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""రావయ్యా చంద్రం! ఇప్పుడే నీ గురించే చెప్పారు మావాళ్ళు" అన్నాడు డాక్టర్ సుందర్."ఎందుకండీ?" అన్నాడు చంద్రం."ఫీజు కింద నువ్వు ఇచ్చిన చెక్కు bounce అయిందట" అన్నాడు డాక్టర్."మీరు నయం చేసిన జబ్బు కూడా తిరిగి వచ్చింది" బదులిచ్చాడు చంద్రం."
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"I love BOLLYWOOD....
Do yourself a favor and enjoy the next 10 minutes of your life.
Very clever, and very fun. Embrace it.
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Do yourself a favor and enjoy the next 10 minutes of your life.
Very clever, and very fun. Embrace it.
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"WE'VE WATCHED THIS VIDEO AT LEAST 20 TIMES TODAY AND I STILL CRACK UP EVERY TIME WHEN THE KID GETS THE 'OH MY CRAP I DID IT' FACE :) JASPER LOVES IT TOO AND KEEPS ASKING US TO WATCH THE 'BLACK GUY' VIDEO.
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MINI Re-enacts SUV Stunt: "
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
The 2002 launch of the MINI in the USA brought us some of the most interesting and unexpected advertising the automotive world has seen before or since. Without the budget for big TV ad buys, CP+B focused on a blitz of print, outdoor and environmental advertising. One of the more noteworthy examples was this stunt involving a Cooper on the roof of a Ford Excursion in NYC:
This not-so-subtle commentary on America’s obsession with SUVs was pretty bold, but it also said something deeper. Placing the smallest car you could buy on the roof of the largest SUV available made an audacious statement about what driving fun really was. Sure, that SUV may haul a lot of gear, but that MINI sure looks like a good time on four wheels.
Eight years later, MINI has an SUV of its own. This move has caused no small amount of controversy here on MotoringFile. For a brand that introduced itself to America under the mantra of “The SUV backlash starts now”, producing a crossover seems to some like a betrayal of the brand’s personality. Personally, I don’t see it this way, and MINI’s latest environmental advertising stunt involving a Countryman and a classic Mini perfectly demonstrates my thoughts on the subject.
In my opinion, the genius of MINI’s original SUV stunt was about demonstrating how to do more with less. It was as much about how needlessly large American vehicles had become as it was about how cleverly small the MINI hatch really is. MINI doesn’t build a small car for the sake of being small, but rather because if you’re very, very clever you can do a lot with a very small car. You can go fast. You can go pretty far on a gallon of gas. You can turn really sharp. Your car can look really cool and be genuinely nice in its details. You can haul a surprisingly useful load in a pretty small boot. Personally, I don’t think this is a formula for a single car. I think this is a philosophy MINI could apply to any segment. I think you could have a MINI passenger airliner that fit this philosophy of small but smart.
I think the Countryman is actually the ultimate backlash against the SUV — against the notion that I need a huge, lumbering, inefficient vehicle to haul people and gear. Where the R50 fit snugly on the roof of that Ford Excursion, look at how the classic Mini overflows the top of the Countryman. Beyond the tongue-in-cheek, self referencing nature of this stunt, I think it makes a big statement about what you can do with a small car and that’s what MINI is all about.
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Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
The 2002 launch of the MINI in the USA brought us some of the most interesting and unexpected advertising the automotive world has seen before or since. Without the budget for big TV ad buys, CP+B focused on a blitz of print, outdoor and environmental advertising. One of the more noteworthy examples was this stunt involving a Cooper on the roof of a Ford Excursion in NYC:
This not-so-subtle commentary on America’s obsession with SUVs was pretty bold, but it also said something deeper. Placing the smallest car you could buy on the roof of the largest SUV available made an audacious statement about what driving fun really was. Sure, that SUV may haul a lot of gear, but that MINI sure looks like a good time on four wheels.
Eight years later, MINI has an SUV of its own. This move has caused no small amount of controversy here on MotoringFile. For a brand that introduced itself to America under the mantra of “The SUV backlash starts now”, producing a crossover seems to some like a betrayal of the brand’s personality. Personally, I don’t see it this way, and MINI’s latest environmental advertising stunt involving a Countryman and a classic Mini perfectly demonstrates my thoughts on the subject.
In my opinion, the genius of MINI’s original SUV stunt was about demonstrating how to do more with less. It was as much about how needlessly large American vehicles had become as it was about how cleverly small the MINI hatch really is. MINI doesn’t build a small car for the sake of being small, but rather because if you’re very, very clever you can do a lot with a very small car. You can go fast. You can go pretty far on a gallon of gas. You can turn really sharp. Your car can look really cool and be genuinely nice in its details. You can haul a surprisingly useful load in a pretty small boot. Personally, I don’t think this is a formula for a single car. I think this is a philosophy MINI could apply to any segment. I think you could have a MINI passenger airliner that fit this philosophy of small but smart.
I think the Countryman is actually the ultimate backlash against the SUV — against the notion that I need a huge, lumbering, inefficient vehicle to haul people and gear. Where the R50 fit snugly on the roof of that Ford Excursion, look at how the classic Mini overflows the top of the Countryman. Beyond the tongue-in-cheek, self referencing nature of this stunt, I think it makes a big statement about what you can do with a small car and that’s what MINI is all about.
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Improvised helmets in the streets of Cairo: "
Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images
Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP
Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA
Kyle Wiens, of iFixit, sent us the link to this photo essay from the UK Guardian showing Egyptian protesters improvising helmets in the heat of battle. Protesters are also rerouting power from street lights to recharge their cell phone. One twitter user jokingly dubbed this 'Maker Faire Cairo.' Not to make light of what is a horrible and scary situation, but it is always amazing what sorts of 'street tech' we humans are capable of improvising (for good or ill) under the most dire circumstances. [Thanks, Kyle]
Egyptian protesters' makeshift helmets – in pictures"
Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Ben Curtis/APPhotograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPAKyle Wiens, of iFixit, sent us the link to this photo essay from the UK Guardian showing Egyptian protesters improvising helmets in the heat of battle. Protesters are also rerouting power from street lights to recharge their cell phone. One twitter user jokingly dubbed this 'Maker Faire Cairo.' Not to make light of what is a horrible and scary situation, but it is always amazing what sorts of 'street tech' we humans are capable of improvising (for good or ill) under the most dire circumstances. [Thanks, Kyle]
Egyptian protesters' makeshift helmets – in pictures"
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మీరు చెప్పే సుభాషితాలన్నీ పుస్తకంగా అచ్చు వేయించాలి సార్,
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మీరు చెప్పే సుభాషితాలన్నీ పుస్తకంగా అచ్చు వేయించాలి సార్, లేదా బడిపిల్లలకు పాఠ్యాంశంగా పెట్టాలి, బావున్నాయి..
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I don’t train to lose weight or look good. I don’t train to beat anyone or impress anyone. I don’t train for bigger muscles or a six-pack.
I train because I love it. And because it’s my life.
As I said last week: I am in the best shape in my life. That’s not impressive — while I’m fitter than most of the population there are a ton of people who are way fitter than me. They can run faster and longer; lift more and do more intense workouts; ride and swim much much better; play any sport better than me.
But I’m pretty fit. I can run for a couple hours if I want or hike all day. I can do a reasonable amount of pushups and pullups. I can sprint and jump. Best of all: I can play with my kids and keep up with them and challenge them to keep up with me (I usually win).
I say this not to brag but only to show that it’s possible. Because just five years ago I was in terrible shape: I was 65 pounds heavier and couldn’t run for more than 10 minutes. I was a smoker and ate junk food and never exercised. The most activity I got was lifting a beer to my mouth or walking to the fridge.
I’ve turned it around — and if you too are a couch potato with more than a couple pounds to lose then so can you. I’m no superhuman — I’m a regular guy with a megaton of kids (6) and a wife. How did I do it? Read on. This is a brief guide not for those who want to walk exactly in my footsteps but for those looking for useful information.
Last week I wrote about my diet. This week I’ll share my exercise program.
What I Do
I’m generally a minimalist and a maximalist when it comes to exercise. A minimalist in that I don’t believe you need much (or any) equipment to get fit; a maximalist in that I’ll do almost anything and everything.
So a bodybuilder might scoff at runners who run long and slow and have no muscle and a runner might scoff at a bodybuilder who lifts iron every day but has a big gut. A Crossfitter might scoff at others who don’t go as intense as they do while a triathlete might sneer at those who can’t go as long.
I agree with all of them except I don’t scoff at anyone.
I run but I also bike (and used to swim a bit but haven’t recently). I will lift weights but I’ll also do intense bodyweight exercise. I walk a very lot. I’ll throw sandbags around; do pullups from tree branches; do sprints; race my kids up hills; hike on trails; push sleds; do a pushup challenge (100 pushups in 5 minutes is a good one) or a jumping lunge challenge (see how fast you can do 300); swing kettlebells; play basketball or soccer; or just generally play with my kids.
I’ve also run several marathons and have done short triathlons. I’ve run many shorter races: half marathons and 10Ks and 5Ks and some crazy stuff in between.
So if you’re looking for a specific program from me … I don’t have one. I make it up as I go and just have fun doing it.
But some general tips:
- The most important thing for me is to have fun.
- Next is that I stay active on most days.
- Third is that I rest whenever I need it and not feel guilty — rest is good.
- I will often make fitness a social activity: hike with a friend or do Crossfit with another friend or do a Bodyrock.tv workout with my wife Eva (the videos are … wonderful).
- Challenges are also fun. Find a challenge online and give it a try. Do a challenge with your friend or spouse or a group.
- I like to mix it up. If I only do one kind of activity then I only have one kind of fitness. Also only doing one thing gets boring for me.
If you like you can checkout my automatically updated workout log (and by “automatically updated” I mean that I change the html document by hand coding it and then manually upload it to my server).
My Month of Crossfit
In January I joined my friend Scott Dinsmore in doing workouts with San Francisco Crossfit. We took a basics course three days a week for two weeks and that was tough. Then we did two weeks of the regular Crossfit classes and that was killer!
If you’re not familiar with Crossfit: they are crazy. They do intense short workouts of functional movements — burpees and barbell thrusters and pullups and sled pushing and running 400 meters and box jumps and throwing a medicine ball up against a wall and barbell deadlifts and kettlebell swings and any other crazy things the coach can think of.
It’s not for the faint of heart. I loved it. We’ll probably do more classes but I plan to mix other things in as well.
How I Got Here
I am doing workouts now that I couldn’t have done five years ago. If you haven’t been working out regularly I don’t recommend you do them. Start out easy.
I started by running for half a mile. It was hard. But I did it every other day for a couple of weeks and soon I could do a mile then two miles. And soon I began to enjoy it.
That’s the key: get your shoes on and get out the door. Then focus on the parts that are enjoyable.
- If it’s not enjoyable: find a friend to do it with and have a conversation. All you have to do is walk briskly or play a sport you enjoy. You don’t have to run. If you enjoy swimming or soccer then do those. Find a challenge and do that with friends.
- Start small. If you kill yourself in the beginning then you’ll dread doing it and you’ll eventually quit. If you make it easy then you’ll have no excuse.
- Build gradually. After starting small you can slowly increase your time exercised or intensity. Don’t do both at the same time. You might get enthusiastic and want to increase quickly — that’s a newbie mistake and often leads to overtraining or injury. You’re in this for the long haul.
- Don’t forget to rest. Recovery from training is a huge component of training. Most people (myself included) tend to overtrain and rest too little. Again: that leads to overtraining and injury. I’ve done it and it sucks.
- Log your progress. This is not absolutely necessary but … well actually it is. If you don’t log your progress you won’t see the progress. It’s hugely motivating to look back on your workout log and see how far you’ve come. If you stick with it for a few months or longer you’ll see tremendous improvement. That feels amazing. You’ll also be able to see what you’ve done wrong — if you’ve overtrained then the logs will make that obvious.
Next Steps
If you’re a beginner: I recommend you follow the advice in the above section. Start small and increase gradually and make it enjoyable and social. Watch yourself make progress.
After that I suggest you mix it up and challenge yourself in new ways all the time. Fitness can be incredibly fun. Do a race or join a class or do a group challenge. Find a variety of workout partners and enjoy the conversation and competition.
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"'I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.'"
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"డాక్టర్ రాసిచ్చిన ప్రిస్క్ర్రిప్షన్ మందుల షాపువాడికి ఇచ్చి "ఇందులో రాసిన మందు సీసాలు రెండివ్వండి" అని అడిగాడు వాసు."రెండెందుకండీ?" అమాయకంగా అడిగాడు షాపువాడు."ఈ సీసాలోని మందు నిద్రపోయేముందు తాగమన్నారు. ఒకటి ఇంట్లోకి, రెండోది ఆఫీసులోకి..""
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"మా నాన్నగారి death certificate submit చేస్తే కానీ మా అమ్మకు pension ఇవ్వరట. అదేదో ఇచ్చి పుణ్యం కట్టుకోండి డాక్టర్ గారు."ఓ.. అలాగా... దానికేం భాగ్యం.... ఇంతకీ మీ నాన్న గార్ని treat చేసిన డాక్టరెవరు?"ఆయన అదృష్టవంతులండి.. ఏ డాక్టర్ treat చెయ్యలేదండీ... ఆయనంతట ఆయనే పోయారు....""
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"ఈ మధ్య నాకు వచ్చిన forward mail:చిరంజీవి కొడుకు సినిమా - చిరుత : చిరు తనయ, అయితే, మరి మిగతా హీరోలకొడుకుల సినిమలు ఏమి అవ్వచ్చు?బుడత - బాలకృష్ణ తనయఉడత - వెంకటేష్ తనయమిడత - మోహన్ బాబు తనయపిచుక - పవన్ కళ్యాణ్ తనయ........"
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