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Sanskrit Dinotsav
Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Monday, August 29, 2011 Labels: Bangalore, Event Report, Sanskrit / Comments: (0) Full article...>>
I post the "Sanskrit Day Celebration" pamphlet on this blog. In case, if you miss to attend it, then also "CHINTA MA ASTU" Don't worry.
We had few songs, group songs, dramas, prize distribution and speeches by honorable guests. Everything in Sanskrit. Here is the video report.
We had few songs, group songs, dramas, prize distribution and speeches by honorable guests. Everything in Sanskrit. Here is the video report.
A still from daram "Dev: Kutra Asti?"
Click here for some more photos.
You will find some interesting articles in Sanskrit on this blog. Just stay tune to Express YourSelf !
Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Friday, August 26, 2011 Labels: India / Comments: (0) Full article...>>
- "The Lokpal bill alone cannot eradicate corruption…" – Rahul Gandhi
He speaks only after thinking. So called, Indian future Prime minister (!!), takes so much time in thinking….
- "Anna should contest 2014 elections and then can pass any bill" – Mayawati
- What will happen to website I PAID A BRIBE , once Jan Lokpal bill is passed?
- At one end, the government and members of parliament wants Anna to end the fast. How come they just skip one whole day without discussion on Lokpal bill !!
- Let's lock all the members of parliament in the parliament without providing any food, till they come out with strong Jan Lokpal bill.
How nice, if some of us civil society people, IT people, middle class people join the politics. Let's consider useful aspect of, Mayawati's statement, to implement. Let's pass people friendly bill. We will speak spontaneously, without written notes. Most of us very little hope from our elected representative. Today Annaji is leading us. We are united under a Gandhian after so many decades. Even if this bill pass, in long run, corruption may take another form. In future, who will unite us to fight against any other injustice? Anyway we have woken up now. So let's find a constructive long term solution.
Somehow politicians have made entry barrier for us – the common men. We also enjoy such ideas in movies only. Someone has to come forward. What do you think? Express YourSelf !
Anna Hazare
Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Thursday, August 25, 2011 / Comments: (1) Full article...>>
Anna Hazare says bring back the Black Money.
Do u know what will happen if 1,456 Lac Crores comes back.
1. India Financially No.1
2. Each district will get 60000 crores & each village will get 100 Crores
3. No need to pay taxes for next 20 yrs.
4. Petrol 25 Rs, Diesel 15 Rs, Milk 8 Rs.
5. No need to pay electricity bill.
6. Indian borders will become more stronger than the China Wall.
7. 1500 Oxford like Universities can be opened.
8. 28,000 kms Rubber road (like in Paris) can be made.
9. 2,000 hospitals (with all facilities) all medicine Free.
10. 95 crore people will have their own house.
2. Each district will get 60000 crores & each village will get 100 Crores
3. No need to pay taxes for next 20 yrs.
4. Petrol 25 Rs, Diesel 15 Rs, Milk 8 Rs.
5. No need to pay electricity bill.
6. Indian borders will become more stronger than the China Wall.
7. 1500 Oxford like Universities can be opened.
8. 28,000 kms Rubber road (like in Paris) can be made.
9. 2,000 hospitals (with all facilities) all medicine Free.
10. 95 crore people will have their own house.
Support Anna Hazare by forwarding this message to atleast 10 Indians.
Please take time to read it.
10 things to know about Anna Hazare 'n Jan Lok Pal Bill.. !
10 things to know about Anna Hazare 'n Jan Lok Pal Bill.. !
1. Who is Anna Hazare?
An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War
2. What's so special about him?
He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra
3. So what?
This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills.
In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly & harmonic village.
4. Ok,…?
This guy, Anna Hazare was awarded Padma Bhushan and is a known figure for his social activities.
5. Really, what is he fighting for?
He is supporting a cause, the amendment of a law to curb corruption in India.
6. How that can be possible?
He is advocating for a Bil, The Jan Lokpal Bill (The Citizen Ombudsman Bill), that will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians (ministers), beurocrats (IAS/IPS) accountable for their deeds.
8. It's an entirely new thing right..?
In 1972, the bill was proposed by then Law minister Mr. Shanti Bhushan. Since then it has been neglected by the politicians and some are trying to change the bill to suit their theft (corruption).
7. Oh.. He is going on a hunger strike for that whole thing of passing a Bill ! How can that be possible in such a short span of time?
The first thing he is asking for is: the government should come forward and announce that the bill is going to be passed.
Next, they make a joint committee to DRAFT the JAN LOKPAL BILL. 50% government participation and 50% public participation. Because you cant trust the government entirely for making such a bill which does not suit them.
8. Fine, What will happen when this bill is passed?
A LokPal will be appointed at the center. He will have an autonomous charge, say like the Election Commission of India. In each and every state, Lokayukta will be appointed. The job is to bring all alleged party to trial in case of corruptions within 1 year. Within 2 years, the guilty will be punished. Not like, Bofors scam or Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, that has been going for last 25 years without any result.
9. Is he alone? Who else is there in the fight with Anna Hazare?
Baba Ramdev, Ex. IPS Kiran Bedi, Social Activist Swami Agnivesh, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal and many more.
Prominent personalities like Aamir Khan is supporting his cause.
10. Ok, got it. What can I do?
At least we can spread the message. How?
Putting status message, links, video, changing profile pics.
Samskrit Day Celebration
Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Labels: Bangalore, Sanskrit / Comments: (1) Full article...>>
Welcome to Sanskrit day celebration.
Organised by Samskrita Bharati, Halsuru Division, Indiranagar, Bangalore
On 27th August 2011 4:00 PM
Parimal Sabhagan
Raghvendra Swami Math
1st stage
9th cross
B/h Arya Samaj
Indiranagar, Bangalore.
Parimal Sabhagan
Raghvendra Swami Math
1st stage
9th cross
B/h Arya Samaj
Indiranagar, Bangalore.
Landmark and direction: A2B Adyar Ananda Bhavan is near KFC signal. Opposite to A2B one small road leads to Raghvendra Math.
Click here for detail report about this event.
Nrityotsav 2011
Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Monday, August 22, 2011 Labels: Bangalore, Event Report, Festival / Comments: (0) Full article...>>
Last Saturday, I enjoyed dance festival. Nrityotsav 2011. It was wonderful. How can I enjoy alone. All the readers of this blog "Express YourSelf !" have privilege to know more about the event.
Here are the details:
Organized by
Ninaad School Of Kathak Dance
Ninaad School Of Kathak Dance
Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha
Purandara Bhavan
Purandara Bhavan
B/h Indiranagar Club,
8th Main Road
HAL 2nd stage,
on 20th August 2011 5:30 PM
on 20th August 2011 5:30 PM
Here is the list of all the performers.
It's Time to Tab!
Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Friday, August 19, 2011 Labels: India, software, Telecom Wireless / Comments: (10) Full article...>>
Samsung tablet is not at all a "mee-too" product in over-crowded tablet market. It is slim, light weight and cute. It is your companion forever. To read books, to stay in touch with your friends, to watch movies and to share your precious joyous moments with the world. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is always at your service.
Samsung tablet is not at all a "mee-too" product in over-crowded tablet market. It is slim, light weight and cute. It is your companion forever. To read books, to stay in touch with your friends, to watch movies and to share your precious joyous moments with the world. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is always at your service.
1. Physical Body
Just look its physical body. Such a slim!! Just 8.6 mm thin. And light weight like a breeze. 565 grams. It is 0.2 mm thinner and 36 grams lighter compare to Apple iPad 2. Yet Galaxy Tab has 10.1" wide screen. Let's switched it ON. You cannot keep your eyes away from it. In just 10.1" screen Samsung has accommodated 1280 x 800 (WXGA) pixels. That turns out pixel density of 149 ppi (pixels per square inch). So when you see photos, movies they become live with such a rich graphics. Live panel and mini apps are truly amazing with Samsung Touchwiz UX! JAKAAS !!
2. Connectivity
We cannot live without breath. Same like us, the Samsung tablet also breathes. It breathes with data, bits, zeros and ones. In today's era of cloud computing and networked world, any device is incomplete without data connectivity. This little device has baseband signal processing hardware for all cellular and WiFi bands. (HSPA+ in 850/900/1900/2100 MHz bands, EDGE/GPRS in 850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n with dual band 2GHz and 5GHz, WiFi Direct and Bluetooth 3.0) So you get best high speed Internet coverage at any part of the world. Excellent! Isn't it?
3. Multimedia & Navigation
We all want entertainment to engage our mind. Galaxy Tab presents the best multimedia features for your entertainment. As being a Music Hub, you have access to all popular and classical albums with over 11 million tracks. Not only songs, but artist information, critics' music review, album details everything is just a touch away. You can play those melodious tracks directly to its surround sound speakers. Galaxy Tab has codec supports, for all audio and video file formats. (WMV9, WMV7, WMV8, H.264, MPEG4, Xvid, DivX, H.263, VP8, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, RA) So no need to convert your file to 3gp, mp4, mp3 format. It supports any format. You can enjoy full HD video 1080P with 30fps on glorious 10.1" tablet screen. 3 Mega Pixels back camera for HD video recording and taking live photographs. Just A1 quality multimedia!
How about gaming? Well, compare to Apple iPad's three-way accelerometer and gyroscope, Samsung uses four-way sensors. So while gaming, screen rotation has much faster response. Not only that, it is your companion in travelling too with turn-by-turn navigation support. It has everything like A-GPS, Compass and Accelerometer. No need for map or any travel guide. Just pack your luggage and book the ticket.
How about gaming? Well, compare to Apple iPad's three-way accelerometer and gyroscope, Samsung uses four-way sensors. So while gaming, screen rotation has much faster response. Not only that, it is your companion in travelling too with turn-by-turn navigation support. It has everything like A-GPS, Compass and Accelerometer. No need for map or any travel guide. Just pack your luggage and book the ticket.
4. Social Hub
By the way, what will you do with these amazing clarity photographs? Off course, you will share them with your friends on Facebook. Don't you? Your Galaxy Tab is a Social Hub. Picasa, YouTube, Twitter, GooglePlus, Facebook, Orkut, Hi5, LinkedIn, Yammer, OCS, you just name it. At Samsung Galaxy Tab, a single portal is enough to access multiple e-mail, messaging and social networking accounts. The portal has message feed and web feed in easy-to-read flow. Not only that, 2 Mega Pixels front camera helps you to have video call over Skype etc. Now, you are never out of touch from your friends. So nice!
5. Readers Hub
Books are always our best friends. Samsung Galaxy Tab is a Readers Hub. Now need of separate e-book reader like Amazon's Kindle. You can access more than 23 lacs e-books, 2000 newspaper, 3000 magazines, RSS feeds in 49 different languages. Its large bright LCD screen displays sharp characters for strain-less reading. Zoom in/zoom out, font enlargement and virtual bookmarks improve the e-reading experience further. Happy reading!
6. Brand
What separate Samsung Galaxy tablet from other tablets? Its brand. SAMSUNG. The Samsung group is a multinational conglomerate corporation from South Korea. Any brand has special appeal, that make you special. This tablet is brand hub too. It has Adobe Flash support for better browsing. The complete Google application suite. GTalk, Gmail, Google Map, Google Maps Navigation Google Latitude, Google Places, Google Calender, Google *.* :) And yes, Android Market with more than 4.5 Lacs apps. So you can download wide variety of apps for Android Honeycomb 3.1 Operating System. However for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, no need to download anything. It has Polaris Office for your professional life. The clipboard stores upto 20 text and images. Useful, right? What Next?
7. Processor
Like Intel Pentium processor is inside desktop, "NVIDIA 1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2" processor is inside this tablet. Processor is core part. It is a brain of the tablet. Sometimes feature rich smart phone and tablet become annoying with their sluggish response to UI (User interface). This dual core processor is very powerful. It is excellent for multitasking, mobile web browsing, hardware-accelerated Flash applications, console-quality graphics and so overall best user experience. It does all the calculation in real time, so you can browse Internet, read e-books, play games, enjoy HD videos. Yet it is power efficient to conserve your battery. Unbelievable!
This blog URL is 7Layers, because our existence has seven layers. Body, breath, mind, memory, intelligence, ego and self. Same way, have you noticed? The Samsung Galaxy Tab has seven layers. So the URL for . (1)Physical Body, (2) Connectivity, (3) Multimedia and Navigation, (4) Social Hub, (5) Readers Hub, (6) Brand Hub and (7) Processor. All these seven layers exist for only one sole purpose: 'the best end user experience'. You can further enhance interaction with tablet using Keyboard case and desktop dock accessories.
Whether hardware or software. Whether Android platform or Apps. Whether WiFi or 3.5G HSPA. Whether social networking or multimedia. Whether purpose is work or play. Altogether, this tablet provides a 'wow expression'!It's far better than Apple's iPad, Motorola's Xoom, Acer's Iconia Tab A100 or Toshiba Thrive.
Mere Jaise,
Kisi Pagal Kavi Ki Kalpana Ho Tum...
Khud Ko Bhool Jaun Woh Nasha Ho Tum...
Hakikat To Nahin, Ek Sapna Ho Tum...
Ab Hosh Na Aaye To Behtar Hoga...
Sapna Hi Sahi Phir Bhi Mere Apne Ho Tum...
Kisi Pagal Kavi Ki Kalpana Ho Tum...
Khud Ko Bhool Jaun Woh Nasha Ho Tum...
Hakikat To Nahin, Ek Sapna Ho Tum...
Ab Hosh Na Aaye To Behtar Hoga...
Sapna Hi Sahi Phir Bhi Mere Apne Ho Tum...
You are just an imagination of a mad poet like me. You are ecstasy, that makes me to forget myself. You are not reality, just dream only. Let me remain in this state only. After all, it's my own dream.
Yes such tablet was an imagination of a mad poet. Now not. Samsung has launched Galaxy Tablet 750 in India on August 10, 2011. Now it is no longer a dream. It is a reality. It is marvel of engineering. So what are you waiting for? It's time for better tablet. It's time to Tab. Just go and buy Samsung Tab. And yes, do not forget to share your experience.
Yes, you can post your comments using Samsung Galaxy Tab itself. I will wait for a wow from you all. Thanks.
I Am Against Corruption, & you?
Posted by Manish Panchmatia Labels: India / Comments: (2) Full article...>>
I have many questions, particularly to Hon. Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh.
- Yes, the parliament is supreme. Simple reason. The members of parliament (MPs) are our representatives. Today all Indians are in favor of Jan Lokpal Bill. I am wondering, what can be the reason that the parliament is in favor of toothless SARAKAARI Lokpal Bill?
- How come the parliament could not pass any such bill in the last 64 years !
- If Hon. Prime Minister wants to take the strict actions against the corruption, then what can be more strict method/way/system than Jan Lokpal Bill ! PM should share that idea with team Anna to make Jan Lokpal Bill more strict.
- Today youth of India is giving maximum support to Anna Hazare. At this crucial time, Where can be Rahul Gandhi, who wanted to lead the young generation !!
How nice it would be, if they are aware about hurdles in our day to day life, caused by corruption. We should have a challenging yet simple game for all the ministers and MPs.
• Get ration card, passport, for them without giving even a single paisa bribe.
• Just go and register real estate property on your name without bribe.
• Just convince an auto driver to come with fair as per meter charge.
• Have a wonderful drive on their vehicles, they will realize how our roads are built. How difficult it is to collect receipts from a traffic police.
After going through all such experiences, their eyes will open. What a ridiculous, the SARAKAARI Lokpal Bill does not address any of our day to day life issues, listed above. We do not mind paying 30% Income Tax. Yes, while paying bribe we feel guilty and helpless. It is unethical. Government officers, MPs and all politicians gets good salary. In addition to that, they take bribe, without any fear! As there is no any strict law, to punish them.
Just look at this article, last year 2010, we had maximum scams. Don't you thin, It is our money. If bank gives us loan, it makes sure for repayment. It is bank's money. When we invest, we make sure to get positive maximum return. It is our money. Same way, the money, India lost in all the scandals, are our tax payers' money. This year, our Hon. Prime Minister acknowledged in Independence day speech, the contribution of farmers, labors, workers for the economic growth of India. We have also contributed to bank balance of corrupt politicians. The black money deposited at Swiss banks are our money. Even if corrupt politicians caught with evidence, as per present law, they will get imprisonment for 7 years or so. After 7 years, they can enjoy all our money they stole by scams!!
Anna Hazare rightly said, in this video. We - the people of India - are the king in democracy. Ministers are our servant. However, since Independence, the Neharu/Gandhi family has ruled over us, looted us and made us servant. So far, all the laws were made by them, which make them richer and richer. We have blindly followed and tolerated. Now, it is time, that we - the people of India - are making laws and the government has to follow it. Today the government is just buying little more time to exist, by all such reactions to Anna Hazare movement.
I am sure, our Hon. Prime Minister understand everything. The right and wrong. However he seems helpless. The "remote control" controls him !!!
Enough is enough. I am concern about my money, which I lost in all these scams. I wish to have such a RAM-RAJYA, where no one needs to pay any bribe for anything. So I support India Against Corruption movement. So I am observing fast tomorrow 19th August, to support Anna Hazare. For next election, I will cast my vote only to that candidate who really cares for common men, their problem and supports vision for corruption free India. I will never caste my vote for Congress (I) who kept a true Gandhian Anna Hazare in Tihar Jail.
What about you? Will you all accompany Anna Hazre for his movement India Against Corruption, whatever way, you can?
Yes? Thanks. Looking forward for bright future for India. Jai Hind.
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Anna Hazare video from Tihar recorded by Dr. Kiran Bedi
Happy (??!!) Independence Day
Appeal to All Indians
Happy (??!!) Independence Day
Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Monday, August 15, 2011 Labels: Festival, India / Comments: (0) Full article...>>
15th August is Independence Day in our India. In addition to an old event report Made In India, let me share two nice photos.
One is about a Rangoli at Forum Value mall, Whitefield, Bangalore. Happy Independence Day 2011. The Rangoli is prepared by Mr. Arun Sagar, an art director.
Now look at this, a typical Indian house-maker is preparing food for dinner. This photo was captured without flash on 15th August 2011 between 8 to 9 PM. Electricity was there. Lights were switched off to support anti-corruption movement. To support Anna Hajare's Jan Lokpal Bill. To oppose SARAKAARI Lokpal Bill.
it will move into '*Satyam eva Jayathe*' (Truth alone shall prevail).
Appeal to all Indians
Anna Hazare @ IIMB
One is about a Rangoli at Forum Value mall, Whitefield, Bangalore. Happy Independence Day 2011. The Rangoli is prepared by Mr. Arun Sagar, an art director.
Now look at this, a typical Indian house-maker is preparing food for dinner. This photo was captured without flash on 15th August 2011 between 8 to 9 PM. Electricity was there. Lights were switched off to support anti-corruption movement. To support Anna Hajare's Jan Lokpal Bill. To oppose SARAKAARI Lokpal Bill.
This is just a single photo, but there are many such women, house makers, families, shop keepers who switched off the light.
Satyam Param Dhimahi (Let Truth, Divinity and Knowledge shine through me),
it will move into '*Satyam eva Jayathe*' (Truth alone shall prevail).
Appeal to all Indians
Anna Hazare @ IIMB
Made in India
Posted by Manish Panchmatia Labels: Bangalore, Book, Economic, Event Report, Festival, Management / Comments: (0) Full article...>>
This is a kind of filler article. To keep the blog continue. This is an event report of a book release named "Made in India." in April 2005. Enjoy MAADI !!
What will come to your mind, when you hear "Made in
"? A voice of Alisha Chinoy's "Made in India ……" from her popular musical album! Right? India
But here I am talking about a symposium on emerging Indian competitiveness. Mr. Subir Roy has written an interesting book "Made in
India – A Story of Emerging Competitiveness" I attended its book opening ceremony with my friend on pleasant Saturday evening 9th April 2005 at CrossWord, . Interested? Then keep on reading. Bangalore
Let me first introduced the distinguished member of the panel. They were representatives of all major sectors.
- Mr. G. Gurucharn - IAS officer from policy making.
- Mr. Subroto Bagchi from MindTree and Mr. Nadan Nilekani from Infosys – IT sector. Mr Prakash Gurbaxani, from Transworks – ITES sector.
- Mr. Harish Bijoor from Harish Bijoor Consultants – Service sector.
- Mr. Ravi Uppal from ABB India – manufacturing sector and
- off course, the author Mr. Subir Roy. :)
The discussion was really interesting. All these members vocally and dynamically presented their view about
and its competitiveness. Subir Roy was taking notes, through out the discussion. India
Nadan Nilekani emphasized on human capital. "All CEOs are quality conscious and very confident for global competitiveness…" He also mentioned importance of VAT (Value Added Tax).
Prakas Gurbaxani made a short speech. He mainly emphasized opportunity in food processing and garment export. He reminded that our
is also important for garment exports. Bangalore
Ravi Uppal mentioned that we are forgetting importance of secondary sector -manufacturing while we stress too much on services.
G. Gurucharan IAS officer, he was a bit pessimistic. "Whenever we talk about
's competitiveness, we all remember only about economic reform started 15 years back in 1991. India – IT hub and other industrial areas are like islands of excellence…" (We all know, Strategy guru Dr. C. K. Prahald introduced this word "islands of Excellence") G. Gurucharan reminded audience about states like Bangalore Bihar and Zarkhand. "Central government as well as state government both have to do so many things. Combined efforts by Industry and Government will be more effective. Here, at , government policy makes one step forward and two steps backward. Our industries need to become first nationally competitive in the unified national market, before being globally competitive. …" India
Subrota Bagchi informed that the author himself has nagging sense about this book may become obsolete very soon. "Till now, we have always studied
in flashback. We talked about Naheru, Gandhi, cultural heritage etc. First time, this book is written about real time. Even, the changes are so fast that real time is also not sufficient; we need book in fast forward mode … India
"There is a major demographic shift in the whole world. We will have 4.5 to 6 billion teenagers in next 15 years in
India and together. So many unusual things will happen in business and corporate world… Pakistan
"There was a time, when a senior executive of Sun Micro System, told me, he do not know where is
? Sajan Jindal was reluctant to put seal of 'Made in India ' on steal. Then slowly he unwillingly agreed. Today, Jindal industry is getting premium price with 'Made in India ' seal. The foreigners think that if Indians can write good quality software then to produce good quality steal is not a major deal for them… India
"Suppose, without this IT booms, if I was at US, then maximum I would be a taxi driver there. Today, situation is such that, at US if any taxi driver is Indian, then people thinks that he must be a software engineer also!
"Maharshi Aurbindo mentioned that independent of
's independence, the country has its own destiny too. This book talks about this destiny." India
Harish Bijoor delivered a nice presentation with Power Point slides. He started his speech with Nadan's comments to him, "Power corrupts people and Power Point corrupts everything in presentation if it does not work. :)
"This symposium panel members represents all major sectors like: IT, ITES, Manufacturing, Policy making. Biotech is missing.
is a brand since 1995. He always searches for Indian products at Indian stores in abroad. He mentioned some statistics. In 1970 46% contribution in GDP was from agriculture, in 2004 21% and in 2011 it will be 6%. His major concern was agriculture sector. Poor agriculture is like only one big black hole in Indian economy. As per him, we have two India . The Real India is 643000 villages where 70% of population stays. Other one is virtual Indias . Rural India India is again divided in Developed India with 32 % of rural and 43 million homes. Developing rural India has 90 million homes. If we want to increase per capita income from Rs. 480 in 2001 to Rs. 2000, then we must need to focus on agriculture…" India
At last, he wished best of luck to the author that his book will have sales figure as good as OR better than, Alisha Chinoy's Made in India album's sales figure.
Then we had an interactive round of Question – Answer session.
Subir Roy replied that the primary focus of the book is Indian reader. Nadan Nilekeni shared his views about vision comes first, or vision developed as we proceed.
Someone asked about panel's view on
China v/s . Ravi Uppal describes that India do not have competitiveness in service sector. They are competitive in mass production and batch production. China is also moving for mass production. E.g. two-wheelers. India is much more competitive in software development and IT sector. India trains its people for global education and English. We have stable policy, supportive government, and disciplined people. Subroto Bagchi mentioned social aspects. In addition to IT and ITES, we need competitiveness in other sector also. Today BPO has very high turnover rate. In his days, civil engineering was at boom. So all parents were pushing their son/daughter to civil stream. Today parents have same craze for IT. Particularly in Andhra Pradesh, software engineer with H1B visa has very high value in marriage market. Nadan Nilekeni mentioned that we can apply IT for agriculture also. We developed software for supply chain optimization. Developing software is not difficult. We need a framework and competitive market. Our retails chain should demand such software. Supply chain optimization software should be pulled by market, instead of pushed by us. China is lacking in soft infrastructure. China does not have neither legal framework nor financial framework nor democracy. It is always easy to build road for China compare to build democracy for china. India
At last one lady from the audience informed that, it is not only Alisha Chinoy. Recently, Intel also acknowledged the contribution of Indians in its progress. Patel inside and Intel Outside!!! Harish Bijoor agreed with her. He also mentioned that yes we are competitive; the issue is how to market that Patel. He explained his experiment with late Devang Mehta (NASSCOM) They purchased best cleaning broom and packed its nicely. It costs them Rs. 95 They could sale them at Rs. 1600 in US. They found broom very useful for cleaning. They also exported Gujarati BAANDHANIs.(a type of SARIs)
At last, Harish made an excellent summary. He compiled all the relevant points from all the speakers. Subir requested all to unwrap the book and just hold it for the benefits of photographers. We saw the books. It contains interesting cases, statically data with graphs about
. It costs Rs. 350 after special discount only for that occasion. Each copy had author's autograph. Someone requested to Subroto for the autograph on the book. He politely denied that, only author can give autograph on the book. India


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Along with all 2.1 million Sierra Club members and supporters, I urge you to move forward with the strongest possible safeguards against industrial carbon pollution from new coal and gas-burning power plants.
Carbon pollution is the main contributor to climate disruption and is linked to life-threatening air pollution like asthma-inducing smog, making it a serious hazard to Americans' health and future. Power plants are some of our nation's top sources of this dangerous pollutant.
While standards for gas plants will need to be strengthened, I strongly support the new standards to clean up dangerous carbon pollution from new coal power plants. Coal plants are the source of an enormous proportion of the climate pollution facing our nation, and as we continue the transition to clean energy solutions, it's vital that our communities are protected from that pollution. The proposed standards for coal plants are an important and necessary step.
More than 3.2 million comments were submitted calling for the EPA to take climate action during 2012. Please add my name to that list of Americans who are ready for our government to protect our families, our communities, and our climate from dangerous and destructive carbon pollution.
Sierra Club
This petition closed over 6 years ago
We've known for decades that carbon wrecks our health and our climate, and power plants are one of our nation's top sources. Their pollution fuels climate disruption -- it makes wildfires burn...
We've known for decades that carbon wrecks our health and our climate, and power plants are one of our nation's top sources. Their pollution fuels climate disruption -- it makes wildfires burn hotter and droughts last longer. Unlimited carbon pollution means more smog, more asthma attacks, and more climate disruption.
And there's literally no limit to how much carbon polluters are allowed to dump into our air.
Join the thousands of voices that have already asked the EPA to protect our communities from carbon pollution.

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In this previous part of this article we learned about types of shells . In most of the Linux distributions , bash shell is the default shell. So we are going to discuss the working of bash shell in this article . Fasten your seat belts and get ready for the bash ride 😀
Normally we think that when we type a command, shell looks for the command in all the directories defined in the PATH environment variable. But in real it goes through the following sequence to reach the above step.
- Redirection
- Aliases
- Expansion
- Shell Function
- Shell Builtin
- Hash table
- PATH variable
Now lets first discuss them one by one:
1. Redirection: Consider the example given in the following snapshot:
Here files file1, file2, file3 exists in the current directory as seen from the output of ls command but when we redirect the output to out.txt file, the out.txt file should contain the output of ls command i.e. file1 file2 file3 but in real it also includes out.txt. This happens because before ls is executed redirection is done and file out.txt is created in current directory (we can't redirect output to a file that doesn't exit).
2. Aliases: After redirection shell moves to aliases.
Here I have defined alias ls=cat , now when I type ls out.txt , ls is replaced with cat and contents of out.txt file is displayes. To make the shell ignore alias use , precede the command name with backslash ("\").
3. Expansion: According to bash manpage there are seven kind of expansions : brace expansion, tilde expansion, parameter and variable expansion, command substitution, arithmetic expansion, word splitting, and pathname expansion. Discussing all of them is beyond the scope of this article, refer to bash manpage (man bash) for more information. If the command you typed contain any variable name, wildcards (*,? etc) shell expands them. As an example refer to the screenshot below :
Here $HOME becomes /home/sumit (my home directory) after expansion and file* is expanded to file1, file2, and file3.
4. Shell Function: Like many programming languages bash allows you to define functions. A function in bash may contain multiple commands. You can execute a function just by typing its name. Example : Look in the figure below, here I have defined an alias by name "ls" and a function by the same name. Since alias gets priority over function, when I first type ls and press enter /bin/ls is executed. Next I have used backspace to ignore alias. After deleting alias using unalias command, since there is no alias left ls corresponds to function ls.
5. Shell Builtin : Some commands are a part of bash code itself, they are called Shell builtin commands. They are given priority over hash table and directories in PATH variable. Example : echo is a shell builtin command, you can use type command to determine how a given keyboard will be interpreted.
Here its clear that echo is shell builtin command, echo also exist in /bin/ folder but if you type echo and hit enter , it will be ignored since builtin command are of more priority. Notice how the output of "type ls" changes after defining the alias by the same name. Once we delete alias and function ls, bash searched hash table, since ls is not in hash table is look in PATH and its found in /bin/ls.
6. Hash table: The concept of hash table is similar to cashing in Linux, shell store the full path of all the executed commands to speed things up. Now in the snapshot below I have started a new shell, after that I execute ls command (since there is no alias or function by the same name, it executes /bin/ls because /bin is in PATH). Then after executing echo and firefox, I have used hash command to look at hash table. The first column "hits" display cache hits and "command" column displays full path of the command. Because echo is internal command its not displayed in hash table. After I execute ls one more time its hit column changes from 1 to 2.
7. PATH variable: Last of all shell searches for a given command in directories listed in PATH environment variable. You can look at the contents of PATH by typing
$echo $PATH
To add any directory to PATH variable use
$export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/dir
where /path/to/dir is the absolute path to the directory you want to add. For more information you can read bash manage ($man bash). Also to make the changed PATH settings permanent add the line export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/dir to .bashrc file in your home directory.
$echo "PATH=$PATH:/path/to/dir" >> /home/your_user_name/.bashrc
Note: Make sure you use >> instead of >, otherwise .bashrc file will get overwritten instead of appending.
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I was sent to Williston, North Dakota to look into the booming oil scene and find out what it takes to get a job.
My first morning there, I met a young man living in his van who'd shown up two weeks before and quickly found employment.
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It was five degrees at 7:20 in the morning when I stumbled upon James Woodward in the parking lot of the Williston Community centre. For $3 a day workers hit the community centre for a shower and try to find out who's hiring among the employed workers.
He was crouched down; boiling some shrimp flavored Ramen noodles on his camp stove. I talked with him while he ate his breakfast in the cold. It started snowing and messing up my notes, so I sat in my rental car, scribbling as he talked.
He finished by saying he was only working part-time at the moment and didn't have to be to work until six.
"Feel like showing me around?" I asked.
He did, and ended up spending the next couple of days going around with me while I took pictures and talked to anyone who'd stand still long enough to offer an opinion.
James is 24, has two years of college and an EMT certification. He refused to take out student loans at 15 per cent to fund the rest of a nursing degree and had been working at whatever jobs he could find for two years while living at home.
Despite working incessantly, he hadn't had health insurance in years. I noticed he kept rubbing his right wrist and I asked him what was up. "I think I broke my wrist again last year," he replied. "Playing hockey. I couldn't afford another fifteen-hundred bucks to get it fixed."
He flexed his hand out in front of him. "So, I deal with it."
James was unable to find an EMT job in his Oregon hometown as "5,000 people applied for the same job with the fire department," he told me. He'd been working retail, as a mover and a messenger before a friend's father told him about the Williston oil boom.
When his messenger job started requiring insurance that left him making about minimum wage, he traded his Impala to his dad for a 1990 Ford Aerostar with 230,000 miles, an original engine, transmission and spark plugs and committed to forging his way in Williston.
"I baby'd that van every inch of the way out here," he told me patting the hood. "I'll call it home as long as I can."
When he left he had $380 in his savings account; his dad gave him another $120, and his older brother pitched in $40 more. He was down to 80 bucks when I met him on Friday and his first paycheck wasn't coming for another week. He had been sick for days, fever keeping him up nights as the sweat froze to his skin, thawed and soaked his sleeping bag inside the van.
James' first stop when he got to town was Job Service of North Dakota. "The worst place to find a job," he said. "Anywhere else but here," he said as we parked out front. "All they told me was, 'look at all the people that are hiring.'"
Then he went to Bakken Staffing where he found out that he really needed his Commercial Drivers licence, to drive the big trucks, and that to get his permit he needed to be a resident for six months and have an address. The car would not cut it. He put that on his list of things to figure out once he found a temporary job.
While doing his laundry at Bubba's Bubbles, "A great place to network and find out about job openings," he told me as we drove by, someone said he should keep an eye out for jobs in the free weekly paper, the Shopper.
It didn't take long for him to figure out those jobs were getting snatched up pretty quickly, so he called the publisher to find out what day the papers were distributed.
"Wednesday afternoon I parked at the Shopper's office waiting for the truck to pull in from the printer," he smiled.
The driver cut open a stack and gave him the first one. He started calling and lined up an interview at Federal Express.
The staff there, he found out, had all quit, to a man, after leasing their mineral rights to the oil companies.
James was hired on the spot and started work after his background check went through a few days later. At $16 an hour with immediate, full benefits, if he worked 20 hours a week, his supervisor apologized, and told James he knew that he wouldn't be there long, but to try and give him some notice when he found a better job.
"I've got a phobia about going into debt," James told me on Saturday. "I was accepted to Oregon State and when I sat down to sign my loan papers, I just couldn't do it."
His plan is to work four years in the oil fields, try and bank $100,000 a year, finish school and pursue his interests. "With money in the bank, work will be so much more enjoyable," James said. "Everything will be more enjoyable."
He knows it won't be easy. He's shooting for a wireline job, a position that will keep him largely out of the cold, while he uses a computer to slip measuring devices deep inside the oil wells.
Wireline jobs start at about $120,000 a year and companies prefer applicants with no experience so they can train them from scratch themselves.
While there I heard one wireline operator say he'd just gotten off work after 56 hours. Every eight hours is a standard rate of pay and every other hour up to 24 is overtime. The multi-day shifts each work like that, with operators taking breaks and resting when they can.
Work schedules are often two to three weeks on, and one or two weeks off. It's a gruelling routine that James is eager to start.
I asked him if it was tough, leaving his family, who he's really close with, and his fiancé Ruth. "Definitely," he said. "But the world has changed, you just can't make it with a normal job anymore."
We were walking outside under a sky as big as I'd ever seen.
"There's no security anymore," he sighed. "It's scary. These jobs, they come and they go. I just want a little security."
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Justina's so cute
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Woah Closet, you're a pretty good artist. You should draw more.
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Coat: Mulberry (old). Tee: Calder. Shoes: Martiniano. Jeans: Madewell (old). Bracelets: Jade, Cartier. Toddler dress: Stella Kids (last seen here with Stella!). Toddler jeggings: Gap Kids (old). Toddler shoes: Toms.
(Special thanks to Mother Mag for including us in your "mom style" at West Coast Craft. Check out the full post for other stylin' mamas.)
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Dress: Celine (I absolutely loved this version on Sienna Miller so when I recently scored mine on super sale at Saks, I was speechless!!!). Shoes: Maryam Nassir Zadeh (excuse my band aid haha). Jacket: Lemaire. Hat: Janessa Leone. Bracelets: Cartier, Jade (my own).
an evening in palm springs
Top: Vika Gazinskaya x & Other Stories (old, last seen here). Jeans: Lemaire (I'm obsessed with mine!). Shoes: Carrie Forbes. Bag: Kotur (old). Hat: Janessa Leone. Bracelets: Cartier, Jade (my own).
(I just came back from an girls weekend getaway to Palm Springs – a much needed and fun trip! I highly recommend dinner at the Workshop Kitchen + Bar – I even had a quick conversation with Kirsten Dunst in the ladies restroom ha! and staying at the Parker Palm Springs. Thanks to my dear friend Michele for taking these pics. You can check out her amazing baking blog here! xoxo)
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Sweater: Stella McCartney (old, dress version worn here). Jeans: Paige Denim (old). Shoes: Dolce & Gabbana (scored on The Outnet!). Bag: Proenza Schouler (old). Bracelets: Cartier, Jade (my own).
Top: Etoile by Isabel Marant. Overalls: APC. Sandals: Maryam Nassir Zadeh (scored at the Lisa Says Gah pop up in SF). Sunnies: Thierry Lasry (old). Bracelets: Cartier, Jade (my own).
trench, stripes, and mom jeans
Shirt: Comme des Garcons Play. Jeans: vintage Levis (scored at General Store SF). Shoes: Martiniano (purchased at Lisa Says Gah pop up earlier this month). Trench coat: By Marlene Birger. Bracelets: Cartier, Jade (my own). Sunnies: Thierry Lasry (old). Bag: Celine (borrowed from my mom).
(P.S. I am *SO* thrilled to see an Isabel Marant store coming to SF. Finally!)
monday splurge vs. steal: spring LWD
Splurge: Etoile by Isabel Marant (top). vs. Steal: Pixie Market (bottom).
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Sweater: Madewell. Jumpsuit: Pixie Market (old, last seen here). Sandals: Isabel Marant (one of my wishful wednesday picks). Sunnies: Thierry Lasry (old). Bracelets: Cartier, Jade (my own). (All pictures taken at the General Store in SF).


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Vegetable tagine with chickpeas & raisins
Prep: 10 mins
We've made getting your five of day simple with this healthy tagine
Nutrition and extra info
- Easily halved
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal246
- fat9g
- saturates1g
- carbs36g
- sugars19g
- fibre9g
- protein12g
- salt0.52g
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- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 2 onions, chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- ½ tsp each ground cinnamon, coriander and cumin
- 2 large courgettes, cut into chunks
The courgette is a variety of cucurbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- 2 chopped tomatoes
A member of the nightshade family (along with aubergines, peppers and chillies), tomatoes are in…
- 400g can chickpea, rinsed and drained
- 4 tbsp raisin
- 425ml vegetable stock
- 300g frozen pea
- chopped coriander, to serve
Heat the oil in a pan, then fry the onions for 5 mins until soft. Stir in the spices. Add the courgettes, tomatoes, chickpeas, raisins and stock, then bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 10 mins. Stir in the peas and cook for 5 mins more. Sprinkle with coriander, to serve.
Recipe Tip
Serve with couscousCouscous is delicious with tagines. Tip 200g into a bowl and pour over 400ml boiling stock. Cover and leave for 5 mins, then fluff up with a tbsp of olive oil.
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26th Apr, 2020
Pretty uninspiring, as you can imagine, with veg stock, and barely a hint of the cumin and cinnamon. Anglicised yawn of a dish. There are easy alternatives that are much better. Possibly try bumping up to a teaspoon for the spices, and adding 1 tsp ras el hanout, 4cm ginger, and dashes of lemon juice. It's basically a veg casserole otherwise. Just a load of veg dumped together tastelessly.
9th Nov, 2017
This was quick and simple to prepare. I realised too late that I'd run out of ground coriander so I used ras el hanout with a sprinkling of cinnamon; otherwise I followed the recipe exactly (using low salt stock cube). I found it perfectly edible, but a bit unexciting: for me alone I wouldn't bother making again; the 2 preschoolers (almost 1 and picky almost 3 yr old) who were my dining companions loved it though - no complaints and clean plates so will keep this in the binder as a way of getting lots of veg into them when needed (and particularly so when I would otherwise be reaching for the prunes as the chickpea, raisin and courgette combination is great in this respect!!)
27th May, 2016
I made this tonight with trepidation as anything vegetarian is met with 'what no meat??!' But it was a winner! I added butternut squash and sweet potato to hide the courgette that the kids say they hate. Also a sprinkling of chilli powder gave it an extra kick. Clean plates from a family of five very fussy eaters!
24th May, 2016
Delicious. When I visited Morocco almost all the vegetable tagines had chunky carrot in them, so I had to add some go this recipe! It added to the sweetness of the dish and brought a nice texture to it too. Very easy and quick to make, makes food for 2 days. Super healthy and super yummy!
12th May, 2014
Very easy and healthy meal ideal for mid week and getting some goodness into kids. I used half a can of chopped tomatoes instead of the 2 tomatoes and after tasting before serving, added an extra teaspoon of all 3 spices. And a squirt of tomato puree. Served it with cous cous. Rated it 4 because its quick, easy, healthy and uses ingredients we usually have in.
24th Mar, 2014
A very very basic meal. However quite tasty. I was going to serve just with bread but decided it did not look substantial enough, so served with pilau rice. The portion easily fed 2 adults and 3 children with some left for lunch next day. The kids polished it off and it was a quick supper to make. Next time I will add more tomato and maybe some cauliflower.
17th Jan, 2014
Amazingly tasty considering how easy it is. I halved the ingredients to cook for two and it was full of flavour. I served it with a lemon & coriander couscous and a dollop of creme fraiche. Will definitely use this recipe again. It's easy enough to be a mid-week dinner and tasty enough to cook for other people too. Total winner. Love it.


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I Am So Thankful For Lexie On Our First Thanksgiving11/30/2007 11:52:00 PM Edit This 1 Comment »
I feel so bad that I haven't posted anything on this blog basically since I got back home with Lexie. It has been just a wonderful, exhausting and crazy time adjusting to her in my life. I really can't remember what it was like without her. She is doing so well in every way that I can't begin to express how grateful I am for this sweet, funny, smart, charming little girl.
She just turned 18 months and we celebrated our 6 months of knowing each other on Oct 25. For all the challenges that were involved in the trip to Aktau to get her, it now seems like it wasn't so bad (maybe I need to read the blog again to refresh my memory) and it seems like a very long time ago. Of course, we have only been home a little less than 4 months so I guess it hasn't been all that long. She has really just blossomed and watching her become more confident in herself (and her choices) has just been amazing. The hardest thing for me has been going back to work. I really don't want to go and I try to do as much as possible from home. Then I get distracted by her and don't get much done. Luckily she still takes two 2 hour naps a day and doesn't get up until around 9am and goes to bed around 9-9:30 at night, so there are a several hours a day I can work while she sleeps. So life is VERY good.
Physically, she finally cut her first two front teeth in Sept on the bottom and her top two front teeth just at the beginning of Nov. They are still coming in but the two on either side of her top teeth just broke through this last week. Hopefully she'll have a mouth full by her second birthday. She drools like crazy but doesn't really get very fussy. Again, I am so lucky. Now she also runs not walks whenever she can and loves stairs and is amazingly fast on the way up (much to my fear.) I have gotten her to slow down and go down on her tummy but I won't be comfortable around stairs for several more years I'm sure.
She weighs 22.5 lbs, which is about 5 more than when I meet her and is at least 1 inch taller. I'll have to measure her to find out if she's grown more since our last check up. Both her IA & regular pediatrician say she's doing just great and I couldn't agree more.
She helped me celebrate my birthday - the 29th again of course. That's her in the yellow bib with chocolate all over her face. She was hands down the best present I've ever received! Lexie also went to her first Blackberry Festival - that's the pictures of us in front of the shooting water fountain in the post before this one. She still loves water and has no fear of it what so ever. She actually fears very little. We also go to the park as much as possible and you can see her on her first slide and swing (also in the previous post.) She's all about speed so the slide is her favorite. And as you can see her hair is growing like crazy. I've had to cut the bangs twice but the rest just gets longer and curlier. I hope she keeps the curl in her hair as it keeps growing since it looks so cute.
We went back to Houston for the birth of my nephew, Blake Colton Wells, on Oct 2. He weighed 9 lbs 11 oz at birth and now at 8 weeks he weighs 14 1/2 lbs. Yes, he is one big baby. You can see him proudly held by his new big brother and sister. While we were there I took Lexie to her first soccer game to watch Cody & Mackenzie play. As they were playing hard so was Lexie!! It was still warm enough so we got to swim too. She truly loves the water and I had to drag her in the house after she turned into a prune. Oh my little bathing beauty.
We got back in time to take a few drumming lessons (thanks Uncle Jim for the musical instruments!) and then we worked on her Halloween outfit. She was the cutest Pink Poodle in town. She wasn't scared at all and had a great time. People would give her candy and she would give it right back. She is learning to share and thought this was another lesson. So we didn't have much candy in her bucket but she had a ball. The picture with her and the little lamb is Hannah the 7 month old baby of one of my friends at work that we went trick-or-treating with. They both completely ignored each other. I think Lexie actually just couldn't see Hannah because of her floppy ears.
Something else Miss Lexie likes is hats. They are her passion. One of her sitters knitted her a hat which she wares around the house all the time. So now she has a bit of a hat collection. As you can see she wares them well. I think the fuzzy pink pimp hat is my favorite so far.
And yes we went back to Houston for a third time in 4 months for Thanksgiving. Angie didn't want to fly with the new baby and who can blame her. Lexie has been a great little flyer so far and I hope she keeps it up for Christmas, as we'll head back down south for that as well. She really LOVES playing with her cousins and they are great with her. She helped Mackenzie bake one morning (the girls are a study in pink for this shot) and visited Cody at lunch in school one afternoon. Then Brooke got to hold her for the group picture on the couch. I've never had so much help except, of course, with the poopy diapers. Then they run as fast as they can away from her. She really knows how to clear a room and make her mommy proud!!
We also had a pre 7th birthday party for Mackenzie since we would have to miss her REAL birthday by a week. There's a picture of Lexie with the birthday fairly princess. Then Lexie really got into the cake - literally!!
Later we actually managed to get all the kids dressed up and take pictures of them in Angie's back yard. I think Angie got the best on her camera (which I don't have yet) because Lexie didn't think it was necessary to sit for so long and I was running after her more than I was taking pictures. But these aren't too bad. Then I put her in a couple of outfits I had but never got a chance to put on her in Washington because it got too cold. I love her in the sailor suit. As you can see I'm still taking a lot of pictures of her and luckily she's very photogenic. I'm not sure how much longer she'll put up with it so I'm taking advantage of it while I can.
That's about it for now. We are getting ready for Christmas which should be amazing. My mom, sisters and I had gotten some shopping done after Thanksgiving and had even gotten most of it wrapped while the kids were napping or playing outside. Once Lexie was up and exploring Angie's house in her usual fashion, I hear rrrrriiiipppp and sure enough. Lexie had opened her first present. Never mind that it wasn't for her and a month too soon. So Christmas shall be very interesting. I'm not sure if there will be any surprises left under the tree but it sure will be fun.
Thanks everyone for your interest, love and support for me and this wonderful little girl that I have the joy of calling my daughter.


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If you picked up your copy of Game of Thrones season 2 on Blu-ray or DVD yesterday, you've likely checked out some of the set's many extras. One thing you won't find on there is this gallery of awesome fan art, created by artists who have ignored the TV series to bring their own vision of A Song of Ice and Fire to life... because it would make absolutely no sense to include it on the Blu-ray. Still, here's a fun look at a different Game of Thrones, where the players may look different, but the game remains the same.
Bran, Summer and Old Nan by Marco Calosci
Catelyn and Sansa by Martina Cecilia
Daenerys Targaryen by Chaotic-Alterego
Sansa's wedding night by Asidpk
Jon Snow and Ghost by Gaspar Nolasco
Jon Snow U So Sad by Hamlet Machine
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It's been a rough start for J.J. Yeley and his new team, the No. 96 Hall of Fame Racing Toyota. Since being booted from Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of last season to make room for Kyle Busch, Yeley has struggled to improve upon the performance of his predecessor at HOF, Tony Raines.
It's been a rough start for J.J. Yeley and his new team, the No. 96 Hall of Fame Racing Toyota. Since being booted from Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of last season to make room for Kyle Busch, Yeley has struggled to improve upon the performance of his predecessor at HOF, Tony Raines. Yeley comes into Sunday's Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway ranked 31st in the Sprint Cup points standings. In the first five races of the season, Yeley has failed to finish higher than 25th (Daytona and Bristol) in a race, while his worst finish has been 37th (Atlanta). But Yeley isn't worried about the transition from the JGR super team to the one-car HOF effort. Success will come in time he said, as can be seen in some of his answers to the following questions: Q. How is the transition from Gibbs to Hall of Fame going? A. It's going pretty decent. My confidence is getting better and better. Where we really need to start focusing on is making sure we're not getting too far from basics. These cars give you so many little things to try and make them go faster, but sometimes you need to have the base package first. Q. What's the biggest gains you and the No. 96 team have made so far? A. Our pit stops are good; there's a lot of camaraderie already amongst the team and myself. The important stuff is already there. There's definitely the chemistry that it takes to be successful. We just have to find the right road to get there. Q. In most cases, when a driver leaves a team not necessarily by choice, he has little to no interaction with his former team. But in your case, you've gone from Gibbs to Hall of Fame, which is more or less a Gibbs satellite team. Has that made things easier for you in the transition? A. It makes it easier knowing that we have real good equipment. As a single-car team, you need to know that when you show up at a race track, you know that you have all the pieces it's going to take to go fast. But, even with the relationship with Gibbs, we don't necessarily do what they do 100 percent. We are different and we have to figure things out for ourselves. Here, there's only one driver and one crew chief. We have to figure out what I need to go fast, not what my teammates are doing or need to go fast. But, there's still great communication between Gibbs and Hall of Fame, and hopefully as the season goes on, we'll have a lot more to offer as far as information and where maybe that bridge between both organizations and the sharing of knowledge will open a little bit more than what it has been. Jerry Bonkowski is National NASCAR Columnist for Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo.com) and a featured contributor for Gatehouse News Service. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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I am renting a Canon Speedlite 580EX II.
I had the pull-out Wide Panel (aka diffuser) out and, and when I went to push it back in I noticed that it was very, very loosely attached to its little black bar. Then, it popped off in my hand.
So, I can put the panel back on its mount fine, with the little spring in its notch and the little nubs on the ends in their holes, but it still feels really loose. I can push the panel back into the flash unit, but it pops off when I pull it out again.
I see in the manual that it warns me not to use excessive force (which I wasn't...) or the panel can detach.
So, can anyone tell me how to re-attach the panel so that it stays tight? Nothing appears to be at all broken, as best I can tell.


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Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott faced reports that their marriage was in trouble this week after footage from the fifth season of "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood" reportedly leaked, but the couple told Access Hollywood's Maria Menounos that they don't have any plans to split up.
"We're a normal married couple and I think it gets heightened when it's in the press and you're in the public eye," Tori said. "No relationship is perfect. No marriage is perfect. There's ebbs and flows and we go through struggles just like everyone else."
For Dean's part, he told Maria that a few moments of the couple's reality show didn't tell the whole story.
"They can take a little thing from your relationship and spin it into whatever they want," he said.
"It starts to feed," Tori added. "The frenzy feeds and then it grows and grows and today we're [reportedly] divorcing."
Despite the rumors, the couple seemed to be attentive parents as their 3-year-old son, Liam, joined his mom and dad.
When Maria asked about their parenting styles, it was Liam who explained their roles.
"Is Daddy a bad cop?" Dean asked Liam.
"Yeah," Liam said.
"And what is Mommy?" Tori said.
"Good cop!" Liam said.
The couple, who has two children, — Liam and daughter Stella — told Maria they'd be open to more – eventually.
"We would consider having more," Tori said.
"We need a diaper break," Dean added. "There's a lot of diapers and a lot of poop in our life right now."
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Mercenaries 2: World in Flames [ALL] Again Trailer (75mb)
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is an explosive open-world action game set in a massive, highly reactive, war-torn world. A power-hungry tyrant messes with Venezuela's oil supply, sparking an invasion that turns the country into a war zone.
But for you, international crisis is all upside: You are a mercenary, and you profit from chaos. Mercenaries 2 features a slew of potential clients, all willing to pay you to do their dirty work. Dirty deeds, done for exorbitant fees. These are world powers with deep pockets, deep grudges and enough arms and ammo to start World War III. This is your kind of environment.
Mercenaries 2 features the latest and most dangerous in civilian and military technology — everything from shiny new sports cars to the future-tech satellite-guided bunker-busting mini-nuke. Tanks, APCs, boats, luxury automobiles — you name it, you can have it delivered to you in real time. And if you run out of cash you can always 'acquire' the gear you need in the field.
If you see it, you can buy it, steal it or blow the living crap out of it. Play your own way, or play with the help of a friend in the new cooperative multiplayer mode.
You are not a soldier. You don't have to play by anyone's rules. You have your own code: fulfill the terms of the contract, no matter what. Not everyone in the world of Mercenaries is as honorable — everyone will try and screw you, given the chance. They think they can get away with it, because they don't know rule #1: EVERYBODY PAYS.
Key features:
- Play the main Mercenaries 2 campaign with the help of your friends.
- Ground breaking, general purpose fire technology lets you set fire to buildings, vehicles and people. Shoot holes in the sides of fuel trucks, watch the oil spill under the feet of unsuspecting enemies and light it on fire with a match!
- Don't worry about drowning ever again: use watercraft or swim to traverse the oceans, rivers and lakes of Mercenaries 2.
- Increase and customize your support options by recruiting other mercenaries you meet in the game!
- The world of Mercenaries 2 is larger than all of the maps of the first game combined and is jam-packed full of colorful characters and environments. And this time, every action you make has ramifications throughout the entire country.
- Dozens of weapons, vehicles and support options are available for to use to blow the crap out of everything! Use the new grappling hook to latch on to flying vehicles and commandeer them in the sky!
- Clients will offer you money, information and other resources in exchange for your services ... provided you haven't done anything to piss them off!
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, will ship simultaneously for Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 and PC on August 31, 2008
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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, Aug. 5
Today's recommended picks
Carl Crawford, OF, Rays
.750 AVG (6-for-8) lifetime vs. Red Sox starter Brad Penny
Justin Morneau, 1B, Twins
.455 AVG (5-for-11) lifetime vs. Indians starter Aaron Laffey
David Wright, 3B, Mets
.412 AVG (7-for-17) lifetime vs. Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
For nearly a month and a half, rbgoulet1 found a way to defy the odds and successfully pick a player who came through with at least one hit. However, his march to BTS immortality met its end with Derek Jeter's grounder to Aaron Hill in the eighth inning of Tuesday's game betweeen the Yankees and Blue Jays in Toronto.
The groundout capped a 0-for-4 performance for the Yankees captain and snapped rbgoulet1's run at 42 games. rbgoulet1 finished three games shy of the BTS high mark of the season and seven-games shy of the all-time mark.
So as they say, the BTS leader is dead — long live the BTS leader! eggman3131 took over the top spot at 34 games thanks to a 3-for-5 performance from Joe Mauer. hammanm got just enough from Jacoby Ellsbury (1-for-6) to move up to 29 games, and samolina55 went with Ichiro Suzuki (2-for-5) to wind up in third place, at 28 games.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Joe Mauer (MIN): 11.6%, 3-for-5
2. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 10.8%, 2-for-5
3. Hanley Ramirez (FLA): 7.1%, 0-for-3
4. Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS): 5.7%, 1-for-6
5. Carl Crawford (TB): 4.6%, 1-for-7
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Streakers, please read my comment for Tuesday. Let me know what you all think. Thanks.
momfannie, I sympathize with you on how much it sucks to pick a guy that goes 0-1, whether it be from getting ejected, hurt or coming into pinch hit. To end a 35 game streak that way would definitely be hard to swallow. With that said, a 5 inning rule would take away from the authenticity of the game. What if your player got a hit but didnt play 5 innings, would that count?
I like the rules the way they are and I picked Damon last night against Halladay and he owns Halladay in his career. He continued that last night and I may be at 3 right now but I have a couple of rules I'm following to try to get to at least 20 since I have never made it at least that far yet.
momfannie – You took a tough loss when Joey "The Black Cat" Votto was tossed from that game after going 0 – 1.
Major league rules need to be followed.
The computer program that runs this game would be taxed beyond belief trying to keep up with how many innings guys played each game. e.g. Ichirio goes 3 -3 and Seattle is leading the Yankees 14 – 1 in the 3rd inning. Seattle mangager takes Ichiro out of the game to rest him. Do his hits now not count? This is a game of chance and "breaks of the game" cut both ways.
My dream secnario: My streak is at 56 games and I choose
Albert Pujols for game 57. Pujols twists his ankle before the game and is not in the line up. With two outs in the 9th he limps to the plate to pinch hit and hits a grand slam home run to win the game and I get the $1M.
vinman28 – Glad you stuck with Damon yesterday. I wish you had mention Damon owning Halliday when you asked for help with a pick. Chase Utley went 0 – 4 and my streak is gone.
I know dragbunt but I knew that Jeter was a bad pick since he was hitting .182 against Halladay and I was shocked when I saw the leader had him yesterday. At least we all still have something to play for.
momfannie, changing the rules, in my opinion, would just degrade the challenge, especially a rule that heavily favors misfortune. If that rule was in play, the contest may have already been won. How many people loose a streak because their pick got 2 or less official at bats (ABs)? My guess is it is very high. Getting 1 at bat is just horrible luck, it has happened to a fair amount of streakers-to-be. When it happens to you, you are almost praying for a walk or even hit by pitch. When it happens to the leaders, you are praying the pitcher throws strikes. Adds some excitement at that moment and water-cooler chats the next day.
Well, Dimaggio himself continued his streak with 3 games of only 2-ABs and 11 games of 3-ABs. Never had a 1-AB game, which is probably why his streak may never be broken. The streak: http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/dimaggio/streakstats.html
^^ Oh, and here's the flip side that does favor misfortune: extra innings. How many streakers continued their streak after the player got 4 or more ABs during the 1st nine innings and didn't get a hit; then, extra innings luck and the streak continued. Just happened with Ellsbury & Victorino yesterday.
Oops, meant Victor Martinez, not Victorino…
vinman – I was also very surprised that the Jeter was chosen the streak leader. Your "theory" on choosing a strong hitter v. a strong pitcher that the hitter "owns" is good information – I usually shy away from these matchups – but Johnny Damon's performance v. Halliday shows the other side of the coin in these situations.
Question? – If a sac fly is not recorded as a time at bat why does it could against us in the beat the streak game? e.g. If Alfonso Soriano walked, was hit by a pitch and had a sac fly in a game, he would not have an official at bat in the game 0 – 0 — but — your hitting streak would end because a sac fly counts against you. any thoughts here?
Is there a web site that gives you info on how a hitter does vs. lefty and righty pitchers?
I mean if I followed that info dragbunt than I would of probably had it won already. I haven't even gotten to 14 yet because I always make bad picks on bad days and the day I don't pick that person is when they get a hit. There is a website and it's the MLB site. I found it today and I find it's very useful info.
Regarding sac flies/hits…
"As addressed within Rule 10.09(e) of the Official Baseball Rules, a sacrifice fly is not counted as a turn at bat for the batter, though the batter is credited with a run batted in.
The purpose of not counting a sacrifice fly as an at bat is to avoid penalizing hitters for a successful tactical maneuver. The sacrifice fly is one of two instances in baseball where a batter is not charged with a time at bat after putting a ball in play; the other is the sacrifice hit. However, a sacrifice fly still reduces a player's on base percentage, and a player on a hitting streak will have the hit streak end if he has no official at-bats but he has a sacrifice fly."
lavolpevb – Thanks for the info on the sac fly. If the sac fly can end a MLB hitting streak – it also must end the "Beat the Streak" hitting streak. I get it now!
Also found that if you do a google search with player name and the words quick splits after the player name you get to the site with lefty/righty hitters v. pitchers stats.
Packed with good info – e.g. Ichirio hitting .458 in day games-amazing stat.
vinman – Keep the updates coming. My longest streak is 14 games. I like Ichirio on Thursday.
I wanted to get your thoughts on something else and that is the double header rule. I feel that it's too hard of a rule. I understand you need at least one hit in each game but do you feel they should give you credit for two games instead of one if the guy you choose gets a hit in both games. I think that they should give you credit for two wins in Survivor if a team wins both games since they get credit for both wins in the standings. You understand what I'm saying and dragbunt I had Cano today and he went 2-4 so far.
You can go to any team site, available at the upper left-hand corner of MLB.COM's site. Click on stats, then sortable player stats and it's all right there ? splits, including lefty-righty numbers and day and night (Ichiro on day games is as sure a pick as there is, even if Halladay is pitching), home and road, and game-by-game, useful for seeing when guys are in slumps and particularly helpful with pitcher analysis. Here's another website that will help let you know who's hot. I used to it to pick the Giants' Eugenio Velez the last two days: http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/CurStreak.py.
vinman – You are correct on the doubleheader rule. 2 games means two games. We should get a two game advance on our streaks. I know someone out there is going to tell us that the great Dimaggio played in X number of double headers during his streak and got hits in both games. The important thing now is that we read the rules and know to stay away from double headers.
pperkins – Thanks for the tip on searching the team sites for lefty/right info.
Good luck on Thursday!
could you imagine being able to pick a day game and then pick again that same evening. now that could be fun
They should let you pick up to 5 minutes before the 2nd game in the doubleheader, either the same player, a new player in that 2nd game, or a no pick for the 2nd game and still keep your streak intact.


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The owner of this Lenovo S10-2 tried to upgrade his operating system to Windows Vista. The problem is he had some problem while installing it and his machine refused to load the OS. He also accidentally deleted the recovery partition, so the one-key recovery won't work to restore to factory default. The owner now wanted to install Windows XP instead of Vista.
I usually use my external DVD Rom drive for this kind of work (it's the easier than USB method) but it broke down a couple of days ago. So I have no other choice but to install from a flash drive).
Fortunately, installing from a USB drive is now easier than it used to be. There are programs out there that handle all the work for you. Unlike before that you need to fire up command prompt and issue some commands to prepare the flash drive/usb drive before it can be use to install Windows XP. That's the reason why I prefer installing from external DVD ROM drive before.
What you need:
1) An empty USB flash drive, at least 1 GB in size (Is it necessary to be empty? Yes, because the program we will use formats the USB drive before copying window files)
2) NoviCorp Wintoflash (download here)
(NOTE: As of this writing, the program is still in beta, though I have not encountered any error or problem using it, we all know that using beta softwares may cause problems or still has some bugs in it.)
3. Windows XP installer CD or a copy to your hard drive.
Steps on installing Windows Xp from Flash Drive:1. Prepare your flash drive. Run WinToFlash.exe and choose the wizard.
This one is self explanatory. Windows files path would be your Windows CD and USB drive is your flash disk. Next window will be copying the setup files to your flash drive. In took about 30 minutes in my test using a 2 GB KingMax flash drive (I believe this result may vary depending on the speed of your source and your USB drive).
2. Turn on your laptop. Enter BIOS by pressing F2. Make sure that SATA Controller Mode is set to Compatible under Configuration. If you do not do this, the windows installer will not see your hard disk upon setup. Now Save and Exit.
3. Upon restart press F12 to choose Boot Device. Select your Flash Drive from the list:
4. This window will appear. Select 1st, text mode setup (boot from flash again after finish) here. You will now see the usual setup process when you install windows from CD.
5. When the initial copying of files is finish and the system restarts, you need to boot from flash drive again. But this time you will choose the first option in the picture above. (2nd, GUI mode setup). You will choose this option until the next 2 restarts and the first boot of windows. If you let it boot in hard disk, you will receive the error:
Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt:If that happens, just restart your laptop and choose to boot from flash drive. Installation of windows finished after 35 minutes in my test. It may vary depending on the speed of your laptop and your USB drive.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.