Cell phone tips

Hay un par de cosas que se pueden hacer en momentos de graves emergenias. Tu celular puede actualmente ser un salvavidas o un instrumento para supervivencia.
Chequeate las cosas que puedes hacer con el:
PRIMERO:
Emergencia - El Número de Emergencias para Celulare
mundialmente para Celulares es 112. Si tu te
encuentras fuera del area de cobertura en tu
celular/network y hay una emergencia, marca el 112 y
tu celular buscará cualquier network existente para
establecer el número de emergencia para ti, e
interesantemente, este número 112 puede ser marcado
aun cuando tengas las teclas blockeadas. Trátalo!
SEGUNDO:
Has dejado tus llaves encerradas en el auto? Tiene tu
carro seguro de remoto sin llave? Esto puede ser de
utilidad algún dia. Buena razón para tener un
celular: Si dejas tus llaves en el carro y la
repuesta de la llave está en casa, llama a alguien a
su celular desde el tuyo. Sostén el celular desde
aproximadamente un pie (12') de tu auto, has que la
persona desde el otro celular presione el botón de
'unlock, pegado al celular. A su auto se le quitará
el seguro de la puerta!
Esto evita tener que alguien tenga que llegar hasta
donde está, ahorrándole tiempo. La distancia no es
ningún obstáculo. Puedes estar cientos de millas de
distancia, y si puedes contactar a alguien por cell, y
que puede tener el otro 'remoto' de su auto, puedes
quitar seguros de las puertas y hasta abrir el baúl de
su auto. Nota del editor: 'Esto funciona perfecto!
Nosotros lo probamos y quitó los seguros de nuestro
auto por el celular!'
TERCERO:
Carga Escondida Bateria - Imagínese que su celular
tiene la bateria bien bajita en carga. Para activar
la carga, presione las teclas *3370# Su celular
re-comenzará con esta reserva y el instrumento
mostrará un incremento en la bateria de un 50%. Esta
reserva se cargará nuevamente, cuando usted ponga a
cargar el celular la próxima vez.
CUARTO:
¿Cómo inactivar un celular ROBADO? Para verificar el
número de serie de tu celular, marca en el los
siguientes dígitos: * # 0 6 # Un código de 15
dígitos aparecerá en la pantalla. Este número es
único para su celular. Anote este número y manténgalo
a la mano en un lugar seguro.
De ser robado su celular, puedes llamar a su Proveedor
de Servicios y darles este código.. Ellos podrán
entonces bloquear su unidad, para que aún cuando los
ladrone cambien la tarjeta del SIM, su unidad será
completamente inutilisable. Quizás no obtengas tu
unidad devuelta, pero al menos sabrás que quien lo
robó no podrá usar/venderlo tampoco. Si todo hicieran
esto, ya no habría ninguna razón para que la gente
robe celulares.
Y Finalmente.....
QUINTO:
Las compañias de Celulares están haciendo un cargo de
$1.00 a $1.75 por las llamadas para información al
411, cuando no deberían hacerlo. La mayoría de
nosotros no andamos con una guía telefónica en
nuestros autos, y menos si estamos en un pueblo o
ciudad lejos de casa. Esto hace que la situación sea
mas problemática. Cuando necesites utillizar el
servicio de información (411) simplemente marca:
1-800-FREE-411 ó 1-800-373-3411y no incurrirás en
ningún cargo a tu celular. Programa esto en el
directorio de tu unidad ahora. Así lo tendrás
disponible en todo momento!

Este es el tipo de información que a la gente no le
molesta recibir, asi que siéntete libre de pasarlo a
tus familiares y amigos. Asi como lo hice yo contigo!

Girl commits suicide after spat over food

That little girl must of been one fat slob
LOL!
But she's stupid for taking her own life just because of that.
Sheesh!
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An 11-year-old girl committed suicide following a quarrel with her younger brother at dinner, police said Monday.
Vineesha, along with her younger and elder brothers, was having dinner Sunday night when she had an argument with her younger brother, who apparently got a bigger portion of food than her, said police.
'She was very upset and angry and went to the adjacent room and locked herself. We received a call at around 9 p.m. that the girl had committed suicide by hanging herself,' a police official said.
The girl was a resident of Ambedkar Nagar in south Delhi and her father works as a private security guard.

Derek Jeter

Athlete, professional baseball player. Born Derek Sanderson Jeter on June 26, 1974, in Pequannok, New Jersey. From an early age, Jeter showed that he had all the makings of a baseball great. In his senior year at Kalamazoo Central High School, he won several national sports awards. He was named the 1992 High School Player of the Year by the American High School Coaches Association, the 1992 Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year, and USA Today's High School Player of the Year.
After graduation, Jeter was picked by the New York Yankees in June 1992 draft. He first played in the minor leagues, hitting .295 with five home runs in the 1993 season. And Jeter's performance on the field only improved the next year. In 1994, he was selected as Minor League Player of the Year by several publications, including The Sporting Newsand Baseball America.
In 1995, Jeter got his first shot at the major leagues when Yankees shortstop Tony Fernandez was put on the disabled list. Jeter made his debut on May 29 against the Seattle Mariners. The next year, in his first full season as a major league baseball player, he batted .314 with 10 home runs. The skilled shortstop also performed well in the infield-his fielding percentage was .969. He helped the Yankees win the World Series against the Atlanta Braves. Jeter won the 1996 American League Rookie of the Year Award for that season.
Jeter has been an outstanding player in the major leagues since his rookie season. He helped the Yankees with more World Series wins in 1998, 1999, and 2000. In 2000, Jeter was named Most Valuable Player in the World Series and the All-Star Game. He also received Gold Glove Awards in 2004 and in 2005 for his performance on the field. As a consistently strong athlete, he has earned the respect and admiration of coaches, sports commentators, peers, and fans. So far Jeter has a career battling average of .316 and average fielding percentage of .975. In 2009, Jeter passed Lou Gehrig's record with this 2,722nd hit — the most in franchise history.
Off the field, Jeter has garnered a lot of attention for his quiet confidence and good looks. He has appeared in numerous commercials and signed a deal with Avon Products, Inc., in 2006 to create a fragrance for men called Driven.
Jeter has also used his celebrity and his prominent position as a sports star to help children. In 1996, he established the Turn 2 Foundation to encourage young people to be healthy and academically successful, to become leaders, and to stay away from drugs and alcohol. The foundation supports and creates programs to achieve these  goals.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com

Oz mom who died for 12 mins after heart attack comes back to life

An Australian mother who was left brain dead for up to 12 minutes after heart attack has surprised doctors by surviving from the cardiac arrest with no brain damage.
Kirsty Liddell, 36, from Melbourne, was in an induced coma for five days and needed five heart bypasses after a build-up of cholesterol in her arteries caused the attack on April 30.
Her husband Peter, a partner at KPMG, was the first to rush to his wife's side when she collapsed in their Beaconsfield home while two of their daughters, aged 4 and 6, watched on.
Four days after the attack, MonashHeart director Prof Ian Meredith told Peter that scans suggested another heart attack was imminent, and they would need to bring forward the highly risky open-heart surgery.
"They weren't confident that she'd survive the next heart attack, and while it increased the likelihood of complications there was no choice," News.com.au quoted Peter as saying.
Over eight hours, with her heart stopped and a bypass machine keeping her alive, surgeon cut through her breastbone to replace five diseased coronary arteries.
The surgery was a success, but it wasn't until she awoke in the ward on Mother's Day that doctors could be certain she had suffered no brain damage.

Russian woman dies from heart attack after waking up at her own funeral

A Russian woman who had been wrongly declared deceased by doctors died for real from a heart attack caused by shock after waking up to discover she was being prepared for burial.



As mourning relatives filed past her open coffin the supposedly dead woman suddenly woke up and started screaming as she realized where she was.



Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, 49, died again after hearing mourners saying prayers for her soul to be taken up to heaven in Kazan, Russia.



Devastated husband Fagili Mukhametzyanov, 51, had been told his wife had died of a heart attack after she'd collapsed at home suffering from chest pains.



"Her eyes fluttered and we immediately rushed her back to the hospital but she only lived for another 12 minutes in intensive care before she died again, this time for good," the Daily Mail quoted Mukhametzyanov as saying.



"I am very angry and want answers. She wasn't dead when they said she was and they could have saved her," he said.

This from a publication in Madison, WI

Got this in an email.
Lol!
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Blind People Are Faking It!

Citizens, hear us well. Our great nation isbeing undermined by a secret society of

individuals who carry deadly white truncheons and lead vicious attack

animals in public on a daily basis. These

mysterious folk also have a secret means of

communication, while shocking new evidence seems to indicate that

they may even possess senses superior to those

>of other humans. We're speaking, of course, of

the legions of the so-called blind.

Let's assume for a minute that we swallow this

"blindness" hoax in the first place. If these

people are somehow bereft of the gift of sight, how does that

explain the works of Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles

and Ronnie Milsap? How could such men possibly

play music if they were blind? What do they take us for-ignorant

saps?

The first issue I must point out is their very

public display of armed might. Every individual

laying claim to sightlessness carries a cudgel on their person

at all times. These "canes," as they call them,

are supposed to help them feel their way along.

They are painted white, almost as if the bearer wished

to remind passersby of its presence, and the

weapon's tip is painted a chillingly suggestive

red. Those who have studied the mysterious fighting arts of

the Orient know that such sticks may be wielded

with deadly force by those with skill. In a

surprise attack, strategically placed squads of the "blind"

could quickly overwhelm our police forces.

Their fearsome nature encompasses more than just

personal weaponry. Many of the alleged blind

also own large, vicious attack dogs for the supposed purpose

of guidance along city streets. With one word

from their scheming masters, these slavering

"guide" dogs could become guided missiles!

Indeed, most of these fearsome beasts are German

shepherds, a species of killer wolf invented by

twisted, Fascist dog breeders, which has somehow fallen

into this most suspect faction of the disabled.

The most frightening aspect of this diabolical

conspiracy by far is their ability to

communicate with one another unbeknownst to upstanding citizens. Their

secret code consists of a series of raised dots

cunningly arranged into arcane shapes. Known as

"Braille," this demonic alphabet has begun popping up in

places that were doubtlessly chosen for their

mundane, everyday outward appearance: elevators,

building directories, automated teller machines and the like.

This system seems rational enough, and does not

attract undue attention. But think! If the

messages on the signs changed suddenly, how would we know? Next

year, next month, next week, maybe even

tomorrow, the signs will change from "second

floor" to "STRIKE NOW! STRIKE HARD!" and our nation will be thrown

into the chaos of revolution.

At this juncture, there is no hard evidence that

the blind are planning such a revolution. We

hope to have such evidence very soon. But can one group possess

such an overwhelming element of surprise and

fail to use it to seize power? And can their goals be anything but evil?

No, I say! I maintain that true blindness lies

in failing to see the threat where it must

obviously lie, and we must be vigilantly wary of the blind menace.

Code Factory releases TV Speak in the USA

Code Factory is proud to announce the release in the USA of its new software application, TV Speak. After almost a decade making mobile phones accessible to the blind and visually impaired, Code Factory has decided to move from small to big screen and expand its expertise in accessibility to television.

TV Speak is an application to be installed on a computer equipped to receive a digital television signal. Through speech output and magnification, TV Speak allows people who are blind or have low vision to use the most common functionality of digital terrestrial television in a fully accessible way.

“The way people watch television is changing. In the near future we will all use television to access the web and consume multimedia content and digital information. Blind people cannot be left out of this new world of possibilities. Therefore television has to be accessible and TV Speak is our first contribution in this field” explains Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory’s CEO.

With TV Speak people who are blind or have low vision can:

• Access the Electronic Program Guide (EPG).

• While watching TV, consult information about the current or next program.

• Select audio channels to choose one providing an audio description.

• Schedule and record programs (image + audio, or audio only) based on the EPG information.

• Tune and order television and radio channels.

• Configure both television and TV Speak parameters.

• Enable parental control settings.

• Execute basic TV operations such as change channel, adjust volume, etc.

To use TV Speak you need a computer running Windows (Windows 7, Vista or XP), a TV tuner card, and a TV antenna cable adapted for digital terrestrial television (either portable or that plugs into a TV socket). The tuner will make the connection between your computer and the TV antenna. One side of the tuner has a USB port to plug into your computer and the other side has a plug to connect to the antenna. In other words, the TV antenna cable is connected to the TV tuner, which in turn is connected to the PC via a USB port. In this way you can watch TV through your computer and you don’t actually need to use your television screen. However if you wish you can direct the audio and video output of TV Speak to your TV monitor and use a wireless keyboard to control the TV.

TV Speak is a product that Code Factory has been developing in partnership with ONCE, the Spanish national association for the blind.

When you install TV Speak for the first time, it will automatically work for 30 days for free. Once the demo expires, you will be asked for a license number. To purchase TV Speak in the US, please contact HandyTech North America by email at info@handytech.usor by phone at 651-636-5184. You can also visit the HandyTech North America webpage at http://www.handytech.us/. For any questions about TV Speak, feel free to send an email to info@handytech.us.

If this summer you are attending the NFB and ACB conventions, stop by the HandyTech North America booth, ask Earle to show you TV Speak in action and enter in the draw to win free licenses.

For more information about TV Speak visit http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=416

E Street Sax Player Clarence Clemons Dies

NEW YORK – Clarence Clemons, the larger-than-life saxophone player for the E

Street Band who was one of the key influences in Bruce Springsteen's life

and music through four decades, has died. He was 69.



Clemons died Saturday night after being hospitalized about a week ago

following a stroke at his home in Singer Island, Fla.



Springsteen acknowledged the dire situation earlier this week, but said then

he was hopeful. He called the loss "immeasurable."



"We are honored and thankful to have known him and had the opportunity to

stand beside him for nearly 40 years," Springsteen said on his website. "He

was my great friend, my partner and with Clarence at my side, my band and I

were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our

music. His life, his memory, and his love will live on in that story and in

our band."



Known as the Big Man for his imposing 6-foot-5-inch, 270-plus pound frame,

Clemons and his ever-present saxophone spent much of his life with The Boss,

and his booming saxophone solos became a signature sound for the E Street

Band on many key songs, including "Jungleland," a triumphant solo he spent

16 hours perfecting, and "Born To Run."



In recent years, Clemons had been slowed by health woes. He endured major

spinal surgery in January 2010 and, at the 2009 Super Bowl, Clemons rose

from a wheelchair to perform with Springsteen after double knee replacement

surgery.



But his health seemed to be improving. In May, he performed with Lady Gaga

on the season finale of "American Idol," and performed on two songs on her

"Born This Way" album. Just this week, Lady Gaga's video with Clemons, "The

Edge of Glory," debuted.



Clemons said in a 2010 interview with The Associated Press then that he was

winning his battles — including severe, chronic pain and post-surgical

depression. His sense of humor helped.



"Of all the surgeries I've had, there's not much left to operate on. I am

totally bionic," he said.



"God will give you no more than you can handle," he said in the interview.

"This is all a test to see if you are really ready for the good things that

are going to come in your life. All this pain is going to come back and make

me stronger."



Outside The Stone Pony, the legendary Asbury Park, N.J., rock club where

Springsteen, Clemons and other E Street Band members cut their teeth in the

1970s, Phil Kuntz stopped to place a small yellow flower on a decorative

white fence. Nearby, someone taped a handwritten sign that read simply "RIP

Big Man."



"I'll never hear `Jungleland' played live again, and that's a bummer," said

Kuntz, 51, who had seen Clemons perform with Springsteen in excess of 200

times.



Caroline O'Toole, The Stone Pony's general manager, called it "a sad day for

Asbury Park."



"He was `the Big Man' but he was an even bigger man here," she said. "His

presence was just enormous and unbelievable. No one who has ever played at

our club in all the decades was ever like him."



John D'Esposito, a talent buyer for the concert promoter Live Nation, also

stopped by the club.



"Asbury Park is crying right now," he said. "It's like the whole city is one

big teardrop. Our Pied Piper is gone."



Reaction came from across the entertainment industry.



"Clarence Clemons was an electric, generous, sweet spirit. Taught me how to

look cool with a sax. Goodbye Big Man," tweeted actor Rob Lowe.



Added Questlove, drummer for the Roots: "RIP Clarence Clemons. A True

Legend. Will be absolutely missed."



An original member — and the oldest member — of the E Street Band, Clemons

also performed with the Grateful Dead, the Jerry Garcia Band, and Ringo

Starr's All Star Band. He recorded with a wide range of artists including

Aretha Franklin, Roy Orbison and Jackson Browne. He also had his own band

called the Temple of Soul.



The stage "always feels like home. It's where I belong," Clemons, a former

youth counselor, said after performing at a Hard Rock Cafe benefit for Home

Safe, a children's charity, in 2010.



Born in Norfolk, Va., Clemons was the grandson of a Baptist minister and

began playing the saxophone when he was 9.



"Nobody played instruments in my family. My father got that bug and said he

wants his son to play saxophone. I wanted an electric train for Christmas,

but he got me a saxophone. I flipped out," he said in a 1989 interview with

the AP.



He was influenced by R&B artists such as King Curtis and Junior Walker. But

his dreams originally focused on football. He played for Maryland State

College, and was to try out for the Cleveland Browns when he got in a bad

car accident that made him retire from the sport for good.



His energies then focused on music.



In 1971, Clemons was playing with Norman Seldin & the Joyful Noise when he

heard about rising singer-songwriter named Springsteen, who was from New

Jersey. The two hit it off immediately and Clemons officially joined the E

Street Band in 1973 with the release of the debut album "Greetings from

Asbury Park."



Clemons emerged as one of the most critical members of the E Street Band for

different reasons. His burly frame would have been intimidating if not for

his bright smile and endearing personality that charmed fans.



"It's because of my innocence," he said in a 2003 AP interview. "I have no

agenda — just to be loved. Somebody said to me, `Whenever somebody says your

name, a smile comes to their face.' That's a great accolade. I strive to

keep it that way."



But it was his musical contributions on tenor sax that would come to define

the E Street Band sound.



"Since 1973 the Springsteen/Clemons partnership has reaped great rewards and

created insightful, high energy rock & roll," declared Don Palmer in Down

Beat in 1984. "Their music, functioning like the blues from which it

originated, chronicled the fears, aspirations, and limitations of suburban

youth. Unlike many musicians today, Springsteen and Clemons were more

interested in the heart and substance rather than the glamour of music."



In a 2009 interview, Clemons described his deep bond with Springsteen,

saying: "It's the most passion that you have without sex."



"It's love. It's two men — two strong, very virile men — finding that space

in life where they can let go enough of their masculinity to feel the

passion of love and respect and trust," he added.



Clemons continued to perform with the band for the next 12 years,

contributing his big, distinctive big sound to the albums, "The Wild, The

Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle," "Born to Run," "Darkness on the Edge of

Town, "The River" and "Born in the USA." But four years after Springsteen

experienced the blockbuster success of "Born in the USA" and toured with his

group, he decided to disband the E Street Band.



"There were a few moments of tension," the saxophonist recalled in a 1995

interview. "You've been together 18, 19 years. It's like your wife coming to

you: `I want a divorce.' You start wondering why? Why? But you get on with

your life."



During the breaks, Clemons continued with solo projects, including a 1985

vocal duet with Browne on the single "You're a Friend of Mine" and saxophone

work on Franklin's 1985 hit single "Freeway of Love." He released his own

albums, toured, and even sang on some songs.



Clemons also made several television and movie appearances over the years,

including Martin Scorsese's 1977 musical, "New York, New York, in which he

played a trumpet player.



The break with Springsteen and the E Street Band didn't end his relationship

with either Springsteen or the rest of the band members, nor would it turn

out to be permanent. By 1999 they were back together for a reunion tour and

the release of "The Rising."



But the years took a toll on Clemons' body, and he had to play through the

pain of surgeries and other health woes.



"It takes a village to run the Big Man — a village of doctors," Clemons told

The Associated Press in a phone interview in 2010. "I'm starting to feel

better; I'm moving around a lot better."



He published a memoir, "Big Man: Real Life and Tall Tales," in 2009 and

continued to perform.



He is the second member of the E Street Band to pass away: In 2008, Danny

Federici, the keyboardist for the band, died at age 58 of melanoma.

Fifty bucks is fifty bucks! "

Ed and his wife Norma go to the state fair every year,



And every year Ed would say,



" Norma, I'd like to ride in that helicopter "



Norma always replied,



" I know Ed , but that helicopter ride is fifty bucks,



And fifty bucks is fifty bucks! "



One year Ed and Norma went to the fair, and Ed said,



" Norma, I'm 75 years old.



If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance "



To this, Norma replied,



" Ed, that helicopter ride is fifty bucks, and fifty bucks is fifty bucks "



The pilot overheard the couple and said,



" Folks I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride.

If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and don't say a word

I won't charge you a penny!



But if you say one word it's fifty dollars. "



Ed and Norma agreed and up they went.



The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard.



He did his daredevil tricks over and over again,



But still not a word...



When they landed, the pilot turned to Ed and said,



" By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't.



I'm impressed! "



Ed replied,





" Well, to tell you the truth



I almost said something when Norma fell out,



But you know,



Fifty bucks is fifty bucks! "

LA DIFERENCIA

Dos viejitos estaban en el patio de su casa tomando cafe y de pronto la viejita le pega un sopapo fenomenal al viejito que lo tira al piso, le hace volar la gorra, los anteojos y el cafe.



El viejito, arrastrándose, va juntando cosa por cosa y, balbuceando, hace una pregunta:

- Pero vieja... ¿por qué hiciste esto?



A lo que la viejita responde:

- ¡Por 50 años de mal sexo!



Siguen tomando café y al rato el viejito, que se habia quedado pensativo, le encaja un bofetón a la vieja que la desparrama por el piso, se le cae el café, la galletas, la servilleta, pierde los anteojos, se le sale la dentadura y mientras va recogiendo todo pregunta:



- Y ahora viejo, ¿por qué me pegas?



El viejito, sin mirarla, le contesta:

- ¿ Dónde aprendiste la diferencia cabrona ?.

Carl Gardner, Original Lead Singer Of The "Coasters, " Dies At Age 83

Carl Gardner, original lead singer of the R&B group

the Coasters, has died in Florida. He was 83. Gardner's wife Veta said her

husband died Sunday at a Port St. Lucie hospice following a long bout with

congestive heart failure and vascular dementia. Inducted into the Rock and

Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the Coasters had a string of hits in the late

1950s, including "Searchin'," "Poison Ivy" and "Young Blood. Their single

"Yakety Yak" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 following its 1958

release. It also spent seven weeks as the No. 1 rhythm and blues song. He

loved his singing," Veta Gardner said of her husband of 24 years. That was

his whole life. The Coasters have continued to perform over the decades,

with multiple changes to the lineup. Gardner has always held the rights to

the group's name, and his son, Carl Gardner Jr., took over as lead singer

when his father retired in 2005. According to the group's website, the elder

Gardner was born in Tyler, Texas, and moved to Los Angeles in the early

1950s. He became a founding member of The Coasters in 1955. The Coasters had

14 songs on the R&B charts, and eight of them crossed over to the pop Top

40, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their hits were written by

the famed team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The Coasters' parlayed

their R&B roots into rock `n' roll hits by delivering Leiber and Stoller's

serio-comic tunes in an uptempo doo-wop style. Beneath the humor the songs

often made incisive points about American culture for those willing to dig a

little deeper," the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entry on the group says. In

the 1960s, their hits were covered by The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and

other British Invasion bands. Gardner had been a longtime advocate for

legislation that would prevent bogus groups from using the names of famous

acts like The Coasters, The Drifters, The Shirelles, The Platters and many

others. Florida lawmakers passed such legislation in 2007. He was such a

humble person," his wife said. If you met Carl, you would never know he was

famous. A viewing and funeral services are scheduled for next week in Port

St. Lucie. ..

Kate Middleton, Tony Blair named as victims of phone hacking scandal

The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, has been named as the highest-profile victim of the celebrity phone-hacking scandal.



It has been revealed that 29-year-old Kate's mobile phone was hacked throughout 2005, the year she graduated from university, and 2006, and that dozens of attempts had been made to intercept her voicemails.



But the future queen was not the only one, as it was revealed that former Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, former Labour Cabinet ministers Jack Straw and Peter Mandelson and even former Met Police Commissioner Lord Stevens had been victims.



Until now, attention has centred on private investigator Glenn Mulcaire and the News of the World's royal editor, Clive Goodman, who were jailed in 2007 for their roles in the scandal.



But another private detective, Jonathan Rees, who worked for the Mirror Group and the News of the World, was named as the man who allegedly hacked their phones.



Kate was identified as a victim by the Guardian newspaper's website and police sources confirmed she was targeted by phone hackers on an "astonishing scale".



The offences had taken place during 2005 and 2006, when Kate and Prince William were dating and their relationship was the subject of fevered speculation.



It is believed up to 4,000 people were targeted by private investigators working for the News of the World.



"Kate Middleton appears to have been in a league of her own in terms of the amount of hacking attempts made on her mobile phone," the Daily Mail quoted a security source as saying.



"She was routinely targeted dozens of times a day and on some occasions this figure would reach three figures," the source stated.



It is not known when Kate was made aware she was a victim. There were suggestions she may have been informed as long ago as 2006.



"It is a police matter and we cannot comment any further," a Clarence House spokesman added.

One dead as elephants go berserk in Mysore

Two young wild elephants strayed into Mysore city from a nearby forest early Wednesday and caused havoc, trampling a man to death and causing panic.
Forest guards tranquilized the elephants and chained them to trees after about three hours of high voltage drama and mayhem, Higher Education Minister S.A. Ramdas said in Maysore, about 140 km from Bangalore.
The victim was identified as Renuka Prasad, a 55-year-old resident of Bamboo Bazar.
'Prasad was trampled to death by one of the elephants near his house when he came out on hearing the commotion. Though he was rushed to a hospital, he died,' Ramdas said.
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa announced Rs.500,000 as compensation to Prasad's family.
As a precaution, all schools and colleges in Maysore were shut Wednesday. Additional policemen were deployed in the suburbs, Ramdas said.
While one elephant entered a women's college and menacingly roamed in the complex, the other entered a residential area and a market, attacking Prasad and a cow.
The forest guards and officials from the Mysore zoo rushed to the areas. The two elephants will be pushed back to the forest, Ramdas said.
A forest official blamed the incident on the growing man-animal conflict due to encroachment of forests, decline in forest area due to unregulated expansion of farm lands and increasing movement of people and vehicles in the elephant corridors.

Vietnamese teen kills 7-yr-old girl to quench video game thirst

A Vietnamese teenager has allegedly killed a seven-year-old girl for her earrings to feed his video game habit, raising concerns regarding the dangers of online game addiction. According to police, Mong The Xuong, 15, is reported to have confessed to luring the girl into woods near their village on May 23 by asking her if she wanted to help him pick fruit to sell at a local market, reports the Sky News. Later on, he suddenly pushed her down a 20ft rocky drop near a stream before climbing down and beating her repeatedly on the back of the head with a rock, believing that people would think she had suffered her injuries in the fall. He then cut her earrings into pieces with scissors, as he needed money to go to Internet caf ‚ and play his favourite video game, Vo Lam Truyen Ky.

The Speeding Ticket

Jack took a long look at his speedometer before slowing down: 73 in a 55 zone. Fourth time in as many months. How could a guy get caught so often? When his car had slowed to 10 miles an hour, Jack pulled over, but only partially. Let the cop worry about the potential traffic hazard. Maybe some other car will tweak his backside with a mirror. The cop was stepping out of his car, the big pad in hand. Bob? Bob from Church? Jack sunk farther into his trench coat. This was worse than the coming ticket. A cop catching a guy from his own church. A guy who happened to be a little eager to get home after a long day at the office. A guy he was about to play golf with tomorrow. Jumping out of the car, he approached a man he saw every Sunday, a man he'd never seen in uniform. 'Hi, Bob. Fancy meeting you like this..' 'Hello, Jack.' No smile. 'Guess you caught me red-handed in a rush to see my wife and kids.' 'Yeah, I guess.' Bob seemed uncertain. Good. 'I've seen some long days at the office lately. I'm afraid I bent the rules a bit -just this once.' Jack toed at a pebble on the pavement. 'Diane said something about roast beef and potatoes tonight. Know what I mean?' 'I know what you mean. I also know that you have a reputation in our precinct ' Ouch. This was not going in the right direction. Time to change tactics.. 'What'd you clock me at?' Seventy. Would you sit back in your car please?' 'Now wait a minute here, Bob. I checked as soon as I saw you. I was barely nudging 65..' The lie seemed to come easier with every ticket. Please, Jack, in the car' Flustered, Jack hunched himself through the still-open door. Slamming it shut, he stared at the dashboard. He was in no rush to open the window. The minutes ticked by. Bob scribbled away on the pad. Why hadn't he asked for a driver's license? Whatever the reason, it would be a month of Sundays before Jack ever sat near this cop again. A tap on the door jerked his head to the left. There was Bob, a folded paper in hand. Jack rolled down the window a mere two inches, just enough room for Bob to pass him the slip. 'Thanks.' Jack could not quite keep the sneer out of his voice. Bob returned to his police car without a word. Jack watched his retreat in the mirror. Jack unfolded the sheet of paper. How much was this one going to cost? Wait a minute.. What was this? Some kind of joke? Certainly not a ticket. Jack began to read: 'Dear Jack, Once upon a time I had a daughter. She was six when killed by a car. You guessed it - a speeding driver. A fine and three months in jail, and the man was free. Free to hug his daughters, all three of them. I only had one, and I'm going to have to wait until Heaven before I can ever hug her again. A thousand times I've tried to forgive that man. A thousand times I thought I had. Maybe I did, but I need to do it again. Even now, pray for me. And be careful, Jack, my son is all I have left.' 'Bob' Jack turned around in time to see Bob's car pull away and head down the road. Jack watched until it disappeared... A full 15 minutes later, he too, pulled away and drove slowly home, praying for forgiveness and hugging a surprised wife and kids when he arrived. Life is precious. Handle with care. Drive safely and carefully. Remember, cars are not the only things recalled by their maker. Pass this on, you may save a life. Maybe not, but we'll never know if we don't try. May today there be peace within you. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

Now, a 'sickness' map that tracks FB posts to warn people of disease outbreaks!

Some facts about your friends on social media sites may seem useless and boring, but a US company has come up with a new project that will turn these facts valuable to you. Sickweather, a Baltimore startup, is in the process of creating a system that tracks social media sites like Facebook and Twitter for public references to 'sickness', reports the Discovery News. The system then attempts to create a sickness map that warns people of outbreaks to help them avoid catching the bugs. The company hopes to establish its own social network eventually, through which users will be able to log in to track the health assessments in their community. For now, however, Sickweather's founders are moving to build a reporting tool on the shoulders of other more established online communities. Graham Dodge, the CEO of Sickweather, told Technology Review that he anticipates the system would be particularly appealing to young families with vulnerable children. Sickweather is hoping that by applying the same approach at a local level, and using micro-blogging sites instead of news sources, they can give the public an even more personal health tool.

'Gunsmoke' Star James Arness Dies at Age 88

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88. The actor died in his sleep at his home in Brentwood, Calif., according to his business manager, Ginny Fazer. Arness' official website posted a letter from Arness on Friday that he wrote with the intention that it be posted posthumously: "I had a wonderful life and was blessed with some many loving people and great friends," he said. "I wanted to take this time to thank all of you for the many years of being a fan of Gunsmoke, The Thing, How the West Was Won and all the other fun projects I was lucky enough to have been allowed to be a part of. I had the privilege of working with so many great actors over the years." As U.S. Marshal Dillon in the 1955-75 CBS Western series, Arness created an indelible portrait of a quiet, heroic man with an unbending dedication to justice and the town he protected. The wealth and fame Arness gained from "Gunsmoke" could not protect him from tragedy in his personal life: His daughter and his former wife, Virginia, both died of drug overdoses. Arness, a quiet, intensely private man who preferred the outdoor life to Hollywood's party scene, rarely gave interviews and refused to discuss the tragedies. "He's big, impressive and virile," co-star Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty) once said of Arness, adding, "I've worked with him for 16 years, but I don't really know him." The actor was 32 when friend John Wayne declined the lead role in "Gunsmoke" and recommended Arness instead. Afraid of being typecast, Arness initially rejected it. "Go ahead and take it, Jim," Wayne urged him. "You're too big for pictures. Guys like Gregory Peck and I don't want a big lug like you towering over us. Make your mark in television." "Gunsmoke" went on to become the longest-running dramatic series in network history until NBC's "Law & Order" tied in 2010. Arness' 20-year prime-time run as the marshal was tied only in recent times, by Kelsey Grammer's 20 years as Frasier Crane from 1984 to 2004 on "Cheers" and then on "Frasier." The years showed on the weathered-looking Arness, but he -- and his TV character -- wore them well. "The camera really loved his face, and with good reason," novelist Wallace Markfield wrote in a 1975 "Gunsmoke" appreciation in The New York Times. "It was a face that would age well and that, while aging, would carry intimations of waste, loss and futility." Born James Aurness in Minneapolis (he dropped the "u" for show business reasons), he and brother Peter enjoyed a "real Huckleberry Finn existence," Arness once recalled. Peter, who changed his last name to Graves, went on to star in the TV series "Mission Impossible." A self-described drifter, Arness left home at age 18, hopping freight trains and Caribbean-bound freighters. He entered Beloit College in Wisconsin, but was drafted into the Army in his 1942-43 freshman year. Wounded in the leg during the 1944 invasion at Anzio, Italy, Arness was hospitalized for a year and left with a slight limp. He returned to Minneapolis to work as a radio announcer and in small theater roles. He moved to Hollywood in 1946 at a friend's suggestion. After a slow start in which he took jobs as a carpenter and salesman, a role in MGM's "Battleground" (1949) was a career turning point. Parts in more than 20 films followed, including "The Thing," "Hellgate" and "Hondo" with Wayne. Then came "Gunsmoke," which proved a durable hit and a multimillion-dollar boon for Arness, who owned part of the series. His longtime co-stars were Blake as saloon keeper Miss Kitty, Milburn Stone as Doc Adams and Dennis Weaver as the deputy, Chester Goode. When Weaver died in February 2006, Arness called it "a big loss for me personally" and said Weaver "provided comic relief but was also a real person doing things that were very important to the show." The cancellation of "Gunsmoke" didn't keep Arness away from TV for long: He returned a few months later, in January 1976, in the TV movie "The Macahans," which led to the 1978-79 ABC series "How the West Was Won." Arness took on a contemporary role as a police officer in the series "McClain's Law," which aired on NBC from 1981-82. Despite his desire for privacy, a rocky domestic life landed him in the news more than once. Arness met future wife Virginia Chapman while both were studying at Southern California's Pasadena Playhouse. They wed in 1948 and had two children, Jenny and Rolf. Chapman's son from her first marriage, Craig, was adopted by Arness. The marriage foundered and in 1963 Arness sought a divorce and custody of the three children, which he was granted. He tried to guard them from the spotlight. "The kids don't really have any part of my television life," he once remarked. "Fortunately, there aren't many times when show business intrudes on our family existence." The emotionally troubled Virginia Arness attempted suicide twice, in 1959 and in 1960. In 1975, Jenny Arness died of an apparently deliberate drug overdose. Two years later, an overdose that police deemed accidental killed her mother.

An unknown woman, who drowned in Paris, has become the only person with the most kissed face in the world

According to popular myth, at the end of the 19th century, a young girl's lifeless body was pulled from Paris' Quai Francois Mitterrand, which was then called Quai du Louvre, the Daily Mail reported. As no signs of violence could be found on her, it was decided she had committed suicide, with some stories suggesting it was a case of unrequited love that prompted her death. And since no one could identify her, a plaster mask of her face was made and hung outside a shop door. Generations later she was still inspiring those fascinated by her mysterious story, and a practical - and life-saving - use was found for her fair visage. According to his company website Asmund Laerdal, the founder of Laerdal Medical, based in Stavanger, Norway, became a pioneer for making resuscitation aids out of soft plastic. A user of CPR, in the 1950s he developed Resusci Annie, otherwise known as Rescue Annie, a life-like mannequin used to train people in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. His website says he was so moved by the unknown woman's tragic background, he adopted her mask for his first-aid doll. Her beautiful face, used as the model for medical workers learning how to give the "kiss of life", is also known as 'L'Inconnue de la Seine' - or "the unknown woman from the Seine". Millions have been taught how to breathe life into the face of the girl who is believed to have taken her own, making her the most kissed girl in the world.

Nigerian illegal baby factory discovered

Nigerian police have discovered what has been referred to as a baby factory for teenage girls. Police raided a home, where the girls were allegedly being forced to have babies who were then offered for sale. The premises of the Cross Foundation in Aba were raided this week following complaints that girls aged between 15 and 17 were being forced into pregnancy by the proprietor of the home. 32 pregnant girls were released and the proprietor is being questioned on the allegations he sold babies to people for around $200. Police have suggested the children may have been sold to people who wanted to use them for rituals or sacrifices. Many children in Nigeria are also sold for labour in plantations, mines, factories or as domestic help. Others are sold into prostitution. The owner of the so-called baby factory is likely to face child abuse and human trafficking charges. Buying or selling of babies is illegal in Nigeria and carries a 14-year jail term. In Nigeria, human trafficking is ranked the third most common crime after economic fraud and drug trafficking.