Well it’s official – the multimedia phone movement is here to stay.
First driven by the likes of Polycom, Linksys and Snom, Cisco has placed their stake in the multimeda phone market with yesterday’s introduction of 9900 series. Part of Cisco’s Unified Communications Solutions suite, the 9900 series phones combine voice, video and applications to deliver just about everything you could want. VGA touchscreen display Video camera with H.264 video support Support for HD voice through G.722 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Embedded Blutetooth radio Dual USB ports (for accessories and wired/wireless headsets)
And the list goes on…making about the only thing these 9900 series multimedia phones don’t have is Microsoft Office

Currently the 9900 series features two models (the Cisco 9951 and 9971), but sources tells to expect additional models in the future.

The Cisco 9971 is the more robust of the two offerings, supporting options such as 802.11 b/g and all of the goodies listed above. The Cisco 9951 is a scaled down version of the 9971 and comes in two different form factors (streamlined, standard) as well as two different colors (white, charcoal).

Both of models show a large step away from Cisco’s iconic styling that business users have been drooling over for years. Time will tell if this new design aesthetic becomes as popular.

So what’s one of these bad boys going to set you back?

Good question. Right now pricing information on these models is scarce.
But given where other multimedia phone offerings are currently priced, be prepared to drop at least 10 or 12 Ben Franklin’s on one of the 9900 series offerings.

Of course street prices will come down some over time. However, these will never be affordable nor cheap offerings.

So if you’re budget conscious it’s best to look elsewhere. Then again if you’re budget conscious why are you looking at multimedia phones!

11. Moon Unit Zappa

Moon Unit Zappa (1967) is an American actress and musician, daughter of famous Frank Zappa. Musician Frank Zappa had a penchant for giving his children unusual names. In a segment on The Tonight Show, Jay Leno asked him why he had given his children these names. His answer: "Because I wanted to." In "The Real Frank Zappa Book" he remarked, "People make a lot of fuss about my kids having such supposedly 'strange names'. But the fact is that no matter what first names I might have given them, it is the last name that is going to get them in trouble."


12. Ten Million

Ten Million (1889 - 1964) was a minor league baseball player who played for various teams in the Northwestern League in the years prior to World War I. He is best known for his unusual name, and for his appearance in the T212 Obak series of baseball cards. Though it is sometimes reported that Million played for the St. Louis Cardinals, no concrete, contemporary record of this has ever been found, and Million does not appear in any official record book of Major League baseball.


13. Adolf Lu Hitler Marak

Adolf Lu Hitler R. Marak is a politician in the state of Meghalaya, India. A member of the Nationalist Congress Party, he was forest and environment minister in the government of E.K. Mawlong and then cooperation minister under F.A. Khonglam. He lost his seat in the state assembly in the February 2003 elections. On June 27, 2003, he was arrested on charges of maintaining links with the banned militant group Achik National Volunteers' Council. He was released on bail about a month later. It may be noted that his name is not particularly curious within Meghalaya, where other local politicians are named Lenin R. Marak, Stalin L. Nangmin, Frankenstein W. Momin, or Tony Curtis Lyngdoh. Hitler Marak told the Hindustan Times: "Maybe my parents liked the name and hence christened me Hitler... I am happy with my name, although I don't have any dictatorial tendencies."



14. Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache

Captain Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache (1884 - 1917) was an officer in the British Army who died during the First World War. A common misconception is that he had the longest English surname on record, or the English surname with the most multiple barrels.

His surname at birth was "Tollemache-Tollemache", his father having doubled his original surname, "Tollemache", after his second marriage. "de Orellana" derives from his mother's Spanish ancestry and is a forename rather than part of his surname. The first "Tollemache-Tollemache" also seems to be an unusual forename. Leone was Ralph's sixth son, hence "Sextus". "Fraudatifilius" is Latin for "son of the defrauded one". "Leone" repeats a pattern seen in the names of his elder brothers and sisters (Lyonel, Lyonesse, Lyulph, Lyona, Leo, Lyonella and Lyonetta). His first five initials, "LSD OF", may include a reference to the divisions of the pre-decimal British currency, £sd, for pounds, shillings and pence. Similarly, an elder brother was named Lyulph Ydwallo Odin Nestor Egbert Lyonel Toedmag Hugh Erchenwyne Saxon Esa Cromwell Orma Nevill Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache - his first 15 initials spell "LYONEL THE SECOND". In practice, Leone shortened his name to "Leone Sextus Tollemache".



15. Byron Low Tax Looper

Byron (Low Tax) Looper (Born Byron Anthony Looper on 1964), is a former politician (Republican), who is currently an inmate in the Tennessee state penal system. In order to advance his political career, he legally changed his middle name from Anthony to "(Low Tax)".

As tax assessor, Looper used his office's equipment to flood state media with a number of bizarre and self-congratulatory press releases, though he failed repeatedly to file property tax valuations with the state government on time. Some charges were made that Looper offered reduced tax assessments to local businesses in exchange for large political contributions, although few if any businesses actually responded to the offer. Later, an ex-girlfriend sued him for child support and fraud, charging he had used his official position to steal her house.

6. Yahoo Serious

Yahoo Serious (1953 - ), originally known as Greg Pead (name-change by deed poll in 1980), is an Australian film actor and director. He is best known for his 1988 comedy, Young Einstein. He also created Reckless Kelly in 1993 and Mr. Accident in 2000. Serious writes, directs, produces, and stars in all his own movies.

In 1988, Yahoo Serious wrote, produced, and directed Young Einstein, an intentionally inaccurate movie portraying Albert Einstein as a young farmer in Tasmania who discovers rock music and surfing, romances Marie Curie, and derives the formula E=mc² while trying to discover a means of creating beer bubbles. The movie was an international hit, grossing over $100 million worldwide, and propelling Serious to stardom.

In August 2000, Yahoo Serious tried to sue the search engine Yahoo! for trademark infringement. The case was quickly thrown out because Serious could not prove that he sells products or services under the name "Yahoo," and therefore could not prove that he suffered harm or confusion due to the search engine.

7. World B. Free

World B. Free (born Lloyd Benjamin Free on 1953) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1975-1988. Free was known as the "Prince of Midair" as well as "All-World". He got his name from his days in Brooklyn, where a friend nicknamed him "World" because of his 44-inch vertical leaps and 360-degree dunks. He was known for taking high-risk shots and playing flamboyantly. On August 10, 2006, the Philadelphia 76ers announced World B. Free will assume additional duties as director of player development.

8. Screaming Lord Sutch

David Edward Sutch (10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999) was an English musician and politician known as Screaming Lord Sutch. Sutch was born at New End Hospital, Hampstead, North West London. In the 1960s, inspired by one of his favourite rock and roll stars, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, he changed his name to Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow. Despite the fact that he had no connection with the peerage, the deed poll laws of England permitted this. Following a successful career as an early-'60s rock 'n' roll attraction, it became customary for the UK press and citizens to refer to him as Screaming Lord Sutch, or simply Lord Sutch.

Despite his seemingly light-hearted antics, Screaming Lord Sutch in reality suffered from periods of depression and committed suicide by hanging on June 16, 1999, following the death of his mother the previous year. At the coroner's inquest into his death, his fiancee stated that he had "manic depression". However, her descriptions, both of his symptoms and their treatment by doctors with antidepressants, suggest that Sutch suffered from clinical depression. Sutch never married, but is survived by a son, Tristan Lord Gwynne Sutch, born in 1975 to the American model Thann Rendessy.

9. Pedro V, King of Portugal: Pedro de Alcântara Maria Fernando Miguel Rafael Gonzaga Xavier João António Leopoldo Vítor Francisco de Assis Júlio Amélio de Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha e Bragança

Pedro V (1837 – 1861) was the 31st King of Portugal and Algarves from 1853 to 1861. He was the oldest son of Queen Maria II and her King-Consort Ferdinand II and was born after his mother's accession. As heir apparent to the throne he was styled as the 19th Duke of Braganza.

Pedro was an unusually conscientious and hard-working monarch who, under the guidance of his father, sought radical modernisation of the Portuguese state and infrastructure. Under Pedro's reign, roads, telegraphs, and railways were constructed and improvements in public health advanced. For this he was greatly loved and his popularity further increased when, during the great cholera outbreak he roamed around hospitals handing out gifts and talking and conforing the sick. However, this was unable to save the life of the young king who died (along with his brother Ferdinand and other royal family members) of cholera in 1861. He was so loved and his death along with other relatives was deemed so unnatural that there were actually revolts when he died. He was married to Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, but had no children and the throne then passed to his brother Luis.

10. GoldenPalace.com

On 2005, Terri Iligan, age 33, sold her name on eBay and received an offer. She will be legally named "goldenpalace.com" after the required legal work is complete. The casino owning the website paid $15,199 over the eBay auction service. She said that she got the idea when trying to find how much it would cost to send one of her children to a golf school previously attended by Tiger Woods.

1. James Dr No From Russia with Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty's Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever Live and Let Die The Man with the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View to a Kill The Living Daylights Licence to Kill Golden Eye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale Bond

According to the Scotsman, this James Bond fanatic has changed his name to incorporate all 21 Bond films. David Fearn, 23, from Staffordshire is now officially known as "James Dr No From Russia With Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live .[you get the idea] Bond", the longest name in deed poll history. Mr Bond, from Walsall, said: "I wanted to be James Bond and now I am - it's the ultimate fantasy. I can't wait for the first time somebody asks me what my name is."

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mnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced "albin") was a name intended for a Swedish child who was born in 1991. The boy's parents had planned to never legally name him at all, as a protest to the naming law of Sweden.

Because the parents (Elisabeth Hallin and Lasse Diding) failed to register a name by the boy's fifth birthday, a district court in Halmstad, southern Sweden, fined the parents 5,000 kronor (US$682 at the time). Responding to the fine, the parents submitted the 43-character name in May 1996, claiming that it was "a pregnant, expressionistic development that we see as an artistic creation." The parents suggested the name be understood in the spirit of pataphysics. The court rejected the name and upheld the fine. The parents then tried to change the spelling of the name to A (also pronounced "albin") instead. Once again, the court did not approve of the name, this time because of a prohibition on one-letter naming.

3. John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood

John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood (born 1963) is one of the most recognisable football fans in England. He decided at school not to follow the trend, common in the televisual age, to follow a successful top-division club. Instead he made a trip to Fratton Park, home of Portsmouth F.C. and was hooked. When he left school he went to work at his father's second-hand bookshop and over time built up a sound grasp of the book trade. Simultaneously, Westwood began to attend ever-increasing numbers of "Pompey" matches. As his commitment grew, so too did his range of Portsmouth F.C themed accessories. In 1994 he changed his name, by deed poll, from J.A. Westwood to J.P.F.C. Westwood.

Despite his large size and deafening exhortations, Westwood is regarded by most fans as a symbol of passionate but non-violent commitment to his chosen team. He was even chosen to be one of the featured people in the BBC's "One Nation" Series.

4. Thursday October Christian

Thursday October Christian (1790 – 1831) was the first son of Fletcher Christian (leader of the mutiny on the HMAV Bounty) and his Tahitian wife Maimiti. He was conceived on Tahiti, and was the first child born on Pitcairn after the mutineers took refuge on the island. Born on a Thursday in October, he was given his unusual name because Fletcher Christian wanted his son to have "no name that will remind me of England".

Thursday married into his parents' generation. At age 16 he married Teraura (Susannah), who had been Ned Young's original consort, and was past 30 then. The ceremony was carried out with a ring that had belonged to Ned Young.

5. Dick Assman

Dick Assman (1934 - ) is a Saskatchewan petrol station owner whose name propelled him to celebrity status across North America in 1995. Assman, who worked at Petro-Canada's Victoria Square Mall station in Regina, was discovered by David Letterman, who was amused by his name. Assman was lavishly introduced on July 24, 1995, on The Late Show with David Letterman, where he was a nightly feature for about a month. Live field units in Canada interviewed him for the show. Over the weeks, Assman received a musical tribute from Tony Orlando, while Joe Namath declared himself an "Ass-maniac".

Vancouver polling company Angus Reid reported that 49 percent of surveyed Canadians in September 1995 had heard of his name. Assman received a number of contracts for commercial appearances, was asked to run for public office, and received many marriage proposals. Assmania came to a close in August when Assman visited the Ed Sullivan Theater and was presented with a bouquet of roses by Letterman.

Ask any African what it is like for him or her to be in India & you might perhaps think twice before calling Australia racist. It is indeed a very dark underbelly that India reveals when it comes to its treatment of the dark foreigner. Africans being called "kalia" or "habshi" is mild stuff. Across the country, landlords slam doors when they see a prospective African tenant but drool for money when a white walks in. Foreigners' registration offices cancel the visas of Afrcians arbitrarily & make paperwork easier for Americans & Europeans. Why, even in the movie fashion, Priyanka Chopra thinks she has hit rock-bottom because she finds herself sleeping with African!
Indian advertising for long has courted fairness. You'll never find a dark woman or man selling you a cosmetic brand in the Indian media. Or for that matter anything. After all, who can look better than John Abrahampeddling Garnier's new fairness cream? And in case you were begining to forget the importance of fairness, Vogue India reminded us of it blatantly with its inaugral cover in October 2007. It flashed pale Australian model Gemma Ward as its centre piece with the relatively darker Indian beauties Bipasha Basu & Priyanka Chopra as her sidekicks.
It gets worse for African women on Indian streets to face the supposed indignity of not just being black but also female. Many, however , feel that the way we treat dark skinned people isn't racism but a reflection of how unaware a large section of Indians are about people from backgrounds different than theirs.

Few Examples of Racism in Indian Style:
1. A Madurai Sessions court sentences Farook Batcha to two years RI(Rigourous Imprisonment) in 2008 for harassing his wife so much about being dark that it drove her to suicide.
2. In 2007, IPL authorities allegedly ask 2 black cheerleaders of the King's XI punjab.
3. Bilyaminu Ibrahim, a Nigerian student at an engineering college at greater Noida, is spat at by one of his Indian Seniors.
4. Roberts, a Kenyan student in Pune, is denied entrance to a pub. He's asked to return on Tuesday for an all-black night.

Cabinet Ministers: Portfolio

Virbhadra Singh: Steel

Vilasrao Deshmukh: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Ghulam Nabi Azad: Health and Family Welfare

Sushil Kumar Shinde: Power

M Veerappa Moily: Law and Justice

Farooq Abdullah: New and Renewable Energy

S Jaipal Reddy: Urban Development

Kamal Nath: Road Transport and Highways

Vayalar Ravi: Overseas Indian Affairs

Meira Kumar: Water Resources

Dayanidhi Maran: Textiles

A Raja: Communications and Information Technology

Murli Deora: Petroleum and Natural Gas

Ambika Soni: Information and Broadcasting

Mallikarjun Kharge: Labour and Employment

Kapil Sibal: Human Resource Development

B K Handique: Mines and Development of North Eastern Region

Anand Sharma: Commerce and Industry

C P Joshi: Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

Selja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; Tourism

Subodh Kant Sahay: Food Processing Industries

M S Gill: Youth Affairs and Sports

G K Vasan: Shipping

Pawan K Bansal: Parliamentary Affairs

Mukul Wasnik: Social Justice and Empowerment

Kantilal Bhuria: Tribal Affairs

M K Alagiri: Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Praful Patel: Civil Aviation

Prithviraj Chavan: Science and Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State in the
Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs

Sriprakash Jaiswal: Coal; Statistics and Programme Implementation

Salman Khursheed: Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs
Dinsha J Patel: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Krishna Tirath: Women and Child Development
Jairam Ramesh: Environment and Forests.
Ministers of State
Mahadev S. Khandela: Road Transport and Highways
Dinesh Trivedi Minister: Health and Family Welfare
Sisir Adhikari: Rural Development
Sultan Ahmed: Tourism
Mukul Roy: Shipping
Mohan Jatua: Information and Broadcasting
D Napoleon Minister: Social Justice and Empowerment
Dr S Jagathrakshakan: Information and Broadcasting
S Gandhiselvan: Health and Family Welfare
Tusharbhai Chaudhary: Tribal Affairs
Sachin Pilot: Communications and IT
Arun Yadav: Youth Affairs and Sports
Pratik Patil: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
RPN Singh: Road Transport and Highways
Shashi Tharoor: External Affairs
Vincent Pala: Water Resources
Pradeep Jain: Rural Development
Agatha Sangma: Rural Development

The teams for Champion League T20, to be scheduled this year, are:


1. New South Wales Blues (AUS)
2. Victoria Bush Rangers (AUS)
3. Deccan Chargers (IND)
4. Royal Challengers (IND)
5. Delhi Daredevils (IND)
6. Cape Cobras (RSA)
7. Diamond Eagles (RSA)
8. Trinidad & Tobago (WIN)
9. Otago Volts (NZL)
10. Wayamba (SL)
11. TBC (ENG)
12. TBC (ENG)

As per my opinion, following ministers should get the post (Mentioned against them) for a good govt. to rule:

Prime Minister: Dr. Manmohan Singh

Finance Minister: Dr. Manmohan Singh

Home Minister: P. Chidambaram.

Defence Minister: A. K. Antony

Railway Minister: Lalu Prasad Yadav (& if Congress dont take support from RJD, then Rahul Gandhi)

Minister of External Affairs: Pranab Mukherjee

Minister of Agriculture: Rahul Gandhi

As polling for the 14th Lok Sabha election came to an end on Wednesday, exit polls conducted by varoius television channels indicated that the Congress has a slender advantage over its rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, with the Third Front and others playing catch-up.

Following is the assessment by the various news channels.


Exit Poll Source
BJP
CONGRESS
T
HIRD FRONT
OTHERS

Headlines Today
180
191
38
134

India TV
194
195
108
46

News X
191
199
104
48

Congress
168
205
-
164

BJP
220
170
-
153

Today, we blame either Congress or UPA or BJP or NDA or different political parties for not doing their work properly. But what are we doing in rectifying these issues. 55% people go & vote they think that their responsibility is over. Othere dont give a damn even to go out & vote. They just enjoy their leave on Election day. But one thing is common in all those who either vote or don't vote. They just keep cribbling about the failures of government.

Today, I'll ask you one question. What you guys think is a Government?
Let me put my point of view. Government is a system which provides the scenario or opportunity for the people to grow & establish themselves. For example, Government do not create Jobs. But they'll create a situation or an opportunity so that jobs will be created. So, it depends on the common people how to take this opportunity?

We are saying Congress is not doing enough against terrorism. By this statement, what we are trying to say? Should Manmohan Singh himself go & stop the terrorists from entering India? I dont think so. So why Congress to be blamed then? We are saying, strict actions should be taken against the terrorists. Let me ask you one thing. How many terrorists got arrested after the terror attacks? Maximum of them are suicide Bombers.

As of now, forget about any party. Lets forget which party did what. Pour in some ideas for how to stop terrorism? You give ideas on that.

Guys/Gals we are thinking about ourselves, our family & max about our friends. Count for this is something in 100s (Max.). So we think accordingly. Government have to think about a country having 100+ crore of population. Ask a India head of an MNC who is handling that particular company, how dificult is to take decisions? & they are just handling maximum 5% of Indian population. Government has to think about 100+ crore people, many of those are living as BPL(Below Poverty Line) families. How tough is to take decisions. I agree, they have been chosen for the same thing. But we can not completely blame them for everything. They are also humans & they can make mistakes.

How responsibly are we following our duties? We say this place is dirty. But who makes the place dirty. People among us only right?? When your home is dirty, dont you clean that place. But when we go in a restaurant & we found a table dirty, we started shouting. Why? That is your expectation right that you want the table clean & restaurant guys never promised you that they will keep restaurant clean. Now, you say thats hygiene sense. In this case can't you eat properly to ensure that table will not become dirty. This is one of the examples ( May be silly one). Like this there are many duties which we dont do, but still expect the govt. to give us facilities. Why???? Why should govt give facilities to you, when you are not performing your duties towards country???

Some of the common mistakes we do are:

1. Breaking lane discipline on the roads.

2. Breaking red light signals & if a cop guy catches you, its YOU who try to give them bribe. Thats how this bribe taking started right. If you say no, I'll not give bribe, but you charge me full & give me reciept, can that police guy say no???

3. If we see one guy in bloodbath on the road, we think "Who will take hospital or inform police? I dont want to be in all these problems". Dont we think that?

4. Ok. The commonest thing. Every year whenever the time to file the IT return, we believe on agents than on ourselves. Don't we??? We want luxury. So we pay them how much they ask & give our Confidential details to them(Including PAN Number, & our income details) just like that to file our IT return don't we??? Our financial details should be confidential right??? At least, those guys should not know about our details whom we dont know at all? Instead why can't we ourselves go & file the returns & ensure that we returned our files properly???? This way our confidential information is with us only.

5. Many things which should be taxed, like income from other sources like Rent, Stock market, FD etc. Do we declare all of them properly & pay the correct Income tax???? Frankly speaking NO...

When we are not follwing our duties then how can we expect the govt. to perform their duties properly????

Today, we say Politics is dirty. But no one wants to go there & clean it. Every one wants to become Doctor, Engineer but Politician?? NO one wants to become. We all just know to blame them. Today only, I read in one DP that congress & BJP play blame games. But, aren't we also playing the same blame game. Congress is blaming BJP & vice versa. & we are blaming both the parties isn't it???