Self Confidence or Over Confidence ?

 

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MEET TINY JYOTI, THE SMALLEST GIRL IN THE WORLD !

She stands just 1ft 11in tall and the average two-year-old would tower over her. But Jyoti Amge is no toddler – she is 14 years old.

This remarkable teenager, who weighs just 11 lb, is the smallest girl in the world.Her tiny size – she’s just nine inches taller than this page – means that Jyoti has to have her fashionable clothes and jewellery made for her.

The youngster – who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia and will never grow any taller – is too small to use a normal-sized knife and fork so she eats off special plates… and sleeps in a tiny, custombuilt bed.

Even bathing is done on a miniature scale.

She uses specially-made steps to help her get in the bath and a small bucket and jug to wash herself.

But, astonishingly, she goes to a regular school, where her fellow pupils treat their tiny classmate as one of themselves as she she sits at her mini-desk and chair.

And Jyoti, who like any teenager loves listening to pop music and watching DVDs, is far from unhappy about her size.

She says: “I am proud of being small. I love all the attention I get. I’m not scared of being small and I don’t regret it. I’m just the same as other people. I eat like you, dream like you. I don’t feel any different.” And her size has its benefits. She’s a mini-celebrity in her home city of Nagpur, in central India. People flock to see her. Some even treat her as a goddess. And she has even recorded a soon-to-be-released album with her favourite Indian pop star, the bhangra/rap singer Mika Singh.

Her businessman father Kishanji, 52, says: “I can’t separate myself from her even for a single day. I love her very much. She makes me proud. Lots of gurus come to see and bless her. They pray for her happiness and long life.”

Her mother Ranjana, 45, adds: “When Jyoti was born, she seemed quite normal. We came to know about her disorder when she was five. We consulted a specialist and he said she will be this size all of her life. Jyoti is small, yet cute, and we love her very much.”

For one so small, Jyoti has big ambitions.

She hopes to one day break into Bollywood as an actress.

She says: “I would love to work in a big city like Mumbai, act in films and travel to London and America.”

I’m proud of being small. I love all the attention I get because of it

All her things at home are in miniature.. but she’s very happy. Some people even think she’s a goddess

She loves DVDs and wearing fashionable dresses.. and has made an album with her favourite rap star.

One mom, 17 kids, plus one on the way

It’s a happy Mother’s Day for an Arkansas woman — she’s pregnant with her 18th child.

Michelle Duggar is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, after the birth of her 17th child in 2007.

Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year’s Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.

“We’ve had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us,” she said, laughing.

The Duggars’ oldest child, Josh, is 20, and the youngest, Jennifer, is nine months old.

The fast-growing family lives in Tontitown in northwest Arkansas in a 7,000-square-foot home. All the children — whose names start with the letter J — are home-schooled.

Duggar has been been pregnant for more than 11 years of her life, and the family is in the process of filming another series for Discovery Health.

The new show looks at life inside the Duggar home, where chores — or “jurisdictions” — are assigned to each child. One episode of the new show involves a “jurisdiction swap,” where the boys do chores traditionally assigned to the girls, and vice versa, Duggar said.
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“The girls swapped jurisdictions, changing tires, working in the garages, mowing the grass,” she said. “The boys got to cook supper from start to finish, clean the bathrooms,” among other chores.

Duggar said she’s six weeks along and the pregnancy is going well. She and her husband, Jim Bob Duggar, said they’ll keep having children as long as God wills it.

“The success in a family is first off, a love for God, and secondly, treating each other like you want to be treated,” Jim Bob Duggar said. “Our goal is for each one of our children to be best friends, and everybody working together to serve each other makes that happen.”

The other Duggar children, in between Joshua and Jennifer, are Jana, 18; John-David, 18; Jill, 16; Jessa, 15; Jinger, 14; Joseph, 13; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 10; Jeremiah, 9; Jedidiah, 9; Jason, 7; James, 6; Justin, 5; Jackson, 3; and Johannah, 2

Want to quit smoking? Go online. Really!

Surfing for a longer life

With more and more people inhabiting the virtual world today, doctors are using that space to encourage people to quit smoking. There are websites that list out the disadvantages and dangers of the addiction, and also those that help you formulate a personal quitting plan.

The helping hand At the Champs Club, an Indian anti-smoking website, you can calculate exactly how much money one one save by quitting smoking for a month/year/five years and so on. It helps one understand how long and what kind of changes one’s body will undergo in the first 30 days of quitting.

The site has names of smoking rehab clinics over the country, where addicts who want to kick the butt can enroll for a three-month programme. Says Dr Gupta, a panelist, “Since the website was launched last month, we have received a number of enquiries and four people have already enrolled.

We expect a lot more soon.” Becomeanex.

org helps smokers come up with personalised quitting plans, which map out when s/he needs a smoke and how s/he reacts when s/he doesn’t smoke. Indian brothers A blogger called ‘nocigarette’ has collected anti-smoking TV ads from over the world.

One Indian ad says, “Be nice to smokers, they don’t have long to live.” Though India-specific anti-smoking websites have yet to catch on, Cancer Patients Aid Association India (CPAA) has an active website with a detailed section on “How to quit smoking”.

The section directs traffic to a website called whyquit.com that is headed by Joel Spitzer, a world-renowned anti-smoking campaigner.

“Little Master” Sachin Tenduldar draws first blood in Australia

Sachin Tendulkar’s first limited overs century on Australian soil has underpinned India’s comfortable six-wicket victory in the first of the Commonwealth Bank Series finals at the SCG.

The master batsman crafted an unbeaten 117, reaching the boundary 10 times, as India easily overhauled Australia’s 8-239. It gives the tourists a 1-0 lead over Australia in the best-of-three finals.

The hosts must now win in Brisbane on Tuesday to send the series to a decider.

Tendulkar was struck on the shoulder by a Brett Lee beam ball on 98 before two singles took him to three figures.

The veteran batsman punched the air in delight as the capacity crowd rose to its feet to acknowledge Tendulkar’s breakthrough ton in his 39th one-day appearance in Australia.

The very next ball Rohit Sharma’s magnificent knock came to an end on 66 when his off stump was rocked back by James Hopes (2-42)

Skipper MS Dhoni (15 not out) joined Tendulkar and saw India home with more than four overs to spare.

It was the 123-run fourth wicket alliance between Sharma and his boyhood hero Tendulkar which veered the match India’s way.

The visitors lost early wickets, slumping to 3-87, before Tendulkar and Sharma slowly loosened Australia’s grip on the game.

The pair didn’t resort to big hitting, patiently picking the bowling off and staying ahead of the run rate.

Tendulkar’s greatest concern early in the innings was the lack of fight at the other end, with wickets falling at regular intervals.

Opener Robin Uthappa (17) helped put on 50 for the first wicket before he was out to a terrific Michael Hussey catch from the bowling of Hopes.

Running at full pace and diving forward from deep square leg, Hussey picked up the ball centimetres from the ground, jumping to his feet and celebrating as if he’d scored the winning goal in an FA Cup final.

India slid further when the in-form Gautam Gambhir (three) was run out after going to sleep just six runs later.

Tendulkar called his team-mate through for a second run but Mitchell Johnson at third man, sensing Gambhir was slow to react, threw brilliantly to the non-striker’s end.

Hopes gathered and threw down the stumps from a few metres away with the Indian No.3 well short of his ground.

Yuvraj Singh again looked in no man’s land, limping to 10 before Brad Hogg (1-38) went right through him with a flat, quick delivery which crashed into off stump.

But Tendulkar found an ally in Sharma and their partnership proved the match winner.

Earlier, a Matthew Hayden half-century and cameos from Andrew Symonds (31), Hussey (45), Hogg (23 not out) and Brett Lee (17) lifted the home side to a respectable tally after it had been 3-24 early.

World’s Longest Flag Guinness Book of World Records

Worlds Longest flag ever made by a religious group Vyaswadi Pagpada Sangh, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India for the Ambaji temple here, is ready. It’s a mammoth 415 feet long. When erected, it stands as high as 20 feet. Weight of the temple flag is 125 Kg.

‘For the past 14 years Vyaswadi Pagpada Sangh members have been trekking to the Ambaji temple. And we decided why not make the longest ever flag for Ambaji Mata,’ said Chakkubhai Patel, president of the Sangh.

The flag will be taken to Ambaji, 198 km from here, and the journey will begin on Aug 21, 2008 culminating on Aug 28, Chakkubhai Patel said.

‘We had sent a letter to the Guinness Book of World Records about the flag and they have sent us our ID number and membership approval. Only proof was needed about the size of the flag,’ he said.

‘Though we had mentioned in the letter to Guinness about the flag being 411 feet, it actually measured 415 feet.’

The Sangh has paid for the flag and on Independence Day Aug 15, 20,000 people would be contributing Rs.5 each to offset the cost. ‘We will not accept more than Rs.5 per head,’ Chakkubhai Patel added.

The Vyaswadi Sangh has no office of its own except a community hall for its activities at Nava Vadaj, Ahmedabad, India.

Flag Puja – 31st August 2008 Sunday 1.00 Clock.