About Dance By Authors

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music. ~William Stafford
How can we know the dancer from the dance? ~William Butler Yeats
There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. ~Edwin Denby
Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned in your letter, so that I might have something to press against my heart. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Never trust spiritual leader who cannot dance. ~Mr. Miyagi, The Next Karate Kid, 1994
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanese Proverb
On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet;
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. ~Dave Barry
Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! ~Constanze
The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.
~Agnes de Mille
Dancing faces you towards Heaven, whichever direction you turn. ~Sweetpea Tyler
Dancers are the messengers of the gods. ~Martha Graham
Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it. ~Christopher Morley, Kitty Foyle
You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart. ~Author Unknown
Dancing is the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. ~Author Unknown
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made. ~Ted Shawn, Time, 25 July 1955
Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays. ~George Balanchine

THERE IS CURE FOR CANCER,BUT IS IT NECESSARY ? THINK!

1) Cigars,pan etc. have around 4000 toxic substance in them. Of those around 200 are cancer causing.

2) One cigarette reduces the life span by 14 minutes.

3) 50% of youngsters less than 20 yrs of age suffer from cancer related diseases.

4) Tobacco increases the chances of mouth,throat and lung cancer.

5) Smokers lose 22-26 yrs of their lifetime.

6) In India around 9 lakh people die of cancer every year and around 2500 die per day.

7) Around 37 crores are spent in India for cancer every year.

8)Each year 80,000 women in India get cancer. Indian women get breast cancer almost 10.

9) Years earlier than the american women.

10) 1 in 52 rural Indian women and 1 in 32 urban Indian women develop breast cancer in India.


For more details visit: www.cancerinstitutewia.org

Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion

D. What's on the CD

The Conquerors CD contains some additional information that you may find interesting or useful.

To access the information on the CD

Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, right-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive, click Open, and then double-click either the Docs or Goodies folder.

Docs folder

Cpsb.doc - Computer Player Strategy Builder Guide - For advanced players who want to learn how to write scripts to customize the artificial intelligence (AI) that controls the behavior of computer players. There is also a sample AI script in the Goodies folder on the CD.

Rmsg.doc - Random Map Scripting Guide - For advanced players who want to learn how to write scripts to customize the terrain of random maps. There are also sample random map scripts in the Goodies folder on the CD.

Manual.pdf - Conquerors Expansion Manual - An online version of the manual, which you can view or print using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To install Adobe Acrobat Reader, see Getting Help earlier in this Readme file.

Techtree.pdf - Conquerors Expansion Tech Trees - Lets you view or print the tech trees for all 18 civilizations in the game (only the tech trees for the five new civilizations are in the manual). To view or print the tech trees, you must install Adobe Acrobat Reader as explained in Getting Help earlier in this Readme file.

Goodies folder

Aiscript folder - Contains samples of the two files required to customize the artificial intelligence of computer players (SampleAI.ai and SampleAI.per). To learn how to write custom AI scripts, see Cpsb.doc in the Docs folder on the CD.
Machine folder - Provides configuration information about your computer for easy troubleshooting if you require product support.
Mszone folder - Lets you install the Zone.com software so you can connect to multiplayer games from the MSN™ Gaming Zone.
Rmscript folder - Contains samples of two different random map scripts (Hallowed.rms and TradeRts.rms). To learn how to write scripts to customize the terrain of random maps, see Rmsg.doc in the Docs folder.
Scenario folder - Contains the fan-designed scenario that won the Age of Empires II scenario design contest. See the instructions in this folder to find out what you need to do to play the scenario.
Aocdemo.scx - Conquerors Expansion Demo Scenario - To play the scenario, copy Aocdemo.scx to the Scenarios folder where The Conquerors Expansion is installed.
Ar405eng.exe - Adobe Acrobat Reader - Adobe Acrobat Reader lets you view or print the Manual.pdf and Techtree.pdf files in the Docs folder. For installation instructions, see Getting Help earlier in this Readme file.

Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion

B. Starting The Conquerors Expansion

You must have The Conquerors Expansion CD in your CD-ROM drive to play.

You cannot launch or join a Conquerors Expansion multiplayer game from the MSN™ Gaming Zone lobby if you do not have The Conquerors Expansion CD in the CD-ROM drive. All players must have a CD inserted at launch time.

You can connect only to multiplayer games created with the same Age of Empires version you are using. For example, if you are playing The Conquerors Expansion, only Conquerors games appear in the multiplayer list. Games created with Age of Empires, Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion, or Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings do not appear in the list.

To start The Conquerors Expansion

Place The Conquerors Expansion CD in the disc holder (if required), insert it into your CD-ROM drive, click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Games, point to Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion, and then click The Conquerors.

You can skip the opening cinematics by clicking the mouse or pressing ENTER, SPACEBAR, or ESC.

C. Getting Help

You can find information about The Conquerors Expansion in the game manual, the in-game Help, and in the TechTree.pdf file in the Docs folder on The Conquerors Expansion CD.

To display in-game Help

Pause your pointer over any button or interface item in the game and Help text automatically appears on the screen. (To turn off in-game Help, click the Help button near the mini-map in the lower-right corner of the screen.)

The game manual and the technology trees for all 18 civilizations are available in .pdf format in the Docs folder on the CD. You can view and print the files using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

To install Adobe Acrobat Reader

Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, right-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive, and then click Install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Microsoft Age of Empires II

Welcome to Microsoft® Age of Empires® II: The Conquerors Expansion!

This file contains information to help you install The Conquerors Expansion. It also includes late-breaking information not included in the manual or in-game Help.

CONTENTS
A. Installing The Conquerors Expansion
B. Starting The Conquerors Expansion
C. Getting Help
D. What's on the CD
E. Manual Corrections
F. DirectX Troubleshooting
G. Gameplay Troubleshooting
H. Video Troubleshooting
I. CD-ROM Drive Troubleshooting
J. Audio Troubleshooting
K. Performance Troubleshooting
L. Multiplayer Troubleshooting
M. Map Editor Troubleshooting
N. The Conquerors Expansion Information

A. Installing The Conquerors Expansion

To install The Conquerors Expansion, you must be using Microsoft Windows® 95 or later (this includes Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition) or Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or later (this includes Microsoft Windows 2000). (For information about how to get Service Pack 5, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/).

To install The Conquerors Expansion

1. Turn on your computer and start Microsoft Windows 95 or later or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or later.
2. Place The Conquerors Expansion CD in the disc holder (if required), and insert it into your CD-ROM drive.
3. If AutoPlay is enabled, click Install, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
-or-
If AutoPlay is disabled, double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive, and then double-click the AOCSetup.exe icon. When the Setup screen appears, click Install, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

KEEP THESE IN MIND

* Keep ur information/files/letters etc.,updated and easily accesible.

* Deal with routine matters urself and update him/her on a weekly/daily basis or a time frame mutually decided by both of u.

* If u have a different point of view or u have a deal with something in a way entirely opposite to that of ur boss,then talk about it diplomatically.Agree to disagree.

* Get ur boss to rely on u not by any other means but by ur sheer professionalism and dedication to the job.

* If ur boss wants some input from u then collect the data,assimilate the facts and put them down in a cogent way intelligently.

* Find ways to develop a channel of communication with the top management as part of your survival kit.And finally,remember that your boss can never be ur best friend.

LIFE AFTER COLLEGE

KEEP THESE IN MIND:

Who is the most important person in your life?Did I hear you say your parent/sibling?
well,that's not really true.If u'r a boss.Consider how your mood swings,our joys and sorrows,your atitude at home all depend on his whims and fancies and you would say quite positively that he is the most important person in ur life.

So y not prepare the ground as well as the ground rules?

*Keep your communication on an entirely professional level and do not encourage personal bits of information being passed from either you to him/her or vice versa.

*Be positive as well as assertive.If you cannot get something done in the time frame he/she has set - tell him/her.If you have the facts,don't sound as if u'r not sure of them.Be define about them.

Tips For A Happy Marriage

Be more patient with your Parents.......


I have been in love with a girl for the past three years.My parents are opposed to our relationship and despite all efforts on my part they refuse to accept her.My parents have sacrificed their lives in order for me to achieve my goals.Today I am financially well placed and my parents want me to marry a girl of their choice.I am unable to think rationally and feel torn apart.


This is not my story...Its from a feeling lover in a beach...I saw him Yesterday in a beach and asked him y r u siiting like this with sorrow,for that he said the above...So beware dont love girls if ur parents wont like.....

Intersesiting Facts

1.Fathom has been derived from the Ango-saxon word "faetm" which most measurements were based on the average size of parts.A fathom is the average distance from the fingertip to fingertip of the outstretched arms of a man - about six feet.

2.The Battle of the coral sea,fought in 1942,was the first fleet action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other. The battle is considered a tactial victory for Japa since the United States carrier USS Lexington was lost,while Japan only lost the light carrier Shoho in the battle.

3.No self-respecting boatswain's mate would dare admit he coudn't blow his pipe in a manner above reproach.This pipe,which is the emblem of the boatswain and his mates,has an ancient and interesting history.On the ancient row - galleys,the boatswain used his pipe to call the stroke.Later because its shrill tune could be heard above most of the activity on board,it was used to signal various happenings such a knock-off and the boarding of officials.So essential was this signaling device to became a badge of office and honour in the British and American Navy of the sailings ships.

NUCLEAR PLANT

The structure of a nuclear power plant in many aspects resembles to that of a conventional thermal power station, since in both cases the heat produced in the boiler (or reactor) is transported by some coolant and used to generate steam. The steam then goes to the blades of a turbine and by rotating it, the connected generator will produce electric energy. The steam goes to the condenser, where it condenses, i.e. becomes liquid again. The cooled down water afterwards gets back to the boiler or reactor, or in the case of PWRs to the steam generator.


Several nuclear power plant (NPP) types are used for energy generation in the world. The different types are usually classified based on the main features of the reactor applied in them. The most widespread power plant reactor types are:

•Light water reactors: both the moderator and coolant are light water (H2O). To this category belong the pressurized water reactors (PWR) and boiling water reactors (BWR).

•Heavy water reactors (CANDU): both the coolant and moderator are heavy water (D2O).

•Graphite moderated reactors: in this category there are gas cooled reactors (GCR) and light water cooled reactors (RBMK).

•Exotic reactors (fast breeder reactors and other experimental installations).

•New generation reactors: reactors of the future.

DATA WAREHOUSE

A data warehouse is a relational database that is designed for query and analysis rather than for transaction processing. It usually contains historical data derived from transaction data, but it can include data from other sources. It separates analysis workload from transaction workload and enables an organization to consolidate data from several sources.
In addition to a relational database, a data warehouse environment includes an extraction, transportation, transformation, and loading (ETL) solution, an online analytical processing (OLAP) engine, client analysis tools, and other applications that manage the process of gathering data and delivering it to business users.

Dimensional Data Model

Dimensional data model is most often used in data warehousing systems. This is different from the 3rd normal form, commonly used for transactional (OLTP) type systems. As you can imagine, the same data would then be stored differently in a dimensional model than in a 3rd normal form model.
To understand dimensional data modeling, let's define some of the terms commonly used in this type of modeling:

Dimension:

A category of information. For example, the time dimension.

Attribute:

A unique level within a dimension. For example, Month is an attribute in the Time Dimension.

Hierarchy:

The specification of levels that represents relationship between different attributes within a dimension. For example, one possible hierarchy in the Time dimension is Year → Quarter → Month → Day.

Fact Table:

A fact table is a table that contains the measures of interest. For example, sales amount would be such a measure. This measure is stored in the fact table with the appropriate granularity. For example, it can be sales amount by store by day. In this case, the fact table would contain three columns: A date column, a store column, and a sales amount column.

Lookup Table:

The lookup table provides the detailed information about the attributes. For example, the lookup table for the Quarter attribute would include a list of all of the quarters available in the data warehouse. Each row (each quarter) may have several fields, one for the unique ID that identifies the quarter, and one or more additional fields that specifies how that particular quarter is represented on a report (for example, first quarter of 2001 may be represented as "Q1 2001" or "2001 Q1").
A dimensional model includes fact tables and lookup tables. Fact tables connect to one or more lookup tables, but fact tables do not have direct relationships to one another. Dimensions and hierarchies are represented by lookup tables. Attributes are the non-key columns in the lookup tables.
In designing data models for data warehouses / data marts, the most commonly used schema types are Star Schema and Snowflake Schema.
Star Schema: In the star schema design, a single object (the fact table) sits in the middle and is radially connected to other surrounding objects (dimension lookup tables) like a star. A star schema can be simple or complex. A simple star consists of one fact table; a complex star can have more than one fact table.

Snowflake Schema:

The snowflake schema is an extension of the star schema, where each point of the star explodes into more points. The main advantage of the snowflake schema is the improvement in query performance due to minimized disk storage requirements and joining smaller lookup tables. The main disadvantage of the snowflake schema is the additional maintenance efforts needed due to the increase number of lookup tables.
Whether one uses a star or a snowflake largely depends on personal preference and business needs. Personally, I am partial to snowflakes, when there is a business case to analyze the information at that particular level.

How to counter pirates of the seas

The scourge of piracy on the high seas is almost as old as the history of mankind,while maritime terrorism is a comparatively new phenomenon.It is a fact that there are some areas where piracy and terrorism have some commonality,in that both are the actions of non-state actors who threaten life and economic activities at sea or in ports.There are some differences also,in that pirates,motivated by economics,prefer to avoid publicity and use violence as a last resort,while maritime terrosists seek maximum publicity with maximum violence.

In recent times,with the spread of global terrorism,governments have become increasingly worried about not only the economic consequences of rampant piracy-like insurance rates going up,goods becoming costlier areas - but also the possibility that a hijacked ship could be sold by pirates to maritime terrorists.

BRITNEY'S NEW VIDEO TO PREMIRE ON US TV

Britney Spears' new music video is set to premiere on US TV next week.The promo for Break the Ice,Britney's third single from her bestselling album Blackout,is scheduled to be shown on MTV's Total Request Live(TRL)on Monday.The TV guide listing for TRL revealed,"we're going to snitch a look at Break the Ice,the next music video from a way-under-the radar performer by the name of Britney Spears".









Britney has been training at Los Angeles' Millennium Dance Complex in preparation for the video shoot.Mother-of-two Briney is determined to get her career back on track,and is reportedly planning a world tour to showcase her new material.A source close to the singer recently revealed,"Britney will be leaving the country in the next few weeks,after training in privacy for a month.she is planning a global tour."

Padmapriya teams up with Siddharth in Hindi

After being lauded for her performance in Mirugam,Padmapriya is all set to storm Bollywood with striker,an offbeat film which will be her maiden venture in Hindi.The film features siddharth in the lead and will be directed by chandan Arora.









Although she is a Tamilian,the actress says that she is fluent in Hindi as her father,a defence personnel was often posted in North India.Speaking about her foray in Bollywood she says ,"I have grown up watching Hindi films and was a great fan of Siddharth even before he did Rang De BAsanthi.When Chandan offered me the lead role,I lunged at it."

Padmapriya plays a glamorous Koli fisher girl,around who the film revolves.

GREEN BHAJI

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups spinach(chopped)
3/4 cups methi leaves(chopped)
1/2 cup chana dal
1/2 cup paneer
2 onions(chopped)
2 tomatoes(chopped)
1 teaspoon garlic paste
2 green chillies
1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder(optional)
1/2 teaspoon haldi
2 tablespoon oil
salt to taste

Method:

Lightly fly the onions until light brown.Add garlic paste and green chillies.Now add the soaked chana dal and tomatoes until soft.Add the spinach and mathi leaves,salt,haldi and a pinach of red chilli powder and some water and pressure cook for 10 minutes.

Now mix the green bhaji together until it looks like a healthy blend.serve hot,garnished with fresh chopped paneer.

The best way to prevent calcioum deficiency related problems is to start increasing the deposition of calcium in the bones early in life by getting enough of it in your food, and also as supplements ans by exercising regularly for atleast 30 minutes for six day in a week.

CALCIUM-RICH DIETIS ESSENTIAL AS MINERAL TAKES TIME TO ABSORB

Calcium is a fussy mineral and does not get absorbed easily.It needs the right environment to get absorbed.Only about 20 to 30 per cent of the ingested calcium is absorbed .In women after menopause,the absorption even falls down to as low as seven per cent of the total ingested calcium.

Most of the unabsorbed calcium gets excerted in the urine,some in the stools and the rest in the sweet.For better absorption calcium must be accompanied by magnesium and phosphorous,vitamin A,C and D.Some foods prevent calcium from being efecitvely absorbed and eventually promote bone loss.

HAIRY AFFAIR

Contradicting the myth that it is only the women in kollywood who are consious of their hairstyles are these men from the industry,who are getting themselves new hairdos.Be it the clean shaven or the cool dude look,Kollywood men are going out and experimenting with different hairstyles and makeovers.It seems like a great for the stylists in the city!

Actor Ashwin Shekher been sporting a scarf,which pretty much became his trademark look until recently when he let go of the it and came out wiht a new hairdo.The new style not only makes the young actor look smarter,buit also puts an end to the rumors that he is losing hair.

Srikanth who had been sporting long hairstyle for a year now,got a close crop last month. The hairdo not only makes him look much younger,but also thinner.Wonder if it is the magic of marriage or the new look he has adopted for his 'comeback'.

Arturia's Analog Factory keyboard controller with little Moogy knobs

Arturia, maker of quality retro soft synths, are planning a dedicated controller for their Analog Factory software. This is the prototype from AES - 2.5 octaves, 11 knobs, four sliders, metal case, really nice chunky WOODEN END PANELS. Outputs MIDI and USB. Looks like $349/£229, shipping in January. It's being built by CME in China, unlike the rather more exepensive Origin and, for extra hotness Origin Keyboard

R.I.P Phil Dodds, synth guy from Close Encounters

Yann writes: "I don't know if you know about Philip Dodds...he was the guy who played the ARP 2500 in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He was VP of Engineering at ARP, he wrote all of the service manuals and
schematics and helped design and build many ARP synths, from the 2600 to the Chroma. He then went on to work for Kurzweil, developing the digital pianos. He was even involved in the creation of the MIDI standard. He also happened to be my uncle. I thought you might be interested to know that he died last weekend." Phil is the young, nervous looking chap who says 'What are we saying to each other?' at 1:05 in the clip above. Read more at the AICC blog and Wikipedia.

Sequencer controlled by Rubik's Cube - playable online

American/Frenchman Douglas Edric Stanley is professor of digital arts at Aix-en-Provence school of art, where he gets to build things like this sequencer controlled by a rubiks cube. It's an installation thing, not very clearly illustrated in this video. More excitingly, there's a playable online version (instructions here). This is Douglas' point: Most electronic instruments have a more-or-less obscure interface (lots of knobs and buttons), which can be intimidating. However, once you know what the knobs do, they're often very simple to use, with limited possibilities. With this thing, the interface is very immediate (everyone knows how to manipulate a rubiks cube) but it's phenomenally difficult and complicated to actually play - because every move messes up another side.