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Friday, June 19, 2009
ABYTE OF LIFE
COMEBACK MAN
Nehra rewarded for IPL show
FREE CIRCULATION
Vol. 3No. 114
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@twittercamp: r u
READY?
Neighbours inthe time of Orkut
 An online community is working to improvepeople-to-people interaction between Indiansand Pakistanis, in a bid to change notions
 You can still make it toBuzz140, the twittercamporganised by KnowledgeFoundation this Sunday, toget a hang of the micro-blogging network that hasset the online world abuzz.Buzz140 will take place atPhoton Infotech office inKarapakkam on Rajiv Gandhi Salai. It is an all-day event starting at9.00 AM. The best part about this event is that it is completely free(Except for the US$1 lunch). Prior registration however is requiredto guage the number of participants and to organize the wholeevent. Register through: http://twtvite.com/mg32i6.
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Namma Chennai
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For adoption
Playful Whiskers and her siblings areidentical and adorable. They’re healthyand tend to be a handful when they’replaying. For adoptions, contact AnanyaAshok at 9952040339.
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ook a specialtable atAmethyst Cafeand treat to ahomely mealcomprisingchicken roast,soup and goodies,priced at Rs. 490.Or, gift him arange ofinnovative winebottles racks,ice-buckets,flowerarrangement withpines and lilies.Book your tableat 2835 1143
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lay a game together, watch movies, download musicor just share some old memories with photos. Xbox360 promises to be the ultimate stress buster for yourdad (Rs. 16,990). If that’s too expensive a gift, check-out some of the latest range of Microsoft’s computerperipherals such as the portable and sleek Arc mouse,priced at Rs. 3612 or the Explorer Mini Mouse thatworks on 40 different surfaces, available at Rs. 2823.
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hy not treat your family to a laugh riot in celebration of Father’s Day? Evam’s
 An Idiot for Dinner 
is an English play based on the French film,
 A dinner of idiots
. Get entertained together at Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium on June 20 at 3.30p.m. and 7.30 p.m.For bookings call 98402 22363/ 98406 12333
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f your father likes formal wear, choose from therange of belts, coloured cufflinks 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
Pop’s the word
Pamper your dad this Father’s Day with excitinggifts, a dinner treat or a spa massage
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ake you dadfeel extraspecial with aFather’s Day lunchbuffet at AsianaHotel. Or, makeyour dad chill outin the Prana Spaor take him forskin fitness facialto rejuvenate andrevive yourstressed out dad.Call 67411000 tomake yourreservations
 
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37- year- old P Gopi wakes upby 5 am and starts his day by learning to play Ultimate Fris-bee for fitness and the love of the game
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Janani, a professor atKRMMC, has been playing thesport for three months and si-multaneously training her team.The college has formed twoteams.
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hat fun would it be tolearn a new sport, im-mediately form yourteam and play a tourna-ment in a month’s time? That’sthe spirit of Ultimate Frisbee—a worldwide sought after sportthat has caught the craze of Namma Chennai youngsters forthe last two years. The ChennaiUltimate Club will be organising a tournament—Agni Nakshatrafor newbie on June 27 and 28 atBesant Nagar beach.Tournament coordinator andexperienced player Lekhamith-ra Shanmugam says, “We want-ed to popularise the sport andincrease the number of peopleplaying it and hence this tour-nament was organised. Our ex-perienced players brought in atleast fifty newbies for the train-ing camps."There are also teams fromcolleges—KRMMC and Cres-cent College of Engineering andHindustan Engineering College.But the common aspect is thatall of them are genuinely inter-ested. In a week’s time Lekha-mitra and her teams havemanaged to form ten teams forthe tournament. Ajay John whois training a team from ValmikiNagar says, “Unlike other com-plicated sports, this is simpleand only needs coordinationbetween players. New playershave 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.”The scorching heat has notdeterred these youngsters fromlearning this sport. One can see40 enthusiastic energeticplayers being trained on theforehand throw, backhandthrow and cuts at the ValmikiNagar beach every morning andat the Elliots beach, Besant Na-gar on Saturday evenings.Megha Radhakrishnan (23) whohas been playing the game fortwo months says, “Initially ittook few days to get the tech-nicalities, but in a month’s time we got the feel of the game andit generates a lot of positiveenergy. We formed our teamtwo weeks back and we hope tohave a perfect chemistry by thetournament.”
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Cool it this summer with a game of Ultimate Frisbeeand join in the Agni Nakshatra newbie tournament 
DEEPA VENKATRAMAN
Just Disc It
For the second consecutiveyear, Chennai UltimateFrisbee club is going to holdan International Frisbeetournament in October2009. “We have invitedteams fromSingapore, Dubaiand Sri Lanka to participatein the tournament. Weappeal to the corporatecompanies for sponsorship,”says Manu Karan, presidentof the club and veteranplayer.Those interested to join thetournament contact9940079016.
Celebrate France
A festival of music, cuisine andcinema, French Style, will beinaugurated in the city today.Rhapsody at Hotel Marriott and theAlliance Francaise will play host tothese events on June 19, 20 and 21.
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