In a landmark discovery, scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon, courtesy ISRO and India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I, the NASA said on Thursday.
Instruments aboard three separate spacecrafts, one of them the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, a NASA instrument onboard Chandrayaan-I revealed water molecules in amounts that are greater than predicted, but still relatively small, it added.
"Water ice on the moon has been something of a holy grail for lunar scientists for a very long time," said Jim Green, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
"This surprising finding has come about through the ingenuity, perseverance and international cooperation between NASA and the India Space Research Organisation," he said.
From its perch in lunar orbit, NASA said M3's state-of-the-art spectrometer measured light reflecting off the moon's surface at infrared wavelengths, splitting the spectral colours of the lunar surface into small enough bits to reveal a new level of detail in surface composition.
When the M3 science team analysed data from the instrument, they found the wavelengths of light being absorbed were consistent with the absorption patterns for water molecules and hydroxyl.
"For silicate bodies, such features are typically attributed to water and hydroxyl-bearing materials," Carle Pieters, M3's principal investigator from Brown University said.
She added that by 'water on the moon,' they did not mean lakes, oceans or even puddles. Water on the moon means molecules of water and hydroxyl that interact with molecules of rock and dust specifically in the top millimeters of the moon's surface.
I had a trip in the last weekend to Chennai (one of the hottest city I went in my life) . I started Friday evening from Bangalore by bus, It costs around 450/- only, Be prepared otherwise you may end with giving more money to travel agents
Travel Cost
By travels bus 450 - 550 Rs
By KSRTC (karnataka)
Sheetal A/c 420/-
Volvo/Rajahamsa 800
By TN Bus 250 most reasonable
And it took around 6 hrs to reach koyambedu bus stand, This is the place where all the buses final destination. Be alert.. Don't go directly to auto rikshaw guys they will squeeze you in a good shape.. Call ur friend and get the guidence.. My friend came to koyambedu picked up me in to his place named ambal nagar. Because this city one of the oldest city, the authorities planned excellently lead to widest roads and 4 lane roads which gives a nice ride even the city having a huge number of vehicles. <<Mareena Beach we planned to go lot of places in the very next day but the plans ended with the visit to mareena beach one of tsunami worst hit beaches in Asia. We reached, me with my friend suveen around 5:00PM. Because of Sunday there where huge crowd gathered there. The we can find a big number of pani-poori sellers, fruit vendors and seashells sellers e.t.c.. And we saw a huge number of people enjoying in the lap of sea. We took a lot of photos from there. Due to the fasting I were tired so much. And after the breaking of fasting and prayers we returned from mareena beach around 7:30 PM
Return journey was very good, It was in the a/c bus of karnataka. Which costs around 420 rs. I met one animator in the bus(name I forget) who working for Dream world which is a venture from Steven Spielberg.. As per his suggestion following thins will be interested for animation lovers
Great animation pictures
Shrek 1to 3 (shrek-4 is in making)
Wall-e
Finding nemo
Largely using software for animation - Maya
Guidelines to freshers in Animation stream
Join in small companies who working in animation field as an animator or compositor. There you will get multiple roles other than your designation and ready to occupy yourself. Then decide your own area of specialization. Get into those area when chance arrives.
ALLAH, on this day make my fasts the fasts of those who fast (sincerely), and my standing up in prayer of those who stand up in prayer (obediently), awaken me in it from the sleep of the heedless, and forgive me my sins , O God of the worlds, and forgive me, O one who forgives the sinners.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 2
ALLAH, on this day, take me closer towards Your pleasure, keep me away from Your anger and punishment, grant me the opportunity to recite Your verses (of the Qur'an), by Your mercy, O the most Merciful.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 3
ALLAH, on this day, grant me wisdom and awareness, keep me away from foolishness and pretension, grant me a share in every blessing You send down, by You generosity, O the most Generous.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 4
ALLAH, on this day, strengthen me in carrying out Your commands, let me taste the sweetness of Your remembrance, grant me, through Your graciousness, that I give thanks to You. Protect me, with Your protection and cover, O the most discerning of those who see.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 5
ALLAH, on this day, place me among those who seek forgiveness. Place me among Your righteous and obedient servants, and place me among Your close friends, by Your kindness, O the most Merciful.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 6
ALLAH, on this day, do not let me abase myself by incurring Your disobedience, and do not strike me with the whip of Your punishment, keep me away from the causes of Your anger, by and Your power, O the ultimate wish of those who desire.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 7
ALLAH, on this day, help me with its fasts and prayers, and keep me away from mistakes and sins of the day, grant me that I remember You continuously through the day, by Your assistance, O the Guide of those who stray.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 8
ALLAH, on this day, let me have mercy on the orphans, and feed [the hungry], and spread peace, and keep company with the noble-minded, O the shelter of the hopeful.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 9
ALLAH, on this day, grant me a share from Your mercy which is wide, guide me towards Your shining proofs, lead me to Your all encompassing pleasure, by Your love, O the hope of the desirous.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 10
ALLAH, on this day, make me, among those who rely on You, from those who You consider successful, and place me among those who are near to you, by Your favor, O goal of the seekers.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 11
ALLAH, on this day, make me love goodness, and dislike corruption and disobedience, bar me from anger and the fire [of Hell], by Your help, O the helper of those who seek help
Ramadan Dua: DAY 12
ALLAH, on this day, beautify me with covering and chastity, cover me with the clothes of contentment and chastity, let me adhere to justice and fairness, and keep me safe from all that I fear, by Your protection, O the protector of the frightened.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 13
ALLAH, on this day, purify me from un-cleanliness and dirt, make me patient over events that are decreed, grant me the ability to be pious, and keep company with the good, by Your help, O the beloved of the destitute.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 14
ALLAH, on this day, do not condemn me for slips, make me decrease mistakes and errors, do not make me a target for afflictions and troubles, by Your honor, O the honor of the Muslims.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 15
Ramadan Dua: DAY 16
ALLAH, on this day, grant me compatibility with the good, keep me away from patching up with the evil, lead me in it, by Your mercy, to the permanent abode, by Your God ship, O the God of the worlds.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 17
ALLAH, on this day, guide me towards righteous actions, fulfill my needs and hopes, O One who does not need explanations nor questions, O One who knows what is in the chests of the (people of the) world. Bless Muhammad and his family, the Pure.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 18
ALLAH, on this day, make me love goodness, and dislike corruption and disobedience, bar me from anger and the fire [of Hell], by Your help, O the helper of those who seek help.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 19
ALLAH, on this day, multiply for me its blessings, and ease my path towards its bounties, do not deprive me of the acceptance of its good deeds, O the Guide towards the clear truth.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 20
ALLAH, on this day, open for me the doors of the heavens, and lock the doors of Hell from me, help me to recite the Qur'an, O the One who sends down tranquility into the hearts of believers.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 21
ALLAH, on this day, show me the way to win Your pleasure, do not let Shaytan have a means over me, make Paradise an abode and a resting place for me, O the One who fulfills the requests of the needy.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 22
ALLAH, on this day, open for me the doors of Your Grace, send down on me its blessings, help me towards the causes of Your mercy, and give me a place in the comforts of Paradise, O the one who answers the call of the distressed.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 23
ALLAH, on this day, wash away my sins, purify me from all flaws, examine my heart with (for) the piety of the hearts, O One who overlooks the shortcomings of the sinners.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 24
ALLAH, on this day, I ask You for what pleases You, and I seek refuge in You from what displeases You, I ask You to grant me the opportunity to obey You and not disobey You, O One who is generous with those who ask
Ramadan Dua: DAY 25
ALLAH, on this day, make me among those who love Your friends, and hate Your enemies, following the way of Your last Prophet, O the Guardian of the hearts of the Prophets.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 26
ALLAH, on this day, make my efforts worthy of appreciation, and my sins forgiven, my deeds accepted, my flaws concealed, O the best of those who hear.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 27
ALLAH, on this day, bestow on me the blessings of Laylatul Qadr, change my affairs from (being) difficult to (being) easy, accept my apologies, and decrease for me [my] sins and burdens, O the Compassionate with His righteous servants.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 28
ALLAH, on this day, grant me a share in its nawafil (recommended prayers), honor me by attending to my problems, make closer the means to approach You, from all the means, O One who is not preoccupied by the requests of the beseechers.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 29
O ALLAH, on this day, cover me with Your mercy, grant me in it success and protection, purify my heart from the darkness of false accusations, O the Merciful to His believing servants.
Ramadan Dua: DAY 30
O ALLAH, on this day, make my fasts worthy of appreciation and acceptance, according to what pleases You, and pleases the Messenger, the branches being strengthened by the roots, for the sake of our leader, Muhammad, and his purified family. Praise be to ALLAH, the Lord of the worlds.
The Prophet (PBUH) said "Pass on knowledge from me even if it is only one verse"
The ban on vehicle movement on the two national highways passing through the Bandipur National Park will come into effect from Wednesday. This follows a direction from the Karnataka High Court. According to the order, vehicles will not be allowed on National Highway 212 (Mysore-Gundlupet-Sultan Battery) and NH 67 (Gundlupet-Ooty) from 9 pm to 6 am.
Accordingly, the journey to Ooty will now be via Gundlupet. Likewise, those going to Sultan Battery from Mysore will go via Hunsur, Ponnampet and Kalpetta. Which may take 100Km extra to reach sulthan battery In the interests of passengers, two vehicles each from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka will be allowed to pass through the national park after 9 pm from both directions. As per the details available, around 15-20 vehicles pass through Bandipur National Park every minute. More than 100 trucks carrying vegetables from Mysore and Chamarajanagar and 250-300 sand laden trucks pass through this park every day.
The Congress MP from Kerala, M I Shanavas, on Tuesday sought the Union government’s intervention to lift the ban on nocturnal vehicular traffic on National Highway-212 that passes through Bandipur National Park.
Shanavas told the LS that the NH-212 links Wayanad and Calicut in Kerala with Chamarajnagar in Karnataka and the High Court’s ban on nocturnal traffic had caused severe inconveniences for the people of both the States.
He said that the Centre should intervene and get the Karnataka government take appropriate steps to lift the ban.
tail end: expecting more bans from HC, SC or UN for air transortation due to the killing of birds. :)
Single occurrence This java program helps to find the occurrence of a string in a file. It will print the location of the string in the console as output. You can use this program as append with the web application you developing or as a separate stand alone program
Expected input : file name, Search String
Code: Given the utility method only public void searchString(String fileName, String searchText) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); String line=null; try { BufferedReader reader =new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName));
//Reads until the end-of-file met while( null != ( line = reader.readLine() ) ){
multiple occurrence of the String in a file By fine tuning the above program you can find the multiple occurrence of the String in a file by using the method given below. The input for the program is the individual lines getting from the file using the method readLine() private Boolean ifWordsExists(String line, String searchText, SearchBean fo) throws IOException { StringBuffer bf = null; int index = 0; Boolean flag = false; if (line.indexOf(searchText) > -1) { flag = true;
} return flag; } Here it will returns the value true if the string find in the line supplied. And after setting the founded line in array list you can display it on the web application
We can step into the world of java by this simple program
class JavaDemo{
public static void main(String Args[])
{
System.out.println("HelloWorld!");
}
}
Line1: Every java program starts with class keyword and followed by user defined class names
Line2: * public: The method can be accessed outside the class / package * static: You need not have an instance of the class to access the method * void: Your application need not return a value, as the JVM launcher would return the value when it exits * main(): This is the entry point for the application
Line 3: curly braces opens here or just immediately after method name
Line4 : Printing the String constant into the console
Line5 : close the bracket for method
Line 6 : close the bracket for class JavaDemo
In order to run this program you have to compile this program into bytecode by the command ->javac JavaDemo.java And Run the program by typing the below command -> java JavaDemo You can see the following output HelloWorld!
J2EE Its really VAST but not WASTE :) I cant say while updating this blog, how many new components being adding to the J2EE stuff or how many component's version number changing in upward or downward.. Really it is saying by the geeks that we are in the changing world. Really technology changing in fast pace. But if we simply say, this list for j2ee is huge still growing never shrinking.. You have to update yourself in the newest technologies to stay in this stardom. Naming few here in the following list. By clicking on the individual item you can get a birds-eye-view of the related technology.
In addition to this a J2ee developer have to be well versed in the technologies related fundas design pattern, XML, Application/web servers and many many more. I think everybody scared of being in to the java technology by seeing this list. Instead of they being into .net or database and many more.
The natural scenic beauty of Wayanad and its rich natural resources offer several opportunities for adventure tourism. The hills rocks and valley which make the very unique character of Wayanad provide a lot for catering to the ever increasing demand for adventure tourist.
There three big towns are there in wayanad. Named sulthan battery, Mananthvady and Kalpetta. Below listing the tourist centers nearest to these towns
Sulthan Battery
EdakkalCaves The Edakkal Caves are at Ambukutty Mala. It is a pre-historic rock shelter formed naturally out of a strange disposition of three huge boulders making one to rest on the other two with its bottom jutting out in between and serving as the roof. ‘Edakkal’ in Malayalam literally means a stone in between.
The discovery of the cave and its identification as a prehistoric site were quite accidental by F. Fawcett, the then superintendent of police. An enthusiast in pre-history, Fawcett went around exploring the Wayanad high ranges which eventually led to the discovery of the Edakkal rock-shelter in 1894. He identified the site as a habitat of neolithic people on the basis of the nature of representations on the cave walls, which appeared to him as engravings made of neolithics celts.
Edakkal rock engravings stand out distinct among the magnitude of prehistoric visual archives of paintings and graphic signs all over the world. It is the world's richest pictographic gallery of its kind.
Kuruva Dweep 950 acres of evergreen forest surrounded by east flowing river, Kabani. Rare species of birds, orchids and herbs are sovereigns of this supernatural kingdom. It is 17kms. east of Mananthavady and 45 kms. north-west of Sulthan Bathery.
SulthanBatheryJainTemple It is generally known as Tippu's Fort and situated at Sulthan Bathery town. Tippu used this temple as the Battery of his army.
Kalpetta
Chembra peak Trekking to the Chembra peak is one of the risky tourist endeavours. Chembra peak is the highest peak in Wayanad at 2100m. above mean sea level. It is14 kms. west of Kalpetta. Trekking to the top of this peak takes almost a day. Tourists can also stay one or two days at the top of the peak in temporary camps. District Tourism Promotion Council provides guides, sleeping bags, canvass huts trekking implements on hire charges to the tourists. The scenic beauty of Wayanad which is visible from the top of Chembra is very challenging and thrilling. The blue eyed water in the lake at the top of the hill never dries up even in the peak of summer. All along the steep and slippery way to the top of the hill, the whispering of the flowing spring which sprouts from the top of the hill accompanies the tourist. If he is fortunate enough, on his way he may come across a passing wild beast, may be a leopard who may instantly hide behind the bushes. Camping in the night with camp fire and sleeping bags at the top of the peak in shivering cold is everlasting experience.Trekking equipments are available at Tourist Information Centre, Kalpetta.
Banasura Dam The largest earth dam in India, 15 kms north-west of Kalpetta. This large expanse of water bounded except on one side with magnificant hills has heavenly charm.
PuliyarMalaJainTemple It is 5 kms noth of Kalpetta. This temple is devoted for Anantha natha Swami, one of the saints of Jaina faith. PallikunnuChurch It is 12 kms. north of Kalpetta. The famous festival is in the month of January. Varambetta Mosque It is the oldest mosque in Wayanad (300 years old), situated 15 kms. south-east of Kalpetta, near Padinjarathara
Meppadi
Meenmutty Water Fall 12 kms. east of Meppadi. Water falls to a depth of more than 500m. in 3 steps.
Sentinal Rock(Soochipara) Water Fall at Soochipara near Meppadi 22 kms. south of Kalpetta. A three step water fall of more than 200m inheight with a fantastic scenary provides for white water rafting, swimming, bathing, etc., The tree top huts at Soochipara will give unique view of the valleys of Western Ghats. It is also an ideal place for rock climbing
Kanthan Para Water Fall a beautiful water fall of about 30m. in height, 8 km east of Meppadi and 12 kms. south-east of Kalpetta
Mananthavady
Pakshipathalam Pakshipathalam in Bramha Giri hills at Thirunelly is a challenging tourist spot. It is 7 kms. north-east of Thirunelly temple and is situated 1740m. above mean sea level. To reach 'Pakshipathalam', 17 kms. have to be covered through wild forest. The deep rock caves formed among the thick blocks of rocks at the northern top end of the Brahmagiri is the abode of various birds and wild beasts. To go to 'Pakshipathalam' special permission has to be obtained from forest department. DTPC (District Tourism Promotion Council) arranges vehicle, guides, camping apparatus etc. to the tourists on hire charges.
ThirunellyTemple It is known as 'Thekkan Kasi', of Kerala. It is believed, that a dip in the river Papanasini, running crystal clear down hill, wipes one off all sins. Thirunelly is 30 kms. north-east of Manathavady.
Valliyoorkav Temple It is 3 kms. east of Mananthavady. The 10 day festival during the month of March-April is very famous
Pazhassi Tourist Resort The DTPC has organised a park at Kabani river side, 1 km. south of Mananthavady. Boating in Kabani River Children's park, children's traffic park and sales counter for handicrafts and spices are arranged here.
Pazhassi Memorial The body of Veera Pazhassi, the Lion of Kerala who organised a guerilla war against the British East Indian Company is buried at Mananthavady, which is 32 km north east of Kalpetta.
Jain Temples at Panamaram These ruined Jain Temples are situated within 5 kms. North-east of Panamaram.
Vythiri
PookotLake Tourist Resort This resort in Vythiri is the most sought - after tourist spot of Wayanad. Boating facilities are arranged to the very vast natural lake which lies in the lap of surrounding mountains. Thicks bushes and tall trees along the path round the lake gives a calm spiritual atmosphere. A fresh-water aquarium with wide varieties of fishes is managed by Fisheries Department. Children's park and shopping centre for handicrafts and spices of Wayanad are arranged by DTPC .
LakkidiGhatPass It is the Gate Way of Wayanad above the ThamarasseryGhatPass of western ghat, at an elevation of 700m above mean sea level. Deep valley to the south with winding roads through thick forest attract many. It is 55 kms. east of Kozhikode and 5 kms. south of Vythiri
Rivers: Kabani river, one of the three east flowing rivers of Kerala, is an important tributary of the river Cauvery. Kabani and its tributaries constitute a powerful river system in the land scape of Wayanad. Panamaram rivulet takes its origin from the perennial lake called, 'Pookode lake'. It flows swiftly through mountain gorges and joined by other streams, tumbles down into Panamaram valley. Six kilometres further from Panamaram, this river joins with the Mananthavady rivulet, originating from the lower regions of the peak 'Thondarmudi'. From this confluence onwards, the river is known as Kabani, a mighty, perennial river which after entering KarnadakaState, joins with the river Cauvery. Almost entire Wayanad is drained by the Kabani river and its tributaries, namely, Panamaram river, Mananthavady river and Thirunelli river.
