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"Players have been installed in powerboats and airplanes, as well as in funeral limousines..." Time magazine (August 5,1966) The eight-track cartridge (or "Stereo 8") was developed by a consortium of U.S. businesses lead by Bill Lear (1902-1978) of the Lear Jet Corporation. Their aim was to produce a convenient magnetic tape playback System that could be used in cars. The eight-track cartridge contained a continuous loop of 1/4-inch (0.6 cm) tape that played back at 3.75 inches (9.5 cm) per second. It was so named since the music was recorded as four parallel pairs of stereo tracks on a single piece of tape. Switching between tracks was achieved automatically by mechanically altering the .height" of the playback head so that it aligned with -the correct piece of music. While Lear touted the system as being superior to reel-to-reel because more music was available in a smaller package, the audio quality more...

“learning to read music in braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory." Ray Charles, musician Louis Braille (1809-1852) was fifteen years old when he devised a system of raised dots to reproduce the alphabet so that it could be read by touch. Braille became blind at the age of four as a. result of an accident while playing in his father's saddler workshop and was educated at the National Institute for Blind Children in Paris from the age of ten. He learned to read using raised wooden letters designed by the school's founder, Valentin Hauy. In 1821, Charles Barbier, a former captain in the French Army, visited the school. Braille was introduced to the letter code that Barbier had developed to enable soldiers to communicate, without sound or light at night. Barbier's system used large symbols to represent sounds, each using dots and dashes raised more...

It is said that life may be measured not by the breath we take, but by the breath we hope. And many a time, I had to hold my breath when I saw Sachin in action. Sachin Tendulkar is, in fact, my hero.   He started playing cricket at a very young age. With the passage of time, his cricket career has went from strength to strength and the best is yet to come.   I am a cricket enthusiast. I love cricket the most and would go many miles on foot to see a good cricket match. I find it so thrilling and enchanting especially when Sachin is there as one of the players. I try to see each and every cricket match starring my hero and star Tendulkar. I  watch cricket match either on TV or by going to the stadium.   Born on April 24, 1973, Tendulkar more...

Chandrashekhar Azad was a great Indian freedom fighter. His fierce patriotism and courage inspired others of his generation to enter freedom struggle. Chandrasekhar Azad was the mentor Bhagat Singh, another great freedom fighter, and along with Bhagat Singh he is considered as one of the greatest revolutionaries that India has produced.   Chandrashekhar Azad is well known a  revolutionary who is involved in the Kakori Train Robbery (1926), the attempt to blow up the Viceroy's train (1926), and the shooting of Saunders at Lahore (1928) to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpatrai.   Chandrashekhar Azad is the one who formed Hindustan Socialist Republican Association with fellow compatriots Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru.   Chandrashekhar Azad was born on July 23,1906 in village Bhavra in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. His parents were Pandit Sitaram Tiwari and Jagarani Devi.   He received his early schooling in Bhavra. For higher studies he more...

Students look upon examinations with contempt; they make all possible effort to avoid them. Educationists are against them and are thinking of abolishing them. Critics find fait with them.   In spite of condemnation from all quarters, examinations persist. They seem indispensable in every walk of life. They are like milestone on the road to education and life.   Examinations are not necessarily the sure test of the ability of students. They are judges from what they perform in the exams. Sometimes the most brilliant students is not able to do justice in such a short duration.   On the contrary a student who has not touched the books the whole year gets good marks because all the questions he prepared just before the examination were asked.   Shakespeare never passed any examination yet his works have won world-wide recognition. The world's greatest scientist Einstein, father of the atomic age more...

As you walk through the city market you can look around at all the customers shopping throughout the store and wonder which one will ask the question first. Cellular phones are sold and many customers are concerned with getting cancer from the phones.   In recent years, many scientists have conducted tests, which show that cell phones can cause cancer over a period of time.   Many shows on television have talked about the tests and show the tests that were preformed to determine which ones can cause cancer. Many of the popular phones are proven to cause cancer. Because of this study many customers are concerned about the use of these phones.   Have you ever wondered if using your cellular phone will cause you to develop cancer and possibly end your life early? This question also helps ask the question why is the number of cellular phone users more...

In October every year our school holds the annual function for prize distribution. This year also the prize distribution function was held.   The function was held in our assembly hall within the compound as the school hall was not big enough to hold all the students, teachers and the visitors.   It was beautifully decorated with flags, mottoes and pictures. A large platform had been put up and over it were placed tables loaded with prizes and chairs for the governor and the high officials of the city. There were chairs for visitors, while we sat on benches.   We were all on our seats by 3.00 p. m. The governor and other guests arrived exactly at 3.15 p.m. He was received at the gate by the principal. The boy scouts of the school welcomed the chief guest with national flags in their hands.   The girls sang a more...

At present there is so much reading material in the world that it is hard to make a selection.   Man reads books, magazines and newspapers from different angles. Students read books as they are prescribed in their courses.   Research scholars go through hundreds of books, magazines, etc. to complete their research. Several other people read so many things to increase their knowledge.   Generally, we read newspapers to get general information regarding news, sports, health, business, etc.   The most important aspect of reading, however, is the pleasure it provides to us. When we open a book, such as the Gitanjali, we are simply enthralled by reading the very first line. As we read further, our curiosity goes on increasing and similarly our pleasure.   Those who read technical books, actually do not get real pleasure. What they get is information regarding their subject.   Real pleasure is more...

It is true that we should avoid living in a make- believe world. Day-dreaming often leads a dreamer to disappointment, frustration and discontentment. It is neither practical; nor a possibility in real life. But it has often been witnessed that miracles do, at times, occur in a man's life.   The advice that I should act only in the living present with heart within and God overhead doesn't seem to have been coined for me. I am a human being made up of blood and flesh.   I can't prevent myself from lapsing into reveries, if I choose so. So if I ever succeed in becoming a millionaire, by virtue of a miracle, or by love of my day-dreaming, I know in advance as to how I shall spend my newly- acquired money.   My first priority will be the homeless people who are old and have been rejected as more...

I live in a city that is noisy, polluted and over- crowded, but I love it simply because I was born here and have never been to a village to know the quiet bliss of village life.   My friends who go to the village for holidays tell me that it is peaceful, slow-paced and laid back, where life is really simple and the fresh air is vibrant. Their description of a village is a cluster of mud Houses, where a community of families', say  hundred odd families live in peace and harmony. Where each family extends its support, help and commitment to the other.   Most of the villagers depend on labour  and cottage industries to survive. Many of them are illiterate and know no other profession except farming, which has been passed on as a means of survival for generations.   Festivals and fairs hold tremendous significance in more...