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3 Simple Steps for Exuding Confidence in the Indian Institutes of Management Personal Interview

The personal interview process is one of the most important hurdles in the IIM Group Discussion and Personal Interview process. The objective of the Interview panel is to determine whether your personality and ambitions match that of the IIM?s. Here are 3 simple steps to follow that can help in projecting a confident and ambitious personality.

1) Focus: For the interview, have 3 ready reasons why you chose to become an MBA. This is critical as the Interview panel wants students who see an MBA as a means to a higher end, and not merely to get a job in a blue chip organization. Suppose you are an Economics graduate. You could state your intention of doing an MBA is (i) Learn real life corporate policy making (ii) Applying your textbook knowledge of Economics in Corporate Administrative Policies (iii) Integrating understanding of economics to achieve social objectives of the organization. Having an idea of why you want to do an MBA sets you apart from the rest of the crowd and gives you a favorable grade in the B-School interview.

2) Contribution to society: If you have not scored well academically but managed to get a call from the top B-schools, and have an average extra curricular record then your entire objective must be talk about 3 important milestones (whatever they may be) you have achieved that you feel makes you a worthy candidate. Have you ever organized an event in your local community, perhaps some major religious or sports event. Perhaps you started a blog or website giving guidance on some topics such as tips for the IIT exam, tips for tourists on local tourist spots, or if you are an engineer a blog about tips on how to set up your router for self owned small business. You see ? YOU MUST COME ACROSS as a person who has DONE SOMETHING GAINFUL for society, no matter how small the effort. Pick 3 such milestones that are related to your educational background and hobbies.

3) Contribution to growth: Why have you chosen your particular line of study and how can you use it to make a contribution to the growth of the economy. Suppose you are from an arts background. Find out through the internet and talk of the potential of professional event management, professional arts market, professional retail management in India, what you feel are its shortcomings as compared to the international scenario, and how having a background in arts gives you a flair for such a career which you intend to make more professional by becoming a qualified MBA.

Prepare 3 points to provide answers for each of these aspects. Practice and improve upon these aspects. Keep improving your replies and you will find that you will be able to exude the confidence of a goal seeking personality. Remember you must prepare for these questions especially when you don?t have significant achievements to boast of. Having answers to these questions may also help you in understanding your own personality and life-goals

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New Indian English Poetry - An Alternative Voice - Book Review

Book Review:

New Indian English Poetry: An Alternative Voice: R.K.Singh edited by I.K. Sharma. Published by Book Enclave, Jaipur. 2004. pp. 370, Price Rs.850/-, ISBN 81-8152-085-8.

New Indian English Poetry: An Alternative Voice is a significant publication in light of the fact that the larger Indian English literary space has been occupied by a few flourishing academic and bureaucratic authors, including the Diaspora or expatriate authors, and most of the India-based authors and poets, despite their quality, have remained virtually beyond the pale. Both the important print and visual media and influential academic and critics have been less than lukewarm about exploring or examining ?new? poets who feel marginalized because no renowned person talks about them at national or international forums.

Aware of the reality that the ?subaltern voices that have burst upon the scene of poetry cannot be shooed away? (preface), poet-professor-critic I. K. Sharma chooses to present a comprehensive book on one of the noted new poets, R. K. Singh, who has already published ten collections of poems and has been active as critic, reviewer and ELT practitioner for more than 25 years.

In fact, I. K. Sharma seeks to challenge all those critics who see nothing but ?chaos? in the world of poetry by collecting 22 critical articles, 14 review essays/comments and six interviews published in India and abroad. Over 25 scholars, venerable, middle aged, and young, examine from diverse angles the mystique of Singh?s poetry and prove ?creative efflorescence? that scores of new, marginalized, poets epitomize.

In his learned Introductory, I. K. Sharma takes a broader long-term view of Indian English poetry as a genre, criticizing discourses of discrimination and exclusion, and advocating alternative and creative discourse of the new generation of poets. It?s appreciation requires ?tough minds, cooperative, collaborative and critical? and not the ?snob net? that has vested interest in indifference, hostility and obscurity (pp.203), he cautions.

Sharma examines R. K. Singh as a test case and discovers that the poet brings in ?novelty and freshness in his way of communicating his ideas and feelings?with skill and insight? (p.8). As the critic points out: certain key aspects of R. K. Singh?s poetry ? manipulation of language to a special effect, lack of punctuation marks, practice of giving no titles, use of erotic metaphors, and depiction of the painful realities of the Indian society ? have already drawn readers? attention, but he is ?essentially a poet of dark imagination? (p.10) and ?self-conscious artist? who knows ?the value of concealment in art? (p11).

No doubt, as a poet, R. K. Singh is remarkable for his vitality, variety and quality. He is not esoteric, negative or westernized, yet he appeals nationally and internationally, with his vision and impulses, depth of feelings, sense of self, and richness of language. He explores and reinvigorates traditional forms and styles with eclectic understanding of creativity.

Those already familiar with his work, as the essays in this volume, too, testify, acknowledge R. K. Singh?s competence as a poet and accord him a high position, even if he is not a ?metro? poet and/or he has not yet been viewed as a poet in the center. I. K. Sharma recognizes him as a poet with great potential and future promise and puts together some selected articles, review essays, comments, and interviews published in various journals since the late 1980s not only to motivate scholars and researchers? further studies on R. K. Singh as an Indian English poet, but also ?to beat the ghost of ?chaos? that has become an all-time alibi for inaction.?

All the contributors -- practicing poets academics and professionals ? look at R. K. Singh the poet with a sense of discovery, openness to artistic innovation, and appreciation for recent Indian English poetry. They reflect on his work with empathy, recognition and equality. With faith in the poet?s discourse, they negotiate differences and communicate poetry?s human dimension; their criticism strengthens Indian English creativity.

R. S. Tiwary?s three essays analyse R. K. Singh?s poetry ? imagery, diction, style, and erotic contents ? a la Sanskrit poetics and view the poet?s relevance in a wider perspective of literary communication. Mitali De Sarkar?s two essays complement Tiwary?s approach, though she concentrates on the poet?s social consciousness. The two essays by G. D. Barche look more closely, presenting a stylistic assessment and comments on Singh?s use of sex imagery. While the articles by Satish Kumar, R. A. Singh and Ravi Nandan Sinha seek to provide a general view on the contents of the poet?s collections published till then, Krishna Srinivas?s ?Foreword? to My Silence, R. K. Singh?s maiden collection, has a historical value.

Different from them, Michael Paul Hogan?s article seeks or relate to the poet?s actual life and living in Dhanbad while Chhote Lal Khatri?s article is an attempt to project R. K. Singh as the best known Indian English poet from Bihar/Jharkhand. P. C. K. Perm?s article seeks to highlight the recurring themes of Nature, Beauty and Woman in R. K. Singh?s creative discourse vis-?-vis the poet?s concern about man?s existence and identity in a multilingual, multicultural and multireligious society today.

I. K. Sharma?s essay deals with the poet?s Music Must Sound as a ?carefully crafted? epic. Tejinder Kaur?s essay highlights the ?seven major strands sounding like the seven notes of music? in the collection.

While the insightful essays by D. S. Maini, Stephen Gill, and I.H. Rizvi deal with various aspects of My Silence and Other Selected Poems, the essays by Patricia Prime, D. C. Chambial, and Asha Viswas review Above the Earth?s Green. The essays by S. L. Peeran and Abdul Rashid Bijapure take into account all the volumes published so far and concentrate on the poet?s evolution in terms of his thematic preferences and pursuit of higher reality.

R. K. Singh is best in his lyric poems and haiku and tanka are the shortest of lyric poems. The articles and comments on his haiku and tanka by Patrticia Prime, Urmila Kaul, D. C. Chambial, I. H. Rizvi, Ann Davis, Ruth Wildes Schuler, Ben Torbieu-Newland and Lyle Glazier point to the changes in R. K. Singh?s literary growth. His haiku and tanka poems are important in that here he enlarges himself to the universal sameness of human feelings and experiences in an international form. The reviews of R. K. Singh?s haiku and tanka poems point to the critic?s strengths and weaknesses in intercultural and intercultural mediation.

Patricia Prime also effectively responds to Joseph John?s much labored comments on R. K. Singh?s poetry in World Literature Today besides presenting, along side Tejinder Kaur, a comparative picture of R. K. Singh and U. S. Bahri?s poetry.

The second section of the volume comprises six interviews R. K. Singh gave to Patricia Prime, Jaswinder Singh, Kanwar Dinesh Singh, Sonja Van Kerkhoff, Atma Ram, and a group of students. This reveals the poet?s own background, biographical details, his opinion, mind, and attitude. It is rounded up with Uncle River?s reflection, pointing to the ?tension inherent in the synthesis of cultural traditions? in R. K. Singh?s poetry.

Thus, the variety of critical articles, reviews essays and comments, though not as perfect as one would like them to be, proves that R. K. Singh is a poet to reckon with, deserving wider critical and academic attention at home and abroad. It is I. K. Sharma?s large-heartedness that he chose to make a book on a fellow-poet. The book should encourage new researches and deeper studies on recent Indian English poetry in general and R. K. Singh?s poetry in particular. M/s Book Enclave deserves kudos for publishing New Indian English Poetry: An Alternative Voice : R. K. Singh which strengthens the cause of Indian poetry in English in the 21st century.

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Reviewed by:

Dr Ramadhar Singh, till recently Professor of English at Bihar Institute of technology, Sindri, has been teaching language through literature, ELT, and EST for over three decades. He is known for his book Virginia Woolf: A Study of Her Tragic Vision (1994).

Indian Real Estate: Getting More Transparent

In order, to protect buyer interests and encourage foreign direct investment (FDI), the Ministry of Housing may make it mandatory for real estate developers to compulsorily insure land title deeds before selling the property. This will ensure that in case of any litigation later on, title deed insuring will help mitigate a buyer's financial risk.

"It is found that many foreign investors have expressed apprehension investing in the country due to lack of transparency in title deeds. Fearing various claimants for the same property, followed by lengthy court battles, foreign investors shy away from investing in real estate. Compulsory insurance of land deeds would address the issue to a great extent and help both domestic, as well as, foreign buyers," according to a senior official in the Cabinet.

Although, there is nothing new about the clause, mandatory land title insurance already being practiced in USA and some European countries, it could be a first for India. "It is an insurance against loss from defects in title. It is meant to protect a property owner's or lender's financial interest in property against loss due to title defects, liens or other matters," explains S.P. Gupta, Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) administrator.

Not only, will the new legislation provide investors with a clear title, it will also provide financial security, as insurance companies will have undertaken due diligence before proceeding to insure the property. As is their norm, insurance firms get their network to track relevant property records, and ascertain properties with fictitious ownership titles do not get insured.

As well, insuring property title deeds will also certify the type of land that is being insured i.e. residential or agricultural. A good way of ensuring, no one is able to dub agricultural land as commercial land, in order to dupe investors.

Clearly, perhaps, globalisation does hold the proverbial silver lining for Indians. Eager to attract investment, the government is forced to legislate new Acts to bring greater transparency in business transactions, whether governmental or private, to keep the FDI flowing in. And, cleaning up the red tape, bureaucracy and other babu type of shenanigans, it is to be hoped India will continue its upward climb on the global corruption index!

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Ruined Rural Economy - India Had We Part -1

?Until unless we irrigate and till the heart of farmers and land
in the villages, the country of farmers is going to be
destroyed under concrete jungle of urbanization?

On 28 February 2007, India?s think tank Mr Economics would be once again addressing the so-called august gathering of Members of Parliament. How is the present junta further going to ruin the predominantly rural and agricultural economy of this country is yet to be seen, but how nicely they had abetted and forced over 1000 Indian farmers to commit suicide is not hidden. Perceived economic growth of 8.25%, which the current leadership of MMPC (Man Mohan and P Chidambaram) is going to achieve, is at what cost? Has the Junta ever realized its true effect on common Indian citizen, they would have certainly renounced the Western and European oriented glittering Economic growth and adopted the Concept of Indian Rural Economic Developed (IRED) plans? I am surprise to record that neither the PM nor FM or any other ruling clan leader is looking beyond the limited period of government tenure of elections. When the apex leadership of India is so short sighted then what you accept from others. These leaders generally aim to become ministers to fulfill their caskets thinking who knows next time they might not be elected. In view of the rising prices and its effect on a common man, I am going to discuss the long term threatening effects of today?s uncontrolled economic leaps.

First of all I find that the government intelligentsia leaders are closing their eyes towards rising trend of criminalization of Indian Society amongst Haves (HV) or Haves Not (HN). The days are not far off when every Indian would be moving with a gun like United State of America to shoot dead others even under suspicion. The days are not far off when our mothers, sisters and young lasses dare not move alone. The ever increasing suicidal graph of helpless farmers, to whom all various present State governments are trying to please with extended bank loan credit facilities for respectable funerals, is further indicating the priority of steel over stomach. I solicit a true reply as to how, and how a common man, casual labor, salaried employee, or contractual worker is going to live honorably on his minimum meager and skimpy wages of rupees 50 and maximum of rupees 30,000. Truly speaking rupees 30,000 monthly salaried man pays nearly 55% through direct taxes and 32.8% allied taxes such as surcharges, service tax, education levy, medical tax and what not in a month. He is ultimately left with nearly rupees 5000 only to manage his home per month while per kilogram of pulse cost him rupees 58, milk rupees 22 a liter, onion rupees 25 a kilogram and rice/flour rupees 15 per kilogram. How he is going to educate his children, meet other expenses and live respectable life with in honest means is too whoop to the Government of India.

Second issue is that our successive governments have ensured that every Indian citizen becomes criminal and corrupt. As it is, all Indian, by and large have accepted that the corruption has become as an unwritten law; and they believe it cannot be weeded out of Indian society. A prominent social worker and freedom fighters Shri Jagan Nath had said that the cancer of corruption has gone into our blood; therefore, to remove the corruption from society, we need to change the blood, which is an impossible preposition, and can never be done. We Indians have to accepted corruption as inherited gift of our present leadership to future generations. I feel that since none of the member of economic conglomeration has really seen the plight of poor farmers and HN adults, they are failing to perceive the drifting of pious and religious Indians towards western style of criminalized society. Why Mr FM is increasing taxes and indirect skin peeling levies on poor citizens without realizing its final effect on a common man. When I am paying Income tax then that is a service tax at all?

Third point of discussion is as to why our leadership is ignoring the ground reality of larger section of Indian society being neglected? A few important issues being overlooked are, one no endeavour made to address a common man?s need, two no efforts made to analyze the effect of rising prices on salaried people; three, no fore thought as to how middle income group citizens would make easy leaving; four no vision or long term strategic planning to control spiraling effects of ever increasing living cost and five no I repeat no efforts on sharing burden of taxes between a common man and business community profit. Every new tax imposed is directly making a deep hole in common man?s emptied pocket. The business community had, without cutting or impinging their own share of profit ranging from 15% to 500% in various products, passed on the entire burden of taxes on consumers directly; and on every common man of this country indirectly. Mr FM while sitting in air-conditioned rooms with planning teams could never see the raining drops of sweat from the forehead of a street man, thereby, shifting every indirect tax varying from service to various educations, health and other surcharges on every common man.

Fourth, I am surprised while concluding that, the present Indian Government is the only government of its kind in the world which is plundering, looting and preying on her own citizens to fill the coffins of western master and mentors under the slogan of Growing India what World Bank perceived. The perpetrators had actually ruined the rural Indian economy and brought in concrete jungle of criminal society. I am very sure if the present trend of neglecting villages continued; the days are not far off when India would not be physical but economic slave of western economies and financial systems. Why are we, knowing well the low cost of every finish product, increasing its rate over hundred of percents when all the basic material, labor and machinery are cheapest in the country? Where would you find in the world a man ready to accept employment of rupees 500 a month to survive? If all these basic industrial elements are cheapest, then why to increase prices?

Fifth, the present economic changes have resulted in siphoning of billions of dollars abroad as foreign direct investment by pushing up market index from 4968 points to 14000 points today. Despite all these hypes, there seems to be no visible miracles of developments seen in the country anywhere? Why every policy is lacking rural objectives of growth. Until, unless we follow Som Spiraling Rural Economic Cycle (SSREC) model of development, not only Indian farmers would continue to suffer but also the country as well. SSREC model is based on community management business through Rural System of Rolling Economy (RSRE). In this pattern, the basic needs of individual are divided into three groups of necessity; one, what a family should have; two, what family must have; and three what a family could have? These necessities are then subdivided into various demands of every house hold. These demands are one minimum basic needs, such as eatables, pulses, flour, vegetables, and milk products, two required subsidiary needs such as additional varieties of pulses, costly rice varieties, different clothes, small means of transport, cultivations equipments, Medicare items and three luxurious needs which are not necessary for life but required to raise living standard. So far, all Indian governments have failed to meet providing the first two needs of Indian common man in the society. Most of the Indian workers, labor force and farmers who had meager land holdings are at the verge of committing suicide. Do we have resolve to stop further criminalization of my India? I say yes, but with Indian oriented economic development model only.

Sixth I am going to ask, are we Indians going to eat computers or steel bars? Why the cost of finish products in own country is high when both basic elements of raw material and labor are the cheapest in the world? The Common Minimum People Program has really become Cremate/Criminalize Maximum People Program of today. Once again Indian business community is working like East India Company of yesteryears before partition. When the raw materials, labors and working forces are cheapest in this country then why finished products are so costly? Why government is imposing such a high tax and for whom? Which citizen, the governments wants to take care of?

Until, unless we irrigate and till the hearts of farmers and land in the villages, the country of farmers is going to be destroyed under concrete jungle of urbanization. Our father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, a visionary was not wrong when he advised then Indian leaderships to divert more resource to develop villages rather than building jungles of towns and metropolitan cities. Alas! Shri Jagan Nath had been alive to see his predictions turning true that new bunch of foreign educated leaders are going to ruin Indian rural economy? Some recommendations as to how we are going to overcome these problems would be discussed subsequently.

SSERC concept of economy begins to expand outward where as urban pattern of economic development is convergence in nature. The village economic prosperity expands from villages to towns, towns to cities and cities to metropolitan and cosmopolitan cities thereby benefiting every area, community and town. On the other, the urban development pattern creates large conglomerations of machine which sucks in large skilled and unskilled labor from villages, thereby, allowing mushrooming of numerous slums in every nook and corner of such cities. The large scale migration in addition to increasing burden on local resources also creates heavy demand on hygienic services such as water, electricity, health, education and so on. If we move services to villagers then we can not only stop migration but also allow universal development of villages and cities.

Ultimately the burden of all taxes is going to be borne by a common man because there has been no differentiation between HV and HVN. In the year 2006, over 3000 cases of thefts, which I studied in various areas, were involving unemployed and school dropout youths who took to crime to meet their basic necessity of live that is flour, vegetable, salt, sugar and ghee. They never even thought to worry about secondary needs such as cloths and others. The Indian government had actually made them criminals because when they could not produce enough grains to sustain their family due prolonged crops failures, they took to crime of snatching by force. They believed that what items they had stolen were luxurious for rich but proved fodder of survival for their families. A group of four young men, who carried out over a dozen thefts, was so happy saying that they had made nearly two to three years of financial arrangement for their families to meet their minimum basic needs of life. Are we going to make such youth my dear FM?

What I mean with Rural System of Rolling Economy is that one village economy should be earning needs of other and so on? The vicious cycle of needs, demands, production and supply should confine to local areas with in a village first, group of villages second, villages and towns third, with in towns fourth and town to metropolitan fifth. If we follow this model of economic development, I am sure India would become one of the most prosperous rural Developing Economy of the world. We need to develop villages and expand outward and not destroy the villages to bring Industries and uproot poor farmers by throwing a few thousand of bucks at them. When, modern township of Gurgaon expanded near Delhi no farmer, whose land was acquired, has ever though that their future generations would follow the path of crime. The present of most of the people is horrible. Our deaf, dumb and mute monkeys need to awaken and save the country from scourge of criminalization or else every second minute a crime or rape would be future of this nation of saints and religious people.

I request to readers to solicit their views so that we united could save the country where a gas cylinder does not cost you rupees 500, a kilogram of pulse rupees 200, a packet of salt rupees 25 and a liter of milk rupees 100. A freelance journalist, who is regularly writing on various economic and other issues; and contributing to various magazines, periodicals and internet sites.

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I, S Kalpna Sharma am a free lance journalist and once again share amongst you with my new theme on ruined Indian agro economy. Ezine readers are requested to submit views to share.
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Vegetarian Indian Bliss

Welcome to the Gourmet Indian Series. Today we bring you the vegetarian treat, Vegetable Korma.

Ingredients: 3/4 cup each of chopped cabbage/beans/carrots/potatoes and cauliflower, 1 small onion sliced, 2-3 tbsp. ghee (clarified butter), salt to taste, coriander leaves for garnish, Gravy: (blend the following into a very smooth paste), 1/2 a coconut shredded, 1 small onion, 5-6 flakes garlic, 1" piece ginger, 2 tbsp. curd (plain yoghurt), 1/2 tsp. poppy seeds, 1 tsp. cumin seeds, 1 tsp. coriander seeds, 3 green chillies, 2 dry red chillies, 2-3 peppercorns, 1/2 tsp. saunf (fennel), 1 small stick cinammon, 1 cardammom, 2-3 cloves, 1 tbsp. cashewnuts, 1 small tomato, 2 tsp. thick tamarind juice or 2 tsp lemon juice

Method: 1. Steam the vegetables till they are about half done. Remove and set aside. 2. Heat the ghee and fry the sliced onion till it starts changing color. 3. Now add the blended masala and bhunna(fry) till the oil starts leaving the sides of the masala. This will take a minimum of 15 minutes. Even if the masala sticks to the bottom of the pan, don't worry. The more the masala fries, the better the dish will taste. If the masala starts sticking to the pan, lower the heat and sprinkle a little water and continue frying, stirring continously. 4. When the masala is fried well and turns aromatic, add the half cooked vegetables and salt to taste. 5. Add some water to get a gravy. Mix well. 6. Put it back on the stove and bring it to a boil on low heat. The vegetables should be done by now. Remove from heat. 7. Garnish with coriander leaves. serve hot with chapatis or plain rice.
BON AP?TIT.....

Chris Jacob

(Gourmet Indian - Vegetable Korma)

Born 25th December 1981 in Melbourne, Australia, Chris (also known as CJ) graduated from Monash University in 2003 after completing Bachelor degrees in Commerce and Business Systems. He went on to co-own a Computer Troubleshooters franchise which also introduced him to the opportunities of writing for the News Corp, mX newspaper and Metro News in Australia. He continues in that jounalistic capcity today. He sold the business in late 2005 allowing him to pursue other opportunities both around Australia and abroad. At last check he was involved in global enterprises covering bereavement and business broking, writng a couple of books, becoming an art ditributor and developing an education platform for the new millenium. Chris can always be found having a good time on the dance floor and at any good restaraunt around town usually with a wine in his hand. He currently has no permanent residence but still calls Australia home.

BIGSquid RFID: Leading RFID Solution in India

BIGSquid RFID: Leading RFID Solution in India

RFID (pronounced as separate letters) short for radio frequency identification. It is a technology, which uniquely identifies objects automatically using wireless radio communications.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technique of distantly piling and recovering data by means of devices known as RFID tags. An RFID tag is a little object, like a sticky label, that can be integrated into a product. RFID tags hold antennas to facilitate them to accept and react to radio-frequency inquiries from an RFID transceiver.

What is RFID tags? What are the different RFID tags?

RFID tags are of two types: active RFID and passive RFID. Passive RFID tags dont have their own power supply. The little electrical current stimulated in the antenna by the inward radio frequency scan gives adequate power for the tag to send a rejoinder. Because of power and cost factors, the rejoinder of a passive RFID tag is essentially concise. It is normally just an ID number (GUID). Shortage of its own power supply crafts the device very small. Commercially accessible products exist that can be implanted beneath the skin. The least such devices commercially accessible measured 0.4 mm 0.4 mm, and thinner than a sheet of paper. Such devices are virtually undetectable. Passive tags have practical read ranges that differ from about 10 mm up to about 5 meters. Passive tags are cheap to manufacture.

Active RFID tags, ought to have a power source, and may have longer ranges and larger memories than passive tags, as well as the capability to accumulate additional information sent by the transceiver. The smallest active tags are about the size of a coin. Many active tags have convenient ranges of tens of meters, and a battery life up to several years. While the cost factors of passive tags over active tags are noteworthy, other factors including accuracy and dependability make the use of active tags very common today.

A number of nations have anticipated embedding RFID devices in new passports to ease proficient machine reading of biometric data. The RFID-enabled passport distinctively identifies its holder; in the proposal currently under thought, the RFID tag will also comprise a range of other personal information (More info bigsquid.org)

BIGSquid RFID

BIG Squid RFID is not merely integrating various RFID middleware (tags and readers) with our own products, but we have formed partnerships with other leading companies that enable us to provide supply chain solutions for various clients. BIGSquid RFID provides solutions to various industries like pharmaceutical, manufacturing, textile etc., across the globe.

BIGSquid RFID is similar to bar code technology by automatically collecting information about a product or transaction quickly, easily and without human error. Lets understand some common differences between RFID and Bar Code.

BIGSquid RFID and Bar code are both identification technologies that hold data that is accessed by some type of reader. In actuality, they complement each other very well and can be used effectively side by side in many applications. Bar code is an optical technology and RFID is a radio technology. However, unlike barcode technology, it provides a contact less data link, without need for line of sightfor example articles inside a cardboard boxor concerns about harsh or dirty environments that restrict the use of bar codes. Just like bar code, RFID tags are available with different memory sizes and encoding options. The ways these technologies exchange data account for most of the differences between RFID and bar code and help determine where each identification technology is best put to use. (More info bigsquid.org)

BIG Squid RFID uses an integrated microchip and antenna that reads information. The combination of the chip and antenna is called an RFID tag. There are two types of tags, and therefore two types of systems, active and passive. In passive systems, which are the most common, an RFID reader transmits an energy field that "wakes up" the tag and provides the power for the tag to operate. In active systems, a battery in the tag is used to boost the effective operating range of the tag and to offer additional features over passive tags, such as temperature sensing. The radio waves that are sent back and forth between tag and transmitter contain the data in the tag, and this data is then converted by the reader and transferred into a computer system.
Companies are focusing on passive UHF tags, which costs less than 50 cents today in volumes of 1 million tags or more. Their read range isn't as far -- typically less than 20 feet vs. 100 feet or more for active tags -- but they are far less expensive than active tags and can be disposed of with the product packaging. (More info bigsquid.org)

The Key Components to an RFID System are a number of components including tags of different sizes catering the different industrial needs, RFID readers and system software.

An RFID reader, usually connected to a Personal Computer, serves the same purpose as a barcode scanner. It can also be battery-powered to allow mobile transactions with RFID tags. The RFID reader handles the communication between the Information System and the RFID tag.

The BIGSquid RFID Software collects, permutes and stores the data collected from the tag in a back end like MySQL, SQL Server etc. This is usually similar to any other data collection software.

Company Profile
In Brief BIGSquid RFID is a technology company exclusively into Radio Frequency Identification Solutions. Our aim is to bring out high end RFID products that will help the business needs of various segments.

Our Team consists of experienced people from the industry with several years of R & D expertise in the field. To know more about our team write to team@bigsquid.org

Team lead Satheesh G Nair has over 14 years of engineering management experience in networking systems, computer systems and applications. He has been working on middleware technologies right from 1994. This exposure and understanding is the basis on which BIGSquid is built.

Satheesh is also the Co - founder of TrueBlue Technologies, where he built a enterprise mobile application technology company from scratch and managed the entire development process from product conceptualization to first customer ship. Products developed here are in commercial service in service provider networks around the globe. His background in building intelligent networking was particularly relevant to TrueBlue's future proof architectural model for next-generation mobile service and application delivery services model.

Prior to founding TrueBlue, Satheesh led a number of engineering development teams. These included the systems team for GISTROLON AG (a 51:49 Joint venture between ROMAG AG and SWISSTELECOM) in Switzerland and the innovative intelligent network management system for ECHELON'S LON based networks at Swiss telecom named Lontree. Satheesh holds Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Technology from University of Bangalore.

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Outsourcing of Software Development to India: Encodex Technologies completes 5 years in offshore software development.

Encodex Technologies delivers the best of Offshore Software Development and Outsourcing Services - we bring highest quality of offshore software development capabilities.

Portland, Oregon 20 Aug, 2006: Encodex Technologies, A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner is a Global Software Development and Information Technology outsourcing company, providing offshore outsourcing solutions to enterprises worldwide.

Based on principal experiences of software and application development in Microsoft Technologies, Encodex Technologies was established to develop Customized software solutions and Enterprise Content Management System. In the past 5 years Encodex technologies has achieved extensive experience leading to a superior team of brilliant IT professionals, matured processes, constant communication methodologies, quality project management, perfect deployment capabilities and world class infrastructure.

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Custom Motorcycle Builders Trevelen VS Indian Larry Legacy

We got to see an amazing build-off last night. Trevelen, Kieno, Paul Cox and their crews were magnificent!! The craftsmanship and customization of these motorcycles was second to none. Hugh King has done a great job showing us more of the build and less extraneous filler. The two episodes this year have made me feel like I was right there. The fabrication and workmanship were featured and the ?fluff? was absent. I have learned more from these first two build-offs than most before them. I believe the reason for this is that the focus of the show has changed.

Trevelen built an incredible motorcycle. He built it out of copper, silver, iron and nickel. I love when someone builds a motorcycle from copper. The look is rich and classy. Trevelen used a springer front end. He based the bike on the old Indian. He used an 84 cu inch flathead engine. The copper fender was hand finished. I loved the copper bike the great Jesse James built for Motorcycle Mania 3 and I loved the look of this bike as well. Trevelen had some problems with the paint and the wrong size sprocket. The sprocket problem almost ruined him but, they were able to fix it.

Paul Cox and Kieno also built a masterpiece. Keino built a unique panhead, knucklehead power plant. It was really creative and a testimonial to his skill. They decided to make an aluminum gas tank and employ a girder front end. They had the help of John Mack, master machinist. There were a lot of custom parts fabricated. It was amazing that they could build this bike in 10 days.

A friend of theirs flew in from Japan with hand made pushrod covers which were beautiful. He then proceeded to fabricate a hand made jockey shift nob which was very cool. There was a lot of etching done and this was indeed a work of art. Legacy seems to build their bikes in the tradition of their namesake. No one of course can be Larry but Paul and Keino were Larry?s key guys and they haven?t dropped the ball. This was a beautiful blue machine.

The guys met out in the desert to begin their ride. I have one problem with what happened. I think it?s great that these men who toil over their work also maintain class that permeates the real biker world. Trevelen ran into trouble on the ride and could not continue. He had to take it in for repairs or he was done. Paul and Keino had the right to disqualify him but, of course, they did not. I love the brotherhood they displayed. It makes me proud. The rules state however, that you have a few tools you carry and if you can?t fix a problem with those tools, you lose!! I realize that what Keino and Paul did is good for the show and what all brothers would do but, why have rules if they don?t mean anything? They actually changed the rules last year to just a few tools to enhance the integrity of the show.

The show is also sharing more about the builders as people. I think that?s a very positive change. We got to learn about Trevelen?s rocky past and we got to meet Paul?s wife and baby. We try and do that here with our podcast interviews. These are not just magnificent artists, they are people with lives and a story.

As I said, this was another great show. Trevelen built a great motorcycle and so did Paul and Keino. There was no winner, no loser. They should have given them both trophy?s for their work. Do you remember when Billy and Larry did just that? They cut the trophy in half.

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