Edappadi K.Palanisamy

Edappadi K.Palanisamy - 

AIADMK general secretary loyalist Edappadi Palaniswami

Age : 57 Years
Education : B.E
Constituency :Edappadi
Father's Name : Karuppa Goundar 
Mother's Name : Thavusuthaiammal
Wife Name : Mrs. Radha
Spouses : Nithin Kumar 
Address : 3/153 siluvampalayam Post, nedungulam, edapadi
Political Career : 
In 2011 Election Mr. K.Palanisamy won Mr. Karthe.M (PMK) by 34738 Votes.

Uttarakhand forest fire: Rain brings relief, death toll reaches seven

A much awaited spell of rains lashed most parts of Uttarakhand overnight supplementing ongoing fire dousing operations across the state in a big way even as the toll in the blazing forest fires rose to seven with a fire watcher’s death.

Light to moderate rains hit the higher reaches of the mountains in the evening on Tuesday and swept the plains overnight with Munsyari in the hills receiving 11 mm of rains and Dehradun in the plains recording 7 mm of showers, Director MeT department Vikram Singh told PTI.

The exact data of rain at other places is yet to be compiled but almost all the districts in the hills as well as in the plains have received rains in varying degrees, he said.

“It is going to supplement the firefighting operations underway in a major way as it will settle the plumes of smoke rising from flaming forests which had reduced visibility besides moisturising the woods which is likely to bring down the number of fresh fire incidents,” the MeT director said.

According to latest data released by Principal Conservator of forest BP Gupta, 3465.94 hectares of forest land lies ravaged by forest fires.

The toll has also risen to seven with a fire watcher’s death last night due to suffocation from smoke rising from forests in Matiyali range of Pauri district, officials said.

Two women had died in Uttarkashi on February 2 when forest fires started in Uttarakhand followed by the death of a woman labourer from Jharkhand and her child near Golagate in Nainital district late last month as forest fire engulfed her slum.

A constable was killed in Chamoli district while trying to douse the flames on the evening of May 2 after being hit by a boulder falling from a hillside

Kangana Ranaut

While Kangana said that she doesn't have many friends in the industry, she does have well-wishers. In all the chaos in her personal life - she doesn't really need anyone to stand up for her. "I can do it myself," said the actor.

Kangana Ranaut might be in the Capital to receive her third National Award, but it is her personal life that has everyone talking. However, the actor makes it clear that no one can shame her for what she is not.

Kangana is the only other actor after Shabana Azmi to win two National Awards back to back. But her Bollywood journey has not exactly been easy. Her father had refused to let her enter films, but as Kangana put it: "For my life, I need to make my own choices." "I love that my father resisted my choices," she said in an exclusive interview with India Today Television. "It gave me a lot more stamina. Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct," she added. Speaking about her impressive Bollywood journey so far and no movies opposite the big Khans of the silver screen, Kangana said, "Initially I wanted a traditional route where I wanted to work with big heroes.

In Bollywood if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me." "Now I get a lot of offers to work with the Khans. I'm my own hero on the sets, why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started, why should I work with them now?" she asked.

While Kangana said that she doesn't have many friends in the industry, she does have well-wishers. In all the chaos in her personal life - she doesn't really need anyone to stand up for her. "I can do it myself," said the actor.

If her legal war with alleged 'silly-ex' Hrithik Roshan wasn't enough, ex-boyfriend Adhyayan Suman's revelations about their abusive relationship has shocked Bollywood fraternity and fans. With each passing day, there seems to be a new twist to the entire drama.

Speaking up

While Hrithik and Adhyayan have made strong statements against the Queen actor, Kangana has finally broken her silence on the entire episode. The 29-year-old actor has revealed that she is shocked how her personal life has become a circus.

"The recent turn of events in my life has shocked me. It has been overwhelming and unsettling for me also. I was probably prepared for everything.

But I wasn't prepared for this. This has brought about a different side of our society. It is very hard to come to terms with this kind of suppression, this sort of name-calling, this kind of witch-hunt mentality in the 21st century," she told India Today.

Kangana, who was in a relationship with Adhyayan in 2009, says that people do speak ill of others out of envy. But it is hard for her to believe that the most private parts of her life are being discussed in such a negative manner. According to Adhyayan, he and Kangana got close during the shooting of a song from Raaz 2 in 2008 and eventually started seeing each other. The next one year was allegedly filled with mental and physical torture inflicted on him by Kangana. He even accused her of ruining his Bollywood career.

"Many people are insecure of many people. There is envy but you don't subject this kind of brutality on anybody. It shows a different side of the society. The way we are discussing the most delicate matters, in a very brutal, negative and sadistic fashion, is disturbing. Attempts are being made to destroy me. Whether they are working or not is another matter," she added.

In fact, Adhyayan in his interview called Kangana a psychopath and even said that the actor indulged in black magic. But Kangana says that name-calling doesn't affect her much.

"I do not want to detach myself from these names. Because for way too long, we women are refusing to accept ourselves. Imagine in the medieval ages, there was no evidence of how the history of mankind has been affected by witchcraft. But there is significant factual history of how brutality and sadism of mankind have been displayed in the most obscene manner in the name of witch-hunt.

Even in this new age, when we have to project our frustrations on a woman, the first thing we call her is daayan, chudail or whore or psychopath. The mentality is the same. If I can't get you, I might just destroy you," the actor said. She added, "I am a very proud Hindu. The foundation of my personality is laid on the teachings of Swami Vivekananda or Sanatan Dharm or the Gita. And if my religious practices or anybody's religious practices are given any kind of sadistic name, it instills fear about other person's religious practices.

People of our country are discussing about my periods and calling it gross. There is nothing gross about it. If your agenda is to shame me, it's not happening." Kangana went on to say that there was nothing wrong or nothing to be ashamed of in witchcraft. She believes that each person's belief and religion belongs to them.  

No apologies

"Witchcraft is an ancient art, everyone should know about it. What is wrong with witchcraft? Don't we like Harry Potter? I would want my daughter to know about witchcraft," she said, adding that terms like witch, whore etc are being used as weapons to destroy women and we need to find our strength against that.

Kangana, who was last seen in Tanu Weds Manu Returns, says that no matter how ugly the legal battle gets, she is not ready to bow down to pressure. "At this point, I can't pretend to be sorry about something that I am not," she signed off

Laremy Tunsil slides to Dolphins at No. 13 after gas mask tweet

A video posted to NFL prospect Laremy Tunsil's verified Twitter account Thursday night showed the former Ole Miss offensive tackle wearing a gas mask and smoking a substance from a bong. The tweet was deleted minutes after it was posted.

Tunsil, one of the highest rated prospects in the draft who at one point was considered a likely No. 1 overall pick, was picked No. 13 overall by the Miami Dolphins. Tunsil confirmed to ESPN's Suzy Kolber that he was in the video, adding he was "blessed" to be picked by the Dolphins.

Agent Jimmy Sexton earlier told ESPN: "It is B.S. Somebody hacked into his account." Tunsil said "we're trying to find out" who hacked it. He said at a news conference later Thursday that he doesn't plan to press charges if he does discover who is responsible for the hack.

There appeared to be another hack after he was chosen, with an image going up on his Instagram account showing a text message conversation, allegedly between Ole Miss assistant athletic director John Miller and Tunsil, about paying Tunsil's mother's rent and electric bills. His Instagram account has since been deleted.

Tunsil told ESPN Radio on Thursday night that he did not know anything about the Instagram material and that he has no control over his social media accounts.

In a news conference at the NFL draft in Chicago, Tunsil admitted to reportershe took money while at Ole Miss.

"I made a mistake. That happened," he said.

When reporters asked Tunsil if he meant he had taken money from a coach, he said, "I'd have to say yeah."

Tunsil was then ushered out of the news conference when asked if he'd met with NCAA investigators.

Dolphins general manager Chris Grier, talking after the team had chosen Tunsil, added: "We're very comfortable with all the information we have on the situation. We had heard rumors and we had done [background] work.

"The video is two years old. So from all the information we have, we are comfortable with it."

Tunsil told reporters that he doesn't have a drug problem.

"You can check all my college tests. I never failed one," he said.

Grier said the Dolphins never expected Tunsil to be there at No. 13.

"No, this is a guy who was No. 2 ranked on our board," he said. "We did not expect him to be there."

Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze, who is in Chicago for the draft with Tunsil, said the video is "from a long time ago."

"How this came out today, I don't understand," he said. "I don't know how. He doesn't deny it. He owned it."

Tunsil's entire Twitter account was deleted shortly after the draft began Thursday night.

Two offensive tackles were selected in the top eight picks Thursday, including Michigan State tackle Jack Conklin, picked by the Tennessee Titans after they traded with the Cleveland Browns to move up to the No. 8 spot. The Baltimore Ravens picked Notre Dame tackle Ronnie Stanley at No. 6.

Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome said Thursday that his team had Stanley ranked above Tunsil. Asked if Twitter had any influence on the Ravens' pick, he said, "That's always a part any time you get information."

"Our scouts get a lot of information. When things happen, a lot of times we're not surprised," he said. "We took the best player, the player who rated the highest on the board at that point. I cannot neglect the importance of the work our scouts do in the fall and in the spring getting information for us."

When asked if the New Orleans Saints would have considered any offensive players in their "cloud," coach Sean Payton said they had to consider Tunsil as he kept falling.

"He's an extremely talented player, athletic. Then you start projecting, 'All right, who's going to guard?'" Payton said. "But I think we felt really confident with Sheldon (Rankins)."

Payton said it was "unusual" and a "tough deal" watching what happened with Tunsil, so he was glad to see him get drafted soon after.

"All the sudden for one player to have a closet door open, it's unfair," Payton said.

Tunsil was sued earlier this week by his stepfather, Lindsey Miller, who is accusing Tunsil of attacking him and defaming his character in an incident last summer.

Miller and Tunsil filed domestic violence charges against each other last year. Tunsil alleged he attacked Miller after Miller attacked Tunsil's mother, Desiree Polingo, and Miller alleged Tunsil attacked him unprovoked. The charges were dropped in August.

The video was posted to Tunsil's account at 7:47 p.m. ET Thursday. It begins with a man wearing a black gas mask with a plastic tube attached to the mouth. An unseen person holds a lighter to the tube, and smoke begins rising. The person wearing the mask adjusts it for about 10 seconds before raising it off his head and laughing. He then coughs several times before the video ends.

Tunsil had to sit out the first seven games of the 2015-16 season after the NCAA ruled that he received improper benefits, including the use of three loaner cars.

At the scouting combine in February, Tunsil's former Ole Miss teammate, Robert Nkemdiche, told reporters that Tunsil was in the hotel room with him in December on the night he was injured falling off an Atlanta hotel balcony.

Nkemdiche expressed sympathy for Tunsil's draft-day disaster.

"It's heartbreaking because I love that dude and he's such a good person,'' Nkemdiche said. "I can't wait to see what the does in the NFL.''

ESPN's James Walker, Mark Schlabach, Jamison Hensley and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Liverpool's ambitions of reaching their first European final in almost a decade suffered a blow as Villarreal netted an injury-time winner in the first leg.

Liverpool's ambitions of reaching their first European final in almost a decade suffered a blow as Villarreal netted an injury-time winner in the first leg.

After a first half of few chances, Cedric Bakambu's header clipped the Reds upright shortly after the break.

Liverpool went closest when Roberto Firmino's low shot hit the post.

The Reds looked set for a creditable draw in Spain until they switched off to allow substitute Adrian Lopez to tap in Denis Suarez's low cross.

Despite the dramatic winner, the Europa League semi-final still remains delicately poised before next Thursday's return leg at Anfield.

The winners will face either Spanish holders Sevilla or Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk, who drew 2-2 in their first leg, in the Swiss city of Basel on 18 May.

Relive all the late drama from El Madrigal

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Could late defensive lapse prove costly?

Liverpool have not reached a European final since losing to AC Milan in the 2007 Champions League showpiece, but a stoic display at La Liga's fourth-placed team looked set to leave them a home win away from ending that barren run.

However, the Premier League side lost their defensive discipline in the final few seconds - and it could prove crucial.

Left-back Alberto Moreno wandered up field, leaving the space for former Manchester City youngster Suarez to exploit before squaring to Lopez for the easiest of finishes.

BBC Radio 5 live summariser and former Reds defender Mark Lawrenson said: "Where did the left-back disappear to? Injury time at 0-0 in a Europa League semi-final - and he's probably 70 metres up the pitch.

"0-0 would have been a very good result. All of a sudden because of one aberration you're under pressure for the second leg."

Liverpool will have to score at least twice to go through in 90 minutes at Anfield, but Villarreal know an away goal would mean the Reds then need a minimum of three.

Reds lack attacking threat

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side were installed as favourites to win Europe's secondary club competition after their thrilling quarter-final win against Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

Publicly the 48-year-old German insists there has been no thought about the possibility of reaching the final - but winning the trophy will cap an encouraging debut season with a place in next season's Champions League.

His predecessor, Brendan Rodgers, named an inexperienced side in the Reds' opening two matches in the competition, but Klopp has chosen stronger teams since arriving in early October.

However, he decided to play without a recognised striker at Villarreal, leaving England international Daniel Sturridge on the bench throughout - and the Reds offered little attacking threat.

Wales midfielder Joe Allen wasted the best chance in a tight first half, side-footing straight at home keeper Sergio Asenjo early on.

Further opportunities were rare, although Brazil forward Firmino - playing as Liverpool's most advanced player - thumped an angled 12-yard drive against the base of the right post.

Liverpool were playing their first match since inquests concluded 96 Reds supporters who died as a result of a crush in the 1989 Hillsborough disasterwere unlawfully killed.

Villarreal paid tribute to the victims by providing a banner - bearing the number 96 and Liverpool club slogan 'You'll Never Walk Alone' - for their fans to hold up before kick-off.

"We were very saddened by the Hillsborough tragedy and we planned events to show the solidarity and support which our club and our fans have with Liverpool and those who were affected," said the Spanish club.

'This race is not over'

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp:

"Of course I'm not too happy with the goal we conceded in the last second. Counter-attacking in the 92nd minute makes not much sense - but it is only the first leg.

"It is 1-0 and they have to come to Anfield where we know how strong we are. We had our moments, we defended really good. This race is not over.

"If we had enough players around the box it was no problem but they played this one chip ball over Kolo [Toure], I don't know where Alberto [Moreno] was in this moment but that was the only big mistake we made in this game and they scored with it."

Villarreal manager Marcelino:

"Until the final whistle you can score or concede a goal and this time we were lucky enough to score in the very last minute.

"We managed a good result but we don't know if it will be enough or not until the end of the tie.

"It was not an unfair result and we didn't beat Liverpool by being lucky."

What's next?

Seventh-placed Liverpool return to Premier League action with a visit to 15th-placed Swansea on Sunday.

The Reds look unlikely to earn Champions League qualification through the Premier League, sitting nine points behind fourth-placed Arsenal with four matches left, although they do have a game in hand on the Gunners.

Villarreal are better positioned to earn La Liga's final qualifying spot, holding a four-point advantage over Celta Vigo with three matches remaining.

Baaghi movie review: Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor in action-packed avatar

                                                                                                                                                                              Baaghi movie review will be up in a few hours from now. The film’s lead pair Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor will be seen in an action-packed avatar.

The film has created a lot of buzz thanks to its action scenes and Shraddha Kapoor has also tried her hand at some action in the movie.

Film has been directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The duo along wth Tiger Shroff had earlier given the hit film Heropanti together.

Baaghi also marks the Bollywood debut of Telugu actor Sudheer Babu, who plays the main villain in the movie.

Tiger has learned Kalaripayattu for his role in the film. This is Tiger’s second film of his career.

Keep watching this space for Baaghi movie review in a few hours from now.

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Hertha Marks Ayrton

April 28, 1854 - August 23, 1923

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Phoebe Sarah Marks was born in Portsea, England in 1854. She changed her first name to Hertha when she was a teenager. After passing the Cambridge University Examination for Women with honors in English and mathematics, she attended Girton College at Cambridge University, the first residential college for women in England. Charlotte Scott also attended Girton at this time, and she and Marks helped form a mathematics club to "find problems for the club to solve and 'discuss any mathematical question that may arise'" [1]. Marks passed the Mathematical Tripos in 1880, although with a disappointing Third Class performance. Because Cambridge did not confer degrees to women at this time, just certificates, she successfully completed an external examination and received a B.Sc. degree from the University of London.

From 1881 to 1883, Marks worked as a private mathematics tutor, as well as tutoring other subjects. In 1884 she invented a draftsman's device that could be used for dividing up a line into equal parts as well as for enlarging and reducing figures. She was also active in devising and solving mathematical problems, many of which were published in the Mathematical Questions and Their Solutions from the "Educational Times". Tattersall and McMurran write that "Her many solutions indicate without a doubt that she possessed remarkable geometric insight and was quite a clever student of mathematics."

Marks began her scientific studies by attending evening classes in physics at Finsbury Technical College given by Professor William Ayrton, whom she married in 1885. She assisted her husband with his experiments in physics and electricity, becoming an acknowledged expert on the subject of the electric arc. She published several papers from her own research in electric arcs in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London and The Electrician, and published the book The Electric Arcin 1902. According to Tattersall and McMurran,

The text included descriptions and many illustrations of her experiments, succinct chapter reviews, a comprehensive index, an extensive bibliography, and a chapter devoted to tracing the history of the electric arc. Her historical account provided detailed explanations of previous experiments and results involving the arc and concluded with the most recent research of the author and her colleagues...The book was widely accepted as tour de force on the electrical arc and received favorable reviews on the continent where a German journal enthusiastically praised if for its clear exposition and relevant conclusions.

Hertha Ayrton had been elected the first female member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1899. In 1902 she became the first woman nominated a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Because she was married, however, legal counsel advised that the charter of the Royal Society did not allow the Society to elect her to this distinction (this advice was reversed in 1923, but the first woman was still not admitted to the Royal Society until twenty years later.) However, in 1904 Ayrton did become the first woman to read her own paper before the Royal Society. This paper was on "The origin and growth of ripple-mark" [Abstract] and was later published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. In 1906 Ayrton received the Royal Society's Hughes Medal for her experimental investigations on the electric arc, and also on sand ripples. She was the fifth recipient of this prize, award annually since 1902 in recognition of an original discovery in the physical sciences, particularly electricity and magnetism or their applications, and as of 2011, one of only two women so honored. (The award is now given for original discovery in the physical sciences, particularly as applied to the generation, storage and use of energy.)

After her husband's death in 1908, Ayrton continued her research. One set of experiments validated Lord Rayleigh's mathematical theory of vortices. She also invented a fan that could create spiral vortices to repel gas attacks. These became known as Ayrton fans, but were never widely used.

Ayrton was an active member of the Woman's Social and Political Union and participated in many suffrage rallies between 1906 and 1913. She was a founding member of the International Federation of University Women and the National Union of Scientific Workers. She served as vice-president of the British Federation of University Women and vice-president of the National Union of Women's Suffrages Societies. Two years after her death in 1923, her lifelong friend Ottilie Hancock endowed the Hertha Ayrton Research Fellowship at Girton College.

Selected Publications

1. The Mechanism of the Electric Arc, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character, Vol. 199, (1902), pp. 299-336 [JSTOR]
2. On the Non-Periodic or Residual Motion of Water Moving in Stationary Waves, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 80, No. 538 (Apr. 6, 1908), pp. 252-260 [JSTOR]
3. The Origin and Growth of Ripple-Mark, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 84, No. 571 (Oct. 21, 1910), pp. 285-310 [JSTOR]
4. Local Differences of Pressure Near an Obstacle in Oscillating Water, Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 91, No. 631 (Jul. 1, 1915), pp. 405-410 [JSTOR]
5. On a New Method of Driving off Poisonous Gases, Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 96, No. 676 (Oct. 9, 1919), pp. 249-256 [JSTOR]

References

1. James Tattersall and Shawnee McMurran. "Hertha Ayrton: A Persistent Experimenter," Journal of Women's History, Vol. 7, No., 2 (Summer 1995), 86-112.
2. Biography at the Institute of Electrical Engineers Archives
3. Malley, Marjorie. "Hertha Marks Ayrton," Women in Chemistry and Physics, L.S. Grinstein, Rose K. Rose, and M. H. Rafailovich, Editors, Greenwood Press, 1993. Available online at Contributions of Women in Physics, UCLA.
4. Reminiscences by A. P. Trotter, (past) President of The Institute of Electrical Engineers
5. Mason, Joan. "Hertha Ayrton (1854--1923) and the admission of women to the Royal Society of London," Notes and Records Roy. Soc. London 45 (1991), no. 2, 201--220

Photo Credit: Photograph is used with the permission of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Archives