<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243</id><updated>2024-09-04T19:40:16.438-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Breakfast News</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-7914949353284822716</id><published>2010-11-30T10:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T10:07:19.888-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Swedish chef wins UK curry prize</title><content type='html'>The local,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Published: 30 Nov 10 07:57 CET&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Mohammed Razaul Karim, the head chef and owner of the prize-winning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;nodec&quot; href=&quot;http://www.thelocal.se/tag/indian&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc6600; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Indian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Garden in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;nodec&quot; href=&quot;http://www.thelocal.se/tag/stockholm&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc6600; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Stockholm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, has gained international recognition for the quality of his curries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Karim heads to London on Tuesday to receive his Curry Life Award of Excellence Prize, the Dagens Nyheter (DN) daily reported.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class=&quot;nodec&quot; href=&quot;http://www.thelocal.se/tag/bangladesh&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc6600; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bangladesh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;-born Karim moved to Sweden from London in the mid-1990s after having learned his trade at his cousin&#39;s restaurant and he makes regular visits to the UK to keep abreast of what&#39;s new on the curry front, the newspaper reported.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;It seems that the feeling is mutual, at least when it concerns Indian Garden&#39;s spicy fare, with one customer who was in London at the time, putting in a dinner order at his favourite Stockholm eatery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;”It was a British customer who lives in Stockholm, but was in the UK at the time. He had a friend who he asked to come by and pick up some food for him, when he was on his way to London,&quot; Hassan Mian at Indian Garden told The Local on Tuesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;Indian Garden is located in the Södermalm area of central Stockholm and it is not the first time that its cuisine has been recognised. DN awarded the restaurant a Golden Dragon for the best restaurant in Stockholm, in 2004.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;&quot;It was like winning the Nobel Prize. The day after, there was a long queue outside on the street. Since then, it has been fully booked every day,&quot; Karim told DN.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;The award gave Karim both an appetite and the possibility for expansion and a sister restaurant has been open closer to Medborgarplatsen. Furthermore, there are plans to open a New Indian Garden - a fine dining concept with around 200 places.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/nathanvardi/files/2010/11/duhamel.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/nathanvardi/files/2010/11/duhamel.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Source: Forbes.com&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;New Century Schoolbook&#39;, &#39;Nimbus Roman No9 L&#39;, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;For Jonathan Duhamel, the road to riches meant dropping out of a finance degree program at the University of Quebec in Montreal to concentrate on playing poker. The move paid off recently when, at the age of 23, Duhamel won the World Series of Poker’s main event and the $8.9 million prize that went with it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;New Century Schoolbook&#39;, &#39;Nimbus Roman No9 L&#39;, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;Duhamel is the latest poker champ to highlight the connection between finance and poker. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn placed 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the World Series of Poker’s main event in 2006. Aaron Brown, a former professional poker player,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=alximP6.Eta8&quot; style=&quot;color: #0f2d5f; text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;is now a risk manager&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;at Cliff Asness’ big hedge fund firm AQR Capital Management. Chris Moneymaker, who helped launch the current popularity of poker when he won the World Series of Poker’s main event in 2003 as an amateur, was an accountant. Steven Begleiter, who used to head corporate strategy at Bear Stearns and now works at a private equity firm, made the final table at the main event in 2009. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, who won the World Series main event in 2000, used to day trade at a proprietary trading firm. Billionaire banker Andrew Beal became a poker legend by challenging poker pros to some of the highest stakes games ever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia, &#39;New Century Schoolbook&#39;, &#39;Nimbus Roman No9 L&#39;, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;more-439&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia, &#39;New Century Schoolbook&#39;, &#39;Nimbus Roman No9 L&#39;, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px;&quot;&gt;“Knowing finance helps because in poker there is a lot of math, lots of probabilities and percentages you need to calculate all the time,” says Duhamel. “There is that mathematical knowledge and then after that the psychological aspect of the game.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia, &#39;New Century Schoolbook&#39;, &#39;Nimbus Roman No9 L&#39;, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px;&quot;&gt;Duhamel, who grew up in Boucherville, Quebec, says going for a finance degree was an obvious decision for him because he always excelled at math. Duhamel had ambitions at one time to become a trader or maybe start his own business. A decade ago, that probably would have been the direction his career path would have taken. Duhamel’s poker skills were developed in online poker rooms over the last five or so years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia, &#39;New Century Schoolbook&#39;, &#39;Nimbus Roman No9 L&#39;, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px;&quot;&gt;After studying for one year at university, it was tough for Duhamel to tell his father, an engineer at United Technologies unit Pratt &amp;amp;Whitney, and his mother, a bank teller, that he was dropping out of school to travel and play poker. “At first my parents were not too happy—not too many parents would be happy, but I explained to them I was taking a year off,” says Duhamel.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia, &#39;New Century Schoolbook&#39;, &#39;Nimbus Roman No9 L&#39;, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px;&quot;&gt;Duhamel’s parents have now accepted his decision. So have his friends. One of them, who is studying to become a high school teacher, pulled off&amp;nbsp; a great trade by contributing $100 to Duhamel’s $10,000 entrance fee for the World Series of Poker. Duhamel recently paid his buddy his cut of the winnings: $90,000. PokerStars, the world’s biggest online poker site, also made a good bet by sponsoring Duhamel on the eve of the World Series of Poker.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia, &#39;New Century Schoolbook&#39;, &#39;Nimbus Roman No9 L&#39;, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px;&quot;&gt;Duhamel might finish that finance degree some day, but for now he says he is going to stick to playing professional poker.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7448464365099466277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-poker-champion-doesnt-need-finance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/7448464365099466277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/7448464365099466277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-poker-champion-doesnt-need-finance.html' title='New Poker Champion Doesn’t Need A Finance Degree'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-742727872800470360</id><published>2010-11-28T01:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T23:52:07.133-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Swedish parents jailed for spanking kids</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;thelocal.se, 28th november&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to the court transcripts, the parents &quot;explained that they had used, what they themselves described as spanking, physical punishment as part of their methods for raising the children.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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The court heard that the couple had used a hairbrush, a wooden plank or a hand to punish their three eldest children, SVT reported.&lt;br /&gt;
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The court found that &quot;despite the details of the case at hand&quot; the parents &quot;had a loving and caring relationship to their children&quot;, but that the systematic treatment metered out was in breach of the law and deserving of a custodial sentence.&lt;br /&gt;
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The parents were furthermore order to pay damages of 25,000 kronor to each of the affected children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/742727872800470360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/11/swedish-parents-jailed-for-spanking.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/742727872800470360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/742727872800470360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/11/swedish-parents-jailed-for-spanking.html' title='Swedish parents jailed for spanking kids'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-7382429430114234623</id><published>2010-11-28T01:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-28T01:38:44.126-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Court affirms jail time for Pirate Bay founders</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;published on the local news paper,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thelocal.se/30454/20101126/&quot;&gt;http://www.thelocal.se/30454/20101126/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thelocal.se/30454/20101126/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;&quot;&gt;Published: 26 Nov 10 14:04 CET,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;&quot;&gt;Updated: 26 Nov 10 20:17 CET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;In addition, the court of appeal increased the compensation the defendants are required to pay up to 46 million kronor ($6.57 million). Lawyers for the entertainment industry had requested damages of 120 million kronor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7382429430114234623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/11/court-affirms-jail-time-for-pirate-bay.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/7382429430114234623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/7382429430114234623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/11/court-affirms-jail-time-for-pirate-bay.html' title='Court affirms jail time for Pirate Bay founders'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-6653927267237339288</id><published>2010-07-14T16:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-14T16:28:48.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dr Tathagat Tulsi, 22, becomes Professor Tulsi at IIT Bombay</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;from:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://in.news.yahoo.com/241/20100713/1257/tnl-dr-tathagat-tulsi-22-becomes-profess.html&quot;&gt;http://in.news.yahoo.com/241/20100713/1257/tnl-dr-tathagat-tulsi-22-becomes-profess.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;first&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;He completed high school at the age of 9, had a B.Sc at 10, an M.Sc in Physics at 12, and a PhD in Quantum Computing from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, at 21. In 2003, Time named him among the world&#39;s seven most gifted youngsters. Now, at age 22, Patna-born prodigy Tathagat Avtar Tulsi has become possibly the youngest assistant professor at IIT.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Tulsi will teach Physics at IIT Bombay from July 19, having chosen the institute over Waterloo University, Canada, and the Indian Institute of Science Education &amp;amp; Research (IISER), Bhopal, both of which had offered him jobs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQCi4RkS2zN0eGTKvs-VHzF3V-cq0ki-VP_K88B2miA40Wd2brqS3nPTQcdT93Wnd_1KvAa4n3_OCfZlikoTP6Liw6PwUMon-ChK9bc32JnOBGoJVzfccd4xw0j8wPpx__BN1R71nRVE/s1600/TH14_IIT_144050f.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQCi4RkS2zN0eGTKvs-VHzF3V-cq0ki-VP_K88B2miA40Wd2brqS3nPTQcdT93Wnd_1KvAa4n3_OCfZlikoTP6Liw6PwUMon-ChK9bc32JnOBGoJVzfccd4xw0j8wPpx__BN1R71nRVE/s320/TH14_IIT_144050f.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tathagat Avatar Tulsi (Centre) poses with his parents after becoming the youngest assistant professor in physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, in Patna on Tuesday. Photo: PTI&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;I turned down Waterloo despite an impressive pay package because I do not want to go abroad now,&quot; Tulsi told The Indian Express over the phone from Patna. &quot;My dream is to set up a lab focused on quantum computation in India, and one day help develop a largescale quantum computation-based supercomputer. IIT Bombay offers me these possibilities.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;IIT Bombay confirmed that Tulsi is set to join its faculty. In an appointment letter sent on June 30, IIT Bombay Director Prof Devang V Khakar informed Tulsi that the institute&#39;s Board of Governors was pleased to offer him assistant professorship on contract at the Department of Physics.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Hailed early as a wonder boy, Tulsi suffered humiliation in August 2001 when a delegation of scientists taken by the Department of Science &amp;amp; Technology to Lindau in Germany for an interaction with Nobel laureates, suggested that he was a &quot;fake prodigy&quot; who had &quot;mugged up&quot; jargon which he spouted unthinkingly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;A hurt Tulsi went into a shell for several years. He returned to news this February after he became the youngest holder of a PhD in India.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;Back then it hurt a lot. But I have put the humiliation behind me, and now feel that I have achieved something. I am very happy to join an IIT as faculty. I am looking forward to teaching and research,&quot; Tulsi said.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6653927267237339288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/dr-tathagat-tulsi-22-becomes-professor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/6653927267237339288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/6653927267237339288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/dr-tathagat-tulsi-22-becomes-professor.html' title='Dr Tathagat Tulsi, 22, becomes Professor Tulsi at IIT Bombay'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQCi4RkS2zN0eGTKvs-VHzF3V-cq0ki-VP_K88B2miA40Wd2brqS3nPTQcdT93Wnd_1KvAa4n3_OCfZlikoTP6Liw6PwUMon-ChK9bc32JnOBGoJVzfccd4xw0j8wPpx__BN1R71nRVE/s72-c/TH14_IIT_144050f.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-36382249400952793</id><published>2010-07-14T02:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-14T02:03:01.521-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Criminalising women behind the veil</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #797979; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;vcard author&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/gavinhewitt/gavin_hewitt/&quot; style=&quot;color: #0d3059; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Gavin Hewitt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #797979; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #797979; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;separator&quot;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #797979; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #797979; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;&quot;&gt;&lt;abbr class=&quot;published&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;&quot; title=&quot;2010-07-13T16:57:28+00:00&quot;&gt;16:57 UK time, Tuesday, 13 July 2010&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #797979; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;&quot;&gt;&lt;abbr class=&quot;published&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;&quot; title=&quot;2010-07-13T16:57:28+00:00&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #797979; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;&quot;&gt;&lt;abbr class=&quot;published&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;&quot; title=&quot;2010-07-13T16:57:28+00:00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;France&#39;s lower house of parliament has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would ban wearing the Islamic full veil in public.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #797979; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;&quot;&gt;&lt;abbr class=&quot;published&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;&quot; title=&quot;2010-07-13T16:57:28+00:00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #424242; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;So the French lower house has voted to ban the burka or niqab in a public place. It was by a massive majority: 355 to 1. The Greens and some of the Socialists abstained.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;There are still hurdles to be crossed, but France is heading to a moment when a woman wearing a full-face veil in public could be stopped by a police patrol and &lt;b&gt;fined 150 euros (£125). &lt;/b&gt;If the police gather evidence that a woman is being forced to dress in a niqab, then the man faces a very heavy fine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The mood among MPs today heading into parliament was strongly in favour of a new law. No doubt some would have been influenced by polls that suggest that up to 70% of French voters support such a ban. One French MP described veils as &quot;muzzles&quot;, and &quot;walking coffins&quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;But the main motive behind this vote was to reinforce French identity. MPs believe that those who live in, or visit, France should embrace French values. Time and again in parliament MPs argued that hiding a woman&#39;s face violates the ideal of equality and encourages segregation. The fear behind this is of separate, parallel communities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;There are only about 2,000 women in France who wear the burka or niqab. Many are recent converts to Islam. I spoke today to 26-year-old Anissa. She has been wearing the niqab for two years. She says the new law is Islamaphobic and she will not remove her veil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;I think it is against international law,&quot; she told me. &quot;Personally speaking, removing my veil is against my conscience. And I won&#39;t take it off.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;That will be one of the difficulties: enforcing such legislation. Initially there will be a six-month period where women who wear the full-face veil are stopped and told about French laws and the reasons behind them. But after that period a police officer could tell her to remove the veil or risk a fine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Clearly, in some suburbs of Paris with strong Muslim communities it would be very sensitive to order a woman to remove her veil. It will also be hard to prove that a woman is wearing a veil against her wishes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Another risk is that the ban will create martyrs. Frederic Lagache of the police union said to me today: &quot;Our concern is that some people will be manipulated by extremists and cause trouble on the streets when we stop them.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Already a businessman has offered to set up a fund to pay any fines incurred by women.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;There are also likely to be a series of legal challenges.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;But today marked an important moment in the debate over multiculturalism. Increasingly the French want new arrivals and members of ethnic minorities to integrate more. There will be those in the banlieues - the suburbs where many minorities live - who will argue that they are the ones who are prevented from integrating into mainstream French society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/36382249400952793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/criminalising-women-behind-veil.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/36382249400952793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/36382249400952793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/criminalising-women-behind-veil.html' title='Criminalising women behind the veil'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-3498855156848658183</id><published>2010-07-13T03:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T03:03:48.320-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Barefoot Bandit: Folk hero or crook?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strytmstmp&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;STORY HIGHLIGHTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_EffOr0vs1B6lkiHE1Oo9zjxK3osWN4FfXYcjA98Th92M49HmIIDb1fC7rMxguY696PyMlT1At4lMRFfZXdh7TsusfJdP3CPtez-BnB2toWkArofY8oirSmhgeFtFgtirbzNed41OCA/s1600/image5368660x.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_EffOr0vs1B6lkiHE1Oo9zjxK3osWN4FfXYcjA98Th92M49HmIIDb1fC7rMxguY696PyMlT1At4lMRFfZXdh7TsusfJdP3CPtez-BnB2toWkArofY8oirSmhgeFtFgtirbzNed41OCA/s200/image5368660x.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Washington state teenager Colton Harris-Moore reportedly began stealing at age 12&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;He became famous for allegedly stealing cars, boats and planes -- while barefoot&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The teenager was on the run from the law for two years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;He was captured Sunday morning after a high speed boat chase in the Bahamas&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;The Barefoot Bandit has more than 80,000 Facebook fans who see him as a folk hero, a modern-day Jesse James. But police say Colton Harris-Moore is a brazen 19-year-old criminal, pure and simple.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;The beginning and end of Harris-Moore&#39;s two-year run as a wanted fugitive is the stuff of Hollywood. Indeed, one studio has optioned his story. But police and some of his victims don&#39;t think he should be glamorized as he makes his first court appearance Tuesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&quot;They can never imprison a mind like yours Colton,&quot; wrote one admirer on Harris-Moore&#39;s Facebook fan page Monday, a day after he was captured during a high-speed boat chase in the Bahamas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strytmstmp&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strytmstmp&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&quot;I can understand on one level people being interested in his activities, but I think most thoughtful people, when they stop and think about it, realize he&#39;s a common criminal,&quot; said Bill Cummings, a sheriff who has been tracking Harris-Moore for years. &quot;Those who see him as a folk hero aren&#39;t looking any deeper than the surface.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strytmstmp&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strytmstmp&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/14px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;The strapping 6-foot, 5-inch high school dropout was raised by a single mother in a trailer on Camano Island off the rugged coast of Washington state.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;Local media accounts, including a detailed profile in Monday&#39;s edition of The Herald in Everett, Washington, cite court records that tell the story of a turbulent childhood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px;&quot;&gt;They can never imprison a mind like yours.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #999999; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 10px/12px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;--Facebook fan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;When Harris-Moore was a boy, his classmates called him &quot;Klepto Colt,&quot; wrote journalist Bob Friel, who lives on nearby Orcas Island. Friel&#39;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/201001/colton-harris-moore-plane-steal-1.html&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;new&quot;&gt;lengthy profile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;was published in Outside magazine in January.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;Friel wrote that he pored through hundreds of pages of court records, learning that young Colton had been referred to Child Protective Services a dozen times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s not clear how Friel gained access to these juvenile court records, which are usually sealed. Friel is writing a book on Harris-Moore&#39;s life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;As a thief, Harris-Moore started out small -- shoplifting and breaking into homes, police say.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;He earned his nickname by living in the woods and leaving bare footprints at some of his alleged crime scenes. One detective called him &quot;a feral child.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;Helen Simmons, a store owner on Camano Island, told CNN affiliate KOMO what Harris-Moore allegedly stole from her: &quot;Beef jerky, potato chips, food,&quot; she said. &quot;Never beer, never wine, just food.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;He might have remained an obscure juvenile criminal, but he gained national fame after he took to the skies, allegedly stealing and crash-landing airplanes despite never having any formal flight training.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;Fly, Colt, fly!&quot; an admirer wrote months ago on his Facebook page. The phrase has been reprinted on T-shirts and decals. Songwriters have rhapsodized about him. Time magazine published a story headlined, &quot;America&#39;s Most Wanted Teenage Bandit.&quot; People magazine has profiled him, making him a bona fide celebrity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;A movie about his high-flying escapades, tentatively titled &quot;Taking Flight: The Search for a Young Outlaw,&quot; is in the works. His mother issued a brief statement Monday saying she&#39;s glad her son is safe and that no one was hurt during his capture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;I have not yet been able to speak to him,&quot; Pamela Kohler added. &quot;It has been over two-and-a-half years since I have seen him, and I miss him terribly. I hope that it will be possible for me to see him sometime soon. However, I don&#39;t yet know when that might happen.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kirotv.com/news/24230236/detail.html&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;new&quot;&gt;CNN affiliate KIRO interviews Pamela Kohler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Kohler hired a Seattle attorney for her son, but since he is an adult, the final decision rests with Harris-Moore. The attorney, John Henry Browne, told CNN affiliate KOMO that he hopes all the pending charges can be consolidated into a single federal case in Seattle.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Harris-Moore has dodged arrest warrants since 2008, and until early Sunday morning, eluded even the FBI, which had posted a reward for his capture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Until recently, the teenager stuck close to home, reportedly hiding out in the Northwestern wilderness, including an ancient Indian burial ground accessible only by water or air, Outside magazine reported. He is also suspected of crimes in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, South Dakota and Indiana and other states.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In his Outside magazine profile, Friel tried to figure out why Harris-Moore seemed to delight in thumbing his nose at the police.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;The only hint of a motive I can dig up is a note Colt wrote to his mom after the Camano Island deputies found one of his campsites, filled with stolen merchandise,&quot; Friel wrote. &quot;His dog, Melanie, was at the camp, and the police took her. &#39;The cops wanna play, hu!?&#39; Colt wrote. &#39;It&#39;s war! Tell them that.&#39; &quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strylftcntnt&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylctcquote&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal bold 24px/27px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 244px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strylctcqcntr&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 27px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/mosaic/60x50_quote_marks.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Those who see him as a folk hero aren&#39;t looking any deeper than the surface.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #999999; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 10px/12px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;--Sheriff Bill Cummings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strylftcntnt&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylctcqrelt&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Harris-Moore&#39;s Facebook fan page includes his now-infamous self-portrait. It was found by police in a stolen camera left behind in a stolen Mercedes. He is lying on the dirt, gazing into the camera with his lips slightly upturned in a smirk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In the end, his notoriety brought about the Barefoot Bandit&#39;s downfall. Authorities suspect he stole a plane in Indiana over the July 4 weekend, which was found in the Bahamas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;A week later, a security guard at a Harbour Island resort in the islands recognized Harris-Moore as he arrived on a 15-foot skiff.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;It was 2 a.m. Sunday, and the wanted teen was running up a dock at the resort. He carried a gun and a knapsack slung over his shoulder, said resort manager Anne Ward. The guard called Ward for help. By the time she arrived, Harris-Moore had jumped on another boat, trying to escape.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;But the teen misjudged the depth of the water and the boat ran aground. By this time, a crowd had gathered to watch the drama.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Harris-Moore tossed his computer into the water and put a gun to his head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;He was going to kill himself,&quot; said Ward. &quot;Police talked him out of it.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Harris-Moore began acting out at age 10 and, according to The Everett Herald, started stealing early. By 12, he was accused of breaking into a local business, setting fire to a school and destroying property at a Thriftway grocery store, the newspaper reported.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;He pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property and in 2006, he was ordered to be in court at a juvenile justice center, a date he skipped. He soon started breaking into homes on Camano Island, and the Sheriff&#39;s Department issued a warrant for him, the newspaper reported.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s not clear how the newspaper got access to Harris-Moore&#39;s juvenile records. Harris-Moore pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary and was sentenced to more than three years in the custody of the state juvenile detention facility. He escaped from there in 2008 and has been on the run until now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The teenager&#39;s fans have embraced Harris-Moore&#39;s exploits, drawing comparisons to Frank Abagnale Jr., the con artist played by Leonardo DiCaprio in &quot;Catch Me If You Can.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;He&#39;s become the poster child for the disaffected American who doesn&#39;t care and is proving it by thumbing his nose,&quot; said Dr. Casey Jordan, a noted criminologist and professor at Western Connecticut State University.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;The potential was there for him to evolve into violent crimes, but it didn&#39;t happen,&quot; Jordan said. &quot;I see a lot of his attention seeking behavior as a cry for help.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;But Harris-Moore&#39;s alleged victims are not so charmed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Josh Flickner, who works at a grocery store in Washington state, is outraged that some people are comparing Harris-Moore with a modern-day Robin Hood.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;I know schoolteachers and other average, middle-class people that he&#39;s stolen from,&quot; said Flickner. He also said Harris-Moore used a stolen credit card at the store years ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;I remember him coming in, usually with his mom,&quot; Flickner told CNN. &quot;And I remember him always looking really suspicious, and he would stand in front of like the candy section and just stare at me to see if I was watching him,&quot; Flickner added.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cnnInline&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;Needless to say whenever he came in, we were always watching him.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/3498855156848658183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/barefoot-bandit-folk-hero-or-crook.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/3498855156848658183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/3498855156848658183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/barefoot-bandit-folk-hero-or-crook.html' title='Barefoot Bandit: Folk hero or crook?'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_EffOr0vs1B6lkiHE1Oo9zjxK3osWN4FfXYcjA98Th92M49HmIIDb1fC7rMxguY696PyMlT1At4lMRFfZXdh7TsusfJdP3CPtez-BnB2toWkArofY8oirSmhgeFtFgtirbzNed41OCA/s72-c/image5368660x.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-3046862128527671091</id><published>2010-07-04T07:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T07:19:41.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Soccer cheating that’s really unsportsmanlike</title><content type='html'>By Martin Rogers, Yahoo! 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JOHANNESBURG – The rules of soccer are jammed together in a long document provided by the sport’s governing body, FIFA. And nowhere, not once in 140 pages, is the word “cheating” mentioned. &lt;br /&gt;
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Given the stubborn refusal by the men in charge to admit that cheating is either a serious problem, or needs fixing, perhaps its omission should come as no surprise.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Ghana&#39;s John Pantsil speaks with referee Olegario Benquerenca as John Mensah lies on the field. (Dominic Barnardt/Getty Images) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
But what this World Cup has proved without any doubt is that unfair and unsporting behavior is rife within the “beautiful game” and is a stain on the sport’s credibility.&lt;br /&gt;
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Few, if any, games at this tournament have passed without clear and blatant attempts to gain an unjust advantage. Some teams are worse than others, but no one is blameless.&lt;br /&gt;
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And still FIFA refuses to act. Still, it fails to address what may be its biggest problem.&lt;br /&gt;
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“We have footballers cheating and taking advantage of it to get a result,” said former elite referee Kenny Clark of Scotland.&lt;br /&gt;
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Uruguay’s Luis Suarez was lambasted internationally for the intentional handball on the goal line that kept his team alive in Friday’s quarterfinal. Suarez was red-carded but Ghana missed the ensuing penalty kick, allowing the South Americans to progress to the semifinals in a penalty shootout.&lt;br /&gt;
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While Suarez’s action was both instinctive and understandable, plenty of other incidents are premeditated and affect soccer’s reputation. In fact, before you get too upset at the misfortune that befell Ghana thanks to Suarez’s handball and Asamoah Gyan’s subsequent miss and meltdown, think back to the extra time period.&lt;br /&gt;
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That was when the Ghanians used every trick and tactic to waste time and slow down the tempo of the game. On five separate occasions, a Ghana player fell to the turf expressing varying degrees of mortal wounding only to bounce back to his feet after a couple of minutes of groaning.&lt;br /&gt;
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Earlier in the tournament, Brazil’s Kaka was unjustly red-carded when Kader Keita of the Ivory Coast feigned injury after colliding with the former World Player of the Year and spending minutes writhing on the ground in mock agony. Then there was German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who gleefully admitted that the way he hurriedly played on against England may have “fooled” the referee into thinking that Frank Lampard’s shot had not crossed the line for a tying goal.&lt;br /&gt;
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Perhaps the worst moment of all at this World Cup was the way Joan Capdevila of Spain flopped dramatically in the round-of-16 victory over Portugal to provoke Ricardo Costa’s sending off. That Capdevila remains in the tournament and was eligible to face Paraguay in Saturday’s quarterfinal was a travesty.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is not like FIFA doesn’t have options to address these problems. It is all powerful in the soccer world. It could take action on these other blatant displays of cheating, but it doesn’t.&lt;br /&gt;
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Perhaps FIFA assumes that the soccer public now simply expects unscrupulous actions from players and it uses that as a shield for its lack of activity. But if just once, like when Brazil’s Rivaldo was hit in the thigh in 2002 and went down clutching his face, a Keita, a Neuer or a Capdevila was sent home and banished from the tournament for their deliberate deception, the problem would swiftly clear up.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is the World Cup, the world’s game, and it deserves better. It deserves a governing body with some spine. And it deserves an environment where cheats cannot prosper.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/3046862128527671091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/soccer-cheating-thats-really.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/3046862128527671091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/3046862128527671091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/soccer-cheating-thats-really.html' title='Soccer cheating that’s really unsportsmanlike'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v5lBrGu5aOfQzUae5FH7m7THQtXiMzViXOX90n1drVqC7TfwXwkeMbUXWE_uma-w8_HknS7rbeEmBG-wCipw5z4hrh02-xUoP_MaARKD5gEOhxPQgWFEDKMTS0WcMPdPzx4zoKHKhbQ/s72-c/1278183983.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-3656356249323405934</id><published>2010-07-03T14:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T14:16:15.261-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bangladeshis slump to 149-run defeat</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;magAthr&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Cricinfo staff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magDate&quot; style=&quot;color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, &#39;Arial Narrow&#39;, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;July 3, 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magDate&quot; style=&quot;color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, &#39;Arial Narrow&#39;, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sussex&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;253 (Brown 58, Thornely 56) beat&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Bangladeshis&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;104 (Panesar 3-21, Anyon 3-27) by 149 runs&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magDate&quot; style=&quot;color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, &#39;Arial Narrow&#39;, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Bangladesh made an inauspicious start to the one-day leg of their tour of the British Isles, as a second-string Sussex side hammered them by 149 runs at Hove. Chasing 254 for victory following fifties for Michael Thornely and Ben Brown, Bangladesh stumbled to 85 for 7 in the 22nd over, before being bowled out for 104.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/3656356249323405934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/bangladeshis-slump-to-149-run-defeat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/3656356249323405934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/3656356249323405934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/bangladeshis-slump-to-149-run-defeat.html' title='Bangladeshis slump to 149-run defeat'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-616091761095298023</id><published>2010-07-02T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T11:04:26.666-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Flying car coming soon</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdMlPqy8BsRTS-HEYcP8j2iQJ30Z5xqpODawOn5w9IF7X1RdDiOx3In8p1KpE6o3JQ6enX73zkYgKKgjqXuK3o9kustbX6DITYh2UCM7028cPn5nkpq9YnS7J7MrA6KKuqHnXECXlqY8/s1600/100702-Terrafugia-plane-9a.grid-6x2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdMlPqy8BsRTS-HEYcP8j2iQJ30Z5xqpODawOn5w9IF7X1RdDiOx3In8p1KpE6o3JQ6enX73zkYgKKgjqXuK3o9kustbX6DITYh2UCM7028cPn5nkpq9YnS7J7MrA6KKuqHnXECXlqY8/s320/100702-Terrafugia-plane-9a.grid-6x2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;i1&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;MSNBC.MSN.WASHINGTON — If cars had wings, they could fly — and that just might happen, beginning next year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Mass., says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2011. It recently cleared a major hurdle when the Federal Aviation Administration granted a special weight limit exemption to the Transition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;It&#39;s the next &#39;wow&#39; vehicle,&quot; said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh. &quot;Anybody can buy a Ferrari, but as we say, Ferraris don&#39;t fly.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The Transition is a long way from cartoon dad George Jetson&#39;s flying car zooming above traffic, or even the magical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;There is no launch button on the (instrument) panel,&quot; Gersh noted.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Rather, the car-plane has wings that unfold for flying — a process the company says takes one minute — and fold back up for driving. A runway is still required to takeoff and land.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The Transition is being marketed more as a plane that drives than a car that flies, although it is both. The company has been working with FAA to meet aircraft regulations, and with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to meet vehicle safety regulations&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The company is pitching the Transition to private pilots as a more convenient — and cheaper — way to fly. They say it eliminates the hassle trying to find another mode of transportation to get to and from airports: You drive the car to the airport and then you&#39;re good to go. 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&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The plane is designed to fly primarily under 10,000 feet. It has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,430 pounds, including fuel and passengers. Gas mileage on the road is about 30 mpg.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Terrafugia says the Transition reduces the potential for an accident by allowing pilots to drive&amp;nbsp;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;According to the Swedish Government, the Royal Family includes the following:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The King and Queen: &lt;br /&gt;
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HM King Carl XVI Gustav (since September 15, 1973), born on April 30, 1946. &lt;br /&gt;
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The King&#39;s children with the Queen: &lt;br /&gt;
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HRH Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland, born on July 14, 1977. &lt;br /&gt;
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HRH Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, born on May 13, 1979. &lt;br /&gt;
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HRH Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, born on June 10, 1982. &lt;br /&gt;
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HRH Princess Birgitta, Princess of Hohenzollern, born on January 19, 1937. &lt;br /&gt;
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The King&#39;s aunt (widow of the King&#39;s uncle Prince Bertil): &lt;br /&gt;
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HRH Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, born on August 30, 1915. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Victoria wedding:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
It&#39;s more than 30 years since the last Swedish royal wedding and Swedes have long looked forward to a grand royal bash. Preparations are already underway for the big day in Stockholm, the 700-year-old capital city. The city is sure to be resplendent for this most auspicious of occasions and there will be a huge turnout for the pomp and ceremony. &lt;br /&gt;
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Crown Princess Victoria was first brought up in the Royal Palace situated in the Old Town (Gamla Stan) area of Stockholm and later at Drottningholm Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the best preserved 18th-century palace in Sweden. Daniel Westling, her beau and Stockholm gym owner, comes from Ockelbo, a small town in the province of Gästrikland.&lt;br /&gt;
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The couple will be married at the Great Church (Storkyrkan) in the heart of the Old Town, just a stone&#39;s throw from the Royal Palace. The church pre-dates the palace by some 400 years and when the palace was completed around the beginning of the 18th century, the church was given a makeover as it was considered too &#39;mediaeval&#39;. Storkyrkan is a wonderfully impressive, peaceful and meditative place to be and well worth a visit. Following their betrothal, the new royal couple will take up residence in the &#39;still being renovated&#39; Haga Palace, built in 1802, in Haga Park just north of central Stockholm. It is here that Victoria&#39;s father King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden was born and raised with his four sisters. There has been some controversy over the choice of residence as until recently the palace and grounds were open to the public. With the royal couple moving in, the building and portions of the grounds will be cordoned off for security reasons. This has left some local joggers, dog owners and other park users less than pleased. Haga Park is wildly popular with Stockholmers the year-round for its lakeside beauty spots and views, forests, jogging paths and relaxed atmosphere. &lt;br /&gt;
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As the Swedish royal family has several royal residences, Daniel will have to get used to a bit of travelling. The family spends the summer at Solliden Palace, a gorgeous building in the Italian country house style, located on the beautiful east-coast island of Öland. Wintertime, the couple usually head for the ski resort at Storlien, 700 km north-west of Stockholm, and not far from Åre, perhaps northern Europe&#39;s finest ski resort. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Carl&#39;s&amp;nbsp;story:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Miss Hellqvist made her name when she appeared in a Swedish men&#39;s magazine with only a pair of bikini bottoms and a writhing, mottled snake to preserve her modesty.&lt;br /&gt;
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While the prince is believed to have met his new girlfriend&#39;s family, it is understood that Miss Hellqvist has not been introduced to any of his relations.&lt;br /&gt;
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The pair are said to have become close last summer after meeting in the fashionable seaside resort town of Bastad. &lt;br /&gt;
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They are said to have been on secret trips together in Sweden and New York.&lt;br /&gt;
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The 30-year-old prince, who drives Porsche racing cars and is regarded as one of the world&#39;s most eligible bachelors, has so far refused to confirm or deny the relationship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;We have no comment to make at all,&quot; said the head of the royal press department, Nina Eldh.&lt;br /&gt;
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The prince was ranked ninth in a list of &quot;the 20 hottest young royals&quot; compiled by Forbes magazine in 2008 behind Princes William and Harry, who were first and second, and Zara Phillips, who was third.&lt;br /&gt;
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As the only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, the prince was the heir to the throne for a few months after he was born in 1979.&lt;br /&gt;
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But in 1980 the rules of succession were changed and the principle of primogeniture was introduced. &lt;br /&gt;
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His sister, Crown Princess Victoria, 32, is now the heir. &quot;He comes across as the black sheep of the family,&quot; a commentator on the Swedish royal family said yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;Now that he is no longer next in line to the throne, he does his own thing.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;He&#39;s a racing car driver and a bit of a wild child. But he also designs his own range of cutlery and is studying at an agricultural college in southern Sweden.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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The prince, who also carries the title Duke of Varmland, has been a regular on Stockholm&#39;s nightclub scene after breaking up last year with Emma Pernald, a public relations executive who had been his girlfriend for 10 years. &lt;br /&gt;
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Miss Pernald told Expressen, a Swedish magazine, that she and the prince made a mutual decision to go their separate ways, but gave no further details on the exact reason for the split.&lt;br /&gt;
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The prince&#39;s new love, who has also appeared on Paradise Hotel, a popular reality television show in which a group of single people are marooned in a luxurious tropical resort and compete to find a partner, could cause some awkward scenes this summer when Crown Princess Victoria, marries her boyfriend, a commoner and the owner of a gym, in a church next to the royal palace in Stockholm.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Telegraph, London&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Princess Madeleine:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
As well as her native tongue of Swedish, she&#39;s fluent in German, French and English. And in January 2003 she enrolled at the prestigious University of Stockholm, where she pursued a history of art course – later embarking on a further course in ethnology. &lt;br /&gt;
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Committed to her studies while maintaining her passions for skiing and horseriding – she owned her own horses for a time and entered showjumping competitions under the name Anna Svensson – the young princess also stepped up her involvement in royal duties. She is patron of high-profile charity Min Stora Dag and has interned for UNICEF in New York, working for the Child Protective Services division. &lt;br /&gt;
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In 2002, Cupid struck when the young princess – aged 20 at the time – was introduced to lawyer Jonas Bergstrom by mutual friends. A first date at an Italian restaurant in the upmarket neighbourhood of Ostermalm in Stockholm followed, and after a seven-year courtship the palace announced that the pretty blonde princess was engaged to her long-term love. &lt;br /&gt;
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In an interview, a Madeleine revealed that handsome Jonas had popped the question during a romantic holiday in Capri. &lt;br /&gt;
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The wedding was expected at the end of 2010 – after her big sister Crown Princess Victoria&#39;s summer wedding with her gym-owner fiancé Daniel Westling, and after the country&#39;s legislative elections, pencilled in for October 1.&lt;br /&gt;
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But it was not to be. Rumours began to circulate at the start of 2010 that the couple&#39;s relationship was in crisis. After denials from Jonas and Queen Silvia the Palace finally issued a statement saying that the couple had &quot;gone their seperate ways&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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The announcement came following claims Jonas had been unfaithful to Madeleine with a Norwegian student during a skiing holiday.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;&quot;&gt;এই লোকটির নাম ব্যারিস্টার মোহাম্মদ নাজিব মোমেন। রাজাকার সম্রাট মতিউর রহমান নিজামীর তিন নাম্বার ছেলে। পড়ালেখা করেছে ঢাকা ইউনিভার্সিটতে দুই বছর তারপর রাজনৈতিক কারনে ঢাকা ইউনিভার্সিটি ছেড়ে দিতে হয়। চলে যান সৌদি আরব। সেখানে আরবী ভাষার উপর পড়ালেখা করতেন। তিনি ১৯৯৭ সালে উচ্চ মাধ্যমিক পরীক্ষায় পাশ করেন। লন্ডনে উচ্চতর শিক্ষার জন্য আসেন,এবং বিষয় হিসেবে আইন বেছে নেন। ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ নর্দাম্বিয়া( আইকন কলেজ) থেকে আইনে স্নাতক ডিগ্রী নিয়ে সিটি ল কলেজ থেকে বার এট ল ডিগ্রী লাভ করে ২০০৯ সালে। দেশে ফিরে যান ২০১০ সালের শুরুতে। এই লোক,নিশ্চিত ভাবেই জামাতে ইসলামীর অনেক বড় বড় সংগঠনের সাথে জড়িত। তার বোনের স্বামী মোমিন, লন্ডনে জামাতের একজন বড় নেতা এবং বাবার পক্ষে আইনী যুদ্ধ পরিচালনার জন্য আরেক জামাতী আইঞ্জীবি ব্যারিস্টার আব্দুর রাজ্জাকের সাথে বর্তমানে কর্মরত। বিয়ে করেছেন ইস্টলন্ডন মসজিদের ইমামের মেয়েকে। লন্ডনে থাকা কালীন লন্ডন জামাতী ইস্লামীকে শক্তিশালী করণের উদ্যোগ নেয় এই নাজিব মোমেন। কোনো রকম যোগ্যতার পরীক্ষা ও ইন্টারভিউ ছাড়াই শুধু জামাতী কানেকশনের জন্য ইস্টলন্ডন মসজিদের লাইব্রেরীর দায়িত্ব দেয়া হয় নিজামীর এই তিন নাম্বার ছেলেকে। এই লোকের দিকে চোখ রাখুন। তিনি জামাতের হবু নেতা হিসেবে ধীরে ধীরে এগিয়ে যাচ্ছে বলেই বিভিন্ন সূত্র বলাবলি করছে।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot; class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwETVtxi7HmviIdGXIlSet2ypqCEOh2gZ9YfaXJUkzYOb-V3TmgDcoujOZJf9-66pn4qt40TZf8ysl_yM4IDb1AbWnT51VBpR9LIh_I6iEV1ubBQ_HyzSTu4eU-cJs-OnqzAG3oWw_yE/s1600/2.bmp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; qu=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwETVtxi7HmviIdGXIlSet2ypqCEOh2gZ9YfaXJUkzYOb-V3TmgDcoujOZJf9-66pn4qt40TZf8ysl_yM4IDb1AbWnT51VBpR9LIh_I6iEV1ubBQ_HyzSTu4eU-cJs-OnqzAG3oWw_yE/s320/2.bmp&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;এর পরে যাকে উপরের ছবিতে আপ্নারা দেখতে পাচ্ছেন তার নাম হাসান ইকবাল ওয়ামী । এসএসসি ও এইচএসসি ন্যাশনাল ব্যাংক স্কুল ও কলেজ থেকে। ইসলামি ইউনিভার্সিটি থেকে মিডিয়া এন্ড ম্যাস কমিনিকেশনে অনার্স করেছেন, এখন মাস্টার্স শেষ করেছে। শেষ সংবাদ অনুযায়ী ওয়ামী ফ্রান্সে ছিলো। তার একটি বিশেষ পরিচয় হলো সে কুখ্যাত রাজাকার, জামাতের সহকারী সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল কামরুজ্জমানের পুত্র। একসময় ব্লগিং করতো সামহোয়্যার ইনে। মুক্তিযোদ্ধাদের কুকুর বলে সম্বোধন করাতে পুরো ব্লগ ফুঁসে ওঠে। প্রচন্ড রকমের দৌড়ানি খায় মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সমর্থনকারী ব্লগারদের কাছে। দেখুন -&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot; class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwI765S7AkGYg0naqLkx3m1NlAA3wYAVERbM01Lr18LSUmV2ZfDrcHQeQ0O-4JgYUz3siLnhajuCcsQBmCgmXyvUtOo1PUXV4p5YH-vNPza1z4H7yYWJYIXP8dK76Y7OoXM2WlyEuH-o/s1600/3.bmp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;313&quot; qu=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwI765S7AkGYg0naqLkx3m1NlAA3wYAVERbM01Lr18LSUmV2ZfDrcHQeQ0O-4JgYUz3siLnhajuCcsQBmCgmXyvUtOo1PUXV4p5YH-vNPza1z4H7yYWJYIXP8dK76Y7OoXM2WlyEuH-o/s400/3.bmp&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;এর মধ্যে খুব ইন্টারেস্টিং ঘটনাটি হচ্ছে,উত্তরাধুনিক কবি ও ধর্ষনকারী কবি সমিতির প্রধান ব্রাত্য রাইছু যিনি সকলের কাছে পৌনে পাতলুন ঢাঁইষু হিসেবে পরিচিত, তিনি এই রাজাকারের বাচ্চার এত বড় অন্যায়ের পর তার পক্ষে সাফাই গেয়ে একটি ব্লগ রচনা করেছিলেন। নীচে তার স্ক্রীন শট দেয়া হলো-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot; class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl87o5pipmMY0CNE8WviCKfcHKTW70VOH6U3YFjkoUxmMvUA515bFgAWaH5hm99M23m6tEJvcBVgnUPGTv-UO0ridLs16hnAjk0Rli63kW73oAuCoPp7w-TwAwadPoa4nt0KF1YX4mqM/s1600/4.bmp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; qu=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl87o5pipmMY0CNE8WviCKfcHKTW70VOH6U3YFjkoUxmMvUA515bFgAWaH5hm99M23m6tEJvcBVgnUPGTv-UO0ridLs16hnAjk0Rli63kW73oAuCoPp7w-TwAwadPoa4nt0KF1YX4mqM/s320/4.bmp&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;জামাতের সক্রিয় সদস্য এবং আন্তর্জাতিক ফান্ডের জন্য জামাতের অন্যতম প্রতিনিধিকারী এই ওয়ামী। ওয়ার্ল্ড এসোসিয়েশন অফ ইসলামিক ফান্ড নামে মধ্যপ্রাচ্যের একটি জঙ্গী সঙ্গগঠনের সরাসরি বাংলাদেশ এজেন্ট এই ওয়ামী। ওয়ামী আগে থেকেই গোপনে রাজনীতিতে সক্রিয় ছিলো। এখন জোরে শোরে শোনা যাচ্ছে তার ২০১৩ সালে এম পি ইলেকশন করবার কথা। চিনে রাখুন এই জানোয়ার কে।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;ছবিতে দেখা যাচ্ছে একজন বিদেশী নারীর সাথে ঢলা-ঢলিতে মত্ত ওয়ামী। অথচ ব্লগে ও বিভিন্ন জায়গায় এই লোক ও তার রাজাকার বাপ-চাচারা আল্লাহর শাষন চেয়ে বেড়াচ্ছে। দেখে রাখুন একদিন বাংলাদেশের জনগণ, মানে আমরাই হয়ত এদেরকে ভোট দিয়ে নির্বাচিত করব। &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot; class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPto04Xc8pxmHRhTSfCMpeJ-POiQzmER-QFQ5JIbveYPDoQf2zusvwLrDsnrS3u547yv11y3K7TQ0v884bOHRG2XqSCSiKtyI0AncOgdr2JTEi3dToz4q8l0V5gwjR1Kso03az3J5qkK8/s1600/6.bmp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; qu=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPto04Xc8pxmHRhTSfCMpeJ-POiQzmER-QFQ5JIbveYPDoQf2zusvwLrDsnrS3u547yv11y3K7TQ0v884bOHRG2XqSCSiKtyI0AncOgdr2JTEi3dToz4q8l0V5gwjR1Kso03az3J5qkK8/s320/6.bmp&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;উপরের ছবিটির এই চরিত্রের নাম ব্যারিস্টার আন্দালিব রহমান পার্থ। বিজেপি (মঞ্জুর) বর্তমান চেয়ারম্যান ও এম পি । চার দলীয় জোটের অন্যতম শরীক। ভোলা থেকে নির্বাচিত। ইংল্যান্ডের উল্ভার হ্যাম্পটন ইউনিভার্সিটির ছাত্র ছিলো পার্থ। টিউশন নিয়েছে হল্বর্ন কলেজ থেকে। বার এট ল করেছে সিটি ল স্কুল থেকে। লিঙ্কন্স ইনের মেম্বার। বাবা নাজিউর রহমান মঞ্জুরের শত শত কোটি দূর্নীতির টাকায় লন্ডনে শুধু মদ আর নারী নিয়ে কাটিয়েছিলো এই পার্থ। ইউনিভার্সিটির পুরোটাই এসাইন্মেন্ট বেস থাকাতে হাজার হাজার পাউন্ড দিয়ে অন্য ছাত্রকে দিয়ে এসাইনমেন্ট করিয়ে নিতো আজকের এই কেতা দূরস্ত এম্পি।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;কথিত আছে তার বাবা নাজিউর, এরশাদের প্রায় আড়াই হাজার কোটি টাকা মেরে দিয়েছিলো। এরশাদ জেলে যাবার সময় বিশ্বাস করে এই অর্থ নাজিউরকে দিয়ে গিয়েছিলো। পার্থ বিয়ে করেছে শেখ হেলালের মেয়ে আনমনা কে। উল্লেখ্য যে শেখ হাসিনার ফুফাতো বোন মানে শেখ সেলিমের বোনের সাথে বিয়ে হয়েছিলো নাজিউর রহমান মঞ্জুরের। এর মানে হচ্ছে, পার্থর খালা শেখ হাসিনা। &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;ঘরে অপরূপা স্ত্রী থাকার পরেও আজীবন মেয়েদের পিছনে দৌড়ে বেড়িয়েছেন আমাদের এই নেতাজী। তিনি একসময় ঢাকার ধানমন্ডিতে নিউ ক্যাসেল ল একাডেমিতে পড়াতেন। সেখানকার ছাত্রী এরিনা কে নিয়ে নিউ ক্যাসেল ল একাডেমীর দ্বিতীয় তলায় কোলে নিয়ে বসে থাকতেন। তার কিছুদিন পরে এরিনাকে নিয়ে তিনি সিঙ্গপুরে প্রোমদ ভমন করে আসেন। ছোট বেলা থেকেই মারামারিতে ওস্তাদ ছিলো এই পার্থ । পিস্তল নিয়ে একে তাকে বুকে ঠেকিয়ে রাখা তার কাছে ডাল ভাতের মত ছিলো। ২০০৩ সালে ব্যারিস্টার রাহাত খলিল কে দিনে দুপুরে পিস্তল দিয়ে সবার সামনে ভয় দেখায় তার প্রতিষ্ঠান বি এস এল এর ক্যাম্পাসে। তার গাজীপুরের বাগানবাড়ীতে প্রায় সপ্তাহেই রাজনীতি বিদদের জলযাত্রার আসর হয়ে থাকে। তবে তিনি এখন আমাদের প্রভু। তার প্রতি আমাদের শ্রদ্ধা রেখে বাত-চিত করা প্রয়োজন।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot; class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEMBZseGWP0tTLmEl8Ah5s3oCBtFKaNTImzrEEhD4P8_DUCmLjXc8U4IvOKxUrCqEWC-JA7rbWXMqFOCUPb5IsccC7Gj7w-BISk_px_pMx284tLn47FL4qhV-AOwmB2eOUuvT70-X85A/s1600/7.bmp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; qu=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEMBZseGWP0tTLmEl8Ah5s3oCBtFKaNTImzrEEhD4P8_DUCmLjXc8U4IvOKxUrCqEWC-JA7rbWXMqFOCUPb5IsccC7Gj7w-BISk_px_pMx284tLn47FL4qhV-AOwmB2eOUuvT70-X85A/s320/7.bmp&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;এইবার উপরের ছবিতে যাকে দেখছেন তিনি উপরে বর্ণিত পার্থ সাহেবের সবচাইতে ছোট ভাই ওয়াসেক রহমান অঞ্জনের। মানে নাজিউর রহমান মঞ্জুরের ছোট ছেলে তিনি। অঞ্জন ২০০৯ সালে ব্যারিস্টার হন কলেজ অফ ল থেকে। অনার্স করেন কুইন মেরী ইউনি থেকে। বড় ভাইয়ের মত না হলেও কম জাননা অঞ্জন সাহেব। লন্ডনে এক রাতে (২০০৯ এর সেপ্টম্বর) কোরাল বেটিং সেন্টারে ৩ হাজার পাউন্ড উড়িয়ে দেয়ার মত রেকর্ড আছে এই ধনীর দুলালের। কোনো চাকরী করার তো প্রশ্নই আসেনা । বাবার রেখে যাওয়া দূর্নীতির টাকায় মৌজ আর মাস্তি করেই সময় কেটেছে এই অঞ্জন সাহেবের। অত্যন্ত ধূর্ত এই লোকের ক্যাসিনো আর নারী ছিলো নিত্যসঙ্গী। ছাত্র হিসেবে অবশ্য অঞ্জন বেশ ভালো ছিলো। এই অঞ্জন ২০১৩ সালে ভোলা ১ অথবা দুই থেকে নির্বাচন করবে ( যে আসন থেকে তার মেঝ ভাই শান্ত নির্বাচন করেছে ২০০৮ সালের নির্বাচনে) । চিনে রাখুন এই ব্যারিস্টার সাহেবকে। তিনি হতে পারেন আপনাদের এক সময়ের ভাগ্য বিধাতা।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;এবার ছবিতে যাকে দেখছেন তার নাম সুদীপ্ত। আওয়ামীলীগের প্রভাবশালী এম্পি ও অভিনেতা আসাদুজ্জামান নূরের একমাত্র ছেলে। লন্ডনে এসেছিলো ২০০৭ সালে। বিবিএ পড়তে। বাবার কাছ থেকে টাকা নিয়েছিলো মেট্রোপলিটান ইউনিতে পড়বে বলে। কিন্তু ভর্তি হয়েছিলো লন্ডনের একটি ভিসা কলেজে। প্রায় তিন মাসে ১৬০০০ পাউন্ড উড়িয়ে দেয়া এই ছেলে সারাটাদিন বিভোর হয়ে থাকত গাঁজায় আর ড্রাগসে। ৩ বছর এই দেশে থেকে , কোনো পড়ালেখা শেষ না করে এই মূহূর্তে ঢাকায় আছে। রাজনীতি করবার তার খুব ইচ্ছা বলেই বন্ধু মহলে বলে থাকে। চিনে নিন এই আশু নেতাকে। তিনি গাঞ্জায় গাঞ্জায় আপনার দেশ ভরিয়ে দিতে পারবে।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot; class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_7YxwfnQC1emKFrnV001ROBlFZV95TDzZoTA6SmQeANqeETQrR5lCqi5csJ68yb8Jc3U9gEWKcA7j7_Rt5O46U3Yx3Fcv1ihW01t9HM5KXia6hSn9jhQq7Hk65HXBrQO_UA8YQUOw8I/s1600/9.bmp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; qu=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_7YxwfnQC1emKFrnV001ROBlFZV95TDzZoTA6SmQeANqeETQrR5lCqi5csJ68yb8Jc3U9gEWKcA7j7_Rt5O46U3Yx3Fcv1ihW01t9HM5KXia6hSn9jhQq7Hk65HXBrQO_UA8YQUOw8I/s320/9.bmp&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;উপরের ছবিতে যেই ধোপ দুরস্ত ভদ্রলোককে দেখছেন, তার নাম হচ্ছে নাজমুল চৌধুরী শারুন। এই ভদ্রলোকও লন্ডনে থাকেন। চট্রগ্রাম ১১ মানে পটিয়ার এম পি শামসুল চৌধুরীর পূত্র এই শারুন। অন্য সব এম্পি ও মন্ত্রী পূত্র থেকে মানের দিক থেকে খানিকটা উন্নত। কারণ অন্যসব নেতাদের ছেলেরা যেখানে মদ-গাঁজা নিয়ে পড়ে থাকে সেখানে এই শারুন সাহেব অলগেট এলাকাতে একটি মিডিয়া রিলিটেড ব্যবসা প্রতিষ্ঠান স্থাপন করেছে ।বর্তমানে টু-পাইস কামানোর জন্য ঢাকায় অবস্থান করছেন।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;শারুন সাহেব আইন বিষয়ে স্নাতক করেছেন মেট্রোপলিটন ইউনি থেকে। ব্লু বেরী ফোন, গুচির চশমা, আরমানির জিন্স,লেকোস্টির স্নিকার, পরিহিত এই যুবিকের সবচাইতে বড় গুণ হচ্ছে তিনি কোনো রকমের আটকানো ছাড়া ও সংকোচ ছাড়া মিথ্যা বলে যেতে পারেন। চাপার জোর মাশাল্লাহ সাংঘাতিক।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;তার বাবা চট্রগ্রাম আবাহনীর মালিক ও একাধিক গার্মেন্টসের মালিক। আশা করা যাচ্ছে যে এই শারুন সাহেব তার ধূর্ত বুদ্ধি দিয়ে বাবার এসব সম্পদ রক্ষা করতে পারবেন। ভয়ংকর ব্যাপারটি হলো, তার রাজনীতিতে ব্যাপক আগ্রহ এবং তার বাবা হয়ত ছেলের এইসব প্রতিভা দেখে তাকেই রাজনীতিতে স্থান করে দিবে। আপ্নারা চিনে রাখুন এই নেতাকে। একদিন সংসদে তিনি আমাদের ভাগ্য বিধাতা হতে পারেন।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;উপরের ছবিতে যাকে দেখা যাচ্ছে তার নাম গালিবুর রহমান শরীফ। তার বাবা আওয়ামীলীগের একজন এম পি ও তিনবার নির্বাচিত প্রিতিনিধি। কিছুদিন আগে এই এম পি সাহেব মানে শামসুর রহমান শরীফ সাহেব ট্রেনে টিকেট না পেয়ে এক স্টেশন মাস্টারকে শারিরীক নির্যাতন করেছেন। তার দল বল দিয়ে পিটিয়েছেন। তার ছেলে গালিব আরো দুই থেকে পাঁচ কাঠি সরেস। ২০০১ সালে ধানমন্ডি ৩২ নাম্বারে দল বল সহ এই গালিব পিটিয়ে আসেন তারই আরেক বন্ধু নিজামুদ্দিন আল খশরুকে একটি মেয়ে ঘটিত বিষয় নিয়ে। এর পর ২০০২-২০০৩ সালের অর্থ বছরে ধান্মন্ডি ৩/এ সড়কের সন্ত্রাসী সম্রাট,আমিন ও জুনু গংদের হাতে বেদম মার খান এই গালিব। পরে এর প্রতিশোধ হিসেবে সম্রাটের কাজিন সোহাসকে এম্পি হোস্টেলে উঠিয়ে নিয়ে এই এম্পি পূত্র বেদম মার-ধোর করেন। পরে সোহাসের মাথায় ১৪ টি সেলাই দিতে হয়। এইসব ঝামেলার বশবর্তী হয়ে গালিব সাহেবকে তার বাবা লন্ডনে পাঠিয়ে দেন। পড়ালেখা করতে এসে গালিব সাহেব তা এখন পর্যন্ত শুরু করেন নি। আইন বিভাগে তিনি সুদীর্ঘ ৫ বছর ক্রমাগত অনুর্ত্তীর্ণ হয়েছেন বলেই একটি বিশ্বস্ত সূত্রের মাধ্যমে জানা যায়। &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;সবচাইতে ভয়ের ব্যাপার হচ্ছে এই গালিব সাহেব রাজনীতিতে আসতে চান। তার জীবনের একমাত্র ধ্যান জ্ঞানই হচ্ছে বাবার ইশ্বরদী-৪ এর আসনটি বগ্ল দাবা করার। যে ছেলে একটি অর্থ ধার করলে সেটি আর কোনোদিনি ফেরত দেয়নি, যে ছেলে মারা-মারি,কাটা-কাটি তার জীবনের ব্রত হিসেবে নিয়েছে, যে ছেলে পড়ালেখা করেনি, সে ছেলেই হতে যাচ্ছে আপনাদের এম্পি। প্রিয় পাবনাবাসী, আপ্নারা চিনে রাখুন আপনাদের এই এম্পি পূত্রকে। একদিন তিনি আপনাদের বিধাতা হবেন।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot; class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuGnRnSgRNWvcPGJ47QMmi6lQ-0cnoPPeBFTiY8w05UunJunDoL6RNk28k5ynGVoXkQNKsZ5tinF2hsYxv1VbsbCSbtiHY2ilV_FPrHZebB-aE114Rst7Rt5BjbJGcRTl9enDiI1Di04/s1600/11.bmp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; qu=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuGnRnSgRNWvcPGJ47QMmi6lQ-0cnoPPeBFTiY8w05UunJunDoL6RNk28k5ynGVoXkQNKsZ5tinF2hsYxv1VbsbCSbtiHY2ilV_FPrHZebB-aE114Rst7Rt5BjbJGcRTl9enDiI1Di04/s320/11.bmp&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;উপরের এই ছবিটি হচ্ছে চট্রগ্রামের মেয়র এবি এম মহিউদ্দীনের দ্বিতীয় স্ত্রীর বড় সন্তান চৌধুরী মহিবুল হাসান নওফেলের। লন্ডন স্কুল অফ ইকোনোমিক্সের ল এন্ড এনথ্রোপলজীর ছাত্র ছিলেন এই নওফেল সাহেব। বার এট ল করেছেন কলেজ অফ ল থেকে। একটি সূত্র থেকে জানা যায় যে, তিনি জন্সমক্ষে উক্তি করেছিলেন যে, আমার বাবা চট্রগ্রামের দূর্নীতিবাজ ব্যাবসায়ী এস আলম কে ৭০০ কোটি টাকার লোন পাইয়ে দিয়েছিলেন। যদিও নওফেল লন্ডনে সবার কাছে বলে বেড়াত যে, তার বাবা দরিদ্র। তাদের অর্থ কড়ি নেই, কিন্তু অত্যন্ত হাস্যকর হলেও সত্য যে তিনি প্রতি বছর এক এস ই তে ১২০০০ পাউন্ড টিউশন ফি দিয়ে পড়েছেন। তিনি বলে থাকেন যে, তার এই টাকা চট্রগ্রামের ব্যাবসায়ীরা ডোনেট করেছেন। কিন্তু পাঠক আপ্নারা অবশ্যই বুঝতে পারছেন, যে এস আলমের ৭০০ কোটি টাকা লোন স্যাঙ্কশন করে দেয়া আর তাকে প্রতি বছর ১২০০০ পাউন্ড শুধু টিউশন ফিস দেয়াটা একি সূত্রে গাঁথা। &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;নওফেল এই কথাও কয়েকমাস আগেও চাউর করেছেন যে, লন্ডনে তার অনেক টাকা ঋণ। কিন্তু তিনি বাবার নির্বাচন উপলক্ষে গত ২২ মে বাংলাদেশে ফিরে যান। তাহলে কি ধরে নেয়া যেতে পারে যে, উনি লন্ডনে তার লোন না দিয়েই চলে গেছেন?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;অতি সম্প্রতি খবরের কাগজ গুলোতে এসেছে তিনি তার বাবার আসন থেকে রাজনীতি করবেন। তিনি নাকি আবার মার্ক্সবাদে বিশ্বাসী। লন্ডনের আলো বাতাসে বাবার দূর্নীতির অর্থে যিনি লেখা পড়া করেছেন। দেশের গরীব মানূষের হক মেরেছেন, তিনি বাংলাদেশে মার্ক্সবাদ প্রতিষ্ঠা করবেন, এই তথ্য পাঠক আপ্নারা জেনে রাখুন। আর সেই সাথে চিনে রাখুন এই হবু রাজনীতিবিদকে । একদিন চট্রগ্রামের ভাগ্য এই লুটেরার সন্তান মহিবুলই হয়ত নিয়ন্ত্রণ করবে।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;দেশের সাধারণ মানুষের অর্থ আর সম্পদ লুট করে এই নানক তার কন্যা ও তার স্বামী কে পাঠান আর সেই টাকা দিয়ে উল্লাস করে বেড়ান মন্ত্রী আর এম্পির পোনা রা। এই রাখি তার বাবার আসন থেকে ২০১৩ সালে নির্বাচনে আগ্রহী বলে কয়েকটি সূত্র থেকে জানা গেছে। প্রিয় পাঠক , আপ্নারা আপনাদের এই হবু এম পি কে চিনে রাখুন। আর ভাবুন কোন কোন পদ্ধতিতে এই নানক কন্যা আপনাদের ছিড়ে ছিড়ে খাবে।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;এবারে যে ছবিটি দেখছেন, সে ছবিটির চরিত্রের নাম আব্দুল্লাহ আল হাসান তূর্য। ইনি বি এনপির নেতা ও সাবেক এম পি আব্দুল্লাহ আল নোমানের বড় পূত্র । থাকেন ইংল্যান্ডে। পড়ালেখা করছেন অক্সফোর্ডে । আপ্নারা এরি মধ্যে সাবেক মাছ মন্ত্রী নোমানের দূর্নীতি নিয়ে অবশ্যই অবগত আছেন। একজন ফুলটাইম রাজনীতি বিদ এই নোমান। একজন রাজনীতি বিদের বেতন কত? কি তাদের অর্থের উতস? অথচ এই নোমানের ছেলে প্রতি বছর ২৭০০০ পাউন্ড দিয়ে পি এইচ ডি করছেন । মার্সিডিজ গাড়ি হাঁকিয়ে চলেন। কোথায় পেলেন তিনি এত টাকা? এই প্রশ্নের উত্তর কি আপনাদের কারো কাছে জানা আছে? এই তূর্য দেশের গরীব মানুষ, সাধারণ মানুষের কাছ থেকে ডাকাতি করা টাকা দিয়ে তার শিক্ষা জীবন শেষ করে আপ্নাদেরই মন্ত্রী হবেন। আপনি চাইলে চিনে রাখতে পারেন এই হবু নেতাকে।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;এই ছবিতে যে সু কন্যাকে দেখা যাচ্ছে, তিনি আর কেউ নন। আমাদের বড় প্রিয় ও বিখ্যাত দূর্নীতিবাজ বি এনপি নেতা নাজমুল হুদার মেয়া শ্রাবন্তী হুদার। আইন বিষয়ে পড়ছেন স্কুল অফ আফ্রিকান স্টাডিস ( সোয়াসে)। বি এনপি ক্ষমতায় থাকা কালে ২০০৬ সালে সিগমা হুদা লম্বা সময়ের জন্য তার দুই মেয়ে অন্তরা হুদা ও শ্রাবন্তী হুদার সাথে লন্ডনে বসবাস করেন। তার মানবাধিকার সংস্থার এক অনুষ্ঠানে তিনি ওপেনলি একটি আড্ডাতে বলছিলেন যে কি করে তিনি বাংলাদেশ ব্যাঙ্কের গভর্ণরকে তার চাকুরীর ভয় দেখিয়ে প্রতি মাসে ২০ লক্ষ টাকা আনাবার কাগজ পত্র স্যাঙ্কশন করিয়েছিলেন।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;শ্রাবন্তী হুদার নামে বিট্রেনের এইচএসবিসি এবং অন্তরা হুদার নামে ব্রিটেনের নেট ওয়েস্ট ব্যাংকে একাউন্ট আছে। সিগমা হুদা এবং তার মেয়ে অন্তরা হুদার নামে যৌথভাবে ১৫৩ দ্য ওয়াটার গার্ডেনস, বুরউড প্লেস, লন্ডন ডব্লিউ২ ২ডিই-তে ২০০৩ সালে একটি বাড়ি ক্রয় করা হয়। বাড়িটি অন্তরা হুদার নামে দুই লাখ ৮৫ হাজার পাউন্ডে ব্যাংক অব স্কটল্যান্ড থেকে মর্টগেজ নিয়ে তিন লাখ ৮০ হাজার পাউন্ডে ক্রয় করা হয়। দুই লাখ ৫০ হাজার নগদ পাউন্ড দিয়ে ৪ হেনলি কোর্ট, ডেনহাম রোড, এগহাম, সুরে টিডব্লিউ২০ ৯কিউজেড-এ ২০০৬ সালের নভেম্বরে একটি বাড়ি ক্রয় করা হয়।নাজমুল হুদা এবং সিগমা হুদার নামে যৌথভাবে বারক্লেস ব্যাংকে দু’টি একাউন্ট আছে (হিসাব নম্বর ৭০৬৬০৯৬৫, শর্ট কোড ২০-৪৭-৪২ এবং হিসাব নম্বর ৪০০৭২০৩৬, শর্ট কোড ২০-৪৭-৪২)।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;এই ছবিতে যেই ভদ্রমহিলাকে দেখা যাচ্ছে তার নাম মেরিনা আলী। তিনি বর্তমানে ডেপুটি স্পিকার কর্ণেল শওকত আলীর কন্যা। শওকত আলী আওয়ামীলীগ থেকে নির্বাচিত এম পি। মেরিনা আলী তার স্নাতক সম্পন্ন করেছেন ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ নরদাম্ব্রিয়া থেকে ২০০৯ সালে। স্বামী জোজোর সাথে থাকতেন ইংল্যান্ডের নিউক্যাসেলে। এখানেই স্বামীর ব্যাবসা রেস্টুরেন্ট ব্যাবসা ছিলো জাঁকানো।কিন্তু বাঁধ সেধে বসে ২০০৮ সালের তার বাবা যখন নির্বাচিত হয় ও স্পীকার হয়। তার বাবা উক্ত পদ পাবার পরের এক সপ্তাহের মধ্যে তারা ইংল্যান্ডের সব বিক্রি করে দিয়ে চলে যায় বাংলাদেশে। উদ্দেশ্য, এই ৫ বছরেই যা কামাবার কামিয়ে নিতে হবে। ঢাকায় যেখানে হাইলি কোয়ালিফাইড ছেলে মেয়েরা চাকুরী পেতে হিম শিম খাচ্ছে সেখানে সেকেন্ড ক্লাস অনার্স সম্বল করে মেরিনা আলী ইউনাইটেড ন্যাশনের হাই অফিসিয়াল পদে চাকুরী পেয়েছে ঢাকায় যাবার কয়েকদিনের মধ্যেই। পাঠকরা কি দুইয়ে দুইয়ে চার মিলাতে পারছেন না আমাকে সাহায্য করতে হবে? শেষ খবর পাওয়া পর্যন্ত মিসেস মেরিনা আলী শ্রীলংকায় একটি টুরে আছেন। এটি তার হাই প্রোফাইল চাকুরীস্থল থেকেই পাঠানো হয়েছে।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;প্রথম পর্ব এখানে সমাপ্ত। এর পরের পর্বে আরো আরো চমক ও মহারথীদের নিয়ে হাজির হব শিঘ্রী। আপাতত এগুলো হজম করতে থাকেন।&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/9141850454193603975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/9141850454193603975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/9141850454193603975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post.html' title='এদের চিনে রাখুন,একদিন এরাই আপনাকে ছিড়ে-খুঁড়ে খাবে (প্রথম পর্ব)'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGF00mBJSQRckG5OOyk4BD-lD_B3ouqshi2nJe_RlkTJWGWAKDJRLzefdrhK6-45Y_sCQP_bMoVgiP-o0dkWniXbcL1PAttVUPDdidoamRsWcSPm05MaGr17WvaNRgtFddwfVUKOfupQ/s72-c/1.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-5570847210758851300</id><published>2010-06-04T02:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-04T03:07:27.936-07:00</updated><title type='text'>&#39;Huge inferno&#39; kills scores in Bangladesh</title><content type='html'>By Anis Ahmed, routers,updated 5:31 a.m. ET June 4, 2010. through msnbc.msn.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bXw8bCP7sUJQvZXrlwTytSm3ZISDU10CBcFnfeAH56r9rzT7H8u8pEBdHR25XGARmnfqzakDJXFlNGt0wKgd36kbO0n5wjgLSi1Qq3Ws09tBWvVYfmR8ebWmH7xwRRV7lZl8QNi3L4U/s1600/g-cvr-100604-bangladesh-fire-1a_grid-6x2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; gu=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bXw8bCP7sUJQvZXrlwTytSm3ZISDU10CBcFnfeAH56r9rzT7H8u8pEBdHR25XGARmnfqzakDJXFlNGt0wKgd36kbO0n5wjgLSi1Qq3Ws09tBWvVYfmR8ebWmH7xwRRV7lZl8QNi3L4U/s320/g-cvr-100604-bangladesh-fire-1a_grid-6x2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;DHAKA - At least 114 people were killed in a fire that raged through a crowded, centuries-old Dhaka neighborhood into early Friday morning.&lt;br /&gt;
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The blaze, which broke out about 10.30 p.m. local time Thursday (12.30 p.m. ET), was the worst to sweep through the Bangladeshi capital in almost four decades. Witnesses said flames rose as high as six stories with burning chemicals oozing from buildings &quot;like lava.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Rescue workers scrambled Friday to pull bodies, many charred beyond recognition, from smoldering debris. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;The confirmed death toll from the fire is now 114 and may rise,&quot; Muhibul Haque, district commissioner of Dhaka, told Reuters. He said more than 40 people were being treated for burns in hospital, with 12 in critical condition. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&#39;Hell broke loose&#39;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Fueling the flames were chemicals from illegal, home-based factories in the centuries-old Kayettuli neighborhood, one of the most densely populated in Dhaka and in the heart of the city. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;It seemed like hell broke loose,&quot; said a wailing woman, looking for her daughter and son in what remained of the area, home to several multi-story blocks and tin-roofed dwellings, some of which were turned into chemical factories despite a law banning their presence in residential areas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;Burning chemicals from stores within or beside the living quarters spewed on the streets like lava from a volcano. There was hardly any safe place to step out,&quot; added one survivor. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Some families lost up to eight members, witnesses said, and many residents were trapped inside the buildings as they rushed to get out. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Death toll uncertain:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;A fire brigade official said 91 bodies had been recovered from the area so far and the country&#39;s police chief, Nur Mohammad, said it was difficult to give an exact casualty toll until search and rescue operations were finish, likely Friday afternoon. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;TV channels put the death toll at between 107 and 150, including a dozen people who died in hospital from injuries sustained in the blaze. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Nearly 150 people, many suffering from serious burns, had been admitted for treatment, the TV channels reported.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/5570847210758851300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/huge-inferno-kills-scores-in-bangladesh.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/5570847210758851300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/5570847210758851300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/huge-inferno-kills-scores-in-bangladesh.html' title='&#39;Huge inferno&#39; kills scores in Bangladesh'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bXw8bCP7sUJQvZXrlwTytSm3ZISDU10CBcFnfeAH56r9rzT7H8u8pEBdHR25XGARmnfqzakDJXFlNGt0wKgd36kbO0n5wjgLSi1Qq3Ws09tBWvVYfmR8ebWmH7xwRRV7lZl8QNi3L4U/s72-c/g-cvr-100604-bangladesh-fire-1a_grid-6x2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-2839846895765287909</id><published>2010-06-02T04:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-02T04:12:41.028-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cartoonist has been attacked at Uppsala University.</title><content type='html'>Artist Lars Vilks, who caused controversy by drawing cartoons that depicted the prophet Muhammad as a dog, has been attacked while giving a lecture at Uppsala University.&lt;br /&gt;
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Vilks, who has been the subject of numerous death threats, was attacked while speaking at the university’s philosophy faculty on Tuesday afternoon. He was not badly hurt.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;“The man was sitting in the front row and suddenly came rushing towards me. He headbutted me, and I was thrown against the wall and dropped my glasses,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;According to local newspaper Uppsala Nya Tidning, the atmosphere in the lecture theatre became rowdy after Vilks showed a film with sexual content.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;“A crowd of people pushed forward. When a police officer tried to stop them he was hit. As things stand, two people have been arrested,” said police commander Tommy Karlsson.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Vilks was taken to a secure location following the attack. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;“I have not been injured, just a bit knocked about,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Vilks became notorious in parts of the Muslim world for portraying the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a roundabout dog. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The publication of the drawings in the Nerikes Allehanda newspaper led to death threats from a number of organizations, including an al-Qaeda-affiliated organization which offered $150,000 for his murder. Vilks was consequently forced to accept police protection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;An alleged plot to kill Vilks was revealed in March: American Colleen R. LaRose was charged with trying to recruit terrorists to murder the artist. At the same time, seven people were arrested in Ireland over a plot to kill Vilks, although four of those detained were later released.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The Local (news@thelocal.se/08 656 6518)&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/2839846895765287909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/cartoonist-has-been-attacked-at-uppsala.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/2839846895765287909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/2839846895765287909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/cartoonist-has-been-attacked-at-uppsala.html' title='Cartoonist has been attacked at Uppsala University.'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-4570348925645512259</id><published>2010-05-31T15:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-04T03:11:52.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Israel attack..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;By SELCAN HACAOGLU and LEE KEATH, Associated Press Writers Selcan Hacaoglu And Lee Keath, Associated Press Writers – Mon May 31, 2:34 pm ET(MSNBC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and called for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council as condemnations erupted across Europe and the Arab world Monday over Israel&#39;s deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Government after government demanded an explanation from Israel, which said its soldiers were trying to defend themselves against armed activists. The White House said it was trying to learn more about &quot;this tragedy.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said &quot;it should be known that we are not going to remain silent in the face of this inhumane state terrorism.&quot; Most of the nine dead were apparently from Turkey, once a close ally of Israel.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In Istanbul, a crowd tried to storm the Israeli Consulate. North of Jerusalem, Palestinians hurled bottles and stones at Israeli soldiers. In Jordan, hundreds urged their government to follow Turkey&#39;s lead and cut ties with Israel. Dozens of Egyptians protested outside the foreign ministry in Cairo criticizing the Egyptian government holding pictures of late President Gamal Abdel Nasser.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Israel said the activists attacked its commandos as they boarded the six ships taking tons of supplies to Gaza, while the flotilla&#39;s organizers said the Israeli forces opened fire first.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the violence. The European Union&#39;s foreign affairs chief, Catherine Ashton, said the bloc was deeply concerned and she called on Israel to carry out an inquiry. British Foreign Secretary William Hague deplored the killings and called for an end to the Gaza blockade.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkvuAJsTfV8oV1paDfiyIr2iUK7bAJnPOXM4tL-m-J_iHrC3nuXNNdLreY_7q9WQZaoeqojGQ68XOC_VC1n4BsB8n68BIpb-TVT8T7kRxkNX7COqwt4gX3lYAycM09VOlSLXI_oa5g-s/s1600/100531-gaza-protests-hmed-140p_hlarge.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; gu=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkvuAJsTfV8oV1paDfiyIr2iUK7bAJnPOXM4tL-m-J_iHrC3nuXNNdLreY_7q9WQZaoeqojGQ68XOC_VC1n4BsB8n68BIpb-TVT8T7kRxkNX7COqwt4gX3lYAycM09VOlSLXI_oa5g-s/s320/100531-gaza-protests-hmed-140p_hlarge.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Greece, Egypt, Sweden, Spain and Denmark summoned Israel&#39;s ambassadors demanding explanations for the violence, with Spain and France condemning what they called the disproportionate use of force. Greece suspended a military exercise with Israel and postponed a visit by Israel&#39;s air force chief. Germany called for an immediate investigation but was careful not to directly place blame, and said it was seeking information on six German citizens believed to have been aboard the ships.&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;(Picture: protest in Greece)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In Tehran, dozens of angry students pelted the U.N. offices with stones and eggs in protest, burning Israeli flags and chanting, &quot;death to Israel&quot; and &quot;down with U.S.&quot; Police blocked them from reaching the building. The president of Iran, a key supporter of Hamas, called the raid &quot;an inhuman act.&quot; In Baghdad, an estimated 3,000 Shiite followers of the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shouted &quot;Death, death to Israel!&quot; and &quot;Death, death to America!&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;&quot;&gt;Riot police used tear gas to drive back hundreds of protesters demonstrating outside the Israeli Embassy in Paris. There were also demonstrations in Rome, Sweden, Norway, Cyprus and more than 20 cities in Greece.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;&quot;&gt;In Athens, riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse around 2,500 Greeks and Arabs protesting outside the Israeli Embassy. Some protesters threw stones and tried to push past police lines to reach the embassy. About 2,000 people demonstrated peacefully in Thessaloniki.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBna3n380ZU9zu6iHVHVfDjX3bbIiPN_DqLR-AzJ_HdaJMArCg_FHTGRJ98aEHQE-uZVUwaBI6SnroAt8J9FFGGrbmlk75Bk9IRkvMc2KY6ThKVQy-LsAk8W0-WZmvJG5p2FpFXhDifRU/s1600/g.bmp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; gu=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;267&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBna3n380ZU9zu6iHVHVfDjX3bbIiPN_DqLR-AzJ_HdaJMArCg_FHTGRJ98aEHQE-uZVUwaBI6SnroAt8J9FFGGrbmlk75Bk9IRkvMc2KY6ThKVQy-LsAk8W0-WZmvJG5p2FpFXhDifRU/s400/g.bmp&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The African Union issued a statement to &quot;strongly condemn&quot; the raid and said it &quot;complicates the existing situation and the effort to bring just, lasting and comprehensive peace to the area.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Abdel-Rahman al-Attiya, the head of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a regional group, said &quot;Israel is a renegade entity that violates international law&quot; and said the attack should be considered &quot;a war crime.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In Saudi Arabia, which has promoted a wider Arab-Israeli peace proposal calling for a land-for-peace swap, the Cabinet headed by King Abdullah called on the international community to hold Israel responsible for its &quot;barbaric&quot; policies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;But the strongest reaction came from Turkey, where Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said Turkey was canceling three joint military drills and calling on the U.N. Security Council to convene in an emergency session about Israel. Turkey is currently a member of the council.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;He also said a Turkish youth soccer team currently in Israel would be brought home.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The raid also brought heightened attention to Israel&#39;s blockade of the Gaza Strip, imposed after the Palestinian militant group Hamas seized control of the tiny Mediterranean territory in 2007. The blockade — along with Israel&#39;s fierce offensive against Gaza in the winter of 2008-2009 to stop Hamas rocket fire on Israeli villages — has fueled anti-Israeli sentiment around the Arab world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The Cairo-based Arab League called an emergency session for Tuesday to address the attack, as the two only Arab states with peace deals with Israel — Jordan and Egypt — sharply condemned the violence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The incident also put Egypt in a tight position. The only Arab country bordering the Gaza Strip, it has helped enforce the blockade by cracking down on smuggling tunnels that are a key source of goods to Gaza&#39;s 1.5 million people and by rejecting pressure that it open its border crossing. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;A group founded by Nelson Mandela that includes Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu and former President Jimmy Carter said &quot;the treatment of the people of Gaza is one of the world&#39;s greatest human rights violations and that the blockade is not only illegal, it is counterproductive.&quot; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In Beirut, about 500 Palestinian and Lebanese activists protested in front of the U.N. headquarters, setting Israeli flags on fire. In neighboring Syria, more than 200 Syrian and Palestinian protesters staged a sit-in before the offices of the United Nations.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/4570348925645512259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/by-selcan-hacaoglu-and-lee-keath.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/4570348925645512259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/4570348925645512259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/by-selcan-hacaoglu-and-lee-keath.html' title='Israel attack..'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FYY3fOCA9eURzhBLFzaaKsb6_QEv1jd2XEXK8ZYq5bxb-4NhAM1sBRwksGgbHzdE7VfspWnpzlVeC7Iavf22cNWHTQOhTHKJdQ8LGwph7cFBRQh5TSfKUht5En2EEYW1GYHGSiCmRFQ/s72-c/ss-100531-gaza-protests-02_ss_full.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-6181751696835389524</id><published>2010-05-29T15:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-29T15:55:34.554-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricket rongo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMig3icF2CtAv1BMV8OohhqSSAd3AxZoJjxd1DfOG_6yBIhsLbRxGVpGxRZubAqs_MduI_p2xSab_-9XH4JfbMqevFpHgLjlBbbhlTsUKUm_RbAbBzegKIdLVXjfrbIs7jseoSnXgGKXE/s1600/2010-05-13-11-56-21-081631900-a-02.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; gu=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;252&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMig3icF2CtAv1BMV8OohhqSSAd3AxZoJjxd1DfOG_6yBIhsLbRxGVpGxRZubAqs_MduI_p2xSab_-9XH4JfbMqevFpHgLjlBbbhlTsUKUm_RbAbBzegKIdLVXjfrbIs7jseoSnXgGKXE/s400/2010-05-13-11-56-21-081631900-a-02.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6181751696835389524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/cricket-rongo.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/6181751696835389524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/6181751696835389524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/cricket-rongo.html' title='Cricket rongo'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMig3icF2CtAv1BMV8OohhqSSAd3AxZoJjxd1DfOG_6yBIhsLbRxGVpGxRZubAqs_MduI_p2xSab_-9XH4JfbMqevFpHgLjlBbbhlTsUKUm_RbAbBzegKIdLVXjfrbIs7jseoSnXgGKXE/s72-c/2010-05-13-11-56-21-081631900-a-02.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-4656237619652218872</id><published>2010-05-29T15:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-29T15:50:59.561-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our ministers, our leaders, our rulers...</title><content type='html'>This is how they run a country:&lt;br /&gt;
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We should not mind. its their time to rule the country, and since we have elected them, let them do whatever they want.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/4656237619652218872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/our-ministers-our-leaders-our-rulers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/4656237619652218872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/4656237619652218872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/our-ministers-our-leaders-our-rulers.html' title='Our ministers, our leaders, our rulers...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-1013827953154666867</id><published>2010-05-29T15:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-29T15:30:48.844-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Facebook in Bangladesh, porn in south africa.</title><content type='html'>দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকার উপ-স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী মালুসি গিগাবা সে দেশে মোবাইল ফোন ও ইন্টারনেটে পর্নোচিত্র প্রদর্শন সম্পূর্ণ নিষিদ্ধ করার প্রস্তাব করেছেন। এ ব্যাপারে তিনি দেশটির আইন সংস্কার কমিশনের সঙ্গে যোগাযোগ করেছেন। কমিশনের কাছে তিনি জানতে চেয়েছেন, আইন পরিবর্তন করে পর্নোচিত্র প্রদর্শন নিষিদ্ধ করা যায় কি না। &lt;br /&gt;
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মন্ত্রী গিগাবা জাস্টিস অ্যালায়েন্স ফর সাউথ আফ্রিকার (জেএএসএ) কর্মকর্তাদের সঙ্গেও কথা বলেছেন। পর্নোগ্রাফি নিষিদ্ধে বর্তমানে এ সংস্থাটি একটি খসড়া প্রস্তাব তৈরি করছে।&lt;br /&gt;
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সরকারের এ প্রস্তাবে ক্ষুব্ধ হয়েছেন ইন্টারনেট-সংশ্লিষ্ট বিশেষজ্ঞরা। তাঁরা এ প্রস্তাবকে ‘পাগলামো’ বলে অভিহিত করেছেন।&lt;br /&gt;
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জেএএসএ প্রস্তাব করেছে, ইন্টারনেট সেবাদানকারী প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোর ব্যবহূত অবাঞ্ছিত ফিল্টারিংয়ের মাধ্যমে টেলিভিশন, মোবাইল ফোন ও ওয়েবে পর্নোচিত্র প্রদর্শন বন্ধ করা যেতে পারে। অস্ট্রেলিয়া ও চীনে ইতিমধ্যে এর ব্যবহার শুরু হয়েছে। তারা ফিল্টারিংয়ের মাধ্যমে কিছু নির্দিষ্ট ওয়েবসাইটে প্রবেশ বন্ধ করে দিয়েছে।&lt;br /&gt;
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নিরাপত্তাবিষয়ক প্রতিষ্ঠান সফোসের কর্মকর্তা গ্রাহাম বলেছেন, এর আগেও বেশ কয়েকটি দেশ পর্নোচিত্র বন্ধের উদ্যোগ নিয়েছিল। কিন্তু তাদের সেই চেষ্টা ব্যর্থ হয়েছে। তিনি বলেন, দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকার মতো একটি গণতান্ত্রিক দেশে এ পদক্ষেপ নেওয়া হলে যে কেউ বিস্মিত হবে।&lt;br /&gt;
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২০০২ সালে ইটিভি নামের একটি টেলিভিশন চ্যানেল মধ্যরাতে পর্নোচিত্র প্রদর্শন শুরু করে। এ ঘটনার পর দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকায় পর্নোচিত্র প্রদর্শন বন্ধের পক্ষে-বিপক্ষে ব্যাপক বিতর্ক চলছে। —বিবিসি অবলম্বনে মনিরুল &lt;br /&gt;
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সামাজিক যোগাযোগের সবচেয়ে জনপ্রিয় ওয়েবসাইট ফেসবুক সাময়িক বন্ধ করে দিয়েছে Bangladesh সরকার। বাংলাদেশ টেলিযোগাযোগ নিয়ন্ত্রণ কমিশন (বিটিআরসি) গতকাল শনিবার বাংলাদেশ টেলিযোগাযোগ কোম্পানি লিমিটেড (বিটিসিএল) ও ম্যাংগো টেলি সার্ভিসেসকে চিঠি দিয়ে ফেসবুক সাময়িক বন্ধ রাখার নির্দেশ দিয়েছে। এ দুটি প্রতিষ্ঠানই আন্তর্জাতিক ইন্টারনেট গেটওয়ে। বিটিসিএল, ম্যাংগো ও ইন্টারনেট সেবাদাতাদের সংগঠন আইএসপি অ্যাসোসিয়েশন এ বিষয়টি নিশ্চিত করেছে। &lt;br /&gt;
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জানতে চাইলে বিটিআরসির চেয়ারম্যান জিয়া আহমেদ প্রথম আলোকে বলেন, ধর্মীয় অনুভূতিতে আঘাত হানতে পারে এমন কিছু ব্যঙ্গচিত্র ও ছবি ফেসবুকে প্রকাশ করা হচ্ছিল। এসব ব্যঙ্গচিত্র যাতে প্রকাশ না হতে পারে, সে কারণে বিটিআরসি এর শাখা লিঙ্কগুলো বন্ধ করার চেষ্টা করছিল। কিন্তু এটা করতে না পারায় সরাসরি ফেসবুকই সাময়িক বন্ধ রাখতে নির্দেশ দেওয়া হয়েছে। আবার কবে ফেসবুক চালু করা হবে, জানতে চাইলে চেয়ারম্যান বলেন, শাখা লিঙ্কগুলো বন্ধ করার পর ফেসবুক খুলে দেওয়া হবে। &lt;br /&gt;
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২০০৪ সাল থেকে ফেসবুক চালু করা হয়। বর্তমানে সারা বিশ্বে এর ব্যবহারকারী ৪০ কোটির বেশি। বাংলাদেশে নয় লাখ লোক ফেসবুক ব্যবহার করে। &lt;br /&gt;
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যুবক গ্রেপ্তার: এদিকে ফেসবুকে প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা ও বিরোধীদলীয় নেত্রী খালেদা জিয়ার আপত্তিকর ছবি ও ব্যঙ্গাত্মক মন্তব্য প্রকাশ করার অভিযোগে মাহাবুব আলম (রডিন) নামের একজনকে গ্রেপ্তার করা হয়েছে। গতকাল শনিবার ভোরে পুরান ঢাকার ওয়ারীর র‌্যাংকিন স্ট্রিট এলাকা থেকে র‌্যাব-১০ ও গোয়েন্দা শাখার একটি যৌথ দল তাঁকে গ্রেপ্তার করে।&lt;br /&gt;
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র‌্যাবের আইন ও জনসংযোগ শাখার পরিচালক কমান্ডার এম সোহায়েল জানান, কোনো রাজনৈতিক উদ্দেশ্য নিয়ে মাহাবুব এসব অপপ্রচার চালাচ্ছিলেন কি না, তা তদন্ত করা হচ্ছে। চার দিনের চেষ্টার পর তাঁকে গ্রেপ্তার করা হয় বলে তিনি জানান। &lt;br /&gt;
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তবে মাহাবুব র‌্যাবকে জানান, মজা করার জন্য তিনি এমনটা করেছেন। তিনি এর আগে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর ছেলে সজীব ওয়াজেদ জয় সম্পর্কে ব্যঙ্গাত্মক ছবি ও মন্তব্য প্রকাশ করেছিলেন বলে র‌্যাবের কাছে স্বীকার করেন। &lt;br /&gt;
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মাহাবুবকে গতকাল র‌্যাব সদর দপ্তরে সাংবাদিকদের সামনে হাজির করা হয়। তাঁর কাছ থেকে দুটি ল্যাপটপ, দুটি পাসপোর্ট, পর্নো সিডি ও ইমাম মেহেদীর সিডি জব্দ করেছে র‌্যাব।&lt;br /&gt;
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র‌্যাবের যোগাযোগ শাখার পরিচালক কমান্ডার নাসরুল মোমেন সাইফুল্লাহ সাংবাদিকদের জানান, মাহাবুব পুরান ঢাকার র‌্যাংকিন স্ট্রিটের একটি বাসায় থাকেন। তাঁর বাবা দেলোয়ার হোসেন ইসলামপুরের একজন ধনাঢ্য কাপড় ব্যবসায়ী। উচ্চ মাধ্যমিক পাস করার পর তিনি আইসিএমে (ইনস্টিটিউট অব কস্ট অ্যান্ড ম্যানেজমেন্ট) ভর্তি হওয়ার চেষ্টা করে ব্যর্থ হন। &lt;br /&gt;
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র‌্যাব জানায়, মাহাবুব এক সপ্তাহ আগে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর ছবি বিকৃত করে ফেসবুকে দেন। র‌্যাব জানতে পারে, ফেসবুকে তাঁর একাধিক অ্যাকাউন্ট আছে। এগুলো ভুয়া ঠিকানায় করা। তিনি কম্পিউটারে ওয়েবসাইট হ্যাকিং করার প্রযুক্তি জানেন বলে র‌্যাব কর্মকর্তা জানান।&amp;nbsp;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1013827953154666867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/facebook-in-bangladesh-porn-in-south.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/1013827953154666867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/1013827953154666867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/facebook-in-bangladesh-porn-in-south.html' title='Facebook in Bangladesh, porn in south africa.'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-4694482968266205250</id><published>2010-05-29T15:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-29T15:38:59.989-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Knullträdet, Swedish commercial banned in youtube</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height=&quot;225&quot; width=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11962499&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11962499&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;225&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/11962499&quot;&gt;Knullträdet - 60 sec&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/user3879338&quot;&gt;Nationella Hivrådet&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/&quot;&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;National Knullträdet.se Hivrådet has launched&amp;nbsp;a 60 second long commercial in cinemas and a 5-minute short film on the web. The sender of the campaign - National Hivrådet, comes under the Welfare Board. The Council consists of Sweden&#39;s county councils and non-profit organizations engaged in efforts to reduce the spread of HIV / STDs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The contract with the campaign is to get young adults between 18-25 years to use condoms more than today.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;- Purpose of the site and the movie is that people should start thinking about how many they really slept with. If one person has had unprotected sex with X people, so people will still be number one slept with more, speaking from an infection level, &quot;says Karin Rågsjö the National Hivrådet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Background to the campaign is that chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted diseases and the number of cases is increasing every year. It has never been better as many people with HIV in Sweden now, says National Hivrådet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;- The idea of the movie is that it is a relay race of people who have sex in different environments. From each scene is a person to the next scene, and so on. All those involved in the film are used to stand in front of the camera, for example, is Lykke Li, Andreas Kleerup with Wilson and said Emma Eriksson at Le Bureau.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The idea is to show that you are having in turn also slept with a number of other people. The film ends with an invitation to visit Knullträdet.se. On this site you can calculate yourself how many is &quot;total&quot; slept with and get the facts on how to protect themselves and get tested.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The half-ton bull, called Opiparo, struck after Julio Aparicio lost his footing and stumbled while carrying out a pass with is red cape in a packed Las Ventas bullring.&lt;br /&gt;
One of the animal&#39;s horns tore into his throat and punched through the bottom of his mouth as the crowd screamed in horror at the bullfight last night.(22ND May)&lt;br /&gt;
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The force of the impact lifted the matador into the air, puncturing his tongue and fracturing his jawbone, before the bull threw him to the sand.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fellow matadors dashed to the rescue and managed to distract the bull so medics could get to Mr Aparicio.&lt;br /&gt;
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Evening bullfights are watched by sell-out crowds at the 25,000 seat Las Ventas bullring and are broadcast live on cable television.&lt;br /&gt;
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ডোটা গেমে বাংলাদেশ যে গ্রুপে ছিল, সেটিতে শ্রীলঙ্কার একটি ও ভারতের দুটি দল ছিল। বাংলাদেশ তিনটি খেলাতেই জয়ী হয়। এরপর ভারতের সঙ্গে ফাইনালে ডোটা গেমে চারটি ম্যাচ খেলে বাংলাদেশ। এর মধ্যে প্রথমটিতে জয়, দ্বিতীয়টিতে পরাজয় এবং শেষ ম্যাচে জয় দিয়ে চ্যাম্পিয়ন হয় বাংলাদেশ। দেশের বাইরে এই প্রথম সাইবার গেমসের একটি টুর্নামেন্টে বিজয়ী হলো বাংলাদেশ। তবে কাউন্টার স্ট্রাইক গেমে বাংলাদেশ কোনো সাফল্য পায়নি। &lt;br /&gt;
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মাইক্রোসফট ইমাজিন কাপ ২০১০ প্রতিযোগিতার সেমিফাইনালে গিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ দল। ২০০৩ সাল থেকে মাইক্রোসফট শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য সলিউশন ডেভেলপমেন্ট প্রতিযোগিতার আয়োজন করে আসছে যা ইমাজিন কাপ নামে পরিচিত। &lt;br /&gt;
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প্রতি বছরের মতো এবারও ইমাজিন কাপে আছে সফটওয়্যার ডিজাইন, এমবেডেড ডিজাইন, গেইম ডিজাইন, ডিজিটাল মিডিয়া এবং আইটি চ্যালেঞ্জসহ পাঁচটি ক্যাটাগরি এবং এই ক্যাটাগরিগুলোয় সমাধান করার জন্য ইউনাইটেড নেশনের মিলেনিয়াম ডেভেলপমেন্ট গোলের বিষয়বস্তুগুলোকে থিম হিসেবে ধরে দেওয়া হয়। আর পুরস্কার দেওয়ার জন্য এই ক্যাটাগরিগুলোকে আবার এনভিশনিং, ইন্টারনেট এক্সপ্লোরার-৮, ইন্টারঅপেরাবিলাটি, নেক্সট জেনারেশন ওয়েব, টাচ অ্যান্ড ট্যাবলেট এক্সিসিবিলিটি এবং উইন্ডোস ফোন সাতসহ ছয়টি পুরস্কারে ভাগ করা হয়েছে।&lt;br /&gt;
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এ বছর পৃথিবীর ১৯৬টি দেশ থেকে ইমাজিন কাপে প্রায় সাড়ে তিন লাখ প্রতিযোগী নিবন্ধন করে, বিভিন্ন পর্যায়ে যারা মূল প্রতিযোগিতা থেকে বাদ পড়েন এবং শেষে প্রায় সাড়ে সাত হাজার প্রতিযোগী টিকে থাকেন। খবর বিজ্ঞপ্তির।&lt;br /&gt;
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এই প্রথমবারের মতো বাংলাদেশ থেকে ইমাজিন কাপ প্রতিযোগিতায় অংশগ্রহণ করে ৭৭ জন প্রতিযোগী এবং তাঁদের মধ্যে থেকে মূল প্রতিযোগিতায় অংশ নেন পাঁচজন। এই পাঁচজনের মধ্যে ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় কম্পিউটার বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিভাগের তিন শিক্ষার্থীর সমন্বয়ে গঠিত দল ড্রিমকেইভ। ড্রিমকেইভের ‘উই-আর্থ’ প্রকল্পটি অংশ নিয়েছে নেক্সট জেনারেশন ওয়েব পুরস্কারের ক্যাটাগরিতে, যেখানে ১২৩টি দল অংশ নিয়েছিল এবং তাদের মধ্যে প্রতিযোগিতার পরে সেমিফাইনালে পৌঁছেছে ৩৭টি দল, যার মধ্যে ড্রিমকেইভ একটি।&lt;br /&gt;
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ইমাজিন কাপের মতো গুরুত্বপূর্ণ একটি প্রতিযোগিতায় এই প্রথম ডিজিটাল বাংলাদেশের পতাকা হাতে সেমিফাইনাল পর্যন্ত পৌঁছেছে।</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/8547843425115872630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/success-stories-of-bangladesh.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/8547843425115872630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/8547843425115872630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/success-stories-of-bangladesh.html' title='Success stories of Bangladesh'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318037493999057243.post-7587189074067931425</id><published>2010-05-24T07:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T10:33:13.051-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bangladeshi workers going Sweden</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;News from Daily Jugantor, 20th May, 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A News of the World reporter posed as a wealthy businessman looking for access to Andrew, who has served as the UK&#39;s special representative for international trade and investment since 2001. The reporter secretly filmed his financial negotiations with Fergie, who wanted 500,000 pounds for her services.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;Look after me and he&#39;ll look after you. . . you&#39;ll get it back tenfold. I can open any door you want,&quot; she told him.&lt;br /&gt;
The film shows her accepting 40,000 pounds as a down payment of sorts.&lt;br /&gt;
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When asked how he&#39;ll get her the rest of the money, she tells him, &quot;You send it to the bank account that I tell you to send it to.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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With it all right there on film, Fergie had no other choice but to fess up.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;I very deeply regret the situation and the embarrassment caused,&quot; she said in a statement. &quot;It is true that my financial situation is under stress, however, that is no excuse for a serious lapse in judgment and I am very sorry that this has happened.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
She went on to clear Andrew of any involvement and said he &quot;was not aware or involved in any of the discussions that occurred.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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Oh Sarah, I felt bad for you when everyone called you the &quot;Duchess of Pork&quot;, but this time, I&#39;ve got no sympathy. You did this to yourself, and now I&#39;ll never be able to sing The Noble Duke of York again to my children without thinking how un-noble the Duchess is.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6178290137463493958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/duchess-scandal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/6178290137463493958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/318037493999057243/posts/default/6178290137463493958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxbreakfastnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/duchess-scandal.html' title='Duchess scandal'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>