The term Grand Slam is used today when someone wins all the four major tennis tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open) in a year. This application of grand slam was first used by sports journalist Allison Danzig in 1938 when he referred to the achievement of Australian Donald Budge who had won all the major tennis tournaments that season. In the North America grand slam is also known as a baseball homerun with the bases loaded. However the term originated in the game of bridge, where it means winning all the thirteen tricks in one hand...
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Environmental Performance Index...
What is Environmental Performance Index?
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a measure of environmental health and ecosystem vitality. It is based on an assessment of 16 indicators like air quality, water resources, biodiversity and habitat, productive natural resources, sustainable energy, etc. According to the 2006 EPI, New Zeland, Sweden and Finland have been rated as the best performing countries in the Environmental performance Index with EPI scores of 88.0, 87.8 and 87.0 out of 100, respectively.
World's Youngest Movie Director....
Who has the distinction of being the world's youngest movie director?
As per Guinness Book of World Records 2008, world's movie is Kishan Shrikanth (b.1996). In 2006, the Indian prodigy at the age of 9 directed a movie C/o Footpath about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school thus breaking the record of Sydney Ling of the Netherlands who directed a movie at the age of 13.
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
The inventor of World Wide Web?......(www)
Who is credited with the invention of World Wide Web?....
The credit for the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW) goes to Tim Berners-Lee (later given the title of Sir) and his colleagues at CERN (Eurropean Council for Nuclear Research), an international scientific establishment based in Switzerland. They developed HTML (hyper text markup language), the format that directs a computer how to display a web page, HTTP (hyper text markup language), the format that directs a computer how to display a web page, HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) that facilitates communication between clients and servers and URLs (universal resource locators) that identify resources like documents, images, dowloadable files, services and electronic mailboxes on the Web thereby reducing a range of complex instructions to a single mouse click.
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The World Wide Web provides the facility for all the world's computers to be linked, making it easy to send documentation electronically via the Internet. Mr. Lee deliberately refrained from patenting his work on HTTP, HTML and URLs because he wanted to encourage as many people as possible to use the Web. The forerunner of the Internet, however, was the ARPANET. ARPA stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency, a division of the US Defence Department that possessed linked computers across North America to enable exchange of information.
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Think Big and Aim High....
Be Brave, be bold, dare and do. Nothing is impossible. No obstacle is insurmountable. If only you make up your mind, stay decided and stand firm like a rock, no one can stop you from gaining your goal and crowning yourself with success. With hope and faith, do give rein to your vision. Think big and not small. Look ahead and plan well. Above all, act and work hard. Do not vacillate, do not hesitate and do not rest till the job is done. Know what you want and go after it with single-minded concentration and total resoluteness.
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Visualise the image of what you would like to become in life. Do you want to be a king, a revolutionary leader, a business tycoon, a famous lawyer, a renowned professor, a skilled engineer or a great sports star? Let your ambition surface. Be true to your own self. Your aspirations may seem mere day dreams and wild castle in the air at the start. Never mind and never fear. What appears impossible today will become a reality tomorrow with your determination, dedication and application. Anything, which you regard now as of great value or accomplishment, was a mere thought, idea, or dream at one time, be it the Taj Mahal or the aeroplane, or the atom bomb, or the moon-walk.
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Success comes when you get what you want or desire. The starting point, then, is to know what you want in life. If you don't know what you want, the question of it does not arise at all. You must, therefore, have a goal, an objective or a target. You decide your goal according to your vision, day dream, inclination, ability, natural skill, knowledge and needs. Aim at the star and shoot high. Never settle for small things. Verily, the sky is the limit for those who dare and do.
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Sachin Tendulkar, the indisputable high priest of the pan-Indian unifying factor called cricket who epitomises a confluence of aesthetics-personified sportsmanship of yore and an understated aggression essential to survive the modern-era grind, is a splendid example of the triumph of the mind and will. He has scaled more peaks than anyone in the domain of international cricket during his illustrious career. A long-standing cricketing phenomenon, his stratospheric levels of achievement have been acknowledged by all and sundry - the latest feather in his cap being the prestigious and coveted 'Padma Vibhushan' conferred on him by the Hon'ble President Ms. Pratibha Patil on May 5, 2008. Even after all his astounding achievements, the icon still remains a dedicated professional who rises every morning keen to play, looking forward to score many more runs for the country. A fierce fighter endowed with a cricketing brain of the highest order, he has become a role model for the youth with his impeccable behaviour on and off the field. Sachin's example is one where rare talent has been groomed to perfection by thinking big and aiming high and by tireless striving and relentless struggle. It teaches us that we can reach our goal only through a high sense of devotion, dedication and perserverance. His example should be emulated, not merely by budding cricketers, but also by all youngsters, who want to make it big in life.
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Leading you on the road to success,,,,,
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