Koi Bole Raam Raam | Digital WealthThe hymn and its translation to English:
ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:ਕੋਈ ਬੋਲੈ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਮ ਕੋਈ ਖੁਦਾਇ ॥
Some call Him, ‘Raam, Raam’, and some call Him, ‘Khudaa-i’.ਕੋਈ ਸੇਵੈ ਗੁਸਈਆ ਕੋਈ ਅਲਾਹਿ ॥੧॥
Some serve Him as ‘Gusain’, others as ‘Allaah’. ||1||ਕਾਰਣ ਕਰਣ ਕਰੀਮ ॥
He is the Cause of causes, the Generous Lord.ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰਿ ਰਹੀਮ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ॥
He showers His Grace and Mercy upon us. ||1||Pause||ਕੋਈ ਨਾਵੈ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਕੋਈ ਹਜ ਜਾਇ ॥
Some bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and some make the pilgrimage to Mecca.ਕੋਈ ਕਰੈ ਪੂਜਾ ਕੋਈ ਸਿਰੁ ਨਿਵਾਇ ॥੨॥
Some perform devotional worship services, and some bow their heads in prayer. ||2||ਕੋਈ ਪੜੈ ਬੇਦ ਕੋਈ ਕਤੇਬ ॥
Some read the Vedas, and some the Koran.ਕੋਈ ਓਢੈ ਨੀਲ ਕੋਈ ਸੁਪੇਦ ॥੩॥
Some wear blue robes, and some wear white. ||3||ਕੋਈ ਕਹੈ ਤੁਰਕੁ ਕੋਈ ਕਹੈ ਹਿੰਦੂ ॥
Some call themselves Muslim, and some call themselves Hindu.ਕੋਈ ਬਾਛੈ ਭਿਸਤੁ ਕੋਈ ਸੁਰਗਿੰਦੂ ॥੪॥
Some yearn for paradise, and others long for heaven. ||4||ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਨਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਤਾ ॥
Says Nanak, one who realizes the Hukam of God’s Will,ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਕਾ ਤਿਨਿ ਭੇਦੁ ਜਾਤਾ ॥੫॥੯॥
knows the secrets of his Lord and Master. ||5||9||
September 17, 2009
Koi Bole Raam Raam | Digital Wealth
People's Daily Online -- Miss World contestants in swimsuits
People's Daily Online -- Miss World contestants in swimsuits
Miss World contestants in swimsuits 
Swimsuit contest winners Miss Russia (C), Miss Moldova (R) and Miss Mexico pose for photos at the 55th Miss World Contest in Sanya, south China's sub-tropical island province of Hainan December 6, 2005. The finals of the pageant will be held on December 10.
Miss World contestants parade in swimsuits in Sanya, Hainan December 6, 2005.Miss Russia, Miss Moldova and Miss Mexico won the swimsuit contest. The finals of the 55th Miss World Contest will be held on December 10.
Miss World contestants parade in swimsuits in Sanya, Hainan December 6, 2005.Miss Russia, Miss Moldova and Miss Mexico won the swimsuit contest. The finals of the 55th Miss World Contest will be held on December 10.
Miss China parades in swimsuits at the 55th Miss World Contest in Sanya, Hainan Province December 6, 2005.
Miss Norway parades in swimsuits at the 55th Miss World Contest in Sanya, Hainan Province December 6, 2005.
Miss Indonesia parades in swimsuits at the 55th Miss World Contest in Sanya, Hainan Province December 6, 2005.
Miss Bolivia parades in swimsuits at the 55th Miss World Contest in Sanya, Hainan Province December 6, 2005.
Chinese art students parlay lip synching act into international fame
Chinese art students parlay lip synching act into international fame 2006-09-30 01:28:30 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this undated handout picture released by Taihe Rye Music Company, Huang Yixin, right, and Wei Wei attend a news conference in China. (AP Photo)
HONG KONG, Sep. 30 (AP) -- After Yao Ming and Zhang Ziyi, one of China's biggest celebrity exports isn't a towering basketball star or a kung fu fighter. It's two Chinese art students who don NBA jerseys and head gear and lip synch to Backstreet Boys songs.
Thanks to the wide reach of the Internet, Huang Yixin and Wei Wei's goofy homemade cover music videos to songs like "As Long As You Love Me" and "I Want It That Way" have become immensely popular in the West, winning fans from as far as Norway and Lithuania.
On the Web, they're known simply as "Two Chinese boys," as their English fan site is called. But as Wei and Huang told The Associated Press, they were two bored Chinese boys who turned to lip-synching videos for entertainment -- and spawned a pop culture phenomenon.
It all started with the relocation of their alma mater, the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, from downtown to the outskirts of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, once known as Canton.
"There wasn't much in the way of facilities or entertainment. Our only connection to the outside world was the Internet and computers. When we have free time outside of classes, we'd play around with this kind of stuff," Wei said in a phone interview.
He said the pair, secondary school friends who ended up both as sculpturing majors and roommates at the Guangzhou arts academy, saw a video of foreigners lip synching to a rock song on the Internet and decided to follow suit. They mouthed along to "As Long As You Love Me" in early March last year and uploaded it onto an internal Web site at their school.
Soon fans uploaded the video onto the Internet and their lives haven't been the same since.
"When we went to the cafeteria for meals, many people gave us weird looks. Later, when we took part in joint school events, people also gave us weird looks," Huang said.
Internet users outside China also took notice.
Their "I Want It That Way" cover has been watched more than 1 million times on the video sharing Web site Youtube.com. On their English fan site, their work has received acclaim from fans from distant places such as Norway, Lithuania, Chile and Argentina.
In a major celebrity nod, U.S. pop star Jessica Simpson posted a link to their cover of her new song "A Public Affair" on her official Web site.
Part of their appeal is the sheer mismatch of two Chinese men wearing basketball jerseys swaying their heads while mouthing the lyrics to English pop songs. Wei and Huang also make for a good physical contrast. The shorter, slender Huang's moves are more subtle while the tall, athletic Wei is more animated.
In their cover of "A Public Affair," while Huang offers a silly smile and holds up his hands like a rabbit, Wei, who wears goggle-like movie star sunglasses and holds his hair up with a blue headband, does the robot dance and performs exaggerated lip movements close to the camera.
Huang described their creative process.
"We hear songs from different sources. We'll pick songs and play them for the other person. If we get the right feeling, we'll keep listening. If we like a song after listening to it for a while, we'll start learning it," he said.
Wei said most of their dance moves are spontaneous.
"We will synchronize our moves during the climaxes of each song, but most of it is improvisational," he said.
They've demonstrated impressive range, tackling both Chinese and English songs. Their English work also includes a cover of the Black Eyed Peas' "Don't Lie." "I think all their songs are fun," Huang said.
Backstreet Boys are a mainstay. That's because the duo are fans. Huang said the group was "super popular" in China in the mid-1990s, so much so that his junior secondary school played its songs on the school's public announcement system every day.
Wei and Huang's extracurricular video making has won them not only international fame, but a career. The pair, who graduated from university recently, signed with the Chinese record company Taihe Rye in February.
Now they're known as "Hou She Nan Sheng," or Back Dorm Boys, a tribute to their beloved U.S. group.
They said they'll continue to make lip-synching videos, but singing with their real voices is a possibility too.
Alexander McQueen's darkly beautiful show in Paris (II) - Lifestyle News
A model presents a creation by British designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall/Winter 2009/10 ready-to-wear women's collection during Paris Fashion Week March 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
A model displays a creation by British designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall/Winter 2009/10 ready-to-wear women's collection during Paris Fashion Week March 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
A model wears a creation by British designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall/Winter 2009/10 ready-to-wear women's collection during Paris Fashion Week March 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
A model displays a creation by British designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall/Winter 2009/10 ready-to-wear women's collection during Paris Fashion Week March 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
A model presents a creation by British designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Fall/Winter 2009/10 ready-to-wear women's collection during Paris Fashion Week March 10, 2009.
8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man - Lifestyle News - SINA English
8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man - Lifestyle News - SINA English8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man
2009-09-17 05:49:26 GMT2009-09-17 13:49:26 (Beijing Time) SINA.com
In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 photo, Sultan Kosen from Turkey stands in front of Tower Bridge in London. AP Photo
The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen from Turkey, poses for photographers next to school children at an event in London September 16, 2009. Kosen, who is 2 metres 46.5 cm (8 feet 1 inch) tall and also claims the record for the largest hands and largest feet, attended the event to promote the Guinness World Records 2010 book. Reuters photo
LONDON – A towering Turk was officially crowned the world's tallest man Thursday after his Ukrainian rival dropped out of the running by refusing to be measured.
Guinness World Records said that 8 foot 1 inch (2.47 meter) Sultan Kosen, from the town of Mardin in eastern Turkey, is now officially the tallest man walking the planet. Although the previous record holder, Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk, reportedly measured 8 feet 5.5 inches (2.57 meters), Guinness said he was stripped of his title when he declined to let anyone confirm his height.
Stadnyk, 39, told The Associated Press he refused to be independently measured because he was tired of being in the public eye.
"If this title had given me more health or a few extra years, I would have taken it, but the opposite happened, I only wasted my nerve cells," he said.
"If I have to choose between prosperity and calm, I choose calm."
Kosen, 27, told reporters in London that he was looking forward to parlaying his newfound status into a chance at love.
"Up until now it's been really difficult to find a girlfriend," Kosen said through an interpreter. "I've never had one, they were usually scared of me. ... Hopefully now that I'm famous I'll be able to meet lots of girls. I'd like to get married."
Kosen is one of only 10 confirmed or reliably reported cases in which humans have grown past the eight foot (2.44 meter) mark, according to Guinness.
The record-keeping group said he grew into his outsize stature because tumor-related damage to his pituitary triggered the overproduction of growth hormones. The condition, known as "pituitary gigantism," also explains Kosen's enormous hands and feet, which measure 10.8 inches (27.5 centimeters) and 14.4 inches (36.5 centimeters) respectively.
The tumor was removed last year, so Kosen isn't expected to grow any further.
The part-time farmer, who uses crutches to stand, said there were disadvantages to being so tall.
"I can't fit into a normal car," he said. "I can't go shopping like normal people, I have to have things made specially and sometimes they aren't always as fashionable. The other thing is that ceilings are low and I have to bend down through doorways."
But he noted some advantages too, including the ability to see people coming from far away.
"The other thing is at home they use my height to change the light bulbs and hang the curtains, things like that."
Kosen's trip to the U.K. — his first outside Turkey — was organized by Guinness to publicize the release of its 2010 Guinness World Records book, this year's repertoire of weird and wonderful records.
(Agencies)