Capital IQ, Eat Street & Big Bazaar - Sweet, Sweet & Bitter All together

1. Sweet Part - Capital IQ & Eat Street = Awesome

29th April 2012 for me started at 6:30 AM, quite early for me :), got ready for a written examination of S&P Capital IQ a leading provider of data and analytic for global financial professionals and have offices around the world, with its headquarters in New York.

Reached the center well before time thanks to my wife who really manages time well, but was amazed to see the number of people applying for the post, which is quite understandable as the paper advertisement didn't mentioned the required experience or the degree should be complete or not but just says we require MBA Finance, MS Finance and that's it for research analyst. 

But have to say they managed it quite well, we were allotted different exam rooms booked in very well know SVIT College, Hyderabad. Then there was 1 Hour OMR sheet based examination. The test consist of 3 sections A) Finance - 40 questions B) Reasoning with bit of Maths - 10 questions and last C) English - 10 Questions. Don't know if I will be shortlisted or not but was very happy with my effort. 

Got free at 11 AM and we were headed towards home but suddenly changed our mind to visit the Hussain Sagar Lake situated in the heart of Hyderabad. By the side of lake we enjoyed some very spicy yummy Indian chat e.g. Raj Kachori, Dahi Puri and Bhel Puri + 2 cans of Coke. Finished sightseeing by 12:30 PM and then decided to have a look in the nearby BIG Bazaar, which forced the good going day to take a U - Turn.

2. Bitter Part - BIG Bazaar = Pathetic

Big Bazaar is on a roll with its 1st time long weekend dhamaaka sale as they call it due to Saturday, Sunday and Labor's Day coming together so we decided to have a look. Parked my bike in one of the smallest parking space I have ever seen for Big Bazaar which might have lead to a private parking place just in front of it and believe me you will park your vehicle there only to be roasted like chicken courtesy of no shades and trees.

We bought two BIG Cinema platinum tickets for Vickey Donor @ 1:30 PM show, but that time the clock was ticking 12:50 so we decided to go to the food bazaar. There we bought a water bottle, kitchen apron, a pair of socks and my wife liked a saree but as we were short on time decided to visit the saree counter again after the movie and got the billing done for other items. Till now everything was fine.

The movie was fine, one time watch but preferably on a laptop rather than on screen. At interval we had coke, popcorn, some veg rolls and were enjoying our time together. Then suddenly after the interval everything changed.

There was no air conditioning in the hall, don't know what was the reason, which added to the boring and predictable movie after break (only in my opinion). It was really a long wait for 1 hour 15 minutes to finish the movie in those conditions, I was just sitting there to see John Abrahim song which came after the end of the movie hehehe.

Then as planned we tried to visit food Bazaar and general Bazaar again but at the counter I couldn't believe what I encountered. 

The baggage guard said that we could not keep Big bazaar carry bags in the baggage place F....K. Then we asked as there is a seal and we have a bill can we take it inside and the answer was again NOOO. 

I humbly asked where should we keep the items bought from them only and believe it or not the answer was I don't know!!!! Bullshit. So, that means if we come out once then can't go inside again but only after throwing the already purchased products somewhere else. Grrrrh.........

Don't know what's the policy behind for this kind of situation, may be a good one, of BIG BAZAAR but as a consumer it was truly annoying & frustrating and I would like to never go again there. So good luck Big Bazaar, you just lost a customer.

This is Varun signing off and if you had some similar kind of experience please share. Bye and have a nice day. I also want to say that it is my opinion only and not an attempt to harm anyone in anyway including BIG BAZAAR. 

  

Importance of Today in History - Good to know

To know the importance of today in History just check my blog's leftmost corner, and you will definitely have some interesting and knowledge worthy information.

Things Happened on 27th April in past:

1. On this day in 4977 B.C., the universe is created, according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, considered a founder of modern science. Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets.

2. In 1865 - The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana; more than 1,400 people were killed.

3. In 1956 - Rocky Marciano retired as undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion.

And many more... So just check it out once in a Day and you have something unique to talk and discuss too. Enjoy and you all have a nice day. This is Varun signing off, please also suggest for improvements, you are always welcomed.

Bye, and yet again Have a nice day !!!

Google Drive & Heaven for Gmail Users now 10GB

Google has launched Google Drive, a cloud storage service where users can upload and access all of their files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond. The service is offering new users 5GB of storage for free with upgrades starting at 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month. Google also increased the free storage in Gmail from the existing 7.5 GB to 10 GB to all users. Hope that 10 GB is also ever increasing as in the case of 7.5 GB

Now at least some services are paid, keep on Google.... Waiting for it as the site says "Your Drive is not ready yet"

“Drive is built to work seamlessly with your overall Google experience. You can attach photos from Drive to posts in Google+, and soon you’ll be able to attach stuff from Drive directly to emails in Gmail. Drive is also an open platform, so we’re working with many third-party developers so you can do things like send faxes, edit videos and create website mockups directly from Drive.

Check Site & Demo Video Here  

 

Doomsday Clock - Is it already Ticking ???

Who's actions will lead the time to be exactly 12:00 o'clock - Definitely North Korea is contributing and US is not far behind. 

North Korea sharply escalated the rhetoric against its southern rival, claiming it will soon conduct "special actions" that would reduce South Korea's conservative government to ashes within minutes.

Monday's threat from the North's military leadership comes amid concerns that North Korea may be plotting another provocation in the wake of an unsuccessful rocket launch condemned by the U.N. Security Council as a violation of a ban against missile activity.  

The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face, maintained since 1947 by the board of directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago. The closer the clock is to midnight, the closer the world is estimated to be to global disaster. 

The most recent officially-announced setting — five minutes to midnight (11:55pm) — was made on 10 January 2012. Now time to change it again, may be yes. Reflecting international events dangerous to humankind, the clock's hands have been adjusted twenty times since its inception in 1947, when the clock was initially set to seven minutes to midnight (11:53pm).

The Door To Hell

In the darkness of night, flames dance and lick the air, casting an ominous glow that can be seen from miles around in the desert of Turkmenistan. The source of all this light and heat is a massive crater, in which blazes an unceasing inferno, dubbed by locals the "Door to Hell."

It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep under the ground. None dared to go down there because the cavern was filled with gas. So they ignited it so that no poisonous gas could come out of the hole, and since then, it’s burning, already for 35 years without any pause. Nobody knows how many tons of excellent gas has been burned for all those years but it just seems to be infinite there.

It's been up to storytellers to maintain the explanation for the "Door to Hell." But fortunately for the skeptical who may want to see it for themselves, the flaming crater continues to burn today--and shows no signs of dying down anytime soon. 

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I was shown that my blog was visited 8 times from Russia through this site, it’s a malicious virus site please do not click on the link in your stats which is on your blog dashboard. 

Every time one clicks the links, he confirms to them that their spam is working, so they will put more hits in his referrer logs to get you to click through to their site.

These hits in your referrer logs do NOT represent real hits to your website. No human being was on the end of a browser when that appeared in your website statistics.

So beware of this kind of unknown and possibly harmful links.

Interesting facts about our own country India

If you look into India's history you will see that India is filled with many interesting facts. Indians have always been intelligent and creative. It is one of the oldest countries in the world.

India is a land where people from different cultures and religious backgrounds live together as a nation.

Indian people are found to be very friendly and caring. They like spending time with their families.

Many different languages are spoken in India but still one can communicate with people through the national language called Hindi.

10 Interesting facts about India:

• The famous board game, called Chess, was invented in India.
• In India's 100,000 years of history, it has never invaded any other country.
• India is the 7th largest country in the world, the largest democracy and one of the oldest civilizations.

15 Interesting Facts About The Internet

Can Internet be Measured ? - A Question that raise curiosity. 

See a brief description how it could be measured.

Interesting Website Collection

EOL Link
"Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth.". It is a free, online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.8 million living species known to science. It aims to build one "infinitely expandable" page for each species, including video, sound, images, graphics, as well as text. 

Print What You like Link
With this online utility, you can remove ads, images of a webpage before printing. You can also change font size or font type. Save money and environment by reducing paper and ink usage. 

Quillpad Link
is a free online typing tool. You can write in 10 Indian languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu etc with its online editor. For example, type 'aap kaise hain' in the Quillpad editor and it will convert it directly into Devanagari script. You can save or email your message.

Titanic: The Aftermath - 8 PM 14th April Don't Miss

On 15th April 1912, the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, claiming the lives of 1500 passengers and crew.
Beginning where other accounts usually end, Titanic: The Aftermath tells the story of the remarkable mission to recover and identify the bodies of victims and reveals the impact of the sinking on those they left behind.

From the violinist who died playing soothing music to calm the frightened passengers; to the richest man aboard the ship who perished after ensuring his pregnant young wife was safely aboard a lifeboat hear the poignant tales of the families, whose lives were changed by this tragedy.
 
Titanic: The Aftermath premieres on 14th April, Saturday 8PM only on Discovery Channel.

New Suckermouth Armored Catfish

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A new species of suckermouth armored catfish (pictured) has been found in Ecuador, a new study says.
DePaul University scientist Windsor Aguirre found five specimens of the odd-looking fish in 2008 in the Santa Rosa River (map) and sent them to Alabama's Auburn University for identification.
"When we first realized it was new, it wasn't particularly surprising—this family [of catfish] increases in number every year," said study leader Milton Tan, a Ph.D. student in biology at Auburn.

Instead, what interested Tan and colleagues is that the 2.8-inch-long (7-centimeter-long) species—unlike its relatives—lacks armored plates on the sides of its head.

The lack of head plates suggests the species is a "missing link" between other Cordylancistrus species and the related genus Chaetostoma, which has an unplated snout, Tan said.

The arrangement makes the new species "a really unusual fish," said Tan, who named the animal Cordylancistrus santarosensis after its home river.

Space Pictures This Week: Cosmic Flower

Blooming Iris - To know more Click Here

Image courtesy T. A. Rector/UAA, H. Schweiker/WIYN, and NOAO/NSF

Spring flowers are blooming—even in space. This recently released picture shows NGC 7023, also called the Iris nebula for its floral appearance, as seen from Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

The cosmic flower is actually what's known as a reflection nebula. The interstellar cloud of dust and gas glows not because its material is being heated, but because it's reflecting light from nearby stars.
For instance, the bright glow in the middle of the nebula comes from a hot, massive star that gives off blue light, which then gets scattered by dust, lending the nebula its distinctive color.

Why No Big Tsunami Today? - Featured from Discovery

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The magnitude 8.6 earthquake that struck North Sumatra, Indonesia, at 2:38 p.m. local time today did not lead to a tsunami comparable to Indonesia's 2004 disaster for a couple of reasons. 

The magnitude 9.1 earthquake that struck in 2004 and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in 14 countries was a subduction megathrust earthquake closer to shore (250 kilometers south-southeast of Banda Aceh). A megathrust earthquake is also the same type of earthquake that struck off Japan in 2011. These types of earthquakes do the kind of damage that their name implies, mega thrusting of the fault. 

Today's temblor ripped along an oceanic transform fault, tearing the seafloor in a strike-slip motion as opposed to popping it apart. Strike-slip motion carries less of an ability to push up on the entire water column above it and hence is less likely to form the same kind of tsunami wave as what hit Indonesia in 2004 and Japan in 2011. Though it is not without risks. Early calculations showed that the island of Simeulue might expect waves as high as 6 meters (20 feet). 

Thank God it is a Strike slip not a Reverse Dip (Thrust) Slip, which caused havoc in 2004 & 2011 in Indonesia & Japan respectively. 

The diagrams explain themselves.

Click Here to go to Wikipedia - Fault Geology

For IPL Lovers - Android is Cheering - Awesome

The IPL 5 is here. People all over the world are waiting for the start of the IPL. If you are among those people who are traveling when the IPL starts or know that you are going to miss the IPL, relax as there is an android app that updates you with all the latest IPL 5 happenings.
This app is the IPL Dugout. Through this you can get the latest information of the cricket extravaganza at your fingertips. This application gives to you the following:

• Live updates of scores

• Match Schedules along with alerts which you can add to your calendar

• Table of Points of various teams, their rankings and the detailed scorecard information

• Older edition IPL results

• The newest IPL news along with the leader boards

• Scores rendered through voice output as well

This app is available for Android smartphone users and is completely free of cost. So download the IPL Dugout now and enjoy IPL 5 seamlessly. You could also download this app through Google play as well.

7 Ways To Keep Your Body Cool In Summer

 

The summers announce their arrival with a burst of pimples and itchy scalp. Breakouts on your skin and the oiliness on your scalp is a result of accumulated body heat. Heat is very harmful for your skin and it will surely not make you look better. The good news is, you can prevent these summer problems if you find some ways to cool your body.

There are some beauty secrets for this summer that can keep your body cool and will work on your complexion.

Beauty Secrets To Cool Your Body:

1. Take Head Bath: Most of us, especially women, do not go for head bath everyday. It's summer time and the sun is all ready to destroy your scalp, thus making it itchy and dry. So, it is important that you take a head bath everyday to keep your scalp fresh and clean.

2. Wash Your Feet: You cannot possibly take more than 2 baths in a day. So, what do you do when you feel uncomfortably hot? Wash your feet at every opportunity that you get. It helps release body heat. It is an ancient cultural practice to put water on your feet first. This practice has been seconded by scientific researches.

3. Cooling Spots: The spot behind your neck (joining the head to the shoulder), is the cooling spot of your body. If you drip some cold water on this spot after a hot day's work, it cools your body immediately. You will feel a hot rush leave your ears releasing the pent up heat in the body.

4. Mud Packs: The three tricks mentioned above are short cuts to get immediate relief from summer heat. Mud packs are a great way to combat the rising mercury levels. The bonus here is that you get long term relief from acne and painful heat boils as well. Fuller's earth or multani mitti (Fuller's earth) has the most noticeable cooling effect on the skin. You can go for face packs or whole body mud wraps, depending on your convenience.

5. Sun Protection: Sunscreen lotions have the worst effect on body heat. It is usually oily and clogs your skin pores. As you cannot sweat it out, your body temperature rises. Try using natural sunscreens to avoid this problem.

6. Remove Sun Tan With Chillers: Rose water and sandalwood paste are two natural ingredients that remove sun tan. They also have a chilling effect on your body. Mix sandalwood powder with rose water and apply this summer face pack to get a glowing skin.

7. Eat Cool Stuff: During summers, you must try and keep yourself cool from within. Eat fruits and vegetables that have a cooling effect on your body, like cucumber and yogurt. You can also eat foods that have a very high water content, like watermelon.Do not forget to drink water. Dehydration is a common summer health problem.

These beauty tips will help you let out some heat and keep your body cool in the summers.

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