Dreaming of a blue nursery followed by many years of cars, trucks and all things creepy crawly? There is no shortage of information on choosing your baby’s gender before conception, from simple dietary changes to time consuming charts and graphs. The one thing to remember as you delve further and further into the chromosome battle is that many theories can contradict one another, nothing is foolproof and all methods have yet to be proven. Every bit of advice must be taken with a grain of salt (especially when reading this article- see dietary recommendation below) and a physician’s opinion should always be sought before attempting anything that could affect your body and/or health.

What dietary recommendations are there prior to trying to conceive a baby boy?

The majority theorize that in order to have a boy you should plan on following this manly menu: salty foods, red meats, pickles, olives, fish, eggs peas, sweet corn, soda bread, figs, apricots, raisons, dried prunes, beans, avocado, zucchini and mushrooms. Try to keep your diet anti-acidic and drink 2-3 cups of green tea starting the day your period is over. Get hubby involved by having him drink a strong cup of coffee about a1/2 hour before bed to make the “little guys” more active. (Nothing is mentioned if the “little girls” daintily refuse such an obnoxious push.)

What does a woman’s body condition have to do with determining a baby’s gender?

मुंबई में आतंकी हमले को एक माह पूरा भी नही हुआ की जालंधर (पंजाब) में सत्ताधारी नेताओं और बड़ी हस्तियों ने नए साल के पहले ही पार्टी का जमकर लुत्फ़ उठाया । इन लोगों ने आंतकी हमलों में शहीद हुए शहीदों को श्रद्धांजलि देने के लिए एक दिन पहले नया साल न मनाने का nirday लिया था । इस पार्टी को मुख्यमंत्री के करीबी रहे लोगों ने आयोजित की । जिसमें मुख्यमंत्री प्रकाश सिंह बादल के करीबी और बडे पद पर काम कर रहे नेता की पत्नी ने तो कमाल ही कर दिया । जुल्फे झटकीं, युवा पार्टनर के साथ खूब थिरकीं । पंजाब पुलिस के डीएसपी भी दारू की गिलास के साथ ठुमके लगाए । क्या खूब दी है शहीदों की श्रद्धांजलि…

Having already seen it run Crysis, we’ve been itching to know if Fujitsu Siemens’ AMILO Sa 3650 laptop and GraphicBooster had any other tricks up their sleeves. The Notebookcheck crew ran the dynamic duo through some tests and found it to be an impressive pairing, although the laptop itself takes a few jabs for shoddy case design, stiff touchpad keys and an underperforming AMD processor. By its lonesome, the integrated ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU is better than the usual Intel GMA fare, but the GraphicBooster and an external monitor puts this machine nearly on par with a decent desktop rig. Without that external monitor, however, the GraphicBooster only provides marginal improvements to the laptop’s performance, due to limitations in the bandwidth connecting the add-on to the port. The second display is connected directly to the booster via DVI-I or HDMI. An asking price of 1300 Euros (US $1,810) seems a bit steep to us, but they say it’s worth the premium, calling it an “unprecedented fusion of performance and mobility.” Hit up the read link for a full analysis.

You know what’s sexy? Ultraportables. You know what usually isn’t? Their power adapters. Dell’s keeping things way on the conservative side here with this “Adamo Thirteen” 45W AC Adapter — in fact, we’d say this is the exact same adapter we’ve gotten with every Dell laptop in the past few years or so, other than the miniscule wattage. The part popped up on Dell’s site just recently, and while Dell seems to have pulled to Adamo reference, Google cache still remembers the good times. What is perhaps interesting here is the seeming confirmation of the product name that the laptop will have a 13-inch screen. Not hugely surprising given the competitive landscape here, but we’re content to nibble on Adamo info for the time being.

At least 130 people were reported killed in blasts and gun attacks across south-central Mumbai late Wednesday evening, as unidentified terrorists took hostages in two of the area’s most popular hotels for business travelers and tourists.

Police and gunmen were exchanging occasional gunfire at Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels and an unknown number of people were held hostage, said A.N. Roy, a top police official. Officials said at least six militants had been killed since the overnight attacks began around 9:30 p.m. Pradeep Indulkar, a senior official at the Maharashtra state Home Ministry said 101 people were killed and 287 injured.

Thursday morning, police loudspeakers declared a curfew around Mumbai’s landmark Taj Mahal hotel, and black-clad commandos ran into the building as fresh gunshots rang out from the area, apparently the beginning of an assault on gunmen who had taken hostages in the hotel. Ambulances were seen driving up to the entrance to the hotel and journalists were made to move even further back from the area.

A series of explosions had rocked the Taj Mahal just after midnight. Screams were heard and black smoke billowed from the century-old edifice on Mumbai’s waterfront. Firefighters sprayed water at the blaze and plucked people from balconies with extension ladders. By dawn, the fire was still burning.

The attackers specifically targeted Britons and Americans at the hotels and restaurant, witnesses said.

An Indian media report said a previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen had claimed responsibility for the attacks in emails to several media outlets. There was no way to verify that claim.

The NDTV news channel showed several yellow and black rubber dinghies on a beach near the hotels, apparently used by the terrorists to reach the area.

Authorities had earlier believed seven to 15 foreigners were hostages at the Taj Mahal, said Anees Ahmed, a top state official. It was also unclear where the hostages were in the hotel, which is divided into an older wing, which was in flames, and a modern tower that was not on fire.

At least 130 people have been killed after terrorists seized hotels and set off bombs in India’s financial centre.

The Twenty20 tournament was scheduled to be held in Mumbai, as well as Bangalore and Chennai from December 3 to 10.

“The decision was taken today by the Governing Council of the Champions League 2020 after consultations among the three founding board members of the tournament - Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA),” Cricket Australia said in a statement.

Western Australia and Victoria had already cancelled their travel plans to India following the blasts. Those two teams were to be the Australian representatives in the tournament.

A number of other Australians including Shane Warne, Shane Watson and Matthew Hayden were also planning to play in Indian Premier League (IPL) teams.

Lalit Modi, Chairman of the Champions League Twenty20, said in the statement: “It was agreed that in the best interests of all concerned, the inaugural edition of the Champions League 2020 should be postponed.

“We very strongly condemn this dastardly and heinous criminal act of a few which has resulted in the loss of precious lives and injury to hundreds.

“We offer our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and we are with them in their hour of grief.”

Earlier Pakistan cricket authorities said they were willing to send their top Twenty20 team to India to participate in the Champions League, despite the wave of terrorism attacks.

Pakistan was to be represented in the tournament by the Sialkot Stallions, led by national captain Shoaib Malik.

“We have asked the Indian board to keep us up to date with the situation and the status of the Champions League, but we have told them we are willing to send the Sialkot team,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief operating officer Saleem Altaf said.

“What has happened is a great tragedy but we strongly believe you can’t stop sporting activities because of these terrorist strikes.”

- ABC/Reuters

Releasing it’s stranglehold on iTunes Fairplay DRM’ed content just a bit, Apple has issued a Quicktime 7.5.7 update, that allows standard definition videos to play on external displays without HDCP support. High definition content still toils under HDCP and DisplayPort content Protection (DPCP), leaving oldschool displays at least functional, but sadly low res. Any new MacBook / MacBook Pro owners out there making the non-HD supported Mini DisplayPort-to-VGA journey who can check in and let us know if it’s working now? Grab the lastest version with your usual Software Update function or from the apple Support Download Website.

Thank heavens — the $154 million water recycling system, which is designed to convert sweat, moisture and urine into an ingestible fluid, um, works. According to NASA, the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) managed to get through three rigorous testing sessions, and apparently that was good enough for officials to leave it in orbit. So yeah, theoretically we now have a way to keep long-term space cadets hydrated for months, but is anyone really going to volunteer to pinch their nostrils and toss back the first shot? Our sources point to “no.”