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Drink Coffee for a healthy heart
A
cup of coffee may keep your heart healthy by improving blood flow,
says a study.
A
study on 27 healthy adults showed for the first time that drinking a
cup of caffeinated coffee significantly improved blood flow in a
finger, which is a measure of how well the inner lining of the body's
smaller blood vessels work.
The
research was presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific
Sessions 2013.
Specifically,
participants who drank a cup of caffeinated coffee had a 30 percent
increase in blood flow over a 75-minute period compared to those who
drank decaffeinated coffee.
'This
gives us a clue about how coffee may help improve cardiovascular
health,' said Masato Tsutsui, M.D., Ph.D., lead researcher and
cardiologist and professor in the pharmacology department at the
University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan.
The
study adds to a growing body of research about coffee, the most
widely consumed beverage worldwide. Previous studies showed that
drinking coffee is linked to lower risks of dying from heart disease
and stroke, and that high doses of caffeine may improve the function
of larger arteries, reports the Science Daily.
JOHN . F . KENNEDY
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known as "Jack" or by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 1961, until he was assassinated in November 1963.
After military service as commander of Motor Torpedo Boats PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in the South Pacific, Kennedy represented Massachusetts' 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953, as a Democrat. Thereafter, he served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 ,until 1960. Kennedy defeated Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. At age 43, he was the youngest to have been elected to the office,the second-youngest president (after Theodore Roosevelt), and the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president. To date, Kennedy, a Catholic, has been the only non-Protestant president and the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize.
Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Space Race—by initiating Project Apollo (which would culminate in the moon landing), the building of the Berlin Wall, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, and early stages of the Vietnam War. Therein, Kennedy increased the number of military advisers, special operation forces, and helicopters in an effort to curb the spread of communism in South East Asia. The Kennedy administration adopted the policy of the Strategic Hamlet Program which was implemented by the South Vietnamese government. It involved certain forced relocation, village internment, and segregation of rural South Vietnamese from northern and southern communist insurgents.
Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of the crime and arrested that evening, but Jack Ruby shot and killed him two days later, before a trial could take place. The FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. However, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) concluded that those investigations were flawed and that Kennedy was probably assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.Kennedy's controversial Department of Defense TFX fighter bomber program led to a Congressional investigation that lasted from 1963 to 1970. Since the 1960s, information concerning Kennedy's private life has come to light. Details of Kennedy's health problems with which he struggled have become better known, especially since the 1990s. Although initially kept secret from the general public, reports of Kennedy's philandering have garnered much press. Kennedy ranks highly in public opinion ratings of U.S. presidents.
Winner of the 2013 Women Entrepreneur Quest Announced.
Mausmi Ambastha, Founder, Intellocut
receiving the 5 lakhs cheque from Telle Whitney, President & CEO,
The Anita Borg Institute & Geetha Kannan, Managing Director,
India, The Anita Borg Institute.
Anita Borg Institute announced the
winner of the 2013 Women Entrepreneur Quest, part of the 4th Annual
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India Conference.
Women Entrepreneur Quest is designed to promote and showcase
early-stage technology ventures with a technology component, founded
or led by women entrepreneurs in all technologies.
Telle Whitney, President & CEO of
the Anita Borg Institute said, "We are extremely thrilled to see
their innovative spirit and their power to lead by example. The
quality of their business idea is an inspiration to many women in
technology and is a clear testimony of the vast amount of
opportunities that the IT industry offers to women from India and
beyond."
WORLD TELIVISION DAY
In December 1996 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 November as World Television Day commemorating the date on which the first World Television Forum was held in 1996.
Opposition to this declaration took the form of 11 abstentions to a vote on the resolution; in expressing their opposition, the delegation from Germany said:
| “ | There are already three United Nations days encompassing similar subjects: World Press Freedom Day; World Telecommunication Day; and World Development Information Day.
To add another day does not make much sense... [T]elevision is only one
means of information and an information medium to which a considerable
majority of the world population has no access... That vast majority
could easily look at World Television Day as a rich man's day. They do
not have access to television. There are more important information
media and here I would mention radio in particular. We think it is more
important to enhance the role of those media than that of television. |
TOP SMARTINDIA STUDENTS (KERALA STATE) MALAYALAM MEDIUM
TOP SMARTINDIA STUDENTS (KERALA STATE)
-
Malayalam Medium
Name of student
Class
Rank
MUHAMMED ASHMIL.K
I
94.43%
ASHLY
II
88.00%
MUHAMMED FAIJAS. K
III
80.80%
SOORAJ.P.K
IV
76.00%
NEEDHU
V
94.00%
SANEEJ
VI
43.35%
AMRITHA KRISHNA
VII
77.64%
AMAL GOPAKUMAR
VIII
69.73%
ABISHEK.P
IX
73.00%
UTHRA
X
92.40%
TOP SMARTINDIA STUDENTS (KERALA STATE) ENGLISH MEDIUM
TOP SMARTINDIA STUDENTS (KERALA STATE)
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English Medium
Name of student
Class
Rank
MUHAMMED HANIE
LKG
80.00%
GEETHANJALI
UKG
91.00%
PARTHAN
I
92.00%
FATHIMA RANIYA
II
88.00%
ANIRUDH
III
88.00%
CKR
IV
94.00%
BHAVYARAJ
V
64.00%
PRITHVIRAJ.K
VI
74.00%
DANIEL
VII
98.90%
AMRUTHA.E.B
VIII
60.40%
BINU
IX
99.37%
DAVID
X
99.19%
SINU.K
XI- Bio . Sc
68.80%
SRIJITH .R. ACHARYA
XI- Com. Sc
37.69%
ARIFUDHEEN
XI- Commerce
42.00%
ALSHAMOL
XII - Bio . Sc
68.00%
JEEVAN
XII- Com. Sc
76.00%
ALDRIN
XII- Commerce
82.00%
NAJIHA
SATHEESAN
XII-Humanities
XII-Humanities
40.00%
40.00%
Importance of November 19
International Men’s Day is annually held on November 19 to improve gender relations and promote unity.
November 18: Celebrating the Founding of the Soka Gakkai
November 18 is the anniversary of the establishment of the Soka Gakkai – "Value- Creation Society".
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (front row, center)
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, first president of the Soka Gakkai, and his disciple Josei Toda (second president) published the first in a series of writings outlining the system of soka, or value-creating pedagogy, on November 18, 1930, and this date marks the founding of the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai--the Society for Value-Creating Education. The word "soka," which was coined by Toda and Makiguchi, is a combination of Chinese characters meaning "create" and "value."
WORLD TOWN PLANNING DAY – NOVEMBER 8
Athabasca County’s Design Charrette Workshop
Don’t miss this chance to celebrate World Town Planning Day and participate in a Design Charrette Workshop with Russell Schnurr and William Pol of Fanshawe College.
Russell Schnurr is a graduate of the Bachelor of Applied Arts (Integrated Land Planning Technologies) program and the Urban Design Diploma program at Fanshawe College, and has over 12 years of GIS and land planning experience within both the private and public sectors. As the Coordinator of GIS Urban Planning, he promotes program wide events that provide students with meaningful, real-world planning experiences that enhance student learning.
He has completed projects in municipal land use, large scale renewable wind and solar energy, master parks and recreation planning and other unique planning issues. Professor Pol holds an undergraduate degree from Ryerson University in Urban and Regional Planning and a graduate degree from Western University in Public Administration.
William Pol, MPA, MCIP, RPP has more than 30 years of professional planning experience in municipal and provincial government, private planning practice and now teaches GIS and Urban Planning at Fanshawe College. His career includes development of land use planning policies, zoning by-laws, subdivisions, site plans and provided expert planning evidence before the Ontario Municipal Board.
He has completed projects in municipal land use, large scale renewable wind and solar energy, master parks and recreation planning and other unique planning issues. Professor Pol holds an undergraduate degree from Ryerson University in Urban and Regional Planning and a graduate degree from Western University in Public Administration.
Cochin University announces CAT 2014 Entrance Test Dates.
Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, has announced the Common Admission Test (CAT 2014) entrance test dates.
CUSAT is set to conduct CAT 2014 test for admission to Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses, commencing in the session 2014-15.
The formal notification of the test will be published in the first week of January 2014. Online registration will begin in the same week.
Apart from the district head quarters in Kerala, test will be conducted in New Delhi, Kolkota, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Jamshedpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Ranchi, Varanasi, Kota and Dubai.
Contact Details:
Cochin University of Science & Technology,
Kochi - 682022,
Kerala. Tel: 0484 - 2577290.