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Symphony in Yellow

An omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly, And, here and therem a passer-by Shows like a little restless midge. Big barges full of yellow hay Are moored against the shadowy wharf, And, like a yellow silken scarf, The thick fog hangs along the quay. The yellow leaves begin to fade And flutter from the temple elms, And at my feet the pale green Thames Lies like a rod of rippled jade. --Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) (Source: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/projectsandschemes/artmusicdesign/poems/poem.asp?ID=25)

Eternity

He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in Eternity`s sun rise --William Blake (1757 - 1827) (Source: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/projectsandschemes/artmusicdesign/poems/poem.asp?ID=31)

Nudity

Nudity itself is a form of art that encompasses the encoded art which is visible to the viewer. It depends on the viewer how he interprets it, wether he views it as a form of canvas art or a form of mental entertainment.

Friendship poem

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Building systems

Toys and Playthings:in development and remediation John and Elizabeth Newson This brings us to a brief consideration of the major constructional toys which are devised as sets of basic units, massively supported by accessory kits which increase the interest and versatility of the system. The most successful forerunner of modern constructional kits in the United Kingdom was Meccano; patented by its designer Frank Hornby as 'Mechanics Made Easy' in 1901, the name changed to the familiar one in 1907, still on the market seventy years later. The great attraction of Meccano as with the systems which have successfully competed with it, Lego and Fischer-Technik, was that it was based on simple units of the nondescript quality that we described in relation to floor-bricks, which with the addition of multiples, halves and corner pieces could be built up into even more complicated structures, merely by increasing the number of units. Accessories such as wheels, cogs, axles and basic bat...

Articles

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Educational Toys

Source ISBN no:0-521-45062-4 the rebirth of educational toy: It is important to note that the label educational toy is by no means a new invention. The purpose of toys has practically always been educational. it is intresting to note that up to the seventeenth century the word toy was synomynous with "any pretty commodity, a thing of no great value," reflecting the attitudes towards toys. One who may be given credit for a changed attitude towards toys at that time was the English philosopher John Locke, who claimed that toys and play could be used in the education of young children. Locke even produced a toy, a set of letter blocks that was meant not only to teach children the alphabet. Rather than teaching children specific skills, however, these educational devices became "an incentive to keep children indoors, where they could be governed by tutors rather than by their rough brethen on the streets" (Sutton-Smith, 1986, p.119). The first truimphal march of the e...

Special Functions of toys

The properties of particular kinds of toys, their realism, or structured quality, their mechanical complexity, and their relationship to household or adventurous functions, are all issues that may bear on thier value for imaginative play. A very simple toy or object can simulate a lengthy imaginative play. Specific toys are purchased for their educational values. Kurt Lewin(1954) and more recently to Brofenbrenner(1979) conceptualises the environment and toys more specifically in transaction terms. By transaction it is meant the ways in which children and toys influence each other.

Types of play

The various types of play are: 1) Social Contingency play: A game where there is enjoyment in the response of others, often contingent on your behaviour or on imitation of one person by others. 2) Sensorimotor Play: It refers to activities with objects(or ones own body ) that are based on the sensory properties of the object(s), for example sucking objects, banging blocks together. 3) Object Play: Children take part in lot of activities with objects; much of this being construction play. Fitting Lego blocks together, making block towers, using modeling clay, pouring water from one container to another, might count as object play. 4) Language Play: Children can play with noises, syllables, words and phrases. 5) Physical activity play: This play refers to gross bodily movements. This is a vigorous social form of physical play, involving grappling, wrestling, kicking, chasing and other behaviors that would be aggressive in a nonplayful context. This is often called play-fighting or play-c...

What do children play

Source: Children and Play Peter K Smith ISBN: 978-0-631-23521-7 978-0-631-23522-4 The Encarta World English Dictionary (1999) gives many meanings for "play,", but the first two are those relevant for us: (1) to take part in enjoyable activity for the sake of amusement, and (2) to do something for fun, not in the earnest.

Android Development Tutorials at Hack-a-day

Part 1 - Hello World http://hackaday.com/2010/07/15/android-dev-101-%E2%80%93-part-1hello-world/ Part 2 - Graphical Elements http://hackaday.com/2010/07/19/android-development-101-part-2improved-hello-world/ Part 3 - Introduction to databases http://hackaday.com/2010/07/21/android-development-101-part-3introduction-to-databases/

One link about open source electronics

A new website which i found supports open source electronics and you can buy readymade gadgets for your tablet or custom development. This includes starter kits, sensors, touch screens, various libraries and OS's. Good for anyone who is experimenting with different components. http://www.liquidware.com/

some words about love

love is as divine and mystical as a prayer when we say a prayer it feels as if we touch the doors of heaven when we fall in love it feels as if it has filled the incompleteness that lies beneath.

My composition

"water spills everywhere leaves no stains thoughts come everytime just they dont remain what to do of these thoughts, when they cant be retained every thought is a unique stain, altough it cant be stained. whatever i do becomes insane, though I am not the person to begin. My language is in vain, any compliment invokes my brain though there is not too much to gain, I still want to take the pain. I dont know the terrain, hope this wont keep me bound by any chain."

My emptiness

Emptiness and shallowness of life has created ruptures within me Every time I try to sieze the window of opportunity offered to me Things dont work out the way they should have been to me. Even close ones treat me like a misscarriaged pest Dwell into my heart, O sweet heart and I will show how the world revolves around me Untold is my story, which will create turbulences when it will come out

globalisation

Globalisation has brought a strong venture of strong economies with growing economies. destabalisation of one economy leads to destabalisation of another. Strong economies use this opprtunities to reap benefits from both sides from growing economies.

how to access articles on Business Source primer

Go to library site > Click on e-resources > Click on “B” > Click on “Business Source Primer” Over there three boxes are there. Enter the text you want to search for in the search box. There are two optional boxes. You can use and/ or comination for searching the context you are searching for. Then click on search. ------Shortlist the words you want to add. Click on the “add to folder” link besides the article link if you like the aricle. All the links where you click the “Add to folder” will be added to a folder. Over there you have an option for mailing the collected articles. These articles will be mailed to you as an attachment if they are available. There will be a box to enter the details . Enter Email id: Enter subject: Checkbox to remove all articles from folder after you have sent them. Sned button and cancel button ------------------------- If the session times out then the items in the folder are cleared

My links

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Military Robotics Applications

These are links for some applications of robotics to military use. These are made by GOOD magazine. They are good ones....specially knowledgable. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO8dLk_QGsM&feature=channel Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Up5YzhVbk&feature=channel Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6fWa8gaprA&feature=channel Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2XCBJRadMw&feature=channel Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIjLONSOaJQ&feature=channel Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BV3kGCwTGM&feature=channel Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-HjnuPVOC4&feature=channel Disclaimer: I have not created this videos. Just have added this so that it can be more reachable. All copyrights are held by the organisation which owns it. Source: http://www.good.is/

Outsourcing....the new mantra of 21st century

Outsourcing really is it a cost saver or a advantage builder. People really get confused by the term outsourcing. Pralhad had published several articles and theories around core competencies. Several companies identified it properly and several couldnt. Several took it an opportunity to explot their core competencies while several misunderstood it and ended up with an improper analysis. .......More to come.