Sport World

Smokeless cigarettes

van — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:26:23 +0000

The American researches listed the news,that more than 2400 million peoples are addicted in smoking habits throughout the world and most of the cigarettes manufacturing companies are using tobacco drugs in their products which affects both the active smokers and causes severe damage to the human lungs in a short span of time.The smokeless delite offers exciting new electronic Smokeless Cigarettes for the chain smokers which are allowed to use in the public places such as bars,restaurants,beaches,hotels and special functionality of the smokeless cigarettes provides same tobacco smoking feeling experience without smokes and bad smell in the mouth.They introduced the electronic cigarettes in four different stater kits(deluxe,Premo Edition,Standard and Premium) and also price also
vary for each kits and also they listed full description about the products with high definition video clips.They provide free Electronic Smokeless Cigarettes
E-books in the official website and offer 30days money back guarantee,promo code coupons,Life time warranty in a cheap discounted prices for their clients.

Airtel Champions League T20 (CLT20) Fixture(IST)

van — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:45:10 +0000

Date : 10th Sep 2010, Friday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Mumbai Indians vs Lions
Venue : New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Date : 11th Sep 2010, Saturday
Time : 17:00 IST | 13:30 Local
Teams : Warriors vs Wayamba
Venue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth

Date : 11th Sep 2010, Saturday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Central Districts vs Chennai Super Kings
Venue : Kingsmead, Durban

Date : 12th Sep 2010, Sunday
Time : 17:00 IST | 13:30 Local
Teams : Lions vs Southern Redbacks
Venue : SuperSport Park, Centurion

Date : 12th Sep 2010, Sunday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Guyana
Venue : SuperSport Park, Centurion

Date : 13th Sep 2010, Monday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Victoria vs Warriors
Venue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth

Date : 14th Sep 2010, Tuesday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Mumbai Indians vs Southern Redbacks
Venue : Kingsmead, Durban

Date : 15th Sep 2010, Wednesday
Time : 17:00 IST | 13:30 Local
Teams : Central Districts vs Victoria
Venue : SuperSport Park, Centurion

Date : 15th Sep 2010, Wednesday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Chennai Super Kings vs Wayamba
Venue : SuperSport Park, Centurion

Date : 16th Sep 2010, Thursday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Guyana vs Mumbai Indians
Venue : Kingsmead, Durban

Date : 17th Sep 2010, Friday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Southern Redbacks
Venue : Kingsmead, Durban

Date : 18th Sep 2010, Saturday
Times : 17:00 IST | 13:30 Local
Team : Central Districts vs Warriors
Venue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth

Date : 18th Sep 2010, Saturday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Chennai Super Kings vs Victoria
Venue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth

Date : 19th Sep 2010, Sunday
Time : 17:00 IST | 13:30 Local
Teams : Lions vs Guyana
Venue : New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Date : 19th Sep 2010, Sunday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Venue : Kingsmead, Durban

Date : 20th Sep 2010, Monday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Victoria vs Wayamba
Venue : SuperSport Park, Centurion

Date : 21st Sep 2010, Tuesday
Time : 17:00 IST | 13:30 Local
Teams : Southern Redbacks vs Guyana
Venue : New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Date : 21st Sep 2010, Tuesday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Lions vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Venue : New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Date : 22nd Sep 2010, Wednesday
Time : 17:00 IST | 13:30 Local
Teams : Central Districts vs Wayamba
Venue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth

Date : 22nd Sep 2010, Wednesday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Chennai Super Kings v Warriors
Venue : St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth

Date : 24th Sep 2010, Friday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : 1st Semi Final
Venue : Kingsmead, Durban

Date : 25th Sep 2010, Saturday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : 2nd Semi Final
Venue : SuperSport Park, Centurion

Date : 26th Sep 2010, Saturday
Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 Local
Teams : Final (Closing Ceremony)
Venue : New Wanderers Stadium,

2010 Airtel Champions League T20 (CLT20)

van — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:44:04 +0000

The teams of CLT20 from six different countries as under.

India — Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore
South Africa — Warriors and Highveld Lions
Australia — Victorian Bushrangers and Southern Redbacks
New Zealand — Central Districts Stags
West Indies — Guyana
Sri Lanka — Wayamba Elevens

Group A Teams of CLT20 2010 :
Chennai Super Kings, Warriors, Victorian Bushrangers,
Wayamba Elevens, Central Districts Stags

Group B Teams of CLT20 2010 :
Mumbai Indians, Highveld Lions, Southern Redbacks,
Royal Challengers Bangalore, Guyana.

Junk food affects Human skins

van — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:01:00 +0000

This is the new interesting fact discovered by the American scientists stated that “Junk food affects the human skins”,So this information is strictly advised to the travellers to avoid the Junk foods ans start having oil less natural healthy meals which includes fresh vegetables,Fruits,Mineral waters,Fruit salads,Nuts,Milks,curds in your diet meals.Then the another inprotant criteria is that the june food may also results in Acne problems.So wash your face with company branded face wash creams which strictly includes(glycolic acid or salicyclic acid) and the face wash should be done 1 to 3 times in a day.The best Acne treatment is to use the cream or gel which contains adapalene or benzoyal peroxide on the fresh acne at the night time for the black mark problems.

Reduce Fat using Ultra-Contouring

van — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:22:11 +0000

The fat is one of the biggest problem for many youngsters and they are trying different types of ways to reduce their body excess fat using Diet pills,surgery,Exercises,Gym and liposuction.The Ultra-countoyring is the new way to reduce the extra fat from your body without surgery and without spending your dream times in the Gyms.The technology used in this technology called Ultra Sonic waves which removes your unwated excess fat from your body without any side effects and reduce the extra kilos without stress.The ultra sonic waves are used to find the fat cells in your body and breaks into samller cells,then the blood absorbs those cells and they are takedn to the kidney which get removed from your body through Urine.Many medical experts are believing Ultra countouring methos id the best safer way to reduce the excess body weight and you can feel the weight loss within 7 to 10 days and you need to continue your reduce excercise to maintain your body shape and Fitness.

Slot Games

van — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:53:43 +0000

In this modern world,there are many peoples get addicted in household games such as playing cards,computer games,PSP games,carrom boards,chess and mobile games.There are few people who are also earning some huge amount of money by playing online poker and casino games against millions of users in the internet.There are plenty of online casino games websites are available in the internet which has millions of customers and they are involved in online casino games to get the real money.Let we discuss some of the interesting facts about the slot machine(play online slot games) and their famous caino slots game beting systems, rewards bonus points and real cash money credited to their clients bank account with highly secured methodology.

The slot machine is the famous and popular website for the online casino gamers which provides special learning session for the online casino beginners and they guide the tips and tactics to win the online casino games by providing free slot games to their clients.The principle of the slot machine is very simple,just you need to push the spindle button and you should wait for the perfect outcome.Suppose if you get the right combination,they your name is declared as a winner or else you need to try your level best to succeded in the next Game play.
Once you became the member in the slot machine,they provide some online casino games software and you need to install the software in your system and you can play the game either using flash lite sotware or can be played directly through the internet browsers.The slot machine has nearly millions of members,so you can win very huge amount in short span of time and you will also get more slots compared to the other online casino gambling websites.
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Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar

van — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:22:18 +0000

Highest Run scorer in the ODI (One Day International)
Most number of hundreds (41) in the ODI
Most number of nineties in the ODI
Most number of man of the matches (56) in the ODI’s
Most number of man of the series (14) in ODI’s
Best average for man of the matches in ODI’s
First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup.
Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup.
He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Most number of Fifties (87) in ODI’s
Appeared in maximum number of ODI’s 407
He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
Most number of 100′s in test’s 38
He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so.
He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honor.
In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player.
In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.
Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts.
In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire.
Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI’s 7 times
Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI’s most by any batsman.
He is the highest earning cricketer in the world.
He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
Tendulkar most number man of match awards (10) against Australia.
In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the “Greatest Sportsman” of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
In December 2006, he was named ?Sports person of the Year?.
The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket.
Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket: 79 centuries.
Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+ Twenty-20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
He is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara.
Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches.
The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record.
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999.
Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches – a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.
Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998.
Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties) (as of 18th Nov, 2007).
The only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
The score of 186 is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches.
Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major cricketing nations.
Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs.
Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds.
Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world.
When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century.
Tendulkar’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.
Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side.
Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten.
Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs – 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs). Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs.
He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara’s (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home.
Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings.
Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.
Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar.
Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches (144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
First to score 25,000 international runs.
Tendulkar’s 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI’s, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wickets and more than 15000 runs in ODI.
Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wickets and more than 11000 runs in Tests.
Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket.

Smallest Country in the world

van — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:20:42 +0000

1. Vatican City

Size: 0.17 sq. mi. (0.44 km²)
Population: 783 (2005 census)
Location: Rome, Italy

The size of a golf course, the Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. It’s basically a walled enclave inside of Rome, Italy. It’s so small that the entire country does not have a single street address. The Vatican City may be small, but it is very powerful. It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See, or the seat of the Catholic Church (basically its central government), which has over 1 billion people (about 1 in 6 people on the planet) as constituents. The Vatican City was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty (which was signed by one of history’s most repressive dictators, Benito Mussolini) and is ruled by the Pope, basically a non-hereditary, elected monarch who rules with absolute authority (he’s the legislative, executive and judiciary all rolled into one) – indeed, the Pope is the only absolute monarch in Europe. Another unique thing about the smallest country in the world is that it has no permanent citizens. Citizenship of the Vatican City is conferred upon those who work at the Vatican (as well as their spouses and children) and is revoked when they stop working there.

The Vatican City is guarded by the smallest and oldest regular army in the world, the Swiss Guard. It was originally made up of Swiss mercenaries in 1506, now the army (also personal bodyguards of the Pope) number 100, all of which are Catholic unmarried male Swiss citizens. The Swiss Guard’s Renaissance-style uniform was commonly attributed as to have been designed by Michelangelo – this was actually incorrect: the large “skirt” pants were a common style during the Renaissance. Only their uniforms seem antiquated: most of the Swiss Guards carry pistols and submachine-guns. The official languages of the Vatican City are Latin and Italian. In fact, its ATMs are the only ones in the world that offer services in Latin! And here you thought that Latin is a dead language? For a country that has no street address, the Vatican City has a very efficient post office: an international mail dropped in the Vatican will get there faster than one dropped in Italy just a few hundred yard away – in fact, there is more mail sent annually per inhabitant from this country (7,200 mails per person) than anywhere else in the world. The Vatican City has a country code top level domain of .va – currently there are only 9 publicly known .va domains. It also has a radio broadcasting service, called Vatican Radio, which was set up by Guglielmo Marconi (the Father of Radio) himself! The country’s economy is unique: it is the only non-commercial economy in the world. Instead, the Vatican City is supported financially by contributions of Catholics worldwide (called Peter’s Pence – hey, even the Pope accepts credit cards!), the sale of postage stamps and publications, and tourism. Lastly, as an ecclesiastical paradise, the Vatican City has no taxes.

2. Monaco

Size: 0.8 sq. mi. (1.96 km²)
Population: 35,657 (2006 estimate)
Location: French Riviera on the Mediterranean

Monaco is the second smallest country on Earth (it’s roughly the size of New York’s Central Park), yet it’s the most densely populated (23,660 people per km²). Actually, Monaco used to be much smaller than it is now – about 100 acres were reclaimed from the sea and added to its land size. At the narrowest, Monaco is only 382 yards wide!

The Principality of Monaco, its formal name, means that the territory is ruled by a prince. For the last seven centuries, Monaco was ruled by princes of the Grimaldi family from Genoa. (The whole thing started one night in 1297 when François Grimaldi disguised himself as a monk and led a small army to conquer the fortress guarding the Rock of Monaco. The coat of arms of the Grimaldi bears the image of monks with swords!) Now, the Prince shares legislative authority with a National Council. In 1861, Monaco relinquished half of its territory to France in exchange for cash and independence. When the reigning prince realized that most of Monaco’s natural resources were on the land that got bartered away, he decided to bet the whole economy on ? what else, gambling (see, casinos aren’t only for American Indians, it’s a time-tested, universal solution!) And so began Monte Carlo, a region of Monaco well known for its glamorous casinos (a setting for Ian Fleming’s first James Bond Novel Casino Royale) and its Formula One Grand Prix.

In 1918, Monaco entered a treaty with France for military protection – the treaty, however, also stipulated that Monaco would lose its independence (and become French) should the reigning Grimaldi prince died without leaving a male heir! When Prince Rainier III took over, he was a bachelor and most Monegasques (that means people of Monaco) were gloomy about the country’s future. However, he ended up marrying Hollywood actress Grace Kelly – the marriage not only produced a male heir, it also helped burnish Monaco’s image as a glamorous place to be for the wealthy. (Monaco can rest easy now, a new treaty with France stated that the Principality will remain independent even without a male heir). For a long time, Monaco had no income taxes and was a tax haven for wealthy foreigners and international corporations. This caused a unique thing about Monaco’s population: most of its residents are not native – in fact, only about 1 in 5 people are native Monegasques. After a long dispute with France, Monaco started to impose income taxes on all of its residents who are not born there. Its natural citizens are forbidden from entering casinos, but to make up for it, they do not have to pay any income taxes.

3. Nauru

Size: 8 sq. mi (21 km²)
Population: 13,005 (2005 estimate)
Location: Western Pacific Ocean

Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation, the smallest independent republic, and the only republic in the world without an official capital. Nauru only has one significant source of income: phosphates from thousands of years’ worth of guano or bird droppings. This proved to be both a boon and a bane for Nauruans – for a long time, its residents enjoyed a relatively high level of income as the country exported its phosphate like there’s no tomorrow. The government employed 95% of Nauruans, and lavished free medical care and schooling for its citizens. Most didn’t take advantage of this offer: only one-third of children went on to secondary school. The adults didn’t really work, either – office hours were flexible and the most popular pastime was drinking beer and driving the 20-minute circuit around the island. For a while, Nauru was a paradise – for a brief moment in 1970s, Nauruans were even amongst the richest people on the planet. Nothing lasts forever and sure enough, Nauru’s phosphate reserves soon dried up and left 90% of the island as a barren, jagged mining wasteland. Wasteful investments (like buying hotels only to leave them to rot) and gross incompetence by the government (former presidents used to commandeer Air Nauru’s planes for holidays, leaving paying customers stranded on the tarmac!) didn’t help either. As if that’s not bad enough, Nauru is also beset by obesity problem. Decades of leisurely lifestyle and high consumption of alcohol and fatty foods have left as many as 9 out of 10 people overweight! Nauru also has the world’s highest level of type 2 diabetes – over 40% of its population is affected. So now, Nauruans are poverty-stricken and fat – but they are trying to turn things around. With no natural resource left, in the 1990s, Nauru decided to become a tax haven and offered passports to foreign nationals for a fee. This attracted the wrong kind of money (but a lot of it): the Russian mafia funneled over $70 billion to the tiny island nation. Things got so bad that most big banks refused to handle transactions involving Nauru because of money laundering problems. This led Nauru to another extraordinary money-making scheme: it became a detention camp for people applying for asylum to Australia!

4. Tuvalu

Size: 9 sq. mi. (26 km²)
Population: 10,441 (2005 estimate)
Location: South Pacific

Tuvalu is basically a chain of low-lying coral islands, with its highest elevation being 16 feet or 5 meters above seal level. With total land area of just 9 square miles, Tuvalu is not only a teeny tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, it may not even exist in the next 50 years if sea level continue to rise (a controversial claim, nonetheless there were evacuation plans to New Zealand and other Pacific Islands). Even if the sea level does not rise, other problems such as population growth and coastal erosion still make Tuvalu a very vulnerable country. During World War II, thousands of American troops were stationed on the islands of Tuvalu and the island became an Allied base. Airfields were quickly constructed and after the war, abandoned. In fact, today rusting wrecks can be found on the islands, a constant reminder of its role in the War. Today, Tuvalu also derives income from renting out its Internet country code top-level domain .tv, as it is the abbreviation of the word ‘television’. This scheme got off to a rocky start (the original company who tried to do it failed to raise the necessary funds), but finally proved to be the largest source of income for the country.

5. San Marino

Size: 24 sq. mi. (61 km²)
Population: 28,117 (2005 estimate)
Location: North-central Italy near the Adriatic coast.

With the formal name of The Most Serene Republic of San Marino, it’s not surprising that San Marino has got lots of charms. Founded in AD 301 by a Christian stonecutter named (what else) Marino (or Marinus, depending on who you ask), who along with a small group of Christians, was seeking escape from religious persecution, San Marino is the world’s oldest republic. Its history belies its simple motto: “Liberty.” Indeed, San Marino was such a good neighbor that it was hardly ever conquered by larger enemies (it was briefly conquered in the 1500s and the 1700s, for like a month each). Even when Napoleon gobbled most of Europe, he left San Marino alone, saying it was a model republic! San Marino takes its government seriously: for such a tiny country, San Marino has a very complex government structure, based on a constitution written in 1600. The country is ruled by an elected Council of 60, who appoints 2 captain regents (from opposing political parties, no less) to administer governmental affairs for six-month term. Talk about preserving liberties through division of authority! Before World War II, San Marino was amongst the poorest countries in Europe. Today, with more than 3 million tourists visiting every year (half of San Marino’s income is derived from tourism), the people of San Marino are amongst the world’s richest people.

Nokia Interesting Facts

van — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:19:25 +0000

1) The ringtone “Nokia tune” is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named “Gran Vals” by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named “Grande Valse” on Nokia phones but was changed to “Nokia Tune” around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the “Nokia Tune.” 2) The world’s first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone. 3) Nokia is currently the world’s largest digital camera manufacturer, as the sales of its camera-equipped mobile phones have exceeded those of any conventional camera manufacturer. 4) The “Special” tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for “SMS”. Similarly, the “Ascending” SMS tone is Morse code for “Connecting People,” Nokia’s slogan. The “Standard” SMS tone is Morse code for “M” (Message). 5) The Nokia corporate font (typeface) is the AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font, originally designed by Eric Spiekermann. Its mobile phone User’s Guides Nokia mostly used the Agfa Rotis Sans font. 6) In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia. 7) Nokia was listed as the 20th most admirable company worldwide in Fortune’s list of 2006 (1st in network communications, 4th non-US company). Unlike other modern day handsets, Nokia phones do not automatically start the call timer when the call is connected, but start it when the call is initiated. (Except for Series 60 based handsets like the Nokia 6600) 9) Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because “aikon” is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia’s own Symbian S60 SDK. 10) The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later pine marten.

Happy Birthday in 166 Languages

van — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:37:36 +0000

Language	How to say “Happy Birthday”

Afrikaans	Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag!
Albanian	Urime ditelindjen!
Alsatian	Gueter geburtsdaa!
Amharic	Melkam lidet!
Arabic	Eid milaad saeed! or Kul sana wa inta/i tayeb/a! (masculine/feminine)
Armenian	Taredartzet shnorhavor! or Tsenund shnorhavor!
Assyrian	Eida D’moladukh Hawee Brikha!
Austrian-Viennese	Ois guade winsch i dia zum Gbuadsdog!
Aymara (Bolivia)	Suma Urupnaya Cchuru Uromankja!
Azerbaijani	Ad gununuz mubarek! — for people older than you Ad gunun mubarek! — for people younger than you
Basque	Zorionak!
Belauan-Micronesian	Ungil el cherellem!
Bengali (Bangladesh/India)	Shuvo Jonmodin!
Bicol (Philippines)	Maogmang Pagkamundag!
Bislama (Vanuatu)	Hapi betde! or Yumi selebretem de blong bon blong yu!
Brazil	Parab?ns a voc ! Parab?ns a voc , nesta data querida muitas felicidades e muitos anos de vida.
Breton	Deiz-ha-bloaz laouen deoc’h!
Bulgarian	Chestit Rojden Den!
Cambodian	Som owie nek mein aryouk yrinyu!
Catalan	Per molts anys! or Bon aniversari! or Moltes Felicitats!
Chamorro	Biba Kumplianos!
Chinese-Cantonese	Sun Yat Fai Lok!
Chinese Fuzhou	San Ni Kuai Lo!
Chiness-Hakka	Sang Ngit Fai Lok!
Chinese-Mandarin	qu ni sheng er kuai le
Chinese-Shanghaiese	San ruit kua lok!
Chinese-Tiociu	Se Jit khuai lak!
Chronia Polla	NA ZHSHS
Croatian	Sretan Rodendan!
Czech	Vsechno nejlepsi k Tvym narozeninam!!
Danish	Tillykke med fodselsdagen!
Dutch-Antwerps	Ne gelukkege verjoardach!
Dutch-Bilzers	Ne geleukkege verjoardoag!
Dutch-Drents	Fellisiteert!
Dutch-Flemish	Gelukkige verjaardag! or Prettige verjaardag!
Dutch-Frisian	Fan herte lokwinske!
Dutch-Limburgs	Proficiat! or Perfisia!
Dutch-Spouwers	Ne geleukkege verjeurdoag!
Dutch-Twents	Gefeliciteard met oen’n verjoardag!
Dutch	Hartelijk gefeliciteerd! or Van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!
English	Happy Birthday!
Esperanto	Felichan Naskightagon!
Estonian	Palju onne sunnipaevaks!
Euskera	Zorionak zure urtebetetze egunean!
Faroes ( Faroe island )	Tillukku vid fodingardegnum!
Farsi	Tavalodet Mobarak!
Finnish	Hyvaa syntymapaivaa!
French (Canada)	Bonne Fete!
French	Joyeux Anniversaire!
Frisian	Lokkiche jierdei!
Gaelic (Irish)	L? breithe mhaith agat!
Gaelic (Scottish)	Co` latha breith sona dhuibh!
Galician (Spain)	Ledicia no teu cumpreanos!
Georgian	Gilotcav dabadebis dges!
German-Badisch	Allis Guedi zu dim Fescht!
German-Bavarian	Ois Guade zu Deim Geburdstog!
German-Berlinisch	Allet Jute ooch zum Jeburtstach! or Ick wuensch da allet Jute zum Jeburtstach!
German-Bernese	Es Muentschi zum Geburri!
German-Camelottisch	Ewllews Gewtew zewm Gewbewrtstewg. Mew!
German-Frankonian	Allmecht! Iich wuensch Dir aan guuadn Gebuardsdooch!
German-Lichtenstein	Haerzliche Glueckwuensche zum Geburtstag!
German-Moselfraenkisch	Haezzlische Glickwunsch zem Gebordsdach!
German-Plattdeutsch	Ick wuensch Di allns Gode ton Geburtsdach!
German-Rhoihessisch	Ich gratelier Dir aach zum Geburtstag!
German-Ruhr	Allet Gute zum Gebuatstach!
German-Saarlaendisch	Alles Gudde for dei Gebordsdaach!
German-Saechsisch	Herzlischen Gliggwunsch zum Geburdsdaach!
German-Schwaebisch	Aelles Guade zom Gebordzdag!
German-Wienerisch	Ois Guade zum Geburdsdog!
German	Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Greek	Eytyxismena Genethlia! or Chronia Pola!
Greenlandic	Inuuinni pilluarit!
Gronings (Netherlands)	Fielsteerd mit joen verjoardag!
Gujarati (India)	Janma Divas Mubarak!
Gujrati (Pakistan)	Saal Mubarak!
Guarani (Paraguay Indian)]	Vy-Apave Nde Arambotyre!
Hawaiian	Hau`oli la hanau!
Hebrew	Yom Huledet Same’ach!
Hiligaynon (Philippines)	Masadya gid nga adlaw sa imo pagkatawo!
Hindi (India)	Janam Din ki badhai! or Janam Din ki shubkamnaayein!
Hungarian	Boldog szuletesnapot! or Isten eltessen!
Icelandic	Til hamingju med afmaelisdaginn!
Indonesian	Selamat Ulang Tahun!
Irish-gaelic	La-breithe mhaith agat! or Co` latha breith sona dhut! Or Breithla Shona Dhuit!
Italian	Buon Compleanno!
Italian (Piedmont)	Bun Cumpleani!
Italian (Romagna)	At faz tent avguri ad bon cumplean!
Japanese	Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu!
Javaans-Indonesia	Slamet Ulang Taunmoe!
Jerriais	Bouon Anniversaithe!
Kannada (India)	Huttida Habba Subashayagalu!
Kapangpangan (Philippines)	Mayap a Kebaitan
Kashmiri (India)	Voharvod Mubarak Chuy!
Kazakh (Kazakstan)	Tughan kuninmen!
Klingon	Quchjaj qoSlIj!
Korean	Saeng il chuk ha ham ni da!
Kurdish	Rojbun a te piroz be!
Kyrgyz	Tulgan kunum menen!
Latin	Fortuna dies natalis!
Latvian	Daudz laimes dzimsanas diena!
Lithuanian	Sveikinu su gimtadieniu! or Geriausi linkejimaigimtadien io progal
Luganda	Nkwagaliza amazalibwa go amalungi!
Luxembourgeois	Vill Gleck fir daei Geburtsdaag!
Macedonian	Sreken roden den!
Malayalam (India)	Pirannal Aasamsakal! or Janmadinasamsakal!
Malaysian	Selamat Hari Jadi!
Maltese	Nifrahlek ghal gheluq sninek!
Maori	Kia huritau ki a koe!
Marathi (India)	Wadhdiwasachya Shubhechha!
Mauritian Kreol	mo swet u en bonlaniverser!
Mbula (Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea)	Leleng ambai pa mbeng ku taipet i!
Mongolian	Torson odriin mend hurgee!
Navajo	bil hoozho bi’dizhchi-neeji’ ‘aneilkaah!
Niederdeutsch (North Germany)	Ick gratuleer di scheun!
Nepali	Janma dhin ko Subha kamana!
Norwegian	Gratulerer med dagen!
Oriya (India)	Janmadina Abhinandan!
Papiamento (lower Dutch Antilles)	Masha Pabien I hopi aña mas!
Pashto (Afganistan)	Padayish rawaz day unbaraksha!
Persian	Tavalodet Mobarak!
Pinoy (Philippines)	Maligayang kaarawan sa iyo!
Polish	Wszystkiego Najlepszego! or Wszystkiego najlepszego zokazji urodzin! wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin
Portuguese (Brazil)	Parabens pelo seu aniversario! or Parabenspara voce! or Parabens e muitas felicidades!
Portuguese	Feliz Aniversario! or Parabens!
Punjabi (India)	Janam din diyan wadhayian!
Rajasthani (India)	Janam ghaanth ri badhai, khoob jeeyo!
Romanian	La Multi Ani!
Rosarino Basico (Argentina)	Feneligiz Cunumplegeanagonos!
Russian	S dniom razhdjenia! or Pazdravliayu s dniom razhdjenia!
Sami/Lappish	Lihkos Riegadanbeaivvis!
Samoan	Manuia lou aso fanau!
Sanskrit (India)	Ravihi janmadinam aacharati!
Sardinian (Italy)	Achent’annos! Achent’annos!
Schwyzerduetsch (Swiss German)	Vill Glück zum Geburri!
Serbian	Srecan Rodjendan!
Slovak	Vsetko najlepsie k narodeninam!
Slovene	Vse najboljse za rojstni dan!
Sotho	Masego motsatsing la psalo!
Spanish	Feliz Cumplea?os!
Sri Lankan	Suba Upan dinayak vewa!
Sundanese	Wilujeng Tepang Taun!
Surinamese	Mi fresteri ju!
Swahili	Hongera! or Heri ya Siku kuu!
Swedish	Grattis p? f?delsedagen
Syriac	Tahnyotho or brigo!
Tagalog (Philippines)	Maligayang Bati Sa Iyong Kaarawan!
Taiwanese	San leaz quiet lo!
Tamil (India)	Piranda naal vaazhthukkal!
Telugu (India)	Janmadina subha kankshalu!
Telugu	Puttina Roju Shubakanksalu!
Thai	Suk San Wan Keut!
Tibetan	Droonkher Tashi Delek!
Tulu(Karnataka – India)	Putudina dina saukhya!
Turkish	Dogum gunun kutlu olsun!
Ukrainian	Mnohiya lita! or Z dnem narodjennia!
Urdu (India)	Janam Din Mubarak
Urdu (Pakistan)	Saalgirah Mubarak!
Vietnamese	Chuc Mung Sinh Nhat!
Visayan (Philippines)	Malipayong adlaw nga natawhan!
Welsh	Penblwydd Hapus i Chi!
Xhosa (South Afican)	Imini emandi kuwe!
Yiddish	A Freilekhn Gebortstog!
Yoruba (Nigeria)	Eku Ojobi!
Zulu (South Afican)	Ilanga elimndandi kuwe!