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Friday, February 24, 2012

S.W.A.G.G.A. World a New Social Media Platform

S.W.A.G.G.A. World a New Social Media Platform
PR.com (press release)
SWAGGA World is a social network platform developed in Providence, RI. It is also an indie label which specializes in Hip-hop, but also features a little of Rock, R&B, Reggae etc. "Being the only artist on the indie label, is challenging," says Adams.
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I'd Like to Thank My Twitter Followers

I'd Like to Thank My Twitter Followers
Wall Street Journal
But it's poised for a shot at another title: It could be the biggest night yet for social media. Katherine Rosman has details on Lunch Break. With a slate of small, arty movie nominees and an old-school host who is more reliable than buzzy, ...
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Viximo Signs Gaia Interactive to Global Network of Social Sites,

Viximo Signs Gaia Interactive to Global Network of Social Sites, Adds Top Game ...
SunHerald.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Viximo, the world's premier cross-network publisher of social games, has signed a partnership with multi-platform social gaming company Gaia Interactive. Viximo will launch top social games on Gaia Online, one of the world's most ...
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Live! Lance Armstrong to Yuvi: We are here to help you


Live! Lance Armstrong to Yuvi: We are here to help you
Rediff
Read 18:25 Latest update on the Delhi car blast: TV reports say that the probe seems to heading towards Iranian residents in Delhi. Satyam Computer Services Ltd.-- which is recovering from one of India's worst accounting scandals -- is keen on ...
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Tuesday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael


Tuesday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
Yeshiva World News
Incapable of handling the severe overcrowding that continues to plague the hospital, nurses in Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva walked off the job at 10am for a second consecutive day. ** DM Ehud Barak: Hizbullah and Iran remain determined to strike ...
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India's sour food safety record

India's sour food safety record
HealthNews
by Matthias Williams and Annie Banerji, Last updated February 13, 2012 Before dawn every day he joins hundreds of wholesale traders at Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, a sprawling, chaotic market where trucks blare Bollywood music, porters haul huge brown sacks ...
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Khaki out in full force to make your day rosy


Khaki out in full force to make your day rosy
Tehelka
“This year the Delhi Police will deploy additional force at pubs, restaurants and market place” said Delhi Police's Public Relation Officer Rajan Bhagat. Additional police forces will also patrol university campuses across the city. The police's job ...
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She broke her spine in Ramjas stampede

She broke her spine in Ramjas stampede
Times of India
New Delhi: First-year student Aarushi Vashisht (18) of Dyal Singh College is in the surgical ICU of a hospital in Civil Lines. And she's lying there with a broken spinal cord and ribs, spots on her lungs, blood splattered eyes and bruises all over.
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Youth employment a 'high-priority agenda' of govt: PM


Youth employment a 'high-priority agenda' of govt: PM
Oneindia
New Delhi, Feb 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi said that youth employment is a high-priority agenda of his government but felt the infrastructure for the skill-development of young people is progressing slower.
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Khurshid writes regret letter to ECI

Khurshid writes regret letter to ECI
indiablooms
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS) Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday wrote a regret letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over his repeated remarks on Muslim quota in Uttar Pradesh election campaigns. With the ECI seeking the intervention ...
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Moral police finally bow to Valentine's Day

Moral police finally bow to Valentine's Day
Daily News & Analysis
Delhi Police agree their job has become easier on Feb 14. A senior officer said: "Since last year ourjob seems a bit easier as the moral brigade has lost some of its enthusiasm. They are not playing spoilsport or targeting love-struck couples.
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Bombing puts India's trade ties with Iran to the test

Bombing puts India's trade ties with Iran to the test
Reuters
* Attack in Delhi could hurt India's trade with Iran: Indian rice body * Could also complicate India's bid for good ties with both Iran and Israel * Export credit insurance now unavailable for Iran, says one exporter * India considers increasing ...
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Is a cheery capital market ignoring economic reality?


Is a cheery capital market ignoring economic reality?
Firstpost
Mumbai: A 15 percent rise in capital markets since the beginning of the year, surging capital inflows, and a soraing rupee reinstated at 49.42 against the dollar following a scary fall last year, it seemed all is well in 2012. Dig a little deeper, ...
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Lady Gaga's New Social Network Launches. Here's How to Join

Lady Gaga's New Social Network Launches. Here's How to Join
Technorati
With a combined social community larger than the nation of France, why should the Monster Mom simply hand over her content and social data from fan interaction to those other networks? With well over a billion YouTube views, she's a social media ...
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“Amazing Videos of Earth at Night from Space” | Larry Ferlazzo's ...

“Amazing Videos of Earth at Night from Space” | Larry Ferlazzo's ...
By Larry Ferlazzo
Wired has a series of fantastic videos shot from the International Space State at night. Here's one of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. You can see a lot more at the Wired site. I'm adding this info to The Best Images Taken In Space.
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Does anyone in government really care about Canadian jobs?

Does anyone in government really care about Canadian jobs?
Lethbridge Herald
On the surface, pronouncements about finding new markets appear no different than what Canadian governments have said for years. In the late 1950s, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker led an entourage as far away as India in search of fresh markets for ...
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Firefighters warn of space heater fire danger

Firefighters warn of space heater fire danger
WIS
By Tim Pulliam - email COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The National Fire Protection Association says nearly 500 people died nationwide in fires called by space heaters. If you use one of these devices, Columbia Fire Department wants you to use them safely this ...
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Space engineer who passed Russia missile secrets on to CIA jailed


Space engineer who passed Russia missile secrets on to CIA jailed
Telegraph.co.uk
Space engineer Vladimir Nesterets, who passed secret missile data from Russia on to the CIA, has been jailed for 13 years. Nesterets confessed he was paid to pass information about Moscow's latest strategic missile systems on to US intelligence.
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Emerging market workers ready to change jobs, change countries

Emerging market workers ready to change jobs, change countries
NASDAQ
Almost two in ten employees would be "very likely" to take a full-time job in another country, according to a recent study from global research company Ipsos. However, Brazilian, Russian and Indian employees scored much higher, and were among the top 5 ...
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PeopleSoft Financials Developer ThoughtWorks

PeopleSoft Financials Developer
ThoughtWorks - Bangalore, Karnataka
specific support experience with PeopleSoft General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Project Costing 2+ years experience with PeopleSoft...
ThoughtWorks - 3:08 PM

Sr. Associate/ AM – Portuguese language support OPI

Sr. Associate/ AM – Portuguese language support
Outsource Partners International - Bangalore, Karnataka
communication skills in Brazilian Portuguese. Exposure in Procurement/ Accounts payable Processes. Good knowledge of MS Excel, Experience in handling multi...
Naukri.com - 12:42 PM     

Europe Turns to Russia as NASA Cuts Loom Wall Street Journal

Europe Turns to Russia as NASA Cuts Loom
Wall Street Journal
By ANDY PASZTOR Anticipated deep budget cuts for US unmanned space programs are prompting protests from scientists on both sides of the Atlantic and pushing Europe to cooperate with Russia on future Mars exploration. In his budget proposal next week, ...
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IB Ops - Operations Analyst - F&O JPMorgan Chase

IB Ops - Operations Analyst - F&O
JPMorgan Chase - Bangalore, Karnataka
accounts are made on time and details are given to the supervisor for release of payment(s) Must have a full understanding of brokers positions i.e. payable...
JPMorgan Chase - 7:45 PM

Who let the dogs out? Tehelka


Who let the dogs out?
Tehelka
TEHELKA couldn't reach Delhi-based People For Animals chairperson Maneka for her comments. Even a faxed questionnaire as demanded by one staffer remained unanswered till the time of going to press. While Wangnoo is still battling for life, ...
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Help comes from different shores Deccan Herald

Help comes from different shores
Deccan Herald
They are here on an exchange tour from Indian Cultural Dialogue Exchange (ICDE), headquartered in New Delhi. The trio have chosen Nireekshe, an open school dedicated for specially-abled children near Vivekananda Nagar circle. Recall Sophie and Celine ...
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Algoma University to Offer Honours Geography

Algoma University to Offer Honours Geography
Sault This Week
MARIE, ON - February 2, 2012): Algoma University has received approval from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities to offer a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Geography. This adds a fourth year to the existing Bachelor of Arts Geography ...
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Shaheed Maqbool Bhut: Hero of Kashmiri Freedom Fight

Shaheed Maqbool Bhut: Hero of Kashmiri Freedom Fight
Kashmir Watch
The journey on that road to great sacrifice for Maqbool Butt was started while still a student at St. Joseph College First and foremost problem before Maqbool Butt in Pakistan was to continue his education and at the same time find a job to meet the ...
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Amulya Mummaneni Wins Middle School Geography Bee

Amulya Mummaneni Wins Middle School Geography Bee
Patch.com
By Caitlin Mahon Bette Pieja, an eighth grade social studies teacher at the New Providence Middle School, is pictured with Amulya Mummaneni, this year's Geography Bee winner. New Providence Middle School eighth grader Amulya Mummaneni is the newest ...
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Tuxedo school holds annual Geography Bee

Tuxedo school holds annual Geography Bee
Times Herald-Record
Photo provided In the George Grant Mason Middle School Geography Bee, from left, top finishers were, front row, Madeline Doyle (first), Ryan Brown (second), Sidney Bewlay (third) and Seth Warniaha (fourth). Behind them is social studies teacher Jena ...
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Health activists oppose India-EU free trade pact

Health activists oppose India-EU free trade pact
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
By Betwa Sharma | February 10, 2012, 1:06 PM PST DELHI — The India-European Union free trade pact, which has been five years in the making, could be done this year. President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, said that the deal–one of ...
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Speaktoit: The voice assistant for older iPhones


Speaktoit: The voice assistant for older iPhones
The Mobile Indian
By Rahul Gupta, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi, February 11, 2012 Speaktoit, an application developer for both iOS and Android, has announced the launch of its Speaktoit voice assistant for iPhone users. The Speaktoit assistant aims at bringing similar ...
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Bear McCreary reveals the physics behind your favorite science ...

Bear McCreary reveals the physics behind your favorite science ...
By Charlie Jane Anders
When you think about science fiction theme tunes, chances are there are a few that are especially stirring and heroic. Star Wars. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Star Trek: The Next Generation. Superman: The Movie. And all of these theme tunes ...
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Cost of credit must be brought down: Anand Sharma

Cost of credit must be brought down: Anand Sharma
Newstrack India
New Delhi, Feb 11 (ANI): Asserting that the country needed investment in the manufacturing sector, Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has said the cost of credit must be brought down as soon as possible. Talking to reporters here, Sharma said the ...
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UP polls: SP may gain ground in Phase II

UP polls: SP may gain ground in Phase II
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) will hope to consolidate its position as the front-runner and BJP will hope the vote polarizes its way in the second phase of UP elections, where the poll turf is studded with minority pockets. It will be a crucial phase ...
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Kidsocial – the Social Network just for Kids

Kidsocial – the Social Network just for Kids
Coolest Gadgets
I mean, help her to be a happier even more well rounded child, Welcome, Kidsocial a brand new social entertainment website developed just for kids. Kidsocial lets kids listen to music, chat, play games and share photos all in a parent connected, ...
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