Euro 2008 Finals Germany take on Spain

Tension mounts as Germany take on Spain in the Euro 2008 finals at Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna.

According to German Coach Joachim Loew “Germans know only to Win” and they are pretty confident of a win. Germans have seen enough finals and have the better edge than Spain. They would be looking forward for their fourth Euro Cup Win. Spain on the other hand will be looking forward to win a title after a gap of 44 years.

Injury to Ballack may worry the Germans and its not certain whether he would be playing in the finals.

Just hours and we would know who will be crowned the champions of Europe. I am looking forward to an exciting match.

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Honda Civic Hybrid powered by a 1.3 litre petrol engine and an Electric motor

Honda has launched Civic Hybrid, the brand new honda civic which is equipped with a petrol engine and an electric battery.

The Honda Civic Hybrid would cost Rs 21.5 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The import duty on a completely built unit (CBU) is 104 per cent. HOnda will import the CBU from Japan, where it produces the hybrid car for its global markets. However, it is also exploring alternatives through which it can import the engines and parts and bring the car as a semi-knocked down unit.

The Civic Hybrid would be offered with a 1.3 litre petrol engine. From the time of the start-up and acceleration, both the engine and the motor function together. Only when the car is being driven at a high speed that the motor does not work and the vehicle is run on the engine. When the car is idling , the petrol engine automatically stops and the battery keeps the vehicle running, saving fuel. The car when being driven at 40-50 km per hour, operates only on the battery offering maximum fuel efficiency.Civic Hybrid offers a rare combination of being environmentally friendly, fuel efficient and also having a high fun-to-drive quotient.

According to the company, the fuel efficiency of Civic Hybrid is in the range of 19-23 km a per litre when measured with the existing petrol based model, that offers approximately 15 km per litre.

The Civic Hybrid system has been developed so you don’t have to do anything different. The battery is automatically charged when the car is slowing, travelling downhill or braking. The vehicle is able to re-capture energy which is normally lost through friction when braking and use this energy to re-charge the battery. Remember, when the battery is not in use it’s being recharged by the electric motor. There is an override in the system that means you will always have at least 20% power in the battery. So you’ll find there’s no need to plug your car in to charge at the end of the day.

Honda civic Hybrid is available in the following Colors

Alabaster Silver Metallic
Galaxy Gray Metallic
Magnetic Pearl
Opal Silver Blue Metallic
Taffeta White
Premium Pearl White

Other Details

• Features
• Complete Specifications

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Rent Latest Hindi,Engish and regional Movie DVD’s Online from seventymm.com

Are you a Movie Buff? Hates going to DVD shop to rent DVD’s? Then Seventymm may be the right choice for you. Seventymm claim to be India’s largest movie rental service and renting qulaity movies. To register at Seventymm is free but to subscribe to the rental service you need to pay.

How it Works?

Seventymm has a selection of 15000 titles across 12 languages and 25+ genres.You need to browse and create a queue of 20 movies your choice. Then place a Deliver Request through web, phone or sms. The movie higher in the queue as per availabilty would be sent to you the next business day. When you Request your next movie, the older delivered movie would be picked up. If you just want just a pick up you can request a Return through web, phone or sms. Delivery and Pick up of movies are for Free.

The service is available only in Bangalore, Delhi , Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Chandigarh.

How much Does it Cost?

They have three plans. Basic and Unlimited Super and Mega Plans. The basic plan would cost you a total of Rs 798 which inculdes a registration fee of Rs 199, Membership fee of Rs 250 and a security deposit of Rs 349.
To Know more about costs and plans check out this page

Modes of Payment

• Credit Card
• Internet Banking
• Pay by Cash/Cheque

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File your Income Tax (IT) returns Online at myitreturn.com

www.myitreturn.com allows to file your income tax returns and facilitates generation and digital signing of Form-16.

Skordov Systems a Software solutions provider is the one behind this new portal for the e-filing of IT returns. Skorydov has now introduced software for Digitally Signing of Form 16. The generation of Form16 is as per the Department format, availability of tamper proof certificate in digitally signed PDF Format, facility for users to import the data in text format with text delimiter and easy installation of software.

Some of the significant features of the software are:

* Generates Form16 as per the Department format
* Certificate is available in tamper proof – digitally signed PDF Format.
* Allows user to import the data in text format with text delimiter.
* Easy installation of software
* Configured with Microsoft Outlook for emailing of Form16 to employees.
* Multiple signing is possible
* Duplicate form 16 can be issued
* 1000 forms can be created and signed digitally in less than 60 minutes
* Privacy of the data is optimum as the software is installed at the employer’s computer.

MyITreturn has four sections. It has a section for individuals to file their IT returns, it also has sections for Corporates and Professionals to file their returns. Launched in April 2008 myitreturn.com has clients like wipro,reliance etc and around 62 thousand registered users. It automatically calculates your tax liability / refund after considering taxable income under various heads like salary, house income, capital gains, income from other sources etc. It has easy to enter income and investment figures and calculates your tax automatically.

Register with myitreturn.com and file your IT return. Within 24 hours you will recieve the acknowledgment.

Advantages of filing on myITreturn.com

• Fast Processing of Returns and Faster Refunds by the Income Tax Department
• Works on the concept of 24 x 7 i.e. any time anywhere filing
• Allow individuals to prepare their returns online.
• User friendly input.
• Calculates the taxes and prepares Challan automatically.
• Automatically computes tax, surcharge, Cess etc.
• Supports for Original as well as Revised return.
• Supported with online help & keynote at every stage.
• Individuals posted outside the country can also file their return on time.

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How Corrupted is India? A look into Corruption Perceptions Index

India is the 74th least corrupted country in the world. This result is based on the survey conducted by Transparency International which is a leading non-governmental organization addressing corruption.

This result is calculated based on Corruption Perceptions Index.

Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index by means of which the levels of corruption in a country is determined. A higher score means less corruption. The CPI gathers data from sources that span the last two years (for the CPI 2007, this includes surveys from 2007 and 2006). The CPI 2007 is calculated using data from 14 sources originated from 12 independent institutions. All sources measure the overall extent of corruption ( frequency and/or size of bribes) in the public and political sectors and all sources provide a ranking of countries, i.e., include an assessment of multiple countries.

The Least Corrupt Country is Denmark followed by Finland, New zealand, Singapore and Sweden. The most corrupted countries in the world are mynmar and Somalia.

Where do other Important Countries Stand in Corruption List?

Russia at 145. China 72. Srilanka 96. Pakistan 140. USA 20th. UK 13

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Limited seats for Blogcamp Kerala 2008 happening at Houseboat

Blogcamp Kerala dates have been fixed and it is happening on August 16th 2008. There is a limitation on the participant size as the blogcamp is happening in a houseboat in Allepey ( the place is famous for backwaters and beaches).

Quick Look

• Date : Saturday, 16th August 2008.
• Venue: Conference House Boat (Pics) - 6 Bedrooms and a conference room. Capacity 100 people
• Main Sponsor: Kerala Tourism Department Corporation aka KTDC

Registration

• Blogcamp Kerala
• Add your Name to this List

More information to Follow

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I am the Top Plurker from India at Plurk.com

It has made me addicted and i have been spending time plurking at Plurk.com.Today while i was checking out the Top Plurk List i found out myself to be on top. Wow!! finally something to cheer about!.

Some Suggestions for the Plurk A Team

• Skins - You can manually upload Skins ie change back ground.
• Right now the Time Line is Horizontal. There should be a option in settings to make the page vertical and the Karma details should have a button so that it can hide to the side and only Timeline is shown vertically.
• Option to sort Plurks based on Clique right now only private,friends and personal sorts are there.
• Favorite Plurks - an option to bookmark plurks
• Option to view your Invitees to plurk
• If you invite somebody they are seeing your plurk page and they browse out of plurk and then come back and sign up they are not being counted as invites. So invites should have to signup first.

How can you Maintain / increase your Karma in Plurk.com
It must be one question that is going through every Plurkers mind who is so addicted to Plurk. Right now the active user base is low compared to Twitter.com but it has got some die hard plurkers and to be in Top Lists is easy. Here are some tips from me to maintain or increase your karma.

• Plurk constantly, its not only just numbers that increase your karma its more of being active. You dont have to get big plurk counts to maintain your karma. I plurk around 100+ including plurks + Responses in a day and the entire karma change for a single day can be anywhere between 3-5.
• Try encouraging people to use @username in responses that i feel can add a bit to karma.
• Plurk sensibly rather than just spamming and increasing the counts and more importantly have “FUN”. Too much of your Fun can be annoying so always put some sense while you have FUN.
• If you have something personal question to ask shoot a private plurk, it also adds a bit to your karma.
• If you do not have a display picture, get one.

Keep the fun alive at Plurk. Invite your friends and let keep plurk world rocking

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