Photograph That Shook The World.

Thousands online have shared an image of a Syrian child with her hands raised in surrender - but what is the story behind it?

Those sharing it were moved by the fear in the child's eyes, as she seems to staring into the barrel of a gun. It wasn't a gun, of course, but a camera, and the moment was captured for all to see. But who took the picture and what is the story behind it? BBC Trending have tracked down the original photographer - Osman Sağırlı - and asked him how the image came to be.

It began to go viral Tuesday last week, when it was tweeted by Nadia Abu Shaban, a photojournalist based in Gaza. The image quickly spread across the social network. "I'm actually weeping", "unbelievably sad", and "humanity failed", the comments read. The original post has been retweeted more than 11,000 times. On Friday the image was shared on Reddit, prompting another outpouring of emotion. It's received more than 5,000 upvotes, and 1,600 comments.

Accusations that the photo was fake, or staged, soon followed on both networks. Many on Twitter asked who had taken the photo, and why it had been posted without credit. Abu Shaban confirmed she had not taken the photo herself, but could not explain who had. On Imgur, an image sharing website, one user traced the photograph back to a newspaper clipping, claiming it was real, but taken "around 2012", and that the child was actually a boy. The post also named a Turkish photojournalist, Osman Sağırlı, as the man who took the picture.

BBC Trending spoke to Sağırlı - now working in Tanzania - to confirm the origins of the picture. The child is in fact not a boy, but a four-year-old girl, Hudea. The image was taken at the Atmeh refugee camp in Syria, in December last year. She travelled to the camp - around 10 km from the Turkish border - with her mother and two siblings. It is some 150 km from their home in Hama.

"I was using a telephoto lens, and she thought it was a weapon," says Sağırlı. "İ realised she was terrified after I took it, and looked at the picture, because she bit her lips and raised her hands. Normally kids run away, hide their faces or smile when they see a camera." He says he finds pictures of children in the camps particularly revealing. "You know there are displaced people in the camps. It makes more sense to see what they have suffered not through adults, but through children. It is the children who reflect the feelings with their innocence."

The image was first published in the Türkiye newspaper in January, where Sağırlı has worked for 25 years, covering war and natural disasters outside the country. It was widely shared by Turkish speaking social media users at the time. But it took a few months before it went viral in the English-speaking world, finding an audience in the West over the last week.

Source: BBC News

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Picture Puzzle

Ans:

2110 (7*3 7+3)

GRE sample question.

In a game, exactly six inverted cups stand side by side in a straight line, and each has exactly one ball hidden under it. The cups are numbered consecutively 1 through 6. Each of the balls is painted a single solid color. The colors of the balls are green, magenta, orange, purpose, red and yellow. The balls have been hidden under the cups in a manner that conforms to the following conditions:

The purple ball must be hidden under a lower-numbered cup than the orange ball.
The red ball must be hidden under a cup immediately adjacent to the cup under which the magenta ball is hidden.
The green ball must be hidden under cup 5.



1.Which of the following could be the colors of the balls under the cups, in order from 1 through 6?

(A) Green, yellow, magenta, red, purple, orange
(B) Magenta, green, purple, red, orange ,yellow
(C) Magenta, red, purple, yellow, green, orange
(D) Orange, yellow, red, magenta, green, purple
(E) Red, purple, magenta, yellow, green, orange

Ans : C
Explanation:  
Inverted cups are numbered 1 through 6 consecutively. Six balls of different colors are hidden under them. The colors are G, M, O, P, R, Y using the first alphabet of each color. We use the letter B for ball. For example PB stands for purple colored ball.
The given conditions are
(i) PB < OB ('<' indicates that this purple ball is hidden in a lower numbered cup than orange ball)
(ii) RB, MB are adjacent .
(iii) GB = 5 (this means that the green ball is hidden under cup No. 5)
No restrictions given for yellow colored ball.

(A) Wrong. Green Ball is not under Cup 5.
(B) Wrong. Green Ball is not under Cup 5.
(C) Correct: All three above conditions satisfied.
(D) Wrong : Purple Ball is not before orange Ball.
(E) Wrong : RB and MB are not adjacent.



2.If the magenta ball is under cup 4, the red ball must be under cup

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) 6

Ans : C
Explanation: 
Inverted cups are numbered 1 through 6 consecutively. Six balls of different colors
are hidden under them. The colors are G, M, O, P, R, Y using the first alphabet of
each color. We use the letter B for ball. For example PB stands for purple colored
ball.
The given conditions are
(i) PB < OB
('<' indicates that this purple ball is hidden in a lower numbered cup than orange ball)
(ii) RB, MB are adjacent .
(iii) GB = 5
(this means that the green ball is hidden under cup No. 5)
No restrictions given for yellow colored ball.
Here MB = 4. Since GB = 5, RB which is to be adjacent to MB must occupy place 3.
So, C is the correct answer.



3. A ball of which of the following colors could be under cup 6?

(A) Green (B) Magenta (C) Purple (D) Red (E) Yellow

Ans : E
Explanation:
Inverted cups are numbered 1 through 6 consecutively. Six balls of different colors
are hidden under them. The colors are G, M, O, P, R, Y using the first alphabet of each color. We use the letter B for ball. For example PB stands for purple colored ball.
The given conditions are
(i) PB < OB
('<' indicates that this purple ball is hidden in a lower numbered cup than orange ball)
(ii) RB, MB are adjacent .
(iii) GB = 5
(this means that the green ball is hidden under cup No. 5)
No restrictions given for yellow colored ball.
(A) Wrong: GB is 5 and cannot be 6.
(B) Wrong: RB cannot be 5 and so MB, RB cannot be adjacent.
(C) Wrong: If PB = 6, there is no place for OB and so PB < OB fails.
(D) Wrong: If RB = 6, then MB cannot be 5 as GB = 6. So the condition RB, MB adjacent fails.
(E) Correct: No restriction for yellow Ball.
So, the answer is E. 



4. If the purple ball is under cup 4, the orange ball must be under cup

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) 6

Ans : E
Explanation: 
Inverted cups are numbered 1 through 6 consecutively. Six balls of different colors
are hidden under them. The colors are G, M, O, P, R, Y using the first alphabet of
each color. We use the letter B for ball. For example PB stands for purple colored
ball.
The given conditions are
(i) PB < OB
('<' indicates that this purple ball is hidden in a lower numbered cup than orange ball)
(ii) RB, MB are adjacent .
(iii) GB = 5
(this means that the green ball is hidden under cup No. 5)
No restrictions given for yellow colored ball.
PB = 4
(A), (B), (C) are wrong as orange Ball should be after 4.
(D) is wrong because Green Ball should be at 5.
(E) is correct.
So the correct answer is E.



5. Which of the following must be true?
(A) The green ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the yellow ball.
(B) The orange ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the green ball.
(C) The purple ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the green ball.
(D) The purple ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the red ball.
(E) The red ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the yellow ball.
Ans : C
Explanation: 
Inverted cups are numbered 1 through 6 consecutively. Six balls of different colors
are hidden under them. The colors are G, M, O, P, R, Y using the first alphabet of
each color. We use the letter B for ball. For example PB stands for purple colored
ball.
The given conditions are
(i) PB < OB
('<' indicates that this purple ball is hidden in a lower numbered cup than orange ball)
(ii) RB, MB are adjacent .
(iii) GB = 5
(this means that the green ball is hidden under cup No. 5)
No restrictions given for yellow colored ball.
(A) Wrong: It can happen as number 6 slot is vacant. But it is not a must.
(B) Wrong: Orange Ball can be event at Number 6.
(C) Correct: Purple Ball cannot be at Number 6 as it should be before Orange Ball as per the initial condition.
Since GB=5, PB must be less than Green Ball number.
(D) and (E) are also not a must.
So the correct answer is C. 

Relation quizzes 2!

A and B are young ones of C. If C is the father of A but B is not the son of C. How are B and C related 

Ans:
C has two children A and B, if A is his son, B must be his daughter.

Relation quizzie!

Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather." How is the woman related to the man in the photograph? 

Ans:
Sister
Only son of woman’s grandfather – Woman’s father; 
Man’s brother father – Man’s father. 
So, the woman is man’s sister.

River puzzle

Ans:

1. Take chicken over
2. Return
3. Take fox or sack of corn over
4. Return with goose
5. Take sack of corn or fox over
6. Return
7. Take chicken over

Thus there are seven crossings, four forward and three back.

Train riddle

Ans:
Both are at equal distance from NYC if they are at same point. Got it?

Poisoned pill

Ans:
Take any six pills and divide them into two groups of three each. Weigh putting the 3 pills on each side. If one side weigh's heavier than another, the heavier side consists of the poisonous pill. From the three pill in heavier side, weigh two pills. If one pill is heavier than another, the heavy one is poisonous pill. If both pill weigh same, the remaining third pill is poisonous.
If all the 6 pill weigh the same, weigh the remaining two pill and heavy one is poisonous.

Cement room riddle

Ans:
You look in the mirror to see what you “saw”, take the “saw” and cut the piece of wood in half. Put the two halves together to make a “whole”, and then just crawl out through the “whole”.

Solve it

Ans:

6

9= 72

8=72-16 = 56

7=72-16-(16-2)= 42

6= 72-16-(16-2)-(16-2-2)= 30

5= 72-16-(16-2)-(16-2-2)-(16-2-2-2)= 20

4= 72-16-(16-2)-(16-2-2)-(16-2-2-2)-(16-2-2-2-2)= 12

3= 72-16-(16-2)-(16-2-2)-(16-2-2-2)-(16-2-2-2-2)-(16-2-2-2-2-2)= 6

The maze game

I am the beginning of the end, the end of every place. I am the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?

Ans:
The letter 'E'

Angle between clock hands

What's the angle between minute hand and hour hand at a quarter past three?

Ans:
7.5 degrees.

The minute hand is pointing directly at the '3'. The hour hand is 1/4 of the way between the '3' and '4'. Since there are 12 numbers the angle between each number is 30 degrees. So the angle between the hands are 30 degrees * 1/4 = 7.5 degrees.

What is that???

What starts with an e but only has a single letter in it?

Ans:

 An envelope.

Race to top of tree

A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?

Ans:
None of them, because you can’t get a banana from a coconut tree!

Cut the Cake

Can you divide a cake in 8 pieces with three cuts?

 

Ans:

Four parts in two cuts are easy.

Now just cut the cake horizontally (split the bottom and top part).

Which direction is the bus going?

This is actually a brain teaser for kids... and many of them give correct answer to this... But it has been found that many adults were unable to give correct answer maybe their brain tend to "Over think" the problem instead of using common sense So, here is a image of a bus driving in road of city you live. Now tell me which direction is the bus going... Left or Right. And I give you a hint... answers may be different. Answer: Well, the direction may differ as according to city(country) you live. The place I live has a left side driving rule(i.e Drive from left side of road). So in my city the bus must be going left. Why left?? Which side the bus has it's door on? Did you get your answer?

The test

Here you have a few fun brain exer­cises to train our atten­tion and work­ing mem­ory (the abil­ity to keep infor­ma­tion cur­rent for a short period while using this infor­ma­tion). Given them a try! They are not as easy as they may sound…

1. Say the days of the week back­wards, then in alpha­bet­i­cal order.
2. Say the months of the year in alpha­bet­i­cal order. Easy? well, why don’t you try doing so back­wards, in reverse alpha­bet­i­cal order.
3. Find the sum of your date of birth, mm/dd/yyyy. Want more exer­cise? Do the same with friends’ and rel­a­tives’ date of birth.
4. Name two objects for every let­ter in your com­plete name. Work up to five objects, try­ing to use dif­fer­ent items each time.
5. Wher­ever you are, look around and within two min­utes, try to find 5 red things that will fit in your pocket, and 5 blue objects that are too big to fit.

Monty Hall Problem

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

Ans:

Behind door 1	Behind door 2	Behind door 3	Result if staying at door #1	Result if switching to the door offered
Car	Goat	Goat	Wins Car	Wins Goat
Goat	Car	Goat	Wins Goat	Wins Car
Goat	Goat	Car	Wins Goat	Wins Car

So chances of winning are greater if you switch your choice.