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" Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron. " - Dwight D. Eisenhower This BBC estimate speaks volumes for the futility of war... hope someone's learnt some lessons...

" The Notting Hill Carnival is the largest arts festival in Europe and in Carnival terms is second only to Rio. It’s fantastic, it’s vibrant, it’s full of life, it’s for everyone. " . . . so says the carnival website . Here are some snaps from Notting Hill Carnival in London this year...

Google Apps for Your Domain is here. Integrating Gmail , Google talk , Google calendar and Google page Creator , Google [ NASDAQ:GOOG ] has launched Google Apps for Your Domain , a service that lets an organization use these communication and collaboration tools with branding and customizations. And this is just the free version. I wonder what will be possible in the premium edition when it comes out by end of year. Gmail already has the ability to customized and use it with your own domain - Be yourself . All you need to do is verify that email address for Google. "@googlemail.com or @yourschool.edu or @yourcustomdomain.com. Now you can customise the 'From:' address on your outgoing messages to display another one of your addresses instead. Use any alias or email address that you own, but do all your sending from Google Mail." This is good news for small companies, as now they can easily have their IT backbone with Google and atleast for the foreseeable future not

Someone sent this to me by mail and I found it quite funny. Thats why its here...read with a punjabi accent! To, The Principle, Bela School, Ludhiana Sir, Binti eh hai ki ajj kall school vich dill nahin lagda te raat nu neend vi nahi aandi kyonki school vich kudiyyan ghatt ne, Jo hai oh sabb eniyann ajeeb ne ki dekhann nu ji ni karda.Te madama v koih khass patakka nahi hann.Hor ni te koch taan receptionist hi sohni rakh lavo ..taa ki nave bache admission laen leyyee motivate ho sakan . Aap ji da bahut dhannwadi howanga. Your faithfully, Boys Association

Watch the video...inspires me to do some cooking... Read the story behind the video here .

An animator faces his own animation in deadly combat. The battlefield? The Flash interface itself. A stick figure is created by an animator with the intent to torture. The stick figure drawn by the animator will be using everything he can find - the brush tool, the eraser tool - to get back at his tormentor. It's resourcefulness versus power. Who will win? You can find out yourself. Animator vs. Animation by * alanbecker on deviant ART

Rediff has reviewed the music of the new Mahesh Bhatt movie - "Woh Lamhe". And they say: Woh Lamhe's music is worth a listen For me, I liked the music, its melodious and is easy to listen to. My rating : [x][x][x][x][ ] Click on the image to listen to the music!

I have been fascinated by this 'art form', since the first time I saw an ad on TV which used this technique. Very impressive! Clues to its origin are found here . Now that you have seen what can be done in a theatre, watch these to see what the real masters are capable of... - in ping pong - in football I found one more... Also check out one of my older posts .

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Luckily, Apple themselves have provided a tool to create links to iTunes, iTunes Link Maker For those that need a step-by-step demonstration, here goes: Aim To create a link on this blog to the BBC Newsnight Video Podcast. Steps 1. This is what you see when you visit the iTunes Link Maker web site. 2. Now select the country (depending on which iTunes music store you want to search), which in this case is UK and type in the Search keyword, which could be 'BBC newsnight' as shown. 3.Click on search to list all matching songs and/or albums and/or podcasts. 4.The 'Newsnight video podcast' is second on the list, clicking on it shows this screen. 5. There you have it, the piece of code to copy/paste into your web page. Click to open the video podcast for my favorite news programme - BBC Newsnight Enjoy!

I was wondering what to add to my blog, so googled for "stuff to blog on" and this came up - BlogThings.com . As the name suggests, they provide - "Cool things to put in your blog" Here are the results: You Are 85% Grown Up, 15% Kid Your emotional maturity is fully developed, and you have an excellent grasp on your emotions. In fact, you are so emotionally mature - you should consider being a therapist! How Emotionally Mature Are You? You Should Visit Peru Peru is ideal for your "off the beaten path" traveling style. Head out to an ancient Incan city, visit a volcano, and don't forget to pet a llama. What Latin American Country Should You Visit? You Are Heineken You appreciate a good beer, but you're not a snob about it. You like your beer mild and easy to drink, so you can concentrate on being drunk. Overall, you're a friendly drunk who's likely to buy a whole round for your friends... many times. Sometimes you can be a bit boring when you

This time in a Microsoft UK training video...would you believe it! Those of you who loved ' The Office ' will find this a great viewing...enjoy! Featuring Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant in their roles from the BBC version of The Office ... Part one: Part Two:

No...I am not talking about Michael Jackson ; about Sir Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones . We (the other one was Mr. Dinesh) went and saw 'The Rolling Stones' on tour with - A Bigger Bang - on the 20th. What a performance! You would'nt believe its a 63 year old man on stage. He's got so much enthusiasm and energy, its no surprise they are a great act. I haven't been any other major gig, so may be I am exaggerating...but wow...I certainly am going for many more... As per the ticket, camera's weren't allowed; being the good citizens we didn't take it with us, however, many others did. Out of desperation, we had to rely on the 2 megapixels on our mobiles...

It's a remix of the orignial movie of Jake Shimabukuro . It was recorded with 4 mic and cajon, bongos cajon and shaker.

If you are big fan or a regular viewer of the English Premier League, this is for you... Play Fantasy Premier League Take your pick of players plying their trade in the Premier League and put your knowledge and management skills to the test. With a budget of £100 million, choose a squad of 15 players made up of 2 Goalkeepers, 5 Defenders, 5 Midfielders and 3 Forwards. No more than 3 players can be selected from a single team. The players in your squad score points based on how they perform in Premier League matches. No matter which team you support you'll soon find yourself cheering on every player who's in your team.

Dim Mak on Wikipedia ... Dim Mak or "Death Touch" or "Kyusho - jitsu" is training the attack of Pressure points in some styles of Chinese martial arts to kill, incapacitate, or otherwise control an opponent. Killer Move - video powered by Metacafe

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