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The PGA Tour's reigning rookie of the year shot an even-par 70 on Saturday and joined Patrick Reed atop the field after a soggy third round. Huh and Reed, the second-round leader who shot a 71, were at 10-under 200.
Huh shook off a triple-bogey on his second hole, making up for it with three birdies in a four-hole stretch of the back nine.
"Since the rain picked it up this morning, it wasn't easy for us to play out there, but I told myself, 'Be patient, stay dry and keep grinding out there,'" Huh said.
Zach Johnson had the day's best round -- a 66 -- and was one stroke back along with Bob Estes and John Deere winner Jordan Spieth. Estes shot 68, and Spieth had a 70.
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"It's a Monday qualifier," Reed said. "I had a lot of success at Monday qualifiers, and that's basically what it is. I let everybody back in the field and to now, all of a sudden to have it as bunched as it is, it's going to be whoever can make as many birdies as possible tomorrow and shoot a low number."
There weren't many of those during a rainy day at a Sedgefield Country Club course with challenging pin placements. Play was halted for 2 hours, 59 minutes in the morning while the soaked course could dry out somewhat.
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"I don't remember a time when there wasn't even a mist in the air," Johnson said. "But the course held up considering. ... The greens were still fast."
It was the worst total score for a third-round leader since the tournament moved back to this course in 2008. Every other 72-hole leader here in that span was at least 14 under.
Only 13 players shot better than par 70, after 78 players did it Thursday and 63 Friday.
Huh began the day one stroke off the lead after a career-best 62 in the second round. His seven on the par-4 second caused him to plummet down the leaderboard.
Turns out that was his only bad hole: He followed that with 10 straight pars before a birdie binge in which he landed approach shots on the 13th and 15th holes within inches of the flagsticks.
Reed, the 23-year-old PGA Tour rookie who led by one stroke after two rounds, looked as if he might be in trouble after a pair of bogeys midway through the round dropped him two strokes behind Spieth.
Then Reed got hot.
The turning point, he said, was a strong drive on the par-4 14th that eventually set up his 20-foot birdie putt.
He followed that with impressive approach shots on the next two holes that left him with birdie putts of 5 feet that he sank, moving him to 11 under.
He was inches from a fourth straight birdie when his putt on the 17th trickled past the cup, and he slipped back to 10 under when his par putt on the 18th trickled inches wide.
Johnson was one of the few players who didn't seem to struggle much on this soggy day, with five birdies during a round that was bogey free until the last hole.
The 2007 Masters champion began the day at 5 under -- six strokes behind Reed -- but methodically pushed his way up the leaderboard during the round. Then, he surged to the top with two birdies in a four-hole span of the back nine.
He placed his approach shot on the par-4 14th roughly 15 feet from the flagstick and sank that putt to move to 10 under. A three-putt on the 18th for bogey dropped him back.
"Frankly, for 17 holes, I didn't look like I was going to sniff a bogey," Johnson said. "For the most part, it was solid from hole 1 to hole 18."
Charles Howell III was disqualified before starting his round because tour officials said he used a non-conforming driver during the second round.
The weight port cover on his driver came off while he was on the driving range and he played his round Friday with it -- which was not allowed.
Howell shot a 68 during that round to move five strokes behind Reed, the two-day leader, but will receive no prize money and no playoff points.


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Kung Fu Killforce Postmortem
Oct 16, 2011—
uDevGames 2011 Entry
- Best Overall Game
- Best Presentation
- Best Audio
- 2nd place in Gameplay
- 3rd place in Graphics
About the teamAAA games, iPhone games, XBLA, and even the dreaded social game. At the start of the contest this year, I had just come off of being let go from my job, so I was looking to the contest and Kung Fu Killforce to be the beginning of a (hopefully permanent) indie career. And besides, I was looking forward to tangling with some old friends again!
Joining me this time as an artist was Mr. Erik Skov, who is a newcomer to the world of video games, and who I met through the Best Damn Podcast Ever. Blake Buck, who is the host of the Best Damn Podcast Ever and independent DJ, joined up to write some music. Finally we were rounded out by Mark Gardner, a longtime podcast listener who became our playtester.
About Kung Fu Killforce
Kung Fu Killforce is kind of a return to roots for me. My favorite dev to date is still Kill Dr. Cote, my first major game written in C++ and OpenGL, which was entered into uDevGames 2004 where it won best Gameplay that year. After several more indie game developments and over a dozen titles for the good old Capital-I Industry, I always missed the purity of that game. Sure, it was amateurish at best but the goal of the dev was very simple— to create a small experience that was still as fun as it could possibly be.
Since then, I've been a part of a lot of projects that were what I like to call Asset Tours. I did many huge development cycles for games where the gameplay was simple, but featured a TON of content and art. This also led to a problem: I like to make very difficult games. And the problem with a very difficult game that is based on content is not everyone will be able to see all that content. It's a trap that even my last indie game, Laserface Jones vs. Doomsday Odious, fell into.
So with Kung Fu Killforce I wanted to make a pure arcade game again. It ended up with a little bit of content, like enemies and scenery but that only existed to provide variety in the gameplay (something which Kill Dr. Cote lacked.) I will leave it up to you to play it and decide if we succeeded. :)
Development overview
For this project, I used the latest incarnation of my own "engine," called FicTech. It has very few parts that I would call a proper engine, but it has a lot of code that I've developed to make things easier for me over the years. Admittedly, it's designed more for myself— it doesn't make much effort to be user- or client-friendly, it's meant to fit my own coding style (which, over the years, I've been told is very weird) like a glove.
There was a ton of pressure to use Unity this year. A lot of people have been jumping on it in the last 12 months or so and many entries used it this year. I opted to stick with my own engine because of its ease of use for ME, and my familiarity with it. I've also designed my engine to be a game logic and 2D graphics powerhouse, and that's where I wanted to focus my efforts with this game. Unity might be the fancy car that everyone wants to drive and be seen driving, but I chose to stick with my own trusty motorcycle for this dev.
The 3 month dev cycle looked something like this:
Month 1: Prototype.
I spent an entire month working on a prototype and getting that extremely fun before I tackled anything else. I had a base set of graphics from Erik and placeholders for the rest, and just prototyped, prototyped, prototyped. There were two major aspects of the gameplay that were new and unproven for me, and those were the platforming and the beat-em-up aspects. I had experience making beat-em-ups already from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for Freeverse, but I felt the gameplay I did there was still flawed and not as fun as it could be. And I've NEVER done a platformer before. In that sense, this was an extremely risky dev, since I was out of my shooter comfort zone of "point at things and they die," but I wanted to challenge myself with something a little more complex (see more about that under "What Went Wrong" below, haha) and honestly I didn't want to enter three shooters in a row to uDev.
The beat-em-up portion was fairly easy to get going. I had some melee attack code in place from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to use as a starter point (I call it "Ficticuffs") and it wasn't too hard to retool it to get it working in two dimensions and beef it up for what I needed here. I designed Ficticuffs to handle pretty much everything you'd need for a fighting game, including arbitrary hitboxes, priority, windup/cooldown, movement, and invincibility frames.
The platforming section, however, had to be created from scratch, and took several iterations to get it feeling fun and prevent it from impeding the gameplay. I tried several approaches, including a tile based platforming system (yeah no), and then arbitrary quads (decent, but still not fun and led to weird collision edge cases), until I finally settled on arbitrary line segments. They had to be simple enough to not cause a ton of weird behavior when you say, hit the corners or hit the platform at a certain speed and at a certain angle, but flexible enough to make any sort of arrangement possible.
Month 2: Architecture
This was the boring one, and I think it's where most people burn out. After the super fun prototyping phase, I had to get all the systems in place for being able to make the rest of the game (and its content.) For the first two months, I had several levels planned out, so I coded support for an arbitrary number of levels with arbitrary objects and platforms. Also originally, the player chose ONE style in the beginning of the game and would keep that style for the whole game. The scrolls didn't exist. So architecture for choosing a style was added as well. Finally, I needed really good control on spawning enemies at certain times, and being able to have an arbitrary number of enemy types and be able to add/remove one easily depending on the amount of time I had remaining.
During this time, Erik and Blakebuck created the vast majority of the game's assets. Adding them in during the second month kept the sense of progress going somewhat, since architecture is a big huge chunk of time where you're adding SUPPORT for things but you don't see any of that reflected in the user-facing product.
Month 3: Content and Balance
This was both an incredibly fun and incredibly stressful month. Many features had to be cut (including all of the levels except one, which is still a little heartbreaking) and many changes were made to the design to make it feasible to finish in a month. For instance, the pre-game style choice was removed and replaced with the Scrolls, which gave you a random style. This a) allowed for the player to see all the styles in one playthrough and b) didn't force the styles to be AS balanced, which ended up being a boon because they're very much not.
Also all of the enemies and AI were added during this time, and many of the cool little extra scenery items in the dojo, and a few extra licensed music tracks and all the menus and UI.
Finally, during this month (right at the end, which I regret a bit) I added the game's adaptive difficulty system. I wanted the game to be fiendishly hard, but I also wanted anyone to be able to at least jump into it without getting their face ripped off, and I wanted to reward and challenge players who were extremely good at the game. I've always considered arcade games to be a force— not like a force to be reckoned with, but in the mass times acceleration sense. The game's difficulty is a force, and the player's skill and achievement is an opposing force. When the two are pushing equally, the game is fun. If the game pushes too hard, the game never becomes fun, and if the player gets good enough to push the game around, they lose interest. So I wanted a game that, the harder you pushed it, the more it pushes you back. BUT, I also believe that the game, once it pushes with a certain force, must never let up if the player starts sucking. Even unperceptive players will notice this, and when they do, it's insulting. Adaptive difficulty should NEVER ask players mid game if they want to turn the difficulty down, even if that's what they want to do, or lower it by its own choice. It should start at a level that anyone can play, and then ramp up to meet them as quickly and as transparently as possible.
I think I have accomplished that— the rampup feels good to me, but the jury is still out on whether the rampup is good for everybody which is the goal of that whole system.
What went right
Supportive Friends and Family
Of all the things that went right this time, this one went the MOST right. I'll be honest, losing one's job does a number on one's psyche and raises a lot of self doubt. I wrestled with that a lot this time, more than in previous contests, and was very lucky and fortunate to have a ton of support from awesome friends and family to keep me positive and keep me motivated. They kept telling me that I was where I was meant to be, and that I was gonna do great. They sent cards and candy and brownies. And when it came time to vote, not only did they vote, but a lot of them showed the game to their friends, spread the word, and became evangelists for me, which floored me and I am forever grateful to them. They know who they are. :)
Returning to Roots & Finding My Own Style
As I mentioned before, this was sort of a return to roots for me, a return that I've been dying to make for a long time. Being able to create a pure arcade game again like Kill Dr. Cote was incredibly satisfying. I think another reason why Kill Dr. Cote was such an enjoyable dev for me is that I myself was a pretty blank slate at the time. I wasn't sullied by expectations of the type of game I should produce or what things those games should have in them. KDC was when I was most being myself, and being able to return to that was incredibly liberating and resulted in a game I'm not ashamed to scream about.
Additionally, I pressured myself into copying the style of 70s Kung Fu Movies for Kung Fu Killforce. While I still did with the logo and title sequences, the gameplay is vintage Fic. It took a long time to come to that decision— for awhile I was looking into desaturating the colors and blurring things a little bit to make it look like a 70s movie, even writing a few 70s movie shaders. I even had a black and white movie shader written that left all the blood bright red. In the end, I didn't want to make things look WORSE just as a style choice, and opted to just go nuts the way I like to do, and I think it was the right choice. The 70s influence the game in all the right places (the logo, and the sound effects especially) and it tactfully backs off in the places where the game needed to be itself.
Modular & Scalable Design
Having a scalable design helped out a LOT in the final month when I had to make cuts left and right to the game. There were originally 5 levels, each with its own boss. But the architecture in place, and the design of the game (just pick a level and go, no progression) let me cut that down to 3, and later down to one really great level. Also, the three best bosses DID make it into the game, but only one is the actual boss. The other two (Jimmy Han and the Sky/Wind assassins) became regular enemies. Sadly, the chainsaw-armed Jimmy Han had to be simplified a little bit— we also have him swinging around a claw a la Enter the Dragon, and even spraying bullets around with a massive minigun arm. Maybe in a future update. ;)
What went wrong
Too Many Knobs
I mentioned earlier that I wanted to challenge myself with something a little more complex. The game ended up being a LOT more complex. In games like Kill Dr. Cote and Laserface Jones, I made sure to add a few game design knobs that I could jiggle around and easily change the parameters of the game. Kung Fu Killforce has about ten times as many knobs. Being able to tweak damn near anything was a boon, but when changing something requires that you choose 3-4 knobs to tweak out of like 15 that affect that portion of the game, it becomes overwhelming. As a result, the game isn't as balanced as I'd like it to be.
Poor Time Management
One would think that having no job this time around would help matters, as it means more time to focus on the contest and developing the game. It was actually the contrary. Talk to a lot of newly self employed people and they will tell you that when you don't have a job, you're always working, and that was certainly the case here. The result was many days of me, zombified, in front of the computer, making no progress, while my body was begging me to take a break but my brain freaking out that any moment I didn't spend working was a wasted moment.
For Laserface Jones, I made that WHILE I had a full time industry job, and not only that, crunchtime on the job happened at the exact same time as crunchtime for the contest. BUT, it got me into a very good rhythm— I worked on design in a Moleskine on the subway ride to work, worked on a different game, and on the way home, went over that morning's designs, corrected, and did a little more, including deciding what to work on when I got home. I was in front of my laptop maybe 33% of the time for Laserface as I was here, but that 33% was completely focused and efficient work. It also prevented burnout, which hit me HARD this time, and several times at that.
And the kicker is I got about the same amount of work done on both games. With Laserface requiring about one third of my time, that was a FAR more efficient dev.
Not Blogging
Not sure why I didn't do it this time, but I didn't. It was a combination of having an old, lame website that I didn't like and was half under construction, and feeling like I should spend more time actually coding. The boons of blogging about progress are great, and I even advocate it in my uDevGames survival guide, so it's kinda unforgivable that I didn't do it. ;p
Hot Pockets
Late in the third month, I started pulling all nighters to get the game where it needed to be, and I found myself in search of good late-night snacking items. The typical crunchtime staples of beef jerky and energy drinks were present, and then I was derp-derping around the convenience store downstairs one day and I found them.
Breakfast hot pockets. Applewood smoked bacon, egg and cheese. "Good source of Protein!" The box boasted.
I hesitated. "Made with Real Eggs & Low Fat Cheese!"
I bought em. I don't know if I was getting them just to joke that I got hot pockets for crunchtime or if I was actually planning on getting some sort of actual nutritional value out of these things, but I bought em. That was my first mistake.
The second mistake was eating them.
The box had proudly said: "What could be better than fluffy eggs and melty low fat cheese wrapped in a tender flaky crust?" As it happens, what's better is eating one and then collapsing in a heap in the shower dry-heaving for 30 minutes and wishing for the sweet, sweet release of death as soon as the vile things clear your esophagus and enter your stomach.
I'd like to say I'm getting better at this every go, but I'm still making a lot of mistakes. But I'm zeroing in on a good style and development process that works for me, and in the meantime, I have so many awesome people to back me up, for which I am forever grateful. And the result is a game that I promise will rock your face, and is also a good first step (back) into the world of indie development. So I hope you enjoyed the game, and I hope you learned from my trials and tribulations with this postmortem, and if there is one piece of advice I hope you take out of all of this, it would be
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BEIRUT — The year since a chemical attack that killed hundreds near Damascus has been a strikingly good one for President Bashar Assad.
His deadly stockpile has been destroyed, but he has stayed in power, bought time and gotten world powers to engage him. Along the way, global disapproval has shifted away from Assad and toward the Islamic extremists who are fighting him and spreading destruction across Syria and Iraq.
In Syria, frustrated opposition leaders plan modest rallies Friday to commemorate an attack that they believe the world has largely forgotten.
For many Syrians, hopes for justice are fading and a deep sense of bitterness prevails. The U.S., which threatened to strike Assad's forces but backed away at the last minute, is now bombing the Islamic State group in neighboring Iraq.
Calls for Assad's ouster are no longer made publicly by Western officials.
"This is one anniversary that all free Syrians would love to forget. It was the beginning of the end of U.S. and international involvement in the Syrian conflict," said Bilal Saab, a senior fellow for Middle East Security at the Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security.
The U.S. reversal capped what many Syrians had long seen as a flippant approach in the West to the uprising.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called it the "worst use of weapons of mass destruction in the 21st century."
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The Syrian opposition and its allies, including the U.S., accused Damascus of carrying out the attack. Assad's government denied responsibility, blaming the rebels.
The Obama administration threatened to carry out punitive airstrikes against the Syrian government, touching off diplomatic efforts that eventually resulted in Assad accepting a U.S.-Russia brokered deal to relinquish his chemical arsenal.
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"Closure of the chemical weapons issue in Syria will be possible only when those who ordered and executed the Ghouta attacks have been held to account and are behind bars," Houry said in a statement Thursday.
Many Syrians sought to remind the world of the Ghouta attack in various ways. Protests were being organized in parts of Syria following Muslim prayers Friday, the traditional day of protests in the Middle East.
On social media, they organized themselves under the hashtag "BreathingDeath" and "JusticeMatters" and posting photos and video of the attack.
"Never forget, never forgive," they wrote on Twitter.
Many expressed anger that the chemical weapons deal left Assad free to continue using conventional weapons against his opponents.
"Criminal Assad should have been punished, not gently partially disarmed," posted Obaida Nahas, a member of the Western-backed Syrian opposition.
Questions also linger over whether Assad is hiding undeclared poison gases or attacking rebels with chlorine. While not specified as a chemical weapon, chlorine is a toxic industrial gas. The use of any such material as a weapon is illegal under international law.
In May, an OPCW mission found evidence that chlorine gas was used in fighting between rebels and Assad's government. The OPCW stopped short of saying which side was to blame.
The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group used Thursday's anniversary to urge the international community to fully follow through with the mission to destroy Syria's chemical program.
It also mourned those killed a year ago, saying the "families of the victims deserve closure."
Associated Press writer Ryan Lucas contributed to this report.


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Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival In Delhi
This morning you will arrive at Delhi's International Airport. Following customs, immigration formalities and baggage collection, a representative will meet you as you exit the arrival terminal building and transfer you to your hotel. Where you will proceed for check-in
India's capital and a major gateway to the country, Delhi is a bustling metropolis, which successfully combines in its folds - the ancient with the modern. Amidst the fast spiralling skyscrapers the remnants of a bygone time in the form of its many monuments stand as silent reminders to the region's ancient legacy. The first impressions for any visitor traveling in from the airport are of a specious, garden city, tree-lined with a number of beautiful parks.
Spend your day relaxing at the hotel.
Overnight in Delhi.
Day 2 : Delhi
Proceed for a full day combined city tour of Old and New Delhi. (The Guide will meet you at the hotel at approximately 0900 hrs. unless you request otherwise). In Old Delhi you will visit the 17th century Jama Masjid and walk through the narrow, winding lanes of colourful and bustling Chandni Chowk. You have the option of taking a rickshaw ride through these bazaars. Also visit the Mughal Empire's most opulent fort, the Red Fort for a photo stop. Visit Raj Ghat where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated.
In the afternoon proceed to New Delhi. Drive past The Presidential Palace, the one-time imperial residence of the British viceroys, the India Gate, a memorial raised in honour of the Indian soldiers martyred during the Afghan war and a drive along the Rajpath past the Parliament House and secretarial buildings. Visit Qutab Minar, the 12th century tower of victory built by a slave king and prototype of all minars (towers) in India. Also visit the 16th century Humayun's tomb, a precursor to the Taj Mahal.
Overnight in Delhi.
Day 3 : Delhi to Agra
In the morning after breakfast proceed to Agra.
Upon arrival at Agra you will check-in at your hotel and a representative will assist you to complete your check-in formalities.
Agra came into the limelight during the rule of the Afghan King Sikandar Lodhi - who had made it the capital of his empire. Later in 1526 A.D., the Mughal Emperor Babar took upon himself the task for rendering Agra, a unique character and beauty of its own. The next few hundred years of Agra witnessed the rise of the pomp and pageantry of three great Mughal monarchs - Emperor Akbar, Jehangir and Shahjahan. In modern times, the city of Agra is a thriving carpet industry where you can also find leather workers, sandstone and marble sculptors, some of whom claim to be direct descendants of the craftsmen who had helped build the Taj Mahal.
In the afternoon you will proceed to visit Agra Fort, where the ageing Emperor Shah Jahan, imprisoned by his son, watched from a distance the fulfilment of his life's dream-the building of the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife.
Later visit the Taj Mahal, (Closed on Fridays). On the inner walls, jewel-like stones create beautiful designs in white marble. The Mughals perfected the art of embedding semi-precious stones into marble and the Taj is the finest example of this special process called pietra dura. It begins with a marble plate, varying in size. Then jewels are sliced paper thin and embedded in the marble with such precision that the joints are invisible to the naked eye.
Overnight in Agra.
Travelling Distance approx. 204 km - Driving Time approx. 4 hours
Day 4 : Agra to Dholpur
After breakfast you will drive to Dholpur.
On arrival in Dholpur, proceed to check in at your hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure.
Dholpur is a sleepy little town in Rajasthan, full of historical forts and monuments. Being in the eastern most parts of Rajsthan, Dholpur is very close to the border of neighbouring state Uttar Pradesh and lies just 55 kms from Agra and Gwalior. Dholpur is also famous for its wonderful sandstone, especially the red sandstone, which was also used to build the famous Red Fort in Delhi. Also the town is by the Chambal River and hence offer travellers an opportunity to sight Alligators and rare birds.
Later in the afternoon, proceed to visit the National Chambal Sanctuary for a Boat safari on the River Chambal drifting past marsh crocodiles & gharials basking on the sandbanks.
Evening is at leisure.
Overnight in Dholpur.
Travelling Distance approx. 55 km - Driving Time approx. 1.5 hours
Day 5 : Dholpur To Jaipur
After breakfast, check-out and proceed to Jaipur visiting Fatehpur Sikri en-route.
Fatehpur Sikri, is the deserted red sandstone city, built by the Great Mughal Emperor Akbar as his capital and palace in the late 16th century. It was abandoned soon after it was built when the local wells went dry and it remains today in much the same condition that it was over 300 years ago. It is complete with palaces and mosques and used to be a town larger than London when it was originally constructed. Now it is an extraordinary place to wander around with its buildings in near perfect condition.
On arrival at Jaipur, proceed to check in at your hotel. You will be met by a representative. Rest of the day is at leisure.
In the evening you will be taken to Nokha House for a typically Rajasthani meal with a Rajasthani Family.
Overnight in Jaipur
Travelling Distance approx. 280 km - Driving Time approx. 5 hours
Day 6 : Jaipur
In the morning after breakfast, enjoy a full day city tour of Jaipur.
To begin with you will proceed to visit the capital of Amber to see the fabulous Amber Fort. Maharaja Mansingh, Mughal Emperor Akbar's most successful General, started the construction of Amber Fort in the 17th century. Before the City Palace was constructed in Jaipur, Amber was the seat of power. The fort is surrounded by fortified battlements and overlooks the Moat Lake. Ruins and remains are spread over the Aravali hills and sprawling crenulated walls lattice the surrounding area.
A jeep will spare you the trouble of reaching up to the fortress. Once on top, stroll through the sprawling complex of courtyards and halls. Many of the rooms have delightful wall paintings, with precious stones and mirrors inlaid in the walls. Most fascinating, perhaps, is the Sheesh Mahal (hall of mirrors) where a single lamplight is reflected in the many mirrors, lighting up the room.
En-route to Amber Fort you will stop and see the `Palace of Winds', otherwise known as Hawa Mahal. It is really an elaborate façade, extremely intricate in its pink sandstone carving. The cool wind blows through its facade of windows and latticed screens through which the queens of the court once viewed the streets of the city.
This afternoon, you will visit the City Palace, which is an overwhelming complex of exquisite palaces, gardens and courtyards, decorative art and carved doorways. The palace museum houses collections of rare manuscripts, armory, costumes, carpets and miniature paintings.
Jaipur's Jantar Mantar is the most famous of five observatories built by Sawai Jai Singh in India. Jai Singh was a great admirer of progresses and research made in the fields of science and technology, and he was passionate about astronomy. There is a very interesting story behind the construction of this observatory, considered as the largest stone observatory in the world. Sawai Jai Singh sent his emissaries to all parts of the world before commencing the construction of this observatory. The emissaries returned with many manuals on astronomy containing cutting-edge technological information. One of these manuals was a copy of La Hire's "Tables". The king ordered the observatory to be built according to the details contained in this manual. When the construction ended, for the astonishment of the king and others, the observatory was 20 seconds more accurate than the one mentioned in La Hire's "Tables".
Evening is at leisure.
Overnight in Jaipur
Day 7: Jaipur
In the morning after breakfast spend your day at leisure.
Overnight in Jaipur
Day 8: Jaipur To Surajgarh
In the morning after breakfast, leave for Surjagarh.
Upon arrival in Surajgarh, check-in at the hotel.
Surajgarh Fort - literally meaning 'The castle of the Sun' is a fortified fort of the 18th century, located in the discerning and charming heritage township called Surajgarh, in Sekhawati region - about 15 kilometres from Pilani city, in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. Built in 1778 by Thakur Suraj Mal Singh of Bissau will seamlessly link you with 237 year rich heritage and its many generations of multi-cultural and multi ethnic past. This 4 acre fortified fort is being lovingly restored to give one, the experience of living like a Maharaja. Surajgarh derived its name from the fort itself.
Spend the rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight in Surjagarh
Travelling Distance approx. 215 km - Driving Time approx. 4 hours
Day 9: Surajgarh To Delhi
After breakfast, enjoy the tour of the Painted Havelis of Shekhawati Region.
Shekhawati is popularly known as an open air art gallery and Surajagrh is at the heart of it and boasts of many havelis. Walking and camel cart tours are organised to the havelis. The Marwari traders accumulated enormous wealth in their trade of rice, opium, cotton, spices and textiles. The wealth was usually reinvested or sent back home for their families. The affluent marwari families tried to outdo the other in the size and quality of their mansions, giving birth to fine and colourful architecture in the desert region where it was least expected.
Lime plaster formed the fine layer on the walls where painting was done. While the plaster was damp, outline and filling of colour was done, bonding it for time immemorial.
After the sightseeing, leave for Delhi.
Upon arrival in Delhi, check-in at the hotel.
Overnight in Delhi.
Travelling Distance approx 195 km - Driving Time 3.5 Hours
Day 10 : Departure Delhi
A representative will meet you and assist you to transfer from the hotel to the airport for your flight back home.
**NOTICE: There are currently restoration works taking place on the Taj Mahal until further notice
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The call center job has attracted the ire of many. There are those who say it is a dead end job. There are others who say that there are cultural ramifications, health hazards, moral hazards and what not. Some are very charitable to it and just say it is a McJob.
The truth is that the call center job is a choice. It is the choice of this era. Ideally, every man in India would be a Shah Rukh Khan and every woman would perhaps be a Preeti Zinta? If thats not possible, every man should be a Sunil Mittal and every woman perhaps a Sucheta Dalal? Or how about Sehwag and Sania? But somewhere between Shah Rukh, Sehwag and Sunil lies reality. The reality that one has to do a job to earn a living. Make ends meet. So what do you do if nobody comes forward to you with film offers or cricket bat or an industry to run? You take the job that is available. Mind well that I am not talking about someone who has a degree in marketing and has the choice of two jobs - one which pays well but offers no work life balance and the other which is a low paying job with greater responsibility - the standard choice trotted by well heeled MBAs. I am talking about the average Ramu on the street - the graduate (less than that, some other time).
I never tire of saying this, but a job is a job is a job. It is a means to earn a living. There are a chosen few who derive their livelihood from their passion, for many others, it is a means to earn their living. For them their passion is their hobby.
Look at the past to learn about the future. In the 60s and 70s, the trains which brought people to Bombay, Delhi from the South of India were known as "Stenographers Express". Today we know and read about IT jobs today and the mushrooming of NIIT-like computer training institutes. Then, every gully had a typing institute that taught you speed typing and shorthand. To standardise it the government introduced a typing and shorthand test. (It exists even today). Who in their right frame of mind will argue that a typists job can have any passion? And much more than the call center job, a typists job was a dead end job.
Cut to the 80s, when it was the Gulf job boom. That was about 25 years back. So, many Indians went there. How many are CEOs today, since 25 years in service is a reasonably long time to rise to a CEO position? Incredibly - none (or three). You can cry hoarse to argue that many of them went there as low level position - I know that nobody went to the "Gulf" as a CEO, but 25 years is a long time. Truth is that the Gulf jobs were all about labour arbitrage and zero progress. You joined as an accounts clerk you died as one. Dead end job anyone?
The 90s saw the bodyshopper job. The Gulf job replaced by the contractor (consultants - if you wanted to elevate your position) in the American firm. Many of these programmers have seen one (or two or three) applications in their entire job profile. (Indian programmers of IT companies by contrast know "all there is to know" because they work in multiple projects across a year or so. ) Apart from the handful who graduated big time to company founders (and many of them were US educated) during the dot com boom, the rest of minions are just sitting there capitalizing on labour arbitrage and cultivating an accent (something you did not get in the gulf). Isnt this a dead end job too?
Take any other job. Clerk? Salesman? Accounts officer? Receptionist? Office boy? Challenging or Dead end? Jobs can be dead end, as long as they help the employee earn his living and live comfortably. It is better to be a successful television artist earning money than it is to stand in front of a big banner film company office and wait until you are "discovered". Likewise, if I cannot become Sachin, Sunil or Shahrukh, I need a job to survive. Once my bread and butter is taken care of, I will look to do something else. Like blog, perhaps.
So,is the call center a dead end job or not? The call center job is way way better than any of the above. Because except for the typists, the other job booms sucked out qualified engineers (for the most part) out of the country. The call center takes the jobs to graduates. Those who, as we have seen in many of the art films of the 80s, are umemployed and would have seen themselves at the end of a line in an "employment exchange". Many of these call center execs work in swank offices, are paid well, are trained in a whole host of things, get to travel abroad,gain multicultural experience (either through travel or by interacting with visitors).
The job of the 00s is the call center job. It will soon pass and somewhere in the next few years we will see another boom in a work of a different sort. Then we will all come together and rant and say how the "future job" is a dead end job.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
The truth about jobs
The call center job has attracted the ire of many. There are those who say it is a dead end job. There are others who say that there are cultural ramifications, health hazards, moral hazards and what not. Some are very charitable to it and just say it is a McJob.
20 comments:
- Kaps said...
Gulf jobs were never meant to be CEO level jobs. As per local norms, Arabs head (atleast on paper) most of the firms. Indians occupy top positions in banks, audit firms, ad agencies etc.
You could probably add the 60s and the 70s as the decade of the PSU & Banking jobs.
- 8:52 PM, February 21, 2006
- Neelakantan said...
Well, the point is that the majority of gulf jobs were "dead end" jobs, a lot more than the call centre jobs. A few became heads in their respective areas, but for the majority it was a journey from one contract to another, one visa to another without too much of an upgradation in job responsibilities.
- 9:01 PM, February 21, 2006
- Hiren said...
Very well written I must say and extremely comprehensive and interesting since you have given so many examples of dead end jobs. Your write up is a good reality check.
Your facts are correct but that does not imply that one should not try to be a Sachin or a Shahrukh. The key is to find your passion at an early age. Then you have a good chance. Otherwise, it can imply lifelong suffering in the wrong job.
- 4:23 PM, February 22, 2006
- Swathi said...
amazingly well written article.
n yes i like the observation u made - for some work is passion whereas for others passion is in their hobbies.
- 6:25 PM, February 22, 2006
- Lahar said...
I completely agree- its easy to sit and belittle people in call centres, but part of this ridicule is because there is an entire section of society that didnt go to the "right schools" or come from the "right background", who are now earning tons of money by just "doing nothing". Those of us who went to "professional" colleges feel that we needed to struggle and slog for this, but these people are getting easy money on a platter- more than many MBAs earn. It's the old brahminical thing rearing its ugly head again, thats what it is.
Oh, and there IS one person who went to the Gulf. And then returned. To start a company called Reliance Industries...
- 6:44 PM, February 22, 2006
- Rashmi Bansal said...
hi - very well written? Can I publish it in JAM. Mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com and lemme know!
- 5:17 PM, February 23, 2006
- Kapil said...
That was a very refreshing perspective to the whole call center job. But do you believe the comparison to previous phases is justified enough to say that the call center job cannot grow in their social standing.
- 6:46 PM, February 23, 2006
Nicely written.
- 11:23 AM, February 24, 2006
- WhoKnows said...
i dont seriously think that seeing a no of diffferent cultures teaches you a whole lot.
i think the incremental knowledge gained in moving from the second culture you see to the third culture is generally not worth the time and effort involved.
- 8:24 AM, February 26, 2006
- idli-chutney said...
that was a really nice observation. I have always thought about the jobs of typists, stenos, secretary, bus conductors. But you have put them in the right perspective. cheers.
- 11:13 PM, March 02, 2006
As other commenters have already mentioned, very well written indeed and coming to your blog gave that small joy one gets on finding a cool new website.
I'll definitely visit again!
I would disagree with this though :
"the rest of minions are just sitting there capitalizing on labour arbitrage and cultivating an accent "
Atleast for me, ever since I got introduced to software, have been fascinated and amazed by it. Its a real passion for me and I know many of my friends too, So we enjoy our work and are pursing our passion and that happens to be our source living as well. I know we are a lucky bunch - to have your passion as you profession.
And there-in lies, I think, the reason why many ppl say call centre jobs are dead-end jobs. Most of these call centre guys are metro guys - bangalore, chennai, mumbai and most have close friends, siblings in software, doing really well. So its this comparision with software that brings tags like "dead end" to call center jobs.
- 2:29 AM, April 16, 2006
Pradeep has a very valid point. the attitude towards call centre being a dead end job will only change when IT service industry starts attracting work that invovles more than just IT chores and call centres. I see development in infrastructure monitoring and other core operations outsourcing cultivating more advanced tech support and administration jobs. Until then, answering calls its just no better than being a typist.
- 9:46 AM, May 21, 2006
As a senior manager running a call centre I think there is merit in looking at this subject from many different angles. If one purely chooses to look at the monotony of a call centre job, there truly will exist monotony in many of the other jobs that people do to earn a living. The issue is that the monotony in this case is coupled with quick (?) and lots of 'easy' money, or so the media would have us believe, different work hours and endless media hype. 'Dead end' I don't know about, but surely much talked about for now.
- 12:10 AM, August 05, 2006
Hi Guys,
It is good, you wrote very well. Some people are here who have invested there money to get a higher degree but getting equall to call centre guys. I like to say them it is a life, some one gets something and some one others. Never complaint to God what you get in your life. See them who doesn't have what ever you have. I am happy working guy with Call Centre.
It doesn't matter in which field you are, matter is that how do you work.
There is a saying by Dainik Jagran News Paper "It doesn't matter what we get as a legacy, matter is that what will we leave behind us as a Legacy".
Every thing has its boom sometime. Still some people are making money as a conductor, as an accountant, as a programmer, as a contractor, as going to Gulf and so on. Some people will also survive in call centre in future but only those who have worth for it.
Because talent remains everywhere.
Mohd Asad alam
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Unemployment is the worst case, but these can be minimized through education to everyone. In India, Government has made compulsory education to the all the children's and i hope in future there are more jobs in chennai and everyone gets benefited.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A late rally by MIT fell short as Clark University held on for a 55-46 win in a NEWMAC women's basketball game on Saturday. Samia Mahjub tallied 12 points and seven rebounds while Cheryl Kwinn contributed eight points and eight boards for the Engineers (9-11, 2-6 NEWMAC). Kelsey Cappelle chipped in 10 points as Clara Yuan added eight. Sally Simpson and Kimberly Soo Hoo each grabbed five caroms.
Clark opened the contest with 12 unanswered points before a pair of free throws by Kwinn put MIT on the board at the 15:48 mark. The Cougars' double-digit advantage would hold until a jumper by Soo Hoo narrowed the gap to eight (22-14) with 6:25 on the clock. Clark countered with a 13-5 run that was capped by a three-pointer from Sara Hagstrom just before the buzzer to give the hosts a 35-19 lead at the break.
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Dolphins coach Joe Philbin wasn't kidding. He said the quarterback competition was open. It is. He said Ryan Tannehill would have a chance to win that competition. He does.
And that's primarily the reason Tannehill gets his opportunity to start tonight against the Carolina Panthers.
Tannehill may not necessarily be better than Matt Moore right now. He may not necessarily be ahead of Moore. But he starts tonight while Moore comes in afterward because the Dolphins coaching staff wants to go into next week's Atlanta game with their starting quarterback decision made.
And the only way to come to that decision is to see if Tannehill can have the same sort of success against starting-caliber competition while leading Miami's starting offense that he had against backup competition last week.
We know that Moore was good but not great in the starting role against Tampa Bay's first-string defense. Now the Miami coaches have to see how Tannehill does against Carolina's first-string defense. Coaches can then have an apples-to-apple comparison of both their starter candidates against first-string defenses.
That's important because Phiblin would like to go into next week week's third preseason tilt with his quarterback decision made.
And that meant Tannehill had to face starting defenders before next week. Put another way, the Dolphins could not have been certain that Tannehill would face starting-caliber competition tonight if Moore started. Philbin has said he does not contact opposing coaches before preseason games to set play-time plans so he couldn't be certain the Panthers would keep their starting defense on the field beyond one series.
It also helps Tannehill that he's been quite good in practices since joining the team and has shown improvement with each passing week. That's the reason I told you Monday not to be surprised to see Tannehill start against Carolina.
And having said all this, we have to take a very long look at this evening.
Remember that Tannehill starting tonight doesn't mean he's won the starting job by any means. So we must survey the landscape after tonight to see what we see.
If Tannehill plays exceedingly well but Moore does not, that will make Tannehill the favorite to open the season as the starter because David Garrard (out probably another two weeks) is out of that starting picture.
If Moore plays out of his mind and Tannehill struggles, then Mooe will be the favorite to be the starter because coaches will likely believe the rookie simply isn't ready yet.
The gray area will be if both Tannehill and Moore play out of their minds. Or both struggle. Then what?
If both deliver similar performances tonight and we're basically all tied up in the quarterback competition going into next week then Philbin may not be able to have his clear-cut starter by the third preseason game as he hoped.
At that point, the two players will continue to be evaluated -- even into the coming game -- until somebody takes the job. This scenario also raises the possibility Garrard gets the opportunity to start the first or second regular-season game because, remember, he was leading this quarterback race when knee surgery sidelined him.


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I put on my Zooey Deschanel hat (or should I say, beret) to dream up these sweet, personalized treats for all the M-O-Ms out there.
Chances are, crafting up a thoughtful DIY gift for Mom--i.e. a construction paper card and hand-print-smudged-in-clay, cobbled together on Saturday May 12th--isn't really an option anymore. That doesn't mean you can't wow her with your skills of awesome daughter-dom by picking out something special for her. Something that says, "I remember everything you told me over all these years, even when you didn't think I was listening, even as I was rolling my eyes at you, even as I was disagreeing you, and even as I was blasting Ace of Base on my Walkman to annoy you while you were trying to lecture me about missing curfew. I know what you're all about because I was really listening all along. See?"
Here are a few ideas of how you can win Best Daughter of The Year this, er, Mother's Day (can you tell I'm an only child?!):
Mother's Day Gift Idea #1: A themed animal-something.
I'm not talking cats and dogs novelties (although, c'mon, you can almost never go wrong with a cat-printed or cat-shaped anything). No, I mean gifting her some small animal totem that represents one of her best qualities. If she's got a great memory, give her an elephant-accented something. A curious thinker? Try a monkey figurine. A smarty pants or total bookworm? An owl mug is just the ticket.
Just make sure you explain the reference in the card as a gift that features an huge, oversize mammal or wild, neurotic bird could be taken the wrong way.
Mother's Day Gift Idea #2: Something that reminds her of her favorite trip.
She might not be racking up the frequent flier miles these days, but chances are that there's one memorable get-away that makes up the cul-de-sac of her Memory Lane. A poster, cookbook or set of cards that conjure up that special destination will conjure up happy memories, every time she sees it.
Mother's Day Gift Idea #3: A staycation kit
Fancy bath treats, spiffy candles and scented infusers are all good ways to help her unwind with an indulgent weekend at home. Whether or not you include a bottle of vino and a good Agatha Christie novel is totally up to you.
(Malin + Goetz Peppermint Body Scrub ($30), Compagnie de Provence diffuser set ($30), NEST Periwinkle votive ($22). FYI, these goodies are all in our beauty pop-up shop on Fab.com. And, if you sign up on fab.com/glamour, you'll earn $10 in shopping credits. Good stuff.)
Mother's Day Gift Idea #4: Photos of Y-O-U (and / or your own little kiddo
Because after all, gazing at a photo of little kid cuteness is the next best thing to spending 24/7 with that same kid, all grown up. (Or so my own mom tells me.) You can snap and frame your own, or you can get a little fancy and do something customized: Pinhole Press has a slew of nifty photo gifts, from framed prints and full-on photo books to smaller goodies, like notepads and magnets--all of which can be customized with your own photos. Prices range from about $12.99 to around $50, and they're all oh-so-pretty.
Mother's Day Gift Idea #5: A record player and vinyls of her old favorites
She'll get a kick out of listening to her classic tunes on an old-school turntable. If acquiring new gadgetry sounds too spendy, just track down some of CDs of the albums she used to listen to when you were a girl (Hall & Oates, anyone?) or even better, when she was a girl (The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, etc--take your pick, depending on her generation).
__What do you think, ladies? What other good Mother's Day gift ideas do you have percolating? Any of these quirky-cute ideas feel right for your Mom? (Speaking of, there's NOTHING quirky-cuter than VINYL, right? Am sure Zooey would agree with me on that one.) __


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Governor Cuomo Announces Appointments
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced his appointment of Leecia Eve to Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and his recommendation of Gil Quiniones to be President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Power Authority (NYPA).
Economic development and creating jobs have been my number one priority since I took office, and Leecia is the perfect candidate to continue putting New York back on the path to prosperity, said Governor Cuomo. Her extensive credentials and years of public service make her especially suited for this position. Together with the ESD team, I am certain Leecia will play a major role in creating jobs and growing our states economy. This is a critical time for New York, and I look forward to working with Leecia.
He is a dedicated public servant who knows every aspect of the Power Authority- from the power lines to the extraordinary potential to harness New Yorks energy resources to support economic development and job creation. In addition, Gil will ensure that NYPA continues to forge a path towards making our state more energy efficient, Governor Cuomo said.
Leecia Eve said, At a time when Governor Cuomo has made rebuilding our state economy one of his top priorities, I am honored to be appointed to the position of Deputy Secretary for Economic Development. We have already made incredible progress towards changing the economic trajectory of the state while I was at ESD, and I look forward to continuing our work together to invest in the state, create jobs and make New York the Empire State once again.
Gil C. Quiniones said, Being a part of the New York Power Authority team for the last few years has been both challenging and fulfilling. I thank Governor Cuomo for nominating me for this prestigious position at the authority, and together we will continue providing the best in class and crucial service to New Yorkers across the state.
Leecia Eve most recently served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel to Empire State Development (ESD), the primary economic development agency for the State of New York. Prior to joining ESD, she was the Vice President for Policy of the No Limits Foundation, a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, DC that promotes economic issues at home and abroad and advocates transforming American foreign policy around the world, including advancing the rights of women. She has spoken nationally about the need to address the youth unemployment crisis and to invest in the nation's infrastructure to improve economic competitiveness and create jobs.
From 2007 to 2008, Ms. Eve was a Senior Policy Advisor for the Hillary Clinton for President campaign. Previously, Ms. Eve served as Senate Counsel and Homeland Security Advisor to Senator Clinton from 2001 to 2005. Before joining Senator Clintons office, Ms. Eve practiced law for five years at Hodgson Russ, Western New Yorks largest law firm, where she later became the first African American general equity partner in the firms history. In 1995, Ms. Eve served as Counsel to Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., then the ranking member of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, advising him on immigration, intellectual property, securities and antitrust law. From 1992 to 1995, Ms. Eve was an associate at Covington & Burling. Upon graduating from Harvard, Ms. Eve served as judicial clerk for New York State Court of Appeals Judge Fritz W. Alexander II, the first African American appointed to a full term on the States highest court. Ms. Eve graduated from Smith College in 1986 with a A.B. in Government and Afro-American Studies. She earned both her J.D. and Master in Public Administration degrees in 1990 from Harvard University. Ms. Eve is lifelong member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Buffalo. She has served on the board of directors of the Greater Buffalo Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society. She is a former Vice President of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York and is a member of Buffalo Chapter of The LINKS Incorporated and of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Governor Cuomo also announced his recommendation of Gil C. Quiniones to serve as President and CEO of the New York Power Authority (NYPA).
Gil C. Quiniones currently serves as acting president and CEO of the New York Power Authority, the nations largest state electric utility. He has been the chief operating officer since June 2008.
As COO, Mr. Quiniones was responsible for managing and monitoring the day-to-day activities of the Power Authority, which owns and operates 17 power plants and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines in various parts of New York State. He oversees operations in such areas as power generation and transmission; project development and licensing; regulatory compliance; power resource planning and acquisition; energy efficiency and technology; power marketing and economic development; and corporate services and administration.
Quiniones is a member of the Board of Directors of the Electric Power Research Institute, the electric power industrys international research and development organization. He is also active in the affairs of two national public power organizations, serving on the Steering Committee of the Large Public Power Council and as the Power Authoritys principal representative to the American Public Power Association.
Before joining the Power Authority staff in October 2007 as executive vice president of energy marketing and corporate affairs, Quiniones served for more than four years as senior vice president of energy and telecommunications for the New York City Economic Development Corporation. In that capacity, he was the citys chief consultant on energy policy issues and established and led Mayor Michael R. Bloombergs Energy Policy Task Force, a public-private group that developed a comprehensive strategy for meeting future energy needs and helped formulate the energy-related initiatives in PlaNYC, the citys long-term sustainability plan. He also represented the city on then-Lieutenant Governor David A. Patersons Renewable Energy Task Force and was the Chairman of the groups Subcommittee on Distributed Generation.
Also during his tenure at the EDC, Quiniones was co-chair of the New York City Telecommunications Task Force and of the citys Telecommunications Policy Advisory Group. He previously worked at Consolidated Edison and was one of four co-founders of Con Edison Solutions, the utilitys unregulated energy services company.
Quiniones received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from De La Salle University in Manila and has completed graduate courses in engineering management and technology management at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. He has also participated in executive education programs at the Columbia University Business School.
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GLENDALE — In what had to be nothing short of a boon of encouragement and validation to Vanes "Nightmare" Martirosyan, Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum recently made a pitch to HBO for a March 12 fight between the undefeated Glendale boxer and one of the biggest names in the light middleweight division, World Boxing Assn. champion Miguel Cotto.
Unfortunately for Martirosyan's hopes of landing a long-sought fight with the high-profile Puerto Rican, HBO declined to televise the card, according to a report Thursday from ESPN's Dan Rafael, which was confirmed by Martirosyan's manager Steven Feder.
"Bob made a good attempt to try and get that fight, but our job is to get back in the ring and get busy again and that's what we're going to do," said Feder, who replaced Shelley Finkel as Martirosyan's manager when the latter retired in November. "We've waited around long enough and now the No. 1 thing is to get Vanes back in the ring."
Feder acknowledged on Thursday that the potential March 12 matchup with Cotto is now all but off the table and his client is instead focusing on a Feb. 5 tune-up match at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa against an opponent to be determined.
"I think it's a good move, we'll take the Feb. 5 fight, a little tune-up fight, get that out of the way and then go for the big guys after that," Martirosyan said. "It's actually a good thing because people are going to see a different Vanes and I can't wait to show them."
Martirosyan (28-0, 17 knockouts) has expressed a desire to take on Cotto (35-2, 28 KOs) since August, when it was first reported that Top Rank was considering the match. Cotto then decided to sit out the remainder of 2010, but Martirosyan was still reported to be in line for a big fight before the end of the year, with Pawel Wolak, Kelly Pavlik and Paul Williams among those rumored to be his possible opponent.
But the proposed December dates, including a Dec. 18 bout with Wolak for which Glendale High's Moyse Field was rumored to be considered for the venue, came and went silently.
"It sucks not being able to fight," said Martirosyan, who last fought on June 5 in Yankee Stadium, beating Joe Greene via unanimous decision. "It's been like a roller coaster, just on and off like a bad relationship. They tell me it's on, I go back to the gym for a couple days, then they tell me it's off. It's just like that."
Feder said that Martirosyan's immediate priority is getting back into the ring against a solid opponent and having a thoroughly convincing showing, rather than to keep chasing super fights. At this point, it's likely a good strategy for a fighter who, should he in fact fight on Feb. 5, would be coming off an eight-month layoff, the longest of his career.
But Feder also suggested his client won't back down from fighting the best of the division and even indicated that a quick turnaround from Feb. 5 to March 12 would not be out of the question if a marquee matchup with an opponent such as Cotto were to rematerialize.
Indeed, Martirosyan has not put Cotto completely out of his mind, even as he prepares for Feb. 5.
"That's the fight that I want," Martirosyan said of Cotto. "I would love that fight. It's an easy fight to make for Top Rank and I hope it gets made."
Even as machinations were ongoing for his clash with Cotto, Martirosyan took the opportunity to challenge World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, telling boxingscene.com's Rick Reeno on Wednesday that he "would have no problem moving up in weight" to fight the Argentine southpaw.
Ironically, according to Rafael's report, Martinez (46-2, 25 KOs) was the reason HBO wouldn't bite on the proposed Cotto-Martirosyan fight. Martinez, a rising superstar who is coming off a second-round knockout of Williams on Nov. 20, is also set to fight on March 12 and, even without an opponent yet named, HBO is reportedly more intrigued by that event than a Cotto fight.
"I called out Sergio [Martinez] because I heard Sergio was having problems finding an opponent," Martirosyan said. "Me and him have a little history together going back and forth and, with our styles, I think it would be like a chess match and a good match for both of us.
"When we see each other it's all respect, but deep down, we both want to kick each other's ass."
Issuing public challenges is nothing new for Martirosyan, who just this year has called out Williams and Shane Mosley, who is slated to challenge Martirosyan's Top Rank and Wild Card Boxing Club stablemate Manny Pacquiao for the World Boxing Organization welterweight title on May 7.
"I've been calling people out and nobody has been answering to me," Martirosyan said.