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"It takes a while before people realize they can do other things with a new medium." Ramanathan V. Guha Computer science is renowned for its use of confusing TLAs—Three Letter Abbreviations. Even in computing, however, RSS is notable for being a tricky example. During its history, RSS has stood for Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a way of describing websites, especially sites with fast-moving content such as news. The original RSS was created by Ramanathan V. Guha (b. 1965) in 1999, for the popular My.Netscape.Com site. The "portal" site enabled browsers to customize news on a single page. This was only possible because each of the different source websites agreed to publish a description of their news in Guha's common format. Since then, RSS, which grew from Guha's earlier work at Apple's Advanced Technology Group, has been through several incarnations at the hands more...

The term 'religion' applies to the belief and way how and to whom one worships. Its origin dates back to the origin of mankind. It means to say that it grew along with the growth of human being. Primarily there have been four major religions—Hindu, Islam, Christianity and Sikhism. All these religions take human being to its salvation. The followers of these different religions follow different Gods and different ways of their worship. With the growth of humanity, a  number of other sub-religions have been born. But one thing is very clear that followers of all the religions believe in a super power and they try to get its blessing. Its means that religion is the super concept that relates the physic to the metaphysic. But there has been a very dangerous turn in the ideal of religion. Politics has intruded in religion and religion is being used for politics. more...

"Antilocks help by preventing lockup; a vehicle with such brakes remains stable during hard braking." Brian O'Neill, Highway Institute for Traffic Safety The antilock braking system (ABS) was designed by Frenchman Gabriel Voisin (1880-1973), originally as a way of preventing planes from swerving on landing . He first installed a system to keep airplane brakes from locking up in 1920. Several decades later, after limited success with similar systems in cars, a breakthrough came in 1978, when Mercedes-Benz announced the installation of electronic ABS in its S-Class car. Theoretically, ABS can stop a serious car accident from occurring by allowing a driver to maintain control in slippery conditions or during an emergency stop. On an icy road, a car's wheels can lock up, sending the vehicle into a spin. In old cars that did not have ABS, drivers had to try to pump the brakes to prevent this. With ABS, more...

"And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail." Samuel 17:5, on Goliath In English, "helmet" is the generic term given to any device that protects the head, usually from impact- related damage. Today helmets can be found in a wide array of activities from sports to space exploration and are made from advanced composite materials, including plastics and Kevlar, combining maximum protection with minimum weight. Archeological evidence suggests that helmets have been around since the third millennium B.C.E., being used by the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations. At this time, and for many centuries afterward, the helmet was used exclusively for the purposes of war. The ancient Egyptians were also making helmets at around the same time, taking advantage of the toughness of crocodile skin as their material. Early arms and warfare reached a peak around the fifth century B.C.E. with more...

"Television will be of no importance in your lifetime or mine." Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, 1948 Though seen as a thoroughly American invention, television's roots are Russian. Vladimir Zworykin (1889- 1982) studied electrical engineering at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology in St. Petersburg. Boris Rosing, a professor in charge of laboratory projects, tutored Zworykin and introduced his student to his experiments of transmitting pictures by wire. Zworykin and Rosing went on to develop a very rudimentary television system in the early 1900s. Russia's revolution split up the duo and halted their research. Rosing died in exile, but his student, Zworykin, settled in the United States and continued their research as an employee of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. By 1923 Zworykin had developed the first all-electric camera tube, which he called an "iconoscope" meaning "viewer of icons." The iconoscope was a modified cathode ray tube, a device developed by more...

“Every time you jump, there is two seconds of freedom…” George Nissen, gymnastics coach George Nissen (b. 1914) was a gymnastics coach and Larry Griswold (1905-1996) a gymnastic tumbler and acrobat. In the summer of 1935, they became acquainted with the great trapeze family, known as the Flying Wards, and often helped the Wards mend their nets at the local YMCA. Nissen thought a small rebound net may assist aerialists with tumbling practice and, with Griswold, set up a workshop in his parents' garage to develop a bouncing frame. They gathered a section of canvas, had it sewn up, and attached to it a series of springs along its outer edge. This was then joined to an angled iron frame scavenged from a nearby demolition yard. The pair took their new bouncing frame to a University of Iowa summer camp, where it garnered much interest. After graduation, Nissen and two more...

"Heavy pottery bread molds were set in rows on a bed of embers to bake the dough... within them"  Jane Howard, Bread in Ancient Egypt Just as the Egyptians brought the prehistoric era to an end in about 3000 B.C.E., they appear to have produced the first closed oven. It was invented as a way to satisfy the demand for better bread. Flatbread had been around for approximately 5,000 years, but Egyptian ovens enabled the bakers to produce bread with yeast; bread was no longer flat, it was rising. A traditional oven is one of the simplest inventions; it traps heat within its walls in order to cook the food placed within. However, when considering the timing of the invention of the oven it is necessary to consider the agricultural advances that resulted in the need for it. After the last ice age, around 10,000 years ago, the land began more...

"Cooking is one of the oldest arts and which has rendered us the most important sevice in civic life." Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, gastronome Humankind has been preparing food in countless ways for many thousands of years, but perhaps the most important innovation was deciding to cook food in the first place. Open flames worked for a time, but as humans became civilized, so did their cooking. The Chinese and Japanese had closed stoves from the second and third centuries B.C.E. respectively—long before the rest of the world. By the fifteenth century, Europe had moved toward a modern stove, hut the whole world relied on wood, charcoal, coal, or oil to fuel their cooking until the ninteenth century. Gas cooking was introduced by Zachaus Winzler (1750-c. 1830) in 1802. Winzler, a Moravian chemical manufacturer living in Austria, began hosting dinner parties where the food was cooked using a small gas cooker complete more...

“A newspaper consists of just the same number of word, whether there be any news in it or not.” Henry Fielding, Novelist In 1605 Johann Carolus (1575-1634) published the first printed issue of Relation alter Furnemmen und gedenckwurdigen Historien in Strasbourg, France, thereby giving the world its first newspaper. Similar concepts had been around for more than 1,500 years. Julius Caesar established the Acta Diurna—a newsletter carved on stone or metal—for the citizens of Rome, and, almost 800 years later in 713, the Chinese Tang Dynasty published the Kaiyuan Za Bao, a news-bulletin handwritten on silk. Initially Carolus copied his newsletters by hand and sold them to rich subscribers. But in order to make his publication affordable to more people, and thus increase his revenue, he bought a printing shop in 1604. Despite his modern approach, Relation did not survive, so today the Dutch daily Haarlems Dagblad (after merging with more...

Functions are the necessary part of our social life. More over they gives colour in our life. Prize distribution function is held in every school and every college. Prize distribution function is a pride day for the students. It gives them chance to show their worth. Some achieve it in games and others win prizes for getting distinction in academic field. The prize distribution function of our school took place on February 20, 1999. it was held in the open area of the school. A beautiful sitting arrangement was made. The Inspector of schools presided over it. The chief guest arrived in time. He was received at the school gate by the Principal and other members of the staff. The function started with a welcome song. The N.C.C. and Red Cross boys gave a show of drill which every body liked. The fancy dress made people laugh again and again. more...