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Almost every house in all the countries make use of ceiling fan. Most people have different taste in selecting a ceiling fan for their living room and bedrooms, some people would prefer a fan with chandelier and some would prefer a fan that matches the color of the paint or wallpaper in their so that they would look attractive.

Selecting a ceiling fan for a house isn’t an easy task as we have to check the brand, the warranty status and the design and performance. This task has been made easy  at www.farreys.com which offers over a thousand variety of ceiling fans from about a dozen manufacturers. Some of the major brands include casablanca fans , Fanimation , Craftmade , Ellington , etc. They also sell ceiling fan accessories. They provide customization of ceiling fans according to the requirement of the customers.

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Auroville is an international community for human unity located near Pondicherry in Tamilnadu. It is spread over an area of 20 km. There are about 2000 residents living in that community. Interesting thing about them is that most of the people living there are from outside India. Auroville was founded by The Mother in 1968. The person who designed auroville wad Roger Anger. There is an Urn in auroville that contains soils from countries all over the world and it represents universal oneness. Here in auroville, there is no property is owned by anyone. Everything available here is shared by everyone. This has been a significant ahcievement by the residents of auroville.

Mantrimandir is the spiritual and physical centre of auroville. It has an inner chamber for meditation. Auroville has a solar kitchen which cooks food for most of the people here. Before visiting auroville, necessary arrangements has to be made.

With the growth of internet and increase in the number of people using it, many innovative things have been introduced by the internet majors. The best application that was launched by these companies are the social networking communities and forums for meeting people from all over the world and share their ideas. These social networking communities have no limit on the languages they support. The languages available in a particular geographical location is supported in that location. This has helped develop a good relationship between people from different places. One such social networking community is facebook. Since its introduction on 2004, many people have joined it. Jon M Queen, the director of internet marketing for the greater New York city area has joined facebook to  meet the people from all over the world and discuss and share his ideas and values with them. In facebook, he has joined various networks for discussions and for answering the queries of the people. Facebook is a free to register social network. We can join facebook by filling our profile page. If you are not a member of facebook, join it soon and add yourself to the friend list of Jon M Queen.

Parambikulam at kerala has another small wildlife sanctuary. It is located at a distance of 129 kms from palakkad. It stretches around parambikulam, peruvaripallam and thunakadavu dams. It covers an area of about 285 sq. kms . Some of the animals found in this wildlife sanctuary are bison, elephants, gaur, sloth bear, wild boars, sambar, chital, crocodiles, tigers and panthers. There is a camp available for  taking care of the elephants at kozhikamthi. This wildlife sanctuary has some of the largest teak trees in Asia.  Generally, it is not advisable to visit this sanctuary during the monsoon season, i.e, from june to august. This sanctuary will be closed in march and april. For anyone to enter this sanctuary, they have to get permission from the divisional forest officer at thunakadavu. Rest houses are available for tourists to stay at thunakadavu and anappady. Tree top huts are also available for stay and they have to be booked in advance with the help of divisional forest officer.

Newspapers have been the most powerful way of conveying the events that happen throughout the world, to the people for over a century. But no one can deny that they had a lot of drawbacks. Newspapers cannot show the live video of a football match or record the live speech of a great political leader.

With the development of internet and their fast growth in the last 2 decades, an information can be sent across the world within seconds. Internet has now become the fastest and easiest way of delivering the news to people. But still, the websites that publish news online have a group of people working for them, who come up with the news that has to be published. This made it impossible for them to cover all the events that happen throughout the world. Now a new method of online news publishing has been introduced by www.allvoices.com . They have given the rights to all the people in the world to publish the news they know at their website by simply registering themselves at www.allvoices.com.  This made it possible for them to offer a lot more than a newspaper offers to the world. Their innovative idea in the world of journalism has made them the most popular and preferred website for observing the world events.

There are about three sanctuaries around munnar. They don’t cover much area but they are home for some of the rare animal and bird species. These places also attract tourists who come to munnar.

1) Eravikulam National Park:: This park is situated at a distance of about 6 kms from munnar. This place is the home of a rare animal called Nilgiri Tahr which is a type of mountain goat. Entry fee applicable.

2) Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary :: This sanctuary is on the road that connects ernakulam and munnar. It covers a area of about 24.7 sq. kms and is the resting place for over 250 species of birds. Some of the rare birds can be seen here during season times.

3) Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary :: This sanctuary is at a distance of 60 kms from munnar and is the home for leopards, elephants and deer. Trekking is available in this sanctuary . Trees houses and tents are available for staying within the sanctuary.