Wimbledon appointed its first official poet

Matt Harvey will write a poem every day during the annual two-week competition in London. The Championships Poet 2010 will publish his verses - about anything from racquet stringers to strawberries and cream - online and in podcasts. He will also keep a blog, tweet and recite his poems to queuing spectators.

Wimbledon teamed up with the Poetry Trust to create the role after the concept was proposed by the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. Mr Harvey has already published his first poem as Championships Poet 2010, called Grandest of Slams.

Jabulani - The official World Cup 2010 football

The official World Cup ball is called the Jabulani, which means "be happy" or "rejoice" in Zulu, and was developed at Loughborough University, UK.

The ball has four triangular design elements on a white background. Eleven different colours are used, representing the eleven players on a football team and the eleven official languages of South Africa. For the final to be held in Johannesburg on 11 July, a special match ball will be used with gold panels. The ball will be called the "Jo'bulani", playing off the Johannesburg nickname of "The Golden City".

Some general factful facts

1. MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.
2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.
3. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.
4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).
5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped.
6. The name of all the continents, end with the same letter that they start with.
7. AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.
8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.
9. QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest.
10. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
o Spades - King David
o Clubs - Alexander the Great
o Hearts – Charlemagne
o Diamonds - Julius Caesar
11. JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'. GP was changed into JEEP later.
12. Coca-Cola was originally green.
13. Horse Statue in a Park…
• If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
• If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle
• If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
14. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Merchants, Companies and Trade: Europe and Asia in the Early Modern Era

The main objective of this book is to dispel some of the conventionally-held views surrounding trade between Europe and Asia in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. For instance, through a comparative and comprehensive study of merchant communities, markets and commodities, the individual authors demonstrate that Asian merchants were in no way inferior to Europeans in terms of their commercial operations and business acumen. The book as a whole attempts to view trade between Europe and Asia in its totality and emphasizes similarities rather than differences in the two regions.

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New Pepsi TVC targeting FIFA 2010

Messi, Henry, Kaka, Lampard, Arshavin and Drogba receive an unusual welcome in South Africa with a football pitch that is one of its kind. A new Pepsi TVC is featuring all them in one.

Hindustan Times, the first Indian newspaper available on iPhone

Hindustan Times has launched an iPhone news app, and claims to be the first Indian newspaper to do so. The application will primarily target iPhone users or non-resident Indians in the West.

The application will feature five vertical sections - national, world, business, Bollywood, and cricket - and photos. Hindustan Times is the India's second-most read English newspaper. In the past, it has partnered up with the Washington Post and Google to provide additional news coverage.

Quiz show about television shows

Big Synergy is looking at a very unique concept for the quiz show. It is a quiz show about television shows, anything and everything that airs on TV. Auditions have already begun where a family of four has to participate as a team and compete with other teams.

Sources also say that the channel has approached R Madhavan to host the show but nothing has been finalized as yet.

Google Pacman, a playable doodle

The Google Pacman (or Pac-Man) playable doodle. It celebrates 30 years of Pacman, the logo is interactive, and one can kill some time playing the game many grew up with. Simply click “Insert Coin” near the “Google Search” button to begin. Click “Insert Coin” twice for Ms. Pacman.

A specific page for the doodle at http://google.com/pacman so enjoy playing.

No one needs to know - Jockey No Pantyline

George Bush at the podium is apparently a stunt double, as the real Bush sits comfortably backstage, protected by his bodyguards, reading a book.

Now, the tag line: "No one needs to know"—is about the fake Bush, and is just what happen when you're wearing a Jockey's underwear?????

Anyway this is what Amazon.com has to say about this product,

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