Skoda Yeti In India

Skoda Auto India finally announced the launch of its SUV; Skoda Yeti in India on November 18th. The compact car is powered with 2.0 liter diesel engine.

Yeti is the foremost 4X4 model of the company that is which named under the SUV category of the country.
 

The major features supported by Yeti are-
Power – 140 BHP @ 4200 RPM, Torque – 32.63 KGM @ 1750 – 2500 RPM, Maximum Speed – 160 kmph, Transmission Type – 6 Speed Manual, Gears – 6, Fuel Type – Diesel Fuel Tank Capacity – 60 litre.
The car will include 6 airbags and corner function for fog lamps offering high safety.

Skoda Yeti will be priced around 15 lakhs.

Samsung Galaxy Tab

The story of the Galaxy Tab has been quite a saga, to say the least. In fact, it was actually back in May that we first heard rumblings of Samsung's plans to unleash a 7-inch Android tablet much like its Galaxy S phones, but it was only after months of painful teasing -- including a cruel look at just its packaging on the Engadget Show -- that Sammy finally unveiled the Galaxy Tab to the world at IFA. The Tab certainly packed the specs -- a 1GHz processor, full Flash support thanks to Android 2.2, dual cameras, support for up to 32GB of storage and WiFi / 3G connectivity -- to put other Android tablets to shame, and our initial hands-on with it only had us yearning for more. Without pricing and availability, however, the story was at a cliffhanger. Of course, those details trickled out over the next few months, and here in the US, Samsung finally announced that all four major US carriers would be getting Tabs to call their own. Verizon then finally took the lead in announcing pricing, and revealed that its Tab would hit contract-free for $600 -- Sprint followed with the same no-contract pricing along with a $400 two-year contract option. 

Samsung Galaxy Tab (T-Mobile) 

Ghosts and other spiritual entities

A ghost is a manifestation of the spirit or soul of a person.Alternative theories expand on that idea and include belief in the ghosts of deceased animals. Sometimes the term "ghost" is used synonymously with any spirit or demon, however in popular usage the term typically refers to a deceased person's spirit.

The belief in ghosts as souls of the departed is closely tied to the concept of animism, an ancient belief which attributed souls to everything in nature. As the nineteenth-century anthropologist James Frazer explained in his classic work, The Golden Bough, souls were seen as the creature within that animated the body.Although the human soul was sometimes symbolically or literally depicted in ancient cultures as a bird or other animal, it was widely held that the soul was an exact reproduction of the body in every feature, even down to clothing the person wore. This is depicted in artwork from various ancient cultures, including such works as the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which shows deceased people in the afterlife appearing much as they did before death, including the style of dress.

A widespread belief concerning ghosts is that they are composed of a misty, airy, or subtle material. Anthropologists speculate that this may also stem from early beliefs that ghosts were the person within the person, most noticeable in ancient cultures as a person's breath, which upon exhaling in colder climates appears visibly as a white mist.This belief may have also fostered the metaphorical meaning of "breath" in certain languages, such as the Latin spiritus and the Greek pneuma, which by analogy became extended to mean the soul. In the Bible, God is depicted as animating Adam with a breath.

Numerous theories have been proposed by scientists to provide normal explanations for ghost sightings.Although the evidence for ghosts is largely anecdotal, the belief in ghosts throughout history has remained widespread and persistent.

Ghost Adventures: Season One
Ghost Adventures Season 2
Ghost Adventures 

Poverty in India

Poverty is widespread in India, with the nation estimated to have a third of the world's poor. According to a 2005 World Bank estimate, 41% of India falls below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 a day (PPP, in nominal terms Indian rupee 21.6 a day in urban areas and Indian rupee 14.3 in rural areas); having reduced from 60% in 1981.According to the criterion used by the Planning Commission of India 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005, down from 51.3% in 1977–1978, and 36% in 1993-1994.A study by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative using a Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) found that there were 421 million poor living under the MPI in eight north India states of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. This number is higher than the 410 million poor living in the 26 poorest African nations.However, latest estimates by NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research), show that 48% of the Indian households earn more than Indian rupee90,000 (US$ 2,043) annually (or more than US$3 PPP per person). According to NCAER, in 2009, of the 222 million households in India, the absolutely poor households (annual incomes below Indian rupee 45,000) accounted for only 15.6 % of them or about 35 million (about 200 million Indians). Another 80 million households are in income levels of Indian rupee 45,000-90,000 per year.


Reduction in Poverty

Despite all the causes, India currently adds 40 million people to its middle class every year.[citation needed] Analysts such as the founder of "Forecasting International", Marvin J. Cetron writes that an estimated 300 million Indians now belong to the middle class; one-third of them have emerged from poverty in the last ten years. At the current rate of growth, a majority of Indians will be middle-class by 2025. Literacy rates have risen from 52 percent to 65 percent in the same period.

Poverty is one of the main issues, attracting the attention of sociologists and economists. It indicates a condition in which a person fails to maintain a living standard adequate for a comfortable lifestyle.

Though India boasts of a high economic growth, it is shameful that there is still large scale poverty in India. Poverty in India can be defined as a situation when a certain section of people are unable to fulfill their basic needs. India has the world's largest number of poor people living in a single country. Out of its total population of more than 1 billion, 350 to 400 million people are living below the poverty line. Nearly 75% of the poor people are in rural areas, most of them are daily wagers, landless laborers and self employed house holders. There are a number of reasons for poverty in India. Poverty in India can be classified into two categories namely rural poverty and urban poverty.

Reasons for Rural Poverty
Some of the basic reasons of rural poverty in India are:

    * Unequal distribution of income.
    * High population growth.
    * Illiteracy.
    * Large families.
    * Caste system.

Problems Of Rural Poverty

    * Presence of malnutrition, illiteracy, diseases and long term health problems.
    * Unhygienic living conditions, lack of proper housing, high infant mortality rate, injustice to women and social ill-treatment of certain sections of society.

Steps Taken by Government to Reduce Rural Poverty
The government of India has been trying its best to remove poverty. Some of the measures which the government has taken to remove rural poverty are:

    * Small farmer’s development Programme.
    * Drought area development Programme.
    * Minimum needs Programme.
    * National rural employment Programme.
    * Assurance on employment.
    * Causes for Urban Poverty.

Causes for Urban Poverty

The causes of urban poverty in India are:

    * Improper training
    * Slow job growth.
    * Failure of PDS system

Problems Of Urban Poverty

    * Restricted access to employment opportunities and income.
    * Lack of proper housing facilities
    * Unhygienic environments
    * No social security schemes
    * Lack of opportunity to quality health and educational services.

The steps taken by government to remove urban poverty are:

    * Nehru Rozgar Yojna.
    * Prime Minister Rozgar Yojna.
    * Urban Basic services for the poor Programme.
    * National social Assistance Programme.

But these processes can be helpful only if the policies go to those people for whom it is meant. The clash between the central government and the state government often results in the lack of implementation of these policies. So it is very important that the governments do not play power politics when it comes to a serious issue such as poverty.

Even more than 50 years after independence from almost two centuries of British rule, large scale poverty remains the most shameful blot on the face of India.India still has the world’s largest number of poor people in a single country. Of its nearly 1 billion inhabitants, an estimated 350-400 million are below the poverty line, 75 per cent of them in the rural areas. More than 40 per cent of the population is illiterate, with women, tribal and scheduled castes particularly affected. It would be incorrect to say that all poverty reduction programmes have failed. The growth of the middle class (which was virtually non-existent when India became a free nation in August 1947) indicates that economic prosperity has indeed been very impressive in India, but the DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH has been very uneven. The main causes of poverty are illiteracy, a population growth rate by far exceeding the economic growth rate for the better part of the past 50 years, protectionist policies pursued since 1947 to 1991 which prevented large amounts of foreign investment in the country. Poverty alleviation is expected to make better progress in the next 50 years than in the past, as a trickle-down effect of the growing middle class. Increasing stress on education, reservation of seats in government jobs and the increasing empowerment of women and the economically weaker sections of society, are also expected to contribute to the alleviation of poverty.Eradication of poverty can only be a very long-term goal in India.
 



 

Kaavalan

Kaavalan is an upcoming Tamil romance film written and directed by Siddique. Starring Vijay and Asin Thottumkal in lead roles, the film is the remake of the director's previous Malayalam film Bodyguard. The film began its principal shoot in April 2010.Previously titled as Kaavalkaaran and Kaaval Kaadhal, the film will feature music composed by Vidyasagar. It was slated for release during 2010 Diwali on 5 November,but continued production led to a delay until late December and Kaavalan's audio launch is expected to be held in Chennai on 1 December 2010.


Cast

    * Vijay as Arjun
    * Asin Thottumkal as Meera
    * Rajkiran as Meera's father
    * Roja Selvamani as Meera's mother
    * Mithra Kurian as Meera's friend
    * Vadivelu as Ammavasai
    * Nizhalgal Ravi as Arjun's father
    * Yuvashree as Arjun's mother
    * M. S. Bhaskar as Mithra's father
    * Madhan Bob as Arjun's college principal
    * Guinnes Pakru
    * Rakesh Roshan as Dr.Cool (Guest Appearance)

Track listing

The audio will be releasing on 3rd December 2010.
 
No.    Song(s)
 
1     "Vinnai Kaapan Oruvan"      
2     "Sadasadavena Mazhai"      
3     "Step Step"                            
4     "Yaar Ithu"                            
5     "Un Kadhal Jillakal"             
6     "Chinna Ponnu"                      
7     "Kadhal Kacheri"                        

Burkett’s lymphoma

Burkett’s lymphoma (or "Burkett’s tumor", Burkett lymphoma or "malignant lymphoma, Burkett’s type") is a cancer of the lymphatic system (in particular, B lymphocytes). It is named after Denis Parsons Burkett, a surgeon who first described the disease in 1956 while working in equatorial Africa.

Currently Burkett’s lymphoma can be divided into three main clinical variants: the endemic, the sporadic and the immunodeficiency-associated variants, which are all associated with HIV and AIDS. Burkett’s lymphoma is usually associated with over 90% of AIDS cases. All facial features exhibited by Burkett’s lymphoma are associated to HIV/AIDS.

§     The endemic variant occurs in equatorial Africa. It is the most common malignancy of children in this area. Children affected with the disease often also had chronic malaria, which is believed to have reduced resistance to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), allowing it to take hold. The disease characteristically involves the jaw or other facial bone, distal ileum, cecum, ovaries, kidney or the breast.

§  

       The sporadic type of Burkitt lymphoma (also known as "non-African") is another form of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma found outside of Africa. The tumor cells have a similar appearance to the cancer cells of classical African or endemic Burkitt lymphoma. Again it is believed that impaired immunity provides an opening for development of the Epstein-Barr virus. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which includes Burkitt's, accounts for 30-50% of childhood lymphoma. The jaw is less commonly involved, compared to the endemic variant. The ileo-cecal region is the common site of involvement.

§      Immunodeficiency-associated Burkett lymphoma is usually associated with HIV infection or occurs in the setting of post-transplant patients who are taking immunosuppressive drugs. Burkett lymphoma can be one of the diseases associated with the initial manifestation of AIDS.
Handcrafted Artisan Lymphoma Awareness Heart Pendant & Sterling Silver Chain Necklace
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Awareness Ribbon Mouse Pad 

Prostitution in India

In India prostitution is not legal and any activities related to such are illegal. There are about 2.8 million sex workers in India among the 35% consist of girls under the age 18, in the last two decades the number has got doubled.

Love For Sale: A World History of Prostitution

Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry

Paying for It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients 

Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry

Cigarette smoking

It was the German scientist who found in the late 1920s that tobacco smoking or cigarette smoking leads to lung cancer and made their first campaign against it. But the attempt failed and the things dissolved in the Second World War issue and became unpopular. Later in the 1950s the issue was again raised up and the relation between smoking and cancer became a topic but the consumption of smoking was still climbing in developed countries.

Now there are almost 1.22 billion smokers across the world among them the men dominates.

Cigarette Smoking Man (formerly Cancer Man) 12 Inch Figure from The X-Files
Thank You for Smoking (Widescreen Edition) 

Keep A Breast Foundation

The Keep A Breast Foundation is an organization that works for the awareness of methods of prevention and early detection of breast cancer.The Alacer Corporation announced that they would contribute 50 percent of all profits from one of their product lines to the Keep A Breast Foundation.

The first quarterly installment was $40,000.

They made silicone rubber bracelets emblazoned with the slogan "I love Boobies! (Keep A Breast)" to raise money

Later the bracelets were banned in some areas due to dress codes that prohibit the wearing of any item that includes sexually suggestive language or pictures.


Keep-A-Breast 1 Inch I Love Boobies Bracelets 6-Pack (1 Of Each Color)
Keep-A-Breast 1 Inch I Love Boobies Bracelet Green/White 
Keep-A-Breast 1 Inch I Love Boobies Bracelet Black/White 

Jade goody

She was born in 5^th June1981 and died in 22 March 2009.

She was an English celebrity. She came into the limelight by appearing on the third series of programme big brother in 2002 which was popularly shown in Channel 4.

In 2003 she was voted as the fourth worst Briton in the British TV station due to her public appearance in Big Brother. In 2007 she was a participant in the celebrity big brother and was accused of racist bullying against Indian actress Shilpa shetty due to that she was expelled out of the show and she admitted that what she had done is wrong and made many apologies .

In 2008 the news came that jade was a cervical cancer patient and got the cancer matastasised in 2009 and she married Jack Tweed in 2009 and died one month after her marriage.


Jade: Fighting to the End: My Autobiography 1981-2009
Forever in My Heart: The Story of My Battle Against Cancer 

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: large group of cancers of lymphocytes or cluster of white blood cells .

It can occur at any age or any time of the life span of a man and it is marked by lymph nodes which are larger than normal,fever,and weight loss.

Many types of non-Hodgkins lymphoma exists,it mainly formed from either B-cells or T-cells.

B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas contain:

1. Burkitt lymphoma

2. Cronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma

3. Dffuse large B-cell lymphoma etc.

T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas contain:

1. Mycosis fungoides

2. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma

3. Precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma etc.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma that occur in bone marrow or stem cells transplantation are usually B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The treatment purely depends upon the stage and type of disease.

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