that it can also safeguard you from lung cancer. In a study of five hundred smokers and non smokers who drank at the least one cup of tea for a day, findings displayed that it highly reduce lung cancer risks significantly.