New Year 2012
“New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday.” – Charles Lamb
“Cheers to a new year and another chance
for us to get it right.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The only way to spend New Year’s Eve is
either quietly with friends or in a
brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends
and people pair off, someone is bound to
be left in tears. ” – W.H. Auden
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012
“Another fresh new year is here .
. .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!
I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!”
William Arthur Ward quotes (American
dedicated scholar, author, editor,
pastor and teacher)
One resolution I have made, and try
always to keep, is this: To rise above
the little things. ~John Burroughs
Of all sound of all bells… most solemn
and touching is the peal which rings out
the Old Year. ~Charles Lamb
“An optimist stays up until
midnight to see the new year in. A
pessimist stays up to make sure the old
year leaves.”
Bill Vaughn quotes (American industry
author, mentor and subject-matter
expert)
“Be at war with your vices; at peace with
your neighbors, and let every new year
find you a better man.”
Benjamin Franklin
“It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t
have regrets.”
William Thomas
“I’m a little bit older, a little bit
wiser, a little bit rounder, but still
none the wiser.”
Robert Paul
“Drop the last year into the silent limbo
of the past. Let it go, for it was
imperfect, and thank God that it can go.”
Brooks Atkinson
“New Year’s Resolution: To tolerate fools
more gladly, provided this does not
encourage them to take up more of my
time.” – James Agate
“The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past
bury its own dead. The New Year has
taken possession of the clock of time.
All hail the duties and possibilities of
the coming twelve months!” – Edward Payson Powell
Sachin Tendulkar: Man of the Records
Sachin Tendulkar, a name who holds the most World records in Cricket
Cricket Is Not Just A Game in India It is A Religion…And God of This Religion Is Sachin Tendulkar…….
1. Most Matches Played: 449 ( Most )
2. Most Inning appearances: 438 (Most)
3. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
4. Most Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
5. Max runs in an ODI Innings 200 runs
6. Maximum runs in ODI —– 17842 ( avg 45.05)
7. Maximum number for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year(7 times – 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007)
8. only batsman to score over 3000 runs against any opponent ( SriLanka, Australia)
9. Fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking ….. 259 innings
10. highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs(only 7 batsman above 10000 runs)
11. Max no of four in an ODI inning — 25 fours
12. Maximum number of 150+ score in ODI — 5 times
13. Most centuries in ODI —- 48
14. Only batsman to score double century in ODI
15. Most ODI centuries against one country — 9 (Australia)
16. Most centuries against 6 nations —- Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Australia, South Africa, SriLanka
17. Most Centuries in finals of any series —- 6 ( Indian wins all times)
18. Most centuries( test + ODI) against One Country – Australia 20 (11 test+9 ODI)
19. Max number of fifties in ODI—- 93
20. Most number of 50+ scores in ODI —— 141
21. In world cup most fifties —- 13
22. Maximum time Man of the Match Awards —-61
23. Maximum Time Man of the Series Awards —– 15
24. Most runs ( ODI) in a calendar year —– 1894
25. Most Centuries in one calendar year —- 9
26. Maximum number of runs in the opening partnership. — 6609 run (136 innings) with Saurav Ganguli
27. Maximum number of century partnership with one player – 21 century partnership with Ganguli
28. Max number of opening pair century partnership – 20 century partnership
29. Highest ODI partnership — 331 runs ( with Rahul Dravid)
30. Maximum number of 200 run partnership in ODI – 6 times ( this record he shares with Ganguli and Dravid)
31. Maximum runs in world cup tournament —- 2009 runs
32. Highest run in any single world cup tournament – 673 run in 2003
33. 2 time maximum scorer in one world cup —- 1996, 2003
34. For 3rd wicket Highest Partnership —- 237 run ( with Dravid)
35. Maximum number of test played –177 tests
36. Maximum number of runs in Tests —- 14692 ( avg 56.94)
37. Fastest to score 10000 runs —- 195 innings ( share with Brain Lara)
38. Maximum runs scored in Tests away from home —– 7819
39. Maximum number of Centuries in Tests away from home. —– 27
40. Maximum time scoring 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year — 6 times
41. Maximum Number of test centuries —– 51
42. Maximum number of 150+ scores in Test —- 20
43. Maximum centuries before he turned 20 —- 5 centuries
44. scored centuries against all Test playing nations
45. Maximum number of centuries in international cricket —- 98
46. Most runs in international cricket —–32534
47. maximum number of times getting out between 90 -99 runs —– 24 times ( 7 time test + 17 time ODI)
48. First to appear in 400 innings in ODI matches.
49. First player to cross 10000 runs in ODI
50. First player to cross 11000 runs in ODI
51. First player to cross 12000 runs in ODI
52. First player to cross 13000 runs in ODI
53. First player to cross 14000 runs in ODI
54. First player to cross 15000 runs in ODI
55. First player to cross 16000 runs in ODI
56. First player to cross 17000 runs in ODI
57. First player to cross 12000 runs in Test
58. First player to cross 13000 runs in Test
59. First player to cross 14000 runs in Test
60. First Player to cross 27000 runs in international cricket
61. First Player to cross 28000 runs in international cricket
62. First Player to cross 29000 runs in international cricket
63. First Player to cross 30000 runs in international cricket
64. First Player to cross 31000 runs in international cricket
65. Most centuries in World Cup — 6 centuries
66. Sachin completes his 2000 runs in World Cup 2011….
MERCEDES-BENZ G-WAGEN LAUNCHED
Mercedes-benz India has launched its premium and rugged off-roader G-wagen in Mumbai for a whooping Rs.1.1 crore (ex-showroom). The G-Wagen, which stands for Gelandewagen which literally means ‘cross country vehicle’ in German, is the elitist off-eroader in the Mercedes-Benz line-up. The India market will get the AMG tuned G55 model which is more performance oriented than its stock-sibling, G550. the AMG G55 is powered by 5.5 litre V8 507 horses at 6,100rpm and an earth-churning 700 Nm at 2,750rpm.
The G-Class is regarded as one of the most able off-roader from the Mercedes-benz portfolio and enjoys a long-standing heritage of over three decades. The design of the G-Wagen remains more or less untouched and still boasts of technologically the G-Wagen is equipment like permanent all wheel drive with three locking differentials, ESP and electronic traction control. The Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen is the quintessential off-roader for those who are looking for the best in luxury as well as some serious off-roading.
Latest Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
Valentine’s Day – a most joyous celebration the world over is round the corner. Love has no reason or even season to catch up between two hearts. It starts spontaneously when you meet your partner and from then on it becomes your life-long obsession – irrespective of age. That said Valentine’s Day mainly attracts young hearts and thrills with expectations to make this opportunity a memorable one, in the mind of your lover.
When you get the spark to present a most suitable Gift to the opposite party, the confusion catches up as to what will be the best one. It is here you can avail ideas from experienced loving couple and mix it with your affordability and convenience. Point is – your Gift should bring up a happy smile on your partner’s face on the Valentine’s Day ear-marked solely for you and you alone.
Valentine’s Day Gift for Him:
Here is a secret – Men are easily satisfy-able with gifts. The very thought that they are cared-for by his lover gives them immense pleasure. So it would be ideal that your gift should be something that he uses everyday; and thereby remembers you the moment he sees it. Depending upon your man’s daily activities the gift can be anything from – a wrist watch; a set of T-shirts; special shoes; an electronic device like Fitness GPS; E-Kindle Reader and so on.
Valentine’s Day Gift for Her:
It’s an open secret that ladies waver in their minds about their wants. If you want to get her full satisfaction on your Gift, you have to do some home-work as a detective. Observe her fancies for some time while you go for shopping with her. There is an array of Gifts – from just a scent bottle to jewelry she would show interest in. Find out that and surprise her with her most wanted Gift on this Valentine’s Day.
Latest Changes by Paypal for Indians – 1st March, 2011
PayPal and its Discriminatory Business Practices towards Indians – shielding behind RBI
The renowned Internet bankers PayPal have announced drastic changes effective 1st March 2011 – virtually crippling the operation of personal accounts of Indian citizens. This is against all norms how an International Bank should conduct business and grossly discriminates Indians, among the International community for no fault of theirs.
Before going into the analysis, PayPal have announced by individual emails to Indian customers some strange conditions as follows, which startles one and all:
1. Starting 1 March, 2011, PayPal customers in India will not be allowed to receive payments for any export-related goods or services for an amount exceeding US$500 per transaction. This change is to ensure that we continue to comply with the RBI Guidelines.
2. PayPal customers in India will not be able to keep money in their PayPal account balance. Instead, all money received into a PayPal account must be transferred to a customer’s India bank account within 7 days from the receipt of confirmation from the buyer in respect of the good or services.
3. We’re glad that you offer PayPal to your customers. Unfortunately, we will not allow customers in India to send money from their PayPal account balance starting 1 March, 2011. This means that your customers will need to link a credit card to their account in before sending you money with PayPal.
4. Starting 1 March, 2011, PayPal customers in India will not be allowed to receive payments for any export-related goods or services for an amount exceeding US$500 per transaction. If you are listing products greater than US$500 per transaction then you may need to seek alternative methods of payment.
5. As an exporter of products or services abroad, you need to ensure that your buyer has received the product or services as per specifications set out on your website. As an exporter of goods, you may withdraw the balance to your bank account in India upon reasonable consideration of shipping time and other clearances such as excise and customs for the destination country. As an exporter of services, you may withdraw the balance to your bank account in India upon receipt of payment from your buyer into your PayPal account.
Now for those who do not know, there are thousands of Indian customers using the service of PayPal. At the time of joining, the unwary Indians were lured by the terms and conditions of this online Bank – as being one of easy and most suitable for trusted operation for crediting and debiting money into their accounts, for their small business transactions online.
Let us explain by a simple example: You are a freelancer. You get projects or assignments from various countries and enter into a contract with the service buyers that on completion of the project, the remuneration should be credited to your PayPal account. You accumulate all those earnings and withdraw the funds from your account whenever you wish. Withdrawal is mostly through online transfer to your account in any Indian bank.
Supposing you work as a team manager, you distribute the work and on realization of the remuneration into your account, share the proceeds in the same way by advising PayPal to credit the money into the accounts of the team members. All these years this system was working smoothly, whereby a lot of Indian freelance writers were benefited.
Now because of the above restrictions – you cannot receive more than $500 per transaction; cannot accumulate funds; should withdraw your balance within 7 days; cannot transfer amounts to your team members. Why elaborate? Simply put your PayPal account is as good as dead.
Now the question is how an International Bank like PayPal ditch its customers like this – particularly Indians? Basically no International Bank – especially existing on the Internet – is bound by the rules and regulations of any particular Government of a country; because Internet is a world phenomenon and a technology for use by global citizens. These conditions of PayPal will not apply for an American; Australian; British or for that matter anyone, other than an Indian. If this is not discrimination aimed at a particular country’s citizens, what else is?
The ruse as given by PayPal “to ensure we continue to comply with the RBI guidelines” is to say the least – a lame excuse. They cannot get any credibility over such an excuse, to show gross violation of basic rules of the Banking industry; or even principles of natural justice; customer is supreme over any commercial organization; and would amount to showing discrimination exactly like the apartheid on color, race, and ethnic differences, the world has seen and vehemently condemned in history.
Even admitting, and not accepting the argument of PayPal, the objective of RBI regulations is intended to curb nefarious practices, such as hoarding black money and laundering illicit earnings into white by big money-bags. While so, where is justice in curtailing the activities of small customers like poor writers? They work hard in finishing foreign assignments; compete with world writers; and win contracts by competitive offers; and in doing so enhance the reputation of India as a whole.
So the remedial measures fair and just will be – to enhance the limit of $500 per transaction to at least $2000; remove the restriction to Paypal withdraw compulsorily within 7 days; allow customers to accumulate funds in their accounts up to $3000 as ceiling; allow transfer from one PayPal account to another; and let customers act freely as before within these limitations. In these hard days of inflation and economic conditions prevailing all over the world, the amount of $500 is nothing tangible; and imposing such a restriction is equal to nullifying the accounts of small entrepreneurs from India. If your real intention is to catch big fishes evading the law, please leave the law-abiding small fishes; for honestly they are not committing any crime by being PayPal customers!
ASUS comes up with Three Tablets – All with Latest Mobile Computing Technology
The renowned computer manufacturers ASUS have unveiled in the present CES-2011 show, three types of tablets – all with the latest Android 3.0 version operating system, for personal as well as business use. Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb is an open platform, for being introduced first in mobiles and now in tablets. So you can have the cake and eat it too – that is you can use these tablets whichever way you want it.
ASUS EEE Pad Transformer: This comes with a 10.1 inch display. The other specifications are: 680 grams weight; thickness 12.9 mm; duel core Tegra 2 processor; and you have 1280×800 IPS display; full QWERTY keyboard; front-facing camera 1.2 MP video capability; rear-facing camera 5 MP auto-focus LED flash; storage 16 gb/32 gb/64 gb; and memory 512 mb/1gb. Expected release date April 2011 and price range $399-$699.
ASUS EEE Pad Slider: Not much of a change in dimension, capabilities or features from EEE Transformer version. Only significant change is 3 G connectivity. Expected to get released in May 2011 with price range of $699-$799.
ASUS EEE Pad MeMO: This will be the miniature model of the above two. 7 inch touchscreen display; special stylus for easy input; mini HDMI port for 1080p video playback. Expected release – June 2011 and price range $499-$699.
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