tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99217292024-02-28T13:42:21.641+05:30Agdam BagdamSomething interesting for everyone...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.comBlogger361125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-83495363112212679402012-08-16T00:23:00.000+05:302012-08-16T00:23:34.023+05:30Melbourne - my dream destination<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As I live in India, I grew up knowing Australia as just a difficult Cricket team to defeat. I always thought Australia as our rival, and thus I was always curious to know more about it. Interest in David Boon, Allan Border, Glen McGrath, etc in particular and the game of Cricket in general and the rivalry associated with it drew my attention to the famous cricket ground of Melbourne and thus the city of Melbourne occupied a special space in my mind.<br />
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Other than Cricket, Melbourne brings to me the annual sporting extravaganza of the Formula One Grand Prix. It is one of the first few races of the year or you can say that the F1 season starts from Melbourne. Along with these, the 1st Tennis Grand Slam of the year is held in Melbourne. So for a sports enthusiast, Melbourne is the starting point of the year. And for me it is a dream to be here in this city at this part of the year. And the icing on the cake would be a visit to the iconic National Sports Museum located in the famous MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground).<br />
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Next on my list in Melbourne would be the balloon flights. Imagining about ballooning and that too in Melbourne pumps up my adrenaline. In my opinion, it is a must must activity in Melbourne. Just think about the tranquility while on the sunrise balloon flight over Melbourne, watching the sun rising slowly and having your glass of wine to enjoy... It gives me goose bumps!!<br />
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For all the coffee-addicts, you have a very exciting cafe in Melbourne - Brother Baba Budan. Just to let you know a little about Baba Budan, for those who doesn't know him, he is known as the world's first coffee smuggler. He has a very a significant India connect. He is believed to have introduced coffee to India and thus can be called as the father of India coffee. We have a famous peak in the Indian state of Karnataka named after him as Baba Budangiri. And it is also the place from where I started one of my earliest treks. I trekked from Baba Budangiri to Mulayangiri.<br />
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There are so many reasons to be in Melbourne, but what I say is that Melbourne doesn't need a reason to visit. My heart just says to me..."…it's your time to visit Melbourne NOW!" My travel guide would only be my heart and the informative weblink <a href="http://www.visitmelbourne.com/in">www.visitmelbourne.com/in</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-57900117837155491062012-07-06T22:18:00.000+05:302012-07-06T22:18:17.029+05:30What is International Terrorism??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was reading through a few articles and then just out of curiosity I dig in Google to find a few interesting pieces of articles, links etc. I am sharing those below. These are random but still connected to the topic. There is no conclusion by me. It is for the reader to draw it out for themselves. Internet is full of articles, links etc which could justify either side of the story.<br /><br />
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"In a column for the Guardian four weeks before his death, Cook caused a stir when he described Al-Qaeda as a product of a western intelligence:<br />Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by Western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians."</blockquote>
- source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Cook#Outside_the_government" style="background-color: white;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Cook#Outside_the_government</a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt-FyuuWlWQ">The Power of Nightmares - a BBC documentary</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss">Leo_Strauss - Wikipedia</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyid_Qutb">Sayyid_Qutb - Wikipedia</a><br />
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PS: I will update this article if I will find anything else interesting on this topic.<br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-47645682649124156822012-04-14T22:55:00.000+05:302012-04-14T22:55:05.549+05:30Points to ponder over in regards to RTE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
With the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the constitutional validity of the Right to Education law for all schools, some points to came to my mind over the actual implementation of it across India. There might be that a few points / questions which would have arisen because of my lack of understanding of this Right to Education Act. However I think that most of these are valid food for thoughts. I am not jotting these in any order...<br />
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Parents often research for the best school in the city / locality. How would poor parents get this sense or information?<br />
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<li>There would be cases where one's kids would be studying in the same class as that of the kids of their house maids. It would be interesting to see how the parents would react to it. Would they compare their kids class' performances with that of their maids' kids? Their might be cases when the maids' kids carry the same food in their tiffins as that of their bosses' kids. There would be a set of kids with mobile phone, neat clothes,etc and there would be a set of kids with minimal things. This disparity might bring the class-feeling among the kids too.</li>
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<li>There might be cases when the disadvantaged children are not treat well / equally as the other students. The teachers might not guide them well. The facilities in school extended to other students might not be shared with the disadvantaged kids. In these cases, I dont know whether the Govt. of India has put any provision or not.</li>
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<li>With making it mandatory to the private schools to provide 25% of their seats in each classroom for the under-privileged children, has the Govt. just pass on their duty on to the private school owners? Neither illiteracy among the poor people is not because of these private schools nor it is their duty to think about it. They are actually spreading education, though at a profit. I suppose the Govt. should strengthen their state or central school. The present state of the country is such that no person with enough money to pay private school's fees would send his/her kids to a State School.</li>
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<li>As the compensation from the Govt. for these 25% free seats would be meagre, the private schools would pass on this burden on to the parents of the fees-paying parents. Therefore it can be said that it is actually the fees-paying parents who are paying of the RTE act.</li>
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<li>As this provision of providing free education to the disadvantaged kids is only for under-14 kids, what would happen to them after 14. In India 10th Board exams are very very important and these happen for kids aged around 15. I don't think that private schools would be so kind to continue with this free education even after 14 years and pay for the board exam's fees also. Govt. should think over it. I have got to know that the Govt actually is pondering over extending RTE till 16 years of age.</li>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-30268153225627814312011-05-15T01:52:00.003+05:302011-08-07T03:24:34.560+05:30Patna City Transport - Route information<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As many as 70 new city non-ac buses and 7 ac buses have started running in Patna. For all there who do not know Patna, it is a very big news for the city and those who love it (like me).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as I remember, Patna still has those over-crowded yellow mini buses. When I used to live there, those buses mainly used to run between Patna Junction and Danapur Junction. And they used to charge 3-4 rupees form Ashiana Mor to Saguna Mor (where my school was). Just for your information, I used to live in Khajpura...and now dont ask me where is this place. All those who know Patna, know Khajpura too. Though it is not a very popular place, but still known by all.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now back to the news...The new buses have GPS, emergency alarm button, inbuilt fire extinguisher, electronic ticketing machine, music system etc.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From 5th August 2011, seven 36-seater AC buses (maroon-coloured Marco Polo buses of Tata Motors) have joined the fleet of existing 70 non-AC city buses. The fares of AC buses are Rs 10, Rs 15 and Rs 30, depending upon the distance travelled.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Route #1 (Red Buses, total 12+4)</span></b>: Starting from Gandhi Maidan to Khagaul, via Patna Junction, R-block, Harding Road, Chitkohra and Phulwarisharif.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Route #5 (Orange Buses, total 6)</span></b>: Ring Service from Mithapur Bus stand, via New Bypass, Pahari Mor, Agam Kuan, Kumhrar Park, Bahadurpur, Rajendra Nagar terminal and Chiraiyatand.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><b>Route #6 (Purple Buses, total 6)</b></span>: Ring Service from Gandhi Maidan, via Rajapur, Kurji, St. Michael's School, Alpana Cinema Mor, IAS Colony, Ashiana Mor, Bailey Road, Income-Tax roundabout and Patna Junction.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Ladies Special / Family Buses (Pink Buses, total 15)</span></b>: Operate on all the routes after every 1 hour; Males accompanying women are allowed to travel on these. As the govt is incurring losses, it is planning to discontinue this service.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Patna is now turning into a 'City'. After Domino's starting operations in Patna, Cafe Coffee Day has now started at Regent Cinema, near Gandhi Maidan, Patna. Whenever I visit Patna, I usually hangout at Hotel Maurya's cafe to have coffee and spend time with my childhood friends. Though Maurya is a 5-start hotel, they just keep only a few varieties of coffee there. I hope with Cafe Coffee Day opening in Patna, I would have a variety of coffee (my favourite being Latte - king size) there.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It is exciting to read about the possibles changes in the Indian Cricket Team for the West Indies Tour. India would be playing One T20, Five ODIs & Three Tests.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am jotting down some of the interesting things related to the Indian Cricket Team doing the rounds:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">West Indies are currently ranked No.7 in Tests and No.9 in ODIs. While India is ranked 1st in Test & 2nd in ODIs.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Park_(Dominica)">Windsor Park</a>, Roseau, Dominica will host its 1st ever Test. That would be the 3rd Test of this tour.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110427/jsp/sports/story_13908015.jsp">Telegraph India</a> has quoted one of the national selector - </span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
</ul><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Left to us, we’d probably rest only Zaheer Khan, as we can’t do without him in England</span></i>"</span></blockquote><ul style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Virender Sehwag might again require surgery on his right shoulder and may miss the tour completely. He didn’t bowl in the World Cup and hasn’t bowled in the IPL, either.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">There is a speculation that Eric Simons, India’s bowling consultant, will be appointed as chief coach for the Tour. He is believed to have the backing of the seniors in the national team.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Robin Singh could be the assistant coach.</span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Names of Lalchand Rajput, Zimbabwean Duncan Fletcher, New Zealander Stephen Fleming and Andy Flower as the Chief Coach.are also doing the rounds.</span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Fleming is the current coach of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings which is owned by N. Srinivasan, the Secretary of BCCI. CSK's Brand ambassador is Kris Srikkanth, the current chairman of the National Selection Committee. CSK's Captain is the National Captain Dhoni.</span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">Latest media reports suggest that Andy Flower has been offered a new three-year deal by England Cricket Board.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">If Seniors of the India Team are rested for the Tour of West Indies then there could be some curious changes in the team like</span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Yuvraj Singh might be selected for the Test Team.</span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Yuvraj Singh might captain the squad for the Tour.</span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Mumbai Indians’ Ambati Rayudu could be included in the ODI squad.</span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Kings XI Punjab’s Paul Valthaty could get selected for the T20 game.</span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><ul style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Nike extends Team India uniform sponsorship with BCCI for 5yrs. As Nike had the first right of refusal, no other bid was entertained.</span><b style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The 5.14 Km circuit has been designed by Herman Tilke. The 1st Indian Grand Prix will happen on October 28-30 2011. The approximate cost to develop the circuit has been $400 million.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The circuit's official logo has been designed by Prasoon Joshi. The stylized ‘B’ of the circuit’s logo stands for ‘Buddh’ and for ‘Bharat'.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is said that the initial seating capacity would be 110,000 which can later be increased to 200,000. Jaypee Greens Sports City, where this circuit is situated, plans to host a 100,000 seat cricket stadium, 18-hole golf course, 25,000 seat hockey stadium and a sports academy.</span><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-9652598711601546962011-04-23T08:33:00.000+05:302011-04-23T08:33:07.036+05:30SkyNet has become self-aware<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Just saw this message on Facebook:</span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Beware of electronic appliances around you, Skynet is supposed to be self aware from today :)</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">For a few seconds I really got a bit scared or you can say I got curious. Instantly I searched it on Google. I found the following things:</span><br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Skynet may refer to: Skynet (satellites), a UK military communications system. And,</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Skynet is the main antagonist in the Terminator franchise - an artificially intelligent system which became self-aware and revolted against its creators.</span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Finally the mystery got solved when I read a post about it on HuffingtonPost. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It is telling that on April 21, 2011, SkyNet became self-aware and began its worldwide attack on humanity.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Read the post on HuffingtonPost @ </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/friday-talking-points-skynet-libya-drones_b_852805.html">Friday Talking Points -- Skynet Attacks!</a></span></div><br />
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You would have noticed that while Subscribing to Newsletters, they ask whether you want plain-text 'boring' Newsletters or 'rich & colorful' HTML version of it. Please never fall for the HTML version. HTML helps in tracking user's activities like which link in the mail has been clicked or whether the mail is getting landed up in the Junk folder or when it has been actually read or not etc etc.<br />
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Please read the complete article on Forbes: <a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2011/04/05/how-did-epsilon-expose-your-email-address-to-hackers/?partner=fbwall">Newsletters: HTML or Plain Text</a><br />
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Just to add to the story, I had once tried a third-part software which used to go along with a plain-text email in Outlook. The free version of it used to send me exact time when a particular mail was read, the internet service provider etc etc.<br />
So be careful before subscribing to Newsletters from even Well-Known firms.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-25222006179016412642011-04-14T08:14:00.000+05:302011-04-14T08:14:58.535+05:30Bihar roads are better than in many parts of Europe: EU MPs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
A delegation of European Union (EU) MPs recently met Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and told that the roads in the state are better than those in many European countries like Belgium and Romania.<br />
Wow!! It seems those days are over when Bihar's roads were compared with the cheeks of Om Puri.<br />
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I don't know how much Bihar is progressing or whether it will get counted among the most developed states of India in the near future, however one thing is very obvious that it is getting much good press along with Nitish Kumar.<br />
Recently only Anna Hazare took Nitish's name along with Narendra Modi's name in the same breath while talking about development in India. The initial report of Census 2011 too is showing tremendous progress for Bihar, though still it is trailing behind the rest of India.<br />
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People are talking about the Bihar's model of development!!<br />
Lets hope that Bihar progresses fast and uniformly.<br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-58495766816648077742011-04-10T21:46:00.004+05:302011-04-24T22:25:41.701+05:30Jharkhand Players in IPL 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have compiled a list of players I know who are now playing with different teams of IPL's 4th season.<br />
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<tr><td class="hd"><div style="height: 19px;">.</div></td><td class="s2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Mahendra Singh Dhoni</span></td><td class="s3">Chennai Super Kings</td><td class="s3">Wicketkeeper, Right-hand bat</td><td class="s4"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28081.html&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28aI0lIbj7ZzipvmBvese1t-Tmvrw" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Mahendra Singh Dhoni</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="hd"><div style="height: 19px;">.</div></td><td class="s2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Saurabh Tiwary</span></td><td class="s3">Royal Challengers Bangalore</td><td class="s3">Left-hand bat</td><td class="s4"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35390.html&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-6hu6mlBYZQZHKhAOnbPHZ_YbaAQ" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Saurabh Tiwary</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="hd"><div style="height: 19px;">.</div></td><td class="s2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Varun Aaron</span></td><td class="s3">Delhi Daredevils</td><td class="s3">Right-arm medium</td><td class="s4"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.espncricinfo.com/smat-10/content/squad/482291.html&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-m0nrxavf-T_m07u2TgH-KP8ibQQ" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Varun Aaron</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="hd"><div style="height: 19px;">.</div></td><td class="s2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Ishank Jaggi</span></td><td class="s3">Deccan Chargers</td><td class="s3">Right-hand bat</td><td class="s4"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.espncricinfo.com/smat-10/content/player/279554.html&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-DYYlEcESxVFceOTQQQMYjtKCOJQ" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Ishank Jaggi</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="hd"><div style="height: 19px;">.</div></td><td class="s2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Shahbaz Nadeem</span></td><td class="s3">Delhi Daredevils</td><td class="s3">Slow left-arm orthodox</td><td class="s4"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31872.html&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2__trX0yyQH9JQWZOD2yr0s5d91YA" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Shahbaz Nadeem</a></td></tr>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-89396677227784511122011-04-08T08:34:00.000+05:302011-04-08T08:34:12.087+05:30Outsmart the Airlines to Get the Best Seat in Coach<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704530204576232732838292612.html?mod=e2fb">The Middle Seat: Outsmart the Airlines to Get the Best Seat in Coach - WSJ.com</a>: "Where others saw tiny tush space, SeatGuru.com saw opportunity. With seat layouts and ratings for 720 different airplanes flown by 100 different airlines, the website has become the authoritative source for cabin information. Using internal research and feedback from fliers, SeatGuru highlights the gems, like seats with unlimited legroom, and flags the duds, like window seats with no windows. Information is so thorough that SeatGuru says airline reservation centers use its site for information on their own planes. (Airlines confirm that.)"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-1898114475809888212011-04-08T07:34:00.006+05:302011-05-21T20:47:11.148+05:30Format of IPL 4 - Group Stage & KnockOut<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
<h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Format"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Format of IPL IV </span><i>(taken from Wikipedia)</i></span></span></h2><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With the introduction of 2 new teams, a new ten-team format was created. This new format consists of 74 matches and was introduced as retaining the previous format would result in 94 matches, significantly greater than the 60 matches from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Indian_Premier_League" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;" title="2010 Indian Premier League">previous season</a>, where teams compete in a double <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-robin_tournament" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">round-robin tournament</a>. The knockout stage was changed to a playoff format. If a match ends in a tie, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Over" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Super Over</a> will be played to determine the winner.</span><br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>Eliminator</b>: between the teams ranked third and fourth in the group stage.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>Qualifier 2</b>: between the loser of the Qualifier 1 and winner of the Eliminator.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>Final</b>: between the winners of the Qualifiers 1 and 2.</li>
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<b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Group Stage Format</span></u></b></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The ten <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teams" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;" title="Teams">teams</a> are divided into two groups of five. In the group stage, each team plays 14 games: facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times. A random draw was used to determine the groups and who plays whom across the groups once and twice.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each team plays the team in the same row and the same column twice, and all others once. For instance, Pune Warriors will play Chennai Super Kings and the other Group A teams twice but the other teams from Group B (Kolkata Knight Riders, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals) only once. Similarly Kochi Tuskers Kerala will play Delhi Daredevils and the other Group B teams twice but all other teams from Group A only once.</span></div><table class="wikitable" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f9f9; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: black; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Group A</span></th><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Group B</span></th></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Deccan_Chargers_colours.svg/20px-Deccan_Chargers_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan_Chargers" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Deccan Chargers</a></span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5e/Kolkata_Knight_Riders_colours.svg/20px-Kolkata_Knight_Riders_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Knight_Riders" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Kolkata Knight Riders</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Delhi_Daredevils_colours.svg/20px-Delhi_Daredevils_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Daredevils" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Delhi Daredevils</a></span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Kochi_tuskers_colours.svg/20px-Kochi_tuskers_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi_Tuskers_Kerala" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Kochi Tuskers Kerala</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Kings_XI_Punjab_colours.svg/20px-Kings_XI_Punjab_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_XI_Punjab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Kings XI Punjab</a></span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Royal_Challengers_Bangalore_colours.svg/20px-Royal_Challengers_Bangalore_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Challengers_Bangalore" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Royal Challengers Bangalore</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Mumbai_Indians_colours.svg/20px-Mumbai_Indians_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Indians" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Mumbai Indians</a></span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/Rajasthan_Royals_colours.svg/20px-Rajasthan_Royals_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan_Royals" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Rajasthan Royals</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pune_warriors_colours.svg/20px-Pune_warriors_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune_Warriors_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Pune Warriors India</a></span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Chennai_Super_Kings_colours.svg/20px-Chennai_Super_Kings_colours.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Super_Kings" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Chennai Super Kings</a></span></td></tr>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-24785997691544284072011-04-04T06:49:00.000+05:302011-04-04T06:49:36.500+05:30Brazil stares down the US on Libya - Al Jazeera<a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/201133014435832732.html">Brazil stares down the US on Libya - Al Jazeera</a>: "he Washington Post, the New York Times, and National Public Radio, along with a host of other newspapers, cable news commentators, and blogs, all predicted that Obama, the US's first African American president, and Rousseff, Brazil's first woman leader, would find common ground, reversing the deterioration of diplomatic relations that had begun under Rousseff's predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.<br /><br />The bad blood started, or so the story went, when Lula refused to listen to the administration of George W. Bush and isolate Venezuela's populist leader, Hugo Chávez. Before long, Brasilia was opposing or, worse, offering alternatives to Washington's position on a growing number of issues: climate change, opposition to the 2009 coup in Honduras, Cuba, trade and tariffs."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-91443158577740166812011-04-04T06:37:00.001+05:302011-05-01T06:16:35.790+05:30Is there anything to cheer about Bihar’s literacy rate?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.bihartimes.in/Newsbihar/2011/April/Newsbihar03April2.html">Is there anything to cheer about Bihar’s literacy rate?</a>: "True, according to Census 2011 data, Bihar’s literacy figure jumped from 47.5 per cent to 63.82 per cent in the last ten years. But this does not mean that there is something to celebrate about as the state has long way to go."</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-4214000461541649492011-04-03T06:28:00.000+05:302011-04-03T06:28:15.706+05:30GoDaddy CEO Shoots Elephant, Posts Video: Critics Outraged - TIMEWe all shoot vacation videos, but most of us choose to keep them to ourselves — or, at worst, share them with our Facebook friends. Bob Parsons, CEO of the Internet-hosting firm GoDaddy.com, which you know from its lame Super Bowl ads and absolutely nothing else — likes bigger exposure. Parsons recently posted a video of his trip to Zimbabwe, where he shot an elephant.<div><br /><div>Check the video in the link:</div><div><a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/03/30/shooting-an-elephant%E2%80%94why-godaddys-ceo-was-wrong/#more-4242">GoDaddy CEO Shoots Elephant, Posts Video: Critics Outraged</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-88623438751752422612011-04-01T10:17:00.000+05:302011-04-01T10:17:47.262+05:30Ferrari of space probes<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/mar/31/goce-maps-earth-gravity">Goce satellite maps the Earth's gravity in unprecedented precision | Science | guardian.co.uk</a>: "A European spacecraft that skims the upper reaches of the atmosphere has mapped Earth's gravity with unrivalled precision. The map shows how the pull of gravity varies minutely over the surface of the Earth, from deep ocean trenches to majestic mountain ranges."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-6333438058017331112011-04-01T10:07:00.000+05:302011-04-01T10:07:59.901+05:30Cricket diplomacy: Mocking memory of 26/11<a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7840424.cms?prtpage=1">Cricket diplomacy: Mocking memory of 26/11 - The Economic Times</a>: "Spanish-born US philosopher George Santayana's saying is particularly applicable to India: 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it'. Ad hoc, personality-driven policy-making has long been India's curse. Pakistan, although widely perceived to be a failing state, is still able to outwit India diplomatically. It is India, not Pakistan, that has climbed down diplomatically and sought a cricket-inspired thaw in relations."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-14949539421376307682011-03-29T07:22:00.000+05:302011-03-29T07:22:53.182+05:30SimpleGeo Launching ‘Storage’: A Distributed Hosted Database For Location Data<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/simplegeo-launches-storage-a-distributed-hosted-database-for-location-data/">SimpleGeo Launching ‘Storage’: A Distributed Hosted Database For Location Data</a>: "The story of SimpleGeo is a familiar one: two founders — Matt Galligan and Joe Stump — set off to create location-based games, only to find that the tools they wanted to use to build their apps didn’t exist yet. So they switched gears and decided to build what they wished they had: a suite of tools optimized for the creation of location-based services (which was probably a good call given the explosion of location-aware mobile devices)."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-74138460868789348272011-03-27T05:18:00.000+05:302011-03-27T05:18:31.572+05:30Did Microsoft leave Hotmail open for Dictators? | ZDNet<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/did-microsoft-leave-hotmail-open-for-dictators/874">Did Microsoft leave Hotmail open for Dictators? | ZDNet</a>: "“always-use-HTTPS option in Hotmail for users in more than a dozen countries, including Bahrain, Morocco, Algeria, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Congo, Myanmar, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, had been turned off.” This meant anyone using Hotmail in these countries could have their e-mail read by their government-controlled ISPs."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-39335513544077307912011-03-23T03:41:00.000+05:302011-03-23T03:41:42.112+05:30Don’t steal computers belonging to people who know how to use computers.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">"When 18-year-old entrepreneur Mark Bao had his MacBook Air stolen from a college dorm lounge in February, he assumed it was gone for good and bought a new one. But a month later, he got the chance to recover his laptop and publicly shame the guy who stole it — by posting a video of the thief’s dance moves to YouTube. How’d he do it?"<br />
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</div><div>Read the complete story - <a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2011/03/22/to-catch-a-computer-predator/?partner=fbwall">To Catch a Computer Predator</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-2806998568096585042011-03-22T07:04:00.001+05:302011-03-22T07:04:57.944+05:30Is Facebook a massive online surveillance program run by the CIA?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Is Mark Zuckerberg a CIA agent codenamed the Overlord?<br />
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</div><div>Facebook: Massive online surveillance program run by the CIA?</div><div><br />
<div>Operation Farmville: Pacified as many as 85 million people after unemployment rates rose dramatically?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Twitter: 400 billion Tweets, and not one useful bit of data?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Read the complete report on <a href="http://goo.gl/xuAjo">TechCrunch</a>.</div><div><br />
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The final version of Internet Explorer 9 will be available for download at midnight ET/9:00 PM PT at BeautyoftheWeb.com.<br />
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Read the complete story at <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/03/14/after-40-million-downloads-microsoft-launches-internet-explorer-9/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Twitter">Mashable</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585669980394139020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9921729.post-82036758266772066042011-03-14T06:27:00.000+05:302011-03-14T06:27:52.245+05:30Litti Chokha is becoming famous<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><blockquote>Last month, novelist Chetan Bhagat tweeted: “Litti chokha, a Bihari dish, totally needs to be available everywhere. Superb.” Actor Sonakshi Sinha, of Bihari origin, tweeted back, asking him to get the dish from her in Mumbai.</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>If Bihar becomes a super success story in the next 10 years, what will be the fate of litti chokha? “It will become as common in Delhi and Bombay (Mumbai) as aloo tikkis and bhelpuri,” says Bhojpuri film star Ravi Kissen. “And I’ll start a litti chokha franchise on the lines of McDonald’s.”</blockquote>Read the <a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/03/11212204/Bihar8217s-pride-eat-it.html">Complete Article</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/LITTI-CHOKHA/85134654078">Litti Chokha's fan page on Facebook.</a><br />
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