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BA (Hons) courses seem to be making a comeback. After years of dominance by BCom (Hons) and economics (Hons) programmes in Delhi University, this year, trends in admissions show that the BA courses are finding favour again. A look at the admissions process clearly shows the rising popularity of these courses. Sources in Hindu College admit [...]

Andrei Arshavin says he is ready to turn down offers from clubs in England and Germany in favour of a move to Spain. Manchester City, Newcastle and Arsenal are three of the Premier League clubs reportedly interested in the Zenit St Petersburg player. Without revealing names, the 27-year-old claimed to know of offers from England, but says that his dream is to play in La Liga. "I know that I have o

Addicted to the net? You're not the only one. This piece in Pink News (23 June 2008) reports on a recent article in the American Journal of Psychiatry, where Dr Jerald Block, of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, says adults are becoming addicted to using the web: "It's much more acceptable for kids to talk about game use, whereas adults keep it a secret. Rather than having sex, or

New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Television actress Shilpa Shinde, who had been sued by director Rakesh Chaudhary for breaching an agreement and for 'being unprofessional', has finally won the case in Mumbai High Court.

Here are two more views on the hotel versus apartment rental debate from a couple of vacation apartment moguls. Marvin Floyd, GM of VRBO admits: “I'm biased for vacation rentals of course, but don't believe hotels will ever go away or even out of fashion. Business travellers will continue using hotels to get points and preferential treatment. I stay at the Radisson in Austin every month rather

[Images: Pappix]We don’t know what on earth possessed Liam Gallagher when he asked the hairdresser for this hairstyle, but we had hoped that it was a temporary lapse of sanity on his part. Our spies caught him sporting his newly trimmed locks in May, and we had our fingers crossed that he’d crop his hair back to a normal length shortly. Apparently not…We have it on good authority that the le

London, June 2 : A report in New Scientist has determined that tropical forests in Indonesia and Malaysia are being axed in favour of palm oil. Between 1990 and 2005 palm plantations rocketed by 1.87 million hectares in Malaysia and by more than 3 million hectares in Indonesia. With the help of data from the UN Food [...]

Considering the phenomenal success of Samsung’s Soul it was only a matter of time until we saw a variation on the Soul theme appear and, never ones to disappoint, Samsung have just released details concerning their new Soulb candy-bar style cell phone which, according to Samsung’s press release, manages to ...

Software developers are still writing applications for Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Linux in preference to Windows Vista more than 16 months after its worldwide release. A survey by Evans Data questioned 380 US software developers and found that just eight percent are developing applications for Vista. Almost half the respondents are focusing development efforts on Windows [...]

Once again Bollywood has proved it that there is nothing called true friendship or enemity here. Talking about Saif Ali Khan, it was Farhan Akhtar who got Saif’s career on the move with ‘Dil Chhahta... For more just visit my blog...bollyjolly.blogspot.com

Manchester United 4 - West Ham 1ScorersManchester United: Ronaldo (3, 24), Tevez (26), Carrick (59)West Ham: Ashton (28)Red CardsManchester United: Nani (37)Team: Van der Sar, Rio, Brown, Hargreaves, Evra, Scholes (O'Shea 72), Carrick, Park (Giggs 61), Nani, Ronaldo (Flectcher 64), TevezWe played well, in fact we played very well but make no bones about it, West Ham were simply not interested in this game. This was similar to the same fixture at the end of last season when they visited us, needing a win to secure Premiership status, while we slept-walked thru the 90.This time round the roles were reversed. West Ham had nothing to play for and it showed. They didn't exactly lie down for us, but they didn't pressure us as they had last year.In fact they were so lackadaisical that Ronaldo shi

Be kind enough to give me just 60 seconds of your time…. It might sound crazy, but I want to tell you about a new way for you to TRIPLE your income by trading the Forex market. I have found something exciting for you which I just picked up from one of my Forex trading colleagues [...]

Highlighting the need to increase people-to-people contacts, former Premier and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday favoured abolition of visas for travel between India and Pakistan.During a meeting here with Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, Sharif, whose party is a key member of Pakistan's ruling coalition, said there is a need to increase trade and people-to-people contacts between the two countries."Sharif told me that there is no need for visas between India and Pakistan," Deora told PTI after the meeting.

From the Vancouver Sun today:. While one coast of Canada will be digging out from a blizzard this weekend, the other coast will be basking in a heat wave…. Except… The worst city to be in this weekend is Saskatoon, which is forecast to ...

The Parable of the Lost Sheep is seemingly lost on some folk in Louisiana. They'd rather the lost sheep be fried in oil than be let back into the fold. The Good Shepherd is more concerned for the lost sheep, but if you've just tightened your belt a couple of notches too much, the message might get blurred in the subsequent fainting fit. The State of Louisiana is seeking to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that death "is not cruel and unusual punishment for the rape of a child" and thus doesn't violate the 8th Amendment. This comes on the day that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the lethal three-drug cocktail used in most U.S. executions during the past 30 years. No matter that the stuff takes a time to wend its way through the veins. I suppose these judges describe themsel

Consumers seem to be very easily fooled. As soon as “reduced-fat” appears on a product they seem to fly off the supermarket shelves. In fact: it doesn’t mean you’re being healthy- instead it means increased carbohydrates, and in worse cases- fat-free means increased sugar and chemicals. But this doesn’t stop consumers. A new report shows that, [...]

Mazda, a Japanese car manufacturer, sold approximately 57.7 thousand vehicles at the Russian market in the business year of 2007-2008. Thus, the companyТs annual sales in this region have advanced by 63%. Interestingly, demand increase for Mazda cars in Russia is higher than in European countries. E.g. in Belgium demand for companyТs vehicles grew 36% (4.9 thousand cars), in Hungary it made up 25% of growth (3.1 thousand cars), while Ireland showed a 24% increase (4.9 thousand cars). Russia surpassed the United Kingdom (53.4 thousand cars), Austria (17.3 thousand cars) and France (15.1 thousand) in terms of total volume of Mazda vehicles sold.

Last year, 204,473 Australians visited Bali, up from 137,000 in 2006. Only the Japanese outstrip us in their enthusiasm for the beautiful island.If that kind of growth continues, then 2008 will beat the 2004 record of 267,500.But while Australian tourists have confidence in Bali, our Government does not and this is causing angst among a group of Australians involved in the tourism industry there.

My dear friend Tiff from Three Ring circus is on Top Momma - her little girl,Ivy, has been very sick in hospital the last two days . Tiff's 'picture' is the puppy with the binky/pacifier/dummy.She needs some cyber loving so please click the button below or the cute dog & binky and keep her on Top Momma. I know you haven't got anything else better to do so ... click click♥

A growing number of property investors from Russia are choosing to buy homes in Cyprus, experts have revealed.The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) stated that interest among second home buyers from abroad was encouraging growth in the country's housing market.According to the organisation, much of this interest has come from Russian property investors.Rics said that consumers in the Eurasian country had not been as badly affected by the global credit crunch as people in the west of Europe.

According to the Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions’ Consumer Electronics Survey conducted by Synovate during August to October 2007 for Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions gadget buffs in India are increasingly moving online to research their next consumer electronic products purchase, with an overwhelming 83 per cent of survey respondents citing the Net as their most-tapped resource for such buys.While vendor sites emerged as the most used resource, portals came second, followed by search engines, and product review Web sites.This comes on the back of Ebay India confirming that gadgets are the hottest products on their sites also. Survey also says that Internet was the preferred choice in India because consumers could find the latest available models (67 per cent) and compare

My friend Richard showed me this video a few months ago and then I forgot about it until Fader randomly posted it on their blog last week. The soundsystem is the legendary Kilimanjaro - they had all the big DJs like Ninjaman, Lecturer, Nitty Gritty etc. The white guy is called Dominic. He is some random guy from London who had a huge street track called "Boy George". What's funny is that it's just some dude from Shepherds Bush on stage looking totally lost and out of place with Ninjaman and Lecturer.I'm DJing in Bristol next Friday. I played there last Saturday too at a night with Quiet Storm. I never knew he was Caspa. Is that widely known? I guess it kind of all makes sense now. I also DJed on Friday at 333 with a guy from Lucky Number records who told me that Skream engineered that Bi-Polar Men remix of Seventeen Evergreen.---Download: Statik feat. Slew Dem - Bad GuysThis is Slew Dem's vocal of Statik's reworking of a song from the Bugsy Malone soundtrack.

Analysts are of the opinion that imposing a 'voluntary' rent cap, could turn the current situation in favour of Landlords, leading to a rampant increase in rent rates.This statement came, following a leading government official's statement that Dubai's rent cap may become voluntary, permitting landlords to adjust rents on par with current market rates.The CEO of RERA (Real Estate Regulatory Authority), Marwan bin Ghalita, said that the cap on price increases for renewed rents, when being renewed during the following year, should be done at a lower level than the current seven percent.However, he emphasized that in case the commercial or residential property Landlords are of the opinion that the cap is responsible for keeping rents below the market prices, they can argue for an adjustment, based on benchmark rate, recommended by RERA.According to Bin Ghalita, this system could be successful in reducing situations where the Landlords tend to evict tenants under silly pretexts for the

Free booklet 'How to Make Effective Presentations' with today's IndependentThis year has seen some excellent newspaper give-aways which have been very useful for anyone interested in public speaking. In April/May, the Guardian gave away 14 booklets and a CD of Great Speeches of the Twentieth Century. These were very nicely produced and contained overviews from historians as well as the content of speeches from JFK, Churchill, Mandela, MacMillan, FDR, Khrushchev, Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King, de Gaulle, Thatcher, Nehru, Aneurin Bevan, Virginia Woolf and Earl Spencer. With a line-up like that, I can even forgive them for never sending the free storage box that I saved up all those tokens for!Throughout July, the Daily Mail gave away DVDs of the superb documentary series The World at War. Not only did this give me the opportunity to see a brilliant work that I never appreciated as a child in the 1970s but it also contains footage of historic speeches and relaxed, fluent inter

Mr. Grégory Placé (gregory@legalthai.com), associate advocate at the law offices of McEvily & Collins, has found a judgment from the Supreme Court of Thailand in favour of the lessee in a case of long-term lease renewal. In this case of...

prince nwachukwu (Nigeria) Online Prayer Request 1. God should favour me in my business. 2. i need a car gift. 3. God bless my pucket with money 4. God should protect my fiancee for me 5. Divine protection amoung me and m

Primary objective of the Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC) was to lead Indian diaspora up the investment avenue, but one would certainly not have expected real estate to be the area of greatest interest. At least, not one in which NRIs would want OIFC help. But that’s exactly what’s happened. We are getting a lot of queries from overseas Indians about investing in property in India.

philip banjo Online Prayer Requests my girlfriend was caught trying to go back to her country with false passport she was arrested and she awits jugdement pls pray fro her to recieve favour on the day and for the rest of her life that she should be realesed and not to be punished cause she has learnt her lesson pls do this for her and you shall also be blessed in JESUS NAME

One wonders if it is humanly possible to be more deluded than these sorry people: Chanting slogans in favor of jihad, about 2,000 women from Pakistan's hardline Islamic parties rallied in the capital Tuesday in support of the radical former leaders of Islamabad's Red Mosque. Demonstrators gathered outside Islamabad's sprawling Faisal Mosque also urged the government to enforce Islamic laws in the country. ... "The blood for the martyrs of Red Mosque and Jamia Hafsa will not go waste!" the demonstrators chanted. Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the chief of Pakistan's main Jamaat-e-Islami party, told the crowd his group would build new seminaries to replace the one at the Red Mosque, which was at the center of the rebels' resistance and was torn down by authorities last week. ... On Tuesday, Ahmed claimed that Musharraf took the action against Red Mosque and its seminary to appease Washington. "The real conspiracy is that America wants that our religious institutions should break," he said. S

TradeAFavour follows the past example from Kyle McDonald where he started out with one red paperclip but one year later after many trades he actually ended up with a house. This site follows the same principle of trading something you do not need for something you need or want. Once it becomes popular people all over the world will be trading items and to be fair – this will be quite fun seeing what you can make from something useless to you. Remember, one mans junk is another mans treasure which definitely proves itself with attempts made by Kyle McDonald. Check out the site to see how it works, the rules of trading and to find out more information. Once happy you can sign up and begin right away. If you have any questions or need help you can get online support from a member of staff waiting for your query.

The door to the store opened at a time no one was expecting customers. The heat in the street threatened to melt the plastic off the bench at the bus stop and metallic surfaces were hot enough to cook on. The proprietor and his wife were sitting in the back fanning themselves with the morning’s newspaper while an ineffective cooler tried to circulate the hot air. It didn’t appear that anybody sane was willing to risk sunstroke just to pop into the corner store. Across the city, people without air-conditioning were wilting in the early afternoon heat. When the proprietor and his wife came out front they were wearing the furrowed brows of the mildly irritated. The irritation was replaced with concern when they laid eyes on their customer. She was as inappropriately dressed for the heat as the forty-year-old moms who thought it was cool to shop in the same stores as their sixteen-year-old daughters. The proprietor wondered for a fleeting moment whether the PVC chafed. She was wearing

And then there were 4. The time has come to take a look at the last set of the Top 10 SA Pages that Google favours. 4). CSIR Description – 8 May Page Rank 7 Links from EDU domains 113 csir.co.za Pages indexed in MSN 18,611 Links from GOV domains 22 csir.co.za Pages indexed in Google 10,900 Links to home page 2,033 Pages in Google Supplemental Index

In our quest for answers, we take a look at the second set of the Top 10 SA Pages that Google favours. Will the results reveal any surprises, or will the secret remain buried with Google’s hate for farming and cross linking partners? 7). News24 Description – 8 May Page Rank 6 Links from EDU domains 895 news24.com Pages indexed in MSN 45,237 Links from GOV domains 36 news24.com Pages indexed in Google 65,000 Links to home page

After our initial search for the Top 10 SA sites that Google favours, we found that a lot of the questions were left unanswered. So we decided to dig deeper to try and discover what makes these pages better than the rest… 10). Ananzi.co.za Description - 8 May Page Rank 6 Links from EDU domains 115 ananzi.co.za Pages indexed in MSN 5,644 Links from GOV domains 10 ananzi.co.za Pages indexed in Google 3,800 Links to home page 120,643

Today during my daily expedition on Google, I found that I’m still Google’s favourite Werner de Bruin. Well, basking in my own glory, I thought to my self: “Self, where would I rank for only my first name?” The results came in and out the window. Not even in the top 100!!! I didn't really expect to rank anywhere - about 80% of the top 100 pages use Werner in the domain name. So maybe I should setup my own website? Coming soon… Alright, so with my ego passed out on the floor, I looked for other Google favourites – favourite TV Series (M*A*S*H), favourite Cartoon (Cartoon Network), Motor Car (Cadillac), Website (Wiki). Idea – what was the favourite best optimised website on Google (W3.org)? Let’s tweak it a bit… So, in South Africa, who does Google love the most? And the Top 10 were: Mail and Guardian South African Government University of Cape Town CSIR University of Witwatersrand Independent Online ZA

Tunji, Caleb Ilesanmi Request Pls join me in prayer for God’s Grace, Favour and Courage liken to that of Caleb as I go for my Fiance Visa interview at the U.S embassy in Lagos, Nigeria on the 9th of May, 2007. For I have been married to my wife for the 3.5 yrs and yet we have [...]

The Province27 Apr 2007A 13-year-old boy takes part with an older teen in a beating that kills a 76-year-old Surrey man, Shingara Thandi. The assault happens 24 hours after the same pair attacks 83-year-old Mewa Singh Bains with a baseball bat. He dies of a stroke two months later. In the Thandi case, Crown prosecutors seek convictions for second-degree murder, but B.C. Supreme Court Justice

Good news on the cartoon-jihad front.Two Islamic groups tried to sue Charlie Hebdo, a French weekly newspaper, for publishing the dreaded motoons of blasphemy and supposedly "inciting hatred against Muslims". Fortunately, they lost the case.BBC: [...] A French court has ruled in favour of weekly Charlie Hebdo, rejecting accusations by Islamic groups who said it incited hatred against Muslims.The cartoons were covered by freedom of expression laws and were not an attack on Islam, but fundamentalists, it said.The case was seen as an important test for freedom of expression in France.Applause broke out in the courtroom at the announcement of the verdict, which ruled that the three cartoons published in February 2006 were not insulting to the Muslim community, the AFP news agency reports.Editor Philippe Val had rejected the allegations, saying the cartoons were not an attack on Muslims, but on terrorists.He said the ruling was a victory for secular French Muslims."This debate was necessary

Art Rock-United Kingdom The Moody Blues era originalmente uma banda britânica de rhythm and blues; posteriormente eles tornaram-se conhecidos através da música psicodélica e do rock progressivo. A banda foi formada em 1964 em Birmingham, Inglaterra, por Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder, Denny Lane, Graeme Edge e Clint Warwick. Depois de algumas mudanças na formação e alterações no estilo sonoro, o Moody

This is one of the many times I get deluded by my emotions. Many have said that ennui spurs negativity; I agree. Anyway, to my friends, I need a favour. For the purpose of customising this blog, I need US$15 to be paid with a Paypal account or a credit/debit card; I have no cards and I can’t fund my account. Would one of you with the means, get a Wordpress account, buy US$15 worth of credits and then transfer it to my account. I’ll pay you for it. If you are willing, inform me first. Thank you in advance. So, tis’ the season to be jolly, isn’t it? Get into the spirit of Christmas and have fun! Funnily enough, I’ve alleviated my unexplainable negative emotions. Merry Christmas!

Until now, Rs 18 crore has been released for seeds and Rs 50 crore for tools. However, just like the 75% subsidy for cows — as reported in The Indian Express yesterday — both these offers have had little impact on the ground. Instead of 2.5 lakh quintals that was needed, only 1 lakh quintals was supplied through Mahabeej, the state government's seed marketing unit. Result: it reached only 40% farmers in a quantity just about enough to plant a tiny patch of land in the backyard. - Indian Express, 22 November 2006

The weather is a funny one. Some people are affected greatly by outdoor conditions, while others grin and bear it, come rain or shine. Manchester people are mainly the latter - they have to be with all the downpours that seem to affect that part of England. There doesn’t appear to be much ’soonshiiiiine’ in [...]