Achievements of Michael Jackson

Achievements of Michael Jackson

* Thriller becomes the largest selling album of all time from 1983-2009 * Thriller sells 15 million copies every year * History becomes the largest sold dual disc album of all time from 1996-2009 * Michael Jackson beats Mariah Carey to the largest number of number one singles in the BillBoard hot 100 * Michael Jackson becomes the largest earning dead artist of all time with THIS IS IT * Michael Jackson was a billionaire at 18 * Michael Jackson's Victory Tour (1983) becomes the most watched TV show in history after Elvis Prestley's SUMMER OF 69 Tour and ELVIS FUNERAL * Michael Jacksons singular performance of BILLIE JEAN at the MOTOWN yesterday, today and forever concert attracted a crowd viewership of 2 billion people surpassing his own VICTORY TOUR * Michael Jackson's WORLD THRILLER TOUR is attended by 40 million people worldwide * Michael Jackson's BAD has all its singles debuting at NUMBER 1 in the billboard 100 * MICHAEL JACKSONS BAD WORLD TOUR makes it the highest earned concert of all time with 75 concerts and gaining him $200 million USD

* MICHAEL JACKSONS BLACK OR WHITE single gets the Guinness record for being the largest watched music video ever after thriller breaking the record held by BEATLES in 1992

* MICHAEL JACKSONS EARNS A RECORD 7 Grammys for thriller

* MICHAEL RECEIVES THE best composer award Grammy for LIBERIAN GIRL and SMOOTH CRIMINAL of BAD

* MICHAEL RECEIVES BAMBY music award from 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002

* MICHAEL is nick named THE KING OF POP by Elizabeth Taylor, Sir Paul McCartney (The Beatles) and by LISA

MARIE PRESLEY (ex wife of MJ and daughter of ELVIS)

* MICHAELS HISTORY HAS 6 singles opening at number 1 at the BILLBOARD 100

* MICHAELS MOONWALKER gets the Best Children’s Picture Award at the International Film Awards

* MICHAELS MOONWALKER nets $100 million USD and continues its record run for 3 years

* MICHAEL JACKSON donates his rhinestone studded violet glove for the 2006 tsunami victims that nets around $600,355 million USD

* MICHAEL ADOPTS 1000 families to NeverLand

* MICHAEL SPONSORS THE EDUCATION OF 10000 kids through the HEAL THE WORLD FOUNDATION

* MICAHEL JACKSONS WE ARE THE WORLD helps the African Famine victims which net around $150 million USD

* MICHAEL honored by President Regan with the Highest Civil Award in America

* As a compensation paid to Michael for the hair fire accident by Pepsi, Michael Jackson donated the entire amount to open Hospitals "MJ Burn center" for Victims of fire to be treated. A reported $200 million was paid by Pepsi as a respect to MJ

* Michael Jackson's DANGEROUS albums HEAL THE WORLD becomes the world Peace anthem in 1992 as adopted by the UN

* Michael Jacksons THRILLER becomes the anthem of POP in 2009 after his death

* Michael's THEY DONT CARE ABOUT US becomes the hardest hitting and most controversial song addressing social ills in world history

* Michael Jackson is inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Twice (previously held by Beatles and Elvis Presley- who was inducted 4 times)

* MICHAEL JACKSONS Smooth Criminal Becomes the anthem Of FUNK and JAZZ in 1997

* Michael Jacksons THIS IS IT that was opened only for 2 weeks became the Highest grosser of the year 2009

* Michael Jacksons Dangerous World Tour is attended by 65 million people across 4 continents and around 50 countries netting a total worth of $300 million

* Michael Jacksons HISTORY beats the DANGEROUS WORLD TOUR and has 80 million people watching MJ perform live netting a total worth of $400 million that spanned 5 continents and 75 countries

* MJ's statue laying event in HISTORY ON FILM was declared the BEST VIDEO OF THE DECADE

* THRILLER DECALRED THE BEST AWARD OF THE CENTURY

* MJS BILLIE JEAN becomes the anthem OF BASS MUSIC

* MJ's BEAT IT becomes the anthem of HARD ROCK music

* MJS funeral becomes the largest viewed event in world history with a viewership of 35 billion people worldwide

* MJ enters the Guinness records for the 5th time for the THIS IS IT that became the largest sold and fastest selling ticket concert in world history

* MJ enters the Guinness record for the 4th time for the anti-gravity shoe he developed for Smooth Criminal

* MJs moonwalk declared the SINGLE BEST CELEBRITY BODY LANGUAGE by the Rock and Roll Association

* MJ awarded the life time achievement music award BAMBY awards in 2002 ( lastly presented to the Beatles Elvis, Eagles, Stevie Wonder )

* MJ nets a record 22 Grammys in his career

* MJ completes a record 1 billion album sales world wide edging past the BEATLES and EAGLES and ELVIS

* MJ's VOCAL HICCUPS in his songs declared the BEST VOCAL STYLE OF THE DECADE by the Rock and Roll Association

* MJ's THRILLER 25 sells 50 million copies worldwide

* MJ's Off the Wall gets certified platinum 10 times by the recording industry

* MJ's THRILLER gets certified platinum 30 times by the recording industry

* MJ's BAD gets certified platinum 20 times by the recording industry

* MJ's DANGEROUS gets certified platinum 20 times by the recording industry

* MJ's HISTORY gets certified platinum 15 times by the recording industry

* MJ's INVINCIBLE gets certified platinum 5 times by the recording industry

* MJ's MOTOWN years, Forever Michael, Music and Me, Ben, Abc, Soul Bubble Gum, Ill Be There and Dancing Machine gets certified platinum 3 times by the recording industry

* THIS IS IT continues its number 1 run for the 7th consecutive week

* MJS BLOOD ON DANCE FLOOR sells 75 million copies worldwide to become the LARGEST SOLD REMIX ALBUM OF ALL TIME

* Billboard Charts

* Michael Jackson is the first person in the 50 year history of the Billboard chart to enter straight in at No1, with his single "Thriller", "Smooth Criminal", "Dangerous",

"Black or white", "History" "You Are Not Alone".

* The previous record "Earth Song" which had debuted at No2 and also Michael Jacksons.

* Greatest Audience - Guinness Book of World Records

The highest-ever viewership for SUPERBOWL was 133.4 million viewers watching the NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spotlighted during the half-time performance.

* Jacksons THRILLER, SMOOTH CRIMINAL, HEAL THE WORLD, YOU ROCK MY WORLD, THEY DONT CARE ABOUT US, YOUR NOT ALONE, spend 100 weeks in the billboard 100. A feat which no artist including ELVIS and Beatles have done

* Jacksons THRILLER, HEAL THE WORLD,SMOOTH CRIMINAL ,THEY DONT CARE ABOUT US, YOU ROCK MY WORLD, BLACK OR WHITE spend 100 weeks at top 10 of billboard hot 100

* Jacksons SMOOTH CRIMINAL, THRILLER, Black or White, THEY DONT CARE ABOUT US spend 100 weeks at number 1 at billboard 100

* Jackson remained at 1 in US from 1977-2002

* Jackson remained at 1-5 in 1977-2002 at German, UK, Europe, French, Spain, Italy, Rome and Japan pop and metal charts

* Jackson is the only artist to have sold 500 million records + outside US

* Honored by President George H. W. Bush

* Invincible declared THE MOST TECHNICALLY ACCOMPLISHED AND BEAUTIFULLY MIXED STUDIO ALBUM of ALL TIME

* President George H. W. Bush commended Jackson for his achievements and presented him with the White House's special "Artist of the Decade" award in recognition of his musical influence during the 1970s-1990s.

* President Obama awarded Jackson with the speech "The day the music died" during a press release and conferred the ARTISTS OF THE CENTURY award on Michael Jackson, Elvis and Beatles.

* Guinness Record for Support of Charities

Jackson was listed in the 2000 book of Guinness World Records for his support more charities than any other entertainer or personality.

Jackson supported 39 charities through cash donations and sponsorships.

* Jackson becomes the "MOST SEARCHED" celeb of 2009

* Jackson’s death crashes google, wiki, youtube, yahoo, msn

* Jackson released his first autobiography, Moon Walk, in 1988. The book took four years to write and detailed alleged abuse Jackson suffered as a child and his plastic surgeries. The book topped the New York Times best seller's list of 10 all time best sellers.

* Also in June 1999, Jackson organized a series of benefit concerts in Germany and Korea. He recruited Slash, The Scorpions, Boyz II Men, Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey, A. R. Rahman, Prabhu Deva Sundaram, Shobana Chandrakumar, Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti for the Michael Jackson and Friends concerts. The proceeds were donated to the "Nelson Mandela Children's Fund", the Red Cross and UNESCO.

* MJ and ARR join to perform EKAM SATYAM in 1996 at Mumbai that still holds the largest concert ever in Indian soil with a record 25 lakh participants

* Jackson and Pavarottii teamed up for a benefit concert in Modena, Italy in June 1999.

The concert was focused on support of the non-profit organization Warchild. The artists raised a million dollars for the refugees of Kosovo and also donated money to help the children of Guatemala.

* When Ryan White, a hemophiliac teen from Indiana was kicked out of school in 1985 because he contracted HIV from a contaminated blood treatment, Jackson became one of his advocates. After White's death in 1990, Jackson pleaded with the Clinton Administration at Bill Clinton's Inaugural Gala for more funding for HIV/AIDS charities and research.

* MJs earth song declared the WORLD EVNIRONMENT DAY song

* Jackson started the Dangerous World Tour on June 27, 1992 and completed it on November 11, 1993, after entertaining 35 million people at 67 concerts. All of the profits from the concerts were donated to the Heal the World Foundation.

* Jackson founded the "Heal the World Foundation" in 1992. The charity organization brought underprivileged children to Jackson's Neverland ranch to ride theme park rides the singer had built on the property. Heal the World also gave millions of dollars to help children around the world who were threatened by war and illnesses.

* From 1985 to 1990, Jackson donated $500,000 to the United Negro College Fund.

* Jackson donated 100 percent of the profits from him single "Man in the Mirror" to charity.

* MJs MAN IN THE MIRROR becomes the "MOST POWERFUL VOCALS song of the century for his vocal hiccups"

* During the Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson played to sold out crowds and smashed Guinness World records when 504,000 fans packed Wembley Stadium for each of the seven sold out shows and the tour grossed $125 million. During all of this, Jackson invited underprivileged children to the shows and donated to hospitals, orphanages and other charities.

* THRILLER and SMOOTH CRIMINAL declared the "MOST IRRESTIBLE DANCE MUSIC of all time" by the USA DJ association

* THE JACKSON 5 becomes the only band in world history to have its first 6 single top the charts in debut in 1971-1995

* MUSIC and ME by MJ at the age of 5 enters the Guinness records for the best performance as a child artist to get a platinum record

* THIS IS IT was to be the first 3D concert in world history

* MJ was instrumental in introducing AKON, 50 cents, Will.i.am and Black eyed Peas

* MJ was instrumental in setting Britney’s career to the "princess of pop" by performing with her for THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL all across US during her debut period

* MJ was instrumental in MADONA becoming the "queen of pop" recording for her hard candy

* MJs Neverland is the largest piece of estate owned by any celebrity in world history measuring 3600 acres.

* MJ wrote 100 songs and sifted through 700 songs for selecting the 9 tracks of thriller.

* Since 1983-1999 MJ never wrote a song and kept referring to the 100 songs list he had prepared for thriller which took shape in the form of BAD, DANGEROUS and HISTORY

* Invincible by MJ had a new group of song writers and has been the only new material done by him since 1999

* Half of Bads tracks were sung during thriller but released only in 1985-89 for BAD

* Half of Dangerous tracks were sung during BAD but released only in 1991-94 for DANGEROUS

* Half of HISTORY tracks were sung during DANGEROUS but released only in 1996-1999 for HISTORY

* MJ decided the beat of his songs according to the dance unlike artists who write and compose or compose and write, MJ dances and composes

* MJ records the lyrics into a recorder and sings it from memory than putting it down on paper

* SMOOTH CRIMINAL was declared to be the FASRTEST COMPOSED SONG IN HISTORY - in less than an hour MJ coordinated the whole vocal and orchestra arrangement and sung the song

* MJ earns the highest royalty rate in the industry from 1977-2001

* MJ buys 50% stake of the BEATLES, SHAKIRA, EMINEM and ELVIS (till the end MJ held on to the BEATLES BACK CATALOGUE)

* MJs MUSIC CATALOGUE IS WORTH 25 BILLION TODAY!!

* With THRILLER AND BAD, MJ played an instrumental role in establishing the position of MTV and SONY entertainment the way it is today

* As of 2009, Thriller completed 700 million copies sales all over the world.

* As of 2009 HISTORY completed 250 million copies sales worldwide

* As of 2009 BAD completed 350 million sales copies worldwide

* As of 2009 DANGEROUS completed 300 million copies sales worldwide

* As of 2009 INVINCIBLE completed 100 million copies sales worldwide

* MJ awarded the "SUPREME ENTERTAINER OF ALL TIME" by the ROCK AND ROLL ARTISTs Association.

Mahendra singh dhoni receives Padma Shri award in Ranchi

Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni received the scroll and medal of Padma Shri, country's fourth highest civilian award, here on Tuesday.

Shiv Basant, Chief Secretary of Jharkhand presented the award to him at a formal event at the state secretariat here.

Dhoni, who was to receive the award from the President Pratibha Devisingh Patil earlier this year, had missed the awards presentation ceremony in New Delhi.

After presenting the award, Shiv Basant wished Dhoni all success.

"He has done India proud. All the best wishes to him...continue to lead the team and do well. It is a great achievement for him, for the country and for the state," he said.

Dhoni had faced much criticism for missing the award ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

It was said that his absence had hurt the sentiments of cricket fans. 

42 Great Facts :: Did you know?

1 MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.

2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.

3. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.

4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).

5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped..

6. NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S..

7. AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.

8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.

9. QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest..

10. TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.

11. JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'.GP was changed into JEEP later.

12. Coca-Cola was originally green.

13. The most common name in the world is Mohammed..

14. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

15. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

16. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row ! of the keyboard.

17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

18. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

19. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

20.. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

21. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

22. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

23. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
     >> Spades - King David
     >> Clubs - Alexander the Great,
     >> Hearts - Charlemagne
     >> Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

24. Horse Statue in a Park…
     >> If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
     >> If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle
     >> If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

25. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women.

26. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

27. A snail can sleep for three years.

28. All polar bears are left handed.

29. Butterflies taste with their feet.

30. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

31. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

32. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

33. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

35. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

36. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

37. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

38. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

39. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

40. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

41. The cigarette lighter was invented before the matchbox.

42. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

World won’t end in 2012

Seeking to put an end to the gloomy prediction from doomsday theorists that the world would come to an end exactly three years from Monday (December 21, 2012), a science organisation rebutted their theory on all counts, in the City on Monday.

Briefing newspersons here, Prof Soumitro Banerjee, National General Secretary of the Breakthrough Science Society and M N Sriram, Advisor of the society’s State branch, have asked people to do away with the confusion and fear in their minds due such predictions. Banerjee said, “The 2012 myth is taking alarming proportions. Many students are losing their interest in studies, suicidal tendencies are increasing among the people notably, youngsters, and a fear psychosis has gripped the gullible public in our country where scientific consciousness is already low.” Movies exploiting the theme were making big money by exploiting the credulity of public, he added. It is a myth that ‘The Mayan calendar,’ quoted by doomsday theorists, predicts that the earth will end three years from now, Banerjee said. The other predictions that a collision of a large asteroid with the earth, reversal of earth’s magnetic poles, heating up of the earth by a large solar flare causing tsunamis and earthquakes are all myths, he added. The society plans to organise a public interaction programme in Bangalore on January 10 with eminent scientists taking part, said Sriram.

Mobile TV

In India, Live TV on mobile phone is a thrilling vision where more than 230 million mobile phone connections and about 120 million TV sets are into use. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the broadcasting regulator, has considered and approved the idea of accessing TV on mobiles. Taking into account that one amongst six people across the world has a mobile phone and watching TV is one of the most popular pastimes, the prospective for Mobile TV in India appears vast in time. It is expected that there would be 5 to 8 million Mobile TV users in the country by 2010.

 

Around the World…

Where South Korea became the vanguard in Mobile TV, Japan too didn’t leave the opportunity to arrange new services. Likewise, prospects are high for India, where people spend a lot of time traveling. Content and broadcast companies, mobile service providers, infrastructure and handset manufacturers and technology providers are expected to get new business opportunities with operation of Mobile TV in the nation. In simple terms, it’s for all those who are passionate about new technology and are comfortable with features like texting, streaming, podcasting etc.

 

All About Technology

Mobile TV stands for Live TV transmitted through digital broadcasting technologies, for example DVB-H (digital video broadcasting-handheld) and DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting). Seeing that broadcast network for Mobile TV is different from cellular networks, 3G is not a condition for Mobile TV. In India, Nokia has already launched DVB-H enabled devices - N92 and N77 for Rs 21,000 and Rs 22,500. The Delhi users can see eight channels of Doordarshan. The users in other cities have to wait a little until Nokia extends its support and Doordarshan expands its services.

 

Spectrum Allocation

Auction of spectrum for Mobile TV services has been recently recommended by TRAI. Every operator, having cellular mobile telephone service license or unified access service license, would not require any other license to offer mobile TV services on their own network. A new class of mobile TV operators has also been suggested by TRAI. However, the suggestions still need to be accepted by the Government.

 

Prospective Ventures

As early experiments appear to be promising, Star Mobile Entertainment has joined hands with Sony Ericsson to put forward pre-loaded PLUS application in handsets falling in Walkman and Cyber-shot range. For this service, users can access more than 200 videos for Rs 30 per month. Similarly, MTV - the music channel, has tied-up with Vodafone, to launch a series of animated music videos. Channels like NDTV, CNBC and Cartoon Network have set connections with BSNL.

 

Reliance, which has become a trusted name, is charging Rs 3 per minute for Mobile TV service, quite expensive if it is compared with a 99paisa call. However, Idea Cellular is comparatively good with its basic streaming service comprising 20 channels for Rs 150 per month. Experiments with daily pricing are on rise, to encourage sampling and make people comfortable with the idea of Mobile TV, by some operators.

 

The Future

Once the market develops and 3G policies get placed, Companies like Samsung and Nokia are all set to launch mobile TV handsets in India. At the outset, metropolitans and urban towns would be the target market and gradually filtering to other semi-urban towns. Sketchily, after overcoming primary obstacles such as fixed 3G policy, spectrum allocation, cost of mobile TV enabled handsets, designing of right content for mobile TV and speed of video streaming, it is projected to be a huge success in India.

Tata Indicom Photon Launches the Photon TV

Photon TV, a mobile TV streaming service from Tata Indicom has been launched. The service is open to all prepaid customers using Tata Indicom Photon+ high-speed wireless broadband internet. With the launch of Photon TV, Tata Indicom has caught up with Reliance Communications, which is already offering mobile TV streaming for its wireless broadband customers.

If you have a prepaid Tata Indicom Photon+ connection, you can download and install the TV application from the Photon TV section of the Tata Indicom website. The Photon TV application is free, but you will need to pay for the download charges. Once you install the Photon TV application, double-click and open it. You are ready to view live TV on your laptop or desktop.

Since video-downloading is a data-intensive process, Photon TV works well only in HSIA areas. HSIA stands for High-speed Internet Access, which is available in 33 cities serviced by Tata Indicom Photon+. If you have a Tata Photon+ broadband data card, but live in a place without HSIA coverage, you will not be able to enjoy live streaming, since in non-HSIA areas, data downloads will slow.

Photon TV charges

Photon TV charges are considerably higher than similar charges for television on DTH or cable network, but don’t forget that unlike them, you can Photon TV anytime anywhere, if you are travelling around with your laptop in HSIA areas.

You have three options for Photon TV channel subscription. To subscribe for a single channel, you need to pay a monthly subscription charge of Rs 4. My 10 package will get you 10 channels a month, for Rs 29. My Full Pack will get you the entire bouquet of 40 channels, and it will cost you Rs 75 in subscription. New users get to watch all channels for free (no subscription, but data charges apply) for one hour before selecting the package of their choice.

However, do not forget that over and above the Photon TV subscription charge, you also need to pay for the data downloads. A single minute of video on Photon TV will be about 1.5 MBs. If you go on a binge of TV viewing on Photon TV, keep an eye on your data usage balance. You can check for your data usage from the Tata Indicom Photon+ icon on your desktop.

Photon TV technology

Tata Indicom has tied up with Apalya Technologies for the launch of Photon TV. Apalya, in turn, has tied up with TV distributors for the content. Tata Indicom and Apalya said that Photon TV users are prohibited from downloading, recording or reproducing content on Photon TV. This is to ensure copyright protection for the digital content beamed across Photon TV.

Photon TV, just as Photon+, makes use of CDMA-based high-speed wireless internet for TV broadcast. The launch of Photon TV shows that 3G telecom operators in India will increasingly target heavy data consumers. Going ahead, we can expect mobile operators offering mobile TV on cellphones and other wireless data devices. In terms of wireless data applications, Photon TV is only the beginning.

The Photon TV application is 16 MBs in size. Once you install and open the application, you will be asked to select the package of your choice. You can either select from the Photon TV packages, or go for a few channels of your choice. Photon TV shows you the list of channels on offer. You can click and select whichever channel suits you. You can pause viewing the TV program and return to it later, to continue from where you left off.

All Photon TV channel subscriptions are for one-month periods. After one month, the package expires, unless you renew it. There is no auto-renewal. You can also change from one Photon TV subscription package to another, as per the terms and conditions mentioned.

Photon TV channel list

Currently, 40 channels are available on Photon TV. In comparison, Reliance communications offers 34 channels. Again, there is a lag of 30 seconds on Reliance mobile TV, while on Photon TV, there is a lag of just 7-8 seconds. This list may be expanded later. The channels are under different sections, as below:

Hindi: Star News, Aaj tak, NDTv India, India TV, Zee News and India News.
English: NDTV 24X7, Headlined Today, Times NOW, CNN-IBN
Entertainment: Zoom TV, NDTV Imagine
Kids: Cartoon Network and Pogo
Movies: Bolly Theatre and English Movies
Sports: ESPN Mobile TV, W and MotoGP
Business: NDTV Profit, Zee Business, CNBC Aawaz, CNBC TV18
Telugu: TV9, Sakshi TV
International: CNN, CNN On Demand
Gujarati: TV9 Gujarati
Tamil: Raj TV, Raj Movies
Malayalam: India TV, Manorama News, Jai Hind
Kannada: TV9 Kannada
Marathi: Zee Marathi, Star Majha
Bengali: STAR Bangla
Punjabi: Chardikla Time TV

Ducati to drive into India's luxury bike market

taly’s Ducati is looking to ride the fledgling Indian superbike market with models costing more than a top-end car as it sees consumers returning in hordes to the luxury segment after the lull caused by the slowdown.

Ducati, which sells bikes for Rs 14-60 lakh, plans to sell over 150 bikes in India in 2010. The company hopes bike enthusiasts will overlook the cost factor and lap up its products. “The bike culture runs in the genes here,” says Ducati Asia-Pacific CEO Mirko Bordiga.

The company thinks India has bigger potential than China in this arena. At present, the Indian superbike segment sees annual sales of around 1,000. The Chinese market, by comparison , is limited to less than 100 units annually due to government restriction to sell smallerengine bikes.

Not surprisingly, India happens to be Ducati’s most attractive market in Asia. The company is looking to open four dealerships next year in addition to the existing two. It also plans to sell over 150 bikes in 2010 against the 35 units that were lapped up since its July launch. 

Motorcycles in the high-powered engine capacity of 500-2 ,500-cc come under the superbike category and sell for Rs 10-60 lakh in India. Global manufacturers think India’s superbike market is poised for greater growth.

Better roads and a growing motor sports culture are helping the superbike market grow in India, says Yamaha’s national business head Pankaj Dubey.

Besides Yamaha, Ducati, Honda, Harley Davidson, 

Suzuki, Triumph and Kawasaki have all had launches to their name in the domestic market in the past two years. India is estimated to sell 7 million twowheelers annually. Despite the high import duties at 113% that jack up prices, upcoming launches in the superbike segment are expected to add to that number. Yamaha, for instance, plans to launch more models in the 1,000-1 ,600-cc segment during the January Auto Expo in New Delhi.

The company debuted with the YZF-R 1 and the 1670cc torque monster MT-01 models in November 2007. Their success — 150 units have been sold — prompted Yamaha to launch its Rs 20 lakh-flagship VMax a few months ago.Suzuki Motorcycle India, meanwhile, will add new models in the over 1000-cc range, aiming to sell over 150 bikes in 2010. Its Rs 12.5-lakh Hayabusa, among the largest selling superbikes here, was launched last year.

“The superbike demand in India is consistently growing,” said Suzuki Motorcycle India marketing & sales vicepresident Atul Gupta.

Sadguru Shri Yogi Nareyana Ashrama

To the West of Kaiwara, amidst beautiful and verdant surroundings, is the famous ashrama of the saint-poet, social reformer and spiritual-giant, Shri Yogi Naraeyana Yatheendraru.  If not for anything else he will be fondly remembered all over the world for his wonderful and remarkable words of prophecy and for his unforgettable exhortation and advocacy of the Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – concept. (It might be of interest to note that this characteristic Hindu concept of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (universal citizenship and brotherhood) was spelt out by Adiguru Shri Shankaracharya (788-820 AD) in his classic composition Annapoorna stotram, the last phrase of the last verse- Swadeshobhunathrayam) This celebrated ashrama has been, for over a hundred and fifty years, a haven of peace, a shelter for the diseased, depressed and the down-trodden and a beacon of hope for the seekers of bliss and beatitude. New building of the ashram with its own characteristic architectural specialty and beauty boasts of sense and sublime atmosphere of an ancient rushyashrama.

As you cross the threshold of the main entrance and walk a few yards in the prangana (the court or quadrangle) you will behold the Samadhi Brindavana of the great Yatheendraru. There you see a well-made bust of the saint seated in Padmasana in the dhyana (meditative) posture. This metallic bust is made of Panchaloha (five metals). You will also see three Utsava moorthis (Procession idols) of the Yatheendra's Ishtadaiva (favorite or tutelary deity) of Amara Naraeyana. On the right in a separate shrine you see a life-size statue of the Yatheendraru on the left you see great Ashwattha Vriksha (the peepul tree) which was planted by Shri Yogi Naraeyana Yatheendraru himself ! Around the tree we have the stone sculptures representing the Navagraha and Ganapathi shrines, the sacred well that the Yatheendraru got dug and filled with water by his wonderful prayer. Within the precincts of the ashram we have shrines dedicated to Satyanarayana Swami, Vara Lakshmi, the eight dikpalakas, Samartha Ramadasa and others.

Thousands of tourists, visitors, pilgrims and devotees flock this ashrama complex every day. Regular ritualistic worship in all the shrines, thrice everyday, satsang, meetings and conferences, bhajans and keerthana –Singing are a regular daily feature. Besides these, other cultural programmes are also conducted. The Ashrama Trust has also arranged annadasoha (daily feeding), has constructed residential and guest quarters and has instituted the necessary administrative infrastructure. There are no class, caste or gender distinctions in the service offered by the Ashrama. Many social welfare projects are in operation besides the regular religious and spiritual functions. On the first day of the second fortnight (Bahula) of the last lunar month called Phalguna a grand car-festival takes place every year which is attended by thousands of bhaktas. On the third day of the first fortnight (Shuddha) of the third lunar month, Jyeshta the thureeya Samadhi Pravesha Parvotsava is conducted in a solemn manner. On the full-moon day of the fourth lunar month, Ashaadha, which is called Guru Poornima, the traditional Guru Pooja (worship of all the mentors) is conducted with devotion and dignity. On that day a music festival is also arranged. Another very important celebration conducted under the auspices of the Ashram is Mutthaide Bhagya Seva. (In traditional Hindu society a Mutthaide a married woman whose husband is alive is regarded as Goddess and Bhagya means good fortune. The Ashram honors and worships a number of Mutthaidaes whose very right and presence mean good fortune.)

These are some of the impressive details in respect of the Shri Yogi Naraeyana Ashrama Trust and you are requested to participate in any or all of the Kainkaryas of the Ashrama.

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Futuristic Intel Chip Could Reshape How Computers are Built, Consumers Interact with Their PCs and Personal Devices

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• Concept chip from Intel Labs is aimed at scaling on-chip performance, communication and power consumption for decades to come.
• Contains the most Intel Architecture (IA) computing engines integrated on a silicon CPU chip – 48 cores -- while consuming only as much electricity as two standard household light bulbs.
• Processors could become smart enough to let PCs use "vision" to interact with people.

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Researchers from Intel Labs demonstrated an experimental, 48-core Intel processor, or "single-chip cloud computer," that rethinks many of the approaches used in today's designs for laptops, PCs and servers. This futuristic chip boasts about 10 to 20 times the processing engines inside today's most popular Intel® Core™-branded processors.

The long-term research goal is to add incredible scaling features to future computers that spur entirely new software applications and human-machine interfaces. The company plans to engage industry and academia next year by sharing 100 or more of these experimental chips for hands-on research in developing new software applications and programming models.

While Intel will integrate key features in a new line of Core-branded chips early next year and introduce six- and eight-core processors later in 2010, this prototype contains 48 fully programmable Intel processing cores, the most ever on a single silicon chip. It also includes a high-speed on-chip network for sharing information along with newly invented power management techniques that allow all 48 cores to operate extremely energy efficiently at as little as 25 watts, or at 125 watts when running at maximum performance (about as much as today's Intel processors and just two standard household light bulbs).

Intel plans to gain a better understanding of how to schedule and coordinate the many cores of this experimental chip for its future mainstream chips. For example, future laptops with processing capability of this magnitude could have "vision" in the same way a human can see objects and motion as it happens and with high accuracy.

Imagine, for example, someday interacting with a computer for a virtual dance lesson or on-line shopping that uses a future laptop's 3-D camera and display to show you a "mirror" of yourself wearing the clothes you are interested in. Twirl and turn and watch how the fabric drapes and how the color complements your skin tone.

This kind of interaction could eliminate the need of keyboards, remote controls or joysticks for gaming. Some researchers believe computers may even be able to read brain waves, so simply thinking about a command, such as dictating words, would happen without speaking.

Intel Labs has nicknamed this test chip a "single-chip cloud computer" because it resembles the organization of datacenters used to create a "cloud" of computing resources over the Internet, a notion of delivering such services as online banking, social networking and online stores to millions of users.

Cloud datacenters are comprised of tens to thousands of computers connected by a physically cabled network, distributing large tasks and massive datasets in parallel. Intel's new experimental research chip uses a similar approach, yet all the computers and networks are integrated on a single piece of Intel 45nm, high-k metal-gate silicon about the size of a postage stamp, dramatically reducing the amount of physical computers needed to create a cloud datacenter.

"With a chip like this, you could imagine a cloud datacenter of the future which will be an order of magnitude more energy efficient than what exists today, saving significant resources on space and power costs," said Justin Rattner, head of Intel Labs and Intel's Chief Technology Officer. "Over time, I expect these advanced concepts to find their way into mainstream devices, just as advanced automotive technology such as electronic engine control, air bags and anti-lock braking eventually found their way into all cars."

Cores Allow Software to Intelligently Direct Data for Efficiency 
The concept chip features a high-speed network between cores to efficiently share information and data. This technique gives significant improvement in communication performance and energy efficiency over today's datacenter model, since data packets only have to move millimeters on chip instead of tens of meters to another computer system.

Application software can use this network to quickly pass information directly between cooperating cores in a matter of a few microseconds, reducing the need to access data in slower

off-chip system memory. Applications can also dynamically manage exactly which cores are to be used for a given task at a given time, matching the performance and energy needs to the demands of each.

Related tasks can be executed on nearby cores, even passing results directly from one to the next as in an assembly line to maximize overall performance. In addition, this software control is extended with the ability to manage voltage and clock speed. Cores can be turned on and off or change their performance levels, continuously adapting to use the minimum energy needed at a given moment.

Overcoming Software Challenges 
Programming processors with multiple cores is a well-known challenge for the industry as computer and software makers move toward many-cores on a single silicon chip. The prototype allows popular and efficient parallel programming approaches used in cloud datacenter software to be applied on the chip. Researchers from Intel, HP and Yahoo's Open Cirrus collaboration have already begun porting cloud applications to this 48 IA core chip using Hadoop, a Java software framework supporting data-intensive, distributed applications as demonstrated by Rattner today.

Intel plans to build 100 or more experimental chips for use by dozens of industrial and academic research collaborators around the world with the goal of developing new software applications and programming models for future many-core processors.

"Microsoft is partnering with Intel to explore new hardware and software architectures supporting next-generation client plus cloud applications," said Dan Reed, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Extreme Computing. "Our early research with the single chip cloud computer prototype has already identified many opportunities in intelligent resource management, system software design, programming models and tools, and future application scenarios."

This milestone represents the latest achievement from Intel's Tera-scale Computing Research Program, aimed at breaking barriers to scaling future chips to 10s-100s of cores. It was co-created by Intel Labs at its Bangalore (India), Braunschweig (Germany) and Hillsboro, Ore. (U.S.) research centers. Details on the chip's architecture and circuits are scheduled to be published in a paper at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in February.