tracks in the wild...

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2008-11-04T21:20:00.002+05:30

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19790

2008-11-03T17:36:00.001+05:30

2008-10-31T17:10:00.001+05:30

http://io9.com/5070226/how-hatred-transforms-your-brain

2008-10-17T18:35:00.001+05:30

http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/how-boys-and-girls-learn-differently/article103575.html

Weight loss tip

2008-10-16T19:13:00.001+05:30

Another kid's tale

2008-10-12T08:15:00.001+05:30

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20081011/981/tsc-even-infants-can-tell-if-the-music-i.html

Babies- Sense of rythm

2008-09-24T15:00:00.002+05:30

"It will be months before they talk, walk or even sit up. But at just a day old, babies have a strong sense of rhythm, say researchers.

Newborns are also sensitive to pitch and melody, they found.
Experts said that introducing a child to music at an early age could enhance these innate musical abilities and also help them learn to talk.

The fledgling musical talent was discovered by Hungarian researchers during a study of more than 100 boys and girls who were only one or two days old.

They played the babies music as they slept and measured their brain activity.
The researchers found that their brains computed changes in beat, tone and melody.
For instance, if a key beat was missed from a rhythmic pattern, the baby's brain registered the change.
A change in pitch, similar to that between male and female voices, also provoked a reaction.
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences study was part of a threeyear European project on how the brain processes music and other sounds, co-ordinated by Dr Susan Denham, of Plymouth University.

She said: 'What is perhaps most significant is that not only do babies' brains register changes in beat, pitch and simple melodic patterns but they do so more or less automatically, as they are fast asleep during these experiments.

'People come into the world with brains that are wired-up to detect patterns'.
Dr Denham added: 'A lot of music reflects the rhythms and contents of speech. If you are listening to music you will also probably be more sensitive to speech rhythm.' "

Source:- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1059815/Babies-sense-rhythm-used-help-develop.html

Lethal Killer plants

2008-09-17T14:59:00.001+05:30

http://webecoist.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/

Humans can run faster than anything in this world !

2008-09-16T17:08:00.005+05:30

"From our abundant sweat glands to our Achilles tendons, from our big knee joints to our muscular glutei maximi, human bodies are beautifully tuned running machines. "We're loaded top to bottom with all these features, many of which don't have any role in walking," Lieberman says. Our anatomy suggests that running down prey was once a way of life that ensured hominid survival millions of years ago on the African savanna."

Source:- http://discovermagazine.com/2006/may/tramps-like-us

Christian the lion

2008-09-11T19:25:00.002+05:30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U

Balaji

2008-09-11T17:32:00.002+05:30

2008-09-09T21:14:00.003+05:30

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2008/09/08/hbaby108.xml

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oxygen-0731.html

http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/08rajeev.htm

Documentaries link

2008-09-04T18:44:00.003+05:30

For documentaries:- http://best.online.docus.googlepages.com/

Johnny Depp and the Japanese kids

2008-09-02T15:27:00.002+05:30

Watch:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1mO04ffIlU

Is that the demolition place??

2008-08-30T17:50:00.003+05:30

Listen:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhrdk7voWg0&feature=related

Sticky Notes Animation

2008-08-30T17:05:00.002+05:30

Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IeSqVboADw by Jeff Chiba Stearns

Kolhapur Mahalakshmi

2008-08-30T16:49:00.002+05:30

Love Quotes ~

2008-08-30T16:41:00.002+05:30

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8
year-olds, "What does love mean?". The answers they got were broader and
deeper than anyone could have imagined.

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her
toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even
when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
Rebecca- age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You
just know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne
and they go out and smell each other."
Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French
fries without making them give you any of theirs."
Chrissy - age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip
before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."
Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing,
you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are
like that. They look gross when they kiss"
Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening
presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who
you hate,"
Nikka - age 6

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it
everyday."
Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still
friends even after they know each other so well."
Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at
all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was
the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody.You don't see anyone else kissing
me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is
handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone
all day."
Mary Ann - age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old
clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
Lauren - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars
come out of you."
Karen - age 7

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's
gross."
Mark - age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you
mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about
a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find
the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next
door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's
yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked
what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just
helped him cry"

Stop !!!

2008-08-29T16:24:00.002+05:30

"The poet Billy Collins once laughingly observed that all babies are born with a knowledge of poetry, because the lub-dub of the mother’s heart is in iambic meter. Then, Collins said, life slowly starts to choke the poetry out of us. It may be true with music, too."

Source:- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?hpid=features1

Watch Joshua Bell performing in concert:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp-Gl-70dSo&feature=related and in the subway :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnOPu0_YWhw&feature=related

Cows and magnetism

2008-08-27T16:02:00.003+05:30

http://www.livescience.com/animals/080825-magnetism-cows.html

Valmiki Ramayana - The beginning

2008-08-20T18:50:00.003+05:30

Valmiki was going to the river Ganga for his daily ablutions. A disciple by the name Bharadwaja was carrying his clothes. On the way, they came across the Tamasa Stream. Looking at the stream, Valmiki said to his disciple, "Look, how clear is this water, like the mind of a good man! I will bathe here today." When he was looking for a suitable place to step into the stream, he heard sweet chirping of birds. Looking up, he saw two birds flying together. Valmiki felt very pleased on seeing the happy bird couple. Suddenly, one of the birds fell down hit by an arrow; it was the male bird. Seeing the wounded one, its mate screamed in agony. Valmiki's heart melted at this pitiful sight. He looked around to find out who had shot the bird. He saw a hunter with a bow and arrows, nearby. The hunter had shot the bird for food. Valmiki became very angry. His lips opened and he uttered the following words:

mAnishAda pratishTAtum samagah ssAshvatIssamAh
yat krouncha mithunAdEkam sokam avadhIm kAma mOhitam
"You who have killed one of the birds engaged in the act of love,
thus, may you not yourself live long!"

This was the first shloka in Sanskrit literature. Later Valmiki composed entire Ramayana due to the blessings of Lord Brahma in the same meter that issued forth from him as a sloka. Thus this sloka is revered as the "first sloka" in Hindu literature. Valmiki is revered as the first poet, or Adi Kavi, and the Ramayana, the first kavya.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmiki

Archery video

2008-08-08T19:27:00.002+05:30

http://ishare.rediff.com/filevideo-Archery-At-Its-Best-id-4640.php

Parkour

2008-08-01T15:18:00.003+05:30

"Parkour is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. Founded by David Belle in France, parkour focuses on practicing efficient movements to develop one's body and mind to be able to overcome obstacles in an emergency."

Source:- Wiki
Watch:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHZBCBuRUQ&feature=related

Stripes motion

2008-07-30T16:10:00.004+05:30

http://blogoscoped.com/files/stripes.html

2008-07-17T11:30:00.002+05:30

What leads to success ?

2008-06-25T12:02:00.002+05:30

A presentation by Richard St. John at TED Talks
Watch:- http://youtube.com/watch?v=vldjedAashA

2008-06-19T15:32:00.002+05:30

2008-06-18T14:43:00.003+05:30

Playing on my mind...

2008-06-06T16:00:00.003+05:30

1. Munbe Va - Jillendru Oru Kaadhal
2. Nuvvu Nuvvu - Khadgam
3. Sach Hui - I See You
4. Chalo Tumko - Jism
5. O Saathi Re - O
6. Lakad Jal ke - Omkara
7. Ondra Renda - Kaakha Kaakha
8. Woh Kaun Hai - Shaadi Ke Laddoo
9. Sajna - Waisa bhi hota hai
10. Urzu Durkut - Yahaan
11. Maaricham - Jillendru Oru Kaadhal
12. Laysa Laysa title
13. Lefto Righto - Anukokunda Oka Roju
14. Vaseegara...Minnale
15. Thee Thee - Donga Donga
17. Cheppamma - Murari
18. Nadiridina - Okariki Okaru
19. Nuvve Naa Swasa - Okariki Okaru
20. Snehituda - Sakhi
21. Kiss me - Shiva
22. Telusuna - Sontham
23. Mila mila - Super

Calvin's asking, what about you ?

2008-06-05T15:56:00.004+05:30

Credits: Bill Watterson

Look look !

2008-06-02T10:49:00.002+05:30

neer bharane kaise jaaoon.....

2008-05-29T00:34:00.010+05:30

"neer bharane kaise jaaoon
sakhi re mori, dagar chalath mosey karath haar sakhi
neer bharane kaise jaaoon
chanchal chapal nat hat khat
maanothi nahin kao kee baath
binathi karath main tho gayi re haar sakhi
neer bharane kaise jaaoon"