Violent video games: under a cloud?

The findings of a study presented at a meeting of the Radiological Society of North America reveal that teenagers who play violent video games are bound to show increased ‘brain’ activities linked to emotional arousal and decreased responses in regions that govern self control. The study used kids in the age group of 13 to 17 with no reported history of behavioural problems; while half of them played a first-person shooter in a military combat game called Medal of Honour: Frontline, the other half played a non-violent game called Need for Speed: Underground. The first lot showed increased activation in the amygdala (involved in emotional arousal), and less activation in the prefrontal portions of the brain associated with control, focus and concentration than those who played the non-violent game. This brings into focus the huge debate raging over the sale of violent video games to kids in the US (the sector is worth a whopping $13 billion). Lawmakers are trying to ban these violent video games.

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PROBLEMS OF A MISSY BABA IN

One last question: How difficult has it been for Perizad Zorabian (who, in terms of looks, lineage, background & culture comes from a difficult planet) to make her space in Bollywood? “It’s not been easy at all!. For one, there’s my looks & body language in terms of reflexes and gestures. I remember when I was starting out, there was a Hindi dialogue coach assigned to some of us newcomers. There was this Beauty Queen among us (who is today really hot n’ happening) winning much admiration from thetutor for her filmy, 5-star nakhras & ada. I remember the coach had a tough time getting me to conform! The conventional Indian working hard and sincerely. You never know when that moment in time can happen. And I am doing just that,” she explains.

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A whiff of change

Call it uncanny – cigarette manufacturing is one of the most profitable businesses for ITC, but the company has also made its presence felt across domains ranging from matchboxes to branded apparel.

ITC made its non-cigarette FMCG foray in the year 2000 by entering into lifestyle retailing. There’s more instead of trailing the big daddy HLL in the personal care segment, ITC has also created a niche among the ritzy class by introducing Essenza de Willis.

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McCarthism

If you are fan of the Hollywood blockbuster ‘Enemy of the State’, then here is some good news! If the Bush government stretches the ‘war on terror’ beyond the permissible limits, you would be witness to many more Will Smiths evading the ruthless spies. And the real life stories about trampling of civil liberties through the misuse of Patriot Act will provide the directors with many new plots.

Hurriedly draft ed and enacted, the Patriot Act was a by-product of the 9/11 syndrome. The Act grants the administration unfettered powers to curb the civil rights, and brand organisations & individual as ‘suspected terrorists’.

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Extraction of CBM need priority

A report titled ‘India Energy Outlook’ published by the global consulting firm KPMG states, “With proven reserves of 765Mtoe (Million tonnes of oil equivalent) and indicated reserves of between 1260- 2340Mtoe, CBM as an opportunity could be larger than either oil or natural gas.” In fact, the concept of Coal Bed Methane as a viable alternative fuel is not a new phenomenon. It started in 1970s in the US, and now, around 7% of the current total natural gas production there is from Coal Bed Methane.

Given the fact that almost all types and grades of coal have more than 90% of contents as methane, and that India has more than 200 billion tones of coal reserves, it is nothing but self defeating to not give the extraction of Coal Bed Methane a national priority.

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