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Friday, October 24, 2008A BYTE OF LIFE

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 2 No. 204

Have a blast!Ergo wishes all its readers a very Happy Diwali.Plus, a Happy Extended Weekend.Since Diwali without firecrackers is incomplete,we bring to you the latest to hit the market (Pages 4 & 5).Also, there will be no issue of Ergo on October 27 and 28

(Monday and Tuesday). Well be back on Wednesday.


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ERGO Friday, October 24, 2008

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Book releasePenguin Book India and Taj Connemerawill launch the book In the country ofDeceit by Sashi Deshpande today atBinny Room, Taj Connemara at 5.30 p.m.

Sister act 4Its Diwali time on NachBaliye 4. And settingthe stage of fire will beKarisma and Kareenawho will be adorningoutfits specially designedby Manish Malhotra.Both the sisters will beseen exchanging theirplaces Kareena willpose as the judge while

Karisma will be thespecial guest.When: October 25Where: Star Plus; 8 p.m.

Book my ticket, pleaseSeventymm has introduced Seventymm Ticket Counter -- a movieticket feature on its portal. With this movie enthusiasts can booktickets through the platform as well as get latest updates about themovies running in theatres. Seventymm ticket counter is powered bywww.bookmyshow.comFor details log on to www.seventymm.com

Crystal clearCheck-out some stunningpieces of Bohemian crystalsfrom Czech Republic. Flowervases, table lamps, cutlery...each of the collection are apretty piece to be gifted.When: Till November 12Where: Hotel AmbassadorPallava, 30th Montieth Road,Egmore

Sweet surpriseWhat can be the best surprise foryour near and dear ones who areaway from home for the festival? A

box of sweets.Gati Limited, an express distributionand supply chain, has tied-up withHalidrams to send mouth wateringdelicacies. You can choose from anarray of products assorted sweets,hamper comprising soan papdi, aloobhujia, rosgullas. The gifts rangebetween Rs. 475 and Rs. 700.Log on to www.gati.com to knowmore or call 09860 354284. Hurry,orders need to be placed beforeOctober 24.

Let the music flowIts a musical Diwali on SS Music. Singers S. P. Balasubramaniam and S.P. Sailaja get together to pay tribute to the Mellisai Mannar M.S.

Visvanathan. Tune in onOctober 26 and October 27 at9 p.m. and noon respectively.Also, if you have been bankingon the new releases check thisshow on October 27 at 3 p.m.VJ Rajiv gives his predictionsfor Vaaranam Aiyaram, Aeganand others. There is lot more,so dont forget to tune.When: October 25 to 27Where: SS Music

Music for a causeCarnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna will beperforming in the city on October 24as part of a fund-raiser for REACH.The amount collected will be used toprovide food to needy patients andmeet their travel expenses to hospitals.When: October 24Where: For invitations to the concertcall 2861 0332/ 6521 1047

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Little Babooshkas Grind

Friday, October 24, 2008

Awards alertBritish Council India, in association with Oxford Bookstore is launching the YoungPublishing Entrepreneur Award 2009, where the winner of the Indian award will take partin an all-expenses paid 10-day tour of the UK publishing industry in April next year.For details, please check out http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-arts-iypey2007.htm

Top 10 Bestsellers (Fiction)1. The White Tiger - Aravinda Adiga. Rs. 3952. Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh. Rs. 5993. One Night @ Call Centre - Chetan Bhagat. Rs.954. The 3 Mistakes of my Life - Rupa & Co. Rs. 955. Brida - Paulo Coelho. Rs.2956. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini.Rs.3957. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini. Rs. 3158. The Final Reckoning Sam Bourne. Rs. 2959. A Prisoner of Birth - Jeffery Archer. Rs. 27010. Shantaram - Gregory Roberts. Rs.475

Top 10 Bestsellers

(Non-fiction)1. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Busi-ness of Life - Alice Schroeder. Rs. 9952. The Secret - Rhonda Byrne. Rs.5503. Stay Hungry Stay Foolish - Rashmi Bansal. Rs.1254. The New Paradigm for Financial - George So-ros. Rs.5955. Hot Flat & Crowded - Thomas Friedman. Rs.5956. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch. Rs.2957. Business Striped Bare Richard Branson.Rs.5158. D k Eyewitness Travel: India. Rs.4809. What the CEO Want You to Know - Ram Cha-ran. Rs.48010. Go Kiss The World - Subroto Bagchi. Rs. 399

Courtesy: Crossword Touchwood PHOTO: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN

This weekend presenting at the Alliance Francaise OctoberDhamaka a rock show featur-ing two of Chennais best origi-nal bands Little BabooshkasGrind (LBG) and Touchwood.

LBG has been known in thecircuit since 1996, playing origi-nal rock music. Having com-pleted two full-length albumsand one professionally pro-duced video, the band consistsof brothers Arjun (bass), Avnith(lead guitar) and Aum Janaki-ram (rhythm), Maynard Grant(drums) and Praveen Heinrich(lead vocalist).

Touchwood is another band,

hardly out of college, that be-

This weekend, original live music

Rock on!

lieves in original music. Whatmakes them stand apart is thatthis rock band has no electricguitarist and is not looking outfor one. Comprising Arjun(bass), Vishal (vocals, acousticguitar), Cherian (keyboard) and

Avinash (drums), the band pre-fer to call themselves a jamband.

Bookworms Corner

What, when, where?Event: Rock concertTimings: 7 pm, October 25

Venue: Alliance FrancaiseContact: 28271477/28251165


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Big Story04

check out a few new fireworkentries and the most sought-af-ter ones.

Over 80 per cent of the shopson Bunder Street have taken toselling fireworks on Deepavali,like every year for more thanfour decades.

Panorama

This year, the big daddy of fi-recrackers is the Panorama.Coming in a big, fat box, thepiece is a guaranteed night skyentertainer with a whopping500 shots with just one strike ofa match to its single, thick thiri(wick).

All one needs to do is take thecracker to an open ground andlight the wick to enjoy an all-colour view. The price of thePanorama is Rs. 5,000.

KaleidoscopeIf you think the Panorama

could burn a big hole in yourpocket, opt for Kaleidoscope.

With 250 shots showering rain-

Come Monday, its freedomfrom all your businessmeetings, client calls,brain-storming sessions

and cab journeys to office. Itsthe festival of lights and time tocelebrate hard with a bang,

literally.The cracker fever is on, but

the sudden spell of rains hasdampened the firework sales toan extent. With the sun beatingdown once again from Thurs-day morning, the fever is back.

Ergo visited the biggest fire-work sales den of the city, Bun-der Street in Parrys Corner, to

bow colours, the Kaleidoscopeisnt bad either. The cracker al-so features one wick, whichmust be lit in a large, open area.Kaleidoscope is priced at Rs.2,500.

Parachute RocketFor rocket lovers, there are

Parachute Rockets in the mar-

ket. The advanced rockets, ac-cording to dealers, go higherand burst with a bang of col-ours. Not to miss is a glowingparachute that is visible in thenight sky for a few miles.

The extra-long rocket thatcomes with a colourful head(green, yellow and pink) is anold but most sought-after onein the cracker family every Di-

wali. A pack of five Parachut

Rockets costs Rs. 181.

Whats a Diwali without the firecrackers! Ergo brings to youthe new entrants to the market. Plus, some of the classics

Crack these crackers

Kaleidoscope showers a display of 250 shots Firecracker dealer S.K. Jaffer with the gift box


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Dine and DanceThe Accord Metropolitan has a special Diwalioffer at Pergola on October 26, 27 and 28.You can have a spectacular view of fireworks,while enjoying your food with your family. Forreservations please call 2816 1000.

Dolphin and Butterfly

Some of the innovative fire-works for this season are the Dol-phin Dive and Colour-ChangingButterfly. These can be a crackerlovers delight as both erupt cre-ating an image of dolphins andbutterflies in vibrant colours. The

Colour-Changing Butterflycomes with 10 pieces in a packwith a price tag of Rs. 180. Whe-reas, the Dolphin Dive showers12 shots displaying 12 shapes ofdolphins in different colours. It ispriced at Rs. 130.

Cartoons in cartonsFor kids and those who are

scared of fireworks, the assortedCartoons could be a saving grace.With less sound and more fun,

these come in boxes of 10 and 25.There is also the Apple, which is abit on the louder side with a sho-wy explosion in the sky.

Apart from these, there are theconventional and well-knownLakshmi and Krishna vedi. Com-ing in bundles of 10 with a price

tag of Rs. 130, these are a few ofthe most sought-after ones formost sound-lovers after the dou-ble-shot cracker.

All-in-oneIf you want a piece of everyth-

ing, the gift box of firecrackerscan be the best pick. With 27 dif-

ferent items, including sparklers,chakras and bombs, the gift box isa good choice. The box is avail-able in a price range of Rs. 525 toRs. 1170. There is also a soundlessgift box comprising only chakras,sparklers, flowerpots and pencilsfor just Rs. 320.

Last, but definitely not theleast, is the Lar, locally called thewala, which is always a show-stopper. This ubiquitous, red-col-oured chain cracker is a combi-nation of thousands of shellscapable of silencing its compet-itors for over 15 minutes. Startingfrom the 100 wala for Rs. 35, itgoes up to the 10,000 wala forRs. 3,300.

(Prices may differ from dealer to

dealer)

For theFAINT-HEARTED

This incident happened when Iwas in Class VI. On the day of Di- wali, my mom was busy in thekitchen, my dad had gone outand my little sister was watchingTV.

I was so very impatient to startbursting the crackers that I wenton to light a candle in the landingroom of our home.

It had rained on the previousday and we had the clothes hungin that room. To my carelessness,the towel in the rope caught fireand started spreading rapidly tomy uniform and to the window

nearby. Ours also happened to an old house with good dry wooI was so scared that I didnt kno

what to do.I called out in a low voice to m

little sister that there is a fire heThe moment she screamed aran out of the home, it left mmother shocked.

The tenants who stayed dowstairs rushed to put the fire oand an accident was narrowavoided. Though I was scoldthen, we have a good laugh taing about the incident.

Indhumathi, T

An unforgetable Diwali


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Louis XIVLouis XIVowned 413beds.

Britains advertising watchdograps Nepali TVBritains advertising watchdog has rapped Nepali TV, asatellite channel that asserts to broadcast to 58countries, for violating the standards code for a recentadvertisement that made unsubstantiated health andnutrition claims. Investigators of the AdvertisingStandards Agency (ASA) spotted the recentadvertisement related to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), makerof the Horlicks drink. The advertisement asserted onthe channel that children who drank Horlicks weretaller, stronger, sharper than other children. However,ASA said that Nepali TV did not offer any commentduring investigations but eventually withdrew theadvertisement.

PTI

White-powder letters

hit more banksFour Chase bank branches in Phoenix and the NewYork Times headquarters in New York receivedenvelopes containing a suspicious white powder onWednesday as a wave of threatening U.S. mailingsspread. More than 45 threatening letters have beenreceived since Monday at financial institutions in atleast 11 states, FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said.Most of the letters contain a powder substance with athreatening communication, he said. No harmfulsubstances have yet been identified but more tests arebeing conducted at regional laboratories, he said. U.S.authorities are always on the alert for such letters after

the anthrax threat in 2001.Reuters

Obama graces lottery

tickets in ColombiaBarack Obama stands to win not only the White House according to recent US opinion polls but also thelottery in Mesa, Colombia, where his face now gracesall the lottery tickets in the city. We picked Obamasportrait for our lottery because were always lookingfor somebody people are raving about. Hes ahead in(US) opinion polls and right now hes the most popularguy around here, Mesa Lottery manager Luis Encisotold AFP. He said Democrat Obamas picture helped sellmore lottery tickets. Wed never think of using JohnMcCain, Enciso said referring to Obamas Republicanrival in the November 4 US presidential election.

AFP

Posh poses in sariFormer Spice Girl Victoria Beckham will delightIndian fans as cover girl for the Vogue IndiaNovember issue dressed as an Indian bride in asari. Commenting upon her new image, she said:Ive never played safe with my image.Beckham has been living in Hollywood for thelast 18 months with her family and has beenworking on her fashion ranges. The magazinewill hit the stands within a week, reportsthesun.co.uk. Meanwhile, David Beckham is setto move from the Los Angeles Galaxy footballclub to AC Milan in January.

IANS

You can use it to cheer on arock band, take to the mallor, why not, try to overthrowa government the latest

must-have among Thailandsprotest set is a plastic, hand-

shaped clapper.The clack-clack-clack of the

multi-coloured hands has reso-nated throughout Bangkok dur-ing the months-long campaignby the Peoples Alliance for De-mocracy (PAD) to bring down thenations elected government.

In fact, its spawned a little bitof a minor industry: one vendoroutside Government House currently occupied by the protes-ters says she sells up to 100clappers a day.

The average price is 25 baht(nearly one dollar), depending onthe size. Or you can opt for theflashing light version at 35 baht.

I broke one clapper so now I

have a new one. When you getvery excited you wave it veryhard, explained a middle-agedwoman at the grounds of the

prime ministers offices at Go-vernment House.

The area, seized in August, hassince taken on the air of an out-

door music festival as the protes-ters press their campaign againstgovernment, which they say is acorrupt proxy for ousted and ex-iled premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

Its the fashion, said the same

woman, who did not want to giveher name. You dont have to use

your hands its easy and conve-nient. Kiat Chan, proud ownerof three clappers, says the pro-testers started using them about a

week after their street demon-strations began in May.

The mue tob Thai for handclap has become an unlikelysymbol of the anti-governmentmovement, and the clappers cannow be seen at concerts, sportsevents and shopping malls acrossthe capital.

The Venetian-style Govern-ment House is now the centre ofan organised tent city thatstretches across blocks of the

capitals historic district.You can use it to say to Thai

ministers, Get out and go tohell! said PAD supporter Sui,holding an outsize clapper whichcost her 60 baht. Its very, veryfun and you use it very loud.

AFP

Plastic clappersa must-have forThai protesters


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From ancient Egyptian cere-monial incense to pungentMesopotamian ointmentsand lotions dating back to

medieval France, a newly re-opened French museum tracesperfumes lesser-known past.

The history of perfume is notonly that of the industry linked tofashion or luxury, in whichFrance has become the mainplayer, said the curator of the In-ternational Perfume Museum in

Grasse, near Cannes in the southof France.

Since antiquity, perfume hasalso been at the crossroads oftherapeutics, cosmetics, cuisine,even sacred uses, said Marie-Christine Grasse, according to

whom the museum offers aunique collection in terms of sizeand scope.

While the picturesque Pro-

vence town that hosts the mu-seum is no longer the heart of theperfume industry, officials hopeit will now serve as a centre forhistory on the fragrance industry.

After three years of renova-tions, the museum has beentransformed from a dusty collec-tion housed in an 18th centurymansion, to a modern exhibitionof artefacts spread across new in-ter-connected buildings.

The chronological, interactive

and olfactory sense-driven tour of perfumery is presentedalong three themes: seduction,healing and communication.

The collections centrepiece isan 80-kilogramme travel vanitycase once owned by Marie-Antoi-nette, the French queen arguablybest remembered for her extrava-gant tastes.

Fashioned out of mahoganyand leather, the case is riddled

with compartments and drawerscontaining brushes and gadgetsnecessary for the young queenselaborate beauty regime.

The story of perfumery furtherunravels in rooms devoted to the19th century advent of the indus-

try, in which Grasse played a major role.

The towns name will be famil-iar to viewers ofPerfume: The Sto-ry of a Murderer, a film based on a

novel by German writer PatrickSuskind and following a youngperfumiers search for the ulti-mate scent.

Grasse was a global centre forproducing natural extracts fromthe jasmine, rose and orangeblossom plantations on its peri-phery.

The majority of extracts todaycome from outside France, butGrasse has maintained a footholdin formulating perfumes and

food flavours.Formulations from Grasse,

where specialists also come touse the museums large researchlibrary, account for more than

half of Frances sales in thesdustries.

Perfume professionals inregion many of whom are p

ners in the project hope the seum will give them a chancexert a unique influence onindustrys past and present.

People look at perfume bottles at the International Perfume Museum. AFP PHOTOSFrom ancient Egyptianceremonial incense tolotions dating back tomedieval France, anewly re-opened

French museum tracesperfumes lesser-known past

The history of perfume

The worlds first camel milkchocolate, Al Nassma, was offi-

cially launched in Dubai onWednesday.

Al Nassma the Arabic word fora cool desert breeze is beingviewed as a significant develop-ment for the UAEs camel milk in-dustry as demand from thechocolate manufacturers is set tocreate a need for more camelmilk.

We want to create a brandwhich has international impor-

tance. I believe this product hasthe power to becomethe sweet ambassa-dor of Arabia born inDubai, Johann Ge-orge Hochleitner, theman behind the idea,was quoted as sayingby Abu Dhabis TheNational.

The idea of creat-

ing camel milk chocolate dawnedon Hochleitner, who is also amember of the companys boardof directors. Hochleitner, who

has already created chocolatemade out of sheep and goat milk,spent two years, travelling as faras Libya and Kazakhstan, to lookfor a suitable camel milk produc-er.

His search ended with DubaisCamelicious and it took anothertwo years to develop the productline. The chocolate is producedfrom camel milk powder made

from Dubai-basedCamelicious, thebrands only camelmilk provider.

An Austrian firm,HM Chocolate Hold-ing, has a 50 per centownership in Al Nass-ma.

PTI

Camel milk

chocolate debuts

Actor-turned director Nandita Das with actress Deepti Naval at the premier of themovie Firaaq at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York onWednesday. PTI PHOTO

Meeting of two stars

8 peasOn average,there areeight peas ina pod.

This day, that yearBlack Thursday got its name on October 24, 1929, when Wall Streetinvestors panicked and ordered their stock brokers to sell all their shareNearly 13 million shares traded hands, sending stock prices plummetinglate afternoon, many stocks recovered, but the stage was set for the stomarket crash on October 29, which would start the Great Depression.


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Scrabble for $20,000A Scrabble board made with more th30,000 Swarovski crystals and valued 20,000 dollars is being auctioned onlto mark 60 years of the popular worbuilding game.

Ntertainment assuredTwo new Nseries blowers crowd the multimediaphone bazaarThe Nseries portfolio of Nokias multimediaphones welcomes two new members this month,making life difficult for those like us who cantmake up their minds on what they like. Both

justify inclusion in the family by flauntingimpressive features such as 3.5G HSDPA, WiFi,5-meg snappers with Carl Zeiss optics, FMtransmitters, N-gage gaming, geotagging and GPSnavigation abilities. While the N79 can becustomised using Xpress-on covers, the N85 boasts

of a 2.6inch OLED display. Choices choices... TBC,www.nokia.com

Cruise down avenue Q Audis new Q5 aims for world dominationSurely only the criminally insane would launch a new SUV

these days. Audi appear perfectly lucid, though, and the newQ5 is their dastardly masterplan to take the game to BMWsubiquitous X5. The Q5 might be an SUV but theres moreemphasis on sport than utility. The prole-frightening frontgrill sits in front of some serious planet-bothering muscle inthe form of either a diesel or petrol engine. Packed full oftech, its superbly engineered. Just prepare to be pelted withorganic dairy products if you use one on the school run.Top speed: 224kmph, 0-100 kmph in 6.5-seconds.Wheels: 19 inchA climate controlled drinks holder is available as an option,so your beverage of choice remains chilled (or hot)

TBC, www.audi.comDigit-al entertainment!Mini-keyboard, Max funAll rise. The ultra-sleek LogitechdiNoVo Mini, a palm-sized keyboardwith media remote and ClickPad ishere. If you are the sorts who liaisonswith two hotties - in this case your PCand TV - the highly compact keyboardwill make your life easy. It featuresbacklighting and an innovativeClickPad, which can be used as atouch pad to point, scroll and click -or as a directional pad to navigatemenus and make selections. The mini-keyboard uses Bluetooth 2.0 wirelesstechnology for unfettered use fromthe sofa or anywhere in the livingroom. Plus, it looks terribly cool.

Rs 9,495. www.logitech.co.in

Have a blastThrow a tuneGet Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! TheUSB device uses X-Fi Xtreme Fidelityaudio tech to let you experience ultrarealistic gaming with surround soundover headphones and on the go. Youdont even have to tag along a CD asthe 1GB memory stores the essentialsoftware. An interesting aspect is thebuilt-in VoiceFX technology that allowsyou to morph your voice! Go on, sayit... All Your Base Are Belong to Us!

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Holographic storage of-fers a way to cramhundreds of moviesonto a single DVD-size

disc, but the first commercialoffering, due out next year, isa high-end archival systemthat costs tens of thousandsof dollars and requires spe-cial playback machines.

Now researchers at GEGlobal Research, in Niskayu-

na, N.Y., say that they areclosing in on a mass-marketversion that would be com-patible with older DVDs andCDs technology that GEsays could reach the marketin 2012.

If the project pans out,consumers could hold vastvideo libraries on a few ho-lographic discs alongside theregular DVDs in their livingroom.

GE expects an initial ver-sion of the holographic discto hold 300 gigabytes of data,and future versions will holdas much as one terabyte enough for 40 high-definitionmovies or 200 standard-defi-nition movies. While the firstbuyers might be companiesseeking simpler ways to ar-

chive their data, GE ultimately wants to target the broadermarket. The average consumer

will be able to buy a drive in thenext three or four years that

would have this technology,and they can play everything,says Brian Lawrence, managerof GEs Integrated Polymer Sys-tems Lab. Information is stored

on a CD or DVD as a pattern onthe discs surfaces. Holographicstorage involves, instead, en-coding data using patterns oflight interference within thebody of light-sensitive material.This leads to a much higherstorage capacity, so holograph-ic storage has the potential toeclipse even todays leading

high-capacity optical storageformat, Blu-ray, which can beused to store 50 gigabytes of da-ta on a single disc.

And yet, although severalcompanies are working on ho-lographic storage technology,the only imminent commercialoffering is a high-end systemfrom InPhase, of Longmont,

CO, a spinoff of Alcatel andLucent Technologys BellLabs.

GE is talking to severalelectronics companies aboutcreating playback machines,and it wants the technologyto fit well with existing disc-manufacturing techniques.

While the InPhase versionsandwiches its special opticalrecording media inside an-

other type of plastic, the GEdiscs are made from a poly-carbonate that can be proc-essed with conventionalmanufacturing methods. Thematerial can be melted, in-

jected into a mould, andcooled to form a disc, thesame way that todays opticalmedia are made.

InPhase claims to be un-concerned about competi-tion from GE, arguing thateach company is targeting adifferent market segment. Ithink thats a great designgoal for GE, Rancis says.But for our particular cus-tomer base, none of thosepeople have material onDVDs. We are only doinghigh-end customers.

NYT News Service

Holographic discs, the next generation of storage devices, make even Blu-ray seem like childs playHow much can you store?


Poorvika Mobile World boastssales of 10 lakh mobile phones

within Chennai alone. And whynot, when the company is onlyfour years old?

The multi-brand mobile phonestore offers recharges, servicing,every brand of MP3 and MP4players, major mobile phonebrands such as Nokia, HTC, Sam-sung, LG and many others whilealso providing prepaid and postpaid mobile networks such as

Airtel and Vodafone.So what is the difference be-

tween Poorvika and other multi-brand sellers? N. Yuvraj, manag-ing director of Poorvika says thatcustomer care is their strongestpoint. When a customer entersthe showroom, we take full careof them. They just have to tell us

what they want, and we keep the

promise.In fact, Poorvikas website

(www.poorvika.com) is a testa-ment to that, where a customeronly has to choose what kind ofphone he or she wants, for ex-ample, a business phone, and thecomparative rates for each brandare stated in a grid format.

We will be launching a re-vamped version of the existingmodule, and this time introduc-ing online billing where wepromise to give the best price fora product.

While Poorvika is going strongwith 250 employees in 22 outletsacross the city, they are eager toexpand. In another three months,one can expect to see 35 outletsand their aim is to make Poorvikaa multi-brand mobile phonestore to reckon with.

The multi-brand mobile phone store is going strong with 250employees in 22 outlets across the city and is eager to expand

N. Yuvraj, managing directPoorvika

Go with Poorvika

Super carA British team that already holds the world land speed record has plannedto build a 1,000-miles-an-hour (1,600 kilometres) car in the next threeyears. The Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) will be 13 metres long, sixmetres wide and be powered by a jet engine and would be faster than abullet, covering the distance of four football fields in a second.

Eye candy

A student ofJapans KeioUniversity wears aspecial see-throughcoat made ofmovie-screen-likematerial which a

background scenecan be seenthrough the coatwhen a picture isprojected onto it.Tokyo UniversitysProfessor SusumuTachi developed theoptical camouflagetechnology inwhich the scenebehind the coat iscaptured by a videocamera and thenprojects that scene"virtually" onto thespecial materialcoat.AFP PHOTO


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She might have been on several WorstDressed Celebrity lists, but Britney Spears

seems to have sparked a new fashion trendfollowing the release of the latestWomanizer video, reported to haveattracted over seven million hits within thefirst 48 hours of its release. And basking inthe attention is Syren Latex Couture.The cropped vest that Britney wears duringher role as a seductive waitress, along withthe Muir cap that she sports while playing achauffer, is an instant hit. The album Circus,of which Womanizer is the first single, willrelease on December 2, Britneys 27thbirthday.

Vested interest

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indsay Lohan sure knows how to create a

scene. More than 300 fans recently packedHenri Bendel in New York City during the launchof the 22-year-old actresss new line of leggings,6126, and snapped up several hundred pairs ofthe leggings in the process.This is crazy, Im so happy so many peoplecame, Lohan said, looking out the frontwindow at another 200 fans gathered on thesidewalk. I hope they buy some leggings. Withher little sister, Ali, and mom, Dina, in tow,Lohans security guards stood by to keeponlookers at a distance. Lohan said she hopes

eventually to launch a full sportswear collection, but most likely will start withamazing tops to wear with the leggings. Decked out in a Rick Owens dress,6126 leggings and Yves Saint Laurent heels, she said Alexander Wang is one ofher favourite young designers. I wanted to go to his show so bad, but hispublicist said they werent allowing any celebrities to attend, she said. So Isaid, Consider me a normal person then! But they wouldnt.

NYT News Servi

Lohans leggings

Amobile art exhibition inspired by the

iconic quilted leather Chanel bag 2.55created in 1955 by Coco Chanel openstoday in New Yorks Central Park.Fifteen artists have been inspired tocontribute to the exhibition set up in aglass fibre mobile gallery resembling aspaceship and designed by Iraqi-bornBritish architect Zaha Hadid.Meandering through the pavilion, visitorsdiscover installations by artistes fromaround the world, even though few share

much with the signature handbag with itsgold chain.The inspiration for the exhibition is only obvious in one of the pieces agiant version of the open bag lying on its side. Coco Chanel, who died in1971, worked with artistes like (Jean) Cocteau or (Pablo) Picasso, and thispavilion continues this tradition, said a spokesman for Chanel and itsartistic director, Karl Lagerfeld.Shaped like a large white snail, the structure ends with a giant Chanel bagand a wishtree by Yoko Ono, the widow of former Beatle John Lennon,where a wish can be written and hung on a branch.Central Park marks the third stop of a two-year global tour for ChanelMobile Art that began on February 27 in Hong Kong. It will head to Londonand Moscow next year before ending in Paris in 2010.

AFP

Art in a handbag

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fter all the hullabaloo, chaos andcontroversies, the Spring/ Summer2009 editions of Indias fashion weeks

are done with. We bring to you somesnapshots from Narendra Kumarsbandaged men at Lakme Fashion Week toshowstoppers from Madhur BhandarkarsFashion walking the ramp for NarendraVerma, to Manish Aroras Circus at the

Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, itsall here. While Tarun Tahiliani for

Levis changed the way denims areworn, Shotgun Shatrughan

Sinhas daughter, Sonakshi,made her ramp debut. The

ramps, certainly, hadtheir festivities, too.

Ergo Correspondent

ana Ranaut,nka ChopraMadhu Godsearendrar

MaliniRamani

ShatrughanSinhas daughter,Sonakshi, at theLakme FashionWeek


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Wellness

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The most wonderful things inthe world have happened

when man is relaxed, notwhen man is driving himself

to madness. The most wonderfulscientific discoveries also hap-pened when man is relaxed.

Somebody like Isaac Newton worked for 18 years in the lab-oratory without producing any-thing. One day, fed up with work,he goes and sits under a tree; an

apple falls, there you have thelaws of gravity.Somebody fed up with work

wants to have a bath, goes andgets into his bath tub and the wa-ter over flows; there you have thelaws of floatation. Somebodyonce again fed up with work

wants to have a cup of coffee, thecoffee kettle is boiling, there, youhave the locomotives. The most

wonderful things have happenedwhen man is relaxed. Please see,in moments of relaxation, you aremost intelligent.

Why we are talking about ef-fortless living is just this to bringrelaxation to every activity that

you perform. Right now if I askpeople to relax they will becomelax. You know the difference? Orif I ask people to be intense theybecome tense. You have to learnto be intense and relaxed. If youcan maintain your intensity and

relaxation together, all your po-tential will be always used to itsfullest. Your physical and mentalpotential can be used to thishighest possibility, if you knowhow to be intense and relaxed atthe same time. But this tensionand laxity will not get usanywhere.

Relaxation for certain peopleespecially means going andsleeping. They dont see that theycan go to the garden, have a walk

and relax themselves; they dontsee they can have a swim and re-lax themselves.

It need not be so, you can relaxin your study; you can relax in

your work; you can relax in your walk . . . In everything that youdo, you can relax. If you have lovein your heart, life is relaxation. If

you love what youre doing, itsrelaxation. Yoga is to be in thatstate where you are Intense andrelaxed at the same time and thatis when you are at your peakperformance.

SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV

If you can maintainyour intensity andrelaxation together,all your potentialwill be alwaysused to its fullest.

Intense yet relaxed

Men should stay miles away from mobile phones if they dont want to screw uptheir plans of fathering a child, for a new research has shown that males whotalk for hours on cellphones may damage their sperm. An experiment on semenrevealed evidence of DNA damage after 16 hours of exposure to radiation similarto the output of a mobile phone. To reach the conclusion, researchers at theUniversity of Newcastle built a device to irradiate sperm at the same radio fre-quency as mobile telephone calls. Professor John Aitken, director of the uni-versitys Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, said they wereable to accurately identify high levels of DNA fragmentation in the sperm. . DNAdamage in spermatozoa has been associated with decreased fertility, increasedrisk of miscarriage and various kinds of disease in offspring, including childhoodcancer, and a number of neurological disorders such as autism, bipolar disorderand spontaneous schizophrenia.

ANI

Aerobics good for brainRegular aerobic exercise can not onlystave off the decline in brain functionthat often comes with age, it can alsohelp turn back the clock on brain agin

Reu

People who eatquickly until fullare three times morelikely to beoverweight, aproblem exacerbated

by the availability offast food and thedecline of orderlydining habits,Japanese researcherssaid on Wednesday.The findings,published in theBritish MedicalJournal, highlighthow eating styles, andnot just what or howmuch is eaten, cancontribute to anobesity epidemicfueled by the spreadof Western-styleaffluence in manyparts of the world.

Reuters

Mobile phones can fry up mens fertility Speedy eaters likelier to get fat


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Want to shed those extrapounds and look 10 years

younger? Well, guess what, your desire has just been

fulfilled, all thanks to a British nutri-tionist and his ultimate diet.

Brainchild of nutritionist Carina

Norris, the ultimate anti-ageing dietwill not only help you shift 10lbs but will also take10 years off your facewithout using any of those anti-age-ing lotions. Food is a great way to

ward off wrinkles and boost energylevels. If you choose wisely, your

weekly shopping cart will be full ofeffective anti-ageing components,that help you boost your health andkeep you slim, The Mirror quotedNorris as saying.

The anti-ageing diet suggests:

Tuck into oily fishNew York skin doctor Dr Nicholas

Perricone, the diet guru of Holly- wood stars including Kim Cattrall

and Heidi Klum, encourages his pa-tients to eat plenty of oily fish be-cause the essential fats found inthem provide skin-loving antioxi-dants and mop up the free radicalsthat can cause wrinkles and prema-turely aged skin.

The best sources of this essentialfatty acid include salmon, mackerel,fresh tuna steaks and sardines. Thehigh protein content of oily fish alsohelps keep skin firm - and has theadded bonus of keeping you slim.

Drink upWater has been named as the big-

gest anti-ageing component. Essen-tial for good health and good looks,

water plumps up the skin and flush-es out the toxins that cause a dullcomplexion and wrinkles. And diet-icians claim room temperature wa-ter is best, but there are plenty of

other liquid-facelifts like soy milkthat is helpful in speeding up theproduction of collagen - the build-ing bricks of skin.

Get a fruity faceliftGorge on fruits if you want to look

younger. The best anti-ageing fruitis kiwi fruit - one of the richestsources of vitamin C, which is fan-tastic for skin because it helps buildcollagen and mops up ageing tox-ins.

Also recommended are Avocados,as they are jam-packed with vita-mins A and E, which are very effec-tive at fighting wrinkles. One caneven add a portion of berries everyday, as theyre full of antioxidantscalled phytochemicals. Lastly, trysome prunes and raisins.

Skin-loving carbsGet your daily dose of Carbohy-

drates for getting that younger look-ing skin. Porridge oats are a great

way to start the day and look youn-ger.

Oats contain high levels of a min-eral called silicic acid that plumpsup the cells in skin, creating a

youthful bounce. It also slows downthe appearance of fine lines and

wrinkles. Multigrain bread, full ofselenium, instead of white breadmay act as a saviour preserving theelasticity in your skin.

Age-bustingsuperfoods

Almonds

Theyre packed full of omega-3fats and protein, which help skin re-pair itself. Plus theyre a greatsource of vitamin E, which studiesshow can prevent wrinkles. Have a

small handful every afternoon.Olive oilScientists found that people living

in hot countries with fewer wrinklesall had high intakes of olive oil.Swap vegetable oil for olive oil, ordrizzle it cold on salads

Adzuki beansThese are a great source of zinc, a

mineral that helps your skin repairitself. Studies show zinc can alsohelp with acne. Buy them cannedfrom the supermarket and addthem to salads and stir-fries.

ApricotsTheyre full of lutein, an antioxi-

dant that helps fight off the ageingeffects of the sun. Snack on thembetween meals, or slice them freshon your porridge.

SpinachLike apricots, spinach is also a

fantastic source of lutein, which wards off sun damage and ageingsunspots. Add a handful to a stir-fryor use in place of lettuce in salads.

TomatoesTheir magic ingredient is lyco-

pene, a powerful antioxidant. As well as reducing the risk of certaincancers, lycopene also protects theskin against sun damage and keepsit looking younger. Slice them up in

your food or add them to salads.BroccoliIts great for fighting free radicals

in the body. Free radicals are harm-ful substances found in the environ-ment, such as pollution, which ageus. Anything that mops up free rad-icals, like broccoli, is great at keep-ing skin young.

Chop them up and add to stirfries and curries.

Red wine

It boosts circulation to the skin,plus its full of antioxidants. Enjoy asmall glass of red wine a few nightsa week.

ANI

The miraculous anti-ageing-weight loss diet revealed

Shed those extra pounds


Boy or girlOverweight women are more likely to havebaby girls after IVF treatment, according toa new research. The study also found thatmums with normal weight are more likely tohave boys after the treatment.

Western diet may cause heart attacThe typical Western diet, which includes red meat, friedfoods, dairy products and salty snacks, is responsible for per cent of the worlds heart attacks.


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Sport16

Paes-Dlouhy sneak intoquarterfinalLeander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy survived a scarebefore beating Jurgen Melzer and Todd Perry in thefirst round of the Euro 891,000 Swiss Indoor ATPtournament. The third seeded Indo-Czech pair

shrugged off the initial hiccups to beat the un-seededAutrian-Australian pair 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 in one hour andnine minutes to advance to the quarterfinals of thehard court event. The winners saved one breakpointin the first set but dropped their servetwice to hand the first set to theirrivals. They had enough chances todraw parity in the second set but couldconvert just one of the five breakpoints.However that was enough to claw theirway back into the match. Theexperienced duo then had no trouble inwinning the decisive super tie-breakerto seal the issue in their favour. They next faceGerman pair of Christopher Kas and PhilippKohlschreiber in the next round. The second-seededpair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Bahamian MarkKnowles will open their campaign against Spanishpair of Feliciano Lopezand Marcel Granollers.

PTI

Easy win for

Bopanna-MirnyiThe combination of Rohan Bopanna and his newpartner Max Mirnyi proved lethal as they accountedfor the third seeded Mikhail Youzhny and MischaZverev in the opening round of the USD 1,049,000 StPetersburg Open. Indian Davis Cupper Bopanna andBelarusian Mirnyi took exactly one hour to script theouster of Russian-German pair 6-3, 6-4 to move to thequarterfinals of the hard court event. The un-seededIndo-Belarusian pair dropped their serve twice in thefirst set but compensated by breaking their rivals asmany times to take lead. They then denied theirrivals the one and only conversion chance in thesecond set and broke their rivals on the firstopportunity in hand to move to the next level. Theywill fight it out with Russian pair of Igor Kunitsynand Marat Safin for a place in the semi-finals.

PTI

Maradona backed as newArgentina coachDiego Maradona has won crucial support in his bid to

become the next Argentina coachwhen the man charged withfinding Alfio Basiles successorthrew his weight behind theWorld Cup winning skipper. Idlike Maradona to be the nextcoach, Noray Nakis, the presidentof the Argentina FootballAssociation (AFA) selectioncommission said on Wednesday.

Basile resigned last week after a World Cup qualifyingdefeat to Chile. Maradona faces competition for thejob from Carlos Bianchi, the former coach of BocaJuniors, whom he led to four national league titles,San Lorenzo coach Miguel Angel Russo and Sergio

Batista who took the under-23 squad to Olympic goldin Beijing in August. Despite his national popularity,Maradona admitted on Tuesday that his chances oftaking over from Basile were slim because Bianchi isin the lead of all the surveys.

AFP

Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has challenged thebeleaguered Ricky Ponting-led team to standup and showthat they were made of champions stuf f by tactically fightingout the blues against India.

When the chips are down and you are challenged as a groupand as individuals, the great players and the champions stand up.This is how you separate and define the good teams and individu-als from the great, Warne said. Mohalis gone, deal with it. Say

well played and carry yourself well, hold your head high.

But deep down use it as motivation and keep thathunger thats inside alive, he was quoted as say-ing by the Daily Telegraph. Warne, however,agreed it was difficult to beat India inIndia even with the best ofteams besides the atmo-sphere was suffocating

with fans and mediacrowding from everyquarter.

This is where expe-rience and calm headsrise to the top, andPonting and (Michael)Clarke as leaders will becomecrucial, sitting around over a glassand chewing the fat with the team andcoming up with some new plans. Talkingtactics as a group is important, he said.

Be the man to drag the team alongand in the right direction, be prepared for whatever the opposition throws at you,fight and never give up, dont be afraid andstart thinking negatives and what ifs, headded. Warne, who proved his captaincyskills in the inaugural IPL season by leading abunch of dark horses to the title victory, saidthere was no need to write off any youngsters.No need to sharpen the guillotine or write off anyplayers just yet. Sure, India have had the woodon Australia in their last four Tests in Perth,

Adelaide, Bangalore and now Mohali. Thescoreline reads: India 2 wins, Australia0, draws 2. Not great, but no need topanic, he said.

PTI

Comfortingwordsfrom

Warne

PHOTO: K. PICHU

Australian venue named after RafterBrisbanes new 82 million Australian dollar tennis centre has been named after two-timUS Open champion Pat Rafter. The 5,500-seat Rafter Arena, officially named on Thursdwill open in January, hosting the Brisbane International mens and womens hard-couchampionships on January 4 in the lead up to the Australian Open in Melbourne.

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ELLSTEAMNOTTOPANI


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Chelsea, Inter Milan and Barcelona won to stay oncourse for the knockout stages though 2005 win-ners Liverpool only drew at Atletico Madrid in asubdued night of Champions League action.

Following Tuesdays 36-goal spree, Wednesdayseight matches offered less in that area with onlyBarcelonas 5-0 thrashing of Basel in Switzer-land of note in the goal-scoring stakes. Chel-

seas 1-0 home victory over AS Roma keptthem well on course at the top of Group A,Inter Milan thanked Brazilian Adriano fortheir 1-0 win over Cypriots Anorthosis leav-ing them as pacesetters in Group B, whileBarcelona topped Group C.

Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari believedhis side were in good form before the re-turn match against AS Roma in Novem-ber. Roma need to pressure us to try towin more than they did on Wednesday,maybe there we will have more space toplay, Scolari said. We only have onemore Champions League game athome so this was a very importantvictory. England skipper JohnTerry, who got the 77th minutegoal, added, They made it verydifficult for us the whole game

but thankfully we got the goaland picked up three points.They are a very good side; theyhave got some great players intheir team and made it difficultfor us.

They worked very hard all night andmaybe they deserved something but thank-fully we got three points. I think in the firsthalf we got a little bit frustrated and weremaybe too keen to get a goal. We had to bepatient and wait for a chance becausesooner or later it will come.

Terry said of his goal, I think it was myfirst goal at the Bridge for a couple of yearsnow, so Im delighted to get off the mark. Igot a bit of cramp so I couldnt celebratebut I am pleased we get the three points.

Great start

Teen sensation Bojan Krkic scored twiceas Barcelona cruised past Basel to keeptheir 100-percent record. Goals from starArgentinian striker Lionel Messi, Sergi Bus-quets, two from Krkic and a fifth from XaviHernandez brought Barcelona up to an im-pressive 10 goals from their three victories.Italian champions Inter Milan were madeto battle all the way by a spirited AnorthosisFamagusta at the San Siro.

Adriano scored the winner late on inthe first half to put Inter in control ofthe group with seven points fromthree games. Adriano had sufferedfrom depression and a loss of formlast season and was eventuallyloaned out to Sao Paulo but he hascome back to form this season,looking leaner and more focused.

AFP

CHELSEA, INTER WIN,BUT LIVERPOOL HELD

Basels Ivan Ergic (right) vies for the ball with Barcelonas Lionel Messi,during their Group C Champions League football match at St. Jakob-

Park Stadiu in Basel . PHOTO: AFP

BARCA

MAUL

BASEL

Its (Brazilian GP) the last one, and Im looking forward to the end of theseason, as its been a long year. Interlagos is a good circuit, I really like it.

Hopefully, well have a better end to the season than last year, when I had aproblem and had to retire. I really want to finish the race without any problems.

Force India driver Adrian Sutil PHOTO


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Flick

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Thirakkatha(Malayalam)

If you have been longing tocatch a Malayalam film, Ran-

jiths Thirakkatha is among thebetter of the films playing intheatres. The Prithviraj and Pri-yamani-starrer is a romanticfilm, which has celebrity mar-riage, divorce and other mys-teries.

Barking dogs

never biteFilm: Roadside RomeoDirector: Jugal HansrajCast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Ka-poor, Jaaved JaaferiGenre: AnimationSo, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Ka-poor are made for each other. Af-ter Tashan, which failed at thebox-office, the pair is back, though

you wont see them. Saif gives voi-ceover for a dog (Romeo). Butthere is lot more to expect of thefilm. Jugal Hansraj (the child artistewho later came to fame with Mo-habbatein) makes his debut as di-rector. Also, it is the first animatedfilm that is an Indo-US co-produc-tion of Yash Raj Films and Walt Dis-ney Pictures.This is the story of Romeo, a dudewho was living the life. Until oneday, when the family he was thefavourite pet of decides to moveand leave him behind abandonedon the mean streets of Mumbai.

Comeback pairFilm: AeganDirector: Raju SundaramCast: Ajith, Nayantara, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, NasserLess than a year after Ajith and Nayantara sizzled in thesong My Name is Billa from Billa, the pair will hopeluck once again smiles upon them. And with Raju Sun-daram making his debut as director, we sure can expectsome great choreography at least. We also hear thatAegan is a remake of Main Hoon Na.

Bold andbeautifulFilm: SevalDirector: HariCast: Bharath, Poonam, SimranRealistic, bold, yet violent filmshave become the latest fad inTamil cinema, especially afterthe success of Paruthiveeran

and Subramaniapuram. Fromthe trailers it looks like Sevalisanother film in the samegenre. Watch out for G.V. Pra-kashs music and Simrans co-meback (as heroine?).

We are a familyFilm: HeroesDirector: Samir KarnikCast: Salman Khan, SunnyDeol, Bobby Deol, Preity Zin-ta, Sohail Khan, Amrita Aro-ra, Dino Morea, Riya SenGenre: PatrioticToo many cooks spoil thebroth. Hope this proverb

does not holds true for He-roes, as the film is an attemptto bring out the new-agedefinition of patriotism.The film revolves around twomen who travel a thousandmiles on a journey that re-veals to them a new meaningof life. Hope this proves luckyfor Salman, this time at least.

Big B unpluggedCatch all about the Shahensha-Badshof Bollywood this Diwali; October 27at 8.30 p.m. on Zoom. AmitabhBachchan talks about his rise, declineand rise on Bollywood Case Files.

Now showing

Body of Lies(English)

This American thriller isbased on Washington Post co-lumnist David Ignatiuss 2007novel about a CIA operativewho uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspectedto be operating out of Jordan.With Leonardo DiCaprio andRussell Crowe the film is wortha watch, we hear.

We do not have any clash of the tit

like we witnessed last Diwali

(Remember Om Shanti Om and

Saawariya battling it out in Hindi,

beside a number of Tamil releases).

But we never know what some of

these mid-budget movies have in st


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ishwarya Rai, known as theworlds most beautiful woman,has now walked away with an-other coveted title of having thesexiest eyes in US TV E!s Sex-iest Body Parts List.

Aishwaryas dazzling eyeshave been voted the sultriest,beating the likes of Hollywoodsuperstars Angelina Jolie,Megan Fox, Scarlett Johansson.

Brazilian supermodel GiseleBundchen walked away withthe sexiest legs award.

Monsterstar Charlize Therontook away E!s decolletageaward with her sultry shoulders.

Eva Mendes lovely locks werevoted the sexiest, reports New-s.com.au

Taiwanese actress Shu Qitrounced Angelina Jolie for hav-ing the sexiest lips.

Pearl Harbour star JenniferGarners sweet smile emergedvictorious among Rachel McA-dams and Sienna Miller.

Scarlett Johansson has beenvoted the female celebrity with

the best breasts.Among males, Mario Lopezwon for best male dimpleswhile, rapper LL Cool J walkedaway with the sexiest lips.

Atonement star James McA-voy beat Johnny Depp with thesexiest male hair.

Irish actor Jonathan Rhys-Myers won best male eyesaward.

Matthew McConaugheytopped the list of the sexistchest, while Usher was namedas having the best male wash-board abs in E!s Sexiest List.

ANI

Aishwarya Rai Miss Sexiest Eyes

Scarlett Johansson MissBest Breasts

Charlize Theron wins theDecolletage Award for hersultry shoulders

Eva Mendes MissLovely Locks

Shu Qi beat Angelina Jolie tobag the Sexiest Lips award

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To refuse awards is anotherway of accepting them with

more noise than is normal.Peter Ustinov


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Thursdays Question:

What are the two thingsthat you hate about rainydays? First thing is the damn filthy roadswithout proper drainage where its toohard to pass by and the second thing isgoing to office while its announced as aholiday for all schools and colleges

Manivannan P :-) CGSL

Wearing a rain coat and not dancing

in the rainSuresh Kumar CGSL

1. News which we hear often, duringrainy season people fell into digunknowingly. Sometimes it leads 2 fataldeaths. 2. some of the car drivers makeharsh drive in the water stagnated areaswhich splash rainy water over the pplwho walks aside of the road

Senthil Nathan, CGSL

In rainy days not announcing holidayto office, like schools and college. Imanage to wear socks for a monthwithout washing, but when it get smellsbad after getting wet due to rain

Praveen, CGSL The two things that I hate most isthose drivers who get jealous on mypersonality at rainy days & those girls

who dont accept to come under myumbrella even at heavy rainy days.S.Karu (CGSL)

The most hated are power cuts andtravelling by auto as for bargaining for abest fare on a rainy day.

Noor, Wipro

Expecting to be on time to office whenu have to almost swim all the way. Getlocked up at home on weekends-watching rain drops and TV alternatively.

Dominic Xavier. CGSL

Chennai roadways and Office ACMachines

Jagan ALLSEC

Valuable things like mobile, money willget wet when I drench in rain

Krish, Wipro

I hate umbrellas & the persons who

hate rains.Senthil Kumaran Sankaran, CGSL Mosquitoes, hot sun in winter, Trafficand Transportation, Flood

Priya, Mani, Vijay. CGSL

The first thing I hate is that thevehicles splashing out the water on uswhen we are neatly dressed up and nextis I hate long hour power cuts

Satish Ramco Systems

Work, and Getting up early in themorning

Bhargavi, Perot SystemsOffice during rainy days, while schoolgoers get leave

Shiva

Getting up early in the Morning andReturning from company when itsraining.

Rajasekar, TCS, Siruseri

Two things I hate are Water stagnationand water entering into slum areas whichaffects people life badly

Sundar Narayan, Polaris

In Rainy Days, There will be "No powersupply" and if power is available "DishTV with No Signal" & Plan for InternetBrowsing "Unable to connect" & Plan tocall customer care "Phone not Working"due cable cut because of Rain... Etc

Magesh, Polaris

Getting up early in the morning.Walking in rain water

Divya Moorthy, TCS

Going to work by public transport,

inspite of holding an umbrella andgetting wet

Praveen Kumar, Allsec Tech

I dont like morning shift (6am), formalwear

Maheswar, TCS

Damaged roads and improperdrainpipe or outlet system co-operateswith each other causing accidents riskingprecious life

Duraisamy

While in the rainy days we cant wetour clothes and we cant roam withfriends

Vasanth Kumar.K , Wipro Solinganalur.

Coming to office. Carrying extragadgets like umbrella and raincoats......where ever we go

Joe, TCS Slushy roads. And of course going towork

Divya, HCL Technologies

To get up from bed in the morning.Going to office

Sangeetha CSS

Water logged roads and cancel of localtrain

Sundeep, HCL Tech

Messy puddles. Wet newspaperdelivered to the house. Other than this Ilove everything about rainy days

Shruthi, TCS

I hate poor drainage system which wehave in our town and waste model MTCbuses which will get stuck even for littlerain

Dhananjayan, Scope International

One is going to office. The second oneis also going to officeSridher, miva, Perot Systems

Flooded roads and cold lunch (packed)

Rajan K S, Andhra Bank-DRC

Todays Question:

What would you say if you are caught sleepingat your desk?

Henceforth, only SMSes with names of senders

will be accepted, for the purpose of cross-

verification. Moreover, readers are requested torefrain from sending obscene and objectionable

messages.

Vinubalachandar of Infosys has nominated his friends as Partnersin Crime. This photo was taken at Munnar.

Harini of Zylog systems has nominated her team mates asPartners in Crime. They clicked this pic on their office trip toKodaikanal.

Saravanan S. of HCL Comnet, Chennai, has nominated his friendsas Partners in Crime. This Picture was taken in Mayajal.


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1. Rendu balli sevuthula irunthathu oru balli keela vilun-thiruchi konja nerathula rendavathu balliyum vilunthi-ruchi Why??? Why???? Yena antha balli keela vilanthaballiya paarthu kai thattichi athanala keela vilundhiru-chi, a a a!!!! 2. Yendha paravai mutta podathu??????? Yos-inga... Simple, athu Aan paravai a, a, a.......

M. Devendiran and TrTc 2 shift

Caliber Point Business Solutions Ltd.

Dear Manjusha,Our Heartfelt Birthday wishes to You . May thisBirthday be just the beginning of a year filledwith Happy memories, Wonderful Moments andShining Dreams With loads of love and bestwishes,

Your Team Mates,

Satyam Computer Services Limited.

Dear Kitcha-The Scorpian,May god give you for every storm a rainbow, forevery tear a smile, for every care a promise, anda blessing in each trial for every problem lifesends,A faithful friend to share, for every sigh,a sweetsong and an answer for each prayer. May your

day be blessed as special as "YOU"!!!Hearty Birthday wishes from:

Sabari,Arafat,Prabha,Ramesh & Hari.

Dear Karpagam and Vijay (ABN Amro),Wishing you both a very very HAPPY WEDDINGANNIVERSARY. May the Almighty shower hischoicest blessing on you on this special day andforever.

Best wishes,Rohini, Sandhya, Ramji, Pushparaj and BCOE Team

(Hexaware Technologies)

Liebe Indhu,Wish you many more happy returns of the day.May this year bring you a lot of happiness and

joy. God Bless You dear. :-)Love, Sudha A, Tata Consultancy Services

Dear Gomathi...ChellamEvery Little Smile Can touch Sombodys Heart.May U Find Hundreds of resons to Smile today

and May U be the reason for someone else tosmile always!!!! have a Fun filled birthday and letall Your Dreams Come true on This Day24.10.2008.Birthday Wishes From

Your husband Kalainathan.P

Sundaram Business Services Ltd.

Dear Mercy (a) Thoongamunji,Let today at least be a wake up day for you!! Beawake and enjoy ur bday!! Happy birthdaymercy!! No fighting for the cake!! On yourbirthday we wish you much pleasure and joy; Wehope all of your wishes come true. May eachhour and minute be filled with delight, And yourbirthday be perfect for you!

Regards, PLAN TEAM, SATYAM COMPUTERS!!

Hi Sat & Sway,Happy Anniversary!!! May God bless you both &your kid with Health, Wealth and Happiness. May

your Anniversary grow happier by every minuteand give you reasons to smile all year through.Best wishes from,

Suresh & Sudha. MphasiS

Dear Duddy Dumpy Kanth,Finally Yo Day Arrived. Its Time 2 Cherish. Its YoTime 2 take "Bath". Its Time 2 Party. Wish u aMany More Happy Returns of the Day Kanth,Happy Birthday...

Luv, Marieswari, Infy & Ramkumar, Changepond (PS:

Requesting the Accenture Guys to Give him Birthday

Bumps... )

Hi Navin (Engal Surya)! ;)Wish you the best birthday youve ever had inages (ALL the ages youve been on earth! Lol! )together Advance Yappy Burthday!

With loadsa runs, wickets and stumpings J

The Soooper 8s Cricket Team ;)HCL

Hi Smriti Subramanian,

My Advanced Birthday wishes for the special

person (Birthday is on 26th October), its true thI have never seen such a traditional girl in mylife. May you have all the joy your heart canhold, All the smiles a day can bring, All theblessings a life can unfold. You must get all thGods best in everything. Special Thanks toArticulation skill contact program and our FoodCourt.

Wishes, Ganesh Prabhu, Infosys M

Dear Suji and Prakash/JP,Wish u a very Happy Birthday.. Have a splendidyear ahead and have loads of fun.

Best wishes, Rohini, Raffie, Griffi, Satyam Compu

Hi Radha Krishnan,Advance "HAPPY BIRHTDAY". Wish you many

more happy returns of the day. Wish your alldreams come true on your birthday.

Birthday wishes fKannan.U, Perot systems. Shankar Ganesh, HP, Ta

selvi, Bhargavi, Wi

Dear Chander (Regulatory Affairs ),Advanced Birthday wishes (26th OCT). We arewishing you another year of joy, love andhappiness on this special day.

Friends from ACTAVIS PHARMA, Thirupo

Dear Rambabu,We wish you a many more happy returns of thday. We hope all of your wishes come true. MaGod bless you and your family with Happiness,Wealth and Health.

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Happy Diwali to all Wiproites,Lukeson D, Wipro

Dear FathimaSorry for the belated wishes!!!! A very happybirthday to you dont think that we forgot u..ware always there for u da! Have a delightful yeahead! Happy diwali too Always caring from

heart Jaya,Raj,Dhanda, Thirdw Dear Ganesh (MAMA),Wish you a happy birthday. May the year aheabring more success and laurels to you. God bleyou.

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Hi Sangeetha,Wish you a Very Happy B day. May have acolourful and cheerful day. Also try doing somework for our team atleast today :)

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Dear Deepan,Wine refines with age. We wish this applies to

you too :-) So, dont get worried that your ageraised by 1. May you be showered with blessinand gods good creations in this world. HappppBirthday.

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Hi everyone,HAPPY DIWALI Regards, Testing Services, MASTEK Dear Nasty Jollu Mannan Naveen,Wish You Many More Happy Returns Of The DYou are speical to us and you always deserve tbest... We wish you a wonderful life filled withlove and happiness always... On this day, mayGod shower His blessings on you to lead ahappier, healthier and peaceful life forever... AWarm Birthday Wish from all of us...

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ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20

CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20

LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20

VIRGO AUG 21 - SEPT 20

LIBRA SEPT 21 - OCT 20

SCORPIO OCT 21 - NOV 20

SAGITTARIUS NOV 21 - DEC 20

CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20

AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 20

PISCES FEB 21 - MARCH 20

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In first half of the day you may be enthusiastic aworkplace but in second half, you may be practiYou will be more careful about health in secondpart. You may not be in a good mood while deawith your life partner in second part of the day.

At the beginning of the day you may feel stressedue to workload but as the day progresses, youmay feel relaxed. You will be developing new idin second half of the day. Towards end of the dyou may wish to go out with your partner.

You may remain focussed while at workplace an

may not be interested in anything else. As the dprogresses, you may work on new softwares. At end of the day, you may feel like relaxing at homwith your life partner or chat with your beloved.

You will be working on various money generatintools or ideas in the first part of the day and in second half, you may be busy with implementatiof ideas. At the end of the day you may be tiredthat you hardly want to interact with life partner

You may remain optimistic. At the beginning youwill have lot of energy so you may focus on woronly but as the day goes ahead, you may spendtime behind communication related to work. Youmay enjoy nice lunch or dinner with your belove

At the beginning of the day, you may not be in very good mood but post lunch, you would be in

good humour. You will regain focus at workplacAt the end of the day, you may spend time withyounger generation or life partner.

In first part of the day, you will be dealing withauthorities for some important activities. Later yomay just be waiting for the day to get over andwish to see your sweetheart. You will have greattime in privacy with your beloved one.

It may be a hard day at workplace. You may putlot of effort behind meetings. In the second halfyou may remain busy interacting with colleaguesGanesha finds you sharing your views with lifepartner in a very friendly manner.

You may set targets on some projects to finish toff today. Your abilities to motivate others will bat its peak today. At the end of the day, you m

be in a mood to advise your life partner but ensthat preaching is in control and not overdone.

You could be trying to handle important issues byou may find the process very stressful. Technicadifficulties may also bother you a bit. In secondhalf, most of the problems will be sorted out. Yomay wish to spend some time with beloved one

The day may begin with some stress however, aoffice, you may remain focussed. Outside world not upset you. Towards evening you may do somresearch on some electronic gadget. Ganesha finyou being physically attracted to life partner.

In first half of the day you might have to slog qua bit at office. As the time goes, the burden maincrease but towards evening you may find somesolution. Ganesha finds you in a mood to spendgood times with life partner or beloved one.

Words worth"Oligosyllable" (ah-li-guh-si-luh-buhl) a word offewer than four syllables. Oligo - comes from aGreek root meaning small, little, few.

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Violinist travels with gunA concert violinist has been granted a gunpermit so he can protect his US$ 11.1million Stradivarius violin. Matteo Fedeli,36, travels with the handgun and a team ofbodyguards to protect his rare instrument.

An artisan giving finishing touches todesigner Ganesha clay lamps for Diwaliin New Delhi. PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

A girl busy giving final touches to Laxmiand Ganesha idols ahead of Diwali inPatna. PHOTO: RANJEET KUMAR

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