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5 more watchtowers to be erected; CCTV Cameras to be installed and photos of criminals displayed through digital banners

Deepavali nearing T Nagarbecomes a high security zone

With Deepavalittle over a fortnight

y, T Nagar -- the mostular commercial hubhe city -- is buzzingh activity, promptingpolice to step up theirl and take measures

e a s e t r a f f i cg e s t i o n . B e s i d e s

ar ing about 300

hawkers along and belowthe flyover between

Chennai Silks and TNagar bus terminus last

week, the police haveerected another fivewatchtowers, over andabove the existing five,on Usman Road andThiyagarayar Road.

A m o n g t h eother measures taken fort h e b e n e f i t o f t h eshoppers and the peoplewho visit T Nagar are thesetting up of three watertanks in addition to thefour old ones and thes t a t i o n i n g o f t w oambulances and two firetenders for emergency.

S a r a v a n a n ,Inspector (Law & Order),T Nagar said: "Fortyp o l i c e p e r s o n n e l ,including women, havebeen posted at variouspoints from Thiyagarayar

Road to the Usman Roadstretch covering 5 km.We even have policepersonnel keeping awatch in mufti near theM a m b a l a m r a i l w a ystation with a view tocheck incidents of eveteasing, pick pocketingand chain snatching."Sources said that moreCCTV cameras in theshopping area are likelyto be installed, taking

their total number to 25,to maintain vigil and alsohelp track down peoplewho could go missing inthe crowd.

Reaches

55,000householdsevery week

Contd. on pg. 3


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Deepavali nearing T Nagar becomes . . .From the mini

n t ro l rooms neart h y ' s , o n

ganathan Street andthe Usman Roadn c t i o n , p o l i c e

sonnel keep a watchnd the clock.

Since t raff icn t r o l i s a h u g ellenge, efforts areng made to streamlineMarimuthu, Inspectorolice, Traffic, T Nagar: "I have requestedauthorities of the

schools in and aroundthe area to keep theirgrounds open for parkingvehicles of shoppers. Ihave also urged thetransport authorities too p e r a t e n i g h t b u sservices from T Nagar

du r in g t h e f e s t i va lseason to ease traffic.O n t a c k l i n g

criminals, Kannapiran,Assistant Commissioner,T Nagar said: "We havecollected the photos of allthe known criminals in T

Nagar area and areplanning to display themthrough digital banners.The photographs will begiven to all shop ownersto help them identify thethugs and alert the police.I caught 10 criminals last

year that way and therewere no major cases ofrobbery or pick pocketingregistered during last 10days of the Deepavaliseason last year."

d. from pg. 1

T h enographers Guild,agar, has proposed toduct a tailor-madecial coaching fornks Probationaryf i c e r s / C l e r k s

a m i n a t i o n s f r o mnday, October 5.

S i n c e m a n yn k s a r e c o m i n gw a r d t o r e c r u i t

o b a t i o n a r ycers/Clerks, the Guildstarting coachingses with an aim to

p youths to acquirenecessary reasoningity and quantitativethods of so lv ingblems in the exams. duration of the

ching classes will behours a day for six

s in a week and for 2nths. There will bening and eveninghes and exclusiveday batches

As the banksv e a n n o u n c e dusands of vacancies

the qualification tothrough need a

minimum qualifying markin reasoning, quantitativeaptitude, General Englishand General Awarenessthe Guild is energizingthe youth on these lines..

For details, theOffice of the Guild may becontacted at No.1, Guild

In view of thep e c t e d r u s h o fpavali shoppers, thece have also madet a in changes i nicular movement inarea. The changes,ch came into force on 01 include one-way

riction and a ban ony of autorickshaws ine parts of T.Nagar.

Only vehiclesm North Usman Roading the Panagalver are allowed ond l e y j u n c t i o n .icles from Madleyction cannot take theagal flyover.

Autorickshawsm i n g f r o m

katnarayana Road-g e s w a r a R o a dnction have beenhibited from taking thera isamy subway.ewise, autorickshaws

uld not be allowed on

B r i n d a v a n S t r e e ttowards Panagal Park;from Muthurangan Roadto Madley Road junction;from Kannamapet toMadley Road junction;f r o m B u r k i t R o a d -D h a n d a p a n i S t r e e tintersection to MadleyRoad junction; fromNorth Usman Road-Coats Road junction toPanagal Park via NorthUsman East ServiceRoad ; f r o m Ro h in iroundabout to PanagalPark; from North UsmanRoad-MaharajapuramS a n t h a n a m R o a dintersection to PanagalPark; through the serviceroads of DhandapaniStreet towards UsmanRoad and South UsmanRoad.

Parking lots fora u t o r i c k s h a ws i savailable on Burkit Road

(30 autos), Dhandapani

ew traffic regulations in T Nagar for Diwali shoppingS t r e e t ( 3 0 a u t o s ) ,Venkatnarayana Road(near Thyagaraya Club)(30 autos), BashyamRoad (50 autos) andCoats Road (50 autos).

Those comingby cars could use theparking lots provided atthe following places:

MuthuranganSalai (Eastern side) (50vehicles), G.N. ChettyRoad, (from PrakasamRoad, Bashyam Road

junction to Vani Mahale i t h e r s i d e s ) ( 2 0 0v e h i c l e s ) ,S o m a s u n d a r a mP l a y g r o u n d ( 5 0 0vehicles), ThyagarayaRoad (Western side)( 2 0 0 v e h i c l e s ) ,Venkatnarayana Road(southern side of T.T.D e v a s t h a n a m ) ( 5 0vehicles) and BurkitRoad (northern side

Madley junction to Burkit

Road and V.N. Road junction) (100 vehicles).

Parking spacefor 500 two-wheelers hasbeen provided at thee a s t e r n s i d e o fThyagaraya Road.

Nearby schoolgrounds would also beutilised (on holidays) asparking lots for two-wheelers, at CorporationH i g h e r S e c o n d a r ySchool, Prakasam Road,( 2 0 0 v e h i c l e s ) ;Ramakrishna HigherSecondary Schools atBashyam Road andB u r k i t R o a d ( 2 0 0vehicles each).

A l so p r i va t eparking lot facilities area v a i l a b l e o nRamanathan Street,G u i l d S t r e e t a n dMahalakshmi Street.Goods vehicles will notbe allowed to enter T.

Nagar between 10 a.m.and 10 p.m.

Special coaching for BanksPO/Clerk Examinations

Street, (Behind Siva-Vishnu Temple), T.Nagar,C h e n n a i - 6 0 0 0 1 7 .P h o n e : 2 4 3 4 2 4 2 1 ;2 4 3 3 7 3 8 7 , F a x :4 2 8 6 7 8 5 9 ; E - m a i l :s t e n o l d @ v s n l . c o m ;w e b s i t e :www.stenold.org

T h e I n d i a nInstitutes of Management(IIMs) have extended thelast date for onlineregistration for this yearsCommon Admission Testfrom October 1 to 11. CATscores are used fora d m i s s i o n t om a n a g e m e n tprogrammes offered bythe IIMs and otherleading business schoolsin the country.

A release byP r o m e t r i c , t h e

organisation handling thetest which is going onlinethis year, said that the editfeature that enabledthose who had alreadyregistered for the test

online to edit theirpersonal details will alsobe made available tocandidates till October11. The sale of CATvouchers at designatedAXIS bank branches,earlier scheduled to endon October 1, has beenextended to October 8.Sale of vouchers andonline registration forCAT 2009 opened onS e p t e m b e r 9 . T h edecision to extend thedates was taken as

candidates were finding itdifficult to buy the CATvouchers as of the manyb a n k h o l i d a y s i nSeptember.

CAT online registrationextended to October 11


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K r i s h n a s w a m y Founder of the Centre -was the principal ofD.A.V.Mat.Hr.Sec.School in Gopalapuram sincethe inception of thes c h o o l . U n d e r h e rguidance, the schoolproduced outstandingresults in the Boardexaminations year afteryear. The s tudentstopped in the state inindividual subjects and inthe cumulative totals.Prior to that, she taughtMaths, Physics andComputer Science inD . A . V. ( C . B . S . E . )Gopalapuram for 10years. She further addedto her achievements, adoctorate in Education.

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The Tamil Nadugovernment has found aningenious way to outwitneighbourhood rationshops that routinely turnaway customers under

the pretext that the outlethas run out of stocks.Soon, ration card holderswill need to send just anSMS and the informationon the availability ofstocks in their respectivePDS outlet will be in theirhands within minutes.

It is part of thestep-by-step processt o w a r d s t o t a ltransparency in fooddistribution in the state,said K Shanmugam, foodsecretary. Three monthsago, the Tamil Nadu CivilSupplies Corporation(TNCSC) began usingSMS to receive inputs onstock availability in eachof the 28,000 rationshops across the state atthe end of the day. Thedata thus received wasstored in the centralserver. Now, the servicewould be available to thenearly two crore cardholders in the state.

Until now, onlyofficials were accessingthe data. Now, theconsumers can get thed e t a i l s t o o , s a i d

Shanmugam. B e s i d e smaking the sys temtransparent, the facilitywill help people know thestock before going to theration shop, said adeputy commissioner ofTNCSC in Chennai. For

instance, senior citizenswith white cards who areentitled to sugar can sendan SMS to know aboutthe sugar stock in theirration shop to avoid

straining themselves bywalking to the shop, hepointed out.

As the rationcards bear the districtcodes as well as shopcodes, it would be easyfor consumers to accessinformation. But, theg o v e r n m e n t h a s arequest consumersshould ideally utilise theSMS facility during theday time as the centralserver gets a bit cloggedafter 5 pm when theofficial data flow begins.

Consumers inthe state have to send anSMS starting with PDSfollowed by the districtcode (like 01 for NorthChennai) and the rationshop code (like BE014),which is printed on thelower portion of the frontpage of all ration cards

The SMS canbe sent to any of thefo l l owi ng n umber s :9 7 8 9 0 0 6 4 9 2 ,9 7 8 9 0 0 5 4 5 0 ,9 1 7 6 4 8 0 2 2 6 ,9 1 7 6 4 8 0 2 2 7 ,9 0 9 4 8 3 1 7 6 6 ,

9 7 9 0 7 2 5 3 4 9 ,9176480216I n f o r m a t i o n

about stock availability ofrice, wheat, pulses andother essentials at yourlocal PDS shop, as on theprevious evening, will bereceived by SMS

Information on the PDSstock at your ration shop

just an SMS away

S o u t h e r nlway will run theowing special trainsm Chennai Central to

ercoil (via Erode,ur, and Madurai) andakulam to clear thea rush of passengers.

Train No. 0601leave Central at 8.30 on October 5, 7, 9 12 and r eachercoil at 10.50 a.m.

next day. In the return

direction, train no. 0602will leave Nagercoil at4.30 p.m. on October 4,6, 8, 11 and 13 and arriveCentral at 8.30 a.m. thenext day.

A d d i t i o n a lD e e p a v a l i w e e k l ysuperfast special trains toCoimbatore: Train no.0613 will leave Central at11.50 p.m. on October 9,23, 30, and November 6and reach Coimbatore at

7.55 a.m. the next day. Inthe return direction, trainno. 0614 will leaveCoimbatore at 7.45 p.m.on October 4, 11, 25,November 1, and 8 andarrive Central at 4 a.m.the next day.

A d v a n c ereservation for the abovetrains will commence onOctober 1, according to apress release, issued bythe Southern Railway

pecial trains to clear the festival rush

TANUVAS invitesapplications

The Tamil NaduVeterinary and AnimalSciences University hasinvited applications forcertificate courses inL ives to c k P ro du c t sTechnology, Animal Feedand Mill Management,Fodde r P r od uc t i o n ,J a p a n e s e Q u a i lP rodu c t i on , Tu rk e yFarming and Livestocka n d P o u l t r y F a r mManager.

While for thef i r s t t w o c o u r s e s ,candidates who havecompleted Plus-two areeligible, for the nextthree, eighth standard issufficient. For the lastcourse, the candidateshould have completedtenth standard.

The last date forsubmitting applications isOctober 30. For detailscontact: 044-25554375.

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c o m m e n c e a tMambalam SamskritaVidyalaya, 116, K.R. KoilS t r e e t , W e s tMambalam, from Oct.05 at 7 pm. Classes willbe held thrice a weekcontact: Prof. Dr. O.R.Devanathan, 24890311,Cell: 9884364620.

Free SanskritClasses

M r P. I n d r aNeel, Research Scholar,Dept of Chemistry, IITs p e a k s o n ' N a n o

Technology' at theChildrens Club, 96,V.M.Street on SundayOctober 4, at 10 a.m.Senior school andcollege students arewelcome to attend.

Nano TechnologyUpdate

Nizhal, a trustthat promotes concernfor trees in the city, isorganising a tree walk onOctober 4, at the BirlaPlanetarium campus.Besides learning how to

identify trees, walkerscan learn interestingfacts about each tree, itsnativity and uses. Thewalk will start at 7am. Tor e g i s t e r , c a l l9 4 4 5 2 5 8 3 2 8 o r9840744453.

Tree walk on Oct 4

The Institute ofDistance Education ofthe University of Madrashas extended the date foradmission to all courses( u n d e r g r a d u a t e ,postgraduate, diplomaand certificate courses)up to October 30. A pressrelease here stated thata p p l i c a t i o n - c u m -prospectus could beo b t a i n e d f r o m t h einstitute, any one of thespot admission centresor study centres onpayment of Rs.100.

Date extended

Kum. U. Aarthy,udent of Sri Ahobilath Oriental Higheondary School, Westmbalam, who applied

revaluation has beenlared State III in

gregate (1186/1200)secured State III bothC o m m e r c e a n d

ountancy as per themmunication by thepartment of Govt.minations.

GE revisesrank

Under the auspicesof Sri Ramana BhakthaSamajam C.T. AnandaKrishnan (Advocate) will givea talk on Bhagwan Ramanasat 6 pm on Sunday, Oct. 4 inBVSN Murthy school premies27/12 A, Thambiah Street,West Mambalam. There isVeda paarayanam andA k s h a r a M a n a m a l a ipaarayanam at 5 pm onSunday. . More details can behas in phones 2371 6495/ 98417 39090 and 9444172623. All are welcome

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Limra Ayurveda28/4, Brindavan Street, WestMambalam will conduct afree Ayurveda and naturalmedicine camp from 2 pm to9 pm on Sunday, Oct. 4 inAnugraha Hall, 32 RajuStreet, West Mambalam. A.Latiff (Organizer) told that a

team of 5 doctors led by Dr.N. Venkateshwara Rao andDr. K. Gowthaman willexamine the patients. Thosesuffering from diabetes, skinailments, artritis, infertilityand other chronic diseasesare welcome to attend.

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Sri Thyagabrahma Gana Sabha organised a blood donation camp onGandhi Jayanthi day. A large number of donors have donated blood during the camp..S.Ve.Shekher MLA inaugurated the camp.

Blood donation camp organised at Vani Mahal

S.Ve.Shekher MLA with Ravi, S.V.S.Mani,T.K.Raghunathan and Kumar of Vani Mahal

T.S. Sridhar,cipal Secretary andm m i s s i o n e r o f

seums, Tamilnaduernment launched a

e Spoken Englishning programme onday, September 20,

Free spoken English trainingto 61 economically poorstudents to mark thecommemoration of Sri

Krishna Sweets 61stfounding day. In whichrich tributes are paid toN.K. Mahadeva Iyer, thefounder of Sri Krishna

Sweets . M. Mural i ,Managing Director of SriKrishna Sweets recalledthe advices of his fatherto do a lot of socialactivities as a part ofprofession.

S . V .Ramaswamy, the Hon.President of the Guildinformed that the offer of

Free Spoken EnglishTraining is a part ofGuilds activities and tofulfill the objective of theGuild to offer such freeprogramme to physicallychallenged, orphans,d e s t i t u t e w o m e n ,e c o n o m i c a l l y p o o rstudents and gypsycommunity every year.

The nine daysera festival wasbrated with pompd s p l e n d o r a tamandir Matriculation

Sec. School, Westmbalam.grand kolu with nines was kept . forlay. This year theme was differenteshas and various

nesh murthy idolse kept in the kolu.

L a l i t h aasranama archana

done every day byt h e t e a c h e r s a n ds t u d e n t s . O n t h eVijayadasami day theK.G Section childrendressed themselves invarious religious god andsaints and made thefestival a colourful one.Daily prasadams weredistributed . Parents alsoparticipated with lot ofdevotion .

Navarathri celebrations at Kalamandir


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Indian Institute ofo sk Managemen tKM) at Annanagar,ennai. to providein ing fo r peop l eeres ted in be ingr e p r e n e u r s . D r.

shna Chandra, Deputyector of Employment,nistry of labour andployment inauguratedacademy. Once theysh the 6month course,y will be given ak of their own. It ised at providing ant r e p r e n e u r s h i pp o r t u n i t y w i t hactive returns torant entrepreneurs.

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S. Raghunathan S. Raghunathan

Your first steptowards a larger socialcircle is when you enteryour college. This is theperiod when you start

interacting with differentkinds of people belongingto different backgrounds.Initially when you are atschool, you are a part of aclass of almost 25-30children, probably youknow most of them sinceyour childhood; but whenyou enter a college, youmeet people you havenever met before. Youare now a part of a largerclass having almost 60-70 students. You are notat all acquainted with andto get to know all of themeven a period of twoyears is not enough.

All of them aredifferent from each other.They think differently, talkeccentrically, behavediversely, walk strangelyetc., and so the list goeson and on about all theways these lo ts ofs t u d e n t s a r edistinguished from eachother.

It would be a lotmore feasible to classifyas STUDENT RACEJustas we call ourselves apa r t o f t he hu manrace.Consequently, theelementary step you takewhen you are introducedto a new variety of

species with such diversecharacteristics is toc l a s s i f y t h e m i n t odifferent classes. And theprime objective of mywriting is the same.I have classified thestudent race into thefollowing classes.

Lets start offwith the rare or ratherextinct species. They arec a l l e d T H E B O O KWORMS. The mostdistinguished feature

about them is that theyare always found withbooks or notes. Theirday starts with books,continues with notes and

ends with the lecturesthey noted down. Youmay find them wearinghuge spectacles or withtightly bonded hair.

Next comesTHE MEDIOCR E S .They have balancedt h e m s e l v e s ; t h e yi n d u l g e i n b o t hacademic and fun lovingactivities to such anextent that they are notlost in either of them. Thecommon aspect thatthey share with theBOOK WORMS is thatthey are always found inproper uniforms.

Then we haveT H E R U L EBREAKERS. They lovebunking classes andtheir most commonhabitat is the cafeteriaand the bunkers area.They pay no heed towhat the teachers sayand do things the waythey want.

N e a r e s t t ot h e m a r e t h eINTIMIDATORS and theHI-FIs. Their physicalappearance is the mostsignificant identifyingfeature, wearing skin-f i t t e d u n i f o r m s ,extremely short shirts,

bandanna and shoes,which are prohibited.They walk around,openly with no fearholding cell phones andthey have a grea tpassion for passingacerbic remarks onothers. Their commonhabitat is the cafeteriaand the bunkers area aswell.

T h e l i s tcont inues wi th thepeople known as THESHOW-OFFS, bringing

The diverse student race

NIKE and ADIDAS bags,Swatch watches, talkingabout hi-fi hangouts are allthese pals can garrulouslyt a l k a b o u t . T h e y a r ecompletely snobbish inattitude and pompous.

The most commonlyavailable species of studentsare a part of the notoriousclass known as THE EMPTYVESSELS, the proverbempty vessels make themost noise suits them the

most, they just keep onsaying whatever they wantwithout even thinking for ananosecond. They hold acommon similarity with theshow offs, that is they want tothe centre of attentionwhether they deserve it ornot.

T H E P E E RPRESSURISED have noother goal other than to try tofit in with the other classmembers; these people areusually the victims of scathingand are probably the mostimmaculate, unsophisticatedand browbeaten class ofstudents known up till now.

Well, these were just a few of the innumerablecategories in which thes t u d e n t s h a v e b e e nclassified. But this is not theend, these classes have beenfurther divided into subclasses, then into groups andsub groups and further intoorders and sub orders etc.Subsequently, due to theever-growing human racethis process cannot bebrought to a halt, but issometimes hindered whenunknown species of studentscome up to surface and thena g a i n l e a d s t o t h edevelopment of a new classof student race. Further,

researches are being madeto account for the differentfactors how members of oneclass transform into otherclass members, whether thisis a result of an adaptation ora mutation or some form ofevolution is still to beunearthed.

But till then thissuccinct piece of informationshould be instructive enoughto help you realise the class,which you belong to.

LANGUAGE ARTS:ANGUAGE ARTS:

When we wantconvey our thoughtsuse words. And when

need to describemething in graphic

ils we depend onctives, adverbs and

bs. These three wordslike colour pencils.

h one of them adds adimension to the

uty and meaning ofword picture we wantdraw. And each ofe words is essentialxpressing a clear andd description and

ps form a bridgeween the writer or theaker and his reader oraudience. Let us nowy the role of each ofse words in themple that follows:rest of the apes, wild

ngutans are restrictede mountain ranges ofslands of Borneo and

matra. It has long beengal in Indonesia andaysia to own, kill orort them. However,l recently the lawsr e n o t s t r i c t l y

orced. In the sampleage there are threectives rarest, wild,

gal; three adverbs g, recently, strictly;d f i v e v e r b s

ricted, own, kill,ort, enforced. In theage that comprises

words, there are in alldescriptive words,

ch means almost one-r t h o f t he t o t a lents. The adjective

est tells us that then g u t a n s a r e a nangered species;d informs us that wetalking only of the

ngutans that live in the

wilderness; illegal tellsus that it is against thel aw to d i s t u rb t hep o p u l a t i o n o f t h eorangutans in their wildhabitats in Malaysia andIndonesia. Moving on tothe adverbs, we find thatwhile long and recentlygive us a clear picture ofthe time period in eachsituation, the adverbstrictly throws some lighton the manner the law issupposed to be followedin order to stop the wrongpractices against theendangered orangutans.The five verbs play theirrole of making the wordpicture clearer by tellingus of the actions and thedifferent manners inwhich they take place.We come to know that theorangutans are not foundin any other part of eitherIndonesia or Malaysia,but as the verb clearlyputs it, are restricted tothe mountain ranges ofBorneo and Sumatra.Then the verbs own, killand export serve thepurpose of explaining thedictates of the law veryclearly, accurately andprecisely. The presentdiscussion on words thathelp describe situations,

people or places is meantto correct the generali m p r e s s i o n t h a tadjectives are the onlydescriptive words inE n g l i s h l a n g u a g e .Another look at the abovepassage tells us that agood piece of writing iscreated only when weuse our descriptivewords adjectives,adverbs, verbs withthe greatest of care and

focus. Adding too manyo f t h e s e w o r d s ,regardless of suitabilityto the purpose in hand,would only lead to acreation of confusingimages rather than clearones in the mind of thereader or listener. Onthe other hand, youshould make sure thatwhat you say or write hassubstance and carriesweight. This is possibleonly when you make aconscious effor t toinclude all the threetypes of descriptivewords, we have justd i s c us s e d , i n y ou reveryday rejoinders inw r i t t e n o r s p o k e nlanguage. Finally, justread the two specimenswritten on the samesubject, more or lessc om mu n i c a t i ng t hesame information. Thenf o r m y o u r o w n

judgement as to whichone of the two gives youa more effective andclear image of thes i t u a t i o n t h a t i sdescribed. Little Rajusface lit up with a widesmile. Then he gurgledand laughed outright. Hetoddled towards theopen ground and picked

up the ball gingerly, as itcame rolling in hisdirection. Raju beganto laugh. He wenttowards the ball andpicked it up as soon as itreached him. I hope Ileave you the wiser onthe use of descriptivewords in all your writtena n d s p o k e nassignments.

Descriptive Words

At least five people in this world love you so much they would die for you.At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be justlike you.A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they dont like you.Every night, someone thinks about you before he/she goes to sleep.You mean the world to someone.If not for you, someone may not be living.You are special and unique.Someone that you dont even know exists loves you.When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: you most likelyturned your back on the world.

When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably wontget it, but if you believe in yourself, probably, sooner or later, you will get it.Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the ruderemarks.

Always tell someone how you feel about him/her; you will feel much better.If you have great friends, take the time to let them know that they are great.

Things you probably neverthought about!


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In an awesomebination of dream,ning and technology,BBC has opened the

lds biggest online zoouring hundreds of

mals.

The zoo hasn e o f t h eppointments lioning in their dens,kes preferring to

remain away from thepublics glare - that avisitor has to encounter ina traditional zoo.

T h ezoo has 370

animals for thestart and thedatabank ofclips and stillpictures will ber e i n f o r c e ddaily. The BBCs t a f f i se x p l o r i n gseveral wildlifeprogrammest o e nh a nc et h e i rcollection.

D a rw ins frog, found in Chileforests and which givesbirth through the mouth of

the male. The birthprocess is repeated inslow motion.

The website is

classified into animalk i n g d o m ' s m a i ncategories, such asmammals, fish and birds,and is further sub-dividedi n t i e r s t h r o u g hs u b s p e c i e s . L o n g -standing favourites suchas meerkats are in thelaunch selection but thespotlight also shines onthe nocturnal and hardly-ever-seen Sundar FlyingLemur, or Malay Colugo.A rat-like rodent, thisopens itself out into a sortof aerial handbag to glidesilently through theforests of Borneo in thedark. Equally shy are theDumbo octopi, the onlywild species to be namedafter a Disney character.

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