My Team Plugin for WordPress

We are  happy to release “My Team” a new WordPress to display team/staff members. You can also display a set of pictures and information in different layouts.

Nowadays, WordPress is more than just a blog. And behind such website is a team. The plugin acknowledges those guys, by creating a template which anyone can copy in his theme directory and have a page ready for the people behind it. The plugin provides the administrator with a nice interface to add/edit/delete the team members. The plugin is under active development so keep checking the page. The plugin uses the short-code given at

http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-my-team/

Features:

You can display the entries in 4 different main ways

1. Grid view.
2. Grid view with Information on hover.
3. Table list view.
4. Number of Columns.
5. Image Shapes and effects.
6. Text Align.
7. Special Settings.
8. Image Sizes.
9. Email Settings.
10. Single Page Settings.
11. Auto Generation Shortcode & PHP Function.

Today RAJINI’S BIRTHDAY 12-12-12

English: Rajinikanth at the audio release of Enthiran (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Superstar Rajinikanth celebrates his 60th birthday today and he will be spending the day with his family. Rajini’s birthday is no less than a festival for his fans the world over.

It is reported that his family and close friends have organized a Shashitabadapoorthi puja (60th birthday celebrations) at the famous Tirukkadiyur temple near Tiruchi. However, it should come to no one’s surprise that Rajini’s fans will be lining up for special poojas and welfare activities for their favourite idol.

Shivaji Rao Gaekwad was on December 12, 1949 and had very humble beginnings. He served as a ticket collector in a local shuttle bus in Bangalore when he was discovered by the legendary K. Balachander who renamed him Rajinikanth.

The year has been exceptional for Rajini. Breaking all box office records Endhiran has emerged as the biggest hit ever. There have also been two new additions to his family. Daughter Aishwarya Rajinikanth, who is married to actor Dhanush gave birth to a baby boy and his other daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth got married to industrialist Ashwin Kumar.

selvabalaji.wordpress.com  wishes Rajinikanth a very happy birthday!

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Watch Thuppakki Movie Online HQ (youtube)

Vijay’s Thuppaki Review – First Day First Show Report

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One of the key reasons for Thuppaki’s sky high expectations is because the movie marks the beginning of Vijay’s strategy to working with top rung directors (barring Shankar’s Nanban which was a faithful remake of 3 Idiots). This is probably the best line-up of crew members and technicians for a Vijay movie. On the casting side, Kajal Aggarwal, Vidyut, Sathyan, Jayaram have provided the required support for Vijay to showcase his talent.  Does the script keep you engaged throughout the running time of 2 hour 45 minutes? Will Thuppaki uplift the festive mood this Diwali? Definitely, Yes.

The story opens in Mumbai with a bomb blast in a public bus. Jagdish (Vijay) is on a mission to find the terrorist gang and people behind the blast. There are twists and unexpected turns along the way. The story has enough ammo to fire up Vijay’s fan base.

Thuppakki is Vijay; Vijay is Thuppakki

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Vijay has carried the movie from start to finish with his self-assured confidence and trade-mark style. The script makes frequent switch-overs from intense sleeper cell scenes to commercial love/comedy scenes. Vijay was able to make some bumpy transitions look convincing with his acting abilities. As always, Vijay dances effortlessly and comedy comes to him naturally. Vijay’s costumes, pleasant looks and mischievous expressions will surely win him more female fans. Vijay looks fit and younger in his toned muscular physique.

Story, Direction and Screenplay

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AR Murugadoss’ engaging story is narrated in gray tones balanced with commercially colourful compromises. The movie may have minor similarities to Ramana which has worked out well again. Murugadoss has done his homework by consulting ex-CBI chief Karthikeyan and the details are blended in nicely while dumbing it down for audience. AR Murugadoss has intentionally slowed down the pacing and narration in critical scenes (e.g., Hospital security chief conversation in the terrace) to get the message across. The dialogues about common people’s (un)willingness to put their life at risk to fight terrorism are well written and delivered by Vijay. Also, the hero putting his sister in a high-risk operation provides the impetus and emotional connect with the audience.

It is interesting to note that the villain (Vidyut) tracks down the hero instead of other way around, which is usually seen. Another aspect which is told subtlely is Vijay’s undercover act passing off as a common man similar to the way terrorist sleeper cells operate. Vijay’s exterminating the sleeper cell operations in Mumbai is not revealed to his lover, family or others (except his cop friend Sathyan). This aspect could have been underlined a bit for additional impact and stronger appreciation for Jagdish’s character.

The love/comedy scenes and songs definitely stick out like sore thumb since they are not integrated well with the story line. It is understandable why AR Murugadoss had to make these compromises. We are pointing this out without really complaining since such intrusions have become essential to satisfy the fan base and common audience with diverse set of expectations.

Highlights 

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• Stylish portrayal of Vijay in anti-terrorism operations have a perfect closure with mass elements. For instance, scenes such as simultaneous execution of 12-for-12 sleeper cell killings at precisely the same minute, sister rescue scenes with sniffer dog, and the final scene where he symbolically blows up the ship with his hand gesture and subsequent punch dialogue before villain killing are sure treats for fans.
• AR Murugadoss seems to have taken a tip from his association with Aamir Khan in Ghajini Hindi remake. Upon Aamir’s insistence, some emotional scenes involving Asin’s memory were added after climax action sequences in Hindi version. AR Murugadoss has used similar finish in Thuppakki giving a nice emotional touch and meaning to the movie by extolling the virtues of army.
• Kajal has done her role exceptionally well in perking up the lighter moments with her expressions, dance moves in songs and chirpy love scenes laced with humour. Kajal has good scope in both “Antarctica” song (interesting concept) and “Alaika Laika” (showcasing her dance moves). Kajal’s presence enlivens the scenes and songs for people looking for relief from action scenes.
• Santhosh Sivan‘s Cinematography and Sreekar Prasad‘s editing keep the narration tight despite relatively long running time. The candid capture of Mumbai adds to the style and character of the city. Santosh’s fast working style is critical to the successful shooting of scenes in real locations in Mumbai. Harris scores big in the final minutes with his song (“Poi Varavaa“) dedicated to army jawans which is sure to leave a lump in your throat. Harris’ BGM keeps up the pace and makes the operations look convincing with his theme track.

What could have been better?

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• Song picturizations look low-budget. Almost 4 out of 5 songs solely rely on Vijay’s dance moves, which gets a bit repetitive for general public. AR Murugadoss and Santhosh Sivan have pulled out some of the old tricks of picturizing the songs in big stadiums, by using bright incandescent lights in the background to make it look richer. Vijay’s introduction song “Kutti Puli Kootam” and opening fight scenes are speed breakers right after the word “go”.
• Screenplay could have been tighter. Even though the individual scenes were riveting, the bigger purpose required to latch the audience interest lacks full conviction. The objective of killing the head of sleeper-cell (Vidyut) lacks macro-connection resulting in lack of depth for Vijay vs Vidyut’s clash. Some of the lengthy climax fight sequences in the ship could have been trimmed. The final 10+ minutes of man-to-man combat scenes with Vidyut led to some chatter among audience.

Bottomline

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With right promotions and word of mouth reaching out to neutral and family audience, Thuppakki is well positioned to get tagged along with Ghilli and  Pokiri.

Reviewer Rating – 

 

MySQL (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This article teaches you how to create pagination like twitter using jquery, PHP and MySQL. The content can be loaded at the end of old content when we scroll the page. Your can create your own pagination after completing this article. It is very easy to implement, you can just copy and paste the code. Please follow the steps given below to create your won pagination style.

1. Create table in MySQL using following query statement

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `job`  (  `job_id` INT(11) NOT 
 NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,    `job_name` INT(11) NOT NULL, 
 PRIMARY KEY (`job_id`)  )
 ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;

2. Create database connection file ie connection.php

$DB_Username = "root";
  $DB_Password = "";
 $DB_DATABASE = "database_name";
 $DB_HOST     = "localhost";
  $Connect = @mysql_connect($DB_HOST, $DB_Username, $DB_Password)
 or die("Couldn't connect to MySQL:
" . mysql_error() . "
" . mysql_errno());
//select database 
$Db = @mysql_select_db($DB_DATABASE, $Connect)
 or die("Couldn't select database:
" . mysql_error(). "
" . mysql_errno());

3. Create index.php where you can write following codes

<?php
/*
Author: selvaBalaji
Email:selvabalaji@gmail.com
Date: oct 26 2012
*/
include(“connection.php”);
if(isset($_GET[‘lastID’]) && is_numeric($_GET[‘lastID’]))
$lastID =intval($_GET[‘lastID’]);
if(!isset($_GET[‘lastID’]))
{
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”&gt;
<head>
<script type=”text/javascript”
src=”http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.0/jquery.min.js”&gt;
</script>
<style>
#loader {
border:1px solid #ccc;
padding:10px;
margin:10px 0 0 0;
text-align:center;
}
.contentpane{}
.rowHolder{
border:1px solid #ccc;
padding:10px;
margin:10px 0 0 0;
}
</style>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
$(document).ready(function(){
function lastRecord()
{
$(‘div#loader’).html(‘<img src=”loader.gif” alt=”Loading…”>’);
$.post(“index.php?lastID=”+$(“.contentpane table tr:last”).attr(“id”),
function(data){
if (data != “”) {
$(“.contentpane table tr:last”).after(data);
}
$(‘div#loader’).empty();
});
};
$(window).scroll(function(){
if ($(window).scrollTop() == $(document).height() – $(window).height()){
lastRecord();
}
});

});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Pagination </h1>
<p class=”hr” style=”padding:2px 0 2px 0;”></p>
<div class=”contentpane”>
<table width=”100%” border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″>
<?php
$sql=”SELECT * FROM job ORDER BY job_id DESC limit 30″;
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while($record = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$lastID = $record[‘job_id’];
?>
<tr id=”<?php echo $record[‘job_id’];?>”>
<td><div class=”rowHolder”><?php echo $record[‘job_name’];?></div></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
</table>
</div>
<div id=”loader”></div>
</body>
</html>
<?php
}
else
{
$sql=”SELECT * FROM job WHERE job_id < $lastID
ORDER BY job_id DESC LIMIT 3″;
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while($record = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
?>
<tr id=”<?php echo $record[‘job_id’];?>”>
<td><div class=”rowHolder”><?php echo $record[‘job_name’];?></div></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
}
?>

 

10 More Useful WordPress Code Snippets For Your Blog

WordPress is the best open source sofware which is completely free to use.The advantage of being open source for a software is that developers can see its codes an write plugins to make it more functional.And also developers add or change small piece of codes especially in functions.php file to unleash the power of your favorite blogging engine.

In today’s post we are again sharing wordpress code snippets.I think you will find a useful wordpress code snippet for your wordpress blog.

You may also take a look at our past wordpress theme collections;

htaccess Gzip Compression

Add the following code in your .htaccess file.Gzip will drastically reduce HTTP response time.

# BEGIN GZIP

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript

# END GZIP

Instructions:
Just add this to your .htaccess file. Gzip will drastically reduce HTTP response time.

How to Remove the Width and Height Attributes From WP Image Uploader

add_filter( ‘post_thumbnail_html’, ‘remove_width_attribute’, 10 );
add_filter( ‘image_send_to_editor’, ‘remove_width_attribute’, 10 );

function remove_width_attribute( $html ) {
$html = preg_replace( ‘/(width|height)=\”\d*\”\s/’, “”, $html );
return $html;
}

If you upload images via the WordPress image uploader and insert it into your post, it will include the image width and height attribute in the html tag. Here’s what it will look like.

In most cases, this is absolutely alright. However, if you are using a responsive theme or are dealing with responsive web design, the “width” and “height” attribute will be a major roadblock that you need to get rid of.

Here’s how you can do it.

1. Open your theme’s functions.php file.

2. Copy and paste the following code:
add_filter( ‘post_thumbnail_html’, ‘remove_width_attribute’, 10 );
add_filter( ‘image_send_to_editor’, ‘remove_width_attribute’, 10 );

function remove_width_attribute( $html ) {
$html = preg_replace( ‘/(width|height)=\”\d*\”\s/’, “”, $html );
return $html;
}

3. Save the changes.

That’s it. Next time when you insert image into the post via the WP image uploader, the width and height attribute will no longer be there.

How to Change the Font in HTML Editor In WordPress 3.3

add_action( ‘admin_head-post.php’, ‘wpdb_fix_html_editor_font’ );
add_action( ‘admin_head-post-new.php’, ‘wpdb_fix_html_editor_font’ );

function wpdb_fix_html_editor_font() { ?>

<!–?php }

Add/remove Contact Info Fields

To add or remove fields from this section, just add the following to your functions.php.

Login with Username or Email Address

Adding this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will let users login using an email address or a username. The second snippet will change the text on the login page from “username” to “username / email” but feel free to change the login text to anything you would like.

function login_with_email_address($username) {
$user = get_user_by(’email’,$username);
if(!empty($user->user_login))
$username = $user->user_login;
return $username;
}
add_action(‘wp_authenticate’,’login_with_email_address’);
function change_username_wps_text($text){
if(in_array($GLOBALS[‘pagenow’], array(‘wp-login.php’))){
if ($text == ‘Username’){$text = ‘Username / Email’;}
}
return $text;
}
add_filter( ‘gettext’, ‘change_username_wps_text’ );

Add PayPal Donate Button

Add this snippet to the functions.php to add ‘Donate’ Button on your WordPress Website

// paypal donate button
function cwc_donate_shortcode( $atts ) {
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
‘text’ => ‘Make a donation’,
‘account’ => ‘REPLACE ME’,
‘for’ => ”,
), $atts));
global $post;
if (!$for) $for = str_replace(” “,”+”,$post->post_title);
return ‘‘.$text.’‘;
}
add_shortcode(‘donate’, ‘cwc_donate_shortcode’);

WP Google Drive Plugin

We are Released New wp google drive plugin to make back of your wordpress site files to google drive.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-drive/

Exclusive tutorial on How to Backup your WordPress blog to Google Drive. It is always recommended to backup your WordPress blog, which includes files (themes, plugins etc) and SQL tables (all your blog posts, comments, drafts etc are stored as tables in database).

Whenever your blog is gone (due to unsecured activities or some other reasons), these backups will help to get back your blog. In some cases, using 3rd party plugins and themes can also lead to malfunction of your blog, here also these backups helps to retain back your blog.

Reasons to Backup WordPress Blog to Google Drive

• Its a Google Product and is free to use up-to 5GB.
• Can get access to backups on any of the devices like Smartphones, Tablet PC’s, Laptops etc.
• Backups will be uploaded in quite less time (sometimes based on internet connection also).
• Highly Secure and reliable service, so there wont be any loss of data in the process.
• Backups can be shared with your blog partners (if have any) with a single click of mouse

How to Backup WordPress blog to Google Drive

Download and Install Google Drive for WordPress plugin from official WordPress plugin repository.

Google Drive for WordPress Plugin »

Here is the step-by-step guide that helps to backup your WordPress blog to Google Drive. Brief list of things you have to do in this tutorial:

1. Login to Google API and create a Client ID in it.
2. Authorizing the Plugin by using Client ID and Client Secret.
3. Setting up the plugin frequency to take backups.

• Follow this link Google APIs Console and login to your Google Account.

• Go to “API Access” tab and click on “Create an OAuth 2.0 client ID”

• Follow this link Google APIs Console and login to your Google Account.

• Go to “API Access” tab and click on “Create an OAuth 2.0 client ID”

• In the pop-up window, give a product name and upload logo before clicking on “Next” button.

• By default “Web Application” will be selected and don’t change it.

• In “Your site or hostname” section, click on “More Options” to expand link sections.

• Now, paste the link in the “Backup Settings” page here. Enter domain name in “JavaScripts” origin field.

• Click on “Create Client ID” and you have successfully created a Client ID using Google API Console.

• Copy the Client ID and Client Secret from API dashboard and paste them in “Backup Settings” page.

• You have to authorize the plugin by clicking on “Allow Access” button.

• Allow Access to the Plugin and the entire setup has been successfully installed.

Check Out : WordPress Plugin

How to automatically Backup WordPress blog to Google Drive

• Now, you can configure this plugin further by entering the custom folder ID of your Google Drive.
• Also define the maximum number of backups (use any positive integer in that field).
• Set the frequency of backup and everything will be automatically stored in your Google Drive.

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Top 10 Tamil Actor survive

Image via Wikipedia

டாப் 10 தமிழ் நடிகர்கள்: ஒரு அலசல்:

முதலில் எனது எந்த வலையுளகிற்கு வருகை தந்த
உங்களுக்கு எனது நன்றி கலந்த  வணக்கங்கள். எனது இந்த பதிவு பிடித்தாலும் பிடிக்காவிட்டாலும்,மாற்று கருத்து  இருந்தாலும் தயவுசெய்து பின்னூட்டம் இடவும் என தாழ்மையுடன் கேட்டு  கொள்கின்றேன்.

பொதுவா எனக்கு சினிமா சம்பந்தமான பதிவு எழுதுவதில் அதிக ஆர்வம் கிடையாது. ஆனால்  சினிமா அதிக அளவு வாசகர் வட்டம் கொண்டது என்பதால் அது தவிற்க முடியாததாகின்றது.

சரி விஷயதுக்கு வருவோம்: இந்த போட்டியில் ரஜினியையும் கமலையும்
சேர்க்கவில்லை.  ஏன் என்றால் அவர்களையும் சேர்த்தால் முதல் இரண்டு இடத்திற்கு
போட்டிகள் இருக்காது.அவர்கள் இரண்டு பேரும் எப்போதும் நம்பர் ஒன்.

10வது இடம் ஜெயம் ரவி: ஜெயம் படத்தின் மூலம் அமர்களமாக அறிமுகமாகி சன் ஆப்
மகாலச்சுமி என அடுத்தடுத்து இரண்டு ஹிட் படங்களை கொடுத்தவர். வேறு  இயக்குனர்களின் படங்களில் இவர் நடித்த படங்கள் சரியாக போகாத நிலையில் பேராண்மை மற்றும் சந்தோஷ்  சுப்ரமணியம் ஆகிய படங்கள் இவரை தூக்கி நிருத்தியது. நல்ல நடிகர். டான்ஸ், சண்டை  காட்சிகள், ரொமான்ஸ் என சகல துறைகளிலும் அசத்துவார். இவர் படங்களை குடும்பத்துடன்  சென்று பார்க்கலாம் என்பது இவரின் சிறப்பு. அதிக பெண் ரசிகர்கள்  கொண்டவர். இவரின் குடும்பமே சினிமா துறையில் உள்ளது இவரின் கூடுதல் பலம்

குறிப்பு: இவரை விட அதிக ஹிட் படங்களை கொடுத்த நடிகர் ஜீவா டாப் 10
நடிகர்கள் பட்டியலில் இல்லை என்பது எனக்கே கொஞ்சம் வருத்தமாக
இருக்கின்றது.(ராம்,டிஷ்யூம்,கற்றது தமிழ்,சிவா மனசுல சக்தி,கோ)

9வது இடம் புரட்சி தளபதி விஷால்: இவருடைய பட்டத்தை பார்த்தாலே பத்திகிட்டு
வருது. புரட்சி என்பதன் அர்த்தமே போய்விட்டது. பேர் சொல்லுர மாதிரி ஒரு படமும்
கொடுக்கவில்லை(அவன் இவன் தவிர). ஆனாலும் இவர் படத்துக்கு கமர்சியல் மதிப்பு இருப்பதாக  கூறிகொள்கின்றார்கள்.எனக்கு என்னமோ அப்படி தெரியவில்லை. இவர் நடித்ததில் எனக்கு  பிடித்தது செல்லமே,சண்ட கோழி,அவன் இவன் மட்டுமே. நல்ல நடிகன் மாதிரிதான் தெரியுது  ஆனால் மாஸ் என்கிற போதையில் தடம் மாறுவது போல் தெரிகின்றது. டாப் 10னில் நீடிக்க  வேன்டுமானால் நல்ல கதைகளை தேர்வு செய்ய வேண்டியது அவசியம்.

அவன் இவனுக்கு முன்னாடி இவர் நடித்த மூன்று படமும் படு தோல்வி.

8 வது இடம் ஆர்யா:
தமிழ் சினிமாவில் தற்போதைக்கு ஈகோ பார்காத நடிகர்.  பாலாவின் நான் கடவுள் மூலம் மறு அவதாரம் எடுத்துள்ளார். மதராஷ பட்டினம்,பாஸ் என்கிற  பாஸ்கரன் அவன் இவன் என தொடர்ந்து ஹிட் படங்களை கொடுத்துள்ளார்.இவரின் திறமையை இவர்  இன்னும் சரியாக பயன்படுத்தவில்லை என்றுதான் தோன்றுகின்றது.

இனிமேல் தான் இவருக்கு உண்மையான போட்டியே இருக்கின்றது.

நடித்ததில் பிடித்தது: நான் கடவுள், மதராச பட்டிணம்,பாஸ் என்கிற
பாஸ்கரன்,அறிந்தும் அறியாமலும்,அவன் இவன்.

7வது சிம்பு என்கிற S.T.R:

எனக்கு சுத்தமா பிடிக்காத நடிகர் வானத்துக்கு முன்னாடி வரையும்.வானம் படம்
பார்த்தவுடம் அவர் மீது ஒரு நல்ல மதிப்பு வந்தது உண்மை. அது நீடிக்குமா? நீடிக்காதா
என்பது இனி வரும் அவரின் படங்களை பொருத்து. இவர் படம் தானாக ஒடுனதைவிட ஓட வைக்கபட்டது என்பதே என்னுடைய கருத்து.இவருடைய உண்மையான ஹிட் விண்ணைதாண்டி  வருவாயா தான்.அடுத்து வந்த வானமும் ஹிட் என்பதால் இனி வரவுள்ள இவரின் படங்களுக்கு  எதிபார்ப்பு கூடி இருக்கு.இவர் தனது படங்களுக்கு நல்ல பப்ளிசிடி தேடி கொள்வதில்  திறமையானவர்.

திறமையானவர் தான் ஆனால் இவரும் மாஸ் போதையில் அலைவது தான்  வருத்தமான விஷயம்.

சமீப காலமாக அஜித் ரசிகர்களை தன் பக்கம் இழுக்க  குறிவைத்துள்ளார்.அஜித் ரசிகர்களே ஜாக்கிரதை…..

6வது இடம் தனுஷ்:
நல்ல வேலை இவருக்கு பட்டங்கள் எதுவும் இல்லை.இவரின் வெற்றி  இவரே எதிர்பாராதது.ஆனாலும் கிடைத்த வெற்றியை திறமையாக தக்க வைத்து  கொண்டவர்.
முதல் மூன்று படங்களுமே அதிரி புதிரி வெற்றி…இடையில் சின்ன  சறுக்கம் ஆனாலும் பொல்லாதவன் மூலம் மீண்டு வந்தார்.திறமையான நடிகர் மிகவும்  இளவயதில் தேசிய விருது பெற்றிருக்கிறார்.வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

இவர் சிம்புவுக்கு  போட்டி என்றாலும் ஹிட் பட வரிசையில் இவர்தான் டாப். இவர் நடித்த நல்ல கதை அம்சம்  உள்ள படங்கள் எல்லாம் நன்றாக ஓடின ஆனால் மசாலா படங்கள் அனைத்தும் சுமாரான வெற்றியே  பெற்றன.(திருவிளையாடல் தவிர)

இவர் நடித்ததில் எனக்கு பிடித்தது    :துள்ளுவதோ இளமை,
காதல்  கொண்டேன், பொல்லாதவன், ஆடுகளம், திருவிளையாடல் ஆரம்பம்.

5வது இடம் கார்த்தி:
ரொம்ப சீக்கிரத்திலேயே டாப் 10னின் இடம் பிடித்த  நடிகர்.இவர் நடித்த படங்கள் அனைத்துமே பாக்ஸ் ஆபிஸ் ஹிட்.கார்த்தி என பெயர்  வைத்ததால் என்னவோ நவரச நாயகன் கார்த்திகிற்கு பிறகு ஒரு துள்ளல் நடிப்பும் நல்ல காமெடி டைமிங்கும் இவரிடம் இருக்கின்றது. சிறப்பாக கதையை தேர்வு  செய்கின்றார்.தனது ஐந்தாவது படத்திலேயே இரட்டை வேடம் ஏற்று வெற்றி பெறவும்  வைத்தவர்.

நல்ல எதிகாலம் இருக்கின்றது.தனது இடத்தை தக்க வைக்க கடுமையாக உழைக்க
வேண்டும்
நடித்ததில் பிடித்தது: எல்லா படமும் பிடிக்கும். அனைத்தும் வெவ்வேறான  அனுபவங்கள்

4வது விக்ரம்:
வியக்க வைக்கும் உழைப்பு,விடாமுயற்சி, தன்னம்பிக்கை, இவை  இணைந்ததுதான் விக்ரம்.வியக்க வைக்கும் நடிகர் தனது அயராத உழைப்பின்  தமிழ் சினிமாவில் தனியிடம் பிடித்திருக்கின்றார். பீமா, கந்தசாமி,இராவணன் போன்ற  தொடர் தோல்விக்கு பிறகு ஒரு கமர்சியல் சினிமா நடிக்காமல் தெய்வ திருமகளில் நடித்த  அவரின் துணிச்சல் பாராட்ட பட வேண்டியது.தமிழ் சினிமாவில் இவருக்கான அங்கிகாரம்  சற்று குறைவு என்றுதான் எண்ணுகின்றேன்.

தமிழுக்கு சிறந்த நடிகனாக தேசிய விருது பெற்று தந்திருக்கின்றார்.இவர்  நடிக்கும் படங்கள் தரமானவை என நம்பி செல்லலாம்.தொடர்ந்து தமிழுக்கு நல்ல  படங்கள் கொடுப்பார் என நம்புவோம்.

நடித்ததில் பிடித்தது: சேது,காசி, தில், தூள்,அன்னியன்,சாமி,மஜா(எனக்கு பிடிச்சு
இருந்தது)மற்றும் தெய்வ திருமகள்.

3வது  இளைய தளபதி விஜய்:

விஜய் ரசிகர்களுக்கு இது கோபத்தை ஏற்படுத்தலாம்.மங்காத்தா  வெற்றின் தாக்கம் தான் விஜயின் இறக்கம்.வேலாயுதம் வந்தால் இந்த நிலை மாறலாம்.இனி  வரும் படங்கள் மீண்டும் விஜயை நம்பர் ஒன்னாக்கும் என நம்புவோமாக!!  பூவே  உனக்காக, துள்ளாத மனமும் துள்ளும்,காதலுக்கு மரியாதை, லவ் டுடே என மென்மையான  படங்களில் நடித்து திருமலை,கில்லி,சிவகாசி,திருப்பாச்சி,போக்கிரி என அதிரடி நாயகனாக  ரசிகர்கள் மனதி இடம் பிடித்த விஜய், வில்லு, வேட்டைகாரன்,சுறா என தொடர் தோல்வி
படங்களில் நடித்து இப்போது நான்காவது இடத்தில் இருக்கின்றார். ஒரு காலத்திற்கு
அப்புறம் மக்களுக்கு சலிப்பு வரகூடிய படங்களில் நடித்து வெறுப்பை சம்பாதித்து
கொண்டார்.பின்னர் சுதாரித்து காவலன் என்ற ஹிட் படத்தை கொடுத்தார். இப்போது இவர்  நடித்து கொண்டிருக்கும் படங்கள் எல்லாமே மிகுந்த எதிபார்பிற்குறிய படங்கள் என்பதால்  மீண்டும் இவர் பழைய இடத்தை பிடிப்பார் என நம்புவோமாக.

நடித்ததில் பிடித்தது: பூவே உனக்காக,துள்ளாத மனமும் துள்ளும்,காதலுக்கு
மரியாதை,கில்லி,திருமலை,போக்கிரி,சிவகாசி,குஷி

2வது இடம் அஜித்:
மங்காத்தாவின் அதிரடி வெற்றி இவரை இரண்டாவது இடத்தில் உக்கார வைத்திருக்கின்றது.  முன்னனி நடிகர்களில் அதிகமான தோல்வி படங்களில் நடித்தது இவராகதான் இருக்க  முடியும்.அதையெல்லாம் தாண்டிய இவரது தன்னம்பிக்கைதான் இவரை இந்த இடத்தில்  உக்கார வைதிருக்கின்றது. நல்ல நடிகர் மட்டும் அல்ல. நல்ல மனிதரும் கூட.. தைரியசாலி  தனது ரசிகர்மன்றத்தை கலைத்தது அதற்கான சான்று.
இவரின் இந்த முடிவு வரவேற்க  கூடியது. இவர் அல்டிமேட் ஸ்டார் பட்டத்தை துறந்ததும் ஒரு பாராட்ட படகூடிய  விஷயம் இன்று இருக்க கூடிய முன்னனி இயக்குனர்களுக்கு முதல் பட சான்ஸ் கொடுத்து  திறையுலகில் அறிமுக படுத்திய பெருமை அஜிதையே சாரும்.

கதை தேர்வில் கூடுதல் கவனம் தேவை என்பதே என்னுடைய எண்ணம்.

சரண்.எ.ஆர்.முருகதாஸ், சூர்யா, இயக்குனர் விஜய், என பட்டியல் நீளும்.
நடித்ததில் பிடித்தது: காதல் மன்னன்,அமர்களம்,வரலாறு,வாலி,பில்லா, தினா,
போன்றவை

முதல் இடம் சூர்யா:

தமிழ் சினிமாவின் தற்போதய ஹாட் கேக்.. பாக்ஸ் ஆபிஸ் ஹீரோ..
உழைப்பு மற்றும் ஈடுபாடு கொண்ட இயக்குனர்களின் நடிகன். இவரை வைத்து படம்
எடுத்தவர்களே மீண்டும் இவரிடம் இணைந்து படம் எடுப்பது இவருடைய ஈடுபாட்டுக்கு
சான்று. வரிசையாக பாக்ஸ் ஆபிஸ் ஹிட் கொடுத்தவர். மாஸ் மற்றும் கிளாஸ் படங்களை மாறி  மாறி கொடுப்பவர்.

இயக்குனர் பாலாவினால் வாழ்வளிக்க பட்டவர்களில் இவரும் ஒருவர்.இவரின் ஆரம்பகால படங்கள் இவருக்கு பெயரெடுத்து தராத நிலையில் இயக்குனர் பாலாவின்
இயக்கத்தில் இவர் நடித்த நந்தா இவருக்கு திருப்புமுனையாக அமைந்தது.அதை சரியாக
பயன்படுத்திகொண்ட அவர் படிபடியாக முன்னனி நடிகராக உயர்ந்து இன்று நம்பர் 1 அந்தஸ்தை  எட்டியிருக்கின்றார்.காக்க காக்க, பேரழகன்,பிதாமகன்,கஜினி,வாரணம்
ஆயிரம்,அயன்,சிங்கம் ஆகியவை பெயர் சொல்லும் படங்களாக அமைந்தது.

எ.ஆர்.முருகதாஸ் இயக்கத்தில் இவர் நடித்து கொண்டிருக்கும் ஏழாம் அரிவு மிகுந்த எதிபார்பை கிளப்பி  இருக்கின்றது.

நடிப்பு,ஆக்சன்,ரொமான்ஸ் என அனைத்திலும் சிறந்தவர்.அகரம் பௌன்டேசன் மூலம் ஏழை  குழந்தைகளுக்கு கல்வி அறிவு கிடைக்க உதவி வருகின்றார்.

தனக்கு கிடைத்த மக்கள் ஆதரவை சரியான வகையில் சரியான திசையில் பயன்படுத்துவதாக  எனக்கு படுகின்றது.

(முதல் மூன்று இடங்களில் மாற்றம் எப்போது வேண்டுமானாலும் நிகழலாம்.அது அவர்களின்  பாக்ஸ் ஆபிஸ் வெற்றியை பொறுத்து)
எனக்கு தெரிந்த வரையில் நான் சரியான முறையில்  வரிசைபடுத்தி இருக்கிறேன் என நம்புகின்றேன். குறை இருந்தால் தயவுசெய்து தெரிய  படுத்தவும்.

குறிப்பு: டாப் 10 நடிகர்களில் அஜித்,விக்ரம் தவிர்த்து மற்ற நடிகர்கள் அனைவரும்
குடும்ப சபோர்ட் மூலம் சினிமா துறையில் நுழைந்தவர்கள்.

வந்தத வந்துடீங்க தயவுசெய்து உங்கள் ஓட்டையும் போட்டுட்டு போங்க….

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 – Crowning Glory for India

The 2011 Cricket World Cup tournament lit up our TV screens with high quality play, absolute rubbish, highlights, lowlights, pluck, timidity and a mass of other notables. Here are some of the things The Daily Maverick can praise, bewail and argue about.

Hosts winning

While we may be pretty serious fans of cricket, and sport in general, in South Africa, we are nowhere near as obsessive about it as India. The Indian team’s victory in the Final in front of their own blaring fans in their premier city is one of the most romantic scripts that could be written for the game. That they did it with a South African coach added to the gut-warming feeling we were permitted as the news channels broadcast one happy Indian fan after another.

Plucky cricket

Two teams at the tournament showed that talent isn’t the sole ingredient for success. New Zealand and Ireland both showed what a bit of grit, pressurising fielding and counter-attacking mentality can achieve. Ireland came from behind to beat England and chased down a massive Dutch score, and New Zealand knocked out South Africa when a betting man (who had never seen South Africa play in a knockout match before) would have put all of his money on the Proteas.

Umpiring

This was the first World Cup to feature the Umpire Decision Review System and has finally meant that we have statistical evidence to see which of the umpires are the best. In a show of initiative not seen since they last decided to disagree with whatever the BCCI said, the ICC actually removed the underperforming Asoka de Silva from important World Cup fixtures after he hashed a few games. Marais Erasmus, South Africa’s representative at the tournament, had a good run and, to our knowledge, only had one decision overturned.

Photo: Cricket fans celebrate in New Delhi, after India won the ICC Cricket World Cup final match against Sri Lanka, April 2, 2011. India sparked wild celebrations among their billion supporters after beating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the World Cup final at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. REUTERS/B Mathur.

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The Bad

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South Africa

It was a familiar sight to see South Africa return to Mzansi within a day of their first knockout fixture. After the farcical 1992 semi-final, the Proteas have managed to cock up the quarters in 1996, the tied semi in 1999, semis in 2009 and 2011. Add to that the fire-spittingly haemorrhaging 2003 “knockout” game against Sri Lanka and you’ll see why SA cricket fans have earned the right to government-subsidised anti-depressants.

The West Indies
We didn’t need a reminder, but we had confirmation that the swashbuckling days of swaggering batsmen and giant fast-bowlers are completely over. The West Indies folded meekly against South Africa, England, India and in the quarter-final against Pakistan. Watching Darren Sammy bowl his dibbly-dobblies at first change for the team that once produced skull- and toe-crunching bowlers like Andy Roberts, Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner and Curtly Ambrose was worse than sad.

The Final toss

The toss circus in the Final was a good indication that the odd batsman walking does not a dignified sport make, nor does the presence of a match-referee actually serve a purpose in a cricket match. If the game was what we wanted it to be, MS Dhoni could have just asked Kumar Sangakkarra what he had called and we all could have moved on. Had the match referee, the same one who wanted Sri Lanka batting in the dark in the 2007 Final, paid any sort of attention this could also have been avoided.

Photo: New Zealand’s wicket keeper Brendon McCullum (L) runs out South Africa’s AB de Villiers (R) during their Cricket World Cup quarter-final match in Dhaka March 25, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi.

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The Unexpected

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England

England usually fall over flat and die in the group stages of World Cups or they do very well throughout. England qualified for the Final in 1987 and 1992 (losing to Australia and Pakistan respectively) but then crashed out in the group stage of the 1996, 1999 and 2003 tournaments. This year’s Cricket World Cup had an England which managed to lose to Ireland and Bangladesh, beat South Africa, scrape a win against the Netherlands and tie with India. The Empire XI showcased one of the best batsmen of the tournament (Jonathan Trott), the innings of the tournament (Andrew Strauss’ 158 vs India), the bowling spells of the tournament (Stuart Broad’s 4/15 vs South Africa) and yet England were sent packing by Sri Lanka in the quarter-finals.

Robin Peterson

We humbly admit we had no faith in Robin Peterson when he was selected in the SA World Cup squad. We thought he had only been brought as cover for Imran Tahir and Johan Botha, and he would only get a game if one of them did themselves in. How incredibly wrong we were. With sporting pitches, Peterson was South Africa’s most successful bowler in the tournament, picking up 15 wickets at an average of 15, and he only went for 4.25 an over. Incredible stuff. He was the second most penetrative spinner and the fourth highest wicket-taker overall.

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Team of the tournament

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Absolutely the most contentious part of any World Cup review, this is our team of the tournament:

• Sachin Tendulkar
• TM Dilshan
• Jonathan Trott
• Kumar Sangakkara (c)
• Yuvraj Singh
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Mohammad Hafeez
• Shahid Afridi
• Zaheer Khan
• Tim Southee
• Ray Price/Dale Steyn
• 12th man: AB de Villiers

Tendulkar and Dilshan are no-brainer selections. Trott makes it in on sheer weight of runs, which he scored at a strike rate of more than 80. Yuvraj was man of the tournament as his scoring was up there with the best and he chipped in with 15 wickets with what look like left-arm spinners to us, but are evidently scud-missiles when one is holding a bat at 20m.

Photo: Sri Lanka’s captain and wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara speaks with Muttiah Muralitharan, who is playing in his last Cricket World Cup, after their team beat New Zealand in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final match in Colombo March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte.

We know we left out Dhoni, the World Cup winning captain who turned the Final around India’s way, but his batting throughout the tournament wasn’t so hot. Sangakkara’s blade was far more consistent. He is paired in the middle order with Mahela Jayawardene who scored two centuries in the World Cup, including that delicious knock in the Final.

Mohammad Hafeez sneaks in ahead of Ajantha Mandis because of his superb economy rate of 3.5 and his ability to bat. He isn’t a great batsman, and his constant opening says more about Pakistan’s depth than it does about his skills. If we picked Mendis then Afridi would come in at number seven and we think that’s a place too early. We prefer Hafeez there.

Ray Price also sneaked in because of his economy rate, but his selection would be dependent on the wicket. If it suited pace bowlers Dale Steyn would come in for him. Price is an incredible player. He bowls left-arm spin with the new ball for a team that gets walloped every time it plays someone decent. To have an economy rate below 3.5 in any context is superb. While representing Zimbabwe, it is super-human.

Tim Southee and Zaheer Khan were far and away the top fast bowlers of the tournament. Southee has found an extra bit of pace which, coupled with his bounce, snagged him 18 wickets in eight games. To put that into perspective, he never took more than three wickets in a match – underlying his consistency. Compare that to Malinga – if you take away his six-wicket haul against Kenya he only took seven wickets at 33.

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2015

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A decent tournament recipe has finally been found. The complicated Super 6 and Super 8 varieties were tossed out and a round-robin format resulting in knockouts was adopted. If any tinkering were done further, we would recommend removing two of the minnow teams – Canada, Kenya and the Netherlands didn’t add much to the tournament – and hastening up the group stage by playing more than one fixture a day. The group stage in this tournament took longer than the entire FIFA World Cup did last year.

Only four years to go until the next one… DM

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Raja, aides arrested in 2G spectrum scam

Former Telecom Minister A. Raja was on Wednesday arrested along with his two former associates in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.

Mr. Raja arrived at the Central Bureau of Investigation headquarters on Wednesday morning, a day after his brother A.K. Perumal was questioned by the agency about alleged funding of some front organisations owned by telecom companies which had been allocated spectrum from October 2007 to January 2008, official sources said.

Mr. Raja, his former personal secretary R.K. Chandolia and former Telecom Secretary Siddartha Behura were arrested for allegedly abusing their official position and manipulating the tendering procedures to benefit certain telecom companies in getting the spectrum.

The arrest of 47-year-old Mr. Raja, who has been questioned four times by the agency, comes over two months after he was forced to resign in the wake of the spectrum controversy.

Mr. Raja, who was questioned earlier on December 24 and 25 last year and January 31, was called to the CBI office on Wednesday morning and quizzed before being arrested, the sources said.

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP had been confronted with some questions and documents recovered from the computers seized during searches conducted by the investigation agency earlier at his premises, the sources said.

He was also asked about his conversations with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and the reasons for advancing the cut-off date of applying for license for spectrum allocation in 2007 by a week.

Mr. Raja was forced to resign on November 14 last year in the wake of the CAG report which held that the spectrum allocation at undervalued prices resulted in a notional loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the state exchequer.

The Supreme Court has asked the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate to submit status reports on their investigations into the 2G spectrum case to it by February 10 when the case will come up for further hearing.

In its FIR, the CBI mentioned the loss in spectrum allocation as Rs. 22,000 crore based on Central Vigilance Commission findings which had referred the case to it.

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Welcome to ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

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Welcome to Cricketworldcup2011.co.in – a complete website on the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. This website would update you about ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule, Cricket World Cup 2011 fixtures, Cricket World Cup 2011 venue and Cricket World Cup 2011 teams.

Cricket is considered as a religion in India and people are crazy about Cricket, especially in this part of the world. With ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 coming in the year 2011, the game would rise to new levels. If you are a Cricket fan searching for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule, Cricket World Cup 2011 fixtures, Cricket World Cup 2011 venue and Cricket World Cup 2011 teams, then you need not to go elsewhere as you will get information on Cricket World Cup 2011 fixtures, Cricket World Cup 2011 venue and Cricket World Cup 2011 teams and ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule and every other info about ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be the 10th World Cup. Prior to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, 9 Cricket World Cups have been organized by ICC. Australia have emerged winner on the most occasions – 4. Closely following is West Indies, who won the inaugural and the very next World Cup. All the Indian Subcontinent teams – India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won 1 World Cup each. Australia won in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007. West Indies won on 1975 (the first World Cup) and 1979. India won the World Cup in 1983, Pakistan won the World Cup in 1992 and Sri Lanka won in 1996.

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Once you bookmark this page you can view ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule and Cricket World Cup 2011 fixtures anytime you like.

Cricket World Cup 2011 venue: With India as the main host of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Cricket World Cup 2011 venue includes stadiums of cities like Dhaka, Mumbai, Kolkata, Mohali, Colombo, Chennai, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, chittagong and Bangalore. Cricket World Cup 2011 venue also includes new venues like Pallekelle and Hambantota – both being in Sri Lanka.

Cricket World Cup 2011 teams: Cricket World Cup 2011 teams include 4 times winner Australia, 2 times winners West Indies, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, England and Kenya. Groups in which Cricket World Cup 2011 teams are divided:

Group A – Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.

Group B – India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, Netherlands and Ireland.

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Rana is Rajini’s Next Flim Title!

Close sources of Superstar Rajini confirms that his next movie‘s title will be Rana. According to the sources, K S Ravikumar direct the movie and Rathnavel will handle the camera. Rahman is the music director of Rana.
Rajinikanth’s Next ‘RANA’ K. S. Ravikumar direction, Rajini playing triple role

International media house Eros International and Soundarya Rajinikanth’s Ocher Studios have joined hands to co-produce the next film of Super Star Rajinikanth to be directed by K. S. Ravikumar.

The film titled ‘RANA” is going to be another big multilingual that will be released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. Scheduled to go on floor in March this year, Rana will be a live action magnum opus with Rajini playing triple role.

The film will have Music by A R Rahman, Cinematography is by Ratnavelu, Editing is by Antony and Art directed by Rajeevan. The technical & special effects director will be Soundarya Rajinikanth and Charles Darby of Eyeqube Studios, renowned visual effects luminary and an Emmy award winner will be the visual effects supervisor on the film. The film is scheduled to release early 2012.

Speaking on the development, Sunil Lulla, Managing Director, Eros International Media Ltd said, “We are extremely excited to join hands with Tamil industry’s most popular super star Rajinikanth for Rana and this time audiences will be treated with their favourite actor donning a triple role in the film. Rana is going to be far different from any of the recent Rajni films, a complete live action magnum opus with loads of entertainment for his fans”.

Soundarya Rajinikanth, Director of Ocher Studios Private Limited added, “We are very pleased to announce this partnership with Eros International for RANA. We hope to make a film together that will live up to the huge expectations of the movie-goers and reach out to maximum audiences across the globe”.

Superstar Rajinikanth next film is going to be trilingual which is being made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi versions. It has been titled as ‘Rana’.  K S Ravi Kumar who did super hit films like ‘Muthu’ and ‘Narasimha’ with Rajini has once again directing him. Bollywood sizzling actress Deepika Padukone is likely to be the leading lady of the film. 

As per sources, Rajinikanth will be seen in triple role. The film will move onto sets in the month of March. It is co-produced by Eros International and Ocher Studios, the production house run by Soundarya Rajinikanth.

There is a buzz that this film might be Rajinikanth’s animated film which is being directed jointly by Soundarya Rajinikanth and K S Ravikumar. However, Rana filmmakers have clarified that this is a new script which is going to direct by K S Ravi Kumar with huge buget.

Academy Award Winner A R Rehman will score the music for the film. Ratnavelu, who worked as camera man for sensational ‘Robo’ is working as cinematographer.

Rana is scheduled to release early in 2012.

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Women to be fire fighters in Goa

PANAJI: If the state government keeps its promise, then Goa will be the first state in western India to recruit women fire fighters in the Fire and Emergency Services.

However, the new recruits will not land in tough fire-fighting operations straightaway — they will be first put on fire prevention, training and communication duty till they can handle riskier jobs. Atpresent only Chennai and Hyderabad fire brigades have women firefighters.

“A proposal to change the Recruitment Rules to enable recruitment of women in the Fire and Emergency Services has been received by us and we are in the process of changing the recruitment rules and identifying the posts to be allotted to women in the department,” chief secretary Sanjay Srivastava said.

“In a critical situation, we have felt that a woman can help another woman better. We had seen during Bicholim floods that women are hesitant when men try to help or rescue them. Therefore, women fire personnel are the need of the hour. Initially, we will recruit women for fire prevention, training and communication duty and also train them as fire fighters to handle emergency situations “, said director of Fire and Emergency Services Ashok Menon.

Srivastava said, “Once the recruitment rules for inducting women in the services are finalized, then we will notify the posts to enable the recruitment. This should be done by April 14, 2011”.

The proposal will go to Personnel department from where it will be referred to Law department, he Srivastava added. Sources said that the Fire department has suggested that a similar criterion as the one adopted by the Goa police in recruitment of female officers be adopted for Fire services also.

Home minister Ravi Naik, who was also present at the function, said that induction of women in the force is crucial as they can be involved in rescue operations involving women casualties. All the 13 fire stations in the state will have women fire-fighters, he said.

At the moment there are 507 sanctioned posts in the Fire department and all posts are filled by men. Based on the study conducted by the Administrative reforms Study, the fire department has sent a proposal to the government to increase the staff strength to 700.

“Once the sanction for 200 more personnel is granted by the government and recruitment rules are changed to appoint women, then we will earmark posts for women”, added Menon.

Read more: Women to be fire fighters in Goa – The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Women-to-be-fire-fighters-in-Goa/articleshow/7082758.cms#ixzz17oGTFSIx

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Adding your Twitter feed to your website with jQuery

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If you or your company has a Twitter account, chances are you’d like to promote it and display your latest tweets from your website. Since many websites – both personal and increasingly business – are built on blogging software such as WordPress, this is usually achieved via a plugin, of which there are many out there.

But what if you simply want to add your live Twitter feed to a “normal” web page? Twitter itself provides a number of HTML widgets, but in this article I’ll show you how easy it is to achieve with a little bit of JavaScript, CSS, and jQuery.

In case you haven’t come across it before:

What is jQuery?

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. It’s very powerful and makes life a whole lot easier when writing JavaScript. To include jQuery in your webpage, simply add the following within the <head> tags:

// <![CDATA[javascript" src="http://jqueryjs.google]]>
code.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>

This uses the version that is hosted on Google Code, which saves you having to download the file.

Twitter API

Twitter itself provides a complicated API to allow access to all sorts of things. A lot of this complication arises around authentication, and necessarily so, but thankfully to simply retrieve a stream of tweets, authentication isn’t required (as long as the user in question hasn’t hidden their tweets).

First of all the API provides many different ways to obtain a user’s statuses. I won’t go into any of them other than the one that I favour, and this is the one that I’ll talk about here: user_timeline.

user_timeline

This returns a number of the most recent statuses posted by the user. It can return the data in different formats: XML, JSON, RSS and Atom. I favour  JSON, a lightweight data-interchange format, so this is the one that I will talk about.

You can use a number of parameters, and a full list of what they can do can be found on the Twitter API description for user_timeline. For now, I will only use a few relevant ones.

Give me the Tweets!

To retrieve the data for a particular Twitter account (I will use pcpro in this example here) you call the following:

$.getJSON(“http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.json?
screen_name=pc_pro&count=10&callback=?”,
function(tweetdata) {
// do some stuff here
});

This will return the last 10 tweets from the pc_pro account in JSON format in the tweetdata variable. By default, retweeted tweets are not included in this feed, but to include them, add the &include_rts=1 parameter above, and they will be returned.

Of course we now have to make sense of this data, parse it and actually do something with it.

On our HTML page, define a <ul> and give it the id tweet-list. This is where we will hold our tweets. The above code is then extended to do the following:

$.getJSON(“http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.json?screen_name=pc_pro&count=1O&callback=?&#8221;, function(tweetdata) {
var tl = $(“#tweet-list”);
$.each(tweetdata, function(i,tweet) {
tl.append(“<li>“” + tweet.text + “”– ” + tweet.created_at + “</li>”);
});
});

Some explanations: var tl = $(“#tweet-list”); grabs a reference to the <ul> element that we created above. We need this as we will add each tweet to it.

$.each(tweetdata, function(i,tweet) {… is the start of a jQuery loop, in this case iterating through each item in tweetdata and storing it temporarily in tweet. The following line then adds the tweet within an

item. The actual text of the tweet is contained within the text data member, and here we put double quotes around it, and the time it was created is contained within the created_at data member.

This will now display the last 10 tweets in list format on the relevant HTML page.

However, if there are links contained in the tweet, they won’t be clickable, and the created date is a bit long and not like the Twitter standard timelines such as “about a minute ago” or “two hours ago”. We can fix this with the following two functions urlToLink(); which we call on tweet.text:

function urlToLink(text) {
var exp = /(\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|])/ig;
return text.replace(exp,”$1“);
}

and relTime(); which we call on tweet.created_at:

function relTime(time_value) {
time_value = time_value.replace(/(\+[0-9]{4}\s)/ig,””);
var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value);
var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date();
var timeago = parseInt((relative_to.getTime() – parsed_date) / 1000);
if (timeago < 60) return ‘less than a minute ago’;
else if(timeago < 120) return ‘about a minute ago’;
else if(timeago < (45*60)) return (parseInt(timeago / 60)).toString() + ‘ minutes ago’;
else if(timeago < (90*60)) return ‘about an hour ago’;
else if(timeago < (24*60*60)) return ‘about ‘ + (parseInt(timeago / 3600)).toString() + ‘ hours ago’;
else if(timeago < (48*60*60)) return ‘1 day ago’;
else return (parseInt(timeago / 86400)).toString() + ‘ days ago’;
}

So we need to change the above line to the following:

tl.append(”

“” + urlToLink(tweet.text) + “”– ” + relTime(tweet.created_at) + “

“);

This will be called when the HTML page is loaded (or you can load it some other time, it’s up to you of course) and this is done using jQuery by inserting the code within:

$(document).ready(function() {
// code here
});

which basically calls the code when the entire DOM has been loaded.

End Result

The main difference is the URL in included in the &.getJSON() call which should be:

http://api.twitter.com/1/account-name/lists/list-name/statuses.json?callback=?

where account-name is the name of the account, in this case pc_pro, and list-name is the name of the list, in this case staff.

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Seven new features you can expect from WordPress 3.1

 

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There have been a number of recent developments at WordPress which have proven that the company is as dynamic and fluid as it has ever been. Firstly, Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress, announced the formal handing over of the WordPress trademark from Automattic (a for-profit company) to the WordPress Foundation, a non-profit organisation “dedicated to promoting and ensuring access to WordPress and related open source projects in perpetuity”.

This is in line with the ethos behind the WordPress brand of being an open and expressive community. The official WordPress blog announced that, “moving forward, the Foundation will be responsible for safeguarding the trademarked name and logo from misuse toward the end of protecting WordPress and preventing confusion among people trying to figure out if a resource is ‘official’ or not”.

In addition to the trademark handover, discussions have begun around the development of the next WordPress release, version 3.1, scheduled for December 2010.

Following the packed and impressive feature list released in version 3.0, WordPress die-hards have been eagerly waiting to see what’s coming next.

Judging from the discussions on the WordPress Development P2 blog, these are some of the features that are likely to appear in WordPress 3.1.

Internal Linking
When linking to a page or a post within WordPress, you are able to simply type “/pagename” and, internally, the system will be able to find your page. This feature will, as I understand it, enable easy linking between internal content (eg: from one page to another, or a page to a blog post) without the need for a full URL to be inserted as the link. Talk amongst developers indicates that this is a favourite new feature for release in WordPress 3.1.

Improved integration between custom post types and taxonomies will take WordPress a step further towards becoming a fully-fledged content management system.

AJAX-ified Admin Screens
Perhaps no longer a buzz term, “AJAX” has become an almost de-facto standard in many Rich Internet Applications used today. So it makes sense to include it in the WordPress administration screens. While there are subtle areas where this has been done (comment moderation, for example), having all the screens functioning via AJAX would greatly speed up working within the system and could make for an overall richer user experience, as the screen would, essentially, not refresh.

Admin Bar
The WordPress admin bar creates easy access links to areas of the administration (for example, the “New Post” screen) from within the website’s frontend, via a neat bar at the top of the window. While this could fall into the “plugin territory” category, it will most likely end up being an optional feature than can be enabled if desired.

Custom Post Type enhancements
The initial release of a new feature usually sparks off ideas for improvements. Now that the custom post types feature has been released, a list of possible enhancements is being compiled on the Development blog, to make the feature even better than it currently is. Ideas include opt-in archives for the post types as well as custom status values per post type. This has the potential to greatly expand the way data is stored and handled with these post types.

Advanced taxonomy queries
Advanced taxonomy querying is an area that has many developers in an excited frenzy. These queries could involve, for example, gathering all entries that are tied to a particular category and that aren’t tied to a specific post tag. While this is a relatively simple example, the possibilities become greatly increased as to the kinds of content relationships which can be created within WordPress (instead of posts which are simply tied to categories and tags, for example).

Post templates / Post styles
In the Twenty Ten theme, custom styles and layouts were introduced for blog posts listed in categories called “gallery” and “aside”. As I understand it, this was an attempt at creating different post styles and catering specifically for those types. Like Tumblr does it, custom post styles would eliminate the need for the “aside” and “gallery” categories, allowing posts to be treated according to style, rather than what category they are in.

QuickPress template tag
The QuickPress widget has become especially popular for posting short and quick posts directly from your blog’s dashboard. Why not move this form wherever you want it? The QuickPress template tag will allow developers to include the QuickPress form anywhere in WordPress, with a simple call of a function. Pretty self-explanatory, but very exciting for regular users of QuickPress, as well as users who are looking into themes that post from the front-end, like the popular P2 theme.

The above features have, as mentioned above, been pitched on the official WordPress Development Blog and are by no means set in stone. Which means there could be many other features and enhancements added to this release. As with every release, we can expect loads of careful attention being paid to the user interface, the user experience and the code maintenance. Then keep your eyes pealed for version 3.2, folks. That’s when the big additions will arrive.

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Add New Twitter Share Button In Your WordPress Blog

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Hi Friends, Recently Twitter has released new twitter share buttons to share stories on twitter like Tweetmeme , So I have integrate it in my wordpress blog via using sharethis service. Today I got one mail by shrethis that they are providing twitter button services, So I have checked their tutorials and integrated twitter tweet button in my blog, You can see that button in this post top in social networking icons area in center. So I thought that It would be good if I share this on my site, So this can help anyone.

First you have to register with sharethis  . After register just login to get your unique publisher key. When you logged in sharethis you will see your unique publisher key at right side top. Just copy it because we need to enter this publisher key to show twitter button. Now below is the code by which you can show new twitter tweet buttons on your website.

<span></span>
<span></span>

// <!–[CDATA[–>
javascript” src=”http://wd.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js”&gt;
// ]]>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
stLight.publisher=”123456″;
</script>

Now as you see in the above code, green part is for facebook  count button, means If you want to show facebook count also then you should have green part else you can remove it. Now number in RED, Just replace it with your publisher key which you got after logged into sharethis.Save your file and enjoy new twitter tweet button.

Let me know if you have any problem with this, I can try to solve it out.

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Soundarya Rajinikanth Wedding photos

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South Indian Superstar RajiniKanth’s younger daughter Soundarya will get married to Ashwin Ramkukar in Chennai today . The couple were recently engaged. Ashwin is a Chennai based businessman.

The high profile wedding ceremony took place at Meyammai Hall in Chennai today. The videos and new images will be uploaded here as soon as they are available.

Many celebrities were present at the event and the big names are as follows, Aishwarya Bachchan, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi and many more. Still many more guests are expected for this big wedding ceremony at Chennai.

It is reported that the fans of Rajinikath are requested to not attend for this ceremony. In an official statement Rajinikath said that though he wanted to invite all the fans to his daughter’s marriage, he was unable to do so because of space constraint and logistic reasons. But, he wanted their blessings for his daughter.

It is reported that the superstar gifted the new couple with a new apartment.
“Ashwin is too handsome”, said Rajini, as he gave a small talk on his would be son-in-law. A fun-filled Karaoke session added more colour to the evening.

Says a source, “Soundarya was looking her best in a dark blue salwar and the beautiful mehendi. When old Tamil hits were sung, Rajini joined in to sing ‘Adho andha paravai pola’, and made the event even livelier. A cocktail party was also thrown in for the guests.”

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10 reasons for developing web applications with PHP

If you are a budding web developer or are looking to learn a web programming language then you really should consider learning php. In this article I’ll present 10 good reasons why PHP should be one of the modern web programming languages on your professional development short-list.

1: Free, experienced support from a 1000 php communities:
Actually, there are probably many more than 1000 communities that can provide you with php help. There are literally hundreds of dedicated PHP web development forums and hundreds more that have php sub-forums. Help for the php beginner is literally a forum post away. Generally speaking you’ll find an answer to your problem in a very short time. Getting help from more experienced php coders is a great pleasure because it can remove a lot of the uncertainty accompanying learning something new.

2: The cost of an open source application is nothing:
Unlike other propriety coding languages (notably Microsoft’s aspx language) you don’t pay a cent to get started with php programming. In fact you don’t need to obtain or download any php software to begin. Simply use an open source editing tool and start coding. Upload your code to a cheap hosting account and you are away. You can readily obtain open source editors from a variety of sources. A search on Google for “php editors” returns hundreds of possibilities. As you progress you can download packages such as LAMP or WAMP so you can see php in action in a live server environment.

3: Open source has better security – because everyone knows what is in it:
Again, unlike propriety web serving systems, everyone can see what php is made of. Some people will argue that this makes php less secure because everyone knows what php specific exploits exist. My view is that the open nature of php literally “forces” the php developers and community to keep abreast of security issues and to respond to them as soon as possible. Be aware however that it is easy to make simple security mistakes with php – and all languages suffer from this characteristic – you just need to do your research to keep your web applications secure.

4: Hundreds of existing php code examples:
In addition to forums that provide advice and experience for free you’ll also find hundreds of examples that will help you get started and move ahead as a PHP Programmer. From simple code to connect to a database, more complex examples that allow you to grab data from an external website or a full-blown example of AJAX and php integration it is all there for you to study, take apart and build upon.

5: Scores of existing code frameworks:
Frameworks are a relatively recent development and they can save you heaps of time and heaps of heartache. Simply, frameworks are like pre-fabricated houses. A team of developers have combined their efforts to solve the problem of repetitive programming tasks. Frameworks allow you to get up and running with both simple and complicated web applications in a matter of hours. There are scores of php frameworks for a wide variety of tasks. Again a simple search on Google will provide you with a large array of frameworks to choose from and explore.

6: Interoperability with web 2.0 applications:
Modern web 2.0 applications are largely characterized by mashups and desktop style user interfaces. php is an excellent choice for interacting with other websites and providing rich user experience. Simple php commands like curl or fopen allow you to grab data from other websites with relative ease. Php works well with javascript so you can provide your end users with modern, responsive interfaces that are way beyond the old static interfaces of days past.

7: Many content management systems use php:
If you decide that you want to be a website designer or programmer then php is an excellent choice. Many of the modern content management systems (CMS) use php. WordPress, Drupal, Joomla – these very popular CMS packages all use php. Each CMS usually has a vibrant php developer community. And if you become expert in one or more php-based CMS then you stand a very good chance of finding ongoing work customizing CMS packages for clients or website providers.

8: php is scalable to the largest web applications:
Some of the most frequented and popular websites on the planet use php. php will scale up to meet the most exacting requirements for websites such as joomla.org and wordpress.com. These websites provide 24X7 availability for thousands of concurrent users without skipping a beat. If you have the next facebook or myspace application in mind then php is definitely a development language worth considering.

9: Most web hosting companies support PHP:
Most of the website hosting providers will support php. It is a standard component of most Linux based hosting accounts. Remember we talked about LAMP and WAMP earlier? Well the ‘P’ stands for php. If you want your applications to run on Linux-based (and some Windows-based) web hosting platforms then php is an obvious choice.

10: Coding with php is fun!
Hopefully by now I have convinced you that php is a web development language that at the very least is worth serious consideration. And while you consider seriously the option of developing with php I’d like to leave you with this last thought: Coding with php is fun. I have spent countless hours writing simple php applications, customizing php-based CMS packages and generally mucking abut with php. And generally speaking (not counting the odd pulling out of my hair every now and then) every hour with php has been more than worth the effort and extremely rewarding.

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WordPress Plugins

Business Directory Plugin

The Business Directory plugin for WordPress is an easy way to host a free directory page for your readers, affiliates, advertisers, community or club members. Invite them to submit a simple advertisement listing for themselves on your blog.

Shopping Cart Plugin

Shopping Cart software is software used in e-commerce to assist people making purchases online.
The software allows online shopping customers to accumulate a list of items for purchase, described metaphorically as “placing items in the shopping cart”. Upon checkout, the software typically calculates a total for the order, including shipping and handling (i.e. postage and packing) charges and the associated taxes, as applicable.

BBPress Forum Integration

BBPress Integration should work with most recent version of WordPress.
Database: bbPress can share user data with an existing WordPress installation.All you need to do is specify the location of that database on installation or afterwards in the “WordPress Integration” section of the “Settings” area in your bbPress admin.
Cookies: Integrating cookies allows your users to log in to either your WordPress blog or your bbPress forums and be effectively logged in to both. This feature requires your WordPress and bbPress installations to exist in the same domain name, or at least in sub-domains of the same domain name.

Exec-PHP Plugin

The Exec-PHP plugin executes PHP code in posts, pages and text widgets.

All in One SEO Pack Plugin

Optimizes your WordPress blog for Search Engines (Search Engine Optimization). This plugin is streamlined for some best practices for WordPress SEO. While it gives you many options the defaults reflect the settings I recommend using.

FormBuilder Plugin

The Form Builder Plugin for WordPress allows you to build complex forms in the WordPress administrative interface without needing to know PHP or HTML. We’ve tried to make it simple enough for anyone to make them, yet customisable enough to use for the most difficult job.

Contact Form 7 Plugin

Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup. The form supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and so on. Note: Contact Form 7’s CAPTCHA module has been separated as Really Simple CAPTCHA plugin. Now you need to install it if you use CAPTCHA. If you don’t, you can use as in the past.

Sitemap Generator Plugin

This plugin creates a sitemap for your WordPress powered site. This is not just another XML sitemap plugin, but rather a true sitemap generator which is highly customizable from its own options page in the WordPress admin panel. Some of its features include: support for multi-level categories and pages, category/page exclusion, multiple-page generation with navigation, permalink support, choose what to display, what order to list items in, show comment counts and/or post dates, and much more.

Sociable Plugin

Automatically add links to your favorite social bookmarking sites on your posts, pages and in your RSS feed. You can choose from 99 different social bookmarking sites!

GD Star Rating Plugin

GD Star Rating plugin allows you to set up rating and review system for posts, pages and comments in your blog. You can set many options for displaying the rating stars, and also add widgets into the sidebars for displaying top ratings and other statistics generated by the plugin. Plugin includes advanced settings panels that will allow you to control many aspects of rating. Plugin also supports multi ratings along with thumbs based ratings.

Sideblog WordPress Plugin

Sideblog is a plugin for WordPress Blog Platform. It is one way of implementing “Asides” – a series of “short” posts, 1-2 sentences in length. This plugin allows you highlight a post category to always be in the sidebar (for example, Tweets via Twitter Tools if you do not want to use Twitter Tool’s widget).

WordPress Wiki Plugin

Tired of using Media Wiki? Sick of fighting with WordPress to get your own documentation project happening?

If so then WordPress Wiki Plugin is the answer for you. The new WordPress Wiki plugin made by the guys at Instinct (who brought you the famous WordPress e-Commerce Plugin) have developed a new plugin that adds Wiki functionality to your WordPress powered website.

Advertising Manager Plugin

This plugin will manage and rotate your Google Adsense and other ads on your WordPress blog. It automatically recognises many ad networks including Google Adsense, AdBrite, Adify, AdGridWork, Adpinion, Adroll, Chitika, Commission Junction, CrispAds, OpenX, ShoppingAds, Yahoo!PN, and WidgetBucks. Unsupported ad networks can be used as well.

WordPress Related Posts Plugin

WordPress Related Posts Plugin will generate a related posts via WordPress tags, and add the related posts to feed.

WP Google Analytics Plugin

This plugin allows you to use the powerful Google Analytics to track your WordPress stats.

Broken Links Remover Plugin

Automatically remove the bad and broken links from the view of human visitors and search engine robots.

Popularity Contest Plugin

Popularity Contest keeps a count of your post, category and archive views, comments, trackbacks, etc. and uses them to determine which of your posts are most popular. There are numerical values assigned to each type of view and feedback; these are used to create a ‘popularity score’ for each post.

The values assigned to each view and feedback type are editable and can be changed at any time. When you change any of these values, the ‘popularity score’ for all posts are updated immediately to reflect the new values.

Article Directory Plugin

Article Directory Plugin for WordPress allows contributors to add articles to your WordPress blog. You have the control to allow or reject the article and publish it on your web site. Add customizable content to your WordPress blog in the shortest period of time. From user-friendly customization options to easy content creation process, Your Articles Directory prides itself in content authoring for your users… regardless of technical limitations. Our unique Article Directory System allows you to backfill your WordPress Blog with targeted content.

WP Hive Plugin

WP Hive is a WordPress Plugin that allows multiple WordPress Blogs to use the same core files, plugins, and themes.

Great Real Estate Plugin

Great Real Estate was developed to enable real estate agents, brokers, and REALTORS to display and manage information about their listings in WordPress pages.
The property information and listing templates allow for consistent display of the property listings across the site. Authors do not need to format the content, they simply enter it into a form.
Widgets and custom page templates permit display of only available homes, only sold homes, a random “featured” home, and a detailed property page for a listing.

WP-PageNavi Plugin

Adds a more advanced paging navigation your WordPress blog.

Events Calendar Plugin

Events-Calendar is a diverse replacement for the original calendar included with WordPress adding many useful functions to keep track of your events. The plugin has an easy to use admin section that displays a big readable calendar and lets you add and delete events. The plugin is widget ready so you can easily add a small calendar to the main sidebar with the ability to roll over the highlighted event day to see a brief description of the event or click the day to get a full description of the event without ever leaving your current page. If you are not using a widget ready theme, you can still have the calendar on your sidebar. Simply place “” in the sidebar file. The widget can also show a specified number of events as a list. You will find these options under the widget option.

Event Registration Plugin

Allows you to register people online for events. Very flexible. Provides the ability to setup event list and accept online registrations for events and administer them via WordPress. Supports paypal and international currency via paypal. Provides the ability to upload events via CSV format. Provides the ability to have a single event or multiple events.

Register Plus Plugin

Enhance your Registration Page.Custom Logo Tired of that WordPress logo getting all the attention? Upload your own custom logo image and get your brand in the spotlight..

Facebook Connect Plugin

The “Community Facebook Connect Plugin” is a WordPress plugin that gives immediate Facebook Connect functionality to your blog. It was written by Jesse Stay, and released under the GPL. It requires you to set up your own app for your blog under the Facebook Developers site (just set your callback URL to your own website’s URL), and..

Next Gen Gallery Plugin

NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin for WordPress with a Flash slideshow option. Before I start writing the plugin I study all photo and picture plugins for WordPress, I figure out that some of them are really good and well designed, but I missed a simple and easy administration back end to handle multiple photos, galleries and albums.
WP DB Backup Plugin

WP-DB-Backup allows you easily to backup your core WordPress database tables. You may also backup other tables in the same database.

Translator Plugin

it adds little flags to your sidebar, which will take you to a translation of the current blog page. It uses Google Translate, but removes the frame, so it looks quite nice! Once you’re in one language, you can browse around the blog, and everything stays translated. You can just click on the English flag to get back to the original language. You should see it on my sidebar now, and you can give it a trial run.

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