Billboard converts air into water – 100 Liters per day … thanx Lindsay

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Paras Universal

From …http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=700400&CategoryId=14095

Miracles of Engineering in Peru: Drinking Water Out of a Billboard

LIMA – Peru’s University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) was about to open the applications for the period 2013, so they needed to get students’ attention.

Lima, the capital, and its surrounding villages such as Bujama are located in the coastal deserts of Peru. In these places, there were many people suffering from the lack of clean and potable water.

“Here in Bujama district most of us draw water from the well. It’s not nice and it’s polluted,” said Francisco Quilca, a Bujama’s district resident.

The rain in this region is almost zero, but its atmospheric humidity is about 98%. Inspired by this, UTEC built the first billboard that produces drinking water out of the air. The billboard has unique technology that captures the air humidity and turns it into drinking water.

“Each generator captures the air humidity and from there it goes to a reverse osmosis system. Each tank stores about 5.28 gallons of water. These 5 generators purify the vital liquid and its total is gathered in one tank,” said one of UTEC’s engineers involved in the project.

The billboard has already produced about 2,496.42 gallons of drinking water in a 3 month period, an amount that equals the water consumption of hundreds of families per month.

“They could put this in different places. If possible in every village, in each town, so water is generated through these billboards. The water really gives us life,” added Quilca.

Baloo the bear, Leo the lion and Shere Khan live together … thanx Reens

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Paras Universal

Pics at the bottom

They make an unlikely trio but Baloo the bear, Leo the lion and Shere Khan the tiger have forged an unusually strong bond.
Considering that they would be mortal enemies if they ever were to meet in the wild, it is stunning to see their unique and genuine friendship in these intimate pictures.

Rescued eight years ago during a police drugs raid in Atlanta, Georgia, the three friends were only cubs at the time at barely two months old.

They had been kept as status symbol pets by the drug barons.
Delivered to the Noah’s Ark Animal Rescue Centre in Locust Grove, Georgia, the decision was made to keep the youngsters together, because of their budding rapport.

‘We could have separated them, but since they came as a kind of family, the zoo decided to keep them together,’ said Diane Smith, assistant director of Noah’s Ark. To our knowledge, this is the only place where you’ll find this combination of animals together.’
Living with the zoo’s founders for the past eight years, Shere Khan, Baloo and Leo have now moved to a purpose-built habitat where the US public can now witness first hand their touching relationships.

‘We didn’t have the money to move them at first,’ said Diane.
‘Now their habitat is sorted and they have been moved away from the children’s zoo areas where the public couldn’t really get a good look.
‘It is possible to see Baloo, who is a 1000-lb bear, Shere Khan, a 350-lb tiger and Leo, who is also 350 lbs, messing around like brothers. They are totally oblivious to the fact that in any other circumstance they would not be friends.’

Handled by Charles and Jama Hedgecoth, the zoo’s owners and founders, the three friendly giants appear to have no comprehension of their animal differences.

‘Baloo and Shere Khan are very close,’ says Diane.
‘That is because they rise early, and as Leo is a lion, he likes to spend most of the day sleeping. It is wonderful and magical to see a giant American Black Bear put his arm around a Bengal and then to see the tiger nuzzle up to the bear like a domestic cat.When Leo wakes up the three of them mess around for most of the day before they settle down to some food.’

Surprisingly for three apex predators with the power to kill with a single bite or swipe of their paw, they are very relaxed around each other.

‘They eat, sleep and play together,’ said Jama.
‘As they treat each other as siblings they will lie on top of each other for heat and simply for affection.

At the moment they are getting used to their new habitat.
Shere Khan is being quite reticent about the move, but Baloo, the bear, is very good at leading him on and making him feel comfortable and safe.’

Explaining that the three ‘brothers’ have always seemed to share a unique bond, Charles said: ‘Noah’s Ark is their home and they could not possibly be separated from each other.

‘You just have to remember who you’re dealing with when you are with them, though. It’s when you forget that these fellows are wild animals that you get yourself in trouble.’

The trio’s new habitat had to be constructed carefully, in order to accommodate its occupants.

Jama said: ‘The clubhouse had to be very sturdy for the guys, because they all sleep in it together,’

She added: ‘We had to include a creek, because the tiger and the bear both like to be in water.’

Got GPS in your vehicle ? Might want to read this one … Thanx Kumar

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Paras Universal

Wednesday, I approached my truck/bakkie from the passenger side to place my computer bag (aka my man purse) on the front passenger seat.

As I reached to open the door I noticed there was a hole right under my door handle.
My first thought was, “someone has shot my truck!” I began to think about it and inspect it a little closer. Then the ‘light’ slowly began to dawn on me. I phoned my friend who owns a car body shop and asked if he had any vehicles with damage to the doors that looked like a bullet hole.

“Yes, I see it all the time. Thieves have a punch and place it right under the door handle, knock a hole through, reach in and unlock it, just as if they have a key. No alarms, broken glass or anything”.

I then placed a call to my insurance agent and explained it to him. I was puzzled that they left my GPS and all other belongings. Here is where it gets scary!

“Oh no”, he said. “They want the break-in to be so subtle that you don’t even realize it. They look at your GPS to see where ‘home’ is. They know what you drive, so they go to your home and if your vehicle isn’t there, they assume you aren’t either and break in your home.”

He said they even give you the courtesy of re-locking your doors for you. They will leave a purse or wallet and only take one or two credit cards.

By the time you realize there has been a theft, they may have already had a couple days, or more, to use them.

So, periodically walk around your car; daily – if you are in a shopping centre or other parking area.

Report thefts immediately….your bank w/missing cheque numbers, your credit card agencies, police, and insurance companies, etc. And set your home address for a street nearby.

“They” have a new way to rob you now! Please let everyone know.

Example of the punch hole.

UNBELIEVABLE AND WRITTEN BY A MUSLIM

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Paras Universal

UNBELIEVABLE AND WRITTEN BY A MUSLIM
It sure makes interesting reading… particularly coming from a Pakistani official. By: Dr Farrukh Saleem

The writer is the Pakistani Executive Director of the Center for Research and Security Studies, a think tank established in 2007, and an Islamabad-based freelance columnist.
Why are Jews so powerful?

There are only 14 million Jews in the world; seven million in the Americas , five million in Asia, two million in Europe and 100,000 in
Africa. For every single Jew in the world there are
100 Muslims.

Yet, Jews are more than a hundred times more powerful
than all the Muslims put together.
Ever wondered why?

Jesus of Nazareth was Jewish.
Albert Einstein, the most influential scientist of all time and
TIME magazine’s ‘Person of the Century’, was a Jew.

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis was a Jew.
So were Karl Marx, Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman.

Here are a few other Jews whose intellectual output
has enriched the whole humanity:

Benjamin Rubin gave humanity the vaccinating needle.
Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine.
Albert Sabin developed the improved live polio vaccine.
Gertrude Elion gave us a leukemia fighting drug.
Baruch Blumberg developed the vaccination for Hepatitis B.

Paul Ehrlich discovered a treatment for syphilis.
Elie Metchnikoff won a Nobel Prize in infectious diseases.
Bernard Katz won a Nobel Prize in neuromuscular transmission.
Andrew Schally won a Nobel in endocrinology.
Aaron Beck founded Cognitive Therapy.

Gregory Pincus developed the first oral contraceptive pill.
George Wald won a Nobel for our understanding of the human eye.
Stanley Cohen won a Nobel in embryology.
Willem Kolff came up with the kidney dialysis machine.

Over the past 105 years, 14 million Jews have won 15-dozen Nobel Prizes while only three Nobel Prizes have been won by 1.4 billion
Muslims (other than Peace Prizes).
Why are Jews so powerful?
Stanley Mezor invented the first micro-processing chip.
Leo Szilard developed the first nuclear chain reactor;
Peter Schultz, optical fibre cable;
Charles Adler, traffic lights;
Benno Strauss, Stainless steel;
Isador Kisee, sound movies;
Emile Berliner, telephone microphone;
Charles Ginsburg, videotape recorder.

Famous financiers in the business world who belong to Jewish faith include
Ralph Lauren (Polo),
Levis Strauss (Levi’s Jeans),
Howard Schultz (Starbuck’s) ,
Sergey Brin (Google),
Michael Dell (Dell Computers),
Larry Ellison (Oracle),
Donna Karan (DKNY),
Irv Robbins (Baskins & Robbins) and
Bill Rosenberg (Dunkin Donuts).

Richard Levin, President of Yale University, is a Jew. So are Henry Kissinger (American secretary of state), Alan Greenspan (Fed chairman under Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush), Joseph Lieberman (US Senator), Madeleine Albright (American secretary of state), Casper
Weinberger (American secretary of defense), Maxim Litvinov ( USSR foreign Minister), David Marshal ( Singapore ‘s first chief minister), Issac Isaacs (governor-general of Australia ), Benjamin
Disraeli (British statesman and author), Yevgeny Primakov (Russian PM), Barry Goldwater (US Senator), Jorge Sampaio (president of Portugal ), John Deutsch (CIA director), Herb Gray (Canadian deputy PM), Pierre Mendes (French PM), Michael Howard (British home
secretary), Bruno Kreisky (chancellor of Austria ) and Robert Rubin (American secretary of treasury).

In the media, famous Jews include Wolf Blitzer (CNN), Barbara Walters (ABC News), Eugene Meyer (Washington Post), Henry Grunwald
(editor-in-chief Time), Katherine Graham (publisher of The Washington Post), Joseph Lelyveld (Executive editor, The New York Times), and Max Frankel (New York Times).

The most beneficent philanthropist in the history of the world is George Soros, a Jew, who has so far donated a colossal $4 billion most of which has gone as aid to scientists and universities around the world.

Second to George Soros is Walter Annenberg, another Jew, who has built a hundred libraries by donating an estimated $2 billion.

At the Olympics, Mark Spitz set a record of sorts by winning seven gold medals; Lenny Krayzelburg is a three-time Olympic gold medalist.
Spitz, Krayzelburg and Boris Becker (Tennis) are all Jewish.

Did you know that Harrison Ford, George Burns, Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Sandra Bullock, Billy Crystal, Woody Allen, Paul Newman,
Peter Sellers, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Douglas, Ben Kingsley, Kirk Douglas, Goldie Hawn, Cary Grant, William Shatner, Jerry Lewis and
Peter Falk are all Jewish?

As a matter of fact, Hollywood itself was founded by a Jew. Among directors and producers, Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Oliver Stone,
Aaron Spelling ( Beverly Hills 90210), Neil Simon (The Odd Couple), Andrew Vaina (Rambo 1/2/3), Michael Man (Starsky andHutch), Milos
Forman (One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Douglas Fairbanks (The Thief of Baghdad ) and Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) are all Jewish.

So, why are Jews so powerful?
Answer : EDUCATION
Why are Muslims so powerless?

There are an estimated 1,476,233,470 Muslims on the face of the planet: one billion in Asia, 400 million in Africa, 44 million in Europe and six million in the Americas . Every fifth human being is a Muslim; for every single Hindu there are two Muslims, for every Buddhist there are two Muslims and for every Jew there are one hundred Muslims.

Ever wondered why Muslims are so powerless?
Here is why: There are 57 member-countries of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), and all of them put together have around
500 universities; one university for every three million Muslims. The United States has 5,758 universities and India has 8,407.

In 2004, Shanghai Jiao Tong University compiled an ‘Academic Ranking of World Universities’ , and intriguingly, not one university
from Muslim-majority states was in the top-500.

As per data collected by the UNDP, literacy in the Christian world stands at nearly 90 per cent and 15 Christian-majority states have a literacy rate of 100 per cent.

A Muslim-majority state, as a sharp contrast, has an average literacy rate of around 40 per cent and there is no Muslim-majority state with
a literacy rate of 100 per cent.

Some 98 per cent of the ‘literates’ in the Christian world had completed primary school, while less than 50 per cent of the ‘literates’ in the Muslim world did the same.

Around 40 per cent of the ‘literates’ in the Christian world attended university while no more than two per cent of the ‘literates’ in the Muslim world did the same.

Muslim-majority countries have 230 scientists per one million Muslims. The US has 4,000 scientists per million and Japan has 5,000 per million.
In the entire Arab world, the total number of full-time researchers is 35,000 and there are only 50 technicians per one million Arabs. (in the Christian world there are up to 1,000 technicians per one million).

Furthermore, the Muslim world spends 0.2 per cent of its GDP on research and development, while the Christian world spends around five per cent of its GDP.

Conclusion: The Muslim world lacks the capacity to produce knowledge!

Daily newspapers per 1,000 people and number of book titles per million are two indicators of whether knowledge is being diffused in a society.

In Pakistan, there are 23 daily newspapers per 1,000 Pakistanis while the same ratio in Singapore is 360. In the UK , the number of book
titles per million stands at 2,000 while the same in Egypt is 20.

Conclusion: The Muslim world is failing to diffuse knowledge.

Exports of high technology products as a percentage of total exports are an important indicator of knowledge application. Pakistan ‘s export of high technology products as a percentage of total exports stands at one per cent. The same for Saudi Arabia is 0.3 per cent; Kuwait, Morocco, and Algeria are all at 0.3 per cent, while Singapore is at 58 per cent.

Conclusion: The Muslim world is failing to apply knowledge.

Why are Muslims powerless?

…..Because we aren’t producing knowledge,
…..Because we aren’t diffusing knowledge.,
…..Because we aren’t applying knowledge.

And, the future belongs to knowledge-based societies.

Interestingly, the combined annual GDP of 57 OIC-countries is under $2 trillion.
America, just by herself, produces goods and services worth $12 trillion;
China $8 trillion,
Japan $3.8 trillion and
Germany $2.4 trillion (purchasing power parity basis).

Oil rich Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and Qatar collectively produce goods and services (mostly oil) worth $500 billion;
Spain alone produces goods and services worth over $1 trillion,
Catholic Poland $489 billion and
Buddhist Thailand $545 billion.

….. (Muslim GDP as a percentage of world GDP is fast declining).
So, why are Muslims so powerless?
Answer: Lack of education.

All we do is shout to Allah the whole day !!! and blame everyone else for our multiple failures!!!!!

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Muslims are not happy
They’re not happy in Gaza
They’re not happy in Egypt
They’re not happy in Libya
They’re not happy in Morocco
They’re not happy in Iran
They’re not happy in Iraq
They’re not happy in Yemen
They’re not happy in Afghanistan
They’re not happy in Pakistan
They’re not happy in Syria
They’re not happy in Lebanon
So, where are they happy?
They’re happy in Australia
They’re happy in England
They’re happy in France
They’re happy in Italy
They’re happy in Germany
They’re happy in Sweden
They’re happy in the USA & Canada
They’re happy in Norway
They’re happy in almost every country that is not Islamic!
And who do they blame?
Not Islam…
Not their leadership…
Not themselves…
THEY BLAME THE COUNTRIES THEY ARE HAPPY IN
And they want to change the countries they’re happy in,
to be like the countries they came from,
where they were unhappy.
Try to find logic in that !

Jeff Foxworthy on Muslims:
(Paras note: This is not really Jeff on Muslims… he does Redneck jokes just like this and someones just changed words and copied his style)

1. If You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to liquor.
You are a Muslim

2. If You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can’tafford shoes.
You are a Muslim
3. If You have more wives than teeth.
You are a Muslim
4. If You wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider bacon unclean.

You are a Muslim

5. If You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
You are a Muslim
6. If You can’t think of anyone you haven’t declared Jihad against.

You are a Muslim
7. If You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.

You are a Muslim
8. If You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.

You are a Muslim
9. If You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least four.

You are a Muslim
10. If You find this offensive or racist and don’t forward it.
You are a Muslim

You Must Invest in Your Own Education About Money by Jon Giaan … Thanx Nish

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Paras Universal

You Must Invest in Your Own Education About Money by Jon Giaan … Thanx Nish
Throughout your lifetime, most of you reading this will make in excess of $1 million.

There’s only one problem.

It’s going to take you 20-30 years to achieve it on your current yearly income.

Despite that, it’s still a lot of money.

The bad news is, like most people, you’ll spend it all – and after a lifetime of earnings, you’ll probably end up with nothing.

How is that possible?

Because no one teaches you about money, you probably received no formal education in the most critical subject that your whole life revolves around.

Did you ever attend a class called, Money 101?

Have you ever thought, why isn’t it compulsory to teach children the fundamentals of money?

I mean, so many people talk about how they wish they learnt the secrets of making money at school.

Let me tell you, it’s never going to happen.

Here’s why…

Schools as we know it today were built out of the industrial age’s necessity to create a workforce for the industrial revolution. Henry Ford saw to that, he was one of the visionaries behind the current school system. The whole curriculum that today’s society is built on is designed to turn you into an employee (they’ve done a good job of that, haven’t they?).

Nothing more, nothing less.

There are some folks out there who foolishly believe they can change the school system and introduce more life-skills like
“understanding how money works and operates.”

Forget it.

My suggestion is, put the oxygen mask on yourself first and forget about changing the system.

Let me ask you a question.

How did you learn about money?

Most likely you picked it up a piece here, and a tip there. You absorbed attitudes from your parents, peers and the media.

You proceeded through trial and error and learnt through the school of hard knocks. What you learnt was probably haphazard, mostly wrong and certainly out of context.

The end result usually is overwhelmed by the whole subject of money. Confused and frustrated – you do the unthinkable… and that is you put your financial future in the hands of somebody with a suit who smells good, looks good but has absolutely no idea about making money (financial professionals).

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about – and how ridiculous our system is, and effectively what you’re up against.

Let’s call Person A, Bob.

Now, Bob is a bona-fide millionaire trader. He makes a living out of trading the market every day.

Now you meet Bob at a BBQ and in conversation you find out that he’s a full-time trader. You of course are interested, and you ask Bob for a tip.

Bob casually obliges and says to you that he’s looking at BHP at the moment and he’s going to enter a trade on Monday morning if all the signals are right.

You take that on, because you respect Bob’s history, background and the fact that he’s been making a full-time living trading the market for the last 10 years.

Monday comes around and you take the trade based on Bob’s advice. Now of course Bob never told you to trade the stock, you were just having a conversation. Anyway, after 3 days of being in the trade, you’ve lost 10% of your money and you get out of the trade.

No big deal, not every trade is a winner.

Why am I telling you all this?

Because based on the way our system is currently run – you can actually sue Bob for giving you financial advice without a license. Despite the fact that Bob is a multi-millionaire from trading.

Now consider this, imagine Bob was not a hard-core trader, but a financial planner 6 months out of school. He’s never traded a share before in his life and he gives you the same information.

Let’s assume the same thing happens on the trade and you lose some money. Well guess what, you can’t sue the financial planner because he has a license.

The moral of the story… Results are meaningless when it comes to giving advice. Degrees, diplomas and process are all that matters. It doesn’t make sense, right?

That’s why you can’t franchise your wealth-building to financial planners and accountants. You’ve got to take on the role yourself because at the end of the day it’s your money and no body is going to care about it as much as you.

I know I’m on a rant at the moment, but if I estimate the amount of money that has been lost in the last 12 months by financial planners and institutions – it would be in the billions… and yet nobody has gone to jail and no massive court cases.

The poor little investor at best, gets 5 cents in the dollar (if that) and is scared for life when it comes to investing.

Your money – your responsibility.

Don’t get sucked in to “guaranteed” returns, especially those that promise 5-8% a month.

I’ve heard so many tragic stories of late of people who have poured in hundreds of thousands of dollars into such schemes.

The best insurance you can build against being ripped off is investing in your own education.

Ultimately, this is the highest payoff.

But if you’re going to give money away to a 3rd party, here’s my rule… “Only ever invest what you can afford to lose.”

If that’s $5,000, so be it.

If it’s $25,000 – that’s cool too.

But always know in the back of your mind that investments like this are highly-speculative and risky.

Do yourself a favour and invest in your own education – I’ve been doing it for years and it’s the best return of money that I’ve ever received.

Definitions … from Kishore

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Paras Universal

Definitions … from Kishore

CIGARETTE:
A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other!

MARRIAGE:
It’s an agreement wherein a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master

LECTURE:
An art of transmitting Information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of students without passing through the minds of either

CONFERENCE:
The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present

COMPROMISE:
The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece

TEARS:
The hydraulic force by which masculine will power is defeated by feminine water-power!

DICTIONARY:
A place where divorce comes before marriage

CONFERENCE ROOM:
A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on

ECSTASY:
A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before

CLASSIC:
A book which people praise, but never read

SMILE:
A curve that can set a lot of things straight!

OFFICE:
A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life

YAWN:
The only time when some married men ever get to open their mouth

ETC:
A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do

COMMITTEE:
Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together

EXPERIENCE:
The name men give to their Mistakes

ATOM BOMB:
An invention to bring an end to all inventions

PHILOSOPHER:
A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead

DIPLOMAT:
A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip

OPPORTUNIST:
A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river

OPTIMIST:
A person who while falling from EIFFEL TOWER says in midway “SEE I AM NOT INJURED YET!”

PESSIMIST:
A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, Instead of the first letter in OPPORTUNITY

MISER:
A person who lives poor so that he can die RICH!

FATHER:
A banker provided by nature

CRIMINAL:
A guy no different from the other, unless he gets caught

BOSS:
Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early

POLITICIAN:
One who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence later

DOCTOR:
A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by his bills!!!

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