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Strange coincdences

Hi all just got this e-mail from my friend Kevin,  This one is interesting!!!    Have a history teacher explain this if they can !    Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.  John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.    Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.  John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.    Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.  Both wives lost a child while living in the  WhiteHouse.    Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.  Both Presidents were shot in the head.    Now it gets really weird.    Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.  Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.    Both were assassinated by Southerners.  Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.    Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in  1808  Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in  1908    John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born  1839  Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born  1939    Both assassins were known by their three names.  Both names are composed of fifteen letters.    Now hang on to your seat !    Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."  Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by  "Ford."    Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their  trials.    And here's the "kicker":    A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe,  Maryland.  A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn  Monroe.    and Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran  to a warehouse.  Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran  to a theater.

Just plain bad luck or a Quirk of fate

The Blues rule the EPL.

 

Headlines in this regard and the pics of Terry and Lampard and Co.  were splashed on every TV station,newspaper ,etc. No one can doubt that Chelsea played like Champs this season.

Their talent,enthusiasm and the no nonsense approach inculcated by Jose Mourinho is there for everyone to see. It was however sad that they failed to make it to the Champions League Finals this year.A bad decision and I definitely think it was a poor decision cost Chelsea the spot. But it must be said they looked a tad too defensive against Liverpool.

    Well it will definitely be a farce if Liverpool beat AC Milan in that finals. This is because then there is every chance that Liverpool will not be able to defend it next year.

    Now there are two takes on this issue.

 1> Well how can there be a tournament without it's defending champions. Now for the World Cup Brazil are the team which automatically qualifies for the next  Cup,why can't there be a similar thing for the Champions League?

2> A club team which does not even feature in top four clubs of their country does not deserve to be in the Champions League. The league was put to showcase the best of Europe in a competition. If Liverpool fails to come in the top four in EPL they do not deserve a place in the Champions League. Play consistently all season and then expect to be one of the best in Europe.

 

I subscribe to the second view actually. I mean here we have a team which is not performing in the EPL upto the standards and who does exceedingly well in the Champions League. Well anyway all this is just speculation anyway. I give Liverpool a 40-60 chance of coming thru against a quality AC Milan side in Istanbul.

 

For  Jose Mourinho  and Co. at Chelsea it was heartbreaking I am sure. Well but if Liverpool win the finals they definitely be on Cloud No 9.

 

Comments welcome.

 

 

Whose "fault" is this anyway?

A saga which has it all. The weeks events unfolded and really I could have anticipated that the some political party will take advantage of the boiling discontent against the MSEB (i.e recollecting the good old long form)    Monday to Sunday  Electricity Band   "pan fakt char tas roj" . 

 

This is an experience which I had

*Starring the MSEB

 

We were supposed to have 3-7pm on Saturday as the' light band'  period but a supposed "major fault " forced the electricity to come only  at 8.30. To make things worse I had my practical exams the next day morning.As if all this was not enough the lights used to come and go after every 5 mins after 8.30pm and actual uninterrupted power supply only returned after 9.15pm. Imagine my condition 3-9 no lights that too a day before a practical exam(I am by the way a Comp Eng. Student) .

    Well actually I consider myself lucky that when I called the MSEB office actually found that the phone was not engaged and that I got an answer from the veej-daata's  office. A "major fault" was all that the poor fellow could muster against my verbal onslaught(obviously I was not going to let an opportunity like this waste.) When else would I find a MSEB phone attended(It is always band like the electricity ,well that is my experience anyway).

 

Something is very wrong somewhere . Obviously we Punekars should accept the fact that load-shedding is going to take place(sadly) whether we like it or not . It is the extra power cuts i.e power cuts apart from the regular hours that actually angers me really. Sunday is actually the day that we (my area) were supposed to be exempted from load-shedding  but the lights went anyway. Now that we had an almost 2 hours power cut on Sunday is the MSEB going to exempt us of load-shedding on a regular power-cut slot?  This is where I think anger,frustration against the MSEB is going to come out. I really anticipated that some political party will take advantage of the boiling discontent against the MSEB.(which the Shiv Sena did eventually)

 

 I know what the MSEB should do though:-

• First and foremost :proper maintenance of the lines and other related things is must if it has to recover the public's sympathy.
• Put off the huge  Neon lights after 10pm(even if the Advertisers oppose)
• Maybe alternate street lights could be switched off

I really am not at all an expert on this issue but these are some of my simple observations .

 

Well the blame of this for me falls on the policy making of the state government as well. The last Congress government for me should have handled  and anticipated this problem . The icing on the cake is surely that the current state government is giving FREE POWER  to farmers.Well here I go again

THIS HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA or should I say MAHARASHTRA now.