measuring earth?

Have you ever wondered how large our world is? One of the earliest attempts to measure the circumference of the Earth was made by Eratosthenes, a Greek mathematician, about 2,300 years ago. The Earth is obviously too large for anyone to measure using a measuring tape or piece of string. So how does one measure the circumference?

Eratosthenes did this by determining the angle to the sun from two different places. Then, he measured the distance between the two places. Using these measurements, and his advanced knowledge of geometry and mathematics, he estimated that the distance around the globe was between 28,000 and 29,000 miles (45,000 to 47,000 km).

That was awfully close to the correct value of about 24,860 miles (40,008) km.

Islamic scholars discovered the manuscript in which Eratosthenes had described

his experiment and they preserved it.

I like koikala

Being a film critic, I can recall about 350 films from recent memory, films I’ve seen in the past few years. But there are always films that make you nostalgic. Films such as Avargal or Agni Natchatram.

A few years ago, an interesting thing happened. I had to do a brief feature on Kamal Hassan for Vijay TV about his movies. I told him all his best movies seemed to come from the second half of his career. He didn’t get irritated and patiently asked me: “Have you seen Kokila?” It was a Kannada movie. He said: “I think I’ve done a good job as far as the acting in concerned.”

There was no DVD available anywhere. He caught up with the producer and got hold of a DVD. It was the first movie by Balu Mahendra. When I saw the movie, I was stunned. It was such a beautiful movie, up there in the league of Truffaut and his The 400 Blows. You can see the genius in the first movie. Director Balu Mahendra had arrived. Kamal must have been 23 years old. What a great actor Kamal was going to become in the future, you could see in Kokila. It was very unfortunate that he was just made to wear huge bell-bottoms and do song and dance at that time. But Balu Mahendra persisted and made Kokila.

It was a surprise experience for me to see Kokila. I am mentioning this movie because I think it is time we start preserving our old movies. Youngsters of today should be given an opportunity to see Kokila.

December Boys-Review

In December Boys , daniel radcliff takes a holiday from harry potter to play another orphan. Too bad his destination is coming of age tale so treacly it doesnt tug ur heart strings, it attempts to glue them to ur ribs. As maps one of four boys who share a december bday and hospita;ity of of a catholic orphanage in the australian outback. The inevitable tragedy strikes in the form of death, abandoned and a clay footed hero , its emotional heft is diluted by the screenplay mired in fantasy. as cartwheeling nuns frolic on the sands and the visions of virgin mary glow beneath the waves , the movie congeals into a soggy,symbolic mess

Nano car a flop:

Nano was the talk for some time. People where so very sure that it is the people’s car and it would be a sure success. The point is that people are not buying cars for the sake of transportation these days but for status and so this car would not be of great use because this is a tiny little car which resembles a soap box. So the clientele would be the students who have joined their undergraduate or some old men who would find it difficult to maneuver big cars.

Unfortunately these two sections of people are so meager. With the increasing rates of petrol and diesel. It is hard for them to make their sale.

Global warming:

Whatever awareness program people conduct it doesn’t matter this is increasing day by day and with this current rates it would become impossible to stop it. Scientist have proved that if we r not going to control the global warming then the summers would be even hotter and the winters would be even colder. Time would come where we will not be able to handle both. Not only this it would also affect the sea level because the ice in the poles would get melted away and low lying planes like Indonesia, Philippines , Sumatra would get drowned one day. There is a hoax that the world would end in 2010.

Apple Air laptop:

Apple have now introduced a laptop names “air” . This is supposed to be the thinnest laptop. The gadget looks so very kewl and catchy with its sleek features. Its performance is so very live that there is no latency. Everything about the laptop is good but it comes with a heavy price as always. The disadvantage about this laptop is that it is so very slim and sleek that it is very hard to handle it. We cant be even a little harder to it and gaming is something impossible in it.

This laptop may be useful for girls who just tries to show off and for those who can handle them with soft fingers.

Tough book:

Tough book is not so good. Though there are many factors like dust, water and break resistant its performance and the clarity of the screen is not so good. It may be useful for

All those who work in mine field or somewhere like that but still it is too slow. For gadget freaks this would not be a better option. Tough book needs to prepare itself in the aspects of looks, style and extensibility.

Cast away:

One of the best films which I have seen. It was so very inspiring and thrilling. The best part is when u put urself in his position. The film is all about a guy who flies somewhere to deliver courier. The flight got crashed in mid air and everyone die except him. He reaches a small island and tries to save himself from death. He reinvents everything what the ape did long ago and tries to make his living. In the mean while he made several attempts to save himself and all were worthless. He then invented a small boat with which he went till the mid sea. A crew member in a ship found him and they took him to the land.

Try this out urself if at all u get a chance.

Chris angels mind freak:

This guy is awesome. He is doing some absolute crazy stuffs. I though that david blane is the best magician in united states but this guy makes it even more worse and cranky. He reads brain and he is hypnotizing a whole group of pass Byers by giving them a piece of paper and once they read it they become hypnotized. The best thing is that he hypnotized a whole restaurant with just a snap of his hand. Recently I saw his tricks and it was min blowing. He went through a solid bullet proof federal van which carries money and even the sheriffs were not able to find out how he did it. This guy is super awesome. Try to check out his program in star world on all Thursdays at 10pm.

ASH Dumps robo

Bad luck for rajinikanth again. ASH has dumped robo too. It seems that the director shanker have asked for a 2 year call sheet. This is bothering ash and her family. It seems that ASH wants to be a mother when she turns 35. amithab is also keen over this. Amithab and his wife do not want them to delay anymore and so ash who is going to turn 35 this year is expected to become a mother soon.

Ash is in a total hurry of finishing all her projects so that she could get into her family way. Director shankar is now on a hunt for the next big thing. He would soon find an actress as good as ASH for his dream project.

Aus VS Srilanka

The tough game is about to start tomorrow between srilanka and australia . Srilankans have to prove it this time by winning this game .They now need to win all 2 games to enter into the finals. This is a very tough game and the chances for srilankans to win are terribly less. australia have to win atleast one game to enter into the finals.

It is almost certain that australia would win against srilanka and would reach the finals. It would be good if we win both the games but still we have srilankans as a ray of hope that they would lose to us. Nevertheless they are also a strong compete tent .

The finals between India and australia is going to be nerve tricking. we need to win inorder to stop Australia to boast abt themselves

amazing race asia 2 contd

Oh my God!!!! I am disappointed! I thought marc and rovilson would win this game but unfortunately they were the last team to arrive. i have never seen them coming at the 3rd place. it is so very horrible that they have lost the race but nevertheless the prize went to the team which deserves it equally, the collin and andrians. they really did a nice job.

Steam Bath:

Steam bath is used to remove all the dirt that is deposited beneath ur skin. While in steam bath the pores of ur skin would open up and the dirt would come up.

This would also increase the blood circulation of ur body which would make u look so young and fresh.

All though this could be of many use u have to be careful while u r in steam bath.

The following precautionary are very important

Drink a lot of water before getting in.

See to that the steam room is not full as there are possibilities for more germs to attack u when it is full. Use eucalyptus oil for easy breathing and apply them slightly on ur body too. It is advisable to cover ur head with a towel as the water will not be too good in all steam rooms. This might result in hair loss. 10 mins is more than enough for u to be in the steam room. Take bath immediately u reach home.

Net Beans IDE:

Net beans IDE is software with which it makes things much simpler by drag and drop controls. It is also quite easy to interface many other languages to it. The IDE has a built in database called mysql which can act between the netbeans ide. this software support alomost all languages..the coding could be done in most of the familiar languages. The c++ code can be created separately and could be made as a make file using some compiler and could be attached to the net beans IDE.

The IDE also creates the code for the frame and therfore it is also possible for us to change the code to customize it to our needs

Stretch Marks

Stretch marks are so very common syndrome in all youngies and it would be the most unappealing thing in our body. It is so very easy to get rid of stretch marks though make up ur mind that it is not possible to completely eradicate it but u could make it such a way that it is not visible to others.

The most important thing u need to do is to first correct ur body posture. See to that u sit the way u have to sit and sleep the way u actually have to sleep. This would prevent from new stretch marks.

Try Vaseline(the most effective). The one with the aloe Vera is highly recommended. The next important thing is to take bath in the right way. Use body scrubs over the stretch marks and keep scrubbing them in circular motion.

Drink a lot of water and juice. These things would reduce stretch marks.

Believe me this would work very effectively because I have tried it on myself.

Breakfast The most important meal of the day:)

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. As the name suggest u break a fasting. We sleep for 8 hrs a day and so the stomach would be empty for more than 8 hrs. you r going to break this fasting, thus the name breakfast.

Your breakfast should be really nutritious. It is a common say that “have ur breakfast LIKE A KING, lunch like a common man and ur dinner like a pauper”.

You are free to have anything in the morning as you could burn all the calories during ur days work. The best breakfast would be a big bowl of oats, 4 slices of whole wheat bread, 2 omelets, one big cup of milk or fresh juice.

This would give u enough strength all u need for ur days work.

Fresh juice:

Fresh juice are most important. It is very important to take up at least 200 ml of fresh juice in ur daily diet. No harm if u take more. The point is that u need to take them woth out sugar. Adding sugar would not give u the right diet u need. This could affect the body.

Juices which are worth mentioning are

Green apple.

Berry

Pomegranate

These three are awesome drinks.. you could also make a cocktail of these. It would be really rejuvenating and make ur skin glow. This is a tremendous addition when u workout.

Diet to reduce weight:

If u r too obese and struggling to reduce weight the all u need is determination. Body weight can be reduced in just 45 days. It is possible to reduce upto 15 to 18 kilograms of weight in 45 days. The tougher part here is to maintain ur determination.

Your diet is very important when u plan to lose weight . This doesn’t mean that u need to starve to lose weight but to eat the right way.

The diet is very simple “say no to everything”. Say BIG to party and to booze.

Your diet should not contain “OIL AND SALTS”. Let these 2 thing s not be there in ur life for this 45 day regime.

Eat whole grain wheat bread. You r permitted to take 6 chapathis per day. Take a lot of veggies as ur side dish. You can eat as much of cabbage, lettuce, beans , carrot. Don’t set any limit for them. Other than that whenever u feel hungry go for fresh juice with no sugar.

Compliment ur diet with jogging and crunches. You can see tremendous changes and believe me this diet is not as hard as it looks like.

Eat the right way

There is a common practice to eat till ur stomach is full. This is worst habit and could spoil your health like anything. It would also bring many other complexities. The eating habit should be like the way u drink water. Whenever u feel hungry eat a small portion and drink some water. This way the digestion system would have a lot place to digest the food consumed and would extract all the nutritious content of the food..

It is advisable to take up 6 mini meal rather than 3 full meals. Whenever u eat keep a 500 ml bottle of water next to u and see to that u simultaneously drink the water while u eat. This way u could reduce the amount of solid food u take.

Fiber is the most important content u need to have a good young body. If you are going to do a lot of physical work then it is ok to take up lots carbohydrates else take up the minimum quantity. Eat more green vegetables this would enhance ur skin tone.

Happy living!!!!

ABS:

It is not enough if u have a bulky body and all stuffs with a big paunch. This would spoil the entire look. So you need to have a flat and a strong abs. I would not recommend anyone to go for 6 packs or 8 packs. Even film stars and body builders wont sport them at all times. They would just bring out the packs for the show and would leave off then…

The most important exercises are

Full Crunches (try 4 sets with 50 reps each)

Semi crunches

Leg raise(hold em up for 5 sec)

Alternative leg raise

Air Leg push

Balls

Sit ups

Drink lot of water. Breathing is very important in this. If u r not breathing the right way ur paunch would become even bigger.

Squats:

The squat is the “king of all exercises”. This would help to reduce ur lower body, act on thighs and so on. You need to have firm feet to balance your body. Most people hesitate to work on squats but it is totally wrong.

The exercises are:

Sit-ups (most important, try 500 )

Half squats

Bench Curls.

Inverted bench curls.

Laid back press

Normal seat press..

It is true that the growth of height would be stopped if u start doing this so it is better to start going to the gym once your growth is over and if you are sure that you would not grow hence further.

Triceps:

This would compliment to the biceps because this would bring the width of the biceps. This is also very important to highlight your biceps..

The list goes here:

Bench sit-ups

Over head dumbbell

Horse leg

T bar

Cable press

These stuffs would really bring out ur triceps well outside. It is much easier to develop than the biceps. With the right combination u could make em look awesome..

Biceps:

The seducing part!!! The most appealing part would be this as we could show off to others. Remember that the biceps muscle is a very small muscle and so it would take some time for us to develop it.

The list of exercises goes here:

Bar bells.

Preachers

Seven seven (bar bells)

Curls

Alternate Dumbbell

Alternate dumbbell (inclined bench)

These exercises would help you to develop ur muscles in 2 months….Dont be in a hurry to develop it so faster…Let it take its time.

Chest workout

Chest workout is one of the most important exercise.take enough time to work on this... see to that u workout atleast twice a week. the series is very important.... i cannot tell u a constant routine which u have to follow for any exercise as that would be of no effect....see of that u keep giving some variations so that u r not used to any particular type of routine...

The list of exercise goes here. Make sure that u try out all .

• Double bar push ups(chest forward).
• Bench press(flat)
• Bench press(inclined)
• Bench press(decline)
• Dumbbell press(flat,incline and decline)
• smith machine
• flies.
• manual flies(flat ,inclined and decline)
• dumbbell pull over.

remember that it is better to do it with a supervision...i will explain the exercise in the future posts... it is also not possible to do everything in one day so see to that u take up the right combo of exercise.
Any other chest exercise are welcome.....

Karate

People believe me that this is the best martial art.....many do feel that this is only for persons who have a very rude mind and attitude but they r certainly wrong..... This art would make a person's mind so very fast...it increases the concentration and the reflex actions....It really soothes the mind body and soul....The point is that u need to learn it from the right person... there are also persons who do not know the right way...so while learning dont worry about the money but go for the best place where u could learn it from a nice master....

OPTIONS

Hey people this is my current project I am working with. Black scholes is an option pricing strategy wherein it helps us to calculate the premium of the option.... to begin with let me tell u what an option is .... options are contract which gives the buyer or the seller the right to buy/sell the undelying asset or finiancial instrument.Basically there are 2 types of options....they are "CALL option" and the "PUT option".

CALL OPTION gives the buyer of the option the right but not the obligation to buy the underlying asset.This is more favourable to the buyer of the option because the profit is unlimited and the loss would be limited(premium which he pays while buying the option).

PUT OPTION gives the seller of the option the right but not the obligation to sell the undelying asset. This is more favourable to the seller because he has various options to sell the product. This is exactly opposite to the call option.


Now you have learnt what an option is and what are the types but by no means please dont get into this option trading just by reading this blog as it could be extremely hazardous to invest in this if u r not an expert in this. Options could give u heavy profit as well as it could also loot all ur money over night.

Dumb charades

I participated in dumb charades today in my college...unfortunately we didnt win the game but still we had a lot of exposure and fun....We found out the way we have to perform in narrow time limits.....for those who are starting now i would advice u people to have notations for all alphabets...this would help but not in a long run as this is also time consuming....inorder to be in the race u need to be really fast and so don't have any dumb person in ur team as it is necessary for all ur team members to be good enough with all the names....mostly u would be asked to mime film names, actors,personalities, the tag line of ads and proverbs.....the one who is going to mime needs to be really good enough and fast to think and act without taking time....the person who guesses should be really fast and should have a good knowledge abt everything.....the mimer should also know some actions for often repeated syllables and vowels...the person who guesses should have a fair knowledge about all the film names in such a way that he/she should be able to fill up the entire film name when the mimer mimes a single word...this would save a lot of time and this would make u come in front of others....creating secret code is important but the most important is to have a clear understanding of each other....with these it is an easy job for anyone to win this game....any suggestions to mime are welcome......good luck

Amazing race asia 2

Hi people!!!! This is the most happening show in all channels. nice thing that terry and henry were eliminated..... she was so very irritating and i really pity henry for having her as his wife...i dunno how he would survive with her all his life.....ofcourse it was also good to see both of them fighting....but the most cute pair in this show was paula and natasha.... Paula has a very cute smile and they both maintain their composure at all times... the next best pair would be vannessa....they have the right attitude "never say die attitude". but still there are always some tiffs going between them...the prob is that they are not maintaining their cool. never take these girls easily as they were first for a while in the 12th leg... if they have maintained a constant speed in their motor racing then they could have done some thing shocking to the guys..... here it now comes to the most thrilling pairs "collin and andrian" and "marc and rovilson" these 2 teams are really rocking the show....they miss each other in a narrow margin... the problem with collin and andrian is that they lack exposure...they do not know most of the stuffs something more common like starting a car and other stuffs...it is very bad that they do not know this being a male....but still the last leg is still left...with the right co ordination they could make it....Marc and rovilson are too very good...they have more possibilities in winning this game. but till that lets keep our fingers crossed. next blog about this after the last leg.... keep watching ...keep blogging./...