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Winter Solstice 2011: On December 22 the Shortest Day of the Year!
Dec 21st
The winter solstice is celebrated around the world as the beginning of the return of the sun, and darkness turning into light. In 2011, the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere will occur on Dec. 22, 2011 at 12:30 a.m. EST. Officially the first day of winter, the winter solstice occurs when the North Pole is tilted 23.5 degrees away from the sun. This is the longest night of the year, meaning that despite the cold winter, the days get progressively longer after the winter solstice until the summer solstice in 2012. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year.
The word “solstice” comes from the Latin word “solstitum”, that means the Sun standing still. This is reference to the fact that the Sun no longer appears to be moving either further north or south on the sky and afterward starts to reverse More >
Plane Crash on New Jersey Highway!
Dec 21st
A plane crash on new Jersey highway killed 5 people. On Tuesday morning a small plane heading for Georgia spiraled out of control and crashed on a major New York-area highway, hitting a wooded median and scattering wreckage across the road. All five people aboard, including two investment bankers, were killed, but no one on the ground was injured.
Wreckage was scattered over at least a half-mile, with a section found lodged in a tree of a home about a quarter-mile away, near a highway entrance ramp. The crash closed both sides of the busy highway for hours, though several lanes were open again in time for the evening rush hour. More >
Bigg Boss Season 5: Mehak Chahal, Shonali and Lakshmi Narayan whom do you want back as a wild card entry?
Dec 20th
Bigg Boss Season 5: One among Mahek Chahal, Shonali Nagrani, Laxmi Narayan are set to get wild card entry this week. According to latest reports one out of three selected contestants, enter the House of Scandal as a Wild Card Entry this week. It is said that the names of the contestants would be announced on the show, and one amongst the three will go in, depending on whom the public votes the most. The speculated names include Mahek Chahal, Shonali Nagrani and Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, though a source also informs that Shonali might opt out.
Some reports already suggesting that Mahek Chahal who was evicted from the house last but before week is returning as a wild card entry after beating Shonalli and Laxmi and receiving maximum number of votes. ( Still needs More >
Bigg Boss Season 5: Salman Khan advised the housemates to behave!
Dec 19th
Bigg Boss Season 5: In the latest eviction episode of BB5 Shonali Nagarani was evicted from the house. That was not at all surprising but the actual surprise was when Salman Khan entered the house for a while to fill some common sense and decency in the brains of the remaining contestants.
He tried not to be rude to the overly rude contestants. He is very upset about Sky walking away while Mr. Sanjay Dutt is talking to him. He did that not once but twice.
As the episode starts Salman went to enter the house and Sanjay enter the house through the V-TV. Sky apologized for his behavior previous week but Mr. Dutt remained silent with some hand gesture which really not very positively meant that he forgave him. Then Sanjay asked Juhi that who are the 2 strongest male contestants in the house. She named Andrew Simmonds and Sky are the strongest and Sanjay arranged an arm wrestling game between those two in which andrew won the game.
Andrew went to the store room to get his prize and met Salman khan there. Both of them met sweetly and then Amar was there and surprised More >
Christopher Hitchens died at the age of 62
Dec 16th
Christopher Hitchens is a British born journalist who settled in United States died on Thursday at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston of pneumonia, a complication of his esophageal cancer.
Christopher Hitchens, the author, essayist and polemicist who waged verbal and occasional physical battle on several causes. In his 2007 book “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,” Hitchens took on major religions with his trenchant atheism.
The 2001 attacks on the United States by Islamic fundamentalists in hijacked passenger planes made Hitchens ever more critical of the role of religion in the world, and led him to appreciate the merits of American democracy. “I am More >
America’s War in Iraq came to an end Officially!
Dec 16th
The War in Iraq has officially come to an end, according to the Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense Leona Panetta leads a ceremony in Baghdad marking the formal end of America’s war in Iraq. Almost nine years after the first U.S. tanks crossed the Iraqi border, and approximately eight years and seven months after President George W. Bush declared “Mission More >
Bigg Boss 5 Winner?
Dec 15th
Who will be Bigg Boss season 5 winner?? The BB house may be the most infamous house in India with its contestants and their dirty pasts, but this house is the most popular house too. Bigg Boss is the reality show with controversial contests trying to co-existing in a house detached from any type of communication from outside world. The show’s fifth season is on the run currently and is only 3 weeks far from its finale.
It need no introduction for the dedicated viewers. Some call this show a lunatic attempt to exploit human emotions but i think otherwise. I like to watch this show and analyze the human behavior under a restricted environment. Its like an experiment on human behavior and viewers response to the events is kind of amazing.
In my opinion none of the contestants are totally genuine or totally fake. But one thing I observed is… no one will be able to pretend for a long time. We will definitely see their true nature. I don’t want to be judgmental about anyone but want to give my opinion on contestants. I know none of the contestant personally and all I know about them is from media only.
With no offense to any body the first person I would come up with is Pooja Bedi. When she entered the house I liked her behavior, her ability to stand for the right things. But with the entry of Sky the equation and my opinion both changed. She favored him completely started supporting his loud behavior. After she formed a group with Sky, Juhi, Shonali and Sid started bitching about Pooja Mishra, Amar and the others. She used to like Mahek in the beginning. I remember her saying “Mehak is a nice girl.” Pooja Bedi and Mehak were More >
‘Kolaveri Di’ just won the YouTube Gold award makes it to Time Magazine, a perfect example of emerging Viral Marketing
Dec 9th
‘Kolaveri Di’ has become a sleeper blockbuster by crossing 10,559,994 hits since its release on Nov 16 on youtube.com. Tamil actor Dhanush penned and sung himself this funny song which has been composed by 18-year-old debutant music director Anirudh Ravichander which will be a part of Dhanush’s next film ’3′, which is being directed by his wife Aishwayra. The film also stars Shruthi Haasan.
The song created such a craze from children to youngsters to celebrities. Kolaveri has just won the YouTube Gold award, which is presented to viral videos from across the world. Anirudh says, “It is true. The record label has received official intimation. I don’t know if they will have a function to present the award but yes, Kolaveri has been chosen for the award.”
Not only that, but an article and the lyrics of the song have also been featured in edition of the Time magazine. Anirudh smiles and says, “I’m not sure about this fact but someone I know told me that it is after 20 years after More >