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“Tweet “…in Oxford English Dictionary Now !!!

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‘Tweet’ – to post a message to Twitter – has been included in the hallowed pages of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Although the word ‘tweet’ is already in the OED in relation to bird song, it now has an additional official definition in the June 2013 edition.

Look the other way: Twitter is so popular editors of the OED broke their ten-year rule to include it in the June 2013 edition

‘Tweet’, as relating to micro-blogging site Twitter, is now an official word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, although oddly ‘retweet’ (sharing another’s tweet) was included in 2011

Look the other way: Twitter is so popular editors of the OED broke their ten-year rule to include it in the June 2013 edition

Look the other way: Twitter is so popular editors of the OED broke their ten-year rule to include it in the June 2013 edition

Twitter is an online phenomenon, with 340 million tweets posted every day. Even the Pope, known as the voice of God, and the Dalai Lama have Twitter feeds.

Because Twitter has become such an important part of daily life in such a short space of time, the dictionary’s editors were willing to bend their own rules to include ‘tweet’ in the OED, the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language.

 

John Simpson, chief editor, said: ‘The noun and verb tweet (in the social-networking sense) has just been added to the OED.

‘This breaks at least one OED rule, namely that a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion.’

He added: ‘But it seems to be catching on.

TOP TEN TWITTER USERS

Justin Bieber – 40,527,096 followers

Lady Gaga – 38,313,777 followers

Katy Perry – 37,924,271 followers

Barack Obama – 32,819,023 followers

Rihanna – 30,041,865 followers

Taylor Swift – 29,302,825 followers

YouTube – 29,137,313 followers

Britney Spears – 28,133,826 followers

Justin Timberlake – 21,564,556 followers

Instagram – 21,384,076 followers

TWITTER – A PHENOMENON IN 140 WORDS OR LESS

'Tweet', as relating to micro-blogging site Twitter, is now an official word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary

Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as ‘tweets’.

Twitter was launched in July 2006 by entrepreneur Jack Dorsey and rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 500 million registered users as of 2012.

Roughly 340 million tweets are posted daily and Twitter handles more than 1.6 billion search queries per day.

Since its launch, Twitter has become one of the ten most visited websites on the Internet.

It is based in San Francisco.

In December Pope Benedict XVI, using the papal account ‘Pontifex’, sent his first tweet. It read: ‘Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2343053/Too-tweets-make-official-word-Oxford-English-Dictionary-Twitter-recognised-time.html#ixzz2WTp4ab3i

source:::::mailonline.com

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Pride and Seek !!!….” Let Me Show My Power !!!!”…Big Brother Proves !!!

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The play fighting pair were spotted by photographer David Jenkins, at the Antelope Park in Zimbabwe.

If ever it looks like we might be getting a bit above our station, we can always rely on our siblings to pull us back down to earth. And that is exactly what happened to this young showboating lion as he showed off his athletic prowess in front of his less than impressed brother. The play fighting pair were spotted by photographer David Jenkins, at the Antelope Park in Zimbabwe.

 

Monkeying around: A lion looks casually at photographer David Jenkins at the Antelope Park in Zimbabwe as his brother attempts to climb a tree above him

Monkeying around: A lion looks casually at photographer David Jenkins at the Antelope Park in Zimbabwe as his brother attempts to climb a tree above him

I don't think so: The lion then jumps up on to the tree to try and knock his brother down                Where do you think you're going? A lion bites the end of his brother's tail

Where do you think you’re going? A lion bites the end of his brother’s tail, pictured left, before jumping up on to the tree himself to try and knock his brother down

Big cat fight: The lion bounds up the tree after his brother who has found refuge in the branches

Big cat fight: The lion bounds up the tree after his brother who has found refuge in the branches

Going, going, gone: The lion finally shows his brother who's boss after managing to tackle him to the ground

Going, going, gone: The lion finally shows his brother who’s boss after managing to tackle him to the ground

source::::Amanda Williams In mailonline.com

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Message For The Day….Learn to Make The Best Of Life Thro Spiritual Flight !!!!

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The mood and behaviour of people in cinema halls, marriage halls, exhibitions or while watching a game is very different from that of a spiritual gathering! The mood during entertainment is very different as the crowd there are moved by totally different impulses. However, in a gathering devoted to the needs of the spirit, what is expected is calm, reverential and eager attention, prayerful silence. Silence is most needed in all spiritual gatherings where deeper spiritual disciplines are discussed. Only the eye and the ear need function, the tongue has no business to wag. Everyone then will be able to receive completely, the gift of love and grace. Learn to make the best of life, this chance offered to you to sublimate your instincts, impulses and impressions on the mind from past deeds (Vasanas) and rise higher and higher in the moral and spiritual plane.
– Divine Discourse, Sep 1, 1958.

 

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Indonesia Installing Goddess Saraswathi Statue @ Massachusetts !!!

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From David McAuley. Email him at david[AT]borderstan.com.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2B, at its monthly meeting last night, April 10, unanimously supported a request by the Embassy of Indonesia to erect a statue of a Hindu goddess on public space on Massachusetts Avenue NW. It also unanimously called on DC’s Historic Preservation Office (HPO) to improve its operating procedures and communication both with ANCs and with the public.

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An edited photo showing how the sculpture will appear in place on Massachusetts Avenue NW. (David McAuley)

Statue of Saraswati on Public Space

The Commission heard a presentation by Heru Subolo, Minister-Counselor for Press and Information Affairs of the Embassy of Indonesia, asking for ANC support for a proposed statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts and science, to be erected on a public space next to the grounds of the Embassy at2020 Massachusetts Avenue NW.

Subolo told the committee that the statue had been approved by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Foreign Missions. Subolo also said that the planned site for the statue had been moved, at the request of the DC government’s Historic Preservation Office (HPO), from its original planned location at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 21st Street (also adjacent to the Embassy), to a location next to the sidewalk further west along Massachusetts.

The location is currently fenced in. Subolo said that the fence would be removed to make the statue accessible to the public.

“I’m really happy to open up a fenced space,” said Kevin O’Connor, ANC commissioner for district 2B-02.

“This is a wonderful addition to our neighborhood and to our nation’s capital. Hindus across DC and around the world are ecstatic about this beautiful statue of Saraswati. It is so fitting that it will be installed just a stone’s throw from the also magnificent statue of Mahatma Gandhi — the only statue of a Hindu in DC,” said Kishan Putta, ANC 2B-04 commissioner.
source::::borderstan.com
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World”s Fastest Super Computer @ China !!!

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China’s Tianhe-2 is now the world’s fastest super computer, with speeds reaching up to 30.65 petaflops; 74 percent faster than the current record holder Cray XK7 system-based Titan at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US, according to a report by Ars Technica.

 
What makes it more amazing is that, the supercomputer wasn’t even running to its full capacity during the test. A five-hour Linpack test using 14,336 out of 16,000 compute nodes, or 90 percent of the machine, clocked in at 30.65 petaflops. The benchmarks are used to rank the Top 500 supercomputers in the world. The previous title holder, Titan, hit 17.59 petaflops. Tianhe-2 achieved 1.935 gigaflops per watt, which is slightly less efficient than Titan’s 2.143 gigaflops per watt.

 
Tianhe-2’s numbers were revealed this week in a paper by University of Tennessee professor Jack Dongarra, who created the Linpack benchmarks and helps compile the bi-annual Top 500 list.

 

 

Tianhe-2 is being assembled and tested at China’s National University for Defense Technology (NUDT), and is scheduled to arrive in the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou before the end of this year. Once operational, Tianhe-2 “will provide an open platform for research and education and provide high performance computing service for southern China,” Dongarra wrote.

 
It is not yet known whether he had sent the computers data for the list.

 
Tianhe-2 is built with Intel Ivy Bridge and Xeon Phi processors. “There are 32,000 Intel Ivy Bridge Xeon sockets and 48,000 Xeon Phi boards for a total of 3,120,000 cores,” Dongarra wrote. It has storage of 12.4PB and memory totaling 1.4PB. NUDT built its own proprietary interconnect which Dongarra describes as “an optoelectronics hybrid transport technology” that “uses a fat tree topology with 13 switches each of 576 ports at the top level.” Tianhe-2 runs in Kylin Linux.

 

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View From Cockpit @35000 ft…..Jaw Dropping Images !!!

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Most people are lucky to see the sky through their office window, let alone be in it.
But Karim Nafani beholds more than just a few trees and clouds from his desk at work… he gets to see the whole world in shimmering panorama.
And now the Dubai-based commercial airline captain and photographer has taken pictures of his cockpit and posted them online.
He says he began the project in a bid to document his daily routine through a series of otherworldly images that look more like oil paintings than photographs and reveal exactly what it is like for pilots at 35,000 feet.

 

Stunning view: Most people are lucky to see the sky through their office window, let alone be in it

Stunning view: Dubai-based Karim Nafani sees more than just a few trees and an open space from his desk at work… he gets to see the whole world in shimmering panorama

Panorama: This photograph is of a 1st officer enjoying the sunrise at 37,000 feet above sea level en route to Chittagong Bangladesh

Panorama: This photograph is of a 1st officer enjoying the sunrise at 37,000 feet above sea level en route to Chittagong Bangladesh


The only trouble is, when it gets a bit stuffy, he can’t open the window as any normal office worker would.

He said: ‘I take you far away from skyscrapers and high rise building roof tops this time to somewhere much higher: welcome to my daily office!’

He gives the images their ethereal look through a technique called ‘exposure bracketing’ which involves setting up a DSLR camera to take at least three shots, each at a different exposure, before combining them to create the final print.

The result looks more like an oil painting on canvas than a real-time digital photograph.

Apart from the beautiful views that confront Karim each day he takes to the skies, his pictures also remind viewers of the incredible array of levers, panels and buttons that cover almost every inch of an aircraft’s cockpit.

And, of course, he knows his way around them just as well as he does around those on his digital SLR camera.

But Karim’s portfolio doesn’t end inside his cockpit.

As a pilot he says he developed a keen interest in how the world looks from above.

So he went about climbing to the top of buildings and skyscrapers to picture cities from above.
Hometown: Karim took this picture as he flew over his hometown Dubai
Hometown: Karim took this picture as he flew over his hometown Dubai

Branching out: But Karim's portfolio doesn't end inside his cockpit

'Close up': This is an aerial view of the artificial Palm Islands in Dubai

 

On top of the world: Karim often uses a fish eye lens to bend the horizon

 

Moody: Karim's braketted exposure technique gives many of his cityscapes a dark edge, almost as if taken from a post-apocalyptic comic book

 

Rings and roundabouts: One of Karim's favourite times to photograph Dubai is at night when the city lights up in a kaleidoscope of colour

 

Marina-nother world: As a pilot he says he developed a keen interest in how the world looks from above.

 

Dusk or dawn? So he went about climbing to the top of buildings and skyscrapers to picture cities from above

 

Menacing: Karim paints a picture of a world without limits

 

Iconic: Dubai has a skyline that is not only one of the world's most iconic but also the tallest

 

source::::: Matt Blake in mailonline india .com

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Once An Airport ….Now A Luxury Cruise Terminal !!!

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Hong Kong Kai Tak Cruise Terminal

The Mariner of the Seas docks at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor

HONG Kong has opened a $1.1 billion cruise terminal at the site of its former airport in a bid to become Asia’s hub for luxury liners.

The new terminal, built on the runway of the old Kai Tak airport, will be able to accommodate the largest cruise ships in the world – liners of up to 220,000 gross tonnes.

“Kai Tak was the site of our legendary airport and is now turning a historic page by connecting Hong Kong with the rest of the world through the seven seas,” Commissioner of Tourism Philip Yung said.

“With the addition of this new facility, Hong Kong is in full gear to receive mega cruise ships,” Yung said.

Royal Caribbean’s 311 metres long Mariner of the Seas was the first mega luxury cruise liner to dock at the two-berth terminal, which boasts a 360-degree panoramic view of the city.

A troupe of lion dancers welcomed more than 3,000 passengers as they disembarked the ship.

“Our favourite port was Venice. You beat Venice,” George Lamson, a 74-year-old artist from the US, told reporters, adding he was amazed by the views as the ship entered the city’s famed Victoria Harbour.

“We feel very privileged to have this honour,” 65-year-old retiree from the UK Valerie Blakeway said of being the first visitors at the terminal.

 

 Kai Tak Airport

The former Kai Tak International Airport was considered one of the most challenging places to land an aircraft due to its central location in the city and tall mountains surrounding it.

Kai Tak Airport

Hong Kong’s new cruise terminal, at the site of its former Kai Tak Airport

The airport closed in 1998 after being in service for over 70 years and was replaced by the current Chek Lap Kok International Airport.

The cruise terminal will open to the public in the third quarter of the year with its second berth opening in 2014.

 

Kai Tak airport

Sightseers watch a Cathay Pacific 747-400, land at the former Kai Tak airport in 1998. Picture: AFP

 

A plane comes in for landing at the former Kai Tak International Airport.

 

Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport

source::::news.com.au

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Childhood sweethearts @ the age 4 ….Now @ 87 , Celebrate Their Platinum Wedding Anniversary !!!!

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Standing awkwardly, swamped in their formal wedding attire, Ron and Eileen Everest pose as four year-olds – dressed in their best and on the way to a local carnival.
Some 87-years later, the couple are still side by side, as they celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary almost nine decades after this family photograph was taken
The pair – whose fathers served together in the Great War – were born seven months apart in the same hospital ward in Gillingham, Kent, and were inseparable as children

Standing awkwardly, swamped in their formal wedding attire, who would have guessed four-year-old Ron and Eileen Everest, would still be side by side some 87 years later

  • This photo was taken when couple were 4, on way to a local carnival
  • They affectionately call it their first ‘wedding rehearsal’

 

87 years later they’ve celebrated their 70th  wedding anniversary !!!!

Chief Petty Officers Thomas Everest and Colin Campbell met in the Royal Navy and as they both lived in Kent they and their wives became firm friends.

Ronald was born to Thomas and his wife, Gertrude, in August 1921.

Just seven months later Colin’s wife, Kate, gave birth to baby Eileen in the same labour ward.

The young pair became inseparable over the next four years as they played together day in day out, Ron always protective of his slightly younger chum.

The cherished family photograph -taken in 1926 -has fondly become known as their ‘wedding rehearsal…

The pair (pictured here on their wedding day in 1943) - whose fathers served together in the Great War - were born seven months apart in the same hospital ward in Gillingham, Kent, and soon because inseparable

The pair (pictured here on their wedding day in 1943)


The young pair were inseparable as young children. As they played together day in day out, Ron always protective of his slightly younger chum

The young pair were inseparable as young children. As they played together day in day out, Ron always protective of his slightly younger chum


Mr and Mrs Everest (nee Campbell) were family friends united by their fathers.

The Everests, from Beetley, near Dereham, Norfolk, celebrated their Platinum wedding on Wednesday


Mrs Everest said: ‘It is quite an unusual story, especially these days, but we have got on well together most of the time.’

As for her beloved husband, he revealed his good humoured secret for such a long and successful fairytale marriage: ‘We promised to love, honour and obey –  and I did all the obeying.!!!

source:::::mailonline.com

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Message For The Day…You Are Yourself Paramatma ….

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When the senses are brought under control by the mind, the mind itself ceases to function; it disappears as it were. Then man experiences a profound silence. That stillness resulting from the absence of the mind is true Knowledge (Jnana). This knowledge cannot be acquired by intellectual ability or mental agility, nor by following an example. It is sui generis. Consider the ashes which cover a burning charcoal or the moss which covers a sheet of water. The ashes have come from the charcoal. The moss has originated from the water. The cataract that dims the vision of the eye, wherefrom has it come? From the eye itself! When the screen that blinds the vision is removed, the true Self will be seen in its real form. Atma Jnana is not obtainable through books, preceptors or even Paramatma (the Supreme Self). You are yourself theParamatma, the Jnana, the Atma.

 

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