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Trade deals seal historic trip
India and the United States signed business deals worth billions of dollars as President Clinton wound up his historic visit.
On the last leg of his tour of India, Mr Clinton made a final appeal against nuclear proliferation and ethnic strife in the region.
He told a gathering of business leaders in Bombay, the country's financial capital, that he had come as a friend, to build a new partnership.
"I cannot imagine the world that I want for my children's generation ... that does not include a better and deeper partnership with India," he said.
The president was accompanied by a high-powered trade delegation, which signed agreements worth $4bn.
He arrived in Bombay to a warm welcome, as tens of thousands of people lined the 30km route from the airport into the city.
Thousands more watched his motorcade from apartment windows.
At one point, President Clinton stepped out of his limousine to shake hands with several blind students who had gathered outside a school for the visually impaired.
Cyber warning
Earlier, the president warned of a potential "digital divide" in India between its software millionaires and its poverty-stricken millions.
Visiting Hyderabad, one of India's hi-tech centres of software development, he urged entrepreneurs to use their technology for a "higher purpose".
"Millions of Indians are connected to the internet, but millions more aren't connected to fresh water," the president said.
"India accounts for 30% of the world's software engineers, but 25% of the world's malnourished," he added.
He said the US would launch a five-year $5m initiative to help bring internet access into schools and businesses in rural areas, promoting e-commerce, as well as online education and health resources.
Health care
Before plunging into the world of hi-tech business, Mr Clinton got a glimpse of India's health problems by visiting a Hyderabad hospital.
He watched three TB patients receiving treatment, and then helped administer polio vaccine to a baby.
He also called for efforts to be stepped up to combat Aids.
"We want to do for Aids, for malaria, for TB what you have done for polio," he said.
"We must strengthen prevention, speed research, develop vaccines and ultimately eliminate these modern plagues from the face of the earth."
He announced the US would contribute $4m this year to an Aids programme in India.
Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, boasts offices of Microsoft, Oracle, GE Capital and other American firms.
India is rapidly becoming a world leader in technology, with computer software exports second only to those from the United States.
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Inter Milan defender Marco Materazzi has scoffed at Zinedine Zidane's latest outburst over their 2006 World Cup final clash. Zidane reopened the feud this week by insisting he would rather die than apologise for butting Materazzi in the chest four years ago.
The moment of madness saw the Frenchman sent off in his final appearance as a professional footballer and Italy went on to win the game's ultimate prize in Berlin.
Materazzi's response was swift and succinct. On his website, the defender posted a photo of the dismissed Zidane walking past the trophy, along with the message in French 'Merci beaucoup monsieur' ('Thank you very much, sir').


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|John Denver Off the Record
John Denver Tribute Band
As some of you know, John Denver asked me to become his new lead player just on the eve of what became his very biggest years (1973-1977). I played acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, pedal-steel and sang the low harmony. John also recorded a nice handful of my originals. It was an incredible experience, and I'm so thankful to have had it. Now, I want to share as much of it as I can. With you. Up close and personal. Closer than any front row seat. If you are looking for a John Denver tribute band, you've found it and more.
Through the years since John's passing, as I've performed John Denver tribute concerts all over the country, the audience has confirmed that they treasure, as much as any musical contribution - my stories - stories from an insider. Stories from the guy who heard "Annie's Song," "Back Home Again," "Matthew" and countless others in my living room when John called saying he had a new song to show me. It was Just two guys and two guitars. Usually, only Annie had heard them before me. We were on tour, TV and in the studio for 8 huge albums, and there were so many memorable, comical, spiritual, unspoken experiences.
But precious few people were allowed very close. Millions of fans around the world have wanted to know 'what it was really like.'
I was there, when the band was just John, Dick Kniss on bass and me. Within a year, we'd added John Sommers and Hal Blaine. And that was the band that dominated the charts for so very long.
So…I now host very personal, intimate events, nationally, and abroad, wherever demand exists on an ongoing basis through this John Denver tribute. Consider them 'way beyond a backstage pass,' with interactive involvement you'd have absolutely never gotten backstage. If you play an instrument, bring it, or bring your voice to sing, or just come join the intimate, musical, story-filled gathering in a very small 'conversation between new friends.'
I'll have these usually in a hotel suite, and will limit each session to about 8 people so that nobody feels like 'just an onlooker.' I want you to take part, play, sing, bring questions you've often wondered about John and who he really was. And, of course, I'll be playing guitar. If you have an original song, I'll be your lead player (for a lot less than John paid me!).
I hosted my first 'jam' the day after playing Red Rocks in Morrison, CO on June 19, 2010. A German woman described it as 'the best day of her life.' She heard things she'd have otherwise never known about our beloved John.
Cost right now to experience this type of John Denver tribute is just $100 per person contact me at Steve Weisberg. Let me know the nearest city you'd travel to for such an event, and I'll keep track of where and when to 'tour.' When enough people have replied, off I go - guitar and stories in hand.
I've never heard of this format being offered before, but I really like it. If you're looking for a John Denver tribute band, Come join me for something very unique and warm.
My fondest regards for all the people who've kept our music alive, Steve


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This new audio set is a very special abridgement of two of Stephen R. Covey's best-selling business books, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit, read by Dr. Covey himself. We've condensed the content of two entire books into just six hours of audio, but you'll still enjoy Dr. Covey's lessons on powerful personal change and how to incorporate his ideas into your life to fulfill your ultimate potential.
© and (P)2005 FranklinCovey
"The 7 Habits have the gift of being simple without being simplistic." (M.Scott Peck)
"Very good"
I've been avoiding the "7 habits", since I tend to be an anti-joiner, and it got real popular, almost "cult" like. Also, I tried to tackle the book a long time ago, and got bogged down right away.
This is a great listen, as well as great content. I listened to the "6 hour" version, but now I'm thinking I should get the 12 hour version.
One warning about this version -- particularly near the beginning the adbridgement is really lame. A professional-sounding announcer (not a compliment, from me) introduces each snip, which can be amazingly short sometimes, "sound-bite" sized. It seemed like they quit this annoying habit (!) about a third or half the way through (or I just tuned it out).
Even so, if you want a bit more than a "taste" of the 7 habits, I recommend this book -- it has the potential to be life-changing. I'm wondering if I should go get a "7 habits" organizer. Not sure I ready for that, but it sure inspires me to do some kind of follow-through so that it's more than just a read.
"Wish had it earlier - although we all know it!"
Yes...This book is a encyclopedia of the self help literature from the past centuries. The author has summarized the main teachings about the topic into seven basic tenats. The stress is on self improvement and principle change - supported by not just vague or ambigous, open to interpretation ways to improve one self, he teaches specific examples in daily life, touch points in our work/life where we can start making changes and see expected results. The best part of the book - this does not teach you to be pretentious, or one of the 'How to manage your perception' prescriptions, it states that to achieve harmony and as a result being effective, one needs to make fundamental changes to one's guiding principles and the rest follows. The author cites great examples and suggestions.
The discussion on going from perosnal level of effectiveness to greatness!
The expressions of speech, first hand knowledge from the master and above all a great well paced peep into a great way to organise one's self and beyond.
Emotional bank Account
One thing missing was if there was some complementing material with the audio file, especially where they base the discussion on graphs and diagrams, it is better to have the visuals as well..Maybe in future, for books where they talk of conceptual models to explain something, the audio file could be accompanied with perhaps those few pages from the book, so user doesnt miss out on anything at all.
"Very Good"
The abridged version is very well compiled. The short introductions between the book excerpts are a good idea and very helpfull.
"Great Book, Narration and Order Could Be Improved"
Yes, this book offers you a lot to think about, so it would be great to review some of the information over and over!
Yes, the narration was well paced and it's always nice with an author narrates his/her own book. In this book, you get the full Covey experience. I personally found him a little silly at times, but he was at least animated. I did enjoy the parts in the narration when people gave their own testimonials or feedback based on the topic being discussed.
I really enjoyed the call to action in Habit 7. Covey basically tells you to get off your lazy rump and do something that matters in life.
I really didn't like how the 8th habit came before the 7th habit...my mind was not really prepared for going right into the 8th habit since I hadn't read the 7 habits book. It would be great if you could switch the order (7 habis first, 8th habit second) or somehow in the chapters tab- section out the two books so it's easy to know where one ends and the other begins.
"Loved it "
Now that I've listened to the abridged version, I'm ready to listen to the whole version. No harm done and absorbing hours of good advice and principles.
I think The principles around listening, understanding, and respect all apply to our relationship with not only humans but other animals and the natural world.
"Changed my life"
You have to be ready for this book but if you have the willingness and maturity to understand it, it will change your life :) timeless principles explained simply.
"Exactly what I expected"
Nice book, I always wanted to read it, but I guess I wasn't very effective with my reading time, isn't that ironic? :-)
The only thing I didn't like about the audiobook version is that it refers to a "companion guide" that Audible.com didn't add to the Abridged version, so I was blind on those chapters. I contacted support but they were not very helpful.
"So practical!"
In this book, the author presents 7 things that need to be mastered in order for the reader to become a highly effective and successful person. The 8th habit is a wonderful bonus to read!
"Terrible narration; book content is fine"
Covey's presentation of ideas and concepts in the book is fine and I believe there's utility and value at the core of his book. However, the narration is probably the worst of any audible audiobook I've listened to in recent memory. Covey shouldn't have been permitted to narrate - very boring and slow with pauses at the least appropriate junctures. His cadence makes for a truly awkward listening experience.
"Good but dry"
This is a good book, the principles are great. It can be hard to follow and can get really dry at times, but is still good business sense
"Not what it is advertised as"
This abridgement is not as stated. It is actually 'The 8th habit'. Do not buy this Audio Book.
"Very poor follow up to the original book"
Self-indulgent with poor content.
I couldn't bring myself to finish and I am an avid listener of audiobooks.
"Expected both 7 habits ans 8th habit but it seems"
Only has 8th habit? Expected both 7 habits and 8th unless am doing something wrong
"Two for the price of One"
I first read the 7 habits almost 10 years ago.
Listening to a distilled but updated version was refreshing and re-awekening.
In fact I would say that the 8th habit is the bonus feature of the book.
As with most classics, re- reading (listening) to the 7 habits gave me new insights.
Perhaps because I'm at a different place in my life today, compared to where I was, when I first read the 7 habits.
In a way I wish I had imbibed those insights then.
For example; "Listening to understand rather than to be understood".
Mr Covey rightly asserts, that we listen with just enough attention to allow us frame a response.
As such we rarely, truly understand the perspective of the person we are listening to.
I'm confident you will find insights that will speak to your situation.
Finally, I could not help but reflect on the fact that, Mr Covey is still able to speak to my present, despite the gulf of eternity that seperates us.
"The 8th Habit - A very readable book"
Stephen Covey is an inspirational man who has a very grounded approach to all areas of life. His books are very easy to read and always give you a lot to think about. I would advise anyone already in or wanting to move into a leadership role whatever that might be to read this book.
"Learn effective hobits with audiobook effectively"
This book will give you the clear ideas how you can organize your time and you mind in the most effective ways. I remember I read the book couple of years ago and it was very helpful for my personal life and my work, so I decide to read it again. This time I read the book with auiable and it was really great way to save my time and enjoy the book more with Stephen R. Covey's voice. You can listen the great lecuture of the book anytime anywhere. I'm very satisfied about the book and I'm highly recommned!
"stupid book. i never sae 7 habits explained. this"
stupid book. i never sae 7 habits explained. this is some bridge or summary book.
Excellent principles - well explained and illustrated. Great teaching. Will listen to this again. Wish I had read (or heard) it 20 years ago.
very practical, relevant, research based, much needed material here. read it and reread it, it will benefit us all
"Listeners guide?"
I'm half way through and would definitely benefit from the listeners guide as mentioned in the narration...did anyone received this guide when they purchased?
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No surprise—you already know high blood pressure is bad for you. But did you know it's how we measure the pushing of blood against the walls of your arteries? Too much pressure and the heart works harder. Inside of you, the heart, lungs, blood vessels—even the brain and kidney--can be damaged when that happens and you don't even know it.
That's why high blood pressure is called the silent killer, said Chad Moes, M.D., a family practice physician at Alegent Creighton Clinic Elkhorn. High blood pressure puts you at higher risk of having a heart attack, stroke and kidney disease, all of which can kill you.
Here are some important things you need to understand about high blood pressure:
according to my doctor and the cardiology doctors I work for, there are new guidelines for high blood pressure for certain age groups
Can you talk about what to do before getting your blood pressure checked? No caffeine for 8 hours, etc?
There are no official recommendations about withholding caffeine a certain number of hours before your clinic visit. I would prefer you do your normal daily routine so we can see what your blood pressure is throughout the day when you are on the normal amount of caffeine. Definitely cutting back on caffeine though would help lower your blood pressure.


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(Chester) -- A Pennsylvania Turnpike plaza in eastern Pennsylvania has been closed because mold was detected after leaks in the roof were found.
The Peter J. Camiel Service Plaza is located off the turnpike's westbound lanes at mile marker 305, just inside the Chester County line. It's not clear how long the plaza will be closed.
A Sunoco gas station and attached convenience store at the same plaza remains open. But a food and gift area housing Roy Rogers and Sbarro restaurants and a Starbucks coffee outlet is closed, along with public restroom facilities. Turnpike officials planned to move portable toilets onto the plaza later today.
The plaza was scheduled for renovations in October. It was not immediately clear if that will be delayed by the leaks and mold.
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Obviously, the stores owners aren't very happy with this situation, but a leaky roof and mold can cause much more serious problems. When the renovations will begin, the officials should contact the guys from mold removal Snohomish. They had to deal with many similar situations, so they know exactly what to do fix the problem.
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PORTLAND, Ore. Aisle7 on Tuesday announced the availability of the Aisle7 Mobile suite, a collection of customizable mobile applications that enable retailers to reach health-conscious shoppers on the go. Aisle7 Mobile features a configurable architecture that allows a retailer to customize its mobile app and select the functionality, features and health-and-wellness content that appeals to its shopper base.
"Today's shoppers want information literally in the palm of their hand, and mobile devices do just that," stated Michael Sansolo, industry consultant and former VP of the Food Marketing Institute. "Having these apps for fact-based, easily used and understandable nutrition information on smart phones will help shoppers make more informed and better decisions about meal choices and purchases. It's a win-win for supermarkets and their shoppers."
Aisle7 Mobile includes two ready-built, customizable offerings that help on-the-go shoppers plan their shopping trips, share wellness tips with friends and find products to help shoppers reach their health goals. Both offerings provide seamless smart phone integration, offering interactive store locaters, e-mail and social sharing capabilities with such networks as Facebook.
Available applications consist of:
Aisle7 also can work with retailers to create their own unique application by leveraging Aisle7 Wellness AppStream technology, an on-demand service that provides development access to any of the wellness articles, widgets and health tools that Aisle7 offers. This new platform supports a wide range of possibilities to reach retail marketing objectives, from recommending specific products based on shopper goals to suggesting actions that lead to healthy eating.
"Aisle7 Mobile enables retailers to quickly take advantage of two of the fastest-growing retail trends in the industry: mobile and self-care," said Jeffrey Beyer, CEO of Aisle7. "With this release, we give our customers the ability to engage their shoppers through all stages of the purchase cycle, from planning at home to finding answers in the aisle and building shopping lists that drive sales."


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Trends in RFID--Part III
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Trends in RFID--Part I Trends in RFID--Part II
Business Process Innovations
As we've already discussed, for a technology to succeed and proliferate in today's world, it must be economically viable. In other words, it must enable businesses to meet one or more of their primary economic needs: reduce cost, increase revenue, and provide a competitive advantage. These objectives compel enterprises to innovate by examining existing business models and processes and reinventing or realigning them to fully take advantage of a new technology. The industry has just scratched the surface in business innovation that takes advantage of RFID technology.
Much of the impetus for future waves of innovation in RFID can be credited to the mandates set forth by major retailers around the world and the U.S. DoD. These mandates have created a ripple effect across the entire supply chain industry. Mandates have caused all supply chain partners including manufacturers, packagers, distributors, logistics and transportation agents, retailers, and wholesalers to examine ways in which they can improve the efficiency of their own supply chain systems.
RFID technology is already gaining good traction in certain areas of the supply chain such as warehouse management and inventory control. However, we are far from a fully integrated supply chain model. Although many technology and business leaders across supply chain enterprises agree that RFID offers tremendous promise, some argue that their short term return on investment (ROI) does not justify the initial cost of adoption--process re-engineering, re-tooling, and integration.
Others are hesitant to make decisions without stronger standards, and most worry about privacy and related public relations issues. Despite these concerns, analysts have predicted tremendous growth for RFID in supply chain management during the next several years. For example, Venture Development Corporation (VDC) expects the global shipments of RFID systems in manufacturing, logistics, and retail markets to reach $4 billion in 2007, up from $1.25 billion in 20042.
In the following sections, we examine the most critical business innovation trends in the supply chain. These will lead the way to RFID's ultimate deployment across the entire supply chain, starting with raw materials, all the way through to the checkout stand at your local retail store.
Item-Level Tagging
Item-level tagging is arguably the final frontier for RFID deployment. This concept permeates almost every type of supply chain application. However, from a practical standpoint, item-level tagging is fraught with challenges.
On the consumer side, a number of security and privacy issues create concerns and will impact its pace of adoption. From the perspective of cost-effectiveness, the sub 5 cents tag will be key before the potential of item-level tagging can be realized. Although several pilots are under development already--for example, in large specialty retail and drug store outlets--expert and analyst opinion on the pace of adoption varies. Estimates of when item-level tagging at the retail store level becomes commonplace range between the years 2010 and 2020. Expect a slow but steady pace toward the item-level tagging of just about everything as the industry and consumers meet the challenges head on.
Third-Party Logistics Management
Retailers that are implementing RFID will have better and real-time visibility of the goods they carry in their stores. This, in turn, will help them become more efficient by enabling true real-time management of the links in the supply chain. Retailers may be able to eliminate their own distribution centers and receive goods directly from suppliers. Naturally, this will require suppliers to send goods more frequently, and in smaller quantities, directly to a larger number of retail stores, thereby shifting the equilibrium for handling and shipping costs. Expect third-party logistics (3PL) management services to include aggregation and distribution of RFID tagged goods. Major transportation and logistics companies such as UPS, as well as smaller specialized 3PL providers, will play a significant role in this area.
Real-Time Inventory Management
Inventory management happens at every level of the retail supply chain: at manufacture time, during transport, around distribution centers, and in warehouses, at both wholesale and retail levels. The recent mandates by major retailers will compel suppliers to continue to create new business models and applications that will not only help the retailers but the suppliers themselves, within their own four walls.


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Vinay Pathak: Bheja Fry, Khosla ka Ghosla
Deepak Dobriyal: Omkara
Rajat Kapur: Mixed Doubles, Bheja Fry
Kay Kay: Hazaron Khwaishen Aisi, Life in a Metro
Aditya Srivastava: Black Friday, Satya
Abhay Deol: Honeymoon Travels, Socha Na Tha
Prroshant Narayanan: Chhal, Waisa bhi Hota Hai Part ll
Ranvir Shorey: Bheja Fry, Khosla ka Ghosla
A plump, short and quirky income-tax officer with a penchant for Hindi film songs and a way of turning the world around him upside down, Bharat Bhushan is hardly the kind of character who'd cast a Harry Potter spell on the box-office. But India's favourite idiot of the moment has been drawing house-full shows, and the actor behind the role, Vinay Pathak, is still trying to come to terms with delivering the biggest sleeper hit of this year, the oddly-titled Bheja Fry, directed by Sagar Bellary. "The reaction is overwhelming," he says. "We could never have imagined it while making the film." In much the same way, the intense, powerful Irfan Khan didn't just essay an amazingly nuanced act as the gentle, introvert Bengali professor trying to put down roots in alien America, but The Namesake has also emerged as the highest grossing Indian-English film in the country, earning Irfan the title of 'Alternate Khan'.
Irfan and Vinay might be poles apart but they share a few things. They do not have the brawn of a Salman or the chocolatey good looks of Hrithik. You won't see them romancing the heroine, bursting into song 'n dance, or single-handedly fighting an army of villains. More actors than textbook heroes, they are cast in the mould of artistes like Balraj Sahni, Naseeruddin Shah, Manoj Bajpai, Pankaj Kapur and Om Puri, recognised more for their acting skills than for their glamour. And they aren't the only ones on the Bollywood horizon'actors like Ranvir Shorey, Deepak Dobriyal, Prroshant Narayanan, Aditya Srivastava, Abhay Deol, Rajat Kapur, Shiny Ahuja, Vijay Raaz, Atul Kulkarni, Shreyas Talpade are all bringing fresh vitality, vigour and also money and success to the alternate, small film movement in the country. Irfan and Kay Kay could well be called the big daddies of the lot, the former having already moved on to a bigger, international platform, with Namesake followed by Michael Winterbottom's film on Daniel Pearl, A Mighty Heart.
One reason why this creative crop is flourishing is because the space for small films is getting better defined in Bollywood. Not only are multiplexes offering a definite avenue of release, the films themselves'once experimental, often pretentious exercises'are establishing a better connect with the audience without necessarily compromising on their independent spirit.
"Opportunities for us are increasing," says Aditya Srivastava, seen recently as Badshah Khan, Tiger Memon's henchman on the run in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday. "It's the best time we have had in 20 years. The days of B-grade Bollywood are over. Now it's either superstars like the Khans or the alternate stars," says actor-filmmaker Rajat Kapur.
Abhay Deol: Clinching roles: Socha Na Tha, Ahista Ahista, Ek Chaalis Ki Last Local Coming soon: Manorama 6 Feet Under, Meridien
Sunny and Bobby Deol's cousin Abhay should have ideally opened big with a dramatic action film, but he decided to make his debut with a sweet and simple romantic comedy, Socha Na Tha, directed by Imtiaz Ali.
His subsequent efforts, be it Shivam Nair's Ahista Ahista or Reema Kagti's Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, have been as offbeat. "I try to do films with great scripts but which are also entertaining, something audiences can relate to," he says.
Abhay is already being dubbed the new-age Amol Palekar. Much like him, the others too don't aspire to be larger than life, only real and compelling. "I'd be fooling myself to expect to be an SRK. My strength is to get under the skin of the character, make it real," says Vinay. "The traditional notion of heroism does not work any more. It's cool to be yourself, even if you're plump, with pimples on your face. We've all been losers at some point in time, when someone else has walked away with our ambitions, the bike, the chick or the money. Our characters embody that ordinariness."
Ranvir Shorey: Clinching roles: Khosla Ka Ghosla, Pyaar Ke Side Effects, Traffic Signal, Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, Bheja Fry, Mixed Doubles. Coming soon: Mithya, I Am 24
Most of these actors come with a background in theatre and television and have an instinctive understanding of the film medium too, though for some acting happened by accident rather than choice. Abhay literally grew up on film sets; he'd have joined acting sooner rather than later. "I denied the pull for a long while. But then I couldn't see myself doing anything else," says he. Ranvir Shorey worked behind the camera as a producer and director at Channel V till the bosses decided to push him in front of the camera. "It took a while to get comfortable and even longer to explore more avenues as an actor," he says.
Vinay, hailing originally from Bhojpur in Bihar, studied in Ranchi and Allahabad before leaving for New York for an MBA. But theatre's pull proved stronger, and he chucked the management degree for a course in theatre. He and Ranvir have won recognition as TV's funniest comic duo, as Channel V veejays and on The Great Indian Comedy Show. Another management graduate, Kay Kay, left a coveted manager's job to join Mumbai's theatre circuit, and did a celebrated role as Gandhi's son Harilal in Feroz Khan's Mahatma Versus Gandhi. He also did TV (Pradhan Mantri) and films like Saeed Mirza's Naseem and Mahesh Mathai's Bhopal Express. Recognition came with Sudhir Mishra's Hazaron Khwaishen Aisi, and Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar. This year, both his films, Honeymoon Travels and Life in a Metro, have pulled in the crowds.
Life took a different turn for Rajat Kapur as well who studied direction at FTII, assisted Kumar Shahani and Mani Kaul, and eventually got famous for his role as Preity's young uncle in Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai, and a paedophile uncle in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding. He is now combining acting with direction, having made movies like Mixed Doubles and Raghu Romeo. "Acting happened because I was struggling for money as a filmmaker."
Prroshant Narayanan: Clinching roles: Chhal, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Shadows of Time. Coming soon: Mr Singh/Mrs Mehta, Bombil and Beatrice, Via Darjeeling
Money wasn't the issue for Prroshant; he had done innumerable TV serials before getting noticed for his mercurial, unpredictable energy in Hansal Mehta's Chhal and Shashanka Ghosh's Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II. "The idea is not to go looking for work even if the money is great. I know the work will come to me. My choice of role is determined by the script'whether I get Rs 2 for it or Rs 5," he says.
Aditya Srivastava did a six-year stint at Delhi's Sri Ram Centre for Performing Arts before coming to Mumbai in 1995.
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Here is a list of the most underrated actors of all time in Hindi Film Industry. The list does not necessarily represents views of majority. Hence, suggestions and criticism are welcome. The actors mentioned are treasures of acting and in chronological order of their acting skills in my view.
1. Sanjeev Kumar
2. Naseeruddin Shah
3. Om Puri
4. Pankaj Kapur
5. Shabana Aazmi
6. Aaditya Shrivastava
7. Irfan Khan
8. Manoj Bajpai
9. Ashutosh Rana
10. Ajay Devgan
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Janet Sheridan: A birthday memory
March 5, 2010
Monday was my mother's birthday. I woke up remembering the first time I was aware of missing her.
In 1946, Dad leaned over the wheel of an aging Chevy sedan, rocking to and fro in the seat as though the momentum of his body could force more speed from the car. Fence posts draped with tumbleweeds appeared and vanished; the hospital with his unconscious wife receded; his destination neared — but not fast enough.
The doctor had said two hours.
An erratic spring wind pushed against the car while Dad's thoughts raged against the slowness of Mountain Bell to reach rural areas and the quickness with which blood flowed from his wife's hemorrhaging body.
At the same time Carolyn, Bob and I huddled in our living room, dreading dinner. Mrs. Brown, baby-sitting while Mom went to get a new baby, believed in canned milk. We drank it with every meal she prepared. Used to obeying adults and cowed by the threatening glances of 13-year-old Lawrence, we forced it down. But our stomachs and our hearts were unsettled.
We missed Mom.
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The first lap of Dad's race finished in front of the small grocery owned by Wendell Francis, Lake Shore's unofficial mayor. Wendell maintained the document, compiled during World War II, which listed all adults in the community and their blood type.
Dad needed the list: needed five donors willing to rush back to the hospital with him. Mom had received all her type of blood the hospital had. She could die without more.
At home, Lawrence paced the room and tried to mask his worry. The canned-milk queen sang tunelessly in the kitchen. Our games faltered; even fighting held no appeal. Why did Mom and Dad think we needed a new baby? And where was Dad?
With a scribbled list of potential donors, Dad plotted his route along ditch-lined roads to find those at home. Chick Huff clambered down an electric pole and into the car with climbing spikes attached. Old Hebe Peterson turned off his tractor and left it in the field.
Three others soon joined them.
The next morning, Lawrence assembled us, sleepy-eyed and non-responsive, in the warm kitchen and told us that Dad had come home in the night long enough to tell him that Mom was real sick and would be in the hospital for a while. Our baby sister died while being born.
We weren't sure what that meant to us, or how to feel about it. We feared it meant more canned milk.
As an adult, Lawrence revealed a detail he kept secret that morning: listening to Dad, trying to be brave, he asked if Mom would live.
Dad responded, "I don't know."
That night, for the first time, my brother prayed — not because it was expected of him in church, before meals, at bedtime — but because he needed help.
Prayers and the goodness of neighbors worked.
Two nights later, we stood in the dark on the lawn of the hospital and stared up at the lit window where we had been told we could see Mom.
When she appeared and waved, we returned her wave, then, self-conscious, ducked our heads. We didn't know how to respond to an image we couldn't talk with or touch.
For years, whenever we passed Hebe Peterson's farm, Dad related how Hebe shrugged off any thanks, with a warning: "Now, Vern, if she gets to telling bad stories and talking rough, don't you worry. It's just my blood."
We laughed, then grew quiet, thinking about the baby sister Mom planned to name Susan.
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From time to time I like to do playlists based on band names. To create them I just look for bands whose names have something in common, like short band names, bands with numbers in their name, or band names that include the color black. Then I select each band's most popular track and put them in a list. I will be the first to admit that the results can be inconsistent at best in regard to quality and style, but it's still loads of fun.
Today, I was inspired by my kid's Elf On The Shelf to pull together a playlist of songs by bands who use the word "elf", or "elves" in their band name. It kicks off with the late Ronnie James Dio's first band Elf, continues with Elf Power and then moves on to other "elf" bands that you probably have not heard before. Some are worthy, others, not so much.
What "elf" bands have I missed?
Elf Bands
1. Hoochie Koochie Lady - Elf
2. High Atop The Silver Branches - Elf Power
3. Under The Willows - Elf Farm Raffle
4. Witchcraft - Elf Project
5. Captain Courageous - Magic Elf
6. Suffocated - Greek Elf
7. New Generation - Happy Elf
8. The Long Lost New Age Biosphere - Grey Elf
9. The March of the Hot Buttered Elves - The Hot Buttered Elves
10. Creepy Place - Fugitive Elf
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26 July 2013 – Sebastian Vettel retained his position at the top of the timesheets during second free practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday afternoon. With a time of 1:21.264, posted on the Soft tyres, the Red Bull driver led team-mate Mark Webber by 0.044 seconds, while Romain Grosjean completed the top three for Lotus.
Following on seamlessly from opening practice, Vettel and Webber controlled the pace during the early Medium tyre runs, with the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in close company. And when the switch to Options arrived shortly before the half-hour mark, the Red Bull pairing stayed ahead with rapid timed runs.
Alonso and Massa thus took third and fourth respectively, confirming strong pace on both compounds. Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were next up, continuing to rack up crucial mileage after their team's ban from the Young Driver Test.
Räikkönen ultimately finished eighth, salvaging a respectable time on his third timed attempt. Button and Force India's Adrian Sutil followed in ninth and tenth positions, denying team-mates Paul di Resta and Sergio Pérez of a place inside the top ten.
At the tail end of the order, Charles Pic shone again for Caterham, clocking a time over seven tenths faster than team-mate Giedo van der Garde. Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton brought up the rear for Marussia, the latter one and a half seconds adrift.
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5 Amazing Plays You've Never Seen: Have Clips, Will Tailgate Episode 28October 6, 2011
Have Clips, Will Tailgate features the coolest guys in tailgating talking about the hottest clips from YouTube.
Today, Weston, Matt and Rollin break down clips of "5 Amazing Plays You've Never Seen."
From unbelievable buzzer beaters to diving saves, these clips have to be seen to be believed.
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Vos spoke after Assembly Republicans voted Tuesday to remove Kramer as majority leader amid allegations that he sexually harassed at least two women last week. Rep. Pat Strachota was elected to replace Kramer, becoming the first woman to ever have the job.
Kramer's office says he checked into a treatment facility on Saturday. He was not at the vote and his chief of staff did not respond to comment Tuesday.
Kramer previously registered to run again. Libertarian Chuck Schilling has also registered.
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This is a quilt I am making for my DD. It was a kit that I bought but I would like to make it longer. At the moment it is 57" x 49" and I would like to add about 12" to each end.
I made the strips using all the corners that I chopped off so I don't have any more of those fabrics available, they are 4"wide.
The second photo is of 3 batiks I have in my stash.
My question is, how would you do borders just to increase the length of the quilt and what colour/colours should I use. I was thinking of using 1 1/2" strips of the 3 colours on either side of my rainbow strip, but I think it might be too busy. I could buy another colour (as if I need an excuse to go fabric shopping lol) but which one? (DD likes the blues and green more than pinks and purples)
Any suggestions would be appreciated as DD wants her quilt, as it's starting to get cold here LOL
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At Reflectx Staffing, the prospect of traveling is a bit of a different concept. Traveling for Reflectx means experiencing a new work environment in a new community. Coincidentally, it affords the travel therapist with many of the same things – an opportunity to explore other areas of the country, try different foods and explore new cultures.
We are fortunate to have many customers across the country. Our traditional customer consists of hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient clinics and schools. We also have the fortune of serving a new customer known as Indian Health Services (I.H.S.) and this is where I believe Reflectx offers a unique angle to the travel therapy experience.
The Indian Health Service is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The primary responsibility is to provide care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The I.H.S. provides comprehensive health services for approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to 564 federally recognized tribes in 35 states.
Currently, we are seeking Physical Therapists that are truly interested in a true travel experience. An assignment within the I.H.S. introduces you to a wonderful culture that in most cases has access to the latest equipment and technology. The locations for each opportunity, although remote at times, offers a chance to enhance skills, meet new people and learn more about tribal traditions.
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Purchased from: Friend brought me from USA
Sound — 9
Smokey has been designed to act as a classic overdrive, a musical trip to the late 60s and the 70's. To play Metal? Forget it, unless if you are playing early Sabbath or Purple. For me it's no big deal. I'm not a Metal player, I'm an older guy and prefer classic and pop rock. It's a great Jam little box so it suits me like a glove. The Drive sounds beautiful in my strat's single coils, so I can deliver very nice solos. I guess humbuckers could give this little guy a boost. Tiny, but sounds great. Enough said.
Overall Impression — 9
I began playing since 1987, but I tell you I'm not a brilliant player in despite of it. I learned with time how to see something ingenious when I stumble on it. This little piece of audio parts is a great idea that solves a problem on portability and gives some pepper to practice and Jam sessions. The only things I would like it to have would be an easier way to change the batteries and a PSU jack, for everlasting playing. I'm telling you I don't hate anything on it. I love everything, including my model's red color. If lost or stolen, it's very likely I would get a replace for it. I chose Polycarbonate Smokey amp because I was in love with its concept. It will be my only one of its kind for a loooong time.
Reliability & Durability — 9
Mine is not made on a cigarette package. It's made of Polycarbonate plastic, and it seems to be sturdy. I have played for lots of hours, and the battery still lives. The speaker seems to be a little unprotected, but normal use will keep it away from trouble. I think I can fully count on it. The only flaw is you have to unscrew the whole thing to change the battery. Maybe it's because it has been made to be the simplest possible. Other than that, better only if it were made of metal instead of plastic. Great job, Mr. Zinky.
Features — 10
This amp, as it's small, is as simple as can be. No knobs, no reverb, no clean channel and even no wires. It has a tiny speaker 100% controlled by the guitar pickups and knobs. Controlling the volume and and gain couldn't be more straightforward. Another good thing is using it with phones, as long as it has its own volume knobs. More experienced players can step on it and pretend it's a wah wah. The feature I like most is its portability. I can take mine everywhere to Jam among acoustic guitar players. Very good instrument to show off.


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Stoke's ambitious transfer plans helped lure Swansea target Joe Allen from Liverpool to the Potteries, the player has revealed.
The Swans were heavily linked with a move to re-sign Allen after it became clear he would be leaving Liverpool in the summer and chairman Huw Jenkins admitted they were interested.
Whether Swansea made a bid and got to talk to the player, remains to be seen, but he opted to join Stoke in any case, much to the frustration of the fans.
To make matters worse, Allen has got the season off to a flyer and has spoken of the reason why he opted for Stoke.
"The transfer plans were one of the big reasons I signed there," he said. "Everyone is talking about the impact he (Bony) could have and will have at Stoke.
"The boys who played with him at Swansea talk very highly of him so I'm looking forward to getting back up there now and playing alongside him.
"There were a few selling points. It was retaining the key players they had, they weren't looking to sell anyone and they were actively seeking to bring more quality in.
"That was music to my ears as a player who was potentially looking to join them."


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Mike Masnick
Tech Dirt
October 29, 2013
James Clapper has declassified another batch of documents on the NSA activities. We'll probably write about a few of them, but let's start with one that's getting a lot of initial attention: the document that discusses the "test" of collecting location info from the telcos based on where your mobile phone was. The short version? Do you know where you were on April 26, 2010? Because the NSA probably does. It had already been revealed that the NSA had run "a test" of obtaining location info from the telcos. This document, which is a memo from the NSA to the Senate Intelligence Committee is just explaining some of the details, with this being the key one:
In regards to the mobility testing effort, NSA consulted with DOJ before implementing this testing effort. Based upon our description of the proposed mobility data (cell site location information) testing plans, DOJ advised in February 2010 that obtaining the data for the described testing purposes was permissable based upon the current language of the Court's BR FISA order requiring the production of 'all call detail records.' It is our understanding that DOJ also orally advised the FISC, via its staff, that we had obtained a limited set of test data sampling of cellular mobility data (cell site location information) pursuant to the Court-authorized program and that we were exploring the possibility of acquiring such mobility under the BR FISA program in the near future based upon the authority currently granted by the Court.
The key takeaway here: the NSA believes that the current FISA approval of dragnet collection of metadata on every phone call includes permission to track location data as well, even though it doesn't currently do so. The "BR FISA order" means "business records" which is what Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act is sometimes called. The fact that the NSA didn't seem to think it was necessary to check with the FISA Court before running this test, just to make sure it was actually allowed is rather telling.
Separately, can anyone explain why the redacted portions of this document are redacted? It makes no sense. They redact the number of location records that were obtained. I can't see how that number could possibly need to remain classified once the existence of such a test was declassified. The only reason I can think of to keep that classified is to avoid embarrassment over the large number of people whose location info was scooped up. Similarly, they redact the name of the lawyer who wrote the memo. Again, the only reason I can think to do this is to protect him from embarrassment and public mocking. Such a public mocking might seem unfair, but I don't see how it fits in with a reasonable classification category.


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The economy is shrinking — wait, it's growing!
The Institute for Supply Management — the pros who count the widgets — on Monday botched its monthly calculation of how much manufacturing grew in May, first reporting business last month had slowed, before revising it to a positive number.
The bad report first issued by the group — based on seasonal adjustments from the wrong month — pulled stocks down in early trading.
The S&P 500 Index fell 7.6 points, or about a half-percent, to just past 1,916.00
Once the ISM realized it issued the funky financials — roughly 60 minutes later — it revised them twice to properly show some growth in May.
The S&P rebounded on the amended ISM data and moved into positive territory, to close at 1,924.97.
The new ISM number is 55.4, up from 53.2 — which was the wrong number. Anything over 50 means manufacturing sector growth.
I started plugging the figures into my spreadsheet and the numbers weren't adding up to what they reported.- Economist Kenneth Kim
The misprint was first noticed by Kenneth Kim, an economist at Stone McCarthy Research Associates, in Princeton, NJ.
The first, lower number was "a shocker," he said.
This could have been the first time that such a major error has occurred, Kim said.
"I started plugging the figures into my spreadsheet and the numbers weren't adding up to what they reported," he said.
He said that they used assumptions, called seasonal adjustments, that were meant for April, but instead applied them for May.
Those assumptions include higher manufacturing for April, which ended up making the May numbers look worse than reality.
Kim's team at Stone McCarthy called the ISM to report what they were pretty sure was an incorrect calculation, but didn't hear anything back, he said.
Kristina Cahill, a spokeswoman for the ISM, didn't return requests for comment.
As of 1 p.m., the ISM still hadn't corrected its figures on its Web site, instead leaking corrections to reporters.
When the ISM first proved Kim right, he said, it was "awesome."


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Jacob Johnson is currently a senior at Como Park Senior High School in Minnesota. He's smart, a sharp dresser and comes from a tough life, a life where his biological father left at birth and he must cope everyday with degenerative disk disease, a genetic chronic back pain. Through his involvement in the Genesys Works program, he works each afternoon as an intern in the IT department at Medtronic, the largest medical technology company in the world.
Jacob's job is made possible by three factors: his personal drive, an impact investor and a social venture named Genesys Works, whose mission is to enable underprivileged students to break through environments of low expectations to discover that they can succeed as professionals in the corporate world.
Over the course of 14 months and nearly 1,400 hours, each student learns the technical skills necessary for their job, works at one of the leading corporations in the Twin Cities, participates in college selection, and gives back to their community via monthly service projects. 100 percent of Genesys Works' graduates attend college. 93 percent have graduated or are still enrolled.
Yet, this would not have been possible in the Twin Cities without Rafael Alvarez, the founder of Genesys Works in Houston, and Social Venture Partners Minnesota (SVP MN), an impact investor and social venture incubator that engages its investors through hands-on work in its portfolio organizations. Through SVP MN funding, Genesys Works has grown from 12 students in 2008 to 135 students in 2011 with plans to have 200 students complete the program in 2012.
Last Saturday, SVP MN held their fourth quarter meeting and a room full of investors and local changemakers got to hear Jacob's story. The entirety of which is posted here:
My name is Jacob Johnson and like most people I have a story to tell.
Growing up I never had anything. I grew up in a dope house and was raised on drug money and welfare. The odds were against me from day one, and still are stacked up against my favor, but that's not going to stop me. Everybody knew my family, but knew of them for the wrong reasons. I have seen things people shouldn't see at a young age. I know more crack heads, drug addicts, and drug dealers, then I know my own family. When you live this lifestyle you think its right and you get used to it. Until i started wondering "Why don't i have anything? Why does my mom act funny? Why is there no food in the fridge?†That's when I knew something was wrong, and then my eyes were opened. My parents were drug addicts, always moving around. I went to more schools then i can remember, and never felt like I fit in anywhere.
Growing up I was surrounded by death. I have been to a lot of funerals, but no funeral devastated me like the death of my uncle Melvin Johnson. A great man with greater problems, but he was my hero… Now I have only memories to remember him. I loved my uncle but he didn't know it. My uncle Melvin took his life on his own sons birthday, thinking he was doing the world a favor. Thinking that the world would be better off with one less drunken Indian. So he went and told his son good bye, went to the garage and hung himself.
My step dad Billy Prahl killed himself and i never found out why. He was going to adopt me and my little brother and wanted to be our dad. Then he went missing for a few days and my mom got worried, so she started looking for him. She found him in the garage tangled in the electrical wiring. I know death, I know pain, I know what it feels like to be alone, scared, and misunderstood. I had nobody when all of this was going on. I didn't have real friends. I was diagnosed with clinical depression when i was 13. I never go a day without any pain.
I have been to foster care six times, and I have been to more homes and battered women shelters then I can count. I was taken away from my mother and tricked by the workers when I was a kid. I can remember my mom was crying because she knew what was going to happen. We were brought to a strangers house. It wasn't a good feeling. We moved from house to house for about 2 years. Then we stayed at one house for a year. We got to see my mom every once in awhile, she was fighting to get us back My mom went through drug treatment and did what she had to do. But she didn't learn anything from it. As soon as we came back nothing was different. My mom has good intentions, but shes not the same anymore. Drugs have destroyed her, but I know she loves me. This was my childhood, this is what I grew up around. This is not what I'm going to be. This is not going to be my life, and it will never be my future.
One year ago, in my junior year I made the biggest turn around of my life. In my sophomore year I failed 21 classes out of 24. The classes I did pass I barely passed. I made a mistake. I took my education for granted and I know that now. The only way to get anywhere is through education. So when junior year came around I made a choice for myself. I choose to do the extra schooling so I could make up my credits. Instead of six classes in high school, I had 3 additional classes. I had to do an additional 4 hours of schooling. It was not easy, but I did it. I made up all my core classes and I'm back on track to graduate with my class of 2012. I cant take all the credit, because I did have people in my corner to help me, encourage me, and even discipline me if it was needed. I owe a lot of credit to my counselor Jamie Knutson, the DA's TIP program, and my legal guardian Frank Felix. I couldn't have done it without them.
So where does Genesys works come in? Well to be honest when I first heard of Genesys Works I was not interested. I honestly didn't care. I was there because my counselor wanted me to see what it was. Then I was sitting there thinking about it, and I said to myself "it couldn't hurt to try.†So I went to my counselor and we talked. She told me I had to pass every class so I didn't have to go to summer school. If I failed one class I couldn't do Genesys Works. Well I passed everything and caught up on my credits and the Genesys Works eight week IT and professional training boot camp was my reward for my hard work. I'm glad I did it because it has been the second best choice I have ever made.
Genesys Works knows my dreams and is helping me get to it. Genesys Works is a family; we all know each other and we all support one another (much like my friend and fellow GW Young Professional, Stanley Wu, is here supporting me today); we are all friends and I'm glad that I can say that. We all come from different backgrounds, and we all have different stories. I have respect for all my fellow young professionals, and gratitude for the GW staff. They truly care about me, and they care for all of us GW students.
I stand before you today as living proof of the impact that organizations like Genesys Works can have on young people like me. On behalf of all of the students that have benefited from Genesys Works to date and all that will gain from it in the future, I want to thank Social Venture Partners for making this program possible. Because of your generosity, this is where my story of success will begin.


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ARC-ET-SENANS, France — The time trial is pro cycling's "race of truth."
There are no teammates to lean on, no pack giving shelter from the wind, no way to hide weakness. It's just each rider going one-on-one against the clock in a test of strength, stamina and ability to suffer.
Time trials have assumed greater significance in this year's Tour de France because their combined length of over 62 miles means more opportunities for riders who excel in the discipline to gain ground or build leads that are difficult for rivals to overcome on flat stages when the pack mostly rides as one.
Today's ninth stage, a 25.8-mile time trial between Arc-et-Senans and Besancon in France's eastern Doubs region, poses a much greater challenge than the opening prologue. Not only is it much longer, but it also comes after eight tough stages that have worn riders down with crash-filled sprint stages and punishing climbs.
Many race watchers expect the stage to be a battle between overall leader Bradley Wiggins, who excels in the discipline, and defending Tour champ Cadel Evans of Australia. Evans won last year's Tour by capturing the yellow jersey in a 26.4-mile time trial around Grenoble. Wiggins wasn't there, having crashed out earlier in the Tour.
The last time Evans and Wiggins competed in the same time trial was last month's Criterium du Dauphine. There, Wiggins destroyed Evans, finishing 1 minute, 43 seconds faster than the Australian over a 33.2-mile course. Wiggins won the stage, even besting reigning world champion Tony Martin by 34 seconds.
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Chris wrote:pgdaddy1 wrote:Two boys, two different mothers, one will very likely want our son to be able to spend significant time with me, the other is doubtful at the moment but situation may improve.
Sounds like no arrest threat originating from Mom #1; I assume the threat originates from Mom #2? Is it possible to negotiate with her (i.e. your lawyer talk to hers) and remove any threat of arrest?
Chabuduo dui. Tried everything, unfortunately Mom 1 is not ready yet to make total peace and drop the charges. Have offered to increase the maintenance allowance or even a lump sum agreement but she is not interested. Mom 2 would like me to return to Taiwan, she would sure appreciate some help looking after our son ....
NC Surfer, I read that guy's blog before, doesn't sound pleasant at all, didn't see where it said "no internet/ laptop" though, but I will assume that there isn't unless someone can prove otherwise !
CV, I am definitely in a dodgy business: accountant, never trust 'em- almost as bad as lawyers .....[/quote][/quote]


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SPOKANE, Wash. – M. Shawn Copeland, professor of Catholic systematic theology at Boston College, will deliver Gonzaga University's 38th annual Flannery Lecture at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 20 in the Cataldo Hall Globe Room. The lecture, titled "Toward A Mystical-Political Theology of Solidarity," is free and open to the public.
Just over 50 years ago in a sermonic address, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sketched a dream of human and humane living in which "justice would roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream" (Amos 5:24). King's dream called for purposeful, hope-filled, and sustained action in construction of social justice. Professor Copeland's lecture asserts that for such action to be effective, it ought to be grounded in certain fundamentals – compassion, conversation, and solidarity. Moreover, the lecture proposes a connection between King's notion of the beloved community and a notion of the Mystical Body of Christ.
Professor Copeland is a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA), and a former Convener of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium, an interdisciplinary learned association of Black Catholic scholars. A prolific scholar, she has authored more than 100 publications including "Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race and Being," and "The Subversive Power of Love: The Vision of Henriette Delille."
In addition, she is the recipient of five honorary degrees as well as the Yves Congar Award for Excellence in Theology from Barry University, Miami, and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Black Religious Scholars Group of the American Academy of Religion. Her research interests include: shifts in theological understanding of the human person and accords particular attention to body, gender, and race; the African American Catholic experience, and political or praxis-based theologies.
Gonzaga's Flannery Lecture, which aims to further excellence in theological study and teaching at Gonzaga, is made possible through a gift of the late Maud and Milo Flannery of Spokane. The Flannery Lecture is delivered each year by an outstanding Catholic theologian and presented to benefit as wide an audience as possible.
For more information, contact Jackie Fulton in the Gonzaga religious studies department at (509) 313-6782 or via email.


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The Enemy Camp: For The 100th Time…
(Note to readers: 'The Enemy Camp' will be the tongue-in-cheek name for Yahoo! Cricket's coverage of the English press during India's tour of England.)
Lord's. The 2000th Test match. The 100th between England and India. And there's a huge milestone Sachin Tendulkar is expected to cross.
But as things stand, cricket is the last thing on the minds of some members of the Marylebone Cricket Club, who are miffed at 'inappropriately' dressed female spectators at Lord's. In 1999, women were allowed into the MCC after a 212-year-long ban.
A delicious excerpt from Daily Express:
There are now 50 female members, who sit alongside some of the 18,000 male members sporting their yellow and pink striped ties, pocket handkerchiefs and blazers. Some of the men, whose average age is 57, have protested that the women are not required to wear jackets.
But the biggest concern seems to be that some women are just too scruffy. One member said the cricket maidens wear "garb fit for a vigorous weeding session in the herbaceous border".
Another complained that two women were seen wearing jeans – which are banned – in the famous Long Room. The member said: "One pair had several large holes in them." Insiders say standards have slipped since members were allowed to bring two guests into the pavilion rather than one for Twenty20 matches at Lord's this season.
Coming back to Tendulkar. Angus Fraser — incidentally the bowler Tendulkar drove for four to bring up his first Test hundred — recalls the 1990 series.
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It may seem something of a major oversight now, but I do not remember Tendulkar occupying a huge amount of our time at team meetings during that series. Yes, we were aware that we were playing against a highly-rated 17-year-old who looked pretty tasty. But at the time it was the genius of Mohammad Azharuddin who was occupying the focus of England's bowlers. Azharuddin had struck a brilliant 83-ball hundred against England in the first Test at Lord's and a thrilling 179 in the first innings at Old Trafford. Tendulkar was good but nobody would have predicted him achieving what he has.
Lawrence Booth pays his tribute in Daily Mail:
So many stats swirl around Sachin Tendulkar that the effect can be dizzying - like staring too long at the Taj Mahal. You may have gathered that the man they call the Little Master is diminutive in the physical sense alone. By any other measure he is monumental. Tendulkar has played 631 times for India in all formats, scored nearly 33,000 runs and hit 99 hundreds.
But the number most likely to induce vertigo is a simple date: 1989. On November 15 that year, only six days after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Tendulkar first played for India.
Former England seamer Matthew Hoggard points out Tendulkar's poor record at Lord's. In seven Test innings, he has failed to cross 40.
It is 10 innings, if you count three ODIs. We'll discount the blistering 125 he made for the World XI against MCC XI in 1998. But Hoggard concedes: "Yes, on his day Tendulkar is No 1."
An aside: a lot of experts use this vague "on-his-day" parameter to define brilliance. The question is, who isn't fantastic on his day? On his day, Australia couldn't get Javagal Srinath out.
Time to bin this expression.
Meanwhile, MS Dhoni opens up in an interview to The Telegraph's Simon Briggs:
"Since 2005, I have not spent much time with my family," he said, thinking back to the year of his Test debut against Sri Lanka. "In fact I have spent more time at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai. It was my 100th visit recently, which means I have spent more than 400 days in that hotel, and that is a lot more than I have spent with my family.
"I feel awful as I am talking right now," he added, "because I miss my parents. But at the same time I know I will have fair amount of time with my parents once I finish cricket, after these two, or three, or four years - whatever it is. My wife tells me when I am not around at the house, 80 per cent of the conversation is about me. But I told my dad, this is the time when I am doing something for the country, and the country comes first. I feel he really understands that."
The Enforcers
Stuart Broad writes in his latest column for Daily Mail:
There's also been much talk about my role in the England team and this term 'enforcer'. I don't know if that's the word for it but part of my job is to bowl with aggression and hostility. If I'm told to rough people up, that's what I'll try to do. My bouncer has been effective and is a big weapon in my armoury but I know I can't overdo it.
It is unclear if Broad will be in the starting line-up tomorrow. There's the usual talk about bouncing Indian batsmen.
Chris Tremlett, with his 6'7 height, would play a similar role for England. His dad, former Hampshire pacer Tim, tells the BBC:
"He's got big hands and a big mouth and that has been his party trick from a very early age," says Tremlett senior with a smirk.
Other links worth your time:
- Andy Bull recounts the greatest spell in cricket history: 10-10 by Yorkshire's Headley Verity, who eventually succumbed to a German bullet during World War II.
- Nasser Hussain sizes up the Indian team
- A collection of vintage cricket photos
- Geoff Boycott says the ICC All-Time Dream XI — loaded with four Indians and a Pakistani — is a joke.
- The Telegraph comments on a Hindi news channel's dramatic reporting of the window-smashing incident at Lord's. [Photos of the incident on Y!C]


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A 'paturi' is a dish cooked in fresh leaves like banana leaf or pumpkin leaf. For most paturis, the main ingredient is coated with a mustard sauce wrapped into a parcel made with the leaf and then steamed. The unique flavor of a paturi comes from the aroma of the leaf that is infused into the dish. There is nothing more aupicious to Bengalis than fish and there is nothing more Bengali than a pautri. So just in time for the Bengali New Year or Poila Boishak celebrations, here is a recipe for Machher Paturi by Deepa Majumdar of Seattle. She and her husband make this authentic fish paturi that will leave you speechless. Asian grocery stores around the US have started to carry frozen banana leaves so we now have the opportunity to cook these delicacies abroad too! Here is the recipe, Subho Noboborsho to you and yours from the Bengali Gourmet!
Macher sorshe paturi.
|Deepa and her husband, Joyjeet
(traditional steam/oven/microwave)
Fillets of tilapia (3) (Costco 3 full fresh fillet).
OR you can use Salmon or any boneless fish fillet.
Banana leaf (fresh/frozen)
Black Mustard seed
Mustard oil (3-4 table spoon)
One small lemon piece
Poppy seeds
Green chillies
Grated coconut (optional)
- Cut the fillets half and then into three pieces . Wash and let dry . Add little lemon and salt to the pieces.
- To make the mustard paste: Take 3 heap spoon of mustart powder, one heap spoon of poppy seed, turmeric and salt and soak them in water in a bowl for 10 mins.You can also use mustard powder but whole seeds recommended. After that microwave the Mustard/poppy for 30 second. Then blend them in a blender adding some whole green chilli ( according you the amount of hot you want the fish to be)
- Then mix the fish with the mustard paste. Check the salt and adjust according to the taste. Add Mustard oil. Marinate for 2 hours.
- To add more flavor you can add frozen coconut in the mustard paste.
- After marination is done,take the banana leaf, washed and cleaned and dried, cut them in square/rectangles in appropriate sizes so that one leaf piece can wrap the whole fish up.
- Take each piece of fish and wrap individually in the banana leaf. Tie them with thread. (If you have a huge party please do the whole process a day before and refrigerate it).
- Now take a huge cooking pan/wok and a covered stainless pan or steamer/wood steamer.
- For Traditional Steaming: Put a banana leaf in the bottom of the pan and then put the leaf-wrapped fish on top and steam it in cooktop oven for 30-45 mins. If you don't have any steamer, you can use any pan or container with a lid (I used my "masala r dabba"). Just make sure that it fits in the wok . Add water to the wok and place the container in the wok and put a weight on the top to hold it down.
- For Oven : Put the fish in oven proof dish and cover it with aluminium foil. Put a flat tray one rack below the fish tray. Bake it in 400 degree for 25-30 min
- For Microwave : Put the fish in oven proof dish, cover with moist paper towel and microwave it for for 20-30 mins


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Three AIG Advisor Group broker/dealers will merge into one under a plan announced during the Financial Services Institute Orlando conference. SunAmerica Securities, Sentra Securities, and Spelman and Company, which already share CEO James Cannon and a common headquarters in Phoenix, will become AIG Financial Advisors. The new B/D will take wing in the second quarter if regulators give it their blessing.
"We had been operating as one organization," says Cannon, "and I felt that branding was a challenge. We had three names but they didn't mean much in the market anymore." In addition, many of Cannon's reps wanted to use the AIG name, which has been bolstered by the giant insurance company's national ad campaigns. Joseph "Joby" Gruber, CEO of AIG's FSC Securities, notes, meanwhile, that his Atlanta-based B/D and Royal Alliance Associates in New York will continue to use their current names even though they share an increasing number of back-office functions with Cannon's firms. Among factors keeping them independent, says Gruber, are their strong corporate cultures as well as a fear of losing reps if FSC and Royal were merged into the new AIG Financial Advisors.


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There is a difference, though. While it might take the same amount of time to read 3 short stories versus 1 novel, the experience is different. I would say most of us are OK with short stories, but some will want the depth of story and character that can only delivered in the longer format. The same concept applies to games. For those folks, the current market pretty well sucks.


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Wednesday's Child: Kierre
Kierre is a smart, outgoing, energetic and dramatic girl who enjoys singing, dancing, acting and drawing. She also enjoys hanging out with her friends, having "girl" talk, hearing funny jokes and just being silly. Kierre likes school, gets along well with the other children and enjoys learning, especially about math. She looks forward to becoming a teacher when she grows up. She also looks forward to becoming part of a permanent family soon. Kierre needs a loving adoptive family who will provide her with the attention, support and nurturing environment she needs to continue to thrive and reach her goals. Her family will also need to support her desire to maintain her relationship with her sister, who has been planned for separately, as well as her need for ongoing therapy and tutoring.