Is ECE A the invincibles?

ECE A has been in top form in the on going cricket season. They've won all of their matches expect for one against the hostel team. Some have been won with considerable ease and some matches went on till the end. All in all the team has been playing top class cricket. So is this the team to beat? Are they the true champions of SSN? Are they the INVINCIBLES?

Its hard to answer this question straight away but the team is surely topping the charts. The team has excelled in all departments of the game vis a vis batting, bowling and fielding. The team is very stong in its bowling department with ace bowlers Kiruba,Dance,Fakkir and R.Aravind giving the team important breakthroughs. Part-time bowler Baba needs a special mention.. He was belted for fours and sixes in the last season but this ageing cricketer has come leaps and bounds to improve on his bowling although his retirement his round the corner. The captain and all rounder Kiruba is yet to score a big one but it might not be needed as the targets fixed to them is really ver low be it the 32 off 16 overs against CSE or 17 of 12 overs against EEE.

The bowling is too stong with an arsenal of wicket taking bowlers like leg spinner V.Aravind, Deepak, Datta( though he may be very wierd at times) ,Magesh( has to have an eye on his wides) last but not the least 'Man with the golden arm'-Muralikrishnan.

Though the team's batsmen have not clicked big time its a known fact that when the time comes they'll rise to the occasion. Elegant ArunRaja, the opener of the team has failed to convert starts but he is sure to make it big quite soon. Dude as patient as ever gets the majority of his runs by frustrating the bowlers and though he might be criticized heavily for his poor strike rate the team needs him when wickets fall like nine pins. The wicket keeper batsman Ramakrishnan is the only man in the team who can clear any ground with his mighty hitting. Another opener Charuvagun has been performing consistently for the team although he has been in and out of the team. How could one ever forget the mighty six off Deepan that alomost reached the comp sci dept but for the trees hit by V.Aravind? With batsmen like him and the explosive Fazil and the perfectionist jagan always ready to pounce on the bad balls.. does the team really need anything else?

The new ball bowler R.Aravind has been in excellent form in the season and has been giving early breakthroughs with his impeccable line and length and his off-cutters are unplayable. Dance with his sheer pace and line has been very dominant too. The fielding has been top class too as they have held on to most of the catches. The bench strength is where this team is way ahead of the other teams.. Navin,Mohan,JB,Vignesh,Gokul ready to come into the team whenever they require them and Gopu and Kris who have been the find of this season with some amazing batting performances the team is indeed the cynosure of all eyes.

But what prevents them from being the invincibles is the loss against the hostel team. Though a lot of changes were made to that team a loss is a loss and it was a heavy one indeed but i'm sure the fire in the team will make them victorious the next time these two teams meet and make amends and of course clinch the title of 'THE INVINCIBLES'.

Want sleep?- Have a snack

One of the best natural sedatives is tryptophan, an amino acid component of many plant and animal proteins.

Tryptophan is one of the ingredients necessary for the body to make serotonin, the neurotransmitter best known for creating feelings of calm, and for making you sleepy.

However, the trick is to combine foods that have some tryptophan with ample carbohydrate. That’s because in order for insomnia-busting tryptophan to work, it has to make its way to the brain.

Unfortunately, all amino acids compete for transport to the brain. When you add carbs, they cause the release of insulin, which takes the competing amino acids and incorporates them into muscle…but leaves tryptophan alone, so it can make its way to the brain, be converted to serotonin, and cause sleepiness

Bedtime Snacks for Adults

--6-8 oz container of non-fat, flavored yogurt topped with 2 tablespoons low-fat granola cereal
--Sliced apple with 1-2 teaspoons natural peanut butter
--3 cups low-fat popcorn – sprinkled with optional 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Bedtime Snacks for Teens

--One cup healthy cereal with skim milk
--Low-fat granola bar
--Scoop of vanilla or strawberry low-fat ice cream

Bedtime Snacks for Children

--1/2 cup low-fat vanilla pudding
--1/2 banana with 1-2 teaspoons peanut butter
--One cup skim milk with a bunch of grapes (or other fruit

No DVDs from TOSHIBA

Toshiba will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video.

The move would make Blu-ray — backed by Sony Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand products, and five major Hollywood movie studios — the winner in the

Both HD DVD and Blu-ray deliver crisp, clear high-definition pictures and sound, which are more detailed and vivid than existing video technology. They are incompatible with each other, and neither plays on older DVD players. But both formats play on high-definition TVs.

HD DVD was touted as being cheaper because it was more similar to previous video technology, while Blu-ray boasted bigger recording capacity.

Only one video format has been expected to emerge as the victor, much like VHS trumped Sony's Betamax in the video format battle of the 1980s.

Nishida said it was still uncertain what will happen with the Hollywood studios that signed to produce HD DVD movies, including Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation.

Toshiba's pulling the plug on the technology is expected to reduce the number of new high-definition movies that people will be able to watch on HD DVD machines. Toshiba Corp. said shipments of HD DVD machines to retailers will be reduced and will stop by end of March.

Sales in Blu-ray gadgets are now likely to pick up as consumers had held off in investing in the latest recorders and players because they didn't know which format would emerge dominant.

Despite being a possible blow to Toshiba's pride, the exit will probably lessen the potential damage in losses in HD DVD operations. Goldman Sachs has said pulling out would improve Toshiba's profitability between 40 billion yen and 50 billion yen ($370 million-$460 million) a year

battle over high-definition DVD formatting that began several years ago.