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Thursday, December 18, 2008A BYTE OF LIFE

PAINT JOBGive your car the ultimate new

look with pearlescent paints

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 2 No. 2

SEQUEL CHASERWill Smith is game for sequelsof his hits and duds

CRACKS INTHE WALL

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His bad run continues. But Ayon Sengupta arguesthat it is not yet time to give up on Rahul Dravid

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ERGO Thursday, December 18, 2008NAMMA CHENNAI02

December is not only about music and dance inChennai, if you thought so. The PrakritiFoundation is hosting Poetry with Prakritifestival from December 16 to 30. The two-weeklong festival will feature 25 eminent poets, eachof whom will present different readings of theirpoems to a small and intimate audience atdifferent venues in the city.Poets taking part include: French poet YusufKadel, Spanish rapper Jorge Figuera, Tamil poetSalma, Marathi and English poet and artist DilipChitre, musician poets Vedant, Roopa Mahadevanand Anand Thakore.English poets include Robin Ngangom, MeenaAlexander, Anindita Sen Gupta, C.P. Surendran,Michael Creighton, Baiju Natarajan, RumjhumBiswas, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Prabhanjan Mishra,Bhoopathy, Monica Mody, S.S.Prasad, GopikrishnaKottoor, Anupama Raju, T.P.Sabitha,K.Sachithanandan, journalist and poet ShruthiRavindran and author Vasantha Surya.

VenuesThe session will be held at Oxford Book Store,AMM School, Kalakshetra Foundation, VelsAcademy, Goethe Institute, MGR Janaki College,Meena Muthiah College, Loyola College, MadrasUniversitys English Department, The Park,

Apparao Galleries, The School KFI, WomensChristian College, Vastrakala, Shilpi, FabIndiastores, Prana, Sundari Silks, Subway, Chamiers,Padma Sheshadri Bal Bhavan School, GallerySumukha, Evoluzione, Cholamandal ArtistsVillage, Forum Art Gallery and Madras TerranceHouse.For details log on to www.poetrywithprakriti.in

25 eminent poets aretaking part in Poetrywith Prakriti festival

Poets and poetry

While donating your smallchange on internationalflights, have you ever

wondered if it reallymakes a difference to the bene-ficiary? It sure does. Heres how

you can get the satisfaction ofchanging a life simply by empty-ing the bulky coins out of your

wallet the next time youre in ashopping mall or taking a fewseconds to change your status onFacebook or Google Talk.

Magic Number 15The Rs. 15 can buy you one-

third of a chocolate smoothie atthe caf down the street, three-fourth of a fruit and nut candybar or a small can of aerateddrinks.

Its also powerful enough tofeed a dog for one day. The nexttime you see a donation box foran animal shelter, make a gener-ous donation of 15 rupees and

walk out knowing that an affec-tionate shelter dog wont go hun-gry today. If youre short ofchange or would rather like to getit over with at one go, send acheque for Rs. 450 and indicate ina letter that youd like the moneygo towards feeding a dog for onemonth. If youd like pictures of

the dog youre sponsoring, re-quest the NGO to send a few.Write to [email protected] more info.

Go SocialIf youre a social person who

loves hanging out in the virtualworld, check out socialvibe.com.By getting sponsored by your fa-vourite brands on your Facebookor Orkut profiles, you can raisefunds for your favourite charities

without spending any of yourown money. Theres a long list ofcauses to choose from including

World Wildlife Fund (WWF),Stand Up to Cancer, People forthe Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA) and One Laptop per

Child. Like the concept? S your friends and colleaguetheyll want in on this too.

Save the birds. Update yostatus message

This month, change your ston Google Talk/Orkut/Facebto vipulramanuj.blogspot.c

The blog, run by a volunteer fAhmedabads Animal Help Fodation (AHF) educates the puabout the large number of beful birds, including migraflocks and endangered spethat become victims of the yekite-flying festival in Gujarat tarayan).

Its quite literally a cut-thevent, says the blogger hopes that people will chooskeep the skies peaceful and vent dozens of tragic injuriesdeaths.

Its the season of givingwrite to us if you have any ialong these lines. Well feathem here with credit. MChristmas!

Make a big impact with little or no money because incharity, small things go a long way

SRIYA NARAYANAN

[email protected]

Your small changecan feed this dog

FilmyWorld Cinema Flowers of the sky/ Asasa Kusum (5.30 p.m.) and Same OlSong (7.30 p.m.) will be screened today as part of the 6th ChennaiInternational Film Festival at Woodlands Theatre.Log on to www.chennaifilmfest.org or call 98401 51956 for more details


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Thursday, December 18, 2008

A woman gangster from North

Chennai was brutally mur-dered outside her house in Ele-phant Gates on Wednesday

morning by unidentified persons.Police say a gang rivalry had led to

the killing.The deceased was

identified as Paramesh- wari alias Paramu aliasMundakanni (40) of

Adiappanayakan Streetin Elephant Gates. Policesay Parameshwari was asmall-time gangster inthe area and was in-volved in various crimes,including extortion andeven running a prostitu-tion ring. A total of 18cases for various crimesincluding attempt to murder havebeen registered against her at theElephant Gates police station. Hergang played a key role in managing

load workers in the area and also insome drug trade, leading to frequentquarrels with rival gangs.

On the morning of the incident,

Parameshwari was found dead onthe pavement on AdiappanayakanStreet, where she usually spent thenight. Passers-by who noticed herdead body with cuts and stab woundon the face, hands and chest in-formed the police, who later reco-vered the corpse and conductedpreliminary investigations.

Police sources say she had a long-standing rivalry withanother gang from theMulakothalam area. Afew days before themurder, a minor clashhad broken out be-tween Parameshwarisgang and her rivals,police add.

There was wides-pread panic across

Adiappanayakan Streetand adjoining areas on

Wednesday morningand shops remained closed.

A special police team has beenformed to investigate the matter andit is known that police are on the loo-

kout for three key members of theMulakothalam gang, who are sus-pected to have committed the mur-der.

The deceased Parameshwari of Elephant Gateswas a small-time gangster in the area andwas involved in various crimes, includingextortion, and even ran a prostitution ring

ERGO [email protected]

A total of 18cases for varioushave beenregisteredagainst her atthe ElephantGates policestation

Woman gangster murdered

MargazhiRaagam todebut todayERGO [email protected]

Margazhi Raagam, the innova-tive on-screen Carnatic music

concert, will premiere at Sath-yam Cinemas on Thursdayevening.

The first kutcheri to bescreened at the Seasons screenof Sathyam Cinemas will featureT.M. Krishna and BombayJayashri. Margazhi Raagam isthe brainchild of advertisementfilm maker Jayendra Panchapa-kesan who wanted to take thefamous Carnatic music seasonkutcheries to the next level ofentertainment. The concert filmhas been filmed using high-defi-nition Red cameras and will bepresented in digital sound.

So, if you are Carnatic musiclover or just plain music buff,grab your popcorn and get thebest seats.


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ERGO Thursday, December 18, 2008VILLAGE04

Nude operaA photographer is causing asensation in China with a newexhibition combining nudityand opera.

Man who snatched wig willhave toupeeA man was detained in Taiwan after snatching thewig of a member of parliament who hadcomplained against the former president ChenShui-bians release from jail, officials said onTuesday. Chiu Yi, a ruling Nationalist Party law-maker who has become a household name for hismedia-friendly offensives against the politicalopposition, lost his wig on Monday outside theControl Yuan, a government watchdog for stateworker conduct.

Reuters

The Queen calls lights out atBuckingham PalaceQueen Elizabeth has reportedly set yet another example tobeat the economic slump by asking her staff to turn off thelights in empty rooms of the Buckingham Palace. Accordingto British news outlets, the monarch is to continue herefforts to show support through recession and had allegedlyordered chefs to reuse leftovers from banquets. The Royalhad previously urged her grandsons to avoid any publicdisplays of extravagance amid growing unemployment andeconomic strife, reports the New York Post. The Queen hadherself set mindful examples by cutting down her trip costs,recycling old clothing items rather than investing in a newwardrobe and meeting and helping those affected by thehard-hitting credit crunch.

ANI

No birthday cake for AdolfHitler!A couple from New Jersey, who wanted to get abirthday cake for their 3-year-old son, were told by astore that it would not inscribe on it the kids name,Adolf Hitler. Deborah Campbell and her husbandHeath Campbell were furious over the refusal of theShopRite at a supermarket in Greenwich, New Jersey,to put in Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler on the cake.When the 25-year-old mother called up and told thebakery department she wanted her sons name spelledout, she was told to talk to a supervisor, who deniedthe request. A spokeswoman for the store said thatthey considered Campbells request inappropriate.

ANI

Burger King releases meat-scented perfume!American fast-food chain Burger King has rolled outFlame, a new mens body spray billed as the scent ofseduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat. Notrecommended for vegetarians, the barbecue-scentedcologne has been introduced just in time for the festiveseason, reports the Telegraph. The perfume is on salefor the credit crunch-busting sum of just 2.65 pounds,suggesting the Burger King promotions department hasrealised their contribution to the fragrance marketmight work best as a novelty stocking-filler. Flame waslaunched this week online and in a selection of USstores - it is sadly no available in the UK.

ANI

Every dog has its day andthis has literally come truefor an aged canine inMumbai.

A 12-year-old Labrador Re-triever weighing 35 kgs hasbeen allowed to use the lift of abuilding after his owner won a

case in the consumer courtagainst his own residential so-ciety which denied the facilityto the dog that was sufferingfrom osteoartiritis.

Ajay Marathe, a resident ofNavi Mumbai, took the case tothe consumer court after feelinghelpless at the attitude of thesocietys office bearers.

Marathe, who resides in thefifth floor, used to take 12-year-old Shimu once in the morningand once at night for a stroll.

My dog has grown old and

since the past three years he issuffering from osteroarthritisand cannot climb down or upthe stairs. I am too old to carrymy 35-kg weighing labrador upand down the fifth floor every-day, he said.

Finding no solution to his

problem, Marathe filed a case with the consumer court inMumbai on September 26. Theconsumer court at CBD KokanBhuvan Navi Mumbai allowedMarathe to take the dog along

with him in the lift.The court has also asked my

society to pay a compensationof Rs 5,000, he said. Accordingto Marathe, his woes began

when he started filing RTIqueries seeking details of thefunctioning of the society.

PTI

Court to the rescueof dog, allowsaccess to lift


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Arecent survey has found

that 90 percent of theemails sent to a personsinbox are usually spam.

The survey report suggests thatmore and more hackers are de-vising new ways to send in spamemails, reports the China Daily.

It further states that virus-in-fected computers are

woven into botnets used

to attack more machines,and to send sales pitches toe-mail addresses in low-cost quests to bilk readersout of cash.

Every year we seethreats evolve as criminalsdiscover new ways to ex-ploit people, networks andthe Internet, Cisco chiefsecurity researcher PatrickPeterson, who was involvedin drafting the report, said.

According to the Cisco Annual Security Report,

junk e-mail make up for nearly200 billion messages daily, ap-proximately 90 per cent of email

worldwide.

As per the survey, the US is thebiggest source of spam, account-ing for 17.2 per cent messages.

Turkey and Russia ranked sec-

ond and third, accounting foper cent and 8 per cent spamspectively, according to Cisc

This year, botnets were useinject an array of legitimate wsites with an IFrames maliccode that reroutes visitor

websites that download comer viruses into their machine

The botnet is, in many caground-zero for online crim

threats, Peterson said.Using malware to infect

meones computers is an incibly common mechanism harnessing them all together

way they do their click fspam emails, and data stealihe added. Online criminalsturning botnets on web-basemail accounts. Hackers are utation hijacking by using nets to figure out weak passwprotecting web-based e-maicounts, according to Peterso

Weak passwords consifamily names, birthdays, haddresses or other terms codered relatively easy to dedu

Once access is gained to le

mate e-mail accounts, a plethof spam messages are sent inowners names.

90% of emails received are spam

Weakpasswordsconsist offamily names,birthdays,homeaddresses orother termsconsideredrelatively easyto deduce

Britains advertising watchdogon Wednesday slammed amovie poster claiming there wasnothing wrong with a littleshooting in the London station

where police shot dead an inno-cent Brazilian.The poster for Righteous Kill,

starring Robert De Niro and AlPacino, was still stuck up inStockwell underground station insouth London during a visit inSeptember by the jury hearing aninquest into the 2005 death ofJean Charles de Menezes.

The Advertising Standards Au-thority (ASA) said the poster which included the line Theresnothing wrong with a little shoot-ing as long as the right people getshot could have caused seri-ous and widespread offence.

We understood the siting ofthe poster at the station was un-intentional but nevertheless con-sidered that the text had the

potential to cause serious offencein that location, said the ASA.

The film, also starring US rap-per 50 Cent, tells the story of twoNew York policemen probing a

string of murders by a serial kill-er.De Menezes was shot seven

times in the head at Stockwellstation on July 22, 2005, the dayafter a failed attempt to replicatethe attacks of July 7 when foursuicide bombers killed 52 people.

Police had followed the 27- year-old electrician onto a trainin the mistaken belief that he wasfailed suicide bomber HussainOsman, who lived in the sameblock of flats.

Jurors at the inquest into thedeath of De Menezes recorded anopen verdict on Friday, mean-ing they rejected the chance tolabel it a lawful killing by Lon-dons Metropolitan Police.

AFP

Watchdog slams ad in Londonstation hit by shooting

South Korean children in Santa Claus outfits perform with hand-bells during acharity event to raise funds for the needy at a subway station in Seoul onWednesday. AFP PHOTO

Christmas for a cause

Man dies in party stuntA 60-year-old Japanese man who was throwninto the air in celebration at his retirement partydied after his colleagues failed to catch him andhe fell to the floor.

This day, that yearIt was on December 18, 1865 thatslavery was abolished throughout theUnited States with the ratification ofthe 13th amendment.


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BOLT EYEING MORE WORLD RECORDS

ERGO Thursday, December 18, 2008SPORT06

Cricketers to figure inHarmony CupA number of Indian cricketers from past andpresent including Murali Kartik, NikhilChopra, Saba Karim and Kirti Azad will beseen in action when alumni from citys twomost prestigious colleges Hindu and StStephens lock horns at the FerozeshahKotla ground in Delhi on Saturday.Harmony Cup, which claims to bethe countrys first Twenty20championship, is being organised as

part of the year-long golden jubileecelebration of Hindu College. Thetrophy made of crystal was unveiledat a function. Both the collegeshave produced a number of greatcricketers who have representedIndia in different times. Thisinitiative would certainly rekindle the spiritof sporting rivalry between theinstitutions, former Delhi cricketer VinayLamba, who would lead the Hindu alumniside, said. Among other former Indiacricketers, Surinder Khanna, Rahul Sanghviand Gagan Khoda are expected to turn upfor the friendly match, proceedings fromwhich would be utilised to establish aBraille library at the Hindu College. FormerSt Stephens student, Kirti Azad would leadthe other side.

PTI

Stanford set to walk awayfrom cricketTexan billionaire Allen Stanford is set to turnhis back on cricket after losing 40 milliondollars on his million-dollar-a-man series, areport said on Wednesday. The Daily Mailnewspaper said Stanford was poised to endhis five-year-deal with the England andWales Cricket Board (ECB) after just a year.

A similar deal with West Indies cricketauthorities would also be terminated, thereport said.The report said Stanford had made heavylosses after paying his victorious StanfordSuperstars team 20 million dollars for theTwenty20 showdown against England inAntigua last month, while another 20million dollars went on television andsponsorship deals connected to the event.Stanford was expected to fund thecompetition for a further four years, whilehe was also expected to bankroll theEngland Premier League Twenty20tournament from 2009. The report saidStanford axed his board of ambassadors forthe event, including West Indies great VivRichards, on Tuesday. The withdrawal of hishigh-profile investment would be a severe

blow to West Indies cricket, which receivedmillions of dollars from the billionaire in abid to revive its flagging fortunes.

AFP

Pele set to dazzle againPele is set to return to the field again, this time in an animation film to be madeby an Indian company around the Brazilian soccer legend. Compact Disc India Ltdhave also acquired the rights to develop games and merchandising around thetriple World Cup winner, according to a notice filed with the Bombay StockExchange.

Triple Olympic champion Usain

Bolt believes he could eventuallyduck under 19 seconds for the200 metres. Speaking to LEquipe

sports daily the 22-year-old Jamaican,who holds the world record for thedistance at 19.30 secs, said that despitealso winning the 100 metres gold atthe Beijing Olympics, he still preferredrunning in the 200 metres. I feel morenervous on the blocks at the start of200 metres because I expect a lot ofmyself and others expect a lot of me aswell, he said.

Thats my thing. I know that a lotof people will find that strange andthat most sprinters prefer the 100metres, but not me. My coach has told

me that I have another two years of

progress in front of me and that I haveroom for improvement. He thinks I canrun (200 metres) in under 19 secondsand I have every confidence in him.

Bolt, who was named as LEquipesChampion of Champions for 2008also said that he felt he could betterhis 100 metres world record of 9.69secs and confirmed that he is consider-ing targeting Michael Johnsons nine-year-old 400 metres record of 43.18secs in 2010.

When I was at school, I ran 45.35secs thats not bad. Although the in-tensive training you need for the 400metres worries me.

AFP


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Even though Harbhajan was in form, bowling at a ground he knows well and atbatsmen short of match practice, he made little impression. I am not entirely

sure that Harbhajan is the bowler he used to be, now that an overextended use of thedoosra has affected his ability to drift and spin his stock ball, the off spinner.

Former England skipper Mike Atherton

As Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads his Indian side intothe second Test at Mohali from Friday, all eyes will beon Rahul Dravid who has been suffering from an ev-er-lasting loss of form. While a win at Mohali will

catapult the Indians to second spot on the ICC Test rank-ings, cricket lovers will most definitely be more interestedin seeing a brave resurgence from Dravid who has passed

many a testing times.Mainstay of the Indian middle-order for the larger part ofhis 12-year-long international career, he has just amassed453 runs in 11 Test matches since Indias tour to Australiaearlier this year. His average has fallen down to 27.87 in thiscalendar year, way below his career average of 52.12. Hishighest score of 111 against South Africa in Chennai came19 innings ago. Dravid is truly fishing for his form and his

jittery stay and tentative pushes while at the crease betrayan uncanny nervousness which was unthinkable even a

year ago.With alarm bells ringing from all sides and every veteran

cricketer calling for his head, the pressure is mounting andtime is running out for Indias most technically equippedbatsman. While former chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar hasalready sent him to the backbenches and wants him to toilit out in the domestic circuit, Sunil Gavaskar is a bit morelenient and feels that Dravid should go down the order tothree down from his one-down slot to find some elusive

form. I would have him bat at number five. I will make himswap places with V.V.S. Laxman and I will pick him forMohali, Sunil Gavaskar told a private television channel.

Dravid must also be feeling the heat but with backingfrom his skipper and also a new central contract he may

walk into Mohali in a more relaxed state. Determined andworking hard as usual in the nets, Dravid is one of the fittestof Indias Fab Five and with Anil Kumble and SouravGanguly already out of the equation post their retirement,India may well ill-afford to lose Dravid at this stage. WithIndia unlikely to tour Pakistan after the recent escalation oftension, Dravid will have time to introspect and work on hisgame after the Mohali Test. India next goes for a Test seriesto New Zealand and the last time the Men in Blue were inKiwi land in 2002-03, Dravid was one of the few batsmen

who held themselves together in the cold and wintry islandnation. He scored 131 runs in four innings and had anaverage of 32.75, the best among the Indian batsmen.

AYON [email protected]

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You buy a car, drive it out ofthe showroom with all theglitter of a fresh paintjoband the nice, new smell in

the interiors of the car that all ofus try to maintain for years tocome with little success. Our des-perate attempts to keep the carfresh and new never end. Noth-ing is impossible; I know a friend

whose car still looks clean andnew inside after many years ofdriving. How he did that, you may

wonder. If you really want toknow, you need six differenttypes of soft fabric, wax polishand three hours of your time ev-ery Sunday.

I dont think I need to run asurvey through everyone to de-termine if we have the time andpatience to do the same, as theobvious answer would be a bigNO.

Lets face it the dusty condi-tions, the heat and some help

from a bunch of hooligans whoapply their creative skills to leavea scratch on our car arent reallyconducive to a shiny car. So here

you are, unable to tolerate thedull look of your car and makingup your mind to change the paintand give the car that fresh newlook and relive the excitement ofdriving a new car.

Now that you have decided topaint the car, the first thing thatcomes to mind is the budget. Af-ter a decision is made to changethe colour, why not spend a littlemore and get that pearlescent

paintjob done?It is a special paint where col-

our changes shade under differ-ent lighting conditions. To makeit more comprehensible, what

you see is a metallic-satin finish, where under bright sunlight yousee a nice velvet fabric effect.

Getting this effect involves athree-stage paint process. Selectpre-defined colours that themanufacturers offer on their col-our palette. Do not experiment

with your unique colour combi-nation as it would be very difficultto mix and get the same shade in

case of a touch-up.Here is a brief explanatio

the three-stage process fopearlescent paint job:

Stage I: Base Coat Its a scolour coat which gives the hue which you normally

when the car is in the shadeStage II: Ground Coat - Th

the coat with the pearlescentin it which is responsible forshifting effect. (The coat is aable in colours like red, grgold and other bright shades

Stage III: Top Coat - The ccoat.

Give your car that pearlescent paint job and watch it turn into a chameleon

One for the shade,one for sunlight

ERGO Thursday, December 18, 2008ROADSTER08

Feeling the crunchNissan Motor Co. said on Wednesday it wouldcut its domestic production by 78,000 carsbeginning January amid declining global autosales. Five hundred temporary workers are alsoto be laid off, Tokyo-based Nissan said.


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New infotainment for VW PhaetonVolkswagens luxury flagship, the Phaeton, will be fitted with a newinfotainment generation and more fuel-efficient engines for the 2009 modelyear, the car maker has announced. The RCD 810 and RNS 810 infotainmentsystems were redesigned for the Phaeton with high-resolution 8-inch touchscreen.

Fiat is set to revive another old name, the Topolinoor Little Mouse, which it is planning to launchas a new mini car in 2010, Germanys auto-motor-sport magazine reports.

The Topolino, built between 1936 and 1955, isconsidered the predecessor to the Fiat 500 - anothername which the Italian company has revived with thenew retro-look Fiat 500.Car artist Mark Stehrenberger, who has given a previewof motoring future for auto-motor-sport for the pastthree decades, showed a design of the Topolino with

the typical mouse front married to a wedge-shapedbody with large windows.The Fiat Topolino would compete in an already tightminicar market long dominated by the Smart ForTwo.Beginning in early 2009, Toyota will sell its iQ and VWis planning to launch its new mini car family the Up! in2011. BMW is believed to be mulling plans to revive theIsetta name with an ultra-small city car, reports said.

DPA

SNIPPET

The heat source is a pair ofheadlights. A car door alarmsignals emergencies. An au-

to air filter and fan provideclimate control.But this contraption has noth-

ing to do with transportation. It isa sturdy, low-cost incubator, de-signed to keep vulnerable new-borns warm during the firstfragile days of life.

Unlike the notoriously high-maintenance incubators found inneonatal intensive care units inthe United States, it is easily re-paired, because all of its oper-ational parts come from cars.

And while incubators can cost$40,000 or more, this one can bebuilt for less than $1,000.

The creators of the car parts in-cubator a project being promot-ed by the Global Health Initiativeat the Center for Integration of

Medicine and Innovative Tech-nology, or Cimit, a nonprofit con-sortium of Boston teaching

hospitals and engineeringschools say it could prevent mil-lions of newborn deaths in thedeveloping world.

Cimit hired Design That Mat-ters, a non-profit firm in Cam-bridge, Mass., to design themachine. The idea was to start

with a 4Runner, said TimothyPrestero, the firms founder andchief executive, and take awayall the parts that werent an in-cubator.

What resulted was a serious-looking gray-blue device thatconjures up a cyborg baby buggy,but fits comfortably in hospitalsand clinics with few resources.For one thing, the supply of re-placement parts is virtually limit-less, because the modular

prototype can be adapted to anymake or model of car.

Junkyards are great sources

for parts, said Robert Malkin, di-rector of Engineering WorldHealth, a program based at DukeUniversity, who is not affiliated

with the incubator project. Wehave designs for pumps and asurgical aspirator that are basedon car parts.

And the repair people will beright on the scene. The futuremedical technologists in the de-veloping world, Malkin said,are the current car mechanics,HVAC repairmen, bicycle shoprepairmen.

There is no other good sourceof technology-savvy individualsto take up the future of medicaldevice repair and maintenance.

NYT News Service

The new kind of incubator costs 40 times lesser than theregular one, and is made out of car spares

Now, a car parts incubatorSantas new ride

Santa Claus performer Frank Knorre rides hismotorcycle after a press conference where theso-called "Santa Claus Code of Honor", toguarantee the quality standard for traditionalChristmas celebrations, was presented in Berlin.

AFP PHOTO


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ERGO Thursday, December 18, 2008FLICK10

Will Smith eyes Hancock,

I Am Legend sequels

Will Smith is reportedly planning sequels of his hitmovies Hancock and I Am Legend.

While a rep for the Men in Black actor confirmedthere have been talks about both of these

projects, an insider revealed that details hadalready been worked out. He is ready to do

both. Producers are just trying to getCharlize Theron to sign on for theHancock sequel, the New York Postquoted a source as saying.

As for I Am Legend, it will be moreof a prequel as Smiths character

died at the end of the zombies-take-Manhattan movie. It will beabout how the disease spreadsand the fall of the last greatAmerican city. It will also developthe relationship between Wills

character and his wife, the source added. ANI

Jessica Biel slams album with

Justin Timberlake rumours

Jessica Biel has slammed rumours claiming thatshe would be recording an album with beau

Justin Timberlake.Ive heard all these rumours that we (Biel and

beau Justin Timberlake) are doing an albumtogether but its completely untrue, Fox Newsquoted her as telling Tarts.

Speaking of her charity work, the 7th Heavenstar expressed her feelings behind the moralresponsibility to contribute in the making of aconstructive society.

She said: Its an obligation as a human beingas a citizen of this country where we are in theclimate of this world, with our new president anhis initiative on community service and givingback, its just part of life.

It makes you feel incredible, if you haventvolunteered or given of your time its really anincredible feeling and its made my life very full

AN

Nicole Kidman has angered Aboriginal groupsby attempting to play a didgeridoo while pro-moting her new film,Australia, on a Germantelevision programme.

The stunt flouts an Aboriginal custom that dictateswomen are forbidden to play the instrument.

Kidman made the faux pas on the weekend duringWetten Das...?, a popular chat show.

Kidmans performance has been criticised by Aboriginal leaders, who said she should know

better.Allen Madden, cultural and educational of-

ficer at Sydneys Aboriginal Land Council,said the films director Baz Luhrmannshould have educated his cast about Abo-riginal traditions.

I presume she doesnt know, other- wise she wouldnt be playing it. But (I would have thought) the women onthat set would have told her, theNZPA quoted Madden, as saying.

Baz should know somethingabout it, after working with thosetraditional fellas on the film, Mad-den added.

Richard Green, an award-winning actor,screenwriter and Dharug language teacher,said he was disgusted.

The didgeridoo, or yirdaki, is said by some to

make women infertile, and Green said he fearedother women would imitate Kidman without real-ising its dangers.

ANI

Primetime crime

German TV host Thomas Gottschalk (R) assistsAustralian actress Nicole Kidman as she plays

the didgeridoo on German television showWetten Dass in the southern German city of

Stuttgart on December 13. AFP PHOTO

Citizen KaneScreenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote thebalance of the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941)from a hospital bed recovering from illness.

NICOLE KIDMAN UPSETS ABORIGINAL GROUPS BY PLAYING DIDGERIDOO


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Famously drug-addled Rolling Stone Keith Richards turns 65this week, but he remains tight-lipped about any wild party

plans he might have to celebrate becoming a pensioner.The legendary guitarist, songwriter and archetypal wild

rocker will reach the landmark age more usually associatedwith gardening and cardigans only a few months after Stonesfrontman Mick Jagger, who turned 65 in July.

He wants to keep it very private, was all a spokesman forRichards would say when asked how the musician would markhis birthday on Thursday.

Named by Rolling Stone magazine as the tenth best guita-rist in the world, the shaggy-haired star has proved remarka-bly resilient to a lifetime of substance abuse, explained by hisview that his body was a laboratory.

Richards toured the world with the Stones last year, and con-tinues to release music, although his image as a hell-raiser was nuanced by his recent appearancein an advert for upmarket luggage-makerLouis Vuitton.

But the myth surrounding him remainsstrong, reinforced by tales of him falling

out of a coconut tree in Fiji in 2006,reports that he snorted his fathersashes with cocaine and, for youngerfans, his reincarnation as the fatherof Johnny Depps character Cap-tain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates ofthe Caribbean films.

Born December 18, 1943 inDartford, east of London, Ri-chards was initiated into the

world of the blues by his moth-er.

In 1960, he met up with Jag-ger, an old primary schoolclassmate, and with BrianJones they formed RollingStones, named after theMuddy Waters song.

Having built up a dedi-

cated following, the bandrose to prominence withthe release of (I cant getno) Satisfaction Ri-

chards said the songs signature guitar riff came to him in themiddle of the night.

With the talent came turmoil, however. As the Stones successgrew, so did their reputation as hell-raisers, with riots breaking

out at many gigs as well as numerous drugs episodesinvolving Richards and Jones, who died in 1969.

Speaking to Esquire magazine earlier this year, Ri-chards was asked about his intake of cocaine, to which hereplied: After the first maniac year of taking it, my intake

of cocaine was, yeah, once after a meal.In 1967, a now legendary drugs bust at Richards Re-

dlands home saw both him and Jagger given jail terms,although the guitarists sentence was quashed on appeal and

Jaggers was reduced to a conditional discharge.For Richards, this marked only the beginning of his close rela-

tionship with drugs, epitomised by his remark: My body wassort of a laboratory. I wanted to see what I could do with it.

His partner in much of this was Anita Pallenberg, theex-girlfriend of Brian Jones with whom Richards had

three children, although one died as an infant. Hehad two others with Patti Hansen, who he married

on his 40th birthday in 1983.In 1977, Richards was arrested for possession of

heroin in Toronto, Canada, and in return for cle-mency, he and Pallenberg entered rehabilitation.

But the respite was brief, with Richards laterremarking: Ive never had a problem with drugs.Ive had problems with the police.

After the Canadian episode, the Stones re-turned in 1978 with what many considered theirbest album so far, Some Girls. But in the early1980s, Jagger moved the group towards a moremodern pop sound, which Richards opposed.

The future of the Stones seemed rocky when,in 1985, Jagger launched a solo career. Three years later Richards released his own solo al-

bum, the well-received Talk is Cheap, althoughthis was not his first venture on his own hereleased a version of Chuck Berrys Run Ru-dolph Run in 1978.

But talk of a break-up proved premature,and the Stones returned with a new album,Steel Wheels, in 1989, which kicked off amassive world tour. Through to themid-2000s they continued to produce newmusic and kept playing live.

Richards has since released severalsongs from his back catalogue and it haseven been suggested that he is planningan easy listening album.

Asked in an interview with GQ maga-zine in 2008 about his dances with death,Richards noted: There were plenty of

times I couldve given up the ghost. But itjust seemed like such a cheap way out.

AFP

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A

65-YEAR-OLD ROLLING STONE

There wereplenty of timesI couldve givenup the ghost.But it justseemed like sucha cheap way out

ROLLING STONES RICHARDS TURNS 65

Artists touchArtist Pablo Picasso appeared in a

crowd scene in Jean Cocteaus 1962film, The Testament of Orpheus.

Enemy linesPaul Newman, who starred in CoolHand Luke, was one of the celebritieson the Enemies List kept by RichardNixon during the Watergate scandal.


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Wednesdays Query:

You wake up in themorning and see yourself shrunk tothe size of awalnut. How would you react whatwould you do? First of all, I wont be visiblefor my dear mom. Escapedfrom morning scolding forgetting up late

Arunkumar Raja

CGSL

I will be very happy and Illtravel anywhere in the worldwithout any cost

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Ashiq - TCS,

Balaji - Perot Systems,Prabhu - HCL

I feel immensely happy as no

credit card collection agentscan identify me

Joe,Perot Systems

Ill call up my girlfriend & askher 2 hang me in her chain asa pendant so that Ill stay close2 her heart

Kalyan V,

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Naan apadiyae shockaagitaen

Lokia,

Ford

Ill follow the tiny specieslike ant and beetles and

discover their life structureSatish,

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I would wear a lens beforeme as others would notice meand leave me without stamped

Praveen,

CGSL

I would break the mirror andshout "ennai yen alagaipadaicha andava"

Thara K,

Wipro

I would be happy because Iwould be relished by people

who are pastry loversSerena Dsouza,

Allsec Technologies

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I will call and introducemyself to Vijay TV and willparticipate in KutramNatanthathu Enna

Hema Indus

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I will be shell shocked at first.Then I will hop all the way tothe Parliament to understandits proceedings

Vignesh C,Cognizant

I will ask my friends to takeme out and we will have funplaying pranks and scaringothers! And at the end of theday, my bed time prayer wouldbe to transform me back to myform

Divya V,

Polaris

I would sneak into rats houseand I will teach rats to defeatcatRam,Sutherland

I feel so excited and askManirathnam to take a movieAnjali part 2

Rajee Anand,

Coastal Training

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I would try to make somefriends in the insect species as Idont have dear ones fromthem

Mukund,

Standard Chartered

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Arun Gopal J,

Infosys

Todays Query:

Following SaniaMirza, which Sportsperson do you thinkshould get aDoctorate?

Vignesh of TCS has nominated his team TCS Night Riders as Partners inCrime. They clicked this pic at Kerala.

John Sebastian of Infosys has nominated his team as Partners in crime.They clicked this pic at Ooty

Narasimhabalaof HCL has nominated his team as Partners in Crime. Theyclicked this pic at Mahabalipuram.


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Kovil maniya namma adicha saththam varum... aana kovil mani nammala adicha raththamvarum....

Rajee Anand, Coastal Training

Patient : Dr. Intha bucket ottai aagiruchu.. enna pannalam?

Doctor : Yov itha en en kitta vanthu ketkura?Patient : plastic surgery la neenga than famous nu sonnanga. athan unga kitta vanthen..

Jubair,Cognizant

Hi Ramya Bhaskaran,Although these birthdaywishesWill arrive a little lateYoure always wishedMuch happinessNo matter what the date is.

With Love&Care,Wipro friends,

Dear Keerthana.C,Fly free and happy beyondbirthdays and acrossforever,

and well meet now andthen when we wish in themidst of the onecelebration that never canend.HAPPY BIRTHDAY

With love,

Sathya,

Tamalika,Moutusi

Poorani,

Karthika.

Dear Vishnu PraveenToday Is Your Day ToCelebrateYour Day To Be The StarSo Let The Ones You LoveAll Cheer

And Say How Special YouAre :-))We all Wish you a VeryHappy Birthday !!!

With loads of luv,"IgNiTe GaNgStErS"

(TCS)

Dear Nirmala,This is a special birthdaywish that comes with loveto you. wish youmany more happy returnsof the day and happymarried life.May god bless you.

with love,

Mohanraj K E,

sridevi G,

Citi groupglobal service.

Hi Gokila,You think youre specialbecause its your birthdaytoday. Thats completenonsense... youre specialevery day....In this world, whereeverything seems uncertain,only one thing is definite.Youll always be our friend,beyond words, beyond timeand beyond distance. ....May today be filled withsunshine and smiles,laughter and love......Many Many More Happy

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Hi Kokila (@kuyil),You are a little hyper. Youwill have psychic gifts. Youhave the ability tomasteranything in life. Urwise decisions will take youto newer heights in careeras well as personal life. Yo

will prove to b beneficial.Wish You Many moreHappy Returns of the Day!(Kuyiluku Iniya PiranthanalVazthukkal...)

With Luv frienSabarinathan

Asho

Akilan, SadSethurama

Bala

ManRaja md

and friends

Perot System

Dear Ganguly !!!Happy Happy birthday to u!!!!! Have a blast !!!! Let ulife be filled with happines

and gods blessings always!!!You deserve all the love anadmiration that I have foryou Because youre the kinof personThat I can turn to :))))

With loads of lov

Pri

Hi RIA,MANY MORE HAPPYRETURNS OF THE DAY!!!!!!ENJOY U R LIFE,AND DANCOF LIFE !!!!KEEP ON SHINING LIKE THESUN ,SPREAD THE PLEASURESLIKE MOON LIGHT..

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N.DOUGLAS HENR

Dear Subhransu,Many More happy returnsfor your birthday.Hope your Birthday gentlybreezes into your life all thchoicest things and all thatyour heart holds.Have a fun filled birthday.

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Thirumalai of TCS has been nominated asOffice Angel by Viswanath P R and Sripriya G.

Thirumalai a.k.a Thiru stands out for his

hard work and sincerety. Very dependable &

trustful person, hes one of those people whoalways sports a smile.

Magesh from Verizondoodled this.


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B.C

BORN LOSER

FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT

PREVIOUS

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20

CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20

LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20

VIRGO AUG 21 - SEPT 20

LIBRA SEPT 21 - OCT 20

SCORPIO OCT 21 - NOV 20

SAGITTARIUS NOV 21 - DEC 20

CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20

AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 20

PISCES FEB 21 - MARCH 20

Predictions by Bhavesh N. Pa

Even though the day might begin on low note,there will be an augment in your energy as the proceeds. With Ganeshas grace the day will enda positive note. You will share lovely moments la romantic chat with your beloved one.

As the day begins there might be some unpleasacircumstances obstructing your progress. Howevethe second part of the day you will regain yourconfidence. In the later part of the day you willhave share intense love with your loved one.

With the advent of the day, you might feel you a

heading in the wrong direction but do not worryyou will find the right direction later. You will betarget-oriented in meetings. On romantic front, ysole attention will be on your beloved.

Sentiments might exhaust you in the morning,regardless of what you are dealing with. The nomay appear with a paradox. Ganesha says laterduring the day you will be more practical towardyour final goal. Love life may be secondary.

At the beginning of the day, you might not beconvivial at meetings and with superiors orcolleagues. As the day progresses, you may chanyour views. Later during the day you will serve amotivating source of inspiration for someone.

Today at work, you may lack fluency. However,lunch might just pump you up to get into the d

businesses again. In the evening you may stayhome at peace with your family. If you are in loyou might have a philosophical discussion.

At work, you will be raring to shoot the bulls-eyHowever, routine communications might consummost of your pre-lunch time. In the later part of day, you will witness success at your doors. Lovelife will be full of jovial and happening.

In the first half of the day, you might attempt togain attention. In the later part of the day you wbe successful in your attempt and be in thespotlight due to your proficiency. In you personalife you might try to woo someone today.

At the beginning of the day, you are likely to festressed out due to work load. However, your poof view might change post-lunch. Love life may

experience a positive turning point. Ganesha feeyou and partner would share a good understand

The day will start on a positive note, however layou might feel your work was not in the rightdirection. Ganesha suggests that it is best to recmistakes as soon as possible. . By evening, youmight burst out your stress with your beloved.

Tedious work will occupy you till lunch. ButGanesha finds you focussing only on fixed goalsis recommended that you remain patient andcompletely concentrate on work. Evening willaccompany pleasant time with friends.

You seem to be emotional about domestic issuesthe morning. Fortunately, your mind will bepreoccupied with. The upshot will be positive saGanesha. In your love life, you will have a goodmoral support from your partner.

Words worth"Trypall" (trye-pahl) a tall,lanky, slovenly person. Seegammerstand.

Scouts capsizedThree British scout leaders were forced totrek through a jungle in Guinea for five daysafter a hippopotamus capsized their canoe.


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Actress Jennifer Connelly attends the TheDay The Earth Stood Still press conferenceat Grand Hyatt Tokyo on Wednesday inTokyo, Japan. GETTY IMAGES

Hema Malini performs classicaldance at the Science Conclave-2008 at Indian Institute ofInformation Technology inAllahabad on Tuesday night.PTI PHOTO

Actresses Nandita Das and Shahana Goswaniattend the The Song of Sparrows premiereduring day six of the 5th Dubai InternationalFilm Festival held at the Madinat Jumeriah

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We do exchange gifts,although we dontfeel any pressure tomake them big orexpensive gifts. Thekids dont ask for biggifts for the reasonthat they dont see alot of the American

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