Elephant Story

In 1986, Dan Harrison ( see picture) was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from North western University .

On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Dan approached it very carefully.

He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.

As carefully and as gently as he could, Dan worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.

The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.

Dan stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.


Dan never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Some twenty years later, Dan was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son.

As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Dan and his son were standing.

The large bull elephant stared at Dan, lifted its front foot off the ground, and then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1986, Dan couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.

Dan summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Dan's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant

Policy Exchanges fabricated report

Policy Exchange is a right-wing think-tank based in London. There was a research paper put together a couple of months back that concluded a quarter of the mosques investigated in London were promoting an extreme version of Islam.

However, BBC’s Newsnight has discovered in 5 out of the 6 mosques it visited which Policy Exchange had pointed out that were selling extremist literature, that the receipts given by Policy Exchange for the literature bought are forged. Things like wrong addresses, receipts that aren't the same as the ones in the actual shops, receipts printed on home inkjet printers, receipts written by the same person even though both mosques were 40 miles apart and even one receipt that had even been written while resting on another receipt. (Forensic science is a bitch huh)

The initial report itself was a bombshell, and helped put Policy Exchange on the map. Now it is called into question. It is quite sad that the evidence presented by the BBC will not make the front-pages in national newspapers but the original "report" did and was widely discussed.

What I don’t understand is how can an organisation base a report on fabricated evidence and still have the audacity to state that the evidence is authentic, when clearly the program showed that the evidence is not genuine.

read more:-
Guardian Report
Report from Osama Saeed

and another thing is while I don’t condone all these books but you have to accept it that they do exist because there is a market and if one wants to they can still purchase them from amazon

Where is the call for Amazon to be shutdown for this

Are you Green ?

I realised there are a lot of peeps out there that need some serious help in dealing with their insecurity, jealousy and envious issue’s. Seriously some peeps out there are so envious of the UAE’s development they can’t wait to post some slander. They skipped through all the colours and turn green with envy and jealousy.

Many people don’t want the UAE to be successful or at least not as successful as to eclipse their own country. They cannot deal with the fact that someone other than themselves is the centre of attention. Those poor poor souls need some help and even though I am no psychologist or Doctor, I’ll try my best:

1- Understand the emotion: Jealousy is usually a combination of fear and anger; a fear of losing something, and anger that someone is "moving in on" something that you feel belongs only to you.

2- Envy:Do not envy you have control over envy, so stop looking at what is not yours. Some people find it helpful to count their blessings or ask for help.

3- Communicate your feelings: Sharing your true feelings with someone without blaming them can create a deep sense of connection between the two of you and open up a dialogue about the path of your relationship.

4- Change any false beliefs that might cause jealousy. There are often false beliefs that underlie jealousy and fuel emotion. If you examine the belief, many times, you can eliminate the jealousy.

5 -Irrational jealousy usually stems from your own insecurities and low self-esteem. Address these issues first.

I hope this helps a few people otherwise just grow up.