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The beef about U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman is that he is out of touch with his constituents concerning the war in Iraq. The beefing comes mostly from bloggers who support Ned Lamont's attempt to oust Lieberman in a Democrat primary, a few Democrat town committees that have drafted official rebukes, and a sizable chunk of Connecticut voters. President George Bush's flagging poll numbers in Connecticut suggest a broad dissatisfaction with the Iraq war.
The anti-Iraq war contingent received an assist from an unlikely quarter recently when the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported that Newt Gingrich, the former Republican Speaker of the House that progressives love to hate, leapt off the burning deck, telling students at the University of South Dakota, "It was an enormous mistake for us to try to occupy that country after June of 2003. We have to pull back, and we have to recognize it."
Gingrich did not suggest a time table for the rug pull.
Fox news, the TV station progressives love to hate, has reported that Gingrich – now on the literary stump promoting his newest book, ""Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America" – might be available as a presidential candidate at some unspecified point in the future.
"For an Army brat from Pennsylvania who became the only Georgia Republican in the House and the first Republican Speaker of the House in 40 years," Gingrich said, "anything seems possible. I don't think it's very likely. On the other hand, if I have an impact on public policy and do it in a way that is exciting and positive, why wouldn't I want to do that?"
It is only a matter of time before Gingrich's remarks on the Iraq war begin to appear in anti-Joe Lieberman ads.
Verily, politics doth make strange bedfellows.
How much longer will Lieberman be able to hold out against the fierce political winds blowing against the war? Much of the opposition to Bush has centered upon the question when should the troops be withdrawn. Bush perhaps undercut his own stiff-necked position—Victory is not for sale at any price -- by presenting a scenario in which American troops will be replaced by Iraqi security forces at some point to be determined by his generals on the ground. Why not now, some Democrats asked; why not tomorrow; why not the day after tomorrow? Americans always will prefer certain victory to what President Richard Nixon used to call, during the Vietnam War rout, an "honorable withdrawal." And if certain victory cannot be attained, well then …
Politics on the ground in Iraq suggests a bloody rout if American troops withdraw precipitously. Iraq always has been a nation of religious tribes held together by scotch tape, chewing gum and Saddam Hussein's exquisite terrorist techniques. No one is certain whether tribal and religious loyalties will trump a nationalism in which democracy is little more than a promise. Not for nothing has Saddam been compared to Hitler and Stalin.
Add to the volatile political mix Bush's lameduckerry and we have a recipe for massive failure in the Middle East. Conservative Republicans, positioning themselves for the next election, may be expected to return to their old ideological haunts. It was conservatives, in the rosy days of Reagan, who use to quote John Quincy Adams on American foreign policy to the effect that Americans are "friends of liberty everywhere but the guarantor and provisioner of ours alone."
Progressives may be expected to use the outgoing president as a political piñata in the next election – unless the gods of war surprise both conservatives and liberals by tilting the field in favor of liberty, justice and the good life in the Middle East. It is always easier to run against a president who is leaving the stage and cannot answer his critics.
And this brings us back to Lieberman. Can he do it? In a debate with anti-war warriors like Ned Lamont, can Lieberman prevail, when everyone else on the war ship is bailing? Ned Lamont and the anti-war warriors have studiously avoided answering what is perhaps the most important question: What are the likely consequences of an American failure in the Middle East for Europe and the United States? Americans are an intensely practical people. And practical people look to consequences; they want to know – what comes next?
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Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) Wakesetter VLX was voted Riders Choice Boat of the Year on WakeWorld.com.
The Wakesetter VLX is no stranger to Boat of the Year Awards and Malibu Boats has received a number of other big awards lately, but this latest honor holds some special significance for the world's #1 selling water sports boat manufacturer. The Riders Choice Award was voted on by the people who use Malibu wakeboard boats. This is why the VLX earned Rider's Choice Boat of the Year on WakeWorld.com. Malibu's brand of performance, comfort and style built in to this year's Wakesetter VLX turned out to be all the "get out the vote" effort needed.
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The 10th annual WakeWorld Riders Choice Awards presented by CWB Board Co. was the biggest ever. For the 10th consecutive year WakeWorld gave riders the opportunity to share their opinions on Pro Riders and wake sport products. Participants visited WakeWorld.com and cast their votes during the entire month of August. In addition to the Malibu's Illusion G3 Wakeboard Tower being voted Innovation of the Year, the Wakesetter VLX earned top honors as the Riders Choice Boat of the Year.
After 19 PowerBoat Magazine Boat of the Year Awards you'd think earning an honor like Riders Choice Boat of the Year would be no big deal. Malibu Boats doesn't think so. They see this latest award as another step up in the steady climb they have been on. After winning Manufacturer of the Year and a number of other industry awards earlier this month as well as having the Illusion G3 voted Riders Choice Innovation of the Year, Malibu Boat has a lot momentum heading into the Fall season.
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Alfredsson is a lifer with the Ottawa Senators
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I just don't see captain Daniel Alfredsson going to the Ottawa Senators and saying "Trade me" at the deadline April 3 to, say, Boston (Zdeno Chara and GM Peter Chiarelli Ottawa connection), if the Sens are out of the playoff hunt. He's never won a Stanley Cup, but he's got the same personality as Swedish countryman and former Leafs captain Mats Sundin, who never wanted to be dealt at the deadline as his career was winding down. Alfie is a lifer in Ottawa. Sundin did sign with the Canucks as an unrestricted free agent, for 41 games, but he was past his best-before date.
Dany Heatley's foot speed is a concern in today's racehorse NHL, but it's his hands that have really deserted him. He's a half-second slow on the trigger, which is not surprising for scorers as they get older. "Everybody talks about your feet going as you get older, but it's your hands," said Jari Kurri, in his last NHL days. Heatley is only 32, but it would surprise no one if the Minnesota Wild used one of their get-out-of-jail cards to buy out Heatley this summer. He'll make $5 million next season.
Jeff Skinner's two concussions in the last 14 months are a concern, for sure. He's only three years into his NHL career. The first came on the Andy Sutton smackdown at Rexall Place last season. The second was against the Toronto Maple Leafs a few days ago when he piled headfirst into the boards after a Mark Fraser hit. In both cases, he seemed fine, then the headaches and post-concussion stuff started a few days later. Skinner is an Olympic team candidate with some of the NHL's sweetest hands. "He can score at any moment," said Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal.
Ottawa's Paul MacLean has to be coach of the year in a landslide if he gets the Senators into the playoffs without Erik Karlsson and Jason Spezza, and now with the league's best goalie Craig Anderson spraining his ankle in a collision with the Rangers' Chris Kreider. The Senators list of shootout guys against New York Thursday: Alfredsson, Jakub Silfverberg, Kyle Turris, Mika Zibanejad, Zack Smith, defenceman Patrick Wiercioch and Kaspars Daugavins. Not exactly Murderers' Row, but they won. The rookie Silfverberg has scored against Marty Brodeur and Henrik Lundqvist on his first two NHL shootout tries.
The Red Wings have been a roller-coaster team this season, either going on winning or losing streaks, but one thing is clear: life after the second greatest defenceman of all-time Nick Lidstrom has not been kind to the Detroit Red Wings. Going into this past weekend, they were 28th on the power play where Lidstrom used to run the show from the point. "We're non-existent there – not inconsistent, non-existent," said coach Mike Babcock. Five-on-five it's been a struggle too, except when Datsyuk and Zetterberg and rookie Damien Brunner are on the ice. "We have to scratch and claw to win games." Except against the Canucks Sunday. Did you ever think they'd hear scratch and claw out of Babcock's mouth? We won't even mention the 104 man-games they've lost to injury. They've had at least seven regulars out.
Hands up how many people thought Nail Yakupov's junior buddy Alex Galchenyuk would be this much of a factor in Montreal? Only 12 minutes a game and he's got 10 points and is plus 8 and is winning 50 per cent of his faceoffs.
Like Yakupov, St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko had cooled dramatically (10 points in his first eight games, two in his last nine) before Mark Olver's check gave the Russian rookie a concussion.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
More on The Two-Income Tax Trap
Last week, I blogged Todd Zywicki's Wall Street Journal op-ed, The Two-Income Tax Trap. Todd follows up with an even more detailed post on The Volokh Conspiracy: An Even More Confusing Presentation of the Two-Income Trap and Taxes.
[T]he difficulty with presenting the data in this manner is that it obscures the underlying dynamic of what is happening in the example. Adding the second worker increases household income by 75% --this is actually a greater increase than the expenditures on mortgage, automobiles, and health insurance, all of which increase by less than the income growth of 75%. The problem is that total tax obligations over this period increase from about $9000 to about $22,000 -- an increase of about 140%. Thus, assuming that the authors' argument is theoretically sound (a proposition open to question) it seems clear that the increase in tax obligations is the driving dynamic in their example.
One more time.
There is NO WAY a married couple with $67,800 of salary income and two children is paying total federal income taxes + Social Security + Medicare on $67,800 that comes anywhere near $22,000. The total of those federal taxes is LESS THAN $10,000.
Without doubt, the 1970s couple did NOT pay $9,288 of federal income, Social Security and Medicare taxes on $38,700 of income. Maybe taxes did increase 140% over the time span but if they did, it was from some relatively small number to a max of $9,900 (probably LESS).
I don't know if the author if the cited piece was being deliberately dishonest or is simply woefully incompetent. MAYBE IT IS BOTH!
For crying out loud doesn't anyone have any sense of skepticism whatsoever? Isn't anyone capable of crunching the numbers for themselves?
Posted by: Bill | Aug 21, 2007 6:14:15 PM
The WSJ of August 22, 2007 has several letters containing the same cry identified above: there is no way someone with that salary is paying that tax figure. As a practical matter, a single-earner family of four with twice that salary (yes, $130,000) may have a total state-and-federal income and payroll tax of around $20,000, for a total tax burden (excluding property and state sales taxes) of just over 15%. Of course, this assumes a decent mortgage interest deduction, claiming two child credits, and maxing out on 401K.
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Joint work on draft Treaty on rivers between Kazakhstan and China is scheduled to begin in 2015 - National Coordinator of SCO activity Shahrat Nuryshev
One of the key issues of the Kazakh - Chinese bilateral relations is the issue of the use and protection of transboundary water resources.
On the eve of Kazakhstan President's state visit to China we asked Kazakhstan's National Coordinator on SCO activity, Ambassador at Large of MFA Shahrat Nuryshev to give an interview to Kazinform.
- Mr. Nuryshev, what is the status of negotiations with China on transboundary rivers?
- The issue of transboundary rivers is under the personal control of Presidents of the two states. The last three generations of Chinese leaders including acting leader Xi Jinping said that the Chinese side will not take any action on transboundary rivers to the detriment of Kazakhstan's interests.
Through persistent efforts of both sides seven bilateral intergovernmental and interagency documents on cooperation in this sphere have been signed within 13 years. In particular, the agreement on cooperation in the use and protection of transboundary rivers (September 12, 2001, Astana), an emergency notification of the parties of natural disasters on the transboundary rivers (July 4, 2005, Astana), the agreement on the development of research cooperation on transboundary rivers (December 20, 2006, Beijing), treaty on mutual exchange of hydrological and hydrochemical information (data) of border gauging major transboundary rivers (December 20, 2006, Beijing), agreement on preservation of quality of water resources of transboundary rivers (February 22, 2011, Beijing), and treaty on cooperation in the field of environmental protection (June 13, 2011, Astana).
September 7, 2013 in Astana during the first state visit of the President Xi Jinping to Kazakhstan there was signed an intergovernmental agreement on the joint management and operation of the combined waterworks "Dostyk" on Khorgos River.
Kazakh-Chinese joint commission in the use and protection of transboundary rivers established in 2003 is the main body interaction in the use and protection of transboundary rivers.
- What can you say about the existing problematic aspects and the ways to solve them?
- Our goal for the near future is to enter the signing of an agreement on water sharing in transboundary rivers between Kazakhstan and China. Currently, experts from the two countries prepare the basis by implementing the Plan of main directions for technical work on water allocation in transboundary rivers. We agreed with the Chinese side to start in 2015 a joint study project of the Agreement.
The question of the construction of antimud slide protection structures in the upper basin of the Khorgos River, where there are 18 moraine (glacial) lakes of various sizes and mudslide danger, 12 of which are located on the territory of China. These lakes are of serious mudflow danger for such significant socio-economic targets of the two countries as "Khorgos" international center of cross-border cooperation, cross-border rail and road bridges, the Kazakh-Chinese gas pipeline "Atasu - Alashankou", and "Korgas" customs post and others.
Four meetings of experts on the moraine (glacial) lakes in the basin of the Khorgos River were held in 2012-2013. June 9-12 Astana will host the 5th meeting.
- How effective is the work of the joint Kazakh-Chinese Commission on the protection and use of transboundary rivers?
- During 2003-2013 eleven meetings of the Kazakh-Chinese Commission on the protection and use of transboundary rivers were carried out. Furthermore, several active functional working groups have been created under the commission.
The Joint Declaration on further deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership, signed September 7, 2013 in Astana by the heads of the two states praised the results of the Kazakhstan-China joint commission and expressed their willingness to further strengthen and expand cooperation in the framework of this mechanism.
It should be emphasized that the signing of the above bilateral collaboration documents on various aspects of the use and protection of transboundary water resources was the result of the work of the joint commission and its experts.
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Following a rabbit trail online recently, I came across the /now page movement started by Derek Sivers and Gregory Brown. A /now page is a summary of what one is up to and a public declaration of priorities. Sivers says:
People often ask me what I'm doing now.
Each time I would type out a reply, describing where I'm at, what I'm focused on, and what I'm not.
So earlier this year I added a /now page to my site: sivers.org/now
A simple link. Easy to remember. Easy to type.
It's a nice reminder for myself, when I'm feeling unfocused. A public declaration of priorities.
Sivers also found it helpful when turning down requests. He could point to his /now page, which states his current priorities, and the refusal was less personal.
How did this become a movement? Gregory Brown saw the idea and made a page. Sivers tweeted a link and within a few hours eight people had made their own /now pages and and Sivers tweeted those too. Good ideas do that. They take off, as this one has.
The idea jumped out at me when reading Austin Kleon's site and saw his /now page.
Why I Made One
The value was immediately obvious. For years I've been easily compelled by other people's urgent, and sabotaged by my own distractibility.
After sustaining a concussion four months ago, I dramatically curtailed activities, as though shaking out a full jar of Busy and deliberately choosing which rocks to put back in. In December I pondered the year ahead and decided on six big rocks to fill the jar of my time. One quiet early morning recently, I drew it like this:
And then I chose a few specifics for each which reside on stickies in my notebook.
It made sense to put it all together in the /now page format to hold myself accountable and just plain old serve as a reminder. If I was distractible before concussion, you can imagine how much I need concrete plans afterwards.
The /Now Page Now
The /now page movement started in late October 2015. Sivers declared, "I wish everyone had one!" and invited people to post link to their /now page in a comment section. As hundreds of links flooded in, he realized they needed a dedicated site and volunteered to code it.
You can find all such pages at nownownow.com. There's a simple format for each person: photo, /now page link, and an 'I' statement of what each person does. (These are all personal sites. No businesses.) and a link to a profile page. Sivers sends each person five questions to answer. The answers make up each profile page so you can get to know each person listed.
Every time you refresh nownownow.com, the order of profiles shuffle. There are 916 as I write this. The Twitter account @NowNowNow tweets a link to a different /now page each hour.
(To add your own /now page to Sivers' site read the details here.)
A Personal Statement
Nownownow.com makes fascinating reading. I'm inspired when I read the succinct and definite statements people make about themselves. It's a challenge to distill what you do down to a sentence or two. Actually, it's quite an achievement to actually know what you do. As I read the page, I found myself asking, "How do they know that? When did they realize they were a ... or a ....?" To air a phrase from my British childhood, "It's brilliant!"
Also if, like me, you tend to qualify every statement with wafflers like, "Well, I'd like to ..." or "One day ..." or "I think what I do is ..." then it's a dramatic feeling of purpose and deliberate choosing to craft one's own statement.
After shedding a few layers of apologies to myself, I came up with this (and somehow it's made quite a difference):
What Now?
I got lost for a few days and had a delightful time tinkering my /now page into being. There's a link in the navigation bar above. It's a permanent page, not a blog post.
It will be updated as needed so if you want to know what I'm up to, check back there and find out. There's a 20-second version and a 3-minute one, mostly for my own purposes, with plenty of rabbit-trail-links, if you're interested in an online wander.
It's easy. Just add /now to paperblogging.com


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Love so wild and strong it changes the course of one's life forever.
Feature film - 94 min - DRAMA
In 1980's Helsinki, a city just about to burst with young energy and rebellion, two young writers determined to conquer the world fall madly in love. For Inka, their love affair puts everything in motion: she finds her own voice – and becomes a sensation. The intensity of their love has a different affect on Juhana, who starts to lose control. At the height of the relationship Inka starts to suspect that being madly in love may actually be driving Juhana mad.
Freely adapted from the novel Autumn Prince.
"I was just a first year film student in Helsinki, when I first read Anja Snellman's book Autumn Prince, and immediately wanted to make it into a film. Years later, when I was graduating from NYU and living in New York, I reread this gem of a book – and was in love again. This time I was ready to make my first feature film – and luckily, so was Anja Snellman. Other directors had pitched an Autum Prince movie to her, but she had not allowed anyone to adapt it yet. I felt very excited to have her permission, and started to write. Autumn Prince is richly layered, poetic and atmospheric. The story is simple on the surface but complex psychologically, and there is a wonderfully mysterious aura about the characters and their love affair. This made the book a wonderful but very difficult one to adapt. Add to the mix the fact that Anja's book is based on a true story, which proved both helpful and hurtful in the adapting process. In the end, I chose to write a free adaptation with fictional characters, but took inspiration from the real life story. It took me eight drafts to nail down a structure with precise turning points and the right level of subtlety and force. In the spring of 2015 Autumn Prince went into production and brought me to Finland, where the film was shot last fall (2015). Autumn Prince is a love story. It's a story about a woman who finds her own voice and herself, and a story about a man who goes through the opposite; loses his voice and finally himself. The love affair of my main characters, Inka and Juhana, is like a game with explosive materials. Together the lovers feel like they can do anything. This sets Inka free in a completely new way. While at the same time Juhana's fragile mind – under attack by bipolar disorder running in his family – can't sustain all this force. Despite Inka and Juhana's great efforts to protect their love, the relationship spins out of control. The background for the story is a 1980's Helsinki, a cold war era city ready for change and a newfound freedom of expression. In this wonderful urban landscape Inka leads a group of young cultural provocateurs stirring up controversy, when she meets Juhana, a man whose hunger for life changes Inka's life forever. The love story is book-ended by another time level: the former lovers meet in 1996 at a mental hospital, where Juhana is being treated for deep depression. Finally they resolute their beautiful love affair, left unresolved 15 years earlier. So you could say I had the perfect building blocks for a film with equal measure of beauty and turmoil, of intimacy and grandeur, of specificity and timelessness. The story was brought to life by my astonishing crew and stunning cast lead by Laura Birn as Inka and Lauri Tilkanen as Juhana. Their talent and on screen chemistry continues to astonish me in the editing room as it did on set."
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Title Information
Title: Love & Fury
Original Title: Syysprinssi
Director: Alli Haapasalo
Writer: Alli Haapasalo
Producer: Rimbo Salomaa
Production Company: Solarfilms Inc
Genre: Drama
Duration: 94 min
Language: Finnish
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Tagline: Love so wild and strong it changes the course of one's life forever.
Cast: Laura Birn (A Walk among the Tombstones, Heart of a Lion, The Ones below)
Lauri Tilkanen
Johannes Holopainen
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18 Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire residents are preparing to cycle from Bucks to Paris in order to raise money for charity on 18 May 2017.
Their epic journey will be starting in Long Crendon, home to a large proportion of the team. The journey will comprise three days totaling over 300 miles.
The ambitious amateur cyclists are currently fundraising to support four charities that many of the team have close personal links with, including: Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, St David's Hospice Care, Alzheimer's UK Research and Save the Children (Children in War appeal).
The team hopes to raise over £20,000 and have currently raised over £13,000 to date.
Setting off from the Village Square in Long Crendon the team have a long first day with 115 miles to reach the ferry in Newhaven by 4pm.
On day two the team set off from Dieppe to the French market town of Beauvais some 70 miles away.
Day three has the triumphant arrival into Paris with the 18 strong Peloton sweeping past the Arc de Triumph, down the Champs-Élysées before crossing the river to the Eiffel Tower.
With 18 men ranging in age from 57 to a 40 years old, they have found training on top of being Dads and working full time in high-pressured careers makes lengthy weekend training rides challenging.
Team members feel passionately about helping charities that helped their own families and understand that the amazing work the charities do is often only possible through these charitable donations
The trip is the brainchild of Long Crendon Residents Alex Koch de Gooreynd & Sam Hassan, who hatched this plan while commuting into London.
Alex said: "a passing comment to Sam one morning whilst on the 7.09 to Marylebone has turned into something incredible, with 18 like-minded lads all up for the challenge and helping to raise some needed funds for some truly great causes".
Sam Orwin said: "I undertook a cycle challenge in 2015 to fundraise for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital (GOSH) following my daughter's surgery there in 2014 for a rare spinal condition.
"I have undertaken to ride 300 miles from Long Crendon (near Oxford) to Paris averaging 100 miles a day in the saddle, to raise money for GOSH and the St David's Hospice who support people with life threatening illnesses and their families. My twin brother was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer last year and is receiving palliative care from the amazing team at St David's Hospice".
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My former bandmate Ruth has always wanted to host a "Songs with Bad Grammar" workshop at a music festival. When we started to brainstorm for repertoire, we realized that most country songs— with their standard use of double negatives—would qualify for the workshop. Notwithstanding, we had fun identifying good candidates. Here are some:
I heard the crash on the highway, but I didn't hear nobody pray.
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Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go.
Made famous by Elvis Presley. The adverbs should be tenderly and sweetly.
Who do you love?
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In the desert, you can remember your name, 'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
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Listen to SPB songs non-stop..
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
T.R. & Bala - "Oru Pon Manai"
Dawn, Don, Darling, and Dash
Dawn, don't confuse it with Sunrise, the time at which the sun is six degrees below the horizon, a line which separates the earth from sky, in the morning, a time I never enjoyed this till date. I usually prepare for my examination in the night till 3'o clock even, and still it continues as I use to write my Java, ASP codes in the nights, and never care about my pet name 'Raakkozhi' which entitled by my friends. I tried a lot to see the dawn, but none of my digital diary, alarm clock, neither my Sony Ericsson helped to wake up me. But whenever I wake up from my bed, I want to start the day with two morning melodies, one is "Putham pudhu Kalai" sung by S.Janaki and "Oru Ponmanai" from Mythili ennai Kaadhali.
Mythili ennai Kaadhali is a musical hit movie music scored by 'All rounder' T.Rajendar. There are, I think nine songs in this movie, in which I like this song 'Ponmanai Naan" sung by SP Balasubramanium. This song is based on the Raaga 'Bouli', which is exclusively for giving the feel of the dawn. There are many morning dawn-raagas are there, but in my view, Bouli and Boopalam are the top.
"Dandanakka, Yeai Yeai Dannakaka", please don't criticize an artiest who can able to give some nice melodies, meaningful poetic lyrics; he is T.Rajendar, simply TR. In his early stages, he gave preference to melody, and then switched to fast numbers. Still, in my view he is the don of Drums-usage.
Whatever it may be, either melody, may it fast disco, may it sad mood, may it "tappanguthu", may it some few lines songs, whatever it may be, TR approaches a singer, who can feel any kind of songs, SPB. TR is a great fan of SPB and in one of his interviews he told that if he were a girl, then he will love and SPB and will marry SPB. Hence, by forgetting TR's nick name of "Ashtavadhani"(an allrounder), I use to call him as a dash, dash is an euphemism for avoiding the Tamizh word "Sakkalathi". (Sorry)
The acronym SPB stands for, in this song "Soft", "Peace", and "Bhaavam". We can brand a successful singer by means of the way he starts and finishes a song. In this song, the humming of SPB is truly a heavenly feeling, he starts with a very low pitch, and ascends to a medium, and make some lullaby effect in the middle, and rockets the high pitch, and comes to the low pitch again with same pace, simply marvelous, actually those seconds are a trip to heaven from earth without visa.
Also I want to make a note on SPB's pronunciation and pause which he gives in this song. Just listen to the word "thadagathil" in the first stanza, the way he pronounces that word, simply he is the master. SPB literally falls when articulates "thamarai poomeddhu vizundhanavo", and trembles in "Kaamathil Thadumaari". And he applies usual nice laughing (keenly listen) in between. And I've no words to explain his "Madhi thanil kavi serkudhu", and "Endhan Paravasam". Then ofcouse the finishing touch, "Salaghaittal oru maadhu", the only way to express is a simple 'great'.
I don't know what remuneration SPB got for this song. Once the famous composer Shankar-Ganesh praised SPB like this "He is the only singer not sings for payment, but for composer's satisfaction" , what a true statement. But in this song, SPB did two-men works. He sings this song beautifully and did some 'Jadhi' work along with, listen "Thakadhimi thakadimm", and "nadhidhinna". I think soon I'll go crazy and you'll see me in "Gunaseelam" along with SPB's photo.
SPB, he is darling of dulcet.
Fact file:
1. TR always gives liberty to SPB to do the improvisation.
2. TR always wants SPB to laugh in between the songs, and gives small spaces for that, just listen the song "Kuthuvilakagha" from Koolikaran, great smiling by SPB.
3. AR Rehman was working as a keyboard player under TR, and SJ surya was working as an assistant with TR.
4. TR movies are always with the 9-alphapbet titles.
SPB sang the first song for TR, but who is the music director for that film!!!!
With Love
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Thursday, July 06, 2006
Sweet Surrender
In my early days of collecting SPB songs DB, I used to record SPB's songs randomly, and labeled it very recreationally like SPB HITS vol-1, hence each of my Audio cassettes included with songs varies from devotional to drunk and intoxicated disposition. On a 'Goghilashtamai' (Birth of Lord Krishna) evening, my mom requested me to sing a Lord Krishna song, I neglected very diffidently (hehehehehe) and took one of my SPB collections which included the song "Aayar paadi malighayil" song and played that cassette. Suddenly to my mom's scream, the next song in that cassette was "Ithoda Serthu Naalu glass, naandhanda ippa devadas", from Thannikattu Raja. My mom annoyed me like anything and frightened that Lord Krishna will perforate my eyes that day night. But, Krishna didn't pierce my eyes, may be he intoxiacated with 'thalai' SPB's voice, but somewhat I realized something, and started to collect songs based on some styles, in that my first audio cassette label was "Sweet Surrender" and recorded my favorite SPB's TOP 20 melodious songs (Sony 90 la avaludhanpa varum) , in that the first song was "Poondhenil Kalandhu" from "EEnipadighal'.
Eenipadighal is a musical hit movie even though it included with only three songs, music composed by KV Mehadevan. KVM was an excellent composer and many people were considering him a composer of film based devotional songs. But he was a good musician, composed many everlasting melodies, and this song "Poondenil" is one among them.
SPB is, as you all knew, a versatile singer can sing any kind of songs. But in my view, melodious with some improvisation work songs are SPB's cup of tea. Sometimes there aren't any words to describe what you're experiencing; I'm searching those words while listening to SPB's voice for this song. The way he starts this song just amazing, he starts with honey-filled "Poondhenil kalandhu", and continues very furtively "Ponvandu ezhundhu", then musically "sangeedham padipadhenna", and some inebriated "Thalladi nadapadhenna".
No superlative, neither adjective will help one to praise SPB's improvisation; actually he uses to give feel to each word of the songs. Take this song; listen to the 'hop' effect in "Thulli vizuval", 'airborne' effect in "vaanambhadiyaval", and to the high of all an intoxicated effect in "oru maayakam".
Once, I happened to chat(thanks to Galatta.com) with AR Rehana, sister of the great ARR, I asked about her favourite singer, she told me SPB, and she added that SPB is a good emotion represent singer, one will agree AR Rehana's view whenever listen to this song.
Fact file
1. There is one female version also there for this song, sung by the ultimate P.Sushila
2. KVM used to perform stage shows in the late 70's and starting 80's, and he always preferred SPB's voice for those stage shows, and Shankrabharanam songs and this song always decorated those shows.
3. Still the argument is going on that which one was the actor sathyaraj's first movie, there are many movies in that list like "Sattam En Kaiyil", "Paghadai Paneerendu", and this "Eenipadighal"
In this film, SPB sang one solo and a duet for Sivakumar, we all aware of this. But, in this film SPB sang a song for another male actor also, but it's not included in the audio cassette, but one can enjoy SPB's Voice while watching this movie. Who is that actor? And identify that song.
S. Balasubramanian
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Soul Sagacity
Soul Sagacity
How a cini song should be to the ears of an amateur who listen music as a treat to the soul? Simply it should enter the 'Helix' of the ears with some soft instrumentation, flows towards the 'Antihelix', with some mild elevation of instrumentation, gives treat to the 'Eardrum' and 'Cochlea' of ears with mixing of voices of singers with instrumentation, and giving some overlapping effect to the semicircular canals, and finally it will end with the same effect as it starts in the Eustachian tube and gives some soothing effect to listeners' soul. If you are one among those amateurs like me wants to feel this effect, let's join with me, we'll listen to the song "Manasukul Oru Puyal" from the movie "Star"
"Manasukul Oru Puyal" song was composed by the great musician AR Rehman, penned by Vairamuthu(people are thinking its by Pa.Vijay), and sung by Sadana sargam along with SPB, a sweet chubby boy, people always lying that this boy's age is sixty, sweet sixty?
Not the actors, but the composer also applies the facial of "Aaridharam" and in position to give so called commercial hits. A good composer always wants to give good quality songs, which will give the soothing effect as I've explained in the starting, but it's the fans, we always make those composers to a core upset, and blaming them like anything. It's the stupid fan, you rate a big to the "mukkabla's" when there is quality of "Ennavale" is there. So please stop to blame composer, and listen to this song, you will escape from going to the hell for committing the mistake, and thanks to ARR for giving this melody to our ears and souls.
Dear Mr. Vairamuthu, how long you have planned to make earthquakes in the budding butts of flowers? You implemented it thru the voice of Janaki, then Chitra, and in this song, by Sadana Sargam. But anyway, fans like your analogies with real-world illusions!! Sadana Sargam ji, don't lie that you don't know Tamizh, your pronunciation of Tamizh words in this song is really amazing, and no need to explain about your voice as your having the word "Sargam" in your name itself.
By playing this song, I asked my mom that who sang this song; you know what the answer was from my mom? "SPB Charan"! That's what the success of SPB is all about. Day by day the sweetness in his voice is in increasing graph. Just listen to the starting humming, and then in the 'pallavi' the starting of "Manasukul", simply great! And in this song, SPB sang many words with 'Tongue tip' style, which adds sweetness to this song, just listen "Un Madiyil", Simply awesome! And just listen to his domination over ARR and Sadhana Sargam in the overlapping effect, simply marvelous! Great, Awesome, Marvelous, these words are enough to praise this sixty year old chubby boy?
People are really amazed with SPB's voice and use to ask how is SPB able to reach the soul everytime he opens to sing? For this simple question, do not interrogate the God, this amateur Balu is enough to answer you, take the answer.
SPB is having the Seventh Sense of soothing listeners' Eighth Nerve, which connects ear to the soul.
Fact File
Friends, do you know this song was recorded live, with both the singers sang together.
SPB and Sadhana Sargam sang some duets in Hindi and Kannada too. What was the first duet sang by this duo in Tamizh?
S. Balasubramanian
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Puzzle No. 077
Puzzle No. 077 – How the Bells Toll[edit]
- Closed Factory – Sebastian
- 35 Picarats
Hint 1[edit]
Each time you ring a bell with a red or blue hammer, the counter goes up by a fixed amount. Try to work out these amounts by using each hammer and noting the outcome.
Hint 2[edit]
Regardless of the bell, the same-colored hammer will always increase the counter by the same amount.
If you ring the bells and watch the counters carefully, you should be able to work out the function of each hammer.
Hint 3[edit]
There is a way to make all three numbers match in just six moves.
Once you work out the pattern, look for the simplest possible method of reaching the same number on each counter.
Super Hint[edit]
The lowest common value for all three bells is 16.
Now that you have a goal set for you, all that's left to do is work out which hammers to hit in order to reach it.
Make each counter read 16
- Hit the top bell with the blue hammer twice
- Hit the bottom-left bell with each hammer once
- Hit the bottom-right bell with the red hammer twice
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I was ten years old when I decided I was going to visit Africa. It wasn't if I was going to go. It was simply when.
The idea of Africa fascinated me. I memorized every country -- their names and where they lived on the map. I traced my fingers against the round, colourful surface as the globe spun in my hands.
I was eighteen years old when I decided it was time for me to go. I packed two bags and stepped onto two planes. I got four shots on my left arm, and took my malaria medicine. I brought three notebooks and clutched my passport so tight my knuckles were white and achy. I was anxious, but not scared. I had to prove to myself that I could travel across the ocean, and I could do it alone, and I could be okay.
So I went to Rwanda for sixty days, and I encountered Jesus in ways I'd never seen him before. I saw him there -- in deep, dark, ebony eyes that I could've drowned in. I remember being on a boat, riding across a lake, and the wind encased my cheek like it was caressing me. It was Jesus, I knew it was him. I felt him so strongly in the wind that surrounded me.
When I came home, I never wanted to go back to the way I saw Jesus before I saw him in Rwanda.
So many people asked me: weren't you scared going to Africa by yourself? Just an eighteen year old girl?
No, I told them. It was something I had to do.
I never would've thought I was brave to go. What I said was true: going to Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills, the heart of Africa, was something I had to do.
I'm unendingly grateful I did it. And somehow, without realizing, I chose something brave.


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A common comment that will be thrown at you when debating or discussing with a theist will be that "if you don't get your morality from god, where do you get your morality" or "are atheists then immoral" or something else of that flavor. There are many way to address these comments such as discussing where morals come from and the definition of morals, which can be tricky, or that morality is intrinsic in each being and you don't need god to have them or that morals preceded religion and there are plenty of examples that can go along with that last point. These can all be very effective but I heard something the other day that I felt made a lot of sense.
When asked "were you a moral person", the person, who was an atheist said, "you're right I'm not moral because morals is a set of behavioral guidelines derived from authority whether real or imagined and I don't use morality in my day to day life to make decisions, however I'm a very ethical person, and I think that social ethics as they evolved out of social dynamics, are a better course to pursue then morality, because if you're being a moral person, and you are doing what the authority has instructed you to do, that authority may not in itself be moral. So for me social ethics are the way to go."
Now I understand that by ethics are defined as moral behaviors. But the distinction is blurry to me. So I would like to hear your opinion on a) the differences between the two if there are any in your view and b) your preferred method to answer this question. How do you answer someone who comes at you with the "morality" argument?
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I agree. I think that too many responses to the "where do you get your morality from" question fall into one of the following 3 categories...
1. "Your theist morality sucks anyway." (supported by lots of perverse bible quotes)
2. "Your theist moralist doesn't matter anyway." (supported by lots of examples of bad theists in history)
3. "What is morality anyway?" (supported by esoteric and pedantic semantics and philosophy).
All of these try to position that "Atheists are right, Theists are wrong." Atheists might be right. And it might feel good to assert that "rightness". But it doesn't "sell" the proposition to the undecided (who are going to vote on how to treat Atheism) and only perpetuates the acerbic conflict between the two camps. I like the "Atheists from the same place as Theists" because (a) it is a crisp sound bite, and (b) it circumvents the entire line of attack.
Sadly, qouting an often times over-used/under-used one liner 'stupid is as stupid does'. I think that 'stupid', like 'blame' is always available for the opportunist. A good hammer in the right hands can do wonders, 'stupid' can be considered the tool of choice for anyone with an axe to grind, myself included!....... ;p(
Your middle paragraph undercuts the argument that ethics are better than morals. First, it says that morality is defined by an authority figure. Then it says that the authority figure may not be moral. But, if that is possible, then it can only be because morals are NOT defined by the authority figure but are somehow separate from us all.
Personally, I think the latter is the truth. The distinctions some draw between ethics and morals is not meaningful to me in this context.
Like everybody else on planet Earth, I get my morals from a combination of empathy, reason, and community standards. The difference between me and a religious person is that the religious person pretends he gets his morals from religion.
Religious people pick their church based on their individual moral feelings, they pick which parts of their holy writings to take seriously based on their individual moral feelings, and they pick how to interpret their holy writings based on their individual moral feelings. They say this is not true, but it obviously is.
Words are more useful when they have distinct meanings. A lot of people use "morals" and "ethics" interchangeably which doesn't do either word any good. However, a lot of philosophers maintain a distinction I feel is useful.
Ethics is the result of analysis and rational consideration. Morals is by rote. You do something because you are told it's right. So, you aren't doing it because it's right, you're doing it because you were told to do it.
Obviously, atheists as skeptical, thoughtful people should be ethical rather than moral.
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"Atheists, who make up somewhere between 3-14% of the population make up just 0.2% of the prison population.
Christians, on the other hand, who make up 81% of the population make up 84% of the prison population.
In fact, a Christian is at least 15 times more likely on average to end up in jail than an atheist.
What does this tell us about the usefulness of the Bible as a moral guide?"
I don't know if those stats are currently valid, the comment was made 5 years ago, but I'm sure it's not too far off from the truth.
I have been working off and on with local temp. agencies. (Sadly these were the first employment options that were available to me before a more professional posting became available). I have noticed that many of the kids and adults that are with these programs have rather serious legal entanglements, and are either new theists, or old theists. A few are very out spoken about their beliefs, but as I observe them they seem to have very limited insight into their own function, attitudes, and impulse control. For many they have pursued their belief as a 'recovery' modality, but the recovery seems to not allow them or influence them for any deep insight into their own function or responsibility. I find that these folks mix their fantacys of drugs, violence, 'getting the man', etc. in one breath, then in the next breath mention their religion, belief in the christian 'god', and evanlgelism. It seems likely that there is a dissociation/double- think process involved at some deep level, where the awareness of disfunctionality is not linked to any personal responsibility or insight.
I wonder what the underlying differences between theists and atheists really are.
Are atheists actually 'smarter' than theists?
Are atheists generally more capable to do their own insight or evaluation(s) concerning socialization, personal responsibility and ethics?
What happens in a atheist/theist during the process of 'deconversion' or 'conversion'?
During a psychology class years ago, it was mentioned that very creative people can be both very mentally ill, and more capable to manage their instability than others, and that this instability is really a major part of their success as creatives. Are atheists comparatively more 'ill' than the regular population, and also have a greater/lessor part of effective coping skills?
As a population, are atheists more 'creative'?
My only response to that, James, is that I am a writer and a painter, and I have excellent coping skills to deal with the fact that I am batshit crazy.
So if you are '..batshit crazy', what is your metric?
When I am talking with 'non-nerds', it is painfully obvious that I must sound crazy to them! I have a tenency to mumble slitly under my breath when I deal with, for me, 'nut cases'. As a retired prof. told me once with a puncuated tone of voice, 'James I think you mumble so you can be insulting without being assulted'. Ever since, when in the presence of folks that appear more on the edge of balistic unraveling or self abuse, I fall back into my old behaviors so I can atleast follow quietly the old adage, 'to they ownself be true!'
Some of the temp. agency work I have been posted to recently seem to offer a daily revisiting to my 'mumble' behavior. Just the other day, working with 5 other people trying, as a group, with one 'supervisor', to take down two temporary walls, I noticed that all my recommendations for the needed tools, process, and labor deligation were ignored, and that only one person (myself) seemed to have any idea how to pull down an 8' wall without a puncture/crushing injury, or an understanding of basic physics. I quietly mentioned to the 'supervisor', that '...if you like I could offer my services for a remedial physics class..' After nearly two hours of grunting, wasting time(apparently this was the primary reason..;p( ) we finished up. It appeared finally that 'following instructions, stupid or not' is more important for the temp. 'supervisor', than a rational solution. I wonder if we multiply this fiasco by 10^n, would be have a model for western civ, in the 'temp. universe'?
Penn Jillette, in his book "God No" says something to the effect of, "What if God were to speak directly to you and tell you to kill your spouse or children. If you were to say no, then in my book, you're already an Atheist. There is Doubt in your mind. If you would, Please reconsider."
It's at this point I begin quoting scripture at this poorly thought out argument about Atheists being immoral, pointing out all of the ridiculously bad moral judgments, Such as the invasions, genocides, random stoneings in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, and the like. Jesus condemning a fig tree to death because it didn't have a fig for him to eat is a good question of not only morality, but also sanity. Lot offering up his daughters to be raped sends up a red flag also.
How does the Golden Rule apply to masochists. Is it ethical to beat and humiliate them?


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When it comes to the blog: I try to write what I know. So when I was traveling a lot I wrote about some tips I picked up. I love my real talk post where I just share my feelings that aren't always rainbows because I think it can help someone else out there. I get inspiration from just my every day. I also really like to read other peoples blogs to see their thoughts and what they are writing about. I also see what I want to read from other people!
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A bit of a fun post this week as I am having a little break – I saw this on becomingatravelingfamily.com where Allison shared her Travel ABC's so I decided to have a go too! Thank-you Allison!
A – Age of first international trip:
In Europe – I think it was a trip to Italy when I was about 5 with my Mum and Dad. I first left Europe aged 13 when we moved to South Africa. The pictures below are of a trip to Majorca in the early '70's – love my Dad's moustache!! And of me aged about 13 in South Africa!
B – Best Beach you've been to:
This is easy! Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays takes top prize!
C -Favorite Cuisine:
Indonesian when I can get it otherwise Moroccan – I love couscous royale! The last time I had this (or something similar) was in Paris at Le Marche des enfants rouges.
D – Favorite Destination:
Haha thats impossible to choose! Norway is the most beautiful country in my opinion. In Europe if not Norway then it is probably Italy. Outside of Europe – South Africa or Canada. I am really looking forward to spending time more exploring South-East Asia.
E – Experience that made you say wow:
Sailing up the fjords in Norway. It really was somewhere I will never forget.
F -Favourite mode of transportation:
Train! I love travelling anywhere by train and I would love to travel as much of the world as possible this way at some point!
G – Greatest feeling while traveling:
Seeing new sights, trying new food – the sheer awe of seeing new places never leaves me. It is a bit addictive though!
H – Hottest place you've ever traveled:
Botswana – I lived there for 18 months. It was over 50 degrees in the day and even 36 degrees in the middle of the night.
I – Incredible service you've experienced:
Well we had a fantastic trip to Bosnia with a company in Dubrovnik who were really great. Also one year we stayed at the Megaro Hotel near St Pancras (our usual stay when catching the Eurostar). When we checked in the receptionist asked where we were going and I mentioned we were off to Paris for my birthday. Half an hour later there was a knock at the door and the receptionist standing there with 2 glasses of prosecco and a birthday cake! It was so unexpected and such a lovely gesture!!
J- Journey that took the longest:
I once took a bus from Gaborone in Botswana to Johannesburg then a bus from Johannesburg to the airport, onto a flight to Athens, connecting flight to Heathrow, bus from Heathrow to Victoria coach station, coach from London to Newcastle then taxi to my grandparents house! Took 44 hours door to door!! I was pretty exhausted!
K – Keepsake from your travels:
Photographs – I love my photographs! I have been known to buy the odd fridge magnet too. And maps – I love maps!
L – Least favourite destination:
I don't really have one! I can't think of one place I have been to that I wouldn't return to! Cairo airport was pretty awful but that was 27 years ago!
M – Moment when you fell in love with travel:
Age 7 or 8 – I just had to see the Golden Gate Bridge and Table Mountain! Now achieved!
N- Nicest hotel you've stayed at:
Interesting question – we try to budget our hotels as I prefer to stay somewhere for a longer period of time rather than pay loads for an expensive hotel! However we have stayed in a lovely hotel in Singapore a couple of times. The Swissotel Merchant Court is in a great location opposite Clarke Quay and has a great pool area.
O – Obsession (what you take pictures of the most while traveling):
Sunsets! This one was taken in Croatia!
P – Passport stamps (how many and where from)?
More like work visas – I have ones for Canada and Botswana (expired now) The fact we can travel freely in Europe is so fantastic (on a UK passport) and really hope this is something we can retain. (I am not a fan of Brexit to put it mildly).
I also hold a permanent residence visa for Australia.
Q – Quirkiest attraction you've visited:
The Palais Ideal Facteur Cheval in France!! It was just amazing and fascinating – I'm not telling you why but you can find out more on the link!
R – Really frightening (a place you have felt insecure/uneasy):
Turbulence when flying terrifies me. I
don't like really hate flying!!
S – Splurge (something you have no problem spending money on while traveling)
A good meal! Also good tours – we had taken some excellent tours in Bosnia, Montenegro and Italy. I think you can find out so much on tours the wandering around yourself! (I also love the walking tours now available in lots of cities – the walking tour we did in Berlin was excellent. And free!)
T – Most Touristy thing you've done:
I always do the touristy things (there is a reason everyone visits to see certain things (Eiffel Tower anyone) or do certain things!! (a trip to the Top of the Rock in NYC?) and I really hate snobbery around tourists vs travellers!!!!!!
U – Most Unforgettable travel memory:
I have so many! In my 20's probably travelling to Hong Kong on my own! In my 30's the trips to Malta with my daughter and in my 40's probably the trip to Norway to visit my husband when he was there for 12 weeks.
W – Best Waterfall:
Victoria Fall in Zimbabwe but also Niagara Falls in Canada/USA – very very different parts of the world but each with wonderful falls!
X – eXcellent view:
Train journeys to some of the most scenic destinations give you awesome views. Switzerland is a great country to travel by train – I recommend the Bernina Express or Mt Pilatus for great train trips!
Norway also has magnificent views! You can't beat a fjord or two!!
Y -Years spent traveling:
40 plus!!! And another 40 to go I hope!
Z – Most Zealous sports fans:
I don't really do sport!
So those are my Travel ABC's – what are yours?
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One of the most reliable portals, Business Insider, has collected stories of the strangest names brands.
And today I would like to share the most interesting of them with you.
At the very beginning Twitter was called Status, and then Twitch.
The working Twitter title was Status. And later the founders turned to the dictionary to find a better
Dorsey explains it to the LA Times: «We wanted to capture that feeling: the physical feeling that you
twitch in the pocket of your friend. This is similar to the around the world buzz. Then we did a few
attempts to find a suitable name and came up with the word «twitch», as a variant of the phone
vibration when something is happening. But «twitch» was not a good name for the product, because
it was not associated with any positive feelings or notions. So we looked up in the dictionary for the
words next to it and ran into the word «twitter», and it was just perfect. Its meaning is "a short burst of
inconsequential information," and "birds chirping."
Yandex Search engine
The name of the Russian search engine is an acronym and wordplay at the same time.
According to Wikipedia, the name originally meant Another indexer («Yet Another iNDEXer »).
Russian word «Ya» corresponds to the English personal pronoun «I», making Yandex bilingual pun on
the «index»; another play of words is based on the contrast of yin and yang.
In the earliest version Sergey Brin and Larry Page named their search engine to be «Back Rub».
They changed the name to Google, which is derived from the mathematical term «googol». Googol is a
unit with a hundred zeros.
Brin and Page have found the word «googol» suitable because it symbolized a powerful search engine
with an access to tons of information.
Yahoo, or Yet Another Hierarchical Officiuos Oracle, was inspired by the famous children
book "Gulliver's Travels".
Jerry Yang and David Filo renamed their company with the name of "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide
Web" in 1994.
New name, Yahoo!, was selected not only thanks to of its literary value but also because it is an acronym
(Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle).
In "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift Yahoo are wild creatures. Yahoo meant "rude, unsophisticated
and uncouth."
«Skype» name was made from «sky peer-to-peer». That's for short.
The original name of the project that turned later to Skype, was «sky peer-to-peer». It was reduced
to «Skyper». Later the letter «r» has been abandoned.
Steve Jobs invented the «Apple», working on the farm.
According to its co-founder Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs coined the name " Apple Computer », while
driving on Highway 85 between Palo Alto and Los Altos.
"(Jobs) said:" I have a great name, "Apple Computer ». He may have worked in the apple orchard. I do
not even ask. Maybe it had some other meaning to him. Perhaps the idea just came to mind, based on
Apple Records. He was a musical person, like many techies. Maybe it sounded good in part because of
this additional value. I immediately thought: "We will have a lot of problems with copyright." (In the
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