The Mystery of Bruce Lee's Death

The Mystery of Bruce Lee's Death Bruce Lee, dressed in the traditional Chinese outfit he wore in the movie Enter The Dragon, was laid to rest in Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle in late July of 1973. But long before Lee's sudden and tragic death in a Hong Kong apartment at age 32, rumors were rife throughout the Orient that he had been wounded or killed in fights. "One day, I got a long-distance call from Hong Kong's largest newspaper," Lee recalled. "They asked me if I was still alive. 'Guess who you are talking to?' I replied." Thus, when Lee actually did die, speculation abounded as to the cause. The rumors ranged from Lee being killed by Hong Kong triads (gangsters) because he refused to pay them protection money - �something that was common for Chinese movie stars to do at that time �to his being killed by an angry martial artist's dim mak (death touch) strike. Some people claimed Lee was cursed�he had just bought a house in Hong Kong that was supposed to be haunted�or that he had died while mking love to actress Betty Tingpei, or that he had angered the Chinese martial arts community by teaching foreigners, and that he had been killed in a challenge match. Many Chinese believed Lee was the victim of too much gum Ilk (intensity) in his training, while others cited drug use as the cause for his sudden demise. Still others believed that Lee's fate was sealed at birth, that it was in the stars. And, finally, there are those who think Lee's death was staged, and that he is merely waiting for the right time to return to society. The facts of the case are this: Lee died after falling into a coma. The coroner's report was inconclusive, and medical authorities came up with five reasons for Lee's untimely death. However, they all agreed that it was caused by a cerebral edema (a swelling of the brain caused by a congestion of fluid). But what caused the edema became a matter of speculation. For the most part, the course of events on that fateful July day in 1973 can be pieced together. According to Lee's wife, Linda, Bruce met film producer Raymond Chow at 2 p.m. at home to discuss the making of Game of Death. They worked until 4 p.m., and then drove together to the home of Betty Tingpei, a Taiwanese actress who was to also have a leading role in the film. The three went over the script at Tingpei's home, and then Chow left to attend a dinner meeting. A short time later, Lee complained of a headache and Tingpei gave him a tablet of Equagesic�a kind of super sapirin. Apart from that, Lee reportedly consumed nothing but a couple of soft drinks. At around 7:30 p.m., Lee lay down for a nap and was still asleep when Chow called to ask why he and Tingpei had not yet shown up for dinner as planned. The actress told Chow she could not wake Lee. The ensuing autopsy found traces of cannabis in Lee's stomach, but the significance of this discovery is debatable. Some believe the cannabis caused a chemical reaction that led to the cerebral edema, but the coroner's inquiry refutes this theory. In fact, one doctor was quoted as saying that the cannabis being in Lee's stomach was "no more significant than if Bruce had drunk a cup of tea that day." Dr. R.R. Lycette of Queen Elizabeth Hospital viewed Lee's death as a hypersensitivity to one or more of the compounds found in the headache tablet he consumed that afternoon. Although his skull showed no injury, his brain had swollen considerably, from 1,400 to 1,575 grams. None of the blood vessels were blocked or broken, so the possibility of a hemorrhage was ruled out. All of Lee's internal organs were meticulously examined, and the only "foreign" substance to be found was the Equagesic. Chow came to the apartment and could not wake Lee either. A doctor was summoned, and he spent 10 minutes attempting to revive the martial artist before sending him by ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. By the time he reached the hospital, Lee was dead Foul play was immediately suspected as having a role in Lee's passing. Chow appeared on television to try to settle the public furor that quickly developed. He explained what happened, omitting only the fact that Lee had not died at home. The press soon uncovered the truth, however, and demanded to know what Chow was trying to cover up. R.D. Teare, a professor of forensic medicine at the University of London who had overseen more than 90,000 autopsies, was called in and declared that it was basically impossible for the cannabis to be a factor in Lee's death. In Teare's opinion, the edema was caused by hypersensitivity to either meprobamate or aspirin, or a combination of both. His view was accepted by authorities, and a determination of "misadventure" was stamped on Lee's death. Strangely, an early death was a conceivability that Lee had contemplated with surprising frequency. According to his wife Linda, he had no wish to live to a ripe old age because he could not stand the idea of losing the physical abilities he had strived so hard to achieve. \ ===================================================================================== ===================================================================================== The grave site of Bruce and Brandon Lee in Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle, Washingto "If you love life, don’t waste time - for time is what life is made of" - Bruce Lee ===================================================================================== ==========================================================================sree****

India vs England 4th ODI Old Trafford, Manches

Written on August 29, 2007 – 7:57 am | by sree The fourth one day is definitely going to be the most interesting match between India and England on August 30, 2007, at the very popular Old Trafford. The Natwest series has been an advantageous one for England so far, but the Indians surely need to win this one in order to come back in the series. England has an upper edge with an extra win over India. However, there are chances of an upset with the illness of the captain Paul Collingwood. There were a lot of concerns about his fitness when he happened to miss the practice session before the match. But there is good news with Andrew Flintoff getting better with his hurt knees. There are a lot of chances that he might just make it for the fourth one day. Indians need to adapt a different attack policy; so far they have been hit hard with their five bowler formula and they now need to make a few changes in order to come out triumphant with the rest of the series… Keep checking this space for live match scores and further updates on the match….

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

These drawings of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are by Michael Turner and are taken from the ARAMCO WORLD MAGAZINE. The Seven Wonders in Chronological order ====================================================================================The Lighthouse at Alexandria was built in 279 B.C. on the small island of Pharos by Sostratus of Cnidus for Ptolemy II. The lighthouse was over 400 feet high. The remains of this imposing structure could still be seen in 1480, when the Mamluk ruler Qa'it Bay constructed a fort on the exact site of the lighthouse. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The Colossus of Rhodes stands over 100 feet tall, this statue of the Greek sun god was completed by the sculptor Chares in 280 B.C. The Colossus stood with one hand shielding its eyes looking over the harbor of the Greek island. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos was built by the wife of the Carian ruler Mausolus in 353 B. C. This tomb was of such great size and, with its sculptured friezes, so beautiful, that fragments of it are preserved in Turkey and at the British Museum ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The Statue of Zeus, though small in relation to some of the other wonders of the ancient world, this statue of Zeus, sculpted by the Greek Phidias about 430 B.C., won fame because of its beauty. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== Temple of Diana at Ephesus measured 300 by 150 feet, with columns 60 feet high. This great temple dedicated to the goddess Diana was begun about 555 B.C. by Croesus, king of Lydia. Avandal burned down the original temple in 356 B . C., but it was rebuilt by Alexander the Great. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The Hanging Gardens of Babylon rises on terraces some 400 feet above the level of the plain. This hanging gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar about 600 B.C. to console his queen, who missed the mountains, trees and flowers of her native Media ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The great Pyramids at Giza, which date from the Old Kingdom (2700-2300 B. C. ), are the oldest and most famous of the Seven Wonders of the World. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== HI HUYS TOMORROW I WILL POST THE LINK FOR LIVE STREAMING CRICKET MATCH INDIA VS ENGLAND SREE

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

These drawings of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are by Michael Turner and are taken from the ARAMCO WORLD MAGAZINE. The Seven Wonders in Chronological order ====================================================================================The Lighthouse at Alexandria was built in 279 B.C. on the small island of Pharos by Sostratus of Cnidus for Ptolemy II. The lighthouse was over 400 feet high. The remains of this imposing structure could still be seen in 1480, when the Mamluk ruler Qa'it Bay constructed a fort on the exact site of the lighthouse. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The Colossus of Rhodes stands over 100 feet tall, this statue of the Greek sun god was completed by the sculptor Chares in 280 B.C. The Colossus stood with one hand shielding its eyes looking over the harbor of the Greek island. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos was built by the wife of the Carian ruler Mausolus in 353 B. C. This tomb was of such great size and, with its sculptured friezes, so beautiful, that fragments of it are preserved in Turkey and at the British Museum ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The Statue of Zeus, though small in relation to some of the other wonders of the ancient world, this statue of Zeus, sculpted by the Greek Phidias about 430 B.C., won fame because of its beauty. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== Temple of Diana at Ephesus measured 300 by 150 feet, with columns 60 feet high. This great temple dedicated to the goddess Diana was begun about 555 B.C. by Croesus, king of Lydia. Avandal burned down the original temple in 356 B . C., but it was rebuilt by Alexander the Great. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The Hanging Gardens of Babylon rises on terraces some 400 feet above the level of the plain. This hanging gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar about 600 B.C. to console his queen, who missed the mountains, trees and flowers of her native Media ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== The great Pyramids at Giza, which date from the Old Kingdom (2700-2300 B. C. ), are the oldest and most famous of the Seven Wonders of the World. ==================================================================================== HI HUYS TOMORROW I WILL POST THE LINK FOR LIVE STREAMING CRICKET MATCH INDIA VS ENGLAND SREE

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Terror in India

Bomb attacks raise new Indian fears By Siddharth Srivastava NEW DELHI - Indian officials have pointed their fingers at the "usual suspects" - Pakistan and Bangladesh - after the twin bomb blasts that killed at least 43 and injured more than 100 people this Sunday at India's cyber-city of Hyderabad. But security officials are also speaking of a new front of terror infiltration via southern India that makes other technology and manufacturing hubs such as Bangalore and Chennai particularly vulnerable. The victims were gathered at a popular street food stall and an amusement park, with many engineering students as visitors, when the blasts occurred. Television channels have been showing gory pictures of the dead and injured who were out for an evening of leisure and entertainment in the city, capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh. Security officials say at least 20 more bombs fitted with timers have been found at various public locations in the city. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil have spoken of a "foreign hand" involved in the blasts. This is the second attack in recent months in Hyderabad, a city of 7 million people with a 40% Muslim population - terrorists attacked the historic Mecca Mosque in Hyderabad, killing 12 and injuring more than 60 people. Indian intelligence agencies say a new terror channel has emerged that begins in Pakistan, passes through Male in Maldives and then goes to the southern Indian cities that have direct flights to Male. Maldives is an Islamic state, and in the recent past traditional moderate views have been tossed aside because of an increasingly insecure President Abdul Gayoom, who has begun patronizing madrassas (seminaries) that foment extremists. Gayoom has ruled Maldives for almost three decades. Indian police have also been speaking about a proliferation of extremist sleeper cells in Hyderabad, as also evidenced by the recent attack on controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen in the city. The latest blasts point toward the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that have been used in many other serious terror attacks in India over the past few years, including the Mumbai train blasts and the Diwali attacks in New Delhi. Ammonium-nitrate-based IEDs cause maximum shrapnel damage within a close range and have been used by terrorists to target areas packed with people. The use of remote-controlled timer devices demonstrates a reasonable level of sophistication and coordination. Such mechanisms were used in the Madrid train bombings in 2004 and the Bali attack in 2005. Police say one of the suspected groups is the Taliban-inspired Bangladesh outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), which enjoys political patronage as well as links with al-Qaeda. Shahed Bilal, a native of Hyderabad associated with the HuJI, is said in some police quarters to be the mastermind. Bilal is supposed to have close links with Pakistan-based terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba that have orchestrated several attacks in India. Reports suggest that other explosive material used - TNT and RDX - had been procured from Bangladesh. The Hyderabad attacks follow a spate of terrorist violence. In the past year or so, more than 300 people have been killed in bombings in India. These include the coordinated train blasts in Mumbai, killing 200, and 30 dead in a bombing near a mosque in the city of Malegaon, central India. In February, more than 60 passengers were killed in a firebombing of the peace train that runs between India and Pakistan. A report in The Times of India said India has faced the brunt of terror attacks globally and ranks only below war-ravaged Iraq in the numbers killed. Since 2004, India has lost more lives to terrorist violence than all of North America, South America, Central America, Europe and Eurasia combined. All of these areas lost a total of 3,280 people in terrorist attacks between January 2004 and March this year, while India alone has lost 3,674 lives. Other recent strikes have included temple attacks in Benaras in March last year (killing more than 30) and the fidayeen (suicide) attack at the Akshardham Temple in Gujarat in September 2002, killing close to 40 and injuring more than 80 Hindu devotees. The Jama Masjid in New Delhi was a target in April 2006 in which 15 people were wounded. More than 70 Hindus shopping during festivities were killed in New Delhi in October 2005. Many experts say a much bigger game plan is being played out and have advanced several theories. They have linked the attacks to attempts to sabotage the India-Pakistan peace process reining in India's economic progress, and inspiring terror cells around the world desperate to make their presence felt and cause alarm. While Western nations have become strict with their security measures, India, which is seen as increasingly aligned to Western powers, especially the United States, has become a soft target. Hemmed in by two nations, Pakistan and Bangladesh, with a dubious record of taking on terrorism, orchestrating attacks in a vast country with a huge impoverished population is much easier then providing water-tight security. Observers say that such attacks also keep the terror cells well oiled by the underground funds that flow in from secret sympathizers. By ensuring huge casualties with minimum investment in terms of finance, planning and personnel, terror attacks in India easily catch the attention of the global community. Terrorists have also attacked places of worship, in which both Hindus and Muslim have been victims, which some say is a distorted attempt to show the existence of Hindu terrorist groups capable of fomenting communal clashes. Investigators are surprised at the alacrity with which visuals of the earlier Hyderabad blast were telecast on a Bangladeshi television channel whose antecedents are not very well known. TV channels around the world quickly picked up these images. It is reasoned that the terrorists in Hyderabad actually filmed the blasts and passed them on using multi-media messaging in their cellular phones. India has already been under fire from anti-outsourcing sections in the West because of the involvement of Bangalore-based Indian doctors and an engineer in recent failed terror plots in London and Glasgow. This has put India's business process outsourcing industry on the defensive. Failed Glasgow suicide bomber Kafeel Ahmed worked for Bangalore-based Infotech Enterprises. This incident was the first in which Indians had been involved in an international terror incident since the blowing up of an Air India flight from Canada more than two decades ago. The British plot brought into focus an elaborate network of indoctrination via the Internet that makes Indian technology workers particularly vulnerable. ==================================================================================== Relatives of blast victims visit a hospital morgue in Hyderabad where the dead are lined up to be identified, in the wee hours of Sunday (August 26) Hyderabad's worst ever terror attack in which twin blasts on Saturday night (August 25) left at least 42 dead and over 60 injured suggests a worrying trend, coming as it does just months after the Mecca Masjid blasts in the city. This clearly shows that South India is the new target of terrorists.' Over three months after Hyderabad witnessed terror in the form of explosions inside their oldest mosque - disruptionists have struck again. On Saturday twin blasts rocked Hyderabad, the first of them took place in crowded Lumbini Park which is located close to the State Secretariat, and the second at the Gokul Chat area of the city. The first blast took place at around 8 pm on Saturday evening and the second just 15 minutes later. Speaking on the incident on Sunday morning (August 26) to the press after convening an emergency cabinet meeting, Chief Minister YSR Reddy said "external terrosrist organisations" were responsible for the attack, and announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the deceased as well as government jobs to those families who lost their bread earners. He also congratulated police for recovering two more live bombs through organised search operations throughout the city, which averted further disaster and could help in catching the perpetrators. The Special Task Force was still deployed in the operation, he said. An All Party Meeting has been called for later in day and Reddy said the opposition would be taken into confidence and its inputs and help sought in all terror-related isssues. "This sort of blasts are a result of nefarious elements. The cabinet unanimously passed a resolution condemning the terrorists who perpetrated the acts, and condoled the bereaved families in their hour or distress...The cabinet placed on record the exemplary behaviour of all the citizens of state who with all their might stood by government in bringing normalcy so very quickly," said Reddy. He also said the government wanted the opposition to "stand with them as one." "It is the responsibility of one and all not only to condemn the ghastly act, but also to try to bring about normalcy. We ask everyone concerend to act with patience, not to create any rumour," he said. Home Minister Shivraj Patil was slated to visit Hyderabad to assess the situation later today. Earlier today, senior BJP leader L K Advani also paid a visit to the Lumbini Park, and met the victims of the blast. Criticising the attack, the state BJP has called for a bandh in Hyderabad tomorrow. Meanwhile a team of ATS officers from Mumbai are also expected to assist the local police in Hyderabad. Sea of tragedy The blast at Gokul Chat shop in the Kothi locality of Hyderabad turned the popular weekend haunt into a sea of tragedy. The deafening explosion ripped across the restaurant killing 39 people on the spot and leaving scores injured. Barely were emergency services waking up to the tragedy when another powerful blast rocked the crowded open air auditorium in Lumbini Park across the state Secretariat in the heart of the city while a laser show was underway, killing 9 people and injuring dozens. The Chief Minister of AP YSR Reddy has called the incident an "act of terror". The CM also sounded a note of caution, asking people to stay calm. In the meantime a red alert has been sounded in the Capital and main cities of South India. "The preliminary information suggests that this is definitely a terrorist activity, we are trying to go into the details, but in the meantime I request everyone to obeserve calm and not to get agitated. The government will try and see to it that every possible effort is done to restore peace and restore calm," said the CM. Authorities suspect the blasts were triggered by cell phone timers as preliminary intelligence reports point to the same group involved in the Mecca Masjid Blasts - the Bangladesh based HUJI. "This is a gruesome incident, but we will definitely find out the culprits and we will make the city safe from terrorist elements. In all likelihood both (blasts) are the work of the same people and it is definitely a terrorist attack," announced the Police Commissioner. A day later Union home Minister Shivraj Patil visited the site and condemned the incident and said, "We will take timely action according to the basis of our information. Our country is so big and things are happening in such a manner that at all times even if we have the information that something is likely to happen we do not know where and when it is likely to happen." More 'live' bombs discovered A bigger disaster was however averted when police recovered 3 live bombs from separate places in the city including one more in the Lumbini Park auditorium itself. The other bombs were detected in Dilsukhnagar area underneath a foot overbridge with a timer set for 9.30 pm, and at the Venkataramana Theatre at Kachigudu locality. Sriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of State for Home, said the state government was on a high alert and those who were responsible were being traced. "We appeal that peace and harmony be maintained and people should not get panicked. It is an attack by a terrorist organisation, the government is taking this incident seriously and we will see to it that those responsible are taught a lesson," he promised. A red alert has been sounded in Hyderabad, Secunderabad, neighbouring Karnataka and the national capital Delhi in the wake of the blasts. New leads emerge in probe Even as investigations are on in full swing to probe into the blasts, there are new leads emerging that clearly indicate that the blasts were indeed high intensity explosions. Police say timers were used to detonate the blasts - and believe a Quartz clock was used to trigger the blasts. A 9-volt battery was used to increase the impact, while police believe explosive material was fitted into plastic containers with ball bearings Police also claim the explosives used were Ammonium nitrate amulsifier in slurry form - these explosives were manufactured under the brand name 'Neo gel' by Amin Chemicals based in Nagpur. Police believe the blasts handiwork of a trained terrorist - police defused bombs from 3 separate places in the city last evening including one in the Lumbini Park. In fact, police claim to have got some leads from the unexploded bombs recovered near Venkatadri Theatre in Dilsukhnagar. Police suspect sleeper cell of HUJI-JeM to be behind the blasts. Bangladesh-based militant HUJI's Bilal is suspected to be the main module operator. Police claim explosives used in blasts were similar to those employed in Mecca Masjid explosions in May this year. Twenty people have been detained from Hyderabad for questioning. Pplice are also looking at some other developments - that of the recovery of Rs 2.36 crores fake Indian currency from four people. The currency has been traced to Pakistan. Who is Bilal? The face of HUJI is none other than Mohammad Abdul Sahed alias Bilal. Bilal took over the command of HUJI on October 12, 2005, has been on the list of most wanted terrorists. According to Sources, he is the key suspect in Saturday's twin attacks. Bilal is also wanted for the blasts on the Samjhauta Express and is said to have been the mastermind behind the Mecca mosque explosions in Hyderabad in May this year. He also allegedly masterminded a suicide attack on the Special Task Force's headquarters in Hyderabad that left one police personnel dead. Bilal has been instrumental in sending young men for arms training to Pakistan through Dhaka and some Gulf states. The CBI has already procured a red-corner notice from Interpol against Bilal. He is believed to be in Karachi at present. ======================================================================================= sree

India vs England 2007 Cricket Series

India vs England Third ODI at Edgbaston IND v ENG Third ODI, Edgbaston: India have an edge at Edgbaston Aug 27, 2007 Allrounder Andrew Flintoff is in doubt for England's third one-day match against India on Monday with a knee injury. The ECB said in a statement Saturday that Flintoff had a scan which showed mild inflammation and was treated with a cortisone injection. Flintoff hurt his knee during Friday's one-day international against India at Bristol where he finished with bowling figures of 5-56. He had only returned to England for the first match at Southampton on Tuesday after spending four months sidelined with an ankle injury. India vice-captain Mahendra Dhoni said the England team will be slightly on the back foot if Flintoff is not playing, adding “He has lifted them a lot, he is the kind of player who always has an impact on the game. In one-day cricket he is the perfect all-rounder”. India are likely to make one change on Monday with left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan hoping to return after a bout of flu in place of Ajit Agarkar or Munaf Pate

2nd ODI between India and England at Bristol

Written on August 23, 2007 – 5:13 pm | by admin Latest Update: India have put 330 runs target for England, in reply of that England have made 220runs for loss of six wickets in 38 overs. After a devastating performance on the first one day international, a lot is expected from Team India. With a lead of 1-0 in the series, England will surely be in the best of its spirits. The first one day as we all know ended in England’s favor at the Rose Bowl by 104 runs. 2nd ODI between India and England at Bristol England displayed the best of its cricketing skills in the first one day and on the other hand, Team India, as always suffered due to poor fielding and consequently inappropriate batting. Yet again, the top order batsmen seemed to ditch the team against amateur bowling by England newcomers excluding Andre Flintoff. A lot has to be improved by India when it comes to fielding. As far as the team selection is concerned, Indians cannot afford to lose out on Munaf Patel who has proved to be the most economic bowlers of the recent times. Ramesh Powar could also be replaced by Piyush Chawla. Coming to the batting order, India can bring in Gautam Gambhir as an opener and save an experienced player for the third spot. Its important to keep the strike rotating within the team with a certain amount of stability. If you happen to look at the other countries, they usually send their best batsmen at the number 3 position, for an instance, Ricky Ponting always bats in at number 3 from Australia, so does Jacques Kallis from South Africa. It would suggestive for the Indian side to come out on the field with 6 batsmen and 5 bowlers to combat against the English for the second one day. The England team will be pretty much the same as the one in the last match; unfortunately, we won’t be able to see the performance of Sidebottom as he has been ruled out for more than 2 one day internationals. The ground is fairly less in size but holds good records for high scores. But the ground of Bristol has been fortunate for Sachin Tendulkar as he has been able to perform at his fullest here. A lot of Indian players are suffering from Flu and body aches. Thence they happened to miss the practice session. However, we hope to see India bouncing back at the second one day international. All eyes await the match at Bristol. Check out our reviews and live match scores. We have also assembled Live Score Card for 2nd ODI between India and England at Bristol. Feel free to post in your comments and criticisms…..

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LIVE CRICKET 24 Aug 2007 England vs India 2nd One Day International, County Ground, Bristol (D/N) Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST) ndia vs England Cricket News India in England Cricket Series 2007 IND v ENG First ODI, Rose Bowl: England crush India by 104 runs ================================================================== Aug 21, 2007 Ian Bell and Alastair Cook both scored their maiden ODI hundreds as England beat India by 104 runs at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday in the first match of a seven-game series. Bell made 126 not out and Cook 102 in England's total of 288 for two after India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field. They were the first England batsmen to score a century at this level since Kevin Pietersen made 100 against the West Indies in Barbados in April in the team's final match of the World Cup. India Team: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid (capt), Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Piyush Chawla, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh. England Team: Alastair Cook, Matt Prior Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Andrew Flintoff, Ravi Bopara, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Monty Panesar. IND vs ENG First ODI, Rose Bowl: England 288-2 (50 ovs) beat India 184 (50 ovs) by 104 runs ===================================================================================== U GUYS WANT LIVE LINKS? I WIL UPDATE THOSE LINKS SHORTLY BUT 4 NOW HEAR IS ONEFOR ALL OF U FRIENDS NJOY ====================================================================================== http://www.freewebs.com/desimediaz/0z0e0e00sports0.asx ====================================================================================== KEY IN THIS URL IN YOUR WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER OPRN URL AND PLAY

Not Dinosaurs - but just as ancient

Not Dinosaurs - but just as ancient  ======================= Reptiles of the Air ================ A small fluffy bird is about the last animal we would associate with the vast, scaly, terrifying dinosaurs. Yet birds appeared on Earth about the same time as the dinosaurs, and are quite closely related to them. The reptiles of the air were mainly gliders, not flyers. The leathery, batlike wings were weakly muscled and therefore lacked the powerful flying muscles that birds of today show. The very large ones must have had problems in flapping such huge wings, and probably flew by using currents of warm air that rise from the surface of the earth, this would allow them to soar. Archeopteryx as far as we know was one of the first birds to evolve. It had some body parts similar to the dinosaurs and others that were distinctly birdlike. It had feathers and could fly but was still very reptilian in many ways. Most obviously, its beak was filled with sharp reptilian teeth and its wings bore 4 long claws Pterandon had a wing-span of more than 5m, and half the length of its head consisted of a long bony crest, which may have been used as a rudder to guide and balance the animal whilst in flight Pterodactylus was a small, sometimes even sparrow-sized, wing fingered pterosaur. Like other of its group it had no tail, but had a long flexible neck. On land with their wings folded, some pterosaurs may have walked on their sharp toed feet whilst other may have used both their front and rear limbs. Quetzalcoatlus was the largest known pterosaur known, and had a wingspan of about 12m. The entire animal may have weighted 86kg, as much as a large human being! Rhamphorhynchus had a slender skull with forward pointing, spiky teeth. It's skull and hind legs show some similarities with those of the earliest dinosaurs. It had a short neck and long tail. This tail, strengthend by extra bony rods was used as a rudder when flying. Sordes appears to have had a thick, hairy coat, which would have kept the pterosaur warm during its flights. This is quite unusual as reptiles are normally covered in scales, mammals with hair, and birds with feathers! ============================================================== Reptiles of the sea ===================== While dinosaurs ruled the land for millions of years, some reptiles chose a life at sea. During the ago of the dinosaurs, the marine reptiles like icthyosaurs, pleiodaurs, pliosaurs, and the turtles were some of the fiercest and largest animals of the world's waterways Elasmosaurus was a remarkable long-necked pleiosaur. Its neck was more than half of its 13m in length and was made up of 40 (or more) bones, it is likely that with such a long neck it could bend it around like a snake in order to catch fast moving fish. Elasmosaurus fits the description of both ancient sea monsters and creatures like the famous modern-day "Loch Ness monster" Muraeonsaurus (another plesiosaur) found it easy to float in the sea because of its air-filled lungs, however it was not so easy for them to dive under water. Like deep-sea divers they needed weight to help them stay down in the sea, so they swallowed pebbles - just as crocodiles do today Ichthyosaurus with its flippers, fins and smooth, streamlined body was incredibly dolphin-like and this species was probably the acrobat of the seas. Kronosaurus was a huge pliosaur - 17m in length! Fossil evidence for this creature's existence has only been found in Australia Macroplata was was another fearsome pliosaur - with powerful paddles this enormous marine reptile flew through the sea. Peloneustes was a small short-necked pliosaur. It was only 3m long. Like other pliosaurs it probably hunted by hiding in wait for its prey and then diving quickly after it. Shonisaurus is the largest known icthyosaur known. It was a massive 15m long with a deep vast body. It lived about 210 million years ago Archelon was a gigantic 4m long turtle that lived near the end of the dinosaur era. Turtles, one of the oldest surviving groups of reptiles first appeared about 210 million years ago