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Sky is falling !!

“US spy satellite falling out of orbit may strike the earth by late February“

WASHINGTON - A large US spy satellite has lost power and could hit the earth in late February or early March, government officials said yesterday.

The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come down, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret.

“Appropriate government agencies are monitoring the situation,” said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council, when asked about the situation after it was disclosed by other officials. “Numerous satellites over the years have come out of orbit and fallen harmlessly. We are looking at potential options to mitigate any possible damage this satellite may cause.”

He would not comment on whether it is possible for the satellite to be perhaps shot down by a missile. He said it would be inappropriate to discuss any specifics at this time.

A senior government official said that lawmakers and other nations are being kept apprised of the situation.

Such an uncontrolled reentry could risk exposure of US secrets, said John Pike, a defense and intelligence specialist. Spy satellites typically are disposed of through a controlled reentry into the ocean so that no one else can access the spacecraft, he said.

Pike also said it’s not likely the threat from the satellite could be eliminated by shooting it down with a missile, because that would create debris that would then re-enter the atmosphere and burn up or hit the ground.

 

Zodiac Signs

 

Annual cycle of twelve…………some temperaments to dwell
Click to read more ……….let your knowledge swell !!

• Fire
  • Aries
  • Leo
  • Sagittarius
• Earth
  • Taurus
  • Virgo
  • Capricorn
• Air
  • Gemini
  • Libra
  • Aquarius
• Water
  • Cancer
  • Scorpio
  • Pisces 

Src:
http://www.norulak.com/
http://www.zodiac-signs.co.uk/

 

Craigslist vs Wall Street :)

THIS APPEARED ON CRAIG’S LIST

What am I doing wrong? (Read till the end for the answer)

Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I’m articulate and classy. I’m not from New York . I’m looking to get married to a guy who makes at least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don’t think I’m overreaching at all.

Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board? Any wives? Could you send me some tips? I dated a business man who makes average around 200 - 250. But that’s where I seem to hit a roadblock. 250,000 won’t get me to central park west. I know a woman in my yoga class who was married to an investment banker and lives in Tribeca, and she’s not as pretty as I am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right? How do I get to her level?

Here are my questions specifically:

 

Wall Street in search of beauty :)

Wall Street - craigslist ad:

Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a rich (very rich) 30 year old man. I’m articulate and classy. I’m not from New York. I’m looking to get married to a girl who is stunningly beautiful. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that merely attractive is just average in New York City, so I don’t think I’m overreaching at all.

Are there any girls who are stunning or better on this board? Any sugar daddies? Could you send me some tips? I dated a couple of chicks who were pretty fit. But that’s where I seem to hit a roadblock. Pretty fit won’t get me envious glances on Madison Avenue. I know an investment banker at my racquetball club who was married to a lingerie model and lives in Tribeca, and he’s not as rich as I am, nor is he as sharp. So what is he doing right? How do I get to his level?

Here are my questions specifically:

 

Arranged Marriage - the fear of the unknown !!

 

The woods were lovely dark and deep. Walking slowly beside her, in the damp mud road, was her husband whom she barely knew. He was very relaxed, happily watching a group of kids playing at a distance. Her “mehandi” was still dark and smelling fresh, reminding of the excitements and tension 2 days back.

“It cant work this way mom…please stop this”, she kept telling her mother till the last moment, who wouldn’t listen but carry on with beautifying her. She had been crying all night and her make-up had to be patched up twice or thrice to hide her awkwardly swollen face.It was too late now.She had to get married “NOW” to the guy…The guy whom she had seen once and talked thrice.The guy about whom she knew nothing at all but for his name and work.Everything happened in a hurry and everything was over before she could breathe again… here was she with this guy, all alone in this hill station… how can anybody send their daughter such a long distance with a stranger???

 

Love Insurance

 

With the hype created by Michael Moore in the flourishing insurance markets, another type of insurance would probably interest most of the young generation. “Love Insurance”

If my readers are not already intrigued by the concept, just imagine, with a little premium investment, one would be assured of 

• No heart breaks. 
• No sleepless nights
• No blank gazing  
• Financial assistance
• Enhanced productivity
• Sense of security 
• Third party evaluations and credentials 
• Another insurance industry - More jobs -improved Employment rate - Better economy

So what could be the concept like.  Read on……

 

Fortune Cookies

They are not Chinese !!!

The most amusing part of a Chinese meal for me has always been the dessert – the fortune cookie. My appetite would relish the delicacy, but my mind would be hungry to read the words of vague prophecy from the piece of paper baked inside a delicate, crisp cookie made from flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, and milk.

 It was more of a thing to fancy than anything else, when the other day, someone asked me – How do you think are these cookies made? And to honestly admit, I was like a fool staring back. To think of it, it was a piece of paper, so nicely tucked in a baked cookie. 

   

How and when does the maker, insert the fortune? Curious to know ? read on

 

Team Hoyt - Dad & Son

This is the father’s day tribute by Richard E. Hoyt Jr., a cerebral palsy affected son to his dad who has been not only his arms and legs, but also his inspiration - the person who allows him to live his life to the fullest.

Read on : What My Father Means To Me by Rich Hoyt 

Watch it :

 Can World’s Strongest Dad, A Tribute 

Team Hoyt - Father of the century

Here’s a tribute to all the dads who go through the unthinkable and make extraordinary efforts to make their kids feel special and achieve the impossibles. To the dads whose whole being revolves around their kids……who see their identities in their kids…….who are fathers before they are anybody else …….. Hats off to dads across the world……..

 

Made in India PC

Another reason for us Indians to be proud is the headlines from April 29, 2007:

“Made in India PC for just about $100“

 While global computing giants like IBM and AMD are yet to give shape to their ambitious plans for a computer that costs $100 or less, an Indian company, Novatium, has already set its eyes on 10 million potential customers with its up-and-running PC priced at Rs 4,500 only. Novatium was co-founded by US-based Analog Devices chairman Ray Stata, Netcore Solutions managing director Rajesh Jain and professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala of IIT Madras.

The company’s NetPC works on a ‘thin client’ concept. This is a small box and does not contain any software or application. It is linked to a central server, which hosts all applications.

“Network PC (NetPC) costs around $100 (less than Rs 4,400) and along with a monthly subscription of around Rs 400, it provides you with internet connection and almost everything like authentic software and applications,” Singh said.

Read More at :  http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/apr/29pc.htm

 

The road to Success

 

The road to success is not straight.
There is a curve called Failure,
A loop called Confusion,
Speed bumps called Friends,
Red lights called Enemies,
Caution lights called Family,
You will have flats called Jobs.  

 

Better off Single ?

INDEED !!!

(Auth: Dawn Yanek)

Attention, unmarried people of America:You can splurge on a fancy new wristwatch without having to explain yourself. You can stay out till 3 a.m. without having to phone home. You can leave the toilet seat up. In fact, there are many, many ways that single life rocks, though you may forget that fact when your relatives are grilling you about settling down.

Not only do you have the freedom to do anything you want—it’s also the best time in history to be flying solo. The marriage rate has declined nearly 50 percent since 1970, according to the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University, and right now, there are approximately 100 million singles in the U.S. And there’s strength in those numbers: “Today’s choose-to-be singles differ from the poor-me singles of past generations; there’s less of a stigma attached to being single, ” says Jerusha Stewart, author of The Single Girl’s Manifesta.“Singles are traveling, buying homes and doing everything they want to—you don’t have to get married anymore to live your life with style.”
Want more specifics on why you should celebrate being single?

Here, the 9 most fascinating benefits to being unmarried:

 

Ingredients for a wedding

Ingredients for a wedding

Ingredients
4-lb of love
1-lb of youth
0.5-lb of good looks
1-lb of sweet temper
1-lb of blindness to faults
1-lb of self-forgetfulness
1-lb of powdered wit
1-lb of good humor
2 -tbsp of sweet argument
1- pint of rippling laughter
1- wine glass of common sense
1- oz of modesty
Put the love, good looks and sweet temper into a well-furnished house. Beat the butter of youth to a cream and mix well to blindness of faults.
Stir the pounded wit and good humor in to the sweet argument; then add the rippling laughter and common sense. Work the whole together until everything is mixed and bake gently forever.(Found in a church book of recipes about 1900AD)

 

Growing old vs Growing up

Lovely Rose at 87.
  
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose.
I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids..”
  

 

Success?? Do we really strive for it??

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, ‘What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.”  Socrates said, “That is the secret to success.

When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it.” 

There is no other secret.

 

Ways of Life

1. If you want your dreams to come true, don’t oversleep.
2. The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
3. Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
4. The best vitamin for making friends….B1.
5. The 10 commandments are not multiple choices.
6. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
7. Minds are like parachutes…they function only when open.
8. Ideas won’t work unless YOU do.
9. One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.
10. One who lacks the courage to start has already finished.
11. The heaviest thing to carry is a grudge.
12. Don’t learn safety rules by accident.
13. We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
14. Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.
15. A turtle makes progress when it sticks its head out.
16. One thing you can give and still keep …is your word.
17. A friend walks in when everyone else walks out.
18. The pursuit of happiness is: the chase of a lifetime!

 

Scaling the heights !! I am still growing

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he scaled the highest mountain then known to man-29,000 feet straight up. He was knighted for his efforts.

He even made American Express card commercials because of it! However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don’t understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.

You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb Mount Everest, but failed. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to address its members.

Hillary walked on stage to a thunderous applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at greatness, but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the edge of the platform.

He made a fist and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a loud voice, Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve grown all you are going to grow… but I’m still growing!

 

Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win

When the going gets tough…..the tough get going

 

Yes !! You Can

If you think you are beaten, you are;

if you think  you dare not, you don’t;

if you like to win, but you think you can’t

it’s almost a clinch you won’t. 

If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost;

for out in the world we find

success begins with a fellow’s Will~

it’s all in the state of mind. 

If you think you are outclassed, you are;

you’ve got to think high to rise.

You’ve just got to be sure of yourself

before you can win the prize. 

Life’s battles don’t always go

to the stronger or faster man,

but sooner or later the one who wins

is the one who thinks  I CAN.