Siddharth Gupta

Have you watched them sleep? Very Touching..!

2009-03-15T14:29:00.004+05:30

I received a mail on my gmail account the other day. It was one of those forwarded mail, the type I would usually scan briefly before hitting "delete".
But this message, started with a simple question that caught my attention.

"Have you ever watched your parents as they are asleep? Your father's body once big and strong but now, the big is withered and the strong weakened. Wisps of grey peek out of his hair, wrinkles now "scar" on his forehead and face."

"This man works hard every day and would sacrifice anything to make sure his family is provided for and his children get the best education possible."

"Or what about your mother, whose soft hands once cuddled and held you close when you were a baby? Now, those hands are dry and rough, bearing evidence of the challenges she faced just for us."

"This woman takes care of our daily needs, constantly nagging and scolding us because of her love for us. But sadly, we often miscontrue her love as control and unfairness."

It is as if it was written and directed to me.I have many times watched my parents asleep.I realised that there is indeed much truth in it. In fact, my parents don't have to be asleep for me to realise that they have aged.

Just looking at my mother walk tells me that her legs are not as strong as they were before. Or hearing her to ask me to drop her to near by place, not that she cant walk but will get tired after 40 or 50 steps.
Or watching my dad lift a 10kg bag of wheat. I can easily carry that now. I am young. But to him, it is a struggle.

What do all these observations tell me? Yes, my parents have aged. They are ageing, as I am ageing. But as I age towards my best years and become stronger, they in turn are becoming weaker. They were once the caregiver and I the receiver. In time, I know our roles will reverse. Like it or not, want it or not, this is life.

I suppose I have always subconsciously thought that my parents would always be with me, never growing old. But this mail made me realize that my parents are not immortal. That they, too, will one day leave the world and me. Until then, I will make good use of our time together.

Love you Mom n Dad..!

Sony Vaio P Series is here.

2009-03-10T09:59:00.000+05:30

The Sony VIAO Netbook has plenty of charm, looks that could kill and claims to be the world’s lightest….so what’s the catch?

Fans of the Sony VIAO series, like Apple aficionados, are accustomed to shelling out more cash for their products. Ostensibly, this is not just because these products carry with them an air of sophistication, but because, like our grandma would say, they run “smooth, like buttah…cough, cough”.

The Sony VIAO P Series netbook is an 8-inch bundle of joy and like the rest of the line, carries with it a price tag that might make your eyeballs pop out of your head—$900. For a netbook? Well…Aside from its sharp looks, it is the world’s lightest 8-inch, clocking in at 1.4 pounds. It boasts a 1600 X 783 LED back lit XBRITE-ECO LCD display, a 1.33GH Intel processor, Windows Vista, 802.11n WiFi, 3G Wann, Blue tooth, 2GB of Ram and comes with a fully loaded GPS system. Well, at least this pretty little thing’s giving you GPS for that price.

Roama vaishnav - My New friend...!!

2009-01-10T00:07:00.004+05:30

I dnt know what Roama means, according to her mom its another name for goddess Lakshmi but according to me:
R Rocking
O Original
A Ambitious
M Magical
A Adorable

This is Roama's perfect description.
she is very lively and cheerful. I like chatting with her and hopefully will be working together in our future jobs.

Aamir Khan - "The Perfectionist" or "The Ace Khan" ???

2008-12-16T14:48:00.005+05:30

The perfect Khan, it seems, has a perfect body now.Aamir Khan has sweat hard to get those 8 pack abs in his personal gym costing him a wooping 55lakhs.Ready to pay any price to put up a real show.Is this hard work only for his movie "Ghajini" or is it an answer to the original muscle man of bollywood Sallu bhai or Six Pack abs of King Khan or the owner of asia's sexiest body John abraham.Thats none of my business by what really motivated me to write about Aamir is his Style and his Perfection.

Aamir Khan has been a Trendsetter be it sporting a new look, acting or directing.His hairstyle in Dil Chahta Hai, Tare Zameen Per and now Ghajini has caught the fancy of the trendy youths.Now along with Sallu bhai's poster there is Great Aamir's poster in my Gym.Body builders worship him and draw inspiration from him.He is also very good in marketing. His marketing stratergy of the movie "Ghajini" is something to be taugh in B-Schools. first his Hair style, then his flaunting Body,next was the training video of his 12 months of heavy workout, now the theater staff is also seen in ghajini hair style.One by one he is unfolding all the cards in his sleeves...

I dnt know about others but i am very impressed by you and looking forward to own a flaunting body like you...

My Last performance in college......

2008-12-13T17:23:00.002+05:30

This Was my last performance in college.....
My Best pal(left) and me(Right)

Manmohan Singh's Appeal to Indians

2008-12-01T00:43:00.000+05:30

Dear Citizens,

The dastardly terror attacks that took place in Mumbai last night and today leading to the loss of many precious lives and injuries to many others have deeply shocked the nation. I strongly condemn these acts of senseless violence against innocent people, including guests from foreign countries. I offer my deepest condolences to the bereaved families and sympathies to those injured. The Government will take all necessary measures to look after the wellbeing of the affected families, including medical treatment of injured.

The well-planned and well-orchestrated attacks, probably with external linkages, were intended to create a sense of panic, by choosing high profile targets and indiscriminately killing foreigners.

I salute the courage and patriotism of the police officers, including the Chief of the Anti-Terror Squad, Shri Hemant Karkare and men who have laid down their lives in fighting these terrorists. I assure the country that we will attend in an urgent and serious manner to police reform so that the law and order authorities can work unitedly, effectively and in a determined manner to tackle such threats to national integrity.

We are not prepared to countenance a situation in which the safety and security of our citizens can be violated with impunity by terrorists. It is evident that the group which carried out these attacks, based outside the country, had come with single-minded determination to create havoc in the commercial capital of the country.

We will take the strongest possible measures to ensure that there is no repetition of such terrorist acts. We are determined to take whatever measures are necessary to ensure the safety and security of our citizens.

Insruments like the National Security Act will be employed to deal with situations of this kind. Existing laws will be tightened to ensure that there are no loop-holes available to terrorists to escape the clutches of the law. Most importantly, it is essential to immediately set up a Federal Investigation Agency to go into terrorist crimes of this kind and ensure that the guilty are brought to book.

We will take up strongly with our neighbours that the use of their territory for launching attacks on us will not be tolerated, and that there would be a cost if suitable measures are not taken by them. We will take a number of measures to strengthen the hands of our police and intelligence authorities. We will curb the flow of funds to suspect organizations. We will restrict the entry of suspects into the country. We will go after these individuals and organizations and make sure that every perpetrator, organizer and supporter of terror, whatever his affiliation or religion may be, pays a heavy price for these cowardly and horrific acts against our people.

In this hour of tragedy, I appeal to the people to maintain peace and harmony so that the enemies of our country do not succeed in their nefarious designs. All concerned authorities are on alert and will deal sternly with any attempts to disturb public order.

I am confident that the people of India will rise unitedly to face this grave challenge to the nation´s security and integrity.

Jai Hind !

Manmohan Singh,
Prime Minister [India]

The days Seen by TAJ MAHAL Palace- The Icon Of Indian Hotel

2008-12-01T00:37:00.002+05:30

The Taj Mahal Palace hotel resort was commissioned by Jamsetji Tata and first opened its doors to guests on December 16, 1903. Tata allegedly decided to build the luxurious hotel after he was refused entry to one of the city's grand hotels of the time, Watson's Hotel, as it was restricted to `whites only'. The original Indian architects were Sitaram Khanderao Vaidya and D. N. Mirza, but the project was completed by an English engineer W. A. Chambers. The cost of construction was 421 million Rupees. During the World War I, the hotel was converted into a 600-bed hospital.The side of the hotel seen from the harbor is actually its rear. The front faces away to the west. There is a widespread misconception that the architects' building plans were confused by the builder so that he built it facing away from the harbor. This is not true, as the hotel was deliberately built facing inland rather than to the harbor. This was probably a deliberate snub to the British king by Jamsedji Tata due to nationalist feelings. Some people believe that the front of the hotel had to face inland because the horse carriages, in which guests came to the hotel, could easily approach the hotel from the city. The carriages were then taken to Wellington Mews. Five decades ago, the old front was closed off, and access is since then through the harbour-side entrance.There used to be a Green's Hotel at the Apollo Bunder, which was purchased by the Taj Mahal Hotel. It was at the Green's Hotel, that a small group of pro-Indian Goans (largely employees of the Indian state and communists) assembled and formed the Goan Liberation Council demanding that Portugal cede Goa to India, in the 1950s. This was done at the instigation of Jawaharlal Nehru, and funded by the Kamani Group of Companies. In 1973, Green's hotel was demolished and the present Tower wing was constructed in its place.

And... November 26, 2008 emerged as the black day in the history of Taj

And after a gun battle of more than 24 hours, at around 11.35 PM on 27th November, "All hostages at Taj Hotel in Mumbai have been rescued, but there could be some still trapped at Trident hotel and Nariman House where operations were on to flush out terrorists", Maharashtra police chief A N Roy said on Thursday, ruling out any negotiations with the terrorists." The damage has already happened.. Death toll of more than 125 people with more than 400 injured, the never sleeping city of India has for sure seen almost 2 days of sleepless nights. The beauty of Taj is also damaged a lot. Its true it can be bought back to its original state but what about the lives of those innocent people and the brave police people who gave their lives for a cause......? ???

Terrorism Has no religion

2008-11-30T23:52:00.003+05:30

Deccan Mujahideen Letter

2008-11-30T15:50:00.003+05:30

Translation of Message From 'Deccan Mujahideen'

Hours after terrorists began their attacks in Mumbai Wednesday, the previously unknown group identifying itself as "Mujahideen Hyderabad Deccan" sent an email to few Indian media organizations.

The two-page-long letter, written in Hindi peppered with Urdu, is in the form of a notice to the Indian government and a warning to India's Hindus. Its title: "Not the Warning but the Fact."

The following is a partial translation by The Wall Street Journal's Krishna Pokharel:

We inform and warn India's government to stop the continuing injustice against the Muslims. Return all the states seized from the Muslims. We are that "nation" that never forgets its history and repeats its history again and again. The fresh examples of which are Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Somalia and Kashmir.
Whatever you had to do you did that and what we had to endure we endured that … This is now our innings and we won't let it go from our hands. We will play our innings with style …
We know India government won't take this warning seriously…. So we are determined that this warning be made real … You have already seen its vivid example in Mumbai.
Hindus, don't think India's ATS [anti-terror squad] and army are laced with modern weapons and are also courageous.
This attack is a reaction to those actions that Hindus have been carrying out since 1947. There would be no actions now, only reactions. … And it will continue till we take revenge for every injustice done to us. … It will continue till we take back all our seized states …
Hindus now give up thinking that martyring of Muslims' mosques, weakening Muslims' economic condition through riots, and putting educated youths in prison will weaken the confidence. No, not at any cost. …

Mujahideen Hyderabad Deccan

The pdf Versoin of the letter is Bellow:

Deccan Mujahideen Letter

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Google:An evil company which wants to take over the world??

2008-11-08T00:53:00.000+05:30

Google has emerged today as leader in web services and slowly also expanding to offline services. They have been the biggest supporters of free and open source software, sponsoring almost every event that endorses open source, supporting every open source product based company financially as well as technically. Also itself has been conducting a lot of events to bring together developers of the open source community. Most people are now under the impression that Google is the Messiah that has been created to save the world from the "evil" Microsoft. Their premiere argument being that Microsoft does not give enough rights to the user and they're evil and they are hacking into all your data and they're evil and they dont give you code and they're evil, though I appreciate the fact Google has been able to sideline itself from 'directly' making these alligations.
Almost every computer user uses Google's tools for any kind of web service used by him and as an icing on the cake these services are completely free of cost. We love everything that comes to us for free, and why not, we work hard to earn that money. Now Google understands that well, doesn't it? Thank You Google.
Now where my understanding of Google beats me is why doesn't Google release the source code of its own products. To start with, well i'm using the search engine am I not entitled to have the source code for it, if the code for my operating system happens to be my birth right.
Now have we seen an open source version for googletalk with all its features for Unix based systems?Shouldn't they give the code for gmail to its every user.
Web services certainly are different but again they're being used by me, take my private data and run mostly on my PC. Why must I not view what data is being captured from my system or the application I have opened using these services.
Another point I would like to specify on these web services by google, how many of them have been Google's own creations and have made it big except for the search engine.
Orkut, google's socializing site was made by someone else, bought by google.
Blogger, this very site was bought by Google not released by them.
Youtube, again bought by Google.
It certainly is quite honorary to be taken over by google. Every start up dreams of it. Why, because they've done a lot of hard work in creating the start up, and if they're getting a hefty reward for it right at the moment, why reject it.
I would say Google was lucky, it wasn't taken over by any major comapany during its time of creation. They tried but Alta Vista was too snobbish for that. Now Google does not want to see a repetition of 'The Google Story'. They buy every possible company which emerges as a possible competition. It certainly is the Emperor of Internet ruthlessly conquering every small opposition in the most nascent stages.
But the emperor's insatiable thirst for power also has its eyes set on the offline services. Their biggest competition is Microsoft, "Well, they're bigger than us. We can't buy them. Hmm!! so my enemy's enemy is a friend. Hence, it befriended the open source community. All they have to do is pump in some money from time to time and Microsoft is busy parrying off the open source guys. Now they've come up with android(which was not introduced as open source) to enter the phone markets, and another mentionable feat by Google, CHROME. I don't understand what were they thinking, we put together the open source brilliantly built browser in the market, replace it with our label and reintroduce and with a privacy policy that we can use any data that you open with chrome. Wha ha wha!!!
Oh! and another thing I forgot to mention why are none of the open source products by Google(of the very few) that I know of GPL licensed?? Why do they go for something else like Apache Software licenses? Why do Google's products fail to provide the Four Kinds of Freedom?

Now Google I'm sure is just waiting for the right time to release its own OS though not very soon I'm sure. Just as soon as they can get enough from the open source community on Microsoft which could take a while because I think now its time People understood the Evil that is GOOGLE.

I hope the open source community realizes this before its too late.

My Favourive mail of the week (The Ant and The Grasshopper)

2008-09-29T13:40:00.002+05:30

The Ant and The Grasshopper

An Old Story:

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs dances plays the summer away.
Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.

New Indian Version:

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs dances plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .
Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bengal Bandh' in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers.
Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter.
Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions in Government Services.
The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes,it's home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.
Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'.
Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice '.
CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden '
Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.
Many years later...
The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in Silicon Valley,
100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India ,
..AND
As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the grasshoppers, India is still a developing country...!! ! :) :) :)

Place of the Blast

2008-09-27T21:54:00.001+05:30

Bomb hits Delhi market, boy killed

2008-09-27T21:44:00.001+05:30

NEW DELHI, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a crowded market in India's capital New Delhi on Saturday, killing a boy and wounding 22 others, police said. The government described it as an "act of terror".Witness Raj Singh Daswal said he saw two men on a motorcycle drop a black plastic bag that was picked up by a boy "He ran after the men telling them 'uncle, uncle you dropped something'," Daswal told Reuters. "Immediately after, there was a huge explosion. The boy's head was blown off." The bomb left a crater on the road. Police cordoned off the blast site to keep away a crowd of hundreds of people. Many, including wailing women, tried to break through the cordon. People were seen walking in blood-stained shirts. Locals carried the injured to hospital. Bomb experts picked through debris for clues and sniffer dogs were brought in. "We now know one person is dead," deputy commissioner of police H. G. S. Dhaliwal said, adding the toll could go up as many of the wounded were in critical condition. The street in Mehrauli, where the bombing took place, is a mixed area with small mosques and some ancient stone Muslim buildings mixed in with small shops and homes, and close to the Qutab Minar monument which attracts thousands of tourists. Police evacuated people from all major markets in the city and said ammonium nitrate could have been used in the blast. "We are looking for the motorcyclists," police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said. Hundreds of people have been killed in a wave of bombings in India in recent years, mostly blamed on Muslim militants, with targets ranging from mosques and Hindu temples to trains. Saturday's explosion comes days after a series of bombs in the capital that killed 23 people and wounded more than 100 others. Those attacks had put New Delhi on alert and police were raiding Muslims' quarters and criminal hideouts. They shot dead two Muslims in a raid last week, saying one of them was the mastermind of the New Delhi bombings. The failure to prevent such attacks has become an embarrassment for the Congress party-led coalition government, with elections less than a year away. "The government will have to take stern measures to put an end to this type of activities and acts of terror," Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters. In July, at least 45 people were killed when a series of bombs ripped through Ahmedabad, the main city of the western state of Gujarat. A day earlier, one woman died when eight bombs went off in the IT hub of Bangalore. In May, more than 50 people were killed in coordinated bomb attacks in the western tourist city of Jaipur. Police have blamed the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India for most attacks in recent years, but say that local Muslims appear to have been given training and backing by militant groups in neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh. (Additional reporting by Mark Williams; Writing by Krittivas Mukherjee; editing by Alison Williams)

2008-09-22T15:12:00.003+05:30

Yahoo launch spotM Beta new Social networking website in India . They open their Beta version for just testing and make it better by public response and feedback. The main purpose of this site is to cover the growing market of india.

Spotm of yahoo have the same idea of orkut but they promise to make something new and better that Google done. 16-26 years youngster can easily make account in it and make new friends.

SpotM, the new social network will bring college-age and near to the university in a single state. There was no word on how Yahoo will be able to ensure that everyone who uses the service is actually as old as they say, but Yahoo believes it can overcome this problem.

SpotM trying to differentiate itself by offering two properties: the idea of a secret friend and SMS integration of anonymity to discuss. According to Yahoo, SpotM that allow users to become friends with other users, and if they decide to make these people private so that other users are not aware of the issue. SMS integration in a chat will allow anonymous users to fight without a text message that his phone number.

Is Twenty 20 taking over Cricket?

2008-09-22T10:29:00.001+05:30

TWENTY20 cricket will become so big it will kill off the 50-over format and eventually take over from Tests as the dominant form of the game.

See the way IPL has kicked off making so much money and playing ruthless Twenty 20 Cricket for over a month.

Hope Great players like Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman and other ageing players are given due respect for the kind of Cricket they play because people have already started criticizing them.They are great Cricketers hope who have won matches for India Single handedly.

Twenty 20 is just new and it is very difficult for these great players to adapt to such a drastic change.

Will this ever end?? pics of delhi bomb blast :(

2008-09-20T20:26:00.001+05:30

Photos of the big Bang Experiment

2008-09-19T16:21:00.007+05:30

Yuvraj Slapped by emotional fan

2008-09-19T12:01:00.001+05:30

It is very true and secret news. Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh was slapped in a disco in Colombo , while the team was celebrating the series win over the host srilanka.The Incident took place in a disco in the heart of city Colombo, where the Indian cricket team was celebrating their 2nd best achievement after the T 20 cricket world cup win. Every one was enjoying and partying hard and why not ? they have done very hard work for this.But there are people in this world who can't be satisfied irrespective of whatever you do.During the party , a emotional hardcore Yuvraj singh fan, came and slapped yuvi because of his failure in the series with Srilanka. After slapping yuvraj, the person ran away and every one was shocked and they did not know what to do, but after few minutes of tense environment, the party was continued.Every one knows that you can win the most difficult battles in the field but winning the Fans is the hardest of all job.One should understand that cricketers of any celebrities are also human being and they do have some limitation, and its really bad to over expect from them every time. one should always accept the failures and success of their heroes equally.

Some FACTS !!! they're funny....trust me

2008-09-16T23:13:00.002+05:30

Some real strange facts with some hilarious comments...............
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have
produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
( Hardly seems worth it)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months enough gas is
produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
( Now that's more like it)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body
to squirt blood 30 feet.
( OMG! )

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
( In my next life I want to be a pig)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
( Still not over that pig thing. )

A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves
to death.
( Creepy! )

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to
it's body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
( "Honey, I'm home. What the....." )

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
( I still want to be a pig in my next life. Quality over quantity. )

Butterflies taste their own feet.
( Something I always wanted to know. )

Elephants are the only animal that cannot jump.
( OK, so that would be a good thing.... )

A cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
( I wonder who was paid to figure that out.)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
( I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains.
( I know some people like that too. )

Polar bears are left handed.
( Who knew...? Who cares! )

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
( What about the pig?)

The Stock Market

2008-09-16T22:38:00.000+05:30

The Stock Market simply illustrated ... Is there a lesson here?

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for Rs10.

The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.

The man bought thousands at Rs10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy at Rs20.

This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms.

The offer rate increased to Rs25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey let alone catch it.

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at Rs50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him.

In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at Rs35 and when the man returns from the city , you can sell it to him for Rs50."

The villagers squeezed up with all their savings to buy the monkeys.

Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!!!!

Rich Dad Poor Dad

2008-09-15T23:35:00.006+05:30

I'm very glad to recently discover & read Rich Dad, Poor Dad book,it has turned in one of my favorite books,I really enjoyed reading this book.And it really made me think on how i'm going to spend my money from now on.Robert T. Kiyosaki, showed me in a lot of ways and with easy examples how to spend my money on in a useful way. For being an economics book, it really captivated my attention. It had a lot of vocabulary and concepts that I can relate to having money, as a teen, can be exciting but also a challenge. I learned how I could still have money in my pocket and still have money to splurge.you get to know how to manage the money in different situations of life no matter if you are rich or poor. Also you can get an idea of how the rich people become richer every time, and the poor people get the same or sometimes worst.In a way you can also see the actions of too different families with different economic status. But in general you can see the secret of the money that surround us all. I like how it was a fast read, very straight-forward, and short. I am not an average book worm, but this book was enjoyable. This book should be considered as a text on schools or college reading list because it gives youngsters a different perspective on how to look, use, and save money young need the basics to survive in this world that's fixated on money! I liked it and I think you will too!!! I truly recommend this book.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Fact File

Name:
Robert T. Kiyosaki

Current Home:
Phoenix, Arizona

Date of Birth:
April 08, 1947

Place of Birth:
Honolulu, Hawaii

Education:
B.S., U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

* Robert T. Kiyosaki's official web site

Large Hadron Collider is activated

2008-09-10T14:40:00.000+05:30

Scientists have switched on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the device they hope will unravel some of the remaining mysteries of the universe.
At 9.30 am local time (8.30 am British Summer Time), 300 feet below the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, the most powerful particle accelerator ever built became fully operational.
The team was holding its breath in the countdown to the switch-on after a series of technical hitches, including problems with the cooling system.

Will the Large Hadron Collider cause the end of the world?
The £5 billion machine has been described as a 17-mile racetrack around which two streams of protons - building blocks of matter - run in opposite directions before smashing into one another. Reaching 99.99 per cent of the speed of light, each beam will pack as much energy as a Eurostar train travelling at 90 mph.
The flashes from the collisions may help scientists reproduce the conditions that existed during the first moments after the Big Bang at the birth of the universe.
Physicists hope to learn more about the origins of mass, gravity and mysterious dark matter.
But concerns have been voiced - in particular by the German chemist Professor Otto Rossler - that black holes created by the LHC will grow uncontrollably and “eat the planet from the inside”.

These claims have been dismissed by leading scientists, including Prof Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University who said that the LHC is “feeble compared with what goes on in the universe. If a disaster was going to happen, it would have happened already.”
The switch-on saw the first stream of subatomic particles - known as Hadrons - circulating in the tunnel. The first collisions are expected in around 30 days.
The LHC will produce beams seven times more energetic than any previous machine, and around 30 times more intense when it reaches its design performance, probably by 2010.

DOOM- mongers forecast end of world on Big Bang test day... as reported by IBN live.

2008-09-08T23:42:00.000+05:30

If critics are to be believed, the end of the universe will begin coming Wednesday when a Welsh miner's son launches the world's biggest scientific experiment to know how the universe was born. The well-known Welshman physicist, Lyn Evans, dubbed Evans the Atom, will this week switch on a giant particle accelerator designed to unlock the secrets of the Big Bang.

The LCH rap.....!!! describing the experiment to be carried on 10th sep

2008-09-08T23:39:00.001+05:30

The Big Day: 10 September 2008

2008-09-08T23:33:00.000+05:30

The goals for The Big Day (“TBD”) have been set:

2E9 protons circulating in Beam 2 (CCW)
2E9 protons circulating in Beam 1 (CW)

There will be 27 film crews from around the world descending on CERN—three per hour for nine hours! I am told that the parking lot outside of the CCC will be devoted to the satellite trucks for the film crews, so we have to find other parking.

At 9:30 am, the internal target/dump, TDI, will be removed from Point 8 (CCW, Beam 2) and beam will begin traveling around. There should be circulating beam shortly thereafter.

They want to have 450 GeV proton/proton collisions "soon" (maybe "days"). The goal will be to deliver proton/proton interactions to ATLAS and to CMS at a rate of 100 Hz (somewhat smaller rates to the other experiments, LHCb and ALICE). This will allow these experiments to do a real shake-down of their detectors.

It should be fun!