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Airbus planning stretched A380

2012-04-30T06:10:00.000+05:30

The director of Airbus's A380 program has told an Australian television station that the company intends to build a stretched version of the world's largest airliner, adding about 100 seats. Richard Carcaillet told a local news channel the super super jumbo is an "environmentally more responsible" answer to airport congestion because it will enable fewer aircraft to serve the burgeoning demand for airline seats worldwide. "It is a way to grow without adding to congestion," he told the TV station. Airbus is planning first deliveries in 2020 according to the report.
In the usual configuration mixing economy, business and ultra premium first class, the A380 now carries from 400 to 600 passengers but if it was set up for economy-only seating the stretched version could conceivably pack in more than 900 people. The technical details of how the increased capacity would be achieved were not discussed in the brief news report.

Leonardo Da Vinci's life

2012-04-30T04:31:00.002+05:30

A painter, a sculptor, an architect and an engineer, Leonardo Da Vinci's numerous skills have earned him the title of renaissance master. Da Vinci's fascination with science and his in-depth study of human anatomy aided him in mastering the realist art form. While Leonardo's counterparts were known to create static figures in their works, Leonardo always tried to incorporate movement and expression into his own paintings. All the personages in his works are painted with great accuracy and detail that it is sometimes said that Da Vinci painted from the bones outward.
Having lived until the age of 67, Leonardo experienced a very long career that was filled with times during which the painter was celebrated, but at times he was also humiliated and cast away. His life experiences all influenced his works and often, his paintings never left the sketchpad, or were only partially completed, as Leonardo often abandoned his commissions in order to flee from social situations.
Today, there are records of only few Da Vinci paintings, and 20 notebooks. Thankfully, these works have been preserved over the hundreds of years since Leonardo's time, and while his works are scattered in different areas of the globe, everyone can enjoy Da Vinci through the numerous books detailing his life, or through any of the many Da Vinci posters that have been printed.

A well known master in the history of art, Leonard Da Vinci is renown by people all over the map, and those of us who cannot travel to view the true works that the genius created can at least bring home a piece of him when we buy Da Vinci posters or prints. His most famous paintings, and the most popular Da Vinci posters around, are those of The Last Supper, The Mona Lisa and Vitruvian Man: The Proportions of the Human Figure.These works, displayed in Milan and Paris respectively, are among the most influential works ever created.
Beyond the purchase of a book of paintings or Da Vinci posters or prints, there are many resources and much literature detailing Leonardo's life. But for those who want a quick study, The Leonardo Timeline offers a glance through the artist's life.

Is this the perfect face?

2012-04-30T03:35:00.001+05:30

Leonardo Da Vinci spent a lifetime trying to paint one. Scientists and mathematicians have puzzled for centuries over what makes one, while cosmetic surgeons have amassed fortunes striving to create one. And Florence Colgate? Well, she simply has one. The 18-year-old student is blessed with what is described as the perfect face. It matches an international blueprint for the optimum ratio between eyes, mouth, forehead and chin, endowing her with flawless proportions.
In theory, that needn't necessarily cause her to appear anything more than symmetrical (in which department, incidentally, she is also faultless). But the blue-eyed blonde's mathematical dimensions have just added up to success in a competition to find Britain's most naturally beautiful face. Florence, who has a Saturday job in a seaside chip shop in between studying for her A-levels, beat 8,000 entrants to win the title. Contestants were judged without make-up and were barred entry if they had had plastic surgery or chemical enhancement.

Locals wryly suggested it was the sea air in the Dover Grammar schoolgirl's home town of Deal, Kent, which contributed to her success, or possibly a secret ingredient in Middle Street Fish Bar's chips. But it is the scientific definition of beauty – not to mention a healthy portion of beauty genes from her mother – which gave Florence the crown. A woman's face is said to be most attractive when the space between her pupils is just under half the width of her face from ear to ear. Florence scores a 44 per cent ratio. Experts also believe the relative distance between eyes and mouth should be just over a third of the measurement from hairline to chin. Florence's ratio is 32.8 per cent.
Singer Shania Twain and actresses Liz Hurley and Jessica Alba are ranked among perfectly formed celebrities. Samantha Brick, who caused an international debate after proclaiming women hate her because she is beautiful, is not.

And to top it off, Florence's face is almost perfectly symmetrical, which is also scientifically linked with beauty. The proportional beauty theory has been around ever since Da Vinci applied visionary thinking and mathematical genius to describing the perfect face more than half a millennium ago. For Florence, it became reality when friends, family and chip shop customers persuaded her to enter a competition run by ITV's Lorraine programme to highlight natural beauty and encourage women to be proud of their natural look.

Florence, who normally wears light foundation and mascara and admits to using concealer and Vaseline, won a trip to a London model agency and will appear on billboards and posters in Superdrug stores across the country. She says she would love to have a career in modelling (model Agyness Deyn once worked in a chip shop too) – but is currently studying business, geography and psychology and intends to do business management at university.
Women should not have to feel that they have to wear make-up,' she said. 'I hope people will look at me and think they don't need to. I'm very happy with the way I look and I would never have any plastic surgery or Botox.'

Carmen Lefèvre, from the University of St Andrews perception laboratory in the School of Psychology, said beauty is strongly linked to symmetry. 'Florence has all the classic signs of beauty,' she added. 'She has large eyes, high cheekbones, full lips and a fair complexion. Symmetry appears to be a very important cue to attractiveness.

'Although we don't realise it in everyday interactions, in most people's faces the right and left half are actually quite different.' Symmetry alone was not a substitute for beauty, she conceded. On the face of it, however, it seems to work perfectly for Florence.

Energy Saving Shock Absorbers

2012-04-30T02:17:00.005+05:30

Shock Absorbers Gets Power from Bumpy Rides

If your car is going to hit bumps in the road, it might as well get a little power. At SUNY Stony Brook, mechanical engineering professor Lei Zuo invented a shock absorber that converts the kinetic energy from vibrations into electricity. Electric and hybrid cars already convert the kinetic energy from braking in to electricity that's used to recharge the car's battery. But in those cases, the energy that's captured is the regular, predictable motion of braking.

"While working on vibration energy harvesting at large scale, I was thinking what is the fundamental challenge? What makes this different from the wind energy technology?" he told.

"It is the irregular velocity-alternating motion. Then we came up this MMR idea, to convert the irregular oscillatory motion into unidirectional rotation."
The idea of energy harvesting is one that Zuo has been working on for some time. Last year he won an award for an energy harvesting Shock Absorber that used magnets to generate a small amount of electricity every time they slid past the stationary part of the shock absorber. The MMR setup improves on that idea, using mechanical energy instead of the magnets. Generating electricity reduces the load on the alternator and engine, which not only drive the car but also power accessories such as the windshield wipers and radio. Generally, a regenerative suspension system could supply anywhere from 100 to 400 watts. A typical car might draw 200 to 300 watts depending on whether the lights or the radio are on.

Removing the load from the engine could save about 4 percent of the gas most drivers use every year, and 8 percent of the gas used in a hybrid vehicle. Recouping the investment in a new part would take three to four years for conventional cars and two to three for a hybrid. And the MMR is being commercialized, though it won't be on the shelves of your local auto parts store just yet. Harvest Energy, a California company, is working on manufacturing and is speaking to equipment and auto manufacturers. CEO Henry Mariano told that the technology could go beyond shock absorbers. It could also be applied to infrastructure as well, so that roads and floors could harvest the kinetic energy from cars and even human steps.

Credits : Discovery News

Handicapped; to swim around the world

2012-04-30T01:59:00.000+05:30

He has parachuted from an airplane and swum the English Channel, feats made all the more impressive considering that Philippe Croizon lost his arms and legs after an electric shock. Now, Croizon has made plans to swim around the world. Over the next four months, the 44-year-old Frenchman and long-distance swimmer Arnaud Chassery plan on swimming four straits between five continents. It's only been done once before.

"We will be campaigning to encourage a different attitude to disability, especially in the undeveloped world," Croizon said.
Croizon learned to swim without limbs five years ago, using artificial leg extensions, flippers and his partial upper arms to propel him through the water. In 2010, he crossed the English Channel.Swimming the straits will present additional challenges: Croizon and Chassery will cover about 85 kilometers and spend about 45 hours in the water, facing strong currents in the Strait of Gibraltar and extreme temperatures from about 80 degrees in the Dead Sea to 32 degrees in the Bering Strait.

Their route takes them from France on May 6 to the first leg of their journey, linking Australia and Asia by swimming from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia. Next, they will link Asia and Africa by crossing the Red Sea, then Africa and Europe via the Strait of Gibraltar, and finish by crossing the Bering Strait to America in mid-August. "We are going to symbolically link the five continents, two little people like us, two little men, we're going to be able to build a bridge between the continents," Sky News quoted Croizon as saying. "That means that we're going to bring them together, which means no one is very far from each other.

Rare Earth elements getting recycled, Finally!!!

2012-04-30T00:24:00.001+05:30

Rare Earth metals -- a set of seventeen chemical elements, including scandium, promethium, yttrium and cerium -- come from a small handful of places in the world. So it's about time that these crucial electric vehicle battery materials started getting recycled on a large scale. Honda announced plans to create what it's calling world's first mass-production process for doing just that with spent nickel-metal hydride batteries.

Honda dealerships will collect used batteries from customers and then send the parts to Japan Metals and Chemicals for the actual recycling. Japan Metals and Chemicals plans to disassemble the batteries, sort out the active substances, and then extract both rare earth elements as well as the nickel and cobalt. The company already has an established heat treatment process for the extraction, according to Honda.

As much as 80 percent of the rare earth metals in used nickel-metal hydride batteries can be extracted with this new process, the automaker said in a press release. Once they've been extracted, the metals can be reused not only in batteries but in other car parts.

The term "rare earth," while a bit of a historical misnomer, stuck around mainly because these elements aren't likely to be concentrated in exploitable ore deposits, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Plus, their availability from China, which supplies most of the world's demand, hinges on several volatile factors like environmental regulations, export limits, and territorial control of mining operations.

Although Honda's getting a lot of attention over the recycling plan, Toyota should get some props for announcing earlier this year that it found a way to make make hybrid and electric vehicles without any rare earth elements such as neodymium and dysprosium. Instead of magnet-type motors, Toyota plans to develop lightweight inductive motors.
Honda didn't say precisely when its program will start or exactly which metals will be recycled, but they're likely to include Lanthanum. Have you heard of lanthanum? I hadn't. Perhaps if we knew more about the "metal" in nickel-metal hydride batteries we could do more to conserve it.

Credit : Honda

Japanese Vessel Chikyu sets record for deep-sea drilling

2012-04-29T18:21:00.001+05:30

A japanese research institute has claimed that its deep-sea drilling probe has set a new record for depth by reaching 25,400 feet below the Pacific Ocean's surface. The Chikyu, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, was digging the seabed off Japan's north coast to take fault samples to study last year's earthquake and tsunami.

Maritime organisations say the US vessel Glomar Challenger set the previous record of 23,130ft below sea surface in the Mariana Trench in 1978. The Chikyu, whish is a 56,700-ton deep-sea research vessel, was at anchor about 220 kilometers (136.7 miles) off Oshika Peninsula, Miyagi Prefecture, to research the focal regions on the seabed around the Japan Trench. (ANI)

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Telecom Towers kill 7 million birds/year only in America

2012-04-29T17:07:00.002+05:30

Latest study shows that Telecom Towers are killing nearly 7 milion birds every year only in America as migrate from US & Canada to Central & South America

According to the study, around 84,000 telecom towers, some of which can rise nearly 2,000 feet into the sky, much higher than the Empire State Building at 1,250 feet, dot the two countries. However, the birds are killed not by running into the tower itself but the dozens of cables, known as guy wires, that prop up the thin, freestanding structures, said study co-author Travis Longcore, associate professor at the University of Southern California Spatial Sciences Institute, US. "This is a tragedy that does not have to be," added Longcore.
The taller the tower the greater the threat, the study found. The 1,000 or so towers above 900 feet accounted for only 1.6 percent of the total number of towers. Yet these skyscraper towers killed 70 percent of the birds, about 4.5 million a year, Longcore said, the journal the Public Library of Science ONE reports.
During bad weather, the birds were pushed down by cloud cover and flew at lower altitudes. The clouds also removed navigation cues, such as stars, leaving only the blinking or static red lights of towers. The blinking did not fool the birds, but towers with a static red light resulted in more dead birds, according to a Southern California statement. "In the presence of the solid red lights, the birds are unable to get out of their spell," Longcore said. "They circle the tower and run into the big cables holding it up".
Longcore estimated that changing the steady-burning lights on the 4,500 towers greater than 490 feet tall (about six percent of the total) could reduce mortality about 45 percent, or around 2.5 million birds. The study also recommended that businesses should share towers to reduce their number and build more freestanding towers to reduce the need for guy wires.

* The study did not include shorter towers that typically are used for transmission.

Men In Black 3 releasing soon

2012-04-29T02:45:00.001+05:30

Men In Black 3 (stylized MIB3) is an upcoming American 3D science fiction comedy film starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. It will be released as the sequel to Men in Black II on May 25 2012 almost ten years after the release of Men in Black II and fifteen years after the release of the original Men in Black. It will also star Josh Brolin, Emma Thompson, Alice Eve and Jemaine Clement, with Barry Sonnenfeld returning as director, and Steven Spielberg returning as executive producer. The film is the third entry in the Men in Black film series which is based on the Malibu/Marvel comic book series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham. Principal photography began in New York City on November 16, 2010.

Integrated Check Post(ICP) at India-Pakistan Border

2012-04-28T19:25:00.000+05:30

Attari/Wagah : The much-awaited Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Attari-Wagah border has become functional with the shifting of passenger and cargo terminal to newly built ICP from Joint Check Post of Attari to the new terminal.The ICP situated on the international Attari road,30 km from Amritsar, Punjab was inaugurated by Home Minister P Chidambaram on April 13,2012.

These steps between the two neighboring nations would boost import and exports of vegetables, live stock and yarn, said Duggal (Deputy Commissioner Indian Customs at Attari border). With dedicated passenger and cargo terminals apart from adequate customs and immigration facilities, traders also are hopeful that opening up of the ICP would boost trade between the two nations.

It may be recalled that ICP Indian side spread over 130 acres of land is being setup at Attari on Indian side on which the Centre has spent a sum of `120 crore. This is the first ICP amongst 13 which will start functioning in the month of April.Around 200 trucks of merchandise daily go from India to Pakistan and quite a number of trucks move from Pakistan to India at the Joint Check Post.
Because of inadequate trade infrastructure facilities at the border, earlier Indian trucks are parked on the road side which was a serious bottleneck not only for passengers and also a hurdle in further enhancement of trade between Pakistan and India, added official.

Tallest teenage girl; 206cm(6'9")

2012-04-13T18:30:00.001+05:30

A 14 yearr old Brazilian teen is looked up to by just about everyone around her. Standing at an amazing 6ft 9 in, she is the tallest girl there. Elisany Silva (Elizane Cruz Silva, Silva da Cruz Elizane) is a Brazilian girl who was born September 27, 1995 and has a height of 206 cm (6′9”) tall. She now ranks among the world’s highest youth. Being so tall isn’t easy, but it helped her to find a job. She will debut on the catwalk ending the designer’s show in Belem, dressed as a bride.

Yuvraj recovered from Cancer; discharge on April 9

2012-04-08T06:31:00.002+05:30

Yuvraj(Indian Cricketer) will be discharged from hospital tomorrow. Yuvraj said : "finally the day has come ! i am going home tomorrow ! cant wait , excited to see my friends and family ..see you india!! mera bharat mahan !" source : twitter

He was suffering from first stage of cancer, which is curable. He was undegoing chemotherapy at Cancer Research Institue, Boston,United States. He was under treatment since january 26th, 2012. Its is expected that he will be back on ground from may onwards but he will miss IPL this season.

Sony's New Sports channel, Sony SIX

2012-04-07T01:32:00.001+05:30

Sony's new sports channel named "Sony Six" to go on air by April 7, 2012.

Multi Screen Media (MSM) has announced the launch of their sports entertainment channel, Six. Six is incidentally the sixth channel under the MSM network bouquet. Six will look to stand out from the existing channels by targeting young India by providing a mix of entertainment and sports that appeals to both Men and Women. Along with the IPL(Live action from next season) FA Cup and the NBA the has tied up with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in USA to bring mixed martial arts to India. The channel has also won rights to broadcast the Fifa World Cup qualifiers which will feature games involving Germany, Netherlands. Brazil and Argentina among others.
Commenting on the launch NP Singh, chief operating officer, MSM India, said, "The channel goes on-air on 7 April. The IPL will continue to be held on Max for this season, but from next season onwards we'll move the league to Six. The exciting tie-up for the channel is the big event; Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Bringing martial arts to the country is something we’re really excited about.”
Man Jit Singh, chief executive officer, MSM added, “We are excited to launch our new premium sports entertainment channel– Six. The channel will launch with the key driver property being UFC Mixed Martial Arts and the best of the first four seasons of the DLF IPL. This latest offering from our bouquet reiterates our commitment to bring the best in every genre to young audiences. SIX is aimed at the informed and empowered youth of the country who are enthusiastic to adopt new sports. We are confident that Six will be the Premier Sports channel and stand out by fulfilling its promise to cater to the twin passions of the country – Sports and Entertainment.” Euro RSCG will handle the channels creative duties while OMD handles the media duties.

World's first virtual shopping store

2012-04-06T08:21:00.003+05:30

Location : Korea

World's First Virtual Shopping Store opens in Korea. All the Shelves are infact LCD Screens. User Choose their desired items by touching the LCD screen and checkout at the counter in the end to have all their ordered stuff packed in Bags.

Bob Marley a Rastafari

2012-04-06T06:36:00.000+05:30

First of all Rastafarianism, Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement. It arose in the 1930s in Jamaica, a country with a predominantly Christian culture where 98% of the people were the black descendants of slaves. Most of its adherents worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (ruled 1930–1974), as God incarnate, the Second Advent, or the reincarnation of Jesus. Members of the Rastafari movement are known as Rastas, or Rastafari. The movement is sometimes referred to as "Rastafarianism", but this term is considered derogatory and offensive by some Rastas, who, being highly critical of "isms" (which they see as a typical part of Babylon culture), dislike being labelled as an "ism" themselves.
The Rastafari movement encompasses themes such as the spiritual use of cannabis and the rejection of western society, called Babylon (from the metaphorical Babylon of the Christian New Testament). It proclaims Africa (also "Zion") as the original birthplace of mankind, and from the beginning of the movement the call to repatriation to Africa has been a central theme. Rasta also embraces various Afrocentric and Pan-African social and political aspirations, such as the sociopolitical views and teachings of Jamaican publicist, organizer, and black nationalist Marcus Garvey (also often regarded as a prophet). Another theme is Royalty, with Rastas seeing themselves as African royalty and using honorifics such as Prince or King in order to give royalty to their names.
Rastafari is not a highly organized religion; it is a movement and an ideology. Many Rastas say that it is not a "religion" at all, but a "Way of Life". Many Rastas do not claim any sect or denomination, and thus encourage one another to find faith and inspiration within themselves, although some do identify strongly with one of the "mansions of Rastafari" — the three most prominent of these being the Nyahbinghi, the Bobo Ashanti and the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

The name Rastafari is taken from Ras Tafari, the pre-regnal title of Haile Selassie I, composed of Amharic Ras (literally "Head", an Ethiopian title equivalent to Duke), and Haile Selassie's pre-regnal given name, Tafari. Rastafari are generally distinguished for asserting the doctrine that Haile Selassie I, the former and final Emperor of Ethiopia, is another incarnation of the Christian God, called Jah. Most see Haile Selassie I as Jah or Jah Rastafari, who is the second coming of Jesus Christ onto the Earth, but to others he is simply God's chosen king on earth.
By 1997, there were around one million Rastafari faithful worldwide. In the 2001 Jamaican census, 24,020 individuals (less than 1 percent of the population) identified themselves as Rastafarians. Other sources have estimated that in the 2000s they formed "about 5 percent of the population" of Jamaica or have conjectured that "there are perhaps as many as 100,000 Rastafarians in Jamaica".The major international success of Jamaican singer/songwriter Bob Marley (1945–1981) contributed awareness of the Rastafari movement largely through his songs.

Bob Marley's wife Rita introduces Rastafarianism to him. Marley married Rita Marley in February 1966. By 1969 Bob, Tosh and Livingston had fully embraced Rastafarianism, which greatly influence Marley's music in particular and on reggae music in general. The Wailers collaborated with Lee Scratch Perry, resulting in some of the Wailers' finest tracks like "Soul Rebel", "Duppy Conquerer", "400 Years" and "Small Axe." This collaboration ended bitterly when the Wailers found that Perry, thinking the records were his, sold them in England without their consent. However, this brought the Wailers' music to the attention of Chris Blackwell, the owner of Island Records.
Blackwell immediately signed the Wailers and produced their first album, "Catch a Fire". This was followed by "Burnin'", featuring tracks as "Get Up Stand Up" and "I Shot the Sheriff." Eric Clapton's cover of that song reached #1 in the US. In 1974 Tosh and Livingston left the Wailers to start solo careers. Marley later formed the band "Bob Marley and the Wailers", with his wife Rita as one of three backup singers called the I-Trees. This period saw the release of some groundbreaking albums, such as "Natty Dread", "Rastaman Vibration".
In 1976, during a period of spiraling political violence in Jamaica, an attempt was made on Marley's life. Marley left for England, where he lived in self-exile for two years. In England "Exodus" was produced, and it remained on the British charts for 56 straight weeks. This was followed by another successful album, "Kaya." These successes introduced reggae music to the western world for the first time, and established the beginning of Marley's international status.

In 1977 Marley consulted with a doctor when a wound in his big toe would not heal. More tests revealed malignant melanoma. He refused to have his toe amputated as his doctors recommended, claiming it contradicted his Rastafarian beliefs. Others, however, claim that the main reason behind his refusal was the possible negative impact on his dancing skills. The cancer was kept secret from the general public while Bob continued working.
Returning to Jamaica in 1978, he continued work and released "Survival" in 1979 which was followed by a successful European tour. In 1980 he was the only foreign artist to participated in the independence ceremony of Zimbabwe. It was a time of great success for Marley, and he started an American tour to reach blacks in the US. He played two shows at Madison Square Garden, but collapsed while jogging in NYC's Central Park on September 21, 1980. The cancer diagnosed earlier had spread to his brain, lungs and stomach. Bob Marley died in Miami at hospital on May 11, 1981. He was 36 years old.

Film on Bob Marley

2012-04-06T06:06:00.002+05:30

A film on the life, music and legacy of Bob Marley is going to be released soon. The name of the movie is "MARLEY" itself. The director of the film is Kevin Macdonald. Comming soon in theaters in April 20, 2012.

Airbus starts final assembly of A350 XWB

2012-04-06T02:14:00.001+05:30

5 APRIL 2012

Airbus A350 XWB takes shape
Final assembly of the first A350 XWB is now underway at the brand new final assembly line in Toulouse. This latest step in the A350 XWB’s progress is achieved as Airbus starts joining the 19.7 metre long centre fuselage with the 21 metre long front fuselage.This first A350 XWB airframe will be used for the static structural tests that all new aircraft undergo as part of their certification process.

The assembly of the first flying A350 XWB, MSN1, will start during summer. The centre fuselage was delivered to Toulouse on Wednesday 4th April 2012 by Beluga from Airbus in St Nazaire, France. The front fuselage was previously delivered from St Nazaire to the A350 XWB final assembly line on the 23rd December 2011. Delivery and installation of the aft fuselage from Hamburg, Germany will take place in the coming weeks, followed by the wings delivered from Airbus’ wing assembly site in Broughton, UK.
The A350 XWB fuselage is made up of three main sections – front, centre and aft. These will be joined together at the first main assembly station, Station 50. The nose landing-gear is also joined here. Once this stage is completed, the fuselage is transferred to Station 40 where the wings and tail sections are joined. In parallel to this, cabin installation will be carried out simultaneously to the wing-fuselage join up, as well as the “power on” of the aircraft systems. In this way, functional tests can start earlier than on previous programmes.

AIRBUS A350 MODEL

The A350 XWB is Airbus’ all new family of mid-size widebody airliners. These highly efficient aircraft bring together the latest in aerodynamics, design and advanced technologies to provide up to 25 percent better fuel efficiency and operating costs compared to current aircraft in the same size category. Over 70 percent of the A350 XWB’s weight-efficient airframe is made from advanced materials combining composites (53 percent), titanium and advanced aluminium alloys. The aircraft’s innovative all-new Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) fuselage results in lower fuel burn as well as easier maintenance. The A350 XWB benefits from Airbus’ high level of expertise in incorporating composite material into its aircraft.
The A350 XWB Family consists of three passenger versions with true long-range capability of flying up to 8,500nm/15,580km. In a typical three-class configuration, the A350-800 will offer 270 seats while the A350-900 and the A350-1000 will offer 314 and 350 seats respectively.

Source and photo: Airbus

Untold truths about Gandhi

2012-02-18T11:44:00.000+05:30

1. Gandhi used to sleep with girls of aged between 18 to 25. Very few people know about this but its true (for detail you can read books by Dr L .R. BALI named “RANGEELA GANDHI” & “KYA GANDHI MAHATMA THE”) the girls who slept with Gandhi accepted this. Gandhi used to say that he is doing all this for his BRAHMCHARI Experiments. What from his experiments he was wanted to prove nobody knows? Gandhi himself accepted this that at the time of going to London for higher studies he decided to keep himself away from MEAT, DARU and SEX, but he accepted that he could not control himself in the matter of SEX. 2. Gandhi went to South Africa just for earning money and name because here in India he could not do well(flop) there he went mainly to save Abdullah &co. whose business was of smuggling and charged very much for this. 3. In 1932, Gandhi collected 1crore & 32 lakh Rs in the name of “TILAK SWRAJ” fund, which was collected for the use of DALITS. However, he did not spend even a single penny on DALITS. 4. In his whole life Gandhi kept on shouting that, he is in the supports AAHINSA. However, at the time of Second World War he himself sends Indian army for the fight from England side. AAHINSA kaha geye uss waqt? 5. During daytime, Gandhi spent the day in the Jhugis but he spent the night in the rest house of Birlas. 6. Gandhi advised people to live a simple life, but his simplicity was that when he was in jail there were three women in the jail to serve him for his simplicity! 7. Gandhi did not open a single door of a Hindu temple in Gujrat his home province in India for the UNTOUCHABLES. 8. Gandhi used to say that Subhash Chander Bose is like his own son, but Gandhi went on hunger strike until Bose leave his post in congress. Gandhi promised to British govt. that if we found Bose we will handover him to you (Bose was wanted in those days). 9. Gandhi kept people in dark that he is trying to save Bhagat Singh. However, the truth is that he never tried to contact VICEROY about Bhagat Singh issue. This all is said by the friend of VICEROY & Bhagat Singh named MANMATH NATH in his writings. Gandhi was feared about the popularity of Bhagat Singh because the popularity of Bhagat Singh was increasing of which Gandhi felt nervous. 10. Gandhi was saying that if the Pakistan would made it will only happen after his death. However, it was Gandhi who signed 1st on the proposal of making Pakistan. 11. Gandhi cheated all Indians at ROUND TABLE CONFERENCES by not giving the details in proper & those details, which were true. 12. Gandhi started so many ANDOLANS & LEHARS against British govt. but after a month or after 2 months he withdraw he all those ANDOLANS & LEHARS. Then what was the use of starting all those? What about the sacrifice of all those people who took part in all those ANDOLANS? In addition, he never went to lead people in those ANDOLANS. Even Gandhi’s own sons were against him but I do not know why all people were following him. 13. Now a days almost all Hindu people say Gandhi as a revolutionair, but what he said” I have come here on earth to fulfill the laws of caste.” How can one say such a person as a revolutionair? A true revolutionair never thinks according to caste line, not according to rich, poor etc. These are very few points there are many more truths about Gandhi. In addition, from above point’s you people can decide about Gandhi. In BABA SAHEB’s own words “Gandhi Age is the Dark Age of India”. BABA SAHEB has also said in interview to BBC that “A PERSON WHO CHEATS AND KEEP OTHER PEOPLE IN DARK TO THAT PERSON IF YOU SAY A MAHATMA THEN GANDHI IS A MAHATMA.”

How to get rid of Time Line in Facebook?

2012-01-08T14:27:00.002+05:30

If you doesn't like Time Line in Facebook, all you want to do to get rid of it is to use Internet Explorer 7. Not so fast! Latest reports says that Facebook's latest profile designs is not visible in IE7(Internet Explorer 7). According to Stat Counter IE has 4% market share. Earlier facebook had announced that its chat feature wil no longer support IE6, the same fate awaits IE7. When you open a Facebook profile with the new Timeline feature enabled, IE7 will simply show a buggy, old version of the profile.
But Facebook recommends the most updated version of Firefox, IE, Safari or Chrome. Nowadays – with many browsers, including IE , being automatically updated for users – there's little reason to keep using a browser that's more than five years old. Facebook users who hate timeline can “revert” to the old profile by using IE7 or setting their user agents in Chrome, Firefox, or Safari to IE7.

Mark Zuckerberg's Time Line in IE7

Mark Zuckerberg's Orginal Time Line.

Happy new year 2 u all..... Welcome 2012

2012-01-01T00:18:00.001+05:30

History of Air India

2011-12-27T11:35:00.003+05:30

Union of Air India Limited and Indian Airlines Limited with National Aviation Company of India Limited The government of India, on march 01 2007, approved the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines. Consequent to the above, a new company viz National Aviation Company of India Limited(NACIL) was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on march 30 2007 with the registered office at Airlines House, 113 Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi. The certificate to commence Business was obtained on may 14 2007.

Presently, the board of NACIL consists of :

* Shri Raghu Menon, Addl Secretary & Finance Advisor, Ministry of Civil Aviation

* Shri R K Singh, Jt Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation

* Shri Rajiv Bansal, Director, Ministry of Civil Aviation

The scheme of union of Air India and Indian Airlines with National Aviation Company of India Limited was approved by the Board of Directors of all the three Companies. Thereafter, the meetings of secured and unsecured creditors of Air India adn Indian Airlines were held in New Delhi on June 28 th 2007, in which the scheme of union was approved by the creditors. The final hearing of the merger petition was held on 31st July 2007 wherein the last date for submissions of objections was fixed on August 8 th 2007 and the order of the Ministry of Corporate affairs is awaited.

The authorised and paid-up share capitol of the merged entity will be Rs:1500,05,00,000/- and Rs:145,00,00,000/-, respectively. It has been decided that post merger, the new entity will be known as "AIR INDIA" while "Maharaja" will be retained as its mascot. The logo of the new airliner will be a red coloured flying swan with the "KONARK CHAKRA" in orange placed inside it. The flying swan has been morphed from Air India's characteristic logo "The CENTAUR" whereas the "Konark Chakra" was reminiscent of Indian's logo. The corporate office of NACIL will be at Mumbai.

The Government has approved the appoinment of Shri V Thulasidas and Shri Dr V Trivedi as Chairman & Managing Director and Joint Managing Director respectively, of the merged entity, with the effect from the date of merger.

What is the "setup flightgear 2.4.0.exe" ?

2011-12-26T03:07:00.000+05:30

Our database contains single file for filename setup flightgear 2.4.0.exe. This file belongs to product FlightGear 2.4.0 and was developed by company The FlightGear Team . This file has description FlightGear 2.4.0 Setup . This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process setup flightgear 2.4.0.exe.

Windows No Disk Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b6b7c 4 75b6bf7c 75b6bf7c

2011-12-26T03:01:00.000+05:30

"The answer lies in the words "Windows: No Disk", your PC is looking for a USB device - e.g. a USB stick or a cell phone - that you've recently plugged in and have removed without using the "remove hardware safely" option in the right hand bottom corner of your screen. Put the last USB device you used back into the USB port and then use the "remove software safely" option. The pop up message will disappear." In my case, I didn't have to plug the USB device in, I just needed to click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray, and tell it to remove the device that is no longer plugged in.

Pillow Talk

2011-12-26T00:53:00.003+05:30

Pillow Talk is a project aiming to connect long distance lovers. Each person has a ring sensor they wear to bed at night, and a flat fabric panel which slots inside their pillowcase. The ring wirelessly communicates with the other person’s pillow; when one person goes to bed, their lover’s pillow begins to glow softly to indicate their presence. Placing your head on the pillow allows you to hear the real-time heartbeat of your loved one. The result is an intimate interaction between two lovers, regardless of the distance between them.

Smartphone

2011-12-25T04:39:00.004+05:30

A smart phone is high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile phone or camera phone. Today's models also serve to combine the functions of portable media players, low-end compact digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and GPS navigation units. Modern smartphones typically also include high-resolution touchscreens, web browsers that can access and properly display standard web pages rather than just mobile-optimized sites, and high-speed data access via Wi-Fi and mobile broadband. The most common mobile operating systems (OS) used by modern smartphones include Google's Android, Apple's iOS, Microsoft's Windows Phone, Nokia's Symbian, RIM's BlackBerry OS, and embedded Linux distributions such as Maemo and MeeGo. Such operating systems can be installed on many different phone models, and typically each device can receive multiple OS software updates over its lifetime. The distinction between smartphones and feature phones can be vague and there is no official definition for what constitutes the difference between them. One of the most significant differences is that the advanced application programming interfaces (APIs) on smartphones for running third-party applications can allow those applications to have better integration with the phone's OS and hardware than is typical with feature phones. In comparison, feature phones more commonly run on proprietary firmware, with third-party software support through platforms such as Java ME or BREW. An additional complication in distinguishing between smartphones and feature phones is that over time the capabilities of new models of feature phones can increase to exceed those of phones that had been promoted as smartphones in the past.