The Forgotten Female Programmers Who Created Modern Tech

Decades ago, it was women who pioneered computer programming. "Men were interested in building, the hardware," says Isaacson. "Doing the circuits, figuring out the machinery. And women were very good mathematicians back then." Isaacson says in the 1930s female math majors were fairly common — though mostly they went off to teach. But, during World War II these skilled women signed up to help with the war effort.

Computer science degrees got more popular and boys who had been tinkering with computer hardware at home looked like better candidates to computer science departments than girls who liked math, says Janet Abate, a Professor at Virginia tech who has studied this topic.

Ada Lovelace, the mathematician, died when she was 36. The women who worked on the ENIAC have all passed away, as has Grace Hopper. But every time you write on a computer, play a music file or add up a number with your phone's calculator, you are using tools that might not exist without the work of these women.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/10/06/345799830/the-forgotten-female-programmers-who-created-modern-tech?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=technology

Lessons from Coalgate and Naveen Jindal: It’s crucial to save capitalism from capitalists

Jindal was the biggest beneficiary of the captive coal block allotments, having been given nine blocks in all.

A research report brought out by Kotak Institutional Equities suggests that it costs Rs 600-800 per tonne to produce captive coal. In comparison, it costs Rs 3,500 per tonne to import coal. Hence, imported coal is four to five times more expensive than captive coal.

It needs to be pointed out here that only 40 out of 218 coal blocks are currently operational. Companies, given that they had got blocks for free, seemed to be in no hurry to start production. That wouldn't have been the case, had they paid for it in the first place.

http://firstbiz.firstpost.com/economy/lessons-from-coalgate-and-naveen-jindal-its-crucial-to-save-capitalism-from-capitalists-102181.html

The Biology Of Altruism: Good Deeds May Be Rooted In The Brain

A part of the brain called the amygdala is an almond-shaped cluster of nerves that is important in processing emotion.

Researchers found that the amygdala was significantly larger in the altruists compared to those who had never donated an organ. Additionally, the amygdala in the altruists was extremely sensitive to the pictures of people displaying fear or distress. Psychopaths have significantly smaller, less active amygdalas. More evidence that the amygdala may be the brain's emotional compass, super-sensitive in altruists and blunted in psychopaths, who seem unresponsive to someone else's distress or fear.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/22/349639464/the-biology-of-altruism-good-deeds-may-be-rooted-in-the-brain?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science

People and Government ensure safety for Amur Falcons in Nagaland

https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/photos/in-nagaland-foes-turn-friends-for-endangered-amur-falcons-slideshow/

An Example of Secularism and Responsibility in Educational Institutes

One school in Bangalore is subsidized by a mosque, employs Hindu and Muslim teachers, is headed by a Christian principal, and is eagerly honoring its Right to Education responsibilities. A school that shows there is no need to look for legal loopholes or social shortcuts if education is really your priority.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/a-minority-dream-of-common-sense-064124881.html

When Scientists Give Up due to Lack of Research Funding

Glomski's problem was that he could only get funding to do very predictable, unexciting research. When money gets tight, often only the most risk-averse ideas get funded, he and others say. "You're focusing basically on one idea you already have and making it as presentable as possible," he says. "You're not spending time making new ideas. And it's making new ideas, for me personally, that I found rewarding. That's what my passion was about." Historically, payoffs in science come from out of the blue — oddball ideas or unexpected byways. 

Instead of helping society improve its defenses against deadly anthrax, he's starting a liquor distillery, Vitae Spirits.

"The country has invested, in me alone, $5 million or $6 million, easily," Patterson says, thinking back on the funding he received for his education and his research. And he's just one of many feeling the brunt of the funding crunch. "We're taking all this money as a country we've invested ... and we're saying we don't care about it," Patterson says.

There are no national statistics about how many people are giving up on academic science, but an NPR analysis of NIH data found that 3,400 scientists lost their sustaining grants between 2012 and 2013. Some will eventually get new funding, others will retire; but others, like Glomski and Patterson, will just give up.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/09/345289127/when-scientists-give-up?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science&refresh=true

Water ATMs in Rajasthan : A Good Example of Private Public Partnership

Thanks to water ATMs, many otherwise arid villages here have 24X7 access to the commodity at the swipe of a card - at 20 litres for Rs.5.
The project is a good example of a PPP model, where Cairn India has partnered with the Rajasthan government's Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Tata Projects and the respective village panchayats to provide potable drinking water at the doorsteps of the local community.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/water-atms-bring-smiles-faces-rajasthan-villagers-074610814.html

Effect of Video Games on Brain

The system will not spare you even if you’re part of the system : An account of Mumbai Gang-Rape Case

https://in.news.yahoo.com/that-hashtag-was-my-colleague-060844991.html

The Poop Guy : From Software Engineering to Enabling Sanitation in India

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/95183786728/lets-talk-about-poop-baby

What a Pickpocket Can Teach You About Time Management : Awesome

http://www.timeful.com/blog/2014/8/14/what-a-pickpocket-can-teach-you-about-time-management

Multi-Lingual Web addresses in India

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/dot-bharat-domain-hit-screens-august-21-229382.html

World's scariest crazy airport runways

https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/photos/world-s-scariest-crazy-airport-runways-1408046579-slideshow/

India @68 : A Visual Chronology of Post-Independence India

https://in.news.yahoo.com/a-visual-chronology-of-post-independence-india-055948960.html

https://in.news.yahoo.com/india---68---a-visual-chronology-of-post-independence-india---part-2-062135723.html

Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots : Informational Read

http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/2014/07/back-basics-managing-virtual-machine-snapshots.html?src=Corp_LI&sf29459280=1

Cartoonist Pran: Chacha Chaudhury

Cartoonist Pran, the creator of Chacha Chaudhury, dies at 75

Pran received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001 from Indian Institute of Cartoonists. He was also included in People of the year 1995 by Limca Book of Records for popularizing comics in India.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cartoonist-pran-pran-kumar-sharma-chacha-chaudhury-indian-comics-shrimatiji-pinki-billoo-raman-channie-chachi/1/375742.html

Thailand’s Tiger Temple

Monks at Thailand’s Tiger Temple walk the Eightfold Path with tigers trotting placidly at their heels, but no salvation is in sight for the unfortunate cats.
https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/no-nirvana-for-buddha-s-tigers-093929844.html

Tihar Food Court : A Rehabilitation Effort for Tihar Prisoners

"Tihar Food Court" in west Delhi, a rehabilitation effort kicked off by the Tihar prison, opened in the first week of July on an "experimental basis" while awaiting formal clearances. It is sited half a km (0.6 mile) away from prisoners’ dormitories.

With a spacious interior lined with wooden tables and walls adorned with paintings done by prisoners, the 50-seat restaurant has been praised for the polite behaviour of its employees, who were trained by a prestigious nearby hotel management school.

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/93416767903/the-delhi-cafe-where-murderers-delight-you-with-their

TechCrunch Open Sources Its WordPress Async Task Library

http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/31/wp-async-task-our-new-open-source-library/?ncid=rss

https://github.com/techcrunch/wp-async-task/

Tsangpo river and the journey of a spy to uncover its mysteries : The Spy Who Went In To The Cold

The Tsangpo still thunders down a constriction 18,000 ft deep, just as it had all those hundreds of years ago when KP stood staring up at the spurs in awe. Few have seen it in that avatar, and almost no one has been able to chase it all the way. It continues to keep its secrets, defying all attempts to decode it as it hurtles down from the roof of the world.
The only man who ever came close to tracing its route and learning its secrets, and whose Herculean attempt was foiled by one letter gone astray, is now a footnote in the river’s history.
http://riverdiaries.tumblr.com/post/93317820572/the-spy-who-went-in-to-the-cold-early-1800s-asia

Where The Birds Are Is Not Where You'd Think :)

Suburbs offer a wide range of artificially designed garden habitats, providing a smorgasbord of nuts, fruits, seeds, insects and ponds, in dense concentrations. Because they are rich with different kinds of bird food, suburbs are rich with different kinds of birds.

In Leicester, England, one survey found 422 different plant species in a single garden. Another census of 61 private yards in Britain found 1,166 vascular plants, 80 different lichens, 68 varieties of moss.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/07/28/335142374/where-the-birds-are-is-not-where-youd-think?ft=1&f=1007

How Protecting Wildlife Helps Stop Child Labor And Slavery

When scientists talk about the destruction of rain forests or the acidification of oceans, we often hear about the tragic loss of plants and animals.

But ecologists at the University of California, Berkeley say there's also a human tragedy that frequently goes unnoticed: As fish and fauna are wiped out, more children around the world are forced to work, and more people are forced into indentured servitude.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/07/28/334107989/how-protecting-wildlife-helps-stop-child-labor-and-slavery?ft=1&f=1007

Don't sit tight on flight, it can kill you

If you have a long flight, drinking plenty of water and maintaining body movement can spare you a lot of trouble. Drinking adequate fluids, especially non-alcoholic beverages, is a must during long flights.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Dont-sit-tight-on-flight-it-can-kill-you/articleshow/38881181.cms

The Black Market Indian Wedding Rate Card for Runaway Couples

Arya Samaj wedding
1. Basic wedding: Rs 5,000-Rs 8,000
2. Wedding, materials and photographer: Rs 10,000
3. Combo package, including a wedding and court registration: Rs 15,000-20,000

4. Combo package with two witnesses and complete documents: Rs 22,000-25,000

5. Combo package with two witnesses and complete documents, all in one day: Rs 40,000-50,000
6. Combo package, two witnesses, complete documents and police protection, all in one day: Rs 65,000-75,000
Muslim wedding
Since government registration is still not mandatory for Muslim couples, the legal services double up as matrimony facilitators for mixed couples where one of the partners wishes to convert to Islam. Muslim weddings are conducted and approved by Qazis.
1. Marriage with certificate: up to Rs 10,000
2. Marriage with certificate and conversion of one partner to Islam: Rs 30,000
3. Marriage with certificate, conversion and police protection: Rs 35,000-Rs 70,000, depending on the availability of documents.
Marriages between Muslims, Hindus and Christians under the Special Marriage Act
1. Application submission with attestations and affidavits: Rs 6,000-Rs10,000
2. Application with attestations, affidavits and supporting identity documents: Rs 25,000
3. All-in-one, including three witnesses and complete documents: Rs 25,000-Rs 35,000

4. All-in-one with police protection: Rs 40,000-Rs 70,000

https://in.news.yahoo.com/my-runaway-wedding--or--how-to-do-national-integration-in-30-days-072554247.html

India's attempt to classify its documents : Classified vs Declassified

According to the Departmental Security Instructions laid down by the Office Manual for functioning of governmental department, there are four types of security classifications: Top Secret, Secret, Confidential and Personal (not for publication).

1. The ‘Top Secret’ grading is reserved for papers that include references to current or future military operations, intending movements or disposition of armed forces, shaping of secret methods of wars, matters of high international and internal political policy or reports derived from secret sources of intelligence.
2. The ‘Secret’ grade is given to documents that can potentially cause administrative embarrassment or injure the interest and prestige of the government, or prove to be an advantage to a foreign country or an enemy.
3. Documents are marked as ‘Confidential’ when they contain information that may not be harmful to national security but their disclosure may be deemed as prejudicial to the interests of the nation.
4. ‘Personal’ documents are those that are meant for public information but not publication.

Classified documents are supposed to be kept in files or in a bound book with security markings as per the designated grade. For example, all the pages of a Top Secret document are marked with a ‘TOP SECRET’ sign on the top and bottom of each sheet.

The rulebook known as the Manual of Departmental Security Instructions – notified by the Union ministry of Home Affairs in 1966 and followed by government departments for these decisions – is a confidential document that remains mysteriously inaccessible to the public.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/for-your-eyes-only--and-yours--a. nd-yours--and-yours-061853080.html

Arun Jaitley : Maintaining ties across ideologies

This is Arun Jaitley, who maintains friendships from the days of his childhood and youth, when he was a student leader at Delhi University, through the dark nights of the Emergency, and later at the Bar in Delhi. And he carefully nurtures relationship from across the ideological divide, since he became a card-carrying member of the Jana Sangh and, its later incarnation, BJP.

Jaitley represented Scindia in the Jain hawala case in 1996.

Congress leaders admit that when they were in power, Jaitley reached out to them, his political rivals, exchanging civilities and reaffirming personal equations and, indeed, helping the government pass several bills in the Upper House.
https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/the-money-is-on-him-062209170.html

Smiles : Genuine and Fake

Genuine Smile involves both voluntary and involuntary contraction from two muscles: the zygomatic major (raising the corners of the mouth) and the orbicularis oculi (raising the cheeks and producing crow's feet around the eyes).

Fake Smile or ‘Say Cheese’ smile involves the contraction of just the zygomatic major since we cannot voluntarily contract the orbicularis oculi muscle.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/235565

Indian engineer prepares solar tuk-tuk for London odyssey

Since quitting his job with Reva, a unit of Indian car maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd that makes electric vehicles, Rabelli has spent two years tinkering with his second-hand tuk-tuk. The project has already cost Rabelli his life savings of about $6,000.

Equipped with a new motor, battery and gearbox, the bright red vehicle - named Tejas, a Sanskrit word meaning splendour or brilliance - now bears little resemblance to the sputtering, diesel-fuelled three-wheelers ubiquitous on India's roads.
https://in.news.yahoo.com/indian-engineer-prepares-solar-tuk-tuk-london-odyssey-050829013--finance.html

Why Is India Called Hindustan?

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/91423317710/why-is-india-called-hindustan

17 Websites That Will Make You Smarter

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/234981

Budget 2014 : Simple Graphics Guide

https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/budget-2014-in-graphics-slideshow/kbk-graphics-photo-1405058240421.html

Manjushree Packaging Heritage Museum in Bangalore

The Packaging Heritage Museum will get you thinking differently about junk. And it’s surprising that you haven’t heard of it already, because Vimal Kedia established it in 2003 and it has entered the Limca Book of Records for being one of its kind in India.

https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/at-this-museum--it-s-all-in-the-packaging-061407786.html 

The Man Who Saved 669 Children

Nicholas Winton organised mass evacuations of children to help them avoid being sent to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps is having a world premiere in Prague, the Czech capital.

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/91341258033/meet-the-man-who-saved-669-children

From rickshaw puller to guest at Rashtrapati Bhavan – Inspiring story

The 51-year-old Kamboj's innovation - the multi-purpose food processing machine - can extract juices or essence from herbs quickly.
https://in.news.yahoo.com/from-rickshaw-puller-to-guest-at-rashtrapati-bhavan-%E2%80%93-inspiring-story-044917488.html

A Different Path to Fighting Addiction

The center, known as the C.M.C., operates out of two floors of a 19th-century building on 30th Street and Fifth Avenue. It is part of a growing wing of addiction treatment that rejects the A.A. model of strict abstinence as the sole form of recovery for alcohol and drug users.

Instead, it uses a suite of techniques that provide a hands-on, practical approach to solving emotional and behavioral problems, rather than having abusers forever swear off the substance — a particularly difficult step for young people to take.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/nyregion/a-different-path-to-fighting-addiction.html?action=click&contentCollection=Technology&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&region=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article&_r=2&utm_content=buffer32aff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

A lesson on what following 'Indian culture' would really be like

https://twitter.com/NigelBritto/status/484907204420460545/photo/1

An Icebox, a Live Heart and the Man Who Drove and Drove : Journey of a Heart Transplant

From hospital to hospital, a 45-minute ride completed in 13 crazy minutes. A few weeks ago, Chennai traffic came to a standstill to allow a donor heart to reach a dying young woman for an urgent transplant. As families, doctors and cops waited with bated breath, this is what went down inside that wailing ambulance.

When the ambulance left the government hospital police had activated a Green Corridor – an open route without blocks or slow-moving traffic and where all traffic signals are green. This is done exclusively for medical emergencies. 

https://in.news.yahoo.com/an-icebox--a-live-heart-and-the-man-who-drove-and-drove-052442499.html

G2P for Financial Inclusion: A Job Half Done

Homi Bhabha's Mumbai bungalow sold for Rs 372 crore

'Mehrangir', the sprawling Mumbai bungalow of Homi J Bhabha, one of India's best-known scientists, has been sold to an unknown buyer for Rs 372 crores at an auction, despite demands to turn it into a museum.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/homi-bhabha-s-mumbai-bungalow-sold-for-rs-372-crore-123103773.html

The 'Short Suit' Is Finally Going Mainstream

Retailers are starting to push a new trend in menswear: The short suit.


The ensemble looks like a regular suit from the waist up, with a sportcoat over a button-down shirt and sometimes a tie or bowtie. Instead of trousers, however, the suit's bottoms are cropped at the knee.

http://www.businessinsider.in/The-Short-Suit-Is-Finally-Going-Mainstream/articleshow/36311671.cms 

Here's How Google Makes Money From Stolen Credit Cards

The Digital Citizen's Alliance Breach of Trust report, first spotted by Re/code, pointed out that ads for retailers such as Target sometimes run alongside illegal videos claiming to sell stolen credit card numbers and other private data.

In turn, Google makes revenue off these ads that run alongside video scams.

Harvard Business School Professor Ben Edelman estimated that Google has made more than $1 billion from these "illegal activities" on YouTube.

Some of the most popular search terms for illegal information on YouTube include "how to get credit card numbers that work 2014," "buy CC numbers," and "CC info with CVV," the report says. 

https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/easy-stolen-credit-card-youtube-134810904.html

A school for blind that gave immense musical talent to the world

Imagine a young man who climbs up on a bullock cart and sets off to discover hidden talent in the villages along the road. He is only 22 years old, with round cheeks, a receding chin, and a mind-blowing memory. Rigorously trained in Carnatic music, he also relishes the Hindustani ragas that are just beginning to migrate south. By chance, he was born blind. So when he stops and asks villagers for a little water, he makes a special pitch: are there any blind children nearby who might enjoy learning music?

That was the scene in 1914. It was an age when most blind children in India were kept at home, denied any sort of education. But when the travelling music school came along, it presented a new world of possibilities. The blind pupils practiced their ragas alongside other children of various social backgrounds and physical abilities. Caste was ignored. Orphans were welcome.

The man on the bullock cart was Panchaxari Gawai, an inspired vocalist who subsequently nurtured the talent of the young Puttaraj. By 1938, the school evolved from its nomadic origins and found a home in Gadag, shifting to its present location in 1944.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/can-a-school-s-worth-be-measured-in-onions-081915913.html

Cool Kids Lose, Though It May Take A Few Years : It's good to keep yourself grounded :)

Kids who try to act cool in early adolescence are more likely to have problems with drugs and alcohol, and have trouble managing friendships as they grow older. And their popularity tends to fade by the time they're 22.

Part of the problem, Allen says, may be that as these cool kids grew older, they felt the need to do increasingly extreme things to get attention. "But their friends, as they get more mature, are less and less impressed by those behaviors," he says.

And many media portrayals of life in high school aren't helping damp down the impression that fast is cool, he adds. "What the media does, I think, is it portrays this fast life in very glamorous terms. [It] sets up an expectation that teens should be acting older."

Of course, this doesn't mean that any kid's fate is set at 13, Allen says. "It is not a life sentence." But teens should be aware that focusing too heavily on appearance and social hierarchies can be unhealthy, he says. And parents can help by encouraging their teens to aim for fulfillment in the long term over short-term popularity."The quiet, not-so-cool kids do well in the long term," Allen says. "I would say I was part of the not-so-cool kids."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/06/12/321314037/cool-kids-lose-though-it-may-take-a-few-years?ft=1&f=1007

Here's One Big Way Your Mobile Phone Could Be Open To Hackers

"Anything you are logged into when you reconnect it basically relogs in, so there is an opportunity for an attacker to capture the cookie or maybe even the password," he said.
And chances are good that your beloved smartphone is constantly — relentlessly — looking for networks to connect to.
"When you have wireless turned on," says Oliver Weis, who works with Porcello at their company, Pwnie Express, "your phone or your laptop is sending out what are called probe requests out to the world — saying, 'Hey, where is my network? Where is my network? Is this network around? Where is this network?' " If your phone believes the cat, Weis says, the cat can intercept all traffic going through your phone.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/06/13/321389989/heres-one-big-way-your-mobile-phone-could-be-open-to-hackers?ft=1&f=1019

Comcast pointed out that for a more secure system to work, it will need the cooperation of every company that makes a device that connects with the network. That takes time.

Pregnancy & Other Crazy Adventures — A Webcomic

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/88263269753/pregnancy-other-crazy-adventures-a-webcomic

While His Village Ridiculed Him, This School-Dropout Invented A Brilliant Sanitary Napkin

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/88272569378/while-his-village-ridiculed-him-this-school-dropout

http://newinventions.in/contactus.aspx 

Havells Opus Fan : Amazing

Fasting is beneficial to the immune system: Study shows it triggers stem cell regeneration

Fasting two to four days at a time every six months causes stem cells to awake from their normal dormant state, and start regenerating. Researchers discovered this practice destroyed damaged and older cells, and caused new cells to be born, effectively renewing the immune system. This is the first time any natural intervention has ever been shown to trigger this self-renewal.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8123/20140607/fasting-good-immune-system-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration.htm?utm_content=bufferef9a3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How Top Leaders Handle Setbacks and Criticism

Mulally admits that when Boeing passed him over for the CEO job, he was briefly devastated. But he quickly recovered because, he says, "a bad attitude simply erases everyone else's memory of the incredible progress achieved." He did not want to tarnish all "the great progress we had made" by becoming that bitter guy. He chose, instead, to remain a proud and gifted leader - albeit one who had suffered a professional setback. He was promptly recruited by Ford to re-ignite another iconic American manufacturer.
http://www.inc.com/mark-thompson/how-to-survive-criticism.html?cid=sf01001&utm_content=bufferdceff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The World Before Her: A Documentary

The World Before Her follows the journey and fates of two young Indian women from two very different Indias. Nineteen-year-old Ruhi Singh from Jaipur left home to be a Miss India contestant and 24-year-old Prachi Trivedi, home-schooled on right-wing ideology, is a veteran of 42 Durga Vahini camps in Aurangabad that train young Hindu girls to hate Muslims, Christians and Western culture. They are both chasing dreams that actually live out fantasies of men and that too defined in a system, by the rules laid down by men.

Maybe Nisha is trying to say that The World Before Her is always a product of the world behind her.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-world-before-her-two-women-two-worlds/article6092738.ece

Women who take oral contraceptives desire different traits in an imaginary man than women not on Pill.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/does-the-pill-change-what-women-want-in-a-partner-/1258068/1

Vodafone blows whistle on snooping in India

The world’s second largest mobile phone company has said that India is among 29 nations that sought access to its network last year, acknowledging at the same time the existence of secret directaccess wires that are used by government agencies to snoop on private conversations, text messages and emails.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/vodafone-blows-whistle-on-snooping-in-india-062945561.html

More Dads at home with kids because they want to be

It was only in the past few years that scientists found that men, like women, have hormonal and neurological changes once they become parents. When they become fathers, men, too, produce estrogen and prolactin, the hormone associated with producing breast milk, their testosterone levels drop and their production of the bonding hormone, oxytocin rises.

Pruett and a handful of others who study fathers have found that, contrary to the cultural view that mothers are key to child development while fathers are merely providers and bystanders, involved and active fathers strengthen child development. “Being an involved father changes him, his health, the nature of his relationships, his job satisfaction, his warmth. It changes the child, and improves the child’s chances for well-being and the ability to deal with the kinds of everyday stresses in their lives,” Pruett said.

In fact, Pruett said, the emerging science should not come as a shock. The distant, provider father only emerged as a cultural ideal during the Industrial Revolution. “During the pre-industrial period, men were very close to their kids. They worked together in the field. They spent a lot of time with them,” he said. “This artificial polarization of Dads Who Work and Moms Who Care started very recently with the Industrial Revolution. Well, the factories have shut down. Today, 86 percent of fathers feel they want to be more involved with their children than their fathers were with them. We should give them support and help, not only in the home, but also in the workplace.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2014/06/05/dads-who-stay-home-because-they-want-to-has-increased-four-fold/

Pivot - Firing the Plan no the People

http://steveblank.com/2014/06/05/pivot-firing-the-plan-not-the-people-2-minutes-to-see-why/

Incredible Cover Letter Leonardo Da Vinci Wrote In 1480s

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/leonardo-da-vinci-cover-letter-from-1400s-2014-6

Microwave test – an eye opener

It has been known for some years that the problem with microwaved anything is not the radiation people used to worry about, it’s how it corrupts the DNA in the food so the body can not recognize it.

Microwaves don’t work different ways on different substances. Whatever you put into the microwave suffers the same destructive process. Microwaves agitate the molecules to move faster and faster. This movement causes friction which denatures the original make-up of the substance. It results in destroyed vitamins, minerals, proteins and generates the new stuff called radiolytic compounds, things that are not found in nature.

http://2012indyinfo.com/2012/02/11/microwave-test-an-eye-opener-employee-news/

The Trick That Makes Google's Self-Driving Cars Work

The key to Google's success has been that these cars aren't forced to process an entire scene from scratch. Instead, their teams travel and map each road that the car will travel. And these are not any old maps. They are not even the rich, road-logic-filled maps of consumer-grade Google Maps.


They're probably best thought of as ultra-precise digitizations of the physical world, all the way down to tiny details like the position and height of every single curb. A normal digital map would show a road intersection; these maps would have a precision measured in inches.
http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/print/2014/05/all-the-world-a-track-the-trick-that-makes-googles-self-driving-cars-work/370871/

Society can be tape educated but it would always need original thinkers!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profession_%28short_story%29

Technology and Addiction

http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/31/is-some-tech-too-addictive/?ncid=rss

Even a super computer gets tired of the troubles of the world :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Troubles_of_the_World

Maya Angelou : the African-American writer, poet, actress, ....

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/87180611033/16-inspirational-maya-angelou-quotes-that-young-indians

Angelou describes her writing process as regimented. Beginning with Caged Bird, she has used the same "writing ritual" for many years. She gets up at five in the morning and checks into a hotel room, where the staff has been instructed to remove any pictures from the walls. She writes on legal pads while lying on the bed, with a bottle of sherry, a deck of cards to play solitaire, Roget's Thesaurus, and the Bible, and leaves by the early afternoon. She averages 10–12 pages of material a day, which she edits down to three or four pages in the evening.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings

Internet Trends 2014 : Informational Read

http://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/internet-trends-2014-05-28-14-pdf

Short Film Shadow : Awesomely scripted!

Gender Discrimination in China : subtle, invisible yet devastating

Female literacy rate is dropping. 

Only some 13 percent of women in China were illiterate (with female youth literacy rates at close to 100 percent) compared to well over 50 percent in India (where female youth literacy was only at 68 percent). The data has changed in the intervening years: for the 2008-2012 period female youth literacy in India is at 74.4 percent. The corresponding figure for China is however 99.6 percent. Similarly, for the 2008-2012 period adult literacy rates for women as a percentage of men is only 67.6 percent in India compared to 95.1 percent in China.

Male Child Preference.
In China, traditional male preference was compounded by the State’s one child policy, which confined much of the population to a single offspring, leading to a spike in sex-selective abortions. At 117-119 boys for every 100 girls, China’s sex ratio was worse than India’s record of 108-110 boys to every 100 girls.

House Ownership and Marriage Laws
It is almost impossible for young people to pay for apartments out of earned salaries. Parents therefore contribute substantially to down payments and mortgages for their children. Crucially parents overwhelmingly choose to help only male offspring, given the widely accepted notion that a young man needs a property in his name in order to attract a suitable wife. As a norm, daughters are not aided by parents in acquiring homes since it is assumed they will marry a man with a house to his name. Women spend their own savings in helping a male cousin to buy property in order to enhance his chances in the marriage market, foregoing their own shot at property ownership.

A new 2011 interpretation by the Supreme Court of China’s Marriage Law rules that marital property should not be shared equally in the event of a divorce, but each side should keep what is in his, or her, own name. But, given that a vast majority of such property is solely registered in the husband’s name, women suffer serious and disproportionate financial consequences due to divorce.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/the-myth-of-leftover-women-091025071.html

Riding a driverless car :)

Google's robotic cars start as standard vehicles but each packs about $150,000 in equipment, including a $70,000 radarlike Lidar system, with a laser on the roof and enough cameras and high-tech gizmos inside to make any Silicon Valley techie envious.

These devices allow the vehicle to generate a detailed 3-D map of its environment, based on maps Google has produced, and take pictures of its surroundings to detect cars, pedestrians, construction zones and other obstacles in its path.

And how many accidents have occurred in which the driverless vehicle was at fault? One, Google says, with an asterisk. "We actually haven't had any at-fault accidents while the car is in self-driving mode," said Google spokeswoman Katelin Jabbari. "The only at-fault accident was caused while a driver was in control."

http://www.mercurynews.com/mr-roadshow/ci_25755137/test-driving-googles-driverless-car-look-mom-no

Ads that revisit women and equality

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/86296963763/6-ads-that-present-indian-women-in-a-way-that-makes-us

Entrepreneurship and Happiness :)

Entrepreneurialism is a never-ending lesson in humility. If you are an effective entrepreneur, you end up hiring people smarter than you are in every function.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/janepark/2014/05/16/are-entrepreneurs-happier/

bSafe App : Personal Social Safety Assistant

The app lets you share your location with your network easily so that you can find each other. For this, there's an "I’m Here" option to tell selected people where you are right now. Users can virtually walk with each other home using Follow Me’s live GPS trace. This means once you activate the app, your friend or mother at home can track your location in real time till you reach home. There is a Timer Mode inbuilt that can help you trigger an automatic alarm if you have not checked-in in time. Coming to the most important one of them all for the mothers. A "Guardian Alert" button can be used to instantly notify your friends and family members that you need help. Using GPS they get to know where you are and a video tells them exactly what is happening.
http://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/bsafe-app-could-be-your-new-personal-social-safety-assistant.74786/

Democracy : Interesting Quotes

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/85738515063/10-quotes-to-remind-us-of-the-flaws-of-democracy

Cartoons of India’s Gandhi, Pakistan’s Malala used to sell mattresses

http://yralindia.tumblr.com/post/85712202688/cartoons-of-indias-gandhi-pakistans-malala-used-to

Gifts and Tax in India : An Informational Read

https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/find-out--how-are-gifts-taxed-054645277.html

What to see in Japan

https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/photos/9-unusual-and-wonderful-things-about-japan-slideshow/

Hiding Info can Disqualify Candidates in and after Elections

The Supreme Court has held that a candidate can be disqualified if he or she fails to disclose information about assets held by spouse and dependent children.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Hiding-Info-can-Disqualify-Candidates/2014/05/14/article2223597.ece

Hotel inspired by Natural Waves in Ahmedabad

https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/how-natural-waves-inspired-this-hotel-in-ahmedabad-slideshow/

e-Challan- Delhi Police Gets Smarter with e-Challan

The e-Challan system is modelled after similar program that are in place in cities like New York and London. The basic idea behind the scheme is to deploy hand-held devices instead of the traditional manual challan book to record offenses, maintain a registry of all the cases and help spot repeat offenders. The device will be linked to the central server at the traffic police department.

Special Features of the Integrated Challan System 

• On the spot payment of pending challans

• Payment of challan by credit or debit card

• e-Challan notice will carry the photograph of the violations

• The public can view violation photos online

http://innovationjockeys.net/inspiration-details.php?id=33

Miss India Worlds : A Photo Gallery

https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/photos/hottest-miss-india-worlds-you-must-know-slideshow/model-photo--1666438790.html

Nokia is still the most robust phone :)

The Nokia Lumia 520 can add another badge to its collection of accolades: it’s just blocked a bullet. This smartphone was resting in the back pocket of a off-duty Police Officer’s pants this week when he was fired upon by two robbers. Two shots, one bullet on-target for this man’s rear end.

http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-blocks-bullet-legendary-ruggedness-remains-02327399/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

What Happens When You Break Up With Facebook: Nothing

One month after deleting its Facebook page, food delivery app Eat24 is on the rebound--with more downloads and response to other forms of marketing than ever.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3030153/most-creative-people/what-happens-when-you-break-up-with-facebook-nothing

A Harvard Girl Figured Out How To 3D Print Makeup From Any Home Computer And The Demo Is Mindblowing

Grace Choi was at Harvard Business School when she decided to disrupt the beauty industry. She did a little research and realized that beauty brands create then majorly mark up their products by mixing lots of colors.

http://www.businessinsider.in/A-Harvard-Girl-Figured-Out-How-To-3D-Print-Makeup-From-Any-Home-Computer-And-The-Demo-Is-Mindblowing/articleshow/34745942.cms

This Supreme Court appointed committee explains why the Uttarakhand floods happened

It is the first independent ‘official’ report acknowledging the destructive nature of hydropower projects and linking them to the floods that raged through Uttarakhand last year. In its report, ‘Assessment of Environmental Degradation and Impact of Hydroelectric Projects during the June 2013 Disaster in Uttarakhand’, the committee recommends the rejection of 23 HEPs in the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river basins in Uttarakhand.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/this-supreme-court-appointed-committee-explains-why-the-uttarakhand-floods-happened-051241242.html

Social Media and India's General Elections : An interesting insight :)

Facebook, Twitter and Google have seen substantial increase in their India traffic and usage.

• Facebook has now 100 million users in India -its largest outside the US
• Twitter has more than doubled since January this year. 
• In 2009, Sashi Tharoor was the only Indian politician to have a Twitter account and had 6,000 followers. 
• Tharoor is now the second most popular politician on Twitter with 2.16 million followers, after Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate with 3.89 million followers. 
• Modi now also has nearly 14 million fans of Facebook. Barack Obama is the only other politician to have more Facebook fans than Modi.

Facebook started working on the Indian elections towards the end of last year. This includes launch of election tracker so that people can see in real time. Elections have helped Twitter expand in India.

http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/social-media-changes-face-of-indian-general-elections-518991

PaperFold : the shape-changing smartphone

Scientists have developed the world's first foldable smartphone that changes to a tablet and a notebook using a set of screens and hinges. Named PaperFold, the shape-changing smartphone allows users to fold open up to three flexible electrophoretic displays to provide extra screen real estate, the amount of space available on a display when needed.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/computing/A-foldable-smartphone-that-can-turn-into-tablet-laptop/articleshow/34673288.cms

Global water relief nonprofit, Water Is Life, has created The Drinkable Book, which provides a portable water purification system in book form.

The Drinkable book is an actual tome about water that does exactly what it says. The books are printed on revolutionary filter paper that can kill off any of the world's far too common deadly waterborne diseases. Users tear out a page, which is coated with silver nanoparticles, and place it into the accompanying water box, like an especially helpful coffee filter.

The Drinkable Book reduces bacteria by over 99.99%, is very cheap to produce, and is capable of providing clean water for up to four years.
http://www.fastcocreate.com/3030020/heres-a-book-you-can-actually-drink-and-it-might-save-lives

For lovers of adventures on roads :)

http://blog.jamminglobal.com/

Umano, the news reading app

Umano, a popular app on Android and iOS reads news articles, editorials, and blogs.

Umano is not a machine-reading app. It provides you with hundreds of news stories read by expert voice-actors and journalists.
https://in.news.yahoo.com/umano--app-read-news-to-you-045720590.html

Malaysia releases report on missing flight MH370

It showed four hours elapsed between the first sign that the Malaysia Airlines jet had failed to report in when expected to and the decision to mount a search operation – and that time included lapses of communication and a false lead from the airline itself.

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-malaysia-releases-report-on-missing-flight-mh370-1984215

Underground Waterways : An Image Gallery

https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/underground-waterways-that-lie-unseen-below-cities-1398850367-slideshow/

Ayrton Senna - The F1 Dirver

https://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/ayrton-senna-20-years-on-slideshow/flowers-lie-next-statue-ayrton-senna-park-close-photo-145452647.html

Toshiba Science Museum in Kawasaki City

Toshiba is working closely with a number of municipalities to drive forward Smart Community solutions today.
These include energy, storage, and healthcare solutions for the Smart City of the future.
http://www.toshiba-smartcommunity.com/EN/Blog/bid/384071/toshiba-and-kawasaki-city-seeing-the-future-of-smart-community

Nexus to be replaced with Android Silver

LG and Motorola have been signed up as hardware partners for Android Silver, but there’s no word on involvement of Samsung, HTC and Sony, three other major Android manufacturers.

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/google-to-replace-nexus-brand-with-high-end-android-silver-devices-report-222808.html

London-based Centre for Policy Studies Report on SuperEntrepeneurs

The London-based Centre for Policy Studies identified nearly 1,000 SuperEntrepreneurs from 53 countries by analyzing Forbes' list of the world’s richest people from 1996 to 2010.
To qualify as a SuperEntrepreneur, a business person had to have earned at least $1 billion. The report did not include those who had inherited their billions, or inherited a smaller fortune and had grown it into a billion-dollar sum.

Read more: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/233466##ixzz30RAUgJaP

http://www.businessinsider.com/where-are-self-made-billionaires-from-2014-4?IR=T

Rare Photos of Indian Elections

https://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/rare-photos-of-indian-elections-slideshow/

British Comedian’s Take On Indian Elections 2014

Indian who confronted mining industry, wins 'Green Nobel'

For a decade, Agrawal — who has no formal legal training — has been waging a one-man campaign to educate illiterate villagers about their rights in fighting pollution and land-grabbing by powerful mining and electricity companies. He's won three lawsuits against major corporations and has spearheaded seven more pending in courts.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/indian-man-confronts-mining-industry-wins-prize-105229745.html

IBM 3D Prints World's Smallest Magazine Cover

IBM and National Geographic Kids unveiled the cover, which is small enough to fit on a single grain of salt 2,000 times, at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., where The Guinness Book of World Records officially proclaimed it as the world's smallest magazine cover.

http://mashable.com/2014/04/25/ibm-world-smallest-magazine-cover/

Spoken Word Poetry : Nice video

Raspberry Pi : credit-card sized computer

The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It is a capable little computer which can be used in electronics projects, and for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#introWhatIs

Conspiracy Trial Underway: Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc Allegedly Conspired to Keep Wages Down of Experienced Employees

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/548935/20140422/apple-inc-google-intel-corp-adobe-systems.htm#.U1i0OlemKR7

National Train Enquiry System (NTES) app for Windows 8 desktop and Windows Phone

The ‘Train Schedule’ feature provides complete schedule of a train with all stoppages enroute and its scheduled arrival/departure at the station, distance and day count.

In “Trains between Stations” query, one can find out the list of all types of trains available between any two stations on railway network.

The mobile App also has “Cancelled Trains” option which displays all trains marked as cancelled. It displays trains which are cancelled through the entire route as well as trains which are cancelled on partial route.


Besides, it also provides features for query on rescheduled and diverted trains.

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/indian-railways-brings-new-app-to-track-train-schedules-222354.html?utm_source=top_stories

How to spot a Liar : by author of Liespotting

In case you missed it on Television :)

Best Election Awareness song I have ever seen!

Koothandavar Festival of Koovagam, Tamil Nadu

https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/photos/koovagam-where-transgenders-gather-to-marry-and-repent-1397627237-slideshow/

Using recreation at a de-addiction center : Recreation in a true sense

Six days before he would treat a motley group of drug addicts to a spontaneous performance, Fareed Wani was an alcoholic who also abused cannabis and codeine (through cough syrups).
https://in.news.yahoo.com/high-and-dry-in-srinagar-085512823.html

Zuta Pocket Printer

The Zuta Portable Printer is a tiny, tear-shaped device that encapsulates the print head inside a motorised polycarbonate casing. When placed at the top left of the page, the device zips across the page from side to side, laying down ink on the page as it goes.

Read more: Zuta: the robot printer that moves across the page | News | PC Pro http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/388171/zuta-the-robot-printer-that-moves-across-the-page#ixzz2z7Y1AARG

Theseus's Paradox : Food for thought :)

The paradox is most notably recorded by Plutarch in Life of Theseus from the late 1st century. Plutarch asked whether a ship which was restored by replacing each and every one of its wooden parts, remained the same ship.

In the 1872 story "Dr. Ox's Experiment" by Jules Verne, there is a reference to Jeannot's knife apropos the Van Tricasse's family. In this family, since 1340, each time one of the spouses died the other remarried with someone younger, who took the family name. Thus the family can be said to have been a single marriage lasting through centuries, rather than a series of generations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

Pros and Cons of building a messaging app on iOS vs Android : Informational Read

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/06/the-fallacy-of-android-first/?ncid=rss

It doesn't seem like a Life Insurance Advertisement anyhow ;)

https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/why-every--nice-person--should-watch-this-short-film-052416984.html

Amazing study on Financial skills of Humans

Monkeys and humans make same dumb choices in similar situations. It's all linked to our evolution. :)
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/04/295349615/are-we-wired-to-be-bad-with-money?ft=1&f=1007

Interesting study on effects of money on human behavior

http://www.npr.org/2014/04/04/295360962/does-money-make-you-mean?ft=1&f=1007

Journey of faster stock markets and IEX: An interesting read, especially for lovers of stock-market

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/magazine/flash-boys-michael-lewis.html?_r=0

Why we have too few women leaders?: Must watch

It's not as much about you or your spouse or your siblings or your parents, as much it could be for your children!

NASA plans to open source its code in a searchable database

As a part of a federal order to make technology transfer faster, NASA is building a central location for the public to dig into more than 1,000 of its past projects.

http://gigaom.com/2014/04/03/nasa-plans-to-open-source-its-code-in-a-searchable-database/

Amazing story of perseverance, determination and courage

https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/blogs/itsaparentthing/everyone-told-this-father-to-give-his-severely-autistic-child-up--but-he-didn-t--and-something-amazing-happened--071259816.html

Need for women to be better financial planners

Women need to get more out of their money than men since they live longer and make less, especially if they take time out to care for children or aging parents. But it's also a given that they lack confidence when it comes to investing.

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/31/294853959/when-planning-for-the-future-women-have-been-hands-off?ft=1&f=1003

80 meters of shelf space: That would be wikipedia size, if printed

A German-based group called PediaPress is trying to raise enough money to make a print copy of all of Wikipedia. One thousand volumes, 1,200 pages each — more than one million pages in all — about 80 meters of shelf space. That's what it would take to make a printed version of Wikipedia.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/03/27/295262783/printing-wikipedia-would-take-1-million-pages-but-thats-sort-of-the-point?ft=1&f=1019

Thirst Quenching Trees for desert areas

https://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/thirst-quenching-trees-slideshow/thirst-quenching-trees-photo-1396425738790.html

Nobody wants children with special needs in China

https://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/china-s-unwanted-babies-now-mostly-sick-disabled-slideshow/

Medifund: A non-profit to help medical students complete education

Medifund, a crowdfunding platform for medical students, has relaunched as a non-profit.
Its mission is to increase the number of doctors in countries with a critical shortage by helping students cover the cost of their education.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/31/medifund-nonprofit/?ncid=rss 

TripAdvisor survey on in-room orders at hotels

Perhaps sales of cheap vodka are designed to drive higher overall spending: have a vodka, want peanuts, get thirsty, drink bottled water.
http://qz.com/194339/the-inexplicable-prices-in-hotel-minibars-around-the-world/#/h/58513,4/

Crowdfunding Options for Entrepreneurs

http://www.slideshare.net/elmix/info-crowdfund-copy-32971430

Dubai Trip

These days the name of Dubai almost seems synonymous with Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world. And its a pretty interesting place to visit, especially when you start paying attention to the hospitality offered there. The observation deck at 124th floor here, better known as At The Top, actually provides an At The Top view of the surroundings as far as your vision goes. You actually feel At The Top unless you care to look above at the higher floors.

Burj Khalifa Logo	A view from Burj Khalifa - At The Top
A look above from At The Top - Burj Khalifa	Guiness World Record - Burj Khalifa
An Exhibit of Burj Khalifa	Burj Khalifa from Dubai Fountain

One of the walls at Burj Khalifa

Way to Exit - Burj Khalifa

Dubai Mall located at the ground floor of Burj Khalifa might be the most visited place in Burj Khalifa, since it also gives way to 'At The Top'. But it's a lavish place as malls in Dubai are expected to be and you might have a good time here if you love malls and shopping.

Outside the Dubai Mall

Dubai Fountain is located just outside Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall. There is a 5 minute show every half an hour in the evening starting at 6pm and it's good.

Dubai Fountain - before the magic begins

Dubai Museum is an interesting place to visit. The exhibits don't always look modeled. For a moment, they actually make you feel wonder if its real.

At the entrance to Dubai Museum 

An exhibit of Blacksmiths at work - Dubai Museum	An exhibit of Dubai Map at Dubai Museum
An exhibit at Dubai Museum	A mosque in Dubai

Burj Al Arab is another feather in Dubai's cap. The hotel that's rated as world's first seven-star hotel has an amazing architecture and the adjacent beach adds to its beauty.

Hotel opposite Burj Al Arab	Burj Al Arab
Beach adjacent to Burj Al Arab	A steamer heading to Burj Al Arab

The infrastructure in Dubai is pretty good and unless you pay close attention you might not even notice that your car is running on a Floating Bridge or in an underwater tunnel.

Dubai is divided into two parts - Deira Dubai and Bur Dubai by a creek. Deira Dubai is old Dubai where people traditionally lived and is house for conventional trades. Bur Dubai was the uninhabited Dubai earlier that now has been a ground for all modern and world-class developments in Dubai. The creek that flows between Dubai is home to many floating dinner cruise restaurants popularly known as Dhow Cruise. The food can be a big disappointment here but what made the evening was the cultural performances after dinner and of course, don't forget to look outside for the Lightened Dubai skyline makes for a beautiful view.

Palm Islands are well-known for their design and architecture. Standing on the crescent with Hotel Atlantis at your back and sea view in front is a good time.

Hotel Atlantis - Dubai

Sea view outside Hotel Atlantis - Dubai

Beach Parks in Dubai are alternately reserved for female only visitors on certain days of the week such as Palm Beach Park is reserved for Females on Wednesday & Friday.

Bur Dubai also has a large number of supermarkets and commercial centres for casual or day to day shopping like Day to Day and Carrefour for choclates, artificial jewellery, clothes, etc.

Eiffel Tower in the making : A Photo Gallery

https://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/125th-anniversary-of-the-eiffel-tower-1396329177-slideshow/

Car for solo drivers, No need for a four seater

Most Americans--about 93%--drive to work alone. So why use a car that’s big enough for four? A new vehicle that’s half-motorcycle and half-car is designed to replace sedans and SUVs on morning commutes and help save money and emissions in the process: The Elio costs $6,800 and gets 84 miles to the gallon. It’s possible to drive 672 miles on a single tank of gas. That's the distance from New York City to Detroit.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3028363/this-three-wheeled-car-costs-just-6800-and-goes-672-miles-on-a-tank-of-gas#1

ESADE Business School Commencement Speech by Steve Blank

http://steveblank.com/2014/03/31/esade-business-school-commencement-speech-2/

Abu Dhabi City Tour

If you are in for a one day city tour of Abu Dhabi, be prepared to pass by some amazing architectures including the Royal Palaces (remember, not to click any pictures). Also, do not forget to pay attention to the greenery around you and you might just feel that this desert city is more green than your 'Green City'.

Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque is the first mosque in UAE to allow females inside. The Mosque has a beautiful architecture with few astonishing world records to its name.It is the largest mosque in UAE.

Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque - Abu Dhabi

Interiors - Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque	Interiors - Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque
Interiors - Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque	Interiors - Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque
Interiors - Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque	Interiors - Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque

More than 40,000 people can simultaneously pray here. It's main prayer hall is known to have the largest one-piece man made carpet.

Carpet in the Main Hall - Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque

The chandeliers in the main prayer hall are made up of real ruby and sapphires and the main chandelier is one of the largest chandeliers inside a mosque.

A Chandelier in Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque

Prime Chandelier in Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque

Other interesting places in Abu Dhabi are Marina Mall, Heritage Village, Corniche and Ferrari World in addition to various marvelous architectures near which you can pass by.

Abu Dhabi's skyline from Corniche!

Coin-shaped building

Ferrari World