Weird alternative power sources for cars
When we refer to alternate fuels for cars, we, at most times, mean electricity, bio-fuel, or ethanol. But what happens when you add the word 'weird' before alternative fuel? It's a whole new story!
A car powered by air? Yes indeed: the MDI Air Pod proves that the notion is not just a load of hot air. In fact, it's a load of compressed air. MDI wants to build charging stations to compress air which will then power its three-wheeled bubble car at speeds up to 50mph, and up to 95 miles range.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Apples
A car that runs on apples - has cider producer Henry Hobhouse been on the tipple? Not at all: this Somerset farmer has converted his Jaguar XJ6 to run on fuel made from apples from his farm. He makes his own methane fuel by pulping apple cores and grass waste at a cost of less than 50p per litre.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methane gas
The GENeco Bio-Bug is a real-life 'dung beetle'. The Bristol-built prototype is powered by methane gas generated from household poo. GENeco says it takes about 70 household dung heaps a year to power the car for 10,000 miles. We bet it goes like stink. And you're guaranteed to win at top trumps.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Legs and arms
Most of us started driving when we got our first pedal-powered car. Well, a few companies make leg-powered cars for grown-ups as a green statement. The HumanCar PS goes one step further by using the arms of its four passengers. You have to 'row' the car using the onboard sticks. Top speed: 30mph on the flat. Oh, there's no steering wheel: instead you need to steer by shifting your buttocks about in the seat
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jet fighter – and a rocket as well
Bloodhound is the latest British land speed record hopeful. Its Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine is used to reach a 'running-in' speed of 300mph, at which point it switches over to hybrid rocket power. The combined engine thrust is 47,500lb - the equivalent of 180 F1 cars. Pilot Andy Green expects to reach the magic 1,000mph barrier in just 42 seconds.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nuclear
It was 1958 and nuclear power was the future. Ford reckoned that uranium reactors would eventually be small enough to fit into a car, so it built the Nucleon scale model as a proposal. The idea was to swap reactors if you were running low - something you'd need to every 5,000 miles. Strangely the idea never left the drawing board.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Steam
In the early days of motoring, steam cars rivalled internal combustion for popularity. Then the steam suddenly went out of the idea. Fast forward to 2009, and this British Steam Car took one of the longest-standing land speed records in the world. Driven by Don Wales, it broke the record with a 139.843mph top speed.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sugar
Bottoms up, Brazil! Way back in the 1970s, the South American country pioneered the idea of bio-fuel, using its huge sugar cane harvest to circumvent the oil crisis by making ethanol fuel from fermented sugar. Today, Brazilian cars powered by flexi-fuel engines (running on either petrol or alcohol) are widespread, including the all-new Fiat Uno.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tequila
Chrysler remains the only company ever to deliver a gas turbine car to consumers. The experimental 1963 Chrysler Turbine was fitted with a 44,500rpm gas turbine engine that could run on virtually anything, from fish oil to coal dust. The president of Mexico proved this by running his on... tequila!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Water
In 2008, Japanese company Genepax unveiled this car, claimed to run on water and air alone. However, Genepax was unable to reveal how the car worked and it shut down its website eight months later, adding fuel to claims that the whole idea of water-powered cars is but an urban myth.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wind
Described as part aeroplane, part sailboat, part Formula One car, the Greenbird - supported by British wind farm experts Ecotricity - is the world's fastest car powered by the wind, having exceeded 126mph. If you're thinking this sail car doesn't look terribly practical for doing the shopping run to Tescos, Ecotricity is working on an electric Lotus powered by wind generators...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wine
News shock: Prince William was drink-driving on his wedding day. Kind of. The Aston Martin DB6 he borrowed from his dad has been converted to run on ethanol derived from surplus wine from British vineyards. It can travel 10 miles per gallon of wine. Hic!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wood
You're looking at the world's fastest car powered by wood. The Heath Robinson-esque Beaver XR7 reached a heady 47.7mph on its diet of burnt wood chips. Beaver Energy has also converted an Isuzu Trooper, which it claims can run for 20 miles on 11kg of wood chips.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chip fat
Thousands of UK drivers have now discovered that you can run some diesel cars on vegetable oil. It's cheaper than regular fuel - and even free if you make friends with your local chip shop. The government won't tax you on it unless you use more than 2,500 litres a year. Only one downside: your car may start smelling like a chip van.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Urine
We're not taking the piss here. An Ohio scientist called Gerardine Botte has developed a catalyst capable of extracting hydrogen from urine. By electrolysing the urea in human pee, she's managed to unleash 0.0005kW - not exactly Ferrari territory, but she hopes her invention can be scaled up.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Top-paying jobs for the Class of 2011
Hiring of new college graduates began to decline in 2008, when companies first started feeling the effects of the recession. By 2009, the graduating class was faced with industrywide hiring freezes. Things started to look up for the class of 2010, but companies -- many of which had gotten used to doing more with less -- were still hiring cautiously.
Now, in 2011, we can at last say that things are really and truly looking up for new college grads. According to the annual survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, overall, employers plan to hire 19.3 percent more new college graduates this fall than they did in the fall of 2011, the first double-digit percentage increase since 2007. In comparison, last year, hiring managers reported that they would be hiring 6.9 percent fewer new grads than in the year prior.
There's good news on the pay front, too. Salaries for the graduating class of 2011 are expected to be up from the previous year for the first time since 2008. On average, students can expect a starting offer of around $50,462, 5.9 percent higher than the average offer of $47,673 that 2010 grads received. Plus, 75 percent of employers surveyed said they planned to offer higher salaries to this year's graduating class.
Like every year, though, certain degrees command a higher salary than others. While graduates from a variety of majors and disciplines have a shot at a decent salary in 2011, almost all of the top-10 offers will go to engineering and computer science grads. According to the NACE survey, the following are the highest expected payouts:
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $63,017
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $60,646
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $60,112
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $58,549
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $57,176
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $56,868
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $56,808
For those who aren't graduating with an engineering or computer science degree, however, not all hope for a high salary is lost. There are other majors that can expect offers of more than $50,000 per year. Here are 10 more degrees that will pull in the big bucks.
1. Nursing
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $55,7742. Mathematics
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $55,3003. Ecomomics
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $54,6345. Finance
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $53,0486. Agricultural sciences
(not including plant science, animal science or conservation majors)
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $52,934(not including plant science, animal science or conservation majors)
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $50,602
9. Accounting
Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $50,316Average annual salary offer to 2011 grads: $50,313
Unfortunately, not all new graduates can expect high salaries right away. Those who might have delayed gratification when it comes to compensation include students who majored in elementary and secondary education,communications,journalism,social work,social work, visual and performing arts, plant sciences and animal sciences -- all degrees with an average starting salary of $35,000 or less.
Veera
Release date May 20, 2011 [The date(s) may change subject to other factors]Veera (2011)
Cast : Ravi Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, Tapasee, Manjari Phadnis
Director : Ramesh Varma
Producer : Indukuri Ganapathi Raju
Music : Thaman S
Cast : Ravi Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, Tapasee, Manjari Phadnis
Director : Ramesh Varma
Producer : Indukuri Ganapathi Raju
Music : Thaman S
Click below to Download all the songs (320 VBR – 59 MB)
Click below to Download all the songs (128 kbps – 30 MB)
Badrinath
Badrinath is releasing on May 26, 2011
Badrinath (2011)
Cast : Allu Arjun, Tamanna Bhatia, Nana Patekar
Director : V.V. Vinayak
Producer : Allu Aravind
Music : M.M. Keeravani
Cast : Allu Arjun, Tamanna Bhatia, Nana Patekar
Director : V.V. Vinayak
Producer : Allu Aravind
Music : M.M. Keeravani
Donwload Full songs[320vbr-83mb]
Download Full Songs[128kbps-41mb]
Results
_______SECOND YEAR DEGREE EXAMINATION HELD IN MARCH 2011
16-06-2011 :: B.SC., (COMMON CORE SCHEME) with marks
16-06-2011 :: B.A., (COMMON CORE SCHEME) with marks
16-06-2011 :: B.COM., (C.C.S.-REVISED) with marks
16-06-2011 :: B.COM., (VOCATIONAL-REVISED) with marks
15-06-2011 :: B.SC., (COMMON CORE SCHEME)
15-06-2011 :: B.A., (COMMON CORE SCHEME)
15-06-2011 :: B.COM., (C.C.S.-REVISED)
15-06-2011 :: B.COM., (VOCATIONAL-REVISED)
__________B.E.,\B.TECH., THIRD YEAR SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION HELD IN APRIL 2011
13-06-2011 :: NEW NON GRADING
13-06-2011 :: OLD NON GRADING
13-06-2011 :: 68 AFFLIATED GRADING
13-06-2011 :: 69 AFFILIATED GRADING
13-06-2011 :: 67 AU GRADING
13-06-2011 :: 68 AU GRADING
13-06-2011 :: 69 AU GRADING
___________FIRST YEAR DEGREE EXAMINATION
08-06-2011 :: B.C.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION AT THE END OF III YEAR HELD IN MARCH 2011 (with marks)
