Monday, January 5, 2009

Autopsy for Jett Travolta

An autopsy is to be performed to Jett Travolta 16, the late son of John Travolta (54) and Kelly Preston (46) and brother of Ella(8). He died on Friday and the autopsy is planned on Monday. Jett Travolta died at the family vacation in Bahamas. According to sources a house care taker found him unconscious early in the morning on Friday. He apparently believed to have hit his head against the bath tub and fell unconscious. He was rushed to the nearest hospital where he was declared dead.

Jett Travolta is believed to have been suffering from Kawasaki Syndrome a rare disease, also known as lymph node syndrome, is a febrile illness that affects many organs, skin colour,mucous membrane, blood vessel walls and heart.

Mystery of Thousand Shoes

Mystery prevails over thousands of pair of old shoes that are scattered along the palmetto express highway near Miami. No witness has come forward to solve the mystery.

Theories evolved to solve the mystery:

1) A truck’s door may have accidentally opened without the notice of the driver so that the shoes may have fallen out.
2) An “intricate prank”.
3) May be a big political commentary over President Bush’s shoe dodging experience in Iraq.

According to police thousands of work boots, bathroom slippers, tennis sneakers and sports boots were explicitly thrown before 8.00 am.A private contractor was hired to bag the sea of soles and dump them in an empty field.

The Florida highway patrol took almost 4 hours to clean up the entire mess and contacted the local and national charity.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

GMAT

GMAT Basics:
The Graduate Management Admissions Test is the standardized exam used by graduate business schools for admissions decisions. It is designed and produced by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and administered through the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC). The three-hour, computer-adaptive test is almost exclusively multiple-choice and yields four scores: Total, Verbal, Quantitative and Analytic Writing Assessment.
What the GMAT Measures:
GMAC claims the GMAT can measure basic analytical, quantitative and reasoning abilities developed over time. However, according to the GMAC web site, the GMAT does not measure: “every discipline-related skill necessary for academic work, nor does it measure subjective factors important to academic and career success, such as motivation, creativity, and interpersonal skills.” It continues, “GMAT scores cannot be used to estimate potential for success in a career, because many factors other than basic verbal and mathematical abilities influence work performance.”

Test Administration:
The GMAT switched to a computer adaptive testing (CAT) format in 1997. Since that time, multiple problems with cheating, computer system failure, and scoring errors have been identified. In 2000 ETS admitted that scores for 3% of all tests taken between February and March were miscalculated, but students were not notified until December. Common pencil-and-paper test-taking strategies cannot be used on computer delivered exams. Test-takers are unable to underline text, scratch out eliminated choices or work out math problems on screen. Studies also indicate that computer screens take longer to read than printed materials, and that it is more difficult to detect errors on computer screens. Taking the GMAT costs applicants $200 each but colleges pay nothing to receive scores. Since 1985, GMAT has increased fees by $170 per test but offers no financial assistance for test takers of limited financial means
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GMAT Grading and Scoring:
The Verbal and Quantitative sections are each scored on a scale of 0-60. A Total score is calculated by adding Verbal and Quantitative scores then converting this number to a 200-800 point scale. The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) is scored on a 1-6 scale. This section, in which students have an opportunity to display creative, innovative and concise writing skills, is graded by two “evaluators,” one of which is a computer.
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Predictive Validity and Margin of Error:
GMAC has been able to validate the GMAT for just one purpose: predicting first-year graduate school grades. But GMAC concedes that the GMAT can predict less than 17% of the variation in these grades on average. Independent researchers put the percentage much lower at between 4% and 9%, meaning that over 90% of what determines how well a student will do in their first year in business school is not captured by the test. According to GMAC’s own studies, all graduate schools have access to a better predictor of success - - undergraduate GPA’s.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Aamir Khan’s Ghajini - Hot Review

Aamir Khan’s Ghajini , directed by AR Murugadoss and music by AR Rahman created a BIG BANG among the bollywood industry with a record opening of 35 crores expected in the first week itself.There were 160 paid previews of the film.The story of a man revenging for his lost girl friend with short-term memory loss is creating waves among the bolywod circle.Ghajini is released all over the world with 1200 prints in INDIA and 250 abroad making it to a total of 1450.
Asin , the lead lady of Ghajini from down south is creating rippples raising her celebritity ststus and a grand opening of her bollywood career.