29.02.2008
Health
A Picture is worth 1000 words.
For those of you who drink …Take a moment and think of the Ill Effects of Alcohol for your body
29.02.2008
Jokes Corner
A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft’s electronic navigation and communications equipment.
Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter’s position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said “WHERE AM I?” in large letters.
People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said “YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER.”
The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.
“I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer.”
29.02.2008
Jokes Corner
1. A FOOLish man tells a woman to STOP talking, but a WISE man tells her that she looks extremely BEAUTIFUL when her LIPS are CLOSED.
2. One GOOD way to REDUCE Alcohol consumption :Before Marriage – Drink whenever you are SAD,After Marriage – Drink whenever you are HAPPY
3. Three FASTEST means of Communication :
1. Tele-Phone
2. Tele-Vision
3. Tell to Woman —Need still FASTER – Tell her NOT to tell ANY ONE.
4. Love your friends not their sisters. Love your sisters not their friends.
5. What is a BEST and WORST news you can hear at the SAME time ?It is when your Girl Friend says YOU are the BEST KISSER among all your Friends.
6 . Let us be generous like this : Four Ants are moving through a forest.They see an ELEPHANT coming towards them. Ant 1 says : we should KILL him.Ant 2 says : No, Let us break his Leg alone. Ant 3 says : No, we will just throw him away from our path.Ant 4 says : No, we will LEAVE him because he is ALONE and we are FOUR.
7. If you do NOT have a Girl Friend – You are missing SOME thing in your life.If you HAVE a Girl Friend – You are missing EVERY thing in your life.
8. Question : When do you CONGRATULATE someone for their MISTAKE.Answer : On their MARRIAGE.
9. When your LIFE is in DARKNESS, PRAY GOD and ask him to free you from Darkness.Even after you pray, if U R still in Darkness – Please PAY the ELECTRICITY BILL.
10. Why Government do NOT allow a Man to MARRY 2 Women.Because per Constitution, you can NOT PUNISH TWICE for the same Mistake.
11. “A Ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for” – Albert Einstein
28.02.2008
Unknown To The World - But They Are Great
Believe it or not, there are a number of structures taller even than the Burj Dubai. The tallest structure in the world, however, is an unusual candidate that reaches more than twice as far down into the ocean as said tallest skyscraper reaches into the sky. The Ursa tension-leg platform is an oil-production facility that is tethered to the ocean floor and is in many ways a surprising reverse of what most people imagine when they think of the world’s tallest structures.

Radio towers and mine shafts have in many cases exceeded skyscraper heights, though of course these are supported by other means (such as secondary cables and surrounding soils). The Ursa platform is directly supported by its 4 primary tethers, though in an inverse way from how we normally understand load: the structure is held down rather than held up.

Not only is the Ursa platform the tallest structure in the world, it is also habitable: workers live day in and day out above the surface in modular attached dwelling spaces. Despite the enormity and expense of the structure, which weighs over 35 million pounds and cost 1.5 billion dollars to construct, these workers live in anything but luxurious conditions but are well-compensated for their efforts.

On a more somber note: one has to wonder what it says about our world that the tallest structure is dedicated to harvesting a non-renewable resource and can not be re purposed. Will this become another rogue micro nation when it is no longer of use, or simply be left as a monument to times past when it is no longer considered to be of value?