Monday, August 25, 2008
DOCKING CRADLE
Altec Lansing's digital docking system exclusively for the ipod family is glossy,stylish,sexy and sporty with a sleek black finish.You dont have to bother about poor battery life on your ipod anymore.The docking system comes with a rechargeable lithium-ion batteries equipped with seven hours of playback.What's more,it has built in FM tuner,an LCD screen to display your ipod tracks and a remote control.The T612 comes with adapters includedfor previous generation products,so you can plug in any ipod,for an amplified music experiernce.It is priced at Rs 7500.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
ON A ROLL
Actor John Abraham is on a roll.His latest Venture,despite an element of risque,has got him and his co-stars
rave reviews.A grinning and a satisfied Abraham said that the break he had taken seems to have done good.
"My weakest point is never knowing what scripts to choose.I realised that i was not choosing the right scripts
so i decided to sit back for a while and it seems to have worked.
Abraham is all praise for his co-stars as well as the director karan Johar."I nearly revolted when he suggested
that i wear yellow briefs.But he told me that would be the defining moment of the film and it seems to be true.
So I really do the trust the guy.
Talking about the relationship with Bipasha Basu,Abraham grins wickedly and says," Marriage is not on the cards right now;we know each other too well for all this to bother our relationship.I suppose we are at a mature stage now would like to keep it at that.We are going to concentrate on our careers and leave the display of affection in Public to others .I think we have gone beyond that stage.
SEXY DAD
An International magazine recently votedArjun Rampal as India's Sexiext Dad and the model-turned actor
confessed that it shocked his daughters Mahikaa and Myra especially the older one who taught that it was related to sex.After years of remaining in the shadows Arjun Rampal has strucked Gold in the last two years .Imagine Hrithik Roshan getting beated by Arjun Rampal in this category.
DIRECTORS PRIDE
Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK who directed the critically acclaimed film "FLAVOURS" in 2004 are back in the
news.Their short film "Shor" based on Mumbai has won the best Short film award at the Indo-American Arts
Council festival this month.To be smart,stylish and comic is their USP and coming up this february is a bollywood
film by the duo titled "99",this one stars Boman Irani,Soha ali khan,Cyrus Broacha,Mahesh manjrekar,Simone
Singh,Vinod Khanna.
Friday, August 22, 2008
HARDWARE
The components or devices that are connected to a computer are collectively known as hardware.For example monitor,mouse,Keyboard,speakers, and printer come under the term Hardware.
Input-Output devices: As you know, a computer follows the I-P-O cycle for processing.Therefore all the devices can be categorized as input devices,output devices,and processing devices.The input devices are used to give instructions to the computer.For example Mouse and keyboard are input devices.The output devices are used to display output of an operation.For example Monitor and printer.
Keyboard:The Keyboard has already been identified as input device.This is a component that closely resembles a typewriter console.The keyboard provides different keys to perform various operations.
Mouse: A mouse is a small device that is connected to the system by means of a long wire.This is another input device,whose movements causes corresponding movement of a pointer on the screen.It usually has two or three buttons using which the user can select options from the screen.
VDU: Now that you are familiar with some of the input devices of the computer,let us take a closer look at an output device.VDU is the abbreviated form of Visual Display Unit.Data that has been processed needs to be displayed to the user.This is done using the monitor or the VDU.The VDU is similar to that of a TV screen and can display both text and graphic images.The display can be either in Black and white or in color.
Printer: The output on the VDU cannot be stored for later reference.For a permanent,you would require a printer that is also an common output device.Using the printer,you can obtain the output on paper.Printers are capable of printing at a very high speeds.The printers commonly used with the PC are the dot matrix printer,the ink-jet printer and the laser printer.
Microphone: A microphone is an input device that allows a user to speak to the computer to enter data and instructions into the computer or it is used to record sound.
Joystick: A joystick is a pointing device with a vertical lever mounted on a base.It is mainly used for computer games and ultra sound scanners in hospitals.
Scanners: A scanner is an input device used to capture information,such as photographs and documents on paper and translate the information into a raster computer image.
Speakers: You can use speakers on a multimedia machine to listen to the sound files,which can be audio,recorded by audio Cd's or Microphone.
SKODA'S FABIA FOR LESS
Those who have always dreamt of owning the Fabia Elegance,rejoice,for the first time to make that wish come true.Skoda is currently offering a discount of rupees 11,000 on the insurance price-tag of any variant of the Fabia.This means that if you opt for the Elegance version whose insurance is worth up to Rupees 29,000,all you need to pay is Rupees 18,000 only.In addition to this, if you are also planning to fund your Fabia through a loan,the five percent loan payout discount ensures that you end up saving a good amount.So if you were to opt for the Fabia Elegance diesel variant on a seventy percent loan,you would save a healthy Rs 28,000.The total discount we are talking about here is in the region of Rupees 39,000.This is the first time since the launch of the Fabia that the car is being made available with such an enticing offer and I believe it is an excellent buy. This car has been given an awesome rating of 4 on 5.So why wait go grab your fabia.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND HEALTH HAZARDS
The growth of civilization,with the help of Science and technology,has made our life more happy,comfortable and secure.But it has been found in recent years that it has also caused the problem of pollution.Pollution has caused so many havoc not only for living beings but also for the life less.For example,Taj Mahal faces the changes of color change because of the smoke from nearby oil refinery.Water,Soil and air are polluted by men.
The pollution of water is caused by the discharge of chemical wastes from industries and factories.Disposing city sewage into the river and sea also pollutes water and soil.All the living things are dependant on water.If they consume polluted,it will cause various health problems.For example,the jaundice disease is due to the intake of impure water.
In India,as many as 50,000 people die due to the environmental pollution created by the factories and industries.The Government has not taken any action against this.We must act before it is too late.We should not allow the people to discharge waste into the river water.The drinking water should be free from pollutants.All the industries should be given licenses only after the installation of pollution control systems.All erring companies should be closed.All the automobile companies should be closed.Plastic bags and plastic papers should be banned from using it,instead jute and other allied products should be replaced.All the automobile vehicles should be fitted with pollution control mechanism.More centres should be opened to check air pollution by the vehicles.The government should enact strict laws to control pollution.The State and the Central governments have drawn various schemes.Now an awareness has been created among the people about the seriousness of the problem.In schools and colleges,the topic,"pollution" has been included in the syllabus.
TELEVISION-BOON OR BANE
The television is an audio-visual aid.Now-a-days it is necessity rather than a luxury.Because,it is a good entertainer.In our vast country more than 75% of the population is reached by this mass media.Thus it helps to bring about unity among the people.The Television programmes are informative and educative.
Art,Architecture,Music,and the life in the various regions in our country are brought before our eyes in actual color.Live telecast of national and international events are seen by the people in the television.This brings about better understanding between people of different states and countries.
This visual medium makes an indelible impact on the minds of the people,both young and old.Teaching and learning of lessons are made easy through educational telecasts for students of schools and colleges.The programmes for farmers enlighten them latest ideas and techniques in their field.Sports lovers see the live telecast of games and sports events held in different countries.The Television news brings us close to the world.Everyday we see and hear the speech of national and international leaders.In short,the television has become an integral part of our lives.
But television has sometimes been misused by students.They abstain from classes to see cricket matches.They see all the programmes for entertainment.It affects their study very much.Continuous viewing of television programmes also affects the eye-sight of students.So the students should see only those programmes which are educative and informative.
YUVVRAAJ-GHAI'S YET ANOTHER FLOP
From the time the title shows A.R.Rahman's name on the screen till the end where he makes a small appearance;its Rahman's movie all the way.Three cheers to the music of the film.All the songs are fantabulous.He enchants us throughout with his brilliant songs and impeccable background score.But sadly the film is only an assemblage of mesmerizing tunes with a poorly conceived plot backed by bad screenplay and editing throughout the film.Subash Ghai has tried a musical here but it's so over the top and cliched with pointless scenes throw in,that the movie sinks quickly.Though the witty dialogues do make us laugh and forget the atrocities being screened;the movie doesn't work on the whole.
The movie is about a arrogant Devan(Sallu) and spoiled brat Shanu(Zayed) scheming to get their deceased father's fortune from their autistic music-genius brother Gyanesh.Apart from the fiery dialogues the two brother's exchange,there seems to be no plan what-so-ver.The attorney(Mithun) is irritating so are the family members of the brothers.Salman doesnt make use of a great opportunity.Two people who makes the movie passable, apart from A.R.Rahman are Anil kapoor and Katrina Kaif,the latter attracting us with her beauty and convincing acting and the former with his convincing antics though it gets over the top at times.Look out for scenes where Anil Kapoor sings;commendable enacting.
A movie worth for Rahman fans and a big no for everyone else.
COMPONENTS OF TIME SERIES
The four components of time series are:
1.Secular trend
2.Seasonal variation
3.Cyclical variation
4.Irregular variation
Secular trend:A time series data may show upward trend or downward trend for a period of years and this may be due to factors like increase in population,change in technological progress ,large scale shift in consumers demands,etc.For example,population increases over a period of time,price increases over a period of years,production of goods on the capital market of the country increases over a period of years.These are the examples of upward trend.The sales of a commodity may decrease over a period of time because of better products coming to the market.This is an example of declining trend or downward trend.The increase or decrease in the movements of a time series is called Secular trend.
Seasonal variation: Seasonal variation are short-term fluctuation in a time series which occur periodically in a year.This continues to repeat year after year.The major factors that are responsible for the repetitive pattern of seasonal variations are weather conditions and customs of people.More woollen clothes are sold in winter than in the season of summer .Regardless of the trend we can observe that in each year more ice creams are sold in summer and very little in Winter season.The sales in the departmental stores are more during festive seasons that in the normal days.
Cyclical variations:Cyclical variations are recurrent upward or downward movements in a time series but the period of cycle is greater than a year.Also these variations are not regular as seasonal variation.There are different types of cycles of varying in length and size.The ups and downs in business activities are the effects of cyclical variation.A business cycle showing these oscillatory movements has to pass through four phases-prosperity,recession,depression and recovery.In a business,these four phases are completed by passing one to another in this order.
Irregular variation: Irregular variations are fluctuations in time series that are short in duration,erratic in nature and follow no regularity in the occurrence pattern.These variations are also referred to as residual variations since by definition they represent what is left out in a time series after trend ,cyclical and seasonal variations.Irregular fluctuations results due to the occurrence of unforeseen events like floods,earthquakes,wars,famines,etc.
PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN
India is my country.It is the most beautiful land with a glorious past.This ancient land has awakened the people of the world by her wisdom and learning.This is the country where great saints like Buddha,Mahavira,Valluar and others were born.This is the place where great epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata were written.This is the birth place of great emperors,philosophers,scientists,poets,artists and architects.
The climate,color,language,life habits in India are diverse in nature.While,Tamilnadu in the south,has the warm climate,Kashmir is very cold.We speak different languages.But there is a feeling of unity among the people.Indians are not averse to any religious faith.They go on pilgrimage to worshipping places of all religions.We give respect to faith and beliefs of others.
Majority of our people live in villages.The predominant occupations are agriculture and handicrafts.But now we are becoming an industrialized nation.We are now manufacturing aeroplanes,ships,rail engines,motor cars and other things.We are second to none even in the space research.We are now launching rockets and satellites into space.
Ours is the biggest democracy in the world.We believe in the principle of good will and mutual co-operation between all nations.Our country always strives for the cause of peace the world.We don't place our faith in gun and war.This is the holy land where Gandhiji was born.He showed the importance of non-violence to the world.The western countries may boast of their development in technology.But our country always remains as place of pilgrimage for the whole world to learn spiritual and more values in life.I love my country very much.I feel proud to be an Indian.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
RAJINI ASKS FANS NOT TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY
Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth has asked his fans not to celebrate his58th birthday on december 12.to express
soladiraty with the srilankan Tamilswho were suffering in the ongoing war between army and LTTE in the
island nation's embattled north.
According to Rajinikanth's Fans Welfare Association in-charge Sudhakar,"everyone is deeply hurt by the
sufferings of Tamils in the island nation.Hence we have chosen not to celebrate Rajinikanth's Birthday.
Earlier ,actor Kamal Hasan had chosen to abstain from celebrating his birthday on November 7 on the issue.
Hassan had said that it would be good if his birthday could be used to leverage public opinion infavour of
Srilankan Tamils.
YANG QUITS AS YAHOO CEO
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang , who earned the ire of many shareholders for rejecting a 47$-billion takeover
offer from Microsoft,is stepping down as the CEO.The Sunnyvale,California,firm announced on Monday,that
Mr.Yang(40),who took over as CEO just over a year ago,would remain in the post until a replacement could
be found by the board of directors.
Mr.Yang founded the portal in 1995 at the age of 26 with Stanford University classmate David Filo.Mr.Yang
said it was time to turn Yahoo,whose share price has plunged during the past year over to a new leader.A
Proposed advertising partnership with internet search king Google fell through this month amid opposition
from U.S Justice Department antitrust regulators.
SECOND JAPANESE WOMAN TO GO INTO SPACE
20,000 KNITWEAR WORKERS TO LOSE JOBS
The Economic recession sweeping the Western World has started taking its toll on the knitwear industry in
Tirupur,about 20,000 workers are to lose jobs.Exports have plummeted steeply in the first half of this financial year and projections for the remaining half of the Fiscal look 'unenthusiastic'.Retrenchment has become imperative as exports for the first six months of this financial year ending September 30 has declined to Rs 5,050 crore from Rs 5,350 crore registered during the corresponding period last fiscal.
In terma of earnings in U.S dollars,the downturn was pegged at 10 percent.There had been a 30 percent decline
in orders placed with the tirupur Knitwear cluster.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Vaarnam Ayiram
The hit trio of Gautam Menon,Suriya and harris Jayaraj is back.The film that celebrates a range of relationships,shows actor suriya donning the role of son and father for first time.The cast includes Sameera Reddy,Divya Spandana and Simran.The film draws abudantly from the directors relationship with his father.The first half of the movie is very fast and the second half has been very lengthy and boring.There is nothing to complain about harris's music and well cinematographed by the cinematographer.Overall I would give 3/5 for this movie.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
3 INDIAN WOMEN IN GLOBAL LIST
NOW,ONE STEP CLOSER TO MOON
The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) executed without blemish on Monday night.The engine
fired for 866 seconds from 9:58 p.m.This led to chandrayaan-1's aposelene being reduced from 7,502 km to
255 km and its periselene from 200 km to 187 km.They will study Chandrayan-1's final orbit of 100 km by
100 km above the moon for a day or two.We will then release the moon impact probe.All the sub-systems
in the board are functioning properly.
INDIA TO PLAY ENGLAND TOMMOROW
India has one game to the credit of the seven match Hero Honda series.England lost badly in the first ODI play
ed in Rajkot by 158 runs.England has a chance to scalp the second ODI as Ishant Sharma and Yuvaraj Singh
are ruled out due to the injury.Yuvaraj had injured his back while playing against England and Ishant has a
sprain in his leg which has not yet recovered.Subramaniam Badrinath will replace the injured Yuvi.Ishant
will be replaced by R.P.Singh.I think England has a slight edge over India tomorrow.
FINANCIAL CRISIS
A dozen or two companies have retrenched about 10,000 employees in various countries due to the
financial crisis.In United States of America half a dozen firms have started to retrench their workers.Companies
like DHL,HCl,Microsoft,Walmart,etc have closed some of their units in U.S.
In India several firms have retrenched their employees and some have given an unpaid leave.Jet Airways has
retrenched around 1000-2000 airhostess and stewards.Bigger Firms like the TATA motors have shut down
their factories for a week or so, as the number of buyers have decreased.Ashok Leyland has also shutdown
some of its units in the country due to the crisis.The number of placements in several colleges in India have
been reduced and the students are finding it difficult to be placed as they need to score high in their UG or PG
courses.
It might take a year or so in bringing back the countries to square one.
INDIA SIGNS DEFENCE PACT WITH QATAR
On the first ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the hydro-carbon-rich Qatar,India has sought surplus funds from that country to sustain the flow of investments at a time of global credit squeeze and signed two aggrements relating to defence and law enforcement.
Describing the defence aggrement with qatar as a landmark and they would layout a structure for joint maritime security and training as well as exchange of visits.Another aggrement on security and law enforcement would
lay out the frzmework for sharing of information and databases on threats posed by extremists and to check money laundering and transnational crime.
Although an aggrement on supplying additional Liqueified Petroleum gas could not be inked,both sides discussed a new era of mutual investments.
CAT 2008: WHAT TO EXPECT
It is the time of the year when students across disciplines will put their best foot forward in an attempt to bell the CAT(Common Aptitude Test).While management seat aspirants,wo have been sweating it out over the year,will now focus on sharpening their skills,the stray MBA aspirant will sit down to some last minute cramming.
Whether the global financial crisis will affect MBA placements is yet to be seen.However with an additional 50,000 applicants to CAT-2008 and nearly 40 colleges adding to their names to the list of colleges that decides the admission on CAT scores the management dream does not seem to be losing its sheen-atleast not for these e-lite institutions.
HARRIS AND GAUTAM SPLIT UP
Varnam Ayiram has raised great expections thanks to the rocking combo of harris-gautam.But this will be the last project of the combo.Harris has openly come out with his regret that relations between him and Gautam are
no longer what they were earlier.The have decided to part away.They both debut together in 2001 and have given some great hits together.I was very disappointed hearing this news.I really miss them.
Friday, August 15, 2008
KARUN CHANDHOK TESTS WITH FMS AND I-SPORT
FITNESS KIT
If you are the type that jogs with your ipod shuffle on your sleeve check this out.You can pair this new Nike+sports kit with your ipod and it will tel you how long you jogged,the distance,the pace and the calories burned.It has two components- a sensor and a receiver that communicates using a wireless protocal.The moment you start your workout,the ipod starts collecting data from the sensor and keeps tack of the distance you have walked and the pace at which you did it.It is priced at Rs.2000.
DASVIDANYA
Funny man vinay pathak turns producer with this film,which is about an ordinary Mumbaikar who starts each day with a to-do-list.One fine morning he makes a list of "10 things to make my life worthwhile before i die" and he sets about acheiving his goals,unpredictable things happen.The film stars vinay pathak,ranvir shoney,rajat kapoor and Neha dhupia and is directed by sushant shah.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
TERMINATOR AS VILLAIN IN TAMIL MOVIE
After crossover films hollywood is crossing over to India.Former Mr.universe Roland Kickinger,who dons the role of the killing machine in terminator Salvation-The future begins,is playing the villain in kollywood movie Peraanmai.Atop a hill in verdant vagamon,the crane whirls around while hero jayam ravi and villain kickinger crapple with a knife.The Shot is taken again and cleared .The six-packs abs is clear and the biceps cry for attention.He was as tight -lipped abou his(kickinger) role in perannmai as that of terminator salvation...except to say that it was a tough role,shooting in forests and rough terrain.
INDIA HAMMERS ENGLAND.
England won the toss and elected to field first as he(kevin pieterson) thought that the ball might swing a bit in the first two hours or so .Then England went on to bowl and got thrashed by the indian openers-Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.The Duo added a hundred run partnership between them.Then after both the openers got out.It was the time of yuvaraj singh.He had to settle scores with the selectors.He made a blistering 139* not out and was well supported by Raina,Dhoni,Rohit sharma who added to the total.By the end of the 50th over India
made 387 for 6.That was an awesome total to put on the board.In reply to the india's score,England started off well but they could not withstand the bowling of Zaheer Khan and Munaf patel.The former got the first three England wickets.England then could not reach to that massive total and was allout for 218.Kevin Pieterson played the captain's innings.Now India leads the series with 1-0.
STYLISH STORAGE
A IGO launches Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes pen drive that has F1's stylish,sleek,body design and also benefits with high quality perfomance.
It has Host USB 1.1/USB 2.0 that can play for extra hours without extra drivers.This Light-weight , 2GB Pen drive comes with a free one-year warranty.Its fresh and unique is sure to grab a lot of eye balls.
COOL TALK
LG Electronics has launched the LG KC550 and LG Secret.Equipped with an advanced 5.0 megapixel camera,LG Secret(left side) boasts of120fps video recording and playback.The phone comes with a unique insight of scratch proof display and carbon fire back panel.You can enjoy the motion censored games with a flick of a wrist.Priced at 18,990 Rs.
The LG KC550 is designed to easily capture fantastic moments that require a speedy reaction.Its five mega pixel imaging sensor and the Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens can produce ultra fine enlargements in high resolution.The camera's sensitivity can be setup to ISO 800.Priced at 14,900 Rs.
FULLY LOADED
Mitashi Edutainment private limited launches DVD 317 player for the Indian market.It has sleek and trendy look
,delivers high definition images and crystal clear sound.Mitashi DVD 317 player has great compatibility with all the possible audio-video formats.
It also equips itself with CD ripping feature from CD to USB and also supports USB disc
It comes with optical and coaxial digital audio output.,supports dolby digital 5.1 channel surround,newest pro logic 11 technology.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
HIGH PRIORITY TIES WITH INDIA:OBAMA
U.S President-elect Barack Obama has assured India that he attaches "high priority" to further strengthening the strategic bilateral ties as top officials of the two sides met here to discuss the global financial crisis, the second
high -level contact between them in as many days.
I think Obama will do wonders to his country and also India.He will also remove this current financial crisis.He would make a better president than the former George Bush.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS FOUND IN BOLIVIA
ASHTOUSH KAUSHIK IS BIGG BOSS 2
Three months after entering the reality show ,Kaushik on Saturday night walked away with the bigg boss 2 and
whopping Rs 1 crore in cash.Actor Akshay Kumar announced the winner of the bigg boss 2 in presence of the
show's host Shilpa Shetty .Kaushik lauded Rahul Mahajan for his support where Mahajan was sent out of the
house for violating the house rules.
whopping Rs 1 crore in cash.Actor Akshay Kumar announced the winner of the bigg boss 2 in presence of the
show's host Shilpa Shetty .Kaushik lauded Rahul Mahajan for his support where Mahajan was sent out of the
house for violating the house rules.
Friday, August 1, 2008
DOTING DAUGHTER
What happens when you are a Bollywood star shotting in some remote place and its yor dad's b'day?We'd
tackle this as a work hazard.But well if you are Aishwarya rai Bacchan you get to fly to where dad's lives and
launch an upmarket watch and wish dad too .This week thats what our pretty woman did.Shooting for Mani
ratnam "Ravan" in Kochi along with hubby abishek,Ash took a day off to fly down to Mumbai for daddy dearest.
But trust her to value time and combine it with work.So there she was ,as brand Ambassador at the launch of
Longines new collection.And we are sure pops was pleased as Punch.
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