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Friday, August 19, 2011

An Amputee And 2 Big Cats


 An Amputee And 2 Big Cats

We're loving lions: How a cuddle with a big cat helped a thrill-seeking double amputee live on the wild side again

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:35 AM on 24th May 2011

Lions and tigers aren’t usually the sort of animals you’d want to get close to, but that’s exactly what double amputee John Reinke likes to do. 
In fact, he’s discovered an incredible ability to get so close to such animals that he can cuddle them. He only released his sensitive skill after a bungee jump accident caused him to lose both legs.
The dad-of-two has a particularly special bond with Bonedigger, a seven-foot male lion, who  like John also suffers from a disability due to brittle bones.
Double amputee John Reinke has an amazing ability and can cuddle 
big cats including seven-foot male lion BonediggerDouble amputee John Reinke has an amazing ability and can cuddle big cats including seven-foot male lion  Bonedigger

‘Bonedigger won’t act like this with anyone else,’ says John as he sits with the 320lb lion draped across his lap. ‘He never shows me aggression at all.
‘When I am having a bad day with my legs, just being with him makes me feel better.
‘I know he knows that we are both disabled.’
John, 43, first came into contact with the big cat through his work at the G.W Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. He bottle-fed Bonedigger, now 18 months old, from birth, and the pair are now the closest of pals.
Speaking about this special bond John added, ‘He’s like a dog and when he hasn't seen me for ages he gets all excited and runs up to me.’
Nothing about the relationship between the pair is normal; Bonedigger was hand-reared by John along with a tiger named Tony.
Cub love: John says of his disability: 'Bringing up Bonedigger and
 Tony helped me recover' Cub love: John says of his disability: 'Bringing up Bonedigger and Tony helped me recover'
‘They used to live with me in the house. I raised them both with bottled formula and raw meat until they grew too big for the house,’ said John.
And even though they’ve moved out Tony and Bonedigger aren’t far from John - the cats share an enclosure next to the house John usually lives in with the other keepers.
‘Tony is perfectly healthy, but is a bit too playful. When Bonedigger senses that I am losing control of the play, he snarls at Tony and you can tell he is being protective and telling him to stop.’
Father-of-two John lost his legs as a result of a bungee-jumping 
accidentFather-of-two John lost his legs as a result of a bungee-jumping accident
Bonedigger, a seven-foot male lion, also suffers from a disability
 due to brittle bonesBonedigger, a seven-foot male lion, also suffers from a disability due to brittle bones

Living on the wild side has always been on John’s agenda, when doing a bungee jump in April 1994, he fell through a faulty trap door from 55 feet, crushing both his legs.
‘I pierced my side with a six inch metal stake too and I asked my friends to call my wife because I thought that was it,’ said the ex-turbine engineer.
‘I broke my hip, my back, and shattered both feet and raked my intestines. Needless to say, I was in a coma for eight days after I reached the hospital. My wife Kristi couldn’t recognise me when she first saw me.
John, who works at the GW Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, 
Oklahoma, bottle-fed Bonedigger from birthJohn, who works at the GW Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, bottle-fed Bonedigger from birth
Bonedigger was hand-reared with a tiger named Tony, and the pair 
of big cats now have a joint enclosure next to the house shared by John,
 the owner and other keepersBonedigger was hand-reared with a tiger named Tony, and the pair of big cats now have a joint enclosure next to the house shared by John, the owner and other keepers

‘When I finally woke up the doctors told me that I would never walk again.’
But John was determined to prove them wrong and not let this terrible accident prevent him from enjoying life, ‘I wasn’t going to accept that fate,’ he added
After five years of painstaking rehabilitation, John learned to use his legs again, and he began to rebuild his life. He and his wife Kristi, 45, had a second son Peyton, 15, six years after their first son, Nathan, 21, was born.
But in the years that followed, John suffered from repeated infections in his left leg and, in 2005, made the incredibly difficult decision to have it amputated below the knee.
‘I was at an all-time low then, but in 2006, on a family holiday, we came across the G.W Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma and everything changed,’ he said.
It was at this park that John bonded with a nine-foot Grizzly bear called Ozzie, little did John know then that this meeting would turn his life around.
John soon began visiting the park once a week from his home in Texas to see Ozzie and spend time with the other animals.
Three's no crowd: When Bonedigger senses John is losing control of
 the play, he protectively snarls at Tony and tells him to stopThree's no crowd: When Bonedigger senses John is losing control of the play, he protectively snarls at Tony and tells him to stop

After spotting his frequent visits, a year later, park director Joe Schreibvogel asked John to as a park manager.
In 2009 John suffered another devastating blow, he had an infection in his remaining right leg and chose to have a second amputation.
‘That was another low moment for me because I value my independence highly,’ said John.
‘Bringing up Bonedigger and Tony helped me recover, especially my relationship with Bonedigger.’
Defiant and brave, John was quickly back at work after his second amputation, using high-tech metal legs built by Scott Sabolich Prosthetics and Research.
And John hasn’t looked back since, ‘At the moment I am bringing up three-month-old tiger cubs named Tippy and Orlando. They are keeping me busy and they need to be entertained every day.
‘Tippy likes to play tug of war with my prosthetic legs, which is good, because I guess that would hurt otherwise!’
John is currently at home in Texas with his family as he undergoes further medical treatment for his legs and shoulder but that won’t be the last of his time with the big cats.
While John is away park staff are looking after Bonedigger and Tony. But everyone is looking forward to the return of their inspirational keeper as clearly John is irreplaceable.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

How to say 'I LOVE U' in 100 Languages ?


 How to say 'I LOVE U' in 100 Languages ?

 
English - I love you
Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
Albanian - Te dua
Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
Armenian - Yes kez sirumen
Bambara - M'bi fe
Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi (pronounced: Amee toe-ma-kee bhalo-bashee) (THX GVamp!)
Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian - Obicham te
Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
Cantonese Chinese - Ngo oiy ney a
Catalan - T'estimo
Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i (Thanks Nancy!)
Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
Creol - Mi aime jou
Croatian - Volim te
Czech - Miluji te
Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch - Ik hou van jou
Elvish - Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Esperanto - Mi amas vin
Estonian - Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian - Afgreki'
Faroese - Eg elski teg
Farsi - Doset daram
Filipino - Mahal kita
Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
French - Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Frisian - Ik hâld fan dy
Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
Georgian - Mikvarhar
German - Ich liebe dich
Greek - S'agapo
Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw
Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia'oe
Hebrew - Ani ohevet otekh (to female) (Thanks Morris)
Hebrew - Ani ohev otkha (to male) (Thanks again)
Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian - Szeretlek
Icelandic - Eg elska tig
Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
Inuit - Negligevapse
Irish - Taim i' ngra leat
Italian - Ti amo
Japanese - Ainutseru
Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili - Nakupenda
Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
Korean - Sarang Heyo
Latin - Te amo
Latvian - Es tevi miilu
Lebanese - Bahibak
Lithuanian - Tave myliu
Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gäer
Macedonian - Te Sakam (Thanks Eden!)
Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
Mandarin Chinese - Wo ai ni
Marathi - Me tula prem karto
Mohawk - Kanbhik
Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
Norwegian - Jeg Elsker Deg
Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
Persian - Doo-set daaram
Pig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish - Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese - Eu te amo
Romanian - Te iubesc
Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic - Tha gradh agam ort
Serbian - Volim te
Setswana - Ke a go rata
Sign Language - ,,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing'I Love You')
Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux - Techihhila
Slovak - Lu'bim ta
Slovenian - Ljubim te
Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
Swedish - Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
Surinam - Mi lobi joe
Tagalog - Mahal kita
Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai - Chan rak khun (to male)
Thai - Phom rak khun (to female)
Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
Vietnamese - Anh ye^u em (to female)
Vietnamese - Em ye^u anh (to male)
Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu di
Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
Yoruba - Mo ni fe.


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Sunday, August 14, 2011

FHM UK 2011 Calendar


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





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Monday, August 8, 2011

Katrina Kaif Having "BEEDI"




 

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

What Is BirthDay ???


 What Is BirthDay ???

Fantastic answer by Dr Kalam to a question asked at the BBC, 

Define BIRTHDAY..........
 



Answer
 : The only day in your life, when you cried and your Mother wassmiling..............



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