Current affairs briefing for 19th September, 2007

Hi friends,

I have just returned from a personal trip.  We resume our blog postings from today:

Here we go with our quick links for today:

http://funnyaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/09/moms-cook.html

http://funnyaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/09/intelligent-farmer.html

http://discover-it.blogspot.com/2007/09/us-federal-reserve-and-its-terminology.html

http://quizindia.blogspot.com/2007/09/19092007.html

and finally:  http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/09/19092007.html

In today's briefing:

1.  We are celebrating one year as a blog.  Imteyaz Ali, the winner of our Quiz Contest is in contact and he is being sent the prize money.  I am working on coming out with such a contest (in different formats) more frequently.  Let me see.

2.  The Fed has finally cut the fund rate.  Let's take a look at some terminology for the minnows amongst us.  What is the Fed?  What is the fund rate?  What is a prime rate?  etc.

3.  Ever heard of wardriving?

4.  Is India's Nalanda resurrecting?  It may not be a dream after all.

5.  Look at IBM's effort at solving human problems through the computer grid.

6.  What is virgin coconut oil? 

7.  Mars Odyssey in in trouble.  I think not serious.  Just some software glitches.

8.  Something about the gas pricing formula.  We look at the EGoM, the Brent crude and mmBtu definitions in the process.

9.  Why will subprime crises not happen in India?

10.  Ever heard of a feed-in-tariff?

11.  Let's take a look at our power needs in the future.

12.  What is our insurance penetration?

13.  Digital smileys are now 25 years old!!!  Who is credited with their first use?

14.  Vienna convention on the law of treaties.  Let's look at how it defines a treaty.

15.  I am sure you all heard of the CTBT.  Look who is holding it up?  We are also in the club!!

That's all for today.  Happy reading.

Ramakrishna



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