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Saturday, July 20, 2019

Nayakgriri: 50 50 : A take World Cup and rest of things in Summer19


Author runs a blog to read Facts, Fiction, Fun: A Globally Local Guy. 

Life can be described at its best as a 50 50 endeavor. It is divided between happiness and sorrow, success and failure, winning and losing, hope and despair, day and night, winter and summer. At the start of  this summer of 2019, I had a wish list of three things that I had no control over to happen: Mumbai Indians winning IPL, Modi winning general elections and Kohli lifting World Cup. Summer still is at its glory in this part of world while monsoons have set in finally in most part of India ending long summer there. Ignoring IPL to be non-serious matter, on the rest two accounts it was fifty-fifty verdict. While India and Modi won riding on a very effective campaign, lack of opposition and support of aspiring India, Virat lost it thanks to bad selection and decisions, half an hour of bad cricket at crucial moment. This column has said lot about why India won when Modi won. Though we will delve upon what next after the election and what needs to be the agenda for Modi2.0, but while analyzing World Cup we should also now focus on what’s next. As many serious thinkers will find it childish to equate cricket with National cause, but for this column cricket is passion while politics is a way of life. Cricket this time was 50 overs matter and in Indian Politics its about 50 % absolute majority and only around 50% of voters bother to Vote.

Heat wave: More than 185 million under watches and warnings as temperatures climb

Peak temperatures from a potentially deadly heat wave are expected to begin Friday, and major US cities are taking special measures to prepare -- with New York City declaring an emergency.
Over the next few days, more than 85% of the lower 48's population will see temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said, and more than half will see temperatures higher than 95 degrees.
About 185 million people are under a heat watch, warning or advisory as of Friday morning.

Top Trekking Destination: Duke's Nose


Cityblog Events Corner


If Cricketers were School Students


Best of PG Wodehouse



And she has got brains enough for two, which is exact quantity the girl who marries you will need".\

PJ of the Day

Why did the clock go to the principal’s office?

For tocking too much.


Engineers


MPC News

National Network

Cityblog Science Club Link of the Day

Mathematics of Weight Loss

Ramanujan Machine

Friday, July 19, 2019

Appalling' arson attack on Japanese animation studio kills at least 33

A man shouted "die" as he doused an animation studio with fuel and set it ablaze in Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, killing at least 33 people in the nation's worst mass murder in nearly two decades.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the attack in the city of Kyoto - the latest grisly killing in a nation widely known for its low crime rates - "too appalling for words" and offered condolences.
Police detained a 41-year-old man who shouted "die" as he poured what appeared to be petrol around the three-storey Kyoto Animation building shortly after 10 a.m. (0100 GMT), public broadcaster NHK reported. 

Fitness Tips from Fitcon


Giridarshan Trek to Dukes Nose 21st July

A gettogether of old and new fellow trekkers and friends.
A great monsoon, mist all over, a roaring waterfall, chilling weather, flowing clouds, greenary all over and funsongs while returning in local train,
In short a perfect recipe to enjoy with our friends and old felotrekkers, or in a way to celebrate friendship day.
Come lets gettogether and enjoy.
Meet us at Shivajinagar railway station at 5.30 am for the joyfull Duke's nose trek on 21st July
Bring with you, lunch, extra dress, waterbottle, wear sports or trekking shoes, avoid shorts and half Tshirts.
Just inform your participation and no of friends you are coming with, pay the fee on the spot
Trek fee Rs. 200/-
Call 9850520058

Cityblog Events Corner



Habits For Success Workshop



28 Jul, 10:00 AM to 06:00 PM
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By end of this workshop, you will learn how to:

·         Understand why you do what you do
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·         Remove stress causing habits through proven methods
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Learn different aspects of business building habits from industry experts.




Venue: Tarawade Clarks Inn, No. 1205/2/5, Off J.M. Road, Shirole Road, Shivajinagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411005, India





Top Trekking Destination: Kamalgad


Cartoon


Best of P G Wodehouse


It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn't. 

PJ of the Day

Why can’t Cinderella play soccer?
Because she’s always running away from the ball.


Great Ad


MPC News

National Network

Cityblog Science Club Link of the Day

Dramebaaz

Amusement Park Safety

Thursday, July 18, 2019

What happens when parts of South Asia become unlivable?

Almost six million people are under threat from rising flood waters across South Asia, where hundreds of thousands of people have already been displaced as a result of heavy monsoon rains

The flooding comes as India was still reeling from a weeks-long water crisis amid heavy droughts and heatwaves across the country which killed at least 137 people. Experts said the country has five years to address severe water shortages, caused by steadily depleting groundwater supplies, or over 100 million people will left be without ready access to water.

Success


Wari Ringan Ariel Shot


Top Trekking Destination: Irshalgad


Cityblog Events Corner


Best of PG Wodehouse

There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine."


PJ of the Day

When will the little snake arrive?

I don’t know, but he won’t be long.


Save Yourself first


MPC News

National Network

Cityblog Science Club Link of the Day

Norway

Xtreme Video

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin recalls first moments on the moon on 50th anniversary of mission

As the Eagle descended toward the Sea of Tranquility, Buzz Aldrin saw something he'd never seen before: the shadow of the lunar module cast in front of them on the moon's cratered surface.
"That was new, not something we saw in the simulator," he recalled on the eve of today's 50th anniversary of the historic Saturn V launch that carried him, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins on a 238,000-mile journey to the moon.

Salute to all Gurus


Coincidence


Cityblog Events Corner


Top Trekking Destination: HarischandraGad


Best of P G Wodehouse

"A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle."

― P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs and Other Stories


PJ of the Day

Why do seagulls live by the sea?
Because if they lived by the bay, they’d be bagels!

Makeover of Rohini Hattangadi


MPC News

National Network

Cityblog Science Club Link of the Day

Flute

Octopus Hug

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Floods force millions to flee homes in India, Nepal and Bangladesh

Floods have forced more than three million people from their homes across north and northeastern India, officials said on Monday, as the death toll in neighboring Nepal and low-lying Bangladesh rose to 76 after days of heavy monsoon rains.

But then was the Cup won?


Whats Next after World Cup?


Top Trekking Destinations: Garbett Plateau Matheran


Monsoon Magic


Best of PG Wodehouse

"I always advise people never to give advice."
― P.G. Wodehouse

PJ of the Day

Why did the man run around his bed?

He was trying to catch up on sleep!


Plastic Recycling


MPC News

National Network

Cityblog Science Club Link of the Day

Slide to Airport Gate

Canary Da Mata : Color Changing bird

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Somalia hotel attack death toll rises to 26

 
At least 26 people were killed and a further 56 injured in Friday's terror attack at a hotel in Kismayo, Somalia, Jubaland state president Ahmed Madobe said Saturday morning. 

Colonel Salah Osman, a police officer who was part of the rescue operation on Friday night, told CNN that the attack began when a car bomb exploded in a suicide blast at the gate of the Asasey, a heavily fortified hotel 500 km south of the capital Mogadishu. An assault team of four attackers then entered the premises and battled with Jubaland's security forces for 12 hours. 

Top Trekking Destination:Tamhini Ghat


Cartoon


Monsoon Magic


Maximum Mumbai


Best of Wodehouse


She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say "when". "
― P.G. Wodehouse

PJ of the Day

Why is the grass so dangerous?

It’s full of blades.


Observe Caution during Monsoon Excursions


MPC News

National Network

Cityblog Science Club Link of the Day

Why do South Asisna have high rates of Heart Diseases

Kargil Memorial