tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248486822007-04-28T23:27:46.099-07:00Blue Bird SparrowBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-72708575846566938172007-04-28T23:02:00.000-07:002007-04-28T23:27:46.163-07:00
Australia have stamped their authority on the cricket world by winning their fourth and the third successive World Cup defeating Sri Lanka in a rain-shortened match at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown (Barbados) by 53 runs.
The World Cup final, shortened to 38 overs a side due to an almost three-hour rain-delayed start, failed to live up to its expectations of being a thriller as more rain delays saw Sri Lanka needing to score 269 runs in 36 overs to win their second title thanks to the Duckworth-Lewis system.
And Australia’s win was not without its share of drama, as after the 33 overs, it seemed that Sri Lanka had conceded the match after being offered the lights by the umpires. The Australian players started celebrating their fourth World Cup triumph with the scoreboard also flashing the team from Down under as the winner but then the umpires decided to play the remaining three overs in growing darkness as the premier One-Day tournament descended into a farce.
Sri Lanka ended their innings on 215/8 in 36 overs to end as the runners up for the first time in the World Cups.
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-1202740419674560592007-04-28T09:55:00.000-07:002007-04-28T10:12:26.570-07:00
Google Inc has knocked Microsoft Corp from its perch as the world's top-ranked brand, according to findings released on Monday.The rankings, compiled by market research firm Millward Brown, also put Google ahead of well-established brands like General Electric Co, No 2; Coca-Cola Co, No 4; Wal-Mart Stores, No 7; and IBM, No 9.
Some key factors seen this year in building brand recognition ranged from corporate responsibility to serving customers in emerging markets like Brazil and India, according to the study.The top-ranked brand from a non-US-based company was China Mobile, which dropped a spot but still came in at No 5.
The rankings were based on publicly available financial data along with primary research, including interviews with a million consumers worldwide, Millward Brown said.For Google, which ranked No 7 a year ago, the jump to the top underscores how quickly the Web search leader has become an everyday name. The company uses relatively little advertising, instead relying on word-of-mouth promotion.
By contrast, Microsoft's slide down to third place from first comes even as the software company has been rolling out its new Windows Vista operating system with a massive global marketing blitz.Eileen Campbell, global chief executive of Millward Brown, said the rankings showed "a blend of good business leadership, responsible financial management and powerful marketing ... can be leveraged to create and grow corporate wealth."
Some of the other big movers on the list included Apple Inc which rose 13 spots to No 16 and Starbucks Corp, which rose 13 spots to No 35. Those losing ground in the brand rankings included Intel Corp, Home Depot Inc and Dell Inc.Millward Brown is a unit of WPP Group and the findings were published in cooperation with the Financial Times.
Courtesy: expressindia.comBlue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-466744787782951252007-04-26T08:49:00.000-07:002007-04-26T08:54:36.968-07:00
This pictures was taken when niagara falls was completely frozen in the year 1911. A Very rate photos. I read of this but never saw the photos before this. Makes you wonder just HOW COLD and HOW LONG it was that cold.
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-47648997388151412362007-04-18T08:30:00.000-07:002007-04-18T08:35:42.051-07:00
In the U.S., the sport that causes the most injuries among the age group of 15-24 is basketball.
The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-79982287960633154692007-04-15T09:25:00.000-07:002007-04-15T09:32:45.790-07:00A study indicates that more women than men go online in the United States, defying the perception of the Internet as a male-dominated realm.
Approximately 97.2 million women use the Internet in the US, compared to 90.9 million men, according to research by eMarketer.
Women are inclined to use the Internet to accomplish tasks instead of as a diversion, said eMarketer senior analyst Debra Aho Williamson, author of the "Women Online" report, yesterday.
"Females, especially adult women, are more likely to use the Internet to get things done, rather than to have fun," the eMarketer report states.
"Many adult women, busy juggling work with their relationships and child-caring responsibilities, don't have time to surf the Web for video."
Seventy-eight per cent of male US Internet users will watch video online this year while only 66 per cent of the female users will, according to eMarketer.
Reasons given for the difference in video-viewing proclivities included men adopting new technologies faster than women and having greater access to high-capacity broadband Internet connections needed to handle data-rich video streams.
The gap between the genders is expected to narrow in coming years as broadband connections become ubiquitous and television shows popular with women are made available for viewing online, according to eMarketer senior analyst Debra Aho Williamson.
"Early data indicate that female teens are as enthusiastic as male teens about online video," Williamson said.
Source: Expressindia.comBlue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-47756251192517627092007-04-11T08:27:00.000-07:002007-04-11T08:38:26.696-07:00
The three executives who run Google Inc. each drew a salary last year of $1. But Chief Executive Eric Schmidt and co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin more than made up for it in the large stakes they own in the online search leader, which has made them billionaires.
Besides his $1 salary, Schmidt, who was No. 116 on Forbes magazine's most recent ranking of American billionaires, received a bonus of $1,723 and "other compensation" valued at $555,742, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. The bulk of that other compensation, $532,755, was for personal security.
Google's shares closed 2006 at $460.48 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, up 11 percent for the year. The stock started at $85 when it went public in August 2004.
Schmidt, 51, owns 10,096 of Google's Class A shares and 10.7 million of its Class B shares. At the end of 2006, those securities were worth about $4.9 billion.
Brin, 33, and Page, 34, shared the No. 26 spot on the Forbes U.S. billionarie list, published in March. Each are worth $16.6 billion, according to the magazine's estimate. Brin beneficially owns 28.6 million of Google's B stock, which was worth about $13.2 billion at the end of 2006. and Page owns 29.2 million shares, worth about $13.4 billion at the end of the year.
In addition to their $1 salaries, Brin and Page each received a bonus of $1,723 — of this, $1,000 was a holiday bonus awarded to each Google employee. Page, whose title is president of products, topped Brin's $1,724 compensation package with compensation valued at $38,519. He received perks totaling $36,795, which consisted of $33,195 for transportation, logistics and security during personal travel and $3,600 for personal travel using rental cars.
Google does not maintain executive retirement programs such as executive pension plans, deferred compensation plans or other executive retirement benefits.
The Associated Press calculations of total pay include executives' salary, bonus, incentives, perks, above-market returns on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock options and awards granted during the year. The calculations do not include changes to the present value of pension benefits and may vary from totals that companies report.
Source: foxnews.com
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-71453037148396970232007-04-08T02:32:00.000-07:002007-04-08T02:46:53.477-07:00Here’s some fun facts:
A list of how companies got their names. The list isn’t exclusively tech companies, but some of the more interesting stories are from web-tech leaders.
Keep in mind that this is from Wikipedia, so I wouldn't want bet the farm on the veracity of them all, but it's still some good trivia for the boring work party this evening.
Apple - for the favourite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and/or for the time he worked at an apple orchard. Apple wanted to distance itself from the cold, unapproachable, complicated imagery created by other computer companies at the time.
eBay - Pierre Omidyar, who had created the Auction Web trading website, had formed a web consulting concern called Echo Bay Technology Group. “Echo Bay” didn’t refer to the town in Nevada, “It just sounded cool,” Omidyar reportedly said. Echo Bay Mines Limited, a gold mining company, had already taken EchoBay.com, so Omidyar registered what (at the time) he thought was the second best name: eBay.com.
Google - a deliberate misspelling of the word
googol, reflecting the company’s mission to organize the immense amount of information available online.
Hotmail - Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service he tried all kinds of names ending in ‘mail’ and finally settled for Hotmail as it included the letters “HTML” — the markup language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective upper casing.
Yahoo - a backronym for ‘Y’et Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. The word Yahoo was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book Gulliver’s Travels. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and barely human. Yahoo! founders David Filo and Jerry Yang jokingly considered themselves yahoos
And my personal favorite and most fitting:
Lycos - from Lycosidae, the family of wolf spiders.
Source: wired.comBlue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-81109399797956655002007-04-08T01:11:00.000-07:002007-04-08T01:16:51.847-07:00
An Amazing Calculator - Calculates/ Converts Almost anything...
Just check out this Amazing Calculator... Its called the Powertoy Calculator. Used for Graphs and Conversions of almost all kinds...
Convert length, mass, time, velocity, and temperature with the Windows XP
Also has a History Window for you to View your Calculations!!
You can download it here:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/PowerCalcPowertoySetup.exeBlue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-75417835857584387882007-04-08T00:18:00.000-07:002007-04-08T00:28:00.486-07:00Here are some interesting, but true facts, that you may or may not have known.
1. The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long
2. Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile
3. A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.
4. A Boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.(the Wright brother's invented the airplane)
5. There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans.
6. One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny
7. The word "set " has the most number of definitions in the English language - 192
8. Slugs have four noses
9. Sharks can live up to 100 years
10. Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
11. Kangaroos can't walk backwards
12. About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. everyday
13. The largest recorded snowflake was 15in wide and 8in thick. It fell in Montana in 1887
14. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.
15. Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency
16. Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints
17. There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human
18. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with.
19. The world's largest Montessori school is in India, with 26,312 students in 2002
20. Octopus have three hearts
21. If you ate too many carrots, you'd turn orange
22. The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change.
23. 1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 116 or old
24. The body has 2-3 million sweat glands
25. Sperm whales have the biggest brains; 20 lbs
26. Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.
27. Most cats are left pawed
28. 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa
29. A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant
30. You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep Smiling!
31. Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours
32. An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce
33. Bone is five times stronger than steel.Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-28737155216154553702007-04-04T09:27:00.000-07:002007-04-04T09:38:04.578-07:00
Almost Faster Than Superman: France Rail Train Sets New World Record
A French high-speed train has smashed the world speed record on rails after reaching 357.2mph. The specially-designed bullet train easily topped the old speed record of 320mph, also set by a French train in 1990.
The double-decker TGV, short for "train a grande vitesse", hurtled along a new stretch of track from Paris towards Strasbourg as crowds watched from bridges over the line.
It had been equipped with larger wheels and a beefed-up 25,000-horsepower engine.
The souped-up train recorded 357.2mph on the speedometer - about the speed of a short-distance freight propeller plane. Britain's fastest Virgin trains reach a maximum speed of 125mph.
"We saw the countryside go by a little faster than we did during the tests," train driver Eric Pieczac said. "I'm proud to have fulfilled the mission." "Everything went very well," he added. Alain Cuccaroni, in charge of the technical aspects of testing, said the feat was about "more than just breaking a record".
He said technicians, wearing T-shirts emblazoned with "French excellence", would be able to collect data that would help them improve the safety and comfort of the TGV. France is keen to consolidate its reputation in the expanding market for high-speed technology as countries like China turn to bullet trains.
The TGV came within just 4mph of the absolute train speed record of 361mph, held by Japan's Maglev. Powerful magnetic fields propel the hovering Maglev train along a guideway without it ever touching the track.
Courtesy: sky.comBlue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-42101411000828269722007-03-30T10:33:00.000-07:002007-03-30T10:39:21.085-07:00
Interestingly Amazing Facts and never heard before!
- The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
- The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
- The most dangerous job in the United States is that of an Alaskan Crab Fisherman.
- Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million.
- An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.
- All babies are color blind when they are born.
- There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing!
- A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
- Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
- SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-51322322593348635092007-03-28T04:22:00.000-07:002007-03-28T04:36:56.202-07:00
Things you don't see every day! It is really Amazing.
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-66829671974790730322007-03-25T06:17:00.000-07:002007-03-25T06:23:25.380-07:00
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 51, is to return to Boston for a prestigious Harvard degree.
Three decades after dropping out from the elite Harvard University, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 51, is to return to Boston for a prestigious Harvard degree.
The honourary doctorate is to be presented at school graduation ceremonies in June.
Gates was only 19 when he threw in the towel on his studies at Harvard. He returned to the West Coast, where he and several friends founded the software company Microsoft. The university said on Friday that Gates, who has set up a research foundation against diseases, was a huge friend of humanity who had long since earned the degree.
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-87183531673626984662007-03-23T09:34:00.000-07:002007-03-23T09:52:57.569-07:00
Indian Bollywood film actress Mahima Choudhary displays one of two diamond studded cricket balls at a function in Mumbai.
Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary at the unveiling of the diamond-studded cricket balls which are to be presented to the best Indian and international players at the ongoing World Cup. The balls, valued at about Rs 30 lakh each, was launched by the jewellery firm Gitanjali Gems Limited along with a new sports range ‘Sporteratti’ in city on Tuesday. Indian women cricket team captain Mithali Raj was also present on the occasion.
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-19219245468974689172007-03-17T22:43:00.000-07:002007-03-17T23:41:50.159-07:00
If you think "wiki" doesn't sound like English, you are right. But it's English now.
This word born on the Pacific Island of Hawaii finally got an entry into the latest edition of the online Oxford English Dictionary along with 287 other new words. It has earned it.
"Words are included in the dictionary on the basis of the documentary evidence that we have collected about them. A while ago this evidence suggested that wiki was starting to make a name for itself," OED chief editor John Simpson said in a statement.
"We tracked it for several years, researched its origins and finally decided it was time to include it in the dictionary," But "Wiki Wiki", meaning "quick" in Hawaiian, has a very different meaning in its new host language: a type of Web page designed so that its contents can be edited by anyone who accesses it.
That the word acquired a new meaning is attributed to the fact that commenting and editing on Internet websites became faster, the OED's principle editor of new words, Graeme Diamond said.
"There was no delay in submitting a comment," Diamond said. The most famous example is the popular Internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia. Diamond said new Internet-age concept of "wiki" fits well with the 120-year-old dictionary's own methods.
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-3492075096840117962007-03-14T09:00:00.000-07:002007-03-14T09:37:55.175-07:00
Cricket Fever ~ World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony !!
Performers dance as fireworks illuminate the night sky in presence of the all 16 countries cricketers during the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup Cricket 2007 in Trelawny, 11 March 2007
Fireworks burst over Trelawny Stadium during the opening ceremony for the Cricket World Cup.
India's cricket team enter the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica
England's cricket captain Michael Vaughan, left, and teammate Andrew Flintoff watch the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup
All 16 countries cricketers watch as illuminations light the night sky during the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup Cricket 2007 in Trelawny, 11 March 2007.
West Indies cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers speaks during the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica
Members of the New Zealand cricket team arrive in stadium to participate in the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica
Australia's cricket captain Ricky Ponting, left, and teammates Adam Gilchrist, center, and Glenn McGrath watch the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Dancers perform during the Opening Ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-2024337409881628332007-03-11T06:57:00.000-07:002007-03-11T07:14:02.264-07:00
Sobers ready to declare World Cup open
West Indies legendary all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers will officially open the World Cup later on
Sunday at the culmination of a two-hour, 45-minute ceremony. "It's a great honour to declare the Cricket World Cup open. I'm taking it in my stride and I'm looking forward to the occasion," said 70-year-old Sobers from his home in Barbados.
The former West Indies skipper said he was excited that cricket's showpiece event was coming to the region for the first time. "It will be phenomenal for the Caribbean, especially for those people who haven't had the opportunity to see a Cricket World Cup. It will be a fantastic experience."
The ceremony, which is being held at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium, comes two days before the first match of the seven-week event takes place. That will see hosts West Indies facing Pakistan at Sabina Park on Tuesday. The ceremony, which has been called 'West Indian Energy', will feature reggae star Jimmy Cliff as well as a cast and crew of around 2,000 singers, dancers and performers.
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-48552941109057787202007-03-03T21:42:00.000-08:002007-03-03T21:56:02.815-08:00
Amazing Air Crafts - Not Everyday Seen!
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-41409671244413151372007-02-23T17:57:00.000-08:002007-02-25T03:49:50.314-08:00
Google's New York Office
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-19239488916751613222007-02-18T08:00:00.000-08:002007-02-18T08:33:51.814-08:00
Britney Spears goes Bald! Hot or Not?
Pop star Britney Spears has shocked observers again, this time by sporting a shaved head.
She showed her new look when she dropped into a tattoo parlour in Los Angeles, swiftly attracting a crowd of curious passers by. She went to the Body and Soul store last night to get a couple of tiny tattoos on her wrist, a pair of pink and red lips.
The surprising display came as the star was once more the subject of intense media scrutiny amid reports that she had checked in - and quickly out of - rehab. Syndicated entertainment TV show "Extra" first reported that Spears, who has been criticised for partying too much recently, had gone into a treatment facility.
Celebrity website TMZ.com then said the 25-year-old had gone into a treatment centre but checked out one day later. Neither revealed their sources.
People magazine's website, quoting "a source", said Spears had gone in and out of rehab, and identified the facility as Eric Clapton's Crossroads centre in Antigua, in the Caribbean.
The reports have not been confirmed.
Spears horrified followers last year when she was repeatedly photographed flashing her crotch on nights out.
The mother-of-two filed for divorce from wannabe rapper Kevin Federline in the autumn.
Source: 24dash.com
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-1171646457051643512007-02-16T07:54:00.000-08:002007-02-16T09:22:35.416-08:00
Amazing Traffic light...!
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-1170779266322796442007-02-06T08:26:00.000-08:002007-02-06T08:28:41.546-08:00
Internet brand Yahoo on Thursday announced that Yahoo India portal is now available in seven Indian languages -- Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi and Gujarati.
It also announced that Yahoo Messenger 8.0 now allows users to chat in nine Indian languages -- Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Gujarati.
Managing Director of Yahoo India George Zacharias said the localization of the Yahoo India portal will revolutionize user experience and invite more users to access information on a daily basis for news, reviews and events happening around them.
"Innovation is key driver for our product development, in order to make Yahoo relevant to the next 200 million Indians that will come online in the next few years," Zacharias told reporters.
Source: Expressindia.comBlue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-1170589425879342992007-02-04T03:39:00.000-08:002007-02-04T03:45:05.296-08:00
Call to technical support:
Caller: Hi, our printer is not working.
Customer Service: What is wrong with it?
Caller: Mouse is jammed.
Customer Service: Mouse? And how it is related to printer?
Caller: Mmmm.. Wait, I will send a picture.
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE PICUTRE HOW THE MOUSE IS JAMMED !!!
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February 14th is just around the corner. With cupid on his way, people everywhere will be looking to find the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for that special someone. Many online gift stores across the world offers various gift ideas that capture the latest trends in Valentine’s Day gift giving.
There are various opinions of different people as to the origin of Valentine’s Day. Some experts quotes that St. Valentine who was Roman punished for denying giving up the Christianity. St. Valentine died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had
been dedicated to love lotteries. Legends also say that St. Valentine left a little note for his friend, a jailer’s daughter and signed it “From Your Valentine”.
Other aspects of the story say that St. Valentine was a priest and served temple during the supremacy of Emperor Claudius. He declared that not one could marry under his reign. Even after Emperor Claudius passed this law, St. Valentine kept on performing marriage ceremonies secretly. Valentine jailed for defying him. At that time people threw flowers and notes to St. Valentine. They wanted him to know that they, too, believed in love. In this way Valentine was famous.
Finding the right gift for Valentine’s day is probably the most difficult shopping experience in anyone’s life. It is not like birthday buying gist. Choosing a gift for this special occasion won’t just show your affection towards your beloved, but your degree of commitment as well.
The nature of the gift shows how much you care, or don’t care about your beloved. The motive of your gift also differs according to the seriousness and the type of relationship you are in. Here are some gift ideas, depending on your particular relationship level.
Now a days Valentine’s Day is celebrated by expressing feelings with the baskets full of Roses, Flowers, Chocolates, CDs / DVDs, Soft Toys and much more. You can share your feelings by gifting your beloved, jewelries like Bracelets, Earnings, Necklace, Pendants, Rings, Sets etc. If jewelries are not going to be done then Apparels, Watches, Ladies Purse, Leather Gifts, Cosmetics would be better option.
Please do remember; these are suggestions and none of these gifts represent the perfect choice. Each man knows what his woman enjoys or vice versa, so the advice is to think about what your beloved appreciates the most and how could you make your beloved the happiest one in the world on Valentine’s Day.
Good Luck and have a blast on this Valentine's Day.
http://www.giftsallindia.com
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-1170264866948156392007-01-31T09:10:00.000-08:002007-01-31T09:38:09.386-08:00
Do you remember the movie,
the Mummy, no special effects here… This is REAL…
Sand Storm, 26 April 2005. Al Asad, IRAQ. It's a wall of sand traveling at 60 mph.
This picture was taken 1 min later and its dark as night.
Blue Bird Sparrow
i suppose you gotta be a hard bloke to survive and lead the union of soviet socialist republics......
Blue Bird Sparrowtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24848682.post-47648997388151412362007-04-18T08:30:00.000-07:002007-04-18T08:35:42.051-07:00
Almost Faster Than Superman: France Rail Train Sets New World Record
Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary at the unveiling of the diamond-studded cricket balls which are to be presented to the best Indian and international players at the ongoing World Cup. The balls, valued at about Rs 30 lakh each, was launched by the jewellery firm Gitanjali Gems Limited along with a new sports range ‘Sporteratti’ in city on Tuesday. Indian women cricket team captain Mithali Raj was also present on the occasion.
Sunday at the culmination of a two-hour, 45-minute ceremony. "It's a great honour to declare the Cricket World Cup open. I'm taking it in my stride and I'm looking forward to the occasion," said 70-year-old Sobers from his home in Barbados.
