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In this edition
It happened in 2012: Taxis sit in a flooded
lot after Hurricane Sandy October 30, 2012 in Hoboken, New
Jersey. The storm claimed at least 40 lives in the United
States and has caused massive flooding across much of the
Atlantic seaboard. U.S.
Image credit: rt.com
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Buh-Bye Doomsday, Happy New Year !
Dear
reader,
Happy New Year!
As Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote:
"Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true."
We wish all your dreams to come true
in this new year!
Now that we have survived the widely
reported Mayan's doomsday, what next? Don't relax, the next doomsday
prediction on the internet is for 2830 when the earth is expected
to implode! So, what happened? Why the doomsday did not occur? Read
more from the IndUS Network's eMagazine's 2010 April article "Year
2830, What is the significance?". As it logically
sounded, Mayans stopped creating calendar beyond 2012 for some reasons
known only to them. A modern day researcher studying these artifacts
came out with his own interpretaion of the reason behind this action
- end of the world. What ever the reason was, our capitalistic society
took advantage of this doomsday interpretation to create a movie,
t-shirts, hats, doomsday and post doomsday (survivor) parties. If
Mayans have been able to predict the end of the world then they
would have predicted their own demise through Spanish invasion.
Bottomline, we had a worst apocalypse! Let us hope year 2830 apocalypse
does not fizzle out like 2012!
Year 2012 saw its own ups and downs.
Arab Springs are slowly turning into reality with many countries
returning to democracy. 30th Olympics and Para-Olympics was successfully
completed. Fiscal cliff in US is averted. Global economy did not
worsen and grew at a very small rate. 20 Children and 8 Elementary
school teachers lost their life to a rampaging gun man at Connecticut.
Hurricane Sandy devastated North East US, 6 people died at Wisconsin's
Sikh temple shooting, 17 people died at India's Chhath festival
stampede while 32 people died in Costa Concordia wreck.
From the IndUS Network perspective we
had another great year of readership. We have maintained our position
from last year with half-a-million shy hits for 2012. Our vistors
have increased by 49% and our download has increased by 53%. We
thank you for your readership and looking forward to your patronage
in coming years.
In
this edition, we have covered doomsday humor, 2012 events, 2012
best song and video picks and about life's miracles. In the health
section we have covered information on Pancreatic cancer and the
debate around Asperger syndrome and violence. Read, enjoy and share
the magazine with your network!
- In the Brain-tickler category:
- Yes. It happened in 2012. Were you paying attention?
- In the Health Topic section:
- Learn about Pancreatic Cancer in the article "Silent
Cancer"
- Learn about the on-going debate - "Asperger Syndrome:
a renewed interest. Is this related to violent behavior?"
- In the English Song category:
- Listen to our English song Picks - Best of 2012 (Jul - Dec)!
- Listen to the picked songs continuously with our Jukebox!
- In the Seriously Funny section:
- Watch the clip - "Red Laser-Quick Facts..."
- Read the humor, "God will Save Me?"
- Read the humor, "If I made a Doomsday Device..."
- In the Surfboard section:
- Read the story"How much do Miracles cost?"
- In the Tamil Picks section:
- Enjoy the 10 Tamil songs picked out of 40+ songs we reviewed
for Best of 2012 (Jul-Aug) theme!
- new Anniversary
Special: Enjoy the video picks continuously, on-demand
in our new video channel.
- Listen to the 40+ best songs for 'Best of 2012 (Jul-Aug)"
in Jukebox.
- Read the tamil poem picks "Athisayam" and "Pudumai"
- In the Recipe Spot section:
- Learn how to make "Candied Orange Peel" at home.
- Nuggets:
- Don't miss to reflect on the 2012 highlights.
- "Pomp and Peagent continued in 2012 ..."- in Editor's
desk section
- "Exposure to cell phone radiation during pregnancy
can cause hyperactivity and inattention" and "Staggering
Autism numbers in US ...." - in Health section
- "Top baby names in 2012 ..." - in Surfboard section
- "2012 Scandal: Petraeus Scandal and Internet Security"-
in Reader's footprint section
- "A new beginning in 2012: Unskewing skewed polls"
- in Your feedback section
- Get Inspired by watching the video "Doomsday
Inventors"
As
always, we are very confident that you will enjoy our picks. Write
your feedback about this issue by clicking on the email icon. We
value your opinion, thoughts and time.
Pomp and Peagent continued in 2012 ...
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2012 marked 60 years of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth
II came to the throne on February 6 1952, with her coronation
taking place on June 2 1953. England celebrated this
Diamond Jubilee occassion with pomp and peagent. A reported
10.5 million pounds was spent for this celebration.
This expense in addition to the expense for hosting
the 30th Olympics. Sounds like a novel financial stimulus
plan for the country!
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