Frankenstein

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelley about a creature produced by an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823.


Shelley had travelled the region in which the story takes place, and the topics of galvanism and other similar occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions, particularly her future husband, Percy. The storyline emerged from a dream. Mary, Percy, Lord Byron, and John Polidori decided to have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for weeks about what her possible storyline could be, Shelley dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made. She then wrote Frankenstein.


Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story, because unlike in previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results.[1] The story is partially based on Giovanni Aldini's electrical experiments on dead and (sometimes) living animals and was also a warning against the expansion of modern humans in the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in its subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. It has had a considerable influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films.


Since publication of the novel, the name "Frankenstein" is often used to refer to the monster itself, as is done in the stage adaptation by Peggy Webling. This usage is sometimes considered erroneous, but usage commentators regard the monster sense of "Frankenstein" as well-established and not an error.[2][3][4] In the novel, the monster is identified via words such as "creature," "monster", "fiend", "wretch", "vile insect", "daemon", and "it". Speaking to Dr. Frankenstein, the monster refers to himself as "the Adam of your labors", and elsewhere as someone who "would have" been "your Adam", but is instead your "fallen angel."

Warga emas maut ditetak jiran

Seorang lelaki warga emas mati ditetak jirannya adalah antara tiga kes bunuh yang berlaku di tiga daerah di Perak dalam tempoh 24 jam sejak malam semalam.


Ketua Polis Perak Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan berkata dalam kejadian di Taman Changkat, Kampar pada pukul 9.20 malam semalam, Wong Cheong Heng, 73, meninggal dunia akibat ditetak di bahagian pinggang dan kepala menggunakan sebilah parang oleh jirannya yang juga warga emas.


Beliau berkata mangsa meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian.


"Difahamkan perselisihan faham antara mereka telah lama berlaku dan semalam mereka berbalah dan isunya masih dalam siasatan," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri 'Hari Kesedaran Jenayah dan Tinjauan Mesra' anjuran Polis Diraja Malaysia Kontinjen Perak di Taiping, hari ini.


Beliau berkata polis telahpun menahan suspek yang berusia 62 tahun itu dan kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan kerana membunuh.


Sementara itu, dalam kejadian lain di Kuala Kangsar, seorang pengawal keselamatan sebuah kilang getah di Jalan Taiping menembak seorang lelaki yang menceroboh masuk ke kawasan kilang berkenaan.


Mohd Shukri berkata dalam kejadian pada pukul 6.30 pagi ini, pengawal keselamatan berkenaan menembak lelaki berumur 46 tahun itu yang dipercayai ingin mencuri di kilang berkenaan.


"Kawasan itu pernah dimasuki pencuri dan atas rasa takut dia telah melepaskan tembakan," katanya.


Beliau berkata polis menahan pengawal keselamatan itu dan kes berkenaan disiasat mengikut Seksyen 304 Kanun Keseksaan.


Dalam kejadian lain di Jalan Tupai, Taiping, seorang pemilik kedai perabot, Ong Chee Leong, 58, mati ditikam dengan pisau oleh seorang daripada empat perompak yang memasuki kedai itu pada pukul 10.30 pagi ini.


"Berlaku pertelingkahan antara mereka dan mangsa telah ditikam," katanya.


Katanya polis sedang memburu keempat-empat suspek.


- Bernama

Curved Screen Smartphones??

Samsung has quietly given a name to its flexible AMOLED technology in a sign it's getting closer to a real launch. Now called Youm, it makes the thin film transistor and the encapsulation entirely out of film instead of glass. The changes not only let it bend and fold freely but, according to Samsung, make it "unbreakable," thinner, and lighter.

The company has fully committed to the name and has trademarks with the USPTO. They cover multiple different forms of AMOLED screens to keep the Youm name active in the long term.

Samsung starts bulk production of flexible displays sometime during the spring and, if on track, could be in a shipping product before the end of 2012. Among the candidates could be things as simple as curved-screen smartphones and wristwatches to folding phones and portable devices whose displays unfold.

 

Mayat bayi dalam beg galas

Seorang pelajar berusia 16 tahun yang mengadu sakit perut dan mendapatkan rawatan di Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ) di Kuala Terengganu, akhirnya mengaku dia baru melahirkan anak dan menyembunyikan bayi itu dalam sebuah beg galas.
  
Beg galas yang mengandungi bayi perempuan yang dilahirkan pada pukul 1 pagi Selasa itu kemudian diberi kepada rakan perempuannya tanpa memberitahu isi kandungan beg itu.
  
"Mayat bayi perempuan yang cukup sifat ditemui dalam beg galas itu apabila doktor yang merawat pelajar terbabit menghubungi rakan pelajar itu dan memintanya membawakan beg berkenaan," kata Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Terengganu ACP K. Manoharan.
  
Beliau berkata penipuan pelajar Tingkatan Empat sebuah sekolah menengah di Kuala Terengganu itu terbongkar pada pukul 6 petang Selasa apabila doktor yang merawatnya
mendapati dia baru melahirkan anak.
  
"Pelajar berusia 16 tahun itu kemudian mengaku kepada doktor itu bahawa dia melahirkan seorang bayi perempuan di asrama sekolahnya," katanya kepada pemberita hari ini.


Beliau berkata hasil siasatan di tempat pelajar itu melahirkan bayinya, polis menemui gunting yang dipercayai diguna untuk memotong tali pusat bayi dan dibuang dalam tong sampah.


Berdasarkan laporan bedah siasat terhadap bayi itu mendapati ada kesan lebam pada kepala dan terdapat air dalam paru-paru serta pendarahan yang teruk, katanya.
  
Beliau berkata kes itu disiasat mengikut Seksyen 309 Kanun Keseksaan kerana menyebabkan kematian.
  
- Bernama

Sri Silambam Korvai Club

About Indian Martial Art - Silambam Mission we aim to achieve following objectives through our club: 

1. Encourage Indian students to learn about their own martial art and culture 

2. Make sure that children stay healthy and competitive in life 

 3. Teach self discipline as well as humility to our students. 

4. Provide a venue for students to make new friends and build rapport with others Description A Dravidian martial art from Tamil Nadu in south India but also practiced by the Tamil community of Sri Lanka and Malaysia

Nexus 7 - I Pad by Google

 The much-awaited tablet called Nexus 7 has been released during the first day of the Google I/O conference that will last for almost three days. Analysts were, thus, able to get a glimpse of the new device and test Google’s new operating system, Android 4.1. 

In addition to the Jelly Bean system, Google endowed Nexus 7 with many other improved options. The tablet is available in two versions, one with 8 GB and another one with 16 GB. The device comes with a 1.2-megapixel front camera, a Tegra 3 processor, as well as a seven-inch (17 cm) 1280 x 800 HD display. Depending on the type of activity you perform with the device, the tablet’s battery life could last up to eight hours.

Google has collaborated with the Taiwanese company, Asus, for the production of Nexus 7. Customers will spend approximately $209 for the 8 GB version and $259 if they want to purchase the 16 GB model. Analysts think the device is a strong competitor for Amazon's Kindle Fire because both tablets run with Google’s Android. The other tablets available on the market, such as, Microsoft’s Surface and iPad are much too expensive to be taken into consideration as competitors for Google’s Nexus.

The online company made several other important announcements on Wednesday. Android Market was, thus, replaced by Google Play, an online store where tablet and smartphone users can acquire music, movies, books and mobile applications. Given that the multinational corporation is trying to compete with Apple and Amazon’s online stores, Google Play will expand its services by offering TV shows, movies and even magazines to its customers.
Nexus Q is the second device that was released during the Wednesday conference. The media streaming device was designed to be used with a stereo system or a TV in order to access You Tube and Google play with the help of an Android-based smartphone or a tablet.

Google Glass

While they're not the full-on, head-up-display glasses that was previewed in the Project Glass demo video below, they will offer some interesting functionality.

What are they?

Google Glass Explorer Edition is the first product to come out of the company's Project Glass. At its most basic level, the Glass is a device that lets you show and interact with the world around you, without disconnecting from it.

The Glass is designed to be out of the way, so it doesn't interfere with your activity. According to Google, it weighs less than most sunglasses. On the side is a touch pad for control, on top is a button for shooting photos and videos with the built-in camera, and there's a small information display positioned above the eye, just out of the line of sight.

The actual spec details that were given were pretty light, other than to say that it has a camera, multiple radios for data communication, a speaker and a mic and a gyroscope, so the Glass can tell your position and orientation, at all times.

What can I do with them?

While they may eventually lead you through every aspect of your waking life, in their current state of development, it looks like you'll be able to do things such as have Google+ Hangouts, live-stream video, snap pictures or shoot some movies and share what you capture with little effort. Google search is almost certain to be part of its early capabilities, as well.

What's it like to wear them?
CNET's own Rafe Needleman was one of the first journalists to get hands-on (heads-on?) with the prototype Google Glass product. Rafe was allowed to try on the prototype glasses, offered by Google co-founder Sergey Brin. He reports:

The glasses have audio output to the right ear only, and there's no ear bud — the sound just leaks into space. Best practice is to cup your hand over your ear and the glasses temple, to amplify the sound. This works well, and Brin says the social gesture of cupping your hand over your ear alerts people near you that you are paying attention to the device.

Disabled were all the really cool features — SMS, alerts and the capability to read Brin's email. Brin says that he has his glasses set up to not bother him with email text. He gets an audible alert when a high-priority email comes in, and only if he looks up (tilts his head up) does the message display.

The titanium-framed glasses headset was comfortable and very light. I had to take off my prescription lenses to wear the Google Glasses, but Google designer Isabelle Olsson (a former eyewear designer) says the company is working with glasses manufacturers, to serve glasses-wearing users.

Want now! When can I get mine?

Not anytime soon. The Google Glass Explorer Edition is only available to developers as a pre-order for US-based I/O attendees for US$1500, and they won't receive them until early 2013. Brin has said that consumers can expect Google Glass to become available in 2014.

Raghavendra Swami

Photo from Ulu Tiram Ragavendra Illam

Raghavendra Swami (1595–1671 CE) was a Hindu saint and philosopher who served as the head of the Sri Mutt in Kumbakonam from 1624 to 1636. He wrote a commentary Sudha Parimala on the Nyaya Sudha, an exposition of Dvaita philosophy. His samadhi in Mantralayam in the present-day Andhra Pradesh is an important place of pilgrimage. The numerous miracles he performed have led to him being worshipped even today in the form of god and he is believed to be the saviour for those who placed faith in him.

Raghavendra was born Venkatanatha in the town of Bhuvanagiri in the present-day Tamil Nadu to Kannada-speaking Madhwa Brahmin parents in 1595, 1598 or 1601. After having his initial education under his brother-in-law Lakshminarasimhachar, Venkatanatha was admitted to the Sri Mutt in Kumbakonam where he took sanyasa and adopted the name Raghavendra Theertha. Raghavendra succeeded his guru Sudheendra Theertha as the head of the Sri Mutt and served from 1624 to 1636. He travelled all over South India expounding Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy and is attributed with a number of miracles. In 1671, after assuring his disciples in a speech that he will be in spirit with them for the next eight hundred years, Raghavendra attained samadhi at Mantralayam.

Ragas and cinema hits

Johor Bahru- Ragas and Cinema Hits is another classy production by Temple of Fine Arts Johor Bahru which will be held on JUNE 29-30, 2012 at 8pm and 7.30pm.

This concert takes you on a journey of reminiscence as the TFA musicians and singers will perform hits by some of the most famous music directors of Tamil cinema.

Audience will be shown how music directors used Carnatic ragas to give the touch of clasical to their hits.

Organisers welcomes all music lovers to come and enjoy the incredible and inspiring influence of Indian classical music on cinema and lovers of cinema.

Funds raised from the event will be channelled to the building funds.

Temple of Fine arts is a dedicated NGO promoting an Indian classical music and arts. Their aim is to help Malaysian youth rediscover the cultural, artistic and spiritual wealth of their forefathers and to make it relevant for themselves and for future generations to come.

For further information please contact the Temple of Fine Arts Johor Bahru at 607-2227400.

Johor Bahru

Split it : Ipad Keyboard

Have you ever found yourself wanting to use the keyboard on your iPad with just your thumbs? Actually with iOS 5 you can. A new split keyboard on iPad lets you tap out a message using your thumbs. Just pull apart the keyboard by swiping with both thumbs from the center outward, or tap the little keyboard icon in the lower right corner and pull it up, the keyboard will split in two and be much easier to type on using your thumbs while holding the device.