Issue no 66, jan 2014 by dimakh Sahasrabuddhe

ISSUE NO. 66 | JANUARY 2014

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Mano to-har din naya, aur har shurwat nayee Na mano to-ek aur subaha, aur naya kuch bhi nahi for private circulation only.

PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH Milkha Singh

Name

- Milkha Singh

Born

- 1935, Govindpura, Punjab, British India

Residence

- Chandigarh, India

Nationality

- Indian

Other Name - Flying Sikh Occupation

- Track and field athlete

Employer

- Retired; formerly of the Indian Army and Government of Punjab, India

Spouse

- Nirmal Kaur

Children's

- Daughters and a son

He is a former Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. As of 2013, he is the only Indian male athlete to win an individual athletics gold medal at a Commonwealth Games. He represented India in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honor, in recognition of his sporting achievements. The race for which Singh is best remembered is his fourth-place finish in the 400 metres final at the 1960 Olympic Games, which he had entered as one of the favorites. He led the race for some time before easing off, allowing others to pass him. Various records were broken in the race, which required a photo-finish and saw American Otis Davis being declared the winner by one-hundredth of a second over German Carl Kaufmann. Singh's fourth-place time of 45.73 became the Indian national record and held for almost 40 years. From beginnings that saw him orphaned and displaced during the Partition of India, Singh has become a sporting icon in his country. In 2008, journalist Rohit Brijnath described Singh as "the finest athlete India has ever produced".In July 2012, The Independent said that "India's most revered Olympian is a gallant loser" and noted the paucity of success- 20 medals - achieved by Indian competitors in the Olympic Games despite the country having a population in excess of one billion. Early life Milkha Singh was one of 15 siblings, eight of whom died before the Partition of India. He was orphaned during the Partition, when his parents, a brother and two sisters were killed in the violence that ensued. He witnessed these killings.

Career Graph Year 1956 1958 1958 1958 1958 1960 1962

Event Melbourne Olympic Games. National Games of India The Asian Games British Empire and Commonwealth Games National Olympic Asian Games, Jakarta

Accomplishment 200&400m 200&400m Gold Medal Padmashri 400m & Gold Medal 400 m 400 m & Gold Medal

Later life He was promoted from the rank of sepoy to junior commissioned officer in recognition of his successes in the 1958 Asian Games. He subsequently became Director of Sports in the Punjab Ministry of Education, from which post he had retired by 1998. Singh had been awarded the Padma Shri following his success in 1958. In 2001, he turned down an offer of the Arjuna Award from the Indian government, arguing that it was intended to recognise young sports people and not those such as him. He also thought that the Award was being inappropriately given to people who had little notable involvement as active sports people at all. He said that "I have been clubbed with sportspersons who are nowhere near the level that I had achieved" and that the award had become devalued. All of Singh's medals have been donated to the nation. They were displayed at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi but later moved to a sports museum in Patiala, where a pair of running shoes that he wore in Rome are also displayed. In 2012, he donated the Adidas shoes that he had worn in the 1960 400m final to a charity auction organized by Rahul Bose, the actor. Family As of 2012[update], Singh lives in Chandigarh. He met Nirmal Kaur, a former captain of the Indian women's volleyball team in Ceylon in 1955 and the couple married in 1962. They have three daughters and a son, Jeev Milkha Singh. In 1999, they adopted the seven-year old son of Havildar Bikram Singh, who had died in the Battle of Tiger Hill.

PIONEERS IN CIVIL ENGINEER WILLIAM F. BAKER Born Nationality Education Engineering discipline Institution memberships Practice name Significant projects

Significant design Significant awards

1953Fulton, Missouri, U.S. American University of Missouri, University of Illinois Structural engineer, Civil Engineer IStructE, ASCE, ACI, AISC, CTBUH, NCEES, IABSE, EERI, SEAOI, NAE Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Burj Khalifa, Trump International Hotel & Tower, Infinity Tower Burj Khalifa IStructE Gold Medal, Fritz Leonhardt Prize, Fazlur Kahn Lifetime Achievement Medal, 2011 OPAL Lifetime Achievement Award for Design

William Frazier Baker, also known as Bill Baker, is an American structural engineer known for engineering the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building/manmade structure. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri, Baker held a brief tenure with ExxonMobil and later completed his master's degree at the University of Illinois. He then joined the architecture and engineering firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) in Chicago in 1981, eventually becoming a partner (1996). While widely regarded for his work on supertall buildings, Baker's expertise also extends to a wide variety of structures like the Broadgate-Exchange House (London, 1990), and the GM Renaissance Center Entry Pavilion (Detroit, 2005). He is further known for his work on long span roof structures, such as the McCormick Place North Building Expansion (Chicago, 1986), the Korean Air Lines Operations Center (Seoul, 1995), the Korea World Trade Center Expansion (Seoul, 2000), and the Virginia Beach Convention Center (Virginia Beach, 2007). Baker's career has also been marked by various collaborations with artists such as Jamie Carpenter (Raspberry Island-Schubert Club Band Shell, 2002), I単igo Manglano-Ovalle (Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned With, 2010), Jaume Plensa (World Voices, 2010), and James Turrell (Roden Crater). Baker's many skyscraper projects include the AT&T Corporate Center (Chicago, 1989), Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago, 2008), Infinity Tower (Dubai, 2009), Pearl River Tower (Guangzhou, 2009), Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (Nanjing, 2009), and the inbuilt 7 South Dearborn (Chicago, 2003), although he is best known as the engineer of Burj Khalifa (Dubai, 2009), the world's tallest manmade structure. To support the tower's record heights, he developed the "buttressed core" structural system, consisting of a hexagonal core reinforced by three buttresses that form a Y shape. This innovative system allows the structure to support itself both laterally and torsionally. It also eliminates the need for column transfers, and moves loads in a smooth path from the tower's spire into its foundations. Baker is a Fellow of both the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and frequently lectures on a variety of structural engineering topics within the US and abroad.

Awards In 2011, Bill Baker received an honorary doctorate in engineering from the University of Stuttgart and an ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Award for Design. On May 13, 2010, The Institution of Structural Engineers, awarded Baker with the Gold Medal, the Institution's highest accolade. Baker was the first American to be awarded the Fritz Leonhardt Prize For Achievement in Structural Engineering on July 11, 2009. On November 20, 2008, Baker received the The Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Significant projects • Burj Khalifa Dubai, United Arab Emirates SOM.com • Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China SOM.com • Infinity Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates SOM.com • Trump International Hotel and Tower, Chicago, Illinois SOM.com • Raspberry Island – Schubert Club Band Shell, St. Paul, Minnesota SOM.com • Broadgate – Exchange House, London, United Kingdom SOM.com • Korean Air Lines Operations Center, Seoul, South Korea SOM.com • NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium SOM.com • GM Renaissance Center – North Lobby, Detroit, Michigan SOM.com Education • University of Illinois, Master of Science in Civil Engineering, 1980 • University of Missouri, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, 1975 Professional associations • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) • Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) • American Concrete Institute (ACI) • Committee on Specifications, American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) • Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) • International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) • International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) • National Academy of Engineering (NAE) • National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) • Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) • Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) • Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAONY) • Certified in the Practice of Structural Engineering by the Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB) • University of Illinois President’s Council

General Motors Renaissance Center North Lobby, Detroit, Michigan

Broadgate – Exchange House, London, United Kingdom

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ARCHITECTURAL WONDER Name Status Type Location Construction Started Construction Completed Opening Architectural Roof Top Floor Floor count Floor area Lifts/elevators Architect

Structural engineer Main contractor

- Bank of China Tower - Complete. - CommercialOffice. - 1 Garden Road, Central Hongkong. - 18 April. 1985. - 1990. - 17th May 1990. - 367.4m (1,205.4 ft) - 315.0 m (1,033.5 ft) - 288.3 m (945.9 ft) - 72 4 below ground. - 135,000 m2 (1,450,000 sq ft) - 49 - I. M. Pei & Partners, Sherman Kung & Associates Architects Ltd. Thomas Boada S.L. - Leslie E. Robertson Associates RLLP. - HKC (Holdings) Limited Kumagai HK.

The Bank of China Tower (abbreviated BOC Tower) is one of the most recognizable skyscrapers in Admiralty, Hong Kong. It houses the headquarters for the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited. The building is located at 1 Garden Road, in Central and Western District on Hong Kong Island. Designed by I. M. Pei and L.C Pei of I.M Pei and Partners, the building is 315.0 m (1,033.5 ft) high with two masts reaching 367.4 m (1,205.4 ft) high. It was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1989 to 1992, and it was the first building outside the United States to break the 305 m (1,000 ft) mark. It is now the fourth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after International Commerce Centre, Two International Finance Centre and Central Plaza. Hung Chen, then the deputy manager of Bank of China (Hong Kong branch) negotiated with Hayden Cave for the land plot, which was not auctioned in the open market; and invited I. M. Pei to design the tower. Pei's father was a former manager of Bank of China; this personal connection was one of the reasons that Pei accepted the project, given the much restricted budget then available for the tower, whichâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he understoodâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;would inevitably be compared with the HSBC building designed by Foster. Design and fengshui Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I. M. Pei, the building is 315.0 m (1,033.5 ft) high with two masts reaching 367.4 m (1,205.4 ft) high. The 72-storey building is located near Central MTR station. This was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1990 to 1992, the first building outside the United States to break the 305 m (1,000 ft) mark, and the first composite space frame high-rise building. That also means it was the tallest outside the United States from its completion year, 1990. It is now the fourth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after International Commerce Centre, Two International Finance Centre and Central Plaza.

How To Improve Eyesight Naturally... Restore Vision Naturally With Eye Exercises and Diet

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In what way eye exercises help: Eye exercises play a major role in managing sight problems such as eye irritation,eye pain, eye blurriness, how long to take effect itchy eyes, eye infection, eye dryness, eye sight defect, and so on. * Eye exercise instructions- Include eye exercise in your regular exercise schedule. • Don’t be too fast to perform the exercise. Sit down calm, relax and do the eye exercises. • Gradually increase your exercise duration, but only about 25 minutes is necessary.• Don’t strain your eyes though. Take it slowly, but be consistent. • Eye concentration: Mark a small black spot on the wall of your home with a black pen. Sit down comfortably on a blanket or a chair. Start focusing at the black spot for as long as you can .This will help make your eyes strong. • Eye open and close: Open your eyes widely and close it tight (Be gentle in doing this exercise to avoid eye pain) Repeat this exercise for ten times with a 1 second pause on each set. • Eye rolling- Roll your eyes clockwise for 5 counts, followed by anti-clockwise movement for 5 counts this strengthens your eye muscles. • Eye movement- Move your eyes up and down slowly. Then from left to right for 5 counts each. To enhance flexibility of eye movement. • Eye Twitching : blink your eyes frequently to improve nourishment to the eye muscles to avoid dryness. • Blood circulation to eyes: Yoga too has a great impact on eye health. Food that is good for Eyes: • Carrot • Eggs • Milk• Apricots • Berries • Black Currants• Cold-water Fish • Collard Greens• Grapefruits • Grapes • Lemons • Spinach• Fish Oils Harmful for your eyes • Foods and additives containing Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)• Looking directly into the sun for some time.• Drugs which are harmful to the eyes • Cell phone, games may also be harmful.!

Congratulation Wedding Bells... Mr. Shailesh Alhat (Assistant – Facility) & Sayali. Mr. Parag Pande (Executive - HR & Administration) & Deepali. Mr. Mahantesh Magdum (Assistant – Purchase) & Priyanka.

HUMOR CORNER On a train to a large computer convention there were a bunch of Liberal Arts Majors and a bunch of computer engineers. Each of the Liberal Arts Majors had a train ticket. The group of engineers had only ONE ticket for all of them. The Liberal Arts Majors started laughing, figuring the engineers were going to get caught and thrown off the train. When one of the engineers, the lookout, said "here comes the conductor", all of the engineers went into the bathroom. The Liberal Arts Majors were puzzled. The conductor came aboard, said "tickets please" and got tickets from all the Liberal Arts Majors. He then went to the bathroom and knocked on the door and said "ticket please". The engineers stuck the ticket under the door. The conductor took it and moved on. A few minutes later the engineers came out of the bathroom. The Liberal Arts Majors felt really stupid. On the way back from the convention, the group of Liberal Arts Majors decided that they would try that method, too. They bought one ticket for the whole group. They met up with the engineers in the same car. Again, the Liberal Arts Majors started snickering at the engineers. This time NONE of the engineers had tickets. When the lookout said "Conductor coming!", all the engineers went to one bathroom and all the Liberal Arts Majors went to the other bathroom. Before the conductor came on board, one of the engineers left their bathroom, knocked on the Liberal Arts Majors bathroom, and said "ticket please."

FESTIVAL OF THE MONTH

12th Jan

- Swami Vivekanand Jayanti

14th Jan

- Makar Sankranti, Eid A Milad

23rd Jan

- Netaji Subhashchandra Bose Jayanti

26th Jan

- Republic Day

Swami Vivekanand Swami Vivekananda, (12 Jan 1863 - 4 July 1902), born Narendra Nath Datta was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his inspiring speech which began, "Sisters and brothers of America ...," in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893. Born into an aristocratic Bengali family of Calcutta, Vivekananda was inclined towards spirituality. He was influenced by his guru, Ramakrishna, from whom he learnt that all living beings were an embodiment of the divine self; therefore, service to God could be rendered by service to mankind. After Ramakrishna's death, Vivekananda toured the Indian subcontinent extensively and acquired first-hand knowledge of the conditions prevailing in British India. He later travelled to the United States, representing India at the 1893 Parliament of the World Religions. Vivekananda conducted hundreds of public and private lectures and classes, disseminating tenets of Hindu philosophy in the United States, England and Europe. In India, Vivekananda is regarded as a patriotic saint and his birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day in India. Makar Sankranti Makara Sankranti is the day when the Sun begins its movement away from the tropic of Capricorn and towards the northern hemisphere and thus it signifies an event wherein the Sun-God seems to remind their children that 'Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya'â&#x20AC;&#x201D;may you go higher and higher, to more and more Light and never to Darkness. To Hindus, the Sun stands for knowledge, spiritual light and wisdom. Makara Sankranti signifies that we should turn away from the darkness of delusion in which we live, and begin to enjoy a new life with bright light within us to shine brighter and brighter. We should gradually begin to grow in purity, wisdom and knowledge even as the Sun does from the Day of Makara Sankranti. The festival of Makara Sankranti is highly regarded by the Hindus from north to south. The day is known by various names and a variety of traditions are witnessed as one explores the festival in different states. Owing to the vast geography and diversity of culture in India, this festival is celebrated for innumerable reasons and in innumerable ways depending on the climate, agricultural environment, cultural background and location. On this day children fly kites. Netaji Subhashchandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa Division, Bengal Province, to Prabhavati Devi and Janakinath Bose, anadvocate. He was the ninth child of a total of fourteen siblings. He was admitted to the Protestant European School like his other brothers and sisters in January, 1902. He continued his studies at this school which was run by the Baptist Mission up to the year 1909 and then shifted to the Ravenshaw Collegiate School. The day Subhas was admitted to this school, Beni Madhav Das, the then Headmaster of the school, understood how brilliant and scintillating was the genius of this little boy. After securing the second position in the matriculation examination in 1913, he got admitted to the Presidency College where he studied briefly. His nationalistic temperament came to light when he was expelled for assaulting Professor Oaten for the latter's anti-India comments. He later joined the Scottish Church College at the University of Calcutta and passed his B.A. in 1918 in philosophy. Bose left India in 1919 for England with a promise to his father that he would appear in the Indian Civil Services Examination (ICS). He went to study in Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and matriculated on 19 November 1919. He came fourth in the ICS examination and was selected but he did not want to work under an alien government which would mean serving the British. As he stood on the verge of taking the plunge by resigning from the Indian Civil Service in 1921, he wrote to his elder brother Sarat: "Only on the soil of sacrifice and suffering can we raise our national edifice". Finally, he resigned from his civil service job on 23 April 1921 and returned to India. Republic Day In India, Republic Day honors the date on which the Constitution of India came into forceâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;on 26 January 1950 replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India. It is one of three national holidays in India. The new constitution, as drafted and approved by the Constituent Assembly of India, was mandated to take effect on 26 January 1950 and India became a republic. Celebrations While India's Independence Day in India celebrates its freedom from British Rule, Republic Day celebrates the coming into force of its constitution. The main Republic Day celebration is held in the national capital, New Delhi, at the Rajpath before the President of India.

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P. Satish kumar, R. Sreerama, Teradal Shrishail, P. N. Venkatesh, Yadav Lalsa, Harawade Kishor, Prem Ranjan Kumar, Mishra Harishankar, Gaikwad Chandrakant, Mare Maruti, Vinay M, Kshirsagar Vishwanath S, Pandey Jayant Kumar, Singh Shiv Chandra, Isarar Ahmed, Benielraj Abraham J, Ojha Sushil Kumar, Sen Gautam, Jena Dillip Kumar, Joge Vilas N, Ghosh Lakshman, Gaudar Sangamesh, Sainy Guddu Kumar, Singh Dhirendra Kumar, Singh Manish Kumar, Minde Gorakshanath, Mohato Satishkumar, Yadav Balkishun Havanur Venkatesh, Pansare Ashwini Roy Prakash, Sharma Shashikant, Md Jiaul Ali, More Sagar, Shinde Balasaheb, Ekal Ravso Ghanekar Arun Singh Chandan Kumar, Singh Om Prakash, Sawant Santosh, Kumar Anuj, Mishra Krishna Kumar, Singh Anshukant, Singh Ajit Kumar, Umakant Kumar, Vikash Kumar Lokade Sayaji, Dhake Rajesh N, Ansari Abdul Rahman, Saindane Bhushan Mishra Daya Shankar, Pandita Nikhil Kadam Pravin, Shinde Ramesh K Singh Suresh Kumar S, Sharma Jitendra Kumar, Barik Uday Shankar Pintu Sinha Roy, Lohar Santosh I, Dubey Manasvee 12th Jan - Patil Ravindra V, Dharmendra Kumar R, Biswas Tusher 13th Jan - Gangele Sachin, Salve Tanaji D 14th Jan - K. V. Nandakumar, Rane Shailendra, Menezes Joseph, Zagade Pramod, Tiwari Sunil Nath, Mandal Sikendra, Desai Kiran 15th Jan - Sushant Shekhar, Idrish Mohammad, Soni Neeraj Kumar 16th Jan - Chandele Mokesh Kumar 19th Jan - D. Santosh Leo, Wahane Rajesh, Chugh Tanu 20th Jan - Sahoo Debiprasad, Kule Barkoo, Khandagale Sanjay, Hiralal Prasad, Choubari Raghvendra 21st Jan - U. Raghavendra Maiya, Ghume Amol, Adhav Sunil Y 22nd Jan - Phatak Shrikant 23rd Jan - Sudhir P. I. 24th Jan - Shewale Mangesh, Dsouza Suchitra, Yadav Dindayal, Meshram Sumed, Kulkarni Nagesh 25th Jan - Tamboli Imran, Jawale Nisha 26th Jan - Sandeep Kumar, Mandavkar Nitin 27th Jan - Pawar Sachin, Chavan Anil, Karpe Shivanand B, Prabhu Sanjay A, Awasthi Siddharth 28th Jan - Singh Vinod S 29th Jan - Susheel Kumar 30th Jan - Mondal Biswanath