Jehovah’s Witnesses Refusal of Blood Transfusions

A fundamental doctrine of the Jehovah’s Witnesses teaches that the Bible prohibits consumption, storage and transfusion of blood, including in cases of emergency. This doctrine was introduced in 1945, and has been elaborated upon since then. Although accepted by a majority of Jehovah’s Witnesses, evidence indicates a minority does not wholly endorse this doctrine. Facets of the doctrine have drawn praise and criticism from both members of the medical community and Jehovah’s Witnesses alike.
In 1964, Jehovah’s Witnesses were prohibited from obtaining transfusions for pets, from using fertilizer containing blood, and were even encouraged to write to dog food manufacturers to verify that their products were blood-free. Later that year, Jehovah’s Witnesses doctors and nurses were instructed to withhold blood transfusions from fellow Jehovah’s Witnesses. As to administering transfusions to non-members, The Watchtower stated that such a decision is “left to the Christian doctor’s own conscience.”

Islamic Niqab

A niqab is a veil which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab. It is popular in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf but it can also be found in North Africa, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Mormon Baptism of the Dead

Baptism for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism is a religious practice of baptising a living person on behalf of an individual who is dead; the living person is acting as the deceased person’s proxy. It has been practiced since 1840 in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where it is also called temple baptism because it is performed only in dedicated temples.

The practice of dowry exists across India

This is a cultural practice rather than a religious one. The practice of dowry exists across India. Despite laws against it, the practice continues. The girl child’s dowry and wedding expenses often sends her family into a huge debt trap. As consumerism and wealth increase in India, dowry demands are growing. In rural areas, families sell their land holdings, while the urban poor sell their houses.

Most Popular Halloween Treats

 This is the time to get candies from strangers. Halloween is candy fest and it’s one day that you can indulge guilt free in treats and get away with it. Halloween surpasses even valentines day when it comes to candy. So celebrating the best day ever make your Halloween more of a treat and read on about the best candies that make you wait all year for this fright fest. Enjoy your childhood once again!

Happy Halloween ! trick or treat!

Candy Corn

This is  by far the most popular halloween treat. From pre-school to high school this treat has stood the test of time.

Shamanism

Shamanism refers to a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world. There are many variations in shamanism throughout the world, though there are some beliefs that are shared by all forms of shamanism. Its practitioners claim the ability to diagnose and cure human suffering and, in some societies, the ability to cause suffering. This is believed to be accomplished by traversing the axis mundi and forming a special relationship with, or gaining control over, spirits.

Jewish Kaparot

Kaparot is a traditional Jewish religious ritual that takes place around the time of the High Holidays. Classically, it is performed by grasping a live chicken by the sholder blades and moving around one’s head three times, symbolically transferring one’s sins to the chicken. The chicken is then slaughtered and donated to the poor, preferably eaten at the pre-Yom Kippur feast. In modern times, Kapparos is performed in the traditional form mostly in Haredi communities. The ritual is preceded by the reading of Psalms 107:17-20 and Job 33:23-24.

Exorcism

Exorcism is the practice of evicting demons or other evil spiritual entities from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed (taken control of). The practice is quite ancient and still part of the belief system of many religions, though it is seen mostly in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.

Scientology E-Meter

An E-meter is an electronic device manufactured by the Church of Scientology at their Gold Base production facility. It is used as an aid by Dianetics and Scientology counselors and counselors-in-training in some forms of auditing, the application of the techniques of Dianetics and Scientology to another or to oneself for the express purpose of addressing spiritual issues.

Mormom Temple Garments

In some denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement, the temple garment (or the Garment of the Holy Priesthood, or informally, the garment or garments) is a set of sacred underclothing worn by adult adherents who have taken part in a ritual ceremony known as washing and anointing ordinance, usually in a temple as part of the Endowment ceremony. Adherents consider them to be sacred and may be offended by public discussion of the garments. Anti-Mormon activists have publicly displayed or defaced temple garments to show their opposition to the LDS Church.

Oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks

The name oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks which grow for the most part in marine or brackish water (water that is saltier than fresh water but not as salty as sea water). The oyster is the root of an idiomatic saying “The world is your oyster”, which means that to achieve something in this world, you have to grab the opportunity. All types of oysters (and, indeed, many other shelled molluscs) can secrete pearls, but those from edible oysters have no market value. Oysters are best served raw in their own juices with a slice of lemon. Oysters have, for many years, been considered an aphrodisiac.

Matsutake is the common name for a group of mushrooms in Japan

Matsutake is the common name for a group of mushrooms in Japan. They have been an important part of Japanese cuisine for the last 1,000 years. The tradition of mushroom giving persists today in Japan’s corporate world, and a gift of matsutake is considered special and is cherished by those who receive it. The annual harvest of Matsutake in Japan is now less than 1000 tons, and it is partly made up by imports from China, Korea, and Canada; this is due to the difficulty in harvesting the mushrooms. The Japanese Matsutake at the beginning of the season, which is the highest grade, can go up to $2000 per kilogram.

Lobsters from a large family of marine crustaceans

Lobsters from a large family of marine crustaceans that nets a $1.8 billion for the seafood industry every year. They have a close family relationship with fresh water crayfish. Lobsters live on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms from the shoreline to beyond the edge of the continental shelf. They generally live singly in crevices or in burrows under rocks. The most common preparation of lobster is to drop the living creature into a pot of boiling water which kills it very quickly. The flesh is then served with melted butter so as to not overpower the subtle flavour of the meat.

Foie Gras

Second to caviar, foie gras is one of the finest western foods available. It is the liver of ducks (foie gras de canard) or geese (fois gras d’Oie). It is produced by a method called gravage, which is force-feeding of the animal of grain via a tube down the throat. Ducks and Geese have an anatomy that makes this painless. The liver expands to many times the normal size and contains a great deal of fat. The texture of foie gras is very similar to that of butter with a very earthy flavour. Foie gras is generally eaten as a raw pate, but is can be lightly cooked to give it a greater depth of flavour. Unfortunately this delicacy is surrounded by controversy and the sale and consumption is banned in some American cities (such as Chicago). It is freely available in all parts of Europe and the rest of the world.

Fugu is the Japanese word for pufferfish

Fugu is the Japanese word for pufferfish and is also a Japanese dish prepared from the meat of pufferfish. Pufferfish are deadly and if the fish is prepared incorrectly it can lead to death (in fact there are numerous deaths reported in Japan each year from the consumption of this delicacy). One pinhead of the pufferfish poison is sufficient to kill a full grown adult male human. It has become one of the most celebrated Japanese dishes. In order to prepare the fish for human consumption, a Japanese chef must undergo rigourous training and certification. It is normally prepared in such a way that a tiny amount of poison is left in the fish as the poison gives it a slightly numbing and tingling effect.

Bird’s Nest

The nests in question here are produced by a variety of Swifts, specifically Cave Swifts who produce the nest by spitting a chemical compound that hardens in the air. The nests are considered a delicacy in China and are one of the most expensive animal products consumed by humans. It is generally served as a soup but can also be used as a sweet. When combined with water, the hard nests take on a gelatinous texture. My own experience of Bird’s nest was in a pudding called Bird’s Nest and Almond soup – the nest was dissolved in almond milk which was served as a sweet soup. The nest tasted musty and had the texture of snot.

True Kobe Beef

True Kobe Beef (神戸ビーフ) – raised from the black Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu cattle – is produced only in Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan. It is bred according to secret, and strict traditions. It is fed on beer and grain and produces meat so tender and fatty that it rivals foie gras in texture. The beef can cost up to $300 per pound. This breed of cow is genetically predisposed to intense marbling, and produces a higher percentage of oleaginous, unsaturated fat than any other breed of cattle known in the world. Another special trick in the production of this meat is daily massages by the human owners. I must confess to being a little envious!

Truffles are from the underground

Truffles are from the underground ascomycetes family (tubers) and are reputed for their high prices. It has an odour similar to deep fried walnuts which is extremely pungent to some people, causing a reeling effect. Interestingly, some people are unable to detect the odour of truffles (which is possibly to their advantage!) The white truffle is the most expensive of the family. They are generally served sliced into extremely thin slivers on top of other food and are frequently suffused in oil for sale as truffle-oil.

Saffron is the most expensive spice

Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, reaching prices beyond $2,000 per pound (depending on season). Saffron is the three stigmas and style of the crocus flower. Each stigma and style must be picked by hand and it takes thousands to make a single ounce of the spice. Brightly yellow in colour, the spice is used for colouring and subtle flavouring of food. It has a bitter taste and a hay-like fragrance.

Beluga Caviar is the most expensive food

Beluga Caviar is the most expensive food item in the world, costing up to $5,000 per kilogram. Caviar is fish roe (eggs) and this particular brand comes from the Beluga Sturgeon, found mostly in the Caspian sea. It can take up to 20 years for a Beluga Sturgeon to reach its maximum size and they can weigh up to 2 tonnes. The eggs are the largest of the fish eggs used for caviar. Beluga usually ranges from purple to black, the palest being the most expensive. Beluga caviar is generally served on its own on small pieces of toast as it needs no additions of flavour to improve it. If you have not experienced eating caviar, when you bite down each egg pops and releases a slightly salty-fishy flavour.

The Chandka Forest Elephant Stampede

In the spring of 1972, the Chandka Forest area in India – already suffering from drought – was hit by a searing heat wave as well. The local elephants, who normally were no problem, became so crazed by the high temperatures and lack of water that the villagers told authorities they were afraid to venture out and to farm their land. By summer the situation had worsened. On July 10, the elephant herds went berserk and stampeded through five villages, leaving general devastation and 24 deaths in their wake.

The Basra Mass Poisoning

In September 1971 a shipment of 90,000 metric tons of seed grain arrived in the Iraqi port of Basra. The American barley and Mexican wheat – which had been chemically treated with methyl-mercury to prevent rot – were sprayed a bright pink to indicate their lethal coating, and clear warnings were printed on the bags – but only in English and Spanish. Before they could be distributed to the farmers, the bags were stolen from the docks, and the grain was sold as food to the starving populace. The Iraqi government, embarrassed at its criminal negligence or for other reasons, hushed up the story, and it was not until two years later that an American newsman came up with evidence that 6,530 hospital cases of mercury poisoning were attributable to the unsavoury affair. Officials would admit to only 459 deaths, but total fatalities were probably more like 6,000, with another 100,000 suffering such permanent effects as blindness, deafness and brain damage.

The Texas City Chain Reaction Explosions

On April 15, 1947, the French freighter Grandcamp docked at Texas City, Texas, and took on some 1,400 tons of ammonium nitrate fertiliser. That night a fire broke out in the hold of the ship. By dawn, thick black smoke had port authorities worried because the Monsanto chemical plant was only 700 ft away. As men stood on the dock watching, tugboats prepared to tow the freighter out to sea. Suddenly a ball of fire enveloped the ship. For many it was the last thing they ever saw. A great wall of flame radiated outward from the wreckage, and within minutes the Monsanto plant exploded, killing and maiming hundreds of workers and any spectators who had survived the initial blast. Most of the business district was devastated, and fires raged along the waterfront, where huge tanks of butane gas stood imperilled. Shortly after midnight, a second freighter – also carrying nitrates – exploded, and the whole sequence began again. More than 500 people died, and another 1,000 were badly injured.

The Tunguska Event

On June 30, 1908, a huge explosion occurred near the Podkamennaya (Under Rock) Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. The airburst was most likely caused by a meteor or comet fragment about 20m (60ft) across. Although the meteor or comet is considered to have burst prior to hitting the surface, this event is still referred to as an impact event. The energy of the blast was estimated to be between 10 and 20 megatons of TNT, 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, or equivalent to Castle Bravo, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated by the US.
The Tunguska explosion felled an estimated 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometers (830 sq mi). The devastation is still visible today in satellite images of the area.

The Empire State Building Crash

On Saturday morning, July 28, 1945, a veteran Army pilot took off in a B-25 light bomber from Bedford, Massachusetts, headed for Newark, New Jersey, the co-pilot and a young sailor hitching a ride were also aboard. Fog made visibility poor. About an hour later, people on the streets of midtown Manhattan became aware of the rapidly increasing roar of a plane and watched with horror as a bomber suddenly appeared out of the clouds, dodged between skyscrapers, and then plunged into the side of the Empire State Building. Pieces of plane and building fell like hail. A gaping hole was gouged in the 78th floor, one of the plane’s two engines hurtled through seven walls and came out the opposite side of the building, and the other engine shot through an elevator shaft, severing the cables and sending the car plummeting to the basement. When the plane’s fuel tank exploded, six floors were engulfed in flame, and burning gasoline streamed down the sides of the building. Fortunately, few offices were open on a Saturday, and only 11 people – plus the three occupants of the plane – died.

The Gillingham Fire Demonstration

Every year the firemen of Gillingham, in Kent, England, would construct a makeshift ‘house’ out of wood and canvas for the popular fire-fighting demonstration at the annual Gillingham Park fête. Every year, too, a few local boys were selected from many aspirants to take part in the charade. On July 11, 1929, nine boys – aged 10 to 14 – and six firemen costumed as if for a wedding party, climbed to the third floor of the ‘house’. The plan was to light a smoke fire on the first floor, rescue the ‘wedding party’ with ropes and ladders, and then set the empty house ablaze to demonstrate the use of the fire hoses. By some error, the real fire was lit first. The spectators, assuming the bodies they saw burning were dummies, cheered and clapped, while the firemen outside directed streams of water on what they knew to be a real catastrophe. All 15 people inside the house died.

The Pittsburg Gasometer Explosion

A huge cylindrical gasometer – the largest in the world at that time – located in the heart of the industrial centre of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, developed a leak. On the morning of November 14, 1927, repairmen set out to look for it – with an open-flame blowlamp. At about 10 o’clock they apparently found the leak. The tank, containing 5 million cu. ft of natural gas, rose in the air like a balloon and exploded. Chunks of metal, some weighing more than 100 lbs, were scattered great distances, and the combined effects of air pressure and fire left a square mile of devastation. Twenty-eight people were killed and hundreds were injured.

The Great Boston Molasses Flood

On January 15, 1919, the workers and residents of Boston’s North End, mostly Irish and Italian, were out enjoying the noontime sun of an unseasonably warm day. Suddenly, with only a low rumble of warning, the huge cast-iron tank of the Purity Distilling Company burst open and a great wave of raw black molasses, two storeys high, poured down Commercial Street and oozed into the adjacent waterfront area. Neither pedestrians nor horse-drawn wagons could outrun it. Two million gallons of molasses, originally destined for rum, engulfed scores of people – 21 men, women and children died of drowning or suffocation, while another 150 were injured. Buildings crumbled, and an elevated train track collapsed. Those horses not completely swallowed up were so trapped in the goo they had to be shot by the police. Sightseers who came to see the chaos couldn’t help but walk in the molasses. On their way home they spread the sticky substance throughout the city. Boston smelled of molasses for a week, and the harbour ran brown until summer.

The Shiloh Baptist Church Panic

Two thousand people, mostly black, jammed into the Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 19, 1902, to hear an address by Booker T. Washington. The brick church was new. A steep flight of stairs, enclosed in brick, led from the entrance doors to the church proper. After Washington’s speech, there was an altercation over an unoccupied seat, and the word ‘fight’ was misunderstood as ‘fire’. The congregation rose as if on cue and stampeded for the stairs. Those who reached them first were pushed from behind and fell. Others fell on top of them until the entrance was completely blocked by a pile of screaming humanity 10 ft high. Efforts by Washington and the churchmen down in the front to induce calm were fruitless, and they stood by helplessly while their brothers and sisters, mostly the latter, were trampled or suffocated to death. There was neither fire – nor even a real fight – but 115 people died.

The St. Pierre Snake Invasion

Volcanic activity on the ‘bald mountain’ towering over St Pierre, Martinique, was usually so inconsequential that no one took seriously the fresh steaming vent-holes and earth tremors during April, 1902. By early May, however, ash began to rain down continuously, and the nauseating stench of sulphur filled the air. Their homes on the mountainside made uninhabitable, more than 100 fer-de-lance snakes slithered down and invaded the mulatto quarter of St Pierre. The 6-ft long serpents killed 50 people and innumerable animals before they were finally destroyed by the town’s giant street cats. But the annihilation had only begun. On May 5, a landslide of boiling mud spilled into the sea, followed by a tsunami that killed hundreds and, three days later, May 8, Mt Pelee finally exploded, sending a murderous avalanche of white-hot lava straight toward the town. Within three minutes St Pierre was completely obliterated. Of its 30,000 population, there were only two survivors.

Masquerading as a bicycle rack

For years, employees of the God’s House Tower Archaeology Museum in Southampton, England, propped their bikes against a 27 inch black rock in the basement. In 2000, two Egyptologists investigating the Museums holdings identified the bike rack as a 7th century BC Egyptian statue portraying King Taharqa a Kushite monarch from the region that is modern Sudan. Karen Wordley, the Southampton city council’s curator of archaeological collections, said it was a “mystery” how the sculpture ended up in the Museum basement.

At a flea market

A Philadelphia financial analyst was browsing at a flea market in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, when he was attracted by a wooden picture frame. He paid $4 for it. Back at his home he removed the old torn painting in the frame and found a folded document between the canvas and the wood backing. It turned out to be a 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence – one of 24 known to remain. On June 13, 1991, it was sold at auction for $2.4m (US)

In a trunk in an attic

In 1961 Barbara Testa, a Hollywood librarian, inherited six steamer trunks that had belonged to her grandfather, James Fraser Gluck, a Buffalo, New York, lawyer who died in 1895. Over the next three decades she gradually sifted through the contents of the trunks, until one day in Autumn of 1990 she came upon 665 pages that turned out to be the original handwritten manuscript of the first half of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. The two halves of the great American novel were finally reunited at the Buffalo and Eerie County Public Library.

On a wall

A middle-aged couple in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, asked an art prospector to appraise a painting in their home. While he was there, he examined another painting that the couple had thought was a reproduction of a work by Van Gogh. It turned out to be an 1886 original. On March 10, 1991, the painting Still Life with Flowers sold at auction for $1.4m (US).

Under a bed

Joanne Perez, the widow of vaudeville performer Pepito the Spanish Clown, cleaned out the area underneath her bed and discovered the only existing copy of the pilot for the TV series I Love Lucy. Pepito had coached Lucille Ball and had guest-starred in the pilot. Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz, had given it to Pepito as a gift in 1951 and it had remained under the bed for thirty years.

In a hole in the ground

In 1978 more than 500 movies dating from 1903 to 1929 were dug out of a hole in the ground of Dawson City, Yukon. Under normal circumstances, the 35mm nitrate films would have perished, but the permafrost preserved them perfectly.

Stone bas-relief of the Aztec night goddess

On February 21, 1978, electrical workers were putting down lines on a busy street corner in Mexico city when they discovered a 20 ton stone bas-relief of the Aztec night goddess, Coyolxauqui. It is believed to have been sculpted in the early fifteenth century and buried prior to the destruction o the Aztec civilisation by the Spanish conquistadors in 1521. The stone was moved 200 yards from the site to the Museum of the Great Temple.

Venus de Milo

In 1820, a Greek peasant named Yorgos was digging in his field on the island of Milos when he unearthed several carved blocks of stone. He burrowed deeper and found four statues – three figures of Hermes and one of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Three weeks later, the Choiseul archeological expedition arrived by ship, purchased the Aphrodite, and took it to France. Louis XVIII gave it the name Venus de Milo and presented it to the Louvre where it became one of the most famous works of art in history.

Shortest Celebrity Marriages

 The Kim Kardarshian and Kris Humphries debacle may be called a sham. There are many more marriages in tinsel town that make the duration of their marriage seem like an eternity. Celebville is full of  beautiful couples and ugliest marriages. However the show must go on.

Robin  Givins and Svetozar Marinkovic

This actress, author and mother married the yugoslavian tennis instructor. Their marriage lasted 7 minutes! the shortest marriage ever. It was a  secret marriage at the beach where people had no idea what was going on.

Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker

Most Popular Multiplayer Games

 Multiplayer games are hobbies of many teenagers and adults across the globe. Its the best thing where friends can enjoy playing together and bullying each other. Some play just for fun, others play on a serious note. They attend different tournaments and try to become the best players of their favorite game. The gaming world is not so much easy as it seems, if you want to be the best, you gotta work and practice hard.

Warcraft : DOTA

With Icefrog introducing the DOTA maps in Warcraft, it is now being played in almost every part of the world. The game gets really addicting specially when a person is playing with friends and fighting with each other over wrong decisions and battles.

10 Ways that Steve Jobs Changed the Technological World

Steve Jobs the visionary in the black turtleneck, who co-founded the technology giant Apple and led a revolution in computing. He passed away last month. However he was a man who had made a great change in the world. There will never be chief executive like him. He has transformed the worlds relationship with technology forever.

1. Design

Steve jobs chased after  design rather than chasing after  faster processors. He pursued a minimalistic design and till today that remains the appeal of apple products. Apple then started using metal instead of plastic which was mostly used amongst the  computer manufacturers at that time.

Best Quotes of Steve Jobs

 This definitely marks one of the saddest days of my life. A mentor and a great visionary has left us. He has inspired the world through his dedication for innovation. He is considered to be the Thomas Edison of our times. With his death, an era ends. Compiled below is a list of some of  the famous and best quotes from Steve Job that speaks of his experiences.

He Wasn’t Proud

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we have done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me”.

Surprising Conspiracies

 Conspiracies are necessary attempts by the world’s powerful people to explain certain past events in ways to achieve their secret motives. these conspiracies have existed for many years but were known to a small group of people only. thanks to the media and internet, every person no matter in what part of the world, can find out the real stories behind these events.

9/11 attacks

Many people think that the 9/11 attacks were terrorist attacks but were they? How could a bunch of Arabs hijacked a plane and flew it perfectly? How could the twin towers collapse when jet fuel cannot melt a steel built building? Or was it just a miracle?

Most Popular Marvel Comics

 Reading Comics was the most interesting and enjoyable thing when i was growing up. Children used to love reading comics and used to buy all the parts and series of their favourite comics. Movies somehow replaced the fashion of comics but even now some kids love to read them. Marvel being the best comic producer created some of the best comics ever !

 Iron man

The story plotter stan lee wanted to create something different. Something related to war or military because at that time, the young readers used to hate war and LEE wanted them to change their minds. He was trying to prove that “some heroes are not born, they are made”.

Most Popular Dictators of All Time

 A dictator is a ruler who assumes sole and supreme power but without inherited ascension. Most of the dictators successfully do it and others are just being called dictators as a formality. Few of these dictators drew special attention and became infamous because of the atrocities they carried out.

Muammar al-Qaddafi (Libya)

Gained power in 1969. He helped Libya a lot but at the same time, did some unethical things too. A group started to protest against Qaddaffi due to his crimes against humanities and caught him on 20th October, 2011 and killed him.

Believed Objectives of Illuminati

 We all love conspiracy theories. Why not highlight the biggest of them all, “The Illuminati”. For those of you who don’t know about it, Illuminati is the name of a secret society which was founded in may 1, 1776. They follow the teachings of a religion known as Kabbala and are also the worshippers of Satan. They believe that the anti-christ will come to earth and will rule it forever. Their biggest enemy are Muslims because it is written in the Quran that the anti-christ will be defeated by Imam Mehndi A.S.

Banking

One of their main and biggest objective is to control the banking system of the whole world and they have accomplished it. It is said that all the banking system in the world is run by Illuminati now.

Highest Paid Soccer Players of the World

 Why not to put players of the most played game in the world into scrutiny. Some of the players in this industry are making some serious dough which is reflected on this year’s Forbes listing.

David Beckham

David Beckham tops the list by earning $40 million this year from Los Angeles galaxy. He has played in famous clubs like Manchester united and Real Madrid and that paid off for him.

Best Animated Movies of All Time

 Life is a continuous dose of shocks and terror that all of us want to run away from, but the question is HOW? The only answer to this is “animated movies”. No matter how old you get, you are never too old to enjoy cartoons. They are not only a source of having a good time but also make us believe that love and hope is still in the air.

The lion king

Animated movie which won the hearts of not only kids, but adults also. Beautifully directed and a great story explaining that the payment of EVIL doings is always terrible.

Incredibly Young Looking Celebrities

 Tinsel town is filled with celebrities who would do anything to look young and beautiful because beauty is most required in hollywood. But there are also few celebrities, who don’t need to fake anything or use silicone’s to stand out.

 Melissa Joan Hart

Age: 35

Worst Pickup Lines Ever! 10 Worst Pickup Lines Ever!

 Pick up lines are the quintessential mistake every boy makes while trying to impress a girl. Unfortunately they fail. Usually instead of making you fly high they make you fall flat on your face! But love ‘em or hate ‘em they do get  you the attention.  Below is the selection of the worst pick up lines that are going to give you a guaranteed score…….Alone with yourself !

Saying these lines won’t make her say yes even if you literally are the last man on earth. The following pick up lines are only to be shared with your friends for a laugh. Try these at your own risk

WARNING !!

1. If you were a  booger I’d pick you  first

Optical Illusions to Twist your Mind

Illusions are actually a distortion of senses. One time the senses make you see one picture and the other time another picture. But once you get hold of the image and get to know the real picture behind it, it gets quite enjoyable and interesting.

Here we have gathered 10 amazing optical illusions that will twist your mind surely.

Optical illusion 1

To solve this illusion, get close to your screen and try to concentrate on the dot that is in the middle of the circle. You’ll see that the blue circle will start fading away.

Weird Flags of the World

 A country’s flag should be something that explains about the country’s customs, traditions or uniqueness. It is an important factor for the country and it should be taken seriously unlike some of the countries which use their flags as an art experiment

Libya

Like seriously? Even I could’ve made Libya’s flag because all I had to do was  go to the paint in windows XP and paint the background green -_- . The flag was used between 1977 – 2011. It has been changed now THANKGOD.

Myths About College Life

 College will be the best time of your life. You will venture out of your shell, learn more, will explore greater opportunities and change. However many students receive a lot of advice that is not very useful before they enter their undergrad. Many see it as a party central and many just envision four years of gloom and doom.

Most incoming college freshmen have assumptions about what student life will be like at school. While some ideas are true — the cafeteria food probably isn’t prepared by gourmet chefs and your dorm room likely won’t have a Jacuzzi — other assumptions can make you feel “different” or as if you don’t measure up. Freshman year is a maze of possibilities,
so don’t let these myths about student life get you down.

Myth #1 - Life at college is constant party.

Fascinating Birds

 Birds have the one power that  humans cannot possess even if they try. That is to fly. Well only superman can but that’s another story altogether! Bird watching is a fascinating hobby and make for an interesting trip any where watching the habits of different birds anywhere in the world.

Birds of Paradise

Famous for their magistical mating dance, these fascinating birds are Gods unique creation. Birds of paradise are found in eastern Australia and New Guinea.

Married Celebrity Couples

 Relationships today have become like merry go-rounds. One person leaves and another person come. Usually celebrities make the best looking couples and have the worst marriages. Below are couples who are not just gorgeous and talented but devoted mothers, fathers and spouses as well.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen

Anti Aging Food Items

 You are what you eat, if you eat healthy you will stay forever young. In this age, the depletion of ozone layer and non organic foods gives you wrinkles and dark spots before you know it.

Green Vegetables

A highly toxic body is an invitation for all kinds of diseases to attack it. You need to keep toxins at bay to live long and healthy. Green vegetables be it olives, lettuce or cabbage helps fight the toxins in our body.

Water

Some Ways to Brighten Up Your Room

 With the recession hitting everyone these days it’s hard to get chic for cheap. However there are so many ways to make your room go from so-so to WOW OH! With a little DIY know how, creativity and a few household tools you can revamp your entire boudoir. Add a stamp of your individuality in your room by adding your personal touches.

Recycle

Search your attic remember those old jeansyou never thought you would wear or that pretty but half torn shirt that has been lying around somewhere. Now is the time to but that all to use. Old scarves can be draped over lamps or curtain railings. Or better yet sew all the old pieces of your clothes into a patch work quilt.

Hunt

Water Conservation Tips

 It’s a fact that three quarters of the globe is surrounded with water but we have only 1% of consumable water on earth . Sadly consumable water is getting scarce with each passing day and we need to take serious measures in order to prevent misuse of this blessing.

Do not rinse under running water

D o not rinse dishes under running water. Fill one sink with soap water and the other with rinsing water. This would save a good deal of water and your task would be done with ease too.

Upgrade your fridge

Richest Celebrities

 They’re famous, they’re powerful, and above all they’re rich. Yup I’m talking about the filthy rich superstars who sit on the top of the celebrity food chain, the 10 richest celebs in the world today.

Oprah Winfrey

She came, she saw, she conquered. After being born into poverty this African-American fame monster rose from the slums of Mississippi to the billionaire she is today. Her story is a truly inspirational one. 

U2

If you’re not living under a rock, then I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of them. This Irish sensation has been around since the ’70s, yet they still have managed to remain original and unique in their music more than anyone. Their music, it seems, has conquered the limitations of time and space, and age too.

iPhone Concept Designs

 Launch of the new iPhone 5 is being discussed on every techie table these days and is expected to come out in this year. As we all know apple has has this secrecy for every product it releases and creates huge amount of anticipation for each of its product.  Iphone fanatics from all around the world have made these concept designs which are nothing but a gesture of their love for iPhone.

Transparent iPhone 5

Kaleidoscope Concept

Jukebox iPhone 5

Navigator – Iphone 5

Famous Space Missions

 Mission to space has tested the mettle of human capabilities and has proven to be one daunting task. Man’s eager desire of exploration and urge of answering  ”Are we Alone ” has lead to some of the most extraordinary missions into space.

Yuri Gagarin

The very first triumph of space sciences came when Vostok-1 explored the unknowns of space on 12^th April 1961. Yuri Gagarin’s 2 hours flight into space opened new horizons in development of space research.

Some Reasons Why Siblings Rock !

 Siblings share a relationship that is divine. Brothers and sisters when growing up, shape each other into unique human beings which is a miracle in itself. Despite individual endevours, triumphs, happiness and disappointments, someone is made of the same stuff and has been at your side, whether figuratively or literally, from the beginning.

Here we have compiled a list of 10 reason why siblings rock our world and without them we definitely wouldn’t have been the human being we are now.

Boredom Killers

Incredible People Throughout History

 Throughout the history of this world, their has been many a man who has earned fame and recognition for their valor and virtue. However their have also been those who have earned notoriety for their wickedness and malevolence. Some of the deeds of these ‘monsters’ have been however, somewhat exaggerated by the fable that we call history.  Nevertheless these men have committed some great atrocities in their time, which cannot be overlooked.

Adolf Hitler

History recalls Hitler as the most evil and notorious man to have ever set foot on Earth. His extremely intense persecution of the Jewish community and his childish obsession of world domination have earned him immeasurable recognition. His name has turned into a metaphor for severeness and extreme harshness.

Amazing Subscribed Youtube Channels

 In the past, people would subscribe to magazines and newspapers. However in todays modern world, nobody cares about literature. Videos and other forms of media presentations have replaced printed media. Hence people now subscribe to Youtube videos.

The 10 most subscribed Youtube channels are mentioned below each having more than a million subscribers.

nigahiga (3.73 million subscribers)

Bizarre Similarities in Osama bin laden’s Assassination and Transformers Movie

 Well i definitely see a connection here. I have compiled here a list of some of the series of events from pre Osama bin laden assassination to post which form a connection with a famous action movie; transformers.

Here are some of the similarities which i found between both. Do share your thoughts in comment section.

1. Burial Connection

Most sold PepsiCo products

 PepsiCo is an American New York-based global corporation that manufactures and markets grain-based snack foods beverages and other products. It was found in 1965 with the merger of Pepsi Cola and Frito Lay, Incorporated. It is included in the Fortune Magazine’s Fortune 500 list of America’s 500 largest corporations.

The 10 most sold PepsiCo products are mentioned below according to their ranking in PepsiCo’s 2009 Annual Report.

Fortune 500 Companies (2011)

 Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune Magazine ranking the Unites States’ 500 largest private and public corporations on the basis of their gross revenue.  The first Fortune 500 list was published in 1955.

Following are the the names of the ten largest Fortune 500 corporations for the year of 2011.

Walmart

Best Wimbledon Players of All Times

 Wimbledon has started with its full swing now and players are into the second round of the tournament. This Grand Slam Event has its own significance as its the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is considered the most prestigious.

Here we have compiled a list of some of the best Wimbledon players of all time who have bagged the title most.

Martina Navratilova

Viral Youtube Videos

 Apparently fame has changed its meaning rapidly and has evolved with technology. The Myth of overnight fame is pretty much busted now, after what has happened to Justin Bieber who is now being said as the new King of pop or Rebecca Black with her song “Friday”.

In past, to become famous you would have needed immense genuine talent or have right connections but now all you need to know is where to click. “Viral video” concept is now being used by companies to promote their products. Here i have compiled some of the most famous viral videos on youtube which have gained immense popularity.

Amazing Royal Weddings

 Stroll through your neighborhood and you will notice that there is only one topic nowadays being discussed by everyone which is the upcoming Royal wedding of Prince William with not so royal Kate Middleton.

Whats interesting about royal wedding is the complete different scale on which they are done. From decorations to food everything has its own class, unmatchable and reputable. Here compiled is a list of some of the most famous Royal weddings world has ever seen.

Wedding of Queen Beatrix-Netherlands

In 1966 Princess Beatrix got married to a german aristocrat in a wedding that caused riots all over the country for quiet sometime. Princess became Queen in 1980.

Prince Philippe

Wonderful American Idol Contestants Yet

 Season 10 of the most popular reality TV show American Idol is about to reach its finale. This show has produced some of the best music artists in American music industry. But few of the contestants really made more out of it then just getting the American Idol title.

I know this may be one of those controversial posts which trigger a long comment thread fights but we have no purpose in doing so. People selected below have proven themselves by selling record albums worldwide and have gained fame not just only from the show. Here i have complied a list of the 10 best american idol contestants till season 10.

Most Incredible Technological Achievements in Aeronautical History

 Since its invention about a century ago, the airplane has developed from two wooden planks held together by wires to a giant metal bird comprising of millions of parts. The airplanes have completely revolutionized the world, in each and every aspect. Who could’ve thought a few hundred years ago that Man would one day take to the skies?

Following is a list of the most important technological achievements in aeronautical industry that transformed the airplane into what it is today.

Most famous revolutionaries in history

 In times of tyranny there have always been those who have stood up to injustice and immorality. These revolutionaries struggle to dispense justice and righteousness. In times of darkness these men rise, like a breath exhaled from the Earth and devour the unjust. To these people, I dedicate this post and recount some of the great names that have stood up for good, for honor and for justice.

Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)

Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is the greatest revolutionary in the history of the World. His religious revolution not only altered the history of Arabia, but that of the World. His influence on the World was

American Idol Contestants Yet

 Season 10 of the most popular reality TV show American Idol is about to reach its finale. This show has produced some of the best music artists in American music industry. But few of the contestants really made more out of it then just getting the American Idol title.

I know this may be one of those controversial posts which trigger a long comment thread fights but we have no purpose in doing so. People selected below have proven themselves by selling record albums worldwide and have gained fame not just only from the show. Here i have complied a list of the 10 best american idol contestants till season 10.

Incredible SAS Operations

5. Malayan Emergency

The rebellion in Malaya started in 1948. It was an attempt to overthrow the colonial British rule, and establish a Communist government. The CTs (Communist Terrorists) set up bases in the thick jungle, and from there, launched raids and attacks against police stations, rubber plantations and tin mines. The British forces deployed in Malaya were unwilling, and unable, to operate in the primary jungle, so they concentrated their forces around the targets the terrorists were most likely to strike.

As there was no need for it, the regular SAS had been disbanded at the end of the Second World War. Now, it was reformed in Malaya, with a strength of 3 squadrons. Small patrols of SAS moved deep into the jungle, and soon became skilled in jungle warfare and survival skills. Several Iban tribesman were brought in from Borneo, to teach the soldiers how to track and detect the faintest traces left by the guerrillas.