Feel the heat

FC Bayern München vs FC Zürich -> UEFA Champions League

2011-08-17T12:06:00.000-07:00

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Liverpool Youth vs Sporting Youth

2011-08-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

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UEFA Champions League

2011-08-17T10:40:00.000-07:00

liverpool matches free view @ www.soccersportz.com

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anna university june2011 results

2011-07-04T08:05:00.000-07:00

www.annauniv.edu

http://results.chennaieducation.net/annauniv/

TOP ENGINEERING COLLEGES IN TAMILNADU

2011-06-28T05:10:00.001-07:00

a circus freak has a 3rd leg

2011-06-22T09:57:00.001-07:00

a circus freak has a 3rd leg

about boxing

2011-06-05T01:14:00.000-07:00

Introduction

Boxing is a combat sport and martial art in which two people fight using their fists for competition. Boxing is typically supervised by a referee engaged in during a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds, and boxers generally of similar weight. There are four ways to win; if the opponent is knocked out and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten seconds (a knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed too injured to continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO),if an opponent is disqualified for breaking a rule, or if there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards.

Professional bouts are usually much longer than amateur bouts, typically ranging from ten to twelve rounds, though four round fights are common for less experienced fighters or club fighters. There are also some two-[15] and three-round professional bouts,[16] especially in Australia. Through the early twentieth century, it was common for fights to have unlimited rounds, ending only when one fighter quit, benefiting high-energy fighters like Jack Dempsey. Fifteen rounds remained the internationally recognized limit for championship fights for most of the twentieth century until the early 1980s, when the death of boxer Duk Koo Kim reduced the limit to twelve. Headgear is not permitted in professional bouts, and boxers are generally allowed to take much more punishment before a fight is halted. At any time, however, the referee may stop the contest if he believes that one participant cannot defend himself due to injury. In that case, the other participant is awarded a technical knockout win. A technical knockout would also be awarded if a fighter lands a punch that opens a cut on the opponent, and the opponent is later deemed not fit to continue by a doctor because of the cut. For this reason, fighters often employ cutmen, whose job is to treat cuts between rounds so that the boxer is able to continue despite the cut. If a boxer simply quits fighting, or if his corner stops the fight, then the winning boxer is also awarded a technical knockout victory. In contrast with amateur boxing, professional male boxers have to be bare chested.

History

Fist fighting depicted in Sumerian relief carvings from the 3rd millennium BC, while an ancient Egyptian relief from the 2nd millennium BC depicts both fist-fighters and spectators.[1] Both depictions show bare-fisted contests.[1] In 1927 Dr. E. A. Speiser, an archaeologist, discovered a Mesopotamian stone tablet in Baghdad, Iraq depicting two men getting ready for a prize fight. The tablet is believed to be 7,000 years old.[2] The earliest evidence for fist fighting with any kind of gloves can be found on Minoan Crete (c. 1500–900 BC), and on Sardinia, if we consider the boxing statues of Prama mountains (c. 2000–1000 BC)

In ancient Rome, there were two forms of boxing both coming from Etruscan boxing. The athletic form of boxing remained popular throughout the Roman world. The other form of boxing was gladiatorial. Fighters were usually criminals and slaves who hoped to become champions and gain their freedom; however, free men, women, and even aristocrats also fought. Gladiators wore lead "cestae" over their knuckles and heavy leather straps on their forearms to protect against blows. The deeply scarred and cauliflower eared figure of the Boxer of Quirinal show what a brutal sport it could be (matches often ending in the death or maiming of an opponent). Eventually, fist fighting became so popular that even emperors started fighting, and the practice was promoted by Caesar Neronis. A fight between the agile Dares and the towering Entellus is described at length in the Roman national epic Aeneid (1st century BC).[4] The Roman philosopher Plotinus (Enneads 3.2.8) indicates that youths trained at the gymnasium for self-defense. In 393 A.D., the Olympics were banned by the Christian emperor Theodosius, and in 500 A.D., boxing was banned altogether by Emperor Theodoric the Great as boxing being an insult to God because it disfigures the face, the image of God. However, this edict had little effect outside the major cities of the Eastern Empire.[5] By this time, western Europe was no longer part of the Roman Empire. Boxing remained popular in Europe throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. Wrestling, fencing and racing (both chariot and foot) were never banned by the late Romans, as they did not cause disfigurement

Records of Classical boxing activity disappeared after the fall of the WesternRoman Empire when the wearing of weapons become common once again and interest in fighting with the fists waned. However, there are detailed records of various fist-fighting sports that were maintained in different cities and provinces of Italy between the 12th and 17th centuries. There was also a sport in ancient Rus called Fistfight . As the wearing of swords became less common, there was renewed interest in fencing with the fists. The sport would later resurface in England during the early 18th century in the form of bare-knuckle boxing sometimes referred to as prizefighting . The first documented account of a bare-knuckle fight in England appeared in 1681 in the London Protestant Mercury , and the first English bare-knuckle champion was James Figg in 1719. This is also the time when the word "boxing" first came to be used. It should be noted, that this earliest form of modern boxing was very different. Contests in Mr. Figg's time, in addition to fistfighting, also contained fencing and cudgeling.

sports match - live

2011-06-02T07:15:00.000-07:00

coming soon-live sports match from July 2011

2012 clock starts counting down as tickets go on sale

2011-03-15T02:05:00.000-07:00

A timer showing the 500 days to go until the 2012 Olympics is being unveiled in London, but why are these countdowns so beguiling, asks John Morton, writer of comedy Twenty Twelve.

Remember Ken Livingstone's "live" running unemployment total on the old GLC building in London? Or there's the US National Debt Clock in Times Square. Or the live stock market prices and world financial indices snaking their way around the walls of the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf.

There seems to be something hypnotic about watching history unfolding digitally in real time before our eyes.

But it's the clocks that count downwards towards a fixed point that really seem to have us in their thrall. How else could Countdown's 30-second analogue clock face with its plinky plonky musical accompaniment have dominated afternoon television for nearly 30 years as the procession of presenters, contestants, and fragrant letter-wranglers have come and gone beneath it.

And then there was the Millennium. Remember the mounting fear, presented to us as a kind of world-wide ticking bomb, that when the digits on our computer clocks finally flicked over to 2,000 all our planes would suddenly fall out of the sky?

And remember all those public Millennium clocks counting us down second by second through the final years, months, and days to the zero hour? The French had theirs ticking away outside the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The Queen unveiled London's at Greenwich with a thousand days to go.

Lemon Good for Skin

2011-03-14T08:04:00.001-07:00

Lemon is an easily available citrus fruit. It is use in many dishes as well as in many treatments. Lemon is a natural antiseptic medicine. It is very helpful to cure skin related problems. Lemon is a vitamin C fruit that increase beauty of skin, Daily intake of lemon water can make your skin shine. It can be remove wrinkles and black dots. Lemon water applied on the burns areas can fade.

Lemon contains:

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Calcium

Phosphorus

Carbohydrates

Protein

Lemon Skin Care Tips:

Prepare Lemon and Honey juice. Intake this juice in the morning. It helps to cleaning the skin.
Apply Lemon juice on the face to clean & shine.
Prepare mixture of Aloe Vera & Lemon juice and apply on face for glowing the skin.
You can try to wash your face with Lemon juice every night for skin care.
Prepare mixture of Lemon juice and Olive oil. Apply this juice directly on acne and eczema for dry it.

For oily skin, prepare mixture of Lemon, Egg white and Grapes. Apply this paste and wash with warm water after 25 min. your skin become shine.
Prepare a mixture of 1 teaspoon Lemon juice and Glycerin and apply it on the spots for the removal of blackheads, freckles and wrinkles.

Weight Loss Diet Chart

2011-03-14T08:02:00.000-07:00

A Nutritious Diet is very important even if you are following any Weight Loss programs. A balanced diet with all the proteins and nutrients not only helps in preventing weight gain but also Helps in the prevention and cure of various diseases.

When selecting a Diet Plan, make sure you are consuming a balanced and complete diet.

Our Diet Chart may help you to get Weight Loss quickly. Start by following the simple Guidelines below

Vegetarian Diet

Morning – Breakfast

1: One cup of Tea or Coffee with a Little Milk coupled with Bread (No Butter, Jam or Sauce)

2: Fresh vegetables like Tomatoes or Fruits.

Day – Lunch

1: Two or three small Cucumbers (Kakdi), Chana, Mung or Green Salads.

2: Two small Chapatti with Green Vegetable, Sour Milk (Dahi).

3: Small bowl of Rice and Daal can be taken.

Evening – Dinner

1: Soup ( Tomato, Palak and Sweet Corn ) and Papad can be taken.

2: One small bowl of a Vegetable and two Chapatti.

Its also important that the above mentioned diets are taken at proper time, avoid eating Dinner after 9:00 pm and if you intend to sleep by 12 o’clock.

Morning – BreakfastNon-Vegetarian Diet

1: One cup of Tea or Coffee with a little Milk added.

2: Two or Three Boiled Eggs can be taken.

Day – Lunch

1: Two or Three small bowl Non-Veg stuff with Salads.

2: Two small Chapatti and Daal with small pieces of Meat or a Fish.

Evening – Dinner

1: Any low calorie Non-Veg Soup and Papad can be taken.

2: One small bowl of a Vegetable and two Chapatti with 100gm of Chicken.

Weight Loss Tips

2011-03-14T08:00:00.000-07:00

Tip 1: Must drink minimum 8 glasses of water in a day.

Tip 2: Juices, cream, sugar in your coffee or tea all add up.

Tip 3: Water helps in reducing weight in effective manner.

Tip 4: Have 5 to 6 small meals or snacks in a day.

Tip 5: Make habit of walking. Walk for at least 45 minutes.

Tip 6: Eat more vegetables like zucchini, tomatoes.

Tip 7: Eat only when your stomach wants food.

Tip 8: Avoid package (processed) and convenient foods.

Tip 9: Take stairs instead of taking elevator.

Tip 10: Eat fruit rather than juice, low in calories helps.

Tip 11: Eating whole foods will keep you satisfied for longer period of time than juice.

Tip 12: Eat equal portions of vegetables and grains at dinner. Prefer not eating with a large group.

Tip 13: After every 2 hours, get up and walk around the office or your home for 5 minutes.

Tip 15: A brisk five-minute walk after every two hours will your body active.

wwe schedules (US)

2011-03-09T07:17:00.000-08:00

RAW

Mondays, 9/8 PM CT

SmackDown

Fridays, 8/7 PM CT

A.M. Raw

Saturday Night (Sunday Morning), 2/1 AM CT

WWE Superstars

Thursdays, 8 PM east / 5 PM west

WWE NXT

Tuesdays, 10/9 PM CT

Women at work: Five ways to not sell yourself short

2011-03-09T07:04:00.000-08:00

Don't give up the race

Women are great relay runners but sometimes begin to falter near the finish line, says Nina Chatrath, principal, leadership and talent consulting at Kornferry International. At the negotiating table, women often give up the fight for that salary they had initially demanded. The 'let-it-be' and 'I will work my way up' attitudes show a waver in confidence levels that is less seen with male peers. Chatrath feels it is important that women know their strengths, do their homework to know what their male peers are getting, and demand exactly that. "Men are more competitive in such cases, and I learnt my lesson,"

Negotiating salary? Here's what you should know

2011-03-09T03:21:00.000-08:00

An annual salary of Rs 30 lakh sounds fantastic, doesn’t it? Come placement time at top business schools and such astronomical salaries seem the norm. Average salaries are quoted in seven figures and the highest pay package is worth a crore. All this attracts students in droves to pursue management courses, their belief cemented by the fact that the money they invest in fees will be recouped in a couple of years. So why does it take most of them longer to repay the education loan? Simply because the actual salaries they take home are much less than those quoted to them.

Dushan Kapoor (name changed) was offered the post of an HR executive at an annual salary of Rs 2.75 lakh. He expected his take-home pay to be about Rs 20,000 after deducting tax and the Provident Fund contribution. However, his happiness was shortlived when he saw the salary break-up a few days later. “The company had included accommodation, telephone reimbursement and meal coupons in the package, which reduced my take-home pay to Rs 15,000 a month,” he says.

The salary you actually take home

Don’t be envious if you know someone who quotes his cost-to-company (CTC) as Rs 1 lakh a month. In all probability, he’s pocketing only Rs 70,000 (see Decoding your first salary slip). “ CTC is an expected income, but how much you get is subjective and is known at the end of the year. This is because a large chunk is the performance-linked bonus,” says Sunil Goel, CEO, Global Hunt, a headhunting firm.“The bonus usually comprises 10-20% of the CTC, but what you get in hand is 65-75% of the figure that was quoted,” says Kris Lakshmikanth, managing director at HR consultancy firm, The Headhunters India .

Delhi-based Kamal Singh (name changed) has recently got an offer of Rs 7.5 lakh a year through campus placement. “My annual variable pay is Rs 1.5 lakh,” she says. But does she have any clue about her take-home salary? “I am not very sure of that. I think there will be a tax outgo, but I don’t know if there are other deductions,” she admits.

Singh should check with her prospective employer as various factors included in the CTC are not given in monetary form. For instance, employers may provide health and life insurance covers to employees and show the premiums paid by them as a part of your total salary. Other factors that bloat your CTC are the expenses incurred on training you, subsidised meals provided in the cafeteria, transport facility, etc.

In the case of international job offers, there are other issues that you may have to deal with. Delhi-based Bhaskar Khanna got an offer of 50,000 dirham from a Dubai-based company, but he rejected it. “Initially, the offer seemed attractive, but when I enquired about the cost of living there, I found that the rental and transportation costs were too high. I would have barely managed to save anything,” says Kapoor. An international offer should also be evaluated in terms of the economic conditions and tax structure in that country.

What you may get if you stick around

Funds under some category heads can be availed of after a certain period of time. These include gratuity and retention bonus. The 4.81% contribution made towards gratuity is often included in the CTC, but you will only get it if you work with the same employer for at least five years. The retention bonus can sometimes be as high as 15% of the CTC. However, it is paid only after 2-3 years of working with the company.

Your Provident Fund amount is the only payment that is guaranteed no matter how many years you work or with whom. While a 12% deduction from your basic salary towards Provident Fund is mandatory, companies have begun including the matching contribution to be made by them as a part of the CTC.

Keep your boss and spouse happy at the same time

2011-03-09T03:15:00.001-08:00

Is there a single recipe that can keep your boss and spouse happy at the same time? Yes, if you are prepared to knock down the wall that separates work and personal life and treat both as inclusive and interdependent halves of the same coin.

That’s increasingly happening in today’s corporate world as the lines between home and office are getting blurred and people are wired 24X7. And with Blackberrys, smartphones and tablet PCs, the trend is accelerating. These devices even allow for high quality video conferencing and, together with new network technologies, permit secure use of the corporate database from remote locations.

“The demarcation between work and life is getting rapidly eroded as both halves constitute one journey,” says Niketh Sundar , head of global HR at UST Global , an IT services provider. And the key adopters of this new culture are particularly the young, tech-savvy Gen-Y who are perfectly at home working their fingers on various gadgets.

Companies too are pushing the trend. Unmesh Pawar, head of HR at Accenture BPO, says that the maturing of jobs offshored to India necessitates an agile talent pool that is capable not just of quality delivery but beating deadlines, irrespective of India’s traffic congestion, commuting fatigue and personal responsibilities. It’s critical for them to perform tasks while on the go. Companies are not bothered about the number of hours their employees put in. What matters is to get a job done and done well.

Praveen Kamath, global head (talent acquisition) at Wipro BPO, says there is no balance between work and play today as people work across geographical boundaries, functions and time zones. “One has to manage daily chores, family and personal entertainment within a 14-16 hour schedule. So one has to plan one’s time well and give equal justice to life and work,” he says.

Drawing boundaries difficult

However, counsellors find that such planning is far from easy. Says Archana Bisht, director at 1to1help.net, which provides counselling services to companies, “With BlackBerrys, you are always connected. People can choose not to respond, but they can hardly part with their phones even at home. So individuals are missing out on their personal time. They are not able to draw boundaries.”

The organization has come across instances where wives of software professionals complain about their husbands locking themselves up in a conference call when they reach home early. “It’s partly the individual’s fault of not choosing to switch off the phones at home like they do in meetings or conferences. Though emails can be answered the next day, there is that itch to do it as soon as your BlackBerry beeps. It’s more of a habit in a connected world,” Bisht says.

But employers are beginning to create options to help employees. “A happy spouse makes a happy and productive employee,” stresses Balan K , an HR advisor. In keeping with the larger objective of more productivity, Accenture has created flexi-curity — a job that comes with flexibility and security. This would include a provision to work from home, going to office on alternate days, granting adequate time to settle family and health issues and even giving time-out for adoption issues, says Accenture’s Pawar.

An IBM employee who requested anonymity said he recently encountered a serious family crisis, wherein he had to spend quality time at home to work out a solution. “My HR realized the gravity of the situation and granted me a flexi working option. So even as I took my wife out for a vacation, I stayed connected to the office and worked. The beauty is that she didn’t even realize that I was killing two birds with one stone as I multitasked and sent mails to clients,” he said.

J P Morgan Chase allows people to work from literally anywhere. “The company invests in setting up connectivity infrastructure at the residences of employees to facilitate seamless workflow. Employees are allowed to access the office network from anywhere via a Blackberry or iPad,” says an employee of the company. Such flexibility is a real boon to employees, and more women are exploring it, says Savitha H , a Capgemini employee.

But it’s not just companies who are eager to have employees connected. Employees too have a fundamental urge to do so as they want to be kept in the loop about all developments centering around their employer, customers and partners 24X7. It’s called mutual encroachment and, whether you like it or not, that’s the new world we are entering.

“On my Blackberry I have deactivated the alert that comes when an email lands. Kept it only for SMS. I have a tendency to reach out for the phone the moment it beeps or rings. My family gets very irritated, especially if it happens at meal times. It’s also a struggle to keep my eye away from the blinking light that alerts you about mails. My husband can draw demarcations more than I can.” -

Priya Chetty-Rajagopal | VP AT STANTONCHASE INTERNATIONAL

“We have come across instances where wives of software professionals complain about their husbands locking themselves up in a conference call when they reach home early. It’s partly the individual’s fault of not choosing to switch off the phones at home like they do in meetings or conferences.” -

No sleep? Turn off the technology

2011-03-08T03:35:00.000-08:00

(Reuters) - Dependence on televisions, cellphones and laptops may be costing Americans dearly -- in lack of sleep.

The national penchant for watching television every evening before going to sleep, playing video games late into the night or checking emails and text messages before turning off the lights could be interfering with the nation's sleep habits.

"Unfortunately, cell phones and computers, which make our lives more productive and enjoyable, may be abused to the point that they contribute to getting less sleep at night leaving millions of Americans functioning poorly the next day," Russell Rosenberg, the vice chairman of the Washington DC-based National Sleep Foundation (NSF), said in a statement.

Nearly 95 percent of people questioned in an NSF study said they used some type of electronics in the hour before going to bed, and about two-thirds admitted they do not get enough sleep during the week.

Charles Czeisler, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said exposure to artificial light before going to bed can increase alertness and suppress the release of melatonin, a sleep-promoting hormone.

"Technology has invaded the bedroom," Czeisler explained in an interview. "Invasion of such alerting technologies into the bedroom may contribute to the high proportion of respondents who reported they routinely get less sleep than they need."

Baby boomers, or people aged 46-64 years old, were the biggest offenders of watching television every night before going to sleep, while more than a third of 13-18 year-olds and 28 percent of young adults 19-29 year olds played video games before bedtime.

Sixty one percent also said they used their computer or laptop at least a few nights each week.

And a propensity to stay in touch means that even people who have managed to fall asleep, are being woken up by cellphones, texts and emails during the night.

"One in 10 kids report they are being awoken by texts after they have gone to bed. People don't turn off their Blackberries," said Czeisler, adding that much of this is happening at the expense of sleep.

Generation Z'ers, 13-18 year olds, were the most sleep-deprived group, with 22 percent describing themselves as "sleepy," compared to only nine percent of baby boomers.

Sleep experts recommend that teenagers get 9 hours and 15 minutes of sleep a night but adolescents in the study were only averaging 7 hours and 26 minutes on weeknights.

"I am the most concerned about how little sleep 13-18 years are getting," said Czeisler. "Kids today are getting an hour and a half to two hours less sleep per night than they did a century ago. That means that they are losing about 50 hours of sleep per month," said Czeisler.

Americans' lack of sleep is negatively impacting their work, mood, family, driving habits, sex lives and health, according to the NSF.

All age groups are coping by consuming caffeinated drinks -- about three 12-ounce (354 ml) beverages per person -- per day, and taking naps, sometimes more than one during the day.

"Parents should get these technologies out of the bedrooms of kids if they want them to do well (in school)," said Czeisler.

Top and bottom rated films of 2010

2011-03-02T04:02:00.000-08:00

Top Rated "2010s" Titles

Rank	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	8.9	Inception (2010)	311,340
2.	8.7	Toy Story 3 (2010)	112,564
3.	8.5	Black Swan (2010)	84,322
4.	8.4	The King's Speech (2010)	45,472
5.	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	61,736
6.	8.1	The Social Network (2010)	95,846
7.	8.1	The Fighter (2010)	31,251
8.	8.1	True Grit (2010)	41,385
9.	8.0	127 Hours (2010)	43,683
10.	8.0	Shutter Island (2010)	135,852
11.	8.0	Kick-Ass (2010)	121,739
12.	7.9	Tangled (2010/I)	19,689
13.	7.8	Blue Valentine (2010)	9,908
14.	7.8	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)	57,843
15.	7.7	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)	62,718
16.	7.7	The Town (2010)	57,062
17.	7.5	Ip Man 2 (2010)	8,161
18.	7.5	The Ghost Writer (2010)	36,161
19.	7.5	Despicable Me (2010)	39,510
20.	7.5	Animal Kingdom (2010)	8,089
21.	7.5	Four Lions (2010)	10,774
22.	7.4	Rabbit Hole (2010)	6,294
23.	7.4	Winter's Bone (2010)	20,017
24.	7.4	Unknown (2011)	6,031
25.	7.3	The Next Three Days (2010)	11,713
26.	7.3	Never Let Me Go (2010)	11,288
27.	7.3	The Kids Are All Right (2010)	22,198
28.	7.3	Let Me In (2010)	13,898
29.	7.3	Buried (2010)	28,480
30.	7.2	Megamind (2010)	17,880
31.	7.2	TRON: Legacy (2010)	40,351
32.	7.2	Conviction (2010/II)	5,819
33.	7.2	Easy A (2010)	31,991
34.	7.1	It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)	6,991
35.	7.1	Machete (2010)	45,196
36.	7.1	Unthinkable (2010)	20,449
37.	7.1	Iron Man 2 (2010)	86,027
38.	7.1	Red (2010/I)	41,264
39.	7.0	Hereafter (2010)	9,389
40.	7.0	My Name Is Khan (2010)	9,636
41.	7.0	Green Zone (2010)	36,028
42.	7.0	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole(2010)	12,780
43.	7.0	The A-Team (2010)	50,120
44.	7.0	Cemetery Junction (2010)	6,057
45.	6.9	Remember Me (2010)	22,442
46.	6.9	Unstoppable (2010)	25,018
47.	6.8	Robin Hood (2010)	55,931
48.	6.8	The Book of Eli (2010)	63,473
49.	6.8	Wild Target (2010)	6,368
50.	6.7	Due Date (2010)	30,223

Bottom Rated "2010s" Titles

Rank	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	1.3	Parama Veera Chakra (2011)	125
2.	1.5	Killer Bitch (2010)	221
3.	1.5	Le baltringue (2010)	111
4.	1.5	Sura (2010)	857
5.	1.7	Just for the Record (2010)	209
6.	1.8	Freestyle (2010)	109
7.	1.8	N-Secure (2010)	85
8.	1.9	The Devil's Flower (2010)	64
9.	2.2	Razorblade City (2010)	51
10.	2.2	Szinglik éjszakája (2010)	83

The formula for calculating the Top Rated 50 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:

 weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C

where:

R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 50 (currently 5000)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8)

for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.

In order to appear in the Bottom 10 Titles chart the title must have received at least 1000 votes.

source:imdb.com

A.R.Rahman loses out Oscar to Social Network

2011-02-28T04:23:00.000-08:00

After taking home two Oscars last year for Slumdon Millionnaire, AR Rahman was left heatrbroken as he lost out to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network in the Best Original Score category.

Though, all is not lost, he is also in the running for est Original Song ( If I Rise) for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours.

The music mogul took home two oscars for his music for Slumdog Millinaire last year.

Reznor and Ross, also took home the Golden Globe award for best original score

Quirky Oscar moments

2011-02-28T03:36:00.000-08:00

check out the oscar photos, by clicking this link
Quirky Oscar moments

OSCAR AWARD WINNERS-The Award goes to.....

2011-02-28T03:15:00.000-08:00

Best Picture
The King's Speech

Best Actor
Colin Firth for 'The King's Speech'

Best Actress
Natalie Portman for 'Black Swan'

Best Director
Tom Hooper 'The King's Speech'

Best Original Song
Randy Newman for "We belong together" in 'Toy Story 3'

Best Film Editing
Angus Wall Kirk Baxter for 'The Social Network'

Best Visual Effect
Paul Franklin,Chris Corbould and Andrew Lockley for 'Inception'

Best Documentary of the Year
Inside Job by Charles Fergusson and Audrey Marrs

Best Live Action Short Film
Luke Matheny for 'God of Love'

Best Short Documentary
Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon for 'Strangers No More'

Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood for 'Alice in Wonderland'

Best Makeup
Rick Baker Dave Elsley for 'The Wolfman'

Best Sound Editing
Richard King for Inception

Best Sound Mixing
Lora Hirshberg and Gary A Rizzo for Inception

Best Original Score
Trent Reznor Atticus Ross for 'The Social Network'

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale

Best Foreign Language Film
In A better World (Denmark)

Best original Screenplay
David Seidler for 'The King's Speech'

Best Adapted Screenplay
Aron Sorkin for 'The Social Network'

Best Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3: Directed by Lee Unkrich

Best Animated Short Film
The Lost Thing Directed by Andrew Ruhemann

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo for 'The Fighter'

Best Cinematography
Movie: Inception
Winner: Wally Pfister

Best Art direction
Movie: Alice in Wonderland

SACHIN ALWAYS ROCKS.,

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Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat as he celebrates his century during Cricket World Cup match between England and India at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Tendulkar's 120-run knock came off 115 balls and was studded with 5 sixes and 10 fours.

Tendulkar hit his 47th century off 103 balls as India crossed the 200-run mark in the 35th over.

This is Tendulkar's fifth World Cup century - the most by any player in the world. Tendulkar achieved the landmark with a boundary to fine leg off Tim Bresnan.

This was after England off-spinner Graeme Swann clean bowled Gautam Gambhir (51) to place India at 180/2 in 29.4 overs.

Tendulkar and Gambhir added 134 runs for the second wicket as they got hold of the proceedings in the middle.

Tendulkar reached his fifty in style with a big heave over mid-wicket and once again it was Collingwood at the bowling end.

Tendulkar took India past 100-run mark with a fine lofty six, the first of the match, over mid-off on Collingwood's delivery.

Paceman Tim Bresnan provided England crucial breakthrough as he got rid of dangerous looking Indian opener Virender Sehwag in his first over of the day.

Sehwag was sent back to the pavilion with a fine diving one-handed catch by wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

Sehwag, who scored a quickfire 35 off 26 balls, slammed six boundaries during his short stay at the crease. Sehwag also became the third Indian to score 1000 ODI runs against England.

Opting to bat, Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar got off to a fine start against England.

Dashing opener Sehwag got a few close calls in the first over itself but he was lucky enough to survive.

Sehwag slashed the very first ball of the innings, which kissed Graeme Swann's hand at the third slip on its way to the boundary. Sehwag got another leading edge on James Anderson's delivery but it landed safely.

The explosive Sehwag continued his attack as he welcomed seamer Ajmal Shahzad with two more boundaries in the second over.

Earlier in the day, England seamer Stuart Broad was ruled out of the World Cup clash against India after being confined to bed for two days.

Seamer Ajmal Shahzad has been pencilled into the playing XI in pacer Stuart Broad's place while in the batting line-up, Michael Yardy has come in for Ravi Bopara.

On the other hand Piyush Chawla replaced S Sreesanth in India's playing XI, with Indian team going into the match with two specialist seamers and spinners.

SOURCE:TIMES OF INDIA

LITERALS

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Types of literals:
• Array Literals
• Boolean Literals
• Floating-Point Literals
• Integers
• Object Literals
• String Literals

ARRAY LITERALS:

An array literal is a list of zero or more expressions, each of which represents
an array element, enclosed in square brackets ([]). When you create an array
using an array literal, it is initialized with the specified values as its elements,
and its length is set to the number of arguments specified.
The following example creates the coffees array with three elements and a
length of three:
coffees = ["French Roast", "Columbian", "Kona"]

BOOLEAN LITERALS:

The Boolean type has two literal values: true and false.
Do not confuse the primitive Boolean values true and false with the true and
false values of the Boolean object. The Boolean object is a wrapper around the
primitive Boolean data type. See “Boolean Object” on page 111 for more
information.

FLOATING POINT LITERALS:

A floating-point literal can have the following parts:
• A decimal integer
• A decimal point (“.”)
• A fraction (another decimal number)
• An exponent
The exponent part is an “e” or “E” followed by an integer, which can be signed
(preceded by “+” or “-”). A floating-point literal must have at least one digit and
either a decimal point or “e” (or “E”).
Some examples of floating-point literals are 3.1415, -3.1E12, .1e12, and 2E-12

OBJECT LITERALS:

An object literal is a list of zero or more pairs of property names and associated
values of an object, enclosed in curly braces ({}). You should not use an object
literal at the beginning of a statement. This will lead to an error.
The following is an example of an object literal. The first element of the car
object defines a property, myCar; the second element, the getCar property,
invokes a function (Cars("honda")); the third element, the special
property, uses an existing variable (Sales).
var Sales = "Toyota";
function CarTypes(name) {
if(name == "Honda")
return name;
else
return "Sorry, we don’t sell " + name + ".";
}
car = {myCar: "Saturn", getCar: CarTypes("Honda"), special: Sales}
document.write(car.myCar); // Saturn
document.write(car.getCar); // Honda
document.write(car.special); // Toyota
Additionally, you can use an index for the object, the index property (for
example, 7), or nest an object inside another. The following example uses these
options. These features, however, may not be supported by other ECMAcompliant
browsers.
car = {manyCars: {a: "Saab", b: "Jeep"}, 7: "Mazda"}
document.write(car.manyCars.b); // Jeep
document.write(car[7]); // Mazda

STRING LITERALS:

A string literal is zero or more characters enclosed in double (") or single (')
quotation marks. A string must be delimited by quotation marks of the same
type; that is, either both single quotation marks or both double quotation
marks. The following are examples of string literals:
• "blah"
• 'blah'
• "1234"
• "one line \n another line"
You can call any of the methods of the String object on a string literal value—
JavaScript automatically converts the string literal to a temporary String object,
calls the method, then discards the temporary String object. You can also use
the String.length property with a string literal.
You should use string literals unless you specifically need to use a String object.
See “String Object” on page 118 for details on String objects.

VARIABLES-DECLARING AND USING

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VARIABLES:
You use variables as symbolic names for values in your application. You give
variables names by which you refer to them and which must conform to certain
rules.
A JavaScript identifier, or name, must start with a letter or underscore (“_”);
subsequent characters can also be digits (0-9). Because JavaScript is case
sensitive, letters include the characters “A” through “Z” (uppercase) and the
characters “a” through “z” (lowercase).
Some examples of legal names are Number_hits, temp99, and _name.

DECLARING VARIABLES:

You can declare a variable in two ways:
• By simply assigning it a value. For example, x = 42
• With the keyword var. For example, var x = 42
Evaluating Variables
A variable or array element that has not been assigned a value has the value
undefined. The result of evaluating an unassigned variable depends on how
it was declared:
• If the unassigned variable was declared without var, the evaluation results
in a runtime error.
• If the unassigned variable was declared with var, the evaluation results in
the undefined value, or NaN in numeric contexts.

The following code demonstrates evaluating unassigned variables.
function f1() {
return y - 2;
}
f1() //Causes runtime error
function f2() {
return var y - 2;
}
f2() //returns NaN
You can use undefined to determine whether a variable has a value. In the
following code, the variable input is not assigned a value, and the if
statement evaluates to true.
var input;
if(input === undefined){
doThis();
} else {
doThat();
}
The undefined value behaves as false when used as a Boolean value. For
example, the following code executes the function myFunction because the
array element is not defined:
myArray=new Array()
if (!myArray[0])
myFunction()
When you evaluate a null variable, the null value behaves as 0 in numeric
contexts and as false in Boolean contexts. For example:
var n = null
n * 32 //returns 0

VARIABLE SCOPE:

When you set a variable identifier by assignment outside of a function, it is
called a global variable, because it is available everywhere in the current
document. When you declare a variable within a function, it is called a local
variable, because it is available only within the function.
Using var to declare a global variable is optional. However, you must use var
to declare a variable inside a function.

You can access global variables declared in one window or frame from another
window or frame by specifying the window or frame name. For example, if a
variable called phoneNumber is declared in a FRAMESET document, you can
refer to this variable from a child frame as parent.phoneNumber.

JAVA SCRIPT- LEARN TO BUILD WEBSITES

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Here we are learning about

• Values, Variables, and Literals

• Expressions and Operators

• Regular Expressions

• Statements

• Functions

• Working with Objects

• Details of the Object Model

first let us describe wat is Values, Variables, and Literals:

VALUES:

JavaScript recognizes the following types of values:

• Numbers, such as 42 or 3.14159.

• Logical (Boolean) values, either true or false.

• Strings, such as “Howdy!”.

• null, a special keyword denoting a null value; null is also a primitive

value. Because JavaScript is case sensitive, null is not the same as Null,

NULL, or any other variant.

• undefined, a top-level property whose value is undefined; undefined is

also a primitive value.

This relatively small set of types of values, or data types, enables you to

perform useful functions with your applications. There is no explicit distinction

between integer and real-valued numbers. Nor is there an explicit date data

type in JavaScript. However, you can use the Date object and its methods to

handle dates.

Objects and functions are the other fundamental elements in the language. You

can think of objects as named containers for values, and functions as

procedures that your application can perform.

Data Type Conversion:

JavaScript is a dynamically typed language. That means you do not have to

specify the data type of a variable when you declare it, and data types are

converted automatically as needed during script execution. So, for example,

you could define a variable as follows:

var answer = 42

And later, you could assign the same variable a string value, for example,

answer = "Thanks for all the fish..."

Because JavaScript is dynamically typed, this assignment does not cause an

error message.

In expressions involving numeric and string values with the + operator,

JavaScript converts numeric values to strings. For example, consider the

following statements:

x = "The answer is " + 42 // returns "The answer is 42"

y = 42 + " is the answer" // returns "42 is the answer"

In statements involving other operators, JavaScript does not convert numeric

values to strings. For example:

"37" - 7 // returns 30

"37" + 7 // returns 377