Gurdas Mann sarbans daniya ve

A British Columbia MP taking on CBC recently

TALK:
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/ID=1474691641


Agree or Not agree?

- I agree, as most of the talk (about Khalistan) these days is decieving the Sikh Youth!!

And all the action these days about fight in a temple is making worse for Us(all those who is seeking future in a multicultural nation)

A devoloping Story..... What a Wonderful News.. Let see a Sikh at the top of the throne  :superhappy: :superhappy: :superhappy:





A grassroots campaign is underway hoping to convince Prime Minister Stephen Harper to pick a Mississauga, Ont., man as Canada's next governor general.

Akbar Warris is one of more than 12,000 people to have signed the petition asking for Bikram Lamba to be named Canada's viceregal representative.

Among other endeavours, Lamba volunteers his free time helping members of the South Asian community with immigration issues.

"Any problems that people have — let's say on immigration issues, people have employment issues, people have education issues — he's there to help," said Warris.

For most Canadians, the name Bikram Lamba won't spring to mind when talk turns to who will replace Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean.

But like Jean and former governor general Adrienne Clarkson, Lamba has worked in the media. He is well known in the southern Ontario South Asian community for his commentaries on local television. And he does political analysis on a daily South Asian radio call-in show broadcast in the Greater Toronto Area.

He's also ombudsman for the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada and has a PhD in English literature.

Lamba has expressed interest in taking up the role and says he'd be a strong advocate not only for South Asians and new immigrants, but for all Canadians — though it's not clear if he has any facility with French.

Before coming to Canada from India, Lamba acted as a political adviser to a number of governments.

"I have been advising the [former] prime ministers of India Madame [Indira] Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. We advised the government of Uzbekistan on health reforms. We advised the government of Ghana on infrastructure development," he said.

Lamba is flattered by the move to get his name considered for the job of governor general.

Warris said Lamba is deserving of the attention.

"We would want a South Asian to be at a position where we can pay back to this beautiful society and country. So that was the main theme, love for this country … and then we saw that his credentials, or resumé, match the portfolio and that's what started the whole matter," said Warris.

His supporters say they will be collecting signatures for a few more weeks and hope to get the petition to Ottawa by the end of the month.



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At a time when Toyota Motor Corp. is trying to regain consumer confidence following a series of large recalls and federal probes into safety defects, Consumer Reports on Tuesday warned shoppers not to purchase one of the company's upscale Lexus models because of a rollover risk.

The magazine, which for years has recommended most Toyota vehicles, said the Lexus GX 460 SUV failed a key emergency-handling test and issued a rare "Don't Buy" warning.

The last time the Yonkers, N.Y., magazine, famous for its independent testing of autos and buyer recommendations, issued such a warning was in 2001, when it said that the performance of a Mitsubishi Montero Limited was "not acceptable."

The caution not to purchase the Lexus GX SUV comes as Toyota is using aggressive financing and lease incentives to spur sales of its Toyota-branded vehicles and regain market share lost to safety concerns. The Japanese carmaker has issued nearly 10 million recall notices worldwide in recent months for problems related to sudden acceleration that it blames on sticky gas pedals and faulty floor-mat design as well as braking problems in some hybrid models.

Last week the U.S. Department of Transportation said it would seek the maximum civil fine of $16.4 million against Toyota for delays in notifying authorities about defects in its gas pedals.

Consumer Reports said that it testing staff found that "when pushed to its limits on a handling course" on the magazine's test track, the rear of the Lexus GX "slid out until the vehicle was almost sideways" before the vehicles electronic stability control system was able to regain control. All four of the magazine's test drivers experienced the problem.

The magazine said such a situation could happen in "real-world driving" and that it could lead to a rollover accident.

The phenomenon, known as "lift-off oversteer" could occur "when a driver enters a highway's exit ramp or drives through a sweeping turn and encounters an unexpected obstacle or suddenly finds that the turn is too tight for the vehicle's speed," Consumer Reports said.

"A natural impulse is to quickly lift off the accelerator pedal. If that were to happen in the GX, the rear could slide around far enough that a wheel could strike a curb or slide off the pavement," the magazine said.

Consumer Reports contacted Toyota and was told in an e-mail response that the automaker was "mystified by the results of Consumer Reports testing on the Lexus GX 460."

After the magazine issued its do not buy warning, Toyota posted a statement on its website saying that it was "concerned with the results of Consumer Reports testing on the Lexus GX 460 and their suggested buyer recommendation."

Toyota said its engineers conducts similar tests and believes "these procedures provide a good indication of how our vehicles will perform in the real-world; however, we will try to duplicate the Consumer Reports' test to determine if appropriate steps need to be taken."

The automaker said that the vehicle "meets or exceeds all federal government testing requirements."

The report will "scratch the scab" starting to cover Toyota's efforts to shore up its brand name and image, said James Bell, an analyst for auto information company Kelley Blue Book.

It "comes at time when many within Toyota must have been breathing at least a little easier," he said.

Recent tracking of consumer attitudes by Kelley had found that safety concerns about the Toyota and Lexus brands were starting to wane before this latest warning, Bell said.

Consumer Reports, which tested a Lexus that it had purchased to review, said no other SUV it has tested in recent years has slid out as far as the GX 460, "including the Toyota 4Runner, which shares the same platform as the GX." It found the same problems in a second vehicle it obtained to double check its findings.

The magazine said it has reported its concerns to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The GX 460 has been on sale for about three months and about 5,000 vehicles have been sold, according to Consumer Reports. The magazine said it is not aware of any injuries or accidents resulting from the alleged flaw.

Generally, Toyota vehicles have performed well in Consumer Reports tests. A year ago, Consumer Reports recommended 22 of the 25 Toyota products it tested, more than any other manufacturer. But because of the recalls, the magazine only recommended 13 of 26 Toyota models this year.

Amazing Engineers- Men of Honor  =D> =D> =D>




Forty years after an accident that threatened the lives of the Apollo 13 space crew, a team of U of T engineers was recognized Tuesday morning for the little-known role they played in averting a tragedy.

Phil Sullivan, Rod Tennyson, Irvine Glass, Barry French and Ben Etkin were honoured during a ceremony at the Canadian Air and Space Museum at Downsview Park for helping the astronauts safely return to Earth.

On April 13, 1970, an oxygen tank exploded as the spaceship was four-fifths of the way to the moon. The crew was forced to scrap the moon mission and focus solely on getting back to Earth alive.

The plan involved the crew members moving from the service module, which was hemorrhaging oxygen, into the cramped, frigid lunar lander while they rationed their dwindling oxygen and electricity.

Using the lunar module as a lifeboat, they swung around the moon and aimed for Earth.

The professors from the University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies were called upon by Grumman, a major contractor on the lunar program, to make crucial air pressure calculations needed for the strategy.

With very little data and no computers to rely on, the engineers were able to make the calculation and report it back to NASA.

Delaware Aqueduct (1945)



Delaware Aqueduct was constructed in 1945 to supply water from Rondout Reservoir to Hillview_Reservoir in New York City.  Its 137,000 m length makes it world’s longest tunnel. Sixty four year old tunnel is facing huge leakage problem. Up to 20 to 35 million gallons water leak out every single day out of total 1.3 billion gallons.



Päijänne Water Tunnel (1982)



Päijänne Water Tunnel is 2nd largest tunnel in the world.Starting from Lake Päijänne (end in Greater Helsinki) to provide drinking water to southern cities of Finland. It took 10 years to complete 120,000 m long tunnel with an estimated cost of 200 million Euros.



Orange–Fish River Tunnel (1975)



Eastern Cape Provence was facing shortage of irrigational water because of that thousand of hector of soil couldn’t grow crops. Due to orange-fish river tunnel, irrigation of land is possible with the help of canals and damns. It is largest tunnel of Africa and 3rd largest in the world with estimated costs of about R30 000 /m length.


Bolmen Water Tunnel (1987)



Forth largest tunnel was completed in 12 years. People of Scania Provence (historically it was connected to Denmark) were facing water shortage, to fulfill the problem Bolmen tunnel was constructed in 1987.




Seikan Tunnel (1988)



Seikan Tunnel took 17 years to complete; started in 1971 and opened in 1988. Connecting largest island of Honshū with Hokkaidō Island (2nd largest island). It took 17 years to complete this project on estimated cost of US$3.6 billion

A teenager has taken his mother to court for logging on to his Facebook page and reading about his private life.

Denise New has been charged with harassment after her 16-year-old son, Lane, said he wanted criminal charges filed against his mother for her 'snooping'.

The teenager claims his mother changed his password on his Facebook account after he accidentally left his computer on.

He also said she posted slanderous comments and changed the password to his email so he can no longer receive updates to his page.

The teenager, who lives with his grandmother following his parents' messy divorce, made a complaint with prosecutors in Arkansas after the incident last month.

Prosecutors agreed with the teenager and charged Mrs New under the state's harassment laws.

The high tech family row began after Lane accidentally left his computer on while visiting his mother at her home in the town of Arkadelphia.

The 42-year-old became concerned about several entries, including one in which he son wrote about driving home at 95mph after an argument with his girlfriend.

She also read some other postings, which bothered her so much she decided to change the password barring her son's access to the account.

Mrs New said she was simply performing her parental duties, and looking at the Facebook page, was the same as going through his bedroom.

She said: 'You're within your legal rights to monitor your child and to have a conversation with your child on Facebook whether it's his account, or your account or whoever's account.

'I read things on his Facebook about how he had gone to Hot Springs one night and was driving 95 m.p.h. home because he was upset with a girl and it was his friend that called me and told me about all this.

'That prompted me to even actually start really going through his Facebook to see what was going on.'

Her son disagreed with his mother's views and has asked not to have further contact with her.

In his criminal complaint, he wrote: 'Denise first hacked my Facebook and changed my password. She also changed the password to my e-mail so I could not change it. She posted things that involve slander and personal facts about my life.'

State prosecutor Todd Turner refused to comment on the case but cited Arkansas harassment laws that 'a person commits the offence if he engages in conduct or repeatedly commits acts that alarm or seriously annoy another person.'

Mrs New, who has visitation rights to her son while her parents have custodial rights, plans to contest the charge when she appears in court next month.

She said: 'I'm going to fight it.  If I have to go even higher up, I'm going to. I'm not gonna let this rest. I think this could be a precedent-setting moment for parents.'

John Forbes Nash 1928


John Nash is a world famous mathematician.  He suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. He spent approximately 30 years in and out of hospitals, with hallucinations, delusions and hearing voices.  Making great strides with recovery in the late 1980’s, he went on to earn a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994, for his earlier works.  His idea of (Nash Equilibrium) for game theory was applied in many fields.



Vincent Van Gogh   1853-1890


Vincent van Gogh was one of the greatest painters in history, but earned fame only after his death.  His life was difficult, which ended up in suicide.  He was suffering from bi-polar disorder, and some believe schizophrenia. His work appeared to correlate with his patterns of mood and psychosis.Out of depression he once cut off part of his own ear.



Edgar Allan Poe   1809-1849



Edgar Allan Poe was a famous writer, who was known to have a problem with suicidal tendencies and alcohol.The cause of his death at 40 is still unknown.  Poe was also known as a manic-depressive.  Poe once wrote the following quote;  ” Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound–does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exhalted at the expence of the general intellect”.  He was best know for his poen The Raven.


Ludwig van Beethoven   1770-1827



Beethoven was a famous music composer who also led a difficult life.  He was raised by an alcoholic, abusive father.  Between the ages of 30 and 49 he gradually lost his hearing, believed to be caused from the beatings from his father.  His most famous work came about after he lost his hearing.  He also had suicidal tendencies, and believed to have bi-polar disorder as well.  Diagnosis attributed to his behaviors with periods of depression, and periods of highly intense creativity.  Tests taken of his hair shows extremely high level of lead.  High lead content may have led to his mental illness.



Sir Isaac Newton  1642-1727



Sir Isaac Newton was a famous scientist.  He was renowned for his work in physics and mechanics, calculus, universal gravitation, laws of motion, and helped build the first reflective telescope.  His psychotic tendencies, mood swings and behavior were due to possible bi-polar disorder.  Some evidence lends credence to possible schizophrenia from delusional letters he had written to his brother.  Some would believe his mental disorder stemmed from traumatic childhood experiences.

A mathematician, an artist, a writer, a musical composer, and a scientist— all genius, all troubled, world famous.

Toronto: A 45-year-old Sikh woman has been arrested by Canadian police for her alleged involvement in a double-murder-for-hire plot.

According to police, Amarjit Kaur Lally planned to kill two individuals by hiring a hit man at Delta city in British Columbia.

Lally, who has appeared in Surrey provincial court yesterday, was charged with two counts of counselling to commit an indictable offence - murder, The Vancouver Sun reported.

She was remanded in custody.

"Lally was arrested after a six-week investigation initiated after a tip to the force," Delta police constable Sharlene Brooks said without giving any details about the intended targets.

"The intended victims were notified by police with respect to their risk of personal harm and safety, and protection measures were put into place during the course of the investigation," Brooks said.

"We believe that money is the motive behind this. Obviously when we receive information of this nature we take it seriously, and we embarked on an investigation."

Lally was convicted in Delta in 1997 of theft and got a six-month suspended sentence and six months probation.

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1e4_1246490858


This is the complete story of what exactly happened on 26 November 2008 when a bunch of terrorists attacked Mumbai. Commissioned by Channel 4, UK, award-winning filmmaker Dan Reed gets access to some highly classified never-seen-or-heard-before material. Terror in Mumbai tells the story of what happened when 10 Muslim gunmen held one of the world’s busiest cities hostage; killing and wounding hundreds of people while holding India’s crack security forces a More..t bay. MOB held Dan Reed hostage who revealed how he managed to make a definitive documentary about a tragic event that was made a complete mess by over-zealous Indian media and a clueless establishment.  Read the transcript and be part of the big discussion hosted by CMYK bookstore in Delhi on 25 November 2009 (details below).