I'm not sure if any of you know about the daughter of Manmohan Singh, Amrit Singh.  She does some great work.


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Amrit Singh is a staff attorney at the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project. She has fought for the release of thousands of US government documents related to the conduct of the War on Terror and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Singh has been a counsel on American Civil Liberties Union v. Department of Defense and Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri v. Donald H. Rumsfeld.

Amrit Singh is a graduate of Cambridge University, Oxford University and Yale Law School where she received her BA in economics, MPhil and her law degree respectively. She is the youngest daughter of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, and is married to Barton Beebe, a professor of law at New York University School of Law. She is co-author of the book "Administration of Torture".
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Sun ... glints offwave


Sand ... in surf


Beach ... surf crashesdown


Molten ... liquidgold


White ... tumultuouswater


Splash ... stunningshot


Red ... mysteriousshot


Break ... wave crashesdown

Warning: Very geeky!

Here's a screencast from a new service called Wolfram alpha, which is coming out.  It is sort of like an answers engine that works like google but computes a lot of mathematical/engineering/technology/etc. based data.

Check out the screencast: http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html
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Yakka yaaran da - Jashandeep & Parveen Bharta

Duet Song
Singer-Jashandeep & Parveen Bharta
Song-Yakka Yaaran Da

Parveen Bharta:- bus langh gayi......ve bus langh gayi.....
bus langh gayi sooli tey jind tangg gayi....
tey fer masaan tennu bhalleyaaaa....
ve mainu agey ee bada ho geyaa kuwelaa ve shetti kar tangey waleyaa..
ve mainu pehlaa ee bada ho geyaa kuwelaa ve shetii kar tangey waleyaa...

Jashandeep:- ghori rok k...ghori rok k...
ghori rok k kahan mai gal thokk k ni apnaa tu bag farrjaa...
mere tangey ney madak naal turnaa j kahli eh taa rail charjaa.....
yakka yarran daa madak naal turnaa j kahli eh taa rail charjaa....

Parveen Bharta:- pekkeyaa to aayi aa mai saurreyaa nu jana ve....
derr hogi sarreyaa ney wadd wadd khana ve..
pekkeyaa to aayi aa mai saurreyaa nu jana ve....
derr hogi sarreyaa ney wadd wadd khana ve..
mahi wairra eh...haye mahi wairra eh...
mahi wairraa eh tey muh da bada bhairra eh...
oh talley naa kisse daa talleyaa.....
ve mainu agey ee bada ho geyaa kuwelaa ve shetti kar tangey waleyaa..
ve mainu pehlaa ee bada ho geyaa kuwelaa ve shetii kar tangey waleyaa...

Jashandeep:- ho k tu tyaar gharro sheti turr paindi ni..
time naal bus koi pind wali behndi ni...
ho k tu tyaar gharro sheti turr paindi ni..
time naal bus koi pind wali behndi ni...
koi hall nahi...ni koi hall nahi...
koi hall ni..tu mann meri gal ni..
tey chup kar ethey ee sarrjjaaaa....
mere tangey ney madak naal turnaa j kahli eh taa rail charjaa.....
yakka yarran daa madak naal turnaa j kahli eh taa rail charjaa....

Parveen Bharta:- kara mai minat teri mann meraa kehnaa ve..
leili tu kiraya jehraa mere kolo lainaa ve...
paigi raat ve..haye paigi raat ve...
paigi raat meraa rondaa hou jwaak nalley darr sas de ney khaa leyaa...
ve mainu agey ee bada ho geyaa kuwelaa ve shetti kar tangey waleyaa..
ve mainu pehlaa ee bada ho geyaa kuwelaa ve shetii kar tangey waleyaa...

Jashandeep:- laindaa SHEHBAZ kisse to v wadd rate ni...
pind mai paunchaa du tennu kardaa naa late ni...
laindaa SHEHBAZ kisse to v wadd rate ni...
pind mai paunchaa du tennu kardaa naa late ni...
katto dardi..tu katto dardi...
katto dardi tu thandde houkkey bhardi....
ni bind jahtt hor kharjaaa....
mere tangey ney madak naal turnaa j kahli eh taa rail charjaa.....
mere tangey ney madak naal turnaa j kahli eh taa rail charjaa.....
ve mainu agey ee bada ho geyaa kuwelaa ve shetti kar tangey waleyaa..
yakka yarran daa madak naal turnaa j kahli eh taa rail charjaa....

burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhh

Changing the sound pitch does all sorts of cool stuff to Sand/dust.

Science fun

This is pretty funny news from Reuters (source)

SWINE FLU: AFGHANISTAN QUARANTINED PIG, CHINA QUARANTINED MEXICANS




KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu.

The pig is a curiosity in Muslim Afghanistan, where pork and pig products are illegal because they are considered irreligious, and has been in quarantine since Sunday after visitors expressed alarm it could spread the new flu strain.

"For now the pig is under quarantine, we built it a room because of swine influenza," Aziz Gul Saqib, director of Kabul Zoo, told Reuters. "We've done this because people are worried about getting the flu."

Worldwide, more than 1,000 people have been infected with the virus, according to the World Health Organization, which also says 26 people have so far died from the strain. All but one of the deaths were in Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak.

There are no pig farms in Afghanistan and no direct civilian flights between Kabul and Mexico.

"We understand that, but most people don't have enough knowledge. When they see the pig in the cage they get worried and think that they could get ill," Saqib said.

The pig was a gift to the zoo from China, which itself quarantined some 70 Mexicans, 26 Canadians and four Americans in the past week, but later released them.

Some visitors were not concerned about the fate of the pig and said locking it away was probably for the best.

"Influenza is quite contagious and if it passes between people and animals then there's no need for the pig to be here," zoo visitor Farzana said.

Shabby and rundown, Kabul Zoo is a far cry from zoos in the developed world, but has nevertheless come a long way since it suffered on the front line of Afghanistan's 1992-4 civil war.

Mujahideen fighters then ate the deer and rabbits and shot dead the zoo's sole elephant. Shells shattered the aquarium.

One fighter climbed into the lion enclosure but was immediately killed by Marjan, the zoo's most famous inhabitant. The man's brother returned the next day and lobbed a hand grenade at the lion leaving him toothless and blind.

The zoo now holds two lions who replaced Marjan who died of old age in 2002 as well as endangered local leopards. In all, it houses 42 species of birds and mammals and 36 types of fish and attracts up to 10,000 visitors on weekends.

Pretty cool stuff for engineers:

Pixel City - Procedurally generated city

Kuch vi ho sakda hai mitro!

Tusi Amar Akbar Anthony dekhe hone aa, tusi Gandhi de 3 bander dekhe hone aa, par jo main ajj dikha reha oh tusi nahi dekheya hona:

VICKY               DEV         POWERLIFTER


gana gaunde nazar aunde ne "asin eh dosti kadey nahi torhde, tera saath kadhi nahi chorhde"

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o&feature=player_embedded

Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill April 2009

Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street/street trials riding ever seen. There's some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a doubt, this video pushes the envelope of what is perceived as possible on a trials bike.