Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife.
Ahmed Muhamed Dore - who already has 13 children by five wives - said he would like to have more with his new wife, Safia Abdulleh, who is 17 years old.
"Today God helped me realise my dream," Mr Dore said, after the wedding in the region of Galguduud.
The bride's family said she was "happy with her new husband".
Mr Dore said he and his bride - who is young enough to be his great-great-grand-daughter - were from the same village in Somalia and that he had waited for her to grow up to propose.
"I didn't force her, but used my experience to convince her of my love; and then we agreed to marry," the groom said.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Less ODIs would prolong Tendulkar's career: Border
Sachin Tendulkar should cut down on his limited over appearances to prolong his Test career, feels former Australia captain Allan
Border.
"I have high esteem for Tendulkar and his achievements in international cricket. But I think, it would be better for him to appear in fewer limited over matches, including one-dayers. It would help him to prolong his Test career," Border said.
Border, who made 11,174 runs for Australia from 156 Tests, feels Tendulkar's ability to handle pressure is the mantra behind his success in international cricket.
"Representing your country for 20 years in international arena is not a small achievement. There is always a lot of pressure on an international cricketer and I must say Tendulkar has managed it beautifully," Border said.
Tendulkar, who has till date scored 12,773 runs from 159 Tests, since making his debut against Pakistan in Karachi way back in 1989.
"Like many others, his career was also disturbed by injuries. But even after many ups and downs, Tendulkar still has the same passion and love for the game," said Border, who is here as the brand ambassador of Airtel Delhi Half Marathon to be held on Sunday.
"Tendulkar is a player who always looks for improvement. It would be very difficult for others to climb to his stature," the former left-handed batsman said.
Border also expects a keen contest between India and Australia in the ongoing seven-match ODI series, but feels the hosts have the momentum after last night's comprehensive win.
"After thrashing Australia in the second match, India certainly has gained the momentum. But both the teams are evenly powerful and I expect a close finish, probably a 4-3," the 54-year-old Aussie said.
Riding on skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's breathtaking 107-ball 124, India crushed Australia by 99 runs to claw their way back into the series, which is now levelled at 1-1.
"India would have a slight edge because they know the environment. And it is always difficult to deal with so many injuries while playing such a long series. It's very important to keep the key players fit," Border said.
Australia's injury woes deepened when wicketkeeper Tim Paine was ruled out for the rest of the series after he broke his finger during the second ODI in Nagpur.
"The team (Australia) is still going though a transition period after retirements of players like Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Justin Langer. It is always difficult to fill the void," Border said.
He also lavished praise on India captain Dhoni for his leadership qualities.
"Dhoni is a aggressive captain and he has brought about that attitude in the squad. He is leading by example like what he did in the last match. He is also getting support from his team-mates," Border said.
Border.
"I have high esteem for Tendulkar and his achievements in international cricket. But I think, it would be better for him to appear in fewer limited over matches, including one-dayers. It would help him to prolong his Test career," Border said.
Border, who made 11,174 runs for Australia from 156 Tests, feels Tendulkar's ability to handle pressure is the mantra behind his success in international cricket.
"Representing your country for 20 years in international arena is not a small achievement. There is always a lot of pressure on an international cricketer and I must say Tendulkar has managed it beautifully," Border said.
Tendulkar, who has till date scored 12,773 runs from 159 Tests, since making his debut against Pakistan in Karachi way back in 1989.
"Like many others, his career was also disturbed by injuries. But even after many ups and downs, Tendulkar still has the same passion and love for the game," said Border, who is here as the brand ambassador of Airtel Delhi Half Marathon to be held on Sunday.
"Tendulkar is a player who always looks for improvement. It would be very difficult for others to climb to his stature," the former left-handed batsman said.
Border also expects a keen contest between India and Australia in the ongoing seven-match ODI series, but feels the hosts have the momentum after last night's comprehensive win.
"After thrashing Australia in the second match, India certainly has gained the momentum. But both the teams are evenly powerful and I expect a close finish, probably a 4-3," the 54-year-old Aussie said.
Riding on skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's breathtaking 107-ball 124, India crushed Australia by 99 runs to claw their way back into the series, which is now levelled at 1-1.
"India would have a slight edge because they know the environment. And it is always difficult to deal with so many injuries while playing such a long series. It's very important to keep the key players fit," Border said.
Australia's injury woes deepened when wicketkeeper Tim Paine was ruled out for the rest of the series after he broke his finger during the second ODI in Nagpur.
"The team (Australia) is still going though a transition period after retirements of players like Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Justin Langer. It is always difficult to fill the void," Border said.
He also lavished praise on India captain Dhoni for his leadership qualities.
"Dhoni is a aggressive captain and he has brought about that attitude in the squad. He is leading by example like what he did in the last match. He is also getting support from his team-mates," Border said.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Taxis without Drivers
Taxis without drivers
At London's Heathrow Airport, for example, appeared a taxi, which copes and without human management. Taxi drivers - this dual phenomenon. On the one hand, with sometimes interesting talk on the road, on the other, sometimes they are too intrusive or do not know the road. That's Heathrow Airport in London, apparently, having weighed all the pros and cons of taxi drivers as such, have decided to renounce them. Of course, these four-seater taxis do not drive you arrived at Heathrow passengers anywhere in the city. They will act exclusively in the territory of the airport, as the link between terminals, parking and other facilities, airport complex. The passenger can only sit in a taxi, to indicate on the touch screen where it wants to move, and the taxi itself is taking him there and, of course, without tipping. Money terminal, standing in the taxi, take off with your card exactly as much money as you need, and a penny more.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Coming soon, 'World's Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter'!
London, October 27 (ANI): Two students in the US have summarised the stories of some of the world's greatest literature in to 140-character messages using the popular microblogging site Twitter.
Emmett Rensin, an English and philosophy student at the University of Chicago, and friend Alexander Aciman, who is studying comparative literature, condensed the plot lines in 'Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter', soon to be published by Penguin.
According to the Telegraph, the book reads Dante's Inferno as: "I'm having a midlife crisis. Lost in the woods. Should a bought my iPhone."
Sophocles' Oedipus the King is trimmed to: "PARTY IN THEBES!!! Nobody cares I killed that old dude, plus this woman is all over me."
Homer's The Odyssey, and the work of Milton, Kafka and Shakespeare also feature in the tome.
Rensin said: "It's funny if you've read the books."
Aciman added: "There were some lines in the book where we're sitting on a couch and we're writing it, and we'd both laugh and say 'there's no way they're going to let us write that'.
"Some people think it's funny and some people think it's disrespectful.
"I'm not going to say it's high art. There is some value to it, I feel, aside from the fact we're making available the idea behind great works of art." (ANI)
Who will decide CEO salaries?
Until recently, Union Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid made no bones about the fact that he wanted to end the practice of listed companies seeking government approval for a director's pay. ''Let the shareholders decide how much they want to pay someone, though there must be disclosure, to us, to the shareholder, to the public at large,'' he had said.
But, if his comments provided cheer to corporate India, then the minister's dramatic U-turn in the first week of October gave it a rude shock. Khurshid has now trained his guns on CEOs, dropping broad hints at tightening the law to rein in ''vulgar salaries . Under the present Companies Act, 1956, the remuneration of full-time directors cannot exceed 10 per cent of the company's net profit as computed under Section 349 and 350 of the Act. One per cent of the net profit can be given away as commission to directors.
The new Companies Bill, tabled in the Lok Sabha, however, seeks to do away with these caps on pay and allows even loss-making companies to pay remuneration as approved by shareholders. This would practically end the need for government approvals on director salaries.
The minister now says that the Parliamentary Standing Committee is examining the provisions of the new Bill and will take a view on the CEO salary. He has, however, made it clear where he stands on the issue. The Congress Party is unlikely to gloss over the matter especially when the message of austerity has emanated from 10, Janpath.
Khurshid sounds convincing when he refers to annual salaries and perks to the tune of Rs 50 crore for an individual, which, he says, is ''more than 12,500 times the per capita income in India''. But the weapon he is likely to use to rein in the practice a piece of legislation may do more harm to India Inc. than good, feel observers. This is not to say he should wash his hands off the controversial subject, but he must limit himself to strengthening shareholders rather than taking over their role. His ministry can, for instance, force companies to display far greater transparency in the award of salary, perks, commissions etc. His government agencies, if resources permit, can initiate shareholder education programmes and teach investors how to read the fine print in a company's documents that are in the public domain. Once enlightened, the shareholders will do what the minister intends.
Nonetheless, it is also true that India Inc. faces a huge shortage of competent managers who can take firms to greater levels of profitability. If the post-liberalisation era saw corporate India unleash phenomenal entrepreneurial development and explosive growth in GDP numbers, it was in no small measure spawned by these top guns, who are now, ironically, the subjects of attack. Corporate India can collectively respond to the outcry against obscene salaries. Men like N.R. Narayana Murthy are quite candid and admit that some form of salary corrections are needed.
How can it help matters, though?
One: by voluntarily tempering the compensation package of its top executives so that CEOs can hold their heads high and announce their salary to shareholders, rather than hide the figures in the tome called annual reports. Two: by encouraging its senior executives to do ISR individual social responsibility and return a part of their earnings to society and help those who are under eternal austerity.
Captain Hit the island Sith
In Croatia, a drunken captain ran to the shore of the island Sith
The ferry "Marco Polo" of the Croatian operator Jadrolinija on the night of October 24, crashed into the shore of the island Seet (Croatia).
On board were 41 passengers and 64 crew members. No one was hurt.
In addition, the ferry was carrying 18 vehicles, which on Saturday were still on board.
127-meter vessel went ashore in nearly 15 meters, almost without damaging the house, standing on the shore of the island.
Owners of one of them told reporters that in the middle of the night they were awakened by a loud noise.
Jumping on the street, they saw the ferry, which almost crashed through the wall. According to residents of the island,
that night was heavy rain, and in the Adriatic Sea was a storm, so the captain could not see the shore.
Meanwhile, ferry passengers believe that Captain "Marco Polo" Zdenko Radic was drunk or asleep.
Tech Mahindra Offcampus For 2008/9 Batch Freshers
Invitation for the Placement Drive by Top Most IT Company of India, Tech
Mahindra,coming with Huge JOB vacancieson 03rd November 09 at Doaba Institute of
Engineering & Technology, Kharar
_______________________________________
Dear Director/Principal/TPO /Head,
We feel immense pleasure to announce in this slowdown, when opportunity of campus
placement for reputed companies is just like negligible, that we are going to
conduct the Placement Event for one of the India’s Best IT Company & Market leader,
TechMahindra Technologiesat our campus Doaba Institute of Engineering & Technology,
Kharar (Mohali) for Graduates (B.Sc / BCA / BCS/ BCM/ BIT) 2009 & 2008 Batch Passed
out candidates.
Tech Mahindrais coming with Huge JOB Vacancies.Technologies
About Tech Mahindra
For over two decades, Tech Mahindra has been the chosen transformation partner for
wireline, wireless and broadband operators in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North
America. Majority owned by Mahindra & Mahindra, one of the Top 10 industrial houses
in India, in partnership with British Telecommunications plc (BT), world’s leading
communications service provider, Tech Mahindra has grown rapidly to become the 5th
largest software exporter in India (NASSCOM 2009)
With Satyam acquisition, Tech Mahindra is well positioned to be a leader in the
broader IT services space, serving a wide array of industry verticals like banking
and financial services, manufacturing, energy and utilities in addition to telecom
ü Ranked #1 in Telecom Software category, 2009
ü ‘Best Overall Recruiting & Staffing Organization of the Year Award’ (RASBIC
Awards 2009)
Eligibility of candidates
· B.Sc(Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, Application Science,
Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Non-Medical, Information Technology) / BCA / BCS / BCM /
BIT.
· Batch 2009 & 2008pass-out candidates.
· Minimum Aggregate of 60% in 10th, 12th & Graduation (relaxable upto 55% in
any one of them).
· ACore technicaljob.
· Only one year gap is allowed between any two courses.
Location:
Noida & Pune
Starting Salary:
Rs. 13,000+ per month
Process:
The process will comprise of the following:
1. Aptitude test
2. Technical Interview
3. HR Interview
It is a Core Technical JOB like Software Development, Not for BPO operations
This Recruitment event will be held on 03rd November 09 at Doaba Institute of
Engineering & Technology, Kharar (DIET)
You may forward the particulars of the eligible students by 29th October, 2009 at
placements_dgc@yahoo..comon specified format, which is specified as:
Student Name Graduation Graduation% 12%
10% College Univesity Name of Course
Like(B..Sc physics) Mobile Number Email
Venue:
DIET, Kharar, Punjab.
Reporting Time: 10.30 am to 12 noon, on 03rd November
09.
Candidates must apply for online registration at www.dgc.edu.in, & get their
onlineHall Ticket.
Online Registrationwill be available from 28th October to 2nd November, 2009. The
online registration link at www.dgc.edu.inwill be actived by 11.00 am on 28th
October 2009 & will be closed by 6.00 pm on 2nd November 2009.
On the Spot Registration is also available & there will be no Registration Charges.
Instructions for the Joint Placement Drive
ü Hard copy of resume, College ID (original & photocopy) is to be brought by the
candidate.
ü Youneed to carry 2 passport size photographs, all the original certificates {10th
, 12th and Graduation ( till latest semester)} & 1 set of photocopies of
certificates with you at the time of test.
ü Youneed to carry cardboard, pencils, Erasers, Sharpeners & pens.
For any other query please feel free to call at thebelow mentioned phone no..
Capt.
K.R.Gupta
In-charge,
Placement
Solution
Training & Placement
99143-77140
Note: Candidates must apply for online registration.
Thanks & Regards
Ms. Inderpreet kaur
Head-Training & Placement
Doaba Group of Colleges
Doaba Group of Collegeswww.dgc.edu.in
Campus 1: NH 21, Chandigarh to Amritsar (9 Km. from Chd.)
Campus 2: Ropar.
Campus 3: Rahon, Nawanshahar.
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