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Mount Everest Moved 3 cm due to shock of Nepal Quake…

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Mount Everest moved three centimetres during the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal but contrary to earlier reports the height of world’s tallest mountain has not been affected, Chinese official monitoring agency said.

Mt Qomolangma, the Tibetan/Chinese name for Mt Everest, has moved 40 cm to the northeast over the past ten years, including 3 cm during the April 25 and May 12 quakes, China’s National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation said.

Observers with the department, which has monitoring equipment on the mountain, found that Mt Everest shifted 3 cm after the devastating earthquake, while the height of the world’s tallest mountain at 8,848 metre was left unaffected, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. This is contrary to reports by Europe’s Sentinel-1A radar satellite that world’s tallest peak may have shrank about 2.5 cm after the quake.

The first good view from a satellite in the aftermath of Nepal’s deadly earthquake showed that a broad swath of ground near Kathmandu lifted vertically, by about one metre causing severe damage to the city, Live Science reported last month.

The data also indicated Mt Everest might have, got a bit shorter, the report said. But the Chinese data contradicts this.

The devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 and another measuring 7.3 on May 12, claimed over 9,000 lives and injured another 21,000 people.

Monitoring data collected by China’s National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation from 2005 to 2015 shows that the mountain has been moving at a speed of four cm per year and has been growing by 0.3 cm annually.

The mountain is located on the collision belt for the boundary between the Indian and the Eurasian Plates, where the crustal movements are active.

Geographical changes in the area have great influence on the climate, environment and ecology of East and South Asia, the Chinese experts said. The administration set a satellite monitoring system on Mt Everest in 2005 and has been observing the movement of the mountain since then.

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Arunima Sinha ….On the Top of the World…. Hats off To This Brave Lady …

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You Might Have watched a plenty of Motivational and Inspirational Videos and Talks …

But this Talk by Arunima Sinha  on her goal and experience is totally on a different platform.

My request to you  is to watch this video  and Listen to her talk … Also share this Video Talk with your Kids and friends …You need not listen to any Gurus …both Religious and Management… after listening to her.

HATS OF TO THIS COURAGEOUS LADY …

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In April 2011, Arunima Sinha, a national level volleyball player, was thrown out of a running train by robbers who were after her gold chain. Her left leg crushed by the passing trains had to be amputated. This did not stop her from dreaming the impossible, on May 21st, 2013, Arunima summited Mount Everest. Watch as she takes us along on her journey in this passionate talk.

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ABOUT ARUNIMA SINHA:
Arunima is a former national level volleyball player who was thrown off a moving train in 2011. In order to save her life, the doctors had to amputate part of her left leg. In light of this event, Arunima became inspired by Yuvarj Singh, an international cricket player who successfully won his battle with cancer. As such, she was determined to climb Mount Everest. In 2013, Arunima became the first female amputee (and the first Indian amputee) to make the climb.

Arunima then went on to be the first female amputee to climb Mt. Kilamanjaro in Africa and Mt. Elbrus in Europe. She has been honoured with numerous awards and recognitions. Currently she is busy planning to open a sports academy for underprivileged and physically disabled children.

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Few Brainteasers for this WEEKEND !!!

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Challenging Brainteasers To Keep Your Mind in Tune

Brainteasers are a great way to sharpen your mental acuity! Many times, due to the way our brains function, we see what we want to see and hear what we want to hear, but these brainteasers will challenge you to think outside of the box and test how far your imagination can stretch.

Enjoy these challenging brain puzzles, and write down your answers as you go. Don’t peak at the answers until you have answered all of the puzzles for a real challenge!
1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?
2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
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4. How much dirt is there is a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
5. Mary was born on December 28th, yet her birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible.
6. In British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
7. If you were running a race and passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
8. Which is correct to say: “The yolk of the egg is white” or “The yolk of the egg are white”?
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9. A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four in another. How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in one field?
10. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raining fire. The second is full of assassins with loaded guns. The third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
11. What is black when you buy it, red when you used it, and grey when you throw it away?
12. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday or Sunday?
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ANSWERS
1. Johnny.
2. Meat.
3. Mount Everest. It just wasn’t discovered yet.
4. There is no dirt in a hole.
5. Mary lives in the southern hemisphere.
6. You can’t take a picture with a wooden leg. You need a camera to take a picture.
7. You would be in second place. You passed the person in second, not in first place.
8. Neither. Egg yolks are yellow.
9. One. If he would combine all the haystacks, they would become one big stack.
10. The third room. The lions that have not eaten for three years would be dead.
11. Charcoal used in barbequing.
12. Sure you can name three consecutive days: yesterday, today and tomorrow.
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