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Pirate

Me

Darth Vader

Stewie Griffin

Guy with short pigtails

Decapitation

Pippy Longstockings

Doc Brown

Princess Leia

Yoda

George Washington

Albert Einstein

Jabba the Hutt

Boba Fett

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Fez

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Bed Head

Frankenstein

Rabbit

Micky Mouse

Kitty

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Samurai in battle gear

Micheal Jackson

Modern Batman

Tom Servo

Crow

Joel

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Mybook (Facespace?)

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Gandalf

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Sauron

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Mario Lopez hair

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Kid (n' Play)

Beeker

WWII Soldier

Che

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Blondie, a.k.a. The Good, a.k.a. The Man with No Name

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Animal

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Super Mario online!

Play your favorite Super Mario game online at  http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416. You can also download it and play offline at http://cid-5d8c0b988edae245.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/mario-flash.swf

Thanks Amit for the tip

My 1 day of fame!

Ravi pointed out today that I am on CNN front page. I had told you, one day I will become famous and if you have any questions just read this blog. Now shoo shoo…

PS: The Facebook social widget shows updates from your friends

School Chale Hum - DD Film

Prince of Persia Flash Game

 

100 Movies to see before you die – The Modern Classics 1990-2009

The Yahoo! Movies editorial staff has created this handy checklist to track the 100 movies you must see before you die.

1990

Goodfellas
Misery

1991

Beauty and the Beast
The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Thelma & Louise

1992

Hard Boiled
Malcolm X
The Player
Raise the Red Lantern
Supercop
Unforgiven

1993

Dazed and Confused
Groundhog Day
Schindler's List

1994

Chungking Express
Ed Wood
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and Funeral
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
Trois Couleur: Rouge

1995

Babe
Before Sunrise
Clueless
Heat
Living In Oblivion
Sense and Sensibility
Toy Story
The Usual Suspects

1996

Big Night
Dead Man
Fargo
Ghost in the Shell
Lone Star
Scream
Secrets & Lies
Sling Blade
Swingers
Trainspotting

1997

Boogie Nights
Eve's Bayou

L.A. Confidential
Sweet Hereafter
Titanic
1998

Big Lebowski
Fireworks
Out of Sight
Saving Private Ryan
There's Something About Mary

1999

All About My Mother
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Election
Fight Club
The Matrix
Princess Mononoke
Run Lola Run
The Sixth Sense
Three Kings

2000

Almost Famous
Best In Show
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Yi Yi

2001

Amelie
Donnie Darko
In the Mood For Love
The Lord of the Rings
Memento
Mulholland Drive
The Royal Tenenbaums

2002

The Pianist
Y Tu Mama Tambien

2003

City of God
Elephant
Finding Nemo

2004

Anchorman:
The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways

2005

40 Year Old Virgin
Brokeback Mountain
A History of Violence
Old Boy

2006

Borat: Cultural Learnings
of America for Make Benefit
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children of Men
The Lives of Others
Pan's Labyrinth
2007

4 Month, 3 Weeks, 2 Days…
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

2008

The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

2009

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds

 

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Great chance to meet Mr. Chennaiah on May 2nd

Chennaiah Poguri is the founder and former General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Viritidarulu Union (APVUU) - a federation of agricultural labourers unions in Andra Pradesh. He currently serves as a secretary for national coordination for APVVU. He also serves on various national level organizations like National Alliance of People’s Movement (NAPM) and National Center for Labour. He is a very motivational speaker to listen to and brings a grass root level perspective on various issues relating to socio-economic and political rights of the underpriveliged, problems faced by the agricultural sector in the country in the face of globalization etc. In his talk Mr.Chennaiah will be touching upon various grass root level issues in rural India primarily focusing on utilizing National Rural Employment Garuntee Act (NREGA) to create economic sustainability in rural communities.

Asha for Education, MIT/Boston has been partnering with Sahanivasa for the more than a decade on various projects like supporting before and after school educational coaching centers for government school students in Chittoor district, rehabilitating the victims of Tsunami in Tada mandal etc. For more information on Sahanivasa please visit the following links:

http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=155
http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=709

For more background information on Mr.Chennaiah please visit:
http://data.ashanet.org/files/Chapters/MIT/Projects/Sahanivasa/Brief_C_V_Chennaiah_APVVU.doc

Asha Boston/MIT Newsletter, April 2010

Dear Asha members, supporters, and well-wishers,

In spite of the recent economic challenges, we are truly humbled by your continued support during this time! We are pleased to announce that not only are we sustaining support to our projects and meeting our goals, but some of your generous donations have enabled us to fund new and innovative projects across different regions in India. Thanks everyone for your continual support over the years!

If you wish to continue to support us this year, please make a donation here. Your contributions will help us run projects including a mobile science van in Karnataka, a school for the mentally handicapped in Kerala, a scholarship program for girls in Gujarat, a program to improve the quality of government schools, and an eco-friendly school for underprivileged children. Please take a a few minutes to read the attached newsletter to learn more about our efforts.

And finally, we are just about to kick-off our 2010 Marathon program on April 4th 2010 (more details in the attached newsletter). Please RSVP on the marathon facebook page or visit the TeamAIDAsha website.

Looking forward to your continued support.

Asha Boston/MIT Chapter
http://www.ashanet.org/mit

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Run for Change…be a part of something big this summer

 

Team Aid Asha 2010 Marathon Program

Now that spring has sprung, it is time to come out of our shells and get back to action. On April 4th, the Boston chapters of Asha and AID once again joins hands to kickoff our annual fundraiser program - TeamAIDAsha 2010 Run for a change. We train runners with beginner to veteran level of experience to complete their marathon/Half Marathon while raising funds for educational, social and economic development in India. This hugely popular and successful initiative has been providing a way for people like yourself to challenge themselves physically while doing something noble and at the same time, finding like-minded people to socialize with and make some very strong and lasting friendships.
The Team AID Asha Marathon program is about to embark on its 8th year and we would like to welcome you to the information session at MIT, This is a great chance to learn more about the program, address any concerns or questions you have (the most common of which is "I've never run before") and talk to people who've gone through the program before.

DATE: April 4, 2010 (2pm)
LOCATION: MIT, Building 4, Room 237, 77 Mass Ave, Cambridge
Event is FREE and open to all.

You can signup on our facebook event here

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=355739183991&ref=ts

Check out our webpage for more details http://www.teamaidasha.org/ or contact us at info@teamaidasha.org

Help Publicize - We are a group of volunteers working for this program and we strongly urge you to forward this email to friends and acquaintances who might be interested. Make those few clicks and help change the world for better. Facebook has been a great avenue for publicity, so please post this event on your profile to help us spread the word!

Best Wishes,
Run for a Change 2010 Team
PS: If you miss this session, please visit www.teamaidasha. org for updates on the program. Training to begin in April.

YouTube - Latest Factory Tour - Vicor Corporation

World-class equipment and facilities are only part of the picture. It's the people, their expertise, and the systems they create that make the difference. Watch how Vicor takes new products from Design through Manufacturing, and see how our approach to Quality and Analysis drives the entire process. YouTube - Latest Factory Tour - Vicor Corporation

The Credit Crisis Visualized

If you have ever wondered how the financial market collapsed in 2008 – people and companies went bankrupt and unemployment rate increased here is an excellent visualization of the current Credit Crisis by Jonathon Jarvis as a part of his thesis work in Media Design Project. Truly, a picture speaks thousand works and a video can speak millions!

Earth Hour

We always have a couple of power cuts during the winter season. Please support the Earth Hour day on March 27, 2010 (next week, Saturday). All you have to do is switch off all the lights at your place for one hour starting 8:30 pm (your local time). That’s it!

Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.
Please Invite Your Fellow Friends To Make More People Aware.
Please register your support at www.earthhour.org
Thank you.

Event: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialEarthHourIndiaPage?ref=nf#!/ical/event.php?eid=153631202865

Youtube channel : http://www.youtube.com/earthhour2009

Successful completion of the Alstom Foundation project

Update from Melli :-

You might recall that our chapter was successful in getting a large grant ($130K) to build a "green" girls' home. The home was built at Deenabandhu a project partner. The home was successfully inaugurated, and overall Alstom is very pleased. After the initial grant Alstom and Deenabandhu developed a direct contact and Asha's role mostly came to an end (though we would have been responsible if there had been a hitch in the project).

A video summary of the opening ceremony (Alstom's officials attended this in Chamajaranagar, the town where Deenabandhu works): http://cdn.streamlike.com/hosting/alstom2/page.php?med_id=7a15475f2927fc64&lng=lang_per_default&channel=360&language=all&type=detailed&number=10

I have uploaded photographs and press releases at the Deenabandhu webpage: http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=53
Thanks so much to all who helped make it happen. I consider this a successful project and partnership.

Wimpy Kid - WimpYourself

Wimpy Kid has an excellent WimpYourself application that you can use to create your own Wimpy Kid character from the movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

 

TeamAIDAsha 2010 Marathon/Half Marathon program

Dear Friend,
Imagine this: If you were presented a unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the underprivileged and in the process get in shape, inspire near and dear ones, make new friends and have fun, would you grab it?
Get ready!
We invite you to our kick off event to learn more about such a unique opportunity.
The Boston/MIT chapters of AID and Asha once again join hands this year to offer ‘TeamAIDAsha ‘Run for a change 2010’ program.
The program trains beginner as well as seasoned runners for more than 25 weeks (evenings/weekends) to prepare them for full or a half marathon in the fall.
We invite you to attend and learn more in person about our program which consists of an overview, our seasoned coach Jonathan Wyner's perspective and an expert panel discussion.
For more information on the program and latest updates visit us at http://www.teamaidasha.org
or contact us at info@teamaidasha.org

The TeamAIDAsha Marathon program trains runners with beginner to veteran level of experience to complete their marathon while raising funds for educational, social and economic development in India.

Team Aid Asha Marathon program kickoff meeting invite : http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=355739183991&index=1

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Speech of Chetan Bhagat....must read...

Don't just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a
balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful.
Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all
in good order.
There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There
is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable
if your mind is full of tensions.

"Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a
marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no
point coming first. Same is with life where health and relationships are
the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your
life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of
being excited and alive, will start to die. ……………….
One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life is
not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are
like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last
another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need
to get so worked up? …………….

It's ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in couple of papers, goof up a
few interviews, take leave from work, fall in love, little fights with
your spouse. We are people, not programmed devices........." :)

"Don't be serious, be sincere."!!