Laughter is contagious!

Yes! it really is. Robin Williams is brilliant in and as 'Patch Adams'(1998) in this comedy-drama film directed by Tom Shadyac

Best quotes:
Patch : "Last night with Rudy, I connected to another human being. I want more of that. I want to learn about people, help them with their troubles"

Arthur Mendelson : "You're focusing on the problem. If you focus on the problem, you can't see the solution. Never focus on the problem! See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see... out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day!

Patch : "What's wrong with death sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why can't we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and dignity, and decency, and God forbid, maybe even humor. Death is not the enemy gentlemen. If we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference"

No doubt, with such high thinking and spirits, he's touched the lives of so many.The physicians are dying join Patch's institute
The Gesundheit leaving their current profesion

Check out his blog, the campaigns, the clown trips and much more at
http://www.patchadams.org/

The Real 'Patch'Adams, a doctor, a clown, a social activist talks about the suicide attempt and the realization that led him to find real joy of life.

Independence day!


Wish you all a Happy Independence day!

What is meant by TRP Rating?

I am sure this question must have popped up in everybody's mind at some point or the other.

What is this TRP, we get to hear a lot whenever a sudden twist or a scripted drama happens on the sets of reality shows and serials nowadays. We say this is all done to increase the TRP. Even some programs have to go off air due to the fall in TRP.
(let me tell you, this post is inspired by Rakhi Sawant's latest reality show 'Rakhi ka Swayamvar')


What is TRP anyway?
TRP, the acronym for
Television Rating Points. It is the criteria that indicates the popularity of a channel or a program or an advertisement.

Who does this computing job?
INTAM (Indian Television Audience Measurement) is the only electronic rating agency functioning in India.

How is it measured?
INTAM uses two methodologies.
First, the frequency monitoring, in which '
people meters' (an electronic gadget, about the size of a paperback book, is placed on each TV set in the sample home. Each meter is capable of accurately monitoring every second, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, what is being viewed on each TV set and by whom) are used to record the data continuously.

It reads the frequencies of channels, which are later decoded into the name of the channels and the agency prepares a national data on the basis of its sample homes readings.

But there is a drawback in this technique. As you might have experienced, cable operators frequently change the frequencies of the different channels. It may be very misleading to read a channel according to a particular frequency even if the down linking frequency is same all over India.

Second technique which is more reliable and relatively new to India is '
picture matching technique. Here people meter continuously records a small portion of the picture (instead of frequency) that is being watched on that particular television set. Data collected from the sample homes is matched with the main data bank to interpret the channel name. And this way national rating is produced.

But Doordarshan has its own ratings system
DART (Doordarshan Audience Ratings). DART is a diary based system of ratings. DD people distribute diaries in sample homes and the viewers are asked to note down each program as and when watched by family members. At the end of the week a person collects all the diaries and sends them to the head office, where popularity of programs is calculated.

New Passion

Me once again with a new passion.I have been trying a lot many new things in this past one year, learning Table Tennis, trying hands on the musical instruments guitar and keyboard,trying creative art to name a few. Sometimes it makes me think that today's world demands us to be "Jack of all trades".

Coming back to my new passion. It is jewelry designing. It all started on a lighter note on a suggestion by my sister
nandu. The interest soon became a passion. And i decided to open a blog to let out my creative designing instincts.

Here i am introducing my new blog to you,
Creative Fervor, a blog completely dedicated to the Jewelry making. Beautiful and charming necklaces, fancy and fashion earrings, bracelets..... articles about jewelry and accessories, the new trends in the fashion world and lot more you can expect in this blog.

These are some of the initial pieces of jewelry i have designed

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