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How do you pronounce the word "blithe"? The "i" is pronounced like the "y" in "my", "by", and "fly". The following "th" sounds like the "th" in "this", "those", and "there". The final "e" is silent. One of the meanings of "blithe" is happy and carefree . It is a word that is mostly used in formal contexts. *   Nataraj is one of those blithe spirits who cannot remain in one place for long. *   Promod was blithely unaware of the trouble he had caused.

What does 'pushover' and 'push over' mean? When you say that someone is a 'pushover' what you mean is that the individual can be easily influenced or won over. He can be easily got around. For example, *   Getting money from Bala is very easy. He is such a pushover. *   My school principal, Amritavalli, is no pushover. *   Many people thought the West Indies would be a pushover. But they managed to defeat us in the series. What does 'push over' mean? When you push someone over, you knock him down. For example, *   The students were in such a hurry to get out that they nearly pushed the teacher over. *   The thief pushed the tables over and escaped.

Which of the following sentences is correct? "I am waiting for your reply" or "I am awaiting for your reply"? The second sentence is wrong. One does not "await for" something or someone; one merely "awaits" something or someone. "Await" is considered to be much more formal than "wait". Here are a few examples. *   We are awaiting instructions from the Chairman. *   We are waiting for instructions from the Chairman. *   She was awaiting the arrival of her parents. *   She was waiting for the arrival of her parents.

What is the meaning of "cul de sac"? It is a street that is open at one end only; in other words, the street has an entrance but no exit. You enter and exit the street the same way. Americans call it a " dead end ". Some refer to it as a "blind alley". The "u" in "cul" is like the "u" in "but", "hut", and "shut". The "e" in "de" is like the "i" in "bit", "hit", and "sit", while the "a" in "sac" is pronounced like the "a" in "sat", "fat", and "bat". The main stress is on "cul". The Americans tend to put the main stress on "sac". Here are a few examples. *   They live in a huge house in a quiet cul de sac. *   By the time the thief realized he had entered a cul de sac, it was too late.

What is the meaning and origin of "between Scylla and Charybdis ? First, let's deal with the pronunciation of the two words. The "sc" in " Scylla " is pronounced like the "s" in "sit", "sip", and "set", while the following "y" is like the "i" in "it", "is", and "hit". The final "a" is like the "a" in "china". The main stress is on the first syllable.   The "ch" in " Charybdis " is pronounced like the "k" in "kit", "kill", and "kiss". The following "a" is like the "a" in "china", while the "y" and the final "i" are like the "i" in "kit", "pit", and "sit". The main stress is on the second syllable. Scylla and Charybdis are two rocks located in a narrow sea passage in the Straits of M

• WHEN A GIRAFFE'S BABY IS BORN IT FALLS FROM A HEIGHT OF SIX FEET, NORMALLY  WITHOUT BEING HURT • THE FILMING OF THE MOVIE 'TITANIC' COST MORE THAN THE TITANIC ITSELF • IF YOU TOSS A PENNY 10,000 TIMES, IT WILL NOT BE HEADS 5,000 TIMES, BUT MORE LIKE 4,950. THE HEADS PICTURE WEIGHS MORE, SO IT ENDS UP ON THE BOTTOM • WHAT IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS AND DEADLIER THAN AN ARMY TANK OFF COURSE THE PETROL TANK

 THE MUSCLE THAT LETS YOUR EYE BLINK IS THE FASTEST MUSCLE IN YOUR BODY. IT ALLOWS YOU TO BLINK 5 TIMES A SECOND. ON AVERAGE, YOU BLINK 15000 TIMES A DAY. WOMEN BLINK TWICE AS MUCH AS MEN.  DO YOU KNOW THE PUNISHMENT FOR BIGAMY? "TWO MOTHERS-IN-LAW".  THE SAHARA DESERT EXPANDS AT ABOUT 1KM PER MONTH.  BOTANICALLY SPEAKING, THE BANANA IS A HERB AND THE TOMATO IS A FRUIT.

English Edification Enrichment- Is it okay to introduce myself in the following manner? “I am Mr. Thomas.” When James Bond introduces himself, he says, ‘My name is Bond. James Bond’. He doesn’t say ‘My name is Mr. Bond. Mr. James Bond’. We often hear Indian men introduce themselves as ‘Mr. Sharma’, ‘Mr. Rao’, etc. When you introduce yourself, there is no need for you to include ‘Mr.’ before your name. Native speakers of English do not include the word ‘Mr.’ when they introduce themselves.

If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.

• Bruce Lee had to slow down his movements so the camera could catch the action • Malaysia has the lowest rate of cinema attendance in the world • Bollywood is the largest film industry in the world • If the sun suddenly stopped shining it would take eight minutes for people on earth to be aware of it

The first patented condom was meant to be reused The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

Ten Adi Dravidar girls are currently being trained to become pilots at the cost of Rs.10 lakh each, while 50 Adi Dravidar girls are being trained to become air hostesses at the total cost of Rs. one crore, on behalf of the Department of Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare, Food Minister said.

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of gays and lesbians paraded the streets of Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore, pressing for changes in the law to end their disgrace and discrimination. Dressed in colourful clothes and adorned with tattoos and body piercings, the marchers shouted slogans against Section 377 of the IPC which defines un-natural sexual practices and announced their sexual preferences. Chapter XVI, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is a piece of legislation in India introduced during British rule of India that criminalises sexual activity "against the order of nature." The section was read down to decriminalise same-sex behaviour among consenting adults in a historic judgement by the High Court of Delhi on 2 July 2009. Section 377 continues to apply in the case of sex involving minors and coercive sex.

New Delhi: Women careful of their looks should learn to live with acne, at least during pregnancy, as experts say the use of anti-acne creams can lead to miscarriage.

NEW DELHI: Close to four custodial deaths a day has been reported in the country in the past five years, says a study by the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR). A large number of these deaths are a result of torture.

Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in more than 140 feature films, and been cast in the television serial Selvi (2005). Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989; she took a hiatus to get married to Mukesh (actor), and then raise two sons, who are now teenagers. She has separated from Mukesh and has returned to acting and dubbing voices. On March 2007, she filed for divorce. Saritha was discovered by the famous director K. Balachander who cast her as heroine for the Telugu film "Marocharithra" (1979) opposite Kamal Haasan, which became a hit (later remade in Hindi as Ek Duje Ke Liye). She was the 162nd girl auditioned for the lead role in "Marocharithra", when director Balachander decided she was the right actress. Director K. Balachander didn't cast her in the Hindi remake of "Marocharithra," because he needed a Punjabi actress Rati Agnihotri for the film to work in Bollywood. However, he liked Saritha's performance in "Ma

A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. Changing the equalization, dynamics, pitch, tempo, playing time, or almost any other aspect of the various musical components. A song may be remixed to give a song that was not popular a second chance Remixes should not be confused with edits, which is usually involved for marketing purposes. Roots of the remix: Since the beginnings of recorded sound in the late 19th century, certain people have enjoyed the ability to rearrange the normal listening experience with technology. With the advent of easily editable magnetic tape in the 1940s and 1950s Hip hop, rap and R&B music (Rhythm and blues) Remixes have become the norm in modern dance music, allowing one song the ability to appeal across many different musical genres or dance floors. Such remixes often include "featured" artists, adding new vocalists or musicians to the original mix. The remix is also widely used in hip-hop and rap music. A

A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera (the art and science of which is known as cinematography). The title is generally equivalent to director of photography (DP or DoP), used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image. The term cinematographer has been a point of contention for some time now; some professionals insist that it only applies when the director of photography and camera operator are the same person, although this is far from being uniformly the case. To most, cinematographer and director of photography are interchangeable terms. Some of the crew who work under or closely with the cinematographer include: camera operator focus puller (1st assistant cameraman) clapper loader (2nd assistant cameraman) second unit assistant camera trainee (camera production assistant) gaffer, best boy, and electricians (also called Set Lighting Technicia

A master shot is a film recording of an entire dramatized scene, from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all the players in view. It is often a long shot and can sometimes perform a double function as an establishing shot. Usually, the master shot is the first shot checked off during the shooting of a scene—it is the foundation of what is called camera coverage, other shots that reveal different aspects of the action, groupings of two or three of the actors at crucial moments, close-ups of individuals, insert shots of various props, and so on. Historically, the master shot was arguably the most important shot of any given scene. All shots in a given scene were somehow related to what was happening in the master shot. This is one reason why some of the films from the 1930s and 1940s are considered "stagey" Having a theatrical, especially an artificial by today's standards. By the 1960s and 1970s, the style of film shooting and editing shifted to include radical angl

Sonoplastia Sonoplastia (the plastic of sound) is the Portuguese word used to designate conceptual sound design as the process of sound molding to create sound effects, soundscapes and musical ambient, computer game. A person who practices the art of sonoplastia is known as a sonoplasta. Theatre Working with the director the sonoplasta develops an overall concept for the sound aesthetic, creating dramatic links between characters, locations and objects through sound elements, and broadens the emotional dimension of the play through the subtle transformation of the sound material, providing a physical reality for the production, an environment, a cohesive logical world, real or imagined for the play to inhabit.

“Mamu (uncle) you need to be brave enough today," this is how Major Gen.(retd) JS Jamwal, received the death news of his son and Southern Naval Command chief Rear Admiral SS Jamwal, who died in an accidental fire at INS Dronacharya in Kochi on Wednesday. The news of the death has shaken the Jamwal family which stays in Trikuta Nagar locality in Jammu. Relatives have started to gather in the house of Maj Gen (retd) Jamwal to mourn the death of SS Jamwal. But Maj. Gen.(retd) Jamwal has taken the news of death of his son with bravery. Despite such a huge loss in his old age, he came out of his house to talk about his son without shedding tears. Remembering the days with his son, the former General said, “Day before yesterday, my grandson and son of S.S. Jamwal came to me and asked that grandpa who is closest to you among your children. I replied that your father is closest to me.” Talking about his son, he said that his honesty had put him above all. “Every moment spend with him was

   Let me tell you about my doctor. He's very good. If you tell him you want a second opinion, he'll go out and come in again. ~ He treated one woman for yellow jaundice for three years before he realized she was Chinese. ~ Another time he gave a patient six months to live. At the end of the six months, the patient hadn't paid his bill, so the doctor gave him another six months. ~ While he was talking to me, his nurse came in and said, "Doctor, there is a man here who thinks he's invisible." The doctor said, "Tell him I can't see him." ~ Another time, a man came running in the office and yelled, "Doctor, doctor!! -my son just swallowed a roll of film!!" The doctor calmly replied, "Let's just wait and see what develops." ~ One patient came in and said, "Doctor, I have a serious memory problem." The doctor asked, "When did it start?" The man replied, "When did what start?" ~ I remember one time

HOW TO GET BLOOD IN EMERGENCY? Now it has become easier to get the blood we need.  All you have to do is just type "BLOOD and send SMS to 96000 97000" (in India ) EX: "BLOOD B+" A BLOOD DONOR WILL CALL YOU within minutes. It certainly would save many lives. This would save life with availability of rare Blood Group.

Geetanjali Nagpal So globally, tragic and controversial details are uncovered from the world of glamour – the manic journey through fame, superstardom, sexual slavery, anorexia, racism, alcohol and drugs. Kate Moss’s battle with drugs and alcohol; accusations of erratic behaviour and racism from Naomi Campbell, or closer home the heartbreaking story of Geetanjali Nagpal a successful model in the 90s, discovered begging on the streets of Delhi three years ago.                            

One of the top and successful models in India, Viveka Babajee committed suicide in her apartment in Bandra on Friday night. Viveka was found hanging from her ceiling in the apartment. She was staying alone in the apartment. Her neighbours got worried on Friday when there was a smell of gas coming out of her apartment and she did not answer the doorbell despite repeated attempts. They, then, informed the police. Viveka was a former Miss World participant and she was a part of several Bollywood movies including a lead role in the movie Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat Hai co-starring Sharad Kapoor and Deepak Tijori. The film was a flop at the box office. The former Miss Mauritius tried her luck in South Indian movies too, but to no avail. What led to her death? Viveka became a supermodel in 1994 and was one of the most-sought after faces nationally and internationally in the fashion world. She was the face of brands like Kamasutra Condoms, Coca-Cola and Live in Jeans. She was 37 years old and was work

A cinema hall in Delhi India is a large country where many languages are spoken. According to the 1991 Census of India there are about 10,400 'raw mother tongues' in India. The Hindi film industry (Bollywood) Main article: Bollywood The Hindi film industry, based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), is the largest branch of Indian cinema. Hindi film Industry is often called 'Bollywood' (a melding of Hollywood and Bombay). Although Bollywood does not distribute a lot of films, it can be considered to be largest in terms of viewers. It is believed that Bollywood movies are watched by majority of the Indian movie goers. It also has international recognition, especially in Western countries such as the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia where there is a large South Asian community. The Kannada film industry Main article: Cinema of Karnataka The Kannada film industry, based in Karnataka, is sometimes called 'Sandalwood', as Karnataka is known for its abundant sandalwood forests;