A nursing northern fur seal mother leave their pups to feed on fish in the sea. When they return, even if after a week, they identify them amongst thousands in the breeding colony. They use a mixture of sight, sound ans smell cues.
They can remember voices for very long duration. They have been found to respond to each other's voices after even four years of parting.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
IPL: Food for thought
There has been hue and cry about the auction of players at the Indian Premier League. People have gone as far as labeling it as the auction of the game.
But what one needs to understand is that this world works on the principle of demand and supply and the bid prices of players went in proportion with the number of franchisee owners having them in their wish list.
The thing that needs to be understood here that the soul of the game lies in nation versus nation ties and nothing can arouse sentiments higher. More money the BCCI is able to generate through IPL, stronger will be the infrastructure and thus the whole system will get better.
The stadiums that have been selected for IPL matches are going under a huge make over with the currency coming in through IPL.
Another argument thats been brewed is that the youngsters will opt the T20 style and will aim to play only in IPL because of big money. But here again one has to be reminded that IPL teams in all will pick up around 80 players from domestic and under 19 circuit. And these will be the players who are performing well at international or domestic level. So there's no question of cricketers not playing for their state or country and playing for IPL.
Still there may be problems but one has rise higher to touch the clouds. Lets hope that this Kerry Packer Part 2 movie gets public vote as well as critical acclaim.
But what one needs to understand is that this world works on the principle of demand and supply and the bid prices of players went in proportion with the number of franchisee owners having them in their wish list.
The thing that needs to be understood here that the soul of the game lies in nation versus nation ties and nothing can arouse sentiments higher. More money the BCCI is able to generate through IPL, stronger will be the infrastructure and thus the whole system will get better.
The stadiums that have been selected for IPL matches are going under a huge make over with the currency coming in through IPL.
Another argument thats been brewed is that the youngsters will opt the T20 style and will aim to play only in IPL because of big money. But here again one has to be reminded that IPL teams in all will pick up around 80 players from domestic and under 19 circuit. And these will be the players who are performing well at international or domestic level. So there's no question of cricketers not playing for their state or country and playing for IPL.
Still there may be problems but one has rise higher to touch the clouds. Lets hope that this Kerry Packer Part 2 movie gets public vote as well as critical acclaim.
Calorie Ticker
High in Calories
Chicken Fat - 900 per 100g
Popcorn - 583 per 100g
Puff Pastry - 558 per 100g
Potato Chips - 535 per 100g
Chowmein - 527 per 100g
Low in Calories
Black Tea/Coffee without sugar - 1 per 100g
Sprouted Beans - 12 per 100g
Boiled Cabbage with salt - 14 per 100g
Chicken Broth Soup with equal water - 17 per 100g
Melon - 21 per 100g
Chicken Fat - 900 per 100g
Popcorn - 583 per 100g
Puff Pastry - 558 per 100g
Potato Chips - 535 per 100g
Chowmein - 527 per 100g
Low in Calories
Black Tea/Coffee without sugar - 1 per 100g
Sprouted Beans - 12 per 100g
Boiled Cabbage with salt - 14 per 100g
Chicken Broth Soup with equal water - 17 per 100g
Melon - 21 per 100g
Kind Businessman
Once a businessman was traveling back home when he noticed a few people eating grass on roadside. He was disturbed and asked one man the reason.
The man said, "We don't have a single penny to buy bread".
The man told them that they should to come to his home and he will feed them.
But the poor man said that he had a wife and two children. The businessman asked him to bring them too.
He then turned to another man there. The man said that he had six children. The businessman asked him to bring them all.
All of them acknowledged, "Sir, you are very generous and kind".
The man replied, "am very happy to help you. You 'll love my place, the grass is dense and a foot high".
The man said, "We don't have a single penny to buy bread".
The man told them that they should to come to his home and he will feed them.
But the poor man said that he had a wife and two children. The businessman asked him to bring them too.
He then turned to another man there. The man said that he had six children. The businessman asked him to bring them all.
All of them acknowledged, "Sir, you are very generous and kind".
The man replied, "am very happy to help you. You 'll love my place, the grass is dense and a foot high".
One Rupee coin, a touchy tale
Once two people came and hired a taxi. They went on talking while they were in the cab for 2 hours. Every now and then one of them would tell a joke on Sardars. The driver who happened to be a Sikh, kept quiet.
When they reached their destination, the driver said to them that since they had so much fun joking about Sardars, they must do one good deed for the Sikhs.
He gave them a one rupee coin and asked them to give it to the first Sikh beggar that they found. The two being in marketing, over the years traveled round the world but did not fing a Sikh begging.
The Sikhs might be topics of all the hokes in the world but they do all work, they may drive a truck or pull a cart but never can anyone find a Sardar begging.
When they reached their destination, the driver said to them that since they had so much fun joking about Sardars, they must do one good deed for the Sikhs.
He gave them a one rupee coin and asked them to give it to the first Sikh beggar that they found. The two being in marketing, over the years traveled round the world but did not fing a Sikh begging.
The Sikhs might be topics of all the hokes in the world but they do all work, they may drive a truck or pull a cart but never can anyone find a Sardar begging.
Love Bug
Feeling a kiss, concealing a smile, missing a hug
Please tell me, am I bitten by the love bug
Cupid had the bow, it pulled the arrow
Before I could gather, had struck the blow
I pause and ponder, I think and wonder
Nothing until now, could have made me surrender
Till now on my Heart, the mind had played a spy
Now there is feeling, a feeling so so high
My heart is not in place, its house is empty
But the heaven it rests now, has joys in plenty
Now every thought is a poetry, every dream a carnival
Even the mind now, nods to heart in approval
Love overcomes barriers, drives through each bend
Its an incessant feeling, that lacks "The End"
May it last. may it lead from chapter to chapter
So the book may say, "They lived happily ever after"
Please tell me, am I bitten by the love bug
Cupid had the bow, it pulled the arrow
Before I could gather, had struck the blow
I pause and ponder, I think and wonder
Nothing until now, could have made me surrender
Till now on my Heart, the mind had played a spy
Now there is feeling, a feeling so so high
My heart is not in place, its house is empty
But the heaven it rests now, has joys in plenty
Now every thought is a poetry, every dream a carnival
Even the mind now, nods to heart in approval
Love overcomes barriers, drives through each bend
Its an incessant feeling, that lacks "The End"
May it last. may it lead from chapter to chapter
So the book may say, "They lived happily ever after"
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