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PlayBoy July 2009 Edition

2009-07-13T02:15:00.000-07:00

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Formula One - Webber

2009-07-13T02:09:00.000-07:00

Mark Webber has won his first Formula One Grand Prix in Germany, leading home Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull Racing team's third one-two finish of the season. Felipe Massa completed the podium for Ferrari as the championship-leading Brawn team came home fifth and sixth with Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello.

Infosys - Australia

2009-07-13T01:15:00.000-07:00

Indian IT major Infosys is set to increase its local workforce in Australia by 100 employees after it was awarded a 450-million Australian dollars contract last week. "Infosys is recruiting for a variety of positions this financial year (April 1, 2009, to March 31, 2010) primarily at senior and middle levels.

Infosys Australia last week announced that it had been chosen by Telstra as a key strategic partner to support its five-year 450 million AUD application development and maintenance contracts. "The recent Telstra win is one of the many factors behind this recruitment.

This may also include some junior level employees who have graduated within the last few years. "The growth will occur predominantly in Sydney and Melbourne, but also may see some people traveling to New Zealand for assignment," Infosys spokesperson told PTI today.

Tourist Places

2009-07-12T21:04:00.000-07:00

Udaipur known as the "Venice of the East", was voted the world's best city for travellers in 2009 in an online poll by Travel and Leisure magazine, trumping last year's winner Bangkok. The island of Bali in Indonesia topped the Galapagos to be named best island in the annual poll, in which casual and laid-back destinations prevailed. The complete "World's Best Awards" is available on www.travelandleisure.com . Some of the highlights are,

Best city - Udaipur, India

Best hotel - Bushmans Kloof Cedar Mountains, South Africa

Best island - Bali, Indonesia

Best cruise line (large ships) - Crystal Cruises

Best cruise line (small ships) - The Yachts of Seabourn

Best international airline - Singapore Airlines

Best domestic airline - Virgin America

Best tour operator - Austin-Lehman Adventures

Best car-rental agency - Sext

Best destination spa - Mii amo, A Destination Spa at Enchantment, Sedona

Fashion- Costliest Dresses

2009-07-10T06:44:00.000-07:00

The dress you see is made with 325 gold Austrian coins (lent to the designer by the Austrian Mint Office), weighs 22 Kgs, and costs 26,900,000 JPY (233,000 U.S. dollars). This wedding dress, a result of the combined efforts of designer Renee Strauss and jeweler Martin Katz, is made of 150 carat diamond jewelry. It costs $12 million.

Kim Joo Ri - Miss Korea 2009

2009-07-10T06:07:00.000-07:00

Twenty-one year-old Kim Joo Ri represented the capital Seoul at the Miss Korea 2009 pageant. She won the title last Wednesday. Miss Korea 2008 Na Re happily crowned her. There were 56 candidates from the country and some overseas Korean communities who participated in the pageant. The new Miss Koreas will represent Korea at Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants.

Jelena Markovic - Miss Serbia 2009

2009-07-10T05:54:00.000-07:00

Jelena Markovic wins the Miss Serbia 2009 title. 21 year old Jelena will represent her country at Miss World 2009 pageant that will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and in London. First Runner-up was twenty-two year-old Lidija Kocic who entered the pageant as Miss Belgrade. She will be representing Serbia at the 2010 Miss Universe pageant.

Expensive City - Tokyo

2009-07-09T05:52:00.000-07:00

Tokyo is the world's most expensive city, according to Mercer's 2009 Worldwide Cost of Living survey released today. The cost of living was raised upto 13.1% from 2008;. The city which ranked at No. 2 in 2008's survey is now No.1. Japan's capital is followed by Osaka and Moscow, which held the top spot in last year's rankings. Geneva comes in fourth.

Gisele Bundchen - Highest Paid Model

2009-07-09T05:38:00.000-07:00

Gisele Caroline Bundchen is the highest-paid model in the world. She is a Brazilian model and also film actress. She bears the title since 2001 and she is also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world. She holds the Guinness record as the world's richest supermodel and has appeared on over 600 magazine covers, more than any other model.

1.5 lakh Indians return from UAE

2009-07-08T22:28:00.000-07:00

The Lok Sabha was told on wednesday that about 1.5 lakh Indian workers have comeback from UAE due to economic crisis and recession. Overseas Indian affairs minister Vayalar Ravi said most of the workers have returned to India on leave without pay with the expectation that they would be able to go back to the Gulf once the situation improves.

Nobel Peace Prize To Twitter ?

2009-07-08T22:04:00.000-07:00

"Twitter the microblogging site should win the Nobel Peace Prize for its role during the civil unrest in Iran", said by the former US national security adviser Mark Pfeifle. More than 220,000 Iran tweets were sent through Twitter every hour at its peak, helping document the crisis in Iran following the contested presidential election results last month. He wrote in the Christian Science Monitor that "Twitter and its creators are worthy of being considered for the Nobel Peace Prize".

The annual Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to those who push for "fraternity between nations" and for "holding the promotion of peace". Previous winners of the award include Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr and the Dalai Lama.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

2009-07-08T21:11:00.000-07:00

The sixth film in the series of Harry Potter "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" may be released in India by July17. It will be fantasy adventure film based on the novel by the same J.K. Rowling. The film opens with a dramatic attack on London's Millennium Bridge. The regular cast is back, with the addition of Jim Broadbent as the Potions Professor, Horace Slughorn, whose memories are key in the battle against the Dark Lord.

Jackson Wanted To Marry Me- Brooke Shield

2009-07-08T20:47:00.000-07:00

Actress Brooke Shield described her relationship with Michael Jackson as "the most natural and easiest of friendships".She revealed that the pop star wanted to marry her but she turned it down. The actress, who fought back tears as she remembered her long-term friendship with Jackson in a memorial service, said that Jackson proposed to her because he was afraid of losing her. Shield said in an interview to Rolling Stone magazine.

Michael's Memorial

2009-07-07T21:51:00.000-07:00

An emotional 2 hour public memorial service for Michael Jackson ended with a simple but heartbreaking goodbye from his daughter.

Michael's daughter, 11-year-old Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, stood at the microphone, choking back tears and said, "I just wanted to say ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say I love him so much." She then collapsed crying into the arms of family members.

It was the first public statement by Paris, who like her brothers, Prince Michael and Blanket have rarely been seen without veils or masks. Her appearance was the most moving moment of the public memorial, which featured performances and eulogies by some of the world's biggest stars.

Jackson's flower-draped casket was then carried onstage as the Andrae Crouch Choir sang "Soon and Very Soon."Family friend and pastor Lucious Smith then shared heartfelt words about Jackson.

The William Sisters -Wimbledon

2009-07-02T22:33:00.000-07:00

Once again the William sisters meet in the Wimbledon finals on Saturday Fourth of July. The purple "W" logo at Wimbledon might as well stand for the sisters who have made the women's championship their own playground. They set up their fourth all-sister Wimbledon final and eighth meeting in a Grand Slam title match. The sisters already have 17 Grand Slam titles between them. Venus is bidding to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win Wimbledon three years in a row.

Food and Health - Bones

2009-07-02T22:15:00.000-07:00

Some people eat vegetarian food and some others non vegetarian items.Recently it was found that vegetarian diet weakens bones. A joint Australian-Vietnamese study revealed that vegetarians had bones five percent less dense than meat-eaters. The study was conducted on 2,700 people. Nguyen, who is from Sydney's Garvan Institute for Medical Research and collaborated on the project with the Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine in Ho Chi Minh City, said the question of whether the lower density bones translated to increased fracture risk was yet to be answered.

Know the facts

2009-07-01T02:51:00.000-07:00

NTT DoCoMo (Japan) is the world's largest wireless internet provider, with 45,687,117 subscribers to their i-mode service as of January 2006.
The world's largest cut diamond is an unnamed Fancy Black, containing small red diamond crystals. It weighs 555.55 carats and was polished into 55 facets over several years and completed in June 2004.
The world's largest dental caps measure 50 cm (19 in) long, 13 cm (5 in) in diameter and weigh 13 kg (28 lb) each. They were fixed onto a pair of cracked tusks belonging to Spike, a resident Asian elephant, at the Calgary Zoo, Alberta, Canada during a 3 hour 30 minute operation on July 4, 2002.
The longest skateboard measured 11.14 m (36 ft 7 in) long, 2.63 m (8 ft 8 in) wide and 1.10 m (3 ft 7.5 in) high; it was designed and produced by Rob Dyrdek and Joe Ciaglia (both USA) in Los Angeles, California, USA and unveiled on 25 February 2009 on the MTV series 'Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory'. The wheels are 8 ft 11 in wide and the deck itself is 5 1/2 inches thick.

The Legend Michael

2009-06-30T23:14:00.000-07:00

It was expected that the funeral of Late King of Pop Michael Jackson may be bigger than that of Princess Diana. Diana's funeral saw a gathering of 250,000 people in London's Hyde Park alone. It was watched on TV by 2.5 billion people worldwide, a record for any television broadcast. Experts believe that King of Pop's funeral may be bigger than that. The newspaper also says that Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine, along with his eight brothers and sisters and three children, are overseeing the preparations.

The Bandra Worli Sea Link - Pictures

2009-06-30T22:17:00.000-07:00

The engineering wonder The Bandra Worli Sea Link that connects the westren suburbs and the island city of mumbai was opend by congrees president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday. The wonder bridge war constructed by "The Hindustan Construction" company. The worth of the project is about 1600 crore. Presently, the Mahim Causeway is the only link connecting the western suburbs to island city of Mumbai. More than 10 years in the making, the landmark bridge will reduce traffic snarls and will provide a free way through the sea, reducing travel time between the two points from the present 60-90-minutes to 6-8-minutes. The 8-lane bridge will be the country’s first-ever open sea link. The chief attraction of the magnificent structure would be the two cable stayed bridges, one 500 metres (northern side) and another 350 metres (southern side), for the passage of fishing boats. The bridge is about 5.6Kms long. It is an wonder in India.

The Bandra Worli during sunset

During the opening of Bandra Bridge

The new bike from Bajaj - Pulsar DTS-Fi

2009-06-29T23:23:00.000-07:00

Bajaj company launched the new motorcycle Pulsar DTS-Fi200cc. It is priced around Rs. 85,000.The Bajaj Pulsar DTS-Fi is expected to touch a top speed of 135kph. That is an excellent top speed in Indian conditions, probably matched only by the Kinetic Aquila - which anyway is not available in India now.

Bajaj Pulsar DTS-Fi 220cc will be available in all contemporary black theme as well as can be availed in 4 different colors. The most important feature of all is the fuel injection mechanism, which is responsible for the quick throttle and the linear power curve. The Bajaj Pulsar DTS-Fi is the first Indian motorcycle with an oil cooled engine. However the price may vary when it hits the road. The weight of the bike is about 150kg.