Whatever you feel

Whatever you give away today, or think, say or do will multiply about
tenfold and then return to you. It may not come immediately, nor from the
obvious source but the law applies unfailingly, through some invisible
force.

Whatever you feel about another, be it love, hate or passion will surely
bounce right back to you in some clear or secret fashion. If you speak
about a person, a word of praise or two, soon, tens of other people will
speak kind words of you.

Our thoughts are broadcasts of the soul, not secrets of the brain. Kind ones
bring us happiness and petty ones, untold pain. Giving works as surely as
reflections in a mirror. If hate you send, hate you'll get back, but loving
brings love nearer.

Remember, as you start this day and duty crowds your mind, that kindness
comes so quickly back to those who first are kind. Let that thought and this
one direct us through each day.

The only things we ever keep are the things we give away.

Slumdog Millionaire

Low-budget Indian drama Slumdog Millionaire swept Britain's BAFTA film awards winning best film, director and five other categories, giving it another boost ahead of the Oscars later this month.



Slumdog Millionaire, a British picture about a young man from the slums of Mumbai who seeks to rise from rags to riches by winning a Hindi TV game show, triumphed at the Golden Globes last month with four honours including best drama.

Slumdog director Danny Boyle gave a restrained acceptance speech, but earlier defended his film on the red carpet against criticism in India to the movie's name, which some slum dwellers find offensive, its depiction of the lives of impoverished Indians and the treatment of the cast.

He told Reuters the children in the film had been paid well and that the makers of the movie went to great lengths to make sure they would be well cared for after the film was forgotten.

"We also put in place an educational plan for the children which we are sticking to and we will be there for them long after the fuss has died down," Boyle said ahead of the awards.

Kate Winslet, a double Golden Globe winner, won the leading actress award for her role as a former concentration camp guard in The Reader.
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"I want to thank my mum and dad, who I won't look at otherwise I will burst into tears," she said at London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

Rourke and his expletives

Mickey Rourke gave an expletive-filled acceptance speech while picking up his award for leading actor for his portrayal of a lonely, washed-up professional athlete in The Wrestler trying to make his sporting comeback in a role that parallels the actor's own troubled life.

"Thank you to BAFTA, to Optimum Pictures to Fox Searchlight, Darren Aronofsky, he gave me a second chance after fucking up my career for 15 years," Rourke said. "It's such a pleasure to be back here out of the darkness."

The red carpet was teeming with stars on a rainy London evening. Delighted fans bayed for autographs while the paparrazi jostled for snaps of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Winslet, Rourke, Robert Downey Jr, Sharon Stone, Goldie Hawn and a host of other Hollywood and British film stars.

The awards ceremony was hosted by controversial presenter Jonathan Ross, who was recently suspended without pay from the BBC for his participation in obscene prank calls made to actor Andrew Sachs.

Ross did not disappoint fans of his off-the-cuff humour, making fun of his own speech impediment and regaling the audience with a raft of jokes pegged to the films up for awards.

"I loved The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, vividly depicting every woman's worst nightmare: as you age, your boyfriend, Brad Pitt, gets better looking," Ross said.

Pitt lost two nominations, leading actor for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and supporting actor for his role in the Coen brothers' comedy "Burn After Reading".

The film had tied with Slumdog for 11 nominations, but won only three BAFTAs, for production design, make-up and hair as well as special visual effects.

Supporting actress went to Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, while the supporting actor award went to the late Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight, in which he played Batman's nemesis Joker.

The Australian actor, who died last year aged 28 of an accidental prescription drugs overdose, won the same category at the Golden Globes and is tipped to win an Academy Award.

In a good night for British film, the movie In Bruges, directed by Martin Mcdonagh won the BAFTA for original screenplay and The Duchess, starring Keira Knightley won for costume design.

Source:http://tvnz.co.nz

IBM offers jobs in India to laid-off workers

Software giant IBM is offering its recently laid-off employees jobs in 'growth markets' like India and Russia through a new programme and will help with moving costs as well as provide visa assistance, media reports said.

Through the 'Project Match' programme, IBM is offering its outgoing workers in the US and Canada a chance to take an IBM job in India, Nigeria and Russia, CNN quoted an IBM internal document.

The company would help ex-employees "locate potential job opportunities in growth markets where (their) skills are in demand."

Should (the employees) accept a position in one of these countries, IBM offers financial assistance to offset moving costs, provides immigration support, such as visa assistance, and other support to help ease the transition of an international move," the document read.

IBM is also offering jobs in China, Brazil, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Nigeria, and the United Arab Emirates.

source:http://in.biz.yahoo.com/090206/50/6zfbt.html