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7 Feb Rose Day
8 Feb Propose Day
9 Feb Chocolate Day
10 Feb Teddy Day
11 Feb Promise Day
12 Feb Kiss Day
13 Feb Hug Day
14 Feb VALENTINE’S DAY

In modern context, Valentines Day is celebrated as an occasion when lovers express their love towards each other. It falls on February 14 and coincides with the day on which St. Valentine was martyred. The popularity of Valentines Day is immense and it is observed as holiday in several countries including United States.
On Valentines Day, lovers exchange gifts and valentine cards. People also donate to charity and gift candies on this day. Flowers are the most popular gifts for Valentine’s Day. Among flowers, rose is most liked and gifted. It is said that red rose is gifted to express love where as yellow rose and other flowers are gifted for pure friendship.
This day is closely marked with mutual exchange of love notes or valentines between the lovers. Previously, handwritten love notes and love poems were exchanged, but later from 19th century onwards-mass scale production of Greeting Cards started. This development also gave rise to the commercialization of thus far a sacred Valentines Day.
The main symbols of Valentine’s Day are the heart shaped outlines and the figures of winged Cupid. Numerous gift items flood the gift shops, as Valentines Day gets closer. Customized valentine cards are also a major attraction of the gifts shops. Greeting Cards sites come with new and fresh valentine e-cards. E cards cover wide themes on valentine like valentine kiss cards, valentine flowers cards, valentine teddy cards, valentine friends cards etc.
Valentine cards are a popular thing to convey the tender emotions of individuals. After Christmas cards, valentine cards are the most circulated cards. This day is more popular in women than men, a source says. A vast amount of information is circulated through various mediums on unique Valentine day ideas and tips, party destinations, gift shops, flower centers etc. Newspapers, TV channels and radio channels air programs and stories related to this day from weeks before the actual Valentine’s Day.
From a week before 14th February, celebration of valentine week begins. Each day has different theme like 7th Rose Day, 8th Propose Day, 9th Chocolate Day, 10th Teddy Day, 11th Promise Day, 11th Kiss Day, 13th Hug Day and finally Valentines Day on 14th.
Lovers wait for Valentine’s Day impatiently. A lot of people propose their feelings of love for the first time to their sweethearts on this day. Proposals are taken in positive spirit on the part of proposed. At the same time, outright rejections are avoided.

The PHP documentation team is proud to present to the PHP community a few fixes and tweaks to the PHP Manual, including:
an improved, XSL-based build system that will deliver compiled manuals to mirrors in a more timely manner (goodbye dsssl)
manual pages can now contain images (see imagearc() for an example)
updated function version information and capture system (fewer “no version information, might be only in CVS” messages)
… and more to come!
Please help us improve the documentation by submitting bug reports, and adding notes to undocumented functions.

Network topology: The specific physical, i.e., real, or logical, i.e., virtual, arrangement of the elements of a network.
Note 1: Two networks have the same topology if the connection configuration is the same, although the networks may differ in physical interconnections, distances between nodes, transmission rates, and/or signal types.
Note 2: The common types of network topology are illustrated [refer to the figure on this page] and defined in alphabetical order below:Bus topology: A network topology in which all nodes, i.e., stations, are connected together by a single bus.
Fully connected topology: A network topology in which there is a direct path (branch) between any two nodes. Note: In a fully connected network with n nodes, there are n(n-1)/2 direct paths, i.e., branches. Synonym fully connected mesh network.
Hybrid topology: A combination of any two or more network topologies. Note 1: Instances can occur where two basic network topologies, when connected together, can still retain the basic network character, and therefore not be a hybrid network. For example, a tree network connected to a tree network is still a tree network. Therefore, a hybrid network accrues only when two basic networks are connected and the resulting network topology fails to meet one of the basic topology definitions. For example, two star networks connected together exhibit hybrid network topologies. Note 2: A hybrid topology always accrues when two different basic network topologies are connected.
linear topology: See bus topology.
mesh topology: A network topology in which there are at least two nodes with two or more paths between them.
ring topology: A network topology in which every node has exactly two branches connected to it.
star topology: A network topology in which peripheral nodes are connected to a central node, which rebroadcasts all transmissions received from any peripheral node to all peripheral nodes on the network, including the originating node.
Note 1: All peripheral nodes may thus communicate with all others by transmitting to, and receiving from, the central node only.
Note 2: The failure of a transmission line, i.e., channel, linking any peripheral node to the central node will result in the isolation of that peripheral node from all others. Note 3: If the star central node is passive, the originating node must be able to tolerate the reception of an echo of its own transmission, delayed by the two-way transmission time, i.e., to and from the central node, plus any delay generated in the central node. An active star network has an active central node that usually has the means to prevent echo-related problems. (188)
tree topology: A network topology that, from a purely topologic viewpoint, resembles an interconnection of star networks in that individual peripheral nodes are required to transmit to and receive from one other node only, toward a central node, and are not required to act as repeaters or regenerators. (188)
Note 1: The function of the central node may be distributed.
Note 2: As in the conventional star network, individual nodes may thus still be isolated from the network by a single-point failure of a transmission path to the node.
Note 3: A single-point failure of a transmission path within a distributed node will result in partitioning two or more stations from the rest of the network.

Hello, I’m Sandy and I’m a programming languages junkie. From since I was a young nerd, I enjoyed playing with them, and to some degree I still do. As I get older and more serious about programming, through, I try not to get as subjective about them as I once was, or worse yet, attached to a particular technology too much. Sadly, I found such attitude to be rare, and good objective language evaluations hard to find, especially ones that would cover which disciplines which language is good for, except the obvious ones (like Perl for text processing). A good craftsman knows what tool to use for which tasks, this is pretty much established knowledge, even through some variation of opinions certainly exists. Yet in programming, other factors tend to play a major role in choosing the tool - large corporations support (if the project is a commercial one, or if you want to be useful in your work), personal taste, hype surrounding the language, ease of use etc.That said, as my 2008 blogging / programming project I want to make such an evaluation, or at least a draft of it. My schedule is very tight now, so it might be my only extra-curricular blogging/programming activity, so it better be good. The analogy between programming language and craftsman’s tools may or may not be right, but the experiment seems interesting to me anyway - throughout this year, I will try to build 10 practical applications in 10 different programming languages - 100 programs total. Of course, I won’t manage to write 100 projects of a significant size in one year, neither will I get a good understanding of any of the languages I’ll use for such a short period (not counting those that I’ve already played with before). Anyway, what I surely can do, is to get a good sense of which language feels like, how comprehensive are the standard libraries (having not much time this may be crucial) etc. I may also check out how the language affects the way you can solve a problem in a direct comparison. That’s why I want the 10 program ideas to be really interesting, doing useful and fun stuff, not just dry calculations or simple algorithmic problems. One nice example I saw other people did when doing such comparisons on a smaller scale was a ray tracer, and this is really nice - it combines some number crunching, file handling, graphic file formats handling etc. and the end result is a nice picture, so writing it gives some satisfaction.Here is where your help comes in - I need suggestions which languages to choose, and what projects to work on. Well, to be sincere, my languages list is pretty much set, and it probably will look like this:C++ with Boost / other third-party librariesLisp (SBCL?)Python (I always was a Ruby guy)FactorJScheme (PLT?)ErlangHaskellOCamlSmalltalk (Squeak?)I pretty much like this selection, but feel free to make any suggestions you like, I’m not exactly sure about the C++ part, but it may be a good reference point. Anyway, I’m much less sure about the projects list, besides the ray-tracer example the only thing that comes to my mind right now is a simple unit-testing framework, which is a great test for the language expressiveness and can be bootstrapped rather quickly. So, I’m waiting for your suggestions, and even if no-one will give any, I will try to post the complete list and maybe some first results in a few days.

The rupee came off from near its 10-year higher levels but still ended strong by five paisa at 39.29/30 against the US dollar on expectations of heavy allocation of foreign funds in near future in IPOs and smart recovery in the equity markets.In active trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the local unit opened steady at 39.33/35 a dollar from Friday’s close of 39.34/35 a dollar.Later, it improved further to intra-trade high of 39.20 a dollar just near its previous 10-year high of 39.16 a dollar attempted on November 7, 2007.But, intervention by the apex bank at the rupee’s higher levels weighed on the domestic currency and it fell back to settle the day at 39.29/30 a dollar, still higher than last close. The closing was also near a decade high.It had ended at 38.90 a dollar on February 19, 1998. The rupee garnered 14 paisa or 0.36 per cent in last three straight sessions.Dealers attributed smart rally in the rupee despite weak Asian stock indices to expectations of heavy capital inflows in the Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), including Reliance Power, later this month.Good resultsAnticipation of good Q3 corporate results to be announced this weekend also had a sentimental impact on the rupee. Smart recovery in the benchmark, Sensex, which finished up by nearly 126 points, also later aided the rupee sentiment.Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of India fixed the reference rate for the US currency at Rs 39.28 per dollar and for the single European unit at Rs 57.80 per euro. The rupee premiums on forward dollar ended lower on fresh receiving by exporters. The benchmark six-month forward dollar premiums payable in June closed at 27-1/2 - 29 paise, down from 34 - 35-1/2 paise on Friday and the far-forward maturing in December ended lower at 47 - 49 paise from Rs 54 - 56 paise previously.Cross currency tradeIn cross-currency trades, the rupee made a further headway against major currencies like the British sterling, the euro and the Japanese yen.The Indian unit hardened against the sterling to finish the day at Rs 77.53/55 per pound from overnight close of Rs 77.78/80 per pound and also improved further against the single European currency to Rs 57.72/74 per euro from last close of Rs 57.83/85 per euro.Similarly, the rupee edged up against the Japanese yen to Rs 35.96/98 per 100 yen from previous close of Rs 35.99/36.01 per 100 yen.

All indications point towards an upward revision by at least 25%. That is, your friendly neighbourhood small car is likely to cost Rs 1,25, 000 or more.

Tata Motors, the country’s third largest automobile maker, has announced the launch of its keenly awaited small car with a price tag of just Rs 1 lakh or $ 2500, but all indications are that the firm will have to stretch the price tag up by at least 25 percent.
High raw material costs are said to be pushing up the price of Tata group honcho Ratan Tata’s dream project – the Rs 1-lakh small car.
Tata’s are reportedly putting pressure on suppliers to lower prices. Media reports said suppliers are also opposing any more downward revision of prices.
Tata Motors plans to launch the small car in the summer of 2008, but its plant in Singur in West Bengal itself has been embroiled in a controversy over land acquisition.
Meanwhile, what is troubling Tata’s suppliers is the choppy raw material prices. Domestic demand is also easing, making life miserable for them. So suppliers, it seems, are not keen on the Tata order unless they are able to derive some sort of assurances on volumes as well as prices, reports said.
Tata Bearings, Tata Toyo Radiator, Tata Johnson Controls, Tata Yazaki and Tata Ryerson, which are group firms, will be in the line-up of suppliers for the small car apart from firms like Sona Koyo Steering Systems, Kinetic Engineering and Bosch Chassis Systems.
Tata Motors also will use raw materials like reengineered plastics to help cut costs of the small car. Welding is another area which Tata eyes to cut costs. Tata Motors plans to do this with some high quality adhesives available in the markets, reports said.Tata Motors has reportedly asked them to be ready to take on orders for about 3 lakh units.The calculation behind this is simple: 2 out of 3 cars sold in India are small cars. That is exactly why Tata Motors has already pumped in an estimated $450 million for the small car. And this has caught the attention of none other than Renault and Nissan Motor Co’s chief Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn wants to study the feasibility of a $3,000 car. And if media reports are any indication he can only do it in collaboration with an Indian carmaker.Ghosn is not alone now in keenly following Tata Motor’s small car project. Bajaj Auto, Toyota, Honda Motor Co. Fiat, Volkswagen have also been fascinated by the idea that they are all pursuing it, albeit with a high level of secrecy.They very well know that it would be more difficult to meet emission standards than building the low cost car. And that is the challenge their teams have been assigned to crack. Safety is another vital area of concern.Tata Motors is keen to cut not only raw material costs but also packaging as well as transportation-related costs. That is why the company has been asking its suppliers to set up their units near the Tata Motors plant. Tata Motors sees about 10% reduction in costs through this alone, though it remains to be seen how this works out.There have been other concerns as well. A Rs lakh car can be a traffic nightmare for a city like Mumbai and some civic officials have already mooted the idea of regulating small car’s entry in such places. Though these are legally untenable arguments, the traffic woes will only mount in most of India’s crumbling cities

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Suzuki Motor Corporation, 54% owner of India’s largest carmaker Maruti Udyog, is developing a 660cc engine and a new low-cost small car platform from scratch to counter the Tata Motors Rs 1 lakh car. With it, Suzuki hopes to provide the most formidable competition to date to Ratan Tata’s dream project.
Being developed under a blanket of secrecy at its headquarters in Hamamatsu in Japan, the car will roll out of Maruti’s Gurgaon plant by the end of 2008—around the same time that Tata Motors plans to launch its new small car. “We are working on a mini car which would be lower than 800cc in engine capacity,” Maruti’s director, sales & marketing Shuji Oishi confirmed to FE.

Suzuki believes it will be able to price the car in the same bracket as the Tata small car. Tata Motors managing director Ravi Kant has admitted that his company’s car may be priced higher than the Rs 1 lakh target due to increasing raw material costs. “The Tata car would be higher than Rs 1.25 lakh. Our car would be priced competitively but the price won’t be Rs 1 lakh,” Oishi said.
The Suzuki and the Tata cars will be the first sub-800cc cars in the Indian market. The Suzuki car will offer over 50 bhp power with a 660cc petrol engine. In comparison, the Tata small car is expected to offer 30 bhp with a 700cc petrol engine. The 796cc Maruti 800 offers 37 bhp, while the Alto 800 offers 47 bhp.
While the Suzuki vehicle will be a geared, front-wheel driven car, the Tata car has an ungeared (continuous variable transmission) engine at the back powering the rear wheels. “Our car will be far more fuel-efficient than any car in the segment,” Oishi said. Maruti 800, currently India’s most fuel-efficient car, offers a mileage of 18-20 km a litre.
Suzuki Motor recently launched its mini car Cervo in Japan, which is powered by a 660cc engine offering 54 bhp. Its turbo-charged variant offers 60 bhp, more power than the Alto and the Maruti 800 and nearly the same as Wagon R’s 64 bhp. Cervo meets Japan’s 4-star emission standards and exceeds the 2010 fuel economy standards by about 10%. Japan imposes concessional duty on cars up to 660cc engine capacity to promote use of small, fuel-efficient cars in the country.
As a result, Suzuki, the largest small car player in Japan, has several mini cars (up to 660cc) such as the Alto Lapin, the MR Wagon and the Twin in the domestic market

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NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki India, country’s largest carmaker will hike prices of its vehicles across different models between Rs 4,000 and Rs 12,000 next week. The company, which has started its week-long annual plant shutdown, will announce the quantum of increase in prices when it reopens the plant on January 2, sources said. A Maruti Suzuki India official said: “The management has taken a decision formally just before the plant shut-down to hike prices by 2-3 per cent across different models.”

Bangalore, December 26: India’s position as the global hub for IT off shoring and outsourcing remains undisputed. Despite the emergence of other locations across the world, newer delivery centers are expected to come up in the near future within the country for IT services. For starters, it has been BPO services that are moving into tier 2 and 3 cities and it is now expected that IT services will follow suit, though at a slower pace. According to Partha Iyengar, head of research-India, Gartner,. “There will be a bigger hub and spoke model within India than outside,” he added.Many companies are looking at starting new IT services centres in locations like Kochi, Bhubaneswar, Mangalore and Coimbatore. The reasonable spread of engineering colleges across the country is also helping the IT services companies to tap into these tier 2 locations. The primary reason for these companies to move into locations is the lower attrition rate and costs. Typically, IT professionals in these locations remain within a particular company for a longer period of time. Gartner has analyzed that India remains the undisputed leader in offshore services, but increasingly countries such as China, Russia and Brazil are providing credible alternatives.