Three eclipses in a month

• Solar eclipse : Sun ---- Moon ------Earth


• Lunar eclipse : Sun----- Earth ------ Moon

Solar eclipses take place on new moon day (Sun-Moon-Earth). Lunar eclipses take place on full moon days (Sun-Earth-Moon) which happens 15 days before and 15 days after new moon. Eclipses do not always happen, because the moon is either above or below the ecliptic plane (the plane in which the earth orbits). If, however, it is in the plane during a new moon, it is very likely to be still close to the plane during the following full moon. Hence, normally solar and lunar eclipses come together.

Equations to find eclipses

"equations" are easily available in astronomy books (

1. Our panchangam (which is started more than 5000 years) can also be used to find the past eclipses with the equations...


2. As per panchangam, when rahu & ketu are closure to moon or sun accordingly lunar eclipses & solar eclipses will be formed.


3. Timings and features of eclipses will be similar for the eclipse which is forming after 27 years from the current .


4. simple ones like Duffet-Smith on Astronomy calculations using a pocket calculator gives the formulae.


5. No ancient text (including as late as Aryabhatta's works) are able to predict eclipses accurately. This is because the motion of the moon is extremely complex as it is affected by the Earth and the Sun.


6. The end of the 19th century that Delauny correctly calculated perturbation terms to predict lunar motion.


7. Empirical observations like the Saros cycle (which can be used to make reasonable predictions about eclipses), they were known about 5000 years ago.

Mahabharatha says there were 3 eclipses in the same month... Few years back scientists/archiologists have found from research that that civilization was there around 5000years back...Mahabharatha war says it started around nov/dec... Since bheema died in jan 14-15.. (uttarayana).. Previous months there were 3 eclipses... at the same time our panchangam (which is started more than 5000 years) can also be used to find the past eclipses with the equations...

These eclipses were accurately predicted using mathematical calculations 1000s of years back much before Kepler rediscovered the equations.

August 6th is the 3rd eclipse and on next day August 7th, at 12hrs and 34 mins and 56 seconds another very rare thing happens. The time at that point will be 123456789 or12:34:56 07/08/09. It happens only once. Maybe related?

Monsoon, Madagascar coast & Mascarenas High

The south-west monsoon travels thousands of kilometres from its place of origin off the Madagascar coast to Somalia from where it gets deflected to India to its retreat to Tibet in September and its final dissipation in Madagascar again -- a journey transcending continents, cultures and different climates.

1. The monsoon is born due to a high pressure area called the Mascarenas High.


2. The moisture laden currents then travel northwards to the African country of Somalia


3. From Somalia a jet stream formed in the month of May brings monsoon from Somalia to India.


4. Met officials explained the reason why India attracts the south-west monsoon from Madagascar:


5. The land in Indian subcontinent heats up in the month of May in summers but the ocean surrounding it does not heat up as fast as the land.


6. The hot air over the land mass rises creating a low pressure area.


7. The air from the high pressure area rushes to fill the void created by low pressure.


8. The jet stream brings moisture laden winds from high pressure area to India, hitting from south-west direction. That's why the monsoon is called `south-west monsoon'.


9. This south-west monsoon enters India through two areas


10. -- winds that gather moisture over the Arabian Sea lash the Western Ghats


11. ---those collecting moisture over the Bay of Bengal hit north-eastern states.


12. This further brings rain to West Bengal and Bihar. Both the streams merge over Central India to power the monsoon towards UP, Delhi and Jammu.


13. However, by this time the winds lose most of their moisture, hence northern states receive less rain than coastal areas. The last place to be hit by monsoon in India is west Rajasthan.


14. The monsoon starts withdrawing from the month of September. As temperature starts dropping in September, a high pressure area gets formed over Tibet, known as Tibetan High.


15. The anti-cyclone movement over this area pushes the winds coming from Bay of Bengal to assume an easterly direction, creating an easterly tropical jet which takes the winds back to the coast of Madagascar where it finally sinks into Mascarenas High the place of its inception.

The entire cycle of formation and departure is going on for thousands of years

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lucknow/Monsoon-in-UP-delayed-by-a-week/articleshow/4664396.cms

Sania's betrothal

`Sohrab who?' here goes: he is the son of Adil Mirza and Noora Begum, owners of the Universal Bakers chain in the city, which is popular with the hip set. Sohrab, 23, is a year older than Sania. After a B Com from St Mary's College, he took admission in a British university for an MBA. He is expected to fly to UK soon.

Adil's father, Samad Shakebai, better known as Samad Seth, is an Iranian businessman. Early in his career in Hyderabad, he was a caterer to Prince Azam Jah, the eldest son of the last Nizam. He married into Hyderabadi nobility - Shaheda Begum. While Seth set up restaurants, Begum was involved in social work, essentially girls' education. They have three sons - Kamran, Nariman and Adil, and a daughter. The family is now into real estate business.

http://greatandhra.com/ganews/viewnews.php?id=13893&cat=1&scat=4

INDIAN MP Qualifications, assets

• More than 300 MPs have assets worth over a crore in the new Lok Sabha.
• the Congress has 137 crorepatis, the BJP has 58.
• The richest MP is Telugu Desam Party's Namma Nageshwara Rao from Andhra Pradesh. He is worth Rs 173 crore.
• The combined assets of Indian MPs stand at Rs 3,075 crore. That is in a country where 28 crore people live below the poverty line.
• The poorest MP is Congress' Chandrahas Mahant, who won from Korba in Chhattisgarh. He has to his credit just Rs 12,000.
• The number of MPs with criminal antecedents has gone up to 153
• BJP list of criminal candidates with 42.
• Congress is a close second with 41.
• Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 31 of which 22 face serious charges.
• Maharashtra is second with 23.
• There is only one illiterate MP in the new Lok Sabha -- Pakodilal from Robertsganj in Uttar Pradesh.
• There are 130 postgraduate MPs and 23 MPs with doctoral degrees.
• The number of graduates is 237 while 47 have completed higher-secondary education.
• There are 300 MPs with liabilities. The man with the maximum liability is from Andhra Pradesh: Congeress' L Rajagopal with Rs 8 crore.
• There are 29 Muslim MPs now. In 2004, the number stood at 35.
• 369 parties -- including seven national parties -- contested the Lok Sabha polls 2009, but only 37 parties could open their account.

reference : www.rediff.com

Dreams of a militant

......On the surface, my life goes on as a happily married mother in an affluent Sydney suburb who enjoys reading, travelling and gardening. .....But often, in my dreams, I am being chased by soldiers or hanging off the side of a cliff, unable to save myself. It has taken me a long time not to panic when I hear a helicopter overhead

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/5283438/Life-as-a-female-Tamil-Tiger-guerilla-relived-by-one-of-first-female-soldiers.html

Natural Breathing

· The Tao of Natural Breathing:

o Our inhalation and exhalation cycle

o is 12-14 times a minute when we are awake

o 6-8 times a minute when we are asleep.

o A baby breathes at about twice these rates.

o Breath have its regular cycle, it can change radically with different activities.

§ After extreme physical activity it can go up to 100 times a minute.

§ But serious and correct breathers can breathe four to eight times a minute, as they take in more oxygen and expel more carbon dioxide with each exhalation and inhalation.

· Patanjali Yoga Sutra

o This is the Three Step Rhythmic Breathing (3 SRB)—

o Three steps being:

1. Technique

2. Volume

3. Rhythm.

o In 3 SRB,

§ The chest and abdomen have to rise and fall simultaneously

§ Lungs filled to normal capacity

o The correct rhythm followed, involving

§ 3 Seconds to inhale

§ 2 Seconds to exhale.

o Contents of air

1. A life-sustaining force in the air

2. oxygen

3. nitrogen

4. carbon dioxide

5. Taoists also discovered ions—floating charged particles.

o The air high up in the mountains has the maximum concentration of ions.

o That is why, apart from the serenity and isolation, many Taoists lived in the mountains of China.

o The most important are negative ions, which supply the electric current within our body's cells.

o In the cities nowadays, these ions are depleted by pollution and constricting spaces. Any depletion in these negative ions makes us weak and depressed.

o Research has shown that ionizers in space capsules keep the astronauts alert and energized.Evidently, the movement of breath regulates the body.

Notes from:

http://www.lifepositive.com/body/body-holistic/breath/healthy-breathing.asp

Prominent businessmen Jump into elections

India has a history of entrepreneurs seeking to walk the corridors of power, but not many have taken the electoral route, opting to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha.

This election has seen prominent businessmen or executives jump into the fray, largely spurred by a public resentment for traditional politicians following the 26 November terror attack in Mumbai.

But no state has seen a surge as in Andhra Pradesh shift from funding political parties to actually fighting the grime comes from a turn of heart.

• At least 19 entrepreneurs and executives of listed or privately held companies are contesting for Lok Sabha in AP
• The list doesn’t include smaller businessmen or contractors in the fray for the 294 assembly seats.
  
• Infrastructure moguls, film producers, media barons, software entrepreneurs—everyone is there, waving party flags, making speeches.
• founder-chairman of Lanco Group, L. Rajagopal Rao, Already a Congress member of Parliament
• film producer Vamshi Mohan, a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate. Vijayawada
• Vice precident of ABN Amro: Meera Sanyal, executive vice-president and country head of investment bank ABN Amro Bank NV, has taken a sabbatical to fight the election as an independent candidate from Mumbai South, the seat of the November attacks.
• Deccan Aviation Pvt Ltd, Bangalore: G.R. Gopinath, who pioneered low-fare airlines in India with Deccan Aviation Pvt. Ltd, contested from Bangalore South, also as an independent candidate.
• Four Soft Ltd :“giving back to society” according to Palem Srikanth Reddy, managing director of software firm Four Soft Ltd contesting the Kadapa constituency on a TDP ticket.
• He is taking on chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s son Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, a Congress candidate and owner of a Telugu daily and a news channel, apart from cement and power plants.
• Madhucon Projects Ltd,TDP candidate Nama Nageswara Rao, managing director of Vs candidate in Khammam, Renuka Chowdhury
• Geetha Arts - Chairmen Allu Arvind
• Surya Telugu Daily chairman, N Surya Prakash Rao
• Progressive constructions Ltd, Chairman Kavuri Subba rao
• Jayalaxmi Group Chairma, Rayapati Sambasiva rao
• Sakshi Daily, TV : YS Jagan Mohan S/o CM of AP
• Vignan group , Chairman Lavu Rattaiah
• Nandi Group Chairman, SPY Reddy
• Balaji Group, Magunta Srinivasulu reddy
• Real estate, Malakondaiah yadav
• Visaka Industries, Dr G. vivekanand
• Jayabheri Group, & film personality Murali Mohan
• Gopala Krishna Granites & film personality U.V Krishnam Raju
• Color chips: Sudhish Rambotla
• VBC Group, MVSS Murthy
  
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http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/06002503/Andhra-entrepreneurs-seek-poli.html?h=A1
http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/06002503/28126AAD-8839-4F7A-AEAC-44E6CD29AE94ArtVPF.pdf