Friday 20 March 2009

Full glass of milk

Very nice story to spread to...

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay,
for his hungry stomach, decided he would ask for a meal at the next
house.

On the way through school, he found he had only one thin dime left
and he was very hungry.

However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the
door.Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water.

The woman thought he looked hungry, so brought him a large glass of
milk.

He drank it slowly, and then asked, 'How much do I owe you?' 'You
don't owe me anything,' she replied. 'Mother has taught us,never to
accept pay for a kindness.'

He said...'Then I thank you from my heart.'

Year's later that young woman became critically ill.
The local doctors were baffled.They finally sent her to the big
city,where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation.
When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light
filled his eyes.

Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her
room.Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her.He
recognized her at once.

He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to
save her life,from that day he gave special attention to the case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the
business office to pass the final bill to him for approval.

He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was
sent to her room.

The woman feared opening it, for she was sure it would take the
rest of her life to pay for it all.

Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side
of the bill. She read these words...
'Paid in full with one glass of milk.' Signed, Dr.Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: Thank You,
God,that Your love has spread abroad through human hearts and
hands.'

Now you have two choices.
You can send this page on and spread a positive message. Or ignore
it and pretend it never touched your heart.

A SIMPLE INSPIRATION
To fix a broken life, use the tools of the heart.' If you are
touched by this message, pass it on to as many people as you can

Wednesday 18 March 2009

Fw:

A coalition Govt is like a single hook Bra.
Some wonder what's holding it, while othrz r waiting for it 2 fall down & grab d opportunity wid both d handz !

Tuesday 17 March 2009

Afghan Star Never came back

KABUL (AP) - When Afghanistan's hit singing contest "Afghan Star" holds
its finale this week, one popular veteran of the TV series
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there: the show's longtime host.

"Afghan Star," an American Idol-style singing contest, sent host Daoud
Sediqi to Utah's Sundance Film Festival in January, where the affable
Afghan watched a film in which he starred collect two prizes, including
the audience prize for world documentary.

Sediqi never returned.

The same goes for a female athlete on Afghanistan's Olympic team while
training for the Beijing games last summer. And last month three players
and a trainer on the country's junior soccer (football) team disappeared
in Europe.

For years, Afghans have slipped across the border illegally to seek work
in Iran or Pakistan, where wages are several times higher than in
impoverished Afghanistan.
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have fled endemic violence.

But in recent months even the country's stars have sought a better life
overseas.

"Everybody knows why they are fleeing-they want to get citizenship in
other countries. First, we have big economic problems, and we've also
faced 30 years of war," said Sayed Mahmood Zia Dashti, deputy chief of
Afghanistan's Olympic Committee. "They want to help their families. It's
difficult to control this."

Last month Afghanistan's junior soccer team traveled to Germany for
training. But three players-all aged 16-and a trainer disappeared. On
future trips, the federation will ask players to give a financial
guarantee they will return, said Karamuddin Karim, president of the
country's football federation.

"It's a very big problem for us, and it give us a bad name," Karim said.


Last summer, 19-year-old runner Mehboba Ahdyar, the only female on
Afghanistan's Olympics team, fled a training camp in Italy and sought
political asylum in Norway.

Even the presidential palace isn't immune. Last September during the
U.N. General Assembly
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> in New York, an aide in the media office, Ahmad Razi, skipped the
flight back to Kabul and now lives in Canada, according to an official
at the palace who asked not to be named because of the nature of the
information.

A December study by the U.N. refugee agency found that widespread
poverty and average annual salaries of just $800 send Afghan jobseekers
to Iran, where wages are four times higher. They send back an estimated
$500 million per year, some 6 percent of Afghanistan's gross domestic
product, the report found.

Defections overseas make some institutions hesitant to sponsor Afghans
to go on foreign trips.

An international consultant who works on a ministry training project
said he recently needed to send several Afghan employees to Canada for
software training.

But Afghan officials asked that another destination be chosen, because
they were afraid the Afghans would seek asylum, said the consultant, who
asked not to be identified because he wasn't authorized to release the
information.

One of the Afghans never came back, the consultant said. Because of
that, and the ministry's request, future training will be held in Africa
or Southeast Asia, where Afghans might be less likely to flee, he said.

After the "Afghan Star" host Sediqi fled, it created a prime opportunity
for Omid Nezami, his replacement.

The 24-year-old Nezami was a contestant on "Star" last year, placing
sixth. This year he was asked to co-host. Now the show is his. This
year's finale is Friday.

"I started as a co-host, shoulder to shoulder, face to face, close to
Daoud Sediqi, and he was explaining everything to me," Nezami said. "And
one thing is really interesting to me that Daoud was saying: 'Pretend
that next year I am not here. You will be the host. What will you do?'"

Nezami, who also works as a flight attendant, says he has had many
opportunities to flee to Europe, but that he would rather live in
Afghanistan, given Europe's high cost of living.

"If there is another (overseas) program or festival, if Tolo sends me, I
will come back, because I don't want to escape," Nezami said.

The new host said his predecessor on the Tolo TV program had a fiancee
in Holland he may have wanted to be with, but that he hasn't heard from
him. "I think Daoud is happy," he said.

THIS IS JAPAN and this is engineering

Astounding Japanese Highways, Bridges & Interchanges
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Japan saw most of its infrastructure bombed back to the stone age in the
final years of World War II, which makes the country's post-war
rejuvenation all the more astounding. Huge, complex public works
projects saw a concrete & steel web of highways, bridges and
interchanges blossom from the wreckage of war.

Today, shaped by the demands of restrictive space and economic boom &
bust, Japan 's hardened transportation arteries display artistic forms
that go far beyond their functions.
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Above left is the Hakozaki Junction, part of the Metropolitan Expressway
in Tokyo , and at right is the Hokko Junction in Osaka ... These images
illustrate the solution engineers used when building multi-lane highway
interchanges in some of the world's most crowded cities in Japan : go
vertical!



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Ken Ohyama has made it his mission to chronicle some of the more
striking Japanese roadworks in a Flickr series called Interchange and a
book of his photos available from Amazon. One of the more outstanding
examples is The Hokko Junction shown above - a part of the Hanshin
Expressway near Japan 's second city, Osaka .

Also in Osaka is the Higashiosaka (East Osaka) Loop of the Hanshin
Expressway. The photographer's technique gives the sweeping curve of the
roadway an almost tubular appearance:


(images credit: Ken Ohyama)

When engineers have space to work with, they take full advantage. This
wide field view of the Higashiosaka interchange shows the almost organic
complexity of a busy cloverleaf, resembling a living creature's
circulatory system with the vehicles acting as blood cells.


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Highways upon highways... without any end in sight:


(images credit: Andrew Yamaguchi, Sergei Mingazhev, Stassia)

One interesting feature of Japanese elevated highways: they often run
above rivers or sea channels, using the available space above the water.
Here are some of these "highways on the sea" -



(images credit: takasuuuui, kokix)

The incredible Japanese road infrastructure really took off in the 1960s
- check out the vintage photo on the right:


(left image credit: FotoOleg)

Such "Bladerunner" sights are commonplace now, brimming with urban
energy -



(images credit: kokix)

By the way, for the tricky "urban density" photography, head over to
this page... and see if you can spot something wrong with the image
there.


Slipping Sideways

Some sections of the Hanshin Expressway suffered severe damage during
the 7.2 magnitude Great Hanshin Earthquake which hit the Kobe , Japan
area in January of 1995, killing over 5,500 people and costing over $200
billion.


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On the bright side, the affected sections of the highway did not
"pancake", as happened in the 1989 Loma Prieta quake, but instead
slipped sideways and tumbled over. Either way, one doesn't want to be
driving through a highway interchange or junction when a big quake hits!


Recession, what recession?

Public works spending has long been the Japanese government's preferred
way to spend budget surpluses, boost employment, keep the ruling party's
supporters in the construction industry loyal, or all of the above. The
highway depicted below is one of those projects, steadily overtaking a
quiet city street like Godzilla in slow motion.


(images credit: Cisco's Japan Blog and Snegura)

Which came first, the highway or the building? The question is moot as
both have learned to accommodate one another. The Hanshin Expressway
takes a shortcut through the 5th to 7th floors of Fukushima 's Gate
Tower building, also known as the Bee Hive.



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The story goes that the original building's owner wanted to knock it
down and rebuild, but was told by city planners that the space was being
allocated to a newly planned exit of the expressway. Both sides refused
to budge, and the compromise was completed in 1992.


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Tokyo residents can easily avoid using the highways and expressways
which crisscross the city, thanks to one of the world's largest and most
efficient subway systems, but when traffic is light they can be a
pleasure to drive. The view can be pretty intense, as in the time-lapse
photo below:

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Urban density in Tokyo is simply astounding:


(image credit: Sam Graf)


The Rainbow Bridge and the longest suspension bridge

Dark Roasted Blend has been covering some rather fascinating bridges
before. Here are a few more - a spectacular sample from Japan . The 570
meter (1,870 ft) long Rainbow Bridge spans the northern (inner) part of
Tokyo Bay and has been a city landmark since it opened in 1993. Two
roadways, a transit line and pedestrian walkways all use the bridge,
resulting in a seemingly chaotic tangle from certain angles.

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It's at night, however, that the Rainbow Bridge comes alive with
signature color! Spotlights mounted at strategic locations bathe the
bridge's superstructure in prismatic glory. Best of all, the lighting is
solar powered with energy stored during the day powering the light show
at night:


(image credit: Gussisaurio)

Announced in 1969, the massive Kobe-Naruto highway route project
stretches 81 kilometers to connect Japan 's main island of Honshu with
the much smaller island of Shikoku to the south. The jewel in the crown
is the 4-kilometer long Akashi Kaikyo Bridge , which cost $3.6 billion
to build over the ten year period between 1988 and 1998:


(image credit: Aurelio Asiain)

Of course, any discussion of Japanese highways wouldn't be complete
without mention of Mount Fuji . The mountain's iconic snowy peak is
visible from Tokyo - on clear days, at least - but though it's certainly
possible to reach the dormant volcano's doorstep via highway, taking the
Shinkansen bullet train is a better bet.


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Monday 16 March 2009

What is Recession?

This story is about a man who once upon a time was selling Hotdogs by
the roadside. He was illiterate, so he never read newspapers. He was
hard of hearing, so he never listened to the radio. His eyes were weak,
so he never watched television. But enthusiastically, he sold lots of
hotdogs.

He was smart enough to offer some attractive schemes to increase his
sales. His sales and profit went up. He ordered more a more raw material
and buns and sold more. He recruited more supporting staff to serve more
customers. He started offering home deliveries. Eventually he got
himself a bigger and better stove. As his business was growing, the son,
who had recently graduated from college, joined his father.

Then something strange happened.

The son asked, "Dad, aren't you aware of the great recession that is
coming our way?" The father replied, "No, but tell me about it." The son
said, "The international situation is terrible. The domestic situation
is even worse. We should be prepared for the coming bad times."

The man thought that since his son had been to college, read the papers,
listened to the radio and watched TV. He ought to know and his advice
should not be taken lightly. So the next day onwards, the father cut
down the his raw material order and buns, took down the colourful
signboard, removed all the special schemes he was offering to the
customers and was no longer as enthusiastic. He reduced his staff
strength by giving layoffs. Very soon, fewer and fewer people bothered
to stop at his Hotdog stand. And his sales started coming down rapidly
and so did the profit. The father said to his son, "Son, you were
right". "We are in the middle of a recession and crisis. I am glad you
warned me ahead of time."

Moral of the Story: It's all in your MIND! And we actually FUEL this
recession much more than we think.


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