Saturday, October 20, 2007
Hey There Delilah By Plain White T'S
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Feeling of deprivation
These alleys remind me of my failures my pains
I can’t forget those promises which were all vague
I have learned from my blunders my mistakes
But repeat them all over with innocent mistakes
This feeling of deprivation is killing my instincts making me vague
Numb and lost I walk with a wandering fate
The angel of death smiles and looks upon me
But I deceive him with my treacherous fate
Who Were The Knights Templar?
For the first nine years of their existence, the order consisted of nine knights. Speculations of treasure hunting aside, one of the reasons for the limited number of members may have been the reluctance to take Templar vows. Chastity, poverty and obedience were hardly a lifestyle greatly sought after.
In the year 1127 the Cistercian abbot, Bernard of Clairvaux, wrote a rule of order for the Templars that was based on his own Cistercian order's rule of conduct. Additionally, Bernard did a great deal to promote the Templars.
Perhaps Bernard's greatest contribution to the order was a letter that he wrote to Hugues de Payens, entitled De laude novae militae (In praise of the new knighthood.)
This letter swept throughout Christendom with the result being that many men, of noble birth, joined the ranks of the Templar Order. Those who were unable to join often gifted the Templars with land and other valuables.
While it is true that the Templars were not permitted, by their rule, to own much of anything personally, there was no such restriction on the order as a whole. As such the gifts of land were accepted and put to immediate use by the order.
From humble beginnings of poverty in 1118, when the order relied on alms from traveling pilgrims, the Order quickly grew to have the backing of the Holy See and the collective European monarchies.
In the process, the order became wealthy. Aside form the gifts showered upon them, they were experts in commerce and free from the taxation and tithes imposed on other orders.
However, in less than two centuries, the Templars would meet their demise perhaps because of their wealth or fear of their seemingly limitless powers. It is generally agreed that Philip IV was envious of the Templar's wealth and sought to secure it for himself.
Regardless of the motivation, the order was taken down at the hands of Pope Clement V and the King of France in 1307. On October 13, 1307 Philip had the Templars arrested on grounds of heresy; since this was the only charge that would allow the seizing of their money and assets.
The Templars were tortured and confessions were given. These confessions included:
Trampling and spitting on the cross Homosexuality and Sodomy Worshipping of an idol named Baphomet. Philip was successful in ridding the Templars of their power and wealth and urged all fellow Christian leaders to do the same thing.
On March 19th, 1314 the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, was burned at the stake. De Molay is said to have cursed King Philip and Pope Clement as he burned, asking both men to join him in death within a year.
Whether the story is an apocryphal legend or a matter of historical fact depends largely on one's point of view. However, Pope Clement V died only one month later and Philip IV seven months after that.
well Eid this time around wud be alot sedate than usual and it has its reasons cuz wud be at psh rather than ma village GOD i miss those days when used to hav fun wid ma grand parents GOD BLESS THEM
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Friday, October 5, 2007
The Terminal
The plotless film follows a foreigner named Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), whose homeland of Krakozhia undergoes a violent revolution while he's in the air, leaving him without a country when he lands. The airport's head of security, Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), is unable to let Viktor either leave the terminal or fly home - forcing the confused and befuddled man to live within the confines of the airport.
The film is comprised mostly of comedic vignettes that aren't all that funny - though the way some audience members were bellowing with laughter, you'd think this was one of the most hilarious movies ever made (now I know how Nick Nolte felt in Cape Fear). The screenplay, by Sacha Gervasi and Jeff Nathanson, revels in sitcom clichés and stock characterizations - giving the film a distinctly sentimental feel. Now, it'd be easy to say that this is Spielberg's attempt at a Capra-esque fantasy, but even Capra didn't play things quite so obviously. This is a movie that not only has a completely superfluous villain, but he's an over-the-top villain to boot.
The convenient manner in which the various storylines are resolved is exacerbated by the fact that the majority of these characters are just too cute to be believable. There's nothing wrong with a stereotype here and there, but the movie is overrun by quirky figures - which undermines the occasional glimpses of genuine emotion. Hanks' Viktor should have been absolutely compelling - he still is to a certain extent, thanks primarily to Hanks' expectedly wonderful performance - but the screenplay forces him to interact with these well-cast but ultimately implausible characters.
While there's no denying that the set in which The Terminal's been filmed is impressive, Spielberg - along with cinematographer Janusz Kaminski - never really takes advantage of its grandeur, except when blatently lingering on some painfully obvious product placement. The film's look is surprisingly bland, in fact; the only real indication that this is a Spielberg film are the many instances of lens flare, a trick the director has inexplicably become obsessed with as of late.
About the best thing one can say about The Terminal is that it's cute and inoffensive - not exactly high praise when talking about a movie directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks.
**out of*****
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Gangs Of New York
Though director Martin Scorsese's original cut apparently ran close to four hours (and has since been pared down to 165 minutes), overlength is the primary problem with the film. While the opening and closing fight sequences are fantastic, ranking with some of the best work Scorsese has ever done, the middle two hours isn't quite up to that level. The movie's always entertaining, make no mistake about that, but after such an explosive opening, it's impossible not to become somewhat disappointed by the routine mid-section. The plot, which deals mostly with the politics surrounding the war draft, isn't particularly interesting, and though Scorsese doesn't dwell on it, it does become a pivotal catalyst for the action that dominates the last 30 minutes.
Still, Gangs of New York is easily one of the most ambitious movies to hit movie screens in a good long while, and it's one of those rare big-budget flicks that actually looks as though every penny was spent. Scorsese and his production team have assembled an entire town seemingly from scratch, and it just looks amazing. Right from the first few minutes, it's easy enough to see that a lot of work has gone into creating a wholly unique and visually arresting world that (at times) is far more interesting than the film itself.
And, of course, it's impossible to talk about the film without mentioning Day-Lewis' completely astounding performance. The actor apparently spent a couple of months working as a butcher to prepare and even stayed in character while on the set, and it's clear that his devotion has paid off. His Bill the Butcher is simply one of the most electrifying and mesmerizing characters to hit the big screen all year, and Day-Lewis' performance will certainly be remembered come Oscar time. He's so good that the other actors tend to be forgotten after the film's ended, though DiCaprio does give a performance that proves he's more than just a pretty face.
Gangs of New York will probably hold more interest for viewers interested in American history, but for the rest of us, the film is a diverting enough way to spend close to three hours.
Monday, October 1, 2007
G8
Each year, member states of the G8 take turns assuming the presidency of the group. The holder of the presidency sets the group's annual agenda and hosts the summit for that year.
The concept of a forum for the world's major industrialised democracies emerged following the 1973 oil crisis and subsequent global recession. In 1974, the United States created the Library Group, an informal gathering of senior financial officials from the United States, the United Kingdom, West Germany, Japan and France, In 1975, French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing invited the heads of government from West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States to a summit in Rambouillet. The six leaders agreed to an annual meeting organised under a rotating presidency, forming the Group of Six (G6). The following year, Canada joined the group at the behest of U.S. President Gerald Ford, and the group became known as the Group of Seven (G7). The European Union is represented by the President of the European Commission and the leader of the country that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and has attended all meetings since it was first invited by the United Kingdom in 1977.
The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and Russia became the successor state. Beginning with the 1994 Naples summit, Russian officials held a separate meeting with leaders of the G7 after the main summit. This group became known as the Political 8 (P8), or colloquially as the "G7 plus 1". At the initiative of United States President Bill Clinton, Russia formally joined the group in 1997, resulting in the Group of Eight (G8).
The G8 is intended to be an informal forum, and it therefore lacks an administrative structure like those for international organizations, such as the United Nations or the World Bank. The group does not have a permanent secretariat, or offices for its members. The presidency of the group rotates annually among the member countries, with each new term beginning on January 1 of the year. The country holding the presidency is responsible for planning and hosting a series of ministerial-level meetings, leading up to a mid-year summit attended by the heads of government.
The ministerial meetings bring together ministers responsible for various portfolios to discuss issues of mutual or global concern. The range of topics include health, law enforcement, labour, economic and social development, energy, environment, foreign affairs, justice and interior, terrorism and trade. There are also a separate set of meetings known as the "G8+5", created during the 2005 Gleneagles, Scotland summit, that is attended by finance and energy ministers from all eight member countries in addition to the five "Outreach Countries": China, Mexico, India, Brazil and South Africa.
In June 2005, justice ministers and interior ministers from the G8 countries agreed to launch an international database on pedophiles. The G8 officials also agreed to pool data on terrorism, subject to restrictions by privacy and security laws in individual countries.
As the annual summits are extremely high profile, they are subject to extensive lobbying by advocacy groups and street demonstrations by activists.
The most well-known criticisms centre on the assertion that members of G8 are responsible for global issues such as poverty in Africa and developing countries due to debt and trading policy, global warming due to carbon dioxide emission, the AIDS problem due to strict medicine patent policy and other problems that are related to globalization. G8 leaders are pressured to take responsibility to combat problems they are accused of creating. For example, Live 8, a series of concerts in July 2005 to coincide with the 31st G8 summit, was intended to promote global awareness and to encourage G8 leaders to "Make Poverty History". Live 8 organizers also proposed that G8 member nations adjust their national budgets to allow for 0.7% to go towards foreign aid as outlined in Agenda 21 of the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit.
Another criticism revolves around the membership of the G8. With the exclusion of the People's Republic of China, the fourth largest economy in the world the G8 no longer represents the concentration of economic power it did when it was created. The lack of representation from the 'global south' leads many critics to label the G8 as an institution to continue western economic domination.
Of the anti-globalization movement protests, the largest was that of the 27th G8 summit in Genoa in 2001. Summits since have been hosted outside of major cities. The opening day of the 2005 summit meeting in Scotland was accompanied by a series of synchronized terrorist bombings in London.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Sweet November
Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron proved they have couples chemistry as husband and wife in "The Devil's Advocate." Here they do the opposites-attract thing with great success and use their charisma to overcome what by all rights should be a script full of romantic clichés.
Reeves plays shallow, ruthless, arrogant ad industry hotshot Nelson Moss, who shows his astronomical self-centeredness in the picture's opening scene. It's early morning and he's having sex with his girlfriend -- until his alarm clock goes off. The second it does, he says "thanks, that was great" before jumping up, walking across his uber-modern high-rent loft, turning on his entire wall of high-tech TVs and brainstorming an ad campaign for a major client.
Theron plays Sara Deever, a San Francisco "free spirit" who has a strange habit of taking in stray men who are psychological fixer-uppers. She moves them into her North Beach apartment for one month, uses her unexplained gift for metaphysical bandaging to set them right, then moves on to the next fella.
When these two meet during a debacle at the Department of Motor Vehicles, Sara immediately sees in Nelson her most challenging project yet and begins hassling him to move out of the Sharper Image condo and into her funky, low-rent walk-up for 30 days.
He, of course, thinks she's nuts. But when he loses a multi-million dollar account (by proposing a highly sexualized campaign for a family-oriented hot dog company), gets fired and his much-neglected girlfriend moves out -- all on the same day -- he succumbs to Sara's badgering. He figures, at least for the moment, he hasn't anything to lose.
Theron is perfectly cast as the effervescent Sara, who seems to have double-dipped in the joie de vivre. She completely inhabits her character's contagious carefree charm, making the audience fall in love with her even faster than Nelson does. Theron provides the character an esoteric depth, giving her man-a-month habit a nagging feeling of desperate compulsion.
She's also the ideal foil for Nelson's funless, judgmental glibness. Sara can so easily and cheerfully slap his ego down that she makes him nervous. She's the kind of grown-up girl who does cartwheels on the beach while he watches with his hands thrust misanthropically in his pockets.
Reeves, who has become much better at picking roles that suit him, fits well into Nelson's supercilious skin. He really turns on the hubris in the scenes that lead to him getting fired. He also does a fine job projecting the unaccustomed abashment Nelson feels when Sara takes charge of his life.
As their month together progresses, his transformation into a stop-and-smell-the-roses guy under her tutelage is altogether quite winning. Too bad he's so unconvincing when it comes time for this movie's "you complete me"-type romantic climax.
But director Pat O'Connor ("Circle of Friends," "Inventing the Abbotts") never lets the movie's hackneyed conventions (Nelson revisiting his unhappy childhood, Sara's gay best friend) steamroll over the magnetism between his stars.
Romance movie protocols are followed (a passionate argument in the rain, a bubble bath for two), but seasoned with a touch of imaginative enthusiasm. Dialogue is amusingly sassy, but not overindulgently clever. O'Connor even keeps the story's fateful, tearjerker plot turn on a short leash, playing the heartstrings obligingly but tenderly.
"Sweet November" (which, by the way, is a remake of a 1968 movie of the same name) may have an obvious story arc. It may, at its core, be a textbook chick flick punctuated by a soundtrack of smoky-voiced girly alt-pop anthems (Enya, Stevie Nicks, Paula Cole, k.d. lang).
But it is sweet. It is eminently romantic, warm and satisfying. And even if Keanu's heart-rending tears in the last reel look suspiciously like special effects, this is a movie likely to inspire the real thing in the softies in the audience. And even we cynics will feel a little warm and fuzzy when the credits roll.
Child Labor
Child labor can be factory work, mining[ or quarrying, agriculture, helping in the parents' business, having one's own small business (for example selling food), or doing odd jobs. Some children work as guides for tourists, sometimes combined with bringing in business for shops and restaurants (where they may also work as waiters). Other children are forced to do tedious and repetitive jobs such as assembling boxes, polishing shoes, stocking a store's products, or cleaning. However, rather than in factories and sweatshops, most child labor occurs in the informal sector, "selling on the street, at work in agriculture or hidden away in houses — far from the reach of official labor inspectors and from media scrutiny."
According to UNICEF, there are an estimated 218 million children aged 5 to 17 in child labor worldwide, excluding child domestic labor. The most controversial forms of work include the military use of children as well as child prostitution. Less controversial, and often legal with some restrictions, are work as child actors and child singers, as well as agricultural work outside of the school year (seasonal work).
Friday, September 28, 2007
New Section !!! Entertainment Spot
Directed by Michael Bay and with Steven Spielsberg in the producer's chair, this movie was sure to create waves and so it did!
Based on the famous Transformers franchise, the movie is all about giant machino-robots, cars, jets, tanks and cartoon characters which have an appeal not just for children, but its unorthodox style and a bash of reality has also made a place in the hearts of the mature audiences too.
The plot revolves around two clans of gigantic machines, the transformers, among whom a war re-erupts on earth. Optimus the protagonist ruler of the noble clan, the Autobots, is in search of the Allspark, which is in custody of the villainous clan, the Decepticons. The Allspark has the powers to convert any normal electrical and mechanical appliance into real life Transformers and it is the driving force of all the Transformers.
In the quest of finding the Allspark, the Transformers come to earth in the form of earth vehicles and here starts the battle between the two clans to retrieve the Allspark with the help of humans and secure it in good hands.
It can't be said that the mind boggling action sequences and the special effects make it just the thing as there are some lapses in the storyline which sometimes seems weak and lame. Another thing that I noticed in the movie is that the human characters become insignificant as soon as the machines take over the screen. However, the fun packed humour of the machines seasons the hard line action and makes it more of an entertainer through and through. For all the techno-machine geeks this movie is a real treat and a must watch for those who are looking for some good two hours of excitement and fun!
Courtesy Us Magazine
E-Commerce a gr8 leap
A small percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically for "virtual" items such as access to premium content on a website, but most electronic commerce eventually involves physical items and their transportation in at least some way.
The things are really moving forward i mean che today the jhalak dekhlaja started off damn some gud dances all around and well the nach baliyae is also an awasome show both gives each otha run for the money by the way hmmmm da orkut bandae sook ra galal and yeah a new category wud be setup today here so i guess it wud be fun then ciao !!!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
E-Business The New Buzz
Electronic Business, or "e-Business", may be defined broadly as any business process that relies on an automated information system. Today, this is mostly done with Web-based technologies. The term "e-Business" was coined by Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM.Electronic business methods enable companies to link their internal and external data processing systems more efficiently and flexibly, to work more closely with suppliers and partners, and to better satisfy the needs and expectations of their customers.In practice, e-business is more than just e-commerce. While e-business refers to more strategic focus with an emphasis on the functions that occur using electronic capabilities, e-commerce is a subset of an overall e-business strategy. E-commerce seeks to add revenue streams using the World Wide Web or the Internet to build and enhance relationships with clients and partners and to improve efficiency using the Empty Vessel strategy. Often, e-commerce involves the application of knowledge management systems.E-business involves business processes spanning the entire value chain: electronic purchasing and supply chain management, processing orders electronically, handling customer service, and cooperating with business partners. Special technical standards for e-business facilitate the exchange of data between companies. E-business software solutions allow the integration of intra and inter firm business processes. E-business can be conducted using the Web, the Internet, intranets, extranets, or some combination of these.
By the way the mag thingy is catchin upon fast now i really hav to get down to business at the weekend wishing maself luck ciao
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
WHEN I HAVE FEARS THAT I MAY CEASE TO BE
WHEN I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charact'ry,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night's starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace,
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think,
Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink.
Monday, September 24, 2007
By the way this adsense thing really has been rocking i'm just two days into it i stil feel i can get more results from it as time goes on this net is really making me go nuts mate its like hell sitting and working on it and whn it doesnot do wat u want it to do u feel like ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR...
Sunday, September 23, 2007
By the way the indian idol finally got to the final thingy today and prashant won it bro wow its like fate few months bak no one knew him now he has a a car, a contract and around 1 karod rupees wow damn pure luck bro!!!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
cricket is going around places these day Pk got to the semi's but hpe they can bring it home !!!
CHAK DAE PAKISTAN !!!!
By the way yaar i irritated a frnd of mine today whom many think jsut talks to much hav i taken over frm her lolx may be a chatter box buuhahahahahahaha
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Thoughts Of My Solitude !!!
I come across the boulevard of my broken moments
With aching feet and a timid soul
I bind my courage to avenge my lousy role
Losing track of my miseries I run
Imagining the perfect world with you and its fun
I try to comprehend a forgotten delusion of mine
The false impressions it generates I can’t forget
Making me a fool and got it what it wanted to get
Hallucinating my road to destiny never fulfilled
I walk down again the boulevard and run
Towards a faltering fate with a shaking soul
I lay down for my last breath all alone
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Holding Arms With My Wilderness
please ppl dun copy this !!!!
My aching eyes full of tears as they fall out
Is it now that you have to leave I don’t understand
Leaving me like this all alone as you are gone
Not interested I know I can never be
Let me try to be the one I used to be
It ain’t fake it’s true I miss you my lady
As I look upon the mistakes that I had made
Could it be the night I had wished for
Can I ever be the one you wished me to be
Can I hold you in my arms like the times before
Could it ever be the time we had wished for
Looking back at those times when we fell apart
Was it me was it you we never found out
Let us try again and tempt back into love
Would you help me out and be my lady
I don’t want to hold the arms of wilderness again
I don’t want to hurt you my love again
Let it out of your mind let us start again
On those paths of love and not of pain
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
A boulevard of broken dreams has its reason because I think that what ever a person feels is somewhat related to whatever he thinks or imagines and I guess dreams in bitter reality something that we think off its just like while hallucinating something you try and reach out for the thing but when you are not able to get hold of it really get you back into the reality, the feeling of not able to get hold of what you were just feeling while the hallucination also makes you wonder what could it really mean in reality.
At the moment its just like I’m really walking in an empty street that I really want for myself it really feels like I’ve myself deleted the whole amount of people could have been a part of the world around me to walk really alone at his moment so as to satisfy the fire of solitude that is burning in my belly. I don’t know what I’m suppose to do but it’s like the darkness of the loneliness is really shouting at me with,
“Surrender the happiness around you to me, surrender the smiles you can pass on to me surrender the touch of glory if you have any to me”
It’s like I look up with a broken soul to it with a rye smile on my face that it’s been time I had any of the stuff you want as I live at a boulevard of broken dreams!
Friday, July 13, 2007
Something that has grabbed my attention !!!
To many this may sound the most strangest of ideas to think about death but to me it’s not that hard to think it’s like just thinking about any other thing that might come across a person in his day to day life, it might be a very absurd thing to many as I think like this but to me its like going down the lane of something that to many is know yet they are not familiar with it and for a definite reason because it has its own time at which it has to greet all of those who breath.
Now the thing that really fascinates me is what would be the feeling of a person who is about to die you might have seen many film stars portraying death scenes but its not what a person can feel like in person … hahahahahaha many at this point would think of me as someone insane but guys it’s really fascinating to know how would it feel like to die. Whatever I think of it is that it would be something like to float into the arms of an unknown fear with all the pressure releasing out of your soul and into the air, it would be an aura of relaxation that would sweep past one with a single aim that now it’s the eternal sleep that one wish for after wandering in the wilderness of the agitation that this world carries upon and lets a pure soul to be diminished to the extend that it forgets the mare purpose of its existence.
To the extend that I can think of I would say that death is like silence as it sweeps by no one can utter or hear a thing that is being spoken to the person just like when a person tries to find peace and walks up to the solitude with nothing but silence and darkness all around him, just imagine all of this in your minds and then try to put yourself in such a situation, chills run down your spine but still your feel like if it’s the same feeling, the same aura catching upon as like a person who is on the very to die.
To an extend I still think that its not me but almost every second person that would think about the approaching pause as I’m doing now because no matter how a person behaves he has a personality to retreat to and which helps him to think better and for which he loves the solitude that really compels him for once to think about a grave change that would approach him or her one day and that is the eternal pause of death.
