CAT Examination looses value

The latest Press release issued by IIM Ahmedabad today has announced that the “CAT 2009 result declaration has been deferred to end of February 2010”. Many of the CAT 2009 test takers were expecting the results to come out either today or tomorrow, as the IIMs had earlier announced that the results would be declared by the third week of February 2010.

This delay and uncertainty is raising the anxiety level of the CAT 2009 candidates. Thus many MBA aspirants are this year considering the MAT or the Management Aptitude Test and not the Common Admission Test to get admission in some of the top management institutes.

The MAT exam is held four times a year and is quite convenient to prepare for. Those who took the MAT exam in December were given their results within a month’s time. The results of the CAT exam though conducted in the same month have been delayed by yet another week…..So the results would be declared even after the next MAT....that is the February MAT results come out.

Due to this delay of the CAT results many MBA aspirants who have quit their jobs may have to take admission on the basis of scores of either the December or the upcoming February MAT results. The chaos that marked CAT online exams prompted many to not wait for the results, but to look for other opportunities.

Due to the failure of the online CAT there are also reports coming in that some non-IIM colleges are not considering CAT scores too seriously. This entire tedious process of the CAT 2009 has led to change of plans among many MBA aspirants. Those who thought of taking CAT next year are now apprehensive due to the unsatisfactory turn of events. They are now considering the MAT exam and other entrance tests to a greater extent. The CAT may finally be loosing its status as the ultimate MBA entrance test.

Times Business School MBA Admissions 2010

The Paper based, MAT exams for management entrance would be conducted by AIMA on 7th of February, 2010. The online versions of the test would be held from 13th February, onwards.

We at Times Business School also accept MAT (CAT/XAT/ATMA) scores for admission for our MBA program. The following are details regarding MBA program and the admission procedure for applying for MBA 2010.

Features of our MBA program:-

- Dual degree (Indian degree + International degree)

- Dual Specialization

- Personal Laptop
- International Study Tour
-Industrial Visits

-Diploma in Foreign Language: (French or German)

-International Business Diploma: (Intellectual Property, Corporate Ethics or Energy Efficiency)

- Personality development programs and workshops
- 100% Placement Assistance

For more details contact: 9871293937, 9811852899

Admission Procedure
-Though Group Discussion and Personal Interview
-Prospectus can be collected for Rs.1000/-
-bring copies of your 10th, 12th and Graduation marksheets and certificates, 3 passport size photographs and a copy of your MAT scorecard.

Our next GDPI scheduled for 15th of February, 2010
At our Campus:
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A-39, Kailash Colony,
New Delhi -110048.

Please confirm your participation by calling: 9871293937, 9811852899

A.R.Rahman Wins Two Grammy Awards

A.R.Rahman has won two Grammy Awards, isn’t that quite an achievement. It’s not unbelievable though, considering what a big hit the movie, Slumdog Millionaire was and the Oscars Slumdog won last year. The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards was held in Los Angeles on Sunday night, and in India it has been quite a pleasant surprise to us on Monday morning. This is the first time Rahman has been nominated for a Grammy. He now joins other Indian music greats like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Jussain, Vikku Vinayak and Vishvamohan Bhatt who have won Grammy Awards in the past.

He has won the award for ‘Jai Ho’ (From Slumdog Millionaire) for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media beating ‘The Wrestler’ (From The Wrestler) written by the boss, Bruce Springsteen himself, ‘Decode’ (From Twilight), ‘All Is Love’ (From Where The Wild Things Are) and ‘Once In A Lifetime’ (From Cadillac Records). “Jai ho” has been sung by Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Vijay Prakash and Rahman himself.

The other Award won by Rehman is for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for Slumdog Millionaire, beating the others: Cadillac Records, Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds, True Blood and the Twilight.
This is what he had to say on being handed the Grammy: "Insane, eh? I never even dreamt about winning all these awards. I once again want to thank the Almighty, my spiritual Sufi teachers Ameen Peerullah Malik Sahib, Danny Boyle, Fox and the whole Slumdog creative team, all the awesome actors in the movie, MIA, Resul Pookutty, my whole team, Gulzaarji, Sukvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah and Vijay Prakaash.

My friend and sound engineer the late H Sridhar, Deepak, P A Chetan, Vivvianne Chaix, Aditya Modi, Sivakumar, Noell James, Ganesh, Faiz, Anne-Marie, Ranjit Barot and the folks at Nirvana.My agents Sam Schwartz and Amos Newman. My friends Karan, Gopal and Vijay, Deepak Gattani, Mohan Chopra, Chris and Simon Long. My mentor Mani Rathnam, my mentors in Mumbai Shekhar Kapur and Subhash Ghai, and my mentor in the west, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Folks at IDPR, Allison and Courtney. My extraordinary musicians from Chennai and Mumbai. My mother, my father, my sisters and my lovely wife and children. And all my well wishers from the world who keep me going. Jai ho, India!"

Apple iPad features

As we know the much Awaited Apple iPad has been launched. It has been priced at a much lesser amount than previously thought. Being $499 for the entry-level 16GB model, the price has been far less than the $999 price tag that many had predicted. Also available is a 32GB version for $599, while the 64GB flavor will cost you $699. The following are some of the features of the iPad.

Safari - The large Multi - Touch screen on iPad lets you see web pages as they were meant to be seen — one page at a time. With vibrant color and sharp text. So whether you’re looking at a page in portrait or landscape, you can see everything at a size that’s actually readable. And with iPad, navigating the web has never been easier or more intuitive. Because you use the most natural pointing device there is: your finger. Scroll through a page just by flicking your finger up or down on the screen. Or pinch to zoom in or out on a photo. There’s also a thumbnail view that shows all your open pages in a grid, to let you quickly move from one page to the next

Mail - See and touch your email in ways you never could before. In landscape, you get a split-screen view showing both an opened email and the messages in your inbox. To see the opened email by itself, turn iPad to portrait, and the email automatically rotates and fills the screen. No matter which orientation you use, you can scroll through your mail, compose a new email using the large, onscreen keyboard, or delete messages with nothing more than a tap and a flick. If someone emails you a photo, you can see it right in the message. You can also save the photos in an email directly to the built-in Photos app. And iPad works with all the most popular email providers, including MobileMe, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, and AOL.

Photos - With its crisp, vibrant display and unique software features, iPad is an extraordinary way to enjoy and share your photos. For example, the Photos app displays the photos in an album as though they were in a stack. Just tap the stack, and the whole album opens up. From there, you can flip through your pictures, zoom in or out, or watch a slideshow. You can even use your iPad as a beautiful digital photo frame while it’s is docked or charging. And there are lots of ways to import photos: You can sync them from your computer, download them from an email, or import them directly from your camera using the optional Camera Connection Kit.

Video - The large, high-resolution screen makes iPad perfect for watching any kind of video: from HD movies and TV shows to podcasts and music videos. Switch between widescreen and full screen with a double-tap. Because iPad is essentially one big screen, with no distracting keypad or buttons, you feel completely immersed in whatever you’re watching.

YouTube - The YouTube app organizes videos so they’re easy to see and navigate. To watch one, just tap it. When you’re watching in landscape, the video automatically plays in full screen. And with its high-resolution display, iPad makes the latest HD YouTube videos look positively amazing.

iPod - With the iPod app, all your music is literally at your fingertips. Browse by album, song, artist, or genre with a simple flick. To play a song, just tap it. iPad even displays album art at full size. Listen to your music with the powerful built-in speaker or with wired or Bluetooth wireless headphones.

iTunes - A tap of the iTunes store icon lets you browse and buy music, TV shows, and podcasts — or buy and rent movies — wirelessly, right from your iPad. Choose from thousands of movies and TV shows (in both standard and high definition), along with thousands of podcasts and millions of songs. Preview songs before you buy them. Or just sync iPad with the content you already have in your iTunes library on your Mac or PC.

App Store - iPad runs almost 140,000 apps from the App Store. Everything from games to business apps and more. And new apps designed specially for iPad are highlighted, so you can easily find the ones that take full advantage of its features. Just tap the App Store icon on the screen to browse, buy, and download apps wirelessly, right to the iPad.

iBooks - The iBooks app is a great new way to read and buy books.* Download the free app from the App Store and buy everything from classics to best sellers from the built-in iBookstore. Once you’ve bought a book, it’s displayed on your Bookshelf. Just tap it to start reading. The high-resolution, LED-backlit screen displays everything in sharp, rich color, so it’s easy to read, even in low light.

Maps - See more of the world with high-resolution satellite and street view images. Even see topography with the new terrain view. You can also search for a nearby business type (“Restaurant,” for example), then tap the business to see the route and directions from your current location

Notes - With its expansive display and large, onscreen keyboard, iPad makes jotting down notes easy. In landscape view, you see not only a note-taking page but a list of all your notes. iPad even circles the current note in red, so you can see where you are at a glance.

Calendar - iPad makes it easy to stay on schedule by displaying day, week, month, or list views of your calendar. You can see an overview of a whole month or the details of a single day. iPad even shows multiple calendars at once, so you can manage work and family schedules at the same time

Contacts - The Contacts app on iPad makes finding names, numbers, and other important information quicker and easier than ever before. A new view lets you see both your complete contacts list and a single contact simultaneously. Need directions? Tap an address inside a contact and iPad automatically opens Maps.

Home Screen - The Home Screen gives you one-tap access to everything on iPad. You can customize your Home Screen by adding your favorite apps and websites or using your own photos as the background. And you can move apps around to arrange them in any order you want.

Spotlight Search - Spotlight Search allows you to search across iPad and all of its built-in apps, including Mail, Contacts, Calendar, iPod, and Notes. It even searches apps you’ve downloaded from the App Store. So no matter what you’re looking for, it’s never more than a few taps away.

Burj Khalifa - Height of Human Achivement

Did anyone watch the opening ceremony of the Burj Khalifa....It was simply amazing.





Take a look at these pictures, this building is one of the best man made achievements of the century.

Soaring 2,717ft into the air above Dubai and with 1,292,500 sq ft of glass to keep spic and span, the £1billion Burj Khalifa presented a unique problem for the maintenance staff.

Dale Harding, the general manager of window cleaning company Cox Gomyl, said the firm installed £5million of hi-tech equipment, including unique window-cleaning carousels which they designed, to ensure the Burj Khalifa looks its best.

Twelve machines weighing 13 tons carry up to 36 cleaners, who use ordinary soapy water to wash down the Burj's 24,830 reflective windows in a process that takes three months from top to bottom.

The cleaners stand on the specially designed machines, which emerge from cavities in the skyscraper and track along rails skirting its curved towers.

I guess you could call this the height of cleanliness!

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Avatar - Great Movie!

Has anyone seen the new movie, called Avatar....it is just too amazing....with all the special effects and all. Initially I went to watch it just because everyone was going to see it....so I thought that it had to be something good otherwise why are people going for it. True it is a futurist movie with androids and aliens but somehow it is a very heartening movie. It is all about a marine who wins the hearts of the native creatures of the planet Pandora through the avatar he is given. The animated scenes are stunning and quite amazing. Anyone who has never watched animated movies....this is a place to start....go and watch Avatar it is great!