England allout for 51 [:o]

It's been so long that West Indies' fans have had cause to cheer this long and hard, and the players - who, to be honest, look shell-shocked - are walking around a sun-baked ground to wave to the supporters. An outstanding allround performance from a team which - whisper it - might have turned the corner.

England, though, are disconsolate. It's their third-lowest Test total (their second-lowest of 46 came here in the Caribbean in 1994) and today their batsmen have lacked application and intent, against Jerome Taylor whose 5 for 11 won't be forgotten for a while.

It's just pure elation for West Indies almost disbelief.
With such a disasterous performance in carrebian it looks like the ashes this year is going to be a nice watch with bost australia and england on a downslide....

	England 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AJ Strauss	c Ramdin b Taylor	9	69	50	0	0	18.00
		AN Cook	c Smith b Taylor	0	11	6	0	0	0.00
		IR Bell	c Ramdin b Benn	4	24	22	0	0	18.18
		KP Pietersen	b Taylor	1	3	3	0	0	33.33
		PD Collingwood	b Taylor	1	35	20	0	0	5.00
		A Flintoff	b Edwards	24	78	47	3	0	51.06
		MJ Prior	b Taylor	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
		SCJ Broad	c Marshall b Benn	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
		RJ Sidebottom	lbw b Benn	6	51	43	0	0	13.95
		SJ Harmison	b Benn	0	10	3	0	0	0.00
		MS Panesar	not out	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(b 2, nb 4)	6
		Total	(all out; 33.2 overs; 155 mins)	51	(1.53 runs per over)

Its not all merry at Google!!!!!!!!!!!

Before this article I thought Google was one of the hippiest and happiest place to work in. And the fact they didn’t care if you turned up for work in bikinis.

These emails make me think I am grossly wrong!

Click here to read the article about why people quit google....

Those who dont have much time to read such a big article the following sums it up perfectly

Google employees are working in a “virtual prison” full of myth. The idea that Larry Page is still reading all CVs is a myth. The fact that all employees are happy in a happy environment is a myth too. From people I know that work in Google, I can tell you that it’s far from being the ideal company to work for.
Their strategy is simple: they setup strict rules in order to keep secret all internal issues to the external world. When you speak with “Googlers”, you really see that it has nothing different than a sect! If one Googler dare to criticized or comment on Google or other employees, he/she is red flaged by the watch dogs inside the company.
Using their magic marketing aura, they are able to attract qualified labour at a low cost (offering benefits such as free food, games, stock options that worth nothing and supposedly nice environment). The real face of Google’s inside is much more depressing. High competition, low benefits, hard boring and manual work.
Also in terms of technology, it is amazing to see that Google’s internal systems and organization is very rudimentary and doesn’t work well. They may have good technology for their users, but their employees suffers under huge manual boring tasks that can be easily automated with proper management, organization and systems.

Puzzle of the day

Manish was on his way to an interview. On the way, he encountered his long lost cousin, Vijay, whom he hadn't met in more than a decade. They started catching up on lost time. Manish learned that Vijay had 3 sons. When he asked about their ages, Vijay replied, "You're going for an interview, right? Consider this a trial question. Figure out their ages from this: The product of the ages of my three sons is 36." To this, Manish grumbled that he needed more information. Vijay, then, pointed to a sign board across the street that displayed the address of the area and said that the sum of the ages of his three children was equal to the last two digits of the pin code of that area. Yet, Manish demanded more information. Finally, Vijay said, "My eldest son wore a black shirt today. This is all I can tell you." What were the ages of the three children? Provide a detailed explanation for your answer.

Rahman to Slumdog... critics: Make your own film

Oscar nominee A R Rahman has a polite suggestion for those in Bollywood who complain that the hit film Slumdog Millionaire casts India in a negative light with its depiction of poverty in Mumbai's slums: don't just criticise it but make your own film.
"In my opinion if creative people want to comment on a film, and if I were a director and felt that way, I would make another film and prove my point and say this is what India is about," Rahman said in an interview from Los Angeles before returning home to work on film scores before participating in the February 22 Oscars awards show.
As for Slumdog Millionaire, the noted film music composer believes it is "a great statement of showing in a way the past reality and the growth of the economy in India, which all comes across beautifully."
Forty-three-year-old Rahman has been hailed in India for his three Oscar nominations for Slumdog Millionaire - for best original score and the songs O ... Saya and Jai Ho. But the rags-to-riches saga of a Mumbai orphan who competes on India's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? quiz show received a controversial reception in India.
Rahman refused to comment on a defamation lawsuit filed against him and actor Anil Kapoor, who plays the quizmaster in the film, by a Mumbai slum-dwellers' rights group alleging its members found the term "Slumdog" insulting.
But he said he had no qualms about working on the film with British director Danny Boyle and his crew, whom he described as "very sensitive people."
"When you came out of the film ... that felt so good and positive that nothing else mattered to me," said Rahman. "I loved working with Danny and I loved his whole vision of the screenplay and the artistic quality of the film.
"And for me it's not about India alone, it's about the human spirit which triumphs, and this could have happened in China or Brazil or anywhere else."
Rahman says the film is consistent with his humanitarian goals. An honorary UN ambassador, he set up the A R Rahman Foundation to support educational programs for underprivileged children across India, supporting in his own way the UN millennium goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2015. He has also founded a conservatory in his home city of Chennai to prepare youngsters for careers in music by offering training in both the Western and Indian classical music traditions.

Twitter song !!!!!!!

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs square off in the clean white virtual world of the iconic Mac ads

KP in line to become second best paid cricketer in IPL

The second auction of IPL players will be held in Goa on February 6. While most teams already have the core of the squad in place the players available this time can provide them just that extra edge.Some people described the 2008 IPL auction as the most thrilling moment in cricket after the 1983 World Cup win for India at Lord's. The second auction isn't expected to be quite as exciting but promises its own share of thrills.

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen will be the big star at the auction. His base price of 1.35 million US dollars or about Rs 8 crore will make him the second most expensive player in the IPL after MS Dhoni.

Pietersen is likely to be snapped up by the Bangalore Royal Challengers who are desperate to overturn their disastrous campaign from last year.The other star attractions will be Andrew Flintoff and Michael Clarke. Both are expected to fetch in the range of 1 million US dollars each. According to sources Flintoff is headed for the Chennai Super Kings while the Rajasthan Royals and the Deccan Chargers will battle it out for Clarke.

South Africa's rising star Jean Paul Duminy is another player who has attracted a lot of interest from the franchises and he too could fetch a substantial price at the auction.While five Pakistan players have been put up for auction including leg spinner Danish Kaneria, there is still no certainty about them being available given the current political climate.

A 114 players may be available. But only 10 per cent of these will make the final cut. Under IPL rules each franchise can only have 10 foreign players and most teams have eight or more already signed up. Also teams can only spend 2 million US dollars at this year's auction unlike the 5 million they were allowed last year.