Drug tests are now mandatory for all students at Russian schools.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had
suggested the tests last week, at
an emergency meeting of Russia's Security Council. Medvedev told
Council
members that high drug use among Russia's youth is a threat to
national security.
EARN YOURSELF BY JUST UPLOADING YOUR RESUME
Friday, September 18, 2009
Tharoor tweets sorry, Gehlot says quit
An NDTV correspondent reported on Friday September 18, 2009, New Delhi
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor "tweeted" his apology around midnight to all those hurt by his "cattle class" remark.
Tweeting from Liberia, Tharoor's apology came a day after the Congress party publicly reprimanded him for stating that he would travel "cattle class in solidarity with all our holy cows" in a message posted on the social networking site Twitter.
Tharoor said the phrase 'cattle class' was used by a scribe and he had only repeated it.
"It's a silly expression but means no disrespect to economy class travellers, only to airlines for herding us in like cattle," said the minister.
Even though Tharoor tweeted an apology, but it was not good enough for the Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. At an iftaar party, Gehlot apparently told the media that
'it was unfortunate and unbecoming on his part to make such comments'.
"In my view he should tender his resignation as a minister," said Gehlot.
Gehlot said since Tharoor represents the government, his 'cattle class and holy cows' comments are unacceptable.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor "tweeted" his apology around midnight to all those hurt by his "cattle class" remark.
Tweeting from Liberia, Tharoor's apology came a day after the Congress party publicly reprimanded him for stating that he would travel "cattle class in solidarity with all our holy cows" in a message posted on the social networking site Twitter.
Tharoor said the phrase 'cattle class' was used by a scribe and he had only repeated it.
"It's a silly expression but means no disrespect to economy class travellers, only to airlines for herding us in like cattle," said the minister.
Even though Tharoor tweeted an apology, but it was not good enough for the Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. At an iftaar party, Gehlot apparently told the media that
'it was unfortunate and unbecoming on his part to make such comments'.
"In my view he should tender his resignation as a minister," said Gehlot.
Gehlot said since Tharoor represents the government, his 'cattle class and holy cows' comments are unacceptable.
Latest Tsunami Warning Alert Sulawesi Indonesia 2009
UPDATE: NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
Indonesia issues tsunami warning after quake of 7.4 on Richter scale in north Sulawesi - agency
Earthquake Details Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time
* Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 17:34:52 UTC
* Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 01:34:52 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 3.873°N, 126.408°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
Distances 285 km (175 miles) SSE of General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines
315 km (195 miles) NNE of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia
1335 km (820 miles) SSE of MANILA, Philippines
2445 km (1520 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
Indonesia issues tsunami warning after quake of 7.4 on Richter scale in north Sulawesi - agency
Earthquake Details Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time
* Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 17:34:52 UTC
* Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 01:34:52 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 3.873°N, 126.408°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
Distances 285 km (175 miles) SSE of General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines
315 km (195 miles) NNE of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia
1335 km (820 miles) SSE of MANILA, Philippines
2445 km (1520 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
New 10 Rupee Coin in 2009 from Reserve Bank of India
An RBI press release says
On one side "Lion Capitol" of Ashoka Pillar, satyameve jayathe , 10 , bharat in Hindi and India in English, 2009
On the opposite side a symbolic representation of "Unity in Diversity" - Four head sharing a common body. RBI says
Since the press release is out the year inscribed in the new Ten Rupee coin will be 2009.
The Reserve Bank of India will shortly put into circulation new coins of Rs.10/-
issued by Government of India on the theme "Unity in Diversity"
On one side "Lion Capitol" of Ashoka Pillar, satyameve jayathe , 10 , bharat in Hindi and India in English, 2009
On the opposite side a symbolic representation of "Unity in Diversity" - Four head sharing a common body. RBI says
Four headed symbol shall be thought of as people from all
four parts of the country coming together under one banner and identifying with one
nation.
Since the press release is out the year inscribed in the new Ten Rupee coin will be 2009.
Earthquake in Trivandrum, kerala
Mild Earth-quake felt at
Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala at 6.43pm. It was felt
mildly in
Technopark, Trivandrum. This information is not confirmed since lot of
construction works are going on. Please wait for latest news update.
What to do if earthquake strikes.-> Get out of building to open area.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
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Facebook Lite is here. Verdict: Better
As expected, Facebook is slimming down. The new "Lite" version of Facebook is available for users in the United States and India, according to TechCrunch.
The new version of the site appears to be much cleaner and simpler. It appears, at a quick glance, to be a better site for Facebook newbies or for anyone who finds the current site overwhelming or noisy. It also pushes the old-school Facebook apps off a cliff, which is just as well for the newest Facebook-connected services. Try it at lite.facebook.com.
The major visual change in Facebook Lite, compared Facebook "Classic", is simply that most of the the navigation and info page that was on the left of the page is now gone. The user is not distracted by the mostly superfluous details that resided there. The input box is also gone, replaced by buttons (Write, Post Photos, Post Video) that pop down the actual input forms only when needed.
The new layout feels simpler and faster, almost Twitter-like.
Other tweaks that diehards might notice: the "Friends" tab in the top navigation of Facebook Classic is missing in Facebook Lite, replaced by a new "Events" link that opens up a page of invitations.
All pages on the site seem to be affected. They are simpler, easier to read, and faster. They load faster, partly due to what appears to be HTML optimization at Facebook. My profile page in Facebook Lite weighed in at 11K, compared to 44K in the Classic version. However, the smaller pages may also come courtesy of a dramatically decreased advertising load, which I doubt we can count on continuing, once Facebook Lite enters the mainstream.
This article was first published as a blog post on CNET News.
The new version of the site appears to be much cleaner and simpler. It appears, at a quick glance, to be a better site for Facebook newbies or for anyone who finds the current site overwhelming or noisy. It also pushes the old-school Facebook apps off a cliff, which is just as well for the newest Facebook-connected services. Try it at lite.facebook.com.
The major visual change in Facebook Lite, compared Facebook "Classic", is simply that most of the the navigation and info page that was on the left of the page is now gone. The user is not distracted by the mostly superfluous details that resided there. The input box is also gone, replaced by buttons (Write, Post Photos, Post Video) that pop down the actual input forms only when needed.
The new layout feels simpler and faster, almost Twitter-like.
Other tweaks that diehards might notice: the "Friends" tab in the top navigation of Facebook Classic is missing in Facebook Lite, replaced by a new "Events" link that opens up a page of invitations.
All pages on the site seem to be affected. They are simpler, easier to read, and faster. They load faster, partly due to what appears to be HTML optimization at Facebook. My profile page in Facebook Lite weighed in at 11K, compared to 44K in the Classic version. However, the smaller pages may also come courtesy of a dramatically decreased advertising load, which I doubt we can count on continuing, once Facebook Lite enters the mainstream.
This article was first published as a blog post on CNET News.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
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BSNL introducing 3G
International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000), better known as 3G or 3rd Generation, is a family of standards for mobile telecommunications defined by the International Telecommunication Union,[1] which includes GSM EDGE, UMTS, and CDMA2000 as well as DECT and WiMAX. Services include wide-area wireless voice telephone, video calls, and wireless data, all in a mobile environment. Compared to 2G and 2.5G services, 3G allows simultaneous use of speech and data services and higher data rates (up to 14.4 Mbit/s on the downlink and 5.8 Mbit/s on the uplink with HSPA+). Thus, 3G networks enable network operators to offer users a wider range of more advanced services while achieving greater network capacity through improved spectral efficiency.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) defined the third generation (3G) of mobile telephony standards – IMT-2000 – to facilitate growth, increase bandwidth, and support more diverse applications. For example, GSM (the current most popular cellular phone standard) could deliver not only voice, but also circuit-switched data at download speeds up to 14.4 kbps. But to support mobile multimedia applications, 3G had to deliver packet-switched data with better spectral efficiency, at far greater speeds.Technical details
The 3GP and 3G2 file formats are both structurally based on the ISO base media file format defined in ISO/IEC 14496-12 - MPEG-4 Part 12 [7][8], but older versions of the 3GP file format did not use some of its features.[6] 3GP and 3G2 are container formats similar to MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4), which is also based on MPEG-4 Part 12. The 3GP and 3G2 file format were designed to decrease storage and bandwidth requirements in order to accommodate mobile phones.
3GP and 3G2 are similar standards, but with some differences:
- 3GPP file format was designed for GSM-based Phones and may have the filename extension .3gp
- 3GPP2 file format was designed for CDMA-based Phones and may have the filename extension .3g2
The 3GP file format stores video streams as MPEG-4 Part 2 or H.263 or MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC/H.264), and audio streams as AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, AAC-LC, HE-AAC v1 or Enhanced aacPlus (HE-AAC v2). 3GPP allowed use of AMR and H.263 codecs in the ISO base media file format (MPEG-4 Part 12), because 3GPP specified the usage of the Sample Entry and template fields in the ISO base media file format as well as defining new boxes to which codecs refer. These extensions was registered by the registration authority for code-points in ISO base media file format ("MP4 Family" files).[9] [10] For the storage of MPEG-4 media specific information in 3GP files, the 3GP specification refers to MP4 and the AVC file format, which are also based on the ISO base media file format. The MP4 and the AVC file format specifications described usage of MPEG-4 content in the ISO base media file format.[7]
The 3G2 file format can store the same video streams and most of audio streams used in the 3GP file format. In addition, 3G2 stores audio streams as EVRC, EVRC-B, EVRC-WB, 13K (QCELP), SMV or VMR-WB, which was specified by 3GPP2 for use in ISO base media file format.[10] The 3G2 specification also defined some enhancements to 3GPP Timed Text. 3G2 file format does not store Enhanced aacPlus (HE-AAC v2) and AMR-WB+ audio streams.[6] For the storage of MPEG-4 media (MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-4 Part 3 - AAC, MPEG-4 Part 10 - H.264/AVC) in 3G2 files, the 3G2 specification refers to the MP4 file format and the AVC file format specification, which described usage of this content in the ISO base media file format. For the storage of H.263 and AMR content 3G2 specification refers to the 3GP file format specification.[11]
Some cell phones use the .mp4 extension for 3GP video.
A 3GP file is always big-endian, storing and transferring the most significant bytes first. It also contains descriptions of image sizes and bitrate.
Device support
- Most 3G capable mobile phones support the playback and recording of video in 3GP format (memory, maximum filesize for playback and recording, and resolution limits exist and vary).
- Some newer/higher-end phones without 3G capabilities may also playback and record in this format (again, with said limitations).
- Audio imported from CD onto a PlayStation 3 when it is set to encode to the MPEG-4 AAC codec will copy onto USB devices in the 3GP format.
Software support
When transferred to a computer, 3GP movies can be viewed on Linux, Mac, and Windows platforms with MPlayer and VLC media player. Programs such as Media Player Classic, The KMPlayer, Totem, RealPlayer, QuickTime, and GOM Player can also be used.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
DellTM XPS M1730 . the real gaming lap
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