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Liars, Damn Liars and Governments

The American government has been convicted of falsely charging and sentencing two innocent men for a murder they did not commit. The FBI filed charges against these men intentionally, withholding evidence of their innocence. The men remained in the prison for 36 years before the truth surfaced and they sued the government for the act. As a result of a recent ruling, the government now is obligated to pay $101.7 million to the men as compensation. According to a Justice Department attorney, this for a greater cause, but then so are all of them.

U.S. must pay $101.7 million to men framed by FBI

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Business Education Finance Innovation Social

10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job

An amazing article about why doing a job is not what you should really be doing!

10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job

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Business Meta Science Social

Thought vs. Intuition

I was just reading this article and found it very interesting. It is bit slow in the middle, but see if you like it.

To succeed, learn to be intuitive

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Social

Facing Middle Age With No Degree, and No Wife

An interesting read about how the concept of marriage has subtly changed in the last quarter century with respect to gender divide, age, finances and “the need for emotional attachment”.

Facing Middle Age With No Degree, and No Wife

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Health Nature Social

First zero-emission home unveiled

“The design, unveiled at the Offsite 2007 exhibition in Watford, meets rules to be applied in 2016 that aim to make UK homes more energy-efficient.”

“The home generates all its own energy – and when you’re away on holiday can send electricity back to the National Grid. The company says its annual energy bill would be £31, as compared to £500 for the standard new home of this size.” -BBC

First zero-emission home unveiled

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Business India Social

Walt Disney enters Bollywood domain

Walt Disney has reportedly signed a deal with India’s Yashraj Film Studios. The deal binds the two to make atleast one animated movie per year in which Bollywood actors would lend their voices to the feature. The deal signifies the impact Bollywood has on the entertainment industry worldwide and open great prospects for expansion and growth for both.

In another move, Indian film maker Sanjay-Leela Bhansali is producing India’s first Hollywood backed production this year in collaboration with Sony Pictures. UTV Motion Pictures also entered into strategic relationships with several international studios including 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney and Will Smith’s Overbrook.

Bollywood has become serious business!

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Social Sports

Lewis Hamilton rocks F1 world!!

22 year old Brit rocks F1 world in his debut year — six podium positions in all of six races of 2007 so far, wins the Grand Prix in the sixth one, and leads the 2007 F1 Drivers’ Championship — achieving something never achieved before!

Hamilton has set four Formula One records in quick succession. With his first start at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix, he became the first black driver to compete in Formula One. At the 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, he became the first F1 driver to finish in the top three in his first three races. After he finished second at the 2007 Spanish Grand Prix, he became the youngest driver ever to lead the drivers’ championship. Hamilton gained his first victory at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix and became the first black person to win a Formula One race.

“Increasingly those in the know in F1 are talking about Hamilton as potentially one of the greatest drivers in history.”

Sky’s the limit for Hamilton

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Business India Innovation Social Technology

Google: Foreign workers are key to our success

Google VP joins Bill Gates and urges Washington to fix appalling US immigration system.

Google: Foreign workers are key to our success

Related post: Bill Gates on Innovation and Technical vitality

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History India Social

Gandhi on Jews & Middle-East

“It is of utmost importance to remember the time of this writing. It is 1938, Hitler is ruling Germany, and the clouds of a terrible conflict have begun to form. Gandhi’s article shows his incredible sense of right and wrong, his blind faith in his methodology, and his profound vision of things to come.” Via reddit.

Gandhi on Jews & Middle-East

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Social Technology

Power of internet blogs

In the wake of recent happenings in the blogger world I could not resist the feeling of awe regarding the power electronic blogs have amassed. On May 1st Digg tried to suppress stories about an HD-DVD code which created significant turbulence at Digg and resulted in Digg owner having to give his opinion about the matter. Yesterday (May 15th), another turmoil was caused by an ‘accidental’ deletion of a post at Flickr regarding the selling of a user’s photographic material by an ebay store without her permission. This once again had to be handled by the owner of Flickr. Elsewhere, an Engadget story claiming that the release of Apple’s iPhone and Leaopard operating system was being delayed (as mentioned in an internal email to Apple employees) resulted in a sudden drop of Apple’s share price which wiped $4 bil off Apple’s market cap. This story was later reverted by Engadget in light of Apple’s notification that the email was a hoax. These incidents are just to name a few.

It seems blogs have surpassed the status Newspapers and TV held a few years ago, with the positive side being that unlike the latter, power has shifted in the hands of the common person. World is becoming a more democratic place, perhaps!