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Phil Mickelson stands by rough Bob Diamond

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Disgraced banker Bob Diamond has at least one friend in this world. Come on down Phil Mickelson. The Barclays envoy of the fairways revealed yesterday that he had spoken to Diamond since his public devaluation and that the bank's role in the Libor scandal had not affected the player's relationship with the institution.

The sponsorship deal with Mickelson was one of Diamond's brighter moves, for which he was rewarded with smiling loyalty and a place alongside the great American in the Barclays pro-am each year. That privilege has gone, but not Mickelson's friendship. Asked to confirm the status of his relationship with the bank, Mickelson replied that it was the same as it had been. Had he spoken to Diamond? "Yes." Would he see out the contract? "Oh yeah, absolutely."

No blame attaches to Mickelson for that. He is value for money at every level of engagement. As he might be at Lytham. His exhilarating charge through the front nine in the worst of the weather during the final round at Royal St George's demonstrated his suitability to links golf. And the softer this track gets, the more he comes into the equation.

"What was so fun for me about last year was that I was able to make a move in horrible weather, and that's one of the things that has excited me because historically I've not played well in bad weather," Mickelson said. "And now I look at it a little bit differently. And I almost welcome it, in a sense. I certainly have more confidence in competing and playing in weather and the different challenges that links golf presents after having had some success last year."

Mickelson re-routed to Castle Stuart last week from holiday in Rome, such was his desire to sharpen his game for this event. He has flickered episodically this season, posting one PGA tour victory at Pebble Beach in February, beating the challenge of Tiger Woods to claim the AT&T championship. Consistency has been harder to find and a top-20 finish at the Scottish Open would appear to justify the decision to cut his Italian trip short.

"I was originally planning to come here early and do some practice, but I ended up going to Castle Stuart and playing the Scottish Open because I wasn't really playing as well as I wanted to," he said. "It was really a great week. I felt like I got a lot of good work done. I had a couple of good rounds there to give me direction on where I want my game to go this week.

"It didn't feel that far off, but I just wasn't holding my focus for all 18 holes. I just wasn't in a good, competitive frame of mind. And adding that tournament has really helped get me in a much better frame now. Certainly to take on a challenge like the British Open at Royal Lytham is a whole different test. But at least I feel a little bit better about where I'm headed."


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Scottish Football: Celtic fired up for Parkhead mission

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LOU MACARI has no doubt his players will have 'a bit of fire in their bellies' for today's Old Firm match at Parkhead. In his first game as Celtic manager two months ago, Macari was struck by his new team's courage when they fought back from a goal down to beat Rangers 2-1.

Another victory will lift Celtic ahead of Rangers on goal difference in a weather-hit Premier Division programme - in which only two matches are still going ahead.

'If it comes down to a scrap or a bit of a war out there I would quite fancy us to win,' Macari said. 'First and foremost, an Old Firm game is a physical battle. I need a bit of fire in the players' bellies and I am confident I have the 11 lads who can give us what's needed.'

Macari's faith is based on the fact that Celtic are just three points behind the leaders, Aberdeen, with a game in hand, and have the motivation of going above Rangers. 'A win would push us right into contention and be a real boost for the players, who might actually feel that we could win something,' Macari said.

However, with Aberdeen's game at Dundee postponed until 11 January, Rangers can regain the leadership by recording their third successive New Year win at Parkhead. However, they could be without Stuart McCall and Gordon Durie, who collected injuries against Hearts on Monday, and already have Ally McCoist, Andy Goram, Dave McPherson, Ian Durrant and David Robertson out of action. Richard Gough may return following a groin injury to shore up a leaking defence.

The Rangers manager, Walter Smith, said: 'It would be bonus to get him back. We need everyone we can get, the way things have gone.' By contrast Celtic have a full complement to choose from and have yet to conceded a goal at Parkhead under Macari.

Third-placed Motherwell can join Aberdeen on 31 points if they win at Kilmarnock. 'It's a great chance to keep things going, especially with the Old Firm in opposition and Aberdeen out of action,' Tommy McLean, the Motherwell manager, said.

Brian Martin, Steve Kirk and Phil O'Donnell have recovered from throat infections and are in contention, while Kilmarnock are without their suspended strikers, Bobby Williamson and Tom Brown.

Dick Donald, the Aberdeen chairman, has died at the age of 82 after a long illness. Donald had been associated with the Pittodrie club for 65 years as player, director, and then chairman since 1971.

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John Lichfield: Credit crunch even hits dog-sitters

Paris Notebook: Parisian super-wealthy can no longer afford professional dog-sitters when they go to the hairdressers
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Each Wednesday, my wife strolls down the Avenue George V, which runs from the Champs Elysées to the River Seine. The avenue is one of the swankiest and oddest thoroughfares in Paris. Its buildings include the original Hermès shop, home of the unreasonably expensive scarf, the celeb-infested Hotel George V, the raunchy Crazy Horse Saloon and the embassy of the People's Republic of China.

There is also a Victorian parish church plucked from a large town in England – actually the American Cathedral, right, where our two daughters sing in the choir. Each Wednesday, as she takes our younger daughter to her choir practice, my wife sees a Romanian gypsy lying face down on the broad pavement of the Avenue George V, with a begging bowl in front of her. The other day the beggar was lying quietly in her usual abject position. She was holding the leashes of two tiny dogs which lay quietly on either side of her. The dogs, of apparently classic but obscure breeds, looked better groomed and certainly better fed than the beggar.

When Margaret emerged from the cathedral, the Romanian gypsy was sitting up, chatting to a middle-aged woman of a readily identifiable Parisian breed: slender, fortysomething, high-heels, dripping in bling, with newly-carved blonde hair. The woman had apparently just emerged from Claude-Maxim's, the most expensive hairdresser in the French capital.

After a friendly and animated conversation, the wealthy woman handed the beggar some money and walked away, taking her two little dogs with her. Conclusion. The economic crisis is biting. The Parisian super-wealthy can no longer afford professional dog-sitters when they go to the hairdressers.

Singing for his supper

Not all Parisian beggars are so thoughtful. A wizened and sly-looking old man got into my Métro carriage the other day and announced that, "in a tribute to Europe", he was going to sing songs about European capitals in several European languages. His tuneless, unidentifiable growling harvested not a single centime. He swore loudly, in several identifiable European languages, and moved on to the next train.

At last LA is back on track

When I first visited Los Angeles in the late 1980s, you could still see scraps of railway track embedded in the ten-lane avenues – remnants of an ancient, tramway civilisation crushed long ago by the automobile. California – the original anti-tax, motor-car culture – voted in a referendum last week to spend public money on a 600-mile, French-inspired, high-speed railway line from San Francisco and Sacramento to Los Angeles and San Diego. That is truly astounding news out of America.


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Lauren fined for air rage tirade

Jennifer Lauren leaving Ennis District Court where she was fined
Jennifer Lauren leaving Ennis District Court where she was fined
Jennifer Lauren pleaded guilty to breaching the peace and being drunk on board a transatlantic Delta Air Lines flight

The niece of fashion designer Ralph Lauren pushed an air hostess and verbally abused crew during an air rage incident over the Atlantic Ocean, a court heard.

Jennifer Lauren was fined 2,000 euro after pleading guilty to breaching the peace and being drunk on board a transatlantic Delta Air Lines flight which had to be diverted to Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland on Monday afternoon.

More than 200 passengers and crew were on board the flight from Barcelona to JFK when the jewellery designer became loud-mouthed, abusive and threatening.

Ennis District Court in Co Clare was told the 41-year-old told an air hostess to "get the f*** out of my face" and called her a "f****** ugly, blonde bitch" before pushing her and turning on a senior colleague and pilot.

A solicitor claimed Lauren was upset and embarrassed by her actions which she said were out of character and caused by a reaction from mixing alcohol with her medication for depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety.

The air rage incident cost Delta 43,158 US dollars (31,770 euro).

Judge Patrick Durcan described the "very personal insults" directed at the two air hostesses and pilot "as nothing short of reprehensible".

"By virtue of the behaviour of this woman over 100 people had their schedules disrupted," he added.

"All of that in my view is serious in the extreme."

Lauren bit her lip and looked to the ground in the dock as Garda Inspector Tom Kennedy told the judge air crew were left frightened by the attack.

He said the flight had been in the air for two hours when an air hostess noticed the defendant crying in her seat, 21G, which would not recline properly.

He revealed Lauren told stewardess Constance Topping to "get the f*** out of my face" as she tried to help, and when told to calm down she became more abusive.

The court heard Ms Topping went to brief her supervisor Jennifer Simpson at the top of the plane and Lauren followed her through first class and in to the galley "at speed" where she ranted, roared and shouted incoherently.

"She told the air hostess she was going to go ballistic and pushed the air hostess hard and she hit her back against the wall of the aircraft," Mr Kennedy said.

He revealed her frightening experience continued with Lauren calling Ms Topping a "f****** ugly, blonde bitch" and Ms Simpson a "fat ugly, unhappy, blonde bitch".

A pilot on a rest break in the cabin also intervened and was told "you're an asshole" by the defendant, Mr Kennedy added.

The flight had to be diverted almost 400 miles back to Shannon Airport, with the abuse continuing for more than an hour until touchdown when Lauren was arrested by gardai.

Lauren, dressed in a black jumper, burgundy velvet skirt and boots, did not speak during the hearing and looked back to her friends for reassurance as the details were outlined to the packed courtroom.

On touchdown officers noted she was incoherent and smelt of alcohol, despite airline crew stating she drank little or no alcohol on board.

When arrested under caution at the airport she replied: "Can you say that in English please?". She later claimed she thought she had landed in Spain.

The air rage cost more than 17,000 US dollars (13,000 euro) in fuel charges, some 17,000 US dollars for passenger upheaval with 107 missing flights, and more than 7,000 (5,100 euro) in airport charges and fees.

In mitigation, defence solicitor Sharon Curley said her client suffers from depression, bi-polar and generalised anxiety and was on medication when separated from her friend on the flight.

She said Lauren has little memory of the incident despite only consuming three alcoholic drinks.

"My client is extremely embarrassed and extremely upset by her actions," Ms Curley said, offering her apologies to the airline crew, passengers and gardai.

She said when the "stimulants" wore off and Lauren "returned to herself" she was unable to believe what happened.

Ms Curley revealed Lauren - a fine arts graduate with an unblemished record and no other convictions - has previously suffered from anorexia and written a book on her experience and won awards from eating disorder charities for her work.

"She is going to have to live with the consequences of what happened for a long time," she said, adding that Lauren is aware she may have to face later action for compensation.

The solicitor handed references to the court, including from Lauren's father Jerry, which all described the incident as being isolated and totally out of character for the loving, hard-working, articulate single woman.

The defendant admitted being intoxicated to such an extent as would give rise to a reasonable apprehension that she might endanger herself or other persons on board the aircraft and to breaching the peace by engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour.

The charges, brought under the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1973, carried a maximum penalty of 6,000 euro fines and/or three months in prison.

A third charge was withdrawn by the prosecution.

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Strengthening Alliances in East Asia Is the Wrong Way to Go

Risking an explosion of public anger in Okinawa, the U.S. Marine Corps is sending crash-prone MV-22 Osprey aircraft, which take off and land like a helicopter but fly like an airplane, to the islands. The white-hot opposition to the aircraft on the islands goes much deeper than just the possibility of a few civilians being killed by wayward aircraft.

Okinawa has suffered discrimination at the hands of its Japanese rulers ever since Japan conquered the independent island kingdom in the 1870s. After World War II, the United States ruled Okinawa as a military colony until returning it to the Japanese in 1972. Yet the Japanese, still treating Okinawans as second-class citizens, foisted a disproportionate share of residual U.S. forces on them. Today, more than half of the 50,000 U.S. military personnel still stationed in Japan—long after World War II ended—reside in the already crowded islands.

Okinawan mass protests over what they see as U.S. military occupation are nothing new but have recently equaled those in 1995 after the rape of a local schoolgirl by three U.S. Marines. According to The New York Times, many analysts say that any crash of an Osprey aircraft could lead to violent protests that could threaten the U.S. military presence on the islands.

Adding insult to injury, in response to public outrage over the rape case, the U.S. and Japanese governments agreed to move the Futenma U.S. Marine air station, which will house the Osprey aircraft, out of the crowded city of Ginowan, but the agreement has never been carried out. Further dashing Okinawan hopes, in 2009, the then-Japanese prime minister promised not only to move the base from Ginowan but off Okinawa altogether but then caved in to American and Japanese pressure.

The Japanese government chooses to play with fire in Okinawa by allowing the Osprey deployment because it is currently in a ridiculous maritime dispute with a rising China over some tiny, barren, and uninhabited atolls in the East China Sea. Some of the 15,000 Marines stationed in Okinawa could now reach those islands using the longer-range Ospreys, whereas they couldn’t using more mundane and much less expensive transport helicopters. The Japanese government recently enraged China by buying the atolls from their private owner. So the Japanese government is willing to toss MV-22 aviation fuel on smoldering Okinawan unrest to be backed up by the U.S. while throwing gasoline on the island dispute with China.

Like America’s close alliance with Israel, America’s protection of Japan appears to be leading to more aggressive behavior by the client state, which could drag the United States into an unwanted war. It’s like a schoolyard dispute in which one of the participants becomes more aggressive because his big brother is standing behind him. Even worse than the similar situation in the Middle East, the U.S. could be dragged into a shooting war with a nuclear-armed power—and over an issue that has no bearing on vital U.S. security interests.

And this is only the most egregious example. The United States is also beefing up or reinvigorating alliances with South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand to put a containment ring around the rising China. Ironically, the U.S. is even moving closer to its former foe, communist Vietnam, to contain China. The Obama administration is adding ships, aircraft, and personnel to the entire region in its “pivot” toward the Pacific, after tiring of its two land quagmires in other parts of Asia.

All this when the U.S. has a sluggish economy and record budget deficits and national debt. The Cold War is long over, and many of those East Asian client states that have their defense subsidized by the U.S. have become wealthy. Those nations could easily form an alliance that would act as a first line of defense against the rising China, thus relieving the United States from deploying forces far forward—in places like Okinawa. In fact, because amphibious assaults across water are so difficult to undertake, the islands of the Pacific—such as Japan (including Okinawa), Taiwan, the Philippines, and Australia—are more easily defended than countries with land borders, such as Israel or the European nations. Besides, China, traditionally a land power with a “people’s army,” still excessively invests in that army for political and internal security reasons—at the expense of the navy, which could more easily threaten Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Australia, and Thailand. Instead, ridiculously, with its huge deficits and debt, the United States is borrowing money from creditor China to subsidize the defense of wealthy, otherwise easily defended countries against, well ... China.

The United States, from its Pacific bases in Hawaii, Guam, and Wake Island, could become a balancer of last resort, getting involved in an East Asian dispute only if China became so powerful that these other East Asian nations together could not contain it. If the U.S. continues its unnecessary and expensive forward-deployed posture of being the region’s primary security guarantor, future violent protests in Okinawa may be the least of its worries.

Ivan Eland is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at the Independent Institute. Dr. Eland is a graduate of Iowa State University and received an M.B.A. in applied economics and Ph.D. in national security policy from George Washington University. He spent 15 years working for Congress on national security issues, including stints as an investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Principal Defense Analyst at the Congressional Budget Office.

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Italy’s furniture design house Driade joins hands with Domus Aurea Shanghai for ‘Design to Fame’ contest to bring young Chinese talents to the global stage. Ren Wan writes.

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August 20th, 2015

Top image: Mollina chair from Driade

In the coming weeks, furniture designers in China will certainly be burning candles at both ends for hewing the most mind-blowing dining chair that may bring them victory at the Design to Fame contest co-organised by Italian furniture design house Driade, and Domus Aurea, a Shanghai-based multi-brand furniture showroom.

Driade is well known for its associations with top-notch designers such as Ron Arad, Philippe Starck and David Chipperfield, the company’s current artistic director. The announcement that it is now turning to Chinese aspirers for new ideas of ‘a modern style dining chair’ has come as an exciting surprise. According to the organiser, the contest aims to tap into China’s top designers and put them under the global spotlight.

The contest is held in partnership with furniture distributor Domus Aurea Shanghai, which brings in over 40 top furniture brands from Europe. “Domus Aurea is keen to support Chinese designers,” says George Cheong, Founder and CEO of Domus Aurea (DA). “We hope to build a bridge between East and West through this competition, and to present more outstanding Chinese designers internationally.” To foster the talents, the DA flagship showroom will open its door to participants as a hall of inspiration.

As the best part of the contest – way beyond the cash prize of RMB$20,000 – the winner will see his or her work produced by Driade and exhibited alongside design bigwigs like Philippe Starck at Salone del Mobile 2016. The winning chair will also become part of the Domus Aurea Shanghai Collection.

From now through 10 September 201t5, participants can submit their work online at The winning work will be picked by Driade’s jury, which includes Honorary President Enrico Astori; CEO Stefano Core; and Marketing Director Elisa Astori. The results will be announced at Design Show Shanghai in September 2015.


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Tera Intezaar Hai...

Riddhima- Di... aap jaao. Meri night duty hai.

Anjali- What? Night duty? Gabbar ne bhi kya din choose kiya hai tujhe night duty dene ka... anyway... have fun Ridzie. (sympathetic smile)

Armaan- Wow. Aaj toh bohot mazaa aayega. Meri bhi night duty hai. (evil laugh) Mwahaha.

Riddhima- (whines) Di dekho naa.

Anjali- Armaan... don't you dare bother Ridzie. Bechaari already bohot thaki hui hai.

Armaan- Okay okay. Fine. Main toh mazaak kar raha tha yaar.

Atul- Hi guys... Hi Anjali (blushes and smiles)

Anjali- Hi and bye.

Atul- Why?

Anjali- (smiles) Why nahi bye. Bye guys!

Armaan- Bye Anji.

Riddhima- Bye Di. Dhyaan se jaana.

Anjali- Don't worry Ridzie. (hugs her)

Rahul- (enters fighting with Muskaan) Oye tu chup reh samjhi.

Muskaan- Main naa teri band bajaa doongi. Kaan khajura!

Anjali- (rolls her eyes) Not again guys. Please.

Atul- Tum dono kyun ladh rahe ho? Anjali ko achha nahi lag raha naa.

Rahul- Oye chup kar Anjali ke chamche!

Muskaan- Oye tu chup kar piddhe. (goes to Atul) Koi gal nahi yaar. Laga reh. (winks)

Rahul- Okay bye guys.

All- Bye.

Anjali- Okay ab main bhi jaa rahi hoon. See you!

Muskaan- Oye Anjali. Ruk yaar. Main bhi aa rahi hoon. (leaves)

Atul- Main yahaan ruk ke kya karoonga? Anjali bhi gayee. Bye Armaan. Bye Ridz. (leaves)

Anjali- (driving when she hears a loud hissing sound) Yeh kya hua? (gets out of the car) Oh no! Tire flat hogaya. Woh bhi eik nahi do do. Ab kya karoon? Aas paas koi hai bhi nahi. (she was driving on a quiet, dark, sunsaan sadak) What luck! Aur yahaan... andhera kitna hai. (scared)

She hears someone singing in the distance...

Anjali- (scared) Oh my god. Bhoot... Eik toh yahaan koi hai nahi aur uppar se itna andhera bhi hai. Aur ab... kisi ke gaane ki awaaz aa rahi hai.

Distant person- Chali aa ho chali aa.
                       Mere sapnon ki raani kab aayegi tu
                       Aayee rut mastaani kab aayegi tu
                       Beeti jaaye zindagaani kab aayegi tu
                       Chali aa ho chali aa...

Anjali- Yeh awaaz itni suni suni kyun lag rahi hai?

Distant person- (coming closer) Gaana change kaarta hoon yaar...
Hey hey hey, oh ho ho, ah ha ha ha
Yahaan kal kya ho kisne jaana...
Zindagi eik safar hai suhaana
Yahaan kal kya ho kisne jaana

Anjali- (face brightens up) Atul?

Distant person- (sees her car) Arre arre. Kisi bechaare ki gaadi kharaab hogayee hai. Madat karni chahiye yaar. (to Anjali) Suniye bhai saab...

Anjali- Atul!

Atul- Anjali!!! (afraid she'd be angry) Sorry Anjali (nervous)... woh yahaan bohot andhera hai naa... bas issiliye... ghalti se...

Anjali- (hugs him) Shut up! I'm so glad ki tum ho! Pata hai, mujhe darr lag raha tha ki yahaan koi bhoot voot hai.

Atul- (surprised that she was hugging him) Nahi nahi Anjali. Main toh zinda hoon. Bhoot nahi hoon. Promise.

Anjali- (stops hugging him) Shut up Atul. Waise... tum yahaan kya kar rahe ho?

Atul- Arre Anjali main toh roz iss hi raaste se jaata hoon. Gaate gaate. (smiles) Lekin tum yaahan pe akeli kya kar rahi ho?

Anjali- Woh meri car ke do tires flat hogaaye.

Atul- Do flat hogaaye? Yeh toh bohot badi problem hai yaar. Eik hota toh main change kardeta. Tumhaare paas do spare tires hain kya?

Anjali- Atul mere paas eik bhi spare nahi hai. Pichli baar jab tire flat hua tha toh spare lagaa ke flat peeche rakh diya tha. Peeche sirf flat tire hai. (worried and tensed)

Atul- (notices) Achha koi baat nahi hai Anjali.

Anjali- What do you mean koi baat nahi hai? Atul... main iss sunsaan road pe hoon jahaan itna andhera hai aur aas paas koi aur hai bhi nahi. Aur tum keh rahe ho koi baat nahi hai. (getting really worried)

Atul- (tries to calm her down) Anjali, please... relax. Main hoon naa yahaan. Tum darro mat. (hesiteates, but hugs her)

Anjali- (hugs him back) Please Atul tum yahaan se jaana mat. (A-A music playing)

Atul- (surprised she hugged him) Anjali... eik kaam karte hain... main... main tumhe ghar chod deta hoon.

Anjali- (looks at him) Tum... tum mujhe kaise ghar chodege?

Atul- (motions to his bike) Apni cycle pe. (smiles)

Anjali- Atul... cycle?

Atul- Arre tum fikar mat karo Anjali... yeh bohot wafadaar hai. Kabhi mujhe dhoka nahi diya iss ne.

Anjali- Woh sab toh theek hai Atul lekin... agar main tumhaari cycle pe behatoongi toh tum kahaan behatoge?

Atul- (scratches his head) Arre haan yaar. Yeh toh maine socha hi nahi. Koi baat nahi Anjali. Tum uppar behat jaao aur main bike ko dhakka maarta hoon. (innocent smile)

Anjali- (smiles at his sweetness) Nahi Atul. Main kuch aur sochloongi.

Atul- Eik kaam karte hain naa. Tum yahaan aage behat jaao. Aur main peeche behat jaata hoon. (hit himself lightly on the head) Main bhi kitna paagal hoon. Aao naa behato. (she sits and then he sits) Sorry... thoda uncomforatable lagega tumhe.

Anjali- (smiles) Koi baat nahi Atul. I'm fine.

Atul- (starts pedaling) Achha Anjali, tum naa ghar jaake kisi ko phone karke bol dena apni gaadi ke baare mein.

Anjali- Yeah, kardoongi. Atul...

Atul- Haan Anjali?

Anjali- Tum itni zor se gaana kyun gaa rahe the?

Atul- (laughs) Oh woh... haha... main apna own personal radio station hoon.

Anjali- (laughs really hard) Oh my god. Atul, you're too funny.

Atul- (mesmerized by her laughter) Sach Anjali? Main tumhe funny lagta hoon?

Anjali- Haan. (laughs)

Atul- Anjali... eik baat boloon?

Anjali- Of course Atul.

Atul- Tum hansti hui bohot pyaari lagti ho.

Anjali- (smiles) Atul... main jo bhi karti hoon tumhe achha hi lagta hai.

Atul- Wohi toh kamaal ki baat hai. Tum jo bhi karti ho woh itna pyaara lagta hai issiliye toh... (bright smile)

Anjali- (laughs) Atul... I'm sorry.

Atul- (innocently) Kyun Anjali?

Anjali- Main jaanti hoon ki tum mere liye kaisa feel karte ho aur phir bhi main...

Atul- Tum sorry kyun bol rahi ho Anjali? Main toh tumhaare liye hamesha intezaar kar sakta hoon. (sweet smile)

Anjali- (smiles to herself) Yeh bhi mujhe pata hai.

There was a bump in the road and when the wheels of his cycle it, the whole bike kind of jumped. Anjali quickly put her hand on top of Atul's which sent a spark through his whole body. He started pedaling a bit faster as well. The wind was making Anjali's hair lightly hit Atul's face. He was enjoying the aroma of her hair. It sent butterflies in his stomach... and he closed his eyes for a few seconds to take in the scent.

Anjali- (slowly moves her hand off of his) Sorry.

Atul- Huh? (sweetly) Koi baat nahi Anjali.

Anjali- (trying to ease the awkwardness) Atul... tum mere liye koi gaana gaao naa.

Atul- (excited) Arre yeh toh meri specialty hai. Toh bataao. Kya sun na chahthi ho?

Anjali- (shrugs) Kuch bhi.

Atul- (confused) Aisa toh koi gaana nahi hai.

Anjali- Atulll...

Atul- Sorry Anjali. (Anjali laughs) Theek hai... main naa tumhe eik sweet sa love song sunaata hoon.

Anjali- How sweet. (smiles)

Atul- Okay! Toh aap sun rahe hain Atul FM aur yeh gaana dedicated hai to the very beautiful, Ms. Anjali Gupta.

Anjali- (smiles) Thank you very much.

Atul- Mujhe raat din ab tera intezaar hai
Mujhe raat din ab tera intezaar hai
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Kitna pyaar hai
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Kyun mujhe aati nahi
Woh yaadein teri
Dil se kyun jaati nahi
Tera intezaar hai
Mujhe tujhse pyar hai
Mujhe tujhse pyar hai
Tera intezaar hai

Le aayenge sanam
Tujhko manaake hum
Le aayenge sanam
Tujhko manaake hum
Paagal se ho gaye
Dil ko lagaa ke hum
Deewane ko toh
Ek naya koi naam de
Subha pyaar ki

Pyaar ki koi shyaam de
Tera intezaar hai
Mujhe tujhse pyaar hai
Mujhe tujhse pyaar hai
Tera intezaar hai

Anjali- (claps) Very nice.

Atul- Aur yeh gaana dedicated tha Ms. Anjali Gupta ko. (normal Atul) Tumhe achha laga Anjali?

Anjali- Bohot.

Atul- (innocent smile) Sorry Anjali. Ab tak toh tum ghar pohonch chuki hoti.

Anjali- Tumhaari ghalti thodi hai. Tires toh mere flat hue the. Agar tum nahi hote toh pata nahi main ghar kaise pohonchti. Thanks a lot Atul.

Atul- Maine tumhe kaha tha naa Anjali. Tumhe kabhi bhi koi problem ho, toh mujhe yaad karlena. Main hamesha tumhaari madat karoonga.

Anjali- (smiles) Eik baar phirse tumne mujhe musibat se nikaala. Tum bohot achhe ho Atul.

Atul- Lekin sabse achhi toh tum ho naa Anjali?

Anjali- What?

Atul- Nahi kuch nahi.

They rode in silence for some time and then Anjali got a phone call.

Anjali- Hello? Haan Naani. Main theek hoon. Woh naani, meri car ke do tires flat hogaye the aur thank god mujhe raaste mein Atul mil gaya. So wohi mujhe ghar chod raha hai. Haan naani main bilkul theek hoon. Okay bye naani.

Atul- Kya hua Anjali? Sab theek toh hai naa?

Anjali- Haan. Woh actually, kaafi der hogayee thi naa issiliye naani thodi pareshaan hogayeen thi.

Atul- Oh. Koi baat nahi. Hum tumhaare ghar pohonchne hi waale hain. Bas bees minute.

Anjali- Okay. Arre Atul... I totally forgot. Tumhaara ghar toh opposite direction mein hai naa. Aur itni door sirf mujhe ghar chodne ke liye aa rahe ho.

Atul- (smiles and blushes) Yeh toh kuch nahi hai Anjali. Agar tumhaara ghar Lonavala mein bhi hota naa... toh bhi main tumhe chodne aata.

Anjali- (smiles) That's so sweet Atul.

Atul- Sach Anjali? Main sweet hoon?

Anjali- Of course! Achha Atul, tum toh itna achha gaate ho. Toh phir tum doctor kaise bann gaye?

Atul- (laughs) Main toh apne papa ke liye doctor bana hoon. Bachpan se main apne papa ki tarhaan bann na chahta tha. Jab papa ne mujhe bataaya ki main adopted hoon tab mujhe dukh toh bohot hua tha lekin mera pyaar unke liye kabhi kam nahi hua. Phir mujhe pata chala ke papa ko AIDS hai aur unhe laga ki main unse pyaar nahi karoonga, lekin, unke liye mere dil mein izzat aur badh gayee. Woh kisi ki zindagi kharaab nahi karna chahthe the issiliye unhone mujhe adopt kiya. Jab papa chale gaye toh main bohot roya, lekin phir maine socha ki papa chale gaye, iska matlab yeh thodi hai ki main unke jaisa nahi bann sakta. Issiliye main doctor bann gaya. Aur mujhe pata hai ki mere papa jahaan kahin bhi hain, iss waqt mujhe dekh ke bohot khush honge. Unka beta doctor bann gaya. (smiles)

Anjali- (with tears in her eyes) I'm really sorry Atul. (her tear falls on his hand)

(Atul-Anjali music playing)

Atul- (stops the bike and looks at her) Anjali... tum ro rahi ho? (wipes her tears) Ro mat Anjali. I'm really sorry. Meri wajjah se tum...

Anjali- (hugs him) Nahi Atul. You know... kabhi kabhi hum itne busy hojaate hain ki doosron ke dukh dekh nahi paate.

Atul- (smiles) Anjali. Mujhe koi dukh nahi hai. Main toh bohot khush hoon. Papa nahi hain iska matlab yeh nahi hai ki main dukhi hoon. Haan, unki kami mehsoos hoti hai kabhi kabhi, lekin tum sab ho naa mere liye.

Anjali- (looks at him and smiles) Haan. Hum sab hain tumhaare liye. (smiles and puts her hand on his cheek) Ab chalein? Der ho rahi hai naa?

Atul- Haan haan! Chalo. Iss poore emotional scene mein toh main bhool hi gaya ki naani ji tumhaara intezaar kar raheen hain. (starts pedaling)

Anjali- Atul... Atul slow down. Itni tez kyun chala rahe ho?

Atul- Woh tumhe der ho rahi hai naa Anjali. Issiliye maine socha ki...

Anjali- Atul mujhe koi jaldi nahi hai. Waise bhi, mujhe tumhaari company bohot pasand hai. (smiles)

Atul- (extremely happy) Tumhe meri company pasand hai Anjali?

Anjali- (smiles) Haan.

The rest of the way to Anjali's house, they talk and have a good time. Just... enjoying each other's company. Soon, they reach her house.

Atul- (stops) Baaton baaton mein pata hi nahi chala ki tumhaara ghar kab aagaya.

Anjali- (gets off the bike and smiles) Thanks a lot Atul. Tumhaari wajjah se main ghar pohonch gayee. Warna main toh abhi tak wahin phassi hoti.

Atul- No problem Anjali. Mere hote hue tumhe kabhi koi problem nahi hogi. (smiles and blushes)

Anjali- (smiles and touches his cheek) Tum bohot achhe ho Atul. Andar aao naa.

Atul- (smiles a bright smile) Nahi nahi Anjali. Bohot der hogayee hai. Meri land lady ka toh tumhe pata hi hai. Mujhe chalna chahiye.

Anjali- (laughs) Okay. Goodnight.

Atul- Goodnight Anjali.

(Atul-Anjali music playing)

She made her way to the door, but Atul decided to wait a while to make sure she gets in okay. A few minutes later he saw her come onto the terrace. He looked up at her and smiled and waved as she looked around frantically to see if he was still there. She finally saw him waving and smiled the brightest smile that she ever had around him. He noticed this and admired how beautiful she looked with the wind blowing in her hair and her face glowing with happiness when she saw him. Only someone who cared for him so much could have been that relieved to see him still standing there. She called down to him.

Anjali- Atul... thank god tum abhi tak yahaan ho. Mujhe laga ki tum chale gaye. (smiles)

Atul- Haan Anjali woh maine socha ki eik baar tum andar chali jaao toh phir main jaata hoon.

Anjali- Achha hi hua ki tum nahi gaye. Maine socha eik baar dekhloon ki tum theek ho ki nahi. Bohot raat hogayee hai naa issiliye.

Atul- Don't worry Anjali. Main theek hoon. Tum jaake so jaao. Bohot der hogayee hai. Subha jaldi utthna hai naa duty ke liye. Aur agar tum der tak jaagti raheen toh phir tumhaari neend poori nahi hogi. Aur agar neend poori nahi hogi toh aankhon ke neeche dark circles hojaayenge. Aur agar aankhon ke neeche dark circles hogaye toh....

Anjali- Atulll... bas. Samajh gayee. I'm going. (smiles) Aur haan. Meri skin ke liye tumhaare Aloe Vera plants hain naa. (laughs)

Atul- (bright Atul smile) Of course Anjali. Mere bachhe toh tumhaare hi bachhe... mera matlab mere plants tumhaare hi plants hain.

Anjali- (laughs and shakes her head hopelessly) Goodnight Atul.

Atul- Goodnight Anjali. (both wave goodbye to each other)

Atul slowly started towards his house. Anjali turned to leave, but then she stopped. Just to take one last look at Atul to make sure he'd be alright. She saw him grinning and happily singing as he went his way.

Atul- Tum aaye toh
Hawaaon mein eik nasha hai
Tum aaye toh
Fizaaon mein rang sa hai
Yeh rang saare
Hain bas tumhaare
Aur kya
Aur kya
Aur kya.....
(Atul-Anjali music playing)

Anjali couldn't help but smile to herself as she watched the one person who could make her laugh even in the worst times ride away as if he had no worry in the world. Was this the person that could keep her happy forever? Would she be able to handle his extremely cheery nature for the rest of her life? She didn't have an answer to these questions yet... but she couldn't help wondering and thinking just maybe... She went off to bed with thoughts of the night going through her mind. And Atul's song... the song that he had dedicated to her... his unique way of telling her that he would wait for her and love her... always.

Tera Intezaar Hai... Mujhe Tujhse Pyaar Hai...

Okay, that was the last of the 3. I really hope you liked it. I posted this on my birthday as well, but it got moved to the Writer's corner and went unnoticed. Enjoy!

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beautiful,komal......very sweet and cute!!!!!
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Thank you! Again, i'd like to stress that this is a ONE-SHOT. no more parts are going to be written.
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woooooooooowww komziee...dat was mind blowingggggg..!!!!!! loved loved loved it to da coreeee....Clap it was jus tooooo magical...Day Dreaming goshhh i cud easily imaginee each scene...too genuine n tooo cuteee..Day DreamingDay DreamingDay Dreaming i wish i wish..da creatives see dis n picturize dis scene on our A-A...seriously i'l it wil b soo much of cuteness to handlee.. excellent job donee sweetss..!!
noow goin to read da rest two RM suree dey're goin to b hell rockingg..!!!
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Hiiii.....I think this is the one ff on AA......Congo......N thanks for writing the ff on AA......Actually I m also writing a ff on AA AR N RM.....N I was not understanding how to write on AA......So thanks to u that ur ff inspired me....
Hey 1 question to u....
      Can I use some of ur dialouges in my ff????N if not then no probs....

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Hey Komal
That was so awesome
Loved it a lot

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I'm somewhat busy today and got to watch this rather late, so here are just the brief highlights of the episode
  • Shreya arrives @ Gonzales party, and tells them that she'd been asked by the Jagirdars to go there directly.  DK & Sarla spot her, and tell each other that they need to take due care of her, since DK was the one who had instructed that she be sent here.  Sarla goes out and welcomes Shreya, & brings her in
  • The dance is shown, where the previous shots of DK dancing w/ Sunita, etc are shown.  The lights go out, and when they resume, Sandhya finds herself w/ Neeraj, while Yuvraj finds himself w/ cousin Priya (LOLROFL but poor Priya Disapprove)
  • Neeraj tries to walk out, but Gonzales stops him & tells him to dance w/ her, telling her that her hubby won't mind.  He also tells her that she's blind, so he'd have to support her and dance Day Dreaming  Sandhya tries to object, but Gonzales overrules her (=D>]  Yuvraj too encourages her
  • Sandhya & Neeraj dance, w/ Sandhya looking intensely @ Neeraj, while Neeraj seems lost in thought.  Sandhya tells him that she had been trying hard to recognize him - he was the one hiding in her room, right?
  • Baby sitter Prabhavati gets exhausted managing the Gonzales kid ROFL
  • The light goes off again, and Neeraj escapes.  When it comes on, Sandhya is looking for him, when Sarla intervenes.  Sandhya tells her about the thief, but Sarla reminds her that she's blind, and that even if he was caught, how would she be able to recognize him, since everyone knows that she's blind?  Sandhya is stumped by this one LOL
  • Sarla tells Sandhya that Shreya is here, and wonders why the servants couldn't have her wait, instead of sending them here.  She tells Sandhya to look for her, while she would as well
  • Child lover Prabhavati asks the restless kid to sit down and wait, while she comes back after a drink of water.  Neeraj is running inside and runs into his accomplice, and his accomplice tells him that it would be impossible to nab Damodar amongst the guests, and that they should wait for him outside.  Neeraj signals to him, and they see the Gonzales kid right in front of them Shocked  The kid asks them if they were trying to kidnap somebody LOL The accomplice remarks that they've not even kidnapped anybody, but now this kid knows ROFL  They decide to take him inside & tie him up, or else he'll sabotage them.
  • Sandhya is trying to get hold of Shreya on the phone.  Suddenly, a woman's voice is heard screaming "STOP THE MUSIC!!!"  It is Shreya LOL and everybody is surprised to see her.
  • Shreya comes in totally drunk, and starts wishing everybody merry christmas.  Sandhya is horrified to see her in that state.  Gonzales is outraged, but Puru explains to him that she's from their family, and Gonzales notes that she's too drunk.  Sarla is watching this in amusement.
  • Two guards come in to evict Shreya, but Gonzales stops them.  He tells all guests that she too is a guest, and orders the band to do what she asks, and she asks them to start.  The music starts & Shreya dances, while Sandhya, Sunita, DK all look rather embarrassed
  • DK goes up to Sandhya and tells her that just as she enjoyed making Sarla dance, today she can watch her own sister perform LOL Sandhya is embarrassed & upset.  DK tells her that while he hasn't seen Sarla dance, he's confident that nobody can dance better than Shreya LOL  He urges Sandhya to join her, or at least save her from embarrassment, and prove to Prabha & Yuvraj that she's Sandhya, not Vrinda (Prabha is shown here, but wasn't she supposed to get back to the kid?)
  • Shreya continues dancing w/ other guests.  DK asks Sunita to convince Sandhya, but Sunita tells him that Sandhya's revenge is more important to her than even her sisters' honor.
  • Sarla goes up to Sandhya and tells her that she'll manage things, otherwise Yuvraj & Prabha will wonder why Vrinda cares so much about Shreya.  She tells her that this must be a plot of either DK or Yuvraj/Prabha
  • Sandhya screams SHREYA-DI, shocking everyone in the room.  She then puts on her blind act, and goes towards her.  She asks her why she's doing this, but Shreya tells her that she's drunk, and anyway, why does she care?  She's not her sister, she's an impersonator, and she's taken a false oath in front of Savita.  All the guests are shocked to hear this.
  • Prabha asks Yuvraj why Vrinda cares about Shreya so much?  And what is Shreya doing here?  Sarla & DK smirk, and then Sarla & Sandhya join Shreya, and ask her to come home w/ them.  Shreya starts yelling that Sandhya is a fraud who took a false oath on her father, while Puru joins them and takes them out.  All the guests watch, including Prabhavati & Yuvraj

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really nice OS , the way taani stood for herself and slapped rey was amazing

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Plz plz plz update. . . . . .

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Please update soon!!! Can't wait to see what happens next Day Dreaming Please PM me when you update.

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it was sooo intense and really nice
loved it and rey deserved the slap :@
awesome work :)

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Hello guys here's the update. Sorry for being so late, but guests were at home, so couldn't update.

And thanks for you appreciation and love… hope I can keep your expectations in this too… plz let me know how's it…

"Damn it …. What had I done.. how can I stoop so low… I said this to Taani… Taani.. what was her fault in all this… why…. Why rey why… how can you hurt her when you love her so madly…" Rey's lips just spat out these words, and he realized what he had said then… but then he accepted it this time… that he's in love.. with Taani madly.

Rey decided to apologize to Taani in any condition… he could not believe what he did and said with Taani… then he remember what he had said to Swayam… "Love and hatred both are the different sides of the same coin…" I love you… I love you very much… more than anything…more than anyone.. I can't see you hurt… your tears set my heart in painful fire… even then it's me who has hurt you most…I won't be able to forgive myself till she forgives me… even then what I did… rey… why you do pout all your emotions, all your frustrations on her…

Rey went up to Swayam's home, knowing he wasn't at home, he was out due to some reason… he went through the window and found Taani lying on her bed, clutching a teddy and crying endlessly.

"How can someone make you cry…? I am feeling as if I'm the biggest jerk ever…" these words escaped from his lips unknowingly, as he saw her crying.

Taani got up and was shocked at first, then when she saw Rey,at first she thought that it was her illusion and nothing else… but then combination of his face and voice made her realize that it was truth…

But now she couldn't tolerate him… she could bear his anger, his wrath, his passionate eyes… but one thing she couldn't stand up to… his smile and care for one moment, and then just other moment his scolding… his behavior was getting weird and confusing day by day…

That's why she was avoiding him… she had decided… she knew if she couldn't control herself, then she would surely die from her heartbreak. Since Rey had rejected her love, she was quite affected and conscious of Rey's presence around her.

"Taani… I wanna say something… I wanna say that…" Rey was finding words to say to her when Taani cut him in between…

"There is no need to pretend rey… or you are here to say some nice things to me and then snap back at me… so that it will hurt me more… rey now you have crossed the limit… please leave… LEAVE RIGHT NOW…" Taani shouted at Rey.

" Please don't say anything like this… pretend and me… Taani please listen…" Rey tried to say but she wasn't ready to listen him at all.

"I just don't wanna say or hear anything to you… Why…Why Rey… Why the hell should I listen to you… Who are you…you don't have any right over me… You don't have any right to hurt me or insult me… What will you do? Apologize to me, make me smile, and then… then as usual just crush my heart under your shoes…Am I right Reyaansh Singhania…?" Taani was in no mood to listen to him.

"Taani…" Rey's lips could manage to say but today her heart was unable to control her emotions.

"No… no… don't you dare to say anything… I'm a cheap gross girl… so what do you think of me… till now I was just swayam's sister but now… what I'm to you… a sex toy… a plaything to play with… and I don't even know how many guys had played with me… you see I don't even know how many guys I had been with… or how many guys had given me SATISFACTION or FUN… you see I'm such a s**t…" her emotions had overpowered her, and today's rey's words had stabbed her heart, which was impossible to recover.

"TAANI… how dare you say anything like this…?" Rey was angry beyond any zenith… he couldn't hear such words about his Taani..

He turned towards her and got a hold on her tightly holding her shoulders, shaking her violently, asked her furiously… "How can you say something like this…How can you… how dare you…?"

"But I'm just quoting your words Rey…" Taani said and burst into tears, losing herself, as her senses tried to left her as the pain was tearing her apart, her aching heart as well as the extremely tight grip of rey's hands on her shoulders, her knees couldn't support her, and she fell in Rey's arms.

"Taani…. Please stop doing all this.. don't hurt yourself …" Rey's voice full with pain said and make her sit on the bed, and helped her to take a sip of water from the glass near the table..

"No it's true rey… I'm a bitch,… a s**t, who stalked you first and then when couldn't get you, turned toward other guys, and.." Taani still continued her talks, it was difficult to keep her sentiments in herself for her.

But as she was gonna say something more, her lips were sealed by his lips… strongly enough he had held her by hair and her waist, to bring her closer, while he was nibbling mercilessly on her lower lip, seeking her permission to enter.

But Taani tried to jerk him, and the only consequence was that they were more closer than ever…

Taani fell on the bed, Rey on the top on her, their bodies plastered to each other, and this was erasing the previous tension, and increasing the passion between the both.

Their lips were still locked, and because of their fall on the bed, their kiss was deepened…Taani too was almost lost in his taste, their sealed lips crushing and massaging each other, sending new sensation in both, exchanging their breaths when Rey pulled back.

Still lying on her he looked at her pure, serene, innocent face with the most beautiful heart and soul, and which he had crushed mercilessly unknowingly.

"Taani… listen… I wanna say something and just listen to me once… And don't you dare to say anything otherwise…" Rey was still too angry for what she has said.

Taani was mesmerized by his eyes again, she looked at him, and was wondering what had just happened between them…

Rey bend over her lips, touched her lips gently with his lips, licked them soothingly, and said

"Taani even do you need an explanation… it hurts me when I see you with someone else, I feel like destroying everything… I just wanna say that I love you… yeah I love you… I love you… I am sorry for everything, every time I hurt you… it's me who feel the pain and agony… you know what.." Rey tried to explain his feelings, and he's trying to find enough words….

Taani's eyes shed tears which rolled up on her cheeks, it was like a dream for her, her prince charming… she gave a peck on his lips to shut him up.

Rey felt happy, shock, excitement beyond at that moment, zenith of all these emotions he had felt in a single moment…

"Still you hurted me so much…" Taani now said in a fake complaining voice…

Rey remembered how much he had hurt her, and a tear escaped from his eyes, but Taani lips captured that tear before that could fell on her cheek…

"No rey… it's all right now… just let me feel this moment now… you really don't know how special it is for me… I've never felt so…" Taani said and moved her hand over his back to bring him in a hug.

As taani's hand rubbed his back, he felt an immense ecstasy, and a deep burning desire to feel her.

He captured her lips in his lips and begin to drink his lips greedily…

Taani felt immense pleasure and she felt an amazing pleasure and she too pulled him closer to him. Finally both were out of breath, and then pulled back.

There they were together, lying in each other arms, feeling just the pure bliss of heaven.

Rey suddenly said… "There is still much time left in Rose party… so will you be my date… we'll do the shopping on the way, as we obviously can't attend the party like this…"

Taani innocently asked, still her head on rey's chest, eyes closed peacefully "Why?"

And his words made her cheeks literally red.

"Because you know what, your smeared lipcolor from ur lips, these marks on my lips, your disheveled hair, and look… sorry we got so wild that my shirt's buttons are at your bed, and… your top too is a bit torn, so… and you know what else…"

"Rey…" Taani said blushing hard, and putting a finger on his lips.

"Hum chalte hain… main change karke aati hoon…" she completed.

"Change kahan karogi… yahin kar lo na…" he said with a puppy face.

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Megha it was superb u did an excellent job. Love Taani fierce side she really let Rey have it he so deserve it. But I love the way he made it up to her and he really regret all the mean things he said to his Taani. I can literally feel the raw passion and emotions u written it so perfectly. And this OS is soo suitable for Taarey aggressive love story

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Jai Mehta's upcoming show on Zee TV has already commenced its shoot in Chandigarh and now finally has a title - Tere Ishq Nacchaya.

The title is coincidentally the same title that was chosen by Balaji Telefilms for a show on Zee TV which got delayed  and has been pushed on back burner till October. Jai Mehta's show has already gone on floor and their first schedule has already commenced and the cast is expected to leave for London in June for the second schedule of shoot.

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Nature is calm somewhere and wild somewhere. It provides space both for romance and adventure – the most popular holiday activities that quench vacationers’ thirst for excitement. If you are looking to visit such a tourist destination that offers equal opportunities for romance and adventure, our recommendation is Gangtok, one of the Himalayan hill stations in India.

A prime destination on the map of India tourism, Gangtok the capital of Sikkim embodies mesmerizing Himalayan beauty in forms of natural artifices. With Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain, as the backdrop, this hill station in north-east India is alive and kicking for romance seekers as well as adventure freaks. Feeling itchy to know why we are so eloquent about Gangtok?

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You might have read many poems and written paragraphs on mountain. You might have learnt lessons on strength and determination from mountains. The snow-covered Kanchenjunga is no exception when it comes to learning forbearance from it. You can take lessons on romance by admiring the snowy beauty of Kanchenjunga and meditating on the point where the mountain peak touches the sky.

Wake up just before the first light of the sun hits earth, feel the serenity of nature, breath in freshness of the environment, listen to soft music of the cool breeze, watch the gradual rise of the sun, penetrate the veil of mist to catch glimpses of the hilly green, and drink to the romance of the moment. Live the moment with your spouse sitting together and holding each other’s hands!

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The harmony of beauty and romance and joy is deeply felt in the serenity of Gangtok. The gripping glimpses of such rare harmony hang over Changu Lake on Gangtok Nathu La Pass. At the height of 12,000ft, the lake is the place to feel romantic at heart and rejuvenate romance with your spouse, regardless of age. 1 km long and 15 meters deep, the lake is a beauty spot on the scenic landscape.

Gangtok is full of kicking as one of the best adventure destinations in the Himalayan region. The thrill of touring this city springs from indulgence in adventure activities such as trekking, water rafting, yak safari, mountain biking and hang gliding. Wake up the adventure freak in you, make adventurous escapes and feel the adrenalin rush.

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White river rafting is a thrilling sport on the Teesta River for the adventuresome. When the Teesta is in full swing, river rafting gives unlimited thrill. Mountain biking to reach Lachung at the altitude of 9600 ft while exploring Gangtok all the way is an ultimate adventure. Hang gliding is another source of enthrallment for adventure-loving travel enthusiasts. With many trekking routes, Gangtok is next to no other hill station in India.

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Keys to Good Cooking

A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes

By Harold McGee

Penguin Books, Paperback, 9780143122319, 552pp.

Publication Date: October 31, 2012

The answers to many kitchen conundrums in one easy-to-use volume, from the author of the acclaimed culinary classic On Food and Cooking
Harold McGee is our foremost expert on the science of cooking, advising professional chefs worldwide. Now he offers the same authoritative advice for food lovers everywhere in Keys to Good Cooking. A companion volume to recipe books, a touchstone for spotting flawed recipes and making the best of them, Keys to Good Cooking is a welcome aid for cooks of all types translating the modern science of cooking into immediately useful information. Taking home cooks from market to table--and teaching them the best way to select, prepare, and present an amazing array of food--Keys to Good Cooking is an invaluable resource for anyone who prepares food and wants to do it well.

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Harold McGee writes about the science of food and cooking. He s the author of the award-winning classic On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, and writes a column, The Curious Cook, for The New York Times. He has been named food writer of the year by Bon Appetit magazine and one of the Time 100, an annual list of the world s most influential people. He lives in San Francisco."

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     Have you ever been out on a date with a guy and you said or did the wrong thing? You could see the light die in his eyes when you pulled it off; and now you are on your way home alone once again. Some people say men are complicated, others think they are simple. In reality they are human beings just like you; with thoughts and feelings. They can get hurt, annoyed, happy and ecstatic; covering all ranges of human emotion. So be careful and do your best to NOT do the following things while out on your big date.

  • Getting ready: Don’t spend too long getting ready for your date, just take enough time to be ready and be done with it. If you spend too much time fussing in front of the mirror the more nervous you will become. You will end up focusing more on yourself and your flaws than the potential date to come; leading to more insecurity and nervousness. This will show when you are on your date and get in the way of you just being yourself.
  • Accelerated touching: When you first meet your date try to touch him somehow. Not overtly or drastic just a hug and or a kiss in the cheek. He has come to see you so reward him for it. It will also have the effect of relaxing your date and making it so he feels more comfortable right away; so if you introduce touching from the start it will make a big difference as you progress through the evening.
  • Let him be the man: From the very first moment of the date to the last, let him be the man. Men like to be romantic and feel like you need them, so let them pull out the chair or open the door for you. It will make him feel chivalrous and instil protective feelings in him. So let him feel protective and take his jacket when he offers it to you; the more of a man you make him feel like, the more he will be attracted to you. It’s as simple as him needing to feel needed.
  • The awkward silence: Do not worry about the awkward silence in any way. Don’t panic thinking you have to say something intelligent or witty at this very moment. Just enjoy the silence for a moment, eat your dinner or look around. Sooner or later you will have something to say or he will interject. Pauses in the conversation are normal so don’t panic, be cool and let them slide.
  • Don’t complain: This is the only example he is going to get of you and your life before he decides if he wants to see you again.  Don’t go on a tirade about how you hate your mother because she is always interfering or how big of a jerk your boss is. He wants to hear happy positive things from you. If you’re whining and complaining he will be asking himself “is this how it’s going to be with this girl if we end up together?” No one is attracted to people who bring them down, so be positive and let your light shine.
  • Laugh: Make sure you laugh here and there as you progress through the evening.  The easiest way to break tension is to laugh and have a good time. If he tells a joke, laugh; it will make him feel funny and help both of you relax and enjoy the date. Guys really like to feel like they are funny and will be more attracted to people who make them feel that way.
  • Shine: Men like women who are multi-faceted like a diamond so show him every part of your personality. Show him that you can be funny, kind, thoughtful, sexy and caring. Show him that you can empathise with him and be playful. Let your personality out of the box and show him what you’ve got.
  • The Ex: Leave your Ex in the past and don’t go on about him in any way at all. If he brings up the subject just brush over it and quickly move on to something else. You’re in the present now not in the past so focus on your wonderful date instead of your icky old Ex.
  • The eyes: Make sure, during your date, that you have a lot of intense eye contact. You don’t have to stare into his eyes one-hundred percent of the time, just make sure that you have a lot of eye contact. Look into his eyes when he is speaking and make a lot of eye contact when you are speaking.
  • The short date: Try to make the date short and sweet. You do not want to drag it out for hours and hours, you would both find it difficult to be at your best the entire time. Leave them wanting more and they will definitely show up for the next date. So have dinner and a movie or whatever activity he chooses and then make another date before you go home. Sleeping with him on the first date is a no-no, men like to chase girls not passively sit waiting for someone to plunk down into their laps.
  • Relax: Make sure you relax and enjoy your date. Don’t put any pressure on or try to force an outcome, just take the night as it comes. If you keep trying and meeting people, things will start happening for you. Remember your best dates are yet to come so just relax and go with the flow.

     I really hope that these dating tips leave you with the inspiration to have many wonderful dates in the future. So take your time, relax, laugh, joke and live in the moment. If anything is going to happen, it will. So good luck and happy dating!


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Auckland is set on 48 dormant volcanic cones and between two harbours, the sparkling Waitemata and the brooding Manukau. Known as the City of Sails, it is New Zealand’s largest and busiest city. The morning tour is a journey of discovery designed to explore the history and sights as well as see how Aucklanders live and play.

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Just 30 kilometres from downtown Auckland is the city’s largest Regional Park - travel in air-conditioned comfort to the Arataki Centre, perched high in the Waitakere Ranges, where the sweeping decks give breathtaking panoramic views from the Tasman sea to the Pacific Ocean. Absorb the local history and admire the magnificent traditional Maori carvings that stand guard there. Head further west and experience the power of the wild and rugged west coast. Feel the black sand beneath your feet as you stroll along some of the most awe-inspiring beaches the world has to offer.

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Jaffe, Adam B. and Lerner, Josh. Innovation and its discontents: how our broken patent system is endangering innovation and progress, and what to do about it. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. xv, 236 pp. ISBN 0-691-12794-8. Pb. $17.95/£11.95

This is the paperback edition of a book originally published in 2004, with a new preface by the authors, and that fact would seem to indicate that the original publication was a success and remains in demand. As well it might, since the problems it identifies in the operation of the U.S. patent system continue to plague the technology world as companies use trivial patents to curb competition and, according to the authors, inhibit innovation.

The relevancy of the book was highlighted in the week this review was written by a couple of items in the Guardian newspaper: first, a news item on the European Commission's current spat with Microsoft. Microsoft wishes to charge rival companies '5.95% of their server revenues as a royalty fee for using its protocols on licence, but Brussels insists there is little innovation in the codes and they should be available for next to nothing' (Gow, 2007).

The item goes on to say, quoting the Commision

Microsoft has agreed that the main basis for pricing should be whether its protocols are innovative. The commission's current view is that there is no significant innovation in these products.

Naturally, the patenting of computer software is one of the issues raised by the authors of this book and they note the contradictory decisions of the US Supreme Court in this respect: on one hand approving the patenting of a program on the grounds that it was specific to a particular operation and a particular product (a rubber curing process), while approving another program which was a general purpose data-smoothing algorithm, which would run on any computer. They note that the US Patent Office has exacerbated the situation by approving software patents for programs where the prior art is not to be found in previous patents or, indeed, any document, but in the practice of programmers: 'The result has been a deluge of patents granted on software concepts that are not new' (p. 200). The situation is then made worse by loosening the requirement that the patent application be sufficiently detailed to enable one 'skilled in the relevant' art to replicate the invention. In other words, patents are written to hide the true nature of the invention as another defence against competition.

Biotechnology and genetic engineering constitute another field that is full of pitfalls for the innovator, most of which, of course, have been set by companies that have patents on minuscule differences in the processes whereby pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals are produced. The net result, as with software, is that innovation in inhibited and the big corporations settle in behind their patent fences to fend off and, where feasible, destroy the oppositions.

What is the answer? Well, quite a lot of problems need to be overcome to reform the system. First, vested commercial interests will always seek to distort the system to their benefit through political action and lobbying and where the prevailing ideology supports the notion that the market is always and ultimately beneficial for the economic well-being of the country, politicians will be swayed. Secondly, the USA has a 'first-to-invent' test rather than the 'first-to-file' test applied to an invention in the rest of the world. In other words, even if a patent has been granted, if an individual or a corporation can prove that he or it was first with the invention, the act of patenting does not provide protection. This leaves the system (and the courts) open to time consuming and economically debilitating wrangles, which corporations—and it is usually corporations, rather than individuals— parlay to their advantage. Other difficulties lie in the fact that the language of patent disputes is arcane and not easily understood by many; the economics of intellectual property is not well-researched; and the consumer, who ultimately bears the cost of unjustly protected goods, is not even aware of the problem and is unlikely, therefore, to rally to the cause of reform.

In their final chapter, the authors set out a plan for reform of the patent system in the USA, which is based upon three 'building blocks':

1. Create incentives and opportunities for parties that have information about the novelty of inventions to bring that information to the PTO [Patents and Trademarks Office] when it is considering a patent grant.
2. Provide the possibility for multiple levels of review of patent applications, with the time and effort expended as an application proceeds to higher levels, so that money is not wasted on unimportant patents, but sufficient care is taken to avoid mistakes where the stakes are high.
3. Replace juries with judges and special masters in ruling on claims of patent invalidity based on the existence of prior art, so that parties threatened by invalid patents have a reasonable opportunity to make their case. (p. 178)

That was in 2004: what has happened since then? In their preface to this edition the authors note that 'there has been some modest progress' and that 'the debate does appear to have become both more engaged and more substantive' (p. ix), with reports on reform from the US Federal Trade Commission and the National Academy of Sciences and the drafting of legislation that would bring about changes to the system. The authors argue however, that the proposals for change appear to be solving the wrong problem: instead of focusing upon cleaning up the system for granting patents, the focus is on determining whether or not certain technologies should be patentable at all. They note:

While no patent system will ever be perfect, the technology world today is awash in patents that should not have been granted in the first place, because they either are not new ideas, are overly broad, or did not sufficiently flesh out the invention at issue to deserve patent protection. (p. x-xi)

In other words, the case for reform stands, and progress is slow.

This is a well-written, well-argued case for the reform of the US patent system and it deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in intellectual property. If a new edition is planned at some time, it would be useful to have more attention given to the systems operating in other parts of the world, and perhaps more attention to the grievous problem of the domination of patent protected US technology.

And the second Guardian item? Well, that was about the other area of intellectual property rights, copyright, where similar kinds of issues arise. For example, every time the point approaches at which Mickey Mouse is set to go out of copyright, copyright is extended! Now I wonder who might be responsible for that? The author of the piece, in the Guardian's Review supplement, records that in the US edition of his book, Family romance, a poem by his grandmother was not printed because no trace could be found as to who held the copyright (Lanchester 2007). Not exactly limiting innovation in industry, but certainly limiting the creative possibilities of the author.

  • Gow, D. (2007, April 6). Pressure builds on Microsoft over patents. Guardian, p. 4
  • Lanchester, J. (2007, April 7). It's a steal. Guardian Review, p. 4.
Professor T.D. Wilson
Publisher/Editor in Chief
April, 2007

How to cite this review

Wilson, T.D. (2006). Review of:   Jaffe, Adam B. and Lerner, Josh. Innovation and its discontents: how our broken patent system is endangering innovation and progress, and what to do about it. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. Information Research, 12(3), review no. R267  [Available at: http://informationr.net/ir/reviews/revs267.html]


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The Official Ubuntu Book, 2e: Welcome to the Command Line

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One of the most powerful parts of any Ubuntu system is the command line. It can also be one of the most daunting to dive into. There is often little help, and commands are not easy to find. But if you are willing to learn, the power of the command line will speed up your work and can be a great education.
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Appendix A. Welcome to the Command Line

While the command line is a nice addition to a desktop user's life, it is completely invaluable if you run a server. The Ubuntu server installs without any graphical user interface, so the tools explained in this chapter and other books will be absolutely critical to success. And hey, remember to have fun!

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Snow Leopard: The Underhyped APIs

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  1. Caches and Discardable Data
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A number of new features in OS X 10.6 were the subject of a lot of hype. David Chisnall takes a look at some of the new APIs that will make life easier for developers but didn't receive much publicity.
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In my article Grand Central Dispatch: Exciting or Overhyped?, I take a look at one of the most hyped parts of Snow Leopard: the Grand Central Dispatch APIs for creating concurrent applications. In this article, I'm going to look in the opposite direction: at some of the new APIs that will make life much easier for developers, but which haven't received anything like as much hype.

Apple has a history of adding massive new features for developers with each release. Key-value Observing, accompanied by Cocoa Bindings, eliminated the need to write controllers for a lot of applications. CoreData did the same thing for Model objects. The last two releases of OS X haven't had anything quite so major, but have had a lot of incremental improvements that make Cocoa a lot of fun to develop with.

Caches and Discardable Data

One of my favorite additions in Snow Leopard is the NSDiscardableContent protocol. This defines a simple transactional model for interacting with objects. It defines four new methods which any object can implement to support this model of interaction.

When you use an object that implements this model, you should bracket your accesses with calls to the methods to begin and end editing. These lock the data represented by the object in memory, but at any other time the object is allowed to discard it in response to a -discardContents call.

Only one new class in Cocoa implements this protocol[md]an NSMutableData subclass[md]but it's very easy to add to your own classes.

By itself, this protocol is not so interesting. It really becomes powerful when combined with something like NSCache. This is a class for which I've been asking for several years.

My PhD was in out-of-core prefetching algorithms, and one of the things that I found particularly frustrating was that most modern operating systems (L4 Hurd being the notable exception) did not provide any means of hinting to an application that data should be discarded, rather than swapped out. This is important, because often the cost of re-creating the data if it's needed again is less than the cost of handling a load of page faults.

The documentation on NSCache is quite vague. It doesn't give any clues as to the policy it uses for eviction, and even hints that it may not ever evict things. You can use NSCache like an NSMutableDictionary, but with one major difference. NSCache may evict entries that implement the NSDiscardableContent protocol.

When you insert an object into a cache, you associate a cost with it. You can also set a maximum cost for the cache and a maximum number of items. When either of these is exceeded, the cache will try evicting items.

The cache doesn't have to respect these values, and it may evict objects at random times. This means that it may, for example, try to evict all of its contents when the system is low on memory, as an alternative to swapping. It's not clear whether this happens in the current version, but if it doesn't then it almost certainly will in future.

Integrating discardable data and normal objects in your application can be difficult. Every object that sends messages to an object representing discardable data must remember to call the transactional methods. You can eliminate this requirement quite easily using the -autoContentAccessingProxy method. This returns a proxy that forwards all messages on to the real object. When the proxy is created, it calls -beginContentAccess on the object, and when it is destroyed it calls -endContentAccess. This ensures that the objects contents will not be discarded as long as the proxy exists.

This kind of proxy has been possible since the NeXT days, but is traditionally quite slow. Last time I benchmarked message forwarding on OS X, it took 600 times as long as a direct message send, making it something that you want to avoid whenever possible.

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