Monday, 3 June 2013

[www.keralites.net] Most Creative Fences Collection

Fence made of coloring pencils.
This could possibly be the most interesting/unusual fence - located in Lincoln, Massachusetts at the home of Bob Davoli and Eileen McDonagh, the fence was designed and developed by landscape architect Mikyoung Kim out of steel. The weathered sculptural structure snakes and undulates across the property.
Want to fix and also give an artistic touch to your fence? What's better than Lego bricks to achieve that purpose?


Creative fence design by Tejo Remy might help you find inspiration. Home and garden fence can also be used as a playground.
In Ithaca, NY, here's an interesting fence made out of old bicycle parts. It encloses a place that takes old bikes and fixes them up.
Pencil fence posts at the Experimental Farm, in Ottawa.


Westminster Bridge in London.We don't know if this fence was made intentionally to project these shadows, but it's quite funny.
Someone has set up thousands (or is it tens of thousands) of green glass insulators on fences and poles all around and in the yard of this house in Pomona, NJ. In addition to the green ones, there are also a handful of clear insulators, as well as some white and brown ceramic ones.
The Wagon Wheel Fence, an on-going project, is made from over 1,000 antique wagon and tractor wheels and is located in Uniontown WA along US-195. The landmark Dahmen barn, built in 1935, and the wheel fence, are being renovated.


Mega Man Fence Art. Bringing videogames to places you didn't even know art could fit.
This fence looks like a rollercoaster track.
A fence, like a garage or front door, has a fairly utilitarian purpose in design. This fence at High Point tells a story in Seattle.

License Plates on a Fence in Boundary, Alaska.
Cool fence in DUMBO, Brooklyn, NYC.
Rainbow fence.
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[www.keralites.net] 50 Facts about India.........

 

50 Facts about India......

1. Navi Mumbai, a planned satellite township of Mumbai, was developed in 1972 and is the largest planned township on the planet.
2. In 2004, 200 women took law in their own hands and came to the court armed with vegetable knives and chilli powder and murdered on the court floor a serial rapist. Then every woman claimed responsibility for the murder.
3. Nearly 10,000 crore of rupees were spent and 800 soldiers died in the war mobilization effort after the parliament attack. Reportedly, over 100 children died and many farmers lost their livelihoods due to heavy mining in the border areas.
4. War of 27 years fought between the Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire from 1681 to 1707 was the longest recorded military engagement in the history of India.
5. In 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru rejected an offer to India for a permanent UN Security Council seat to avoid being embroiled in the cold war politics.

6. Viswanathan Anand is first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: knockout, tournament, and match.
7. India is one of only 3 remaining countries in the world to have a horsed cavalry regiment.
8. Agni III is the most accurate missile in the world in its range category and BrahMos is the fastest operational cruise missile in the world.
9. The process of crystallization of sugar from sugarcane juice wasdiscovered in India in the Gupta period (350 AD).
10. Many tribes in India worship Asura and Ravan and consider Vijaya Dashami and Dussehra to be black days.

11. In 1928, when the Indian Hockey team was on its way to Amsterdam, they played a series of exhibition matches in England. Seeing its calibre, England decided not to field a team for the Olympics as "they did not want to lose to a slave country."
12. Lonar Lake, a saltwater lake in Maharashtra, was created by ameteor hitting the Earth and is one of its kind in India.
13. Raj Kapoor's 1951 film Awaara was massively popular in Soviet Russia and China. The film and its title song were Mao Zedong's (Founder of People's Republic of China) favorite.
14. There were two US navy warships called USS Krishna and USS Indra that served during World War II.
15. Unlike in Border movie, only 2 Indians died in battle of Longewala.

16. English Actor Sir Ben Kingsley's birth name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji and he is of Indian (Gujarati) descent.
17. Freddie Mercury, British musician was actually of Gujarati descent.
18. "John Doe" orders (restraint orders against unknown persons for breach of plaintiff's rights) are called "Ashok Kumar" orders in India. Likewise, "unclaimed" or "unidentified" dead body found in a public place is called is Ashok Kumar.
19. The oldest building in Asia is in India, the Sanchi Stupa.
20. Bal Thackeray's father changed his family name from Thakre toThackeray after the British writer William Makepeace Thackeray.

21. There is a species of Shark known as the Ganges Shark that inhabits River Ganga and it is critically endangered
22. The first railroad was constructed by two Indians (Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Jaganath Shunkerseth) and not the British.
23. Tamil is an OVS (object-verb-subject) language, a characteristic it shares with Klingon (a fictional language spoken by a race in Start Trek Series).
24. Mount Kailash has never been climbed , in spite of Chinese government's support to the climbers.
25. Security at Tihar jail is managed by Tamil Nadu special police force.
 

26. When going to battle Indian kings would make their horses wear trunks. The other side's elephants would refuse to attack the horses thinking that the horses were baby elephants.
27. If Uttar Pradesh were to be a separate country, it would be world's fifth most populous country.
28. There are more poor people in 8 Indian states alone than in the 26 poorest African countries
29. Bodhidharma, a prince of the Pallava dynasty went to China and began the physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation of Kung Fu.
30. A sugar company in Andhra provides rocket fuel to ISRO.

31. Tipu Sultan used Rockets with Swords fixed in the front against the British in the Anglo-Mysore Wars.
32. There is a French electronic band named "Masala Dosa."
33. Did you know India has a National Ice Hockey Team?
34. Govt hiked the payment for the hangman from RS 10 to 5,000 just days before for Kasab hanging.
35. Ajmal Amir Kasab had a case booked for entering CST stationwithout a ticket.

36. Australia's Cricketer Stuart Clark is of Indian origin. Both his parents, Bruce Clark and Mary Clark are Anglo-Indians.
37. A city name Jhumri Telaiya actually exists in Jharkhand.
38. There was a Great Hedge built by the British across India primarily to collect the salt tax. It was 4000 km long and 12 feet in height spanning from Punjab to Orissa. None of it remains today.
39. Kunal Nayyar (Rajesh Koothrappalli from Big Bang Theory) is married to a former Miss India, Neha Kapur.
40. There is a village called Delhi in New york , USA. There is a city called Madras in Oregon, USA.

41. India has three antarctic stations, Dakshin Gangotri, Maitri and Bharathi.
42. After United States, India has the largest number of English speakers.
43. During the battle of Rezang La in the 1962 India-Sino war a battalion called 13 Kumaon Regiment consisting of mere 120 soldiers held off 6000 Chinese with heavy artillery killing 1300 of their soldiers.
44. Bangalored' is a word in Oxford dictionary, which came up after heavy outsourcing to India took the world by storm.
45. One of the oldest College of Engineering in the world is in Chennai, College of Engineering (Guindy).

46. There is a village in Assam called Jatinga where over the last 100 years, thousands of birds have flown to their death over a small strip of land.
47. India has the world's smallest prison population.
48. The average cost of census taking in India is $0.5 per person (US: $39, World Average: $4.6).
49. Frozen bank accounts of Ottavio Quattrocchi were unexpectedly released by India's law ministry in 2006 apparently without the consent of the CBI which had asked for them to be frozen.
50. India Post allows you to order personalized stamps with your picture on them.
All these facts are a compilation from the community effort of /r/Indiafrom Reddit
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[www.keralites.net] Nation In A Coma !!!!!

 

Nation in a coma !it only can be possible in hindi--a !!!!! ayoyojiii

Is the nation in a coma?
 
Europeans believe that Indian leaders are too blinded by new wealth and deceit to comprehend that the day will come when the have-nots will hit the streets.
 
MOHAN MARUTI--INDIA
A few days ago I was in a panel discussion on mergers and acquisitions in Frankfurt, Germany, organised by Euroforum and The Handelsblatt, one of the most prestigious newspapers in German-speaking Europe.

 The other panelists were senior officials of two of the largest carmakers and two top insurance companies — all German multinationals operating in India.

The panel discussion was moderated by a professor from the esteemed European Business School. The hall had an audience that exceeded a hundred well-known European CEOs. I was the only Indian.

After the panel discussion, the floor was open for questions. That was when my "moment of truth" turned into an hour of shame embarrassment — when the participants fired questions and made remarks on their experiences with the evil of corruption in India.
The awkwardness and humiliation I went through reminded of The Moment of Truth, the popular Anglo-American game. The more questions I answered truthfully, the more the questions got tougher. Tougher, here means more embarrassing.
European disquiet
Questions ranged from "Is your nation in a coma?", the corruption in administration, even in judiciary, the possible impeachment of a judge, the 2G,telecom scam and to the money in billions, parked illegally in tax havens.

It is a fact that the problem of corruption in India has assumed enormous and embarrassing proportions in recent years, although it has been with us for decades. The questions and the debate that followed in the panel discussion was indicative of the European disquiet. At the end of the Q&A session, I surmised Europeans perceive India to be at one of those junctures where tripping over the precipice cannot be ruled out.

Let me substantiate this further with what the European media has to say in recent days.

In a popular prime-time television discussion in Germany, the panelist, a member of the German Parliament quoting a blog said: "If all the scams of the last five years are added up, they are likely to rival and exceed the British colonial loot of India of about a trillion dollars."
Banana Republic
One German business daily which wrote an editorial on India said: "India is becoming a Banana Republic instead of being an economic superpower. To get the cut motion designated out, assurances are made to political allays. Special treatment is promised at the expense of the people. So, Ms Mayawati who is Chief Minister of the most densely inhabited state, is calmed when an intelligence agency probe is scrapped. The multi-million dollars fodder scam by another former chief minister wielding enormous power is put in cold storage. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chairs over this kind of unparalleled loot."

 An article in a French newspaper titled "Playing the Game, Indian Style" wrote: "Investigations into the shadowy financial deals of the Indian cricket league have revealed a web of transactions across tax havens like Switzerland, the Virgin Islands, Mauritius and Cyprus." In the same article, the name of one Hassan Ali of Pune is mentioned as operating with his wife a one-billion-dollar illegal Swiss account with "sanction of the Indian regime".

A third story narrated in the damaging article is that of the former chief minister of Jharkhand, Madhu Koda, who was reported to have funds in various tax havens that were partly used to buy mines in Liberia. "Unfortunately, the Indian public do not know the status of that enquiry," the article concluded.

"In the nastiest business scam in Indian records (Satyam) the government adroitly covered up the political aspects of the swindle — predominantly involving real estate," wrote an Austrian newspaper. "If the Indian Prime Minister knows nothing about these scandals, he is ignorant of ground realities and does not deserve to be Prime Minister. If he does, is he a collaborator in crime?"

The Telegraph of the UK reported the 2G scam saying: "Naturally, India's elephantine legal system will ensure culpability, is delayed."
Blinded by wealth
This seems true. In the European mind, caricature of a typical Indian encompasses qualities of falsification, telling lies, being fraudulent, dishonest, corrupt, arrogant, boastful, speaking loudly and bothering others in public places or, while travelling, swindling when the slightest of opportunity arises and spreading rumours about others. The list is truly incessant.

My(MOHAN'S) father, who is 81 years old, is utterly frustrated, shocked and disgruntled with whatever is happening and said in a recent discussion that our country's motto should truly be CHANGED TO Asatyameva Jayete.
 
Europeans believe that Indian leaders in politics and business are so blissfully blinded by the new, sometimes ill-gotten, wealth and deceit that they are living in defiance, insolence and denial to comprehend that the day will come, sooner than later, when the have-nots would hit the streets.
In a way, it seems to have already started with the monstrous and grotesque acts of the Maoists. And, when that rot occurs, not one political turncoat will escape being lynched.
The drumbeats for these rebellions are going to get louder and louder as our leaders refuse to listen to the voices of the people. Eventually, it will lead to a revolution that will spill to streets across the whole of India, I fear.
Perhaps we are the architects of our own misfortune. It is our sab chalta hai (everything goes) attitude that has allowed people to mislead us with impunity.
No wonder Aesop said. "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to high office."


(The author is former Europe Director, CII, and lives in Cologne, Germany.)
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[www.keralites.net] Khatte-mitten khabhrain from around the world for 3/6/13

 

Man to wife: "Since you and I can't agree on anything, let's get an opinion from an impartial third party.."
 
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From the world of science…
 
How common are strokes?
 
Every 40 seconds, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 4 minutes, someone dies of a stroke. Though stroke deaths are down, more than 137,000 Americans die from stroke every year. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the US.
 
(Me: Although data isn't available for the rest of the world, including India, things wouldn't be any different anywhere else)
 
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Lettuce is a rich source of vitamin K – a nutrient that is essential for keeping bones strong and break-resistant.
 
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Spring onions are rich in sulfur – a nutrient that helps your pancreas burn carbs for fuel before they are stored as fat.
 
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Oral sex led to cancer, says Michael Douglas.
 
London: Hollywood actor Michael Douglas told The Guardian that the human papilloma virus (HPV) transmitted through oral sex led to his throat cancer.
 
(Me: A very bold admission….)
 
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Q: What will you get when you cross a parrot with a shark?
A: A bird that will talk your ear off!
 
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In the blunder land of India's media.
 
 
India's Cricketing sorry spectacle…
 
One tainted man is replaced by an even worse one! Going by the example of Lalit Modi having already become the oracle or darling for the news media, rest assured the ousted one will be rehabilitated by the same mediawallas who had been gunning for him until now. And sooner than you think...
 
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Tweet of the day: @madversity: "Srinivasan is staying at the crease, questioning the umpire, demanding a replay, seeking a third umpire – while waiting for the rains!"
 
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Teacher: Sam, what is the outside of a tree called?
Sam: I don't know.
Teacher: Bark, Sam, bark.
Sam: Bow, wow, wow!
 
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Weird world
 
Fridge used at morgue up for sale on eBay..
 
New York: In what could be a creepy bargain, a Manhattan Psychiatric Centre is selling a morgue refrigerator on eBay – calling it 'used' but 'in good condition'. The bizarre ad lists that the buying the huge silver appliance, equipped with four doors for body storage, doesn't require a background check. And the weirdest part? Starting at $10, it has received 41 bids and the price has gone up to $805.
 
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A quote in ToI…
 
"The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great" – Voltaire
 
(Me: Funny, the paper itself doesn't understand THAT!)
 
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An old's-gold kind humour…
 
A man is sitting in bar, looking at his drink. He stays like that for half-an-hour, when a big bully of a truck driver comes up, takes the drink and downs it. The man starts crying.
 
The truck driver says: "Come on, I was just joking. Here' I'll buy you another drink. I just can't see a man crying".
 
Says the man: "It's not that. Today is the worst of my life. First, I overslept and was late for an important meeting. My boss fired me. When I left the building, I found my car was stolen. The police said they couldn't help. I took a cab home, and after the driver left, I found I had left my wallet in the cab. I went in and my wife and I fought, and she said she was walking out. So I came to this bar. And when I was thinking about putting an end to my life, you show up and drink my poison…"
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