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Pictures: Mix Collection

2010-06-18T06:40:00.000-07:00

Pictures: When you feel bored at KFC

2009-11-04T18:57:00.000-08:00

Video: Oprah 24th Anniversary

2009-11-04T06:04:00.000-08:00

Songs: Alvin & TheChipMunks (Josh Groban) - Believe

2009-09-07T18:03:00.000-07:00

Lyrics:
Children sleeping, snow is softly falling
Dreams are calling like bells in the distance
We were dreamers not so long ago
But one by one we all had to grow up
When it seems the magic's slipped away
We find it all again on Christmas day

Believe in what your heart is saying
Hear the melody that's playing
There's no time to waste
There's so much to celebrate
Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You have everything you need
If you just believe

Trains move quickly to their journey's end
Destinations are where we begin again
Ships go sailing far across the sea
Trusting starlight to get where they need to be
When it seems that we have lost our way
We find ourselves again on Christmas day

Believe in what your heart is saying
Hear the melody that's playing
There's no time to waste
There's so much to celebrate
Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You have everything you need
If you just believe
If you just believe
If you just believe
If you just believe
Just believe
Just believe

Pictures: Foods - Part 1

2009-09-05T00:48:00.000-07:00

Games: Hot Dog Bush

2009-09-02T12:09:00.000-07:00

Info: Chinese sturgeon

2009-09-01T05:13:00.000-07:00

Chinese Sturgeon World's Largest Trout:

The Chinese Sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis; Chinese: 中华鲟; pinyin: Zhōnghuá xún) is a member of the family Acipenseridae and the order Acipenseriformes.
It is thought to have lived at the same time as dinosaurs, dating back to a period 140 million years ago. Because of that, it is sometimes also known as a living fossil. It is an animal strictly protected by the Chinese government, named a "national treasure" much like its mammalian counterpart, the Giant Panda.(Source)

Pictures: Cute Animal - Part 10

2009-09-01T00:52:00.000-07:00

Info: World's Largest Aquarium

2009-08-30T22:31:00.000-07:00

1. World’s Largest Aquarium: Georgia Aquarium

The Georgia Aquarium, located in Atlanta, Georgia at Pemberton Place, is billed as the "world's largest aquarium" with more than 8.1 million US gallons (31,000 m³) of marine and fresh water housing more than 100,000 animals of 500 different species. The aquarium's notable specimens include four young whale sharks, three beluga whales and a manta ray. [1]
Funded mostly by a $250 million donation from Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus, the aquarium was built on a 20 acre (81,000 m²) site north of Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta. Marcus credited his 60th birthday dinner at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 1990 as among the inspirations behind his desire to build an aquarium in Atlanta.(Source)

Official Website: www.georgiaaquarium.org

2. World’s Second Largest Aquarium: Churaumi Aquarium

The aquarium is a part of the Ocean Expo Commemorative National Government Park located in Motobu, Okinawa. The main tank called the 'Kuroshio Sea' holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world's second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters.[1] Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.
On 16 June 2007 at 10:25 PM a manta ray was born at the aquarium after a gestation of 374 days [1].
The aquarium is one of very few that keep whale sharks in captivity, and is currently trying to breed them.(Source)

3. Largest Aquarium in Europe: Acquario di Genova

L 'Aquarium of Genoa is the largest aquarium Italian and the second in Europe after that of Valencia in Spain.
Located in Ponte Spinola, in sixteenth-century old port of Genoa, and is accessible from the railway station of Genova Principe, close to the subway "San Giorgio" and from the motorway exit Genova Ovest.
It was inaugurated in 1992 during the Colombiadi, or the Expo cinquecentesimo celebration of the anniversary of the discovery of America and later was extended several times. At the time of his inauguration was the second largest aquarium in the world.
The path of about 2 hours and 30 minutes it runs a total area of 9700 square meters. The original body (39 tanks) provides a path in the midst of tanks housing fish and many reptiles, and reconstruct the natural environments from the single species with obvious educational purposes.
Of particular value are the three large basins that host respectively dolphins, sharks, and the third, seals and turtles in addition to countless other species of fish.
The expansion of the aquarium is done by exploiting the spaces of the hull of a ship (called Nave Italy), which hosts a large number of tanks open.

In many of them the visitor can immerse the hands and touch the fish directly. There are marine species but also animals of rainforests and fresh water.
The aquarium water is drawn off the coast and is housed in four storage tanks located at the side of the two plans. The water is cleaned and disinfected, and then placed in tanks, all equipped with facilities for mechanical and biological filtration. (Source)

Official Website: www.acquariodigenova.it

4. Largest Aquarium in Africa: UShaka Marine World

uShaka Marine World is a theme park located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It comprises 4 sections, uShaka Sea World, uShaka Wet 'n Wild, uShaka Beach and uShaka Village Walk. It is located on the strip of land between the beachfront and the harbour. It was the first phase in the redevelopment of the Durban Point into a new tourist and lifestyle hub of the city.(Source)

5. World’s Largest Cylindrical Aquarium: AquaDom, Radisson Hotel Aquarium, Berlin

The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 meter tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator. It is located at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin-Mitte. The DomAquarée complex also contains a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and the aquarium Sea Life Center.
The AquaDom was opened in December 2003. It cost about 12.8 million euros. The overall construction of the aquarium was designed and built by International Concept Management, Inc. [www.icm-corp.com]. The acrylic cylinder was constructed by the U.S. company [1]Reynolds Polymer Technology. It is now the main attraction of the Berlin Sea Live Center.
The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the inside cylinder for the elevator was delivered in one piece. The Aquadom is the largest acrylic cylinder in the world, with a diameter of over 11 meters, built on a 9 meters tall concrete foundation. Filled with about 900,000 liters of seawater, it contains some 2600 fish of 56 species. The feeding of the fish and the cleaning of the fish tank is performed daily by a pair of full-time divers.

Pictures: Love Foods

2009-08-30T00:31:00.000-07:00

Songs: Ella - Puisi Hamba

2009-08-29T10:21:00.000-07:00

Lirik:

Lirik Puisi Hamba - Ella

Esok hari…tiada lagi…
suram nya hati utk ku pergi…
meninggalkan bulan dan suria…
itu umpama kamu semua…
diri ini diterpa hiba…
tika fajar berubah senja…Ooo…

c/o
Terima lah puisi hamba…
pengganti ku bila tiada…
sukar untuk ku berkata…
selamat tinggal semua…

Aku ini sering berdoa kepada yang Maha kuasa
agar kita satu semula…
sayang ini bukan masanya…

Sejauh mana aku kembara….
memori ku digalas bersama…
esok hari tiada lagi suramnya hati untuk ku pergi
terima lah…terima lah.. terima lah…

Lagu Puisi Hamba terkandung dalam album kompilasi Ella yang terbaru. Dapatkan yang original.

Bagi peminat-peminat setia otai rock wanita ini, pastinya kemunculan album kompilasi Ella-The Greatest Hits yang menggabungkan lagu-lagu terbaiknya selama lebih dua dekad ini amat dinanti-nantikan.

Album yang telah mula berada di pasaran sejak 14 Mei lalu menampilkan 32 buah lagu-lagu hebat Ella ketika bersama Warner Music dan EMI termasuklah tiga buah lagu baru yang juga mendapat sentuhan komposer baru, Amir, iaitu Puisi Hamba, Jiwa Setia dan Mencari.

Antara lagu-lagu hits Ella yang dimuatkan dalam album kompilasi ini ialah Layar Impian, Permata Biru, Sembilu, Sepi Sekuntum Mawar merah, Gemilang, Kesal dan Dua Insan Bercinta.

Menurut Ella, album kompilasi ini dihasilkan sebagai ‘pemanas’ sementara menantikan album penuh terbarunya siap dalam tahun ini juga.

Picture: Love - Part 1

2009-08-28T12:19:00.000-07:00

Games: Water Werks

2009-08-27T00:05:00.000-07:00

Pictures: Beautiful Pictures - Part 3

2009-08-26T20:02:00.000-07:00

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Info: Amazing Island

2009-08-26T06:12:00.000-07:00

1. Hashima Island (Ghost Island)

Hashima Island (端島; meaning "Border Island"), commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島; meaning "Battleship Island") is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself. The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island's most notable features are the abandoned concrete buildings and the sea wall surrounding it. It has been administered as part of Nagasaki, Nagasaki since 2005; it had previously been administered by the former town of Takashima.
"Battleship Island" is an English translation of the Japanese nickname for Hashima Island, Gunkanjima (gunkan meaning "battleship", jima being the rendaku form of shima, meaning "island"). The island's nickname came from its apparent resemblance to the Japanese battleship Tosa due to its high seawalls. It also is known as the Ghost Island. It is known for its coal mines and their operation during the industrialization of Japan. Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 and began the project, the aim of which was retrieving coal from the bottom of the sea. They built Japan's first large concrete building, a block of apartments in 1916 to accommodate their burgeoning ranks of workers (many of whom were forcibly recruited labourers from other parts of Asia), and to protect against typhoon destruction.
According to a South Korean commission, the island housed 500 Koreans who were forced to work between 1939 and 1945, during World War II[1].
In 1959, its population density was 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km2) for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare (139,100 people/km2) for the residential district, the highest population density ever recorded worldwide. As petroleum replaced coal in Japan in the 1960s, coal mines began shutting down all over the country, and Hashima's mines were no exception. Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine in 1974, and today it is empty and bare, which is why it's called the Ghost Island. Travel to Hashima was re-opened on April 22, 2009 after more than 20 years of closure.
Singer-songwriter Okazaki Ritsuko was born on Hashima Island, and sound artist Mika Björklund's latest project is dedicated to it.(Source)

2. Surtsey (Iceland)

Surtsey (Icelandic: "Surtur's island") is a volcanic island off the southern coast of Iceland. At 63.303°N 20.6047°WCoordinates: 63.303°N 20.6047°W it is also the southernmost point of Iceland. It was formed in a volcanic eruption which began 130 metres (426 ft) below sea level, and reached the surface on 14 November 1963. The eruption lasted until 5 June 1967, when the island reached its maximum size of 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi). Since then, wind and wave erosion have caused the island to steadily diminish in size: as of 2002, its surface area was 1.4 km2 (0.54 sq mi).[1]
The new island was named after Surtr, a fire jötunn or giant from Norse mythology. It was intensively studied by volcanologists during its eruption, and afterwards by botanists and biologists as life forms gradually colonised the originally barren island. The undersea vents that produced Surtsey are part of the Vestmannaeyjar (Westmann Isles) submarine volcanic system, part of the fissure of the sea floor called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Vestmannaeyjar also produced the famous eruption of Eldfell on the island of Heimaey in 1973. The eruption that created Surtsey also created a few other small islands along this volcanic chain, such as Jólnir and other, unnamed peaks. Most of these eroded away fairly quickly.(Source)

3. Palm Island (Dubai):

The Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructure will be constructed. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties, a property developer in the United Arab Emirates, who hired Belgian and Dutch dredging and marine contractor Gaurav Malik and Garvit Sharma, some of the world's specialists in land reclamation. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah, the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira.
Each settlement will be in the shape of a palm tree, topped with a crescent, and will have a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centers. The Palm Islands are located off the coast of The United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 520 kilometres of beaches to the city of Dubai.
The first two islands will comprise approximately 100 million cubic meters of rock and sand. Palm Deira will be composed of approximately 1 billion cubic meters of rock and sand. All materials will be quarried in the UAE. Among the three islands there will be over 100 luxury hotels, exclusive residential beach side villas and apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities and health spas.
The creation of the Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001. Shortly after, the Palm Jebel Ali was announced and reclamation work began. The Palm Deira, which is planned to have a surface area of 46.35 square kilometres, was announced for development in October 2004. Construction was originally planned to take 10–15 years, but that was before the impact of the global credit crunch hit Dubai.(Source)

4. Sealand:

The Principality of Sealand is a micronation located on HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea 10 km (six miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England.
Since 1967, the facility has been occupied by former radio broadcaster British Army Major Paddy Roy Bates; his associates and family claim that it is an independent sovereign state. External commentators generally classify Sealand as a micronation.[2] It has been described as the world's smallest nation.[3] Sealand is not currently officially recognized as a sovereign state by any United(Source)

5. Easter Island:

Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui), is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile annexed in 1888, Easter Island is widely famous for its monumental statues, called moai (pronounced /ˈmoʊ.аɪ/), created by the Rapanui people. It is a world heritage site with much of the island protected within the Rapa Nui National Park.(Source)

7. Maldives Island:

The Maldives ( /ˈmɒldaɪvz/ (help·info) or /ˈmɒldiːvz/), (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ Dhivehi Raa’j) or Maldive Islands, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island country consisting of a group of atolls stretching south of India's Lakshadweep islands between Minicoy Island and the Chagos Archipelago, and about seven hundred kilometres (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka in the Laccadive Sea of Indian Ocean. The twenty-six atolls of Maldives encompass a territory featuring 1,192 islets, of which two hundred islands are inhabited.

The original inhabitants were Buddhist, probably since Ashoka's period,[citation needed] in the 3rd century BC. Islam was introduced in 1153. The Maldives then came under the influence of the Portuguese (1558) and the Dutch (1654) seaborne empires.

In 1887 it became a British protectorate. In 1965, the Maldives obtained independence from Britain (originally under the name "Maldive Islands"), and in 1968 the Sultanate was replaced by a Republic.

The Maldives is the smallest Asian country in terms of both population and area; it is the smallest predominantly Muslim nation in the world. With an average ground level of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level,[4] it is also the country with the lowest highest point in the world, at 2.3 metres (7 ft 7 in).(Source)

8. The World Island (Dubai):

The World is a man-made archipelago of 300 islands constructed in the rough shape of a map of the landmasses of the Earth, located 4 kilometres off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[1] The World is one of several artificial island developments currently under construction in Dubai; the land for these projects was reclaimed from the sea by dredging.[1] The World's developer is Nakheel Properties; the project was originally conceived by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.(Source)

9. Alcatraz Island:

Alcatraz Island, commonly referred to as simply Alcatraz or non-locally and theatrically, as The Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States. It served as a lighthouse, then a military fortification, then a military prison, and finally as a federal prison until 1963. It became a national recreation area in 1972 and received landmarking designations in 1976 and 1986.
Today, the island is a historic site operated by the National Park Service as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and is open to tours. Visitors can reach the island by ferry ride from Pier 33, near Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Alcatraz has been featured in many movies, TV shows, cartoons, books, comics, and games.(Source)

Pictures: Cute Animal - Part 9

2009-08-25T10:41:00.000-07:00

Info: Frozen Wonders of Nature

2009-08-24T07:07:00.000-07:00

1. Ice Spikes:

Penitentes are a snow formation found at high altitudes. They take the form of tall thin blades of hardened snow or ice closely spaced with the blades oriented towards the general direction of the sun. Penitentes can be as tall as a person.

Penitentes were first described in the literature by Darwin in 1839. On March 22, 1835, he had to squeeze his way through snowfields covered in penitentes near the Piuquenes Pass, on the way from Santiago de Chile to the Argentinian city of Mendoza, and reported the local belief (continuing to the present day) that they were formed by the strong winds of the Andes. These pinnacles of snow or ice grow over all glaciated and snow covered areas in the Dry Andes above 4,000 m (Lliboutry 1954a, Lliboutry 1954b, Lliboutry 1965). They range in size from a few cm to over five metres. (Lliboutry 1965, Naruse and Leiva 1997).

Lliboutry noted that the key climatic condition for the differential ablation that leads to the formation of penitentes is that dew point is always below freezing. Thus, snow will sublimate, which requires higher energy input than melting. Once the process of differential ablation starts, the surface geometry of the evolving penitente produces a positive feedback mechanism, and radiation is trapped by multiple reflections between the walls. The hollows become almost a black body for radiation, while decreased wind leads to air saturation, increasing dew point temperature and the onset of melting. In this way peaks, where mass loss is only due to sublimation, will remain, as well as the steep walls, which intercept only a minimum of solar radiation. In the troughs ablation is enhanced, leading to a downward growth of penitentes. A mathematical model of the process has been developed by Betterton (2001), although the physical processes at the initial stage of penitente growth, from granular snow to micropenitentes, still remain unclear. The effect of penitentes on the energy balance of the snow surface, and therefore their effect on snow melt and water resources have been described by Corripio (2003) and Corripio and Purves (2005).(Source)

2. Frozen Waterfalls:

The growth of a frozen waterfall can proceed only gradually, for progressive freezing of the flowing water. There are thousands of frozen falls around the world. The one located at Beijing's Myun County attracts tourists from all over the country as well as internationally. A beautiful display of nature's art at work.

3. Ice Cave:

The term ice cave refers to any type of natural cave (most commonly lava tubes or limestone caves) that contains significant amounts of perennial (year-round) ice. At least a portion of the cave must have a temperature below 0 °C (32 °F) all year round, and water must have traveled into the cave’s cold zone.
The term ice cave is often used to describe a cavity formed within ice, which is properly called a glacier cave.(Source)

4. Ice Shelves:

An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada only. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded (resting on bedrock) ice that feeds it is called the grounding line. When the grounding line retreats inland, water is added to the ocean and sea level rises.
In contrast, sea ice is formed on water, is much thinner, and forms throughout the Arctic Ocean. It also is found in the Southern Ocean around the continent of Antarctica.
Ice shelves flow by gravity-driven horizontal spreading on the ocean surface. That flow continually moves ice from the grounding line to the seaward front of the shelf. The primary mechanism of mass loss from ice shelves is iceberg calving, in which a chunk of ice breaks off from the seaward front of the shelf. Typically, a shelf front will extend forward for years or decades between major calving events. Snow accumulation on the upper surface and melting from the lower surface are also important to the mass balance of an ice shelf.

The thickness of modern-day ice shelves ranges from about 100 to 1000 meters. The density contrast between glacial ice, which is denser than normal ice, and liquid water means that only about 1/9 of the floating ice is above the ocean surface. The world's largest ice shelves are the Ross Ice Shelf and the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

The term captured ice shelf has been used for the ice over a subglacial lake, such as Lake Vostok.(Source)

5. Striped Icebergs:

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form. When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe. Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea

6. Frozen Tidal Wave:

Despite it looks, this is not really a tidal wave but ice created from glacial movements forming tidal wave looks.

7. Ice Circles:

An ice circle is a rare phenomenon that occurs in slow moving water in cold climates. It consists of large discs of ice that rotate slowly in the water. It is believed that they form in eddy currents. Ice circles have most frequently been observed in Scandinavia and North America, but one was recorded in Britain in January 2009.[1] A Met Office spokesman was described as "kind of a bit stumped to be honest".

Additionally the photo shows a collection of small ice circles (the largest about 12" (30cm) in diameter) seen on the river Llugwy at Betws-y-coed, North Wales, in December 2008. A fortnight of no rain had resulted in low water levels, and there had been sub-zero temperatures for a week.

Ice circles occur at bends in the river where the accelerating water creates a force called 'rotational shear', which breaks off a chunk of ice and twists it around. As the disc rotates, it grinds against surrounding ice — smoothing into a perfect circle.

Another kind of ice circle are actually ice pans, or surface slabs of ice that form in the center of a lake or creek, instead of along the water's edge. They can be explained by quick shifts in temperature. As water cools, it releases heat that turns the water into frazil ice — a collection of loose, needle-shaped ice particles that can cluster together in an ice pan. If a lake accumulates enough frazil ice and the current is slow, over time, the pan can become a hanging dam: a dense, heavy piece of ice with high ridges and a low center.(Source)

8. Glaciers:

A glacier is a large mass of ice moving slowly over some land surface or down a valley, formed over long periods from the accumulation of snow in areas where the amount of snow that falls exceeds the amount that melts. The word glacier comes from French via the Vulgar Latin glacia, and ultimately from Latin glacies meaning ice.

Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water. Glaciers cover vast areas of the polar regions and are found in mountain ranges of every continent except Australia, as well as in New Zealand. In the tropics glaciers are restricted to the highest mountains. The processes and landforms caused by glaciers and related to them are referred to as glacial. The process of glacier growth and establishment is called glaciation. Glaciers are sensitive monitors of climate conditions and are crucial to both world water resources and sea level variation.(Source)

9. Snowflakes:

Snowflakes begin as snow crystals which develop when tiny supercooled cloud droplets (about 10 μm in diameter) freeze. Snowflakes come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Colder environments lead to column-like development of the flakes, while warmer temperatures lead to thin and flat crystal development. Complex shapes emerge as the flake moves through differing temperature and humidity regimes. Types which fall in the form of a ball due to melting and refreezing, rather than a flake, are known as graupel, with ice pellets and snow grains as examples of graupel. Snowflakes are used as a symbol for winter tires, and for the 2002 Winter Olympics.(Source)

10. Ice Flowers:

Ice flowers are formed on new layers of sea ice, from saturated water vapors that come up from under the ice through cracks. In contact with the cold air, the vapors start to freeze and the salt on the surface of the ice begins to crystallize and serves as a nucleus for the frozen vaporized water. Thus, molecule by molecule the ice flowers begin to take shape. They have recently been recognized as the dominant source of sea salt aerosol in Antarctica and scientist suspect they may be the main cause of tropospheric ozone depletion during the polar sunrise. One of the most beautiful frozen wonders on Earth, ice flowers are still a mystery to many people. (Source)

Picture: Cute Animal - Part 8

2009-08-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

Info: Ben Underwood

2009-08-22T03:02:00.000-07:00

Ben Underwood was a remarkable teenager, who loved to skateboard, ride his bicycle and play football and basketball. For the most part, the Californian 14-year-old was just like other kids his age. What made Underwood remarkable was his ability to master these activities despite the fact that he is blind. Underwood had both eyes removed after being diagnosed with retinal cancer at age two. To most people's amazement upon meeting him, he seems completely unfazed by his lack of sight, defying common stereotypes about blindness as a disability. So how does he do it? The answer is echolocation: the sonar navigation technique used by bats, dolphins, several other mammals and some birds. As Underwood moved about, he habitually made clicking noises with his tongue; these sounds bounce off surfaces and, with each return, add to Underwood's perception of his surroundings.

He's so good at it that he could tell the difference between a fire hydrant and a rubbish bin, distinguish between parked cars and trucks, and — if you took him to a house he's never been to before — he would tell you he could 'see' a staircase in that corner and a kitchen in the other. He could even distinguish between different materials.

An unflinching faith in God guided Ben and his mother his last few months as cancer spread to Ben's brain and spine. He finally died on January 2009 at the age of 16.

Official Website: www.benunderwood.com

Games: Fragger

2009-08-21T11:09:00.000-07:00

Pictures: Cute Animal - Part 7

2009-08-20T07:06:00.000-07:00

Videos: Unbelievable Hamster runs Dog Agility

2009-08-19T06:32:00.000-07:00

Info: Australian Giant Cuttlefish

2009-08-18T08:38:00.000-07:00

Description:

The Australian Giant Cuttlefish, Sepia apama, is the world's largest cuttlefish species, growing to 50 cm in mantle length and over 10.5 kg in weight.
S. apama is native to the southern coast of Australia, from Brisbane in Queensland to Shark Bay in Western Australia. It occurs on rocky reefs, seagrass beds, and sand and mud seafloor to a depth of 100 m.(Source)

Eight interesting facts about the Giant Australian Cuttlefish:

1. The Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) is the largest cuttlefish species in the family Sepidae. The animal has sucker-lined appendages growing from its head, eight long and prehensile arms, and two retractile tentacles. The mouth consists of a parrot-like beak, jaws, and a rasping tongue.

2. This unique animal can be found around the southern part of Australia from southern Queensland around the south to Coral Bay in Western Australia, including all of Tasmania.

3. The Giant Cuttlefish is generally found hiding in caves and crevices and is generally very curious when approached by divers. When divers approach they will often come forward to investigate and they appear to like objects that have bright fluorescent colours (such as green and pink). Giant Cuttlefish have been seen following divers that wear brightly coloured fins.

4. They are a very inquisitive species and will often approach divers that venture into their cave area. During the mating season the males become very territorial and can become quite aggressive towards any intruders encroaching on their space.

5. The giant cuttlefish is excellent at changing colours and camouflage. They can often be seen with their body pulsating different colours, especially during mating season.

6. During the onset of winter they come together to mate. Death follows shortly after mating and laying of eggs that will spawn the next generation. Cuttlefish bones are often found washed up on beaches indicating that the breeding season is over.

7. The mantle length of the Giant Cuttlefish can reach up to half a metre and the species can grow to a total length of 1 metre.

8. This species has a life span of about 2-3 years and can weigh up to 10kgs.
(Source)

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Videos: The Cat Who Wants to be an Astronaut

2009-08-17T06:25:00.000-07:00

Pictures: Cute Animal - Part 6

2009-08-16T08:13:00.000-07:00

Info: Goblin shark

2009-08-15T18:02:00.000-07:00

The goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, is a deep-sea shark, the sole living species in the family Mitsukurinidae. The most distinctive characteristic of the goblin shark is the unorthodox shape of its head. It has a long, trowel-shaped, beak-like rostrum or snout, much longer than other sharks' snouts. Some other distinguishing characteristics of the shark are the color of its body, which is mostly pink, and its long, protrusible jaws.When the jaws are retracted, the shark resembles a pink grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus, with an unusually long nose.

Mitsukurina owstoni is found in the deep ocean, far below where the sun's light can reach at depths greater than 200 m. They can be found throughout the world, from Australia in the Pacific Ocean[3] to the Gulf of Mexico in the Atlantic Ocean.They are best known from the waters around Japan, where the species was first discovered by modern science.

Goblin sharks feed on a variety of organisms that live in deep waters. Among some of their known meals are deep-sea squid, crabs and deep-sea fishes. Very little is known about the species' life history and reproductive habits, as encounters with them have been relatively rare. As seemingly rare as they are however, there seems to be no real threat to their populations and so they are not classified as endangered species by the IUCN.(Source)

Pictures: Cute Babies - Part 2

2009-08-14T08:38:00.000-07:00

Songs: Rossa ft. Pasha - Terlanjur Cinta

2009-08-13T09:15:00.000-07:00

Lirik:
Waktu bergulir lambat merantai langkah perjalanan kita
Berjuta cerita terukir dalam menjadi sebuah dilema
Mengertikah engkau perasaanku tak terhapuskan

Malam menangis tetes embum basahi mata hatiku
Mencoba bertahan diatas puing-puing
Cinta yang telah rapuh
Apa yang ku genggam tak untuk aku lepaskan

Aku terlanjur cinta kepadamu
Dan tlah ku berikan seluruh hatiku
Tapi mengapa baru kini kau pertanyakan cintaku

Aku pun tak mengerti yang terjadi
Apa salah dan kurang ku padamu
Kini terlambat sudah untuk dipersalahkan
Karna sekali cinta aku tetap cinta

Mencoba bertahan diatas puing-puing
Cinta yang telah rapuh
Apa yang ku genggam tak mudah untuk aku lepaskan

Aku terlanjur cinta kepadamu
Dan tlah ku berikan seluruh hatiku
Tapi mengapa baru kini kau pertanyakan
Kau pertanyakan cintaku

Kini terlambat sudah untuk dipersalahkan
Karna sekali cinta
Karna sekali cinta aku tetap cinta

Pictures: Animal Camouflage

2009-08-12T01:17:00.000-07:00

Info: Doa Untuk Menghadapai Peperiksaan

2009-08-11T08:24:00.000-07:00

Doa agar dikurniakan kefahaman yang baik dan ingatan yang sempurna sewaktu menelaah matapelajaran:

(Allahummar zuqna, Ya Rabbi fahaman nabiyyiin, wa hifzaal mursaliin,
wa 'ilhaamal malaikatiil muqarrabbin, fii 'aafiyaati, ya Arhamar raahimiin)

Maksudnya: "Wahai Tuhanku, kurniakanlah kami fahaman nabi-nabi dan hafalan para rasul
serta mendapat ilham dari para malaikat yang hampir denganMu,
juga kurniakanlah kami kesihatan Wahai Tuhan Yang Amat Pengasih"

Doa sebelum masuk kelas/dewan peperiksaan:

(Wa hai yi' lanaa min amrinaa rashadaa)

Maksudnya: Ya Allah, persiapkan kami mengenai dengan urusan kami dengan petunjukMu)

Doa sewaktu lupa semasa menjawab soalan:

(Subhaa na man laa ya naa mu wa laa yas huu
Allahumma zakkirnii maa nasiit) 3 kali

Maksudnya: Maha Suci Tuhan yang tidak pernah tidur dan tidak pernah lalai,
Wahai Tuhanku, ingatkanlah aku apa-apa yang aku lupa)

Doa memohon kejayaan cemerlang -
dibaca sebelum tidur setiap hari sehinggalah keputusan peperiksaan diumumkan:

Maksudnya: Ya Allah Kami memohon kejayaan dalam setiap ketentuan, tempat para syuhada’
dan kehidupan orang-orang bahagia serta kemenangan mengatasi musuh

(Source)

Pictures: Creative Tissue Boxes

2009-08-10T09:54:00.000-07:00

Movie Trailer: Upin & Ipin Angkasa

2009-08-09T01:44:00.000-07:00

Pictures: Mix - Part 1

2009-08-08T08:29:00.000-07:00

Info: Cody McCasland

2009-08-07T07:56:00.000-07:00

Cody's Story:

Cody McCasland was born on 2nd October, 2001 through urgent cesarean section. He was just 34 weeks old when doctors decided to deliver him through a C section as the amniotic fluid was declining and the growth of Cody McCasland was not increasing at all. At the birth of Cody Mccasland his doctors knew that things were not quite right. A double amputee Cody McCaslaand through the knee is known well in North Texas and to some extent the rest of the country. He has appeared at Oprah and Ellen’s show. He is 7 years old with no legs but one of the most courageous child World has ever known.

On 13th March, 2009 the first grader Cody McCasland was photographed by an Italian news photographer “Oggi”. Cody’s mother Tina McCasland said that he is very excited that people want to know him, he totally loves it. She also said that it is wonderful for me to see that my 7 years old boy “Cody McCasland” has a great impact on peoples with disabilities.

Cody is Tina’s first child and he has several problems from his birth and the biggest of all was that he was born without knees and bones in both legs. His both legs were amputated when he was just 15 months old, but that new born has his own plans for life by adapting to prosthetic legs in a very early age he made people think again with disabilities. He has legs now which help him to take part in sports like athletics and hockey. He loves to swim though his prostatic legs cannot be used in water he don’t mind using his arms while he pushes himself in the water. He is a competitor swimmer and his team “Texas River Sharks” hopes that his swimming will eventually take him to London, UK to compete in Paralympics when he is 10 years old. Cody McCasland can be seen in local races arranged to raise money for local hospitals, like Scottish Rite Hospital in Texas, Dallas, from where he got his prostatic legs.

In 2009, Cody looks forward to competing in his first Muddy Buddy, supporting CAF, an IronKids Triathlon, UCO Endeavor Games, National Junior Disability Championships, San Diego Triathlon Challenge, Dallas White Rock Marathon, and in competitive swim meets during most months. With the financial support from CAF, all of those dreams can become a reality.(Source)

Movie Trailer: Coraline

2009-08-06T01:10:00.000-07:00

Coming on Cinema: September 2009

Synopsis:

A young girl walks through a secret door and discovers a parallel reality that is eerily similar to the life she already knows, yet deeply unsettling in a number of ways, in director Henry Selick's animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's international best-seller. Eleven-year-old Coraline Jones (voice of Dakota Fanning) is fearlessly courageous, and perhaps far too adventurous for her own good. Coraline and her parents (Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman) have recently relocated to Oregon from Michigan. Bored in her new home since her parents are distracted by work and she has yet to make any new friends, Coraline passes the time by exploring her new neighborhood with an annoying local boy named Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr.). But after paying a visit to her eccentric neighbors Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Forcible (Dawn French), a pair of aging British actresses, and crossing paths with the outright weird Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane), the precocious young girl becomes convinced that her new surroundings are just as dull as she'd initially suspected. Shortly thereafter, Coraline discovers a hidden door in her new house, and decides to investigate. Venturing into the eerie passageway inside, Coraline emerges into an alternate version of her own reality. At first glance, this strange new world seems even better than the real thing; there her parents aren't distracted by work, and Coraline is always the center of attention. There's even a mysterious Cat (Keith David) that's fascinated by her every move. But when Coraline's button-eyed Other Mother (also Hatcher) attempts to make her stay permanent, the frightened young girl must summon her resourcefulness and bravery in order to find her way back home and save her real family. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide. (Source)

Songs: Vanessa Hudgens - Say Ok

2009-08-05T11:47:00.000-07:00

Lyrics:
You are fine, you are sweet
Fine, I'm still a bit naive with my heart
When you're close, I don't breathe
I can't find the words to speak and I feel sparks

But I don't wanna be into you
If you're not looking for true love
No, I don't wanna start seeing you
If I can't be your only one, so tell me

When it's not alright, when it's not ok
Will you try to make me feel better?
Will you say alright? Will you say ok?
Will you stick with me through whatever
Or run away?

Say that it's gonna be alright
That it's gonna be ok

When you call I don't know
If I should pick up the phone every time
I'm not like all my friends
Who keep calling up the boys, I'm so shy

But I don't wanna be into you
If you don't treat me the right way
See, I can only start seeing you
If you can make my heart feel safe
Feel safe!

When it's not alright, when it's not ok
Will you try to make me feel better?
Will you say alright? Will you say ok?
Will you stick with me through whatever
Or run away?

Say that it's gonna be alright
That it's gonna be ok
Don't run away, don't run away

Let me know if it's gon' be you
Boy, you got some things to prove
Let me know that you'll keep me safe
I don't want you to run away

So let me know that you'll call on time
Let me know that you'll help me shine
Will you wipe my tears away?
Will you hold me closer?

When it's not alright, when it's not ok
Will you try to make me feel better
Will you say alright? Will you say ok?
Will you stick with me through whatever
Or run away?

Say that it's gon' be alright
That it's gon' be ok
Don't run away

Say that it's gon' be alright
That it's gon' be ok, don't run away
Will you say ok?

Say that it's gon' be alright
That it's gon' be ok, don't run away
Will you say ok?

Pictures: Yawn Animals

2009-08-05T11:02:00.000-07:00

Videos: Bunny walks like person

2009-08-04T00:49:00.000-07:00

Pictures: Bicycles

2009-08-03T18:37:00.000-07:00

Songs: Miley Cyrus - Fly On The Wall

2009-08-03T00:39:00.000-07:00

Lyrics:

You don't understand what it is
That makes me tick, but you wish you did
You always second guess wonderin'
I say yes but you just lose out every time

If you only knew what I talked about
When I'm with my friends just hangin' out
Then you'd have the inside scoop
On what to say, what to do
That way when you play the game
Baby, you can never lose

Don't you wish that you could be a fly on the wall?
A creepy little sneaky little fly on the wall?
All my precious secrets, yeah, you'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a fly on the wall?

You'd love to know the things I do
When I'm with my friends and not with you
You always second guess, wonderin'
If there's other guys I'm flirtin' with
You should know by now

If you were my boyfriend, I'd be true to you
If I make a promise, I'm comin' through
Don't you wish that you could
See me every second of the day
That way you would have no doubt
That baby I would never change

Don't you wish that you could be a fly on the wall
A creepy little sneaky little fly on the wall?
All my precious secrets, yeah, you'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a fly on the wall?

A little communication
Well, that will go a long way
You're getting misinformation
Too much she say, he say

And what I say is
Come a little closer
And what I'm gonna say is

Don't ya, don't ya
Don't ya, don't ya
Wish you were a?
Hey

Don't you wish that you could be a fly on the wall
A creepy little sneaky little fly on the wall?
All my precious secrets, yeah, you'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a fly on the wall?
[ Fly On The Wall Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]

Videos: Cat's Trick

2009-08-02T23:38:00.000-07:00

Games: Bar-B-Que

2009-08-02T00:55:00.000-07:00

Pictures: Cute Animals - Part 5

2009-08-01T10:54:00.000-07:00

Songs: Lady Lenka - The Show

2009-08-01T09:53:00.000-07:00

Lyrics:

I'm just a little bit
caught in the middle
Life is a maze
and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go
I can't do it alone
(I've tried)
and I don't know why
Slow it down
make it stop
or else my heart is going to pop
'cuz it's too much
Yeah, it's a lot
to be something I'm not

I'm a fool
out of love
'cuz I just can't get enough

I'm just a little bit
caught in the middle
Life is a maze
and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go
I can't do it alone
(I've tried)
and I don't know why

I am just a little girl
lost in the moment
I'm so scared
but don't show it
I can't figure it out
it's bringing me down
I know
I've got to let it go
and just enjoy the show

The sun is hot
in the sky
just like a giant spotlight
The people follow the sign
and synchronize in time
It's a joke
Nobody knows
they've got a ticket to that show
Yeah

I'm just a little bit
caught in the middle
Life is a maze
and love is a riddle
I dont know where to go
I can't do it alone
(I've tried)
and I don't know why

I am just a little girl
lost in the moment
I'm so scared
but don't show it
I can't figure it out
it's bringing me down
I know
I've got to let it go
and just enjoy the show

oh oh
Just enjoy the show
oh oh

I'm just a little bit
caught in the middle
life is a maze
and love is a riddle
I dont know where to go
I can't do it alone
(I've tried)
and I don't know why

I am just a little girl
lost in the moment
I'm so scared
but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
it's bringing me down
I know
I've got to let it go
and just enjoy the show

dum de dum
dudum de dum

Just enjoy the show

dum de dum
dudum de dum

Just enjoy the show

I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show

I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show

Games: Skywire

2009-07-31T23:31:00.000-07:00

Pictures: Beautiful Pictures - Part 2

2009-07-31T07:37:00.000-07:00

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Songs: The All-American Rejects - I Wanna

2009-07-30T21:40:00.000-07:00

Lyrics:
I never thought that I was so blind
I can finally see the truth
It's me for you
Tonight you can't imagine that I'm by your side
'Cuz it's never gonna be the truth
Too far for you

But can you hear me say?
Don't throw me away
And there's no way out
I gotta hold you somehow

I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Everyday but all I have is time
Our loves the perfect crime

I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Every way and when they set me free
Just put your hands on me

Take everything that I know you'll break
And I give my life away
So far for you
But can you hear me say
Don't throw me away?
There's no way out
I gotta hold you somehow

I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Everyday but all I have is time
Our loves the perfect crime

I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Every way and when they set me free
Just put your hands on me

Tonight I'm weak
It's just another day without you
That I can't sleep
I gave away the world for you to

Hear me say
Don't throw me away
There's no way out
I gotta hold you somehow
All I wanna do is touch you

I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Everyday but I all I have is time
Our loves the perfect crime

I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Every way and when they set me free
Just put your hands on me

I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Everyday but I all I have is time
Our loves the perfect crime

I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Every way and when they set me free
Just put your hands on me

Videos: Ping Pong Cat

2009-07-30T11:32:00.000-07:00

Songs: Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone

2009-07-29T20:32:00.000-07:00

Lyrics:

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories, they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye
Even with our fists held high
It never would have worked out right, yeah
We were never meant for do or die...

I didn't want us to burn out
I didn't come here to hurt you now I can't stop...

I want you to know
It doesn't matter where we take this road
Someone's gotta go
And I want you to know
You couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on
So I'm already gone

Looking at you makes it harder
But I know that you'll find another
That doesn't always make you wanna cry
It started with the perfect kiss then
We could feel the poison set in
"Perfect" couldn't keep this love alive
You know that I love you so
I love you enough to let you go

I want you to know
It doesn't matter where we take this road
Someone's gotta go
And I want you to know
You couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on
So I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right
When you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on
So I'm already gone

Ahhhh already gone, already gone, already gone
Ahhhh already gone, already gone, already gone

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories, they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye...

I want you to know
It doesn't matter where we take this road
Someone's gotta go
And I want you to know
You couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on
So I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right
When you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on,
So I'm already gone

Pictures: Cute Babies - Part 1

2009-07-29T19:02:00.000-07:00

Videos: Japan Train during Rush Hour

2009-07-29T17:53:00.000-07:00

Info: 6 amazing clouds

2009-07-29T11:56:00.000-07:00

1. MAMMATUS CLOUDS

Description:
Mammatus (also known as mammatocumulus, meaning "bumpy clouds"[citation needed]) is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name "mammatus" is derived from the Latin mamma (udder), due to the clouds' characteristic shape.(Source)

2. ALTOCUMULUS CASTELANUS

Description:
Altocumulus Castellanus (ACCAS) is named for its tower-like projections that billow upwards from the base of the cloud. The base of the cloud can form as low as 2,000 metres (6,500 feet), or as high as 6,000 metres (20,000 feet).
Castellanus clouds are evidence of mid-atmospheric instability and a high mid-altitude lapse rate. They may be a harbinger of bad weather and, if surface-based convection can connect to the mid-tropospheric unstable layer, continued development of Castellanus clouds can produce cumulonimbus clouds.
Altocumulus Castellanus clouds are typically accompanied by moderate turbulence as well as potential icing conditions. For these reasons, flight through Altocumulus Castellanus clouds is often best avoided by aircraft.
The appearance of Altocumulus Castellanus early in a sunny day may indicate a high probability the formation of thunderstorms in the afternoon, as they may develop into Cumulonimbus cloud storm clouds.(Source)

3. ARCUS CLOUDS

Description:
An arcus cloud is a low, horizontal cloud formation associated with the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow, or occasionally with a cold front even in the absence of thunderstorms. Roll clouds and shelf clouds are the two types of arcus clouds, slight variations in their generation and look being the difference.(Source)

a)Roll clouds

Description:
A roll cloud is a low, horizontal, tube-shaped, and relatively rare type of arcus cloud. They differ from shelf clouds by being completely detached from the thunderstorm base or other cloud features. Roll clouds usually appear to be "rolling" about a horizontal axis. They can be a sign of possible microburst activity.(Source)

Video:

b)Shelf cloud

Description:
A shelf cloud is a low, horizontal wedge-shaped arcus cloud. Unlike a roll cloud, a shelf cloud is attached to the base of the parent cloud (usually a thunderstorm). Rising cloud motion often can be seen in the leading (outer) part of the shelf cloud, while the underside often appears turbulent and wind-torn.(Source)

4. NACREOUS CLOUDS

Description:
Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs), also known as nacreous clouds, are clouds in the winter polar stratosphere at altitudes of 15,000–25,000 meters (50,000–80,000 ft). They are implicated in the formation of ozone holes;[1] their effects on ozone depletion arise because they support chemical reactions that produce active chlorine which catalyzes ozone destruction, and also because they remove gaseous nitric acid, perturbing nitrogen and chlorine cycles in a way which increases ozone destruction.(Source)

Video:

5. NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS

Description:
Noctilucent clouds, are tenuous cloud-like phenomena that are the "ragged-edge" of a much brighter and pervasive polar cloud layer called polar mesospheric clouds in the upper atmosphere, visible in a deep twilight. They are made of crystals of water ice. The name means roughly night shining in Latin. They are most commonly observed in the summer months at latitudes between 50° and 70° north and south of the equator.
They are the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere, located in the mesosphere at altitudes of around 76 to 85 kilometers (47 to 53 mi). They are normally too faint to be seen, and are visible only when illuminated by sunlight from below the horizon while the lower layers of the atmosphere are in the Earth's shadow. Noctilucent clouds are not fully understood and are a recently discovered meteorological phenomenon; there is no evidence that they were observed before 1885.
Noctilucent clouds can form only under very restrictive conditions; their occurrence can be used as a sensitive guide to changes in the upper atmosphere. Since their discovery the occurrence of noctilucent clouds has been increasing in frequency, brightness and extent. It is theorized that this increase is connected to climate change.(Source)

6. MUSHROOM CLOUDS

Description:
A mushroom cloud is a distinctive pyrocumulus mushroom-shaped cloud of condensed water vapor or debris resulting from a very large explosion. They are most commonly associated with nuclear explosions, but any sufficiently large blast will produce the same sort of effect. They can be caused by powerful conventional weapons like the Mother of All Bombs. Volcano eruptions and impact events can produce natural mushroom clouds.
Mushroom clouds form as a result of the sudden formation of a large mass of hot, low-density gases near the ground creating a Rayleigh–Taylor instability. The mass of gas rises rapidly, resulting in turbulent vortices curling downward around its edges and drawing up a column of additional smoke and debris in the center to form its "stem". The mass of gas eventually reaches an altitude where it is no longer of lower density than the surrounding air and disperses, the debris drawn upward from the ground scattering and drifting back down(Source)

More Info: www.zmescience.com

Pictures: Amazing Photos from Space

2009-07-28T18:10:00.000-07:00

2008 February 17 - M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble

2008 January 5 - M51: Cosmic Whirlpool

Antennae galaxies

M81 galaxy

Spiral galaxy M106

Unusual Auroras Over Saturn’s North Pole

Sun

Messier 104

Orion Nebula, M42

Hoag’s Object

Ring Nebula

2008 November 1 - A Spectre in the Eastern Veil

Swan Nebula

NGC 2207

NGC 2818

NGC 7635

Stars and stripes in space

2008 October 25 - NGC 602 and Beyond

Andromeda galaxy

IC 4406

IC 1396

Comet Hyakutake

Pillars of Creation

Info: The Boy who is Allergic to Food

2009-07-28T17:42:00.000-07:00

Meet Kaleb Bussenschutt: the boy who is allergic to food

When Kaleb Bussenschutt’s family sat down for his favourite meal of barbequed chicken on Monday night, he had to watch with envy, munching only on a cup of ice cubes.

Kaleb, 5, who lives with his family in Adelaide, South Australia, suffers from a rare allergy that means he cannot stomach any type of food.

Australian doctors are baffled by the child’s condition, which arose after his mother Melissa tried to wean him off breast milk when he was an infant.

“I tried giving him a little bit of a Vegemite sandwich or a tub of yoghurt, but it gave him constant diahorrea,” Mrs Bussenschutt told The Times. “I knew something wasn’t right so I took him to hospital and they did a biopsy of his stomach and it showed that it was quite red and inflamed and full of ulcers.”

Doctors initially thought Kaleb was milk or soy intolerant, so put him on a series of diets, including one consisting only of organic foods, but nothing seemed to work.

“We’ve tried everything,” Mrs Bussenschutt said. “But from about the age of 18 months through to 5 he just increasingly got worse.”

Kaleb’s condition became so bad last December that the Bussenschutts admitted him to hospital, where he did not stop vomiting for a week and would wake at 3am screaming in pain.

Doctors concluded that he suffers from multiple food allergies and intolerances and severe malabsorption, which means his body cannot cope with food. They are continuing to conduct tests to determine why he reacts so badly to food.

“All the doctors will tell me is that Kaleb is a very complicated child. No one knows what is wrong with him,” Mrs Bussenschutt said.

Food allergies affect about one in 20 children, but the doctors treating Kaleb said that the severity of his condition was very rare.

Dr Paul Hammond, a paediatric gastroenterologist from the Women’s and Children’s hospital in Adelaide, has treated Kaleb for the past four years and said he had never seen anything like it.

“We do sometimes see this in babies but for someone of Kaleb’s age it is incredibly rare,” Dr Hammond said.

Until they work out what is wrong with him, Kaleb is being fed Elecare — a formula-type food full of nutrients and calcium — through a machine attached to a ‘peg’ on his belly button, which pumps it directly into his stomach 20 hours a day.

A nurse — or his mother — is on hand at all times to attend to his feeding apparatus, which is moved into a backpack during the day to allow him more movement.

At school a nurse monitors the machine, which needs replacing every three to four hours. For an hour at lunchtime the nurse removes the backpack so that Kaleb can run around the school playground and enjoy a brief period of normality.

The only thing Kaleb can stomach is water and a particular brand of lemonade.

When the family goes out for dinner — which is rare so as not to upset him — he eats crushed ice, which also helps to exercise his face muscles.

He cannot have birthday cake. When Kaleb turned 5 in February, his parents threw a party at the beach and hired a clown to entertain the children, but asked guests to bring picnic baskets with their own food, so as not to upset their son.

“Kaleb still wanted to have a birthday cake, but he wanted his sister to eat it instead," Mrs Bussenschutt said. “You just have to improvise.”

His father, Scott Bussenschutt, said that the one thing Kaleb missed about eating was not lollies or chocolate or pizza, but barbequed chicken, which he once ate — but which made him violently ill.

“We have it about once a week and when we have it he just gets his ice and chews on that while he sits down and watches The Simpsons, or whatever is on television,” Mr Bussenschutt said.

“Every now and then he’ll look at it [food] and sniff it, and sometimes he puts his little nose on the plate and has a smell and says: ‘When I’m better dad can I have some of that?’. It’s very heartbreaking.”

Dr Hammond said it was impossible to give a long-term prognosis for Kaleb until they could diagnosis exactly what he was suffering from, but doctors are positive he may be able to enjoy food in the future.

“We can’t know for sure, but we would be hopeful that his food repertoire will be able to improve over time,” Dr Hammond said.

Kaleb's parents are planning a charity bike ride from Melbourne to Adelaide early next year and have set up a website - www.kalebsjourney.org - to raise money for research.( Source)

Budak alah semua jenis makanan:

HILLBANK - Seorang kanak-kanak di Australia, Kaleb Bussenschutt tidak boleh makan kerana alah pada semua jenis makanan, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Kanak-kanak berusia lima tahun di sini itu hanya boleh minum air kosong dan beberapa jenis air lemonad.

Dia diberi makan menerusi sebuah mesin yang mengepam zat makanan yang diperlukan terus ke dalam perutnya.

Ibunya, Melissa Bussenschutt berkata, doktor-doktor gagal mengenal pasti masalah anaknya tetapi Kaleb akan jatuh sakit dengan perutnya dipenuhi ulser sekiranya dia makan.

"Mereka masih melakukan ujian bagi mencari punca mengapa dia tidak dapat mengambil makanan. Doktor-doktor itu masih berusaha (mencari punca Kaleb alah pada makanan)," kata Melissa.

Seorang pakar alahan, Profesor Peter Sly menyatakan kes Kaleb amat jarang berlaku kerana kanak-kanak biasanya mengalami alahan ringan yang kemudian sembuh secara beransur-ansur. - Agensi ( Source)

Pictures: Cute Animals - Part 4

2009-07-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

Songs: Siti Nurhaliza - Cinta Ini

2009-07-28T09:34:00.000-07:00

Lirik:
Betapa Engkau Menyintai
Agungkan Aku Bagai Seorang Puteri
Selalu Kau Puja Diriku Ini
Melayang Aku Tak Memijak Bumi

Namun Terkadang Ku Rasakan
Apakah Sikapmu Tak Berlebihan
Aku Wanita Tak Sempurna
Bukan Sekilaunya Batu Permata

Marilah Bersama Jalani Cinta Kita Apa Adanya
Saling Mengerti Dan Sudi Menerima
Kita Manusia Biasa
Marilah Menjaga Kesucian Cinta Rahmat Yang Kuasa
Saling Berpadu Hati Untuk Berdua
Dalam Dakapan Mesra

Nikmati Suka Berbagi Duka
Seiring Denganmu Aku Bahagia
Genggam Jemari Dan Berjanji
Setia Selamanya Sampai Akhir Nanti

Songs: Faizal Tahir - Coba

2009-07-28T05:40:00.000-07:00

Lirik:

coba kau dengar
coba kau coba
diam bila ku coba
untuk berbicara dengan kamu
pernahkah kau anggap
bila ku perlu tuk meluahkan rasa hati

dan bila kau bersuara
setia ku mendengar
agar senang kau merasa

chorus
siapa sebenarnya aku padamu
mungkin sama dengan teman lain
yang bisa kau buat begitu
dan bila
tiada lagi teman bermain
kau pulang mendapatkan aku
itulah aku padamu

coba kau lihat
coba kau coba
renung ke mata kau
bila ku kaku melihatmu
pernahkah kau ada
bila ku perlu tuk menyatakan rasa sakit dalam diri
dan bila kau perlu
setia ku menunggu
agar senang kau merasa

repeat chorus
maafkan kerana ku tak pernah
terlintas tuk menulis padamu
salahkan ku
tak mungkin lagi aku meminta
untuk kau mendengar
untuk kau melihat ke mataku

Videos: Wedding Entrance Dance (on TV)

2009-07-27T20:55:00.000-07:00

Info: Aelita Andre

2009-07-27T18:02:00.000-07:00

Aelita Andre: The 2-year-old artist who showed her paintings in a famous Gallery

About:

Aelita curently lives in Melbourne, Australia with her mother Nikka and her father Michael.

Apart from her love of painting she enjoys gym and crafts, tinkering on the piano and singing. She loves to watch “Baby Einstein”, “French for Kids” as well as BBC ‘Eyewitness’ documentaries about the cosmos, animals and the oceans.

She speaks Russian and English but mostly Russian which both parents encourage, since she will learn English when she starts school anyway. Her Grandfather Victor is a painter too and he supports and encourages her painting when she is with him.

She loves chocolate and baby-chino’s.(Source)

Pictures:

Videos: Emo / Scene Makeup

2009-07-27T11:34:00.000-07:00

Official Websites:mizzchievouz.blogspot.com

Songs: Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

2009-07-27T09:48:00.000-07:00

Lyrics:
You're on the phone with your girlfriend
She's upset.
She's going off about something that you said
'Cuz she dosent get your humor like I do...
I'm in the room
It's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she dosen't like
And she'll never know your story like I do'

But she wears short skirts
I wear T-shirts
She's cheer captain
And I'm in the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up
And find what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see, you
You belong with me

You belong with me
Walkin' the streets with you and your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
Hey isn't this easy

And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say your fine
I know you better then that
Hey whatcha doing with a girl like that

She wears high heels
I wear sneakers
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see
You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know
Baby...
You belong with me

Oh'
I remember you drivin' to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh
When you know your about to cry
And I know your favorite songs
And you tell me about your dreams
Think I know where you belong
Think I know it's with me...

Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you see
You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time
How could you not know
Baby you belong with me
You belong with me

You belong with me

Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me

You belong with me...

Movie Trailer: New Moon

2009-07-27T00:41:00.000-07:00

Info: How to Wear Yukata

2009-07-26T23:18:00.000-07:00

Yukata:

A yukata (浴衣?) is a Japanese garment, a casual summer kimono usually made of cotton. People wearing yukata are a common sight in Japan at fireworks displays, bon-odori festivals, and other summer events. The yukata is also frequently worn after bathing at traditional Japanese inns. Though their use is not limited to after-bath wear, yukata literally means bath(ing) clothes.
Like other forms of traditional Japanese clothing yukata are made with straight seams and wide sleeves. Unlike formal kimono, which are made of silk, yukata are typically made of cotton or synthetic fabrics, and are unlined.
Traditionally yukata were mostly made of indigo-dyed cotton but today a wide variety of colors and designs are available. As with kimono, the general rule with yukata is that younger people wear brighter colors and bolder patterns than older people. A child might wear a multicolored print and a young woman, a floral print, while an older woman would confine herself to a traditional dark blue with geometric patterns. Since the late 1990s, yukata have experienced a revival.(Source).

Videos: Make up - Cover Girl Look

2009-07-26T22:17:00.000-07:00

Pictures: Beautiful Pictures - Part 1

2009-07-26T19:10:00.000-07:00

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Videos: Unicycle Jump Fail

2009-07-26T17:50:00.000-07:00

Games: Amateur Surgeon

2009-07-26T11:24:00.000-07:00

Movie Trailer: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

2009-07-26T10:30:00.000-07:00

Oficial Websites: www.catchthetrain.com

Synopsis:

A New York City subway dispatcher draws on his extensive knowledge of the subway system in order to outsmart a dangerous criminal mastermind who's hijacked a subway train in this remake of the 1974 thriller inspired by John Godey's best-selling book. Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) was drifting through his daily routine when he received word that a heavily armed gang of four has hijacked a subway train and are holding all of the passengers hostage. Led by cunning master thief Ryder (John Travolta), the gunmen will begin executing everyone aboard should the authorities fail in delivering $10 million in the space of just one hour.(Source)

Pictures: Funny Pictures - Part 1

2009-07-25T10:36:00.000-07:00

Info: Real Spiderman From India

2009-07-25T10:22:00.000-07:00

News:

Jyothi Raj Spider Man India

NEW DELHI - Kedua-dua tangan Jyothi Raj, seorang bekas buruh binaan di negeri Karnataka, India melekat seperti watak Spider Man ketika dia memanjat dinding, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Jyothi, 22, menyedari dia memiliki keupayaan luar biasa itu empat tahun lalu ketika memanjat pelantar buluh yang biasa digunakan oleh pekerja binaan di rantau Asia.

Dia mendakwa tidak pernah menggunakan abah-abah atau sebarang peralatan keselamatan lain ketika memanjat.

Kebolehannya itu diperoleh selepas dia melihat monyet memanjat pokok dan menyaksikan lakonan pelagak ngeri dalam filem kegemarannya.

"Pada setiap hujung minggu, saya memanjat di kubu yang terkenal di Chitradurga untuk menghiburkan penonton," katanya.

"Saya suka melihat muka penonton apabila saya memanjat dalam keadaan terbalik dan mendengar nafas mereka terhenti kerana bimbang dengan keselamatan saya," ujarnya. - Agensi (Source)

Real life Spider Man dangles fearlessly from 30ft in the air

Real-life Spider Man Jyothi Raj seems to be glued to the wall with his amazing ability to stick to a vertical surface upside down.
The former construction worker is frequently compared to the comic book superhero by tourists to India's Chitradurga Fort, where he regularly performs.

Jyothi, 22, who lives in the south state of Karnataka, discovered his incredible climbing ability four years ago while scaling bamboo scaffolding widely used in the sub-continent.
He claimed he feels no fear as he reaches heights of up to 300ft without using a harness.
Jyoti's dazzling agility, which he taught himself after watching monkeys climb trees, has been enhanced after watching stunts from his favourite films.

He even copies some of Spider Man's best moves, hanging upside down and jutting out at a 90-degree angle to gasps of amazement from the crowd below.
Jyothi claimed he has never used any safety equipment in his climbing, preferring to hone the climbing skills he developed on the notoriously dangerous building sites of India.
'I discovered my ability to climb in this manner working on the bamboo scaffolding when I started as a construction worker,' he said.
'I could climb at an incredible rate without fear.

'I began to climb for fun at the weekends and came to the famous fort here at Chitradurga to entertain the crowds, especially on Sundays.
'I love to see their faces when I position myself upside down and hear them holding their breath for my safety.'
Having climbed the walls and rock faces in and around the fort complex, Jyothi is itching to test himself and become recognised as the world's best climber.
'These climbs go up to 300ft. They are physically testing and dangerous, but I want to move on and climb buildings and mountains,' he said.
'I want to be like Alain Robert (the famous French free-climber) and prove my climbing ability to the world.'
Convinced that his climbing ability is a gift from the gods, Jyothi said in four years he has never had an accident.
'My ability to see the foothold that others can't is proof to me that I was born to climb,' he said.
'My strength and hand speed are the tools that set me apart from other climbers.'
Jyothi trains every day to improve his upper body strength and uses yoga to maintain his flexibility.
He has become a fixture at Chitradurga and now teaches others how to climb.
'I have a few good friends who I climb with on a regular basis,' he said. 'They of course use safety harnesses, they do not have my ability to move fast or grasp the rock face.
'They are my best friends so I would never let them copy me. It is too dangerous.'
Unmarried, Jyothi said that his family are tolerant of his climbing, believing that he is in full control at all times.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1201624/Do-NOT-try-home-Real-life-Spider-Man-dangles-fearlessly-300ft-air.html#ixzz0MFRuynP9

Songs: Estranged - Yang Pernah

2009-07-25T09:22:00.000-07:00

Lirik:

silakan puas sudah disuruh
nyatakan mimpi yg tak pernah lengkap
lakukan apa saja yang kamu mampu
sudahlah biar yg telah lalu
lapaskan kesemua yg pernah ada
alihkan kalau ada masih tertinggal
cukuplah kalau
beratnya ada
disamping kamu
terlalu
andainya aku tau
ertinya disuruh
semua yg pernah minta
tibalah waktu untuk bersedar
kerana giliran sudah menyeru
yg pasti yg panggil itu suci lagi
berilah sedikit untuk aku
hilangkan rasa hati yg tak percaya
biarkan dia yg bilang jgn lagi
andainya aku tau
ertinya disuruh
semua yg pernah minta
andainya aku cari
dimana dituju
semua yg pernah jumpa
jangan minta yg lebih
kerana tiada yg memberi
yg ada cuma mungkin kamu disini
oh tunjukkanlah aku yang benar

Videos: Best Wedding Entrance Ever

2009-07-25T04:32:00.000-07:00

Songs: Dave Carroll - United Breaks Guitars

2009-07-24T22:42:00.000-07:00

News:

United Breaks Guitars Surpasses 3 Million Views in 10 Days

We’ve been following the viral hit United Breaks Guitars over the past week, a comedic music video that tells the very real and sad story of Dave Carroll who flew United in the spring 0f 2008.

Long story short, Carrol flew United Airlines with his band, his guitar ended up broken at the hand of employees, and the airline offered no compensation. He responded by creating a music video about the experience (with two more to come). Now, United is feeling the wrath of citizen journalism, the social web, and the millions of airline travelers who can identify with Carroll’s experience.

We already know that United Breaks Guitars has a hit a nerve with the web world, but Visible Measures has just released their findings and as we expected, United has a real nightmare on their hands. Since the release less than 10 days ago, Visible Measures has identified more than 30 unique placements accruing a total of 3.2 million views and 14,000 comments.

We hope you’ll read the whole story on Carroll’s blog, but this excerpt captures part of the back story behind the video:

“In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didn’t deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss. So I promised the last person to finally say “no” to compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world. United: Song 1 is the first of those songs. United: Song 2 has been written and video production is underway. United: Song 3 is coming. I promise.”

The story itself is one that most of us can identify with in some way, shape, or form. Of course the video views point to this fact, but Visible Measures also did comment analysis and found that “the vast majority of comments citing bad experiences, boycotts, and even other broken guitars.”

United is obviously aware of the video, and reportedly called Carroll to apologize and tell him they intend to learn from the experience. But the bigger story is the video itself and United is likely to continue to suffer from social media backlash for many more weeks to come as the new songs come out.(Source)

Saham syarikat penerbangan jatuh kerana klip video penyanyi

CHICAGO - Kedegilan syarikat penerbangan United Airlines membayar pampasan kerosakan sebuah gitar milik seorang penumpang yang merupakan seorang penyanyi dari Kanada membawa padah apabila ia menyebabkan saham syarikat itu jatuh 10 peratus.

Sebuah akhbar semalam melaporkan, penyanyi itu, Dave Carroll, mendakwa gitar miliknya rosak semasa dia tiba di di Lapangan Terbang O'Hare di Chicago, Amerika Syarikat pada musim bunga tahun lalu.

Carroll kemudian mengadu kerosakan itu kepada bahagian khidmat pelanggan United Airlines namun ia ditolak.

Dia kemudian menerbitkan klip video berjudul United Breaks Guitars yang kini sudah ditonton lebih empat juta pengguna Internet dalam tempoh 10 hari di laman web YouTube.

Dalam klip itu, beberapa penumpang lain menjerit: "Mereka (pembawa bagasi) sedang menghempas gitar."

Syarikat United Airlines kemudian menawarkan kos untuk membaiki gitar dan menawarkan baucar penerbangan £700 (RM4,069) namun ia ditolak Carroll yang menyarankan agar wang itu diderma kepada rumah kebajikan kerana kos untuk membaiki gitar tersebut mencecah lebih £1,000 (RM5,813). - Agensi (Source)

Statement From Dave Carroll:

Videos: Failed Cat

2009-07-24T11:58:00.000-07:00

More funny videos like the "Cat Sad and Upset Over Pigeon" at Heavy.com

Movie Trailer: Fame

2009-07-24T09:28:00.000-07:00

Pictures: Solar Eclipse July 2009

2009-07-24T08:52:00.000-07:00

Info: Solar Eclipse July 2009

2009-07-24T08:35:00.000-07:00

Asia braces for total solar eclipse:

Vast swathes of India and China and the southern Japanese islands are to be plunged into darkness for more than six minutes.
Thousands of amateur stargazers and scientists have travelled to what were expected to be the best places to observe the eclipse.
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is caught between the sun and the Earth while each of them moves along their fixed orbits. Astronomers hope the eclipse would help to improve their understanding of the sun as it would offer a prolonged view of the sun's corona.

Meanwhile an astrologer in Burma predicted the event could usher in chaos. Some in India advised pregnant relatives to stay indoors to follow a centuries-old tradition of avoiding the sun's invisible rays.
The eclipse was to move east across India, Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China before hitting the Pacific.

The previous total eclipse, in August 2008, lasted two minutes and 27 seconds. This one was due to last 6 minutes and 39 seconds at its maximum point.
Poor weather was expected to spoil the view in Shanghai, initially thought by scientists to be one of the best spots to watch the eclipse.
The next total solar eclipse will be on July 11 next year, but far fewer people are likely to see it as it tracks across the South Pacific over French Polynesia and Easter Island to the southern tip of South America.(Source)

Solar eclipse:

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially covered. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth. At least two and up to five solar eclipses can occur each year on Earth, with between zero and two of them being total eclipses.[1] Total solar eclipses are nevertheless rare at any location because during each eclipse totality exists only along a narrow corridor in the relatively tiny area of the Moon's umbra.
A total solar eclipse is a spectacular natural phenomenon and many people travel to remote locations to observe one. The 1999 total eclipse in Europe helped to increase public awareness of the phenomenon, as illustrated by the number of journeys made specifically to witness the 2005 annular eclipse and the 2006 total eclipse. The recent solar eclipse of January 26, 2009 was an annular eclipse (see below), while the solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 was a total solar eclipse.
In ancient times, and in some cultures today, solar eclipses have been attributed to supernatural causes. Total solar eclipses can be frightening for people who are unaware of their astronomical explanation, as the Sun seems to disappear in the middle of the day and the sky darkens in a matter of minutes.(Source)

Info: The Most Expensive Cities In The World 2009

2009-07-23T02:25:00.000-07:00

20. Dubai,UAE (52 – position in the ranking of 2008)

19. Helsinki, Finland (21)

18. Rome, Italy (16)

17. Tel-Aviv, Israel (14)

16. London, United Kingdom (3)

15. Caracas, Venezuela (89)

14. Oslo, Norway (4)

13. Paris, France (12)

12. Shanghai, China (24)

11. Milan, Italy (10)

10. Singapore (13)

9. Beijing, China (20)

8. New York, United States (22)

7. Copenhagen, Denmark (7)

6. Zurich, Switzerland (9)

5. Hong Kong (6)

4. Geneva, Switzerland (8)

3. Moscow, Russia (1)

2. Osaka, Japan (11)

1. Tokyo, Japan (2)

Videos: Kitten vs. Toilet Paper

2009-07-22T18:00:00.000-07:00

Songs: Aizat - Hanya Kau Yang Mampu

2009-07-22T09:09:00.000-07:00

Lirik:

Ku cuba redakan relung hati,
Bayangmu yang berlalu pergi,
Terlukis di dalam kenangan,
Bebas bermain di hatiku….

Cerita tentang masa lalu,
Cerita tentang kau dan aku,
Kini tinggal hanya kenangan,
Kau abadi di dalam hatiku….

Harusnya takkan ku biarkan kau pergi,
Membuat ku terpuruk rasa ingin mati,
Derita yang mendera kapan akan berakhir,
Hanya engkau yang mampu taklukkan hatiku

Cerita tentang masa lalu,
Cerita tentang kau dan aku,
Kini tinggal hanya kenangan,
Kau abadi di dalam hatiku….

Harusnya takkan ku biarkan kau pergi,
Membuat ku terpuruk rasa ingin mati,
Derita yang mendera kapan akan berakhir,
Hanya engkau yang mampu taklukkan hatiku

Aku cinta ooohhhhhh…
Aku cinta oooooooo…

Articles: Girl that doesn’t age

2009-07-22T02:00:00.000-07:00

Physiologically speaking, Brooke Greenberg is an infant with the mind of toddler. Only thing is that she turned 16 just this Janary. It’s hard to estimate the parents opinion, especially as I wasn’t able to find almost any constructive data.

“Why doesn’t she age?” Howard Greenberg, 52, asked of his daughter. “Is she the fountain of youth?”

The same question (among many others) has been asked by scientists, but no answer has been found until now. What they do know is that according to their knowledge, her case is unique, and the same opinion is shared by her doctor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine pediatrician Lawrence Pakula.

“Many of the best-known names in medicine, in their experience … had not seen anyone who matched up to Brooke,” Pakula said. “She is always a surprise.”

She is not aging, but it seems that her body is developing as independent parts out of sync. If you were to look at photos, she is unchanged, and there’s no indication that she would be in fact getting any older, and as far as everybody knows, if this continues on, she has no reason to die. She also has a sister, but she’s perfectly normal, so there aren’t any hints here to help solve this mystery.

Even geneticists are perplexed by her, and they haven’t been able to find out anything wrong (or terribly right) about her, so they just named her condition ’syndrome X’. After all these years, the family seems to have given up hoping for answers and just takes things one day at a time, believing that she is a ‘miracle’, or an ‘angel’. It was a bit surprising to see such an amazing case (to say the least) covered so little. I have been able to find a few articles about this, but the media should be all over it, and some of the world’s top minds should be covering this, so why isn’t this happening? It’s not a hoax, because somebody did an article about this 4 years ago and the situation was unchanged, so perhaps a bit more interest should be taken in this, but without turning her into a lab rat.(Source)

Pictures:

Games: Bridge Craft

2009-07-21T01:47:00.000-07:00

Online Physics Games

Movie Trailer: I Love You, Beth Cooper

2009-07-21T01:20:00.000-07:00

Coming on Cinema: 20 August 2009

Synopsis:
When a geeky high-school valedictorian throws caution to the wind by expressing his love for a popular cheerleader during his graduation speech, life finally starts to get interesting in this coming-of-age comedy adapted from the book by journalist/author/screenwriter Larry Doyle. Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) may have brains to spare; it's guts that he lacks -- or at least, he did until today. Stepping up to the podium to deliver an inspirational speech to his graduating class, Denis decides that the time has finally come to call out his classmates on their peccadilloes and declare his love for the prettiest girl in school - Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere). Much to Denis' surprise, Beth responds by accepting an invitation to a party at his house later that day. But Beth's meathead boyfriend Kevin (Shawn Roberts) is none-too-pleased that his high school prize is mingling with the biggest dweeb in school, and when Kevin shows up at his house and tears the place apart in a fit of rage Denis, his best friend Rich (Jack Carpenter), Beth, and her friends Cammy (Lauren London) and Treece (Lauren Storm) all pile into Beth's car and flee for their lives. For four long years Denis sat silently behind Beth in class, pining for a way to make his love known. Now, over the course of one long night, Denis will finally get to know the girl of his dreams better than he ever thought possible. If he manages to survive until morning, it's sure to be the story of a lifetime. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide. (Source)

Official Website: www.iloveyoubethcoopermovie.com

Pictures: Cute Animals - Part 3

2009-07-20T23:33:00.000-07:00

Info: Heinz Zak

2009-07-19T01:14:00.000-07:00

Info:

Heinz Zak (* 23 March 1958 in Wörgl, Austria) lives as a climber and freelance photographer in Scharnitz, Tyrol.

His mountain home is the Karwendel Mountains, climbing enthusiast as he brought the sport climbing of America to Austria, he helped, sport climbing areas and routes to tap the highest difficulty.

Zak was originally conceived as a teacher, but finally, the photography and climbing into their profession, while he himself can not say what it is that important. Today he is worldwide as a mountaineer and climbing photographer worked.
It takes a lot of very difficult and long routes to the bottom of the tenth degree. Not only in the area of the Karwendel and Wetterstein he opened new routes not previously held or possible first ascents by, eg the excess of the Karwendelhauptkammes in the winter and without ropes, a kräftezehrendes companies, 36 peaks of 10,000 meters altitude in just three days included.

Also in many other mountains in the world celebrated and photographed Zak demanding routes and summits, including the Three Peaks in the Dolomites, in the United States in the Yosemite National Park on the famous 1,000 m high vertical granite wall of El Capitan and southern South America in Patagonia . A route then led him to the Cerro Torre, and at the spectacular 1,400 m high vertical cliff of the Fitz Roy durchstieg it under extreme weather go with a rope until a third route "Royal Flush".

In May 2005 he climbed as second after Wolfgang Güllich the climbing route "Separate Reality", a demanding and roof crack climbing in Yosemite National Park, free solo.
Together with Bernd Ritschel, Peter Mathis and Jürgen Winkler Heinz Zak is one of the best mountain-climbing and landscape photographers in the German speaking countries.
Heinz Zak is responsible for various mountaineering magazines, published books and his shows often breathtaking pictures in slide shows.

For the documentary "At the Limit" with the world-famous speed-climbers Alexander and Thomas Huber Zak did the still photographs and Others from extreme positions of the 1000-meter wall of El Capitan.
In recent years, Heinz Zak also a leading figure of European Slackline scene developed. (Source)

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Movie Trailer: Setem by Khabir Bahtia

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Filem Setem arahan Khabir Bahtiar akan berada di pawagam mulai 30 Julai 2009.

Synopsis:

Pada sekitar tahun 2008, Charles Barring IV mengadakan sidang akhbar di A Famosa. Beliau mempamerkan warisan keluarganya, Setem Barring. Setem Barring melalui perjalanan yang panjang dan kini kembali ke bumi Melaka, di mana ia dihasilkan.

Ianya akan dipamerkan di Muzium Melaka. Sid dan Joe menghadiri sidang akhbar itu, dengan tujuan mahu mencuri setem yang dianggarkan bernilai jutaan ringgit.

Sebenarnya, Pak Ramli yang memaksa Sid dan Joe mencuri setem tersebut. Mahu tidak mahu, Sid dan Joe terpaksa melakukannya kerana budi Pak Ramli yang menjaga mereka di rumah anak yatim tersebut.

Namun, bukan hanya Sid dan Joe yang mahukan setem itu. Piranha Lim, seorang ketua kumpulan Ah Long juga berminat. Begitu juga dengan Vellu yang bekerja sebagai pemandu di syarikat keselamatan yang akan membawa setem tersebut ke muzium.

Masing-masing merancang untuk mendapatkan setem tersebut. Malangnya bukan semudah itu untuk mendapatkan setem tersebut. Oleh kerana begitu banyak perancangan yang dilakukan untuk setem tersebut, keadaan menjadi kacau-bilau.

Setem tidak sampai ke tangan Sid & Joe, Piranha Lim mahupun Vellu. Ianya singgah di tangan Aryanto, seorang pendatang tanpa izin yang tidak mengetahui apa-apa. Aryanto membawanya ke rumah kongsi Marcello.

Malangnya sekali lagi setem tersebut singgah ke tangan orang lain pula iaitu Iskander, pemuda buta yang juga tidak mengetahui apa-apa tentang setem tersebut. Yasmin, kakak Iskander yang ternampak setem tersebut, lalu menampalnya pada surat permohonan untuk membiayai pembedahan mata Iskander.

Siapakah yang memilikinya? Apa pula berlaku kepada mereka semua? Nantikan kemunculan ‘SETEM’ di pawagam berhampiran anda.

Filem 'Setem' dibarisi dengan pelakon-pelakon hebat seperti Afdlin Shauki (Joe),Rashidi Ishak (Sid), Vanidah Imran (Alliya), Que Haidar (Iskander), Bront Palare (Burn), Datuk Aziz Sattar (Pak Ramli), Datuk Jalaluddin (Adnan Hassan), Aziz M.Osman (Posman), Azwan Ali (Pengurus Restoran) dan Syanie sebagai Clubber.

Songs: Robot Girlfriend

2009-07-18T01:03:00.000-07:00

Video: Evian Babies Advertisement

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Games: Rock Star Fashion Challenge

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Info: Ainan Celeste Cawley

2009-07-15T22:01:00.000-07:00

Budak genius fizik, kimia(Source)

KUALA LUMPUR: “Dia membesar seperti kanak-kanak normal lain dan makan makanan biasa termasuk makanan ringan, tapi kegemarannya roti bakar,” kata Valentine Cawley, 41, menceritakan keunikan anaknya yang dianggap genius apabila memasuki universiti pada usia lapan tahun.

Ainan Celeste Cawley, yang kini berusia sembilan tahun, berdarah campuran Irish-Melayu mula terkenal dan mendapat perhatian ramai kerana kepintaran luar biasanya dalam dua mata pelajaran sains iaitu kimia dan fizik, malah muncul kanak-kanak paling muda di dunia lulus subjek fizik peringkat `O Level’.

Pencapaian itu dianggap luar biasa kerana sebelum ini kanak-kanak pintar dan genius hanya mampu menguasai satu subjek pada satu masa.

Cawley yang bertugas sebagai editor majalah seni berkata, anak sulung itu membesar seperti kanak-kanak lain, melainkan dia mempunyai kepintaran luar biasa yang tiada pada budak sebayanya selain memiliki daya pemikiran cergas, 'cepat tangkap' dan responsif.

“Saya tidak melihat Ainan berlainan daripada rakan sebayanya, cuma pada kami sekeluarga, dia istimewa kerana keupayaan serta kepintarannya menakluk subjek fizik dan kimia dengan cepat tanpa mengikuti kelas formal.

“Malah, ketika isteri, (Syahidah Osman Cawley, 30,) mengandungkan Ainan, dia seperti wanita mengandung lain serta tidak pernah mengidam makanan atau benda yang pelik-pelik.

“Cuma selepas Ainan dilahirkan kami menyedari sesuatu yang berbeza apabila dia mengeluarkan bunyi seperti perkataan 'air' untuk minum ketika usianya baru mencecah dua minggu,” katanya ketika dihubungi di Singapura, malam tadi.

Bercerita lanjut mengenai keunikan anaknya, Cawley, graduan lulusan Universiti Cambridge berkata, Ainan sudah boleh merangkak pada usia empat bulan, berjalan pada usia enam bulan dan berlari ketika mencecah usia lapan bulan, sekali gus mula membaca ayat pertamanya.

“Pada usia setahun, Ainan sudah mula membaca dengan lancar tanpa bantuan saya atau isteri. Ketika mengunjungi ibu mentua, (Sabariah Abdul Wahab) di Johor, dia menunjukkan kebolehannya dalam kimia.

“Usianya ketika itu baru enam tahun, tapi dia sudah menunjukkan minat mendalami ilmu sains apabila membaca buku teks kimia yang dijumpai di rumah neneknya, sebelum ditegur ibu saudara yang pelik melihat dia seolah-olah faham subjek terbabit.

“Ainan diberi kertas ujian kimia untuk diselesaikan dan dia menjawab dengan betul semua soalan,” katanya yang bangga dengan pencapaian anaknya.

Menurutnya, kanak-kanak yang memiliki kepintaran luar biasa selalunya hanya bijak dalam satu mata pelajaran, tetapi Ainan luar biasa kerana turut bijak dalam subjek fizik, selain kimia yang amat diminatinya.

Ainan mempunyai dua adik lelaki, Fintan Nadym Cawley, 6, dan Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley, 3.

Cawley berkata, Ainan mengambil peperiksaan bagi mata pelajaran fizik peringkat O Level kendalian London Edexcel, Januari lalu di British Council Singapura ketika usianya menjangkau sembilan tahun sebulan.

Sebelum itu, Cawley menghantar Ainan menduduki peperiksaan bagi subjek kimia peringkat sama yang turut dikendalikan London Edexcel, dua tahun lalu, sekali gus meletakkannya sebagai orang paling muda lulus peperiksaan O Level ketika itu.

Justeru, bagi tidak mensia-siakan keupayaannya, Ainan dihantar bersekolah bersama kanak-kanak seusia dengannya selain menjalani pembelajaran intensif di rumah untuk subjek fizik beberapa bulan lalu, sebelum melanjutkan pengajian dalam bidang kimia di Politeknik Singapura, tahun lalu.

“Sudah setahun Ainan menuntut di Politeknik Singapura dan dia kini mengikuti pengajian peringkat ijazah dalam jurusan kimia, kebanyakannya membabitkan kursus pelajar tahun tiga dicampur dengan tahun dua.

“Selain dua subjek teras ini Ainan juga menunjukkan kecenderungan dalam matematik dan biologi dan dia makin mahir serta menggemarinya,” katanya.

Cawley memuatkan catatan mengenai perkembangan harian anaknya itu dalam laman web.

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