Life is Colourful!

Was walking around and saw this. So Thought I would post it!!

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Time Slot?

This is Hilarious! These guys apparently lost time between 3 45 and 6 J

 

Check it out!!

 

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Deer in their natural habitat (Hyderabad deer park)

Deer in their natural habitat (Hyderabad deer park), originally uploaded by jagannathraoadukuri.

I saw this on jagannathraoadukuri's Flickr Stream - click the photo to see it in its full glory!!

Lovely!!

Am absolutely a fan of the tones and the beauty of the image!!!

Why are pets mistreated?

I love my pet!! I love Frisca a lot... but enough to know what will kill her and what will not - I have had a few dozen fights with my brother in the hope that he too will one day realise that what he does it wrong for all the reasons I had given him!!

Well I searched the internet and found this really awesome graphic!! Maybe it will teach him something (provided he reads my blog :P)


What are you feeding your pet??

Delete Pownce!

Delete Pownce!, originally uploaded by Partha N S.

I just went and deleted my Pownce account, No regrets!! just had to do it - had asked for a refund, no idea if i will get it - if I do then great, else,, thats 20$ iwill never see again in a long time..

but its ok!!

Good Bye Pownce.. 'twas nice knowing you and thank you for all the wonderful WONDERFUL friends I made through you!!

You were a bad bad person to leave us all stranded like this but then who are we to decide your life and priorities.

Thanks nonetheless!

God's Wonder or Man's Magic

God's Wonder or Man's Magic, originally uploaded by arjunghosh.

You know - this is ever elusive.. everytime I plan to go see the Taj Mahal, it eludes me.. its true. So does Egypt... i dont think I will be able to see it any time soon. I just hope I will in my lifetime!

Anyway - Arjun Baba is a great photographer and here is his capture of one of the mst magnificent architectural monuments in the World, The Taj Mahal!!

Great pic Arjun!!

Siriuslyheathers Desktop 12-11-08

Desktop 12-11-08 , originally uploaded by Siriuslyheather.

I just had to - JUST HAD TO

What a beautiful picture... and she loves moons!!

Well, while I was on Pownce, there were specific days for specific things,

Music Video Mondays
Tunesdays
Wordle / Writing Wednesdays (whichever you preferred)
Desktop Thursdays
Foto Fridays (Fridays was also FNPDC)
Saturday Morning Cartoons
and Sunday was Gods day!!

Well Our posts used to normally flood around these themes apart from our normal ramblings and Heather's desktops were normally the prettiest!!

Like this one!!

Nice one Heather!!

First it was Simons Cat and now we will see his Dog!

I had blogged some time ago - read here Partha's Weblog: [digg] Simons Cat - TV Dinner. Well I found something rather interesting and funny but very disconcerting after careful thought and now hope that my pet does not ever have to go through this. Even though it was a cartoon, it put the fear of table manners for my pet into me and I shall ensure that she too is polite enough to not beg.. She does not now anyway, but even so.

It is us, the pet keepers, who create this kind of a situation for our pets.

Lets not do this!!

Spread this to your friends who have a pet!!

In the meantime - have a look at this cartoon video:


Partha

My Friend calls this WW 12-10-08

WW 12-10-08, originally uploaded by Cwluc.

Writing Wednesday - although it was actually Wordle Wednesday.. But thats a debate not to be had and is left to the person who wants to post what he / she so wishes!!

He has put on paper - quite literally what we all feel - although he has made the decision to stick around and not join any other sites, I did and am quite liking the experience

Its quite an adventure to run into the smae guys on various platforms, I have a different look on every site... not necessarily good - but they are all me!!

Eric OTOH is exactly the same across. so its no surprise he wont add any site.. I have him on twitter and flickr and thats all that matters to me..

Oh and he is on my speed dial too!!

@Cwluc - you Rock!!

Its Panda time!!!

Hi friends, originally uploaded by anitalee.

So CUTE!!!!!!

Just see - aint he CUTE???

We all Procrastinate

Sometimes this is just pure laziness, and sometimes its force of habit.. BUT in everycase, someone has to pay.

This past week, I have come to realise that procrastination paid its highest price. Mumbai suffered innumerable losses from "terrorists". The reason I double quoted it is because they were trained military men from their behaviour. Every movement and trick was military.

I just procrastinated this blog post by another 3 days.. although the time stamp may some thing, i actually wrapped this up on 6th Dec. Sad!!!

But I had reasons!

What is your reason to push things to another day??

Just something that struck me!

People deserve to be treated better. They deserve more happy realism rather than the sombre or more devastating realism. There is too much discomfort and unhappiness all around making everything less interesting.

I know that people I know deserve better than what they have!! Sometimes I feel even I should!

But as far as I am concerned I know that there is a logical reason as to why things happen to me. Either I am stupid, or i was not paying attention, or something or the other.

I really hope that things get better for you!

In life, everyone fails as much as their succeeds, but it is how you learn from it that seperates you from the crowd, and how well you apply it to life to grow as a human that makes you stand above the crowd, and if you use it to help someone who deserves it, then you are as close to God as possible.

Things have changed now - I am now a more focused man, a more reliable man. Unlike the flimsy flippant boy I was before. I am settling down in life and making sure, my life counts for something.

A Case for Unified Civil Code in India

I found this story thanks to my friend Issac!! This is something that the future of India depends on - get rid of the age old archaic bullshit that runs our country... we need a new system thats growth happy, and will allow the right things to prosper... we dont want monkeys running our political system. People like Mamta Banerjee and the CPI (both) are asses for ruining the economy based on their baseless and illogical thought...

There is an need for a unified civil code in India that is 60 years overdue. Because,1) The Constitution Mandates it.2) The Supreme Court has asked the Government to do its job and legislate it.3) It is not against any single community.4) It is actually possible to come up with a common code that can be acceptable for all.

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[digg] Top 10 Social Media Blogs in India

The genesis of this post started long time back when I started the Social Media Marketing space in India for a while now. After hovering around in the Web, I've found very few comprehensive lists on Social Media Blogs in India. So this effort is primarily to put all those insightful & interesting blogs under "Top Social Media Blogs in India's" list

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I am a happy camper

I live my life to the fullest - I do not need to cut copy paste any content (unless it is digg stories) - i love to listen to my music, talk to people at work, spend time with my wife to be - and generally enjoy life at maximum!!

I love my job - its most fulfilling!!

I love my food - its most satisfying!!

I love my gadgets - its most thrilling!!

I love my baby - she's most intoxicating!!

I love my family - they are irreplaceable

actually they are all irreplaceable!!!

Good Times!!!

[digg] Movie Trailer - "21"

The theatrical movie trailer for the movie "21" opening in 2008 about MIT students who count cards at Vegas. The movie is a thrilling masterpiece.. a must watch!

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Cross-posting: saving time at the expense of others?

This post has been reposted here with permission from Andy DeSoto!!

Thanks a lot Andy!!

You can find the original here with comments

Cross-posting: saving time at the expense of others?

by Andy DeSoto on August 3, 2008

Social media blogger Rahsheen Porter recently wrote a great piece about Ping.fm, a useful web service that lets you send the same message out to a number of social media services (”cross-posting“). In his insightful post, he details a complex method of ensuring that the right social networks receive the correct messages, providing the biggest bang for the buck.

Rahsheen’s article illuminates the good that cross-posting services can do for both creator and consumer alike, but my take on Ping.fm and similar services is considerably more pessimistic. It’s my belief that the duplication that results from cross-posting can negatively impact the social media consumption habits of others.

Why cross-posting is good

Rahsheen’s article underlines one of the main benefits to cross-posting. He writes:

This is all about increasing my social networking influence. I want to interact with a diverse selection of people because I have diverse interests. Ping.fm allows me to keep all these different groups updated with whatever is going on with me. I can share new music I create, content I’ve written, whatever I choose and I can share it across multiple social networks. I want to learn from others and get their feedback on what I’m doing.

However, there seems to be a bit of a contradiction here in that “increasing social networking influence” (that is, broadcasting) is a considerably different goal from learning from others and getting feedback (conversation). In fact, I think the confusion here is representative of the confusion that arises from cross-posting in general. Fortunately, Rahsheen is very thoughtful when it comes to cross-posting and goes out of his way to make sure he uses the tool appropriately, but others are not as considerate.

Why cross-posting is evil

As far as I’m concerned, the negatives of cross-posting greatly outweigh the benefits. Here are a few reasons why cross-posting negatively impacts your followers:

• They don’t know which service you’re most likely to check for responses on. If someone replies to your comment on Pownce and you never check Pownce for replies, you’re missing out on a potentially valuable comment and wasting your follower’s time.
• Different communities warrant different content. What’s appropriate, relevant, or interesting to one group of people will almost surely be less meaningful to another. Cross-posting can mindlessly eliminate a necessary distinction between communities.
• Different communities support different standards. Twitter’s at sign (@) is invaluable at directing Tweets. When these messages are cross-posted to a service like Pownce, as shown above, they lose all meaningfulness. Users have to expend mental processing power to remove them from the picture. Pownce, on the other hand, has no character limit, so only cross-posting 140 or fewer character messages to Pownce doesn’t take advantage of the nuances of the service.
• Cross-posting services are often buggy or unstable. Many services such as Ping.fm have the habit of posting the same message to one network more than one time. Whether this is the fault of the network or the cross-posting client, this is one surefire way to infuriate those that care.

The irony is, by cross-posting, you alienate your most valuable readers: those that are so interested in you and what they have to say that they follow you on every service they can. Don’t let these devoted followers down by broadcasting your message two or three times in a row!

[digg] VW Showcases Its Unpronounceable Routan

Routan. Touareg. Tiguan. Someone needs to tell VW that their model names are wholly unforgettable!

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Sacred Space

Sacred Space, originally uploaded by Partha N S.

This featured on the Op-Ed page of The Times of India.

Was written in memory of 9/11 and is a beautiful poem...

Had to share it so here goes!

[digg] How to Get More Subscribers for Your Blog and for Your Ego

An article most bloggers could find interesting about how to get more RSS subscribers for a blog.

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[digg] Extensive list of popular SEO tools

Optimizing your website for best SEO isn’t an easy task. You need to take care many things before you start getting enough web attention. SEO tools helps checking many aspects which may be missed while development phase. The following extensive list of popular SEO tools will surely help you find the answers to your questions

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[digg] The fastest Drive storage in the world..

Engineers at in England and California have set a record in storage speed, outperforming the current rate by more than 250 percent. By combining Flash solid-state technology and IBM's storage virtualization technology, the researchers were able to transfer data at more than 1 million Input/Output (I/O) per second.

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[digg] Scientists identify genetic link that may neutralize HIV

Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology and the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have identified a gene that may influence the production of antibodies that neutralize HIV. This new information will likely spur a new approach for making an HIV vaccine that elicits neutralizing antibodies.

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[digg] Facebook Hits 100 Million Users

Fast growing social network Facebook has hit the 100 million users mark, according to a statement today by Dave Morin, the company's Senior Platform Manager.

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[digg] Keyword Competitive Research

Keyword research is the core of any SEO campaign and it is vitally important when developing PPC programs. You should choose carefully the keywords that are most effective, because the keywords selected during the research phase will be included in your web-site copy, as well as your PPC programs, and many other types of campaigns.

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[digg] How to Turn Your Blog Into a Business

Your blog isn't just supposed to be a blog. That's if, like many of us, you want to build it into a business that succeeds. If you haven't thought about what it would be like to have a very successful, time consuming blog, maybe it's time to plan for it. There are a number of reasons why to do this.

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[digg] A 1 minute touching film

You'll get your minute's worth.

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[digg] 8 Must-Have Tools For Active Digg Users

Everyone should know or at least heard about Digg. Digg is one of the largest communities, having well over 4 million daily visitors and thousands of active members. I am one of the pretty active members in the community, and thought it would be nice to share some of the must-have tools for an active Digg users.

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[digg] The Day That Never Comes

So today Metallica released “The Day That Never Comes” on the radio and internet on August 21st 2008. We have the lyrics for you all right here. Yes this is World of Warcraft related as I see a lot of twink videos with Metallica music playing, hehe. Enjoy the new great song and lyrics here!

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[digg] 6 Badass Motorcycles (Anyone Would Want To Own)

These motorcycles are definitely the most bad-ass things ever created.

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[digg] Lexus Nuaero Concept Straight Out of Starwars(Pics)

An amazing concept vehicle... wonder what kind of stats it deals out to the competition when it becomes production!!!

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[digg] The World’s 19 Most Spectacular Skylines

Some of the best instances in which humanity attempts to reach for the heavens.

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[digg] Amazing Lego Reconstructions Of The Beijing Olympics [PICS]

As the world watches the Beijing Games, enthusiasts from Hong Kong have unveiled their own Olympics — built entirely from Lego. Spectacular Pictures!!!!

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[digg] 13 Magnificent Renewable Energy Successes and Failures

Last week, EcoWorldly hosted a renewable energy festival, highlighting energy projects and issues around the globe. Here, with links back to the original articles, are some inspiring successes and dismal failures in renewable energy as they were explored by our team of international environmental writers.

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[digg] Free Pedi-Cabs for Drunks - The Ultimate Green Transport?

Imagine you're drunk. Toasted. No way you're driving home. Too far to walk. No cash in your pocket, and the ATM card's back at home. Then you see it. This little green bug of a vehicle, pulling up to you, and someone says, "Need a lift? We don't charge."

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[digg] Wind-powered car hopes to smash 116.7mph world record

A British 'sail car' hopes to break the wind-powered speed record this month to raise awareness of zero carbon vehicles. Ecotricity founder Dale Vince and engineer Richard Jenkins plan to smash the current 116.7mph record with their specially-designed Greenbird vehicle.

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[digg] India Sets Aside 40% of Regional Wasteland for Jatropha

By 2012, a large portion of India’s Uttar Pradesh region will be converted into Jatropha, a non-edible oil-seed crop that can be grown on marginal land.

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[digg] Immunization strategy works for both humans AND computers

Researchers have developed a new immunization strategy that could be used to prevent the spread of both human epidemics and computer viruses, and it applies to a wide variety of "networks". It uses 50% less "doses", significantly reducing time and cost.

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[digg] Suzuki to Begin Selling Cars Fueled by 100% Ethanol by 2010

Currently the most ethanol that a flex-fuel car can run on in the US and Brazil is E85 — which is an 85% ethanol/15% gasoline blend.

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[digg] Graphical depiction of a Food Fight

An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict.

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[digg] Windows Boot Time Blues

As a habit, when I boot my PC I always prepare a task for myself in order to prevent my sitting and staring at my PC monitor while it struggles to come to life.I pity the poor souls whose boot process involves a login in the middle. As for me, When I get back to my desk the PC better be ready for action or else...

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[digg] UNLIKE BERLIN

UNLIKE - the definitive city guide for the mobile generation

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[digg] Search Engine Databases and Algorithms

All of the parts of the search engine are important, but the search algorithm is the cog that makes everything work. It might be more accurate to say that the search algorithm is the foundation on which everything else is built. How a search engine works is based on the search algorithm, or the way that data is discovered by the user.

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[digg] Seven Effective Ways To Build Backlinks

Back links do matter when it comes to your site`s growth in traffic and popularity, there are a lot of techniques that can be used in the back linking strategies, most of them are efficient if done correctly, every should avoid the black listed techniques, otherwise they might risk to be penalized by most of the search engines.

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[digg] Vestas to Test World’s Longest Turbine Blades

Doesn’t it seem fitting that Vestas Wind Systems, the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines, should be the maker of the world’s largest wind turbine? Well, they’re not - at least not yet. Today, Vestas revealed plans (pdf) for a new research and development center on the Isle of Wight (UK)

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[digg] Picking the Right Keywords (SEO)

Your keywords play a large part in determining where in search rankings you’ll land, and they also mean the difference between a user’s finding your page and not. So when you’re picking keywords, you want to be sure that you’ve selected the right ones. The only problem is, how do you know what’s right and what’s not?

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[digg] Search Engine Basics

Today, search engines are sophisticated programs, many of which allow you to search all manner of files and documents using the same words and phrases you would use in everyday conversations. It’s hard to believe that the concept of a search engine is just over 15 years old. Especially considering what you can use one to find these days!

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[digg] 9 Tips For Optimizing Your Blog

One of the most important things when starting out a blog is traffic, which should be built up as you go along. There are tons of ways to build your blog`s traffic nowadays,some of the most popular techniques are SEO , advertising (you need to set some monthly budgets), and the word of mouth.

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[digg] Nanoantenna Arrays Seen As Possible Solar Cell Replacement

Traditional solar cells only use up to 20% of the visible light they collect, and more efficient solar cells are too expensive for mass production. Now researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Idaho Laboratory have figured out a way to capture solar energy on the cheap: plastic sheets filled with billions of nanoantennas.

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[digg] The Top 20 Most Spoken Languages In The World

Most languages you haven't even heard of.

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[digg] WallE Day at Work Movie

Watch a new exclusive trailer for WALL%u2022E, the latest from Disney/Pixar.What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? WALL%u2022E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. From Academy Award�-winning writer-director, Andrew Stanton

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[digg] Nanotech Research Can Remove Need For Hydrogen In Fuel Cells

Fuel cells have long been applauded as a promising technology, but they face a major hurdle: the need for hydrogen, which is usually derived from oil and gas. Now a research team from the University of Virginia is trying to change that.

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[digg] Using Anchor Text

Anchor text — the linked text that is often included on web sites — is another of those keyword anomalies that you should understand. Anchor text usually appears as an underlined or alternately colored word (usually blue) on a web page that links to another page, either inside the same web site or on a different web site.

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[digg] Alternative Energy in Britain: All Wind And No Farm

Despite British government commitments to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, proposals for wind turbine installations tend to run aground pretty quickly once local opposition is voiced. “Inefficient, Wasteful and Wrong Headed” shouts one local magazine article. “Money over common sense” states Dorset Against Rural Turbi

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[digg] Kangaroo Farming Could Reduce Global Warming

What if you could drastically reduce greenhouse gases just by changing your eating habits? According to a new study by the University of South Wales, farming kangaroos instead of sheep or cattle could lower national greenhouse gases in Australia by 3 percent a year.

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[digg] Microsoft Calls Firefox Competitor To Windows

Microsoft Calls Firefox Competitor To Windows. Me thinks, this is preposterous! Microsoft has so much more to offer the world than Firefox! Read on to find out what the author thinks!

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[digg] The Cell Phone Torture Test!

Take an inside look at how phones get tested before they're available to the public.

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[digg] Some of the Coolest Hotel Rooms in the World

Bill Tikos, editor of trend-setting blog, the cool hunter, picks his top ten sexy hotel rooms from his new book.

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[digg] 10 Most Expensive Cars Ever Insured

a list of ten most expensive cars ever insured in human history

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[digg] Environmentally Friendly Cars

Environmentally friendly cars are supposed to be the vehicles of future generations. Nevertheless such cars exist now and are becoming more popular in the modern car market than conventional vehicles which work on fossil fuels.

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[digg] BP Invests $90 Million in Vereniums Cellulosic Ethanol Tech

BP, trying to stay on top of the Oil game.

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[digg] New Study Says Rooftop Wind Turbines Don't Pay Off

A new study put out by the UK’s Carbon Trust reports that domestic windmills in urban locations are actually net carbon emitters.

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[digg] Urban wind turbines: bad news for the environment?

A study by the Carbon Trust and Met Office says many roof-mounted urban turbines may actually generate more carbon through their manufacturer than carbon avoided through their use. In other words, urban turbines can actually be bad news for climate change.

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[digg] China Launches Its First Chicken Manure-Biogas Plant

In the race to implement new energy sources, farms have an advantage: lots of manure. A large chicken farm north of Beijing is taking advantage of this fact by using its chicken manure to generate power and heat. And this isn’t just a small-time farm...

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[digg] Oregon Tech To Be Powered Entirely By Geothermal Energy

College students are demanding sustainability efforts in their schools, and now universities are stepping up to the plate. This past Tuesday, the Oregon Institute of Technology outlined a plan to build a $7.6 million geothermal power plant on campus

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[digg] Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009

IMDB.com has 3,496 upcoming films listed for 2009. Taking in to account that about 70% of those will be pushed back, cancelled or buried away and never heard from again. From the remaining 30% I have picked what I believe to be the TOP 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009.

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[digg] 8 reasons to be active on Facebook

For marketers, business owners and entrepreneurs, Facebook and many other social networking websites, have significant importance. The latest conversational marketing techniques and technologies like Facebook with its many powerful features are quite important to keep your business update.

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[digg] 10 Things You Can Do Today to Kick-Start Your Blog’s Growth

It can often seem as if our blog’s growth is out of our control. We post regularly and try to write the best content we can, but sometimes this doesn’t seem like enough. Our growth might plateau, or even start going backwards. Thankfully, there are some things that are in your control.

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[digg] 10 optical illusions in 2 minutes - by Samsung

This is Freaking AWESOME.... Just amazing the stuff.. scary was the dog whose face follows you!!!

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[digg] 2009 Ford Mustang Revealed

Ford has released images and details on the 2009 Mustang that’s pretty much a carry over the 2008 model, which is quite logical as the American car maker gears up for the new 2010 Mustang that will be unveiled at the LA Auto Show in November. The most important additions for 2009 is the availability of the factory-installed glass roof option on...HALLELUJAH!!!

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[digg] In the US, 58% of music isn't paid for

In 2007, there was an increase in the volume of music acquired for nothing and a sharp decline in the amount paid for, according to NPD's annual survey of Internet users. Although more people paid for digital downloads -- that market grew from 7% to 10% -- it wasn't enough to cover the fall in CD sales -- down from 41% to 32%.

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[digg] Understanding Heuristics (Search Engine Optimization)

If you’re going to maintain a web site with the best search engine optimization possible, you will have to be familiar with “heuristics.” This is simply a term for recognizing a pattern and being able to solve a problem or come to a conclusion quickly and efficiently by consulting what you already know about that particular pattern.

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[digg] The Benefits of Anger in the Workplace

Most of the Time, when we think of anger, we think of its negative effects. That's why anger is often seen as the forbidden emotion. People who express anger are considered to be "irrational," and "out of control," two of the worst things that can be said about a person. This is particularly true in organizations, where people are supposed to leave

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[digg] Goodmans launches the world’s smallest DAB radio

Titled as GHDAB 101, the world’s smallest DAB radio has been launched by the Goodmans.With 69.5×44x21.4mm measurements, the radio is really a tiny electronic creature.

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[digg] Are you getting married for the right reasons?

There is no magic formula that will help your marriage to work. Sometimes even the best marriages fail. You are responsible for your own happiness. So take time to think about the future and discuss things with your partner before getting married to him/her.

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Evolution of logos!!!

Apple Inc.

Canon

Google

IBM

LG Electronics

Microsoft

Motorola

Mozilla Firefox

Nokia

Nortel

Palm

Xerox

[digg] Top 10 Fun, MPG-Friendly Cars You Can't Buy In America—Yet

Oil is down under $120 per barrel, but gas still ain't cheap. And cars that seemed too small just a few years ago are now squarely positioned to thrive in the market-not just any market, but the biggest automotive market of them all: America's. But that doesn't mean we always get the good stuff.

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[digg] Practice the 5 Habits of Highly Successful People

Well, if you are going to be successful today, you have to think and act like a successful person, is that right? Somehow, this statement has some sense in it. After all, if you are doing what successful people are doing, you will achieve the same amazing result just like them!

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[digg] Google's translation center: Language lessons for the Bot?

With the service, the company will connect people who need documents translated with humans who will be paid to do so, according to the Google Translation Center information page. The site was spotted by sharp eyes at the Google Blogoscoped blog.

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[digg] New: Free Sudoku Puzzles to Your Mobile Phone

As if Sudoku wasn't addictive enough now it can be played right on a mobile phone for free. Until now I have had puzzles and pens in my bag to feed my addiction. Now I can leave them at home and use my mobile. Amazing experience!

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[digg] FEAR FACTOR --A Deadly Reality show on Indian Television

Yes friends! A reality show with a punch is what I am all talking about the one and only Khatro Ka Khiladi.Khatro Ka Khiladi (play with danger) - Akshay Kumar has increased the heart beats of the Indian Television audience especially his female fans from his Television show ‘Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi’ on the new channel Colors.

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[digg] Cancer growth may slow down by using high dose vitamin C...

According to the US scientists, a high dose vitamin C injection may help to hold the advance of cancers back. The scientists believe that the vitamin may initiate a critical chain reaction in the cancerous cell.

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[digg] The Top 10 Videogame Armor/Bodysuits

If there’s one thing that’s been established in a video game, it’s that you can rarely succeed without donning a full-bodied, hi-tech armored suit of some kind. Sometimes these very suits define the character; they are such iconic symbols that one immediately knows the game that they are from. In even rarer cases, the entire suit is ALL you. . .

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[digg] Kites Could Become Major Source Of Wind Power

A recent experiment performed by a team at the university used kites to create 10 kW of energy— enough to power 10 homes. This is a not a major breakthrough in and of itself, but the researchers plan to build a larger version of the project called “Laddermill” that would create 50 kW of energy. They eventually want to build a 100 MW version...

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[digg] Restaurant Oslo

Ultimate Restaurants in Oslo. useful for travelers!!

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[digg] Guide to Freelancing - From Scratch to being a Professional

Five proven steps for going from newbie to rockstar!

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[digg] Home Buyers and Sellers Face Challenges

Currently, the real estate market is facing a few obstacles; both buyers and sellers have their share of challenges regarding their real estate dollars. Yet, the situation is not always as bleak as expected.

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[digg] White balancing: A step-by-step example

When your lighting situation changes, you should rebalance the camera. This is particularly important if you're combining footage shot outdoors with footage shot indoors. If your white balance is off, people's flesh tones shift slightly, as do the colors of their clothing (if they're wearing the same color). Read more on the digg link!!!

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[digg] The Second Most Useful Web Site After Google

According to the research it’s been discovered that people have actually started using a website other than google to search and share their interest. It’s called StumbleUpon. Now, you don’t have to use Google to explore the Internet, folks.

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[digg] 5 Legendary Keyboards (and the songs they made famous)

These days, there’s no distinguishing one keyboard from the next because all they really do is act as computer trigger devices. But in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and even the early 90s, keyboards and their manufacturers were known for signature sounds.

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[digg] WALL•E Space Walk with girlfriend

Watch a new exclusive trailer for WALL•E, the latest from Disney/Pixar.What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? WALL•E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. From Academy Award®-winning writer-director, Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo"), ...

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[digg] Tissot Watches

A luxurious timepiece on your wrist gives you the indulgence of having a piece of style and class to flaunt. That is why, luxury timepieces are extremely expensive. However, Tissot watches are affordable luxury timepieces.

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[digg] Top 5 Plants that Inspire New Technology

There’s a lot of hype out there about new technologies that will “change everything”. Sometimes it’s nice to sit back and “smell the roses”. In that spirit, here are five plants with surprising super powers - they have provided a boost to technological innovation or invention, often with a green lining.

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[digg] Dedicated Energy Crops Could Replace 30% of Gasoline

Ceres, Inc. supports the prediction that we could grow more than 30% of US transportation fuel with dedicated energy crops. This is no pipe dream—planting starts next spring.

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[digg] Massive 8ft Eagle That Catches Tennis Balls [PICS+VIDEO]

It's the ultimate game of fetch, but with a difference - it's played with an eagle.

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[digg] Digg to help SICK children, it's FREE - Don't Be Heartless!

Please read this to take a few minutes to help my Son. He has a rare disease called EE that there is no cure for, and 2 minutes of your time can help. AMEX provides $2.5M toward a certain cause. The recipient of the money is determined by voting, so we need as many as possible! Without our Help, he will be on a feeding tube his entire life.

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[digg] Microsoft's Midori - a future without Windows

According to a report, Microsoft isn't just looking at the next version of Windows (no, not Mojave) for future OS possibilities, but is looking beyond the Windows architecture altogether with a project known as Midori.

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[digg] Little girl is ready to kick some monster ass! Adorable!

I wouldn't mess with her... This is so cute!!

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[digg] Texting While Driving - NOT!!!

Here is a scary subject. In most places it is not illegal to text message on your cell phone while driving even in states where it is illegal to use a cell phone without a hands free device. So how dangerous is it really?

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[digg] Did You Know 2.0

An official update to the original "Shift Happens" video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, this June 2007 update includes new and updated statistics, thought-provoking questions and a fresh design. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com -- Content by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod!

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[digg] Building a Better Lightbulb...Again

We've all heard about CFLs and LEDs. But a recently patented new technology called ESL (electron-stimulated luminescence) may be the next great light bulb. Read on to find out more about the break through.

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[digg] China Plans to Stop Rains at the time of Grand Occasion!

The International Olympics at Beijing is going to start at 8pm on 8 August, 2008, 08/08/08 and the sports celebration will continue for 16 days till 24 August.

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[digg] This Can Happen Only in America

Amazing and Hilarious pics.Just check this out(MUST SEE)

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[digg] Call of Duty 6 By 2009

Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision Blizzard was very proud to announced that Call of Duty 6 will be developed by Infinity Ward and will be on track for a 2009 release.

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[digg] Interstate Electricity Transmission Superhighway Essential

Beyond speeding the transition to wind power, a new transmission grid is needed to avoid power disruptions like the electricity blackout of 2003. The American Institute of Physics reports that government deregulation has ignored the inherent physics of the nation’s power grid, which should be viewed as one big machine. PLEASE BRING THIS TO INDIA!!!!

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[digg] How to Create The Ultimate Windows XP Installation CD/DVD

A great guide on how to create the ultimate Windows XP Installation CD/DVD. This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating an unattended Windows installation CD with the latest hotfixes, drivers, DirectX, IE7, WMP11, Office 2007 and any other software that you would like to include on the CD.

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[digg] Exciting Online Flash Game - Starwings

Starwings - An insane space shooter with twisted missions and cool weapons! Take a look around and see some of the great games on this site.

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[digg] The Origins of Wall-E

Amusing over-analysis of the origins of the character Wall-E from Disney/Pixars latest hit.

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[digg] WALL•E theatrical trailer

Watch a new exclusive trailer for WALL•E, the latest from Disney/Pixar.What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? WALL•E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. Visit http://www.disney.in/movies/wall-e/WALL•E releasing in India on 29th August.

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[digg] ProBlogger Banned from StumbleUpon!

ProBlogger, the home of blogging guru Darren Rowse, has been blocked from StumbleUpon. Surprising as it's an amazing site and Darren's a great guy! 44 minutes after the story was reported... the ban was lifted!

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[digg] Ideas for First Dates

Having gotten the girl to say yes for the first date is only the first step, the next major issue is where to take them or what to do on the first date.

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[digg] How to enjoy a day-shopping in Seoul with 9 bucks

One tip to enjoy Seoul, S.Korea with only nine bucks. Take a look at this article. Must try.

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[digg] Algal Fuel One Step Closer To Conventional Oil Alternative

A new milestone was reached recently in the race to make algae a conventional oil alternative: high-octane gasoline that is compatible with any gas-guzzling vehicle. The feat was performed by Sapphire Energy, a company that manufactures “green crude”. Interesting update!!

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[digg] Easily create a Shutdown button right on you desktop!

It demonstrates how to add a shutdown button to your desktop so as to quickly shutdown when in a hurry

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[digg] Job Recruitment Integrated with Social Networking Sites

Social networking giants such as MySpace and Facebook have been around for a while now and have been used for simple tasks such as making friends over the internet, staying in touch with real life friends, or organizing parties. However, as social networks have been growing in popularity, their uses have been expanding as well.

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[digg] The Importance of Keywords (SEO Optimization)

Basically, keywords capture the essence of your web site. Keywords are what a potential visitor to your site puts into a search engine to find web sites related to a specific subject, and the keywords that you choose will be used throughout your optimization process. As a small-business owner, you will want your web site to be readily visible when

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[digg] Organizational Anger Management: Best Practices

Even if your workplace is not at the crisis stage of anger, you should be aware of the systemic factors that can create widespread anger in organizations and teams. Of course, organizations that treat people in ways that are abusive, neglectful, unethical, or illegal will incur a great deal of much-deserved wrath.

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[digg] Anchorage, Alaska To Install 16,000 LED Streetlights

Another win for LED bulbs: Anchorage, Alaska plans to replace 16,000 streetlight fixtures—a quarter of all the streetlight fixtures in the city—with LEDs. The new streetlights will use 50% less energy than current fixtures, leading Anchorage to potential savings of $360,000 each year. Won't itbe cool if India did the same?? they cant because of the lack of funds..... avail.... able.... What The HELL - there is money... no will - corrupt Indian politicians!!!

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[digg] Why Bicycle Shorts are always Black

Have you ever wonder why the bicycle shorts are always black? Here’s the Reason....

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[digg] Plastic Bags -- Proof of the Necessity for a Worldwide Ban

Less than 1% of bags are recycled. It costs more to recycle a bag than produce a new one. I avoid using plastic bags as far as possible... reusing more than just throwing away...

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[digg] The 50 Hottest Female Sword Fighters EVER!

Hot action babes with blades! Sharp stuff!!!

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[digg] Gamers Play 72 Hour Marathon for Unicef and Child's Play.

Out of Utah and run by 4 college students, the unique and wonderful Paper Mario series will be played. This is a marathon with a twist however as it will consist of two teams competing with each other to finish the series first, and each team will have a different charity to take donations for giving viewers a choice on who to root for.

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[digg] Five Games the 360 Needs

Five games that other consoles have that the 360 doesn't, What do you think?

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[digg] What Cuil Thinks of Bill Gates

Does it really matter?? But the engine is very nice!!! and it will be good competition now!!

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[digg] World’s Largest Wind Farm Planned In Oregon

The Portland Business Journal reports that Oregon has just been given the go-ahead by The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council to build a 909 MW wind farm in the north-central part of the state. That's enough energy to power 200,000 homes.

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[digg] Converting Ford F-150s Into Plug-in Hybrid Electric Trucks

HEVT has created a “series parallel hybrid drivetrain” by integrating an electric motor/generator with the F-150’s existing drive train, along with an advance battery that can store regenerative power, and an “adaptive control unit” that optimizes fuel economy and performance. The system has an in-dash monitor to display realtime information.

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[digg] Genetically Engineered Tobacco Bio-Sensor Detects Landmines

Scientists in South Africa are testing a genetically engineered tobacco plant which detects the presence of nitrogen-dioxide, a marker for landmines, to turn red, in the hope that it may eventually be used to clear mine fields in post-conflict zones around the globe.

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[digg] Just Another Global Warming Video From 1958

They were teaching about the warming of the atmosphere caused by the buildup of carbon dioxide from industrial pollution as far back as the late 50’s and early 60’s.What happened?

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[digg] Oracle's purchase of BEA Systems change Licensed Software

Oracle's purchase of BEA Systems fundamentally changes the realm of licensed software. It is not a sudden change, but combined with Sun Microsystem's acquisition of MySQL, it comes as the culmination of a long trend. Services-centric model of software business is catching upWelcome to licensed software 2.0!

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[digg] India Developing US $10 Laptop!

India is working on a low cost laptop for Educational purposes. It also plans to provide free bandwidth for educational purposes. Is this Indian government for real?

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[digg] Audio editing software (Podcast)

Audio-editing software gives you the power to turn your raw podcast shows into things of beauty. Plenty of audio editors exist, from freeware all the way to specialized recording platforms for recording music. All are capable of basic editing operations such as cut and paste, as well as more advanced forms of signal optimization.

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[digg] Garden Leave—Grievance (Employment Practice)

When an employee has a concern or grievance and as a part of the disciplinary procedure, there should be a means by which such grievances and appeals can be examined.

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[digg] Top 42 Free Press Release sites

Free Press release sites, free press release submission sites, free press releases, how to do a press release, free press release distribution service. Very useful for people starting or returning to the basics!!!

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[digg] France Plans Groundbreaking Tidal Power Experiment

Coming on the heels of the inauguration of the world’s first commercial scale tidal power turbine, Electricite de France (EDF) has announced that it plans to build a pilot tidal turbine system in the country.

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[digg] Electronic Communications—The Problems

The rapid development of e-mail and access to the Internet has led to problems regarding the sourcing and use of inappropriate material in the workplace. E-mail allows the instant transmission of a message by a non-typist without the previous time gap for creation which allowed for second thoughts. This can lead to an 'over casual' approach

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[digg] Idea Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi

Rats Cats Stunt Idea Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi Episode 3 Part 5 Bollywood action hero Akshaya Kumar TV serial Fear Factor Meghna Naidu Akshaya Kumar stunt action heroes Bollywood Colors Channel

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[digg] Ex-Googler, Husband Launch New Cuil Search Engine

A former Google employee and her husband launched a new search engine Monday called Cuil (pronounced "cool"), aiming to topple Google by indexing more Web pages than the search giant.

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[digg] Moments in Olympics History [PICS]

Athens, Greece, was the home of the ancient Olympic Games and host of the first modern Olympics in 1896. In 2004, the games returned to their birthplace. Here, drummers surround the Olympic rings during the opening ceremony on August 13, 2004.

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[digg] Batman - The Dark Knight - The Joker New Trailer - Heath Ledger

RIP Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight - The Joker 2008 Fan TrailerMade for Heath Ledger on January 19, 2008. Died on January 22, 2008. May He Rest In Peace.(This is kind of old... but i just came across this)

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[digg] 101 Dumbest Moments in Business: Top tech flops

Exploding toilets and a startup that actually called itself VaporTech. When 400 surfers are dumb enough to click on an ad offering to infect their PCs, what's left for us to do?

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[digg] Super Mario Bros Voted Greatest Computer Game Ever

The classic platform game was first released in 1985 and has since become one of the biggest selling ever with more than 40 million copies flying off the shelves worldwide. The poll of 2,000 gamers, conducted by www.onepoll.com, revealed 'old skool' games are still firm favourites with Britain's army of gamers.

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[digg] Getting People Focused

Remember that everyone brings different skills and knowledge to the table and is capable of achieving the tasks and responsibilities required. Get things back on track and restore harmony by focusing people on their shared mission instead of on personality differences.

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[digg] C-Walk (Jaw-dropping!)

Some cool moves!!!

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[digg] Texas To Build Wind Power Superhighway

In what is purported to be the largest investment in clean, renewable energy in US History, Texas has been given preliminary approval for a $4.9 billion plan to build transmission lines to carry wind power from West Texas to urban areas such as Dallas.

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[digg] Serial Blasts in Bangalore (India) right few hours ago

8 Serial Blasts in IT Hub Bangalore city few hours ago.. Digg n Shout

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[digg] Flexible Love: The Coolest Chair in the Universe

FlexibleLove experimental furniture incorporates an ‘accordion-like, honeycomb’ structure to create durable furniture pieces produced from widely-available, low-cost recycled materials.

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[digg] Robot Planes Get Bird’s Eye View of Shrinking Greenland Ice

Two low-flying unmanned aircraft are cruising over Greenland this month to closely observe the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its potential contribution to global sea level rise in the coming century. The flights will help scientists determine whether the ice sheet’s melt rate will accelerate in the future.

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[digg] Facebook calls up Orkut, again!

A funny chit-chat between Facebook and rival Orkut. They share new designs, themes, apps and even Indian Engineers! Short and sweet!

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[digg] Travel diaries: Motorcycling in India and Bangalore

Me, My Machine and The Elements 1.0Aah - The good old days!! this guy is an avid biker and a close friend!!!

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[digg] How to Build an Electric Car Charging Infrastructure

In a slew of announcements this week, a picture of what the future of plug-in vehicle charging might look like is starting to emerge.

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[digg] Akbar Birbal Remixed - Chaat Masaala

We all know that Akbar's blue eyed boy Birbal can get away with murder. Watch Birbal doing the unimaginable and getting away unhurt! Click http://www.rajshri.com/akbarbirbal/abr.asp to watch more episodes of Akbar Birbal Remixed.

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[digg] First Look: Karan Johar's Dharma Production presents Dostana

A first look at the new fun filled comedy film from Karan Johar's camp!

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[digg] 4 Reasons Why Marriage Makes People Fat

You may have heard of the freshman 15-those inevitable pounds college students are likely to gain in their first year. But what about the newlywed 30?

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[digg] Samsung to Invest $1.63 Billion in Indonesian Biodiesel Proj

According to an article in the Jakarta Post, an official from the Indonesian government has spilled the beans on Samsung’s plans to invest up to $1.63 billion dollars in what’s sure to be a controversial acquisition of land for growing oil palms and construction of a biodiesel plant in Indonesia.

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[digg] Simons Cat - TV Dinner

A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to gain its owner’s attention. My Dog actually does this!!!

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[digg] Our leaders?? Lead from the bottom of the food chain

This story, funny as it may seem, is the stark and dumb reality faced by our legislation and the people who run our country are either too smart to retaliate or too dumb to acknowledge.. but either way this kind of idiocy is being pardoned!!

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[digg] India's Vote of Confidence: Kahani Humari Mahabharat Ki!

This is a case of complete and utter public humiliation from our "leaders" - jokers more like - made a farce of leading the country... if they had so much money, why not put it to better use in the first place?? they got their priorities wrong!!!Not like Corporate India are any smarter... they are doing stuff that will earn them more money... selfishness ki bhi hadd hoti hai!!

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[digg] How Take Screen shots In iPhone and iPod Touch ?

A super useful tool if you come acros interesting stuff on your Apple touch machine!!! :)w00T

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[digg] Khatron Ka Khiladi :Tupur Chatterjee in Fear factor

Khatron Ka Khiladi :Tupur Chatterjee in Fear factor!!She is a model?? did not show - was outstanding among some other models - Nethra and Yana were awesome too!!!

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[digg] Akshay Kumar..khatron ka khiladi?

Following Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan’s television shows, the most recent addition in this list is that of actor Akshay Kumar who is all set to take the world of entertainment by storm. He features in this show called ‘Khatron ke Khiladi‘ which has 13 beauties. Fear Factor - Indian Style!!

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[digg] Akbar Birbal Remixed - Bombay To Goa

The latest episode is out and its FUNNY AS HELL!!! Watch as the plans had been chalked out! The stage was set! The only distance between Bombay and Goa was a nod from Akbar Anna! Click http://www.rajshri.com/akbarbirbal/abr.asp to watch more episodes of Akbar Birbal Remixed.

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[digg] Shift Happens

After watching this video I wanted to share it with you all.

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REM - Losing My Religion

REM - Losing My Religion, originally uploaded by Partha N S.

R.E.M.

Losing My Religion

Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up

(chorus)
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight, I'm
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

(repeat chorus)

But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why try?
That was just a dream
Just a dream, just a dream
Dream