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		<title>I am loving the new Kit-Kat ad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usually I watch TV commercials with an enormous lack of interest. But not this one !
I love the entire commercial but I go absolutely crazy when the  squirrel sings &#8221; I love you&#8221; and dances adorably. If I remember correctly then the dance moves are  similar to the popular moves of the ever hummable song &#8220;Dekha Hay&#8221; from  Saajan.
Yeah! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Usually I watch TV commercials with an enormous lack of interest. But <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puineN1UMto">not this one</a> !</p>
<p>I love the entire commercial but I go absolutely crazy when the  squirrel sings &#8221; I love you&#8221; and dances adorably. If I remember correctly then the dance moves are  similar to the popular moves of the ever hummable song &#8220;Dekha Hay&#8221; from  Saajan.</p>
<p>Yeah! I know&#8230;after many years I am watching a TV commercial that&#8217;s worth remembering.</p>
<p>P.S. I think squirrels are better models than the pesky models I see in commercials. Don&#8217;t believe me then look at Aishwarya&#8217;s latest L&#8217;Oreal ad &#8211; it&#8217;s a disaster!</p>
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		<title>Celebrating Friendship Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ First thing first –wish you all a very happy friendship day. So, what are your plans for today? Well, I will be celebrating with two of my very special friends who have stood by my side through thick and thin and will do so in the future too. While writing this post suddenly I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-160" title="HAPPY_FRIENDSHIP_DAY_" src="http://www.meabhi.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/HAPPY_FRIENDSHIP_DAY_-150x150.jpg" alt="HAPPY_FRIENDSHIP_DAY_" width="150" height="150" /> First thing first –wish you all a very happy friendship day. So, what are your plans for today? Well, I will be celebrating with two of my very special friends who have stood by my side through thick and thin and will do so in the future too. While writing this post suddenly I stumbled upon a Spanish proverb – “Life without a friend is like death without a witness.” So, true! The mere mention of a life devoid of such special people whom we call friends is enough to make me hiss and groan.</p>
<p>But I don’t intend to tax my brain or yours with such distressing thoughts because “thinking” is a very time consuming affair. One thought leads to another and it goes on…and I am short of time today as I’ve a bumper to-do list lying infront of my laptop and, of course, every bit that’s written on the list needs to be done before I leave for dinner with my dad and husband. Yes, two very special friends of mine. To those, who are thinking “what’s wrong with her? Friendship Day with Dad and husband!” my reply is &#8211; why not dad and husband? Nine out of Ten girls before getting married tell this one sentence to their girlfriends –“I am marrying him because he’s my best friend.” And this one’s favorite with the guys –“Friendship is the foundation of every successful relationship.”</p>
<p>If that’s true then why do guys hang around in bars with their boyfriends where as their wives trot around shopping malls with their girlfriends on Friendship Day? Also, there&#8217;s one more question that keeps on bothering me a lot and that’s -Why can’t we celebrate Friendship Day with our parents? Aren’t our parents supposed be our friends? One of my cousins studying in the eighth grade was very prompt in her reply and said “going out with parents today is zany…see, it’s not the in thing.” I said “Oh!” with a confused voice and hung up on her and started with the post.</p>
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		<title>4 women in discussion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you didn&#8217;t grow up a Catholic, you&#8217;ll appreciate this one&#8230;&#8230;
Four Catholic ladies are having coffee together,discussing how important their children are. The first one tells her friends, &#8220;My son  is a priest. When he walks into a room everyone calls him &#8220;Father&#8221;.
The second Catholic woman chirps, &#8220;Well, my son is a bishop. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even if you didn&#8217;t grow up a Catholic, you&#8217;ll appreciate this one&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Four Catholic ladies are having coffee together,discussing how important their children are. The first one tells her friends, &#8220;My son  is a priest. When he walks into a room everyone calls him &#8220;Father&#8221;.</p>
<p>The second Catholic woman chirps, &#8220;Well, my son is a bishop.  Whenever he walks into a room, people say, &#8220;Your Grace&#8221;.</p>
<p>The  third Catholic woman says smugly, &#8220;Well, not to put you down, but  my son is a cardinal.  Whenever he walks into a room, people say, &#8220;Your Eminence&#8221;.</p>
<p>The fourth Catholic woman sips her coffee in  silence. The first three women give her this subtle &#8220;Well&#8230;?&#8221;She replies, &#8220;My son is a gorgeous, 6&#8242;2,&#8221; hard bodied, well hung, male  stripper.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-155" title="Oh my god" src="http://www.meabhi.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/handsome-man-150x150.jpg" alt="Oh my god" width="150" height="150" /></p>
<p>And whenever he walks into a room, women say, <strong><em>&#8220;Oh! My  God!&#8221;</em></strong></p>
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		<title>Inception or Confusion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dreaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonardo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, 17 July, 5 P.M.: We decided to watch Inception and not Tere Bin Laden as the latter didn’t gather good ratings from the critics. Here, I’ve to mention how my husband and his friends check reviews, without failing, every time they head out to the nearest movie theater.

Well, we were 5 mins late! The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Saturday, 17 July, 5 P.M.: </strong>We decided to watch Inception and not Tere Bin Laden as the latter didn’t gather good ratings from the critics. Here, I’ve to mention how my husband and his friends check reviews, without failing, every time they head out to the nearest movie theater.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-145" title="inception" src="http://www.meabhi.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/inception-poster2-150x150.jpg" alt="inception" width="150" height="150" /></p>
<p>Well, we were 5 mins late! The action had already started because I could see buildings crumbling, a string of bomb blasts and yes water flooding the buildings (from where did all that water come?) …In the midst of the annoying action scenes on the screen I turned to my husband who was sitting next to me (poor guy!) and swamped him with questions “What’s happening?”, “How much did we miss?”</p>
<p>I started looking at my watch and to my horror another 2 and -a -half hours were remaining!! (While I am writing I try my best to not exceed more than two exclamation marks.) So, I was in for more madness and yes more head scratching and that very thought made me unutterably helpless. Because 190 bucks gone and I was sitting in the dark theater with confused <em>junta</em> (who were trying their best to comprehend what was going on) and super-confused characters on the screen.</p>
<p>I put away these distracting thoughts from my mind and tried to focus on the movie…You see I have a can-do attitude. &#8220;I can understand this mind boggling shit&#8221; with this attitude I focused on the screen. The scene had shifted to Paris where  Leonardo was meeting an architect to build dreams for his new assignment –  implanting an idea in some corporate honcho’s mind (OK so those buildings in the first scene were designed and it was a dream sequence) Gosh! Eureka! I understood it…I felt like jumping. But my excitement was short-lived because I heard Leo discussing something like &#8220;multiple layered dreams&#8221;. As if one layer was not enough to torture us. But again my can-do attitude came into the picture. You can understand multiple layered dreams, can&#8217;t you? (To be honest, the word &#8220;multi layer&#8221; reminded me of the delicious six-layered chocolate cake I had at my friend&#8217;s place last year.) Do not think about the cake Abhi, think about the movie, instead &#8211;  that&#8217;s exactly what I thought at that particular moment.</p>
<p>Aside from building dreams, Leonardo was following  his wife who was dead. Truly speaking I didn&#8217;t understand who was following whom. I mean whether he was following her or was it the other way round? And yes I&#8217;ve to mention something here &#8211; the Fischer guy (I mean the son and not the father) is actually drop-dead handsome.</p>
<p>Anyways after 3 hours of befuddling actions ( shooting at people who were not people but projections of mind, drowning, skiing etc) the movie ended leaving all of us with one question – did someone plant an idea into our minds that we watched the movie but actually we didn’t? I would have loved if that happened! To be very honest my can-do attitude didn&#8217;t quite work here. The movie left me with a crazy headache and I didn&#8217;t understand 1/4th of the movie and 3 long hours were excruciating and agonizing. The only relieving factor was that Fischer guy with deep blue eyes <img src='http://www.meabhi.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Crux of the 3-hour drama- Critics are not always correct. Some even write reviews in their dreams!</p>
<p><strong>P.S.</strong> If you’ve watched Inception and didn’t understand what you saw for 3 hours, then, don’t worry. <strong>Check this</strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception_(film)"><strong> link</strong></a><strong>. </strong><em>It really helped me. </em><em>Now, I know the Fischer guy&#8217;s off  screen name;)</em><strong><br />
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		<title>31 Mistakes That Make Content Writers Look Stupid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Content writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve put together a list of 31 common mistakes that writers hate to commit (but they do):
1  Their going to visit Church today.(Correct sentence: They’re going to visit Church today.)
2  Its there. (Correct sentence: It’s there.)
3 Where is you’re home? (Correct sentence : Where is your home)
4 People doesn’t take me seriously ( [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ve put together a list of 31 common mistakes that writers hate to commit (but they do):</p>
<p><strong>1 </strong> Their going to visit Church today.(Correct sentence: They’re going to visit Church today.)</p>
<p><strong>2 </strong> Its there. (Correct sentence: <a href="http://www.meabhi.com/blog/it%E2%80%99s-my-life-or-its-my-life">It’s there.</a>)</p>
<p><strong>3</strong> Where is you’re home? (Correct sentence : Where is your home)</p>
<p><strong>4</strong> People doesn’t take me seriously ( Correct sentence: People don’t take me seriously)</p>
<p><strong>5</strong> She’s lived in this neighborhood longer then I have (Correct sentence:  She’s lived in this neighborhood longer than I have.) Then is used as a time expression whereas Than is used for comparison.</p>
<p><strong>6</strong> Hey! You’re new car is amazing.  (Correct sentence: Hey! Your new car is amazing.) Your is a possessive pronoun whereas you’re a contraction of you are.</p>
<p><strong>7 </strong> He teaches in an university. (Correct sentence: He teaches in a university.)</p>
<p><strong>8 </strong> A hair drier can do much more than drying and styling your hair. (Correct sentence: A hair dryer can do much more than drying and styling your hair.) Dryer is the tool that makes things drier.</p>
<p><strong>9 </strong> Miners’ bodies bought to surface at a mine in Welkom. (Correct sentence: Miners’ bodies brought to surface at a mine in Welkom.) Bought is past tense form of buy and Brought is the past tense of bring.</p>
<p><strong>10</strong> A thief is on the lose in the neighborhood. (Correct sentence: A thief is on the loose in the neighborhood.) Many people write loose when they mean lose. Loose when used as an adjective may mean not tight like loose trousers, lacking a sense of restraint like loose tongue, having escaped like criminals on the loose in the area etc. Lose is related to loss as in loss of a game, loss of weight etc.</p>
<p><strong>11</strong> How the new rules effect you? (Correct sentence: How the new rules affect you?)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv64.shtml">Affect=having an effect on.</a></p>
<p><strong>12</strong> Can you here me? (Correct sentence: Can you hear me?) Hear refers to the act of hearing and is always a verb whereas Here refers to the place where you are.</p>
<p><strong>13</strong>The queue is four adults only. (Correct sentence: The queue is for adults only.) Fours refers to the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. Whereas For is the preposition to refer “appropriate to; intended for”.</p>
<p><strong>14</strong> Who is prejudiced to atheists? (Correct sentence: Who is prejudiced against atheists?)Remember– The word Prejudice is always followed by the preposition Against.</p>
<p><strong>15</strong> I have not seen him since a long time. (Correct sentence: I have not seen him for a long time.) When reckoning from a specified date we use Since but for an unspecified period of time we always use For.</p>
<p><strong>16</strong>He sat in a table. (Correct sentence: He sat on a table.) When something clearly means on top of something then use ON.</p>
<p><strong>17</strong> I do not need your advise. (Correct sentence: I do not need your advice.) The two words: Advise and Advice are often mixed up. While using the words remember that Advise is a verb which means “give advise to” and Advice is used as a noun.</p>
<p><strong>18</strong> She was junior than me. (Correct sentence: She was junior to me.) Superlatives like junior, senior, superior and inferior are followed by To and not Than.</p>
<p><strong>19</strong>We makes our own destiny. (Correct sentence: We make our own destiny.) If the subject is I, you, we or they then do not add an -s to the verb.</p>
<p><strong>20</strong> Rita look like her mother. (Correct sentence: Rita looks like her mother.) If the subject is a singular noun then add an –s to the verb.</p>
<p><strong>21</strong> My sisters sings beautifully. (Correct sentence: My sisters sing beautifully.) If the subject is plural then the verb is singular. And here the subject is not My but Sisters.</p>
<p><strong>22</strong> Childrens are beautiful. (Correct sentence: Children are beautiful.) Children is a plural form of child and thus the word does not require an –r.</p>
<p><strong>23</strong> The robbers were cot about an hour after the robbery took place. (Correct Sentence: The robbers were caught about an hour after the robbery took place.) Cot usually refers to a bed whereas caught is the past tense of catch.</p>
<p><strong>24</strong> I like funny peoples. (Correct sentence: I like funny people.) People is a plural form of person and thus it does not require an –s. However, there is a rare usage of the word Peoples which refers to “the  entire  body  of  persons  who  constitute  a  community  or  other  group  by  virtue  of  a  common  culture,  history,  etc.,”</p>
<p><strong>25</strong> Her families approval for the marriage is very important. (Correct sentence: Her family’s approval for the marriage is very important.) Families is the singular form of family and family’s indicates the possessive form.</p>
<p><strong>26</strong> He eight a lot of candies yesterday. (Correct sentence: He ate a lot of candies yesterday.) Eight is a cardinal number that comes after seven and ate implies the past tense of eat.</p>
<p><strong>27</strong> I don’t want to eat chocolates, beside, I don’t like chocolates. (Correct Sentence: I don’t want to eat chocolates, besides, I don’t like chocolates.)  Here use besides (which refers to “BTW” or “in addition to”) or else the meaning changes. Whereas beside refers to “next to” as in the shop is beside Ryan’s house.</p>
<p><strong>28</strong> I hope everybody are OK. (Correct Sentence: I hope everybody is OK.) To avoid any confusion just break up the word “every” +”body”. “ Body” is singular noun so you must use “is” .</p>
<p><strong>29</strong> I have a temperature. My reply would be “So, what? Everyone has a temperature.”  The correct sentence to be used in case you’re feeling feverish is “I have a high temperature.”</p>
<p><strong>30</strong> If I was you, I would ask her. (Correct Sentence: If I were you, I would ask her). After “if” we usually use the subjunctive “were” instead of &#8220;was&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>31</strong> He followed the instructions to the alphabet. (Correct Sentence: He followed the instructions to the letter.)</p>
<p>Well, there are  many more! I know <img src='http://www.meabhi.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  So, why don&#8217;t you help me make this list an exhaustive one ?</p>
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		<title>Finally Bollywood stripped to nothing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 20:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you feel when you blow off your hard -earned moolah on movies like Housefull and Badmaash Company? You feel like grabbing your hair and running away from the theater, don’t you?  Same here! Well my tryst with Bollywood garbage didn’t begin with Sajid Khan directed “Housefull” instead it was hotshot filmmaker Shyam Benegal’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do you feel when you blow off your hard -earned moolah on movies like Housefull and Badmaash Company? You feel like grabbing your hair and running away from the theater, don’t you?  Same here! Well my tryst with Bollywood garbage didn’t begin with Sajid Khan directed “Housefull” instead it was hotshot filmmaker Shyam Benegal’s “Well Done Abba” (WDA) that made me literally scream in utter disbelief. (Though I am quite confident that it ends with Badmaash Company!)</p>
<p>Then came “Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge” (ATKJ)! ATKJ was undeniably a relief from the pangs of pain I suffered after watching WDA. Though it was a clean and somewhat sweet comedy but it failed to recreate a “Chupke Chupke” or “Golmaal” déjà vu. Next on the line was “Jaane Kaha Se Aayi Hay”. Surprisingly (Surprisingly because the movie received bad reviews from every critic in the town.) the film was entertaining with some hilarious scenes like Jacqueline imitating the TV scenes, Pink Pussy Cat mishaps and the scenes where Rajesh and his friend try to confuse Supriya Pilgaonkar.</p>
<p>But the big blow came with the nonsense and absolutely ubershit fillums &#8211; Housefull and Badmaash Company (BC).</p>
<p>I will start with the ‘panauti’ movie first as it was released before BC. Now, the question comes why was it released or what instigated Sajid Khan to make a movie on someone with perpetually bad luck? Was he inspired by the 2006 romcomedy flick “Just My Luck” starring the Hollywood ‘It’ gal Lindsay Lohan and cutie pie Chris Pine? No, obviouslyyyy…he wasn’t! Chris Pine didn’t have a first so-called wife who left him on the honeymoon night. He met Lohan at a party where as our ‘panauti’ aka Mr Akshay Kumar meets Miss Padukone (who I think was paid in the movie not to act but to wear no clothes) in an unnamed ocean.</p>
<p>Now, both the flicks (English and of course the Hindi one!) have a kissing scene soon after the lead couples meet for the first time. Now here comes a big difference – in “Just My Luck” Lindy’s good luck is stolen by the English version ‘panauti’ Chris Pine but we don’t know whether our desi panauti’s luck is turned upside down or not. But we can guess yes the kiss surely changed our panauti’s luck because everything in his life suddenly became OK.</p>
<p>Akki managed to make Deepika fall in love with him but there was a small hitch! Deepika was misinformed &#8211; she thought Akki&#8217;s wife had died on the night of honeymoon. This bit of the movie is very similar to Ben Stiller’s “The Heartbreak Kid”.  Well, Sajid Khan must have watched tons of Hollywood flicks to get inspired ! There were other actors in the movie who were equally boring as the lead actors. So, I am not going to waste my time on writing about them.</p>
<p>Now, what do I say about BC? It has left me in a vegetative state. I paid 140 bucks to watch this morality teaching drama. Gosh! It was disappointing to see Anushka. I could not believe my eyes and ears …it was the same gal who dazzled in her debut performance in &#8220;Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi&#8221;. What happened to her acting skills? Disappeared or did she forget that she had to act aside from wearing skimpy clothes?</p>
<p>Well, Shahid and Anushka were both in the news because of their hot looks in the movie. But hey guys we don’t pay to watch  your so-called hot looks. If the filmmakers think that we pay money to watch the ‘in’ style then I think they are not aware of the existence of a TV channel called FTV…we get to see much better looking people there!</p>
<p>Someone tweeted “I loved Shahid’s new haircut in Badmaash Company.” I agree completely! That was the only thing in the movie that was good about Shahid.</p>
<p>Now the conclusion time! Please someone nominate Housefull and BC for Oscars – for making the audience cringe in embarrassment.</p>
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		<title>Big boys don&#8217;t cry!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big boys don’t cry! Well, says who? Do you remember the scene in “A Walk to Remember” where Jamie tells Landon that she has terminal leukemia and has stopped responding to treatments? Well, wasn’t Landon crying his eyes out while driving to his father. Wasn’t it cute? What say gals and guys?
For many, this might [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Big boys don’t cry! Well, says who? Do you remember the scene in “A Walk to Remember” where Jamie tells Landon that she has terminal leukemia and has stopped responding to treatments? Well, wasn’t Landon crying his eyes out while driving to his father. Wasn’t it cute? What say gals and guys?</p>
<p>For many, this might be cute and really romantic on screen but when it comes to reality they still are not comfortable with men crying. They want a man who is a man…to be correct a rugged man or a man made of steel. I asked a few of my friends (all of them in their twenties) what they thought about it and most of them accepted that they are not very comfortable with men who cry…they echoed the age-old “Guys who cry are mum’s boys” silly outlook.</p>
<p>“A knight in shining armour” who is tall, handsome, dark and has a rugged body somewhat like a Greek god – what the 20 of 25 girls (I was shocked!) called was their right man. Hope these girls don’t fall in love with the same boy! After all there aren’t many Greek gods or knights in shining armour left now! (You see them in museums…ok that was a lame joke)</p>
<p>So, what about the remaining 5…you must be thinking? You can thank God for creating these fearless women who don’t mind if their man cries his heart out. For them a man who is not afraid to cry or is unashamed when tears flow from his eyes is a DUDE because he can and knows how to let go.</p>
<p>“It&#8217;s the men who want to hide behind their rugged exterior and do not let the tears flow down make many women frightened” says Aparna, professor at one of the renowned colleges in Pune.  &#8221;It’s truly sad that guys don’t want to cry when they are sad. The only way they know to show their sadness is by being angry and violent&#8221; says Indira, an IT professional. She continues &#8220;I would rather marry a guy who is not ashamed to cry than one who expresses his pain via violence.&#8221;</p>
<p>And if you ask me I would say “I don’t give a shit how a man expresses his emotions as long as he is true and non violent”.</p>
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		<title>A New Year has come :)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wish everyone reading this post and those who are not reading a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2010  . See you guys in the next year&#8230;.till then luv ya all &#8230;&#8230;Abhi
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<p>Wish everyone reading this post and those who are not reading a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2010 <img src='http://www.meabhi.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> . See you guys in the next year&#8230;.till then luv ya all &#8230;&#8230;Abhi</p>
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		<title>Why is Christmas different in 2009?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though we grew up listening to “Gifts don’t matter; it’s the feelings that matters” but most of us discard it as an overused cliche and indulge in mindless shopping spree during Christmas.  We want our gifts to be the best and in the frenzy credit and debt are overlooked. A nonprofit group reports that during [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Though we grew up listening to <em>“Gifts don’t matter; it’s the feelings that matters” </em>but most of us discard it as an overused cliche and indulge in mindless shopping spree during Christmas.  We want our gifts to be the best and in the frenzy credit and debt are overlooked. A nonprofit group reports that during the 2005 holiday season, Americans spent a total of $438.6 billion and in 2004, nearly 60% of American consumers incurred credit card debt while gift buying for Christmas. (<a href="http://www.thinkchristian.net/index.php/2006/12/03/taking-the-consumerism-out-of-christmas/">http://www.thinkchristian.net/index.php/2006/12/03/taking-the-consumerism-out-of-christmas/</a>).</p>
<p>According to telephone interviews conducted by American Research Group, Inc. with a random sample of 1,100 adults nationwide on November 10 through 13, 2008, the average planned spending for 2008 was $431. But what would be the spending figure in 2009? We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions since the early 1980s and highest unemployment, yet there are a few plastic – obsessed consumers who will spend the same way on this Christmas as they always do.</p>
<p>Over the years, Christmas has become entwined with shopping but if there was a time to re-evaluate the association of Christmas and gift giving then this is the time. High cost of living and unemployment have put a huge burden on many families. As the holiday season approaches, the families are showing signs of financial anxiety. It has been noticed that individuals or families going through financial problems would still spend recklessly and mindlessly at Christmas, to keep the allusion alive that their financial life is going great. They would shop, party, gift expensive presents to their relatives, friend, neighbors and colleagues to hide their money problems. It’s quite normal for an individual or a family to hide their money problems from their acquaintances but the problem gets aggravated when they can’t come to terms with the reality and accept that they are struggling financially. It is often the defiance to admit the problem and a person’s pride that fans the flames.</p>
<p>Why don’t you look at the matter like this: One of your friends is suffering from monetary problems and you are aware of his financial condition. Would you still expect a lavish and expensive Christmas gift from him? The answer would be a “No”, right? Why don’t you expect your friends, colleagues and family members to be just as supportive and understanding? Or is your pride stopping you from admitting that you are not being affected by the current economy and everything is hunky- dory in your already messy financial life?</p>
<p>We are living in a difficult time but we are not alone. The whole economy is suffering. Your colleagues, friends, your neighbors, in fact everyone around you is under some kind of pressure from the current economic conditions. Under such circumstances it is obvious that they would not expect you to shower them with expensive gifts. Do not forget that costly presents carry an obligation; the recipient feels that he has to reciprocate by gifting an equally expensive or more costly present. So, the next time you’re sending a thousand dollar exclusive chocolate box to your friend think about the obligation you are imposing on him?</p>
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		<title>12 Ways to Know That You Love Someone!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TWELVE:
You talk with him/her late at night and when you go to bed you still think of him/her.
ELEVEN:
You walk really slowly when you are with him/her.
TEN:
You don&#8217;t feel Ok when he/she is far away.
NINE:
You smile when you hear his/her voice.
EIGHT:
When you look at him/her,you do not see other people around you.. You see only him/her.
SIX:
He/She [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>TWELVE:</strong><br />
You talk with him/her late at night and when you go to bed you still think of him/her.</p>
<p><strong>ELEVEN:</strong><br />
You walk really slowly when you are with him/her.</p>
<p><strong>TEN:</strong><br />
You don&#8217;t feel Ok when he/she is far away.</p>
<p><strong>NINE:</strong><br />
You smile when you hear his/her voice.</p>
<p><strong>EIGHT:</strong><br />
When you look at him/her,you do not see other people around you.. You see only him/her.</p>
<p><strong>SIX:</strong><br />
He/She is everything you want to think.</p>
<p><strong>FIVE:</strong><br />
You realise that you smile every time you look at him/her.</p>
<p><strong>FOUR:</strong><br />
You would do anything to see him/her.</p>
<p><strong>THREE:</strong><br />
While you have been reading this, there was a person in your mind all the time.</p>
<p><strong>TWO:</strong><br />
You&#8217;ve been so busy thinking of that person that you didn&#8217;t notice that number 7 is missing.</p>
<p><strong>ONE:</strong><br />
You are going to check above if that&#8217;s true and now you are silently laughing at yourself. </p>
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		<title>Who’s vs Whose</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today while browsing the net, I stumbled on a website that had a huge collection of quotes and read “Guess, who’s quote is this?” Well, who’s and whose are commonly confused words in English. Both these words have same pronunciation but completely different meaning. 
Consider these sentences:
“Who’s there?”
 “Who’s the manager?”
  “He’s the man [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today while browsing the net, I stumbled on a website that had a huge collection of quotes and read “Guess, who’s quote is this?” Well, who’s and whose are commonly confused words in English. Both these words have same pronunciation but completely different meaning. </p>
<p>Consider these sentences:</p>
<p><em>“Who’s there?”<br />
 “Who’s the manager?”<br />
  “He’s the man who’s in charge of the department.”<br />
</em><br />
In each of these sentences we were saying:</p>
<p><em>“Who is there”?<br />
“Who is the manager”?<br />
“He’s the man who is in charge of the department.”</em></p>
<p>So, here we see that “who’s” is the contraction of “who is”. Now, take a look at this sentence:</p>
<p><em>“Parenting a child who’s been mentally tortured is difficult”.</em> Here, “who’s” is being used as the contraction of who has.</p>
<p>Now, take a look at the sentence <em>““Guess, who’s quote is this?” </em>Now, substitute “ who’s” in this construction  with “who is” and “who has”, and see does it make any sense? </p>
<p>The correct word to be used here is “whose” as in “Guess, whose quote is this?” </p>
<p>Whose is a relative pronoun that indicates “belonging to someone”. In other words it shows possession. For instance,</p>
<p><em> “Whose car is this?”<br />
  “Jack is the person whose car is parked in the garage” </em></p>
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		<title>It’s my life or Its my life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s and its – two similar words which can drive anyone crazy.
It’s is a contraction of “ it is” or even sometimes “it has” – like It is not easy and It’s not easy OR It has been a long time and It’s been a long time.
Its is possessive adjective and possessive pronoun of “it”. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s and its – two similar words which can drive anyone crazy.</p>
<p>It’s is a contraction of “ it is” or even sometimes “it has” – like It is not easy and It’s not easy OR It has been a long time and It’s been a long time.</p>
<p>Its is possessive adjective and possessive pronoun of “it”. For example: The dog stays in the cage. We have put its cage in the garden. Or The company has requested the market regulator to exempt it from making a full bid. Its request is being considered by the regulator. In both the sentences “Its” mean belonging to. In the first sentence it means the cage belonging to the dog and in the second one it means the request of the company.</p>
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		<title>An honest prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear God
I am doing good, so far today I have not shouted, I have not spent hours on phone, I have not complained whiningly, I have not gossiped, I picked up my bedroom, I did not charge a single penny on my credit card, I was not selfish, not greedy and did not even  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear God</p>
<p>I am doing good, so far today I have not shouted, I have not spent hours on phone, I have not complained whiningly, I have not gossiped, I picked up my bedroom, I did not charge a single penny on my credit card, I was not selfish, not greedy and did not even  touch my chocolate.</p>
<p>But I will be getting out of bed now and I think I really need your help then!</p>
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		<title>HUSBAND STORE ;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHECK THIS ONE:
WELCOME TO THE HUSBAND STORE:[;)]

(Source: freewebs.com)
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband.
Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates.
You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the [...]]]></description>
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<p>WELCOME TO THE HUSBAND STORE:[;)]</p>
<p><img src="http://www.freewebs.com/baerhug1962/HUSBAND%20FOR%20SALE%20DONE.jpg" alt="husband store" /><br />
(Source: freewebs.com)</p>
<p>A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband.</p>
<p>Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates.</p>
<p>You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!</p>
<p>There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights.</p>
<p>There is, however, a catch&#8230;you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!</p>
<p>So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband&#8230;</p>
<p>On the first floor the sign on the door reads:</p>
<p>Floor 1: These men have jobs and love the Lord.</p>
<p>The second floor sign reads:</p>
<p>Floor 2: These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.</p>
<p>The third floor sign reads:</p>
<p>Floor 3: These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids and are extremely good looking.</p>
<p>&#8220;Wow,&#8221; she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.</p>
<p>She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:</p>
<p>Floor 4: These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh, mercy me!&#8221; she exclaims, &#8220;I can hardly stand it!&#8221;</p>
<p>Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:</p>
<p>Floor 5: These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.</p>
<p>She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:</p>
<p>Floor 6: You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.</p>
<p>Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!</p>
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		<title>Require director for A NGO</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No , don’t get me wrong! I am neither running a job portal nor an NGO. Today while sipping my morning coffee I noticed a job ad posted in a leading daily. It was for the post of director in a reputed NGO. The ad read: “XYZ ( name changed) requires a director for managing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No , don’t get me wrong! I am neither running a job portal nor an NGO. Today while sipping my morning coffee I noticed a job ad posted in a leading daily. It was for the post of director in a reputed NGO. The ad read: <em>“XYZ ( name changed) requires a director for managing its sponsorship program. The ideal candidate should have 2 years experience in handling A NGO.”</em> Errrr! Somebody goofed up here, it should have been: The ideal candidate should have 2 years experience in handling AN NGO and NOT A NGO.<br />
There’s a big confusion regarding when to use a and an. Many of us usually think that “an” goes before all the words that start with vowels, like an apple, an egg, an umbrella etc. But there are a few exceptions. Consider words like  “university”, “union” etc, though they begin with a vowel but the indefinite article that should be used before these words is A and not AN. The reason being the sound made by u in “university” and “union” is same as that of “y” in “you”. So, if you thought “an” university and “an” union is correct then pause for a moment and replace “university” with “you” and what do you get “AN You” <img src='http://www.meabhi.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Another word that begins with a vowel but does not take “an” before it is “one” We don’t say: “it was an one – sided match”. The correct construction is “it was a one – sided match.” The reason is o makes the same sound as w in won. So, what we see here is the usage of article does not depend on the written representation of the first letter in a word, i.e if the first letter of the word is a vowel then it’s not necessary that it will have “an” before it. It depends on the phonetic (sound) quality or pronunciation of the first letter in a word, i.e. if the first letter makes a vowel-type sound, you use &#8220;an&#8221; like “an hour”. If the first letter makes a consonant-type sound, you use &#8220;a.&#8221;</p>
<p>Usage of  a/ an for abbreviations is also based on the pronunciation of the first letter.  For instance, MBA, NRI, NGO, FBI etc all begin with a consonant but the first letter has a vowel type sound. So, “an” should be placed before them. However, if you are using the full name instead of acronym like Non-governmental organization instead of NGO then you should use “a Non-governmental organization.”</p>
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		<title>2 reasons why you should delete  spam comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hardly bothered about  spam comments, I was more interested in writing blog posts and reading relevant comments. It was very recently that I asked this question to a good friend of mine (after all success is about asking right questions to the right people). He explained me in detail on how bad comments [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hardly bothered about  spam comments, I was more interested in writing blog posts and reading relevant comments. It was very recently that I asked this question to a good friend of mine (<em>after all success is about asking right questions to the right people)</em>. He explained me in detail on how bad comments can harm a blog.</p>
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<li><strong><em>Search Engines are dumbos:</em></strong> Search engines can distinguish between comments and  blog (<em>we can easily assume that esp with popular blog formats like wordpress</em>) but still search engines may not be willing to send its users to a page that has adult and unaccepted content (i<em>n form of comment</em>). Earlier the problems were even bigger, as the links inside the comments were counted as votes from your website (<em>thanks to the no-follow tag that stops the value leaking from our pages</em>). Still, you don&#8217;t want to upset the search engines by providing some unaccepted comment about sex, viagra and illegal drugs on your valuable blog post. So keep you blog space clean to get better rankings in google and other search engines.</li>
<li><strong>People don&#8217;t like to eat on the table where someone has already puked:</strong> Will you consider eating on a table where someone is puking? Certainly not! Same is true with your blog visitors, they don&#8217;t want to share the same space with spammers selling crap. They consider the blog totally neglected when they see unaccepted comments on the blog. There are many bloggers like Seth Godin, who does not even allow visitors to comment on his blog. So keep your blog space really clean to build a good reader base.</li>
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<p><strong>So these were the 2 reasons:</strong> Search Engines &amp; your blog visitors.</p>
<p>He also explained me that there are valuable spams (<em>Spams that are not by spammers but by real valuable people</em>), so one needs to handle it carefully by informing the visitors before deleting their comments.</p>
<h2>How to handle spam comments on your blog</h2>
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<li><strong>Prevention is better than cure</strong>: So restrict the spammers by making an automated spam difficult, there are capthca, re-capthca and mathematical calculation based capthcas. This should take care of a lot of spam comments. Leave the rest to akismet, it does a wonderful job. Even after that,  if you receive spam comments then buddy congratulate them for being really smart and delete it with a great appreciation for the spammer <img src='http://www.meabhi.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> . </li>
<li> <strong>Cure:</strong> You get notification in email, so check it and delete it. Allow the first comment by a user to be moderated and let the rest of the comments by the same person appear automatically. Keep checking spams and delete them on regular basis. You can go to the comment section of your blog admin section and browse the latest comments.</li>
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<p>So Enjoy blogging, enjoy spam comments <img src='http://www.meabhi.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8230;. <em>&#8220;More spam hits your blog, congratulate yourself for becoming more famous&#8221;</em> </p>
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		<title>I am back again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiya everyone,
I am back at http://www.meabhi.com/blog/ . After two trips to Hong kong , one trip to Bombay (oops  Mumbai) , one to Pune and one to Delhi . Ohhh seven months were so freaking busy that I did not even  get the time  to delete the spam comments.  Finally I got the time to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hiya everyone,</p>
<p>I am back at http://www.meabhi.com/blog/ . After two trips to Hong kong , one trip to Bombay (oops  Mumbai) , one to Pune and one to Delhi . Ohhh seven months were so freaking busy that I did not even  get the time  to delete the spam comments.  Finally I got the time to clean them. Ahh feels good to get rid of the spam menace.  Thinking of writing a post on spam menace now. Till then ciao!</p>
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		<title>Inverted pyramids in print media</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inverted pyramid is a metaphor that illustrates how information should be structured or presented in a text. Journalists have long adhered to the inverted pyramid format. To understand what an inverted pyramid format means, one has to imagine the shape of an upside down triangle. As rightly put by Ken Blake, to comprehend the inverse [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Inverted pyramid is a metaphor that illustrates how information should be structured or presented in a text. Journalists have long adhered to the inverted pyramid format. To understand what an inverted pyramid format means, one has to imagine the shape of an upside down triangle. As rightly put by <a title="Ken Blake" href="http://mtsu32.mtsu.edu:11178/171/pyramid.htm">Ken Blake</a>, to comprehend the inverse pyramid one needs to <em>“picture an upside-down triangle &#8212; one with the narrow tip pointing downward and the broad base pointing upward.&#8221; </em>Metaphorically, the broad base represents the most important/useful information in a text and the narrow tip represents the least useful information.</p>
<p>There are several stories that talk about the beginning of inverted pyramid format in American journalism. Perhaps the most popular myth is that the inverted pyramid story form came into use during the Civil War. Everett M. Rogers, in his textbook on media named Communication Technology, wrote that Associated Press reporters during the Civil War were instructed <em>&#8220;to put the most important facts in the first sentence of the news story, with less crucial information in each succeeding sentence.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>During the Civil War, reporters in the field who wired their stories on the day’s battles relied on telegraph lines. However, telegraph lines often failed, thus the reporters had to make sure they sent the most important facts of their news story first. Thus, even if a telegraph line got disconnected during a story, at least the most important part would probably get through.</p>
<p>Another sect of journalism historians believe that technological constraints of telegraph cannot be accounted for the change that occurred in newspaper writing during the Civil war. According to them, it was the exorbitant charges of telegraph lines that led to the departure of traditional and slow &#8211; paced way of news writing. Telegraph lines were expensive to use, they charged by the word. Newspapers spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in telegraph costs to report the Civil War. Thus, the expensive distribution cost influenced a new kind of writing that departed from the flowery language of the 19th century and was succinct.</p>
<p>However, some researchers who have studied the news writing style of the popular American papers during the Civil War find numerous examples of stories written in long winded way rather than the “first news first” style. According to David T. Z. Mindich, a journalism historian, <a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=52&amp;aid=38696">“the inverted pyramid was born with the coverage of Lincoln’s death.”</a></p>
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		<title>Do not mock GOD</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received this via email and I have not double checked the facts. But I found this to be inspiring. So, thought of sharing it with you.
 John Lennon (Singer): Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said:
“Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received this via email and I have not double checked the facts. But I found this to be inspiring. So, thought of sharing it with you.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong> John Lennon (Singer): </strong>Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said:</p>
<p>“Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am certain.  Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, today we are more famous than Him.” (1966).</p>
<p>Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.</p>
<p><strong>Tancredo Neves (President of Brazil ):</strong> During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency.</p>
<p>Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being President, then he died.</p>
<p><strong>The man who built the Titanic: </strong>After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be. With an ironic tone he said: “Not even God can sink it.”</p>
<p>I think you all know what happened to the Titanic</p>
<p><strong>Cazuza (Brazilian composer, singer and poet): </strong>During A show in Canecio ( Rio de Janeiro ), while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said: “God, that’s for you.”</p>
<p>He died at the age of 32 of LUNG CANCER.</p>
<p><strong>Marilyn Monroe (Actress):</strong> She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show.  He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her.  After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said, “I don’t need your Jesus.”A week later, she was found dead in her apartment.</p>
<p><strong>Bon Scott (Ex-vocalist of AC/DC): </strong>On one of his 1979 songs he sang, “Don’t stop me; I’m going down all the way, down the highway to hell.”</p>
<p>On the 19th of February 1980, he was found dead; he had been choked by his own vomit.</p>
<p><strong>Christine Hewitt (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer):</strong> She said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written.</p>
<p>In June 2006, she was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Iam back :)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all !! I have not left blogging &#8230;oh but yeah I was out of action for a while.  Iam back to blogging now:) Iam already penning down my posts and will soon publish them. See ya soon !
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