●๋•●๋•●๋•దేశ భాషలందు తెలుగు లెస్స ●๋•●๋•●๋•

ఎందువల్ల ఫలానా ఔషధం, ఫలాని రోగాన్ని నివారిస్తుందో కార్యకారణ సంబంధాన్ని కనుగొనాలి. అంతుచిక్కని సందిగ్ధాన్ని ప్రశ్నించే స్వేచ్ఛనివ్వాలి. ప్రశ్న అనేది విజ్ఞానశాస్త్ర ప్రగతికి పెద్దబలం. ఆ మధ్య ప్రపంచ ప్రఖ్యాతి చెందిన జీవశాస్త్రవేత్త, సిసియంబి వ్యవస్థాపక డైరెక్టర్‌ డా|| పి.ఎం.భార్గవ ఒక వైజ్ఞానిక సభలో ఓ సహేతుకమైన ప్రశ్నను హోమియో వైద్య విధానాన్ని ఉద్దేశించి వేశారు. ఆ ప్రశ్నలో వైజ్ఞానిక శాస్త్రపు కుతూహలమే తప్ప మరే దురుద్దేశమూ లేదు. కానీ ఆయన ఇంటిమీదకి వెళ్లి కొందరు హోమియో విద్యార్థులు, వైద్యులు దాడి చేశారు. ఇలాంటి దుందుడుకు వ్యవహారాలకు స్వస్తి చెప్పి, సశాస్త్రీయ పరిశోధనలకు తావిస్తే సాంప్రదాయ వైద్యవిధానాలు ఆధునిక ఒరవడుల స్పర్శతో అభివృద్ధి చెందగలవు.

కె.ఎల్‌.కాంతారావు జన విజ్ఞాన వేదిక.

As a part of its Fusion Experience Program, Advanced Micro Devices this week established its AMD Fusion Fund, which will provide financial to developers of software that takes advantage of heterogeneous multi-core processors, such as AMD Fusion chips that include both general-purpose x86 cores as well as highly-parallel graphics processing engines.
The Fusion Fund was created to initiate strategic investments in companies working on solutions enabled by the accelerated computing units’ (CPUs’) capabilities. Starting immediately, interested ecosystem companies may submit innovative proposals for investment to be reviewed and evaluated by AMD.
“The computing industry is undergoing a long-envisioned and inevitable transition from text-based computing to a digital world of natural human-to-system interfaces and rich visual experiences that are incredibly vivid and realistic. The Fusion Fund will help expand the Fusion ecosystem focused on realizing the next generation of computing for the mainstream market,” said Manju Hegde, corporate vice president, AMD Fusion Experience Program and Fusion Fund managing partner.
Projects for consideration include a range of next-generation and accelerated computing capabilities enabled by AMD Fusion APU products, including application software and tool development, unique device designs, PC components and innovative ideas which extend the reach of collaborative computing on the CPU and GPU.
“AMD’s efforts to foster growth in the ecosystem will not only benefit AMD and its APU products, but I believe the computing industry can benefit from greater support for smart, innovative companies. Because the APU is based on industry standards and pervasive x86 architecture, this technology could represent significant potential market opportunities for AMD’s ecosystem partners,” said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group.

                  



 WATER 
 #1.    75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.           (Likely applies to half the world population)

 
#2.    In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak
       that it is mistaken for hunger.
  
#3.    Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.  

 #4.    One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs            for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of
          Washington study.
  
#5.    Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

 
#6.    Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of          water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain
        for up to 80% of sufferers. 
 
#7.    A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term           memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on
         the computer screen or on a printed page.

 
#8.    Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of          colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast
        cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to develop
        bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water
        you should drink every day? 
 

 COKE
  #1.    In many states the highway patrol carries             two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from
          the highway after a car accident.
 

 #2.    You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke
           and it will be gone in two days.  
#3.    To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the          toilet bowl and let the 'real thing' sit for one hour,
       then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes
       stains from vitreous china.  

 #4.    To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:             Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds
          Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
 

 #5.    To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour             a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble
           away the corrosion.
 

 #6.    To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola
          to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
 

 #7.    To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into            the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake.
          Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix
          with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
 

 #8.    To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke           into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run           through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen
          grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your
          windshield.  

 FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
  #1.    The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid.
             It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric
             acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major
             contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.

 #2.    To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the
          commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place
          cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.

 #3.    The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean
          engines of the trucks for about 20 years!    Now the question is, would you like a glass of water? or Coke?      

Bangalore: As the latest change to Nokia's Ovi Internet services, the mobile mail and chat services of Nokia will be powered by Yahoo from later this year. Adding to it, Yahoo's maps and navigation services on PCs will be provided by Nokia.

Nokia now owns Navteq, a mapping services company. Using Nokia's Navteq mapping services, Yahoo will be able to improve its map offerings.

According to Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia, the partnership with Yahoo will help Nokia to extend its market in the U.S., where, despite being the biggest seller of phones in the planet, it has only a tiny market share.

A variety of Ovi-branded Web services, with 9 million customers around the world, were started by Nokia a few years ago. Though it has attracted some mail users, it stopped its social networking application and photo-sharing service,

According to both the companies, though some of the services will be available in the latter half of 2010, global availability is expected only in 2011.

Bangalore: The Karnataka government late Monday cleared the proposals of IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd to set up two more software development centres in this tech hub at an investment of Rs.2,950 crore (Rs.29.5 billion).

"The state high level clearance committee cleared the investment proposals of Infosys to set up two development centres at Sarjapur (in southeast suburb) and another at Devanahalli (in northwest suburb) near the international airport," Major Industries Minister Murugesh R. Nirani told reporters here.

Infosys director T.V. Mohandas Pai confirmed that the global software major had sought clearance to set up two more development centres in the city as part of its expansion plans.

"If they have cleared the proposals, it is good. Yes, we have applied for clearance to set up two new centres," Pai told IANS.

Infosys main software development centre and corporate headquarters are located in the Electronics City on the outskirts of Bangalore, where about 16,000 techies work.

The $4.5 billion company had acquired 365 acres of private land at Sarjapur and approached the state government for another 40 acres at Devanahalli.

The Sarjapur campus will be the company's second largest facility in terms of area after its Mysore campus, where its global corporate leadership centre and the world's largest training centre are located in 700 acres of land.

Infosys plans to invest Rs.2,250 crore in the Sarjapur development centre to seat about 18,000 employees, and Rs.710 crore in the Devanahalli centre to create capacity for 12,000 employees. The second facility will be located in the proposed IT investment region near the airport.

Incidentally, Infosys rival Wipro Ltd has its corporate headquarters and second development facility in the city at Sarjapur.

"The state government has given all approvals to Infosys for land conversion and commencing the work from July this year," Nirani said.

Infosys currently employs 113,796 people at its development centres in India and abroad.

The committee, headed by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, also cleared a Wipro investment proposal to set up a greenfield IT park on over 50 acres on Sarjapur road at a cost of Rs.537 crore for creating an additional 25,000 jobs.

Like Infosys, Wipro also has its largest software development facility in the Electronics City on Hosur road.

In the run-up to the upcoming Karnataka Global Investors' Meet (GIM 2010) June 3-4, the committee cleared about 60 investment proposals, involving investments worth Rs.60,330 crore, with employment potential for 307,000 people.

Among the big-ticket proposals are from Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) to set up a five-million tonnes per annum cement plant at Chitradurga in central Karnataka with an investment of Rs.2,500 crore, Bharat Forge proposals to set up a 540 MW coal-based thermal power project in the state at Rs.1,584 crore and natural gas-based power plant of 665 MW at a cost of Rs.1,625 crore.

The other major proposals include two 660 MW thermal power plants by the Hyderabad-based Luxor Energy Ltd at an investment of Rs.5,903 crore and a gas-based power plant by Luxor Power Ltd of 1,104 MW capacity at an estimated cost of Rs.4,041 crore.

The committee also cleared the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposal to set up a currency note paper manufacturing plant at a cost of Rs.1,180 crore at Mysore, about 140 km from Bangalore.

New Delhi: BSNL has barred Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE from bidding for its Rs. 2,000-crore contract for supply 55 lakh GSM lines for its northern and eastern regions. The company has specified that only three Western vendors-Ericsssaon, Nokia Siemens and Alcatel Lucent-can participate in the bidding process.

"It is a fact that telecom gear from Western vendors are expensive when compared to Chinese, but a government directive prevents us from placing any orders with telecom gear makers from China , especially if the equipment has to be installed in circles that share international boundaries," BSNL Chairman & Managing Director Kuldeep Goyal told Economic Times. He added that BSNL board had cleared the new tender, limiting the participation to the three Western vendors, last week.

This is the first tender the PSU has floated after it cancelled its 93 million lines contract, the world's largest for telecom equipment, earlier this year. Following the junking of the 93 million lines contract, which had run into several controversies, including court cases and a probe by the Central Vigilance Commission, BSNL had decided to away with its tender-based equipment procurement process and adopt the 'managed capacity model' followed by private telcos.

The Communications Ministry, in a letter dated May 10 to BSNL, has told the PSU that its plans to outsource the building, management, maintenance of its networks to global equipment majors may pose a 'threat to national security'.

The letter added that since the government relied on BSNL's networks during times of external aggression and internal disturbances, the telco should not compromise on the security factor. The telecom department has also told BSNL that it can only approve a new procurement model after studying the security angle.

Useful Websites List