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“What 3 Words ” or W3W Can Pinpoint any Spot In Earth With a 3 Letter code !!!!

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Pinpoint any spot on Earth with three words

FORGET about postcodes and street numbers. A new mapping system called ‘what3words’ can find any searchable spot on the globe with a three-word code.

The London-based start-up has divided Earth into 57 trillion squares, each of them three square metres large. Every individual square has been assigned a unique three-word code.

With a simple, map-based search, you can pinpoint any location and find its code in a matter of seconds. It sure beats writing down a full address.

For instance, say you were meeting friends at the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney. Traditionally, you would tell people the address: 455 George St, Sydney NSW 2000. A what3words search would yield a simple result: input.fines.bonus. It’s much easier to remember.

“With GPS and smartphones, we have at our fingertips the ability to pinpoint precise locations,” said what3words CEO Chris Sheldrick.

“However, until what3words we haven’t had a simple, memorable universal system to easily describe locations with any degree of precision.”

The system is certainly more precise than conventional mapping. The three word codes apply to spaces just three square metres large, allowing you to direct people to something as specific as a particular tent in your campsite.

If you feel like shelling out a dollar or so, you can even reduce your address to a single word.

We played around with what3words and came up with a few examples:

The Eiffel Tower: ship.vocal.launched

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

An escalator in Tokyo: tooth.develops.landings

Escalators probably look like this in Tokyo.

Escalators probably look like this in Tokyo.

The White House: engine.doors.cubs

The White House looking extra white.

The White House looking extra white.

Big Ben: lease.ensure.paused

BONG BONG BONG

BONG BONG BONG

A tree in New Zealand: trains.rally.feared

There?s a tree behind this sheep. Maybe.

There’s a tree behind this sheep. Maybe.

Christ the Redeemer: familiar.system.mule

?Hey guys, I can totally see write.complex.running from here!?

“Hey guys, I can totally see write.complex.running from here!”

Tahrir Square: publish.digesting.woven

Another quiet day in Egypt. Photo: AFP

Another quiet day in Egypt. Photo: AFP

A mailbox in Los Angeles: jump.union.blade

A well maintained American mailbox.

A well maintained American mailbox

source::::::news.com.au      pl see the site what 3 words .com  for further inf and details…

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Message For The Day…Grief and Joy Are the Obverse and Reverse Of the Same …

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Liberation is attained when the Soul shines in its own divinity. Liberation is not a nation or a suburb in paradise where aristocratic residents secure good sites. Liberation is the condition of one who has shed delusion. Shed delusion, then grief will be destroyed and joy established. Removal of Grief (Dukha-Nivrithi) and Attainment of Bliss (Ananda-Prapthi), happen at the same time. Your mind is the villain, its other name is desire! When you pull out all the yarn from a piece of cloth, there is no cloth. So too, pull out all the desires from the mind; the mind disappears and you attain freedom! Grief and joy are the obverse and reverse of the same experience. Joy is when grief ends, grief is when joy ends. Just as you must set the table for two when you invite a blind person for dinner (the blind person and his/her companion), so too, grief and joy are inseparable.

 

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Swimming Baby !!! Stunning Confidence Level !!!

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This incredible video,  posted by the proud parents of baby Elizabeth, demonstrates the ability of young children to swim short distances unaided.
The toddler, who has been trained by certified infant swim instructors, shows no hesitation as she paddles across the entire length of her parents’ pool.
Elizabeth always swims under the watchful eyes of her parents, who are both trained emergency workers, and they document her progress in YouTube videos.
This footage of Elizabeth aged 16-months was taken almost a year ago but has recently gone viral, generating fierce debate about teaching young children to swim.
Her parents insist the toddler was never in danger as her father, a nurse trained in CPR, and her mother, a lifeguard and swimming instructor, supervised her at all times.

At no point do we force our child to do anything she is unwilling to try”, one of them wrote in response to critical posts on YouTube, “I was 100% prepared to jump in at first sign of distress”.

 

 

source:::::The Telegraph UK

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World”s Biggest Commercial Complex @ China ….19 Million Sq Ft!!!

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The world’s largest building has opened in China capable of fitting 20 Sydney Opera Houses – or three Pentagons – inside.

The New Century Global Center in Chengdu, Sichuan province, is a staggering 19million sq.ft. and contains shopping centres, a Mediterranean village, a water park, an ice-skating rink, and multiple hotels.

However, visitors to the glass panelled building need not worry about the weather as the giant complex will have its own artificial sun.
Giant among men: New Century Global Centre in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province is the world's largest freestanding building

Living it large: Workers clean the glass roof of the New Century Global Centre which opened to the public this weekend after three years of construction

Pride of Chengdu: The gigantic complex is so large it fits 20 Sydney Opera Houses or nearly three Pentagons and boasts several hotels and shopping centres

Pride of Chengdu: The gigantic complex is so large it fits 20 Sydney Opera Houses or nearly three Pentagons and boasts several hotels and shopping centres

The building is 500 metres long, 400 metres wide and 100 metres high, reports said.

 

According to Chinese officials, the New Century Global Center is the largest freestanding building in the world, and took three years to complete.

 

‘This is an ocean city built by man,’ Chinese guide Liu Xun told AFP.

He added that the artificial sun built inside the building will provide light and heat 24 hours a day for shoppers exploring the around 400,000 sq. metres of boutiques and stores.

The building sits directly opposite the Chengdu Contemporary Arts Centre, designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, at the heart of a booming area of Chengdu.

All you need: Visitors to New Century Global Centre can browse 400,000 sq. metres of shops inside the complex
High ceilings: The gigantic dome-like glass roof is 100metres (328ft) high and has an 'artificial sun'

Family fun: As well as the shops, hotels and the artificial sun, the building also has an indoor water park

source :::::mailonline.com

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Top 10 Airlines Offering Best Economy Class Seats !!!!

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HAVE you ever lingered in the first or business class sections of a plane, longing to stretch out on a lie-flat bed, before begrudgingly continuing down the aisle of the plane to your tiny cattle class seat?

Well, while we’d all love to fly in luxury, these airlines offer the next best thing – a top-notch economy class offering that makes flying less of a pain and more enjoyable.

Here are the 10 best airlines for economy class seats, according to the Skytrax World Airline Awards, the world’s largest survey of air passengers with over 18 million respondents.

A range of factors make a good economy class seat including cleanliness, design, seat comfort, width, legroom and the amount of recline available. The entertainment offering, level of service and food are also important.

Do you agree with the following list?

10. Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines is one of the world?s best airlines for economy class. Picture: Andy ? Mitchell ? UK/Flickr

Malaysia Airlines is one of the world’s best airlines for economy class.

9. Thai Airways

8. ANA All Nippon Airways

7. Oman Air

6. Japan Airlines

 5.Qatar Airways
 4.Singapore Airlines
3. Korean Air
 2.Asiana Airlines
 1. Garuda Indonesia…..

proof that airlines can rebuild their reputation, Garuda took out the top spot after a dark period in its history. The airline was banned in the EU along with three other Indonesian carriers following the crash of a 737 plane, with the ban lifted in 2009.

But passengers love its clean, new cabin with comfortable seats and decent legroom, plus an attentive crew.

The world?s best economy class seats
Korean Air

Qatar. Picture: Supplied

Japan Airlines flight 772. Picture: Supplied

Interestingly, the airline named the world’s best in the same Skytrax awards, Emirates, didn’t make the list.

source:::::news.com.au

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Good Gesture From CEO Delta Airlines !!!!

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AN AIRLINE boss has given his seat to a tired, stressed mum who needed to get home to her daughter.

Delta Airlines CEO Richard Anderson was booked on a flight from Washington D.C. to Atlanta on a day where the airline faced numerous delays and cancellations.

Jessie Frank was also trying to get to Atlanta, and had been waiting all day to get on a flight. Ms Frank was desperate to get home to pick up her diabetic daughter from summer camp.

At 9.30pm, she was eighth on the list of standby passengers waiting to fly to Atlanta before the D.C. curfew hit at 10pm.

Seven names went by. The system showed zero seats left.

Ms Frank was about to give up when the flight attendant from Delta airlines rushed her down the jetway and shook her head.

But then something wonderful happened.

The flight attendant paused, talked to someone and then waved her down to the plane.

“A vaguely familiar face met me at the doorway, not in uniform so probably an off-duty pilot I had seen before. He quickly grabbed my roll-aboard, helped clear a space in the overhead, and showed me to my seat.”

As the flight descended into Atlanta the flight attendant announced that the plane had a special guest on board flying in the jump seat – the spare seat behind the pilots in the cockpit. He was riding in that seat because he had given up his place to allow one more person on the flight.

That man was Richard Anderson, CEO of Delta Airlines.

Overwhelmed with emotion Ms Frank took to Facebook to pen an open letter to Mr Anderson.

In it she writes: “You, Richard Anderson, the CEO of Delta, did all that for me, just an average, middle-aged, woman with, as far as anyone at Delta knew, no special reason to get home. But more importantly, it was all of your employees that day that did so much helping me to get home – and now I know why. Because Delta is led by you, Richard Anderson, a dedicated and inspiring leader who so clearly demonstrates, at his very core, that he leads by example, and does not set himself above all those who allow this airline to exist.

“Thank you, Richard Anderson. As a result of your leadership and the actions of yourself and your employees, I had my special day with my special child. You and your employees gave us both one more day of happiness, and for that, we are both very grateful. I have always been a loyal Delta customer, but Thursday solidified that loyalty for life! To all Delta employees who helped me on Thursday: thank you again.”

Delta Airlines have confirmed the incident occurred but have so far declined to comment.

Ms Frank’s letter has since been shared 1697 times. Proof that good customer service may be the best PR of all.

 

Delta Airlines CEO Richard Anderson. Picture: Delta Airlines

Delta Airlines CEO Richard Anderson. Picture: Delta Airlines

source:::::news.com.au

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13 Year Old From Bihar Cracks IIT Entrance Exam !!!!

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Satyam Kumar, a Bihar farmer’s son who is just 13-years old, has cleared the fiercely competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) for which 150,000 candidates had appeared this year.

Satyam, who passed his class 12 exam last year, secured an impressive all-India rank of 679.

“We are proud of him. He has done something special at this age,” Satyam’s father Sidhnath Singh, a farmer, told IANS.

IIT-JEE (Advanced) results for admission into IITs were declared Friday.

According to IIT-JEE website, Sahal Kaushik from Delhi was the youngest person to have cracked the exam in 2010 at the age of 14. But now this record is held by Satyam.

“Now Satyam is the youngest to crack the IIT-JEE,” an IIT official said.

Satyam, who hails from Bakhorapur village in Bhojpur district, had last year qualified for admission into IIT at the age of 12-and-a-half years after he got a special permission from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). He had then secured an all-India rank of 8,137.

Not satisfied with his low rank, he appeared for the IIT-JEE preliminary examination this year again and qualified.

“Satyam has improved his rank by his hard work and determination,” his father said.

He appeared for the entrance examination in Kota, Rajasthan, where he had been studying. He was one of the 150,000 candidates who appeared for the examination this year.

Earlier, Satyam Kumar had said he wanted to establish a software company on the lines of social networking website Facebook.

 

source:::::siliconindia news net

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” I Had No Money for School Fees …But My Son Is Going To IIT”….Thanks to AnandKumar”s Super 30 Project !!!!

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Students from underprivileged families crack the IIT-JEE Advanced thanks to Anand Kumar’s Super 30 educational programme.

Pranav Kumar, Bhanu Pratap, Ankit Kumar, Shivangi Gupta, Abhishek Kumar, Santosh Kumar and Hanjala Shafi cleared the fiercely competitive Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) this year. These students and 23 others from Anand Kumar’s Super 30 share one thing in common: all of them come from poverty-stricken families.

While the intelligent and hard-working youngsters studied for the JEE, their parents were fighting for survival and earning their livelihood by working as labourers, landless farmers, electricians, salesmen, smalltime shopkeepers and magazine vendors. These poor folks never dreamt that their children will become part of prestigious IIT campuses, but thanks to Super 30, a free coaching centre for underprivileged students in Bihar, it was made possible.

Super 30 is an innovative school run by Anand Kumar in Patna since 2002. Each year, Kumar selects 30 meritorious students — mostly from poor families — and grooms them for the IITs. The students stay with him; they are provided free food and lodging. And Kumar bears the expenses on his own, with no financial help from anyone.

And the main feature of Super 30 was reflected yet again in this year’s results, announced last Friday — of Kumar’s 30 wards, 28 cracked the examination and will make it into an IIT.

The mood at Kumar’s residence in a congested lane in Patna’s Jakhanpur locality, from where he runs Super 30, was overpowering as successful students basked in their newfound glory.

Joy knew no bounds for Bhanu Pratap from Uttar Pradesh. His father Rampyare Pratap is a labourer and the sole breadwinner in the family; they have often had to go without food. Along with Bhanu’s mother Geeta Devi, he was at Kumar’s house celebrating their son’s achievement. “You have shown us a day we never even dreamt of. We shall always be obliged to you,” said Geeta Devi, as her husband nodded.

“I think Anand Sir not only prepared us (for IITs), but also gave us the confidence to excel, even in the face of difficult odds,” added Bhanu.

And there are many like Bhanu who were part of the Super 30 this year.

source::::rediff.com

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