PUBLIC ANGER

SOURCE - REDIFF

Our Deep Condolences

Our Deep Condolences for the innocents who fallen as a victims for the cruel activities of Terrorists in the Mumbai Blasts held recently. Let India stand high after such deep injuries. Let The spirit of ours remain united to combat this evil!

JAI HIND!

THE DUNKIRK MIRACLE

During the 2nd world war several thousand allied soldiers, mostly British, were trapped by the Germans at a French coast called Dunkirk.

All escape routes were sealed off. The sea escape route was impossible as the German submarines and war ships were heavily guarding it.

The Germans were closing in from all other directions and a bloody massacre was expected the next day. No one was expected to live.

The British PM, Winston Churchill told the nation, "There is only one hope. Let's all pray for them."

Throughout that day and night the whole of Britain prayed for them. Special masses and prayers were conducted in every church.

That night, suddenly, there was a heavy and dense fog. It was totally the wrong season for fog and it never happened before. Under the cover of the heavy fog, the British ships crossed the French channel as the German subs and war ships could not detect them in the fog and rescued each and every one of the soldiers.

As soon as the ships returned home, the fog vanished.

How and why the heavy fog formed and vanished is still one of the biggest meteorological mysteries.

INS Tabar takes on Somali pirates

The Indian Navy has proved its mettle once again. Sent to weed out the sea pirate menace in the Gulf of Aden, the naval warship INS Tabar sank a pirate 'mother ship' after a fierce gunbattle.
Ever since its arrival on the Gulf of Aden, INS Tabar has successfully escorted 35 ships, including a number of foreign-flagged vessels, safely during their transit through pirate-infested waters in the region and also prevented two hijacking attempts on November 11.

The first time the INS Tabar encountered pirates was on November 11.
In a swift action, warship INS Tabar intervened to thwart two near-simultaneous attacks by pirates on an Indian cargo vessel MV Jag Arnav and a Saudi flag carrier MV NCC Thihama within 25 nautical miles of each other.
The Indian warship received an SOS from the Saudi ship at around 1000 hours after a group of pirates surrounded it. Marine commandos on board the INS Tabar flew out in an armed helicopter and launched an assault on the attackers, who were in five speed boats, forcing them to flee.

Even as this operation was on, the warship received a panic call from MV Jag Arnav, a merchant vessel owned by Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company, with about 20 crew members on board.
The INS Tabar, sent 'an armed helicopter with marine commandos...' to intervene and prevent the hijacking, the Indian Navy said. After having valiantly fought the pirates, INS Tabar will soon be back home following the central government's decision to send a larger warship into the region. Media reports said a Delhi class destroyer, INS Mysore, will replace INS Tabar in the Gulf of Aden.
The 6,900-ton Delhi class destroyers are the largest indigenously built warships till date and pack more fire power than frigates. INS Mysore carries on board two Sea King helicopters, along with a Cheetah or a Chetak, and stock 16 Uran missiles, 100mm AK 100 Gun, four multi-barrel 30mm AK 630 gun.
The presence of the destroyer in the pirate-infested region of Arabian Sea will strengthen India's efforts to demonstrate its military power against the sea brigands, sources said.

Who is Obama?

Know about the New American President Barack Obama.

Visit the following website to know some interesting details about him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

Video games don't boost brainpower, claims study

A new study challenges claims made by previous researches that video games help boost memory power and multitasking ability.
The research team led by researchers from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign showed that playing video games doesn't improve cognitive skills.
They found no improvement in memory skills or the ability to multitask after kids spent more than 20 hours on one of three video games.
The researchers claim that while a few hours playing an action game could improve concentration, but its not enough for other cognitive skills.
"Perhaps individuals with superior abilities are more likely to choose video gaming as an activity in the first place," New Scientist quoted Boot, as saying.

My Poem

This month's Poem in Thannambikai Magazine.
It deals with the topic, 'Qualities of Youth?'
Post your precious comments!

-Bala

PHASMOPHOBIA

Phasmophobia (or spectrophobia) is a type of specific phobia, being an abnormal and persistent fear of ghosts, spectres or phantasms. It derives from the greek words "phasma" meaining "apparition" and "phobos" meaning "fear". It is often bought about by experiences in early childhood and causes sufferers to experience panic attacks.

Causes

Phasmophobia is similar to other specific phobia in that it is the result of the unconscious mind acting a defence mechanism to try and avoid a certain situation or object and is thus classified as a type of mental health disorder. It is often bought about by a person believing they have had an encounter with a ghost, most often at an early age, but can also be caused by television and films. When bought about by the latter it is often temporary. Therefore, although the actual existence of ghosts is debated, the fear of ghosts only requires a person to believe they have had an encounter. For example, in an attempt to recall certain events pertaining to a possible encounter with a specter, a hypnotist might use hypnosis to retrieve the lost memories of the event. Research studies have found that these "hypnotically refreshed" memories typically combine fact with fiction, but would convince a patient of the realness of their encounter. There is also the psychological factor of entering a premises in which one already possess prior information that it is suspected as being haunted or is similar to other supposedly haunted places, the psychological impact of this alone can cause the anxiety bought about by phasmophobia.

Symptoms

Phasmophobia is categorized by a series of symptoms that the sufferer experiences when they think they have seen a ghost, or apparition. The suffer usually experiences intense feelings of terror or dread and are often prone to panic or have panic attacks, these symptoms in turn result in an increased or rapid heart-beat. Another common symptom, typical of a majority of specific phobia, is attempts by affected individuals to completely avoid a situation in which one may think they are prone to encountering what they perceive as a ghost.

SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER ... AND SPRING

Spring, Summer, fall, Winter... And Spring


The film which i enjoyed more.
Now im the fan of Kim Ki Duk.
His story, the way the story was directed are simply superb.
The film ore discusses about Buddhism & it's Philosophies
It's a Cyclic Story
Do watch the movie!
Now im in search of more of KimKi Duk's Filmography :-)

Bala.

Padmasambhava

According to tradition, Padmasambhava was incarnated as an 8 year old child appearing in a lotus blossom floating in Lake Dhanakosha, in the kingdom of Uddiyana, traditionally identified with the Swat Valley of present-day Pakistan. The conventional notion is that Uddiyana was located in the Swat Valley of present-day Pakistan, although some historians, including Robert E. Thurman, suggest it may have been in present-day Afghanistan. His special nature was recognized by the local king who married him to one of his daughters, Mandarava. Mandarava and Padmasambhava's other main consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, developed into realised practitioners. Many thangkas and paintings show Padmasambhava in the middle between them.

Padmasambhava's ability to memorize and comprehend esoteric texts in a single hearing established his reputation as a master above all others. Accused of the mystical killing of an evil minister, he was banished from the court and freely chose to live in a cemetery district. Transiting various heavens and hells, he developed the power to transcend the cycle of birth and death, accomplishing the so-called great transference. His fame became known to Trisong Deutson, the 38th king of Tibet (742-797), whose kingdom was beset by evil mountain deities. The king invited Padmasambhava to Tibet where he used his tantric powers to subdue the evil deities he encountered along the way, eventually receiving the Emperor's wife, identified with the dakini Yeshey Tsogyel, as a consort. This was in accordance with the tantric principle of not eliminating negative forces but instead redirecting them to fuel the journey toward spiritual awakening. In Tibet he founded the first monastery in the country Samye Gompa, initiated the first monks, and introduced the people to the practice of Tantric Buddhism.

In Bhutan he is associated with the famous Taktshang or "Tiger's Nest" monastery built on a sheer cliff wall about 500m above the floor of Paro valley. He flew there from Tibet on the back of his favorite consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, who he transformed into a flying tigress for the purpose of the trip. Later he traveled to Bumthang district to subdue a powerful deity offended by a local king. Padmasambhava's body imprint can be found in the wall of a cave at nearby Kurje Lhakhang temple.

Padmasambhava also hid a number of religious treasures (termas) in lakes, caves, fields and forests of the Himalayan region to be found and interpreted by future tertons or spiritual treasure finders. According to Tibetan tradition, the Bardo Thodol, (commonly referred to as the Tibetan Book of the Dead) was among these hidden treasures, subsequently discovered by a Tibetan terton, Karma Lingpa.

Interaction with Eminent People

Director K. Hariharan














Dr. Uma Vangal







Yes!
We the student of Communication Department spent our 10th & 11th October 2008 usefully. We got some good initiatives regarding Film Making & Film Appreciation.
Inbetween us was two enriched resource persons related to Film Field.

• Mr. K. Hariharan, Film Director, National Award Recipient for his 'EZHAVATHU MANITHAN', at present the Director of LV Prasad Film & TV Academy. A highly potential man who has the thirst to bring out Good Cinema.

• Dr. Uma Vangal, She is also a faculty from same academy. She is well known for her documentaries related to Women Issues. Especially the documentary on 'TSUNAMI AFFECTED COASTAL REGIONS OF TAMIL NADU & SRI LANKA' got good acclaims.

We the amateurs in film making understood the importance of Non- Fictional or Documentary Film Making. A travelogue by Gaurav Jhani's 'RIDING SOLO TO THE TOP' gave us a new insight in creating film. Something Simply Superb!!!!!!!!!
We also saw Fictional films like 'INJA' & 'NO BIKINI' with macro concept in it but the way it was filmed & shown was in a micro way. Amazing Short Films!
We feel happy and enlightened in these two days. We need these resource persons for each semester to guide us on various aspects of films.

THANKING YOU SIR & MADAM!!!

On Behalf of Studious Students,
bala.

Plastic surgery for Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig has admitted having plastic surgery to fix injuries sustained on the set of the latest Bond film.
The star, 40, severed his fingertip and had eight stitches on his face after being accidentally kicked by a Quantum of Solace co-star.
Daniel, who was recently pictured sporting an arm sling, told Elle magazine: "It's a stupid inconvenience because we had to stop filming. But they gave me an excellent plastic surgeon."
The heartthrob also admitted having a crush on 007's boss M, played by Dame Judi Dench.
Daniel said: "M's gorgeous. All men have thought about her at least once in their lives. The great thing about Judi Dench is that she's the matriarch of British film.
"She has an innate power about her. And yes, Bond needs a woman like M to contain his nonsense and say, 'Look, 007, you've been an idiot!'
"But they won't sleep together. Not unless the cupboard gets very bare in terms of storylines."
The actor said: "I think James Bond has changed. He's not a shallow brute.
"I wanted some fallibility. It's no good if Bond is a cocktail-swigging sexist pig with no interior struggle. Bond is often p****d off or upset and I wanted to bring that out."
The actor, whose long-term partner is film producer Satsuki Mitchell, added: "I won't play Bond forever. But I'd like to think I've added something to the lineage of how the man has changed."

A Workshop on Film Appreciation & Film Making

K.Hariharan with Director Balu Mahendra.


Hello Friends,
We the PSG CAS Students of Visual Communication & Electronic Media are happy to have Mr.K.Hariharan, The famous director of many award winning films. He is one of the well reputed person in the field of film. The Workshop is to be held on 10th & 11th October 2008.

DIET COKE CAN KILL SPERMS!!!!!

Studies that suggested sodas such as Coke and Pepsi kill sperms and exotic lap dancers make more money when they are at peak fertility have been awarded the 2008 Ig Nobel prize.
In 1980s, when researcher Deborah Anderson of Harvard Medical School's birth- control laboratory discovered that "Coca Cola douches" were being used as a type of contraception at the all-girl Catholic boarding school she had attended in Puerto Rico, she decided to test it.
For the study, Anderson, medical student Sharee Umpierre and gynaecologist, Joe Hill mixed four different types of Coke with sperm in test tubes.
A minute later, they found that all sperm were dead in the Diet Coke, however, 41pct were still swimming in the just-introduced New Coke.
"Coca-Cola douches had become a part of contraceptive folklore during the 1950s and 1960s, when other birth-control methods were hard to come by," New Scientist quoted Anderson, as saying.
"It was believed that the carbonic acid in Coke killed sperm, and the method came with its own 'shake and shoot applicator'" - the classic Coke bottle," she added.
Another study, led by University of New Mexico psychologists proposing that lap dancers earn more money when they are at peak fertility also won the award.
During the research, psychologists Geoffrey Miller, Joshua Tybur and Brent Jordan asked women working as lap dancers to report their nightly tips, and whether they were on hormonal contraceptives or menstruating naturally.
The two groups of women received similar tips when they were in non-fertile parts of their cycle, but when the naturally menstruating women reached their fertile days, the researchers found, they earned significantly more.
A Brazilian study led by Astolfo Araujo of the University of Sao Paulo and Jose Marcelino of Sao Paolo's Department of Historical Heritage on armadillos, the burrowing animals, which showed that the pesky creatures can move the artifacts in archaeological dig sites up, down and even laterally by several meters as they dig also won the prestigious alternative prize.
Another experiment with huge implications for health policy won the Ig Nobel medicine prize for Dan Ariely of Duke University in North Carolina.
He gave two groups of volunteers identical placebos masquerading as painkillers, telling one group the pills cost 2.50 dollars each and the other that the pills had been discounted to 10 cents each.
The volunteers didn't pay for the pills, but those who took the "more costly" fake medicine felt less pain from electric shocks than those who took the cheap fakes
This showed that price affects people's expectations and thus their response to medicine, Ariely says - the more expensive the pill, the more relief they expect.
These awards, presented at Harvard University, are organised by the humorous scientific journal the Annals of Improbable Research for research achievements "that make people laugh - then think".

Naqoyqatsi, The Film

Naqoyqatsi: Life as war is a documentary film released in 2002; it is the third and final film of the Qatsi trilogy by Godfrey Reggio. The film focuses on society's transition from a natural environment to a technology-based industrial environment.

The first was Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance, the first of the "Qatsi" films, was released in 1982.

The second was Powaqqatsi: Life in transformation, was released in 1988.

All three were scored by Philip Glass.

Watch It! DVD available at our department.

FIFA unveils 2010 World Cup mascot

FIFA unveiled Zakumi, the official mascot of the 2010 football World Cup, in Johannesburg at a television gala broadcast nationwide. The ZA in Zakumi stands for South Africa while kumi means ten in assorted African languages. The mascot has been exclusively designed in the host country which will stage the continent's first ever World Cup. "Zakumi represents the people, geography and spirit of South Africa, personifying in essence the 2010 FIFA World Cup. We are certain we will have a lot of fun with him in the lead-up to and during the FIFA Confederations Cup and the FIFA World Cup," FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said.

SOURCE: REDIFF
from Sai

Flora

Something Interesting!

Tempting foods surprisingly increase willpower!

Check out the follwing link for an interesting feature
http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20080916/981/tsc-tempting-foods-surprisingly-increase_1.html

Do our blog is sleeping?!

What is exactly The Large Hadron Collider?

A video to show some details about Large Hadron Collider [LHC]

Exuberant Posture!

Natarajar Statue at Kasthuri Sreenivasan Trust, Coimbatore.

Welcome!

We welcome our new friend from IInd UG of our Communication Department to our COMMUNIKATORS Blog. Start publishing your articles. Be in touch regularly.

ALL THE BEST!!!!!!

WILL THE WORLD BE THERE TOMMORROW?

THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a gigantic scientific instrument near Geneva, where it spans the border between Switzerland and France about 100 m underground.
It is a particle accelerator used by physicists to study the smallest known particles – the fundamental building blocks of all things. It will revolutionize our understanding, from the minuscule world deep within atoms to the vastness of the Universe.

To learn more about this topic:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/god-particle/achenbach-text
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
http://lhc-operation.web.cern.ch/lhc-operation/Default.htm
http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHC-en.html

Enthiram!!

The Shankar-Rajnikanth Tamil film Robot is now Enthiram. The film is said to be based on the popular writer, late Sujatha's novels En Iniya Iyanthira and Jeeno.
Superstar Rajnikanth had earlier announced that the film, produced by London-based Aingaran Films International (P) Ltd., would get a Tamil title soon. The title wasn't intended to get tax-exemption but to honour the Government of Tamil Nadu's commitment to patronise films with Tamil titles. Produced at a whopping budget of Rs 140 crore, the film is said to be the most expensive film to have been ever made in India in any language.
Three photo-shoots have been held to promote the film, including one that was shot in Hollywood last week. The shooting is expected to kick off in Brazil from September 6 onwards.
Shankar's team is already in Brazil to oversee the arrangements. Shankar, Rajnikanth and other actors and crew members are expected to leave for Brazil on Friday while Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, the heroine, is expected to land in Brazil on September 7.
SOURCE - REDIFF

LIGHT OF HOPE!!!!!!!

A Decor Light from a ice cream parlour in Coimbatore.



















-bala.

ALERT!

Be Enlightened My Friends!

Keep Doing Your Work.........

....... Positive Result Is At Your Back;
FOLLOWING YOU!!!!!!!!

Post Articles Regularly.

BALA.

WISH KARO! AUR DISH KAHO!

BALA

This month's poem

Hello Frenz,
This month's poem in 'THANNAMBIKAI' magazine deals about boldness in life. Not just hitting a man is Boldness, as out Tamil cinemas portray! Boldness is something to be nurtured by all humans in hectic situations of life without being harming others and also to excel in life. See it! Send in your reviews!

BALA

some photos i took

here are some photographs i took long back. post ur comments. the first one i took in a pani puri stall, the second one a common pic everyone tries for and the last one is the longest building in the world under construction (couldn't get it right while moving on a vehicle).... from sai

SCREENPLAY

So What is Screenplay?
A script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets.

To learn more about Screenplay:
http://www.screenwriting.info/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenplay

For Screenplay Softwares:
http://www.screenplay.com/

See for BOURNE IDENTITY, the film's Full Screenplay at:
http://sfy.ru/sfy.html?script=bourne_identity_2002

Seminar On Script Writing

Hello Again,
Today August 27th 2008, there was a Seminar on Film Script Writing by me. The seminar covered Script Writing for Fiction, Non-Fiction stories; For Linear Narrative, Non-Linear Narrative films; Film Adaptations from other films, with many movie clips. And there will be many many such seminars in the forthcoming days. Attend them, let's discuss on films.

Bala

LOCK IS HERE.... NEED A KEY!

Nanook Of The North

Hello frenz,
Today, August 26, 2008, I was able to see a documentary film named NANOOK OF THE NORTH, directed by Robert J. Flaherty.

The film is considered the first feature-length documentary.
So check out about this documentary by visiting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanook_of_the_North
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/402667/Nanook-of-the-North
www.openflix.com/movie/nanook-of-the-north.html

Video Files can be browsed through:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmzIZWpxIa0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLERFRQl5EY

MY HAPPY jump liv pic

3G technology

On August 1, 2008, India joined the elite list of countries to announce a policy for third generation mobile service that will enable customers to enjoy voice, video, data and downloading facilities on their mobile phones.

The much-awaited 3G policy would allow up to 10 players in a service area including foreign companies. India has 60 Mhz of 3G spectrum available. The auction will take place in the 2.1 Ghz band.

The government has set a base price of Rs 2,020 crore (Rs 20.20 billion) for each bid for a pan-India license. Initially, there will be three to five operators to sell the 3G services, including state-run BSNL and MTNL. The state-run telecom firms have an edge to start the 3G services earlier than others as they do not have to bid for the spectrum as they only have to match the highest bid in their respective circles.

What will 3G mean for you

3G is short for third-generation mobile telephony services. 3G guidelines will revolutionise the country's cell phone services, clearing the way for high-speed mobile connectivity in India.
3G phones work in higher bandwidths of 15-20 MHz. Currently, mobile phones work on 2G or 2.5G, and use 30-200 KHz bandwidth. Bandwidth is a measure of the width of a range of frequencies used while transferring data from one point to another and is measured in hertz.

How do 3G services help us?

3G services enable video broadcast and data-intensive services such as stock transactions, e-learning and telemedicine through wireless communications
All telecom operators are waiting to launch 3G in India to cash in on revenues by providing high-end services to customers, which are voice data and video enabled. India lags behind many Asian countries in introducing 3G services.
Packet-based data provides several advantages over the existing circuit-switched techniques used for carrying mobile voice. It allows higher call volumes and support for multimedia data applications, such as video and photography.
Users will be charged on how much data they transmit, not on how much time they are connected to the network, because with 3G you are constantly online and only pay for the information you receive.

SOURCE: rediff

My Photographs......

Hey Frenz,
I have attached some of my photographs which has been shot recently.......

See it
&
Send in your reviews!

Bala