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Manure… An interesting fact

Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas of course. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen.
Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening

After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruction ‘ Stow high in transit ‘ on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.

Thus evolved the term ‘ S.H.I.T ‘ , (Stow High In Transit) which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.

You probably did not know the true history of this word. Neither did I.

I had always thought it was a term used when you forgot your spouses’ birthday.

Yours Sincerely,

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ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010, Pakistan vs Australia Aus vs Pak T20 World cup live cricket Streaming – (Flash Stream) – Match scheduled to begin at 13:30 local time (17:30 GMT)

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Australia squad
MJ Clarke*, DT Christian, BJ Haddin†, RJ Harris, NM Hauritz, DJ Hussey, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, DP Nannes, TD Paine†, SPD Smith, SW Tait, DA Warner, SR Watson, CL White
Pakistan squad
Shahid Afridi*, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Fawad Alam, Hammad Azam, Kamran Akmal†, Khalid Latif, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Sami, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Umar Akmal

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Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa is not yet finalized, but creating problems and put Hazara in blaze. Demand for Soba Hazara increasing day by day.

The NWFP government has constituted a four-member ministerial committee to hold talks with representatives of the anti-Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa movement in order to end the unrest in Hazara Division.

This seems like a good move. Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti presided over the  meeting in which collective prayers for those who died in the Timergara bomb blast and Abbottabad violence were offered.

The provincial minister said the four-member ministerial committee would negotiate with an independent committee, comprising representatives from the Hazara Division, to remove their genuine grievances. He also held responsible the Pakistan Muslim League-Q for the unrest in Hazara where peaceful protests turned violent after the visit of PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and others.

Earlier, addressing the cabinet, the chief minister said that the situation in Hazara and Abbottabad was a political dispute, which must be settled politically. “Difference in opinion is part of democracy and being a democratic government, we need to respect the opinion of every person. Freedom of opinion is a basic right,” he said, adding that 18th Amendment had been prepared by political forces and had been endorsed by parliament with absolute majority.

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Dr. Israr Ahmed died today in Lahore. He had a heart attack and died around 3AM (13 April 2010).  He is among top scholars of Islam. He was born in Haryana (India) in 1932.

Initialy was a part of Jamat-e-Islami, but then left it due to political differences.

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Protests are still on, with the same energy thus brutally effecting routine like in Hazara. Enraged protesters were still on the streets of Abbotabad and Mansehrah. FC contingents have been called in. PML (N) seems to be in trouble and PML (Q) getting the full advantage. Khawaja Saad Rafiq (N) accepted that they haven’t anticipated the amount of protest currently going on. He further said we can still work out a solution through dialogue but demand of new province is just out of question.

Another injured of the yesterday’s violent clashes died because of sever injuries, raising the death toll to eight.

The funeral prayers of the victims were offered today in Mansehra, Garhi Habibullah and Tehsil Balakot.

At least eight people were killed and over 100 injured yesterday in violent protests organized by the Tehreek Soobah Hazarah, despite ban. Later, the Movement announced three-day mourning.

Complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike was observed in Abbottabad and Haripur. The angry protesters bunred tyres near Mandian, Jab Pul, Supplai, Sarband Chawk and Lorry Adda and closed Karakoram Highway.

The demonstrators blocked Shahrah-e-Hazarah in Haripur, as well.

The demonstrators thrown stones on vehicles and broke down the signboards.

Like other districts of Hazarah Division, Mansehra was also observing complete strike today to mark the mourning for those killed with no traffic on roads in the city.

The protesters blocked various roads in the city.

The city administration announced to close all educational institutions for three days and Hazara University and all its campuses would remain closed for indefinite period.

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President Barack Obama said while addressing the leaders at the 47-country Nuclear Security Summit Tuesday the risk of nuclear attack — not by an enemy nation, but from terrorists — was on the rise despite the end of the Cold War.

Obama described the new nuclear reality as a “cruel irony of history.” He called the conference with the goal of locking down all nuclear materials worldwide in four years.

“The risk of a nuclear attack has gone up,” Obama said, terrorist organizations like the al-Qaida can try to get their hands on nuclear materials.

People are starting to say the summit is going to be a success as China’s agreement to work with the U.S is a major step. China indicated for the first time that it might back new U.N. sanctions against Iran.

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In a strange or rather sudden press conference Senator Talha (Chairman Senate Committee for Interior) told media that the daughter of Dr Afia Siddique was recovered from Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan.

She was with an American there named ‘John’.

Few days back some unidentified people left an 11-year-old girl outside Dr Fauzia’s house.

The girl told the Siddiqui family that her name was Fatima and could speak English and Persian only while Dr Fauzia to confirm her as Aafia’a daughter Mariam got her DNA test done which came as positive today.

Earlier today, the government formally declared 12 years old Maryam as daughter of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui after proved by DNA Test and the girl handed over to the family of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.

Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of Dr Aafia Siddiqui visited the Interior Ministry with 12 years old Maryam on Saturday and held a meeting with Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday. After the meeting the Rehman Malik (Interior Minister) told media that the DNA Report has proved that 12 years old Maryam is daughter of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, adding the girl only speak English.

According to reports, the girls’ DNA matched that of Ahmed, Dr Aafia’s son. The report has been handed over to the investigation police.

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Pakistan today is by far passing through the most difficult times since it’s birth. It’s hard to say whether this is horrible or hilarius. Let me try to list few issues, you decide:

1. Worst Load Shedding Ever
2. Prices of necessities touching sky
3. No security at all
4. Clowns in political theater
5. Bomb Blasts
6. No jobs for people
7. Inadequate Education System
8. The more you corrupt the more respect you get
9. The list can go on and on…

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From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The hairless beast was trapped by hunters in Sichuan province after locals reported spotting what they thought was a bear.

Hunter Lu Chin explained: “It looks a bit like a bear but it doesn’t have any fur and it has a tail like a kangaroo.”

“It also does not sound like a bear – it has a voice more like a cat and it is calling all the time – perhaps it is looking for the rest of its kind or maybe it’s the last one?

“There are local legends of a bear that used to be a man and some people think that’s what we caught,” he added.

Local animal experts now plan to shipped the mystery beast to scientists in Beijing who will perform DNA tests on the beast.

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Few short stories of great people from my collection:

When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, “I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.

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Wilma Rudolph was the 20th of 22 children. She was born prematurely and her survival was doubtful. When she was 4 years old, she contacted double pneumonia and scarlet fever, which left her with a paralyzed left leg. At age 9, she removed the metal leg brace she had been dependent on and began to walk without it. By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk, which doctors said was a miracle. That same year she decided to become a runner. She entered a race and came in last. For the next few years every race she entered, she came in last. Everyone told her to quit, but she kept on running. One day she actually won a race. And then another.

From then on she won every race she entered. Eventually this little girl, Who was told she would never walk again, went on to win three Olympic gold medals.

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In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their first record audition for the executives of the Decca recording Company. The executives were not impressed. While turning down this group of musicians, one executive said, “We don’t like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.” The group was called The Beatles.

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In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modeling Agency, told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, “You’d better learn secretarial work or else get married.” She went on and became Marilyn Monroe.

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In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, Fired a singer after one performance. He told him, “You ain’t goin’ nowhere….son. You ought to go back to drivin’ a truck.” He went on to become the most popular singer in America named Elvis Presley.

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When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential backers. After making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said, “That’s an amazing invention, but  who would ever want to use one of them?”

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In the 1940s, another young inventor named Chester Carlson took his idea to 20 corporations, including some of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down. In 1947 – after seven long years of rejections! He finally got a tiny company in Rochester, New York, the Haloid company, to purchase the rights to his invention an electrostatic  paper-copying process. Haloid became Xerox Corporation we know today.

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A winner is not one who never fails, but one who NEVER QUITS!

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