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What Millionaires Wear: Top 5 Brands

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You will rarely come across a man who spends a million bucks on his wardrobe, until he is a millionaire. Sure you choose your style carefully but when it comes to millionaires,they are picky on purpose. The millionaire wants it for the price tag and not necessarily for its fashion quotient. Nonetheless, the fact is that those born with a silver spoon can afford some of the best brands in the world. What they wear becomes a style and what they abandon becomes passé. These items are sure to appear in his ‘to-wear’ list:

1. Rolex for a Watch

A common man can afford a Rolex, but only if he is ready to shell EMIs for a long period of time. For a millionaire, the diamond-studded Rolex is just like any other purchase: impulsive, one-time and necessary. If not Rolex, the rich will be spotted wearing an Omega.

2. Notorious for a Perfume

This one is a perfume by Ralph Lauren that suits those born rich. Priced at $3540, definitely this is one possession that every millionaire wears to a party. Read the brand again, ‘Notorious’ it is!

3. Nike for Shoes

What’s so ‘millionair-ish’ about it, you may ask. There isn’t! But we are specifically talking about the Nike Air Zoom Kobe 1. A pair costs $30,000. A competition for these would be the Air Jordan Silver Shoes priced at $60,000.

4. Designer Wear for Outfits

They can’t do without the trendiest of suits customized as per their size and demand. If they want any changes in a particular design available in market, they will get outfitsmade to order. GAP, Dolce and Gabbana, and Ralph Lauren are a few brands that sit neatly in their wardrobes.

5. Satya Paul for Neck-Ties

A man is incomplete without a neck-tie; and a millionaire without a Satya Paul Gold and Diamond tie. A $223,000 purchase, this silk base tie is one accessory that fits only in the millionaire’s wardrobe.

They talk money and they show-off money. The millionaire spends to live and though his purchases must not be the wisest ones ever, he can justify it all because he has the moolah!

3 Best Exercises For Stronger Abs

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3 Best Exercises For Stronger Abs

Crunches and other abdominal exercises seem to be the most reliable ways for people looking to get those six packs, or at least get rid of the extra fat that is giving the

appearance of a bulge on their stomach. They are right, but that’s far from the only thing they need to do. There is a variety of exercises you must indulge in to get the abs you have always carved for:

1. Swiss Ball Exercises

Among the many benefits of the Swiss Ball exercises, strong abs is one. Once you have a Swiss ball in your workout zone, get into the push-up position. Then, instead of the ground, keep your feet on top of the ball. Now, as you have got yourself in this position, lift your hips up in the air so that your legs are travelling in the direction of your upper body. Keep your knees straight all this while. Get into the normal push-up position again, keeping your feet on the ball. The process has thus to be repeated. A consideration for this exercise includes using a ball that would suit your height.

2. The Hip Extensions Exercise

This is another beneficial exercise. Just lie on your back on the floor. Now place your feet on a chair or Swiss ball. Lift your upper body including your back so that it moves towards your legs, and your mid section is in line with the whole body. Now hold this position. Keep repeating the steps. This exercise does require a lot of endurance, which would come gradually with more and more rounds.

3. Ab Wheel

This exercise works best for the mid section. If you have never used ab wheel before, try performing the steps of ab wheel exercise using the Swiss ball. And then you can move on to the ab wheel. To use it, you need to first get down on your knees with the ab wheel in your close reach. Now you need to stretch your arms and roll until you reach the bottom of the wheel. Make sure your upper body is straight while performing this step. As you get comfortable with the exercise, you can later add weights by substituting a barbell for the ab wheel and start doing pounders.

Getting strong abs is not as hard as people make it sound, though it does require a determined application. It goes a long way in not only making you look good, but also boosting your wellness quotient.

Types of Gal f's

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There as many types of girlfriends as there are types of boyfriends.

Fortunately for you, we are not going to break them down according to their sun signs! We shall however, tell you more about the various kinds of girlfriends you are expected to come across in your dating life. Their nuances, their positives, their obvious negatives and why they could be just the one’s for you. So read on, and you might just discover your type in this list.

1. Individualistic & Indian

The ‘I&I’ girlfriend is the one who has brains which she uses and who is culturally rooted. She wants her space, has a strong independent identity, cultivates opinions and cannot be pushed around. At the same time, she knows her boundaries; she accepts the good as well the bad that comes with living in a male-dominated Indian society and has her head on her shoulders. She will be a sane partner; one who will respect your individuality as she treasures her own.

2. Domestic & Docile

She is the girlfriend who will always put her boyfriend ahead of her. She has opinions and a mind that she can use, but she chooses to stir the way her partner wishes her too. She is certainly not dumb, but she chooses to believe or has been raised in a manner which suggests that the man is alpha, omega and everything in between. This does not mean she will not put you in your place should you go overboard, but you can expect her to support you no matter what in whatever you chose to do or believe.

3. Demanding & Dominating

If this type is your girlfriend, then you can forget almost all other aspects of your life. She will demand that she be the centre of your universe and she will be dominating enough to make sure she gets what she demands. If your personality is not strong headed enough, she might over-ride you and your choices/decisions.

4. Possessive & Paranoid

Remember Lara Dutta from No Entry? Yes, that’s the type we are talking about. She is loving and caring and sweet. But then she also is possessive and compulsively cross-checks. You will find yourself answering the 'where you are' and 'what you are doing' questions 10 times a day, and still might have to face a barrage of questions after you’ve done all answering.

5 Money & More Money

This type is as old as humanity itself. She is with you for the money. She wants you to spend every time you’ll go out and won’t do with anything cheap. In case you run out of money, you can be sure she won’t be by your side anymore. She is not the one if you’re looking for love; a fling is what will work best.

These are just our versions of the various types of girlfriends that can be. Obviously, there is more to each girlfriend that what we’ve stated above. We certainly mean no harm or disrespect to women

Courtesy : Hilonee Furia

Recharge Your S E X L I F E

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Have Fun

1. Get naked! Pour peppermint schnapps in her belly button. Sip it. Then kiss her breasts and blow on the spots you kissed. The peppermint schnapps and air will cause a cool sensation and heighten arousal, says Ava Cadell, Ph.D., a Los Angeles sex therapist.

2. During oral sex, don't head straight for her clitoris. Try the Tahitian Method instead. Lie perpendicular to her and move your tongue back and forth over the hood of her clitoris.

3. With you still inside her, ask your gal to stretch her legs and squeeze her PC muscles. This contracts the vagina, makes her more orgasmic, and gives you a more taut feeling.

4. Give her a different perspective on the action--men aren't the only ones aroused visually. Try putting a full-length mirror at the foot of the bed.

5. Think of your penis as one of many tools in your sexual survival kit -- not your only weapon. And remember to use it outside her vagina occasionally. Focus on shallow thrusts. In the missionary position, barely penetrate her vagina. Let your penis rest just inside her.

Work it Out

1. Conditioning your shoulders, triceps, and chest will make it easier to support your body weight for longer periods of time, allowing you to hold certain positions as long as you need to -- or as long as she needs you to.

2. Impressive sex mostly relies on having muscular stamina and rhythm. Using endurance exercises that mimic the motions involved in sex can prevent weaker muscles from quitting too soon.

3. Don't know how to break the ice with that gym babe? Ask her to show you how to do a particular exercise or operate a certain machine. She'll be flattered.

4. Swim with your wife or girlfriend. Bodies feel good in the water. You're semi clothed and you're in public, so it only goes so far, but you can play under the surface, which adds tension.

Talk It Up

1. Some Saturday afternoon when you're both feeling frisky, pour some wine and divide 10 3x5 cards between you and your mate. Each of you writes down five sexual fantasies while the wine loosens your inhibitions.

2. Ask for directions. As you now know, the clitoris has two sides, so ask, "Do you like it on the left or the right?"

3. Lie on a blanket in a park, with people all around, and whisper your fantasies to one another, sparing no detail. You'll create sexual tension, but there's safety because there's no possibility of sex then and there.

4. Try the no-move move. When you start foreplay, tell her you're not going to move on to another action until she tells you what to do next. It's a way to encourage her to open up and direct you to what she really wants.

5. Visit the erotica section of the bookstore. Make some purchases, then read them to each other. You'll discover new interests that, amazingly, never came up when you were buying garden supplies.

Sex Style

1. Edit your wallet -- now! On a first date, consider deploying a thin billfold from inside your jacket pocket. That way you won't have to grapple your butt to pry a ratty, overstuffed wallet out of your pocket.

2. Before you buy a belt, flex it and assess the size of the wrinkles in the leather. If it's the good goods, the wrinkles will be fine creases, like the skin folds at your wrist when you bend your hand back. If they're wider, it's a poor-quality piece.

3. Resist the temptation to think you're the one who can pull off those brown leather sandals (a.k.a. "mandals"); a pair of Adidas sports sandals or just the classic Reef flip-flops are infinitely preferable.

4. Don't make the rookie mistake of putting cologne on your face. Scent rises, so it should go on your chest, on the back of your neck, behind your ears, and on the inner sides of your arms (and, if you're hopeful, your legs).

5. Check the angle. Of your sideburns, that is -- against your specs or sunglasses. You want the bottom of your sideburns trimmed so they're parallel to each earpiece. Gauge the length by cutting them so they're even with your eyes, your cheekbones, or the underside of your nose.

Learn Denial

1. Few guys know how much a woman loves to be stroked with her bra and panties still on, so don't rush to get her naked.

2. Spend some time on the back of her neck. It's a brave new world of nerve endings, so gentle caressing and kissing are all that's needed.

3. Use anticipation as an aphrodisiac. Instead of tearing her clothes off, take your time. Tell her what you want to do with each section of exposed skin.

4. Women love anticipation, to be caressed outside of our clothes, to be kissed on their mouths, necks, everywhere. Women need to be reminded by men like you that high-school-style groping and panting make the sex later 10 times sexier.

5. You've got the obvious kiss spots covered. Now concentrate your efforts elsewhere -- on her elbows, knees, shoulders, ankles, neck, and hip joints.

Easy Ways to Lose Arm Fat

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We are living in an age of obsessive fitness fads and introspecting our bodies forms a significant part of our overall thinking pattern.

However, rather than getting bogged down by over-hyped fitness trends and being critical of yourself, you need to find simple and effective solutions. Bodily issues like flabby arms or arm fat can make you feel insecure about your appearance.

Please note that arm fat is an issue across all genders and not just women. Yes, flabby female arms might be looked upon as being unattractive but among men, it is associated with falling fitness levels and lowered virility.

Arm Fat Is A Part Of Body Fat, So Your Diet ‘Does’ Matter

Please note that losing arm fat is essentially a part of overall body shape correction efforts that include an emphasis on toning the arms. Purists from the fitness training niche will vouch for the fact that the most comprehensive of spot- reduction measures cannot be effective unless some degree of overall fitness is maintained. Thus, you need to cross-check your diet patterns. Sometimes, arm fat is a result of genetics which means that you have an inherent tendency to gain flab around the arms which means you need to be even more careful about your eating habits.

Avoid Fast Food—avoid foods high on trans-fats and those filled with empty calories, like sodas and over-sweetened candies.

Eat Systematically —ensure that you stay away from eating later in the night as it doesn’t give the body sufficient time to properly process the food and evenly distribute the nutrition.

Get Your Fiber —foods high in fiber help to dispel metabolic waste that is impacted within the intestines and can induce hormonal problems that might be causing weight gain around the arms.

Exercise Sensibly For Shapely, Toned Arms

You need to adopt a combined, Tightening & Toning physical training program. The idea is to exercise the arm’s muscles, making them work harder on a daily basis so that the adipose (or fat) tissue is gradually broken. The best arm exercises are those that can stimulate all types of muscle fibers in the arm. This is best done by combining different ranges of weight training including medium, heavy and light weight training.

Triceps Extensions—this is an overhead exercise where you need to grasp a dumbbell in one hand and raise it over your head and move it in a sideways manner.

Push-Ups —this is the typical, old school exercise that is very effective in strengthening your entire torso and arms. You can get started with wall push-ups and then, gradually progress towards floor push-ups. Keep your arms closer and you will be working out the triceps more.

Triceps Kickbacks —this exercise is mean to target the passive, upper arm. You should be half bent, forward, with your dumbbell-holding hand parallel to the floor. Every time you extend the loaded arm backwards, the triceps get worked in the most effective manner.

Combine these with basic cardiovascular exercises like fast walking, jogging, running, and biking that help to burn body fat. Swimming is just about the most ideal exercise for stretching and toning your arms.

Please Note: excessive biceps curling will not help to tone your arms. It is more of a muscle growth stimulating exercise and is ideally suited for pumping-up muscles of the arm and not toning them.

Use Simple Tips To Your Advantage:

Camouflage Your Flabby Arms—avoid wearing clothes that are tight fitted around the arm, upper shoulder area. Choose more of half-sleeved or full-sleeved clothes.

Walk Smarter—try to fling your arms further, back and forth, when walking. This is will ensure that the musculature in your arms is kept engaged throughout the day.

Courtesy : Anubhav Kapoor

Gym after a Long Break

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Wanna get back to the gym? For many this would probably be much harder than Bangladesh beating Australia in cricket.

It has been evident that at some point of time all of us take up gym with a lot of enthusiasm and zest, but over a period of time we lose interest for numerous reasons including work overtime, vacations, family problems, injuries, so on. In order to get back to the gym, look at yourself in the mirror and compare how you were while in the gym. If that’s not enough, just try and run for 10 minutes! It will show you the true picture, which you have been trying to avoid for a while. Once you have decided to hit the gym with a vengeance once again, here are few things you should keep in mind:

-- You are probably not as strong as you knew you were.

-- Your stamina has also been on a vacation ever since you left the gym.

-- Excepting a few exercises, you are as good as a fresher.

-- With these things in mind, let’s start a fitness regime.

Warming up

As you have been away from the gym for sometime chances are that you won’t be as flexible as you were and even your stamina would not be the same as it used to be. Therefore, do the following to warm up for the tougher task ahead-

-- Start with a walk on the treadmill for about 15-20 minutes, gradually increasing the speed.

-- Stretch all major parts of the body including hamstrings, glutes, shoulders, back, quads calves, and more.

-- Start off with lighter weights so that your body can prepare itself for much heavier weights.

Take it easy

Relax! Don’t get tempted by people around you who may be lifting heavier weights compared to you. Remember you are not the same! So, its better that you start with lighter exercises including crunches, dumbbell flies, side flies, and more. Once you have somewhat loosened up, try other comparatively tougher exercises such as chest press, dumbbell press, leg press. What this will do is that it will prepare your muscles, tendons and ligaments for heavier lifting, and will also reduce the risk of any injury.

Intense workout

This is the stage where you need to put in all your energy to ensure that you reach the same level of fitness as you once had. To achieve it, make sure of keeping the notes of the number of sets and repetition you could do on the first day of your comeback. Try beating those numbers the next day, along with increasing the weight that you are lifting. This practice will challenge and put you on the right track of achieving the intended fitness level.

Calm down

This is another important aspect. Most people put in all their energy in lifting weights and performing various exercises but by the time they are done with it, they feel exhausted. That means they won’t have energy to cool themselves down with a 10 minute slow paced walk on the treadmill, which is essential. So, if you are out there to get a toned and muscular body, do calm yourself down after the rigorous exercises.

What are you waiting for?

Well now that you know what to do and what not to, isn’t it time to hit the gym with some passion and intensity? Remember all your idols, who gave you the idea of a gym for the first time, go back - TRY- and be like them!

Things to Avoid at Gym

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Irrespective of you present status at the gym of being an enthusiastic starter or a seasoned bodybuilder,

there are some things you should stay away from at the gym:

1. Common Distractions

You need to maintain your focus at the gym. This is the basic requirement to avoid injuries and to ensure that you can make actual ‘gains’ (the slang for gaining muscle). It is vital that you use your gymming time for meeting your fitness goals rather than chatting away and ogling at others. Try to avoid bringing your mobile to the gym. Mobiles are our constant connection with the outer world. Inside the gym, your weights and the coach are the only ones you should concentrate upon. Stop getting distracted by pretty girls. Even if you find them irresistible, ensure that you have the basic degree of alertness to maintain the right posture when exercising. Other distracting factors usually found at gyms include:

· Talkative buddies who seem to confuse the gym for their office cafeteria

· Over-indulgent gymming folks who keep on advising, relentlessly

· Extremely loud music that takes away your concentration

· Gymming buddies who crib too much and suck-away your enthusiasm

2. Overdependence on Gadgets

Try to remember one small but very true piece of gymming wisdom, i.e. if you are serious about attaining your gymming goals, keep it simple. This means don’t over-indulge in gadgets that alert you about the smallest of issues like your how much you are perspiring or your cardiac rate. Within the gym, you are supposed to push yourself. Taking too many precautions means you are going to end up working-out smartly without exercising hard enough. If serious muscle gain is your goal, ditch the gadgets.

3. Jumping at Bigger Weights & Dumbbells

Yes, gymming is also about testing yourself but you need to mix precaution with the zeal to lift heavier weights. You need to understand that gymming injuries can be very serious. Secondly, lifting extremely heavy weights is recommended only when you have attained a certain degree of muscle mass and overall fitness. Trying to lift too heavy, too early can cause tissue damage. This doesn’t make sense as it will only deter your ability to gain muscle. Lastly, lifting much beyond your capacity is recommended only if you are serious about bulking-up. This too is done in short, programmed phases and not just out of pure curiosity to test your physical limits.

4. Your Ego

This is especially for those who have a tendency of not adhering to instructions. The more seasoned gym-going crowd, the coaches and instructors have a lot to offer. However, they can be of help only if you are ready to listen. Every trainer has a certain method. If you find that his method doesn’t match your requirements or viewpoint, make the effort of clarifying things with him at the earliest. Leave your ego at the entrance door of gym and enter with a humbler attitude.

5. Crowded Changing Rooms

Yes, the showers and the changing room at the gym are meant to be used but some caution is avoided. Unless you are fully satisfied about the hygiene of these places, you would be much better-off not frequenting them. Crowded changing rooms are a breeding ground for some of the most common skin infections, i.e. the bacterial and fungal type. Try not to share your towel and clothes with anybody.

6. Too Much Experimentation

Working-out can be a bit of fun once you get a hold of the basics of the game and then, you can try some new variations too. However, experimenting too much just for the kick of it or to show-off can land you with a serious injury. This is particularly true for the upper and lower back, the neck and the shoulders. These areas are most vulnerable to getting injured and such injuries don’t heal easily. So, stop being a maverick at the gym and instead try to exercise safely.

7. Excessive Usage of Machines

You can visit any of the bodybuilding forums or seek the second opinion of any fitness devotee—they will all tell you that exercising using your bodyweight and the free weights is the most effective and safest. By using the very tempting machines that promise so much, you are only impairing your progress towards muscle-hood. Machines reduce your range of motion and make you develop unreasonable planes of motion. This induces more stress upon the body with minimal results. It is better to use free weights as they engage the maximum number of muscles.

8. Getting Overzealous

It is natural that you will compare yourself with others around you in the gym. However, this shouldn’t lead to developing an inferiority complex about your progress. Everybody has a different body, fitness range and the pace at which they gain muscle or lose inches. If you get too obsessed about how others are better than you, it will only mess-up your mind, taking away your focus.

Great Sex Songs to Listen

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Birthday Sex – Jeremiah
As if the name isn’t enough, this platinum-certified single has definitely steamed up more than a few bedrooms. Ideal for your lover’s birthday, just put the record on and let the music do the talking for you. She won’t be disappointed.

Sexiest Lyrics: “You say you want passion, I think you found it/Get ready for action, Don’t be astounded/We switchin’ positions, you feel surrounded/Just tell me where you want your gift, girl.”

Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
It’s all about having fun and getting excited with this one. Perfect for trying something new or when you’re with someone for the first time and don’t need things to get too intense just yet. It’s packed with quick rhythm and lyrics that will make any woman melt.

Sexiest Lyrics: “say you look so fine, that I really wanna make you mine/Oh, 4,5,6 c'mon and get your kicks, now you don’t need money when you look like that, do ya honey.”

Listen to it here

Physical – Olivia Newton John
This 1981 retro classic may have been a little too raunchy for its own time (most radios banned it due to its explicit language) but its just right for the bedroom workout you’re in for.

Sexiest Lyrics: "I took you to an intimate restaurant, then to a suggestive movie/There's nothing left to talk about unless it's horizontally"

Listen to it here

Candy Shop – 50 Cent
This blatantly perverted track is more in keeping with the times for a good time between the sheets. The sweet, gentle melody and the hip-hop beats complement the x-rated content perfectly and will allow you get it on in style.

Sexiest Lyrics: "I'll take you to the candy shop, I'll let you lick the lollipop."

Listen to it here

Let’s Get it On – Marvin Gaye
He probably broke baby-making records everywhere the day as this hit single was released. Packed with sexy lyrics, the funky tune will make you want to spend the whole day in bed with the track on repeat, and we’re willing to bet she won’t complain either.

Sexiest Lyrics- "Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be?/ I'm asking you, baby, to get it on with me"

Listen to it here

Most Popular Casino Games

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Poker

This one has to be the most legendary card game in history. Whether at a casino or otherwise, poker is always great fun. In casinos, the most popular variants of the game are 3 card poker from a single deck of cards as well as Texas Hold 'Em, and they both require a combination of skill and good luck to win.

There's been a massive surge of interest in poker in India as well, and we even have a Poker Championship tournament in Goa.

Baccarat
While its name might suggest a game of extreme sophistication, mystique and allure, it’s actually very simple. Each player, including the one dealing, may bet on either "player" or "house." Two hands are then dealt for both of these, and the game plays out.

Not to mention, this is one game that is known for its extremely generous payouts (and equally large losses). Besides, James Bond's been known to play this game--when he's not playing poker, that is.

Roulette
Have you ever heard of a casino without a roulette table? If you have, then chances are it was in ruins, going bankrupt or a figment of your imagination. It’s one of the few games that literally leaves everything up to fate by spinning a ball, and players simply guess where it’s going to land.

It’s highly entertaining and people have been known to spend all their time in casinos at this particular felt table.

Craps
Craps is one of those universally-loved casino games that everyone from retired old folks and college kids on a weekend trip to suave business men love to play. It’s rumoured to be over a 1000 years old, and it made its way across the world from the Arabian peninsula.

Today, you'd be hard-pressed find any casino--real or virtual--that doesn’t offer this game. There's also a social aspect to it, with only one player rolling the dice but everyone around betting either with or against that person.

Blackjack
This extremely popular card game is a casino staple no matter which part of the world you are in. It is possibly the oldest casino game and is practically mandatory to have in a casino environment.

There are many variants of the game, and every rule change affects the odds favouring the house. At its most basic, it is extremely simple and can be followed just as well by novices as it can be by experts. At its most complex, it can be broken down into a game of percentages and statistics by card counting and tracking cards as they are dealt.

Courtesy : Mandovi

High Risk Sex Acts

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Courtesy : Mandovi /TOI

Here are five sex acts that put you at a higher risk for all the misfortunes that you want to avoid when you get intimate with someone. These can result in STDs, unplanned pregnancies and a whole lot of worrying. Being careful--or better yet, avoiding them--will stand you in good stead!

Multiple Partners
The risks of promiscuous behaviour are obvious to say the least. As tempting as it may be, having multiple sexual partners can result in STDs, even if you practice safe sex. Remember, there's no foolproof protection against unsafe sex!

You are essentially aiding the transmission of diseases by doing this. In other words, monogamy does have a very healthy upside afterall!
Soliciting Prostitutes
While we don't want to judge, but the fact remains that this happens to be one of the riskiest and illegal--at least, in India--sexual practices. Statistics and studies clearly prove that majority of prostitutes are infected with multiple STDs. They also have the highest rate of HIV infection.

It’s safe to say that you will be better off taking a cold shower than scouring the streets for some late night action!

Inebriated Sex
Drunk decisions are mostly stupid decisions! When you’re under the influence of alcohol or drugs, your mind is simply not capable of making rational decisions--especially if you are an emotionally fragile person! While a drunken hook up sounds tempting, be sure to keep your wits about you no matter what.

You’re likely to not use protection or do things you otherwise wouldn't, so it's best to refrain from sex when you know your judgement is impaired. Just learn to say "No!"

Anal Sex
We’re not trying to judge people on the basis of their preferences--and much less their sexuality--but it just so happens that anal sex is extremely risky. It's especially dangerous when it's unprotected, which is why a condom is an absolute must!

Aside from that and the obvious vulnerability of the rectum and sphincter tissues, which are prone to tearing, there is also an increased risk for anal cancer. All in all, there’s only one upside, and that is no chance of an unwanted pregnancy!

Unprotected Sex
This is Sex Ed 101! Any sexually active person should make use--or insist on the usage--of a condom no matter how comfortable you are with your partner/s. A condom works 99% of the time, when it protects against, both pregnancies and STDs

You simply don’t have an excuse to avoid protection, unless you are actually hoping to get pregnant!

5 Drinks to Try in 2012

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2012 is the year to get adventurous with your choice of poison, and we're here to show you exactly where to begin with these 5 wicked libations!

Mezcal
Considering it's made from the same blue agave cactus that produces hallucinogenic drugs like peyote and mescaline, you know you're in for something special with this drink. Traditionally, it's consumed straight but sometimes it is accompanied with salt and a squeeze of lime or orange. It has a deliciously smoky flavor and is most definitely not designed for the faint of heart! If all the 2012 Doomsday prophecies come true, this seems like the right drink to get wasted on when the world is about the end!

Jagermeister
Probably the best thing to come out of Germany (yes, it's even better than German beers, sausages and pretzels!), Jagermeister has been growing in popularity over the last few years. It is renowned for ensuring you have no idea what your whereabouts were at the time of consumption!

You truly haven't lived till you've lost all bodily control after a couple of Jager shots or Jagerbombs

Sambuca
As far as party drinks go, nothing holds a candle to a round of Sambuca shots. And the only way to have those is straight up and flaming! It's an instant party-starter, and if you indulge in some of the better quality varieties, chances are your crusty-eyed hangover might just be bearable!

The most common variety is white sambuca, which is different from the deep blue or bright red ones. It is prepared by adding essential oils obtained from star anise and elder flowers and adding them to a pure, concentrated solution of alcohol.

Arak
This Middle Eastern distilled alcoholic drink has become as infamous for its potency as it has for the milky white colour it turns when water is added to it. Made from grapes, sugar, plums, figs and molasses (depending on where it's being produced), it has earned the nickname 'the milk of lions.'

This drink usually contains anywhere between 30-60% alcohol. And unlike most other drinks, the stronger the arak, the better it tastes!

Sake
If you're a sushi fan (how could you not be?) then chances are you're already well-acquainted with this Japanese rice wine they so lovingly refer to as 'nihonshu.' First distilled in Kyoto's royal palace around the 7th century, sake is all of the Japanese islands' favorite alcoholic drink!

This clear alcohol's taste varies from mild to fruity sweet, and it's best served slightly chilled. However, slightly heated sake is also very popular. Should you develop a taste for this delicious but potent traditional wine, there'll be no looking back!

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Nokia launches 41-MP camera smartphone

2012-03-02T16:19:00.000+05:30

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia announced the 808 Pureview,
a flagship Symbian device with a 41-megapixel camera. In addition to superior still imaging technology, the Nokia 808 PureView, also includes full HD 1080p video recording and playback with 4X loss less zoom and the world's first use of Nokia Rich Recording.

Huawei announces MediaPad 10 FHD

2012-02-28T19:42:00.004+05:30

Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest producer of IT component, has uncovered world’s quad-core powered 10-inch tablet, the “MediaPad 10 FHD” on second day of MWC, Spain.

The10-inch MediaPad will come with pre-loaded Android Ice Cream Sandwich version and it is powered by quad-core CPU clocked at 1.5GHz and a 10-inch HD touch-screen with 1920 x 1200p resolution.

Huawei announces MediaPad 10 FHD

The company said at MWC exhibition that its latest MediaPad 10 FHD is the fastest quad-core slate PC and it runs on Huawei’s own 1.5 GHz K3 mobile chipset. The K3 CPU provides unrepeatable 3D graphics processing ability and awesome browsing experience to end-users.

One of the interesting thing in this tablet is it has several wireless connectivity options like 4G LTE and HSPA+, which will give up to 84 Mbps wireless internet browsing speeds. The MediaPad 10 FHD is equipped with high-definition In-plane switching screen technology and supports multi-touch facility.

The company has also integrated one of the best sound technologies called “Dolby surround sound”. Moreover, Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD has a 2GB of pre-loaded RAM, an 8-megapixel rear snapper with auto-focus feature and a 1.3-MP front camera for video talk.

On the exterior, the company has prepared its body with aluminum-alloy materials that gives a glossy and light finish. It is 598g in weight & 8.8mm slim. According to Huawei, the MediaPad 10 FHD will be initially released in European countries in second quarter of 2012.

Courtesy : MWC Spain

Android ICS Beta 4.0.3 released for Xperia Ray, Neo V and Arc S

2012-02-28T19:32:00.000+05:30

Sony has released the beta version of Android ICS 4.0.3 for its Xperia smartphones. The Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 Beta ROM is now available to upgrade on the Xperia Ray, the Xperia Neo V and the Xperia Arc S.

However, when compared to the alpha ROM rolled out in last month of 2011, the 4.0.3 Beta brings support for GSM and FM radio, which indicates that user can able to surf the web and connect calls.

According to reports both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi functionalities are still missing in this update.

The latest Beta version has brought several new features like new lock-screen that has a capability to control the music player and has a shortcut to open camera. The company is also planning to add the face unlock facility in upcoming ICS ROM, which is currently available on the Galaxy Nexus phone.

Android ICS Beta 4.0.3 released for Xperia Ray, Neo V and Arc S

The ICS ROM 4.0.3 beta also has a facility to set a message that user can send after rejecting a call and also offers a new dialer for quick dial mode.

The Beta ROM has not been integrated with a number of Google apps such as Google Maps, Gmail and Android Market but the company will fix these issues in final version.

Sony has uploaded the ICS 4.0.3 Beta to its official website, which you can download now but please note that Beta ROM still comes with a lot of bugs and warnings, before you update or install it.

Courtesy : MWC

Samsung unveils Galaxy Beam featuring 50-inch HD projector

2012-02-28T19:23:00.003+05:30

The South-Korean’s biggest mobile producer has added one more high-end smartphone to its Galaxy line and has exposed the “Samsung Galaxy Beam” at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona.

The company has integrated one latest feature in this smartphone called “50-inch Projector”, the Galaxy Beam is the first smartphone from Samsung to bring built-in projector. It can also be called as Samsung’s projector phone.

The Beam’s projector has ability to show High-Definition pictures up to 50-inch size. The pre-installed app makes it very handy. With the help of projector, users can able to watch 720p HD movies, videos and play music tracks on any flat places like walls and ceilings. The notable thing in HD projector is it has 15 Lumens super bright effect, which means one can use it outside (in daytime) without any difficulty with upmost brightness.

Samsung unveils Galaxy Beam featuring 50-inch HD projector

The smartphone has a 4-inch TFT touch-screen for users when not using its projector. The specs of the Beam include an 8GB of pre-loaded storage capacity, a 1GHz dual-core CPU and a 6GB of RAM, which is desirable to run the CPU.

Further specs contains a 5-megapixel rear snapper for HD video capturing, a 1.3-MP front camera, which can be used for video talks and long-lasting 2000 mAh battery that makes even more prevailing experience for those who love to watch movies daily.

Unluckily, the Galaxy Beam will run on older version of Android OS, the Gingerbread 2.3 but it will be upgraded to ICS 4.0 later this year.

However, the company didn’t say about the availability and price tag of its Beam, but once we find out more, we will update you by another post.

Courtesy : MWC

10 Things You Never Knew About: Champagne

2012-02-28T18:36:00.002+05:30

“Come quickly brothers, I am tasting stars.” - Dom Perignon (yes, he was a real person--a French monk often mistakenly credited with inventing champagne. In fact, even the authenticity of the preceding quote is under debate)

courtesy : Mandovi Menon/TOINetwork

Fact One: As much as some would like to deny it, champagne is actually a type of wine and is typically derived from a blend of grapes. The only difference between sparkling wine and champagne is the region it comes from. Authentic Champagne can only come from the Champagne region of France. Any bubbly from other parts of the world simply have to settle for the title of ‘sparkling wine.’

Fact Two: The characteristic bubbles that grace all Champagnes are always a source of mystery. So, here’s the mystery decoded: They are formed during a second fermentation process, because of the addition of sugar and yeast. The two ingredients react to form carbon dioxide. This creates millions of bubbles trapped in a very small space.

A bottle of champagne at room temperature contains around 49 million bubbles! And the smaller the bubbles, the better the quality of the champagne.

Fact Three: Sparkling wines and champagnes are generally categorized as follows: extra brut, brut, extra dry, sec and demi sec. All of this depends on sugar levels. In wine terms, ‘dry’ is the opposite of sweet.

Fact Four: Countries like Italy, New Zealand and Australia all give France a serious run for its money in terms of the quality of Champagne produced; but because they are unable to use the iconic name, they are very often less expensive than the real thing.

Fact Five: Marilyn Monroe once took a champagne bath. It took a whopping 350 bottles to fill the tub. We sincerely hope she got a few sips in while she was in there!

Fact Six: Pol Roger, the renowned Champagne house, made a special one pint bottle of champagne for Winston Churchill to be served to him every day at 11 a.m.

Fact Seven: It has been documented in several manuscripts that Frederick the Great of Prussia used to drink an unusual mixture of Champagne and coffee to calm his nerves!

Fact Eight: If you’ve ever wondered why all bottles of Champagne give off such a discernible pop when opened, the answer lies in its pressure. The pressure in a single bottle of champagne can be as much as 90 pounds per square inch, which is about three times the pressure in a car tyre!

Fact Nine: The world’s most expensive champagne costs $275,000 per bottle! And no, this is not because of its exceptional quality but rather the tale behind it. 'Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck' are 100-year-old bottles of champagne from the Heidsieck vineyard that took over 80 years to reach their final destination. Divers discovered the 200 bottles off the coast of Finland and today, they are sold to wealthy guests at Moscow’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Fact Ten: Contrary to popular belief, 'vintage' doesn’t necessarily mean old and non-vintage is by no means bad. In fact, vintage Champagne only means that the grapes used in it are from the same year. Therefore, a 2012 vintage would only use grapes from 2012.

-Pictures courtesy Thinkstock-

Clear Your Google Web History

2012-02-26T19:31:00.000+05:30

Google's latest privacy move has some questioning their mantra, "Do no Evil." Photo by Jonathan McIntosh/flickr/CC

If you've been to Google's homepage lately — and the chances you have are astronomical — you may have noticed a little announcement mentioning something about changes in Google's privacy policy. You then probably ignored it — but you shouldn't.
On March 1st, 2012, Google will implement a new, unified privacy policy. The new policy is retroactive, meaning it will affect any data Google has collected on you prior to that date, as well as any data it gathers afterward. The official Google Blog has more details on what the new privacy policy means. But what does all of this legal jargon mean practically? Basically, under the new policy, your Google Web History (all of your searches and the sites you clicked through to) can be combined with other data Google has gathered about you from other services — Gmail, Google+, etc.Previously Google kept your search history separate, which means that its profile of you was less complete. If you'd like to keep your personal data a good distance away from Google, you'll need to delete your existing search history and prevent Google from using that history in the future.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has more details on why you might want to turn off Google's Web History feature.Privacy policies are ubiquitous, yet often highly irrelevant to the typical user; in this case, however, a little time spent changing your settings can provide invaluable peace of mind knowing that Google can't exploit your personal tendencies for its own purposes. Convinced yet? Read on for our guide to locking down your web history.

This how-to was written by Scott Gilbertson, a writer and web developer living in Athens, Georgia.

Wiping your History

First sign into your Google account and head to the history page. Click the button labeled Remove all Web History. Then click Okay to confirm. Note that this also pauses your web history going forward, and Google won't start listening to your history again unless you let it.

Caveats and Considerations

This will not stop Google from gathering data when you search. To do that you would need to block Google cookies completely. However, while it will still gather the data, Google will not use it to serve targeted ads or do anything other than use it for internal purposes. Also, with Web History disabled, your data is at least partially anonymized after 18 months (if you leave Web History on, Google will keep your search records indefinitely).On the negative side, bear in mind that while this won't prevent Google from making search suggestions, it will prevent you from getting personalized suggestions based on your previous searches.

In case you do want to take this a step further and block Google from gathering any sort of data from you, you'll have to get a cookie/script blocking browser add-on, such as Ghostery. For more tips on keeping out of Google's all-seeing eyes, check out our piece on hiding from Google.

Rechargeable Heated Gloves

2012-02-26T18:23:00.001+05:30

Well known clothing technology for winter season might need you to rub your hands together to generate and trap heat for your arms. Now, you don’t have to do that anymore with this Ultimate Rechargeable Heated Gloves that can sustain you the right heat for up to 8 hours on a single charge.

The heated gloves is made from thin and flexible materials to let you do your things with the gloves naturally while in packs two ultra-thin lithium-ion batteries that almost negligible along with 4 temperature settings.

Here are some features of the Rechargeable Heated Gloves:

3M Thinsulate ™ lining
Genuine leather in the palm for comfort and grip
Heat promotes blood circulation throughout your hands
Waterproof, breathable performance
4 temperature settings
Shock resistant

The added comport and grip also boast the water-proof yet breathable features. You can grab this gloves for not so cheap, $199 but it’s current listed to $159.

How to Get Back Deleted Pictures from Computer

2012-02-26T17:51:00.000+05:30

After the inception of modern high capacity secondary storage devices like memory cards, USB drives, external hard drives etc., it has become quite easy to store a large number of pictures at one place. However, due to large and easy storing provided by these devices, we can not neglect the fact that digital images may get lost due to accidental deletion or corruption of these devices. Therefore, keeping digital photo loss in mind, there has been developed photo recovery software which work as a virtue for those, who are suffering from precious image loss.

But, it is always advisable to maintain backups of your valuable digital files more than one place. Various options which you can opt for storing more than one backup of your digital file are:

You can keep a printed copy of each of your memorable photos

You can use online storage services to store your precious photos

You can keep the backup in more than one external storage units

Though, printed copy of memorable photos is one of the best options but it does not provide the facility to edit and share photos with loved ones. While on the other hand, you can always edit the digital photos to enhance their appearance and very easily share them with your friends and family. Thus, it is very rightly said that keeping one backup of your precious data is always risky.

But what will you do when the memory card of your digital camera starts throwing an error while you are transferring some of the recently clicked pictures to your Windows based computer? In addition the error prevents you from opening the card to access the photos saved on it? Well, this is a sure indication of memory card corruption. However, if you study about these errors, you will get to know that they are mostly on the cards and formatting of the memory card can very easily remove them.

Certainly, formatting of the memory card deletes all the data that is stored on it, but thanks to highly specialized Stellar Phoenix picture recovery software by which it is possible to get back all your precious photos intact. The powerful image recovery software can recover lost, deleted, or inaccessible photos from memory cards, digital cameras, laptops, desktops, external hard drives, pen drives, etc. The comprehensive software has simple user interface which does not require any technical knowledge to perform recovery. Moreover, you will get the preview of all the recoverable images and videos before actual recovery, and for full recovery you may opt to purchas

Hot Weather Makes Mammals Smaller, So Will Global Warming Make Us Shrink?

2012-02-26T16:57:00.000+05:30

Horses Big and Small This illustration shows the ancient horse ancestor Sifrhippus sandrae (right) touching noses with a modern Morgan horse, the latter which stands about 5 feet high at the shoulders and weighs 1,000 lbs. Sifrhippus, by contrast, was the size of a small house cat (about 8.5 lbs.) at the beginning of the Eocene (~55.8 million years ago). It is the earliest known horse. [Illustration by Danielle Byerley, Florida Museum of Natural History

Back in the day of the first mammals, horses started out the size of house cats, weighing about 8 pounds and standing only a few inches tall. Then they got even littler, a direct result of the warm temperatures that characterized the Eocene era. Only when Earth cooled down a bit did the beasts get big, according to a new study — the first evidence that temperature directly affects body size. Interesting results when you think about rising global temperatures. Are Earth’s animals about to undergo a New Shrinkening?

In about three-quarters of mammals, a truism called Bergmann’s rule holds that animals are smaller in hot climates and bigger in cold climates. Think about wooly mammoths versusMadagascan tenrecs. But a debate persists about why this is so, and whether it’s because of temperature itself or because of indirect results, like food abundance and conservation of heat energy. Ross Secord and colleagues set out to answer this question by studying horses from now and in the past.

About 56 million years ago, the Earth warmed up during a phase known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM. Carbon dioxide increased and global average temperatures rose by about 5 to 10 degrees Celsius. At least in horses, body sizes went down as temperature went up.

The little horse in the picture above is calledSifrhippus sandrae, and he is the earliest known horse. The species probably came to North America and Europe from a high-latitude land bridge that opened during the warming phase. After its arrival, its body size shrank by 30 percent over the next 130,000 years, Secord and colleagues say.

They considered the dryness of environments, atmospheric pressure and even the nutritional content of plants exposed to higher levels of carbon dioxide, and ultimately conclude that temperature was the primary driver of size evolution in Sifrhippus. Their paper appears today in Science.

So does this mean that global warming will make us all smaller? Taken to its furthest extent, this hypothesis sounds like some sort of Malthusian dream. Smaller humans would likely require less food. That means we would require less land on which to grow the food. Then we would use less fertilizer, and we’d need fewer factories to make fewer tractors to plow the fields on which we harvest the smaller amounts of food. Fewer factories=less energy requirements=fewer carbon dioxide emissions=less global warming?

Sound crazy? Maybe, but I’m not the first person to say this. Philip Gingerich, a researcher at the University of Michigan who first noticed decreasing body size during the PETM, said he jokes about this all the time.

“We're going to be walking around 3 feet tall if we keep going the way we're going,” he said. “Maybe that's not all bad and if that's the worst it gets, it will be fine. You can either adapt, or you go extinct, or you can move, and there's not a lot of place to move anymore, so I think it's a matter of adaptation and becoming smaller.”

Like NASA’s new cloud-cooling study, this vision of the future is an almost poetic example of nature taking its course in spite of us. Things really do want to even out in the end.

Portable Version of Chrome,Opera and Firefox

2012-02-25T20:25:00.002+05:30

If lots of software’s installed your system makes it bulky and slow and you need to remove this pain then portable software’s might help you cause there is no need to install in any system just click and run.In this post i am listing three popular browser’s portable version.

So If you don’t want to install Opera ,Chrome,Mozilla Firefox in your system but still want to try it, you can download the portable version and can directly run it without any installation.

You can also store it in your USB thumb drive and can carry it with you to use it anywhere you want. There is no limitation like to install it on one system and if we need it on another then we may require to re-install it.So now you can take your favorite browser along with all your favorite bookmarks and extensions with you wherever you go

Portable version of Chrome

Chrome is listed as one of the popular browser and it can used by millions of people but it seems that to install it we need net connection ( Offline mode also available but have to search a lot for them ). Instead download the portable version by following links below and use it

Features of Chrome:

Quick to load.
Loads web pages faster.
Runs web applications faster.
Designed for efficiency and ease of use.
Arrange and organize tabs however you wish — quickly and easily[just dragging]
Get to your favorite websites with just a click, from the thumbnails of your most visited sites in the New Tab page.
Google Apps store for millions of chrome app’s.
Themes to add delight to your browser.

Click here to download the portable version of Chrome

Portable Version of Opera:

Opera is also one of the famous and largely used browser in computer world. Opera having many features like Turbo feature which makes it to load web pages faster.

Features:

Opera Turbo – Speed up browsing on slow connections[like dial up connection] by compressing webpages before downloading them.
Speed Dial – Access your favorite webpages instantly within a snap.
Customization – Change the positions of buttons and toolbars, or choose from many beautiful skins.
Designed for great feel of browsing.
Content blocking – Control your content of webpages by easily removing images, animations which you don’t want.

Click here to download the portable version of Opera

Portable version of Firefox:

Firefox is fully featured browser with many features and high level of security. This browser includes features like popup-blocking, tabbed-browsing, integrated search page on startup, improved privacy features, automatic updating and many more.

Features:

Popup blocking.
tabbed browsing.
integrated search engine.
security.

Click here to download the portable version of Firefox

5 most Exciting Features of OS X Update Mountain Lion

2012-02-25T20:23:00.003+05:30

Here is new os x update called Mountain Lion. This os x update contains around more than 100 features and various updates and from these Apple wants to try to bind mobile, social and cloud features across multiple devices into a single Operating system. The reason behind this is that whether you’re on a MacBook, iPad or iPhone, you’re working on an Apple product that’s directly linked to other hardware in the same cloud can be now be on one computer. In today’s time we are not only depended on our personal computers to work , there were many devices and Apple is trying to fill this gap. The Gap between these devices.! So here Read:

5 most Exciting Features of OS X Update Mountain Lion

OS X Mountain Lion

More Dependent on iCloud

Mountain Lion is focus more on iCloud. You first have to login into the OS using your Apple ID, allowing services like iCloud, iTunes, the Mac App Store and FaceTime to set up automatically and in same way let Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Messages and Find My Mac all easily sync once you set up iCloud.

In this os x update you can save your file either in cloud storage or in the local drive and this feature is built in Mountain Lion.All the other iCloud tools like iCloud documents, Notes and reminder can be configures Locally by using the Mountain Lion.

Notification Center is included

Notification center is the one of the popular addition in iOS5 and due to its major popularity Apple included this in this os x update i.e Mountain Lion. You can access this from the right corner of screen and it is look same as it is in the iOS5.

Notification Center

Security and Privacy

Due to dependency in the iCloud the Privacy and Security is the main reason and Apple did this in very good manner. In this new os x update. It gives you the ability to control which sources you download applications from. But with this features it is set on a tight leash, you can ensure that you don’t accidentally download an app that has some malware secretly tacked onto it. This feature is called “Gatekeeper” and Apple still working on it.

Similarity with iOS

As i mentioned earlier Apple is trying to Bridge the Gap between various Apple System and for that they also change some Standard Names of Apps in this os x update Like iCal is now Calendar, iChat is now Messages and they changed Calender (of ical) and some other changes too.

Integration of Game Center

Another iOS import, Game Center, is also coming to this os x update, giving you the ability to check out game titles, discover new friends, and view your leaderboard status, among other things. But the introduction of Apple’s new Game Kit API’s should also open up a whole new world of gaming. Here it allows the developers will now be able to create games that work across the Mac and all iOS devices.

There is no Official declaration of Mountain lion but it seems Apple will release this in this Summer. Hope you will like this os x update and this post too.

Top 5 action games on Android

2012-02-25T01:18:00.004+05:30

With devices getting smarter and processors getting faster, gaming has turned out to be a bigger, more prominent avenue of interest for smartphone owners. And not just simple gaming like in the olden days - today smartphones offer detailed graphics, immersive sound and realistic controls, aided by devices like Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, and Sony Tablet that have cutting edge technology.

Brothers in Arms 2

Brothers in Arms 2 is a war game where your role is of a solider on his way to becoming a war hero. Set in World War 2, the game puts users in the middle of the battle field where they have to strategise and outsmart the enemy to be victorious. The story is simple, yet intriguing. Users not only fight on foot, but get to play on different vehicles, which have their own limitations. They can shoot with rifles, flamethrowers, or can also use heavy machine guns found in the bunkers.

Players can choose to play solo in the story mode or can kill with friends over the internet as well. Also included is the Bluetooth game play option, so you can team up with your friends against the enemy. With the game, users get to experience every front of the war with 50 missions to unlock across five locations: the Pacific, Normandy, North Africa, Germany and Sicily. To unlock missions, users need to earn dog tags, which in the context of the game are experience medals.

Line Runner

Line Runner is based on a stick figure whose only task is to jump over and roll under obstacles in a variety of combinations, and that is what this game is about. But as easy as it might sound the game throws some real challenges at you while playing. The combination of jumps and rolls that you have to do get really challenging with each stage, and there are ten stages in all. The controls provided for this game are two buttons placed on the sides, one for rolling under obstacles and the other for jumping over them.

Although the game does not feature an elaborate story or detailed graphics, it offers some great gaming in which the player needs to be really alert and active.

It takes time getting used to the game. You will find yourself getting killed by hitting obstacles in the face or legs often. The number of stages or tracks provided in the game is enough for hours of fun and excitement. You will not find yourself easing on the controls at any point during the game and the difficulty just keeps on increasing. The game has a total of ten tracks that offer ample gaming time. Even after that you have the random track for additional fun if you finish or get bored of the ten preset tracks.

In the options you will find the graphic tweaks that allow you to move the city in the background as you advance on the track and the grave tombstone that marks the point where you died the last time so you can monitor your progress. You can compete with players across the globe and stack up some real cool numbers to flaunt on OpenFeint as well.

Cartoon Wars

As silly as it might sound, Cartoon Wars is based on the story of a fight between cartoons and the monsters that have caged and tormented them for ages. The cartoon characters, after years of slavery, have decided to gather all their efforts and fight the monsters. You play on the cartoons' side and to do this you train new fighters while protecting the castle, which stands as a symbol of victory and revolt.

The black and white cartoon characters defend the blue side while the monsters attack from the red side. The game is based on a simple objective and that is to beat the opponent. All you need to do is create troops and send them to fight with monsters while they do their best from their side.

The game is based on a magical source of energy called Mana power, which is used to create troops. Mana power is the life blood of this game, especially for cartoon characters, and is generated by the Mana generator that is placed right behind the tower.

The power is generated every second, but there are times when you need more power, and that is why you must upgrade the power and skills of characters when you really need it. For doing so, you require money and forging stones. You earn gold and forging stones after each battle and these you can use either to upgrade, or to unlock new characters. However, forging stones can only be earned if the player finishes the fight in less than ten of the total 20 minutes of battle time.

Paper Zombie

Killing zombies, those pesky non living creatures, has always been fun. Another addition to zombie killing action is Paper Zombie, and as the name hints, the zombies are now made of paper, which needs to be cut or burnt properly to kill zombies. What makes the zombie killer game a super hit is that it gives much needed freedom to players to choose how to kill the nasty zombies.

Paper Zombie has been acclaimed as one of the top ten games on iOS, and we are sure it will hit the same mark on Android as well, with its superior game play. The game doesn't have a story, but players need to kill the waves of zombies they face in over 70 levels of this game.

Paper Zombie is an action shooter game where your main motive is to slay and burn. Well, payers must improve and innovate to tackle the zombies. Players need to upgrade weapons, which can be done by earning money within the game, and players need to outsmart the zombies before they get out of hand.

Talking about weapons, Paper Zombie includes three weapon styles that have their own uniquenesses and weaknesses. Players must use the right weapon at the right time to survive the zombie attack, but be very careful as to when you spend the money as every wrongly spent penny might prove fatal and you will have to start all over again.

Gun Bros

Gun Bros is the story of a fight between the TOOL (Tyrannical Oppressors of Life) and the FRAGGED (Freakishly Rugged Advanced Genetics Galactic Enforcement Division) forces, wherein the only objective for players is to kill or else get killed, and for the rugged and the tough ones it is to lay their weapons. The game gets a few more brownie points being absolutely free to play.

You play as the FRAGGED solider whose sole mission is to scout the planets and rid them of TOOL creatures. Game play involves shooting and making some clever moves when the heat seeking missiles and plasma bursts from enemies come your way. The newest addition to the game is real multiplayer capability, which a player can use to play with a fellow Bro both in online and offline modes.

The game starts with the basic levels first, but as you gain experience you open up newer and more difficult stages.

Keep in mind that if you do not upgrade your player there is only so much you can play in this game as the enemies grow stronger and harder to kill by each passing wave. But at the same time do not get carried away with the design of the gun as sometimes smaller guns cause more harm than the dangerous looking big guns.

BSNL launched three tablets at Rs 3,250, Rs 10,999 and Rs 13,500.

2012-02-25T01:09:00.002+05:30

BSNL has launched three tablets including two 7 inch resistive screen based tabs with Android 2.3 operating system while the third tablet comes with an 8 inch capacitive touchscreen.

Made by Noida based company - Pantel, the tablets will be sold with discounted data plans from BSNL. The three tablets are priced at Rs 3,250, Rs 10,999 and Rs 13,500.

The cheapest model is Panta Tpad IS 701r which is priced at Rs 3,250. Notably, Aakash is priced at just Rs 2500. However, Tpad has better specification than the Datawind's low cost tablet.

Panta Tpad is a WiFi only tablet with Android 2.3 operating system, it has a 1 GHz processor (ARM11 IMAP210) clubbed with 256 MB RAM. The tablet also offers HDMI port through which it can be connected to a TV. Its 7 inch resistive touch screen comes with 800x600 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio.
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The tablet has a 3000 mAh battery and 2 GB internal memory which can be expanded through micro SD card. The tablet also has a VGA front facing camera for video calling. While Panta Tpad IS 701r has the BSNL branding, the other two tablets images do not have.

The second tablet is named 'Panta Tpad_ws704c'. It has the same specification as its cheapest cousin (701r) but offers added 3G connectivity which supports both CDMA/EVDO and GSM, inbuilt A-GPS, Accelerometer and Bluetooth. It also comes with a 2 megapixel rear camera and also has bigger 512 MB RAM for faster performance.

The costliest amongst the three is the Tpad WS802C which has an 8 inch capacitive screen. It comes with a faster 1.2 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM. The internal memory is also bigger at 4 GB. Rest of the features like GPS, camera and Bluetooth are same as the 704C.

How To: Do Hindu Push Ups

2012-02-22T17:11:00.003+05:30

Everyone loves a strong, muscular and flexible upper body. Even if you happen to love squats or even have a 6-pack, the fact is that a well-developed chest, arms, and shoulders are a must for that complete look. Having said that, I must admit that with most trainees, the problem is to get them to train their lower bodies rather than their upper bodies. After all, gyms are filled with so-called bench press champs.

In recent years, a very old and traditional Indian exercise has gained popularity in the global strength and fitness community. That exercise is the Hindu Push Up and it has travelled from the local Desi-style gymnasiums to the far corners of the world. People everywhere are reaping the benefits of this wonderful exercise, and its time you did too.

Here's my training partner Samrat Sen demonstrating how these Hindu Push Ups are done:

Benefits of Hindu Push Ups
Build Muscle:

They help build up the muscles in your upper body. Your triceps, shoulders, abs and chest will benefit the most.

Improved Stamina:

When done in high repetitions with deep breathing, Hindu Push Ups will help develop lung power.

Better flexibility:

They will also improve flexibility in the shoulders, hips and the upper and lower back.

Position
Begin with your arms parallel to each other and your body as far back as possible.

If you have very flexible shoulders, you can keep your hands close. If not, (and this is recommended for most people) spread them a bit more than shoulder width. Elbows should be out at 45° or closer into the body.

Beginners should keep their feet wider than shoulder width. Advanced trainees can keep their feet closer at around hip width or even narrower. Try to keep your feet as straight as possible.

Movement
Start by taking a deep breath, position your chest between your arms, and get as close as possible to the ground without touching it.

Then move forward and raise yourself till your hands are locked out. Then breathe out when on top.

Quickly return to the starting position and repeat. If you have to rest between reps, do so in the starting position.

The speed of the movement should be moderate while getting a good stretch at both the start and finish positions

Common errors
Letting your knees and waist touch the ground.

Going up and down straight and not in an arc or semicircle.

I recommend that beginners start with 3 to 5 sets of 5 reps, and do these everyday to learn faster. Once you start getting the hang of it, you can do 1 to 3 sets and do as many reps as possible. If you lack the strength to do even 1 rep, then start by doing them at the start of your workouts. Advanced trainees can do it at the end of their workouts for a great finisher to help release more growth hormones.

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