Friday, March 27, 2009

Next Barbiedoll is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan


As the Barbie doll inclusive its 50th year, Mattel Toys has determined to launch a Barbie doll foundation on the looks of beautiful Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The actress is said to have been come up to by the makers, a couple of months back. But Ash required to be sure about the entire look of the doll.

We spoke to our source,

“Aishwarya is quite happy and delighted that she had been approached for this honor. But she is very particular about her image and therefore didn’t covet the doll to look anything that she wasn’t comfortable with,”

added the source also adds that the early reports of the doll have been good and so Mattel Toys is now planning to speed up production and allocate the dolls within India and globally in countries like United Kingdom and Dubai where Bollywood has a strong fan following, predominantly Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s fans.

Aishwarya Barbie Doll all set to hit our shops; the actress will connect the ranks of Hollywood divas like Beyoncé Knowles, Elizabeth Taylor and Diana Ross, who have all had their own restricted version superstar Barbies.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Try these breakfast tips and ideas


• When you're choosing a breakfast cereal, try to go for one that contains wholegrains and is lower in salt and sugar. Serve your cereal with semi-skimmed, 1% or skimmed milk, or low-fat yoghurt (but remember 1% or skimmed milk isn't suitable for children under five).

• Try to fit in some fruit - fresh, frozen, tinned or dried fruit all count towards your five daily portions of fruit and veg. Put slices of banana on your toast, or add chunks of apple, berries, or dried fruit to your cereal.

• Wash down your breakfast with some fruit juice - this will count as one of your fruit and veg portions, as long as it's 100% juice. A glass (150ml) of fruit juice counts as a maximum of one portion a day.

• Make your toast with wholemeal or granary bread. And use just a small amount of low-fat spread and some jam or marmalade. Choose a spread that is high in polyunsaturates or monounsaturates (both types of unsaturated fat), instead of one that's high in saturated fat, such as butter. Having unsaturated fat instead of saturated fat can help to lower your cholesterol.

• Why not try a fruit smoothie? If you have time, you could make it the night before and store it in the fridge, or prepare all the ingredients ready to buzz in a blender in the morning. Use fresh fruit such as banana and strawberries and some plain low-fat yoghurt or milk. Try adding some wholegrain cereal for extra fibre. Or puree a few canned apricot halves with some orange juice.

• Porridge oats are cheap and contain lots of vitamins, minerals and fibre. Make your porridge with semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, or water. If you add salt to your porridge, try to get out of the habit. Add a few dried apricots or a sliced banana for extra flavour instead.

• For a change from ordinary toast, try a wholemeal English muffin or some toasted fruit bread.

• When you have more time, why not have a poached egg and mushrooms on toast? Fry the mushrooms in a non-stick pan with just a small amount of vegetable oil.

• If you have kids, try to have breakfast together when you can. This will help encourage them to eat breakfast.
• When you have time, it's fun for kids to help make their own breakfast - you could keep different cereals in the cupboard that they can mix together in a bowl. And try to have a variety of foods they can sprinkle on top, such as raisins, nuts and dried banana.

• An occasional full English breakfast can be part of a healthy balanced diet - just try not to have one too often.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Amazing Rainbow Displays

A rainbow spans an incessant spectrum of colours. Conventionally, however, the series is quantized. The most commonly cited and remembered sequence, in English, is Newton's sevenfold red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. "Roy G. Biv" and "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" are popular mnemonics.

Rainbows can be caused by other forms of water than rain, including mist, spray, and dew.Rainbows can be experiential whenever there are water drops in the air and sunlight shining from behind a person at a low altitude angle (on the ground). The most amazing rainbow displays happen when half of the sky is still dark with draining clouds and the observer is at a spot with clear sky in the direction of the Sun. The result is a luminous rainbow that contrasts with the darkened background.

The rainbow effect is also commonly seen near waterfalls or fountains. The effect can also be artificially created by dispersing water droplets into the air during a sunny day. Rarely, a moonbow, lunar rainbow or night-time rainbow, can be seen on strongly moonlit nights. As human visual perception for colour is poor in low light, moonbows are often perceived to be white. It is difficult to photograph the complete arc of a rainbow, as this would require an angle of view of 84°. For a 35 mm camera, a lens with a focal length of 19 mm or less wide-angle lens would be required. From an aeroplane, one has the opportunity to see the whole circle of the rainbow, with the plane's shadow in the centre. This phenomenon can be confused with the glory, but a glory is usually much smaller, covering only 5°–20°.