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Europe has "Silent Discos." You listen to music on your headphones

2012-02-01T21:53:00.001-08:00

Due to noise ordinances in Europe, club owners have created “silent discos” where clubbers listen to music through headphones. Rather than use a speaker system, some club owners have resorted to wireless headphones to entertain club goers.

Music is broadcasted via FM-transmitter to the clubber’s headphones. It’s called “silent discos.” The style of clubbing is popular for music festivals, when people want to party long after noise ordinances would allow. Two DJ’s often compete for the listeners, too.

Male model Andrej Pejic was FHM's 98th sexiest WOMAN

2012-02-01T21:41:00.000-08:00

In 2011, male model Andrej Pejic was named by FHM the no. 98 in their list sexiest women! Pejic is an androgynous male model from Australia. He grew up in Serbia until he was 8 and then relocated with his family to Australia as political refugees.

He’s been able to successfully model both male and female clothing. He was ranked no. 18 on model.com for Top 50 Male Models list and no. 98 on FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2011. There was controversy over the posting, though, and FHM ended up taking it down.

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2011-12-26T22:00:00.000-08:00

Daniel Craig: Pols are 'shheads

'That’s how they become politicians, even the good ones,' Daniel Craig said. | AP Photo

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By TIM MAK | 12/26/11 11:03 AM EST

Actor Daniel Craig put on a display of straight-talk that might have endeared him to voters had he been on the campaign trail, telling Men’s Journal that politicians are “shheads” who “stab you in the f**king back.”

“Politicians are sh*theads,” he said in an interview that appears in the January edition of the magazine, which is on newsstands now. “That’s how they become politicians, even the good ones. We’re actors, we’re artists, we’re very nice to each other. They’ll turn around and stab you in the fcking back.” Craig said that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had done unprecedented outreach to celebrities, but that he had turned off to the idea. “Tony Blair started it much more than anybody’s ever done. ‘Go and have tea at 10 Downing Street’,” he said. “…You immediately are aligning yourself with a political party.” The “James Bond” and “Girl With A Dragon Tattoo” actor said that he doesn’t have the grasp of knowledge to articulately speak on politics, unlike fellow actor George Clooney.

“George has his finger on the political pulse, and he’s one of those guys who can get up and talk, and I don’t have that,” Craig said. “If someone shoves a microphone in your face and says, ‘Explain yourself,’ you have to have a 100 percent understanding of why you’re doing it, and unless you’re 100 percent, don’t fking do it, leave it alone, let your work speak for itself.”

Craig also talks about what’s it’s like to be under a microscope because of his celebrity.

“I’m not a politician - you don’t need to know everything about me, you don’t get to see my tax returns,” he says. “If you sell yourself and give yourself up and share your innermost secrets, don’t be surprised when that bites you in the end.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70859.html#ixzz1hiBu5763

Scumbag PETA

2011-12-26T20:23:00.001-08:00

No. 1 Nation in Sexy Web Searches? Call it Pornistan

2011-12-07T01:14:00.001-08:00

They may call it the "Land of the Pure," but Pakistan turns out to be anything but.

The Muslim country, which has banned content on at least 17 websites to block offensive and blasphemous material, is the world's leader in online searches for pornographic material, FoxNews.com has learned.

“You won’t find strip clubs in Islamic countries. Most Islamic countries have certain dress codes,” said Gabriel Said Reynolds, professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Notre Dame. “It would be an irony if they haven’t shown the same vigilance to pornography.”

So here's the irony: Google ranks Pakistan No. 1 in the world in searches for pornographic terms, outranking every other country in the world in searches per person for certain sex-related content.

Pakistan is top dog in searches per-person for "horse sex" since 2004, "donkey sex" since 2007, "rape pictures" between 2004 and 2009, "rape sex" since 2004, "child sex" between 2004 and 2007 and since 2009, "animal sex" since 2004 and "dog sex" since 2005, according to Google Trends and Google Insights, features of Google that generate data based on popular search terms.

The country also is tops -- or has been No. 1 -- in searches for "sex," "camel sex," "rape video," "child sex video" and some other searches that can't be printed here.

Google Trends generates data of popular search terms in geographic locations during specific time frames. Google Insights is a more advanced version that allows users to filter a search to geographic locations, time frames and the nature of a search, including web, images, products and news.

Pakistan ranked No. 1 in all the searches listed above on Google Trends, but on only some of them in Google Insights.

“We do our best to provide accurate data and to provide insights into broad search patterns, but the results for a given query may contain inaccuracies due to data sampling issues, approximations, or incomplete data for the terms entered,” Google said in a statement, when asked about the accuracy of its reports.

The Embassy of Islamic Republic of Pakistan did not reply to a request for an interview.

In addition to banning content on 17 websites, including islamexposed.blogspot.com, Pakistan is monitoring seven other sites -- Google, Yahoo, Bing, YouTube, Amazon, MSN and Hotmail -- for anti-Islamic content, the Associated Press reported in June.

But it’s not to censor the Pakistani people, Reynolds said. It’s to shut out the rest of the world.

“[It] could lead to conversion, which would undermine the very order of the state,” he said. “Part of protecting the society is making sure that there is no way it could be undermined in terms of foreign influences.”

Pakistan temporarily banned Facebook in May when Muslim groups protested the “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day” page, where users were encouraged to upload pictures of the Prophet Muhammad. The page remained on Facebook, but Pakistani users were unable to view it, said Andrew Noyes, manager of Facebook’s Public Policy Communication.

And while Pakistan is taking measures to prevent blasphemous material from being viewed by its citizens, pornographic material is “certainly” contradictory to Islam, too, Reynolds said.

The country’s punishment for those charged with blasphemy is execution, but the question remains what -- if anything -- can be done about people who search for porn on the Web.

“It’s a new phenomenon,” Reynolds said.

The most expensive car crash ever? Eight Ferraris in supercar pile-up

2011-12-04T22:45:00.001-08:00

Police officers investigate a Ferrari Crash in Shimonoseki, Japan (pic: AP)

It could be the most expensive car crash ever.

This was the scene after 14 luxury cars - including eight Ferraris - were involved in a pricey pile-up in western Japan.

A Lamborghini and two Mercedes were also involved in the smash.

The damage caused to many of the vehicles was thought to be so severe that they will have to be scrapped.

Ten drivers were reportedly taken to hospital after the incident but no-one was seriously hurt.

The accident is understood to have happened after one of the Ferrari drivers lost control on a wet road.

He is thought to have hit the central reservation and rebounded into the path of the oncoming cars.

Japanese TV reports the car crash

The supercars were being driven from Hiroshima to Kyushu along the China Road.

The road had to be closed for six hours while clean-up crews removed the wreckage.

The exact models of cars involved wasn't known, but their combined value could stretch into millions if they were brand new.

A new Ferrari 355, several of which were understood to have been written off in the smash, can cost several hundred thousand pounds.

Cosmic Variance

2011-11-28T20:59:00.001-08:00

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time

by Sean

“Time” is the most used noun in the English language, yet it remains a mystery. We’ve just completed an amazingly intense and rewarding multidisciplinary conference on the nature of time, and my brain is swimming with ideas and new questions. Rather than trying a summary (the talks will be online soon), here’s my stab at a top ten list partly inspired by our discussions: the things everyone should know about time. [Update: all of these are things I think are true, after quite a bit of deliberation. Not everyone agrees, although of course they should.]

1. Time exists. Might as well get this common question out of the way. Of course time exists — otherwise how would we set our alarm clocks? Time organizes the universe into an ordered series of moments, and thank goodness; what a mess it would be if reality were complete different from moment to moment. The real question is whether or not time is fundamental, or perhaps emergent. We used to think that “temperature” was a basic category of nature, but now we know it emerges from the motion of atoms. When it comes to whether time is fundamental, the answer is: nobody knows. My bet is “yes,” but we’ll need to understand quantum gravity much better before we can say for sure.

2. The past and future are equally real. This isn’t completely accepted, but it should be. Intuitively we think that the “now” is real, while the past is fixed and in the books, and the future hasn’t yet occurred. But physics teaches us something remarkable: every event in the past and future is implicit in the current moment. This is hard to see in our everyday lives, since we’re nowhere close to knowing everything about the universe at any moment, nor will we ever be — but the equations don’t lie. As Einstein put it, “It appears therefore more natural to think of physical reality as a four dimensional existence, instead of, as hitherto, the evolution of a three dimensional existence.”

3. Everyone experiences time differently. This is true at the level of both physics and biology. Within physics, we used to have Sir Isaac Newton’s view of time, which was universal and shared by everyone. But then Einstein came along and explained that how much time elapses for a person depends on how they travel through space (especially near the speed of light) as well as the gravitational field (especially if its near a black hole). From a biological or psychological perspective, the time measured by atomic clocks isn’t as important as the time measured by our internal rhythms and the accumulation of memories. That happens differently depending on who we are and what we are experiencing; there’s a real sense in which time moves more quickly when we’re older.

4. You live in the past. About 80 milliseconds in the past, to be precise. Use one hand to touch your nose, and the other to touch one of your feet, at exactly the same time. You will experience them as simultaneous acts. But that’s mysterious — clearly it takes more time for the signal to travel up your nerves from your feet to your brain than from your nose. The reconciliation is simple: our conscious experience takes time to assemble, and your brain waits for all the relevant input before it experiences the “now.” Experiments have shown that the lag between things happening and us experiencing them is about 80 milliseconds. (Via conference participant David Eagleman.)

5. Your memory isn’t as good as you think. When you remember an event in the past, your brain uses a very similar technique to imagining the future. The process is less like “replaying a video” than “putting on a play from a script.” If the script is wrong for whatever reason, you can have a false memory that is just as vivid as a true one. Eyewitness testimony, it turns out, is one of the least reliable forms of evidence allowed into courtrooms. (Via conference participantsKathleen McDermott and Henry Roediger.)

6. Consciousness depends on manipulating time. Many cognitive abilities are important for consciousness, and we don’t yet have a complete picture. But it’s clear that the ability to manipulate time and possibility is a crucial feature. In contrast to aquatic life, land-based animals, whose vision-based sensory field extends for hundreds of meters, have time to contemplate a variety of actions and pick the best one. The origin of grammar allowed us to talk about such hypothetical futures with each other. Consciousness wouldn’t be possible without the ability to imagine other times. (Via conference participant Malcolm MacIver.)

7. Disorder increases as time passes. At the heart of every difference between the past and future — memory, aging, causality, free will — is the fact that the universe is evolving from order to disorder. Entropy is increasing, as we physicists say. There are more ways to be disorderly (high entropy) than orderly (low entropy), so the increase of entropy seems natural. But to explain the lower entropy of past times we need to go all the way back to the Big Bang. We still haven’t answered the hard questions: why was entropy low near the Big Bang, and how does increasing entropy account for memory and causality and all the rest? (We heard great talks by David Albertand David Wallace, among others.)

8. Complexity comes and goes. Other than creationists, most people have no trouble appreciating the difference between “orderly” (low entropy) and “complex.” Entropy increases, but complexity is ephemeral; it increases and decreases in complex ways, unsurprisingly enough. Part of the “job” of complex structures is to increase entropy, e.g. in the origin of life. But we’re far from having a complete understanding of this crucial phenomenon. (Talks by Mike Russell, Richard Lenski, Raissa D’Souza.)

9. Aging can be reversed. We all grow old, part of the general trend toward growing disorder. But it’s only the universe as a whole that must increase in entropy, not every individual piece of it. (Otherwise it would be impossible to build a refrigerator.) Reversing the arrow of time for living organisms is a technological challenge, not a physical impossibility. And we’re making progress on a few fronts: stem cells, yeast, and even (with caveats) mice and human muscle tissue. As one biologist told me: “You and I won’t live forever. But as for our grandkids, I’m not placing any bets.”

10. A lifespan is a billion heartbeats. Complex organisms die. Sad though it is in individual cases, it’s a necessary part of the bigger picture; life pushes out the old to make way for the new. Remarkably, there exist simple scaling laws relating animal metabolism to body mass. Larger animals live longer; but they also metabolize slower, as manifested in slower heart rates. These effects cancel out, so that animals from shrews to blue whales have lifespans with just about equal number of heartbeats — about one and a half billion, if you simply must be precise. In that very real sense, all animal species experience “the same amount of time.” At least, until we master #9 and become immortal. (Amazing talk by Geoffrey West.)

Copied from ( http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/09/01/ten-things-everyone-should-know-about-time/)

Azad Maidan 16th August 2011

2011-08-16T05:13:00.000-07:00

Mumbai Oktoberfest Details

2011-08-11T22:17:00.000-07:00

The Mumbai Oktoberfest 2011 will rock on the 14th, 15th and 16th of October 2011 at The Mahalaxmi Race Course.

In order to be a part of the madness, you can book tables for any (or all) of the 3 days. Each table can accommodate up to 10 people.

With each table, you will get :

 20 liters Beer
 10 Oktoberfest beer mugs
 10 Main courses (Veg/Non-veg)
 And most important of all, a table booked especially for you for the whole evening..

All this comes to you for a cost of Rs. 30,000 /- + service tax.

Those of you who partied with us last year know that we had turned away loads of people on all the days as we couldn’t accommodate everyone at the venue. This year, the demand for tables is even more because now people know what an awesome party the Mumbai Oktoberfest is. Hence it is highly advisable that you book your table ASAP.

In order to book tables, all you have to do is send an email stating that you are booking 1, 2 or 5 tables. You then need to pay the entire table amount at the time of booking. The table would be reserved under your name only after receiving the complete table amount from you. In case there’s a delay in receiving your money and the tables get sold out in the meantime, your money would be returned back to you.

Closer to the date of the fair, a table number would be allotted to you and you would be asked to come and collect your table tags and beer vouchers.

The rates mentioned above are for any one day.
The fest begins by 5 pm and the band starts playing by 6 pm onwards on all the 3 days.
So what are you waiting for? Book your table and let’s rock the party once again!

Best regards,

Ketaki Tarhalkar
Special Events Team

Indo German Chamber of Commerce,
Maker Tower "E" Cuffe Parade,
Mumbai :400005.

Enquiry time: Monday to Friday from 10 am to 5:00 pm :
Tel :+91-22-66652121(B)
:+91-22-66652147(D)
Email ID: mumbaioktoberfest@indo-german.com

3G Broadband Plans in Mumbai

2011-06-13T23:44:00.000-07:00

3G Plans (Prepaid) Comparison Mumbai

MTNL Prepaid Plans

Data Coupon	MRP (inclusive of Tax) in Rs.	Free Data Usage	Free Talk Value in Rs.	Free Local Video Call (Own N/W)	Validity
3G 99	99	130 MB	12/-	Nil	30 days
3G 250	250	500 MB	14/-	25 Min.	30 days
3G 450	450	1 GB	16/-	50 Min.	30 days
3G 750	750	2 GB	18/-	75 Min.	30 days
3G 2500	2500	Unlimited	20/-	150 Min.	60 days

Reliance Prepaid 3G Plans

Plan	MRP (Rs)	Free Quota	Validity
3G Pack 100 MB	Rs. 100	100 MB	30 days
3G Pack 250 MB	Rs. 199	250 MB	30 days
3G Pack 500 MB	Rs. 399	500 MB	30 days
3G Pack 1 GB	Rs. 649	1 GB	30 days
3G Pack 2 GB	Rs. 749	2 GB	30 days
3G Pack 3 GB	Rs. 899	3 GB	30 days
3G Pack 5 GB	Rs. 1,199	5 GB	30 days
3G Pack 10 GB	Rs. 1,499	10 GB	30 days
3G Pack 15 GB	Rs. 1,799	15 GB	30 days
3G Pack 21 GB	Rs. 2,100	21 GB	30 days

Vodafone Prepaid 3G Plans

Product Category	Recharges	Allowance (MB)	Validity
Mobile Internet	26	25 MB	1 day
Mobile Internet	102	100 MB	30 days
Mobile Internet	375	500 MB	30 days
Mobile Internet	850	3 GB	30 days
Mobile Internet	1250	5 GB	30 days
Mobile Internet	500	500 MB + 500 (Local + STD) Mins + 500 (Local & National) SMS	30 days
Mobile Internet	1000	1000 MB + 1000 (Local + STD) Mins + 1000 (Local & National) SMS	30 days
Mobile Broadband	650	1 GB	30 days
Mobile Broadband	851	3 GB	30 days
Mobile Broadband	1252	5 GB	30 days
Mobile Broadband	3250	6 GB	180 days
Mobile Broadband	4250	18 GB	180 days
Mobile Broadband	6250	30 GB	180 days

The Beer Dictionary

2011-06-06T00:38:00.001-07:00

The Beer Dictionary (Very Important)

A collection of terms that every beer drinker should know.
Bait-and-switch - When an attractive person invites you to his or her table then steers you to a less attractive friend.
Barley sandwich - Beer for lunch. Also called a slurp sandwich.
Bayonetting the wounded - Gamely drinking the half-finished beers the morning after a party.
Booze coupons - Money.
Bedspins - The variety of spins that occur while lying prone. Putting one foot on the floor usually helps. If you are already on the floor, may God have mercy on your soul.
Beer bitch - The person sitting closest to the cooler or refrigerator at a party whose sole purpose in life is to grab another beer for you whenever you go empty.
Beer Buffet - Any bar with more than ten different beers on tap.
Beer blinders (Beer goggles) - One’s perception when under the influence of alcohol. Often causes unattractive people to look hot, long distances to look jumpable, and also makes break dancing moves look easy.
Beer Pressure - The tendency to drink what your friends drink.
Beer queer - A straight man who will pretend to be gay in order to solicit free drinks from an unsuspecting homosexual.
Blackout Brigade - A group of heavy drinkers.
Booze compass - The instinct that leads you home when you’re blackout drunk.
Booze muscle - The increase in courage and combat abilities linked to heavy alcohol consumption.
Booze snooze - A nap taken early in the afternoon after a morning of drinking, designed to prepare you for the evening’s drinking.
Boozgart - The person who, when he is supposed to be passing the bottle of liquor around, stops to reflect on the first time he got drunk, last time he got drunk, etc. A derivative of the stoner term bogart.
Breaking the Seal - Urinating for the first time during a drinking session. Once the seal is broken, restroom trips become much more frequent.
Britney Spears - Rhyming slang for light beer. As in, “How can I take you seriously when you’ve been drinking Britney Spears all night?”
Buzzkill - That which destroys the buzz. Examples are fights with one’s significant other while at the bar, boors who insist on telling that story one more time, your best friend admitting that he/she is sleeping with your significant other, horrible music after you’ve just heard three of your favorite songs in a row, or discovering that you actually have less than half of the money that you thought you had at the beginning of the evening.
Date Rape - Nickname given to any of a number of alcoholic beverages that taste like they have no booze in them whatsoever. Refers to their effectiveness in helping a high school boy get his hands down the pants of a girl who doesn't like beer.
De-boned - To become so drunk you appear not to have any skeletal structure to hold you up.
Deep-dish olive pie - A martini.
Deja booty - When a drunk inexplicably has sex with a person that he/she swore he/she would never speak to ever again, again.
Deja booze - When an infrequently enjoyed drink reminds you of the last time you enjoyed it. As in, “This margarita reminds me of when I was partying in Tijuana, just before I vomited on myself, picked a fight with the bartender and got thrown in the clink. Good times, good times.”
Deserter - A full beer, possibly hidden, found when cleaning up the next day after a party.
Drink link - An ATM.
Drink shrink - Those who, after a few drinks, discover they have the ability to psychoanalyze and offer solid personal advice to their friends and/or strangers.
Drinking in stereo - Boozing with a drink in each hand.
Driving by brail - Using the sound and feel of the road turtles to keep your car on the highway.
Felony juice - Tequila.
Flip wire - That fine, fuzzy line between buzzed and hammered. As in, “That fucker ain’t driving, he tripped the flip wire three shots ago.”
Floored - When you’re so drunk standing up just seems a silly waste of time.
Frontloading - Getting drunk before going to a nightclub because the club’s drinks are expensive.
FUBAR - F**ked Up Beyond All Recognition.
Fugly bus - The mysterious bus that whisks away all the ugly people from the bar and replaces them with their beautiful cousins while you’re in the bathroom draining your tenth pint.
Get the fade on - Going out with intention of getting very, very drunk.
Grog monster - The part of the brain that insists you keep drinking long after you should have went home and passed out.
Gutter hugger - Drinkers who empty the contents of their stomach into a gutter or nearest trash can.
"Hell’s Own Drag" Influence - As in, “See the size of that shot? Ever since I started dating the bartender, I’ve got hell’s own drag at this bar.”
Hooch hotel - The drunk tank.
Housed - Moderately drunk. This term is particularly popular with those who listen to the Grateful Dead and smoke large amounts of marijuana.
Jack and Jill - A shot of Jack Daniels and a beer.
Joint of no return - A bar from which you are 86’d.
Juice card - Received on your 21st birthday.
Jumping on the grenade - When two groups of the opposite sex meet, one member “jumps on the grenade” by talking to (or possibly sleeping with) the least attractive member of the other group so as to ensure the success of the rest of the group.
Jumping strays - Stealing unattended or abandoned drinks at a bar or party. As in, “I’m so broke I’ve been jumping strays all night.”
Kamikaze eyes - The look a drunk gets when he spies someone he always hated but never had the guts to fight. Until now.
Keg commander - The boisterous chap who hovers around the keg so as to ensure everyone knows how to properly pour a beer.
Keg sitter - Someone who stands next to the keg and drinks. Anyone who abandons social interaction for the sake of insuring that they get their proper share of the beer.
Last call lothario - Someone who’s shy until last call, at which point he’ll try to hook up with anything that has a pulse and/or booze at their home.
Loudmouth soup - A shot of strong liquor.
MDA - Mysterious Drinking Accident. When you wake up with bruises and cuts you have no recollection of receiving. Also called UPI (Unidentified Party Injury), UBB (Unidentified Beer Bruise) and drunk marks.
NBR - No Beers Required. Someone sufficiently attractive enough to hit on while sober.
One for the ditch - A less optimistic version of One for the road.
Pavement pizza - Vomit on the sidewalk, often found outside bars.
Prole piss - Any cheap American lager.
Prole piss poser - A yuppie who attempts to appear down with the working class by making a point of ordering only bottom shelf liquor and cheap beer.
Mystery guest - The guy at the party no one seems to know. They usually lurk in the kitchen near the booze.
Riding a rocking horse into battle - Getting drunk on 3.2% beer.
Roadside olympics - Roadside sobriety test.
Shelf jumper - Someone whose tastes improve from bottom to top shelf when someone offers to buy them a drink.
Skinflint sprint - The fast walk a departing patron employs after he’s left the cocktail waitress a less-than-generous tip on the table.
Slop jaw - Someone who spills (unintentionally or otherwise) most of his shot down the side of his face. As in, “Don’t waste anymore money on Mike, he slopjawed the last three shots.”
Stout gout - The morning-after flatulence that often follows a night of drinking Guinness.
Tart fuel - Bottled alcopops, e.g. Hooch, Sky Blue, etc., regularly consumed by young women.
Thousand mile glare - The blank, vaguely hostile look a veteran bartender will give you when you ask a stupid question such as, “Is the beer cold?”
Tip jar anxiety - The fear that an unobservant bartender won’t notice you left a good tip.
Trip dog - The invisible canine that starts getting underfoot around your tenth drink. Once he arrives he will trip you up the rest of the night.
Trojan hooch - Bringing an empty bottle wrapped in a brown paper bag to a party so you won’t appear a mooch.
Twelve stepper - A reformed drinker or someone who wants to quit drinking early. As in, “Hold on there, twelve stepper, the bouncer hasn’t even threatened us yet.”
Two pint screamer - Someone who gets noticeably drunk after two drinks.
Vodka vision A liquor specific brand of beer goggles.
Wobbly pop - Any beverage containing alcohol.
New Words for Drunk: Jagged up, boiled as an owl, mothered, curried and mashed, de-ossified, full tight, skinned, pie-eyed, gibbled, in the paint, pile-axed, rat-assed, stinko, torn off the frame, torqued, troll-eyed, wired to the tits, banjoed, chateaued, one over the eight, pixelated, swipey, wankered, zigzag, slaughtered, juice-looped, 12 gauged, Boris Yelstinned, cop-sluggin’ drunk, five winos gone, jackassed, liver-lubed, monkey assed, mullocked, paralytic, stolichnyed, ten feet tall and bulletproof, tore up from the floor up, Kennedied, wearing a big hat, shined up, wingdinged, off the leash, drunk uncled, picassoed, and finally, locked out of your mind.

Social Shopping

2011-05-03T03:34:00.000-07:00

So my wife call's me from home and asks me if I would like to go to spa with her. Not a spa person at all, nor do i want to spend an exhorbident amount of money on pampering myself (not my style, would rather workout). She tell me of website online that gives discounts on spa, haircuts, body massages etc. She tells me a new category called social shoping has been invented, Social shopping I ask, is it like facebook where I need to polike, poke n comment. She says no its a place where people buy stuff and get fabulous group discounts. This idea facinated me how a bunch of strangers purchasing goods/services individually receive doscounts based on the purchases of the entire group, my mind starts thing game theory in play, wow, whats best for the group is also best for the individual ( A beautiful mind)!!! After a lot of delight I search online and i see quite a few online sites for social shopping, they are!!

http://www.snapdeal.com
http://www.mydala.com
http://www.sosasta.com
http://www.taggle.com
http://www.dealsandyou.com
http://dealhojaye.rediff.com/

Tweet-Generating Website Knows You Better than You Know Yourself

2011-04-12T21:27:00.000-07:00

Tweet-Generating Website Knows You Better than You Know Yourself

Sam Biddle — If there's one single problem with Twitter, it's crafting that perfect 140-character dispatch—so arduous. The impeccable balance of wit, brevity, and pop cultural references is so tricky! Not anymore.This site mines your Twitter archives for source material.

The appropriately-titled That Can Be My Next Tweet! generates semi-fresh material based on whatever drivel and insight you've cranked out in the past. And it works. Eerily so. The tweets it's generated for me are more realistic than ones I've made myself. It's as if it's reached its webby arm down my throat, into my barely-pulsating soul, and tickled the nerves that're responsible for Twitter-based folly.

A few example auto-tweets:

Unceasing, sanity-undermining banging and iPad version? WHAT TO THINK Just ordered my vacation This seems?
Yeah sometimes I stumbled upon this. Hour early to Xxplosive ; .@_RebeccaBlack_?
Gotta rub it can't play infinity blade, dummy. infinite regress Fuck these tweets themselves are mean to!
NO, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S NOT ASKIN' ANY QUESTIONS The J train is the pantsuit?
Care to see how high are some pretty great thing I've used that nauseates me Sometimes I had a CloudApp?

Dreamlike. Semi-sensical. Sort of terrifying. The site is less a Twitter toy than a disturbing peer into my subconscious.

[via Annie] [Via Gizmodo]

world cup celebrations at worli seaface

2011-04-12T02:13:00.000-07:00

Only 3 countries that dont support the metric system: USA, Liberia, Myanmar

2011-03-29T01:54:00.000-07:00

Feet, yards, inches, miles, gallons, ounces, these may mean something to some people around the world, while others struggle with online converters or, worse, software designed to convert these values, that are not reliable most of the times.

How about fathoms, rods, chains, furlongs, leagues?

Did anybody hear about these strange measuring units? The US is a powerful nation, a "model of democracy" and an economic standard that most countries would like to follow.

While English has gradually imposed itself as the most used language in many fields, starting with the IT, there is one thing not many people wanted to adopt: their measuring system.

Of course, they're not the only country to stick to the old system, but while some countries still use feet and miles, although they officially adopted the International System of Units, the US are among the only three countries that never adopted this system, the other two being Liberia and Myanmar.

Since the 1960s, the International System of Units (SI) ("Syst�me International d'Unit�s" in French, hence "SI") has been the internationally recognized standard metric system. Metric units of mass, length, and electricity are widely used around the world for both everyday and scientific purposes.

They have been designed to provide a single unit for any physical quantity, thus eliminating the need for conversion factors when making calculations with physical quantities. Another advantage of the unified metric system is the fact that multiples and submultiples are related to the fundamental unit by factors of powers of ten, so that one can convert by simply moving the decimal place: 1.234 meters is 1234 millimeters, 0.001234 kilometers etc.

I can tell you that in a scientific paper the effort of converting the measuring units from the international system to the one used in the US can give you serious headaches and are sometimes as complicated as the mathematical calculations in the first place.

If you don't believe me, just try these experiments. Transforming the following values from one measuring system to the other can make you scream, and not Eureka!

Just a few examples: what is the mileage of a car that uses 8,7 liters of fuel per one hundred kilometres? What is a pressure value of 174 pounds per square inch transformed to kilograms per square meter? How much is a density of 1,6 grams per cubic centimeter transformed to pounds per cubic foot?

This is one thing I'll never understand. No wait, there's also the thing with the spelling differences and synonyms from British to US English... What should I wear, a pair of green trousers or one of kaki pants?

Are These the World's Smallest Restaurants?

2011-02-17T00:30:00.000-08:00

Solo per Due—"Just for Two"—in Vacone, Italy, bills itself as being the world's smallest restaurant, as it takes only one dinner reservation for one couple per evening. But despite being only for two, that restaurant sits on an expansive estate that once belonged to an Italian poet. In our estimation, these eateries in Korea have to be some of the world's smallest restaurants, if not the smallest.

Situated under staircases in shopping centers, these tiny food bars highlight two important things: 1. The space issues cramped Asian nations face and 2. A remarkable resilience and ingenuity in the face of challenging environments. Many Americans store their old sweaters under their stairs. Koreans sometimes prepare and consume meals there.

Petite bon appetit.

Why is today a bank holiday in Mumbai

2011-02-16T01:06:00.001-08:00

Id-E-Milad

The Prophet was born on the twelfth day of Rabi-ul-Awwal, the third month of the Muslim year. His death anniversary also falls on the same day. The word ' barah ' stands for the twelve days of the Prophet's sickness. During these days, sermons are delivered in mosques by learned men, focusing on the life and noble deeds of the Prophet.
In some parts of the country, a ceremony known as 'sandal' rite is performed over the symbolic footprints of the Prophet engraved in stone. A representation of 'buraq', a horse on which the Prophet is believed to have ascended to heaven, is kept near the footprints and anointed with sandal paste or scented powder, and the house and casket containing these are elaborately decorated. Elegies or 'marsiyas' are sung in memory of the last days of the Prophet. The twelfth day or the Urs proper is observed quietly, in prayers and alms-giving.

List of Dry Days in Maharashtra

2011-01-30T05:43:00.000-08:00

List of Dry Days to be followed by retail licensee every year in Maharashtra

A. 1) 26 th January (Republic Day)

2) 30 th January (Martyer's Day)

3) 1 st May (Maharashtra Day)

4) Ashadi Ekadashi

5) 15 th August (Independence Day)

6) Anant Chaturdashi

7) Two day's in prohibition week that is to say the 2nd October & 8th October

8) Kartiki Ekadashi

B. The day or days on which poll in relation to any general election or by - election to the house of people or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly or any local authority in the state is taken in the constituency in which such premises are located and two days immediately before such day of poll the day after poll,the day before the counting day or days on the counting day or day and the day immediately after counting

C. Such special occasions and in such area as the Collector may, after giving a notice of not less than seven days in the official Gazette and in any local newspaper having wide circulation in such area specify in this behalf.

D. For FL-IV club license, Three Star & above category only election dry days are applicable.

Punjab Ka Pehla Theka

2011-01-27T01:16:00.000-08:00

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IPC Section 144

2011-01-24T01:06:00.000-08:00

Section 144. Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon

Whoever, being armed with any deadly weapon, or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, is a member of an unlawful assembly, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

from: http://www.legalservicesindia.com/articles/crpc.htm

Written By : Chinmayee Prasad, National Law Institute University, Bhopal

Introduction
Under the Criminal Procedure Code (hereinafter the Code) wide powers have been conferred on an Executive Magistrate to deal with emergent situations. One such provision deals with the Magistrates powers to impose restrictions on the personal liberties of individuals, whether in a specific locality or in a town itself, where the situation has the potential to cause unrest or danger to peace and tranquility in such an area, due to certain disputes. In brief, Section 144 confers powers to issue an order absolute at once in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger. Specified classes of magistrates may make such orders when in their opinion there is sufficient ground for proceeding under the section and immediate prevention or speedy remedy is desirable. It requires the magistrate to issue the order in writing setting forth the material facts of the case and the order is to be served in the manner provided by section. 134 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The wording of the section envisages a situation wherein the power provided there under may be exercised on the assessment of the Magistrate himself - a subjective satisfaction. However, the judicial pronouncement as dealt with in the paper, aptly show that certain stringent conditions have been imposed by the Courts on this most plenary powers. Therefore, as the case law discussed would indicate, not only would the Court consider the situations as assessed by the Magistrate but would also take into cognisance factors as to whether the orders issued under section 144 were vague or directed to a specific person.

Therefore, in many cases the orders issued under the provision may be struck down not squarely on the grounds that such orders were not warranted by the circumstances, but also due to factors that the orders so issued did not specifically mention the area on which the restriction are imposed and so on. The Courts have therefore laid much emphasis on the importance of following guidelines mentioned under section 134 as also in the various sub-section of section 144.

The paper begins its analysis by first expounding on the scope of section 144, followed by the explanations regarding the conditions that need be fulfilled in order to invoke it. Further in the paper, details of an order under this section are elaborated upon, like its contents, duration and mode of its service. While explaining the above, judicial pronouncements have been relied upon to substantiate as well as elucidate the meaning of the section.

Scope of Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code
Action under this section is anticipatory, that is, it is utilized to restrict certain actions even before they actually occur. Anticipatory restrictions are imposed generally in cases of emergency, where there is an apprehended danger of some event that has the potential to cause major public nuisance or damage to public tranquility. The gist of action under S.144 is the urgency of the situation; its efficacy is the likelihood of being able to prevent some harmful occurrences. Preservation of the public peace and tranquility is the primary function of the Government and the aforesaid power is conferred on the Executive Magistracy enabling it to perform that function effectively during the emergent situations. In the case of Radhe Das v Jairam Mahto and Ors the dispute was over a piece of property. The petitioners applied for restriction on the respondent from entering the property, which was ordered by the Magistrate under Section 144. However, while the judicial proceedings were in way the respondents too claimed for the same prohibition on the petitioners, which was subsequently granted by the Magistrate under the same section. The respondents in response to this order brought the present action on the ground that their right over the property was being violated by the order. The court held that if the situation demands any action, then for prevention of public peace and tranquility, the individual rights of a person can be renounced for the greater benefit of the society at large. In the words of

"To give jurisdiction under this section, the Magistrate shall be of opinion that immediate prevention or speedy remedy is desirable and that the direction he proposes to make is likely to prevent a disturbance of the public tranquillity or a riot or an affray. In such circumstances private rights must give way."

The principles that must be borne in mind before the application of this section has also been elaborated upon in the case ofManzur Hasan v Muhammad Zaman and approved in the case of Shaik Piru Bux v Kalandi Pati . They are:

1. Urgency of the situation and the power is to be used for maintaining public peace and tranquillity
2. Private rights may be temporarily overridden when there is a conflict between public interest and private rights
3. Questions of title to properties or entitlements to rights or disputes of civil nature are not open for adjudication in a proceeding under section 144.
4. Where those questions have already been decided by the civil courts or by judicial pronouncements, the Magistrate should exercise their power under section 144 in aid of those rights and against those who interfere with the lawful exercise thereof.
5. The consideration should not be that restriction would affect only a minor section of the community rather that a large section more vociferous and militant.

It confers full powers on certain Magistrates to take prompt action in cases of emergency when immediate prevention or speedy remedy is desirable. If there is neither an urgency calling for the application of a speedy remedy nor apprehension of danger to human life, health or safety, etc., the Magistrate cannot issue an order under this section. As it is possible to act absolutely and even ex parte it is obvious that the emergency must be sudden and the consequences sufficiently grave. Without it the exercise of power would be totally futile. The Magistrate should apply his mind to see whether the matter is of such urgency as to require an order under this section.

Though the power conferred under this section is extraordinary considering the fact that it enables them to suspend the lawful rights of persons if they think such a suspension will be in the interest of public peace and safety. But the Magistrate should bear in mind that every citizen has a right to ventilate his grievances either in public or in private and ask for redress. This right cannot be curtailed so long as it is exercised in a lawful manner. It is an illegal assumption of power to issue an order under this section on a pretended apprehension of the danger of the breach of the public peace. However, section 144 is intended to provide for an emergency, and it is idle to contend that in an emergency when a riot is apprehended and when there is apprehension of a serious disturbance of the public tranquillity, the Magistrate is required to deliberate upon and decide the rights of the parties before acting.

The petitioner in this case was stated to be the greatest Pir of Sind, and held an annual religious festival, which was objected to a large number of Muslims. Considering the situation the DM of the state by an order under section 144 prohibited the celebration of this 'festival'. This order was objected by the pir and his followers as it curtailed their rights to worship. The Court disagreed with this contention and answered the argument through the following reasoning:

"this section is intended to provide for an emergency, and it is idle to contend that in an emergency, when a riot is apprehended and where there is apprehension of a serious disturbance of the public tranquility the Magistrate is required to deliberate upon and decide the rights of the parties before acting."

The order must state the facts on the basis of which the Magistrate has decided to invoke this section. The mere statement of a Magistrate that he considered the case to be imminent is not sufficient to give him jurisdiction, if the facts set out by him show that really there was no urgent necessity for action in this connection.

Another point that needs consideration is that an order under section 144 cannot be of a permanent or a semi-permanent nature. This was held in the case of Acharya Jagdisharanand Avadhut v Police Commissioner, Calcutta where the Anand Margis were prohibited from conducting Tandava dance on the streets or carry skulls in their processions, by an order of the Commissioner under section 144 of the code. The first order lasted for two months and then after every gap of two months the Commissioner again issued the same order. This repetition of order was challenged. The Supreme Court held this act of the Commissioner as an abuse of power and stated on page 58 that:

"the Parliament never intended the life on an order under section 144 of the code to remain in force beyond two months when made by a Magistrate. The scheme of that section does not contemplate repetitive orders and in case the situation so warrants steps have to be taken under other provisions of the law when individual disputes are raised. If repetitive orders are made it would clearly amount to abuse of the power conferred by section 144 of the Code."

Rationale for the application of Section 144
Orders under this section are justifiable only when it is likely to prevent any of the following events from happening

1. Annoyance: Annoyance may be either physical or mental. In the case of physical annoyance a certain degree of proximity between the object annoyed and the annoyance is necessary, but in the case of mental annoyance no question of proximity arises. This section covers both kinds of annoyance. Section 144 Criminal Procedure Code, can be used even against newspapers in proper cases of incitements to breaches of the peace or to commit nuisances, dangerous to life or health or to annoy officers lawfully employed. Even where an order under this section deals with a 'nuisance' there must be a danger to life or health involved, or of an affray or riot or breach of the peace. Mere defamatory statements, and even highly objectionable abusive articles against prominent officials, cannot be dealt with under this section unless they are likely to lead to a breach of the peace or to a nuisance endangering life or health. The section should not be abused by using it for dealing with abusive articles and defamation not likely to lead to a breach of peace.

2. Injury to Human life: A Magistrate has no jurisdiction to make an order under this section merely for the protection of property. He has got to be satisfied that the direction is likely to prevent injury or risk of injury to human life or safety. Most of the acts contemplated by this section are of the nature that if not prevented they will develop into an offence. But there is at least one item about which this limited view is not possible. The word 'injury' as defined under section 44 of the IPC states 'any harm whatever illegally caused to any person, in body, mind, reputation or property', and the word 'illegal' defined under section 43 of then same Code is applicable to 'everything which is prohibited by law, or which furnishes a ground for a civil action'. Whenever, an injury is caused to a person the recourse to this section can be taken in those situations. So, even if the act or the measure complained of be not such as would amount to an offence when allowed to be completed would furnish grounds for a civil action only, the protection of this section will extend to the person.

3. Disturbance of public tranquility: The act prohibited under this section must he so prohibited if it is likely to prevent obstructions, etc., or disturbance of the public tranquility, etc. it is not enough to say that by stretching several possibilities one after the other, it is possible to establish a connection of cause and effect between the act prohibited and disturbance of public tranquility. The connection must be reasonable or proximate and not merely speculative or distant. Where there are no circumstances peculiar to the locality and the matter is or of general impression, the absence of any near or reasonable connection between the prohibited act and the supposed danger to public tranquility will be a ground upon which the High Court is bound to act.

4. Order cannot be made to give advantage to one party: The section does give wide powers to the Magistrate, and imminent danger to the public peace may justify interference with even private interests. But the section is not to be invoked by one party to a dispute to secure a material advantage over the other.

Constitutional Validity of this section
Hidayutallah, C. J., stated in the celebrated case of Madhu Likaye v S.D.M. Monghyr, that section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code is not unconstitutional if properly applied and the fact that it may be abused is no ground for it's being struck down. And the provisions of the Code properly understood are not in excess of the limits laid down in the Constitution for restricting the freedom guaranteed in it and that is precisely why the Court held that section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code is valid and Constitutional.

Since the propriety of the order is open to challenge, it cannot be said that by reason of the wide amplitude of the power which section 144 confers on certain magistrates, it places unreasonable restrictions on certain fundamental rights. The conferment of such wide powers on the Magistrate does not therefore amount to an infringement of the rights guaranteed under the Constitution. In this case, the Magistrate gave a prohibitive order under section 144 in order to avoid a scuffle between members of two labour unions. The petitioner here challenged the provision as giving arbitrary powers to the Magistrate. For calling the power not as arbitrary the court said that as this power can only be exercised in cases of emergency, therefore it in a way restricts that act of the Magistrate. Just because there is a chance of abuse does not mean that the section should be struck down.

There were a number of contentions raised by the counsel of the petitioner however; the Supreme Court demolished each of them one by one. There were five points enumerated in the judgement, which justified the constitutionality of section 144. They are as follows.

1) Although the Magistrate has a power under this section to pass orders ex-parte¸ however generally the procedure that is followed is to serve a notice to the person against whom the order is being passed. Only in cases of extreme critical situations that the Magistrate has to resort to passing an ex-parte order.

2) Additionally, the persons aggrieved by the order have a right to challenge the order on the grounds they find appropriate. This supports the view that the power granted under this section is not arbitrary.

3) To substantiate the above, an opportunity for hearing and to show cause is also provided to the person challenging the order of the Magistrate. Therefore, the principles of natural justice are also complied with under this section.

4) Next the court also stated that the fact that the aggrieved party has the right to challenge the propriety of the order, makes the action of the Magistrate more reasonable and based on cogent reason.

5) Finally the High Court's power of revision under section 435 of the Code read with section 439 of the code also makes up for the condition that the order under section 144 is non-appeal able. The High Court can either quash the order or ask the Magistrate for the material facts, therefore ensuring accountability of the Magistrate.

Since the decision of the Supreme Court in the case mentioned above there has been a number of cases where the courts have accepted this approach and held that the preventive action under section 144 is justified.

Additionally, any restriction, which is opposed to the fundamental principles of liberty and justice, cannot be considered reasonable. One of the tests to find out whether a restriction is reasonable or not is to see whether the aggrieved party has a right of representation against the restrictions imposed or proposed to be imposed. No person can be deprived of his liberty without being afforded an opportunity to be heard in defence and that opportunity must be adequate, fair and reasonable. Further, the courts have to see whether the restrictions are in excess of the requirement or whether it is imposed in an arbitrary manner.

Condition precedent to assuming jurisdiction
The first thing which a Magistrate has got be satisfied about is that there is sufficient ground for proceeding under this section and an immediate prevention or speedy remedy is desirable , and the second element which has got to be established is that the Magistrate should consider that the direction which he is about to give, is one which is likely to prevent or tends to prevent obstructions, annoyance or injury to any person lawfully employed, or danger to human life, health or safety of a disturbance of the public tranquility or a riot or an affray. The circumstances calling for an order must be circumstances of emergency, and an order passed when there is no emergency is without jurisdiction. The Magistrate must decide as a matter of fact whether the dispute is likely to lead to a breach of the peace or a disturbance of public tranquility. The urgency of a case of nuisance or apprehended danger is essential to its treatment under section 144 of the Code, and the orders to be passed under this section must be of a temporary nature as is shown clearly by sub-section (4) of section 144 providing that no order under this section shall remain in force for more than two months from the making thereof; unless, in cases of danger to human life, health or safety, or a likelihood of a riot or an affray, the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette otherwise directs. Where this essential preliminary to assuming jurisdiction is not found to exist, his order must be deemed to be an order having no legal force and any expression of opinion contained therein must be deemed to be void of legal force or effect. This section is to be applied in cases of urgency and should not be allowed to take place of any other provision of law which might be more appropriate. And before proceeding under this section, the Magistrate should hold an enquiry and record the urgency of the matter. For the purposes of section 144, it is only necessary that the Magistrate issuing the order should believe that apprehension of nuisance or danger exists. No proof of existence of such apprehension is necessary. The record of the Magistrate should disclose the existence of an emergency which called for an ex parte order under this section or that there was no sufficient time to serve notice on the party affected thereby.

An order under this section must be based upon proper evidence. In the absence of such evidence, the Magistrate cannot pass an order merely on the complaint of one party. The proper use to be made of this section is to meet a temporary urgency or keep things in Status Quo and not to pass an order which has practically the effect of a mandatory injunction in favour of one of two opposing parties whereby he is able to deprive the other completely of his ordinary legal rights and remedies and that too finally for all practical purposes.

Contents of order
(a) Order must be in writing - The words used under section 144 is "a written order" and therefore the order issued under this section must always be in writing. There must be a written order directed to the accused and duly promulgated before he can be prosecuted for disobedience of the order. If there is no written order, a prosecution under section 188, I.P.C., for the disobedience of a mere verbal order cannot stand.

As this section empowers a Magistrate to interfere materially with the liberty of the subject, it is necessary that he should promulgate his order in terms sufficiently clear to enable the public, or persons affected by it, to know exactly what it is which they are prohibited from doing. It is for this reason that section 144 itself makes it obligatory for the Magistrate in any such order to indicate the material facts, which justify such an order. However, it is not mandatory for the Magistrate to take evidence before issuing such an order.

(b) Order must be specific and definite in terms - The order under this section must be one, which is absolute and definite in terms. Section 144 (1) and (2), do not contemplate the passing of a conditional order to be made absolute later on or one that is pregnant with vagueness. This is imperative, as the person(s) to whom this order is issued must know exactly what is that he is prohibited from undertaking.

It is vital for the Magistrate to mention the following in the order under section 144. They are, firstly 'the act/conduct which is prohibited' and secondly 'the people who are prohibited from doing so'. The order should have names of specific persons and the prohibited act should be explained with reasonable precision. Ambiguity of any kind should be avoided as much as possible.

(c) 'Material Facts' must be stated in the order - The order must contain a statement of the 'material facts', which the magistrate considers to be facts of the case and upon the footing of which he bases his order. The provision of section 144 only require the 'material facts' to be stated and not the grounds or reasons or the detailed substance of the information on which the order is based. Where the order did not state the material facts, it was set aside. To justify an order under section 154, there must be a causal connection between the act prohibited and the danger apprehended.

Where the order does not show that there is any emergency for which the order has been issued, the order cannot be sustained.

(d) Prohibition must be clearly stated - The thing, which is prohibited, must be clearly stated. It is not proper to leave in doubt as to whether the persons are prohibited from doing a thing or not. The order must state as to against whom the prohibition order applies, and what are they prohibited from doing or required to do. Except where the order is addressed to the public in general (as under sub-section 3), the persons against whom the orders are directed must be specified. If the order is not definite and clear, it becomes extremely difficult for enforcement. Thus for example, if an order were directed to the public, which frequents public or private streets in a particular city, such an order would be considered to be sufficiently definite as to place, and hence cannot be held to be vague. It must however be cautioned that the duration of the order must be co-extensive with the emergency.

Service of the prohibiting order under section 144
In this section of the paper, we would deal with the next stage of orders issued under section 144. Once the form of the order is proper, the Magistrate must then serve the order upon those expressly mentioned in the order itself. For this, section 134 of the Criminal Procedure Code is attracted. However, occasions may arise when it is not possible to distinguish between those people whose conduct must be controlled and those whose conduct is clear. In these circumstances a general order may be necessary where the number of persons is so large that distinction between them and the general public cannot be made; in these circumstances a general service of order is done through publication of the order in a daily newspaper etc.

Nevertheless, under section 134 the order must be served on the person against whom it is made (sub-section 1); or else, when such personal service is not feasible a copy of the said order must be stuck up at such place(s) as may be deemed fit (sub-section 2). The notice issued must be follow the terms of the order passed and should not be couched in wider terms. Therefore, if the said procedure were not properly followed, the order made would then be deemed illegal. The person can then not be convicted for any defiance of the order under section 188 of the Criminal Procedure Code. However, if it can be shown that the person against whom the order was directed did in fact have knowledge of such order being issued against him, any irregularity in the method of promulgation would not by itself make the order ultra vires.

Duration of the Order
As expressly mentioned in the section, any order passed under section 144 shall be subject to sub-clause (4) and would therefore be valid only for a period of two months. As it has already been remarked earlier, it is not competent to a Magistrate to revive or resuscitate his order from time to time. Such an exercise of power would clearly constitute abuse of power.

The state government can extend this time period of two months to a maximum of six months from the date of the expiry of the initial order, if it finds it imperative for prevention of certain situations causing disturbances of safety, health or peace. Although, the power conferred upon the state government is executive in nature, there can be a revision of the order by a Magistrate in case the court finds the arbitrary or unfair exercise of power.

Conclusion
After careful analysis of the concerned section in the light of judicial pronouncement and academic commentaries, the paper can be concluded with the assertion that, section 144, albeit discretionary, is an essential element in the set of measures that are undertaken by the executive body of any district in order to prevent as well as manage situations of urgency.

There have been numerous cases filed against the section challenging the constitutional validity of the section and an equal number of decisions upholding its legitimacy. Though, discretionary powers are conferred upon the Magistrate under this section, there are various fetters on its exercise so as to prevent any arbitrariness or unfairness in the order. The fact that the High Court can review the order of a Magistrate under this section makes the exercise of this power more rational.

Moreover, the increasing cases of riots and other incidents ruining public peace and tranquility has made it mandatory for the Magistrates to have such powers so as to secure the common people the safety and peace which is essential for their living.

However, at this juncture, it may be opined that there appears to be a need to balance the granting of plenary powers by the legislature to deal with emergent situations, and the need to protect the personal liberty and other freedoms granted to the citizens under the fundamental rights of the Constitution, especially Article 21

Phas Gaye Re Obama - English Academy

2011-01-20T11:10:00.000-08:00

Funny Scene from Phas Gaye Re Obama - English Learning Scene

Teacher: You long hair and lanky fellow, stand where your shitting, teacher enter no notice, eh full insulting, eh your mother fathers manners this, eh

Student: Sir woh baat aisi hai

Teacher: Speak in english, this english coaching, not a local language

Student: Actually talk was that ki Sirji ki...

Teacher: Full stop,

Student: Sorry Sirjee

Teacher: Sorry ka baby, you together thinking, eh, english speaking like a rice plate eating, no, never, huh, not, english speaking not a children play, english speaking like a undertaker play, taj mahal create

Student: taj mahal create

Teacher: yes, again time careful, again time this behavior so touch to my fingerprint you chick so big chick you chick red red chick understand,

Student: Yes Sir

Teacher: the postman, the busiman, the collector letter from the fever students are funda... STAND UP

SPICE QT 50 Mobile Phone

2011-01-20T07:49:00.000-08:00

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Don’t miss out on what your friends are up to. With the QWERTY keypad and pre-embedded applications of QT50 like Nimbuzz and ibibo, messaging and social networking is a breeze.

Dual Expandable Memory

The QT 50 comes with 2-T flash cards enabling you to easily store and share your movies, music, photos and other data. There’s so much memory you would forget about it.

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Two SIMs, one phone, zero confusion. With the multi-SIM capability of QT50, don’t let your personal life collide with your professional life.

Digital Camera

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Features

Product type	Qwerty Bar
Network(MHz)	900/1800 MHz
Dimensions(in mm)	1105813
Weight(in gms)	90
Talk Time	Upto 4 Hrs.
Stand by Time	Upto 300 Hrs
Battery Power(mAh)	1000
Antenna Type	Internal

Storage

Phonebook Capacity
800
Memory Card Type
T-Flash
Memory Card Support Capacity
Up to 4 GB (2+2)
Phone Memory**
1 MB

Display

Screen
262 K TFT : 2.0 Inch
Screen Size (Pixels) External
176 * 220

Sound

Ring Tones
64 polyphonic, MP3/WAV/Midi
Speakerphone(yes/NO)
Yes
User Profiles
Yes
Caller Group
Yes
Melody Composer
Yes

Language

Language Support
English & Hindi
Predictive Text
Zi

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SMS
1000
SMS Templates
Yes
EMS
Yes
MMS
Yes
Concatenated Messages
Yes
Send to Many
Yes
Send to Group
Yes
SMS Counter
Yes

Application

Games	Yes
Incoming Call Guard	Yes
World Clock (Format12/24)	Yes
Alarm	Yes
Calculator	Yes
Currency/Unit Convertor	Yes/Yes
Calendar	Yes
To-Do List	Yes
Caller Group	Yes
Vibrator Mode	Yes
Auto Power On/Off	Yes
Torch	Yes
FM Radio	Yes
FM Recording	Yes
Scheduled FM Recording	Yes

Connectivity

WAP
WAP 2.0
GPRS
Yes

Camera

Camera	Digital
Photo Storage Capacity	1 MB + T-Flash
Single Touch Camera Operation	Yes
Brightness Level	Yes
Wide Screen Video	Yes
Pixel Size(coreband)	up to 352 X 288
Video Playing (FPS rate)	Upto 15 fps @ mp4,3gp

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2007-10-29T21:18:00.001-07:00

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Very Funny Girlfriend Abusing Boyfriend...

Transcript:

Neha: Woh Varsha usko hi uska boyfriend khada rakhta hai, kitna woh log rehte hai re, why don't they get bugged, I want to know this fucking thing, kyu parents kuch nahi bolte hai unko.

Vaibhav: Neha, tere ko samajhna hai unlog ka kaam

Neha: Tu baat kar raha hai na, seedha phone rakh deta hai humesha, tu kabhi bhi mere se seedhi baat nahi karta hai,

Vaibhav: Tera exam hai na

Neha: Maa chudh gayi mere exam ki, humesha exam ke time pe hi natak dikhata hai yeh sab. I don't love you, I want a break, break chahiye...bada film star hai na

Vaibhav: Main kaha kuch bola..

Neha: Ghar toh lovers point bana rakha hai, sirf mere ko hi dhakka maarke nikalne ka aata hai. Police bulayegi Maa iski, boli daddy ko bhejti hai ...all that. What is this voice coming..

Vaibhav: Kya

Neha: Tuu Tuu second call is coming a what to you. Baap ko bhejenge mujhe dhaka maarne ke liye. Ab mein allowed nahi hai ghar pe. Yeh kya aawaaz aa raha hai.

Vaibhav: kaunsa aawaaz re baba

Neha: Duniya ka shaana, Kaha se seekhi tune itni shaanpaati haan, ki tere ko bhaav bhi nahi deeti thi kutte ke jaise, usko bhen chod, apne lund ke dum pe u made me crazy, baar baar bol rahi hoon tuu tuu awwaz aa raha hai, toh bolta hai kaunsa awaaz.

Mamma's boy, can't do without mamma, Mamma for eating, Mamma for sleeping, Mamma is at home na, Mamma has holiday, Bhenchod I hate Mamma's boy. Mamma jaisa bolegi waisa chalneka, In bade bade film stars le peeche bhi mamma ka haatha hai na, sucessful logo ke peeche,

Vaibhav: (Unhearable),

Neha: Vaibhav, that was no way of keeping the phone haan, Meri exam hai na parso hai, teri bhale dus din baad hain, Aur apni mamma ko complan karna chodh de, ek dudh peete bacche ke jaise. Teri mummy nahi aayi thi mereko patane. Subah mujhe ussi baat se gussa aaya, i have to be according to you. Nahi nahi kaam hoga toh jaan bujh ke kaam laata hai. Tujhe bahut aacha lagta hai, Vaibhav, you are among those people ki log hain na tere level pe gir ke tujhse bheek mange, you are among that category of people ki gidgidaye, hats off to your politics.. hats off. bhenchod hota kya hai ladko ke pass ek lund, uske dum pe itne nakhre, Big dude no of Thakur Village, panga, that 2 by 2 ki table, chutyagiri all this, biggest chutiyas of the complex sit there. No Valentine's gift, no valentines going out.. Ah what valentines, what you want to do on Valentines. I have already fucked you na baby one thousand times, your bloody cunt is old for me, it stinks

Vaibhav: Main kya kuch bola.

Neha: Valentines, We are Shiv Sainiks, Yaah, we never bloody shiv sainiks before. All of a sudden daddy has taken the agency of shiv sena. Shiv Sainiks no, don't give gifts, that red color gift that thela lying in the... crockery dabba of yours. Bahut kamina hai tu Vaibhav. Tere kamine pan ko toh daat dena padega. Ladki ko hai na bistar tak kaise le jaana tujhse koi seekhe. I swear, Aishwarya rai pe bhi chance marke dekh sooyegi, Vivek Salman, Abhisheikh sab ko chod ke tere saath sooyegi, you have it in you.

Vaibhav: Tu picture mein kyu nahi Jaati

Neha: Main picture main jau, tu picture mein jaa Vaibhav, You cheesy lying, Oh God! I can't be mushy, You were this big bucket of mush. Neha, yeh dunia hai na bahut zulmi hai na, what to tell you, i am not trying to be filmy, Neha, do pyar karne walo ke beech mein, i can never forget this bloody line of yours, Now you will tell me balls i said this. You said this to me when you were in pintak at nite. Agar main jhoot bol rahi hoon na toh main marr jau. Tu maarne wala hai na mujhe.

Vaibhav: Ab Exam khatam hone de mera

Neha: Uske baad toh mera boyfriend, mujhe poore complex mein abhi toh yeh sunne ko mileta hai ki tera break off ho gaya. Uske baad suune milega, Snaps Snaps distribute honge, pamphlet ke jaise, Vaibhav with this girl, Vaibhav with that girl. Tere snaps chutiye tere snaps. Dhamki de raha hai na mujhe, open threat no, jee le exams tak. Mujhe pata hai re tere maa baap hai na bade politicain hai, Vaishali ko nikala Ritesh ke changul se, Tere ko nikalenge mere changul se. Mast mein bhej denge kidhar, paisa waisa muah mein bhar ke jaa... hilane ke liye time hai kyu ki woh humare zarorat hai na. Valentines day ke din kapde nikalna tha toh nikale

Vaibhav: Tu sooyi, main kaha sooya

Neha: wohi, humesha toh main hi toh sooyi hoon, humesha tera maine hi toh khada kiya hai, tu thodi kabhi kuch karta hai, apne aap ho jaata hai khada, tu toh kuch karta hi nahi hai, uthati bhi main hoon, hilati bhi main hoon, nikalwaati bhi main hoon, Main toh kuch kiya hi nahi. seedha bolta hai. tujhe pata hi kya hai vaibhav, maine tereko sikhaya, hai na...

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