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Online Passport Application for Passport Office India

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Presently the online Registration for General Public is available at

Ahmedabad
Bhubaneshwar
Bareilly
Mumbai
Kolkata
Cochin
Thane
Chandigarh
Jaipur
Delhi
Lucknow
Kozhikode
Chennai
Malapuram
Pune
Trivandrum
Hyderabad
Jammu
Patna
Ranchi
Vizag
Goa
Ghaziabad
Bhopal
Nagpur
Surat 

 You can apply on line for a fresh passport (if you have never possessed a passport earlier), re-issue of  passport (if your present passport of 10 years validity has expired or will expire in next 12 months), duplicate passport (if your present passport is lost or damaged).

2-                 Only the residents falling under the jurisdiction of the respective Passport offices are eligible to apply on-line through this website.

3-                 Through this site you can register your application with the respective Passport offices. After registration, the system will ask you to Open / Save your application form. After Open / Save,  please print the application form. (If you are  not able to print the application form for any reason, you must note down the application number. With the help of this application number and date of birth you can re-print the application form later. You can also  print the application if you have Saved the application.) There are still some columns in the application form which you will have to fill by hand. You will have to visit Passport office to submit the completed application form along with fee, supporting documents such as date of birth certificate etc. on the appointed day and time. The date and time of appointment at Passport office will be informed by the on-line system and will also be printed on the application form.

4-                 Please visit Passport office on the appointed date and time. You should arrive at RPO about 15 minutes before the appointed time and proceed to the respective counter. On line applicants do not need to obtain a  token number for submitting their applications. You will not have to wait long in the queue.

5-                 Before you register your application on-line, please read the information on the website of respective Passport office(passport.gov.in) carefully, particularly regarding fee structure, instructions to fill Form No. 1 and How to Apply. Through this information, you will know the documents required, number of copies of application form required etc. Apply on-line only if you are sure that you will be able to produce all the necessary documents on the date of appointment.

6-                 If for any reason you are late in reaching Passport office on the day of appointment, we will try our best to accommodate you on the same day as soon as a slot in the queue becomes available.
https://passport.gov.in/pms/OnlineRegistration.jsp

WHY THE SKY IS BLUE ?

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

WHY THE SKY IS BLUE ?

On a clear sunny day, the sky above us looks bright blue. In the evening, the sunset puts on a brilliant show of reds, pinks and oranges. Why is the sky blue? What makes the sunset red?

To answer these questions, we must learn about light, and the Earth’s atmosphere.

THE ATMOSPHERE

The atmosphere is the mixture of gas molecules and other materials surrounding the earth. It is made mostly of the gases nitrogen (78%), and oxygen (21%). Argon gas and water (in the form of vapor, droplets and ice crystals) are the next most common things. There are also small amounts of other gases, plus many small solid particles, like dust, soot and ashes, pollen, and salt from the oceans.

The composition of the atmosphere varies, depending on your location, the weather, and many other things. There may be more water in the air after a rainstorm, or near the ocean. Volcanoes can put large amounts of dust particles high into the atmosphere. Pollution can add different gases or dust and soot.

The atmosphere is densest (thickest) at the bottom, near the Earth. It gradually thins out as you go higher and higher up. There is no sharp break between the atmosphere and space.

LIGHT WAVES

Light is a kind of energy that radiates, or travels, in waves. Many different kinds of energy travel in waves. For example, sound is a wave of vibrating air. Light is a wave of vibrating electric and magnetic fields. It is one small part of a larger range of vibrating electromagnetic fields. This range is called the electromagnetic spectrum.

Electromagnetic waves travel through space at 299,792 km/sec (186,282 miles/sec). This is called the speed of light.

Light waves

The energy of the radiation depends on its wavelength and frequency. Wavelength is the distance between the tops (crests) of the waves. Frequency is the number of waves that pass by each second. The longer the wavelength of the light, the lower the frequency, and the less energy it contains.

COLORS OF LIGHT

Visible light is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that our eyes can see. Light from the sun or a light bulb may look white, but it is actually a combination of many colors. We can see the different colors of the spectrum by splitting the light with a prism. The spectrum is also visible when you see a rainbow in the sky.

Rainbow Picture

The colors blend continuously into one another. At one end of the spectrum are the reds and oranges. These gradually shade into yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. The colors have different wavelengths, frequencies, and energies. Violet has the shortest wavelength in the visible spectrum. That means it has the highest frequency and energy. Red has the longest wavelength, and lowest frequency and energy.

LIGHT IN THE AIR

Light travels through space in a straight line as long as nothing disturbs it. As light moves through the atmosphere, it continues to go straight until it bumps into a bit of dust or a gas molecule. Then what happens to the light depends on its wave length and the size of the thing it hits.

Dust particles and water droplets are much larger than the wavelength of visible light. When light hits these large particles, it gets reflected, or bounced off, in different directions. The different colors of light are all reflected by the particle in the same way. The reflected light appears white because it still contains all of the same colors.

Gas molecules are smaller than the wavelength of visible light. If light bumps into them, it acts differently. When light hits a gas molecule, some of it may get absorbed. After awhile, the molecule radiates (releases, or gives off) the light in a different direction. The color that is radiated is the same color that was absorbed. The different colors of light are affected differently. All of the colors can be absorbed. But the higher frequencies (blues) are absorbed more often than the lower frequencies (reds). This process is called Rayleigh scattering. (It is named after Lord John Rayleigh, an English physicist, who first described it in the 1870’s.)

WHY IS THE SKY BLUE?

The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.

However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue.

Blue sky from scattered light

As you look closer to the horizon, the sky appears much paler in color. To reach you, the scattered blue light must pass through more air. Some of it gets scattered away again in other directions. Less blue light reaches your eyes. The color of the sky near the horizon appears paler or white.

Sky paler at horizon

THE BLACK SKY AND WHITE SUN

On Earth, the sun appears yellow. If you were out in space, or on the moon, the sun would look white. In space, there is no atmosphere to scatter the sun’s light. On Earth, some of the shorter wavelength light (the blues and violets) are removed from the direct rays of the sun by scattering. The remaining colors together appear yellow.

Also, out in space, the sky looks dark and black, instead of blue. This is because there is no atmosphere. There is no scattered light to reach your eyes.

Black sky in space

WHY IS THE SUNSET RED?

As the sun begins to set, the light must travel farther through the atmosphere before it gets to you. More of the light is reflected and scattered. As less reaches you directly, the sun appears less bright. The color of the sun itself appears to change, first to orange and then to red. This is because even more of the short wavelength blues and greens are now scattered. Only the longer wavelengths are left in the direct beam that reaches your eyes.

Sun red at sunset

The sky around the setting sun may take on many colors. The most spectacular shows occur when the air contains many small particles of dust or water. These particles reflect light in all directions. Then, as some of the light heads towards you, different amounts of the shorter wavelength colors are scattered out. You see the longer wavelengths, and the sky appears red, pink or orange

New Traffic Rules in Dubai

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

New Traffic Rules Effective New Traffic Fines

Kindly be note that the traffic fines starting today will be as follow:

Radar : 500 Dhs instead of 200 Dhs

Cutting a red sign: 1,500 Dhs instead of 500 Dhs for the first time & 3

days in jail for the second time.

Take care and be careful,,

For all who drive in Dubai ,

All Dubai except Jumeira:

All Dubai radars have been reset to catch if your speed is 10 Km/Hr

above the street speed. In other words, If the speed limit is 100 Km/Hr

(like beginning ofSHK Zayed Road ) you shouldn’t exceed 109 Km/Hr.

[Before was: if the road speed limit is 100 Km/Hr , the radar only was

to catch if the speed is 120 Km/Hr]

Jumeira (Main Roads only)

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The speed limit is 80 Km/Hr and radar will catch on 81 Km/Hr Jumeira

(Suburb Roads only):

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There are hidden radar cameras. The speed limit in these villas areas is

40 Km/Hr. YES it is only 40 Km/Hr

From: General Headquarters of the Dubai Police

Subject: Crossing the Yellow Line (Driving on the shoulder of a

street)

The Traffic Division greets you and wishes to draw your attention to a

serious traffic offence committed by drivers which is driving on the

shoulder of streets (crossing the yellow line). As this is a grave

offence and leads to reckless endangerment of the lives of other

drivers as well as being a grave breach of Traffic Law, the Dubai

Police has decided to take firm action to stop this kind of offence

which is as follows:

1. Impounding of vehicle for six months.

2. Applying the laws concerning fines and ancillaries thereof.

3. For those working as drivers, they must be deported and

proof of deportation must be provided.

4. Six black points are given.

5. The driving license shall be withdrawn in case of

committing this offence twice, and shall not be returned

to its owner until he/she passes a difficult test and pays a

fine of 3000 Dirham.

6. After all of the above procedures have been completed, the

vehicle will be released.

Therefore, please pass this information to all of your colleagues and

acquaintances as well as drivers working for you or your company in

participation of our campaign to clarify this issue and to emphasize

that any offence will not be tolerated and the above penalties shall be

applied to all offenders to preserve the safety of all drivers and

users of the road, as well as to uphold the law.

5 Stop Snoring Treatment Tips

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
5 Stop Snoring Treatment Tips
By David Richards

If like me you sound like a bear growling a cave when your asleep, then you will no that snoring has a big impact on life. Regardless of the health issues (which are significant) , snoring can play havoc with your relationship.

If you are at you wits end with being woken up every hour either to the sound of your own snoring, or being dug in the back and told to “Roll Over”; or if you are the long suffering sufferer of a snorer, then read over these five tips to snoring treatment.

SNORING TREATMENT TIP 1.

Take a look at your diet. Although this probably won’t be the complete snoring treatment answer, it is worth starting with what you’re eating and drinking. You could well have intolerance to certain foods which affects your breathing, especially when lying on you back. For example, too much (or an intolerance to) dairy produce is likely to cause you to become blocked up with mucus, when horizontal, this collects causing heavy breathing and snoring. Alcohol is another common offender.

SNORING TREATMENT TIP 2.

Being overweight is another significant contributor. Excess weight in the neck and chest puts pressure on the breathing passage.

SNORING TREATMENT TIP 3

Sleep on you side or front. Now this is easier said than done, because it’s hard to control your sleeping position when you are asleep! However, there is an old trick that may be worth considering. You could sow a walnut, table tennis ball or similar size object into the back of a shirt and wear that in bed. Each time you roll on your back it will dig into you, causing you to roll back again – providing you don’t take your shirt of in your sleep.

SNORING TREATMENT TIP 4

Use nasal strips. I found these to be very helpful, at least to start with. Nasal strips (often used by athletes) open the air passage for you, thus removing or preventing blockages. If your desperate it’s worth a try, but the cost can add up over the days, months and years.

SNORING TREATMENT TIP 5

I’ve saved the best until last. Exercising the muscles in your throat, tongue and doing breathing exercises can completely cure your snoring. It worked for me and I know it can for you. See my website for more details

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Long yet meaningful

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

TRUST

TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.
 
A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call.   She answered, “Public Utilities Board.” There was silence. She repeated, “PUB.” There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she heard a lady’s voice, “Oh, so this is PUB. Sorry, I got the number from my Husband’s pocket but I do not know whose number it is.”
 
Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just “hello” instead of “PUB”.
 
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 NO POINTING FINGERS
 
A man asked his father-in-law, “Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?”
The father-in-law answered in a smile, “Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you.”
 
We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves.
 
If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.
  
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CREATING PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS?
 
A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested “I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable one.” The SDU officer said, “Your requirements, please.” “Oh, good looking, polite, humorous, sporty, knowledgeable, and good in singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my leisure hour, if I don’t go out. Telling me interesting stories when I need companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest.” The officer listened carefully and replied, “I understand you need television.”
 
There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wife and a deaf husband, because the blind wife cannot see the faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunately, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up and discover that marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.
  
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NO OVERPOWERING
 
Many relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another, or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that “It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person’s character.”
 
It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectation on changing the spouse character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness.
 
It would be less painful to change ourselves and lower our expectations.
 
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RIGHT SPEECH
 
There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that “A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation.” Many relationships break off because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other, we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party.
 
A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted,” I, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school.” On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, “Luckily you married me. Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker.” She answered,” You should appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he will be the millionaire and not you.”
 
Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It’s like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.
  
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PERSONAL PERCEPTION
 
Different people have different perception. One man’s meat could be another man’s poison. A couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way home, a boy commented, “Very stupid. Why neither of them rides on the donkey?” Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, “The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?” Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey.
 
Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, “How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman.”
The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey. Then, they met a young man. He commented, “Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you.” Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.
 
It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a narrow bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell into the river. You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will be in the future.
 
Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear.
  
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BE PATIENT
 
This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, and hammered the little boy’s hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.
 
Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy’s hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, “Daddy, I’m sorry about your truck.” Then he asked, “But when are my fingers going to grow back?” The father went home & committed suicide.
 
Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or u wish to take revenge. Think first before u lose your patience with someone u love. Trucks can be repaired.. Broken bones & hurt feelings often can’t. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.
 
People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever

chocolate lime juice

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Chocolate - Lime Juice - Ice Cream - Toffeeyan
Pehle Jaise Ab Mere Shauk Hain Kahan
Gudiya - Khilone Meri Saheliyan
Ab Mujhe Lagti Hain Sari Paheliyan
Yeh Kaun - Sa Mod Hai Umra Ka..!

Yeh Kaisa Deewanapan Hai Kya Janu - Main Kya Janu
Mushkil Ho Gaya Khud Ko Kaise
Pehchanu Main Pehchanu
Din Katta Hai Kate Na Ratiyan
Kisse Kahun Main Yeh Sari Batiyan
Gudiya - Khilone Meri Saheliyan
Ab Mujhe Lagti Hain Sari Paheliyan
Yeh Kaun - Sa Mod Hai Umra Ka..!

Man Mein Tarange Uthne Lagi Hain Yeh Kaisi, Yeh Kaisi
Ab Jaisi Hoon Pehle Nahin Thi Main - Aisi, Main Aisi
Khilne Lagi Hain Raahon Mein Kaliyan
Ankhiyan Dhoondhe Sapnon Ki Galiyan
Gudiya - Khilone Meri Saheliyan
Ab Mujhe Lagti Hain Sari Paheliyan
Yeh Kaun - Sa Mod Hai Umra Ka..!

There re many things in ure life which will catch ure eye but only few will catch ure heart pursue those

 jamba juice, juice plus, pomegranate juice, juice fasting, aloe vera juice, mangosteen juice, orange juice, cranberry juice, tahitian noni juice,

Facts

Friday, March 16th, 2007

1) Longest English Word:   

Praetertranssubstan tiationalistical ly   has 37 letters.

2) Book Without Letter “e”

GADFY, written by Earnest Wright in 1939 is a 50,000+ word book, which doesn’t contain a
single word with ‘e‘ in it

3) Word without Vowel:

Rhythm

Sky

Fry

Cry

4) Human Brain:

Organ of body which has no sensation when cut.

5) Crocodile :

Only animal & reptile which sheds tear while eating.

6) No:of Alphabets, which SOUND AS WORDS :

They are
**       **B*        Bee *
**       **C*        Sea*
**       **G** *       Zee*
**       ** I*       Eye *
**       ** Q*       Queue*
**       ** R*        Are *
**       ** S*        Yes *
**        **T*        Tea* **
**       ** U*        You *
**       ** Y*          Why

Fascinating Animals, Birds, Trees :

1)     SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tongue.
2)     A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.
3)     DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.
4)     A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tones of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.
5)     The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.
6)     The fierce DINOSAUR was TYRANNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp
teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.
7)     DEMETRIO was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.
8)     CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.
9)     The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
10)   OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
11)   POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.
12)   KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.
13)   ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
14)   OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.

What are They :

1)      If we say ‘MUMMY’, they come together & go apart when we say DADDY’:              

LIPS
2)      What goes up & never comes down:
AGE
3)      Patches over patches but no stitches:
CABBAGE
4)      What is that we cannot see, but is always before you:                                            

FUTURE
5)      What goes up & down a hill, but never moves:                                                        

 ROAD
6)      You can never wet it:
SHADOW
7)      What belongs to You, but used by your friends more often you do:

YOUR NAME

In 24 Hours Average Human:

1)      HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
2)      LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
3)       BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.
4)      NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
5)      HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
6)      Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)
7)      Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
8)      Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
9)      Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
10)     Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
11)     Speak 4,800 WORDS.
12)     During SLEEP move 25.4 times

Pearl Harbour - 7.12.1941

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

American involvement in second World War started with
attack by Japan on American military bases in Pearl Harbour on
Dec 7 1941 .Attack resulted in destruction of base with naval
fleet including Aircraft carrying Ships. Attack resulted in death
of 2401 American soldiers .