You know that there is a severe shortage of water in our country? women walk miles to fetch potable water and we waste water in cities coz it does not cost us anything? WATER IS THE AMBROSIA OF LIFE. PRESERVE IT.
by adopting and publicizing th foll measures wh actually does not cost us money ot time, we can TOGETHER HELP INDIA PRESERVE WATER so much so tht never will our brethren have to walk miles so tht their beloved get a sip to drink!!!

LETS SAVE WATER..SIMPLE DAY 2 DAY THINGS V CAN DO N INFLUENCE OTHERS 2 DO!!!!
DO THIS, COZ TIS WIL B R 1ST STEP IN HELPING INDIA N INDIANS!!
REMEMBER, MANY VILLAGES HV ACUTE WATER SHORTAGE AND BY CONSERVING WATER , VR HELPING INDIA N MOTHER NATURE 2.JAI HIND!!!!

1)shave/brush using a mugful of water, do not use running water!! easy,aint it?
2)collect 8least 2 buckets ful of water used in washing clothes & use it in toilet! sugar candy!!
3)dont throw water meant 4 drinking, take only as much as reqd!! yeh logical laga na?
4)dont throw away stored water when fresh water comes in morning,thts sadism personified!!!
5)use max of 2 buckets of water to bathe, more is not needed
6)cal plumber & stop leaks in ur taps/cocks, tis will save much water n cost u peanuts!!
7)tell ur servant not to waste water. ensure he develops tis habit,tel him why tis is needed.he is imp as he goes 2 many places 2 wrk& can save water 8 al these places
8)girls kesh kala sundar banao par ganga nahi chahiye iske liye!!! conserve water
9)if u hv a garden and need to water plants, use enough water bt not excessive.protect plants with cloth in summer.
10)use water leftover after washing veg/fruits to water plants/in garden.
11)if u see any tap running on the roads , go and close it.
12) if u see a faulty tap in restaurants etc, tell the management to get it repaired

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The negative effects: Skin Cancer,Sunburn,Eye Damage ,Photo aging/Wrinkling,Immune System Suppression .

The connection between good health and sunlight can not be ignored

it need also to be monitored that in recent research it has ben proved that much of VITAMIN C is lost during exposure to sunlight.therfore consume goof amount of lemonade while in ssummers.

The first thing that comes to my mind is use of frequency jammers so that remote controlled explosives will be neutralised. This will also mean that Mobile Phones will not work in those areas.

Metal Detectors, Automated entry machines which give entry only on producing the right tickets or passes will also help.

Please post your ideas.

I haven't owned a TV since I left home at the age of 17. Lived happily ever after even though I love to watch telly from time to time. I just don't want the constant brainwash (you should buy this/look like that/etc. etc.) in my house and life...

I do get funny reactions from people when I tell them I don't have a TV. All the time, really. They're just shocked that such a thing is possible. They wonder how I can live without one. They even ask me how I get through my evenings!

Another reason not to watch TV is that, like Jesse, it usually leaves me totally drained and overstimulated. A couple of weeks ago I was in a hotel in Paris, watched a programme on mythological beasts in films and dreamt about werewolves, cats, vampires, etc. all night long. Not nice.

Oh and Jesse, I think you must be extremely rare in growing up without a TV - and very lucky. Interesting material for sociologists and the like too. I reckon it would be pretty interesting to compare self-image, outlook, etc. of kids who grew up without a TV with those who didn't.

A very modern definition of development and developed countries/societies has presented by anthropologists as a satisfied society. As long as people are happy and enjoy their lives they are developed, if they are not happy they are not developed. A group of people living in the heart of some jungle who may not even wear cloths or live in mud brick houses are developed if they generally they are happy with the life style they have. People who may drive fancy cars and use fancy cellphones or lap tops are not developed if their quality of life is low and on average do not have a sense of satisfaction with their lives (as a group).

and about technology. Technology is not just computers and cars. A qanat is a technology (connected chain wells in the plains).

I did not try answer your question here, but I just wanted people to take these things in account when discussing this subject. 

Development and technology 

you are becoming a computer engineer and yet you have much to learn, my friend technology is a product of development and vice versa, so you cannot have one thing without having another Technology is something evil!!!! Be awere my friends!!!!
Just kiding. Technology is important but not so much. The concept of development is often mistaken with economic growth. In order to have economic growth you do need technology. Like India and China, who are growing very fast. But development is something more complex, because it envolves many aspects. Like health, education, culture, wellbeing, equality...

I hope I've made my point.

Carbon dioxide molecules trap heat emanating from the Earth’s surface and send it back downward, warming up the atmosphere. Scientists think that steadily rising levels of this and other greenhouse gases will bring about potentially disastrous changes in Earth’s climate.

Scientists have proposed many possible ways to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air: emissions could be reduced by using alternative energy sources, such as solar and wind power or alternative fuels, like ethanol or natural gas; and scrubbers could be placed on power plants to remove carbon dioxide and other gases from their exhaust.

But unlike these solutions, which reduce emissions, the new device captures carbon dioxide molecules that are already in the air and releases them as a pure carbon dioxide stream. This stream can be sequestered or used to enhance oil recovery.

“We are trapping carbon dioxide about 1,000 times faster than a tree does,” said study leader Klaus Lackner of Columbia University.

The device has an opening that pulls air in and the carbon dioxide in the air sticks to absorbent compounds (or sorbents) inside the device.

“Once you have the CO2 attached to the sorbent, you have to pry it loose again,” which is the costly part of the procedure, Lackner said.

The scientists who created the device point out one particular advantage: It could be placed wherever sequestered carbon dioxide would be stored, instead of where emissions occur. By contrast, scrubbers are impractical to use on cars, which contribute 20 percent of the global carbon dioxide emissions, and it is difficult to retrofit power plants with the scrubbers.

The device has been tested in Arizona, and with some improvements, Lackner estimates that commercial versions could be ready to use in a few years. He envisions the technology being used to first compensate for emissions, then being used to drive carbon dioxide levels down, and finally combing the extracted carbon dioxide with hydrogen to make a liquid hydrocarbon fuel that is not a fossil fuel, though he says this advance is a good 50 years away.