Online Privacy vs Publicity

Privacy is a right that we take for granted. We hope to keep our business to ourselves, and we have all kinds of safeguards and protective measures to protect it that way. We make tall walls and fences and live behind locked door. We use safes, banks, safety deposit boxes and other various methods to keep our personal items and information private. But are these conventional physical methods adequate anymore? Are they even helpful? The information age has arrived and with it our definitions of privacy may need to be rewritten.

In any facet of modern society, the most valuable assets you can have to be information. No matter what kind of activities you’re involved in, you can be certain that the right kind of information exchange matter very much. Today, it is not just enough to be your self, you have to be yourself and make a name for your self, if you are to be succeeded. To do this, you have to share certain thing about yourself. For the average person, this phenomenon is most obvious in the social arena, especially in the social networking arena. Facebook, Twitter, hi5 and other social oriented sites are the way to interact with the people. Let’s face it, if you are a tech savvy urban dweller; the first thing you do, is probably search him or her on facebook. Sites like are a treasure trove of personal information of individuals. Most people have posted details on these sites that they would not dare reveal on real life. What they do not relies is that putting thing on social networking sites is potentially just as public as saying it out loud. Websites are public by nature, so you should never put any thing you want to keep secret, online at all. Many of our services are fast moving online, and online services will always require a certain amount of personal data in order to authenticate the user. But as users, we must always make certain that we have to control over the information we provide. As much publicized example was when Facebook used photos of one of its users in an advertising campaign, without that user’s knowledge. It turned out that, because of the lack of knowledge of Facebook privacy settings, the user has unwittingly authorized the uses of photo.

The thing to do hare is to be aware of situation. Online privacy is highly subjective, and it takes time and experiences to properly understand. For example, the same rule to do not apply to your online banking and your social site. They are two completely different things, and you give them completely different level of information and whether alright with that. Always give as little information as you can, because it is safer that way, till you know ho to handle your online privacy.

Fish keeping

Fish keeping or rearing is a great hobby among teenagers and even adult in whole over the world. Some do it on small scale, others on a big scale. But nearly every home has just a few fish in a bowl in side house.

Young boys, especially school boys have taken to this hobby with a lot of interest and at great expense. In some houses, there are aquariums of various shapes, size, and colors. There are adult and even Companies which deal in fish and fly them across the seas.

Fish keeping is a very good hobby because it keeps young boys engaged in their leisure hours and come to know about life in big way. How delightful it is to know the habits of multi-colored fish like the ‘Angels’, ‘Gouramies’, ‘Siamese Fighters’, ‘Zebras’, ‘Sword-tail’, ‘jewel fish’, ‘horse fish’, and scores of other fish that swim so beautifully in the glass – cages and live safety in these concrete-glass ‘prison’. They seem so happy and contented.

As in any other business or industry, there is the sale of fish and bartering. These rearers also learn the art of inter-breeding fish and so getting hybrids. It is a wonderful experience to talk to some these teenagers and see how much of knowledge they have gained from this paying and entering hobby.

Before apply for job online

Oh yes indeed, very single thing that we do has become more advanced and involves the latest technology; even applying for jobs and sitting down the interviews. No more rifling through the classifieds columns of newspapers, looking under the respective subject for the perfect job opening, having to sit down to an intimidating job interviews, facing a group of hard unknown faces; every single thing has changed.

Now, all you need to do is connect to the internet and type whatever job you’re looking for, apply for it online as well, sit back and wait for the magic to do its trick. It’s really that easy, but there of course the ups and downs of applying and working online, as well as plenty of do’s and don’ts in the same area.

There is, without a doubt more job opportunities available online than ever before, which is a huge plus point for even a student who is looking for a part time job during his/her vacation, and of course, it cuts of the hassle of going through probably s thousands classified ads, whereas surfing online would get the search done in next to no time. The only catch to applying for a job online would be that, there are plenty of chances of giving out personal information and details to anything such as web or anyone whom you have never met you before, may be risky; besides, who can you really trust behind the computer screen, unless, of course, it is a highly acclaimed business, unlike other odd jobs.

So make sure you research on the kind of job you’re looking for applying and sending information to; in a few weeks or even few days time, you surely don’t want strangers contacting you and asking you to do preposterous things or bothering you for life. Be safe and know what you’re getting into; it may seem and surely look a lot easier, but there is a whole new and different world out of there on the internet.

Most often, people are not prepared for the kinds of questions directed at or asked of them, and it certainly doesn’t do you any good, when you’re stuck speechless. It is always important to know that whichever job you are now applying to, is the one you really want; by clearing that off your checklist, you are sure to be confident enough to get off to a decent beginning.

State your interests in a manner that make you sound like someone with great personality and of course, lively. Your education qualifications play an important role here, so be sure to note down your credential correctly and in a right order. If you want to make sure you nab this job, then you’re going to have to go an extra mile, by being a bit forward; not too much to scare anyone away, but to make them certain that you’re indeed serious about your work and have it in you to do something great.

Don’t fret or let other people’s bad experiences freak you out; just be yourself and go with the flow. Go get that job.

Eco- Adventure

Sri Lanka blessed with an abundance of flora and fauna has a long radiation of conservation. This goes back to its ancient Buddhist tradition which teaches respect and compassion to all living things. The world’s first wild life sanctuary was set up by Royal edict in the 3rd C.B.C. in Mihintale
(Where the Buddhist doctrine was first preached) and is still a sanctuary. Understanding the importance of conservation ecological integrity, large wilderness tracts were set aside by successive rulers as reserves for rain catchments and pest control purposes. Today, the sanctuaries, national parks, and reserves where law protects flora and fauna comprise 14% of the Island’s total land area of 65610sq, Km.

Within this land area there are more than 70 sanctuaries, National parks & a number of wetlands and mountain ranges. Therefore the bio- diversity in Sri Lanka is regarded to be greater per sq. Meter of surface area than any other country in the Asian Region. When Sri Lanka’s ecosystem is compared with other Asian countries, Sri Lanka has many tropical rain forests, montane, lowland, and virgin forests and wetland. There are also many ecosystems with mangroves, sand dunes, beaches and coral reefs. Numbering over 220, Sri Lanka for its size has perhaps the largest number of waterfalls of any country in the world.

Sri Lanka is a global bio-diversity hot spot. About half of its species are endemic, including all fresh water crabs, 90% amphibians, 25-75% reptiles and vertebrates, around 50% fresh water fishes, 26% flowering plants, 145 mammals and as many as non migrant birds.

Species richness is extreme and there are known to be over 3,368 species of flowering plants, 314 ferns, 575 mosses, 190liverworts, 896 algae, 1920 fungi, 400 orchids, 242 butterflies, 117 dragonflies, and damselflies, 139 mosquitoes, 525 carabis beetles, 266 land snails, 78 fresh water fishes, 250 amphibians, 92 snakes, 35 fresh water crabs, 21 geckos, 21 shrinks, 322 non- migrant birds. The island also provides critical habitat for internationally mobile species, including5 species of endangered marine turtles, about 100 species of waterfowls, and many other migratory birds.

The Flora of Sri Lanka

The flora of Sri Lanka means the plant life of Sri Lanka. Our country being a tropical one with plenty of rain and sunshine, we have an abundance of green life. The island almost throughout the year is covered by a green carpet grass. There are then, the herbs, bigger plants, trees, palms and the jungle giants.

The herbs and smaller plants form the category of medicinal plants and vegetables and even creepers. The bigger plants provide fruits, the palms yield food and drink and the giants of the jungle give wood for furniture and fuel. Some of Sri Lanka herbs are so rare that it is said many medicine men come to Sri Lanka for certain herbs found here, but absent even in the Himalayan hills.

With nearly every Sri Lanka meal, vegetable s come from the plants and creepers, Toddy and fruits come from the palms like the coconut, Palmyra and Jaggery palms. The giants of the jungle, some over 500 years old as ebony, satin, teak and mahogany etc. provide wood for furniture, some of which are exported.

Animal life has protection from our flora and the tall trees bring down the rain which otherwise would have passed over without giving the life-giving waters from the heavens above. The thousands of birds and myriads of insects find a safe shelter in, on, among and under our wide and varied flora.

A trip to Ajantha Caves-India

We started from Bashavel in the wee hours of morning, after few hours, we are near a mountain. Located just 40 km Jalgaon city of Maharasta, India, lying in the middle of a steep horseshoe shaped rock; Ajantha comprises 30 temples like caves hewn into the heart of rock. The caves are surprisingly large and rich with Buddhist sculpture of the highest craftsmanship and more importantly, paintings of infinite charm. Though I knew that a chisel and hammer under the command of a skilled artiste can do wonders, I never thought it could be this magnitude.

It is a well maintained site, as is the case with any other site of either culture or religious value in India. Private vehicles are not allowed up to the caves, with a huge amenity centre built at the end of Ajantha Ghat, 4km away from the caves. From there, you have to take a pollution free bus to reach the caves through a reserved tropical forest. The hill range opposite the caves provides natural protection to the caves. A solitary place with a panoramic view surrounded by greenery a river flowing in the ravine. It makes it an ideal place for pious Buddhist monks to meditate. The river called Waghors, flows through seven small waterfalls called Saptkund. Before it enter the caves in form of a beautiful waterfall- a very pleasing site indeed during rainy season. Mother natures’ creativity at Ajantha, horseshoe shaped rock a bunch of waterfalls, a stream serpenting beneath strong impression that natural beauty is far ahead of man made wonders.

Believed to have been built around 2nd century BC, the caves remained unknown to the modern world until 1819, due to debris gathered within the caves, when it was accidentally discovered by John Smith, a British captain. Most of the painting in Ajantha is from the 2nd BC, while some of them are about the 5th century AD, and continued for next two centuries. Though there 30 caves, only 26 caves can be visited, as there is no proper access to rest. It had been a great monastery with the capacity to house thousands of monks. All the caves are numbered accordingly. Caves 9, 10, 19, and 16, are chaitya halls. Carving Stupas’ inside a rock cut cave needs a higher degrees of engineering skills.

In Ajantha, Hinayana and Mahayana have their separate caves. Since there was no idol worship in the Hinayana sect, no statues other than painted emblems of Buddha are seen in such caves, whereas, Mahayana caves are full of idols and paintings Sitting Buddhas’ statues at Mahayanic caves, have been carved with the leg touching the ground, so that worshipers have access to Buddha’s feet, because foot worship popular among the Mahayana followers.

Ajantha is famous for painting depicting scenes from Jathaka stories and Buddha’s life. Some caves are entirely painted. Some Hinayanic caves have been pillars fully painted with Jathaka stories. Rock cut staircase at Ajantha despite a mirror wall, look similar to the stone step at Sigiriya which in Sri Lanka, given the high elevation and the manner it goes along the main rock face up to the lion’s foot.

What are needs of disabled?

Worldwide, men and women with the disabilities have relatively better life chance today than a decade or more ago. For one thing, disability has come out in to open. Disabled person have fought the practice of incarceration in residential homes and hospitals, a ‘treatment’ which was legitimate not only in the Middle east and Asia, but in the Western world.

There is a sense among the able-bodied that disabled people need their protection. Concern with the welfare of disabled people seen as ‘charitable’. Yet these breakthroughs can only be partially attributed to a change of heart on the part of the able-bodied decision makers at national and international level. Achievements and successes in advocacy work on disability can be attributed in the large measure to the effort and perseverance of groups of disabled people.

The disability movement is, in many countries, pro-active, strong, and involved in advocacy on the rights of the disabled. Disabled activists in the Middle East for instance, have become more vocal on essential issues such as right for disabled persons, representation, and full integration and independence. Fifteen years ago, such initiatives were in their infancy. Even now, such successes remain small-scale in comparison to the need; and possible only when lobbying groups have gained strength and negotiating power, and receive the goodwill and co-operation of the public.

However, people’s attitudes towards the disabled have been slow in changing world, towards the general discrimination meted out towards the disabled, the message form the non-disabled world, towards the disabled is that lives of the disabled persons are not worth living. Both men and women with disabilities are made to feel ‘deferent’; they fail to conform to a traditionally and socially agreed norm of beauty and strength. Pity, condescension, embarrassment, or a mixture of the three is the reactions most commonly encountered by men and women who have a disability, from non-disabled people. Many activists believe that v people are in some senses considered by able-bodied people, to be less than human.

The Land of Gem

Throughout history, Sri Lanka has been known as a land of gems. King Solomon was said to have procured a great ruby for the Queen of Sheba from Ceylon (Sri Lankas former name). Marco Polo (1293AD) wrote about the ruby that once graced the Ruwanweliseya Pagoda at Anuradhapura…” a flawless ruby span long and quite as thick as a man’s arm.”

The400 carat blue sapphire called “Blue Belle” which adorns the British Crown is from Sri Lanka. The Beautiful star sapphire misnamed the “Star of India” (on permanent display in the Museum of Natural History in New York) is another Sri Lankan treasure.

Rathnapura is the most famous gem-mining locality in Sri Lanka. At the National Museum, Gemological Museum, the Rathnapura Gem Bureau and Museum or in many other gem workshops in Rathnapura, one can get the rare opportunity to see a variety of precious stones such as rubies, sapphires, cat’s eyes, alexandrite, aquamarines, tourmalines, spinals, topaz, garnets, amethyst, zircons etc. and also the traditional ways of cutting and polishing gem stones.

Rathnapura is situated at the foot of the 2243 meter high Adam’s Peak. All four major religions claim Adam’s Peak as a holy mountain. Buddhist calls the mountain Siripada (the sacred footprint) and believes the Lord Buddha has visited this mountain and set his sacred footprint. Hindus say it is Lord Shiva’s and Muslims believe that it is the place where Adam first set foot on earth. Catholics say it is of St. Thomas the Christian apposite who preached in South India the pilgrimage season is from December to April. However the journey to Adam’s Peak is more convenient via Hatton and Dalhousie than via Rathnapura.

Baseball as American national sport event

Baseball is American national sport event and one big sport event usually played by Americans.it is one of the more popular team sports played all over the globe. It is a bat-and-ball sport which is typically played by two teams. one team included with nine players.

The game’s goal is to get score the most number by runs by hitting the ball that is thrown using a bat and then touching all of the four bases which are positioned on the four corners of a ninety-foot diamond or square.The fielding team is trying to stop the batting team from scoring runs by getting the hitters out.The team that gets the most number of runs when the game ends, wins.

Later, in the late 19th century, baseball has already been widely recognized as the US national sport. Today, baseball continues to be popular in North America, Central and South America, as well as in some parts of East Asia. Baseball is occasionally called hardball, in contrast to another variant of baseball, softball.

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My name is Khan…. And I’m not a TERRORIST

A story of love, tragedy, religion, determination, and poor innocence all of this merged into one beautiful story. My name is Khan is a definite must-watch!
It’s true that lately there is an overdose of movies based on terrorism, but my name is Khan takes a new turn and portrays it in a subtle yet firm approach.

What makes the movie so special is the lead role of ‘Rizwan Khan’ played by Shah Rukh Khan’ Shah Rukh, who has Asperger’s syndrome, a milder form of autism, impairs Rizan’s social communication skills and gives him some odd behavior patterns. Rizwan can’t stand loud sounds or bear to see the color yellow. He constantly rotates beads while murmuring a comforting prayer at times of stress. He can barely bring himself to be very physically close to someone, and therefore, avoids even hugging. Some look at him as being crazy, but, in fact, he proves them all wrong.

The scenes of Rizwan’s childhood are emotional and strong in the film, his mother is one of the few who truly understands rizwan’s condition, and teaches him the golden lessons of life, which he later applies at every stage of his life. the film’s delicate and touching scenes take a sudden turn , when we shift to San Francisco, and that is where Rizwan fall in love.

Despite his odd condition, and unusual ways, he finds love and a family with mandira, played by Kajol. Mandira has a son, Sam, from a previous marriage.
As most have already guessed the core of the film revolves around of the film revolves around Rizwan’s life after the 9/11 attack.