Cupid's algorithms

Wish no more: Google Romance, a beta product currently incubating in Google Labs, uses cutting-edge personal search algorithms to help you find your soulmate, then sponsors your first Contextual Date with said soulmate-to-be in exchange for showing you highly relevant advertising that just might help Cupid's arrow find its mark. Does it really work?


Feb 14 – Watch out for Cupid, it’s Valentine’s Day.
Feb 16 – Show your devotion to Lord Shiva through a night of prayers on Maha Shivaratri.

Valentine's Day is on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other

Maha Shivratri/Shivaratri (Night of Shiva) is a Hindu festival celebrated every year on the 14th day in the Krishna Paksha of the month Phalguna in the Hindu Calendar.

The most significant practices on this day are offerings of Bheel leaves to the Lord Shiva, fasting and all night long vigil. It is hoped that by doing this young girls will get married soon and will get husbands like Shiva.

Cupids everywhere!

LOL - Laugh(ing) Out Loud

See this
http://thefunniest.info/top.html

Boom India Boom...

"This year nominal GDP is expected to touch about $900 billion, and next year India is expected to cross $1 trillion in GDP -- entering the big league," said Shuchita Mehta, chief India economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Mumbai.

D.K. Joshi, senior economist with rating agency Crisil, said growth looked more sustainable than in previous cycles because it was backed by a high investment rate, good consumption and export demand.

The country is elbowing its way onto the world stage with developments like Tata Steel's $12.2 billion takeover of Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus.

What do Abdul Kalam and Hillary Clinton have in common

What do Abdul Kalam and Hillary Clinton have in common ?
Hillary Clinton has turned to Yahoo Answers, the social media driven Q&A experience from Yahoo, to look for some ideas on how normal Americans would improve health care in the United States.

and now Dr. J Abdul Kalam, the Indian President is asking the planet a question of international relevance - “What should we do to free our planet from terrorism?”


The President is asking you a question - “What should we do to free our planet from terrorism?”
The first prize - 10 winning students will get an opportunity to visit Silicon Valley
The second prize - 40 students will get to meet the President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam!
The third prize - 1000 students will get certificate from Yahoo! India

Will our president take part in SMS polls by Airtel, Hutch and Reliance by asking questions??? Is this the beginning of a new trend?

Trivandrum British Library Logging out

UPDATE:

After the discussions, the British Council agreed to handover the collection of 28,000 books, DVDs, magazines, and the infrastructure to an entity to be formed by the Kerala Govt. This new institution might be named Trivandrum International Library (TIL).
Read more about the latest developments, the challenges ahead at
http://www.saveourbritishlibrary.org/

'Until Thursday, things appeared as usual. But after a hasty meeting of top officials of the council here, the decision was made public,' chief librarian T.K. Subramoni told IANS.The formalities will be completed by March 31,2008.

Collection & Resources of British Council Library which was established in n 1964 at Thiruvananthapuram are Books(27000),CDs(300),Children's Books(4000),DVDs(850),IT Books(2500),Junior CDs(270) catering to 6100 members, 500 are family memberships, 100 corporate memberships.

The Hindu reports that

The Library here and the one in Bhopal would be closed down as part of a British Council strategy to ‘reduce its physical presence’ in the country and to divert funds to mega projects in the fields of culture, education, science and research.

Tech-a-break 2007 @ Technopark Trivandrum

Shankar Mahadevan arrives on 18th Feb 20006 at Tech-a-break 2007 @ Technopark Trivandrum

13 February 2007
10am solo song-competition-classical
4pm rally and DJ nite

14 February 2007
10am solo song competition-western
3pm tug-of-war

15 February 2007
10am quiz prelims
6pm quiz finals/ old cinema vs new cinema

16 February 2007
10am solo song competition-light music
7pm western concert

17 February 2007
10am buzzzzzzz !
7pm group dance contest

18 February 2007
10am Fundoo Tortillas
7pm valedictory function/ Shankar Mahadevan nite