Thanks giving parade NYC

I like the concept behind thanks giving celebration. It is not restricted by any religion, nationality, profession etc. We all should be thankful for the wonderful life we have :).

Okay, my co worker told me that when the European immigrants came into US, as a way of saying thanks, they shared the feast with native Americans, and that's how the today's thanks giving celebration started.

And in NYC they have feast of turkeys and a feast to the eyes, Macy's Thanks Giving Parade. There is lot of effort, cost and will involved in the preparation. Every year thousands of people come to see this parade equipped with ladder, blankets, chairs etc. Though the parade begins at 9.00 am, it is advised that you need to be there at 7 avenue 55th street latest by 7.00am. (In 2009, 83rd Macy's thanks giving parade, parade route was shifted from Broadway to 7th avenue. Its is crowded there, but it is crowded through out the parade route.)

Some photos of 2009 parade

IF........Rudyard Kipling

IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,Or being hated, don't give way to hating,And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;If you can bear to hear the truth you've spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginningsAnd never breathe a word about your loss;If you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,And so hold on when there is nothing in youExcept the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,If all men count with you, but none too much;If you can fill the unforgiving minuteWith sixty seconds' worth of distance run,Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Budget 2009 - highlights

http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2009-10/bh/bh1.pdf

How reliable B school rankings are

Sharing profit: Hyderabad B-school invites 'rejects' to re-apply : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Hyd-B-school-rejects-can-re-apply/articleshow/4690154.cms
It's the news!!! One of the top 20 schools in the world is struggling to get the applicants? Offering discounted rates?
FT should judge the schools on more realistic grounds.