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The Shiv Sena is adopting guerrilla tactics across the metropolis to expose the "true nature" of its arch rival, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
While Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, leaders of the Shiv Sena and the MNS respectively, are busy with personal attacks on each other, Sena cadres and sympathisers are busy distributing lakhs of handbills in Marathi accusing the MNS of trying to split Marathi votes with a view to help the Congress.
In South Mumbai, for instance, in Marathi-dominated areas like Girgaum, Mazgaon, Sewri etc activists have dropped handbills in almost all households projecting the MNS as a party which has accepted "supari" (contract) from the Congress to divide Marathi votes.
Shiv Sainiks are taking the MNS by surprise and are going behind "enemy lines" and trying to win over Marathi voters.
Sena candidate from Mumbai South Arvind Sawant, who is a trade union leader of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL),said his party lost the 2009 elections in this seat because of the split in Marathi votes.
MNS candidate Bala Nandgaonkar bagged over one lakh votes and ensured the defeat of the then Shiv Sena nominee Mohan Rawle. "But the situation prevailing now is vastly different from 2009. Marathi voters have realised how they were used by the MNS then to defeat the Shiv Sena, which is a party committed to their welfare. Also, no one likes a negative agenda. The MNS does not want to win, but is interested in only defeating the Sena. It has no objection if any other party wins. This cynicism is disliked by all voters. I am receiving tremendous support from Marathi and non-Marathi voters in a big way. I am certain the people will reject the politics of negativism practised by the MNS," Sawant added.
Senior Sena leader Diwakar Raote told dna on Sunday, "The MNS has no worthwhile presence in a majority of districts in Maharashtra. In Vidarbha, Marathwada and Konkan it is no force. Except for parts of Nashik, Thane and Mumbai it is not in the reckoning at all. But, even in Mumbai and other areas, the Marathi voters have become aware of its true nature. The MNS has not taken up any issue concerning the Marathi people. The only issue it took up was of toll, which does not concern the ordinary people. In Dadar, a senior MNS leader has huge interests in real estate development and he stands to rake in a cool Rs10,000 crore if these projects are completed and a majority of flats have been booked by non-Marathi people."
Senior MNS leader Shishir Shinde, however, rejected the Shiv Sena's allegations. "The Shiv Sena was defeated even in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections when the Congress bagged five of the six seats in Mumbai.
This was before the formation of the MNS in 2006. The Shiv Sena is losing election after election because of the failure of its leadership and not because of the MNS. We have a positive agenda which is to help the Marathi manoos. We have fielded a limited number of candidates in this polls, because our sights are set on the assembly elections to be held later this year. We want to develop Maharashtra so that the local people benefit from it."


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Thanks for all your insights on what is attractive or unattractive about job postings, and about working on developer tools. A great many of the comments were strongly aligned with each other; no one likes "alphabet soup". And a number of them illustrated that there is a wide spectrum of what people find attractive and unattractive. To sum up the hundred comments I received:
Factors that make a job posting unattractive are:
Factors that make a job posting attractive are:
Factors that make working on developer tools unattractive are:
The last point I want to talk about in a bit more depth.
You don't need a PhD in computer science or be a Waterloo grad to work in DevDiv. Now, don't get me wrong; it helps to have a relevant degree from a great school. A great many of my coworkers have degrees in CS, mathematics or other related fields. But a number of my coworkers do not have degrees and are not even from Waterloo. (At one brief moment in my career my entire management chain from me up to our vice president was Waterloo grads; there are disproportionately many Waterloo grads in DevDiv.) Having an academic background certainly helps because it means that you've already been exposed to a lot of the ideas that we work with every day. But what matters is whether you can grasp those ideas and use them in practice, not whether you can "chew algebra and spit assembler" as one commenter put it.
A few anecdotes to illustrate my point. A couple years ago I had a conversation with an architect who had spent several years building up a library of objects to represent control flow operations on generic types, and only a year after he was finished did he realize "aha, this pattern of composable objects that I built this whole architecture around is called a monad." You don't need to be able to rattle off "a monad is an endofunctor with an associated bind and return functor" in order to write a library of objects that an academic would identify as being monadic.
A more extreme example: my wife worked at Microsoft successfully for ten years as a software tester; her degree is in the study of the French "Theatre of the Absurd" movement of the mid 20th century. Admittedly, that sort of thing is less common these days than it was fifteen years ago. But it does illustrate that people do come here with all kinds of academic backgrounds. What matters much more than academic background is drive, talent, intelligence, ability to learn new skills, and simply getting stuff done.
Let's move on to the positives.
Factors that make working on developer tools at Microsoft attractive are:
Thanks again for all your comments and constructive criticisms. I appreciate it very much.
"The winner in a negotiation is most likely to be the one with the most experience and most power."
I disagree. I think the winner in a negotiation is most likely to be the one that is most willing to walk away without any agreement. This party likely has other options which are potentially more desirable. I'm definitely not a skilled negotiator, but I think the most powerful thing you can have on your side during negotiation is an alternative. If you select that alternative, the other party must find one as well or walk away with nothing.
Absolutely that is the case in most negotiations. However, power is a tricky thing. I took a negotiation class once, taught by a former NFL salary negotiator. He described a spectrum of negotiation styles with "Kansas" at one end and "Chicago" on the other. The Kansas style is "Hey, have I got a deal for you! You could do that thing for me, and in return, I'd do this thing for you, and we'd both get higher profits out of it than we're making now!" The Chicago style is "Hey, have I got a deal for you! You could do this thing for me, and I could refrain from burning your house down!" I think we'd all prefer to be "in Kansas" when negotiating a deal, but we live in a world where some people "go to Chicago", so it is best to be prepared.
My point being that sure, the ability to walk away is power, but it is not the only form of power. The ability to inflict a consequence upon the party that exercises their ability to walk away is also a form of power. -- Eric
Chris B: By power, I meant precisely the ability to walk away from the table. Most companies can be profitable for years without any given position being filled. Meanwhile, an average unemployed worker with a family will only have a few months before they have to get a job regardless of what it pays. Of course a person who already has a job and is just looking around can easily afford to walk away from the table, and thus has a better chance of negotiating a higher salary. It seems to me that on average this just rewards disloyalty.
Eric wrote: "I think it is generally character-building to build your own compiler at least once, either for a language of your own or for a subset of an existing language."
Ok, but are there any decent build-your-own compiler/interpreter books out there? I've tried looking at a few over the years, including the infamous "Dragon Book" (odd, I just noticed there is a 2nd edition of this book that came out in 2006), and well...I'm always sort of struck by how they all tend to fall into same basic patterns of lexing/parsing/etc. Why is that?
The basic pattern of lexing and parsing is the same all over because analyzing language in general is incredibly hard. We deliberately design programming languages so that they can be analyzed via simple, easy-to-write lexers and parsers; analyzing more "natural" languages is way too hard. (Try Inform7 some time if you want to see an incredibly awesome programming language that reads like English; I can only imagine how hard that parser must have been to write.) -- Eric
Has there been much innovation in terms of how program code is split into tokens, etc.? Note, I'm not referring to JIT compilation, garbage collection or anything like that. I mean the actual initial parsing of the code itself.
Sure. For example, there's been some research into monadic parsers. They're very useful when you have one language embedded in another. Consider writing an analyzer for ASP markup containing HTML, which is itself containing VB, which is itself containing XML literals. -- Eric
Part of me wants to bypass the whole process and come up with a completely different way of lexing/parsing program code. Of course, this would probably involve coming up with a new language too.
Go for it! -- Eric
"Most companies can be profitable for years without any given position being filled. Meanwhile, an average unemployed worker with a family will only have a few months before they have to get a job regardless of what it pays."
True, but your ability to "walk away from the table" is not solely influenced by how long you can go without a job. It is also very heavily influenced by your ability to get and accept other offers. I never go into any interview assuming that I am at a position of weakness compared to the potential employer. I always assume that they need my skills more than I need their money. I can make that assumption because I have confidence that in most cases I am more highly qualified compared to the other candidates for the job than the job is desirable compared to other potential jobs. That means that the employer has to convince me to work there more than I have to convince him to hire me; and that puts me in a strong negotiating position when it comes to salary and any other negotiated detail of the job.
Of course, if you don't have that kind of confidence in your own value, then you can't make the same assumptions, and you won't be in the same kind of strong position. And it could be that my assumptions are not always correct. But they have been correct often enough that I have never even come close to the point where I had to accept a job at less than I believe I am worth. I am not trying to paint myself as a rock star developer that everyone should want to hire. You don't have to be a rock star to have confidence in yourself. Even if you think you are only in the 50th percentile of the candidates for a position, if the position is in the 45th percentile of available positions in terms of desirability, you are still in a strong negotiating position. Remember that the less skill that the job requires (which means the more qualified applicants are available), the more it has to compete with other jobs that require similar skills.
Eric, in the "factors that make working on developer tools at Microsoft attractive" category, is it still true that you have to work at the main campus to work in DevDiv? I heard that at one point, but I have also seen evidence of people working in DevDiv from other locations (notably Hawaii). I would love to work on developer tools, but moving to Seattle just isn't an option right now.
The vast majority of developers in DevDiv are on main campus, yes. There is also a minority of people working from remote locations; it does happen, but it is rare. -- Eric
Eric wrote:
"The basic pattern of lexing and parsing is the same all over because analyzing language in general is incredibly hard. We deliberately design programming languages so that they can be analyzed via simple, easy-to-write lexers and parsers; analyzing more "natural" languages is way too hard."
Good points, and thanks for the reply. I think one of things that bugs me, though, is when I use a language like C or C++, and inevitably miss a semicolon somewhere, the compiler sometimes complains that it has found 5-20 errors in my code. In essence, it becomes a lexical trainwreck under the hood of the IDE. When I was first trying to teach myself C, this became an almost insurmountable obstacle because I wasted a lot of time looking for errors that really didn't exist.
The C# compiler has huge amounts of "error recovery" heuristics in it to avoid this problem. What we do is try to "reset" onto something that we know is good. So for instance if you are parsing "class C { void M() { class D { }" then we say oh, we didn't expect class inside this method body, let's assume that the brace was missing, give an error, silently insert the brace, and continue on." There are all kinds of heuristics like that which attempt to reset the parser onto something that we know is good so that we can "start over" parsing from that point and not give errors for it. -- Eric
I know Intellisense is constantly improving (for example), but I think this brings me to another point: why is there an insistence on scanning character by character, left-to-right, and down through the code? Maybe I haven't seen enough compiler/interpreter implementations behind the scenes, but that is what I've gotten from various books/online examples.
We don't. The current C# compiler parses "top level" stuff in every file first, skipping method bodies and then goes back and parses each method body in each file individually. That way we can do analysis of whether, say, the class hierarchy makes any sense before we attempt to analyze the method bodies that are going to use that class hierarchy. -- Eric
Here's another way to look at it. In writing, if there is a missing comma in a sentence, it typically does not cause an entire page of text to implode on itself.
You have good error recovery heuristics in your brain. -- Eric
And yes...I'll look at monadic parsers...thanks for the info!
Two observations.
1) Back in the late 1970's (at University) we were using a Pascal compiler on a Univax mainframe (Batch!). The compiler would actually make assumptions and attempt to continue to compile the program. This cut down on the number of iterations (which could take 24 hours) - the school did have a policy that any code which contained a "fix" of this nature was an automatic failure. Ironic, that this is unheard of in today's environments.
2) Sometimes a comma DOES matter. There was an old "joke" about a prisoner who was about to be put to death. Although I forget the exact syntax of the question, the reply was: "No don't kill him". The intent was "No, DON'T kill him", but the listener took it as "No don't, KILL him". Bet THAT prisoner wished the comma was explicit!
There was one of those on StackOverflow today. Someone wrote something like "this method does not return true as expected". Is that "As we expected all along, this method does not return true", or "this method does not return true, which is what we expected it to return"? It would have been more clear to write "this method returns false, as expected", or "this method returns false, unexpectedly". -- Eric
The Job Search tool on the MSFT career site has a "Division" dropdown. I can't identify the option for DevDiv jobs. My best guess is "Server&Tools Business". Does this seem right?
Let me guess, the "aha, monad!" guy's last name was Snover.
@Abhijeet - yes, DevDiv is part of STB


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Latin American politicians have long said - only half-jokingly - that if you want to get attention and help from Washington, it often pays more to be hostile to the United States than to be its friend. Over the next two weeks, the old saying will be put to a big test in Washington.
Judging from what Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo told me in an interview earlier this week, if President Bush fails to get congressional approval of a recently signed U.S.-Peru free-trade agreement before Congress goes on its summer recess July 28, it will be a case study proving that the United States does not reward its friends.
Toledo, who will hand over power to left-of-center President-elect Alan Garcia on July 28, was quick to point out that Peru has followed the road of political openness and free- market reforms for its own good and not to please Washington. Few countries in Latin America have shared more values and policies with Washington in recent years than has Peru, he added.
"If you only draw attention when you are hostile to the United States, it's not worth being a (U.S.) partner," Toledo said.
"We have already crossed 95 percent of the river, and we only need an extra 5 percent to reach the other shore. The agreement was approved by 79 to 14 votes in the Peruvian Congress. Now, it's up to the U.S. Congress to approve it."
A lot is at stake:
•If Congress doesn't approve the deal by the end of its current session, it will be difficult to consider it after the summer recess. As the midterm election campaign heats up amid a growing isolationist sentiment in several U.S. states, Congress would be unlikely to take up the issue in the weeks preceding the Nov. 7 elections.
•If Congress fails to approve the trade deal before Nov. 7, it will be harder to pass the deal through the next Congress. There could be a new Democratic majority in Congress with close ties to anti-free-trade U.S. labor unions. And, even if Democrats fail to recover the House, Bush will be a lame-duck president, with even less clout in Congress.
•By Dec. 31, Peru and its Andean neighbors will lose their trade benefits under the 1991 Andean Trade Preference Act, which provides Andean countries with duty-free access to the U.S. market. If Peru doesn't have a free-trade deal and ATPA is not extended, as seems likely, many investors will move their export-oriented factories to Chile, Central America, Mexico or other countries with free-trade deals with the United States.
•Although Garcia has reluctantly supported the free-trade deal, some of his political adversaries speculate that he may not push it if it's not in place by the time he takes office. Garcia - who led a leftist-populist government in the 1980s - could seek to lead the Andean bloc's fight for a U.S. extension of ATPA preferences, rather than pushing for U.S. approval of the bilateral Peru-U.S. free-trade deal, they say.
•If Peru's export-led growth of the past five years - which has helped reduce poverty from 54 percent to 48 percent - begins to drop because of higher tariffs to the U.S. market, it may be tempted to get closer to neighboring Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
In the recent elections, Venezuelan-backed leftist-nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala won the first-round vote by a comfortable margin.
Although it sounds far-fetched, Toledo told me that if the free-trade deal is ratified by the U.S. Congress, Peru could grow at twice the nearly 7 percent rate of last year in 10 years. Over the next decade, it could generate 5.7 million new jobs in Peru, he said. Asked whether Bush promised to help lobby Congress when the two met on Tuesday, he said, "Absolutely."
My conclusion: Well-placed sources tell me that Democratic Party leaders who originally opposed the deal are now willing to support it. So it will be up to Bush's Republican Party, which controls both houses of Congress and sets the congressional agenda, to decide whether to put it to a vote now.
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Despite Sunday's franchise-worst 58-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks and a nine-game losing streak with no apparent end in sight, the Arizona Cardinals will not rush to any decision on head coach Ken Whisenhunt.
Speaking to a small handful of reporters Monday afternoon, team president Michael Bidwill addressed Whisenhunt's status and at least for the next three games, it looks as though he will remain the team's head coach.
Cards president Michael Bidwill says Ken Whisenhunt will be coach for rest of season.— Craig Morgan (@cmorgancbsfoxaz) December 10, 2012
Whisenhunt, who led the team to its only Super Bowl appearance in 2008, has a record of 44-49 in his six seasons in Arizona.
Despite his early success with the organization, the team has failed to make the playoffs each of the last three seasons, and in that span has had losing streaks of six, seven and nine games.
Here's more from Bidwill on how the front office plans to evaluate Whisenhunt and his staff moving forward:
Tm Pres Michael Bidwill: "There is a lot of emotion around what happened ystrday but I don't intend to make any decision based on emotion."— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) December 10, 2012
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Bracing to meet the challenge from multinational companies in wholesale business, Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Retail on Friday said it would soon launch cash-and-carry format stores in the segment.
Giving out the strategy of the company during his address at the 37th AGM of the company, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani said Reliance Retail will soon launch the new format stores to offer numerous national and international brands to small traders across the country.
RIL had forayed into the retail arena with Reliance Fresh stores selling fruits, vegetables and other grocery items in 2006. With the entry into the wholesale segment, RIL is seeking to compete with international chains like Germany's Metro, USA's Walmart and French retailer Carrefour, who have already set shop in India. The U.K.-based Tesco is already chalking out plans for Indian entry amid intense speculation that Government is going to throw open the multi-brand retail sector for FDI investment soon.
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SDSU football notes: Injured LB Nick Tenhaeff probable vs. Fresno State
It's one thing to traipse onto the field and perform well with a club for a right hand if you're an offensive lineman — like center Alec Johnson did last week.
It's a bit trickier to do that as a linebacker.
But the Aztecs' Nick Tenhaeff is going to try anyway.
Tenhaeff broke his right hand — the same Johnson broke vs. North Dakota — while rushing the passer in the fourth quarter against San Jose State.
He had surgery Monday and practiced for the first time this week on Wednesday.
"Oh, he's struggling. Trying to keep his wrapped-up hand out of the mix," Aztecs' coach Rocky Long said. "He didn't do a lot today.
"I think it probably really hurts right now. I'm sure it's really painful."
Stoic as always, Tenhaeff brushed away any suggestion that the pain might hamper him.
"It's all right. Pain's part of the game," he said. "It's just something you've got to do. I've done it before in high school."
The pain will lessen over the next few days. But what remains to be seen is whether Tenhaeff can tackle effectively with only one full hand.
"I would guess he can wrap around, but when he wraps around, he can't grab, so it'll be harder to tackle," Long said.
Tenhaeff doesn't think he'll have a problem.
"Each day it gets better and better," he said. "I'll be able to make plays with one hand, and I can still tackle and wrap. I just don't have the fingers to grip with."
Long said he'll leave it to Tenhaeff to decide whether he feels up to playing against Fresno State on Saturday.
"If he feels like he can play, we'll let him play," Long said. "And if he feels like he can't, we won't put him in a situation if he doesn't think he should be out there."
If Tenhaeff can't go, then Derek Largent will start in his place, and the Aztecs will use a three-man rotation of Largent, Vaness Harris and Josh Gavert to cover the two outside linebacker positions.
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Flew 4 flights in total with Lufthansa whilst in Europe. Found the planes to be new and pleasant. The service from
the check in staff and cabin crew however was nothing short of rude. Very blunt and did not pay any attention to
staff during the flight (most were in conversation even during meal service). I asked the FA on one flight to
store a small piece of art for me to which she said there was no room. Not impressed with their punctuality around
boarding and departure.
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LH 1793. Overall a nice flight, on time and efficient boarding and leaving the plane. Might be a surly morning,
but one of the attendants had an unnecessarily rude attitude. Just because I was slow to stand up (and crouch
under the low ceiling) to leave the plane he asked me if I was ever going to leave and that other passengers
wanted to get out as well. Never has this been a problem on any other airline. He also gave surly remarks to other
passengers who didn't perform well enough. Sorry if this is a charm and humour I didn't pick up on though.
LH415, 11 July 2014, Washington Dulles to Munich. I was lucky getting a seat with more space for the legs (front
row). As usual I was very pleased to fly with Lufthansa. Unlike other times the seat comfort was not so nice, I
was not able to sleep. Could be either a matter of coincidence or the version of the seats on that plane. Looking
nice and being brand new, but pretty hard and not a good shape for my body.
Rating 2/10
Flight from Perth to Frankfurt via Singapore. Pleasantly surprised that the Lufthansa A380 flight was more
pleasant (happy crew) and comfortable than the code-share Singapore airline flight Perth to Singapore. However,
the return flight from Toulouse to Perth turned into a nightmare due to thunderstorm causing delays into
Frankfurt. The almost total lack of customer care while stranded over night at Frankfurt and a 7 hour wait to re-
book (almost 5 hours of which was in a line, on foot) was a disgrace. It is the fear of this recurring which means
I will be highly unlikely to fly with Lufthansa again.
Rating 6/10
I prefer Lufthansa whenever possible. But on this flight, LH 494 from Munich to Toronto we had the 4 middle seats
on row 40 and there was no arm room. The room for the legs is also quite scarce. Other than the uncomfortable
seating everything else was OK. My son had stomach issues and the flight attendants were very helpful.
Rating 1/10
Vancouver to Munich, LH 477, 4 July 2014. I found the Food to be sub-standard for a European airline and they also
only serve German Wines. The seats are so cramped in Economy Class that it is hard to stretch yourself. They give
you warm napkins only on the onward flight and not on return flights. I was carrying my suits, so I asked the
flight attendant, if he could hang my suit in the wardrobe for me and his body language was so obvious that
he did not want to oblige my request! Only when I argued with him did he agree to hang my suits. Flight attendants
are generally unfriendly, they hardly smile and it seems that they are doing the passengers a favor! They
generally make a big thing even when your baggage is overweight by 2 or 3 kgs, they only allow 23 kgs per
passenger in Economy. Compare this to Emirates where you get a generous Baggage allowance of 30 kgs per person
on Economy. When I checked at Vancouver Airport for my return flight, my baggage was only overweight by 4 kgs, but
one of the airline staff members was very kind and allowed me to check my Bag in. If not for her, I would have had
to certainly pay an excess baggage fare!
Rating 9/10
June 10 2014, LH 493, to Frankfurt. July 3, 2014, LH 476, to Vancouver. We paid extra for exit row seats and were
not disappointed, lots of legroom. Only critique was that people tend to congregate around area for bathrooms,
which isn't a big deal, but when they hang out there for more than half an hour, and keep bumping into you while
you're trying to sleep, then it's annoying. Outgoing flight was 747, and seemed to attract more "standers", return
flight was 330 and shape of cabin did not encourage people to hang around as much. Pleasantly surprised at number
of meals and snacks during both flights, lots of variety, service was great and flight attendants went out of way
to accommodate other passengers with young children. Look forward to flying Lufthansa again, hopefully in Premium
or Business Class next time.
Rating 8/10
LH 457, 3rd July. Overall very good. The available leg space was however below all criticism. For some reason the
A-C seats on row 44 on the 747-800 had about 1 decimeter less leg space than the other seats on the same row (and
the rest of the plane). I have never been so cramped on an Intercontinental flight before (or any flight for that
MUC-CGN return (twice). I am always happy when I can book Lufthansa (work related) because it is such a reliable
and punctual airline. The check-in and boarding is very easy, the planes are always clean, a little snack and two
drinks are provided and I can choose my favourite newspaper. Usually the crew greets with a smile and has a
service-orientated attitude. The seats are a bit hard, but for one-hour domestic flights, this is no problem.
27 June 2014, flight LH454. I flew Lufthansa from Frankfurt to San Francisco on an A380 and it is not an
experience I would like to repeat. I know flying economy is supposed to be uncomfortable and unpleasant on any
airline, but adding hundreds of passengers to what most other airplanes carry only compounds the misery. Space
tight, seats very narrow, and food bland as usual for economy. What made this flight "memorable" were the long
boarding lines and the length of time it took to get off the airplane after an 11 hour flight. I hope the A340
and the A330 airplanes stick around for a long time to come.
My flight to Washington with Lufthansa in Economy Class was a very convenient one. As I am a chronic patient, I
liked that I had enough space to move my feet, water was offered often enough. The meals were fine and
entertainment was abundantly offered.
I travelled with LH1402 from Frankfurt (Germany) to Prague (Czech Republic) on June 23 scheduled 21.55-22.55. Due
to late change of aircraft from the planned Airbus A321 to an Airbus A320 Winglets the flight was slightly
delayed, but the flight managed to depart before the awful night ban at Frankfurt Airport. The aircraft was only
one week old according to the crew. That was obvious, everything was extremely tidy and clean. However no IFE and
still the same type of Recaro seats with any support for your head which I find very uncomfortable, below industry
standards. I was seated in Business Class on seat 4F and the service were excellent. Even on this very short
flight a very tasteful salad was served and before the meal drinks were served. Right the way it should be, drinks
before the meal. An excellent flight and a very good experience and the cabin staff even addressed you by your
name when serving, excellent.
I travelled with Lufthansa from Stockholm Arlanda, Sweden to Frankfurt, Germany on June 23. The aircraft on this
service was an Airbus A321. I travelled in Business Class and was seated on 4A. The overall experience is very
good and everything is well thought through with German precision. The cabin was very clean and tidy and the
service was very good. The food served on this route was a cold dish, but very tasteful. If to complain about
something, the service was not especially well co-ordinated. The meal was served first and it took approximately
10 minutes before any drinks were served. I would have expected the opposite in Business Class. Lufthansa does not
offer any IFE on intra-European flights, but offers very good inflight magazines. The main negative thing, to my
opinion, is the very uncomfortable seats. Recaro slim fit with very limited comfort. There is no head rest
available so bring your cushion, or maybe two and the seats are very hard. The seat pitch is however according to
industry standards. On this occasion I had a connecting flight from Frankfurt with 1 hour transfer time. The
flight was approximately 25 minutes late into Frankfurt but there were no problems with my transfer.
Vancouver-Munich-Geneva (4 June 2014) and return (16 June 2014). Flights on time; luggage delivered promptly;
cheerful and hard-working FAs throughout, making several juice and water runs on the long-haul flights. YVR-MUC
and return: A330-300 with 2+4+2 seat layout. Two proper meals served, the usual chicken or stuffed pasta as the
mains (and for overnight flight YVR-MUC, an omelette as the second meal). The main problem with A330 and A340
aircraft generally is poor seat design in economy. Window seats leave a 5cm gap between the armrest and fuselage,
wasting space and very uncomfortable for anyone trying to lean against the fuselage to sleep. The two outboard
seats (window plus aisle) are supported by two central stanchions that rob passengers of foot space. No standard
carry-on bag will fit under the seats in front, and more foot space is taken up by entertainment boxes. YVR-MUC
flight had these problems. However, MUC-YVR return flight had a new A330 interior with far better seat design: it
still left the 5cm gap between the armrest and fuselage, but the two supporting stanchions were at the very ends
of the pair of seats, leaving proper foot space and enough room that two full-sized carry-on bags could be placed
under the seats in front if desired. AVOD offered a vast array of films, music, and television programs (even
binge-watching programs like the complete first season of the US House of Cards). MUC-GVA and return: E195 with
2+2 layout, with seats more comfortable than on an A330. Even a sandwiches-and-drinks service for these one-hour
flights. Trip rating would be 8 for the old A330 seating, 10 for the new A330 seating.
Lufthansa has an excellent first class product. The seat and bed comfort is excellent. Caviar is still served but
the portions tend to get smaller than before. The wine selection is always interesting. Food is good, but the
offer in the first class lounge in LAX not up to European first class standard. In the on board entertainment you
might not find the latest films but it's a good cross selection. The atmosphere and color scheme of the newly
designed cabin is very pleasant. Bathrooms are bigger on the 380 than on the 747. The content of the amenity bag
is rather disappointing. Selection of reading material is good although I would prefer some travel or culinary
magazines. The friendly staff will generally address you by name.
LH415, IAD-MUC, 3 June 2014. It was easy to upgrade last minute. In business class it was a very comfortable
flight overseas. The aircraft was clean, staff were very friendly and perfectly reserved at the same time, space
was sufficient with having one of the new seats which can be moved almost completely horizontal, and the food and
beverages were fine as well. LH is definitely my preferred airline between Europe and America.
Rating 10/10
LH431, 6/21 to 6/27. Inbound was via BRU with LH1006 and UA973. I travelled FC from ORD to FRA in a B747-8 and it
was great. I miss only the small snacks (like nuts, sandwiches, chips) between the meals. UA is offering these
snacks. The FC cabin is quiet, comfy and spacious.
MUC-LAX on May 19 in a newly refurbished A340-600. Passenger handling at the airport was superb, pick-up from
aircraft, escort to lounge, passport formalities all done while we relax. The First Cabin was fully booked, and we
had two stewards taking care, plus the cabin chief checking in occasionally. Aside from the splendid service like
in a gourmet restaurant our crew was very cordial and made sure our time was as enjoyable as possible. The only
downside I can remember is that the air-conditioning was quite draughty and could not be reduced.
LH 439 on A330, DFW-FRA with friendly, attentive and professional staff. Nice flight, only the old Business Class
Seats getting more and more outdated.
LH1935, TRS-MUC and LH474, MUC-YUL on Friday June 20th. I usually fly Lufthansa since the local airport near the
city I work in is fairly connected with one of its hubs. Even if the flight tickets are a bit expensive I think
they provide a reliable service and have a good customer service. Last flight was on the same line, an
intercontinental one, and, even travelling economy class you're quite comfortable aboard. I wish the other
airlines I use when star alliance partners are not available would provide a similar service.
Flight 464 from Frankfurt to Orlando, June 21 2014. Trip started in Istanbul, June 21 2014 on flight 1305. We
booked our flights 9 months ago. My seat on flight 464 from Frankfurt to Orlando was 39c. I checked in online,
double checked at the Frankfurt gate, still 39 c. Once onboard my seat was given to another who booked late. The
new seat was in another section of the plane, nowhere near my husband. Since the flight was full the attendants
would not move this passenger and were unhelpful. The purser was surly and rude.
LH414, MUC-IAD on 15 June 2014. Aircraft great, most of the crew were great but there were 2 unfriendly
staff members amongst them. Otherwise everything was fine including the weather, smooth flight, captain's
announcements informative and clear. Seat 24C has no legroom due to the partition. The seat itself is ok for
economy class, but the partition is too close to the knees.
I am German and used to be a loyal Lufthansa customer. In general it is probably still one of the better Airlines
out there, but the way they treat the average customer who are just Frequent Traveler status or even less and not
Senator or Hon is just plain deplorable. The way they credit now for miles flown tells me that they don't value my
business at all anymore. Another annoying thing is the discrimination against carry on bag travelers who are not
Gold level. I invested quite some money into a carry on to make sure that it would be in compliance size wise
according to international standards and IATA approval, but yet I was forced at various occasions to give it up
when I was just about to board the flight. The most recent very bad experience I had was when I was just coming
off the transatlantic flight from Dulles to Frankfurt and wanted to connect on the domestic flight to Berlin LH
180 on Sunday June 1st, at 10.45am. The gate agent ladies serving the desk for that flight were just horrible, to
say the least, forcing me to check my carry on bag , which I had no problem carrying on the transatlantic flight
from Dulles to Frankfurt. It's one thing if there are viable reasons for that to do so, but being singled out
while others were walking by with two pieces of luggage was an experience of discrimination that I never wish to
endure again.
LH 411 on June 10. Perfect Service, especially during check-in for return flight from US because I arrived at
airport only 35 minutes before departure. Airline personnel were able to manage a direct security check (bypassing
the waiting line), a quick transfer to the gate and also the bag arrived on time with the flight.
I flew to Washington with United and returned with Lufthansa. I am disappointed by the differences in service
between Star Alliance members. Lufthansa was so much better than United. Everything: food, friendliness of staff,
seats. Below ratings are based on Lufthansa flight only.
LH 419 on 1 Jun 2014 from IAD to FRA. The flight was on time, the announcements in German and English were
clear and understandable. The Inflight Entertainment didn't respond very quick on fingerprints and some of the
movies are not particularly new. I saw the same movie-titles on my flight with this airline 8 months ago. They
served pasta or chicken for dinner - it's always the same. The bread they served was warm and tasted very well.
The little snack for "breakfast" didn't knock my socks off. It was better in the past.
LH 451. We sat exit row seats in the brand new 747-8. Lots of space, entertainment system finally up to date, with
hi-res displays, good selection etc. However lots, and I mean lots of restroom traffic. LH went cheap and only
installed 2 restrooms for middle section of eco class to cram in 2 more rows (however more legroom on this new
plane). Ridiculous and therefor many people waiting in line in front of and around your seat at all times.
I always bring my own food, since LH and most airplane food in economy is inedible, so can't comment on food.
I connected to LH at Frankfurt from a United flight originating at SFO. The arrival and departure at FRA both
involved aircraft parked on remote pads and being ferried on stuffed buses to the terminal buildings, where
insufficient gate space apparently exists. As I was about to get stuffed onto a bus, an imperious LH gate agent
demanded I surrender the bag in which I carry my CPAP machine. She couldn't have cared less that I was told to
keep close hold on it on all my travels and other airport staff have no problem treating it as carry-on.
Furthermore, there was plenty of bin and underseat space on the flight. Other than that nastiness, the flight
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Around 1,442 classified U.S. documents procured by whistleblower website WikiLeaks find mention of America's ally Australia.
According to an AAP report, the foreign cables were just a small part of thousands of documents placed on the website and one document mentioned about what was going behind the scenes at the 2007 APEC meeting in Sydney.
The previously classified secret documents revealed discussions between the U.S. and China about an arms shipment headed to Iran which was passing through Beijing on its way to the Middle East.
The document sent an order for "urgent action" on North Korea sending arms to Iran via Beijing.
"In September, during their meeting at the APEC summit in Sydney, Australia, President Bush discussed with Chinese President Hu his strong concerns relating to the ongoing trans-shipment via Beijing of key ballistic missile parts from North Korea to Iran's missile programme," the cable reports.
The documents leaked focus on diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Middle East states, it said.
One document talks of political matters in Zimbabwe and describes Australia as a "rock solid" ally of the U.S.
The confidential document from the U.S. embassy in Harare gives a detailed update on the tenuous situation in the southern Africa nation.
Signed by U.S. Ambassador Christopher W Dell, the cable talks of the difficulties of change in a country run by dictator Robert Mugabe.
"To give the devil his due, he is a brilliant tactician (sic) and has long thrived on his ability to abruptly change the rules of the game, radicalise the political dynamic and force everyone else to react to his agenda," the cable said.
Mr. Dell goes on to outline the unlikely possibility of quick and large change in Zimbabwe. "Rock solid partners like Australia don't pack enough punch to step out front and the United Nations is a non-player."
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It's 3 a.m. and I am on deadline, wondering how best to describe the new Frosty, Heidi & Frank show 9 a.m.-noon weekdays on KABC/790 AM. What do you tell FM listeners who may have abandoned AM radio long ago? What do you say to the AM listener who is used to news or political talk?
Pondering these weighty issues (well, OK, let's don't get too serious here), I paused and picked up a magazine review of an Oct. 18 TV documentary series on the 40-year history of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Two words describing Python stood out and seemed to me the perfect way to tell readers what they can expect if they tune in Frosty, Heidi & Frank – "maverick lunacy."
First, a quick flashback: Frosty Stilwell, Heidi Hamilton and Frank Kramer had a popular daily show on KLSX-FM for 8 1/2 years until 97.1 flipped to AMP radio last February. It was irreverent, off-the-wall talk on any subject that came to their attention, from sex and relationships to drinking and bizarre happenings in our strange world, all of it aimed straight at the younger FM audience.
They were a hit, and when everyone in talk got the boot at KLSX, they went the "uncensored" route and started a podcast at www.FrostyHeidiAndFrank.com originating from a studio Frosty created in his living room. He named the studio Rudy Dog after his pet, which recently passed away.
"We started in March with a one-hour podcast, releasing it each Monday, up until August. Then we did it every day. We were doing the 'Uncensored' show to give the audience something different, to give them a reason to download it, it was a way to get attention," Frank said in an interview.
The podcast was attracting 800,000 free downloads a month, and they continue to do it on a daily basis in a studio at KABC, immediately after ending their daily radio show. Heidi remarked on the first 790 show, "I'm thrilled to go someplace other than Frosty's living room seeing him ironing his T-shirts in nothing but his underwear.''
How did KABC come into the picture? Frank was looking for a way to monetize the podcast, so he approached his former KLSX boss, Bob Moore, now general manager at KABC-AM, saying he didn't have a sales staff and would KABC want to be part of it.
"Bob said he had a better idea, and he offered the 9 a.m. to noon time slot. It kind of fell together quickly. (Program director) David (G. Hall) is letting us be ourselves.
"I said (to Bob) right off the bat I don't want to give up the podcast. I know you will probably fire me someday, not for trying, but I was fired twice and I was No. 1. The day you fire me, you will know where I am at," Frank said.
The KABC show is a work in progress, and we're along for the ride. As soon as Peter Tilden wraps up his 5-9 a.m. show, they go in and take over. The first day, they were trying to figure out what side of the microphone to talk into.
Day two, Frosty and Frank ask Heidi if it is OK to say she lives with a woman. Heidi says yes, for about five years, and "mom is still staggering over that." One of them coins the term "husbian" to describe "husband and lesbian."
Day three, caller Eugene says, "Every time Frosty starts to speak, I am under a bridge. Being on AM leaves a little bit to be desired." Day four, they hear from those who can't stand the show and don't get what it is about.
Still, thanks to promotion via their podcasts and a KABC campaign, fans from the FM days are getting the word and calling in to say "welcome back."
In an interview with Don Barrett at LARadio.com, Moore said, "It's a whole new KABC. ... David G. Hall and I made a plan when I got here. It was not to recreate KLSX, but to create a vibrant, entertaining and compelling local talk station on 790 KABC."
Hall told Barrett, "It will be like the best of what they did at KLSX but will fit the expectations of the KABC audience a little more than their KLSX show would have. That's what they do and that's what makes them very entertaining. There's no interest in taking that away. They are smart. They've been in radio a very long time. They know they are in a slightly different format on a different band and the audience has different expectations. It's going to be a mix."


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"Tamil music can be popularised through the songs of Subramanya Bharathi, Bharathidasan and Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram."
He is an epitome of simplicity and has a single-minded vision - to popularise Tamil music all over the world. His life ambition is to make true what eminent thinkers and educationists like the late Annamalai Chettiar, had dreamt. For him, worship to Tamil music is an honour to his mother. He resembles his father, Sirkazhi Govindarajan in all aspects, and has chosen to play the role of a guardian of Tamil art and a saviour of Tamil culture. In a tete-a-tete with M. Balaganessin, Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram expresses his concern over the poor quality of songs in most of Tamil films. Offering a wide range of suggestions for the restoration of glory to Tamil music, he believes temples are the best places for the promotion of the ancient culture.
It was a Sunday night, with the sky still overcast following a heavy summer shower in Tiruchi city. But many among the audience, too reluctant to part with him, lined up in a queue handing over to him a piece of paper indicating their intent interest to hear him sing for a few more hours. His presentation, with a rare combination of devotional songs set to Carnatic tunes and Tamil songs stirring patriotic fervour, made the audience awe-struck.
A young achiever blessed with a good tone and a mighty voice, Dr. Sirkazhi G. Sivachidamabram, is clear in his vision: To propagate Tamil music all over the world. A prodigy in music right from his childhood, he castigates the present-day film songs. "They are not Tamil songs at all; Tamil language is noted for its treasure of songs right from the ancient era", he says.
His ambition is to popularise the Tamil songs of the 'Old Trinity'-- Muthuthandavar, Marimuthu Pillai and Arunachala Kavirayar. "They are one-and-a-half centuries older than the Carnatic Trinity", he points out, to bring home the significance of quality Tamil songs composed centuries ago and the impact they command on the Tamils even now.
Having graduated in Classical and Carnatic Music from the Trinity College of Music, London, in Pianoforte, he is not opposed to Carnatic music altogether. "Eminent leaders and educationists like the late Rajaji, the late Raja Annamalai Chettiar, the late R.K. Shanmugam Chettiar were great visionaries in the cause of promotion of Tamil music. I, too, want to follow their footprints", he says.
Dr. Sivachidambaram is optimistic that Tamil music can be popularised through effective and intelligent use of songs composed by Subramanya Bharathiar, Bharathidasan and Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram. What worries him more is that apart from Tamil films, even many religious institutions have fallen prey to the changing trends.
"Temples are the seats for promotion of art and culture. They have been the epicentre for nurturing the talents of Carnatic and Tamil musicians. Annual festivals were arranged for the purpose. Values and objectives codified by our ancestors in the cause of music have been thrown to winds in the banner of 'Aadal Paadal' programmes, which, he terms a 'sorry state of affair'.
Temples could act as a catalyst for promoting Tamil music, by incorporating worship rituals in Tamil. 'Divya Prabandham is a diamond of Tamil art forms'.
Even at this young age, he had toured many countries: the United Kingdom, the United States, Thailand, Phillipines - to name a few on cultural conventions. His concert tour of Australia 'Isai Vasantham 2001' aimed at promoting universal friendship, devotion and world peace.
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A specialist in kidney transplantation, Dr. Sivachidambaram has been responsible for creating health awareness in rural pockets in the State. "My services for spreading Tamil music will be a fitting tribute to my father, who made me a physician singing at every nook and corner", he fondly expresses his life ambition.
He had several awards to his credit, including the 'Kalaimamani' from the State Government, the 'Music Academy Award for Best Rendering', and the 'Tamil Isai Vendhar'.
At a performance to mark the commencement of the second year of the 'Tiruchi Tamil Isai Sangam' in the city Sunday last, he explained the recognition the Tamil music enjoyed the world over. 'The signature tune of the British Broadcasting Corporation is based on the song sung by Sankaramoorthy', he said and even sang the song. At the end of another song 'Pudhiyathor ulagam seivom', he said Tamil music was easily understandable. It is a constructive tool, suited for any occasion.


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The following changes have been made to the 98th ING Bay to Breakers, as well as future races:
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PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles specialist Goh Liu Ying is still suffering from a knee condition which hampered her performances towards the end of last year.
Liu Ying, who suffers from a case of an overworked right knee, could not bring out her A game and, as a result, she and partner Chan Peng Soon were easily beaten in all three group matches in the World Super Series Finals in Shenzhen last month.
But the soft-spoken Liu Ying is ready to play through the pain barrier at the Korean Open Super Series Premier (Jan 8-13) and the Malaysian Open (Jan 15-20).
Liu Ying will have to do double duty as she is also down to compete in the women's doubles with Lim Yin Loo.
"My condition now is definitely not good ... the knee hurts after every match," Liu Ying, who receives Hyalgan injections twice a week to ease the pain.
(Hyalgan is a prescription medication used to treat symptoms of osteoarthritis in the knee joint.)
"Sometimes after a tough match I even find it hard to walk without limping. There's no way I can perform at my best in this condition.
"But I don't want to disappoint the Malaysian badminton fans. That's why I've decided to compete in the Korean Open and Malaysian Open ... but I'm going to take it one match at time.
"Hopefully after the Malaysian Open, I'll get some time off and decide on what to do about my knee condition with my coach and the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).
"It's also not fair to Peng Soon because I can't give my best and he has to cover for me all the time.
"I would like to give up women's doubles because the double duty really takes a toll on me. But I understand that it's not up to me to decide ... any further discussion will have to wait until after the Malaysian Open."
Liu Ying-Peng Soon are ranked third in the mixed doubles. Liu Ying-Yin Loo are world No. 26 in women's doubles.
With top women's pair Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei also inactive due to an injury to Khe Wei, BAM may be reluctant to allow Liu Ying to quit her partnership with Yin Loo.
In the Korean Open, third seeded Peng Soon-Liu Ying are tipped to meet world No. 1 Xu Chen-Ma Jin of China in the semi-finals.
Their first-round opponents are Germany's Oliver Roth-Johanna Goliszewski. A win will pit them against Indonesians Markis Kido-Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth.
Fifth seeds Sudket Prapakamol-Saralee Thoungthongkam of Thailand should await them in the last eight.
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More frugal than Google?
Astart-up led by former Google engineers has unveiled a new web search service that aims to outdo the internet search leader in size.Cuil (pronounced 'cool') is offering a new search service at www.cuil.com that the company claims can index, faster and more cheaply, a far larger portion of the the Web than Google, which boasts the largest online index.The would-be Google rival says its
service goes beyond prevailing search techniques that focus on web links and audience traffic patterns and instead analyses the context of each page and the concepts behind each search request."Our significant breakthroughs in search technology have enabled us to index much more of the internet, placing nearly the entire Web at the fingertips of every user," said Tom Costello, Cuil co-founder and chief executive.Danny Sullivan, a web search analyst and editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, said Cuil can try to exploit complaints consumers may have with Google - namely, that it tries to do too much, that its results favour already popular sites, and that it leans heavily on certain sites such as Wikipedia."The time may be right for a challenger," Sullivan says, but adds quickly: "Competing with Google is still a very daunting task, as Microsoft will tell you."Aa Microsoft, the number three US player in web search, has been seeking in vain, so far, to join forces with number two Yahoo to battle Google.Cuil was founded by a group of search pioneers, including Costello, who built a prototype of Web Fountain, IBM's web search analytics tool, and his wife, Anna Patterson, the architect of Google's massive TeraGoogle index of web pages. The couple are joined by two former Google colleagues, Russell Power and Louis Monier. Previously, Monier led the redesign of ecommerce leader eBay's search engine and was the founding chief technology officer of two 1990sAa milestones, AltaVista and BabelFish, the first language translation site."They do have the talent that is used to building large, industrial-strength search engines," Sullivan says of Cuil.
Cuil clusters the results of each web search performed on the service into groups of related web pages. It sorts these by categories and offers various organising features to help identify topics and allow the user to quickly refine searches.User privacy is another appeal of its approach, Cuil says. Because the service focuses on the content of the pages rather than click history, the company has no need to store users' personal information or their search histories, it says.Cuil has indexed a whopping 120 billion web pages, three times more than what they say Google now indexes, Patterson said, adding the company has spent just $5 million.
Google itself preemptively responded to Cuil's arrival with a blog post on Friday boasting of the growing scale of its own web search operations.Sullivan said he puts no stock in either company's boasts about the size of their indexes, since it has only an indirect effect on the ultimate success web surfers have in searching. And Cuil's privacy virtues are exaggerated, he adds.
Initially, Cuil is optimised for American English. Later this year, the company plans to enable Cuil users to perform searches in major European languages, Patterson said.Eventually, Cuil plans to make money by running ads alongside search resultsAa but provided no further details.There seemed to be some teething problems yesterday, however. A visit to the site returned only the following message:"Due to overwhelming interest, our Cuil servers are running a bit hot right now. The search engine is momentarily unavailable as we add more capacity."
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The party will be expanded and there will be committees in every village and town, says G. Kishan Reddy
Bharatiya Janata Party would contest all the 294 Assembly and 42 Lok Sabha seats in the State on its own in 2014 elections, State BJP president G.Kishan Reddy said here on Sunday.
Addressing the party's State Council meeting after assuming charge as State unit president for the second consecutive term, he said people were fed up with regional parties and took a dig at YSRC honorary president Y.S. Vijayamma's recent claim that her party would not support NDA grouping in the post-election scenario in 2014. "Did we ever seek the support of YSRC", he asked and quipped that Congress and YSRC would likely to be merged in the future.
He said the immediate goal was to strengthen the party and ensure that it emerged as a strong force in next year's elections. There would be committees in every village and town.
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Launching a scathing attack on the State government, he said that it failed on all fronts. The State was facing agriculture and power crises like never before and yet the government was least bothered about people's problems. Mr.Reddy criticised TDP for remaining neutral during the voting on no-confidence motion against the Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.
Rajya Sabha member and former BJP national president, M. Venkaiah Naidu also spoke.
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