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It has been long time now that i haven't been updating my blogs..but today i've decided i have to get back to my writings regularly.

have a lot to say..

lot to discuss... life gives me every moment an opportunity to speak on it...

today with this energy which pumps me to get that drive....

hope i do better this time.

Its about...

Today I happen to go on a bus to meet a someone with regards to my non-profit project and on the way, i met to fours budding engineers who were returning from their college.
they were happy and enjoying the music being played on their phones and chatting with each other.
I interrupted them and asked them to tell me what the technology is being used in the mobile phone which they are using and enjoying the music.. they were speechless, they did not have any answer, so i told him to to do study appliances around which they use and gather information and knowledge about it on the web. explained them how to use the world wide web to their benefit and development. one of them told me that its not easy in the current days to be on par with others in this tight competition.He said, they need to get % inorder to be ontop.
Luckily, i knew what to say at that time and convinced them to balance out both knowledge and measurement system. I ve told them that without any measurement, there is no value of the effort which we put in unless we can and are measuring the same.So to balance out, knowledge should be attained at the highest level of understanding and expression of the same with regards to examination will help in getting evaluated and measured.

How many of us dont agree for this? we all agree but as i say, its easy to say than to do... As a kid, i remember i was also like those kids whom i met today, just worried about my marksheet and percentage.. but why do we have this as a universal issue at that age.. is this the right approach or is there something wrong in the system which we work in?

Food for thought...

There are always 2 ways in life.. take the one which suits you the best. Still I suggest, take the route which gives you long-term benefit rather than a quick short term...

 

Banking Ombudsmen

When you have issues with regards to the Credit Card, Loans, Bank Accounts - Where should we approach for resolution?
First Contact the Bank Manager/Head Officer to get this solved, if still nothing happens in from the banking institution, then the best thing to do is to contact the Banking Ombudsman for your region.
you can get information on this from RBI website at www.rbi.org

Do not let these credit card issues create tensions and frustrations, contact these banking ombudsmen who will help you and get your issue resolved.

Softball - A Game

Softball is a team sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball. Some key differences between softball and baseball are that softballs are larger than baseballs, and pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand. Softball was invented by George Hancock in Chicago, Illinois. The first softball game was played using a rolled up boxing glove as a ball and a broomstick as a bat. It was intended to be a way for baseball players to keep in practice during the winter.
Softball is played between 2 teams on a large field, which usually is composed of a dirt and grass infield which contains the diamond and running areas, and a grass outfield. However, the field also can consist of all dirt, grass, artificial turf, or, in areas such as New York City, asphalt. There are 4 bases on the infield (first base, second base, third base,and home plate); the bases are arranged in a square and are typically 45 to 65 feet apart. Near the center of this square is the pitcher's circle, and within the circle is the "rubber", a small flat rectangular area also known as the "pitcher's plate". The object of the game is to score more runs (points) than the other team by batting (hitting) a ball into play and running around the bases, touching each one in succession. The ball is a sphere of light material, covered with leather or synthetic material. It is 10 to 12 inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30.5 centimeters) in circumference. The game is officiated by one or more neutral umpires.
The playing field is divided into fair territory and foul territory. Fair territory is further divided into the infield, and the outfield, and the territory beyond the outfield fence.
The field is defined by foul lines that meet at a right angle at home plate.Home Plate is one corner of a diamond with bases at each corner.

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Video Game Industry - A Giant in Making

The video game industry (formally referred to as interactive entertainment) is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and employs thousands of people worldwide.
Modern personal computers owe many advancements and innovations to the gaming industry: sound cards, graphics cards and 3D graphic accelerators, CD ROM and DVD-ROM drives, Unix and CPUs are a few of the more notable improvements. Unix in particular was developed in part so that the programmers could play a space traveling game.
Modern games are among the most demanding of applications on PC resources. Many of the high powered personal computers are purchased by gamers who want the fastest equipment to power the latest cutting-edge games.

Early on, development costs were minimal, and video games could be quite profitable. Games developed by a single programmer, or by a small team of programmers and artists, could sell hundreds of thousands of copies each. Many of these games only took a few months to create, so developers could release several titles each year. Thus, publishers could often be generous with benefits, such as royalties on the games sold. Many early game publishers started from this economic climate, such as Origin Systems, Sierra Entertainment, Capcom, Activision and Electronic Arts.

As computing and graphics power increased, so too did the size of development teams, as larger staffs were needed to address the ever increasing graphical and programming complexities. Now budgets can easily reach millions of dollars, even if middleware and pre-built game engines are used. Most professional games require one to three years to develop, further increasing the strain on budgets.

Some developers are turning to alternative production and distribution methods, such as online distribution, to reduce costs
Video game arcades are still relatively popular in Japan; for every arcade game released in the US, nine are released in Japan. The history of the Japanese arcade is very significant in the story of the decline of the American arcade, and in the shape of game design in general.
Today, the video game industry has a major impact on the economy through the sales of major systems and games such as, Grand Theft Auto IV, which took in over USD$500 million in sales during its opening week.The game's income was more than the opening weekend of Spider-Man 3 and the original title holder for a video game Halo 3.Many individuals have also benefited from the economic success of video games including the former chairman of Nintendo and Japan's richest man: Hiroshi Yamauchi.

Was he a Kind PoliceMan or an Incompetent one?

Today during lunch time, when i was traveling on friend's bike as my car was broken, i was stopped by a cop near Cyberabad commisioner office. I showed him all the documents he asked for and then finally, he said he will fine me for not wearing helmet and i was taken to the senior cop for getting the challan.
I requested the senior cop to forgive me this time as i had to take this vehicle of my friend and the helmet is in the bike but its smaller in size compared to my head.but the officer did not agree but came out with a solution saying, that i share the offence fine with another bike rider who also did not wear the helmet and said he will give challan of only 1 instead of 2 challans and we both share the price of it.

What do you think? Was this cop a kind cop or an incompetent policeman?

Is Virtualization the next generation technology?

Virtualization is a proven software technology that is rapidly transforming the IT landscape and fundamentally changing the way that people compute. Today’s powerful x86 computer hardware was designed to run a single operating system and a single application. This leaves most machines vastly underutilized. Virtualization lets you run multiple virtual machines on a single physical machine, sharing the resources of that single computer across multiple environments. Different virtual machines can run different operating systems and multiple applications on the same physical computer. While others are leaping aboard the virtualization bandwagon now, VMware is the market leader in virtualization. Our technology is production-proven, used by more than 130,000 customers, including 100% of the Fortune 100.

The VMware virtualization platform is built on a business-ready architecture. Use software such as VMware vSphere and VMware ESXi (a free download) to transform or “virtualize” the hardware resources of an x86-based computer—including the CPU, RAM, hard disk and network controller—to create a fully functional virtual machine that can run its own operating system and applications just like a “real” computer. Each virtual machine contains a complete system, eliminating potential conflicts. VMware virtualization works by inserting a thin layer of software directly on the computer hardware or on a host operating system. This contains a virtual machine monitor or “hypervisor” that allocates hardware resources dynamically and transparently. Multiple operating systems run concurrently on a single physical computer and share hardware resources with each other. By encapsulating an entire machine, including CPU, memory, operating system, and network devices, a virtual machine is completely compatible with all standard x86 operating systems, applications, and device drivers. You can safely run several operating systems and applications at the same time on a single computer, with each having access to the resources it needs when it needs them. 

Top 5 Reasons to Adopt Virtualization Software
1.Get more out of your existing resources: Pool common infrastructure resources and break the legacy “one application to one server” model with server consolidation.
2.Reduce datacenter costs by reducing your physical infrastructure and improving your server to admin ratio: Fewer servers and related IT hardware means reduced real estate and reduced power and cooling requirements. Better management tools let you improve your server to admin ratio so personnel requirements are reduced as well. 
3.Increase availability of hardware and applications for improved business continuity: Securely backup and migrate entire virtual environments with no interruption in service. Eliminate planned downtime and recover immediately from unplanned issues.
4.Gain operational flexibility: Respond to market changes with dynamic resource management, faster server provisioning and improved desktop and application deployment.
5.Improve desktop manageability and security: Deploy, manage and monitor secure desktop environments that users can access locally or remotely, with or without a network connection, on almost any standard desktop, laptop or tablet PC. 

Roger Federer

Roger Federer (born on August 8, 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He is currently ranked World No. 2 having held the World No. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks.Most sports analysts, tennis critics, and former players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.

Federer holds numerous singles records, the most notable of which are 14 Grand Slam titles (equalling the all-time record of Pete Sampras), and including a career Grand Slam. Federer has played an unprecedented 20 career Grand Slam finals, and as of July 2009 Federer has reached the semi-finals (or better) of the last 21 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, a record streak spanning over five years. The second player in the list has only 10.As a result of Federer's successes in tennis, he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for four consecutive years (2005–2008).

List of UK Universites

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List of US Schools, Colleges and Universities

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The Indian Space Research Organisation

The Indian Space Research Organisation is the primary body for space research under the control of the government of India. It was established in its modern form in 1969 as a result of coordinated efforts initiated earlier. Under the guidance of a number of scientists, ISRO has conducted a variety of operations—supported by its launch vehicle fleet—for both Indian and foreign clients. ISRO has several field installations at its disposal and cooperates with the international community as a part of several bilateral and multilateral agreements.
The Indian Space Research Organization has been sanctioned the required budget of Rs. 12,400 crore for its human spaceflight program. According to the Space Commission which has passed the budget, an unmanned flight will be launched in 2013-2014 and manned mission likely to launch by 2014-2015. If realized in the stated time-frame, India will become only the fourth nation, after the USSR, USA and China, to successfully carry out manned missions indigenously.
ISRO's headquarters is located at Antariksh Bhavan in Bangalore.
ISRO is equipped with one of the best infrastructure and research oriented.

Top Five Wealthiest Historical Figures

Top Five Wealthiest Historical Figures

Name: John D. Rockefeller
Age at highest earnings: 74
Age at death: 97 (died May 23, 1937)
Net worth: US$329.9 billion
Original net worth: US$1 billion (September 29 1916) US$900.0 Million (1913–eve of WWI])Origin: United States Main source of wealth: Oil

Name: Andrew Carnegie
Age at highest earnings: 68
Age at death: 83 (died August 11, 1919)
Net worth: US$309.2 billion
Original net worth: US$479.9 Million (1901)
Origin: Scotland
Main source of wealth: U.S. Steel

Name: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov)
Age at highest earnings: 50 Age at death: 50 (died July 17, 1918)
Net worth: US$290.7 billion
Original net worth: >US$1.3 billion (1916)
Origin: Russian Empire
Company: Monarchy—the Emperor and Autocrat of the Russian Empire (from the House of Romanov)

Name: William Henry Vanderbilt
Age at highest earnings: 64
Age at death: 64 (died December 8, 1885)
Net worth: US$240.0 billion
Original net worth: US$194 Million (1885)
Origin: United States

Name: Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII
Age at highest earnings: 50 Age at death: 80 (died February 24, 1967)
Net worth: US$225.1 billion
Original net worth: US$1.4 billion (1937)
Origin: Hyderabad, India Company: Monarchy—Nizam of Hyderabad

Genetically Modified Foods

Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods derived from genetically modified organisms. The DNA of genetically modified organisms has been modified through genetic engineering, unlike similar food organisms developed through the conventional genetic modification of selective breeding (plant breeding and animal breeding) or mutation breeding. GM foods were first put on the market in the early 1990s. Typically, genetically modified foods are transgenic plant products: soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil, but animal products have been developed. For example, in 2006 a pig engineered to produce omega-3 fatty acids through the expression of a roundworm gene was controversially produced. Researchers have also developed a genetically-modified breed of pigs that are able to absorb plant phosphorus more efficiently, and as a consequence the phosphorus content of their manure is reduced by as much as 60%.

Critics have objected to GM foods on several grounds, including perceived safety issues,ecological concerns, and economic concerns raised by the fact that these organisms are subject to intellectual property law.

Some scientists argue that there is more than enough food in the world and that the hunger crisis is caused by problems in food distribution and politics, not production, so people should not be offered food that may carry any degree of risk. This argument assumes that genetically modified foods present risks not present in traditional foodstuffs, which are demonstrably not free of risk. Recently some critics have changed their minds on the issue with respect to the need for additional food supplies.

In 1998 Rowett Research Institute scientist Árpád Pusztai reported that consumption of potatoes genetically modified to contain lectin had adverse intestinal effects on rats. Pusztai eventually published a paper, co-authored by Stanley Ewen, in the journal, The Lancet. The paper claimed to show that rats fed on potatoes genetically modified with the snowdrop lectin had unusual changes to their gut tissue when compared with rats fed on non modified potatoes. However, the experiment has been criticised on the grounds that the unmodified potatoes were not a fair control diet.

If India were to dedicate 20 million hectares of land to this system, WWF says, "The country could meet its food grain objectives of 220 million tons of grain by 2012 instead of 2050."

DUTY FREE ALLOWANCES AND ENTITLEMENTS FOR INDIAN RESIDENTS RETURNING FROM ABROAD

Most of us travel international for various reasons, like business, official, personal etc. But might be that we may not be aware of what items and how much of those can we import/get it along with us when we return. Here is a small summary of the same.


I. For passengers coming from countries other than (a) Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Hongkong or China.(b) Pakistan by Land Route

Duty Free allowance for bonafide baggage consisting of (for above 10 years age passengers)

1.Used personal effects (excluding jewellery) required for satisfying daily necessities of life - FREE

2.Other articles carried in person or in accompanied baggage

(a) if Stay abroad for more than three days - Valued upto 25000/-

(b) if Stay abroad upto three days - Valued upto 12000/-

Note:
1. The free allowance shall not be pooled with the free allowance of any other passenger.
2. The free allowance is not applicable to the following goods
1.Fire arms.2.Cartridges of fire arms exceeding 50.3.Cigarettes exceeding 200 or cigars exceeding 50 or tobacco exceeding 250 gms.4.Alcoholic liquor or wines in excess of 2 litres.5.Gold or silver, in any form, other than ornaments.
3. One laptop computer (notebook computer) over and above the said free allowances mentioned above is also allowed duty free if imported by any passenger of the age of 18 years and above
4. The goods over and above the free allowances shall be chargeable to customs duty @ 35% + an education cess of 2% i.e. to say the effective rate is 35.7%.
5. Alcoholic drinks and tobacco products imported in excess of free allowance are chargeable to custom duty at the rates applicable to their commercial imports as per the Customs tariff Act.
6. Import of Indian currency is prohibited. However, in the case of passengers normally resident of India who are returning from a visit abroad Indian currency upto Rs. 5000 is allowed.
7. Incase the value of one item exceeds the duty free allowance, the duty shall be calculated only on the excess of such amount.

Hope this helps.

Find more information on the following website:
http://www.cbec.gov.in/travellers.htm

Does our society need Young Journalists?

Journalism - get the facts and truth out of the hidden caves for the open public for review and knowledge. By definition, Journalism is the production of news reports through media such as newspaper,radio, television, internet. Journalists are those who are a part of this production, such as reporters,photographers,broadcast presenters, writers,producers etc.

what do you think, the journalists should do. Dont you think they should be getting the facts and truth out to the people? If so Why Can't an individual be a journalist itself. Its time that when every person in the world holds the responsibility of sharing knowledge and making our society an ideal place to live. unlike past, today's world has something to say openly if its not right through the medium of internet without fearing about anything.

I wish, I was in college now, I could have started my small internet press with blogs collecting and posting the information from my surroundings, of good, bad, inspiring, discouraging etc events around me, everything which can make sense to ensure we have an ideal society to live. I wish someone reading this article atleast makes/attempts such a move. Its all about "will" and "willingness".

Journalism need to be always writing about problems and grievances. It can be supporting,encouraging, appreciative and filled with solutions. We do not need problems - We have enough of it; we need Solutions. we need experiences. History plays a vital role in the development of mankind. Today is a day in History for tomorrow. Get that history to surface for the betterment of the human society through recording it. Show the path of light in the woods of darkness. Hold the hands of those who need, with your knowledge and skills.

Remember - Knowledge is power.

Time Zones and Standard Time - why do we have that?

Standard time the time of a town, region or country that is established by law or general usage as civil time. It is determined locally. The whole of China, one of the largest countries in the world, has decided to adopt a single time zone
The concept of standard time was adopted in the late 19th century in an attempt to end the confusion that was caused by each community's use of its own solar time. Some such standard became increasingly necessary with the development of rapid railway systems and the consequent confusion of schedules that used scores of different local times kept in separate communities. (Local time varies continuously with change in longitude.)
The need for a standard time was felt most particularly in the United States and Canada, where several extensive railway routes passed through places that differed by several hours in local time.
Sir Sandford Fleming, a Canadian railway planner and engineer, outlined a plan for worldwide standard time in the late 1870s. Following this initiative, in 1884 delegates from 27 nations met in Washington, D.C., for the Meridian Conference and agreed on a system basically the same as that now in use.
The present system employs 24 standard meridians of longitude (lines running from the North Pole to the South, at right angles to the Equator) 15º apart, starting with the prime meridian through Greenwich,England. These meridians are theoretically the centres of 24 standard time zones; in practice, the zones have in many cases been subdivided or altered in shape for the convenience of inhabitants.
Time is the same throughout each zone and differs from the international basis of legal and scientific time, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), by an integral number of hours; minutes and seconds are the same.
In a few regions, however, the legal time kept is not that of one of the 24 standard time zones because half-hour or quarter-hour differences are in effect there.

Find the Wiki information at the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone