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Arctic Canada caught on 1919 silent film By Chris Nikkel Documentary maker An extraordinary documentary filmed in 1919 to mark the 250th anniversary of the Hudson Bay Company has been restored for modern audiences. One of the world's early documentaries featured unique footage of the lives of Arctic fur trappers in 1919. After long being forgotten, it's now been restored for modern audiences in Canada, including communities descended from those featured in the silent film. In July 1919, the RMS Nascopie departed Montreal. It carried supplies bound for Arctic fur trade posts. But the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) ice-breaker had extra cargo on its annual trip. A film crew is on board. The ship headed north. As they travelled, a cameraman filmed the Nascopie crashing through ice floes. When the ship anchored, he went overboard, trudging across the ice with

Israel's fears of a nuclear Iran By James Reynolds BBC News, Jerusalem   US General Martin Dempsey is the latest dignitary to visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial On a cold morning in Jerusalem, US General Martin Dempsey enters the main hall of Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Memorial. As he steps through the door, he removes his military cap as a sign of respect and replaces it with a Jewish skullcap. A minute later, he is told that he can wear his own cap - and he makes a discreet swap of his headgear. The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff then lays a wreath in remembrance of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. It is a familiar ritual. Each official visitor to Israel is taken to Yad Vashem. The visit is meant to convey Israel's central message: the Jewish people were once nearly destroyed - the state must protect against similar threats in the future. Some in Israel believe that this thr

Is it possible to have a happy open marriage? By Daniel Nasaw BBC News, Washington Newt Gingrich and his now ex-wife, Marianne Gingrich, in happier times Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's ex-wife has said they divorced after she rejected his request for an "open marriage". People in open marriages have told the BBC that if her version of events is true, the former House Speaker broached the subject the wrong way. Several years after their wedding, Jenny Block realised that even though she loved her husband and wanted to be with him, she needed more. Today, Ms Block, a writer, lives with Christopher in Dallas. Her girlfriend Jemma does not live with the couple - but spends a lot of time in the house. "It's been me and my girlfriend and me and my husband, and the two of them are really good friends, but they're not sexually involved," says Ms Block, 41, author of Open: Lov

Google revenues worse than expected The amount Google managed to charge advertisers per click fell 8% Google reported a 27% increase in revenues for the last three months of 2011, but even that was not good enough to meet Wall Street estimates, sending the shares tumbling. Google shares fell 10% in after-hours trading to $575. It reported 3-month revenues of $10.6bn (£6.8bn). Its net profit rose 6.4% to $2.7bn. "Google had a really strong quarter ending a great year," said chief executive Larry Page. "I am super excited about the growth of Android, Gmail, and Google+, which now has 90 million users globally - well over double what I announced just three months ago." It came as fellow technology firms Microsoft and Intel also posted results for the same period. Microsoft posted flat earnings of $6.62bn in the same quarter, seeing strong business demand for software and services. Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, posted a better-than

toheen us ki hoti hey jis ki koi izat ho... supreme court onsided decision kr ke punjabi army ke baad punjabi court show krne ki koshish kr rhee hey.. :(

Moment of reckoning for Indian cricket?   India have suffered seven overseas Test defeats in a row India lost the third Test against Australia on Sunday inside two-and-a-half days, going down to a 3-0 series defeat. It was their seventh consecutive overseas Test defeat stretching back to the tour of England last year. Sports writer Suresh Menon, who has written books on Sachin Tendulkar and Bishan Bedi, on why India's cricket authorities cannot be silent spectators any longer. American mathematician Sam Saunders has a lovely analogy about how certain truths creep up on us. A frog placed in hot water will struggle to escape, he points out, but the same frog placed in cold water that is slowly warmed up will sit peacefully until it is cooked. Indian cricket is in hot water, but it has become hot so slowly that no one has noticed. After six away defeats in a row, it is time to shed sentiment and wield the axe. At least since 2008, when Sourav Ganguly retired, t

جی ایم سید: پاکستان کے صوفی بھی باغی بھی حسن مجتبیٰ بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، نیویارک پاکستان میں شاید وہ واحد بوڑھا شخص تھا جس کے عاشق صادق زیادہ تر نوجوان تھے۔ غلام مرتضٰی شاہ باالمعروف جی ایم سید جو ہر دم سچل سرمست کی اس سطر ’سچو عشق بڈھا نہ تھیوے بانہویں چٹڑی تھی ونجے ڈاڑھی‘ کی جیتی جاگتی تصویر ہو کر رہے۔ آج سندھ میں کئی سندھی قوم پرست اور نوجوان سندھو دریا کے اس پار ایک چھوٹے سے شہر سن کی طرف جا رہے ہیں جہاں جی ایم سید ایک کھلی کتاب کی شکل کی سنگِ مرر کی قبر کے نیچے دفن ہیں۔ سترہ جنوری انیس سو چار کو سن میں پیدا ہونے والے جی ایم سید جب پچیس اپریل انیس سو پچانوے کو سپردِ خاک ہوئے تو ان کے جنازے کے ساتھ قرآن، گیتا، انجیل، توریت اور شاہ جو رسالو بھی ساتھ سفر کرتے رہے تھے۔ جی ایم سید شاید پاکستان میں وہ پہلے سیاستدان تھے جنہوں نے اپنی تحریروں اور تقریروں کے ذریعے کئی برس قبل ہی مذہبی انتہا پسندی کے ملک اور خطے میں خطرات سے متنبہ کر دیا تھا۔ جی ایم سید وہ پہلے سیاستدان بھی تھے جنہوں نے سرد جنگ کے خاتمے سے قبل کہا تھا کہ سرمایہ

Wikipedia joins web blackout in Sopa Act protest   Wikipedia joins others, including the Cheezburger Network of websites, in planning to go offline Wikipedia plans to take its English-language site offline on Wednesday as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. The user-generated news site Reddit and the blog Boing Boing have also said they will take part in the "blackout". The sites' webmasters are opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) being debated by Congress. However, Twitter has declined to take part in the shutdown. Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, told the BBC: "Proponents of Sopa have characterised the opposition as being people who want to enable piracy or defend piracy. "But that's not really the point. The point is the bill is so over broad and so badly written that it's going to impact all kinds of things that, you know, don't have an

How globe-trotting executives manage travel demands By Rebecca Marston Business reporter, BBC News     Sir Martin Sorrell's company operates in more than 100 countries with 2,400 offices Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the advertising and communications giant WPP, does have a home - but he does not see it very often. "I would say I rarely spend a week in one place. I am away for about six months of every year. I keep two passports and I don't know how much time I spend in airports." WPP has operations in 107 countries, 150,000 employees and a turnover of almost £10bn ($15.5bn) so he does have a lot of ground to cover. So much so, that London and New York act as local hubs for, respectively, Asia and Europe, and the United States and South America. When not travelling, Sir Martin's day is a long one. "A typical day means getting up at about 6am. I usually turn on CNBC or Bloomberg, th

Australia enjoys China-fuelled boom   By Duncan Kennedy BBC News, Sydney, Australia   Australia has been selling its minerals to China, making its people rich in the process At an Australian house auction, it does not take long for the numbers to reach and then pass seven figures. Edwin Montoya does not know this yet, but he is just about to experience this bizarrely compelling phenomenon first hand. Part business transaction, part theatre, an auction is where the strong stick to their budgets and the weak succumb to their underfunded impulses. Edwin has his eye on a neat, architect-designed bungalow in Sydney's Western suburbs and decides it is the one for him. So, in the back garden with its parquet flooring-styled pavements, he joins battle with four other suitors for this comfortable, but less-than-grand, dwelling. 'Concerned about the future' The auctioneer rattles off the dollars quicker th

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Arfa Karim Randhawa The Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional Arfa Karim Randhawa (Urdu: ارفع کریم رندهاوا‎) (2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012), was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy, who in 2004 at the age of nine years became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in the world,[1] a title she kept until 2008.[2][3][4] She was invited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in USA. S. Somasegar, the vice president of the Software Development Division, wrote about it in his blog. Early life and honors Arfa was born in a Jatt Randhawa family and hailed from the village of Chak No. 4JB Ram Dewali in Faisalabad, Punjab. After returning to Pakistan from a visit to Microsoft headquarters, Arfa had numerous interviews with television and newspapers. On 2 August 2005, Arfa Karim was presented the Fatimah Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of Science and Technology by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz on the occasion of 113th birth annive

saghar nizami: hairat se: master madan The Poet: Saghar Nizami ساغر نظامی The Singer: Master Madan was born on 28 December 1927 in Khanna, a town today in Ludhiana district, then in Jullundur Division of Punjab, British India. The Master in his name is since he was only a boy. It is said that he started singing in public before his fourth birthday. By the age of eight, he was singing on the Delhi radio station. He and his older brother, Master Mohan, traveled widely in India and were given awards by rulers of different princely states. His final public appearance was at the age of 14 in Calcutta (West Bengal, India), where the audience insisted on his singing for hours. Following that he returned to Delhi. He soon became sick. His illness worsened as the time passed. It is said to be very painful. He ultimately passed away on 05 June 1942, a little over 14 years of age. He recorded eight songs: 3 ghazals, 2 Punjabi songs, and 3 bhajans. Most famous are the two Urdu ghazals by Sag

Everyone knows the routine, get to work by 9 AM, sit in front of the computer, code all day, and head home at 5. Now, thanks to guys like Tim Ferris I have started to re-think how I work and what makes me productive as a software developer. Recently, I made some big changes to my Monday to Friday schedule. For a long time, I did things just like all of the other coders I know. But during the second half of 2011, I started experimenting to see what type of daily schedule makes me most productive. This is still a work in progress, and I do not work on military precision - I may get up 20 minutes earlier or later, for example - but here is my current schedule: 4.30 AM to 7 AM: Meditation, Writing, Goal Review Family Breakfast Getting up at 4.30 AM is actually not that hard. Everyone is a bit different, but the body generally needs 7 to 9 hours of sleep. The way to know if you are getting enough sleep is to wake up without an alarm. Just go to bed early enough and you can wake up

Hugo Chavez's US 'cancer plot' put to the numbers test By Ruth Alexander BBC News   Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez had a cancerous tumour removed in 2011 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speculated last month that the US might have used a secret weapon to give Latin American leaders cancer, as the number of them with the disease was "difficult to explain using the laws of probabilities" - but is it? "Would it be strange if they had developed the technology to induce cancer and nobody knew about it?" Mr Chavez asked in a televised speech to soldiers at an army base. Treated for cancer himself last year, he was speaking the day after the Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was diagnosed with the condition - or misdiagnosed, as it turned out. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, 64, had treatment for lymphoma in 2009. Her predecessor, Lula da Silva, 66, has been treated fo

Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia: Search for missing The BBC's Alan Johnston says it "must have been an extraordinarily harrowing experience" Emergency teams in Italy are racing to rescue those missing after a cruise ship ran aground off the country's west coast with about 4,000 people on board. Coast guard vessels are combing the waters around the Costa Concordia, which is lying on its side. Divers are searching its submerged decks. There were scenes of panic as it began listing on Friday. Most people reached land by lifeboats but some swam ashore. Three people are confirmed dead. About 70 are said to be unaccounted for. However, local official Giuseppe Linardi told reporters that some of those listed as missing may still be housed in private homes on the small island of Giglio - where those rescued reached land. BBC's Adam Parsons: "You can see a huge gash, perhaps fifty metres long" A large gash can be seen in the hull o