Thursday, December 23, 2010

PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

Key Findings: Public Radio Technology Survey 2008

1. Public Radio listeners are very committed to….Public Radio.

2. Public Radio fans are certainly habitual radio listeners, but listening to streaming radio on a computer is changing listening habits.

3. The growing importance of listening to streaming radio is a key finding, because it shapes the way that Public Radio listeners consume entertainment and information.

Radio-frequency identification

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that uses communication via radio waves to exchange data between a reader and an electronic tag attached to an object, for the purpose of identification and tracking. Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader. The application of bulk reading enables an almost parallel reading of tags.
Radio-frequency identification involves interrogators (also known as readers), and tags (also known as labels).

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

What do the 'listing' and 'let search engines find your blog' settings do?

What do the 'listing' and 'let search engines find your blog' settings do?

Fresh inquiry against Nepal ex-Prince Paras in offing: Minister Rizal

Paras Shah who has terrorized people by firing bullets will be dealt with as per the laws of the land”, said Dr. Minendra Rijal of Nepali Congress Party.
Dr. Rijal happens to be the caretaker Minister for Culture as well.
Addressing the Lumbini Tourism Fair, December 19, 2010, Dr. Rijal, a US green card holder, remarked that “anyone as such, be it Paras Shah or even our own party cadres will have to abide by the laws of the land”.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Tendulkar unbeaten but South Africa beat India

South Africa took India's final two wickets for only nine runs as they won the first Test in Centurion by an innings and 25 runs.
The tourists resumed on 454-8 and failed to add the 31 runs needed to make South Africa bat again.
Sachin Tendulkar, who scored his 50th Test hundred on Sunday, was stranded on 111 as Sreesanth and Jaidev Unadkat departed inside 30 minutes.
The teams meet again in Durban on 26 December in the second of three Tests.

Shah Rukh Khan to present Indian TV version of Wipeout

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been unveiled as the host of Zor Ka Jhatka, the new Indian version of the obstacle course reality show Wipeout.
Khan, who has been recovering this year from a shoulder injury, said in Mumbai he was "so happy" about his comeback.
The show - a huge hit in the UK, US and Australia - airs next month, featuring Indian TV stars as competitors.
Khan has already hosted Indian versions of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and Are You Smarter than a 5h Grader?.
'Banana skin'

Life goes online after death

The death of a close, elderly relative can often mean a sombre weekend or two going through old things, sorting through photographs, donating old clothes to charity.
But in an age when so much of our lives are online, little thought has been given to how we handle a person's digital world when they are no longer with us.
By the time the "Facebook generation" become old and grey, their whole lives may be spread out with a million updates on Twitter, thousands of photos on Flickr, hours and hours of video on YouTube and maybe their own website too.

BBC College of Journalism

बीबीसी पत्रकारिता पाठशाला
- BBC College of Journalism _
परिचय
भाषा आधारभूत सर्चार माध्यम हो । छापा र विद्युतीय भन्ने प्राविधिक वर्गीकरण मात्र हो, सर्चारको वास्तविक माध्यम त भाषा नै हो चाहे लेखियोस्‍ वा बोलियोस्‍ भाषाको यही महत्वलाइ ध्यानमा राखेर बीबीसी पत्रकारिता पाठशाला  ले बीबीसी विश्व सेवाका भाषा शाखाहरुका लागि पत्रकारितामा भाषाको प्रयोगका बारे विशेष सामागि्रहरू तयार गर्न निधो गरेको हो । नेपाली सेवाको वेबसाइटको यो खण्डमा प्रस्तुत सामाग्रीमा समाचार लेखनका संपादकीय पक्षहरु भर्दा पनि भाषागत पक्षहरुका बारे चर्चा गरिएको छ । यहाँ प्रस्तुत सामग्री हाम्रो भाषा पुस्तकका लेखक पत्रकार तथा भाषाविज्ञ शरदचन्द्र वस्तीको सहयोगमा तयार पारिएको हो ।
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