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FROM THE EDITOR

The general public always considered technologists as punching bags and blamthem for anything and everything. A new power project is a product of a maficonspiracy to loot the state according to them. The rise in cost of power iconveniently attributed to mismanagement. No media or party ever gives a pat foachievements to those who actually worked hard for the country. The warning giveby the Engineers in 1992, traced out by Er NT Nair was more strongly worded thathose of the current crop of hard core environmentalists and shows the Engineerinfraternitys commitment to and concern for the welfare of Humanity.Glimpse into the future has the 5G mobile examined; Sasi draws a picture of a poocustomer who has no liberty to choose his pizza after information deluge!The rest of the contents were chosen by super-readers and found fit to share wityou. My sincere thanks to all LINEAGE benefactors. Go through the pages at yousweet pleasure and tell us if it is repulsive or enjoyable.

HAPPY READING! K.E.DAMODARAN NAYANAR
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5G MOBILECharles Arthur

Researchers say no standard has yet been agreed despite claim to have developed system hundreds otimes faster than 4G

Samsung- the South Korean electronics giant has claimed to have developed a '5G' mobile syste

hundreds of times faster than 4G. Researchers have played down claims by Samsung pointing out thits tests only apply to one element of the system needed to implement a standard.The key problem that there is no agreed 5G standard and may not be for years.

Samsung said it had tested a new transceiver capable of sending and receiving data at speeds of mothan 1,000 megabits per second (Mbps) over distances up to two kilometers. That compares with 4services that are now being implemented in the UK which offer average speeds of between 8 Mbps an12 Mbps which is still substantially faster than 3G services that have been in use since 2003.

Those transmission speeds would mean that an entire 640MB CD could be downloaded in five secondor a standard 4GB DVD in half a minute. At such speeds, users could have real-time streaming of ultra

high definition video, 3D movies or games, it said.

The transmissions used in the test were made at the ultra-high 28GHz frequency, which offers far mobandwidth than the 800MHz frequencies used for some 4G networks in the UK and elsewhere. Higfrequencies can carry more data, but have the disadvantage that they generally can be blocked bbuildings and lose intensity over longer distances.

The standard could be agreed between 2015 and 2017, with commercial rollouts beginning in 2020.

If Samsung's antenna systems form the basis of part of the standard, its patents would generate consistent revenue stream through licensing to companies implementing 5G. Its patents already for

part of the 3G and 4G/LTE standards. Guardian

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Drop the Trifles

Billy Graham tells the story about a little child was playing with a very valuable vase. He put his hand into it ancould not withdraw it.

His father too, tried his best to get it out, to no avail.

They were thinking of breaking the vase when the father said, "Now my son, make one more try. Open your hanand hold your fingers out straight as you see me doing, and then pull."

To their astonishment the little fellow said, "O no, dad, I couldn't put my fingers out like that because if I didwould drop my dime."

Smile, if you will but thousands of us are like that little boy, so busy holding on to the world's worthless dimes thawe cannot accept liberation. Suhair

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

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World Scientists warning to Humanity 1992

Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course. Human activities inflict harsh and ofte

irreversible damage on the environment and on critical resources. If not checked, many of our curre

practices put at serious risk the future that we wish for human society and the plant and anim

kingdoms, and may so alter the living world that will be unable to sustain life in the manner that w

know. Fundamental changes are urgent if we are to avoid the collision our present course will brinabout. (Reported by Er.N.T.Nairin the Voice of Kerala Engineers)

No Strings AttachedAn unknown author beautifully portrays the possibilities of no-strings-attached love in this heartfelt story titled ThRock.As she grew older her teenage daughter became increasingly rebellious. It culminated late one night when thpolice arrested her daughter for drunk driving. Mom had to go to the police station to pick her up.They didnt speak until the next afternoon.Mom broke the tension by giving her a small gift- wrapped box. Her daughter nonchalantly opened it and foundlittle rock inside.

She rolled her eyes and said, Cute, Mom, whats this for?Read the card, Mom instructed.Her daughter took the card out of the envelope and read it. Tears started to trickle down her cheeks. She got uand lovingly hugged her mom as the card fell to the floor.On the card were these words: This rock is more than 200,000,000 years old. That is how long it will take beforegive up on you.

This mother is not saying, I will love you IF Instead she says that she will love her daughter forever annothing can change that. No strings attached.When we learn to love like that, I think well understand the words of Emmett Fox, who said, If you could only lovenough, you could be the most powerful person in the world. ASuhair

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our thinking and surroundings does impact our health and well-being. Currently many such experiments are progress to reverse the aging process. The simple message is our body responds to the suggestions from osurroundings.

Mind also rules the body.

In another experiment Japanese researcherscreated two groups of 13 students each and they were blindfoldeGroup A were given an arm rub of harmless shrub but told that rub is from a poisonous ivy. Surprisingly all them developed rashes and boils reflective of poisonous ivy effect. The second group was allergic to poisonouivy however their permission had been taken prior to the experiment. During the experiment their arm was actuarubbed with poisonous ivy but informed that it was a harmless shrub.Surprisingly only 3% of the candidatedeveloped rashes and boils on the body. How is it possible? Simplemind rules over the body.

The message is loud and clear

We are influenced by our surroundings

Mind rules the body

Mind does not differentiate between actual and visualized experience.

Having read this, change your surroundings to change your life and if you cannot change your surroundinvisualize the best to achieve the best. Courtesy, VinodMehra / ASuhair

Management Lessons

An academically bright person attended an interview for a managerial position in a reputed companAfter the preliminary screenings, the director made the final interview. The CV revealed that the youthacademic result was excellent. The director then enquired about his family. The youth answered, Mfather passed away when I was one year old and it was my mother who ran the family and paid mschool fees. The director asked, Where did your mother work?The youth said, My mother worked aa cloth cleaner. The director asked the youth to show his hands and the youth showed a pair of handthat was soft and smooth. The director asked, Did you ever help your mother wash clothes before?Thyouth answered, Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Further, mmother could wash clothes faster than I could. The director said, When you go back today, go and heto clean your mothers hand, and then see me tomorrow morning.

The youth after reaching home approached his mother to clean her hands. She felt strange at th

behaviour. The youth slowly cleaned his mothers hands. Tears started rolling down his cheek when hfirst time noticed that his mothers hands were so wrinkled, and that there were so many bruises in themSome bruises were so painful that she shuddered when he continued cleaning. This is the first time ththe youth realized and experienced that it is this pair of hands that washed the clothes every day to eahim the school fees and that the bruises in the mothers hand were the price that the mother paid for hgraduation and academic achievements and probably his future. After finishing the cleaning of handthe youth quietly helped his mother washing all the remaining clothes. That night, the mother and sotalked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the directors office. Noticing the sadness on the youths face thdirector asked:Can you tell me what you did and learned yesterday in your house?The youth said, cleaned my mothers hands and also finished washing all the remaining clothes. The director continuePlease tell me what you felt doing these jobs.

The youth said:

Number 1, I know what appreciation is now. Without my mother, I would not be successful today.

Number 2, Now I know how to work together with my mother. Only now do I realize how difficult antough it is to handle physical labour.

Number 3, I realized the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said, This is what I want. I wanted to recruit a person who can appreciate the help others, a person who knows the suffering of others to get things done, and a person who would not pu

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This young person worked very hard in his job, received the respect and support of his subordinates ancould take the company to greater heights.

The morals:

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he needs, develops an entitlemementality and always puts himself first. He is ignorant of his parents efforts. When he starts working, hassumes every person must listen to him. When he becomes a manager, he will never know thsuffering of his employees and always blame others. These kinds of people might get results for a whilebut not lasting success or happiness derived from a pleasant working environment.

If we happen to be this kind of (protective) parent, this is the time to ask the question - whether we arloving our children or destroying them. So,

* You can let your child live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn to play the piano, watch a big screeTV but when you are cutting grass or other household chores, please let them involve in it.

* After a meal, let them wash their plate and bowl. It is not because you do not have money to hire maid, but it is because you want them to experience the hard side of life.

* And lastly, the most important thing for your child is to learn to experience and learn the effort anability needed to work with others and appreciate them in order to get things done. They should alsvalue and appreciate what their parents have done and love them as they are!

Contributed by:A Suha

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The IIMK has inducted 361 students (165 men and 196 women) in their PGP batch 2013-15. Gender diversity wa

ensured; besides, National talents from the field of Sports, Music, Martial Arts and Social sectors were give

representation for the first time. Yet another miracle: the fees for two years was slashed from Rs 10 lakhs to R

9.7 lakhs. Source: Times of India.

OBITUARYLineage deeply mourns the sudden and sad demise of Er CK Sivaraman, RetiredDeputy Chief Engineer and shares the bereavement with the members of th

family.

TRIBUTESWith heartfelt sorrow I may inform you that C.K. Sivaraman, Dy.CE(Rt!, resiin" at Thammana#asse away in the early hours of $%th &une. 'e ha a stroe two ays )a* from whi*h he i nre*over. 'e was a *lose frien of mine sin*e we +oine servi*e at Kalamassery on the same ate. 'e wastron" mem)er of our sso*iation an a man of #rin*i#les. I last met him urin" the annual "ener)oy of our asso*iation at Ernaulam. -ay his soul rest in #ea*e.

n*uru

I received the message from Er. Natesan. I had talked to KKG immediately. On16th, Er. Sivaraman had gone the Bank with his wife. There he collapsed and was rushed to Medical Trust Hospital. But he failed to survive

May his soul rest in peace. G.H. Krishna Iye

!t was a s.oc/ to be in0ormed o0 t.e sad demise o0 %r C, Siaraman sir He was an actie member o0 our senio

meetings being .eld regularly on t.e 0irst Wednesday o0 eery mont. He was organi3er o0 t.e meetings H

wor/ed wit. 0ull ent.usiasm in Bram.a/umaris organi3ation and was actie He used to ta/e classes in t.

meetings about our diet and mal4e00ects o0 certain 0oods and .ow to lead a .ealt.y l i0e etc etc ! 5ra

almig.ty to gie .is soul 5eace in t.e ot.er world. R.P.Iyer

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Wise #i5s 0or sensible use

"owadays Air conditioners are not lu6uries 0or middle income grou5s Struggling at 78 egre

Celsius+ many o0 us set t.e tem5erature at 1419 degree Celsius and run t.e unit Center 0or science an

%nironment ;CS%< warns t.at t.is drastically lowers e00iciency

"ational Building Code o0 !ndia s5eci0ies t.at 2=>? C is t.e most desirable indoor tem5erature

summer Star rated AC are tested 0or e00iciency at 2=?C as set by t.e Bureau o0 !ndian Standards CS

a0ter arious studies conclude t.at Air Con e00iciency dro5 by 7 to 1@ 5ercents wit. eac. degree belo

2=C #.e CS% team 0ound t.at a 0ie star rating AC running at a tem5erature lower t.an 2@?C can be 0

less e00icient t.an a one star AC at 2=?C !0 t.e AC is running and t.e tem5erature is set at 1? t.e roo

s.ould cool down to 1?C #.is neer .a55ens AC ust tries ery .ard to cool t.e room and waste a lo

o0 energy in t.e 5rocess

#.e '" .eaduarters in "ew &or/ launc.ed t.e Cool '"D cam5aign in 2@@ wit. t.e goal o

/ee5ing indoor tem5erature at 2>?C #.e got Ea5an by its su5er Cool Bi3D 5romotes energ

conseration by urging o00ice to run Air Cons at close to 2?C

!t is a 0act t.at 5eo5le set t.eir AC at 1419 ?C and t.ey also wra5 t.emseles in somet.ing war

all t.e time CS% adices AC users try to set t.e tem5erature o0 AC udiciously /ee5ing in mind t.

5aramount im5ortance o0 energy conseration

Contributor:angadharan.K Input fro! ".#

Photo pollution (light pollution)

We are well aware of noise pollution and air pollution but less so of light pollution though

is increasing every day. Light pollution disrupts sensitive work of astronomical observatoriearound world and space research, apart from causing health hazards to human beings an

wildlife as reported by WHO.

Light pollution is excessive misdirected or obtrusive artificial light. It can harm peop

quality of life. It affects natural circadian rhythms by preventing the production of melatoni

Melatonin is the chemical that regulates sleep patterns. Law melatonin level may lead to cance

It affects behavioral patters of mammals, birds and fish. Wastes of energy and is therefore

waste of resources and money is another concern. Light pollution blocks our view of night sky

International dark sky an organization monitoring the light pollution pointed that, based on NAS

satellite imagery maps across world, light pollution is increasing in Kerala and it is higher i

Cochin.

Our state waking up to the idea of light pollution, outdoor lighting policy will introduce

soon after evaluation by the Energy Management centre (EMC) Kerala and with support o

International dark sky (IDA). Kerala outdoor lighting policy will be the first-of-its- kind in th

country, and it can curb excessive, unscientific lighting and prevent wastage of energy.

Contributor: angadharan.K Input fro! ".#

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Why the Endless Chasing..?Tom was an Entrepreneur, sitting idle would give him nightmares. You must have seen few episodes oTom and Jerry, wherein Tom almost had Jerry but let it go. Tom never really wanted to kill Jerry becauswhat would he do if Jerry dies. Jerry was the Chase. Tom was running not after Jerry but because oJerry.

After certain point of time name, money, power, etc. cease to be a motivation for an Entrepreneur. Evthought the great Ambanis, Tatas, Birlas, why are they toiling so hard, they have already got name, moneand power. What makes these people run is The CHASE, all Entrepreneurs chase The CHASE. Tom more interested in Chasing Jerry than killing it. In our case, we Entrepreneurs are more interested

running a venture than anything else, profit of course is important and a yardstick to measure succesbut what will an Entrepreneur do if his biz is not giving him profits, at the most he will change thbusiness but continue The Chase. More than profits, we Entrepreneurs love the thrill in the business.

Just imagine, if one day Jerry does not show up, Tom will become restless, he would not eat, not drinnot sleep but keep waiting for Jerry. Remember, Tom was hired by a Fat lady to get rid of Jerry. In oucase, that Fat lady is Society, relative and our parents. If Jerry doesn't show up, the Fat lady will be happand praise Tom and give Tom fresh milk to drink, chicken to eat, etc. Similarly, society, parents, relativeetc want our Chase to end, if our Jerry dies too, society will praise us for being Normal again, parents wthank us for saving them from embarrassment that they felt when people asked 'What your Son do?' anour parents would reply 'dekhiye, karrahahaikuch or Entrepreneur or Berozgar'. Everyone would be happaround us but we will become restless, we will not eat or drink or sleep like Tom because we will miss Th

Chase. This is also the reason why it is easier to switch from job to Entrepreneur but not Entrepreneur job.

What next Tom will do if Jerry does not show up even next day? He will find ways to tempt Jerry to comout of his hole. He will steal the cheese from the Fat lady himself and place it near Jerry's hole, so thJerry comes out and Tom can Chase him. Similarly, when a venture dies, fear of end of Chase tEntrepreneur is much painful than the pain of closing down the venture. And then without mourning fothe death of the venture for long time, Entrepreneur is out chasing The CHASE. I was running a PizzOutlet in Badlapur with my business partner Sumeet Gujaran. One fine day, we had to take the harsdecision of closing down the venture. We sat in our balcony thinking about our venture, we were sad anin pain. Then we discussed all the learning, mistakes, achievements, etc. By the end of the conversatiothere was just one question haunting us 'What's next?' For a week almost we were struggling killing timwandering here and there, nothing to do. After every few minutes we used to look towards each other an

ask 'What's next?' We were restless, we didn't eat or drink properly, neither could we sleep well. Thcontinued until something clicked to us, we looked towards each other and we had the answer to 'Whatnext?' Suddenly, we felt so light, all our pain was gone by then, because we got our new Jerry. Wrealized our real pain was end of the Chase not end of the venture. Chase for Chasing is what makes uEntrepreneur. This is the reason why NASA didn't stop even after reaching to moon, why Steve Jobs wanot satisfied with iMac and launched iPhone then iPod then iPad etc.... Because they all are after ChasinWhether you are infant Entrepreneur or seasoned Entrepreneur you have this affinity for chasing in yomay be knowingly or unknowingly.....

therodinhoods.com ASuhair

UNIT PULSE

Senior Engineers, Kannur

The meeting commenced at 10.30am at Engineers House Kannur on 11-06-13 witEr.C.Bala krishnan in chair. 38 Engineers attended the meeting. After silent prayeEr..E.P.Ravindran welcomed the gathering.In the presidential speech Er.C.Balakrishnan spoke on the timely monsoon, lifting of loashedding, the Annual general body meetings of KSEB Engineers Association anPensioners Association. Er.A.V.Mohanan Nambiar presented the minutes of the Apmeeting and reported the follow up actions taken and was passed as such. E

M.C.Reghusudhan presented the accounts for 09-03-13 to10-04-13 which was approveTo TOP


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as such. Then he presented the accounts of the trip to Dharmadom Beach pointing outhe collection fell short by Rs.2800/-. After discussion it was decided that the amount wbe met from general fund. Lively discussion on this trip was made by participants.

Er.K.E.Damodaran Nayanar the Chief Editor presented the Lineage for the month of Jun2013.

Rose bouquets were presented to Ers.T.C.Govindan,,E.P.Ravindran,,N.RamachandranC.Mohandas,K.P.Ravindran,K.Sasidharan,K.E.DamodaranNayanar,K.Ganghadharan,C.

Balakrishnan,V.P.Soman,C.P.Kuttikrishnan,V.K.Kanakarajan,M.Lakshmanan,E.P.BhaskraNambiar, M.V.Gopalakrishnan, T.Balan and P.V.AbdulSathar who have celebratetheir birth days since last meeting.

General discussion centred on the two General body meetings, the delay in Pensiorevision payments, Welfare of ailing unit members and the future approach to Pensionerproblems through agitations and legal action. Ers.M.V.Gopalakrishnan, E.P.RavindraC.Sathyanathan, K.V.Padmanabhan, K.Sasidharan, C.Mohandas, K.E.DamodaraNayanar and V.P.Soman participated

It was decided to celebrate the Engineers Day appropriately under the banner of thEngineers Association. The proposal for the Engineers Quiz will be worked out afteascertaining the dates convenient to the participating students.

The July meeting will be on 09-07-13 the second Tuesday along with a gueslecture.

Ers.T.C. Govindan and K.V. Padmanabhan rendered sweet melodies to the audience. ET.V. Raman sang a bhajan and a thottempattu of Pottan Theyyam demonstrating hversatility.

Er.P.T.Jayachandran proposed the vote of thanks and the meeting came to a close b1.45 pm followed by lunch hosted by Er.T.V.Raman. $.V.%ohanan &a!bia

Senior Engineers, Kozhikode

The monthly meeting of Senior Engineers Kozhikode was held on 08.06.13 Saturday10:30 am at Calicut Towers. Er N .Ravindran presided the meeting. In hpreseidential remarks Er Ravindran briefed the happenings during last month. EM.K.Sudhakaran described the last general body details of the last general body of th

EngineersAssociation held at CochinThe president then requested all to give a feed back to the Lineage Editor, witcomments on the Lineage issues. It will be good if readers can contribute sommatters to bring back our service memories. Er Krishnanunni Nair then read ouLineage followed by a discussion on the same. Er Ramachandran informed thaDCRG interest payments have been initiated. Er Krishnanunni said that there is nneed for filing any suits in this regard. Er Madhavamenon said that in each meetinthere should be a discussion on issues faced by ailing senior membersThe meeting concluded at 2.30 pm after lunch

Ramachandra

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Grand Canyon Crossed By Tightrope Walker

Daredevil Nik Wallenda has successfully completed a high-wire walk across the GranCanyon without a safety harness. The Florida aerialist performed the uarter-mi

crossing on a two-inch thick steel ca!le" #"$%%ft a!ove the &ittle Colorado 'iver Gorge i(ri)ona.

The *+-year-old took around ,, minutes to finish the feat" kneeling twice to get thrhythm out of the rope and murmuring prayers to esus almost constantly along thway. /e stepped slowly and steadily most of the way" !ut 0ogged and hopped the las

few steps.

The father-of-three wore a microphone and two cameras" one looking down and onfacing straight ahead. /is leather shoes" which had an elk-skin sole" helped him keep

grip on the ca!le as he moved across.

1r Wallenda said he had wondered what it would !e like to cross the Grand Canyon sinc

he was a teenager. The stunt comes a year after he traversed the Niagara Falls !ecoming the first to cross since #234.

1r Wallenda is a seventh-generation high-wire artist and is part of the famous Flyin

Wallendas circus family - a clan that is no stranger to death-defying feats. /is greagrandfather" 5arl Wallenda" fell during a performance in 6uerto 'ico and died at the ag

of 7*. 8everal other family mem!ers" including a cousin and an uncle" have died whiperforming wire-walking stunts.

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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Phenomenal growth was recorded in almost all sectors in India in the past two decades. To susta

the economic growth, a major boost from infrastructure is needed. Necessity of the state of a

infrastructure has emerged and has received due recognition.

One of the core- sectors providing impetus to growth engines is the road network. Roa

Development has witnessed a sea-change in terms of lane configurations and enhance

serviceability and efforts are on to make it on par with Global standards. Central and Statgovernments are pursuing the goals of enhancing accessibility and improving mobility with safety

The focus is on quality. We read about North-South and East-West connectivity in the Nationa

Highway Development Project, a Golden Quadrilateral, Port-connectivity, Metros and simil

ambitious programs.

India has three million kilometers of Road network,- the third largest in the world. The Engineer- in

fraternity is thriving for enhanced and value-added facilities. Along with the growth of length an

width of roads, traffic volume and congestion grow exponentially. Delays due to congestion result

increased fuel consumption adversely affect the environment and cause accidents.

The Technological intervention of ATMS (Advanced Traffic Management System) is a teste

solution.

Efficiency is achieved by reducing congestion. On line traffic information is an intelligent input.

deploys technologies of state of the art sensing, communication and data processing. Congestio

management and incident management can be handled more efficiently. The information from traff

sensors help to devise and develop optimal traffic control strategies to address needs o

intersections, corridors or areas. Appropriate information dissemination and message signs he

travelers. As Technology plays a major role in the ATMS, it has to be reliable to a very high degre

and should have no margin for error. All subsystems should strictly comply with releva

specifications. Research and Development should get utmost importance. Traffic congestion an

Road safety are two major concerns. The Government, the Concessionaires, the Developers an

the Contractors must give it proper attention. ATMS merits serious study.

Goals of ATMS:

Improvement of travelling safety.

Improvement of travelling mobility

Improvement of System efficiency.

Conserving Energy and protecting Environment.

Increasing productivity of Transportation providers

Main Processes

Inflow of information on the Road status to the operator

Variable message systems.

Subsequent decision-making following standard procedures.

Information sharing, e.g. Traffic counting and Classification, Weather monitoring etc.(Excerpted from IEI New

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CUSTOMER CARE IN 2020

Operator:"Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your..."

Customer: "Heloo, can I order...

Operator:"Can I have your multi purpose card number first, Sir?"

Customer: "It's eh..., hold........ .. on......88986135610 2049998-45- 54

Operator:"OK... you're... Mr Singh and you're calling from 17 Jalan Kayu. Your home number is 4094

2366, your office 7645 2302 and your mobile is 014266 2566. Which number are you calling

from now Sir?"

Customer: "Home! How did you get all my phone numbers?

Operator: "We are connected to the system Sir"

Customer: "May I order your Seafood Pizza..."

Operator:"That's not a good idea Sir"

Customer: "How come?"

Operator: "According to your medical records, you have high blood pressure and even higher cholester

level Sir"

Customer: "What?... What do you recommend then?"

Operator: "Try our Low Fat Hokkien Mee Pizza. You'll like it"Customer: "How do you know for sure?"

Operator:"You borrowed a book entitled "Popular Hokkien Dishes" from the National Library last week

Sir"

Customer: "OK I give up... Give me three family size ones then, how much will that cost?"

Operator:"That should be enough for your family of 10, Sir. The total is $49.99"

Customer: "Can I pay by credit card?"

Operator: "I'm afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir. Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your

bank $3,720.55 since October last year. That's not including the late payment charges on

your housing loan, Sir."

Customer: "I guess I have to run to the neighborhood ATM and withdraw some cash before your guyarrives"

Operator:"You can't Sir. Based on the records, you've reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal

today"

Customer: "Never mind just send the pizzas, I'll have the cash ready. How long is it gonna take

anyway?"

Operator:"About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can't wait you can always come and collect it on your

motorcycle... ."

Customer: What!"

Operator:"According to the details in system, you own a Scooter, Registration number 1123..."

Customer: ????"

Operator:"Is there anything else Sir?"

Customer: Nothing by the way... aren't you giving me that 3 free bottles of cola as advertised?"

Operator: "We normally would Sir, but based on your records you're also diabetic.... ... "

Customer: "***%&$%%### You $##$%%@!)))"

Operator"Better watch your language Sir. Remember on 15th July 1987 you were convicted of using

abusive language on a policeman...?"

Customer: Faints...9Collected !y 8asi"5annu

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TIPS ON INVESTMENTS IN SHARES-CXXIThe markets were in great turbulence during the month of June 2013. Globally also th

markets were very volatile. The most important financial event that happened during thlatter part of the month was the great depreciation of the rupee against the dollar. FromRs.55 a dollar at the beginning of the month, it went down to an all time low of Rs.60.70 dollar. This fall in the value of rupee adversely affected the markets. On 20thof June thsensex tanked by 526 points and Nifty by 166 points on account of the down fall of thrupee. The FIIs were net sellers and that too affected the performance of the marketsBut on the last two days of trading for the month of June the market recovered 844 pointin the sensex and the nifty 254 points. All these variations show the greater volatility othe markets. If the weakening of the rupee continues our markets are likely to collapseThe inflation figure for the month of May was around 4.1 an all time low for the last twyears. But it was not considered by the investors. The strengthening of Dollar forces thFIIs to withdraw from the market, it results in major outflow of Dollar causing fall in thvalue of rupee. Unlike olden days, this time domestic investors are very active and thhas resulted in keeping the indices from heavy fall. However, the increase in currenaccount deficit is a cause to worry. Unless some major actions are taken in econom

reforms the crisis will become uncontrollable.According to analysts the short term trend of sensex is down. If the index continues tdecline the sensex may reach 18385, 8121 or even 17600.Any rally may take it to 1931or 19745. If it is unable to move beyond 19313 the index will decline in the days to comeThe medium term trend continues to be up. The long term trend will become negativonly on a close below 17540.Likewise the nifty can move to 5620, 5477, or 5384 over the next couple of weeks. It haresistance at 5850 and then at 5994. Inability to move beyond 5850 will indicate that thindex will move in a range of 5850 and 5384 in the coming weeks. The long term trend positive until a strong close below 5350.For investors this is time for close watch on markets. They may book profit during rallieand make investments in phases during decline.

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