JUNKSORTIE

Guitar and Me

2011-12-06T07:10:00.001-08:00

For a while now, I have been trying to learn to play the guitar. I seem to be picking up quite well, but don't quite see myself giving it enough time and priority to end up playing, as well as I intend to.

MIDDLE PATH

2011-12-06T06:28:00.001-08:00

Life is a resultant of choices we make.

There is the striving for perfection. But a little bit too much of that lands up in what is today acknowledged as a compulsive disorder. And a total disregard for things is also not an ideal act.

Just tried to depict that here. Just a dump of an idea here.

JOS ALUKKAS & KALYAN JEWELLERS ADS. IS THERE A DISTINCTION?

2010-08-15T22:55:00.000-07:00

JOS ALUKKAS AD

The ad says "Ponnil Theertha Bandham" which translates very closely to "A bond made of gold" . And the video goes onto say what it says. It portrays a not so very common relationship of a school student and the bell man cum peon at school. See for yourself and gather your thoughts...

The ad wants to say that such as this realtionship, is our relationship with our customers. Well, but for the watching customer whom should he relate to Vijay (school kid, ad successful man) or the bell man? If the customer relates to Vijay, then the bell man would be the Brand ( Jos Alukkas) who is today unshaven and miserable. And if taken vice versa, the miserable bell man is the customer.

Well, if we just take this as an example for the kind of bond that the customer and the brand takes, then I guess the idea has been already taken by someone else in the same market. Watch the below for confirmation.

KALYAN JEWELLERS AD

The ad tries to define the bond between the customer and the Brand as similar to the bond between the a girl and a father.... which also infamously heard an uproar of the Boys Welfare Association ;) ( watch the end portion carefully)

the SVO says "Vishwasam athallaey ellam" which translates closely to "Trust. Isnt that all." (please forgive the quick translation).

MUDRA AD FOR BANGALORE TRAFFIC POLICE ||||||||| Has a precedent

2010-07-28T08:57:00.000-07:00

Reading through Campaign India, I learn that MUDRA DDB has won Bronze at Cannes for the ad it produced for Bangalore City Traffic Police. Its a highly effective ad, very strong with the communication, very good art direction with very good attention to details, such as the mehendi on the womans hand indicating that she be newly married. Precisely on target copy, ¨Don´t talk while he drives¨, with the sufficient extra meanings for the prying ones.

So, that makes it one worthy and wonderful campaign.
Advertising Agency: Mudra Group, India
Executive Creative Director: Joono Simon
Art Director: Vinci Raj
Copywriter: Akhilesh Bagri
Photographer: Mallikarjun
Retouching : Sathish
Published: 2009

Its very impressive, until you have a look at the below ad. Although they have their differences, the basic concept remains the same. And I must say, the copy is more elegant in the original one below. I cannot classify it as a copied ad. But, well the Bangalore ad is just an extended work on this one.

Ad Agency: Leo Burnett, Dubai, UAE
Creative Director: Munah Zahr
Art Director: Tushar Mahajan
Copywriter: Zaid Alwan
Project Manager: Mays Shakhshir

The unknown resides opposite the strict plant.

INSPIRED - ISLAND CUTOUTS!

2010-05-26T05:43:00.000-07:00

The above ad is by ABSOLUT, something that came along in their work on the lines of ABSOLUT WORLD. I have seen a better print that could have shown the inspiration, but really cant find it. Would put it up, when I get it.

Well, the execution and idea of the below print is awesome, but just curious at the way we are towed in our thoughts by what we have seen. Or things that are around, mostly unconsciously.

DENVER DEO - I KNOW YOUR INSPIRATION

2010-05-13T07:16:00.000-07:00

Seen the new ads for DENVER DEO?? Look like a rip off from AXE ADS??? Even I thought so, but with about what you are about to see ..... you will see its a complete shot by shot copy of .. ah aah .. wait and watch below. I shouldn't be spoiling the pleasurable experiencing of spotting a copy.

TIP: for maximum effect, watch both ads together.

THE DENVER AD

BAVARIA BEER AD

STOP THE WARS

2010-04-29T08:34:00.000-07:00

Life was unsettled, chaotic, catastrophic and disrupted on 9/11. To bring order, the leaders that be of US & its other allies all over the world, set about making every day of the calendar a 9/11 for people in Afghanistan and Iraq. And these posters below are my protest slogans.

Its my speak for peace.

Simply FO!!!

2010-04-28T04:14:00.000-07:00

FACEBOOK & ORKUT together make for a great message!

LAWRECE & MAYO ADS ||||||||||| MALAYALA MANORAMA MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

2010-04-19T07:22:00.000-07:00

very innovative ad for Lawrence and Mayo. But there is a disturbing prospect, there has been an AD for Malayala Manorama that has an uncanny similarity to the work in this ad. I believe the ad was created by Stark Tvm ...... dont know which came out first.
Advertising Agency: Eleven Brandworks, Mumbai, India
Creative Directors: Puneet Kapoor, Prateek Bhardwaj
Art Director: Puneet Kapoor
Copywriter: Prateek BhardwajIllustrators: Puneet Kapoor, Anand Chodankar
Photographer: Altaf Khan
Planner: Imran Khan
Published: December 2009

I was really impressed by the work of Stark TVM for MM, but now, after seeing the above work, it seems diminished. Here's what I saw from Stark, its not a perfect copy, but you see similarity in art work. Which to my opinion is better done by Eleven Brandworks, Mumbai, India.

AD for CCFD

2010-04-19T05:44:00.000-07:00

Very well done ad for CCFD.. to spread more awareness on third world countries. And to break stereotypes. Something like the message on TED by Chimamanda Adichie.

2010-01-08T14:41:00.000-08:00

Incomplete Memory

2010-01-08T10:11:00.000-08:00

oh! i remember how we met
how you stood waiting
in front of the church
and how i drew crazy
through the traffic to
reach before you moved on
oh i remember how we met again
you had a swatch to repair
and i, a heart that needed care
And we walked like strangers
so as to not draw attention
from our hometown rangers
ah! what a memory!
it delights the moment
every time i think about it
its a memory of no regret
something i cant forget

(i dont know if this poem is complete, or has more to be written, hence leaving it the way it is without punctuations, full stops or a proper title...

JIFFY WEDS DINNA Vaduthala St Antony's Church

2010-01-08T05:00:00.001-08:00

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2009-12-28T00:24:00.001-08:00

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2009-09-16T11:51:00.000-07:00

All you wanted to know about hooch and were afraid to ask!! BAR STUDY CLASS

2009-07-18T05:02:00.000-07:00

What is Single Malt ?

Single malt is so-called because the malt comes from a single distillery. It is a whisky refined by a single distillery, using malted barley as the only grain ingredient. Each distillery has its own distinct taste, flavour and style and single malts bear that. Some world-renowned single malts are Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenlivet, Glenkinchie and if you move into the rare varieties, Port Ellen. Enjoying a single malt is a connoissseur' s job and you have to learn to be one. A single grain, as distinct from a single malt, is a grain whisky made at one distillery, while the single malt is made with barley.

What is Blended Whisky?
Blended whisky is a mixture of single malt whiskys and ethanol derived from grains. Developed for those who could not stommach the strong taste of whisky, it is a combination of malt and grain whiskys. First distilled and bottled by Andrew Usher in Edinburgh in the early 1860s, it turned out to be softer, lighter and more palatable. The character of the whisky is determined not only by the proportions of malt and grain whisky, but also by the ages of the individual whiskies and the manner in which they are combined to bring out the finest qualities in each other. Most whisky drunk across the world is blended whisky. Famous Grouse, Bells, Teacher's, Whyte & Mackay and Johnnie Walker are a few that are well-known.

What is the difference between Whisky and Whiskey?
Alcohol, malted or not, made from grain which is produced in Scotland is called WHISKY, while it is called WHISKEY if it is produced in USA or Ireland.. American whiskey is called Bourbon and is made from grain. Bourbon is at least 51 per cent corn or maize. Scotch whisky is generally double distilled, while Irish whiskey is generally distilled three times. Wheat whisky is the rarest whisky. Rye whiskies are mostly popular within the US. Scotch whisky is whisky that has been distilled and matured in Scotland for at least three hours in oak casks.

What is Alcohol?
Alcohol is obtained after breaking down natural sugar of grain into C02, ethanol or ethyl alcohol and residual content. Yeast from grains and vegetables changes the sugar into alcohol. From the cheapest beer to the most expensive wine or after dinner liqueur, all alcohol is made with the same fermentation process. The different colours, tastes, potencies and flavours come from the different fruits or vegetables used as well as the additives, by-products and diluting substances employed during the fermentation process.

Why should you never drink on an empty stomach?
Experts say eating food before drinking retains alcohol in the ~ where it is absorbed slowly into the blood stream. This gives the liver more time to break the alcohol down. Otherwise, it is directly absorbed without being broken down into simpler compounds into the blood stream. This can be harmful for the liver and general health. The kick comes when the alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream directly and slows down the central nervous system.. The absorbed alcohol blocks some of the commands the brain sends to the body; hence the reflexes and reactions are slower.

Does drinking water before or between drinks help you hold your drink better?
Dehydration causes your blood volume to go down and alcohol will cause it to go down further. So make it a habit to drink enough water before you go out for a hard drink. Experts say in case of alcohol consumption, the bigger you are the better it is. Big people have a larger quantity of blood, so alcohol they take in is more diluted as it mixes with the blood. Women are generally smaller than men. They also have proportionately more fat and less water in their bodies and so the entration of alcohol in their blood is higher for the same amount drunk.

What goes better with Whisky - Water or Soda?
Whisky is preferred with water more than soda as soda is carbonated water and it kills the taste of whisky. But real connnoisseurs of whisky like to have it neat or with water on side or with two cubes of ice.

What is Cognac?
The wines of Poitou, La Rochelle and Angoumois, produced from high quality vineyards, were shipped to Northern Europe where they were enjoyed by the English, Dutch and Scandinavians as early as the 13th century. In the 16th century, they were transformed into eau-de-vie, then matured in oak casks to become Cognac.. That was the start of the adventure for a town, which was to become the capital of a world famous trade.
Cognac is a living thing. During its time in the oak casks it is in permanent contact with the air. This allows it to extract the substances from the wood that give both its colour and its final bouquet.

Ageing is indispensable if an eau-de-vie is to become Cognac. It takes place in casks or barrels that hold between 270 and 450 litres. The natural humidity of the cellars, in which the casks are stored, with its influence on evaporation, is one of the determining factors in the maturing process. With the balance between humidity and dryness, the spirit becomes mellow and ages harmoniously.

Making Cognac is the work of the Master Blender. Applying strict control, experience and intuition, he subtly blends eaux-de-vie of different ages and crus, producing a Cognac that through the years will not only retain its own personality, but will also keep a place in the heart of the consumer.

What is the difference between Scotch, Irish, Rye and Bourbon Whiskies?
Scotch Whisky is whisky, which has been distilled and matured in Scotland. Irish Whiskey means whiskey distilled and matured in Ireland. Whisky is distilled in Scotland from malted barley in Pot Stills and from malted and unmalted barley or other cereals in Patent Stills. The well-known brands of Scotch Whisky are blends of a number of Pot Still and Patent Still whiskies. Irish Whiskey distillers tend to favour three distillations rather than two, as is general in Scotland in the case of Pot Still whiskies and the range of cereals used is wider.

As regards Bourbon Whiskey, the United States Regulations provide:
(i) that Bourbon Whiskey must be produced from a mash of not less than 51% corn grain;
(ii) that the word 'Bourbon' shall not be used to describe any whiskey or whiskey-based distilled spirits not produced in the United States.

Rye Whiskey is produced both in the United States and Canada but the name has no geographical significance. In the United States, Rye Whiskey by definition must be produced from a grain mash of which not less than 51% is rye grain. In Canada, there is no similar restriction. The relevant Canadian Regulation states: 'Canadian Whisky (Canadian Rye Whisky, Rye Whisky) shall be whisky distilled in Canada and shall possess the aroma, taste and character generally attributed to Canadian Whisky.'

Canadian Whisky is in fact often referred to simply as Rye Whisky or Rye.

What is the Origin of VODKA?
Vodka is a drink, which originated in Eastern Europe, the name stemming from the Russian word 'voda' meaning water or as the Poles would say 'woda'. The first documented production of vodka in Russia was at the end of the 9th century, but the first known distillery at, Khylnovsk, was about two hundred years later as reported in the Vyatka Chronicle of 1174. Poland lays claim to having distilled vodka even earlier in the 8th century, but as this was a distillation of wine it might be more appropriate to consider it a crude brandy. The first identifiable Polish vodkas appeared in the 11th century when they were called 'gorzalka', originally used as medicines.

Medicine and Gunpowder
During the Middle Ages, distilled liquor was used mainly for medicinal purposes, as well as being an ingredient in the production of gunpowder. In the 14th century a British Ambassador to Moscow first described vodka as the Russian national drink and in the mid-16th century it was established as the national drink in Poland and Finland. We learn from the Novgorod Chronicles of 1533 that in Russia also, vodka was used frequently as a medicine (zhiznennia voda meaning 'water of life'). In these ancient times Russia produced several kinds of 'vodka' or 'hot wine' as it was then called. There was 'plain wine' (standard), 'good wine' (improved) and 'boyar wine' (high quality). In addition stronger types existed, distilled two ('double wine') or more times. Since early production methods were crude, vodka often contained impurities, so to mask these the distillers flavoured their spirits with fruit, herbs or spices.

The mid - 15th century saw the first appearance of pot distillation in Russia. Prior to that, seasoning, ageing and freezing were all used to remove impurities, as was precipitiation using it in glass ('karluk') from the air bladders of sturgeons. Distillation became the first step in producing vodka, with the product being improved by precipitation using isinglass, milk or egg white. Around this time (1450) vodka started to be produced in large quantities and the first recorded exports of Russian vodka were to Sweden in 1505. Polish 'woda' exports started a century later, from major production centres in Posnan and Krakow.

From acorns to melon
In 1716, owning distilleries became the exclusive right of the nobility, who were granted further special rights in 1751. In the following 50 or so years there was a proliferation of types of aromatised vodka, but no attempt was made to standardise the basic product. Types produced included: absinthe, acorn, anisette, birch, calamus root, calendula, cherry, chicory, dill, ginger hazelnut, horseradish, juniper, lemon, mastic, mint, mountain ash, oak, pepper, peppermint, raspberry, sage, sorrel, wort and water melon! A typical production process was to distil alcohol twice, dilute it with milk and distil it again, adding water to bring it to the required strength and then flavouring it, prior to a fourth and final distillation. It was not a cheap product and it still had not attained really large-scale production. It did not seek to compete commercially with the major producers in Lithuania, Poland and Prussia. In the 18th century a professor in St. Petersburg discovered a method of purifying alcohol using charcoal filtration. Felt and river sand had already been used for some time in Russia for filtration.

Vodka marches across Europe
The spread of awareness of vodka continued throughout the 19th century, helped by the presence in many parts of Europe of Russian soldiers involved in the Napoleonic Wars. Increasing popularity led to escalating demand and to meet this demand, lower grade products were produced based largely on distilled potato mash. Earlier attempts to control production by reducing the number of distilleries from 5,000 to 2,050 between the years 1860 and 1890 having failed, a law was enacted in 1894 to make the production and distribution of vodka in Russia a state monopoly. This was both for fiscal reasons and to control the epidemic of drunkenness which the availability of the cheap, mass-produced 'vodkas' imported and home-produced, had brought about.

It is only at the end of the 19th century, with all state distilleries adopting a standard production technique and hence a guarantee of quality, that the name vodka was officially and formally recognized. After the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks confiscated all private distilleries in Moscow.. As a result, a number of Russian vodka-makers emigrated, taking their skills and recipes with them. One such exile revived his brand in Paris, using the French version of his family name - Smirnoff. Thence, having met a Russian émigré from the USA, they set up the first vodka distillery there in 1934. This was subsequently sold to a US drinks company. From this small start, vodka began in the 1940s to achieve its wide popularity in the Western World.

What is the origin of GIN?
The first confirmed date for the production of gin is the early 17th century in Holland, although claims have been made that it was produced prior to this in Italy. In Holland it was produced as a medicine and sold in chemist shops to treat stomach complaints, gout and gallstones. To make it more palatable, the Dutch started to flavor it with juniper, which had medicinal properties of its own.

From Dutch courage to William of Orange
British troops fighting in the Low Countries during the Thirty Years' War were given 'Dutch Courage' during the long campaigns in the damp weather through the warming properties of gin. Eventually they started bringing it back home with them, where already it was often sold in chemists' shops. Distillation was taking place in a small way in England, but it now began on a greater scale, though the quality was often very dubious. Nevertheless, the new drink became a firm favourite with the poor. The formation by King Charles I of the Worshipful Company of Distillers, where members had the sole right to distil spirits in London and Westminster and up to twenty-one miles beyond improved both the quality of gin and its image; it also helped English agriculture by using surplus corn and barley. When King William III - better known as William of Orange - came to the English throne in 1689, he made a series of statutes actively encouraging the distillation of English spirits. Anyone could now distil by simply posting a notice in public and just waiting ten days. Sometimes gin was distributed to workers as part of their wages and soon the volume sold daily exceeded that of beer and ale, which was more expensive anyway.

The Gin Riots
The problem was tackled by introducing The Gin Act at midnight on 29 September 1736, which made gin prohibitively expensive. A license to retail gin cost £50 and duty was raised fivefold to £1 per gallon with the smallest quantity you could buy retail being two gallons. The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole and Dr. Samuel Johnson were among those who opposed the Act since they considered it could not be enforced against the will of the common people.. They were right. Riots broke out and the law was widely and openly broken.. About this time, 11 million gallons of gin were distilled in London, which was over 20 times the 1690 figure and has been estimated to be the equivalent of 14 gallons for each adult male. But within six years of the Gin Act being introduced, only two distillers took out licenses, yet, over the same period of time, production rose by almost fifty per cent.

Respectability, High quality and Patronage
The Gin Act, finally recognized as unenforceable, was repealed in 1742 and a new policy, which distillers helped to draft, was introduced: reasonably high prices, reasonable excise duties and licensed retailers under the supervision of magistrates. In essence this is the situation, which exists today. These changes led to more respectable firms embarking on the business of distilling and retailing gin and it became the drink of high quality, which it has since remained. Many companies established themselves as well-to-do manufacturers, often becoming patrons for major enterprises; one such was the sponsorship of the attempt to discover the North West Passage 1829-33: the attempt failed, but the expedition did establish the true position of the North Magnetic Pole.

Gin had been known as 'Mother's Milk' from the 1820s but later in the century it became known as 'Mother's Ruin', a description perhaps originating from the earlier 'Blue Ruin' of the prohibition era in the previous century.

What is Tequila?
First the history: Tequila was first distilled in the 1500-1600's in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. Guadalajara is the capital of Jalisco and the city of Tequila was established in about 1656. This is where the agave plant grows best.

The agave is not a cactus as rumoured, but belongs to the lily family and has long spiny leaves (pincas). The specific plant that is used to make tequila is the Weber blue agave. It takes 8-12 years for the agave to reach maturity. During harvest, the leaves are cut off leaving the heart of the plant or pina which looks like a large pineapple when the jimadors are done. The harvested pina may weigh 200 pounds or more and is chopped into smaller pieces for cooking at the distillery. Tequila was first imported into the United States in 1873 when the first load was transported to El Paso, Texas. In 1973 tequila sales in the US topped one million cases.

There are two basic types of tequila, 100% blue agave (cien por ciento de agave) tequila and mixto. The 100% blue agave tequilas are distilled entirely from the fermented juice of the agave. All 100% agave tequilas have to be distilled and bottled in Mexico. If the bottle does not say 100% blue agave, the tequila is mixto and may have been distilled from as little as 60% agave juice with other sugars..

Grades of Tequila:
• Blanco: 100% agave tequila that is un-aged and untreated with additives.
• Reposado: 100% agave, "rested" tequila that has been stored in oak between two months and one year.
• Anejo: 100% agave, aged tequila that has been stored in oak at least one year.
• Mixto blanco: mixto tequila that is unaged.
• Mixto reposado: mixto tequila that has been stored in oak between two months and one year.
• Mixto anejo: aged mixto tequila that has been stored in oak at least one year.
• Joven abocado: mixto tequila that has been treated with additives to achieve an effect similar to aging.

How many types of Beer are available to Drink?
Here are the different styles you may come across at our stores or your favourite local brew pub.

Ale - originally liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation, as opposed to beer, which was made by the same process but flavoured with hops. Today ale is used for all beers other than stout.

Alt - means "old". A top fermented ale, rich, copper-coloured and full-bodied, with a very firm, tannic palate, and usually well-hopped and dry.

Amber Beer - an ale with a depth of hue halfway between pale and dark.

Barley Wine - dark, rich, usually bittersweet, heavy ales with high alcohol content, made for sipping, not quaffing.

Bitter - the driest and one of the most heavily hopped beers served on draft. The nose is generally aromatic, the hue amber and the alcoholic content moderate.

Bock - a strong dark German lager, ranging from pale to dark brown in colour, with a minimum alcoholic content of about 6 percent.

Brown Ale - malty beers, dark in colour and they may be quite sweet.

Burton - a strong ale, dark in colour, made with a proportion of highly dried or roasted malts.

Christmas/Holiday Beer - these special season beers are amber to dark brown, richly flavoured with a sweetish palate. Some are flavoured with special spices and/or herbs.

Dopplebock - "double bock." A stronger version of bock beer, decidedly malty, with an alcoholic content ranging from 8 percent to 13 percent by volume..

Hefe-Weizen - a wheat beer, lighter in body, flavour and alcohol strength.

Ice Beer - a high-alcohol beer made by cooling the beer during the process to below the freezing point of water (32 degrees Fahrenheit) but above that of alcohol (-173 degrees Fahrenheit). . When the formed ice is removed and discarded, the beer ends up with a higher alcohol-to-water ratio.

India Pale Ale (IPA) - a generously hopped pale ale.

Kolsch - West German ale, very pale (brassy gold) in hue, with a mild malt flavour and some lactic tartness.

Malt Liquor - most malt liquors are lagers that are too alcoholic to be labelled lagers or beers.

Muncheners - a malty, pale lager distinguished from the darker, heavier Munich Dark beers by the term "dunkel".

Octoberfest/ Maerzen/Vienna - a copper-coloured, malty beer brewed at the end of the winter brewing season in March.

Pale Ale - made of the highest quality malts, the driest and most highly hopped beer. Sold as light ale or pale ale in bottle or on draft as bitter.

Pilsner - delicately dry and aromatic beers.

Porter - a darker (medium to dark reddish brown) ale style beer, full-bodied, a bit on the bitter side. The barley (or barley-malt) is well roasted, giving the brew a characteristic chocolaty, bittersweet flavour.

Stout - beer brewed from roasted, full-flavoured malts, often with an addition of caramel sugar and a slightly higher proportion of hops. Stouts have a richer, slightly burnt flavour and are dark in colour.

Sweet Stout - also known as milk stout because some brewers use lactose (milk sugar) as an ingredient.

Wheat Beer - a beer in which wheat malt is substituted for barley malt. Usually medium-bodied, with a bit of tartness on the palate.

Bomb blast at kochi: Wake up the SECURITY APPARATUS

2009-07-10T22:56:00.000-07:00

Kochi: 10july2009

At 10 past 3 in the afternoon, an explosion ripped through the floor of the Civil station building situated at Kakannad. Residue of Aluminum powder was found at the site. The initial response of the public system was that of shock and disbelief which may have resulted in the delay in initiating investigations. If news agencies are to be believed no conclusive fact regarding the incident could be confirmed even two hours after the incident.

A picture of the remnant of the device that exploded at the civil station.

According to reports today, the police suspects a timer device to have been used to detonate the bomb. The presence of a powder that resembles aluminum powder raises a lot of concern. The presence of an aluminum powder resemble points its fingers at a possible use of Photoflash powder, which is used in military munitions as the main charge in IED's(Improvised explosive device). And this photoflash is not available to normal customers, not even to certain firework manufacturer's unlike black powder. The report that police has concerns that this is a rehearsel to test this timer device might be on target.

The above picture of photoflash , it resembles aluminum powder.

Chemical examiners and bomb squad obtained vital clues related to this. Samples of ammonium nitrate and parts of detonator, timer and battery were recovered from the blast site. The presence of ammonium nitrate also heaves up along another deadly possibility for the bomb- Astrolite explosive; which are said to be the world's MOST POWERFUL NON-NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE, and Astrolite-G, claimed tobe the world's highest detonation-velocity liquid explosive. Both explosives are remarkably safe to handle and are unusually versatile. Both also can be mixed from nondetonable components. If the terrorist in the state have attained this state of expertise in developing bombs, there is a definite necessity to be concerned.

The Starting Lines

2009-07-08T04:03:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the abode of Gravia a.k.a ooliganism a.k.a JUNKSORTIE .... well lets start with a lil history of the evo of the names ...

JUNKSORTIE... well its starts with me learning of Chinese boats known as Junks, which sailed across the seas. Well then, it got flexed with 'sortie', influenced by a lot of Naval aviation data from various sources including films; but more of the inspiration came from real life people, especially legends from my school, a military school in India. The films that I fancied then, and wouldn't watching again were, TOPGUN and Behind Enemy Lines!

GRAVIA... this one comes from the times i spent reading computer literature. Reading through cookbooks, and other files on freaking, ASCII art, networks, the history of the telelphone, history of the ARPANET, stories of hackers who took on the governments. Stories of prosecution of the hackers, who went adventuring a little too deep for the convenience of the authorities. I come across the name of FRAVIA, the legendary hacker from EUROPE. Taking precendent from it, i create my own screen name... GRAVIA; partly to utilise the power that the word 'gravity' would bestow on it. After a few years on me taking on this screen name, there was a new product on the block; a light that uses gravity to power itself.

OOLIGANISM... the most identified screen name of mine, the id of my primary email id, and bestowed on me by my school mates for being a total HOOLIGAN !

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2009-07-08T00:19:00.000-07:00

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Viva kerala players

2009-07-06T09:20:00.000-07:00

players on Viva kerala
No. Position Player
01 GK Anoop
20 GK Arun S
27 GK Shahin Lal Meloly
02 DF Noushad K
04 DF Bello Razaq
05 DF S Sathish
12 DF P Sajesh
13 DF Jain P Raj
21 DF Abdul Abithin
23 DF Mohammad Shihab
25 DF Sarath O
08 MF Rahul P
11 MF Sakeer MP
15 MF Mano
16 MF Shahbas Saleel
17 MF Sirajudeen
18 MF Sanid E
19 MF Nidhil
22 MF K.V.Lalu
07 FW Badmus Baba Thunde
09 FW Sabeeth CS
14 FW Karma T
24 FW Shibinlal VK

2009-07-06T09:16:00.000-07:00

Viva Kerala is a professional football club based in India. They play at home ground Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kaloor International Stadium) in Kochi, the largest metropolitan area in the Indian state of Kerala. Their training ground is FACT Ground in Udyogamandal. Viva Kerala's name is the result of a contest, won by Dr. P Ramakrishnan of Ernakulam.
Formed on August 8,2004 the club officially took off on August 19 in a ceremony at FACT grounds. The club was formed by group of businessmen who felt the need for the state's representation in country's top football league, the National Football League (NFL).
The objective was to prepare a team for the EDFA (Ernakulam District Football Association) Super League and State League in the first year and National Football League (2nd Division) in the second year. The ultimate aim is to eventually be the number one football team of India.
Viva Kerala has been promoted to the inaugral Indian Pro League (Professional NFL) for 2007/2008 season, from NFL 2nd division 2006/2007 season on 6 April 2007.
Unfortunately there has been a slight hiccup in the path top glory for VIVA Kerala.The club along with Salgocar ,Goa has been relegated back to 2nd division at the end of I-league 2008.