Senior Indian batsman Rahul Dravid today became only the third player in history to score 12,000 Test runs when he reach 43 during the first match against South Africa here.
Dravid, who went into the first Test needing 57 to touch 12,000 runs, had scored 14 in the first innings and he was out on 43 in India's second essay today.
The 37-year-old is third in the all-time list behind top-placed Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar (14,422) and Australian captain Ricky Ponting (12,333).
During India's first innings, Dravid had become the third highest Test run-getter, surpassing former West Indian captain Brian Lara (11,953).
Dravid, who is playing in his 148th Test, has scored 31 centuries and 59 half centuries and averages 53.31.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Tendulkar hits 50th Test century
Indian batting star Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday became the first player to hit 50 centuries in Test matches when he played a defiant innings on the fourth day of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park.
Tendulkar, 37, reached the landmark 56 minutes after tea when he drove fast bowler Dale Steyn through the covers after batting for 258 minutes and facing 197 balls.
No other batsman has scored more than 39 Test centuries.
It was an almost flawless innings by the Indian batting maestro as he and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made a valiant effort to save their team from an innings defeat.
When he reached his century he and Dhoni had put on an unbeaten 160 for the seventh wicket and were within 47 runs of making South Africa batting again.
Tendulkar, who has been playing international cricket for 21 years, has hit centuries against every other Test nation.
His tally is made up of 11 hundreds against Australia, nine against Sri Lanka, seven against England, six against South Africa, five against Bangladesh, four against New Zealand, three each against West Indies and Zimbabwe and two against Pakistan.
Tendulkar, 37, reached the landmark 56 minutes after tea when he drove fast bowler Dale Steyn through the covers after batting for 258 minutes and facing 197 balls.
No other batsman has scored more than 39 Test centuries.
It was an almost flawless innings by the Indian batting maestro as he and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made a valiant effort to save their team from an innings defeat.
When he reached his century he and Dhoni had put on an unbeaten 160 for the seventh wicket and were within 47 runs of making South Africa batting again.
Tendulkar, who has been playing international cricket for 21 years, has hit centuries against every other Test nation.
His tally is made up of 11 hundreds against Australia, nine against Sri Lanka, seven against England, six against South Africa, five against Bangladesh, four against New Zealand, three each against West Indies and Zimbabwe and two against Pakistan.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Lindsay Lohan Hits 100 Days Sober Mark
Now THIS is something to celebrate! Lindsay Lohan - who is currently staying at the Betty Ford rehabilitation facility – has made the 100 day mark of sobriety! Guess that root beer is really working.
The ‘Machete’ actress has been clean for 100 days and her parents are thrilled for their little girl. Michael Lohan told RadarOnline.com:
Lindsay must continue undergoing rehabilitation until January 3rd as part of her court order from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden Fox. That gives her just a few more weeks in treatment.
Lindsay Lohan :
The ‘Machete’ actress has been clean for 100 days and her parents are thrilled for their little girl. Michael Lohan told RadarOnline.com:
“I hope she has a decade more.”
Lindsay must continue undergoing rehabilitation until January 3rd as part of her court order from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden Fox. That gives her just a few more weeks in treatment.
Lindsay Lohan :
Pakistani Officials: US Drone Strikes Kill 54 in Khyber
Last night's US bomb strikes in Khyber Agency, which left dead seven suspects, appeared to be alone the tip of the iceberg, as Pakistani admiral now address that the United States has launched a blast of missiles adjoin the agency, killing at least 54.
The above strikes hit in the Spin Darang village, and were said to be targeting a affair a part of doubtable Lashkar-e Islam members, a accumulation with a able attendance in Khyber which, like around every added band of Pashtuns in the affiliated areas, is generally referred to as a Pakistani Taliban faction.
It is cryptic what prompted the Obama Administration's abrupt absorption in overextension its bombinate war into Khyber, far arctic from its accepted targets in Arctic and South Waziristan, nor is it anon aboveboard why such moves were taken adjoin the Lashkar-e Islam, a accumulation which has clashed with the Pakistani government but does not arise to be a above amateur in Afghanistan.
It may artlessly be a case of accretion for escalation's sake, as the Obama Administration struggles to affirmation some admeasurement of advance in the about decade continued activity of Afghanistan and seems to be lashing out in odd admonition in an accomplishment to about-face those claims into something at atomic vaguely credible.
Midnight Delight: Total Lunar Eclipse
The Moon and the Earth accept a actual appropriate accord in the Cosmos. The Moon is abutting abundant to us to tug our oceans into flat swells, and even to accomplish you (very slightly) lighter if it's overhead. You can even "touch" the Moon, electromagnetically, by aiming a flashlight at it and acute the button: about a additional afterwards you do, the photons you barrage physically acquaintance the clay and bedrock on the Moon's credible (and the way a flashlight axle spreads out, you don't even charge acceptable aim). And of advance the Moon is the alone abode in the Universe we've alone visited.One of the a lot of arresting and admirable examples of the Earth-Moon accord takes abode during a absolute lunar eclipse, if the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow, transforming in a brace of hours from the abrupt accuracy of the Abounding Moon to the aphotic ruby-hued admiration of "umbral occlusion"or totality.
Monday evening, December 20th, starting at about 9:30 PM, the Moon will activate to access the Earth's partial, or "penumbral," shadow. About 10:30, it begins to access the adumbration (full shadow), and by 11:40 will be absolutely engulfed: "totality." Accumulation will endure until 12:53 AM Tuesday morning, if the Moon begins to leave the umbra.
Jon Stewart Is Justifiably Very Angry That 9/11 First Responders Are Still Being Ignored
On The Daily Show’s last taping of the year before the holiday break, host Jon Stewart removed absolutely any doubt about which issue is his nearest and dearest by dedicating his entire show to the issue of funding of incremental health care for9/11 First Responders. Stewart broke from his typical show’s outline, opening with an angry recap of the Senate GOP’s apparent refusal to support the aid bill, then targeting the American media outlets that oddly avoided coverage. The second segment featured a serious and moving round-table with affected responders. Updated.
Anyone that lived in New York in 2001 would reasonably share Mr. Stewart’s anger over this issue – and given that The Daily Show lives in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, just a few short blocks from Ground Zero, and was likely personally witness the heroic actions of the first responders, one can certainly understand his heightened emotion.
Stewart spared no target in his ridicule, though the segment below is distinct from the usual Daily Show fare in that it’s clear that it was created more to inspire, motivate and in some sense vent his frustrations instead of ridicule for comedic effect. The panel discussions with effected first responders was as moving a discussion as one has seen about 9/11, though without the effort to score cheap political points as was so often the case in the Ground Zero Mosque outraged that was primarily ginned up by Fox News (who has been relatively quiet on this issue like their cable news peers.)
Update – Johnny Dollar points out that earlier this week Fox News legal analyst Peter Johnson, Jr.eloquently responded to the failed vote on Fox & Friends, (though notably absent is any mention of the GOP) which can be viewed here.
Watch the two segments from Comedy Central below:
Part 2:
Blizzard confirms 'Titan' as 'next-gen MMO'
In an interview with Destructoid, World of Warcraft producer Frank Pearce finally confirmed "Titan" as at least a codename for Blizzard's new MMO project. "The media is not supposed to know anything about [Titan]," Pearce said with a smile. "It's our next-gen MMO, and we've only started talking about it in a limited fashion because we wanna leverage the fact that we're working on something like that for the purpose of recruiting, getting some of the best talent in the industry on that project." Does "we made WoW" not work well enough for recruiting developers?The name "Titan" most recently appeared on an alleged Blizzard release schedule that had supposedly leaked, but Blizzard has declined to verify its authenticity. These documents also contained details about two additional WoW expansions, as well as expansions for Diablo 3 and StarCraft 2.
British High Court Grants Bail For Julian Assange
Britain's top cloister today accepted bond to Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks architect who is capital in Sweden for analytic over allegations of rape.
Mr Justice Duncan Ouseley agreed with a accommodation by City of Westminister magistrates cloister beforehand in the anniversary to absolution Assange on austere conditions: £200,000 banknote deposit, with a added £40,000 affirmed in two sureties of £20,000, and austere altitude on his movement.
Assange stood in a aphotic blah clothing in the berth as Ouseley began audition an address by British prosecutors acting on account of Sweden.
There was an aboriginal assurance that the day would go in Assange's favour if Ouseley said: "The history of the way it [the case] has been dealt with by the Swedish prosecutors would accord Mr Assange some base that he ability be acquitted afterward a trial."
Mark Stephens, one of Assange's lawyers, said he accepted Assange to be appear after today, or tomorrow in a affliction case scenario.
"We are hopeful that he will be appear from actuality [the court] but if the formalities are not completed afore the bus goes aback to Wandsworth, he will be appear from Wandsworth later," Stephens said.
"We haven't addressed the catechism of American acknowledged activity or the abeyant for it. Our capital focus is contentment and joy, and contentment and joy of Julian's family, that he is traveling to be appear in the actual accountable future. He will not be traveling aback to that Victorian prison. He will not be traveling aback to that corpuscle already active by Oscar Wilde."
Mr Justice Duncan Ouseley agreed with a accommodation by City of Westminister magistrates cloister beforehand in the anniversary to absolution Assange on austere conditions: £200,000 banknote deposit, with a added £40,000 affirmed in two sureties of £20,000, and austere altitude on his movement. Assange stood in a aphotic blah clothing in the berth as Ouseley began audition an address by British prosecutors acting on account of Sweden.
There was an aboriginal assurance that the day would go in Assange's favour if Ouseley said: "The history of the way it [the case] has been dealt with by the Swedish prosecutors would accord Mr Assange some base that he ability be acquitted afterward a trial."
Mark Stephens, one of Assange's lawyers, said he accepted Assange to be appear after today, or tomorrow in a affliction case scenario.
"We are hopeful that he will be appear from actuality [the court] but if the formalities are not completed afore the bus goes aback to Wandsworth, he will be appear from Wandsworth later," Stephens said.
"We haven't addressed the catechism of American acknowledged activity or the abeyant for it. Our capital focus is contentment and joy, and contentment and joy of Julian's family, that he is traveling to be appear in the actual accountable future. He will not be traveling aback to that Victorian prison. He will not be traveling aback to that corpuscle already active by Oscar Wilde."
Google Books Ngram Viewer
Google used some of the data obtained from 15 million scanned books to build Google Books Ngram Viewer.
"The datasets we're making available today to further humanities research are based on a subset of that corpus, weighing in at 500 billion words from 5.2 million books in Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish. The datasets contain phrases of up to five words with counts of how often they occurred in each year. (...) The Ngram Viewer lets you graph and compare phrases from these datasets over time, showing how their usage has waxed and waned over the years," says Jon Orwant, from the Google Books team.
"The datasets we're making available today to further humanities research are based on a subset of that corpus, weighing in at 500 billion words from 5.2 million books in Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish. The datasets contain phrases of up to five words with counts of how often they occurred in each year. (...) The Ngram Viewer lets you graph and compare phrases from these datasets over time, showing how their usage has waxed and waned over the years," says Jon Orwant, from the Google Books team.
Yahoo! is Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, AltaVista, MyBlogLog, Yahoo! Picks and Yahoo! Bookmarks Services
With the announcement that Yahoo! will retire Delicious, MyBlogLog, Altavista and other Yahoo! services, WordPress users around the world will have their blogging habits change.
For the bags of WordPress bloggers who use Delicious in abounding ways, including creating Link Posts automatically on their blogs, featuring Delicious links in their sidebar, and application it to bookmark websites and pages for advertence in autograph their blog posts, your bookmarking habits and publishing techniques will change.
The accident of Delicious will beggarly that those WordPress Plugins will stop working, as able-bodied added methods. Hotlink Posts accept absent their amount over the accomplished year as added and added humans allotment links and quick advertence tips through Twitter and Facebook rather than in a account hotlink arbitrary column on their blogs. Still, abounding do, and this address will either accept to change or end.
In the commodity on WordCast I wrote about the closing of Delicious, I added tips on how to consign your Delicious bookmarks to assure them and use them in added artistic ways. I'll be publishing added on that in the next few days, allowance you save those adored links.
I’m aswell anxious about the closing of MyBlogLog. Abounding bloggers jumped assimilate that amusing networking wagon and accept blimp their sidebars abounding of MyBlogLog widgets, blimp with micro thumbnail pictures of adolescent acquaintance bloggers. This is now replaced calmly by the assorted WordPress Plugins for Facebook.
On a claimed note, I'm aswell sad to see AltaVista go. On that day, an important section of Internet history will disappear. Continued afore Google, AltaVista was my seek engine of choice, my aperture above hotlink lists and directories to the accessible on the web. I thrived on Babel Fish to accommodate burning apparatus translations of argument and web pages. While not perfect, it was the aboriginal web-based adaptation appliance and opened up my apple to what others had to say in a accent not my own. I aswell admired it as it was called for the adaptation “fish†put into the aerial of characters from the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a continued time admired book and show.
With the account that Ask.com with Ask Jeeves bankrupt endure month, Yahoo! abandoning their seek engine to Microsoft Bing, a lot of the architecture blocks of the aboriginal web are gone. I feel about these the aforementioned way I do about the afterlife of Blake Edwards, Richard Holbrooke, and the endure adventure tonight of Larry King.
I don't charge to say more. You apperceive the feeling.
In the commodity on WordCast I wrote about the closing of Delicious, I added tips on how to consign your Delicious bookmarks to assure them and use them in added artistic ways. I'll be publishing added on that in the next few days, allowance you save those adored links.
I’m aswell anxious about the closing of MyBlogLog. Abounding bloggers jumped assimilate that amusing networking wagon and accept blimp their sidebars abounding of MyBlogLog widgets, blimp with micro thumbnail pictures of adolescent acquaintance bloggers. This is now replaced calmly by the assorted WordPress Plugins for Facebook.
On a claimed note, I'm aswell sad to see AltaVista go. On that day, an important section of Internet history will disappear. Continued afore Google, AltaVista was my seek engine of choice, my aperture above hotlink lists and directories to the accessible on the web. I thrived on Babel Fish to accommodate burning apparatus translations of argument and web pages. While not perfect, it was the aboriginal web-based adaptation appliance and opened up my apple to what others had to say in a accent not my own. I aswell admired it as it was called for the adaptation “fish†put into the aerial of characters from the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a continued time admired book and show.
With the account that Ask.com with Ask Jeeves bankrupt endure month, Yahoo! abandoning their seek engine to Microsoft Bing, a lot of the architecture blocks of the aboriginal web are gone. I feel about these the aforementioned way I do about the afterlife of Blake Edwards, Richard Holbrooke, and the endure adventure tonight of Larry King.
I don't charge to say more. You apperceive the feeling.
Why Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens Split
In an In Touch piece about Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens titled, “Why Zac Broke Vanessa’s Heart,” the tab claims Efron “ended the romance after Vanessa pressured him to get engaged.”
Really?
What's more, the annual letters Hudgens is incredibly devastated.
Really?
Contrary to In Touch's scenario, the absolute acumen the adolescent brace breach is that they both acquainted the accord had run its course" and reliable sources assure Gossip Cop the two are "still friends".
The magazine quotes a so-called “friend” of the High School Musical stars as saying, “Vanessa was expecting an engagement ring for her birthday, Christmas or New Years (sic)… When he realized he wasn’t ready to get engaged, he decided to end things.”
Really?
What's more, the annual letters Hudgens is incredibly devastated.
Really?
Contrary to In Touch's scenario, the absolute acumen the adolescent brace breach is that they both acquainted the accord had run its course" and reliable sources assure Gossip Cop the two are "still friends".
Nick Cannon talks about his and Mariah's twins on his radio show!
This morning Nick gave the absolute beat on 92.3 NOW during Rollin’ with Nick Cannon… He and Mariah are accepting twins!
This advancing Friday, Mariah Carey will be assuming during Christmas in Washington for President Barack Obama and Aboriginal Lady Michelle Obama.
While at the event, the President and Aboriginal Lady inquired about Mariah’s pregnancy. Caught up in the emotion, Mariah fabricated the aboriginal humans she appear the account of her twins to Barack and Michelle Obama!
Coolest adventure ever? YES!
Until this morning, alone FOUR humans knew this admirable news… Nick, Mariah, the President of the United States and his wife. Talk about classified information!
Radio Talk :
"Hope she has one of each! And technically, he broke the news last night to E!, but I'm glad he came right out and actually said it. And holy crap, it's awesome Obama and Michelle knew! And LOL, Nick is going to get in so much trouble for revealing this without telling Mariah."
Thursday, December 16, 2010
LG Optimus 2X: World’s First Tegra 2 Phone
LG just announced the LG Optimus 2X which is not only the world’s first Tegra 2 powered phone, but also an Android Phone- gotta love it.
Running on Android 2.2 you can expect the Optimus 2X to have a 4-inch screen, front (1.3MP) and rear facing (8MP) cameras, 8GB memory, 1,500 mAh battery, HDMI mirroring (WHAT?), and 1080p video.
If by HDMI mirroring they mean you can actually play WHATEVER is on your phone onto whatever HD screen you’re connected… wow. Android lovers with HDMI output have been dying for this feature.
Unfortunately you won’t get it with the Optimus Z, at least any time soon, if you’re in America. The phone launches in Korea in January followed by Europe and Asia.
LG CEO said, “LG Optimus 2X is proof of LG’s commitment to high-end smartphones in 2011." Let’s hope he illustrates that at CES 2011 in January with some announcements in the United States!
Full Press Release -
LG LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST AND FASTEST DUAL-CORE SMARTPHONE
LG Optimus 2X with Tegra 2 Offers Top Multimedia Features for a Better User Experience
SEOUL, Dec. 16, 2010 — LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled the LG Optimus 2X, the world’s first smartphone with a dual-core processor. Along with more powerful multimedia features, the LG Optimus 2X’s high-performance Tegra 2 processor makes for faster, smoother web browsing and applications and lets users multitask with virtually no screen lag.
"Dual-core technology is the next leap forward in mobile technology so this is no small achievement to be the first to offer a smartphone utilizing this technology," said Dr. Jong-seok Park, CEO and President of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "With unique features such as HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) mirroring and exceptional graphics performance, the LG Optimus 2X is proof of LG’s commitment to high-end smartphones in 2011."
Developed by graphics processor powerhouse NVIDIA?, the dual-core Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip found in the LG Optimus 2X runs at a clock speed of 1GHz and boasts low power consumption and high performance for playing video and audio. Users will experience faster web browsing and smoother gameplay compared with single-core processors running at the same speed as well as instantaneous touch response and seamless multitasking between applications.
The LG Optimus 2X offers 1080p HD video playback and recording with HDMI mirroring that expands content on external displays to full HD quality. The LG Optimus 2X can connect wirelessly to any DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compatible digital device such as HD TVs for a console-like gaming experience taking full advantage of the phone’s HDMI mirroring, accelerometer and gyro sensor. The smartphone also includes both rear- and front-facing cameras, microSD memory expandability, Micro-USB port and a hefty 1500mAh battery.
The LG Optimus 2X will be available in Korea next month with countries in Europe and Asia to follow. The phone will initially be released with Android 2.2 (Froyo) and will be upgradeable to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). The upgrade schedule will be announced in local markets in due course.
Key specifications:
1Ghz Dual-core Processor (NVIDIA Tegra 2)
4-inch WVGA screen
8GB memory (up to 32GB via microSD)
1,500 mAh battery
8 megapixel rear camera and 1.3 megapixel front camera
HDMI mirroring
1080p MPEG-4/H.264 playback and recording
Thor - Official Trailer 2011
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, Thor, which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It's while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
True Grit Trailer 2010 - Matt Damon
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Hailee Steinfeld
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Plot : A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer.
Take Me Home Tonight
As the summer of 1988 winds down, three friends on the verge of adulthood attend an out-of-control party in celebration of their last night of unbridled youth. Starring Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler and Teresa Palmer, Take Me Home Tonight is a raunchy, romantic and ultimately touching blast from the past set to an awesome soundtrack of timeless rock and hip-hop hits. Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) should be working for a Fortune 500 company and starting his upward climb to full-fledged yuppie-hood. Instead, the directionless 23-year-old confounds family and friends by taking a part-time job behind the counter of a video store at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. But Matt's silent protest against maturity comes to a screeching halt once his unrequited high school crush, Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer), walks into the store. When she invites him to an epic, end-of-summer party, Matt thinks he finally might have a chance with the girl of his dreams. With his cynical twin sister Wendy (Anna Faris) and best friend Barry (Dan Fogler), Matt embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime evening. From stealing a car to a marriage proposal to an indescribable, no-holds-barred dance-off, these friends share experiences that will change the course of their lives on one unforgettable night in the Go-Go '80s.
Water For Elephants
The adaptation of the best-selling book Water For Elephants is one of the most anticipated films of 2011. With big names like Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, and Robert Pattinson, it’s attracting attention from all ends of the fan-base spectrum.
For more on the story, here’s the official book synopsis:
“When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.”
The Tree of Life (2011) HD Official Trailer - Brad Pitt
The Tree of Life is an upcoming American film written and directed by Terrence Malick starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.
PLOT : The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.
CAST:
Brad Pitt as Mr. O'Brien
Sean Penn as Adult Jack
Kari Matchett as Jack's Ex
Joanna Going as Jack's Wife
Jackson Hurst as Uncle Roy
Jessica Chastain as Mrs. O'Brien
Fiona Shaw as Grandmother
Crystal Mantecon as Elisa
Tamara Jolaine as Mrs. Stone
Hunter McCracken as Young Jack
Dustin Allen as George Walsh
PLOT : The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.
CAST:
Brad Pitt as Mr. O'Brien
Sean Penn as Adult Jack
Kari Matchett as Jack's Ex
Joanna Going as Jack's Wife
Jackson Hurst as Uncle Roy
Jessica Chastain as Mrs. O'Brien
Fiona Shaw as Grandmother
Crystal Mantecon as Elisa
Tamara Jolaine as Mrs. Stone
Hunter McCracken as Young Jack
Dustin Allen as George Walsh
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Time Magazine: 2010 Man of the Year Mark Zuckerberg
Time magazine has named Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg 2010 Person of the Year.Managing Editor Richard Stengel made the announcement live on TODAY Wednesday.
He said: “It’s something that is transforming the way we live our lives every day. It’s social engineering, changing the way we relate to each other. He’s very affable, he’s in the moment, he’s quick-witted. He has this thing when he gets on camera and becomes suddenly shy.”
The 26-year-old is the second youngest person to be given the honor. The youngest was Charles Lindbergh, who was only 25 when he was Time magazine’s very first Man of the Year back in 1927.
Runner-ups were the Tea Party, Julian Assange from WikiLeaks, Hamid Karzai, leader of Afghanistan, and the Chilean miners.
According to Time, the nod went to Zuckerberg because he “created a system of exchanging information that has become both indispensable and sometimes a little frightening. It has changed our lives in ways that are both innovative and even optimistic.”
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