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Lehmann to coach Hyderabad IPL team |
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Thursday, 12 October 2006 09:26 |
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. The last-placed team in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) season, Hyderabad IPL team are making 'structural changes' at the top with the hope of an improved show in the second season. Coach Robin Singh, head of cricket Shishir Hattangadi and manager Vijay Mohan Raj have all been sacked. These developments happened in June, when the owners, Deccan Chronicle, appointed Englishman Tim Wright as the CEO. Wright was involved closely with the IPL before this appointment as the senior vice-president for sports marketing firm, IMG. It is reliably learnt that former Australian left-handed batsman, 38-year-old Darren Lehmann would take over as the new coach while retired Aussie wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist, who captained Hyderabad IPL team for a major part of the season in VVS Laxman's absence would double up as a 'mentor'. Lehmann, who played 27 Tests and 117 ODIs, was associated with the eventual winners, Jaipur team, in the first half of the IPL as a cover for South African Graeme Smith and played in two matches. 'More people getting involved' While the decision-making authorities did not confirm these latest appointments, a top source said "there are some more people getting involved and we will forward the details once they join." Unlike the other seven IPL teams, Hyderabad was the only one that had only Indians in their support staff. The team managed to win only two of their 14 matches and it is learnt that their CEO, J Krishnan has accepted sole responsibility for the poor results to the owners as he made all the decisions. Hattangadi, a former Mumbai batsman, was associated with the Hyderabad IPL team through Group M, leading full service media investment management operation across the globe. "I was roped in as the head of cricket as I was under the impression that they wanted Mumbai ideas. But I was asked to do managerial job," Hattangadi told HT. Hattangadi, now a Mumbai Ranji selector, said it was a mutual decision to split ways. |
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MacJournal adds three-pane view |
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Friday, 22 August 2008 15:46 |
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Mariner Software on Thursday announced that it is shipping MacJournal 5.1, a new version of it journal and blogging software for Mac OS X. A free update for registered users, MacJournal costs $39.95.
MacJournal helps you create a journal employing password protection and AES-256 encryption. You can use it to maintain multiple journals, assign keywords, add content like PDFs, QuickTime movies, images and audio, and publish to a Weblog using several different publishing systems including MobileMe.
MacJournal 3.1 adds support for new languages, and has completed the transition from .Mac to MobileMe. Other new features include a new three-pane view, new editable entry viewer windows from the View menu, improvements to Smart Journal, import and export of Comma-Separated Value (.csv) files, export of Movable Type database format and other changes.
System requirements call for Mac OS X 10.4 or later. |
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Musharraf`s exit leaves Pakistan leaderless: British media |
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008 15:33 |
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The forced resignation of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has left the world's most dangerous country leaderless at a moment when its shadowy spy agency ISI, intent on a proxy war with India, is moving away from the government control, British media said on Tuesday.
In a leading article, The Times suggested Pakistan's government to find a swift replacement for Musharraf and give his office powers to lead in a time of turmoil. It said rarely has a power vacuum been so dangerous.
"The shadowy Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) agency, intent on a proxy war with India, is moving away from government control. The economy is stalling, with inflation running at 25 percent and trade and fiscal deficits widening.
And in Islamabad politicians bicker over whether to prosecute Musharraf or allow him to retire with dignity," it said.
"In the tribal areas separatists, Islamic extremists and Taliban supporters are in open revolt against the central government. Kashmiri militants are preparing new cross-border attacks against India, arms are pouring into Afghanistan to fight NATO troops, while al Qaeda leaders plot terrorism from their border hideouts," the newspaper said.
In the longer term, the country needs a strong leader with a clear mandate. If the politicians cannot agree on a figure and endow him with the powers needed to be effective in office, then they will have to go back to the people, it said.
In an editorial, The Daily Telegraph said Musharraf's departure is a welcome reassertion of civilian control after nearly a decade of military dictatorship but Pakistan, world's most dangerous country, is still no safer.
It claimed that the parliamentary rule that preceded Musharraf's coup in 1999 was notorious for incompetence and corruption; and two of the main players in that period, Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister, and Asif Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's widower, are vying for power now that he is gone. |
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