Now don't go and try meeting this guy thinking he is a new millionaire.
Worst abs EVER!
He almost made it, ALMOST.
He's like “Hey, your background is different from mine
Don't worry, no one will ever notice it!
Nice try.
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
5 Craziest Watches
Fun Tech - by Gracie Murano
Iron Samurai Watch
The Iron Samurai has been known to increase its wearers' strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma by as much as 20 points each! Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal are said to be Iron Samurai owners, as is David Bowie and Brian Eno. In reality, this watch is perfect for Presidential dinner crashers, Facebook celebs with over 1000 fans, Youtube directors with over 2,000,000 views, anyone who can play the entirety of Neil Zaza's I'm Alright on electric guitar, iPhone 3Gs owners, or anybody who is a somebody.(Link | Via)
Green Geek Power Watch
Ready to take to the skies and fight crime with nigh limitless super hero alien powers? Well, this watch won't help you there. But, if you want to feel like you're ready to take on the world's super villains with a watch that looks like it hurtled through space for centuries and just fell through the sky, check out this Green Geek Power Watch, for sale now! The glowing green lights from this out-of-this-world watch shine like beacons, impressing everyone around you, who will be amazed at the willpower it takes to wear such a unique, cool watch, and best yet, yellow has no affect on its powers of good....or evil.
Space Invaders Watch
Two versions of the watch are being made, one for day (the full color one), and one for night (with glowing ‘Superluminova' invaders). At as little as $10k a piece, why not buy both? Each Space Invaders watch is being made in a very limited run of just 78 pieces. Even so, if you do the math on that, once they sell out, Romain Jerome and TAITO stand to pocket a tidy sum $1,560,000. Not a bad days work for the Space Invaders, eh?
Iron Samurai Watch
The Iron Samurai watch, a spectacularly ugly bracelet-style watch made from “Samurai sword carbonized steel folded 1000x over,” is available from Chinavision for a questionable $15. The watch hides red LEDs inside the pattern of the bracelet, which is kind of cool in theory but dorktacular in practice. It also comes with one of the weirdest/funniest product descriptions I've ever seen:
The Iron Samurai has been known to increase its wearers' strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma by as much as 20 points each! Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal are said to be Iron Samurai owners, as is David Bowie and Brian Eno. In reality, this watch is perfect for Presidential dinner crashers, Facebook celebs with over 1000 fans, Youtube directors with over 2,000,000 views, anyone who can play the entirety of Neil Zaza's I'm Alright on electric guitar, iPhone 3Gs owners, or anybody who is a somebody.
Vanity Mirror Watch
Dude, does a hair on your head dare to be out of place? Ladies, does your make-up need a little fixing? Did you simply just forget how incredibly good you look? With this mirror conveniently on your wrist, if you need to interrupt your preening sessions to check the time for your next haircut appointment, you can do so with the press of a button – you'll instantly see the bright red LED display, but only for a moment so you can get back to gazing into those gorgeous eyes. Sigh! Soooo dreamy.
Tread 1
A company called Devon has just announced their debut model wrist-watch called the Tread 1. It's not so much weird as it is uber cool. Standing true to its name, the Tread 1 uses a treadmill-like system with belts that are woven together and have separate motors. The time is highlighted as the numbers feature inside a cut out shape while they're rotating on the mini treadmill. The watch is made from bulletproof polycarbonate which means it'd be perfect if you were a spy or someone who gets shot at a lot. And if you're getting shot at you're probably very important and if you're very important you probably have a lot of money ergo this watch won't be very expensive for you as it's priced at $15,000.
Green Geek Power Watch
Space Invaders Watch
DHOOM:3 – The Hunt is Over and Katrina Kaif is found!
The Director, Vijay Krishna Acharya (Victor), along with Aditya Chopra, has made this choice after considerable deliberations. When asked on the selection process, Victor said: “After almost a year of searching for a new face for Dhoom:3, we were still unable to find the perfect debutant to play the lead role. We even reached out to international talent but were still unable to find someone who stood out. Both Adi and I really wanted to be sure that the person we chose would be perfect for the role. Once we decided to go with a known face and not pursue the new-comer route, Katrina was the obvious choice for all of us. She is someone who we all know will bring tremendous enthusiasm and commitment to the film. The first time pairing of Aamir with Katrina will also certainly add value.”
Produced by Aditya Chopra, Dhoom:3 is written and directed by Victor, who had also written Dhoom & Dhoom 2.
Apart from Aamir Khan, who plays the anti-hero in the film, both Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra will continue in their now iconic roles of Jai Dixit and Ali.
The film will begin shooting end of this year and is slated for a 2012 Christmas release.
Dhoom:3 – BACK IN ACTION! Stay tuned because we will be bringing you all the exclusive and insider scoop about this exciting film
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Top Women Perfumes
Romance by Ralph Lauren
This is a scent for any season and has a sensual feel to it. The scent is a mixture of extravagant florals, velvety woods and seductive musk. It is long lasting and you can feel on cloud on wearing this perfume. The notes of the perfume include Marigold, Sungoddess rose, chamomile oil, ginger, white violet, yellow freesia, day lily, lotus flower, oak moss, patchouli and musk. It is available in two different sizes; 1.7 oz and 3.4 oz
These are just two of the many top, sensuous scents out there. You can choose from a variety of different perfumes that you think will suit you. All you have to do is go through the ingredients. An afterthought for all the men out there, get your wives and girlfriends the perfect scent for their birthdays.
Google+ Invites the World Into Its Social Circles
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has unleashed Google+ on the world, now completely unfettered by its earlier requirement to join via invitation.
For its debut, Google has added a slew of enhancements as well.Chief among them is the addition of a search box, which allows people to search for content or other people within the Plus network.
Better Hangouts
It has also launched Hangouts for mobile devices, with support currently offered for devices with front-facing cameras running Android 2.3 and up. iOS support is coming soon.Another addition is Hangouts On Air, an option for users who want to broadcast and record their sessions. Up to nine people can join, and anyone can watch the broadcast. The first On Air hangout will launch with will.i.am on September 21.
Google announced some new Hangout features still under construction, as well: screensharing, which lets users share images on their screens; sketchpad, to share doodles or sketches; Google Docs; and Named Hangouts, an option that lets users create a public hangout about a certain topic.
Google is releasing a basic set of Hangouts APIs for developers who want to build apps and games for the platform.
Google did not respond to TechNewsWorld's request to comment for this story.
Facebook's Moves
Facebook, for its part, has not been idling watching Google+ encroach on its turf. The social media giant has been releasing its own series of changes -- and will continue to do so if current rumors are accurate.The company is reportedly preparing to tweak its "Like" button to make it more granular, adding "Read," "Listened," and "Watched." These are expected to be introduced at the F8 Developer conference, according to news accounts. Later, it will launch social commerce buttons, such as "Want."
Social Warfare
Both companies appear to be in reactive mode, determined not to let the other gain an edge in any one functional area."My initial thoughts on the Google+ enhancements [were] that it is directly taking on Facebook," Robb Hecht, adjunct professor of marketing at Baruch College, told TechNewsWorld.
Conversely, the Google+ launch and its new offerings are fueling Facebook's moves, he said -- with the "Read, Listened, Watched," buttons as prime examples.
Variations on Themes
Not that Google+ and Facebook have become mirror images. As they compete, they are subtly creating some differences between that could matter more to certain constituencies.For instance, Google+ has pushed ahead of Facebook with its mobile offerings, said Ian Palmer, head of marketing at Derycz Scientific.
"In the long term, mobile strategy and execution just might be where the line in the sand is drawn for whomever ultimately emerges as the leader in the social space," he told TechNewsWorld.
"It may also be a key distinction between customer base profiles in addition to key geographic, psychographic and demographic splits," Palmer said.
Facebook's changes will delight its advertisers, Laura O'Shaughnessy, CEO of SocialCode, told TechNewsWorld.
"These new features will uncover new data about how different audience segments respond to different aspects of the platform," she said
Facebook's Latest Work: One Too Many Facelifts?
It's a familiar turn of events: Facebook rolls out a change to its Website, and users express disgust at first but later come to accept the changes and stay with the site. Lately, though, Facebook's been dealing out changes at an incredibly rapid pace, it's shaken up the core interface by changing the News Feed, and there now exists a credible alternative users can turn to if they're truly fed up.
Pity the Facebook user. The social networking giant's constantly making changes to its website, forcing its subscribers into new usage habits.
Some of these changes, especially when they relate to privacy, have triggered calls from privacy advocates for regulatory intervention and led users to start organizing groups criticizing the alterations.The excitement generally dies down after a few weeks as users adapt to the changes.
This time, however, things might be different. This week, Facebook tweaked its News Feed, its main interface for users, and that could be the change that pushes some of them over the edge.
Previously, angry subscribers had no alternative. MySpace was dying, and other social networking sites were pitifully small compared to Facebook.
This time, however, beleaguered Facebook subscribers may have an option -- Google+, Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) attempt at social networking, is lurking in the wings.
The Root of Subscribers' Anguish
The Facebook News Feed now provides Facebook members all their news in a single stream with the most interesting features heading the list. That includes top photos and status posted in their absence from the site.Previously, updates were listed in descending chronological order, meaning the latest ones were at the top.
Perhaps one focus of users' anger is the way stories are weighted. Critics wonder how Facebook can decide what's important to a user.
The News Feed now also has a ticker, which displays updates instantaneously. So you'll see a response to your post the moment someone puts it up.
Subscribers can now also adjust their sharing controls and apps settings to restrict who can see their updates anywhere on Facebook.
The changes have some boosters, but critics say they can be confusing. Or perhaps users are irritated because they've been hit with several changes in the past few weeks.
Facebook has announced changes to the way it works on Aug. 23, Aug. 26, Sept. 13, Sept. 14, earlier this week, and on Thursday if one counts the announcement of its new Timeline feature.
Too Much, Too Soon?
Just looking at the list of changes makes one's head spin. So why is Facebook rolling out changes at such a rapid pace?"Our goal with these improvements is to make it easier for people to keep up with their friends no matter how frequently or infrequently they visit Facebook, and to make sure they never miss important updates," Facebook spokesperson Jonny Thaw told TechNewsWorld.
"We're constantly working to make Facebook better," Thaw added.
That includes listening to subscribers' feedback, and "one piece of feedback was that people want an easy way to quickly see their recent stories," Thaw added.
So, expect yet another change, where the labels at the top of the News Feed are "clarified so people can easily view recent stories," Thaw disclosed. And don't expect that change to be the last.
In fact, Facebook on Thursday announced Timeline, a way for subscribers to list their entire life stories on their pages. This and other related announcements were made by company CEO Mark Zuckerberg at f8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Francisco.
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Perhaps reports of user anger over the changes are a trifle overblown."Facebook's new News Feed has a lot going for it, and I think most users at this point have invested enough time and energy into this social space that they'll learn to adapt," Jennifer Jacobson, social media and public relations director at Retrevo.com, told TechNewsWorld.
However, Facebook faces a very real problem in Google, which has just thrown open its Google+ social networking service to the public.
Recall that when Google+ was first introduced about three months ago in an invitation-only mode, people flocked to sign up, and some observers opined that it might take over the social networking space.
Facebook's changes "are a defense against Google," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld.
"When Google+ was launched, a lot of people signed on, people were saying Facebook is yesterday's news, and so Facebook is very much aware of the risk and is stepping up to the plate," Enderle continued.
The excitement over Google+ has since died down, but that doesn't mean Facebook can breathe easy.
"Just because Google missed this time doesn't mean it will do so the next time," Enderle warned
Looking to the Future, Facebook Digs Into Your Past
By Richard Adhikari
TechNewsWorld
Timeline's essentially a visual record of a subscriber's life based on information and images the subscriber uploads to Facebook.
TechNewsWorld
A day after shaking up the way its News Feed is presented, Facebook has introduced yet another new feature: Timeline. It collects posts, photos and information from the past to assemble a virtual timeline of a user's life. Perhaps anticipating another round of privacy shock, CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized that users "have complete control over everything" in their Timelines.
New developments announced by Facebook at its F8 Developer Conference in San Francisco on Thursday might give the social networking king new advantages over Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) as the two battle for dominance. They may also create a world of hurt for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL).
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Timeline, which lets subscribers store and display all their stories and apps on their Facebook page.Timeline's essentially a visual record of a subscriber's life based on information and images the subscriber uploads to Facebook.
Subscribers can see anything on their friends' timelines and also track patterns in their friends' activities.
Perhaps the anger of Facebook subscribers over privacy issues in the past led Zuckerberg to emphasize that users "have complete control over everything" in their Timelines.
Timeline works on any device, including mobile devices.
Zuckerberg also announced the new version of Open Graph, which forms the basis for Timeline.
About Timeline
Facebook subscribers can share any activity in Timeline, Zuckerberg said.Timeline copes with the enormous amount of information that details a person's life by displaying only the most recently input information in detail and summarizing all the rest.
Timeline consists of a vertical line running down the screen, with blue and gray dots on it. The blue dots indicate significant moments or events in a subscriber's life and the others are depicted as gray dots.
Facebook had to revamp its Open Graph to enable Timeline to function as it does.
Timeline will let Facebook subscribers not only see what their friends are reading, listening to or watching, but also join them in real time.
"For a social network, it's natural to share what you're doing with your friends," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld.
"It's consistent with Facebook's strategy and should provide them with a deep competitive edge," Enderle added.
The Building Blocks for Timeline
To enable the capabilities in Timeline, Facebook is calling for the creation of a whole new class of apps which are social by design.Letting subscribers connect to anything in any way they want "will make possible a completely new class of social apps that weren't possible before," Zuckerberg said.
These apps "are not asking the user's permission," Facebook chief technology officer Bret Taylor told the audience at F8. Instead, the apps set users' expectations up front by telling users they're social in nature.
That makes the design of these apps simpler, Taylor said. "You don't need to have permission requests [in these apps]," he explained.
Facebook's partnering with several companies to develop social apps in the music, entertainment, media and lifestyle arenas.
Changing the World One App at a Time
Building in social capabilities into apps from the start may bring about a change in the way information and content are marketed."Today, we're making it possible to build a new type of app and rethink industries at the same time," Zuckerberg said.
For example, in the music industry, "it's not about blocking your access to music, but giving you access to so many songs that you end up buying more," Zuckerberg pointed out.
People who make listening to music a social experience are more likely to purchase tunes because they're more engaged, Spotify CEO and founder Daniel Ek told the F8 audience.
"We're bringing people back to pay for music again," Ek stated.
Taking on the Google Threat
Facebook's new features "are a fairly significant enhancement, and there's a lot more stuff going on right now in Facebook," Greg Sterling, founding principal at Sterling Market Intelligence, told TechNewsWorld."They're trying to anticipate where Google's going," Enderle stated. "It looks like Facebook's attacking Apple, but in reality, [these new features are] a defense against Google."
However, Facebook's moves could also threaten Apple in the online and mobile music, entertainment and media areas.
"Apple will be collateral damage," Enderle said
Monday, 26 September 2011
AL-SAMSAAM-IV-2011 between Pakistan Army and Royal Saudi Land Forces
An impressive opening ceremony of three weeks long joint Exercise (AL-SAMSAAM-IV-2011) between Pakistan Army and Royal Saudi Land Forces was held today near Jhelum. National Flags of both the countries were hoisted. Inspector General Training and Evaluation, Lieutenant General Muzamil Hussain was chief guest on the occassion.
Speaking on the occassion Lieutenant General, Muzamil Hussain said that Saudi Arabia has always been a Pakistan’s special friend and armies of both countries maintain close ties with each other. He said joint exercise will provide an opportunity to troops of both the countries to benefit from each other’s experience. Defense Attache of Saudia Arabia Commodore Abdullah Saeed Ghamdi also attended the ceremony and said that both the nations have long lasting and strong historical relationship.
It is worth mentioning here that the joint Exercise aims at familiarization and sharing of information through an inclusive training programme in real time. This will also include collective training at unit and brigade level to observe drills and procedures in low intensity conflict operations. The Exercise will enhance the battle competence, of participating troops against intimidation operations
Inspector General Training and evaluation, Lieutenant General, Muzamil Hussain witnessed Pak-Saudi Joint Exercise (AL-SAMSAAM-IV-2011) near Jehlum (26-09-2011) – Photo ISPR
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Several countries have contact with Haqqanis: ISPR
Major General Athar Abbas in a statement said that ISI has contacts with the Haqqani group but it does not mean that it supports the network.
Major Abbas said having contacts with any group just for the sake of peace was entirely different from supporting anyone. He added that maintaining ties with rival groups was necessary for intelligence agencies.
Pakistan is not the only country, which has contacts with Haqqani network, he said, adding; "We have solid information that several countries have contacts with the group."
He said dens of Haqqani network were in Nooristan and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan.
He added that any unilateral US operation inside Pakistan would provoke severe anti-America sentiments.
National T20 Championship begins today
The Dolphins have played and lost five domestic T20 finals and have never annexed the title but the heartening fact for their fans is that their team is one of the most balanced outfits in the tournament and has a solid chance of finally winning the crown.
Led by the charismatic Shahid Afridi, the star-studded Dolphins have received a pre-tournament boost as they will now be playing on home turf after the event was recently moved here from Lahore because of a dengue outbreak in the Punjab.
They have been placed in a rather easy group 'D' with Peshawar Panthers and Islamabad Leopards. One expects them to have an easy sailing at least till the knock-out stage.
Their main rivals are Sialkot Stallions and Lahore Lions but Dolphins' good luck is that the two of their biggest rivals are in the same group, which means that one of the big two will not be able to go beyond group stages.
But perhaps more importantly, it will be the support of home crowd and the advantage of playing in their own backyard that can help them to finally reign supreme in the event.
Meanwhile, the tournament can be lit up by the unknown Afghan Cheetas, who are taking part in the event for first time in history.
Though, they are not bringing some of their main players to the event but history beckons that the Afghans can prove to be tough nut to crack in shortest format of the game. They have been placed with current champions Rawalpindi Rams, former winners Faislabad Wolves and a dangerous Multan Tigers' outfit in Group 'B', in what certainly seems to be a 'group of death'. But Cheetas' can turn out to be the surprise package of the event.
Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria will be leading Karachi Zebras in the tournament and they will play the last match on Sunday against bitter rivals Lahore Eagles. The crowd can expect to see some fireworks when these two take on each under floodlights. The other teams to join them in Group 'A' are lowly Abbottabad Falcons and Quetta Bear.
Meanwhile, five-time champions Sialkot stallions, the most successful side of Pakistan's T20 history, have been drawn with Lahore Lions and Hyderabad Hawks.
Hawks can prove to be a nightmare for these two giants, as they have become a strong team in recent times and can cause a few upsets.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali is expected to be the chief guest at the opening ceremony of the tournament today.
Friday, 23 September 2011
Waseem Akram tried to ruin my career: Shoaib Akhtar
The fastest bowler in the 134-year official history of international cricket - Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar has made some startling claims in his autobiography entitled 'Controversially Yours'.
From the preview of excerpts of Shoaib Akhtar, who holds the record for the fastest delivery in cricket ever clocking 161.3 km/h (100.2 mph), it transpires that the autobiography is no less controversial with the Rawalpindi Express admitting to ball tampering and also claiming that Sachin Tendulkar chickened out during the Faisalabad Test.
"I bowled (Sachin) a particularly fast ball which he, to my amazement didn't even touch. He walked away! That was the first time I saw him walk away from me - that, too, on the slow track at Faisalabad," he wrote in his book.
The former Pakistani stump-wrecker said that Master Blaster and The Wall are not match winners. "I think players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid weren't exactly match winners to start with, nor did they know the art of finishing the game," he said.
In the autobiography, Akhtar also alleged that Shahrukh Khan and former Chairman of Indian Premier League (IPL) Lalit Modi cheated him. "Shahrukh and I talked about my not being happy with the money settled on me. Shahrukh and Modi got me to agree. I should have never listened to Modi and Shahrukh," he stated.
Akhtar, who retired from cricket following the 2011 World Cup, also revealed that he tampered with the ball claiming, "everyone tampers with the ball. I did so too. Tampering should be legalised."
The biography maps Shoaib's journey from his economically deprived childhood to his peak in international cricket. Born flat-footed, suffering whooping cough, the bowler describes the blood, sweat and tears that took him to breaking the 100 mph barrier.
Comfort stayed elusive. Akhtar describes the severe class discrimination marring Pakistani cricket, his humiliation and his failures, including ball-tampering and even attacking teammates with a bat.
Alongside, he takes on Pakistani and international players, coaches, selectors and the media. "Shoaib Malik did not deserve to be captain and was made captain because he was a stooge of the PCB Chief Naseem Ashraf," stated Akhtar.
Not just this, the former Pakistani pacer also went on to claim that legendary Pakistani pacer Wasim Akram attempted to finish his career. He stated, "Wasim Akram threatened to walk out with half the team if I was included in the team. General Tauqir Zia backed Shoaib against Wasim."
A right hand fast bowler, Akhtar was born on August 13, 1975, in Rawalpindi. He remained involved in several controversies during his career.
In 2005, he was sent home during the Test series in Australia for unprofessional attitude. A year later, he was snared in a drug scandal after testing positive for stimulants. He was banned in September 2007 for picking up a fight with teammate Mohammed Asif, and in the following year banned for five years for criticising the Pakistan Cricket Board. In October 2008, the Lahore High Court suspended the ban.
Akhtar retired from international cricket after the 2011 World Cup.
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