A.R.Rahman loses out Oscar to Social Network

After taking home two Oscars last year for Slumdon Millionnaire, AR Rahman was left heatrbroken as he lost out to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network in the Best Original Score category.


Though, all is not lost, he is also in the running for est Original Song ( If I Rise) for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours.


The music mogul took home two oscars for his music for Slumdog Millinaire last year.


Reznor and Ross, also took home the Golden Globe award for best original score 

Quirky Oscar moments

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                  Quirky Oscar moments 

OSCAR AWARD WINNERS-The Award goes to.....

Best Picture
The King's Speech

Best Actor
Colin Firth for 'The King's Speech'

Best Actress
Natalie Portman for 'Black Swan'

Best Director
Tom Hooper 'The King's Speech'

Best Original Song
Randy Newman for "We belong together" in 'Toy Story 3'


Best Film Editing
Angus Wall Kirk Baxter for 'The Social Network'


Best Visual Effect
Paul Franklin,Chris Corbould and Andrew Lockley for 'Inception'

Best Documentary of the Year
Inside Job by Charles Fergusson and Audrey Marrs

Best Live Action Short Film
Luke Matheny for 'God of Love'

Best Short Documentary
Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon for 'Strangers No More'


Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood for 'Alice in Wonderland'

Best Makeup
Rick Baker Dave Elsley for 'The Wolfman'

Best Sound Editing
Richard King for Inception

Best Sound Mixing
Lora Hirshberg and Gary A Rizzo for Inception


Best Original Score
Trent Reznor Atticus Ross for 'The Social Network'

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale

Best Foreign Language Film
In A better World (Denmark)

Best original Screenplay
David Seidler for 'The King's Speech'

Best Adapted Screenplay
Aron Sorkin for 'The Social Network'


Best Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3: Directed by Lee Unkrich

Best Animated Short Film
The Lost Thing Directed by Andrew Ruhemann


Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo for 'The Fighter'


Best Cinematography
Movie: Inception
Winner: Wally Pfister

Best Art direction
Movie: Alice in Wonderland

SACHIN ALWAYS ROCKS.,

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat as he celebrates his century during Cricket World Cup match between England and India at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.


Tendulkar's 120-run knock came off 115 balls and was studded with 5 sixes and 10 fours.

Tendulkar hit his 47th century off 103 balls as India crossed the 200-run mark in the 35th over.

This is Tendulkar's fifth World Cup century - the most by any player in the world. Tendulkar achieved the landmark with a boundary to fine leg off Tim Bresnan.

This was after England off-spinner Graeme Swann clean bowled Gautam Gambhir (51) to place India at 180/2 in 29.4 overs.

Tendulkar and Gambhir added 134 runs for the second wicket as they got hold of the proceedings in the middle.

Tendulkar reached his fifty in style with a big heave over mid-wicket and once again it was Collingwood at the bowling end.

Tendulkar took India past 100-run mark with a fine lofty six, the first of the match, over mid-off on Collingwood's delivery.

Paceman Tim Bresnan provided England crucial breakthrough as he got rid of dangerous looking Indian opener Virender Sehwag in his first over of the day.

Sehwag was sent back to the pavilion with a fine diving one-handed catch by wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

Sehwag, who scored a quickfire 35 off 26 balls, slammed six boundaries during his short stay at the crease. Sehwag also became the third Indian to score 1000 ODI runs against England.

Opting to bat, Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar got off to a fine start against England.

Dashing opener Sehwag got a few close calls in the first over itself but he was lucky enough to survive.

Sehwag slashed the very first ball of the innings, which kissed Graeme Swann's hand at the third slip on its way to the boundary. Sehwag got another leading edge on James Anderson's delivery but it landed safely.

The explosive Sehwag continued his attack as he welcomed seamer Ajmal Shahzad with two more boundaries in the second over.

Earlier in the day, England seamer Stuart Broad was ruled out of the World Cup clash against India after being confined to bed for two days.

Seamer Ajmal Shahzad has been pencilled into the playing XI in pacer Stuart Broad's place while in the batting line-up, Michael Yardy has come in for Ravi Bopara.

On the other hand Piyush Chawla replaced S Sreesanth in India's playing XI, with Indian team going into the match with two specialist seamers and spinners.

SOURCE:TIMES OF INDIA

LITERALS

Types of literals:
• Array Literals
• Boolean Literals
• Floating-Point Literals
• Integers
• Object Literals
• String Literals


ARRAY LITERALS:


An array literal is a list of zero or more expressions, each of which represents
an array element, enclosed in square brackets ([]). When you create an array
using an array literal, it is initialized with the specified values as its elements,
and its length is set to the number of arguments specified.
The following example creates the coffees array with three elements and a
length of three:
coffees = ["French Roast", "Columbian", "Kona"]


BOOLEAN LITERALS:


The Boolean type has two literal values: true and false.
Do not confuse the primitive Boolean values true and false with the true and
false values of the Boolean object. The Boolean object is a wrapper around the
primitive Boolean data type. See “Boolean Object” on page 111 for more
information.


FLOATING POINT LITERALS:


A floating-point literal can have the following parts:
• A decimal integer
• A decimal point (“.”)
• A fraction (another decimal number)
• An exponent
The exponent part is an “e” or “E” followed by an integer, which can be signed
(preceded by “+” or “-”). A floating-point literal must have at least one digit and
either a decimal point or “e” (or “E”).
Some examples of floating-point literals are 3.1415, -3.1E12, .1e12, and 2E-12


OBJECT LITERALS:


An object literal is a list of zero or more pairs of property names and associated
values of an object, enclosed in curly braces ({}). You should not use an object
literal at the beginning of a statement. This will lead to an error.
The following is an example of an object literal. The first element of the car
object defines a property, myCar; the second element, the getCar property,
invokes a function (Cars("honda")); the third element, the special
property, uses an existing variable (Sales).
var Sales = "Toyota";
function CarTypes(name) {
if(name == "Honda")
return name;
else
return "Sorry, we don’t sell " + name + ".";
}
car = {myCar: "Saturn", getCar: CarTypes("Honda"), special: Sales}
document.write(car.myCar); // Saturn
document.write(car.getCar); // Honda
document.write(car.special); // Toyota
Additionally, you can use an index for the object, the index property (for
example, 7), or nest an object inside another. The following example uses these
options. These features, however, may not be supported by other ECMAcompliant
browsers.
car = {manyCars: {a: "Saab", b: "Jeep"}, 7: "Mazda"}
document.write(car.manyCars.b); // Jeep
document.write(car[7]); // Mazda


STRING LITERALS:


A string literal is zero or more characters enclosed in double (") or single (')
quotation marks. A string must be delimited by quotation marks of the same
type; that is, either both single quotation marks or both double quotation
marks. The following are examples of string literals:
• "blah"
• 'blah'
• "1234"
• "one line \n another line"
You can call any of the methods of the String object on a string literal value—
JavaScript automatically converts the string literal to a temporary String object,
calls the method, then discards the temporary String object. You can also use
the String.length property with a string literal.
You should use string literals unless you specifically need to use a String object.
See “String Object” on page 118 for details on String objects.

VARIABLES-DECLARING AND USING

VARIABLES:
You use variables as symbolic names for values in your application. You give
variables names by which you refer to them and which must conform to certain
rules.
A JavaScript identifier, or name, must start with a letter or underscore (“_”);
subsequent characters can also be digits (0-9). Because JavaScript is case
sensitive, letters include the characters “A” through “Z” (uppercase) and the
characters “a” through “z” (lowercase).
Some examples of legal names are Number_hits, temp99, and _name.

DECLARING VARIABLES:


You can declare a variable in two ways:
• By simply assigning it a value. For example, x = 42
• With the keyword var. For example, var x = 42
Evaluating Variables
A variable or array element that has not been assigned a value has the value
undefined. The result of evaluating an unassigned variable depends on how
it was declared:
• If the unassigned variable was declared without var, the evaluation results
in a runtime error.
• If the unassigned variable was declared with var, the evaluation results in
the undefined value, or NaN in numeric contexts.


The following code demonstrates evaluating unassigned variables.
function f1() {
return y - 2;
}
f1() //Causes runtime error
function f2() {
return var y - 2;
}
f2() //returns NaN
You can use undefined to determine whether a variable has a value. In the
following code, the variable input is not assigned a value, and the if
statement evaluates to true.
var input;
if(input === undefined){
doThis();
} else {
doThat();
}
The undefined value behaves as false when used as a Boolean value. For
example, the following code executes the function myFunction because the
array element is not defined:
myArray=new Array()
if (!myArray[0])
myFunction()
When you evaluate a null variable, the null value behaves as 0 in numeric
contexts and as false in Boolean contexts. For example:
var n = null
n * 32 //returns 0

VARIABLE SCOPE:

When you set a variable identifier by assignment outside of a function, it is
called a global variable, because it is available everywhere in the current
document. When you declare a variable within a function, it is called a local
variable, because it is available only within the function.
Using var to declare a global variable is optional. However, you must use var
to declare a variable inside a function.

You can access global variables declared in one window or frame from another
window or frame by specifying the window or frame name. For example, if a
variable called phoneNumber is declared in a FRAMESET document, you can
refer to this variable from a child frame as parent.phoneNumber.

JAVA SCRIPT- LEARN TO BUILD WEBSITES

  Here we are learning about

• Values, Variables, and Literals

• Expressions and Operators

• Regular Expressions

• Statements

• Functions

• Working with Objects

• Details of the Object Model

first let us describe wat is Values, Variables, and Literals:

VALUES:

JavaScript recognizes the following types of values:

• Numbers, such as 42 or 3.14159.

• Logical (Boolean) values, either true or false.

• Strings, such as “Howdy!”.

• null, a special keyword denoting a null value; null is also a primitive

value. Because JavaScript is case sensitive, null is not the same as Null,

NULL, or any other variant.

• undefined, a top-level property whose value is undefined; undefined is

also a primitive value.

This relatively small set of types of values, or data types, enables you to

perform useful functions with your applications. There is no explicit distinction

between integer and real-valued numbers. Nor is there an explicit date data

type in JavaScript. However, you can use the Date object and its methods to

handle dates.

Objects and functions are the other fundamental elements in the language. You

can think of objects as named containers for values, and functions as

procedures that your application can perform.

Data Type Conversion:

JavaScript is a dynamically typed language. That means you do not have to

specify the data type of a variable when you declare it, and data types are

converted automatically as needed during script execution. So, for example,

you could define a variable as follows:

var answer = 42

And later, you could assign the same variable a string value, for example,

answer = "Thanks for all the fish..."

Because JavaScript is dynamically typed, this assignment does not cause an

error message.

In expressions involving numeric and string values with the + operator,

JavaScript converts numeric values to strings. For example, consider the

following statements:

x = "The answer is " + 42 // returns "The answer is 42"

y = 42 + " is the answer" // returns "42 is the answer"

In statements involving other operators, JavaScript does not convert numeric

values to strings. For example:

"37" - 7 // returns 30

"37" + 7 // returns 377

BUILD YOUR OWN web APP. USING AJAX

              The term AJAX refers to a loose grouping of technologies that are used to create dynamic, interactive web content.The term AJAX, originally coined by Jesse James Garrett of Adaptive Path in his essay AJAX: A New Approach To Web Applications,1 is an acronym for “Asynchronous javaScript And XML.” That’s a bit of a mouthful, but it’s simply describing a technique that uses JavaScript to refresh a page’s contents from a web server without having to reload the entire page. This is different from the traditional method of updating web pages, which requires the browser to refresh the entire page in order to display any changes to the content. Similar techniques have been around in one form or another (often achieved with the help of some clever hacks) for quite a while. But the increasing availability of the XMLHttpRequest class in browsers, the coining of the catchy term AJAX, and the advent of a number of high-profile examples such as Google Maps ,Gmail, Backpack, and Flickr etc.,

further to know "How to build your own web application USING AJAX" FOLLOW and COMMENT ME.

BODY LANGUAGE THAT TELLS THE TRUTH DURING PRESENTATION

Body gestures say a lot about a person - whether they look up or scratch their nose, or even tilt their head.

Now, body language expert Peter Collett, author of the 'Book Of Tells' talks about the different gestures people make and what they mean.

SCRATCHING NOSE: When you're not telling the truth, you instinctively want to cover up the source of the lie - your mouth - so no one can see you're fibbing. But because that's too obvious, people disguise it by scratching their nose.

LOOKING UP: if you look up you're seeking help from above. People with a sense of self-importance also do it, suggesting they're in contact with the Almighty, reports the Daily Mail.

BLINKING: It's a sign someone's worried, excited or even lying as they're under stress and thinking very rapidly.

LIP NIBBLING: Lip nibbling, whether biting the lower lip or a corner of the mouth with the upper teeth, prevents someone from speaking, so it's used by people who want to stop themselves from saying something.

TILTING HEAD: Often used by a woman to flirt and appear more attractive.

It appeals to a man because it lowers her height; -mimics a baby putting its head on its mother's shoulder; and exposes the neck. As the neck is one of the most vulnerable parts of your body, showing it to someone is a way of saying, "I trust you implicitly."

FURROWED BROWS: Lowering the brows is a dominance gesture used mainly by men, which tells people, "I may be looking at you, but I'm in charge."

SHIFTING WEIGHT: When you want to escape from a conversation, you shift your weight from side to side or back to front.

Men also sometimes do this when chatting to a pretty girl to make themselves appear energetic.

OPEN HANDS: Showing the palms of your hands is a friendly -gesture showing that you have peaceful intentions. It indicates acceptance, good intentions and that you're open to new ideas.

Hiding them, on the other hand, shows that you don't want to give anything away.

FOOT POINT

The way your foot is facing indicates what you're thinking. Follow the line of someone's foot and it will show you what they're most interested in - if it's the door, they want to leave. (ANI)

Bahrain., Where it is?

The Arab-ruled country (called as BAH-reyn) consists of 33 islands located off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf. The largest island is, you guessed it, Bahrain Island. The island connects to Saudi Arabia by the 16-mile-long King Fahd Causeway.
The population of Bahrain is centered in the capital, Manama.this  Maybe not surprising given its Persian Gulf location, but major industries are  oil, banking and pearl.
And though it is a small nation, but the  stability is important to the U.S.

Christchurch quake-whether it will impact on World Cup schedule

6.3 magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city, kills atleast 65 people and causing heavy damage.
The International Cricket Council,is confident that New Zealand will go ahead with their World Cup matches.


New Zealand's next Group A match is scheduled for Friday against Australia in Nagpur.

Nadunisi Naaygal MOVIE REVIEW

Gautham  Menon has tried a different genre with Nadunisi Naaygal.The film is about psycho thriller that takes place one night in the life of a psychopath with multiple personalities.
It deals with the quirky side of human behaviour.

Don’t go by expecting a typical romantic film with love songs, be prepared to try out something new and experimental. Be warned that there are no songs and background music; still it gives you the Goosebumps.

Gautham wants to shock his core audiences by doing a film in a genre that is alien to him. NN seems to be Gautham’s ode to Bharathiraja’s Kamal Haasan classic Sigappu Rojakkal (1978). The basic story is similar to a certain extent, but treatment and setting are modern.

Samar aka Veera (Veera) a psychopath and the protagonist of the film traces his life from the age of eight to 20. After his mother passed away at tender age of eight, he sees his father indulging in sexual orgies and a bohemian way of life and also gets sexually abused.

A beautiful, kind neighbour Meenakshi (Swapna Abraham) takes pity on him and reports to police the going on’s and takes custody of the young boy after his father commits suicide. But the animal instincts in the boy grows with him and leads to a dangerous situation.

The highlight of the film is the performances of the lead artists. Gautham’s casting is the major plus of the movie. For a first timer, Veera as the psychopath with split personality makes a lasting impression in a well-written role. He is riveting and holds the film together with his performance. Swapna who plays Meenakshi has come out with a stunning lifelike performance. Sameera as the feisty, frightened and helpless girl Sukanya is very good.

The film is technically super. The camera work of Manoj  is awesome as most of the story happens in the night. His camera has made the film visually appealing along with Antony’s fast cuttings.

On the downside, the film looks more like it has been made for an elite multiplex audiences as camera movement and narration is typical Hollywood in style and technique. The film is definitely not for the family audiences, and in fact some of the scenes are Squamish and are a bit too explicit.

There are too many holes in the story, raising doubts about logic and how come the psychopath living in such a huge bungalow with no servants, did not raise any suspicion in the neighbourhood or among the cops.

On the whole, Gautham has tried out a psycho thriller without using eerie music or special effects. Don’t miss it if you’re a fan of urban, psycho thrillers – this is as good as they come!

ICC world cup 2011 schedule

Date	Local	GMT	IST	Match Details	Venue
Feb 19, 2011	14:30	08:30	14:00	Group B : Bangladesh vs India, 1st ODI  -	Mirpur
Feb 20, 2011	09:30	04:00	09:30	Group A : New Zealand vs Kenya, 2nd ODI -	Chennai
Feb 20, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Sri Lanka vs Canada, 3rd ODI  -	Hambantota
Feb 21, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Australia vs Zimbabwe, 4th ODI  -	Ahmedabad
Feb 22, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : England vs Netherlands, 5th ODI	Nagpur
Feb 23, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Pakistan vs Kenya, 6th ODI	Hambantota
Feb 24, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : South Africa vs West Indies, 7th ODI	Delhi
Feb 25, 2011	09:30	03:30	09:00	Group B : Bangladesh vs Ireland, 8th ODI	Mirpur
Feb 25, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Australia vs New Zealand, 9th ODI	Nagpur
Feb 26, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 10th ODI	Colombo
Feb 27, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : India vs England, 11th ODI	Bangalore
Feb 28, 2011	09:30	04:00	09:30	Group A : Canada vs Zimbabwe, 12th ODI	Nagpur
Feb 28, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : West Indies vs Netherlands, 13th ODI	Delhi
Mar 1, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Sri Lanka vs Kenya, 14th ODI	Colombo
Mar 2, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : England vs Ireland, 15th ODI	Bangalore
Mar 3, 2011	09:30	04:00	09:30	Group B : South Africa vs Netherlands, 16th ODI	Mohali
Mar 3, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Pakistan vs Canada, 17th ODI	Colombo
Mar 4, 2011	09:30	04:00	09:30	Group A : New Zealand vs Zimbabwe, 18th ODI	Ahmedabad
Mar 4, 2011	14:30	08:30	14:00	Group B : Bangladesh vs West Indies, 19th ODI	Mirpur
Mar 5, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Australia vs Sri Lanka, 20th ODI	Colombo
Mar 6, 2011	09:30	04:00	09:30	Group B : South Africa vs England, 21st ODI	Chennai
Mar 6, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : India vs Ireland, 22nd ODI	Bangalore
Mar 7, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Canada vs Kenya, 23rd ODI	Delhi
Mar 8, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Pakistan vs New Zealand, 24th ODI	Kandy
Mar 9, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : India vs Netherlands, 25th ODI	Delhi
Mar 10, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 26th ODI	Kandy
Mar 11, 2011	09:30	04:00	09:30	Group B : West Indies vs Ireland, 27th ODI	Mohali
Mar 11, 2011	14:30	08:30	14:00	Group B : Bangladesh vs England, 28th ODI	Chittagong
Mar 12, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : India vs South Africa, 29th ODI	Nagpur
Mar 13, 2011	09:30	04:00	09:30	Group A : New Zealand vs Canada, 30th ODI	Mumbai
Mar 13, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Australia vs Kenya, 31st ODI	Bangalore
Mar 14, 2011	09:30	03:30	09:00	Group B : Bangladesh vs Netherlands, 32nd ODI	Chittagong
Mar 14, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Pakistan vs Zimbabwe, 33rd ODI	Kandy
Mar 15, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : South Africa vs Ireland, 34th ODI	Kolkata
Mar 16, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Australia vs Canada, 35th ODI	Bangalore
Mar 17, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : England vs West Indies, 36th ODI	Chennai
Mar 18, 2011	09:30	04:00	09:30	Group A : Ireland vs Netherlands, 37th ODI	Kolkata
Mar 18, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 38th ODI	Mumbai
Mar 19, 2011	09:30	03:30	09:00	Group B : Bangladesh vs South Africa, 39th ODI	Mirpur
Mar 19, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group A : Pakistan vs Australia, 40th ODI	Colombo
Mar 20, 2011	09:30	04:00	09:30	Group A : Zimbabwe vs Kenya, 41st ODI	Kolkata
Mar 20, 2011	14:30	09:00	14:30	Group B : India vs West Indies, 42nd ODI	Chennai
Mar 23, 2011	14:30	09:30	15:00	TBC vs TBC, 1st Quarter Final ODI	Mirpur
Mar 24, 2011	14:30	10:00	15:30	TBC vs TBC, 2nd Quarter Final ODI	Colombo
Mar 25, 2011	14:30	09:30	15:00	TBC vs TBC, 3rd Quarter Final ODI	Mirpur
Mar 26, 2011	14:30	10:00	15:30	TBC vs TBC, 4th Quarter Final ODI	Ahmedabad
Mar 29, 2011	14:30	10:00	15:30	TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi Final ODI	Colombo
Mar 30, 2011	14:30	10:00	15:30	TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi Final ODI	Mohali
Apr 2, 2011	14:30	10:00	15:30	TBC vs TBC, The Final ODI	Mumbai

source:cricschedule.com