Friday, August 31, 2012
Gist of Gita
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Spiritual Words by Swami Vivekanand
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love. ~ Swami Vivekanand
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The Landing of the Curiosity on Mars’s Mountain
Curiosity landed at a site called Gale Crater, at the foot of a 3.4 mile (5.5 kilometer) high mountain. The crater spans 96 miles, an area about the size of Connecticut Rhode Island
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
The Lichtenstein Castle in Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany)
The Lichtenstein Castle Germany
Indian Citizen celebrating First Independence Day (15th August 1947)
Indian Citizen celebrating First Independence Day (15th August 1947 )
Khewra Salt Mines (Khewra, Pakistan)
Khewra Salt Mines was discovered in 326 BC, by the soldiers of Alexander. This is the second largest mine of salt rock of the world, Khewra Pakistan
Tumalo Falls in Summer
Granville Island and False Creek (Vancouver, Canada)
Lake Powell (Utah)
Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona (Most of it, along with Rainbow Bridge, is in Utah).
Conwy Castle (Wales)
Conwy Castle is a castle in Conwy, on the north coast of Wales. It was built between 1283 and 1289 during King Edward I's second campaign in North Wales.
Victoria Falls (Lying on the Border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa)
One of the seven natural wonders, Victoria Falls is the World's largest waterfall based on width. It is one mile wide and 360 feet high.
Monday, August 13, 2012
The Igloo Village of Hotel Kakslauttanen (Finland)
The Igloo Village of Hotel Kakslauttanen in
A Double Rainbow appears over Nipton Road in Searchlight, Nevada
A Double Rainbow appears after a Storm over Nipton Road Nevada
Sushil Kumar with his Olympic Silver Medal
Sushil Kumar was dehydrated and suffering from Dysentery before the Final Match.
Gold Medalists (United States) of the Man’s Basketball in the London Olympics Games 2012
Gold Medalists (United States London 12 August, 2012 in London , England
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The Inverted Tower (Sintra, Portugal)
An underground tunnel with a spiral staircase, supported by carved columns, down to the bottom of the well through nine landings. The nine holes round landings, separated by fifteen steps, evoke references to Dante's Divine Comedy, and may represent the nine circles of hell, paradise, or purgatory.
The well is connected to laberíticas caves that lead to a spooky garden surrounded by a lake.
The land that is now Quinta da Regaleira had many owners through time. But in 1892 it belonged to the Barons of Regaleira, a family of rich merchants from Porto, when it was purchased that year by Carvalho Monteiro for 25,000 réis. Monteiro wished to build a bewildering place where he could gather symbols that would reflect his interests and ideologies. With the assistance of the Italian architect Luigi Manini, he designed the 4-hectare estate with its enigmatic buildings, believed to hide symbols related to alchemy, Masonry, the Knights Templar, and the Rosicrucians. The architecture of the estate evokes Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Manueline architectural styles. The construction of the current estate commenced in 1904 and most of it was concluded by 1910.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Inspiring Words by Winston Churchill
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. ~ Winston Churchill
Bosco Verticale will be the World's First Vertical Forest (Milan, Italy)
A forest in the form of a skyscraper (Milan , Italy
The Bosco Verticale is a system that optimizes, recuperates, and produces energy. Covered in plant life, the building aids in balancing the microclimate and in filtering the dust particles contained in the urban environment (Milan Europe ). The diversity of the plants and their characteristics produce humidity, absorb CO2 and dust particles, producing oxygen and protect the building from radiation and acoustic pollution. This not only improves the quality of living spaces, but gives way to dramatic energy savings year round.
Each apartment in the building will have a balcony planted with trees that are able to respond to the city’s weather — shade will be provided within the summer, while also filtering city pollution; and in the winter the bare trees will allow sunlight to permeate through the spaces. Plant irrigation will be supported through the filtering and reuse of the grey water produced by the building. Additionally, Aeolian and photovoltaic energy systems will further promote the tower’s self-sufficiency.
The design of the Bosco Verticale is a response to both urban sprawl and the disappearance of nature from our lives and on the landscape. The architect notes that if the units were to be constructed unshackled as stand-alone units across a single surface, the project would require 50,000 square meters of land, and 10,000 square meters of woodland. Bosco Verticale is the first offer in his proposed BioMilano, which envisions a green belt created around the city to incorporate 60 abandoned farms on the outskirts of the city to be revitalized for community use.
