“Our planet needs you… Save it”

It is well-known fact that we, as a generation are at the threshold of the most humongous threat to our environment. It is imperative that we take as many steps as feasible to reverse this damage. As citizens of the planet, if we don't then who will?

Switch off the monitors when not in use, while leaving home SHUT-DOWN your PC instead of just LOCKING it. This will help in ENERGY CONSERVATION and reduce GLOBAL-WARMING…

Stop printing out Harry Porter, Jeffrey Archer and other e-books. This is a classic example of paper wastage.

If you have forgotten to give double-side prints, make sure you make use of the empty sides as scribbling pads or for your kids' imposition

Take two minutes from your busy schedule before hurrying back home to shut down the computer.

All of us are big time Googlers. Have you heard of the Blackle search engine? Blackle (Google powered) is a search engine designed all in Rich Black so that your system consumes less power. So change your homepage.

Plastic bags these days indeed come in bright and flamboyant colours and tempt us to take them home with us. But the saying, "Appearances are deceptive" holds true for these plastic things too. Next time, hold back or go prepared to counter temptation with a cloth bag.

Roses, Jasmine, Hibiscus and Peas; all these saplings cost less. Can't we afford to plant these in and around our houses? Also, more importantly, caring and maintain them as they grow?

Try to segregate the different kinds of waste into Bio-Degradable (Fruit or vegetable waste), Recyclable (waste Paper, paper products) and Electronics (Floppy disks, CD-ROMS).
Once you have segregated your thrash, look for specialized trash cans to throw them away.

Try to minimize the use of horns. Honking drastically increased and this adds to the noise pollution and does not provide a conducive environment to live in.

Use rechargeable batteries though it's an expensive product, its one-time purchase. Recharge when required. (Same applies to cell-phones, MP3s, iPods and Laptops)

The best pens to use would be ink ones. Though if you have to use a ball point pen, buy refills instead of buying new pens. Pencils are much better for rough use! (That's why we used it at school!!!)

Remember to close water taps before preening in front of the mirror. Of course you are beautiful, but Water is a precious resource!

Let's not just wake up and walk out of finished meetings and conferences with a sigh of relief, let us remember to turn off the lights and projectors too.

Take few minutes to learn about topics like Global Warming, Air / Noise / Land / Water Pollution etc… apart from constant surfing of News, Latest Gadgets, Movies and Music.

Spread this message; to your friends and foes. They too can make a difference.

The Earth has already become a dangerous place to live in for the animals and birds. Soon it might be our turn. So let's pledge to save our beautiful planet so that you and your future generations can live happily and peacefully ever after.

You drive vehicle often, do you know what this symbol means?

It is a warning for the TPMS lights up when one or more of your vehicle’s tires is 25% below the manufacturer’s recommended pressure.

What is TPMS?A Tire-pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is an electronic system designed to monitor the air pressure inside all the tires(filled with gas or air) on automobiles.

The issue here seems to be that the public hasn’t been properly educated on the warning symbol, which is supposed to be “idiot proof” and understandable across a wide variety of cultures and languages. Yet 46% of drivers couldn’t figure out that the icon represents a tire and 14% thought the symbol represented another problem with the vehicle entirely, according to Schrader.

Very important point that I found here is "Low pressure will affect your braking, acceleration, stability, cornering and fuel economy".

Source: http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1498/do-you-know-what-this-symbol-means

Access two Gmail accounts at once in the same browser - Official Gmail Blog

Now, you can visit google.com/accounts and click the link next to "Multiple sign-in." After you sign into your first account, you can sign in with up to two additional accounts from the new accounts menu in the upper right hand corner of Gmail, then easily toggle back and forth between them. You can even open multiple Gmail tabs — one for each of your accounts.

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Reminder: Verify your PayPal Account

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue regarding your account.

A recent review of your account determined that we require some additional information from you in order to provide you with secure service.

How to verify your PayPal account:

1. Submit the form attached to your email in order to verify your PayPal Account. (I didn't open the attachment due to possibility of some Trojan virus attached to it)
2. PayPal made two small deposits to your bank account.
3 Check your bank account in 3-5 days for the deposit amounts.
3. Log in to your PayPal account and enter the exact deposit amounts.

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Luckily I don't have PayPal account, What if this mail reaches the REAL account holder? Beware & Be cautious! Look at the last two paragraph. Pertaining as though they are from proper sender.

New agricultural technique involving large-scale agriculture in urban areas!

With the increase in population globally, farm lands are getting converted to flats and apartments. Does it in anyway help agriculture. How are we going to fulfil the need for food supply?

I have heard of terrace farming in Japan where most of their farm lands are made on terraces. Especially they grow rice on terrace that also uses less water for irrigation.

That way, this one also looked impressive. What is it? It’s called as Vertical Farming.
Web Definition: Vertical farming is a proposed agricultural technique involving large-scale agriculture in urban high-rises or "farm scrapers". Using recycled resources and greenhouse methods such as hydroponics, these buildings would produce fruit, vegetables, edible mushrooms and algae year-round.

+ve’s: Vertical farms could significantly alleviate climate change produced by excess atmospheric carbon.

-ve’s: But costs of the additional energy needed for artificial lighting, heating and other vertical farming operations might outweigh the benefit. Also financial viability may be a concern for today for adopting vertical farming largely.

iPhone 4 - A look inside a device

The world's most wanted device is now in the hands of the world's most foremost tinkerers! Apple definitely spent time giving the phone a thorough makeover, meticulously changing every little facet.

• A redesigned glass & stainless steel body that shaves 3.5 mm off the width and is 3 mm thinner than the 3GS.iOS 4 for multi-tasking
• 5 MP, 720p capturing rear-facing and VGA front-facing cameras
• iPhone's A4 processor has 512 MB RAM
• Choice of black or white coloring
• Retina display featuring twice the pixel density of the 3GS

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An eRumor still carries a LOVELY messages

A lady in a faded grey dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun suit walked in timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Harvard.

"We want to see the President "the man said softly.

"He'll be busy all day "the secretary snapped.

"We'll wait" the lady replied.

For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president.

"Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave" she said to him. The President, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

The lady told him "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus."

The president wasn't touched....He was shocked. "Madam "he said, gruffly, " we can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery."

"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."

The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, and then exclaimed, "A building ! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard."

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university ? Why don't we just start our own?"

Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name. Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

Most of the time we judge people by their outer appearance, which can be misleading. And in this impression, we tend to treat people badly by thinking they can do nothing for us. Thus we tend to lose our potential good friends, employees or customers.

Remember : In our Life, we seldom get people with whom we want to share & grow our thought process. But because of our inner EGO we miss them forever. It is you who have to decide with whom you are getting associated in day to day life.

The Truth: According to Stanford University, this eRumor is not true. Leland Stanford was once governor of California and in 1876, he bought the first of what would become more than 8,000 acres of land on the San Francisco peninsula. Leland and Jane Stanford had one son, Leland, Jr., but he never attended Harvard. He died at the age of 15 on a family trip to Italy, but from typhoid fever, not from an accident. Within a few hours of his son's death, Stanford said to his wife, "The children of California shall be our children." That was the beginning of Stanford University, according to the official account.