Friday 16 August 2013

[www.keralites.net] Khatte-mitten khabhrain from around the world for 16/8/13

 

Line Maro I'm incredibly wealthy.. (Me: A 'line' of prospective gfs waiting outside dying to tie the knot on you without wanting to know anything else about u) ** From the world of science… What is cartilage? Cartilage is the rubbery tissue that keeps your bones from rubbing together. It is not as hard as bone, but stiffer and less flexible than muscle. Cartilage is found in the joints between the bones, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the bronchia tubes and the intervertebral discs. ** Nano filters could bring potable water to the poor. A new study paves the way for the next generation of portable water purification devices, which could provide relief to the 780 million people around the world who face every day without access to a clean water supply. An international team of researchers showed that water purification membrances enhanced by plasma-treated carbon nanotubes are ideal for removing contaminants and brine from water. ** Strength training helps increase the body's metabolic rate, include it in your workout regime. ** Sweet potatoes contain high levels of potassium, sodium and vitamin A, all good for the skin. ** Watermelon eases post-exercise muscle pain… Watermelon juice may relieve post-exercise muscle soreness due to the amino acid L-citrulline present in the summer fruit. ** Weird world.. Manning apologises for hurting US with leaks. US soldier Bradley Manning on Wednesday apologized for hurting his country by giving classified information to WikiLeaks and pleaded with a military judge for a chance to go to college and be a productive citizen. (How do apologies help when serious damage is already done. Anything WikiLeaks divulges amid fanfare is lapped up by the media, caring little for the incalculable harm some of the secret information being leaked out may cause to the country and the people working in dangerous secret service or other departments) ** Ma loses job after seeking marijuana delivery on twitter. An employee at a Canadian oil-change shop has been sacked after police saw his tweet apparently seeking a majijuana delivery and replied to the post. The man asked on Twitter whether a dealer could bring drugs to his Toronto-area shop, as he needed "a spliff or two" to finished his shift. ** Olympic stuntman dies in wingsuit mishap. Geneva: The British stuntman who parachuted into the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony as James Bond has been killed in an accident in the Swiss Alps while flying a special wingsuit. ** China zoo under fire for disguising hairy dog as lion… A Chinese zoo's supposed "African lion" was exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substituted started barking.. ** Iran politician 'too pretty' for city council seat. ** US to sentence German who posed as Rockefeller.. Tweet of the Day: @SalmanRushdie Happy Independence Day to everyone in India (and all Indians abroad)! Hard to believe Midnight's Children are 66 today. (Yep, badly battered and bruised senior citizens, the dreams having gone awry for most, except for those settled abroad) ** Teacher: If there are ten cats in a boat and one jumps out, how many are left? Pupil: None, they were all copycats! ** Tongue in cheek quote… The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom" – Isaac Asimov. (Me: Worse is the 'wisdom' or the lack of it in some countries that refuse to accept science is indeed a credible fact) ** "One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry" – Oscar Wilde. ** News of the day… Indian IT firms spend more to soften US bill… Lobbying spends by Indian IT firms in the US have increased this year with most of them made to soften the proposals in the immigration bill. (Comment: When Wallmart was alleged to spent a million for lobbying for loosening FDI norms for investment in retail, one remembers Parliament business was stopped for a day or two by shouting and counter-shouting – later it was reported there was no merit in the allegation. Now when Indian IT biggies are alleged for similar lobbying, the news is limited to a small column in one or two newspapers, and wasn't worthy enough for TV news, let alone breaking news…) ** Bunty goes to his girlfriend Dimpy's house for the first time. As she goes to the kitchen for some snacks, he walks around the living room, and notices a cute little vase on a shelf. He picks it up, and as Dimpy walks in, asks: "What's this?"" She says, "Oh, my father's ashes are in there/" He puts the vase back reverentially with an " Ooooooh….!... "Says Dimpy, "Yeah, he's too lazy to go get an ashtray."


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