Monday, February 28, 2011


Winners and Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards

83rd Academy Awards Nominees

Actor in a Leading Role

  • Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
  • Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
  • Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
  • Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
  • James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
  • John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
  • Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
  • Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
  • Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

  • Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
  • Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
  • Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
  • Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
  • Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
  • Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
  • Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
  • Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
  • Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

  • “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
  • “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
  • “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

  • “Alice in Wonderland”
    Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
  • “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
    Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
  • “Inception” 
    Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
  • “The King's Speech” 
    Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
  • “True Grit” 
    Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

  • “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
  • “Inception” Wally Pfister
  • “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
  • “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
  • “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

  • “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
  • “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
  • “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
  • “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
  • “True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing

  • “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
  • “The Fighter” David O. Russell
  • “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
  • “The Social Network” David Fincher
  • “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)

  • “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
  • “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
  • “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  • “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
  • “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

  • “Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
  • “Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
  • “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
  • “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
  • “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

  • “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
  • “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
  • “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
  • “127 Hours” Jon Harris
  • “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

  • “Biutiful” Mexico
  • “Dogtooth” Greece
  • “In a Better World” Denmark
  • “Incendies” Canada
  • “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

  • “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
  • “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
  • “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

  • “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
  • “Inception” Hans Zimmer
  • “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
  • “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
  • “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

  • “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
  • “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
  • “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
  • “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture

  • “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
  • “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
  • “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
  • “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
  • “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
  • “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
  • “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
  • “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
  • “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
  • “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

  • “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
  • “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
  • “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
  • “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
  • “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

  • “The Confession” Tanel Toom
  • “The Crush” Michael Creagh
  • “God of Love” Luke Matheny
  • “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
  • “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

  • “Inception” Richard King
  • “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
  • “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
  • “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
  • “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

  • “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
  • “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
  • “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
  • “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
  • “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

  • “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
  • “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
  • “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
  • “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
  • “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
  • “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
  • “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
  • “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
  • “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
    Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
  • “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
  • “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
  • “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

Sunday, February 20, 2011


In a new book, Vaclav Smil explains the energy transitions that have driven social, economic and technological change worldwide over time. He also discusses the evolving shift from fossil fuels to renewables.
Vaclav Smil has written another important book on energy which is quite amazing. Although there are a lot of important books about energy, as an author Smil is in a class by himself in terms of breadth and depth.

His latest book, Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects, is only about 175 pages and very readable, although like all of Smil books you have to be comfortable with lots of numbers, since the topic requires them. The various units that energy and power are measured in can often confuse things.

In Energy Transitions, Smil explains the third great energy transition, which occurred over the last several hundred years and included the shift from wood to coal, and the rise of oil and natural gas. As he notes, this transition from biomass to fossil fuels “has been the very essence of modernization.” The first great energy transition was the mastery of fire and the second was associated with the move from foraging to sedentary crop raising and domestication of animals. This third transition really only got going in the late 19th century and did not affect most of humanity until well into the 20th century.

Smil computes the relative energy generated by humans and animals, and early “inanimate” energy technology such as wind power and water power before steam engines came along. And he shows what a small percentage of energy was produced by these inanimate technologies until the late 1800’s, except in the UK.

For each fuel type and each big application Smil explains the key breakthroughs. For natural gas it included new steel alloys, better welding, better pipe-laying, and new compressors invented after World War II. Smil points out that the time between the invention of a new energy technology and its widespread use is usually many decades. In the case of liquefied natural gas, for example, it was almost 100 years.

One section of the book discusses how energy transitions varied in different countries. For example, the Netherlands used its peat resources and wind for early energy intensification. The U.S. was slow to switch to coal – with coal surpassing wood as a primary fuel source only in the 1890’s. Although each of these countries faced very different circumstances in the evolution of their energy technologies, globalization means that our energy challenges going forward are shared.

In the final pages of the book Smil talks about what to expect from the fourth great energy transition, which we have just started. He shows that despite the desire for change “neither its pace not its compositional and operational details are yet clear.”

Smil makes clear the challenges involved in making renewable sources anywhere near as cheap as today’s high carbon energy. He describes the much lower power density of renewable sources and the challenges associated with location, intermittency, storage, and transmission. The intermittency/storage point is one I think he could have made even stronger. Even though this section overlaps with the other energy book he published this year (Energy Myths and Realities) it is still very much worth reading.

The book ends with Smil expressing disappointment that the U.S. and other wealthy countries have not done more to reduce energy usage. This is an important point, but I wish he had ended with a more detailed discussion of the fourth transition. While some people might not agree with everything Smil says, he has certainly taught me that, even with needed improvements in energy efficiency, it will be very difficult to get adequate amounts of cheap, carbon-neutral power to the poor very quickly, critical as that goal is.

Bill first wrote about digital money 15 years ago in his book “The Road Ahead”. These days, he’s excited about financial services being offered in Africa over mobile phones. They provide an easy, safe and affordable way for millions of poor people to send, receive and store money.
When I visited Kenya last December I had a chance to observe M-PESA, which is a mobile money service that is being used by more than 13 million people for storing and transferring money. Services like M-PESA are exciting because financial services of any kind have been available to only 10 percent of the 2.5 billion people who live on less than $2 per day. M-PESA showed me a new world of possibility brought by that great piece of technology, the mobile phone. A recent study found, among other things, that M-PESA allows users to maintain steady levels of consumption, particularly of food, through shocks such as job loss, illness, harvest failure and livestock deaths.

This sense of promise and excitement came through loudly in a recent foundation-hosted Global Savings Forum, which explored a number of approaches to solving the micro-savings challenge.

I participated in a panel discussion about the types of partnerships that can take financial services to every household in developing countries. We discussed how technology-enabled models can allow service providers to focus on particular services or customer segments, and scale them up quickly.

The panel included representatives of different kinds of financial service providers, including a national commercial bank (Equity of Kenya), a global association of community-based banks (World Council of Credit Unions), a promoter of informal village-level savings and loan associations (CARE), and the mobile phone company behind the most successful deployment of mobile financial services to date (Safaricom of Kenya). The panel also included representatives of a global online payments provider (PayPal) and solution providers (MPower Labs and Obopay).

The discussion began with the dynamic duo of Michael Joseph, outgoing CEO of Safaricom, and James Mwangi, CEO of Equity Bank, talking about their prominent M-KESHO partnership. They have developed a jointly-branded service that connects Equity Bank accounts with M-PESA’s powerful network.

I was interested to hear from both Mr. Joseph and Mr. Mwangi about the challenges involved in such a competitive yet cooperative joint product offering. Both are extremely protective of the powerful brands they have created, and putting them together without diluting either is a concern. I very much welcomed their challenge to other telcos and banks to be bold in their approach.

I was also struck by how Brian Branch, CEO of the World Council of Credit Unions, recognized that scale is a problem for the smaller community-based banks he represents, but also an opportunity. They are seeking ways to band together to find common technology solutions and partner with bigger players with national payment platforms such as Safaricom. This way they can remain true to the interests of the local communities they serve, offering more services at a lower cost.

Technology can be a major force to advance financial inclusion, which can help improve the lives of the poor in the developing world. This is an important focus of the foundation’s efforts. At the Global Savings Forum, we pledged $500 million over five years to help create access to savings accounts that will help increase the financial security of the world’s poorest.

I’m personally very excited about these efforts, which have the potential to replicate in other key markets. As I mentioned at the forum, I look forward to seeing similar partnerships replicate at scale in big countries such as India, Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Computers accept data in the form of ones and zeroes. Why can’t they understand normal language?

Bill

Ones and zeroes are the most basic language that we use to write instructions to tell computers how to do things we want them to do. The more complicated the task is, the harder it is to write instructions that get the results we want.

As it turns out, human language is one of the hardest challenges in computer science. People pronounce the same words in different ways. Words that sound the same have different meanings. The same sentence can have very a different meaning depending on how you say it. It’s very hard to use ones and zeros to convey all the subtle differences in language that are very easy for people to understand.

The good news is that we are making great progress in this area today. Soon, I think we’ll see computer programs that really understand what you say and answer in ways that sounds very human.
Friends,parties,canteen,library,classes (some boring), cinemas which saw those days, boy/gIrl friends ,strike, fight between students, Mass bunk, friday movies,enjoying group, arguments,freshers day and farewell day with tears....." College life is nothing, but a heaven"...... Those days are unforgettable,.come on share ur college life with us.


School life Vs College life.

School: 1 colored dress for 100s of days

College: 100 colored dresses for 1 day

School: 2 note books for 1 subject

College: 1 notebook for all subjects

School: white pipe in teacher's hand (chalk)

Coll: white pipe in student's hand (cigarette)

School: Most frequent letter-Leave letter

College: Most frequent letter - Love letter

School: if we go itz boring

college :if we dont go its boring

SO ENJOY. 

தேசிய அவமானமான ஸ்பெக்ட்ரம் பற்றி நாம் அறிவோம், அதில் ஒண்ணேமுக்கால் லட்சம் கோடி ரூபாய் அளவுக்கெல்லாம் ஊழல் செய்யப்படவேயில்லை என்றெல்லாம் மக்களே பேச ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டனர். ராஜா கைது தான் செய்யப்பட்டாரே தவிர குற்றம் நிரூபிக்கப்படவில்லை, அதுவரை நாங்கள் அவரை அரவணைத்துக் காப்போம் என்கிறார் முதல்வர். இது தினம் ஒரு அறிக்கை வரும் தேர்தல் நேரம்,மக்கள் சிந்திக்க வேண்டிய காலம், அப்படி ஸ்பெக்ட்ரம் ஊழலில் மெய்யாகவே நடந்தது என்ன ?!!! என்பதை துபாயில் பணிபுரியும் சிவக்குமார் என்னும் பொறியாளர் அருமையாக ஆய்வு செய்து எழுதியுள்ளார், இது இப்போது இமெயிலில் வரத்துவங்கிவிட்டது, இனியேனும் நன்கு படித்தவர்கள் அவசியம் சிரமம் பாராமல் சிந்தித்து வாக்களித்து நாட்டைக்காக்கவேண்டும். அவசியம் இதைப்படித்துவிட்டு ஃபேஸ்புக், ஆர்குட், ட்விட்டர் தளங்களில் ஃபார்வர்டும் செய்யவும்.

மக்கள் அனைவரையும் இலவசங்களை மட்டுமே வாங்க தெரிந்த மாக்கான்கள் என்றே நினைத்து விட்டார் நம் முதல்வர். அதற்காகத்தான் தமிழ்நாட்டில் அனைவரும் குழந்தை பெற்றுகொள்கிறார்கள் என்று சொன்னாலும் ஆச்சரிய படுவதற்கு இல்லை. என்னது ஏழைகள் பயன்படுத்தும் அளவிற்கு குறைந்த விலையில் சேவையை கொண்டுவந்தது ராசாவா? மக்களே உண்மையை புரிந்து கொள்ளுங்கள். இந்த புளுகு மூட்டைகளின் பாவத்திற்கு ஆளாகாதீர்கள். விலை குறைந்ததிற்கான காரணத்தை இங்கு குறிப்பிடுகிறேன்.
1999 ஆண்டில் தான் தொலைதொடர்பு உரிமங்கள் வழங்க ஆரம்பிக்கபட்டது. அன்று வெறும் பணம் படைத்தவர்கள் மட்டுமே கைபேசியை பயன்படுத்தினர். எனவே நுகர்வோரின் எண்ணிக்கை மிக குறைவு. சில பல லட்சங்கள் மட்டுமே. தொழில் நுட்பவளமான 1G அல்லது 2G அலைக்கற்றைகள் மிக அதிக அளவில் அரசிடம் கையிருப்பு இருந்துள்ளது. ஆனால் உரிமம் வாங்க உலக அளவிலோ இந்திய அளவிலோ போட்டிகள் இல்லை. விலை கொடுத்து உரிமம் வாங்கியவர்கள் லாபம் பெற நுகர்வோரிடம் நிமிடத்திற்கு அதிக கட்டணம்(In coming and out going ) வசூல் செய்ய கட்டாயம் ஏற்பட்டது. இதில் கவனிக்க வேண்டிய இன்னொரு விஷயம் என்னவென்றால் நாம் தான் வசதி படைத்தவர்களாயிற்றே என்று இஷ்டத்திற்கு பேசி நேரத்தையோ பணத்தையோ அன்றைய வசதி படைத்தவர்கள் விரயம் செய்யவில்லை. குறைவான நேரத்துக்குதான் கைபேசியை பயன்படுத்தினர்.
நுகர்வோரின் எண்ணிக்கை குறைவாக இருந்ததால்தான் அன்று அலைகற்றை உரிமம் பெற அதிக நிறுவனங்கள் முன்வரவில்லை. இதை சரி செய்ய அன்றைய அரசு ஒரு தொலை தொடர்பு புரட்சியை உருவாக்க முயன்றது. விளைவு நாளுக்கு நாள் நுகர்வோரின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகமானது. இன்றும் அதிகமாகி கொண்டே இருக்கிறது. 2010 நுகர்வோரின் எண்ணிக்கை சுமார் 60 கோடிக்கும் மேல். 2008 இல் 50 கோடிக்கும் மேல்.
இதற்கும் அதிகமான மக்கள் பயன்படுத்தும் அளவுக்கு போதிய அலைகற்றைகள் அரசிடம் இன்றும் உள்ளனர். ஆனால் பயன்படுத்துவோரின் எண்ணிக்கை வெறும் 60 கோடிதான். 122 தகுதி இல்லாத நிறுவனங்களுக்கு உரிமம் வழங்க பட்டுள்ளது. தகுதி என்றால் என்ன? போதிய அனுபவம், வங்கி காசோலை, வங்கி செக்யூரிட்டி டெபொசிட் அது மட்டும் இல்லை வாங்கியவுடன் குறிப்பிட்ட காலத்திற்குள் சேவையை தொடங்க வேண்டும். இந்த குறிப்பை நினைவில் வைத்து கொள்ளுங்கள். பின்னால் உதவும். டாட்டா, ரிலையன்ஸ் போன்ற பெரிய நிறுவனங்களும் உரிமம் வாங்கியுள்ளனர். இதோடு அந்த 122 தகுதி இல்லாத நிறுவனங்களையும் சேர்த்து கொள்ளுங்கள்.
நியாயக் கணக்கு:
இந்தியாவில் 60 கோடி மக்கள் கைபேசி சேவையை பயன்படுத்துவதாக உண்மை தகவல் உள்ளது. எல்லோருக்கும் தெரியும் என்று நினைக்கிறேன். ஒரு நபர் தனது கைபேசியை ஒரு நாளைக்கு சராசரியாக வெறும் 15 நிமிடங்கள் (LOCAL CALLS ONLY) பயன்படுத்துவதாக வைத்துக்கொள்வோம். ஒரு நிமிடத்திற்கு 40 பைசா கட்டணம்.
அப்போது 15x0.40 =6.0 ரூபாய் ஒரு கைபேசியின் மூலம் செலவாகிறது. 60 கோடி கைபேசிகள். 60x6.0 = 360 கோடிகள் ஒரு நாளைக்கு செலவாகிறது. ஒரு மாதத்திற்கு 30x360 = 10,800 கோடிகள். ஒரு வருடத்திற்கு 12x10,800 = 1,29,600 கோடிகள். 2008 இல் 2G ஏலம் விடப்பட்டது. இன்று வரை இரண்டு வருடங்கள் ஆகிறது. அப்போ து குறைந்தபட்ச வருமானம் இன்றுவரை2,59,200 கோடிகள். இது ஒரு நாளைக்கு வெறும் 15 நிமிடங்கள் கைபேசியை பயன்படுத்தினால் இரண்டு வருடத்திற்கு கிடைத்திருக்கும் வருமானம்.
இதோடு SMS, MMS, STD, ISD, சேவை கட்டணம், இணைப்பு கட்டணம்.......இன்னும் என்ன என்னவோ கட்டணங்கள் உள்ளது என்று சொல்கிறார்கள் மற்றும் 15 நிமிடத்திற்கு அதிகமாக பயன்படுத்துவோரின் செலவையும் சேர்த்தால் எத்தனை கோடி கோடிகள் வருமானமாக கிடைக்கும் என்பதை நீங்களே கணக்கிட்டு கொள்ளுங்கள். என்னால் கணக்கிடவே முடியவில்லை. என்னிடம் உள்ள கால்குலேட்டர் மற்றும் கணினி காண்பிப்பது "INFINITIVE". நான் தற்போது இந்தியாவில் இல்லை. இருந்திருந்தால் அனைத்தையும் அலசி ஆராய்ந்து இதைவிட இன்னும் துல்லியமாக நடந்த ஊழலின் அளவை குறிப்பிட்டு இருப்பேன். இந்த வருமானம் அனைத்தும் அரசுக்கு கிடைத்திருக்க வேண்டும். அது மக்களை சென்று அடைந்து இருக்கவேண்டும். கிடைத்ததா?
மக்களை சென்றடைந்ததா? நிச்சயம் இல்லை என்றுதான் ஒவ்வொரு மக்களும் கூறவேண்டும். அப்படி என்றால் இந்த மக்கள் பணம் சட்டத்திற்கு புறம்பாக யாரிடமோ சென்று அடைந்துள்ளது. இந்த ஊழல் பணம் அடுத்த சில ஆண்டுகளில் தனது சொந்தநாட்டு மக்களையே தாக்கப்போகிறது. விலைவாசி உயரும். பொருளாதாரம் நாசாகும். "Above middle Class" மக்கள் நடுத்தர மக்களாகவும், நடுத்தர மக்கள் ஏழைகளாகவும், ஏழை மக்கள் மேலும் பரம ஏழைகளாகவும் மாறுவார்கள்.
ஜனநாயகம் வேரோடு அழியும். மனிதாபிமானம், மனிதநேயம் மண்ணோடு மண்ணாகும். ரௌடிசம்,குற்றசம்பவங்கள் தலைவிரித்து ஆடும். கடந்த ஐந்தாண்டுகளாக ஆயுள் கைதியாக உள்ள நடுநிலை பத்திரிகைகள் இனி மரண தண்டனை கைதிகளாக மாற்றப்பட்டு தூக்கில் போடப்படும்.
துரோகம்-1: உரிமம் வாங்கிய அனைத்து நிறுவனங்களும் சுமார் 13000 கோடிக்கும் அதிகம் பொறுமானம் உள்ள(உதாரணம் S .TEL நிறுவனம்13000 கோடிக்கு வாங்க முன்வந்தது) அலைகற்றைகள் உரிமத்தை அடிமாட்டு விலைக்

Priyanka's sister Parineeti to make her debut

Priyanka's sister Parineeti to make her debut

Friday, February 18, 2011


The atmosphere at the finale of E Week India 2011 was no different from how the rest of the week had been: noisy, vibrant and full of energy and colour.
Many bus-loads of students from Chennai, Mysore, Coimbatore and Bangalore arrived at the Jyoti Nivas College Auditorium on Saturday evening, where they were joined by students who had come from across the country – Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Jaipur and even from as far away as Mohali in Punjab. Together with faculty, entrepreneurs and other members of the NEN Community, the jam-packed auditorium represented an eclectic mix of members of India’s largest and most vibrant entrepreneurship community.
The ceremony was full of music, dance and plenty of anecdotes as the chief guests for the evening – Dr Romesh Wadhwani, Chairman and CEO, Symphony Technology Group and Wadhwani Foundation; Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon Limited; and Mr. Ananya Bubna, Managing Director, Groupon India – shared fascinating experiences and stories from their entrepreneurial journey with the young audience.
With excellently choreographed sequences, the contemporary dance troupe, Nritarutya, kept everyone glued to their performances on stage.
But the highlight of the evening was the announcement of the E Week India 2011 Champions and Champion Runners Up. The excitement hit the ceiling as the winners ran onto stage to collect their awards amidst the loud music and plenty of applause. It was, literally, quite a riot as the E Cell teams jumped on stage in celebration and posed for pictures.
As the awards made way for the music, all the winners danced on stage to the latest Bollywood numbers, while the rest of us tried to keep pace in the aisles!
Three cheers to a fantastic E Week India 2011! And here’s looking forward to an even better E Week India 2012!

Overview - Solar Energy - GEDA

  • A sunray emitted from the Sun takes about 9 minutes to reach the Earth.
  • Sun is a fusion reactor emitting 3,800 million, million, million, million watts of energy each second and the earth receives only 1/2,00,000,000,000 portion of this amount equal to 1.3 X 10^17 w/h. which is 20,000 times the energy requirement of the world.
  • The temperature of the Sun at the centre is 15 million 0C and at the surface it is about 6000 0K.
  • About 50% of the energy received outside Earth’s atmosphere actually reach the Earth and is about 1 cal/sq.cm. min at sea-level.

Solar Energy Utilization
The solar energy can be broadly classified in two categories on the basis of its use – Solar Active (Direct Use) & Solar Passive (Indirect Use).

Solar Active
In Solar Active category the solar energy is directly converted in the application form and can be further divided into two forms – Solar Thermal (Heating Application)& Solar Photovoltaic (Electricity Generation).

Solar Thermal
Solar Thermal Technology is employed for collecting & converting the sun energy to heat energy for application such as water & air heating, cooking & drying, steam generation, distillation, etc. Basically a solar thermal device consists of a solar energy collector - “the absorber”, a heating or heat transferring medium and a heat storage or heat tank. Solar thermal technology employs an elaborate use of a black body, good heat conducting materials, insulation and reflectors. Solar geyser, solar concentrators, solar cookers, solar still are some example of devices based on solar thermal technology.

Solar Photovoltaics (SPV)
Solar Photovoltaic Technology is employed for directly converting solar energy to electrical energy by the using “solar silicon cell”. The electricity generated can be utilized for different applications directly or through battery storage system. Solar PV has found wide application in rural areas for various important activities besides rural home lighting. Remote villages deprived of grid power can be easily powered using the Solar Photovoltaic technology. The economics of rural electrification can be attractive considering the high cost of power transmission and erratic power supply in the rural areas.

Solar Passive for Buildings
In Solar Passive the solar energy can be put into use by incorporating appropriate designs in buildings itself to maximize utilization of solar energy for various purposes such as lighting, seasonal air conditioning, water & space heating/cooling and thereby reduce external energy inputs.

Once lived a dog named 'Pug'... Popularly Known as Hutch dog.
His life was so happy when he was a kid......
www..FunAndFunOnly.org

Playing..... ..Laughing. .......Sleeping. ...... 


www.FunAndFunOnly.org

He grew up... 

One fine day he got a job in a company.. 

In... 


He was asked to follow a small boy where ever he goes..... 


www..FunAndFunOnly.org

www.FunAndFunOnly.org

He became so famous 
that.....He was seen everywhere.. .. 
on websites.... 


www.FunAndFunOnly.org

Roadside hoarding... desktop... etc... 




One fine day... 

A new company takes over the old.... 


Pug is panicked.. in a nail biting situation!!! ! 


www.FunAndFunOnly.org

It's been decided... 


Pug was sent off... 
Now he is jobless... 

www.FunAndFunOnly.org

New concept adopted...here comes zoo zoo.... 

www..FunAndFunOnly.org

www..FunAndFunOnly.orgwww.FunAndFunOnly.org

The End 

Moral: Never love your company, love your job, you never know when your company stops loving you. 

Company needs professionals. Be professional.

Give a thought to this... LION'S WORD... 

www.FunAndFunOnly.org

Live as if you were to die tomorrow... Learn as if you were to live forever...
Once lived a dog named 'Pug'... Popularly Known as Hutch dog.
His life was so happy when he was a kid......
www..FunAndFunOnly.org

Playing..... ..Laughing. .......Sleeping. ...... 


www.FunAndFunOnly.org

He grew up... 

One fine day he got a job in a company.. 

In... 


He was asked to follow a small boy where ever he goes..... 


www..FunAndFunOnly.org

www.FunAndFunOnly.org

He became so famous 
that.....He was seen everywhere.. .. 
on websites.... 


www.FunAndFunOnly.org

Roadside hoarding... desktop... etc... 





One fine day... 

A new company takes over the old.... 


Pug is panicked.. in a nail biting situation!!! ! 


www.FunAndFunOnly.org

It's been decided... 


Pug was sent off... 
Now he is jobless... 

www.FunAndFunOnly.org

New concept adopted...here comes zoo zoo.... 

www..FunAndFunOnly.org

www..FunAndFunOnly.orgwww.FunAndFunOnly.org

The End 

Moral: Never love your company, love your job, you never know when your company stops loving you. 

Company needs professionals. Be professional.

Give a thought to this... LION'S WORD... 

www.FunAndFunOnly.org

Live as if you were to die tomorrow... Learn as if you were to live forever...

Once lived a dog named 'Pug'... Popularly Known as Hutch dog.
His life was so happy when he was a kid......
www..FunAndFunOnly.org

Playing..... ..Laughing. .......Sleeping. ...... 


www.FunAndFunOnly.org

He grew up... 

One fine day he got a job in a company.. 

In... 


He was asked to follow a small boy where ever he goes..... 


www..FunAndFunOnly.org

www.FunAndFunOnly.org

He became so famous 
that.....He was seen everywhere.. .. 
on websites.... 


www.FunAndFunOnly.org

Roadside hoarding... desktop... etc... 





One fine day... 

A new company takes over the old.... 


Pug is panicked.. in a nail biting situation!!! ! 


www.FunAndFunOnly.org

It's been decided... 


Pug was sent off... 
Now he is jobless... 

www.FunAndFunOnly.org

New concept adopted...here comes zoo zoo.... 

www..FunAndFunOnly.org

www..FunAndFunOnly.orgwww.FunAndFunOnly.org

The End 

Moral: Never love your company, love your job, you never know when your company stops loving you. 

Company needs professionals. Be professional.

Give a thought to this... LION'S WORD... 

www.FunAndFunOnly.org

Live as if you were to die tomorrow... Learn as if you were to live forever...

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பிரியுமா பிரியம்....!


என் ஞாபகங்கள்
எப்போதாவது வந்தால்
உன் குழந்தையை கிள்ளிவிடு
நான் உனக்காய் அழுவதும்
உனக்கு ஞாபகம் வரட்டும்..


*****




உனை பிரியமாய் பார்த்த
அதே கண்களால்த்தான்
உன் பிரிவையையும்
பார்க்க வைத்து
குருடாக்கினாய்
என் கண்களை..


*****


எனை சந்திக்காமல்
இருக்கத்தான்
இடம் பெயர்ந்தாய்
என்று சொல்லி இருந்தால்
நான்     உனக்காய்
என்       உயிரை
சாகடித்திருப்பேனே…


*****



என் கவிதைகளை
பிடித்த அளவுக்கு
உனக்கு என்னை
பிடிக்கவில்லை
அதனால்த்தானோ
என்னை  விட்டு
பிரிகிறது உன்னை
போல் என்
கவிதைகளும்.....


******


காதலுக்கு கண் இருக்கிறது
காதல் பிரிவுக்குத்தான்
கண் இல்லை
ஆமாம் நான்
பாக்கக் கூடியதாய்
நீ பாக்காமல்
பிரிந்து போனாயே..

Saturday, February 12, 2011


The White House
Office of the Press Secretary

Executive Order -- Establishment of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committees

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES

     By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-403)(15 U.S.C. 8111-8116) (the "PRO IP Act"), and in order to strengthen the efforts of the Federal Government to encourage innovation through the effective and efficient enforcement of laws protecting copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other forms of intellectual property, both in the United States and abroad, including matters relating to combating infringement, and thereby support efforts to reinvigorate the Nation's global competitiveness, accelerate export growth, promote job creation, and reduce threats posed to national security and to public health and safety, it is hereby ordered as follows:
     Section 1.  Senior Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committee.
     (a)  Establishment of Committee.  There is established an interagency Senior Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committee (Senior Advisory Committee), which shall be chaired by the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (Coordinator), Executive Office of the President.
     (b)  Membership.  The Senior Advisory Committee shall be composed of the Coordinator, who shall chair it, and the heads of, or the deputies to the heads of:
(i)     the Department of State;
(ii)     the Department of the Treasury;
(iii)     the Department of Justice;
(iv)     the Department of Agriculture;
(v)     the Department of Commerce;
(vi)     the Department of Health and Human Services;
(vii)     the Department of Homeland Security;
(viii)     the Office of Management and Budget; and
(ix)     the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

A member of the Senior Advisory Committee may, in consultation with the Coordinator, designate a senior-level official from the member's department or agency who holds a position for which Senate confirmation is required to perform the Senior Advisory Committee functions of the member.
     (c)  Mission and Functions.  Consistent with the authorities assigned to the Coordinator, and other applicable law, the Senior Advisory Committee shall advise the Coordinator and facilitate the formation and implementation of each Joint Strategic Plan required every 3 years under title III of the PRO IP Act (15 U.S.C. 8113), consistent with this order.
     (d)  Administration.  The Coordinator shall coordinate and support the work of the Senior Advisory Committee in fulfilling its functions under this order.  The Coordinator shall convene the first meeting of the Senior Advisory Committee within 90 days of the date of this order and shall thereafter convene such meetings as appropriate.
     Sec2.  Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committee.
     (a)  Establishment of Committee.  There is established an interagency Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committee (Enforcement Advisory Committee), which shall be chaired by the Coordinator.  The Enforcement Advisory Committee shall serve as the committee established by section 301(b)(3) of the PRO IP Act (15 U.S.C. 8111(b)(3)).
     (b)  Membership.  The Enforcement Advisory Committee shall be composed of the Coordinator, who shall chair it, and representatives from the following departments and agencies, or units of departments and agencies, who hold a position for which Senate confirmation is required, who are involved in intellectual property enforcement, and who are, or are designated by, the respective heads of those departments and agencies:
(i)     the Office of Management and Budget;
(ii)     relevant units within the Department of Justice, including the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(iii)     the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the International Trade Administration, and other relevant units of the Department of Commerce;
(iv)     the Office of the United States Trade Representative;
(v)     the Department of State, the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, the United States Agency for International Development and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs;
(vi)     the Department of Homeland Security, United States Customs and Border Protection, and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
(vii)     the Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services;
(viii)     the Department of Agriculture;
(ix)     the Department of the Treasury; and
(x)     such other executive branch departments, agencies, or offices as the President determines to be substantially involved in the efforts of the Federal Government to combat counterfeiting and infringement.
Pursuant to the PRO IP Act (15 U.S.C. 8111), the Coordinator shall also invite the Register of Copyrights, or a senior representative of the United States Copyright Office designated by the Register of Copyrights, to serve as a member of the Enforcement Advisory Committee.
     (c)  Mission and Functions.
(i)     Consistent with the authorities assigned to the Coordinator and the Enforcement Advisory Committee, and other applicable law, the Enforcement Advisory Committee shall develop each Joint Strategic Plan as provided for in title III of the PRO IP Act.  In the development and implementation of the Joint Strategic Plan, the heads of the departments and agencies identified in section 2(b) of this order shall share with the Coordinator and the other members of the Enforcement Advisory Committee relevant department or agency information, to the extent permitted by law, including requirements relating to confidentiality and privacy, and to the extent that such sharing of information is consistent with law enforcement protocols for handling such information.  Such information shall include:
(A)  plans for addressing the Joint Strategic Plan;
(B)  statistical information on the enforcement activities taken by that department or agency against counterfeiting or infringement; and
(C)  recommendations to enhance cooperation among Federal, State, and local authorities responsible for intellectual property enforcement.
(ii)     The Coordinator may establish subgroups, consisting exclusively of Enforcement Advisory Committee members or their designees, who must be officials from the designating member's department or agency, to support the functions of the Enforcement Advisory Committee.  The subgroups shall be chaired by the Coordinator, or the Coordinator's designee with expertise and experience in intellectual property enforcement matters, and may include:
(A)  an Enforcement Subcommittee; and
(B)  other subcommittees as the Coordinator deems appropriate, including subcommittees addressing particular enforcement issues, efforts, training, and information sharing among departments and agencies.
     (d)  Administration.  The Coordinator shall coordinate and support the work of the Enforcement Advisory Committee in fulfilling its functions under this order and under section 301(b)(3)(B) of the PRO IP Act (15 U.S.C. 8111(b)(3)(B)).  The Coordinator shall convene meetings of the Enforcement Advisory Committee as appropriate.
     Sec3.  General Provisions.
     (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the:
(i)     authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof, or the status of that department or agency within the Federal Government; or
(ii)     functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
         (b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.  Consistent with section 301(b)(2) of the PRO IP Act (15 U.S.C. 8111(b)(2)), the Coordinator may not control or direct any Federal law enforcement agency in the exercise of its investigative or prosecutorial authority.
         (c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
    February 8, 2011.