Universal scraps

Cortana challanges Siri and Google Now on ALS

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:38:00 +0000

Hi this is my video for the ALS #iceBucketChallange. Share it if you like this video

ചുംബനം

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Sat, 24 May 2014 14:23:00 +0000

Again a valentine poem

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:02:00 +0000

This is my Valentine poem for 2014 inspired by Pranayashathakam of TP Rajeevan.

To the surgeon desperately searching for my heart,

I told ,

Ask her

As I have given mine to her already.

Nexus 5 my story

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:14:00 +0000

What can be the time frame between two consecutive posts in a blog , for me it can be more than a year. Here is my latest story

" Do you have whatsapp in your mobile ? " "so that i can message you " .
This question thrashed my heart ,I love to get her message but i cant install whatsapp on my mobile since my Samsung runs on Bada OS.

I had lot of arguments with my friends asking me to upgrade my mobile to Android and iOS, as I couldn't find any satisfactory answers to support their decision . You can check mail on the go was one point I replied , I have access to mail at office and I have internet connection at home and my travel time is between 10-15 mins and I don't expect any urgent mail mean time .Also i dont think its a good habit of getting disturbed by mail received sound all time in my day .

You can Yelp , Map, Tweet , FB and you tube , I Yelped back " I use all these in my laptop " . So my friend will say one day you will find that you really need a Android or iOs phone but I don't know when and for what..lets see how long you can survive without a smart phone .

So after the whatsapp day.. I need an android phone , am not a big fan of apple ..I love handy phone and hates notes . I really love QWERTY phones but now a days those using keyboard phone are considered pre historic , i finalized on android phone. I love some thing special so i searched and found that there is lot of hype going around Nexus 5 . I started following Nexus 5 and fell in love with it . The hype was like it will be release
today or tomorrow but weeks passed , still unreleased . The latest news was that it just appeared and disappeared on Google play for 349$ .

So i am waiting for the DDay to get Nexus5.

Capture the everyday and the epic in fresh new ways , will be running on Android 4.4 KitKat featuring a nearly 5-inch display, powered by 2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, and an 8-MP camera, 2GB of RAM, with 16GB & 32GB of storage .

I am looking forward for whatsapp so it can bring in my life .

The beautiful pic is of Nexus 5 (Courtest engadget).
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/17/nexus-5-16gb-349-play-store/

How to parcel bike in train ?

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Probably most of us haven’t come across a scenario of parceling a bike in train .Recently me and my friend went to parcel his bike via train from Ernakulum to Trivandrum . We straightly went to parcel booking office , purchased a form the counter .The guy asked about the parcel and placed a seal inside the form indicating two-wheeler .

To get the form you need to produce a copy of your RC book and a valid photo ID card .

Fill the form with details of your vehicle the sender address and the address of the receiving person. He suggested to empty the petrol tank before we parcel it.

There are guys who will get your bike ready for parceling by wrapping your head lights with sack and cardboard to prevent cracking while loading and unloading . So forget about your bike , it will be loaded into the next train for destination.

Now the story part ...
The packing guy asked my friend
"Sir , how much petrol is in the bike ?"
My friend replied casually
"Barely half liter " .

So he came with a empty Aquafina bottle and a small hose .He fitted it inside the valve .Seconds passed and the one liter bottle became full. My friend was confident that there may be one or two drops more .So the man again came with another one liter Biselleri bottle .This time also he was lucky that the second bottle also became full . My friend now got into the depths of despair . At last the man was able to draw nearly three and a half liters of petrol from my friends bike .He moved all the three bottles hid it inside their resting place and came back with sack and card board ready to pack .

In the mean time my friend inquired about when the bike will reach Trivandrum .He said that it will be loaded into the very next train .So that’s fine , but the double despair part is coming only.
Once the parcel reaches the destination ,until we go and collect it we need to pay Rs.10/- per hour as additional charge. In case of my friend he will reach Trivandrum only on Tuesday .So five days ,
5* 24 * 10 = 1200.00 rupees .

So the best part is we asked the packing guys to put the petrol back and we gave him a liter of Petrol free . We drove back happily and he will be driving his bike all way back .

image courtesy :depositphotos.com

XOLO X900 - the phone with Intel inside

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:44:00 +0000

If you still do not follow the change , you will end with a similar fate as that of Kodak . The kingpin of computer chip maker Intel has finally entered into an unfamiliar territory the mobile processor .With Indian handset maker Lava , it has launched a smart phone XOLO X900 in India .

Powered by 1.6 GHz Intel Z2460 processor with Hyper Threading the phone has Android Gingerbread as OS .

The phone is priced as Rs 22000.00 which will be available via Croma retail.

Please see the full specifications from the Official site .

Technical Specifications

Network	Frequency Bands	GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSPA: 850/900/1900/2100 HSPA+: 850/900/1900/2100
	Edge/GPRS	Class 10
	WCDMA	Yes
	HSPA+	up to 21 Mbps (DL)
	HSPA+	up to 5.7 Mbps (DL)
Processor	Chipset	Intel Atom Processor Z2460
Processor	CPU	1.6 GHz Intel® Atom™ with Hyper Threading
Graphics core	Clock speed	400 MHz
Graphics core	Triangles per second	40 million/second
Design	Dimensions	123 x 63 x 10.99 mm
	Weight	127 grams
	Hard Keys	Power key
		Volume key
		Camera key
	Slots	SIM card slot
		micro USB
		micro HDMI
		3.5 mm audio jack
Display	Display Size	4.03"
	Resolution	1024 x 600
	Colours	16M
	Display Technology	TFT LCD Capacitive touch
	Display Technology	Corning Gorilla Glass
Operating System	Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) (upgradable to Android 4.0)
GPS	Yes
Camera	Rear camera	8 MP
	Front camera	1.3 MP
	Flash support	Yes, single LED
	Auto focus	Yes
	Touch focus	Yes
	Digital zoom	8x
	HD recording rear	1080p
	Video chat front	480p
	Burst Mode	15 fps, 10 images in <1 sec
	Modes supported	Auto, Sports, Potrait, Landscape, Night, Night Potrait, Fireworks, Text
Sensors	Accelerometer
	Gyroscope
	Magnetometer
	Ambient light sensor
	Proximity sensor
Audio	Dual Speakers	Yes, 0.3 W each
	Digital Microphones	2
	Ambient Noise Cancellation	Yes
	Voice Recording	Yes, 3GPP
	Audio codecs supported	MP3, MIDI, WAV, 3GPP
Video	Video recording & playback	Full HD 1080p@30fps
	Video codecs supported	MPEG4, 3GPP, WMC, H.264, VP8
	Video Player	Android Video Player, doubleTwist
Sync	Drivers for Windows XP	Yes
	Drivers for Windows 7	Yes
	OTA support	Yes
	Firmware download via PC	Yes
Connectivity	USB	2.0 Hi Speed
	Bluetooth	v2.1
	Wi-Fi	802.11 b/g/n
	NFC	Yes
	NFC Antenna	13.56 MHz
	WLAN support	Yes
	Modem	Intel XMM6260
Memory	Internal Memory*	16 GB
Memory	RAM	1 GB
Browser	HTML5
Messaging	MMS	Yes
	SMS	Yes
	Email	Yes

Document Viewer	Yes
Battery	1460 mAh, 3.7V
	Talk time (2G)	up to 15.5 hours
	Talk time (3G)	up to 7.8 hours
	Music playback (earphones)	up to 43.9 hours
	Video playback (earphones)	up to 6 hours
	Total standby time	up to 14 days

Image Courtesy : http://techcrunch.com

Second term for APJ Abdul Kalam

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:27:00 +0000

Her Excellency Pratibha Devisingh Patil our presidents tenure ends on 25 July 2012 .With the support of Indian National Congress and the Left parties Madame President occupied the office on 25 July 2007.Why I am recalling all these things because a new Presidential election will be happening in near future .

I want People’s president to get a second term. Truly I am referring to the our beloved Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam .

A man who has shown how what are the powers of a president and how it can be wisely used. After his regime only we came to know about Presidents executive and judicial powers. In most of the cases the President to assume office will be behaving like a ‘timbre en caoutchouc’ of the government which supported to achieve the presidency . Dr.APJ incumbency was an exception. This led Madame Patil to assert that she would not be a rubber stamp president in one of her statements .

During the UPA regime , there were lots of lock horn incidents between Kalam and UPA, like the controversial office-of-profit bill . So Dr.Kalam will not be a preferential candidate for UPA. Unlike Madame Patil who is surrounded by lot of controversies like diverging of funds to relatives trust , Dr. Kalam’s life is an open book .

So the best man for the suite Rastrapathi Bhavan the President's Abode is only and only Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam , a man with a vision and a mission.I want everyone to support this initiative as we can generate a mass opinion and let our government know whom people want to be next President.

I am happy to hear from you and also share this as others can also raise their opinions.

Courtesy: www.wikipedia.org

Image courtesy :

http://apjabdulkalam-info.blogspot.com

bnbtimes.com

http://parasdoshi.com

hindustantimes.com

rediff.com

andhrabreakingnews.com

http://www.photovisi.com/collage

Lysistrata - for Mullaperiyar .

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:09:00 +0000

We are represented by twenty members in Parliament. It seems their voice is not heard aloud till the recent tremors occurred in Idukki .To my first time readers (hope there will be ) am targeting your attention to a state dispitute about a dam named Mullaperiar in the Kerala –Tamilnadu border. The dam was made of stone and calcium oxide mixed with white of egg. The dam constructed in 1886 was given for lease to the Madras state for 999 years (Remember Dam 999).The diverted water is used for agriculture in the Theni, Madurai District, Sivaganga District and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu. Recent earth quakes has create concerns over the safety of the dam and the Kerala govermnet plans to construct a new dam which is not agreeable for the Tamilnadu. A dam disaster will affect 3.5 million people and we always lack behind in preparing for a disaster and post disaster treatments.

The introduction is over. Lets come to the point for what we can do for the dam .

Aristophanes a greek play write wrote Lysistrata ,its an anti war comedy about an one woman plight to end the The Peloponnesian War. In modern era the Lysistrata mode of strike has been successful or had played an important role in the following situations

Belgium - 2010 Belgian government formation crisis
Colombia - Achieve a cease fire with Colombian guerrilla
Kenya - aimed at politicians , also encouraged president and primeminster wife to join
Philippines - fightinbg between villages
Liberia - helps in ending 14 year civil war.

If it can end fourteen year civil war in Liberia and a cease fire between Colombian guerrillas , sure it can solve our issue also.

Till now I didnt reveal what is the strategy that was behind the revolution. Its nothing but a non violent strike method 'Sex Strike ' , a form of temporary sexual abstinence .

Hope this is a good hint to make them argue strongly for the new Mullaperiyar dam.

image courtesy : theater.uah.edu
other details : wikipedia

A Tribute to Dennis Ritchie

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:52:00 +0000

It was in year 2001 after joining for B.Sc. Computer Science I was hearing about C .Our first semester subjects include C++. But I had no idea what C++ was. One thing I came to know from my class mate was that it evolved from C . At the time when I was joining for the degree , I hadn't even done a single line of code or familiar with a computer . My friends had started showing me programs that generate graphic lines and their names rotating along with them while I watched with dropping jaws .The teacher started the first week class with writing

#include<stdio.h>
and
#include<conio.h> ,

she didn’t even bother about telling as what the stuff was . I by hearted the program codes for printing numbers and text reverse , Fibonacci series (was complicated ) and finding the largest of three numbers . The first semester result came with 29 point someone (influenced by Five point someone) marks for me in C ++ which required 35 to pass. We had C in the second semester and I had to write a supplementary exam along with that . C and C++ made a better combination. I had heard many time my friends that they are crabbed with this language and blaming its founder . Oh it has a founder , so I came in search for that person and found it was Dennis Ritchie . The C programming Language was also a rare piece in our library .

Days and Years passed and everything changed,me too became a Software developer from a country boy who had seen a computer for the first time when he was at eighteen. Iconic products iPod , iPhone and iPad evolved , Steve Jobs became famous (inspiring , motivating ) more or equal to the company Apple , Facebook out smarted Orkut , Twitter came out with 140 character micro blogging and a lot more…. .

Steve Jobs passed away on October 5 , 2011 and there was a lot of mourning (iMourning) . Google posted a link on their home page that takes you to Apple site , a rare instance .Its first time Google is showing such a tribute to a rival company founder or for first time a link wass appearing on their home page.

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie passed away on October 12, 2011 and I felt it like it was unnoticed. When Jobs passed away magazines, media ,everyone had something to say about Steve. May be the younger generation don’t know even who Ritchie was , because he hadn’t developed something that is physical and may be not an industrialist , but he had contributed even more to the computing industry .

The two things that change the industry are the first of its kind portable programming language , the C.

The Apple’s Objective C is a sister of Rictchie’s C just alike Stroustrup C ++ which is object oriented .Even C sharp (C#)of Microsoft is another casting of C . My favorite java has syntax similar to C.

The second contribution is the development of UNIX operating system where Linux Trovalds get inspired to create LINUX .

So Ritchie was a master contributor to the computing industry with lot a lot more .

I bow on this moment .

#include<stdio.h>

main()
{
printf("May your soul rest in peace !!!");

}

image courtesy : www.wired.com

Gold causes cancer*

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:04:00 +0000

The shocking international news which was kept hidden for the past seven years has been leaked. Yes it’s true that the findings of Dr.Noeman Eil Ekaf PhD. a professor ,researcher and Head of Department of HAlfLife , Wonder Lae Institute of Radio Activity,Wonderla, Utopia got leaked by some whistle blowing websites. The authorities has kept this secret due to the pressure from IMF , World Bank and from head of different nations.

Since after this
shocking discovery Prof.Noeman has been missing and even after seven years, there is evidence about his where outs. There is a rumor that has been either killed or taken hostage by an agency formed by the union of different countries. His findings has greatermonetary impact on the world economy. Coming to his findings he has discovered that Gold with symbol Au and atomic number 93 is radioactive. The findings will ground the conventional statement that Gold is not radioactive. This pronouncement occured when he was studying about the radio activity of Gold. One day his advanced Geiger-Müller counter which is used to detect radio activity by detecting the emission of Alpha , Beta and Gamma rays showed variations when gold was exposed.

Please forward this mail to our brothers and sisters who are so fond of Gold. Let them know the hazard of wearing it and save them from Cancer .

When the gold price was sky rocketing I thought of writing the above stuff and start forwarding it. I have written a post regarding why Gold is so precious in September 2009.
Later I abandoned the plan , thinking that gold is not precious ,its just like any other metal similar to Aluminum but yellowish in color. What make it precious is human physiology , our mind. From war medals to Olympic medals we love gold .

Imagine a time where El Niñov and La Niña make things worse for you to live in this world.The agriculture cannot meet the necessities of the world, its has fallen far behind in feeding billions of humans .Green revolutions can’t fails with unfavorable climate .What will the government do with the tones of gold piles it kept as reserves ?Starvation, famine, floods everywhere, you have gold but you don’t have food to buy. The state of Midas
who want to turn everything to gold on his touch of finger, at last can’t even eat anything because everything he touches turn to Gold

Joke Point : If gold causes cancer, buy gold in demat form (Gold ETF)

[There is a lot more to write about Gold, the love of Indians to gold , especially Keralites, the concerns of parents with girl Child (Gold and Dowry) which I will post in later point of time ]

* I have written this post based on pure imagination and all the names used here are fictional, The writer will not be responsible for any of the impact caused by spreading this post via any electronic or other means.

Image courtesy : http://www.vaibhavlakshmiexport.com/gold-necklace-sets.htm

Karimeen (pearlspot) - A story of how my friend surprised me

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:41:00 +0000

This time it’s also something about marriage… . Some weeks back I had some thoughts in my mind about how to surprise my friends by introducing my fiancée to my friends . Don’t misunderstand me it’s just part of my thoughts and is not getting married in near term. She’s not working in my company and taking my friends outside will be difficult.

So I made a plan, visitors are allowed up to our cafeteria so I will ask Diya (again fictional name… it’s difficult to write without a name :-)) to come as a visitor and wait in the cafeteria . It’s usually at 10.30 in the morning me and my friends join for a coffee . So at the middle of the coffee I will just break the news that I am getting engaged and she works in one of the India’s largest conglomerates. Surely they will be asking for a photo,

“Why photo if you can meet…..” ”Hi … meet Diya my ….”.

My friends will be surprised and will congratulate me for my radiant idea.

This is all part of the story and now I will explain what happened in real.

Last Friday I was going back home along with Abru and Mohan in Mohan’s car .Abru is getting married in coming August and he said he will give us a treat . So we decided to have our dinner from Travancore Palace Hotel in Cherthalai . The palace hotel looks like a real palace and we all loved the ambience especially Abru .On the whole atmosphere was very calm inside with pleasant Kadhakali songs (padangal ) from speakers somewhere hidden Inside aroused the feeling of Kadakali from some temple nearby . The hotel had almost every thing except the king to canon it . The antics were kept nicely and I cant even name some of them . In the backyard we can see Arayum nirayum with two brass elephants guarding it . (I will try to upload the photos if possible) .

We ordered Duck roast , Karimeen * fry , Fish curry (Varal ) and Chappatis . Abru was comfortable with Keral Parathas . The food was superb and yummy. Abru finished the food a little bit ahead of us and was busy with his phone sending text messages. Oh I forgot we also ordered Prawns fry . (again yummy……….) . The same day after noon I had asked Abru for his fiancée pics which he had promised me to send the previous day “hm…. I will send it toady itself ”He replied . As me and Mohan were enjoying the prawns Abru was talking to a girl and her family which I thought were his relatives. I cleared the possibility that it may not be his would-be because she’s from some distant place and I continued enjoying the Karimean *. All of a sudden Abru came and introduced her

“Da .. u asked about the pics in the afternoon right ..What about meeting her in real….”
“This is the girl…”

I was confused for a moment whether to spew or swallow the Karimeen *.

* Karimeen - a tropical fresh water fish found in backwaters of Kerala

A question of GOD

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:11:00 +0000

When I was on my way back to working place via bus I noticed an old lady nearing her seventies advising a young guy , the guy simply nodded his head as if understanding every thing. She was dressed in a white saree and she wore a badge.

The guy got down in the next stop and I sat beside her. At first she looked at me and patted in my hand asking me where I was going .I told I have miles to go (before I sleep) . She wanted to know the exact place and I told her. I have seen older ladies near my home who had joined Shivite cult which is located in Mount Abu. She started asking me questions

"Son You know who GOD is "

I answered "The one who is present everywhere, Omnipresent "

"Its wrong..." "How can u say that hes present every where , then why are u going to temple "

I told her "To make your mind calm..u will be much disturbed in ur house or workplace ..children , television..etc..so " .

"Hmm.. we can stop about temple subject here , I don't need to argue with u ".

I told here for me

"If your are feeling so hungry and food arrives in front of you , that food is ur GOD " .

"Hm.... ok u have more knowledge than me "

"No no " i said "You have more years of world experience than me"

"I need to get down at the next stop...Its nice to talk such subject and time wont be enough for such,,,Ccan u share your phone number .."

"But I hesitated to share it..."I told her "We will meet again"

She replied "Yes , Surely God will !!!!"

image courtesy : http://sweetblossom2011.blogspot.com/2011/06/god.html

Google Menu bar turned black.

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:15:00 +0000

Last night, ie on June 28, 2011 I Googled till near midnight , my favorite web home was looking fine

It has been unchanged for years or the day I started goggling it. In the morning someone has poured some black paint over its front . It felt me like some has some thugs has doen this to your sweet home with a nice white paint over it.

As a netizen I urge Google to change it back to angel white ……..

Join me by posting your valuable comments

Tunnel boring machine

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:57:00 +0000

Machines are ones that reduce human work load. A character in Five point some one asks his Mechanical professor , what about machines used in the gym , are they machines to reduce human work force ?.

Here the image shown is a Tunnel boring Machine, One of the gigatic machines humans have ever made, This monster can overcome any thing includuig rock,A TBM machine reduces the noise in creatign a tunnel , where explosives are used.

image courtesey : http://skeledog.com/

Upagupta

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:52:00 +0000

Rabindranath Tagore , the great litterateur born on 7 May 1861 ,the first non-European to win Nobel Prize for Literature, the only litterateur who penned national anthems for two countries, during the eve of his 150th birth anniversary I am coping here the Upagupta , the poem I like most from Tagore.

Its the story of Upagupta , the desciple of Buddha and Vasavadutta a young court dancer of Madurai. Vasavadutta is young ,rich and proud .She has the felling that every men will fall in front of her .She has been shown as a prime example of worldly possessions .On the other side Upagupta, is the disciple of Lord Buddha, filled with peace . The poem depicts the calming down of other emotions by peace or santam.Written in simple language , its really a jewel in Indian literature.

Once you read the poem you can realize its beauty.

Upagupta, the disciple of Buddha, lay sleep in
the dust by the city wall of
Mathura.
Lamps were all out, doors were all shut, and
stars were all hidden by the murky sky of August.

Whose feet were those tinkling with anklets,
touching his breast of a sudden?
He woke up startled, and a light from a woman’s
lamp fell on his forgiving eyes.
It was dancing girl, starred with jewels,
Wearing a pale blue mantle, drunk with the wine
of her youth.
She lowered her lamp and saw young face
austerely beautiful.

“Forgive me, young ascetic,” said the woman,
“Graciously come to my house. The dusty earth
is not fit bed for you.”
The young ascetic answered, “Woman,
go on your way;
When the time is ripe I will come to you.”

Suddenly the black night showed its teeth
in a flash of lightening.
The storm growled from the corner of the sky, and
The woman trembled in fear of some unknown danger.

A year has not yet passed.
It was evening of a day in April,
in spring season.
The branches of the way side trees were full of blossom.
Gay notes of a flute came floating in the
warm spring air from a far.
The citizens had gone to the woods for the
festival of flowers.
From the mid sky gazed the full moon on the
shadows of the silent town.

The young ascetic was walking along the lonely street,
While overhead the love-sick koels uttered from the
mango branches their sleepless plaint.
Upagupta passed through the city gates, and
stood at the base of the rampart.

Was that a woman lying at his feet in the
shadow of the mango grove?
Stuck with black prestilence, her body
spotted with sores of small-pox,
She had been hurriedly removed from the town
To avoid her poisonous contagion.
The ascetic sat by her side, took her head
on his knees,
And moistened her lips with water, and
smeared her body with sandal balm.

“Who are you, merciful one?”

asked the woman.
“The time, at last, has come to visit you, and
I am here,” replied the young ascetic.

image courtesy :-http://www.sahajayoga.com.au/news/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/tagore1.jpg

Sign Boards of Life

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:23:00 +0000

Keeping mum for long time , writing no posts in the blog for months, and writing an apology saying that I was busy for the past months,actually I don't like it.
Frankly saying why I don't write for the past moths were I was out of subject or nothing grappled into my mind for the past three or four months. Again I was busy with my work almost 12 to 18 hours .I still believe that I don't have a regular visitor to my blog .

Why again ?

I have the habit of regularly visiting the pages I like very much. May be a couple of time a day. recently I was very much attracted to blog 'Life Beyond Code' may be am working with codes and the sub title of the blog "Bringing Ideas to Life With Love !"

The author is Rajesh Setty,a silicon valley inhabitant.About him as from his blog he is founder, operating executive, board member and/or an investor.An author who published his first book at the age of thirteen. He loves speaking at conferences and company events.

Why I love this blog becuase whever I vist the blog I will get something new , new like a sign board that makes you aware of your path . Ithing every one of you should vist the blog, I cant assure you that you will love the blog , but am sure that you will find something useful may be again like a sign board.

click here for >> Life Beyond Code

image courtesy : http://www.coolfunpics.com

Which is the best place in the world to live

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:40:00 +0000

Every year the International Living magazine rates countries based on best quality of life

The classification give an insight about the socio ecomic and other living condtions of different nations and improvement thay have acheived within the year . The result of the clasification gives you the answer to the question

"Which is the best place in the world to live"

2010 Quality of Life Index. points are calculated on the following basis

Cost of Living ( how much it will cost you to live)
Culture and Leisure (based on literacy rate, newspaper circulation per 1,000 people, primary and secondary school enrollment ratios etc)
Economy (based on GDP), Environment(population density, green house emission)
Freedom (civil and political rights)
Health (based on peoples per doctar, hospitals per docta,infant mortality rate, life expectancy, and public health expenditure )
Infrastructure (highways,airports, water ways etc)
Safety and Risk (dangerous living conditions)
Climate (the annual rainfall and temperature).

The top 10 countries on Quality of Life Index 2010 are

France
Australia
Switzerland
Germany
New Zealand
Luxembourg
United States
Belgium
Canada and
Italy

No Latin American or Asian countries came to top 10.France is leading to the top for the 5th consecutive year. They have considered US as the standard.
The most notable position is of India .India has improved 35 places to become the 88th best country in the world to live.Nations like Russia and China are behind India.

UAE ranked 141st in 2010 Quality of Life index.The Arab nation falls behind Colombia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mongolia, Swaziland, Azerbaijan and North Korea in terms of quality of life.

Most of the Gulf countries ranked in the bottom half.

Read more about your countries score from this link
2010 Quality of Life Index

About Cervical Cancer and the Vaccine

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:26:00 +0000

It s for the first time I am writing about some thing medical . Positional Vertigo was the last term I researched over the internet when my father was suffering from bppv .By Gods grace now he is alright now.

Last day I to see an ad by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) about a vaccine called Cervarix for Cervical cancer . So decided to get more details about Cervical cancer and cervical cancer vaccine. Most of us are ignorant about the diseases and if a new vaccine is out of the market we simply convert our self to guinea pigs.

I want every one to know about the disease and vaccines its pros , its side effects, its rate of success etc.

I am not stating that the above vaccine is a failure nor its a success.I am presenting the facts about the disease and the vaccine collected from the web.

Whats a Vaccine

Vaccine is a biological preparation to improve the immunity of our body against a particular disease.The disease causing microbes are killed or weakened and is exposed to our immune system.The immune system can easily overcome the microbe and it develops an immunity against such kind of microbes.Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine against smallpox in 1796.read more about vaccines ....

Cervical cancer and the HP Virus

Cancer is the uncontrollable growth of tissues inside the body,some times destroying the adjacent tissues. Cancer affects almost all types of people .Cervical cancer is the abnormal mass of tissue in cervical area.

The infection of HumanPapillmaVirus (HPV) causes cervical cancer.HPV can lead to cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, and anus in women and it can lead to cancers of the anus and penis.Currently there are 130 types of HPV have been identified of them 2 are of high risk.30-40 HPVs are sexually transmitted . Most HPV infections have no long term significance which 70% disappear in 1 year 90% in 2 years. The persisting of infection causes cancer in 5-10 % of woman.The process takes about 15-20 years.HPV types 16,18 are the high risk types. .

About the vaccine.

UK Department of Health choose the vaccine for its national human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation programme
The vaccine has been found to be more effective when administered to adolescent girls before they become sexually active(age 9 to 26).
The vaccine is effective only against two types of HPV.
The vaccine cost is very high

More facts about Cervical Cancer

Having more than one sexual partners increases the risks of cervical cancer.
Condoms offer some protection against cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is the fifth moth deadly cancer in woman.(GSK sites says its the third)
It kills about kills about 9 per 100,000 per year.

GSK site says that
"Vaccination is expected to significantly reduce the lifetime risk of cervical cancer "

We cant always make wise decisions , but some times we can.
I like to see your comments.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer

Ocean Current Energy

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:58:00 +0000

Its time to think about another alternative sources of energy than the conventional
ones that pollute the environment .The main alternative source of energy is form wind and also from waves.

A new and innovative way is produce energy from Ocean Currents. A ocean current is like a vast river within the ocean, flowing from one place to another. There are different factors that contribute to the currents .The main things is the differences in temperature, differences in salinity, and by wind. Enormous quantity of water movement occurs in ocean currents.Gulf Stream and California Current are two known examples of ocean currents.

Ocean currents occur on surface and also in deep (Surface Ocean currents and Deep Ocean currents).Unlike wind blows ocean current flows in unique direction.The density of water determines the strength of the current.The ocean current flows thousand of kilometers and plays a dominant part in the Earths climate change.The density of water is 800 times that of air.Water moving at 12 miles per hour is equivalent to 110 mph wind speed.

Similar to wind turbines ,submerged water turbines are used to extract energy
Marine current energy is in the early stages of its development. the US, Japan , China and some European Union countries are experimenting the technology. Environmental impacts ,impacts on marine species etc. should be studied before the implementation.

References:
http://ocsenergy.anl.gov/guide/current/index.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_current
image courtesy: wikipedia

Virtual goods Real money

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +0000

Have you brought something virtual for real money,like weapons in games like Mafia wars , oil for your tractor in Farm Ville .Most of us will nod no , still there are a lot of people you spend money on these mere pixels on the screen.This has become the new trend of social gaming.
The fantastic business of making goods with zero manufacturing charge which fetches a margin of 100%.This is really a big profit that any other business will give back.

Zynga, Playfish and Playdom are dominating the virtual goods market with there #1 rated games on Facebook and Myspace .Zynga is the leading company. FarmVille a social game by Zynga has a whooping 65 million users ,all agricultural enthusiasts. All the virtual goods are bought for the improvement of character in the game they play.The games are designed in such a way that the user is pushed to buy something to keep the pace of the game.The best example is buying gasoline for your tractor in FarmVille.

The share Zyga got from selling the virtual goods is astonishing, a 100 Million $.Its saying that a million users are spending money on virtual goods. Zynga has moved a little bit ahead and created its on dedicated site for FarmVille.

What to say ? Keep going ah

Swarm Intelligence

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:37:00 +0000

The term Swarm Intelligence may be unfamiliar to you, but somewhere near you there are places in which it get applied .
Simply it can defined as the collective behavior of decentralized self organized systems.

The self organized system interact with each other and with the environment .It is also the basis of distributed problem solving . there is no centralized control to control the particles or independent systems.

The Ant search is ofter highlighted as an example of Swarm Intelligence.The other organisms came under SI are school of Fishes, migrating birds etc.

Swarm Robotics is an emerging area where swarm principles are applied to robots.
Read more about SI fro these links

image courtesy :
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/uploaded_images/swarm_escape-708935.jpg

Zen Stories

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:07:00 +0000

Zen Buddhism is school of Mahayana Buddhism.Zen Buddhism aims for the attainment of enlightenment.

Zen teachings are told in simple short stories that carry an extensive level of meanings.Most of them will end in hundred or two hundred words , the understandability vary from person to person.

Here I am telling you three Zen stories that I loved.
I am happy if you add more stories to the comment list.

Carrying the woman

Two monks were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

"Come on, girl,"said the first monk. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.
The second monk did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself.

"We monks don't go near females," he said. "It is dangerous. Why did you do that?"
"I left the girl there,: the first monk said. "Are you still carrying her?"

2 . If You Love, Love Openly

Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master.

Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her. One of them wrote her a love letter, insisting upon a private meeting.

Eshun did not reply. The following day the master gave a lecture to the group, and when it was over, Eshun arose. Addressing the one who had written her, she said: "If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now."

3. A Cup of Tea

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"

You can read more stories from 101 Zen Stories

image courtesy :http://www.writespirit.net/religious_traditions/zen_buddhism

The Man Who Fed the World

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:42:00 +0000

Every one who merely take even a grain a day is directly or indirectly consociated to this man. The man who has been deemed as the father of the Green Revolution passed away September 12 th 2009.

Norman Ernest Borlaug popularly Norman Borlaug is a man who saved one billion people worldwide from hunger.
He started his career against the pests that affects wheat and barley. It was the time when the world population was exploding and there is no increase in the proportional production of food (especially rice and wheat and other cereals ) with the tremendous world population.

His experiments started in the wheat farms of Mexico(Wheat being the most produced cereal ).During this time the team made nearly 6000 wheat crossings to make a pest resistant variety breed. Borolog also used the technique of Dwarfing to make short plants with thicker stems to withstand the weight of grain.

In1963 Borlaug came to India.1965 was an year of famine and war for India. In 1967 Pakistan imported the ever largest seed import of 42,000 tons. 1968 was an year in which Pakistan’s wheat production doubled and they became self-sufficient in wheat production. In 1974 India was self sufficient in the production of all cereals.

In 1970 the great U.S. Agronomist was awarded with Nobel Peace Prize. In 2006 The Government of India presented him the Padma Vibhushan, its second highest civilian award.

So when ever you are having food remember the statement ( Borlaug's children released this statement )

"We would like his life to be a model for making a difference in the lives of others and to bring about efforts to end human misery for all mankind."

Refrence : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
Image: http://www.cfans.umn.edu/sites/da3af65c-e373-4e98-a2a9-a33f17f8a3ac/uploads/neewimage.jpg

JAILED ABROAD

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:32:00 +0000

The word jail may invoke cautious in us about the laws of the land. From history onwards jail was always a replica of hell on earth. From war prisoners to captives,from criminals to crooks its all a seperate world.
The National Geographic Channe l is telecasting a show called Jailed Abroad series 1 .It tells the real life stories of people who were jailed abroad in different situations.

British journalist Amar Bassey in Pakistan, Judo instructor Glen Heggstad in Colombia,Daniel in Ecuador are some of them.
Most of the incidents were grievous and most people moist their eyes narrating the incident.
Some incidents were part of the jobs, some were done for easy money making and some end as kidnaps.

So don't miss it, usually on 10.00pm on Mondays, re telecast often

image coutesy :http://www.natgeotv.co.in/programmes/Photos.aspx?Id=386&GalleryNo=2

Why gold is precious

noreply@blogger.com (abhi) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:49:00 +0000

Which is your favorite color? the answer may range from red to green and from pink to blue. There may be some yellow lovers also. But when it comes to ornaments 99% will go for gold, which is having a bright yellow color. The question is why gold is so precious, I will argue that its due to humans gold is precious. There are also people who don’t like gold because they are having
metal allergy not metallurgy.

The civilizations that don’t use gold do not value it. There is great deal of gold influence in history ranging from Egyptian civilization to Chinese .The pursuit of gold has equal contribution to atrocities including war, colonization and slavery.
The fall of Inca Empire and Aztec Empire was due to gold plundering. Remember the Californian "Gold Rush" in 1849.Gold Standard was used by many countries until the great depression 1932. Alchemists also worked a lot to make gold from other metal using a mythical stone called Philosophers stone. Their interest later paved way to modern chemistry.

Gold is the most malleable and ductile metal, i.e. 1 gram can be made into a sheet of 1 square meter. Gold is a good conductor of electricity and mostly found in electronic devices like computers (Yes your computer contains gold, Gonna break it).It can prevent corrosion and also its non toxic.
Pure gold is 24 carat but it’s soft, so it’s alloyed with base metals to make ornaments. Usually copper is used.18k or 18 carrots gold contains 25% copper.22K gold contains 91.6 pure gold.

Indians buy 25 % of words gold(Thanks to Akshaya Tritiya)

Gold is found free in nature so next time when you walk careful not to stumble upon a gold stone

References :
http://www.ehow.com/about_4577822_why-gold-valuable.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#Jewelry
Image courtesy :
http://blog.apogee.gr/files/chocolate-hearts-gold_LRG.jpg

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