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Smith leads steady start

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Graeme Smith capitalised on his good fortune at the toss and led a confident start on a sluggish pitch that started assisting the spinners as early as the first session. South Africa survived a few nervy moments but their ability to put away the loose balls steered them to 80 for 1 at lunch. The pitch didn’t throw up the demons that were predicted but there was enough good news for the spinners early on. India surprisingly went with just two specialist spinners, partly forced by Anil Kumble’s absence owing to injury. Both Harbhajan Singh, who came on as early as the ninth over, and Piyush Chawla extracted turn and bounce from the first-day surface. Chawla snapped up a wicket in his very first over, beating McKenzie with a ripping legbreak and offering Mahendra Singh Dhoni a regulation stumping. Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper to captain India in a Test but he saw his opening bowlers squander the new ball. Sreesanth had a perilously close lbw appeal turned down in the fourth ball of the match - against McKenzie, who shouldered arms to one that came in - but didn’t go on to make the batsmen play enough. Ishant Sharma cranked up close to 140kph but his loose balls, especially those on the pads, were clattered away. His six-over spell cost 35 and played a big part in South Africa easing in. This was only the seventh Test Kumble had missed at home and India could well feel his absence as the game wears on (it was also the first time since 1990 that India went into a home Test without both Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar). Harbhajan beat the bat on a few occasions, and managed both turn and bounce. But Smith made sure he cashed in on every chance to score, using the quick outfield to his advantage. He clipped the leg-side balls effortlessly and also showed his preference for the sweep. With such a long stride forward, he also negated the chance of being given out lbw. Smith will no doubt understand the importance of batting first, on a strip that may only get slower and lower. While South Africa didn’t make any changes from the side that pulled off an emphatic innings win in Ahmedabad, India decided to change three personnel. RP Singh and Irfan Pathan made way for Ishant and Yuvraj Singh, the extra batsman. Ishant returns after a two-Test break, owing to injury, while Yuvraj got a chance after being jettisoned after the infamous Sydney Test earlier in the year. source: google news http://blogs.mindbodynsoul.com http://www.commonwealthtv.tv Tags:blogs: cricket captain COMMON WEALTH CURRENT NEWS dhoni INDIA injury sydney test wicket keeper

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Stocks soar as global financial woes ease

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Equities shot up at the open triggered by a rally in markets across the globe after a Lehman Brothers share offering triggered hopes that the worst of the credit crisis may have ended. At 10:05 am, the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was up 539 points or 3.45 per cent at 16,165.41. Biggest Sensex gainers were ICICI Bank (up 6.4%), HDFC Bank (5.39%), DLF (4.94%), Wipro (4.89%), Larsen & Toubro (4.84%), HDFC (4.67%) and BHEL (4.18%). There were no losers in the 30-share index. Market breadth on BSE showed 789 advances and 25 declines. The National Stock Exchange’s Nifty was up 152 points or 3.21 per cent at 4891.60. “The outlook is positive today following cheerful global cues. Sensex faces resistance at 15,874 and while support comes at 15,338. The Nifty faces resistance at 4,817 and support lies at 4,645,” Networth Stock Broking said in a note. Asian stocks advanced the most in seven weeks, led by banks and technology companies, on speculation financial companies will be able to overcome a freeze in credit markets and shore up global economic growth. The Nikkei 225 rose 3.72 per cent, the Hang Seng increased 4.22 per cent and the Straits Times added 2.59 per cent. US stocks on Tuesday celebrated the start of a new quarter, rallying as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s equity offer drew a warm reception, fueling the Dow Jones to its 8th-biggest point jump ever. The index gained 3.19 per cent. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 3.59 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 3.67 per cent. source: google news http://blogs.mindbodynsoul.com http://www.commonwealthtv.tv Tags:blogs: stock exchange bull COMMON WEALTH CURRENT NEWS Economy financial INDIA markets sensex share triggered

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New slogan for party by rahul

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

The Congress has fastened its belt to regain lost ground in Uttar Pradesh. It has now launched a Hisaab Maango campaign against the Mayawati government, asking for an account of work done by the state government. Congress president Sonia Gandhi remained silent on the rising prices, while Rahul Gandhi unveiled the new slogan of the party, from ‘Congress’s hand is with the common man’, to ‘both the congress’s hands are for the poor’. Sonia Gandhi has said that she is ready to allow her son Rahul Gandhi to go to jail with the rest of the party workers in UP for the jail bharo campaign. ‘’I think nothing can happen in Uttar Pradesh until our workers are ready to go to jail. Are all of you ready to go to jail? If need be, Rahul will go with you when you go to jail,'’ said Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in an attempt to evoke the enthusiasm among the party workers in UP. The Congress president means business and she made that clear to party workers in Kanpur. Her target, certainly, is Mayawati and the Bahujan Samaj Party. The plan is simple. The party is to ask the state government to give an account of its work during the Hisaab Maango campaign. And then the workers are to court arrest in the jail bharo campaign, wherein, Rahul may accompany the party workers. ‘’I have a new slogan that is usually kept in my mind. I want to say that both the Congress’s hand is with the poor,'’ said Rahul Gandhi, who is the general secretary of the Congress. Conspicuously absent in the speeches was any mention of the rising prices. The Gandhis believe that leading from the front is the best way to revive the party. However, How they deliver on this promise remains to be seen. source: google news http://blogs.mindbodynsoul.com http://www.commonwealthtv.tv Tags:blogs: rahul campaign COMMON WEALTH CONGRESS CURRENT NEWS Economy ELECTIONS GANDHI government INDIA mayawati party POLITICS slogan uttar pradesh

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Growing Cheers for the Home-Schooled Team

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Taber Spani, one of the best high school girls basketball players in the nation, holds hands with two opponents as a coach reads a Bible verse. It is the way each game in the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships begins. This is more than a postseason tournament for the 300 boys and girls teams from 19 states that have competed here over the past six days. As the stands packed with parents and the baselines overrun by small children attest, this is also a jamboree to celebrate faith and family. “You build friendships here with other girls who know what it’s like to be self-motivated and disciplined and share your values,” said Spani, a junior who plays for the Metro Academy of Olathe, Kan. “I wouldn’t trade this tournament for anything.” Only a decade ago, home-school athletics was considered little more than organized recess for children without traditional classrooms. Now, home-school players are tracked by scouts, and dozens of them have accepted scholarships to colleges as small as Blue Mountain in Mississippi and as well known as Iowa State Women’s basketball tournament is selected Monday, there will be plenty more evidence that standout players can be plucked from a prayer circle as well as from a playground. Rachel McLeod of Liberty University, Corrie Hester of Oral Roberts and Shalin Spani of Kansas State, Taber’s older sister, all played in the national home-school tournament. Taber Spani, however, is the movement’s most celebrated player. Two coaching giants in women’s college basketball, Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma and Tennessee’s Pat Summitt, who between them have won 12 national titles, are pursuing her. An estimated two million children are schooled at home, and only 18 states have laws that grant them access to athletic teams at public schools. So it was perhaps inevitable that home-school programs and tournaments developed. “As the home-school movement has gotten older, there has been much more demand for extracurricular activities,” said Ian M. Slatter, a spokesman for the Home School Legal Defense Association. “Parents had already crossed the hurdle of educating children at home, so now they have turned their energy and resources to athletics.” Many of the best teams here were founded by some of the home-school athletic movement’s pioneers. In 1992, Tom Sanders bought some reversible jerseys and founded the Homeschool Christian Youth Association Warriors in Houston so his 14-year-old son could play organized basketball with his friends. He had to plead with small Christian schools, even reform schools, to schedule 14 games that season. By 1998, Sanders’s program had sent Kevin Johnson, a 6-foot-8 center, to the University of Tulsa on a scholarship. Before this tournament, the Warriors had a 33-3 record against some of the best high school teams in Texas. Sanders’s son Jesse will play for Rice next season. The Warriors were represented by 12 teams and more than 100 players last week. Likewise, Tim Flatt has built the Oklahoma City Storm into a feared opponent among the state’s high schools the past 10 years. His program has 125 boys and girls, ages 8 to 18, on 11 teams. As with most home-school groups, it was built on word of mouth and financed out of parents’ pockets and the occasional bake sale. “We went from not being very good to not being scheduled again after we beat some big schools,” said Flatt, whose varsity boys team was 20-6 this season. “The culture has changed, and there is less of a stigma if you lose to a home-school team. It’s not a slap in the face now when we beat a high school team. They know we make them better for their state playoffs.” In 2001, Flatt, a retired sports memorabilia dealer, took the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships here. He wanted to create not only a basketball showcase, but also a destination for families. He understood that fielding a home-school team remained an independent and often taxing endeavor. Rounding up opponents is a grind, as is raising as much as $20,000 annually for uniforms, renting gyms and traveling to tournaments. “A lot of home-school teams play in small gyms, church gyms, and they play against weaker competition,” Flatt said. “They don’t get to experience something at a national scale. I wanted to make the kids feel like they were getting big-time treatment, and their parents want to take a week of vacation to come here.” Flatt’s vision was on full display Wednesday at the 5,000-seat Sawyer Center at Southern Nazarene University. It was standing room only as parents and children shared pizza and watched the National Christian Homeschool all-American boys and girls teams compete in all-star games, as well as 3-point and dunk contests. source: nytimes http://www.commonwealthtv.tv http://blogs.mindbodynsoul.com Tags:athletics bloga: basket ball COMMON WEALTH Energy Entertainment health INDIA tournament youth

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Growing Cheers for the Home-Schooled Team

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Taber Spani, one of the best high school girls basketball players in the nation, holds hands with two opponents as a coach reads a Bible verse. It is the way each game in the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships begins. This is more than a postseason tournament for the 300 boys and girls teams from 19 states that have competed here over the past six days. As the stands packed with parents and the baselines overrun by small children attest, this is also a jamboree to celebrate faith and family. “You build friendships here with other girls who know what it’s like to be self-motivated and disciplined and share your values,” said Spani, a junior who plays for the Metro Academy of Olathe, Kan. “I wouldn’t trade this tournament for anything.” Only a decade ago, home-school athletics was considered little more than organized recess for children without traditional classrooms. Now, home-school players are tracked by scouts, and dozens of them have accepted scholarships to colleges as small as Blue Mountain in Mississippi and as well known as Iowa State When the field for the women’s basketball tournament is selected Monday, there will be plenty more evidence that standout players can be plucked from a prayer circle as well as from a playground. Rachel McLeod of Liberty University, Corrie Hester of Oral Roberts and Shalin Spani of Kansas State, Taber’s older sister, all played in the national home-school tournament. Taber Spani, however, is the movement’s most celebrated player. Two coaching giants in women’s college basketball, Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma and Tennessee’s Pat Summitt, who between them have won 12 national titles, are pursuing her. An estimated two million children are schooled at home, and only 18 states have laws that grant them access to athletic teams at public schools. So it was perhaps inevitable that home-school programs and tournaments developed. “As the home-school movement has gotten older, there has been much more demand for extracurricular activities,” said Ian M. Slatter, a spokesman for the Home School Legal Defense Association. “Parents had already crossed the hurdle of educating children at home, so now they have turned their energy and resources to athletics.” Many of the best teams here were founded by some of the home-school athletic movement’s pioneers. In 1992, Tom Sanders bought some reversible jerseys and founded the Homeschool Christian Youth Association Warriors in Houston so his 14-year-old son could play organized basketball with his friends. He had to plead with small Christian schools, even reform schools, to schedule 14 games that season. By 1998, Sanders’s program had sent Kevin Johnson, a 6-foot-8 center, to the University of Tulsa on a scholarship. Before this tournament, the Warriors had a 33-3 record against some of the best high school teams in Texas. Sanders’s son Jesse will play for Rice next season. The Warriors were represented by 12 teams and more than 100 players last week. Likewise, Tim Flatt has built the Oklahoma City Storm into a feared opponent among the state’s high schools the past 10 years. His program has 125 boys and girls, ages 8 to 18, on 11 teams. As with most home-school groups, it was built on word of mouth and financed out of parents’ pockets and the occasional bake sale. “We went from not being very good to not being scheduled again after we beat some big schools,” said Flatt, whose varsity boys team was 20-6 this season. “The culture has changed, and there is less of a stigma if you lose to a home-school team. It’s not a slap in the face now when we beat a high school team. They know we make them better for their state playoffs.” In 2001, Flatt, a retired sports memorabilia dealer, took the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships here. He wanted to create not only a basketball showcase, but also a destination for families. He understood that fielding a home-school team remained an independent and often taxing endeavor. Rounding up opponents is a grind, as is raising as much as $20,000 annually for uniforms, renting gyms and traveling to tournaments. “A lot of home-school teams play in small gyms, church gyms, and they play against weaker competition,” Flatt said. “They don’t get to experience something at a national scale. I wanted to make the kids feel like they were getting big-time treatment, and their parents want to take a week of vacation to come here.” Flatt’s vision was on full display Wednesday at the 5,000-seat Sawyer Center at Southern Nazarene University. It was standing room only as parents and children shared pizza and watched the National Christian Homeschool all-American boys and girls teams compete in all-star games, as well as 3-point and dunk contests. source: newyork times http://www.commonwealthtv.tv http//blogs.mindbodynsoul.com Tags:Americas blogs: basket ball Energy health INDIA metro academy players tournament youth

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Mumbai to Dubai in just over an hour-and-a-half?

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

US-based Aerion Corporation has indicated that it has secured orders for five of their Supersonic Business Jets (SBJ) from India While the company has declined to name the businessmen who have ordered the jets, the market is abuzz with rumours about the usual suspects: the Ambanis, Vijay Mallya. At $80 million apiece (about Rs 325 crore), it’s not a toy everyone can afford. But then not everyone needs to jet around at mach 1.6, or 1.6 times the speed of sound. Peter Smales, executive director, ExecuJet, the sales representatives for Aerion, said: “The first flight of the aircraft is scheduled for 2012 with deliveries starting in late 2014.” “With time being as important as it is in business, a few hours could mean the difference between deal or no deal. Many Indian companies are now running businesses which are quite global and this product should bring value to them.” He added that the orders have been secured through payment of an advance of a quarter of a million dollars each. Over the past year, some of India’s billionaires have built up fleets comparable to small airlines. Mukesh Ambani inducted an Airbus Corporate Jet last year and has also ordered a Boeing Business Jet. A Reliance spokesperson refused to comment on the SBJ. Not to be left behind, Anil Ambani too has ordered birds like the Gulfstream V and Falcon Jet, besides owning other aircraft, including a Bombardier Global Express. Vijay Mallya has been living the good life with four planes, including an Airbus Corporate Jet, Boeing 727, Gulfstream and Hawker. While Ratan Tata has been doing most of his flying in a Falcon 2000, the Tatas have not yet been as active in acquiring bigger aircraft. Aerion Corp estimates a market for around 300 to 400 SBJs globally. Of these 50-100 would be used by the militaries and governments around the world. The company is expecting further orders from India and plans to open an office in the country soon. The aircraft, which would touch speeds of up to mach 1.6, is still under development. Aerion will not manufacture the aircraft by itself and will announce a partner later this year. As most countries have regulations controlling the use of supersonic aircraft over land, aircraft like these will have to cruise at altitudes of 51,000 feet. The regulations are meant to protect structures from sonic booms — shocks caused by the supersonic flight — which generates enormous amounts of sound energy. http://www.commonwealthtv.tv http://blogs.mindbodynsoul.com Tags:blogs: flights BUSINESS express global INDIA INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Mumbai to dubai supersonic jets

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Miandad hails India for tri-series win

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Former Pakistani cricketers on Wednesday praised the gutsy performance of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men, who beat world champions Australia to win the tri-series in style. India stunned Australia by winning the first two of the best-of-three finals, leaving the hosts ruing their second successive series defeat in the triangular event. “In the end, the class of Sachin Tendulkar came through in telling fashion giving us another example that the little master’s career is far from over even now,” former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad said. Tendulkar blasted a hundred and 91 in the finals to set up the sweet victories for his side after a particularly abrasive Test and one-day series. Miandad said Tendulkar was the main difference between the two sides. “He scored runs when it mattered the most in not easy conditions to bat in. There was a lot of pressure on him and he came through. You could see he was very keen to win this series.” The former Pakistan skipper said Dhoni led his young side well and used his bowlers intelligently. “The decision to use a natural wristy swing bowler like Praveen Kumar on the Australian pitches was a wise decision and it paid off.” Miandad said the Indians had shown some chinks in the Australian armoury. “But I do not think this is the start of a bad run for the Aussies. They still remain a tough nut to crack and will bounce back soon,” source: google news http://blogs.mindbodynsoul.com http://www.commonwealthtv.tv Tags:australia blogs: cricket COUNTRIES dhoni Entertainment INDIA tri series

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Probiotics Runners

Monday, February 25th, 2008

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India facing smoking death crisis

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

One million people a year will die from tobacco smoking in India during the 2010s, research predicts. The New England Journal of Medicine study found smoking already accounts for 900,000 deaths a year in India. The study warns that without action, the death toll from smoking will climb still further. It predicts smoking could soon account for 20% of all male deaths and 5% of all female deaths between the ages of 30 and 69. The researchers have calculated that on average, men who smoke bidi - small hand-rolled cigarettes common in India - lose about six years of life. Men who smoke full-size cigarettes shorten their lives by about ten years. And for women bidi smokers the figure is about eight years. The figures are based on a survey of deaths among a sample of 1.1 million homes in all parts of India carried out by about 900 field workers. Among men who died between the ages of 30 and 69, smoking caused about 38% of deaths from tuberculosis, 32% of deaths from cancer and 20% of deaths from vascular disease. Surprising findings Lead researcher Professor Prabhat Jha, of the University of Toronto, said: “The extreme risks from smoking that we found surprised us, as smokers in India start at a later age than those in Europe or America and smoke less.” It is estimated that there are about 120 million smokers in India. The study found that, among men, about 61% of those who smoke can expect to die at ages 30-69 compared with only 41% of otherwise similar non-smokers. Among women, 62% of those who smoke can expect to die at ages 30-69 compared with only 38% of non-smokers. Professor Amartya Sen, of Harvard University, said: “It is truly remarkable that one single factor, namely smoking, which is entirely preventable, accounts for nearly one in 10 of all deaths in India. “The study brings out forcefully the need for immediate public action in this much-neglected field.” Dr Abumani Ramadoss, India’s health minister, said: “I am alarmed by the results of this study. “The government of India is trying to take all steps to control tobacco use - in particular by informing the many poor and illiterate of smoke risks.” Jean King, director of tobacco control at Cancer Research UK, said India could learn from the UK, where falling smoking rates over the last 30 years have coincided with the world’s biggest drop in deaths from lung cancer, particularly among men. source: google news. http://blogs.mindbodynsoul.com http://www.commonwealthtv.tv

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Great to see 9-year old competing: SRK

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

NEW DELHI: Actor Shah Rukh Khan, just back from the Berlin Film Festival where fans queued up to catch a glimpse of the superstar, was at his ‘one-liner’ best in the capital on Tuesday. He came to the press conference riding a bicycle, and apologised to the audience: “I won’t say my flight got delayed, but it takes time to come from Mumbai to Delhi on a cycle.” It was great to be in Delhi as it was his home town, he said, but added: “It’s a little controversial to say that now,” obviously referring to the recent violence in Mumbai against north Indians. The actor, who jokingly referred to himself as the most famous Indian, also quipped: “I like kids more than girls.” He was in Delhi to announce a new, child-oriented quiz show for a TV channel. To a question by DNA on whether he agreed with Sania Mirza’s decision not to play in India due to controversies, he said: “It’s a personal decision. But it’s unfortunate. She’s one of the best.” He added, “Sania must have been hurt badly to have taken a decision like that.” Although celebrities and controversies often go together, the actor claimed that he was able to stay away from controversies. His on-screen smoking may have irked the Union health minister, but Khan declined to add fuel to the fire. “If there’s a ban (on smoking in films), I would comply.” On the Kolkata team that he recently bought for around Rs312 crore, Shah Rukh reiterated that he would love to have Sourav Ganguly in the team as he’s a great player. source: google news. http://www.commonwealthtv.tv http://blogs.mindbodynsoul.com Tags:ASIA blogs: shahrukh khan capital COMMON WEALTH Energy Entertainment INDIA PUBLIC sania mirza sourav ganguly superstar

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Smith leads steady start

Stocks soar as global financial woes ease

New slogan for party by rahul

Growing Cheers for the Home-Schooled Team

Growing Cheers for the Home-Schooled Team

Mumbai to Dubai in just over an hour-and-a-half?

Miandad hails India for tri-series win

Probiotics Runners

India facing smoking death crisis

Great to see 9-year old competing: SRK

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