AVOID THESE MUSCLE MISTAKES

Gaining strength is easy when you first start hitting the gym. “Your muscles go through a learning process, so almost anything you do triggers growth,” says Mike Boyle, ATC. “But eventually your muscles adapt and improvements level off, and you have to train smarter to see results.” Hit the refresh button by purging your fitness plan of these common pitfalls.

Mistake 1: You don’t train your legs
Most guys’ workouts are top-heavy. A sign of true fitness is a muscular backside. The largest muscles, including the glutes, are in your lower body. Training them releases hormones that build size and strength everywhere else. Try this: The elevated back-foot split squat. Hold a bar across your upper back using an overhand grip. Assume a staggered stance, with your left foot forward and your right foot back and on a six-inch step. Lower your body as far as you can and then push back up to the starting position. Do 10 reps, switch legs and repeat. That’s one set; do three.

Mistake 2: You run too much
Logging km isn’t a total waste of time, but it’s close. This is because your body adapts quickly to repetitive movement, and that’s running in a nutshell. Plus, running doesn’t activate your fast twitch muscle fibres, which are great fat burners and body builders. Try this: Intervals-short bursts of intense activity followed by active rest. Set a treadmill to an eight per cent incline and run for 30 seconds. Then rest for one minute. Do this 10 times. This type of training leads to gains in aerobic and anaerobic performance that are significantly greater than with steady-state cardio, according to a recent Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research study.

Mistake: 3 You lift too slowly
Explosive lifting leads to fast gains. It activates more fast-twitch muscle fibres, which have the greatest growth potential. So lift like you mean it. You’ll also crank up your heart rate, inadvertently increasing the number of calories you burn. Try this: Do the lifting phase of each exercise as fast as possible. (The actual speed doesn’t matter. As long as the movement is explosive, your body will recruit fast-twitch fibres.) Then take at least two seconds to lower the weight.

Mistake 4: You stay in a comfort zone
Professional athletes don’t sharpen their game simply by working on their strengths-they also eliminate weaknesses. So should you. Try this: Perform compound exercises (that is, moves that target multiple muscles), like deadlifts, chinups and dips. They’re some of the toughest exercises you can do, and you can’t make serious gains without them. Boost your results with the instant exercise upgrade on this page.

HALF MAN

HALF MAN The Story of Peng Shuilin In life we keep complaining about what is or why we don’t have. Half the time we seem dissatisfied, though full-bodied and free to choose. Fat people say,”I want to be slim.” Skinny people say,”I want to be fatter.” Poor people want to be rich and rich are never satisfied with what they have.PENG Shuilin is 78cms high. He was born in Hunan Province, China. In 1995, in Shenzhen, a freight truck sliced his body in half. His lower body and legs were beyond repairSurgeons sewed up his torso. Peng Shuilin, 37, spent nearly two years in hospital in Shenzhen, southern China, undergoing a series of operations to re-route nearly every major organ or system inside his body. Peng kept exercising his arms, building up strength, washing his face and brushing his teeth. He Survived against all odds. Now Peng Shulin has astounded doctors by learning to walk again after a decade.Considering Peng’s plight, doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Centre in Beijing devised an ingenious way to allow him to walk on his own, creating a sophisticated egg cup-like casing to hold his body, with two bionic legs attached. It took careful consideration, skilled measurement and technical expertise. Peng has been walking the corridors of Beijing Rehabilitation Centre with the aid of his specially adapted legs and a resized walking frame. RGO is a precipitating gait orthosis, attached to a prosthetic socket bucket. There is a cable attached to both legs so when one goes forward, the other goes backwards. Rock to the side, add a bit of a twist and the leg without the weight on it advances, while the other one stays still, giving a highly efficient way of ambulation. Oh so satisfying to ‘walk’ again after ten years with half a body! Hospital vice-president Lin Liu said: “We’ve just given him a checkup; he is fitter than most men his age.” Peng Shuilin has opened his own bargain supermarket, called the Half Man-Half Price Store. The inspirational 37-year-old has become a businessman and is used as a role model for other amputees. At just 2ft 7ins tall, he moves around in a wheelchair giving lectures on recovery from disability. His attitude is amazing, he doesn’t complain. “He had good care, but his secret is cheerfulness. Nothing ever gets him down.

MARS PROJECT AWESOME

Mars One is the first ever project built to make humans colonize on Mars. It enjoys a large support and appreciation from the scientific community. Now the organizers are looking for sponsors as well as big companies for merger in this mega project. Mars One has already planned the first flight of humans to Mars in 2023 and they are in search of people willing to go and live on Mars.

I wonder if this would be the biggest project of the century and rather a revolution for mankind. Mars One would be needing vessels and huge ships which can contain every required item for the astronauts which in turn would require large amount of resources. To achieve it all, in this little time span, they really are ambitious. They need to work with all the zeal to make this happen. The road map seems quite easy, at least according to what say.
In 2013 —The astronaut selection would begin and they will train 40 people from all over the world to live in a replica of Martian settlement.
In 2014 — The preparation of sending a communication satellite and the first batch of supplies will begin.
In 2016 — 25000 Kg of food along with a satellite will be sent to Mars.
In 2018 — A rover will land on the surface of Mars and it will search for the best location for settlement. Moreover, it will be providing live coverage to people on Earth to witness it all.
In 2021 — All the necessary supplies will land on Mars along with one extra rover.
In 2022 — The machinery needed for water, oxygen and creating the Earth-like atmosphere will be sent. After that, on September 14, the first managed flight containing 4 people will leave Earth.
In 2023 — The first people will land on Mars and they will start working on a settlement. After two years, the next batch of people will arrive, bringing new modules, rover and other equipment.
This will surely be amazing to watch. Even the first Ambassador of Mars has been declared with the plans. If you are tired of this planet, this might be your chance.

BLACK HOLE

According to the general theory of relativity, a black hole is a region of space from which nothing, including light, can escape. It is the result of the denting of spacetime caused by a very compact mass. Around a black hole there is an undetectable surface which marks the point of no return, called an event horizon. It is called "black" because it absorbs all the light that hits it, reflecting nothing, just like a perfect black body in thermodynamics. Under the theory of quantum mechanics black holes possess a temperature and emit Hawking radiation through slow dissipation by anti-protons.
Despite its undetectable interior, a black hole can be observed through its interaction with matter. A black hole can be inferred by tracking the movement of a group of stars that orbit a region in space. Alternatively, when gas falls into a stellar black hole from a companion star or nebula, the gas spirals inward, heating to very high temperatures and emitting large amounts of radiation that can be detected from earthbound and Earth-orbiting telescopes.
Astronomers have identified numerous stellar black hole candidates, and have also found evidence of supermassive black holes at the center of every galaxy. After observing the motion of nearby stars for 16 years, in 2008 astronomers found compelling evidence that a supermassive black hole of more than 4 million solar masses is located near the Sagittarius A* region in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

In 1783, an English geologist named John Mitchell wrote that it might be possible for something to be so big and heavy that the escape speed from its gravity is equal to the speed of light. Gravity gets stronger as something gets bigger or more massive. For a small thing, like a rocket, to escape from a larger thing, like Earth, it has to escape the pull of our gravity or it will fall back. The speed that it must travel upward to get away from Earth's gravity is called escape velocity. Bigger planets (like Jupiter) and stars have more mass, so have stronger gravity than Earth, so the escape velocity is much faster. John Mitchell thought it was possible for something to be so big that the escape velocity would be faster than the speed of light, so even light could not escape.
Some scientists thought Mitchell might be right, but others thought that light had no mass and would not be pulled by gravity. His theory was forgotten.
In 1916, Albert Einstein wrote an explanation of gravity called general relativity. It is a very complicated theory, but there are two important things about it:

• Mass causes space (and spacetime) to bend, or curve. Moving things "fall along" or follow the curves in space. This is what we call gravity.
• Light always travels at the same speed, and is affected by gravity. If it seems to change speed, it is really traveling along a curve in spacetime.

A few months later, a German physicist named Karl Schwarzschild calculated that a black hole could exist.
In 1930, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar predicted that stars heavier than the sun could collapse when they ran out of hydrogen or other nuclear fuels to burn and died. In 1939, Robert Oppenheimer and H. Snyder calculated that a star would have to be at least three times as massive as the sun to form a black hole.
In 1967, John Wheeler gave black holes the name "black hole" for the first time. Before that, they were called "dark stars."
In 1970, Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose proved that black holes must exist. Although the black holes are invisible (they cannot be seen), some of the matter that is falling into them is very bright.

Formation of black holes

Most black holes are made when a giant star, called a supergiant, at least twenty times bigger than our own Sun dies, and leaves behind a mass that is at least one solar mass. Stars die when they run out of hydrogen or other nuclear fuel to burn and iron is produced. Iron does not give off energy and therefore the star has no fuel and in a short amount of time the star collapses.
A supergiant star's death is called a supernova. Stars are usually in equilibrium, which means they are making enough energy to push their mass outward against the force of gravity. When the star runs out of fuel to make energy, gravity takes over. Gravity pulls the center of the star inward very quickly (so quickly that it would have to be repeated several thousand times before it took up a single second), and it collapses into a little ball. The collapse is so fast and violent that it makes a shock wave, and that causes the rest of the star to explode outward. As the gravity pushes the star inward, the pressure in the center of star reaches to such an extreme level that it enables heavier molecules like iron and carbon to interact to release nuclear energy. The release of the energy from the star during a very short period of time (about one hour) is with such a high rate that it outshines an entire galaxy.
The ball in the center is so dense (a lot of mass in a small space, or volume), that if you could somehow scoop only one teaspoon of material and bring it to Earth, it would sink to the core of the planet. If the original star was large enough the densely packed ball is called a singularity, the core of a black hole, but if it was not it would become either a neutron star or a dwarf star.
Even without a supernova, a black hole will form any time there is a lot of matter in a small space, without enough energy to act against gravity and stop it from collapsing.
If supernovas are so bright, why do we not see them often? Actually, there are usually hundreds of years between naked-eye super nova sightings. It is because the period of being a super nova in a star life cycle is only a few hours out of the billions of years in a star's life span. The probability (chance) of looking at a star in sky and that being in super nova state is equal to the ratio of an hour over several billion years.
It is worth mentioning that all of the heavier materials like carbon, oxygen, all the metals, etc., that make the life on the earth possible and are ingredients of all living creatures, can only form in the extreme pressure at the center of a super nova. So we are all a remnant ash from one exploding star several billion years ago.
Black holes have also been found in the middle of every major galaxy in the universe. These are called supermassive black holes, and are the biggest black holes of all. They formed when the Universe was very young, and also helped to form all the galaxies.
Some black holes are also responsible for making things called quasars. A quasar occurs when a black hole consumes all the gas surrounding it. As the gas gets close to the black hole itself, it heats up from a process called friction, and glows so brightly that this light can be seen on the other side of the Universe. It is often brighter than the whole galaxy the quasar is in. When astronomers first found quasars, they thought they had found objects close to us. After using a measuring technique called red shift, they discovered these quasars were actually very far away in the universe.

At the middle of a black hole, there is a really small thing called a singularity, but it is impossible to see it because light gets sucked into it, and not reflected. Around the tiny singularity, there is a large area where light which would normally pass by gets sucked in as well. The edge of this area is called the event horizon. The gravity of the black hole gets weaker at a distance. The event horizon is the place farthest away from the middle where the gravity is still strong enough to trap light. The singularity is like the pipe under a sink, while the event horizon is like the edge of the drain where water always gets sucked in.


Outside the event horizon, light and matter will still be pulled toward the black hole. If a black hole is surrounded by matter, the matter will form an "accretion disk" (accretion means "gathering") around the black hole. An accretion disk looks something like the rings of Saturn. As it gets sucked in, the matter gets very hot and shoots x-ray radiation into space. Think of this as the water spinning around the hole before it falls in.
Most black holes are too far away and small to see the accretion disk and jet. The best way to know a black hole is there is by seeing how stars, gas and other things behave around it. With a black hole nearby, even objects as big as a star move in a different way, usually faster than they would if the black hole was not there.
Also, because black holes can bend light passing by, if a black hole passes between us and a source of light very far away, the light will become quite distorted, like a fun-house mirror at a circus, until the black hole moves out of the way. The light can also be magnified, like a magnifying glass, allowing scientists to see things farther away (this is called gravity lensing).
We cannot actually see black holes; one way of detecting them is to look at the sky when a black hole passes between us and a source of light, the light bends around the black hole creating a mirror image, so when astronomers see patches of sky that are identical, they may have found a black hole.
A lot of science fiction writers use black holes in their stories, and many scientists wish to find one relatively close to Earth to study one better.
Scientists also think black holes might cause wormholes, theoretical "portals" through space.

I PHONE 6 GENERTION 2012

The sixth generation of Apple's vaunted iPhone—the iPhone 5—is expected to arrive in Apple stores worldwide on September 21, 2012, according to latest rumors, approximately one year after the launch of the iPhone 4S. Google's Android, nipping at its heels for years, is expected to overtake Apple's iPhone in market share this year, putting Apple on the defensive. If there ever were a time for the iPhone to woo and wow potential buyers, now would be it. The iPhone 5 should continue the biennial pattern of issuing a major overhaul the year after a more evolutionary model, like the 3GS and 4S.
With every new iteration, the questions on everyone's mind are:

1. What's new? (What are the new added features?)
2. What does it look like?
3. When does it come out exactly?

Launch date change: While iOS 6 was announced at the WWDC in San Francisco in June, Apple has so far been mum with details concerning the iPhone 5 itself. The actual date of the iPhone 5's availability has not yet been announced, but is expected towards the end of the summer. The latest rumors point to a September 21 launch in the United States.

Speculated differences: iPhone 4S vs iPhone 5

	iPhone 4S	iPhone 5
Launch date	October 2011	October 2012
Form factor	iPhone 4	new
Case Material	Glass	Liquidmetal?
Operating system	iOS 5	iOS 6
Screen size	3.5 inch	3.75 inch
Processor	Dual-core A5	Dual-core A5X
Mobile network	3G	4G (LTE, HSPA+)
Storage options	16GB/32GB/64GB	32GB/64GB/128GB
Camera	8 megapixel	10 megapixel

So far, Apple's been characteristically mum on the details on all future unannounced products, but the rumor mill and fake pictures are already starting to spring up.
Here's what we can probably expect:

• 4G: The iPhone 4 and 4S are belatedly available on Verizon in the United States (and the latter on Sprint), but 4G (LTE) is likely not going to be available until AT&T releases its own 4G service (HSPA+) nationwide, expected in later 2011 at the earliest. The iPhone 5, released in 2012, will likely be the first 4G iPhone available on all three US carriers (AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint). This is, admittedly, a disappointment for Verizon users, since its speedy LTE network will have been deployed for well over a year and accessible with competitive (read: Android) devices during that time.
• Edge-to-edge, larger screen. The entire front face of the iPhone might be a screen, doing away with the physical home button, or possibly integrating it into the display itself. Rumors suggest the screen will grow from 3.5 inches to 3.75 inches.
• Smaller port. The 21-mm wide, 30-pin connector port at the bottom of the phone is expected to be replaced with a narrower port, requiring new USB and charging cables and connectors.
• Faster chip. With each successive Apple mobile operating system, increased complexity and added features create strains on the processor. Apple is likely to move away from working with Samsung, with whom it has a number of outstanding patent lawsuits underway, and move to an updated, dual-core A5X chip, which the iPhone 5 will share with the newest (third-generation) iPad. The A5X has a 1 GHz CPU, and a quad-core GPU. The heavily-rumored A6 chip will likely appear in the 7th generation iPhone and 4th generation iPad, both to be unveiled in 2013.
• Polysilicon (p-Si) touchscreen mounted on Gorilla Glass. The Japanese newspaper, Nikkan, has reported a rumor that the 2012 iPhone will switch to a new display material that will enable it to be thinner, lighter, and less power-intensive than current displays. If even the last claim is accurate, that will be a major boon to battery life, since a phone's display is typically the largest draw on power. This display technologically will putatively be manufactured by Sharp, starting the spring of 2012 ahead of the phone's summer launch.
  Gorilla Glass, a Corning innovation, resists breakage far better than any other commercially-available glass. Coupled with the p-Si touchscreen, the iPhone 5 will likely be the brightest- and toughest-screened iPhone yet.
• More memory. The iPhone app store shows no signs of abating in popularity, and without SD card memory expansion in Android phones, Apple will up the phone storage options available. Expect 64GB and 128GB variants.
• Improved battery. The iPhone 5 might be the first to use the organic radical battery (ORB) technology developed by Japan's NEC, which is more environmentally-friendly than current lithium ion batteries that have dangerous heavy metals. ORB also boasts an absurdly fast recharge time (about 30 seconds) and higher energy density (will be able to pack more power into a smaller battery).
• Better camera. The iPhone 5 might be the first iPhone to cross the 10 million pixel threshold with its camera (the iPhone 4S boasts an 8 MP camera), unsurprising as high-resolution images have always been a hallmark of Apple's products.
• Near-Field Communication (NFC) chip. Debuted on the Samsung Nexus S and possibly implemented on the iPhone in the 5th generation product, this newest hardware addition enables contactless communication between a phone and objects similarly embedded NFC capabilities. This should eventually enable things like paying via credit card by holding your phone over a terminal for a second, or paying for things from vending machines using your phone. The technology is similar to Bluetooth although it uses less energy and establishes a connection far more quickly (although at a much closer range - a few inches away instead of yards away).
  The most compelling reason for not installing an NFC chip is that the technology has really been Google's bailiwick, since adoption of the technology at POS (point of sale) retail terminals has been pushed by Google Wallet. Apple might strategically choose to lag here.
• Form factor improvements. Apple puts a tremendous amount of emphasis on the sleekness of its products. The iPhone 5 will be no exception, with a modern, lightweight, and thin look. Expect some surprises in terms of shape and, especially, materials, as Apple hopes to push the envelope and fend off attacks from Android handmakers, its largest competition.
• Case material improvements. To round out the environmental friendliness of the new device, more advanced, naturally-sourced plastics might be used in the case. For example, isoplast polymers might replace the previously used polycarbonate case manufactured with BPA (bisphenol-A).
  Some rumors point to Liquidmetal, a "smooth as liquid" metallic alloy that can be injection molded for plasticity, as a novel case treatment: the curves of a plastic, but with the luster and resistance to breakage of metal. Liquidmetal is an alloy of titanium, copper, nickel, zirconium, and other metallic elements.
• Improved antenna design. After the fiasco of the iPhone 4's wraparound metal antenna, Apple has to make some ground in reception in its new overhaul. This has been addressed somewhat by iOS 5 already, which purports to choose between two sets of antenna based on the strength of the signal. But for the 2012 iPhone, expect a new antenna that doesn't require a special case or on-the-fly antenna selection to avoid "death grip" interference. This will probably be a benefit that Apple will not make a whole lot of fuss about, since it would only draw attention to the iPhone 4's serious shortcoming, and because it was supposedly addressed via iOS 5.

EFFECT OF MOBILE TOWERS ON HUMAN BODY

1. Biological Effects of Cell Tower Radiation on Human Body Neha Kumar (Director, WILCOM Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) Prof. Girish Kumar (I.I.T Bombay) ISMOT- 2009

2. OBJECTIVE Radiation measurements near the cell towers EMF exposure Safety norms Review Biological effects (far below current standards) Radiation Shield (reduce Radiation levels)

3. Electromagnetic Radiations Radiation emitted from Cell Phones, Cell phone towers, Wi-Fi, TV and FM towers, microwave ovens, etc are called Electromagnetic radiations and are known to cause significant biological effects on the human body and health of animals.

4. Cell Tower Statistics in India 4.25 lakhs 3.75 lakhs Current Predicted (2009) (2010)

5. Antennas on Cell tower transmit in the frequency range of: • 869 - 890 MHz (CDMA) • 935 - 960 MHz (GSM900) • 1805 – 1880 MHz (GSM1800) • 2110 – 2170 MHz (3G)

6. Microwave radiation effects are classified as: •Thermal •Non-thermal The current exposure safety standards are mainly based on the thermal effects, which are inadequate.

7. EXPERIMENT: Radiation level measurements near several Cell Tower sites A broadband monopole antenna of gain = 2 dB was used to measure radiated power by various cell phone towers (CDMA, GSM900 and GSM1800) 50m 100m Measured Power -20 to -30 dBm -30 to -50 dBm (in dBm) For each frequency bands

8. Theoretical calculations Power Received Pr by an antenna at a distance R is given by: 2 Pt × Gt × Area  λ  Pr = 2 = Pt × Gt × Gr ×   4πR  4πR  For a transmitter power of Pt = 20 W, transmitting antenna gain of Gt = 10 dB, receiving monopole antenna of gain Gr = 2 dB, the received power at R = 50 m is: At 887 MHz, Pr = -10.2 dBm At 945 MHz, Pr = -10.8 dBm At 1872 MHz,Pr = -16.7 dBm

9.  Measured power is less than theoretically calculated power as the concrete wall provides some attenuation and also these buildings were not directly in the direction of maximum radiation of transmitting antenna. • A mobile phone requires -80 to -100 dBm power for its proper operation. Thus power level at 50m is 50 to 60 dBm (100,000 to 1,000,000 times) more than required by mobile phone. • The power density at R = 50m is equal to 6.366 mW/m2 = 6366 µW/m2.

10. Other standards and guidelines •BioInitiative Report 2007 - 1000 μW/m2 for outdoor, cumulative RF exposure •Building Biology Institute, Germany, provide the following guidelines for exposure: a. <0.1 μW/m2 (0.00001 μW/cm2) - no concern b. 0.1 - 10 μW/m2 (0.00001 to 0.001 μW/cm2) - slight concern c. 10 - 1000 μW/m2 (0.001 to 0.1 μW/cm2) - severe concern d. > 1000 μW/m2 ( > 0.1 μW/cm2) - extreme concern •H Thomas et al, Germany; ..power densities should not exceed 100 μW/m2 •G J Hyland, International Institute of Biophysics, Germany,2002: a maximum intensity limit of 100 µW/m2 is indicated. We recommend up to 50 µW/m2 , with a upper limit as 100 µW/m2.

11. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS

12. Multiple Resonances - localized heating - This results in boils, drying up the fluids around eyes, brain, joints, heart, abdomen, etc - leg/foot pain, muscle and joint pain.

13. 1.Most common complaints: Cognitive functions -Concentration, memory, behavior, etc Epidemiological studies - Sleep disruption, Headache , Depression, discomfort, irritability, nausea, dizziness, appetite loss, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling, altered reflexes Subjects reported buzzing in the head, palpitations of the heart, light-headedness, heat, visual disorders, cardiovascular problems, respiratory problems, nervousness, agitation. More severe reactions include seizures, paralysis, psychosis and stroke. All these are related to changes in the electrical activity of the brain

14. Blood Brain Barrier -selectively lets nutrients pass through from the blood to the brain, but keeps toxic substances out. Leif Salford et al Albumin - protein component of 1988 blood;does not normally cross BBB • Albumin in brain tissue - Damaged blood vessels & lost brain protection • Neuron - Grouped & shrunken with loss of internal cell structures. Neuronal damage - not immediate consequences -but may result in reduced brain reserve capacity -unveiled by other later neuronal diseases. NOTE: BBB in is the same in a rat and a human being.

15. 2.Alzheimer’s , Motor neuron, Parkinson's disease • 4 times incidence of Alzheimer’s disease (Hakansson et al 2003) • 3 times amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Savitz et al1998) Brain Cells concerning learning, ↓Melatonin production memory, movement damaged (Protects from brain damage) (Salford et al 2003) (Wood et al 1998) Alzheimer’s , Parkinson's disease

16. 3.DNA Damage 1. Ca2+ release: ELF release Ca2+ bound to membranes Loss of Ca2+ causes leaks in the membranes of lysosomes releasing DNAase that causes DNA damage. 2.Interfere with natural processess: DNA replication & repair -altering molecular conformation This could result in chromosome aberrations, micronuclei formation & increased DNA fragmentation

17. 3) Free radical formation inside cells: ↑ free radical activity in cells from EMF via Fenton rxn. Free radicals kill cells by damaging macromolecules, such as DNA, protein and membrane. When Damage to DNA > Rate of DNA repaired, there is the possibility of retaining mutations and initiating cancer
18. 4.Effect on HSP Over-expression of (HSPs) Inhibit natural programmed cell death (apoptosis) Normal Cell cells that should have ‘committed (Human/ Animal) suicide’ continue to live. Normal Cell Cancer Cell Consistent with the 2-3-fold ↑in incidence of a rare forms of cancer 5. Irreversible infertility Continuous exposure Reduction in Sperm Viability and Mobility by around 25 % in men

19. 6.Risk to Children Children are more vulnerable as: • Skulls are smaller & thinner - ↑’s radiation absorption • ↑rate of Cell division - more susceptible to genetic damage • Myelin sheath not developed - Electrical brain-wave activity RF penetration in the skull of an adult (25%), 10 year (50%) and a 5 year old (75%). Fetus &Mother -RF can pass placental barrier & continuously react with the developing embryo and increasing cells

20. 7. Risk to Patients Carrying Pace Makers, Implantable cardiovascular defibrillators and Impulse Generators Stop Pace Maker from delivering pulses in a regular way by generating external pulses putting the patient to death. 8. Occupational hazard Workers in the highest 10% category for EMF exposure are: Twice as likely to die of prostate cancer Elevations in brain cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma etc
21. Effect on Environment • Effect on farm animals- According to Dr. W. Löscher of the Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy ,Germany, dairy cows that were kept in close proximity to a TV and cell phone tower for two years had a reduction in milk production along with increased health problems and behavioral abnormalities. • Vanishing Bees- A study in England showed that bees refused to return to their beehives where there was a DECT cordless phone station. It is discussed that the extensive use of mobile phones may be one reason why bee colonies are vanishing at a huge scale in Europé and the US. Similarly, EMR from cell phone towers - diseases in plants & animals and is the reason for the vanishing butterflies, some insects and birds like sparrows.

22. Until now, man has been absorbing the harmful, unseen EM radiations without even being aware of it, but now, with the rapid advent in technology, this RF Radiation pollution has started having ill effects on human health, health of animals, medical investigatory equipments and even on food products being consumed by everybody. Hence, there is an urgent need to take precautionary steps. Example, when a glass is filled with water, it holds up to a certain level, but once it reaches the rim, it starts spilling. Similarly, our bodies can also absorb radiation up to a certain limit.

23. RADIATION SHIELD A “Radiation Shield” consisting of multiple orthogonally polarized broadband monopole antennas (800 to 4000 MHz)has been developed. The antennas are terminated in matched load to absorb the harmful radiation to produce a safe radiation free environment. It also has a LED which lights up (without battery) when a strong radiation source is brought close to it. Absorbs 10% to 50% of radiation depending upon its placement and direction of source of radiation. Multiple units can absorb radiation up to 80% to 90%.  

FACTS ABOUT PLANTS

Facts About Plants

• A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows.
• Banana oil is made from petroleum.
• 84% of a raw apple and 96% of a raw cucumber is water.
• The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or “corpse flower”. They are generally 3 feet in diameter with the record being 42 inches.
• Onions contain a mild antibiotic that fights infections, soothes burns, tames bee stings and relieves the itch of athletes foot.
• Quinine, one of the most important drugs known to man, is obtained from the dried bark of an evergreen tree native to South America.
• The rose family of plants, in addition to flowers, gives us apples, pears, plums, cherries, almonds, peaches and apricots.
• No species of wild plant produces a flower or blossom that is absolutely black, and so far, none has been developed artificially.
• Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
• The bright orange color of carrots tell you they are an excellent source of Vitamin A which is important for good eyesight, especially at night. Vitamin A helps your body fight infection, and keeps your skin and hair healthy.
• A plant’s stem appears and grows upward shortly after the primary root appears. It continues to grow above ground level.
• Water and minerals flow upward through the roots into the stem of the plant and then into the leaves of the plant.
• Pistils have three parts – the stigma, the style, and the ovary.
• Petals are usually colorful, and they attract insects and birds that help with pollination.
• Fruit is really the part of a flower in which seeds grow. Cherries, apples, and even milkweed pods are fruit.
• Buds are small swellings on a plant from which a shoot, leaf, or flower usually develops.
• The primary root is the first thing to sprout from a seed, and it grows downward.
• A seed contains its own food supply, which helps the sprouting plant as it begins its new life.
• Roots are covered with root hairs that absorb water and minerals.
• Grapes and clematis have stems that climb with tendrils, which hold onto a surface, as the stems get longer.

Facts About Plants

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.
The California redwood – coast redwood and giant sequoia – are the tallest and largest living organism in the world.
One bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of pop.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
The Pitcher-plant is a carnivorous plant, a meat eater. Carnivorous plants usually live in nitrogen poor soils. They have ‘learned’ to augment the inadequate nitrogen available in the soil by capturing and consuming insects!
40% of prescripition drugs dispensed in the U.S. have active ingredients derived from plants, animals or microorganisms, many of them from forests.
The hurricane plant has holes in its leaves, which keep it from being destroyed by wind.
The canopy of a rainforest is so thick, only one percent of sunlight reaches the ground.
A banana is about 75 percent water.
A single large tree can release up to 400 gallons of water into the atmosphere each day.
Rafflesia flowers attract pollinating flies by looking and smelling like rotten meat.
One acre of trees absorbs enough carbon dioxide per year to match that emitted by driving a car 26,000 miles.
The saguaro cactus of the Arizona Desert grows less than one inch in it’s first 10 years.
In the 1800’s an Eggplant was known as a “mad apple” and believed to be poisonous.
One cord of wood can make 7 and a half million toothpicks.

BEAR GRYLLS

Here are some facts about Bear Grylls, which probably you didn't know.

¤ His claim to fame is that he became the youngest person to
reach the tip of Mount Everest in 1998 at the age of 23. He made it
into the Guinness book of records but his record has since been broken - four times.

¤ Shockingly (not really), his name is not actually Bear. His real name is Edward Michael Grylls.

¤ His only sibling Lara gave him the nickname "Bear" when he was just a week old.

¤ He has a black belt in karate.

¤ He served three years with the British Special Air Service (21 SAS).

¤ It was with the SAS that he was trained in evasive driving, parachuting, demolitions, trauma
medic, unarmed combat and jungle warfare. At least it paid off.

¤ A year before climbing Mount
Everest, Grylls broke his back in three places in a free-fall
parachuting accident.

¤ His first book, Facing Up went into the top 10 best-seller list in Britain- it was also later launched
in the USA titled, The kid who climbed Mount Everest.

¤ Has written 11 books since, including four teenage fiction
books about survival titled Mission Survival.

¤ His 1st TV break came when he was approached to star in an advert for Sure for Men deodorant featuring the story of
his Mount Everest summit.

¤ The first major TV series he starred in was for Channel four,
called Escape to the legion, where he went through simulated basic training with legionnaires in North Africa.

¤ After this he was
commissioned to present 12 episodes, an hour each, for a
novel TV format called Man VS Wild on Discovery Channel.

¤ Man VS Wild went on to become No 1 cable show in all of
America, reaching a global audience of over 1.2 bn viewers,
in over 200 countries.

¤ In 2007, he led an attempt to become the first man to fly a
powered paraglider to a height above the world’s highest peak -
his efforts raised $2.4m for various charities.

¤ He has released a Man VS Wild Xbox, Playstation and Wii
game with Discovery Channel.

¤ While raising funds for charities in 2007, he got into trouble after it came to light that he and his camera crew spend
their nights in luxurious hotel rooms, rather than camping in the wild as his show depicted. The show was taken off the air and returned with a disclaimer:
"Bear Grylls and the crew receive support when they are in
potentially life threatening situations, as required by health and safety regulations."

¤ Grylls has consumed raw frozen yak eyeballs, camel intestine juice, raw goat testicles, a live snake, maggots as big as a hand, pulsating with yellow pus, and a giant live spider as part of his show.

¤ His favourite TV show as a kid was unsurprisingly (unlike his food tastes) MacGyver and The A-
team.

¤ He was appointed Chief Scout by the Scout association at the age of 35 in 2009. He became the youngest person ever to hold this position making him the Chief
Representative for millions of scouts around the world.

¤ Some of the injuries he has suffered over the years include crushed shoulders, a sliced finger, a broken elbow, a smashed knee cartilage, a broken big toe, a chipped shin bone, a
dislocated hip as well as various bites from snakes, bats, scorpions and 4319 mosquitoes (apparently he's into details).

¤ He attended prestigious British school, Eton College.
Enough said.

¤ In 1997, he also became the youngest Briton to climb the
iconic Mount Ama Dablam in the
Himalayas (6858m), a peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as "Unclimbable". Over-achieving
much?

¤ 90 days – the number of days it took for him to reach the top of Mount Everest.

¤ This guy is actually married and has 2 kids. His son already
saved a life at the age of seven when he rescued a girl who was drowning in a pool.

TOP 15 MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADS IN THE WORLD

The greatest driving roads in the world should have a perfect mixture between challenging and complicated bends, long fast straights, little to no traffic and especially breathtaking views!

These roads might have enough twists and turns to give you a headache but you’ll feel incredible after you’ve conquered them and you’ll surely want to try it again and again and again.

Here is a list with the 15 Most Beautiful Roads in the World to drive on and another five honorable mentions that you’ll surely like. Enjoy!

15. The Overseas Highway – Florida Keys

The Overseas Highway leaps from island to island across 42 bridges southwest through Florida Keys and it was built in 1938 along the course of an old railroad that has been destroyed by a hurricane. The highway is mostly over water and in about four hours you can enjoy the beautiful scenery and the ocean and of course, the incredible sunrises and sunsets if you come here at the right time. During holidays the traffic will make journeys through this highway a bit longer but I’m sure everyone would love to stay on this road as long as possible.

14. Red Rock Scenic Road – USA

The Red Rock Scenic Road winds through Sedona’s Red Rock Country, often called a “museum without walls”. The road provides a splendid view of the stunning red rocks which seem alive like a timeless spirit that captivates and inspires everyone. The Red Rock Scenic byway also passes through the Montezuma Castle National Monument and the Coconino National Forest giving every driver an amazing sense of intimacy with nature.

13. Iroha-zaka – Japan

Iroha-zaka is a winding road from Japan which connects central Nikko and Oku-Nikko. The road comprises of 48 curves and each corner has an ancient Japanese alphabet, starting in alphabetical order from I-ro-ha which also gave this road’s name. Iroha-zaka is actually made of two roads, one to come down and another to go up and they both have 48 curves matching the 48 letters of the ancient Japanese alphabet.

12. Atlantic Road – Norway

The Atlantic Road was voted as the Norwegian construction of the century and it’s a five mile long stretch of road connecting Molde and Kristiansund in this country. The road rides above some rough and uneven surfaces and it’s spectacular because it rises itself and falls at many places like a sea at the time of a rough tide. Apart from the incredible road itself, the scenery surrounding it could give any driver shivers.

11. Oberalp Pass – Switzerland

The Oberalp Pass in an incredible road in the high Swiss mountains that’s an important link between Central Switzerland and the Graubunden Oberland. The road is really popular for all drivers from Europe but it’s only open during summer months. In winter this pass is closed for road traffic and the road itself is used as a ski slope, toboggan run and hiking trail!

10. North Yungas “Road of Death” – Bolivia

The North Yungas Road is a 43 mile road connecting La Paz and Coroico deep into the Bolivian Andes. The road is name by the locals “El Camino de la Muerte” or the Road of Death and it was named the world’s most dangerous road in 1995. The road, famous for its extreme danger has a single lane width with terrifyingly drop offs, tight hairpins, narrow passages and almost no guardrails at all. The fog and rain can make visibility poor and the road surface muddy which adds even more dancer to any journey on this road. On average, there is a fatal accident every couple of weeks on this road and it is estimated that 200 to 300 travelers are killer per year on this treacherous road. Today however, the Youngas road has less traffic and it used mostly by travelers who want to feel its thrill.

9. Trollstigen – Norway

One of the most notable attractions from the Fjord in Norway is the Trollstigen road, a steep winding mountain road located in the Rauma region. The word Trollstigen means the Troll Ladder in English and it represents a series of stunning roads with a breathtaking view and a couple of incredible waterfalls. This road is very narrow and leaves very few possibilities for vehicles to pass each other and with its steep 9% gradient and 11 hairpins it’s really, really challenging. But it’s all worth it if you get to the top where you’ll see this amazing road from above and the Stigfossen waterfall, a 320 m waterfall which falls down the mountain side.

8. Guoliang Tunnel Road – China

The Guoliang Tunnel Road was built by 13 local villagers headed in only five years in the Taihang mountains in the Hunan province of China. Many villagers lost their lives in accidents during the construction of this tunnel but in 1977 it was opened to traffic. The tunnel carved from the mountains is 1,200 meters long, 5 meters high and 4 meters wide and its also one of the most dangerous roads in the world. This extremely beautiful scenic route was dubbed as “the road that does not tolerate any mistakes” and its a key destination on the Chinese tourism map.

7. San Bernardino Pass – Switzerland

Another high mountain pass across the Swiss Alps is the San Bernardino Pass and the road that goes through it and connects the Swiss towns Misox and Hinterrhein is also one of the world’s greatest roads. The pass is located at 2,065 meters and the road has incredibly smooth roads, a lot of hairpins and challenging bends and of course, amazing scenic views. The road also goes through an impressive 6.6 km long tunnel.

6. Los Caracoles Pass – Andes

Los Caracoles Road passes through the harsh terrain of the Andreas Mountains from the Andes on the way between Chile and Argentina. The road has many hard switchbacks on an extremely steep incline and numerous hairpins without any safety guard rails. For the most part of the year, this pass is covered by snow and that makes it incredibly hard to negotiate. Despite the fact that it’s one of the most challenging roads in the world, the Los Caracoles Pass has a strong safety record.

5. Col de Turini – France

The Col de Turini is situated in a mountain pass in the south of France in the Alps at more than 1 mile above sea level. The road is included as part of a 20 miles rally stage every year of the Monte Carlo Rally in the World Rally Championship and it combines 34 hairpins and long stretch lines where cars can reach top speeds of over 110 mph. This stage is one of the most challenges stages from the WRC and apart from the wonderful road, the scenery also makes it one of the most attractive and exciting roads on Earth.

4. The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road – UAE

The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in the United Arab Emirates extends for 7.3 miles with 60 turns up the mountain of a height of 1,219 m. The UAE road scales the mountain with a beautiful view of the desert below and ends at a parking lot with only a hotel and of course, a palace, belonging to the country’s rulers. The road is a mixture of fast straights and sweeping curves that merge perfectly from one to another forming this amazing driving road in the middle of the desert.

3. Lysebotn Road – Norway

The Lysebotn Road is considered one of the most breathtaking roads in Europe and it all starts with the narrow road up the steep walls of the Lysefjord, Norway. The road includes 27 challenging hairpins and a 1.1 km long tunnel at the bottom which also has 3 switchbacks inside to make things even more interesting.  The surface of the road is perfect and the ones who were already on this road think of it as a rollercoaster. It’s probably the most fun road from Norway and its last 30 km to Lysebotn will put a smile on every driving enthusiast’s face.

2. Stelvio Pass – Italy

From the Eastern Alps in Italy, the Stelvio Pass Road connects the Valtellina with Merano and the upper Adige valley. This is the second highest paved mountain road in the Alps and its situated at an altitude of around 1.7 miles (about 2,757 meters) above sea level. The Stelvio Pass is one of the best continuous hairpin routes in the world and its fame came from the presence of 48 hairpin bends and the fact that the road becomes very narrow at some points and it has a couple of very steep inclines. This road is regarded by many car enthusiasts as one of the most challenging roads in the world and it’s scenery is absolutely breathtaking and spectacular.

1. Transfagarasan – Romania

The Transfăgărășan (that’s the exact spelling) is the highest and most dramatic paved road from Romania. Built as a strategic military route by the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu between 1970 and 1974, this road connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia, and the cities of Sibiu and Pitesti. The Transfagarasan represents 90 km of twists and turns run North to South across the tallest sections of the Carpathian Mountains between the highest peaks of the mountain in this country.

On top of the mountains this road provides access to Balea Lake, a glacier lake which has been here for thousands of years and it also has an almost 1 km long tunnel straight through the mountain’s top. The road was built at a high cost both financially and from a human standpoint with more than 6 million kilograms of explosive being used on the northern face and official records of 40 soldiers who lost their lives while building it. Unofficial records however mention that only the tunnel took about 400 lives.

The north end of the road is the most spectacular and it’s dotted with steep hairpin turns, long S curves and sharp descents combined with an absolutely stunning view! Between October and June this road is under the snow and usually closed so… that means only a couple of months in the summer it’s available to enjoy a pure driving pleasure. Top Gear also named this road as the best road in the world !