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Mother’s Day 2012

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:22:26 +0000

Google doodles On Mother’s Day 2012

The Mother’s Day is celebrated on various dates and days in many parts of the world, yet most commonly in month of March, April or May as a day to honor mothers and motherhood. This day is also known as Mothering Sunday, that’s because it will celebrated on Sunday only. Mothering Sunday is a time when children pay respect to their Mothers. Children often give their Mothers a gift and a card. Celebrations of mothers and motherhood occur throughout the world; many of these can be traced back to ancient festivals, like the Greek cult to Cybele or the Roman festival of Hilaria. Mothering Sunday was also known as ‘Refreshment Sunday’, Pudding Pie Sunday ( in England) or ‘Mid-Lent Sunday’.

Mothering Sunday or Mothers Day didn’t celebrate on a fixed month or day because it is always the celebrate on middle Sunday in Lent (which lasts from Ash Wednesday to the day before Easter Sunday). This means that Mother’s Day in the UK will fall on different dates each year and infect sometimes it in fall in different months also.

Mothering Sunday has been celebrated in the UK on the fourth Sunday in Lent approx. from the 16th century.

History of Mother’s Day

In the United States of America (USA), Mother’s Day started about one and Half century ago, when a lady named Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She announced that day as “Mother’s Work Day.”

In the year 1905 when Anna Jarvis died, her daughter, also named Anna, began a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother. The young Anna remembered a Sunday school lesson that her mother gave in which she said, “I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother’s day. There are many days for men, but none for mothers.”

Anna starts to lobby prominent businessmen like John Wannamaker, and politicians including Presidents Taft and Roosevelt to support her campaign to create a special day to honor mothers and motherhood. At one of the first services organized to celebrate Anna’s mother in 1908, at her church in West Virginia, Anna handed out her mother’s favorite flower, the white carnation. Five years later, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution calling for officials of the federal government to wear white carnations on Mother’s Day. In 1914 Anna’s hard work paid off when Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother’s Day as a national holiday.

At first, people celebrate Mother’s Day by attending Church, writing letters to their mothers, and eventually, by sending cards, presents, and flowers. With the increasing gift-giving activity associated with Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis became enraged. She believed that the day’s sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit. In 1923 she filed a lawsuit to stop a Mother’s Day festival, and was even arrested for disturbing the peace at a convention selling carnations for a war mother’s group. Before her death in 1948, Jarvis is said to have confessed that she regretted ever starting the mother’s day tradition.

Despite Jarvis’s misgivings, Mother’s Day has flourished in the United States. In fact, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular day of the year to dine out, and telephone lines record their highest traffic, as sons and daughters everywhere take advantage of this day to honor and to express appreciation of their mothers.

Celebration of Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a one of the greatest reason to have a party and fun with family and close friends. Celebrating Mom’s Day with the whole clan can be a great reason for a family reunion if your family is scattered across the miles.

Getting everyone together for a picnic, brunch, garden party or barbecue can be fun and easy – and what a nice gift it makes for a mother…having all of her children together having a good time with her as the guest of honor.

In different countries Mother’s Day is celebrated in different way.

Mother’s Day In England

Mothers Day or Mothering Sunday is celebrated in a big way in England. Childrens give tribute to their mom’s and say thank them for all their love and support. An environment of excitement prevail on the day and marketers make all efforts to make big profits out of the euphoria. Flowers record their maximum sale in England on that day. Peoples way to express their love for their mothers by gifting them flowers more than anything else. Most popular flowers on Mothers Day in Great Britain are roses followed by carnations and chrysanthemums. In UK, there is also a tradition of making a rich almond cake for mothers called ‘Mothering Cake’ or ‘Simnel Cake’ on Mothers Day.

Mother’s Day in USA

It’s said that Mother’s Day was first suggested in the United Sates by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 as a day dedicated to peace after the Franco Prussian War. The holiday gained its popularity majorly due to the efforts of Anna M. Jarvis.

Mothers Day is celebrated in USA in a big way and has been commercialized to a great extent. It is considered as the next big day after Christmas and Valentines Day. Phone lines record a heavy traffic and card sales reaches its peak. Restaurants are filled to their maximum capacity as children don’t want their mothers to cook on their special day.

Children express love for their mother by treating their moms with breakfast in the bed. Tradition of gifting flowers and gifts is also rampant. More commonly gifted flowers are carnations are these are the official flower of Mothers Day. People buy red or pink carnations for the mothers who are living and place white carnations on the grave of the mothers who are dead. Children also present skits, plays and song in honor of their mother. Some also make cards and gifts at home to show their gratitude for their mother.

Mother’s Day in India

The concept of celebrating Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May is very new in India and it can be said that in a time span of less than a decade, Mother’s Day has been a great success. It is a remarkable achievement for a foreign festival to make its presence felt in the vast and culturally diverse country like India. Indians too take Mother’s Day as a time too reflect on the importance of mothers in their life. They take it is time to think about all the pains their mother took while they were sick, the hardships she went through in bringing them up and all the sacrifices she made so that they lead a better life. In the capital city of Delhi, Mothers Day is celebrated in a big way and has been commercialized to a great extent. Big companies launch various women oriented products on the day and restaurants try to lure people with attractive advertisements. Media too creates a big hype about the day with special programs and features. Looking at the fast pace at which the excitement for Mothers Day is growing it will not be long when the Mother’s Day will be noted as the national festival of India.

Mother’s Day in Italy

Mother’s Day in Italy was celebrated for the first time on May 12, 1957, in the city of Assisi, thanks to the initiative of Rev. Otello Migliosi, parish priest of the Tordibetto church. This celebration was so successful that the following year it was adopted throughout Italy, where since then it is usually celebrated on the second Sunday in May.

Mother’s Day in Japan

Mother’s Day in Japan was initially commemorated during the Showa period as the birthday of Empress Kojun (mother of Emperor Akihito) on 6 March. This was established in 1931 when Imperial Women’s Union was organized. In 1937, the first meeting of “Praise Mothers” was held on 8 May, and in around 1949 Japanese society adapted to celebrate Mother’s day on the second Sunday of May, the same as many other countries. Nowadays it is rather a marketed holiday, and people typically give flowers such as red carnations and roses as gifts.

Mother’s Day in Spain

Mother’s Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May in Spain. Like elsewhere, this day is observed throughout the country to honor all mothers. Shops all over Spain make a brisk business selling chocolates, flowers, greeting cards and many other presents for Mother’s Day which find a great favor with children although many of them prefer to handcraft the greetings and presents for their mothers.

Mother’s Day in Australia

In Australia, Mothers Day is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm and joy. It falls on the same day as in US – on the second Sunday in the month of May and is celebrated in a similar fashion as in US. People of Australia take Mothers Day as an opportunity to express gratitude to their mother.

Just as in US there is a tradition of wearing carnation on Mothers Day in Australia. A colored carnation signifies that a person’s mother is living while a white carnation is used to honor a deceased mother. Besides their own mothers children honor their grand mothers and other women who love and care for them as a mother does. Children ponder over the role of mothers in their lives and acknowledge the hardships their mother go through while raising them up.

In Australia, Mother’s Day has been commercialised to a great degree as it is in US. Marketers try to play on the emotional aspect of the festival to sell their goods. Card manufacturers and florists particularly see a high business.

Mother’s Day in Mexico

In the North American country of Mexico, Mothers Day is celebrated on a fixed day of May 10 as opposed to the Mothers Day in US that fall on the second Sunday in the month of May. Mothers Day in Mexico is celebrated in a colorful fashion. Children honor their mothers and thank them for their efforts in bringing them up and According to a custom in Mexico, sons and daughters make themselves present in the house on the eve of Mothers Day on May 8.

Mothers Day celebration in Mexico takes place on May 10 as the day is special for the people of Mexico. The day is celebrated with gusto as churches in Mexico organise special mass. The highpoint of the event is the orchestra which plays “las mañanitas” and distribution of ‘tamales’ and ‘atole’, the traditional early-morning meal to all local mothers.

On Mother’s Day people in Mexico gift flowers and cards to their mothers. There is also a tradition of giving gifts on Mothers Day. While the older children but gifts from the store the younger ones prepare handmade gifts to honor their mothers. In several schools mothers day functions are organised where little ones present skits and songs to express their gratitude for their mothers and to entertain them.

Mother’s Day in Canada

In Canada, cards and flowers are the most commonly used methods of expressing love for moms. Mothers Day is a the most popular festival after Christmas and Valentines Day. Just as in USA, Mother’s Day in Canada is celebrated in the second Sunday in the month of May. As Mother’s Day is a festival with strong emotional value, it has been commercialized to a large extent with compelling advertising strategies in the technologically advanced country of Canada.

Mother’s Day in France

The French do not celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May as the Americans do. Instead, mom’s special day is reserved for the last Sunday in the month of May. A family dinner is the norm, and traditionally the mother being honored is presented with a cake that looks like a bouquet of flowers. Consider making your mother a flower bouquet cake on the last Sunday in May and celebrate Mother’s Day with the people of France.

Mother’s Day New Zealand

In New Zealand, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It is not a public holiday.

Mother’s Day in Thailand

Mother’s day in Thailand is celebrated on the birthday of the Queen of Thailand, Queen Sirikit (12 Aug). It started being celebrated around the 1980s as part of the campaign by the Prime Minister of Thailand Prem Tinsulanonda to promote Thailand’s Royal family. Father’s Day is celebrated on the King’s birthday.

Mother’s Day Dates

In the United States, Mother’s day, the day to celebrate mother is observed on the following dates:

2009 – May 10th, Sun
2010 – May 9th, Sun
2011 – May 8th, Sun
2012 – May 13th, Sun
2013 – May 12th, Sun

Massive quake off Indonesia |Tsunami warning

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:16:03 +0000

An Massive quake of 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia. A tsunami watch was issued for the whole Indian Ocean. The quake struck 308 miles (500 km) southwest of the city of Banda Aceh, on the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, at a depth of 20.5 miles (33 km), the U.S. Geological survey said.

The website of India’s National Centre for Ocean Information Services issued a warning for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean, where a tsunami — if triggered — could result in waves as high as 6.3 meters. The warning advised people to move inland toward higher grounds and advised vessels to move into deep ocean territory.

The quake was felt as far away as the Thai capital, Bangkok, and in southern India, residents said. Hundreds of office workers in Bangalore left their buildings, workers there said. The tremors were felt in Chennai and several other cities on the eastern coast. The quake was in roughly in the same area as a Dec 26, 2004, quake of 9.1 magnitude, which sent huge tsunami waves crashing into Sumatra, where 170,000 people were killed, and across the Indian Ocean. In all, the 2004 tsunami killed about 230,000 people in 13 Indian Ocean countries, including Thailand, Sri Lanka and India.

A warning was also issued for the southern coastal states of Kerala and Orissa along with Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The quake was also felt in Sri Lanka, where office workers in the capital, Colombo, fled their offices, and the southern Thai holiday island of Phuket, both of which were hit hard by the 2004 tsunami.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:00:27 +0000

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German architect.Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, are widely regarded as the pioneering masters of Modern architecture. Mies, like many of his post World War I contemporaries, sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times just as Classical and Gothic did for their own eras. He created an influential twentieth century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity. His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces. He strived towards an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space. He called his buildings “skin and bones” architecture. He sought a rational approach that would guide the creative process of architectural design. He is often associated with the aphorisms “less is more” and “God is in the details”.

Born : Ludwig Mies March 27, 1886 Aachen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

Died : August 17, 1969 (aged 83) Chicago, Illinois, USA

Nationality : German 1886-1944/American 1944-1969

Awards : Order Pour le Mérite (1959)

Royal Gold Medal (1959)

AIA Gold Medal (1960)

Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963)
Buildings : Barcelona Pavilion, Tugendhat House, Crown Hall, Farnsworth House, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Seagram Building, New National Gallery, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Westmount Square

Today Google celebrate his 126 th birthday with Google doodles. Google design a Google doodles like a building.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe List of works

A memorial to the Spartacist leaders Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, commissioned by Eduard Fuchs, president of the German Communist Party in Germany designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, built by Wilhelm Pieck, and inaugurated on 13 June 1926, later destroyed by the Nazis

Canada

Toronto-Dominion Centre – Office Tower Complex, Toronto
Westmount Square – Office & Residential Tower Complex, Westmount
Nuns’ Island – 3 Residential towers and a filling station (closed), Montreal (c.1969)

Czech Republic

Tugendhat House – Residential Home, Brno

Germany

Riehl House – Residential Home, Potsdam (1907)
Perl House – Residential Home, Zehlendorf (1911)
Werner House – Residential Home, Zehlendorf (1913)
Urbig House – Residential Home, Potsdam (1917)
Kempner House – Residential Home, Charlottenburg (1922)
Eichstaedt House – Residential Home, Wannsee (1922)
Feldmann House – Residential Home, Wilmersdorf (1922)
Mosler House – Residential Home, Babelsberg (1926)
Weissenhof Estate – Housing Exhibition coordinated by Mies and with a contribution by him, Stuttgart (1927)
Lemke House – Residential Home, Weissensee (1932)
Haus Lange/Haus Ester – Residential Home and an art museum, Krefeld
New National Gallery – Modern Art Museum, Berlin

Mexico

Bacardi Office Building – Office Building, Mexico City

Spain

Barcelona Pavilion – World’s Fair Pavilion, Barcelona

United States

Cullinan Hall – Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Promontory Apartments – Residential Apartment Complex, Chicago
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library – District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, D.C.
Richard King Mellon Hall of Science – Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (1968)
IBM Plaza – Office Tower, Chicago
Meredith Hall – College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Lake Shore Drive Apartments – Residential Apartment Towers, Chicago
Seagram Building – Office Tower, New York City (1958)
Crown Hall – College of Architecture, and other buildings, at the Illinois Institute of Technology (1956)
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration – Chicago, IL (1965)
Farnsworth House – Residential Home, Plano, Illinois (1946)
Chicago Federal Center
Dirksen Federal Building – Office Tower, Chicago
Kluczynski Federal Building – Office Tower, Chicago
United States Post Office Loop Station – General Post Office, Chicago
One Illinois Center – Office Tower, Chicago
One Charles Center – Office Tower, Baltimore, Maryland
Highfield House Condominium | 4000 North Charles – Condominium Apartments, Baltimore, Maryland
Colonnade and Pavilion Apartments – Residential Apartment Complex, Newark, New Jersey (1959)
Lafayette Park – Residential Apartment Complex, Detroit, Michigan (1963).
Commonwealth Promenade Apartments – Residential Apartment Complex, Chicago (1957
Caroline Weiss Law Building, Cullinan Hall (1958) and Brown Pavilion (1974) additions, Museum of Fine Art, Houston
Richard King Mellon Building (1968) at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
American Life Building – Louisville, Kentucky (1973; completed after Mies’s death by Bruno Conterato)

Prabhakaran Son’s Assassination – Channel 4 Television Video

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:27:54 +0000

The mystery around the last days of the assault on LTTE deepened today after a documentary filmmaker claimed to have a "chilling piece of footage" showing the bullet-riddled body of the son of its slain supremo V Prabakaran, a report described by Colombo as "concocted".

Prabhakaran’s 12-year-old son Balachandran’s body is shown stripped to the waist and with five bullet holes to the chest.

The footage dating from May 18, 2009 will be broadcast on Wednesday in a Channel 4 film — Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished–a sequel to the controversial investigation broadcast last year which accused both the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government of war crimes and crimes against humanity, The Independent said.

However, the authenticity of the video is unknown. The Sri Lanka high commissioner in India rejected the charges made by the filmmaker Callum Macrae.

"In our view this is a tentative report, uncorroborated and not being authenticated. This has not been shared with us for us to check. It goes against journalism ethics. The report is motivated and is concocted," Lankan high commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam told PTI in New Delhi.

The report comes ahead of a crucial vote on US-backed UN Human Rights Council resolution for an inquiry into human rights violations by Lankan army.

Talking about Balachandran, Kariyawasam said "He may have died. We have no records but he was never murdered. We deny this allegation."

He said according to a report, 8000 people were killed in the war and this included many LTTE members. "They were not murdered. They died in the course of war".

He said the latest report was "motivated" to bring disrepute to Lanka.

Asked if they officially registered their objection with Channel 4, he said, "We have officially objected. The high commission in London has done so." Source Times of india

National Award winners list 2012

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:19:03 +0000

Winners of the 59th National Film Awards were announced today. The award ceremony will be held on May 3, 2012, Here is the list of winners…

Feature Films

Best Feature Film: Shared by Deool (Marathi) and Byari (Byari)

Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film of a Director:Aaranyakandam (Tamil)

Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment:AzhagarsamiyinKuthirai (Tamil)

Best Children’s Film: Chillar Party(Hindi)

Best Direction: GurvinderSingh for Anhe Ghorey Da Daan (Punjabi)

Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for Deool (Marathi)

Best Actress: Vidya Balan for The Dirty Picture (Hindi)

Best Supporting Actor: Appu Kutty for Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil)

Best Supporting Actress: Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi for Phijigee Mani(Manipuri)

Best Child Artist (Shared): Partho Gupte for Stanley ka Dabba (Hindi)

Irrfan Khan, Sanath Menon, Rohan Grover, Naman Jain, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, ChinmaiChandranshuh, Vedant Desai, Divij Handa and Shriya Sharma for Chillar Party(Hindi)

Best Male Playback Singer: Anand Bhate for Balgandharva(Marathi)

Best Female Playback Singer: RoopaGanguly for Abosheyshey (Bengali)

Best Cinematography: Anhe Ghorey DaDaan (Punjabi)

Cameraman: Satya RaiNagpaul

Laboratory: Reliance Media Works

Best Screenplay

Screenplay Writer (Original): Vikas Behl & Manish Tiwari for Chillar Party(Hindi)

Screenplay Writer (Adapted): Avinash Deshpande Nigdi for Shala (Marathi)

Dialogues: Girish Kulkarni for Deool (Marathi)

Best Audiography

Location Sound Recordist: Baylon Fonseca for Zindagi NaMilegi Dobara (Hindi)

Sound Designer: Baylon Fonseca for Game (Hindi)

Re-recordist of the final mixed track: Hitendra Ghosh for Game (Hindi)

Best Editing: Pravin KL for Aaranyakandam (Tamil)

Best Production Design: Indraneel Ghosh for Naukadubi (Bengali)

Best Costume Designer (Shared): Neeta Lulla for Balgandharva (Marathi), Niharika Khan: The Dirty Picture (Hindi)

Best Make-Up Artist: VikramGayakwad for Balgandharva (Marathi) and The Dirty Picture (Hindi)

Best Music Direction: Songs: Neel Dutt for Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbo Na (Bengali)

Background Score: Mayookh Bhaumik for Laptop (Bengali)

Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya for ‘Agar Zindagi’ in I AM (Hindi)

Special Jury Award: Anjan Dutt for Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbo Na (Bengali)

Best Special Effects: Harry Hingorani and Keitan Yadav for Ra. One (Hindi)

Best Choreography: Bosco and Caeser for ‘Senorita’ from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi)

Best Feature Film In Each Of The Language Specified In The Schedule Viii Of The Constitution

Best Bengali Film: Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbo Na

Best Dogri Film: Dille Ch Vasya Koi

Best Hindi Film: I AM

Best Kannada film: Kurmavatara

Best Malayalam Film: Indian Rupee

Best Manipuri Film: Phijigee Mani

Best Marathi Film: Shala

Best Punjabi Film: Anhe Ghorey Da Daan

Best Tamil Film: Vaagai Sooda Va

Special Mention: Byari (Byari), Adimadhyantham( Malayalam)

Non-Feature Films

Best Non Feature Film: And We Play On (Hindi & English)

Best Debut Film Of A Director: The Silent Poet (Manipuri)

Best Anthropological/ Ethnographic Film: Bom (Hindi & English)

Best Biographical/ Historical Reconstruction: Vishnupant Damle: BolpatanchaMook Nayak (Marathi)

Best Arts /Cultural Film (Jointly Being given to two Films): Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show (Manipuri & English)

Best Promotional Film: The Dream Fulfilled – Memories of the Engineering Challenges (English)

Best Environment Film: Tiger Dynasty (English)

Best Film On Social Issues (Jointly Being given to two Films):

Mindscapes… of Love and Longing (Hindi & English)

Inshallah, Football (Kashmiri, Urdu & English)

Best Educational Film: A Drop of Sunshine (English)

Best Exploration/ Adventure Film (Including sports): The Finish Line (English)

Best Investigative Film: Cotton for My Shroud (English)

Special Jury Award: Anand Patwardhan for Jai BhimComrade (Marathi)

Best Film Critic: Manoj Barpujari (Assamese and English)

Best Book on Cinema: R.D. Burman The Man, The Music (English), Publisher: Harper Collins India, Author: Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal

Windows 8 ISO images Consumer Preview

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:05:27 +0000

Check out the new Windows 8 Start Screen

Microsoft invites you to download Windows 8, a consumer preview software which allows testers and developers to download, install and preview features in the latest Windows 8 version. Windows 8 is Windows reimagined and built on foundation of Windows 7 and is powered to work especially on the new generation of touch devices.

Download Windows 8

Download Windows 8 (Preview) or grab the ISO images.

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The Windows 8 Developer Preview was released late last year and clocked over 3 million downloads. Remember that though Windows 8 Consumer Preview is free to download and use, this is prerelease beta software and is expected to have bugs and errors for which no official support will be provided. Technology enthusiasts, developers and software testers might like this unique opportunity to download Windows 8 and preview it.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview should run on the same hardware that powers Windows 7 today. In general, you can expect Windows 8 Consumer Preview to run on a PC with the following:

1 GHz or faster processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution

However, there are some additional requirements to take into consideration in order to use certain features in Windows 8. In order to use the Snap feature, you will need a PC with a 1366×768 resolution or higher.

If you want to use touch, you’ll need a multitouch-capable laptop, tablet, or display. Windows 8 supports up to five simultaneous touch points, so if your hardware doesn’t, you may find typing on the onscreen keyboard and using certain controls more of a challenge. You’ll also need an internet connection to try out the Windows Store, to download and install apps, and to take your settings and files with you from one Windows 8 PC to another.

International Women’s Day Quotes | Women’s day Greetings Cards

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:03:50 +0000

You start out happy that you have no hips or boobs. All of a sudden you get them, and it feels sloppy. Then just when you start liking them, they start drooping. ~Cindy Crawford
I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows. ~Janette Barber
The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more. ~Colleen McCullough
There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them. ~Sylvia Plath,The Bell Jar
I am woman! I am invincible! I am pooped! ~Author Unknown
If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose. An entire garment industry would be devastated. ~Author Unknown
Having a bottom is living with the enemy. Not only do they spend their lives slowly inflating, they flirt with men while we’re looking the other way. ~Coupling, “Her Best Friend’s Bottom,” original airdate 17 September 2001, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Sally
I got a postcard from my gynecologist. It said, “Did you know it’s time for your annual check-up?” No, but now my mailman does. ~Cathy Ladman
I want a man who’s kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire? ~Zsa Zsa Gabor
I prefer the word homemaker, because housewife always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. ~Bella Abzug
Woman’s Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or testicles, you’re going to have trouble with it. ~Author Unknown
Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty. ~James Thurber, Time, 15 August 1960
I really don’t think I need buns of steel. I’d be happy with buns of cinnamon. ~Ellen DeGeneres
The chief excitement in a woman’s life is spotting women who are fatter than she is. ~Helen Rowland
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. ~Timothy Leary
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. ~Jennifer Yane
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. ~Faith Whittlesey
No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there’s too much fraternizing with the enemy. ~Henry Kissinger
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. ~Joseph Conrad
Anybody who believes that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography. ~Robert Byrne
Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women. ~Attributed to both Marion Smith and Nicole Hollander
I would like it if men had to partake in the same hormonal cycles to which we’re subjected monthly. Maybe that’s why men declare war – because they have a need to bleed on a regular basis. ~Brett Butler
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. ~Katherine Hepburn
Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. ~Author Unknown
I keep trying to lose weight… but it keeps finding me! ~Author Unknown
Don’t cook. Don’t clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum – “My God, the floor’s immaculate. Lie down, you hot bitch.” ~Joan Rivers
Women may be able to fake orgasms, but men can fake whole relationships. ~James Shubert
Three wise men – are you serious? ~Author Unknown
Home cooking: where many a man thinks his wife is. ~Author Unknown
Not tonight honey, wait ’til I’m a size 6. ~Susan Reinhardt, title of book
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends. ~Author Unknown
You have to have the kind of body that doesn’t need a girdle in order to get to pose in one. ~Carolyn Kenmore
If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out. ~Jean Kerr
A lot of guys think the larger a woman’s breasts are, the less intelligent she is. I don’t think it works like that. I think it’s the opposite. I think the larger a woman’s breasts are, the less intelligent the men become. ~Anita Wise
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. ~Orson Welles
A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. ~Irina Dunn, 1970, commonly misattributed to Gloria Steinem who had quoted Dunn
Sure God created man before woman. But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece. ~Author Unknown
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. ~Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard
Some men are so macho they’ll get you pregnant just to kill a rabbit. ~Maureen Murphy
Behind every successful woman… is a substantial amount of coffee. ~Stephanie Piro
I’ve decided that perhaps I’m bulimic and just keep forgetting to purge. ~Paula Poundstone
Where do you go to get anorexia? ~Shelley Winters
There are much easier things in life than finding a good man. Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance. ~Author Unknown
The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby. ~Natalie Wood
Buying something on sale is a very special feeling. In fact, the less I pay for something, the more it is worth to me. I have a dress that I paid so little for that I am afraid to wear it. I could spill something on it, and then how would I replace it for that amount of money? ~Rita Rudner
Don’t accept rides from strange men – and remember that all men are as strange as hell. ~Robin Morgan
Forget love – I’d rather fall in chocolate! ~Attributed to Sandra J. Dykes
Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not! ~Author Unknown
If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush. ~Dawn French
The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates. ~Dave Barry
Who ever thought up the word “Mammogram?” Every time I hear it, I think I’m supposed to put my breast in an envelope and send it to someone. ~Jan King
The first time you buy a house you see how pretty the paint is and buy it. The second time you look to see if the basement has termites. It’s the same with men. ~Lupe Velez
The only way to lose weight is to check it as airline baggage. ~Peggy Ryan
Sometimes I think if there was a third sex men wouldn’t get so much as a glance from me. ~Amanda Vail
You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul’s own doing. ~Marie Stopes
A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car. ~Carrie Snow
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think. ~Author Unknown
Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. ~Charlotte Whitton
I’ve been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. ~Erma Bombeck
The old theory was “Marry an older man, because they’re more mature.” But the new theory is: “Men don’t mature. Marry a younger one.” ~Rita Rudner
Men get laid, but women get screwed. ~Quentin Crisp
Is it too much to ask that women be spared the daily struggle for superhuman beauty in order to offer it to the caresses of a subhumanly ugly mate? ~Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch, 1970
Women get the last word in every argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. ~Author Unknown

International Women’s Day

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:55:00 +0000

International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900′s.In 1975, during International Women’s Year, the United Nations began celebrating 8 March as International Women’s Day. Two years later, in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. For the United Nations, International Women’s Day has been observed on 8 March since 1975. The Day is traditionally marked with a message from the Secretary-General.

International Women’s Day Google doodle

Theme for International Women’s Day 2012: Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty

International Women’s Day themes:

2012: Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty
2011: Equal access to education, training and science and technology
2010: Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all
2009: Women and men united to end violence against women and girls
2008: Investing in Women and Girls
2007: Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls
2006: Women in decision-making
2005: Gender Equality Beyond 2005: Building a More Secure Future
2004: Women and HIV/AIDS
2003: Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals
2002: Afghan Women Today: Realities and Opportunities
2001: Women and Peace: Women Managing Conflicts
2000: Women Uniting for Peace
1999: World Free of Violence against Women
1998: Women and Human Rights
1997: Women at the Peace Table
1996: Celebrating the Past, Planning for the Future
1975: First IWD celebrated by the United Nations

Google has doodled the International Women’s Day on four previous occasions. First in 2005, then consecutively after a four-year break, from 2009 to 2011. International Women’s Day was first celebrated on March 18, 1911 in four European countries – Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. The United Nations began officially supporting and sponsoring the event since 1975, the year that was designated as International Women’s Year.

This year’s International Women’s Day Google doodle is in sync with Google’s official logo colours – blue, red, yellow and green. Only the blue is of a purplish tinge. The first ‘G’ is represented by the symbol of Venus and the second ‘o’ is a yellow flower. The red dots in place of the first ‘o’ and the ‘e’ seem to represent the bindi, a symbol identified with Indian women. The 2012 International Women’s Day doodle is the 1324th Google doodle since the first ever on for the Burning Man Festival back on August 30, 1998.

Punjab Assembly Election Result 2012

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:47:53 +0000

Punjab Election Result Available: – 0/117

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Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2012 Results

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:41:31 +0000

Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2012 Results Live Update

Election Results update Will be available at the sites sidebar after 8:00 AM on 6^th, March , 2012

Party

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