Archive for May, 2009

ORIGIN OF HARRY POTTER

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Once J.K. Rowling was travelling in a crowded train to London, she got an idea about Harry. She felt very excited in getting such an idea, as she was writing books right from the age of six years. Then she started to write the book “Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone” and completed it by 1995.

She sent the manuscript to several prospective agents but no one recognized her. She found it difficult to get the support as eight publishers had rejected the Philosopher’s Stone story. She simply kept her fingers crossed and patiently waited for something to happen. By that time, Bloomsbury accepted Philosopher’s Stone and offered an advance of £2,500 to Rowling.

Bloomsbury asked her about the age group she had targeted. She had no answer to that, as she did not have any particular age group in mind. Then publishers decided to target children in the age group of nine to eleven. By the time of publishing, she was asked by the publishers to adopt gender-neutral pen name so as to make it reach among male members of that age group. She then decided to use J.K. Rowling with her original name being Joanne Kathleen Rowling.

Google Phone- MyTouch

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Search engine giant Google is particularly targeting the latest technology smart phones. It is set to launch T-Mobile that is the first Google phone. This phone runs on Google’s Android operating system. Google on the other hand has announced that it will be launching a minimum of 18 Android phones by the end of the fourth quarter of this year. The phone is believed to come in white and black colors. But the MyTouch is said to be at a cost of $200 which is $50 extra when compared to G1 which works on a similar software.  Basically the MyTouch weighs just 4.1 ounces and there is a good 3.2-megapixel camera and a video camera too. It has a great advantage when you get into your Google account as it will automatically provides access to Gmail, Orkut, Gtalk and others. The scratching key board helps identifying letters with pop showing choices of letters that we are searching for.

One need not worry about the voice clarity of the phone as it is brilliant and in US 165 cities are enclosed with the network as of today and is expected to add another 100 cities by the end of December. As similar to other phone, MyTouch too has a removable which has an edge over the iPhone. It can stand for 600 hours solid in the standby mode and is expected to have a talk time of 6 hours.  In fact the Touch Phones manufacturing giant HTC declared that around 50% of its phone would run on Google’s Android Software which is a substantial increase compared to the current year’s 30%.

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Eating disorders

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Most of ours are facing with Eating disorders. It is increasing day by day in today’s world. The disturbance in the habits of one’s food leads to eating disorders. It is common among all the age groups. Most of the women after their teen age are obsessed.

Their wish to be thin is a problem for this disorder. It affects both physical as well as mental health. It is the usual habit of everyone to look at the mirror often to ensure that they are slim. Media advertisements changed the teenagers mind. Diet advertisements were appearing on Television magazines which influence them to be lean. It insists them to be slim.

Most of them didn’t have their food for three times. They are starving themselves without minding the side effects. It is advisable to have a balanced diet and to consult the physician regarding that disorder. In this modeling world most of the teenagers from America had the habit of reducing their weight.

It is easy to beat the disorder. It would be better to have a normal eating at regular times. It is really tough to have a normal eating pattern. If one undergoes normal eating pattern suggested by physician continuously for a certain period without losing scope on can get the best result.

One should have a balanced diet suggested by physician rather than going on with their own diet or suggested by some advertisements. One should include proteins, fats and every other necessary nutrient. In order to reduce weight one should not take food without fat. Every nutrient is necessary at considerable amount to lead a balanced and a happy stress less life.

Answer to a Nature’s Call

Monday, May 18th, 2009

We very well know that Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the Moon. But interestingly Edwin Aldrin, the second human to walk one the Moon was the first person to pee on the Earth’s satellite. During the 40th anniversary celebrations of Moon landing, the astronaut recollected his memories and incidents that happened during that time.

He recalled how much difficulty he faced while trying to get back to the Eagle spaceship. He landed exactly 15 minutes after Neil Armstrong kept his foot on the Earth’s satellite. He attempted to jump the ladder thinking that would be enough for him to reach the bottom of the ladder but desperately failed to touch it. Poor ‘Buzz’ Edwin had to jump for the second time to reach it.

He also said about the velvet luminosity of the sky which was his initial impression of the Moon. On the eve of the 40th anniversary celebrations the three ‘Moon Musketeers’ requested Obama to aim for Mars as one of the Moon pioneers said Mars was his favorite destination from childhood. It would not be grateful if we don’t commemorate the lunar voyage by these men.

And in fact it has been roughly calculated that around 500 million viewers across the globe watch the video coverage of the Moon landing, which makes this coverage as the largest audience that any coverage has had till today. Imagine in 1969 almost 50% of the world population did not own a television and how remarkable is it to achieve this task. It is a real fact that Armstrong’s step is a small step to him but a giant leap to mankind.