Amar Gopal Bose (chairman and founder of Bose Corporation)

A Pioneer in the field of acoustics Amar Gopal Bose is the chairman and founder of Bose Corporation. Born on November 2, 1929, Bose was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His speaker system was one of the first to make use of sound reflecting off walls and the ceiling. In 1964 he founded Bose Corporation when he was teaching at MIT. In the initial years, sometimes Bose did not pay himself a salary and worked at night. Currently Bose Corporation employs around 6,000 people and is a pioneering name in audio speaker technology.   The word Bose has become a symbol for quality and technical innovations in the world of audio systems. Bose's 901(R) speakers remained an industry benchmark for 25 years. Amar Bose also captured the car stereo market, with systems that transformed the on-the-road listening experience. Amar Bose featured on the 2006 Forbes Billionaires list with a personal wealth of $1.2 billion. This year he has been awarded '2007 Distinguished Service Citation' an award for the individual who has significantly improved the industry or their respective organizations. Following graduation, Bose took a position at MIT as an Assistant Professor. He focused his research on acoustics, leading him to invent a stereo loudspeaker that would reproduce, in a domestic setting, the dominantly reflected sound field that characterizes the listening space of the audience in a concert hall. Bose was awarded significant patents in two fields which, to this day, are important to the Bose Corporation. These patents were in the area of loud speaker design and non-linear, two-state modulated, Class-D, power processing. To found his company in 1964, for initial capital, he turned to angel investors including his MIT thesis advisor and professor, Dr. Y. W. Lee. During his early years as a professor, Bose bought a high-end stereo speaker system in 1956 and was reportedly underwhelmed by the performance of his purchase. This would eventually pave the way for his extensive speaker technology research, concentrating on key weaknesses in the high-end speaker systems available during Bose's time, and focusing on psychoacoustics, which would become a hallmark of the company's audio products. Applying similar psychoacoustic principles to headphone technology, Bose created the "Tri-Port Earcup Drivers." Today, the Bose Corporation is a multifaceted entity with more than 12,000 employees, worldwide, that produces products for home, car, and professional audio, as well as conducts basic research in acoustics, automotive systems, and other fields. Bose Corporation, as a privately held company, does not publish its financial records, however a few hundred shareholders do receive audited annual financial statements. In addition to running his company, Bose remained a professor at MIT until 2000. Bose says that his best ideas usually come to him in a flash. "These innovations are not the result of rational thought; it's an intuitive idea."

આલ્બર્ટ આઇન્સ્ટાઇન

Oct 05, 2012

મહાનુભાવ

આઇન્સ્ટાઇને ઝુરિચ ખાતે ફેડરેલ પોલિટેક્નિક એકેડેમીમાં ગણિત અને ભૌતિકશાસ્ત્રનો અભ્યાસ કર્યો હતો. ૧૯૦૫માં તેમને પીએચડીની ડિગ્રી એનાયત કરવામાં આવી હતી.
મહાન વિજ્ઞાની અને ભૌતિકશાસ્ત્રી આલ્બર્ટ આઇન્સ્ટાઇનનો જન્મ ૧૪ માર્ચ,૧૮૭૯ના રોજ જર્મનીમાં થયો હતો. નોબેલ પારિતોષિક વિજેતા વિજ્ઞાની આઇન્સ્ટાઇને કરેલી શોધોએ ભૌતિકશાસ્ત્રના મહત્ત્વના સાપેક્ષવાદ સહિતના સિદ્ધાંતોના પાયાનો ખ્યાલ આપવામાં મહત્ત્વની ભૂમિકા ભજવી હતી.
* આઇન્સ્ટાઇનના પિતા ઇલેક્ટ્રિકલ એન્જિનયર હતા. તેમણે અને તેમના કાકાએ મ્યુનિચમાં એલ્ક્ટ્રોટેક્નિશ ફેબ્રિક જે. આઇન્સ્ટાઇન એન્ડ કુ. નામની કંપની સ્થાપી હતી. આ કંપની ડાયરેક્ટ કરન્ટ પર આધારિત ઇલેક્ટ્રિકલ સાધનો બનાવતી હતી. તેમના કાકા જેકેબ હેરમાનને પણ વિદ્યુત ઉપકરણનો ધંધો હતો.
* આઇન્સ્ટાઇન પરિવાર યહૂદી ધર્મ પાળતો ન હતો. આલ્બર્ટ આઇન્સ્ટાઇને કેથોલિક સ્કૂલમાં શિક્ષણ લીધું હતું. તેમને પ્રારંભમાં ભાષાની મુશ્કેલી પડતી હતી, તેમ છતાંય તેઓ શાળામાં સૌથી હોશિયાર વિદ્યાર્થી હતા.
* આઇન્સ્ટાઇને ઝુરિચ ખાતે ફેડરેલ પોલિટેક્નિક એકેડેમીમાં ગણિત અને ભૌતિકશાસ્ત્રનો અભ્યાસ કર્યો હતો. ૧૯૦૫માં તેમને પીએચડીની ડિગ્રી એનાયત કરવામાં આવી હતી.
* ૧૯૦૫નું વર્ષ તેમના માટે મિરેકલ યર હતું. આ વર્ષે તેમણે પાંચ થિયેરિકલ પેપર રજૂ કર્યાં હતાં અને આ પેપરે આધુનિક ભૌતિકશાસ્ત્રના વિકાસમાં ઘણો મહત્ત્વનો ભાગ ભજવ્યો હતો.
* ફોટો ઇલેક્ટ્રિક ઇફેક્ટની શોધ માટે તેમને ૧૯૨૧માં નોબેલ પારિતોષિકથી સન્માનવામાં આવ્યા હતા.
* જર્મનીમાં નાઝીવાદ શાસન અને સંશોધન માટે યોગ્ય વાતાવરણ નહીં મળતાં તેઓ ઝુરિચ છોડીને અમેરિકા ગયા હતા. જ્યાં તેમણે તેમનું સંશોધન કાર્ય આગળ ધપાવ્યું હતું.
* એટોમિક બોમ્બની શોધમાં આઇન્સ્ટાઇનની થિયરીએ મહત્ત્વનો ભાગ ભજવ્યો હતો.
* એટોમિક બોમ્બના ઉપયોગને લઈને તેઓ ભારે ચિંતાતુર રહેતા. તેમણે સમગ્ર વિશ્વને પરમાણુ શસ્ત્રોનો ઉપયોગ નહીં કરવાની વિનંતી કરી હતી. ન્યુક્લિઅર ટેક્નોલોજીના વિકાસમાં પણ તેઓ સંશોધનરત રહ્યા હતા. આઇન્સ્ટાઇન ૧૮ એપ્રિલ, ૧૯૫૫નાં રોજ પ્રિન્સટન ખાતે મૃત્યુ પામ્યા

હ્યુગો શાવેજ ફરીથી વેનેઝુએલાના રાષ્ટ્રપતિ બન્યા

Oct 09, 2012

કરાકસ, 9 ઓક્ટોબર  સમાજવાદી હ્યુગો શાવેજ એમના પ્રતિસ્પર્ધી હેનરિક કૈપ્રિલ્સને હરાવીને ફરીથી વેનેઝુએલાના રાષ્ટ્રપતિ તરીકે ચૂંટાઈ આવ્યા છે. શાવેજ ચોથીવાર રાષ્ટ્રપતિ બન્યા છે.  તેઓએ 14 વર્ષ સુધી રાષ્ટ્રપતિનું પદ સંભાળ્યું છે. શાવેજને ગરીબોના મસીહા માનવામાં આવે છે. લેટિન અમેરિકાના દેશ ક્યુબા અને બોલાવિયામાં પણ એમના સમર્થકો છે. આર્જેન્ટિનાના રાષ્ટ્રપતિ ક્રિસ્ટીના ફર્નાન્ડિઝે શાવેજને શુભેચ્છાઓ પાઠવી હતી.

અમિતાભના જાણીતા દસ ડાયલોગ

મુંબઈ, 10 ઓક્ટોબર

બોલિવૂડનાં મહાનાયક અમિતાભ બચ્ચન પોતાના અવાજ અને અભિનયનાં કારણે દેશમાં જ નહીં, બલ્કે વિદેશમાં પણ પ્રખ્યાત થયાં છે. અમિતાભે પોતાના ફિલ્મી કેરિયર દરમિયાન તેમનાં ચાહકોને ઘણી શ્રેષ્ઠ ફિલ્મો આપી છે અને હાલમાં પણ આપી રહ્યાં છે. આવો જાણીએ અમિતાભની સુપરહિટ ફિલ્મોનાં કેટલાંક પ્રખ્યાત ડાયલોગ.

૧. મૂછે હો તો નથ્થુલાલ જૈસી હો, વરના ના હો.

ફિલ્મ - શરાબી

 

૨. ડોન કા ઇંતઝાર તો ૧૧ મુલ્કો કી પુલીસ કર રહી હૈ, લેકિન ડોન કો પકડના મુશ્કીલ હી નહીં નામુમકીન હૈ.

ફિલ્મ - ડોન

 

૩. રિશ્તે મેં તો હમ તુમ્હારે બાપ લગતે હૈ, નામ હૈ શહેનશાહ.

ફિલ્મ -  શહેનશાહ

 

૪. વિજય દીનાનાથ ચૌહાન, પૂરા નામ, બાપ કા નામ, દીનાનાથ ચૌહાન, મા કા નામ સુહાસિની ચૌહાન.

ફિલ્મ - અગ્નિપથ

૫. આજ મેરે પાસ બંગલા હૈ, ગાડી હૈ, બેંકબેલેન્સ હૈ, તુમ્હારે પાસ ક્યા હૈ ?

ફિલ્મ - દીવાર

 

૬. તુમ્હારા નામ ક્યા હે બસંતી ?

ફિલ્મ - શોલે

 

૭. જાઓ પહેલે ઉસકા સાઇન લે કે આઓ, જીસને મેરે હાથ પર યે લીખા હૈ.

ફિલ્મ - દીવાર

 

૮. આઈ કેન ટોક ઇંગ્લિશ, આઈ કેન વોક ઇંગ્લિશ, આઈ કેન લાફ ઇંગ્લિશ, બીકોઝ ઇંગ્લિશ ઈઝ એ વેરી ફન્ની લેંગ્વેજ !

ફિલ્મ - નમકહલાલ

 

૯. અગ્નિપથ, અગ્નિપથ, અગ્નિપથ(થીમ પોએમ).

ફિલ્મ - અગ્નિપથ

 

૧૦. આર યુ સ્યોર ? કોન્ફિડન્ટ ? લોક કર દિયા જાયે ?

ટીવી શો  - કૌન બનેગા કરોડપતિ.

29-year-old Muslim woman named culture minister of Norway

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The first ever Muslim minister in the Norwegian Cabinet is Hadia Tajik of Pakistani origin, who was handed the culture portfolio

 

 

Minister of Culture of Norway, Hadia Tajik (Photo: Ahram)

 

On Sunday, with no precedent in Norwegian history, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg appointed Hadia Tajik, a 29-year-old Muslim woman, as minister of culture, making Tajik the youngest minister in the Norwegian Cabinet and the first ever Muslim in the Norwegian government.

 

Tajik, of Pakistani origin, anounced that her programme will focus on cultural diversity as part of the Norwegian people's daily lives and how this reflects on Norweigan society as a whole. The programme will delve into the protection of minority rights, whether cultural or racial, including the right of Muslims to wear the veil in public places, among other issues.
The new focus, however, will not be unopposed. Most right wing groups are against these policy changes, considering the increase in diversity in society a challenge to European culture.

 

Last year Anders Breivik randomly shot 69 people at a summer camp organised by the Workers' Youth League (AUF) of the Labour Party after blowing up a Norweigan state building. During his trial, Breivik reasoned that multi-cultural policies are harming Norway, adding that he considers Islam his enemy.

 

Born in Strand, Norway, on 18 July 1983, Tajik studied human rights at the University of Kingston in the UK and holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism and Master's in law, the latter awarded by the University of Oslo this year.

 

An activist from a young age, Tajik led the Young Workers Movement between 1999 and 2002. She also worked as a political advisor to Norway's minister of justice, 2008-2009. During this time Norweigan women members of the police were afforded the right to wear the veil at work. The decision was, however, rescinded due to harsh criticism from conservative parties.
In 2009, Tajik was elected to parliament as a member of the Labour Party in the Oslo constitutency. She was placed on a list of six seats generally considered safe for the party.

ગાંધીજીના જીવનની તસવીરી ઝલક, માત્ર એક ક્લિક પર

http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/article/MGUJ-AHM-c-69-879373-3868563.html?RHS-interesting_news=

સમગ્ર વિશ્વના લોકો ગાંધીજીને રોલ માડેલ માને છે. ગાંધીજીના વિશે જાણવા માટે લોકો આતુર હોય છે. બાપુના ચાહકો માટે અહીં ગાંધીજીના જીવનની કેટલાક દુર્લભ તસવીરો મુકવામાં આવી છે, જેમાં ગાંધીજીની યુવાનીથી લઈને છેક ભારતને આઝાદ કરાવ્યો ત્યાં સુધીની તસવીરી ઝલક છે. ગાંધીજી ક્યાંક વકીલના પહેરવેશમાં, ક્યાંક રેટિયો કાંતતા, ક્યાંક બાળકો સાથે મસ્તિ કરતાં તો ક્યાંક સત્યાગ્રહ કરતાં દેખાય છે. તમને પણ તેમના જીવનના આ પાસાઓ જોવા ગમશે. તો જૂઓ આ છે તેમના જીવનની તસવીરી ઝલક. (ગાંધીજી વિશે વધુ જાણવા માટે ફોટો બદલો) 

Very inspiring: Anand Kumar, Patna Bihar-A Devoted Mathematician!!!

Very inspiring: Anand Kumar, Patna Bihar-A Devoted Mathematician!!! He developed an indomitable affection and love towards mathematics and possesses exceptional mathematical abilities. His role model is great Indian mathematician Ramanujan. During graduation, He submitted papers on Number Theory, which were published in Mathematical Spectrum and The Mathematical Gazette. He worked hard and dreamed of getting into one of the worlds best university Cambridge. And one day he got it, admission to Cambridge.  But¦  Very soon he realized that his father cannot afford his education at Cambridge. He and his father searched helplessly for a sponsor all over India but nobody came up. And one day his familys only breadwinner: his father died and his last hope of getting good education diminished. He gave up the dream of Cambridge and came back to his home in Patna, Bihar.  He would work on Mathematics during day time and would sell papads in evenings with his mother, who had started a small business from home, to support her family. He also tutored students in maths to earn extra money. Since Patna University library did not have foreign journals, for his own study, he would travel every weekend on a six-hour train journey to Varanasi, where his younger brother, learning violin under N. Rajam, had a hostel room. Thus he would spend Saturday and Sunday at the Central Library, BHU and return to Patna on Monday morning.   He rented a classroom for Rs 500 a month, and began his own institute, the Ramanujam School of Mathematics (RSM). Within the space of year, his class grew from two students to thirty-six, and after three years there were almost 500 students enrolled. Then in early 2000, when a poor student came to him seeking coaching for IIT-JEE, who couldnt afford the annual admission fee due to poverty, Kumar was motivated to start the Super 30 program in 2003, for which he is now well-known.   Every year in August, since 2003, the Ramanujan School of Mathematics, now a trust, holds a competitive test to select 30 students for the ˜Super 30 scheme. About 4,000 to 5,000 students appear at the test, and eventually he takes thirty intelligent students from economically backward sections which included beggars, hawkers, auto-drivers children, tutors them, and provides study materials and lodging for a year. He prepares them for the Joint Entrance Examination for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). His mother, Jayanti Devi, cooks for the students, and his brother Pranav Kumar takes care of the management.   Out of 270 students he tutored from 2002-2011 236 students have made an admission to IIT. All of them came so poor background that their parents were Hawkers, Auto-drivers, laborer etc.  During 2003-2009, 182 students out of 210 have made it to the IITs.  In 2010, all the students of Super 30 cleared IIT JEE entrance making it a three in a row for the institution.  Anand Kumar has no financial support for Super 30 from any government as well as private agencies, and manages on the tuition fee he earns from the Ramanujam Institute. After the success of Super 30 and its growing popularity, he got many offers from the private “ both national and international companies “ as well as the government for financial help, but he always refused it. He wanted to sustain Super 30 through his own efforts. After three consecutive 30/30 results in 2008-2010, in 2011, 24 of the 30 students cleared IIT JEE.   Anands work is now well received from all over the world :   USAs president obama read about Anand in TIME magazine and sent a special envoy to check the work done by him and offered all the assistance and Anand never accepts help irrespective of helper.   Discovery Channel broadcast a one-hour-long program on Super 30, and half a page has been devoted to Kumar in The New York Times.   Actress and ex-Miss Japan Norika Fujiwara visited Patna to make a documentary on Anands initiatives.   Kumar has been featured in programmes by the BBC.   He has spoken about his experiences at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.   Kumar is in the Limca Book of Records (2009) for his contribution in helping poor students crack IIT-JEE by providing them free coaching.   Time Magazine has selected mathematician Anand Kumars school “ Super 30 “ in the list of Best of Asia 2010.   Anand Kumar was awarded the S. Ramanujan Award for 2010 by the Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS) in July 2010.   Super 30 received praise from United States President Barack Obamas special envoy Rashad Hussain, who termed it the best institute in the country. Newsweek Magazine has taken note of the initiative of mathematician Anand Kumars Super 30 and included his school in the list of four most innovative schools in the world. Anand Kumar has been awarded by top award of Bihar government Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Shiksha Puraskar November 2010. He was awarded the Prof Yashwantrao Kelkar Yuva Puraskar 2010 by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Bangalore. In April 2011, Anand Kumar was selected by Europes magazine Focus as one of the global personalities who have the ability to shape exceptionally talented people.

 
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