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Info @ Trichy
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All Team Meet
Idea Excellence Award
Varthalap
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Trivia
Kids Corner
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Book Review
Empty Corner
Quiz
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Editorial
Tribute to Our Nation’s Heroes
26th November 2008 -Mumbai was one of the days which Mumbai stood still.
There were more than ten coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across
Mumbai, India's financial capital and its
largest city. The attacks, which drew
widespread condemnation across the
world, began on 26 November 2008 and
lasted until 29 November, killing at least
173 people and wounding at least 308
The siege witnessed heroic deeds of some of the great sons of India like
Hemant Karkare (Chief of ATS), Ashok Kamte (DIG of Police), Vijay Salaskar
(Inspector of Police), Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan (NSG) and several others who
laid their lives for our Nations security.
We Ideans of TN circle salute the great sons of our country along with their
family members.
Tele.com
In
this issue, let us look into a relatively new
concept of Ring Back Tones called AdRBT. We have been exposed to a lot of
RBTs, for which we pay… but wat’s AdRBT… Read ahead…
From
“How much more can we collect form the customer through a subscription
service?”
to
“How much can we pay the customer for his subscription?”
OnMobile has launched an audio advertising platform for operators called
AdRBT (ad ringback tones), the service will play audio ads to callers when they
dial a mobile number. In other words, when a person calls someone on his
mobile, he will hear an ad while the phone is ringing. Interestingly, this ad will
be based on the preferences of the caller, which OnMobile will derive from the
caller’s mobile number. Therefore, every call made will lead to a different ad.
The subscriber on whose phone the AdRBT is playing will have to give
permission by subscribing to the service. In return, the subscriber will receive
some incentive from the operator. Subscribers may be gratified by operators
allowing songs to play for specific callers, or they may get free SMSs and so on.
OnMobile estimates that a subscriber receives 10 calls daily on an average.
AdRBT will also allow callers to respond to the ad by requesting for more
information by pressing a specific key while the ad is playing. For example, by
pressing the # key, the caller can receive an SMS from the advertiser at the end
of the call.
The ads can be targeted based on the location and VAS
usage of the caller. The VAS usage data gives information
such as what handset the caller is using, whether he uses
the roaming service, how often he travels abroad, the
types of ringtones he downloads and the services he uses.
OnMobile will also play ads in regional languages.
Apart from choosing the profile of the customer,
advertisers will also be able to specify the number of times they want their ad
to be played in, say, a week or a month They can also specify how many times
they want their ad to be played to a particular caller in a fixed time period.
AdRBT will also allow for storyboard ads to be played. Therefore, each caller
can hear a series of ads based on a story or concept.
So we might end up paying the subscriber for subscribing to our services… and
compete with other mobile operators in the offers made to the customer for
subscribing to our services.
Info @ Trichy
Tiruchi is a thriving commercial centre in Tamil nadu, situated on the banks
of the river Cauvery, Tiruchirappalli, the fourth largest city in the state was a
citadel of the Early Cholas which
later fell to the Pallavas. But the
Pallavas never really managed to
retain control of this strategic city
and lost it to the Pandyas several
times. This tug of war finally ended
when the Cholas reasserted
themselves in the 10th century.
Trichy continued to be in their
possession until the decline of the
empire after which it became a
Vijayanagara stronghold.
When this empire collapsed in 1565, Trichy came to be occupied in turn by the
Nayaks of Madurai, the Marathas, the Nawabs of Carnatic, the French and
finally the British. Trichy flourished and prospered in its own ,built around the
Rock Fort. Apart from the fort there are several churches, colleges and
missions dating back to the 1760s. With its excellent infrastructural facilities
Trichy will serve as a good base to see central Tamilnadu. The rock fort is a
well known landmark of the city, a spectacular
monument perched on a massive rocky out crop
which rises abruptly from the plain to tower over
the old city. It is reached by the flight of steep
steps cut into the rock and from its summit you
get a fantastic view of the town plus its other
main landmark, Sri Ranganatha Swami Temple
( Srirangam).
It is also famous for artificial diamonds, cigars, handloom cloth, glass bangles
and wooden and clay toys. (Trichy, Tiruchy, Thiruchi, Tiruchirapalli)
Every year three important festivals namely Poochoriyal, Pancha Prakaram and
Brahmotsavam attract pilgrims to this temple. During
Poochoriyal, flowers worth Rs.35, 000 to 50,000 are
showered on the deity for 24 hours. Thousands of people
from various castes and communities throng the temple,
when Brahmotsavam is performed in the month of April. Devotees from
Malaysia, Singapore, Srilanka and other far-off place visits Samayapuram to
fulfill their vows for the many benefits they received through her grace. Those
who are unable to personally present their offerings, send it by post. Several
worship services are offered throughout the day here. Offerings of salt, jaggery
(brown sugar), lentils, jewelry are made by devotees. Annual festivals are
celebrated during Thai Poosam, and in the tamil months of Pankuni and
Chittirai. The last Sunday of Pankuni marks the commencement of the festival,
while the chariot festival is celebrated on the first Tuesday in the month of
Chittirai, and the float festival is celebrated a week later.
Jallikattu
Almost every village is having training centers for this martial art. One
grandmaster named Chola vadiyar at Tiruchirappalli, is giving good training in
this martial art.
Circle Snippets
The All Team Meet (ATM) for the Quarter II was held on November 4 th at
Coimbatore/Salem (Hotel Deje Vu), 12th November at Madurai/Trichy &
Thirunelveli at Madurai (Hotel Regency Inn) and 17th November at our Circle
office at Chennai. All the ATMs witnessed a full participation by all the TN
family. The ATM was inaugurated by the Circle Head with his Circle business
presentation followed by the presentations by the Functional Heads. The floor
was open for the Q & A, which was well utilized by the TN members followed
by the honoring of the stars of TN circle through the Idea Excellence Award
for the period August to October 2009. The function was concluded with high
tea at Chennai.
The ratings from all twelve of these questions are then combined into an index,
which can be used to segment employees into three categories:
2. Do you have the materials and equipment you need to do your work
right?
4. In the last seven days, have you received recognition or praise for
doing good work?
8. Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is
important?
11.In the last six months, has someone at work talked to you about your
progress?
12.In the last year, have you had opportunities at work to learn and
grow?
Workshops were conducted across the circle and the feedback survey will be
carried out on 1st Week of December 2009.
Thomas Edison:
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close
they were to success when they gave up.
Zig Ziglar:
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough
other people to get what they want!
Mahatma Gandhi:
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Trivia
Rajesh N
Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black
artist.
The Jazz Singer, 1927, was the first movie with audible dialogue.
Dracula and Sherlock holmes are the only characters that has outgrown
their creators
Abraham Lincoln, who invented a hydraulic device for lifting ships over shoals,
was the only US president ever granted a patent.
Teeth are the only parts of the human body that can't repair
themselves
Family Zone
The Priest was called immediately by the neighbors and, as he rushed into
Santa's backyard, clutching a rosary and prepared to scold him, he stopped and
watched in amazement. There stood Santa, holding a small bottle of holy water
which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling meats and chanted: "Oye, you waz
born a chicken, and you waz born a lamb, you waz raised a chicken, and you
waz raised a lamb but now yara, you are a potato and tomato"!
"Yes, I do," Banta replied. "Very well, then," the doctor said. He took out a pin
and pricked the patient's finger. Out came a trickle of blood. The doctor asked,
"What does that tell you?" "Oh my goodness!" Banta exclaimed as he stared
incredulously at his finger ... "Dead men do bleed!!"
One fine day it came to know that god is distributing apples to humans in his
place at heaven. The kid was so happy to receive that news and it went with
lot of enjoyment to heaven to get the apple from
god. There was a big queue standing to get apple
from god and this kid also joined in that queue.
While it was standing, it was fully excited and
thrilled for the fact that it is going to receive in
person from god's hands. Its turn too came and the kid showed its both the
hands to receive apple.
God gave the apple but unfortunately the tiny hands couldn't hold that big
apple. Apple fell down and got wasted in mud. The kid got so disappointed.
The ministers near the god informed that if the kid likes to have an apple from
god again then it has to again follow the queue.
Having waited for so long the kid didn't want to return back to earth with
empty hands so it decided to wait again in the queue. This time the queue has
become even longer than the previous one. While waiting in queue, the kid
could see lot of people who returns back with apple in hands and utmost
satisfaction on their faces.
The kid was so much disappointed and thought why me alone didn't get the
apple in hand when all others were easily able to get it.
What is the sin I did that I alone should suffer like this. Now the
kid was so scared that it should not miss the apple again. Again its
turn came and god gave the apple to the kid's hands and after
giving the apple god spoke to the kid. "My dear child, last time
after giving you the apple only I noticed the apple I gave to you
was a rotten apple and that's why I made that to fell down from
your hands. Having given you a rotten apple, I felt bad for you and
I wanted to give you the best apple in the farm and that time the
best apple in the farm was growing and that's why I made you to
wait such a long time in the queue. Here it is. Now the apple that
you have in hand is 'The Best' apple in the farm till to date.
Enjoy."
So, friends, sometimes it happens as even after we put our 100% dedication and
commitment things may get delayed or things may go wrong. Believe that god
has something great for us and that's why this has happened. Always say,
'Gratitude is absolutely the best way to bring more in one's life'
Book Review- ‘My Experiments with Truth’
He tells us about his childhood life, like when he had smoked tobacco, then
when he tried to commit the suicide in a temple, and many more. Every time
you read an incidence, you find yourself very much at the same place where
Gandhiji stood at that moment.
In the later part of the book, when Gandhi was in South Africa, and the local
politicians once try to Lynch him by carrying out a false campaign and provoke
a mob to kill him, he has described how he escaped with the help of local
police and his friends. It again depicts the provocation of the politicians against
a person who is fighting for the rights of few underprivileged masses. You find
it very near to present day situations. Further it describes the anxiety and
concern of local authorities, as well as of Mahatma Gandhi, for the situation. If
you ask yourself, how you could have felt in such situation, you will find your
answer very similar to the description of Mahatma Gandhi’s.
A numerous instances are there in the book, where you really feel that
Mahatma Gandhi has really experimented and written inferences of his
experiments with truth. The book is recommended to every body in the
Empty Corner – From the horse’s mouth
Anand Raghavan, Finance
younger generation, if you really want them to know about the "Nature of
Truth".
QUIZ Time !!
The Winner is
Jayesh P V - NWS