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The first coins were minted in the seventh century B.C. by the Lydians. These coins were made of ‘electrum’, a natural composition of 74 per cent gold and 25 per cent silver. They were about the size and shape of a bean and were known as Staters’ or ‘standards’.

The usefulness of standard metal money instigated the Greeks to make coins, too. Greek coinage lasted fro about 500 years. Gold coins were the most valuable, followed by silver and copper. The Romans adopted the idea and carried it on for about another 500 years. Then the art of coinage declined. It got revived again in 5th century. Thereafter, various types of coins, having different weights and designs kept on evolving.

The first recording was made by Thomas Edison in 1877. His machine had a cylinder turned by a hand crank, a horn and a blunted needle or ‘stylus’. At the small end of the horn there was a flexible cover. Sound waves that entered the large end of the horn moved this cover one way or another. Since the stylus was also attached to this, it too moved up and down with the sound waves. The cylinder was covered by the layer of tin foil. As the crank was turned, the stylus pressed against this tin foil went around the cylinder many times, thereby making crease on the foil. When a person spoke into the horn, it made the stylus move up and down. When the stylus was down, it made a deeper groove in the tin foil and when the stylus was in an upward position, it made a lighter crease. The changing depth of the groove was the pattern of the sound waves made by a person singing or talking. It was the record of the sound. To play the record, the stylus and the horn were moved back to the beginning of the g rove. As the stylus followed the groove, it caused the flexible cover in the horn to vibrate in the some pattern. Further, it made the air in the horn move to and fro, which could make a sound like the original sound recorded. Thus, this was the whole process by which Edison performed the first recording.

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The Lions International Dist 324 A1 organised a schooling for the Presidents Secretary and Treasurer of 83 clubs at Hotel Mount View, Kodai on 21.07.07 and 22.07.07.  PMJF Ln. Govindaswamy Thangaraj, Dist Governor inaugurated the schooling.  PMJF Ln. Muthuswamy PDG, PMJF Ln. Dr. Adhilakshmi PDG , Sri Murugan of GE Money company, Rtn, Prof Raja Govindaswamy addressed the gathering on different topics.

Ln.S.J. Sharma, President, Ln. K. Ravikumar, Secretary and Ln. N. Sampath kumar, Treasurer of Lions Club of T. Nagar attended the schooling and the president said that the schooling of PST would certainly help the leaders to serve the humanity in a large scale for which the lionism stands for.

Rajasthan Youth Association was formed in 1964; their Book Bank Project was also started during this period. Under this project textbooks are loaned to needy students without reference to their cast, creed or sex. The project covers courses such as Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Medicine, Charted Accountancy Company Secretary and Cost accountancy. Almost all colleges and Poly Technics in Chennai and Chengalpet districts are covered by this project. Almost a lakh of students have been already benefited and annually 2000 new students are added. At any given time there will be at learnt 6500 student beneficiaries. The present value of the Book Bank is over rupees one crore. Time and again the beneficiaries do contribute substantially to this project. A function was held on 22 July to distribute books to the new students at Kamaraj Memeorial Hall Teynampet. The state finance minister Prof.K.Anbazhagan was the chief guest and Sri V.Narayanan, Kanchi Kamakodi Child’s Trust Hospital was the guest of honour. The minister distributed a few token sets of books and Sri V.Narayanan gave away the certificates to few meritorious beneficiaries. The chief guest also released the member’s directory. The president of Association Vijay P. Chorida welcomed the gathering and Manikchand Gothi presented the report of the Book Bank Project. The secretary Shyaam J.S. proposed the vote of thanks.

St.John’s English School and Junior College, Besant Nagar, Chennai-90 is conducting their 2nd Rev. Dr.G. Rajakumar Memorial Under-14 Tamilnadu state level interschool cricket tournament 2007 as a mark tribute to Rt.Rev.Dr.G.Rajakumar, the founder chairman of St. John’s Group of schools.

The tournament was inaugurated on 25 July 2007 in the Marina Grounds by Thiru P.Balasubramanian IPS, Joint Commissioner of Police, Central zone, greater Chennai. All the matches will be played in the Marina Grounds and Cantonment Higher Sec School ground in Pallavaram said Mrs.Anitha Edison, Administrator, ST.Jhon’s Besant Nagar.
The organizing committee has appointed TNCA officials or officiating the tournament and has decided to give Man of the Match award for all the matches’ apart form Man of the Series, Best Bowler, Best Batsman Awards etc. Leading city schools are participating in this tournament. For more details contact St.Jhon’s Cricket Coach, Mr.A.Harrington on 94440 12725

Almost, all the building rules are created for the healthy and happy life of the people.
I. Vastu Rules
As per vastusastra east side should have more open space than west and north side should have more open space than south.
The reasons are:
a.Under ground sump, bore-well, septic tank etc are to be located only on the east side or north side. For purposes more open space with be required and this should be the reason for the rule to have more open space on the east side and north side.
b.One should not create ditch on the south side or west side. Hence less open space will be enough on the west side and south side.
II. Set-Back Rules
The open space in front of the abutting street or road is known as set-back. A set-back is also referred to as building line. The land contained in the set-back area belongs to the owner of the property. But he is prohibited from constructing any structure in the set-back portion.
According to the location of the site and the width of the front side road, set-back space may vary. The set-back may be required on the rear side and on the sides also.
Advantages of set-back:
a. It reduces the noise pollution in the building
b. It provides more air and light in the building
c. It is to avoid fire damages from the neighbouring and opposite buildings.
Set-back Rules and Vastusastra:
As per vastusastra, building should not be extended upto the compound wall. One should be able to walk around the building. The set-back rules also are helpful for this purpose.
III. Floor Space Index
The ratio of the total built-up area inclusive of walls, to the area of the site on which the building stands is known as floor space index (F.S.I). In some cities it is known as floor area ratio (F.A.R)
For calculating the F.S.I the following items are exampted
a. Parking space (Stilt area)
b. Basement or cellar used to locate A/c Plat, storage space etc.
c. Electrical room, water pump room, stair-case light, over head tank, ramp etc.
d. Projection for Architectural features.
The available F.S.I may be 1 or 1.5 or more according to the location and width of the road. F.S.I rules cover many aspects of the building including the height of the floors, size of the bathrooms etc.
F.S.I Rules and Vastusastra:
Municipal rules and vastu rules are complementary to each other and not contradictory. Both the building rules are help

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V.Niranjiny, a std 7 student of Sindhi Model Senior Secondary School, at No-1, Damodaran Street, Kellys won the 2nd prize in the Tamilnadu state level under-12 Chess tournament for girls. The event was held at Sethu Bhaskara School, Ambattur. More than 50 students from various city schools participated in the tournament. Smt.Arundhathi Mohan is the principal of the school. Sindhi school, kellys can be contacted on : 26442454.

Ingredients:

Sugar - 4 cups
Unsweetened kowa or mawa - 1 cups
Ghee - 2 cups
Powdered cardamom - 1 tsp
Fried cashews - 50 gms
Fried badam - 50 gms
Moongdhal or Broken green dhal - 2 cups

Cook moongdhal over slow fire till done, adding enough water to cook but not too much. The dhall will get well done and cooked but not watery piers well but do not mash into a smooth paste or pulp.
Now add double the sugar (Not necessary to powder) cook over slow fire until sugar dissolves and mixies well with the dhal. Keep during now add the mawa and mix well. Finally add the melted ghee, powdered cardamom, fried cashews, fried badam etc and mix well over slow fire and when homogenously mixed remove from fire and serve hot.