Term For The Day

avitational Lensing :

Gravitational Lensing is the name given to a phenomenon where light bends when it encounters a gravitationally - powerful cosmic object such as a star or a large planet..... This phenomenon occurs due to the bending of the Space - Time continnum by a heavy cosmic object...... This leads to light being refracted in different ways thus giving the observer the illusion of a lens in space.......

Term For The Day

PYROCLASTIC FLOW:

Pryoclastic Flow is the term used to describe the Ultra - Hot mixture of gas and volcanic ash (rocks) that flows the sides of a volcano as soon as it erupts ..... The mixture is so hot that it is believed that the Pyroclastic flow from the eruption of Mt.Vesuvius that wiped out the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum during its eruption in A.D 79 evaporated the internal organs of humans and other living beings almost instantly........ Scary........

Trivia For The Day

Although the Planet Mercury is named after the element Mercury , the crust of Mercury is very very rich in Iron Ore...... It has so much mercury that if found a way to mine Mercury it would solve all the iron needs of mankind for many million years........

Trivia For The Day - Famous MNCs and their origin countries

I have compiled a list of Famous MNCs and their countries of origin......

RaboBank - The Netherlands

Philips - The Netherlands

Unilever - The Netherlands

Accenture - Ireland (!!!!)

Shell - The Netherlands

Exxon Mobil - USA

Boeing - USA

Lockheed - USA

Martin

Nokia - Finland

Airbus - France

Tata - India

Bharti - India

Telenor - Norway

MTS - Russia

Nike - USA

Puma - Germany

Adidas - Germany

Of Course The Netherlands has the privilege of being the "MNC Country".......

Specials - Football clubs and their Apparel Sponsors

These are some of the major football clubs and their Apparel sponsors....

Manchester United - Nike

Arsenal - Nike

Chelsea - Adidas

Liverpool - Adidas

Tottenham Hotspurs - Under Armour

Inter Milan - Nike

A.C.Milan - Adidas

Juventus - Nike

Barcelona - Nike

Real Madrid - Adidas

A.C.Roma - Kappa

Of this list only A.S.Roma is sponsored by a Home Company.............

Trivia For The Day

Tsar Bomba is the most powerful Nuclear Bomb ever tested. The name itself in Russian means "King of Bombs". Originally meant to be a 100 MegaTon bomb , the capacity was scaled down to 50 MegaTons and tested at Novaya Zemlya island near the Arctic Circle . The Blast was so powerful that shock waves from the blast traveled the Circumference of the earth 7 times........

Trivia For The Day

Varese Sarabande , the popular music label known for its soundtracks is a part of the Universal Music Group.

Trivia For The Day

Many who might have watched THE MUMMY trilogy might have heard the word "Hamunaptra" ..... The City Of the Dead is what the movie describes the City as in the movie..... Of course the City is a fictional city.... But hold it right there.... NO strangely Hamunaptra is a REAL city..... The City is a part of the Indus Valley civilization in Pakistan...... The name of the city means " The City of Dead" ..........

Specials - The Harpeggi

Many people who have been gripped by the Oscar fever would have known that the Great Indian Composer A.R.Rahman has been nominated for two Oscars this year.... His song "If I Rise" featuring Dido and A.R.Rahman has been lauded by many for containing interesting sounds.... The Video of If i Rise features A.R.Rahman playing a loop over an almost unknown instrument and Dido singing.... Many told me it was a Finger Pad - a kind of music controller.... But when i came to know it was not a controller but an instrument i was intrigued at this never seen never heard before instrument.... The Harpeggi does not even have a Wikipedia Page so i thought i can put something about the Harpeggi here...... The Harpeggi belongs to a class of instruments called the Tapping instruments..... They are tapped with the fingers to produce sound.... The Harpeggi when tapped produces sounds electronically.... The most interesting part is that a Harpeggi is played like a Piano or a Keyboard but produces sounds like a Electric Guitar ...... The Harpeggi was invented by THE MARCODI MUSICAL COMPANY..... As a bonus i have pasted here the link of a video where the A.R.Rahman purchases a Harpeggi and tries to play with it....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_6Jt1JyKZg

Trivia For The Day

Not many people know that the popular Cola-drink Coca Cola contains caffeine.... Virtually most people do not know that it contains Cocaine..... "Whaaaat did u just tell Cocaine?", yes, yes Coca-Cola was originally a product intended for medicinal purposes thats why it contained Cocaine.... But the original recipe was changed to remove the Cocaine from the Soft-Drink... Even today Coca Cola contains Coca leaves without Cocaine in it...... Thats why the name COCA cola.....

Trivia For The Day

Heineken , the World's Second Largest Beer company is headquartered in The Netherlands....

Trivia For The Day

BrahMos - The Cruise missile developed by Russia and India is the fastest Cruise Missile in the World....

Specials - JNNURM

JNNURM.... Might sound familiar to many..... But this word is encountered by most people in Chennai even in the whole of India.... JNNURM is a word featured on almost all buses in TN and Chennai in particular.... JNNURM is the short form of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.... It is a Central Govt grant under which funds are provided for Urban Development.... MTC (Metropolitan Transport Corporation) has a deal with JnNurm for buying Deluxe and A/C buses......

Personality of The Day - Janus Kaminski

Janus Kaminski is a Hollywood Cinematographer famously known for being the cinematographer of most of Steven Spielberg's movies..... The critically acclaimed cinematographer has won TWO Academy Awards for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan....... Some of his famous movies include...

• Schindler's List
• The Lost World
• Saving Private Ryan
• Minority Report
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull

Trivia For The Day

An interesting Corporate...... Perfetti Van Melle.....................

Perfetti Van Melle is an Italian Confectionery manufacturer..... It is a Multi-national giant which produces many common toffees that we use in our daily life.... Some of the brands that Perfetti Van Melle produces are....

• Alpenliebe
• Center Fresh
• Mentos
• HappyDent Chewing Gum

Trivia For The Day

Many people are under the common misconception that Sri Lanka's Capital is "COLOMBO" no its not!!!!!!!!! Sri Lanka's Capital is Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte..... It is located near Colombo.....

Trivia For The Day

Think Music - The famous Chennai - Based Music label, famous for some of its blockbuster soundtracks like Paiya , Enthiran is owned by SATHYAM CINEMAS of Chennai....

Personality of The Day - Steve Jobs

This personality needs no introduction.... He is too widely known even for me to post this here... But i hope to add some interesting facts about Steve Jobs...

* Steve Jobs is the co-founder of Apple Inc., One of the world's largest electronic and computer goods manufacturer...

* He is the CEO of Apple Inc.,

* Steve Jobs acquired the Animation department of LucasFilms and rechristened it as PIXAR ..

* Yes, Steve Jobs was the creator of the famous brand Pixar Animation...

* Steve Jobs is a college drop-out.

* When Pixar Animation was acquired by Walt Disney , Steve Jobs became one of the members of the Board of Directors, making him one of the rare personalities to hold two prestigious posts in two world-famous companies.....