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Best Websites to Get Hilarious Practical Joke Ideas

10 January, 2012 (05:47) | Internet, Websites | By: Oliver

A joke is a question, short story or portrayal of a situation made with intent of being humorous. To achieve this stop, jokes might employ irony, mockery, word play and other devices. Jokes often have punch line that end sentence to make it humorous. A practical joke or prank differs from a spoken one in that major component of humor which is physical rather than verbal for instance, placing salt in a sugar bowl. Searching for a good practical joke site is a difficult task. Searching for a joke site means little telling Google to search for a page full of spam. Most of results are awful sites with same practical jokes in all of them, repeating the same gags over and over in an attempt to get you to buy latest prank joke product. The rest of results are stores for said products. It is a little lacking in quality ideas.

Museum of Hoaxes

Featuring a wide variety of scams, hoaxes and April fool’s day jokes, the Museum of Hoaxes has listed some of classier and grand scale practical jokes ever pulled off. It is certainly a good place to drum up ideas for your own mischief.

Funny Practical Joke

Funny practical jokes have a variety of different practical jokes, plus a handful of practical prank items you can buy. There is an extensive range of great ideas, ranging from hiding onion in sweet foods to placing fake ads for bargains, using your friend’s phone number.

Prankspace

Prankspace is full of practical joke ideas, covering pranks from high school, car pranks, college pranks and office pranks. Some of these would be quick and easy to do, others are more difficult. Either way, there are plenty of ideas here, so it is great for inspiration.

LolPranks

LolPranks is a picture-heavy blog of practical jokes, with several jokes being sorts of things that you can do to friends or teachers in school. At the very worst, it will give you a good reason not to drink at college parties.

April Fool Zone

April Fool Zone is a little lighter on ideas than some of rest, but it still features a few classics and will certainly help you to come up with practical jokes you can easily pull off. There is a whole section on computer pranks as well as section on office pranks. It is one of my favorites.

Jokes.com

It is a best site for jokes to find comedy jokes search by comedian’s funny videos. Here you can find comedians jokes by following categories.

If you are in search of funny sites for jokes then top ten websites for jokes will help you a lot. It is especially designed for you after extensive research.

Best Video Songs Ever

17 March, 2011 (06:28) | Music, Songs, Videos | By: Oliver

Video means electronic capturing of different sequences to amuse audience. Trends of video songs are frequently increasing in this modern era. Videos play leading role in success of any song and songs determine the success of any movie therefore directors pay much attention on videos of songs. Today I am sharing list of top ten videos with you. All these are my favorite videos but you can share your own favorite video with me and let me know about my provided videos.

Apna Her Din Aise Jiyo (Goalmaal 3)

This song is from movie Goalmaal 3 directed by Rohit Shetty. Mithun Chakraborty, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu are in leading cast of this movie. Original and Remix version of this song is sung by Shaan, Anushka Manchanda.

Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte (Rab Ne Bana De Jode)

Rab Ne Bana De Jode is super hit movie of Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Vinay Pathak. “Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte” is sung by Sonu Nigam and picturized on five top heroines of Bollywood. Its video is amazing watch it and enjoy.

Zor Ka Jhatka (Action Replayy)

This song is one of the best songs of movie “Action Replayy”. Leading star cast of this movie is Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Neha Dhupia, Aditya Roy Kapoor. Zor ka Jhatka is sung by Daler Mehndi, Richa Sharma while its remix version is recorded in the voices of Master Saleem, Richa Sharma.

Maahi Ve  (Kal Ho Na Ho)

Maahi Ve is from movie “Kal Ho Na Ho”. It was sung by Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Sadhana Sargam, Shankar Mahadevan, Sujata Bhattacharya (Madhushree ). Jaya Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta was main starring of this song as well as movie “Kal Ho Na Ho”.

Best Rock Music Albums

15 March, 2011 (07:42) | Music, Rock Music | By: Oliver

Rock music is popular music developed after 1960s in United States and United Kingdom. It is a developed form of ancient music genre “Rock and Roll”. Rock music is heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music has roots in 1940s and 1950s and also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as blues or folk and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources. Teens are fond of rock music therefore there are lots of bands in this field. Today I will share a list of top ten rock music albums with you. Following you will find brief information about some best rock music albums:

21st Century Breakdown

It is the eighth studio album by American puck rock band “Green Day”. It is the second rock opera of this band. Green Day has given several rock and roll albums and 21st Century Breakdown is one of them. It was released on 15th May, 2009 through “Reprise Records”. Band member “Armstrong” has described this album as a snapshot of era in which we live as we question and try to make sense of selfish manipulation going around us. Government, religion, medial or frankly any form of authority can be indulged in it. 21st Century Breakdown is one of the best rock music albums. Its two songs “Know Your Enemy and 21st Guns” exemplify the themes of alienation and politically-motivated anger present in the society.

This album achieved record success and got several awards such as:

Song Award Year Result
21 Guns Grammy Award for Best Rock Song 2009 nominated
Know Your Enemy Best International Group Video
21 Guns Best Rock Video won
Know Your Enemy Best Rock Video 2010 nominated
21 Guns Best International Group Video
Know Your Enemy Music Rock Track

This is one of the super hit rock albums of Green Day’s best chart performance to date in Europe. It was awarded the “Grammy Award” for Best Rock Album at “52nd Grammy Awards” held on January 31, 2010. 21st Century Breakdown has sold more than 1,005,000 copies in the United States and more than 3.5 million worldwide.

No Line on the Horizon

No Line on the Horizon is the 12th studio album by rock band “U2”. It was released on 27 February2009 after huge gap. Brief description of this album is given below:

  • Released: 27 February 2009
  • Recorded: May 2007 – December 2008 at various locations
  • Genre: Rock
  • Album Length: 53:44
  • Label: Mercury, Island, Interscope
  • Producer: Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite

After the release of this album U2 receives positive reviews but band shows disappointment about its success because it is not as commercially successful as they anticipated.

Track Listing

Title Lyrics Length
No Line on the Horizon Bono 4:12
Magnificent Bono and The Edge 5:24
Moment of Surrender Bono 7:24
Unknown Caller U2, Eno, Lanois 6:03
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight Bono 4:14
Get on Your Boots Bono 3:25
Stand Up Comedy Bono 3:50
Fez – Being Born Bono 5:17
White as Snow U2, Eno, Lanois 4:41
Breathe Bono 5:00
Cedars of Lebanon Bono 4:13

Bonus Tracks (Australia, Japan and iTunes)

Title Lyrics Length
“No Line on the Horizon 2″ Bono 4:07

Bonus Tracks (iTunes pre-order)

Title Lyrics Length
“Get on Your Boots”(Crookers remix) Bono 4:27

Common Interview Questions

12 March, 2011 (07:29) | Career Search, Careers | By: Oliver

Job interview is one of the most uncomfortable occasions. This time is too much important because the decision of employment is based on it. Therefore it is advised to candidates to be prepared before interview. Interviews are usually based on question answer session so candidate should be prepared for common interview questions. For preparation of interview candidates can search common interview questions from web or can also take assistance of their professional friends and family members. I also prepared a list of top ten interview questions to guide candidates about common interview questions. Candidate should consider them before going to interview to make them outstanding. Here I am facilitating you with common interview questions:

  • Introduce yourself or tell me about yourself?
  • What is the reason of leaving your last job?
  • How much experience do you have in this field?
  • How do you measure your success rate?
  • What is your point of view for ideal job and/or boss?
  • Why are you looking for job?
  • Why you feel that you are different from other candidates.
  • What unique experiences or qualifications discriminate you from other candidates?
  • What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • What are your most important career accomplishments?
  • Explain your short-term/long-term goals?
  • How will you handle challenging situation?
  • Describe your experience when you were faced challenging situation and how you handled it.
  • Tell us your salary requirements?
  • Why you want to join us or this position?
  • What are your comments about your former boss/colleagues?
  • Share your worse and best aspects of your previous job?
  • Have you any idea about services of our company or what do you know about our company?
  • What is your motivation factor and how do you motivate your team?
  • Are you willing to shuffle?
  • What are your co-workers and boss comments about you?
  • How do you come to know about us?
  • Have you any plans or ideas to improve our company’s performance?
  • Do you know any of our employees?
  • Are you a team player?
  • How long would you expect to work for us if employed?
  • What is your work philosophy?
  • What things of co-workers irritate you?
  • What is your peak strength?
  • What is your dream job?
  • What would your previous supervisor say your strongest point is?
  • How can you handle your work pressure?
  • Are you willing for overtime? Nights? Weekends?
  • What is your management style?
  • How you will learn from your job mistakes?
  • If you are a hiring person then what type of person you will prefer for this position?
  • How do you compensate your weaknesses?
  • What qualities do you want to see in your boss?
  • How can you resolve other’s conflicts?
  • If you are working on a project with team them what position you prefer?
  • Elaborate your work ethics?
  • What are your fun activities or how can you make your work enjoyable for you?
  • Do you have any questions about this position or organization?

Before going to interview candidate should consider above mentioned questions to make him/her outstanding in the crowd of candidates.

Best Music Videos

10 March, 2011 (07:15) | Movies, Movies and Videos | By: Oliver

Video is technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion. Some people are fond of listening video songs like me. Here I want to share a list of top ten music videos I like most. You should watch these music videos and let me know your views about them. Here I am also sharing some best music videos with you I hope you will enjoy them:

Zoobie Doobie (3 Idiots)

Zoobie Doobie is one of super hit songs of 3 Idiots. Its leading starring includes Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya, Mona Singh, Parikshit Sahni. This song is directed on leading stars Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor.

Man Ko Ati Bhavey (London Dreams)

Starring of “London Dreams” is Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Asin Thottumkal. This song is picturized on Salman Khan and Asin Thottumkal.

Dance Pe Chance (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (RNBDJ))

Dance pe Chance is best song of “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi movie of Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma. Its main starring is Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak.

Sab Rishte Naate (DE DANA DAN)

This song is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Suzanne D’Mello. This song is from movie “De Dana Dan” and picturized on “Katrina Kaif and Akshey Kumar”.

Best Muslim Baby Girls Names

8 March, 2011 (07:37) | Baby Names, Family | By: Oliver

Muslim name is given to new born baby or a person who is embracing Islam. Muslims try to keep their baby names on the name of Holy personalities such as their Holy Prophet (PBUH) or their near companions known as Sahabah. They also try to choose name out of “Asmaul Husna” (Names of Allah). Naming child with beautiful and honorable name is very important because name is also the reflection of one’s personality. Parents try to give good and beautiful meaning names to their child. I am giving a list of best Muslim girls names with their meaning for parents’ convenience.

You should pick a name that has a righteous meaning that befits and brings blessings to the child throughout her life. Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) said: “On the Day of Resurrection, you will be called by your names and by your fathers’ names, so give yourselves good names.” (Hadith Abu Dawud).

List of Best Muslim Baby Girls Names

You can consult given below list of best Muslin baby girls names to choose a perfect name for your baby girl:

Name Meaning
Abeer Fragrance
Aadab Hope and need
Afaf Chastity
Afrah Happiness
Ablaa Perfectly formed
Adeela Equal
Ahd Pledge, Knowledge
Aisha Living, Prosperous, Wife of Prophet Muhammad
Alia Exalted, Highest social standing
Aamaal Hopes, Aspirations
Amani Wishes, Aspirations
Ameena Trustworthy, Faithful
Anaan Clouds
Aneesa Friendly, of good company
Areebah Witty and smart
Aroob (Woman) Loving to her husband
Asiya One who tends to the weak and heals them
Asalah Purity
Asma Daughter of Abu Bakr
Ayeh Sign, distinct
Azeeza Esteemed, Precious, Cherished
Afraa White
Ahlam Witty, one who has pleasant dreams, imaginative
Aida Visiting, Returning
Aalia Exalted, Highest social standing
Almas Diamond
Amal Hope, Aspiration
Amatullah Female servant of Allah
Ameera Leader, Princess
Anbar Perfume, Ambergris
Anwaar Rays of light
Areej Pleasant smell
Arwa Female mountain goat
Asah Plant known for its greenness
Aseelah One belonging to a great heritage and family
Aasmaa Excellent, Precious
Azhaar Flowers, Blossoms
Azza Young female gazelle
Baheera Dazzling, Brilliant
Balqis The name of the Queen of Sheba
Baraa’a Excelling
Baseema Smiling
Basma A smile
Bushra Good omen
Badriya Resembling full moon
Bahiyaa Beautiful, Radiant
Banan Finger tips
Baasima Smiling
Basheera Bringer of good tidings
Batool Ascetic virgin
Buthayna Of beautiful and tender body
Dhuha Forenoon
Fadheela Virtue
Falak Star
Fareeha Happy, Joyful
Fatima Name of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter (Literally: accustom)
Faatina Captivating
Firdoos Paradise
Faiza Victorious, Winner
Fadwa Name derived from self-sacrifice
Fareeda Unique
Firyal Name
Faatin Captivating
Fawziya Successful, Victorious
Ghaaliya Fragrant
Ghusoon Branches (tree)
Ghaada Beautiful
Ghaydaa Young and delicate
Haadiya Guide to righteousness
Hameeda Praiseworthy
Hanan Mercy
Haleema Gentle, Patient
Haniya Pleased, Happy
Hayaam Deliriously in love
Haifa Slender, of beautiful body
Hind Proper name
Huma A bird which lives in a quiet area
Husn Beauty
Hadiya Gift
Hana Happiness
Haala Aureole
Haneefa True believer
Hasna Beautiful
Hayat Life
Hessa Destiny
Huda Right guidance
Hooriya Angel
Ibtihaaj Joy
Ilhaam Intuition
Imtithal (Polite) Obedience
Inas Sociability
Intisaar Triumph
Ikraam Honor, Hospitality, Generosity
Iman Faith, Belief
Inaam Act of kindness, Benefaction, Bestowal
Inaya Concern, Solicitude
Izdihaar Flourishing, Blossoming
Janaan Heart or soul
Jala Clarity, Elucidation
Jameela Beautiful
Jumaana Silver pearl
Kameela Most perfect
Kawkab Satellite
Khadeeja Name of Prophet Muhammad’s wife
Kaamla Perfect
Kareema Generous, Noble
Kawthar River in Paradise
Khalida Immortal
Khairiya Charitable, Good
Kouther River in Jannah (paradise)
Khawlah Proper name
Khulood Immortality
Kulthoom Daughter of the prophet Mohammed peace be upon him
Lamees Soft to the touch
Lateefa Gentle, Kind
Lubaaba The innermost essence
Lamya Dark-lipped
Leena Tender
Lama Darkness of lips
Madeeha Praiseworthy
Maisa Walking with proud swinging gait
Majeeda Glorious
Maha Gazelle
Majida Glorious
Makaarim Of good and honorable character
Manaar Guiding light (lighthouse)
Maryam Name of Mother of Jesus
Mawiya Old Arabic name
Maimoona Auspicious, Blessed
Malak Angel
Maraam Aspiration
Manaal Attainment, Achievement
May Old Arabic name
Maysaa To walk with a swinging gait
Mayyada To walk with a swinging gait
Muhja Heart’s blood, Soul
Muneera Illuminating, Shedding light
Maysoon Of beautiful face and body
Mufeeda Useful
Muna Wish, Desire
Musheera Giving counsel
Nabeeha Intelligent
Nada Generosity, Dew
Nadira Rare, Precious
Nadwa Council
Nabeela Noble
Nadia The begining, first
Nadeeda Equal (to another person), Rival
Nafeesa Precious thing
Naeema Living a soft, enjoyable life
Najeeba Of noble birth
Najat Safety
Najla Of wide eyes
Nashida Student
Nasiha One who gives valuable advice
Naila Acquirer, Obtainer
Najaah Success
Najiya Safe
Najwa Confidential talk, Secret conversation
Najya Victorious
Nashita Energetic and full of life
Nasira Victorious, helper
Nawar Flower
Nazeeha Honest
Nazeera Like, Equal, Matching
Naeema Blessing, Loan
Nida Call
Nudhar Gold
Nahla A drink (of water)
Nouf Highest point on a mountain
Nuzha Pleasure trip, Excursion spot
Nawal Gift
Nazaaha Purity, Righteousness, Honesty
Nazeeya Optimistic and full of hope
Nibaal Arrows
Nesayem Flower
Nimaat Blessings, Loans
Nuha Intelligence, Mind
Noor Light
Nusayba Proper name
Rabeea Garden
Radhwa Name of mountain in Medina
Raaida Leader
Rana To gaze, Look
Rand Tree of good scent
Rasha Young gazelle
Rawdha Garden
Rabab White cloud
Radhiyaa Content, Satisfied
Raghd Pleasant
Raja Hope
Rafa Happiness, Prosperity
Raniya Gazing
Rasheeda Wise, Mature
Raawiya Transmitter (of ancient Arabic poetry)
Reem Gazelle
Rukan Steady, Confident
Ruwayda Walking gently
Raya Sated with drink
Reema White antelope
Ruqaya Name of the Prophet’s daughter
Saabira Patient
Safiya Untroubled, Serene, Pure, Best friend
Sahla Smooth, Soft (ground), Fluent, Flowing (style)
Saaliha Good, Useful
Saalima Safe, Healthy
Salwa Quail, Solace
Samar Evening conversations
Sameera Entertaining companion (woman)
Sana Resplendence, Brilliance
Sawsan Lily of the valley
Shaadiya Singer
Sihaam Arrows
Suhayla Smooth, Soft (ground), Fluent, Flowing (style)
Suhair Proper name
Safa Clarity, Purity, Serenity
Sahar Dawn
Sakeena God-inspired peace of mind, Tranquility
Saleema Safe, Healthy
Salma Peaceful
Samaah Generosity
Sameeha Generous
Saamiya Elevated, Lofty
Sawda Proper name
Shatha Aromatic
Shareefa Noble
Suha Name of a star
Suhayma Small arrow
Sumaiyaa Proper name
Taahira Pure, Chaste
Thanaa Thankfulness
Thuraya Star
Taroob Merry
Tharaa Wealth
Tamadhur Proper name
Wafa Faithfulness
Wafiya Loyal, Faithful
Warda Rose
Wijdan Ecstasy, Sentiment
Wafeeqa Successful
Wajeeha Eminent, Distinguished
Widad Love, Friendship
Wisaal Communion in love
Yasmeen Jasmine
Yafiah High
Yamha Dove
Yusraa Proper name
Yasirah Lenient
Yakootah Emerald
Yumn Good fortune, Success
Zahira Shining, Luminous
Zahrah Flower, Beauty, Star
Zainab Name of Prophet’s daughter
Zaafira Victorious, Successful
Zahraa White
Zakiyaa Pure
Zaina Beautiful

Scary Horror Movies

5 March, 2011 (07:00) | Movies, Movies and Videos | By: Oliver

Scary horror movies are unsettling movies that strive to elicit emotions of fear, disgust and horror. These movies often have such feature scenes that startle viewer through the means of macabre and supernatural. Fantasy and science fiction are frequently overlapping genres. Some people are very fond of watching scary horror movies so I have prepared a list of top ten scariest movies for those people. Here I will spotlight on some scariest movies with their trailer. I watched these movies and find best in all scariest horror movies ever made.

Cannibal Holocaust

  • Directed by: Ruggero Deodato
  • Produced by: Franco Palaggi
  • Written by: Gianfranco Clerici
  • Starring: Robert Kerman, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen, Luca Barbareschi
  • Music by: Riz Ortolani
  • Release date(s): February 7, 1980 (Italy), June 19, 1984 (US)
  • Language: English, Spanish
  • Budget: US$200,000 (estimated)

The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

  • Directed by: Tom Six
  • Produced by: Tom Six, Ilona Six
  • Written by: Tom Six
  • Starring: Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Akihiro Kitamura
  • Music by: Patrick Savage, Holeg Spies
  • Release date(s): 30 August 2009 (FrightFest)
  • Language: English, German, Japanese
  • Budget: €1.5 million
  • Gross revenue: $252,207 (approx. €187,000)

Halloween II (2009 film)

  • Directed by: Rob Zombie
  • Produced by: Malek Akkad, Andy Gould, Rob Zombie
  • Written by: Rob Zombie
  • Based on Characters by: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
  • Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, Scout Taylor-Compton
  • Music by: Tyler Bates
  • Release date(s): August 28, 2009
  • Language: English
  • Budget: $15,000,000
  • Gross revenue: $39,318,589

The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film)

  • Directed by: Alexandre Aja
  • Produced by: Wes Craven, Peter Locke, Marianne Maddalena, Cody Zwieg
  • Screenplay by: Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur, Wes Craven (1977 screenplay)
  • Starring: Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Robert Joy, Ted Levine
  • Music by: Tomandandy
  • Release date(s): March 10, 2006
  • Language: English
  • Budget: $15 million
  • Gross revenue: $69,770,032

Yo-Yo: Unique Toy for Kids

3 March, 2011 (07:15) | Family, Toys | By: Oliver

Yo-yo is a unique and popular toy with a long string tied at one end of a flat spool. It is one of the favorite toys for kids and kids love to play with it. Kids play with it by holding the free end of string, inserting one finger in a slip knot and pulling at it so as to cause the spool to turn whilst suspended in mid-air either taking up or releasing the string. Although it is originally designed for children but adults also enjoy very much while playing with yo-yo. To make yo-yo play more interesting there are different tricks such as sleeper and walk the dog are famous tricks. Yo-yos are now available in different beautiful shapes and additional advanced features to make yo-yo plays more interesting. If you are interested to get new and latest yo-yos you can view list of top ten best yo yos. Different shapes of yo-yos are introduced to attract kids toward this toy.

Yo-yo Shapes

Yo-yos are available in several silhouettes that are designed with specific advantages. There are three popular yo-yo shapes.

Imperial

Imperial shape is very common shape and considered as original shape of yo-yo. It is also known as sculpted design. This shape is helpful in performing looping tricks. “Pedro Flores” was the first producer of this shape of yo-yo but in 1929 “Duncan” bought the rights of this design.

Modified

This shape is so famous for looping style tricks. This shape is also famous as flywheel or modern shape. This type of yo-yo typically has hollowed face which is sometimes covered with paper or plastic with extra material left in the rim. Modified shaped yo-yo gives you long spin time so it is famous for string tricks.

Butterfly

Butterfly shaped yo-yo was first time introduced in 1958. Butterfly yo-yo has wider string gap which make it convenient to catch yo-yo body on the string. It looks a bit like separated halves of a standard yo-yo that have ability to reconnect back-to-back. But there is a problem that butterfly shape is good for “string tricks” but not good for “looping tricks” because the winged shape body restricts its easy flip while looping. Butterfly shape is similar to small “Diabolo” and sometimes also called “Chinese yo-yo.

Modern Yo-Yo Shapes

Yo-yoing community introduced several yo-yos with wide-gaps, H-shapes and dimples.

Wide-Gap Yo-Yos

Wide-gap yo-yos are not exclusive and have wider gapes. These gapes allow more layers of strings to be stacked in yo-yo and slack or lacerations in string also allow several tricks. This shape has drawback that it doesn’t return to player’s hand without bound through the use of front or under mount.

H-shaped Yo-Yos

These yo-yos have too much similarity with butterfly-shaped but center toward bearing/axle is offset to a smaller diameter to add to circumferential weight and allow easy “grinding tricks”.

Dimples Yo-Yos

Italian yo-yo manufacturer “Roo-Yo” utilizes golf ball technology in yo-yo. This technology produces dimples in yo-yo to reduce air friction.

Other less popular shapes of yo-yos are Humphrey, Ball, Slimline, Russell Style (Bulge Face), Puck, Satellite, Coaster and Riveted Disk.

Bangladeshi Cricket Tiger Shakib Al Hasan

1 March, 2011 (07:16) | Players, Sports | By: Oliver

Personal information of Shakib Al Hasan

  • Full name Shakib Al Hasan
  • Born: 24 March 1987 (age 23), Magura, Bangladesh
  • Batting Style: Left-handed
  • Bowling Style: Slow left-arm orthodox
  • Role: All-rounder, Bangladesh captain, International information
  • National Side: Bangladesh
  • Test Debut (cap 46): 18 May 2007 v India
  • Last Test: 4 June 2010 v England
  • ODI Debut (cap 81): 6 August 2006 v Zimbabwe
  • Last ODI: 25 February 2011 v Ireland
  • ODI shirt no: 75
  • T20I debut (cap 11): 28 November 2006 v Zimbabwe
  • Last T20I: 5 May 2010 v Australia

Shakib Al Hasan a Bangladeshi international cricketer and captain of the national team is also known as cricket tiger. He is one of the top ten Bangladesh cricketers and has worldwide fame due to his outstanding skills. He made his ODI debut “One Day International” against Zimbabwe in August 2006.  Shakib topped the ICC’s all-rounder rankings in 2009. Shakib got captaincy of Bangladesh team in “July 2009” after the injury of previous captian “Mashrafe Mortaza”. At this time Shakib was 22 years old. Initially he was nominated for temporary captaincy until the recovery of Mortaza but Shakib’s outstanding performance against West Indies (win first overseas series) insured him as captain of Bangladesh Cricket team even after Mortaza recovered.

Domestic team information

Years Team
2004 present Khulna Division
2010–present Worcestershire
2011–present Kolkata Knight Riders

Domestically Shakib has represented “Khulna Division” since 2004, and in 2010 he was playing for Worcestershire in England for several months. He is first Bangladeshi player who represented an English county.

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 21 104 54 131
Runs scored 1,179 2,905 2,991 3,555
Batting average 31.02 35 32.86 32.91
100s/50s 5-Jan 18-May 14-Apr 23-May
Top score 100 134* 129 134*
Balls bowled 5,083 5,348 10,706 6,463
Wickets 75 132 164 161
Bowling average 32.13 28.82 29.86 28.3
5 wickets in innings 7 0 12 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling Jul-36 Apr-33 Jul-36 30-Apr
Catches/stumpings 8/– 28/– 28/– 39/–

He was entitled for “The Wisden Cricketer’s “Test Player of the Year” in November 2009. He stepped down from ODI captaincy in July 2010 to concentrate on his personal performance but due to strike of ex-captain Mortaza, Shakib was asked to presume the role again. For Indian Premier League 2011, he was contracted by “Kolkata Knight Riders” for US$425,000. He will also return to play for “Worcestershire” for seven weeks in 2011.

Jennie Finch: A Famous Softball Player

26 February, 2011 (07:12) | Players, Sports | By: Oliver

Jennie Lynn Finch was born on 3rd September, 1980 in La Mirada California. She is arguably one of the top ten best softball players of all time. In 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal for her USA team. She occasionally uses her husband’s surname “Daigle” who is a former American softball player. Jennie is one of the most famous softball players in the history. She began playing softball at the age of five and pitching at the age of eight. Her father was his first pitching coach. While studying in “La Mirada High School” she lettered four times in softball and twice each in both basketball and volleyball. She was an All-CIF Div. 11 choice in softball and All-Suburban League selection in her sophomore year which is a great honor.

Career Statistics of Jennie Finch

United States National Team
Year W L GP GS CG Sh SV
2001 2 0 5 2 2 2 0
2002 6 0 9 7 5 4 0
2003 7 1 11 8 5 3 1
2004 15 0 28 16 7 7 1
Olympics 2 0 2 2 1 1 0
2005 4 1 7 5 3 2 0
TOTALS 36 2 62 40 23 19 2
Year IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2001 17 1 1 1 0 23 0.41
2002 40.1 22 6 4 7 41 0.69
2003 47.2 11 4 2 6 78 0.29
2004 100.1 20 4 3 16 208 0.27
Olympics 8 1 0 0 1 13 0
2005 26 16 5 4 6 34 1.08
TOTALS 239.1 71 20 14 36 397 0.42

University of Arizona
Year W L GP GS CG Sh SV
1999 24 8 34 30 26 11 0
2000 29 2 31 24 24 13 0
2001 32 0 32 19
2002 34 6 43 39 36 22 1
TOTALS 119 16 140 64
Year IP H R ER BB SO ERA
1999 202.1 158 70 60 64 179 2.07
2000 194 102 28 22 53 204 0.79
2001 207 16 279 0.54
2002 273.1 136 46 38 82 366 0.97
TOTALS 876.2 136 1028 1.07

La Mirada High School
Year W L GP GS CG Sh SV
TOTALS 50 12 4
Year IP H R ER BB SO ERA
TOTALS 445 784 0.15

Personal Life

Jennie Finch got married with major league baseball pitcher “Casey Daigle” on 15th January, 2005. Casey Daigle proposed Finch on softball field at University of Arizona that is her Alma Mater. Finch recorded this incident as, Daigle blindfolded me and tool me to mound and said “You have been the queen of diamond for four years. Now I want you to be the queen of my heart”. Their son was born on 4th May, 2006 and named “Ace” and they are also expecting another child in June 2011. She is an avid fan of “Los Angeles Dodgers”. She retired from softball on 20th July 2010 to focus on her family. Jennie Finch said in an press interview that “I just feel like it gets harder and harder every year with Ace getting older and time away from my husband and even family events such as birthdays and friends’ weddings and things that I’ve always just missed out on because of softball”. She also said that “This whole career has been way more than I ever even imagined or dreamed. The opportunities that I’d be able to enjoy and appreciate to be a part of, it have been incredible”.

Finch had a 2-0 win/loss record in the 2004, Athens, Greece, Summer Olympics, striking out 13 beats in eight innings while giving up only one hit, one walk and no runs at all. Her pitching leads the American team to the gold medal.