NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP) — The 2008 Miss Universe contest has begun,
with 80 of the world's most beautiful women competing to win one of the pageant world's most coveted crowns.
The field was reduced to 15 semi-finalists at the beginning of the show, including Venezuela, Kosovo, Mexico, Vietnam, South Africa, Australia, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Colombia, Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the United States and Spain.
The NBC show is being hosted by TV host Jerry Springer and Spice Girl Melanie Brown and broadcast live to hundreds of millions of viewers in 170 countries.
The 80 contestants gathered in the seaside city of Nha Trang, Vietnam, vying to succeed reigning Miss Universe Riyo Mori of Japan.
They are competing in front of a panel of judges that includes international fashion experts and Donald Trump Jr., whose father, the real estate magnate and TV star, co-owns the pageant with NBC.
This year's contestants span a wide range of experiences and aspirations.
Miss Albania was a professional basketball player. Miss Argentina says she has paranormal experiences. Miss Antigua & Barbuda is fascinated by snakes.
Miss Venezuela has been kidnapped and Miss Angola was in a plane crash while trying to escape a conflict during her country's civil war.
The shortest contestant in this year's show is Miss El Salvador, a petite 5-foot-3. The tallest are Miss Jamaica, Miss Mexico and Miss Peru, who measure 6 feet.
All the contestants will be hoping to avoid the calamity that befell Miss USA during last year's contest, when she fell down during the evening gown segment and became an unintended star on YouTube, where the video was played over and over again.
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Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana, KVPY
The "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" (KVPY) is a programme started during 1999 by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to encourage students of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to take up research careers in these areas. The aim of the programme is to identify and encourage talented students with aptitude for research.
This programme strives to assist the students to realise their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is developed for research and growth of in the country. Generous scholarship and contingency grant is provided (up to the Pre-Ph.D. level) to the selected students.
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Request for Application Form
a. Each Stream has its own application form. Students who wish to apply for more than one Stream should submit separate applications.
b. Applicants may apply either by Hard copy or Online. (www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy).
c. Application forms may be down loaded from the KVPY website. Those who are unable to do so, may request for a Hard Copy.
d. Hard copy of the application form can be obtained from KVPY on request by sending a processing fee of Rs. 200/- (Rs. 100/- for SC/ST) by means of remitting Rs. 200 (Rs. 100/- for SC/ST) “to any core banking branches of STATE BANK OF INDIA, payable at all branches in India. Paid into the credit of Administrative Executive, KVPY A/c. No. 10270577392” and send the “pay-in-slip” along with the request, clearly indicating the stream (i.e.SA, SB, SP etc.) on the envelope
e. The SC/ST – candidates should provide a copy of the caste certificate issued by a competent authority in the prescribed proforma.
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2. Project report in the case of SP/Basic Sciences/ Engineering/ Medicine
3. copy of the marks statement of the qualifying examination(s), in the case of SP (Engineering), SP(Medicine).
4. Processing fee of Rs. 200/- (Rs. 100/- for SC/ST) should reach KVPY on or before 12.9.08 (Friday).
g. KVPY will not be responsible for postal delays in receiving completed application.
h. Last date for receipt of the request for an application form.
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11 September 2008
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12 September 2008
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The Convener
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Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012.
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Event management is the application of the management practice of project management to the creation and development of festivals and events.
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The recent growth of festivals and events as an industry around the world means that the management can no longer be ad hoc. Events and festivals, such as the Asian Games or the Dubai Shopping Festival, have a large impact on their communities and, in some cases, the whole country.
The industry now includes events of all sizes from the Olympics down to a breakfast meeting for ten business people. Every industry, charity, society and group will hold events of some type/size in order to market themselves, raise money or celebrate.
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Vasundhara Das (Kannada:ವಸುಂಧರಾ ದಾಸ್)(born 1977) is an Indian actress and singer. She began acting with the Kamal Hasan film Hey Ram (1999) and her playback singing career began when she worked with A. R. Rahman for the Tamil-language film Mudhalvan. She has also sung for Maestro Ilaiyaraaja in the unreleased Tamil movie 'Dhanush' acted and directed by newcomer A M Gurumani. Vasundhara Das has also recorded her own album of non-film songs, and sung in French, English, Kannada , Tamil and Hindi.
She has founded a musical band named Arya with Roberto Narain. The band comprises musicians from various backgrounds in music, ranging from Hindustani and Carnatic classical music to jazz, Latin, rock and pop. Arya’s music can be broadly classified as World Music. Arya’s first performance was at the prestigious festival La Mar de Musicas, in Spain in 2003. The band performed a tour in the United States of America in September 2004. Roberto Narain plays the drums and she provides the western and the Indian vocals.
Indian Films shy away from reality
An interview with Vasundhara Das
After your bang start, suddenly your fans feel you are lying very low. Are you taking a break?
I've just done what my heart told me to do! I have started a recording studio in Bangalore. I'm with the World Music Band, touring England and America extensively. I'm shooting films of my choice and am very busy with playback singing. Most of my songs have been chartbusters. And that's doing a lot, not lying low! If what I do doesn't make news, it doesn't mean I'm doing nothing!
Your hands are indeed full! Many singers are trying their luck at acting. You feel singers with a good face become good actors?
I can only speak for myself. I never ever wanted to act. My world was only music. Acting was just a sheer coincidence, a good experiment.
In Hey Ram and Monsoon Wedding, your roles were very spicy and glam.
Come on! I don't really understand why people say they were glam wham roles! One was a period film! Both of them were very good roles and the films required some scenes, which blended well with the story line and it wasn't meant to be hot!
Do you believe in the ideas of Indian hypocrisy projected in the Monsoon Wedding?
I do believe in what was shot. The problem in Indian films is we don't have the courage to talk about issues that exist, we tend to shy away. That's the reality, so why sugar coat it? Say it the way it is meant to be said.
From the Shakalaka Baby days, how have you seen yourself grow?
For me it has been a phenomenal growth. Whether it has been recorded in public or not, it has been a very personal experience. For a girl who wanted to be a pop singer, to have entered into the foray of acting, co-composing an album, forming a band etc., have been milestones.
So you are confident about your acting skills?
I have rediscovered myself with my acting. Every time I don a new role, I have to act and to act I have to be. To be, I have to know and that is where I start rediscovering a new me. So…
You have been doing a spate of Hindi films?
There are three of them on the floor. I am doing 'Film Star', which is about the relationship between an actress and a convict. I play the convict who is accused of having murdered her husband. Pathar Ke Zubaan recounts the Mathura rape case, where the rich people and the Police and a woman SI stand rape a quarry worker up for her.
Looks like you are very choosy about roles?
The time I spend away from my singing is very precious to me. I have to make good use of it. In fact I am doing a film called Kudiyon Ke Zamana, which is about 4 rich women (Rekha, Mahima Choudary, Kim and me) who don't know what to do with the time on their hands! The roles I do should convince me that I am spending my time usefully!
How come you didn't venture into Kannada films before Lankesh Patrike happened?
The funniest part is I have lived all my life in Bangalore and can speak very good Kannada. But seeing my face many people feel I can't speak Kannada well and that was one reason no one approached me! After I sang a couple of songs for the movie Neela, people were convinced that I know the language well. Anyway, if I think the role is good, I will do any film. Language is no barrier at all and my band Arya plays music in all languages.
So much was said about all those extra kilos you put on, against the usual hourglass figure that actresses are supposed to maintain.
That was a purely personal decision! I felt like eating well and I did it. After some time I felt I want to stop stuffing myself and I did just that! I live for myself and if people felt I didn't suit the role of an actress, well I have never pointed a gun at anybody and asked them to see my films!
But you look very slim and beautiful now!
Thanks! That was again my conscious decision!
There is so much said about the casting couch, especially with so many new kids on the block?
Well. May be that depends on you. If you keep your head on your shoulders and nowhere to draw the line, then you have no chance of complaining. But if you are willing to go that extra bit, whom are you blaming?
Yours is a husky voice and you have the glamorous look too. Why haven't you done any item numbers?
Whether I will accept an offer to do it depends on my frame of mind!
You have become a youth icon. What do you have to say to hundreds of talented youth out there who are struggling to make it?
You have to stand out on your own. Seriously, the entertainment industry is a reality check. No one comes out searching for you. It's a cutthroat competition and you have to go out and prove yourself. Remember you are always alone!
How has life been after you have become the tourism ambassador of Karnataka?
Lots of fun! I had been visiting the length and breadth of Karnataka since I was a child, but now I am doing it with a different perspective. There is so much of tourism potential, but unfortunately, there is dearth of funds unlike in Kerala, which has carved a niche for itself in the tourism world.
Having achieved so much, do you plan to settle down?
Marriage? Not on the cards right now! I am having too much fun and would like to continue it for sometime. No, I have no set ideas about the man in my life. May be the one trait I'll look for is a firm mind!
If you weren't singing what would you be doing?
Hitch - hiking or back - packing!
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Vasundhara Das gets talking
Indo-Asian News Service
Tuesday, July 8, 2008: (Bangalore) :
Singer and actress Vasundhara Das wants to enlighten fans of film songs about other forms of music too. And she loves being part of the World Music band that tries to experiment with diverse rhythms and tunes.
"The people of this country are great music lovers. But unfortunately majority of them are only listening to film music and getting lost in enjoying filmy songs. I want to change this attitude and try to change the enormous focus given to film music," said Vasundhara.
On being asked about her association with the World Music band, she said, "I wanted to be a part of a larger group that is trying to experiment in music to set new trends. The relevance of realistic music has to be well understood by music fans in the country," she said.
Vasundhara, who started her career as an actress in Kamal Haasan's Hey Ram, says she drew inspiration from singer John Lennon of the Beatles group because despite his popularity he continued to experiment and be creative.
"You see his variety in songs like Imagine and Double Fantasy albums. He has done tremendous work in music and moved away from a stereotyped structure," said Vasundhara, who's sung popular Hindi numbers like Shakalaka Baby and Salaam Namastey.
Born and brought up in Bangalore, Vasundhara has now moved to Mumbai to experiment with different facets of music.
"We are moving out and on a world tour. World Music band is a non-commercial organisation that is experimenting in world music. Many well-known musicians and songwriters are in this band. Those who want to experiment and infuse new thoughts in music can join this gang," she said.
Before entering the music industry, Vasundhara featured in the Tamil film Citizen with Ajith, the Malayalam movie Ravana Prabhu with Mohanlal and the Kannada flick ILankesh Patrike with Darshan.
She then worked in Hindi films like Monsoon Wedding, Film Star, Pathar Bezuban and Kudiyon Ka Zamana. But she says she has always been more enthusiastic about singing songs than acting.
Vasundhara has sung for five Kannada films so far, including two for recent movie Sacha.
"I had sung the two songs in Sacha essentially for my mentor to show my love and gratitude for him. Parameshwara Hegde is the music director of this film. I learnt Hindustani music from him. I had to struggle and work hard like any other student to learn music under his guidance. He is strict, but he ensures that the students become effective singers."
But Vasundhara hopes to continue acting as well.
"I want to act again in a Kannada film. But the film should have a strong story line and I have to get the right banner and a good director," the actress said.
Marc Chagall - The Synonym of painting
Birth name : Moishe Shagal
Born : July 7, 1887
Died : March 28, 1985 (aged 97)
Nationality : Russian-French
Field : Painting
Chagall took inspiration from Belarusian folk-life, and portrayed many Biblical themes that reflected his Jewish heritage. In the 1960s and 1970s, Chagall engaged in a series of large-scale projects involving public spaces and important civic and religious buildings.
Chagall's artworks are difficult to categorize. Working in the pre-World War I Paris art world, he was involved with avant-garde currents, however, his work was consistently on the fringes of popular art movements and emerging trends, including Cubism and Fauvism, among others. He was closely associated with the Paris School and its exponents, including Amedeo Modigliani.
Abounding with references to his childhood, Chagall's work has also been criticized for slighting some of the turmoil which he experienced. He communicates happiness and optimism to those who view his work strictly in terms of his use of highly vivid colors. Chagall often posed himself, sometimes together with his wife, as an observer of a colored world like that seen through a stained-glass window. Some see The White Crucifixion, which is rich with intriguing detail, as a denunciation of the Stalin regime, the Nazi Holocaust, and the oppression of Jews in general.
For more information about his art, see the list of Chagall's artwork.
His Artwork :
Marc Chagall, I and the Village, 1911, oil on canvas.
La Mariée by Marc Chagall, 1950.
Marc Chagall. Bella with white collar 1917
Birthday by Marc Chagall
The Blue House, 1917
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* "All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites."
* "Great art picks up where nature ends."
* "I am out to introduce a psychic shock into my painting, one that is always motivated by pictorial reasoning: that is to say, a fourth dimension."
* "I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment."
* "If a symbol should be discovered in a painting of mine, it was not my intention. It is a result I did not seek. It is something that may be found afterwards, and which can be interpreted according to taste."
* “If I were not a Jew… I wouldn’t have been an artist, or I would be a different artist all together.”
* "In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love."
* My name is Marc, my emotional life is sensitive and my purse is empty, but they say I have talent."
* "Will God or someone give me the power to breathe my sigh into my canvases, the sigh of prayer and sadness, the prayer of salvation, of rebirth?"
* "Will there be anymore!?"
* "We all know that a good person can be a bad artist. But no one will ever be a genuine artist unless he is a great human being and thus also a good one."
* "Only love interest me, and I am only in contact with things I love."
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Nadal Wins The Wimbledon Trophy
| Centre Court - Gentlemen's Singles - Finals |
| Roger Federer SUI (1) | 4 | 4 | 77 | 710 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Nadal ESP (2) |  | 6 | 6 | 65 | 68 | 9 | ||||||||||
Sublime Spaniard stretches the imagination
The Clay Court King Conquers the grass too........
So now we know. For 65 matches spanning six years we have wondered who could possibly be the man to stop Roger Federer on grass, and at Wimbledon. Did such a player exist, or was Federer's elegant supremacy such that the mere idea was the stuff of ridiculous imagination?
On Centre Court on Sunday, imagination took flight. The sporting world trembled on its axis, and mother nature sent out thunderclaps and lightning around the All England Club to herald the extraordinary moment. So remember the date, July 6 2008, the time, 9.15pm, and then shout the name out loud: Rafael Nadal.
Little wonder the Spanish national motto is Plus Ultra – literally, further beyond. If the translation is clumsily ungrammatical, then the legend itself spells out in neon what Nadal achieved. Four weeks to the day since he permitted the Swiss a confidence-mincing total of four games in his clay court kingdom of Roland Garros, Nadal robbed Federer of his most treasured possession, the title that defined him: his Wimbledon crown.
The 22-year-old Majorcan already has four successive French Open victories, but this is his most glittering prize. Three weeks ago at Queen’s he became the first Spaniard to take a grass court title in 36 years. But it is 42 years since a player from his nation conquered the lawns of SW19.
The moment when at last he touched victory hit him like a bullet in the chest. It left him flattened on the turf, eyes squeezed shut, face crumpled. Tears came, and he rolled over into a near-foetal position, before staggering to his feet to acknowledge Federer at the net. But the need to be with those he loves the most was paramount for Nadal, and he clambered the stands to find their embrace, before taking a startling walk over an adjoining roof to receive a handshake from the Spanish crown prince in the royal box.
Little wonder he felt such need for release. All through the match he had contained his confidence, with none of the lavish celebration so habitual to his game. Dozens of times in any given match he can be seen extravagantly rejoicing in some extraordinary shot by swerving away with his left fist clenched, arm pumping, shouting: “Vamos!” But today there was no investment of energy in such wastefulness until late in the final set. Face set in concentration, he permitted himself just an occasional fist-clench of affirmation, until almost the moment he smote the legend.
Who could blame him? Every second of this match was cloaked in spine-tingling tension, and that was just for those who watched. What must it have been like inside Nadal’s skin, to wake on Sunday morning in the knowledge that this was the most important day of his professional life?
Twelve months ago here, he became the only person to have taken Federer to five sets since his grass court streak began in the ancient days of 2003. This year so many voices publicly proclaimed him champion before a ball was struck. But he was facing a man who was bidding to make history, by becoming the first player in 122 years to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon six times in succession. Federer was decreed to be at his most vulnerable, yet no one else here had been able unburden Federer of so much as a set in the whole fortnight. The only outcome no one could envisage was an anti-climax.
On a cool and blustery afternoon, the Centre Court crowd were all but gibbering with anticipation. Arriving on court Nadal looked tense and purposeful; Federer strolled in behind him with a graceful wave to acknowledge the ovation. When umpire Pascal Maria called time, Federer strode at once to the baseline, but Nadal lingered for 10 seconds in his chair, pondering his destiny.
He grasped the first point of the match with a powerful forehand, and it prompted not only long applause but a great murmuring ripple through the crowd, as if some sensational piece of news was being passed among them. Even the sun peered out from the dark skies above, unable to resist the lure of the action.
Moments later the ripple was a roar of astonishment. The match was three games old, but already the Spaniard had a break, and Federer never got it back. It felt as if the mental burden of that Roland Garros evisceration was casting a shadow.
The shadow grew longer when Nadal came back from 1-4 down to take the second 6-4. Federer, the grass court king, was two sets down. If that seemed unreal, it was positively eerie when at 3-3 in the third, Nadal galloped to 0-40.
They felt very much like match points – but all went by. On such chances great matches might hinge. An 80-minute break for rain saw Federer renewed, as if he had remembered that all he had to fear was fear itself. From being dangerously near defeat, he took the set on the tie-break.
The fourth set tie-break was a thing of heart-stopping beauty – heart-stopping in its tension, beautiful in its quality. Twice Nadal held Championship point, and twice heaven passed him by on the other side. Federer took it to a fifth, and here at last Nadal’s destiny lay waiting.
There is no sound like the roar of the Centre Court crowd as it tumbles on to the turf. The great wave of it crashed over Nadal. Was there ever such a final as this? The king is dead; long live the king.
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