Funny? Wierd? Lies? Shocked? Surprised? Unique? Amazing? Truths?

2010-06-23T04:09:00.001-07:00

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OREO, may be other brand too?

2009-02-18T23:56:00.001-08:00

Scary, pls beware!
以後吃夾心餅乾還是要注意一下… Whenever eating biscuit that got sugar/cream in the middle, we must be extra carefully Saat makan biscuit yang mengapit gula di tengah, harus extra hati-hati

打開—轉一轉….發現蟲卵………. When opened and turned....got Maggot inside.... Dibuka dan diputar….ada ulat di dalam….

以後不管吃什麼東西都還是先檢查看一下比較好XD
前天在床上看書 聽到房間一陣騷動
Whenever eat everything, better check it first, last Two-Day XD was reading book on bed, suddenly she heard noisy in the room saat makan apapun, lebih baik dicek dulu, XD dua hari yang lalu sedang baca buku di atas ranjang, tiba-tiba mendengar keributan dalam kamar.
原來室友到7-11買了巧克力口味的歐reo
在她要咬下去的那瞬間 看了一下
結果，發現歐reo該不會出新的口味了
那是糖粉嗎??怎麼有白白的顆粒?而且還做成吸盤狀的??
附吸盤的歐reo圖片 Her roommate just bought OREO biscuit with chocolate taste from 7-11, before she bite it, she saw something strange in the middle cream, got many small holes with white color , she thought it's impossible that OREO got new product with new taste? Is it the sugar? But how come it's looked like this? ternyata, teman sekamar baru beli biscuit oreo rasa coklat di 7-11, sebelum digigit, dia lihat ada sesuatu yang aneh pada krim/gula coklat yang diapit di tengah kedua biscuit tsb, sepertinya ada lubang putih putih,dia rasa oreo tidak mungkin memproduksi biscuit rasa baru, apakah itu butiran gula? Tapi bentuknya kog begini?

於是大家找了找盒子(See attached file: 002..JPG) Then she took the pack lalu dia ambil bungkusannya
沒錯，是巧克力口味，不是白巧克力也沒加果醬， It's correct, chocolate taste, not white chocolate and there's no fruit added in it. benar, rasa coklat, bukan coklat putih dan tidak ada tambahan buah di dalamnya.

有過期嗎? 離過期還很遠 Expired? Still long time kadaluarsa? Masih lama
包裝也很完整 The pack still very good 想說發揮一下實驗精神 該不會只有外面怪怪的其實內在是完美的??!!
Is it possible, the look is awful but actually the taste is yummy? mungkin ga, luarnya kelihatan aneh tapi rasanya hmm…enak…??!!
結果打開後(原諒我手震) Finally she opened the biscuit (Sorry for my trembling hand) akhirnya dibuka (maafkan saya, tangan saya gemetaran)

滿滿的白色圓形顆粒 有些還像已經破殼的蛋就像蟲卵!!....
這實在太噁心了~~~還好室友眼睛亮，咬了一口才發現還得了( ′-`)y-∼
Full of white small holes, look like the spoiled eggs as maggot's nest, so disgusting.. ..luckily my friend's eyesight is sharp, how if she has bite it? penuh dengan putih-putih, ada lubang-lubang kecil seperti telur ulat terlalu menjijikkan. ...untung penglihatan teman saya tajam, bagaimana jika dia sampai menggigitnya? 於是，我們發揮鄉民的本色，上網辜狗、癡識+、批萬、批兔都找一找
then we investigate via internet lalu, kami selidiki via internet 結果居然在癡識+查到
and we found it dan ternyata kami menemukan 天啊 ~~原來在1月時就有受害者怎麼都過了半年多我們還會拿到同樣的產品??
OMG....actually there's victim on January, and after passing ½ year, we still find same product? omg…ternyata pada bulan Januari sudah ada korban, dan setelah melewati ½ tahun, kami masih menemukan produk yang sama? 後來強者我室友 硬著頭皮拿著兩片疑似佈滿蟲卵的歐reo加原始包裝
在深夜時刻拿到7-11 可是正要跟店員申訴時
Later, at midnight my friend bring 2 biscuit along with its pack return to the 7-11 shop lalu, tengah malam teman saya bawa 2 biskuit beserta bungkusannya kembali ke toko 7-11 tsb 卻發現巧克力上的章魚燒都不見了!!!!!!!!!已經和巧克力融為一體
But the white spots have disappear, it's been dissolved into the cream tapi butir butir tsb sudah hilang!!!!!sudah larut dalam krim coklat tsb 趕緊再拆包裝裡新的歐reo 一打開~~滿滿都是啊!!!
Quickly, my friend opened the pack and took out another 1 biscuit again, opened and there's full of that disgusting thing dengan cepat, teman saya membuka bungkusan dan keluarkan 1 biskuit lagi, dibuka dan penuh dengan hal menjijikkan tsb.
還好店員退了錢 但也不知什麼時候才會下架(大夜班的似乎比較忙吼)
Luckily the shop staff was willing to give the money back, but don't know when the goods will be wiped out from their rack (maybe the staff who in charge in the midnight shift are busier) untungnya staf toko tsb mau mengembalikan duit teman saya, tetapi tidak tahu kapan barang tsb akan dilenyapkan dari rak mereka (mungkin yang masuk shift tengah malam terlalu sibuk)
他給室友一個理由：因為是進口產品可能運輸過程中出現問題
He gave us the reason is: the goods are import product, probably there's problem during the process of shipment alasan yang dia berikan adalah: ini merupakan produk import, mungkin saat shipment terjadi masalah.
天啊!!一個大公司，廣告又打那麼大，怎麼會發生這種事??
OMG, one of the giant companies with the huge advertisement, why such problem can happens? omg, satu perusahaan yang begitu besar, iklan yang begitu besar, kenapa bisa terjadi hal seperti ini? 歐reo的品管到底怎麼了??半年前已經有人發現這個問題
難道他沒有申訴還是廠商完全沒有改進??
How is the OREO production company? Last ½ year the same problem has happened. There's no reason for them to not improving the quality of their products? Gimana dengan perusahaan yang memproduksi Oreo? ½ tahun yang lalu sudah terjadi hal tsb? Tidak ada alasan baginya untuk tidak melakukan perbaikan mutu produk mereka?

奉勸各位喜歡吃歐reo的鄉民們要咬下去之前請睜大眼睛
For all friend who like to consume OREO biscuit, before bite it, hope to open your eyes widely to see beforehand. untuk semua teman yang suka mengkonsumsi biscuit oreo, sebelum digigit, harap buka mata lebar-lebar untuk melihat terlebih dahulu...

Huge Catfish Dies Swallowing Soccer Ball

2009-02-18T23:54:00.001-08:00

A catfish met an unpleasant fate in Germany when it tried to eat a football floating in the river. Police patrolling the Main River say it's the weirdest case they've seen in 30 years.

A police handout photo showing the catfish found in a sluice near the southern city of Würzburg.
A giant catfish died trying to eat a soccer ball and was found floating in a river with the ball wedged in its large snout, police in Germany said.

The two-meter long fish was found on Monday in a sluice in the Main River with its teeth sunk into the blue and white plastic ball.

"The catfish had evidently bitten into the ball and suffocated," Bavarian police said in a statement. "Whether the fish was swept up in the current excitement about football in the wake of the EURO 2008 championship could not be ascertained."

Reiner Jünger of the river police said: "I've never seen anything like this in 30 years on the job." He said catfish are among the biggest freshwater predators. They lie in wait on the river bed and attack prey on the surface. They sometimes even attack ducks swimming past.

Source: Spiegel Online Link Posted by Drew. Filed under Weird Animals.

Leopard preying a crocodile

2009-02-18T23:48:00.000-08:00

The photographs were taken by Hal Brindley, an American wildlife photographer, who was supposed to be taking pictures of hippos from his car in the Kruger National Park .

The giant cat raced out of cover provided by scrub and bushes to surprise the crocodile, which was swimming nearby.

A terrible and bloody struggle ensued. Eventually, onlookers were amazed to see the leopard drag the crocodile from the water as the reptile fought back.

With the crocodile snapping its powerful jaws furiously, the two animals somersaulted and grappled. Despite the crocodile's huge weight and strength, the leopard had the upper hand catching its prey by the throat.

Eventually the big cat was able to sit on top of the reptile and suffocate it.

In the past, there have been reports of crocodiles killing leopards, but this is believed to the first time that the reverse scenario has been observed.

Mr Brindley said: 'I asked many rangers in South Africa if they had ever heard of anything like this and they all said no.

"It just doesn't make sense. The meat you get out of a crocodile is just not worth the risk it takes a predator to acquire. The whole scene happened in the course of about 5 minutes. Then the leopard was gone.

"I drove away, elated in disbelief. It may have been the most amazing thing I've ever seen."

Ellie Rose, a reptile keeper at London Zoo, said: "Normally, crocodiles are well able to defend themselves against attack. I can't think of any examples of this happening before."

Sony Ericsson Idou

2009-02-18T23:31:00.000-08:00

The first 12 megapixel GSM cameraphone and the first device presented to ever run on the brand new open source Symbian user interface that's still being developed by the Symbian Foundation

Source:
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_idou-2683.php

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4q3Q3yZ7UE

Spec:

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100

Dimensions 111 x 54 x 15 mm

Display TFT touchscreen, 16M colors
360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Accelerometer sensor

Ringtones Polyphonic, MP3
Customization Download
Vibration Yes

Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields,Photocall
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Card slot microSD (TransFlash)

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

HSCSD Yes

EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA

Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP

Infrared port No

USB Yes, v2.0

OS Symbian OS

Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, IM

Browser WAP 2.0/HTML, RSS reader

Games Yes + downloadable

Colors Black

Camera 12.1 MP, 4256 x 2832 pixels, autofocus, xenon flash, video, video LED flash, secondary VGA videocall camera
- Built-in GPS
- aGPS function
- Camera images geo-tagging, face and smile detection
- Google maps
- FM radio with RDS
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- Organiser
- Built-in handsfree
- Voice memo/dial
- Java MIDP 2.0

15 Most Bizarre X-Rays

2009-02-12T05:17:00.000-08:00

These amazing X-rays show how a man arrived with a tap and 16 inches of pipework stuck in his eye at a hospital's casualty unit. But the terrified patient was forced to pull the tap out himself - because surgeons took three hours to send for a plumber to get it out. Yi Zhao, 57, had slipped in the bath impaling his left eye on the tap at his home.

This 2.5lb and 17 cm in diameter kidney stone was removed from a patient in Hungary, world's largest.

Eleven-year-old Chinese schoolboy Liu Cheong had a brush with death when his friend shot him in the head with a 16-inch arrow, according to numerous international media reports. The arrow entered his skull through the eye socket and lodged in the back of his head. Somehow, the boy was spared a fatal brain injury.

This X-ray shows how, during a fall, a car key penetrated the eyelid of 17-month-old Nicholas Holderman of Kentucky, reaching his brain. While doctors initially believed that the object had ruptured Nicholas' eyeball, another team of specialists later confirmed that the boy had sustained no permanent damage.

X-ray images show how a teenage boy cheated death when a 5-inch knife was plunged into his head. The 16-year-old and two other young men were injured when they tried to stop a friend getting robbed at a bus stop. The teenager was rushed to hospital with the kitchen knife still stuck in his forehead after the attack in Walworth, south London, in September 2008.

This X-ray was taken of a 60-year-old man who checked himself into Nishtar Hospital in Multan, Pakistan. He sought treatment because he claimed thieves had inserted a Pepsi bottle into his anus before stealing two of his buffalo.

A dentist found the source of the toothache Patrick Lawler was complaining about on the roof of his mouth: a four-inch (10-centimeter) nail the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his skull six days earlier.

Doctors in Pakistan removed a whole lightbulb from this prisoner's anus. The man said he awoke with the problem, but doctors weren't so sure.

8-year-old Haley Lents of Indiana swallowed 10 magnets and 20 steel balls from a Magnetix toy set. The magnets and balls attracted one another within her digestive tract, ripping a total of eight holes in her intestines and forcing her parents to rush her to the hospital for emergency surgery. Lents later told reporters that the magnets and steel balls "looked like candy."

The 5-centimeter nail shown in this X-ray was found after a man came to a Seoul, South Korea, hospital complaining of a severe headache. After examining and interviewing the man, doctors speculated that the nail had been the result of an accident four years before his visit, but that the man did not know the nail was lodged in his head.

This X-ray reveals a cell phone lodged in a Salvadoran prisoner's lower intestine. According to news reports, the man is one of four prisoners who are members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang. The men were caught with cell phones, spare chips and a charger that they had attempted to smuggle, according to authorities at San Salvador's Zacatecoluca prison.

Surgery was needed to save Houdini, a 12-foot Burmese python in Ketchum, Idaho, that swallowed an entire electric blanket with the electrical cord and control box. The X-ray here shows the blanket's tangled wiring and mechanism within the python's intestine.

This photo of an X-ray provided by Imperial Point Animal Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., shows a 13-inch serrated knife that somehow was swallowed by Elsie, a 6-month-old Saint Bernard puppy. The dog had the blade between her esophagus and stomach for about four days before it was removed in a two-hour operation. The puppy has an 8-inch scar but recovered quickly and was returned to her family.

A keeper at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on Australia's Gold Coast holds a carpet python snake. The 32-inch snake swallowed four golf balls it likely mistook for eggs, according to local reports. Surgery was needed to remove the balls from the snake's intestine.

This X-ray reveals the Australian kitten, known as Kohl, inside the gut of a 6-foot-long carpet python. Though the kitten's skull was larger than the snake's girth, the reptile dislocated its jaw to swallow the feline whole.

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Disturbing & Unusual Pics

2009-02-11T05:37:00.000-08:00

Rahsia Perempuan

2009-02-11T05:35:00.001-08:00

1. Bila seorang wanita mengatakan dia sedang bersedih,tetapi dia tidak menitiskan airmata,itu bermakna dia sedang menangis di dalam hatinya.

2. Bila dia tidak menghiraukan kamu selepas kamu menyakiti hatinya,lebih baik kamu beri dia masa untuk menenangkan hatinya semula sebelum kamu menegur dengan ucapan maaf.

3. Wanita sukar nak cari benda yang dia benci tentang orang yang paling dia sayang(sebab itu ramai wanita yang patah hati bila hubungan itu putus di tengah jalan).

4. Sekiranya seorang wanita jatuh cinta dengan seorang lelaki,lelaki itu akan sentiasa ada di fikirannya walaupun ketika dia sedang keluar dengan lelaki lain.

5. Bila lelaki yang dia suka dan cinta merenung tajam ke dalam matanya,dia akan cair seperti coklat!!

6. Wanita memang sukakan pujian tetapi selalu tidak tau macam mana nak menerima pujian.

7. Jika kamu tidak suka dengan gadis yang sukakan kamu separuh mati,tolak cintanya dengan lembut,jangan berkasar sebab ada satu semangat dalam diri wanita yang kamu tak akan tahu bila dia dah buat keputusan,dia akan lakukan apa saja.

8. Sekiranya sorang gadis mula menjauhkan diri darimu selepas kamu tolak cintanya,biarkan dia untuk seketika.Sekiranya kamu masih ingin menganggap dia sorang kawan,cubalah tegur dia perlahan-lahan.

9. Wanita suka meluahkan apa yang mereka rasa.Muzik,puisi, lukisan dan tulisan adalah cara termudah mereka meluahkan isi hati mereka.

10. Jangan sesekali beritahu perempuan yang mereka ni lansung tak berguna.

11. Bersikap terlalu serius boleh mematikan mood wanita.

12. Bila pertama kali lelaki yang dicintainya dalam diam memberikan respon positif,misalnya menghubunginya melalui telefon,si gadis akan bersikap acuh tak acuh seolah-olah tidak berminat,tetapi sebaik saja ganggang diletakkan,dia akan menjerit kesukaan dan ! tak sampai sepuluh minit,semua rakan-rakannya akan tahu berita tersebut.

13. Sekuntum senyuman memberi seribu erti bagi wanita.Jadi jangan senyum sebarangan.

14. Jika kamu menyukai seorang wanita,cubalah mulakan dengan persahabatan. Kemudian biarkan dia mengenalimu dengan lebih mendalam.

15. Jika sorang wanita memberi seribu satu alasan setiap kali kamu ajak keluar,tinggalkan dia sebab dia memang tak berminat denganmu.

16. Tetapi jika dalam masa yang sama dia menghubungimu atau menunggu panggilan darimu,teruskan usahamu untuk memikatnya.

17. Jangan sesekali mengagak apa yang dirasakannya. Tanya dia sendiri!!

18. Selepas sorang gadis jatuh cinta,dia akan sering tertanya-tanya kenapalah aku tak jumpa lelaki ini lebih awal.

19. Kalau kamu masih tercari-cari cara yang paling romantik untuk memikat hati seorang gadis,cubalah rajin-rajinkan tangan menyelak buku-buku cinta.

20. Bila setiap kali gambar kelas keluar,benda pertama yang dicari oleh wanita ialah siapa yang berdiri di sebelah buah hatinya, kemudian barulah dirinya sendiri.

21. Bekas teman lelaki akan sentiasa ada di fikirannya tetapi lelaki yang dicintainya sekarang akan berada di tempat teristimewa iaitu di hatinya!!

22. Satu ucapan 'Hi' sahaja sudah cukup menceriakan harinya.

23. Teman baiknya saja yang tahu apa yang sedang dia rasa dan lalui.

24. Wanita paling benci lelaki yang berbaik-baik dengan mereka semata-mata nak tackle kawan mereka yang paling cantik.

25. Cinta bermaksud kesetiaan, ambil berat, jujur dan kebahagiaan tanpa sebarang kompromi.

26. Semua wanita mahukan sorang lelaki yang cintakan mereka sepenuh hati..

27. Senjata wanita adalah airmata!!

28. Wanita suka jika sesekali orang yang disayanginya mengadakan surprise buatnya(hadiah, bunga atau sekadar kad ucapan romantis).Mereka akan rasa terharu dan merasakan bahawa dirinya dicintai setulus hati.Dengan ini dia tak akan ragu-ragu terhadapmu.

29. Wanita mudah jatuh hati pada lelaki yang ambil berat tentang mereka dan baik terhadapnya. So,kalau nak memikat wanita pandai-pandailah. ..

30. Sebenarnya mudah mengambil hati wanita kerana apa yang dia mahu hanyalah perasaan dicintai dan disayangi sepenuh jiwa.

Smallest Russian Submarine Officially Registered as Boat

2009-02-11T05:33:00.001-08:00

Submarines inspire both fear and awe. Simultaneously, they represent freedom and the lack thereof, as the ability to explore mysterious environments is curtailed by the very real potential of being trapped below the surface and slowly running out of air. Meet 40-year-old Mikhail Puchkov, who decided to design and build a personal submarine during the stifling era of Leonid Brezhnev's regime when he was barely twenty years old. He built it secretly in an attic in Ryazan, about 120 miles southeast of Moscow. According to new sources, this tiny sub, which took about three years to make, provided an escape for this man who sought his creative freedom in the dead of night as he paddled quietly down the local river.

In his own words:
"I was not satisfied with the fate that was laid out for me. I wanted to satisfy myself and to have some respect for my life. If I learned to respect myself, I felt it would be easier to find my niche in life. I didn't know it would work. I just hoped."

His family, particularly his father, condemned him and his submarine flights of fancy, and the longer the construction took, the more he complained. The first test of the sub came in 1984 and it "sank like a stone," in Puchkov's own words, breaking a rudder in the process and setting a climate for the early dives, which were always a bit tense. He said of those times:

"I was so distracted watching for leaks and checking all the equipment, that I didn't have time to enjoy it. You don't remember a thing afterward."

It took three years before he was able to get the submarine to dive and surface. In 1988, he put the reinforced plastic sub in a box on a truck and shipped it to the Tosna River about 15 miles south of St. Petersburg. There, he continued his nocturnal voyages and in 1994, he took to the open sea on a secret cruise to the island of Kronshtadt, a closed military base in the Gulf of Finland.

This Russian inventor spent twenty years of his life attempting to realize his dream of making his submarine legal. His creative drive alone sustained him all the years he plugged away at a monotonous, dream-crushing factory job. The Russians call men like Puchkov and their whimsical inventions kulibins. The name comes from an 18th century mechanical engineer named Ivan Kulibin, who designed dozens of devices, both practical and whimsical, few of which were manufactured. He died in dire poverty at the age of 83. Kulibins may be quixotic, but they represent the stuff that dreams are made of for those in the new Russia who dare to hope for a better life and a better world.

Nearly everyone in St. Petersburg has heard of Puchkov and his submarine, but few know where he lives. According to those who do know him, he can usually be found in a wooden shed along the Neva River. Five years ago, he increased the length of the craft from 10 to 16 feet and added an engine for surface operation, an electric motor for diving and two fuel tanks. In case of an emergency, he still has the pedals and carries a paddle.

Russian documentary filmmaker, Aleksandr Kiselev, is in the process of making a short movie about the life and work of inventor, Mikhail Puchkov. On a recent interview, he stated that the eccentric and very talented Puchkov is considering painting his submarine yellow and sailing it to the United Kingdom as a tribute to the enduring Beatles.

Puchkov's very special submarine is seaworthy. The inventor made many round trips between Helsinki and St. Petersburg, 100 miles apart on the Gulf of Finland's coastline. He can sail 100 miles a day aboard the homemade fiberglass machine and submerge to 30 feet. The sub can travel as fast as four knots and can make an underwater trip from St. Petersburg to Helsinki, Finland and back without stops.

The Stories Behind Hollywood Studio Logos

2009-02-11T05:32:00.000-08:00

You see these opening logos every time you go to the movies, but have you ever wondered who is the boy on the moon in the DreamWorks logo? Or which mountain inspired the Paramount logo? Or who was the Columbia Torch Lady? Let's find out:

1. DreamWorks SKG: Boy on the Moon

In 1994, director Steven Spielberg, Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, and record producer David Geffen (yes, they make the initial SKG on the bottom of the logo) got together to found a new studio called DreamWorks.

Spielberg wanted the logo for DreamWorks to be reminiscent of Hollywood's golden age. The logo was to be a computer generated image of a man on the moon, fishing, but Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren of Industrial Light and Magic, who has worked on many of Spielberg's films, suggested that a hand-painted logo might look better. Muren asked his friend, artist Robert Hunt to paint it.

Hunt also sent along an alternative version of the logo, which included a young boy on a crescent moon, fishing. Spielberg liked this version better, and the rest is history. Oh, and that boy? It was Hunt's son, William.

The DreamWorks logo that you see in the movies was made at ILM from paintings by Robert Hunt, in collaboration with Kaleidoscope Films (designers of the original storyboards), Dave Carson (director), and Clint Goldman (producer) at ILM.

2. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM): Leo The Lion

In 1924, studio publicist Howard Dietz designed the "Leo The Lion" logo for Samuel Goldwyn's Goldwyn Picture Corporation. He based it on the athletic team of his alma mater Columbia University, the Lions. When Goldwyn Pictures merged with Metro Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures, the newly formed MGM retained the logo.

Since then, there have been five lions playing the role of "Leo The Lion". The first was Slats, who graced the openings of MGM's silent films from 1924 to 1928. The next lion, Jackie, was the first MGM lion whose roar was heard by the audience. Though the movies were silent, Jackie's famous growl-roar-growl sequence was played over the phonograph as the logo appeared on screen. He was also the first lion to appear in Technicolor in 1932.

The third lion and probably most famous was Tanner (though at the time Jackie was still used concurrently for MGM's black and white films). After a brief use of an unnamed (and very mane-y) fourth lion, MGM settled on Leo, which the studio has used since 1957.

The company motto "Ars Gratia Artis" means "Art for Art's Sake."

3. 20th Century Fox: The Searchlight Logo

In 1935, Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Film Company (back then mainly a theater-chain company) merged to create Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (they later dropped the hyphen).

The original Twentieth Century Pictures logo was created in 1933 by famed landscape artist Emil Kosa, Jr. After the merger, Kosa simply replaced "Pictures, Inc." with "Fox" to make the current logo. Besides this logo, Kosa was also famous for his matte painting of the Statue of Liberty ruin at the end of the Planet of the Apes (1968) movie, and others.

Perhaps just as famous as the logo is the "20th Century Fanfare", composed by Alfred Newman, then musical director for United Artists.

4. Paramount: The Majestic Mountain

Paramount Pictures Corporation was founded in 1912 as Famous Players Film Company by Adolph Zukor, and the theater moguls the Frohman brothers, Daniel and Charles.
The Paramount "Majestic Mountain" logo was first drawn as a doodle by W.W. Hodkinson during a meeting with Zukor, based on the Ben Lomond Mountain from his childhood in Utah (the live action logo made later is probably Peru's Artesonraju). It is the oldest surviving Hollywood film logo.
The original logo has 24 stars, which symbolized Paramount's then 24 contracted movie stars (it's now 22 stars, though no one could tell me why they reduced the number of stars). The original matte painting has also been replaced with a computer generated mountain and stars.

Paramount logo

5. Warner Bros.: The WB Shield

Warner Bros. (yes, that's legally "Bros." not "Brothers") was founded by four Jewish brothers who emigrated from Poland: Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner. Actually, those aren't the names that they were born with. Harry was born "Hirsz," Albert was "Aaron," Sam was "Szmul," and Jack was "Itzhak." Their original surname is also unknown - some people said that it is "Wonsal," "Wonskolaser" or even Eichelbaum, before it was changed to "Warner."

In the beginning, Warner Bros. had trouble attracting top talents. In 1925, at the urging of Sam, Warner Bros. made the first feature-length "talking pictures" (When he heard of Sam's idea, Harry famously said "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"). That got the ball rolling for the studio and made Warner Bros. famous.

The Warner Bros. logo, the WB Shield, has actually gone many revisions. Jason Jones and Matt Williams of CLG Wiki have the details:

Warner Bros. Logo History - see the full details at CLG Wiki

6. Columbia Pictures: The Torch Lady

Columbia Pictures was founded in 1919 by the brothers Harry and Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt as Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales. Many of the studio's early productions were low-budget affairs, so it got nicknamed "Corned Beef and Cabbage." In 1924, the brothers Cohn bought out Brandt and renamed their studio Columbia Pictures Corporation in effort to improve its image.

Vintage Columbia Pictures Logo

The studio's logo is Columbia, the female personification of America. It was designed in 1924 and the identity of the "Torch Lady" model was never conclusively determined (though more than a dozen women had claimed to be "it.")

In her 1962 autobiography, Bette Davis claimed that Claudia Dell was the model, whereas in 1987 People Magazine named model and Columbia bit-actress Amelia Batchler as the girl. In 2001, the Chicago Sun-Times named a local woman who worked as an extra at Columbia named Jane Bartholomew as the model. Given how the logo has changed over the years, it may just be that all three were right!

The current Torch Lady logo was designed in 1993 by Michael J. Deas, who was commissioned by Sony Pictures Entertainment to return the lady to her "classic" look.

Though people thought that actress Annette Bening was the model, it was actually a Louisiana homemaker and muralist named Jenny Joseph that modeled the Torch Lady for Deas. Rather than use her face, however, Deas drew a composite face made from several computer-generated features

Malu, semput dan letih

2009-02-11T05:30:00.000-08:00

Oleh IZYAN LIYANA MOHD DARIF

Bagaimanakah tabiat latah memberi kesan kepada tiga individu yang masih muda ini?

REAKSI individu yang melatah adalah pelbagai. Ada yang menari, melompat, mengeluarkan kata-kata kesat, lucah, kotor, meniru aksi orang di sekeliling atau sebagainya. Tingkah laku itu mungkin dianggap satu bentuk hiburan kepada orang lain.

Bahkan, sesebuah majlis perkahwinan atau kenduri kendara seakan-akan hilang serinya tanpa gelagat mereka yang melatah.

Semakin diusik atau disergah, semakin rancak mereka melatah.

Merujuk Kamus Dewan Edisi Keempat, latah bermaksud seseorang (biasanya wanita) tidak sedar apa yang dilakukan, mengikut perbuatan atau suruhan orang lain tanpa disedari, mengeluarkan perkataan atau membuat sesuatu secara tidak sengaja kerana terperanjat.

Ironinya, ramai yang menyangka latah sering berlaku dalam kalangan wanita yang berumur 50 tahun ke atas. Sedangkan hakikatnya, latah juga boleh berlaku dalam kalangan orang muda tanpa mengira jantina.

"Sebelum ini, saya fikir latah hanya berlaku kepada wanita berumur. Tetapi, sangkaan itu meleset apabila saya sendiri mula melatah pada usia 22 tahun.

NOOR pernah menampar orang lain ketika melatah.

"Semua ini berpunca daripada kecenderungan saya mengusik penari senior yang melatah. Pada waktu itu, saya bertugas sebagai penari di Istana Budaya (1997).

"Setiap kali waktu rehat, saya pasti mengganggu mereka. Apa lagi, mulalah mereka melatah dengan menari dan menyebut perkataan yang kurang enak didengar," jelas pelakon Noorkhiriah Ahmad Shapie, 34, ketika ditemui Kosmo! di rumahnya di Damansara Perdana, Petaling Jaya.

Keasyikan mengacau orang melatah akhirnya menyebabkan virus tabiat tersebut 'menjangkiti' dirinya. Peliknya, tatkala penari senior melatah, dia pun akan turut serta. Walaupun menerima sergahan yang perlahan, Noor tetap melatah.

Bukan setakat itu, sikap latahnya semakin menjadi-jadi sejak berkawan rapat dengan pelakon, Siti Haida Abdul Moin (Ieda). Ini kerana Ieda antara selebriti yang paling teruk melatah.

Pantang dicucuk, disergah atau terdengar bunyi mengejut, pantas saja dia melatah.

Justeru, apabila kerap bertemu rakan yang juga melatah, kesannya kedua-dua mereka akan melatah tanpa henti apabila terkejut. Lebih menjadi haru-biru apabila ada orang lain yang mengetahui kelemahan mereka akan mengambil kesempatan yang membuatkan mereka terus melatah.

"Paling melucukan disebabkan latah, kami berdua telah ditawarkan berlakon dalam telefilem bertajuk, Mario Mariono Bros.

"Dalam drama tersebut, saya memegang watak gadis latah yang ingin menjalani kehidupan sebagai gadis normal. Bagi mendapatkan aksi latah yang semula jadi, tenaga produksi telah melakukan pelbagai kejutan supaya kami melatah teruk," ujar Noor yang pernah menampar dahi seorang pelakon kerana terkejut apabila pinggangnya diusik.

SIKAP latah Noor (kiri) dan Ida semakin menjadi-jadi apabila bertemu.

Segelintir masyarakat menganggap latah tidak perlu ditakuti kerana ia dianggap sebagai satu bentuk hiburan yang mencuit hati. Namun begitu, tanpa kita sedari latah boleh menyebabkan individu tersebut berada dalam keadaan bawah sedar, hilang kawalan dan kepenatan.

Walaupun tidak menyedari perkara yang dilakukan ketika melatah, tetapi sebaik sahaja tersedar daripada melatah, Noor yang pernah memenangi Pelakon Pembantu Wanita Terbaik, Anugerah Skrin 2007 mengakui dia akan mengalami kepenatan yang teramat sangat.

"Latah sungguh memenatkan sehingga berpeluh-peluh dibuatnya. Situasi ini cukup tidak menyenangkan kerana ia mengganggu kerja saya. Atas faktor tersebut, setiap kali menjalani sesi penggambaran, saya akan minta kerjasama tenaga produksi supaya tidak melakukan sebarang perkara yang boleh menyebabkan saya melatah.

"Apabila sudah penat dan tidak bertenaga, ia menyukarkan saya menjiwai watak," luah Noor yang turut memberitahu latah juga mengundang bahaya dan menjejaskan keselamatan seseorang.

Jelasnya, gara-gara melatah dia dan Ieda hampir mengalami kemalangan jalan raya. Kejadian itu berlaku sewaktu mereka dalam perjalanan pulang selepas penggambaran tamat. Secara tiba-tiba, sebuah kereta yang berada di belakang kereta Noor telah membunyikan hon.

Bunyi hon yang kuat itu telah menyebabkan mereka berdua menjerit dan melatah sehingga Noor melepaskan stereng kereta. Mujur, Ieda segera sedar lalu menenangkan Noor supaya segera mengawal kereta yang hampir merempuh pembahagi jalan.

Bukan itu sahaja, Noor juga pernah membaling telefon bimbit dan sikat serta hampir melemparkan pisau yang sedang digenggam akibat melatah.

Memang seronok melihat orang melatah tetapi tindak-tanduk sedemikian sebenarnya mewujudkan rasa malu dan segan kepada golongan ini.

"Saya bukan badut untuk dipermainkan dan dijadikan bahan ketawa," tegasnya yang berjaya mengurangkan latah dengan kaedah mengetap gigi apabila diusik.

SELAIN Malaysia dan Indonesia, suku Ainu di Jepun juga mengalami latah.

Oleh kerana jarang bertemu geng latah, Ieda memberitahu, pelakon Nadia Mustafar, 33, berjaya membantu mengurangkan sindrom latahnya.

Bagaimana pula dengan lelaki? Adakah tabiat latah mereka lebih teruk berbanding wanita?

"Selain saya, mak dan nenek juga melatah. Nenek pernah mengejar orang dengan parang manakala mak pula pengsan hanya disebabkan latah.

"Tak tahulah sampai bila kami akan melatah. Hakikatnya, saya tak mahu lagi menanggung malu, semput dan keletihan," luah jurusolek bebas, Mohd. Firdaus Mohamed Dian, 24, yang meniru aksi orang, menjelirkan lidah dan membuat mimik muka ketika melatah.

Menurut Mohd. Firdaus, dia pernah terjirus air ke muka pengantin perempuan yang disoleknya. Begitu juga pipi pelanggannya turut diconteng dengan gincu bibir apabila pinggangnya dicucuk.

Namun begitu, Firdaus kini menarik nafas lega kerana tidak lagi mengalami latah yang teruk kerana kurang diusik oleh rakan-rakannya. Jika sewaktu berada di tingkatan tiga, rakan sekelasnya tidak pernah lekang mengacau sehingga dia pernah menangis kerana malu.

Mula dengan terikut-ikut orang lain

Penulis buku American Normal: Hyperstartle Syndrome, Lawrene Osborne pernah menyatakan jika masyarakat Amerika Syarikat (AS) popular dengan penyakit anoreksia, orang Nigeria mengalami masalah kepenatan minda, bangsa Melayu pula menghidap 'penyakit' latah (hyperstartle syndrome).

Meskipun kumpulan perubatan masih belum menemui punca sebenar latah, tetapi ia dipercayai berkait rapat dengan fungsi sistem saraf pusat, psikologi dan sosial.

Menurut Dekan Klinikal Psikiatri Fakulti Perubatan dan Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Prof. Dr. Azhar Zain, sistem saraf pusat yang dimaksudkan itu berlaku di bahagian tengah otak.

Jelasnya, apabila golongan ini disergah secara serta-merta, sistem limbik (di bahagian tengah otak) terganggu dan boleh menyebabkan mereka terkejut, lalu melatah. Pada saat itu, turut berlaku sedikit konflik emosi dan memori.

"Sebab itulah, jika diperhatikan individu yang melatah bukan sahaja melakukan aksi di luar kawalan, malah mereka tidak akan mengingati apa yang berlaku sepanjang insiden tersebut," jelasnya.

Biasanya, sistem limbik beroperasi apabila terganggu dengan sistem endokrin dan sistem saraf. Ia merupakan sistem kompleks lintasan saraf dan jaringan dalam otak yang melibatkan naluri dan hati.

Namun, Azhar berkata, sindrom melatah pada hari ini semakin berkurangan jika dibandingkan era 30 hingga 40 tahun yang lalu.

Boleh dikatakan sepanjang era itu, majoriti masyarakat kampung melatah atas faktor sosiologi kerana terikut-ikut sifat melatah yang dialami oleh orang lain.

"Jangan ganggu orang melatah kerana mereka akan keletihan memandangkan segala tindak-tanduk yang dilakukan mereka adalah di luar kawalan," katanya.

Konsultan Psikiatrik di Pusat Perubatan Gleneagles Intan, Kuala Lumpur, Dr. Nor Hamidah Mohd Salleh pula, menasihati orang ramai supaya jangan mengganggu atau menyergah orang melatah.

Ini kerana mereka akan mengalami kepenatan sehingga tidak bermaya. "Apabila berada dalam keadaan sedar, kita mampu mengawal pergerakan tetapi tidak ketika melatah," tambah Dr. Nor Hamidah

Protokol yahudi, fahamilah..

2009-02-11T05:27:00.000-08:00

Protokol Yahudi telah dibawa ke pengetahuan umum pada tahun 1901M, apaila seorang wanita perancis telah mencuri naskhah protokol ini daripada seorang pemimpin tertinggi Freemasonary. Wanita tersebut telah mencurinya diakhir muktamar rahsia (Jewish Masonic Conspiracy) yang diadakan di Perancis. Di dalam naskhah asalnya tidak digunakan kalimah "Yahudi" kecuali di dalam dua tempat sahaja. Ianya hanya menggunakan perkataan "Kita" dan "Orang bukan Yahudi". Protokol-protokol ini telah diterjemahkan ke bahasa Arab oleh Ust Mohd Khalifah Attunisi. Di bawah tajuk "Protokol Hukama Sohyuni"

Protokol Pertama

Cara memerintah sebaik-baiknya ialah dengan menggunakan kekerasan dan keganasan bukan dengan perbincangan ilmiah. Hak itu terletak kepada kekuatan. Siapa kuat, dialah berhak, kerana dalam hukum alam, kebenaran terletak dengan kekuatan. Sesungguhnya politik tidak sesuai dengan akhlak. Pemerintah yang berpandukan moral bukanlah ahli politik yang bijak. Mereka yang ingin memerintah, mestilah pandai menggunakan tipu helah dan matlamat menghalalkan cara. Minuman keras haruslah digunakan untuk mencapai tujuan itu.

Protokol Kedua

Bantuan-bantuan yang diberikan oleh bangsa yahudi melalui agen-agen Yahudi akan memperkuatkan kaum yahudi. Yahudi akan memerintah bangsa lain seperti bangsa itu memerintah negaranya sendiri, tanpa disedari bahawa mereka telah berada di bawah genggaman yahudi. Ketua pentadbir yang dilantik untuk mengatur pentadbiran negara, mestilah terdiri daripada orang-orang yang berjiwa budak, yang mudah diarah untuk kepentingan Yahudi. Melalui akhbar, Yahudi menggerakkan fikiran orang ramai serta mengambil kesempatan untuk mendapatkan emas, meskipun dari lautan darah dan airmata. Pengorbanan adalah perlu, kerana setiap nyawa dikalangan yahudi berharga seribu orang bukan Yahudi.

Protokol Ketiga

Yahudi akan menjadikan negara bukan Yahudi, sebagai gelanggang pertelagahan manusia yang boleh membawa huru hara, seterusnya menybabkan kemerosotan ekonomi. Yahudi akan berlagak sebagai penyelamat dengan mempelawa masuk ke 'pasukan kita' iaitu Sosialis, komunis dan lain-lain yang dapat memberi ruang kepada Yahudi untuk menguasai bangsa bukan Yahudi. Dalam alam fikiran Yahudi, wajib ditanam perasaan bahawa semua haiwan itu (bukan bangsa Yahudi) akan tidur nyenyak apabila kenyang dengan darah. Ketika itulah senang bagi Yahudi memperhambakan mereka.

Protokol Keempat

Bangsa Yahudi mestilah menghapuskan segala bentuk kepercayaan agama serta mengikis daripada hati orang bukan Yahudi prinsip ketuhanan dan menggantikannya dengan perkiraan ilmu hisab serta lain-lain keperluan kebendaan. Fikiran orang bukan Yahudi mestilah dialihkan ke arah memikirkan soal perdagangan dan perusahaan supaya mereka tidak ada masa untuk memikirkan soal-soal musuh mereka. Akhirnya segala kepentingan akan jatuh ke tangan Yahudi.

Protokol Kelima

Sekiranya ada di kalangan orang bukan Yahudi cuba mengatasi bangsa Yahudi dari segi sains, politik dan ekonomi, maka bangsa Yahudi mestilah menyekat mereka dengan cara menimbulkan pelbagai bentuk perselisihan sehingga wujud konflik sesama mereka. Kesannya, mereka mengambil keputusa untuk tidak mencampuri permasalahan tersebut kerana ianya hanya difahami oleh orang-orang yang memimpin rakyat sahaja.

Protokol Keenam

Untuk memusnahkan perusahaan bangsa bukan Yahudi, ialah dengan cara merosakkan sumber pengeluaran dengan memupuk tabiat membuat kejahatan dan meminum minuman keras di kalangan pekerja, serta mengambil langkah menghapuskan orang orang terpelajar dari kalangan bangsa bukan Yahudi. Semua bangsa bukan Yahudi mestilah dipastikan menduduki mertabat kaum buruh yang melarat.

Protokol Ketujuh

Orang-orang Yahudi wajib menabur fitnah supaya timbul kekacauan, pertelagahan dan permusuhan di kalangan manusia. Bila timbul penentangan terhadap bangsa Yahudi, maka wajiblah orang Yahudi menyambutnya dengan peperangan secara total di seluruh dunia.

Protokol Kelapan

Pemerintah Yahudi akan dikelilingi oleh segolongan besar ahli-ahli ekonomi dan orang Yahudi sendiri akan dikelilingi oleh ribuan ahli-ahli korporat, jutawan dan usahawan.

Protokol Kesembilan

Yahudi akan mendirikan kerajaan diktator dengan membuat dan melaksanakan undang-undang yang tegas, iaitu undang-undang yang akan membunuh tanpa pengampunan. Yahudi akan merosakkan moral pemuda-pemuda bukan Yahudi dengan menanamkan teori-teori palsu dan ilmu-ilmu yang batil.

Protokol Kesepuluh

Yahudi akan membawa masuk racun 'Liberalisma' ke dalam negara-negara yang bukan Yahudi supaya menggugat kestabilan politik. Pilihanraya diatur supaya boleh memberi kemenangan kepada pemimpin-pemimpin yang dapat bertugas sebagai agen yahudi dalam melaksanakan rancangan rancangan Yahudi.

Protokol Kesebelas

Bangsa Yahudi menyifatkan diri mereka sebagai serigala dan bangsa lain sebagai kambing. Bagi mereka, Yahudi merupakan bangsa yang terpilih dan mereka bertebaran ke atas muka bumi ini sebagai satu rahmat. Berada di perantauan atau negara asing yang nampak sebagai kelemahan, sebenarnya mencerminkan kekuatan yang dapat membawa bangsa itu ke pintu kekuatan di seluruh dunia.

Protokol Kedua belas

Yahudi akan mengubah pengertian tentang kebebasan atau kemerdekaan dengan mentafsirkan istilah itu sebagai mengamalkan apa-apa yang diperkenalkan atau dibenarkan oleh undang-undang sahaja. Kalau bangsa bukan Yahudi diberi permit menerbitkan sepuluh akhbaratau majalah, maka bangsa Yahudi mesti menerbitkan 30 akhbar atau majalah. Perkara ini amat penting kerana ia adalah alat untuk mengubah fikiran rakyat.

Protokol Ketiga belas

Bagi memastikan kejayaan usaha-usaha memonopoli dan mempercepatkan proses keruntuhan, maka bangsa Yahudi hendaklah menghapuskan golongan korporat dari bukan bangsa Yahudi di samping mengadakan spekulasi dan menyebarkan projek mewah, pesta-pesta serta pelbagai bentuk hiburan lain di kalangan bangsa bukan Yahudi kerana semua ini akan menelan kekayaan mereka. Untuk mengalih perhatian orang bukan Yahudi daripada memikirkan persoalan politik, maka agen Yahudi hendaklah membawa mereka kepada kegiatan-kegiatan hiburan, olahraga, pesta-pesta, pertandingan kesenian, kebudayaan dan lain-lain lagi.

Protokol Keempat belas

Para filosuf Yunani mestilah membincangkan kekurangan-kekurangan serta mendedahkan keburukan agama-agama lain. Para penulis Yahudi harus menonjolkan tulisan-tulisan pornografi iaitu mengadakan sastera yang tidak bermakna, kotor dan keji.

Protokol Kelima belas

Apabila mendapat kekuasaan, bangsa Yahudi akan membunuh tanpa belas kasihan terhadap setiap orang yang menentangnya. Setiap pertubuhan yang merancang untuk menentangnya mestilah dihukum dan ahli-ahlinya dibuang negeri. Oleh itu, mesti didirikan sebanyak-banyaknya 'FREMASONIC LODGE' iaitu tempat-tempat pertemuan rahsia orang orang Yahudi.

Protokol Keenam belas

Yahudi akan mendirikan universiti mengikut rancangan yang begitu tersusun. Pensyarah-pensyarah akan mendidik dan membentuk para pemuda supaya menjadi manusia yang patuh kepada pihak berkuasa (Yahudi). Bagaimanapun, ajaran-ajaran mengenai undang-undang negeri dan politik tidak akan diajar kecuali beberapa orang sahaja yang dipilih kerana kebolehan mereka.

Protokol Ketujuh belas

Yahudi meletakkan kehakiman dalam bidang yang sempit dan terhad. Guaman akan melahirkan orang-orang kejam, tidak berperikemanusiaan dan mempunyai tabiat buruk untuk mencapai kemenangan bagi orang yang dibelanya, walaupun terpaksa menghancurkan semangat keadilan dan mengorbankan kebajikan masyarakat.

Protokol Kelapan belas

The Kings of Jews akan dikawal oleh pengawal pengawal rahsia, kerana orang-orang yahudi tidak akan membuka pinti kepada kemungkinan adanya perancangan untuk menentang kegiatan Yahudi

Protokol Kesembilan belas

Bangsa Yahudi akan membicarakan orang orang yang melakukan kesalahan politik sama seperti orang yang mencuri, membunuh dan kesalahan-kesalahan yang lain. Orang ramai akan memandang kesalahan politik itu sebagai satu kesalahan yang hina dan timbul rasa benci kepada mereka yang melakukannya.

Protokol Kedua puluh

Bank Antarabangsa Yahudi akan memberi pinjaman kepada bangsa bukan Yahudi dengan kadar bunga yang tinggi. Pinjaman yang sedemikian, akan menyebabkan pertambahan kadar hutang berlipat kali ganda. Ekonomi orang bukan Yahudi akan lumpuh secara outomatik kesan pertambahan hutang tersebut.

Protokol Kedua puluh Satu

Yahudi menggantikan pasaran wang dengan institusi hutang kerajaan yang bertujuan untuk menetapkan nilai perusahaan mengikut pendapatan kerajaan. Institusi ini akan menawarkan pasaran 500 sijil pinjaman perusahaan dalam sehari atau membeli sebanyak itu juga. Dengan cara inilah segala perusahaan akan bergantung kepada Yahudi.

Protokol Kedua puluh dua

Untuk sampai ketujuan yang baik iaitu kekuasaan Yahudi yang berkuasa penuh dalam rangka meletakkan dunia dalam pemerintahannya, kadang-kadang kekerasan akan digunakan. Di tangan Yahudilah terletaknya pusat kekuasaan yang paling besar.

Protokol Kedua puluh tiga

Orang Yahudi wajib melatih seluruh umat manusia dalam meningkatkan rasa segan dan malu agar mereka terbiasa dengan sifat patuh dan setia kepada arahan Yahudi.

Protokol Kedua puluh empat

Kerajaan tidak boleh diserahkan kepada mereka yang tidak tahu selok belok pemerintahan. Hanya mereka yang boleh menunjukkan sikap keras, kejam dan boleh memerintah dengan tegas akan menerima teraju kerajaan daripada pemimpin-pemimpin kita (Yahudi).

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Petikan di atas adalah ringkasan sebenar protokol yahudi. Untuk membaca penjelasan lengkap mengenai protokol yahudi ini, silalah ke http://www.biblebelievers.org. au/przion1.htm

Seterusnya di bawah ini saya sertakan beberapa artikel lain yang saya perolehi dari internet yang menjelaskan lagi tentang protocol yahudi ini.

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PROTOKOL YAHUDI: SATU PENDEDAHAN TERHADAP KONSPIRASI DAN PERANCANGAN JAHAT YAHUDI KE ATAS DUNIA.
oleh : Us. Mohd Darus Senawi Ali

Pendahuluan:

Protokol Yahudi adalah satu perancangan terperinci dan teliti, ianya adalah hasil satu kongeres Yahudi antara bangsa yang telah berlangsong di bandar Bal di Swizland pada tahun 1897, yang dipengurusi oleh Teodur Hardzal.

Apa yang dapat kita simpulkan dari kesemua protokol yang sebanyak dua puluh empat (24) protokol, ialah satu luahan kebencian, hasad, dengki kesumat kaum Yahudi terhadap alam seluruhnya, Islam mau pun bukan Islam, selain dari bangsa Yahudi. Ianya mencerminkan segala sifat buruk dan jahat, pendendam, tamak, haluba, gelojoh, penindas, membunuh dan sebagainya. Falsafah yang menyebut " Matlamat menghalalkan sarana" merupakan pegangan terpenting dalam ajaran Yahudi dan darinya terlakar perancangan jahat mereka yang di sebut: The protocols of Learned Elders of Zion".

Di hari ini kita boleh pegang buku ini kemudian kita cuba padankan dengan sinario yang berlalu di hadapan mata kepala kita, pasti kita mendapati ianya berlaku satu persatu, persis sebagai mana yang dirancana oleh pihak Yahudi itu.

Ajaran-ajaran agama dengan segala nilai murni yang dibawa oleh para nabi dan rasul telah dapat membentuk budi pekerti manusia di merata pelosok dunia, membenteras hawa nafsu, kecenderungan jahat, pekerti liar, namun dengan kemunculan Yahudi dan pengaruh protokolnya telah melenyap hampir semua nilai-nilai murni yang dibina oleh ajaran-ajaran Ilahi itu, kini dunia dan tidak terlepas Malaysia seakan-akan berada di zaman Jahiliah dengan segala amalan-amalan yang liar dan tidak berperi kemanusian.

Saripati Perancangan Konspirasi Yahudi:

* sejak berabad-abad Yahudi merancana satu pelan rahsia bertujuan menawan dan menguasai dunia, semata-mata untuk kemeselahatan bangsa Yahudi.
* pelan rahsia ini memperlihatkan hasad dengki Yahudi tehadap dunia termasuk agama Kristian itu sendiri, di Amerika pergerakan Yahudi telah meresap masuk hingga kedalam gereja, di antara usahanya ialah menganjur kepada libralisma dan kebebasan dari sebarang nilai agama.
* gerakan Yahudi berusaha menjatuhkan pemerintahan yang sedang berkuasa untuk digantikan dengan sejenis pemerintahan kuku besi, dalam proses ini gerakan Yahudi memperdaya raja-raja dan pemerintah supaya melakukan penginanyan dan kezaliman terhadap rakyat jelata dan dari sudut yang lain Yahudi menggalakan rakyat jelata supaya bangkit menentang raja-raja dan pemerintah yang zalim, kununnya menuntut keadilan, kebebasan dan persamaan dan sebagainya.
* meninmbulkan percanggahan dan huru hara di dalam semua negara melalui pertubuhan rahsia mereka yang berlebal politik, agama, kesenian, sukan, Fremeson, Gereen peace dan pertubuhan berdaftar lain.
* mereka mengetahui bahawa sistem pemerintah di negara-negara dunia pada hari ini sudah rosak dan korap, justeru itu maka mereka berkewajipan melipatgandakan kerosakan tadi, akhirnya pemerintahan ini akan tumbang dan jatuh dengan mudah, setelah itu mudah pula untuk didirikan pemerintahan Yahudi sebagai penggantinya, kerja memanipolasikan pemerintahan yang korap ini atau yang baik adalah kerja dan profision bangsa Yahudi. Berdasarkan pengalaman mereka di sepanjang sejarah jahat mereka.
* Yahudi menganggap bahawa semua manusia selain Yahudi adalah setaraf dengan binatang dikenali sebagai Goyem semua mereka diperintah dan dikirabicara sebagai mana diperintah binatang ternakan.
* semua midia massa, industeri berita, percetakan, institusi pengajian, panggong-panggong hiburan, syarikat-syarikat perfilamen , perundangan, dan penggubalannya mestilah di bawah kekuasaan Yahudi, ini kerana Yahudi memiliki dan monopoli emas (kekayaan) dunia.
* meletakkan asas ekonomi dunia di atas dasar emas yang dimonopoli oleh kaum Yahudi, bukan di atas dasar kerja dan penghasilan atau kekayaan lain, di samping selalu menimbulkan krisis-krisis ekonomi dunia, sahingga dengan itu maka tidak ada masa di mana dunia ini damai dan tenang. [Henry Ford telah menyebut: The Jewish philosophy of money is not to make money "but to get money" . the distinction between these two is fundamental. It is difference between "getting" and "making".] The International Jew ms. 7

Nota Kaki:

Muhammad Khalifah al-Tunisi, al-Khatar al-Yahudi, ms. 26.

Henry Ford, The International Jew, ms. 10.

Pihak Yahudi memang bangsat menjadi batu api di antara dua kelompok, kita masih ingat lagi bagai mana Yahudi berjaya melagakan di antara dua suku Arab iaitu kaum Khazraj dan Aws di Yathrib sebelum kedatangan Islam, merekalah yang membiaya kedua-dua kabilah ini, mereka terpaksa pula berhutang dari kaum Yahudi pengisap darah, menyebabkan mereka terpaksa menyerah tanah milik mereka kepada Yahudi malah lebih teruk lagi, kaum yahudi ini memksa mereka menyerah anak-anak perempuan mereka bagi melangsaikan hutang piutang mereka.

Lihat saja kerja Yahudi yang menggerak Quraisy, Ghatafan dan kabilah-kabilah Arab lain untuk memerangi Rasulullah , dalam peperangan al-Ahzab ataual-Khandaq.

Creepiest Secret Underground Tunnels From Around the World

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This shot shows a stunning parabolic arch. in the Megatron drain under Sheffield, England.

This shot in a London Storm Relief Sewer, nicknamed the Labyrinth, is truly cinematic.

The Japan's Futuristic Underground Flood Tunnel looks like it would make a great level for Quake or Unreal.

The Tyburn River, like many of the Thames' tributaries that crossed central London became the course for a sewer. Although not as Grand as sewers favored by London Urban Spelunkers, such as the Westbourne, its a spooky wonderland, no less so because its name is infamous as the place where public executions were traditionally carried out.

Fleet Sewer, London. Its become a classic place for urban explorers who have taken some marvelous shots such as this.

Rankine Tailrace Niagara Falls. This is one of the seven overlooked wonders of the modern world. A mile from the falls themselves, sits a disused unlikely neo-classical power station that contained Tesla's very first AC generators. Billions of gallons of water were sucked in from the nearby Niagara river and flung 10 storeys underground onto giant turbines. Huge tailrace tunnels then channeled the waste water right to the foot of the horseshoe falls.

Australian underground drains. Separate storm drains are common beneath Australian cities and are commonly explored by the notable urban exploration group called the Cave Clan.

Crystal Phallus drain, Birmingham.

Mati pucuk?

2009-02-11T05:26:00.001-08:00

Mengejutkan... saban hari, semakin ramai lelaki Malaysia mengalami masalah mati pucuk atau lebih dikenali sebagai disfungsi erektil. Malah 15 peratus daripada angka tersebut berada dilingkungan umur 25-34 tahun. Manakala 23% lagi pada usia tersebut mengalami kesukaran mengekalkan ereksi. Pendedahan terbaru ini nyata membimbangkan kerana ramai dikalangan lelaki muda tidak mengetahui mereka menghadapi masalah ini.

Apakah itu mati pucuk ?

Secara ringkasnya, mati pucuk merujuk kepada kegagalan alat kelamin lelaki untuk menegang atau mengekalkan ketegangan semasa melakukan hubungan seks. Keadaan ini berpunca dari banyak sebab, seperti masalah jantung, darah tinggi dan kencing manis, kebanyakannya mampu dirawat.

Punca masalah lemah tenaga batin boleh disebabkan oleh psikologi atau fisiologi. Dari segi fisiologi, ketegangan zakar adalah melalui mekanisma hidrolik berasaskan darah memasuki dan dikekalkan dalam zakar, dan terdapat pelbagai cara ia terhalang.

Mati pucuk psikologi adalah di mana kegagalan tegang disebabkan pemikiran atau perasaan dan bukannya kegagalan fisikologi dan ini sering kali boleh diatasi. Fenomena ini biasanya berlaku pada usia 40 tahun ke atas.

Kenapa boleh berlaku pada lelaki muda ?

Kajian terbaru daripada Universiti Columbia ada menyatakan lelaki yang mula aktif dalam aktiviti seksual pada umur yang amat muda iaitu 14 tahun ke bawah mudah mengalami masalah seksual apabila umur meningkat. Malah, mereka yang kerap melakukan onani seawal umur 14 tahun mungkin terdedah kepada masalah mati pucuk menjelang usia 30-an.

Onani boleh minimbulkan masalah Traumatic Masturbatory Syndrome iaitu klimaks berlaku dengan cepat. Amalan onani secara berterusan mengakibatkan hubungan seksual tidak dapat bertahan lama, malah pengamalnya hanya akan mencapai kepuasan dengan cara tersebut berbanding melalui kaedah persetubuhan yang lazimnya dilakukan dengan pasangan mereka.

Selain itu, apabila onani dilakukan secara kasar menyebabkan zakar sakit serta bengkak dan akhirnya otot zakar menjadi rosak hingga menyebabkan mati pucuk.

Apa yang menarik turut disentuh dalam hasil kajian oleh universiti tersebut mengatakan 'jika sudah aktif melakukan seks pada usia muda, mereka akan cepat lemah tenaga batin'.

Faktor-faktor lain...

Antara faktor lain yang turut menjadi penyumbang kepada utama kepada masalah yang kian menghantui kaum lelaki ini banyak berkait rapat dengan gaya hidup masa kini seperti merokok, minum minuman keras, obesiti, aktiviti fizikal yang keterlaluan dan juga tekanan hidup.

Rawatan..

Terdapat banyak rawatan untuk mati pucuk, dan kebanyakan kes boleh dirawat dengan berkesan. Antara rawatan untuk mati pucuk ialah suntikan terapi zakar, pam vakum, implan dan paling popular, ubat-ubatan. Contoh ubat-ubatan yang digunakan;

Cialis dan Viagra

Disamping itu, terdapat sesetengah pesakit cuba mendapatkan rawatan tradisional iaitu dengan mengurut bagi menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi mereka. Otot zakar tidak boleh diurut kerana tisunya yang lembut boleh menyebabkan kecederaan pada salur zakar dan menyebabkan zakar terkulai akibat terseliuh ketika diurut.

Lebih menakutkan ialah penjualan ubat-ubat kuat yang mengandungi bahan kimia terlarang seperti sildenafil (bahan aktif di dalam viagra) dan Tadalafil (bahan aktif di dalam Levitra) terutama di pasaran gelap boleh mengakibatkan kesan sampingan terutamanya pada pesakit yang mempunyai sejarah serangan jantung.

Pencegahan...sentiasa lebih baik dari mengubati.

Semua lelaki tidak kira usia muda atau tua mesti mengambil berat kesihatan mereka dan membuat pemeriksaan awal bagi memastikan rawatan awal dapat di ambil sebelum penyakit mati pucuk menjadi lebih parah..

p/s: yang merokok kena berhenti... atau berisiko untuk mati pucuk

Artikel dari Tekno..

Most Expensive Chocolates Of The World

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CHOCOPOLOGIE

* Creator: Knipschildt
* Cost: $2,600 per pound
* Location: Norwalk, Connecticut

Founded by Fritz Knipschildt, a chef who got his culinary education in Denmark, in 1999, Knischildt creates one of the world's tastiest chocolates. Its costliest on-piece chocolate is a $250 dark chocolate truffle with French black truffle within it (in picture). This special truffle, available only on a pre-order basis, is mainly composed of 70% Valhrona cacao blended into a creamy ganache with truffle oil. The truffle is made with extremely precise bare hands and finally dusted with cocoa powder.

NOKA

* Creator: Noka Vintages Collection
* Cost: $854 per pound
* Location: Dallas, Texas

A compilation of the finest dark chocolates obtained from selective plantations in Venezuela, Côte d'Ivoire, Trinidad and Ecuador, Noka chocolate is the second most expensive in the world. It comprises of 75% pure, single-origin cacao with other ingredients like cacao butter and sugar. One amazing fact about this chocolate manufacturer is that it does not add any type of emulsifier or vanilla flavors in its chocolates.

DELAFEE

* Creator: Delfee©
* Cost: $504 per pound
* Location: Neuchatel, Switzerland

For those ladies who are fans of gold, there's Delafee to be tried out, because this chocolate is made by applying real 24K edible flakes of gold to each praline by hand. Otherwise, it is composed of sugar, coconut oil, cocoa butter, milk powder and vanilla.

RICHART

* Creator: Richart ©
* Cost: $120 per pound
* Location: Lyon, France

Richart chocolate might be only the fourth most expensive chocolate in the world, but it is made up of 70% Criollo cocoa from Venezuela, which is considered to be the best quality of chocolate in the world. The cocoa used in the chocolates is finely ground, to give a smooth taste to any taster. To match with the finest chocolate, the best varieties of almonds, raspberries, strawberries and other exotic species are used.

GODIVA

* Creator: Godiva "G" Collection
* Cost: $117 per pound
* Location: New York City, New York

With its origins from Belgium, the well known chocolatier, Godiva, introduced its "G" Collection of chocolates only recently. The whole of "G" Collections is comprised of various ingredients and flavors like Palet d'Or, Tasmanian honey and Mexican Hot Chocolate. The flavoring of the chocolates depends on the type of bon-bon that is manufactured

The tunnels of Gaza

2009-02-11T05:24:00.000-08:00

By Sara Flounders

Published Feb 8, 2009 8:39 AM

Resistance takes as many forms as life itself dictates.

Life in Gaza could not be more impossible. Its tunnels are a symbol of resistance.

Eighteen months ago, outraged when the Palestinians voted for the militant leadership of Hamas in democratic elections, Israel imposed a total lockdown on the entire population of Gaza.

But the entire people were determined to continue to resist.

They found a way to circumvent total starvation.

The Israeli blockade led to a new economic structure, an underground economy. The besieged Palestinians have dug more than 1,000 tunnels under the totally sealed border.

Many thousands of Palestinians are now employed in digging, smuggling or transporting, and reselling essential goods.

Smuggling constitutes approximately 90 percent of economic activity in Gaza, Gazan economist Omar Shaban told The Guardian. (Oct. 22, 2008)

The tunnels demonstrate the great ingenuity and enormous determination of the entire population and its leadership.

Because millions of Palestinians have been forced into refugee status outside of historic Palestine, large extended families on both sides of the border help arrange the buying and shipping of goods or send funds so family members locked in Gaza can buy essential supplies.

The tunnels connect the Egyptian town of Rafah with the Palestinian refugee camp of the same name inside Gaza. They have become a fantastic, life-sustaining network of corridors dug through sandy soil. Tunnels are typically three-tenths of a mile long, approximately 45 to 50 feet deep. They cost from $50,000 to $90,000 and require several months of intense labor to dig.

They pass under the Philadelphi buffer zone—a border strip of land put under Israeli military control by the 1993 Oslo accords.

The Israeli siege of Gaza, followed by 23 days of systematic bombing and invasion, has created massive destruction and scarcity. Food processing plants, chicken farms, grain warehouses, U.N. food stocks, almost all the remaining infrastructure, and 230 small factories were destroyed. Now hundreds of trucks packed with essential supplies from international and humanitarian agencies sit outside the strip, refused entry to Gaza by Israeli guards. As soon as the Israeli bombing ended, work on the tunnels resumed.

Lara Marlowe reported from Rafah: “From a distance, you’d think it was a horticultural project. Banks of red earth criss-cross the Palestinian side of the no-man’s land between Gaza and Egypt. Every 20 or 30 meters, young Palestinian men work under what appear to be greenhouse canopies.

“The tunnels of Rafah–more than one thousand of them–are a major stake in the war between Hamas and Israel. Israel wants the tunnels shut; the Palestinians say they would starve without them, because of Israel’s 19-month siege of the Gaza Strip. Despite three weeks of heavy bombing, the majority of the tunnels are open.

“The area has as many holes as a Swiss cheese. ‘Sometimes the tunnels intersect,’ says a worker. ‘We try to avoid it. We go under or over other tunnels. It’s like directing train traffic.’

“The smugglers work in jeans, T-shirts and bare feet. ‘We shore up the collapsed parts with wood,’ Hamdan [a tunnel worker] explains. ‘If the Israelis bomb again, we’ll use metal next time, and concrete the time after that. As long as there’s a siege, the tunnels will keep working.’” (Irish Times, Jan. 26)

Food is towed through on plastic sleighs. Livestock are herded through larger tunnels. Flour, milk, cheese, cigarettes, cooking oil, toothpaste, small generators, computers and kerosene heaters come through the tunnels. Every day, about 300 to 400 gas canisters for cooking come through the lines. On the Egyptian side the trade sustains the ruptured economy while corrupt or sympathetic guards and officers look the other way.

Electricity and fans provide ventilation. Essential supplies of diesel fuel are pumped through the tunnels in hoses and pipes.

Rami Almeghari, editor-in-chief of the Gaza-based Palestinian Information Service and contributor to The Electronic Intifada, has described the organization that goes into digging and maintaining the tunnels. The Hamas-led government in Gaza imposed regulations and restrictions on the tunnel trade to avoid accidents and prevent smuggling of drugs and prohibited substances. “However, the besieged Hamas government cannot guarantee an end to the tunnel trade, unless the Israeli blockade comes to a halt.”

Almeghari interviewed one tunnel worker as he loaded cooking oil canisters: “Let Israel besiege us the way it wants, and we bring in what we want. At the end of the day, we will not let anyone repress us.”

Xinhua News headlined a Jan. 22 article: “In spite of Israeli offensive, Gaza tunnels are back to work.”

“We dug tunnels because we have no other alternative. Israel was imposing a very tough blockade on Gaza Strip and the tunnels were the smartest way to defeat this blockade,” Hashem Abu Jazzar, a 23-year-old worker, told Xinhua News.

“As long as Israel is still imposing the siege on Gaza Strip, I don’t think that we will stop working in the tunnels, but if all crossings are fully and permanently opened, I believe that working in tunnels will automatically stop,” said Abu Jabal, a 45-year-old owner of a tunnel.

Commercial tunnels are used only for food, fuel, medicines and basic necessities. Other totally separate tunnels are operated by resistance groups to bring in small weapons and munitions.

Israel claims it drops 100-ton bombs on the tunnels from F-16 jets to stop Palestinian rockets. But closing off supplies to an entire population or bombing life-sustaining tunnels will not prevent the firing of small rockets.

A population with skills, education, massive unemployment, lots of time and no future will be able to build rockets, mortars, pipe bombs and mines out of the tons of scrap metal and twisted ruins that Israel left behind.

The continued blockade is strictly punitive.

The Israeli military and their Pentagon backers are deeply frustrated. The bombing failed to demoralize the Palestinian people or break their will. It is also clear that the massive bombardment of the Rafah border and the targeting of hundreds of tunnels have failed to close these lifelines of basic supplies.

On Feb. 1, Israel again bombed the border, targeting the tunnels.

What is needed is a broad international campaign to demand an end to U.S.-supported Israeli collective punishment and an end to the intended starvation of an entire population.

The only possibility for peace in the region is through the recognition of the full rights of the Palestinian people to return to all their land. Their sovereignty and economic development must be guaranteed.

The immediate starvation siege must be lifted. The international movement that emerged in solidarity with Gaza must focus world attention on this international war crime.

Rahsia Di Dalam Ais

2009-02-11T05:22:00.000-08:00

"Zat di dalam ais tidak akan mampu dihasilkan oleh mana-mana saintis mahupun manusia"

Air sejuk yang hening dapat menolong pesakit insomnia yang sukar tidur agar dapat kembali tidur seperti biasa.

Orang yang tidur dalam udara yang sejuk dan berselimut untuk memanaskan tubuhnya adalah kombinasi yang baik untuk menjaga kesihatan secara menyeluruh dalam jangka masa pendek apatah lagi jangka panjang.

Udara panas lebih memudahkan penyebaran penyakit berjangkit kerana bakteria lebih agresif dan cepat membiak dalam cuaca begini..

Liputan ais di Antartika (daerah Kutub Selatan) dan Artik (daerah Kutub Utara) adalah pengimbang dasar bumi yang amat panas.

Kombinasi dalam bumi yang panas dan luaran bumi yang sejuk adalah rahsia keseimbangan tekanan semulajadi alam yang mengawal graviti dan pergerakan bumi pada paksinya.

Ais atau air sejuk dapat mengembalikan memori atau sifat pelupa yang keterlaluan.

Benarkan anak anda mengunyah ais kerana ini akan menguatkan giginya dan benarkan anak anda memakan ais krim secara perlahan-lahan dan berterusan sehingga batuknya hilang dalam masa beberapa jam kerana mengambil ubat batuk biasanya akan mengambil masa satu minggu untuk melegakan batuk secara total.

Membiasakan diri mengunyah ais akan meningkatkan kecerdasan fikiran dan kepantasan pergerakan.

Ais amat diperlukan oleh mana-mana atlit sukan dalam kecederaan yang tidak disangka-sangkakan.

Air sejuk atau ais kini dijadikan bahan perencat kepada kecederaan yang akut seperti demam panas yang biasanya dihidapi oleh bayi yang mempunyai potensi menghidapi penyakit sawan.

Air sejuk adalah terapi yang amat popular sebagai penguat tulang yang telah patah dengan syarat ia dibalut dengan kain hitam.

Air sejuk dalam rahsia cuka adalah sangat baik untuk menguatkan tulang yang patah kerana ia dapat menyembuhkan tulang dengan lebih cepat.

Air suam dengan rahsia cuka yang diminum akan melemahkan dan mengecutkan sistem aliran darah yang menjadi penyebab utama terjadinya lumpuh.

Adalah makruh mengambil air sembahyang (wuduk) pada suhu yang tinggi atau yang telah terkena panas cahaya matahari yang pastinya akan mengganggu sistem deria pada kulit.

Air sejuk secara psikologinya amat ditakuti oleh pesakit yang mengalami gangguan jin atau dikuasai oleh unsur-unsur spiritual yang jahat.

Air sejuk mempunyai nada bunyi dalam tekanan rendah yang amat lembut lagi mengharmonikan.

Air sejuk akan menguatkan tulang bayi.

Air sejuk akan meningkatkan sistem imun yang luar biasa sebagai tenaga pencegahan berbagai penyakit alahan dan jangkitan.

Air sejuk dalam rahsia ais memegang rahsia kepadatan molekul kristal yang paling keras iaitu Intan.

Air sejuk adalah kuasa penyerap yang amat sesuai dijadikan sistem penghantaran tenaga yang paling cekap sehingga ke dasar sel yang jauh dan menyeluruh..

Air sejuk mempunyai daya rangsangan yang boleh mengembalikan semangat orang yang telah hilang seperti pengsan, gila dan koma kembali sedar.

Mandi air sejuk akan menguatkan tulang. Tulang yang berlebihan dengan urik asid akan meningkatkan suhu tulang dan melemahkan struktur tulang.

Air sejuk lebih stabil molekul atomnya.

Air sejuk lebih peka kepada gelombang frekuensi rendah yang dirakamkan melalui niat dalam amalan berwuduk.

Air sejuk dapat merakamkan gelombang frekuensi rendah lebih stabil.

Air sejuk sesuai dijadikan air penawar kepada orang yang ingin merakamkan bunyi dalaman yang disertai dengan rasa kasih sayang dan keikhlasan.

Air kelapa muda bersifat sejuk dan amat baik untuk kesihatan kerana ia amat berkesan meneutralkan kesan keracunan dan keasidan yang berlebihan di dalam aliran darah. Tubuh secara semulajadi bersifat panas dan ia memerlukan pasangan yang bersifat sejuk.
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Oksigen dan hidrogen bersifat panas dan ia menguasai bahagian perut. Adalah menjadi suatu kesalahan memulakan amalan pemakanan di waktu pagi dengan
unsur-unsur yang panas. Minumlah seteguk air sejuk di awal pagi kerana ia akan menguatkan perut.

Top Aircraft of the Rich and Famous

2009-02-11T05:21:00.001-08:00

Top celebrities, super-rich business tycoons and heads of state travel in style when they fly. Not for them the hassles of airline travel: They fly in private jets fitted with luxurious cabins to make their flights relaxing, pleasant and productive. Sometimes, the especially rich and famous buy airliners of their very own to make sure that every flight is memorable.

Donald Trump's Boeing 727-23

Originally operated by American Airlines, this 1968-vintage Boeing 727-100-series jet was bought by D.J. Aerospace, one of Donald Trump's companies, for use as the real estate tycoon's personal jet. Reconfigured to hold 23 in luxurious comfort, with soft pale-leather armchairs, gold-plated seatbelt buckles, oil paintings, Waterford-crystal lamps, the 727 flies with a flight attendant to make sure those onboard receive top-class service. The tail number VP-BDJ shows the aircraft is registered in Bermuda, and the "DJ" in the registration stands for "Donald John," Trump's first names. The "Trump" logo on the side is 30 feet long and four feet high and is made of 23-carat gold leaf.

The Boeing 767-33A of Roman Abramovich

Said to be Russia's richest man, Roman Abramovich made his money mainly during the privatization of Russia's oil industry and from a private investment company called Millhouse Capital. However, he is possibly best-known outside Russia as the owner of Chelsea Football Club, and his private Boeing 767-33A is a common site at Luton Airport some 40 miles north of London, where Abramovich spends much of his time. The 767's sleek but understated paint job belies an interior reportedly outfitted with chestnut and decorated with gold. Although the 767-300ER makes a huge private jet, Abramovich may be upgrading soon to something much larger: he is widely reported as being the customer for an Airbus A380 superjumbo that Airbus recently said had been ordered privately.

The Sultan of Brunei's Boeing 747-430

The head of state of the tiny, oil-rich nation of Brunei on the island of Borneo, the Sultan is reputedly the richest monarch in the world. The Sultan bought the aircraft brand-new for $100 million or more using Lufthansa as a conduit, hence the -30, which is Boeing's customer code for the German airline. Then he had it fitted with a special interior and features such as washbasins of solid-gold and Lalique crystal at an additional cost of some $120 million. The 747-400 is the Sultan of Brunei's largest aircraft, but His Majesty the Sultan's Flight also operates several other VVIP widebody jets, among them two Airbus A340s and a 767.

Jimmy Buffett's Grumman HU-16 Albatross

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, known for extolling an island-escapism lifestyle in his music and businesses, owns this former military Grumman HU-16 Albatross amphibian aircraft, which can be operated from water or land. Buffett named the aircraft "The Hemisphere Dancer." While carrying Buffett and U2's singer Bono in Jamaica in 1996, it was shot at by local police, who suspected it of carrying drugs. Nobody on board was hurt, but the plane received some bullet holes. Buffett memorialized the incident in a song he titled "Jamaica Mistaica."

Air Force One

At present the aircraft used to transport President George W. Bush on important state and domestic visits, Air Force One is the property of the United States Government and is the official presidential aircraft -- along with several back-up aircraft (including a Boeing 757) used to fly other members of the president's cabinet and staff and members of the press on state visits. Known as the VC-25A in U.S. Air Force service, Air Force One is a Boeing 747-200B that has been heavily modified with secure communications systems, electronic equipment, a self-contained baggage loader, front and aft air-stairs, and given the ability to refuel in-flight. Along with the other aircraft of the presidential flight, Air Force One is flown and maintained by the specially detailed crews of the Presidential Airlift Group, part of the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Here, Air Force One is seen flying over Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Mark Cuban's Boeing 767-277

This Boeing 767-200, which originally was operated by Australia's Ansett Airlines but now is registered N767MW, is owned by a company called MLW Aviation and operated by hush-hush charter operator Pace Airlines on behalf of billionaire Mark Cuban and his sports team. Cuban, who made his fortune in personal computers and stock ownership, owns the Dallas Mavericks NBA professional basketball team and reportedly has had custom-made seats installed on the aircraft that are large enough to accommodate the team's very tall players.

Elvis Presley's Convair 880

Although he owned other aircraft, Elvis bought his own personal jet airliner, a former Delta Air Lines Convair CV.880, in 1975 for the then-substantial sum of $250,000. He named it "Lisa Marie" after his daughter. Presley had the interior of the Convair 880 customized with 28 seats instead of the 110 seats with which the type was usually fitted in airline service. He also had the tail of the now-preserved jet painted with his personal "TCB" logo, which stands for "Takin' Care of Business." By the end of 2005, "Lisa Marie" was one of only nine CV.880s that remained, out of 65 originally built.

Bill Gates' Bombardier BD-700 Global Express

Owned by a Washington state-based company called Challenger Administration LLC on Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates' behalf, this Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express was built in 1999. It is rumored that the initials "WM" in the N887WM tail number stand for "William" and "Mary," the first names of Gates' parents. Bombardier's top-of-the-line business jet, the Global Express can carry eight people far above the weather at a cruising altitude of 51,000 feet for a distance of 6,500 nautical miles -- a range that permits nonstop Tokyo-New York or Los Angeles-Moscow flights.

Wayne Huizenga's de Havilland Canada DHC-6-320 Twin Otter

Although Blockbuster founder and Miami Dolphins pro football team owner Wayne Huizenga also owns a 737-700 Boeing Business Jet painted in his team's colors, his Twin Otter seaplane is especially interesting. Bearing the tail number N300WH and Miami Dolphins colors, the aircraft appears in a seaplane chase scene in the new version of the James Bond film "Casino Royale." One of the most rugged and reliable utility transport aircraft ever built, the unpressurized Twin Otter carries up to 19 people and can take off and land from rough strips as short as 100 yards. Many Twin Otters were fitted with skis or floats for operation in snow or from water. De Havilland Canada -- now Bombardier -- stopped manufacturing the Twin Otter in 1988 after building more than 840. But the type has proved so irreplaceable throughout the world -- including the Antarctic -- that a company called Viking Air bought the production rights from Bombardier and is planning to restart production at an assembly line at Calgary, Alberta in December.

Cessna 525B CJ3 Citation Jet Like Harrison Ford's

This isn't movie star Harrison Ford's own plane, but he owns a Cessna CJ3 Citation Jet just like it. Unveiled in 2002, the CJ3 carries six people in comfort for some 1,900 nautical miles. Ford is a keen pilot and pilots his own aircraft. Ford is considered so good a pilot that the FAA asked him to be its spokesman to appear on posters and publicity materials for the runway incursion awareness and prevention campaign that the agency began in 2001. The CJ3 in this picture was built in 2005 and is registered to a company called Ross Aviation, based in Cortland, Ohio.

VERSACE's, Peek inside Versace's lavish home?

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The former home of Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami Beach has opened its doors to the public

Slowly, 1116 Ocean Drive opened its doors, first as an invitation-only private club, then allowing non-members to stay in its ornate rooms, and now to the masses - or at least anyone willing to plunk down $US65 ($A95.22) for a tour.

The home is full of tapestries, sculptures and paintings. The smell of fresh flowers and sound of classical music fills the air

While the downstairs of the home is exquisite, whether it's worth the price of the tour depends on your interest in art and architecture, your desire to gain access to an exclusive place, and your level of disposable income

Pass through the limestone arch, into the courtyard of Casa Casuarina, and the fuss all makes sense. The trickle of water from a fountain, the shift of clouds above, the tickle of Atlantic breezes - the simple beauty of each is enhanced by the home's lavishness.

Every inch of this place, every detail, is full of thought and history and detail. And yet it feels intimate and generally not over-the-top.

Versace's touches are everywhere, often in the form of his Medusa head logo, which is seen in gold, on gates and railings, in stone mosaics even on shower drains

Outside, tourists flock to the cast-iron gates, taking pictures all hours of the day. It is not until you enter, though, that you truly sense its magnificence.

The name-dropping here doesn't stop. The Wedgwood Suite was Cher's favourite; the Safari Suite (pictured) was Elton John's. A photo of Bill and Hillary Clinton hangs in a cigar lounge

White Phosphorus

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(UNRWA SCHOOL IN BEIT LAHIA, GAZA, PALESTINE)

Blu-Ray, do you know?

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Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson). The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.

While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray. Despite the different type of lasers used, Blu-ray products can easily be made backwards compatible with CDs and DVDs through the use of a BD/DVD/CD compatible optical pickup unit. The benefit of using a blue-violet laser (405nm) is that it has a shorter wavelength than a red laser (650nm), which makes it possible to focus the laser spot with even greater precision. This allows data to be packed more tightly and stored in less space, so it's possible to fit more data on the disc even though it's the same size as a CD/DVD. This together with the change of numerical aperture to 0.85 is what enables Blu-ray Discs to hold 25GB/50GB. Recent development by Pioneer has pushed the storage capacity to 500GB on a single disc by using 20 layers.

Blu-ray is currently supported by about 200 of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has support from all Hollywood studios and countless smaller studios as a successor to today's DVD format. Many studios have also announced that they will begin releasing new feature films on Blu-ray Disc day-and-date with DVD, as well as a continuous slate of catalog titles every month. For more information about Blu-ray movies, check out our Blu-ray movies and Blu-ray reviews section which offers information about new and upcoming Blu-ray releases, as well as what movies are currently available in the Blu-ray format.

Beside of brand name.

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Four guys and a woman are stuck in an elevator.

While they are stuck, they strike up a conversation.

The first guy says, 'I'm a Y.U.P.P.I.E., you know...

''Young, Urban, Professional, Peaceful, Intelligent, Ecologist.''

The second guy says, 'I'm a D.I.N.K.Y, you know...

Double Income, No Kids Yet. '

The third guy says, 'I'm a R.U.B.., you know...

''Rich, Urban, Biker. '

The fourth guy says, I am a D.I.L.D.O, you know...

'Double Income, Little Dog Owner.''

They turn to the woman and ask her. ''What are you?''

She replies: 'I'm a WIFE, you know...

An aquarium or public phone?

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Amazing Egyptian Discoveries

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King Tut Red

The discovery of jars of wine in King Tuts tomb prompted a team of Spanish scientists to try and determine if the boy king preferred red or white wine. An analysis of residues in 2005 revealed that the jars contained syringic acid, which implied that the wine was made with red grapes.

Big Toe

Archeologists explored a tomb near Thebes in 2005 and discovered an artificial big toe attached to the foot of a mummy. The fake body part could prove to be the earliest working prosthetic body part to date.

Child Mummy

The mummified remains of an Egyptian 6-year-old sat in the attic of its owners before being donated to the St. Louis Science Center in 1985. Researchers at the center have used CT scan technology to help unravel the mystery of its origins.

Queen Mummy

Authorities in Cairo announced in July of 2007 that the remains of a mummy discovered in the Valley of the Kings, was that of Queen Hatshpsut, a female pharaoh that ruled in the 15th century. DNA analysis was used to identify the first royal Egyptian mummy since King Tut in 1922.

Dwarf Statue

This statue was erected in honor of Seneb, an Egyptian dwarf who served under King Pepi II during the 6th Dynasty. A study published in December of 2005 concluded that dwarves, such as Seneb, were respected and even attained high positions in society

Preserved Ship

Archeologists announced in March of 2006 that an excavation near the Red Sea had unearthed a shipyard containing the world's oldest sea-faring ships. The artifacts, such as wooden planks and cargo boxes, suggest that Egyptians had set sail 4,000 years ago.

Lost City

Satellites have located and zoomed in on a 1,600-year-old Egyptian city. Snapshots of the site taken from space as part of a project to map as much of ancient Egypt's archaeological sites, or "tells," as possible were released in July of 2007.

Sand Sea

Ancient Frolicking

The Great Sand Sea in the Eastern Sahara is currently nothing more than 45,000 square miles of desert land. But a climate study published in July of 2006, suggests that monsoon rains that occurred around over 10 millennia ago made it very hospitable for humans and wildlife

Ancient artistic depictions of swimming activities discovered inside a cave is evidence that people living in southwest Egypt once frolicked in rain pools 8,000 years ago. This was before monsoon rains ended and left the Sahara uninhabitable.

Best Mummies?

Archeologists exploring a 2,500 year old Egyptian tomb in 2005 found three intricate coffins, with one containing an amazingly well-preserved mummy. One of the archeologists called it perhaps "one of the best mummies ever preserved."

Gimme!

Claiming that many of their artifacts were taken from Egypt illegally, Egyptian officials announced in April of 2007 that it would ask museums abroad to temporarily send back some of its most precious artifacts including the Rosetta Stone and bust of Nefertiti.

Pyramid Secrets Revealed

Evidence has been offered to suggest that some of the stone blocks used to construct the Great Pyramids of Giza were cast—not carved and then quarried, as some had thought. An examination of the stones revealed that the outer and inner casing stones were unlikely to have been chiseled from natural limestone.

King Tut

Forensic scientists and artists completed in 2005 the first ever facial reconstructions of King Tut using CT scans of his mummified remains. The pharaoh's reconstructed facial composition turned out to be strikingly similar to ancient portraits of Tut.

Most Famous Hackers & Crackers in the World

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Whilst the media is keen to portray hackers as suave super-spy characters with a range of gadgets at their disposal, zipping through pleasing graphical dioramas of color, in reality this is not the case. Some herald them as heroes, whilst others revile them as nothing more than criminals with a bit of technical knowhow. This list is an introduction to some of the most famous real-life non-fiction hackers/crackers from recent history. But ultimately, the best ones out there are the ones we'll never hear of, because they'll never get caught.

Jonathan James.

Jonathan James. AKA c0mrade. James was the first juvenile that was sentenced to prison for cybercrime, being only 15 years of age at the time of the crime and 16 when he was sentenced. After some minor incursions into telecommunications networks, what brought him to the attention of the authorities was that James had gotten into computers at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, an agency responsible for analyzing threats to the US, either native or from abroad. He'd done this by installing backdoor programs on a computer server in Virginia, which in turn allowed him to collect sensitive data, including the emails of many DTRA employees, detailing usernames and passwords to whole range of things, including military computers. Upon detection, NASA had to shut down their computers for a number of weeks in order to make sure everything was ok and to fix any damage caused, costing $41,000 in the process. Unfortunately for him, the good times were not to last long, as James' house was raided on a January morning in 2000 and he was arrested, being sentenced to six months in prison and probation until the age of 18. Sadly, James died in the middle of last year, with suicide suspected of being the cause.

ADRIAN LAMO.

Adrian Lamo. Dubbed the "Homeless Hacker" due to the fact he usually did most of his "work" from internet cafes, abandoned buildings and libraries. What Lamo did was to do "penetration testing" on several major companies, including Yahoo!, Bank of America and Microsoft. He'd break into their computer systems via security flaws and the like and would then notify the companies that he'd just broken into about the flaws in their computer systems, with some of his targets even being thankful for the security advice that he provided. However, in February 2002, Lamo broke into the computer network of The New York Times, where he was able to view all kinds of sensitive information and was subsequently arrested. He was sentenced to 6 months of detention at his parents' house, two years of probation and ordered to pay about $65,000 in restitution.

KEVIN MITNICK.

Kevin Mitnick. AKA Condor. Whilst Mitnick's feats are arguably not the most incredible, he is likely the most famous hacker in recent history and was – at the time of his arrest – the most wanted hacker in US history. Mitnick started on his life's path at the tender age of 12, where he got around the LA bus punchcard system by buying his own punch, thus he was able to get free bus rides wherever he wanted. In later years he would then proceed to practice phreaking with cell phones, fast food speaker systems, amateur radios and drive-thru speakers. He would later be sentenced for hacking into the computer system for DEC, earning him some prison time and a period of supervised release. It was near the end of this release that Mitnick took it upon himself to hack into yet more computer systems and then fleeing before he could be caught. He went on an epic hacking spree that lasted for the next two and a half years, until his apprehension in February 1995. Ultimately, it was hacking into fellow (white hat) hacker Tsutomu Shimomura's computer, after which Shimomura made it his personal mission to track down Mitnick. In total, Mitnick has served around 5 years in prison, with 8 months being in solitary confinement. The accompanying photo is Mitnick (middle) with Adrian Lamo (left) and Kevin Poulsen (right).

KEVIN POULSEN.

Kevin Poulsen. AKA Dark Dante. Currently a senior editor at Wired News, Poulsen was made famous with perhaps his best known hack, which netted him a $50,000 Porsche. An LA radio station was offering the Porsche as a prize to the 102 nd caller to the station, so what Poulsen did was to take over the station's telephone line, block out all the other callers but himself, thereby ensuring that he was the 102 nd caller and winning the Porsche. However, it was his hacking into various Federal computer systems that attracted the attention of the FBI, leading to his arrest at a supermarket in 1991. In 1994, he was found guilty of mail, wire and computer fraud, as well as obstruction of justice and sentenced to almost 5 years in prison and forced to pay $56,000 in restitution. At the time, Poulsen was on the receiving end of the longest prison sentence a cracker had ever been "awarded".

ROBERT TAPPAN MORRIS.

Robert Tappan Morris. AKA rtm. Creator of the Morris Worm, one of the very first worm viruses to be sent out over the internet, Morris inadvertently caused many thousands of dollars worth of damage and "loss of productivity" when he released the worm in the late 80s. According to Morris himself, it was an experiment to see how big the internet was by counting how many machines were connected to it. Unfortunately, the worm copied and replicated itself to a large extent; so much so that it caused the computers it infected to become unusable. Morris was ultimately discovered and although he was lucky enough to escape prison time, he was fined $10,500 and was sentenced to 36 months of probation with 400 hours of community service.

JOHN DRAPER.

John Draper. AKA Captain Crunch. Although technically a phone phreak, the Captain is seen by many as the father of modern "hackery" and phreaking, as well as being somewhat of a legend. Born in 1944, his legend began when he was informed by a friend that a toy whistle given away in boxes of the Cap'n Crunch cereal would emit a 2600 hertz tone when the 3 rd hole was glued up. This tone was a frequency that was used in the making of phone calls at the time and would eventually lead to Draper creating "blue boxes", devices capable of replicating other dialing tones, effectively making calls for free. So here was a man that could circumvent phone charges all thanks to a small cereal box toy. Having given an interview with Esquire magazine in 1971, it exposed the world to the subject of phone phreaking and Draper was arrested in 1972 on toll fraud charges, being sentenced to five years' probation. In the mid 70s, he taught some of his skills to Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, after Wozniak had read the Esquire article. Draper was even temporarily employed by Apple, even writing the code for EasyWriter, the first Apple II word processor.

Street Drwaing

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Apple Evolution.

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Apple has sold "all-in-one" computers that have built-in monitors from its very early days. Although some models were classified as All-In-One, they had separate monitors packaged in the same box.

Apple II - 1977

1977 saw the invention of both the Apple II and the famous rainbow Apple logo. Steve Jobs added the colours to the logo to reflect the Apple II's superior colour output. Colour graphics set the Apple II apart from its rivals on the market.

Apple III - 1980

This next iteration of the Apple computer for business was created primarily to compete with business computing companies like IBM.

Apple IIe - 1983

The Apple IIe keyboard was built in to the computer and did away with the numeric keypad.

Lisa/Macintosh XL - 1983

While Lisa won the legendary race between itself and the Macintosh by being the first desktop computer to market with an intuitive GUI, it flopped with the public due to sticker shock at its $10,000 price tag and a lack of software titles.

Apple IIc - 1984

The Apple IIc represented Apple's first attempt at both a portable computer and "out-of-the-box" functionality. The only problem with classifying the IIc as a "portable" computer is the fact that it lacked a portable power supply.

Macintosh - 1984

The Macintosh, for most of us, was the computer that started it all. In the first demonstration of the product at MacWorld, Steve Jobs pulled the very first Macintosh out of the bag and demonstrated product features that most of us take for granted now.

Apple IIGS - 1986

The first 50,000 of these came with Steve Wozniak's signature silkscreened on the front.

Macintosh Plus - 1986

The Plus version of the Macintosh originally featured the same beige colour as the original Macintosh, but in 1987 was changed to the warm gray Platinum colour that would characterize Apple computers for years to come.

Macintosh SE - 1987

Space for an internal hard disk and advanced SCSI support were some of the selling features of the SE.

Apple IIc Plus - 1988

With this model, Apple did away with the 5.25″ floppy in the Apple II line and switched over completely to the 3.5″ floppy.

Macintosh SE/30 - 1989

The SE/30 sported the capacity for expandable RAM and a 1.44mb floppy disk drive as standard.

Macintosh Classic - 1990

The Classic was an adaptation of Terry Oyama's and Jerry Oyama's Macintosh 128K industrial design.

Macintosh Classic II - 1991

Two cases actually came out for the Classic II. The pictured one has a speaker cutout on the left side for better sound.

Macintosh Color Classic - 1993

This was the first colour compact Macintosh computer.

Apple Macintosh LC 500 - 1993

The Apple MacIntosh LC series were sold as Apple's upper low end computers for the mid 1990's.

Macintosh Performa 5200 - 1995

This was one of Apple's lower moments, featuring severely compromised hardware design.

Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM) - 1997

12,000 of these were produced. Apple broke the moulds and didn't make any more in order to make the product seem more "exclusive", a strategy that did not help the TAM's sales numbers.

PowerMac G3 All-In-One - 1998

These were sold to the educational market only.

iMac G3 Tray-Loading, Bondi Blue - 1998

In doing away with the tower and keeping the computing power, Apple completely revolutionized the desktop computer industry. The iMac G3's were available in a bouquet of various colours. Johnathan Ive, the designer who was later the mastermind of the Cube, designed the iMac G3.

iMac G3 Slot-Loading Indigo - 1999

The above model set the standard for the rest of the iMac G3's with a slot-loading CD ROM rather than a tray-loading model.

iMac "Flavours" - 1998-2003

Different colours were eventually added to the original Bondi Blue.

eMac - 2002

The eMac was made available as a cheaper option to the educational market than the iMac.

iMac G4 - 2002

The iMac G4 was produced from 2000-2004 and represents the first iteration of Apple's desire to "slim down" the components necessary for an out of the box personal computer experience. It was nicknamed the iLamp because of its swiveling monitor.

iMac G5 - 2005

The G5 lacked the swivel functionality of the G4 but introduced the "behind-the-screen" component design principle which characterized future iMac designs.

iMac (Intel Based) - Aluminum - 2007

The current iMac models pack all of the components necessary to the operation of a computer behind the monitor in a perfect realization of "slim design".

Desktop Computers
Macintosh II - 1987

This was the first "modular" design computer that Apple put out. All of the rest preceding it had been "all-in-one" models.

Macintosh IIx - 1988

This was simply an update to the Macintosh II. One of its code names was "Spock".

Macintosh IIfx - 1990

This computer was introduced as the "fastest Mac" and was dubbed "Wicked Fast" by the then Product Manager, Frank Casanova.

Quadra 700 - 1991

Introduced with the Quadra 900 as the first Apple systems to feature Ethernet networking.

Quadra 800 - 1993

The case on this was smaller and not as accessible as others, earning it the "worst case of all time" title at Low End Mac.

Quadra 630 - 1994

This last entry in the Quadra line featured an IDE drive, a slower yet cheaper replacement for the standard SCSI drives that earlier Quadras contained. This was the last in the Quadra line.

Power Macintosh G3 - 1997

The PowerMac G3 was tested and proven to be the fastest desktop computer of its time by Byte Magazine.

PowerMac G3 Blue and White - 1999

This shared the hardware with its predecessor but little else. The case was redesigned to bring it in line with the new iMac.

Power Mac G4 - 1999

This line was sold by Apple between 1994 and 2006. While the hardware varied between models, they all adhered to the same basic design principles.

Power Mac G5 - 2003

At the time of its launch the Power Mac G5 was touted as the fastest computer ever built.

Mac Pro - 2006

This machine integrated Intel's 5400 chipset with Xeon microprocessors for a lightning fast processing speed.

Mini Desktops
PowerMac G4 Cube - 2000

This 8″ cube garnered a lot of kudos in the short time that it was in production. The designer of the Cube, Jonathan Ive, won several international awards for its design.

Mac Mini - 2005

This diminutive computer only measured 6.5″ by 2″. It weighed in at 2.5 pounds.

Notebooks
Macintosh Portable - 1989

The Macintosh Portable represented Apple's first computer with a portable power supply and an active matrix LCD screen which sported a clearer picture than many desktop monitors of the time.

PowerBook 100 - 1991

The PowerBook 100 was a result of a collaboration between Sony and Apple - Sony miniaturized the parts for Apple for the 100. The 140 and the 170 are the first PowerBooks completely designed by Apple. Mobile PC magazine named the PowerBook 100 as its "#1 gadget of all time" in a 2005 article.

PowerBook Duo - 1992

This precursor to the MacBook Air was a subnotebook that interfaced with larger storage media either through a docking port or through cables.

PowerBook 180c - 1993

First PowerBook to display 640×480 resolution and 256 colours.

PowerBook 540c - 1994

The trackpad replaced the trackball with this model.

PowerBook 1400 - 1996

This entry-level notebook came in a number of different configurations.

eMate 300 - 1997

Personal digital assistant designed for classroom use and based on the Newton engine.

PowerBook G3 - 1997

The Wallstreet model, pictured above, marked the last use of the rainbow-coloured Apple logo. The PowerBook G3 was a built-to-order laptop which allowed users to customize what they wanted on the machine.

iBook - 1999

The first generation of the iBook featured a clamshell design and wireless networking.

iBook G3 Dual USB - 2001

Many design advances were incorporated into this complete redesign, including the L-Shaped hinge for the screen and a slim-line design.

PowerBook G4 - 2001

The titanium-skinned PowerBook G4 was the precursor to the MacBook Pro.

iBook G4 - 2004

A slot loading drive and a lack of translucent design characterized this release of the iBook.

PowerBook G4 - Aluminum - 2003

Aluminum was used for the first time in this incarnation of the PowerBook. Johnathan Ive, the same award-winning product designer responsible for the Cube, designed this PowerBook.

MacBook - 2006

2006 saw the introduction of the MacBook with now-standard features like the magnetic latch, the glossy display and the sunken keyboard.

MacBook Pro - 2006

The aluminum standard by which all others are measured. In the case of the current MacBrook Pro, each case is constructed out of a single block of aluminum.

MacBook Air - 2008

The MacBook Air was launched with a famous commercial that involved it being packaged up and shipped in an envelope.

MacBook - 2008

The latest version of the MacBook brings the aluminum case previously reserved for the Pro line into the regular MacBook.

MacBook Pro - 2008

The most recent Pro design is available in a 15″ or 17″ model.

Keyboards
Macintosh Keyboard - 1984

This keyboard was standard issue with the Macintosh Plus and was the first keyboard to see the "Command" key.

Apple Extended Keyboard - 1990

This keyboard represents the golden age of Apple keyboards for many fans. The large spaces between keys and the general feel of the board made it very popular.

USB Keyboard - 1998

This board was packaged with iMacs beginning in 1998 and lasting until 2000.

Apple Pro Keyboard/Apple Keyboard - 2000

This keyboard had the "Command" letters removed from the command key entirely. When it was originally introduced it was available in a clear case with black keys. After its name was officially changed to the "Apple Keyboard", it was released only in white.

Current Apple Keyboard - 2007

The current Apple keyboard features an aluminum enclosure and is the first since the Apple IIe keyboard to remove the Apple logo from the Command key.

Mice
Macintosh Mouse - 1984

While the Macintosh is responsible for making the computer mouse part of our everyday reality, it was actually an adaptation of the mouse designed for the Lisa and was not the first mouse used by Apple.

Apple IIc Mouse - 1984

This mouse removed the contrasting colours featured on the Macintosh mouse and also offered support for gaming devices such as joysticks.

Apple Desktop Mouse - 1986

ADB Mouse II - 1993

This update was included with all Macs between 1993 and 1998.

iMac USB Mouse - 1998

This mouse was shipped with all iMacs for two years after its introduction.

Mighty Mouse Wireless - 2005

It was announced and sold for the first time on August 2, 2005. Before the Mighty Mouse, Apple had sold only one-button mice with its computers, beginning with the Apple Lisa 22 years earlier.

Displays
Apple IIc Flat Panel Display - 1984

Only 10,000 of these were ever produced, owing to the fact that you needed a strong light source to even see what was on the screen.

AppleColor RGB - 1986

The first 640×480 stand-alone monitor made by Apple.

Apple AudioVision 14 - 1993

This monitor featured a 14″ Triniton display.

Apple Studio Display - 1998

This was released to be paired with the Power Macintoshes of the time and featured an active matrix LCD screen.

Apple Studio Display - Blueberry - 1999

This was released to complement the PowerMac G3 which was released in "Blueberry" at the time.

Apple Studio Display CRT Blueberry - 1999

This monitor kept the "Blue" theme going with an attractive design.

Apple Studio Display CRT - 2000

This monitor was the last CRT monitor that Apple shipped.

Apple Cinema Display 22″ - 2000

The 22″ active matrix LCD display on this model was tailored to work with the newly released PowerMac G4's.

Apple Cinema Display 20″ - 2003

Featured a 20″ active matrix LCD display.

Apple Cinema Displays - 2004- Current

Current Apple Cinema Displays come in three different sizes; 20″, 23″ and 30″.

LED Cinema Display, 24″ - 2008

This display is touted as Mac's "greenest" ever.

iPod

While other MP3 players were on the market before 2001, none could match the ease of use of the iPod. The iPod line consists of four different products; the iPod Shuffle, the iPod Nano, the Ipod Classic, and the iPod Touch.
The Newton - 1993

While the Newton was a massive flop at the time of its release, it laid the groundwork for Apple's massively popular iPhone and iPod. Two ex-Apple Newton developers founded the company that developed the iPod's OS, Pixo.

Ipod/Ipod Classic
Generation One - 2001

The first generation of the iPod was debuted in 2001 to rave reviews and a very eager market.

Generation Two - 2002

The second generation of the iPod featured a touch-sensitive wheel rather than a mechanical wheel.

Generation Three - 2003

The third generation saw the introduction of a thinner iPod. Instead of being simply touch-sensitive as the second generation was, the wheel on this iPod was completely governed by touch.

Generation 4 - 2004

The fourth generation saw the Touch Wheel replaced with the Click Wheel from the iPod Mini. A special Harry Potter edition and U2 edition were released in this generation.

Fifth Generation - 2005

2005 brought this iteration of the iPod, unofficially dubbed iPod Video.

Sixth Generation - 2007

The sixth generation brought an official rename to "iPod Classic" in order to distinguish the iPod from the others in the line.

iPod Shuffle - 2005

This first generation was introduced at MacWorld with the tag line "Life is Random".

iPod Shuffle - 2006

The smaller iPod Shuffle is the smallest device made by Apple. It relies on flash memory rather than a hard disk like the other iPods.

iPod Shuffle in Colour - 2008

The Ipod Shuffle was updated in 2008 with four new colours.

iPod Nano

First Generation - 2005

Second Generation - 2006

Third Generation - 2007

Fourth Generation - 2008

iPod Touch - 2007

The iPod Touch was launched to great media and consumer acclaim in March of 2007. The touch screen allows the user interaction with various games and applications. Steve Jobs has referred to the iPod Touch as the "training wheels" for the iPhone.

iPhone - 2007

The iPhone is the cellular phone of choice of nearly every tech aficionado, even winning over BlackBerry fanboys with its touch screen and wide range of cheap and free applications available from the iTunes AppStore.

Future Weapons

2009-02-10T22:40:00.000-08:00

The Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) (formerly Hughes) AH-64D Apache is the Army's primary attack helicopter. It is a quick-reacting, airborne weapon system that can fight close and deep to destroy, disrupt, or delay enemy forces. The Apache is designed to fight and survive during the day, night, and in adverse weather throughout the world. The principal mission of the Apache is the destruction of high-value targets with the HELLFIRE missile. It is also capable of employing a 30mm M230 chain gun and Hydra 70 (2.75 inch) rockets that are lethal against a wide variety of targets. The Apache has a full range of aircraft survivability equipment and has the ability to withstand hits from rounds up to 23mm in critical areas. The AH-64 is air transportable in the C-5, C-141 and C-17 cargo aircraft.

The AH-64 Longbow Apache is a remanufactured and upgraded version of the AH-64A Apache attack helicopter. The primary modifications to the Apache are the addition of a millimetre-wave Fire Control Radar (FCR) target acquisition system, the fire-and-forget Longbow Hellfire air-to-ground missile, updated T700-GE-701C engines, and a fully-integrated cockpit. In addition, the aircraft incorporates improved survivability, communications and navigation capabilities.

SPECS

Length 58.17 feet (17.73m)

Height 16.25 feet (4.95m)

Wing Span 17.15 feet (5.227m)

Primary Mission Gross Weight 16,601lb (7530kg)

Hover out-of-ground-effect 9,480 feet (2889m)

Vertical rate of climb 1,475 fpm (450mpm)

Maximum rate of climb 2,415 fpm (737mpm)

Maximum level flight speed 141 kt (252kph)

Cruise speed 141 kt (262kph)

Range 400km - internal fuel + 1,500km - external fuel

BMD

Protecting against accidental or unauthorised threats

While the end of the Cold War signalled a reduction in the likelihood of global nuclear conflict, the threat from ballistic missiles has grown steadily as sophisticated missile technology becomes available on a wider scale to countries hostile to the U.S. and its allies.

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the ballistic and cruise missiles that could deliver them pose a direct and immediate threat to the security of the United States and its deployed military forces, allies and friends.

In recent years, a number of potential antagonists have shown the willingness to use theatre-class ballistic missiles for military purposes. Since 1980, ballistic missiles have been used in six regional conflicts. Ballistic missiles, including intercontinental and submarine launched ballistic missiles (ICBMs and SLBMs) exist in abundance around the world today.

SPECS
Missile Defence Technologies
- HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer)
- MEADS (Medium Extended Air Defence System)
- SM-2 Navy Area (Standard Missile 2)
- SM-3 (AEGIS)
- Patriot
- THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence)
- Navy Upper Tier
- Airborne Laser
- Boost Phase Intercept
- Boost Phase Intercept ACTD (advance concept technology demonstrations)
- Arrow
- THEL / Nautilus (Tactical High Energy Laser)
- LCCMD (Low Cost Cruise Missile Defence)

E-SMAW

Portable Infantry Assault Rocket Launcher

The Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) is versatile, lightweight and lethal.

It has seen service for over two decades with the US Marine Corps proving time and again to be a potent counter to enemy fortifications and armour. With the E-SMAW launcher upgrade, it is a man-portable, exceedingly accurate and reliable system, exhibiting an average hit probability greater than 90% on a 1x2 meter target at combat ranges. Suited for MOUT (Military Operations on Urbanised Terrain) scenarios, the SMAW enables the gunner to defeat enemy fortifications while remaining under protective cover, greatly enhancing survivability. The new SMAW-NE assault rocket uses an enhanced blast warhead effective against earth and timber bunkers and solid concrete / triple brick walls, while adding the capability to penetrate solid brick, brick faced hollow block, and other light clad walls to detonate on the back side. The SMAW-NE fuse automatically selects the proper delay or impact detonation when the round hits the target to maximise destructive effects.

SPECS
Reusable Launcher

Length 825mm

Weight 4.53kg

Calibre 83mm

NE Rocket

Carry Length 812mm

Weight 8.6kg

Range 250m (effective) 500m (max)

Explosive 1.8kg

Warhead Type Novel Explosive, Dual Purpose

F-22

Next Generation Air Superiority

During the initial phases of deployment into an area of conflict, the first aircraft to arrive are the most vulnerable because they face the entire warfighting capability of an adversary. The F-22's state-of-the-art technology, advanced tactics, and skilled aircrew will ensure air dominance from the outset of such situations. It is designed to penetrate enemy airspace and achieve a first-look, first-kill capability against multiple targets. The Raptor features a low-observable, highly manoeuvrable airframe; advanced integrated avionics; and aerodynamic performance allowing supersonic cruise without afterburner.

The F-22 is an air dominance fighter with much-improved capability over current Air Force aircraft. Widely regarded as the most advanced fighter in the world, the Raptor combines a revolutionary leap in technology and capability with reduced support requirements and maintenance costs. It will replace the F-15 as America's front-line, air superiority fighter, with deliveries to operational units in 2005. In 2006, the first operational F-22 squadron entered active duty with the US Air Force.

SPECS
Wing area 840 sq ft

Level Speed 921 mph

Total Length 62.08 ft

Wing Span 44.5 ft

Total Height 16.67 ft

Track Width 10.6 ft

Engines Pratt & Whitney F-119

Max Takeoff Weight 60,000 lbs (27,216 kg)

Max External Stores 5,000 lb (2,270 kg)

Weight Empty 31,670 lbs (14,365 kg)

Ceiling 50,000 ft (15, 240 m)

G Limit +9 G

First Flight Sept 7 1997

IMS

Integration of Proven Technologies
What is IMS?
IMS is a system of munitions, sensors, and processors networked to implement obstacle intent and attack targets, either autonomously or with man-in-the-loop (MITL). A single IMS must control an area at least 35 meters in diameter. Multiple IMS can be linked into larger obstacles with integrated control via the IMS network.

Why is it needed?
IMS meets the National Landmine Policy by incorporating self-destruction / self-deactivation capabilities and enhanced control mechanisms. It will meet the requirement for a replacement capability for the existing family of non-self-destructing landmines by December 2010.

What Does It Do?
IMS detects, classifies, tracks, and engages selected targets in accordance with the commanders intent – in open terrain, urban and other complex environments. Specific missions include Battlespace Shaping, Force Protection and Assured Mobility.

SPECS
Four AV Sensor-Fused Kill Mechanisms
- AT / AV lethality of top attack against all targets
- Overlapping coverage
- Resistant to conventional obstacle-clearing countermeasures

Four Spider AP grenades protect AV munitions
- 360 degree protection
- AP protection without expending AV
- Reconfigurable with up to four Claymores (M18A1) or Modular Crowd Control Munitions (M5) (MCCM)

Proven sensor suite used in USMC AADS (and USAF ARGUS), FCS T-UGS and Compact OASIS consisting of:
- 5 Acoustic Microphones
- 3 Axis Seismic Geophones
- 3 Axis Magnetometer
- GPS (location and synchronised clock)
- Terminal sensor (added for IMS)

M32

Tactical Flexibility For Today's War Fighter

The M32 (original model number: MGL-140) is a handheld, semiautomatic, revolving-action 40mm multi-shot grenade launcher that provides a high volume of fire.

With a chamber length of 5.5 inches (140 Millimeters), the M32 can effectively cover a minimum area of 66 x 199 feet (20 x 60 Meters); it is deadly for pinpoint targeting up to 492 feet (150 meters) with a maximum range of 1312 feet (400 meters). It is ideal for repelling ambush attacks as all six of its 40mm grenades can be fired within three seconds. The M32 can be loaded with a variety of 40mm munitions for a specific mission. The operator can then select the desired round in the M32 and maintain fire, an innovation that overcomes the disadvantage of having the weapon inoperable while changing loads.

The M32 is also designed for specialised non lethal missions by peacekeeping forces, for crowd control operations and for police duties. It affords the war fighter maximum choice in tactical application since both lethal and nonlethal ammunition can be fired from the same launcher

SPECS
Calibre 40x46mm (low velocity)

Length

(Stock Collapsed) 28 in (711 mm)

(Stock Extended) 32 in (812mm)

Height

(With Reflex Sight) 10.5 in (266mm)

Width 6.5in (165mm)

Empty Mass 13.2 lbs (5.9kg)

Rifling Progressive

Minimum Range 32 yds (30m)

Maximum Range 435 yd (400m)

Maximum Effective Range 410 yd (375m)

Cylinder Capacity 6 rounds

Chamber Length 5.5in (140mm)

Surface Treatment Gun Kote SCK & SOCOM tan

Mk110

Smart, Lethal Firepower for the Naval Warfighter

The Mk110 is a 57-mm automatic naval surface warfare cannon – formally designated as a Close-In Gun System (CIGS) – intended for use as the main armament on smaller warships and as a secondary armament on larger vessels. The lethal combination of the Mk110's high rate of fire – 220 rounds per minute – along with its multifunction MK295 ammunition gives the war fighter the nearly instantaneous ability to engage an array of incoming targets, including most types of small boats and ships as well as hostile aircraft.

The Mk110's advanced design requires minimal manpower for operation and maintenance. It is slated to be used on the US Coast Guards new National Security Cutters, and the US Navy's upcoming DDG-1000 destroyers and Littoral Combat Ships.

SPECS
Calibre 57mm

Capacity 120 rounds

Rate of Fire 220 rounds / min

Range 14 km

Weight 6800 kg

MULE

Robotic Infantry Support System

The Mule offers an extraordinary capability that will support the U.S. Army's transformation to a lighter and more mobile fighting force. The MULE's unique mobility will enable it to go everywhere the soldier can go and more. It will allow soldiers of the transformed Army to use technology to do the dull, dirty and dangerous jobs of the current forces, freeing them to focus on the success of their missions.
The highly mobile platform is designed specifically to meet the requirements of the Future Force soldier for dismounted operations. The MULE's unique, highly advanced 6x6 independent articulated suspension, coupled with in-hub motors powering each wheel, provides extreme mobility in complex terrain, far exceeding that of vehicles utilizing more conventional suspension systems.
It will climb at least a 1-meter step, far exceeding requirements, and provides the vehicle with the mobility performance and surefootedness required to safely follow dismounted troops over rough terrain, through rock and debris fields and over urban rubble. This technology also allows the MULE to cross 1-meter gaps, traverse side slopes greater than 40 percent, ford water to depths of over 0.5 meters and overpass obstacles as high as 0.5 metres, while compensating for varying payload weights and centre of gravity locations.

SPECS

The MULE, a 2.5-ton class vehicle for the FCS, includes three variants: Transport, Armed Robotic Vehicle Assault (Light) (ARV-A(L)) and Countermine

NLOS-C

Strategic Mobility, Rapid Fire, Increased Lethality

The Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) provides unprecedented responsiveness and lethality to the Unit of Action (UA) commander, including networked, extended-range targeting, and precision attack of point and area targets in support of the UA with a suite of munitions that include special purpose capabilities. The weapon is capable of sustaining fires for close support and destructive fires for tactical standoff engagement. While air power, precision-guided bombs and missiles often receive all the glamour on the modern battlefield, cannon artillery still plays a critical role in today's fight by serving as the only 24-hour, all weather reinforcement for the infantry soldier - a fact proven in recent conflicts. The cannon will be able to move rapidly, stop quickly, and deliver lethal first round effects on target in record time. The NLOS Cannon will have a multiple round-simultaneous impace (MRSI)capability, which when coupled with the cannon's superior rate of fire, will deliver record effects on target from a smaller number of systems.

SPECS

Armament 155mm

Tube length 39 calibres

Round Capacity 24x100lb projectiles

90 propellant charges

Weight 18.1 ton (min) 24 ton (max)

Speed 90 kph / 56kph

Range 30km

Rate of fire 10 rounds/min (optimal)

Crew 2

Propulsion Hybrid Electric

Suspension Band track

PROTECTOR

Unmanned Surface Combat System

The Protector Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) is an unmanned integrated naval combat system that has a stabilised gun and is able to conduct a wide spectrum of critical missions while eliminating unnecessary risk to personnel or capital assets. Stealthy, fast and highly manoeuvrable, this unmanned vehicle identifies its targets through an electro-optical (EO) system and has day and night strike capabilities. Highly autonomous and remotely controlled, the Protector can successfully operate with general guidance from a commander and operator.

The Protector is mission reconfigurable through its plug-and-play design, allowing utilisation of various mission modules, such as force protection, anti terror, surveillance and reconnaissance, mine warfare and electronic warfare. The Protector's anti-terror mission module payload includes sensors and a weapon system. The search radar and the Toplite multi-sensor, EO payload enable detection identification and targeting operations.

SPECS

Length 7 - 11m

Propulsion Water Jet

Engine Diesel

Payload 1,000kg

Communication Lightlink Data Link

Real-time video link

Navigation Radar

GPS

INS / Gyro

Additional Equipment Light Projector

PA System

Microphone

V-22

Not Just Evolutionary, Revolutionary

The V22 Osprey is a tiltrotor vertical / Short takeoff and landing (VSTOL), multi mission aircraft developed to fill multi-Service combat operational requirements. The tiltrotor design combines the vertical flight capabilities of a helicopter with the speed and range of a turboprop airplane and permits aerial refuelling and world-wide self deployment. The aircraft is manned by a pilot, co-pilot, and enlisted aircrew appropriate for the specific service and type of mission being flown. The Osprey will see service in three versions: The Marine Corps MV-22 is optimised to transport troops (i.e.24 combat equipped Marines, or 10,000 pounds of external cargo) to austere landing sites from aviation capable amphibious ships and expeditionary forward operating bases ashore. The Air Force CV-22 is configured with a unique avionics suite to carry out Special Operations missions, while the Navy's HV-22 will be used for combat Search and Rescue and logistical support. All three services will have the advantages of a VSTOL aircraft that can rapidly self deploy to any location in the world. In the planning and execution of missions, these three improved characteristics of range, speed and payload can be interchanged and utilised in countless ways. Together they provide a major step ahead in tactical flexibility.

SPECS

Length 57' 4" (spread)

63' 0" (folded)

Width 84' 7" (spread)

18' 5" (folded)

Height 22' 1" (spread)

18' 1" (folded)

Tilt-rotor Diameter 38'1"

Empty Weight 33,140lbs (15,032 kg)

VTOL Weight 52,600lbs (23,860kg)

Cargo hook capacity 10,000lb (4,536kg)

Max Fuel Capacity 2,037 gal / 8973litres

Airspeed 240kts

Ceiling 25,000ft (7,925m)

XM307

XM307 25mm Advanced Crew-Served Weapon

The XM307 has a full solution fire control system that includes a laser range finder and a day/night sight. In the 25mm mode, the weapon is actually a light autocannon that delivers highly lethal and suppressive fire out to 2,000 meters against personnel and lightly armoured vehicles This next-generation potential replacement for current heavy and grenade machine guns efficiently manages recoil in a lightweight package and fires without sandbag ballast or human restraint

Highly portable within smaller soldier units, the XM307 provides overwhelming lethality compared to existing systems. The weapon provides devastating firepower against visible and hidden targets, such as those in foxholes, behind rocks and walls, and inside buildings with windows.

SPECS

Weight

(Gun) 28.5lbs

(Two M2A1 ammo cans) 42lbs

(Fire Control) 8.6lbs

(Tripod mount) 13.2lbs

Length 53in

Rate of Fire 250 rounds per minute

Maximum range 2,000m

- Day/night/all-weather capable target acquisition/fire control system
- System dispersion less than 1.1mm
- No headspace or timing adjustments
- Convertible to .50cal variant (XM312)
- Capable of remote operations

NASA Rarely Seen Shuttle Pre-Flight Activities

2009-02-10T22:36:00.000-08:00

However, these pictures deserve a wide viewing audience: the amount of thought and engineering that goes into every launch is immense; each successful take-off represents the Mankind's finest effort, and is a wonder to behold.
(Thanks to Tim for sending this in; images courtesy Christie L. Dyett - NASA Space Coast Launch Services.)

External tank arrives by barge from Louisiana:

External tank approaches Vertical Assembly Building (VAB):

Removing external tank:

Preparing to lift the tank to vertical:

Lifting the tank:

Solid rockets are attached:

Orbiter: External tank with Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB):

Engines are attached to the shuttle in the Orbiter Processing Facility:

Shuttle in sling ready for lift in VAB:

Shuttle has been moved to VAB and will be attached to external tank:

Shuttle is attached:

Payload Preparation in Space Station Processing Facility:

Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM):

Payload carrier leaves Canister Rotation Facility:

Payload being moved to Launch Pad:

Lifting payload into position for insertion into "Discovery"
when it arrives at the pad:

Shuttle "Discovery" leaves VAB:

Trip to launch:
Length - 3 1/2 mi
Time - 6-8 hours
Arrow indicates the Launch Pad.

Crawler Control:

"Discovery" arrives at Pad:

We Have Lift Off !

Bayi lahir dengan jantung di perut

2009-02-10T18:29:00.000-08:00

GAMBAR menunjukkan jantung di perut seorang bayi.

BEIJING - Seorang bayi ajaib yang mengejutkan para doktor selepas dilahirkan dengan jantung di perutnya kini selamat dalam jagaan ibu bapanya, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Sebelum ini doktor-doktor berkata, bayi lelaki itu akan hidup kurang seminggu selepas dia dilahirkan di timur China dengan jantung berada di bawah kulit perutnya.

Bapa bayi yang merupakan doktor pelatih berusia 36 tahun, Lee Chen berkata, bayi itu ialah salah seorang pasangan kembar lelaki tetapi abangnya lahir tanpa sebarang komplikasi.

"Kami bergilir-gilir memegangnya sewaktu dia tidur untuk mengelakkannya meniarap sekali gus menyebabkan denyutan jantungnya terhenti.

"Dia memerlukan pembedahan tetapi keluarga kami miskin dan kami berharap orang ramai sudi membantu kami," kata Chen.

Dia kini sedang berusaha mengumpul dana berjumlah £30,000 (RM158,742) untuk kos pembedahan memindahkan jantung anaknya ke bahagian dada seperti bayi normal. - Agensi

China's Electronic Waste Village

2009-02-10T18:28:00.001-08:00

Just see wht happens to Electrical machines... after serving us....

Mountain of Waste

The city of Guiyu is home to 5,500 businesses devoted to processing discarded electronics, known as e-waste. According to local websites, the region dismantles 1.5 million pounds of junked computers, cell phones and other devices a year.

Specialized
The niche industry employs tens of thousands of people, many of them in small, family-run workshops.

Extraction
The ewaste is mined for the lead, gold, copper and other metals that are found in the circuit boards, wiring, chips and other parts of electronic devices. In this photo, a worker heats a computer board on a steel surface to remove the computer chips soldered into it.

Black Water
Much of the waste from the work, particularly the ash from the burning of coal, is dumped into city's streams and canals, poisoning the wells and groundwater.

Huge Supply
Almost 80% of the discarded electronics come from overseas, including the United States.

Details
Guiyu — and places like it in India and Africa — fluorish because it is far cheaper to break down e-waste there than it is in the developing world, where companies must follow strict guidelines.

Drilling
According to Guiyu's own website, the e-waste business generates $75 million a year for the town.

Sorting
Circuit boards, which can contain tiny amounts of gold and silver, are treated with acid baths.

Workshops
Health reports from the region say that Guiyu's children suffer from an extremely high rate of lead poisoning.

Piled Up
A worker throws a computer casing onto a pile.

Hard Work
According to reports from nearby Shantou University, Guiyu has the highest level of cancer-causing dioxins in the world and an elevated rate of miscarriages.

Carting
A worker hauls phone casings on a tricycle. Despite the dangers it presents, the e-waste business in Guiyu continues to thrive.

THE UNCOMB™ (new revolution)

2009-02-10T18:24:00.000-08:00

THE UNCOMB™
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The typical well-groomed segment of society has no idea how long it can take to achieve the perfect bed-head look. It's not as easy as it looks...until now! One swipe of The Uncomb and you're good to go. Each Uncomb is packed in a peggable, reusable plastic pouch for safekeeping.

Design: Martí Guixé for The Original Cha-Cha Ltd

Yahudi sebenarnya berasal dari...

2009-02-10T18:23:00.000-08:00

Siapakah bangsa Yahudi ini ?? Menurut kajian sejarah yang berdasarkan penggalian arkeologi dan lembaran-lembaran kitab suci, awal bangsa Yahudi mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan kisah nabi Ibrahim AS yang berlaku sekitar 3800 tahun yang lalu atau 1800 tahun SM.

Tafsir Al-Qur'an menunjukkan bahawa Ibrahim AS tinggal di daerah Palestine yang dikenali sekarang sebagai Al-Khalil (Hebron) dan beliau tinggal di sana bersama Nabi Luth (QS, 21:69-71).

Anak nabi Ibrahim adalah nabi Ismail dan nabi Ishak kemudian anak nabi Ishak adalah nabi Yaakub, kemudian dari keturunan 12 anak nabi Yaakub inilah yang dikenali sebagai 12 suku Israel.

Anak bongsu nabi Yaakub AS adalah nabi Yusuf AS, yang terkenal dalam sejarah, setelah ditinggalkan di dalam telaga di padang pasir oleh abang-abangnya, akhirnya menjadi kepala bendahara negeri Mesir.

Kemudian ayahnya, nabi Yaakub, serta abang-abangnya mengikut nabi Yusuf AS ke Mesir dan hidup damai di sana sampai suatu hari Firaun yang berkuasa memperbudakkan (menjadikan hamba) keturunan mereka yang dikenal dengan bani Israel.

Kerana kekejaman Firaun yang tak terkira terhadap bani Israel, Allah SWT telah mengirim nabi Musa AS masa itu, dan memerintahkannya untuk membawa bani Israel keluar dari Mesir.

Musa AS dan kaumnya meninggalkan Mesir, dengan pertolongan mukjizat Allah, sekitar tahun 1250 SM.

Mereka tinggal di Semenanjung Sinai dan timur Kanaan (Palestine), dalam Al-Qur'an, nabi Musa memerintahkan Bani Israel untuk memasuki Kanaan, (Qur'an, 5:21).

Setelah nabi Musa AS wafat, bangsa Israel tetap tinggal di Kanaan. Menurut ahli sejarah, nabi Daud AS menjadi raja Israel dan membangun sebuah kerajaan berpengaruh.

Selama pemerintahan anaknya nabi Sulaiman, batas-batas Israel diperluas dari Sungai Nil di Selatan hingga sungai Eufrat di negara Siria sekarang di utara.

Ini adalah sebuah masa gemilang bagi kerajaan Israel dalam banyak bidang, terutama senibina. Di Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem), nabi Sulaiman membangun sebuah istana dan biara yang luar biasa.

Setelah wafatnya nabi Sulaiman, Allah SWT mengutus ramai lagi nabi kepada Bani Israel meskipun dalam banyak hal bani israel tidak mendengar perintah para nabi, membunuh mereka dan mengkhianati Allah.

Setelah kematian nabi Sulaiman, kerajaan bani Israel (yahudi) berpecah, di utara Israel dengan ibukota Samarria dan Di Selatan Juda dengan ibukota Baitul Maqdis (Yerrusalem) .

Dengan berlalunya waktu, suku yahudi jatuh di bawah Assyurria dan Babylon atau pergi ke Mesir sebagai pelarian.

Ketika raja Perrsia Kyros tahun 539 SM mengizinkan orang Yahudi kembali dari pelarian mereka, banyak orang Yahudi yang tidak kembali, di sinilah mulainya Diaspora, penyebaran bangsa Yahudi ke seluruh dunia.

Pada tahun 63 SM Juda dan Israel jatuh ke tangan orang Romawi dan tahun 70 SM berjaya menghancurkan pemberontakan Yerusalem dan menghancurkan biara dan Juda.

Awal terbentuknya Israel

Setelah itu orang Yahudi hidup dalam pelarian, sehingga zaman khilafah Othmaniyah barulah orang Yahudi dapat merasakan kehidupan yang damai dengan membayar pajak perlindungan kepada kerajaan Othmaniyah.

Akhir abad ke 19, ditunjangi oleh Jewish Colonization Assocation Baron Hirsch, Yahudi dari Eropah Timur berpindah ke Argentina dan membentuk Kolonialisme pertanian, untuk kembali ke Palestine bermula tahun 1881.

Kronologi penubuhan Israel adalah seperti berikut;

1896 Theodor Herzl Yahudi kelahiran Budapest meengasaskan pembentukan Negara Yahudi moden. Tujuannya untuk menuntut dan membuat negara untuk orang Yahudi di Palestine, disokong oleh wang hasil sumbangan dari seluruh orang Yahudi di dunia. Herzl ini juga dikenal pendiri zionisme, yang juga tidak disetujui oleh orang Yahudinya sendiri.

1914 Di Palestine tinggal 1200 orang Yahudi. Setelah kekalahan khilafah Othmaniyah dalam perang dunia pertama, Palestine menjadi bola permainan para penjajah dan para Zionis ada di sisi British dan Amerika.

1917 Tanggal 2 November menteri luar British Lord Balfour menandatangani Deklarasi Balfour untuk membangun negara yahudi. Sebulan kemudian masuklah tentera British ke Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem).

1920 Gabungan Negara-negara menyerahkan mandat Palestine kepada British. Akibatnya datanglah 75.000 lagi orang Yahudi ke Palestine. Negara-negara Arab tidak menyetujui didirikannya negara Yahudi di Palestine.

1922 Transjordania dipisahkan dari daerah mandat. Sebagai perwakilan orang Yahudi dibuatlah Jewish Agency. Di tahun itu lebih kurang 80.000 orang Yahudi tinggal di Palestine

1933 Di Jerman berlaku penghapusan etnik Yahudi secara sistematik oleh Rejim Hitler.

1936 Masyarakat Arab menentang politik masuknya orang Yahudi ke Palestine tapi orang Yahudi dibantu oleh tentera Inggeris.

(Gambar Atas kanan - Peta Palestine tahun 1946 sebelum peristiwa Nakba )

1937 Sesudah pemerintah Mandat membatasi imigrasi dan pembelian tanah oleh orang Yahudi, timbullah ketegangan yang dilakukan oleh organisasi bawah tanah Yahudi terhadap orang Inggeris.

1939 Pendidikan sebuah brigade Yahudi untuk memasukkan orang Yahudi ke Palestine

1945 Suruhanjaya Inggeris Amerika menganjurkan penerimaan 100,000 orang Yahudi di Palestine, tapi kemudian ditolak oleh Inggeris sehingga menyebabkan rusuhan di antara Yahudi - Palestine.

1947 UNO menganjurkan pemisahan Palestina dan pembentukan negara Yahudi dan Arab. Perang antara Yahudi dan Arab menghindarkan dilanjutkannya rencana itu.

1948 Inggris mengakhiri Mandatnya atas Palestine dan pada 14 Mei meninggalkan Palestine. Tentera Yahudi memasuki Palestine dan mengusir orang Palestine yang didukung oleh negara-negara Arab. Di hari yang sama Ben Gurion mengisytiharkan kemerdekaan Israel di kota yang dibentuk mereka, Tel Aviv, sehingga kemudian menyebabkan perang hari pertama Timur Tengah.

1949 Setelah perang, Israel memenangi peperangan dan bangsa-bangsa bersatu mengakui Israel sebagai sebuah negara.

(Gambar kiri - Peta pembahagian Palestine oleh PBB pada 1947 - Palestine berwarna Hijau)

Bagi memahami persoalan Palestin secara yang lebih mendalam, boleh Menelusuri Sejarah Baitul Maqdis

First Qibla - Bait-al-Maqdis (Al-Aqsa):
AT THE HEART OF JERUSALEM is the Al-Aqsa mosque or Al-Haram Ash-Shareef (The Noble Sanctuary). It is the third most sacred mosque in the world (after Masjid al-Haram in Makkah and Masjid Nabawi in Medinah), enclosing over 35 acres of fountains, gardens, buildings and domes. At its southernmost end is al-Aqsa Mosques, which was built by Khalifa Omar Bin Al-Kattab in the year 19 Hijri. At its center is the celebrated Dome of the Rock. The entire area is regarded as Baitul-Maqdis or Al-Qudus and comprises nearly one sixth of the walled city of Jerusalem. In the picture on the left, the following are identified:

-->Bertanda Hijau - Masjid al-Qubbatus- Sakhra (The Dome of the Rock)
-->Bertanda Merah - Masjid al-Aqsa (The Farthest Mosque)
-->Bertanda Biru Muda - Al Madrasa An-Nahawiah
-->Bertanda Biru - Al Musalla Al-Marwani

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Masih hidup selepas disambar petir?

2009-02-10T18:22:00.000-08:00

GLADSTONE - Tubuh kanan seekor lembu di Australia hitam akibat disambar petir tetapi haiwan itu masih meneruskan kehidupan seperti biasa, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

GAMBAR menunjukkan tubuh kanan seekor lembu menjadi kehitaman akibat disambar petir.

Haiwan itu disambar petir di Gladstone, Queensland pada bulan lalu.

Seorang profesor di Universiti James Cook, Jon Nott berkata, lembu cenderung disambar petir kerana keempat-empat kakinya berada di tanah di mana arus elektrik mengalir.

"Arus elektrik kilat akan memasuki kaki hadapan dan keluar mengikut kaki belakang lembu dan berdasarkan gambar haiwan itu, terdapat kemungkinan ia disambar petir," katanya. - Agensi

Tiba-tiba Nia Andina Berubah Jadi Laki-laki?

2009-02-10T18:21:00.000-08:00

Tiba-tiba Nia Andina Berubah Jadi Laki-laki

Nia yang dilahirkan sebagai perempuan (lihat foto) sekarang berubah menjadi Nizar yang berkelamin laki-laki.

SELASA, 9 SEPTEMBER 2008 | 07:22 WIB

TANGERANG, SELASA — Hari ke-4 puasa Ramadhan, Kamis (4/9) lalu, tampaknya menjadi hari bersejarah bagi Nia Andina (14). ABG (anak baru gede) yang terlahir sebagai perempuan ini kaget karena tiba-tiba ada yang menonjol pada alat kelaminnya seperti alat kelamin laki-laki.

Hari itu, seusai berbuka puasa, tanpa sebab yang dia tahu, tiba-tiba ada perubahan drastis pada alat kelamin di tubuhnya. Saat itu, Nia hendak berangkat shalat tarawih. Karena ada perubahan pada alat kelamin tersebut, dia bingung apakah harus bergabung dengan jemaah laki-laki atau jemaah perempuan. Juga apakah dia harus menggunakan mukenah atau baju koko dan bersarung.

Akhirnya Nia memutuskan tidak berangkat shalat tarawih di masjid kampungnya, Jalan Maulana Hasanudin RT 02 RW 02 Kelurahan Cipondoh Makmur, Kecamatan Cipondoh, Tangerang.

Sukarsih, bibi Nia, penasaran ketika mengetahui keponakannya itu tidak tarawih. Sukarsih lantas menanyakan alasan anak bungsu dari pasangan Guntur Gunawan (48) dan Neneng Rohayatin (45) itu tidak tarawih.

"Saya bingung mau tarawih di masjid bareng ibu-ibu atau sama bapak-bapak," tutur Nia kepada Sukarsih. "Memangnya kenapa?" tanya sang bibi. "Saya punya (maaf) titit," jawab Nia, seraya meminta sang bibi untuk tidak mengungkapkan pembicaraan itu kepada orangtuanya.

Sukarsih yang mendengar jawaban tersebut heran dan tidak percaya. Apalagi Sukarsih sering memandikan Nia saat dia kecil, dan yakin keponakannya itu perempuan.

Hanya saja, sempat terbersit tanda tanya di benak Sukarsih ketika melihat tingkah laku keponakannya itu yang lebih suka bermain sepak bola atau dolanan dengan anak lelaki lainnya.

Keesokan harinya, karena penasaran, Sukarsih membawa Nia ke Puskesmas Cipondoh, Tangerang, untuk diperiksa. Hasil diagnosa sementara, Nia dinyatakan laki-laki. Namun, puskesmas menganjurkan Nia diperiksa lebih lanjut ke RSUD Tangerang. RSUD Tangerang pun memberikan hasil diagnosa yang sama. Untuk lebih menguatkan observasinya, RSUD merekomendasikan Nia diperiksa di Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM) Jakarta.

Di RSCM, kelamin Nia di-USG. Hasil pemeriksaan, Sabtu (6/9), menyebutkan bahwa Nia memiliki penis sepanjang 3 cm, testis positif dengan volume 6 ml.
Namun, saat Sukarsih meminta RSCM mengeluarkan surat pernyataan jenis kelamin Nia adalah laki-laki, pihak rumah sakit menyatakan bahwa untuk itu harus dilakukan pemeriksaan kromosom yang memakan biaya sekitar Rp 2,5 juta.

Karena keterbatasan biaya, akhirnya keluarga memutuskan menunda pemeriksaan. "Dari mana kami dapat uang sebanyak itu?" tanya Sukarsih. Kendati demikian, yakin dengan hasil USG yang menyebutkan jenis kelamin Nia adalah laki-laki, oleh orangtuanya Nia lantas dibawa ke tukang sunat H Samui di desa setempat pada Sabtu (6/9) itu juga. Nia dikhitan.

Selain itu, Nia juga dibawa ke seorang tokoh agama setempat, H Syahroni. Sejak saat itu, nama Nia Andina pun diganti oleh ustadz H Syahroni dengan nama baru, yaitu Nizar Ramadhan.

Tak pelak berita tentang perempuan berubah menjadi laki-laki segera tersebar luas. Warga Kelurahan Cipondoh Makmur, Kecamatan Cipondoh, Tangerang, pun geger. Ada yang kaget, terkagum-kagum, dan banyak pula yang tidak percaya terhadap perubahan yang dialami Nia.

Namun, bagi Nia sendiri, kejadian tersebut dianggapnya sebagai anugerah. Sebab, Nia yang sudah dianggap wanita sejak dilahirkan, memang lebih senang bermain dengan laki-laki. Nia yang sejak kecil selalu mengenakan jilbab saat bersekolah juga merasa lebih menyatu jika berkumpul bersama teman-temannya yang lelaki. "Saya justru tidak sreg berada di antara teman-teman perempuan," aku Nia.

Nia dilahirkan 14 tahun silam di Cirebon dari rahim Neneng Rohayatin, dengan bantuan seorang bidan desa. Saat lahir, bentuk alat kelaminnya seperti alat kelamin anak perempuan pada umumnya. Tak terlihat tanda-tanda dia berkelamin ganda.
Namun, seiring dengan pertambahan usia dan pertumbuhan fisiknya, Nia ternyata lebih suka bermain dengan anak-anak lelaki. Meski dalam data diri di rapor sekolahnya jelas disebut sebagai perempuan, perilaku Nia tomboi. Kendati demikian, sejauh itu dia tak merasakan ada hal yang aneh.

Dengan jenis kelamin dan nama baru, orangtua Nia (yang kini jadi Nizar Ramadhan) memutuskan memindahkan sekolah anaknya dari SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Cipondoh. Siswa kelas III SMP itu kini sekolah di lingkungan Pondok Pesantren Al-Mubarok, Cipondoh. (warkot)

Boycott Israel?

2009-02-10T18:18:00.000-08:00

Ramai orang sibuk boikot barangan Israel, bila aku fikir-fikir balik........

Sekarang ni aku kerja kat ofis pakai computer ,
Bila tengah hampir hujung bulan atau masa orang rumah malas masak, aku makan ,

Nak shopping barang masa offer selalu kat ,

Bila nak kuat selalu minum MILO cap ,

Bini pakai mekap nak pakai yang ada cap ,,

Bila orang rumah bendera merah suruh beli

Barang baby banyak pakai yang ,

Sekarang anak2 tak pakai lampin..........kini pamper...
Bila balik rumah tengok anak dok depan TV tengok , yang belajar sekolah tengok

Aku marah suruh tukar pi tengok movie , untuk berita sensasi terkini

Sambil layan TV aku minum dan makan ,

Ahhhhhh.......cooooooo........ yang di guna

Teringat esok nak kerja terus pi kilat kasut pakai , pakai baju polo

Nak bagi wangi dalam rumah pakai , sebelum gi kerja.....nah...sembur keliling badan

Sambil tunggu customer di habis baca surat khabar tempatan baca

Balik rumah letih cari dalam peti ais ada,

Dan yang lebih penting nak cerita masalah ni kat hang pun aku nak kena pakai telefon yang bercap

FUhhhh...pening kepala..aku capai rokok berjenama ........

Apapun aku tetap BOYCOTT ISRAEL ..

Cool Secrets About Disneyland

2009-02-10T05:23:00.000-08:00

Disneyland was expected to fail.

Opening day was such a disaster that pretty much every press organization that attended the celebration had predicted the park's failure within one year.

It opened on a day that was 101 degrees and the street asphalt still wasn't dry, leading to it sticking to shoes. By the end of the first day, all but 2 of the 48 Autopia cars were crashed and about half the rides were broken.

Despite all that, park visitors loved it and attendance continued to grow day by day.

Need a real drink?

While many Disney fanatics may already know this one, others may find it surprising to know there is exactly one place in the entire park that serves alcoholic beverages.

The place is called Club 33 and it is a very exclusive club to get in. To gain entry, there is a ten year waiting list and admission is at least a thousand dollars. Supposedly, the food is good though.

Tomorrow Land is so outdated.

Or at least, the first version is by now. The only Tomorrow Land ride that still exists in its original state from the opening is Autopia, and even it was changed to fit with Cars the movie. Actually though, there is one major change in Autopia from how it was on opening day -there were originally no guide rail to keep people on track. Sometimes Disney was a little too trusting of the good of humans.

There's a Disney Underground.

It's not quite as exciting as it sounds though. Despite rumors, the area under the park isn't a massive underground city. There are many underground basements though, where cast can relax, change in and out of costumes and eat lunch in peace. Think of it like a few really big break rooms.

Disney World on the other hand, was built late enough that they have a full city underground.

Olympic sports anyone?

Just walking around the park over and over again is exercise enough for most people, but employees have the option of working out in the Matterhorn. Surely you didn't think that huge mountain was only used for one little ride did you? No, the Matterhorn is officially classified as a gym and has a full basketball court inside. In 1984, it was even certified as an official Olympic Stadium.

It's safe, but not 100% safe.

Despite persisting urban legends that claim no one ever died in the park, people have. At least 12 people have died there, reports vary as to whether some additional death tales are true or not. All things considered though, 12 deaths in over 50 years isn't that bad. Keep in mind, aside from dangerous rides, there is also a notable amount of gang violence at other Southern California amusement parks that doesn't occur as frequently at Disneyland.

A ghostly Hazmat problem.

There are many reports of people trying to spill the ashes of loved ones in the Haunted Mansion. As nice of a thought as it is, there are plenty of ghosts in the Mansion already and if everyone dumped their ashes here, then the whole thing would be covered in dust. So, every time it happens, the Mansion needs to be closed and a hazmat team cleans it.

A pirate's life for Jack.

We all know that Johnny Depp is dang sexy, but just the character of Jack Sparrow? Apparently, a lot of women still think he's just as good as Depp. In Pirate's Booty, an ex-actor at Disneyland confessed how many women would try to hump him just for playing the character. The stories range from flirting to receiving napkins with naughty offers.

Words from beyond.

The telegraph clicking at the New Orleans' train station is ticking out the speech Disney gave out on the park's opening day. Traces of Disney are all over the park, for example his old apartment over the fire house on Main Street. They always leave the light on in his memory. Not only is it cute, but it's also rad that he got to live in the park.

Ever feel like you're being watched?

You might be. There are cameras everywhere. Aside from average security brigades, they even have special tasks forces with only a handful of things to focus on.

There are at least two special forces at the park, one dedicated to catching people using drugs at the park, and another dedicated to catching people who flash or flip off the cameras during the photo parts of the rides. If you've ever gotten a message saying your photo isn't available when you got off the ride, there's a good chance someone either flashed some breast or flipped the bird to the camera.

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Titanic under construction

2009-02-09T22:09:00.000-08:00

The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. For her time, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world.

On the night of 14 April 1912, during her maiden voyage, Titanic hit an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later, early on 15 April 1912. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 people, making it one of the most deadly peacetime maritime disasters in history. The high casualty rate was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship did not carry enough lifeboats for everyone aboard. The ship had a total lifeboat capacity of 1,178 persons even though her maximum capacity was 3,547 people. A disproportionate number of men died also, due to the women-and-children-first protocol that was followed.

The Titanic used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and was, after the sinking, popularly believed to have been described as "unsinkable". It was a great shock to many that, despite the extensive safety features and experienced crew, the Titanic sank. The frenzy on the part of the media about Titanic's famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have contributed to the interest in and fame of the Titanic that continues to this day.

THE CORRECT WAY OF EATING FRUITS

2009-02-08T21:29:00.000-08:00

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it, and just popping it into our mouths. It's not so easy as you think. It's important to know how, and when to eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?

· IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!
FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss, and other life activities.

· FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.
Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots, and ferments, and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach, and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat ater-melon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat bananas, I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food, and produces gas, and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits like orange, and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did a research on this matter.

If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness, and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT From the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat Cooked fruits, because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste.

Cooking destroys all the vitamins .

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you just let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits, and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty.
This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E & fiber. Its Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content , it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit.
Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessels-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine.
Taking 2 -4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON : Coolest
Thirst Quencher Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for Vitamin C.
They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after meal = Cancer!

Can you believe this??

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.

Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down, and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats, and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup, HOT TEA or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks

HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)

Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

Nausea, and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware.

The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.

Read this ...It could save your life!!

Let's say it's 6.15 pm and you're driving home. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm, and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home.

Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

'HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE':

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly, and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly, and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, deep, and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath, and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart, and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.

In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!

Misteri Dan Hebatnya Makna Cantik

2009-02-08T21:28:00.001-08:00

Misteri Dan Hebatnya Makna Cantik

Usah terkejut kalau ada orang melahirkan rasa hatinya pada anda, sedangkan anda merasakan tiada apa-apa istimewanya anda. Begitulah hebat dan misterinya kehidupan. Ukuran manusia tentang kecantikan dan ketampanan memang tidak pernah sama. Ada orang mabuk dengan seseorang sedangkan menurut pandangan orang lain, wajah semacam itu tidak patut dimabuk-mabukkan.

Misterinya suara hati memang sukar dibaca. Tidak ada sebarang alat untuk mengukur makna cantik atau tampan pada seseorang. Ukuran cantik atau tampan ini sentiasa berlainan antara seseorang dengan seorang yang lain. Maka itu, usah hairan jika seseorang wanita dinobatkan sebagai ratu dunia, padahal ramai lagi wanita di pejabat kita yang kita rasakan mengatasi kecantikan ratu itu.

Begitu juga, mungkin ada wanita di kampung kita, kita rasakan lebih cantik daripada para model yang popular. Sebab apa? Sebab persepsi kecantikan tidak pernah sama antara manusia. Ada orang anggap hidung yang sedikit mancung sebagai cantik, ada orang tidak. Ada orang rambut yang mengurai sebagai cantik, ada orang menganggap rambut yang ditutup sebagai kecantikan yang mengatasi. Ada orang menganggap putih melepak itu sebagai cantik ada orang suka yang hitam.

Ada orang mentafsirkan kecantikan itu mata yang bundar tetapi ada orang merasakan yang sepet seperti Jepun atau Cina itu yang lebih menawan. Ada orang menganggap bibir yang nipis itu cantik tetapi ada juga orang yang mengatakan bibir tebal lebih mengancam.

Di sebuah kawasan terpencil di utara Thailand, terdapat sekelompok manusia yang mentafsirkan cantik itu leher yang jinjang. Maka, para wanita memakai besi lilit di leher untuk memanjangkan leher masing-masing. Alangkah seksanya untuk menjadi cantik menurut penilaian masyarakat ini.

Begitu juga di sebuah penempatan di Afrika, cantik ditafsirkan mulut yang lebar. Semakin lebar mulut semakin cantiklah mengikut ukuran kelompok ini. Maka para lelaki dan para wanitanya memakai piring besi berbentuk bulat di mulut. Piring ini ditukar kepada yang lebih besar dari semasa ke semasa.

Begitulah misteri dan luasnya makna cantik dan tampan. Jadi, usah terlalu susah hati jika anda merasakan anda tidak begitu menarik. Anda tetap cantik di mata orang yang mentafsirkan kecantikan itu bukan sekadar wajah tetapi mungkin keseluruhan anda. Ini termasuklah gaya jalan anda, cara nada bertutur, pendirian serta sikap anda terhadap sesuatu perkara.

Jika anda belum mendapat teman bukan cantik masalahnya, cuma anda belum bertemu dengan orang yang mentafsirkan cantik itu menurut apa-apa kelebihan yang ada pada diri anda.

Sebenarnya tiada manusia yang buruk, lantaran setiap daripada kita ini dicipta oleh Tuhan yang Maha Bijaksana. Masakan ciptaan Tuhan itu tidak cantik, malah dalam islam kecantikan bukan terletak pada wajah atau keturunan tetapi apa yang ada di dalam hati. Baik sang hati baiklah seluruh badan, jahat sang hati jahatlah seluruh badan. Agama menilai kecantikan itu iman yang teguh, kukuh dan padu.

Siapa kita untuk mempertikaikan ciptaan-ciptaan TUHAN. Sudah tentu kita tidak layak. Tetapi ramai orang mempertikai TUHAN setiap kali menghadap cermin. Berkacalah tatkala bercermin sebab dengan berkaca cermin akan memberitahu anda apakah anda yang berdiri di situ atau perasaan dan keegoan anda yang menampani.

Siapa anda, anda sendiri yang menentukan. Pandangan manusia semuanya tidak sama. Sejuta yang mengatakan anda tidak indah, sepuluh juta mungkin mengatakan yang sebaliknya. Hanya anda belum bertemu muka dengan yang sepuluh juta itu.

Itu saja yang membezakan.

710 = OIL

2009-02-08T21:25:00.001-08:00

Beberapa hari yang lalu, saya sedang menunggu kereta saya untuk disiapkan
di workshop berdekatan, ade seorang gadis singgah dan bertanyakan
sebuah tujuh-ratus-sepuloh (710). Kami berpandangan sesama sendiri, dan
seorang pelanggan bertanyakan,

'Apa benda tujuh-ratus- sepuloh tu?'

Gadis itu menjawab

'Awak tahu kan, benda kecik kt tengah injin, saya da hilangkannye dan nak yang baru'.

Gadis itu menambah bahwa dia tidak berapa tahu benda itu, tapi benda itu ada di situ setiap masa.

Mekanik kami memberikan dia kertas dan pen dan meminta gadis tersebut
melakarkan bagaimana rupa benda itu. Gadis itu melukis satu bulatan dan di
tengahnya bertulis 710. Mekanik kami masih ragu-ragu. Dia kemudiannya
membawa gadis tersebut ke kereta lain yang 'hood'nya memang terbuka keatas,
dan terpampang lah bahagian injin kereta itu yang masih belum siap
diservis. Dia bertanyakan pada gadis itu

'benda 710 tu ade kat kereta ni ker?'.

Gadis itu menuding dan berkata,

'mestilah ader, tur haa bendanyer....'

Sila lihat gambar…

Underworld?

2009-02-08T18:26:00.001-08:00

Mmm..could be?

Between us..

2009-02-07T09:47:00.000-08:00

Between us are many miles

But we are never far apart

Miles will never change

The feeling in my heart.

Distance only makes

The heart grow stronger

Our friendship goes the distance

And for much longer.

Whether side by side

Or many mail apart

Our friendship will always remain

Deep within my heart.

Two Hearts.

2009-02-07T09:45:00.000-08:00

Two hearts in love with each other

Vowing they would love forever,

Made me who I am today

And taught me to love that way

A gift from my Mother and Father

Something they gave me together

I'm lucky to have been loved so much

And taught by loves gentle touch

Watching their love told a story

Of how love is suppose to be

If every child could have that treasure

They'd be blessed with love forever

Oh like this..

2009-02-07T09:43:00.001-08:00

If I told you it was all meant to be,
Would you believe me
Would you agree
It's almost that feeling that we met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell you love has come here and now

A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this.

Everything changes but beauty remains
Something so tender
I can't explain
Well I may be dreaming but till I awake
Can we make this dream last forever
And I'll cherish all the love we share

A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Could this be the greatest love of all
I wanna know that you will catch me when I fall
So let me tell you this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Some people wait a lifetime
For the moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Oh like this
Some people search forever, oh yeah yeah
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Oh like this

Welcome to all!

2009-02-07T09:36:00.000-08:00

My 1st post! Taraa..