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March 8, 2010

Impact Of Indian Ocean’s Tsunami

Filed under: Calamities — Tags: , — Winson @ 8:09 AM

The largest earthquake in 40 years, striked the floor of the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004. Thus, this earthquake triggered a tsunami so powerful that, its waves caused heavy casualties on the coast of Africa as well as the East Coast of the United States. This was the deadliest tsunami in history.

The estimation stated that deaths exceeded more than 225,000. Overall, it affected eleven countries bordering around the Indian Ocean. Majorly affected countries were Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and the Maldives. Poor and vulnerable suffered most by the tsunami. Millions were left homeless after the disaster of tsunami.

Major damages by tsunami were the destruction of entire cities, the contamination of farmland and forests and the depletion of fishing stocks. Even countries with low death tolls had suffered enormous damage. For example Maldives. It suffered the damage of 62% loss in its GDP. Tsunami also affected badly to the development and economy of various countries.

IRA Abandoned Armed Campaign, A Peaceful Hope

Filed under: 2005 — Tags: — Winson @ 6:47 AM

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) was an Irish republican paramilitary organization founded to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom by force of arms and political persuasion. After the 30 years of violence, IRA abandoned their armed campaign because of following reasons:

  • IRA army council wanted to win its freedom campaign with democratic and peace paths.
  • Pressure from Britain and other countries.

On 28 July 2005, IRA army council announced to end its armed campaign following announcement:

  • IRA members will dump their weapon.
  • IRA will never engage in “any other activities” except “the development of political and democratic programs”.

Furthermore, to seize its arms beyond use and to enhance public confidence, the IRA organization authorized its representatives to engage immediately with the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD).

Hence, on 25 September 2005, the disarmament process of the IRA completed. Under the IICD Chairman John de Chastelain, all arms had been “put beyond use”. Thus it was a significant and vital step towards the path of peace.

Steve Irwin Died Doing What He Loved Most

Filed under: 2010,Calamities — Tags: , — Winson @ 6:13 AM

The world famous Television personality and environmentalist Steve Irwin died from a stingray wound while filming a TV series for his daughter’s new TV series in September 2006.

According to his colleagues, he came over the top of a stingray and it whacked its tail into his chest and punctured his heart. They said that he might have died immediately. He met his “demise” while working with the wildlife, which he loved most.

Steve Irwin had plenty of “close shaves” while working with various dangerous animals. It is a very tragic incident as he died due to stingray attack, which are generally calm animals. They rarely attack humans.

The 44-year-old conservationist left behind his American-born wife Terri and two children, daughter Bindi Sue (8), and son Robert Clarence (3).

In 1992, he made a documentary called The Crocodile Hunter, which later became a world-famous TV series. From then he is known as the Crocodile Hunter all over the world. He was one of the world’s most passionate conservationists of nature and animals.

Millions of fans and animal lovers worldwide love Steve and his work. We all miss our great hero.

March 7, 2010

Different Innovative Car Models of 2005

Filed under: 2005 — Tags: — Winson @ 5:40 AM

The year 2005 was a strong season for new and redesigned models of cars. Consumer’s got plenty of options from car dealers this year. After this success, manufacturers promised to develop plenty of new models in the coming years. A renewed emphasis on passenger cars, sports cars and family cars were apparent among the new and redesigned models of 2005.

New sports cars provide many high performance specifications to consumers. For example, the exclusive release of limited-production Ford GT super car. In the passenger-car segment, Chrysler kept its new rear-wheel release. It was the 300 Sedan, which includes Hemi-powered 300C technology. A redesigned M45 from Infiniti was also debuted in the spring of 2005.

Apart from these various super models many other designed cars were also launched. These were smaller crop of SUVs, add vans, new versions of Toyota Highlander hybrid vehicle and Tuner. Thus, overall 2005 model cars showcased various innovative shades in automotive industry.

March 6, 2010

Race To Shorten the Automotive Development Time

Filed under: 2005 — Tags: — Winson @ 5:36 AM

Manufacturers in the automotive industry are constantly looking for new ways to maintain their competitiveness. Only developing innovative products as soon as possible could make a difference. To be top seller in the market, manufacturers have to suffer various pressures like reducing product development time, safety issues, fuel efficiency, warranty costs, and styling. These goals are set to meet the increased demands and expectations.

Time-to-market policy is a critical issue in manufacturing industry. As per this policy competitor manufacturer has to launch his product as soon as possible. It all because if the same design is launched by other manufacturer before them in market, then the value of this innovation will get lost. A few days delay could result in a loss of millions of dollars loss. So, to reduce automotive development time and to achieve desired goals, manufactures are using engineering simulation technologies. Simulation technologies includes following major steps:

  1. Integrated simulation
  2. Refining ride
  3. Racecar design
  4. CFD for design improvement
  5. Advanced aerodynamics
  6. Engine development

Manufacturers, to win the race of competitiveness in the automotive market did make all these developments. This race to market yields many profits to customers like lower engineering costs, reduced prototypes tooling costs, and best product from core teams.

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