Philippines : Heavy Rain, Flood : 2012/08/07 GLIDE: FL-2012-000130-PHL Duration 2012/08/07 Country Philippines or District Name Outline Heavy

Rain, Flood Torrential rains brought the Philippines capital to a standstill 7 August 2012, forcing at least 20,000 people to flee their homes.

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The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said that while some 20,000 people fled to evacuation centres overnight, many more sought refuge in relatives\' homes.

China : Typhoon : 2012/08/02 GLIDE: TC-2012-000127-CHN Duration 2012/08/02 Country or District Name Typhoon Typhoon Damrey made landfall in east China's Jiangsu Province Outline around 9:30 p.m. 2 August 2012. The storm brought torrential rain to Jiangsu and the southern coastal areas of Shandong Province early morning of 3 August. China

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Xinhua 2012/08/07
Twenty-three people have been confirmed dead and nine others remained missing after typhoons Damrey and Saola tore through China\\\'s eastern coastal regions over the weekend, local authorities said 7 August.

Xinhua 2012/08/06
The northeastern province of Liaoning and the northern province of Hebei were affected by floods caused by Typhoon Damrey. About 3.88 million people were affected and 2 people killed and 6 people missing in the provinces.

China : Tropical Storm : 2012/08/02 GLIDE: Duration 2012/08/02 Country or District Name Tropical Storm Strong tropical storm Saola, weakening from a typhoon, made Outline landfall in southeastern province of Fujian at 6:50 a.m. on 3 August 2012. As of 6 a.m. Friday, a total of 306,000 residents in Fujian had been relocated to safe places. China

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Twenty-three people have been confirmed dead and nine others remained missing after typhoons Damrey and Saola tore through China\'s eastern coastal regions over the weekend, local authorities said 7 August.

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Windstorms, floods and mudslides caused by Saola, resulted in six deaths, two missing and the relocation of nearly 1.03 million people in the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and Shandong.

India : Flood, Landslide : 2012/08/02 GLIDE: Duration 2012/08/02 Country or District Name Flood, Landslide Landslides and flash floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in the Outline northern Indian state of Uttarakhand since 2 August 2012, 34 people have been killed and more than 2,000 have evacuated. India

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India monsoon floods kill 34 in Uttarakhand.

Philippines : Typhoon : 2012/07/30 GLIDE: TC-2012-000125-PHL Duration 2012/07/30 Country Philippines or District Name Outline Typhoon Typhoon Saola swept past the Philippines, bringing heavy rains

to large parts of the country. 8 people were killed and over 8,400 took shelter in 43 evacuation centers by 31 July. Headline(Source, Date) Personal Injury Dead: 51 Missing: 6 Injured: 35 Affected: 867,799 Dead: 45 Missing: 6 Injured: 35 Affected: 858,534 Dead: 41 Missing: 4 Injured: 35 Affected: 800,944 Dead: 37 Missing: 4 Injured: 33 Material Damage Totally damaged houses: 1,246 Partially damaged houses: 6,609 Totally damaged houses: 850 Partially damaged houses: 6,609 Totally damaged houses: 756 Partially damaged houses: 4,127 Totally damaged houses: 776 Partially damaged houses: 3,528 Totally damaged houses: 736 Partially damaged houses: 3,040 Totally damaged houses: 600 Partially damaged houses: 2,185 Totally damaged houses: 379 Partially damaged Others Government of the Philippines 2012/08/06

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Government of the Philippines 2012/08/02 Dead: 26 Missing: 4 Injured: 29

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Government of the Philippines 2012/08/01 Dead: 12 Missing: 1 Injured: 5

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houses: 1,000

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Korea, Democratic People'S Republic Of : Heavy Rain, Flood, Mudslide : 2012/07 GLIDE: FL-2012-000123-PRK

Duration 2012/07 Country or District Name Heavy Rain, Flood, Mudslide Torrential rains and subsequent floods and mudslides have affected Outline several provinces of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea since early July 2012. At least 88 people died, 134 were injured and 48 others are missing. Korea, Democratic People'S Republic Of

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IFRC 2012/07/30
Up to 62,210 persons were affected by the floods, with 3,504 houses destroyed, 3,013 houses damaged, and 11,825 houses submerged by flood waters.

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Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea: Map Flood Affected Areas July 28, 2012

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Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea: Floods Information Bulletin

A FLOOD

Water is vital to life. No animal or plant life can exist without it. The land will not yield without supply of adequate water. Yet the same water causes havoc and becomes a terror in the form of floods when the rivers overflow their banks due to excessive rains in their catchment areas. In India almost every year floods are common in one part of the country or the other. During rainy season our rivers are swollen and cause disastrous floods which cause heavy destruction to life and property. The swollen rivers inundate fields, destroys crops, house, villages etc. causing loss of human life, cattle population and destruction of property. The water washes away everything that comes in its way. The rivers often change their course submerging large areas of land user water. Floods cause extensive damage. Apart from destroying crops, cattle, houses and all other things coming in its way, floods take away with it the upper fertile crust of land. Many villages are submerged by the flood waters and low lying areas turn into huge lakes. The marooned people have to be evacuated to higher and safer places. Those who cannot be transported, have to be supplied with food etc. through air dropping. Northern and North Eastern parts of country suffer most due to recurrent floods. Kosi and Gandak in Bihar, Ganga, Jamuna and Gomti in Uttar Pradesh and Brahmaputra in Assam bring curse to people residing by their sides almost every year. The rivers in Southern India are not so prone to flood.

Floods do not cause immediate damage only, but leave behind many problems for the health and civic authorities. The flood waters take a long time to recede. Even after months, large areas submerged in water appear to be big lakes. Water could either be pumped out or allowed to evaporate in sun. This caused a health hazard. Law and order problems also come up. Malaria, cholera and other diseases sometimes come up as epidemics in flood affected areas. They take a heavy toll of life even after waters have receded. Water logging in vast areas is another problem faced during and after floods. One of the main reasons for recurrent floods in northern and eastern India is heavy rainfall during monsoon seasons for a couple of months. Due to excessive rains allround, the rivers and their tributaries overflow. More-and-more water from their catchment areas drain into rivers, resulting in floods. Melting of snow in the Himalayas during summer also causes increased discharged of water in several rivers, flooding the areas which suffer immense loss. Silting the river beds over a period of time, reduces their water flowing capacity, as it constantly reduces its depth. It also results in floods. Sometimes there are huge landslides in the hills and large amount of rocks and other debris fall into river resulting in wide floods. These may be termed as natural cause of floods which are beyond control. During last 50 years or so, vast forest areas of the Himalayas have been cleared by people. The trees have been cut in large numbers. Indiscriminate falling of trees over a period of time has left the mountains barren. When it rains in the high mountains, all water now goes straight to rivers resulting in floods. There is larger melting of snow as well in such areas. In forests, the soil is soft due to trees and their roots. A large amount of water percolates below the surface and becomes available to man as subsoil water. Now, in the absence of trees, this water also passes into rivers resulting in greater damage due to floods and less availability of ground water in future months. This is a man made reason of floods. India has to suffer heavy losses due to floods every year. This is a poor country which can ill-afford such tremendous losses. It has been assessed that almost 40 million hectares of land is flood prone. Floods in such vast areas cause huge destruction and irreparable loss to our economy. A large sum has to be spent on relief and rescue due to floods and about 6.5 million acres of crop is submerged; more than 20 lakhs cattle heads and a large number of people perish. Most of the damage is caused in the rural areas, though cities are not always spread. Lakhs of people have to witness helplessly the tragedy of having their crops, cattle and homes ruined by surging waters.

The principal remedy of recurrent floods is massive afforestation and soil conservation programme throughout the country. A programe to reforest the Himalayas will be a beginning in this direction. The second remedy to curb foods is to trap some of the early monsoon water underground in artesian basins which could be used during dry season. Multi-purpose projects could be taken up, which would not only control floods, but would also augment power supply. Floods are causing damage for last several centuries. After independence, a national programme for effective flood control measure was launched in 1954. As short-term measures, in the Second Five Year Plan, a provision was made for the construction of embankments, improvement of channels, raising the village level, protection of town and cities etc. In the subsequent, consolidation of benefits arising out of executed work and additional works of embankments, river training work etc, have been taken up. During the Sixth Plan, a sum of Rs 1045 Crores was provided for flood relief work. In the Seventh Plan, a sum of Rs 947.39 crores was provided for flood control measures. The need of the day demands action. Only blue-prints and discussions are not going to help, unless and until the Government machineries start implementing those masterplans which are being locked inside dusty Govt. wooden cupboards, from the very day of its origin.
THE POWER OF PRAYER

Prayer has greater power than all the bombs that man has built. Prayer is something different, the strength of which man cannot produce in any way. You know that life is not an easy business. It is a very difficult thing to deal with the troubles of life. Even if man uses all his courage to face the problems of life, he may not be always successful because mans power is very limited. More over, he may become tired and disappointed because of the hardships of the life. There comes the importance of prayer. Prayer will give us the courage to face all the challenges of life. It is a way of freeing ourselves by giving all our problems and worries upon the hands of God, the almighty.

Look all the virtuous people around us, do you think that they have no problems in life? Indeed, they have, but they dont mind it. They transfer all their problems to the God and become completely free. Those who are proud of courage and strength, bear all the problems up on their shoulders, becomes tired and disappointed at last. So dear friends, lets be courageous and religious. Pray to GOD, the almighty; share with him all the problems. Thank you.

THE NEED FOR DISCIPLINE IN EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE

Need Of Discipline In Every SphereA school cant run without discipline. We cant learn anything good if we dont obey the rules of the school. The aim of our education is to form and shape our character. If there is no discipline in school we cant learn our lesson properly. The school loses its fair name if it does not teach us discipline. In playground also discipline is a must. In playground the players should obey his captain and the referee or umpire and the rules of the game. All the players should play the game with spirit and discipline. In public life, discipline if of great value. A nation cant rise properly if the people dont know the value of discipline. A society which is not disciplined is plunged into confusion. In our daily life we should also follow some daily rules. People must follow the rules of the nature. If people go on according

to their own wishes there cant be any order and no useful work can be done by them. An organization cant be successful if the members do not obey its rules and regulations. Much depends upon the leader as he should develop the leadership qualities which by them selves command respect. He must lead by an example else he cant lead others. Discipline is very important in battlefield. Every soldier must obey the commander. If there is no discipline among the soldiers they cant win the battle. An army without discipline is a rabble. A disciplined army is a great source of strength to our country. Thus we find that discipline is necessary in every place and every sphere of life. We should learn this habit in boyhood. It is the backbone of life.
The Magic Of Humour

There has been a decided paradigm shift over the last fifteen years from humour often being thought of as "silly" or "not appropriate," to it being a welcome addition to practically every area of society. The last five years especially have seen an incredible insurgence of humor into the heretofore "no humor permitted" corporate world. It is interesting how much we pay comedians to make us laugh these days. Professional humorists are one of the top paid people in advanced societies. Check Forbes 100 most paid celebrities and you will find several humourists on the list. It shows the importance that humour plays in our evolving world. So why are we embracing humour now? Out-of-control stress in both work and home life caused peoples pendulums to swing way too far to one side. Humour is now being used as one of the most powerful forces to help swing the pendulum back to center. (And maybe even further, if were lucky!).

It was so cold where we were, one man boasted, that the candle froze and we couldnt blow it out. Thats nothing! said the other. Where we were the words came out of our mouths in little pieces of ice and we had to fry them to see what we were talking about.

Humour sells. Im not talking about funny commercials, although they certainly are more memorable than "straight" commercials. Im talking about a salesperson trying to make a sale. If you can get your prospect to laugh at something in your proposal.or presentation.you have instantly shot to the top of his or her mind. We like people who make us laugh..and we do business with people we like. And when people are laughing, they dont feel like theyre being "sold". What can you do to get your laughs? Youre only limited by your imagination. Humour heals. There have been countless medical studies and books written on the healing power of humour. Im not a doctor but Ive seen enough cases of this to know its validity. Laughing causes endorphins to be released in the system, and they may be more powerful than diet and exercise put together. (Or so you can tell yourself every time you procrastinate your workout sessions.) I think thats one of the reasons that so many comedians live such long lives. They are surrounded by laughter.their own and their audiences.

A man was praying, Lord, is it true that to You a minute is like a thousand years and a penny is like a thousand dollars? The Lord answered, Yes. Then the man asked, Then can I have a penny? The Lord replied. In a minute.

The holy creed gives credence to this fact. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. (Pro 17:22). A good sense of humour will no doubt prolong your life. It is as good (if not better) than medicine. Isnt that good news for those of us who hates taking drugs! Laughter can do the same job! Humour diffuses tension.

A speaker is heading to the podium, trips, and falls down. The crowd gasps and there is immediate tension. The speaker quickly looks up and says, "I will now take questions from the floor." A huge laugh follows, and the speaker picks himself up and regains his dignity. Not all of us can think that quickly on their feet.or off their feet, as it were. But when faced with a tense situation, the power of humor will work more quickly to diffuse it than any other remedy.
VIKRAM SETH

Early life
Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 in a Punjabi family to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta (now Kolkata). His family lived in many cities including the Bata Shoe Company town of Batanagar, Danapur near Patna, and in London. His younger brother, Shantum, leads Buddhist meditational tours. His younger sister, Aradhana, is a film-maker married to an Austrian diplomat, and has worked on Deepa Mehta's movies Earth and Fire. (Compare the characters Haresh, Lata, Savita and two of the Chatterji siblings in A Suitable Boy: Seth has been candid in acknowledging that many of his fictional characters are drawn from life; he has said that only the dog Cuddles in A Suitable Boy has his real name "Because he can't sue". Justice Leila Seth has said in her memoir On Balance that other characters in A Suitable Boy are composites but Haresh is a portrait of her husband Prem.) Seth spent part of his youth in London but returned to his homeland in 1957. After receiving primary and commencing secondary education at the The Doon School in Dehradun in India, Seth returned to England to Tonbridge School.[1][2] While at Doon, Seth was the Editor-in-chief of The Doon School Weekly.[3] From there, Seth moved on to study English at Oxford but soon changed his course toPhilosophy, Politics and Economics studying at Corpus Christi College, Oxford,[4] where he developed an interest in poetry and learned Chinese. After leaving Oxford, Seth moved to California to work on a graduate degree in economics at Stanford University. He then went on to study creative writing at Stanford and classical Chinese poetry at Nanjing University in China. Having lived in London for many years, Seth now maintains residences near Salisbury, England, where he is a participant in local literary and cultural events, having bought and renovated the house of the Anglican poet George Herbert in 1996,[5] and in Delhi, where he lives with his parents and keeps his extensive library and papers. Seth self-identifies as bisexual. In 2006, he became a leader of the campaign against India's Section 377, a law against homosexuality.

Novels

Children's book

The Golden Gate (1986) A Suitable Boy (1993) An Equal Music (1999) A Suitable Girl (2012)

Beastly Tales (1991) Libretto Arion and the Dolphin (1994) for the English National Opera

Poetry

Mappings (1980) The Humble Administrator's Garden (1985) All You Who Sleep Tonight (1990) Beastly Tales (1991) Three Chinese Poets (1992)

The Traveller [2008] with composer Alec Roth. Premiere, Lichfield Festival July 2008.

The Frog and the Nightingale (1994) [edit]Prizes and awards

1983 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet 1985 Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) The Humble Administrator's Garden 1993 Irish Times International Fiction Prize (shortlist) A Suitable Boy 1994 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book) A Suitable Boy 1994 WH Smith Literary Award A Suitable Boy 1999 Crossword Book Award "An Equal Music" 2001 EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award) for Best Book/Novel An Equal Music 2005 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2007 Padma Shri in Literature & Education

Uses of Videoconferencing Video conferencing can be used in a host of different environments, which is one of the reasons the technology is so popular. General uses for video conferencing include business meetings, educational training or instruction and collaboration among health officials or other representatives. Thus far video conferencing has been used in the following fields:
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Business Distance Learning Telecommuting / Home Offices Legal Environment Telemedicine

Business Videoconferencing provides businesses with the ability to meet and to work with others over a distance. The following list includes several examples of the benefits for businesses using videoconferencing:
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Reduce travel costs. Improve use of executive time. Speed up decision-making. Keep meetings brief and more focused than face-to-face meetings. Enable top management to quickly and effectively communicate with employees sitting in multiple locations. Allows virtual project management via video and data conferencing with geographically dispersed peer groups at short notice. Provides an effective way of delivering cost-efficient training to individuals without the requirement to consistently travel to central locations. Creates a medium for conducting interviews.

Back to top Distance Learning Videoconferencing is an exciting technology for education. Teachers and students are able to see each other, share documents and discuss topics together in a situation similar to a traditional classroom setting. The main difference being that the teachers and the students may be in different states or even countries.

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Saving travel time and expenses. Increasing an instructor's audience. Maintaining the ability for interaction between teachers and students.

Many schools are currently using videoconferencing systems for a variety of purposes, including:
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Traditional courses. Connecting with guest speakers and experts. Multi-school project collaboration. Enabling teachers to share information and team-up with teachers in remote sites. Virtual field trips to museums, zoos, aquariums, institutions and other interesting locations that are geographically distant from the school.

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Telecommuting / Home Office Working out of home has never been easier or more practical. Videoconferencing makes it possible to stay connected with people in a very real way. Videoconferencing allows users to save resources by meeting with clients and/or colleagues via videoconference. This reduces travel expenses, while maintaining face-to-face contact. For a minimal cost, it is possible to set-up a fully functional videoconferencing system that works in a professional and reliable way from your home office. Back to top Legal Environment The use of videoconferencing technology is becoming more prevalent in todays courtrooms. Videoconferencing systems are used to enable testifying witnesses to appear in court without having to travel to the courtroom. Expert witnesses, prisoners, and various other witnesses can provide the same testimonies from remote locations. From the prison, prisoners will see and hear everything that takes place in the courtroom and will be able to answer questions posed to them by the presiding judges and lawyers. Videoconferencing in the court system offers significant cost savings and improved security by reducing the need for high-security prisoner transport. The entire courtroom experience will be made shorter, safer and more cost-effective. Back to top Telemedicine There are times when a person needs medical advice but is unable to visit their personal physician or even more likely, a specialist. In such situations using videoconferencing can make all the difference. A patient in a rural location can easily meet with a specialist from anywhere in the world. Videoconferencing enables patients to get the necessary information and expert guidance they need quickly and easily. While videoconferencing cannot replace all visits to a medical professional, in some instances it can be the only method of meeting with a specific doctor, and in a difficult situation it may prove to be a lifesaver.