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Salam my sister I got you an article from Wikipedia Finland Finland is a country in Northern Europe and is a member state of the European Union. Finland is one of the Nordic countries. The capital of Finland is Helsinki. The currency of Finland is the Euro (EUR). It was "markka", FIM, before 2002. The president of Finland is Tarja Halonen. Finland's population is 5.2 million. Finnish and Swedish are the official languages of Finland. Most people in Finland speak Finnish. Finland became independent in 1917. The most important cities in Finland are Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Lahti, Kuopio, Jyväskylä and Pori. Finland is a major welfare state. Welfare states have very high taxes, but free health care, education, and welfare for people without work. Nature and weather The Finnish nature is a striking attraction for anybody: there are big forests and many trees in Finland: pine, birch, maple, oak, elm and spruce are common. The wildlife offers a variety of beautiful birds and other animals like bears, wolves, foxes, lynx and moose. The swan is the national bird of Finland. Fancy some fresh fish? Pikes, perches, salmon and trouts are waiting for eager fishermen and -women. There are also hundreds of rivers and dozens of thousands of lakes with fresh water. Many islands in the Baltic Sea belong to Finland, too. The Åland archipelago is impressive; it consists of thousands of islands. The fells and the Northern lights of Lapland attract tourists from all over the world. History of Finland In the past, there were many wars. The last time Finland was in a war was during World War II. Leaders of the Soviet Union wanted Finland to be a part of the Soviet Union. Leaders of Finland refused; they wanted to stay independent. Soviet Union sent many troops to Finland to try to make Finland join it. There were many fights, and Finnish soldiers won many times. Finally, the leaders of both countries agreed to make peace. Finland was not joined with the Soviet Union, but had to give away some land to make the peace. Finland is still independent. In fact, Finland fought three different wars during WWII: the Winter War (1939-40), the Continuation War (1941-1944) and the Lapland War against German troops (1944-1945). After the war, there were many factories built in Finland. At that time, big factories did simple things, like make paper and steel. Now more and more people work on more advanced things, like high technology. Also, more people go to a university to get a good education. Finland was one of the first countries where most people had Internet connections and mobile phones.

Thanks for your sweet replies folks

@عاشـــ البنفسج ـــقة@ and عسوله* I thank you girls from the bottom of my heart

Bashar thanks for your reply brother Dear a7la dala3 ..its my honour thanks my sweety and to the one called Sephy...duh ..I really dont need your reply and your opinion..keep it to yourself...I would accept it only if it is a real criticism...and not a nonsense...

السلام علیکم انا تخصصي بعد ادب أنجليزي ...و أحمد ربي انه أنا هاي التخصص و الحمد لله أ خذته عن رغبه...و التخصص قبل لا تدشه لازم يكون عندك حب الأطلاع بالنجليزي و تحب القراءة ..اذا عندي هاي الأشياء و انت زين في الأنجليزي ...توكل على الله ودشه...الحمد لله هاي تخصصي...و الله يوفق الكل يا رب

Thanks my dear

I am honoured to read this reply brother..Thanks a lot..and this will be a motive to post more..Thanks again

Salam everyone This is my first poem in English...I wrote in arabic once when I was a child but my siblings mocked me.. that is why i stopped writing in arabic ...Anyway I used to believe that i dont have any talent what so ever in poetry ..However, before 2 months i decided to give it a shot ..so this is it: Hear me not!! As always, hear me not. Shut me not, in the sunny day and hot or even, in the chilly day and frost. Silent, I've always been. Pleasure, I've never seen. Oppressed, but my soul is keen to start all over and redeem. This is life, hard and ugly. But, I will raise my voice so loudly that even the kingdom of far away will hear my noise, and will lay down because my word was conveyed. __________________

أصوت حق عنيدة الخليج

الله يخليكم يا رب أنتو بعد و مشكوريين كلكم . و يخليكم لاهلكم. الله يوفقك أخوي نضال انت بعد...مشكور ما تقصر

مشكووووووورين و انتو بألف خير يا رب مشكور أخوي نضال ... والله فرحتوني

Diary of a Young Wife Monday: Now home from honeymoon and settled in our new home. It's fun to co**2 for Tim. Today I made an angel food cake and the recipe said, "beat 12 eggs separately." Well, I didn't have enough bowls to do that, so I had to borrow 12 bowls to beat the eggs in. The cake turned out fine though. Tuesday: We wanted a fruit salad for supper. The recipe said, "serve without dressing." So I didn't dress. But Tim happened to bring a friend home for supper that night. They both looked so startled when I served them, I think it was the salad. Wednesday: I decided to serve rice and found a recipe which said, "wash thoroughly before steaming the rice." So I heated some water and took a bath before steaming the rice. Sounded kinda silly in the middle of the day. I can't say it improved the rice anyhow. Thursday: Today Tim asked for salad again. I tried a new recipe. It said, prepare ingredients, then toss on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving." I hunted all over the place for a garden and when I got one, I tossed my salad into the bed of lettuce and stood over there for over one hour so the dog would not take it. Tim came over and asked if I felt all right. I wonder why? He must be stressed at work, I'll try to be supportive. Friday: Today I found an easy recipe for COOKIESSS. It said, "put all ingredients in a bowl and beat it." Beat it I did,to my mom's place. There must have been something wrong with the recipe,because when I came back home again, it looked the same as when I left it. Saturday: Tim went shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday. I'm sure I don't know how hens dress for Sunday. I never noticed back on the farm, but I found an old doll dress and it's little cute shoes. I thought the hen looked really cute. When Tim saw it, he started counting to ten. Either he was really stressed because of his work,or he wanted the chicken to dance. When I asked him what was wrong he started crying and shouting out "why me ? why me ?".

:lol: wow that was a good one....tough guy.

yup thank god am girl

"Doctor, please hurry. My son swallowed a razor-blade." "Don't panic, I'm coming immediately. Have you done anything yet ?" "Yea, I shaved with the electric razor." +++++++++++++ "Doctor, doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the operation?" "Yes, of course..." "Great! I never could before!" +++++++++++++ A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" the doctor queries. "No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!" +++++++++++++ Doctor: I have some bad news and some very bad news. Patient: Well, might as well give me the bad news first. Doctor: The lab called with your test results. They said you have 24 hours to live. Patient: 24 HOURS! Thats terrible!! WHAT could be WORSE? What's the very bad news? Doctor: I've been trying to reach you since yesterday. +++++++++++++ A man goes to his doctor for a complete checkup. He hasn't been feeling well and wants to find out if he's ill. After the checkup the doctor comes out with the results of the examination. "I'm afraid I have some bad news. You're dying and you don't have much time," the doctor says. "Oh no, that's terrible. How long have I got?" the man asks. "10..." says the doctor. "10? 10 what? Months? Weeks? What?!" he asks desperately. "10...9...8...7..." +++++++++++++ A man walks into a doctor's office. He has a cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear and a banana in his right ear. "What's the matter with me?" he asks the doctor. The doctor replies, "You're not eating properly." +++++++++++++ "Doctor, are you sure I'm suffering from pneumonia? I've heared once about a doctor treating someone with pneumonia and finally he died of typhus." "Don't worry, it won't happen to me. If I treat someone with pneumonia he will die of pneumonia." +++++++++++++ The seven-year old girl told her mom, "A boy in my class asked me to play doctor." "Oh, dear," the mother nervously sighed. "What happened, honey?" "Nothing, he made me wait 45 minutes and then double-billed the insurance company."

thanx dear lulu happy eid people

George W. Bush is hanging out with the Queen of England. He asks her: "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?" The Queen says: "Well, the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people." Bush frowns and replies: "Well, how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?" The Queen takes a little sip of tea and says: "Oh, that's easy. You just ask them to answer an intelligence riddle." The Queen pushes the button on her intercom and says: "Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?" Tony Blair walks into the room and says: "Yes, Your Majesty?" The Queen smiles at Tony and says: "Tony, answer me this, please. Your mother and father have a child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?" Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair says: "Well, that would be me." The Queen smiles and says: "Yes! Very good! Thank you!" Back at the White House, Bush is a bit puzzled. He asks to speak with Vice President Richard Cheney. "Hey Richard, answer this for me, would you? Your mother and father have a child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?" Richard Cheney frowns and says: "Geez, I'm not sure. Lemme get back to you on that one." Richard Cheney goes to all his advisors and asks everyone he can but no one can give him an answer. Finally, he ends up in the men's room and recognizes Colin Powell's shoes in the next stall. Richard shouts over to him: "Hey Colin! Can you answer this for me? Your mother and father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?" Colin Powell flushes and yells back: "Hey, that's easy. It's me!" Richard Cheney smiles and yells: "Thanks!” then goes back to the Oval Office and tells Bush: "Hey, I finally figured out the answer to that riddle! It’s Colin Powell!" Bush gets up and angrily stomps over to Richard Cheney and yells right into Richard's face: "No you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"

A woman gets onto a bus with her baby. The bus driver says, "That's the ugliest baby that I've ever seen. Ugh!" The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her, "The driver just insulted me!" The man says, "You go right up there and tell him off. Go ahead, I'll hold your monkey for you." :lol:

There was a great wedding ceremony about to take place........ The King of the Jungle The Lion was about to get married..... A mouse was heard shouting and jeering........... saying aloud to every animal in the jungle "YES" my brother is geting Married........ He was estatic and so excited.......... so the animals started to speak........... He is just a mouse how can He be the brother of the lion......... So they confronted him to stop him from this madness, they publicly Boldly addressed him........ Oh Mouse You are a mouse and the Lion is the king of the Jungle and Us so how can He the great king be Your Brother little mouse... and laughed aloud... The Mouse replied... I used to be a lion to before I got married.... :lol:

it was my pleasure:) ur the most welcome

Famous Brand Names There are many companies / brands / products whose names were derived from strange circumstances: ~ Mercedes This was actually the financier's daughter's name. ~ Adobe This came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock. ~ Apple Computers It was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 O'clock. ~ CISCO It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco. ~ Compaq This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object. ~ Corel The name was derived from the founder's name Dr.Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland REsearch Laboratory. ~ Google The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol', a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google' ~ Hotmail Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters "html" - the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing. ~ Hewlett Packard Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett. ~ Intel Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company 'Moore Noyce' but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics. ~ Lotus (Notes) Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from 'The Lotus Position' or 'Padmasana'. Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. ~ Microsoft Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on. ~~ Motorola Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was called Victrola. ~ ORACLE Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). The code name for the project was called Oracle (the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all questions or something such). The project was designed to help use the newly written SQL code by IBM. The project eventually was terminated but Larry and Bob decided to finish what they started and bring it to the world. They kept the name Oracle and created the RDBMS engine. Later they kept the same name for the company. ~ Sony It originated from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster. ~ SUN Founded by 4 Stanford University buddies, SUN is the acronym for Stanford University Network. Andreas Bechtolsheim built a microcomputer; Vinod Khosla recruited him and Scott McNealy to manufacture computers based on it, and Bill Joy to develop a UNIX-based OS for the computer. ~ Yahoo! The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book 'Gulliver's Travels'. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos. _______________________________________________________

i am soooooo glad that you like'em thanx for replying all of ya .....

it was my pleasure sweet pie

ur welcome

One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read, "...And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said, 'Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?'" The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that man said?" One little boy raised his hand and said, "I know"..he said OH GOD! A talking pig!'" ....................................................................................... once upon a time a fairy told a married couple "for being such an exemplory married couple for 25 years, I will give you each a wish" "I want to travel around the world with my dearest husband"......said the wife. The fairy moved her magic stick and abracadbra! two tickets appeared in her hands. Now it was the husbands turn. He thought for a moment and said: "Well......this moment is very romantic, but an opportunity like this only occurs once in a lifetime. So....I'm sorry my love, but my wish is......to have a wife 30 years younger than me" The wife was deeply disappointed but, a wish was a wish. The Fairy made a circle with her magic stick and.......abracadbra!.... Suddenly the husband was 90 years old. ............................................................................................................... A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise and yelled over to the boy, "Hey Willis, forget your troubles. Come in and visit with us. I'll help you get the wagon up later." "That's mighty nice of you," Willis answered, "but I don't think Pa would like me to." "Aw come on boy," the farmer insisted. "Well okay," the boy finally agreed, and added, "but Pa won't like it." After a hearty dinner, Willis thanked his host. "I feel a lot better now, but I know Pa is going to be real upset." "Don't be foolish!" the neighbor said with a smile. "By the way, where is he?" "Under the wagon." ....................................................................................... There were these 3 criminals who had just robbed a bank in Egypt. They were caught, convicted, and sentenced to exile in the Sahara Desert and they could each take only one thing. When they met in the desert they each were telling what they had brought. "I brought a loaf of bread, so when I get hungry, I'll have something to eat," said the first criminal. "I brought a water skin, so that when I get thirsty, I'll have something to drink," said the second. "I brought a car door, so that when it gets hot I can roll down the window." .......................................................................................