Breathingearth - CO2, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time

Breathingearth - CO2, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time

True.Undying.Love.

I had three friends. Eric, Cathlyn, Carol.
Eric was chased by all the girls in our high school.
Cathlyn was one of those popular girls. Cheerleader, sexy, and stylish.
Carol was just one of those plain and average girls .
Cathlyn and Carol were both totally crazy and wacko over Eric.
Cathlyn didn't have to do anything to attract Eric.
For she was already attractive enough.
Carol on the other hand, showered Eric which love and care.
Carol wasn't ugly at all.
In fact, she looked sweet and pleasant.
But she wasn't a cheerleader, she didn't were spaghetti-straps or tubes.
So like everyone expected, Eric chose Cathlyn.
For Carol was just one ordinary and plain girl.
While Cathlyn was labele d as the cool and attractive type.

Eric always insulted Carol.
Telling her what a 'Plain Jane' she was.
And how dumb she looked.
Which obviously made Carol feel so hurt and useless.
That's life. Carol never gave up though.
She wanted to prove something to Eric.
She wanted to prove that looks aren't everything.
She studied hard, really hard.
She became the top girl, and all the guys who once ignored her, chased her.

But she never forgot Eric.
Everyday, she put a red rose in Eric's locker.
Always with the same words.
'I care for you, and I always will'
Because she knew that Eric was facing a hard time.
Eric began to realise.
How dumb he had been.
His beloved girlfriend, Cathlyn.
Was flirting with other guys.
He regretted for choosing the wrong girl.
Cathlyn broke up with Eric later.
For she had found a wealthier guy.
Eric felt so cheated, stupid and dumb.
He went to look for Carol.
He knelt on his knees, and said.
"Carol, please forgive me. Do you want to be my girlfriend?"
Carol rejected him, much to everyone's surprise.
She only uttered these words.
"You've suffered a great loss, so I don't want you to face another one"
Eric felt disappointed.
He didn't understand a word that she said to him.
But they became good friends.
Did everything together.
Eric began to change into someone better.
Because Carol showered him with the love he never experienced before.
His ex-girlfriends had never treated him that way.
They just accepted him for his looks.
But Carol accepted him for himself .
She changed him.
Carol continued putting a red rose into his locker everyday.
With the same words. She never forgot.
One day, Carol didn't turn up in school.
She didn't come for a week.
At first, Eric thought that she was on a vacation with her family.
Because she told him that she would be going Hawaii with them.
But one day. He received a call from the General Hospital.
Saying that Carol was about to die.
She had been suffering from cancer.
But Carol forbade them from telling him.
Because she didn't want Eric to worry about her.
But now that she was about to die.
She wanted to see Eric for the last time.
Eric rushed to the hospital.
When he saw how weak Carol was.
Tears began rushing down his cheeks.
He whispered.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why did you hide this from me?"
She looked at him . And smiled weakly at him.
"When I said that I didn't want you to suffer from facing another loss, I meant this. I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want you to worry. I wanted to spend my last days with you cheerfully." Eric looked at her.
"You can't leave me!" he said.
"What will I be without you?"
"You'll be who you are now. I will always be there by your side. Never forget that. Cherish those times. Live life happily. And one more thing."
"Yes?" "I love you" And she died. Eric screamed.
He still couldn't accept Carol's death.
He had only spent a month with Carol.

A month. But Carol changed his life in a way.
A way that no one could ever explain. He regretted.
But he knew that Carol would always be keeping an eye on him from Heaven.
Sometimes We just don't appreciate those people who really care for us.
Until they leave us. Until we lose them. Then we regret.
Outer beauty doesn't matter; it's the inner one that counts.
It's better to tell someone how much you love them.
Rather than to not tell them and lose them without telling them.
You'll regret Love is. When we fight till the very last minute.
Just to show and tell someone how much we love them
.

Love your mother

Those Childhood Days 
When you came into the world, she held you in her arms.
 You thanked her by wailing like a banshee.
When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. 
You thanked her by crying all night long.
When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. 
You thanked her by running away when she called. 
When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love. 
You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor. 
When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons 
You thanked her by coloring the dining room table. 
When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays. 
You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud 
When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school. 
You thanked her by screaming, "I'M NOT GOING!" 
When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball. 
You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor's window. 
When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream. 
You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap. 
When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons. 
You thanked her by never even bothering to practice. 
When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastics to one birthday party after another. 
You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back. 
When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the movies. 
You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row. 
When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows. 
You thanked her by waiting until she left the house. 
Those Teenage Years 
When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming. 
You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.
When you were 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp. 
You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter. 
When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug. 
You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked. 
When you were 16, she taught you how to drive her car. 
You thanked her by taking it every chance you could. 
When you were 17, she was expecting an important call. 
You thanked her by being on the phone all night. 
When you were 18, she cried at your high school graduation. 
You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn. 
Growing Old and Gray 
When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags. 
You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.
When you were 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone. 
You thanked her by saying, "It's none of your business." 
When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future. 
You thanked her by saying, "I don't want to be like you." 
When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation. 
You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe. 
When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment. 
You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly. 
When you were 24, she met your fiance and asked about your plans for the future. 
You thanked her by glaring and growling, "Muuhh-ther, please!" 
When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told you how deeply she loved you.  You thanked her by moving halfway across the country. 
When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby. 
You thanked her by telling her, "Things are different now." 
When you were 40, she called to remind you of a relative's birthday. 
You thanked her by saying you were "really busy right now." 
When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her. 
You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children. 
And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder. 
 She is the only one who brings joy to our lives.Always remember to love your mom.You never when your last moment with her will be.

Just a call, Away!

Just a call, Away!

Sweet Story

Just an effort to make u smile...:)

A little girl walked to and from school daily. Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and lightning. The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as she walked home from schooland she herself feared that the electrical storm might harm her child. Following the roar of thunder, lightning, like a flaming word, would cut through the sky. Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the route to her child'sschool.


As she did so, she saw her little girl walking along, but at each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up and smile. Another and another were to follow quickly and with each, the little girl would look at the streak of light and smile.

When the mother's car drove up beside the child, she lowered the window and called to her, "What are you doing? Why do you keep stopping?" The child answered, "I am trying to look pretty, God keeps taking my picture". 

Critics and Facts about sachin

This is what we hear from most of SACHIN’S CRITICS

1.Selfish
2.Scoring Against weaker Oppostions
3.Failing in pressure situation

Little Info about this

1.Selfish
Well Records are meant to be broken and if Sachin is breaking them critics[haters more rightly] can’t digest them..One of the incidents people mention is regarding his 194 knock against pakistan..some said it was slow knock..agreed it was a slow knock by Sachin’s stature,but if it is compared wid one of the knock wid Dravid…this will not look as bad it seems..Tendulkar- 194 runs in multan with a strike rate of around 54 Dravid- 217 runs in oval with a strike rate of around 46

I m just taking one example to tell that Dravid’s natural game is to hold the one end and let the others to dominate..in multan Sachin changed his gears and holded one end and he let sehwag to dominate..played Rahul’s role in that innings. Now this is called team game.. but people call it slow batting and selfish… Sachin always said Team’s win is more important than personal landmark..He proved this statement in that very test by taking Moin Khan’s wicket off the last ball of the 3rd day..That Ball was beauty!!Wasn’t he happy at that moment??? Since Sachin is the most senior player of the team so he can’t throw his wicket just to prove critics that he is still a master blaster…[he is still scoring at brisk rate in onedays]..People forget his fast scroing Centuries against world class bowling

169 [201 balls] against South Africa in 1997 at Capetown
92 [120 balls] against West Indies in 1997 at Bridgetown
155 [191 balls] against Australia in 1998 at Chennai
79 [ 85 balls] against Australia in 1998 at Kolkata
100 in 123 balls against NewZealand in 1999 at Wellington[he scored 113
runs in that inning]
155 [183 balls] against South Africa in 2001 in Bloemfontein

There are many other breath taking innings in tests from 10dulkar.

But everyone please note this down..Sachin is the Only Batsman in Test Cricket who scored 3 Centuries wid a SIX

179 – 6 off Walsh[I remember it was a hook shot] against WestIndies in 1994 at Nagpur
124 – 6 off Min Patel[off spinner,straight down the ground] against England
in 1996 at Birmingham
113 – 6 off Wiseman[off spinner,straight down the ground] against Newzealnad in 1999 at Wellington

Critics says he plays for his records and centuries..Now just look to this..

One Day
Centuries- 39 [out of 39 centuries India Won 28 times and lost 10 times,1 century in a rain affected match ]
10 centuries gone in Vain..
Half Centuries- 72

now here is that intresting part

out of these 72 centuries Sachin got 28 scores of 80 and above in these 28 scores if we take out the innings in which he was not out [coz of over completed or target chased ] he was 5 times not out in such innings so now lets talk about remaining 23 innings Can u believe he has 10 scores of 90’s??? If these 90’s were converted in
100’s the stats looks likes this

Centuries-49 just one short of 50 ODI centuries… and look he missed another record for those who have so much fuss about playing for records.. getting out highest numbers of times in 90’s in ODI’s ..just coz he wanted to score for the team and not for the his personal records he got out 10 times in 90’s

Test
Centuries- 35 [12 in which India won,15 in dead tests,8 in lost tests ] lone warrior in tests which India lost
Half Centuries- 41

Intresting Part
12 scores of 80+
6 scores of 90’s convert them in 100s..he will pass 40 centuries in Test Cricket..sad for critics he played for team and thats why couldn’t converted these 90’s into 100’s

2.Scoring Against weaker Oppostions 19/07/2006 08:50

This can happen in India only..People remembers 152 against Namibia and forgets 98 against Pakistan in WorldCup

People remembers 248 against Bangladesh and forgets his 7 centuries against World Champions Australia [4 in their own den]..Only one century against Bangladesh and share the honour of scoring test century against each test playing nation wid Dravid,Ponting and Garry Kristen…No one talk about other 3 batsman scored centuries against Bangladesh.. then why the fuss for Sachin??

Test
Australia – 7 Centuries [4 in Australia], 2 of them at the age of 18 in 1992
Bangladesh- 1 Century [Unfortunately his highest score in Test Cricket]
England- 6 Centuries [4 in England],
NewZealand- 3 Centuries [1 in NewZealand]
Pakistan- 2 Centuries [1 in Pakistan]
SouthAfrica- 3 Centuries [ all three in South Africa]
Srilanka- 7 Centuries [4 in Srilanka]
WestIndies- 3 Centuries [ 1 in WestIndies]
Zimbabwe- 3 Centuries [ none in Zimbabwe]

90+
96 against Srilanka at Banglore in 1994
92 against West Indies at Bridgetown in 1997
97 against South Africa at Mumbai in 2000
90 against England at Banglore in 2001
92 against England at Nottingham in 2002
94 against Pakistan at Mohali in 2005

Intresting Part
He scored runs in all parts of world..There are three types of wickets u generally found in Cricket..Fast and bouncy Pitches like in Australia,South- Africa,NewZealan d,WestIndies, Spin tracks in India,Srilanka, Pakistan, and seeming tracks like in England. Today people talk about Ricky Ponting…now check this out

Sachin’s and Ponting’s average at their own home soil is above 55 so nothing to discuss this here,but the real part starts now Sachin’s average in Australia 54.15 , 4 centuries Ponting’s average in India,12.28 , no centuries

Sachin’s average in England 71.60 , 4 centuries
Ponting’s average in England 42.63 , 3 centuries

I am taking records for these countries only bcoz.. rightnow,best fast bowlers are from Australia,best spinners are from India,Best Seamers from england[as there is no choice bcoz only england have such pitches] Anyone can take easily tell who played gud cricket against best attack on all kind of pitches…

One Day
Australia – 7 Centuries + 1 score of 90’s
Bangladesh- 0 Century
England- 1 Centuries + 1 score of 90’s
Kenya- 4 Centuries
Namibia- 1 Century
NewZealand 4 Centuries
Pakistan- 5 Centuries + 4 scores of 90’s
SouthAfrica- 3 Centuries + 1 score of 90’s
Srilanka- 7 Centuries + 3 score of 90’s
WestIndies- 2 Centuries
Zimbabwe- 5 Centuries

90+
90 against Australia in 1996 at Mumbai
91 against England in 1997 at Sharjah
95 against Pakistan in 1998 at Dhaka
93 against Pakistan in 2000 at Hobart
93 against SouthAfrica in 2000 at Nagpur
93 against Srilanka in 2000 at Dhaka
98 against Pakistan in 2003 at Centurion
97 against Srilanka in 2003 at Johannesburg
93 against Srilanka in 2005 at Nagpur
95 against Pakistan in 2006 at Lahore

Intresting Part
Only 5 Centuries against minnows like Kenya ,Namibia[non test playing nation]…and Kenya was the semi-finalist of the world cup’03 10 scores of above 90 against only test playing nations…now can anyone tell me how is he selfish?? 34 times he scored more than 80 and couldn’t reached 100..If he played for his records..he could easily scored 100’s all of those scores above 80’s …

3.Failing in pressure situation 19/07/2006 08:51
ODI

Won Chasing Target
M R H AVG 100s 50s
Sachin- 101 4397 134 58.62 13 23
Dravid- 72 2124 109* 49.39 2 19
Ponting- 77 2670 124* 53.40 4 17

In Quater Finals
Sachin- 3 210 141 70.00 1 0
Dravid- 2 57 48 28.50 0 0
Ponting- 3 118 46 39.33 0 0

In Semi Finals
Sachin- 7 232 83 33.14 0 2
Dravid- 4 28 58 42.66 0 1
Ponting- 5 71 37 14.20 0 0

In Finals
Sachin – 36 1487 134 47.96 4 9
Dravid- 23 690 103* 34.50 1 3
Ponting- 33 1217 140* 45.07 2 6

All Finals
Sachin- 47 1954 141 46.52 5 11
Dravid- 30 943 103* 37.72 1 5
Ponting- 41 1406 140* 40.17 2 6

In Series Won
Sachin- 127 5548 186* 51.37 19 26
Dravid- 76 2645 153 42.66 2 22
Ponting- 177 7245 145 47.98 18 45

In Test
100’s in Tests India Won – 12
100’s in Tests India Lost – 8
100’s in Test Drawn – 15

Holds the record of maxium number of 100’s for loosing team…That means a lone warrior..Thats why once Indian Cricket Team was called as ONE MAN ARMY!!!!

More Intresting Part!!!!!!!!

Often said Sachin gets fail at crunch situation… Well 1st we must admit that when Sachin on the crease Win is sure…As soon Sachin gets out..the situation becomes crunchy!!! Sachin is out,now who will win match for us?? Dravid ?? or Sehwag?? or Yuvraj?? Or Ganguly?? No one sure who will win match for them…So bcoz of this thing Teams targets Sachin as the most precious wicket…

Nasser Hussain introduced Negative lines for Sachin Tendulkar to stop the flow of runs when he is on wicket!!! Local umpires also involved some times to help their team against Sachin Tendulkar,espeicall y Australians! Some incidents striking in my mind…I think Sachin is the player who got out maximum numbers of times bcoz of bad or wrong decision by Umpires..I m producing those incidents only which I remember,there may be many other too

1. 92 – out of a NO ball from Frankline Rose against West Indies in 1997 at Bridgetown.. Remember India lost the test just by 38 runs..U can just imagine how much that bad decision effected the result of the match!!!

2. 83 – Out of a NO ball again..[don' t remember the bowler] last test in WestIndies in 1997.Draw Test.

3. 67- LBW off Crains..last test against NewZealand in 1999, was not out coz the ball pitched outside the legstump.Match Drawn

4. 61 – caught at forward shortleg,bowler Shane Warne.against Australia at Adelaide in 1999.. the ball touched the thigh pads and Umpire Darel Harper gave him out.. India were 107 for 4 when Ganguly joined Sachin and they put on 108 runs for the 5th wicket..

5. 0 – LBW bowler Macgrath..against Australia at Adelaide in 1999,same test, nothing more to say..Everyone remember that FOOLISH decision

6. 52 – LBW bowler Shane Warne,Umpire David Shepherd,against Australia at Melbourne in 1999, were chasing 356 as a target on the fourth day.

7. 45 – LBW bowler Macgrath,UmpireIan Robinson,against Australia at Sydney in 2000, the ball seemed to hit him too high and was going on leg stump, In that very over,Tendulkar had pulled a short one from Macgrath for two,and hooked the next two for boundaries,and a ball later punched the fast bowler back past him for the 3rd four of the over

8. 16 – caught behind off Waqar Younis,against Pakistan at Perth in 2000, it was must win situation for India to qualify in the final , scored 16 runs of 9 balls,hitted 3 fours in one over of Waqar Younis and 1 off Wasim Akram on the fastest pitch of the world,India were chasing 260 odd runs…

9. 0 – LBW bowler Gillespie,Umpire Bucknor,against Australia at Brisbane in 2003 funny thing is that the bowler not applead for the LBW… MR.Bucknor gave the decision of his own

10. 0 – caught behind off Lee,against Australia at Melbourne in 2003,ball touched the thigh pads and umpire given him out.

11. 54 – caught behind,Umpire Bucknor,against Pakistan at Kolkata in 2005, I think we all seen that decison, theball was not near to his pad,gloves,helmet, arm.. no where…

There may be so many other incident like this…Teams like Australia taking help from the umpires to stop Tendulkar… the 1999-2000 tour of Australia proves it..

THIS IS THE ANSWER TO ALL WHO HATE SACHIN TENDULKAR “GOD OF CRICKET”

HEY CRITICS is that ENOUGH OR STILL U WANT

And the last thing is that Sachin played 11 years [1989-2000] in the era where his own team mates involved in match fixing.. So despite of his brilliant knocks we failed to win the match just bcoz others not contirbuting. .Yuo can win ODI’s just wid ur own batting but u can’t win test matches wid one innings bcoz test played for 5 days its a 4 inning game..Still Tendulkar’s record in that era is Awesome.. and remember The awe of opponents was as great as that of crowds. But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds – or a game – until Tendulkar was out.