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Kingfishers caught in the act: Breathtaking pictures !!

Kingfishers caught in the act: The breathtaking pictures of nature's finest fishermen that took TWO YEARS to capture

• Philphat Suwanmon, an amateur Thai photographer, photographed rare blue-eared kingfishers fishing in a jungle
• Had to build a hide to get the pictures and the birds are so rare experts are amazed he managed to take them at all

By EMMA INNES

PUBLISHED: 09:56 GMT, 11 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:29 GMT, 11 April 2013

An amateur photographer has captured stunningly beautiful images of one of nature's finest fishermen at work.

Phiphat Suwanmon, an amateur Thai photographer, spent two years photographing the blue-eared kingfisher in an attempt to document its extraordinary feeding habits.

His striking photographs show a family of kingfishers diving into water to hunt.

Phiphat Suwanmon, an amateur Thai photographer, spent two years photographing the blue-eared kingfisher in an attempt to document its extraordinary feeding habits

The 33-year-old roped in his family to help him create a hide in the birds’ habitat in Thailand's southern province, Satun.

After studying the animals' natural mating, feeding and living cycle the family built a studio within the wilderness and created a new feeding pond for the birds to fish in.

The photographer then encouraged the birds to continue their natural hunting while he shot exceptional pictures.

The birds, which are pictured diving into water to hunt, are so rare that many experts are awestruck that an amateur photographer managed to take the pictures at all

Mr Suwanmon said: 'It was important to allow the birds to see me often and build up trust in order to allow me to take their pictures while they act naturally - not an easy feat to get wild birds to do'

He said: ‘It takes them about one second to catch a fish. 

'They move so quickly that I had to try a variety of different methods to get the best shot.

‘But the pictures are definitely worth the hard work.’

Mr Suwanmon’s work has created a storm among wildlife photographers as admirers express their amazement of the high-quality work.

He is now hoping to use his gallery as a platform to propel Thailand to the forefront of natural world photography.

He said: ‘A lot of people said this is the first time they'd seen pictures of this quality and expected that they'd really been taken by a non-Thai photographer.

‘Hopefully this is only the start of the development of taking quality pictures, and I plan to take further series in the years ahead.’

The 33-year-old photographer roped in his family to help him create a hide in the birds' habitat in Thailand's southern province, Satun

After studying the animals' natural mating, feeding and living cycle the family built a studio within the wilderness and created a new feeding pond for the birds to fish in

Mr Suwanmon's work has created a storm among wildlife photographers as admirers express their amazement of the high-quality work

He is now hoping to use his gallery as a platform to propel Thailand to the forefront of natural world photography

He said: 'A lot of people said this is the first time they'd seen pictures of this quality and expected that they'd really been taken by a non-Thai photographer'

Blue-eared kingfishers are found across Asia and tend to live in shady forests where they hunt for fish in streams

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Super-Speed Internet on Old Phone Lines !!!

New Tech Could Allow Super-Speed Internet on Old Phone Lines !!

Gigabit internet is fast and amazing. But that ""Download entire movies in mere seconds!"" line gets real old if you, like the vast majority of the country, don't have access to those lightning fast fiber lines. But thanks to a new approach from Alcatel-Lucent, your creaky old copper phone lines might be good enough. That's a really big deal if it actually works.

Alcatel-Lucent is currently in the process of perfecting a new standard called G.fast that turbocharges existing phone lines offering fiber-like speeds over twisted copper. The new technology simply broadens the range of frequencies available on the cooper lines and cuts down on interference, enabling data to fly. Over a distance of 200 meters, it can send data as fast as 1.1 gigabits per second, though that speed drops to 500 megabits at 300 feet. This is sort of like strapping a jet engine on the back of your rickety old Volvo and driving from DC to New York in 30 minutes instead of four hours.

For now, the technology works best over the distance from the telephone pole to the house which would help internet service providers clear a serious logistical hurdle when it comes to bringing ultra high speed internet into America's homes. You see, it's much easier to install fiber optic cables along the main lines instead of having to replace the wiring at every single house. As Stefaan Vanhastel, Alcatel-Lucent's director of marketing, told the Technology Review, ""Fiber-to-the-home is obviously the most suitable technology, but you are installing new infrastructure, which requires a new installation in every home. If you want to cover an entire country, it will take 10 or 20 years to do that.""

Who wants to wait 10 or 20 years just to be able to download movies in seconds instead of hours? We can barely wait the 10 or 20 minutes it takes a damn Seamless order to get here. Luckily, Alcatel-Lucent's new technology is in the testing stages and is expected to get the green light from the International Telecommunications Union by 2015. So the next time the cable guy comes to your house and offers to clear out all that copper wiring, just say no. You can use that! Just don't let a meth head steal your internet. [Technology Review]

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THE YEAR 2014  !  or earlier ?? 

One sunny day  in June 2014, an old man approached 7 RCR New Delhi  residence of  India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. 
  He'd been  sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the guard and  said, 
  "I would like  to go in and meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.   "

The Guard looked  at the man and said, "Sir, Manmohan Singh is no longer Prime  Minister  and no longer  resides here."

The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.

The  following day the same man approached the The Lodge and said to the same  Guard, 
  "I would like  to go in and meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.   "

The Guard again told  the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday,
  Manmohan Singh is  no longer Prime Minister and no longer resides here."

The man thanked  him and again just walked away.

The third day the same man approached  the The Lodge and spoke to the very same Guard, 
  saying, "I  would like to go in and meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.  "

The Guard,  understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and  said, 
  "Sir, this is  the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Manmohan Singh.  
  I've told you  already that Manmohan Singh is no longer the Prime Minister and no longer resides  here. 
  Don't you  understand?"

The old man looked at the Guard and said, "Oh, I understand. I just  love hearing it."

The Guard snapped to attention, saluted, and said,  "See you tomorrow, Sir.”

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