In the News December, 2009

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Women put quality before quantity when it comes to sex

"The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain." - Kahlil Gibran

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MOST men in heterosexual relationships feel they are not having enough sex, but seem more satisfied than women with the sex they are having, an Australian study has found.

Whether we have our desired amount of sex influences not only how happy we are with our sex life, but also our overall relationship, the researchers found.

Their study of more than 6500 men and women in regular relationships showed 54 per cent of men and 42 per cent of women were not satisfied with the amount of sex they were having.

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40 Korean foods we can’t live without

40 Korean foods we can’t live without

1. Hangover stew (해장국)

Given Korea’s dedicated drinking culture, it’s not surprising that Korea’s hangover-curing culture is equally as developed, from pre-drinking drinks to post-drinking drinks to a glorious array of spicy and steamy stews and soups.

Made from a beef broth, with cabbage, bean sprouts, radish and chunks of congealed ox blood, the deeply satisfying taste does wonders to kick-start your sluggish brain in the morning.

Chungjinok has been making haejang-guk since 1937, so they must be doing something right. 24 Jongno 1-ga, Seoul (청진옥, 서울특별시 종로1가 24 ); +82 2 735 1690

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Kadapa bypoll: When the margins move to the Centre

Rarely has so much money been spent in an election just to reduce a candidate's winning margin. (Or to increase it, depending on whose side you are on). Seldom have two major political parties fought so hard, knowingly, for second place, as the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party have in the Kadapa parliamentary constituency bypoll (voting tomorrow). And while rival parties often claim the same leader's legacy, it isn't often that one of them first abuses that leader as corrupt and then seeks votes in his name. Which the Congress has done in Kadapa, in a massive effort to humble Jaganmohan Reddy of the YSR Congress (son of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy who died in 2009).

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Connection Between Corruption, Recent Revolutions

A study by Global Integrity, an international nonprofit organization, says corruption risks increased in Egypt, some Middle Eastern, North African and Eastern European nations before this year's popular uprisings that swept the region.

Global Integrity Managing Director Nathaniel Heller likened corruption to a black hole when he spoke to reporters at the release of a new report he said seeks to measure transparency and good governance measures that can counter corruption.   

Heller said anti-corruption data collected in 2010 for Yemen, Morocco, and the West Bank show they face challenges similar to those experienced in Egypt before that country's popular uprising in January. 

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Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan, Obama confirms

Sexy colleagues at work

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates

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Sexy Swimsuit Commercial

"Are you waiting for success to arrive, or are you going out to find where it is hiding?" ~Napoleon Hill

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How To Avoid Awkward Moments After Sex

"I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope." — Jerry Lewis

Beyonce

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Fast Five - 5 Things to Know About

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
- St. Augustine

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A Princess Bride About to Step Into History

‘High food prices, a new threat to Asia'

And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of man's deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news--that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: free and independent. - John F. Kennedy

Resurgent global food prices, which averaged 10 per cent in many economies and posted record increases in the first two months of this year, may push nearly 30 million Indians and 64 million people in the Asian region into extreme poverty, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday. 

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Reliance Broadcast Network to launch new show - India's Sexiest Bachelor

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." » Martin Luther King

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Top 10: Badass Girls In Film

"You are today where your thoughts
have brought you; you will be
tomorrow where your
thoughts take you."
- James Allen

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Cruel and Unusual Punishments

"Whenever something negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it." ~Eckhart Tolle

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Sri Sathya Sai Baba dies in Puttaparthi

Bribes: a small but radical idea

And the author, Kaushik Basu, modestly describes his contribution as “a small but novel idea.” And again, as “a small but fairly radical idea.”

The timing is radical. Something like a plan to make sailing less risky issued by the Chief Officer of the Titanic between the first and the second icebergs. (The Skipper being too busy trying to stay afloat in all that gushing floodwater from CWG, CVC, CAG, 2G, DB, Radia, cash-for-votes, WikiLeaks, illicit funds overseas, Supreme Court censures and more.) And with the country sick of corruption — a giant issue in the polls in States like Tamil Nadu. 

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Earth Day: Turning good intentions into action

Says Osho, "going to a guru means I am fed up by my thinking. I cannot think by myself. I am troubled by my self and i have come to leave that self.

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Julian Assange on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reaction to the India Cables

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Male finger lengths related to attractiveness

‎"When you learn, teach. When you get, give." ~Maya Angelou

Bipasha Basu

The longer the fourth finger compared to the second, known as the 2D:4D ratio, is proportional to how attractive their face is considered, research showed.

The ratio between the fingers is known to be linked to sex hormones, with a lower ratio – a longer ring finger than index finger – an indication of exposure to testosterone in the womb.

This could in turn lead to more attractive and symmetrical features, it was claimed.

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See the spirit of Anna’s movement

I was truly saddened to read the columns in these pages on Anna Hazare and the Lokpal bill. Not because the views expressed were wrong (they were, indeed, most articulate and valid) but because they exemplify the kind of ivory-tower journalism we can do without in these cynical times.

 

 

Yes, Anna Hazare is a naïve idealist, but then protests are seldom rational; they breed in the gut and the gully, they are visceral reactions to indigestible politics. Let us not forget that the French guillotined hundreds of oppressors before the delicate flowers of liberty, equality and fraternity could bloom. And closer home, surely Mahatma Gandhi’s ambition of felling the British Empire on the yogic principles of truth and non-violence were once considered puerile, if not downright absurd.

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Success In Life

On May 31, 1990, the first episode of Seinfeld aired on NBC. The show was originally turned down by FOX and, according to folklore, didn’t test well in focus groups either. But the sitcom based on Jerry Seinfeld’s stand-up comedy would go on to be one of the biggest TV hits of all time. If executives had evaluated the program simply by the numbers or the research results, the show would have been pulled off the air prematurely. So it begs the question: How do we measure value if numbers don't measure success in life? 

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Realistic Hollywood Sex Scene

It's not what you call me, but what I answer to. ~ African proverb ~

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A prequel to the Four Women You'll Marry.

JimRohnQuotes

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

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Yes, men really can make it longer: study

There are two ways of spreading light ... To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. ~ Edith Wharton ~

Some non-surgical methods for increasing the length of the male sex organ do in fact work, while others are likely to result only in soreness and disappointment, a review of medical literature has shown.

Surgical procedures, however, can be dangerous and have an "unacceptably high rate of complications," according to the study, published this week in the Journal of the British Association of Urological Surgeons.

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Miss India Kanishtha Dhankar makes native proud

Model Kanishtha Dhankar, who has bagged the Femina Miss India World 2011 title, has made people proud at her native village Kasni in Haryana.

Model Kanishtha Dhankar, who has bagged the Femina Miss India World 2011 title, has made people proud at her native village Kasni in Haryana, with family members hoping that her victory will encourage women's progress in Haryana.

Kanishtha's grandparents Matu Ram Dhankar and Chawli Devi, who have been living in the village here, are excited about the success of their grand daughter.

The 22-year-old beauty queen's father Raj Singh Dhankar is an officer in the Indian Navy while her grandfather is a retired Commander of the same.

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Maria nips out at engagement do

"WE MAY NOT HAVE ENDED UP WHERE WE INTENDED TO GO, BUT WE ENDED UP WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE." DOUGLAS ADAMS

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Michael Lohan Stars In Anti-Drunk Driving Ad

Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.
- A. J. Liebling

 

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Padma Lakshmi’s Baby Daughter Sees Her Nude Pictures Every Day

We are all faced with magnificent opportunities, brilliantly disguised as impossible situations - Charles R. Swindoll

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If Hugh Hefner Dated Women His Own Age

None preaches better that the ant, and she says nothing - Franklin 

The 85-year-old business mogul has been dating women in their 20s for decades. It's funny how the women he dates never age, but he still does.

We've put together some lovely leading ladies close to his age.

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Surprising Couplings Are Nothing New in Hollywood

“Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it” ~Sir Winston Churchill

Sherlyn Chopra

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"Compass of Pleasure": Sex, drugs and volunteer work

" Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. " Mae West

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NHL Playoffs 2011: Sexiest Playoff Hotties

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.~Galileo

Angelina Jolie

The NHL playoffs are upon us, and that means any little advantage can lead a team to the Stanley Cup. I know the games are played on the ice, but having a few good-looking women in your corner has to give you some confidence that could carry over into the games.

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Naughty is nice. Burlesque TV host says feeling sexy a key to female empowerment

A good photographer can make you look incredible, even when you're not feeling very sexy.
Cindy Margolis

Who would have thought the path to female empowerment would involve fishnet stockings, a chair and feather boas?

Kaitlyn Regehr, the affable host of "Re-Vamped" on the Slice network the past couple of years, has been using burlesque to help heal the wounds and rebuild the confidence of jilted women from across the country.

Unlike stripping, burlesque doesn't involve full nudity. The performer is required to wear something below the waist and if topless must use pasties, which are adhesive coverings applied to cover the nipple.

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6 Ways Nature Cleans Up Our Messes Better Than We Do

"What the hell is that?" I laughed.
"It's my fox hat."
"Your fox hat?"
"Yeah, Pudge. My fox hat."
"Why are you wearing your fox hat?" I asked.
"Because no one can catch the motherfucking fox."
— John Green (Looking for Alaska)

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Restless Leg Relief You’re Really Going to Like

"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"
— A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)

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It's true after all: Women DO get more upset during rows - but only because men always start them in the first place

"If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now."
— Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1))

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Cancer of corruption

The real battle for the future began the moment Anna Hazare sipped lemon water at Delhi's Jantar Mantar to break his fast on April 9. The four-day fast started on a low-key note, but exploded into a nationwide exhibition of anger, as a diminutive, unknown Gandhian from Maharashtra turned into a giant icon, a heroic symbol of the hidden despair that had been swelling in the consciousness of an outraged nation. Spontaneous protests broke out in 450 cities and towns across India. The indifferent UPA government, seized by a rising panic, caved in within 98 hours, and accepted the demand for the creation of an independent Lokpal who would become India's guardian against corruption. It did not realize that this was only the start of a long battle for change.

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Chilling Facebook update previewed New York mother's deadly river plunge

"Not into older guys, huh?" asked Adrian once we were alone.
You're imagining things," I said. "Clearly, My stunning beauty has clouded your mind."
— Richelle Mead (Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) )

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Beauty is Jenny on the block

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" ~ Carl Sagan

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Billion-to-1 DNA link snares rapist

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. Jim Rohn

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Robert Pattinson was 'disgusting' during Water For Elephants love scene, Reese Witherspoon says

Peace begins with a smile ~ Mother Teresa

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Egypt's revolution through the eyes of five women

Never spend your money before you have earned it. - Thomas Jefferson

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Teenmaar Grand success trailer

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. -Henry David Thoreau

 

Came close to getting married four times: Ratan Tata

He is 73 years old. One of India's biggest industrialists, a very public figure, and yet one who has rarely talked about his personal life. Now, in an interview to a US-based TV channel, Ratan Tata has revealed that he was "seriously" in love four times and came close to getting married each of those times. Tata is one of India's most prominent bachelors.

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WikiLeaks is the method we use towards our goal of a more just society: Assange

Starting March 15, 2011, The Hindu became the first Indian newspaper to offer readers a broad spectrum of articles and reports based on a first selection from 5,100 India Cables, aggregating six million words, made available to it by WikiLeaks. On April 8, Julian Assange, Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks, gave a one hour interview at Ellingham Hall in the county of Norfolk to N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, who was accompanied by Hasan Suroor, the newspaper's U.K. Correspondent. The first part of the interview was published on April 12, 2011. In this concluding part, the WikiLeaks chief responds to questions on the government and political reactions in India; the scale and accuracy of the WikiLeaks releases and the care taken not to harm vulnerable and innocent people; the nexus between the policies of the U.S. and other governments and the interests of big business; WikiLeaks as journalism; the distinction between cable reporting and cable journalism; the goal and method of WikiLeaks and the theoretical framework within which it plays its role on the world stage; and what motivates and moves Julian Assange.

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Why Feminism Is the Anti-Viagra

We turn not older with years, but newer every day -- Emily Dickinson

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Narendra Modi letter to Anna Hazare

Respected Annaji, 

On the eighth day of fasting in the Navratri, I am inspired to write to you early at 5 O’clock in the morning. 

When you were sitting on fast in Delhi, same time, I too was fasting on the occasion of Navratri, the period that symbolizes the embodiment of Divine Shakti. Indeed, I was pleased that by the grace of Maa Jagadamba, I happened to be a co-traveller in your crusade albeit indirectly. 

Observing the Navratri fast and being busy in election campaign, I was fortunate to have the darshan of Mother Kamakhya in Assam. When you were fasting, naturally I did pray to Mother Kamakhya about your health and I’m sure that the divine power has been kind enough to bestow her blessings on you. 

Today, I came back from Kerala campaign to Gandhinagar early morning at 2 a.m. 

And it was yesterday that I got the encouraging news of your expressing kind words towards Gujarat and me. 

I am fortunate and grateful to get your blessings. 

Respected Annaji, my respect for you is decades old. Before I entered politics, I was full time RSS pracharak. At those time, national leaders of the RSS who came to attend our meetings invariably discussed your rural development activities so that it could be emulated. It has tremendous impact on me. In the past, I also had the good fortune of meeting you. 

I and my state of Gujarat are indebted to you for the courage and conviction you showed in saying good words for me and my state. In this show of courage, you exhibited commitment to truth and a soldier-like conviction. And because of this, your opinion has been universally accepted. 

I request you to also bless me that your praise shall not make me complacent and commit mistakes. 

Your blessings have given me the strength to do what is right and it is good. At the same time, my responsibility has also gone high. Because of your statement, crores of youth would be having great expectations and therefore even a small mistake on my part will disappoint them. Therefore, I have to remain vigilant and seek your blessings for the same. 

Respected Annaji, in this delicate moment, I must share with you that I come from a simple family and I am a common man too. In my family, no one is even distantly connected to politics or close to power; I do not have any illusion that I am a perfect human being. Like a common man, I too have my own limitations; good and bad qualities. 

I pray that I am always blessed by Mother Jagadamba so that bad qualities do not take possession of me. Always thinking of doing good to Gujarat, I would devote myself to the progress of Gujarat and therefore like to wipe out the tears from the face of the poor. In doing this, I pray that I am never short of your blessings, and this is my humble request. 

Respected Annaji, you are a Gandhian and a Soldier. Yesterday, during election campaign in Kerala when I heard about your blessings to me and my state, I feared that you will be subjected to vilification. A certain group inimical to -Gujarat will not miss this opportunity to malign your love, sacrifice, penance and commitment to truth. They will try to tarnish your name because you spoke well of me and my state. 

As luck would have it, this has come true. Once again, these inimical forces have come to the fore. On the occasion of Navratri, I pray to Maa Jagadamba that no one sullies your fair name. 

You will be aware that whosoever talks good of Gujarat, he or she will be subjected to the vilification campaign. 

In the past, a senior Muslim parliamentarian from Canoor constituency hailing from the Communist Party Shri P. Abdulla Kutty was ostracized from the party following his praise of Gujarat’s development. 

The superstar of this century, Shri Amitabh Bachchan when he promoted Gujarat Tourism, was also attacked by the same group of inimical forces. They spread falsehoods against Bachchan so as to snap his old ties with Gujarat. At a public function in Mumbai where he was invited, this group stopped him from entering to the venue. 

Also, a campaign was let loose to malign the leading Gandhian of Gujarat Shri Gunavant Shah who is speaking for the atma-gaurav of Gujarat and development of Gujarat. 

Maulana Ghulam Vastanavi of Gujarat who was elected as Head of the Darul Uloom of Deoband has also been subjected to vilification campaign when he praised the development of Gujarat. He had publicly said that Gujarat is surging ahead on the road of fast paced development, and without any religious discrimination everybody is reaping the fruits of this development. Soon, he has been silenced by constant harassment by the same forces. 

Recently, Major General I. S. Singha of Golden Katara Division of Indian Army when he praised the development of Gujarat he too was subjected the same treatment by the same forces and there was even a demand for disciplinary action against the Major General. 

These are only a few examples. But Gujarat’s real developmental journey is an anathema to this group bent upon heaping calumny on my state. Whenever the name of Gujarat is mentioned these forces immediately swing into action to spread canards and falsehoods. 

Respected Annaji, Gujarat’s six crore people do not want that the same group should sadden you. 

I am still afraid that, this group will put you in trouble. May God give you strength. 

I humbly bow to the sacrifices and penances you have made for the country. 

Let the Almighty bless you with supreme health and long life so that many like me would benefit from your guidance. This is my prayer to the God from core of my heart. 

 

The Anna Hazare phenomenon

Jantar Mantar in New Delhi is a hot favourite of the average tourist in the summer season. As the temperatures soar this year, the monument is drawing even greater crowds, mainly to savour the electric atmosphere generated by a 72-year-old school drop-out from an indigent labour family of Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district. To say that Anna Hazare is a phenomenon is to state the obvious. The spot he has chosen in the heart of the national capital for his fast-unto-death action is not far from Parliament, which in his eyes stands wholly discredited. The numbers he has drawn till now have astonished the whole nation.

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Chiranjeevi's award winning movie Rudraveena was inspired by Anna Hazare's life

K Balachander directed movie,Chiranjeevi home production Rudraveena was based on social worker Anna Hazare.

Of course, there was legal battle between director K Balachander and Ramoji Rao over the story. But Chiranjeevi was not involved in the legal battle. Rudraveena, national award winning (1988) film also starring Sobhana, Gemini Ganesh was produced by Anjana Productions.

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Anna Hazare Protest becomes national outcry

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Don't insult this movement, Hazare tells Manmohan

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci

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The World Cup's prolific nearly-men

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. Oscar Wilde

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