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SEVILLE Sevilla After living up to some wonderful moments at Granada, the birthplace of the renowned Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, we decided to further our coadventure through the heartland of the southern Iberian Peninsula, composed of lowlands, mountains and valleys. You’ve got it right. To arrive at Seville, we traversed the fascinating Spanish heartland. The landscape presented some vistas composed of rustic plains, lowlands, winding roads through the Sierra and then vast stretches of olive orchards. About 200 years back, a couple of decades after Napoleon’s army plundered and destroyed parts of Alhambra, an American diplomat and writer, Washington Irving and his Russian counterpart traversed the path from Seville to Granada. It was highly adventurous then, because of the fact that the transport system at that time was horse-drawn carriages and muleteers. It was such that they could ‘wander among the romantic mountains of Andalusia’ (Tales of Alhamb...

b_sengupta@yahoo.com has shared: Product Friday: Sun 3 In-Grade LED Luminaire by Edge Lighting

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Product Friday: Sun 3 In-Grade LED Luminaire by Edge Lighting Source: lightnowblog.com Offered in a 3-in. round beveled or square beveled trim, Edge Lighting’s Sun 3, provides a precise 23-degree beam of warm white light from a recessed, in-grade LED luminaire. A remote 12VAC power supply powers the luminaire and an internal LED driver controls the high-intensity LED. An optional optical assembly may be added to tilt or shield the beam and holds up to three media, including louvers and color filters.   b_sengupta@yahoo.com sent this using ShareThis .

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The following tips on health were published in MINT. Author : Rudraneil Sengupta. I am posting this so that all my readers benefit from this article. Eat Right for the Pollen Fight Mon, 03 May 2010 19:00:00 GMT Rudraneil Sengupta Bright summer flowers are in full bloom, grasses and weeds are going to seed, bees and insects are hard at work...and millions of people around the country are battling runny noses, sneezing fits, and itchy eyes. Zoom in: To boost immunity, eat leafy green vegetables. Commonly known as hay fever, this irritating and sometimes debilitating condition is caused by the body’s immune system overreacting to pollen, dust and other allergens in the air. Ravi Shetty, a 38-year-old chartered accountant in New Delhi, says he suffered from seasonal allergies for six years, popping anti-allergen pills every day during the pollen season. “Finally I went to nutritionist Ishi Khosla, and she suggested I take raw crushed garlic, turme...

ranaruby: SOME LOVABLE VISITORS TO OUR HOUSE

ranaruby: SOME LOVABLE VISITORS TO OUR HOUSE : I love nature. To work and live in a congested city and still embrace nature is a piece of luck. Its like hitting the jackpot. I hit it when...