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Neighbours in
the time of Orkut
Friday, June 19, 2009
A BYTE OF LIFE
COMEBACK MAN
Nehra rewarded for IPL show
FREE CIRCULATION
Vol. 3 No. 114
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@twittercamp: r u
READY?

An online community is working to improve
people-to-people interaction between Indians
and Pakistanis, in a bid to change notions

You can still make it to Buzz140, the twittercamp organised by Knowledge Foundation this Sunday, to get a hang of the micro- blogging network that has set the online world abuzz.

Buzz140 will take place at
Photon Infotech of\ufb01ce in

Karapakkam on Rajiv Gandhi Salai. It is an all-day event starting at 9.00 AM. The best part about this event is that it is completely free (Except for the US$1 lunch). Prior registration however is required to guage the number of participants and to organize the whole event. Register through: http://twtvite.com/mg32i6.

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For adoption

Playful Whiskers and her siblings are
identical and adorable. They\u2019re healthy
and tend to be a handful when they\u2019re
playing. For adoptions, contact Ananya
Ashok at 9952040339.

Book a special

table at
Amethyst Cafe
and treat to a
homely meal

comprising

chicken roast,
soup and goodies,
priced at Rs. 490.
Or, gift him a
range of
innovative wine
bottles racks,

ice-buckets,
\ufb02ower

arrangement with
pines and lilies.
Book your table
at 2835 1143

Play a game together, watch movies, download music

or just share some old memories with photos. Xbox
360 promises to be the ultimate stress buster for your
dad (Rs. 16,990). If that\u2019s too expensive a gift, check-
out some of the latest range of Microsoft\u2019s computer
peripherals such as the portable and sleek Arc mouse,
priced at Rs. 3612 or the Explorer Mini Mouse that
works on 40 different surfaces, available at Rs. 2823.

Why not treat your family to a laugh riot in celebration of Father\u2019s Day? Evam\u2019s
An Idiot for Dinner is an English play based on the French \ufb01lm, A dinner of
idiots. Get entertained together at Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium on June 20 at 3.30
p.m. and 7.30 p.m.
For bookings call 98402 22363/ 98406 12333
If your father likes formal wear, choose from the

range of belts, coloured cuf\ufb02inks and ties at Marks &
Spencer. And, if casual is his style, go for shorts,
handkerchief or polo t-shirts. Gifts are priced from Rs.
345 to Rs. 1395

Namma Chennai
ERGOFriday, June 19, 2009
Pop\u2019s the word
Pamper your dad this Father\u2019s Day with exciting
gifts, a dinner treat or a spa massage
Make you dad

feel extra
special with a
Father\u2019s Day lunch
buffet at Asiana
Hotel. Or, make
your dad chill out
in the Prana Spa
or take him for
skin \ufb01tness facial
to rejuvenate and
revive your
stressed out dad.
Call 67411000 to
make your

reservations
Just Disc It
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Friday, June 19, 2009
\u25a037- year- old P Gopi wakes up

by 5 am and starts his day by learning to play Ultimate Fris- bee for \ufb01tness and the love of the game

\u25a0Janani, a professor at

KRMMC, has been playing the sport for three months and si- multaneously training her team. The college has formed two teams.

W

hat fun would it be to learn a new sport, im- mediately form your

team and play a tourna- ment in a month\u2019s time? That\u2019s the spirit of Ultimate Frisbee\u2014a worldwide sought after sport that has caught the craze of Namma Chennai youngsters for the last two years. The Chennai Ultimate Club will be organising a tournament\u2014Agni Nakshatra for newbie on June 27 and 28 at Besant Nagar beach.

Tournament coordinator and
experienced player Lekhamith-

ra Shanmugam says, \u201cWe want- ed to popularise the sport and increase the number of people playing it and hence this tour- nament was organised. Our ex- perienced players brought in at least \ufb01fty newbies for the train- ing camps."

There are also teams from colleges\u2014KRMMC and Cres- cent College of Engineering and Hindustan Engineering College. But the common aspect is that all of them are genuinely inter- ested. In a week\u2019s time Lekha- mitra and her teams have managed to form ten teams for the tournament. Ajay John who is training a team from Valmiki Nagar says, \u201cUnlike other com- plicated sports, this is simple and only needs coordination between players. New players have picked up the skills very fast and all the players are genu- inely interested in the game. They do stand a chance of win- ning the game.\u201d

The scorching heat has not deterred these youngsters from learning this sport. One can see 40

enthusiastic

energetic players being trained on the forehand throw, backhand throw and cuts at the Valmiki Nagar beach every morning and at the Elliots beach, Besant Na- gar on Saturday evenings. Megha Radhakrishnan (23) who has been playing the game for two months says, \u201cInitially it took few days to get the tech- nicalities, but in a month\u2019s time we got the feel of the game and it generates a lot of positive energy. We formed our team two weeks back and we hope to have a perfect chemistry by the tournament.\u201d\u25a0

Cool it this summer with a game of Ultimate Frisbee
and join in the Agni Nakshatra newbie tournament
DEEPA VENKATRAMAN

For the second consecutive
year, Chennai Ultimate
Frisbee club is going to hold
an International Frisbee
tournament in October
2009. \u201cWe have invited
teams fromSingapore, Dubai
and Sri Lanka to participate
in the tournament. We
appeal to the corporate
companies for sponsorship,\u201d
says Manu Karan, president
of the club and veteran

player.
Those interested to join the
tournament contact
9940079016.
Celebrate France

A festival of music, cuisine and
cinema, French Style, will be
inaugurated in the city today.
Rhapsody at Hotel Marriott and the
Alliance Francaise will play host to
these events on June 19, 20 and 21.

PHOTO:R.RAV
INDRAN
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