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Assembly poll debacle: BSP in introspection mode
False propaganda led to my defeat in
Assembly poll: Prakash Pant
Prakash Pant
CM seeks more kerosene quota from Centre
BJP against move to withdraw Atal Khadyann Yojana
UKD-(P) only viable alternative to Cong, BJP, claims Panwar
Marked improvement in living standards of SC, ST in Uttarakhand
Identify slum areas in Nainital district: DM
Youths attack docs in Almora hospital
'Use astrology for human welfare'
Youths begin agitation to save Ganga
Yoga 'asanas' performed across state on World Health Day
35 sheep killed in lightning
4 arrested under Wildlife Protection Act
Assembly poll debacle: BSP in introspection mode
Haridwar, April 7 As a first step, Dr Megh Raj Zaravare has been made the president of the Uttarakhand BSP while a new executive committee has been formed. The party won only three Assembly seats this time as compared to eight seats in the earlier Assembly elections. Keeping in view the poor perfomance in the parliamentary elections in 2009 and the Assembly elections in 2012, prominent leader Mohammed Shahzad, besides Kulbeer Singh, Sheeshpal Singh, Rajeev Aggarwal, BR Dhoni and Pal Singh Kashyap have been given the responsibility of vice-presidents of the party in the state, Chandrashekhar Ganguli, Lekhraj Gautam and Telu Ram has been made secretaries, while Brighrashan Rao has been appointed general secretary. Jagdeesh Bharti, Kunwar Pal and Ravindra Kashyap have been appointed executive working members. Zaravare told The Tribune that on the directions of party supremo Mayawati the new working committee had been formed to rejuvenate the party cadre in all 13 districts of the state. He added the party was now eyeing the upcoming zila panchayat elections in 12 districts of the state, besides the parliamentary elections due in 2014. Asked about the reasons for the poor performance of the party, Zaravare said factionalism in the party during the elections and inaccessibility of some MLAs to voters were behind the poll debacle. He added he would take up the issue with the party national president. Meanwhile, Mohammed Shahzads appointment as a vice-president of the party has not gone down well with many leaders, as they held him responsible for the poor performance of the party in the recent Assembly elections. Hari Das, MLA from Jhabreda, was not present at the meeting held at the Shivalik Nagar office of the party in the presence of state in-charge of party affairs RK Burman and Shri Nath. He reportedly missed the meeting owing to his unhappiness over Shahzads appointment. Former president of the state BSP unit Suraj Mal accepted the responsibility of the dismal performance of the party, though in the same breath he said it was the collective responsibility of all leaders. Party workers should come together as the party was part of the Vijay Bahuguna-led Congress government, he added. Now, we have a Cabinet minister as the BSP is part of the Congress-led alliance government. We can help usher in development throughout the state. This is the best chance for us to make the BSP a force to reckon with in the state," added Suraj Mal. |
False propaganda led to my defeat in Assembly poll: Prakash Pant
Nainital, April 7 Pointing towards one of the Dr Paul Joseph
Goebbels principles of propaganda, he claimed, It was the case of a lie being told a hundred times that went on to be believed a truth. Pant has been credited for not having done anything to address the water woes of his home constituency despite having been the Minister for Water Resources in the BJP government that was voted out of power last month. He lost the poll by a heavy margin of about 13,000 votes and ever since then, the media has been carrying out reports on the water woes that have remained unaddressed in the entire Kumaon region. However, when questioned on the issue, he said, I took several steps the benefits of which would be visible in the long term. Development is an ongoing process and it takes some time before the benefits of a policy initiated become visible. He claimed that there was no dearth of water in Pithoragarh and a four-step pumping scheme had been put in place. He pointed out that a regular supply of power was required to pump up water. There has been no power and water for the last three days but it has not been reported. You need power to pump up the water. Two more schemes had been approved recently and it will take another four to five years before they are completed, he said. Speaking of his tenure, he said a road map was prepared for providing water to the 8,270 settlements identified as water scarce areas. At the same time, he pointed out that the water resources were fast drying up. In addition to all this, in the rain-related disaster of 2010, almost 5,500 schemes were badly affected. It takes time to make them fully functional again, he pointed out. Substantiating his claim on the long-term developmental initiatives, he claimed, It was in 2008 that I as a Tourism Minister had taken up an initiative of promoting tourism in the state under the World Tourism Organisation
(UNWTO). I feel happy when the first installment of Rs 121 crore was announced recently by the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) for the execution of the project. |
CM seeks more kerosene quota from Centre
Dehradun, April 7 The Chief Minister will also talk to the minister in this regard. In a letter to the Union Minister, Bahuguna said the kerosene quota to be supplied by the Central Government to the state for the quarter was 26, 712 kl, which had been reduced to 9,108 KL. He informed the Union Minister that the Chardham Yatra, which would begin on April 23, was expected to witness the inflow of 2-3 crore pilgrims and for this an additional fuel quota was required. In the letter, he mentioned that 52 per cent of the families in the state were depended on the conventional source of fuel like wood and kerosene. He said if these families were provided kerosene then there would be less degradation of forest area and the environment. He has urged the Central Government to allocate 30,000 kl of kerosene quarterly to meet the demands of local people and the pilgrims visiting the state. The Chief Minister also discussed the matter with state Food and Civil Supplies Minister Pritam Singh at his residence. Also present on the occasion was Commissioner and Secretary, Food, Suberddhan.
Days of Cong govt numbered, says Chufal
Pithoragarh, April 7 The BJP chief was addressing his supporters in Askot town under his constituency, where his supporters felicitated him on his winning the seat from Didihat this time again. The BJP chief said that the Bahuguna government is weak and volatile. While the state is awaiting action on priority from the government, the leader of the government is out to appease leaders in Delhi or in
Dehradun, said Chufal. The BJP state president cautioned the government on its reported decision of changing the name of some of BJP initiated schemes, including that of Atal Khadhana
Yojna, and said that if the name of the BJP-sponsored schemes would be changed, the party will fight from the street to the Assembly floor. In order to change the name of the Deen Dayal Awas
Yojana, the government had withdrawn the money allotted to it by the previous government last week, said the BJP chief. |
BJP against move to withdraw Atal Khadyann Yojana
Nainital, April 7 This was stated by former minister Prakash Pant here today. He underlined, The government may change the name of the scheme if they do not like its nomenclature. But any move to do away with the scheme, as per the indications coming, will face a statewide agitation and we will not hesitate to take to the streets in the interests of the poor people. The
yojana, which provides for the provision of foodgrains at a cheaper rate to the people belonging to both the BPL and APL categories, was a flagship programme launched by former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank during the BJP regime. It was a move by Nishank to pre-empt the Centres Food Security Act. Pant further disclosed: We will give a period of six months to the new government to settle down and take decisions which we hope will be in the interest of the people. It is only after that we will take on the government if it is not working for the welfare of the masses. He flayed the government on the issue of giving unemployment allowance and stated that it would have been better if the government moves towards the creation of employment opportunities. It is bound to generate a burden of Rs 600 crore under the non-plan sector, he pointed out. |
UKD-(P) only viable alternative to Cong, BJP, claims Panwar
Pithoragarh, April 7 The party has continuously lagged behind in winning seats in the elections while the national parties manage to win elections by spending a large sum of money and using large quantities of liquor, said
Panwar. He was here to assess the reasons for the defeat of the party in the last Assembly elections. The UKD president, while talking to
mediapersons, hoped that his party would defeat the Congress, the BJP and the BSP in the next Assembly elections in 2017 and form the government in the state. For that, we have chalked out a strategy and have decided to take part in all elections in the state, whether Assembly bypoll or panchayat elections, said
Panwar. He said due to some overambitious leaders the party suffered defeat in the Assembly elections, as they had been pursuing personal agendas. We are consulting the party cadre to find ways to get rid of the leaders who have been using the party for their personal goals, said
Panwar. |
Marked improvement in living standards of SC, ST in Uttarakhand
Dehradun, April 7 The condition of the houses too has improved as only 5.56 per cent of houses belonging to the SC families are in a dilapidated condition and 3.79 per cent of the houses belonging to the ST families are in a poor condition. Significantly, 35.15 per cent of the houses of the SC families have concrete roofs while 32.8 per cent of the houses of the ST families have concrete roofs. Even members of the SC and ST communities seem to have benefited from the widespread changes taking place in society. The improvement in housing facilities is a matter of great satisfaction for the state, said Sneh Lata
Agarwal, Director, Census Operations, Uttarakhand. According to the Census, there are 19,97,068 houses in Uttarakhand and out of which 377,202 houses belong to the SC community, 633,322 houses to the ST community and the remaining 15,56,544 to the members of the general category. Further, 37.85 per cent of the SC families lived in two-room houses while 36.82 per cent of the ST population had two-room houses. At the same time, only 2.36 per cent of the SC families and 4.77 per cent of the ST families lived in houses having six or more rooms. About 61.36 per cent of the SC households and 58.61 per cent of the ST population had access to tap water for drinking in 2011. At the same time, 44.56 per cent of the SC families and 55.79 per cent of the ST families had drinking water supply facility in their houses. A total of 79.80 per cent of the SC households and 83.68 per cent of the ST families had electricity supply, which was the main source of lighting, while 0.56 per cent of the SC households and 0.43 per cent of the ST families did not have electricity. At the same time, 65.63 per cent of the SC families and 64.27 per cent of the ST households used firewood for cooking. Also, 74.56 of the SC households and 80.39 per cent of the ST population availed of the banking services. |
Identify slum areas in Nainital district: DM
Nainital, April 7 At a meeting held in
Haldwani, Tripathi underlined that the administration aims at making the areas under seven municipal and panchayat bodies in the district slum free. It has been underlined that any laxity on the part of the officials with regard to improving the condition of the slums would not be tolerated. Pointing out the long term proposals, she said the aim of the administration was to rehabilitate the slum dwellers in proper colonies by providing them with housing and other basic facilities. She has asked the executive officers of all civic bodies to start working in this
direction. Tripathi outlined that the administration wanted to make every municipal area and panchayat clean and beautiful. For this purpose, it was important that the slum dwellers were rehabilitated in organized colonies and were provided with every basic amenity. It also includes providing them with better education and health facilities. The DM has asked the executive officers to start identifying the land where the slum dwellers can be relocated and rehabilitated. The socio-economic issues related to the relocation and rehabilitation also needs to be addressed by the administration. Over the past one decade, towns like
Nainital, Lal Kuan, Haldwani and Ramnagar have witnessed a large scale slumming. A huge influx of population from semi-rural and rural areas along with the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh has been constantly adding to the problem. People have been migrating to these places in search of better employment opportunities and also for a better standard of
living. Nainital, which was one of the three chosen destinations in Uttarkhand under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(JNNURM), is facing tremendous problems on account of the phenomenon of slumming. |
Youths attack docs in Almora hospital
Nainital, April 7 Just like several incidents reported in the past about the doctors being manhandled for the death of a patient or for referring a patient to hospitals in bigger cities, Thursday night saw three doctors and a ward boy being attacked by a group of youths who were demanding an explanation for a patient being referred to Bareilley. They wanted to have the medical report of the patient at night, and when the doctor on duty at the emergency, Dr Varun Prasad, was unable to provide them the report at that point of time, they started abusing him and dragged him out of the emergency. A ward boy Bhup Singh, who came to save the doctor, was attacked by the youths. This saw three other doctors, Dr PC Pant, who is the Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS), Dr HC Gadkoti and Dr Vikrant turning up to save their colleague. They, too, were attacked with stones and sticks. The doctors ran for their safety. The miscreants fled from the spot before the District Magistrate DS Garbyal and Superintendent of Police (SP) Puran Singh Rawat could reach the spot. A case in the matter was registered and four youths identified as Lalit Aithani, Jagdish Aithani, Mani Raj Singh and Sanjay Singh were nabbed. The incident has seen protests from doctors in Almora and Bageshwar districts. In Almora, the doctors boycotted work on Friday, demanding police deployment in hospitals. It was on assurances of positive steps towards ensuring their security that they returned for work. The hospitals functioned normally from Saturday morning. |
'Use astrology for human welfare'
Haridwar, April 7 Many other national acclaimed astrologers also laid stress on the need to make the astrology beneficial for humanity by keeping a check on monetary-oriented astrology and on the numerous fake astrologers who mislead people. They also cited immense faith of people in astrology which makes the task of astrologers more significant. Unless one had an expertise in the art, the prediction outcome would not be perfect, which might have an ill impact society, they said. Dr Vipin Parashar of Jyotish Research Centre, Anandyimaipuram, cited various references from Vedic texts where the astrology had played an important role. He also correlated it with modern times, pointing out that the speed of sun was increasing, which was having impact on the dates of religious festivals. Emphasising the need of a mutual collaboration between medical science and astrological science Dr Vinayak Singh pointed out that if both these field experts mutually come together for social welfare, then much of the problems of the society would eradicate. Speaking as a guest legislator from Haridwar city, Madan Kaushik emphasised the need to make astrology a part of the education curriculum.
Youths begin agitation to save Ganga
Haridwar, April 7 These youths believe that mass awareness is imperative to ensure that the Ganga is cleaned in its entire route from Gangotri in Garhwal Himalayas till Ganga Sagar. Sanjeev Chaudhari, who has formed the Rashtriya Hindu Kranti Dal, has been involved in various socio-religious activities for the past few years. He was actively involved in former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharatis agitation for the Dhari Devi temple of Srinagar at the Divya Sewa Mission here last year. Chaudhari told The Tribune that as he had been associated with Aggarwal during the latters agitation against the Lohari Nagpala-Pala Maneri-Bhairon Ghati hydroelectric projects and his recent save Ganga campaign at Matra Sadan, he felt that youths needed to support this 70-year-old crusader. Activists of the Rashtriya Hindu Kranti Dal began a fast at Pundit Gobind Ballabh Pant Park in Devpura today. The agitation is getting support from local youth. Gyanendra Pundit, who also sat on dharna, said be it Anna Hazare-led anti-graft agitation or Swami Ramdevs satyagraha for black money or other movements for cleaning the Ganga, the Dal activists had been actively participating in these agitations. Local residents, pilgrims and tourists were also seen enquiring about the agitation and appreciating the efforts of the youth for the cause of the Ganga. Young teerth purohits have also extended support to the agitation. President of the Yuva Teerth Purohit Committee Ujjwal Pundit met the agitating youths. Ujjwal assured the protesters that if on April 17, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would chair a meeting of the Ganga River Basin Authority, no conclusive decision was taken with regard to the cleaning of the holy river, demonstrations would be held all over the city. |
Yoga 'asanas' performed across state on World Health Day
Dehradun, April 7 In Dehradun more than 2,500 yoga enthusiasts performed surya namaskars at more than 30 venues, including ONGC Officers' Club, Hopetown Girls School, Doon International School, Gautam International School, Montessori School and many other places. "It is great to see the enthusiasm and awareness of people towards good health. Today people from all walks of life, including schoolgoing children, college youth, homemakers, professionals and even senior citizens, have done surya
namaskars. What is even more amazing is that a large number of these participants have completed the challenge and done 54 sets (108 rounds) of surya
namaskar," said Art of Living Yogathon Uttarakhand Coordinator Ranjit Lal. Apart from Dehradun some of the other cities of Uttarakhand where Yogathon event was also held are Mussoorie
(Mussoorie Public School), Haridwar ( BHEL campus, Hero Honda, Gurukul University), Rishikesh
(Panchvati Ashram), Uttarkashi (Saraswati Shishu Mandir), Almora (SBI Regional Office, Sainik School), Kashipur(GB Pant Inter College), Haldwani (Central School, Queens Public School), Khatima
(Gurukul Academy), Dogaon (Don Bosco School), Jalikote (Himalaya Academy) and Ghoratal
(Sainik School). The event saw participants of the Yogathon challenge receive a Spirit of Yoga Certificate and the winners who successfully completed 108 rounds were awarded the gold certificate. |
35 sheep killed in lightning
Pithoragarh, April 7 The sources said the sheep belonged to Bala Singh, Gokul Ram and Shekhar
Chandra, all residents of Saibhat village. Bala, Gokul and Shekhar were returning home with the sheep after they had migrated during winter. The weather changed suddenly at night and it started thundering. After thundering, lightening struck and killed 35 head of sheep, said Khusal Ram
Arya, revenue sub-inspector (Kanoongo) of the area. On getting information about the incident, officials of the subdivision administration reached the spot to assess the loss caused to the sheep owners, said
Arya. |
4 arrested under Wildlife Protection Act
Pithoragarh, April 7 In an incident, third of its kind in the last three months in the district, forest officials have recovered a skin of a leopard from the possession of two youths and arrested them at Bans area near district headquarters yesterday. The youths, Kailash Nath and Bishen Nath, later confessed that the animal was killed by them five months ago by strangulating it in the forest of Gangolihat, and they were going to sell the skin in the town, said Mahipal Singh Sirohi, SDO of Pithoragarh forest division. According to the forest official, the skin is 160 cm long and seems to be of a young leopard nearly five to six years of age. Besides arresting these two youths, some other culprits, possibly involved in this racket, are being looked for, said the forest official. With this recovery, Pithoragarh Forest Department has recovered 8 skins of leopards, including one skin of snow leopard that was recovered from Dharchula 15 days before. In a similar incident, forest officials of Champawat district have arrested two poachers alone with the carcasses of two barking deers, which were killed from nearby forest of Diuri. A 12-bore gun, two live cartridges and other hunting equipment were recovered from the possession of the arrested poachers, named Bhagirath Rai and Prem Ballabh Rai, residents of Lohaghat town, said Satyapal Singh , DFO, Champawat. The culprits, who were charged under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and Arms Act, were later sent to judicial custody by a magistrate in Champawat, said the DFO.
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Listless BJP national meet ends
Lucknow, June 4 It commenced yesterday with a long rambling speech of president Nitin Gadkari, where he merely repeated what he and other BJP leaders had said often in Delhi - the corruption of UPA government, BJP good governance, step motherly treatment by the Centre to BJP governments and his pet subject bio fuels. Even the assertion by BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi a day earlier that the BJP will have no truck with SP, BSP and RLD of Ajit Singh was missing from Gadkaris core speech. The party prioritised discussion on corruption and Lokpal, but it avoided showing its cards on Lokpal. BJP chose Lucknow as the national executive venue ostensibly to give a fillip to its election campaign against Mayawatis BSP government and bid for power in UP. But all it amounted to at the end was the promise of a Vision Document to be prepared by a 22-member (jumbo) committee chaired by Kesrinath Tripathi, which would present its report after visiting each nook and corner of UP and consulting experts from India and abroad to act as a guiding paper for strategising and organising future programmes, announced BJP general secretary and UP in charge Narendra Singh Tomar after the Valedictory address of L.K. Advani. But there was one issue which rankled the BJP more than UP, more than corruption and more than Lokpal or Ramdev. And that was the fear that using various laws, the Centre may corner the BJP/RSS leaders and states on the question of communalism and terrorism. Thus the recommendations of the National Advisory Committee (NAC) of Sonia Gandhi in respect of the Communal Violence (Prevention) Bill that are likely to come up for introduction in the coming Monsoon Session of Parliament, was the primary target. Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley singled it out for his attack charging the government with trying to usurp the powers of states, guaranteed by the Constitution under the federal structure. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi too spoke for more than half an hour about the victimisation of the BJP/NDA states by the UPA-led Central government. His real anger was the cases piling up against his former home minister Amit Shah. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan named the National Investigating Agency (NIA) as an agency trying to transgress on the states subject - law and order. The UPA Government created the NIA because of constant and continuous pressure from the BJP to bring in effective anti-terror law and create a national agency to deal exclusively with terror and terror related crimes. The BJP used every terror attack to put the UPA government in the dock for having scrapped POTA. The Primary Target BJPs primary target was the National Advisory Committee recommendations in respect of the Communal Violence (Prevention) Bill likely to come up for introduction in the coming monsoon session of Parliament |
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Burdwan (WB), June 4 The eight CPM leaders - Achinta Mondal and Srikanta Ghosh, both local CP committee members, former secretary of the gram panchayat Jahar Ghosh, besides Ashwini Mondal, Sukumar Pramanik and Kartik Mondal, three gram panchayat members and Sunil Mullick, the secretary - had called a meeting of the villagers, local Trinamool Congress leader S K Jamal said. The villagers had demanded an explanation on how Rs 6 lakh in development funds was spent about a fortnight ago and the CPM leaders had said that an explanation would be given today, he said. PTI Human skeletons recovered
Kolkata: The police with the help of the local inhabitants on Saturday recovered skeletons of seven human bodies from the mango grove of the former CPM minister Sushanta Ghoshs house at Benaberia village at Garbeta in west
Midnapore. The police suspected that the bodies might be of those seven Trinamool Congress workers who had been missing since the incident of mass killing by the CPM in the village in 2006. TNS |
Govt steps up fight against sex tests, bars portable ultrasound machines
New Delhi, June 4 At present, India has close to 40,000 registered ultrasound machines, of which a majority is being openly transported from one place to the other to aid sex selective practices. Speaking to The Tribune after the meeting today, top Health Ministry officials said, all ultrasound machines would henceforth have to be used at the place where they are listed and registered for use. We will not allow portable sonography facilities unless of course they are part of duly registered mobile genetic clinics. At present, it is routine for medical practitioners to take the machines to places where there is a demand for sex selection. So far, progress under the PNDT Act has been poor, with just 55 convictions in 17 years. All this while, there have been just 843 court cases for violations; 42190 medical units have been registered under the Act and 298 machines have been sealed and seized. To strengthen the Act, the Board, in another major decision today, directed the Medical Council of India to evolve a framework for the accreditation of sonography training centres which are operating with impunity, offering courses of durations ranging from 15 days to a month. These centres have mushroomed, furthering the interests of the sex selection industry. Once the MCI framework is ready, only accredited centres would be allowed to function and trainees from these centres alone would be allowed to work in ultrasound clinics, sources said. |
CWG official surrenders, sent to Tihar
New Delhi, June 4 Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh remanded Jayachandran in judicial custody yesterday after he surrendered before the court which had earlier issued a non-bailable warrant against him. He failed to comply with the conditions imposed on him after he was granted bail in another case related to the Games held last year. Jayachandran was also named as an accused for his role in awarding a contract to a Swiss firm at an exorbitant cost for installing Timing Scoring and Results system for the games. The court had issued NBW against him and asked the CBI to arrest him by June 6. The NBW was issued after the CBI submitted that he was not co-operating in the probe . PTI |
Another sportsperson at the helm in Andhra
Hyderabad, June 4 The election of Manohar, who has been the Deputy Speaker since 2009, was preceded by a high drama with the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) fielding its candidate for the post. For the first time in the history of the state Assembly, an election was held for the post after the opposition party pressed for division. Manohar, a two-time Congress legislator from Tenali in coastal Andhra and son of former Chief Minister Nadendla Bhaskar Rao, polled 158 votes while TDPs KE Krishnamurthy got 90 votes in the 294-member House. The TRS, CPI, BJP and the Lok Satta abstained from voting. The Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), headed by actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) supported the Congress candidate. Interestingly, Congress MLAs loyal to YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy voted in favour of the ruling party candidate, obeying the whip. The Speakers post was vacant since November last year when Kiran Kumar Reddy became the Chief Minister. Meanwhile, the government chief whip M Bhatti Vikramarka was elected the new Deputy Speaker, polling 164 votes against 88 secured by his rival Suddala Devaiah of the TDP. Initially, the Pro-tem Speaker, JC Diwakar Reddy, declared Manohar elected as the 17th Speaker by a voice vote but later allowed voting following objections from the TDP. The one-day session of the Assembly was specially convened to elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker and the chairman and vice-chairman of the Legislative Council. A Chakrapani and N Vidyasagar were elected unopposed as council chairman and vice-chairman, respectively. |
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Japanese officials Thursday sought to reassure the public about the safety of drinking water contaminated by fallout from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, dropping restrictions after radioactive iodine levels fell within acceptable limits.
The most recent readings at the Kanamichi Water Purification Plant, which provides water to Tokyo as well as five other cities, showed 79 becquerels of radioactive iodine per kilogram of water. The acceptable limit for infants one and younger is 100 becquerels, while for adults it is 300.
Earlier today the governor of Tokyo prefecture Shintaro Ishihara announced that all Tokyo water restrictions have lifted.
During a tour of the Kanamachi water treatment plant, Ishihara, who is up for re-election, drank a full glass of water taken from the plant.
Ishihara encouraged the population to remain calm, and when asked about Tokyo water, said "Tokyo water always tastes good."
The governor said he "does not drink bottled water."
But Japanese citizens are getting mixed signals as just yesterday tap water was deemed unsafe, and hours before the announcement bottled water was being handed out to Tokyo families and residents.
Meanwhile, three workers have been exposed to radioactive elements at Japan's Fukushima Dai-chi plant, with two sent to the hospital for treatment, according to officials.
The workers were injured while laying electrical cables on Thursday at Unit 3. The two workers sent to the hospital were exposed to radioactive elements on the skin of their feet.
According to Fumio Matsuda, a spokesman for the nuclear safety agency, the workers were exposed to radiation levels of up to 180 millisieverts, which is shy of the maximum 250 millisieverts that the government is allowing for workers.
Approximately two dozen people have been injured since the plant began leaking radiation after suffering tsunami damage March 11, with seven other employees having been exposed to levels over 100 millisieverts. Officials raised the casualty toll from the earthquake and tsunami to 9,737 people confirmed dead, and 16,423 missing.
News about radiation levels in Tokyo's tap water brought a heightened level of anxiety in the city of 30 million this week, where a run on bottled water has left people, and especially mothers of infants, scared for their children and the immediate future.
Because of the reactor meltdown at the plant 140 miles north of the capital, tap water was considered a health hazard, officials announced Wednesday. Tokyo's water is tainted with a radioactive isotope called Iodine-131 which is known to cause thyroid cancer.
Tests at one of the main water treatment plants showed the level of Iodine-131 twice the acceptable level for babies, at a count of 210.
Workers doled out bottled water to Tokyo families and panic-stricken residents Thursday who found empty spots on grocery store shelves where the bottled water used to be, now replaced by signs reading "water all sold out because of news concerning radiation."
Speaking Tuesday, officials said that consuming the city's tap water is unsafe for infants.
"So we advise babies in Tokyo and surrounding areas not to drink the tap water," a water department official announced in a televised statement.
Households with infants will get three, half-liter bottles of water for each baby -- a total of 240,000 bottles.


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Student work to be featured at Dallas gallery
Posted March 26, 2012Cohn Drennan Contemporary, a Dallas art gallery owned and operated by ACU alumnus Cohn Drennan, will feature an exhibition of ACU students' works during the month of May. The exhibition, entitled E I R, will appear in Gallery A from May 3-26, 2012. An opening reception will be held Thursday, May 3, 2012.
The ACU students whose work will be presented are Morgan Hallmark, Jay Hendrick, Kimmy McNiece, Stacy Olsen, Anna Pinson, Leah Rama, Lauren St. John, and Katie Stumbo. All are from ACU's Department of Art and Design.
"We feel honored by Cohn's willingness to feature our students' work and that he thought of us so quickly after developing his new exhibition space," says Robert Green, professor of art. "I'm really excited about this opportunity for our students to showcase their work and proud of them for the strong body of work they've created and assembled to represent themselves and the department."
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Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in getting information about a theft from a car that happened in the 7000 block of Charleston Way.
Between 10:30 p.m. Sunday night and 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon, someone took cash, jewelry, CDs and the ashtray from an unlocked car on that street.
Members of the Shelby County Board of Education said on Wednesday that they want to keep their options open for athletic facilities at the new Martha Layne Collins High School.
But after a specially called work session to discuss those options, Superintendent James Neihof said he expects board members to vote next week to seek bids on a multipurpose stadium for football, soccer and track as well as game fields for softball and baseball for Shelby County's new high school.
Small stalks, small ears, poor kernel development…does this describe your corn crop this year?
If it does, there may be several factors at work. Drought at the wrong time can stunt your corn crop (we haven't had that this year), as can cold damage (if you put your crop out early you could see a little stunting from a late spring cold snap), poor drainage and poor soil fertility, especially nitrogen.
Last week we implored you to call or e-mail Kay & Kay Contracting and ask those in charge why they aren't here working on the Shelbyville Bypass.
You are the taxpayers whose dollars are funding this project, and you have a right to know why nothing is happening. We told you that the contractors have a moral obligation to reply.
Some of you took our suggestion, but the heavy equipment remains just as idle as it was last week.
State unemployment rises again in June
Kentucky's seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for June 2009 reached a near 26-year high of 10.9 percent from a revised 10.7 percent in May 2009, the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet reported. Local and regional figures are due out this morning.
Shelby County Fiscal Court magistrates voted Tuesday to postpone a first reading to adopt the goals and objectives portion of the county's new Comprehensive Plan.
The consensus of the court, sparked by Magistrate Michael Riggs, is that magistrates did not want to approve the plan because planners had not explained the variances of the document to them.
To say that the Bland family's annual reunion will be "different" is putting it mildly.
The Blands, a family that can trace its ancestry back to medieval times in England and include a former Shelbyville mayor, are having a larger reunion than most folks. In fact, they're inviting the entire country.
The Bland National Family Reunion, held at the Stratton Center in Shelbyville last weekend, is a tradition that has been ongoing for the past 25 years, since a group of local Blands met up in Elizabethtown with Blands from Colorado and South Carolina.
With no opponent in his last election, state Sen. Gary Tapp is sitting on a significant amount of campaign contributions, money he no longer will need because he isn't seeking re-election in 2010.
Kentucky Registry of Election Finance Records show Tapp had just less than $69,000 in campaign funds as of the last reporting date, Nov. 7, 2008.
State law does not allow a candidate to keep leftover funds but does allow the candidate some options for spending the money. By law, Tapp can:
The construction project for the Shelbyville Bypass has skidded into a mountain of mud at the end of a dead-end street. What has appeared obvious to anyone who has taken a look at the empty roadbed and the lack of action is true: Gridlock has emerged on the construction of a highway that is supposed to prevent just that. There have been many questions from local residents and officials about the lack of progress they were seeing on a road that many hoped would completed soon, and now we learn that the contractor, Kay & Kay Construction of London, has worked


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Gascon, Mirkarimi Likely Winners For SF District Attorney, Sheriff
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon, former SFPD chief, held a commanding lead in his bid for election, while ranked-choice votes also showed that Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was likely to become San Francisco's new sheriff.
Gascon Takes Early Lead In San Francisco DA's Race
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon appears set to hold onto his seat although he did not reach a majority in the initial round of the ranked-choice voting process in Tuesday's election.
Gascon Absent From Final San Francisco DA Debate
San Francisco's district attorney did not attend Wednesday's debate—the last before the Nov. 8 election—and his opponents took the absence as an opportunity to say why they are the best candidate to take over the office.
SF Mayor Lee Wins High School Mock Election; Gascon Trounced
San Francisco's young people want their interim mayor to stick around for a full term but not their district attorney, according to results of a survey of the city's public high school students released Tuesday.
San Francisco Candidates Fill Out Ballots As Early Voting Begins
Early voting started Tuesday for San Francisco's Nov. 8 election and many candidates took advantage, filling out their ballots at City Hall.
San Francisco District Attorney Candidates Attack Gascon Over Memo
The memo is thought to provide information on the San Francisco DNA Crime Lab's testing procedures.
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District Attorney George Gascon's opponents said he had a conflict of interest when deciding not to investigate the "Run, Ed, Run" campaign.
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In 1929 archeologists began draining Lake Nemi in search of the mysterious ships that have been glimpsed beneath its waters since the reign of Claudius. What they awakened had been drowned for two thousand years. For a very good reason.
Veteran aviator Lewis Segura has been drifting since the Great War ended, fetched up at last at the small company run by fellow veterans and pilots Alma Gilchrist and Mitchell Sorley, assisted by their old friend Dr. Jerry Ballard, an archeologist who lost his career when he lost part of his leg. It's a living, and if it's not quite what any of them had dreamed of, it's better than much that they've already survived. But Lewis has always dreamed true, and what he sees in his dreams will take them on a dangerous chase from Hollywood to New York to an airship over the Atlantic, and finally to the Groves of Diana Herself….
The world is full of lost treasures. Some of them are better off not found.
©2012 Melissa Scott & Jo Wyrick (P)2012 David N. Wilson
I like mysteries (particularly British ones, historical fiction and nonfiction, science fiction and fantasy.
"1929 Set Historical Fantasy with Good Narrator"
I've read Melissa Scott's science fiction since she hit the bookstores in the 80's. She managed complex and satisfying world building combined with characters that were both alien and easy to relate to. Jo Graham is not an author that I have encountered before but now I intend to check out her backlist.
Anyway, when I saw this book listed on Audible I seized on it at once, and I am very happy I did.
Not science fiction but historical fantasy, the background of the story is the final year of the 20's. The adventure starts with an archaeological dig in Italy. The archaeological dig is real enough, as are the ships built by Caligula and then sunk in the lake after his assassination. Add to this the release of an ancient malignant being with the attempt to recover the ships and there is the satisfying bones of a good story there.
Alma, Jerry, and Mitchell are all members of a Hermetic Lodge. Jerry and Mitchell are combat veterans of the Great War. Alma was an ambulance driver and the widow of their friend and Magister, Gil, who died of the effects of mustard gas after the war. Each of them have lost something. Early in the book they are joined by Lewis Segura, another veteran pilot who becomes Alma's lover and employee as they struggle to come to terms with their losses and rebuild their lives, mundate and magical.
This story feels true to the time. The details about flying and the attempt to commercialize add to the story. A good part of the US is covered from Colorado to Hollywood to Chicago with period detail highlighting, but not overwhelming the plot and characters.
John Lee, the narrator does a great job. His general narration accent is American with a 1920's feel to it but he voices the characters with their various backgrounds well. Even when reading ritual magic he does not go overboard.
There's another book in this series on the way: Steel Blues. I'm looking forward to the Audible version.
"Okay but a bit flat"
I was thrilled to see a new Melissa Scott book out and ordered it immediately. I had a hard time getting through the story. The premise is good: a lodge of magicians in 1929 needs to stop an evil spirit. Historical detail seems okay and the story takes includes a lot of stuff about the old airplanes, which I have an interest in. The plot follows a decent arc to a tense confrontation and has enough action throughout the story to keep things moving.
My problem is with the characters. There are four protagonists. The point of view switches between them, but there's little to differentiate the voices, let alone the characters. It's as if we have one person broken into separate pieces and whomever is convenient comes to the front. That makes the story flat.
The narration is adequate, but to carry the book it needed to differentiate the characters more. That wasn't there. The narrator doesn't do accents well and there is no different pacing for the different voices. Also, he would at times get into repetitive lilts when the sentences were of equal lengths. I blame this more on the writing than the narrator. Still, it was at times an intrusion into the story.
"I was one of those lost..."
I didn't enjoy the story enough to recommend it.
They did a fine job given the material they had to work with. Ms. Scott's voice was somewhat subdued, which made the tale even less interesting.
I didn't like any of them, actually.
Yes, find another book.
"Wonderfully wrought historical fantasy"
I love the storytelling quality of John Lee's narration. He has the perfect tone to carry a story forward and draw me in.
Louis, because of all the challenges he faced, and the way he stepped up and overcame adversity.
I love the big chase / fight on the airship. It's well written, and brings that very unique setting to brilliant life.
Just enjoyed it thoroughly and looking forward to the next adventure for this crew.
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International Dairy Week set to be big
One of the biggest weeks of the agricultural calendar will begin in Tatura on January 20.
BOB NICOL January 1, 2013 1:55pmThe International Dairy Week Committee is hard at work finalising a program of events for the week of January 20 to 24, with the aim of providing something for everyone — from paddock to plate.
Behind the scenes IDW has launched a new website, an online entry system and have also taken on the world with e-newsletters and Twitter.
Some of this year's events will include:
The free seminars will be held on the hour from 9
The full line-up is available on the IDW website at www.internationaldairyweek.com.au
One workshop will feature Tim Abbott, supported by ABS Australia, speaking on ''Using Top Genetics as a Revenue Generator for Commercial Herds''.
Mr Abbott is no stranger to the Holstein world. He currently owns St Jacobs ABC which samples 15 bulls per year, mostly Holstein and RW Holstein but a few Jerseys. They provide ABS Global distributors around the world with a source of high type genetics focused on show ring, cow families and high type sire stacks.
Brian Leslie, who is busy lining up a great array of cattle for sale, feels there is no greater Australian event than IDW for Holstein breeders and supporters.
He said International Dairy Week would see a great line-up of international experts take to the ring to judge a fantastic array of Australian cattle from renowned and new breeders around Australia.
''IDW is recognised as the third largest dairy cattle show in the world. A win or a place at International Dairy Week is a marketing plus and I encourage all owners to enter,'' Mr Leslie said.
''With the fantastic support of all IDW sponsors we are able to provide an expo event second to none of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, and I am again expecting a large contingent of international visitors to take in the best of the Australian dairy industry.
''Also, what a chance to catch up with all your mates in the dairy world and have the opportunity to make more.''
International Dairy Week takes place at Tatura Park from Sunday, January 20 to Thursday, January 24 and entry is free to all events.
''Without question, dairy producers will want to include the 2013 International Dairy Week as their one-stop event to view Australia's dairy industry products and services,'' Mr Leslie said.
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1An issue of a periodical earlier than the current one.
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- He had seen his exhibition advertised in a back number of the magazine and used one of his last two remaining postage stamps to send him photographs of his figures in pastel.
1.1 informal A person or thing seen as old-fashioned.
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- Though he showed flashes of the old brilliance, fashionable opinion increasingly considered him obsolete, a back number from a bygone era.
- Not much past sixty, he began to regard and carry himself as an old man, not at all displeased to be considered a back number.
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It has been suggested that Dakshinavarti Shankh be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2013. |
Shankha (Sanskrit: शंख Śaṇkha, pronounced [ˈɕəŋkʰə]) is a conch shell which is of ritual and religious importance in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The shankha is the shell of a species of large predatory sea snail, Turbinella pyrum, which lives in the Indian Ocean.
In Hinduism, the shankha is a sacred emblem of the Hindu preserver god Vishnu. It is still used as a trumpet in Hindu ritual, and in the past was used as a war trumpet. The shankha is praised in Hindu scriptures as a giver of fame, longevity and prosperity, the cleanser of sin and the abode of Lakshmi, who is the goddess of wealth and consort of Vishnu.
The shankha is displayed in Hindu art in association with Vishnu. As a symbol of water, it is associated with female fertility and serpents (Nāgas). The shankha is the state emblem of the Indian state of Kerala and was also the national emblems of the Indian princely state of Travancore, and the Kingdom of Kochi.
The shankha is one of the eight Buddhist auspicious symbols, the Ashtamangala, and in Buddhism it represents the pervasive sound of the Buddhadharma. In Tibetan Buddhism, it is known as "dung kar".
A powder made from the shell material is used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine, primarily as a cure for stomach ailments and for increasing beauty and strength.
In the Western world, in the English language, the shell of this species is known as the "divine conch" or the "sacred chank". It may also be simply called a "chank" or conch. The more common form of this shell is known as "left-turning" in a religious context, although scientists would call it "dextral". A very rarely encountered form has reverse coiling which is called "right-turning" in a religious context, but is known as "sinistral" or left-coiling in a scientific context.
Regional names[edit]
The word shankha is spelled differently in India from one region to another, according to the language used there. It is spelled Shankha in Sanskrit, Kannada and Marathi. In English, it is usually known as a conch or conch shell, but also as a "chank" shell. In Gujarati, it is known as ""Shankha", as sanka and chanku in Tamil, senkham in Telugu, sankha in Oriya and shankho in Bengali.[1]
This shell is from a sea snail species Turbinella pyrum in the family Turbinellidae. This species is found living in the Indian Ocean and surrounding seas. The shell is porcelaneous (i.e. the surface of the shell is strong, hard, shiny, and somewhat translucent, like porcelain).
The overall shape of the main body of the shell is oblong or conical. In the oblong form, it has a protuberance in the middle, but tapers at each end. The upper portion (the siphonal canal) is corkscrew-shaped, while the lower end (the spire) is twisted and tapering. Its colour is dull, and the surface is hard, brittle and translucent. Like all snail shells, the interior is hollow. The inner surfaces of the shell are very shiny, but the outer surface exhibits high tuberculation.[1] In Hinduism, the shiny, white, soft shankha with pointed ends and heavy is the most sought after.[2]
Based on its direction of coiling, the shankha has two varieties:[3][4]
- Daksnivarta, Dakshinavarta or Dakshinavarti ("right-turned" as viewed with the aperture uppermost): This is the very rare sinistral form of the species, where the shell coils or whorls expand in a counterclockwise spiral if viewed from the apex of the shell.
- Vamavarta ("left-turned" as viewed with the aperture uppermost): This is the very commonly occurring dextral form of the species, where the shell coils or whorls expand in a clockwise spiral when viewed from the apex of the shell.
In Hinduism, a Dakshinavarta shankha symbolizes infinite space and is associated with Vishnu. The Vamavarta shankha represents the reversal of the laws of nature and is linked with Shiva.[5]
- Significance of the Dakshinavarta shankha
Dakshinavarta shankha is believed to be the abode of the wealth goddess Lakshmi - the consort of Vishnu, and hence this type of shankha is considered ideal for medicinal use. It is a very rare variety from the Indian Ocean. This type of shankha has three to seven ridges visible on the edge of the aperture and on the columella and has a special internal structure. The right spiral of this type reflects the motion of the planets. It is also compared with the hair whorls on the Buddha's head that spiral to the right. The long white curl between Buddha's eyebrows and the conch-like swirl of his navel are also akin to this shankha.[4][6]
The Varaha Purana tells that bathing with the Dakshinavarta shankha frees one from sin. Skanda Purana narrates that bathing Vishnu with this shankha grants freedom from sins of seven previous lives. A Dakshinavarta shankha is considered to be a rare "jewel" or ratna and is adorned with great virtues. It is also believed to grant longevity, fame and wealth proportional to its shine, whiteness and largeness. Even if such a shankha has a defect, mounting it in gold is believed to restore the virtues of the shankha.[2]
In its earliest references, shankha is mentioned as a trumpet and in this form it became an emblem of Vishnu. Simultaneously, it was used as a votive offering and as a charm to keep away the dangers of the sea. It was the earliest known sound-producing agency as manifestation of sound, and the other elements came later, hence it is regarded as the original of the elements. It is identified with the elements themselves.[7] [8]
As a trumpet or wind instrument, a hole is drilled near the tip of the apex of the shankha. When air is blown through this hole, it travels through the whorls of the shankha, producing a loud, sharp, shrill sound. This sound is the reason the shankha was used as a war trumpet, to summon helpers and friends. Shanka continued to be used in battles for a long time. The sound it produced was called shankanad.
Nowadays, the shankha is blown at the time of worship in Hindu temples and homes, especially in the ritual of the Hindu aarti, when light is offered to the deities. The shankha is also used to bathe images of deities, especially Vishnu, and for ritual purification. No hole is drilled for these purposes, though the aperture is cut clean or rarely the whorls are cut to represent five consecutive shells with five mouths.[9][10]
Shankha is used as a material for making bangles, bracelets and other objects.[9] Due to its aquatic origin and resemblance to the vulva, it has become an integral part of the Tantric rites. In view of this, its symbolism is also said to represent female fertility. Since water itself is a fertility symbol, shankha, which is an aquatic product is recognised as symbolic of female fertility. In ancient Greece, shells, along with pearls, are mentioned as denoting sexual love and marriage, and also mother goddesses.[7]
Different magic and sorcery items are also closely connected with this trumpet. This type of device existed long before the Buddhist era.
Ayurvedic medicine[edit]
Shankha is used in Ayurvedic medicinal formulations to treat many ailments. It is prepared as conch shell ash, known in Sanskrit as shankha bhasma, which is prepared by soaking the shell in lime juice and calcinating in covered crucibles, 10 to 12 times, and finally reducing it to powder ash.[1] Shankha bhasma contains calcium, iron and magnesium and is considered to possess antacid and digestive properties.[11]
A compound pill called shankavati is also prepared for use in dyspepsia. In this case, the procedure followed is to mix shankha bhasma with tamarind seed ash, five salts (panchlavana), asafoetida, ammonium chloride, pepper, carui, caraway, ginger, long pepper, purified mercury and aconite in specified proportions. It is then triturated in juices of lemon and made into a pill-mass.[1] It is prescribed for vata (wind/air) and pitta (bile) ailments, as well as for beauty and strength.[2]
Shankha's significance is traced to the nomadic times of the animists who used the sound emanating from this unique shell to drive away evil demons of whom they were scared.[8] The same is still believed in Hinduism.[5] Over the centuries, the shankha was adopted as one of the divine symbols of Hinduism.[8]
The sound of the shankha symbolises the sacred Om sound. Vishnu holding the conch represents him as the god of sound. Brahma Vaivarta Purana declares that shankha is the residence of both Lakshmi and Vishnu, bathing by the waters led through a shankha is considered as like bathing with all holy waters at once. Sankha Sadma Purana declares that bathing an image of Vishnu with cow milk is as virtuous as performing a million yajnas (fire sacrifices), and bathing Vishnu with Ganges river water frees one from the cycle of births. It further says "while the mere sight of the conch (shankha) dispels all sins as the Sun dispels the fog, why talk of its worship?"[2] Padma Purana asserts the same effect of bathing Vishnu by Ganges water and milk and further adds doing so avoids evil, pouring water from a shankha on one's own head before a Vishnu image is equivalent to bathing in the pious Ganges river.[9]
Even in Buddhism, the conch shell has been incorporated as one of the eight auspicious symbols, also called Ashtamangala. The right-turning white conch shell (Tibetan: དུང་གྱས་འཁྱིལ, Wylie: dung gyas 'khyil), represents the elegant, deep, melodious, interpenetrating and pervasive sound of the Buddhadharma, which awakens disciples from the deep slumber of ignorance and urges them to accomplish their own welfare and the welfare of others.
Shankha was the Royal State Emblem of Travancore and also figured on the Royal Flag of the Jaffna Kingdom. It is also the election symbol of the Indian political party Biju Janata Dal.
In Hindu iconography and art[edit]
Shankha is one of the main attributes of Vishnu. Vishnu's images, either in sitting or standing posture, show him holding the shankha usually in his left upper hand, while Sudarshana Chakra (chakra - discus), gada (mace) and padma (lotus flower) decorate his upper right, the lower left and lower right hands, respectively.[12]
Avatars of Vishnu like Matsya, Kurma, Varaha and Narasimha are also depicted holding the shankha, along with the other attributes of Vishnu. Krishna - avatar of Vishnu is described possessing a shankha called Panchajanya. Regional Vishnu forms like Jagannath and Vithoba may be also pictured holding the shankha. Besides Vishnu, other deities are also pictured holding the shankha. These include the sun god Surya, Indra - the king of heaven and god of rain[13] the war god Kartikeya,[14] the goddess Vaishnavi[15] and the warrior goddess Durga.[16] Similarly, Gaja Lakshmi statues show Lakshmi holding a shankha in the right hand and lotus on the other.[17]
Sometimes, the shankha of Vishnu is personified as ayudha-purusha ("weapon-man") in the sculpture and depicted as a man standing beside Vishnu or his avatars.[18] This subordinate figure is called the Shankha-purusha who is depicted holding a shankha in both the hands. Temple pillars, walls, gopuras (towers), basements and elsewhere in the temple, sculpted depictions of the shankha and chakra - the emblems of Vishnu - are seen.[19] The city of Puri also known as Shankha-kshetra is sometimes pictured as a shankha or conch in art with the Jagannath temple at its centre.[16]
Shaligrama or Shalagrama stones are iconographic fossil stones, particularly found in Gandaki River in Nepal, which are worshipped by Hindus as representative of Vishnu. Hence, a shaligrama - which has the marks of a shanka, chakra, gada and padma arranged in this particular order – is worshipped as Keshava. Twenty four orders of the four symbols defined for Shaligrama are also followed in worship of images of Vishnu with different names. Out of these, besides Keshava the four names of images worshipped starting with Shankha on the upper hand, are: Madhusudana, Damodara, Samkarshana and Upendra.[20][21]
In Hindu legend[edit]
A Hindu legend in Brahma Vaivarta Purana recalls the creation of conchs: god Shiva flung a trident towards the demons, burning them instantaneously. Their ashes flew in the sea creating conchs.[2] Shankha is believed to be a brother of Lakshmi as both of them were born from the sea. A legend describes a demon named Shankhasura (conch-demon), who was killed by Vishnu's fish Avatar – Matsya.[22]
In the Hindu epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata, the symbol of Shankha is widely adopted. In the Ramayana epic, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna are considered as part-incarnations of Sheshanaga, Sudarshana Chakra and Shankha, respectively, while Rama, their eldest brother, is considered as one of the ten Avatars of shri Vishnu.[23]
During the great Mahabharata war, Krishna, as the charioteer of the Pandava prince and a protagonist of the epic - Arjuna - resounds the Panchajanya to declare war. Panchajanya in Sanskrit means 'having control over the five classes of beings'.[10] All five Pandava brothers are described having their own shankhas. Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva are described to possess shankhas named Ananta-Vijaya, Poundra-Khadga, Devadatta, Sughosha and Mani-pushpaka, respectively.[2]
- Association with Nāgas
Due to the association of the shankha with water, serpents (Nāga) are named after the shankha. The list of Nāgas in the Mahabharata, Harivamsha and Bhagavat Purana includes names like Shankha, Mahashankha, Shankhapala and Shankachuda. The last two are also mentioned in Buddhist stories of Jataka Tales and Jimutavahana.[24] A legend narrates: while using Shankha as part of meditative ritual, a sadhu blew his shankha in the forest of village Keoli and a snake crept out of it. The snake directed the sadhu that he should be worshipped as Nāga Devata (Serpent god) and since then it has been known as Shanku Naga. Similar legends are narrated at many other places in Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh.[25]
- ^ a b c d Nadkarni, K. M. (1994). Dr. K. M. Nadkarni's Indian Materia medica. Turbinella Rapa; or Xanchus Pyrum or Gastropoda, Class: Molusca (Popular Prakashan). pp. 164–165. ISBN 81-7154-143-7. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b c d e f Aiyar V.AK. Symbolism In Hinduism. Chinmaya Mission. pp. 283–6. ISBN 978-81-7597-149-3.
- ^ Mookerji, Bhudeb (1998). The wealth of Indian alchemy & its medicinal uses: being an ...,. Shankh 1 (Sri Satguru). p. 195. ISBN 81-7030-580-2. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b Thottam, Dr. P.J. (2005). Modernising Ayurveda. Shankh (Sura Books). pp. 38–39. ISBN 81-7478-640-6. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b Jansen p. 43
- ^ "Sri Navaratna Museum of Natural Wonders". Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b Krishna, Nanditha (1980). The art and iconography of Vishnu-Narayana. Shankh (D.B. Taraporevala). pp. 31, 36 and 39. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b c Nayak, B. U.; N. C. Ghosh; Shikaripur Ranganatha Rao (1992). New Trends in Indian Art and Archaeology. Shankha (Aditya Prakashan). pp. 512–513. ISBN 81-85689-12-1. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b c Rajendralala Mitra (2006). Indo-aryans. 285-8. Read Books. ISBN 978-1-4067-2769-2.
- ^ a b Avtar, Ram (1983). Musical instruments of India: history and development. Shankh (Pankaj Publications). pp. 41, 42. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Lakshmi Chandra Mishra (2004). Scientific basis for Ayurvedic therapies. CRC Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-8493-1366-0.
- ^ "Sacred Shankha (Conch Shell)". Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Jansen pp. 66-7
- ^ Jansen p. 126
- ^ Jansen p. 131
- ^ a b Helle Bundgaard, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (1999). Indian art worlds in contention. Routledge. pp. 183, 58. ISBN 978-0-7007-0986-1.
- ^ Srivastava, R. P. Studies in Panjab sculpture. Shank (Lulu.com). pp. 40–42. ISBN 0-9793051-1-X. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Rao, p. 156
- ^ Dallapiccola, Anna Libera; Anila Verghese (1998). Sculpture at Vijayanagara: iconography and style. Shankh (Manohar Publishers & Distributors for American Institute of Indian Studies.). pp. 44, 58. ISBN 81-7304-232-2. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Debroy, Bibek; Dipavali Debroy. The Garuda Purana. Shalagrama (Lulu.com). p. 42. ISBN 0-9793051-1-X. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Rao pp.231-232
- ^ B. A. Gupte (1994). Hindu holidays and ceremonials. Asian Educational Services. p. xx. ISBN 978-81-206-0953-2.
- ^ Naidu, S. Shankar Raju; Kampar, Tulasīdāsa (1971). A comparative study of Kamba Ramayanam and Tulasi Ramayan. Shank (University of Madras). pp. 44,148. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Vogel, J. (2005). Indian Serpent Lore Or the Nagas in Hindu Legend and Art. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 215–16. ISBN 978-0-7661-9240-9.
- ^ Handa, Omacanda (2004). Naga cults and traditions in the western Himalaya. Shankh (Indus Publishing). p. 200. ISBN 81-7387-161-2. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- Books
- James Hornell (1914). The sacred Chank of India: A monograph of the Indian Conch (Turbinella pyrum) - Online Book. The Superintendent, Government Press, Madras.
- Jansen, Eva Rudy (1993). The book of Hindu imagery: gods, manifestations and their meaning. Binkey Kok Publications. ISBN 978-90-74597-07-4.
- Gopinatha Rao, T. A. (1985). Elements of Hindu iconography 1. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-0-89581-761-7.
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One might be able to learn here, if they don't put an eye out first.
In a sense, it is organized chaos, says Tricia Billes, Sequim Middle School seventh-grade teacher. A messy calm before the storm.
When her students enter the classroom this week, they may not know they have the state History Teacher of the Year Award winner in their midst (as named by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History). Chances are, all that's on their minds is what chapters they may have to memorize to pass history.
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dc.description | A work discussing Mary Tudor (Mary I)'s use of clothing as a political tool in mid-sixteenth century England. Includes transcriptions of warrants from the wardrobe of the robes from 1547, 1557, 1558. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Clothing, together with other bodily adornments, is a valuable tool for communicating loyalty, identity and status. The coded messages inherent in the interplay between garments, bodies and society play a fundamental role in political culture, and the early modern era was no exception. The example of Mary I of England and her wardrobe choices demonstrates precisely how useful this tool could be. Through examination of previously-unpublished warrants, information from Privy Purse records, contemporary accounts and portraiture, this thesis analyzes the contents of and changes in Mary I's wardrobe through the course of her adult life. By examining what the queen wore and when, patterns emerge that correlate with important parts of her political strategies. The first queen regnant, Mary used her wardrobe as a vital tool in the construction of her identity and self-representation, and as a means of navigating through the political and domestic upheavals that threatened her authority. | en_US |
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dc.subject | Tudor, clothing, Mary I, Henry VIII, history of fashion, english dress, spanish dress, wardrobe of the robes | en_US |
dc.title | OF CRYMSEN TISSUE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A QUEEN. IDENTITY, LEGITIMACY AND THE WARDROBE OF MARY TUDOR | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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dc.contributor.department | Department of History | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Lynn Sorge-English | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Justin Robertson | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Cynthia Neville | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Krista Kesselring | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |


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Name | Acer Extensa 4230 |
Processor | Intel® Celeron® mobile processor, up to 1 MB L2 cache |
Screen | 14.1" WXGA Widescreen |
RAM | Up to 4GB |
HDD | 160GB to 250GB |
Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
Graphics | Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M |
Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Acer InviLink™ Nplify™, 802.11b/g/Draft-N or 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection |
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