Sunday, December 21, 2008

Bakrid

Bakrid, to be rightly called Idul-Azha or the festival of sacrifice, is the second of the two festivals of Islam. This festival is observed by Muslims all over the world. It falls on the 10th of Dhul-Hagg, the last month of the lunar year. It is celebrated in commemoration of Abraham's willingness to offer his only son as a sacrifice at God's command.In Kerala as in other parts of the world, this day dawns with the resounding of Thakhir (Allahu Akbar), the declaration that God is great. Every Muslim house wakes up with the spirit of sacrifice and festivity. Men, women and children, dressed themselves in their best attire and reciting the Thakbir, proceed to Id-Gah which is the wide open space set apart for public prayers. The whole atmosphere is filled with the resonance of "Allahu-Akbar". The Assembly then prepares for the congregational prayer led by the Imam. After the ceremonial Id prayer, the leader addresses the devotees, exhorting them to be conscious of their duties to God and follow the example of Abraham. The prayer and the sermon over, the gathering exchange greetings and as an expression of affectionate brotherhood, hug each other. The festivity at home commence after the ceremonial prayer with hearty feasts followed by social visits. Women enjoy this occasion by paying visits to the neighbouring houses and engaging in singing and dancing. All festivals of Islam have some religious significance and are occasions to express their gratitude to God.In Kerala on the occasion of Bakrid, special meetings are held in which distinguished members of sister communities participate. This occasion serves to foster brotherly relationship among members of various communities. A spirit of tolerance, mutual understanding and universal brotherhood pervades such gatherings.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Venture capital trusts

Venture capital trusts (VCTs) were introduced by the government in 1995 to encourage investment in smaller unquoted companies. They provide a valuable source of capital for small companies and helps them to develop and grow.

A VCT is a company, run by a fund manager, which invests in other companies that are not quoted on a stock exchange but may be listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
VCTs themselves are listed on the London Stock Exchange, with strict limits laid down by HM Revenue – Customs (HMRC) on what they can invest in.
There are considerable tax advantages offered to investors in new VCTs. However, they are complex products which carry a certain level of risk. VCTs should be considered as long-term investments and it is important that you understand the risks as well as the benefits before .

Monday, December 08, 2008

Mandir Shri Brahma Ji

Cause of Establishment:Brahma performed a yajna to expiate the curse he was subjected to by Savitri who felt offended by him. At the completion of the yajna, Vishwamitra established this temple.

Brief of the Deity: With the idol of Lord Brahma (the father of all beings), there is also enshrined the idol of Gayatri. Besides, other idols of gods and goddesses are there.Brahma is the first member of the Hindu triad.He represented the supreme spirit mamifested as the active creator of the universe. He sprang from the mundance egg deposited by the supreme first cause he is the Prajapati or Lord and Father of all creation . He is sad to be of red color . He has four head . Originally he had five heads but was burnt by shiva .

Important Architectural Characteristics:Lord Shankaracharya renovated this temple. Afterwards in 1401 A.D. Maharaja Jawat Raj of Ratlam made more additions and repaired the old temple but the main temple over the centuries has retained its original form. Marble flooring from time to time was required. The temple Shikhar (Pinnacle) is 700' high.

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Barite

Barite, also called barytes and heavy spar, is best known for its high specific gravity of 4.43 to 4.46. It comes in many colors including white, gray, colorless, yellow, brown, red, green, and blue. The luster is vitreous or pearly and the streak is white. It has a hardness of 3 to 3.5 and has perfect cleavage in one direction. The crystal system that barite belongs to is orthorhombic. Barite can be found in British Columbia, Colorado, South Dakota, and California.

Monday, November 24, 2008

National Family Welfare Programme

India launched the National Family Welfare Programme in 1951 with the objective of "reducing the birth rate to the extent necessary to stabilise the population at a level consistent with the requirement of the National economy. The Family Welfare Programme in India is recognised as a priority area, and is being implemented as a 100% centrally sponsored programme.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Tropical deforestation

Stretching out from the equator on all Earth’s land surfaces is a wide belt of forests of amazing diversity and productivity. Tropical forests include dense rainforests, where rainfall is abundant year-round; seasonally moist forests, where rainfall is abundant, but seasonal; and drier, more open woodlands. Tropical forests of all varieties are disappearing rapidly as humans clear the natural landscape to make room for farms and pastures, to harvest timber for construction and fuel, and to build roads and urban areas. Although deforestation meets some human needs, it also has profound, sometimes devastating, consequences, including social conflict, extinction of plants and animals, and climate change—challenges that aren’t just local, but global. NASA supports and conducts research on tropical forests from space-based and ground-based perspectives, helping provide the information that national and international leaders need to develop strategies for sustaining human populations and preserving tropical forest biodiversity.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Cochin Harbour and Willingdon Island

Cochin, one of the finest natural harbours in the world, and the only all weather harbour on the west coast, south of Bombay, affords a safe anchorage to ships,Willingdon Island is a man made one which was formed with materials dredged while deepening the Cochin Port and channel, It is the seat of the harbour and cochin Port Trust. The Southern Naval Command has its headquarters here. The seaport, naval airport and the railway terminus are all on this island.

Monday, November 03, 2008

What is the largest flower in the world?

The flower with the world's largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. It attaches itself to a host plant to obtain water and nutrients. When in bloom, the Rafflesia emits a repulsive odor, similar to that of rotting meat. This odor attracts insects that pollinate the plant.

Another enormous flower found in Indonesia is the Amorphophallus titanum, or Titan arum. It is also known as the "corpse flower" for its unpleasant odor. Like the Rafflesia, the Titan emits the smell of rotting flesh to attract pollinators. Technically, the Titan arum is not a single flower. It is a cluster of many tiny flowers, called an inflorescence. The Titan arum has the largest unbranched inflorescence of all flowering plants. The plant can reach heights of 7 to 12 feet and weigh as much as 170 pounds!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Lengha

The lengha (lehnga) is one of South Asia's favourite garments, worn frequently at weddings and other formal occasions. It is a long skirt worn either with a choli or a longer kurti top (tunic). Lengha skirts come in many varieties which are described below:
Gaghara - A full flared skirt, usually with a broad fitted belt around the waist (as worn by this model).
Garara - A divided skirt, similar to culottes or flared bell-bottoms.
Sharara - This is similar to the gaghara, but it is cut in an A-line pattern and the flare usually begins at the knees.

Monday, October 20, 2008

What about vegetarian diets?

Some Americans eat vegetarian diets for reasons of culture, belief, or health. Most vegetarians eat milk products and eggs, and as a group, these lacto-ovo-vegetarians enjoy excellent health. Vegetarian diets are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and can meet Recommended Dietary Allowances for nutrients. You can get enough protein from a vegetarian diet as long as the variety and amounts of foods consumed are adequate. Meat, fish, and poultry are major contributors of iron, zinc, and B vitamins in most American diets, and vegetarians should pay special attention to these nutrients.

Vegans eat only food of plant origin. Because animal products are the only food sources of vitamin B12, vegans must supplement their diets with a source of this vitamin. In addition, vegan diets, particularly those of children, require care to ensure adequacy of vitamin D and calcium, which most Americans obtain from milk products.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Crude Oil

The petroleum industry often characterizes crude oils according to their geographical source, e.g., Alaska North Slope Crude. Oils from different geographical areas have unique properties; they can vary in consistency from a light volatile fluid to a semi-solid. Classification of crude oil types by geographical source is generally not a useful classification scheme for response personnel because they offer little information about general toxicity, physical state, and changes that occur with time and weathering. These characteristics are primary considerations in oil spill response. The classification scheme provided below is more useful in a response scenario.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Fruits and Vegetables Can Protect Your Health

Fruits and vegetables contain essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber that may help protect you from chronic diseases. Compared with people who consume a diet with only small amounts of fruits and vegetables, those who eat more generous amounts as part of a healthful diet are likely to have reduced risk of chronic diseases, including stroke and perhaps other cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The Goldfish

The common goldfish is remarkably hardy, and it is the most commonly kept pet animal in the world. It ahs been kept as an ornamental fish for centuries, and graced the garden pools & aquariums of kings and emperors for a thousand years.

The goldfish is renowned for its spectacular red-gold colour, can grow to about 20cm in length, and live upto 10 years or more.

The body is protected by rows of overlapping scales that never increase in number, but increase in size as the fish grows. The circuli, or rings of growth, are well-spaced in summer when growth is rapid, but are laid down close together in winter and at other times of poor growth. The tightly-bunched circuli of winter tend to show up as distinct bands, or annuli, and it is these that indicate the years of a fish's life to a trained scale reader.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Chestnut

Chestnut trees are cultivated for their nuts or as ornamentals. Probably the most notable species was the large and graceful ornamental American chestnut (C. dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.) (fig. 73), which extended from Maine southwest to Arkansas (Munns 1938). It has been almost completely destroyed by blight. The Japanese chestnut (C. crenata Sieb. and Zucc.) and the Chinese chestnut (C. mollisima Blume) are both cultivated for their nuts. Chestnut is a deciduous tree or shrub, which is cultivated in a similar manner to other deciduous nut trees. It bears brown nuts, about an inch in diameter, which are usually consumed after they are roasted. From one to nine nuts are produced in a spiny involucre or burr.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Bird Conservation Thematic Node

The Bird Conservation Node facilitates rapid access to North American bird population and habitat data maintained by a broad coalition of Federal, state, and non-governmental partners in conservation. Includes life history, range, and habitats [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Biological Information Infrastructure]

Monday, September 01, 2008

Solar Spectrum

The total distribution of electromagnetic radiation emanating from the sun. The different regions of the solar spectrum are described by their wavelength range. The visible region extends from about 390 to 780 nanometers (a nanometer is one billionth of one meter). About 99 percent of solar radiation is contained in a wavelength region from 300 nm (ultraviolet) to 3,000 nm (near-infrared). The combined radiation in the wavelength region from 280 nm to 4,000 nm is called the broadband, or total, solar radiation.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Auto and White goods

This sector has several opportunities for investment due to the availability of raw materials at close proximity and a large consumer market for the product both in and around the State. These advantages include:

Presence of large steel plants as a source of easy freight; World class industries (in and around the State) create an excellent vendor base to support the sector; Several industries like Usha Martin, Timken, Cummins, Tinplate, Indal, etc. produce a wide range of engineering products; Various industrial units involved in activities like mining and coking coal; A good combined market for the sector is provided by Jharkhand along with Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh; Demand for white goods like refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, etc is high in the State and is rapidly increasing, etc.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Education

Education encompasses both the teaching and learning of knowledge, good conduct, and technical aptitude. It thus focuses on the cultivation of skills, profession, trades sessions, as well as moral, mental & aesthetic development.
Proper education consists of systematic training, instruction and training by professional teachers. This consists of the application of pedagogy and the growth of curricula. In a liberal education tradition, teachers draw on many different disciplines for their lessons, including psychology, philosophy, in sequence technology, biology, linguistics and sociology. Teachers in expert professions such as astrophysics, law, or zoology may teach only in a narrow area, frequently as professors at institutions of higher learning. There is much specialist instruction in fields of trade for those who want specific skills, such as required to be a pilot, for example. Finally, there is an array of educational opportunity in the informal sphere- for this reason; society subsidizes institutions such as museums and libraries. Informal education also includes knowledge and skills learned and refined during the course of life, including education that comes from experience in practicing a profession.

Monday, August 11, 2008

2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

The 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony was conducted at the Beijing National Stadium, also called as the Bird's Nest. It started at 8:00 pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on 8 of August 2008. The number 8 is linked with prosperity and self-confidence in Chinese culture. Organisers claim that the stadium was filled to its 91,000 capacity. The ceremony was co-directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and Chinese choreographer Zhang Jigang. It was renowned for its focus on ancient Chinese culture, and for its creativity. The musical score for the ceremony was set by composer Tan Dun. The final climb to the torch featured Olympic gymnast Li Ning, who appear to run through air around the top ring of the stadium. Featuring more than 15,000 performers, the ceremony lasted over four hours and was reported to have cost over $300 million to produce. The opening ceremony was lauded by audience and a variety of international presses as impressive and spellbinding.

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Cargo

Cargo or freight is a word used to signify goods or produce being transported normally for commercial gain, usually on a plane, ship, train, truck or van. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.

Cargo represents a concern to U.S. national security and is it was reported out of Washington, DC that in 2003 over 6 million cargo containers enter the United States each year. After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, the security of this extent of cargo has become highlighted. The latest US Government response to this threat is the CSI: Container Security Initiative. CSI is a program planned to help increase security for containerized cargo shipped to the United States from around the world.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Sundarbans National Park

The huge marshy delta of the two enormous Indian rivers, Ganges and brahamaputra enlarge over areas comprise of mangrove forests, forest island and swamps all intertwine in a network of small rivers and streams. It is a home of the royal Bengal tiger, covering an area of regarding 1330.10sq kms the largest mangrove forest in the world form the center of this area.The Sundarban region has got its name from Sundari trees, once set up in great quantity here. The Ganges and the Brahmaputra form this alluvial archipelago of 54 islands watered by the Bay of Bengal. The islands Goasaba, Sandeshkali and Basanti form the northern boundary of the Sundarbans; on the south is the sea; to the west side of the Sunderbans Park is the Matla and Bidya Rivers and to the east is the international boundary of Bangladesh.

Flora in Sundarbans National Park:

Motivating life forms await you in this largest estuarine delta in the world, Sunderbans. In April and May the flaming red leaves of the Genwa, edge the bright green islands. The crab like red flowers of the Kankara and the yellow blooms of Khalsi add to the amazing display.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Fitness boot camp

It is a kind of physical training program conducted by gyms, personal trainers, and former military personnel. These programs have been growing in popularity for the past several years. The training frequently combines running, interval training, and many other exercise using weights and/or body weight to lose body fat, increase cardiovascular efficiency, boost strength, and help people get into a practice of regular exercise. Many programs offer nutrition proposal as well. It is alled "boot camp" because it trains groups of people, typically outdoors, and may or may not be alike to military basic training.

The term 'Boot Camp' is currently used in the fitness industry to explain group fitness classes that support fat loss, camaraderie and team effort. They are designed to push people a little bit further than they would normally push themselves in the gym alone. Boot Camps are often prepared outdoors in parks using bodyweight exercises like push ups, squats and burpees, interspersed with running and competitive games. The idea is that everyone concerned works at their own pace as they team up and work towards one goal, either in pairs, small teams of 3 or 4, or even 2 teams head on. Everyone who joins a Boot Camp and sticks with it will see marked improvements in strength, endurance and stamina.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Archaeology

It is the study of human life and culture through progressively examining and interprets the material remains left behind. These material remains include archaeological sites (e.g. settlements, building features, graves), as well as cultural materials or artifacts such as tools and ceramic. Through the interpretation and categorization of archaeological materials, archaeologists work to be familiar with past human behavior from the initial evidence of cultural behavior (e.g. tool making of hominids) to today. In some countries, archaeology is often historical or art historical, with a strong emphasis on culture history, archaeological sites, and artifacts as art objects. In the New World, archaeology can be either a division of history and classical studies or anthropology. Anthropological archaeology is a method of analysis within cultural anthropology, which attempts to make out and reconstruct past life ways. In general, however, archaeology has stimulated on from an object-based collection of art objects, to a field that tries to understand motivations, causes, and effects in past cultures.

Monday, July 07, 2008

National sport

A national sport is a sport or game that is measured to be a popularly fundamental part of the culture or is the most popular sport of a country or nation. In American English the term national is pastime often to be used.

Although there are usually no official parameters towards defining what a national sport is, there is some general individuality that most national sports share the rules and objectives of the sport or game are known in fairly great detail in the country or nation. The game or sport is widely played or watched in the country or nation.

The game or sport has a long history of popularity or extreme current status in the country or nation. In some countries, sport or game can become the official national pastime by authorization of the government, such as in Canada with lacrosse and ice-hockey in 1994. In other countries, where the sport or game has such a long history, such as with baseball in the United States or sumo wrestling in Japan, the sport or game is often measured a de facto "official" national pastime. This article usually goes by the popularity of the sports in all the countries.

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Electronic waste

Electronic waste, "e-waste" or "Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment" ("WEEE") is a waste type consisting of any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic machine. Recyclable electronic waste is sometimes further categorize as a "commodity" while e-waste which cannot be reuse is distinguished as "waste". Both types of e-waste have raised concern allowing for that many components of such equipment are considered toxic and are not biodegradable. Respond to these concerns, many European countries banned e-waste from landfills in the 1990s.

The European Union would further advance e-waste policy in Europe by realize the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive in 2002 which holds manufacturers in charge for e-waste disposal at end-of-life. Similar legislation has been enact in Asia, with e-waste legislation in the United States limited to the state level due to delayed efforts in the United States Congress regarding multiple e-waste legislation bills.

Due to the difficulty and cost of recycling used electronics as well as lackluster enforcement of legislation regarding e-waste exports, large amounts of used electronics have been sent to countries such as China, India, and Kenya, where inferior environmental standards and working conditions make processing e-waste more profitable.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Chat Rooms

Chat rooms enable users to engage in a live "conversation" with people across the street or around the world. They are similar to telephone conferences except that messages are typed instead of spoken. Usually, everyone in a chat room can see all the other participants' contributions.

Chat rooms are more popular with younger people and have not yet reached their curricular potential. Currently viewed by schools as a home-leisure pursuit rather than an educational communications medium, we can expect to see the role of chat rooms in schools change in coming years.

The value

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Prejudices and stereotyping can be reduced in group work where there is neither a visual nor a vocal link between the participants.
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It can be really helpful, particularly in adolescence, to talk openly with others of the same age, whom you know and trust, about some of the difficult issues of growing up.
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Expertise gained from home use could be capitalized on within school.

The potential risks

Personal Safety

* Feeling uncomfortable

Receiving unpleasant messages can cause distress.

Users do not know who else is there, so it can be dangerous to say things in a chat room that wouldn't be appropriate in public. To some, this can appear exciting.

* Child protection

People do not necessarily tell the truth about who they are.

Providing personal information could lead to the user being traced and contacted by someone with harmful intentions.

Careless chatter could lead to others using that information and causing harm.

Some chat rooms are moderated and the moderator can remove someone who is acting in an inappropriate manner, but only after the damage has been done.

The moderator cannot protect a user from going into a private chat area with a person who might cause harm or prevent anyone from typing information that could put them at risk or in danger.

The recommendations

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Users should be aware that discussion can move off-topic and should be advised to avoid any chat room topic area that makes them feel uneasy.
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Curricular development programmes should explore the possible contribution of chat rooms to the learning process. One such related resource is The Cloakroom. (See Resources for further details)
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Schools should be prepared and confident to deal with chat room issues that arise in school or elsewhere.
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Personal Safety Programmes should include reference to chat room participants.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Painting

Painting is the practice of apply color to a surface such as, e.g. paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer or concrete. However, when used in an artistic sense, the term "painting" means the use of this action in combination with drawing, composition and other visual considerations in order to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner.

Paintings are used as a mode of representing, documenting and express all the varied intents and subjects that are as numerous as there are practitioners of the craft. Paintings can be naturalistic and representational as in a still life or landscape painting, photographic, abstract, be loaded with narrative content, symbolism, emotion or be political in nature. A large portion of the history of painting is dominated by spiritual motifs and ideas; sites of this kind of painting range from artwork depicting mythological figures on pottery to biblical scenes rendered on the interior walls and ceiling of The Sistine Chapel to depictions of the human body itself as a spiritual subject.

Monday, June 02, 2008

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are an animal rights organization. Base in the United States and with two million members and supporters there and in another place, PETA says it is the largest animal rights collection in the world.

Founded in 1980 and based in Norfolk, Virginia, the organization is a nonprofit, tax exempt 501(c) (3) corporation with 187 employees, fund nearly completely by its members. Outside the U.S., there are joined offices in Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Republic of China (Taiwan), and the United Kingdom. There is also the peta2 Street Team for high school and college-age activists, and the Foundation to Support Animal Protection, which manages PETA's assets. Ingrid Newkirk is PETA's international president.

PETA's slogan is "animals are not ours to eat, wear experiment on, or use for entertainment." In support of that position, it focuses on four core issues: factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and animals in entertainment. It also campaigns against fishing, the killing of animals observe as pests, abuse of chained, backyard dogs, cock fighting, bullfighting and the utilization of meat. It aims to inform the public of its position through advertisements, secretly investigations, animal rescue, and lobbying.

The organization has been criticized for some of its campaigns and for the number of animals it euthanizes. It was also criticized in 2005 by Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, who stated that PETA had acted as a "spokes group" for the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front, after activist associated with those groups had devoted what Inhofe called "acts of terrorism.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Lighthouse of Alexandria

The lighthouse of Alexandria or the pharos of Alexandria, Greek was a tower built in the 3rd century BC between 285 and 247 BC on the island of pharos in Alexandria, Egypt to serve up as that port’s landmark and later, its lighthouse.

With a height variously predictable at between 115 -150 meters (377 - 492 ft) it was amongst the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuries, and was recognized as one of the Seven Wonders of the World by Antipater of Sidon. It may have been the third tallest building after the two Great Pyramids (of Khufu and Khafra) for its whole life. Some scholars estimate a much taller height more than 180 meters that would make the tower the tallest building up to the 14th century.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Seafood

It is one of the sea animals that are serving like food or fit for eating, this normally include seawater animal like fish and shellfish. By adding together in North America though not generally in UK, the word seafood is as well helpful to attach animal from fresh water and all apt for eating aquatic animals are together referred as the seafood.

The Edible seaweeds are almost not ever considered seafood, even though they come from seawater and are normally eaten around the world. The harvesting of seafood is well-known as fishing and the farming of seafood is known as aquaculture or simply fish farming. Seafood is the starting point of protein in many diets around the world.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Working capital

Working capital is also known as net working capital is a financial metric which represent the amount of day-by-day operating liquidity available to a business. Along with fixed assets such as plant and equipment, working capital is measured a part of operating capital. It is calculated as current assets less current liabilities. A company can be capable with assets and profitability, but short of liquidity, if these assets cannot readily be converted into cash.

When current assets are less than current liabilities, an entity has a working capital deficiency also called a working capital deficit.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Arbitrage

In economics and finance, arbitrage is the practice of taking benefit of a price differential between two or more markets: a mixture of similar deals is struck that take advantage of upon the imbalance, the profit being the difference between the market prices. When used by academics, an arbitrage is a transaction that involves no negative cash flow at any probabilistic or temporal state and a positive cash flow in at least one state; in simple terms, a risk-free profit. A person who engages in arbitrage is called an arbitrageur. The term is frequently applied to trading in financial instruments, such as bonds, stocks, derivatives, commodities and currencies.

If the market prices do not allow for profitable arbitrage, the prices are said to encompass an arbitrage equilibrium or arbitrage-free market. Arbitrage equilibrium is a precondition for a general economic equilibrium. The assumption that there is no arbitrage is used in quantitative finance to calculate a unique risk neutral price for derivatives.
Statistical arbitrage is an imbalance in predictable nominal values. A casino has a statistical arbitrage in almost every game of possibility that it offers - referred to as the house edge or house advantage or even the Vigorish.

Monday, April 28, 2008

River

A river is a natural waterway, which runs water diagonally the land from higher to lower elevations, and is the most significant part of the water cycle. The water within a river is commonly from rain through exterior runoff and release of stored water in natural reservoirs, like groundwater.

The start of a mountain river from their resource, all rivers flow downhill, naturally terminates in the sea or in a lake, all through a flowing together. In dry areas rivers at times end by losing water to evaporation. River water may as well gain way in to the soil or pervious rock, where it becomes groundwater. Extreme abstraction of water for use in industry, irrigation, etc., can as well source a river to dry before reaching its natural boundary.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a worldwide organization that oversees the global financial system by follow the macroeconomic policies of its member countries; in exacting those with a crash on exchange rates and the balance of payments. It also offers financial and technical support to its members, making it an international lender of last resort. Its headquarters are situated in Washington, D.C., USA.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

What does Integration generally mean by its word?

Integration is a core model of advanced mathematics, particularly in the fields of calculus and mathematical analysis. Given a function f(x) of a actual variable x and an interval [a, b] of the real line, the integral is equal to the area of a region in the xy-plane bounded by graph of f, the x-axis, and the vertical lines x = a and x = b, by way of areas below the x-axis being subtracted.

The word "integral" may as well refer to the notion of ant derivative, a function F whose derivative is the given function f. In this casing it is called an indefinite integral, while the integrals discussed in this article are named definite integrals. Few authors maintain a distinction between ant derivatives and indefinite integrals.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Typewriter

A typewriter is a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic device with a set of "keys" that, when pushed, causes characters to be printed on a medium, usually paper. For much of the 20th century, typewriters were vital tools in business offices and for many professional writers. By the end of the 1980s, word processor applications on personal computers had largely replaced the tasks previously talented with typewriters. Typewriters, however, remain popular in the developing world and between some niche markets.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Vegetable

Vegetable is a cookery term which usually refers to an edible part of a plant. The definition is traditional rather than scientific and is somewhat random and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are in general considered vegetables. Mushrooms, though belong to the biological kingdom fungi, and are also commonly considered vegetables. In common, vegetables are consideration of as being savory, and not sweet, although there are many exceptions. Nuts, grains, herbs, spices and culinary fruits are usually not exact vegetables.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Ring Finger

A finger ring is a band worn as kind of ornamental jewellery around a finger; it is the most ordinary current meaning of the word ring. Additional types of metal bands worn as ornaments are also called rings, such as arm rings and neck rings.

Rings are worn by both men and women, Rings can be made of metal, plastic, wood, bone, glass, gemstone and other equipment also. They may be set with a "stone" of some sort, which is really precious or semi-precious gemstone such as ruby, sapphire or emerald, but can also be of almost any material.

There are a variety of methods for determining ring size. Quantities of the main rings in the world are made for the winning team of the Super Bowl. The unofficial record for the largest championship ring ever accessible to a professional sports team belongs to the 2003 World Series champions Florida Marlins, with a weight of over 110 grams and with over 240 stones.

Rings can be worn on any finger, still on toe fingers also In Western society, the traditional "ring finger" for the wearing of an engagement or wedding ring is the fourth finger of the left hand with the thumb counting as finger number one. The signet ring, a ring designate dignity, is normally worn on the little (fifth) finger of the right or left hand, depending on nationality.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Bond market

The bond market is also known as the debt, credit, or fixed income market is a financial market where member can buy and sell debt securities, usually in the form of bonds. As of 2006, the size of the global bond market is a predictable $45 trillion, of which the size of the outstanding U.S. bond market debt was $25.2 trillion.

"Bond market" is usually refers to the government bond market, because of its size, liquidity, lack of credit risk and, therefore, compassion to interest rates. Because of the inverse relationship between bond valuation and interest rates, the bond market is regularly used to indicate changes in interest rates or the shape of the yield curve.

Monday, March 03, 2008

Mars

Mars (pronounced /'m?rz/) is the fourth planet from the Sun in the planetary System. The planet is name after Mars, the Roman god of war. It is also named as the "Red Planet" because of its reddish form as seen from Earth.

Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features suggestive both of the impact craters of the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts and polar ice caps of Earth. It is the site of Olympus Moons, the highest known mountain in the Solar System, and of Valleys Mariners, the largest canyon. In addition to its geographical features, Mars’ rotational period and seasonal cycles are likewise alike to those of Earth.

Until the first flyby of Mars by Mariner 4 in 1965, it was speculate that there might be liquid water on the planet's surface. This was based on observations of periodic variation in light and dark patches, mainly in the polar latitudes, which looked like seas and continents, while long, dark striations were interpreted by some observer as irrigation channels for liquid water. These straight line features were later proven not to exist and were instead explain as optical illusions. Still, of all the planets in our Solar System further than Earth, Mars is the most likely to harbor liquid water, and perhaps life.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Venus

Venus (pronounced /'vi?n?s/) is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it each 224.7 Earth days. It is the brightest usual object in the night sky, except for the Moon, reaching an obvious magnitude of -4.6. Because Venus is a substandard planet, from Earth it never appears to venture far from the Sun: its elongation reaches a maximum of 47.8°. Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, for which reason it is frequently called the Morning Star or the Evening Star.

Classified as a terrestrial planet, it is now and then called Earth's "sister planet", for the two are similar in size, gravity, and bulk composition. Venus is enclosed with an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds of sulfuric acid, preventing its surface from being seen from space in visible light; this was a subject of great speculation until some of its secrets were exposed by planetary science in the twentieth century. Venus has the densest atmosphere of all the terrestrial planets, consisting frequently of carbon dioxide, as it has no carbon cycle to lock carbon back into rocks and surface features, nor organic life to take up it in biomass. It has become so hot that the earth-like oceans the young Venus is supposed to have possessed have completely evaporated, leaving a dusty dry deserts cape with many slab-like rocks. The evaporated water vapor has dissociated and hydrogen has runaway into interplanetary space. The atmospheric pressure at the planet's external is 92 times that of the Earth, the great mass of it carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Juice

Juice is a liquid naturally controlled in fruit or vegetable tissue. Juice is prepared by mechanically squeezing or macerating fresh fruits or vegetables without the request of heat or solvents. For example, orange juice is the liquid take out from the fruit of the orange tree. Juice may be prepared in the home from fresh fruits and vegetables by means of variety of hand or electric juicers. Many commercial juices are drinkable to remove fiber or pulp, but high pulp fresh orange juice is marketed as an alternative. Juice may be marketed in deliberate form, sometimes frozen, require the user to add water to reconstitute the liquid back to its 'original state' (Generally, concentrates have a noticeably different taste than their comparable "fresh-squeezed" versions). Other juices are reconstituted before covering for retail sale. Common methods for protection and processing of fruit juices include canning, pasteurization, freezing, evaporation and spray drying.

Monday, February 11, 2008

A history of computer viruses

In the following report, “computer viruses” will be explained in aspect. A lengthy and educational description of the evolution and history on microcomputer viruses will be given; to give you a background of their origin for some understanding of how they came to be. The next segment in the statement is on how to battle computer viruses with the development of anti-virus applications.

The current status of microcomputer viruses will also be discuss, naming the most common types of viruses and the mass harmful type at this present point of time.
Details of the most new outbreaks of computer viruses, such as the “Melissa”, “I Love You” and the most recent “Anna Kournikova” viruses will be explained, and why they are so harmful.

Monday, February 04, 2008

Plantation

A plantation is a deliberate planting of a crop, on a larger scale, frequently for uses other than cereal production or pasture. The word is most frequently used for plantings of trees and shrubs. The word tends also to be used for plantings maintain on financial bases other than that of survival farming. Crops may be called plantation crops because of their relationship with an exact type of farming economy. Most of these fit into place a large landowner, raising crops with economic value rather than for survival, with a number of employees carrying out the work. Often crops recently introduced to a region. In past times it has been connected with slavery, indentured labour, and other economic models of high injustice. However, arable and dairy farming are both frequently (but not always) barred from such definitions. A comparable economic structure in ancient times was the latitudinal that produced commercial amount of olive oil or wine, for export.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Dye-transfer process

The dye transfer progression is a continuous-tone color photographic printing process, popularized by the Eastman Kodak Company in the 1940s. It is sometimes referred to by such general names as wash-off relief printing and dye imbibition’s transfer printing. The process involves making three matrices for each color, which absorb dye in quantity to the density of the relief. A color print is shaped, by transferring the dyed film matrices in physical contact onto a mordant dye receiver paper. Eastman Kodak Company congested making materials for this process in the mid 1990s. The dyes used in the process are very spectrally pure compare to normal coupler induced photographic dyes, with the immunity of the Kodak cyan. Also the dyes have exceptional light and dark fastness. The dye transfer process possesses the major color gamut and tonal scale than any other process, including inkjet. Another important characteristic of dye move is it allows the practitioner the highest degree of photographic control compare to any other photochemical color print process.

Monday, January 21, 2008

whaleboat

A whaleboat is a type of open boat that is comparatively narrow and pointed at both ends, enabling it to move either forwards or backwards equally well. It was initially developed for whaling, and later became popular for work along beaches, as it does not need to be turned around for beaching or refloating.
Whaleboats are usually oar-powered, although in whaling use often had a dismountable mast and sails, too. After 1850 most were fitted with a centerboard for marine. When sailing, steering was with a rudder; when rowing, navigation was done with an oar held over the stern. Whaleboats used in whaling had a stout post mounted on the aft deck, approximately which the steersman would cinch the rope once the whale had been harpooned, and by which the whale would drag the boat awaiting it was killed.
The term "whaleboat" may be used casually of larger whalers, or of a boat used for whale watching.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Cricket bat and Shape

A cricket bat is worn by batsmen in the sport of cricket. It is typically made of willow wood. This specialized bat is shaped something like a paddle, consisting of a padded handle similar to - but sturdier than - that of a tennis racquet, which is typically cylindrical in shape. This widens into the blade of the bat, a wider wooden block flat on one side and with a V-shaped edge on the other to provide greater air flow in the follow through and greater strength to the over-all bat. The flat side (the front of the bat) is used to punch the ball. The point at which the handle widens into the blade is known as the shoulder of the bat, and the base of the blade is known as the toe of the bat.

Monday, January 07, 2008

Workholding systems

The basic workholding accessory for a wood or metal turning lathe is faceplate. It is a circular metal plate which fixes to the end of the lathe spindle. The workpiece is then hold tightly to the faceplate using t-nuts in the faceplate slots. It may be attached to the lathe using thread and a precision cone arrangement. Camlock arrangement is commonly used where shaped studs and cams replace threaded studs for rapid exchganging of the faceplate with other accessories, such as three or four jaw chucks. The different types of workholdings are pneumatic workholding, vacuum workholding and hydraulic workholding.

The faceplate was the ancestor of lathe chuck, an arrangement of three or more adjustable 'dogs' bolted to the faceplate providing a primitive chuck arrangement. It may seem that the faceplate is a primitive accessory superseded by precision chucks, but its inherent flexibility and the possibility of achieving great accuracy by careful setting up mak it an essentail for the well equipped lathe.

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Biological synthesis

Natural polymers and biopolymers formed in living cells may be synthesized by enzyme-mediated processes, such as the arrangement of DNA catalyzed by DNA polymerase. The synthesis of proteins involves multiple enzyme-mediated processes to transcribe genetic information from the DNA and subsequently translate that information to synthesize the particular protein. The protein may be personalized further following translation in order to provide appropriate structure and function.