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2010-07-06T02:09:00.000-07:00

I Shot an Arrow into the air

It fell to earth I Know not Where,

For so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breath'd a song into the air

It fell to earth, I know not where.

For who has sight so keen and strong

That it can follow the flight of a song?

long, long afterward in an oak

I found the arrow still unbroke;

And the song from beginning to end

I found again in the heart of a friend.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A Dream

2010-06-05T07:45:00.000-07:00

I heard the dogs howl in the moonlight night;
I went to the window to see the sight;
All the Dead that ever I knew
Going one by one and two by two.

On they pass'd, and on they pass'd;
Townsfellows all, from first to last;
Born in the moonlight of the lane,
Quench'd in the heavy shadow again.

Schoolmates, marching as when they play'd
At soldiers once - but now more staid;
Those were the strangest sight to me
Who were drown'd, I knew, in the awful sea.

Straight and handsome folk, bent and weak, too;
Some that I loved, and gasp'd to speak to;
Some but a day in their churchyard bed;
Some that I had not known were dead.

A long, long crowd - where each seem'd lonely,
Yet of them all there was one, one only,
Raised a head or look'd my way;
She linger'd a moment - she might not stay.

How long since I saw that fair pale face!
Ah! Mother dear! might I only place
My head on thy breast, a moment to rest,
While thy hand on my tearful cheek were prest!

On, on, a moving bridge they made
Across the moon-stream, from shade to shade,
Young and old, women and men;
Many long-forgot, but remembered then,

And first there came a bitter laughter;
A sound of tears a moment after;
And then a music so lofty and gay,
That eve morning, day by day,
I strive to recall it if I may.

William Allingham

BLUE

2009-10-26T00:27:00.001-07:00

Genre: Action
Director: Anthony D'Souza
Producer: Dhilin Mehta
Banner: Shri Ashtavinayak Cine Visions
Music Director: A. R. Rahman
Lyricist: Abbas Tyrewala, Mayur Puri
Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan, Suniel Shetty, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta, Kylie Minogue, Rahul Dev
Release Date: October 16, 2009

The story of Blue Hindi movie takes place at the Bahamas. In 1949, a ship named “Lady in Blue” sunk in the sea of Bahamas. The ship was carrying large amount of gold treasure. Sagar works for Aarav, who always badgers him to go and find the gold of the “Lady in Blue.” Sagar on the contrary, does not want to talk about it. He is a happy-go-lucky guy who loves Mona and dreams to have his own boat someday. Everything changes, when Sagar’s estranged brother, Sam comes to the Bahamas with Mafia boss, Gulshan (Rahul Dev) is hot on his trail for an assignment worth 50 million dollars has gone wrong. Gulshan then kidnaps Mona and then tells Sagar to return the money within twenty four hours. He has no options but to go for the treasure of the “Lady in Blue.”

Final commence - its ok (Average)

The Obama Family Portrait

2009-10-23T20:59:00.001-07:00

The White House has released an official family portrait of President Obama, the first lady, Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia.

It was taken by the photographer Annie Leibovitz.
(NY Times)

2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

2009-10-17T21:59:00.000-07:00

From 13th to 18th October 2009 the World Gymnastic Championships will be held in London for the first time. The championships will give a strong indication of which world-class gymnasts will be defending their positions in 2012, and who will be the rising stars that will challenge them.

The Championships will see outstanding performances from the best gymnasts in the world representing China, Japan, USA, Romania, Russia, Poland, France, PRK, Korea, Croatia, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, along with many other strong gymnastics nations.

Age no Barrier for success

2009-10-14T09:14:00.000-07:00

One hundred-year-old Ruth Frith competes in the women's shot put during the Masters Games in Sydney, Australia, Sunday,

Santa O Clause from Australia runs in bare feet in the heats of the 80-84 year-old class of the men's 100 meters during the Masters Games, in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009.
(AP)

Taste of India

2009-10-10T23:36:00.000-07:00

New Images From Space

2009-09-15T22:49:00.000-07:00

Astronomers on Wednesday unveiled new pictures and observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. With the exception of a picture last month of the bruise on Jupiter caused by a comet, they were the first data obtained with the telescope since a crew spent 13 days in orbit last May replacing, refurbishing and rebuilding its vital components.

“This is truly Hubble’s new beginning,” Edward Weiler, the associate administrator for science at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said at a news conference in Washington.

The event, which included Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland, and the NASA administrator, Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., who is retired from the Marine Corps, was a mix of science and celebration of the human spirit and innovation.

“I’m in awe of the human ingenuity that could conceive of such a thing and then make it happen,” said K. Megan McArthur, an astronaut who flew on the repair mission last spring

Heidi Hammel of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo., said, “We’re giddy with the quality of the data we’re getting.”

Among the images were gas flying from a dying star that looked like a butterfly spreading its wings, and a galaxy nearly 10 billion light-years away whose image had been stretched and magnified by the gravity of a cluster of galaxies into a “dragon” shape. Examining such images, astronomers can study details of galaxies that existed before the Milky Way was born and chart the distribution of mysterious dark matter in the universe.

Dr. Weiler noted that the telescope was now in the best shape of its 19-year life in orbit, far surpassing the ambitions of its founders, and that it could last for at least another five years.

“Hubble gets better and better and better,” he said.

The telescope has had almost as many reincarnations as a cat. It was born in a vision of Lyman Spitzer, a Princeton astronomer who realized in 1946 that a telescope in space above the blurring effects of the atmosphere could make more precise measurements of stars, as well as see infrared and ultraviolet radiation that cannot make it through air.

Launched with great fanfare from the space shuttle in 1990, the telescope became a national joke when it was discovered that its primary mirror had been painstakingly polished to the wrong shape.

The mistake was so simple, however, that it could be repaired. In 1993, an astronaut crew installed corrective optics on the telescope, and the heavens snapped into focus. Astronauts have visited the telescope four more times in a series of increasingly ambitious servicing missions, and the telescope became increasingly powerful.

By the time of the final servicing mission, only one of the telescope’s three cameras was working and its spectrograph had shut down. In May, a crew from the shuttle Atlantis installed a new camera and spectrograph and repaired the other spectrograph and the telescope’s prime camera, the Advanced Camera for Surveys, among other tasks.

The job was almost a complete success. The exception was that the astronauts were unable to restore a high-resolution capability on the survey camera. It is mostly used in a wide-field mode, astronomers say, but one of the more exciting Hubble pictures recently was a high-resolution image of a planet orbiting the star Fomalhaut obtained by Paul G. Kalas of the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues.

At the news conference, David S. Leckrone, longtime Hubble senior scientist, announced that another of the telescope’s instruments, an infrared camera known as Nicmos that had been dormant but that had not been worked on by the astronauts, was now back.

Dr. Leckrone said he was proud to report that there were no problems with the spacecraft.

“Somehow,” he said, addressing the entire NASA and astronomical community, “you guys managed to pull it off.”

Dr. Weiler, the NASA associate administrator, thanked the 32 astronauts “who have risked their lives flying up to Hubble and keeping the scientists happy.”

Asked their reactions to seeing the new pictures, most of the astronauts who were on the mission in May said some version of “wow.” Michael J. Massimino, who performed two spacewalks then, said, “Thank God we didn’t break it.”
-The New York

Sachin Tendulkar reaches his 44th ODI hundred

2009-09-14T10:53:00.000-07:00

Sachin Tendulkar (138) cracked his 44th One-day International century as India piled up 319 for five wickets against Sri Lanka in the Compaq Cup tri-series final at the R.Premadasa Stadium here Monday.
Indians, who were handed their worst defeat in Sri Lanka by the hosts in the previous match Saturday, were quick to opt for batting after winning the toss, which captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had declared on the eve of final would be a crucial factor.

India made a change in its playing XI replacing Dinesh Karthik, who opened the innings in the first two matches, with Virat Kohli who flew in here in place of injured Gautam Gamhir.
In the absence of a suitable partner for Tendulkar up the order, it was veteran Rahul Dravid who was promoted to the opening slot and he sure fitted the bill.
The two added 91 runs for the opening stand with Dravid (39), making a comeback to ODIs after two years, comfortably donning the role of a second foil. Tendulkar's half century came in 47 balls and included six fours.

It was Sanath Jayasuriya who got the breakthrough for the hosts, when Dravid misread a slower delivery to hole out a catch to Tillakaratne Dilshan. Dravid's 56-ball innings included two fours and a six.
Dhoni, who followed next, kept up the run flow. Tendulkar's ton came in 33rd over and included eight fours. But with the century came cramps and Dravid had to return to the field, this time as a runner for Tendulkar.

Tendulkar stitched a 110-run partnership with Dhoni, who after a making a 62-ball 56 was being caught by Thilina Kandamby in the 37th over.
Tendulkar then joined forces with Yuvraj Singh (56 not out) and it looked that the Indian batting maestro will carry his bat through, but was trapped lbw by Ajantha Mendis in the last ball of the 46th over. His scintillating innings was studded with 10 fours and a six.
Yuvraj cut loose in last four overs piling 42 runs as India coasted to a competitive total.

Match Summary
India 319/5 (50 ov)
Sri Lanka 273 (46.4 ov)
India won by 46 runs

INDIA

R Dravid (c Dilshan b Jayasuriya) 39
SR Tendulkar (lbw b Mendis) 138
MS Dhoni (c Kandamby b Malinga) 56
Yuvraj Singh (not out) 56
YK Pathan (c Kapugedera b Thushara) 00
SK Raina (c Kulasekara b Thushara) 08
V Kohli (not out) 02
Extras (lb 1, w 18, nb 1) 20
Total (5 wickets; 50 overs; 239 mins) 319

SRI LANKA

TM Dilshan (b Harbhajan Singh) 42
Jayasuriya (c Nehra b Pathan ) 36
PMD Jayawardene (c & b Harbhajan Singh) 01
C Sangakkara (kit wicket b Singh ) 33
Thushara ( b Sharma) 15
AD Mathews (c Raina b Yuvraj Singh) 14
SHT Kandamby (b Harbhajan Singh) 66
CK Kapugedera (c Dhoni b Raina) 35
KMDN Kulasekara (not out) 09
SL Malinga (c & b Harbhajan Singh) 00
BAW Mendis (st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh) 07
Extras (lb 3, w 11, nb 1) 15
Total (all out; 46.4 overs; 221 mins) 273

Sachin got man of The Mach and man of the series Awards

Chief Seattle

2009-09-14T01:58:00.000-07:00

In a time so long ago that nearly all traces of it are lost in the prairie dust, an ancient people were a part of the land that we love and call America. Living here for thousands of years, their children became the great Indian civilizations of the Choctaw and Cherokee, Navaho, Iroquois and Sioux, among many others. Then white settlers from Europe began a bloody war against the Indians, and in the span of a single lifetime claimed all the Indians' land for themselves, allowing them only small tracts of land to live on.

When the last of the Indian wars were drawing to a close, one of the bravest and most respected chiefs of the Northwest Nations, Chief Seattle, sat at a white man's table to sign a paper presented by the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Territory. The government in Washington, D.C., wished to buy the lands of Chief Seattle's people. With a commanding presence and eyes that mirrored the great soul that lived within, the Chief rose to speak to the gathering in a resounding voice.

How can you buy the sky? Chief Seattle began. How can you own the rain and the wind?

My mother told me, Every part of this earth is sacred to our people. Every pine needle. Every sandy shore. Every mist in the dark woods. Every meadow and humming insect. All are holy in the memory of our people.

My father said to me, I know the sap that courses through the trees as I know the blood that flows in my veins. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters. The bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the meadows, the ponies -- all belong to the same family.

The voice of my ancestors said to me, The shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is not simply water, but the blood of your grandfather's grandfather. Each ghostly reflection in the clear waters of the lakes tells of memories in the life of our people. The water's murmur is the voice of your great-great-grandmother. The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our children. You must give to the rivers the kindness you would give to any brother.

The voice of my grandfather said to me, The air is precious. It shares its spirit with all the life it supports. The wind that gave me my first breath also received my last sigh. You must keep the land and air apart and sacred, as a place where one can go to taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow flowers. W'hen the last Red Man and Woman have vanished with their wilderness, and their memory is only the shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, will the shores and forest still be here? Will there be any of the spirit of my people left?

My ancestors said to me, This we know: The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.

The voice of my grandmother said to me, Teach your children what you have been taught. The earth is our mother. What befalls the earth befalls all the sons and daughters of the earth.

Hear my voice and the voice of my ancestors, Chief Seattle said. The destiny of your people is a mystery to us. What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered? The wild horses tamed? What will happen when the secret corners of the forest are heavy with the scent of many men? When the view of the ripe hills is blotted by talking wires? Where will the thicket be? Gone. Where will the eagle be? Gone! And what will happen when we say good-bye to the swift pony and the hunt? It will be the end of living, and the beginning of survival.

This we know: All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother's heartbeat. If we sell you our land, care for it as we have cared for it. Hold in your mind the memory of the land as it is when you receive it. Preserve the land and the air and the rivers for your children's children and love it as we have loved it. -- Chief Seattle

Sri Lanka beat India by 139 runs

2009-09-12T10:07:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka 307/6 (50 ov) India 168 (37.2 ov)
Sri Lanka won by 139 runs
Compaq Cup - 3rd Match
Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
12 September 2009 - day/night (50-over match)

TM Dilshan (c †Dhoni b Sharma) 23
ST Jayasuriya (lbw b Nehra) 98
DPMD Jayawardene (st †Dhoni b Pathan) 17
KC Sangakkara (lbw b Harbhajan Singh) 05
AD Mathews (st †Dhoni b Raina) 19
SHT Kandamby (not out) 91*
CK Kapugedera (run out (Singh) 36
KMDN Kulasekara (not out) 03*
Extras (lb 4, w 10, nb 1) 15
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs; 240 mins) 307 (6.14 runs per over)

INDIA

KD Karthik (c †Sangakkara b Thushara) 16
SR Tendulkar (c Mendis b Kulasekara ) 27
R Dravid (b Mathews) 47
Yuvraj Singh (c †Sangakkara b Malinga) 16
SK Raina (c †Sangakkara b Mathews) 00
MS Dhoni (b Mathews) 08
YK Pathan c (†Sangakkara b Mathews) 01
Harbhajan Singh (b Mathews) 19
RP Singh (not out) 01
A Nehra (b Mathews) 13
I Sharma (c sub (WU Tharanga) b Mendis) 16
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 14)
Total (all out; 37.2 overs; 174 mins) 168(4.50 runs per over)

Dravid made 47 Runs .(Include one Sixer)That is Only Six In This Much.

Famous Last Words

2009-09-11T22:03:00.000-07:00

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)

"Friends applaud, the comedy is over."

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963)

"If someone is going to kill me, they will kill me."

Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945)

"But, but, mister Colonel..."

Napoleon I (1769-1821)

"Chief of the Army."

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973)

"Drink to me."

Washington, George (1732-1799)

"It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."

Lady Nancy Astor (1879-1964)

"Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying?"

Byron, Lord (1788-1824)

"Goodnight."

Marx, Karl (1818-1883)

"Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."