How many squares do you see?
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Egg Timer !!!
Egg Timer !!!
Hard-boiling an egg takes approximately ten minutes, but it isn't always as simple as that. Many factors can alter the time it takes. For example, in different parts of the world, hard-boiling an egg can take up to forty minutes. Why?
~ Pic credit - http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/acatalog/Clucky_Egg_Timer.html#a1162
Identify the fruit !!!
Identify the fruit !!!What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
~ Look closely,this is not a flower arrangement but a dry fruit arrangement.Ceramic bowl filled with an assortment of dried fruits which can be given as a gift.
Pic Credit - http://www.ohnuts.com/buy.cfm/tu-bshvat-gifts-dried-fruit-platters/floral-arrangement
Spot the difference Brain Game
Spot the difference Brain Game: An Unexpected Challenge - Read on for something interesting before attempting.....
Dr. Pascale Michelon shared which brain areas and cognitive functions are engaged as we solve the type of brain teaser known as Spot the Difference, where we have to find the differences between two versions of one image.
Every time we do something several brain skills or cognitive abilities are involved. Each cognitive ability is supported by a network of brain cells (or neurons) working together in specific locations of the brain.
Let’s see what cognitive abilities and which brain areas are involved in the simple “ Spot the differences” exercise:
1- You have to identify the objects that you see: This involves your visual skills and thus your occipital lobes (back of the brain, at the bottom).
2- You have to analyze the spatial relationships between the objects that you see: This involves your visuospatial skills and thus your occipital lobes and parietal lobes (back of the brain, top part).
3- You have to remember what you see in one picture and compare it to what you see in the other picture: This involves your short-term memory and thus your frontal (front part of the brain) and parietal lobes.
4- You have to mark down the locations where you see a difference: This involves your motor skills, and thus mostly your frontal lobes.
Did you realize that so much was going on in your brain during this seemingly simple exercise? This is what makes it a good brain exercise: It stimulates several brain functions and thus several networks of neurons.
Now Ready...Set... Go...- How many differences can you spot, and which ones are they?
~Pic Credit - Wikipedia
Amazing shot!!!Swimming elephant!!
Amazing shot!!!Swimming elephant takes man for a dip.Perched between the tusks, an Indian 'mahout' or elephant driver is photographed on his steed in this arresting image.The photograph, taken by Italy-based Cesare Naldi, won first prize in the National Geographic International Photography contest last December.
It was taken in the Andaman Islands, a remote archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, where Rajan, a 60-year-old elephant, lives.
The six-ton elephant learnt to swim 40 years ago to help work for logging companies there.
For years the elephant felled trees with Nasru, his 58-year-old driver.
But in 2002 logging was banned in the islands and most of the 200 elephants were sent back to the Indian mainland.
However, Rajan was kept on by a wealthy owner who had no desire to see him leave Havelock Island, and enjoyed a blissful existence eating bananas and swimming in the crystal clear water.
Two years ago a Kerala temple offered £40,000 for the elephant and Rajan almost had to leave, before a tourist lodge launched a campaign to raise the funds to keep him. Since then Rajan and Nasru have become something of an attraction.
Naldi told National Geographic: "When I was in the water with Rajan, I was really surprised by how fast he could move his legs to swim. Most of the time he had his head under the water and used his long nose to breathe, like a submarine uses its periscope."
Woman jumping!!
A woman steps to the edge of a very high building, & as people look on, she leaps off, & falls several stories. The woman is not injured. Why?
Hint: The woman did not fall on cushions or any other type of softened surface, & was not wearing a parachute.
Pic Credit - www.nydailynews.com . Self-portrait series by Jun Ahn featuring the South Korean photographer dangling over the edge, high above cities like Seoul, New York and Hong Kong.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Can you guess!!!
Can you guess!!! The Pope, Celine Dion, Barack Obama, and Bill Gates are on the same plane. There are only 3 parachutes left for the 4 of them.
Obama says: “As the President, I think I should have the right to have a parachute, because I rule millions of people in the greatest nation of all.”
Celine Dion says: “As one of the greatest singers of all-time, I think I should deserve to be safe. I bring tears and laughter to millions of people, and I’m an important contributor to pop music.”
Bill Gates says: “As one of the richest successful company owners, I think I should live because I’m on top of the economics cycle, creating jobs and incomes for millions of people. I am a wealthy and intelligent man.”
Finally, the Pope says: “I’m an old, religious man. I lived a life that’s full, I helped millions of people find their way through God, I’m ready to let go of a parachute and to face my fate.”
Which one of them will abandon the parachute and die?
~ Pic Credit - www.skyscrapercity.com
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Can you find??
Can you find?? - There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you find them? This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That's a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or a scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, "The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight." Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus; there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found. God Bless.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Age puzzle
In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995 that same person is 10 years old.How is this possible?
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Can you figure out the pattern and guess the missing number?
Can you figure out the pattern and guess the missing number?
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Rolling wheels!!
Two wheels simultaneously make one full turn in the same direction along a straight line. They left the trace shown. In which direction did the wheels turn?
Find the phrase represented by this pic !!!What is it?
Find the phrase represented by this pic !!!What is it?
Can you find the hidden images of Crucified Christ and distorted skull in this painting??
Can you find the hidden images of Crucified Christ and distorted skull in this painting??
This painting titled "The Ambassadors" is a very famous painting by Hans Holbein(1533) with a lot of signs,symbols and meaning and is the cause of much debate.
Sometimes, an artist deliberately hides images within a work of art.There are so many hidden images.Most important are the crucified Christ and distorted skull.Can you find them in this painting?
Read on to understand the full meaning of this painting and clues to the hidden images...
In many of Holbein's portraits there is much more to them than initially meets the eye. This painting was commissioned by Jean de Dinteville, who we see standing on the left. He was sent to England by King Francis I of France as an ambassador to protect the interests of his country. The man on the right is also French; he is Bishop Georges de Selve, who was in England on a secret mission in the spring of 1533, a time when the English were on the brink of formally leaving the Catholic Church. Holbein, meanwhile, had left Basel, and was working in London.
This strange smear is actually a disembodied skull that has been highly distorted by extreme foreshortening (anamorphosis). Only if viewed from a sharp angle does its true appearance become apparent.
The skull is the ultimate memento mori. All things on earth are transient, including the people and objects in this painting. When we position ourselves so that we can see the skull as a skull, the other, supposedly realistic objects are in turn distorted. The moral is that death is everywhere, but we do not recognize it. When we do finally make out its shape, life in turn becomes twisted and blurred.
The piece of furniture behind the men is known in England as a "whatnot", on which scientific instruments are laid out. These mark the pair out as being men of learning, of the kind who were at that time shaking the foundations of old beliefs. This was the age of Copernicus, the first astronomer who develop a theory which placed the sun in the center of the universe, instead of the earth. Amongst the objects displayed are a celestial globe, a Polyhedral sundial, a cylinder sundial, a Quadrant, and a Torquetum (a medieval astronomical instrument) along with Peter Apian's arithmetic book.
The lute is a symbol of harmony, but on this instrument a string has broken. This may refer to the increasing discord between Catholics and Protestants at that time. The hymnbook is open to texts that do not upset either party and may represent Holbein's plea for a unified Church.
The globe shows Europe in the most prominent position, and Africa below it. Even the place in France where Dinteville's castle stood can be made out.
Hidden away, where it is difficult to spot is the presence of the crucified Christ. It is behind the curtains in the upper left hand corner. This raises the portrait to a higher level, as does the skull: despite their status and intellectual activities these men remain sinful and mortal human beings, and answerable to God.
There are many other messages in the painting - the floor mosaic on which the skull lies, is based on a design in Westminster Abbey, the Cosmati pavement, which is situated before the High Altar, and the carpet on the upper shelf is notably oriental. Such carpets were often integrated into Christian imagery as symbols of luxury and status.
The painting has caused much controversy over the years. One Science Historian, Professor John North, analysed the scientific and mathematical elements shown in the painting. He calculated the time given in the portrait as 4 pm on Good Friday, 11th April 1533, 1500 years exactly after the Crucifixion, with the key to the painting to be found in the small crucifix.
Next in series!!
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