A BYTE OF LIFE Thursday, April 16, 2009

Activa, again Pets in summer

03 The all-new Honda

Activa comes with a
host of new features,
with improved mileage
being one of them. 02 Tips to keep your furry
and feathery friends
cool when the mercury
shoots up.

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 3 No. 71

What a
woofer!!!!
Roadster columnist Vikram Sunderraj
returns after a break to assemble a monster
of a sub-woofer system for his car.
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02 NAMMA CHENNAI ERGO Thursday, April 16, 2009

Pick of the Week

A belated thank you to all the people who wrote to Nithya
Pari of TAGS (featured in the Four Legs Good columns on
March 18). A special thanks to her future colleagues from
Infosys who gave her a warm welcome and offered TAGS
their support.

The Heat is On
The scorching summer is here. Some
tips to keep the furry ones cool.
Sri Kartic, winner, FIFA Tournament

Winners of the FIFA

Tournament at BLUR
Sri Kartic, Narasimhan and Jebesteen
grabbed the first three places, respectively,
at the FIFA 09 Virtual Football Tournament
held at Level 6 - Blur, Sathyam Cinemas last
week.
More than 64 players participated in the
tournament, out of which 32 players were
eliminated in the first couple of hours. Cash
prizes of Rs. 4,500, Rs. 2,500 and Rs. 1,000
were awarded to the winner, first runner-up
and second runner-up respectively.

A tournament in progress at Blur

PHOTO: S.THANTHONI
ERGO CORRESPONDENT there are hardly any natural wa- out for signs of dehydration
[email protected] ter bodies left to drink from. If (sunken eyes, exhaustion, fur that
there’s an oasis that’s regularly has lost its elasticity – check by

I
f you’ve always been a bit of replenished (twice a day, ideally), gently pulling the fur near the
an amateur bird-watcher, you’ll be sure to be greeted by the neck and checking if it goes back.
April through June is the best feathered ones who are smart If it doesn’t, it’s a sure sign of de-
time to get to know them right enough to tell their friends about hydration) and restrict walks and
at your doorstep with no effort. their new find. exercise to early morning or late
Ravens, shrill-voiced parakeets If there are a few friendly evening hours. Last and certainly
and miniscule sparrows will neighbourhood dogs that are al- not the least, do remember to tell
make a beeline for your balcony if ways wandering about with their every pet-owner you know that
there’s a bowl of water awaiting tongues hanging out, they’d be leaving your pet in a parked car
them. Summer’s a scary prospect grateful for a trough of water can be a deadly mistake. Even a
for birds that are thirsty all the that’s left at a fixed place every- single minute in a locked car
time, especially in cities where day. This will pre-empt their could increase the temperature
tendency to drink ditch water in to a point that kills your pet. ■
desperation, and will ensure that Got suggestions on summer care?
they don’t get skin diseases as a Send them to [email protected] and
result. share your advice with other pet-
If you’re a pet-owner, watch lovers.
 Thursday, April 16, 2009
03
Aliens Vs Monsters at Sathyam Cinemas
Attention movie buffs. Sathyam Cinemas is releasing the animation comedy Mon-
sters Vs Aliens (3D) in real digital experience (RDX) format on April 17. The movie
directed by Rob Letterman & Conrad Vernon, has Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen,
Hugh Laurie, Kiefer Sutherland and Renee Zellweger in the cast.

Lights,
camera, Activa
An extra mileage of 15% ,
PETLEE PETER
more under-seat space and all-
pearl sunbeam white and wild As part of the new design, the
[email protected]
purple metallic. While the first Activa flaunts an improvised new colours are the attractions
four are regular Activa colours, front body, brighter headlights
on the new Honda Activa
H
onda Activa, the two- pearl sunbeam white and wild with halogen lamps, bigger
wheeler that has created purple metallic are the new grab-rail and an 18 litre under-
ripples in the scooter additions. seat spacious storage area. For
segment in the country, In comparison to the previous those who feel the under-seat
now adorns a new look. model, the new Activa has a space is insufficient, an Inner
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter Combi Brake, which helps the Box near the footboard is avail-
India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) launched rider brake within shorter dis- able as an add-on accessory for
the all-new Activa in Chennai tances with increased stability. the new vehicle.
on Wednesday. With a power- Claimed to be the first in the The most important feature
packed 110 cc engine and maxi- Indian market, the new braking that distinguishes the new Acti-
mum power of 8 bhp, the new system is unfortunately avail- va from its older version is a
vehicle beams an improved able only in the Deluxe variant, claimed extra mileage of 15 per
metal body and a chic exterior which is expected to go on sale cent.
body. Available in two variants, only by August or September. The new Honda Activa is
Standard and Deluxe, the new An anti-theft Key Shutter, available at all Honda dealers in
Activa comes in six colours – which is a new feature in the Chennai and costs Rs. 41, 855
geny grey metallic, candy lucid Activa, is also only available (ex-showroom price for stan-
red, force silver metallic, black, with the Deluxe variant. dard variant). ■
PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN
04 VILLAGE ERGO Thursday, April 16, 2009

Day off for crime catchers

Police officers in Latvia will get a day off if they catch a criminal –
as part of a cost cutting exercise.

Keira hates Internet Britney and

Hollywood actress Keira Knightley has revealed that
she hates social networking websites such as Twitter geography don’t
and Facebook.
“I hate the Internet,” the Sun quoted her as saying. mix
“I find it dehumanising to constantly check emails or If Britney Spears’ back-up
social sites, which have become so fashionable,” Keira career plan includes being
said. a geography teacher then
“I’m not a celebrity,” she said. she should strike off that
“I don’t go home or out with friends saying I’m a option, especially after her
celebrity and I don’t ask to be treated like a queen. ‘Sacramento in San Jose’
Mum and dad wouldn’t like that,” she added. blunder.
ANI The 27-year-old singer left
the crowd at her show in
San Jose, California,
confused after greeting them with the words: “What’s up
Obama’s dog in Oval Office, Sacramento?” 40 minutes into her set.
Britney had performed in Sacramento, which is around 90
not in his bed miles from San Jose, the previous night as her ’The Circus
US President Barack Obama has made it clear to the first Starring Britney Spears’ tour makes its way across
dog that he was welcome to visit him in the Oval Office, California.
but the presidential bed in the White House would be out The comeback queen’s address to the crowd came in the
of bounds. second portion of her set between songs Me Against the
For once, about 100 members of the Fourth Estate who Music and ballad Everytime, reports The China Daily.
had turned out to record the arrival of the first dog at the While in Vancouver, Britney left the stage for 25 minutes
executive mansion, forgot about the economic crisis or the reportedly because it was too smoky.
situation in Pakistan and switched to dog talk. She later told the crowd: “Thanks Vancouver. You were
Will Bo have the wonderful. Drive safe. Don’t smoke weed!”
privileges of Barney, ANI
President George W.
Bush’s dog, who was
allowed in the Oval
Office, asked a scribe? Boy accused of robbing bank
“Of course,” Obama A 13-year-old boy who police say was caught red-handed
replied. a block away was accused of robbing a bank in Peoria.
Will he sleep in a The unidentified boy was charged with felony armed
bed? “Not in my robbery in juvenile court, accused of threatening a teller
bed,” the President with a gun and demanding cash.
said. He was found hiding in a nearby garage about 30
The first dog will have minutes after the robbery, stained red from a dye pack
some other privileges that had been placed in the bag of money.
too. “We all have to “It’s the youngest person I can remember,” said Sheriff
take turns walking the Michael McCoy, a four-decade veteran of the sheriff’s
dog,” said Obama. office.
IANS Reuters

Book tells Beckham’s LA story

D
avid Beckham was a super- is part of Bertelsmann, said the It said it would also reveal the
star in Europe but when he book would provide an account story of how Beckham’s manage-
moved to America a waiter of Beckham’s “celebrity packag- ment company, 19 Entertain-
demanded to see his ID ing and the inner workings of a ment, “engineered a shadow
and refused him a glass of wine, Beckham team.” takeover of Galaxy.”
according to a book due out in “Wahl provides a detailed ac- The book also features Beck-
July. count of Beckham’s aspirations ham discussing the technique of
The Beckham Experiment, by and worries about his American his trademark bending free-kick
Sports Illustrated writer Grant adventure, his interactions with goals, his marriage to the former
Wahl, features interviews with Galaxy teammates making as lit- Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and
33-year-old Beckham and other tle as $12,900 a year, his icy rela- his relationship with celebrities
major figures in the Los Angeles tionships with Galaxy star such as Tom Cruise.
Galaxy, the soccer team he joined Landon Donovan and former Crown said the book would be
in 2007. Crown Publishing Group, team president Alexi Lalas,” published on July 14. ■
a division of Random House that Crown said in a statement. Reuters
 Thursday, April 16, 2009
05

Polling booths face

jumbo trouble
Forest
guards have
been asked
to keep a
close watch
during
elections

P
oll authorities in Megha- are along the India-Bangladesh wing and their trainers would be sion has made arrangements to
laya are facing a strange border, some of the polling sta- present accompanied by local despatch poll materials along
problem - possible attacks tions in Meghalya are situated in tribesmen with drums and cym- with officials to the low lying ar-
by wild elephants during the districts of West Khasi hills bals to drive away wild eas of Chwkham, Namsai, Tezu
polling day. and Ri Bhoi, which are close to elephants. of Lohit district, Bordumsa, Diy-
Over 200 polling booths in the forests in adjacent Assam, from In Amarpur in southern Trip- un area of Changlang district
Garo hills region of Meghalaya where the elephants often come ura, Teliamura and Atharamura and Kanubari, Khonsa of Tirap
have been categorised as ’sensi- out. hill ranges in western Tripura district through elephants,” a se-
tive’. Not because of any militant Meghalaya Chief Electoral Of- wild elephants in herds often nior poll official said.
“There is a threat, but for fear of attack by ficer P. Naik told newsmen in come down to the plains in Elephants will also be used for
rampaging wild elephants! Shillong: “After the previous search of food and local brew carrying poll material and offi-
wave in our Forest officials in Tripura are polls were disturbed by elephant and also destroy standing crops cials in southern Assam, which is
favour. We will also on alert to prevent any likely attacks, the election authorities and homes. also going to the polls on April
raids by the pachyderms on poll- are not taking any chances this In contrast, in Arunachal Pra- 16.
sweep the ing day in southern and Western time.” desh, polling authorities have “We will engage six elephants
elections; some Tripura, April 23. “Returning officers have been engaged 20 elephants for ferry- to carry poll officials and elec-
people are However, in Arunachal Pra- asked to finalise their strategies ing poll officials to the remote tion materials, including the
desh and Assam, which also go to deal with the unusual prob- polling stations. electronic voting machines, to
worried to the polls on Thursday, jumbos lem. Crackers and self-defence The jumbos will be pressed in- five remote villages of Highla-
because of our will be used for carrying polling weapons may be provided to the to service in some pockets of Lo- kandi district under the Karim-
material and officials to remote, polling officials posted in these hit, Tirap and Changlang ganj Parliamentary
alliance” inaccessible areas. areas,” he said. districts of Arunachal Pradesh in constituency,” said Highlakandi
Lalu, RJD chief
Apart from Garo hills, which A senior forest official said case of inclement weather. district magistrate Tapan Chan-
that forest guards along with “Like the 2004 Parliamentary dra Goswamy. ■
trained elephants of the wildlife polls, this time also the commis- IANS

28 VOX POP
send your views to [email protected]

So what good will an IIM graduate bring if

elected to Lok Sabha? Shoot your queries to
Sarath Babu, Independent candidate, South
Chennai and Ergo will reach them to him and
get them answered too.
06 SPORT ERGO Thursday, April 16, 2009

ECB to tap fans at Facebook

In a unique attempt, the England and Wales Cricket Board has launched official Twitter, Facebook
and YouTube channels in an effort to promote the game beyond its normal fan base in the build-
up to the Ashes series, a media report said. “Twelfth Man, a ’fan community’, will act as a focal
point for fixtures, ticket information and debate. A ’Twelfth Man van’ will tour grounds to record
footage of fans to be broadcast online and on big screens,” The Guardian reported.

Barcelona ease
into semis
Barcelona eased as expected into the
Champions League semi-finals on
Chelsea Blues knock out
Liverpool in a thriller
to reach semi-finals
on a
Tuesday after a
1-1 draw with
German outfit
Bayern Munich
for a 5-1
aggregate
victory.

roll
The tie had
been virtually
decided in the
first leg when
Barcelona beat
Bayern 4-0.
Frenchman
Franck Ribery
gave Bayern the
lead early in the first-half but that was
wiped out when Seydou Keita scored in
the 73rd minute.
AFP

C
helsea survived one of the
most dramatic matches in Chelsea’s Frank
Champions League histo- Lampard celebrates
ry to reach the semi-fi- at the final whistle
Sania books Venus clash nals with a 4-4 draw against
Liverpool in Tuesday’s quar-
against Liverpool after
Sania Mirza booked a second-round the UEFA Champions
ter-final second leg for a 7-5 League quarterfinal
clash with second-seeded Venus aggregate victory.
Williams with a straight-sets victory in second leg match at
Guus Hiddink’s side, who Stamford Bridge in
the one million-dollar Family Circle Cup. will face Barcelona in the last
Sania Mirza beat Sesil Karatantcheva of London. AFP PHOTO /
four, came agonisingly close to ADRIAN DENNIS
Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-4 to line up the squandering their 3-1 first leg
marquee meeting with Williams, who lead as Liverpool twice pulled
will be launching her campaign on within one goal of a remarkable
Wednesday afternoon after enjoying a victory at Stamford Bridge.
first-round bye. The great escape looked on nayoun’s backheel,
Top-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva, when Fabio Aurelio’s free-kick only to lose his com-
who rose to a career-high ranking of and a Xabi Alonso penalty put Li- posure and scuff
number three in the world last week, verpool two goals ahead by tamely wide.
reached the third-round with a half-time. The Blues were wa-
dominant 6-0, 6-2 victory over American Chelsea staged a superb sec- ry of committing too
Julie Ditty. ond half revival as an own goal by many players forward
“I don’t feel any pressure being the Jose Reina was followed by strikes and Liverpool, dominat-
number one seed here,” Dementieva from Alex and Frank Lampard to ing possession as a result,
said. “Tonight was a good start to the seemingly put the Blues in took the lead in remarka-
tournament for me. I had never played control. ble fashion after 19
Julie before so I really didn’t want her But Liverpool had no intention minutes.
to get into the match. It’s easy to lose of going out quietly and Lucas There was no apparent
your concentration. I really stayed and Dirk Kuyt struck to set up a danger when Aurelio lined
focused tonight.” nerve-jangling finish. If the Reds up a free-kick wide on the
Zvonareva cruised past Paraguay’s scored again they would go wing 35 yards from goal. But
Rossana de los Rios 6-3, 6-2. Fourth- through on away goals, but Lam- Petr Cech clearly expected
seeded Petrova beat Austrian Patricia pard finally settled the tie with a the Brazilian to send in a
Mayr 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, Bartoli defeated minute to play. cross and put just one man
Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 6-1, 6-3 Liverpool, who were without in the defensive wall be-
and Cibulkova downed Austrian injured captain Steven Gerrard, fore taking up a position
Tamira Paszek 6-4, 6-0. needed the kind of heroic display on the far side of his goal.
AFP they produced to turn a three- Aurelio noticed the
goal deficit into Champions gaping hole at Cech’s
League final victory against AC near-post and
Milan in 2005. took full ad-
They started as if inspired by vantage
the spirit of Istanbul and Fernan- with a
do Torres surged onto Yossi Be- cheeky low
Thursday, April 16, 2009
07

‘‘
Mere nishane par sari team hoti hai (I target the entire team). I don’t
target individuals. You play to win the match and that can be done only
by targeting the entire team. So there is no point targeting a particular
batsman.
Harbhajan Singh

shot that left the Chelsea keeper The Blues were shell-shocked verpool would still force extra-time goal but even then Liverpool re-
rooted to the spot. Hiddink’s team and Hiddink responded by hauling but Hiddink’s team-talk had done fused to throw in the towel.
looked devoid of any idea how to off Salomon Kalou, with Nicolas its’ job. When Lucas scored with a low
defend their lead. Anelka replacing the Ivorian. Chelsea were transformed and strike that deflected off Michael
Liverpool was tormented by Hiddink sent his players out they scored again in the 57th min- Essien in the 81st minute, it
Chelsea’s corners in the first leg early before the start of the second ute when Alex hammered a fero- seemed no more than a consola-
but now it was their turn to cause half and Chelsea, finally attacking cious, swerving free-kick past tion. But two minutes later, Chel-
chaos from set pieces and they with some urgency, punished a Reina from long-range. sea’s defence allowed Kuyt yards
scored again in the 28th minute. blunder by Reina to go back in Ashley Cole was booked for ob- of space to meet Albert Riera’s
Spanish referee Luis Medina front on aggregate in the 52nd struction, ruling him out of the cross with a close-range header
Cantelejo ruled that Branislav Iva- minute. semi-final first leg, but Chelsea that gave Cech no chance.
novic had pulled down Alonso in Anelka surged away from two had the bit between their teeth and Liverpool had to throw caution
the penalty area as the players defenders on the right wing and Lampard made it three in the 76th to the wind now in search of the
challenged for another Aurelio whipped in a low cross that Didier minute. winning goal and their heroic ef-
free-kick. Drogba nudged goalwards. Reina Drogba powered away down the fort was destined to end in failure
Ivanovic, Chelsea’s two-goal he- got his hand to the ball but the left and crossed towards Lampard, as Lampard curled home the
ro from the first leg, was now the Spaniard’s feeble attempted save who timed his run perfectly to fin- equaliser in the 89th minute. At
villain as Alonso picked himself up only succeeded in pushing it into ish from close-range. long last, Chelsea could relax. ■
to dispatch the penalty past Cech. his own net. Another goal for Li- That should have been the killer AFP

Narang wins gold

Gagan Narang on Wednesday became first Indian ever to win two medals in a single ISSF World Cup when he
claimed gold in the men’s 50 metre rifle 3 position in Chongwon, Korea.
Narang, who earlier won the bronze in his pet 10 meter air rifle event, shot 1166 in the qualification round and 98
in the finals to aggregate maximum 1264 points.
The Hyderabad marksman, who reached the finals of all three events he participated here, is also the first Indian
to climb the podium in the 50 metre range, according to the National Rifle Association of India.
He had narrowly missed a medal in the free rifle prone event.
Among other Indians in the fray, Sanjeev Rajput finished sixth with 1258.7 (1160+98.7) while Sushil Ghalay
failed to make the finals, ending up 11th with qualification round scores of 1155.
The silver and bronze medals respectively went to Jinseop Han of Korea for his effort of 1261.9 (1165+96.9)
and Alexei Kamenski of Russia for garnering 1261.7 (1167+94.7) points.
PTI
08 ROADSTER ERGO Thursday, April 16, 2009

Happy B’day, Mustang

Ford Mustang, an iconic vehicle, one of
the coming-of-age symbols of the baby
boom generation, turns 45 on Friday,
April 17. Car maker Ford is holding a
big weekend party for the car in US.

Here is how the setup looks from Cats India, General Patters
Roadster columnist returns after like; Subwoofer: Image Dynam- Road gets on to work, a solid
ics - IDQ3 V4 12"; Monoblock: plank is drilled to have my Phoe-
a short break and revs up his Phoenix Gold RSD1200.1 - 775X1 nix Gold Monoblock and my old
watts at 4ohms and 1200x1 multi-channel Infinity amp sit
car stereo system with serious watts at 2ohms; and wiring kit: side by side.
Kicker PKD1 dual amp wiring kit. The Kicker dual amp wiring kit
sub-woofer power
I
t has been a while I made any Words can’t describe the qual- is unpacked and the power ca-
noise on these columns now. ity bass this kit can produce. We bles are connected to the battery
So here I am back from a are talking tight and precision and pulled all the way to the rear
break of sorts and what bet- bass that would blow your mind. of the car to power up the amps.
ter subject to choose on my re- The Phoenix Gold amp is a good I might need to get a power stif-
turn than about the upgrade of 6 kgs in weight and the sub fener called the Capacitor to
my car’s subwoofer setup. would equally compete with maintain spike free power to the
While everyone else in the amp’s weight. I might be forced amps.
team were getting the tune to upgrade the suspension, just Now with everything installed
right, I got my equipment list have a feeling that the car might its time to have my ever so re-
ready and had it shipped to bottom out with passengers at liable Alpine head unit to start
me. I drove down to my in- the rear due to the heavy setup. playing my favourite music. Be-
staller with my highly re- A mono block amp is a single lieve me the bass is now on the
searched and carefully channel system that is best to spot tight synching well with the
selected audio drive a subwoofer, as this type of music without booming. Even
equipment. amp handles only low frequency with the gain on the amp adjust-
that generates bass. As there are
no multiple channels the bass is
clean and tight with no
distortion.
My installer friend M. Kannan

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 Thursday, April 16, 2009

Feeling ’sheepish’
09
Sheep farmer Nick Honig from
Stompetoren, Holland has an unusual
way of transporting his sheep in his
fields. He carries them on his moped
because his land is too large to
transport them otherwise.

ed only half way through its set-

Rare vintage
tings it is still able to produce a
whole lot of power. I am loving
every bit of the install. “Words can’t describe the quality bass
Another upgrade of the com-
ponent speakers might happen this kit can produce. We are talking

found and
soon watch this space. It can hap-
pen soon if my boss at Ergo de- tight and precision bass that would
cided to sponsor my install, hope blow your mind.”
I am not thrown out for this, I am
throwing in the blankets and

returned to
watch out for more next week
with more interesting products
and tips for your motor.
■
Please mail us at

place of birth
[email protected] for
any queries.
Footnote: Dear Vik-
ram, your point is well
noted. This is your boss
here. By the way, I just re-
ceived a note from my boss-
es here that I have to cut
down on unnecessary ex-
penses. Seems like inflation
The G2 was built in 1913 by
just officially entered Ergo.
nster PROTOS, a subsidiary of Siemens,
That should answer your query. a mo
meg
t for t
he and is probably only one of
et bu
All s
three such cars still around.

A
rare vintage car, dating back to the early
days of the automobile, has been discov-
ered in Eastern Europe and has returned
to Berlin where it was built almost a cen-
tury ago.
The G2, which is being offered for sale by Car
Classics Berlin, was built in 1913 by PROTOS, a
subsidiary of Siemens, and is probably only one
of three such cars still around. “The history of
this car is simply amazing. It survived two world
wars and has since hardly been driven,” says
automobile historian Burkhard Steins from Car
od 6 kg Classics Berlin.
a go The G2 with the chassis number 3345 and the
a m p is
old 21 horsepower engine with the number 2866
nix G
Phoe left Germany as an officer’s car in World War I.
At the end of the war, it was left in the Polish
city of Cracow, apparently because it ran out of
petrol. It was owned by a Polish businessman,
hidden during the German occupation of Po-
land in 1939, and resurfaced after the war. But
because the communist authorities banned the
use of private cars, the rear was converted into
a fire engine. It was later returned to the Polish
businessman’s heir and spent the last decades
in a shed in southern Poland. It was found and
bought by a collector who now wishes to sell
the car.
“The car is a rarity and a collectors’ item that
cannot really be priced,” says Steins. “Accord-
ing to our knowledge, there are only two simi-
lar cars still around – a car that won a race
around the world in 1908 and the luxury car of
a former Brazilian foreign minister, both of
which are in museums.”
For more information, see
http://www.car-classics.de/newsflash.html.
DPA
10 FLICK ERGO Thursday, April 16, 2009

Hugh Jackman looking for most needy charity

Actor Hugh Jackman has asked his fans through Twitter to tell him about their
favourite charities, so that he can donate to the most needy one. “I will donate
100K to one individual’s favourite non-profit organization. Of course, you must
convince me why by using 140 characters or less,” Contactmusic quoted Hugh as
stating on his Twitter page.
ANI

Hammer halted
‘Quiet Beatle’ gets posthumous
Auction of Hollywood star
Michael B eatles guitarist George Harrison received a posthumous
star on Hollywood’s ‘Walk of Fame’ on Tuesday at a
Jackson’s ceremony attended by his family and former band-mate
Paul McCartney.
The honour for Harrison, who died from cancer in 2001
belongings aged 58, came as Capitol Records announced an
upcoming release of the guitarist’s music.
called off Harrison’s widow Olivia and his son Dhani accepted the
star at a ceremony attended by around 1,000 fans and
well-wishers.
Some 2,382 stars have been laid in the pavement of
Hollywood Boulevard, one of Los Angeles’ most popular
tourist districts.
Harrison, often known as the “quiet Beatle”, was
known primarily as a guitarist, with McCartney and John
Lennon responsible for much of the group’s song-writing
in its early years.
However he later wrote some of the group’s best
son’s concert costumes – known tracks, including ‘Taxman’, ‘Here Comes the Sun’,
had been due to go under and ‘Something’. ■
the hammer in Beverly AFP
Hills in an auction expect-
ed to raise millions.
Items up for sale had
been taken from Jack- Jamie Foxx offers on-camera
son’s sprawling Never-
land Ranch in California, apology to Miley Cyrus
which the singer left and
has never returned to fol-
lowing his acquittal on
J amie Foxx has made an on-camera apology to Miley
Cyrus for his recent derogatory remarks about the teen
starlet on his satellite radio show.
child abuse charges in The comedian appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay
2005. Leno, and claimed that he went a little too far in
All the auction lots were mocking the Hannah Montana star.
on display on Tuesday at According to E! Online, Leno innocently said on the
a public exhibition ahead show: “Did you say something inappropriate?” reports E!
of the sale which had Online.
sparked worldwide inter- “Yeah,” admitted Foxx and then took a few breaths and
est from memorabilia col- went on to offer a full-blown apology.
Michael Jackson’s wax figure is seen on display in Beverly Hills, lectors and Jackson fans. He said: “I so apologise to (Cyrus), and this is sincere. I
California on Monday. The wax figure was one of the many Jackson’s production company am a comedian, and
items owned by Jackson that were supposed to go under the MJJ Productions had contracted you guys know that
hammer. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS Julien’s to arrange an auction of whatever I say, I don’t
Neverland items last year before mean any of it. (Big

A
huge sale of items belong- earlier approving the sale and co- suddenly seeking to halt the sale laugh from the
ing to former ‘King of Pop’ operating with Julien’s. in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles audience). And
Michael Jackson due to “I can tell you that both parties last month. sometimes, as
take place next week has today agreed not to move forward Nolan said he believed that the comedians, as we do,
been cancelled, the auction with the auction on April 22,” said reaction of Jackson’s fans follow- we go a little bit too
house organizing the sell-off con- Nolan. “The collection will stay ing news of the auction had made far.”
firmed on Tuesday. together to be returned to Mi- the singer think twice about go- Then, looking at the
Martin Nolan, executive direc- chael Jackson and MJJ Produc- ing ahead with the sale. camera, he said:
tor of Julien’s Auctions, said that tions.” “There was such a sentimental “Miley, I apologise, so
the hotly anticipated sale had The terms of the settlement reaction from fans all over the I’ll call you. I got a
been scrapped after a settlement were not disclosed but Nolan said world about the dispersal of the daughter too, so I
had been reached with the eccen- both parties were happy with the collection from Neverland that it completely
tric pop star’s legal team. deal. made Michael aware of the level understand.” ■
Jackson’s management com- More than 1,300 items – in- of the loyalty of the fans,” Nolan ANI
pany had been attempting to halt cluding a customized Rolls Royce said. ■
the April 22-25 auction despite limousine and dozens of Jack- AFP
 Thursday, April 16, 2009
11
Jolie voted world’s most beautiful woman
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has been voted the most beautiful woman in the world in an online poll
conducted by Vanity Fair magazine. The Changeling star got 58 percent of the votes beating supermodel Gisele
Bundchen, who came second and got just nine percent votes followed by Halle Berry with just three percent
votes, reported femalefirst.co.uk.

High time, Cine City

MARIAH
M
ariah Carey is moving her personal trainer to
her home in Los Angeles to get back in shape.
She was recently criticised for her figure, re-
ports contactmusic.com. Carey received some
negative comments after her pictures of visiting hus-
band Nick Cannon’s relatives in San Diego appeared
online.
Carey claims she is working hard to get back in shape
and is talking about it on networking site twitter.com.
She writes: “Looking at some paparazzi shots from
Easter... I don’t know what was worse, the bleak
angles and bright peach dress... or the b.s.
(bulls**t) commentary/blogs. It was Easter
and we were trying to be nice so we just
walked out Nick’s aunt’s front door de-
spite the paparazzi who had followed
us all the way to San Diego! I fig-
ured, why not give them a pic even Mani Rathnam hospitalised
tho (though) I look a stone mess af- Director Mani Rathnam was admitted to hospital
ter a long festive day...” on Tuesday night after he complained of breathing
“Then in return we get a... b.s. difficulty and discomfort in the chest. Mani
story and some pics I could’ve defi- Rathnam is under observation and his condition is
nitely lived w/out (without). ...Just said to be stable now. Rathnam is currently
‘for the record’... that dress and hair involved in a project starring National Award-
were not ‘red carpet’ attire! And if I winner Vikram, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya
gained a few pounds... My trainer’s Rai, among others, tentatively titled Ravana.
back living w/ (with) me again...yip-
pie.” ■
IANS

Mariah Carey moves

personal trainer home

Vadivelu in Kanthasamy
We hear that though Vadivelu is acting in
Kanthasamy, he will not share screen space even
once with Vikram! Vadivelu dons the role of a
person amazed by Vikram’s gravity-defying stunts
and starts investigating the issue himself. How
this search lands him in funny situations is for the
audience to wait and watch. Kanthasamyis being
directed by Susi Ganesan. The movie is expected
to be a May-end release.
12 ERGO Thursday, April 16, 2009

Tuesday’s query:
You are leaving tomorrow for a 6-
week stay in the Stone Age. What
will you pack?
■Chappathi with jam
Renuka, Pride Technologies
■A handycam to shoot the dinosaur, two pistols, a lighter,
a blanket and a pen knife
Sridhar.R, STG
■Saapadu
Vidhya, Wipro
■Television and mobile phone, I can’t live without them
Abhinand, Allsec
■Set of clothes, laptop, three mobiles fully charged,
candles and matchstick and a candy box
Don, Allsec
■Pack my supervisors. So that I can forget them when I Murugan from Wipro has nominated his team members as Partners in
return Crime. The pic was clicked at Ooty.
Ezhilanvikraman, Perot Systems
■My mom’s recipe like curd rice, tamarind rice, tomato
rice, lemon rice
Revathi, Wipro
■Mobile, my friends’ photos, dum, eatables for Stone Age
animals, paste, brush, soap, but no dress
Vijay, TCS-eServe
■Make up set & cosmetics
Balasundari, Inautix
■iPod, camcoder
Packiaraj, FSS
■My boyfriend
Praveena, Accenture
■Mobile, recharge cards, laptop, handycam, dresses,
snacks, my family photo, make up kit
Abhirami.R, IBM
■Laptop, mobile, lighter, some funky casuals with caps n
coolers, short gun n I’ll go in a bike
Hashim, Allsec
■Laptop loaded with my favourite movies
Krishnaveni, Accenture
■Clothes, toothbrush, paste, soaps and match box
Sripradha Chakravarthy, Infosys Gouthaman R. of Infosys Technologies Limited has nominated his team
■I will pack Levis jeans & t-shirt & guns to kill wild members as Partners in Crime. The photo was taken at Ooty by their team
animals photographer “Camera Balaji”.
Aman, TCS-eserve
■Laptop, guitar and some painting stuff
Aakash, CSS
■Match box and masala items bcoz food has to be
analysed
Kavitha, Cognizant
■I’ll take lot of empty bags and fill it with lot of antique
things and auction it here
Mohan Sridharan, TCS
■Candies, fruits, food items which won’t get spoiled for 6
weeks and animal skin which can be used as a dress in
stone age
Sathish, Wipro(SIM)

Today’s query:
Suppose if you were forced to move
to another country, where would
you prefer to go? And why?
Saurav Varma from PayPal has nominated his friends as Partners in Crime.
 Thursday, April 16, 2009
13

April 16
Elampooranan A of HCL Technologies has
been nominated as Office Angel by Ninu Di- ■ Dear Saranya,
vakaran. To a Special one on a special
He is very naughty and full of pranks. He likes day from a special heart (Arvi):
to pose for photos and tell loads of jokes. He is Pappu – I Wish you many more
highly regarded for his dedication and attitude happy returns of the day. You
towards work and has the amazing ability to are my most precious wealth I
keep people around him lively. have ever earned. I wish you to
have a peaceful and happy life
forever.
With Love From,
Arvindh M, Trimble Navigation Ltd.,

■ Dear Claudi,
Some Happy Moments,
Some special heart touching
moments,
Some joyful moments,
Some funny moments and
Some not so funny moments...
May your birthday be a
rainbow,
Clustered with such special
moments which u can admire in
Your heart as wonderful
memories forever....
Happy bday.....
With lots and lots of luv,
Kokila, Ramya, Padma, Hemanth
Poonkodi (TCS),Vijay,Venu, Seelam.

■ Hi Ilangathir,
Iniya Pirandhanaal
Art featured in this column will Vaazhthukal...
receive gift coupons from Fruit Be Happy Always....
Shop on Greams Road. Send in Many many happy returns of
your addresses so that we can the day,
post the coupons. May u Live Long as Long as
more than Devil...
Enjoy Ur day...
Wishing U all Succes...
DDV HS First Batch Friends...

■Renugadevi of Congruent Solutions Pvt. Ltd doodled this.

April15
■ Mokka pencil jayavukum,
sarakku teacher shobinikum
Intha 12 Bee’s in Iniya kaalam
kadandha pirantha naal
vazhthugal…
Cheers,
12Bees, Hexaware
■ Dear Anbu (a) Christina,
Your Birthday Makes this day all
the more special and
beautiful.Wishing you a day as
special as you are...
With love,
Roopa
■Girl Friend : If I die, what will u do?....
Boy Friend : I may also die…….
GF : Why???.. April 14
Boy: Some time too much of happiness can also kill a man…… ■ Dear Chidambaram Sir,
Shiva Kumar A, Light da candles, cut da cake.
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd make it a day, that’s simply
■Coin box le coins paarkalam gr8!! Happy B’day..
Key box le keys paarlakalam Regards,
Aana match box le match parkamudiyuma!!! SETS VMT TEAM, CSS.
From,
Shalini,TCS
14 TRAFFIC JAM ERGO Thursday, April 16, 2009

Sons trapped in trunk

An Ecuadorian man was caught by
Spanish police - driving with his two
sons in the trunk of his car.

sudoku

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Money hero Word’s worth
Money stuffed in a woman’s bra saved her Zopissa (zoh-pi-suh) a medicinal preparation made from wax and pitch
life after she was shot while riding a bus in scraped from the sides of ships; fortunately the substance is no longer in use,
the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. so the word is obsolete. It came from a Greek word for pitch, a sticky
resinous substance obtained from tar or turpentine.

B.C

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

Today your focus remains on career progress, says
Ganesha. You will be highly practical and may take
right decisions right in time. You will work harder
and may also expect others to work hard. Your love
life may be sidelined.

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

Luck is in your favour in general. You may be
working on new projects. Important meetings
related to work, conferences with people living in
foreign land or even communication with them is
possible. You will enjoy good family life today.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20

Ganesha does not find you in a very good mood
BORN LOSER today. At office, you would not be able to finish
desired work in given time. Ensure that you don’t
cross deadlines! In love life, you will neither have
very good time nor very tough time.
CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20
Today you might have to take a back-seat at office
and let others handle important task. This is just
time being change, you will be back in power soon
but today, stars are not favouring you. At home,
you will be completely dedicated to your partner.
LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20
You can be overloaded with work at office, says
Ganesha. There are chances of cold arguments with
superiors. Ensure that you maintain cordial relations,
advises Ganesha. In case of love relationships you
may not be carried away by emotions.
VIRGO AUG 21 - SEPT 20
There is a lot of scope of doing some sort of
FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT research and development today. You will love your
job more than usual and may take interest in
company’s progress. Emotional bond between you
and your beloved one may strengthen up today.
LIBRA SEPT 21 - OCT 20
Your prime responsibilities may be sidelined and you
may be dealing with mundane tasks. Ganesha
suggests you to keep up with routine practice. Your
love life may become dry if you don’t exchange few
sweet words with your partner.
SCORPIO OCT 21 - NOV 20
Tasks that you have not been able to finish till now
may be taken up and finished today. It is best day
to deal with activities that need to be done quickly.
In personal life, you may need to put in more effort
to please your beloved.
SAGITTARIUS NOV 21 - DEC 20
Today you may need to control your speech and
ensure that you don’t put off anyone. Office work
may become more demanding and you may need to
put in more efforts to finish small things. In love
life, you should try to act more emotionally.
CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20
This is ’power day’ for you, as per Ganesha’s view.
Your energies are in the process or recharging. You
will be able to set higher goals and start working in
this direction. While your career front is in full
swing, domestic life may also be in perfect balance.
AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 20
PREVIOUS You may put in lot of effort to solve problems at
work but if you shoot one, another will appear
ISSUE’S immediately. In short, it’s day to deal with problems
at office. In love life, you may not be able to
SOLUTIONS dominate your partner.
PISCES FEB 21 - MARCH 20
Your efforts are likely to yield positive results today.
Ganesha finds you receiving gains at office. Other
people may give you due importance and you will
gather more respect. Love life may be sailing
smoothly.
Predictions by Bhavesh N. Pattni
16 ! ERGO Thursday, April 16, 2009

Dubai policewomen with an elite squad for VIPs

show their skills on a motorbike during a
graduation ceremony in the Gulf emirate on
Wednesday. Dubai’s Department of Protective
Security and Emergency has selected a group of
women to be the body guards for VIPs like
ministers and celebrities visiting Dubai. The
officers have been highly-trained in counter-
terrorism and anti-riot control. AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB

Actors Drew Barrymore and Jessica

Lange attend the HBO Films
premiere of Grey Gardens at The
Ziegfeld Theater on Tuesday in
New York City.
PHOTO: MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAGES/AFP

Disney movie Monsters, Inc. characters Sulley (L)

and Mike celebrate the opening of the Tokyo
Disneyland’s new attraction ‘Monsters, Inc. Ride
and Go Seek’ at Urayasu city in Chiba prefecture
on Wednesday. Disney theme park invested USD
100 miilion for the new attraction which features
Disney/Pixar movie Monsters, Inc. AFP PHOTO /
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO