Takao Osawa and Yuko Takeuchi who appeared in the Japanese movie “Midnight Eagle” directed by Izuru Narushima were amongst the many actors and actresses that appeared on the opening night of the Tokyo International Film Festival. The event started out with a red carpet walk at the Roppongi Hills. It is said that about three-hundred […]
Your Online Behaviour can put You in Serious Trouble
Have you ever heard of “Internet Junkies”? It is a new fixation- wandering aimlessly on the Net. They check mails every 10 minutes, run Google search for no reason, move from one web link to another link, build online relationships and participate in purposeless online auctions. They would skip their meals but missing the […]
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES
BOOK REVIEW: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES Authors: DR. SUSHMITHA BASKAR & DR. R. BASKAR Published by: Unicorn Books (www.pustakmahal.com) With environment occupying the center stage of most newspapers and the world watching the unfolding events, a new book Environmental Sciences for Engineering Undergraduates attempts to explain all that an educated person is expected […]
More Working New Yorkers Go Hungry: Study
About 1.3 million New Yorkers rely soup kitchens, food pantries, and other emergency food programs to get by, according to a report released Thursday by the Food Bank for New York City. That’s 300,000 more New Yorkers who rely on food program to make ends meet than did in 2004, when the Food Bank first […]
At One With Dual Devotion
The altar in Becca Topol’s living room carries a statue of Buddha and a garden stone painted with the Hebrew word for peace, shalom. In April she celebrated Passover with a "Zen Seder" feast that opened with a modified Haggada narrative comparing Israel‘s exodus from Egypt to Buddha’s liberation from suffering. "I’m a Jewish Buddhist […]
Know the E-Mail Etiquettes
Many people seem to think that because they aren’t dealing directly with another person (or as directly as they would be face-to-face or by telephone), all forms of civility and basic respect for the other person (ie the recipient) and the English language can go out the proverbial window. Not true! Writing e-mails is still […]
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