Friday, July 16, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Spain, on Top of the world
“Champions of the world,” top-selling daily El Pais said on its front page above a photo of Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas holding the golden trophy above his head as he stood surrounded by his teammates. The newspaper described the 1-0 extra-time win over the Netherlands as the “epic which was missing from Spanish sports, which has lived in glory following a cascade of successes”. The victory came exactly a week after the Spaniard Rafael Nadal lifted the Wimbledon tennis trophy and caps a series of major sporting achievements, including a European title for the nation’s basketball team.
“It is the biggest success in the history of Spanish football, a title which when added to other no less relevant titles, places Spain in the leadership of the major world sports like basketball, tennis, cycling or motorcycle racing,” the ABC newspaper said in an editorial.
“From here to eternity,” wrote centre-right daily El Mundo on its front page. With four minutes from the final whistle, Andres Iniesta collected a pass from Cesc Fabregas to fire home from close range and win the FIFA World Cup, sparking all-night celebrations across Spain. “There aren’t the words to describe what I am feeling. After my goal, I thought about my family and all the people who I love. But the victory is the fruit of a lot of work,” the Barcelona midfielder said after the match.
Sports daily AS said on its front page that Iniesta “scored the most important goal in our history in the 116th minute”. Rival sports daily Marca said his goal “lifted Spanish football to the highest possible level”. Before Iniesta’s winning contribution, goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas had made two vital interventions to deny Arjen Robben in normal time in one-on-one situations.
Remarkably for a country whose domestic league has long been considered one of the strongest in the world, Spain, winners of the 2008 UEFA European Championship, have only once before been in touching distance of sport’s biggest prize. That was in 1950 in Brazil where they reached the final four of a tournament which, in the aftermath of the Second World War, was only able to attract 13 participants.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Mani, the new Paul predicts Holland!!!
Paul the Psychic Octopus was left in the starting blocks as Singapore's Mani the Parakeet drew first blood of the battle of the World Cup tipsters. While Weymouth-born Paul has correctly predicted the outcome of
every Germany game in South Africa, 13-year old Mani has become popular in the Far East after picking the winners. Mani's owner M. Muniyappan places two cards in front of the bird's cage and his feathered friend turns over who he thinks will win. Its good news for Holland against Spain on Sunday as Mani predicts like that. Wait and watch!.
Watch Paul live
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Mango Festival !!!
The 22nd edition of Annual Mango Festival is inaugurated on May 2 at Delhi by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The festival showcased around 400 varieties of the fruit. This festival will help people from all over Delhi to come here and have a taste of different varieties of mangoes.
Mango cultivators from states like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Punjab are taking part in the festival. Complimenting the farmers for making mangoes popular across the world, Chief Minister said: "With names like Aishwarya, Sachin and Bapu, the farmers have made the fruit even more attractive." The chief minister also appealed to the farmers to use least pesticides for their crops.
The mango festival also had competition among mango growers in 10 varieties of mangoes like Dussehri, Langra, Chausa, Mallika, Husnara, Rataul, Ramkela and Fazli. Dikshit gave away awards to the winners.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
World's Fastest Production Car !!!
The Guinness Book of World Records has officially awarded the title, World's Fastest Production Car to the SSC Ultimate Aero TT. After its record run across a Washington state highway that yielded an official average speed, as determined by the Guinness Officials, as being 256.19 mph.
In order to be the worlds fastest production model car you have to meet all the safety and emissions standards that production models face, as well as run on fuel from the average pump.The Ultimate Aero TT does all that and more. It carries luxury items as well, such as a 10-speaker sound system, leather/suede upholstery, navigation system and an operable back-up camera. Also included is a front-end lift system that raises the nose of the car 4-inches to aid it in clearing rough roads. Add to all of that the fact that the Ultimate Aero TT achieved its record run with a twin-turbo V8 with 1183-hp and 1094 ft-lbs of torque while meeting emissions standards… which is another record that SSC is applying for with Guinness.
While the SSC Ultimate Aero TT now owns the bragging rights as the fastest production car in the world they still feel they have room to raise the bar a bit further. The body itself has been tested in the wind tunnel to withstand speeds of 273-mph. Since the record setting run was performed on a public road with an uneven surface it stands to reason that the Ultimate Aero TT could certainly stretch out its lead a bit further.
In order to be the worlds fastest production model car you have to meet all the safety and emissions standards that production models face, as well as run on fuel from the average pump.The Ultimate Aero TT does all that and more. It carries luxury items as well, such as a 10-speaker sound system, leather/suede upholstery, navigation system and an operable back-up camera. Also included is a front-end lift system that raises the nose of the car 4-inches to aid it in clearing rough roads. Add to all of that the fact that the Ultimate Aero TT achieved its record run with a twin-turbo V8 with 1183-hp and 1094 ft-lbs of torque while meeting emissions standards… which is another record that SSC is applying for with Guinness.
The "free school" concept in England
More than 700 groups say they are interested in starting a "free school" in England - half are made up of teachers. Groups can apply from today to set up a new "state-funded independent school". The government has set out what groups will need to do to get approval.
Education Secretary Michael Gove says the scheme will drive up standards, but critics say it will cause chaos at a local level and other schools will lose out. He believes "free schools" are a way of raising achievement in areas where local authority-run schools are not providing a good quality education.
The main aim is to close the attainment gap between rich and poor and teachers have been attracted to the scheme. The free schools policy is similar to the charter schools system in the USA and one run in Sweden.
Education Secretary Michael Gove says the scheme will drive up standards, but critics say it will cause chaos at a local level and other schools will lose out. He believes "free schools" are a way of raising achievement in areas where local authority-run schools are not providing a good quality education.
The main aim is to close the attainment gap between rich and poor and teachers have been attracted to the scheme. The free schools policy is similar to the charter schools system in the USA and one run in Sweden.
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