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Superb Shots of "Ms. Sania Mirza"
29 April, 2006
10 Laws of computer
29 April, 2006
1. When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen.
2. When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it's probably obsolete.
3. The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you'd least expect to find it.
4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.
5. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
6. To err is human...to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human, its downright natural.
7. He who laughs last, probably has a back-up.
8. The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
9. A complex system that doesn't work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
10. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want it to do.
2. When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it's probably obsolete.
3. The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you'd least expect to find it.
4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.
5. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
6. To err is human...to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human, its downright natural.
7. He who laughs last, probably has a back-up.
8. The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
9. A complex system that doesn't work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
10. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want it to do.
Hillarious
29 April, 2006
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL ......AND YOU WILL CRY...
29 April, 2006
Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating
room. She said: "How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When
can I see him?"
The surgeon said, "I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't
make it."
Sally said, "Why do little children get cancer? Doesn't God care any more?
Where were you, God, when my son needed you?"
The surgeon asked, "Would you like some time alone with your son? One of
the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the
university."
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good-bye to son. She
ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair.
"Would you like a lock of his hair?" the nurse asked.
Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a
plastic bag and handed it to Sally. The mother said, "It was Jimmy's idea
to donate his body to the university for study. He said it might help
somebody else. "I said no at first, but Jimmy said, 'Mom, I won't be using
it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more
day with his Mom." She went on, "My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always
thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could."
Sally walked out of Children's mercy Hospital for the last time, after
spending most of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's
belongings on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was
difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried
Jimmy's belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her
son's room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things
back in his room exactly where he had always kept them. She laid down
across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Laying beside her on the bed was
a folded letter. The letter said:
"Dear Mom, I know you're going to miss me; but don't think that I will
ever forget you, or stop loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say I
LOVE YOU. I will always lo ve you, Mom, even more with each day. Someday
we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little
boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can have my room
and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she
probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy her
dolls and stuff girls like, you know. Don't be sad thinking about me. This
really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here
and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything.
The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly. And, you know what?
Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures. Yet, when I saw Him, I knew
it was Him. Jesus himself took me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom? I got
to sit on God's knee and talk to Him! , like I was somebody important.
That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you
good-bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, you
know what Mom? God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to rite
you this letter. I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to
drop this letter off to you. God said for me to give you the answer to one
of the questions you asked Him 'Where was He when I needed him?' "God said
He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross.
He was right there, as He always is with all His children.
Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written except you. To
everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have
to give God His pen back now. He needs it to write some more names in the
Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper.
I'm, sure the food will be great.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don't hurt anymore. The cancer is all
gone. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't
stand to see me hurt so much, either. That's when He sent The Angel of
Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery! How about
that?
Signed with Love from: God, & Me.
Let's see Satan stop this one.
LOONEY BINS
29 April, 2006
Questioning the monkey ..
29 April, 2006
> :)
>
> Once in America a plane crashed, only a monkey who
> was traveling in the plane was left alive.
> Fortunately the monkey was intelligent enough to
> understand our language and reply in actions. The
> officials went to see the monkey in the hospital and
> had a talk with the monkey.
>
> Officer: "When the plane took off what were the
> travelers doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Tying their belts"
>
> Officer: "What were the airhostesses doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Saying Hello! Good morning!"
>
> Officer: "What were the pilots doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Checking the system"
>
> Officer: "What were you doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Looking for my people"
>
> Officer: "After 10' minutes what were the
> travelers doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Having beverages and snacks"
>
> Officer: "What were the airhostesses doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Serving the travelers"
>
> Officer: "What were the Pilots doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Handling the steering"
>
> Officer: "What were you doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Eating & throwing"
>
> Officer: "After 30 minutes what were the travelers
> doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Some were sleeping and some were reading"
>
> Officer: "What were the airhostesses doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Make up"
>
> Officer: "What were the pilots doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Handling the steering"
>
> Officer: "What were you doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Nothing"
>
> Officer: "Just before plane crash what were the
> travelers doing?"
> Monkey: "All were sleeping"
>
> Officer: "What were the pilots doing?"
>
> Monkey: "Handling the air hostess"
>
> Officer: What were you doing?
>
> Monkey: Handling the steering!!!!!
>
>
> No more Questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hot - Hot - Hot Girls
29 April, 2006
The Bomb & The Pilot
27 April, 2006
The bomb and the pilot
3 people were on a plane. One said to the pilot, "I have a glass
bottle. What do I do with it?" The pilot told him to throw it out the
window. The second one asked the same question and the pilot also told
him to throw it out the window. The third one asked the pilot, "I have
a bomb. What do I do with it?" The pilot told him to throw it out the
window. When they landed they met a man crying. When asked why he was
crying, he replied, "Because I got hit in the head with a glass
bottle. They met a woman who was crying for the same reason. Then the
met a man laughing. They asked him why he was laughing and he
replied, "Because I walked by a building and farted. Then the building
blew up.
3 people were on a plane. One said to the pilot, "I have a glass
bottle. What do I do with it?" The pilot told him to throw it out the
window. The second one asked the same question and the pilot also told
him to throw it out the window. The third one asked the pilot, "I have
a bomb. What do I do with it?" The pilot told him to throw it out the
window. When they landed they met a man crying. When asked why he was
crying, he replied, "Because I got hit in the head with a glass
bottle. They met a woman who was crying for the same reason. Then the
met a man laughing. They asked him why he was laughing and he
replied, "Because I walked by a building and farted. Then the building
blew up.
Condom Emergency
27 April, 2006
Condom Emergency
President Boris Yeltsin called Clinton with an emergency:
"Our largest condom factory has exploded!" the Russian President
cried.
"My people's favorite form of birth control! This is a true
disaster!"
"Boris, the American people would be happy to do anything within
their power to help you," replied the President.
"I do need your help," said Yeltsin. "Could you possibly send
1,000,000 condoms ASAP to tide us over?"
"Why certainly! I'll get right on it!" said Clinton.
"Oh, and one more small favor, please?" said Yeltsin.
"Yes?"
"Could the condoms be red in color and at least 10" long and 4" in
diameter?" said Yeltsin.
"No problem," replied the President and, with that, Clinton hung up
and called the President of Trojan. "I need a favor, you've got to
make 1,000,000 condoms right away and send them to Russia."
"Consider it done," said the President of Trojan.
"Great! Now listen, they have to be red in color, 10" long and 4"
wide."
"Easily done. Anything else?"
"Yeah," said the President, "print 'MADE IN AMERICA, SIZE MEDIUM' on
each one."
President Boris Yeltsin called Clinton with an emergency:
"Our largest condom factory has exploded!" the Russian President
cried.
"My people's favorite form of birth control! This is a true
disaster!"
"Boris, the American people would be happy to do anything within
their power to help you," replied the President.
"I do need your help," said Yeltsin. "Could you possibly send
1,000,000 condoms ASAP to tide us over?"
"Why certainly! I'll get right on it!" said Clinton.
"Oh, and one more small favor, please?" said Yeltsin.
"Yes?"
"Could the condoms be red in color and at least 10" long and 4" in
diameter?" said Yeltsin.
"No problem," replied the President and, with that, Clinton hung up
and called the President of Trojan. "I need a favor, you've got to
make 1,000,000 condoms right away and send them to Russia."
"Consider it done," said the President of Trojan.
"Great! Now listen, they have to be red in color, 10" long and 4"
wide."
"Easily done. Anything else?"
"Yeah," said the President, "print 'MADE IN AMERICA, SIZE MEDIUM' on
each one."
Journalists blackmailed by Israeli embassy in Mauritania
27 April, 2006
| Journalists blackmailed by Israeli embassy in Mauritania | |||||||||
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A
recent report in a Saudi newspaper has claimed that Israel's embassy in
Mauritania is operating under directives from the Israeli secret
security agency, the Mossad, in an attempt to recruit Mauritanian
agents to work for Israel, using blackmail and other threats.
According to the Saudi al Watan newspaper, Israel's ambassador to Mauritania, Boaz Bismut, was instructed to apply pressure on local Mauritanian journalists to provide information and work towards changing Mauritanian public opinion regarding Israel. Before his diplomatic career, Bismut was a journalist in Israel's Yediot Ahronoth newspaper.
Bismut was quoted as saying, "The Mauritanian nation will not accept normalization with Israel unless Mauritanian journalists do so first."
To do so, the Saudi paper said, Israel had applied pressure to coerce Mauritanian journalists into undertaking the task of changing local public opinion about Israeli-Mauritanian relations.
Journalists were reportedly lured with tempting offers, including sexual relations with foreign women, bribe money, and promises of support in securing prominent job positions in return for their help in the Israeli endeavor.
The newspaper even revealed the whereabouts of three
luxury apartments used by Mauritanian journalists for secret rendezvous
with the foreign women. Unbeknownst to the journalists, the sexual
encounters were then recorded, later to be used to blackmail them by
the Israeli embassy.
The Saudi paper explained that the Israeli ambassador would later approach the journalists, threatening to release the videotapes if they did not cooperate with Israel.
Bismut was also reportedly interested in finding out which Mauritanian politician held the most popularity locally, so that he could be recruited for Israel's undercover public relations effort.
The accusations were reportedly confirmed by several Mauritanian journalists with whom the paper spoke that claimed to have fallen into the Israeli trap. In the past, the journalists said, Bismut had also offered journalists huge sums of money to gain their favor.
Ever since the opening of the Israeli embassy in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott, many have called for its closure.
Mauritania, a member of the Arab League, had close
ties with Israel under former leader, Maaouya Sid'Ahmed Taya, who was
overthrown in a 2005 coup. Taya's warm relations with Israel angered
many and alienated Muslim countries worldwide.
According to Al Sharq Al Awsat,, the United States in 1993 put pressure on Mauritania "to normalize relations with Israel and accept the Middle East peace process."
Mauritanian later became the only Arab state not to withdraw its ambassador from Israel after the eruption of the Al Aqsa Intifadah. | |||||||||
Salma Hayek(s) Biography
27 April, 2006
Salma Hayek BiographyProfile: Salma Hayek
Full Name: Salma Hayek-Jimenez
Birth Date: September 2, 1966
Birth Place: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Height: 5' 2"
Measurements: 36C-25-37
Quote: "My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood."
Quote: "I act tall!" "But look how short I am...I can't even act to be tall. I'm five-two. I can't even create the illusion that I am tall!"
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Salma Hayek Biography
This beauty was born and raised in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her religious parents -- father of Lebanese descent, mother of Spanish descent -- wanted to ensure that their daughter would be well-educated, and sent her a Louisiana boarding school when she was 12. Sent back home for being a prankster in boarding school, Hayek finished high school and was sent to Houston to live with her aunt until the age of 17.
Once a college student in Mexico City majoring in international relations studies, Hayek finally decided to dropout (to her parents' chagrin) to pursue her childhood dream of becoming an actress.
Hayek started out doing local theater, including a role as the female lead in Aladdin and His Marvelous Lamp. Theater work eventually led to commercials, which finally led to a part a popular daytime soap called Nuevo Amanecer. Hayek was considered a goddess in Mexico for her role as Teresa in the serial of the same name. This was, however, not enough for this ambitious beauty who had set her sights on the big leagues: Hollywood.
Hayek moved to Los Angeles in 1991, a complete unknown in a city full of aspiring actors. Foreign to the English language, Hayek spent the next 18 months taking English lessons, while perfecting her acting skills with a drama teacher. Although Hayek spent four months auditioning for a leading role that finally went to another actress, the director, impressed by her determination, cast her in a smaller role in the film so that she could become a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Her big break had finally arrived, and it was mostly thanks to her appearance on a Spanish-language cable talk show. Director Robert Rodriguez caught Hayek's appearance, and knew he had to cast her for the lead role of the sequel to his successful film El Mariachi, 1995's Desperado, opposite Antonia Banderas. Roles in Fair Game and Fled did not do the actress justice, but with Salma Hayek web sites finding their home in cyberspace and roles pouring in, audiences were sure to take notice of this Mexican beauty.
She was cast in From Dusk 'Til Dawn with George Clooney and in the 1997 comedy Fools Rush In, co-starring Matthew Perry and marking her first leading role. That same year, Hayek charmed audiences with her role as Esmeralda in a TNT rendition of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She was no stranger to the role, as she portrayed Esmeralda in Disney's Spanish version of the film.
Hayek's film repertoire only continued to expand, with a role as a coke-sniffing dancer in 54, a tribute to the popular 70's nightclub. She also starred opposite Kevin Kline and Will Smith in last summer's big budget disappointment Wild Wild West.; the controversial Dogma, co-starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; and she will soon be seen in The Velocity of Gary, as well as Frida, the biography of painter Frida Kahlo.
Salma Hayek Filmography
Lonely Hearts (2006) .... Martha Beck
Bandidas (2006) .... Sara
Paint (2005)
Ask the Dust (2005) .... Camilla
Sian Ka'an (2005) (voice) .... Maria
After the Sunset (2004) .... Lola Cirillo
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) .... Carolina
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) .... Cesca Giggles
... aka Spy Kids 3: Game Over (USA: video title)
Frida (2002) .... Frida Kahlo
In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) (TV) .... Minerva Mirabal
... aka En el tiempo de las mariposas
Hotel (2001) .... Charlee Boux
Traffic (2000) (uncredited) .... Rosario, Madrigal's Mistress
... aka Traffic - Die Macht des Kartells (Germany)
Gran vida, La (2000) .... Lola
... aka Living It Up (International: English title)
Chain of Fools (2000) .... Kolko
Timecode (2000) .... Rose
Wild Wild West (1999) .... Rita Escobar
Coronel no tiene quien le escriba, El (1999) .... Julia
... aka No One Writes to the Colonel (International: English title)
... aka Pas de lettre pour le colonel (France)
... aka Personne n'�crit au colonel (France)
Dogma (1999) .... Serendipity
The Faculty (1998) .... Nurse Rosa Harper
The Velocity of Gary (1998) .... Mary Carmen
54 (1998) .... Anita Randazzo
... aka Fifty-Four
Breaking Up (1997) .... Monica
The Hunchback (1997) (TV) .... Esmeralda
... aka The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Europe: English title)
Fools Rush In (1997) .... Isabel Fuentes
Sistole Diastole (1997) .... Carmelita
Fled (1996) .... Cora
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Santanico Pandemonium
Follow Me Home (1996)
"Vuelo del �guila, El" (1996) TV Series .... Juana Cata
Fair Game (1995) .... Rita
Four Rooms (1995) .... TV Dancing Girl (segment "The Misbehavers")
Desperado (1995) .... Carolina
Callej�n de los milagros, El (1995) .... Alma
... aka Midaq Alley
... aka Miracle Alley (Australia)
Roadracers (1994) (TV) .... Donna
... aka Rebel Highway
"The Sinbad Show" (1993) TV Series .... Gloria Contreras (1993)
... aka Sinbad (UK)
Mi vida loca (1993) .... Gata
... aka My Crazy Life
"Teresa" (1989) TV Series .... Teresa
"Nuevo amanecer, Un" (1988) TV Series .... Fabiola
Body Language
27 April, 2006
Guess what I discovered I could do? I found I can list the complete human body in terms of almost all outer parts from the cranium to the Kanyakumari using popular phrases, sayings, saws, some proverbs and several adages and axioms. For instance have a look at Mr Below if you don't believe.
Bad HAIR day; banging your HEAD against a brick wall; BRAIN drain; by the sweat of his BROW; as far as the EYE can see; cut off your NOSE to spite your face; cauliflower EARS; CHEEK by jowl; born with a silver spoon in his MOUTH; button your LIP; bite your TONGUE; armed to the TEETH; by the hairs on my chinny CHIN chin; cut THROAT competition; an albatross around his NECK; a chip on the SHOULDER; casing the JOINT; business at HAND; bend your ELBOW; brothers in ARMS; cross my PALM with silver; bleeding HEART liberal; BOSOM buddies; an army marches on its STOMACH ; back to BACK; contemplate one's NAVEL; as tight as a duck's ARSE; catching him by the BALLS; cool and HIP; break a LEG; between the THIGHS; bee's KNEES; cramp in the CALF; ANKLE deep; bound hand and FOOT; bells on her TOES; cash on the NAIL.
Did I hear you say "So? Big freaking deal"? Then get this: I used only the first three letters of the alphabets beginning each phrase, so that you can quickly stop reading this sentence in mid gasp and check back on the para that just whizzed past your skull. Every one of those aphorisms or epigrams or whatever the hell they're called starts with an A, B or C. No D to Zee, see? So here's the real deal now: Think you can do the same with any other arbitrary three letters – preferably successive ones if possible like DEF, GHI, MNO, STU, etc? If not, admit defeat and we'll both pretend like today never happened in the calendar.
DEAR MS,
Eeking-Out-A-Living-Dept:
The author of the letter claiming the
mouse Endgame was wrong forgot the fact that every bottle had a unique
selection of mice, a unique binary code as one solution suggested, and
that after one month when the mice died the poisoned bottle could be
found by simply checking which bottle it was that had been fed to those
particular mice.
Anubhav Yadu, a_yadu@yahoo.com
Coming-Of-Age-Dept:
(The Endgame was: "How many numbers between 1 and 1000000 have the sum of their digits as18?" – MS)
The number is 25927. The following
formula gives the answer: (18 + 6 - 1)C(6 - 1) - 6*(8 + 6 - 1)C(6 - 1)
= 23C5 - 6*13C5. This is easily arrived at once we rephrase the problem
as follows: given 18 identical objects, in how many ways can we pack
them into six ordered boxes, with the restriction that no more than
nine objects are allowed in each box. Without going into details (which
would be a mini-puzzle for some readers if you run this solution!), the
23C5 is the number of ways this can be done without the upper limit of
9, and the 6*13C5 is the number of combinations that fail this
condition.
Manoj Nair, mnair77@gmail.com
There are 1 + 54 + 615 + 4170 + 21087
= 25927 numbers between 1 and 1000000 whose digits add up to the sum of
18. It was simple and all I had to do was execute a program but
thereafter I was more interested in finding out how to do it manually.
Happily, all it needed was a knowledge of simple combinatorics. In fact
it can be done in minutes with the help of a PC.
Altaf Ahmed, Dubai , UAE
Let us take an example of a four-digit
number having digits a, b, c, d. Then the condition is a + b + c + d =
18 where only a can't take 0 as its value. Hence the required number of
solutions will be the coefficient of x^18 in (x + x^2 + x^3 . . . +
x^9)(1 + x + x^2 + x^3 . . . + x^9)^3. With the help of binomial
theorem, we will get the coefficient as 11C3 + 20C3 - (3C1*10C3) where
nCr is n!/r!(n - r)!. Similarly we can do for two-, three-, five-,
six-digit numbers. The total number of numbers between 1 and 1000000 is
(in order of increasing digit numbers =1 + 54 + 615 + 4170 + 21087 =
25927.
Viren Timble, viren_t2005@yahoo.co.in
There should be no early bird criteria
for printing names since someone who sends his answer first might have
solved it later compared to another guy who solved the puzzle, but may
not be in a position to send the answer. (Actually I wait about three
weeks so that early birds can be chosen from different categories
besides TOI, like website, blogs, overseas print editions, etc – MS)
Hardeep Singh, hs2412@gmail.com
ENDGAME
(Continued from Dear MS,) Along with
the answer I found a peculiar series being formed if you find the
number of such numbers (digit sum) between 1 and 100, 200, 300, 400, .
. . 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, . . . 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300 . . . . They
are 1, 3, 6, 10, . . . 55, 57, 60, d, . . . 118, 121, 125, 130. Can any
mathemagician with some logical sequencing skills find out what kind of
series it is and how to calculate the nth number in this series?
Lt Col Sanjay Mohan, Bangalore, India
Outrageously Wild & Shocking
27 April, 2006
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A
recent phenomenon in Saudi Arabia has raised eyebrows for many and
calls for a closer look at the Kingdom's conservative society:
sex-change operations.
Reports reveal that in 2005, there were no less than five cases of women who underwent surgery to become men in the Kingdom, according to Al Watan.
Though this may seem like a small number considering Saudi Arabia's population of more than 26 million, the figure comes as a shock to many in the conservative Muslim society, as Saudi Arabia remains one of the most traditional countries in the region, especially regarding sexuality and equal rights for men and women.
Some Saudi officials have reportedly laid blame for the shocking phenomenon on the blasphemous influences of the West, as well as on "psychological defects" of those who underwent the surgery.
However, according to other sources, the women embarked on the painful and dangerous transformation as a way to overcome the severe oppression and inequality that they reportedly encountered in Saudi society.
By becoming men, the women beleive, they would have
the opportunity to enjoy those privileges denied them as Saudi females
but allowed to Saudi males, including rights taken for granted in other
societies, such as driving a car or even going to public places
unaccompanied by a male relative.
A new black market for such operations is reportedly flourishing, and those interested in undergoing a sex-change operation are transported to another country (usually India) where the operation is preformed.
The entire process, including departure from Saudi Arabia, the operation in a foreign land, and return to the Kingdom under an assumed identity, reportedly takes all but two weeks.
The newspaper quoted a senior scholar as saying the Saudi authorities have to fill what he described as a legal vacuum by issuing laws against sex change operations. | |||||||||
This is Really Funny - I want your comments on this issue
27 April, 2006
Furore as two ‘scantily clad’ girls mobbed by youths at football club; Arab expats rob Asian expats by ‘force’ in Salmiya