Office tension

A recent research says that working under an inconsiderable boss will increase the risk of a heart disease by 25%. Same increases to 64%, if the same working environment for more than 4 years!

save sea turtles in orissa

Every year 10,000 sea turtles are getting killed in Orissa, due to Illegal Trawling. Lets conserve those troubled species.

Other Earths?

<--- MILKY WAY

• Life is belived to be existing in 5 other planets in the universe
• Water might be available in 50 such planets
• There are 10,000 Crore planets in our milky way.
• There are 10 lakh planets like Earth (by size) in the Universe.

GUD HEART

WALK 10,000 STEPS A DAY, AND BE AWAY FROM HEART AILMENTS

ROCK IN OMAN SUCKS CO2!

http://news. yahoo.com/ s/nm/20081107/ sc_nm/us_ climate_rocks

Scientists sample a stalagmite of carbonate minerals in an undated photo courtesy of Columbia University's Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory. A rock found mostly in Oman can be harnessed to soak up the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at a rate that could help slow global warming, scientists say.

2012 - Impact on earth?

Found this article in the net..

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The world will end in 2012, say experts

Several experts from across the globe are predicting that the earth is likely to end by the year 2012. The reason could be a human effect or natural disaster. From Chinese theories to scientific predictions the most likely date is the year 2012.

SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that five years from now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it’ll be humans that would set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are saying it’ll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are some likely arguments as to why the world would end by the year 2012.

Reason one: Mayan calendar

The first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things -- building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and sacrificing virgins.

Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the earth will end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it’s likely they’ve got the end of the world right as well.

Reason two: Sun storms

Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery. Our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic and it’s supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the earth with lot of radiation energy. It’s been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse and calculations suggest it’ll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012.

Reason three: The atom smasher

Scientists in Europe have been building the world’s largest particle accelerator. Basically, its a 27 km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it’s properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They’re predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

Reason four: The Bible says it

If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn’t bad enough, religious folks are getting in on the act as well. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between good an evil, has been set for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese Book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

Reason five: Super volcano

Yellowstone National Park in United States is famous for its thermal springs and old faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple -- it’s sitting on top of the world’s biggest volcano and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we’re many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.

Reason six: The physicists

This one’s case of bog -- simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berkely University have been crunching the numbers. They’ve determined that the earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event.

Even worse, they’re claiming that their calculations prove that we’re all going to die, very soon. They are also saying that their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 per cent; and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

Reason seven: Earth’s magnetic field

We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that shields us from most of the sun’s radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call North and South have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so -- and right now we’re about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30 kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is under way, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches. "

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Israel - No Gasoline cars by 2015

Israel is optimistic in moving entirely to hybrid, electric powered cars by 2015. Then it would be the world's 1st country in such a venture

Green Carbon

Untouched forests store 3 times more CO2 than previously estimated and 60% more than plantation forests.

Green carbon occurs in natural forests
Brown carbon occurs in Industrialised forests or plantations
Grey carbon in fossil fuels
Blue carbon in oceans

500 tonnes of trees cut in Tamilnadu

Its sad fact that daily 500 tonnes of trees are cut down for domestic use.

We need to put in efforts for afforestation.

Leafy Green Vegetables: It's Time to Go Green

Leafy Green Vegetables: It's Time to Go Green by Ricki Heller Originally a subsistence food in the American South, greens are one of the richest sources of nutrients in the vegetable kingdom. Yet many of us still regularly stroll past those deeply colored, exotic-looking leaves in the produce aisle. From familiar varieties like spinach to lesser-known such as mizuna or kale, greens offer great nutrition, delicious taste, and an uplifting burst of color all in one package—so why not give them a try? Most greens are an excellent source of cancer-fighting antioxidants, high in beta-carotene (which is converted to vitamin A in the body), folic acid and iron, and provide substantial amounts of fibre and chlorophyll (which lends them their deep emerald hue). Chlorophyll, besides being a blood purifier, is also known to help populate “good” intestinal bacteria, and so could be useful for those fighting candida. For individuals on a dairy-free diet, greens are a substantial source of calcium as well.

One drawback in some greens (notably spinach) are oxalates, substances that bind to calcium and prevent the body from absorbing it fully. Adding vitamin D to your diet will help counteract this effect, as will cooking to neutralize some of the oxalates. Similarly, adding vitamin C (or other acids such as apple cider vinegar, in a dressing) to the greens makes the minerals more bioavailable, or more easily assimilated by the body.

good night

Reduction of sleep by just 1 hour will reduce the awareness in the daytime by 22%!.

Save petrol in yraffic signals

Had read recently in a newspaper that, if the car ac is running when the car is stalling in a traffice signal, the amount of fuel consumed / minute = amount of fuel required to cover 1 KM distance. So lets switch off car ac during long signals.