Ballon d'Or : Who's gonna take it home this time ?

Ballon  d'Or , the individual award in football given annually given by FIFA to the best male performer in the previous calendar year. It is awarded based on the votes from national team coaches and captains, as well as journalists from around the world. The award started in 2010 after France Football's Ballon d'Or and the men's FIFA World Player of the Year award were merged. The winner of the inaugural 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or was Lionel Messi who then went on to reclaim the title the following two years.The award has been dominated by Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as part of their ongoing rivalry. As of 2014, Ronaldo is the most recent recipient of the FIFA Ballon d'Or, after beating Messi and Manuel Neuer to the 2014 award.So who's going to get his name on the shinning trophy this year ?

The battle for the top player is among the La Liga trio Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Portugal) and Neymar Jr. (Barcelona, Brazil). While Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have made it a habbit of reaching final three in the list each year, Neymar Jr. has made his first of hopefully many appearances in the final three contender list for the gorgeous golden trophy. All three of them enjoyed stellar performances on the pitch in the year 2015, but trophy will be awarded to the one with most impressive and effective performances.

So analyzing the statistics and breaking down the performances into numbers, we try to compare the top three contenders.

 

Goals comparison

Its Cristiano Ronaldo who leads the goal scoring tally among the three with 57 goals in the year 2015 followed by Messi and Neymar who netted the ball 52 and 45 times respectively. Ronaldo also boasts of better goal to minutes ratio , finding back of the net with ball every 88minutes which is better than Messi's 101 minutes/goal and 116 minutes/goal for Neymar. But Messi managed 26 assists in previous calendar year which 9 more than both the Portuguese Ronaldo and Neymar Jr with 17 assists each. Messi and Neymar also won the treble last season with their club FC Barcelona and also won the UEFA Club world cup. This stat takes the Catalan club duo ahead of Real Madrid's Ronaldo.  Also Messi took his national side(Argentina) to the finals of the Copa America almost single handedly. Messi also had a very significant role in Barcelona winning UEFA Champions league title as he scored twice against Bayern Munich in the semi final, taking his club to the finals.

Neymar Jr. was a revelation in last season and is now considered heir to the Ronaldo-Messi esque football in the future.

Three times Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo had a comparatively dry season in terms of trophies but he found himself on scorecard more offenly than anyone in Europe.

Name	Goals	Assists	Minutes-goal ratio
Lionel Messi  (FCB,ARG)	52	26	101
Cristiano Ronaldo (RMA,POR)	57	17	88
Neymar Jr.      (FCB,BRZ)	45	17	116

Statistics

So tonight, the world will get to know the winner of the Ballon d'Or 2015 in a ceremony held in Zurich. But the real winners are the spectators round the globe who enjoyed watching these players of such high pedigree. So, I personally want to bestow my respect to all three finalists and to those also who didn't made it to final three but gave their best every time they stepped on the pitch to play the beautiful game of FOOTBALL.

To err is to human- 10 men style mistakes!

We are humans and we make mistakes but some are silly and can be avoided easily. So here I'll tell about 10 most common style BLUNDERS that I usually see which takes your outstanding personality to a below par liability! There can be much more of besides what I am en lighting here but trust me these are the game changers.

1.Un ironed clothes - Someone told me take care of your stuffs and your stuffs will take care of you. Fits perfectly here. Wearing ironed clothes make you look better and improves your confidence.
2.Short jeans/ trousers- Stand up and walk if you can see large portion of your sock then you are wearing your younger bro's jeans. Give that pair to him better take appreciation than criticism.
Reminder- skinny jeans are for the opposite sex.
3.Dirty shoes- Repeat after me " I love my shoes ". Now pls pls take care of them. Dirty shoes = messy and shabby you!
4.Untucked dress shirts- Shirts come with different lengths and different cuts. Dress shirts are born to be tucked and made for that only unlike casuals. If taken out gives u and extra Oomfffff (Pun intended)
5.Mismatching shoes and belts- This is not a mistake its a sin! Your shoes and dress belt should match in color,texture and shine!!!!!!!
6.Misfit clothes- while buying new shirt or anything try a lower size if it fits well go for it. Don't be shrewd and buy for present you not you plus 2 years!
7.No deos or wrong fragrance- I would say have bath daily but some are hydro phobic. Guys use a deo or cologne they are good for the environment! (;
8.Wearing sunglasses indoors- Learn this: One-two-three remove hmmm one-two-three remove. Use strictly only for your sunglasses whenever you get indoor (one-two-three are your steps while entering indoors)! There's no sun insides so same for glasses.
9.Fakes or rip offs- You might think that you are wearing original but others do come to know about your fake brands. So avoid it until you can afford it. Hahahha! don't look at your fakes now I know they are second copy.
10.Buttoning Suits- For two button only the top one. For three button buy a new one. For four button your suit will fetch you great returns in antique shop.

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You may add the goofs up you see in comments chances are i am doing some of them (;

Android Marshmallow update is now available for Moto X Play

After Moto G3 it’s time for one of the latest smartphone from Motorola to receive the Android Marshmallow update. The update for Moto X Play is now available in India and you should be getting a prompt for the same. If not, check the update settings.

Even months after the roll out of the Marshmallow the update is available for only handful of devices and the update to the Moto X Play puts this smartphone in that exclusive club. 

With the Marshmallow update to Moto X Play, Moto’s three current smartphones are now running the latest Android version.

Motorola is also preparing to roll out update on some of its popular models too like the Moto G Turbo, the 2^nd gen Moto G and Moto X. Motorola phones are among the few smartphones that receive early updates to the new version of Android as they boast the very little modified version of Android.

So next time you want a Android smartphone that should remain up to date always with all the latest features , you know which one to buy.

Yeah! grab a Moto

Buy Moto X Play exclusively available on Flipkart

Beyond iphone 6s- What we expect this year from Apple ?

Heya everyone!! It’s the new year and so I decided to talk about what’s new we will be getting this year. Yeah my focus is particularly on the gadgets world and today we will just be focusing on the iphone 7 that is rumored to be released this year.

The iphone 6, 6 plus and the newly released 6s are now things of last year. Its 2016 and we will be talking about the new iphone in line.

The 2016 is expected to bring all new iphone design, it’s obviously too far to know what the actual device will be or will there be any changes in the design or not but we can definitely speculate that the new iphone will be more powerful, will be much thinner as we go up in the design iterations and they are expected to boast all new A10 processors.

As well all know there will be again two versions of the so called rumored iphone 7, so we may see a bigger iphone 7 plus too. The new iphone will be expected to boast the 3D technology that was introduced in the iphone 6s and same 4.7 – 5.5 inches screen sizes.

As rumors are to believed Apple will stick to their in-cell panels for the iphone 7 also that will allow them to build phones even more thin.

Apple may also eliminate the headphone jack from iphone 7 and may introduce the all new Lightning connector instead. This lightning port will support both the charging as well as music playback with lightning equipped headphones.

The next generation iphone may have waterproof frames, a solid and dust proof body. Coming on the memory part, the RAM on iphone 7 and iphone 7 plus is expected to be 2GB and 3GB respectively and with a permanent storage that can go upto 256 GB. Waooh!! That’s some great storage space.

Though we still have long wait until the iphone 7 and the plus version are released worldwide.

Till then keep up with our popular blogs :) 

Cya!!      

How to be a better E-Shopper ?

Disclaimer- I have not received any sponsorship from any of the online retailers. These are purely my views based upon my experiences with various online sellers.

Wow! I always wanted to run this disclaimer before my work (; . Let’s get down with the dirty business now. 

It’s understood that most of the things we shop these days are from our laptops n apps and why not we get lucrative offers, discounts, COD and shipping right till our doorstep. But ultimately who is getting out witted? I have quite a huge exposure of online shopping now and trust me I don’t feel proud of it cause I know I have been tricked not once not twice but many times. So this is meagre effort to escape from being a gull. I'll discuss only the big shots here i.e. - Amazon, Flipkart and Myntra.

Our no1 target Amazon.in- I have a pretty decent experience with these guys and I would give them 8 out of 10. While buying from Amazon I’ll recommend buying only those products which are Amazon fulfilled (i.e. Amazon ships these products) if you’re buying other products you are testing your luck cause in case you don’t like the product you'll have to ship it back yourself at your own cost. Plus you get free shipping and pick up on orders above certain amounts I guess that’s Rs. 499. Second there’s an Amazon invite and earn program it gives the inviter Rs. 200 and invitee Rs. 100 as gift cards for future shopping when the invitee shops for Rs. 400 or more. So while buying a new product you can invite yourself from your main account and order from invited account. I have done it numerous times and have got up to Rs. 1000 free cash on my main account.

Second on hit list Flipkart- Good and bad that’s what I can say about these guys and will give them 6 out of 10. On numerous occasions I have returned or replaced the products that I have bought. I think these guys are the perfect example of how to sell defective products. The only tip I can offer here is compare the prices of various clothing products and accessories with the prices on Myntra. You'll for sure find same product on both the apps (as flipkart owns myntra, don’t pls don’t give that look, you knew that right?) and I think they have common stock too. I have found same produc at lower costs on several occasions. About discount coupons you’ll rarely find any for products listed on Flipkart.

Now the biggest cheats, Myntra - They deliver products real quick, pick up real quick, offer you best price but same as Flipkart they sell defective products. I'll rate them as 4 out of 10.
Don’t buy from these guys unless you can’t find the product anywhere else or is available at lowest price here and you are prepared to return/replace the product if needed. Myntra also runs refer and earn scheme but its bullshit. Only new users with first time installs in their phones get money as stupid as it can get. While shopping here don’t settle for any discount below 30% as discounts get as high as 60% on the products and you can always make a new account and avail 30% discount coupon on your first purchase above Rs. 999 they used to offer free shipping too on the first purchase not sure they still give free shipping on first order.

And a common tip - all these sellers run various contests on their  twitter and Instagram accounts where you can win EGVs (Electronic gift cards) and coupons for free shopping. These are purely based on 90% your luck and 10% on your creativity.

Hope you won’t be hitched again that easily and with those stupid rhythmic ads they run 24*7 on tvs. May the force be with you!

Read our blog on 5 shoes men must have

5 must have shoes to be a Gent.

Let’s start with a game simple true or false-

Shoes are the first thing that people notice? Booom! True!

Second, true or false by choosing wrong, dirty, dated shoes you can turn your potential style opportunity to your style liability? True!

And the last one shoes are awesome? Ahhaaan dare you not say false it’s a statement not a question.

Seeing many guys messing up their game with wrong shoe I have decided to tip them all on the 5 must haves for a gentleman. Get down with your noting pads.

 Black dress shoes - We may call them the king of shoes and why not they have the   
 best range they can be used from  suits to  chinos and  jeans  but there is  a cliché  all the 
 laced ups and cap toes go with high end formals strictly no! no! with casuals.

Strictly Formals

Casuals with jeans chinos

     








   
 Brown dress shoe - Cousin of the  black dress  shoe, 
 it helps to break the monotony of wearing black  shoe
 daily and add to the variety and classiness.

 Yes  we  are  lazy but  don’t ever go for  the same  style 

 black shoe and brown shoe step up and get something 
 different please do yourself a favor alright.

        Boots - Boots or biker shoes or whatever. But I don’t

        have a bike why do I need them? Close this tab and go

        like chic pics you have been doing for years.

           Casual leather shoes – Dirtier the better!!!!! These 

        probably the one who are lowest in the shoe hierarchy

        hierarchy but lemme remind  you,  you spend most of

        your time in these.

      

    

        Fashion Sneakers – Now this is the naughtiest of all. 

        Here  you  have  wide  variety to  experiment  with  and

        these  with  jeans, chinos, suits blaa  blaaaa  everything

        works out if you try.

    

You may not like any one of them or two of them but the idea is to be the best with every outfit and in every situation. So no messing up now step up your game and drop a thanks in comment section later (;

Any other question you may wanna ask just drop a comment we are everything and anything.

Leicester City have got that special something !

Ever since returning to the first flight English football, Leicester City F.C. has shown something that has been lacking in the premier league for a long time now. Something that premier league flaunted during the Arsenal's unbeaten season , Manchester United treble winning season, Liverpool conquering Europe and the time when the UCL final was played between two English teams. EPL boasted of being the best football league in the world because it had something, something which was the accurate mixture of beautiful football, strategy, desire to win, taking risks, youth development and marquee signings, and most importantly respect for the amazing sport itself.

In recent times we saw Chelsea winning the old prestigious UCL trophy but by deploying extremely defensive tactics, Manchester City getting taste of some success in league just by spending money, Arsenal sticking to the concept of beautiful football but unable to make an impact, Manchester United completely lost the plot after the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson. Something was missing.

Jumping  into  the scene: 21 September 2014, Leicester City F.C. went on to produce one of the greatest comebacks in Premier League history to beat Manchester United 5–3 at the King Power Stadium after coming back from 3–1 down with 30 minutes left to score four goals. They also made Premier League history by becoming the first team to beat United from a two-goal deficit since its launch in 1992.The club made an exceptional start to the season 2015-2-16. Striker Jamie Vardy scored 13 goals over 11 consecutive games from August to November, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's Premier League record of scoring in 10 consecutive games. By 5 December 2015, they were two points clear at the top of the Premier League and were the Premier League's leading goalscorers. On 14 December, Leicester defeated defending champions Chelsea 2-1 at the King Power Stadium, with goals from Vardy and Riyad Mahrez. On 19 December, Mahrez scored two penalties as Leicester defeated Everton 2-3 away at Goodison Park. These were Mahrez's 12th and 13th league goals of the season, and the result meant Leicester would top the Premier League on Christmas Day.

On 30th December LCFC played EPL giant Manchester City. Scores were level at 0-0. Then at 70 minutes mark they brought in Ulloa (forward) in place of Drinkwater (midfielder), going for 3 points instead of 1. How many of us can think that? A team that was promoted last season went on to lock horns with the mighty Manchester Ctiy. This was "something". The desire to win with the courage of taking risks. Playing the amazing game as if there's nothing to loose. Giving 100 percent to every game. Ain't this something ?

I think that's how EPL teams are supposed to play and it was missed in past few years. No matter at what position LCFC finish, they have got my respect and of millions more across the globe.
So what's next for them ? Is it Europe calling for LCFC ?

The freeCodeCamp

The freeCodeCamp.com is like an online camp where all the code lovers like you can easily start learning code that too for FREE. Yes!! It’s totally free. 

It’s a place where you get connected to 100,000+ motivated people who all share the same passion as you do. You get to learn JavaScript and work together on full stack JavaScript coding challenges. You get the chance to build your portfolio by developing apps that solve real problems for real people. You will be in it to help nonprofits boost their business activities by empowering them with code.

The skills you get to learn in freeCodeCamp are:

§ HTML 5

§  CSS 3
§  JavaScript
§  Database
§  Git & GitHub
§  Node.js
§  React.js
§  D3.js

What all you have to do is just jump to the below link and take a big step toward launching your career as a software engineer:

www.freecodecamp.com
 

Happy coding J

Do You Know THIS ??

The all new Windows 10 oops!! not just Windows 10 infact the Windows 7,8 and 8.1 came with an interesting feature which many of us are unaware of. And I am pretty sure about that.

So let’s come straight to the point. Today I am going to tell you guys a trick to minimize all the inactive windows opened on your laptop or the desktop screen without clicking the minimize(-) button one by one. Yeah!! You guys read that right, without clicking them.

So the trick is very simple. What you guys have to do is just left click and hold the title bar of the window you want to currently work on and just shake it and wallaah!! here we go… surprise surprise. All the other inactive windows will minimize and what you have on the screen is the only the current window you are working on.

Go try this!! :)

From a Nooby Red Devil to an Acute Gunner!

I started watching football on television back in 2004 as Liverpool lifting champions league trophy in Istanbul is the most vivid thing i remember from back then. So just like every beginner i started following the champions The Red Devils, Manchester United! Such was their Charisma and aura back then. They had Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez the most feared trio of that time along with Giggsy and Scholes in their midfield and Van der sar, Ferdinand,Vidic and Evra completing the back line. Brutal if you describe them in one word. I had very modest start with watching EPL one or two match a month would suffice my hunger (now i watch as much as 10-12 matches a month). Surely watching only Man u play only and only them, they played match winning football. then came that night when Bacelona's Messi crushed Man u in Rome to win champions league in 2009 and with it Ronaldo bid adieu to The Theater of dreams and he went on to become a Galactico. United were never same after that with him they won league titles in 2006-07,2007-08,2008-09 after that just twice in 6 years loosing the brutality they had (now they are pathetic!)

I tried to catch up with La liga just to see Ronaldo play there but it was a 2 horse race back then (may be 3 horse now :p) it had all the luster but lacked competitiveness. So just after 1 season of La liga back to EPL. Now coming to the best club ever (; - Arsenal, first full 90 mins that i saw them play was back in 2011 early Feb the match every gunner will love to forget. We scored 4 goals in first half (with first 3 coming within 10 mins from the start.) I was hoping for a drubbing in the second half but it was much funnier than that we gave way 2 penalties (classic Arsenal back then) Newcastle went on to draw that game with Tiote scoring a gem of a goal just before the full time. Incredible and astonishing not the way magpies played but the way we played in first half. That was the start, Glory Glory Man United was buried and COYG! was sprouting. At the time players were deboarding Arsenal I boarded that bus, Nasri left so did Clichy, Fabregas and Van Persie. Unhurriedly I started finding about the glorious history we had the days of Henry and Begkamp, The Invincible season, Highbury, agonizingly losing that final to Barcelona and the stadium move which multiplied my respect for the club.

One would laugh but I have spent nights crying on the ruing chances of winning a game and  calculating the permutations and combinations just to finish fourth to play UCL next year. Never once we failed to do that and doing that and that too with the players which other clubs keep on their benches as surplus :p. Classic counter attacks, 'you cant see me' passing, ethics most importantly, selflessness dil hi aa gya bas. Things started improving came in Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud, Kos the boss, Ozil, Sanchez and lately Cech. Last 2 years have been great 2 FA cups and an assured League title this term (;. Our defense is as strong as i have ever seen new crop of players is startling. Although w

e still don't know how to play match winning football and it's no problem if we dont win unless we keep playing like this, The beautiful Football.

Long Live Arsenal! COYG!

Santa is here n he is SAD ):

So we have a special guest on our blog for tonight. The one who brings smiles spreads joy and add to the festivity of Christmas but he is SAD. Hey Santa why are you so low? Is it you job which has taken a toll? He is silent n mum not even a single word he can hum.

Ahh! His bag of gifts is empty. So have you lost your gifts Santa? Dats why are you sad? He shows me a picture and it shows all the remorse griefs and pains the world is going through. Attacks in Paris, giant killing in Peshawar, the drowned kid of Syria. I'll fail in my job tonight i cant make all of them happy. His concern is much more abysmal than i could have thought.

He picks up his bag and ambled down the street. I think he needs help. So can we just cut half his task and help spread some happiness today on Christmas day at least? It can be of any form and any type. You can feed a poor ,give some poor kids your toys, get them your old books,clothes or just simple tip these daily low earners handsomely while buying (:. It'll surely make their day. I dont know how many will read this or do this. But we need to make our Santa happy. Lets do this.

Merry christmas.

The best, the better, the good.

Today I went on to bring some medicines for my dad luckily not available at our "most" preferred store. So a detour and suddenly I was in the lanes that used to be the most familiar of all, the ones I took for my school. From looking for a medic now I was filled with nostalgia, 5 long years never once I went in those streets. Those early morning routines which were unbothered with for 14 long years. My mum my sissy and small me same lanes daily and daily and daily how monotonic that was but how much I miss that now.
 

“Yaadein mithai ke dabbe ki tarah hoti hai, ek baar khola to sirf ek tukda nahi kha paoge.”

Life has changed and changed for the better they say.  Now we rarely go together, never on those same lanes, never so enthusiastically. Do I love my life now? Yaa surely. But more than those days? No, even if you hold a gun at point blank. Those days were the best and no point in life will come close to beat those moments. We may move on, get busy with our routines, meet new people, make new friends but with life it’s in reverse the best, the better and the good. The Best has now gone. (:

Bill, Service charge, Service tax n other buff, WTF!

Eating in restaurants! How common is that? as common as downloading movies from torrents :p. We judge the quality of food, the environment, the crowd, the staff and I am telling you, you are getting duped! How come? Where? Not possible! Wait lemme explain. How often do you check your bill which comes in better arrangements than your ordered food? Not talking about its totaling instead its components VAT, Service tax, Service charge. Yes now were are talking; Never!

So taking the lid off. How are they duping you? First let us understand what are these non-so alien terms-

·         Service charge - it’s just like a tip (which is compulsory to pay) and its rate depends on                                          the mood of the owners :p its goes in their pockets.

·         Service tax         - Damn! Compulsory extortion. It goes to central govt.

·         VAT                      - Sister of service tax. It goes to state govt.

Taaadaaaa! now you have the power! Ehh?? No not so soon. Let’s come to the working part.
First of all "no service tax" in non-air conditioned/heating restaurants (beware Richie Richs you are being targeted here).

The net trick- indoor(hotels, restaurants etc.) and outdoor(functions and parties etc.) catering stuffs. 

For indoor eating joints and points service tax will be on 40% of bill amount plus service charges ( service tax rate being 14%) and for outdoor caterings it'll be 60% of the bill amount and service charges. VAT will always be on the full amount (excluding service tax) check the calculations below and catch all the wallet burners! 

So pls don't you ever disappoint me and pay service tax on the full bill amount. Remember the 40% and 60% rule.

Now You have the power (;

Say thank you later :p