shirley toulson

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Shirley Toulson
I have a daughter, she's sound,
whose web page I've found,
I've left her my poem,
now maybe she'll mail home.


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Shirley Toulson, who lives in Somerset, was drawn into the spell of Celtic Christianity as she worked on her books dealing with the oldest roads and folklore of Britain and Ireland, and found herself following the routes taken on their journeys by the saints of the early church. Among her writings are: THE CELTIC ALTERNATIVE (1987) and THE CELTIC YEAR (1993).

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Personal Information: Family: Born May 20, 1924, in Henley-on-Thames, England; daughter of Douglas Horsfall Dixon (a writer) and Marjorie Brown; married Alan Brownjohn, February 6, 1960 (divorced March, 1969); children: Janet Sayers, Ian Toulson, Steven Brownjohn. Education: Birkbeck College, London, B.A., 1953. Addresses: Home: 16 Priest Row Wells, Somerset, England. Agent: Bruce Hunter, David Higham Associates, 5-8 Lower John St., Golden Sq., London W1R 4HA, England.

Career: Writer. Features editor of Teacher (journal of National Union of Teachers), 1967-70; editor of Child Education, 1970-74. Teacher of creative writing for adults.

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

* Shadows in an Orchard (poems), Scorpion Press, 1960.

* Circumcision's Not Such a Bad Thing after All and Other Poems, Keepsake Press, 1970.

* All Right, Auden, I Know You're There: A Quick Thought (poems), Offcut Press, 1970.

* For a Double Time (poems), Sceptre Press, 1970.

* The Fault, Dear Brutus: A Zodiac of Sonnets, Keepsake Press, 1972.

* Education in Britain, M. Evans, 1974.

* Farm Museums and Farm Parks, Shire Publications, 1977.

* (With Fay Godwin) Drovers' Roads of Wales, Wildwood House, 1977.

* (With John Loveday) Bones and Angels (poems), Mid-Day Publications, 1978.

* East Anglia: Walking the Leylines and Ancient Tracks, Wildwood House, 1979.

* The Drovers, Shire Publications, 1980.

* Derbyshire: Exploring the Ancient Tracks and Mysteries of Mercia, Wildwood House, 1980.

* The Winter Solstice, Jill Norman & Hobhouse, 1981.

* The Moors of the Southwest, Hutchinson, Volume 1, 1983, Volume 2, 1984.

* The Mendip Hills: A Threatened Landscape, Gollancz, 1984.

* Celtic Journeys, Scotland and the North of England, Hutchinson, 1985.

* The Celtic Alternative, Century Hutchinson, 1987.

* Walking Round Wales: The Giraldus Journey, Michael Joseph, 1988.

* The Companion Guide to Devon, Harper/Collins, 1991.

* The Celtic Year, Element (Rockport, MA), 1993.

* Somerset, with Bath and Bristol, foreword by Christopher Hibbert, Pimlico (London, England), 1995.

EDITOR

* The Remind-Me Hat and Other Stories (juvenile), M. Evans, 1973.

* Dickens, S. Low, 1977.

* Kipling, S. Low, 1977.

* Milton, S. Low, 1977.

* Shakespeare, S. Low, 1977.

Works in Progress: A further book about the Celtic church in Britain from the third to the eighth centuries; a county history of Somerset; "I have also worked on a further book on the Welsh drovers' roads, and a study of the Devon/Somerset Blackdown Hills."

"Sidelights"
Shirley Toulson told CA: "Apart from the social history of the British countryside, my main interest is in contemporary English and American verse. More recently I have been working on the history of the early Celtic church and the places associated with it in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the south-west peninsula."

Source: Contemporary Authors Online.

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The Drovers

Shirley Toulson

In a bygone age when few people travelled far from their homes and almost any journey was an adventure the drovers regularly made the long and perilous trip from the Scottish highlands and islands or from the Welsh mountains to the south-east of England. They brought vast herds of cattle from the hill farms of the north and west to the markets of London and other towns. Sheep, pigs, geese and turkeys were also driven to the towns. In this book Shirley Toulson tells of these hardworking and resourceful men and of the dangers and hardships they faced. She describes the animals they drove and the way they conducted their business, and she outlines some of the routes they followed, as well as indicating features of the countryside which may reveal the passage of drovers through an area in times past.

Shirley Toulson has been writing books on the social history of the countryside since 1974 and is a leading authority on ancient tracks and drove roads.

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India invited as observer at Arab League summit next week
NEW DELHI, March 23 (KUNA) -- India has been invited at the two-day Arab
League summit at Riyadh beginning March 28 as an observer and Minister of
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S. Rangarajan passes away

Congenial Chairman during a significant phase of The Hindu's growth

S. Rangarajan at the 125th anniversary celebrations of The Hindu in
Chennai on September 13, 2003.

CHENNAI: It is with deep regret that we record the death of S.
Rangarajan, Chairman of Kasturi and Sons Limited, proprietors of The
Hindu group of publications. The end came at his Parthasarathy Gardens
residence in Chennai on Thursday afternoon after a spirited and
prolonged battle against cardiac disease and renal failure. He was 70.

Mr. Rangarajan, known as "Rangappa" to his large circle of friends,
was a congenial personality with varied interests, including sport. He
was the younger son of Kasturi Srinivasan, a great Editor of The
Hindu, and a grandson of S. Kasturiranga Iyengar, who took over the
newspaper in 1905 and set it on a new path.

He is survived by his wife Shanta Rangarajan; his son Ramesh
Rangarajan, Director, The Hindu; two daughters, Vijaya Arun and Akila
Iyengar; and six grand-children. His sons-in-law are Arun Sarathy and
Vijay Iyengar and his daughter-in-law is Harini Ramesh.

Born on April 10, 1936, Mr. Rangarajan had his school and college
education in Madras. He became a Director of The Hindu in 1958 and a
whole-time Director in August 1965. He succeeded his paternal uncle,
Kasturi Gopalan, as Publisher in December 1974. He became the Managing
Director in January 1991 and was elevated to the position of Chairman
in April 2006.

Sports lover

Mr. Rangarajan presided over the company during a significant phase of
its growth and expansion. He had a sharp eye for proof and grammatical
errors on the newspaper page. He took a keen interest in the coverage
of sport in The Hindu and other publications of the group. He had
special concern for the welfare of employees. He was deeply devout.

He was a keen promoter and follower of sports, in particular cricket,
tennis, and horse racing. His passion for cricket was life-long. He
promoted and captained a successful first division league team, Jolly
Rovers, in Madras in the early 1960s. Much before league cricket
became corporatised and professionalised, Mr. Rangarajan sponsored
Test cricketer Salim Durrani and even the West Indian fast bowler, Roy
Gilchrist, for a while to play for his team.

Till the end, he followed all major cricket and tennis tournaments
round the world. Mr. Rangarajan was a Steward of the Madras Race Club
and the Hyderabad Race Club. He took pride in owning his first
racehorse at the age of 18.

A dog lover from childhood, "Rangappa" was Chairman of the Kennel Club
of India for a quarter century. He was one of the best-known Indian
faces in the international dog game. Over the decades, his kennel
featured top-winning dogs of various breeds, the most famous being his
beloved whippet "Saga," known to the dog show world as Ch. Shalfleet
Showman of Courthill. He was inducted into the international panel of
all-breeds judges in 1961.

Mr. Rangarajan was often described by his friends as "one of the last
of the sporting owners." One of them said on Thursday: "He had an eye
for horses and dogs and could judge them very early. Some of the
horses he sold went on to become all-time greats."

He was associated with the film industry and produced several films in
Tamil, including the award-winning Gouravam and Payanam. Another
production, Ore Oru Gramathile, won a national award. It also set off
a debate relating to the reservation issue and led, in the year 1989,
to a landmark judgment of the Supreme Court setting new standards for
the protection of freedom of expression.

The final obsequies will be performed on Friday at his residence, 15
Parthasarathy Gardens, Chennai 600018, between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m; and
the cremation will take place at the Besant Nagar electric crematorium
between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Fwd: Incredible India - todays arab news - by editor

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From: V. V. Narayanan
Date: 8 Feb 2007 07:23:29 -0000
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Rgds,
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Incredible India - todays arab news - by editor



ARABNEWS - 03-02-2007

India, I Salute Thee
Tariq A. Al-Maeena, close_encounters@gawab.com

Over the Haj holidays, I surprised my kids with an announcement that I would be taking them to India for a short holiday. My distinct memories from having visited the country with my parents when I was a child had left me with impressions of cultures and civilizations that one reads in history books. And then there was the Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

And wanting to repeat that experience for my children, I decided to give them a taste of India by planning our trip to encompass different regions of the country - Chennai in the south, Delhi and Agra somewhere in the central, and Mumbai in the western part of the Indian Subcontinent. In the days preceding our trip, friends and acquaintances of both my children and myself were somewhat alarmed and bemused and quizzed us with the same question: "But why India?" And why not, I would ask them. Their answers were somewhat patronizing and sympathetic. India, they would say, is dirty, crowded, and backward and we'd be sure to catch one of many diseases.

I would be exposing my children to viruses and bacteria of gargantuan proportions. Malaria, diarrhea, cholera and the plague were commonplace, and were I that insensitive or naïve to expose my children to such deadly threats, all for the sake of seeing some old monuments?

I would patiently explain to these naysayers that I wanted my children to see India firsthand, and not to take in the impression that unfortunately a lot of us Saudis and others have of that country. And I wanted to expose them to a diverse culture that they had not experienced before. And I thanked them for our health concerns, but assured them that we would be taking all necessary precautions.

But their concerns began to create some unsettling feelings within myself. Was I being rash expecting to get through India without some debilitating medical condition?

And what about my children? Was I foolishly exposing them to transmissible diseases and possible harm? With a population of over a billion people, was I being immature in not giving worth to my friends' concerns?

I was adamant on this adventure though, but to be on the safe side I must confess that I did call upon the Indian Consulate in Jeddah and inquired about any specific medical precautions that we would have to take. "Drink only bottled water, and eat only in the hotels you would be staying in" was their soothing reply.

Armed with that knowledge, we began our trip. But to be on the safe side, we popped in malaria pills as an added precaution. As we spun through Chennai, Delhi, Agra and Mumbai, my kids were amazed. And they loved it. The hustle and bustle of Chennai with its serene shorelines dotted with resorts and retreats offering world-class service, the grandeur of the Presidential Palace in Delhi, the beauty of Marine Drive in Mumbai, topped with our visit to the majestic Taj Mahal had my children chirping in unison that it was the trip of a lifetime.

The preservation of historic monuments, unlike our own, were some of the things they marveled at.

And from our observations, we were pleasantly surprised to find parts of India cleaner than our own city. Their roads, although crowded, were not run down as ours, and the Indians seemed more prosperous than imagined.

In a conversation with the vice president of marketing in the chain of hotels we were staying at, I remarked that I was amazed that five star hotels, once known to be the haven for only Westerners and rich Gulf tourists were primarily being occupied by Indians today.

"Yes, my friend," was her reply. "India today is booming in heavy industry and technology. IT, pharmaceuticals, steel and medicine are the backbone of our economy. Education is a top priority and some of our universities are among the leading ones in the world. People are more affluent and spend freely. Over thirty percent of our population is now middle class..."

"Thirty percent, that's good," I interrupted.

"Yes, my friend, that translates to over 300 million", she said with a bemused look at me as the force of that staggering number dawned on me. Three hundred million! And here we are, not even twenty million Saudis, and many not anywhere near middle-class.

What right do we have to thumb up our noses on India, a country on the move upward? Yes, we drank only bottled water, but also ate in local restaurants. We witnessed wealth and we saw poverty. We learned about their great history and we observed massive new projects in the works, designed to make life easier on the Indian.

In spite of their diverse cultures and religions, India is tolerant and moving forward, and not bogged down by what we witness here...intolerance and rigidity on the part of a few who seek to impose their views on the rest of us.

Indeed, India...I have to salute thee. And thanks for making my children's' visit a memorable one.

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Kerala to become first `total banking' State

Kerala to become first `total banking' State

Every household here to have bank account by June 30

PALAKKAD: Kerala, which has many firsts in literacy, health and
infant mortality, will become the first `total banking' State in the
country by June 30, 2007.

Every household in Kerala will have a bank account. The work to enrol
the families who are not having a bank account now is progressing.

The project on `100 per cent financial inclusion' by opening
`no-frills' account or `zero balance' account, especially for the
poor, is taken up by various banks in the State.

Lead Bank Manager of the district Sathyanadhan told The Hindu that
the State-level Bankers Committee (SLBC) gave the target to the
district-level banking committees. The individual banks were engaged
in enrolling the families.

Palakkad became the first `total banking' district in the country on
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SAD NEWS- THE LEGENDARY COMPOSER O P NAYYAR NO MORE...

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From: m.iqbal
Date: Jan 28, 2007 6:21 PM
Subject: SAD NEWS- THE LEGENDARY COMPOSER O P NAYYAR NO MORE...
To: naamhs@gmail.com

O P Nayyar dies of heart attack

Mumbai, Jan. 28 (PTI): Legendary music director O P Nayyar, best known
for classic songs like "Jhumka Gira Re" and "Pukarta Chala Hoon Mein",
died of cardiac arrest at his home in Thane today. He was 81.

Rani Nakhwa, with whose kin Nayyar was living for over 10 years after
being estranged from his family, said, "He was perfectly alright until
3:30 pm, when he went to the toilet and collapsed inside. He was dead
before we could summon medical help."

Born on January 16, 1926 in Lahore (now in Pakistan), Omkar Prasad
Nayyar got his first break as a music composer in the film "Kaneez"
(1949).

Director Guru Dutt's "Aar Paar" (1954) was his first major success.
This led to his successful partnership with Dutt on films like "Mr And
Mrs 55" and "CID".

As news of his death spread, a pall of gloom descended on Bollywood,
where Nayyar was regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time
even though he had not been in the limelight for close to three
decades.

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt described Nayyar -- who was always seen in
public in white attire and a hat -- as "an audacious man who was a
king in his time".

"Asha Bhosle owes whatever she is to him. The distinct sensuality that
was injected into Asha's singing was the contribution of this
extraordinary man," Bhatt said.

Extensive use of the typical Punjabi rhythm was the main
characteristic of Nayyar's music, and among his evergreen tunes were
"Kahin Pe Nigahen Kanhi Pe Nishana" (CID), "Mang Ke Saath Tumhara"
(Naya Daur) and "Ello Main Hari Piyan" (Aar Paar.

Nayyar worked extensively with singers Geeta Dutt, Asha Bhosle and
Mohammed Rafi but never with Lata Mangeshkar. Though he mostly
composed music for north Indian films, he also did the score for some
southern films, including "Neerajanam" (Telugu).

Before fading from the Bollywood scene in the early 1970s, he did the
music for hits like "Naya Daur", "Ek Musafir Ek Hasina" and "Kashmir
Ki Kali". He attempted a comeback in the 1990s with the film "Andaaz
Apna Apna" and recently appeared in the musical TV show "Sa Re Ga Ma",
on which he was accorded a standing ovation during a programme
dedicated to his songs.

Actress and Censor Board chief Sharmila Tagore, who starred in
"Kashmir Ki Kali", said, "We will remember him and his contributions
will be there forever. His name will be there as long as there is the
history of music."

Singer Manna Dey said he was saddened by Nayyar's death as no one
could replace him. Actor Rajesh Khanna said "originality was the
symbol" of Nayyar, whom he described as a "charismatic personality".

TV star and actress Tabassum said, "O P Nayyar's death is yet another
shock for us. We were still to recover from the sorrow at the demise
of (noted writer) Kamleshwarji when we heard of the death of
kind-hearted Nayyar sahab."

(COURTSEY: THE HINDU on
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200701281820.htm)

Emma Faust Tillman, world's oldest known woman

Emma Faust Tillman

HARTFORD: A 114-year-old Connecticut resident who was born to former
slaves in North Carolina has become the world's oldest known woman
after the death this week of a Canadian woman.

Emma Faust Tillman, born on November 22, 1892, became the oldest
validated woman "supercentenarian" when 115-year-old Julie Winnifred
Bertrand of Montreal died on Thursday.

Ms. Tillman, of East Hartford, is now the second-oldest known person
in the world behind 115-year-old Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto
Rico, born on August 21, 1891.

They are among many validated supercentenarians on a list maintained
by the Gerontology Research Group in Los Angeles and other
organisations.

Ms. Tillman, widowed for almost 70 years, takes no credit for her
longevity and says she has no secrets for other aspiring
supercentenarians. It was stated that she never smoked, never drank,
did not need glasses and agreed to wear a hearing aid only
reluctantly. — AP

http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/21/stories/2007012100032000.htm
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Fwd: IN THE NEWS-THE PULITZER WINNING COLUMNIST ART BUCHWALD DIES

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From: m.iqbal
Date: Jan 19, 2007 12:16 AM
Subject: IN THE NEWS-THE PULITZER WINNING COLUMNIST ART BUCHWALD DIES
To: naamhs@gmail.com

ikku

ART BUCHWALD

DIES

Associated Press

Jan 19, 2007
WASHINGTON-- Satirist Art Buchwald, who turned his infectious wit on
the life of Washington and then on his own failing health, is dead at
81.

Buchwald's son, Joel, said his father passed away quietly at his home
late Wednesday with his family.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author chronicled the life
and times of Washington for four decades, then cheated death and
laughed in its face in a richly lived final year that medical science
said he wasn't supposed to get.

Buchwald had refused dialysis treatments for his failing kidneys a
year ago and was expected to die within weeks of moving to a hospice
on Feb. 7, where he held court as a parade of luminaries and friends
came by to say farewell. But he lived to return home and even write a
book about his experiences.

"I'm having a swell time," he said of his dying. "The best time of my life."

"The last year he had the opportunity for a victory lap and I think he
was really grateful for it," said son Joel Buchwald. "He had an
opportunity to write his book about his experience and he went out the
way he wanted to go, on his own terms."

Neither Buchwald nor his doctors could say how he survived in such
grave condition, and he didn't seem to mind. "Nobody's been able to
really explain what's going on because I'm not taking dialysis,"
Buchwald told The Associated Press in May. "I have to thank my
kidneys."

He described his earlier decision to forgo dialysis and let himself
die as a liberating one. "The thing is, when you make your choice,
then a lot of the stress is gone. Everything is great because you
accept that you are the one who made the choice."

But when death didn't come nearly as quickly as expected, Buchwald
wrote that he had to scrap his funeral plans, rewrite his living will,
buy a new cell phone and get on with his improbable life. "I also had
to start worrying about Bush again," he deadpanned.

Buchwald was called the "Wit of Washington" during his years here and
his name became synonymous with political satire. He was well known,
too, for his wide smile and affinity for cigars.

Among his more famous witticisms: "If you attack the establishment
long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it."

Jack Valenti, former chairman and chief executive of the Motion
Picture Association of America, recalled Buchwald's humor. The two had
been friends since 1964.

"What Art had was the gift of laughter -- that's a rarity today,"
Valenti told AP on Thursday. "He could take simple ordinary things and
make you laugh. God knows all of us need that. I've been with him in
all kinds of situations, good and bad, triumph and tragedy but Art
always was able to see a little wisp of humor in everything."

Ben Bradlee, former Washington Post executive editor and a friend of
Buchwald for 60 years, said in an interview that Buchwald was "the
humorist of his generation." Buchwald was a Paris nightlife columnist
in the 1950s when he met Bradlee, whose paper carried Buchwald's
columns in later years.

Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts said in a statement: "Art was the
Mark Twain of our time.

"For decades there was no better way to start the day than to open the
morning paper to Art's column, laugh out loud and learn all over again
to take the issues seriously in the world of politics, but not take
yourself too seriously," he said. "The special art of Art Buchwald was
to make even the worst of times better."

His syndicated column at one point appeared in more than 500
newspapers worldwide. It appeared twice a week in publications
including The Washington Post and was distributed by Tribune Media
Services.

But he was best known in that realm for the court battle over "Coming
to America." A judge ruled that Paramount Pictures had stolen
Buchwald's idea and in 1992 awarded $900,000 to him and a partner.

The case dated to a 1983 Paramount contract for rights to Buchwald's
story "King for a Day." The studio had dropped its option to make such
a movie in 1985, three years before releasing "Coming to America"
without credit to Buchwald.

Both stories involved an African prince who comes to America in search
of a bride.

Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Oct. 25, 1925, Buchwald had a difficult
childhood. He and his three sisters were sent to foster homes when
their mother was institutionalized for mental illness. Their father, a
drapery salesman, suffered Depression-era financial troubles and
couldn't afford them.

At 17, Buchwald ran away to join the Marines and spent 3 1/2 years in
the Pacific during World War II, attaining the rank of sergeant and
spending much of his time editing a Corps newspaper.

Despite his successes, the perennial funny man said he battled
depression in 1963 and 1987.

A family spokeswoman said Buchwald would be interred at the Vineyard
Haven Cemetery in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., where his wife Ann is
buried.

ormakkal undayirrkkanam

Balakrishnan sworn in as CJI
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Press Trust of India

Sunday, January 14, 2007 (New Delhi):

Justice K G Balakrishnan was sworn in as the 37th Chief Justice of
India on Sunday. He is the first Dalit to assume the post.

President A P J Abdul Kalam administered the oath of office and
secrecy to Balakrishnan (61).

Balakrishnan succeeds Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal and will have a
tenure of three years and four months.

"He's getting a good position and I am very happy about it. When he
was studying, he faced some difficulties but now that he has achieved
this, I am very happy," said Sarada, Justice Balakrishnan's mother.

Known informally as "Bala" among his colleagues, Konakuppakattil
Gopinathan Balakrishnan will retire on May 12, 2010.

Long innings

Before joining the apex court on June 8, 2000 as a senior judge,
Balakrishnan was Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court and then the
Madras High Court.

Coming from a humble background, Balakrishnan was born in the village
of Thalayolaparambu at Kottayam in Kerala on May 12, 1945.

After graduating in law from the Maharaja Law College in Ernakulam, he
was enrolled as an advocate on March 16, 1968 in the Kerala Bar
Council at Kochi, and practised on the civil and criminal side.

On January 10, 1973, he was appointed munsif in the Kerala judicial
service and promoted as assistant sessions judge on July 23, 1982.

After serving as deputy registrar (judicial) in the Kerala High Court,
he was appointed an additional judge on September 26, 1985 and became
a permanent judge on July 11, 1986.

Balakrishnan was appointed Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court on
July 16, 1998. He became Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on
September 9, 1999, before being elevated as a judge in the apex court.
(With PTI input)

justice k.g. balakrishnan takes charge tomorrow

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The Hindu : National : Scuffle between two judges - Sent Using Google Toolbar

The Hindu : National : Scuffle between two judges

Scuffle between two judges

Ahmedabad: In an unusual incident, two senior judges of the Gujarat High Court had a scuffle on Thursday over a personal matter, court sources said.

The scuffle took place between Justice B.J. Sethna and Justice P.B. Majumdar.

The Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, Y.R. Meena, spoke to journalists about the incident. "Justice Majumdar did tell me orally about the incident he had with Justice Sethna." It is learnt that when Justice Majumdar and his wife were on morning walk, Justice Sethna crossed them and invited them for a cup of tea to his house.

Discussions between the two judges over tea at Mr. Justice Sethna's house turned into arguments and ended up in a scuffle, court sources said.

High court sources said Justice Sethna allegedly `manhandled' Justice Majumdar and also `abused' him.

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Fwd: Diocese settles claims in Washington / comment from Iqbal

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Date: Jan 6, 2007 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: Diocese settles claims in Washington /
To: nam <naamhs@gmail.com>

Pithaave ivar cheyyunnathenthennu ivarkku ariyilla, ivarodu porukkename...

m.iqbal



nam < naamhs@gmail.com> wrote:
Diocese settles claims



SPOKANE (Washington): The Spokane Catholic Diocese has agreed to pay
$48 million to people molested by priests as part of a deal to emerge
from bankruptcy, a Federal mediator announced on Thursday. The
settlement is the latest of several similar agreements around the U.S.
Federal Bankruptcy Judge Gregg W. Zive said the Spokane settlement
also included non-economic provisions that would provide survivors
``with some measure of closure and allow them to move forward and
continue the healing process.'' Last month, the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Portland filed a plan that would pay $75 million to
settle nearly 170 claims of priest sex abuse. Also last month, the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced a $60-million agreement to settle
45 sex abuse claims. Other large settlements include $100 million paid
to 87 claimants last year by the Diocese of Orange in Orange County,
California. — AP

Diocese settles claims in Washington /

Diocese settles claims

SPOKANE (Washington): The Spokane Catholic Diocese has agreed to pay
$48 million to people molested by priests as part of a deal to emerge
from bankruptcy, a Federal mediator announced on Thursday. The
settlement is the latest of several similar agreements around the U.S.
Federal Bankruptcy Judge Gregg W. Zive said the Spokane settlement
also included non-economic provisions that would provide survivors
``with some measure of closure and allow them to move forward and
continue the healing process.'' Last month, the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Portland filed a plan that would pay $75 million to
settle nearly 170 claims of priest sex abuse. Also last month, the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced a $60-million agreement to settle
45 sex abuse claims. Other large settlements include $100 million paid
to 87 claimants last year by the Diocese of Orange in Orange County,
California. — AP

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Fwd: [എന്. ആര്. ഐ.] കൈരളിയും കൊക്കക്കോളയും

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Subject: Fwd: [എന്. ആര്. ഐ.] കൈരളിയും കൊക്കക്കോളയും
To: rifagroup@googlegroups.com


ആഗോള ഭീമന്മാരെ തുരത്താനും പ്ലാച്ചിമടയിലെ ജനങ്ങളെ "വെള്ളം കുടിപ്പിക്കനു"മായി പാര്ട്ടിയും പാര്ട്ടിചാനലും അശ്രാന്ത പരിശ്രമം നടത്തിയതും നടത്തിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നതും മലയാളികളായ മലയാളികള്ക്കെല്ലാം നന്നായിട്ടറിയാം ..നല്ലത്..!!

ഞാന് ഒരു പാര്ട്ടിയുടെയും വക്താവല്ല പ്രത്യേകിച്ചും ഒരു പാര്ട്ടിയോടും അമിതമായ മമതയോ പ്രത്യക്ഷ വിരോധമോ ഇല്ല എങ്കിലും നാവിലൊന്നും പ്രവൃത്തിയില് മറ്റൊന്നും സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നതു കാണുമ്പോള് പ്രതികരിച്ചു പോകുന്നു. കേരളത്തിലെ പ്രബുധരായ ജനങ്ങളെ കാലാ കാലം പറ്റിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നതും ഇതേരീതി ഉപയോഗിച്ചു കൊണ്ടു തന്നെയാണ്. പാര്ട്ടി പറയുന്നതെന്തും വെള്ളം തൊടാതെ വിഴുങ്ങാന് അണികള് എന്നും കൂടെയുണ്ടാവുമല്ലൊ. മൈക്കിനു മുന്നില് ഒന്നു പറയുക പിറ്റേന്ന് മാറ്റിപ്പറയുക ആ മാറ്റിപ്പറച്ചിലിനു പാര്ട്ടിയുടെതായ ന്യായങ്ങള് കണ്ടെത്തുക. റെക്കൊര്ഡ് ചെയ്തതു മായ്ച്ച് റീ റെകോര്ഡ് ചെയ്യുന്നപോലെ അണികളുടെ മസ്തിഷ്കത്തിലേയ്ക്ക് സമയാസമയം ഓരോ ഡാറ്റ ഫീഡ് ചെയ്തു കൊടുക്കുക ഇതത്രെ ഇപ്പോള് പാര്ട്ടിക്കാര് ചെയ്തു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നതു.

വര്ഷങ്ങളായി പാര്ട്ടി നേതൃത്വം കൊടുത്തു പ്ളാച്ചിമടയിലെ ജനങ്ങളുടെ വികാരം ആളിക്കത്തിച്ച് കൊക്കക്കോള കമ്പനിക്കെതിരെ എന്തൊക്കെ പ്രക്ഷോഭം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു . എന്നിട്ടിപ്പോള് ഒരുളുപ്പുമില്ലാതെ കൈരളിയിലും പീപ്പിളിലും കൊക്കകോളയുടെ പരസ്യം സം പ്രേക്ഷണം ചെയ്യുന്നു.!. മറ്റുചാനലുകളില് വരുന്ന (അമീര്ഖാന് മോഡല് ചെയ്യുന്ന) അതേ പരസ്യം!! എന്തൊരു തൊലിക്കട്ടി!!. ഒരു വശത്തു പാറ്ട്ടി പ്രക്ഷോഭവും മറുവശത്ത് ഇതൊരു ശുദ്ധപാനീയമാണ് എല്ലാവരും കഴിക്കണം എന്ന പാറ്ട്ടിചാനലിന്റെ പരസ്യവും. എന്തൊരു വൈരുദ്ധ്യാത്മകത!!.

ഇപ്പൊഴും ഒരു പക്ഷെ പാര്ട്ടി സെക്രട്ടറിയുടെ കയ്യില് അണികള്ക്ക് കൊടുക്കാനുള്ള ഉത്തരം റെഡിയായിട്ടുണ്ടാവും " പാര്ട്ടി വേറെ ചാനല് വേറെ" എന്നു എന്തു നാണം കെട്ട പരസ്യവും വാങ്ങിയാലല്ലെ പുതിയ കെട്ടിടത്തിനുള്ള ശിലയ്ക്കുമേല് കെട്ടിടം നിര്മ്മിക്കാനവൂ.

അങ്ങനെയെങ്കില് സഖാവേ ഇതിനെക്കാള് നാറിയ എന്തെല്ലാം വഴികള് കിടക്കുന്നു പണമുണ്ടാക്കാന് ..!!. നാണം കെട്ടും പണമുണ്ടായാല് നാണക്കേടതു മാറ്റിക്കോളും എന്നാണല്ലോ പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല്.

OUTRAGEOUS -EDITORIAL, THE "HINDU", DEC 31, 2006

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Full Text at http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/31/stories/2006123103600800.htm

Opinion - Editorials

Outrageous

Saddam Hussein was a leader whose brutal actions and calamitous
miscalculations brought unimaginable suffering to the people of Iraq
and neighbouring
countries................................................................

However, it would be mendacious for anyone to claim that justice was
served when Mr. Hussein was executed before dawn on December 30, 2006.
The judicial process set up to prosecute Mr. Hussein for "crimes
against humanity" was designed by a United States-led coalition that
had itself committed the supreme war crime of unprovoked aggression
against a sovereign nation. The fact that the coalition's illegal
invasion and occupation had caused the death of over 600,000 Iraqis
evidently made no impact on the collective conscience of its leaders.
........................................................

That all these legal proceedings were nothing but a sordid farce
became clear to the whole world when the Prime Minister of Iraq, who
had announced ahead of the appeal court's verdict that the former
President would be executed before New Year, even usurped the
judiciary's prerogative of setting the date for execution.
.....................................................................

The Indian Government must take a forthright stand against this
outrage. It needs to go beyond its expressions of "disappointment,"
its indirect criticisms of "victor's justice," and its pious hopes of
"reconciliation" and "restoration of peace and normalcy" in Iraq.
..........................................

While condemning this outrageous case of "victor's justice," the
world must express its solidarity with the people of Iraq, whose
sufferings seem to know no end.

Krishnan Nair's books find a place in EMS Library

Denounce the execution of Saddam Hussein

The hanging of Saddam Hussein will be condemned

by all those who believe

that an imperialist occupying power has no right to violate national sovereignty

and

dispense justice on those whom they have illegally overthrown.

With Best Wishes

Wish you all the very best of the season.

May peace, happiness and prosperity prevail.

Thanks and best regards

Nam

Fwd: THE ONLY MAN IN THE WORLD WHO HAS HIS HEART IN STOMACH

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Suresh Babu
Date: Dec 12, 2006 12:46 PM
Subject: THE ONLY MAN IN THE WORLD WHO HAS HIS HEART IN STOMACH
To: Nam Sahasra <naamhs@gmail.com>

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300 apply for interim government jobs: Army

1845 FJT
Monday, December 11, 2006

Update: 6.45PM Fiji's military regime has revealed it received more than 300 applications from members of the public interested in ministerial positions in its interim administration.

This was revealed by head of the military government, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama.

The military regime sought applications in an advertisement in newspapers last week.

The advertisement sought applications from qualified members of the public who must be "of outstanding character with no criminal record".

Commodore Bainimarama said bankrupts would not be entertained and those who applied had to indicate the area in which they wish to serve and must have worked in an area of expertise for ten years or have a high level of tertiary qualification.

The deadline for applications is 4pm tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the military regime has described the refusal of the Great Council of Chiefs to meet as an obstacle in its plans.

But head of the military government, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, says its an obstacle that can be overcome.

Commodore Bainimarama told a press conference that the military would press on regardless.

His comments come as the GCC revealed earlier today that it would meet next week but declined to reveal its agenda.

The GCC is the only body under the Constitution that is allowed to choose Fijis President and Vice President.

Commodore Bainimarama said an should be in place soon to "carry forward the task of running the county in the direction that will bring about peace harmony and prosperity".

Fwd: Delta Vs Breast feeding

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: V.C.Job
Date: Nov 25, 2006 10:13 AM
Subject: Delta Vs Breast feeding
To: Naam Dubai <naamhs@gmail.com>, Murali <murali@zajil.net>, murali
rifa <muraliravindran@hotmail.com>

"Doan, Lynn"wrote:
Subject: RE: Delta Vs Breast feeding
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:11:56 -0600
From: "Doan, Lynn"
To: "V.C.Job"

Thank you for your e-mail. I would be happy to pass this along to my
editor to be considered as a letter to the editor in the newspaper.

Let me know if you're interested,

Lynn

From: V.C.Job
Sent: Wed 11/22/2006 4:13 AM
To: Doan, Lynn
Subject: Delta Vs Breast feeding

L Doan,
I am surprised, outraged and horrified over reading about the mother
and father along with the infant being thrown out of a plane about to
take off for the mother breast feeding the child.
I have travelled half the world and had never come accross such
atrocity any where. If this happened in America, it has to hang its
head in shame. The president himself should appologize to the whole
world. How Delta formulates its policy as to what is right and what is
wrong. In America any one could make his or her on rule? I have seen
Saudi women who cover head to foot breast feed their infants exposing
themselves but still covering the rest of their body. On what grounds
the air line staff evoked the rule? Is it indecent exposure? Public
nuisance? Insanity? obsenity? I want to hear about it. If Delta says
the employee was new , what about the captain with out whose knowledge
the expulsion could not have taken place.
The whole episode is murkey and a sham on the american civilization.
You teach the world how to behave but utterly fail to behave
yourselves. Once I was travelling from Agra to Delhi by Indian air
lines and my next seat fellow was an American young man clad only in
tiny shots and a vest. I asked him do you think you are decently
dressed to travel in a passenger plane? his answer was what is wrong
with it? I have some clothes on me. I left him like that. But the
Indian air lines or the Indian people did not throw him out of the
plane.
The family deseved better treatment from Delta and the american people
need to learn many things from others.
best regards

V. C. Job ( Kuwait)

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Email Etiquette / Sharing A Web Page In Internet Explorer / VS & Edasserry

Email Etiquette

by Chris Pirillo on October 20, 2006 at 11:07 pm · Comments

Email etiquette should still be alive and well. Let me share a few
pointers that you might care to pass along, privately, to those who
may not be aware of the unspoken rules. Unless everybody knows
everybody else in an email thread, it's always best to use the BCC
option. Believe me, every single email utility on the planet has a BCC
option. But wait, there's more you need to remember!

NEVER TYPE IN ALL CAPS. THAT'S LIKE SCREAMING. REALLY!
Be wary of any kind of attachment - even if it comes from someone you know.
If a file you wish to send is larger than 2MB, think twice before sending it.
HTML stationery is annoying; if you don't need to use it, don't.
As the comic above illustrates, use BCC instead of CC to keep other
email addresses private.
Don't delete relevant information when you reply to someone.
If you can't spell well, rememmber to run a spell check before sending.
Try to keep your messages as short as possible - you're not writing a novel.
Check Snopes before forwarding info that sounds too good to be true.
Never send emails when you're mad - wait until you calm down first. Trust me.
Triple-check that you're not sending a message to someone who shouldn't see it.
Remember that when you send something electronically, it has the
potential of "living" forever.
Before you forward an email joke, make sure it's funny first. Please?

***

Sharing A Web Page In Internet Explorer

Have you ever visited a Web site containing information that you would
love to share with a friend, your family, or your co-workers? In IE,
you can send the page or a link to the page via email to someone else.

Open the File menu, select Send, and click Page By E-mail or Link By
E-mail. IE will automatically launch the email program, such as
Outlook Express, it is configured to use. The email message you send
will contain the information you've chosen. All you need to do is
address the email and click the Send button.

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$32,000 too much to fondle bosom, rules court / India is the world's fastest wealth creator / Indian American scientist restoring 700-year-old sacred Hindu text / Engineering colleges allowed to fill 16,800 lapsed seats / Beautiful maths!

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$32,000 too much to fondle bosom, rules court

Reuters
Posted online: Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 1221 hours IST


Helsinki, September 23: A fee of 25,500 euros is way too much for a woman to
charge a man for fondling her bosom, a Finnish district court ruled.


A fee of 25,500 euros ($32,000) is way too much for a woman to charge a man
for fondling her bosom, a Finnish district court ruled.
The court jailed a couple in their twenties for more than a year for
charging a 74-year-old who suffers from dementia a total of 25,500 euros to
enjoy the woman's breasts on 10 occasions.
"Based on general life experience alone, it is indisputably clear that a
25,500 euro charge is disproportionate to the compensation in question,"
Judge Hasse Hakki, who heard the case, said on Friday.

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India is the world's fastest wealth creator
Kounteya Sinha
[ 22 Sep, 2006 2355hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

NEW DELHI: India has emerged as the world's fastest growing wealth creator,
thanks to a buoyant stock market and higher earnings.

More wealth also means more millionaires, whose number has grown over 15%
between 2000 and 2005, keeping pace with China. And the boom is set to
continue in the foreseeable future, with predictions that Indians will grow
richer at a rate faster than anybody else on the planet over the next few
years.

Boston Consulting Group's just released Global Wealth 2006 study shows that
during 2005, the high growth in India's (15.9% in local currency terms,
compared with China's 14.8%) assets under management (AUM) - comprising
cash, shares, assets in the country and overases and money market funds -
has helped raise the global bar and more than make up for the loss in AUM in
the United States, the world's wealthiest nation with $31 trillion.

The calculation excludes wealth attributed to investors' own businesses,
residences or luxury goods.

On the flip side, it is the super rich in India and China who have
benefitted more from the boom than their slightly less wealthy counterparts,
the report says.

The steady growth, estimated at nearly 16% in 2000-2005, has meant that
India's AUM has more than doubled from $268 billion to $559 billion, helping
it move up the ladder from the 27th place to number 19 during the five-year
period.

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Indian American scientist restoring 700-year-old sacred Hindu text
Friday September 22 2006 00:00 IST
IANS

WASHINGTON: An Indian American scientist is leading a project to digitally
restore a 700-year-old palm leaf manuscript containing the essence of Hindu
philosophy by using modern imaging technologies.

P.R. Mukund and Roger Easton, professors at Rochester Institute of
Technology, are working on the project to digitally preserve the original
Hindu writings, known as the Sarvamoola granthas attributed to scholar Shri
Madvacharya (1238-1317).

The collection of 36 works contains commentaries written in Sanskrit on
sacred Hindu scriptures and conveys the scholar's Dvaita philosophy of the
meaning of life and the role of God.

The document is difficult to handle and to read, the result of centuries of
inappropriate storage techniques, botched preservation efforts and
degradation due to improper handling.

Each leaf of the manuscript measures 26 inches long and two inches wide, and
is bound together with braided cord threaded through two holes. Heavy wooden
covers sandwich the 340 palm leaves, cracked and chipped at the edges. Time
and a misguided application of oil have aged the palm leaves dark brown,
obscuring the Sanskrit writings.

"It is literally crumbling to dust," says Mukund, the Gleason Professor of
Electrical Engineering at RIT.

According to Mukund, 15 percent of the manuscript is missing.

"The book will never be opened again unless there is a compelling reason to
do so," Mukund says. "Because every time they do, they lose some. After
this, there won't be a need to open the book."

Mukund first became involved with the project when his spiritual teacher in
India brought the problem to his attention and urged him to find a solution.

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Engineering colleges allowed to fill 16,800 lapsed seats
J. Venkatesan
Plus Two marks can be the basis for filling the seats, says Supreme Court

Colleges given one week time
Directions applicable for 2006-07

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday permitted private self-financing
engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu to fill 16,800 lapsed seats for 2006-2007
on the basis of higher secondary examination marks.
A Bench of Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, Justice C.K. Thakker and Justice P.K.
Balasubramanyan passed this order on an application filed by the Consortium
of Self-Financing Professional, Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu.
Appearing for the petitioner, senior counsel U.R. Lalit said over 16,800
seats remained vacant at the end of counselling and after two common
entrance tests, one conducted by the State and the other by the Consortium.
Counsel V.G. Pragasam appearing for Tamil Nadu submitted that the State
entered into an agreement with the colleges for admission in the ratio of
65:35 and permission for admission on the basis of higher secondary marks
could be granted if the colleges adhered to the agreement.
The petitioner submitted that 153 colleges were consortium members and so
far no student who had taken the CET held either by the State or the
consortium was available.
Fear of irreparable loss
It might be necessary to admit students on the basis of marks obtained in
the Plus Two examination conducted by the CBSE or State Boards.
It said if the lapsed seats remained vacant for four years it would cause
irreparable loss to the colleges.
The Bench said that it would be open to the State Government to send to the
colleges a list of candidates, who took the CET, conducted by the State or
the consortium, and had not got admission.
This exercise should be completed within a week and if the State Government
had fixed higher standards, they would have to be complied with before
granting admission.
All remaining vacant seats could be filled on the basis of marks obtained in
examination conducted by the CBSE or other Boards.
The directions would be applicable for 2006-2007, it said.
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From: Narayanan
Date: 12 Sep 2006 19:48:13 -0000

Beautiful maths!

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111


9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888
Brilliant, isn't it?

And finally, take a look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321

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The Hindu : Business / Netspeak : Google tools revisited

http://www.hindu.com/biz/2006/09/25/stories/2006092501081500.htm

Business
Published on Mondays


Google tools revisited


THIS WEEK NetSpeak takes a look at the latest tools/services related to Google.
Google has become such a great phenomenon of recent times that some people equate it to "all-knowing, all-seeing, everywhere at once'' deity (http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/). Though ascribing Google the status of God may be a highly far-fetched idea, its potential in solving our problems is indisputable.

As noted earlier, besides the search service, Google features several on-line applications such as Google news, Google video, and so on. The Google News Archives (http://news.google.com/archivesearch), a recent addition to Google service pack, is gaining much attention from news analysts and researchers. The service helps you dig out several-years-old news stories from news sources such as BBC news, Time magazine and the like.

If you find any difficulty in remembering the multitude of Google services/search operators, services like Gseek (http://www.gseek.com/), created for helping you access various Google tools from a single interface may come in handy.
In this Net-ridden World, having appropriate searching skills (especially on a popular service like Google) is increasingly becoming essential. Though Google wields enormous popularity and almost all netizens use it daily, only a very few can use it efficiently. Some people take hours to spot a resource that can be unearthed in a couple of minutes (if right Google commands are used). This aspect of Google has already been featured in this column (http://www.hindu.com/biz/2004/08/23/stories/2004082300341500.htm).

Google games

To equip its users with necessary skills/tools, Google itself features many tutorials and other information products. The Google Librarian Centre (http://www.google.com/librariancenter/index.html), meant for helping Librarians exploit the Google services effectively, is one such tool worth exploring. Here, you can subscribe to the Google Librarian Newsletter that regularly updates on Google related tips/information.

Likewise, Google Webmasters Central (http://www.google.com/webmasters/) is yet another resource worth a look (especially if you make web sites). Also, reading Google related blogs such as Webmaster Central (http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/) could improve your Googling skills.

Now, to test your Google proficiency many services are available. These services (also known as Google games) are generally based on the reverse search concept, where you have to guess the key-word(s) for a given Google search output. One such game, which has gained much popularity of late, is Gwigle (http://gwigle.varten.net/). In this multi-level game, with each level, you will be presented with a Google 'results' page and you have to guess the search string by scrutinising it. By and large, the game is enjoyable and worth a shot for testing your Google skills, though some of the levels require extra skills (like maths). The game 'What did I search For' (http://www.gamesforthebrain. com/game/whatsearch/) is yet another one of this kind. For a comprehensive list of a variety of Google based games, check out: http://blog.outer-court .com/ archive/2006-08-13-n15. html.

Another Google related resource worth a visit is the freely downloadable book '55 ways to have fun with

Google' (http://www.55fun.com/). The book features different Google services, several tips/tricks and numerous Google based games.
This information packed book can either be downloaded from the site or read on-line at: http://www.googlified.com/55
fun.php.

In this context, you may also check out the fascinating development-statistics visualisation tool Google Gapminder (http://tools.google.com/gapminder/). For analysts/economists development indicators (like life expectancy, economic growth and child mortality) are valuable sets of information.

Combining different indicators on a graph and viewing the changes in them over time, for different countries, provides typical insights on the differential development process. Gapminder, the application developed for showing the development indicators (from World Bank) for all countries worldwide in a scatter plot, may come in handy for such purposes. Each bubble in the graph represents a country and the bubble's size represents the size of its population. The scatter plot comes with the default indicators on income and life expectancy.
By clicking on the name of an indicator you can choose another one from the menu that pops up. Using the time slider you can view the change over time. For further details of this application, go through the tutorial:http://tools.google. com/
gapminder/howto.html.

Free software on a wide range of subjects that include word processors, mathematics, science, statistics, econometrics, graphics and so on are available. Though the Net is abundant with free, open-source programs, meant for a variety of requirements, finding/downloading the right ones may be cumbersome. To ease your burden, many free software aggregators are in place. Such services collect the various free programs available across the Net, organise them into meaningful categories and make them downloadable from a single interface. Generally, these services keep a CD image of all the compiled programs for free download. Some such services (like the OpenCD- http://www.theopencd.org/, GNUWIN- http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/en/index.html) have already been featured in this column. TTS OSSWIN-CD (http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-cd/) is yet another one of this kind encountered by this author recently.

As mentioned in the past, a cheat sheet for a product/service lays out the summary of all the commands available with it on a single sheet or web page. Several on-line locations host cheat sheets on a variety of subjects.

The new cheat sheet hosting service, TechCheatsheets.com (http://techcheatsheets.com/), specifically meant for hosting cheat sheets pertaining to technology products/services, is one of its kind. This service with Web 2.0 features lists out the latest cheat sheets available on the Net.

We are familiar with several answer services such as Answerbag (http://www.answerbag.com/), Yahoo Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/) and Google Answers (http://answers.google.com/answers/). Live QnA (http://qna.live.com/) is the Microsoft's answer to such services.

Here, besides browsing the questions (organised under different user generated tags) asked/answered already by other users, you can shoot your own question and get answers from the people.

J. MURALI
He can be contacted at: jmurali@gmail.com