[Assam] The World Wide Web Turns 15 Years Old Tomorrow/Today (aug 7th)

Sun Aug 6 22:13:49 PDT 2006

The World Wide Web Turns 15 Years Old Tomorrow   news.bbc.co.uk
  LONDON, ENGLAND, August 3, 2006: In a few short years the web has become so familiar that it is hard to think of life without it. Along with that familiarity with browsers and bookmarks goes a little knowledge about the web's history. Many users know that Sir Tim Berners-Lee developed the web at the Cern physics laboratory near Geneva . But few will know the details of the world wide web's growth - not least because the definitive history of how that happened has yet to be written. One key date is 6 August 1991 - the day on which links to the fledgling computer code for the www were put on the alt.hypertext discussion group so others could download it and play with it. On that day the web went world wide. Jeff Groff, who worked with Mr Berners-Lee on the early code, said a very simple idea was behind the web. "The vision was that people should not have to deal with the technology stuff," he said. The web was an overlay that tried to hide the underlying complexity of the
 data and documents proliferating on the internet. For the rest of this informative article on a major technological advancement, click URL above. 

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             August 6, 2006 

   Mumbai Youth Find Time for Religious Gathering  
   Large Symbols Like Peruvian Signs Found on Gujarat Hillside  
   The World Wide Web Turns 15 Years Old Tomorrow

    1. Mumbai Youth Find Time for Religious Gathering  epaper.timesofindia.com
  MUMBAI, INDIA, August 5,2006: Weekend culture for Indian youth is changing rapidly. From Mumbai to Meerut, a large number of youngsters are happily forgoing their Saturday night boogeying in favor of a spiritual sojourn. Dancing shoes firmly kept aside, they are seeking spirituality like never before. For these people, predominantly in their 20s, spirituality is a means of understanding themselves and the chaos around them. For 26-year-old Mumbaiite Rajul Nahata, visiting temples over the weekend is a way of reconfirming her faith and gives her the kind of satisfaction which no other worldly pleasures can offer. And Anand Beria, a 24-year-old investment banker based in Mumbai, explains, "I love partying, but if it clashes with my satsang sessions, which continue for about three hours, I don't think twice about just letting the party go. Organized by the Art of Living, I have seen how the Sudarshan Kriya has helped my parents. That's what prompted me to attend the AOL
 courses. I have been attending the satsangs for the last six years and they have really benefited me - I have stopped drinking and smoking and have become a calmer and more confident person." Away from the frenetic beats of discotheques and not smothered by smoke, today's youth is seeking a certain clarity in its thought processes, and spirituality is providing it just that. So why is it that this generation has turned around the concept of unwinding? One would assume that after a hectic week of tight schedules, these 20-somethings would just let their hair down. Instead, one finds them steeped in spirituality. "Young people today are confronted with more personal trauma than their parents. And events like riots, blasts, and monsoon deluges don't really help. They also face increasing pressure to excel, whether it's in their work or their personal relationships. It is like a pressure cooker situation, and one they find difficult to cope with. That's why they are flocking
 to spiritual parlors for that elixir called peace," says Ramesh Raman, in-charge AOL, Maharashtra.

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    2. Large Symbols Like Peruvian Signs Found on Gujarat Hillside  news.bbc.co.uk
  VADODARA, GUJARAT, INDIA, August 6, 2006: Geologists have discovered a striking archaeological feature on a hillock in the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat. This feature is shaped like the Roman numeral VI. Each arm of this feature is a trench that is about two meters wide, two meters deep and more than 100 meters long. The feature has evoked the curiosity of archaeologists because such signs have mostly been observed so far in Peru. The team, led by Dr RV Karanth, a former professor of geology at the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara, Gujarat, has been involved in a palaeoseismological study of the Kutch region for the past 11 years Palaeoseismology involves the study of sediments, landforms and other geological evidence of past earthquakes to unravel their history and determine the nature and occurrence of present-day earthquakes. This feature was discovered at a hillock 3km from the sleepy oasis township of Khavda, which is a lso known as
 the gateway to the Rann of Kutch, an extensive salt marsh of western India and southeast Pakistan between the Gulf of Kutch and the Indus river delta.

Dr. Karanth says such trenches have not been noticed elsewhere in the region. Archaeologists, he says, can now pursue further research. Geometric lines and animal shapes etched into the desert plain by people of the Nazca civilisation (AD 1-700) of Peru are well known. "But such signs on hill-slopes have not been reported from Peru," says Dr. Karanth. He says that one of the prominent explanations given for the Peruvian features is that they may have been constructed to make astronomical observations and calculations. "The Tropic of Cancer passes through Kutch. So if this structure is man-made, it is likely that the slope of the hillock was utilized for making certain astronomical calculations in the past," explains the geologist. Interestingly, there are numerous indications to suggest that Harappans were well-versed in astronomy. The straight streets of that time were oriented in the cardinal directions - east, west, north and south. Linkages between ancient Harappan
 scripts and latter Vedic texts also suggest that Harappan priest-astronomers tracked the progress of various planets and mapped the sky. Dr. Karanth has also discovered ruins of a fort-wall, houses, storage tank and a temple on the hilltop.

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    3. The World Wide Web Turns 15 Years Old Tomorrow  news.bbc.co.uk
  LONDON, ENGLAND, August 3, 2006: In a few short years the web has become so familiar that it is hard to think of life without it. Along with that familiarity with browsers and bookmarks goes a little knowledge about the web's history. Many users know that Sir Tim Berners-Lee developed the web at the Cern physics laboratory near Geneva . But few will know the details of the world wide web's growth - not least because the definitive history of how that happened has yet to be written. One key date is 6 August 1991 - the day on which links to the fledgling computer code for the www were put on the alt.hypertext discussion group so others could download it and play with it. On that day the web went world wide. Jeff Groff, who worked with Mr Berners-Lee on the early code, said a very simple idea was behind the web. "The vision was that people should not have to deal with the technology stuff," he said. The web was an overlay that tried to hide the underlying complexity of the
 data and documents proliferating on the internet. For the rest of this informative article on a major technological advancement, click URL above. 

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