World’s tallest man meets world’s shortest maN June 22, 2009

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Bao Xishun became officially recognised as the world’s tallest man last year, beating the previous record holder, Radhouane Charbib of Tunisia, by just 2mm.

The historic meeting between Bao, who stands 2.36 meters (7.9 feet) tall, and He, who only reaches 73 centimeters (2.4 feet) in height, took place in Baotou, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday.

World’s Tallest Man Meets Worlds Smallest Man!!!

World’s shortest man is only 20 inches talL June 22, 2009

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Guinness World Records is waiting on final evidence before deciding whether Nepal’s shortest man can be named the shortest in the world.

14-year-old Khagendra Thapa Magar is only 20 inches (50 centimeters) tall and weighs in at a mere 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms).

While Guinness does not have categories for shortest children, a person under 18 years old can be named the shortest man as long as it can be shown he is fully grown.

A spokesperson for Guinness said they were waiting on the final pieces of evidence, including birth certificate and doctors’ reports, before making a decision.

Bad Lifestyle Choices that can be AvoideD June 17, 2009

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It is easy to sabotage your own health. Without even realizing it, you could be setting yourself up for numerous health problems down the road, simply by making bad lifestyle choices. There are several ways that you could be endangering your health and shortening your lifespan. But those poor health choices can easily be changed, and it is never too late to improve your health.

1. Smoking – Smoking is a highly addictive habit that affects millions of people. The effects of smoking can lead to cancer, heart disease, and emphysema. It can also have long-term negative effects on your throat, your digestive system, your skeletal system, and your skin. And, the smoke that is released from cigarettes can cause great harm to those around you.

2. Poor diet – Both eating too much and eating the wrong types of foods can lead to long-term health problems. Eat too much (meaning having no regard for portion sizes) and you are likely to suffer from hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease. Eating the wrong foods (meaning fast foods, high fat snacks, and highly processed foods) can also lead to obesity, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Any of these conditions can cause stroke, heart attack, and death. Stick to natural, fresh foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains for the bulk of your diet. “Cheating” once in a while is ok, too!

3. Excessive drinking – Excessive drinking can lead to long-term liver damage, and it can affect your overall physical and mental health. Drinking and driving cannot only injure or kill you, but it can injure or kill others as well. The key to drinking alcohol is moderation, and if you have had even one drink, let someone who has not been drinking drive the car.

4. Not moving your body – Exercise is hard. It takes time. It takes commitment. But it helps you to control your weight, look great, feel strong and limber, have more energy, it lowers your blood pressure, increases your HDL cholesterol (that’s the good one!), and relieves stress. Why wouldn’t you want to do something that will give you all of those things? Walk, jog, swim, play with your kids in the backyard – do something to keep your body moving!

5. Ignoring stress – Some stress is good, it can be a motivator. Too much stress, though, can lead to a whole host of problems if it is ignored: high blood pressure, depression, severe headaches, or digestive problems. Find something that you enjoy doing and that relaxes you: exercising, meditating, gardening, and reading, anything that helps you leave your stress at the door.

6. Not sleeping enough – Not getting enough sleep affects your judgment, your reaction time, and your mood. This can put you and others in danger, and it can affect your professional and personal relationships. Try to get at least 6-8 hours of sleep each night.

Making bad lifestyle choices, whether they are conscious or not, can mean the difference between a shorter life filled with health problems and a longer life filled with vitality and happiness. Being aware of the things that you can do to make your life better is fundamental to living a long and healthy life. You owe it to yourself and your loved ones!

World’s highest roaD June 15, 2009

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Highest Motorable Road – Khardung La in Himalaya India. The world’s highest motorable road reaches 18,380 feet.

The Karakoram Highway (KKH) at 16,002 feet is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range

Unity is strengtH June 12, 2009

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In a word, unity means oneness, or togetherness. When there is oneness there is likely to be more strength in opinion, more strength in action, and more strength in character. This is a very simple and obvious fact that, if one person tries his hands on some job, he will manage much less than what a group effort will achieve. This, in all simplicity what unity is all about.

Let us peep into different spheres of our existence and we can adjudge the truth of this statement. Let us first discuss the smallest unit of our society the family. If all members of a family go on divergent roads, the very semblence of a family disappears. A family indicates oneness, they live together, they work together they enjoy together they share their woes together, and this is the basic strength of the unit, each member pumping in vigour and confidence in all others, all this on the simple vasis of being one. When we lose this oneness, as of to day we break the family, i.e. the very edifice of our construction.

From this smallest unit, we go to the bigger horizon of society. Where is our society to day? It is broken into fragments, and each segment i.e. an individual family just looking after itself, as if we sternly believe in the adage, “everyone for himself, and God for all. “This has become the motto of the society at large. This has lead to the loosening of the ties of the society and this is the cause of the growth of so many social evils. When there is no strong bond in different segments of a society, it is bound to break into factions, and thus lose its strength, both moral and social.
From the society, let us move on to the position of the country. This is the saddest side of our appearance, a complete lack of unity in the country, thereby the creeping in of evils in the very fabric of the system. The country is, to day seen crumbling under its weight of separationism, each state is desirous of a new younger cousin, so instead of getting together, we are continuously moving on the path of disintegration and thus weakening our system. The best example of unity that India has ever portrayed has been during its struggle for independence, Even though the struggle lasted for almost a century, the Indians clung together as one single unit unmoved and what happened to the great British Empire is for all of us to see. This is all what unity is about, and this is the magic that unity can play on a country. I am sure that, if India had not depicted its great unity in this war, our History would have been different. India has undoubtedly got an inbuilt strength of unity, which it shows off and on then why can it not always stand as one entity, and become a power to reckon with.

Let us consider and understand that, unity is the password which heals all bruises big and small. It is this that helps us enjoy few happy moments of life. In the good moments of a marriage, in the sad moments of sickness and death, it is the unity of the well wishers that makes the pleasure great and despair less. This is the unique power of unity. A lone individual or community can achieve nothing and neither can they enjoy the fruits of any achievement. The secret power of unity is strength, which is built up by mutual trust and faith and love for each other, and the oneness of a single well formulated goal.

To achieve or even to destroy, we need unity, for example, if the terrorists had no unity even they would not have been able to cause as much destruction as they have succeeded in achieving. From Kashmirr, lakhs of people have migrated just because the terrorists have their unity in action, thought and spirit and so they are able to destroy as per their target. Thus in order to make any significant achievement, the most necessary ingredient is unity. Your targets may be good or bad, but success is assured if you have a united consolidated group to work up to the goal.

Be together my children should a
Disaster befall you and do not split up
Spears if they gather together refuse to break
And if they separate they break individually

Motivational Video, anti racial and Unity is strength

How to live a Happy and Rewarding LifE June 9, 2009

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Watch Butterflies or Birds.

Be grateful for good health.

Don’t interrupt.

Take a nap on Sunday afternoon.

Never deprive someone of hope.

Be thankful for every meal.

Never be afraid to say, “I’m Sorry.”

Improve your performance by improving your attitude.

Wave at children on the school bus.

Leave everything a little better than when you found it.

Leave the toilet seat in the down position.

Take time to smell the roses.

Don’t tailgate.

Keep it simple.

Enjoy good company.

Keep your promises.

Listen to your children.

Be kinder than necessary.

Wear outrageous underwear on a job interview, or to work!

Take good care of those you love.

Make it a habit to do nice things for people who never find out.

Judge your success by the degree that you enjoy peace and good health.

Be a good loser.

Be a better winner.

Be romantic.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you.

Enjoy real maple syrup.

Never refuse homemade brownies.

Remember other people’s birthdays.

Sing in the shower.

Resist gossip.

Don’t nag.

Don’t expect that money will bring you happiness.

Say “THANK YOU” a lot.

Take care of your reputation; it is your most valuable asset.

Take your dog to obedience school.

Slow dance.

Don’t rain on other people’s parade.

Don’t postpone joy.

Whistle.

Call your mother.

Do more than what is expected of you.

Be someone’s hero.

Count your blessings…daily.

Enjoy a sunrise, sunset.