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Condoning suicide attacks

In this chilling security camera footage, a female suicide bomber (Tamil Tiger terrorist) on a mission to kill a SriLankan Cabinet minister Douglas Devananda (a moderate Tamil political leader) is seen patiently answering questions in a bustling government office before calmly standing up and detonating the bomb hidden in her bra. People in the discussion that followed this video generalized everything. Not all Tamils, Sinhalese and Muslims are terrorists. Out of 70 million tamil population, how many do you think should be wiped out? Out of 1.200 billion muslim population, how many do you think should be wiped out? Out of 20 million sinhalese population, how many do you think should be wiped out? List of Killings and Massacres by LTTE as acknowledged in news media Assassinations attributed to LTTE Terrorist attacks attributed to the LTTE Notable attacks attributed to the LTTE List of Massacres by Sinhalese govt as given by LTTE http://www.ltteps.org/list.ltte?folder=25 These killings a...

Spot The Fake Smile

Most people are surprisingly bad at spotting fake smiles. One possible explanation for this is that it may be easier for people to get along if they don't always know what others are really feeling. Although fake smiles often look very similar to genuine smiles, they are actually slightly different, because they are brought about by different muscles, which are controlled by different parts of the brain. Fake smiles can be performed at will, because the brain signals that create them come from the conscious part of the brain and prompt the zygomaticus major muscles in the cheeks to contract. These are the muscles that pull the corners of the mouth outwards. Genuine smiles, on the other hand, are generated by the unconscious brain, so are automatic. When people feel pleasure, signals pass through the part of the brain that processes emotion. As well as making the mouth muscles move, the muscles that raise the cheeks – the orbicularis oculi and the pars orbitalis – also contra...

Clever Scrabble of Words

Some one forwarded me this mail and take a look at this clever scrabbling of words. :) FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE When you rearrange the letters: FLIT ON CHEERING ANGEL DILIP VENGSARKAR ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip_Vengsarkar ) When you rearrange the letters: SPARKLING DRIVE BARA THEDA   ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theda_Bara ) When you rearrange the letters: ARAB DEATH PRINCESS DIANA When you rearrange the letters: END IS A CAR SPIN MONICA LEWINSKY ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky ) When you rearrange the letters: NICE SILKY WOMAN DORMITORY When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM PRESBYTERIAN When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER ASTRONOMER When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER DESPERATION When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT THE EYES When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE GEORGE BUSH When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE THE MORSE CODE When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS SLOT MACHINES When you rearrange the lett...

Coogee - Race : Car vs Coogee

Check this cool video of Coogee (a really cute dog), racing and boldly taking over a car. Ultimate laugh riot... :o)

Quotable quotes on Marriage

Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming with LOVE 1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it, 2. Whenever you're right, shut up. (Quoted By: Anonymous ) When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. Sacha Guitry After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together. Hemant Joshi By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them. Dumas The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want? Sigmund Freud I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me. Anonymous "Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays....

HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term. Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following: First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all sou...

Common Resume Blunders and Mistakes

Make sure your resume is in top-notch shape by avoiding the top 10 resume blunders: 1. Too Focused on Job Duties Your resume should not be a boring list of job duties and responsibilities. Go beyond showing what was required and demonstrate how you made a difference at each company, providing specific examples. When developing your achievements, ask yourself: * How did you perform the job better than others? * What were the problems or challenges faced? How did you overcome them? What were the results? How did the company benefit from your performance? * Did you receive any awards, special recognition or promotions as a result? 2. Flowery or General Objective Statement Many candidates lose their readers in the beginning. Statements such as "A challenging position enabling me to contribute to organizational goals while offering an opportunity for growth and advancement" are overused, too general and waste valuable space. If you're on a career track, replace the objective w...

Multi-touch Interface

 Check out this cool video on multi-touch interface screen demo, by Jeff Han. Its going to be the ground-breaking technology for human-computer interface. So much of it, reminds me (actually reminded to me by Gowri Shankar) of Minority Report. Man, either Spielberg is a genius or he knew of this kind of research when he made that movie.