Therefore, to buy engagement ring for your beloved one is really very exciting and perturbing too. So, keep in mind to fill your heart with huge amount of sincerity and feelings before going for buying an engagement ring for your adored one and see the outcome!! A dashing ring!!

Also, if you are lot confused, then there are few guidelines to be considered before purchasing the ring for her as follows:

• Set your budget

Setting the budget for how much to spend on particular thing is the first tip for buying any product and so is the case with engagement ring for your fiancée. It is the best way to decide for engagement ring offered by the shop-keeper within your budget. Though the budget of every person differs but its not like that buying costly ring shows great love and affection and low budget person has little love and affection for her. But try to go for the best in your budget!!

• Pay attention on the metal or setting of the ring

It is the main thing you should consider before purchasing the engagement ring. First try to decide for the metal in which you want your engagement ring. It may be gold, silver, diamond setting or white gold or platinum. As soon as you decide, your half problem is solved at once. Also, do not ignore the band-width of the ring. Try to match the band-width with the width of the finger of your fiancée.

• Keep trying to know much about her taste

Before going to buy engagement ring, just try hard to know her taste and style. Also, keep an eye over the types of jewelry she used to wear when she comes to meet you like does she wear something simple or elegant or she wears something chic or trendy? Answer to such questions will help you a lot in choosing engagement ring for her.

• Choose a diamond

In my opinion, no girl or woman in this world is far off from the wish of wearing diamond in any form. Exactly, if you choose engagement ring of diamond, then I am sure it will be perfect choice. But how to choose right diamond and for that, you should have knowledge of 4 C’s – clarity, cut, color and carat. Basically, the first two clarity and cut can be measured on a scale whereas color and carat totally depends on your or her personal taste.

• Don’t choose delicate rings for daily wearing

Try to choose that ring which is durable and good-looking too. This is because she will be going to wear the ring forever even after marriage. So, be sure of choosing such a ring which is comfortable also on daily wearing. Even try to choose the ring as per daily routine after marriage like if she is going to become housewife, then its fine but if she is going to work outside, then wearing of big-sized diamond ring may give her outmoded look or may she feels uncomfortable wearing of ring for the complete day.

• Engagement ring with wedding set

If you consider the wedding set also at the time of buying engagement ring, then it will be great idea and perfect combination too. As per her taste, it is better to choose such set with a combination of wedding band and a ring. At an occasion of engagement, you can give her ring and wedding band will solve your problem of gifting on wedding day!!

Ilya Elbert writes about Boston Jewelry by Alex & Company, located in Newton MA.

One of the major advantages of Cloud based software for small businesses is that it helps the workgroup work together. Some of the major reasons of using the cloud computing in the small business are to save money; Increase productivity and t enhance uptime.

If there is a cloud computing set in the small business the office staff can work on their own computers separately to create a perfect presentation in real time. Cloud Computing can be tagged as one of the most innovative uses of present technology however most of the small business owners are still unaware its benefits.

One does not need to pass the documents from one computer to the other which creates unnecessary wastage of time as well as annoyance. All the staff members can access the presentation at the same time without waiting for their turn.

Use latest features

The first feature of Cloud Computing which makes it best suitable for the small businesses is that it gives access to the latest features of software. Every piece of software is updated by the makers from time to time. They keep on adding some time saving templates, applications and improved features. If you are not using the cloud computing set up you need to replace the updated software manually every time which is quite expensive and stress full. Using the cloud computing you have the complete access to the updates and upgraded versions of the software.

Fewer risks

Computer systems are always full of vulnerability issues like damage, security and loss. Cloud computing set up can help you get over such issues. Cases such as lost of computer having important business data and credentials or damage of computer system having important details stored in it can be handled easily with Cloud Computing systems. It provides some great security measures which not only prevent hacking but also helps in recovering the files in case of any un-natural loss. It actually stores the data backups from your system.

3. Cost Effective

Cloud computing is very cost effective and thus if beneficial for the small business units. Replacing the computer system to get more speed of better data storage is very expensive and the small business owners can obviously not afford it. With the use of Cloud Computing you can upgrade to new capabilities and features even with your obsolete computer systems. It also sways the expenses of buying their own server or expanding the IT staff as the public cloud computing services helps in address networking issues too.

Cloud computing system brings lots more and especially for the small business which have limited resources and limited funds. The attractive benefits of the cloud services actually are very beneficial for the small business owners.

One very important thing to keep in mind about the cloud computing is that one size never fits all solutions. Every business and so are the requisites, budgets, and capabilities. The best part is that the cloud computing can be customized according to the size and nature of your business.

However the small business owners must have a clear picture in their mind about their requisites and the benefits to be availed from Cloud Computing before starting with it. This might help them in taking the decision whether Cloud Computing is actually beneficial for them or not.

Ilya Elbert writes for several IT Services San Diego and San Diego Computer Repair national service companies.

Well, you have the whole right to disagree with me but I guess if you introspect you will agree with me! Not only human beings but other species like plant too have some secrets that no one knows about.

Animals I guess you won’t argue about but surely you would be surprised if I tell you that plants do some secretive things when no one is around. Wondering what it is; something in particular or different plants do different secretive things? To get the answers to these questions, sit back and scroll down.

Trust me you will be flabbergasted and if somebody watches you while reading the article, he/she too would be dazed to see you reading wide-mouth opened.

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Marcgravia Evenia Outsmarts Bats

A team of scientists discovered that plants could command goddamn bats. Cuban vine known by the name Marcgravia evenia has some kind of leafy satellite-dish attachment above its fruit clusters which are not held out flat to catch the sun instead its leaves are cupped and positioned to face straight ahead.

Marcrgavia depends exclusively on bats for seed dispersal. Bats despite being flat are able to find food using annoying screeching noise that they make. Bats are able to find 50 percent faster with these special leaves. The echo from the leaves sound conspicuously constant from every angle.

The Dodder Vine Hunts Its Prey

The dodder is a parasitic vine that depends entirely on other plant for its food. If you all know it doesn’t have roots or leaves, and can’t photosynthesize. Sucking the juice straight out of another plant helps it in surviving. This might sound easy but is not, it has to actually hunt down its victims. The dodder can smell other plants and starts to grow in that direction. This sense of “smell” helps it differentiate between a good host and a bad one. When it gets it victim, it wraps itself tight and presses special feeding nodes against it to pierce the juicy flesh.

The Javan Cucumber Masters the Mechanics of Flight

Javan cucumber is a plant the seeds of which have wings. Yes, they’ve developed actual wings that can fly up to 100 meters with absolutely no wind and if there is breeze, their speed increases. Just like butterfly flies, utilizing air currents, stalls, dips and glides to carry itself, the seeds travel at a pretty good speed.

Plants That Command Insects

Plants like tomatoes command the insects. Don’t you believe me? Read on! If a caterpillar is chewing on a tomato, it throws up a chemical smoke signal that summons an army of parasitic wasps to come fight them off. Not only, tomatoes do this, tobacco too calls for help from nearby predators to keep the caterpillars, leaf bugs and other pests away.

Plants can also manipulate insects for sweet, sweet loving. Orchids get chemical signals from insects and they use scents to trick them into becoming couriers for their plant-sperm.

Figs Make Bargains and Punish Freeloaders

We all know that plants give out nectar and the insect pollinates the plant. Fig trees have a partnership with a particular wasp called a fig wasp. The wasp gets food and lays its eggs in the fruit. In exchange it pollinates the fruit. Fig trees can’t reproduce without the wasps which can’t live without the tree. But when the wasps don’t pollinate, the fig tree aborts the young of wasps.

 Plants That Move Faster Than a Bullet

Did you know that not all plants are immovable? Surprisingly, there are few plants that move around with some surprising speed. The telegraph plant well known by the name dancing plant has its leaves mounted on a tiny hinge and moves around.

The trigger plant also has the ability to leave people amazed. It fires its pollen at a nearby insect’s face. The plant sperm trebuchet launches its attack 15 milliseconds after its triggered and hits with enough force to stun the insect. It staggers and disorients insects with a blast from its reproductive organs.

Plants that Communicate and Cooperate

Plants usually don’t like sharing their neighborhood with freeloaders. They stick to their family and when they are grown with some unrelated plant, each grows as quickly as possible in an effort to wrestle as many nutrients and minerals as possible away from the other.  But when they are made to grow with the member of their family, they actually grow less than they normally would. Also, some of them recognize their relatives and care enough to share food.

Besides this, the plants are capable of telling their friends from their enemies and can collaborate with each other too. That’s not all; plant can also signal each other when it’s time to bloom. Not only with the same species some plants are capable of communicating with other plants like tobacco plants that can communicate with totally different species.

Eucalyptus Trees Napalm Their Enemies

One threat to trees is fire. The Australian eucalyptus trees have a scorched earth policy thereby becoming immune to forest fires. The eucalyptus itself is designed specifically to be the only tree standing after a fiery apocalypse with their stems hidden deep inside their trunks which is ready to spring out once the smoke clears. It throws around gasoline. Yes, you got that correct. It contains a kind of oil that is so flammable that the trees can actually explode when they catch fire and when it dries out; it covers the ground like a super-flammable carpet. Also, the trees produce a bluish-gray cloud of evaporated gas that is actually threat-full.

This article is written by James. He is the lead editor where he writes about Carnival Masks, Feather Masks, Framed Venetian Mirrors, Venetian Wall Mirrors, etc.

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Talking about the underwater travel destinations around the globe, each one gets ready to sit up and read about them no matter how busy we are with the deadlines or the targets. We actually take out time and spare few moments if we have that attraction and interest about the underwater travel destinations.

Underwater world is full of beautiful creatures including sharks, whales, seals, crabs and much more. Water covers up 70% of our beautiful planet. Even if you’re not good at swimming, you would wish to travel the places that are genuinely worth it.

So, what’s the wait for? Here, we have listed down 10 of the world’s most amazing travel destinations that are actually worth a visit. So, if you have been preparing the list of places you wish to visit, here are few more to worth adding. Take a look at these underwater travel destinations and decide for yourself!

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1. Serpent Slide at Atlantic Paradise

Serpent Slide located in the Atlantis Paradise Resort, Bahamas has all that people who love playing with water wish. Tubes on which one can slide high speeds through the darkness of the Mayan Temple’s core are worth it. The twisting and turning ride culminates with a pass through a clear acrylic tunnel submerged in a shark-filled lagoon.

2. Vanuatu’s Underwater Post Office

Vanuatu’s Underwater Post Office, found just off Hideaway Island near Port Vila is one of the busiest post offices for postcards in the world! People from all across the world have had and ultimate experience of posting in the world’s first underwater post office. Some 50 metres offshore and at just three metres below the surface, the cool underwater post office is easily accessible. Special waterproof postcards are made available in Vanuatu which are collected by one of Vanuatu Post’s four trained scuba divers and cancelled underwater with an embossing cachet.

3. Jules’ Underwater Lodge

Once a La Chalupa research laboratory in Key Largo, Florida, Jules’ Undersea Lodge still with a fully operational MarineLab is one of the ultimate underwater lodge worth a visit. One who wishes to pay the visit first has to dive down 21 feet through the Emerald Lagoon with trained professionals that lead the way. The Jules’ Underwater Lodge is located five feet above the bottom of the mangrove lagoon, and has a common room to keep guests entertained. Also, it has a fully stocked kitchen, dining area and communication center.

4. Poseidon Undersea Resort

Located in Fiji, the Poseidon Undersea Resort lets you rest underneath the waves in a room made of acrylic glass. With a three-passenger Triton 1000 submarine, coral reef to explore, beach bungalows for above-sea level accommodations, an underwater library, wedding chapel, and restaurants, the Poseidon Undersea Resort has all that’s needed for an ultimate relaxing break.

5. The Shark Reef and Aquarium at Mandalay Bay

The Shark Reef and Aquarium at Mandalay Bay is gorgeous and dreamy destination worth paying a visit. With all kinds of sharks and other wild-looking things that swim the place looks all the more stupendous.

6. Hotel Conrad Rangali Island Maldives

Conrad Rangali Islands Underwater Resort, Maldives is truly a paradise on Earth. With luxurious villas, striking beach villas and marvelous spa water villas, honeymoon suite and everything lavish, this place is an ideal luxurious treat if you are planning a lavish break. Spread across two private islands and bounded by an amazing coral reef and lagoon, the hotel has its own intrinsic loveliness.

7. Utter Inn

The beautiful Utter Inn is located at Lake Malaren in Vaasteras, Sweden. An inflatable boat ride from the port of Västeras then entering through a Swedish-inspired house that floats on the surface of the water and travel below to reach a room completely surrounded by windows will make you reach the ultimate underwater destination. From swimming, sunbathing and going for canoe rides along with the dinner delivered by boat, the Utter Inn has all!

8. Bali Underwater Wedding

Bali, as you all know is the most beautiful and idyllic place where at one point of time in our life, wished of getting married underwater. The tropical climate and the mystical ambience of ‘The Island Of The Gods’ makes Bali the perfect location for a wedding or a honeymoon. besides, its natural beauty, Bali is a popular destination to get married.

9. Red Sea Star Restaurant

The Red Sea Star Restaurant is an underwater restaurant that looks out onto a coral reef in the tropical resort city of Eilat, Irael. With fascinating interior design and is a green project that contributes to the preservation of the coral reef surrounding it.

10. Grenada’s Underwater Sculpture Park

Grenada also known by the world’s first Underwater Sculpture Park is located at Molinere Bay. As the name indicates, the underwater park has original sculptures that were designed by British sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor. Snorkelling or diving in the Sculpture Park is actually considered a ‘must do’ by many visitors to Grenada.

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Actually this question could be answered only after using a laptop. SquareTrade, the laptop warranty has released the list of the most reliable laptops after doing a through survey of around 30,000 laptops.

The report by SquareTrade suggests that almost 1 in 3 laptops fail and a buyer who is completely unknown by the technicalities of a laptop may buy a laptop which may fail in just three years. Around 20% of the failures are categorized under the hardware failure.

This report proves that even a layman who has no knowledge about the hardware is buying a laptop with 80% chances of reliability. A buyer having some or good knowledge about the hardware can lessen the chances of hardware failure by selecting the best brand.

As far as the reliability of a laptop is concerned four companies are on top with Apple at the leading position followed by Samsung, Toshiba, Sony and Asus.

Apple

Apple is considered as the best company when it is about the gadgets at the same time it is the priciest brand as well. Laptops from Apple are known for its brilliant features and highly developed technology apart from the durability and powerful processors. Most of the Apple laptops are slim with exquisite designs and some of its top line laptops are Apple Mac Book Pro laptops and Apple Mac Book Air. In every survey conducted for the laptop reliability Apple scored lower than average scores of malfunction.

Toshiba

When it is about the laptop and its reliability, Toshiba comes after Apple. This brand is the most trustworthy one among the laptop users. Toshiba is well known for its applications and powerful processors. You can be confident with the quality and performance when you are buying a Toshiba Laptops. Some most popular Toshiba laptops include Toshiba Tecra M10, Toshiba Portege R400 and Toshiba Satellite M200/M205. Apart from the reliability, performance and applications Toshiba laptops are also known for its gaming experience.

Sony

Sony Corp is nowadays producing the best quality laptops and the most popular one are the Sony VAIO laptops. Sony Laptops are outfitted with the advanced technology and are also considered as one of the most reliable laptop series available in the market. The customers are more than satisfied with the Son Laptops and thus the sales of the company is raising high with time. Apart from being very reliable, the Sony VAIO laptops are youth’s favorites because of its stylish exteriors. Some most popular Sony VAIO laptops are Sony VAIO E, Sony VAIO V610, and Sony VAIO BZ.

Samsung- Samsung is next in the list of reliable laptops. Samsung has always been a leader in innovating latest and advanced technology products. On the reliability ratings, Samsung laptops share the top second position with Toshiba laptops. Samsung laptops are also quite cheaper as compared to other top quality laptops. Apart from being reliable Samsung laptops are very stylish and provided to the excellent value for your money.

Asus-

Asus laptops are though not very popular ones but have scored high ratings as far as the reliability is concerned. The sales of Asus laptop is increasing day by day as people are coming to know about its excellent features, powerful processors and above all, the reliability. However, Asus laptops were not that reliable at their inception but the company has improved a lot with time. The hardware failure is reported very low in the Asus laptops.

HP and Lenovo laptops are considered as the least reliable laptops. The reliability rankings by SuqareTrade show that HP provides the worst range of laptops in terms of reliability. More than 25% of HP laptops malfunction within three years.

Ilya Elbert writes for several Online Computer Service and Computer Help companies and is an avid proponent of good computer security habits.

While mainstream dating sites are the solution to the dating woes of some, a more bizarre and entertaining realm of online dating exists.

Check out these three bizarre websites that veer away from the warm fuzzies of online dating. Maybe one will be the endpoint to your online search for love.

Find Your FaceMate

Are you having a difficult time finding the perfect companion? Perhaps you want someone who enjoys similar hobbies or desires the same things in life. Maybe all you really want is someone who looks just like you.

Check out findyourfacemate.com. As the name implies, you upload a photo and viola, you’re matched with potential mates who have the same face structure as you. It’s kind of creepy but very entertaining. Just think of how perfectly blended your children would be.

Beautiful People

Ugly people need not apply. Beautifulpeople.com is a dating website available only to beautiful people, so you should be naturally beautiful or upload a fake photo to receive acceptance. After applying and uploading a photo, you must patiently wait to be stamped as beautiful and voted in. You must also prepare for a possible bone-crushing rejection stating you’re just too ugly to frolic with the beautiful people.

Theuglybugball.com

If you weren’t accepted to the Beautiful People website, head over to theuglybugball.com. Proclaimed as a real dating site for real people, this site takes a ‘what you see is what you get’ approach to online dating. While you may not land a trophy wife or husband here, at least you won’t suffer the embarrassment of an application rejection based purely on looks.

Want to find more bizarre dating websites? From superhero dating venues to sites for tall people, there’s no shortage of options. By tailoring your search for love to your personality or appearance, you may just find a companion sooner. Search with a Zugo Bing tool or with your other preferred search engine toolbar for results specific to your interests.

Online dating has become the staple of many people looking for love. While dating isn’t easy, it can certainly be fun when conducted through a bizarre dating website!

Have you used a bizarre dating website or do you have examples of other sites worth visiting?

Kids, teenagers and even the young adults want to have their cell phone a very different and unique look. They are very much concerned about the mobile phone accessories along with the different phone services and phone apps.

Earlier the mobile phones were carried by only the adults, but now the minimum age to get and carry a mobile phone is just 8-9 years.  These kids are even more enthusiastic about the mobile phone applications, and accessories.

Though there are thousands of mobile phone accessories available in the market nowadays but we have selected a few to enlist in our list. Below is a list of top ten most craziest mobile phone accessories.

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1. Aura sensing phone strap

It is one such phone facility. This accessory is able to sense the user’s aura and then converts it into one of the aura colors. This conversion is entirely dependent on the energy a particular person is omitting. The aura-tama that is offered is packaged into power stones named: rose quarts, crystal or amethyst.

 2. Cigarette holder phone

Cigarette holder phone are also available these days. These were manufactured in order to appeal the smokers. Not only it resembles like a pack containing cigarette, but is also capable of holding, the real cigarette at its back. You just need to simply open the battery cover, so as to attract lot of your friends towards your cigarette holder phone. The phone supports a dualband GSM, plays MP3, a VGA camera on the side area, an MP3 player, and has a colored screen too. By paying only $75, you will get a luxurious kit with your phone that contains branded cigarette as well as lighter too.

3. Lingerie phone covers

This is the craziest cell phone accessory I have ever seen. The mobile phone covers in the shape of lingerie are very much in trend these days as everyone want to have and look different. However one needs guts to buy these raunchy cell phone covers.

4. Goggles’ enabling you to have a hot vision

Among several services this is also a service that is provided to the customers at a reasonable price. A virtual 50 inch screen can be seen very easily by means of these goggles and it appears very close to the user’s eye. For all those people who get irritated while watching video on small mobile screen, this service has greatly benefitted them.

5. Cigarette lighter phone services

If you are a chain smoker you will certainly like this service. The name itself is quite appealing and may attract a smoker to buy it. The SB6309 Cigarette Lighter Phone is now available in the market to appeal the smokers. This phone has a lighter button in it under the back cover.

6. Backup pal

It is one of the best phone services available presently. Using the backup pal you can have a back of all the data stored in your cell phone. So if your cell phone is lost or damaged due to any accidents you need not to worry about the data stored in it. You can recover it all using the backup pal.

7. Wind chime for the phones

Almost everyone loves the melodious tune of wind chime and thus the makers have included it with our most used gadget cell phone. This excellent service helps you to enjoy the melodious tone of the wind chime when your phone rings.

8. Blue tooth bracelet

The blue tooth bracelet is available with number of phones which shows the name of the caller and its number on a LED screen. Using this bracelet you can attend know who is calling you even if you are not carrying your cell phone with you.

9. Flashing pen service

Flashing cell phone pen is a next excellent service in the list. You can attach this pen with your cell phone and it will blink whenever you get a call. Many different companies are now providing these flashing pens in different designs.

10. Seat belt phone holder

There is a service named seat belt phone holder this is of great advantage when you are driving a car, you can keep the phone in the seat belt holder and can drive comfortably. This service will indeed lessen the possibility of road accidents that happen due to the cell phones.

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X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation that helps penetrate solid objects and see the image of the inside of the objects. Talking in medical field, x-rays play a major role in letting doctors know about the exact problem as to what the patient is suffering from thereby treating the patient accordingly.

X-rays not only serve the purpose of helping doctors treat the patients instead can bring a smile on your face too as already mentioned. Creative people around the world contribute a great deal in leaving people flabbergasted.

Developed first out of curiosity and then for fun, the x-ray photography is asks special skills and a special kind of equipment. Showcased below are stunning X-ray images that appear to be like real x-rays but the shots have been taken quite creatively to leave the spectators amazed.

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X-Ray Stilettos

X-Ray Lamp

X-Ray Shoes

X-Ray Singer

Bowler Hat

Mini

Catch of the Day

Frog Crab

Bat

Rose

X-Flower

Inside of a Frog

X-Ray Roses

Rocking Horse

Jacket Shirt Tie

Bulldozer

Light

Hippocampus

X-Ray

X-Ray Heart

Chrysanthemum

Crossed Fingers

Singer

X-Ray Boot

The News

Opera Canis

Dandelion

Scooter

Lightbulb

Stroller

Chandra and Hubble Observe a Doomed Star

X-Ray Conch

Veils

Aquatic

Shorts

Fish

X-ray Lunchbox

Brown Teddy

Evolution in X-Ray

Little Toy

Hand – Thumb Fracture

X-Ray Hands

Delicate

X-Ray Wood-Louse

Blue Roses

X-Ray Feet

Snake X-Ray

Guitar X-Ray

The Rose

Smoking X-Ray

Alive Candles

Red X-Rayed Lilly

Costume

The Ig Nobel Awards come with little cash more cachet to honor the people behind research projects that make people laugh and think. Keeping the trend of rewarding such ingenious minds, the Ig Nobel awards 2011 were given just recently.

If you all know Ig Nobel awards are given out in ten fields for strange scientific achievements but with a twist, only those were considered that were satirical and promise to leave people smiling and wondering. From medicine to physics, literature, psychology and similar the prizes were given for different categories.

The 2011 Ig Nobel winners were given at Harvard University by the Annals of Improbable Research Magazine. Here is the list of award winners of this year Ig Noble Prize. The great minds deserve to be applauded so sit back and enjoy reading about them and their work that made them deserving enough to beat others and finally receive the award.

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Peace

Arturas Zuokas, mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania for his heavy-handed way of dealing with parking offenders.

Vilnius, Lithuania apparently has a big car parking issue as people keep flouting parking laws. Arturas Zuokas has shown that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be simply be solved by running them over with an armored tank.

Psychology

Karl Teigen for his research on sighing.

Ever wonder why people sigh? Karl Halvor Teigen of the University of Oslo in the quest to get the answer to this question did a research and found out that people sigh when they feel that they have “given up” on something but think that other people’s sighs are a sign of sadness.

Mathematics

Dorothy Martin, Pat Robertson, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Lee Jang Rim, Credonia Mwerinde, Harold Camping.

Dorothy Martin of the US, (who predicted the world would end in 1954), Pat Robertson of the US (who predicted the world would end in 1982), Elizabeth Clare Prophet of the US (who predicted the world would end in 1990), Lee Jang Rim of Korea (who predicted the world would end in 1992), Credonia Mwerinde of Uganda (who predicted the world would end in 1999), and Harold Camping of the US (who predicted the world would end on September 6, 1994 but subsequently changed the doomsday date to October 21, 2011), for teaching the world to be careful while making mathematical assumptions and calculations.

Literature

John Perry for his theory of procrastination

John Perry researched on procrastination and reached to the conclusion that one must work on something important in order to avoid doing something that’s even more important; this is the key to achieve success. He reached this after scrutinizing his tendency to avoid seemingly important duties. This made him figure out that while he was procrastinating, he was actually productively diverting. John. Perry advises procrastinators to make a list of the many things they hope to accomplish, and then place them according to their priority.

Chemistry

Makoto Imai, Naoki Urushihata, Hideki Tanemura, Yukinobu Tajima, Hideaki Goto, Koichiro Mizoguchi and Junichi Murakami for their wasabi alarm.

How do you wake a deaf person in the middle of the night in case of a fire? The fire-alarm system comprising horseradish invented by Japanese researchers earned them the Ig Nobel prize. Constructing 50,000-yen (Rs56975) wasabi alarm by testing hundreds of different types of odors including the smell of rotten eggs, made these ingenious brains win the award in Chemistry.

Medicine

Matthew Lewis, Peter Snyder, Robert Feldman, Robert Pietrzak, David Darby, Paul Maruff, Mirjam Tuk, Debra Trampe and Luk Warlop for studying the effects of holding in urine.

Every now and then we face the situation when we have no other option than to hold our urine but did you know that if you have to pee urgently and you can’t for whatever reason, it can adversely affect your cognitive function? The need to urinate causes temporary decreases in the function of attentional and working memory, according to findings of a recent research done by European scientists. Also, the study reveals that Ig Nobel prize-winning research also reveals that people who have better control over their bladders also make better financial decisions.

Physiology

Anna Wilkinson, Natalie Sebanz, Isabella Mandl and Ludwig Huber for their study No Evidence of Contagious Yawning in the Red-Footed Tortoise.

We all know that yawns are transmittable in humans but if you think it’s just limited to human beings then you are wrong. The contagiousness of the yawn is not just limited to human species like dogs are also likely to ‘catch’ yawns from their species and surprisingly humans too. But the behavior of tortoises refutes the ‘contagious yawn theory’, for which the reason was found out by Wilkinson and her colleagues. The reason is that tortoises don’t yawn after seeing their counterparts do so, thus refuting the notion that the spread of the yawn is a reflex physical action.

Public Safety

Candian Psychologist John Senders for his experiments which simulate driving on a highway by a blind driver.

John Senders did an experiment, in which the driver’s face was blinded while he drove on a major highway. Taking a spin on an eight-lane highway while wearing an unusual hat with a visor that intermittently impeded his vision was quite risky. The goal of this experiment was to figure out how long a driver can afford to look away from the windscreen while managing to drive safely.

Physics

Philippe Perrin, Cyril Perrot, Dominique Deviterne, Bruno Ragaru and Herman Kingma for trying to determine why discus throwers become dizzy, while hammer throwers don’t.

The research was undertaken by European team that explains when hammer throwers use spotting techniques to keep their balance it prevents them from getting dizzy. Whereas, hurlers move their heads in a manner that may induce motion sickness and hence feel lightheaded.

Biology

Daryll Gwynne and David Rentz for discovering that certain kinds of beetles try to mate with certain kinds of Australian beer bottles.

Did you know that Beetles mate with beer bottles? Certain Australian beetles will attempt to mate with specific used bottles brown ones with bobbly bits. The study of buprestid beetles by Daryll Gwynne and David Rentz’ discovered that the insects tried to mate with brown stubbies left by the side of the road.

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Not only the sports fans are keenly interested in latest matches and cancel all to sit in front of television sets to make sure they don’t miss even a single moment. Also, they are interested in reading about their favorite sportsperson, their likes and dislikes.

All you hockey fans out there, below is the showcase of some of the best hockey players along with the masks that made them stand apart from the crowd besides their sportsmanship.  If you all know just recently, 52nd anniversary of one of the most iconic artifacts in professional sports-the hockey goalie mask was celebrated.

It was the 1^st of November, 1959 when in a game against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, legendary Montreal Canadiens netminder Jacques Plante became the first goalie in the NHL to wear a mask that entirely covered his face.

As you all know today goalie masks aren’t just masks but helmets too that provide security to the players. Sneak a peek at the famous hockey players and their scariest hockey masks!

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Murray Bannerman

Bannerman played 7 season for the Blackhawks, and for the most part was a slightly above average NHL netminder. His mask belongs in the scary goalie mask Hall of Fame and looks scary enough.

Gary Bromley

Gary Bert “Bones” Bromley (born January 19, 1950 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former ice hockey Goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks. He also played in the World Hockey Association with the Calgary Cowboys and Winnipeg Jets.

Curtis McElhinney

McElhinney is currently playing in the AHL, and played in the NHL most recently with the Senators. He was with the Ducks during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons when he had one of the nastiest, creepiest, most terrifying hockey masks.

Gilles Gratton

Gratton nicknamed “Gratoony The Loony for his bizarre actions both on and off the ice began his WHA career in 1972 with the Ottawa Nationals. He is a retired ice hockey goaltender who has been well known for extremely fearsome lion mask.

Thomas Greiss

Thomas Greiss is a German professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. So far, most of the goalies with scariest masks on this list have been backups.

Vesa Toskala

Vesa Tapani Toskala is a professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Ilves. He owns the all-time scariest hockey masks.

Pekka Rinne

Pekka Rinne is a Finnish professional hockey goaltender currently playing for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nashville’s Pekka Rinne also has one of the league’s most twisted masks which is cartoonish without losing any of its creepiness.

Curtis Sanford

Curtis Sanford is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Despite his anonymity in game logs over the past decade, he got one of the creepiest goalies masks of all time to scare the hell out of you if you see it in dark!

Mike Dunham

Michael Dunham-Mike Dunham is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently the goaltending coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Being a backup goalie for Martin Brodeur, Mike Dunham made his mark with an wicked mask.

Roman Turek

Roman Turek is a retired Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues and Calgary Flames in a 9-year National Hockey League (NHL) career. Roman Turek’s Maiden-themed masks made him known by the hockey afficiniados.

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