HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May the light of love shine upon you, and may your life be filled with blessings in this Christmas season.

sincere wishes of joy

for you and your family

the hope of christmas

with new year's inspirations

for a fantastic new year

QUESTION CORNER?????

What is the reason behind greying of hair with age?

SAPNA PRASAD, Chennai

The reason for hair greying is that it is either due to intrinsic factors such as genetic defects, hormones, age etc or extrinsic factors such as climate, pollutants, toxins, chemical exposure etc. Hair greying is a physiological process and is not always related to one’s age as grey hair can occur in teens and range into late 50’s and even older. Premature hair greying is basically hereditary and inherited from parents or grandparents.

Hair follicle is composed of specialized group of cells called melanocytes and keratinocytes and undergoes a cyclic process of degeneration and regeneration regulated by endocrine and paracrine mediators. Melanocytes are responsible for the melanotic pigment production and for the delivery of melanin to the keratinocytes of the hair follicle. Keratinocytes produce keratin, the chief protein in hair.

The natural colour of hair depends upon the amount and type of melanin pigments. Made from two aminoacids such as tyrosine and phenylalanine, melanin pigments are produced by melanocytes by a process called melanogenesis. There are two types of melanin : eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow. They blend together to form a wide range of hair colours and pass the melanin to the keratin – producing cells called keratinocytes.

This process employs the enzymes such as tyrosinase, tyrosinase-related protein 1, and tyrosinase –related protein 2, and takes place inside of organelles called melanosomes. Melanin production has been shown to occur only during the anagen phase ( a period of growth ) of the follicular cycle.

When the keratinocytes die, they retain the melanin. When failure of melanocyte stem cells (MSC) to maintain production of melanocytes occur or melanocytes die, then the hair turns grey. With age melanocytes lose their ability to make pigment then the colour is absent from new hair. The control of this pigment production is complex but there are genetic factors. One factor is MCIR gene and alleles of this gene are associated with red hair in humans. Thus hair follicle has a ‘melanogentic clock’ which slows down or stops melanocyte activity, thus decreasing the pigment our hair receives.

Due to the presence of superoxide dismutase ( SOD ) enzyme each of hair cells produce a tiny bit of hydrogen peroxide on their own. As we get older and due to reduction of the enzyme catalase, these tiny bits becomes a big bits and begin to damage hair follicles and block the melanin production.

So, hair bleaches itself from within and the pigmentation becomes grey, then to white. In younger people catalase breaks the hydrogen peroxide down into water and oxygen and removes it from the body. As we age, we lose some of this enzyme and buildup of hydrogen peroxide occur. Stress causes the release of numerous neurotransmitters in our fight or flight response and long term production of this can cause DNA damage and promote aging and greying of hair.

DR. SAINUDEEN PATTAZHY

Kollam, Kerala

COURTESY: The Hindu, June 3, 2015

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Sharpen your Mind...

1. At the sound of me, men may dream, or they may stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh, or even weep. What Am I?

2. What is represented by this Brain Bat?
     BBALL  ABALL  SBALL  KBALL  EBALL  TBALL

3. Can you name four days which start with the letter "T"?

4. Mr and Mrs Stony have three daughters and each daughter has two brothers. How many children do Mr and Mrs stony have?



Answers:
1.Music
2.Basket Ball (First letter in each word correspond to the spelling of "Basket")
3.Tuesday, Thursday, Today, and Tomorrow!!!
4. 5 (Three daughters and two sons)

UG Tamil

It's Time to Sharpen your Mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. What is unique about 8549176320?

2. By readjusting the numerals 1 to 9 in the box given below, can you make each of the four sides add up to 15 when totalled?
   
            1   2   3
            4   5   6
            7   8   9
3. How can you add eight 8s to get the number 1,000 using only addition?

4. Name a 7-letter word, from which if you take out 4 letters, you will have 1 left?

5. There was this competition where the contestants had to hold something. At the end of the event, the winner was a person who was physically disabled(he had no hands). What was that something?

??????

Answers:
1. It is the digits 0 to 9 in alphabetical order.
2. 6 7 2
    1 5 9
    8 3 4
3. 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 =1,000
4. Someone
5. Breath.

Seven Principles of Good Communication

1. Keep it Simple
2. Use Metaphors and Analogy
3. Use many different forums to spread the word.
4. Repeat, repeat, repeat
5. Lead by example
6. Explicity address inconsistencies
7. Listen and be listened to

DID YOU KNOW?

What are Artesian Wells?

Artesian wells are those from which water flows freely. These wells are man-made and are created by boring into the rock to  a channel that is lower than the water sources. The resulting artesian well has the advantage over vertical wells of not requiring a pump. the water will pour out naturally without the aid of any mechanism until the well runs dry. For this reason artesian wells, although often several hundred feet deep, may be only a few inches wide. This prevents undue loss of water. The term "artesian well" is derived from Artesium, the ancient name for Artois in Northern France, where a famous free flowing well was excavated early in the 12th Century.

Enrich Your Life

Take the Challenges that life has laid at your feet.
Life can make good of the hardships we meet.
Life can pull at your heartstrings and play with your mind.
Life can be blissful and happy and free.
Life can put beauty in the things that you see.
Life teaches you to take the good with the bad.
Take life's simple pleasures; let them set your heart free.
Take the love that you are given and return it with care.
To yourself give forgiveness if you stumble and fall.

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Cotton Corporation of India


Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research - 

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Combined Civil Services Examination–II (Non-Interview Posts) (Group-II A Services)

Applications are invited only through online mode upto 11.11.2015 for admission to the Written Examination for direct recruitment against the vacancies for the years 2014-2015 and 2015-16 in the following posts included in Combined Civil Services Examination–II(Non-Interview Posts) (Group-II A Services) [Service Code No.004] 

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ODD SEMESTER EXAMINATION from our Rosa Mystica Library from 

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14-10-2015 – for SF UG

National Eligibility Test - NET December 2015

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Body Language: Gestures & their Meaning

Gesture: Brisk, erect walk
Meaning: Confidence

Gesture: Standing with hands on hips
Meaning: Readiness, aggression

Gesture: Sitting with legs crossed, foot kicking slightly
Meaning: Boredom

Gesture: Sitting, legs apart
Meaning: Open, relaxed

Gesture: Arms crossed on chest
Meaning: Defensiveness

Gesture: Walking with hands in pockets, shoulders hunched
Meaning: Dejection

Gesture: Hand to cheek
Meaning: Evaluation, thinking

Gesture: Touching, slightly rubbing nose
Meaning: Rejection, doubt, lying

Gesture: Rubbing the eye
Meaning: Doubt, disbelief

Gesture: Hands clasped behind back
Meaning: Anger, frustration, apprehension

Gesture: Locked ankles
Meaning: Apprehension

Gesture: Head resting in hand, eyes downcast
Meaning: Boredom

Gesture: Rubbing hands
Meaning: Anticipation

Gesture: Sitting with hands clasped behind head, legs crossed
Meaning: Confidence, superiority

Gesture: Open palm
Meaning: Sincerity, openness, innocence

Gesture: Pinching bridge of nose, eyes closed
Meaning: Negative evaluation

Gesture: Tapping or drumming fingers
Meaning: Impatience

Gesture: Steepling fingers
Meaning: Authoritative

Gesture: Patting/fondling hair
Meaning: Lack of self-confidence; insecurity

Gesture: Quickly tilted head
Meaning: Interest

Gesture: Stroking chin
Meaning: Trying to make a decision

Gesture: Looking down, face turned away
Meaning: Disbelief

Gesture: Biting nails
Meaning: Insecurity, nervousness

Gesture: Pulling or tugging at ear
Meaning: Indecision

Gesture: Prolonged tilted head
Meaning: Boredom

Courtesy: http://communication-skills-material.blogspot.in/

How to read faster?

Here are a few of the lessons I’ve learned ...

1. Use a Pointer

Your eyes don’t actually stay fixed in one spot. They are frequently making brief twitches away from your center of focus to gather more information. These movements are called saccades and they represent the first tool novice readers can use to read faster.

Normally, when your eye twitches away, it must relocate in its previous position. Unfortunately, when you read, this position is constantly moving. Saccades (and just general distractions) cause you to slow down as you must search for your current reading position. The solution is to use a pointer.

The easiest pointer is just the tip of your finger. Simply place your index finger below a line of text and move it as you read. Initially, using a pointer will be slower than regular reading. But after you’re used to the motion, you can read more effectively.

Note for Advanced Speed-Readers: You can further increase your speed-reading rates by keeping your pointer 1-2cm away from the margins of the text. Your eye can catch the words in about a 1″ radius, so this can shave off a bit of reading time.

2. Speed Reading Is About Control, Not Speed

I dislike the way speed reading is often presented because it makes the skill seem to be only about increasing your top speed. As a result, many people are quick to judge that people can’t physically process more information or point out that comprehension goes down while speed reading.

To me, these arguments miss the point. Speed reading is about controlling your reading rate, not just going faster. If you’re in a racecar, top speed is important, but even more important is the driver’s skill at adjusting speeds to make careful turns. The ability to control your speed will make you a much more efficient reader than just blazing through text.

A pointer helps with control because instead of just using your eyes, you can physically move your hand to adjust your reading speed. If you move your hand faster, you will be forced to read faster. Also, if you slow your pointer down, your reading will slow. This kind of control allows you to carefully read confusing or important sections of text and go faster through obvious text or pieces of fluff.

For example, in a book I’m reading right now, the author frequently resorts to the same 3-4 paragraphs of description to explain a recurring idea. The paragraphs aren’t identical, but similar enough that I can use my pointer to skim through the content and still get the message.

3. Read Without Subvocalizing

When most people first learned to read, they spoke the words aloud. “Jill goes up the hill,” each word being pronounced earnestly by the young student. Eventually, you graduate from speaking aloud because it slows your reading speed. However, most people still vocalize the words inside their head, “Jill goes up the hill,” silently repeated in our minds.

Subvocalization isn’t always a bad thing. It helps us understand and follow a narrative. Just realize it isn’t strictly necessary for comprehension. Jsut as msot poelpe cna urndesnatd tihs secntene, most people don’t need to grasp every single word to get the meaning of a sentence.

Being able to read without subvocalizing is like adding an extra gear to your engine. It can open up the top speed of your reading rate, which is particularly useful for easy to understand or text with a lot of fluff. It isn’t the same as skimming, you’re still moving your pointer across every word. It’s a method speed readers can use that most normal readers don’t.

Practice moving your pointer faster than you can read words inside your head. This will break you of the habit of automatically subvocalizing.

4. Active Reading

Most people read passively, that is, reading a book hoping the information will strike them across the forehead and declare, “Learn Me!” This is a fine practice when you’re just reading for sheer entertainment, but what if your reading serves a specific purpose?

Speed reading requires active reading. That means, instead of just assuming the information will jump out at you, you become an inquisitive, seeking animal. Before you start reading, prime your mind by asking what you’re hoping to get out of your reading session. Even if you aren’t 100% sure of what you’ll learn, this priming exercise allows your brain to notice relevant details more quickly.

Active reading also means stopping to think about what your reading, as you read it. Stopping to think may not sound like much of a speed reading tactic. It’s not, but it is a smart-reading tactic that everyone should employ. If you find something interesting, pause either to reflect or even note the information in your book.

Would you rather read something today and forget it tomorrow, or read it deeply and make it a part of you?

5. Know When to Slow Down

As I mentioned in key #2, speed reading is about control, not just speed. Many people I’ve talked to after introducing them to speed reading brag about how quickly they dashed through a book. But, these same people later confess that they remember little about what they read.

Just as it is sometimes useful to speed up to move quickly through writing with a low information density, you often need to slow down to catch the important or confusing bits. Let’s view reading as if you are driving a car: If you’re on a straight, well-maintained divided highway, feel free to speed up. But if you’re doing hairpin turns on a dirt road in the mountains, slow down.

More than anything else, speed reading should give you an awareness of your speed. Most people read information with only 2 speeds: skimming and reading. Speed reading is about opening up all the intermediate layers. Now you should be able to skim, read without subvocalizing, read rapidly, read, read slowly and even crawl when faced with confusing or difficult ideas.

6. Make the Material More Interesting

I know, it sounds impossible. How can you possibly make statistics/accounting/Jane Eyre interesting?

But you can make material more interesting if you put some effort in before you pick up the book. No, you can’t make boring topics come alive as if they were the latest thriller fiction. But you can make them interesting enough that you can stay focused while reading.

I know it sounds like something out of a Tony Robbins‘ seminar, but attitude matters. When you’re approaching a book, imagine if you changed your perspective from, “Oh no, here’s some junk I have to read,” to “What could I gain from reading this, if I was really creative about it.” It’s not about confessing a secret love of accounting, it’s about keeping an open mind as to what accounting could teach you.

If you find the material more interesting, you’ll be able to read with complete focus. Complete focus can cut the amount of reading time in a third, without any loss in comprehension. That should be incentive enough to tweak your attitude.

7. Reading Rate Comes With Practice

Although less glamorous than subvocalization or pointer-enabled reading techniques, the best speed reading technique is this: read more to read faster. When you regularly read a book per week, your reading rate will improve.

First, if you aren’t reading in your first language, language proficiency will be your biggest obstacle to high reading rates. I’m an intermediate with French, and my French reading is a crawl compared to my English reading. That’s because every paragraph contains a new word or unfamiliar grammatical construction.

Once again, the way to overcome low proficiency is through practice. Even if you are reading in your first language, some authors will throw big words down you may not understand. My suggestion is that if you encounter such words frequently, look them up. I used Google’s define feature (example, “define simple“) religiously when reading through all of David Foster Wallace’s verbose tome, Infinite Jest.

Second, if you read more frequently, you get a better sense of what speed to go for the type of content and your purposes. NASCAR racers weren’t made that way. They became great at adjusting speeds through practice. Similarly, if you aren’t sure how fast to read a textbook or a novel, those intuitions can be strengthened with practice.

I also suggest for new speed readers to practice reading rather than just read. Practice reading involves taking a fresh book and using the techniques of a pointer and eliminating subvocalization to scroll faster than you can comprehend. This can help train your upper speed-limit reading speeds.
Try It Out!

Want to know your current reading speed? Pick up any book and do the following:

    * Setup a timer for one minute
    * Mark the line you started reading
    * Start reading and stop when the minute is up
    * Mark the line where you stopped
    * Number of lines - Count the number of lines you’ve read
    * Number of words per line - Take the second line and count the number of words in this line (including short words like I, and, etc)
    * Number of lines X Number of words per line = WPM, your words per minute reading speed.

Try the above steps with your regular reading pace, and after practicing several tips from above, try the measuring steps again to see how much you’ve improved. Let us know how you did!

Courtesy : http://time-managementor.blogspot.in/

Muthamizh Vizha and Teacher's Day Celebration

தமிழ் ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்களுக்கு சில வலைபதிவுகள்

அதிரைநிருபர் பதிப்பகம்

வல்லினம் - கலை, இலக்கிய இதழ்

கீற்று 

தமிழக தொல்லியற் களங்கள் 

முகநூல்  - தமிழர் முற்றம்

MLA Handbook 8th Ed.

Writing the Research Paper: A Handbook

Collins English Dictionary

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க்ரியாவின் தமிழ் மொழிக் களஞ்சியம்.

க்ரியா அகராதியின் ஆவணக்காப்புப் பதிப்பை இலவசமாகப் புரட்டிப்பார்க்கலாம்.

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Library Orientation 2015-2016

Rosa Mystica Library gives orientation to our PG students from 6th July 2015- 10th July 2015. Since UG Students are ongoing 13th July to 17th July.

Fatima College 63rd Birthday

Our College has celebrated its 63rd Birthday on 2nd July. Silver Jubilarians are honored for their selfless service to the humanity through our institution. Dr. Shobana Nelasco - Department of Economics, Dr. S. Rose Mary - department of Mathematics, Mrs.G.Germine Mary & Dr. S. Vidya – Department of Computer Science.

We are very happy to congratulate these staff members.
CONGRATS TEACHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Helmet Rally in Madurai City

To create awareness to wear Helmet, Madurai Collector Thiru L. Subramanian IAS flagged a rally at the Madurai Gandhi Museum at 10 o'clock. Our Fatima college has participated in this rally, we are happy to take part in this rally.

Thanks to our beloved principal Sr. Fatima, Mary Kanikkai to encourage us to involve in this awareness campaign.

Congratulation for our students!!!!!!!!!!


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CBSE - NET Paper I

Dear Students,

You are advised to check the answers for Paper I SET A

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NEW ARRIVALS - HISTORY

HISTORY BOOKS

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 ECONOMICS & COMMERCE 

ROSA MYSTICA LIBRARY LEARNING RESOURCES BOARD

தமிழ் கவிஞர் கண்ணதாசன் பிறந்தநாள் 24-6-1927

தமிழ் கவிஞர் கண்ணதாசன் 

Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a Tamil poet and lyricist, heralded as one of the greatest and most important writers in the Tamil language. Frequently called Kaviarasu (King of Poets), Kannadasan was most familiar for his song lyrics in Tamil films and contributed around 5000 lyrics apart from 6000 poems and 232 books, including  novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious essay on Hinduism, captioned Arthamulla Indhumatham (Meaningful Hindu Religion). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Cheraman Kadali in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film Kuzhanthaikkaga.

Kannadasan worked in "Thiraioli", a Cine magazine run by 'Papa' Rama.Thiyagarajan in Rayavaram. Pudukkottai Distt and in Chennai. He also worked for "Thirumagal" magazine in Ramachandrapuram, Pudukkottai Distt. M. Karunanidhi conferred the title Kavingar to Kannadasan in a public meeting held in Pollachi in 1949.

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LEARN ENGLISH

English Speaking - Basic English Training Module Chapter 01

16 Fluency in English - Learn how to give emphasis on the right words in the sentence - Esl English

41 English phonetics - The sounds of English - ESL Spoken English lessons - English conversation

Common Daily Expressions - English Listening & Speaking Practice

Common Daily Expressions No. 2

Common Daily Expressions No.3

Common Daily Expressions No. 4

Common Daily Expressions No. 5

Teaching and Non-Teaching Posts - Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, TamilNadu

6 Librarian posts at Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tami lNadu

Advertisement Number : 425
Date: 26/04/15

Name of the Post : Librarian 

Scale of Pay : Rs.15,600-39,100  + AGP Rs. 6000

GT : 1+1(W/DW)

SC/SC(A): 1+ 1(A-W/DW)

MBC/DNC : 1

BC: 1

Total : 6 Posts

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(a) A Master’s Degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a consistently good academic record with knowledge of computerization of library.

(b)Qualifying in the national level test conducted for the purpose by the UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC.

How to apply:

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Filled-in application should be sent to The Registrar, Thiruvalluvar University,

Serkkadu, Vellore - 632 115.

Demand Draft to be drawn in favour of The Registrar, Thiruvalluvar University,

Vellore-632 115

Last date to receive the filled in application Up to 5.45 p.m. on 11.05.2015.

Application and Registration fee: Rs.600/-  (except SC/ST and Differently abled candidate)

Registration fee for SC/ST and Differently abled candidate Rs.100/-

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CBSE UGC NET June 2015 Examination Notification

CBSE UGC NET June 2015 Examination Notification

On behalf of UGC, the Central Board of Secondary Education announces holding of the National Eligibility Test (NET) on 28th June 2015 (SUNDAY) for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor Both in Indian universities and colleges. CBSE will conduct NET in 84 subjects at 89 selected NET Examination Cities spread across the country.

Read more at: http://cbsenet.nic.in/cbsenet/Welcome.aspx

Tamilnadu Scientist Award (TANSA) 2013

Hearty Congratulations to our beloved staff Dr. Shobana Nelasco, Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Fatima College, Madurai for receiving the Tamilnadu Scientist Award (TANSA) 2013.

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Re-Accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC

Mary Land, Madurai – 625 018

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06-04-2015 – for PG

07-04-2015 to 08-04-2015 – for All UG

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FC Activity - Dept. of Homescience - Congratulates Students!!!!!!!!!

Fatima College Students receive the Prize for their project titled – “Are Students Studying Science Course Free from Superstitious Beliefs?” during Youth Science Festival by Tamil Nadu Science Forum, Chennai.

Congratulates Students!!!!!!!!!!!!!!