Wednesday, October 13, 2010

“Time Top 100 – Helping India’s Poor One at a Time – Vikram Akula” plus 7 more

“Time Top 100 – Helping India’s Poor One at a Time – Vikram Akula” plus 7 more


Time Top 100 – Helping India’s Poor One at a Time – Vikram Akula

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:32 PM PDT


I like this guy and I don’t even know him. Vikram Akula has made SKS India one of the fastest growing microlenders anywhere.

SKS has loaned $52 million to 221,000 clients in the past 8 years. Do the math, this is hard work…especially when loans are typically around $116 and they are made to people who make less than $2/day.

I love it. Somebody is trying to help the little people. And now Visa International wants to step in and help out.  Well, sure after SKS did this much leg work.

According to Time, someone very close to KnowMoreMedia has taken notice as well…David Schappell of Unitus – nonprofit venture capital firm devoted to microfinance.

Now, if only Schappell can find someone willing to work as hard as Akula – one person at a time till they get to 200,000.

I love this work ethic.

Bill Gates Headed to China

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 09:31 AM PDT


The Shanghai office of Microsoft China says their boss, Bill Gates, is coming for a visit on April 18-21.

The Microsoft Corp boss will deliver keynote speeches at a Microsoft forum for Asian governmental leaders in Beijing and at a Boao Forum of Asia in Hainan Province.

Also on his itinerary are visits to Tsinghua University and Peking University.

CEO of the Greater China Region hopes his boss' visit will:bill.gates.china.jpg

1. help improve relations between Microsoft, the government and industrial communities in China.

2. promote greater cooperation to advance innovation

3. allow more people to benefit from information technology.

Indeed it is a powerful fellow when governments take note of his trips and speeches.

What do you think of Bill Gates?

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Advice to Jane Fonda and me on our Christian walk

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:30 AM PDT


It’s never a good thing to hang on to old baggage, even you were right to begin with. It’s best to rebuild those old convictions based on the Bible. If a person’s thinking were right before, it’ll still be right after they become a Christian. But they’ll find those truths in Scripture, not by bringing them along. There is no need to hang on. It is better to become new.

I am having a hard time seeing my keyboard. I have these huge poles in my eyes while I am trying to make and type out an observation and offer advice to someone, Jane Fonda, who has splinters in her eyes.

Fonda, it seems, has come a long way. I have breakfast with a Vietnam war vet who reminds our group from time to time just where she started here journey from. Still, I welcome her to the family.

A couple of things -

Fonda writes – “I wanted to see if somewhere there wasn't a perception of Jesus that reflected my intuition of him.”

It is this kind of thinking that has caused so many divisions in the church. Folk do not want to read the Bible and change themselves. Rather they want to find like-minded folk who understand the Bible the way they want to and hang out with them. The result? Enough divisions in the church to make Jesus weep.

The Bible is not that difficult to understand. (There are some hard parts, however.) What is hard is to mend our ways, to change our lives and conform to the Word.

I encourage Fonda to change her ways, not just look for people she can agree with. Oh, and by all means Jane please encourage me to do the same.

She also writes, “Another result of my faith is that I have become a deeper, more embodied feminist.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 applies – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

Welcome to the family, Jane! Now let us encourage one another. 1 Thessalonians 5:11

India win Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-0

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:04 AM PDT


India beat Australia in the second Test match of the two-game series at Bangalore on Wednesday, October 12. India had to chase down a target of 207, which they did with ease thanks to a superb knock by Cheteshwar Pujara.

Australia had led by 185 overnight and had three wickets remaining and would have hoped to set a target of at least 250. However, as it turned out, the pair of Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth demolished the lower order for the addition of only 22 runs.

India v Australia, 2nd Test score

Chasing 207 for a win, India lost Sehwag early to Ben Hilfenhaus, but Murali Vijay and Pujara added 72 for the second wicket to bring the Indians back into the game.

Vijay was sent back LBW to Shane Watson, but Pujara smashed a 72 to bring the Indians to the doorstep of the win. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid saw the Indians through to the win.

Cheteshwar Pujara slams first fifty in first Test

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:32 AM PDT


Cheteshwar Pujara became the first Indian to score a half century in the fourth innings of the debut Test match since Sunil Gavaskar in 1971 to guide the Indian team closer to a win. It was the fifth day of the second Test match between India and Australia on Wednesday, October 13.

Live Scorecard and Commentary of India v Australia, 2nd Test

Pujara, who made his Test debut against Australia in this game, had come into the game in place of VVS Laxman. In the first innings of the Test match he had scored four before he had been dismissed to a ball that kept low.

In the second innings Pujara was sent up at number three and batted exceedingly well to get to his 50. Pujara could have got to his century as well, but was bowled by Nathan Hauritz on 72.

Jkpsc | Jkpsc Kas | J K Psc | Kas Results

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:29 AM PDT


The result of the J&K Combined Competitive Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2009, held on 23 and 24th of May 2009, is announced  as per Annexure "A" to this notification.Jkpsc Kas Results announced

Check the Results at the below link :

http://205.209.103.8/Kas_Result.asp

The result will also be available on J&K PSC's official website :  www.jkpsc.org.

The Commission has fixed 208.81 marks secured by a candidate, of all the candidates who have appeared in the Preliminary Examination, as the minimum cut off marks for a candidate for being admitted to the Main Examination.

According to the official site ,The result of candidates bearing Roll No's 0901210 & 1800772 has been kept with held pending further processes and the decision by the Commission.

Durga Puja wishes for the festival of Navratri

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:08 AM PDT


Durga Puja is being celebrated in all over India since the festival of Navratri is being celebrated. During this festival, Goddess Durga and her nine avatars (forms) are worshipped for the nine days.

You can dedicate the following messages to your near and dear ones on this occasion:

Bengali message:
Nel akasher megher vela,
Padma fuler papri mela,
Dhaker taale kasher khela,
Anonde katuk sharodbela.
Happy Durga Puja.

May maa bless you
With happiness all the year through!
Wishing you a happy durga puja

As the candlelight flame
Ur life may always be happy,
As the mountain high
U move without shy,
As sunshine creates morning glory
fragrance fills years as Flory,
All darkness is far away
As light is on its way.
Wishing you all a very Happy Vijaya Dashami.

Memories of moments celebrated together
Moments that have been attached in my heart forever
Make me Miss You even more this Navratri.
Hope this Navratri brings in Good Fortune
And Long lasting happiness for you!
Happy Navratri.

It is said that Goddess Durga had killed a buffalo faced demon called 'Mahishasura' that indicates the power a woman possesses and uses when the time calls for it.

Kim Kardashian with no clothes in W magazine

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:24 AM PDT


Kim Kardashian, the beautiful lass from the American television world has posed nude for the second time, this time for the American fashion magazine called as 'W'. She had done the same in the year 2007 for a men's magazine, 'Playboy' for which she had later on regretted.

Kim Kardashian will be seen on the cover page of the 'W' magazine as well as she would be seen inside too in the November issue of the magazine. On the cover page she will be seen off clothes but has text boxes placed on the body parts. In the pictures inside too, she is wearing nothing except a thin layer of silver paint.

The 29 year old reality show actress is hugely in demand for the commercial advertisements and for the television projects for which she is earning a fortune.

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