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35. Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. Explain this.

The two men were NOT PLAYING EACH OTHER!

36. What goes up when the rain comes down?

An Umbrella

37. What do people make that you can't see?

Noise

38. If someone says to you, "I'll bet you $1 that if you give me $2, I will give you $3 in return", would this be a good bet for you to accept?

No. This is a situation where you lose even if you win. Assuming the other person is being wise, they would take your $2 and say, "I lose", and give you $1 in return. You win the bet, but you're out $1.

39. What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

A computer keyboard.

40. Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. Why?

80    minutes is the same as an hour and 20 minutes.

41. Where did the other Dollar Go?
    Three men check into a hotel, the manager charges them $30 for one room with three beds which they share. The men go to their room and settle in, after a few moments the manager realizes his mistake, he over charged the three men, the room rate was only $25. He sends for the bellhop to return the $5 to the three men. On his way to the room the bellhop realizes that he can't split $5 between 3 men so he decides to give each man $1 and pocket the remaining $2 as a tip. The bellman returns the $1 to each man. In the three mens minds they each paid $9 for the room, or a total of $27, include the $2 tip the bellhop kept and that equals $29, what happened to the other dollar?

It's a trick on words that leads you to believe the answer is 30 and has you add the number 2 when you should be subtracting as follows: 3 x $9 = 27, then minus the $2 = $25 which is what they paid for the room. And if you take wh at they ultimately paid for the room ($25) and add the $3 ($1 each they received), and they add the $2 the bellhop took, you would reach the original $30 that was paid.

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25. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

The room with the lions - if they have not eaten in 3 years, they would be dead and thus not be a danger to anyone!

26. The Mississippi River is the dividing line between Tennessee and Arkansas. If an airplane crashed exactly in the middle of the Mississippi River there, where would the survivors is buried?

You do not bury survivors!

27. Each morning I appear to lie at your feet, all day I will follow No matter how fast you run, yet I nearly perish in the midday sun. What am I?

Your Shadow

28. What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the day and three legs in the evening?

Man (A baby crawls, a grown-up walks, an old person uses a cane.)

29. Why is an engaged girl like a telephone?

Because they both have rings.

30. What does Brazil produce that no other country produces?

Brazilians.

31. A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse?

No, it does not collapse. Because it has driven a half mile - you would subtract the gas used from the total weight of the truck.

32. What English word has three consecutive double letters?

Bookkeeper

33. I am strongest when you see me as round, but I am often viewed in other forms. I lift and drop the sea with my tremendous strength, and a man with a name like 'powerful bicep' was the first to tread on me. What am I?

Moon

34. What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Dinosaurs laid eggs long before there were chickens!

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Ducati Monster 795 .... 2

Chassis
Frame:                                  Tubular chrome moly steel trellis, casted aluminium subframe
Wheelbase:                           1450 mm (57.1in)
Rake:                                    24°
Rear swingarm:                    Double sides swingarm
Front suspension:                 Marzocchi 43mm upside-down forks
Front wheel:                         3-spoke light alloy 3.50 x 17
Front tyre:                            120/60 ZR 17 Pirelli Angel ST
Rear suspension:                   Progressive linkage with preload and rebound Sachs adjustable monoshock
Rear wheel:                           3-spoke light alloy 4.50 x 17
Rear tyre:                              160/60 ZR 17 Pirelli Angel ST
Front brake:                         2 x 320mm discs, 4-piston radial calliper
Rear brake:                           245mm disc, 2-piston calliper
Fuel tank capacity:               15 l (3.8 US gal)
Dry weight:                             167kg
Instruments:                            Digital unit displaying: Speedometer, rev counter, time, scheduled
                                              maintenance warning, oil temperature, trip fuel, lap time, warning light for low
                                              oil pressure, fuel level, fuel reserve, neutral, turn signals, overrev, immobilizer.
                                              Ready for DDA system.
Warranty:                              2 years unlimited mileage
Body color:                            Red (red / black)
Versions:                                Dual seat
Seat height:                           770mm (30.3in)
Engine
Type:                                     L-Twin cylinder, 2 valve per cylinder Desmodromic, air cooled
Displacement:                       803cc
Compression Ratio:              11:01
Power:                                  64kW - 87 CV @ 8250 rpm
Torque:                                  78 Nm - 8 kgm @ 6250 rpm
Fuel injection:                       Siemens electronic fuel injection, 45mm throttle body with stepper motor
Exhaust:                                Lightweight 2-1-2 system with catalytic converter and twin lambda probes
Transmission
Gearbox:                               6-speed
Clutch:                                  APTC wet multiplate with hydraulic control
Emissions
Standard:                              Euro 3

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Intrinsic Asthma

Intrinsic asthma, is a nonseasonal, nonallergic form of asthma, which usually first occurs later in life than allergic asthma and tends to be chronic and persistent rather than episodic. Precipitating factors include inhalation of irritating pollutants, such as dust particles, smoke, aerosols, strong cooking odors, and paint fumes and other volatile substances. Intrinsic asthma may also be triggered by exposure to cold, damp weather; sudden inhalation of cold, dry air; physical exercise; violent coughing or laughing; respiratory infections, such as the common cold; or psychologic factors, such as anxiety.

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What is Stock Exchange?

Stock Exchanges are an organized marketplace, either corporation or mutual organization, where members of the organization gather to trade company stocks and other securities. The members may act either as agents for their customers, or as principals for their own accounts.

Stock exchanges also facilitate for the issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments including the payment of income and dividends. The record keeping is central but trade is linked to such physical place because modern markets are computerized. The trade on an exchange is only by members and stock broker do have a seat on the exchange.

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Sony Playstation 3

CPU: Cell Processor

• PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
• 1 VMX vector unit per core
• 512KB L2 cache
• 7 x SPE @3.2GHz
• 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
• 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
• 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU: RSX @550MHz

• 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
• Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
• Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)

Memory:

• 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth:

• Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
• VRAM: 22.4GB/s
• RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
• SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

Storage:

• HDD
• Detachable 2.5” HDD slot x 1

Input/Output:

• USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
• Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1
• SD: standard/mini x 1
• CompactFlash: (Type I, II) x 1

Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x 1 + output x 2)

Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller:

• Bluetooth (up to 7)
• USB2.0 (wired)
• Wi-Fi (PSP®)
• Network (over IP)

AV Output:

• HDMI: HDMI out x 2
• Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
• Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

CD Disc media (read only):

• PlayStation CD-ROM
• PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
• CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
• SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
• DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)

DVD Disc media (read only):

• PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
• PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
• DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc media (read only):

• PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
• BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

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Marathi PJ ...1

१. बातमी पहिलीत??
काल दुपारी मुंबईत बर्फ पडला...
काय सांगताय? नाही पहिलीत?
अरेरे, अहो मरीन ड्राइव्हवर बर्फ पडला.
कसा?

एकजण सायकलवरून बर्फ नेत होता.., पडला.

२. ज्या मुलाच्या वडीलांना चार बहिणी आहेत, त्याचे नाव काय?
...
......
आत्याचार.

३. मिथुन चक्रवर्तीला दोन मुले असतील तर त्यांची नावे काय?
....
........
इथून आणि तिथून

४. रवींद्रनाथ टागोर लाजले तर काय म्हणाल?
....
.......
शर्मिला टागोर...

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Allergic Asthma

Most people find several things trigger their asthma. Some of the most common predisposing factors for asthma are allergies to:

• House dust mites
• Mould spores
• Pollen
• Pets
• Food or food preservative

Allergic asthma is the most common type of asthma. Inhaling specific substances called allergens (listed above) brings on the asthma symptoms associated with allergic asthma. Nearly everyone with asthma allergic or non-allergic gets worse after exercising in cold air or after inhaling any type of smoke, dust, fumes, and sometimes strong smells.
Because allergens are everywhere, it's important that people with allergic asthma understand their allergy and asthma triggers. And then learn the facts about preventing asthma symptoms. If anyone has allergic asthma, their airways are hypersensitive to the allergens to which they have become sensitized. Once these allergens get into your airways, your immune system overreacts. The muscles around your airways tighten. The airways themselves become inflamed and flooded with thick mucus.

Whether you have allergic asthma or non-allergic asthma, the symptoms of asthma is generally the same and may include any or all of the following:

• Coughing
• Wheezing
• Shortness of breath
• Rapid breathing
• Tightening of the chest

 

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Investment Bank

Investment Bank is a financial intermediary that performs a variety of services. This includes underwriting, acting as an intermediary between an issuer of securities and the investing public, facilitating mergers and other corporate reorganizations, and also acting as a broker for institutional clients.

Unlike commercial banks and retail banks, investment banks do not take deposits. There are two main lines of business in investment banking. Trading securities for cash or for other securities (i.e., facilitating transactions, market-making), or the promotion of securities (i.e., underwriting, research, etc.) is the "sell side", while dealing with pension funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, and the investing public (who consume the products and services of the sell-side in order to maximize their return on investment) constitutes the "buy side". Many firms have buy and sell side components.

The role of the investment bank begins with pre-underwriting counseling and continues after the distribution of securities in the form of advice.

Investment Banker is a person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities.

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HTC One X

2G Network:            GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network             HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Dimensions               134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm
Weight                      130 g
Touch-sensitive controls
Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches
Multitouch
Corning Gorilla Glass
HTC Sense UI
Alert types                Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker             Yes
3.5mm jack               Yes
No Memory Card slot
Internal Memory        32 GB (26 GB user-available) storage, 1 GB RAM
GPRS, EDGE
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP
NFC
MicroUSB (MHL) v2.0
Camera                      Primary      8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
                                  Secondary  1.3 MP, 720p
Camera Features        Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video                         1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization
OS                             Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Chipset                       Nvidia Tegra 3
CPU                          Quad-core 1.5 GHz
GPU                          ULP GeForce
Sensors                      Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging                  SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser                     HTML, Adobe Flash
Radio                         Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS                          Yes, with A-GPS support
Java                           Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors                        Gray, White
MicroSIM card support only
Beats Audio
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
SNS integration
MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
Document viewer/editor
Voice memo/dial/commands
Predictive text input
Battery                          Li-Po 1800 mAh
Contrast ratio: 1410:1 (nominal) / 2.158:1 (sunlight)
Battery life                     37h

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Riddles 2

12. A champion weight lifter has a brother that's a doctor, but the same doctor doesn't have a brother. How are they related then?
The champion weight lifter was a woman.

13. A plane crashed and every single person on board this flight were killed, yet, there were survivors. Explain how?
The married people lived; the singles died.

14. Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
Quit Imagining

15. In a stable there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable?
14 horses and 8 men. 14x4 plus 8x2 = 72 feet.

16. What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?
Pride.

17. A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. He walks a little further and meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. After proceeding further he meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point he has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg. How many eggs did the man have to start with?
7 eggs. The first person bought one half of his eggs plus one half an egg (3 1/2 + 1/2 = 4 eggs) This left him 3 eggs. The second person bought one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg, (1 1/2 + 1/2 = 2 eggs) leaving the man 1 egg. The last person bought one-half of his eggs plus one-half an egg, (1/2 + 1/2 = 1 egg) leaving no eggs.

18. Someone at a party introduces you to your mother's only sister's husband's sister in law. He has no brothers. What do you call this lady?
Mom

19. What piece of wood is like a king?
The Ruler

20. A man while looking at a photograph said, "Brothers and sisters have I none. That man's father is my father's son." Who was the person in the photograph?
The Man’s Son

21. What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?
Wholesome

22. What can bring back the dead; make us cry, make us laugh, make us young; born in an instant yet lasts a life time?
Memories

23. I start with the letter e,\n I end with the letter e.\n I contain only one letter,\n Yet I am not the letter e!\n What am I?
An envelope with one letter in it ready to mail

24. If there are 5 apples on the counter and you take away 2, how many do you have?
You have 2 apples. There are 3 left on the counter, but you have 2.

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