Microsoft's Bing Down for a Half Hour

Bing is the third most popular search engine in the U.S., where it was used for 9.9 percent of queries in October, according to comScore. Yahoo ranked second with 18 percent and Google stood all alone in first place with 65.4 percent.

Launched in late May and supported with a broad and aggressive marketing campaign, Bing is the latest iteration of Microsoft's search engine and expectations for it are very high.A day after trumpeting various enhancements to Bing, including the beta version of an improved mapping service, Microsoft had to apologize for a widespread outage that kept the search engine offline for about 30 minutes.

Don't Let Murray Kill Again

Janet Jackson doesn't want Dr. Conrad Murray to continue practicing medicine -- because she doesn't want the man she holds "responsible" for her brother's death to strike again on "someone else."

In an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts, Janet also said she doesn't know if Murray was the only doctor hooking Michael up with drugs -- but added "the truth always prevails."

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President Obama Convenes National Security Team

A day after soliciting the views of congressional leaders, President Obama is convening top national security officials Wednesday afternoon for a strategy session on Afghanistan and Pakistan amid escalating U.S. casualties in Afghanistan and signs of declining public support for the war there.

As he considers how to deal with a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, Obama has begun reviewing a request for additional U.S. troops from the top U.S. and NATO commander in the country, officials said.

The closed-door meeting in the White House Situation Room comes eight years to the day after the United States began launching airstrikes against Taliban and al-Qaeda targets in Afghanistan in retaliation for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Aided by the airstrikes and small numbers of CIA and Special Forces advisers, U.S.-backed Afghan forces drove the Taliban from power, capturing Kabul on Nov. 13, 2001, and ending the radical Islamist movement's five-year rule. About two weeks later, U.S. ground forces began pouring in, beginning a buildup that now amounts to nearly 68,000 U.S. troops, plus about 37,000 from other NATO countries.

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men and women greeting and kissing each other

Saudis decorated their homes and prepared sumptuous meals for friends and family. Big chunks of lamb mixed with rice and vegetables is traditional. The whole country reveled in celebration with men and women greeting and kissing each other in big cities.

All male folk dances with swords were performed in public.

In the capital Riyadh, the local government planned celebrations that began with prayers followed by seven separate fireworks displays, concerts, theater, poetry readings, a parade and women's programs. Car races, a remote control air show, a sky diving performance, a bicycle race and traditional music were also planned.

Hitler in sex act ad

A new German AIDS awareness advertisement featuring Hitler having sex with a woman, has caused a furore in Europe.The racy advertisement which also contains images of Josef Stalin and Saddam Hussein having intercourse, has been condemned by HIV charities around the continent.

Produced in German, Spanish and English, the ad runs with the tagline 'Aids is a Mass Murderer' and is set to be shown on German television next week.British charities are at the forefront of the protest, with concerns that it could be Aids patients, not the disease itself, that become associated with the war criminals, reported BBC online.UK-based HIV charity, the Terrence Higgins Trust, says it is concerned the advert could be 'insensitive', by stigmatising people with the condition.

Basically, the campaign is designed to shake people up, to bring the topic of Aids back to centre stage, and to reverse the trend of unprotected sexual intercourse.

Why Akshay wanted to party with SRK?

When Akshay Kumar decided to throw his first party in Bollywood to celebrate the opening collections of his Kambakkht Ishq, he made it a point to invite Shah Rukh Khan even though the superstar was far away in San Francisco.

"Yes, I did call Shah Rukh Khan to invite him. When Kareena and I suddenly decided to have a party, we decided we'd invite the entire industry. This wasn't a party to celebrate our success alone. It was also a party to celebrate the success of New York as much as my own film. So, apart from me and Kareena, the party's unofficial hosts were Katrina (Kaif), John (Abraham) and the entire New York team," said Akshay.

Akshay has often accused members of the film industry of trying to sabotage his films but he still wanted everyone to come together for the success of two films following a slump."I want them to celebrate any success and not be happy when films fail. When New York was released, SMS messages against the film were sent out. The same thing is happening with my film. Why be negative? Specially when I've always been happy for all my colleagues' successes?" Akshay asked.

"So yes, I personally called up Shah Rukh and all my colleagues for the party. But he's shooting in San Francisco...There will be plenty more occasions, I'm sure," the actor said.

'Final Destination' top spot with an estimated $10.9 million

Death stalked the multiplex in North America on Friday as Warner Bros.' new horror tale "THE FINAL DESTINATION" took the top spot with an estimated $10.9 million.The R-rated film directed by David R. Ellis, with gory episodes that unspool in 3D, set down in 3,121 theaters, where it should claim a mid-$20 million haul over the weekend. It's easily the biggest installment for the nine-year-old franchise.It aced the weekend's other debuting horror tale, "Halloween II," from the Weinstein Co.'s Dimension Films label.


Director Rob Zombie's second turn at the "Halloween" helm took in $7.6 million for the day in 3,025 locations, less than the opening-day take of his "Halloween" in 2007.Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock," the R-rated trip back to the famed counterculture happening, set up shop in 1,393 locations, where it picked up $1.2 million for a ninth-place showing.

The Weinstein Co. also claimed the third spot as Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" entered its second weekend with $5.9 million, down 59% from its opening day.Rounding out the top five, Sony's sci-fi parable "District 9," now in its third weekend, ranked fourth with $3 million.

Is Mumbai's coastline safer now?

The Conference of Chief Ministers will also look into how schemes like mega city policing and coastal policing can be made more effective. Mumbai, which has taken many steps to strengthen its city police force, is likely to be in special focus.
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Yes, People Actually Pay For Tattoo Ideas

A tattoo is a design on the skin that can be either permanent or non-permanent. Non-permanents are called temporary tattoos. The tattoo piece is pressed on dry skin while a piece of wet cloth is applied to the paper backing to remove it and later, the tattoo can be washed off. Tattoos have become very popular in recent years although they are expensive and painful to obtain. Tattoos are permanent marks on the skin that are made by skilled craftsman with sharp objects. Tattoos have been around for many years, and in some cultures, these are distinctive marks that are relevant to the local area. Women in the Middle East have had markings on their skin for many years. These tattoos have significant meaning to all of the people in the area. Some Japanese people also had tattoos on their faces.

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People in other countries have had tattoos including people in the Philippines, Borneo, Cambodia and China and India. Tattoos have appeared in many different cultures and countries although the attitudes toward tattoos vary from one country to another. Some of the tattoos are merely considered to be marks of beauty while in other countries these may have significant meaning to all of the people of that culture. These designs on the skin could be a sign of age, marriage or tribal affiliation depending on the culture.



he cost is certainly high and would depend on several factors like how many sessions it would take to removal the tattoo. Health insurance will not cover this procedure so this would be a big out of pocket expenditure. So do think carefully before getting a tattoo and if you decide to get one, get it done by a professional.

Top Romantic Love Scenes

It's hard to get people to agree on the best romantic love scenes. everyone seems to have a different idea. Can a single kiss count as a love scene? Romantic love scenes in movies, some might say they’re cliché, corny or just bad. I think though, without love and romance –corny or not– this world might just be a cold hard place…

Here are a few snippets that I feel capture those sexy and/or romantic moments of love. You may not agree with me but I’m sure you’ll enjoy watching it all the same. Get the popcorn and get ready...


Romeo + Juliet The best love story ever told




Risky Business

I guess seeing this clip is what made us want to see the movie. And it turned out to be a really good flick. I shouldn't have waited.



Rear Window (1954)
Old movies didn't show skin, and the unforgettable "love scenes" in classic movies don't involve more than kissing. The steamy kiss Kelley plants on Stewart in Rear Window is a beauty, and reminds us that you don't have to see everything to know when there is passion between two people.




The Blue Lagoon
It would just happen to work out that the only two people on this lush, deserted island are gorgeous. The love scenes from this movie have been fueling fantasies since it was released in 1980. Basically I like the first blue lagoon better because I love the story it is kind of different than other movies. I thought the "Romantic" scenes were more beautiful in the first one. But one of my friend told be the 2nd one is better maybe I should watched the 2nd one again to make a better opinion.




Titanic
This tale of star-crossed lovers on the ill-fated ship is sure to set most women's hearts swooning. The love scene that takes place after DiCapro's character paints Winslet in the nude is a beautiful illustration of the powerful love the characters felt for each other.


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A new action/adventure "Aliens in the Attic"

It's hard to get worked up about "Aliens in the Attic," a new action/adventure family film for parents and children who have already seen "Up" and the latest Harry Potter I guess it's doubtful that a lot of them will be asking for their money back after seeing this movie. But they won't be remembering too much about it 24 hours later, either. Quite funny.

Carter Jenkins stars as Tom Pearson, a geeky math whiz that has trouble communicating with his parents and an older sister played by Tisdale. (We know he's smart, because he uses his computer to change his own grades.) The Pearsons drive to a lakeside vacation home with their cousins, the alien invasion begins almost immediately and the kids spend most of the movie fending off three of the four well-armed little green men.

Of course the smallest and cutest of the invaders is a kindly alien, who breaks away from the others and befriends the youngest girl in the house. There are a few clever jokes - including one about how the kids can't operate a rotary phone - and a lot of drawn-out action scenes. How the parents in the film don't notice any of this is happening can only be explained as Hollywood magic.

You can usually gauge the badness of these kinds of movies by the number of former "Saturday Night Live" and "MADtv" cast members are in supporting roles. "Aliens in the Attic" has three: Kevin Nealon, Tim Meadows and Gillian Vigman. Which means it's nowhere near as bad as "Coneheads," but still isn't worth your time.

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Tour de France 2009

Mark Cavendish, a sprinter who has been fighting for survival in the Alps, roared back into life on Friday with a staggering stage triumph against the odds that made him Britain's most successful Tour de France winner in history.

He has now won nine Tour de France stages in just 13 months, including five this year, to take him past Barry Hoban's record.

Cavendish, who could yet make it 10 stage wins on the Champs-Elysees tomorrow – has also won six stages of the Giro D'Italia during those 13 months. L'Equipe, the French sports paper, has, with good cause, dubbed him 'Le Phenomenon Anglaise' and in cycling terms he has been the only story to match that of the clash between Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong in this year's Tour.

Friday's triumph was one of the hardest earned of his career in a race ridden at a furious pace, so much so that the leaders arrived in Aubenas a full 35 minutes ahead of their estimated arrival time. That suited Cavendish and his trusty lead-out men fine but the category-two climb outside Aubenas certainly did not.

If the stage had been in the first week we would have put it down as a sprinters' stage but at the end of the third week, we weren't sure," Cavendish said. I said at the team meeting in the morning, 'Just stay with me over the climb and lets see'. I made the top of the climb my finish line and everything else after that was a bonus.

As ever, Cavendish owes a huge debt to his Columbia train, who all put in massive turns chasing down an attack lead by world champion Alessandro Ballan. The veteran George Hincapie was riding with a suspected broken collarbone while Tony Martin has flogged himself throughout the Tour in the service of Cavendish.

Although mathematically still in contention with Hushovd for the green jersey, awarded to the winner of the points competition, that can happen only if Cavendish wins Saturday's two intermediate sprints and the stage and the Norwegian finishes nowhere and then crashes out of the bunch sprint in Paris, failing to score.

Somebody who has fought for the jersey like that, I can't compete with that, it was humiliating for me the other day when he rode like he didThor is a worthy winner, he deserves to win it. I am just going to go back to my original plan and concentrate on stage wins, I got a bit carried away in the race for the green.

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Ganesha Temple,The oldest temple in America

Ganesha Temple,The oldest temple in America,for which construction began in 1977 in an unused church, is also known as the Hindu Temple Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam. it has evolved into a big complex that offers classes in Hinduism for the youngsters among many of its activities.Thirty years ago, there are only few temples in US,and today, there are dozens of them.It is one of the most beautiful sights in New York, and what is more important, it is also very sacred.The feeling of pride and devotion was evident everywhere at the temple. The congregation consisted of people from across India -- one could hear more than 10 Indian languages, including Sindhi, Tamil and Bengali.
This temple belongs to Hindus from all over the world But we must make sure that they also mean something to our children and grandchildren.and as far as I know If you are caught up in illusion and not upgrading yourself, you are not connected with God anymore.

For the young Americans of Indian origin, especially, this is something of immense significance. There is still much work to be done.During the renovation, the temple was still open to the public. But only a small portion that had the metal deities while the stone deities were kept in a safe place.I want the Hindus feel that they should also visit it when they come to New York.The Temple itself is not less important more than Statue of Liberty.

Google's New Operating System

Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to wrest away Microsoft Corp.'s long-running control over people's computing experience.

The new operating system, announced late Tuesday night on Google's Web site, will be based on the company's nine-month-old Web browser, Chrome. Google intends to rely on help from the community of open-source programmers to develop the Chrome operating system, which is expected to begin running computers in the second half of 2010.

source: yahoo.com

Who is Arnold Klein?

Michael Jackson used to be married to Debbie Rowe, but neither were the biological parents of the singer's first two children.

Their father is Arnold Klein, Jackson's L.A.-based dermatologist and Rowe's former boss, multiple sources confirm to celebrity gossip magazine Us Weekly."He is the dad," says an insider of Arnold Klein, who has not commented. "He and Debbie signed an agreement saying they would never reveal the truth."
While Debbie Rowe and Michael Jackson never confessed to their kids' true lineage, she did admit in 2002 that she carried his children as a "personal favor."Neither has confirmed that the marriage was ever consummated.

"I said, 'Let me do this. You need to be a dad. You have been so good to me,'" Rowe - who met Jackson when she was a nurse's assistant in the 1980s .News that Michael Jackson is not the biological father of any of his kids surfaced earlier today. Now we've learned he never legally adopted them either.However, the music icon's death at the age of 50 last Thursday, along with today's developments, has everyone guessing where the children will end up.

An Indian guy being Killed in Gas Station

The Four black man, ranging in age from approximately 17 to 25,entering the gas station in the early evening and killed Surjeet Singh.It looks like they were familiar with their surroundings. However I will say that this is ridiculous!!! I guess it is time to call FBI. As we have our own thoughts about this heinous crime that have been taking place recently, Yes, these were four Black man, young thugs in the Gary area who shot and robbed an Indian man Surjeet Singh but this is not a hate crime! Another good working, productive person lost his pricious life to the cultural human cesspool that is Gary. These fools would have done this same act if the man was Black, White, Hispanic, or whatever - they just do not care. Crime does not have a color ,criminals come in all shapes and colors, this happens in all areas throughout Northwest Indiana. So investigators say they will release a surveillance video of four assailants who entered the gas station where Singh, 26, was shot and killed. Any homicide is horrific, but seeing this senseless act on tape definitely makes it worse.


The first suspect is about 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds and wearing a black shirt, black pants and white shoes; the second is about 5 feet 9 inches tall weighing about 145 pounds and wearing a red shirt, black shorts and black and red shoes with red shoelaces; the third is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds and wearing all black; the fourth man is about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing about 130 pounds and wearing a red shirt, black shorts and black shoes.
The suspects fled in an older Toyota, dark red or burgundy with no hub caps, police said. The car had a dent on the hood closer to the passenger side and a broken driver's side tail light.Communities need to come together to make peace instead of pointing fingers at one another or blaming the police for not cooperating. The police need the community to speak up to help get these idiots in the Jail. Well I hope these dumb fools get caught since another life has been lost senselessly..Folks, if these murders are not caught quickly, they will only kill again. Someone, somewhere, knows who these thugs are!

The Secret of Taj Mahal

No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the whole world has been duped. In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says theTaj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya ) . In the course of his research O ak discovered that the Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. In his own court ch ronicle, Badshahnama,Shah Jahan admits that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from Jai SIngh for Mumtaz's burial . The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur stillretains in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for surrendering the Taj building. Using captured temples and mansions, as a burial place fordead courtiers and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers.

The term " Mahal " has never been used for a building in any Muslim countries from Afghanisthan to Algeria . "The unusual explanation that the term TajMahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in atleast two respects

Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani," he writes. Secondly, one cannot omit the first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's name to derive the remainder as the name for the building."Taj Mahal, he claims, is a corrupt version of Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord Shiva's Palace .

secret walled door that leads to other rooms

The OM in the flower on the wall

Oak also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale cre ated bycourt sycophants, blundering historians and sloppy archaeologists Not a single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story.

Aerial View of the Taj Mahal

Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal predates Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple dedicated to Shiva, worshipped by Rajputs of Agra city. For example, Prof. Marvin Miller of New York took a fewsamples from the riverside doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests revealed that the door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan. European traveler Johan Albert Mandelslo,who visited Agra in 1638 (only seven years after Mumtaz's death), describes the life of the cit y in his memoirs. But he makes no reference to the Taj Mahal being built. The writings of Peter Mundy, an English visitor to Agra within a year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the Taj was a noteworthy building well before Shah Jahan's time.

Pavilion where mumtaj is said to be buried.

Oak asserts they contain a headless statue of Lord Shiva and other objects commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu temples Fearing political backlash, Indira Gandhi's government t ried to have Prof. Oak's book withdrawn from the bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of the first edition dire consequences . There is only one way to discredit orvalidate Oak's research

inlaid pattern in courtyard

Prof. Oak points out a number of design and architectural inconsistencies that support the belief of the Taj Mahal being a typical Hindu templeratherthan a mausoleum. Many rooms in the Taj ! Mahal have remained sealed since Shah Jahan's time and are still inaccessible to the public

Closeup of pinnacle

Close up to the dome with pinnacle

The current government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Ma hal under U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate. Do circulate this to all you know and let them know about this reality..

Karina's memorable day in Ahmedabad

Bollywood Bebo won't forget her first trip to Ahmedabad for a long time. She was quite rattled when hundreds of fans rushed towards the stage while she was performing at a show in Hydrabad. Thousands of star-struck fans swarmed the Karnavati Club when they got to know the event organised by producer Vashu Bhagnani to promote his son Jackky's debut Kal Kissne Dekha would feature Kareena. The fans were excited even when Sophie Chowdhary danced with Jackky for the event. But all hell broke loose when Kareena came on stage for a medley of her hit songs. Hundreds of Kareena's fans ran towards her on stage, but thankfully she was whisked away in time. The unruly fans rattled her, but she was pleasantly surprised when a large number of little girls descended at the performance venue dressed as her character Geet in hit film Jab We Met.
Bebo said that Yeah it did get pretty tricky at a point. Yeh sab hota hai. It was my first visit to Ahmedabad. I performed a medley of my best songs choreographed by Remo. It was for Vashu-ji's son. How can I forget he gave me my first big hit Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai? When his son is entering films it's my duty to support him." It simply zapped me. I completely forgot the heat of Ahmedabad when I saw those girls. It will be a long time before I'm allowed to forget Geet in Jab We Met.As of now, Kareena is focussing on her career. She has a handful of films in her kitty and she is making giant strides in the industry, as she has just been declared one of The Most Powerful Celebrities in Bollywood by Filmfare magazine.

The health benefits found in Red Wine

According to the latest research, an ingredient called RESVERATROL which can be found in red wine has remarkable health benefits including cancer prevention and protection of the heart and brain from damage.
Low to moderate drinking - especially of red wine - appears to reduce causes of mortality, while too much drinking causes multiple organ damage.According to professor Lindsay Brown from the University of Queensland: "Reports on the benefits of red wine are almost two centuries old.Studies on the actions of resveratrol, one of the active non-alcoholic ingredients, were uncommon until research around 1997 showed prevention of cancers. This led to a dramatic interest in this compound.
Red wine contains a complex mixture of bioactive compounds, including flavonols, monomeric and polymeric flavan-3-ols, highly colored anthocyanins, as well as phenolic acids and the stilbene polyphenol, resveratrol. Brown said that some of these compounds, particularly resveratrol, appear to have health benefits.The resveratrol reduces age-related diseases such as inflammation, reverses diabetes and obesity and has many more remarkable benefits. Findings on resveratrol will be published in the September issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
We need to understand better the vast array of compounds that exist in nature, and determine their potential benefits to health.
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Human rights issues in America

Today is saturday, I am off thanks god. I got up little late and decided to search some good stuff (blogs/news) For some reason I stumbled across some good site the other day. I don't know why, but I started to read some of the articles. Further exploration led me to the Human rights article. Human rights in the United States has been a somewhat controversial subject over the years. One might think that a country that was founded on breaking away from the tyranny of monarchy, seeking justice and liberty for all, would naturally be a bastion of human rights for all people. But the history of this democracy has shown human rights to be more complicated when transformed from ideal to practice .American human rights reflect that this issue, in practice, is hard to balance when one tries to combine it at a national and a personal level.One arena where this dilemma appears in American history is balancing the rights of the many versus the rights of the minority, or in some cases, the individual. The issue of federalism, the philosophy which bound together a loose federation of former colonies together under one nation, has from the nation's inception had to combat against the concept of states' rights. The balancing act requires the federal government to maintain authority while not infringing upon the rights of the states. This leads to a constant weighing out of legislation in light of allowing people to choose a certain kind of life in one state and feeling assurance that this freedom will be protected to live this way, while still holding onto national identity as Americans. The present debate over gay marriage is an example of states choosing their own destiny with regards to particular issues.
Historically, the American Constitution allows for this kind of liberty for states to create their own legislation, with the federal government keeping out of the way. It is a way where one can exercise personal freedom in their local region. This personal determination was a unique way that the young democracy created its own definition of human rights.

Lawmakers urge Obama to push for Mideast peace

More than 400 US lawmakers have signed letters urging President Obama to step up efforts aimed at achieving Mideast peace.In the lower House of Representatives, 330 legislators signed a letter sponsored by Democratic majority leader Steny Hoyer and Republican minority leader Eric Cantor.The letter was sent to the White House, the same day Obama hosted Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas for their first Oval Office talks since the US president took power in January.
In the Senate a similar letter, signed by 76 senators, was sent to Obama last week during a visit here by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."While the obstacles are formidable, we agree with you that every effort should be made to try to realise that peace at the soonest possible time," the House letter reads.
It pointed out key priorities for the lawmakers: the parties must negotiate the peace themselves; the United States would work in close cooperation with Israel; it would insist Palestinians renounce violence and build institutions needed for a viable Palestinian state; and the United States should encourage more participation in the process by Arab states.

A man for 35 years without bathing

Kailash ‘Kalau’ Singh is from the village of Chatav outside the holy city of Varanasi. He is 63-years-old and the father of seven daughters. He has gone for 35 years without bathing apparently in an attempt to have a son.
Madhusudan(his neighbor) says that a seer told Kalau years ago that if he didn’t take a bath, he would be blessed with a male child. It seems that many Indians prefer sons for financial reasons. Sons are breadwinners. Girls have to have the matrimonial dowry for the grooms family when they marry. Also, in Indian culture, all their earnings go to their husband’s family. For those reasons, girl children are considered a burden.
So for 35 years Singh hasn’t bathed. It appears his efforts are not working so far.This has been costly for him. He used to own a grocery store, but had to go out of business when customers quit coming to his store because of his ‘unhealthy personality’. He now works in the fields. He also incurred the anger of his family when he refused to take a ritual dip in the river Ganges even after the death of his brother five years ago.In spite of what his neighbors have said, Kalau claims he doesn’t remember how it all began. He claims his pledge to not wash is in the ‘national interest’. ‘I’ll end this vow only when all problems confronting the nation end,’ he said.
Even though he refuses to take water baths, he does take fire baths. That involves standing on one leg next to a bonfire, smoking marijuana and saying prayers to Lord Shiva. He claims its just as good as using water to bath and the fire kills germs and infection in the body.Oh, and he doesn’t brush his teeth either.Considering this whole scenario its not surprising that he hasn’t had a male child. The surprising thing is that he’s had any children at all.

Secret report led to spy charges on Roxana Saberi

A lawyer for US-born reporter Roxana Saberi, freed this week from a Tehran jail, has said that spy charges she had faced arose after she obtained a classified report on the US war on Iraq.Saberi's father Reza Saberi told reporters in Tehran that his daughter "was not tortured at all" in her custody. He said she initially pleaded guilty to the charges under pressure but retracted her statements later, and the appeals court accepted that.She had a report about the US attack on Iraq prepared by the strategic research centre at the (Iranian) presidency," Saleh Nikbakht said, adding, "The research centre deemed the report as classified. But she had not used it at all.
Nikbakht did not say how Saberi had managed to gain access to the confidential report. At the time, Saberi was doing occasional translations for the Web site of the Expediency Council, which is made up of clerics who mediate among the legislature, presidency, and Iran's clerical leadership over constitutional disputes. Saberi's other lawyer said the journalist received a suspended 2-year jail term from the appeal court as that is the stipulated punishment for such a crime.Saberi was released on Monday after her original 8-year jail term was reduced to a suspended 2-year term by the appeal court. Iran's judiciary has said Saberi's 2-year sentence would be suspended for five years.Saberi's said that I'm of course very happy to be free and to be with my parents again, and I want to thank all the people all over the world - which I'm just finding out about, really - who whether they knew me or not helped me and my family during this period.

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US adopts 'fraud' prevention in H-1B visa programmes

Acting on complaints of alleged "outrageous abuses" by Indian firms of the popular H-1B visa
programmes, the US has adopted "fraud prevention tactics" to prevent misuse of the scheme that mostly benefits highly-skilled professional from India.
The Department of Homeland Security have added fraud prevention tactics and begun looking at other more standard fraud investigatory techniques that weren't being use in H-1B that are now going to employ, include things like sites visits and worksites visits.
As well as top obligations are to American workers, making sure American workers have jobs. From an enforcement standpoint,the departments priority is to make sure that there's not fraud occurring within the H-1B programme at all.
The H-1B work visas for highly skilled professionals have most beneficial from IT
professionals from India. Its quite strange that Congress and the Government has recently taken several steps which restrict hiring of foreign workers under H-1B visa programme.
The Department has added some tools to rigorously enforce H-1B visa programme and prevent fraud.

Aspirin in combat zones be controlled-now prohibit

When I read this article on millitary.com I was quite surprised as well as shocked. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is pulling all products containing aspirin from the shelves at its contingency locations.Department of Defense officials ordered that aspirin in combat zones be controlled and now prohibit over-the-counter access through AAFES and Morale, Welfare and Recreation activities, an AAFES press release stated.In an order written in March by then-Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Ward Casscells, service officials were told to make sure all U.S. troops and civilians headed into combat zones stop taking aspirin at least 10 days before they deploy, unless directed by a health care provider.The goal of the policy is to minimize blood loss in combat injuries, he wrote, and cut down on the number of "preventable deaths" associated with those wounds.The concern over aspirin stems from how it affects blood's ability to clot.
Air Force Col. David Schall told that basically, what it does is it inhibits platelet activation and aggregation and this effect lasts for 5 to 7 days after you take aspirin. Personally I would not have gotten through either deployment without Excedrin Migraine.Advil can have an effect on the platelets as well, but aspirin seems to be more potent.If your platelets aren't working, you are going to continue to ooze and ooze.Aspirin blocks an enzyme in platelets.Someone who took aspirin and is injured will have a higher rate of blood loss, and the larger the surface area of the injury that is bleeding, the bigger the problem.

Flu could infect 40 % of UK Population

The number of deaths from swine flu has risen to 159, all of them in Mexico, while the number of suspected cases has reached nearly 2,500. The figures are unclear because some of them have not yet been confirmed as victims of swine flu. Amid a red alert in Britain on swine flu, top health officials have given warning that the deadly virus could infect up to 40 per cent of the UK population in the next six months if the outbreak becomes a pandemic.Professor Neil Ferguson, a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) taskforce have said that We might expect up to 30 per cent -- 40 per cent of the population to become ill in the next six months if this truly turns into a pandemic. also have decided to raise its alert over the virus to level four.The Evening Standard quoted Prof Ferguson as saying that four in 10 people could be infected if the country is hit by a pandemic.The system can barely cope with the current levels of disasters and could be overwhelmed by a substantial increase in numbers of people affected. There must be a fundamental reform of the system.
Earlier, Britons were warned to avoid all but essential travel to Mexico as the WHO said the deadly swine flu virus can no longer be contained and raised its alert to two lower than the maximum of six, signifying a "significant increase in risk of a pandemic", the British daily reported.We don't really know what size epidemic we will get over the next couple of months. It is almost certain that, even if it does fade away in the next few weeks which it might we will get a seasonal epidemic in the autumn.The Government today confirmed that 25 possible cases of swine flue had already been investigated. A newly-married British couple who being in Mexico for their honeymoon are being treated for the killer swine flue even as experts warned a pandemic was "inevitable".The ways people may be infected is by sneezing, touching or being in contact with an infected person, they say it´s highly contagious, and also that the best way to prevent any transmission is by washing hands thoroughly and disinfecting anything touched with the hands . They also recommended using a piece of cloth to cover our mouth and nose in public places.I hope this helps a little...

Gliese 581 d and Gliese 581 e

This discovery is absolutely extraordinary. Nearly 350 planets have been found outside our solar system, but so far nearly every one of them was found to be extremely unlikely to harbor life. In the search for Earth-like planets, astronomers zeroed on two places that look awfully familiar to home. One is close to the right size. The other is in the right place. European researchers said they not only found the smallest exoplanet ever, called Gliese 581 e, but realized that a neighboring planet discovered earlier, Gliese 581 d, was in the prime habitable zone for potential life.Gliese 581 e is only 1.9 times the size of Earth while previous planets found outside our solar system are closer to the size of massive Jupiter, which NASA says could swallow more than 1,000 Earths.Both Gliese 581 d and Gliese 581 e are located in constellation Libra and orbit around Gliese 581.

Jennifer beats Angelina, How?

In the long standing battle of the exes, Jennifer Aniston has for once beaten Angelina Jolie, as the Friends star earned a good $ 13 million more than her ex-husband Brad Pitt's current partner.But as far as I know last year Angelina Julie was Pregnant and had pretty twins! then How is this possible?

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The 40-year-old had a good year with two successful films, Marley and Me and He's Just Not That Into You.Aniston is said to have earned a staggering $ 27 million last year while the Tomb Raider star took in only $ 14 million, according to reports.But both Aniston and Jolie were toppled by R&B singer Beyonce, who pocketed a good $ 80 million last year thanks to her film career and latest album I Am...Sasha Fierce.Parade Magazine added, Country singer Taylor Swift earned $5 Million last 2008, beating Pop star Britney Spear's with $2.5 Million.

Top 5 Passover Traditions From Around The World

The Passover celebration begins today at sundown as Jewish communities around the world gather to tell the story of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt.
Though the story is the same everywhere, some Passover traditions differ from one country to the next. Here are the HuffPost's top 5 most interesting Passover traditions from some unexpected places. Know of other interesting global traditions?

1) AFGHANISTAN: Jews living in Afghanistan created the tradition of gently whipping themselves with scallions as a symbol of the Egyptian slavedrivers' whips used against the Israelites, says Beliefnet.com. According to the Online Database of Jewish Communities, there is currently only one Jew living in Afghanistan, and the largest population of Afghan Jews are in Queens, New York .

In this photograph taken September 15, 2007, the last Jew in Afghanistan, Zebulon Simentov (R) sits on the streets of Kabul. - AFP/Getty Images

2) POLAND: Hasidic Jews living in Góra Kalwaria, Poland, reenact the crossing of the Red Sea in their living rooms. On the seventh day of Passover, each Jewish family pours water on the floor of their homes, hikes up their coats and says the name of the towns in the region they would pass while making their crossing, according to Beliefnet.com.

Visiting Hasidic Jews from across Europe, Israel and North America pray March 11, 2007 in Lezajsk, a small town in southeastern Poland, at the tomb of their 18th century spiritual leader, Rabbi Elimelech, in an annual event marking his death. - AFP/Getty Images

3) INDIA: A Jewish community has lived in Cochin in the Indian state of Kerala for more than 2,000 years. Its members go to shockingly great lengths to prepare for Passover, reports The Jewish Week.
"Pesah work," as it was called in Cochin, would begin immediately after Chanukah. In the Cochin community, it was believed that if a Jewish woman were to make even the slightest mistake in Passover preparation during the 100 days before the actual seder, then the lives of her husband and her children would be endangered.
The pursuit of chametz was a serious business. To ensure purity, the Jews of Cochin kept special rooms in which all Passover utensils, thoroughly scrubbed, were stored. Houses would be scraped and repainted immediately after Purim. Wells would be drained and scrubbed, lest they be polluted. Each grain of rice -- an essential staple even during Passover -- would be examined to ensure that it was free from cracks into which polluting chametz might find its way.

4) GIBRALTAR: In the British territory of Gibraltar, the tiny island off the coast of Spain, Jews actually mix the dust of bricks into their charoset dish, a symbol of the mortar used to hold together the brick walls the Jews built in Egypt, according to Hillel.

The Ark in a Gibraltar synagogue, showing a large number of Sefer Torahs. - Wikipedia

5) ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian Jews' history is strikingly similar to that of their Israelite ancestors. The Jewish community there underwent an exodus of their own in 1985, when Operation Moses and Joshua took almost 8,000 Jews from Sudan to a safe-haven in Israel, according to the Jewish Virtual Library. In commemoration of Passover and their own past, Ethiopian Jews break all of their dishes and make new ones to symbolize a complete break from the past and a new start, reports The Jewish Daily Forward.

Newly-arrived Falashas, Ethiopian Jews, dance and sing April 14, 1985 in Jerusalem during the open-air festival of Mimouna to celebrate the end of Passover. After the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, Israel had smuggled Falashas out of Ethiopia. - AFP/Getty Images
Want more interesting Passover trivia? The largest Seder in the world is celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Baituallah Mehsud called them up

Taliban militant leader Baituallah Mehsud called them up and claimed responsibility for the attack.is it really true? Was the Taliban behind the massacre at the US immigration centre in New York, which left 14 people dead?As per the news agency, Baitullah Mehsud called up from an undisclosed location and said, "I accept responsibility. They were my men. I gave them orders in reaction to US drone attacks."

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New York witnessed a massacre on Friday night as a gunman went on a shooting rampage at an immigration service centre, killing 13 people and wounding 4 others. He then shot himself.
It's not clear if there were any Indians among the dead and injured. Thirty seven people survived the ordeal that lasted more than four hours. At around 10 o'clock on Friday night(Indiam time) authorities received a 911 call from a receptionist at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, who said she'd been shot.It was unclear how long before the 911 call did the rampage begin, but by the time police arrived, about two minutes later, the shooting had stopped.

Dealing with e-waste: what is this?

So, what happens to all the electronic waste once it has been discarded?Every few months there are upgraded versions of the appliances that we own. And, as people get tech-savvy, the demand for gadgets just keeps increasing-increasing and just increasing.....
By the end of the year, India should achieve a PC penetration of 65 per 1,000. While that in itself is a good statistic, we also have about 2 million(20 lakhs) old computers ready for disposal.E-waste is all about, Where our disposed computer or mobile phone goes, and how its affects the air that we breathe.
The e-waste goes into landfills and potentially harmful chemicals leach into the soil. They are incinerated, releasing carcinogens and toxic substances such as lead, cadmium and mercury into the air.Developed countries deal with their e-waste by exporting them to developing countries like India.
basically, Delhi(Indian capital) alone gets 25 % of the e-waste generated in the developed world.E-waste in India is growing by 20 % every year, and the only safe and environment friendly solution is to reuse and recycle.that will be best way to help enviroment.if we wouldn't do that it is going to affect a lot more than we just can imagine.

His Arabic middle name was Muslim

Somtimes I just get mad about the people whatever they say something about some good personalities. More than two months after President Obama placed his hand on the Bible and was sworn in as president of the United States, 11 per cent of Americans still think he is a Muslim.but nobody try to post such a new that 89% of Americans dont
think that Obama is Muslim.. why don't we think like that.White evangelical Protestants and Republicans were the most likely to say Obama who has an Arabic middle name was
Muslim in response to the poll question: "Do you happen to know what Barack Obama's religion is?"I just dont like it man.Nearly one in five white evangelical Protestants and 17 % of the Republicans who took part in the telephone which was conducted by Pew Research from March 9-12, said they thought Obama was Muslim.then what aboutFewer than half in each group 38 per cent of white evangelicals and 46 % of Republicans correctly identified him as Christian.You people can't see that Obama is working on good stuff to make this bad economy good.and the Democrats buddies(55 %) correctly identified Obama as a Christian; seven per cent thought Obama was Muslim. Only six per cent of university graduates said they thought he was a Muslim less than half the 14 % of respondents with no more than a high school education who said the same.

Strange world ! strange things

You know anything could happen in the strange world anything you even couldn't imagine.even A rat can last longer without water than a camel.A Kansas man Mr Chandler who had a 2.5 inch nail shot into his skull has told American TV he did not even notice it.Home renovator George Chandler said he only felt a sting.its really very very strange..what you think?Chandler and his friend Phil Kern were using a nail gun to put up lattice work at his home and after a whileThe hose of the tool got caught and when Mr Kern tried to free it up, Mr Chandler stood up at the same moment the gun discharged.After searching in vain for the rogue nail, Mr Kern spotted it sticking out of his friend's head.Mr Chandler was taken to an emergency department where a doctor tried using pliers to free the nail, before deciding he need something bigger."He looked at me and said, 'I need a claw hammer'," Mr Chandler told American channel NBC. "I thought, 'Ah, he's just teasing'."He got a screwdriver at the same time, and he took the screwdriver and pried the nail up a little bit and got the claw hammer."The nail was eventually removed and Mr Chandler was sent home with several stitches.

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He and Obama "are truly convinced"

President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said their Oval Office meeting Saturday was productive.The two leaders discussed the economy, energy and the environment.

Brazil has become a major U.S. trading partner, and its cautious economic policies have helped it weather the global financial crisis better than most. Brazil also has huge new sources of offshore oil and is the world's largest exporter of ethanol.

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But Brazil has seen little progress on its demand that the U.S. lift an import tariff on ethanol, a gasoline alternative. Obama suggested it could be resolved over time. They look forward to seeing each other at the Group of 20 nations meeting in London in coming month, followed by the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad in mid-April.
Silva said he and Obama "are truly convinced" that decisions coming out of the G-20 can resolve the economic crisis.

How the Angry heart can kill you?

A new study the 'Journal of the American College of Cardiology' revealed that anger-induced electrical changes in the heart could lead to cardiac arrests in people, mainly in those with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.In their study, the researchers analysed 62 patients with who had coronary artery disease who underwent monitoring during a mental stress test.
Rachel Lampert of Yale University, who led the study said that it's an important study because we are beginning to understand how anger and other types of mental stress can trigger potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias, especially among patients with structural heart abnormalities.

Lampert and her team sought to discover whether T-wave alternans (TWA), which monitor electrical instability in the heart induced by anger, would predict future ventricular arrhythmias. The team found that those in the group with more anger-induced electrical instability were more likely to experience arrhythmias one year after the study than those in the control group.
The mental stress test, conducted in a laboratory setting shortly after ICD implantation (about three months), asked patients to recall a recent situation in which they were angry or aggravated.
so beware of doubling up in fury against someone who said or did something to offend you on the road or at a party or at a public place.

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Major H-1B visa racket unearthed in America

US federal authorities have unearthed a major H-1B visa racket with the arrest of at least 11 persons, most of them suspected to be from India. Vision Systems Group, an IT company headquartered in South Plainfield New Jersey, has been indicted on 10 federal counts including conspiracy and mail fraud charge. Viswa Mandalapu, is its CEO and president, according to the information available on the company's website.
US Attorney Matthew Whitker alleged that Vision Systems Group used fraudulent documents to bring H-1B visa workers into the country, he was addressing a press conference at Des Moines, Iowa. The Government is seeking the forfeiture of $7.4 million in proceeds raised through the alleged offenses.He said "This is just the tip of the iceberg as far as this investigation goes,"Besides Vision System Groups, at least five other companies are under investigations because of their alleged visa fraud. Two of them Worldwide Software Services and Sana Systems are based in Iowa.

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The hope for African Americans

Forty years after Martin Luther King's death, Barack Obama is getting ready to live his dream. When he takes oath as America's first black President , it will mark a new chapter in the history of the country.The event is the biggest landmark in the country's turbulent racial history since the fight Rosa Parks took on in the 1950s. She fought against giving up her seat to a white man in a bus in Atlanta and thus galvanised Martin Luther King's civil rights movement."In many respects, we are still half way along in terms of civil rights. But it's an amazing moment in the evolution of blacks as a political force in a society we have been structured out of politically and economically," said Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.Statistics from the November 2008 election show an unprecedented 95 per cent of America's black population turned up to vote. Many of them were young, first time voters who have been the backbone of Obama's victory.

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"I am 20-years-old and it's the first time I voted. We all need a change. I voted for the right person but now it's in God's hands," a US voter had said. If Obama brings hope for millions of Americans tired of two wars and a bad economy, his presence in the White House will take on a whole different meaning for a community that is often in the news for the wrong reasons."I started crying because I have a son. Every statistic on African-American males say they are lagging educationally, economically and that they are more likely to go to jail than college. But for the first time they have a role model so visible to the world, he gives them hope. I have a brother who belongs to one of those statistics. My son is going to be the first to go to college. He has hope and I can say that straight," said Tammy, a resident of New York City.As President now, Barack Obama will have to walk a fine line between ensuring he lives up to the hopes of the black community as he represents whole of America.

An Overview: Sri Ram Sena

Now a day I have been getting hold of this group. A handful of men from a group thought of deciding how others should behave in Mangalore(south India). The group is called Sri Ram Sena. Here's the history of the group and the man who founded it.Sri Rama Sena is a pro-Hindu apolitical organization based in Hubli.There was nationwide outrage, as the images of the Mangalore pub incident scarred the collective psyche of a nation that's celebrating Republic Day.Pramod Muthalik is the man who laid the foundation of the right-wing Hindu group called the Sri Ram Sena.
Pramod said that whoever has done this has done a good job. Girls going to pubs is not acceptable. So, whatever the Sena members did was right. You are highlighting this small incident to malign the BJP government in the state.
Pramod a full-time RSS man earlier, was the Karnataka coordinator of the Bajrang Dal four years ago. Soon he was expelled from the Bajrang Dal after which he joined the Shiv Sena and later he formed his own group.That is what happen in India all the time.
This isn't the first time the Sri Ram Sena has indulged in moral policing.This is sadly not an isolated incident of groups taking the law into their own hands. Churches and prayer halls around Mangalore were attacked just a few months ago over alleged conversions. In Bangalore, rave parties on the outskirts of the city were raided - not by police - but by members of the Kannada Rakshana Vedike. As well as in August, 2008, it vandalised an exhibition of M F Husain's paintings in Delhi.However the group also finds mention in the Malegaon(Maharashtra) blast chargesheet filed by the Maharashtra Police. In the transcript of a conversation, the prime accused Colonel Purohit is quoted saying, "The Shri Ram Sena is doing very good work. Purohit calls the leader of the group as Muthalik.In an interview given to a website, Muthalik staunchly defended Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, another key accused in the Malegaon blast case, saying she is innocent.And now he's dismissing the Mangalore pub attack as a small incident.

We have a lot to worry about other than Obama's jacket

If you did not vote for Barack Obama, I would imagine most of you will have nothing good to say for the next 4 to 8 years. When it comes to making the economy run like it should be running, you guys just need to chill out. I don't care if President Obama does not wear a jacket.
what if he was nervous and got little hot? I mean to say its his first day in the Oval office. Probably the most important job in the world, Right now you got the best country with the worst economic situation its ever been in on your syllabus. Thats enough to make anyone break out in a sweat! Let alone all these dang on people around taking pictures! What is going to be difficult is for all of you to realize that we all have good ideas. We need best of breed technology. The sad truth is that we own it as of now, but if we keep fighting over things that waste our time , we will truly lose our innovation. The good news is that in the time of crisis we really do have tremendous opportunites to move forward and secure a solid future for all Americans as well as all the world.
I don't really care what the man wears to work as long as he gets the job done! we have a lot to worry about in the next 4 to 8 years.

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Girl who dared to challenge a social evil

This Republic Day, when the bravery awards are given away, the name of Ansu Kanwar, a young girl from western Rajasthan, who showed great courage in standing up against a centuries old oppressive custom - child marriage - will appear on the list. Ansu, a 14-year-old girl not only refused to be a child bride but also resisted efforts by the village people and her parents to marry her off to a disabled man, 40 years older than her.

Hamas announces ceasefire

After a long waiting Hamas has announces ceasefire an immediate, week-long end to hostilities in the with Tel Aviv that killed over 1,200 people. Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared on Syrian television that the Islamic group would implement the cease-fire and give Israeli troops one week to pull out of the Gaza Strip."We the Palestinian resistance factions declare a cease-fire from our side in Gaza and we confirm our stance that the enemy's troops must withdraw from Gaza within a week," said Damascus-based Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk. Israel must end the blockade and open the border crossings, said a statement without elaborating. A leader of the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip said that his group agreed to the Hamas truce, adding that other smaller Palestinian factions have signed on, as well. As Israel earlier today declared a unilateral ceasefire, the Palestinian militants fired a barrage rockets into the Jewish state hours after the "fragile" truce took hold stoking fears of fresh violence.The group is determined not to emerge as the obvious loser of the conflict – which makes the presence of Israeli troops inside its stronghold hard to swallow. The group will also have noticed that Mr Olmert did not make any mention of Gaza’s border crossings, which Hamas as well as Egypt and much of the international community want to see opened as soon as possible

The presentation of the Aryan Migration Theory (AMT)

Unfortunately for India, the so-called intellectuals and secularists refuse to accept that India had a history even before Islamic invasion and any other thing. They believe that Indian history starts only from the date when the Muslims demolished Hindu temples during their invasions.A US-based Hindu advocacy group has taken strong objection to historian Michael Wood's documentary ‘The Story of India,’ being telecast on public television, describing its presentation of the Aryan Migration Theory (AMT) as ‘agenda driven.’ Rejecting the theory, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) said India has always been the cradle of Hindu civilization and there is no debate about it. "Michael Wood clearly admires India and its people, and this shows through in his passionate depiction of India," said Sheetal Shah, HAF's Director of Development and Outreach. "We are not seeking to discredit the 'Story of India' in its entirety, but viewers should be aware that a major error was made in the documentary that fails scrutiny and should be corrected,"I think if anybody looks at any "Panchang" you can find how accurately the astrologers are calculating the solar and lunar eclipses without the help of any modern scientific equipment. Similarly, you can find that modern maths is mostly derived vedic maths. One will understand this only if one talks to knowledgeable people without prejudice.India has a great civilization in the past, now we have the worst civilization where we are the world leaders in corruption and discrimination. And any person with sense can see that there are more similarities between a north indian and people living in pakistan and afganistanin physical apprearance. The people in south is entirely different in looks from those people who lives in northern part of india and the current pakistan, afganistan, Iran etc.
The Hindu advocacy group said it has received a deluge of phone calls protesting the presentation of the ‘now discredited’ theory, currently being shown on television. The AMT theorises that in 1500 BCE pastoral tribes that came to be known as Aryans, migrated from Central Europe to Northwest India eventually dispersing indigenous people and imposing their own culture. "This theory, that is not supported by archaeological evidence, was first posited by European Indologists and British colonialists, eventually finding support from a section of India's politically motivated linguists and historians such as Romila Thapar, and famously, controversial Harvard linguist, Michael Witzel," she said. This theory, the HAF believes, is ‘agenda-driven’. In his documentary, HAF says, Wood holds that the early Hindu practice of worshipping devas, or demigods representing elements, ‘somehow implies that these practices were imported from Central Asia.’ While referring ‘obliquely’ to the Aryan Migration Theory as controversial, HAF said, Wood fails to present contrary evidence that many scientists believe refutes the claim that the progenitors of Hindu civilisation came from west of the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan. "There is no debate that India was always the cradle of Hindu civilisation, and the Vedas, the Hindu's holiest scriptures, are the recorded history of our ancestors," said Suhag Shukla, HAF's Managing Director. Indian history is too old and mantras vedas are done in the past where we doesnt have proper date "We strongly oppose the insulting theory--advanced by agenda-driven activist historians that our rishis, the great sages who composed the Vedas, were foreign to India, and Wood does viewers a disservice in not presenting both sides of the coin, in an otherwise admirable work," he said.
The AMT is reviled by many Hindus, he said, due to its implicit proposition that a tribe of ‘Aryans’ migrated into the Indian subcontinent, subjugated an indigenous people dispersing them to South India and established a caste system where the highest castes are comprised of ‘Aryans’ in an ethno-religious apartheid system.
This ‘explosive theory’ that narrates that Aryans were only the first colonizers -- followed by Greeks, Mongols, Turks, Persians was used by European historians to justify the last foreign claim on India, the British Raj.
However, he asserted, it is the latest genetic evidence, based on chromosomal and DNA analysis, that scientists believe definitively discredits the AMT.

Cops Kill Unarmed Black Man (so sad)

When I see this first time I was shocked as well as surprised . Why the police Officer did that? we can't figure it out until and unless the court prove it. think that there was no reason to kill that man even if he did have any thing to do with the altercration on the train. A videotape recorded by a passenger on the train shows an officer with the Bay-Area California Rapid Transit Police Department standing over Oscar Grant III of Hayward, CA as he is laying facedown and handcuffed. The officer then appears to fire a bullet into Grant's back as fellow officers look on. The shooting took place just before 2 AM, after five officers arrived at the Fruitvale stati on in response to reports of a fight on a train. It has not been confirmed whether Grant was involved in the altercation.When will this crazy mess end? I really do not understand what was the motive behind for this!! This is completely terrible and miserable for the family, and I hope the officer responisible for this is brought to justice!
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We are tightening the encirclement of the city

Israeli ground forces were involved in fierce clashes with the Hamas as troops tightened their hold around Gaza city with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warning that the Islamic militants face an "IRON FIST". As the Israeli offensive against Hamas entered its 18th day, ground forces tightened their hold around the Gaza. Israeli military said troops were "tightening the encirclement of the city" as forces pushed deeper into the populated areas of the enclave where more than 900 Palestinians, nearly half of them women and children have killed. Ehud Olmert(Israeli PM) threatened to hit Hamas with an "iron fist" if it did not end the rocket attacks which Tel Aviv aims to end. Olmert said Israel's key demands were non-negotiable. "We want to end the operation when the two conditions we have demanded are met: ending the rocket fire and stopping Hamas's rearmament. If these two conditions are met, we will end our operation in Gaza," he said. "Anything else will meet the iron fist of the Israeli people, who are no longer ready to tolerate the Qassams (rockets)." Israeli military spokesman said nearly 30 missiles launched from Gaza yesterday, but no casualties were reported. "We are tightening the encirclement of the city," the offensive's commander, Brigadier Eyal Eisenberg, told reporters. "We are not static. We are careful to be constantly on the move." The defiant Hamas showed no signs of wavering. Gaza's Hamas prime minister said the the militants were "closer to victory." the fighting started on dec.27 and uptill today it has killed more than 900 Palestinians, about half of them civilians, 13 Israelis, including 10 soldiers killed. Israeli jets and attack helicopters pounded suspected Hamas positions in Gaza City, particularly the homes of the Islamic militant leadership. The strikes came as Israeli troops advanced into the highly-populated suburbs of Gaza City. Israeli forces clashed with Hamas fighters across the Gaza Strip after Tel Aviv poured reserve troops on Monday as it pushed deeper into the heavily populated coastal enclave in further escalation of the conflict. The fighting came amid continued diplomacy in Egypt, whose officials were talking with Hamas representatives about a possible truce. We can't figure out what going to haapen next.
The operation is ongoing, alongside our monitoring of diplomatic efforts. We heard on Monday, and we respect, the request by UN Secretary-General and we are also monitoring the treatment of the Egyptian initiative," Barak was quoted as saying by the Israeli daily Haaretz.


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Indian airports world's most-delayed

If you are planning to get trip to India You should have An extra travel time needs to be budgeted to fly from overseas, with Indian airports emerging as the world’s most-delayed airports with most frequent late arrivals into the country in 2008, according to US magazine Forbes.Country’s financial hub Mumbai’s and national capital Delhi airports have grabbed the first and second ranks in terms of late arrivals in the world’s most-delayed airports . “India takes the prize as the country with most frequent late arrivals in our second annual tallying of the world’s most-delayed airports,” Forbes said in its latest report. Topping the list of the world’s most-delayed airport for the second year in a row, Mumbai’s international airport saw just 49.95 per cent of on-time arrivals. While about 58 per cent of its late arrivals in 2008 were delayed by 30 minutes or more, the report said. At New Delhi’s IGI airport, the percentage of on-time arrivals is 50.89 per cent in 2008 and had seen 23.3 million passengers in previous year, based on data from FlightStats, which tracks historical and real-time flight information. The report stated that India was a peculiar case as its biggest airports have undertaken massive construction projects to cope with the country’s rapid growth.The most-delayed airport, Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International, opened a new taxiway in November to reduce the wait time for landing aircraft, while New Delhi’s IGI Airport fully opened a third runway in October.Further, high on the Forbes list of airports with the lowest percentage of on-time arrivals are – Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport (54 per cent on time), Orio al Serio Airport near Bergamo, Italy (61 per cent), New York LaGuardia (62 per cent), Birmingham Airport in England (63 per cent) and London’s Luton and Heathrow Airports (both 63 per cent on time).
Besides, a host of European airports are among those on top of the list with delayed departures, they include – Manchester Airport in northern England (49 per cent on time), Venice’s Marco Polo International (54 per cent), Rome’s Fiumicino International (58 per cent), Athens International (61 per cent) and Paris’ Charles DeGaulle International (62 per cent on-time).

"I'm already 107 and I still haven't got married"

A Chinese woman who is 107-year-old, born in southern Guizhou province the child of a salt merchant, who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband and hopes to find a fellow centenarian so they will have something to talk about.Wang Guiying is worried she is becoming a burden to her aging nieces and nephews since breaking her leg when she was 102 and had to stop doing chores like washing her clothes.She said that My nephews and nieces are getting older and their children are already tied up with their own families and I am becoming more and more of a burden. she said."I'm already 107 and I still haven't got married," the Chongqing Commercial Times quoted her saying. "What will happen if I don't hurry up and find a husband?"Wang grew up watching her uncles and other men scold and beat their wives and often found her aunt crying in the woodshed after an attack."All the married people around there lived like that. Getting married was too frightening," she said of an era when Chinese women had few rights and low social standing.Many also had their feet bound in an excruciating process aimed at making them look more dainty and marriageable.Local officials have said they are happy to help Wang search for a 100-year old groom, and suggested her family get in touch with old people's homes to find candidates, the paper said.

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Who wins 4 at Golden Globes? I know

"Slumdog Millionaire" lived up to its underdog theme at Sunday's Golden Globes, sweeping all four of its categories, including best drama and director for Danny Boyle.Kate Winslet won two Globes all on her own, best dramatic actress for "Revolutionary Road" and supporting actress for "The Reader." "The Wrestler" also had two, dramatic actor for Mickey Rourke and best song for Bruce Springsteen ."Golden Globes, or the GGs as we very affectionately refer to them -- your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated. Really, deeply appreciated," Boyle said."Slumdog Millionaire" also won best screenplay and musical score, firming up its prospects for the Academy Awards. The film features a generally unknown cast in the story of an orphan boy in Mumbai who rises from terrible hardship to become a champ on India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," all the while trying to reunite with a lost love from his childhood."We really weren't expecting to be here in America at all at one time, so it's just amazing to be here," said Simon Beaufoy, whose winning script was adapted from Vikas Swarup's novel "Q & A."Winslet, who has previously been nominated five times without winning at both the Globes and Oscars, won for her role as a woman in a crumbling marriage in "Revolutionary Road" and as a former Nazi concentration camp guard in "The Reader.""Revolutionary Road" was directed by Winslet's husband, Sam Mendes, and reunited her with her "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.The Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of about 90 reporters covering show business for overseas outlets.
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Bush takes last Air Force One flight

President George W Bush had to be reminded that he was taking his last scheduled trip aboard Air Force One. After Barack Obama is sworn into office on January 20, Bush will fly again on the familiar blue-and-white presidential aircraft, but it won't be called Air Force One because he no longer will be the president."I don't think it had dawned on him that it was his last flight on Air Force One," White House press secretary Dana Perino told reporters on the plane as it returned to Washington from Norfolk, Virginia, where he commissioned the Navy's newest ship, the USS George H W Bush, named after his father. Bush's father told the sailors that "the freedom we seek and the peace we desire can only be found in the countless sacrifices you will make in everyday tasks you will perform."After a reporter mentioned it, the president said, "You know, you're right," Perino said, adding that he was moved by the commissioning ceremony."His whole family is here and that's all that matters to him," she added.Members of the Bush family and some of the president's friends, who attended the commissioning ceremony, shared the roughly 40-minute flight with Bush back to Washington.
After it returned to Andrews Air Force Base, just outside Washington in suburban Maryland, the Boeing 747, wet from rain, was towed into a hangar.Once inside, Bush got off and spent about 25 minutes visiting privately with members of the Presidential Airlift Group.First lady Laura Bush, their daughters, Barbara Bush and Jenna Hager, and her husband, Henry Hager, joined him in thanking the dozens of flight attendants, maintenance workers and others who handle everything from food to fuel for Air Force One.

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