Started out from San Jose atr 7:30 am
Temprature was very plesent
Treck to Balconey Caves return via the Balconey trail.
It is really really dark in there. Our flash lights were already dead before opening it. So, they were really useless.
Watch for excess water - your shoes can be soked.
Soledad
Lunch at TacoBell at Soledad.
On the way back stopped at Gilroy factory outlet for quick summer wear purchase.
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Crater Lake
Prospect Area water falls:
Barr Creek Falls
Mill Creek Falls
+ Prospect Falls, Pearsoney Falls & Lower Red Blanket Falls
Glide Area Water Falls:
Toketee Falls
Watson Falls
+ Slide Creek Falls, Surprise Falls, Columnar Falls
Misc info:
RogueWeb
Height Map
Current Status of the Lake
NPS Lake
Crater Lake Lodge
Mazama Village
Rim Village Visitor Center
Steel Visitor Center
Lakes:
Vidae Falls
lakes database
Columbia Platue
oregon cascades
Both Kerr Notch and Sun Notch Viewpoints are particularly spectacular viewpoints, with views down to Phantom Rock and across the lake to Wizard Island.
Barr Creek Falls
Mill Creek Falls
+ Prospect Falls, Pearsoney Falls & Lower Red Blanket Falls
Glide Area Water Falls:
Toketee Falls
Watson Falls
+ Slide Creek Falls, Surprise Falls, Columnar Falls
Misc info:
RogueWeb
Height Map
Current Status of the Lake
NPS Lake
Crater Lake Lodge
Mazama Village
Rim Village Visitor Center
Steel Visitor Center
Lakes:
Vidae Falls
lakes database
Columbia Platue
oregon cascades
Both Kerr Notch and Sun Notch Viewpoints are particularly spectacular viewpoints, with views down to Phantom Rock and across the lake to Wizard Island.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Verizon edge : summarized
Verizon Wireless' Wizard
JUNE 21, 2005
CEO Dennis Strigl has some of the most satisfied customers in the mobile industry. Here's how he intends to keep them and attract more
For years, Dennis Strigl, the chief executive and president of Verizon Wireless, enjoyed the enviable position of running the largest player in the wireless industry. But last October, Cingular Wireless took over the top spot when it closed its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services. Cingular has used its newfound prominence to get exclusive access to hot new phones, including Motorola's (MOT ) Razr.
Advertisement
Now, Strigl is playing an aggressive game of catch-up. Verizon is a close No. 2 and is gaining ground on Cingular by more quickly adding new subscribers. Last year, Verizon Wireless increased its sales an astounding 23%, to $27.6 billion, with net income surging 52%, to $1.6 billion. That's higher growth than Cisco (CSCO ), Microsoft (MSFT ), Intel (INTC ), or Dell (DELL ).
Under Strigl, the company has gained a reputation for operational excellence, too. Its churn rate, a closely watched metric measuring the average monthly percentage of customers who leave in a given quarter, ended 2004 with an industry best rate of 1.5%, down from 1.8% in 2003.
This year, operations continue to plug ahead at an impressive clip. In the first quarter of 2005, Verizon Wireless posted 20.4% sales growth, adding 1.64 million new customers, while its churn rate dipped to 1.33% -- a new low. By contrast, Cingular increased its sales 5.3%, adding 1.4 million new subscribers, while its churn rate fell to 2.2% from 2.4%.
BusinessWeek Computers Editor Spencer E. Ante recently sat down with Strigl to talk about Verizon Wireless' strategy, competition, and promising new ventures, such as a forthcoming music service for cell phones. Here are the edited excerpts from their conversation:
Q: There's plenty of consolidation in the wireless industry. Cingular buying AT&T Wireless. Nextel and Sprint merging. Will Verizon Wireless continue to go it alone?
A: While others are merging, our goal is to take market share. We were successful last year and in the first quarter of 2005. We were first to market with our data strategy with our V CAST [TV on mobile-phone service]. We intend to take advantage of it. We figure we've still got a good one-year lead on this market.
Q: Is Sprint's competing TV service, MobiTV, a threat?
A: It's just a slower product. We've still got a technical advantage. Our service transmits data at 400 to 700 kilobits per second. Sprint's rate is 60 to 80 kilobits per second.
Q: What are your plans for capital spending?
A: You have to continue to invest in the network. We will spend $5.5 billion on capital expenditures in 2005. We will spend $500 million on our EVDO network [Evolution Data Optimized, Verizon's high-speed wireless network for video and other data services]. The rest will go toward filling out our [coverage] footprint and upgrading capacity.
Q: What new services are you working on?
A: We want to get into music. I think we'll be a very viable competitor to iPod and other players. This will be the next major focus of the [wireless] carriers.
We also want to penetrate the business marketplace with wireless broadband. We've got more to do there. About 6.3% of our sales come from data revenue, while Sprint gets 9% of its sales from data. Data can become 25% of our revenues in the next six to seven years.
Q: When will you launch a music service?
A: We will do our best to introduce a product by the holiday season.
Q: What's the most challenging aspect to the music venture?
A: The hardest part is working with the manufacturers. Cost and pricing issues are difficult. We haven't announced an agreement with a manufacturer yet.
Q: Cingular, with its acquisition of AT&T, is the biggest wireless company. What's your advantage over Cingular?
A: Network reliability. It's not something Cingular can replicate overnight. We probably have a three-year lead on network [reliability]. As long as we continue to invest, you can't catch up. Our second advantage is distribution. We're putting stores in the right locations -- 65% of our new customers come from Verizon stores.
Q: Will you surpass Cingular in total subscribers?
A: The difference now is about 4.5 million subscribers. It's 45.5 million to Cingular's 50 million. I would like to wake up one morning and see we've surpassed them. But our goal is to be the best network operator. Biggest comes second. We're a much lower-cost operator.
Q: What types of acquisitions are you considering?
A: We did $5 billion in deals last year. [Verizon Wireless made many acquisitions to obtain wireless spectrum rights, including a $930 million purchase from NextWave Telecom for licenses in the New York area.] But we have no burning need to make another acquisition. We have spectrum that will serve us well for years to come.
JUNE 21, 2005
CEO Dennis Strigl has some of the most satisfied customers in the mobile industry. Here's how he intends to keep them and attract more
For years, Dennis Strigl, the chief executive and president of Verizon Wireless, enjoyed the enviable position of running the largest player in the wireless industry. But last October, Cingular Wireless took over the top spot when it closed its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services. Cingular has used its newfound prominence to get exclusive access to hot new phones, including Motorola's (MOT ) Razr.
Advertisement
Now, Strigl is playing an aggressive game of catch-up. Verizon is a close No. 2 and is gaining ground on Cingular by more quickly adding new subscribers. Last year, Verizon Wireless increased its sales an astounding 23%, to $27.6 billion, with net income surging 52%, to $1.6 billion. That's higher growth than Cisco (CSCO ), Microsoft (MSFT ), Intel (INTC ), or Dell (DELL ).
Under Strigl, the company has gained a reputation for operational excellence, too. Its churn rate, a closely watched metric measuring the average monthly percentage of customers who leave in a given quarter, ended 2004 with an industry best rate of 1.5%, down from 1.8% in 2003.
This year, operations continue to plug ahead at an impressive clip. In the first quarter of 2005, Verizon Wireless posted 20.4% sales growth, adding 1.64 million new customers, while its churn rate dipped to 1.33% -- a new low. By contrast, Cingular increased its sales 5.3%, adding 1.4 million new subscribers, while its churn rate fell to 2.2% from 2.4%.
BusinessWeek Computers Editor Spencer E. Ante recently sat down with Strigl to talk about Verizon Wireless' strategy, competition, and promising new ventures, such as a forthcoming music service for cell phones. Here are the edited excerpts from their conversation:
Q: There's plenty of consolidation in the wireless industry. Cingular buying AT&T Wireless. Nextel and Sprint merging. Will Verizon Wireless continue to go it alone?
A: While others are merging, our goal is to take market share. We were successful last year and in the first quarter of 2005. We were first to market with our data strategy with our V CAST [TV on mobile-phone service]. We intend to take advantage of it. We figure we've still got a good one-year lead on this market.
Q: Is Sprint's competing TV service, MobiTV, a threat?
A: It's just a slower product. We've still got a technical advantage. Our service transmits data at 400 to 700 kilobits per second. Sprint's rate is 60 to 80 kilobits per second.
Q: What are your plans for capital spending?
A: You have to continue to invest in the network. We will spend $5.5 billion on capital expenditures in 2005. We will spend $500 million on our EVDO network [Evolution Data Optimized, Verizon's high-speed wireless network for video and other data services]. The rest will go toward filling out our [coverage] footprint and upgrading capacity.
Q: What new services are you working on?
A: We want to get into music. I think we'll be a very viable competitor to iPod and other players. This will be the next major focus of the [wireless] carriers.
We also want to penetrate the business marketplace with wireless broadband. We've got more to do there. About 6.3% of our sales come from data revenue, while Sprint gets 9% of its sales from data. Data can become 25% of our revenues in the next six to seven years.
Q: When will you launch a music service?
A: We will do our best to introduce a product by the holiday season.
Q: What's the most challenging aspect to the music venture?
A: The hardest part is working with the manufacturers. Cost and pricing issues are difficult. We haven't announced an agreement with a manufacturer yet.
Q: Cingular, with its acquisition of AT&T, is the biggest wireless company. What's your advantage over Cingular?
A: Network reliability. It's not something Cingular can replicate overnight. We probably have a three-year lead on network [reliability]. As long as we continue to invest, you can't catch up. Our second advantage is distribution. We're putting stores in the right locations -- 65% of our new customers come from Verizon stores.
Q: Will you surpass Cingular in total subscribers?
A: The difference now is about 4.5 million subscribers. It's 45.5 million to Cingular's 50 million. I would like to wake up one morning and see we've surpassed them. But our goal is to be the best network operator. Biggest comes second. We're a much lower-cost operator.
Q: What types of acquisitions are you considering?
A: We did $5 billion in deals last year. [Verizon Wireless made many acquisitions to obtain wireless spectrum rights, including a $930 million purchase from NextWave Telecom for licenses in the New York area.] But we have no burning need to make another acquisition. We have spectrum that will serve us well for years to come.
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Grade night out
My wife and I decided to take our daughter for her outstanding performance in her academics for the year 2005. This also coincided with me trying to start appreciating others success. I am too trying to make progress...
My wife was mentioning about how Kinko's began in a humble way. One great thing of winners is that they all share a passion to be some one irrespective of their skills/abilities.
My wife was mentioning about how Kinko's began in a humble way. One great thing of winners is that they all share a passion to be some one irrespective of their skills/abilities.
Fathers day 2005 special
Fathers day 2005 is a special day - 6/19/2005.
My wife and daughter planned to surprise me with a pot luck party - in the disguise of my friend's birthday. We were 4 families and we had lunch and play in the neighborhood park.
My 14 year old daughter baked a nice Vanilla cake with Chocolate icing on top. That was wonderful for a first timer. Most of our friends enjoyed it.
Wife made Bhadam Halwa - that's one of my most favorite one.
Shared with my friends of the possibility of personal lending. I know none of them had lots of money to share. This gave me courage to ask for money - starting point for my guts building that I keep saying that I lacked. Let's see how I make progress...
My wife and daughter planned to surprise me with a pot luck party - in the disguise of my friend's birthday. We were 4 families and we had lunch and play in the neighborhood park.
My 14 year old daughter baked a nice Vanilla cake with Chocolate icing on top. That was wonderful for a first timer. Most of our friends enjoyed it.
Wife made Bhadam Halwa - that's one of my most favorite one.
Shared with my friends of the possibility of personal lending. I know none of them had lots of money to share. This gave me courage to ask for money - starting point for my guts building that I keep saying that I lacked. Let's see how I make progress...
fremont older hike - again
Today again I went to the Fremont older trail. Start at 9:04 and reach back by around 10:20. I guess I am able to do it quicker - may be I am getting healthier!!
Noticed a small squirile. The color is more dirty dunk color than the grey color of the adult. Saw the pointed feathere on head birds who normally walk - 2 or three of them.
Noticed a lump of bird feather - meaning a hunter around.
A white (pure white) spherical flower ready to release it's seads to fly off - many of them around.
The hay is very dry now. The popping sound of the seads is no more present. Can you imagine few of the hay are more than 5 feet tall and yet less than 1/8 of an inch in diameter?
At the parking lot on the return - 2 surprises. The birds have had their act on the rear of my car. There was a snake (less than 18 inches long) beaten to death and cut in to half by the most brillient mamal on the planet - human...
Noticed a small squirile. The color is more dirty dunk color than the grey color of the adult. Saw the pointed feathere on head birds who normally walk - 2 or three of them.
Noticed a lump of bird feather - meaning a hunter around.
A white (pure white) spherical flower ready to release it's seads to fly off - many of them around.
The hay is very dry now. The popping sound of the seads is no more present. Can you imagine few of the hay are more than 5 feet tall and yet less than 1/8 of an inch in diameter?
At the parking lot on the return - 2 surprises. The birds have had their act on the rear of my car. There was a snake (less than 18 inches long) beaten to death and cut in to half by the most brillient mamal on the planet - human...
Thursday, June 16, 2005
tamilnadu stats
Districts 30
Revenue Divisions 73
Taluks 206
Firkas 1,120
Revenue Villages 17,244
Municipal Corporations 6
Municipalities 151
Panchayat Unions (Blocks) 385
Village Panchayats 12,618
Special Village Panchayats 562
Lok Sabha Constituencies 39
Assembly Constituencies 234
As of June 16, 2005
Revenue Divisions 73
Taluks 206
Firkas 1,120
Revenue Villages 17,244
Municipal Corporations 6
Municipalities 151
Panchayat Unions (Blocks) 385
Village Panchayats 12,618
Special Village Panchayats 562
Lok Sabha Constituencies 39
Assembly Constituencies 234
As of June 16, 2005
factual accuracy - need not be a winner
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Wiki Valdal - page archived (Dindigul)
Dindigul is an administrative district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The district headquarters
are located at Dindigul. History of Dindigul Dindigulis one of the historical cities in Tamilnadu. It
plays a significant rolein promotion of trade, as a vital trade centre to cater the needs of nearbyvillages. A Fort over a small
hill, the three hundred and sixty year oldmonument stands gallantly in the west,and this fort stands as a land mark.
Dindigulwas famous during the seventh century it self. "Appar" the great poet hadvisited the city. Thus the city had been noted
in "Thevaram". Dindigulwas mentioned in the book "Padmagiri Nadhar Thenral Vidu thudhu" writtenby the poet "Palupatai
sokkanathar" as Padmagiri. This was later statedby OO.Ve Saminatha Iyer in his foreward to the above book. He also addedthat
Dindigul was called as Dindeecharam.
Dindigulregion was the border of the three great Kingdoms of South
India, the Pandiyas,the cheras and the Cholas. Hence
Dindigul has its set back in its growthby successive wars among the
three. In the ancient time the cheran kingDharmabalan has
built temples for Abirami ambigai and Padmagirinathar.After that in the
book Silapthigaram it is mentioned as the Northern
borderof the Pandaya Kingdom whose capital was Madurai. Historian
"Strabo" hadalso written in 20 A.D. The Roman Emperor "Augustus
Ceaser" has sent ateam to the pandya kingdom in 73 A.D., Pillni the
great historian of thetime has described about the Pandya
king in his works we have more proofsthat Pandya kingdom was
established before the Christian era.
Inthe first century of the Christian era the Chola king named Karikal Cholanhad captured the Pandya kingdom hence Dindigul has
been ruled by both Cholasand Pandyan with the change of time. In the sixth century the pallava'stook over Southern India, they
were in the power until twelth century.Dindugul has been under the rule of Pallavas untill Cholas regained thestate in the
Thirteenth century. In the fourteenth century Southern Indiawas invaded by the Moguls. The Vijaya Nagar rulers restricted their
entryinto the part for the time being. Dindigul was safe in the hands of VijayaNagara before cheras take over the Pandya kingdom
Chandrakumara Pandyanwon the war against cheras with the assitance provided The Vijaya NagarKingdom. The commander of the vijaya
Nagar army Kambanna udayar playedan important role in the war.
Everyhistorical city in India have a good number of temples, reflecting cultureand prosperity of the people. In the fourteenth
century KalahastheeswaraGnanambika temple was built. The seenivasaperumal temple built in the bottomof the hill was eroded by
time. By the 16th century Pandyan acquired thewhole chera kingdom with the support of Vijayanagar king
Sachudevarayer.Sachudevarayer, on his visit in 1538 A.D. ordered for the repair worksand Garnish the temple of Abirami amman
& Padmagirinathar. This isinferred from the script written over stone in the Fort temple.
In1559 Nayakkars became powerful, their territory ended with Dindigul inthe north. The ruler, Viswanatha Nayakkar wanted to
secure the bordersof the pandya kingdom. Unfortunated he died in 1563. After his death MuthukrisnaNayakka became the king of
pandaya kingdom in 1602 A.D. He built the stronghill tort in 1605 A.D. secure Dindigul from invasion. He also built a fortat the
bottom at the bottom of the hill. This was later called "Pettaiwall" The East gate of the fort was near the American mission
compound.the North gate was at the junction of palani & vedasenthur roads thesouth gate was at the junction of Palani &
Vedasenthur roads. The southgate was adjacent to the Begampoor Mosque.
MuthuveerappaNayakkar and Thirumalai Nayakkar followed Muthukrishna
Nayakkar. Dindigulgot its significance during Nayakkars rule
of Madurai. Thirumalai Nayakkarredressed the Hill tort. He built the
Front hall of the Kalahastheeswaraswamy temple. Sowndaraja
Perumal temple in Phadikombu was erected. Duringhis Nayakkars stay in
Dindigul, he fell into sickness, he prayed Sree
Rangaperumalbut his sickness remained with him. Madurai Meenakshiamman
came in hisdream and ordered him to rule over with Madurai
as his capital. He didso and got himself relived from his sickness. His
successords did not farewell. They died soon. This made
Rani Mangammal became the ruler of theregion. She ruled ingenusly. She
built the six hundred steps for the hillfort.
In1736 Sanda Saheb Seized power from Vangaru Nayakkar. Hence, Dindigul
cameunder his regin. In 1742 Mysore army under the
leadership of Venkatarayerconquered Dindigul. He governed Dindigul as a
representative of Maharajaof Mysore. He built the Chatram
(a macting place for the civils) in thewest car street. By then the
street is called as chatram street. Therewere Eighteen
Palayams (a small region consists of few villages) duringhis reign.
They were 1. Kandamanayakkanur 2. Thevaram 3. Bodi
Nayakkanur4. Erasakka Nayakkanur 5. Pilliappa Nayakkanur 6. Nilakottai
7. Virupatchi8. Kannivadi 9. Marunuthu 10. Thottaian
Kottai 11. Emakalapuram 12. Ambathurai13. Ammayanakkanur 14.
Tharasimadai 15. Edayakottai 16. Sholavandan 17.Kombai 18.
Sandhaiyur. Now these palayams present under Dindigul taluk,Periyakulam
taluk, Palani taluk, Nilakottai taluk & Thirumangalam
taluk.At old times all these palayams were under Dindigul Semai with
Dindigulas capital. These palayams refused to pay respect to
venkatarayer. So in1748 A.D. Venkatappa was made governer of the region
after the dismissalof Venkatarayer. Even this leadership
failed.
In1755 Mysore Maharaja sent Haider Ali to Dindigul. He handled the Situationin an adept manner and captured Sholavandan alos.
Later Haider Ali becamethe Maharaja of Mysore. In 1765 Haider Ali went back to Mysore. In 1777he appointed Purshana Mirsaheb as
governor of Dindigul. He strengthenedthe fort and made few changes. One among them is the construction of presentgate and he
ordered to close the East Gate. His wife Ameer-um-Nisha-Begamdied during delivery. Her tomb is now called Begambur.
In1783 British army, lead by captain long Dindigul. In 1784 after an agreementbetween the Mysore province and British army.
Dindigul was restored byMysore province. In 1788 Thippusultan, Son of Haider Ali was crowned asKing of Dindigul. He ordered to
broguht docon the statues of padmagirinathar& Abiramiambigai from the hill temples to the Kalahastheeswara Swamytemple.
In 1790 Tames stewart gained control over Dindigul by invading it in the secondwar of Mysore. In a pact made on 1792
Thippusulthan give back Dindigulto the English. Dindigul is the first region to come under English rulein the Madurai District.
In 1798 the British army Strengthened the hillfortwith cannons, and by building sentinal rooms in every corner.
TheBritish army, under statten stayed at Dindigul fort from 1798 to
1859.After that Madurai was made head quarters of the British
army and Dindigulwas attached to it as a taluik, In 1866, 11th November
Dindigul becamea Municipality. The city got its railway
station in 1875 when rail linefor Trichy to Tuticorin was constructed.
Dindigul given to British in 1792was under the rule of the
British. Untill we got our Independence on 15thAugust 1947.
The Great sri Ramanamaharishi who born in Dindigul and studied in Nehruji memorial school upto 7th std before he moves to
thiruvannamalai.
Dindigul is an interior region of Tamilnadu. Dindigul lies on the banks of Kudavanar river with a total landscape of 6058
sqkm. Inspite of its geographical location there are about 110 tanneries both registered and non-registered in and around
Dindigul. This district is well known for the making of locks. The Dindigul district is divided into 7 taluks namely, Dindigul
taluk, Natham taluk, Kodaikanal taluk, Nilakkottai taluk, Palani taluk,Oddanch atram taluk & Vedasandur taluk.
Sri Kottai Mariamman Koil: Itis more than 200 years old. The Mariamman
idol is said to be installedby the army men of Tippu
Sultan at the fort of the mountain. Hence it iscalled Kottai (Fort)
Mariamman temple fo Dindigul. The temple is constructedin the
shape of a square. There is a temple for Vetri Vinayaka at the
South& Lord Muruga at the North of this temple. There is a
Mandapam (Hall)in the centre of the ground in which there is a
sculpture of a Lion facingthe Sannidhi. The Sanctum Sanctorum is
small & square shaped. The deityconsecrated (Moolavar) is seen
here, embedded deeply under the floor.
Thereare several sculpture on the sniper structure over the Sanctum
Sanctorum,depicting various incarnations of the goddess
Mariamman. All the four sides,various seenes showing the destroying of
monster by the goddess are seen.On the eastern side over
the Amman Sannidhi is a temple for Vinayaka, andon western side a
temple for Madurai Veeran. On the front side of Sannidhithe
Navagraha idols are installed. On the back side of the temple, thereis
an idol of Kaalhi & another one for Dhurga. The temple
is situatedin such a large are a as 2 acres (8,000 m²). The golden
shield will adorm the deityon every day between 5 PM to 9 PM.
The temple is run by a board of Trustees.
Festivals:
Startingon the 5th day after the New Moon day, the great festival of
Masi is celebratedfor 10 days every year . There are other
festivals in all the 12 monthsof the year. The devotees come here &
worship to get rid of severaldiseases like eye disease,
small Pox etc and get cured .Larger & largercrowds are attracted to
this temple every year. The devotees perform
severalduties like taking Agni Chatti (Fire Pot), Milk Pot, Mulzaippari
procession,Maavu Vilakku etc. Nearly 10 lakh people visit
the temple during the festivedays.
Sri Kaalakatheeswarar Temple:
Eventhough the temple is very old, it came into lime light during the periodof Thirumalai. Naicker who renovated several
temples in and around Maduraigod Kaalakatheeswarar and goddess Gnanambika are the presiding deitieshere. It was a practice to
bring the idols of Abhirama Devi & PadmagiriNagar from above mountain to this temple & Celebrate the Festival
ofBrahmasaram in the month of Chitrai. The Mandapam used for this purposehas been later emballished and the deities
Kalakatheewarar & Gnanambikaiwere installed & consecrated during the 14th century.There will bePoojas for all the 5
timings in the temple. Other regular religious eventsare arranged as a routine.
St. Antony's Church:
ThisChurch was constructed by Thomas Fernando during the period 1982-1989.The important Ceremony of this temple will start on
last Friday of Januaryand will continue for 15 days.
St. Joseph Church: Thischurch was constructed 100 years ago by British people construction ofthis church was started on
1866 and completed bythe year of 1872. This church is the head church for all other churchesin Dindigul District.
Festivals in Dindigul:
Severalfestivals are celeberated here in grand manner.
1.Chithira Big Festival Celebratedfor 12 days in the month of
Chithirai. Religious discourses, Musical concertsare also
conducted. 2.Chitra Pournami Ethi Seval Itis the welcoming function to
the Alagar of Thadikkombu during the Fullmoon day in the
month of chithirai. It is a famous festival. 3.Aani Thirumanjanam
Conductedin entry Aani month. 4.Aadi Sukravar Festival
Duringthe Fridays of Aadi month special Poojas & Aaradhanas are
arrangedto the deities Abhirami, Gnanambikai. There will be a
procession of goddessAbhirami on a flower pallak taken around the main
streets. 5.Sri Vinayaka Chadurthi Itis celebrated in the
month of Avani 6.Navarathiri GoddessAbhirami will be on Kolu. There
will be 1 lakh Archana to the goddess Gnanambikai.
7.Kandasashti Itis celebrated in the month of Iyppasi for 6 days,
denoting the Soora Samharam,the divine marriage between Lord
Muruga and Deivanai. 8.Karthigai Festivals Entiretemple will be
decorated with lamps. The 5 idols (Pancha Muthir) will betaken on
procession. 9.Margazhi Festivals Therewill be chanting of Thiruvembavai
Songs on every early mornings.ArudhraDharsan of Lord
Nataraja will be on the Thiruvathirai Day. 10.Thai Month Pongalfestival
will be celebrated on the 1st day of Thai. Special
decoration& Aaradhanas will be arranged to the deities here.On the
Poosam day,the festival of Padmagiri Nathar, Abhirami
& Dhomdayadapaani will becelebrated in a grand mannu. 11.Maasi
TheDays of Magam Maha Siveratri for Nataraja are celebrated.
12.Panguni Festivalfor Shanmuga (Muruga) & Sri Valli - Devasena is
celebrated on the dayof Uththiram.
Hospitals
- TheGovernment hospital is located near the bus stand.
- TheRaja Rajeshwari hospital is at a walkable distance from the bus stand.
- ThePunidha Adhithanar hospital is on the way to Nehruji nagar.
- St. joseph Hospital ( Kattaspithry)
- Rajarajeswari Hospital near by bus stand
Hotels
- AryaBhavan,Bus Stand
- AshokBhavan,Main road
- Kurinji
- SaravanaBhavan,Bus Stand
- Maha jyothi
- Hotel Iswarya
- Hoter Gowri Krishna
Name: The hillock made mostly of single rock (kal) looks like a pillow (Dhindu). The combination in Tamil language makes it
Dindigul.
Data:
Location: 10.05-10.9 North and 77.30-78.20 East
Area: 6266.64 Sq. Km
Revenue Divisions: 3
Taluks: 7
Panchayat Unions: 14
Population: 1,918,960 (2001 Census)
Temperature: 31-38 Celsius
The Islamic population as a percentage is relatively high in this city (the
decendents of the muslim rulers). This diversity in faith makes the city more dynamic. The diversity some times trigger communal
tension as well.
Religious worship places:
Kottai Mariamman Temple
Thadikombu Sundarraja perumal temple
Abirami Amman temple
Malaikeni Murugan Temple
Rock Fort Anjanayer Temple
Villai Vinayakar Temple
Vazhi Thunai Mariamman Temple
Rock Fort (Malai Kottai). Still there is some kind of preserve up the hillock.
Ring Road Masjid
St.Joseph Church
Cinema Theaters:
Naga & Lakshmi Theater A/C
Rajendra & Uma A/C
Aarti & Siva A/C
Central theatre
Ganesh theatre A/C
Shan theater
Dindigul is the nearest main town for Kodaikanal - 2133 meters high hill
station credited locally as “Princess of Hill Stations”.
Industries & Mills :
Iron Locks & safe (before 1970s)
Leather Taining
Angu Vilas scented Tobacco Industries
Roja Supari
KAR Leathers
ShanmugaVel Textiles Pvt Ltd
Siva Textiles Pvt Ltd
Annamalayar Textiles Pvt Ltd
Bhuvaneswari Textiles Pvt Ltd
Cloth Shops
SKC Textiles Pvt Ltd
Bakirans Textiles
Maharaja Textiles
Subramaniyam Textiles
Parvathy Textiles Pvt Ltd
Jewelry Shop
OC Pillai
Vasavi
Educational Institutions:
- PSNA College of
Engineeing and Technology - RVS College of Engineering and Technology
- Christian Engineering College
- Christian
Polytechnic - RVS Polytechnic
- GTN Arts and Science College
- MVM Muthaia Arts and Science College
- Ramaprabha Arts and Science College
- Parvathy Arts and Science College
- Gandhigram Rural University
- Mother Terasa University for women
- MVM Muthaia Pillai Mariammal Matriculation School (Boys)
- MVM Muthaia Pillai Mariammal Matriculation School (Girls)
- J.K
Maticulation School - Om Shanthi Matriculation School & CBSE
- Maharishi Vidhyalaya (CBSE)
- MSP
Higher Secondary School - Dudley Higher Secondary School
- Municipal Higher Secondary School
- Government Girls Higher Secondary School
- Government Secondary School (Gandhiji)
- Annamalayar Higher Secondary School
- Our Lady Higer Secondary School
- Akshya
Vidhyalaya - St.
Josephs Girls School - St.Marys Higher Secondary School
- Soundara
Raja Vidhyalaya
- Government ITI
- Siva ITI
Sri Kottai Mariamman Kovil:
The 200+ years old temple buit in the foot of the hill (fort) is in praise of the Hindu
deity Amman. The hindu temple was built with the Tippu Sultan's (Muslim ruler) army. The
temple is square shapped. It has 4 deities. Lord Ganesh on the south, His brother Lord Muruga in North. West has Madurai Veeran
and the East has Lord Ganesh. There is a Mandapam (Hall) in the centre of the ground in which there is a sculpture of a Lion
facing the Sannidhi. The Sanctum Sanctorum is small & square shaped. The deity consecrated (Moolavar) is seen here, embedded
deeply under the floor.
Abirami Amman Temple:
Navarathri Kolu is the best season to be in Abirmi temple. There will be 100,000 Archana. The tamil month Adi, Friday the Goddes
will be taken on a procession decorated with flowers.
St.Joseph Church:
Catholic Church constructed between 1866 and 1872 by British. This is the Head Church of all other Roman Catholic Churches in
Dindigul District.
Round Road:
A circular road, used to be the place for horse ride. One on the cicle is the district police head (Superindent of Police)
official residance.
External link
- Dindigul District official web
site (http://dindigul.nic.in/)
Copyright of the content editted by "210.212.253.229" is questionable.
Looks simillar to the contents out of http://www.dindigul.com/ web site Few of the web pages are
http://www.dindigul.com/history.htm http://dindigul.com/about.htm http://www.dindigul.com/temple.htm http://dindigul.com/hospital.htm
(Search for the spelling mistakes and many of them are exact match)
Protect IP
China Won't Protect IP Until It Gets Its Own IT
By David Kirkpatrick
Wang Jingchuan, China's top intellectual-property official, confessed to an audience at the FORTUNE Global Forum last month that he was under a lot of pressure in his "very challenging job." As if to illustrate his point, fellow panelist Dan Glickman, the former Congressman who now heads the Motion Picture Association of America, immediately complained that 95% of the DVDs and other recorded entertainment sold in China are pirated, the highest rate in the world. And guess what Wang pointed to as a sign of progress: The central government is clamping down on the use of pirated software—in central government offices.
While intellectual-property protection in China remains weak, experts say they can see how the problem will be solved: when China has its own IP to protect. Says Paul Gewirtz, who heads the China Law Center at Yale Law School: "The pressure thus far has come from foreign companies, but the Chinese won't find the political will until domestic enterprises have their own reasons to want stronger enforcement."
David Frazee, an IP lawyer with Greenberg Traurig in Palo Alto who was on the same panel in Beijing, already detects increased enforcement in software, semiconductors, and telecom equipment—businesses in which Chinese research and development spending is rising rapidly. "And I guarantee you'll see movement for trademarks like the rings for the Beijing Olympics in 2008," he says, "because that's where the money is for them."
Some Western companies operating in China are starting to add a new element to their IP-protection strategy: local industrial development. Philips, the Dutch electronics company, helped three Chinese universities start programs to train experts in intellectual property. But Microsoft, which may be losing more sales in China to illegal copying than any other company, has gone even further. It is helping China build a local software industry. One example: It conceived, co-financed, and helps run a company in Shanghai called Wicresoft, which provides customer support in multiple languages for Chinese software companies operating internationally. "Now the top people in the country bring IP issues up to me, instead of the other way around," says Craig Mundie, Microsoft's senior vice president for policy, who has traveled to China regularly for five years.
The most notable improvement in IP protection so far has been in the attitude of China's leaders. Yale's Gewirtz is impressed that IP commissioner Wang would appear publicly next to outspoken critic Glickman. Some IP laws were recently tightened, and enforcement is improving: Three counterfeiters were recently sent to jail for copying a Philips light bulb.
But even optimists caution that China—where according to some estimates as much as one-third of the economy is dependent on counterfeit goods—has reasons to go slowly on IP protection. "This is sort of the opiate of the masses," says lawyer Frazee. "Giving people in China near-free or supercheap DVDs, music, and designer clothing is a good way of convincing them there is economic progress." Adds Microsoft's Mundie: "It will be some years before there is hard-core progress."
By David Kirkpatrick
Wang Jingchuan, China's top intellectual-property official, confessed to an audience at the FORTUNE Global Forum last month that he was under a lot of pressure in his "very challenging job." As if to illustrate his point, fellow panelist Dan Glickman, the former Congressman who now heads the Motion Picture Association of America, immediately complained that 95% of the DVDs and other recorded entertainment sold in China are pirated, the highest rate in the world. And guess what Wang pointed to as a sign of progress: The central government is clamping down on the use of pirated software—in central government offices.
While intellectual-property protection in China remains weak, experts say they can see how the problem will be solved: when China has its own IP to protect. Says Paul Gewirtz, who heads the China Law Center at Yale Law School: "The pressure thus far has come from foreign companies, but the Chinese won't find the political will until domestic enterprises have their own reasons to want stronger enforcement."
David Frazee, an IP lawyer with Greenberg Traurig in Palo Alto who was on the same panel in Beijing, already detects increased enforcement in software, semiconductors, and telecom equipment—businesses in which Chinese research and development spending is rising rapidly. "And I guarantee you'll see movement for trademarks like the rings for the Beijing Olympics in 2008," he says, "because that's where the money is for them."
Some Western companies operating in China are starting to add a new element to their IP-protection strategy: local industrial development. Philips, the Dutch electronics company, helped three Chinese universities start programs to train experts in intellectual property. But Microsoft, which may be losing more sales in China to illegal copying than any other company, has gone even further. It is helping China build a local software industry. One example: It conceived, co-financed, and helps run a company in Shanghai called Wicresoft, which provides customer support in multiple languages for Chinese software companies operating internationally. "Now the top people in the country bring IP issues up to me, instead of the other way around," says Craig Mundie, Microsoft's senior vice president for policy, who has traveled to China regularly for five years.
The most notable improvement in IP protection so far has been in the attitude of China's leaders. Yale's Gewirtz is impressed that IP commissioner Wang would appear publicly next to outspoken critic Glickman. Some IP laws were recently tightened, and enforcement is improving: Three counterfeiters were recently sent to jail for copying a Philips light bulb.
But even optimists caution that China—where according to some estimates as much as one-third of the economy is dependent on counterfeit goods—has reasons to go slowly on IP protection. "This is sort of the opiate of the masses," says lawyer Frazee. "Giving people in China near-free or supercheap DVDs, music, and designer clothing is a good way of convincing them there is economic progress." Adds Microsoft's Mundie: "It will be some years before there is hard-core progress."
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Sun Solaris - opens source code
"The more people who run Unix and Solaris, and open Solaris, the larger the opportunity is to sell the hardware, infrastructure and services necessary to put it into deployment. ...Open source doesn't mean no revenue, it means no barriers to [growing] revenue," the COO of Sun Microsystem Jonathan Schwartz.
C Compiler
I spoke to one of my relative in developing country who has a computer and Internet at home. He is going for C/C++ training but no compiler at home to practice. I know Linux will make things very very easy. I am not sure if I can convince my relative to switch his 'only computer' to Linux. That wouldn't be fair as i don't have exclusive Linux machine at home or work. So, I did a quick search of the stuff available on the internet and found this tool that should fit his current needs. The license also suits him as this can be used for free in non-commercial environment - as a student.
Visit this page and read the material and familiarize what you want and you know where to find what.
lcc-win32: A Compiler system for windows
Here is the place where you can download the bits.
Actual binary Location on the ftp server
Here is an alternate location to download. Fill out name and email (no validation is done and I don't expect spams to follow - so you should be ok even if you give a temporary info here).
The binary is almost 5 MB. Expect it to take a while if your internet is slow.
Once downloaded, open this file - accept to execute it as Windows might complain of security risk.
Accept all defaults during installation. I selected a different install directory in stead of c:\lcc. I selected the directory c:\myname\lcc. c:\myname\ is the location where I download many of my programs from internet.
After extracting the file, the program will automatically configure/compile some pieces. The exit criteria is very clear - so, don't worry about that.
One concern/pitfall is that your compiler is not set in the path. So, you have to set the path or you have to use absolute/relative path to run the compiler.
Here are the steps I followed.
Take a DOS command window (The old white characters on black window). My daughter hates this window and complains of headache when ever I open this window.
To open dos command windows, on the desktop go to Start->Run on the opened window type cmd and press enter or click OK.
assuming you installed at c:\myname\lcc
type cd c:\myname\lcc\projects
type mkdir hello
type cd hello
type notepad hello.c - you should see a text editor (notepad) open
Enter the following text in the text editor and save it
#include
int main()
{
printf("My Name\n");
}
(I would like to mention my thanks to Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie for teaching me Programming language C. I took the liberty of tweaking the programe too.)
Now it is time to compile your first program.
You must now be in the directory c:\myname\lcc\projects\hello. You can check this by typing "pwd" (with no double quotes) on your dos command window.
For compiling
type ..\..\bin\lc.exe hello.c
if you did every thing fine, you should see the compiler return to the prompt with no messages.
you can ignore .exe part in lc.exe and dos would be fine.
Instead of relative path you can use absolute path like "c:\myname\lcc\bin\lc hello.c
You should include .c in hello.c program.
TO see if your program compiled fine type dir
You should see the page some thing like this
06/14/2005 11:45 AM DIR .
06/14/2005 11:45 AM DIR ..
06/14/2005 11:45 AM 61 hello.c
06/14/2005 12:18 PM 47,592 hello.exe
06/14/2005 12:18 PM 466 hello.obj
3 File(s) 48,119 bytes
(I could not make the angle brakets around DIR as my programming is not co-operating with me right now....)
if it worked fine, you can now run your first program by
type hello.exe or hello
You should notice "My Name" show up on your command window.
Send me a thanks mail and have fun programming in C. Feel free to share this joy to friends and family.
Welcome to the software programmer’s world.
---
cygwin is my personal preference and would recommend for experienced users.
Positives:
I get Unix like command line which I like.
There are lots of programs you can get under this environment
Open Source (I believe it still is really open)
Negatives:
The download is too heavy, especially on low speed internet.
You can't save the download to replicate in another place or archive.
If you want to share the executable to a friend or another computer, you got to remember to take the corresponding cygwin's dll as well.
I plan to write a similar page for Java as well. Stay tuned.
You are currently missing the IDE GUI (Integrated Development Environment). I will search around for a IDE.
If this is critical and urgent you can look for the following
TextPad - a cool text editor. you will be prompted to buy very often. It is OK if you don't buy it (hopefully for ever).
JCreator - IDE for Java - you can use this as colorful editor.
Visit this page and read the material and familiarize what you want and you know where to find what.
lcc-win32: A Compiler system for windows
Here is the place where you can download the bits.
Actual binary Location on the ftp server
Here is an alternate location to download. Fill out name and email (no validation is done and I don't expect spams to follow - so you should be ok even if you give a temporary info here).
The binary is almost 5 MB. Expect it to take a while if your internet is slow.
Once downloaded, open this file - accept to execute it as Windows might complain of security risk.
Accept all defaults during installation. I selected a different install directory in stead of c:\lcc. I selected the directory c:\myname\lcc. c:\myname\ is the location where I download many of my programs from internet.
After extracting the file, the program will automatically configure/compile some pieces. The exit criteria is very clear - so, don't worry about that.
One concern/pitfall is that your compiler is not set in the path. So, you have to set the path or you have to use absolute/relative path to run the compiler.
Here are the steps I followed.
Take a DOS command window (The old white characters on black window). My daughter hates this window and complains of headache when ever I open this window.
To open dos command windows, on the desktop go to Start->Run on the opened window type cmd and press enter or click OK.
assuming you installed at c:\myname\lcc
type cd c:\myname\lcc\projects
type mkdir hello
type cd hello
type notepad hello.c - you should see a text editor (notepad) open
Enter the following text in the text editor and save it
#include
int main()
{
printf("My Name\n");
}
(I would like to mention my thanks to Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie for teaching me Programming language C. I took the liberty of tweaking the programe too.)
Now it is time to compile your first program.
You must now be in the directory c:\myname\lcc\projects\hello. You can check this by typing "pwd" (with no double quotes) on your dos command window.
For compiling
type ..\..\bin\lc.exe hello.c
if you did every thing fine, you should see the compiler return to the prompt with no messages.
you can ignore .exe part in lc.exe and dos would be fine.
Instead of relative path you can use absolute path like "c:\myname\lcc\bin\lc hello.c
You should include .c in hello.c program.
TO see if your program compiled fine type dir
You should see the page some thing like this
06/14/2005 11:45 AM DIR .
06/14/2005 11:45 AM DIR ..
06/14/2005 11:45 AM 61 hello.c
06/14/2005 12:18 PM 47,592 hello.exe
06/14/2005 12:18 PM 466 hello.obj
3 File(s) 48,119 bytes
(I could not make the angle brakets around DIR as my programming is not co-operating with me right now....)
if it worked fine, you can now run your first program by
type hello.exe or hello
You should notice "My Name" show up on your command window.
Send me a thanks mail and have fun programming in C. Feel free to share this joy to friends and family.
Welcome to the software programmer’s world.
---
cygwin is my personal preference and would recommend for experienced users.
Positives:
I get Unix like command line which I like.
There are lots of programs you can get under this environment
Open Source (I believe it still is really open)
Negatives:
The download is too heavy, especially on low speed internet.
You can't save the download to replicate in another place or archive.
If you want to share the executable to a friend or another computer, you got to remember to take the corresponding cygwin's dll as well.
I plan to write a similar page for Java as well. Stay tuned.
You are currently missing the IDE GUI (Integrated Development Environment). I will search around for a IDE.
If this is critical and urgent you can look for the following
TextPad - a cool text editor. you will be prompted to buy very often. It is OK if you don't buy it (hopefully for ever).
JCreator - IDE for Java - you can use this as colorful editor.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Empty nesters
# Empty nesters
* income greater than expenditures
* purchase investments
* retirement planning is important
* tax considerations are important
* income greater than expenditures
* purchase investments
* retirement planning is important
* tax considerations are important
Why refinance (Home)?
Here are the reasons I foresee some one refinancing sensibly.
1. reduce interest rate when the interest rates are falling - like in the year 2003
2. Cash out - for other investments
3. reduce monthly payments (potentially extending the payment period)
4. consolidate multiple debts - reduce management hassles
5. Reduce the risk of variable interest to fixed one (especially when the interests are low or when the interest rates are likely to increase)
Some times folks refinance a lower interest into higher and I have known this happen - when folks want to cash out or consolidate other higher interest loans (credit card debts). Also, for cashing out already invested amount or the increase in equity.
1. reduce interest rate when the interest rates are falling - like in the year 2003
2. Cash out - for other investments
3. reduce monthly payments (potentially extending the payment period)
4. consolidate multiple debts - reduce management hassles
5. Reduce the risk of variable interest to fixed one (especially when the interests are low or when the interest rates are likely to increase)
Some times folks refinance a lower interest into higher and I have known this happen - when folks want to cash out or consolidate other higher interest loans (credit card debts). Also, for cashing out already invested amount or the increase in equity.
private lending
When you deposit money with banks, especially small amounts, you get a very small interest. Some times, you might have to pay to the bank for having and using your money. I am not blaming them - well that's their business model.
On the same front, when it comes to taking loan from lenders, the interest rates are way more than the interest you get for your deposits. Well, that's how banks can employ and make profits for their owners (share holders).
How about cutting the middle man in this industry?
When I bought my home 2 years back, I used to tell few of my friends on the possibility of getting their investments to pay for my mortgage loans. Well, I was not too serious and I did not go too far. Incidentally one of my friend complained how little he got for his investment and now he got to pay tones of interest for the borrowing.
Is it possible to match make lenders and loan seekers for tiny winy cut? Can the small lenders get a dip in to the loan seekers market? What's the government rules to help such transactions? Can we do this through eBay like service? When Visa can issue currency like denominations world wide why can't this be a reality? How to protect small investors through ‘insurance’ like process? Can we buy government insurance? Would insurance companies/government be interested in helping out? I know it is too much hassle for these agencies to check out the lending habits of these small lenders. Also, the lenders will have to follow government regulation like equal opportunity. Well eBay and visa over come these regulations… why can the lending/loan be done with no/minimal intervention?
Looks like Promissory note is a possible solution.
On the same front, when it comes to taking loan from lenders, the interest rates are way more than the interest you get for your deposits. Well, that's how banks can employ and make profits for their owners (share holders).
How about cutting the middle man in this industry?
When I bought my home 2 years back, I used to tell few of my friends on the possibility of getting their investments to pay for my mortgage loans. Well, I was not too serious and I did not go too far. Incidentally one of my friend complained how little he got for his investment and now he got to pay tones of interest for the borrowing.
Is it possible to match make lenders and loan seekers for tiny winy cut? Can the small lenders get a dip in to the loan seekers market? What's the government rules to help such transactions? Can we do this through eBay like service? When Visa can issue currency like denominations world wide why can't this be a reality? How to protect small investors through ‘insurance’ like process? Can we buy government insurance? Would insurance companies/government be interested in helping out? I know it is too much hassle for these agencies to check out the lending habits of these small lenders. Also, the lenders will have to follow government regulation like equal opportunity. Well eBay and visa over come these regulations… why can the lending/loan be done with no/minimal intervention?
Looks like Promissory note is a possible solution.
fremont older hike - insight
Today's hike on fremont older - start at 10:14 reach the top Nob Hill at 10:51 return back at parking lot at 11:27.
Today, I noticed that the hay seeds are are popping. You can hear one per 3-4 seconds. Noticed one or 2 butterflies.
There were more dogs today.
The horse dunk stinks, left over is not pretty to look at and also the flies around. How to manage horses dunks on trails still helping this kind of visit to the trails?
Noticed one or 2 butterflies.
Today, I noticed that the hay seeds are are popping. You can hear one per 3-4 seconds. Noticed one or 2 butterflies.
There were more dogs today.
The horse dunk stinks, left over is not pretty to look at and also the flies around. How to manage horses dunks on trails still helping this kind of visit to the trails?
Noticed one or 2 butterflies.