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Sachin Rejects Test Captaincy

Sachin the senior most player in Indian team rejected test captaincy on Nov-06 2007.Sachin has already been captain for India twice in the past in 1996 and 2000.But both times he failed to lead Indian team in the right way.
Sachin the worlds best batsmen of this decade or so, got the chance of leading the Indian team in tests but sachin rejected this.This is not the optimistic decision from a player like sachin having lots of experience . He should not have done this.If he is not having any idea of being captain to India he should not have accepted the vice-captaincy under Rahuls captaincy.If the team is not having right players to lead their side the seniors should come to solve these.
Sachin in the year 2000 or so as a captain made India to loose the Australian series and made the series damn failure.The same situation has occurred now too.The upcoming big tour is Mighty Australians.So sachin might have rejected.

Happy Days

Happy Days is a movie directed by shekar.Shekar is the director who got two hits before making of Happy Days. The actors in the film are new to the field too.

The concept is about friendship.The total movie is about CBIT college Btech study.The director has shown the beauty in engineering study by the moments like Ragging ,some sort of fights etc.....The director really made people to feel happy and not get bored in total 3hrs.The first half goes with rocking speed and good comedy touch.Second half is with good sentiment and some beautiful dialogues.

The director gave imporatance to the LOVE in campus.He almost made film such a way that love is neccessary in students life.I dont agree with this.Every body may have girl friend but there is no need to be lover.

Anyways movie is good.Theme is good.Actors done to their best.Songs are too good.

Money Schedule

Cricket The Gentle mans game.But the players r not doing so as well as the selectors.The game cricket born in england and got its shape and characteristics depending on the country.The theories changes as we move country to country.Sub continents for spin ,pace wid windies england.

Every cricket team has a selection panel, coach.These are controlled by cricket Boards.These Boards r controlled by ICC.The selection panel should make fine selection to get fine players.India having a panel which selects the players having good back ground and money.Money dedo bat lelo is the policy.Our players so fine they donnot require coach even.That is indian team now.

Up coming dayz are too busy for india.Pak tour followed by aus den by sa tours.Indian players are such a fit they cannot plan continously ten i na row.Even though Our BCCI is palnning for series to gain more money.Even they are not seeing for rotation techniques.Money is the only basis on which we select we plan is the motive for BCCI.

Is Action Inherited

In the past we have seen the profession is inherited.A prince can become a king even though he is not Worthy enough.And Similarly a farmer son may become farmer.But Recently we r seeing Film industry doing the same.

We have seen dis Hierarchy in the past and even it continues.I think the upcoming actors are having good back ground as their weapon rather than talent.The industry is full of actors who have fathers n grand fathers .But The new actor who wann 2 prove himself has no chance 2 do it.Even if he gets a chance there r none 2 see them on big screen.

That is the reason why small screen gets increasing itz popularity day by day.As the worth actors cannot get chance 2 show themselves on big screen they move to small screen which r encouraging their talents.

This can be changed only with the audience .They should encourage the actor by his talent and not on any basis.

Back to Mother Land After 8 years

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in the southern port city of Karachi Thursday afternoon by plane.

The plane landed at about 13:45 local time (08:45 GMT) at the Karachi international airport.

Bhutto, after eight years of self-imposed exile, walked out of the plane with smiles, according to local TV reports.

The plane's departure was delayed at the Dubai airport for two times due to extraordinary security arrangements of the flight and changing of seats by passengers.

Before departure, Bhutto told the media at the Dubai airport that her returning home was "a miracle".

"My life and everything is dedicated to Pakistan and I thank the millions of people coming from each and every nook and corner of the country," she said. "I am the leader of the poor and I will live with them and die with them."

Benazir said that her welcome would be greater than the welcome in 1986 and those who have come for welcoming her wanted the end of dearness and unemployment.

However, Federal Railway Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad said that the political graph of Bhutto had been declined and that she should not expect welcome like 1986.

Talking to a local TV, Rashid said that things had been changed and the current situation of the country was different from what was in 1986. "Benazir's graph has been dropped and very few people left for Karachi from Rawalpindi to welcome Benazir Bhutto," he said.

Thousands of local leaders and workers of the Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians traveled in more than 2,000 cars, jeeps, wagons, buses and coaches for Karachi Wednesday afternoon to accord warm welcome to Benazir Bhutto there.

According to the schedule, with a special permission from the government, Bhutto will be taken in an imported bullet proof vehicle from the airport to the Pakistan's founder Jinnah's Mausoleum with a procession.

Security is tight in Karachi with helicopters and police on guard.

Kartik’s spell was India’s third best in one-dayers

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Left-arm spinner Murali Kartik bowled like a dream and then supported Zaheer Khan in a 52-run ninth-wicket partnership as India stole a two-wicket win over Australia to salvage some pride in the Future Cup here on Wednesday.

Man of the match Kartik bowled a spell of 10-3-27-6 to contain Australia to 193 in 41.3 overs i
Kartik’s spell was India’s third best in one-dayers. Anil Kumble’s 6-12 against West Indies in the Hero Cup, 1993, and Ashish Nehra’s 6-23 against England in the 2003 World Cup take the first two places.

Barring Sachin Tendulkar (21), who probably was playing in his last One-day International at the Wankhede stadium --- the venue will be renovated and the next international is scheduled in 2010 --- and sensible batting by Robin Uthappa (47, 59b, 4x4, 2x6), none of the other top-order batsmen showed the determination to stay in the middle.

From 64 for six by the 19th over, India were guided to victory by two important partnerships, Uthappa and Harbhajan adding 65 for the seventh before the Zaheer-Kartik stand.

India’s hopes vanished when Uthappa was trapped by left-arm wrist spinner Michael Clarke and Harbhajan followed four overs later. But Zaheer and Kartik kept their cool as they had plenty overs at hand. India eventually won with four overs to spare. The two had joined hands in the 36th over.

Shock To Mega Star

Shrija, the second daughter of Chiranjeevi, is said to have married her lover, a Brahmin boy, at the Arya Samaj, Koti, today morning in the presence of her friends. It is reliably learnt that this marriage took place without the knowledge of the parents and elders on either side. More details are awaited on this sudden development.

Shrija, the 18 year old second daughter of Chiranjeevi, married her lover, Gadi Sirish Bhardwaja, a 22 old middle class northern brahmin boy from Begumpet, at Arya Samaj, New Boyanpalli today morning at 11.30A.m in the presence of her friends. Shrija is said to have left her residence in the morning and went to Arya Samaj.

Shrija and Bharadwaja are understood to have met through some common friends a couple of years ago. Their friendship blossomed into love and they both decided to get married once they both turn majors. Bharadwaja is doing his B.Tech and Shrija is doing her C.A. On Oct 12, they contacted the Arya Samaj authorities along with certificates and other proofs of age. The date of marriage has been fixed on Oct 17, and the muhurt is fixed at about 11.30 AM. Even wedding cards have been printed and distributed among their close friends. The close friends attended the marriage ceremony and videographed the entire ceremony.

Ricky Pointing Comments

When it comes to the Australian team, there are always a couple of sledging stories doing the rounds. However, after the Vadodara and Nagpur incidents, where it was reported that Andrew Symonds was racially abused by members of the crowd, another story is floating around.

Today, Ricky Ponting gave his take on the issue and said that they wanted to move on and it was in fact, the Indian media which had hyped it all up. “Yes, Andrew was racially abused, but I think he has not made too much of the comments. We didn’t report the matter, but it was the press here that played up the issue and generated so many stories about it,” said Ponting on the sidelines of a promotional function held here in a city hotel.

It seemed that the Australian skipper had forgotten that it was the media Down Under which had reported it first.

Interestingly, Ponting was quick to add that Symonds had dealt with the issue in a sensible manner and had not reported the matter to the Match Referee. “It was after reports appeared in the media that the Match Referee asked about it. We aren’t making this a big deal, but at the same time we want to ensure that such stuff is totally eradicated from all grounds around the world. It has no place in sport,” Ponting added.

The Australian team’s arrival to the city was delayed when the aircraft they were in suffered a bird hit and had to make an emergency landing at Nagpur. “At one stage, we thought we wouldn’t make it to Mumbai,” Ponting quipped.

Australian pacer Brett Lee too was quite diplomatic on the Symonds issue. “There is no ill-feeling at all between the teams and we are playing by the rules. The issue has been blow out of proportion by the media. We just go out there and perform as entertainers,” pointed out Lee.

He also assured that their relationship with their hosts has been better than ever before. “What you are seeing on television is competitive cricket and two teams fighting it out. There may have been a few words exchanged, but neither team has crossed the line. If you see us off the field, both teams get along very well. We respect the Indian team a lot.”

Hrithik Roshan may become The Prince Of India

Shirish Kunder will shoot Prince of India after he wraps up the shooting for his forthcoming project Joker starring Akshay Kumar in the lead.

Reportedly, the director is planning to cast Hrithik Roshan in the lead role for the film.

According to our sources, “As Hrithik is already playing Akbar in Ashutosh’s film, Jodhaa Akbar, he is quite open to periodic films. Shirish has also known Hrithik for a long time and they have been having regular meetings. If all goes well, Shirish will start the film after he completes Joker.”

Indian flag History

1906

image by Vincent Morley, 21 August 1997

From the cover of the August 1997 issue of 'History Today'. This flag is fully visible. It is a horizontal tricolour of dark blue. yellow and red. The upper (blue) stripe bears eight stars with varying numbers of points (this may reflect the carelessness of the artist but see under '1907' below). From the hoist to the fly the stars have 6, 7, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7 and 9 points. The yellow stripe has an inscription (वन्दे मातरम् black or dark blue) in Devanagari script. The red stripe has a white sun in the hoist and a white star and crescent in the fly.

This would probably be the 'Calcutta flag' (Singh), or 'Lotus flag' (Nair). According to both Nair and Singh the colours are green over yellow over red and the stars are actually half open lotuses (eight in all). The inscription is blue and reads in transliteration 'Vande Mataram' (Nair: 'Bande Mataram'). As Vincent notes, the red stripe has a white sun in the hoist and a white star and crescent in the fly. The lotuses are also white. The flag was first used at an anti-partition rally in Calcutta 7 August 1906

The first national flag in India is said to have been hoisted on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta. The flag was composed of horizontal strips of red, yellow and green. The red strip at the top had eight white lotuses embossed on it in a row. On the yellow strip the words Vande Mataram were inscribed in deep blue in Devanagari characters. The green strip had a white sun on the left and a white crescent and star on the right.

image by Jaume Ollé
Source: Gandhi National Museum, photo by Nozomi Kariyasu
Labelled in the display as 1904

This is perhaps not the same flag as in the the one described as the First National Flag, 1906, in the booklet "Our Flag". In the booklet, the upper band is green and the centre of each white lotus flower is a dot of the same size as the surrounding petals. The lower band is red.
David Prothero, 27 January 2001

1906	1907

The brown panel in the 1906 version seems to be a printing error for yellow. From Our National Flag by K.V.Singh.

Our National Flag by K.V.Singh notes "... had three broad bands. The top one was green, sacred to the Muslims, the middle was a golden saffron, the sacred colour of both the Buddhists and the Sikhs, and the bottom band was red, sacred to the Hindus. There were eight lotuses in a line representing the eight Provinces of British-India. On the middle golden band, Vande Mataram was inscribed in Devnagari script. However it was wrongly spelt. From the photograph it appears that the lotuses were embroidered. May be, Madame Cama herself did the embroidery. On the bottom red stripe, there was the sun towards the fly and a crescent towards the hoist of the flag."

1907

his could be the flag of Madam B R Cama, called the Saptarshi flag by Nair. This flag was hoisted in Stuttgart at the International Socialist Congress 22 August 1907. The colours, according to Singh, were green over saffron over red. Again, eight white lotuses are set on the green stripe. Singh points out that the inscription 'Vande Mataram' is wrongly spelt in Devanagari script. He also notes that some illustrations show a crescent and a star, but that this is wrong. Nair claims the colour order was red, saffron, green, that the top stripe had a lotus and seven stars, and that the bottom stripe had a sun and moon with star.
Jan Oskar Engene, 23 August 1997

image by Jaume Ollé
Source: Gandhi National Museum, photo by Nozomi Kariyasu

The booklet "Our Flag" mentions that this flag, hoisted at the International Socialist Conference in 1907, is displayed in the library of Mahratha and Kesai in Pune. In the booklet, the upper band is green with the eight white lotus flowers in profile. The word "वन्दे मातरम्" (Vandemataram) in the middle yellow stripe is inscribed in white and spelt differently. The penultimate symbol is omitted and the final symbol is different. The lower band is red. The sun is in the fly corner, the crescent moon, with no star, is in the hoist corner.

1916

image by Jan Oskar Engene, 26 August 1997

From the cover of the August 1997 issue of 'History Today'. Half of the flag in the lower fly is obscured. There are nine horizontal red and blue stripes with a small union jack (three stripes high) in the canton. Two white stars are visible in the lower hoist and there are probably more stars in the part of the flag which is not visible. A significant difference between the image shown here and the 'History Today' illustration is that the star and crescent in the upper fly is missing from the latter. Is this, perhaps, a reflection of the communal tensions which existed in 1947? On the other hand, a star and crescent are shown in the 1906 flag, so it may be just another indication of the artist's lack of familiarity with the older flags.
Vincent Morley, 21, 26 August 1997

This one is probably the flag of Dr. Annie Besant's and Lokamanya Tilak, associated with the Home Rule Movement of 1917 and hoisted during the Congress session in Calcutta. The stripes are red and green according to both Nair and Singh (five red, four green), while the Union Jack is in red and blue only. A crescent and a star, both in white, are set in top fly. The white stars number seven in all and are arranged as in the Saptarishi configuration.
Jan Oskar Engene, 23 August 1997

By the time our third flag went up in 1917, our political struggle had taken a definite turn. Dr. Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak hoisted it during the Home [R]ule movement. This flag had five red and four green horizontal strips arranged alternately, with seven stars in the [S]aptarishi configuration super-imposed on them. In the left-hand top corner (the pole end) was the Union Jack. There was also a white crescent and star in one corner. This indicated the aspirations of the time. The inclusion of the Union Jack symbolised the goal of Dominion Status.
From the Congress Party website in May 2004, located by Željko Heimer, 20 May 2004 (click here for continuation of this history).

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 April 2006

[Ed. note: an alternative arrangement of stars]

The presence of the Union Jack, however, made the flag generally unacceptable. The polit[i]cal compromise that it implied was not popular. The call for new leadership brought Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to the fore in 1921 and, through him, the first tricolour. During the session of the All India Congress Committee which met at Bezwada (now Vijayawath) about this time, an Andhra youth prepared a flag and took it to Gandhiji. It was made up of two colours—red and green—representing the two major communities. Gandhiji suggested the addition of a white strip to represent the remaining communities of India and the charkha to symbolise progress. Thus was the tricolour born, but it had not yet been officially accepted by the All India Congress Committee. Gandhiji’s approval, however, made it sufficiently popular to be hoisted on all Congress occasions.
From the Congress Party website in May 2004, located by Željko Heimer, 20 May 2004 (click here for continuation of this history)

1921

image by Vincent Morley, 23 August 1997

From the cover of the August 1997 issue of 'History Today'. One quarter of the flag in the lower fly is obscured but I think that it is unlikely to contain any additional features. The flag is a horizontal tricolour of white, dark blue and red with a large black spinning wheel in the centre.
Vincent Morley, 21 August 1997

According to Nair and Singh this was the flag approved by Gandhi in 1921. However, the colours are white, green and red, with the charka in dark blue set all over close to the hoist. This flag was not formally adopted by the Indian National Congress, but nevertheless widely used.
Jan Oskar Engene, 23 August 1997

1931a

image by Vincent Morley, 23 August 1997

From the cover of the August 1997 issue of 'History Today'. Again, a quarter of the flag in the lower fly is obscured but I think it is probably blank. The flag is orange with a black or dark blue spinning wheel in the canton.
Vincent Morley, 21 August 1997

Singh says a flag of saffron with a reddish brown charka in the canton was recommended by the flag committee but not adopted by the Indian National Congress. Instead 1931b was adopted.
Jan Oskar Engene, 23 August 1997

In 1931, when the A.I.C.C. met at Karachi, a resolution was passed stressing the need for a flag which would be officially acceptable to the Congress. There was already considerable controversy over the significance of the colours in the flag. Communal troubles had set in. The two major communities were at the parting of the ways and the stress was on communal interpretation. Meanwhile a committee of seven was appointed to elicit opinion on the choice of a flag. It suggested a plain saffron flag with a charkha in reddish brown in the extreme left-hand corner. The A.I.C.C. did not accept the suggestion. "The year 1931 was a landmark in the history of the flag. A resolution was passed adopting a tricolor flag as our national flag.
From the Congress Party website in May 2004, located by Željko Heimer, 20 May 2004

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 April 2006

This image shows the flag described by the unknown Hindi-author at Anand Bhawan
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 April 2006

1931b

image by Dylan Crawfoot, 17 April 1999

From the cover of the August 1997 issue of 'History Today'. This is the only flag of the Indian National Congress of which I was previously aware: it shows a horizontal tricolour of orange, white and green with a dark blue spinning wheel on the central stripe.
Vincent Morley, 21 August 1997 Indian National Congress adopted this flag 6 August 1931 (Singh). It was first hoisted 31 August 1931, a date declared as Flag Day

Flag of August 15, 1947

On 15 August 1947 the dominions of India and Pakistan were established. India adopted the familiar horizontal tricolor of orange, white, and green with a blue Ashoka Chakra at the center. The tricolor had been used, unofficially, since the early 1920s as the flag of the Indian National Congress, with the colors representing Hinduism (orange), Islam (green), and a hoped-for unity and peace (white). More unofficially, the flag was patterned on the other example of struggle against British imperialism, Ireland. Most often, a blue spinning wheel was shown in the center, derived from Gandhi's call for economic self-sufficiency through hand-spinning. It was this flag that was first hoisted as the "official" Indian flag in Berlin on 3 December 1941.

The spoked Ashoka Chakra (the "wheel of the law" of the 3rd-century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka) replaced the Gandhian spinning wheel to add historical "depth" and separate the national flag from the INC party flag

Can Rahul Bounce back

Rahul Dravid's class would prevail and he would hit form 'any moment', Indian team coach Lalchand Rajput said Tuesday on the eve of the seventh One-Day International against Australia here.'Rahul is such a class player. He will come good any moment,' Rajput told reporters at the Wankhede Stadium.Dravid, who has been one of the pillars of Indian batting since the early 1990s and has 333 ODIs under his belt, has struggled for runs in the seven-match series, in which Australia have already taken a winning 4-1 lead. That leaves Wednesday's match of academic interest.The former captain has scores of 31, 0, 13, 0 and 7 in the current series, and it was one of the reasons of India's poor performance following their Twenty20 World

Virtualization Software: A Computer Inside Your Computer

Virtualization software (VS) is a way of running multiple operating systems on the same computer, all at the same time. It's like having many computers inside your computer.

Traditional methods of running multiple operating systems (by partitioning your hard drive and creating a dual-boot) have two main limitations: only one OS can run at a time, and the physical hardware on the computer limits your choices. (For instance, you can't run Mac OS on a PC in most cases.)

Virtualization changes this because the software runs as an application on your computer and emulates hardware, so hardware compatibility isn't an issue. Simply start the virtualization program, and it pretends to be a computer. Each operating system you install on your PC will act as a new computer. For instance, I have a computer with VS installed that runs as a Linux server, two Windows servers, and three other Linux servers -- for a total of six servers that I can access at the same time (five guests and one host) through one PC. On the network, each server appears as a unique system. I can run programs, share files, and do anything in these guest systems that I could do with a real computer.

Under the hood, VS is a software application, much like Word, Excel, or Firefox. To get started, power up your computer, insert an operating system's install disk into your DVD or CD drive, and install the guest operating system(s). (When you install operating systems in an emulated hardware environment, they're called "guest" operating systems or Virtual Machines, or VMs, while the main operating system is called the host.) Once you've installed the guest operating systems, install and configure your VS.

Using VS greatly cuts the costs of setup and breakdown time for testing any kind of software development -- it's like having a lab of ten systems, all on one box. For example, some IT departments will install a standardized version of Windows that can also set up all of a user's programs automatically. So basically, an organization would buy a computer, somebody in IT would stick in a CD or boot from the network, and come back in two hours to a ready-to-go system.

Naturally, when necessary changes or upgrades will alter the systems, testing is required. To do this without VS, a lab would need to set up with computers, network gear, and other expensive hardware. With VS, the new build process can be tested quickly, reliably, and with consistency. And the savings in hardware result in a significantly reduced cost.

Most commercial VS packages are easy to set up, but take some tweaking to perform at top speed. Most Open Source packages, however, still require heavy tweaking. Xen, in particular, (more on this in the next section) requires a whole different setup to be completed before installing Mac OS.

The Many Sizes and Flavors of VS

There are several vendors offering varying types of VS software, some packages cost thousands of dollars while others are Open Source programs that cost nothing. The application that fits your needs depends on how many computers you have, what sort of work you're doing, your level of technical expertise, and what kind of tech support you'll need.

Both Microsoft and VMWare sell software packages, while, Bochs, and PearPC provide Open Source virtualization apps that won't cost you a dime.

Virtualization comes in three sizes: small, medium, and large. VMWare Workstation and Microsoft Virtual PC are examples of the smaller types of VS and are geared toward running on workstations. They're best for testing new software or piloting IT infrastructure changes.

In the middle category are Xen, Bochs, and PearPC. Xen and Bochs are virtualization software for Open Source operating systems like Linux and BSD. Since these operating systems are suitable for use as either workstations or servers, Xen and Bochs fit well into both categories. Likewise, PearPC can run workstation or servers as virtual machines, and can run on workstation or server computers. The main difference is that PearPC is designed to emulate PowerPC architectures, namely the G4 processor. Hence, its main use is for emulating Apple hardware on non-Apple machines. I use PearPC to run OS X Jaguar on an HP Laptop running Windows XP, for instance.

The higher-end products like VMWare ESX and Microsoft are designed for "server consolidation," the art of using fewer servers to do the same amount of work. Most servers do their jobs while using 20 percent or less of their resources utilized (RAM, processor, disk space), so using the same hardware to support multiple servers makes sense, pushing utilization closer to 100 percent. This means that the expensive hardware is being used to its fullest, and money is saved on not having to buy server hardware that will just loaf around at under 20 percent utilization. These VS products are meant for data centers, or at the very least, organizations that need five or more servers.

Cost and Support Considerations

There's a cutoff point for any product, when it makes sense to use it and when it's not cost-effective. VS is no different. If you're a small organization with only a few servers, moving to virtual servers isn't for you. If you need to deploy more than five servers in the immediate future, VS will save you lots of money on hardware. The best advice here is to do lots of research and determine your needs versus virtualization's cost.

Bochs, PearPC, and Xen don't cost anything and they're Open Source, too. That's the good news. The kicker is that none of them is easily installed or configured. If that hasn't scared you off, the best route is to make a time and training investment to bring staff up to speed on how to use the products. (As of this article, PearPC was still in a beta, meaning that the current version is still being tested and isn't considered stable enough for use in production systems.)

With these programs, support is an area of contention -- Bochs and PearPC lack formalized support on their own, instead relying on community-based support forums and mailing lists. Novell provides commercial support for Xen for those who buy the commercial version of SuSe Linux, and a new company called Xensource has been formed as a Xen vendor and service provider.

Of the commercial vendors, Microsoft's software costs the least, but it comes with a caveat: You can only run Microsoft guest operating systems and you have to run the Virtual Server or Virtual PC on a Windows host. If you need to run Linux as a host operating system, then Microsoft's Virtual Server (or Virtual PC) isn't a viable option. But if you're planning to run an all-Microsoft shop, Microsoft's Virtual Server is an excellent choice, as it is far less expensive than VMWare and you can run as many guests as your hardware can support. Versions for the Mac are also available and let you emulate PC hardware on Apple hardware.

Though expensive, VMWare runs on Linux or Windows hosts, and includes some of the best support available. It supports a wide variety of guest operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and BSD on emulated Intel hardware (which means it can't run Mac OS X). There are also VMWare-specific programs out there to assist with migrating physical servers over to virtual machines, and there are even multiple levels of VMWare for different businesses.

The Bottom Line

As always, you'll need to license your software per server, whether they're virtual servers or physical servers. Suffice it to say, you'll never save money on software licenses with VS technology. Your savings occurs in hardware. That is, if you plan to buy servers where the total hardware cost would be more than twice that of virtualization software, go the VS route. Non-profits can often get licenses for software at a discount, so take this into account as you're making your decision.

Hyderabadi U can face a bomb at anytime

A high alert was sounded in the State capital on Thursday following intelligence inputs about possible terror strikes similar to the recent twin blasts.

Police sources said four terrorists from Bangladesh had sneaked into the State and were hiding in the Telangana districts to carry out attacks in Hyderabad. Special teams were sent to Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda districts to track them down.

While the tip-off indicated about terror strikes, the police were not sure if the suspected Bangladeshis believed to be moving in city are planning suicide attack as was done on the night of Dasera two years ago on Commissioner’s Task Force office. “There is also the likelihood of people at crowded public places being targeted akin to the twin blasts. Hence, all security precautions are being initiated,” a police officer said.

The alerts were substantiated by the reported revelation made by the twin blasts suspect Shahed’s brother Mazid, who was recently arrested by the city police. Mazid, it is learnt, told the police that activists of some terrorist outfits were moving about in the city.

Security was stepped up at all religious places and prayer halls in old city. Surveillance cameras capable of capturing images during the nights had been installed at strategic places. Intensive checking of vehicles and frisking of individuals were undertaken at several places in the city.

Deviating from the usual surprise checks by the men in uniform, policemen frisked people in plainclothes at select junctions this time.

“The massive checking before Ganesh festival probably made them hide in localities of the districts. We have information that they are doing recce of the targeted places in city and going back to their hideouts,” a police officer explained.

15 picked up

Meanwhile, the South Zone police picked up 15 members hailing from Gujarat and West Bengal while they were moving under suspicious circumstances near Charminar. Nine of them were caught near Bhagya Laxmi temple at Charminar but were let off after confirming their credentials.

MY EXPERIENCE IN THEGROUND

I am one of the fourty five thousand guys who viewd da match in uppal hyd ground.
Dis is da first time i hve seen da live action.I wann 2 explain my experience.....

I got da news dat i can cheer 4 ind wid 40,000 people in stadium b4 nite.I got 2 bed qiuickly 2 find da excitement quickly.Day started with rain bt stopped to make da match successfull in our capital city hyd.I started from home at 7.30 to capture da incidents of toss etc.......But due to heavy traffic and people i reached my seat in da stadium after gr8 walk and heavy security checks b4 da first ball delivered.

Match started and our njoyment started.As im parama veera chakra fan of sachin i started searching 4 him of da 11 men in blue.Atlast i found da tallest guy(SACHIN).Aus ended their innings giving way 2 ind Team 2 show us their bats.

Asusual indian batting started and wickets column growth started.At some stage it looked like dat wickets may increase da score.But my god Sachin and young tarang yuvi looked gud.
Anyways we ended up da mtch with loosing wid 40 runs or so.....

Even though IND lost da mtch i never felt bad.As i can cheer 4 ind frm home alone bt i hve 40k people wid me in ground.I found da unity of our people dere.

VANDEMATARAM

वन्दे मातरम्
सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम्
शस्यश्यामलां मातरम् |
शुभ्र ज्योत्स्ना पुलकित यामिनीम्
फुल्ल कुसुमित द्रुमदलशोभिनीम्,
सुहासिनीं सुमधुर भाषिणीम्
सुखदां वरदां मातरम् ||

सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम्
शस्यश्यामलां मातरम् .
शुभ्र-ज्योत्स्नाम् पुलकितयामिनीम्
फुल्लकुसुमित द्रुमदलशोभिनीम्,
सुहासिनीं सुमधुर भाषिणीम् .
सुखदां वरदां मातरम् ॥

सप्तकोटि कण्ठ कलकल निनाद कराले
द्विसप्त कोटि भुजैर्ध्रत खरकरवाले
के बोले मा तुमी अबले
बहुबल धारिणीम् नमामि तारिणीम्
रिपुदलवारिणीम् मातरम् ॥

तुमि विद्या तुमि धर्म, तुमि ह्रदि तुमि मर्म
त्वं हि प्राणाः शरीरे
बाहुते तुमि मा शक्ति,
हृदये तुमि मा भक्ति,
तोमारै प्रतिमा गडि मन्दिरे-मन्दिरे ॥

त्वं हि दुर्गा दशप्रहरणधारिणी
कमला कमलदल विहारिणी
वाणी विद्यादायिनी, नमामि त्वाम्
नमामि कमलां अमलां अतुलाम्
सुजलां सुफलां मातरम् ॥

श्यामलां सरलां सुस्मितां भूषिताम्
धरणीं भरणीं मातरम् ॥

# The fact that Vande Mataram is still popular today can be attested to by the fact that in 2002 it was the voted the second most requested song by listeners on the BBC's World Service radio. However, in the final ranking details, the origin was miscredited to a 1950's film.[20]
# Throughout its history there have been numerous remakes, recreations, and interpretations of this song. Notable is music composer A. R. Rahman's Vande Mataram released to commemorate fifty years of India's Independence in 1997 produced by Bharat Bala Productions.
# The controversy surrounding Vande Mataram is not unique. There has also been some controversy around Jana Gana Mana as the national anthem.
# This is not the only song/verse with Vande Mataram as a start.

Cricket fever grips Hyderabad

Cricket fever has gripped the city of Charminar as the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal is all set to host the third One-Day International (ODI) between India and Australia on Friday.

The Indian team had a net session on Thursday morning while the Australians practiced in the evening.

Hundreds of diehard fans were seen flocking to the stadium to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars during the Indian nets. However, many had to return disappointed as the security personnel kept them at bay.

The fans are already feeling let down by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) which sold only 15,000 tickets and distributed 34,000 complimentary passes among VIPs, HCA office-bearers, IAS and IPS officials and sponsors.

Some people, with clout in political circles, were seen running around the stadium and pleading with HCA officials for complimentaries.

A number of cricket fans alleged that HCA officials were black-marketing the tickets though HCA president and state minister for labour G Vinod has denied the allegations.

Massive security arrangements have been made by the Hyberabad Police for the match in view of the recent bomb blasts in the city and continuing terror alert. Twin blasts at a park and a famous eatery in Hyderabad on August 25 had claimed 44 lives while the blast at the historic Mecca Masjid on May 18 had killed nine people.

Dozens of workers were busy giving final touches to the stadium, geared up to host its second ODI. In the first match played in Hyderabad in 2005, South Africa had defeated India.

The seating capacity of the stadium, then 30,000, has been raised to 55,000.

The HCA authorities were cheered by the meteorological department's forecast of clear weather on Friday. Hyderabad weather office officials said thunderclouds were likely on Thursday evening but on Friday the skies would remain clear.

The HCA officials were confident of tackling a situation in the event of rains. They claim that the stadium has a good drainage system, modelled on the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg with the capacity to clear rainwater in less than 30 minutes.

The wicket is likely to prove a feast for batsmen. Curator Gopal said the wicket would help the batsmen though initially there is likely to be some moisture.

We're as good as Google: Microsoft

MICROSOFT has begun phasing in a slick new version of its Live Search service in a bid to gain ground on leading internet search rivals Google and Yahoo.

Microsoft's improved Live Search will be available throughout the US in a week and globally by the end of October, according to search and advertising platform group vice-president Satya Nadella.

"The core thing for us is to show user we made a quantum leap in search results," Nadella said while demonstrating Search at an invitation-only gathering last week at Microsoft's campus in Mountain View, California.

"This time, we feel we can claim we are as good as Google," he said.

Google, based in Mountain View, is the world's most popular internet search engine, and Yahoo ranks second.

Live, which replaced Microsoft's MSN search service in 2006, has been mired distantly in third place.

"Relevance of results has been my big gripe about Live Search in the past," Gartner analyst Van Baker said during a an event titled Searchification, at which the enhancements were unveiled.

"It fell short of Google in relevance and I think Microsoft is catching up," he said.

"The downside is Microsoft's messaging sucks. They need to give internet users a reason to give Live Search another try, and that's missing."

Microsoft says it has quadrupled its index of web pages from which search results are mined and refined software that figures out what people are seeking despite vague or misspelled queries.

The search platform is "loosely based" on the workings of the human brain so it can assess relationships between search words rather than just the presence of words on web pages, Live Search team member Ramez Naam says.

"Search is not a dark art," team member Sebastian Gard says. "It is block-and-tackle stuff. You don't need wizards and wands."

Relevant charts, maps, video and pictures are displayed on search result pages.

Microsoft's three dimensional mapping service is woven into web searches in which location is a key attribute. "Think of it as the map becoming the graphical interface for the search engine," says Microsoft's maps engineer.

The update adds BlackBerry devices to the compatible smart phones.

Microsoft has jazzed up its multimedia search to track news, trends and gossip concerning a perpetual internet hot topic: celebrities.

An X-Rank feature shows which celebrities are getting the most attention online at any given moment and what is being said about them.

Video search shows movie trailer style highlights of the content on results pages so people can decide whether to watch videos.

Product guides and reviews are built into Live shopping searches.

Health searches pinpoint online medical data using encrypted information to protect privacy, Microsoft's health services group senior director Grad Conn says.

Health query records are erased after 90 days, Conn says.

Nadella declines to specify how much Microsoft spent overhauling Live Search, saying only that it required a substantial investment to catch up with Google and Yahoo.

"The whole Live thing in general has been botched so badly by them in the branding and messaging," Baker says, referring to Live Search as a well-established number-three.

On Ian Chappell and Sachin Tendulkar

Ian Chappell thinks Sachin Tendulkar should retire. Sigh. Such comments will fly back and forth in the next few days. I hope Sunil Gavaskar will be in the thick of it, just for fun.

In my view, there are only two questions that need to be asked as far as Tendulkar’s retirement is concerned:

1. Is he still good enough to be in the Indian side?

2. Does he have the desire to play international cricket?

As long as the answers to both these questions are “yes”—and I believe they are at the moment—I don’t see why Tendulkar should retire. Comparing him to Brian Lara, as Chappell does, is pointless. Comparing him to his own past self, as Chappell also does, is equally pointless. If he’s good enough to be in the current side and wants to play, he should carry on.

Comments

This is a very hard one. Its clear that tendulkar is not the same batsman he once was - but that is only to be expected. His reflexes have slowed and he has lost that extra split-second that he used to enjoy. That makes him look more ordinary and vulnerable. But I still think he has a very compact technique. And given the lack of talent around, he can certainly hold a place in the Indian team for now. Would he make the Australian team right now - the answer is no. But there arent too many knocking on the doors of the Indian cricket team right now.

Where the team management can help him is by giving him a clear role. I think he enjoys opening the batting in one day cricket. It puts him in a positive mindset, and it allows him to enter the field when India is 0/0 - so his mind is fresh and clear. I dont think he has the adaptability to adjust his game to different scenarios when he plays in the middle overs. He ends up thinking about it too much, and not playing his natural game. So, I think Sachin should open the batting in one day cricket.

In test cricket - I think he should retire. We need to nurture a new look middle order. Sachin - in my view - is not a great test match batsman. He is good, but there have been many better than him. His only hundred in the last 2 years has been a scratchy one at kotla - and he is simply blocking the number 4 test slot. That is a slot that yuvraj should now occupy. In our test match line-up, I think we need to look at building the nucleus of a new team (batsmen between the ages of 23 and 27).

The argument for sachin to retire from both forms of the game is just that it would protect his own legacy. Ponting is going to break all the records anyway - so why should sachin protract a flailing career.

That’s a powerful argument.

T20 worldcup 2007 finals Indian celebrations after winning..

Yuvraj "6 Sixers" Full Monty

Freddie Flintoff upsets Yuvraj and he responds with a record 6 sixers in one over, off the hapless Stuart Broad in the T20 World Cup game, Ind vs Eng, Sep 2007.Yuvraj also smashes the record for the fastest ever T20 fifty - in just 12 balls