The 14th February, finding the right Valentine's Day gift is probably the most difficult shopping experience in anyone's life either a man or woman. It is not just like buying a birthday gift or a general gift - choosing a gift for this very special occasion won't just show your affection toward her/ him, but your degree of commitment as well. This year for the frist time, IndiaGiftsJunction.com, an online shopping portal, offers many gift ideas that capture the latest trends in Valentine’s Day gift giving.
You've gone out with her a few times, the level of commitment is low, and you're simply having a lot of fun. What do you buy her? This situation is the trickiest of them all because the wrong gift can take the relationship from casual dating to a full-fledged commitment. But here at IndiaGiftsJunction.com, one can find the gift ideas, which will make your date perfect, as it should be. Please find below various gift ideas from IndiaGiftsJunction.com
Engraved Photo Frames: Present a cozy twosome snap of both of you in an engraved photo frame. These engraved curved photo frames are transparent and stand on their own. So on one side you can have a photograph and the other side will contain a small romantic poem or a small note vowing your undying love.
Valentine Heart Boxes: Open your heart with these exclusive romantic valentine heart boxes. This Valentine gift is a perfect for your girlfriend or boyfriend. Present this lovely Valentine gift and see the glow on his/ her face. So on this Valentine your sweetheart will feel the warmth of love with this wonderful Valentine gift.
Chocolates: Fill your senses with mouth-watering Chocolates. Gift heart shaped chocolates to your sweetheart and romance the taste buds together. One can select from a wide range of chocolate gift boxes available at IndiaGiftsJunction.com and with this Valentine gift you can never go wrong.
Flowers: Flowers are traditionally the best and perfect gift for Valentine’s Day. Valentine flower gifts are of many types, or rather, there are many types of flowers, which are given as Valentine flower gifts. Some of the flower gifts are mentioned in IndiaGiftsJunction.com, so that, it will be easier to choose the Valentine flower gift for the coming Valentine’s Day.
Leave your emotions & behavior behind and step into this romantic paradise where the cupid awaits for you with his love arrows, ready to sweep you and your beloved off your feet’s. A world full of mesmerizing love experiences is sure to make this Valentine the most memorable affair for your entire life with IndiaGiftsJunction.com.
So, let the river of love and romance flow, expressing your deepest feelings of appreciation and romance for each other. Enter the valentine world with love, flowers, gifts and much more promising to make your Valentine’s Day special in its true sense by sending gifts to your loved ones in India with IndiaGiftsJunction.com.
The site is frequently adding new products. To see all of the unique products and place your order online visit http://gifts.indiagiftsjunction.com.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
To people who wants to buy Valentine Gifts -- But Can't Get Started
Open your heart and express your undying love with IndiaGiftsJunction.com
Romance speaks a language of its very own with gentle touches, shy smiles and love words
spreading warm feelings in the heart. Enter the magical world of romantic feelings as IndiaGiftsJunction.com brings a collection of the different expressions of love with love gifts, romantic flowers and more. Say what’s in your heart and woo your girlfriend/ boyfriend with a range of gift ideas.
The 14th February, finding the right Valentine's Day gift is probably the most difficult shopping experience in anyone's life either a man or woman. It is not just like buying a birthday gift or a general gift - choosing a gift for this very special occasion won't just show your affection toward her/ him, but your degree of commitment as well. This year for the frist time, IndiaGiftsJunction.com, an online shopping portal, offers many gift ideas that capture the latest trends in Valentine’s Day gift giving.
You've gone out with her a few times, the level of commitment is low, and you're simply having a lot of fun. What do you buy her? This situation is the trickiest of them all because the wrong gift can take the relationship from casual dating to a full-fledged commitment. But here at IndiaGiftsJunction.com, one can find the gift ideas, which will make your date perfect, as it should be. Please find below various gift ideas from IndiaGiftsJunction.com
Engraved Photo Frames: Present a cozy twosome snap of both of you in an engraved photo frame. These engraved curved photo frames are transparent and stand on their own. So on one side you can have a photograph and the other side will contain a small romantic poem or a small note vowing your undying love.
Valentine Heart Boxes: Open your heart with these exclusive romantic valentine heart boxes. This Valentine gift is a perfect for your girlfriend or boyfriend. Present this lovely Valentine gift and see the glow on his/ her face. So on this Valentine your sweetheart will feel the warmth of love with this wonderful Valentine gift.
Chocolates: Fill your senses with mouth-watering Chocolates. Gift heart shaped chocolates to your sweetheart and romance the taste buds together. One can select from a wide range of chocolate gift boxes available at IndiaGiftsJunction.com and with this Valentine gift you can never go wrong.
Flowers: Flowers are traditionally the best and perfect gift for Valentine’s Day. Valentine flower gifts are of many types, or rather, there are many types of flowers, which are given as Valentine flower gifts. Some of the flower gifts are mentioned in IndiaGiftsJunction.com, so that, it will be easier to choose the Valentine flower gift for the coming Valentine’s Day.
Leave your emotions & behavior behind and step into this romantic paradise where the cupid awaits for you with his love arrows, ready to sweep you and your beloved off your feet’s. A world full of mesmerizing love experiences is sure to make this Valentine the most memorable affair for your entire life with IndiaGiftsJunction.com.
So, let the river of love and romance flow, expressing your deepest feelings of appreciation and romance for each other. Enter the valentine world with love, flowers, gifts and much more promising to make your Valentine’s Day special in its true sense by sending gifts to your loved ones in India with IndiaGiftsJunction.com.
The site is frequently adding new products. To see all of the unique products and place your order online visit www.indiagiftsjunction.com.
http://www.indiagiftsjunction.com/shop/category/valentines_day_gifts_to_india
Romance speaks a language of its very own with gentle touches, shy smiles and love words
spreading warm feelings in the heart. Enter the magical world of romantic feelings as IndiaGiftsJunction.com brings a collection of the different expressions of love with love gifts, romantic flowers and more. Say what’s in your heart and woo your girlfriend/ boyfriend with a range of gift ideas.The 14th February, finding the right Valentine's Day gift is probably the most difficult shopping experience in anyone's life either a man or woman. It is not just like buying a birthday gift or a general gift - choosing a gift for this very special occasion won't just show your affection toward her/ him, but your degree of commitment as well. This year for the frist time, IndiaGiftsJunction.com, an online shopping portal, offers many gift ideas that capture the latest trends in Valentine’s Day gift giving.
You've gone out with her a few times, the level of commitment is low, and you're simply having a lot of fun. What do you buy her? This situation is the trickiest of them all because the wrong gift can take the relationship from casual dating to a full-fledged commitment. But here at IndiaGiftsJunction.com, one can find the gift ideas, which will make your date perfect, as it should be. Please find below various gift ideas from IndiaGiftsJunction.com
Engraved Photo Frames: Present a cozy twosome snap of both of you in an engraved photo frame. These engraved curved photo frames are transparent and stand on their own. So on one side you can have a photograph and the other side will contain a small romantic poem or a small note vowing your undying love.
Valentine Heart Boxes: Open your heart with these exclusive romantic valentine heart boxes. This Valentine gift is a perfect for your girlfriend or boyfriend. Present this lovely Valentine gift and see the glow on his/ her face. So on this Valentine your sweetheart will feel the warmth of love with this wonderful Valentine gift.
Chocolates: Fill your senses with mouth-watering Chocolates. Gift heart shaped chocolates to your sweetheart and romance the taste buds together. One can select from a wide range of chocolate gift boxes available at IndiaGiftsJunction.com and with this Valentine gift you can never go wrong.
Flowers: Flowers are traditionally the best and perfect gift for Valentine’s Day. Valentine flower gifts are of many types, or rather, there are many types of flowers, which are given as Valentine flower gifts. Some of the flower gifts are mentioned in IndiaGiftsJunction.com, so that, it will be easier to choose the Valentine flower gift for the coming Valentine’s Day.
Leave your emotions & behavior behind and step into this romantic paradise where the cupid awaits for you with his love arrows, ready to sweep you and your beloved off your feet’s. A world full of mesmerizing love experiences is sure to make this Valentine the most memorable affair for your entire life with IndiaGiftsJunction.com.
So, let the river of love and romance flow, expressing your deepest feelings of appreciation and romance for each other. Enter the valentine world with love, flowers, gifts and much more promising to make your Valentine’s Day special in its true sense by sending gifts to your loved ones in India with IndiaGiftsJunction.com.
The site is frequently adding new products. To see all of the unique products and place your order online visit www.indiagiftsjunction.com.
http://www.indiagiftsjunction.com/shop/category/valentines_day_gifts_to_india
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
3 New Word added to Oxford English dictionary - Rumor
Ponting : (n) (adj)
1. A substance / entity / person of questionable integrity
2. An act of uncivilized behavior. [Also, pontingness (n)]
Usage: The judge was driven towards justice because he knew that the plaintiff was a ponting.
Sir Bonkers said, "Don't u try to bully me. I surely can fathom the pontingness in your eyes."
Bucknor : (n) (adj)
1. Temporary blindness leading to missing out on the obvious
2. To be at the wrong place at the wrong time
3. Situations leading to grave judgmental errors
Usage: I feel bucknored by my boss; Life often throws a bucknor at you.
Benson: (n) (adj)
1. Something that legitimizes a severe bucknor.
Usage: First they bucknored me and then they bensoned it! I am toast. (Also see bucknor)
1. A substance / entity / person of questionable integrity
2. An act of uncivilized behavior. [Also, pontingness (n)]
Usage: The judge was driven towards justice because he knew that the plaintiff was a ponting.
Sir Bonkers said, "Don't u try to bully me. I surely can fathom the pontingness in your eyes."
Bucknor : (n) (adj)
1. Temporary blindness leading to missing out on the obvious
2. To be at the wrong place at the wrong time
3. Situations leading to grave judgmental errors
Usage: I feel bucknored by my boss; Life often throws a bucknor at you.
Benson: (n) (adj)
1. Something that legitimizes a severe bucknor.
Usage: First they bucknored me and then they bensoned it! I am toast. (Also see bucknor)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
How to survive the terrible teens
Wendy Miller on a guide to handling the mother and father of all wars
It's not easy sharing a house with someone who thinks you're a total idiot. But if you're the parent of a teenager you'd better get used to it. So say the authors of Surviving The Terrible Teens, a new self-help (or self-preservation) book, based on interviews carried out with 170 different sets of parents.
Laments from cowed couples who took part in the project include: "We are like dirt under our daughter's fingernails"; "We're seen by our son as being the ultimate embarrassment"; and "We're like a bad smell".
Nothing new there. We all know that the average house-with-teens is a war zone and we have become hardened over the years to front-line dispatches chronicling atrocities on both sides. But this book breaks fresh ground in the way it attempts, United Nations-like, to find common ground between the combatants.
"We found there were lots of books on the market aimed at parents with babies and small children," says psychologist Dr Sandi Mann, one of the book's authors, "but there was comparatively little written about how to cope with teenagers. And nothing very constructive." While accepting that teen-rearing can seem like being stuck in a long, dark tunnel, Mann and her colleagues seek to introduce some shafts of optimistic sunlight. Perhaps the brightest is the notion that a bit of adolescent door-slamming is totally normal, if not positively healthy.
"Even the most optimistic parent will agree that some conflict with their teenager is inevitable," say the authors in the chapter Tears and Tantrums. "Parental conflict comes naturally to a teenager."
They list the reasons why it is natural for 15-year-olds to see themselves as heroic resistance fighters taking a stand against an oppressive army of occupation - ie parents. Factors include the need for teenagers to exert independence, push boundaries and demonstrate at every opportunity their 100 per cent grown-upness (apart, of course, from still needing pocket money). At the same time, though, their platform of self-reliance is being continually rocked by rebellious hormones ("Their emotions just won't behave") and by excruciating over-sensitivity ("Everything is a personal insult").
The hardest thing for parents to take is not so much their teenager searching for a new identity, as rejecting the old one. All of a sudden, the little boy or girl who always loved having a big family Sunday lunch starts coming out with: "Why do we always have the same thing?" And, after 13 years of you buying them their favourite biscuits, they suddenly throw the packet down and shout: "Look, I hate Jaffa cakes, OK?"
But although this putting-away of childish things might hurt initially, it's actually a good sign in the long term, say the authors, who point out: "Your teens have a need to experience new things and extend their repertoire of all that life has to offer. Familiar rituals are associated in their fast-developing minds with their childhood, and this is a cloak they now wish to cast off." And not just cast off, but trample into the mud in front of you.
But hostile though these gestures may seem, they should never encourage us parents to see our offspring as the enemy. Just because we find ourselves confronted by a snarling, out-of-control opponent immune to all logic, we as adults should resist the temptation to behave in the same way. What's more, we should admit when we're wrong.
"Saying to a teenager 'I'm sorry, you were right' can stop them in their tracks," says youth worker Jonny Wineberg, one of the Terrible Teens authors. "It doesn't mean you have to capitulate, it simply allows you to calm the waters." That's preferable to having to communicate at full volume, out on the stormy seas of conflict. But it's hard finding harbour quality time, when most of your efforts at parent-child interchange are met with non-committal grunts.
The answer, says Mann, is questionnaires. "It doesn't work for everyone, but if you give your teenager one of our self-identity quizzes, asking them about their fears and worries, and their best and worst qualities, it allows them to express themselves without fear of interruption or judgmental comment from you.
"We asked a panel of parents to try it out before the book was published. Although sceptical at first, they all ended up saying that it was a surprisingly useful starting point and opened up a level of intimacy and discussion that's hard to achieve in everyday life." That said, such moments of self-revelation and tenderness are bound to be short-lived, amid the daily trench warfare of parent-teen life.
But even as the insults rain down on our heads we should take heart, say the authors. "Don't worry the next time your teens start hurling abuse at you for running out of their favourite cereal. Instead, reassure yourself that this is taking them one step nearer to becoming real human beings."
SURVIVAL GUIDE
You have a teenager at home? Here's some useful advice:
DON'T
# Rubbish their heroes; it's like insulting someone's spouse
# Forget that (unlike you) they don't have a job/status to shore them up
# Be dragged down to their level when arguing (you're the adult, after all)
DO
# Accept arguments as inevitable (and even healthy)
# Listen to what they're saying (ie, not in one ear and out the other)
# Try to recall what being a teenager was like (dig out your old diaries)
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
It's not easy sharing a house with someone who thinks you're a total idiot. But if you're the parent of a teenager you'd better get used to it. So say the authors of Surviving The Terrible Teens, a new self-help (or self-preservation) book, based on interviews carried out with 170 different sets of parents.
Laments from cowed couples who took part in the project include: "We are like dirt under our daughter's fingernails"; "We're seen by our son as being the ultimate embarrassment"; and "We're like a bad smell".
Nothing new there. We all know that the average house-with-teens is a war zone and we have become hardened over the years to front-line dispatches chronicling atrocities on both sides. But this book breaks fresh ground in the way it attempts, United Nations-like, to find common ground between the combatants.
"We found there were lots of books on the market aimed at parents with babies and small children," says psychologist Dr Sandi Mann, one of the book's authors, "but there was comparatively little written about how to cope with teenagers. And nothing very constructive." While accepting that teen-rearing can seem like being stuck in a long, dark tunnel, Mann and her colleagues seek to introduce some shafts of optimistic sunlight. Perhaps the brightest is the notion that a bit of adolescent door-slamming is totally normal, if not positively healthy.
"Even the most optimistic parent will agree that some conflict with their teenager is inevitable," say the authors in the chapter Tears and Tantrums. "Parental conflict comes naturally to a teenager."
They list the reasons why it is natural for 15-year-olds to see themselves as heroic resistance fighters taking a stand against an oppressive army of occupation - ie parents. Factors include the need for teenagers to exert independence, push boundaries and demonstrate at every opportunity their 100 per cent grown-upness (apart, of course, from still needing pocket money). At the same time, though, their platform of self-reliance is being continually rocked by rebellious hormones ("Their emotions just won't behave") and by excruciating over-sensitivity ("Everything is a personal insult").
The hardest thing for parents to take is not so much their teenager searching for a new identity, as rejecting the old one. All of a sudden, the little boy or girl who always loved having a big family Sunday lunch starts coming out with: "Why do we always have the same thing?" And, after 13 years of you buying them their favourite biscuits, they suddenly throw the packet down and shout: "Look, I hate Jaffa cakes, OK?"
But although this putting-away of childish things might hurt initially, it's actually a good sign in the long term, say the authors, who point out: "Your teens have a need to experience new things and extend their repertoire of all that life has to offer. Familiar rituals are associated in their fast-developing minds with their childhood, and this is a cloak they now wish to cast off." And not just cast off, but trample into the mud in front of you.
But hostile though these gestures may seem, they should never encourage us parents to see our offspring as the enemy. Just because we find ourselves confronted by a snarling, out-of-control opponent immune to all logic, we as adults should resist the temptation to behave in the same way. What's more, we should admit when we're wrong.
"Saying to a teenager 'I'm sorry, you were right' can stop them in their tracks," says youth worker Jonny Wineberg, one of the Terrible Teens authors. "It doesn't mean you have to capitulate, it simply allows you to calm the waters." That's preferable to having to communicate at full volume, out on the stormy seas of conflict. But it's hard finding harbour quality time, when most of your efforts at parent-child interchange are met with non-committal grunts.
The answer, says Mann, is questionnaires. "It doesn't work for everyone, but if you give your teenager one of our self-identity quizzes, asking them about their fears and worries, and their best and worst qualities, it allows them to express themselves without fear of interruption or judgmental comment from you.
"We asked a panel of parents to try it out before the book was published. Although sceptical at first, they all ended up saying that it was a surprisingly useful starting point and opened up a level of intimacy and discussion that's hard to achieve in everyday life." That said, such moments of self-revelation and tenderness are bound to be short-lived, amid the daily trench warfare of parent-teen life.
But even as the insults rain down on our heads we should take heart, say the authors. "Don't worry the next time your teens start hurling abuse at you for running out of their favourite cereal. Instead, reassure yourself that this is taking them one step nearer to becoming real human beings."
SURVIVAL GUIDE
You have a teenager at home? Here's some useful advice:
DON'T
# Rubbish their heroes; it's like insulting someone's spouse
# Forget that (unlike you) they don't have a job/status to shore them up
# Be dragged down to their level when arguing (you're the adult, after all)
DO
# Accept arguments as inevitable (and even healthy)
# Listen to what they're saying (ie, not in one ear and out the other)
# Try to recall what being a teenager was like (dig out your old diaries)
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Cricket: 'Ponting must go' - Peter Roebuck (Cricket journalist)
Ricky Ponting faces the media after the contentious match.
Ricky Ponting faces the media after the contentious match.
Well-known Sydney cricket journalist Peter Roebuck has called for the head of Australian captain Ricky Ponting.
In a scathing opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald today, Roebuck, a noted authority on the game, says Ponting's antics in the second test have brought shame upon the honourable traditions of all those who have worn the 'baggy green cap'.
English-born Roebuck, a former first-class cricketer himself, says those at the top of Australian cricket have a responsibility to uphold the values of the game.
"If Cricket Australia cares a fig for the tattered reputation of our national team in our national sport, it will not for a moment longer tolerate the sort of arrogant and abrasive conduct seen from the captain and his senior players over the past few days", writes Roebuck.
"Beyond comparison it was the ugliest performance put up by an Australian side for 20 years. The only surprising part of it is that the Indians have not packed their bags and gone home. There is no justice for them in this country, nor any manners."
Roebuck claims Ponting's display at the SCG went even further than shaming the 11 Australian players on the field.
"(The nation of) Australia itself has been embarrassed", he said, accusing Ponting and his men of showing not a jot of respect for the Indian tourists.
Roebuck was displeased at the often grumpy and grizzly temperament on show by Ponting's Australian side - which starkly contrasted with their overtly frenetic display of exuberance when they claimed the final, unlikely victory on Sunday afternoon.
"Probably the worst aspect of the Australians' performance was their conduct at the end", he writes.
"When the last catch was taken they formed into a huddle and started jumping up and down like teenagers at a rave. It was not euphoria. It was ecstasy. They had swallowed a dangerous pill called vengeance. Not one player so much as thought about shaking hands with the defeated and departing."
"Ponting has not provided the leadership expected from an Australian cricket captain and so must be sacked."
Roebuck's damning call has echoed comments made by former India cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar, a commentator during the second test.
Gavaskar noted the hypocrisy displayed by Ponting who refused to walk when he nicked a clear leg-side catch through to the wicketkeeper, yet, during the India innings, Ponting asked umpire Mark Benson to take fieldsman Michael Clarke's word for it on a very dubious did-he-or-didn't-he slips catch in the dismissal of Sourav Ganguly.
Ganguly staunchly stood his ground, but the umpire raised his finger when Ponting indicated that his fieldsman had assured him he was confident the catch had been taken.
"You can't say, 'take my word for it' when I am fielding, but when I'm batting, I'll do whatever I want", challenged an indignant Gavaskar.
Ricky Ponting faces the media after the contentious match.
Well-known Sydney cricket journalist Peter Roebuck has called for the head of Australian captain Ricky Ponting.
In a scathing opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald today, Roebuck, a noted authority on the game, says Ponting's antics in the second test have brought shame upon the honourable traditions of all those who have worn the 'baggy green cap'.
English-born Roebuck, a former first-class cricketer himself, says those at the top of Australian cricket have a responsibility to uphold the values of the game.
"If Cricket Australia cares a fig for the tattered reputation of our national team in our national sport, it will not for a moment longer tolerate the sort of arrogant and abrasive conduct seen from the captain and his senior players over the past few days", writes Roebuck.
"Beyond comparison it was the ugliest performance put up by an Australian side for 20 years. The only surprising part of it is that the Indians have not packed their bags and gone home. There is no justice for them in this country, nor any manners."
Roebuck claims Ponting's display at the SCG went even further than shaming the 11 Australian players on the field.
"(The nation of) Australia itself has been embarrassed", he said, accusing Ponting and his men of showing not a jot of respect for the Indian tourists.
Roebuck was displeased at the often grumpy and grizzly temperament on show by Ponting's Australian side - which starkly contrasted with their overtly frenetic display of exuberance when they claimed the final, unlikely victory on Sunday afternoon.
"Probably the worst aspect of the Australians' performance was their conduct at the end", he writes.
"When the last catch was taken they formed into a huddle and started jumping up and down like teenagers at a rave. It was not euphoria. It was ecstasy. They had swallowed a dangerous pill called vengeance. Not one player so much as thought about shaking hands with the defeated and departing."
"Ponting has not provided the leadership expected from an Australian cricket captain and so must be sacked."
Roebuck's damning call has echoed comments made by former India cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar, a commentator during the second test.
Gavaskar noted the hypocrisy displayed by Ponting who refused to walk when he nicked a clear leg-side catch through to the wicketkeeper, yet, during the India innings, Ponting asked umpire Mark Benson to take fieldsman Michael Clarke's word for it on a very dubious did-he-or-didn't-he slips catch in the dismissal of Sourav Ganguly.
Ganguly staunchly stood his ground, but the umpire raised his finger when Ponting indicated that his fieldsman had assured him he was confident the catch had been taken.
"You can't say, 'take my word for it' when I am fielding, but when I'm batting, I'll do whatever I want", challenged an indignant Gavaskar.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Britain's Queen Elizabeth goes global on YouTube
Queen Elizabeth is joining the YouTube generation.
Buckingham Palace on Sunday said the 81-year-old monarch will post her traditional Christmas Day message -- normally broadcast on television -- on the video-sharing Web site as well this year.
At the same time, a new Royal Channel has been unveiled on YouTube, allowing Web surfers to view the queen's first Christmas broadcast in 1957, as well as other archive footage of the royal family and its events.
The catalogue is at www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel.
The queen is said to be avid about using new technology to reach a wider, more diverse audience. Last year her Christmas message was released as a podcast.
In her first Christmas broadcast 50 years ago, she waxed lyrical about the advent of television.
"I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct," she said. "That it is possible for you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us."
Queen Elizabeth's message is followed closely by millions of Britons and others in Commonwealth countries worldwide on Christmas Day each year.
Buckingham Palace revealed this week the queen likes to sneak off from the rest of her family on Christmas Day and watch the recorded message alone, judging for herself how she comes across.
Courtesy : financialexpress.com
Buckingham Palace on Sunday said the 81-year-old monarch will post her traditional Christmas Day message -- normally broadcast on television -- on the video-sharing Web site as well this year.
At the same time, a new Royal Channel has been unveiled on YouTube, allowing Web surfers to view the queen's first Christmas broadcast in 1957, as well as other archive footage of the royal family and its events.
The catalogue is at www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel.
The queen is said to be avid about using new technology to reach a wider, more diverse audience. Last year her Christmas message was released as a podcast.
In her first Christmas broadcast 50 years ago, she waxed lyrical about the advent of television.
"I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct," she said. "That it is possible for you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us."
Queen Elizabeth's message is followed closely by millions of Britons and others in Commonwealth countries worldwide on Christmas Day each year.
Buckingham Palace revealed this week the queen likes to sneak off from the rest of her family on Christmas Day and watch the recorded message alone, judging for herself how she comes across.
Courtesy : financialexpress.com
Bloggers sign online condolence book for Bhutto
Hundreds of internet users from across the globe are signing an online condolence book offering their tributes to the slain former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto.
A blogger, who goes by the name of ‘teethmaestro’, is one of those who launched an online condolence book for Bhutto after her assassination in Rawalpindi on December 27.
"It is without doubt that an entire nation actually sheds a tear on the death of Benazir Bhutto. She was a hero to many, and rival to others, but the bottom line is that she was a brave leader of our nation and her struggles for democracy will not go unremembered. May her soul rest in peace," teethmaestro wrote, inviting mourners to sign the book.
"I will make it my own responsibility to present the entire list (of condolences) to the offices of the Pakistan People's Party to be attached with the main condolence book.
Please pay your respects below," he added.
The responses started accumulating within minutes of the launching of the online book.
"You fought the good fight, may god rest your soul. Thank you," signed Ryan on the book which carries a picture of Bhutto from her younger days. Some others wrote poetry for Bhutto. Lala Hasan sent in couplet: "What kind of flowers could we offer you on your grave/ You left during a season when the branches of trees are empty."
Bhutto's friends also posted messages for her on the book. Haroo-Pascal Mian, who has known Bhutto for years, wrote: "Dear Pinky, we will all miss you. I remember the first time I saw you, it was on your first day at Karachi Grammar School. The big buzz was 'Pinky is here, Pinky is here!
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
A blogger, who goes by the name of ‘teethmaestro’, is one of those who launched an online condolence book for Bhutto after her assassination in Rawalpindi on December 27.
"It is without doubt that an entire nation actually sheds a tear on the death of Benazir Bhutto. She was a hero to many, and rival to others, but the bottom line is that she was a brave leader of our nation and her struggles for democracy will not go unremembered. May her soul rest in peace," teethmaestro wrote, inviting mourners to sign the book.
"I will make it my own responsibility to present the entire list (of condolences) to the offices of the Pakistan People's Party to be attached with the main condolence book.
Please pay your respects below," he added.
The responses started accumulating within minutes of the launching of the online book.
"You fought the good fight, may god rest your soul. Thank you," signed Ryan on the book which carries a picture of Bhutto from her younger days. Some others wrote poetry for Bhutto. Lala Hasan sent in couplet: "What kind of flowers could we offer you on your grave/ You left during a season when the branches of trees are empty."
Bhutto's friends also posted messages for her on the book. Haroo-Pascal Mian, who has known Bhutto for years, wrote: "Dear Pinky, we will all miss you. I remember the first time I saw you, it was on your first day at Karachi Grammar School. The big buzz was 'Pinky is here, Pinky is here!
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Amazing - Technology Beyond Your Imagination!
Amazing technology from Japan . . . . but can you guess what it is?
Look closely and guess what they could be...
Are they pens with cameras?
Any wild guesses? No clue yet?
Ladies and gentlemen... congratulations!
You've just looked into the future... yep that's right!
You've just seen something that will replace your PC in the near future.
Here is how it works:
In the revolution of miniature computers, scientists have made great developments with bluetooth technology...
This is the forthcoming computers you can carry within your pockets.
This "pen sort of instrument" produces both the monitor as well as the keyboard on any flat surfaces from where you can carry out functions you would normally do on your desktop computer.
Can anyone say, "Good-bye laptops!"
Look closely and guess what they could be...
Are they pens with cameras?
Any wild guesses? No clue yet?Ladies and gentlemen... congratulations!
You've just looked into the future... yep that's right!
You've just seen something that will replace your PC in the near future.
Here is how it works:
In the revolution of miniature computers, scientists have made great developments with bluetooth technology... This is the forthcoming computers you can carry within your pockets.
This "pen sort of instrument" produces both the monitor as well as the keyboard on any flat surfaces from where you can carry out functions you would normally do on your desktop computer. 
Can anyone say, "Good-bye laptops!"
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