This road is built on several small islands and reefs, and is crossed by eight bridges, several roads and overpasses. This road has a view of the open sea, which is rare on the roads along the Norwegian coast. You can see rocks and mountains near the road.
The spectacular road is a tourist attraction…..
Imagine you are driving …and enjoy the video link…..Click on the link below :source:::::input from a friend of mine ….Natarajan
2013 is going to be one of the most exciting and competitive year, as giant companies like Amazon, Google and Apple will launch new products that targets individual consumers. Here is a list of some most awaited gadgets of the year compiled by Business Insider.
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Apple TV
We used to hear about Apple’s revolutionary TV during Steve Jobs era. After months of speculation, CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with NBC’S Brian Williams that the company has an area of interest on the segment of television market. According to the reports, Apple is searching for flat-screen panels within the 46 to 55 inch range, while on the other hand Wall Street Journal reports that suppliers of electronic consumer goods have commenced testing the top-secret-product. A couple of features like Siri integration, iCloud support, and iDevice compatibility are being publicized.
Toshiba 84-inch “Quad Full” HDTV
We have already seen the High Quality 4K TVs from SONY and LG, now Toshiba will be joining this field with its 84-inch “Quad Full HD” 4K TV Set. The device is powered by the manufacturer’s CEVE Engine and provides a gigantic 3840*2160 resolution. Pricing and details of this device is not available till now.
Amazon Smartphone
The boomy and continuous success of Amazon’s e-reader and tablet divisions opened the path for this retail online giant to come in the cell phone market. Rumors came from the Taiwan Economic News that Amazon gave a deal to Foxconn to manufacture its first ever Smartphone. According to the same report, the device will run on the Android platform and will carry a consumer-friendly price tag. The report also says a second generation Kindle Fire HD tablet is also in the production pipeline.
Apple Bluetooth Watch
Big companies like Microsoft and Sony had unsuccessful attempts at the smart watch market. It’s Apple’s turn now. iPod Nano was the smallest ever device with a screen designed by Apple, and it has a 1.55-inch display and 24-hour battery life. This device doesn’t have video playback, but it became a widely known gadgetwhen third-party companies discovered it could double as a wrist watch. That was when Apple decided to enter into this area. According to reports, we may see an iWatch this year.
Google Touch Chromebooks
First set of notebooks from Google were not well received. After the arrival of Samsung Chromebook, which enchanted the users, it appears like the company is ready to launch its own line of 13-inch touch based machines which will hit the markets in early half of 2013. According to the Commercial Times, around 20 million units are already being put into production process.
Google Glass
The amazing product of Google, Google Glass, a “wearable computing system” got Best Invention of 2012 Awards and people became cognizant of its embellished and increased real world capabilities. Google Glass Project is a program by Google’s R & D team to develop an augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD). This product would display info like Smartphone hands-free and could interact with the Internet via natural language voice commands. Google’s Android is used in the glasses as Operating System. This gadget includes features like video chatting, accessible maps, internet viewing, photo capture and sharing.
source:::::siliconindianet.
Just for Laugh….
In a convent in Ireland , the 98-year-old Mother Superior lay dying. The nuns gathered
around her bed trying to make her last journey comfortable.
They tried giving her warm milk to drink but she refused it.
One of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Then, remembering a bottle of
Irish whiskey that had been received as a gift the previous
Christmas, she opened it and poured a generous amount into the warm milk.
Back at Mother Superior’s bed, they held the glass to her lips. The frail nun drank a little,
then a little more and before they knew it, she had finished the whole glass down to the last drop.
As her eyes brightened, the nuns thought it would be a good opportunity to have one last
talk with their spiritual leader..
“Mother,” the nuns asked earnestly,
“Please give us some of your wisdom before you leave us.”
She raised herself up in bed on one elbow, looked at them and said:
“DON’T SELL THAT COW
source::::unknown…input from my friend…a good stuff for a hearty laugh …
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These are among world biggest business entities which every entrepreneur dreams about. Most of us have an idea that to set up business, venture capitalists, big-money consultants and a beautiful office are must. Here we sum up few companies which started in a small garage and today are among top companies in the world listed by getentrepreneurial.com.
source::::::siliconindia net..
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Harley Davidson
Dell
Amazon
Google
Apple
Connie — who has done the bendy exercises since the 1930s — has taught a weekly class at a Dunfermline church for 40 years.
She said: “I’d be in a wheelchair if I didn’t have yoga. it’s a great way to look after your body.” Canadian Ida Herbert, 96, currently holds the Guinness World Record title.
But Connie, of North Queensferry, said teaching yoga to “the girls” — some of whom are in their EIGHTIES — was more important than the record. Pupil Sophia Henderson, 88, said: “I wouldn’t be surprised to be attending her classes when she turns 100.”
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Cade, then eight, wrote the message on a Dr Who postcard in August 2011, before dad Terry sealed it in a wine bottle.
They then hurled it into the waves at Roker, Tyne and Wear, but heard no more until an envelope arrived this week, bearing a postmark from Perth, Western Australia.
Cade’s mum Andrea, 44, opened it and saw a reply from Aussie Matthew Ellam, who found the bottle on December 25. Matthew, 25, had returned Cade’s card and written on his own: “Hi Cade, thanks for your postcard. I found it whilst celebrating Christmas on the beach in Perth.”
Cade’s card’s journey is thought to be the longest by a message in a bottle.
The lad, now ten and from Sunderland, said: “I’m really pleased I got a reply. I didn’t know how far away Australia was.”
source:::::: THE SUN…UK
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Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4750187/1st-glass-ticket-Brit-lads-message-in-a-bottle-bobs-to-Australia.html#ixzz2ILCixfcJ
A school inspector is sent to assess a Year 4 class in a local Christian State School…
He is introduced to the class by the teacher.
She says to the class, “Let’s show the inspector just how clever
you are by allowing him to ask you a question”.
The inspector reasons that normally class starts with religious instruction, so he will ask a biblical question. He asks: “Class, who broke down the walls of Jericho ?”
For a full minute there is absolute silence.
Eventually, little Billy raises his hand.
Billy stands up and replies: “Sir, I do not know who broke down the walls of Jericho, but I can assure you it wasn’t me”.
Of course the inspector is shocked by the answer and the lack of knowledge of the famous bible story and he looks at the teacher for an explanation.
Realising that he is perturbed, the teacher says:
“Well, I’ve known Billy since the start of the year, and I believe that if he says that he didn’t do it then he didn’t do it”.
The inspector is even more shocked at this and storms down to the principal’s office and tells him what happened, to which the principal replies: “I don’t know the boy, but I believe his teacher.
If she feels that the boy is innocent, then he must be innocent”.
The inspector can’t believe what he is hearing.
He grabs the phone on the principal’s desk and in a rage, dials the Minister for Education and rattles off the entire occurrence to her and asks her what she thinks of the education standard in the State.
The Minister sighs heavily and replies:
“I don’t know the boy, the teacher or the principal, and never
heard of the school, but just get three estimates and
have the broken wall fixed!!”
source::::unknown….input from a friend of mine…
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Sorrow simply means that viveka (discrimination) is overshadowed. Viveka means knowing that everything is changing. Your body, your emotions, the people around you and the world-everything is changing. Time and again you have to awaken to this reality. You are often fearful of change. Change is inevitable in many fronts thoug security is hooked on to stability. You know there is a need for change to improve your life, but you feel secure in the old pattern. You need the courage to implement changes whenever it is necessary. You have to evaluate the pros and the cons. You have to see whether that gives you short-term joy and misery in the long run or short-time pain and joy in the long run.
Life is a combination of both change and non-change. So, use your intelligence and courageously implement changes when you feel that there is a need for change.
source::::: SRI SRI Ravishankarji…
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Just ForLaugh !!!!!…ON THE LIGHTER SIDE !!!!
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AN AMERICANISED HINDU BOY EXPLAINING DIWALI-
A young second generation Jaffna Hindu boy (14) living in Chicago was asked by his doctor mother to explain the significance of “Diwali” to his younger brother (11).
This is how he went about Diwali:
“So, like this guy, called Ram had, like, a big cool kingdom and people liked him. But, like, his step-mom, or something, was kind of a bitch, and she forced her husband to, like, send this cool-guy Ram, to some national forest or something..!
Since he was going, for like, something like more than 10 years or so., he decided to get his wife and his bro along… you know…so that they could all chill out together..!
But the forest was reeeeal scary shit… really man…they had monkeys and devils and shit like that.
But this guy, Ram, kicked with dash and bows and arrows…. so it was fine.
But then some bad gangster boys, some jerk called Ravan, picks up his babe, Sita and lures her away to his hood.
And boy, was our man, and also his bro, Laxman, pissed..!
All the Gods were with him..!…?.? So anyways, you don’t mess with gods..!
So, Ram, and his bro get an army of monkeys..!..?
Guy, don’t ask me how they trained the damn monkeys… just go along with me, ok..!
So, Ram, Lax and their monkeys whip this gangster’s ass in his own hood..!
Anyways, by this time, their time’s up in the forest.. and anyways..it gets kinda boring, you know… no TV or malls or shit like that.
So, they decided to hitch a ride back home..!
And when the people realize that our guy, his bro and the wife are back home…they thought, well, you know, at least they deserve something nice..!
And they didn’t have any bars or clubs in those days…so they couldn’t take them out for a drink..!
So they, like, decided to smoke and stuff..!
And since they also had some lamps, they lit the lamps also…so it was pretty cooool.. you know with all those fireworks..!
And this is how it started Diwali..!”
The mother fainted.!
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source:::::unknown….input from a friend of mine!!!!
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