Lotus Pond - Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, India - Photos

Hidden in the concrete jungles of Banjara Hills there is a very beautiful place called the Lotus Pond. Developed jointly by the HUDA and the Builder's Association, this place is a veritable paradise in the middle of the busy city.

The Lotus Pond is a beautiful place with a nice "walkway" around a pond. Nice landscaping and lush green lawns add to the attraction. The park is filled with greenery - plants and trees cover the walkway and the pond itself is filled with fish. You can almost put in your hand and catch millions of them!

Lotus Pond is home to more than 20 species of birds. A few of them are Pied Kingfisher, White Wagtail, Common Moorhen, Little Grebe, sunbirds, Common Coot, and Little Egret. The pond is maintained by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad(MCH).

The pond was believed to be an eco-preservation project contributing natural components into the concept of this project without troubling the ecosystem and preserving the natural rocks and the pond. The construction of the project was launched on 20 November, 1999. The project was finished in the year 2001.

The pond is home to a good number of species of birds the scientific names of which I am unaware of. I am a man who enjoys simple things of life without needing to complicate them. Anything with wings is a "bird" to me. Onward. Some species of migratory birds also seem to find this place very homely and land here in good numbers during the not so hot winters of Hyderabad. The only bird I can be dead sure of is a very wise and sage-like Kingfisher which sits on the same pole everyday and keeps brooding mysteriously and all the others are just "ducks" or "some birds".

This park+pond is a very good example of a self-sustainable ecosystem with little need for human intervention. The aquatic fowl (nice and technical eh?) feed on the teeming multitude of fish and the fish in turn feed on the underwater plants and lotus leaves and so on down the food chain. You can find a few thatched huts with wooden benches loosely scattered inside the park for the weary-of-leg and the lazy-to-walk.

This place is chock full of "subjects" and would make any photography enthusiast go frothing at the mouth (at least I did). There are great opportunities for wide angle landscapes, tiny macros, good sunset/sunrise reflections, birds on wing shots etc.

Visiting hours:
All days- 06.00 to 10.00 Hours, 16.00 to 20.00 Hours


Below are my photography snaps at Lotus Pond:Last Saturday(23/7/2011), I have visited Lotus Pond.

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UN COMPUESTO PRESENTE EN LA PIEL DE ALGUNAS FRUTAS PODRÍA CONTRIBUIR AL AUMENTO DE MASA MUSCULAR

La sustancia en cuestión se llama ácido ursólico y se encuentra en la piel de la manzana y otras frutas. El estudio, desarrollado en ratones, demostró que sorprendentemente los músculos de estos roedores crecían, al tiempo que la grasa corporal, colesterol y triglicéridos disminuían. Estaríamos pues hablando de un potente compuesto beneficioso si se pudieran extrapolar los resultados a humanos. Podría llegar a ser un tratamiento para gente afectada de atrofia muscular. No obstante, los resultados son preliminares y se desconoce qué cantidad de ácido ursólico o número de manzanas se deberían ingerir para obtener efectos saludables. Así pues, los investigadores seguirán trabajando para conocer más acerca de este interesante componente.

How Often Should You Eat To Lose Weight

How Often Should You Eat To Lose Weight

Do you have any issues with regards to food that you should eat? Do you have eating imbalance problem? Trying to lose weight but don't know when to eat and what to eat right? If you have these questions in your mind, then this is the perfect article that you should read.

How often should you eat to lose weight?
In losing weight, the most important thing that you should remember is that "take less, burn more". What does this mean? It means that, you need to take less amount of calories, and burn more calories during workout. For your additional info, calories are the one's we use as an energy, which we acquire from the foods that we eat. We have different types of foods. And these foods have different amount of calories compared to other foods. In addition, if you take foods which has a high amount of fats and sugar, you also consumes more calories. Thus, if you are going to consume more calories than you body uses, those extra calories will then be stored in your body as an excess fats. So, at the end of the day, you are gaining more weight instead of losing.

Study shows that 3,500calories is equal to 1lbs of fat. Now, if we do some calculations, if you want to lose 1lbs of fat a week, you need to take or consume at least 3,500calories lesser which means, 500 calories fewer per day, or, you need to burn 3,500calories through exercising, if you want to lose 1lbs of weight.

If you are busy with your work, and only have limited time for exercises, you need to take lesser foods with less calories and be active all the time. To be able to burn more calories than what you take in a day. You can also go to the gym if you want to burn more calories, and lose weight fast. If are having a hard time going in to your nearest gym for workout sessions, you can do some best at home exercises that you can see on this site. You don't need to have all the gym equipments to be able to lose weight. If you do these exercises consecutively, you will lose weight in a short period of time.

How Often Should You Eat:
Eating at least 3 times a day with a single snack is what we do most often. This is what we do in a regular basis. The 3 meals would have the same amount of food per serving, while the snack would a bit smaller compared to the meals. You can still do even if you are trying to lose weight. Instead of eating huge amount of food during meals, you can lessen the amount of food you take each meal. This means that your calorie intake would also decrease. You can remove the snack in between meals, or if it is really needed, or you are hungry, you can still eat your snack but you need to take note on the calorie content of the food you consume. Remember, you need to take at least 500 calorie or lower for you to lose weight without going to the gym.

You can also eat at least 5-6 times a day. But this will depend on the food you take. Let's say for example you want to eat every 2 hours or 3 hours, you need to eat something that is very low in fat(non-fat yugart and banana). After 3 hours, you decided to eat again another meal which includes sandwich and fat free mayonnaise. This are just examples of the food the you need to take, if you decided to eat at least 5-6 meals a day.

Important Note: You need to eat breakfast, this is the most important meal of the day. You should not skip this meal. Even though you will lose weight if you skip your meal, this will bring you no good in long run, since you might feel very hungry and consume more food on you next meal. Thus, you need not to skip any of the meal. If you want to lose weight fast then, you should try combining this simple tips with all the Best At Home Exercises and How To Lose Weight Fast articles in this site if you want to get great results.

Mella Barbie Pedangdut Paling Hot Kurangi Goyang Hotnya

Pedangdut Mella Barbie menghormati bulan Ramadhan. Selama sebulan ini, artis yang mendapat julukan "Ratu Geboy" ini, akan lebih banyak beramal dan menguarangi goyang hotnya.

"Bulan puasa tentu kita harus lebih banyak beramal. Karena itu merupakan bagian dari ibadah Puasa," bebernya.

Mella juga mengatakan setelah pengerjaan album terbarunya yang akan dirilis dalam waktu dekat ini, mengaku sangat berkonsentrasi pada kariernya sebagai penyanyi.

Penyanyi yang saat ini dibawah naungan label Intitek Virtual Mandiri (IVM) bertekad akan bekerja keras untuk menjadi artis papan atas. Ia menyatakan, tekadnya itu didorong oleh sambutan masyarakat yang tinggi terhadap dirinya, terutama dikawasan tempatnya tinggal Bogor. 



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Aneh Unik Balita Ini Punya 34 Jari Tanpa Jempol

Seorang bocah laki-laki mengejutkan dunia medis karena lahir dengan jumlah jari tangan dan kaki yang tak lazim. Akshat Saxena (1) memiliki jumlah 34 buah jari di tangan dan kakinya, namun tak memiliki jempol.

Balita dari sebuah desa di Uttar Pradesh, India Utara, tersebut diketahui memiliki kelainan genetik yang dikenal dalam dunia medis sebagai polydactyl (jumlah jari tak normal).
Kini para dokter berusaha untuk mengoperasi jemari Akshat. Mereka berencana untuk mengamputasi kelebihan jari untuk kemudian membuat jempol buatan dari jemari yang telah diamputasi tersebut.
Ibu Akshat, Amrita mengaku sangat terkejut atas kelainan buah hatinya tersebut.
"Awalnya saya sangat bahagia atas kelahiran Akshat. Ia anak pertama kami. Tapi begitu melihat jemari-nya, saya syok dan amat kaget," ujar Amrita seperti dikutip dari The Sun, Rabu (27/7/2011).
Atas kelainan ini, Akshat tercatat sebagai bocah yang memiliki jemari tangan dan kaki terbanyak di dunia.
Catatan sebelumnya bayi berkelaian genetik polydactyl juga dimiliki seorang bocah berusia enam tahun dari Cina yang memiliki total 31 jari yang terdiri dari 15 jari tangan dan 16 jari kaki. (thesun)


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EL BOTÓN +1 DE GOOGLE

Recientemente Google ha lanzado una función que permite compartir recomendaciones en los resultados de búsqueda gracias al botón+1.

Lo único que habrá que hacer para recomendar algo es tener una cuenta Gmail activada y simplemente  hacer clic en el icono +1 en la web que te parezca interesante.

Aunque a priori pueda parecer similar a la función “Me gusta” de Facebook, al parecer esta nueva herramienta de Google va más allá e interviene en el posicionamiento de webs y puede mejorar los resultados de búsqueda de una página.

Se trata de una sencilla función para recomendar los contenidos que gustan y dar puntos positivos a un sitio web, que Google tendrá en cuenta cuando se use su famoso buscador.

OPIONIONES SOBRE ALIMENTACIÓN siempre intenta estar a la última en todos los asuntos de Internet, redes sociales, posicionamiento, etc. Así que a partir de ahora incorporará el botón +1 para que todos los seguidores puedan dejar constancia de su interés por los contenidos del blog. 

Sachin Tendulkar closer to get Bharat Ratna?

Sachin Tendulkar during the first Test Match(July - 2011) against England at Lord's in London

Sachin Tendulkar is a step closer to getting India's top award. Home ministry has recommended sports be made a category for Bharat Ratna consideration, as told to Time Now.

The home ministry has written to the Prime Minister's Office to include sports as a category in Bharat Ratna. The recommendation will pave way for cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar to be awarded India's highest civilian award.

If awarded, Sachin will become the country's first sportsperson to bag  Bharat Ratna and the clamour has specially grown especially after Sachin helped India lift the World Cup earlier this year.

Tendulkar deserves to get Bharat Ratna, says Deshmukh

Newly-elected president of the Mumbai Cricket Association, Vilasrao Deshmukh, on Friday said that Sachin Tendulkar deserved to get Bharat Ratna and no one would object if the champion cricketer got the country's highest civilian award.

"Sachin deserves Bharat Ratna. Being the president of Mumbai Cricket Association, I would talk to the sports minister, home minister and Prime Minister and request them to change the norms for the award to include sportspersons too in its category of recipients," Deshmukh said.

Deshmukh chaired the first managing committee meeting of the MCA after his election to the president's post at the biennial polls of the association held on July 15. The former Maharashtra CM had vanquished former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar comfortably in a straight contest to succeed another politician, NCP leader Sharad Pawar, as the MCA president.

List of 100 Records of Sachin Tendulkar:Its been 21 years since Sachin Tendulkar stepped in to the International arena of Cricket. Sachin has been breaking cricket records ever since his debut, and will surely break more records in the time to come. Following Sachin Tendulkar records list has been growing ever year, and will grow until he plays.

1. Record number of matches played – 442 matches
2. First player to play a record 400 innings
3. Number of consecutive ODI appearances – 190 matches
4. Cricket grounds played on – 90 grounds
5. Highest individual score by a single player – 200*
6. Most runs in a cricket career – 17,598 runs
7. Record number of ODI centuries – 46 Centuries
8. Record number of centuries in ODIs against an opponent – 9 Centuries
9. Record number of centuries in tournament finals – 6 Centuries
10. Record number of centuries in all formats against an opponent – 19 centuries
11. On Sachin’s Debut, he was the second youngest debutant after Aaqib Javed of Pakistan
12. First player to score 10,000 runs
13. First player to score 11,000 runs
14. First player to score 12,000 runs
15. First player to score 13,000 runs
16. First player to score 14,000 runs
17. First player to score 15,000 runs
18. First player to score 16,000 runs
19. First player to score 17,000 runs
20. Only male player to score a double century in ODIs
21. Tendulkar has scored more than 1,000 runs against every major cricket playing nation
22. Sachin is the only player to score more than 3000 runs against a single opponent – Sri Lanka and Australia
23. Holds the record to score more than 1,000 runs in a single calender year. He has done this 7 times so far.
24. Most number of runs in tournament finals – 1833 runs
25. Most fours in an innings – 25 against South Africa
26. Record number of scores above 150  in an innings – 5
27. Most Half Centuries in ODIs – 93 Half Centuries
28. Highest number of scores over 50 – 139
29. Most Man of the Match awards in ODIs – 61
30. Most Man of the Series awards in ODIs – 19
31. Most half centuries in world cup matches – 13
32. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most runs in ODIs in a calendar year – 1894 runs in 1998
33. Second Fastest to reach 8000 test runs. Record recently broken by Kumar Sangakarra
34. Fastest to reach 12,000 test runs
35. Fastest to reach 13,000 test runs
36. Record centuries in a calendar year – 9 centuries in 1998
37. Highest partnership for any ODI wicket – 331 runs with Rahul Dravid
38. Highest partnership for 2nd wicket in ODIs – 331 runs with Rahul Dravid
39. Highest partnership for 3rd wicket in ODIs – 237* runs with Rahul Dravid
40. Highest partnership aggregated by a pair – 8227 runs with Sourav Ganguly
41. Record opening partnership pair – 6609 runs with Sourav Ganguly
42. Most century partnerships – 26 partnerships with Sourav Ganguly
43. 4 wickets and Century in the same match – Against Australia in 1998
44. Sachin Tendulkar has been dismissed a record 3 times on 99 in ODIs
45. Sachin has been the most dismissed batsman in the 90s in International cricket – 24
46. Most 200 run partnerships in ODIs – 6
47. Most century partnerships by an opening pair – 21 with Sourav Ganguly
48. Record number of runs in a cricket world cup – 673 runs in 2003
49. Most runs in cricket world cups combined – 1796 runs
50. Most centuries in International cricket – 94 centuries
51. Most Test cricket centuries – 48 Centuries
52. First batsman to complete 31,000 International runs
53. Most test runs – 13447 runs
54. Most dismissals in the 90s in ODIs – 17
55. Most number of Test appearances - 169
56. Most fours in test cricket – 1734+
57. Most century partnerships in Tests – 17 with Rahul Dravid
58. Highest score by an Indian captain – 217 against New Zealand
59. More than 1000 test runs in a single calendar year – 5 times
60. Record number of man of the match awards by an Indian in Test matches – 14 times
61. First batsman to score 50 international centuries
62. First batsman to score 60 International centuries
63. Tendulkar holds the record for being the only batsman to score 70 International centuries
64. Tendulkar holds the record for being the only batsman to score 80 International centuries
65. Tendulkar holds the record for being the only batsman to score 90 International centuries
66. Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to have scored century on debut in the Irani trophy, Ranji trophy and Duleep trophy
67. Most Centuriess in World cup Cricket – 4
68. Most Half Centuries in World Cup cricket – 17
69. Most boundaries in International cricket – 3675
70. Most half centuries in International cricket – 149
71. Most runs in a single edition of the IPL – 618 runs
72. Most runs scored in test matches away from home – 7819 runs
73. Highest overall partnership runs, in all formats combined – 12,400 runs with Sourav Ganguly
74. Most matches in a career – 606 matches
75. Sachin Tendulkar has played for a record number of consecutive matches for India – 239 matches
76. Highest partnership for the 3rd wicket in World Cup – 237 runs with Rahul Dravid
77. Fastest to reach 10,000 Test runs
78. Sachin is currently second after Sanath Jayasuriya for the most ODI appearances, soon expected to overtake
79. Sachin Tendulkar scored 5 centuries before he turned 20
80. Most fours in ODI cricket – 1927 boundaries
81. Ranked by Wisden as the Best ODI batsman of all time
82. Ranked by Wisden as the Second Best Test batsman of all time
83. Highest Indian last wicket partnership – 133 runs with Zaheer Khan
84. Most number of Man of the Match awards in World Cup
85. Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli were involved in a 664 run partnership in Harris Shield game in 1988. A record broken this year
86. In 1992, Sachin became the first overseas player to play for Yorkshire at the age of 19
87. Has the least percentage of Man of the Match awards when on the losing side. Out of the 56 times, India has lost 5 times
88. Sachin has won the Padma Shri, Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards, and he is the only cricketer to receive them all
89. One of the few batsmen to have Centuries against all Test Playing countries
90. The first batsman to be given out by a Third Umpire TV reviewal system
91. Sachin holds the record for being the only player to have 40 wickets and 11000 runs in Test cricket
92. Sachin holds the record for being the only player to have 150 wickets and 15000 runs in ODI cricket
93. Sachin Tendulkar holds the best average amongst the batsman who have crossed 10,000 ODI runs
94. The highest run scorer in the 199 and 2003 cricket world cups
95. Sachin is the only player to have more than 100, fifty plus scores
96. The only batsman to have scored more than 2 centuries against all Test playing nations
97. Sachin has completed his Century by hitting a 6, on four different occasions in test matches, a record shared by Ken Barrington
98. Only cricketer to have done 10,000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in ODIs
99. The only player to be in Top 100 of ICC rankings for 10 years
100. Sachin is the cricketer to have a record number of records.

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