(This poem was nominated by UN as the best poem of 2008,
Written by an African Kid.)
When I born, I black
When I grow up, I black
When I go in Sun, I black
When I scared, I black
When I sick, I black
And when I die, I still black
And you white fellow
When you born, you pink
When you grow up, you white
When you go in sun, you red
When you cold, you blue
When you scared, you yellow
When you sick, you green
And when you die, you gray
And you calling me colored?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Ferrari leaving F1?
After weeks of intense behind-the-scenes manoeuvring in which Luca Di Montezemolo, the Ferrari president, has sought to lead the charge against the FIA, motor sport’s governing body, and Max Mosley, its president, the board of the Italian car manufacturer said that it will not enter next year’s World Championship unless plans for a voluntary £40 million budget cap are changed. The company said that it wanted the same rules in place for all the teams, stability of technical regulations and progress on cutting costs along the lines proposed by the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), which is led by Di Montezemolo and which has favoured a more cautious approach to budget-trimming.
“If these indispensable principles are not respected, and if the regulations adopted for 2010 will not change, then Ferrari does not intend to enter its cars in the next Formula One World Championship,” the company said.
Referring to the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council meeting on April 29, which approved the 2010 regulations, the Ferrari statement added:
“Although this meeting was originally called only to examine a disciplinary matter, the decisions taken mean that, for the first time ever in Formula One, the 2010 season will see the introduction of two different sets of regulations based on arbitrary technical rules and economic parameters. The board considers that if this is the regulatory framework for Formula One in the future, the reasons underlying Ferrari’s uninterrupted participation in the World Championship over the last 60 years . . . would come to a close.”
Ferrari are not alone in threatening to leave Formula One or, at least, not to enter next year’s championship by the deadline imposed by the FIA of May 29. Toyota and Red Bull have said that they will not take part next year unless the rules are changed, but they did so with far less fanfare than the Scuderia.
An interesting fact about Ferrari, it was started as a company solely to promote racing drivers by Enzo Ferrari and later on ventured into manufacturing racing cars and eventually into high performance cars. With a history rich in motorsports such as Ferrari they have every reason to feel cheated. A company with the reputation for producing F1 greats of both kinds: Man and Machine.
They have achieved the pinnacle of technical expertise and the developments on track have found their way on to road cars sooner rather than later. The advanced aerodynamics of modern day cars vis-à-vis the box shaped wagons of yester year. Motorsports gives manufactures the technical freedom to experiment within limits in a bid to produce the ultimate machine which possesses both speed and stamina.
Ferrari seems to have been irritated by the constant rule changes by the FIA. They seem to be taking the fun out of racing and are moving to a more standardized F1.The budget caps may make sense in the recession but look at the impact on high performance car manufacturers such as Ferrari and McLaren. The main problem with these rule changes is that they are not binding on all teams and many of them don’t make sense.
An engine without a rev limit does not make sense when you will not be allowed to refuel during a race.
Unlimited out of season testing defeats the very purpose of cost cutting.
These rules may be aimed at standardizing F1 so that no team has an unfair advantage but isn’t there a separate division known as A1 GP for such people.F1 has been the cornerstone for development in motorsports and budget cuts and standardization is simply giving a handicap to smaller teams while binding the performance of bigger and better teams. Instead of asking manufacturers to push the limits FIA seems to be interested in acting as a surrogate mother for smaller teams protecting them from the Big Daddies of F1.
The new rules sound as if they were propounded by recession hit billionaires who have now turned into Millionaires. It is time that Bernie and Max get down to business and take a decision on where they want F1 to head, a step back to make it more like street racing and A1 GP or to be a benchmark in the field of motorsports to be looked up to with awe and respect.
“If these indispensable principles are not respected, and if the regulations adopted for 2010 will not change, then Ferrari does not intend to enter its cars in the next Formula One World Championship,” the company said.
Referring to the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council meeting on April 29, which approved the 2010 regulations, the Ferrari statement added:
“Although this meeting was originally called only to examine a disciplinary matter, the decisions taken mean that, for the first time ever in Formula One, the 2010 season will see the introduction of two different sets of regulations based on arbitrary technical rules and economic parameters. The board considers that if this is the regulatory framework for Formula One in the future, the reasons underlying Ferrari’s uninterrupted participation in the World Championship over the last 60 years . . . would come to a close.”
Ferrari are not alone in threatening to leave Formula One or, at least, not to enter next year’s championship by the deadline imposed by the FIA of May 29. Toyota and Red Bull have said that they will not take part next year unless the rules are changed, but they did so with far less fanfare than the Scuderia.
An interesting fact about Ferrari, it was started as a company solely to promote racing drivers by Enzo Ferrari and later on ventured into manufacturing racing cars and eventually into high performance cars. With a history rich in motorsports such as Ferrari they have every reason to feel cheated. A company with the reputation for producing F1 greats of both kinds: Man and Machine.
They have achieved the pinnacle of technical expertise and the developments on track have found their way on to road cars sooner rather than later. The advanced aerodynamics of modern day cars vis-à-vis the box shaped wagons of yester year. Motorsports gives manufactures the technical freedom to experiment within limits in a bid to produce the ultimate machine which possesses both speed and stamina.
Ferrari seems to have been irritated by the constant rule changes by the FIA. They seem to be taking the fun out of racing and are moving to a more standardized F1.The budget caps may make sense in the recession but look at the impact on high performance car manufacturers such as Ferrari and McLaren. The main problem with these rule changes is that they are not binding on all teams and many of them don’t make sense.
An engine without a rev limit does not make sense when you will not be allowed to refuel during a race.
Unlimited out of season testing defeats the very purpose of cost cutting.
These rules may be aimed at standardizing F1 so that no team has an unfair advantage but isn’t there a separate division known as A1 GP for such people.F1 has been the cornerstone for development in motorsports and budget cuts and standardization is simply giving a handicap to smaller teams while binding the performance of bigger and better teams. Instead of asking manufacturers to push the limits FIA seems to be interested in acting as a surrogate mother for smaller teams protecting them from the Big Daddies of F1.
The new rules sound as if they were propounded by recession hit billionaires who have now turned into Millionaires. It is time that Bernie and Max get down to business and take a decision on where they want F1 to head, a step back to make it more like street racing and A1 GP or to be a benchmark in the field of motorsports to be looked up to with awe and respect.
Work Karma
Instead of Astrological Signs, how about these .. What's Your Business Sign?
1. MARKETING You are ambitious yet stupid. You chose a marketing degree to avoid having to study in college, concentrating instead on drinking and socializing which is pretty much what your job responsibilities are now. Least compatible with Sales.
2. SALES Laziest of all signs, often referred to as "marketing without a degree." You are also self-centered and paranoid. Unless someone calls you and begs you to take their money, you like to avoid contact with customers so you can "concentrate on the big picture." You seek admiration for your golf game throughout your life.
3. TECHNOLOGY Unable to control anything in your personal life, you are instead content to completely control everything that happens at your workplace. Often even YOU don't understand what you are saying but who the hell can tell. It is written that Geeks shall inherit the Earth.
4. ENGINEERING To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories:
(1)things that need to be fixed, and (2)things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them. Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don't understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
No engineer looks at a television remote control without wondering what it would take to turn it into a Rocket Launcher. No engineer can take a shower without wondering if some sort of Teflon coating would make showering unnecessary. To the engineer, the world is a toy box full of sub-optimized and feature-poor toys.
5. ACCOUNTING The only other sign that studied in school. You are mostly immune from office politics. You are the most feared person in the organization; combined with your extreme organizational traits, the majority of rumors concerning you say that you are completely insane.
6. HUMAN RESOURCES Ironically, given your access to confidential information, you tend to be the biggest gossip within the organization. Possibly the only other person that does less work than marketing, you are unable to return any calls today because you have to get a haircut, have lunch AND then mail a letter.
7. MANAGEMENT/MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Catty, cutthroat, yet completely spineless, you are destined to remain at your current job for the rest of your life. Unable to make a single decision you tend to measure your worth by the number of meetings you can schedule for yourself. Best suited to marry other "Middle Managers" as everyone in your social circle is a "Middle Manager."
8. SENIOR MANAGEMENT (See above - Same sign, different title)
9. CUSTOMER SERVICE Bright, cheery, positive, you are a fifty-cent cab ride from taking your own life. As children very few of you asked your parents for a little cubicle for your room and a headset so you could pretend to play "Customer Service." Continually passed over for promotions, your best bet is to sleep with your manager.
10. CONSULTANT Lacking any specific knowledge, you use acronyms to avoid revealing your utter lack of experience. You have convinced yourself that your "skills" are in demand and that you could get a higher paying job with any other organization in a heartbeat. You will spend an eternity contemplating these career opportunities without ever taking direct action.
11. RECRUITER, "HEADHUNTER" As a "person" that profits from the success of others, most people who actually work for a living disdain you. Paid on commission and susceptible to alcoholism, your ulcers and frequent heart attacks correspond directly with fluctuations in the stock market.
12. PARTNER, PRESIDENT, CEO You are brilliant or lucky. Your inability to figure out complex systems such as the fax machine suggest the latter.
13. GOVERNMENT WORKER Paid to take days off. Government workers are genius inventors, like the invention of new Holidays. They usually suffer from deep depression or anxiety and usually commit serious crimes while on the job...Thus the term "GO POSTAL".
14.LAWYER a.k.a. LIAR : Expert at fleecing money from all of the above.No accurate knowledge of any of the professions mentioned above or about their own for that matter.They spend their college life doing nothing and love to take out their frustration on each other in the courts.The good lawyer is the great salesman.He is not a lawyer who can’t take two sides.No brilliance is required in law, just some common sense and relatively cleaner fingernails.
15. DOCTOR: A person who cures ur ills with pills only to kill u later with his bills. The master of Disguise. The person who lies at ur face and u can do nothing about it.For them every sick body is an ATM.
Examples :
Will it hurt? No. it wont.
Will I feel better after this? Of course my dear.
These ppl studied the most during college. Stayed up late during Exams. Experimented with all available drugs on themselves. Their saga of studies is never ending. By the time they are done with their studies they become bald and old. This is the reason they are Cranky and waiting for a chance to get back at the big bad evil world
1. MARKETING You are ambitious yet stupid. You chose a marketing degree to avoid having to study in college, concentrating instead on drinking and socializing which is pretty much what your job responsibilities are now. Least compatible with Sales.
2. SALES Laziest of all signs, often referred to as "marketing without a degree." You are also self-centered and paranoid. Unless someone calls you and begs you to take their money, you like to avoid contact with customers so you can "concentrate on the big picture." You seek admiration for your golf game throughout your life.
3. TECHNOLOGY Unable to control anything in your personal life, you are instead content to completely control everything that happens at your workplace. Often even YOU don't understand what you are saying but who the hell can tell. It is written that Geeks shall inherit the Earth.
4. ENGINEERING To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories:
(1)things that need to be fixed, and (2)things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them. Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don't understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
No engineer looks at a television remote control without wondering what it would take to turn it into a Rocket Launcher. No engineer can take a shower without wondering if some sort of Teflon coating would make showering unnecessary. To the engineer, the world is a toy box full of sub-optimized and feature-poor toys.
5. ACCOUNTING The only other sign that studied in school. You are mostly immune from office politics. You are the most feared person in the organization; combined with your extreme organizational traits, the majority of rumors concerning you say that you are completely insane.
6. HUMAN RESOURCES Ironically, given your access to confidential information, you tend to be the biggest gossip within the organization. Possibly the only other person that does less work than marketing, you are unable to return any calls today because you have to get a haircut, have lunch AND then mail a letter.
7. MANAGEMENT/MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Catty, cutthroat, yet completely spineless, you are destined to remain at your current job for the rest of your life. Unable to make a single decision you tend to measure your worth by the number of meetings you can schedule for yourself. Best suited to marry other "Middle Managers" as everyone in your social circle is a "Middle Manager."
8. SENIOR MANAGEMENT (See above - Same sign, different title)
9. CUSTOMER SERVICE Bright, cheery, positive, you are a fifty-cent cab ride from taking your own life. As children very few of you asked your parents for a little cubicle for your room and a headset so you could pretend to play "Customer Service." Continually passed over for promotions, your best bet is to sleep with your manager.
10. CONSULTANT Lacking any specific knowledge, you use acronyms to avoid revealing your utter lack of experience. You have convinced yourself that your "skills" are in demand and that you could get a higher paying job with any other organization in a heartbeat. You will spend an eternity contemplating these career opportunities without ever taking direct action.
11. RECRUITER, "HEADHUNTER" As a "person" that profits from the success of others, most people who actually work for a living disdain you. Paid on commission and susceptible to alcoholism, your ulcers and frequent heart attacks correspond directly with fluctuations in the stock market.
12. PARTNER, PRESIDENT, CEO You are brilliant or lucky. Your inability to figure out complex systems such as the fax machine suggest the latter.
13. GOVERNMENT WORKER Paid to take days off. Government workers are genius inventors, like the invention of new Holidays. They usually suffer from deep depression or anxiety and usually commit serious crimes while on the job...Thus the term "GO POSTAL".
14.LAWYER a.k.a. LIAR : Expert at fleecing money from all of the above.No accurate knowledge of any of the professions mentioned above or about their own for that matter.They spend their college life doing nothing and love to take out their frustration on each other in the courts.The good lawyer is the great salesman.He is not a lawyer who can’t take two sides.No brilliance is required in law, just some common sense and relatively cleaner fingernails.
15. DOCTOR: A person who cures ur ills with pills only to kill u later with his bills. The master of Disguise. The person who lies at ur face and u can do nothing about it.For them every sick body is an ATM.
Examples :
Will it hurt? No. it wont.
Will I feel better after this? Of course my dear.
These ppl studied the most during college. Stayed up late during Exams. Experimented with all available drugs on themselves. Their saga of studies is never ending. By the time they are done with their studies they become bald and old. This is the reason they are Cranky and waiting for a chance to get back at the big bad evil world
Mind games
She whispered "will it hurt me?"
"Of course not" answered he
"It's a very simple process,
You can rely on me."
She said "I'm very frightened,
I've not had this before.
My friend has had it five times
And said it can be sore."
It was growing rather painful
Tears formed in her eyes
It was hurting quite a bit now
It must have been a size.
"Calm yourself" he whispered
"His face filled with a grin
"Try and open wider
So I can get it in."
"It's coming now" he whispered
"I know" she cried in bliss
Feeling it deep within her now
She said "I am glad I'm having this."
And with a final effort
She gave a frightened shout
He gripped it in anguish
And quickly pulled it out.
She lay back quite contended
Sighed and gave a smile
She said "I'm glad I came now
You made it worth my while."
Now if you read this carefully
The dentist you will find
Is not what you imagined
It's just your dirty mind!!
"Of course not" answered he
"It's a very simple process,
You can rely on me."
She said "I'm very frightened,
I've not had this before.
My friend has had it five times
And said it can be sore."
It was growing rather painful
Tears formed in her eyes
It was hurting quite a bit now
It must have been a size.
"Calm yourself" he whispered
"His face filled with a grin
"Try and open wider
So I can get it in."
"It's coming now" he whispered
"I know" she cried in bliss
Feeling it deep within her now
She said "I am glad I'm having this."
And with a final effort
She gave a frightened shout
He gripped it in anguish
And quickly pulled it out.
She lay back quite contended
Sighed and gave a smile
She said "I'm glad I came now
You made it worth my while."
Now if you read this carefully
The dentist you will find
Is not what you imagined
It's just your dirty mind!!
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