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Its been quite some time since I chose an artist of the month for my blog. This morning I just felt like doing it. So heres presenting, one of my favorite singers, who I think has one of the most beautiful, fun voices and whose songs I just loooove listening to….. Nelly Furtado.

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She was born on December 2, 1978, in the Canadian city of Victoria, British Columbia to Portuguese parents, Maria Manuela and António José Furtado. Furtado has a strong connection with Portuguese culture and also holds Portuguese citizenship. At age four she began performing and singing in Portuguese. She was named after Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim. Raised in a Roman Catholic home, Furtado first sang at the age of four when she performed a duet with her mother at a church on Portugal Day. Although remaining unclear about her religious beliefs, she still affirms a belief in God, the Ten Commandments, and in avoiding the Seven Sins.

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This one had the title… “The pain of a married man!!!”

A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in bed.

She goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in front of him.

He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.

“What’s the matter, dear?” she whispers as she steps into the room. “Why are you down here at this time of night?”

The husband looks up from his coffee, “Do you remember 20 years ago when we were dating, and you were only 18?” he asks solemnly. “Yes I do” she replies.

The husband pauses; the words were not coming easily. “Do you remember when your father caught us in the garden?”

“Yes, I remember” said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.

The husband continued.. “Do you remember when he showed the shotgun in my face and said, ‘Either you marry my daughter, or I’ll send you to jail for 20 years?”

“I remember that too” she replied softly.

He wiped another tear from his cheek and said, “I would have been released today…

Procrastinate

Meaning – to put off doing something; to hestitate; to delay unnecessarily.

Example – I know I should be writing this article, but I’ll just write it tomorrow. After all, I’ve already written an article this week. These are the kind of thoughts that enter the mind of a procastinator.

A very happy birthday to you my friend. May God make your day a wonderful one and give you a thousand reasons to smile today.

This year, you turn up the passion and attract the thing you focus on like gangbusters. That’s why it’s crucial that you keep thinking about what you want, and not about what you don’t want. A business breakthrough puts money in your pocket in March. A sweetheart wants to whisk you away to an island in June (ofcourse, thats a phrase used for highly romantic things.. ).

Aries

Your command of language will propel you and a special project to new heights. Take the time to work out what you’ll say. Proofread written correspondence, and finesse it to perfection. Better make plans for today, as you will be restless.

Taurus

You find a loved one’s flaws endearing. As for your shortcomings, they are a non-issue to those close to you. Therefore, you should seriously consider accepting them yourself. Love yourself “as is.” Keep important correspondence up to date even if it means changing plans.

Gemini

In many ways you uphold the virtues of your parents. And yet there are some qualities you do not care to reflect. Because of this, your handling of a situation will be different from what you were taught. You will be highly creative and will receive assistance from other family members to finish your pending jobs.

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A day after civil engineering department students of Faculty of Technology and Engineering, MS University, secured third position in Bascule Bridge designing competition, students from metallurgy and material department stood first in Mech Compute competition. Looks like this time its raining awards for thes young enthusiasts who’ve participated in TechFest 2010, Asia’s biggest technical festival hosted by IIT Bombay.

The challenge was to make a mechanical calculator without using electrical or chemical power. The device should be able to perform operations of addition, subtraction and multiplication on any set of non-negative integers, at least for digits up to output of a two-digit number.

Device prepared by MSU students was chosen as the best model in the competition. The team comprised of third year metallurgy engineering and material science department students which include Rohan Chakrabarty, Mithun Banjan and Nitin Batra.

“We have been working since last four months to put together this calculator. Our device was adjudged as the best one as we were the only team that could make gears and entire pin wheel system. The cost of making also came to Rs 200. This prize is special as it is after a long time our faculty could bring back first prize in the competitive event at IIT tech fest,” said Chakrabarty.

“The other advantage of our device is that it can be used as a teaching tool in primary schools to explain concepts of addition and subtraction very easily,” added Chakrabarty.

The recently-unveiled Apple iPad tablet computer, which comes at a time when most of the computer makers are attempting to strike a balance between “niftiness” and price point, has already started causing confusion among potential users – while some say that the iPad quite similar to the Amazon Kindle, others are terming it as an “iPod Touch on steroids.”

The tablet device has been much hyped, especially over the past few months, and boasts of some truly notable features; but what is most questionable about it is – which category of users is the device actually aimed at?

Featuring a 9.7-inch touchscreen, the iPad is equipped with a scaled-up version of the iPhone operating system; and it enables the users to surf the web via the Safari browser; play music using iTunes; view e-mail; and get around using Google Maps.

In addition, the iPad tablet also features an iBook application that facilitates the reading of electronic books; a photo-viewing tool; a notebook utility for meetings; and Apple’s address book application to keep a track of the contacts.

Despite the noteworthy features, the success or otherwise of the iPad depends largely on two main factors – firstly, whether the device can attract book lovers from the Amazon Kindle e-reader, which is far more economically-priced at $259 as compared to the iPad’s base model cost of $459; and secondly, whether it will entice full-fledged computer users to go in for the switchover!

Capricorn is an earth sign. Other earth signs forming the triangle are Taurus and Virgo. Thus Capricornians are most compatible with Leos, Taurians and Virgoans. Other signs they are compatible with are Cancer and to some extent Gemini.

A Sun Sign signifies the state (position etc.) of the sun, planets and all other components of the solar system when a person is born. Hence, it has a deep rooted impact on the general nature of a person.

It is a deeply studied field which has been a center of curiosity for people from generations because the way it influences and dictates people characteristics is amazing. I beleive in them, and if you’re reading this… I’m sure you do too. Even if not, what harm can a little reading do… so go ahead… explore and perhaps you might find yourself again…..

All 12 sun-signs together represent the 4 basic elements of life – Earth, Fire, Water and Wind. So they form four groups of 3 sun signs each, representing a triangle of that particular element. The sun-signs at the ends of this triangle, are most compatible with each other.

Sun sign of the month

Capricorn

Dates: 24th December to 23rd January

Clearly Visible Characteristics:

* Patient
* Seek perfection
* Ambitious
* Disciplined
* Hard Working
* Loyal
* Strong willpower
* Introvert
* Short tempered
* Cannot accept authority

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Cast : Shahid Kapur, Genelia D’souza, Mohnish Behl, Parikshit Sahni

Directed By : Ken Ghosh

This is what happens when success somehow gets to your head. It takes away your judgement skills which earlier helped you get to where you are now.

At the time of Ishq Vishq, I wasn’t too excited about Shahid Kapur. I mean okay he was this cute kid looking guy with a nice smile and great dancing skills but he still hadn’t managed to strike a chord somewhere. The movie was an instant hit though and became a rage among college goers all over the country, with Shahid becoming the dream guy of almost every teenage girl in India. It was only after Jab We Met, that I actually liked his work and his on-screen presence. And to be honest, I even understood why there was so much “ooo… Shahid”!! Kaminey just made it all the more better.

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