Minavet VFX Seminar at Balussery, Kozhikode

25 February 2012

Balussery, Calicut

The secrets of thrilling animation movies like Avatar, Tron, Iron man and Kung fu Panda were unravelled to day for a group of students belonging to different colleges and schools of Balussery. The session was attended by delegates from Bangalore, Kozhikode, Alappuzha and Wayanad. The one day seminar was organised by Minavet Institute of Animation and Design, Balussery, Calicut.

The chief resource person of the training session was Mr.Anand, an experienced hand in the field of multimedia and animation. The seminar focused many important aspects of visual effects including character animation, story background creation and environment. The program was organised by Minavet and its production unit Wings Minavet to spread awareness among the youth about the unlimited possibilities of visual effects, its modern techniques and the unlimited career possibilities. CEO of Wings Minavet Mr.Joushith, resource persons Mr.Sreehari, Ms Laila Saein and Anil Emage were also present.

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3 tips for startups from Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales co-founded free online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia in 2001. By 2006, Time magazine had named him in its list of the world’s most influential people and today, Wikipedia is the largest information resource on the web (ranking 6th globally). CambridgeElevator.com – the free social network for startups – met Wales at Tech Entrepreneurs Week where he shared his top three tips for succeeding in business:

(i) Be persistent;

(ii) Don’t waste time doing something useless – give up sooner;

(iii) Do something that you are passionate about rather than something you think will succeed.

Minavet Balussery organises VFX seminar on Feb.25th

One more Tamil-Brahmi inscription from Edakkal Cave

Feb 10 2012

A short inscription engraved in the Brahmi characters has been discovered in the Edakal cave on the Ambukuthi hill in Kerala's Wayanad district. This is the fifth Tamil-Brahmi inscription discovered in the caves.

M.R. Raghava Varier, retired Professor of Epigraphy, Calicut University, who made the latest discovery, has read the record as ‘Sri Vazhumi.' An estampage of the inscription was made by K. Krishnaraj, designer in the Kerala State Department of Archaeology.

In Dr. Varier's interpretation, the inscription appears to be a label attached to a human figure, engraved exactly in the Edakal style of drawing. The figure is shown as having a big phallus, probably denoting fertility, and suggesting Brahma, the Creator himself.

The term, ‘Vazhumi,' could be the Tamil rendering of the Sanskrit name, Brahma, said Dr. Varier, now Editor of Kerala Archaeological Series, a publication of the Department of Archaeology.

The letter ‘zhu' is written in the Tamil-Brahmi script, and the rest of the letters take the forms of the northern variety of the alphabet. The cursive letter ‘zha' represents a later stage of evolution.

Epigraphist Iravatham Mahadevan termed the latest find “an important discovery.” “There is no doubt that the language is Tamil, and the script is Tamil-Brahmi because of the occurrence of the unique letter ‘zha'.” Going by the palaeographic evidence, he estimated that the inscription belonged to the fourth century C.E.

From-The Hindu

Four manthras to be on top of the world!

Feb 9 2012

We can create wonders with ideas – N.R.Narayanamoorthy, Infosys chairman shared four manthras with the challengers of Yuva Mastermind science and technology competiton organized by the daily Malayala Manorama from Kerala.

Manthra 1: It’s not all about inventing, but we should present it to the world. If you have an idea in your mind, you should think how much potential the idea has to create changes. Then, in the most simple words the idea should be conveyed to the consumers. Once you get an idea, questions should be asked how cost effective, fast and better it is compared with the present system. During the discussions at Infosys, even from a word ideas have been generated.

Manthra 2: Whatever be the quality of the product, if the market does not accept it, there is no point in the effort. You should know more about the market. Market is the best avenue to evaluate your idea.

Manthra 3: To evolve ideas into better products a group comprising individuals with different resources and thinking tracks are essential. Each one should be able to contribute better ideas. They should be team players. Disputes should be cleared by passing information honestly. If that doesn’t work, the group leader should intervene. Values should be upheld and an interest to leanrn all anew is a vital factor.

Manthra 4: For a better morrow, sacrifices are needed today. Setbacks like recessions might happen any time. This should be considered as an opportunity to get team members and consumers under one umbrella and do a good facelift.

200 years with Dickens

7 Feb 2012

The world celebrates 200th birth day of one of the most successful writers ever. The works of Dickens is underlined by human sufferings, sacrifices and love shadowed by humanity.

Charles Dickens was born on the 7th of February 1812, the second of eight children in Landport.Charles Dickens is most known for writing novels like Oliver Twist, but wrote numerous short stories, poetry and articles over the course of his life.

Education

Dickens attended private school for a time, after the family relocated to Camden Town, London. Unfortunately for the young Dickens, this time would come to an abrupt end, after his father was sent to debtor’s prison.

His family joined him there, except Charles, who started working at Warren’s Blacking Warehouse. He earned six shillings a week and worked 10-hour days. Some have wondered if the time Dickens spent there may have provided insights forOliver Twist and A Christmas Carol.

Journalism and Novels

In 1834 Dickens would start writing political journalism, using the pen-name ‘Boz.’His first collection was published in 1836, the same year as his first novel The Pickwick Papers.

The following year, Dickens' success would continue with the production of his arguably most famous novel, Oliver Twist. Nicholas Nickelby followed in 1838-1839 and The Old Curiosity Shop.

In 1843, Dickens produced another hugely popular novel, A Christmas Carol, the first of the Christmas Books. More success followed with the publication of David Copperfield (1849-1850), Hard Times (1854), Little Dorrit(1857) and Great Expectations (1861).

In 1865, Dickens was returning from France by train; what would follow became known as the Staplehurst rail crash. Dickens happened to be travelling in the one carriage that stayed on the track. Dickens never fully recovered either physically or psychologically.

As with all of his life experiences, he used it as material for his writing. However, he turned his attention from writing to giving public readings of his previous works, against the advice of his doctor.

Death

In 1869 Dickens collapsed, after suffering a minor stroke. On the 8th of June, 1869 Dickens suffered another, more severe stroke and died the following day, which ironically, was exactly five years after the rail accident. Dickens was buried in Poet’s corner, Westminster Abbey.

Focus: Kerala girl grabs world title

Kerala has a new world champion in Mariya Rony, a 14-year-old table tennis player, who formed part of the victorious Asian team in the ITTF Global Cadet Challenge in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday night.

Conducted as a continental event for the under-15 age group by the International Table Tennis Federation, Mariya had company in Liu Gaoyang (China), Lee Seui (South Korea), and Doo Hai Kem (Hong Kong) as the Asian side triumphed over North America in the team final.

Mariya's selection to the Asian team was facilitated on the basis of her superb show in the 17th Asian junior table tennis championship in New Delhi last year.

Its smooth sailing to Wayanad now!

Wayanad 6 Feb 2012

After the one month long intensive repairing work done on the tattered Wayanad ghat roads, the road would be opened for traffic on Wednesday. Discussions on banning large container lorries on ghat pass road are also going on.

A ban on containers is being planned as plying of such heavy containers are posing greater risk. Container lorries carrying bikes, autorickshaws and cars would be banned and those carrying other essential goods wouldn't be banned. Collector said high-level meeting would be convened for discussing this issue within two days.

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As per section 93 of Central Motor Vehicles rule 1989, vehicles with extra width won't be allowed on roads. Maximum vehicle width of 260 cms would only be allowed. But container lorries with 12 to 18 tyres are usual scene on roads these days. An average of 500 such lorries pass through ghat pass a week. They have to pay a small fine if caught by police.