Sat Sri Akal ji Sarian nu..
As all of you know, we are done with our Sohne Nain Competition so its time to start voting. and this voting would be open for only 4 days. and keep in mind that Only Users in good standing position ( having 100 posts or more) can vote here.

p.s I request those girls who have deleted their entries to upload their pictures again. I will start voting tomorrow so please upload your pictures.
Kamal.preet..

Punjabi Anuwad

ਸੋਹਣੇ ਨੈਣ ਮੁਕਾਬਲਾ ਖਤਮ ਹੋ ਚੁੱਕਾ ਹੈ | ਸੋ ਹੁਣ ਸਮਾਂ ਵੋਟਿੰਗ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਦਾ  ਆ ਗਆ ਹੈ| ਵੋਟਿੰਗ ਸਿਰਫ ਚਾਰ ਦਿਨਾ ਲਈ ਖੁਲੇਗੀ|

-  ਸੋ ਮੇਰੀ ਓਹਨਾ ਗੁੱਡਿਆਂ ਨੂ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਹੈ ਜੇਹਨਾ ਨੇ ਅਪਣਿਆ ਫੋਟੋਆਂ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਕਢ ਦਿੱਤੀਆਂ ਸੀ ਕੇ ਓਹ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਜੇ ਦੁਬਾਰਾ ਪੋਣਾ ਚਾਉਂਦੇ ਨੇ ਤਹ ਅੱਸੀ ਜਰੂਰ ਪਾ ਦੇਣ ਅੱਸੀ ਕਲ ਨੂ ਵੋਟਿੰਗ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰਾਂਗੇ|

Baki Winner tah Sade Bhullar Saab di bhatiji hai  8-> par baki layee voting kar lene aa..  :happy:


Challo fer ik nazar hun takk diyan entries teh and i will open voting tomorrow evening for 4 days.  :happy:


1. °•ChAn0•°







2. …ƴǨȴ⒤Ṧ…




3. ♥♫SaNj♥♫







4. Kudrat Kaur





5. Dilraj Kaur




6. ★ਮੋਮਬੱਤੀ★




p.s Haje mein voting nai start kitti I will start tomorrow.. Assi Kamal.preet nu request karange je oh fer apniya pics voting layee upload karna chahunde ne tah kar den. Baki kise hor gudiya ne v karni aa tah jaroor kar dawo. Mein kal voting open  karungi.

Dhanwaad.

Eh dunya misal saraan di a, ethe musafaran beth khalo jaana...
Waro wari e saaryan kooch karna, aayee wari na kisse atko jana...
Mere wehndyan wehndayan kayee ho gaye, main kayee-an de wehndayan ho jana...
Daman shaal doshale, leeran walyan wi, sabhna khak de wich samo jana...

Translation

This world is like an inn where travelers come to rest and then get ready to leave.
Everyone will leave at his turn.  No one will be left behind.
Many have left in front of my eyes and many will observe my departure.
Richly dressed and those in tatters, they will all eventually become dust.

by Ustaad Daman.. ( Great Lahoriya Poet from Pakistan) and these lines are written on the headstone of his grave in Urdu as u can see in this picture..

A man David Senk was arrested on animal cruelty charges after a witness told officers the suspect had just taken two large bites out of a live python, according to Sacramento police.


Police said a python underwent emergency surgery after a man allegedly bit the creature twice.  A passer-by told police David Senk, 54, still lying there — had taken two bites out of his pet python. Senk was arrested on suspicion of unlawfully maiming or mutilating a reptile and booked on $10,000 bail.

Police said it wasn’t immediately clear why Senk bit the snake, or whether he was intoxicated at the time.The python was turned over to the city’s Animal Care Services, where it was recovering Friday after losing a couple ribs.

                    Pyar bhari Sat Sri Akal Punjabi Janta nu

Eyes a very precious gift to everyone. because beauty of the person lies in eyes.. this is doorway to heart and and this is the place where love resides.  :smile: As all of you know, this competition was in great demand these days and even Tuuu Paina Raje started polling over this n  more than 60% voted for this.

So Here's General Rules for this Competition...
1. Any user ( both Male and Female) can participate in this competition.
2. Please post your original picture.
3. No photo shopping ia allowed. If anyof the entries found photo shopped that would be cancelled.
4. and Winner will get special prize.  :happy:
5. Voting for Male and females entries would be separately done.

Deadline for entries- September 9, 2011
 So Lets the excitement begins with your fantabulous  entries..  :happy:


Punjabi Translation (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ )

ਸਾਰੀਆ ਨੂ ਪਿਆਰ ਭਾਰੀ ਸਤ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ ਜੀ
ਤੰਦਰੁਸਤ ਨੈਣ ਇਕ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਵੱਡਾ ਰੱਬ ਦਾ ਤੋਹਫਾ ਹਨ | ਇਹਨਾ ਨੈਣਾ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਹੀ ਸਾੰਨੂ ਦੁੱਜੇ ਦੇ ਮੰਨ ਦੀ ਸੁੰਦਰਤਾ ਦਾ ਪਤਾ ਚਲਦਾ ਹੈ ਤੇਹ ਇਹਨਾ ਵਿਚ ਹੀ ਪਿਆਰ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ | ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਆਹ ਮੁਕਾਬਲਾ ਕਰਵੋਨ੍ਨੇ ਲਈ ਕਿਹਾ ਤੇਹ ਟੁੱਟ ਪੈਣਾ ਰਾਜੇ ਨੇ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਵ ਪਵਾਈਆਂ ਤੇਹ ੬੦ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਤੋਹ ਵਧ ਨੇ ਹਾਮੀ ਭਰੀ|

ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਦੇ ਕੁਝ ਨਿਯਮ..
੧. ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਅਖਾਂ ਦਿ ਫੋਟੋ ਪਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ( ਮੁੰਡਾ ਤੇਹ ਕੁੜੀ )
੨. ਆਪਣੀ ਅਸਲੀ ਫੋਟੋ ਪਾਣੀ ਹੈ |
੩. ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਐਂਟਰੀ ਫੋਟੋਸ਼ੋਪ ਨਹੀ ਹੋਣੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਓਸ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਵਿਚ ਅੱਸੀ ਐਂਟਰੀ ਖਾਰਿਜ ਕਾਰ ਦੇਨੀ ਹੈ|
੪, ਜੇਤ੍ਤੁ ਨੂ ਖਾਸ ਇਨਾਮ ਵੀ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ |
੫. ਜੇਤ੍ਤੁ ਦਾ ਚੁਨਾਵ ਕਰਨ ਲਯੀ ਵੋਟੀਗ ਅੱਡ ਅੱਡ ਕਿੱਤੀ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ |
 ਆਖਿਰੀ ਤਰੀਕ ਐਂਟਰੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਸੰਤਬਰ ੯, ੨੦੧੧ ਹੈ |

ਧੰਨਵਾਦ!! ਸੋ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੋ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਆਪਣੀ ਧੜਾਧੜ ਐਂਟਰੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ  :happy:


                                   

1. Argyria : Blue Skin, a real-life Smurf



A condition caused by the ingestion of silver, the Argyria's most dramatic symptom is that the skin becomes blue or bluish-grey colored. On 2008, ABC reporters interviewed Paul Karason, 40 year-old who's skin turned blue after he used colloidal silver to ease his ailments. It started a decade ago, when he saw an ad in a new-age magazine promising health and rejuvenation through colloidal silver. Karason sent away for a kit for making colloidal silver -- a home brew of microscopic silver particles suspended in water. For a while, he was drinking at least 10 ounces a day as a cure for arthritis. "I had arthritis in my shoulders so bad I couldn't pull a T-shirt off. And the next thing I knew, it was just gone." he explained the media, but these claims have no basis in science and after a couple of months, his whole skin turned blue. "I kind of hoped it would fade off!" But it didn't fade off. Argyria is permanent.

2. Human Pappiloma Virus: meet the Tree Man

After a severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection, Dede Koswara, a 35-year-old Indonesian fisherman, was dubbed the "tree man" because of the gnarled warts all over his body. He first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager. Over time, Dede was sacked from his job, deserted by his wife and shunned by neighbours as the horn-like extensions covered much of his body and stopped him working. He has two children. After his case received widespread publicity, donations from the public and government help allowed him to get treatment, and in 2008, six kilos of warts were surgically removed from his body.

3.  Hypertrichosis: the Human Werewolf Syndrome


Hypertrichosis is a medical condition that causes excessive growth of hair in areas where hair does not normally grow. It may be present over the entire body, or you could have it in only one or more areas. Some individuals will be born with the condition and others will develop it later on in life. Congenital Hypertrichosis is very rare. In fact, it is so rare that there have been only 50 verified cases since the Middle Ages. On 2008, the press interviewed Pruthviraj Patil, an 11-year-old indian boy who's face and body are covered with hair. He rarely leaves his home village in India because of the cruelty of strangers. Pruthviraj’s family has tried homeopathy, traditional Indian Ayurvedic remedies even laser surgery without success, and he's now appealing to doctors to help him find a permanent cure since even after laser treatment the hair grows back.

4. Dermatographia: overly sensitive skin


Dermatographia is a rare condition where the skin is overly sensitive to minor injuries; even light scratches will cause it to become red and raised. The person's immune system exhibits hypersensitivity, via skin, that releases excessive amounts of histamine, causing capillaries to dilate and welts to appear (lasting about thirty minutes) when the skin’s surface is lightly scratched. In 2008, Neatorama featured artist Ariana Page Russell, who decided to use her medical condition as the basis for art, with some amazing results.

A bar inside the trunk of a Baobab tree has tourists flocking from far and wide just to drink a cold brew in the amazing tavern. It was fashioned inside a massive 72 foot (22 meters) high tree in a garden in Limpopo, South Africa, for thirsty locals.



Grown in the grounds of Sunland Farm, the tree trunk is so wide it takes 40 adults with outstretched arms to encircle its 155 foot (48 meters) circumference. The trunk is hollow, but its walls are still up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) thick.

The tree has its own cellar, with natural ventilation to keep the beer cold.

Carbon-dating has determined the ancient tree to be about 6,000 years old. “This tree is likely to be older than the Giza Pyramids of Egypt.” said Heather van Heerden, owner of Sunland Farm.



More than 7,000 visitors come from all over the world to see the grandiose Baobab every year and have a drink in its pub, which has 13 foot (4 meter) high ceilings and comfortably seats up to 15 people.

“One year we had a party and squashed 54 people inside, but I wouldn’t recommend that.” said Mrs. van Heerden.

She and her husband Doug came up with the brainchild to set a bar up inside when they found a natural hollow in the Baobabb shortly after they bought the farm in the late 1980’s.



While clearing out the hollow centre of the tree trunk, the van Heerdens found historical evidence of Bushmen — indigenous people of the Kalahari desert — who may have once lived in the tree, and artifacts belonging to the Voortrekkers, the Dutch pioneers who travelled through South Africa in the mid-1800’s.

Pyar bhari Shri Akal Punjabi Janta  :happy:
As all of You already know that at last we are done with entries for Apde Pind di film banawo competition . Now, time has come to  open long awaited voting for this long lasted competition :hehe: .. Well not my mistake... :pagel: I hope u all enjoyed participating in this. My heartful thanks to all the participants. We have really come across awesome video making... and I hope Grenade Singhji remember about special prize for the winner of this competition. :wait:
Thanks & Regards to all..
Voting will close on August 11, 2011.

p.s  Only Users in good standing position ( having 100 posts or more) can vote here.
 


Punjabi Translation ( ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ) )

 ਪਿਆਰ ਭਾਰੀ ਸਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ ਪਿਆਰੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜੰਨਤਾ ਨੂੰ  :happy:
ਜਿਵੇ ਕੀ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਸਭ ਨੂੰ ਪਤਾ ਹੀ ਹੈ ਕੇ ਆਪਦੇ ਪਿੰਡ ਦੀ ਫਿਲਮ ਬਣਾਓ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ  ਦੀਆਂ ਸਾਰਿਆ ਐਂਟਰੀ ਆਖਿਰ ਕਾਰ ਆ ਹੀ ਚੁੱਕਿਆਂ ਹਨ| ਸੋ ਇਹ ਮੁਬਲਾ ਸਾਡਾ ਪੂਰਾ ੨ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਚਲਿਆ ਜੋ ਕਿ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਵਿਚ ਇਕ ਮਿਸਾਲ ਹੈ :hehe:   ਹੁਣ ਸਮਾਂ ਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਸਬ ਤੋਹ ਵਧੀਆ ਤੋ ਵਧੀਆ ਨੂੰ ਵੋਟ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ| ਮੈਂ ਸਾਰਿਆ ਦਾ ਦਿੱਲੋ ਸ਼ੁਕ੍ਰਿਆ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ | ਤੇਹ ਇਹ ਉਮੀਦ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾ ਕਿ ਗ੍ਰੇਨੇਡ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਓਹ ਖਾਸ ਇਨਾਮ ਬਾਰੇ ਵੀ ਚਿੱਤ ਚੇਤਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਇਸ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਦੇ ਜੇਤ੍ਤੁ ਨੂ ਸਨਮਾਨਿਤ ਕਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ ...
 ਵੋਟਾਂ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਆਖਿਰੀ ਤਾਰੀਕ ਅਗਸਤ  ੧੧, ੨੦੧੧ ਹੈ |

ਸਭਦਾ ਬਹੁਤ ਬਹੁਤ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ ...  :happy: :happy:

ਜਰੂਰੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ~ ਸਿਰਫ ੧੦੦ ਪੋਸਟਾਂ ਤੇਹ ਓਸ ਤੋਹ ਵੱਧ ਵਾਲੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜੰਨਤਾ ਹੀ ਵੋਟ ਕਟ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ |

so Lets have a look over  fabulous  entries  :happy: :happy:

1. ♥ ਛੱਲਾ ♥

yaar anmulle hwa de bulle.wmv

2. ashfaq_gujr

gujar da pind tahli shab

3. Gil Galib

my school

5. PJ SARPANCH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE9l6CawBmo

6. lado_rani

mera pindh.wmv (Embedding disabled, limit reached)

7. Mર. ◦[ß]гคг રừlểz™

mera pind (Embedding disabled, limit reached)

8. Grenade Singh

PJ Pind - Boston (Embedding disabled, limit reached)

Good Luck everyone..  :smile: :smile:

Junrey Balawing, the world's new shortest man alive!



Junrey might look like an adorable child who has a slight case of the Benjamin Button's, but he just turned 18 on Sunday making him a man! Junrey celebrated his first tiny step into adulthood with a pint he could swim in, a chocolate bar he could dance with and a framed plaque from Guinness World Records declaring him the tiniest man at 22 inches tall.

Junrey said that he hopes to become the world's tiniest husband soon, "I am so excited! I am small, but now I am a man. I have tried beer for the first time. I like it but can only have a little. I want a beautiful wife. I know she will probably be taller than me.

                                 

Filipino declared world's shortest man alive 06-13-11.wmv

           

By Shefali Anand
While the recently discovered treasure in a Kerala temple has grabbed the world’s attention, India’s real treasure is hidden elsewhere.
                                                   

It’s in steel cupboards and in bank vaults across the country, where India’s housewives and other private owners have stashed their jewelry and gold savings. India’s private gold holdings probably total 15,000 tons, according to an estimate by Citigroup analysts in May. Some jewelers like T.K. Chandiran of Coimbatore thinks this number is too conservative, and the real amount is more like 30,000 tons, counting other hidden temple treasures.

These private stores are in addition to the 560 tons of gold kept as reserves with the Reserve Bank of India, which are worth around $26 billion.

If we stick with the conservative 15,000-ton estimate, at the current gold price of $1,549 per ounce, India’s private gold holdings are worth approximately $743 billion.

But this is not all in the purest form of gold, so let’s knock 20% off this amount to reflect what this gold could be worth now. That would be a cool $600 billion. The Kerala temple treasure, by the way, is only an estimated $22 billion, although there could be more riches in a still sealed vault that the Supreme Court is scheduled to hold a hearing on today.

So what would happen if all of India’s private gold could be released into the system? Here are some options:


Win India’s neighbors over…

By buying them. The $600 billion could be used to buy Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Bhutan, whose Gross Domestic Product add up to just $390 billion, according to the CIA World Factbook.

That still leaves $210 billion. That’s nearly enough to cover Malaysia, with a GDP of around $240 billion.

Of course, the one neighbor we can’t touch is China with its nearly $6 trillion GDP. India’s GDP, in comparison, is just $1.5 trillion.

This is good plan but GDP don't tell about real worth of the country..


Heal the world.

Benevolent housewives would also have the power to help some foreign countries which have been struggling in recent years.

They should probably start with Greece. Normally, we wouldn’t care much about this country, but their precarious financial situation has caused much anxiety throughout the world in recent months, and some economists fear Europe’s sovereign debt troubles could rebound on the U.S., which in turn could hurt India. Greece has become the go-to excuse for market analysts every time stocks fall somewhere in the world, including India.

The housewives could end its problems once and for all by paying off Greece’s entire national debt – long and short-term – of around $474 billion.

That still leaves us with $126 billion.

It would be nice to also help our “strategic partners” the United States of America, which has been in deep financial trouble in recent years.

But like many things in America, their financial problems are super-sized.

Their budgeted fiscal deficit for 2012 is around $1.1 trillion, and their national debt at $14 trillion is enormous.

The best we can do is to help wipe out their trade deficit which stood at $44 billion in April.

But since we wouldn’t want our other powerful friend, Russia, to feel slighted, we can pay them the $36 billion we promised for creating next generation stealth fighter aircraft.

Indian Housewives aren't interested in this kind of help or healing.. :pagel:


Building Blocks.

On a more serious note, India’s gold treasures could be used in several ways to help develop the country.

Food, education, housing – all of these need urgent investment, so our gold buyers can take their pick.

One of the options could be to use the money to build roads, power plants and other much-needed infrastructure in India. The Planning Commission says India needs to invest $1 trillion between April 2012 through March 2017 to develop infrastructure needed to keep India’s economy growing at 9% or ideally higher.
Gold owners can fund half of this.

The remaining $100 billion can be used to hire more doctors in hospitals and add more beds in them. That level of investment could help bring India’s healthcare standards to “50-75 percent of the present levels of other developing countries,” says a report by the World Health Organization.

I think this is good idea and i hope Indian society and even Arabs(having lots of gold) should try to realize this and shouldn't hide so much valuable stuff in their cupboards.

Quench Oil Thirst.

The gold hoards can also pay for all of India’s oil imports for the next six years. India imports two-thirds of its oil requirements. Last year India’s oil import bill came to around $106 billion, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma told reporters in June.

Once oil is taken care of, it will automatically help turn the fate of several key economic issues for us – the trade deficit will turn into a trade surplus, and the fiscal deficit will come under control, and importantly also help bring down persistent inflation.

this part is not so thoughtful, If this gold will be used once to buy oil for 6 years but whats going to happen after 6 years and whatever money would be saved during this period that would be looted by greedy politicians..

well, this is really different perspective described in this article because when i compare kind of Jewellery worn by ladies in Punjab(India) and United States. Its a huge difference as Indian ladies wear more Gold and Diamonds and here in US, Costume jewellery is more common which don't worth much.
and Government has no information about that property.
Any more Views?? 

1. (July 19, 2011) Torrential rains drenching the northeast Brazilian state of Pernambuco caused at least eight deaths, mostly people carried away in mudslides. An estimated 500 families were left homeless, and officials ordered evacuations in many areas.


2. (July 18, 2011) Flash flooding caused misery across Scotland yesterday. Homes were hit as streets turned into rivers after more than 24 hours of torrential rainfall and thunderstorms. And the rain is expected to continue to fall across the country throughout this week.


3. (July 17, 2011) Heavy monsoon rains have led the mighty Brahmaputra River to overflow its banks and submerge scores of villages in India’s remote northeastern state of Assam in India. More than 200,000 people continue to suffer even as the situation improved with the water levels in the rivers receding since Saturday. Shown here is file photo.


4. (July 16, 2011) Widespread flooding in the wake of a reported quarter metre of rainfall has destroyed over 10 thousand hectares of crops in eastern and central provinces of North Korea. The floods have washed away roads and destroyed countless houses.


5. (July 15, 2011) Flash flood kills at least 5 people in Mogadishu in Somali.


6.  (July 10, 2011) Monsoon showers lashed large parts of north India, including the national capital, even as seven people were killed in different rain-related incidents.


7. (July 10, 2011) Heavy downpours drenched South Korea ‘s southern and central areas, leaving at least 12 people dead and four others missing.


8. (July 10, 2011) A flood warning has been issued for British Columbia (Canada)’s Central and Southern Peace Region as persistent rainfall causes the area’s rivers to rise steadily.


9. (July 10, 2011) Three persons including two women were killed and dozens others injured in rain related incidents in different localities of Balochistan in Pakistan. Rains adversely disrupted the power supply and communication links in several areas of the province.

Up to five million people in Pakistan are at risk from floods this year, partly due to poor reconstruction and the inadequate rehabilitation of survivors who are still reeling from last year’s epic deluge. The 2010 Monsoon season left one-fifth of the country – an area the size of Italy underwater. The lives of close to 20 million people were disrupted – early 2,000 Pakistanis were killed, 1.5 million houses were destroyed and over 11 million people displaced from their homes.


10. (July 8, 2011) Severe flooding has occurred in northern Alberta in Canada where the rain has been relentless.


11. (July 4, 2011) Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 18 people in various parts of Nepal. The rains have also damaged roads, obstructed travel, and inundated dozens of houses.


12. (July 4, 2011) Alert was sounded after two persons died as the overall flood situation aggravated on Monday in Bihar’s Gopalganj, Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts in India with rivers maintaining rising trends. Swirling flood waters have inundated several villages under Bagha sub-division in the district.


13. July 3, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark


14. (July 2, 2011) Barely had residents in Davao City in the Philippines recovered from flash floods that killed at least 30 people when heavy rain triggered a landslide that threatened at least 20 families.