Made in India:2 - Chess

Chess is commonly believed to have originated in India during the Gupta empire, where its early form in the 6th century was known as caturaṅga, which translates as "four divisions of the military"

infantry, 
cavalry, 
elephants,
chariotry, 


represented by the pieces that would evolve into the modern pawn, knight, bishop, and rook, respectively.

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Made in India:1 - Tea

The story of 'discoveries' is the story of chance. And so it was with tea — in India. In 1833, the East India Company sour at the end of monopoly over Chinese trade, was looking for alternate sources. The plant was found growing in the wild in Assam.


The first lot of Indian tea was auctioned in London in 1838.

Meurtrières

Nina , who feels guilty for her father's death, has been depressed since the tragic event. Lizzy, a slightly unbalanced girl, she has been confined there after a suicide attempt. Nina and Lizzy meet at the mental institution they are committed to. As for  One Saturday night, Lizzy persuades Nina to sneak out of the clinic to paint the city red with her boyfriend Malik and their common friends. 


Lizzy noticed that her relationship ended, she became crazy and became drunk she spent all the money. 


At the end they became murderers.


Nice French movie, nice places... Hande Kodja played very well...

'Deplorable' Elano

Gone ....Actually, never came.
Since the day you came, waited for anything positive, waited for him to give contributions in team. He just taught us to wait. He never smile here. The facial expression is always complaining...


It is real, spirit of that water in these areas was not according to him. People who are hard, never giving up, ambitious are successful in this country. Not for such naive men. That is why he is not in charge. Managers who did not understand that he'll be failed in this land showed us how proactive they are.

Please go to your 'calient' country. Hope our paces never cross again. We'll remember you as a lost investment.

Barbs and wires

It used to be said no man is a hero to his butler. The contemporary version of that: no world leader is a hero to diplomats. In the same way that a butler might revel in getting to see his employer warts and all, Wikileaks has shown the pleasure diplomats take in being allowed to write unvarnished accounts of prime ministers and presidents. There are sound reasons why a government should know about the faults and foibles of the people they have to deal with. Kim Jong-Il is among the world’s largest buyers of cognac but one can see why this is a matter of concern when it comes to a country as tightly ruled as North Korea.

How, one wonders, is the national interest of a superpower furthered by its officialdom knowing that Muammar Qaddafi’s personal nurse is a “voluptuous” Ukrainian blonde or that Silvio Berlusconi parties all night? Not much, but it brings a smirk in the stiff corridor of diplomacy and that was the cables’ intent. Some have expressed surprise that US diplomats seemed to have saved their sharpest barbs for the heads of countries which are US allies or that the targets of spying at the United Nations were often non-hostiles. The truth is that all is fair in love, war and diplomacy.

Wikileaks should be commended less for revealing the deep dark secrets of diplomacy — there was in truth very little of that — and more for showing that affairs of State are, in the end, a very human business done by very human professionals.

FIRST STEP IS THE BEST STEP

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A Special Lesson

José Mourinho always said that his side would lose one day but he did not expect to lose like this – not after enjoying the greatest start of any coach in Real Madrid's history. His team, so impermeable before, were punctured. Five times. They were sunk. A 5-0 victory for Barcelona was described by the Madrid coach as a "historically bad result" for his club – it was the worst defeat he has suffered in his career.

The final whistle arrived amid cheers and olés, plus boos for Sergio Ramos, sent off at the death for a wild scythe at Leo Messi. At last Mourinho could move from the bench where he had been sitting powerless.

The chant going round was inspired by Mourinho's infamous accusation that Messi had play-acted during a Chelsea-Barcelona Champions League clash: "Mourinho, go to the theatre!" He might have wished he had. By his own admission, he had felt "impotent".

There was little comfort in the fact that this Barcelona team are genuinely special. Pep Guardiola's side were imperious, their control breathtaking.

Speaking of genuinely special, if this was indeed the game that decided the best player in the world, there can be only one answer. Messi failed to score for the first time in 10 matches but his performance – like those of Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández and Sergio Busquets – was sublime.

There were fewer brilliant dribbles, less fantasy but there was a stunning assuredness and impeccable precision in the passing. This was the Messi who controls the game and then decides it.

But it was Xavi, the ideologue behind Spain's World Cup success, who opened the scoring after nine minutes. Messi, who spent the match dropping from his 'false No 9' role into midfield, content to play simple passes and keep the ball moving, combined with Xavi.

 The Argentinian then swept the ball out to Iniesta. His pass into the box found Xavi running though and as the ball bounced fortuitously off his heel, Xavi nudged a volley past Iker Casillas. It was the perfect demonstration of Barcelona's football. Short, clever passing, a man always in support.
Barcelona did things that would be risky for any other side, playing out of the tightest corners. Soon, Camp Nou was roaring olés as their team swept the ball about.

Madrid had little of the ball but when they did recover possession they broke rapidly and with murderous intent. Ronaldo saw a shot flash wide, a free-kick dip past the post and just before half-time he appealed for a penalty. The referee, Iturralde González, felt Ronaldo had looked for the penalty; replays suggested he may have found it. In the end it was academic and there could be no complaints.

Within two minutes of the start of the second half, Messi had a goal disallowed for offside. Barcelona would not be denied. Messi set David Villa twice in the second half and the striker made no mistake.

Barcelona added a fifth in stoppage time when Jeffren finished off Bojan Krkic's cross to complete a miserable night for Mourinho's team.

Sacred Universe

We have been bombarded by the precepts of science that the universe is nothing but physical particles in motion. But in our intuition we know differently, namely that the universe is sacred. Many have succumbed to the pressure of science and its simplistic view.Some have not. I belong to the latter category. I have always felt and known that the universe is beautiful and mysterious.

I don't have any quarrel with the view that there are physical entities and phenomena. So what? They are mute and dumb, while I'm trying to understand deeper things, such as : Who am I? Who are you? What is the meaning of existence?

Yet, it must be admitted that, after the onslaughts of science, we can't assume the universe is sacred. We must find a new justification for this. The old justifications, as based on God and religions, are simply out of the question. We need to search deeper.

In my search, I found a new answer, which is light itself. Why is light the answer? Because of its peculiar nature. If and when you convince yourself that light is the source of everything — the giver and provider — then it becomes quite inevitable to consider light as miraculous. Thus, the nature of light predisposes the universe to be sacred.

I'm aware that I didn't provide a scientific proof for the sacredness of the universe. Nor did I mean to. I didn't feel compelled or obliged to follow the scientific dogma that everything must be proved scientifically. Anyway, scientific proofs are so impotent.

I've been doing something else. I have been pointing out at the glory, majesty and might of light, while it has been constructing the universe, and while it has been bringing about the human mind. Surely, an architect capable of such achievements is worthy of being called a sacred being.


H.Skolimowski

How to dance well

1 Stretch when you can
We all stretch during warm-up, to cool down, or if we feel pain or discomfort. But, try to do simple stretching while you are doing your daily chores. You could practice stretching while listening to music or even while watching TV. Simple floor stretches do wonders for improving your flexibility. This, in turn, helps when you hit the dance floor.

2 Lesson one
Taking dancing classes will not improve your coordination, but it will also help train your brain to remember and retain choreography, which heps you learn more, faster. Classes also help dancers maintain a 'dance language' by communicating with teachers, choreographers and other dancers.

3 Keep at it
No one gets every step right the first time, but good dancers keep practicing till they do. Good technique does not come easy. Learn new moves, but perfect the skills of each step first.

4 Wear Proper Attire
Each dance style requires a specific type of clothing and shoes. Dance shoes are carefully structured to protect the legs and feet and to benefit the dancer. Make sure you are dancing in the correct shoes.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

All one needs is a smile of happiness and peace to sustain.

On uncharted terrain, each decision taken is a unique one as it has no precedence. So it is a challenge. It calls for tremendous courage and conviction in one's own capability. Conflicts in the mind arise where there is a gap between what was expected and what is happening.

What is the best way out?

First, nothing is permanent, so accept where we are now and not stick to the effects that are thrown our way. We should be practical and study why we are in turmoil. We ought to take it one notch higher and introspect and see if we are really in a state of continuous change.


Walking alone is not a problem, but to stay on course, and face challenges therein is the real test. It would help then to look at achievers who have reached the pinnacle of excellence in their chosen fields.

All great leaders were like you and me, but they had the wisdom to shun the beaten track.