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| 18 Before And After Photoshop Images of Famous Celebs Posted: 19 Jun 2013 06:00 AM PDT 1. Keira Knightley
2. Madonna
3. Kelly Clarkson
4. Julia Styles
5. Jonathan Rhys Meyers
6. Jennifer Lawrence
7. Fergie
8. Keira Knightley
9. George Clooney
10. Britney Spears
11. Madonna
12. Katy Perry
13. Penelope Cruz
14. Brittany Murphy
15. Beyonce
16. Britney Spears
17. Megan Fox
18. Penelope Cruz
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| Top 10 Most Dangerous Bowling Attacks in Cricket History Posted: 19 Jun 2013 03:00 AM PDT Throughout the history of cricket there have been bowlers both feared and revered. Having a huge fan base, these were the bowlers respected by opposition batsmen and their teammates alike. Their ability to turn the match around on its head and take apart even the most explosive of batsmen at their own whim and will was unique and honored. Whether it be their express speed making the batsmen go weak in the knees, their ability to swing the ball or the deadly spin that could boggle batsmen with the highest degree of focus; these were simply the best and the most formidable in the business. A scrutiny of the most ferocious bowling attacks in the history of cricket brings to notice these top 10 squads listed here. 10. Kumble and Harbhajan – jumping googlies and spinning doosras:In late 90s and the beginning of the new millennium, Kumble and Harbhajan spearheaded India's spin attack. Reliving the magic of India's spin quartet days, it was on account of these two that Indians fans started having faith on their spinners once again. Dissecting every batting line-up in their way, particularly destroying Australia multiple times, they spun the ball like none of their contemporaries and bowled mind-boggling spin. Lending fame to the 'Doosras' and the googlies, they surely deserve a place in the top 10.
9. Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh – head hitting bouncers that wreaked havoc:These two are definitely among the greatest bowlers of all time. Together they formed a pair that was dubbed the 'Stealth Bombers'. Both bowlers being well above 6 feet, they towered over most batsmen and were perfectly capable of wreaking havoc on their day. Their pace intimidated the batsmen and they worked as a pair to get the best of results. While Curtly Ambrose instilled fear with his sheer pace, Walsh was always meticulous with his line and length and the combination worked wonders for the West Indies.
8. Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock – when accuracy complimented speed:Giving the meaning of pace-attack a new dimension, Donald and Pollock defined South African cricket team's success to a great deal during the late 90s. The swinging yorkers of Allan Donald at a deadly pace, and the sheer accuracy and cunning variations of Shaun Pollock had batsmen worrying about their feet rather than the wickets. Making it almost impossible to score off them, they brought the run-scoring to a stand-still, forcing batsmen to make mistakes and lose their precious wicket to their ability. They laid the foundation to South Africa being the formidable side they still continue to be.
7. Wasim Akram, Waqar Younus and Shoaib Akhtar – reverse swinging yorkers:The 'Sultan of Swing', the undoubted best in reverse-swinging the cricket ball and the 'Rawalpindi Express' made Pakistan's pace attack the best in the world at a point of time. Wasim's caliber combined with Waqar's experience gave strength to the young gun Shoaib's rustling pace and made them a daunting trio. Wasim's ability to ball six wicket-taking deliveries in an over was superbly complemented by Waqar's reversing deliveries. The rest was taken care of by Shoaib's sheer speed. The result: batsmen had no way out of the predicament. Consequently, Pakistan won innumerable matches banking on the three.
6. Bedi, Prasanna, Chandrasekhar and Venkataraghavan – invincible masters of spin:They gave birth to the era of spin in world cricket and India. Each being a deadly specialist in his own right, they worked like a team to carve out victories for India. Never had the cricketing world seen such a combination of spinners who were perfectly capable of turning the game around on any given day. With their competence and dexterity, they saw many a side crumbling to their will and magic. Prasanna with his off spin, Bedi with his slow left arm orthodox bowling, Chandrasekhar with his leg spin and off spinner Venkataraghavan mastered all the dimensions of spin bowling and were seldom seen failing the task.
5. Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas – spin wizard and 'miser' seamer:This was a duo that got Sri Lanka recognition on the cricketing map. During the World Cup of 1996, these two gave the meaning of bowling attacks a very different touch. They haunted the opposition and successfully buried them. Continuing their good work, they worked magic for Sri Lankan bowling throughout their careers. Incidentally, out of the top four best ODI performances of all time, the top two rest with them. While Murali kept batsmen guessing, Vaas was more known for his economy rate and verity. The combination worked wonderfully for Sri Lanka and was the major contributor towards their being World Champions.
4. Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath – flippers and accuracy, hand in hand:The enchanting leg-spinner from Australia and his swift and deft counterpart took the country to be the number one position for a successive three World Cups. Warne's clairvoyant leg-spin entrapping numerous batsmen and McGrath with his spot-on accuracy, while not being on the plane style-wise, was a force to be reckoned with. Batsmen never knew what hit them and were out of the field in a jiffy. Never giving the opponents a breathing space, their relentless precision always worked for the Aussies and kept them at the prized position for years on end.
3. Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson – when speed instilled fear:Two of the fiercest bowlers Australia ever produced, Lillee and Thomson are a must on any list ever made on the best bowling attacks. With deliveries clocking over 160 km/h, Thompson was easily the fastest of the bowlers of his generation and inculcated fear in the minds of batsmen. His partner in crime, Lillee, was known more for his fiery temperament and never-say-die attitude. Together they made one fearsome pair that is still remembered to be the best by far of any other of Australian origin in Test cricket. Their ability to perform extraordinarily and consistently was what has earned them a mention in this list.
2. Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts and Joel Garner – the trio of destruction:The pace battery comprising of these three was actually what saw the West Indies team rise to dominate all others in the 70s. Yes, they were always backed up well by their batsmen, but they were what instilled the fear of facing a West Indian team in an opposition. Total annihilation of the contention is what they always had in mind while walking on to the field and more often than not, they succeeded in their goal. The forerunners to a long streak of deadly fast bowlers from the Indies, they were the idols for generations upon generations of aspiring bowlers.
1. Malcolm Marshall and Michael Holding – speed kills 'and' thrills:This is, without the shadow of a doubt, the most intimidating bowling pair ever to have set foot on a cricket field. I can imagine your consternation on having picked Malcolm Marshall twice but he simply was that good. And paired with Mikey, he was downright lethal. Both Malcolm and Michael complimented and supplemented each other perfectly. At the same time, there was certain viciousness in their attack that is unmatched and unsurpassed to this day. The way they bowled made the most competent of willow-wielders duck for their lives and the crowd could be heard chanting, "Kill them! Kill them". Seeing them running down to bowl a delivery, one can be pardoned for actually thinking they were going in for the kill.
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| Top 10 Legendary Indian Cartoonists Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:55 AM PDT Cartoonists have the gift of depicting even the banalities of life with a calm élan. For them bringing out a smile on the faces of readers, even in the most unlikely of circumstances, is as effortless as cake walk. India has been gifted with many such talented folks and they have been loved and adored by people for several decades. Look at 'The Common Man' of R.K Laxman for instance; every Indian loves what his common man has to say! So here is a look at the top 10 renowned Indian cartoonists.
10. V. T. Thomas:V. T. Thomas, who worked under the pseudonym of Toms, is a cartoonist from Kerala. He was born in the year 1929 and is the creator of the cartoon characters Boban and Molly. He retired in 1987. Through the pages of Malayalam weekly Malayala Manorama these cartoons were a household name in Kerala for over four decades. It is said that his cartoons have been inspired by real life children from his neighbourhood. Perhaps that was the reason for their immense popularity.
9. Harish Chandra Shukla:Harish Chandra Shukla whose pen name is Kaak is the foremost Hindi language cartoonist in India. His pen name in English means crow which, according to popular belief, is a bird that makes horrible squawking sounds when someone lies. He has worked with all leading Hindi dailies like Jansatta, Navbharat Times, Dainik Jagran, Rajasthan Patrika, and others. He was born in 1940 in Uttar Pradesh and has had praise worthy career spanning several decades.
8. Sudhir Dar:Sudhir Dar is an Indian cartoonist of Kashmiri descent. His works have been gracing several newspapers in a career spanning several decades. He began his career with The Statesman in 1960 after which he moved to Hindustan Times. He worked as a freelancer after his stint at Hindustan Times from where he resigned in anger when he felt his freedom was being curtailed. His cartoons have also appeared in The Independent, The Pioneer, Delhi Times, New York Times, Washington Post and Saturday Review among others.
7. Abu Abraham:Abu Abraham is an Indian cartoonist who drew under the pen name of Abu. He was born in 1924 in Kerala and lived a life as an atheist and rationalist up until his death in 2002. With a career spanning four decades he has worked for several national and international newspapers. The Bombay Chronicle, Shankar’s Weekly, Blitz, Tribune, The Observer, The Guardian, and The Indian Express are some of the newspapers graced by his work.
6. O. V. Vijayan:O. V. Vijayan was an Indian author and cartoonist best known for his novel Khasakkinte Itihasam. He was an important figure in modern Malayalam literature and also belonged to the 'second generation’ of editorial Indian cartoonists in. His book of cartoons called Ithiri neramboke, Ithiri Darshanam (A Little Pastime, A little Vision) was published in the year 1990.
5. Puthukkody Kottuthody Sankaran Kutty Nair:Puthukkody Kottuthody Sankaran Kutty Nair (pen name Kutty) was an Indian political cartoonist. He was born in Kerala in 1921 and breathed his last in 2011 in Wisconsin, U.S. His first cartoon appeared in the year 1940 in the Malayalam humor magazine Viswaroopam. Ever since his cartoon appeared in several newspapers and magazines across India like Hindustan Standard, Ananda Bazar Patrika, Desh, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Aaj Kaal and Parivarthan among others.
4. Vijay Narain Seth:Vijay Narain Seth (pseudonym Vins) is a well-known Indian cartoonist and illustrator. He considered Mario Miranda as his mentor and was also the first Indian cartoonist to be appointed in Reader’s Digest magazine. His works are part of a permanent collection at the International Cartoon Museum and the Karikatur & Cartoon Museum in Basel, Switzerland. His works have appeared in several newspapers and publications around the world.
3. Mario Miranda:Mario Miranda was another hugely popular and respected cartoonist in India. He was born in 1926 and passed away in the year 2011. Based out of Loutolim in Goa, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012. His works appeared in The Times of India, The Economic Times and other Mumbai-based dailies. But it was his works published in The Illustrated Weekly of India that got him the accolades he deserved.
2. R. K. Laxman:R. K. Laxman is probably the most distinguished cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist from India. Born in 1921, he is the proud recipient of several awards like Padma Vibhushan, Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Art and Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalism. He is best known for his creation 'The Common Man'. The man continues to appear in a daily comic strip titled "You Said It” in The Times of India since 1951.
1. K. Shankar Pillai:K. Shankar Pillai, a highly celebrated Indian cartoonist, was better known by his pen name Shankar. He is credited as the father of political cartooning in the country and was born in the year 1902. He started Shankar’s Weekly, India’s Punch in 1948 and never looked back. It was only during emergency that he had to close down the magazine after which he devoted his niche to making children laugh. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1976 and is also remembered for the setting up Children’s Book Trust and Shankar’s International Dolls Museum.
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| Top 5 Firsts That Were Not Actually First Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:39 AM PDT If you ask anyone where the world trade centre was or why you can not catch bees but you can easily catch butterflies probably everyone will be able to give you an answer loaded with their own facts. But there are many things in life we come across daily and hear about them from people with incomplete knowledge, and still mark them as the proper information one can get to hear. This result out as “taken for granted truth” and from that point we rely on them instead of researching for true hidden facts. Here are some of the top 5 firsts that were actually not first. Enjoy!
5. The Big Bang Theory:We really don’t want to displease our readers but this is something you need to know about the other side of the Big Bang Theory. One of the former US secretary of State Dean Rusk mentioned ” The best way to actuate people is by your long angry comment on internet “. Fr. Georges Lemaitre was the Belgian priest who projected his hypothesis on how the universe expand in 1927 but he was really not sure about it so he met Albert Einstein to talk over about this theory. He was not successful to convince Einstein and was rather told that despite of his good calculations in physics he still needs to improve but later he added that saying no to his theory was his biggest mistake of his life. The name of this theory Big Bang was used by skeptic physicist, Fred Hoyle, who was continuously applying this name as an approach to make the whole concept look absurd.
4. The First Light Blub:We know the man Thomas Edison who invented the first light bulb but today we are sharing something more that you need to know. Before he invented the light bulb, bulbs were in existence but due to the expensive platinum used in them, they failed to come out in circulation. Sir Humphry Davy (the man in the picture) created light by passing electricity through platinum in 1801 – that means 78 years before Edison’s incandescent bulb! But for the first time platinum was used in vacuum by Warren de la Rue just like we used bulbs in modern days. So, now its kind of undigestable stuff to believe that Thomas Edison was the first to invent light blub.
3. First Man To Bypass The Globe:You might not believe this but we are going to share the ‘dark side’ of this article. According to the history books Magellan was the man who circumnavigated the globe but the fact is that he himself died before he became popular for his feat. His ship did completed the globe but without him in command. Enrique De Malacca was board on that crew who was a slave of Magellan’s and was a benefit for them as a interpreter. Many people rely on the fact that he was actually Fillipino who was never displayed as a hero.
2. The First Printing Press:It was the biggest invention that came into prominence for spreading up information storage and sharing. It was developed by Johannes Guttenberg in 1439 which can make 240 pages an hour with high quality. There are some people who still believe that Guttenberg brought this technology from Korea during the time when Mongols where trying to destroy their religious texts and Koreans were trying to save them. But we are not able to find the certain information based on truth. Nevertheless, there is always a probability that Guttenberg only took the idea and never created it himself.
1. First Non-stop Transatlantic flight:Ask anyone who cross the Atlantic first and the only name that will pop up is of Charles Lindbergh. But in reality John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were ahead of Lindbergh by almost eight years. On July 14, 1919 they left from Newfoundland but on their way, they were knocked out and after 16 hours of flying they landed in Ireland. Their plane was badly crashed and their names, along with their journey, ended there.
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