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The human brai n is like a library that stock s memories instead of books. In some ways, that makes the hippocampus, the part of the brain most involved in memory, the brain’s librarian. The hippocampus has the most responsibility in this cranial library, juggling the new releases of short-term memory while cataloging materials for the permanent collection of long-term memory. It’s not the only part at work, however, in storing these chapters of our lives. Different kinds of memory are stored in different areas of the brain. With such a large system, the brain needs a system of encoding and retrieving memories, something a bit more complex than the local library’s Dewey Decimal System.

The brain has to be able to pull information at the drop of a hat, whether it’s a fact on hold (such as a telephone number) or a dusty memory that’s been sitting in storage for years (the memory of your first kiss). No one likes a library that loses books or shelves them in the wrong place. Yet sometimes we find ourselves with a very poor librarian on our hands, one that doesn’t allow us to retrieve memories when we need them. Sometimes it’s trivial, like when we tear apart our homes looking for glasses perched innocuously atop our heads, and sometimes these lapses in memories are more embarrassing, such as when we call a colleague “sport” because we simply can’t remember his name.

Whether you’re a college student studying for an important test or an aging baby boomer concerned about forgetting a recent doctor’s appointment, there are a few things everyone can do to optimize the storage and checkouts in our private libraries of memories. Alert the librarian and head to the next page for the first tip.
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The sight of flustered air travelers digging madly through their belongings for an elusive ticket has become rare at airports in recent years. That’s because more people are relying on electronic tickets, or e-tickets, when they fly.
An e-ticket carries the same information as a paper ticket. The major difference is an e-ticket is located in an airline’s computer database, instead of the passenger’s suitcase. It is an electronic record of the traveler’s airline reservation, containing information such as the time, date and place of the flight, airport, seat assignment and travel class. At the gate, e-ticket passengers need only show a valid photo identification card such as a driver’s license to claim their spot on the aircraft. Once the airline confirms the traveler’s information, it issues a boarding pass that the traveler uses to board the plane.

Traditional travel companies, such as airlines or travel agencies, can assist travelers with obtaining e-tickets. But improving Internet technology also allows passengers to book their flights on their own. In fact, the passenger who uses this self-serve option may not even come into contact with the airline until arriving at the airport and presenting his ID.

To issue e-tickets, airlines must have a database that is integrated with an airline’s passenger service system. That is then connected to all other partners — airlines, airports, ground transportation and travel agencies, for instance — to share real time information.

To book themselves on a flight, travelers can visit any number of Web-based ticketing sites. Once there, they can view the options available and use a credit or debit card to pay for their ticket. After placing the order, the electronic record of the ticket goes into the airline’s database, where it holds the passenger’s spot.
E-tickets have virtually replaced traditional paper tickets in the majority of airports and airlines around the world. A recent survey by the International Air Transport Association, a trade organization representing 94 percent of international air traffic, estimated that air carriers worldwide would achieve 92 percent e-ticket penetration by December 2007. In the United States, the survey estimates a 97 percent penetration. The association’s goal is to have 100 percent e-ticketing used by all air carriers worldwide by May 2008, though analysts say some airlines will continue issuing a very small percentage of paper tickets.
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Lyrics :
I will not leave a letter nothing at all
I’m sure you won’t notice that I’m even gone
I wont break this silence we’ve shared for so long
I will be strong
I will not leave a letter nothing at all
I’m sure you won’t notice that I’m even gone
Why did I stay here stay for so long
When we’re so far gone
I feel so stupid taking this fall
I should have seen it known all along
I won’t break this silence we’ve shared for so long
I will be strong
What could you possibly want from me
Can’t you see I’m already gone
Everything we thought we’d be
I still don’t feel sorry for this loss
I will not waste a moment thinking these thoughts
Forgetting comes easy
I never cared at all
Hurt became hate now I’m feeling the strain
There’s just too much pain
Falling to pieces get swept away
Left all our pictures some to fade
I won’t break this silence we’ve shared for so long
I will be strong
What could you possibly want from me
Can’t you see I’m already gone
Everything we thought we’d be
I still don’t feel sorry for this loss
You don’t have to say anything at all
I wont stop you from walking away
I’ll do nothing at all
Sitting here I waste a day,
While the memories fade away,
You know I expected so much more from you..

Flim:London Dreams Director:Vipul Shah ,Cast: Salman khan Asin Ajay Devgan
What:A lavishly mounted love triangle that runs across countries
Why: The Namastey London maker teams up with the Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam men and Ghajini lady.
London Dreams is an upcoming Bollywood film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The film stars Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan in lead roles. According to media reports, Tamil Cinema actress Asin is doing the lead role, replacing Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif.
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New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Making a comedy became a sure-shot success formula at the box office in 2008, but it hasn’t worked well for filmmakers so far this year with biggies like “Chandni Chowk To China” and “Billu” biting the dust at the ticket window.

But many still feel that the genre hasn’t lost its charm and will prove its worth with upcoming films like “Kambakkht Ishq” and “Dil Bole Hadippa”.

Comic capers became box office favourites in 2008 when big-budget, multi-starrers like “Dostana”, “Golmaal Retuns” and “Singh Is Kinng”, small fry “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye” and even the non-commercial “Welcome To Sajjanpur” turned into top grossers at the ticket window.

But none of the comedies released in 2009 have been able to do repeat the success story. When Akshay Kumar-starrer “Chandni Chowk To China” was released, trade pundits expected it to carry forward the trend and fans too anticipated another heavy dose of fun and frolic. But the film didn’t live up to expectations and fell flat at the box office.

Similarly, Shah Rukh Khan’s much-hyped home production “Billu”, starring Lara Dutta and Irrfan Khan along with special appearances by Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, too flopped.

Others that saw the same fate were films like Soha Ali Khan’s “Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge”, Fardeen Khan-starrer “Jai Veeru”, a film based on the Parsi community “Little Zizou”, Aftab Shivdasani’s “Aloo Chaat”, Vinay Pathak and Gul Panag-starrer “Straight” and “99″, which had Kunal Khemu and Cyrus Broacha in key roles.

Despite comedies flopping left, right and centre, filmmakers have not lost faith in the genre. Vipul Amrutlal Shah, who produced last year’s blockbuster “Singh is Kinng”, had told IANS that humour has to change it’s form to hit the bull’s eye.

“Slapstick, mindless humour will not work anymore, but intelligent comedy will make audiences laugh,” Shah said.

Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who returned to comedy after 33 years with “Welcome to Sajjanpur”, feels comedies will be successful in the future because of a sociological reason.

“There is a sociological reason behind the success of the genre. Comedies work well when circumstances around us are grim. In such a situation, comedies play an effective role in providing people momentary escape from the harsh realities,” said Benegal.

The failure of the genre in the first half of the year has proved that it is not a cakewalk making a comedy that is crafted to amuse, entertain and provide enjoyment to all classes of people.

“People feel it’s easy to make a comedy, but that’s a myth. It’s very difficult to make people laugh. Plus in this age of cinematic experience, you have to take care of so many things like the look of the film,” said Rohit Shetty, director of last year’s hit laugh riot “Golmaal Returns”.

According to film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh, Bollywood churns out at least 20 comedies a year, some of them with a big star cast, but not all taste success at the box office because “audiences have learnt to separate the wheat from the chaff”.

“Just because you insert a few laughs, doesn’t mean you have a successful film on hand,” he said.

Now all eyes are on Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor’s lavishly shot romantic comedy “Kambakkht Ishq” and Akshaye Khanna and Arshad Warsi’s “Short Kut - The Con Is On”.

Other comedies that are scheduled to hit the screens later this year include big banner films like Ashutosh Gowariker’s Priyanka Chopra-starrer “Whats Your Rashee?”, Yash Raj Films’ “Dil Bole Hadippa” that features Rani Mukerji and Shahid Kapoor, Akshay and Katrina Kaif’s “De Dana Dan” and David Dhawan’s “Do Knot Disturb”.
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AgfaPhoto just introduced the DC-600uw underwater and outdoor camera that can withstand pressures of up to two bar and water-resistant at depths of up to 10 meters. This 6MP digicam comes with a 2.4-inch display, a digital zoom, and the face tracking function that automatically recognizes faces. The Agfa DC-600uw will be released in July for $210.
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As school lets out for the summer and temperatures start to rise, kids of all ages head outside to play, swim or practice a sport. And while it’s a time for fun and frolic, it also can be very dangerous. Between 1999 and 2003, there were almost 3,500 deaths attributed to the heat [source: Centers for Disease Control]. And each of these deaths could have most likely been prevented. One of the leading causes of heat-related deaths is dehydration — simply not getting enough fluids to sustain your body.

Now, you’ve probably heard that you need to drink eight 8-ounce (0.236-liter) glasses of water per day to achieve the desired intake of water. But scientists are now finding that may not be the case. According to Planet Green, any liquids you ingest (except alcohol) can be attributed to your daily intake of water [source: PlanetGreen.com]. If you’re like me, you’re probably breathing a sigh of relief right now. Water is great and everything, but sometimes, you just need more flavor — a change from the mundane. Well, HowStuffWorks is here to help. We’ve compiled a list of our 10 favorite drinks to enjoy in the warmer months, so take a bust out the blender and pull out the pitchers for these mouth-watering concoctions.
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Internet Privacy Eraser allows you to erase common Internet and computing tracks, including browser cache, cookies, visited websites, typed URLs, recent documents, index.dat files and more. You can also easily erase the tracks of up to 100 popular applications. It also includes an option to overwrite deleted data multiple times, so it cannot be easily recovered. The cookie cleaning feature allows you to specify which cookies to keep, so that you don’t erase your important login cookies. You also can schedule automatic erasing for any time you like and use boss key to hide all browser windows in one quick keystroke.

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Mini Golf Maniacs is a free mini golf game with fun graphics, good gameplay and several playing modes: one hole, coin gathering, tournament or multiplayer game online. Simply select the mode you like best and begin practicing your swing!
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Film: “Runway”
Cast: Amarjeet Shukla, Tulip Joshi, Lucky Ali, Deepal Shaw, Shahwar Ali, Sharat Saxena, Vida Samadzai
Director: Suniel-Praful
Rating: *

When a filmmaker doesn’t have any story to tell, he tries to perk up the narrative by using jump cuts, freeze frames and other technical wizardry - last year it was seen in “Woodstock Villa”, this year it’s in “Runway”.

“Runway” sets the message right at the very beginning that it is an exercise in futility.

Amarjeet Shukla, the lead protagonist in the film, becomes a contract killer to save the life of his lady love Deepal Shaw, who is dying due to drug usage. He comes in touch with people like Sharat Saxena who plays underworld English speaking kingpin who wears dark shades, is surrounded by those 80s style left over blue-n-white drums and announces - ‘I am not interested in your love story; I want brave people’.

Amarjeet’s friend, who introduces him to the Don also warns him - ‘He is a man of commitment, so be careful.’

It’s just that the ‘man of commitment’ himself is nowhere to be seen in the entire second half as his henchman pairs up with Amarjeet to do rest of the killing. Worse, one doesn’t quite understand who is killing whom and what’s the purpose behind that?

So Amarjeet presses the trigger for the first time and just when he gets hold on a fake passport to fly back into India, courtesy Tulip, he decides to skip his flight and return to the mean streets.

By the way, Tulip plays a girl in a dance bar who ‘cannot be afforded’, as stated by one of her junior colleagues. She sings ‘bhojpuri’ songs, speaks English, lives in Mauritius, fears a Pakistani don and falls in love with an Indian. A true ambassador of globalisation.

Talking about Mauritius, one needs to give a rap on the knuckles of the person who created that fancy software that plays on Amarjeet’s laptop. Mauritius is spelt as ‘Muritus’ along with at least a couple of more English errors that is embarrassingly displayed on the big screen. Moreover, the film’s tagline ‘Love Among Gun Shots’ isn’t syntactically correct either! But then who would have cared about such minor things when there are bigger and far more glaring loopholes in the films.

So what one gets to see is biggest contract killer in the entire globe, Lucky Ali, driving a bike on the streets of Mauritus and firing openly on poor Amarjeet.

If that wasn’t heroic enough, he also removes his helmet, proudly flaunts his revolver and keeps searching him on foot even as the entire marketplace makes way for him. He enters people’s households and hotel rooms unannounced, kills them in quick successions, always leaves Tulip unscathed and misses his target whenever Amarjeet comes in sight.

However, one chance and Amarjeet shoots him in a split second motion. Quite a feat, especially with a Mauritian super cop, who announces that ‘he won’t allow gang war to break in his city’, is left hardly impressed that a ‘common Indian’ has managed to do what Interpol couldn’t for all these years.

At the end, he turns out to be even more powerful as he knocks down Amarjeet with three (or were they four?) bullets. Well, not bad.

Now if only he would have found him at the airport in the film’s beginning itself and done the honours there and then. That would have been some relief for a poor viewer who all this while was thinking of ‘running away’ from this trash affair.
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