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Love is blind, marriage is the eye-opener.

The way of transferring funds faster than electronic banking is called marriage.

Marriage is give and take. You’d better give it to her or she’ll take it anyway.

We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.

I fell in love at first sight… I should have looked twice.

The only mistake for which people are congratulated is marriage.

Behind every successful wife, stands a surprised mother in law.

The best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once.

Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.

Marriage is like ordering your own choice from menu card in a restaurant and looking at neighbor’s table and thinking “I should have ordered that.”

US President Barack Obama declares that the Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a military operation near Islamabad in Pakistan.

Washington D.C: He made this announcement from the White House close to midnight. In his address, he stated that the terrorist was shot down in a military operation performed by the US forces near Islamabad in Pakistan.

“We got first lead on Osama in August”, said Obama. “The world’s most significant battle against terror has been won. This is a historic day for both nations (US & Pakistan). Justice has been done. No civilians or Americans were injured in the incident” guaranteed Obama.

The US force has taken custody of Osama’s body. Obama added that the US was not at war with Islam. “Bin laden was no Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims. His downfall should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity.”

Following all these reports, confirmations came from both the US administration and the CIA which lead the operation which killed Laden in Pakistan.

Osama Bin Laden tops the US most wanted list. He is accused of a number of killings, including the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001.

Source: India Syndicate/ Agencies & MSN

Chennai, April 28 IANS India’s latest advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 launched last week beamed its first set of pictures Thursday.

Resourcesat-2, Photo Courtesy: ISRO

In a statement, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the three cameras of Resourcesat-2 were switched on and high quality images were received by the National Remote Sensing Centre’s Earth Station near Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.

On April 20, an Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C16) precisely launched three satellites -

• The 1,206 kg Resourcesat-2
 
• The 92 kg Youthsat for stellar and atmospheric studies
 
• 106 kg mini satellite X-SAT for imaging applications.

Photo: Courtesy ISRO

• The X-Sat is there in the left with solar panel
 
• The ResourceSat is in the top, centre position
 
• The YouthSat is at the right in gold foil

Remote sensing satellites send back pictures and other data for use. India has the largest constellation of remote sensing satellites in the world providing imagery in a variety of spatial resolutions, from over a meter to 500 meters and is a major player in vending such data in the global market.

The data is used for several applications covering agriculture, water resources, urban development, mineral prospecting, environment, forestry, drought and flood forecasting, ocean resources and disaster management.

According to ISRO, Resourcesat-2 has multispectral cameras -

• Advanced Wide-Field Sensor (AWiFS) with 56 meter spatial resolution
  


• The Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor (LISS-III) with 23.5 meter spatial resolution
  


• LISS-IV Camera with 5.8 meter spatial resolution.

As planned by ISRO, the cameras were switched on during the satellite’s 115th orbit. The satellite pass covered a 3,000 km stretch of Indian landmass from Joshimut (in Uttarakhand) to Kannur (in Kerala).

According to ISRO, the data from Resourcesat-2 will be made available operationally to the users in few weeks time after due calibration and validation.

The satellite at the time of launch was said to have a life span of five years.

ISRO had earlier said the precise injection of Resourcesat-2 has saved around 20 kg of onboard fuel enhancing its life span.

 Easter Basket Cupcakes

Ingredients : 1 dozen cupcakes 1 bag jelly beans 2 cups white icing Sweetened coconut, colored with food coloring

Preparation:

1. Frost the cupcakes with white icing.
2. Bend a pipe cleaner or a piece of red licorice into an arch and push the ends into the sides of each cupcake.
3. In a stainless steel bowl mix the shredded coconut and food coloring and shake it well.
4. Place a pinch of shredded coconut on each iced cupcake.
5. Then place three jelly beans on the “nest” of coconut.
6. Tie a small ribbon bow on the pipe cleaner or licorice handle at a jaunty angle.
7. Put one cupcake basket by each place setting at Easter brunch.

 Brunch Pizza

Ingredients : 1 tube buttermilk biscuit dough 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 tb chopped coriander leaves 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic 1-1/2 cup of shredded part-skim mozzarella 1/3 cup grated Parmesan (cheese) Any toppings for decoration

Preparation:

1. Remove the dough from the tube and separate it into biscuits.
2. Pull apart each biscuit to make it thinner.
3. Place all the dough pieces on an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten them gently, gradually molding it to form a round shape.
4. Bake at 350º for 8 minutes, then remove the crust from the oven and allow it to get cool.
5. Mix together the oil, parsley, and garlic in a small bowl.
6. Brush this mixture over the cooled crust.
7. Cover the crust evenly with the mozzarella, then sprinkle a layer of Parmesan on top.
8. Add toppings so that the pizza looks delicious.
9. Return it to the oven until the cheese melts.
10. Serve it warm.

 Easy Easter Pie

Ingredients : 20 chopped peanut butter cups 1 large tub frozen non-dairy whipped topping, thawed 1 gram cracker crust 50 chocolate chips Jelly beans, optional Candy eggs, optional

Preparation:

1. Microwave 50 Chocó chips in microwave safe bowl until it melts.
2. Once it is melted, stir in 3 1/2 cups whipped topping until blended.
3. Spread half of chocolate mixture into pie crust, sprinkle with peanut butter cup pieces.
4. Top with remaining chocolate mixture.
5. Refrigerate 3 hours or until set.
6. Spread with remaining whipped topping just before serving.
7. Garnish each serving with candy eggs and/or jelly beans.

Today is Keralites important festival Vishu, let me tell you something about Vishu and the way we celebrated it in our house.

Vishu is a New Year festival celebrated all over in Kerala during the first month of Chingam, the harvest season in Kerala.

Vishukkani

The most important event Vishukkani is inseperable from Vishu, the first thing to be seen on the day of Vishu immediately after you wake up.

Vishukkani consists of a formal procedure of arranging items like

• raw rice
• lemon
• cucumber (should be in golden colour)
• betel leaves
• fruits you wish
• coconut
• val beans
• konnapoo(konna flowers)
• Metal mirror
• coins, rupee notes
• gold and Nilavillaku(lamp)

Some will keep all these in a uruli(vessel).It is a belief that an auspicious kani sight in the crack of dawn on the Vishu day would prove lucky for the entire year. Hence, Vishukkani is prepared with lot of care to make it the most pleasing and positive sight.

Kanikanal

Usually Vishukkani will be prepared on the night before Vishu. The elder woman in the house wakes up early and will lit the lamps by closing her eyes.

She opens her eyes to take a look at the golden scene that spreads in front by the reflection from the cucumber, gold ornaments, bronze mirror, kanikonna flower clusters and the image of Balagopala.

After her Kanikanal gets over, she wakes up other family members one by one and guides them to the Pooja Room to see Kani.

The children are brought keeping their eyes covered by her loving hand or a cloth to prevent them from opening the eyes and see the mundane before seeing the divine.

If people have cattle, thodi(Garden) at home means they will take the Kani uruli finally around the house three times.

Vishu Kaineetam

The elder one in the family will give Kaineetam to the younger ones.

The kaineetam consists of giving money along with betel leaves, Konna flowers, rice and gold where the rice, betel leaves, Konna flowers and gold are returned.

Vishu Saddhya

Saddhya(food) is a major part of all Kerala festivals. But for Vishu, Vishu Kanji and Thoran are more important. The Kanji is made of rice, coconut milk and spices.

All types of tastes should be prepared on that day. Many will prepare Veppampoo rasam(bitter), mango pachadi(sour), pradhaman(sweet), pappadam(salt).

If you desire to wish people in Malayalam spell it as “Yende hrudhayam neranja Vishu dhina aashamshagal”.

I wish you all a very Happy Vishu.

Everyone loves celebrities and of course everyone wants to be a celebrity. But unfortunately not every celebrity’s life is a celebrated one. Here we are going to see a list of some famous celebrities who passed away before their time.

Marilyn Monroe – Most Beautiful actress 

One of the most beautiful actresses ever, Marilyn Monroe was born on june 1st of 1926 as Norma Jeane Mortenson, was an American actress, singer and model.The glitz and glamour was disastrously cut short when she was discovered dead in 5 August 1962. While a lot of questions remain unanswered about her death, the world still mourns the stunning diva. She was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time in 1999.

Bruce Lee – greatest martial artist ever

Bruce Lee was a Chinese American and Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, director, film producer, scriptwriter and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement was born on 27 November 1940.Lee was very popular for his physical fitness and vigorous, dedicated fitness regimen to become as strong as he possibly could. This great and a young talented man died on 20th July 1973 when he was 32 years old.

Indira Gandhi – world’s longest serving female Prime Minister

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, the third Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, a total of fifteen years.She remains the world’s longest serving female Prime Minister as of 2011. She was also the only Indian Prime Minister to have declared an emergency in order to ‘rule by decree’ and the only Indian Prime Minister to have been imprisoned.

Rajiv Gandhi – youngest Prime Minister of India

		Rajiv Ratna Gandhi, the sixth Prime Minister of India was serving from October 1984 to December 1989.He took office after his mother Indira Gandhi’s assassination on October 31, 1984. He himself was assassinated on May 21, 1991.
He was the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.

Benazir Bhutto – Pakistan’s only female Prime Minister

Benazir Bhutto, the first Prime Minister to lead a muslim state from 1988–1990 and from 1993–1996. She was Pakistan’s only female Prime Minister as of 2011. She was the wife of current Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. On 27 December 2007, Bhutto was killed while leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh.

Shobha – fantastic actress with a beaming smile

		Shobha (23 September 1962 – 1 May 1980) was an Indian film actress.She won the National award for Best Actress for her role in the Tamil film Pasi at a young age of 18. She started her career as a child artist in the film Udyogastha. Her first film as a heroine was Utrada Raatri. Shobha’s real name was “Mahalakshmi”.
Shobha committed suicide after shooting for the movie Pasi, directed by Balu Mahendra whom she was married to.

Divya Bharti – A Lost Angel

Lived up to 19, this alluring actress Divya Bharati died in 1993 after a fall from her 5th floor apartment.Her death still remains a mystery. Though many in film circles believe it was a suicide after a fight with her husband Sajid Nadiadwalla, police could not come to any concrete conclusion. The investigation into the circumstances of her death was closed in 1998.

Soundarya – a versatile actress and philanthropist

A versatile actress and philanthropist, Soundarya had acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, many number of Telugu films and a Bollywood film before death rushed her away in an unfortunate plane crash happened in April 2004, when the four-seater plane Cessna 180 caught fire immediately after take-off. She was on her way to Andhra Pradesh to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Princess Diana – most photographed woman of her time

Diana, Princess of Wales, the most beautiful princess ever.She also haves the credit of the most photographed woman of her time. Diana’s life was a contrast to her astonishing beauty. Diana was fatally injured in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. Princess lived up to 36.

Michael jackson – King of Pop

No need of any introduction for him, even a small child will know him very well without any introduction. His talents were so great; his Moonwalk reached the top position on The New York Times best sellers’ list. This king of pop expired on June 25, 2009. After his death, Jackson became the best-selling artist of 2009 in United States.

All Comtemposians wishing Happy Birthday to you sundari Sending birthday blessings filled with love and peace and joy wishing sweetest things happen right before your eyes….

All Comtemposians wishing happy birthday to “siva Gopi”…..

Youth is a circumstance you can’t do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.

Today morning while coming, I happened to see a baby looking at me and smiling, what a cute smile it was, there was a lot of innocence and cuteness hidden in that smile, which made me forget all my stress, tension everything for a while, hence I thought to share some cute photos of smiling babies with you all to make you all feel as such.

It is of course a magic that on by having a look at these pictures definitely you all will be able to forget your stress, angry everything at least for a while. Let us go into that awesome magic.

Cute smile with two teeth!!!!!!!!!!

Even a Bathing baby also looks cute!!!!!

What a style the baby is having!!!!

When babies cry also they will look cute, this picture is a good example for that.

See how naughty it is to peep out from the blanket.

Very cute know!!! The way the baby stands looks awesome!!!!

Still didn’t feel the magic? See this video definitely you will feel the magic.

Hope, this post would have made you all feel happy!!

After ten years of struggle, finally ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers which is monitoring internet related tasks such as domain register, managing IP addresses) has approved creation of .xxx domain which is like .com, .org, .Sport, .food. Initially the approval was given in 2005 but it was repealed due to protest from political groups. In 2010, board of US adjudicators said, ICANN made a mistake in disagree with the endorsement of the domain. The total number of .xxx domain for pre-register is more than 110,000. The approval of .xxx domain is nearly like online red-light neighborhood.

As we know there will be followers and criticizers for every issue. Like that in this issue, followers are saying that, it will be easy to filter out the irrelevant sites and contents, but many pornographers are worrying that their content may move off.

Clinton words about the .xxx domain issue are “Urging the international crowd to try to use technology and their positions around it to build physical and financial infrastructure systems for poorer nations.”