The dimpled bollywood beauty, Preity Zinta who has stolen the heart of millions through her movies like Dil Se, Kya Kehna , Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and Kal Ho Na Ho is all set to enter Havard School of Business to take up a course in Negotiating and Deal making.

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Although there wasn’t victory for India in its Fifth ODI against Australia, Indians are celebrating Little Master’s record of 17,000 runs in the ODI which is a milestone that none has reached.

Australia is leading the series at the rate of 3-2 and there are two matches left to play. The fifth ODI at Hyderabad saw Sachin Tendulkar score a mind blowing 175 runs off just 141 deliveries.

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The India vs Australia 5th ODI live is hot. The India vs Australia 5th ODI live cricket match is anticipated to be a great match between India and Australia.  The 5th ODI is today, and the game is going on as we speak.

India vs. Australia 5th ODI cricket fans are anticipating a game full of twists and turns.  Currently, the game is over

Both India and Australia Played to win. The series is tied with a 2-2 match, and winning the 5th ODI will pull one of the two teams ahead.

According to B4Tea.com, Australia won the India vs. Australia 5th ODI live match.  Of course, India can come back and win the 6th ODI which is played on November 8.  If India wins, then the 7th and final match will be a tiebreaker for the championship.

Don’t miss the 6th ODI match-up between India and Australia.  It is on November 8 so find a live streaming channel on the Internet and make plans to watch another crucial match in the 2009 Hero Honda Cup Cricket Series.

Tropical Storm Ida formed today. Tropical Storm Ida formed in the Caribbean. Could Tropical Storm Ida become Hurricane Ida? Only time will tell.

According to the Associated Press, Tropical Storm Ida is causing Hurricane Watches to pop up around Nicaragua.   Tropical Storm Ida is up to 65 mph winds, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Tropical Storm Ida could bring major flooding and major landslides wherever she makes landfall.  Nicaraguan officials are already taking precautions and making shelters.

Tropical Storm Ida will likely cause evacuations in the coastal city of Bluefields and the towns of Laguna de Perlas, Cruz de Rio Grando and Kukra Hills.

Tropical Storms need to be watched quickly.  As a tropical storm makes its way across warm water, the storm will strengthen.  As a tropical storm strengthens, it could turn in to a full-blown hurricane.

Whether or not Tropical Storm Ida will turn in to Hurricane Ida has yet to be seen.  We can only cross our fingers and hope for the best. However, those that live in the path of the storm should evacuate if encouraged by local authorites.  As mentioned before, Tropical Storm Ida will bring forth a lot of flooding and potential landslides.

Microsoft announced today that they are eliminating another 800 jobs worldwide.  This includes several dozen jobs in Massachusetts, and some in Washington state as part of a larger effort to cut costs and increase efficiency.  Employees may be told as soon as today. 

The layoffs will affect everyone from Rare, Games for Windows, to about a quarter of the Massive team.

Microsoft full statement: “Earlier this year, we announced that in order to reduce costs, increase efficiency and prioritize our focus areas, we would eliminate approximately 5,000 positions by June 2010.  Today, we are eliminating around 800 positions spread across multiple businesses and locations and have completed our reduction plan sooner than we had anticipated 11 months ago.  At the same time, we continue to hire in priority areas, but also understand that continuing to manage our businesses closely, as we always do, can mean additional headcount adjustments.”

Microsoft has nearly 1,000 Massachusetts employees and expects to eliminate less than 4 percent of the workforce there…about 40 jobs.  About 50,000 people in the US have a job with Microsoft, and 40,000 of those employees are in Washington state.  Microsoft announced 5,000 global layoffs in January, so additional cuts now were unexpected.  After these cuts, Microsoft will have about 88,000 employees worldwide.

Source: Microsoft

The documentary “The People v. Leo Frank,” which re-tells a true century-old story of a murder trial, racial stereotype, and a lynching, premieres Monday at 10 p.m. ET on PBS.

The People v. Leo Frank

In 1913 Atlanta, a child worker, Mary Phagan, was found dead in the basement of the National Pencil Company.  Police focused on Phagan’s boss, Leo Frank, a Jewish engineer who recently arrived from New York.  Frank’s murder trial became a free-for-all of racial stereotypes and contradictions, according to the film’s web site.

Frank was found guilty and sentenced to death, mostly based on what the state’s star witness, Jim Conley, a black factory sweeper, said.  Frank’s lawyers appealed the conviction 13 times, and even went to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

Meanwhile, The New York Times led a crusade to exonerate Frank, according to the film’s web site.  Georgia Governor John Slaton concluded that Frank did not receive a fair trial and changed his sentence to life in prison.

The decision sparked a backlash.  A group of 25 men in seven cars drove more than 100 miles to the state penitentiary, walked in, and abducted Frank.  They drove him to an oak grove near Phagan’s childhood home, where they reportedly put a noose around his neck and hung him.

The film includes recollections, commentary, and archival images, with Will Janowitz as Leo Frank and Seth Gilliam as Jim Conley, with a script drawn directly from the historical record.

For more about the film, click here.

Meb Keflezighi wins NYC Marathon - AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Meb Keflezighi won the New York City Marathon this morning and completed it with a personal best time of 2:09:15.  An American hasn’t won the NYC Marathon since 1982.

Meb Keflezighi, 34, emigrated from Ethiopia to San Diego, California in 1987 and became a US citizen in 1998. Keflezighi has been running most of his life and won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics. 

Meb Keflezighi’s Career Highlights:

• 2005 ING NYC Marathon 3rd place
• 2004 Olympic Marathon Silver Medallist
• 2004 ING NYC Marathon Runner-Up
• 2000, 2004 Olympic Trials 10,000m champion
• 2004 Marathon Olympic Trials runner-up
• 12th in 10,000m at 2000 Olympics
• 3-time U.S. 10,000m champ (2000, ’02, ’04)
• 2-time USA 12km XC champ (’01, ’02 )
• 3-time U.S. 15 km champ (’01, ’02, ’04)
• 4-time NCAA champion
• American 10,000m record holder
• Olympic Trials 10,000m record holder
• U.S. Championships 10,000m record holder

 Source: www.usatf.org

Derartu Tulu, 37 from Ethiopia was the first female to finish the NYC Marathon this morning with a completion time of 2:28:52. Keflezighi and Tulu will each receive $130,000 in prize money.

India Vs Australia 1st ODI highlights. India lost the cricket match today to Australia by just four runs. The match was held in Vadodra and Australia beat India in the opening one-day international match.

Cricket online.tv is usually the best site to watch the highlights from the matches, but that website has been very slow today.  Ustream has several different highlight videos from the match and it is easy to get onto the site.  Click on the link below to watch the highlight videos on ustream.tv

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Many people have been wondering when Daylight Saving Time (DST)  is scheduled for this fall.  Mark your calendars (if they aren’t already) for Sunday, November 1, 2009, at 2 a.m.

Daylight Saving Time

There has been some confusion about the “fall back” time for DST 2009. In the past, the time change happened on the last Sunday in October. The time change now happens on the first Sunday in November.

Remember to change your clocks, but be careful as some clocks on cell phones, computers, etc., are programmed to change automatically for DST.  Also, to add more confusion, some computers and electronic devices may have already been programmed to change on the last Sunday in October.  So double-check that your clocks have the correct time.

So what is DST? Here is a description from TimeandDate.com:

Daylight Saving Time (or summertime as it is called in many countries) is a way of getting more light out of the day by advancing clocks by one hour during the summer. During Daylight Saving Time, the sun appears to rise one hour later in the morning, when people are usually asleep anyway, and sets one hour later in the evening, seeming to stretch the day longer.

The reason DST works is because its saves energy due to less artificial light needed during the evening hours—clocks are set one hour ahead during the spring, and one hour back to standard time in the autumn. Many countries observe DST, and many do not.

Note: Between March–April through September–November, it is summer in the northern hemisphere, where many countries may observe DST, while in the southern hemisphere it is winter. During the rest of the year the opposite is true: it is winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern.

Benjamin Franklin first suggested Daylight Saving Time in 1784, but it was not until World War I, in 1916, when it was adopted by several counties in Europe that initially rejected the idea.

It is difficult to predict what will happen with Daylight Saving Time in the future. The daylight saving date in many countries may change from time to time due to special events or conditions.The United States, Canada and some other countries extended DST in 2007. The new start date is the second Sunday in March (previously the first Sunday in April) through to the first Sunday in November (previously the last Sunday in October).

Ray Austin, right looks over after Poland's Andrew Golota in November of 2008.

Tomasz Adamek and Andrew Golota weighed in on Friday in Poland. Cruiserweight world champ Tomasz Adamek 38-1 (26) tipped the scales at 214 pounds at 32 years old. And Andrew Golota 41-7-1 (33) weighed in at a career high of 256 pounds and is 41 years old.

The 12-round, heavyweight fight for the IBF International title is on Saturday night at Arena Lodz in Poland and will be televised live in Poland on Polsat TV. The only way to see the fight in the United States is live streaming; HBO and Showtime are not showing it.

Here are a few live streaming sites where you can watch the fight, but they are slow…and frustrating. Sopcast requires the download of software before you can watch it. It may be easier to wait until it is over and watch the video of it online. Most likely any video placed online tonight of the fight will be removed by morning.  The Adamek vs Golota fight is on UStream right now. 

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