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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
World's Tallest Woman & Man
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Guinness World Record Next World Tallest Woman Search in Progress
Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievements has announced an international search for the next Tallest Living Woman. The record chronicler is looking high and low in every corner of the globe to fill the coveted title with the U.S. search kicking off at a social event with the Tall Club of New York City. Front runners from each country will ultimately help Guinness World Records confirm the one absolute Tallest Woman in the world. If you or someone you know fit the bill, Guinness World Records urges you to register your proposal on www.guinnessworldrecords.com and follow the mandated instructions. All legitimate contenders for the Tallest Living Woman title must be willing to be measured in person by an official Guinness World Records adjudicator.
"We have had remarkable success in the past with these record-breaking callouts. It's how we found the current world's tallest man – Sultan Kosen," said Craig Glenday, Editor-In-Chief of Guinness World Records. "The 'Tallest' category always brings out the most awe in people, and hopefully another amazing woman will step forward for measurement and claim the title."
The new Tallest Living Woman will join a lofty list of record-holders from the US, UK and China. The most recent record-holder, American Sandy Allen, stood 7 feet 7.25 inches and was crowned the Tallest Living Woman in 1976 and held the record until her passing in 2008. A frequent fixture in the Guinness World Records book, Allen grew at a rapid rate reaching 6 feet 3 inches by the age of 10 and was 7 feet 1 inches by 16. The Tallest Female Ever, Zeng Jinlian of China, stood an imposing 8 feet 1.75 inches tall.
In 2008, Guinness World Records launched an international search for a new Tallest Living Man. The trail led them all the way to Turkey where they discovered 27-year-old Sultan Kosen, who measures a staggering 8 feet 1 inch in height. Robert Wadlow (US) holds the title as the Tallest Man Ever measuring in at an amazing 8 feet 11.1 inches tall.
In addition to the Tallest Woman, Guinness World Records is also searching for new pet records in the following categories: Dog With the Longest Ears, Smallest Dog (Length), Oldest Dog, Smallest Cat (Length) and Shortest Cat. For a chance to be included in the Guinness World Records 2011 edition, submit your record proposal at http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
"We have had remarkable success in the past with these record-breaking callouts. It's how we found the current world's tallest man – Sultan Kosen," said Craig Glenday, Editor-In-Chief of Guinness World Records. "The 'Tallest' category always brings out the most awe in people, and hopefully another amazing woman will step forward for measurement and claim the title."
The new Tallest Living Woman will join a lofty list of record-holders from the US, UK and China. The most recent record-holder, American Sandy Allen, stood 7 feet 7.25 inches and was crowned the Tallest Living Woman in 1976 and held the record until her passing in 2008. A frequent fixture in the Guinness World Records book, Allen grew at a rapid rate reaching 6 feet 3 inches by the age of 10 and was 7 feet 1 inches by 16. The Tallest Female Ever, Zeng Jinlian of China, stood an imposing 8 feet 1.75 inches tall.In 2008, Guinness World Records launched an international search for a new Tallest Living Man. The trail led them all the way to Turkey where they discovered 27-year-old Sultan Kosen, who measures a staggering 8 feet 1 inch in height. Robert Wadlow (US) holds the title as the Tallest Man Ever measuring in at an amazing 8 feet 11.1 inches tall.
In addition to the Tallest Woman, Guinness World Records is also searching for new pet records in the following categories: Dog With the Longest Ears, Smallest Dog (Length), Oldest Dog, Smallest Cat (Length) and Shortest Cat. For a chance to be included in the Guinness World Records 2011 edition, submit your record proposal at http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Generations of Computers
The Five Generations of Computers:
The history of computer development is often referred to in reference to the different generations of computing devices. Each generation of computer is characterized by a major technological development that fundamentally changed the way computers operate, resulting in increasingly smaller, cheaper, more powerful and more efficient and reliable devices. Read about each generation and the developments that led to the current devices that we use today.
To this date, there are only four generations of computers, the "fifth generation" is but the name of a Japan's national research project in the 1980's.
First Generation - 1940-1956: Vacuum Tubes
The first computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and were often enormous, taking up entire rooms. They were very expensive to operate and in addition to using a great deal of electricity, generated a lot of heat, which was often the cause of malfunctions. First generation computers relied on machine language to perform operations, and they could only solve one problem at a time. Input was based on punched cards and paper tape, and output was displayed on printouts.
The UNIVAC and ENIAC computers are examples of first-generation computing devices. The UNIVAC was the first commercial computer delivered to a business client, the U.S. Census Bureau in 1951.
Second Generation - 1956-1963: Transistors
Transistors replaced vacuum tubes and ushered in the second generation of computers. The transistor was invented in 1947 but did not see widespread use in computers until the late 50s. The transistor was far superior to the vacuum tube, allowing computers to become smaller, faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient and more reliable than their first-generation predecessors. Though the transistor still generated a great deal of heat that subjected the computer to damage, it was a vast improvement over the vacuum tube. Second-generation computers still relied on punched cards for input and printouts for output.
Second-generation computers moved from cryptic binary machine language to symbolic, or assembly, languages, which allowed programmers to specify instructions in words. High-level programming languages were also being developed at this time, such as early versions of COBOL and FORTRAN. These were also the first computers that stored their instructions in their memory, which moved from a magnetic drum to magnetic core technology.
The first computers of this generation were developed for the atomic energy industry.
Third Generation - 1964-1971: Integrated Circuits
The development of the integrated circuit was the hallmark of the third generation of computers. Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips, called semiconductors, which drastically increased the speed and efficiency of computers.
Instead of punched cards and printouts, users interacted with third generation computers through keyboards and monitors and interfaced with an operating system, which allowed the device to run many different applications at one time with a central program that monitored the memory. Computers for the first time became accessible to a mass audience because they were smaller and cheaper than their predecessors.
Fourth Generation - 1971-Present: Microprocessors
The microprocessor brought the fourth generation of computers, as thousands of integrated circuits were built onto a single silicon chip. What in the first generation filled an entire room could now fit in the palm of the hand. The Intel 4004 chip, developed in 1971, located all the components of the computer - from the central processing unit and memory to input/output controls - on a single chip.
In 1981 IBM introduced its first computer for the home user, and in 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh. Microprocessors also moved out of the realm of desktop computers and into many areas of life as more and more everyday products began to use microprocessors.
As these small computers became more powerful, they could be linked together to form networks, which eventually led to the development of the Internet. Fourth generation computers also saw the development of GUIs, the mouse and handheld devices.
Fifth Generation:
"The Fifth Generation Computer Systems project (FGCS) was an initiative by Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, begun in 1982, to create a "fifth generation computer" (see history of computing hardware) which was supposed to perform much calculation utilizing massive parallelism. It was to be the end result of a massive government/industry research project in Japan during the 1980s. It aimed to create an "epoch-making computer" with supercomputer-like performance and usable artificial intelligence capabilities."
The history of computer development is often referred to in reference to the different generations of computing devices. Each generation of computer is characterized by a major technological development that fundamentally changed the way computers operate, resulting in increasingly smaller, cheaper, more powerful and more efficient and reliable devices. Read about each generation and the developments that led to the current devices that we use today.
To this date, there are only four generations of computers, the "fifth generation" is but the name of a Japan's national research project in the 1980's.
First Generation - 1940-1956: Vacuum Tubes
The first computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and were often enormous, taking up entire rooms. They were very expensive to operate and in addition to using a great deal of electricity, generated a lot of heat, which was often the cause of malfunctions. First generation computers relied on machine language to perform operations, and they could only solve one problem at a time. Input was based on punched cards and paper tape, and output was displayed on printouts.
The UNIVAC and ENIAC computers are examples of first-generation computing devices. The UNIVAC was the first commercial computer delivered to a business client, the U.S. Census Bureau in 1951.
Second Generation - 1956-1963: Transistors
Transistors replaced vacuum tubes and ushered in the second generation of computers. The transistor was invented in 1947 but did not see widespread use in computers until the late 50s. The transistor was far superior to the vacuum tube, allowing computers to become smaller, faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient and more reliable than their first-generation predecessors. Though the transistor still generated a great deal of heat that subjected the computer to damage, it was a vast improvement over the vacuum tube. Second-generation computers still relied on punched cards for input and printouts for output.
Second-generation computers moved from cryptic binary machine language to symbolic, or assembly, languages, which allowed programmers to specify instructions in words. High-level programming languages were also being developed at this time, such as early versions of COBOL and FORTRAN. These were also the first computers that stored their instructions in their memory, which moved from a magnetic drum to magnetic core technology.
The first computers of this generation were developed for the atomic energy industry.
Third Generation - 1964-1971: Integrated Circuits
The development of the integrated circuit was the hallmark of the third generation of computers. Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips, called semiconductors, which drastically increased the speed and efficiency of computers.
Instead of punched cards and printouts, users interacted with third generation computers through keyboards and monitors and interfaced with an operating system, which allowed the device to run many different applications at one time with a central program that monitored the memory. Computers for the first time became accessible to a mass audience because they were smaller and cheaper than their predecessors.
Fourth Generation - 1971-Present: Microprocessors
The microprocessor brought the fourth generation of computers, as thousands of integrated circuits were built onto a single silicon chip. What in the first generation filled an entire room could now fit in the palm of the hand. The Intel 4004 chip, developed in 1971, located all the components of the computer - from the central processing unit and memory to input/output controls - on a single chip.
In 1981 IBM introduced its first computer for the home user, and in 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh. Microprocessors also moved out of the realm of desktop computers and into many areas of life as more and more everyday products began to use microprocessors.
As these small computers became more powerful, they could be linked together to form networks, which eventually led to the development of the Internet. Fourth generation computers also saw the development of GUIs, the mouse and handheld devices.
Fifth Generation:
"The Fifth Generation Computer Systems project (FGCS) was an initiative by Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, begun in 1982, to create a "fifth generation computer" (see history of computing hardware) which was supposed to perform much calculation utilizing massive parallelism. It was to be the end result of a massive government/industry research project in Japan during the 1980s. It aimed to create an "epoch-making computer" with supercomputer-like performance and usable artificial intelligence capabilities."
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Left Brain Vs Right Brain
| Left Brain | Right Brain | |
| Logical Sequential Rational Analytical Objective Looks at parts | Random Intuitive Holistic Subjective Looks at wholes |
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Blood Group
The human body contains one of four main blood types: A, B, AB and O.
Each blood-type also has an accompanying Rhesus or Rh factor of either positive or negative.
The most commonly found blood-type in the world is O positive while the rarest is AB negative.
From the U.S population it was determined that the percentages of blood types were as follows.
O positive ~ 38.4%
O negative ~ 7.7%
A positive ~ 32.3%
A negative ~ 6.5%
B positive ~ 9.4%
B negative ~ 1.7%
AB positive ~ 3.2%
AB negative ~ 0.7%
Each blood-type also has an accompanying Rhesus or Rh factor of either positive or negative.
The most commonly found blood-type in the world is O positive while the rarest is AB negative.
From the U.S population it was determined that the percentages of blood types were as follows.
O positive ~ 38.4%
O negative ~ 7.7%
A positive ~ 32.3%
A negative ~ 6.5%
B positive ~ 9.4%
B negative ~ 1.7%
AB positive ~ 3.2%
AB negative ~ 0.7%
Icebergs in Lake Michigan - Frozen
cebergs in Lake Michigan sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions.
Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with melt water and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.
When an iceberg falls into the lake, a layer of water can freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe.
Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the lake.
Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with melt water and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.
When an iceberg falls into the lake, a layer of water can freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe.
Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the lake.
Monday, March 15, 2010
List of Words without Vowels
1 ) BY - (Preposition)
2 ) CRY - weep
3 ) DRY - Not wet
4 ) FLY - Move through the air
5 ) FRY - Brown/Sizzle/Cook over the fire
6 ) FYRD - The militia in Anglo-Saxon England.
7 ) GYPSY - People who migrate their dwellings often.
8 ) GYVE - Any of various fastening or coupling devices.
9 ) HYMN - Song in praise or honour of God
10 ) HYP - Short for Hypochondria
11 ) LYMPH - A clear yellowish, slightly alkaline, coagulable fluid, containing white
blood cells in a liquid resembling blood plasma, that is derived from the
tissues of the body and conveyed to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessels.
12 ) LYNCH - Put to death.
13 ) LYNX - Any of several wildcats of the genus Lynx (or Felis), having long limbs,
a short tail, and usually tufted ears
14 ) MYTH - An imaginary or fictitious thing or person / False belief
15 ) MY - A pronoun
16 ) PLY - Use / Employ
17 ) PYGMY -Dwarfish person.
18 ) PYX - The box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept.
19 ) RHYTHM - Movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat,
accent, or the like.
20 ) SHY - Bashful
21 ) SHYLY - Bashfully
22 ) SKY - The upper atmosphere of the earth
23 ) SPRY - Active / Brisk
24 ) SPY - A person who keeps close and secret watch on the actions and words of
another or others.
25 ) STY - Any filthy place or abode.
26 ) STYX - a river in the underworld, over which the souls of the dead were ferried by
Charon, and by which the gods swore their most solemn oaths.
27 ) SYLPH - A slender, graceful woman or girl.
28 ) SYZYGY - Any two related things, either alike or opposite.
29 ) THYMY - Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of thyme.
30 ) TRY - Attempt
31 ) TRYST - An appointed meeting.
32 ) WRY - Abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked
33 ) WYND - A narrow street or alley.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Steven Irwin - Crocodile Hunter
Steve Irwin (1962 – 2006)
Death
On 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray spine while snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef, at Batt Reef, which is located off the coast of Port Douglas in Queensland. Irwin was in the area filming his own documentary, Ocean’s Deadliest, but weather had stalled filming. Irwin decided to take the opportunity to film some shallow water shots for a segment in the television program his daughter Bindi Irwin was hosting, when, according to his friend and colleague, John Stainton, he swam too close to one of the stingrays. “He came on top of the stingray and the stingray’s barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,” said Stainton, who was on board Irwin’s boat the Croc One. The events were caught on camera, and a copy of the footage was handed to the Queensland Police. After reviewing the footage of the incident and speaking to the cameraman who recorded it, marine documentary filmmaker and former spearfisherman Ben Cropp speculated that the stingray “felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the cameraman ahead”. In such a case, the stingray responds to danger by automatically flexing the serrated spine on its tail in an upward motion. Cropp said Irwin had accidentally boxed the animal in. “It stopped and twisted and threw up its tail with the spike, and it caught him in the chest. It’s a defensive thing. It’s like being stabbed with a dirty dagger.” The stinging of Irwin by the bull ray was “a one-in-a-million thing,” Cropp told Time magazine. “I have swum with many rays, and I have only had one do that to me…Top 10 richest men in 2009
- Bill Gates
- Warren Buffet
- Carlos Slim Helu
- Lawrence Ellison
- Ingvar Kamprad
- Karl Albrecht
- Mukesh Ambani
- Lakshmi Mittal
- Theo Albrecht
- Amancio Ortega.
Top 10 Richest Men in 2010
Top 10 Richest Men in the World
1. Carlo Slim Helu -- Mexico $53.5 billion, up $18.5 billion in 12 months. Shares of America Movil (oil)
2. Bill Gates -- United States $53 billion who had held the title of world’s richest 14 of the past 15 years. (Microsoft)
3. Warren Buffett -- United States $47billion- ( Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffet) Warren Buffet invested wisely in Goldman Sachs during the worst parts of 2008
4. Mukesh Ambani -- India $29.0 , Reliance Industries.
5. Lakshmi Mittal -- India 59 $28.7 , Aircelor Mittal.
6. Lawrence Ellison -- United States $28.0 , Oracle Corporation.
7. Bernard Arnault -- France $27.5 ,LVMH.
8. Eike Batista -- Brazil $27.0 ,Mining Enterpreneur.
9. Amancio Ortega -- Spain $24 , Inditex Group
10. Karl Albrecht -- Germany $23.5 ,Business man in Supermarket
1. Carlo Slim Helu -- Mexico $53.5 billion, up $18.5 billion in 12 months. Shares of America Movil (oil)
2. Bill Gates -- United States $53 billion who had held the title of world’s richest 14 of the past 15 years. (Microsoft)
3. Warren Buffett -- United States $47billion- ( Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffet) Warren Buffet invested wisely in Goldman Sachs during the worst parts of 2008
4. Mukesh Ambani -- India $29.0 , Reliance Industries.
5. Lakshmi Mittal -- India 59 $28.7 , Aircelor Mittal.
6. Lawrence Ellison -- United States $28.0 , Oracle Corporation.
7. Bernard Arnault -- France $27.5 ,LVMH.
8. Eike Batista -- Brazil $27.0 ,Mining Enterpreneur.
9. Amancio Ortega -- Spain $24 , Inditex Group
10. Karl Albrecht -- Germany $23.5 ,Business man in Supermarket
Average lifespan of Animals
| Name of Animal | Life Span |
|---|---|
| Antelope (Blackbuck) | 15 |
| Antelope (Pronghorn) | 15 |
| Badger | 15 |
| Bat (Guano) | 15 |
| Bear (Grizzly) | 34 |
| Beaver | 20 |
| Buffalo | 45 |
| Camel | 40 |
| Cat (Domestic) | 30 |
| Chimpanzee | 50 |
| Deer (Fallow) | 25 |
| Deer (Mule) | 20 |
| Deer (Whitetail) | 23 |
| Dog (Domestic) | 20 |
| Donkey | 50 |
| Elephant (African) | 50 |
| Elephant (Indian) | 70 |
| Fox | 14 |
| Giraffe | 28 |
| Goat | 10 |
| Guinea Pig | 5 |
| Hare | 10 |
| Hippopotamus | 41 |
| Horse | 50 |
| Jaguar | 22 |
| Javelina | 20 |
| Lion | 35 |
| Mole | 3 |
| Mountain Lion | 18 |
| Mouse | 4 |
| Mule | 37 |
| Nutria | 12 |
| Opossum | 8 |
| Otter | 15 |
| Porcupine | 20 |
| Porpoise | 15 |
| Rabbit | 10 |
| Raccoon | 13 |
| Reindeer | 15 |
| Rhinoceros | 40 |
| Seal (Common) | 30 |
| Sheep (Bighorn) | 15 |
| Sheep (Mouflon | 19 |
| Shrew | 2 |
| Skunk | 12 |
| Squirrel (Fox) | 10 |
| Squirrel (Gray) | 18 |
| Tiger | 25 |
| Whale (Blue) | 35 |
| Wolf | 16 |
| Zebra | 30 |
| Name of Bird | Life Span |
|---|---|
| Cardinal | 22 |
| Chickadee | 7 |
| Condor | 52 |
| Dove | 12 |
| Eagle (Golden) | 80 |
| Goose (Canada) | 32 |
| Heron | 24 |
| Herring Gull | 50 |
| Jay (Blue) | 4 |
| Ostrick (African) | 50 |
| Owl (Snowy) | 24 |
| Pelican | 52 |
| Penguin (King) | 26 |
| Pigeon | 35 |
| Quail | 10 |
| Raven | 69 |
| Robin | 12 |
| Skylark | 24 |
| Sparrow | 20 |
| Starling | 15 |
| Turkey | 15 |
| Name of Reptile or Amphibian | Life Span |
|---|---|
| Alligator | 56 |
| Boa Constrictor | 23 |
| Bullfrog | 15½ |
| Chameleon | 3½ |
| Cottonmouth | 21 |
| Crocodile | 13½ |
| Frog (Leopard) | 6 |
| Garter Snake | 6 |
| Gila Monster | 20 |
| Lizard (Anole) | 6 |
| King Snake | 14½ |
| Python | 20 |
| Rattlesnake | 18½ |
| Salamander (Spotted) | 25 |
| Turtle (Box) | 123 |
| Water Snake | 7 |
| Name of Fish | Life Span |
|---|---|
| Carp | 50 |
| Crappie | 6 |
| Flounder | 10 |
| Goldfish | 25 |
| Perch | 11 |
| Pike | 24 |
| Seahorse | 6 |
| Sturgeon | 50 |
| Trout (Rainbow) | 4 |
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