Lion+Tiger=Liger????

Do you Know what's a Liger? It's a cross breed of a Lion male and Tiger female.

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The 10ft Liger who's still growing....

He looks like something from a prehistoric age or a fantastic creation from Hollywood. But Hercules is very much living flesh and blood - as he proves every time he opens his gigantic mouth to roar. Part lion, part tiger, he is not just a big cat but a huge one, standing 10ft tall on his back legs. Called a liger, in reference to his crossbreed parentage, he is the largest of all the cat species.

On a typical day he will devour 20lb of meat, usually beef or chicken, and is capable of eating 100lb at a single setting. At just three years old, Hercules already weighs half a ton. He is the accidental result of two enormous big cats living close together at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Miami , Florida , and already dwarfs both his parents.

"Ligers are not something we planned on having," said institute owner Dr Bhagavan Antle. "We have lions and tigers living together in large enclosures and at first we had no idea how well one of the lion boys was getting along with a tiger girl, then loo and behold we had a liger."

50mph runner... Not only that, but he likes to swim, a feat unheard of among water-fearing lions. In the wild it is virtually impossible for lions and tigers to mate. Not only are they enemies likely to kill one another, but most lions are in Africa and most tigers in Asia . But incredible though he is, Hercules is not unique. Ligers have been bred in captivity, deliberately and accidentally, since shortly before World War II.

Today there are believed to be a handful of ligers around the world and a similar number of tigons, the product of a tiger father and lion mother. Tigons are smaller than ligers and take on more physical characteristics of the tiger.

Look at the pictures of this giant...

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The Ultimate Gaming Machine

Ever herd of ‘AREA 51′ ? Well its a restricted area somewhere in the United States where they do research about aliens and other extra-terrestrial creatures. But this friendly alien shown below can run crysis like a pentium core-2 runs mindsweeper. Just check the baby out.
Its got the core-2 extreme processor with the latest NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 280 Graphics. You can customize it with storage spaces upto 4TB and dual graphics cards. Get yourself the overclocked version of the same and volla, you dont need to bother for an upgrade for the next 3 years.

NUCLEAR DEAL

THE Indo-US bilateral agreement on nuclear cooperation is in the eye of a political storm. The UPA government’s announcement of the conclusion of the agreement has led to a political crisis.It may be difficult for ordinary people to grasp the implications of the nuclear agreement with all its technical aspects and intricacies. The supply of nuclear fuel, the fuel cycle, the enrichment and reprocessing technologies and the safeguards agreement are all not within the knowledge of lay people. Without going into the complex issues concerning nuclear cooperation, one way to understand and assess the agreement is to ask: does this agreement advance India’s interests, does it protect our capacity for an independent foreign policy and sovereignty? Is this an agreement only on nuclear cooperation or is it part of a wider agreement?In 1974, when India conducted its first nuclear weapon test, no country was more surprised than the United States. The only nuclear explosive material India had on hand was plutonium, and the plutonium had been made in a Canadian-supplied reactor that India was running with sensitive “heavy water” imported from the United States. India had promised explicitly to restrict both the reactor and the heavy water to peaceful use. It was obvious, however, that India was running a secret bomb program under the guise of peaceful energy cooperation.The United States reacted by passing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978. It prohibited the sale of American reactors, or reactor fuel, or heavy water, or similar items to countries like India that rejected the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refused to put all of their nuclear material under international inspection. The law embodied a policy of providing the strongest possible support to the treaty.President George W. Bush has now asked Congress to reverse this policy, so that nuclear trade with India can recommence. If Congress agrees, it will have to change the law in order to exempt India from the criteria laid down in the 1978 act. The president will also have to persuade the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a consortium of countries that have banded together to restrict nuclear exports, to make an exception for India because India does not meet the Group’s export criteria either.The president has taken this action after making a deal with India in July 2005. Under the deal, the United States would effectively endorse India’s nuclear weapon effort in exchange for benefits that have proved rather difficult to define. When the deal is examined, it is hard to see a real prize for the United States. Yet, the supporters of the deal have repeatedly put forth claims that greatly exaggerate the supposed benefits. The claims have been repeated so often as to take on the aura of myths. Virtually absent, however, has been any discussion of the attendant risks of reopening this trade.The things going to happen if nuke deal happens:The deal will bring India into the "nonproliferation mainstream" and help stop the spread of nuclear weapons.India has made other new commitments that will help stop proliferation. Nuclear cooperation will make India a reliable U.S. ally. The deal will build up India as a bulwark against China. India’s strategic position entitles it to unique treatment.It is possible to loosen export controls for India without doing the same for Iran and other countries pursuing the bomb.U.S. nuclear exports will not help India make bombs.Peaceful space cooperation will not help India's nuclear missile program. India has an exemplary nonproliferation record and is a reliable trading partner. India needs more nuclear power to assure its energy future.The deal will result in more U.S. reactor salesThe deal is needed to build better relations with India.The deal is not primarily about making money; it is about creating a new U.S. strategic relationship in south Asia. The deal is consistent with U.S. efforts to fight terrorism.This is a “good deal for the United States.CPI says govt will pay 'big price' if its implements n-dealThe Left parties have, after carefully assessing the implications of the 123 agreement, demanded that the government not proceed further to operationalise the agreement.The Left parties put brakes on the controversial Indo-U.S. nuclear deal by warning the government of "serious consequences" of operationalising it, but stopped short of withdrawing support to the UPA coalition.Turning up the heat on the government, the CPI(M) Polit Bureau passed a resolution describing the deal as "unacceptable" and demanding that the government should not proceed further on it by commencing negotiations with the U.N. nuclear watchdog IAEA for safeguards which would bind India in perpetuity.BJP dares Left to pull the rugAmid a looming political crisis at the Centre over the Left’s strong disapproval of the Indo-US nuclear agreement, the BJP today asked the Left parties to take their objections to the deal to a logical conclusion and withdraw support to the three-year old UPA government.The TDP, a key member of the Third Front,strongly opposed the Indo-US nuclear deal and demanded a debate in Parliament on the issue.The TDP is of view that the nuclear deal with the US was against national interests.UPA floats new formula to break ice with leftOpening a possible window of opportunity to end the stand-off with the Left on the nuclear issue, a beleaguered UPA Government on Sunday night proposed the constitution of a special committee, comprising representatives from the Left and scientists, to study the implications of the Hyde Act. The Left Front parties will meet on Monday to weigh the new proposal.Here left has two problems if they support to UPA they will loss, if not BJP will gain .we will wait n see how much selfish is this politicians have ?

A Reason,a Season ,or a Lifetime

Everyday we meet numerous people. We loath some, we like some and then their are those that touch us in a way that we can't imagine to stay without them. We stop thinking rationally and what follows is...lets say, magical time. What we don't realise is that everything that has come, must leave as well.People come into our life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.When someone is in our life for a REASON...It is usually to meet a need we have expressed. They have come to assist us through a difficulty, to provide us with guidance and support us emotionally. They may seem like a godsend, and they are!Then, without any wrong doing on our part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realise is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on.When people come into our life for a SEASON its our turn to share, grow, or learn.They bring us an experience of peace, or make you laugh.They may teach us something we have never done.They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.LIFETIME relationships teach us lifetime lessons; things we must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Our job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what we have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of our life.But the question still remains- Can we ever really figure out whose with us for what...??? And more importantly-Can we accept that...???

The Halo Effect...

You are walking down the street and you spot a nice, good looking girl with a decent and polite smile walk by, and you think to yourself, "This is the kindda girl that I wanna marry. She isn't having even a single ounce of malice on her..." . This is called "THE HALO EFFECT". We see someone "seemingly nice" and we associate them to goodness. (and let me assure you, this is a very dangerous assumption).Many a times, when we are with someone (which can be anyone, a friend, a spouse etc) we do stuff that we know isn't right, but we continue doing it just for the thrill and excitment it provide. And after its done, many times what follows is the shame of doing it. Only to end up doing it all over again with the same person... When we were kids these kinds of activitieswere considered normal, but being an adult and knowing that we can't afford this behaviour, we eventually start to thinking that something is wrong with us. But why do we always have to associate this sinister behaviour with us, why not that "other" person...??? After-all its being with them that causes us to go crazy (althought in an exciting and thrilling way). And this whole scenario causes us to think, what is the root cause of this mess ??? and more importantly-Is it us...or them ???

The Perfect Present

By very nature humans are curious. This curiosity, however, sometimes lead us to doing stuff that we, later, regret.When things turn out to be in our favor, we usually gain something-Experience, which by the way is a good thing.But how do we cope and thereafter deal with the aftermath when things turn out to be against us and therefore leave us with nothing but the regret of having done them.Most people try to condone what has happened and TRY to move on (and, well most of those "most people" are usually successful), but can we really move away from the damage that has already been done. Can we ever really get ride of those ghosts that come back over and over, to haunt us and remind of all the evil that we did. That "evil" can be anything varying from breaking someone’s property for own interest to breaking someone’s heart. Having done something bad in past is it possible to minimize its effects on our present and plan a better future. And more importantly:How can we move on, if our past is present...???