[PDF] Indian Super League Schedule 2014 | Indian Football League on Star Utsav

Indian Super League, another franchise-based league in India in an effort to uplift another sport in India, this time it is Football. India already witnessed IPL [Cricket], Badminton League, Hockey League, Tennis League [on cards still]. Indian Super League franchise are owned by celebrities from various fields viz Bollywood, Sports, Politics, Business World. The total of eight teams finalized through biding process, representing eight cities of India, viz; Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune.

The 2014 Indian Super League season, officially known as the 2014 Hero Indian Super League season for sponsorship reasons, will be the first ever season of the Indian Super League, the Indian professional league for association football franchises, since its establishment in 2013. The season will start on Sunday 12 October 2014 and will conclude on Saturday 20 December 2014.

ISL Teams 

1. Atlético de Kolkata
2. Chennaiyin
3. Delhi Dynamos
4. Goa FC
5. Kerala Blasters
6. Mumbai City
7. NorthEast United
8. Pune City 

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Official Broadcaster

STAR India Pvt Ltd. is having the broadcasting rights of ISL 2014. The Hindi Channel Star Utsav will telecast the live coverage of 2014 Indian Super League. DD Free Dish users can enjoy the live action on their TV sets.

 

Indian Super League 2014 : Details  

Schedule Indian Super League 2014

Date      Home Team             Opponent

12 Oct    Atlético de Kolkata   Mumbai City FC          

13 Oct    Delhi Dynamos FC      FC Pune City              

15 Oct    North East United     FC Kerala Blasters FC    
   
16 Oct    FC Goa                Chennai Titans

17 Oct    Mumbai City FC        FC Pune City             

18 Oct    Atlético de Kolkata   Delhi Dynamos FC

19 Oct    Chennai Titans        Kerala Blasters FC        

20 Oct    North East United     FC Goa                   

22 Oct    FC Pune City          Kerala Blasters FC       
   
23 Oct    FC Goa                Atletico de Kolkata       

24 Oct    Mumbai City FC        NorthEast United FC       

25 Oct    Delhi Dynamos FC      Chennai Titans            

26 Oct    FC Pune City          FC Goa                    
 
27 Oct    Kerala Blasters       Atletico de Kolkata       

28 Oct    Delhi Dynamos FC      Northeast United FC       
 
29 Oct    Chennai Titans        Mumbai City FC           

31 Oct    FC Goa                Delhi Dynamos FC          

1 Nov     Mumbai City FC        Kerala Blasters FC       
  
2 Nov     Chennai Titans        Atletico de Kolkata       

3 Nov     FC Pune City          NorthEast United FC      

4 Nov     Kerala Blasters FC    FC Goa                    

5 Nov     Mumbai City FC        Delhi Dynamos FC          

6 Nov     North East United     FC Chennai Titans         

7 Nov     Atlético de Kolkata   FC Pune City            

8 Nov     Kerala Blasters FC    Delhi Dynamos FC          

9 Nov     FC Goa                Mumbai City FC            

10 Nov    North East United     Atlético de Kolkata      

11 Nov    FC Pune City          Chennai Titans            

12 Nov    Delhi Dynamos FC      FC Goa                   

13 Nov    Kerala Blasters FC    Mumbai City FC            

14 Nov    Atlético de Kolkata   Chennai Titans           
  
15 Nov    North East United     FC Pune City              

16 Nov    Delhi Dynamos FC      Kerala Blasters FC        

17 Nov    Mumbai City FC        FC Goa                    

18 Nov    Atlético de Kolkata   North East United FC     

19 Nov    Chennai Titans        FC Pune City              

21 Nov    North East United     Mumbai City FC            

22 Nov    Atlético de Kolkata   FC Goa                    

23 Nov    Club Chennai          Delhi Dynamos FC          

24 Nov    Kerala Blasters       FC Pune City             

26 Nov    Club Chennai          NorthEast United  FC     

27 Nov    FC Goa                Kerala Blasters FC      

28 Nov    Delhi Dynamos FC      Mumbai City FC            

29 Nov    FC Pune City          Atletico de Kolkata       

30 Nov    Kerala Blasters FC    Club Chennai              

01 Dec    FC Goa                NorthEast United FC      

02 Dec    Delhi Dynamos FC      Atletico de Kolkata       
 
03 Dec    FC Pune City          Mumbai City FC            
  
04 Dec    Kerala Blasters FC    NorthEast United FC       

05 Dec    Club Chennai          FC Goa                    

06 Dec    FC Pune City          Delhi Dynamos FC          

07 Dec    Mumbai City FC        Atletico de Kolkata      

09 Dec    NorthEast United      Delhi Dynamos FC         

09 Dec    FC Goa                FC Pune City             

10 Dec    Atletico de Kolkata   Kerala Blasters FC

10 Dec    Mumbai City FC        Club Chennai&

13 Dec    Semifinal 1           Leg 1

14 Dec    Semifinal 2           Leg 1

16 Dec    Semifinal 3           Leg 2

17 Dec    Semifinal 4           Leg 2

20 Dec    Final

Note :

All games will be played at 7:00 pm (IST), including the semi-finals and finals.

On days of double headers, the 1st game will start at 5:00 pm (IST) & 2nd at 7:00 pm (IST).

The ISL final would be played at a neutral venue on Saturday, December 20, 2014. 

Download Full PDF Schedule of ISL 2014  : Click Here

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Windows Live Messenger to Retire in October 2014 | Facts and History of MSN Messenger

Finally, Microsoft's extremely popular and one of the most successful services Windows Live Messenger service that carries the Windows Live branding, is going to be shut down in just a one month's time. It has been 15 wonderful years of service by MSN Messenger (That's what it was originally known as). Microsoft’s MSN Messenger, or Windows Live Messenger, is fully retiring on October 31st, 2014.

Microsoft originally announced its plans to shift users over to Skype in 2013 in a phased manner and kept the service running in China. Now, after this announcement, even Chinese Messenger users will need to use Skype after October 31st, which will bring an end to 15 years of the service. In China, MSN was launched in 2005 which got strong competition from local QQ Messenger of China.

History of WLM [MSN Messenger]

MSN Messenger was the original name used for the service, and the first client was launched on July 22, 1999 as a rival to AOL’s AIM service. Both companies battled over chat dominance, and Microsoft engineers reverse-engineered AOL's chat protocol to allow MSN Messenger to sign into AIM, a process that AOL wasn't happy with when Microsoft first released its instant messaging client. This was the messenger that taught people how to chat over internet, but in August 2003, Skype was launched with advance features, like video chatting. In 2009, there were total of 33crore users on MSN Messenge but within next three years Skype rendezvous MSN reaching upto 30Crore users.

Facts about MSN Mssenger

1. It was integrated well with Internet Explorer 5 and Outlook Express 5. Even it appeared in Windows 8 as well, with the Messaging app being Microsoft's embedded application that allows instant messaging using the Live Messenger service.
   
2. WLM (Windows Live Messenger) branding was incorporated in December of 2005, removing the MSN (originally MicroSoft Network) name after six years of its launch.  
3. Microsoft added various features, including custom emoticons, the ability to play Minesweeper with friends, a nudge feature that would shake a friends chat window, and the super annoying winks option to send friends giant animated emoticons.
4. During its high time, people come back to log-in to Windows Live Messenger 3 times a day, or nearly 1,100 times a year, on an average.
5. The average Messenger chat session is 5 minutes long. 
6. 320 kB was the original file size of the client according to Microsoft's launch press release. Nowadays the application consumes around 25 MB.
7. In late 1999, rotating advertising banners were introduced in MSN Messenger 2.0. Initial version i.e. MSN Messenger 1.0 contained no ads in it. Latest versions of the WLM contain a lot of ads, most of which can be removed by 3rd party patching applications such as A-Patch.
8. WLM has active monthly users equal to combined population of USA & Canada.
9. www.msn.com is still the 16th most visited website according to Alexa.
10. 2.8 billion minutes of Facebook chat occurred through Windows Live Messenger just six months after Facebook chat was included in Windows Live Messenger.
11. Microsoft bought Skpye on may 10, 2011 for $8.5 billion, which proved biggest dent in MSN Services.
12. WLM's market share 40.67% was in 2011, made it the most used IM service worldwide, whereas Skype came in second with 27.39%.
13. 9 billion messages were sent per day across 1.5 billion conversations in early 2010, and this was before the inclusion of Facebook chat in the client.
14. As per Microsoft  statistics in 2010, 300 million people use Windows Live Messenger.
15. More than 8 billion instant messages are exchanged every day. If you stacked them up as paper, they'd reach to the moon and back.
16. Microsoft celebrated its MSN Messenger milestones with big green mascot outfits.

Nudge [Shaking] Feature of MSN Messenger

It was 15 years long journey ... end of the Messenger era is departing quietly !!

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6 Steps for Easy English Speaking | Do's and Don'ts in English Speaking

Today, we will discuss about the mistakes in English Speaking, commonly done by ESL speakers of English. We tried compiling some basics of language that ESL speakers need to work upon.

 

 

1. Don't study grammar too much:

This rule might sound strange to many ESL [English as a Second Language] students, but it is one of the most important rules. If you want to pass examinations, then study grammar. However, if you want to become fluent in English, then you should try to learn English without studying the grammar.

Studying grammar will only slow you down and confuse you. You will think about the rules when creating sentences instead of naturally saying a sentence like a native. Remember that only a small fraction of English speakers know more than 20% of all the grammar rules. Many ESL students know more grammar than native speakers. I can confidently say this with experience. I am a native English speaker, majored in English Literature, and have been teaching English for more than 10 years. However, many of my students know more details about English grammar than I do. I can easily look up the definition and apply it, but I don't know it off the top of my head.

I often ask my native English friends some grammar questions, and only a few of them know the correct answer. However, they are fluent in English and can read, speak, listen, and communicate effectively.

Do you want to be able to recite the definition of a causative verb, or do you want to be able to speak English fluently?

 

2. Learn and study phrases

Many students learn vocabulary and try to put many words together to create a proper sentence. It amazes me how many words some of my students know, but they cannot create a proper sentence. The reason is because they didn't study phrases. When children learn a language, they learn both words and phrases together. Likewise, you need to study and learn phrases.

If you know 1000 words, you might not be able to say one correct sentence. But if you know 1 phrase, you can make hundreds of correct sentences. If you know 100 phrases, you will be surprised at how many correct sentences you will be able to say. Finally, when you know only a 1000 phrases, you will be almost a fluent English speaker.

The English Speaking Basics section is a great example of making numerous sentences with a single phrase. So don't spend hours and hours learning many different words. Use that time to study phrases instead and you will be closer to English fluency.

 

3. Don't translate

When you want to create an English sentence, do not translate the words from your Mother tongue. The order of words is probably completely different and you will be both slow and incorrect by doing this. Instead, learn phrases and sentences so you don't have to think about the words you are saying. It should be automatic.

Another problem with translating is that you will be trying to incorporate grammar rules that you have learned. Translating and thinking about the grammar to create English sentences is incorrect and should be avoided.

 

4. Reading and Listening is NOT enough. Practice Speaking what you hear !

Reading, listening, and speaking are the most important aspects of any language. The same is true for English. However, speaking is the only requirement to be fluent. It is normal for babies and children to learn speaking first, become fluent, then start reading, then writing. So the natural order is listening, speaking, reading, then writing.

First Problem
Isn't it strange that schools across the world teach reading first, then writing, then listening, and finally speaking? Although it is different, the main reason is because when you learn a second language, you need to read material to understand and learn it. So even though the natural order is listening, speaking, reading, then writing, the order for ESL students is reading, listening, speaking, then writing.

Second Problem
The reason many people can read and listen is because that's all they practice. But in order to speak English fluently, you need to practice speaking. Don't stop at the listening portion, and when you study, don't just listen. Speak out loud the material you are listening to and practice what you hear. Practice speaking out loud until your mouth and brain can do it without any effort. By doing so, you will be able to speak English fluently.

 

5. Submerge yourself

Being able to speak a language is not related to how smart you are. Anyone can learn how to speak any language. This is a proven fact by everyone in the world. Everyone can speak at least one language. Whether you are intelligent, or lacking some brain power, you are able to speak one language.

This was achieved by being around that language at all times. In your country, you hear and speak your language constantly. You will notice that many people who are good English speakers are the ones who studied in an English speaking school. They can speak English not because they went to an English speaking school, but because they had an environment where they can be around English speaking people constantly.

There are also some people who study abroad and learn very little. That is because they went to an English speaking school, but found friends from their own country and didn't practice English.

 

6. Study correct material

A common phrase that is incorrect is, "Practice makes perfect." This is far from the truth. Practice only makes what you are practicing permanent. If you practice the incorrect sentence, you will have perfected saying the sentence incorrectly. Therefore, it is important that you study material that is commonly used by most people.

Another problem I see is that many students study the news. However, the language they speak is more formal and the content they use is more political and not used in regular life. It is important to understand what they are saying, but this is more of an advanced lesson that should be studied after learning the fundamental basics of English.

Studying English with a friend who is not a native English speaker is both good and bad. You should be aware of the pros and cons of speaking with a non native speaking friend. Practicing with a non native person will give you practice. You can also motivate each other and point out basic mistakes. But you might pick up bad habits from one another if you are not sure about what are correct and incorrect sentences. So use these practice times as a time period to practice the correct material you studied. Not to learn how to say a sentence.

 

 

In short, study English material that you can trust, that is commonly used, and that is correct.

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Health Benefits of Liquorice | मुलेठी [यष्टीमधु] के फायदे

मुलेठी [Glycyrrhiza Glabra] से हम सब परिचित हैं | भारतवर्ष में इसका उत्पादन कम ही होता है | यह अधिकांश रूप से विदेशों से आयातित की जाती है| मुलेठी की जड़ एवं सत सर्वत्र बाज़ारों में पंसारियों के यहाँ मिलता है | चरकसंहिता में रसायनार्थ यष्टीमधु का प्रयोग विशेष रूप से वर्णित है | सुश्रुत संहिता में यष्टिमधु फल का प्रयोग विरेचनार्थ मिलता है | मुलेठी रेशेदार,गंधयुक्त तथा बहुत ही उपयोगी होती है | यह ही एक ऐसी वस्तु है जिसका सेवन किसी भी मौसम में किया जा सकता है |

मुलेठी वातपित्तशामक है | यह खाने में ठंडी होती है | इसमें ५० प्रतिशत पानी होता है | इसका मुख्य घटक ग्लीसराइज़ीन है जिसके कारण ये खाने में मीठा होता है | इसके अतिरिक्त इसमें घावों को भरने वाले विभिन्न घटक भी मौजूद हैं | मुलेठी खांसी,जुकाम,उल्टी व पित्त को बंद करती है | यह पेट की जलन व दर्द,पेप्टिक अलसर तथा इससे होने वाली खून की उल्टी में भी बहुत उपयोगी है |

आज हम आपको मुलेठी के कुछ औषधीय गुणों से अवगत कराएंगे -

• मुलेठी चूर्ण और आंवला चूर्ण २-२ ग्राम की मात्रा में मिला लें | इस चूर्ण को दो चम्मच शहद मिलाकर सुबह- शाम चाटने से खांसी में बहुत लाभ होता है |
• पुरानी खांसी और जुकाम,गले की खराबी,सिर दर्द आदि रोग के लिए नीचे दिए सामान को पीस कर चूर्ण बना ले | इस चूर्ण में से एक चम्मच चूर्ण सुबह शहद के साथ चाटने से  दूर हो जाते हैं |

1. • मुलेठी : 10 ग्राम  
   • काली मिर्च : 10 ग्राम 
   • लौंग : 5 ग्राम 
   • हरड़ : 5 ग्राम 
   • मिश्री : 20 ग्राम

 

 

 

• एक चम्मच मुलेठी का चूर्ण एक कप दूध के साथ लेने से पेशाब की जलन दूर हो जाती है |
• मुलेठी को मुहं में रखकर चूंसने से मुहँ के छाले मिटते हैं तथा स्वर भंग (गला बैठना) में लाभ होता है  |
• एक चम्मच मुलेठी चूर्ण में शहद मिलाकर दिन में तीन बार सेवन करने से पेट और आँतों की ऐंठन व दर्द का शमन होता है |
• फोड़ों पर मुलेठी का लेप लगाने से वो जल्दी पक कर फूट जाते हैं |

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