Rife Two Bar Hybrid Putter Review

Hybrid cars are all the rage, so why not hybrid putters? Rife Putters presumes to have the answer.

Indeed, with its new Two Bar Hybrid putter, Rife aims to unite the best qualities of two existing models into a single stick. Is this marriage built to last?

Following is PutterZone.com’s Rife Two Bar Hybrid ($199) putter review.

The Storyline
Rife Putters hit the ground running when they released their first putters in 2005. The original Two Bar mallets and blades—so named for the distinctive weight bars protruding from the back of the face—were met with widespread acclaim.

In 2007, Rife launched its Island Series putters, skipping the Two Bar technology for more traditional designs, which included the successful Barbados mallet.

Now, with the Two Bar Hybrid, Rife has merged the Barbados design with its Two Bar technology. According to the company, “The most distinct features and performance benefits from both models have been blended into one new spectacular design that is a game improving ‘hybrid’ product in every sense of the word.”

The Hybrid is the first Rife putter to feature a face insert. Under the banner of “Dual Response technology,” this insert fuses anodized aluminum with high durometer polymer for enhanced feel.

The two "adjustable speed weighting" bars can be loaded with one of two pairs of included weights for a total head weight range of 345 grams to 360 grams.

As with all Rife putters, the Two Bar Hybrid also features the company’s patented RollGroove face groves, which are designed to impart truer roll; and the LieAline fitting system, whereby you can easily ascertain your correct lie angle and personally adjust the lie to fit your setup.


The Two Bar Hybrid comes with a LieAline bending tool, an instructional DVD and a head cover with a magnetic closure and a zippered pocket for storing the extra pair of weights.
The View from PutterZone.com
I’ve always found Rife putters to have an intangible coolness about them. Rife can take a traditional blade putter and somehow make it look fresh and hip. Rife can air infomercials without veering into “as seen on TV” territory. Rife can pack its putters with tons of features and freebies yet not seem gimmicky. Even the company’s putter model names, such as Aussie and Antigua, pass the cool test.

Now, Rife has taken the unusual step of merging its two most popular putters into one putter—and, not surprisingly, the results are pretty cool.

The Two Bar Hybrid effortlessly incorporates the Two Bar technology without disturbing the fundamental beauty of the Barbados, resulting in a putter that is truly the best of both worlds. In fact, the Hybrid incorporates the Two Bar design so well that you might wonder if it was all part of some master plan, and if the original Two Bar mallet and Barbados were individually engineered with this subsequent union in mind.

The blue Dual Response insert has a firm, crisp feel with perhaps a bit more suppleness than the original non-insert Two Bar mallet. I like the fact that Rife, while incorporating an insert for the first time, hasn’t gone the squishy route. The roll remains very solid off the face of the Hybrid.

I sank a 15 footer with my very first practice putt with the Hybrid, which made for a particularly pleasant first impression—one that endured over several sessions. I found the Hybrid to be very stable and excellent in matters of distance control. The Hybrid’s high MOI also helped keep my putts on the straight and narrow.

Rife’s self-serve lie adjustment technology is a brilliant piece of added value. With a few quick, gentle tugs, I was able to adjust the Two Bar Hybrid by a few degrees to fit my setup. The Two Bar adjustable weighting system is another nice feature. I like a heavier putter at 34 inches, so I happily loaded the Hybrid up to 360 grams. The bars themselves act as nice a three-dimensional alignment aid.

My only quibble is cosmetic in nature. On the bottom of the putter, the word “Hybrid” is stamped in a blocky font that resembles the Hummer logo (rather ironic for a putter named Hybrid), accompanied by airbrush-style blue striping. It all looks a bit awkward and out of place.

But what really counts is the top view, and from this vantage the Two Bar Hybrid is clean, quiet, confident and, of course, cool. While far from small, this putter manages to look sleek and shapely, making it one of the most visually appealing mallets on the market today.

The Bottom Line
The Rife Two Bar Hybrid is a high-performance putter that combines a distinctively sleek design with innovative customization. The Two Bar technology achieves its finest expression to date in the Hybrid, and the new face insert adds a fresh twist to the Rife experience. By maintaining its cool with the Two Bar Hybrid, Rife scores again.

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The Death of Gia Carangi

With all due respect to Suzy Parker, Lauren Hutton, and even Janice Dickinson, the world's first supermodel was a wild child from Philadelphia with a European look and a dangerous side that would prove as prophetic as it was sexy...
Born in January 1960, Gia Carangi's childhood was marred by her parents' constant squabbling, which drove her to seek solace on the mean streets - and by the early Seventies few streets were meaner than those of North Philly; at the age of 17 she took off for Manhattan, and having worked for such noted fashion photographers as Francesco Scavullo, Arthur Elgort, Richard Avedon, and Chris von Wangenheim in short order she soon found herself the most sought-after fashion model in the world.

Regular readers of the Pop Culture Institute will be all too aware of the corrosive effects of fame on the young, effects which derailed not just the career but eventually as well the life of Gia Carangi...

A regular at famed nightspots Studio 54 and the Mudd Club, Carangi soon tried cocaine and eventually heroin, which would prove her downfall; the double shock of two deaths, one year apart - first of Gia's mentor Wilhelmina Cooper in March 1980 then that of Chris von Wangenheim in March 1981 - hastened Carangi's headlong slide when she chose to take solace in her addiction. Posing for her last Cosmopolitan cover in the winter of 1982, she was caught with drugs on a shoot in Africa in 1983 and her career was over.

The last five years of her life were spent in and out of various rehab and detox environments, punctuated by short-lived relationships with both women and men; Gia Carangi died on this day in 1986, one of the first prominent female figures to die of AIDS. The entire sad story - in which most of her highs were themselves lows - is told in Stephen Fried's book Thing of Beauty; the book was loosely adapted for television, and made into the 1998 TV-movie Gia, starring a then-obscure Angelina Jolie, who won a Golden Globe for her work.

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Wenger Blasts Manchester City Slickers 'living in Different World'

source : http://www.buzzle.com/articles/245839.html

Arsène Wenger has labeled Manchester City as the "new Chelsea" and as he addressed questions connected to the ­ethics of the club's fortune, the ­Arsenal manager revealed that rivals in the ­transfer market already knew that it was pointless trying to compete with them.

"It's exactly what happened when [Roman] Abramovich came in [at ­Chelsea]," he said. "You go to a player, you see that Chelsea's on the case and you move somewhere else. That is it."

City's spending power under their new multi-billionaire owner Sheik Mansour, and perhaps a shift in the game's financial power base, was evident at the end of last summer's transfer window when they beat Chelsea to the signature of the striker Robinho from Real Madrid. Yet it has been thrust under an even more glaring spotlight this week, with their astonishing £100m move for the Milan playmaker Kaka.

Wenger, who is refusing to be held to ransom by Zenit St Petersburg for his ­midfield target Andrei Arshavin, has rarely hidden his contempt for the manner in which Abramovich has spent lavishly on players at Chelsea but he now has a fresh outlet for his scorn.

"I believe that if a club produces £100m through the way it manages itself, then it's not immoral to buy a player at any price," he said, when asked whether City's bid for Kaka felt morally wrong. "Because they can decide, 'Look … we have produced that kind of money, we can decide to spend it like we want'. In this case, it's a bit different because it's income from ­outside from one specific person or a group of persons."

Wenger is a passionate advocate for ­living within one's own financial means – "It is a satisfaction for a club to live within its natural resources," he repeated yesterday – and he has called for controls to make such policies mandatory. Are those who do not operate within the confines of their turnover effectively cheating? "It would be cheating if the rules wouldn't allow it," Wenger said. "The rules allow it so you cannot say it is cheating. It is unfair competition, maybe, but it is not cheating because the rules allow it."

Wenger was outspoken about City. "It does not look real," he said, about their overtures to Kaka. "It's like an abstraction. It does not look in connection to today's world. The implications would be disturbing for the market, an inflationary trend in a deflationary world. We live in the real world. City are in a different world."

The Frenchman harbours genuine fears about the impact of the global financial crisis on the game in this country. Through his policies, he believes he is safeguarding Arsenal against an uncertain future but he does not see City, in particular, as doing the same.

"At the moment, England loses 3,000 jobs every day," he said. "You think that has no consequence on our game? It will have. You can hide behind Man City ­buying Kaka for £100m but that is an exception to what is happening in our world. I believe that having responsibility is to anticipate the future.

"Everything depends on Abramovich and the guy who is investing at Man City," Wenger added. "If they get tired of it, they can stop it. But what I mean is that these are two clubs who do not have the same rules as other clubs. I don't know what are the reasons [behind the City take­over]. Is it love of Man City? Is it the love for an investment? But they have made it difficult for themselves because they bought on the doorstep of one of the biggest clubs in the world, [they bought] a club who already has a big rival there."

Wenger said that Arsenal remained in negotiations with Zenit over Arshavin but he was typically nonchalant about the deal, pointing out that the player was cup-tied in the Champions League and that his impact, should he arrive this month, would not be felt immediately.

"It is not an absolute worry because we have so many players who will come back soon [from injuries]," said Wenger. "We focus on them. Also, speaking about a player like Arshavin, he cannot play in the Champions League. If he comes here now, he will have 15-16 games and it will take five, six, seven, maybe 10 games to adapt. We are not in a hurry to do things like that and he is not the only player we are on. We spend the money we have and not the money we don't have."

© Guardian News & Media 2008
Published: 1/15/2009

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lil folks cartoons

In the late 1940s, young Sparky Schulz wrote and drew “Lil Folks” for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. This was a cartoon feature about a group of VERY precocious children and a pet dog who make whimsical comments about the world they observe.

Sound familiar? You guessed it-it’s the forerunner of PEANUTS.

The story of the transformation of this one-panel cartoon to the more familiar comic strip we know of today is told in this book. Along with that, we get the entire run of “Lil Folks” cartoons. Still not enough? We also see comparisons of “Lil Folks” cartoons to the particular PEANUTS episodes that they would inspire a few years later.

As for “Lil Folks” itself, it’s quite interesting (historical reasons aside) witty, and amusing. Cartoons such as the Patty predecessor pouring a water can over a Charlie Brown prototype from a window while the pre-Charlie Brown says “Rain Rain Go Away, Come again some other day” are simply drawn and presented, but have a surreal and whimsical air about them. In another, a Schroder precursor jumps around the street on both feet while a nearby boy casually says to his friend, “I’ve always admired him-he’s so carefree.” This vision of childhood ranging from the realistically humorous to the bizarre would be carried to new heights as Schulz expanded into PEANUTS in 1950.

The book would seem to be aimed at cartoon historians and hardcore Schulz fantatics, judging by the price and often limited availability of this book (I’ve waited two years before being able to get my copy at an affordable price), but there’s no reason why the casual Peanuts fan would not enjoy this, so the folks at the schulz museum should make this more widely available. Get this with THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1950-1952 to see the evolution of the most beloved cartoon strip of all time.

source: http://www.amazon.com/

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Kellogg Company Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall

Kellogg Company Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Austin® and Keebler® Branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and Select Snack-Size Packs of Famous Amos® And Keebler® Soft Batch Peanut Butter Cookies Because of Possible Health Risk .
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- BATTLE CREEK, Mich. -- January 16, 2009 -- Kellogg Company today announced a voluntary recall of certain Austin® and Keebler® branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and select snack-size packs of Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. No other products are involved in this recall.

On January 14, Kellogg announced a precautionary hold on the sandwich crackers while FDA and other authorities investigated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), one of Kellogg's peanut paste suppliers for these crackers. PCA has expanded their earlier recall to include peanut paste and peanut butter, prompting Kellogg to immediately announce this recall and to include the above- mentioned cookie and cracker products.

"The actions we are taking today are in keeping with our more than 100-year commitment to providing consumers with safe, high-quality products," said David Mackay, president and CEO, Kellogg Company. "We apologize for this unfortunate situation."

Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. For more information on Salmonella, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Website at http://www.cdc.gov.

Consumers who have purchased the recalled products are urged to destroy the product. Consumers with questions or who would like a refund may contact the Kellogg Consumer Response Center at 877-869-5633. Consumers with questions or concerns about their health should contact their doctor.

Products impacted by the recall were produced on or after July 1, 2008, including:

* Austin® Quality Foods Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter - all sizes
* Austin® Quality Foods Cheese & Peanut ButterSandwich Crackers – all sizes
* Austin® Quality Foods Mega Stuffed Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter – all sizes
* Austin® Quality Foods PB & J Cracker Sandwiches – all sizes
* Austin® Quality FoodsSuper Snack Pack Sandwich Crackers
* Austin® Quality Foods Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
* Austin® Quality Foods Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter – all sizes
* Austin® Quality Foods Reduced Fat Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
* Austin® Quality Foods Reduced Fat Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
* Austin® Quality FoodsCookie/Cracker Pack
* Austin® Quality FoodsVariety Pack
* Keebler® Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
* Keebler® Toast & PB'n J Flavored Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
* Keebler® Toast & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
* Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies (2- and 3-ounce)
* Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies (2.5-ounce)

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Jeff Monson charged with mischief; ESPN not an accomplice

Jeff Monson is either really dumb or really smart. I'm leaning towards the latter.

The fighter, who last appeared in the Mixed Fighting Alliance, winning over Ricco Rodriguez in December, has a warrant against him for defacing the Capitol building in Olympia, Wash. This warrant was issued after pictures of him painting an anarchist symbol on the building appeared in ESPN the Magazine.

See, Monson is an outspoken anarchist. He has said many times that he wants to do away with the social hierarchies that govern our world. The best way for Monson to share these theories is through the mass media, so publicity is his friend.

Is Monson so dumb that he would expect ESPN to not use photographs of him committing a crime? Of course not. This is a man with a Master's degree in psychology. He understands the ramifications of civil disobedience. If he didn't want attention brought to his cause, he would have asked ESPN to photograph him sitting at home, enjoying dinner.

Monson was charged with first-degree malicious mischief, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of a $20,000 fine and 10 years in prison. ESPN did not do him a favor by running that picture, but it's not their job to protect athletes. It's their job to cover them, a fact which Monson has used to make sure that everyone is discussing his cause today.

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All about the Monster Miata

The "Monster Miata" was the creation and product of Monster Motorsports, a defunct California company. The Monster was a Miata with a Ford 5-liter (actually 4.9) cast-iron block/heads OHV pushrod engine and a Borg-Warner T-5 transmission. The swap was easily accomplished - almost unbelievably the entire engine and transmission fit into the Miata as though it had been designed by Mazda for it (everything fits under the stock hood!). That and some appropriate springs, cooling, and exhaust (restrictive) made up the basic technical package and the cost started at several thousand dollars and the car. The much heavier Ford engine did add about 4 percentage points to the front/rear weight balance - and the car takes a corresponding amount of care to drive in turns.

Somewhere over 275 Monster Miatas were claimed to be built by Monster Motorsports. A couple of hundred unofficial conversions were made by other companies, and kits remain available from them to this day. RX-7 conversions are also possible since much of the chassis is shared.

Unique - but subtle - badging inside and out identified the car to anybody getting close enough to notice. The appearance of the entire car was very stealthy until you started it up: deaf "opponents" wouldn't know what hit them. Everybody else would get an aural shock.

The Monster was known to be over-geared since the Miata differential gearing was well over 4:1. Even the optional (and much stronger) RX-7 differential posed a problem in this regards. Since the 4.9L Ford was not a high-revving engine, this was an issue for cruising, and the gearing certainly wouldn't contribute to engine reliability either. Later cars offered the option of a Lincoln Mark VIII aluminum differential with much more appropriate gearing. Even later cars offered the entire MN-12 Thunderbird rear suspension, with very large flares to cover the added width - although only a few were built like this. Some of these cars were labelled as "Mega Monster" Miatas. Pricing could sky-rocket with options.

Like all good things, the "production" conversions were built for several years. Unfortunately, Monster Motorsports as a company appears to have folded - the original website was shut down some time ago.

Contrary to popular belief, the roughly 225 HP bone-stock Ford engine was the only standard conversion offering, since the car had to meet California emissions regulations. Monster Motorsports also offered some additional power-adders if California aftermarket certification was available for the year it was offered. Of course, given the popularity of the Ford engine, many different power-adding enhancements could be made by owners to take HP up considerably. But the car still had to meet any emissions regulations of wherever it was eventually licensed.

Conversions are an interesting consideration for the enthusiast. California (and most state) laws allow engine conversions if the engine is from the same production year of the recipient car or newer. 4-cam Acura B16 engines are a popular swap in earlier Civics, and even better is a B18 or even an R model engine. There are also some very narrow circumstances where JDM engines that were never certified for the U.S. are certifiable in certain situations - you'll note a number of people swap engines in their 240SXs for the 2 liter turbo offered in Japan. One enthusiast in Dallas built a V-8 powered Lexus IS300 - an option the factory considered but never offered. But by and large conversions are becoming a thing of the past for late model cars, the electronics are becoming too difficult and the emissions certifications are legally and technically impossible. Swaps such as a late-nineties Supra TT engine into an S2000 would be impossible to certify and register in most counties given the trend of emissions laws and testing. But there is another reason to do swaps - and that's for the technical challenge. That's one reason I can understand.

Enthusiasts should also consider the value of a classic car.. Would an classic 240Z, for example, maintain it's value as a classic with a Chevy V-8 under the hood? The answer is a resounding "NO!", and technically the chassis is so dated anyway that the net functional result is debatable. The slightly more modern early Miata has a better chassis, but the functionality is still limited. But there are so many Miatas on the road their value as a classic is small-to-nil. So if a conversion is a must, then "Monster" the Miata!

The following car is currently offered for sale on eBay . This is a great example and from the ad it appears to be clean. It has the Mark VIII differential and some odd aftermarket headlamps, as well as Ford Motorsports GT-40 intake (I would check to see if it also received the proper matching heads and an appropriate cam). It would apparently be a worthwhile collectible - although I also feel that a close-up inspection would be advised.

This example has an added GT-40 intake. Note my suggestion above. All Monster Miatas used an open air filter - there wasn't room for anything else. Some sort of partition would have been a good idea so that the engine doesn't have to suck up hot engine compartment air at idle. Note that the car has AC, but not power steering.

Exhaust routing was a major problem - there was only room for a single exhaust pipe past the cats, although for the sake of appearance it does split at the bumper. The muffler in this example appears to be a flowmaster - which likely wasn't the original equipment. If this is the case, then the use of the car should be looked into - it may have been used for drag racing. You can also see that the new differential required customer mounts and half-shafts that are different from the original Mark VIII mounting design (the rearmost bushing isn't used). Many of us are familiar with that differential from it's later use in 1999-2004 IRS-equipped Mustang Cobras and it would be plenty strong for this engine.

Badging is custom-sewn into the seats (either factory cloth or leather). There is also a nicely made external badge on the top edge of the front bumper. Additional off-the-shelf Ford badging is also available.


The Monster Miata is definitely collectable. An example built by Monster Motorsports would be much preferred. Look for the proper paperwork to guarantee authenticity.

For the performance driving enthusiast, a Monster might work in some autocross classes, although it would be a fully prepared class and the competition would be very tough.

For open track events it's be at a disadvantage because of the tiny Miata brakes. Some big-brakes kits are avialable and would definitely be needed.

In either case, durability is a open question: will the 4-cylinder chassis hold up to V-8 torque? Certainly the Miata differential, control arms, mounting points, and rear wheel bearings would be potential issues. Straight-lining the car would be a very poor choice.

For the Sunday cruiser, the car would probably be a good alternative to a Sunbeam Tiger. Brakes, transmission, and cooling are probably all superior. The Tiger is far more collectible, and owners should certainly take care to preserve their examples. But the Monster Miata is more easily repairable, and given the very large numbers of Miatas available standard Miata parts are not likely to be an issue. Some re-welding and fabrication may be needed at some point to keep the rear suspension together.

Collectors will find several road tests are available, including two in Road & Track that I remember. Monster Miatas are very rarely for sale, and any potential buyers should look the car over very carefully and also get any and all original literature from the seller.

Internet references:

* Panache: http://www.monstermiata.com/ The original Monster Miata website has been redirected to this one. Parts "kits" are available as is a "big brake" kit.
* Bishop Sales: http://www.bishopsales.com/v8_monster_miata.html - another conversion parts company.
* Enthusiast Scott Keen: http://www.scottkeen.com/miata/megamonster.asp
* Enthusiast info and 1992 model for sale: http://www.highwayone.com/Classifieds/Mazda/01aaai.html
* 1992 model for sale: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/car/292180781.html
* Mega-Monster Miata article form Australia: http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_0824/article.html
* Enthsuaist/owner John Burch: http://www.miata.net/motm/2004/burch.html
* 1992 model: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hartzfeld/92Monster.html

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APCPDCL - Online Bill Payment www.apcentralpower.com

Central Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited
website: http://www.apcentralpower.com/

Visit APCPDCL site www.apcentralpower.com for information on electricity tariffs, FAQs, latest announcements, career news & vacancies and online customer services including Bill enquiry, bill & payment history, and online bill payment.

APCPDCL - Online Bill Payment www.apcentralpower.com

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TN Manoharan named new Satyam Chairman

TN Manoharan, former Chief of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, has been named the Chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Manoharan was appointed the Chairman post a meeting of the six-member Satyam board on today.

Now the newly appointed Satyam board is hunting for a CFO to steer the company out of the ongoing troubles. CNBC-TV18 brings a report on the potential candidates for the post.

First on the list is V Balakrishnan, also known as Balki, is the former CFO of the global IT business at Wipro. According to industry circles, choice of the CFO will depend largely on who becomes the CEO. Since former Wipro Vice-Chairman Vivek Paul is seen as a favourite, the odds are in favour of Balki. He is presently the President and Chief Executive, Strategic Business Development at Quatrro. Incidentally, CMD of Quattro, Raman Roy, is also seen a CEO candidate of Satyam.

Featuring next in the list is Alok Mishra. He is currently the CFO of WNS. Previously, he was the group CFO at Mphasis. He left the company last year after the EDS takeover.

Also in the running is Ravi Ramu, currently the Finance Director of the real estate company Purvankara. Earlier, he took over as Group CFO after Alok Mishra at Mphasis. Industry watchers say, both Mishra and Ramu are known for their proximity to former Mphasis boss Jerry Rao, who is also in the reckoning for the post of CEO of Satyam.

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CBSE Senior School Examination TIME TABLE 2009

CBSE Senior School Examination TIME TABLE 2009

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CBSE Secondary School Examination TIME TABLE 2009

CBSE Secondary School Examination TIME TABLE 2009
Date & Time of Exam	Subject Code	Subject Name
2nd March 2009, 10:30 AM	154	Element of Business
do	165	INTRODUCTORY I T
do	254	ELEM BOOK-K & ACCY
do	354	TYPEWRITING-ENG
do	454	TYPEWRITING-HINDI
4th March 2009, 10:30 AM	087	Social Science
6th March 2009, 10:30 AM	003	URDU COURSE-A
-do-	005	BENGALI
-do-	006	TAMIL
-do-	008	SINDHI
-do-	009	MARATHI
-do-	010	GUJARATI
-do-	011	MANIPURI
-do-	013	ORIYA
-do-	015	KANNADA
-do-	017	TIBETAN
-do-	018	FRENCH
-do-	019	PORTUGUESE
-do-	020	GERMAN
-do-	021	RUSSIAN
-do-	023	PERSIAN
-do-	024	NEPALI
-do-	025	LIMBOO
-do-	026	LEPCHA
-do-	095	BHUTIA
-do-	096	SPANISH
-do-	097	KASHMIRI
-do-	098	MIZO
-do-	099	BAHASA MELAYU
-do-	303	URDU COURSE-B
09th March 2009, 10:30 AM	122	COMM. SANSKRIT
14th March 2009, 10:30 AM	041	MATHEMATICS
16th March 2009, 10:30 AM	012	MALAYALAM
do	031	MUSIC CAR.VOCAL
do	032	MUSIC CAR.INS.MEL.
do	033	MUSIC CAR.INS.PER.
do	034	MUSIC HIND.VOCAL
do	035	MUSIC HIND.INS.MEL
do	036	MUSIC HIND.INS.PER
18th March 2009, 10:30 AM	101	ENGLISH COMM
-do-	184	ENGLISH LNG & LIT
20th March 2009, 10:30 AM	004	PUNJABI
-do-	007	TELUGU
-do-	014	ASSAMESE
-do-	016	ARABIC
-do-	064	HOME SCIENCE
23rd March 2009, 10:30 AM	002	HINDI COURSE-A
-do-	085	HINDI COURSE-B
25th March 2009, 10:30 AM	049	PAINTING
28th March 2009, 10:30 AM	086	SCIENCE-THEORY
-do-	090	SCIENCE W/O PRAC.
30th March 2009, 10:30 AM	486	SCIENCE-PRAC SKLS

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Anna University B.E. B.Tech. Engineering Course Results for November-December-January 2008-2009 (UG and PG)

Results for all odd semesters B.E. and B.Tech (Engineering Degrees, for IT, CSE, ECE, EEE, ME, E&I, etc.) (3rd, 5th, 7th) will be out this week, or the next, as these ‘rumours’ go :p. These are for the exams that stretched from end November, via December 2008 into early January 2009.

Here’s a list of websites you can check for your results. Add in the comments if you know some other ones!

(I shall keep updating the links once results out out)

Harsh J

Memoirs of a QWERTY Keyboard
Anna University B.E. B.Tech. Engineering Course Results for November-December-January 2008-2009 (UG and PG)

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Results for all odd semesters B.E. and B.Tech (Engineering Degrees, for IT, CSE, ECE, EEE, ME, E&I, etc.) (3rd, 5th, 7th) will be out this week, or the next, as these ‘rumours’ go :p. These are for the exams that stretched from end November, via December 2008 into early January 2009.

Here’s a list of websites you can check for your results. Add in the comments if you know some other ones!

(I shall keep updating the links once results out out)

1. Anna University Official Website (Results Page) for 2008-2009 Odd Semester (B.E./B.Tech)
2. Anna University Official Website Links (Site I, II, III, IV)
3. Webdunia Anna University results for UG 2008-2009
4. Deepdig Anna University results for UG 2008-2009
5. Chennai Online Results for Anna University UG 08-09
6. WinEntrance Online Results for Anna University UG 08-09
7. India Results results page for Anna University UG 08-09
8. WorldColleges results page for Anna Univ. UG 2008-2009
9. Sivaji TV results for Anna Univ UG 2008-2009

More will be added once results get out.

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Katia Verber Is Russian Heiress

Meet Katia Verber, the Paris Hilton of Russia. Katia is featured in the upcoming issue of Marie Claire where we get to know more about this beauty. Read her biography and check out photos here.
Katia Verber has been dubbed the Paris Hilton of Russia. That seems to have a stigma attached to it, so how much are the two heiresses a like? “Bentleys, Balenciaga bags, and VIP clubs with secret passwords” are just the beginning.

As a biography, Katia Verber is a 24-year-old heiress. She is the daughter of Alla Verber, the vice president of Russia’s biggest luxury retailer, Mercury. Mercury is responsible for bringing Dolce, Gucci, and Prada to Russia in the mid 90’s.


Katia helps run Mercury, acting as a buyer, but much like Paris she also spends a lot of her time running the social aspect of her entity, posing for Russian magazines and deciding which parties to attend. She is also chauffeured around in a gold Bentley, has a $7,000 state of the art titanium Vertu cell phone, and a designer handbag collection that any girl would kill for.

While the similarities may come to an end when it comes to material possessions, Katia is still famous for nothing. However, she is definitely one of Russia’s most stylish women and is also very stunning. As you can see from her pictures, she loves having a good time.

Check out more from her interview in the upcoming issue of Marie Claire!

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Har Din Jackpot: Latest Offer by SBI Card

India's leading credit card issuer, SBI Card has declared a mega promotional scheme named as ‘Har Din Jackpot' Offer whereby exciting prices can be won by the valued customers of the company.

The Offer was announced by SBI Card on January 9th to be valid for 90 days from January 10th to April 9th.

Under this offer, customers can avail a possibility of winning exciting prices that includes Maruti Suzuki A-Star cars, exclusive Couple Holidays to Mauritius from Thomas Cook and 22'' Samsung LCD TV's on every Rs. 2,500 spent on their SBI Card.

The offer is applicable across all SBI Cards including the Partnership Cards and every customer spending Rs. 2500 or more in single or multiple transactions during the period can participate in lucky draws and win exciting prizes.

Mr. Diwakar Gupta, CEO, SBI Cards & Payment Services Pvt. Ltd., said, "At SBI Card, it is our constant endeavor to provide a better value proposition to our customers. SBI Card spares no effort to understand its customers better, and strives to deliver beyond their expectations, and this mega promotional offer is another step in that direction. In line with our brand promise of "Make Life Simple", all cardholder's need to do is to spend Rs. 2500 on their SBI Card to get a chance to Win Big Everyday."

The offer by the issuers comes at a time when most card issuer in the industry are going slow and making cautious move following the financial slowdown and fraud confessed by the director of IT major, Satyam Computer Service Ltd.

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Delhi Home Gaurd Recruitment

A Home Guard Volunteer is brought on roll under Section 3 of the Bombay Home Guards act,1947 as extended to Delhi and Delhi Home Guard Rules,1959. His term of office is for three years. He can be discharge at any time before the expiry of his tenure by giving one month’s Notice or without such Notice if he is found to be medically unfit

* Click here for the RECRUITMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOME GUARDS
* Click here to download the General Instruction for Corrigendum
* Click here to download the General Instruction for Recruitment of Male & Female Home Guards Volunteers in Delhi
* Click here to download the General Instruction for Recruitment of Tradesman as Home Guards Volunteers in Delhi
Click here to download the General Instruction for Recruitment of Honorary District Commandant in Delhi Home Guards

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Raju Ananthaswamy

Raju Ananthaswamy is a leading and highly accomplished music director, composer & singer of Sugam Sangeet in Karnataka for over 15 years. He is one of the very few musicians in his field who can play Harmonium while singing. His skill as a distinctive Harmonium player is highly respected and revered by one and all. He is a great performer and it’s a treat to listen to him live. His rendition of Rathnana Padagalu is incomparable. Raju’s compositions and singing style is very unique as well as greatly influenced by his father, late Mysore Ananthaswamy. His songs, Krishna Yenabaarade, Madhava, Beldingal raathrili, Tunge Dadadalli, Heege ondu Raathri are mile stones among his compositions and authenticate his unique style of composing. He is very well known for his song Yaava monana murali kareyitu from America America and Hottare yedbittu from movie Rishi.

Raju is a ‘High’ grade artiste in All India Radio and regularly appears on Radio City, Doordarshan, Udaya TV, Zee Kannada and ETV programs. He is a busy artiste and performs with his troupe all year round. He sets aside his weekends to teach sugama sangeetha to several students. Though Raju has set to tune more than 200 poems, he enjoys singing his father’s compositions, which he also aspires to preserve and promote, during his performances. He is able to pass these on to the younger generation as well as his many students, through his Sugama Sangeetha school in Mysore and Bangalore.

Contact:
Name: Raju Ananthaswamy

Email: raju_ananthaswamy@yahoo.com

Achievements

Instruments:
*Tabla
*Harmonium and Keyboard.

Notable Performances:
* Hampi Utsava
*SAARC Summit Cultural Evening
* Vasanta Habba
*All India Lawyers Meet *Dasara Utsava
* International Trade Fair in Delhi
* Berkely Film Awards

Albums :
* Tribute to my father
* Ananta Namana
* Hoovu
* Deepotsava
* Savitha
* Hale Beru Hosa Chiguru
* Hari ninna murali
* Madhava
* Bere Madhuveke
* Rathnana Padagalu
* Hari Ninna Murali

Concert Tours:
* Australia-2004
* Abu dabhi and Dubai-1994
* Malysia-2004
* New Zealand-2004
* Singapore-2001 & 2004
* UK-April 2008 (upcoming)
* USA-1988 & 1998

Original Score For TV Serials:
* Ranjini
* Dum dum digadiga
* Yello jogappaninnaramane
* Manthana
* Geethadarshana
* Nela mugilu
* Mussanje katha prasanga
* Movie-Galige Asst. Music Director

Movies (Acted in):
* Amrithadhare
* Jackpot
* Chigurida Kanasu
* Abhi,
* Kalaasipaalya
* Abbabbaa Yentha Huduga
* ooh la la

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Nail the Thief - How to nail the theif

Two young men stole Nissan skyline GT-R from Heritage Auto Sales, when they took it for test drive. After reporting its disappearance to police, Ironside posted a message on www.Beyond.ca, a website for Canadian auto enthusiast.


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KIITEE MANAGEMENT - 2009 Results Announced

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KIITEE MANAGEMENT - 2009 GD/PI Schedule

KIITEE MANAGEMENT - 2009

GD / PI Schedule for MBA

* Bhubaneswar
* Bangalore
* New Delhi
* Kolkata
* Pune

GD / PI Schedule for MRM

* Bhubaneswar
* Bangalore
* New Delhi
* Kolkata
* Pune

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Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2009

Mumbai Marathon details

Race Category Distance Start Timing
Half Marathon
(18 Yrs.& Above) 21.097 km 06:45 a.m.
Marathon
(18 Yrs.& Above) 42.195 km 07:40 a.m.
Wheelchair Event
(12 Yrs.& Above) 2.5 km 07:50 a.m.
Senior Citizens' Run
(60 Yrs.& Above) 4.3 km 08:05 a.m.
Dream Run
(12 Yrs.& Above) 6 km 09:10 a.m.

Marathon Route



START and FINISH opposite Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus junction.

Dr. D.N. Road past Fountain to Veer Nariman Road; Left on to Marine Drive towards The Oberoi hotel; Round The Oberoi hotel and back on to Marine Drive up to Chowpatty; Right to Babulnath Marg and left past N.S. Patkar Marg over Kemps Corner Flyover to Haji Ali junction; Left on to Lala Lajpat sRai Marg to Dr. Annie Besant Road and left under Love Grove Flyover/Mela Restaurant; Straight down till end of Worli Seaface; Turnaround at the INS TRATA Round-about; Left towards Thadani Marg; Left on to Dr. Annie Besant Road (Podar Hospital); Straight past Glaxo, Ceat Mahal, Siddhivinayak Temple; Straight along Cadell Road passing Shivaji Park, Hinduja Hospital, Mahim Church Junction; Straight on S.V. Road (i.e. Mahim Causeway); Left towards Bandra Reclamation; Straight till the end of the Bandra-Worli Sea-face link; Turnaround back toward Mahim Church Junction using same carriageway; Right towards Cadell Road; Right on to Thadani Marg; Left on to Worli Sea-face heading towards the Love Grove flyover; Back on to same route up to Veer Nariman Road; Left towards Fountain and back to the Finish.

Link to detail here : mumbaimarathon.indiatimes.com/starttimings.html

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Kindergarten sign-up dates set in Rhinebeck

RHINEBECK — Kindergarten registration for the Rhinebeck Central School District for the 2009-10 school year is scheduled. Sign-ins are:
Feb. 10: 9:30 a.m. to noon; 1-2:30 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m.

Feb. 12: 9:30 a.m. to noon and 2-2:30 p.m.

Registration will take place in the main office at Chancellor Livingston Elementary School, Knollwood Road.

Children must be 5 years of age on or before Dec. 1, 2009, to be eligible to attend kindergarten in September.

Parents of children who are eligible for enrollment in kindergarten for the 2009-10 school year are encouraged to pre-register their children before Jan. 29. To pre-register an eligible child, contact Elaine Arbuckle at 845-871-5570 ext. 1.

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UPDATE: Kendra: I Cheated On Hef For Sex (NOW WITH APOLOGY)

UPDATE FROM AN E! PRESS RELEASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON:

On the heels of an explosive interview this week where The Girls Next Door's Kendra Wilkinson came out against her former love's "lifestyle" and revealed some myths of the fabled Playboy Mansion, the blond beauty tells E! News exclusively how she apologized to Hef and sets the record straight on her comments. In the article Wilkinson talked about everything from her and Hef's sex life, to her 9pm curfew and the times she looked outside the relationship for intimacy.

"I'm more upset at myself with what I said," Wilkinson said. "I'm really bad at interviews and anyone who knows me knew I meant no harm...I'm a goofball. Mostly, I'm very sorry to have hurt Hef...Playboy made me who I am and Hef has done more for me than anyone else." So much so, that Wilkinson drove up to the Mansion in person to apologize to him and the staff.

When asked by Kennedy how Hef reacted to the controversial article, Wilkinson said he was hurt by what was said. "Hef understands me better than anyone and loves me no matter what. I am very thankful for him."...

When pressed about her comments from the article that she said she had sex outside of the relationship, Wilkinson admitted that she didn't mean to be so blunt about it. "I said I snuck sex every now and again and I can't take that back."

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Watch Notorious Online for Free

Watch Notorious Online for free? That's impossible. Maybe you can watch the movie online but with a cost involved. I remember how the movie "Twilight" was so very much searched online. People were looking for free movie viewing but am sure many were disappointed. In the same way, many will look for "Watch Notorious Online free", but many will be disappointed just as well. Don't raise your hopes so high.

Anyway, here's a synopsis or story plot of Notorious, the release date of which was January 16, 2009.

"Notorious" is about the life of rapper Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G. In just a few short years, The Notorious B.I.G. rose from the streets of Brooklyn to become one of the most influential hip hop artists of all time. B.I.G. was a gifted storyteller; his narratives about violent life on the streets were told with a gritty, objective realism that won him enormous respect and credibility. His stories were universal and gave a voice to his generation.

And here is the Notorious Movie Trailer.. Just the trailer for I don't provide for the full movie otherwise you know what happens -- getting sued and stuff.. Nah!
Enjoy the trailer clip



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Friday's movie capsules

6:00 a.m. COM "Ski School" (1991, Comedy) Dean Cameron, Tom Breznahan. Two skiers hold a contest to see who is king of the slopes. (AL, AS, N)

IFC "Duane Hopwood" (2005, Comedy-Drama) David Schwimmer, Janeane Garofalo. A divorced alcoholic struggles to reunite his family. (AL, AS)

TCM "Tom Thumb" (1958, Fantasy) Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young. The Brothers Grimm tale about a boy only 5 1/2 inches tall.

6:15 a.m. AMC "The Longest Day" (1962, War) John Wayne, Robert Mitchum. Allied forces invade WWII Normandy on D-Day.

6:30 a.m. OXYG "Against All Odds" (1984, Crime Drama) Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges. An unemployed athlete looks for a gangster's runaway lover. (AL, AS, N, V)

6:40 a.m. MAX "Jurassic Park" (1993, Science Fiction) Sam Neill, Laura Dern. Cloned dinosaurs run amok at an island-jungle theme park. (V)

6:45 a.m. TMC "Godsend" (2004, Suspense) Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. A scientist clones a couple's dead son. (AS, V)

7:25 a.m. IFC "Fanny and Alexander" (1982, Drama) Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve. A portrait of life in a Swedish theatrical family. (AL, AS, BN)

7:30 a.m. FLIX "Affliction" (1997, Drama) Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek. A small-town sheriff becomes unhinged. (AL, V)

HBO2 "The Perfect Storm" (2000, Suspense) George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg. A fishing boat sails into the storm of the century. (AL)

8:00 a.m. fX "Tumbleweeds" (1999, Drama) Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown. A mother and daughter make a fresh start in California. (AL, AS)

TBS "The Honeymooners" (2005, Comedy) Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps. Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton try assorted moneymaking schemes. (AS)

TCM "Wagon Master" (1950, Western) Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru. Horse trader and buddy join Mormon elder's wagon train.

TOON "Doogal" (2005, Adventure) Voices of Daniel Tay, Jon Stewart. Animated. An evil wizard would start an ice age.

8:30 a.m. BRV "Vanilla Sky" (2001, Suspense) Tom Cruise, Pen"'elope Cruz. A disfigured womanizer cannot distinguish dreams from reality. (AL, AS)

TMC "Daddy's Little Girls" (2007, Romance) Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba. A poor mechanic and an attorney share an unexpected romance. (AL, AS, V)

8:50 a.m. MAX "Sydney White" (2007, Comedy) Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton. A college coed finds a home with seven outcasts. (AL, AS)

9:00 a.m. LMN "Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder" (1997, Drama) Holly Marie Combs, David Lipper. Two cadets are charged with the murder of a student. 'TV14'

OXYG "Chasing Papi" (2003, Romance-Comedy) Roselyn Sanchez, Sof"'ia Vergara. Three women discover that they share the same boyfriend. (AL, AS)

9:30 a.m. HBOF "Unaccompanied Minors" (2006, Comedy) Dyllan Christopher, Tyler James Williams. A snowstorm strands youths in an airport during the holidays. (AL, AS)

TCM "Three Strangers"(1946, Mystery) Geraldine Fitzgerald, Sydney Greenstreet. Three strangers meet, share a sweepstakes ticket and win.

10:15 a.m. AMC "Tora! Tora! Tora!"(1970, War) Martin Balsam, Soh Yamamura. History of Pearl Harbor attack, seen from both sides.

TMC "Freedom Writers"(2007, Drama) Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey. A teacher inspires at-risk teens to believe in themselves. (AL, AS, V)

10:35 a.m. IFC "Requiem"(2006, Suspense) Sandra Huller, Burghart Klaussner. Frightening occurrences plague a college student. (AL, AS, V)

10:40 a.m. MAX "Wasted"(2006, Comedy-Drama) Eddie Kaye Thomas, Kip Pardue. Friends reunite to attend the funeral of a high-school buddy. (AL, AS)

11:00 a.m. FLIX "Marine Life"(2000, Comedy-Drama) Cybill Shepherd, Peter Outerbridge. A teen's confusion is compounded by her lounge-singer mother. (AL, AS)

HBOF "Edward Scissorhands"(1990, Fantasy) Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder. A man-made misfit cuts a tragic figure in suburbia. (AS, V)

WE "Indecent Proposal"(1993, Drama) Robert Redford, Demi Moore. A man offers a couple $1 million for a night with the wife. (AL, AS)

11:30 a.m. BRV "Lethal Weapon"(1987, Action) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover. A veteran detective is paired with an eccentric partner. (AL, AS, N, V)

TCM "Torrid Zone"(1940, Comedy-Drama) James Cagney, Ann Sheridan. Company man baits banana-plant boss with singer.

12:00 p.m. DIS "Cadet Kelly"(2002, Comedy-Drama) Hilary Duff, Christy Carlson Romano. A new cadet is challenged by an antagonistic upperclassman. 'TVG'

LIFE "Copycat"(1995, Suspense) Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter. A cunning psychopath imitates infamous serial killers. (AL, V)

12:05 p.m. IFC "The Final Cut"(2004, Science Fiction) Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino. A man finds an unexpected connection to his own darkest secret. (AL, AS, V)

12:20 p.m. MAX "Breaking and Entering"(2006, Drama) Jude Law, Juliette Binoche. A landscape architect begins an affair with a Bosnian refugee. (AL, AS)

12:30 p.m. TMC "Lady in White"(1988, Horror) Lukas Haas, Len Cariou. An apparition gives a boy clues to a 10-year-old murder. (AL, AS, V)

12:40 p.m. FLIX "True Love" (1989, Comedy-Drama) Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard. An Italian-American couple prepare for their wedding. (AL, AS)

12:50 p.m. HBOF "The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure"(1994, Adventure) Voices of Jeff Bennett, Linda Gary. Animated. Young dinosaurs get into big trouble.

1:00 p.m. OXYG "Guarding Tess"(1994, Comedy-Drama) Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage. An ambitious Secret Service man tends a former first lady. (AL)

TCM "Watch on the Rhine" (1943, Drama) Bette Davis, Paul Lukas. Nazis intimidate an underground leader and his family. (V)

1:30 p.m. AMC "Quigley Down Under"(1990, Western) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo. Old West sharpshooter's new boss tells him to kill Aborigines. (V)

HBO2 "The Golden Compass"(2007, Fantasy) Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards. A child sets out on an epic quest to save her best friend. (AS, V)

WE "Big"(1988, Fantasy) Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins. A wishing machine turns boy into a man with a job and girlfriend. (AL, AS)

1:45 p.m. IFC "The Cars That Ate Paris"(1974, Comedy-Drama) Terry Camilleri, John Meillon. A rural Australian shantytown engineers auto mishaps. (AL, V)

2:00 p.m. HBOF "I.Q."(1994, Romance-Comedy) Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan. Albert Einstein tests his theories of romance on his niece. (AL, AS)

2:25 p.m. FLIX "The Night They Raided Minsky's"(1968, Musical Comedy) Jason Robards, Britt Ekland. A religious dancer joins a burlesque show and invents the striptease. (AS, BN)

3:00 p.m. OXYG "Peggy Sue Got Married"(1986, Comedy-Drama) Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage. A woman is transported back to her last year in high school. (AL, AS)

TCM "The Children's Hour"(1961, Drama) Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine. A schoolgirl ruins her two headmistresses with a scandalous lie. (AS)

3:15 p.m. IFC "Cube"(1997, Science Fiction) Maurice Dean Wint, Nicole de Boer. Six strangers battle their way through a maze of horrors. (AL, GV)

3:30 p.m. HBO2 "Transformers"(2007, Action) Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson. Two races of robots wage war on Earth. (AL, AS, V)

4:00 p.m. AMC "Blazing Saddles"(1974, Comedy) Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder. Gucci-saddlebagged Sheriff Bart teams up with the drunken Waco Kid. (AL, AS)

4:05 p.m. FLIX "Affliction"(1997, Drama) Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek. A small-town sheriff becomes unhinged. (AL, V)

4:15 p.m. TMC "Last Dance"(1996, Drama) Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow. A clemency worker tries to save a woman awaiting execution. (AL, AS, V)

4:20 p.m. MAX "Night at the Museum"(2006, Fantasy) Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino. Museum exhibits spring to life when the sun goes down. (AL, AS)

4:45 p.m. IFC "Cherry 2000"(1988, Science Fiction) Melanie Griffith, David Andrews. A man seeks a replacement for his damaged robotic playmate. (AL, AS, V)

5:00 p.m. HBOF "Unaccompanied Minors"(2006, Comedy) Dyllan Christopher, Tyler James Williams. A snowstorm strands youths in an airport during the holidays. (AL, AS)

OXYG "You've Got Mail"(1998, Romance-Comedy) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. Two bitter business rivals conduct an online love affair. (AL)

TCM "The War Wagon"(1967, Western) John Wayne, Kirk Douglas. Two gunmen join forces to rob a gold-filled armored wagon.

6:00 p.m. AMC "The Last Samurai"(2003, Adventure) Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe. A Westerner learns the ways of the samurai in the 1870s. (AS, GV)

FLIX "Chuck & Buck"(2000, Comedy-Drama) Mike White, Chris Weitz. An odd young man has an extreme fixation on a childhood pal. (AL, AS)

fX "The Devil Wears Prada"(2006, Comedy) Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway. A recent college graduate lands a job at a fashion magazine. (AS)

TBS "You, Me and Dupree"(2006, Comedy) Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson. A jobless buddy moves in with two newlyweds. (AL, AS, BN)

TMC "Daddy's Little Girls"(2007, Romance) Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba. A poor mechanic and an attorney share an unexpected romance. (AL, AS, V)

TNT "Jurassic Park III"(2001, Adventure) Sam Neill, William H. Macy. A search party encounters new breeds of prehistoric terror. (V)

6:15 p.m. MAX "Big Momma's House"(2000, Comedy) Martin Lawrence, Nia Long. An FBI agent goes under cover to protect a woman and her son. (AL, AS, V)

6:30 p.m. HBOF "Dune"(1984, Science Fiction) Kyle MacLachlan, Sting. A young man leads the fight for spice. (AS, V)

7:00 p.m. BRV "Good Will Hunting" (1997, Drama) Matt Damon, Robin Williams. A young Boston man must deal with his genius and emotions. (AL, AS)

HBO2 "The Perfect Storm"(2000, Suspense) George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg. A fishing boat sails into the storm of the century. (AL)

LIFE "Profoundly Normal"(2003, Docudrama) Kirstie Alley, Delroy Lindo. A developmentally disabled couple wants to have a baby. 'TVPG'

TCM "Elephant Walk"(1954, Adventure) Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews. A bride must adjust to life on her husband's tea plantation.

7:30 p.m. OXYG "You've Got Mail"(1998, Romance-Comedy) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. Two bitter business rivals conduct an online love affair. (AL)

7:45 p.m. FLIX "Lush Life"(1994, Drama) Jeff Goldblum, Forest Whitaker. A musician is stricken with a malignant brain tumor. (AL, AS)

8:00 p.m. MAX "Jurassic Park" (1993, Science Fiction) Sam Neill, Laura Dern. Cloned dinosaurs run amok at an island-jungle theme park. (V)

TBS "You, Me and Dupree"(2006, Comedy) Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson. A jobless buddy moves in with two newlyweds. (AL, AS, BN)

TMC "Freedom Writers"(2007, Drama) Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey. A teacher inspires at-risk teens to believe in themselves. (AL, AS, V)

TNT "Signs"(2002, Suspense) Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix. A widower investigates huge circles in his crop fields. (V)

TVLND "The Color of Money"(1986, Drama) Paul Newman, Tom Cruise. Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning sequel to "The Hustler." (AL, AS, BN, V)

9:00 p.m. DIS "Freaky Friday"(2003, Comedy) Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan. A woman and her daughter magically exchange bodies. (AL, AS)

HBOF "Edward Scissorhands"(1990, Fantasy) Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder. A man-made misfit cuts a tragic figure in suburbia. (AS, V)

TCM "The Terror of Tiny Town"(1938, Western) Billy Curtis, Yvonne Moray. Pint-size cowboys ham it up and hit saloon.

9:30 p.m. AMC "Commando"(1985, Action) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong. A war vet battles an old foe to rescue his kidnapped child. (AL, AS, GV)

9:45 p.m. HBO2 "The Darjeeling Limited"(2007, Comedy-Drama) Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody. A man takes his brothers on a train trip across India. (AL, AS)

10:00 p.m. BRV "Good Will Hunting" (1997, Drama) Matt Damon, Robin Williams. A young Boston man must deal with his genius and emotions. (AL, AS)

IFC "Cube"(1997, Science Fiction) Maurice Dean Wint, Nicole de Boer. Six strangers battle their way through a maze of horrors. (AL, GV)

10:01 p.m. fX "Man of the House"(2005, Comedy) Tommy Lee Jones, Cedric the Entertainer. A Texas Ranger protects cheerleaders who witnessed a murder. (AL, AS, V)

10:05 p.m. TMC "Dead Birds"(2004, Horror) Henry Thomas, Patrick Fugit. Bank robbers stay in a haunted Alabama mansion in 1863. (AS, GV)

10:30 p.m. TCM "The Unholy Three"(1930, Drama) Lon Chaney, Elliott Nugent. Three carnival performers plunder their patrons' homes.

10:50 p.m. HBOF "The Learning Tree"(1969, Drama) Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke. A black teenager learns about life in 1920s Kansas. (AS)

11:00 p.m. COM "Eddie Murphy Raw"(1987, Comedy) Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali. Stand-up comedian on life, women, sex. (AL)

11:05 p.m. FLIX "Maniac Cop 2"(1991, Horror) Robert Davi, Claudia Christian. A presumed-dead cop returns to the streets for vengeance. (AL, AS, BN, GV)

11:20 p.m. MAX "Excessive Force"(1993, Action) Thomas Ian Griffith, Lance Henriksen. Urban policeman uses martial arts. (AL, AS, V)

11:30 p.m. TBS "The Pelican Brief"(1993, Suspense) Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington. An inquisitive law student becomes the target of assassins. (AL, AS, V)

11:45 p.m. TCM "Freaks" (1932, Horror) Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova. Sideshow performers take revenge on a cruel trapeze star.

12:00 a.m. TNT "Aeon Flux"(2005, Science Fiction) Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas. A rebel assassin hunts a government leader. (AS, V)

12:15 a.m. HBO2 "Black and White"(1999, Drama) Scott Caan, Robert Downey Jr.. Privileged white teens explore the black hip-hop culture. (AL, AS, SSC, V)

12:40 a.m. HBOF "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise"(1987, Comedy) Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong. The Tri-Lambdas attend a fraternity convention in Florida. (AL, AS)

12:50 a.m. MAX "Event Horizon"(1997, Science Fiction) Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill. A search-and-rescue team tracks down a ghostly spaceship. (AL, BN, GV)

1:00 a.m. LMN "Hit and Run"(1999, Suspense) Margaret Colin, Lisa Vidal. A woman hides the fact that she hit a child with her car. 'TVPG' (AL, AS)

TCM "Movie Crazy"(1932, Comedy) Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings. Clumsy Kansas farm boy goes to Hollywood. (AS)

1:30 a.m. AMC "Puppet Master"(1989, Horror) Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle. Psychics are attacked by a malicious army of little people. (AL, AS, BN, V)

IFC "The Cars That Ate Paris"(1974, Comedy-Drama) Terry Camilleri, John Meillon. A rural Australian shantytown engineers auto mishaps. (AL, V)

2:00 a.m. HBO2 "Wonderland"(1999, Drama) Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee. Members of a London family cope with personal crises. (AL, SSC)

TNT "Blade II"(2002, Horror) Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson. A vampire hunter unites with his prey against a new threat. (AL, AS, GV)

2:07 a.m. KGMB "Who Am I?"(1998, Action) Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre. An amnesiac U.S. commando seeks his identity. (AL, V)

2:10 a.m. HBOF "Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation"(1992, Comedy) Robert Carradine, Ted McGinley. Adams College faces a threat from a nerd-hating alumnus. 'TV14'

2:15 a.m. FLIX "The Passion of Ayn Rand"(1999, Drama) Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz. Married writer Ayn Rand has an affair with a student. 'TVMA' (AL, MV, N, SSC)

2:30 a.m. MAX "Evening"(2007, Drama) Claire Danes, Toni Collette. A dying woman remembers the great love of her life. (AL, AS, MV)

TCM "The Milky Way"(1936, Comedy) Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou. A milquetoast accidentally knocks out a boxing champ.

3:00 a.m. DIS "Buffalo Dreams"(2005, Drama) Reiley McClendon, Simon R. Baker. Navajo and Caucasian youths must bridge a cultural gap. 'TVG'

IFC "Gate of Hell" (1953, Drama) Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa. A samurai desires a married lady in 12th-century Japan.

3:15 a.m. TMC "Godsend"(2004, Suspense) Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. A scientist clones a couple's dead son. (AS, V)

3:30 a.m. AMC "Drums Across the River"(1954, Western) Audie Murphy, Walter Brennan. A young man joins a group scouring the plains for gold.

4:00 a.m. FLIX "James and the Giant Peach" (1996, Fantasy) Voices of Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley. Animated. Orphan and friendly bugs sail on giant peach.

HBO2 "Anywhere but Here"(1999, Comedy-Drama) Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman. A flighty mother uproots her daughter and heads West. (AS)

4:30 a.m. MAX "August Rush"(2007, Drama) Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell. A boy uses his musical talent to find his parents. (AL, AS, MV)

4:35 a.m. IFC "Shattered Glass"(2003, Drama) Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard. Journalist Stephen Glass fabricates stories. (AL, AS)

5:00 a.m. TCM "The Big Clock"(1948, Crime Drama) Ray Milland, Charles Laughton. Crime-mag publisher kills mistress, has editor lead manhunt.

5:15 a.m. AMC "Kansas Raiders"(1950, Western) Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy. Jesse James and his cohorts join Quantrill's raiders.

TMC "Cross Creek"(1983, Biography) Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn. In 1928, a New York writer goes to live in an orange grove. (AL, AS)

5:20 a.m. FLIX "Billy Elliot"(2000, Drama) Julie Walters, Jamie Bell. A British miner's son takes dancing lessons in secret. (AL)

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How Igneous Rock Is Formed

Igneous rocks are called fire rocks and are formed either underground or above ground. Underground, they are formed when the melted rock, called magma, deep within the earth becomes trapped in small pockets. As these pockets of magma cool slowly underground, the magma becomes igneous rocks.

Igneous rocks are also formed when volcanoes erupt, causing the magma to rise above the earth's surface. When magma appears above the earth, it is called lava. Igneous rocks are formed as the lava cools above ground.

For examples of igneous rocks, take a look at these:

Granite Rocks


Granite rocks are igneous rocks which were formed by slowly cooling pockets of magma that were trapped beneath the earth's surface. Granite is used for long lasting monuments and for trim and decoration on buildings.

See how igneous rocks are formed atIgneous Animation page.

Scoria Rocks

Scoria rocks are igneous rocks which were formed when lava cooled quickly above ground. You can see where little pockets of air had been. Scoria is actually a kind of glass and not a mixture of minerals.
See how igneous rocks are formed at Igneous Animation page.

Pumice Rocks

Pumice rocks are igneous rocks which were formed when lava cooled quickly above ground. You can see where little pockets of air had been. This rock is so light, that many pumice rocks will actually float in water. Pumice is actually a kind of glass and not a mixture of minerals. Because this rock is so light, it is used quite often as a decorative landscape stone. Ground to a powder, it is used as an abrasive in polish compounds and in Lava© soap.

See how igneous rocks are formed at Igneous Animation page.

Obsidian Rocks

Obsidian rocks are igneous rocks that form when lava cools quickly above ground. Obsidian is actually glass and not a mixture of minerals. The edges of this rock are very sharp.

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CHERRIES JUBILEE RECIPIES

CHERRIES JUBILEE

1 can pitted black cherries
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 c. warmed kirsch or cognac
1 qt. vanilla ice cream

Drain cherries, reserving juice. Mix sugar with cornstarch and add 1 cup of reserved juice, a little at a time. Cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add cherries and pour kirsch over the top. Ignite kirsch and ladle the sauce over the cherries. Serve over vanilla ice cream.

Serves 6. A show - off serving of Cherries Jubilee can be done by having the cherries in a chafing dish or BRULEE pan and heat over Sterno. When the mixture is hot, pour the kirsch over the top and ignite. Lift spoon high so that the blue flame is seen and when it goes out serve over vanilla ice cream in dessert dishes.

CHERRIES JUBILEE

2 lbs. pitted Bing cherries
1 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. cornstarch
1 1/2 c. water
2 pts. vanilla ice cream
1/4 c. brandy
Square toasted bread cubes

Combine the sugar, salt, cornstarch and water. Add the pitted cherries and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Soak bread squares in brandy. Scoop very hard vanilla ice cream into individual dessert cups. Pour jubilee mixture over ice cream, place brandied bread on top and ignite and serve.


CHERRIES JUBILEE

1 c. black Bing cherry juice
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. black Bing cherries
1 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. Kirsch
2 tbsp. brandy

Bring juice to a boil. Mix cornstarch, sugar and a little of the juice and add to the boiling mixture. Boil 1 minute. Add the cherries. Remove from heat; add butter, Kirsch and Brandy. Serve hot over vanilla ice cream. If you wish to ignite it, pour Cognac over and light. Serves 6.

CHERRIES JUBILEE

2 (10 oz.) pkgs. frozen Bing cherries
2 tsp. cornstarch
2 tsp. sugar
1/4 c. brandy or rum
Vanilla ice cream or lime sherbet

Thaw cherries as directed on package; drain, reserving syrup. Combine sugar and cornstarch in pan, add syrup, heat and stir constantly until sauce is thick and clear. Remove from heat, add cherries. Pour into chafing dish or heat proof dish. Keep hot. Pour in brandy and ignite. Spoon over ice cream or sherbet and serve.

JUBILEE CHERRY PIE

1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked
2 (1 lb. 3 oz.) cans Bing cherries
3 tbsp. cornstarch
1 tsp. salt
2 pkgs. (3 oz.) cream cheese
1/3 c. light cream
1/2 c. heavy cream, whipped

Drain cherries; add water to cherry syrup to make 2 cups. Mix cornstarch and salt in saucepan; add syrup gradually. Stir and cook until thick and clear. Add cherries and food coloring if desired. Cool.

Mash cheese, add light cream and blend. Spread on bottom of pie shell. Cover with cherry mixture and chill. Spread with whipped cream.

CHERRIES JUBILEE

2 (16 oz.) cans dark sweet cherries
3 tbsp. cornstarch
1 tbsp. lemon juice
3/4 c. sugar

Drain juice from 2 cans cherries. Place juice, cornstarch, lemon juice, sugar in saucepan over low heat. Heat until thickens. Put cherries in mixture. Cool.

When ready to serve over VANILLA ICE CREAM, heat sauce cherry mixture before putting on top of ice cream.

CHERRY JUBILEE SALAD

1 sm. pkg. cherry Jello
1 c. boiling water
1 c. cold water
21 oz. can cherry pie filling
Whipping cream for garnish

Combine the cherry Jello and boiling water, stirring until Jello is dissolved. Add cold water, stirring well. Add cherry pie filling, mixing well. Chill in refrigerator until set. Garnish with whipping cream.

MARCHING JUBILEE CHERRY'S IN THE SNOW

2 angel food cakes
2 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 c. confectioners sugar
1/2 c. milk
16 oz. Cool Whip
2 (16 oz.) cans cherry pie filling
1 sheet cake pan

Mix cream cheese, confectioners sugar, and milk; blend in mixer. Fold in Cool Whip.

Line bottom of cake pan with torn pieces of one white angel food cake. Spread mixture on top. Layer second torn angel food cake on top of mixture layer. Top with two cans of cherry pie filling. Refrigerate.

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Circuit City Liquidation What's On Sale...

Circuit City Stores Inc will soon be having a giant Liquidation of inventory as Circuit City has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A Circuit City Auction will be coming this month because Circuit City is closed nationwide. What's the future ahead of Circuit City and their Minnesota stores after its liquidation?

The circuit city liguidation is real. Its possible that Best buy might buy Circuit City but nothing official. Circuit City will liquidate 567 of their stores all over the country including minnesota and wisconsin. Some of the companies like Great American Group LLC, SB Capital Group LLC, Hudson Capital Partners LLC are going to liquidate Circuit City so look for those guys on the corner by the mall holding the going out of business sale signs.

Anyone looking for something in particular during the Circuit City Liquidation? How about the Circuit City Auction? Are you surprised on the Circuit City Bankruptcy? Nows your change to bargain for the LCD HDTV for the basement. Please report any prices you find here.

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Florida Money Manager Art Nadel Reported Missing

Florida money manager Art Nadel, who works for Sarasota-based Valhalla Management is missing, CNBC has learned.

Nadel's wife, Peg, confirmed he is missing but would not say for how long. She called it a "sad situation" and said she is cooperating with the police who were in her home at the time CNBC spoke with her.

* Video: Florida fund manager Art Nadel reported missing.

Separately, the Sarasota police confirm to CNBC they are in the early stages of a large-scale probe of a theft of invested assets. The police would not say if Mr. Nadel is a suspect in the theft or provide any other details about their investigation.
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