BCB Declared Captain

Mushfiqur Rahim

BCB has declared Mushfiqur Rahim as a captain for the upcoming home series against the West Indies and Pakistan, an official said on Tuesday.

All-rounder Mohammad Mahmudullah was named Rahim's deputy, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) spokesman Rabeed Imam said.

"Rahim will captain the national team for Tests and limited-over matches for the home series against the West Indies and Pakistan," he told AFP.

"The West Indies will tour from October and Pakistan from the last week of November."

Wicket-keeper Rahim, a former vice-captain, had a brilliant series in Zimbabwe last month when he hit his first century in one-day internationals.

He was singled out as a likely choice for captaincy after the BCB sacked regular captain Shakib Al Hasan and vice-captain Tamim Iqbal early this month following the team's unsuccessful tour of Zimbabwe.

Bangladesh lost the one-off Test and then a five-match one-day series 3-2 in Zimbabwe.

Shakib and Tamim are the best Bangladeshi cricketers to have emerged on the international scene, winning Wisden cricket magazine's international player of the year in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

But they were accused of indiscipline during the Zimbabwe tour as result the havr lost their captaincy. However now we hope Rahim will lead the team successfuly.

Whitewash to Zimbabwe by Pakistan

Hafeez

 Mohammad Hafeez doing a half-century and took three wickets to win Pakistan to a narrow five-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday.

Hafeez (51) faced 38 balls and  smashing five boundaries and a six as Pakistan finished on 141-7.

Zimbabwe started the last over needing 20 runs to win, coming down to six runs from the last ball. The hosts finished on 136-7 with Tatenda Taibu 37 not out.

Hafeez finished with 3-11 by destroying Cephas Zhuwao (12), Brendan Taylor (10) and Hamilton Masakadza (3).

Earlier, again opener Mohammad Hafeez hit a half-century. Hafeez (51) continued his good form on the tour, facing 38 balls and smashing five boundaries and a six before he was caught by Elton Chigumbura off spinner Ray Price.

Zimbabwe put up a much improved fielding performance to limit Pakistan's final total.

Pace bowler Kyle Jarvis hit a tidy line and cleverly changed his pace to take 3-15 in his four overs. He removed Rameez Raja (1), Misbah-ul-Haq (15) and Sohail Tanvir (7).

Pakistan won the two-match series 2-0, beating Zimbabwe by 85 runs in the first Twenty20.

Pakistan also won the one-off test and three ODIs to sweep the tour in all formats.

Brief scores
Pakistan 141 for 7 (Hafeez 51, Jarvis 3-14)
Zimbabwe 136 for 7 (Taibu 37*, Hafeez 3-11)
MOM Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)
Results Pakistan won by 5 runs

Over all full serise leads by Pakistan.

Revealed by NASA a Volcano Photo

This May 23, 2006, photo revealed by NASA shows the eruption of Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, as photographed by an Expedition 13 crew member on the International Space Station. The image captures the ash plume of the very short-lived eruption. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)

2011: Rugby World Cup

The Rugby Cup is a international sport. It is very popular for the American people but it watch almost all people all over the world.
The 2011 Rugby World Cup is the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The IRB Council eliminated South Africa in the first of two rounds of voting.

It will be the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand, eclipsing the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup, 2003 America's Cup and 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. The organisers expect 95,000 visitors from overseas to travel to New Zealand for the event.

The schedule of games runs over seven weeks starting on 9 September 2011. The final will be played on Sunday 23 October 2011, a date chosen because it falls on a long weekend caused by the New Zealand public holiday of Labour Day (Monday, 24 October 2011).[4] The final is scheduled to be played in Auckland at Eden Park.
After speculation that the number of participating teams would be reduced to 16, the IRB announced on 30 November 2007 that the 2011 tournament would again feature 20 teams.[6] Twelve teams qualified as a result of finishing in the top three in each pool in the 2007 tournament. The remaining eight berths were determined by regional qualifying tournaments. Of the 20 countries that competed in the previous World Cup in 2007, there was only one change – Russia replaced Portugal.

Morgan Parra Switches to Fly Half for Franch:Rugby World Cup 2011

France enter they would be better off losing to New Zealand on Saturday, with the path to the World Cup final in mind but they will not be fielding a reserve team against the All Blacks, even if it has the whiff of experimentation.

The France coach, Marc Lièvremont, has opted to field two scrum-halves. Dimitri Yachvili will wear No9 and will have Morgan Parra as his half-back partner.

Parra did come on at fly-half for the last 19 minutes of France's opening World Cup match against Japan. His arrival coincided with the end of the Japanese revival but he admitted that he was surprised to be given the No10 jersey against New Zealand, even though France have a recent history of switching half-backs, most notably Jean-Baptiste Ellisalde and Frédéric Michalak. He is the sixth player in French history to start at both nine and 10 and only the second in the history of the World Cup.

Lièvremont said that France would not entertain the thought of losing, even though he accepted that finishing second in Pool A would be more preferable that topping it.

"We can play without pressure and will not be burdened by complexes," Lièvremont said. "Playing the All Blacks in New Zealand is a challenge unlike any other and never mind the outcome on Saturday, I hope we meet them again at Eden Park in next month's final."

France were the last team to defeat the All Blacks at Eden Park, back in 1994. Their team this weekend contain 10 of their strongest lineup. Most of Lièvremont's tinkering has been done behind the scrum but he remains without the injured tighthead prop Nicolas Mas.

France: Traille, Clerc, Rougerie, Mermoz, Médard, Parra, 9-Dimitri Yachvili, Picamoles, Bonnaire, Dusautoir (capt), Nallet, Pape, Ducalcon, Szarzewski, Poux. Replacements Servat, Barcella, Pierre, Harinordoquy, Trinh-Duc, Estebanez, Heymans.

South Africa: Lambie, Aplon, Fourie, F Steyn, Habana, M Steyn, Hougaard; Spies, Burger, Alberts, Rossouw, Botha, Van der Linde, Smit (capt), Steenkamp. Replacements Ralepelle, Mtawarira, Louw, Brussow, Du Preez, Pienaar, De Jongh.

Discovers in HIV Treatment:An Evolving Paradigm

Recently has discovered HIV treatment in the developed world today.This is a regimen consisting of a combination of drugs taken daily to suppress viral reproduction and prevent the emergence of resistant strains. The advent of HAART has transformed HIV/AIDS from a deadly disease to a manageable, chronic one for most patients.

The first FDA approved drug for HIV was Azido-thymidine (AZT), from GlaxoSmithKline (LON:GSK, NYSE:GSK) in 1987, only six years after the disease was first documented and three years after the virus was isolated. AZT was originally developed as a cancer drug but found to have activity as a nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI), preventing the HIV virus from copying its RNA genome into a double stranded DNA. This breakthrough drug had a tough dosage schedule: one pill, every four hours non-stop.

In the decades that followed, multiple new classes of anti-HIV drugs have reached approval. Including multi-drug combinations and reformulations, the FDA lists 35 drugs in six classes available for patients. The time to approval of AIDS drugs has historically been quite brisk. The FDA only took 3.5 months to review GSK’s drug AZT, while Merck’s (NYSE:MRK) Crixivan was approved in a mere 1.4 months in 1996. Timelines have lengthened in recent years as the market has matured and the need for new medicines became less acute.

Work progressed quickly on new NRTIs over the next few years. Due to the inherently high mutation rate of the HIV virus, resistance developed shortly after AZT usage began. It became obvious the virus needed to be hit simultaneously with multiple drugs.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals (AMEX:INO) is another biotech working in the field of DNA vaccines. It recently reported interim Phase I data from an ongoing study of healthy volunteers for its PENNVAX-G HIV vaccine. The procedure followed a protocol similar to that of the HVTN 505 study: participants were inoculated with immunogen at months 0 and 1, followed by boosting with MVA-CMDR at 3 and 6 months. Inovio noted CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell response rates of 73% (8 of 11) and 45% (5 of 11) respectively after the second MVA boost.

Despite the maturity of the HIV drug market, scientific progress continues. Just as HAART revolutionized HIV treatment in the late 1990s, DNA vaccines look to do the same in the coming years. Leading the charge are non-profits, governments, and small biotechs; Big Pharma is sitting on the sidelines. Proof of concept has been achieved. It is only a matter of time before an effective vaccine is developed. Almost 50,000 individuals are newly diagnosed with HIV in the US each year and over 2 million worldwide. The market for an HIV vaccine is huge.
Now we will be able to save our life.

Barack Obama reveals $3 trillion deficit-cutting plan

President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama has declared a $3.6 trillion plan on Monday to cut budget deficits partly by raising taxes on the rich, but Republicans rejected it as a political stunt and made clear the proposal had little chance of becoming law.

Vowing to veto any plan that relies solely on spending cuts to reduce deficits, the Democratic president's recommendations set the stage for an ideological fight with Republicans opposed to tax increases that will stretch through Election Day 2012.

"I will not support any plan that puts all the burden of closing our deficit on ordinary Americans," Obama said. "We are not going to have a one-sided deal that hurts the folks who are most vulnerable."

Obama has previously shown interest in means-testing — asking high-income seniors to pay more for their medical care.

The White House plan rules out lifting the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67, as some Republicans have suggested. Other savings would come from what one senior White House official called "overpayments," signaling that the administration wants to ask medical providers and drug makers to help reduce costs.

Obama's speech reflected a more aggressive defense of Democratic principles after he took a battering in two previous budget battles with Republicans this year, which helped drive his approval rating to new lows.

Most Americans say they are unhappy with Obama's economic leadership, and the president's re-election hopes could hinge on his ability to convince voters that Republicans represent the rich, not the middle class.

On Monday, he repeatedly said all Americans must pay their "fair share" of taxes, and he sharpened the difference between his vision for America and that of Republicans in a speech meant to regain support among core supporters who have said Obama has failed to stick to liberal principles.

Republicans have consistently opposed any measures resembling tax hikes, saying they will hurt the struggling economy by increasing the burden on job-creating businesses. Republican leaders stuck to that position on Monday, quickly rejecting Obama's plan.

Earthquake shakes to Bangladesh

Bangladesh includes in earthquake zone as a result last day earthquake shakes Bangladesh.An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit large parts of northern and eastern India Sunday evening, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The Met office said the quake, with its epicentre in the Sikkim-Nepal border region, struck at 6.11 p.m.
Tremors were felt in a large swathe stretching from Delhi, its adjoining regions, to Kolkata in West Bengal, through Lucknow, Patna, and other cities, including Gangtok and those in the northeast. In Assam’s major city Guwahati, people panicked and ran out on the streets after the quake shook their houses. There were initial reports of minor damage.

As Bangladesh includes earthquake zone so every man should  know  how to prevent from it.

' It would be nicely to end with a win,' says Dravid.

"The great wall" of Indian cricket team and former skipper of the national team,has told that he would like to end  his one-day international career on winning in Cardiff on Friday.

Dravid acknowledged the appreciation he had earned in his 15-year long career, and said that a win would be special.

"I think that I have got enough respect and enough recognition for what I've done, and to be honest, I'd like to end off with a win. It would be lovely for India, and you know we've had a tough tour," he said.

"It would be lovely to finish with a win. Irrespective of what I get, it will be great if we can finish off with a win tomorrow and I hope that we'll play some of the best cricket," he added.

"I thought we played some very good cricket at Lord's the other day and some terrific performances, just that, unfortunately, we couldn't get over the line. But hopefully, we can do that tomorrow," Dravid said.

Dravid said that his long career spanning over 300 games has made him a versatile player, one who could captain or keep wickets, and bat at different positions.

Known for his temperament as a Test batsman, he said that playing one-dayers had helped him to strengthen his technique in the longer format of the game.

Dravid said that India's tour of England has been disappointing and the sense of defeat would remain in spite of the accolades he received personally for his batting.

"Obviously, the Test series was bittersweet. You know, there was a lot of satisfaction of playing against a tough attack and scoring runs, but obviously, it's been a disappointing tour for us, so that sense will always remain. But yeah, I'm fully humbled by some of the, you know, some of the nice things, good things that have been said about me over the last few weeks," he added.

Dravid also said that monitoring one's fitness and approaching the game with a sense of enthusiasm and discipline was the key to a long career.

Widely touted as one of India's greatest ever Test batsman, Dravid stood out as the lone success story in India's 4-0 Test series loss to England, aggregating 461 runs with three centuries at an average of nearly 77 that won him praise from all quarters.

Finally Dravid is a great player in the Indian cricket team. After leaving cricket career Indian team will loss a great player from there team.

The 10 Great Hated Jobs In America !

At present some job have been most hated in America.That person may have suffered silently or vented constantly, but at the end of the day there was no question this person was truly unhappy with where they spent at least 40 of his or her waking hours every week, for 51 weeks a year.

The reasons for job dissatisfaction vary. Low pay, irregular hours, and lack of a window seat are all assumed to be culprits, and to be sure they can all contribute to a bad attitude on the job. These are actually not the primary factors driving a worker to regard tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock sharp with dread and ill will, however, according to one resource.

Read about the 10 jobs with the highest levels of employee unhappiness. The results may surprise you.

1. Director of Information Technology
2. Director of Sales and Marketing
3. Product Manager
4. Senior Web Developer
5. Technical Specialist
6. Electronics Technician
7. Law Clerk
8. Technical Support Analyst
9. CNC Machinist
10. Marketing Manager

Remembered Day 9/11

9/11 is a remembered day all the people all over the world. Every year Americans people remembered that day and respect to the people who are died .But the fact that the deadliest, most visually arresting attacks occurred in New York City also meant that many of the world's best photographers were, in effect, already on the scene when the terrorists struck. Here, to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and in hopes of lending coherence to our shared, turbulent recollections, LIFE.com presents the 25 most stirring, visceral photographs from that day, featuring pictures from the likes of James Nachtwey, Joe Raedle, Spencer Platt, Mario Tama, and other celebrated photojournalists (and one intrepid amateur).