The zany weather!

Of late, the weather has been anything but normal. It does not rain when it is supposed to, it starts to get freezing and cold when it is supposed to be pleasant and to top all this, we get to hear the news that weather is having a drastic effect on the artic ice pack. At this rate,soon there would hardly be any artic ice left over. Is this change a result ogfwarming and is there nothing we can do? Is the ice age approaching us now?

A really Inky world and the pleasure of cartridges!

Well we live in a age when we tend to take things for granted. As day by day goes we tend to get more finicky in what we want. Lets take the world of cartridges for example. Ink cartridges have come a long way and are so developed now that they can literally 'ink' out a simple sentence in so many different colors and shades that to a common lay person, it would seem as something out of this world. If you had lived in the era of second world war and had to keep changing the spool on your typewriter, can you imagine what you would think if you were given say a HP 56 Black. That would certainly blow you away!
With so many companies offering us the public so many different varieties of cartridges, it is often difficult to know what to get and where to get it. But lo behold with companies like the Carrot Ink, we can be sure of getting the best of the lot all the time. Their cartridges are some of the best in the market today. Their products are incomparable to the others like for example, their product hp ink cartridges stand head and shoulders above all the rest of the pack. Whats more with such neat offers and discounts available at their site, it is no wonder that their product ink jet cartridges are getting sold out. So do check out their site before they run out of all the cartridges!

Dried news and old news!

It is indeed surprising to see the development in the fourth estate[news and media] in comparison to the other fields. If one were to go back into the past, say the time of 'Jack the ripper' one would get typing ink stains on ones hands from papers fresh off the machines. We have all come a long way since then,today we can get the latest news off an RSS feed,Internet,and even paper and all of this is done in a jiffy. I wonder what further changes we can expect in the Fourth estate,perhaps the news will be delivered to us in the form of a hologram??

The salsa meringue!

I am just an average bloke and the only thing that I knew about salsa and the rest of the Latin forms of expression was what I saw on the telly or in the movies like 'True lies'. I always thought that the steps were too intricate and that you would have to practise for days on end just to get the Salsa steps right. But after a few visits to this place I managed to lean a few facts about Dancing in the spirit. One of them is that Dancing is not about getting the steps right but it is all about bringing out the inner you. The one thing that matters most as far as Salsa goes is your passion.
You will have to dance with your heart and let your passions guide you along. You would have to feel the song and dance with all of your emotions on the threshold of a new discovery. Think of it like the first time you learnt to ride a bicycle. How did you feel, how enthralling was it? That is what Salsa dancing is supposed to do to you.
I guess there is a little dancer in all of us, irrespective of how we may look or where we may be from. You can look at the Salsa video and you will be able to see how the dancers express themselves with their heart and not with their minds. To say that Salsa is all about the way you feel would not be an understatement. Here at this place not only are they the best but their Learn to dance course can be learnt in a very short amount of time. If you are like me and wanted to learn Salsa just so that you can impress your girl friend, well then you have come to the right place for it. What is more, you can go to the site via the links above and enter these details to test out the service.
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Bhutto gets arrested and all hell breaks loose!

At last the opposition in Pakistan have a face to go with their movement. As Bhutto was preparing to leave for a rally in Rawalpindi, the barricade around her house became even more tougher. But the PPP party workers managed to get through the barricade and started shouting slogans and no prizes there as to what they were protesting about. The basic freedom is gone in Pakistan and the martial law is in place. It is no wonder that the very common man on the streets of Pakistan wants to protest against Musharraf and his goons.
The detention order placing Bhutto under house arrest was then served on her. The last time I saw the live broadcast of Bhutto on the BBC,she was giving a speech and listing out every one's objections. Then the police surrounded her and I have no idea as to what has happened to her. All i hear from the television channels is that one moment she was standing there giving a speech and then the microphone was snatched away from her and then she disappeared. The official version is that she is under house arrest, but it is any body's guess as to where she has been taken by the Pakistani security forces. Either way, the opposition against Musharraf has now got the face of Benazir Bhutto and let us hope that Musharraf listens to reason and this emergency ends real soon!

The great hotels to stay in Spain!

Spain the land of the Tapas, is a nice place to go on a vacation. But as usual we often tend to look at our budgets while we do that. But there are some really fantastic places to stay in Spain which do not cost that much and the food, I do not have to say much about that as it sells by itself! While in Spain, you can always visit the Torre de Bujaco, or the clock tower. It has been around since the times of the 11th century and the tales that it could tell if it could talk. Anyway the tower is open to the public and it offers one a panoramic scene of the Caceras region of Spain. You could also visit the Muralla de Avila , which is the fortress wall around the city of Avila and it is really old. You should note that cars are not allowed in but the walk in and around the ancient fortress and the citadel are breathtaking in all aspects. The sights and sounds of Spain coupled with some of the fantastic low cost hotels in spain will definitely make your stay there a memorable one!

Barcelona is a great city with some really fantastic hotels that are high on quality and low on costs. As such the Sagrada Familia is a great family hotel where you can accommodate your entire family and not spend a restless night worrying over what it will cost you. Like I said it is a family hotel and a nice and pleasant place to stay in. The buffet that they have at the Sagrada Familia is something to keep talking about. While in Barcelona you have to visit the La Boqueria, it is the market of all markets. Here the various food and their respective flavors will just overwhelm your senses leaving you watering at the mouth literally. This is a must see on your itinerary in Barcelona. The next must see place is the Gothic quarter, this is literally like a time machine. This place with its narrow streets and the mysterious air that only old buildings can give, will literally transport you a few centuries back into the mists of time itself. This Gothic quarter is aptly named and there are various 'kiosks' lining the cobbled streets, so that all of your needs can be gratified right away! For stay in Barcelona, there are some really great hotels in barcelona besides the Sagrada Familia where you can stay without worrying over your wallet!

During your visit to Madrid, there are a few places that are a definite 'must visit' such as the Prado museum, which could take up most of the day, so plan that visit well. Also, the Prado museum has several Goya paintings on exhibit. The other place that one must visit is the botanical gardens, which are a marvel to behold. Anyplace that has so many plants and trees in such abundance in a city where there are few trees left is indeed a marvel. What makes this botanical garden different from all the others is that it is located on a cliff top and that alone makes it stand head and shoulders above the rest. The view from here is incomparable and the beaches are near by as well. You can literally make a picnic of the visit to the botanical gardens. The last 'must see' on your itinerary has to be the Royal palace. This palace is the official residence of Emperor Carlos, and is steeped in history from the top to the bottom. All the rooms are huge and very nicely decorated. Do not forget to get some snaps of the Banquet hall. Madrid is really a very nice and pleasant place to visit, with the people so very helpful and with the hotels in madrid being a bit on the inexpensive side. Need i say more other than Ole!

Killer student mows down 8 in Finland!

It seems that the School Killings have started all over again. I had said this before and I shall say this again, it is high time that stronger gun control laws be brought into force. It is one thing to have guns to protect oneself but totally another thing to use them to shoot innocent people, just because you do not feel okay. Here in India as well as the other countries there is a very strict gun law which is duly enforced and it is pretty much unheard of for any teen to get their hands on any guns or ammunition of any kind, leave alone, to bring them to school.
We all have gone through that 'teen' years, with all sorts of hormones running through our body. It is at this stage that a human is most vulnerable and it is at this age that he or she can learn about life and mature into a responsible adult. To learn that Bullying was the cause for this person to run amok in this Finnish school, I have to ask did no one notice that he was being bullied? Why did the school counsellor not make an attempt to intervene? These are some of the questions that many a Finnish citizen would be asking themselves today.

These killings have only shown us how easy it is for underage adults/minors to obtain guns and ammunition of all sorts in countries where gun control is limited or pretty much non existent. Why should guns be so readily available in the market? I can never accept the argument that if guns cannot be sold over the counter legally then there is always the black market. It is high time that all guns were removed from the society as such, other than the police and the armed forces. That way, we would not be threatened by school kids 'going off their rocker' or by any robbers or murderers with guns. What is more, this way, tracing a gun that has been used in a crime would definitely be a whole lot easier! The American constitution may grant one the right to defend oneself, but it is that very right that is eroding the society of Modern America and this disease is spreading to other countries that do not have strict gun control laws like that of Finland. This crime has hit the Finnish people very hard as they are fighting to understand what happened and why it has happened? It will be some time before life gets back to normal in Finland but as far as schools go, Finnish education has changed and the feeling of safety in Finnish schools has gone forever!