Seorang ayah dan anak dari golongan suku kanibal, sedang berburu untuk mendapatkan daging manusia. Buruan mereka kali ini untuk santapan
malam. Tidak lama kemudian muncul seorang lelaki tua yang kurus.
Lalu si anak pun berkata," Tengok Pak!! Adak mangsa!" "Jangan!" kata ayahnya, "lihat saja tubuhnya, tak adak isi, tentu tak cukup untuk kitak. Lagikpun tentu adak penyakit." Tidak lama selepas itu, muncullah pula seorang lelaki gemuk. Maka dengan girang, si anak pun berkata, " Wah, itu rezekik kitak Pak, tahan untuk duak hari !" "Jangan!" kata ayahnya, " kitak boleh mati kenak serangan sakit jantung kalau makan daging diak yang banyak lemak. Tunggu saja yang lain ." Sekian lama menunggu hari pun dah hampir senja, tiba-tiba muncul seorang gadis yang sangat cantik dan seksi giler kat tempat mereka menunggu mangsa.
Maka sekali lagi si anak berkata dengan girang, "Uiih!!! Pak yang kalik ini bagus Pak, tentu isik diak lazat. Ayuk kitak makan, lapar nih.." " Jangan!" sekali lagi ayahnya berkata, "Kitak tak akan makan perempuan inik." "Kenapa Pak?" tanya si anak. Lalu ayahnya pun menjawab, " Sebab kitak akan bawak diak balik rumah dalam keadaan hidup...., untuk santap malam inik, kitak makan saja ibu mu...."
Penjual Kuih
Suatu hari sebuah kereta api meluncur laju menghampiri sebuah perkampungan. Di perkampungan itu ada seorang wanita penjual kuih tinggal berhampiran landasan tersebut yang baru sahaja selesai membasuh kain lapnya yang warna merah. Selesai membasuh, dia mengibaskan kain tersebut untuk dijemur di pagar berhampiran landasan.
Dari jauh, pemandu kereta api terlihat seorang wanita dengan kain lap yang berwarna merah yang dikibas-kibaskan. Kerana menyangka perbuatan
wanita itu sebagai isyarat bahaya..terus pemandu keretapi membrek dengan mendadak hingga menyebabkan para penumpang keretapi terpelanting dengan dahsyat sekali.
Apabila keretapi berhenti tepat di depan wanita tersebut... pemandu keretapi terus bertanya "Ada apa Puan?" Dengan selamber wanita itu menjawab..."...yang tinggal cuma karipap dan pulut panggang aje..."
Dari jauh, pemandu kereta api terlihat seorang wanita dengan kain lap yang berwarna merah yang dikibas-kibaskan. Kerana menyangka perbuatan
wanita itu sebagai isyarat bahaya..terus pemandu keretapi membrek dengan mendadak hingga menyebabkan para penumpang keretapi terpelanting dengan dahsyat sekali.
Apabila keretapi berhenti tepat di depan wanita tersebut... pemandu keretapi terus bertanya "Ada apa Puan?" Dengan selamber wanita itu menjawab..."...yang tinggal cuma karipap dan pulut panggang aje..."
[Metal-Temple.com] ''Roadrunner All Stars'': More Details Revealed (News)
"Trivium’s Matt Heafy has revealed more details about his contributions to the upcoming 'Roadrunner All-Stars' record to mark Roadrunner Records’ 25th anniversary. The full-length release will contain original musical collaborations between past and present Roadrunner artists. Approximately 50 musicians are expected to participate in this record, making it a most elaborate collaboration project.
Four central musicians - including Heafy - have been chosen to produce and write all the songs. Previously announced were:
Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory/Brujeria)
Robert Flynn (Machine Head)
These four musicians will not only play on the songs they have written but also assemble a unique team of Roadrunner artists to appear on each track.
The artists that are expected to contribute to the tracks produced and written by Heafy are as follows:
* A track described by Heafy as a 'southern rock-ish stoner metal song':
Jesse Leach (Seemless, ex-Killswitch Engage) - Vocals
Mike D’Antonio (Killswitch Engage) - Bass
Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative) - Drums
Josh Rand (Stone Sour) - Guitar
Matt Heafy - Guitar
* A track described by Heafy as a 'punk song':
Jerry Only (Misfits) - Bass/Vocals
Dave Chavarri (Ill Nino) - Drums
Matt Heafy - Guitar
* A track described by Heafy as a 'black metal song':
Mike Smith (Suffocation) - Drums
Sean Malone (Cynic) - Bass
Josh Silver (Type O Negative) - Keyboards
Justin Hagberg (3 Inches Of Blood) - Guitar
Dani Filth (Cradle Of Filth) - Vocals
Matt Heafy - Guitar
* A track described by Heafy as a 'metal song':
King Diamond - Vocals
Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu (Trivium) - Guitars
Mike D’Antonio (Killswitch Engage) - Bass
Dave Chavarri (Ill Nino) - Drums
The project is being overseen by longtime Roadrunner A&R man Monte Conner. Mixing duties will be handled by legendary hard rock producer Colin Richardson. The album is tentatively scheduled for release in the fall of 2005."
Four central musicians - including Heafy - have been chosen to produce and write all the songs. Previously announced were:
Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory/Brujeria)
Robert Flynn (Machine Head)
These four musicians will not only play on the songs they have written but also assemble a unique team of Roadrunner artists to appear on each track.
The artists that are expected to contribute to the tracks produced and written by Heafy are as follows:
* A track described by Heafy as a 'southern rock-ish stoner metal song':
Jesse Leach (Seemless, ex-Killswitch Engage) - Vocals
Mike D’Antonio (Killswitch Engage) - Bass
Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative) - Drums
Josh Rand (Stone Sour) - Guitar
Matt Heafy - Guitar
* A track described by Heafy as a 'punk song':
Jerry Only (Misfits) - Bass/Vocals
Dave Chavarri (Ill Nino) - Drums
Matt Heafy - Guitar
* A track described by Heafy as a 'black metal song':
Mike Smith (Suffocation) - Drums
Sean Malone (Cynic) - Bass
Josh Silver (Type O Negative) - Keyboards
Justin Hagberg (3 Inches Of Blood) - Guitar
Dani Filth (Cradle Of Filth) - Vocals
Matt Heafy - Guitar
* A track described by Heafy as a 'metal song':
King Diamond - Vocals
Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu (Trivium) - Guitars
Mike D’Antonio (Killswitch Engage) - Bass
Dave Chavarri (Ill Nino) - Drums
The project is being overseen by longtime Roadrunner A&R man Monte Conner. Mixing duties will be handled by legendary hard rock producer Colin Richardson. The album is tentatively scheduled for release in the fall of 2005."
Real Tech News - Independent Tech » Yahoo Mail is Getting a Face Lift
"Yahoo is planning to feature e-mail caching, message preview and drag-and-drop filing. Beta testing of the new service will start in a couple of weeks for a select few and should be available to the rest of the public in a couple of months." ~link
Google Blog: Google Video. Now with ... video!
"Google Video. Now with ... video!
6/27/2005 11:19:00 AM
Posted by Matthew Vosburgh, Google Video Software Engineer
A couple of months ago we launched a video uploader so you could add your own videos to Google Video. Well, now we're ready to start displaying all that stuff.
I've been amazed by your cool videos. I had never seen a robot dog harassing an iguana before, or a monkey doing karate, and I had no idea you were such good dancers. There's more than home video, too - like this UNICEF story featuring David Beckham." ~link
6/27/2005 11:19:00 AM
Posted by Matthew Vosburgh, Google Video Software Engineer
A couple of months ago we launched a video uploader so you could add your own videos to Google Video. Well, now we're ready to start displaying all that stuff.
I've been amazed by your cool videos. I had never seen a robot dog harassing an iguana before, or a monkey doing karate, and I had no idea you were such good dancers. There's more than home video, too - like this UNICEF story featuring David Beckham." ~link
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Doctors 'find dead foetus in boy'
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Doctors 'find dead foetus in boy':
"Doctors 'find dead foetus in boy'
Doctors in Bangladesh say they have removed a long-dead foetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy who was complaining of stomach pains.
They said the foetus would have become the boy's twin had it grown normally in their mother's womb.
They said it was a case of an extremely rare condition where two foetuses are conceived as conjoined twins but one absorbs the other.
In 2003 Kazakhstan doctors removed a foetus from a seven-year-old boy.
Limbs developed
Sixteen-year-old Abu Raihan was admitted to the Bangabandhu Medical University hospital in the capital, Dhaka on Saturday.
'After the operation we found a dead foetus weighing two kilograms (4.5lbs) in his abdomen,' Doctor MA Mazid said, the AFP news agency reports.
'Apart from the head, all other limbs of the baby were developed.'
The condition is known as 'foetus in foeto', or inclusion twin.
'In this case the foetus of the baby entered into the foetus of the boy and continued to grow like a tumour in the boy's abdomen,' gynaecology specialists Nurun Nahar said.
Hundreds of curious locals flocked to the hospital on hearing a rumour that a boy had given birth to a baby.
In April, 2003, doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan discovered the dead foetus of a twin brother when operating on a seven-year-old boy.
The foetus had developed into a tumour but was found to have hair, nails and bones. "
"Doctors 'find dead foetus in boy'
Doctors in Bangladesh say they have removed a long-dead foetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy who was complaining of stomach pains.
They said the foetus would have become the boy's twin had it grown normally in their mother's womb.
They said it was a case of an extremely rare condition where two foetuses are conceived as conjoined twins but one absorbs the other.
In 2003 Kazakhstan doctors removed a foetus from a seven-year-old boy.
Limbs developed
Sixteen-year-old Abu Raihan was admitted to the Bangabandhu Medical University hospital in the capital, Dhaka on Saturday.
'After the operation we found a dead foetus weighing two kilograms (4.5lbs) in his abdomen,' Doctor MA Mazid said, the AFP news agency reports.
'Apart from the head, all other limbs of the baby were developed.'
The condition is known as 'foetus in foeto', or inclusion twin.
'In this case the foetus of the baby entered into the foetus of the boy and continued to grow like a tumour in the boy's abdomen,' gynaecology specialists Nurun Nahar said.
Hundreds of curious locals flocked to the hospital on hearing a rumour that a boy had given birth to a baby.
In April, 2003, doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan discovered the dead foetus of a twin brother when operating on a seven-year-old boy.
The foetus had developed into a tumour but was found to have hair, nails and bones. "
More Google Tricks
GOOGLE tricks !!!
To define a word, phrase or acronym, just type define: and then your term into Google's search box. The results include a variety of Web glossaries, dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Google tricks such as using quotes to search for a specific phrase or the tilde to search for synonyms of a word can be lifesavers. But not if you can't remember them. The Google Cheat Sheet, a list of commonly used operators, deserves a spot next to your monitor. ( www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html)
To define a word, phrase or acronym, just type define: and then your term into Google's search box. The results include a variety of Web glossaries, dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Google tricks such as using quotes to search for a specific phrase or the tilde to search for synonyms of a word can be lifesavers. But not if you can't remember them. The Google Cheat Sheet, a list of commonly used operators, deserves a spot next to your monitor. ( www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html)
- What does Google ''think" of you? Find out at Googlism, where the search results for a word or phrase are analyzed and your "who," "what," "when" or "where" query is answered. ( www.googlism.com)
- The Google Zeitgeist keeps track of what's being searched for at that moment. Check out the search terms gaining in popularity or head to the archives to see what was hot a few years ago. ( www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html)
- Want to know when people are talking about you? Create a Google Alert for your name and Google will e-mail you whenever a news or search item pops up with you in it. ( www.google.com/alerts)
Whale song
A whale song is the collection of sounds made by whales to communicate. The word "song" is used in particular to describe the pattern of predictable and repetitious sounds made by certain species of whales (notably the humpback whale) in a manner that to cetologists is reminiscent of human singing. The biological processes used to produce sound vary from one family of cetaceans to another. However, all whales, dolphins, and porpoises are much more dependent on sound for communication and sensation than their terrestrial cousins because the absorption of light by water makes sight difficult and because the relatively slow movement of water compared to air decreases the effectiveness of the sense of smell. Increased ambient noise in the world's oceans due to shipping gives rise to environmentalists' concerns that humans are destroying this important feature of the marine habitat.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_song
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_song
Cerita Dari Penjara Pudu
Berlaku di Penjara Pudu Kuala Lumpur di suatu ketika dulu. Hanya boleh disebarkan pada orang2 tertentu sahaja...
Sebelum Penjara Pudu ditutup dulu pernah diceritakan bahawa terdapat satu bilik dipanggil "Bilik Terakhir". Dibilik inilah seringnya berlaku kejadian pelik sejak Penjara Pudu ditutup. Dinamakan "BILIK TERAKHIR " adalah kerana dulu ia merupakan bilik kediaman terkahir bagi si pesalah jenayah berat sebelum menjalani hukuman gantung sampai mati pada keesokan harinya dibilik gantung.
Di BILIK TERAKHIR inilah pesalah dikatakan akan meratap,menangis, menjerit, bercakap seorang diri dan berbagai lagi perlakuan kerana menyesali kesalahan mereka yang lalu. Mereka menjadi begitu kerana dikatakan tidak kuat semangat menghadapi maut keesokan harinya yang telah diketahui mereka. Menurut kata warden-warden yang masih ada di Penjara Pudu sewaktu proses pengosongan Penjara Pudu dijalankan, mereka sering terdengar suara-suara sayu meminta tolong, suara orang menangis dan bermacam-macam lagi dari Bilik Terakhir tesebut. Tak kurang juga ada diantara warden yang terlihat seekor kambing hitam sering masuk menembusi pintu bilik itu tanpa dibuka dan kemudian tidak pula kelihatan kambing keluar semula.
Ramai bomoh dan pawang yang dipanggil bagi memulihkan bilik tersebut mengatakan bahawa suara-suara yang sering kedengaran diwaktu malam dari Bilik Terakhir itu adalah akibat roh-roh pesalah yang mati ditali gantung tersebut tidak tenteram kerana mati mereka ditali gantung.
Nak dijadikan cerita pada suatu malam Jumaat ketika hujan renyai-renyai seorang warden telah ditugaskan mengawal kawasan yang berhampiran dengan "Bilik Terakhir" itu. Ketika sedang berkawal kira-kira lebih kurang pukul 01:00 pagi beliau terdengar seperti tapak kaki sedang berlari-lari berhampiran bilik tersebut.
Ia cuba beranikan diri untuk untuk melihat apakah bendanya itu.Sedang ia mengamat-amati maka terlihatlah dalam kesamaran seekor kambing hitam sedang menuju kearah Bilik Terakhir itu lalu lesap begitu saja. Ia berasa harian bagaimana seekor kambing boleh ada dikawasan itu? Oleh kerana ingin tahu ia beranikan juga diri menghampiri Bilik Terakhir itu.
Alangkah terperanjatnya mendapati pintu bilik itu telah bertukar menjadi pintu gua. Mulalah ia berasa gementar, seram serta menggigil ketakutan namun diberanikan juga diri memasuki pintu gua yang samar-samar itu sambil meninjau-ninjau didalamnya jika terlihat akan kambing tadi. Apabila apabila sampai je kedalam gua tersebut alangkah terperanjatnya ia bila didapati banyak harta karun dalamnya. Ia cuba mengambil harta itu tetapi tiba-tiba hilang dari pandangan lalu menjelmalah satu lembaga yang mengerikan seraya berkata,
"Heyyyyyy manusiaaa. Jangan kau sentuh harta itu. Hartaaaa itu bukan kauuu yang punyaaaa " " Ahmaaaaaad Albab yang punyaaaaaa " Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha " Yaaaaaaa, Ahmaaaaadd Albab yang punyaaaaaa ... "
Lawak Jam
Seorang lelaki telah pergi ke kedai jam untuk membaiki jamtangannya. Setelah melihat sekali imbas, si pembaik jam bertanyakan tentang harga jam itu.
"Seribu ringgit, " jawab lelaki itu dengan bangga.
"Awak telah ditipu, ini jam tiruan, bukan asli. Di mana awak beli?"
Dengan perasaan marah lelaki itu menjawab,
"Di sinilah!"
"Seribu ringgit, " jawab lelaki itu dengan bangga.
"Awak telah ditipu, ini jam tiruan, bukan asli. Di mana awak beli?"
Dengan perasaan marah lelaki itu menjawab,
"Di sinilah!"
Google Gmail (beta) Review at PCMAG.COM
By Jamie Lendino
Still in beta after 15 months, Google's Gmail is a breath of fresh air compared with the other Web-based e-mail services. Google made waves back in early 2004 when it announced Gmail's huge (at the time) 1GB storage limit, 10MB total limit on attachments for each message, and the innovative Conversation view with a powerful search capability. Other competitors have followed suit (on the first two counts, at least), but Gmail now leads in storage at roughly 2.3GB (the amount appears to be growing slowly and constantly) and, in general, still stands tall.
Gmail lets you manage threads of e-mail. Rather than having to sort through your messages and stuff them into folders, only to lose track of them later, Gmail compiles everything in a forum-style Conversation view. Instead of naming folders, you "label" conversations, and you can even give them more than one label in case they fall in multiple categories. It's a nice way to keep track of an e-mail conversation but could frustrate people who still want to put e-mail groups in folders. You cannot nest Gmail's conversations, but while AIM Mail, Hotmail, and Yahoo! Mail offer folders for e-mail management, they do not allow you to create nested folders, either. The Search Mail function uses the same technology as the Google search engine, so you can add both keywords and commands to your searches. All of this gives you tremendous flexibility as your mailbox expands.
You need an invitation to join the Gmail beta program, though there are bots on the Internet that make getting around this easy (or you can just ask a friend who already has Gmail to send you an invite). Hold on to your hat once you do, because Gmail is far and away the quickest to respond to your commands. It's everything you'd expect from Google, given the company's lightning-quick Internet searches. You can feel the speed with every mouse click.
Gmail is by far the most extensible Web mail service we've seen. In addition to Google's own extensions, such as letting Picasa users exchange large images via Gmail, third-party developers have already built dozens of others. These range from incoming mail notifiers that run inside Firefox to a very clever app that lets you use Gmail as a folder on your PC for storing files. Microsoft has tapped Hotmail inside some of its own applications, such as Microsoft Money, but this pales in comparison to how far developers could go with the service if it were as open as Gmail. In addition, Gmail's AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web development approach makes it feel as responsive as a regular desktop application. This is evident in features like type-ahead when filling in addresses (of the competitors reviewed here, only the brand-new AIM Mail does this) and the simple expanding and collapsing of e-mail conversations.
As for the privacy concerns, we still think that people are making a big deal out of nothing. Google simply set up automated scanners that look through your e-mail content in order to serve you relevant ads. (For more details, read our earlier review, "Gmail by Google.") The other three services all have more conspicuous advertising, even after you pay for a premium upgrade in some cases. Gmail ads, by comparison, are small and barely noticeable, and you won't see any at all in the main Inbox view.
Google still needs some serious upgrades to play with the big boys, though. Although Gmail's spam filter worked well on our tests and offers a decent level of configuration options, there's still no virus scanning or cleaning. Gmail sidesteps the virus problem by not allowing executables as attachments, but we'd still like to see a proper virus scanner. And if you don't like the threaded e-mail views, you're better off with another service, because there's no way to turn them off and create folders instead.
One nice bonus you get for using Gmail is free POP3 access. It wasn't available at Gmail's launch back in early 2004, and it's a welcome addition. You can't check your other POP3 accounts from within Gmail, however, which is something that Yahoo! Mail lets you do. Gmail's address book works fine, and there's a rudimentary address book import function. You can import from CSV files, and that's about it. But even that is enough to pull in contacts from many popular programs (including Outlook and several other Web-based e-mail services).
Gmail feels like the slick, hip e-mail choice. If you can get used to the Conversation view and aren't too attached to making folders, you'll find Gmail a powerful new approach to Web-based e-mail.
Still in beta after 15 months, Google's Gmail is a breath of fresh air compared with the other Web-based e-mail services. Google made waves back in early 2004 when it announced Gmail's huge (at the time) 1GB storage limit, 10MB total limit on attachments for each message, and the innovative Conversation view with a powerful search capability. Other competitors have followed suit (on the first two counts, at least), but Gmail now leads in storage at roughly 2.3GB (the amount appears to be growing slowly and constantly) and, in general, still stands tall.
Gmail lets you manage threads of e-mail. Rather than having to sort through your messages and stuff them into folders, only to lose track of them later, Gmail compiles everything in a forum-style Conversation view. Instead of naming folders, you "label" conversations, and you can even give them more than one label in case they fall in multiple categories. It's a nice way to keep track of an e-mail conversation but could frustrate people who still want to put e-mail groups in folders. You cannot nest Gmail's conversations, but while AIM Mail, Hotmail, and Yahoo! Mail offer folders for e-mail management, they do not allow you to create nested folders, either. The Search Mail function uses the same technology as the Google search engine, so you can add both keywords and commands to your searches. All of this gives you tremendous flexibility as your mailbox expands.
You need an invitation to join the Gmail beta program, though there are bots on the Internet that make getting around this easy (or you can just ask a friend who already has Gmail to send you an invite). Hold on to your hat once you do, because Gmail is far and away the quickest to respond to your commands. It's everything you'd expect from Google, given the company's lightning-quick Internet searches. You can feel the speed with every mouse click.
Gmail is by far the most extensible Web mail service we've seen. In addition to Google's own extensions, such as letting Picasa users exchange large images via Gmail, third-party developers have already built dozens of others. These range from incoming mail notifiers that run inside Firefox to a very clever app that lets you use Gmail as a folder on your PC for storing files. Microsoft has tapped Hotmail inside some of its own applications, such as Microsoft Money, but this pales in comparison to how far developers could go with the service if it were as open as Gmail. In addition, Gmail's AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web development approach makes it feel as responsive as a regular desktop application. This is evident in features like type-ahead when filling in addresses (of the competitors reviewed here, only the brand-new AIM Mail does this) and the simple expanding and collapsing of e-mail conversations.
As for the privacy concerns, we still think that people are making a big deal out of nothing. Google simply set up automated scanners that look through your e-mail content in order to serve you relevant ads. (For more details, read our earlier review, "Gmail by Google.") The other three services all have more conspicuous advertising, even after you pay for a premium upgrade in some cases. Gmail ads, by comparison, are small and barely noticeable, and you won't see any at all in the main Inbox view.
Google still needs some serious upgrades to play with the big boys, though. Although Gmail's spam filter worked well on our tests and offers a decent level of configuration options, there's still no virus scanning or cleaning. Gmail sidesteps the virus problem by not allowing executables as attachments, but we'd still like to see a proper virus scanner. And if you don't like the threaded e-mail views, you're better off with another service, because there's no way to turn them off and create folders instead.
One nice bonus you get for using Gmail is free POP3 access. It wasn't available at Gmail's launch back in early 2004, and it's a welcome addition. You can't check your other POP3 accounts from within Gmail, however, which is something that Yahoo! Mail lets you do. Gmail's address book works fine, and there's a rudimentary address book import function. You can import from CSV files, and that's about it. But even that is enough to pull in contacts from many popular programs (including Outlook and several other Web-based e-mail services).
Gmail feels like the slick, hip e-mail choice. If you can get used to the Conversation view and aren't too attached to making folders, you'll find Gmail a powerful new approach to Web-based e-mail.
OPETH: New Song Available For Download - June 25, 2005
A radio-broadcast-quality recording of OPETH's new track, entitled "The Grand Conjuration", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location (length - 9:55; size - 22.71 MB; quality – 320 kbps)."The Grand Conjuration" comes off the Swedish band's upcoming album, "Ghost Reveries", due late August/early September through Roadrunner Records.
"Ghost Reveries" was mastered on June 16 at the Cutting Room facilities in Stockholm and will feature a running time of 65 minutes. The full track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Ghost of Perdition
02. The Baying of the Hounds
03. Beneath the Mire
04. Atonement
05. Reverie/Harlequin Forest
06. Hours of Wealth
07. The Grand Conjuration
08. Isolation Years
Check out the album cover artwork (designed by Travis Smith) at this location.
Contradicting Quotes
Actions speak louder than words. | The pen is mightier than the sword.
Look before you leap. | He who hesitates is lost.
Many hands make light work. (or) Two heads are better than one. | Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A silent man is a wise one. | A man without words is a man without thoughts.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. | Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Clothes make the man. | Don't judge a book by its cover. (or) All that glitters is not gold.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. | Better safe than sorry.
The bigger, the better. | The best things come in small packages.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. | Out of sight, out of mind.
What will be, will be. | Life is what you make it.
Cross your bridges when you come to them. | Forewarned is forearmed.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. | One man's meat is another man's poison.
With age comes wisdom. | Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come all wise sayings.
The more, the merrier. | Two's company; three's a crowd.
The best things in life are free. | You get what you pay for.
It never rains, than it pours. | Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Better to ask the way than to go astray. | Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Never do evil, that good may come of it. | The end justifies the means.
Variety is the spice of life. | Don't change horses in the middle of a stream.
There is nothing permanent except change. | There is nothing new under the sun.
Never too old to learn. | You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Everything comes to him who waits. | He who hesitates is lost.
Opposites attract. | Birds of a feather flock together.
Look before you leap. | He who hesitates is lost.
Many hands make light work. (or) Two heads are better than one. | Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A silent man is a wise one. | A man without words is a man without thoughts.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. | Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Clothes make the man. | Don't judge a book by its cover. (or) All that glitters is not gold.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. | Better safe than sorry.
The bigger, the better. | The best things come in small packages.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. | Out of sight, out of mind.
What will be, will be. | Life is what you make it.
Cross your bridges when you come to them. | Forewarned is forearmed.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. | One man's meat is another man's poison.
With age comes wisdom. | Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come all wise sayings.
The more, the merrier. | Two's company; three's a crowd.
The best things in life are free. | You get what you pay for.
It never rains, than it pours. | Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Better to ask the way than to go astray. | Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Never do evil, that good may come of it. | The end justifies the means.
Variety is the spice of life. | Don't change horses in the middle of a stream.
There is nothing permanent except change. | There is nothing new under the sun.
Never too old to learn. | You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Everything comes to him who waits. | He who hesitates is lost.
Opposites attract. | Birds of a feather flock together.
Internet Error Codes
Here are the most common codes and messages you're likely to see on your Web browser (HTTP), when accessing Usenet, using e-mail, or using the FTP protocol to upload or download files.
The codes can generally by grouped as follows -
100-199 - Information Codes. Provide information about the request or the servers involved.
200-299 - Success Codes. Indicate that the request was accepted or the requested file has no content (empty).
300-399 - Redirects. Requested content has moved.
400-499 - Client Errors. Cannot find content or you don't have the correct permissions to access it.
500-599 - Server Errors. There is a problem at the server end stopping the request from completing successfully.
To give you a greater understanding of these errors, here is a list of the most popular codes.
As a rule of thumb, the first thing you should if you get an error is make sure that you have typed in the URL or page address correctly.
Bad request 400
The request could not be understood by the server due to bad syntax. You should not repeat the request without modifications.
Unauthorized 401
The creators of a Web page may want only certain people have access to that page. You should only retry the request if you know that you have authorization.
PaymentRequired 402
This message gives a specification of charging schemes which are acceptable. You may retry the request with a suitable ChargeTo header.
Forbidden 403
The request is for something forbidden. Authorization will not help. This status code is commonly used when the server does not wish to reveal exactly why the request has been refused, or when no other response is applicable. (The file needs to be set with "read permissions" for all users.)
Not found 404
The server has not found anything matching what you requested. Make sure that the Web address (URL) that you typed in exactly matches the address you were given. Check that the capitalization matches, spelling, and punctuation, like dots (.) and slashes (/), are correctly placed. Be sure you are using the forward slash (/) and not the backward slash (\).
405 Method Not Allowed
The method specified in the Request-Line is not allowed for the resource identified by the request. The response must include an Allow header containing a list of valid methods for the requested resource.
406 Not Acceptable
The resource identified by the request is only capable of generating response entities which have content characteristics not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request.
407 Proxy Authentication Required
This code is similar to 401 (Unauthorized), but indicates that you must first authenticate yourself with the proxy. The proxy must return a Proxy-Authenticate header field (section 14.33) containing a challenge applicable to the proxy for the requested resource. You may repeat the request with a suitable Proxy-Authorization header field (section 14.34). HTTP access authentication is explained in section 11.
408 Request Timeout
The client did not produce a request within the time that the server was prepared to wait. You may repeat the request without modifications at any later time.
409 Conflict
The request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the resource. This code is only allowed in situations where it is expected that the user might be able to resolve the conflict and resubmit the request.
410 Gone
The 410 response is primarily intended to assist the task of web maintenance by notifying the recipient that the resource is intentionally unavailable and that the server owners want remote links to that resource be removed.
411 Length Required
The server refuses to accept the request without a defined Content- Length. The client may repeat the request if it adds a valid Content-Length header field containing the length of the message-body in the request message.
412 Precondition Failed
The precondition given in one or more of the request-header fields evaluated to false when it was tested on the server. This response code allows the client to place preconditions on the current resource metainformation (header field data) and thus prevent the requested method from being applied to a resource other than the one intended.
413 Request Entity Too Large
The server is refusing to process a request because the request entity is larger than the server is willing or able to process. The server may close the connection to prevent the client from continuing the request.
414 Request-URI Too Long
The server is refusing to service the request because the Request-URI is longer than the server is willing to interpret.
415 Unsupported Media Type
The server is refusing to service the request because the entity of the request is in a format not supported by the requested resource for the requested method.
Internal Error 500
The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request. Your request could not be processed due to an internal server error.
Not implemented 501
The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the request. This is the appropriate response when the server does not recognize the request method and is not capable of supporting it for any resource.
502 Bad Gateway
The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, received an invalid response from the upstream server it accessed in attempting to fulfill the request.
503 Service Unavailable
The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. If known, the length of the delay may be indicated in a Retry-After header. If no Retry-After is given, you should handle the response as it would for a 500 response.
504 Gateway Timeout
The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, did not receive a timely response from the upstream server it accessed in attempting to complete the request.
505 HTTP Version Not Supported
The server does not support, or refuses to support, the HTTP protocol version that was used in the request message. The response should contain an entity describing why that version is not supported and what other protocols are supported by that server.
The codes can generally by grouped as follows -
100-199 - Information Codes. Provide information about the request or the servers involved.
200-299 - Success Codes. Indicate that the request was accepted or the requested file has no content (empty).
300-399 - Redirects. Requested content has moved.
400-499 - Client Errors. Cannot find content or you don't have the correct permissions to access it.
500-599 - Server Errors. There is a problem at the server end stopping the request from completing successfully.
To give you a greater understanding of these errors, here is a list of the most popular codes.
As a rule of thumb, the first thing you should if you get an error is make sure that you have typed in the URL or page address correctly.
Bad request 400
The request could not be understood by the server due to bad syntax. You should not repeat the request without modifications.
Unauthorized 401
The creators of a Web page may want only certain people have access to that page. You should only retry the request if you know that you have authorization.
PaymentRequired 402
This message gives a specification of charging schemes which are acceptable. You may retry the request with a suitable ChargeTo header.
Forbidden 403
The request is for something forbidden. Authorization will not help. This status code is commonly used when the server does not wish to reveal exactly why the request has been refused, or when no other response is applicable. (The file needs to be set with "read permissions" for all users.)
Not found 404
The server has not found anything matching what you requested. Make sure that the Web address (URL) that you typed in exactly matches the address you were given. Check that the capitalization matches, spelling, and punctuation, like dots (.) and slashes (/), are correctly placed. Be sure you are using the forward slash (/) and not the backward slash (\).
405 Method Not Allowed
The method specified in the Request-Line is not allowed for the resource identified by the request. The response must include an Allow header containing a list of valid methods for the requested resource.
406 Not Acceptable
The resource identified by the request is only capable of generating response entities which have content characteristics not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request.
407 Proxy Authentication Required
This code is similar to 401 (Unauthorized), but indicates that you must first authenticate yourself with the proxy. The proxy must return a Proxy-Authenticate header field (section 14.33) containing a challenge applicable to the proxy for the requested resource. You may repeat the request with a suitable Proxy-Authorization header field (section 14.34). HTTP access authentication is explained in section 11.
408 Request Timeout
The client did not produce a request within the time that the server was prepared to wait. You may repeat the request without modifications at any later time.
409 Conflict
The request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the resource. This code is only allowed in situations where it is expected that the user might be able to resolve the conflict and resubmit the request.
410 Gone
The 410 response is primarily intended to assist the task of web maintenance by notifying the recipient that the resource is intentionally unavailable and that the server owners want remote links to that resource be removed.
411 Length Required
The server refuses to accept the request without a defined Content- Length. The client may repeat the request if it adds a valid Content-Length header field containing the length of the message-body in the request message.
412 Precondition Failed
The precondition given in one or more of the request-header fields evaluated to false when it was tested on the server. This response code allows the client to place preconditions on the current resource metainformation (header field data) and thus prevent the requested method from being applied to a resource other than the one intended.
413 Request Entity Too Large
The server is refusing to process a request because the request entity is larger than the server is willing or able to process. The server may close the connection to prevent the client from continuing the request.
414 Request-URI Too Long
The server is refusing to service the request because the Request-URI is longer than the server is willing to interpret.
415 Unsupported Media Type
The server is refusing to service the request because the entity of the request is in a format not supported by the requested resource for the requested method.
Internal Error 500
The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request. Your request could not be processed due to an internal server error.
Not implemented 501
The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the request. This is the appropriate response when the server does not recognize the request method and is not capable of supporting it for any resource.
502 Bad Gateway
The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, received an invalid response from the upstream server it accessed in attempting to fulfill the request.
503 Service Unavailable
The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. If known, the length of the delay may be indicated in a Retry-After header. If no Retry-After is given, you should handle the response as it would for a 500 response.
504 Gateway Timeout
The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, did not receive a timely response from the upstream server it accessed in attempting to complete the request.
505 HTTP Version Not Supported
The server does not support, or refuses to support, the HTTP protocol version that was used in the request message. The response should contain an entity describing why that version is not supported and what other protocols are supported by that server.
ROLLO Contemporary Art
PRESS RELEASE: 7 April 2005 30ft sculpture to occupy
Hampstead Heath during summer 2005 – a monument to the loneliness of writing 'The Writer' – a monumental sculpture by Italian artist Giancarlo Neri is to be installed on Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath from 22 June to 9 October 2005.
Hampstead Heath during summer 2005 – a monument to the loneliness of writing 'The Writer' – a monumental sculpture by Italian artist Giancarlo Neri is to be installed on Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath from 22 June to 9 October 2005.
This installation will mark the official launch of ROLLO Contemporary Art, and will coincide with a five-week solo exhibition of Giancarlo Neri’s smaller sculptures and photographs of 'The Writer' at ROLLO’s Islington gallery, until 27July 2005. From June until October 2005, Parliament Hill Fields will be the setting for Neri’s installation: a giant table and chair reaching 30 ft in height, a work aptly described by the artist as, ‘a monument to the loneliness of writing’. Neri will challenge the notion of the writer’s inherently private work place by installing the sculpture in one of the most public of contexts - Hampstead Heath – an ideal location because of its local literary traditions.
Simon Gillespie, Director of ROLLO, states, ‘I am delighted to be representing Giancarlo in the UK. He is internationally renowned for his large installation pieces and it is exciting to be extending his reputation by bringing his work to the UK. For me, 'The Writer' works on many different levels but succinctly, it summarises the pressure one can feel in front of a blank page. I believe that 'The Writer' and Neri’s exhibition at ROLLO will encourage a greater interplay between sculpture and the general public. ROLLO looks forward to working on future large-scale installations in imaginative locations outside the commercial gallery space.’
Roberta Cremoncini, Director of the Estorick Collection comments that, ‘It is great to see a new organisation like ROLLO being so active in their support of outside projects. There is a long legacy of Italian artists exhibiting in Great Britain and I am delighted to see this initiative coming to fruition.’
Born in Naples in 1955, Giancarlo Neri moved to New York to play professional football. He studied painting and sculpture at the Art Students League and became a full time artist in 1980. Neri’s first solo show was at the Kornblee Gallery in 1983 and since then he has been working on large scale site-specific installations in the USA, Europe and Brazil. His strangely surreal chair installations stretching from Washington to Capri have earned him an international reputation. Reminiscent of Dada, these works challenge our own conception of familiar everyday objects which seem to take on a new physicality and identity. 'The Writer' is no exception.
Previously exhibited at Villa Ada Rome between 2003 – 2004, The Writer dwarfs the viewer and blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy. The sculpture adopts the status of a monument and redefines the shape of the landscape. In contrast, Giancarlo Neri’s exhibition at ROLLO will consist of a collection of smaller scale sculptures offset by the intimacy of this new gallery space.
For further press information on ROLLO Contemporary Art, the installation of 'The Writer' and associated events and images, please contact:
Benjamin Ward on 020 7936 1297 email bward@brunswickgroup.com or
Merrie Ashton on 020 7396 5339 email mashton@brunswickgroup.com
Gallery contact details:
Simon Gillespie – Director
Diana Ewer – Gallery Manager
ROLLO Contemporary Art
17 Compton Terrace
London
N1 2UN
T + 44 (0) 20 7493 8383
F + 44 (0) 20 7493 0955
E info@rolloart.com
Exhibition dates: 22 June to 27 July 2005, with the installation on Parliament Hill Fields running until 9 October 2005.
Gallery opening hours: 10am - 6pm Tuesdays to Saturdays (closed Sundays and Mondays), or by appointment.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
- 'The Writer' is made from 6 tons of steel, 1000 pounds of wood, 200 gallons of paint and several hundred nuts and bolts.
- Simon Gillespie is Director of ROLLO Contemporary Art. A restorer of paintings for over twenty-five years, Simon has been involved in the conservation of gold ground paintings, early English portraiture, old masters and frescoes. For the last decade, he has focused on contemporary paintings and the different painting techniques used by modern painters. Simon is also an experienced consultant, advising potential buyers on new acquisitions of paintings. He recently assisted on an important private US collection currently on loan to the Denver Art Museum. His clients range from international private collectors to large institutions in the City, as well as West End galleries and museums, including English Heritage and the Palace of Westminster.
An active supporter of the Arts, Simon is a patron of the Royal Academy of Arts and a member of the International Institute for Conservators of Historic and Artistic Works. Simon is a keen mountaineer and he climbs one 18,000ft mountain every two years. He recently raced a winning team up Kotakinabalu, Borneo in competition with the Gurkhas Regiment.
Through ROLLO Contemporary Art, Simon Gillespie will promote emerging and mid-career artists. He also seeks to run large outside installation projects in public spaces in conjunction with corporations and institutions throughout the UK to encourage access to art. In addition, ROLLO will also promote video art in public spaces as well as in the domestic sphere and aims to make it more accessible to the private collector.
- ROLLO Contemporary Art is located in a Grade II Georgian house in Islington at 17 Compton Terrace, London N1.
The Gallery is managed by Diana Ewer. Having recently completed a masters at the Courtauld Institute specialising in modern art, Diana has four years experience working in the London commercial art world. She started her career with an International art broker and managed a Cork Street gallery for two years. A freelance writer for artnet, she is currently involved in blood, a new initiative of the Contemporary Art Society.
- Giancarlo Neri’s 'The Writer' is sponsored by The Italian Cultural Institute – the official Italian government agency for the promotion of cultural exchanges between Italy and the U.K. The Institute promotes collaboration between universities, academies and learned societies in the two countries and assists in the organisation of major Italian cultural events in Great Britain.
- 'The Writer' has been made possible thanks to The Corporation of London, Atkins and Hadham Engineering.
- Hampstead Heath is the collective name for Parliament Hill and Golders Hill, a total of 791 acres (320 hectares). The Heath is situated just four miles from the centre of London and falls within two London Boroughs, Camden and Barnet. The Corporation of London has managed all of Hampstead Heath, apart from the Kenwood area, since 1989, and has a long established policy of protecting open spaces in and around London for the enjoyment of the public, at no cost to the local ratepayer.
In addition to providing local authority services within the Square Mile, the Corporation of London provides a large number of facilities for the benefit of London and to the nation as a whole. These include the Barbican Centre, 10000 acres of open space, three wholesale London markets and maintaining five Thames bridges.
- Atkins has been appointed to design the foundations for 'The Writer' and will oversee the process of its installation, ensuring that the correct health and safety measures are carried out. Established in 1938, Atkins plans, designs and enables the delivery of complex infrastructure and buildings for clients in both public and private sectors. Its head office is based in Epsom, Surrey. A global organisation, Atkins is the largest multi-disciplinary consultancy in Europe; the largest engineering consultancy in the UK and the seventh largest design firm in the world.
- Hadham Engineering has been appointed to construct 'The Writer'. Established 20 years ago, Hadham specialises in architectural and structural engineering. Based in Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, Hadham carry out all forms of MIG, MMA and TIG welding, producing high standards of fabrication in steel, stainless steel and all non-ferrous materials. They have their own team of CAD design engineers and offer a range of services including the manufacture and installation of structural steel works.
- ROLLO Contemporary Art is a participating gallery in Art Fortnight London 2005 with which the Giancarlo Neri installation coincides. Inaugurated last year, Art Fortnight London (20 June to 4 July) is a two-week programme that celebrates the richness and diversity of London's art market. Involving commercial galleries, museums and auction houses, the events provide a series of vivid snapshots that present London's art activity at all levels, from Old Master pictures to cutting edge Contemporary art. For more information, please contact the Art Fortnight London office: 020 7839 8139 or visit www.artfortnightlondon.com
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ABC News: Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms Over Sex Content
ABC News: Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms Over Sex Content
SAN FRANCISCO Jun 22, 2005 — Reacting to angry protests from several of its top sponsors, Yahoo Inc. has pulled the plug on perhaps hundreds of chat rooms operating on its site after a media report revealed that some of the rooms were used to promote sex with minors.
Companies such as PepsiCo Inc., State Farm Insurance and Georgia-Pacific Corp. stopped advertising on Yahoo after they were informed that adults were attempting to lure children into sexual encounters within some of Yahoo's user-created chat rooms, according to a report by KPRC-TV in Houston.
KPRC reported that in some cases, men were using Web cameras to send lewd pictures to minors in chat rooms with such titles as "Younger Girls 4 Older Guys" and "Girls 13 And Under for Older Guys."
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SAN FRANCISCO Jun 22, 2005 — Reacting to angry protests from several of its top sponsors, Yahoo Inc. has pulled the plug on perhaps hundreds of chat rooms operating on its site after a media report revealed that some of the rooms were used to promote sex with minors.
Companies such as PepsiCo Inc., State Farm Insurance and Georgia-Pacific Corp. stopped advertising on Yahoo after they were informed that adults were attempting to lure children into sexual encounters within some of Yahoo's user-created chat rooms, according to a report by KPRC-TV in Houston.
KPRC reported that in some cases, men were using Web cameras to send lewd pictures to minors in chat rooms with such titles as "Younger Girls 4 Older Guys" and "Girls 13 And Under for Older Guys."
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F1 summary
01. An F1 car is made up of 80,000 components, if it were assembled 99.9% correctly, it would still start the race with 80 things wrong!
02. Formula 1 cars have over a kilometre of cable, linked to about 100 sensors and actuators which monitor and control many parts of the car.
03. An F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds !!!!!!!
04. F1 car engines last only for about 2 hours of racing mostly before blowing up on the other hand we expect our engines to last us for a decent 20yrs on an average and they quite faithfully DO....thats the extent to which the engines r pushed to perform...
05. When an F1 driver hits the brakes on his car he experiences retardation or deceleration comparable to a regular car driving through a BRICK wall at 300kmph !!!
06. An average F1 driver looses about 4kgs of weight after just one race due to the prolonged exposure to high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour (Yeah thats right!!!)
07. At 550kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.
08. In an F1 car the engine typically revs upto 18000 rpm,(the piston travelling up and down 300 times a second!!) wheres cars like the palio,maruti 800,indica rev only upto 6000 r at max. Thats 3 times slower.
09. The brake discs in an F1 car have an operating temperature of approx 1000 degees Centigrade and they attain that temp while braking before almost every turn...that is why they r not made of steel but of carbon fibre which is much more harder and resistant to wear and tear and most of all has a higher melting point.
10. If a water hose were to blow off, the complete cooling system would empty in just over a second.
11. Gear cogs or ratios are used only for one race, and are replaced regularly to prevent failure, as they are subjected to very high degrees of stress.
12. The fit in the cockpit is so tight that the steering wheel must be removed for the driver to get in or out of the car. A small latch behind the wheel releases it from the column. Levers or paddles for changing gear are located on the back of the wheel. So no gearstick! The clutch levers are also on the steering wheel, located below the gear paddles.
13. To give you an idea of just how important aerodynamic design and added downforce can be, small planes can take off at slower speeds than F1 cars travel on the track.
14. Without aerodynamic downforce, high-performance racing cars have sufficient power to produce wheel spin and loss of control at 160 kph. They usually race at over 300 kph.
15. The amount of aerodynamic downforce produced by the front and rear wings and the car underbody is amazing. Once the car is travelling over 160 kph,an F1 car can generate enough downforce to equal it's own weight. That means it could actually hold itself to the CEILING of a tunnel and drive UPSIDE down!
16. In a street course race like the monacogrand prix, the downforce provides enough suction to lift manhole covers. Before the race all of the manhole covers on the streets have to be welded down to prevent this from happening!
17. The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 litres of fuel per second. This means it would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 litre family car.They use the same refueling rigs used on US military helicopters today.
18. TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds.
19. Race car tyres don't have air in them like normal car tyres. Most racing tyres have nitrogen in the tyres because nitrogen has a more consistent pressure compared to normal air. Air typically contains varying amounts of water vapour in it, which affects its expansi on and contraction as a function of temperature, making the tyre pressure unpredictable.
20. During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in weight due to wear.
21. Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to last 90 - 120 km
22. A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance (best grip) when tread temperature is between 900C and 1200C.(Water boils boils at 100C remember) At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.
02. Formula 1 cars have over a kilometre of cable, linked to about 100 sensors and actuators which monitor and control many parts of the car.
03. An F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds !!!!!!!
04. F1 car engines last only for about 2 hours of racing mostly before blowing up on the other hand we expect our engines to last us for a decent 20yrs on an average and they quite faithfully DO....thats the extent to which the engines r pushed to perform...
05. When an F1 driver hits the brakes on his car he experiences retardation or deceleration comparable to a regular car driving through a BRICK wall at 300kmph !!!
06. An average F1 driver looses about 4kgs of weight after just one race due to the prolonged exposure to high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour (Yeah thats right!!!)
07. At 550kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.
08. In an F1 car the engine typically revs upto 18000 rpm,(the piston travelling up and down 300 times a second!!) wheres cars like the palio,maruti 800,indica rev only upto 6000 r at max. Thats 3 times slower.
09. The brake discs in an F1 car have an operating temperature of approx 1000 degees Centigrade and they attain that temp while braking before almost every turn...that is why they r not made of steel but of carbon fibre which is much more harder and resistant to wear and tear and most of all has a higher melting point.
10. If a water hose were to blow off, the complete cooling system would empty in just over a second.
11. Gear cogs or ratios are used only for one race, and are replaced regularly to prevent failure, as they are subjected to very high degrees of stress.
12. The fit in the cockpit is so tight that the steering wheel must be removed for the driver to get in or out of the car. A small latch behind the wheel releases it from the column. Levers or paddles for changing gear are located on the back of the wheel. So no gearstick! The clutch levers are also on the steering wheel, located below the gear paddles.
13. To give you an idea of just how important aerodynamic design and added downforce can be, small planes can take off at slower speeds than F1 cars travel on the track.
14. Without aerodynamic downforce, high-performance racing cars have sufficient power to produce wheel spin and loss of control at 160 kph. They usually race at over 300 kph.
15. The amount of aerodynamic downforce produced by the front and rear wings and the car underbody is amazing. Once the car is travelling over 160 kph,an F1 car can generate enough downforce to equal it's own weight. That means it could actually hold itself to the CEILING of a tunnel and drive UPSIDE down!
16. In a street course race like the monacogrand prix, the downforce provides enough suction to lift manhole covers. Before the race all of the manhole covers on the streets have to be welded down to prevent this from happening!
17. The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 litres of fuel per second. This means it would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 litre family car.They use the same refueling rigs used on US military helicopters today.
18. TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds.
19. Race car tyres don't have air in them like normal car tyres. Most racing tyres have nitrogen in the tyres because nitrogen has a more consistent pressure compared to normal air. Air typically contains varying amounts of water vapour in it, which affects its expansi on and contraction as a function of temperature, making the tyre pressure unpredictable.
20. During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in weight due to wear.
21. Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to last 90 - 120 km
22. A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance (best grip) when tread temperature is between 900C and 1200C.(Water boils boils at 100C remember) At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.
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adidas
When the founders of the German sports shoe business 'Dassler Brothers' went their separate ways in 1949, no one would have guessed that they would start two of the biggest global brands of the century.
Rudolph founded Puma, while Adolph started Adidas -- a combination of his nickname, Adi, and the start of his last name. The famous three stripes were introduced to the shoes in 1949.
bata
Bata was established on August 24, 1894 in Zlin, Czechoslovakia by Tomas Bata. The company first established itself in India in 1931 and commenced manufacturing shoes in Batanagar in 1936.
The Batanagar factory is the first Indian shoe manufacturing unit to receive the ISO 9001 certification in 1993.
porsche
In 1931, Ferdinand Porsche founded the Porsche Engineering Office in Stuttgart. Porsche's production operations are housed in a collection of established buildings on a mixed industrial estate in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
The Carrera GT and the Cayenne models are produced at the Porsche factory in Leipzig. In 1944, the engineering arm was moved from Stuttgart.
nike
Bill Bowerman, the legendary University of Oregon track & field coach, and Phil Knight, a University of Oregon business student and middle-distance runner under Bowerman, founded Nike. Nike, when it came into being in 1962, was known as Blue Ribbon Sports. Its first-year sales totaled $8,000. In 1972, BRS changed its name to Nike, named for the Greek winged goddess of victory.
reebok
In the 1890s, Joseph William Foster made some of the first known running shoes with spikes in them. By 1895, he was in business making shoes by hand for top runners; and before long his fledgling company, J.W. Foster and Sons, developed an international clientele of distinguished athletes. The family-owned business made the running shoes worn in the 1924 Summer Games by the athletes celebrated in the film Chariots of Fire. In 1958, two of the founder's grandsons started a companion company that came to be known as Reebok, named after an African gazelle.
sun microsystems
The correct answer is Stanford University Network.
In 1981, Bavarian-born Andreas Bechtolsheim was licensing rights to a computer he designed. Named Sun for Stanford University Network and using off-the-shelf parts, it was an affordable workstation for engineers and scientists. In that year, he met Vinod Khosla, who convinced him to form a company and expand. Khosla, Bechtolsheim and Scott McNeally, all Stanford MBAs, founded Sun in 1982.
HMV dog
Nipper the dog was born in Bristol in Gloucester, England in 1884 and was so named because of his tendency to nip at visitors' legs. When his first master Mark Barraud died in Bristol in 1887, Nipper was taken to Liverpool in Lancashire, England by Mark's younger brother Francis, a painter. In Liverpool Nipper discovered the Phonograph, a cylinder recording and playing machine and Francis Barraud 'often noticed how puzzled he was to make out where the voice came from.' Three years after Nipper died Francis committed that memory to canvas.
GM
General Motors Corp the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, employs about 325,000 people globally. Founded in 1908, GM has been the global automotive sales leader since 1931. GM today has manufacturing operations in 32 countries and its vehicles are sold in 192 countries. In 2003, GM sold nearly 8.6 million cars and trucks, about 15 percent of the global vehicle market. GM's global headquarters are at the GM Renaissance Center in Detroit. The GM Group of global partners includes Fiat Auto SpA of Italy, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Isuzu Motors Ltd. and Suzuki Motor Corp. of Japan, which are involved in various product, powertrain and purchasing collaborations. In addition, GM is the largest shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea. GM also has technology collaborations with BMW AG of Germany.
TCS
TCS was founded in 1968 as an internal arm of the Tata conglomerate. The company -- which has locations in 32 countries -- employed some 30,000 workers at the end of 2003. Fakir Chand Kohli, former deputy chairman of Tata Consultancy Services, is universally regarded as the father of the Indian software industry. He has been instrumental in scripting the success story of company. Kohli has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian honours, for his contribution to the Indian software industry. Kohli currently serves on the TCS' executive committee.
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc has been known for generations as the maker of the best writing instruments the world has known. The German company, over the last couple of years, has expanded its range to include writing accessories, luxury leather goods and belts, jewellery items and even eye wear and watches.
In India, the company is represented by Entrack, owned by former Test cricketer Dilip Doshi. Entrack is the sole distributor of Mont Blanc pens and has exclusive outlets in top five cities in India.
The correct answer is Simplo FillerPen Company.
The company was originally called Simplo FillerPen Company. The company expanded its presence to Paris, London, and Barcelona three years after it was founded and was present in most of the fashionable capitals of Europe.
In 1934, the company's name was changed to Mont Blanc Simplo GmbH, after the tallest peak in Europe.
Three Germans founded the company in 1906 -- Hamburg-based stationer Claus-Johannes Voss, Hamburg banker Christian Lausen and a Berlin engineer Wilhelm Dziambor. The company's international headquarter is in Hamburg.
DURACELL
The story of Duracell begins in the early 1920's with an inventive scientist named Samuel Ruben and an eager manufacturer of tungsten filament wire named Philip Rogers Mallory. Duracell is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries. Duracell also markets primary lithium and zinc air batteries as well as rechargeable nickel-metal hydride batteries.
air deccan
Bangalore-based Air Deccan has struck a deal with R K Laxman, India's most famous cartoonist, to use his legendary 'Common Man' character as the airline's mascot. The mascot exemplifies the fact that air fares are so low now that air travel is no longer the privilege of the elite few but is very much within the reach of the 'common people'
When the founders of the German sports shoe business 'Dassler Brothers' went their separate ways in 1949, no one would have guessed that they would start two of the biggest global brands of the century.
Rudolph founded Puma, while Adolph started Adidas -- a combination of his nickname, Adi, and the start of his last name. The famous three stripes were introduced to the shoes in 1949.
bata
Bata was established on August 24, 1894 in Zlin, Czechoslovakia by Tomas Bata. The company first established itself in India in 1931 and commenced manufacturing shoes in Batanagar in 1936.
The Batanagar factory is the first Indian shoe manufacturing unit to receive the ISO 9001 certification in 1993.
porsche
In 1931, Ferdinand Porsche founded the Porsche Engineering Office in Stuttgart. Porsche's production operations are housed in a collection of established buildings on a mixed industrial estate in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
The Carrera GT and the Cayenne models are produced at the Porsche factory in Leipzig. In 1944, the engineering arm was moved from Stuttgart.
nike
Bill Bowerman, the legendary University of Oregon track & field coach, and Phil Knight, a University of Oregon business student and middle-distance runner under Bowerman, founded Nike. Nike, when it came into being in 1962, was known as Blue Ribbon Sports. Its first-year sales totaled $8,000. In 1972, BRS changed its name to Nike, named for the Greek winged goddess of victory.
reebok
In the 1890s, Joseph William Foster made some of the first known running shoes with spikes in them. By 1895, he was in business making shoes by hand for top runners; and before long his fledgling company, J.W. Foster and Sons, developed an international clientele of distinguished athletes. The family-owned business made the running shoes worn in the 1924 Summer Games by the athletes celebrated in the film Chariots of Fire. In 1958, two of the founder's grandsons started a companion company that came to be known as Reebok, named after an African gazelle.
sun microsystems
The correct answer is Stanford University Network.
In 1981, Bavarian-born Andreas Bechtolsheim was licensing rights to a computer he designed. Named Sun for Stanford University Network and using off-the-shelf parts, it was an affordable workstation for engineers and scientists. In that year, he met Vinod Khosla, who convinced him to form a company and expand. Khosla, Bechtolsheim and Scott McNeally, all Stanford MBAs, founded Sun in 1982.
HMV dog
Nipper the dog was born in Bristol in Gloucester, England in 1884 and was so named because of his tendency to nip at visitors' legs. When his first master Mark Barraud died in Bristol in 1887, Nipper was taken to Liverpool in Lancashire, England by Mark's younger brother Francis, a painter. In Liverpool Nipper discovered the Phonograph, a cylinder recording and playing machine and Francis Barraud 'often noticed how puzzled he was to make out where the voice came from.' Three years after Nipper died Francis committed that memory to canvas.
GM
General Motors Corp the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, employs about 325,000 people globally. Founded in 1908, GM has been the global automotive sales leader since 1931. GM today has manufacturing operations in 32 countries and its vehicles are sold in 192 countries. In 2003, GM sold nearly 8.6 million cars and trucks, about 15 percent of the global vehicle market. GM's global headquarters are at the GM Renaissance Center in Detroit. The GM Group of global partners includes Fiat Auto SpA of Italy, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Isuzu Motors Ltd. and Suzuki Motor Corp. of Japan, which are involved in various product, powertrain and purchasing collaborations. In addition, GM is the largest shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea. GM also has technology collaborations with BMW AG of Germany.
TCS
TCS was founded in 1968 as an internal arm of the Tata conglomerate. The company -- which has locations in 32 countries -- employed some 30,000 workers at the end of 2003. Fakir Chand Kohli, former deputy chairman of Tata Consultancy Services, is universally regarded as the father of the Indian software industry. He has been instrumental in scripting the success story of company. Kohli has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian honours, for his contribution to the Indian software industry. Kohli currently serves on the TCS' executive committee.
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc has been known for generations as the maker of the best writing instruments the world has known. The German company, over the last couple of years, has expanded its range to include writing accessories, luxury leather goods and belts, jewellery items and even eye wear and watches.
In India, the company is represented by Entrack, owned by former Test cricketer Dilip Doshi. Entrack is the sole distributor of Mont Blanc pens and has exclusive outlets in top five cities in India.
The correct answer is Simplo FillerPen Company.
The company was originally called Simplo FillerPen Company. The company expanded its presence to Paris, London, and Barcelona three years after it was founded and was present in most of the fashionable capitals of Europe.
In 1934, the company's name was changed to Mont Blanc Simplo GmbH, after the tallest peak in Europe.
Three Germans founded the company in 1906 -- Hamburg-based stationer Claus-Johannes Voss, Hamburg banker Christian Lausen and a Berlin engineer Wilhelm Dziambor. The company's international headquarter is in Hamburg.
DURACELL
The story of Duracell begins in the early 1920's with an inventive scientist named Samuel Ruben and an eager manufacturer of tungsten filament wire named Philip Rogers Mallory. Duracell is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries. Duracell also markets primary lithium and zinc air batteries as well as rechargeable nickel-metal hydride batteries.
air deccan
Bangalore-based Air Deccan has struck a deal with R K Laxman, India's most famous cartoonist, to use his legendary 'Common Man' character as the airline's mascot. The mascot exemplifies the fact that air fares are so low now that air travel is no longer the privilege of the elite few but is very much within the reach of the 'common people'
Saddam prison fare: Doritos, Raisin Bran -- but no Froot Loops
NEW YORK (AP) -- Saddam Hussein loves Doritos, hates Froot Loops, admires President Reagan, thinks Clinton was "OK" and considers both Presidents Bush "no good." He talks a lot, worries about germs and insists he is still president of Iraq.
Those and other details of the deposed Iraqi leader's life in U.S. military custody appear in the July issue of GQ magazine, based on interviews with five Pennsylvania National Guardsmen who went to Iraq in 2003 and were assigned to Saddam's guard detail for nearly 10 months.
The magazine, which reached newsstands Monday, said the GIs could not tell their families what they were doing and signed pledges not to reveal the location or other details of the U.S.-run compound where Saddam was an HVD, or "high value detainee," awaiting trial by Iraqi authorities for mass killings and other crimes.
However, the five soldiers told GQ of their personal interactions with Saddam, saying he spoke with them in rough English, was interested in their lives and even invited them back to Iraq when he returns to power.
"He'd always tell us he was still the president. That's what he thinks, 100 percent," said Spc. Jesse Dawson, 25, of Berwick, Pa.
A Pentagon spokesman had no comment on the article.
The GIs recalled that Saddam had harsh words for the Bushes, each of whom went to war against him.
"The Bush father, son, no good," Cpl. Jonathan "Paco" Reese, 22, of Millville, Pennsylvania, quoted Saddam as saying.
Spc. Sean O'Shea, then 19, of Minooka, Pennsylvania, said Saddam later mellowed in that view. "Towards the end, he was saying that he doesn't hold any hard feelings and he just wanted to talk to (George W.) Bush, to make friends with him," he told the magazine.
Dawson quoted Saddam as saying: "He knows I have nothing, no mass weapons. He knows he'll never find them."
Their description of the man who once lived in palaces and now occupies a cell with no personal privacy matched recently published photos, apparently smuggled out of prison, showing Saddam in his underwear and a long robe.
The story said that once, when Saddam fell during his twice-a-week shower, "panic ensued. No one wanted him to be hurt while being guarded by Americans." One GI had to help Saddam back to his cell, while another carried his underwear.
Saddam was friendly toward his young guards and sometimes offered fatherly advice. When O'Shea told him he was not married, Saddam "started telling me what to do," recalled the soldier. "He was like, 'You gotta find a good woman. Not too smart, not too dumb. Not too old, not too young. One that can cook and clean."'
Then he smiled, made what O'Shea interpreted as a "spanking" gesture, laughed and went back to doing his laundry in the sink.
The soldiers also said Saddam was a "clean freak" who washed after shaking hands and used diaper wipes to clean meal trays, utensils and table before eating. "He had germophobia or whatever you call it," Dawson said.
The article said Saddam preferred Raisin Bran Crunch for breakfast, telling O'Shea, "No Froot Loops." He ate fish and chicken but refused beef.
For a time his favorite snack was Cheetos, and when that ran out, Saddam would "get grumpy," the story said. One day, guards substituted Doritos corn chips, and Saddam forgot about Cheetos. "He'd eat a family size bag of Doritos in 10 minutes," Dawson said.
The magazine said Saddam told his guards that when the Americans invaded Iraq in March 2003, he "tried to flee in a taxicab as the tanks were rolling in," and U.S. planes struck the palace he was trying to reach instead of the one he was in.
"Then he started laughing," recalled Reese. "He goes, 'America, they dumb. They bomb wrong palace."'
Saddam also said his capture in an underground hideout on December 13, 2003, resulted from betrayal by the only man who knew where he was, and had been paid to keep the secret.
"He was really mad about that," Dawson said. "He compared himself to Jesus, how Judas told on Jesus. He was like, 'That's how it was for me.' If his Judas never said anything, nobody ever would have found him, he said."
U.S. officials said at the time that intelligence from several sources led to Saddam's capture.
The magazine said Saddam prayed five times a day and kept a Quran that he claimed to have found in rubble near his hideout. "He proudly showed (it) to the boys because it was burned around the edges and had a bullet hole in it," GQ said.
The Associated Press.
Mozilla Quality: Firefox 1.0.5 test builds available
We expect a Firefox 1.0.5 release in the not too distant future and we'd appreciate any help you all can offer by downloading and testing out these new bits. The changes that need the most testing coverage are in how the UI widgetry works.
Our preliminary testing doesn't turn up any issues, but patches similar to the ones we've recently taken in the 1.0.5 development builds have created some small bugs in out of the way places in the UI so please poke around and let us know if you find anything not working as it did in previous 1.0.x builds.
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From: Mozilla Quality
Our preliminary testing doesn't turn up any issues, but patches similar to the ones we've recently taken in the 1.0.5 development builds have created some small bugs in out of the way places in the UI so please poke around and let us know if you find anything not working as it did in previous 1.0.x builds.
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Ha'ah
"Seorang pelancong Australia nampak kebingungan ketika mencari sebuah restoran makanan barat di Jalan Pasir. Tak lama kemudian seorang budak kecil melintas didepannya.. dan tanpa fikir panjang dia cuba bertanya pada budak kecil itu dengan bahasa melayu yang kucar kacir.
"Maaf dik.. tumpang tanya.. Apa betul ini jalan Pasir?"
Budak kecil itu mengangguk sambil menjawab... "ha'ah"
Pelancong itu tidak faham perkataan 'ha'ah'.
Namun kerana budak kecil itu mengangguk. Dia yakin bahawa jawabannya adalah betul.
Masih dalam kebingungan.. melintaslah pula seorang remaja di depannya. Lalu sekali lagi dia bertanya..
"Maaf dik.. tumpang tanya... Apa betul nama jalan ini adalah jalan Pasir?"
Budak remaja itu mengangguk sambil menjawab, "Benar"
Nampaknya pelancong itu tidak juga memahami perkataan 'benar'.
Namun kerana budak remaja itu mengangguk.. dia yakin yang jawabannya adalah betul.
Masih dalam kebingungan, melintaslah pula orang dewasa.. lalu pelancong itu segera bertanya
"Maaf encik.. saya tumpang tanya... Apa betul nama jalan ini Jalan Pasir?"
Orang dewasa itu mengangguk sambil menjawab, "Betul."
Akhirnya pelancong itu merasa puas.. tapi masih kehairanan.. lalu Untuk menghapus rasa keraguannya.. dia bertanya lagi..
"Saya keliru.. Tadi saya bertanya kepada budak kecil, tapi jawabannya 'ha'ah'.. lalu saya bertanya kepada seorang remaja muda dan jawabannya 'benar'. akhirnya saya bertanya kepada encik dan encik menjawab 'betul', tapi semuanya mengangguk. Sebenarnya mana yang betul?"
"Oh, itu maksudnya sama aja.. Kalau yang menjawab 'ha'ah' bererti latar belakang pendidikannya sekolah rendah aje... Kalau yang menjawab 'benar', orang itu latar belakang pendidikannya pasti sekolah menengah.. dan kalau yang menjawab 'betul' itu pastinya orang itu ada sarjana," jawab orang dewasa itu...
"Jadi.. Anda tadi menjawab 'betul', bererti snda seorang sarjana ya?" tanya Pelancong lagi..
Orang dewasa ini terus mengangguk sambil menjawab, "ha'ah".
"Maaf dik.. tumpang tanya.. Apa betul ini jalan Pasir?"
Budak kecil itu mengangguk sambil menjawab... "ha'ah"
Pelancong itu tidak faham perkataan 'ha'ah'.
Namun kerana budak kecil itu mengangguk. Dia yakin bahawa jawabannya adalah betul.
Masih dalam kebingungan.. melintaslah pula seorang remaja di depannya. Lalu sekali lagi dia bertanya..
"Maaf dik.. tumpang tanya... Apa betul nama jalan ini adalah jalan Pasir?"
Budak remaja itu mengangguk sambil menjawab, "Benar"
Nampaknya pelancong itu tidak juga memahami perkataan 'benar'.
Namun kerana budak remaja itu mengangguk.. dia yakin yang jawabannya adalah betul.
Masih dalam kebingungan, melintaslah pula orang dewasa.. lalu pelancong itu segera bertanya
"Maaf encik.. saya tumpang tanya... Apa betul nama jalan ini Jalan Pasir?"
Orang dewasa itu mengangguk sambil menjawab, "Betul."
Akhirnya pelancong itu merasa puas.. tapi masih kehairanan.. lalu Untuk menghapus rasa keraguannya.. dia bertanya lagi..
"Saya keliru.. Tadi saya bertanya kepada budak kecil, tapi jawabannya 'ha'ah'.. lalu saya bertanya kepada seorang remaja muda dan jawabannya 'benar'. akhirnya saya bertanya kepada encik dan encik menjawab 'betul', tapi semuanya mengangguk. Sebenarnya mana yang betul?"
"Oh, itu maksudnya sama aja.. Kalau yang menjawab 'ha'ah' bererti latar belakang pendidikannya sekolah rendah aje... Kalau yang menjawab 'benar', orang itu latar belakang pendidikannya pasti sekolah menengah.. dan kalau yang menjawab 'betul' itu pastinya orang itu ada sarjana," jawab orang dewasa itu...
"Jadi.. Anda tadi menjawab 'betul', bererti snda seorang sarjana ya?" tanya Pelancong lagi..
Orang dewasa ini terus mengangguk sambil menjawab, "ha'ah".
Some do and if
If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?
Do Lipton Tea employees take coffee breaks?
If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? Oopps...
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible?
Why is it called building when it is already built?
If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?
If you're not supposed to drink and drive, then why do bars have parking lots?
If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
Do Lipton Tea employees take coffee breaks?
If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? Oopps...
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible?
Why is it called building when it is already built?
If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?
If you're not supposed to drink and drive, then why do bars have parking lots?
If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
Interesting & Amazing Facts about Technology
Interesting & Amazing Facts about Technology
Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.
Airplanes
* The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
* A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight (120ft).
Aluminum
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.
Automobile
George Seldon received a patent in 1895 - for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000.
Coin Operated Machine
The first coin operated machine ever designed was a holy-water dispenser that required a five-drachma piece to operate. It was the brainchild of the Greek scientist Hero in the first century AD.
Compact Discs
Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
Computers
* ENIAC, the first electronic computer, appeared 50 years ago. The original ENIAC was about 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons, and had 17,000 tubes. By comparison, a desktop computer today can store a million times more information than an ENIAC, and 50,000 times faster.
* From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day.
* The first "modern" computer (i.e., general-purpose and program-controlled) was built in 1941 by Konrad Zuse. Since there was a war going on, he applied to the German government for funding to build his machines for military use, but was turned down because the Germans did not expect the war to last beyond Christmas.
* The computer was launched in 1943; more than 100 years after Charles Babbage designed the first programmable device. Babbage dropped his idea after he couldn't raise capital for it. In 1998, the Science Museum in London, UK, built a working replica of the Babbage machine, using the materials and work methods available at Babbage's time. It worked just as Babbage had intended.
Electric Chair
The electric chair was invented by a dentist, Alfred Southwick.
E-Mail
The first e-mail was sent over the Internet in 1972.
Eye Glasses
The Chinese invented eyeglasses. Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West.
Glass
If hot water is suddenly poured into a glass that glass is more apt to break if it is thick than if it is thin. This is why test tubes are made of thin glass.
Hard Hats
Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
Limelight
Limelight was how we lit the stage before electricity was invented. Basically, illumination was produced by heating blocks of lime until they glowed.
Mobile (Cellular) Phones
As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by your head.
Nuclear Power
Nuclear ships are basically steamships and driven by steam turbines. The reactor just develops heat to boil the water.
Oil
The amount of oil that is used worldwide in one year is doubling every ten years. If that rate of increase continues and if the world were nothing but oil, all the oil would be used up in 400 years.
Radio Waves
Radio waves travel so much faster than sound waves that a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 18,000 km away than in the back of the room in which it originated.
Rickshaw
The rickshaw was invented by the Reverend Jonathan Scobie, an American Baptist minister living in Yokohama, Japan, built the first model in 1869 in order to transport his invalid wife. Today it remains a common mode of transportation in the Orient.
Ships & Boats
* The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
* The world's oldest surviving boat is a simple 10 feet long dugout dated to 7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse Holland in the Netherlands.
* Rock drawings from the Red Sea site of Wadi Hammamat, dated to around 4000 BC show that Egyptian boats were made from papyrus and reeds.
* The world's earliest known plank-built ship, made from cedar and sycamore wood and dated to 2600 BC, was discovered next to the Great Pyramid in 1952.
* The Egyptians created the first organized navy in 2300 BC.
* Oar-powered ships were developed by the Sumerians in 3500 BC.
* Sails were first used by the Phoenicians around 2000 BC.
Silicon Chip
A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
Skyscraper
Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.
Airplanes
* The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
* A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight (120ft).
Aluminum
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.
Automobile
George Seldon received a patent in 1895 - for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000.
Coin Operated Machine
The first coin operated machine ever designed was a holy-water dispenser that required a five-drachma piece to operate. It was the brainchild of the Greek scientist Hero in the first century AD.
Compact Discs
Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
Computers
* ENIAC, the first electronic computer, appeared 50 years ago. The original ENIAC was about 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons, and had 17,000 tubes. By comparison, a desktop computer today can store a million times more information than an ENIAC, and 50,000 times faster.
* From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day.
* The first "modern" computer (i.e., general-purpose and program-controlled) was built in 1941 by Konrad Zuse. Since there was a war going on, he applied to the German government for funding to build his machines for military use, but was turned down because the Germans did not expect the war to last beyond Christmas.
* The computer was launched in 1943; more than 100 years after Charles Babbage designed the first programmable device. Babbage dropped his idea after he couldn't raise capital for it. In 1998, the Science Museum in London, UK, built a working replica of the Babbage machine, using the materials and work methods available at Babbage's time. It worked just as Babbage had intended.
Electric Chair
The electric chair was invented by a dentist, Alfred Southwick.
The first e-mail was sent over the Internet in 1972.
Eye Glasses
The Chinese invented eyeglasses. Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West.
Glass
If hot water is suddenly poured into a glass that glass is more apt to break if it is thick than if it is thin. This is why test tubes are made of thin glass.
Hard Hats
Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
Limelight
Limelight was how we lit the stage before electricity was invented. Basically, illumination was produced by heating blocks of lime until they glowed.
Mobile (Cellular) Phones
As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by your head.
Nuclear Power
Nuclear ships are basically steamships and driven by steam turbines. The reactor just develops heat to boil the water.
Oil
The amount of oil that is used worldwide in one year is doubling every ten years. If that rate of increase continues and if the world were nothing but oil, all the oil would be used up in 400 years.
Radio Waves
Radio waves travel so much faster than sound waves that a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 18,000 km away than in the back of the room in which it originated.
Rickshaw
The rickshaw was invented by the Reverend Jonathan Scobie, an American Baptist minister living in Yokohama, Japan, built the first model in 1869 in order to transport his invalid wife. Today it remains a common mode of transportation in the Orient.
Ships & Boats
* The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
* The world's oldest surviving boat is a simple 10 feet long dugout dated to 7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse Holland in the Netherlands.
* Rock drawings from the Red Sea site of Wadi Hammamat, dated to around 4000 BC show that Egyptian boats were made from papyrus and reeds.
* The world's earliest known plank-built ship, made from cedar and sycamore wood and dated to 2600 BC, was discovered next to the Great Pyramid in 1952.
* The Egyptians created the first organized navy in 2300 BC.
* Oar-powered ships were developed by the Sumerians in 3500 BC.
* Sails were first used by the Phoenicians around 2000 BC.
Silicon Chip
A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
Skyscraper
The term skyscraper was first used way back in 1888 to describe an 11-story building.
Sound
Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.
Telephones
There are more than 600 million telephone lines today, yet almost half the world's population has never made a phone call.
Television
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television in 1926 in Soho, London. Ten years later there were only 100 TV sets in the world.
Traffic Lights
Traffic lights were used before the advent of the motorcar. In 1868, a lantern with red and green signals was used at a London intersection to control the flow of horse buggies and pedestrians.
Transistors
More than a billion transistors are manufactured... every second.
VCR's
The first VCR, made in 1956, was the size of a piano.
Windmill
The windmill originated in Iran in AD 644. It was used to grind grain.
World Trade Center
The World Trade Center towers were designed to collapse in a pancake-like fashion, instead of simply falling over on their sides. This design feature saved hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives on Sept. 11, 2001, when they were destroyed by terrorists.
AutoPatcher XP June 2005
AutoPatcher is a comprehensive collection of patches, addons and registry tweaks that give you peace of mind in the knowledge that your Windows system is up to date, even before you connect it to the Internet. It's designed to quickly patch a system with the most current updates and tweaks available, and requires no user interaction once you have selected what to install.
This release is based on the all-new AutoPatcher 5.1. Although it was made with Windows XP SP2 English/Portuguese in mind, it will load on any (English/Portuguese) Windows version, showing only the items which match the running environment.
Download: English Full & Lite | English Mirror | Portuguese Full & Lite
View: AutoPatcher Forum
source: Neowin.net
This release is based on the all-new AutoPatcher 5.1. Although it was made with Windows XP SP2 English/Portuguese in mind, it will load on any (English/Portuguese) Windows version, showing only the items which match the running environment.
Download: English Full & Lite | English Mirror | Portuguese Full & Lite
View: AutoPatcher Forum
source: Neowin.net
Birthday Calculator
Birthday Calculator: "You entered: 1/22/1981
You were born on a Thursday
under the astrological sign Aquarius.
Your Life path number is 6.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444626.5.
The golden number for 1981 is 6.
The epact number for 1981 is 24.
The year 1981 was not a leap year.
As of 6/19/2005 1:08:03 PM CDT
You are 24 years old.
You are 293 months old.
You are 1,274 weeks old.
You are 8,914 days old.
You are 213,949 hours old.
You are 12,836,948 minutes old.
You are 770,216,883 seconds old.
There are 217 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 25 candles on it.
Those 25 candles produce 25 BTU's,
or 6,300 calories of heat (that's only 6.3000 food Calories!) .
You can boil 2.86 US ounces of water with that many candles.
Your birthstone is Garnet
The Mystical properties of Garnet
Garnet is used as a power stone
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewlers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Emerald, Rose Quartz
Your birth tree is
Elm Tree, the noble-mindedness
Pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, modest demands, tends not forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not to obey, honest and faithful partner, tends to a know-all-attitude and making decisions for others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humour, practical.
The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning gibbous."
You were born on a Thursday
under the astrological sign Aquarius.
Your Life path number is 6.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444626.5.
The golden number for 1981 is 6.
The epact number for 1981 is 24.
The year 1981 was not a leap year.
As of 6/19/2005 1:08:03 PM CDT
You are 24 years old.
You are 293 months old.
You are 1,274 weeks old.
You are 8,914 days old.
You are 213,949 hours old.
You are 12,836,948 minutes old.
You are 770,216,883 seconds old.
There are 217 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 25 candles on it.
Those 25 candles produce 25 BTU's,
or 6,300 calories of heat (that's only 6.3000 food Calories!) .
You can boil 2.86 US ounces of water with that many candles.
Your birthstone is Garnet
The Mystical properties of Garnet
Garnet is used as a power stone
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewlers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Emerald, Rose Quartz
Your birth tree is
Elm Tree, the noble-mindedness
Pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, modest demands, tends not forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not to obey, honest and faithful partner, tends to a know-all-attitude and making decisions for others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humour, practical.
The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning gibbous."
TIAMAT LYRICS - A Deeper Kind Of Slumber (1997)
TIAMAT LYRICS - A Deeper Kind Of Slumber (1997) - Cold Seed
What heals our snow-blind weary eyes
When all stars are slain by fiery skies
And every word upon your spiraling cross
Is but a misled sun, a bitter loss
Inject us out of here
All i asked for was a little love
But from my hands flew the maiden dove
While clouds like cotton snowwhite sheep
Still calm beside their shepherd sleep
Inject us out of here
What heals our snow-blind weary eyes
When all stars are slain by fiery skies
And every word upon your spiraling cross
Is but a misled sun, a bitter loss
Inject us out of here
All i asked for was a little love
But from my hands flew the maiden dove
While clouds like cotton snowwhite sheep
Still calm beside their shepherd sleep
Inject us out of here
Spyware, adware hide in BitTorrent downloads | CNET News.com
By Joris Evers
Story last modified Thu Jun 16 19:12:00 PDT 2005
BitTorrent users, beware: Your download may include adware and spyware.
Purveyors of the applications that produce pop-up ads on PC screens and track browsing habits have discovered BitTorrent as a new distribution channel. According to observers of the trend, videos and music that hide adware and spyware are increasingly being offered for download on various BitTorrent Web sites.
BitTorrent has grown into one of the most widely used means of downloading files such as movies or software. Unlike peer-to-peer networks such as Kazaa, eDonkey and the original Napster, no central search technology exists for BitTorrent. Instead, links to specific files are posted on Web sites.
While applications such as Kazaa have long been associated with adware and spyware, BitTorrent has not. Until now, that is. Chris Boyd, a security researcher who runs the Vital Security Web site, said he found adware and spyware hiding in BitTorrent files.
In one case, an episode of the Fox TV show 'Family Guy' was bundled with several pieces of known adware, according to Boyd. 'Under that kind of load, a midrange PC can easily go under,' Boyd said. Both spyware and adware are known to hurt PC performance because they use PC resources to run.
In other examples, music files and porn videos came bundled with adware or spyware, Boyd said in an e-mail interview. He suspects that online marketers have launched campaigns to get their software installed on more desktops using BitTorrent.
'This is one of the most egregious spyware infestations that we have seen,' said Alex Eckelberry, president of Sunbelt Software, a maker of anti-spyware software. 'It is a major concern. It is going to riddle your system with pop-ups, slow your system down and potentially cause system instability.'
The downloaded files typically were self-extracting archives that would also install the unwanted software, Boyd said. In most cases, users would be presented with a dialog box advising that the extra software was about to be installed and given the impression that the install was needed to get access to the desired content, he said.
However, Boyd found, it was possible to get access to the entertainment the user wanted without installing the adware or spyware. Simply declining the adware and spyware license a couple of times gives access to the content, he said.
On his Web site, Boyd listed a Canadian company as one of the businesses that send out adware and spyware on BitTorrent. That company's Web site appeared to have been hacked Thursday, with the front page replaced with a picture and a profane message stating that the company should leave BitTorrent alone.
As of late Thursday afternoon, BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen had not replied to an e-mail seeking comment on the issue.
Copyright ©1995-2005 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.
Story last modified Thu Jun 16 19:12:00 PDT 2005
BitTorrent users, beware: Your download may include adware and spyware.
Purveyors of the applications that produce pop-up ads on PC screens and track browsing habits have discovered BitTorrent as a new distribution channel. According to observers of the trend, videos and music that hide adware and spyware are increasingly being offered for download on various BitTorrent Web sites.
BitTorrent has grown into one of the most widely used means of downloading files such as movies or software. Unlike peer-to-peer networks such as Kazaa, eDonkey and the original Napster, no central search technology exists for BitTorrent. Instead, links to specific files are posted on Web sites.
While applications such as Kazaa have long been associated with adware and spyware, BitTorrent has not. Until now, that is. Chris Boyd, a security researcher who runs the Vital Security Web site, said he found adware and spyware hiding in BitTorrent files.
In one case, an episode of the Fox TV show 'Family Guy' was bundled with several pieces of known adware, according to Boyd. 'Under that kind of load, a midrange PC can easily go under,' Boyd said. Both spyware and adware are known to hurt PC performance because they use PC resources to run.
In other examples, music files and porn videos came bundled with adware or spyware, Boyd said in an e-mail interview. He suspects that online marketers have launched campaigns to get their software installed on more desktops using BitTorrent.
'This is one of the most egregious spyware infestations that we have seen,' said Alex Eckelberry, president of Sunbelt Software, a maker of anti-spyware software. 'It is a major concern. It is going to riddle your system with pop-ups, slow your system down and potentially cause system instability.'
The downloaded files typically were self-extracting archives that would also install the unwanted software, Boyd said. In most cases, users would be presented with a dialog box advising that the extra software was about to be installed and given the impression that the install was needed to get access to the desired content, he said.
However, Boyd found, it was possible to get access to the entertainment the user wanted without installing the adware or spyware. Simply declining the adware and spyware license a couple of times gives access to the content, he said.
On his Web site, Boyd listed a Canadian company as one of the businesses that send out adware and spyware on BitTorrent. That company's Web site appeared to have been hacked Thursday, with the front page replaced with a picture and a profane message stating that the company should leave BitTorrent alone.
As of late Thursday afternoon, BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen had not replied to an e-mail seeking comment on the issue.
Copyright ©1995-2005 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.
ABC News: Highest and Lowest Rates of Marijuana Use (US)
By The Associated
Jun. 17, 2005 - The regions with the 10 highest and lowest rates of marijuana use by residents 12 and over, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:
Highest
Boston, 12.16 percent
Boulder, Colo., 10.3 percent
Southeast Massachusetts, 9.53 percent
Portland, Ore., region, 9.48
Champlain Valley, Vt., 9.37 percent
San Francisco region, 9.24 percent
Hawaii Island, 9.22 percent
Central Massachusetts, 9 percent
North Central California, 8.93 percent
Washington, R.I., 8.81 percent
Lowest
Northwest Iowa, 2.28 percent
Northeast Iowa, 2.53 percent
Southern Texas, 2.59 percent
Central Iowa, 2.63 percent
Lake region and south central North Dakota, 2.65 percent
Northern Nebraska, 2.65 percent
Southeast Oklahoma, 2.77 percent
Eastern central South Dakota, 2.78 percent
Badlands and west central North Dakota, 2.81 percent
Central Nebraska, 2.88 percent
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Copyright © 2005 ABC News Internet Ventures"
Jun. 17, 2005 - The regions with the 10 highest and lowest rates of marijuana use by residents 12 and over, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:
Highest
Boston, 12.16 percent
Boulder, Colo., 10.3 percent
Southeast Massachusetts, 9.53 percent
Portland, Ore., region, 9.48
Champlain Valley, Vt., 9.37 percent
San Francisco region, 9.24 percent
Hawaii Island, 9.22 percent
Central Massachusetts, 9 percent
North Central California, 8.93 percent
Washington, R.I., 8.81 percent
Lowest
Northwest Iowa, 2.28 percent
Northeast Iowa, 2.53 percent
Southern Texas, 2.59 percent
Central Iowa, 2.63 percent
Lake region and south central North Dakota, 2.65 percent
Northern Nebraska, 2.65 percent
Southeast Oklahoma, 2.77 percent
Eastern central South Dakota, 2.78 percent
Badlands and west central North Dakota, 2.81 percent
Central Nebraska, 2.88 percent
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Copyright © 2005 ABC News Internet Ventures"
Pepatah yg dipatah
1. Terlajak perahu boleh diundur, terlajak kereta pun boleh undur, terlajak kapal terbang takde gear reverse, sori.
2. Bersatu kita teguh, bercerai kita kahwin lain.
3. Sudahlah jatuh ditimpa pula tangga lepas tu tercium pulak tahi ayam.
4. Alang-alang mandi biar guna sabun & syampu.
5. Harimau mati meninggalkan belang, isteri mati meninggalkan gelang, suami mati meninggalkan hutang. (Itulah...lain kali jangan suruh suami beli gelang secara hutang)
6. Sebab mulut santan binasa sebab mulut juga... nasi pun habis.
7. Biar putih tulang jangan kuning gigi (gosok, jangan tak gosok tau)
8. Kalau tiada angin masakan pokok bergoyang kecuali kalau ada beruk atas pokok tu.
9. Malang tak berbau tapi kentut boleh berbau walaupun tak berbunyi.
10. Biar mati bini jangan mati anak (boleh kahwin lagi ape)
11. Alang-alang menyeluk perkasam biar sampai kepangkal ketiak.
12. Biar korek hidung jangan korek tabung.
13. Berakit-rakit kehulu, berenang-renang ketepian lama-lama jadi letih.
14. Sayangkan anak tangan-tangankan sayangkan isteri kahwin lagi satu.
15. Kalau padi katakan padi, tidak aku ternanti-nanti, kalau sudi katakan sudi, kalau tak sudi.....boleh blah.......
16. Harapkan pagar, pagar pun tak boleh harap.
17. Tempat jatuh lagikan dikenang inikan pula tempat kena saman.
18. Hujan emas dinegeri orang, hujan batu dinegeri sendiri, kalau macam tu lebih baik tak payah hujan.
19. Biar lambat asalkan perlahan.
20. Kalau tiada rotan, pelempang ajelah....
21. Habis madu, sepah jangan dibuang merata-rata.
22. Carik-carik bulu ayam lama-lama jadi bulu tangkis badminton, pasti ayam kebogelan.
23. Air dicincang takkan putus tapi kalau daging dicincang tandanya ada kenduri
24. Kerbau berpegang pada tali, manusia berpegang gunakan tangan....
25. Pinggan tak retak nasi tak dingin, kalau orang tak hendak tandanya kita tak lawa.
26. Takkan lari gunung dikejar, tapi kalau tak kejar pun gunung tu takkan lari jugak.
27. Patah tumbuh, hilang report polis.
28. Berapa berat mata memandang, berat lagi ahli sukan yang masuk acara angkat berat.
29. Sepandai-pandai tupai melompat akhirnya tak masuk Sukan Olimpik jugak.
30. Kalau ada jarum yang patah jangan disimpan di dalam peti, buang aje beli jarum yang baru.
31. Kalau ada sumur diladang, boleh hamba menumpang mandi, kalau ada umur yang panjang, bolehlah kita kahwin lari.......(nak tak?)
32. Kajang Pak Malau Kajang berlipat, Kajang hamba makan satay Kajang lagi best......
33. Kalau kail panjang sejengkal, belilah kail yang panjang sikit.
34. Kalau takut dilambung ombak janganlah berumah ditepi pantai, buat rumah jauh-jauh sikit dari pantai la ..
35. Pecah kaca pecah gelas, kalau dah pecah tu tak reti-reti nak ganti ke...
2. Bersatu kita teguh, bercerai kita kahwin lain.
3. Sudahlah jatuh ditimpa pula tangga lepas tu tercium pulak tahi ayam.
4. Alang-alang mandi biar guna sabun & syampu.
5. Harimau mati meninggalkan belang, isteri mati meninggalkan gelang, suami mati meninggalkan hutang. (Itulah...lain kali jangan suruh suami beli gelang secara hutang)
6. Sebab mulut santan binasa sebab mulut juga... nasi pun habis.
7. Biar putih tulang jangan kuning gigi (gosok, jangan tak gosok tau)
8. Kalau tiada angin masakan pokok bergoyang kecuali kalau ada beruk atas pokok tu.
9. Malang tak berbau tapi kentut boleh berbau walaupun tak berbunyi.
10. Biar mati bini jangan mati anak (boleh kahwin lagi ape)
11. Alang-alang menyeluk perkasam biar sampai kepangkal ketiak.
12. Biar korek hidung jangan korek tabung.
13. Berakit-rakit kehulu, berenang-renang ketepian lama-lama jadi letih.
14. Sayangkan anak tangan-tangankan sayangkan isteri kahwin lagi satu.
15. Kalau padi katakan padi, tidak aku ternanti-nanti, kalau sudi katakan sudi, kalau tak sudi.....boleh blah.......
16. Harapkan pagar, pagar pun tak boleh harap.
17. Tempat jatuh lagikan dikenang inikan pula tempat kena saman.
18. Hujan emas dinegeri orang, hujan batu dinegeri sendiri, kalau macam tu lebih baik tak payah hujan.
19. Biar lambat asalkan perlahan.
20. Kalau tiada rotan, pelempang ajelah....
21. Habis madu, sepah jangan dibuang merata-rata.
22. Carik-carik bulu ayam lama-lama jadi bulu tangkis badminton, pasti ayam kebogelan.
23. Air dicincang takkan putus tapi kalau daging dicincang tandanya ada kenduri
24. Kerbau berpegang pada tali, manusia berpegang gunakan tangan....
25. Pinggan tak retak nasi tak dingin, kalau orang tak hendak tandanya kita tak lawa.
26. Takkan lari gunung dikejar, tapi kalau tak kejar pun gunung tu takkan lari jugak.
27. Patah tumbuh, hilang report polis.
28. Berapa berat mata memandang, berat lagi ahli sukan yang masuk acara angkat berat.
29. Sepandai-pandai tupai melompat akhirnya tak masuk Sukan Olimpik jugak.
30. Kalau ada jarum yang patah jangan disimpan di dalam peti, buang aje beli jarum yang baru.
31. Kalau ada sumur diladang, boleh hamba menumpang mandi, kalau ada umur yang panjang, bolehlah kita kahwin lari.......(nak tak?)
32. Kajang Pak Malau Kajang berlipat, Kajang hamba makan satay Kajang lagi best......
33. Kalau kail panjang sejengkal, belilah kail yang panjang sikit.
34. Kalau takut dilambung ombak janganlah berumah ditepi pantai, buat rumah jauh-jauh sikit dari pantai la ..
35. Pecah kaca pecah gelas, kalau dah pecah tu tak reti-reti nak ganti ke...
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CV
This is an actual job application that a 17-year-old boy submitted at a McDonald's restaurant in Florida; and they hired him because he was so honest and funny!
NAME: Greg Bulmash.
SEX: Not yet. Still waiting for the right person.
DESIRED POSITION: Company's President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever's available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn't be applying here in the first place.
DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that's not possible, make an offer and we
can haggle.
EDUCATION: Yes.
LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility.
SALARY: Less than I'm worth.
MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and 'post-it' notes.
REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked.
AVAILABLE FOR WORK: Of course. That's why I'm applying.
PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30 - 3:30pm., Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?: Yes, but they're better suited to a more intimate environment.
MAY WE CONTACT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER?: If I had one, would I be here?
DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM LIFTING UPTO 50lbs?: 50lbs. of what?
DO YOU HAVE A CAR?: I think the appropriate question here would be "Do you have a car that runs?"
HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION?: I may already be the winner of the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes.
DO YOU SMOKE?: On the job, no, on my breaks, yes.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS?: Living in the Bahamas with a fabulously wealthy dumb blond supermodel who thinks I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread. Actually, I'd like to be doing that now.
DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?: Yes. Absolutely.
SIGN HERE: Aries.
NAME: Greg Bulmash.
SEX: Not yet. Still waiting for the right person.
DESIRED POSITION: Company's President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever's available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn't be applying here in the first place.
DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that's not possible, make an offer and we
can haggle.
EDUCATION: Yes.
LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility.
SALARY: Less than I'm worth.
MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and 'post-it' notes.
REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked.
AVAILABLE FOR WORK: Of course. That's why I'm applying.
PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30 - 3:30pm., Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?: Yes, but they're better suited to a more intimate environment.
MAY WE CONTACT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER?: If I had one, would I be here?
DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM LIFTING UPTO 50lbs?: 50lbs. of what?
DO YOU HAVE A CAR?: I think the appropriate question here would be "Do you have a car that runs?"
HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION?: I may already be the winner of the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes.
DO YOU SMOKE?: On the job, no, on my breaks, yes.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS?: Living in the Bahamas with a fabulously wealthy dumb blond supermodel who thinks I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread. Actually, I'd like to be doing that now.
DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?: Yes. Absolutely.
SIGN HERE: Aries.
Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!!
Dato Mufti Kjaan Negeri Perak telah menyuarakan cadangan agar mangsa pesakit HIV dan penagih dadah diasingkan di suatu tpt atau di'pulau'kan ia....
Relevankah cadangan beliau ini??? boleh rujuk laporan berita mengenai cadangan beliau di sini:-
http://mufti.perak.gov.my/berita/berita050426-4.htm
http://mufti.perak.gov.my/berita/berita050422-1.htm
#2: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: thtl, Post Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 12:30 am
Wassalam
Mufti dilantik untuk memberi fatwa, nasihat dan saranan kepada umat. Fatwa, nasihat dan saranan Mufti ni bukanlah LAW atau undang-undang atau suatu hukum yang mulzim (wajib dipatuhi), kecuali Mufti di Saudi Arabia yang menyamai fungsi ahli Parlimen, di mana keputusan Mufti atau Lajnah Daimah ialah peraturan yang wajib diikuti oleh rakyat Saudi.
Maka saranan Mufti Perak itu adalah satu usyul atau cadangan. ini kerana di zaman silampun pesakit kusta di asingkan dari masyarakat kerana bahayanya. Sistem penjara dan reman pun dicipta betujuan mengasingkan banduan dari mata masyarakat.
Maka kita hendaklah membahaskan saranan mufti itu. Orang pertama yg memperlecehkan cadangan tok Mufti ialah Putri Tun M.
bagi saya saranan ini baik sekali kerana pesakit AIDS ni boleh memudharatkan orang lain jika kebetulan dia meliwat banduan yang lain dalam jel atau berkongsi jarum dalam jel (ini kerana dalam jel pun kekadang mereka masih mendapat bekalan dadah)
ambillah saranan beliau secara positif kerana seorang mufti amat mengambil berat keselamatan majoriti umat dari marabahaya.
Wallahu A'lam
#3: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: solid, Post Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:05 pm
Edar kondom, jarum suntikan, dadah gantian percuma tambah parahkan krisis
Thursday, June 02 @ 22:04:03 MYT
Oleh AHLI PENGASIH
Kerajaan akan berikan jarum suntikan dan kondom secara percuma kepada penagih dadah untuk mengurangkan jangkitan HIV! Apa reaksi anda? Bagi saya, ia sudah diduga dan langsung tidak mengejutkan.
Bukankah pemerintahan BN tidak langsung diasaskan kepada soal akhlak dan moral? Bukankah selama ini Pengerusi Majlis AIDS Malaysia sendiri, Marina Mahathir sentiasa menggalakkan pergaulan bebas, menentang penguatkuasaan "undang-undang moral" dan memandang sinis apa saja usaha untuk mendidik rakyat berakhlak mulia?
Seperti kata Menteri Kesihatan, Dr Chua Soi Lek, "daripada segi moralnya, kami nuetral." Maka tentu saja tindakan itu tidak didahului oleh pertimbangan moral yang serius.
Menurut laporan akhbar, kerajaan mengambil keputusan mengedarkan kondom kepada penagih dadah kerana kajian menunjukkan hanya 18 peratus penagih melakukan hubungan seks tanpa menggunakan kondom.
Ya, tanpa pertimbangan akhlak dan agama, segalanya tergamak dilakukan, tanpa merujuk halal-haram dan pandangan kedua dari golongan agama, biarpun kesan sampingan menjadi bertambah buruk dan parah.
Sekarang pun kita melihat kondom dijual secara terbuka termasuk di kaunter bayaran kedai-kedai runcit dan kedai 24 jam 7-eleven, yang mana hampir semua jurujualnya adalah gadis Melayu!
Inilah natijah buruk yang terpaksa kita tuai apabila masalah dadah tidak diselesaikan secara menyeluruh. Lihat saja dadah boleh beredar dengan begitu mudah di pusat-pusat pemulihan dan penjara di seluruh negara. Hukuman mati langsung tidak memberi kesan untuk mencegahnya, juga untuk mengurangkannya.
Tentu di sana-sini ada lompang kosong yang belum dan tidak bersedia ditutup, terutama oleh pihak penguatkuasa polis, kastam dan juga penjara. Kita tertanya-tanya, bagaimana dadah boleh diseludup dengan mudah ke negara ini sehingga satu ketika dulu disebut, adalah lebih mudah untuk mendapat bekalan najis dadah daripada membeli Harakah!
Malah bukan rahsia lagi apabila ramai bercakap, jika dicekup polis kerana mengedar dadah, asalkan ada sejumlah besar wang, pesalah boleh saja dibebaskan dari tali gantung. Ramai keluarga pesalah menjual apa saja yang ada kerana terpengaruh dengan cakap-cakap, "ada pulus, lulus".
Tiba-tiba, dalam kemelut akhlak yang makin meruncing, kerajaan menawarkan formula penyelesaian yang songsang dan bakal menambahparahkan lagi krisis sedia ada. Malah tidak nampak logiknya jarum suntikan dan kondom percuma itu, di samping bekalan dadah gantian metadone boleh mengurangkan kadar jangkitan HIV.
Melalui siaran berita tv tadi, Mufti Perak, Datuk Harussani Zakaria menolak langkah songsang kerajaan itu, sambil mengulang cadangannya agar penagih dikurantinkan dari masyarakat. Seharusnya sebelum membuat keputusan drastik itu, golongan ulamak perlu dirujuk, begitu juga dengan NGO dan pertubuhan politik lainnya.
Jadi, jangan terkejut jika banyak pertubuhan dan NGOs Muslim, termasuk parti pembangkang yang akan membantah tindakan mengagihkan kondom dan jarum suntikan, serta dadah gantian secara percuma itu. - UM
#4: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: solid, Post Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:13 pm
Semua tokoh agama, termasuk bukan Islam bantah kondom percuma
Friday, June 03 @ 11:36:52 MYT
Oleh PAK TAM
Bagai diduga, bukan saja golongan ulamak, malah ketua-ketua agama bukan Islam pun turut menentang langkah baru kerajaan untuk mengurangkan jangkitan HIV, terutama mengagihkan kondom secara percuma kepada penagih dadah.
Semalam, Menteri Kesihatan memaklumkan, sebagai permulaan, kementerian itu akan menjalankan projek perintis selama enam bulan di bawah Program Pengurangan Kesan Buruk, membabitkan 1,200 penagih dadah, terutama mereka yang mengambil dadah melalui suntikan, dengan memberikan mereka jarum suntikan, kondom dan dadah gantian yang dipanggil "methadone".
Di bawah ini saya petik kenyataan tokoh-tokoh agama, seperti disiarkan akhbar NST mengenai cadangan itu:
Perak mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria:
"The distribution of condoms is going to encourage illicit sex among people with HIV. It is fine if a married couple uses condoms.
"The distribution of needles is going to encourage more people to inject themselves with drugs.
"Is the distribution of condoms and clean needles really going to solve the problem of HIV transmission? I still believe the solution is to quarantine those suffering from HIV and AIDS so that they will not pose a threat to society."
Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Reverend Murphy Pakiam:
"The Catholic Church does not encourage this and does not see it as a solution. More effort must be made to educate people and to reach out to those living with HIV instead of shunning them.
"This method is a form of compromise and it will not help at all."
Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism and Sikhism president Harcharan Singh:
"Why give (HIV positive drug addicts) a context to have sexual relations? The move is like the Government giving the go-ahead to have sex. Instead of encouraging them, the Government should educate people on how the disease spreads.
"If someone knows he is HIV-positive, he should be responsible enough to not infect someone else.
"If a husband who is HIV-positive wants to protect his wife, then by all means, use a condom. But if someone wants to have fun, then it should not be condoned."
Datuk A. Vaithilingam, president of the Hindu Sangam:
"Condoms should only be used to save lives. If the husband is infected and he doesn’t want to infect his wife, then okay. But I’m against the free distribution of condoms."
Jakim director-general Datuk Mustafa Abdul Rahman:
"If an HIV-positive man uses the free condoms to protect his wife against the disease, then it is a good move by the Government. I do not want to comment on the distribution of clean needles."
Apa pun, saya kira kenyataan Ketua Pengarah Jakim, berbanding tokoh-tokoh lain, "cukup lembut dan tidak memadai". Apakah hanya kerana beliau seorang pegawai kerajaan, maka sebarang cadangan dari kerajaan, walaupun jelas songsang dan karut, tidak berani dibantahnya.
Benar, langkah pencegahan perlu bagi mengelak kemudaratan lebih teruk, tapi apa kenanya dengan langkah mengedarkan kondom percuma itu, walaupun kepada penagih dadah bergelar suami. Tentu ada jalan lain mendekati golongan terbabit, bagi mempastikan si isteri tidak menjadi mangsa seterusnya.
Seks bebas sudahpun menjadi krisis yang makin membarah. Jangan hendaknya disiram petrol ke atas api yang sedia menyala. - UM
***** kalau begitu bagi saja petrol dan motor kat mat rempit supaya senang nak kontrol lumba haram...
#5: Author: AisyahHumaira, Post Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:15 pm
Salam
I was quite taken aback to read this news. Dah tak mahu dikuarantinkan mereka2 yg ada HIV ni, lantas diberi pula jarum dan kondom percuma. Apa significancenya?! Saya langsung tak faham.
Ini lagi satu kenyataan yg menyokong tindakan ini dalam News Straits Time oleh Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Malaysian AIDS Council acting president and HIV/AIDS physcian:-
"In terms of controversy, religious bodies may feel that these methods, especially on the condoms, are a bit taboo. But people have to separate promoting sex versus promoting condoms in terms of HIV prevention. We have to face the fact that no matter what, people are going to have sex."
Cara dia mengeluarkan kenyataan (yg diboldkan) tu, seolah-olah mengeluarkan fatwa.
Saya cuma tertanya-tanya, apa significancenya, apa kepentingannya dan apa gunanya memberikan jarum dan kondom percuma pd mereka yg menghidap HIV..
Wallahu A'lam
#6: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: zwink, Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:22 am
Kondom Dan Jarum Suntikan Dadah Percuma.
Dah kau orang semua bagi negara ini diperintah oleh golongan sekular, dan kau orang makan umpan isu-isu mereka di akhbar dan TV, dan kerja kau orang mengampu siang malam, maka jangan terkejutlah dengan isu beri kondom dan jarum percuma ni.
Ini baru sikit. Banyak lagi yang akan timbul. Tunggu masa saja.
Tak payah kita terkejut beruk. Kita kena jangka benda-benda ni, dan lebih lagi.
Wait for the worst.
#7: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: mustannie, Post Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:26 pm
Bathil Bathil Bathil !
Saya dah terkejut beruk pun, ni satu kebathilan dan kekejian yang nyata sekali. Lihat pihak mana yang perakukannya dan lihat siapa yang menyokongnya dan bayangkan kebodohan sebahagian ummat islam yg masih berdiam diri.
#8: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: khai, Post Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:12 pm
Salam
Pada hemat saya kita telah membincangkan dua tajuk disini. pertama : pengasingan dan kedua : pemberian kondom dan jarum suntikan .
Secara umumnya cadangan pengasingan pesakit HIV dan penagih dadah ada praktikalnya untuk dilaksana. Namun perkara yang lebih penting ialah penguatkuasaannya.
Pengasingan kepada penagih dadah telahpun dilaksana . Ia nampaknya tak berkesan . Penagih masih boleh mendapatkan bekalan . Kemungkinan, penguatkuasaan tidak berkesan dan pegurusan yang tidak telus di pusat-pusat tahanan (pemulihan ) tersebut . Mungkin juga terdapat elemen rasuah .
Satu perkara yang patut tidak dilupakan terdapat juga pesakit HIV yang menghidapinya secara tidak sengaja. Kebanyakannya melalui persetubuhan yang sah. Pasangan mereka menghidap atau pembawa virus maut ini. Ada baiknya kita diskusikan juga hal ini. Pastinya mereka ini mesti dibantu - bagaimana ?
Wassalam
#9: Author: AisyahHumaira, Post Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:56 pm
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Satu perkara yang patut tidak dilupakan terdapat juga pesakit HIV yang menghidapinya secara tidak sengaja. Kebanyakannya melalui persetubuhan yang sah. Pasangan mereka menghidap atau pembawa virus maut ini. Ada baiknya kita diskusikan juga hal ini. Pastinya mereka ini mesti dibantu - bagaimana ?
Wassalam
Salam
Berkenaan dgn perkara ini iaitu jangkitan HIV daripada persetubuhan yg sah, ada juga disebutkan dan beberapa komen diutarakan oleh pihak2 yg bersetuju dgn tindakan memberi jarum dan kondom percuma ni.
Cumanya, saya tak rasa langkah ini dapat banyak membantu utk mencegah HIV, lebih2 lagi mengenai kes yg saudara khai sebutkan di atas.
#10: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: elfadil, Post Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:18 am
Ini kata2 anak Dr M, agak2 boleh percaya ke? Imam2 turun padang kasik jarum .....
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KUALA LUMPUR 6 Jun - Iran, sebuah negara Islam konservatif telah melaksanakan program pemberian jarum suntikan percuma kepada penagih dadah sehingga berjaya mengurang serta mengawal penularan jangkitan HIV/AIDS di negara itu.
Malah di sebuah wilayah di China, para imamnya `turun ke padang' untuk memberi jarum suntikan percuma kepada penagih dadah kerana mereka tahu akibat daripada virus ini amat menakutkan dan boleh memberi kesan kepada masa depan umat Islam di sana.
Sehubungan itu, Pengerusi Yayasan AIDS Malaysia, Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir berkata, pihaknya bercadang membawa beberapa orang ulama dari negara ini ke Iran bagi membuktikan betapa kaedah ini berjaya mengawal penularan wabak HIV/AIDS dan tidak menyalahi syarak.
``Mereka (ulama Iran) berpegang kepada dua prinsip Islam iaitu `jangan memudaratkan diri dan jangan memudaratkan orang lain' dan `bertoleransi dengan kemudaratan kecil bagi mengelakkan kemudaratan yang lebih besar,'' katanya.
#11: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: khai, Post Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:02 pm
Salam
Pertamanya kita harus melihat kepada realiti, penagih dadah tetap akan mengambil dadah samaada dia ada jarum percuma atau tidak. Begitu juga persetubuhan ,sah ataupun haram akan dilakukan juga walaupun ada kondom percuma atau tidak.
Jika penagih mengunakan jarum yang bersih adalah kurang mudaratnya berbanding guna jarum kotor yang ada virus. berlaku 2 kemaksiatan ,pertama -mengambil dadah (khamar) ,kedua - menyebar atau menerima penyakit. Begitu juga persetubuhan , jika tidak menggunakan kondom bagi yang berpenyakit akan berlaku 2 maksiat (bagi yang tak sah ) ,satu berzina , dua menyebarkan atau menerima penyakit.
Pun demikian , tak dinafi kaedah ini dari segi asasnya nampak bercanggah dengan prinsip tidak menggalakkan perbuatan keji dan mungkar. Tetapi menggunakan kosep memilih mudharat yang lebih kecil berbanding mudharat yang lebih besar ,pada hemat saya lebih utama.
Alternatifnya , cadangan dari mufti perak harus juga diberi perhatian yang lebih mendalam. Dengan penguat kuasaan dan ketelusan ia mungkin boleh dijadikan pilihan yang lebih baik berbanding cadangan memberi jarum dan kondom percuma.
Harap komentar jika pendapat saya salah.
Wallahhu'lam.
#12: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: solid, Post Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:56 am
Inilah sifat kerajaan yang prihatin. Tarik subsidi petrol dari rakyat kemudian bagi subsidi jarum dan kondom pada penagih dadah. Mungkinkah kondom subsidi nanti ada cop dacing atau ditulis 'satu lagi projek be end'?
Yang paling mengecewakan, para mahasiswa yang belajar untuk menuntut ilmu di pusat-pusat pengajian tinggi misalnya diberikan pinjaman PTPTN kemudian bila tamat belajar mereka diwajibkan untuk membuat bayaran semula. Tetapi bagi para penagih dadah yang berkali-kali memasuki Pusat Serenti dan menggunakan berjuta-juta wang rakyat, pernahkah kerajaan memintan mereka-mereka ini membayar balik wang tersebut? Tetapi hasilnya, mereka terus menjadi penagih dan menagih hingga ke akhir hayatnya.
Cuba bayangkan, mana lebih baik.. Graduan yang belajar di IPT atau penagih yang menuntut di Pusat Serenti? Beginilah nasib rakyat Malaysia di negara Islam Hadhari. Pelik tapi benar. Elok sangat daripada membazir lebih banyak wang bagi membantu mereka yang sudah pasti tidak memberikan apa-apa faedah kepada kerajaan, baik wang tersebut digunakan untuk membantu para graduan mendapatkan peluang pekerjaan ataupun membayar balik pinjaman PTPTN yang telah diberikan dulu. sekurang-kurangnya hasilnya kita tahu lebih positif.
Kalau dalam bab penagihan dadah dan HIV AIDS ini Marina mahu turut Iran, kenapa bab yang lain tidak? seperti pelaksanaan undanng2 Islam.
#13: Re: Relevan kah Pengasingan Pesakit HIV dan Penagih Dadah?!! Author: solid, Post Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:36 am
EROPAH PUN MENENTANG PEMBERIAN JARUM PERCUMA
Oleh Roslan SMS - Laman
Seorang pengunjung tetap BLOG ini telah memperkenalkan satu laman web yang sungguh menarik dan bermaklumat iaitu EUROPE AGAINST DRUGS di http://www.eurad.net/index.htm Ia menjadi menarik khususnya apabila kita membincangkan darihal isu pemberian jarum dan kondom percuma kepada para pengidap HIV AIDS.
EUROPE AGAINST DRUGS atau EAD ini adalah sebuah badan NGO yang ditubuhkan di Berlin pada tahun 1988 dengan matlamat memperkenalkan polisi dan program bagi tujuan pencegahan penyalahgunaan dadah dan usaha-usaha pemulihan. Ia memiliki status perunding diperingkat Majlis Eropah dan ahli Jawatankuasa Narkotik UN di Vienna.
Adakah pemberian jarum percuma ini berjaya di sana?
Menurut EAD:
We also advise communities to remember that needle/syringe programmes promote a dangerous behaviour and life style which might increase the risk of spreading HIV/AIDS.
Kami memberikan nasihat kepada pelbagai masyarakat bahawa program (memberikan percuma) jarum sebenarnya menggalakkan amalan hidup yang merbahaya dan malah akan mempertingkatkan lagi penyibaran HIV/AIDS.
It is possible for communities to reduce the grave practice of drug abuse. It has been done in many different countries at different times- and it can be done again.
Tidaklah mustahil bagi pelbagai masyarakat untuk mengurangkan amalan penyalahgunaan dadah ini. Ianya pernah dilakukan di banyak negara pada waktu-waktu tertentu – dan ianya masih boleh dilakukan.
EURAD wishes to state clearly that it is drug abuse which is the source of the drugs epidemic.
EURAD ingin menegaskan bahawa penyalahgunaan dadah itulah sebenarnya punca utama masalah dadah.
The main question is how we can force drug abuse into retreat-not how we can make it safer. Free syringes to addicts can increase drug abuse by giving the impression that under these conditions abuse is safe.What in the short-term appears to be harm reduction may in the long-term prove to be harm production.
Persoalan utama bagaimana dapat kita memaksa pengunduran amalan penyalahgunaan dadah ini – bukannya bagaimana mahu kita jadikannya selamat. Pemberian jarum percuma kepada para penagih akan hanya mempertingkatkan penyalahgunaan dadah itu sendiri dengan memberikan gambaran seolah-olah amalan ini selamat. Apa yang pada waktu jangka pendek dilihat mengurangkan masalah sebenarnya pada waktu jangka panjang akan hanya melahirkan lebih banyak masalah.
Dalam laman web ini digariskan antaranya beberapa fakta dan masalah berhubung dengan pengaih yang mengunakan jarum antaranya:
1) Para penagih biasanya akan hilang sabar untuk mengenakan suntikan susulan dan tidak semestinya menunggu untuk menggunakan jarum baru
2) Ada kalangan penagih yang enggan menghentikaan amalan berkongsi jarum (semacam satu budaya)
3) Pengaih dadah jenis ini biasanya diancam maut bukan hanya melalui AIDS tetapi juga melalui ovredose, kemalangan, mengganas apabila khayal dan lain-lain
Soalnya berdasarkan pengalaman atau fakta manakah yang mendorong Kementerian Kesihatan untuk menjalankan program pemberian jarum dan kondom percuma ini. Takkanlah usaha yang gagal dan sia-sia di tempat lain mahu digunapakai pula di negara ini! Kementerian Kesihatan perlu bertanggungjawab, dan menimbangkan hal ini dengan lebih mendalam, jika tidak kita akan menjadi bahan gelak ketawa negara lain.
(Terima kasih Sdr Yasir)
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This one is called MP5.A silenced sub machine gun.Very often used by S.W.A.T. This one is cool. Kills without any noise.
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According to a posting on RAMMSTEIN's official web site, the band recorded several songs during the sessions for their latest album, 'Reise, Reise', which were omitted from the CD's final track listing. During a recent session at a Berlin studio, RAMMSTEIN recorded several more tracks and are currently mixing the combined collection of new material for a full-length album, to be released in September. No further information is currently available.
Recorded primarily in Spain (El Cortijo Studio, Malaga), 'Reise Reise' (translated as 'Voyage, Voyage' or 'Journey, Journey') is the follow-up to 'Mutter', which entered The Billboard 200 chart at No. 77 back in April 2001.
'Reise Reise' sold 26,716 copies in the United States in its first week of release in mid-November to debut at position No. 61 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Recorded primarily in Spain (El Cortijo Studio, Malaga), 'Reise Reise' (translated as 'Voyage, Voyage' or 'Journey, Journey') is the follow-up to 'Mutter', which entered The Billboard 200 chart at No. 77 back in April 2001.
'Reise Reise' sold 26,716 copies in the United States in its first week of release in mid-November to debut at position No. 61 on The Billboard 200 chart.
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Some Facts
1. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing tears. Try it next time you chop onions!
2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient!
3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.
4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.
5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.
6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.
7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp.
8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.
10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.
11. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
13. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.
14. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
15. Everyone tongue print is different, like fingerprints.
16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.
17. At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.
18. There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.
19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot,left foot
20. Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a atty meal.
21. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient!
3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.
4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.
5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.
6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.
7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp.
8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.
10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.
11. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
13. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.
14. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
15. Everyone tongue print is different, like fingerprints.
16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.
17. At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.
18. There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.
19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot,left foot
20. Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a atty meal.
21. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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Proverbs by Children
A first grade teacher had twenty-five students in her class and she presented each child in her class the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you.
While reading these keep in mind that these are first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is classic !
1. Don't change horses.......until they stop running.
2. Strike while the.............................bug is close.
3. It's always darkest before......Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of............termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but........how?
6. Don't bite the hand that.................looks dirty.
7. No news is..........................................impossible.
8. A miss is as good as a............Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new ............... math.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll..............stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust.............. me.
12. The pen is mightier than the................... pigs.
13. An idle mind is.............the best way to relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's ................. pollution.
15. Happy the bride who............gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is ......................not much.
17. Two's company, three's .............. the Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what .......... you put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and...........you have to blow your nose.
20. There are none so blind as ............Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not ...............spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed.........get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you.......see in the picture on the box.
24. When the blind lead the blind.... get out of the way.
And the WINNER and last one!
25. Better late than.............pregnant.
While reading these keep in mind that these are first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is classic !
1. Don't change horses.......until they stop running.
2. Strike while the.............................bug is close.
3. It's always darkest before......Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of............termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but........how?
6. Don't bite the hand that.................looks dirty.
7. No news is..........................................impossible.
8. A miss is as good as a............Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new ............... math.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll..............stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust.............. me.
12. The pen is mightier than the................... pigs.
13. An idle mind is.............the best way to relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's ................. pollution.
15. Happy the bride who............gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is ......................not much.
17. Two's company, three's .............. the Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what .......... you put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and...........you have to blow your nose.
20. There are none so blind as ............Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not ...............spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed.........get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you.......see in the picture on the box.
24. When the blind lead the blind.... get out of the way.
And the WINNER and last one!
25. Better late than.............pregnant.
Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue) Writes Anti-Heroin Book
Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is so determined to curb the growing number of heroin addicts - he's writing a book about his horrific experiences with the often-lethal drug.The wild rocker legally died twice after two overdoses, and he's so grateful he's been given another chance he's writing The Heroin Diaries to deglamourize the drug and prevent others from making the same mistake he made.
He explains, "I was lucky and now, if I help just one kid make the right decision, then it's worth it.
"It's the woes from the time of my addiction. It doesn't paint a pretty picture.
"It may give people a new view. If I'd read it, maybe I'd never have stuck a needle in my arm."
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Cats use fax as toilet, spark house fire
Fri Jun 10,10:04 AM ET
Two kittens picked the wrong place to relieve themselves when they urinated on a fax machine, sparking a fire that extensively damaged their Japanese owner's house.
Investigators in the western city of Kobe have concluded that the fire in January was caused by a spark generated when the urine soaked the machine's electrical printing mechanism.
The fire damaged the kitchen and living room before it was put out by the house's owner, who was treated for mild smoke inhalation, said Masahito Oyabu, a fireman at the Nagata fire station in central Kobe.
The kittens quickly ran to safety, he added.
"If you have a cat, or a dog for that matter, be careful where they urinate," Oyabu said. "Especially keep them away from electrical appliances and wires."
Leaves’ Eyes - Vinland Saga Lyrics
I. Vinland Saga
1000 years ago a Viking ship
Left Norway in the spring
Tiden er kommet
Tiden vil vise
The saga of Vinland
A safa of Norsemen
The new world they found they called Vinland
The Land of Wine
Stormen forte skipet
Vestover mot ukjent land
II. Farewell Proud Men
Look above into the misty air
I hear the waves reminding me of fear
I’m not alone but I am still confused
Will you return and will your dreams come true?
Across the sea into shallow water
Long ships’ sails and sweeping oars
To walk the shore of a new land
To serve the shores of golden sand
Across the sea into shallow water
Long ships’ sails and sweeping oars
To walk the shore of a new land
To serve the shores of golden sand
Farewell proud men
Spirits will guide you
May they save you
Farewell proud men
Frightening ocean sacred as the wind
I beg you please be careful with these men
At night I dream of wonders and of change
Will I receive a message from you then?
Far way from our own home
Show me a future
Open the palace doow
And I will follow you
III. Elegy
Teardrop on a fragile eyelash
She's looking like a dream
Hoping for some understanding
And answer or at least
Cunning word a single sentence
To restore her heart
Aching since the day I left her
Crossing lonely seas
Silent tears of a woman
Make a warrior cry
Heaven, I beg you
Please release hopes from fears
This is my elegy
Do you know what I feel?
This is my elegy
Do you believe it's real?
Will I hold you in my arms again?
Dewdrops on a single rosebud
This purity of rain
Reminds me of the moment I left her
Kisses filled with pain
And if I should leave her waiting
For another year
Will she ever know the answer?
Will she follow me?
Silent tears of a woman
Make her warrior cry
Heaven, I beg you
Please release hopes from fears
This is my elegy
Do you know what I feel?
This is my elegy
Do you believe it's real?
Will I hold you in my arms..
Hold you in my arms again?
Cunning word, a single sentence
To restore her heart
Aching since the day I left her
Crossing lonely seas
IV. Solemn Sea
Seil den sterke sjo
Solen har gatt end
I det vide havet
I det morke dypet
Hviler en drom
Om et ukjent land
The music of your heartbeat brightens me
Turn my fears into hope
Oceans of blue
Darkening sky the shadows fall
Foaming waves shatter us
I cry aloud to the sky
Solemn sea save me
Solemn sea save me
Watch and wait for the next
Attacking waves, ice cold rain
The black mirror of the sea
Watching me, save me
The humming of the waves frightens me
Turn my fears into hope
Oceans of blue
A thunder storm roars at me
My body shakes in the rain
Lightening rays spearing me
A thousand spears haunting me
V. Leaves’ Eyes
Summer goes
Winter comes
Leaves fall on frozen grounds
True love lasts forever
I imagine you in a thousand glimpses
Moonlight you keep me safe at night
And I know you’re here if I fall
Seasons change
Spirits wake up
Birds fly away to far-away homes
True love lasts forever
I imagine you in a thousand glimpses
Moonlight you keep me safe at night
And I know you’re here if I fall
Starlight show me the way in the dark
And I know you’re here when I call
Leaves’ Eyes
Children grow up
Parents grow old
Man’s wives become mothers to sons
Sunna hides
Mani glows
Stars are watching over us
VI. The Thorn
I hope that he will be safe
Hopefully return in April
I’ve heard the winds speak of a fight
And it hit my heart like a thorn
Whispering voice appear
I can’t escape what I feel
All I can see
All I believe in
Is connected to our kindred souls
I feel the thorn in my/your flesh
The pounding of blood in my/your head
I/you cry aloud
I/you cry of anger
My/your enemy will never forget me/you
I heard you calling my name
I saw your colourless face
Fire in your eyes
Where do you go to?
I dreamt of an enemy threatening you
Hold me
Breathe with me
Until the end of time
VII. Misseri (Turn Green Meadows Into Grey)
Morning awakes
Night is drifting away
Winter’s approaching
Time to go or stay
I see migrants travelling
To a far-away world
Reflected in black waters and you
Turn green meadows into grey
Can you feel the winter waiting?
Ice-cold rivers turn to blue
Can you see the jewel shining?
Fire burning in my eyes
It warms my hands when I’m alone
There’s no one here to hold me tight
Rain patters against my window
Or is he knocking at the door?
Memories are growing stronger and you
Golden leaves under my shoes
Gathering birds in the sky
May I go with them
Let me fly to you
Let me fly to you
And be safe
VIII. Amhran (Song Of The Winds)
(Instrumental)
IX. New Found Land
Beyond the boundaries of the known world
Where are the mountains and where are the fjords?
Hundreds of miles off course, we are lost
Clear skies return as we witness the shore
We sail the sea
We fight the storm
One hundred men caught by endless passion
Adventure Norse Men
A hunting eye
One hundred men on a holy mission
My arms are tired and my feet are cold
Hoping for shelter I’m hungry for food
My eyes see fire, a gift from the gods
What will we find at the end of the world?
We have found new land
We set sail for Greenland
As we crossed the oceans
Awaiting the Mirdgard serpent
We finally found a new world
We have found new land
I see New Found Land
X. Mourning Tree
So far away
But still so close
So many days
I’ve had to count
The meaning of life
Comes true when I’m with you
For in me there’s a flower growing
Tell him through the winds I am here
Whisper through the breeze not to fear
Taste it by the rain what I feel when you hold me
Reach out for the winds that we share
Then you will feel I am near
Taste it by the snow, I am here where you left me
I told to the mourning tree
The long way home
Is never too far
Unless you’ve reached the end of life
My deepest wish
Comes true when I’m with you
For in me there’s a miracle growing
XI. Twilight Sun
Spring is calling
Time to leave
The winds have told me
She’s waiting for me
Hear the tune
Of northern winds
Twilight sun
Will soon be gone
Guide me twilight sun
I will follow you home
Earth is awakening
The grass is green
The rivers sing
She’s calling for me
Shivering leaves
Songs of home
For you
I will return
If you don’t return I will leave a message
For you carved in stone
XII. Ankomst
I glitrende solskin
Et landskap som våkner
Vi seiler inn mot havnen
Hjem til deg i dine armer
En historie å fortelle
Ankomst ankomst gi meg havn
Ankomst ankomst åpne din favn
La dine sorger hvile i havet
Et sted mellom nord og sør
Vinden synger de evige toner
En sage å fortelle
1000 years ago a Viking ship
Left Norway in the spring
Tiden er kommet
Tiden vil vise
The saga of Vinland
A safa of Norsemen
The new world they found they called Vinland
The Land of Wine
Stormen forte skipet
Vestover mot ukjent land
II. Farewell Proud Men
Look above into the misty air
I hear the waves reminding me of fear
I’m not alone but I am still confused
Will you return and will your dreams come true?
Across the sea into shallow water
Long ships’ sails and sweeping oars
To walk the shore of a new land
To serve the shores of golden sand
Across the sea into shallow water
Long ships’ sails and sweeping oars
To walk the shore of a new land
To serve the shores of golden sand
Farewell proud men
Spirits will guide you
May they save you
Farewell proud men
Frightening ocean sacred as the wind
I beg you please be careful with these men
At night I dream of wonders and of change
Will I receive a message from you then?
Far way from our own home
Show me a future
Open the palace doow
And I will follow you
III. Elegy
Teardrop on a fragile eyelash
She's looking like a dream
Hoping for some understanding
And answer or at least
Cunning word a single sentence
To restore her heart
Aching since the day I left her
Crossing lonely seas
Silent tears of a woman
Make a warrior cry
Heaven, I beg you
Please release hopes from fears
This is my elegy
Do you know what I feel?
This is my elegy
Do you believe it's real?
Will I hold you in my arms again?
Dewdrops on a single rosebud
This purity of rain
Reminds me of the moment I left her
Kisses filled with pain
And if I should leave her waiting
For another year
Will she ever know the answer?
Will she follow me?
Silent tears of a woman
Make her warrior cry
Heaven, I beg you
Please release hopes from fears
This is my elegy
Do you know what I feel?
This is my elegy
Do you believe it's real?
Will I hold you in my arms..
Hold you in my arms again?
Cunning word, a single sentence
To restore her heart
Aching since the day I left her
Crossing lonely seas
IV. Solemn Sea
Seil den sterke sjo
Solen har gatt end
I det vide havet
I det morke dypet
Hviler en drom
Om et ukjent land
The music of your heartbeat brightens me
Turn my fears into hope
Oceans of blue
Darkening sky the shadows fall
Foaming waves shatter us
I cry aloud to the sky
Solemn sea save me
Solemn sea save me
Watch and wait for the next
Attacking waves, ice cold rain
The black mirror of the sea
Watching me, save me
The humming of the waves frightens me
Turn my fears into hope
Oceans of blue
A thunder storm roars at me
My body shakes in the rain
Lightening rays spearing me
A thousand spears haunting me
V. Leaves’ Eyes
Summer goes
Winter comes
Leaves fall on frozen grounds
True love lasts forever
I imagine you in a thousand glimpses
Moonlight you keep me safe at night
And I know you’re here if I fall
Seasons change
Spirits wake up
Birds fly away to far-away homes
True love lasts forever
I imagine you in a thousand glimpses
Moonlight you keep me safe at night
And I know you’re here if I fall
Starlight show me the way in the dark
And I know you’re here when I call
Leaves’ Eyes
Children grow up
Parents grow old
Man’s wives become mothers to sons
Sunna hides
Mani glows
Stars are watching over us
VI. The Thorn
I hope that he will be safe
Hopefully return in April
I’ve heard the winds speak of a fight
And it hit my heart like a thorn
Whispering voice appear
I can’t escape what I feel
All I can see
All I believe in
Is connected to our kindred souls
I feel the thorn in my/your flesh
The pounding of blood in my/your head
I/you cry aloud
I/you cry of anger
My/your enemy will never forget me/you
I heard you calling my name
I saw your colourless face
Fire in your eyes
Where do you go to?
I dreamt of an enemy threatening you
Hold me
Breathe with me
Until the end of time
VII. Misseri (Turn Green Meadows Into Grey)
Morning awakes
Night is drifting away
Winter’s approaching
Time to go or stay
I see migrants travelling
To a far-away world
Reflected in black waters and you
Turn green meadows into grey
Can you feel the winter waiting?
Ice-cold rivers turn to blue
Can you see the jewel shining?
Fire burning in my eyes
It warms my hands when I’m alone
There’s no one here to hold me tight
Rain patters against my window
Or is he knocking at the door?
Memories are growing stronger and you
Golden leaves under my shoes
Gathering birds in the sky
May I go with them
Let me fly to you
Let me fly to you
And be safe
VIII. Amhran (Song Of The Winds)
(Instrumental)
IX. New Found Land
Beyond the boundaries of the known world
Where are the mountains and where are the fjords?
Hundreds of miles off course, we are lost
Clear skies return as we witness the shore
We sail the sea
We fight the storm
One hundred men caught by endless passion
Adventure Norse Men
A hunting eye
One hundred men on a holy mission
My arms are tired and my feet are cold
Hoping for shelter I’m hungry for food
My eyes see fire, a gift from the gods
What will we find at the end of the world?
We have found new land
We set sail for Greenland
As we crossed the oceans
Awaiting the Mirdgard serpent
We finally found a new world
We have found new land
I see New Found Land
X. Mourning Tree
So far away
But still so close
So many days
I’ve had to count
The meaning of life
Comes true when I’m with you
For in me there’s a flower growing
Tell him through the winds I am here
Whisper through the breeze not to fear
Taste it by the rain what I feel when you hold me
Reach out for the winds that we share
Then you will feel I am near
Taste it by the snow, I am here where you left me
I told to the mourning tree
The long way home
Is never too far
Unless you’ve reached the end of life
My deepest wish
Comes true when I’m with you
For in me there’s a miracle growing
XI. Twilight Sun
Spring is calling
Time to leave
The winds have told me
She’s waiting for me
Hear the tune
Of northern winds
Twilight sun
Will soon be gone
Guide me twilight sun
I will follow you home
Earth is awakening
The grass is green
The rivers sing
She’s calling for me
Shivering leaves
Songs of home
For you
I will return
If you don’t return I will leave a message
For you carved in stone
XII. Ankomst
I glitrende solskin
Et landskap som våkner
Vi seiler inn mot havnen
Hjem til deg i dine armer
En historie å fortelle
Ankomst ankomst gi meg havn
Ankomst ankomst åpne din favn
La dine sorger hvile i havet
Et sted mellom nord og sør
Vinden synger de evige toner
En sage å fortelle
1979 Cadillac
"After years of scrimping and saving, a husband told his wife the good news: 'Honey, we've finally saved enough money to buy what we started saving for in 1979.'
'You mean a brand-new Cadillac?' she asked eagerly.
'No,' said the husband, 'a 1979 Cadillac.'"
'You mean a brand-new Cadillac?' she asked eagerly.
'No,' said the husband, 'a 1979 Cadillac.'"
Sentenced: ''Ever Frost'' Video Posted Online
"Sentenced’s video for their new single, 'Ever-Frost', has been posted online at this location (.MPG file, 31 MB)."
Official: Rebels Open to Talk With Iraq
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer
A Sunni Arab politician said Tuesday two insurgent groups were willing to negotiate with the government, possibly opening a new political front in embattled Iraq. But a string of coordinated deadly bombings signaled that militants remain fierce.
The former Cabinet minister said he had established contact with the groups which account for a large part of the Sunni insurgents and were responsible for attacks against Iraqis and foreigners, including assassinations and kidnappings.
It was the first public disclosure that such negotiations might be in the offing with specific groups, but independent confirmation was not possible. Al-Jaafari's government declined comment.
At least 32 lives were claimed in the day's violence, which included four explosions within seven minutes in and around Hawija, 40 miles southwest of Kirkuk, and the killings of a Sunni cleric and a foreign ministry employee. The fatalities pushed the death toll to 879 in the 5 1/2 weeks since the government was formed.
Former electricity minister Ayham al-Samarie told The Associated Press the Islamic Army in Iraq and the Army of Mujahedeen — or holy warriors — were ready to open talks with the Shiite-led government aimed at eventually joining the political process.
The claim appears consistent with comments from a senior Shiite legislator, Hummam Hammoudi, who told the AP last week the government had opened indirect channels of communication with some insurgent groups.
The contacts were "becoming more promising and they give us reason to continue," Hammoudi said without providing details.
Al-Samarie, an Illinois Institute of Technology graduate who holds dual U.S. and Iraqi citizenship, said the two groups represent more than 50 percent of the "resistance." He excluded the al-Qaida in Iraq group which has carried out some of the bloodiest attacks and is headed by a non-Iraqi, Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
U.S. military officials believe about 12,000 to 20,000 fighters, including supporters, make up the insurgency.
Al-Samarie said he began contacting insurgent political leaders about five months ago. He did not meet any field commanders, he said, but would not name those he contacted or say who else joined in the meetings.
"Guns will not solve the problem. Guns never solved any problems; it's always politics that solves problems," he said. "How can they (the government) solve the problem without talking to the resistance? The resistance exists and everyone knows it exists."
Al-Samarie said he told the insurgent leaders they had to "come out to the political arena."
"We told them that 'no one knows what you want,'" he said, speaking in his home in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood. "'You say you want the occupier to leave Iraq but what do you want after that? You must have a political agenda.'"
The insurgent leaders agreed "that the time has come for them to come out," al-Samarie said.
The Islamic Army in Iraq is a significant insurgent group that has claimed responsibility for attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces as recently as in the last two weeks.
The group, most active in Baghdad and the region directly to the south, generally avoids bombings. Besides attacks against U.S. forces, it has claimed responsibility for assassinations of Iraqi government officials and the killings of an Italian journalist and Pakistani contractors. It released two French journalists in December 2004 after holding them for 124 days.
It claims thousands in its ranks and says its members are predominantly Iraqi. According to insurgent statements, the group has at times collaborated with the al-Qaida in Iraq network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the Ansar al-Sunnah Army.
Less is known about the Mujahedeen Army, but it has claimed responsibility for scores of attacks, including the April downing of a helicopter carrying 11 civilians, among them six Americans, and the kidnapping of Indonesian journalists who were released unharmed in February.
The effort to begin talks comes at a delicate time for the government, criticized by Sunni Arab groups for deliberately targeting the minority in counterinsurgency campaigns such as the ongoing Operation Lighting in Baghdad.
The influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars said the operation, which has led to nearly 900 arrests, could spark sectarian strife. Now in its second week, the campaign involves thousands of Iraqi security forces and 7,000 U.S. troops, according to the U.S. military.
"We tried to reduce tension, but the government took another path. What is being done by the army during the raids and the arrests is only enhancing the culture of hatred," said association spokesman Abdul-Salam al-Qubeisi.
In Hawija, the first explosion, caused by a roadside bomb, killed no one. But the next three killed 18, with the deadliest coming at a checkpoint in Dibis, on Hawija's outskirts — which killed 10. At least 39 people were wounded.
"I was standing some distance from the checkpoint when I heard a big explosion and I was thrown onto the ground," Lt. Sadiq Mohammed, 26, whose right leg was wounded, said from his hospital bed. "This is a terrorist act because real resistance should only target American troops, not Iraqis trying to protect their country."
Near the Syrian border, an American-backed military operation zeroed in on insurgents in Tal Afar, sending tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles to patrol the narrow streets under the cover of helicopters, witnesses said. About 20 suspected insurgents were captured, Tal Afar police Capt. Amjad Hashim said.
Two U.S. Marines also died Monday after separate roadside bombings near Fallujah, the military said Tuesday. A U.S. soldier died of non-combat related injuries near Baghdad International Airport.
On Wednesday, the military said three U.S. soldiers had died in two attacks. Two 42nd Infantry Division Soldiers were killed in an indirect fire attack on their base in Tikrit late Tuesday, and a roadside bomb exploded near another U.S. vehicle north of Baghdad, officials said.
At least 1,679 U.S. military members have died since the Iraq war began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
In Habaniya, 50 miles west of Baghdad, insurgents attacked a supply convoy carrying supplies to an American base, and local reporters said they saw at least seven bodies, all of which appeared to be Iraqi men in their 20s and 30s. The U.S. military and American diplomats said they were not aware of any Americans in the convoy.
Elsewhere, a mortar attack at a U.S. base near Fallujah left three Iraqis dead; and gunmen killed four Iraqis in Mosul, a Sunni cleric in southern Basra and a foreign ministry employee in Baghdad.
Laith Kuba, spokesman for Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who earlier this week indicated Saddam Hussein could go on trial within two months, said Tuesday the timing was in the hands of the Iraqi Special Tribunal and no trial date had been set.
____
Associated Press writers Yehia Barzanji in Kirkuk, Iraq, contributed to this report.
A Sunni Arab politician said Tuesday two insurgent groups were willing to negotiate with the government, possibly opening a new political front in embattled Iraq. But a string of coordinated deadly bombings signaled that militants remain fierce.
The former Cabinet minister said he had established contact with the groups which account for a large part of the Sunni insurgents and were responsible for attacks against Iraqis and foreigners, including assassinations and kidnappings.
It was the first public disclosure that such negotiations might be in the offing with specific groups, but independent confirmation was not possible. Al-Jaafari's government declined comment.
At least 32 lives were claimed in the day's violence, which included four explosions within seven minutes in and around Hawija, 40 miles southwest of Kirkuk, and the killings of a Sunni cleric and a foreign ministry employee. The fatalities pushed the death toll to 879 in the 5 1/2 weeks since the government was formed.
Former electricity minister Ayham al-Samarie told The Associated Press the Islamic Army in Iraq and the Army of Mujahedeen — or holy warriors — were ready to open talks with the Shiite-led government aimed at eventually joining the political process.
The claim appears consistent with comments from a senior Shiite legislator, Hummam Hammoudi, who told the AP last week the government had opened indirect channels of communication with some insurgent groups.
The contacts were "becoming more promising and they give us reason to continue," Hammoudi said without providing details.
Al-Samarie, an Illinois Institute of Technology graduate who holds dual U.S. and Iraqi citizenship, said the two groups represent more than 50 percent of the "resistance." He excluded the al-Qaida in Iraq group which has carried out some of the bloodiest attacks and is headed by a non-Iraqi, Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
U.S. military officials believe about 12,000 to 20,000 fighters, including supporters, make up the insurgency.
Al-Samarie said he began contacting insurgent political leaders about five months ago. He did not meet any field commanders, he said, but would not name those he contacted or say who else joined in the meetings.
"Guns will not solve the problem. Guns never solved any problems; it's always politics that solves problems," he said. "How can they (the government) solve the problem without talking to the resistance? The resistance exists and everyone knows it exists."
Al-Samarie said he told the insurgent leaders they had to "come out to the political arena."
"We told them that 'no one knows what you want,'" he said, speaking in his home in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood. "'You say you want the occupier to leave Iraq but what do you want after that? You must have a political agenda.'"
The insurgent leaders agreed "that the time has come for them to come out," al-Samarie said.
The Islamic Army in Iraq is a significant insurgent group that has claimed responsibility for attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces as recently as in the last two weeks.
The group, most active in Baghdad and the region directly to the south, generally avoids bombings. Besides attacks against U.S. forces, it has claimed responsibility for assassinations of Iraqi government officials and the killings of an Italian journalist and Pakistani contractors. It released two French journalists in December 2004 after holding them for 124 days.
It claims thousands in its ranks and says its members are predominantly Iraqi. According to insurgent statements, the group has at times collaborated with the al-Qaida in Iraq network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the Ansar al-Sunnah Army.
Less is known about the Mujahedeen Army, but it has claimed responsibility for scores of attacks, including the April downing of a helicopter carrying 11 civilians, among them six Americans, and the kidnapping of Indonesian journalists who were released unharmed in February.
The effort to begin talks comes at a delicate time for the government, criticized by Sunni Arab groups for deliberately targeting the minority in counterinsurgency campaigns such as the ongoing Operation Lighting in Baghdad.
The influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars said the operation, which has led to nearly 900 arrests, could spark sectarian strife. Now in its second week, the campaign involves thousands of Iraqi security forces and 7,000 U.S. troops, according to the U.S. military.
"We tried to reduce tension, but the government took another path. What is being done by the army during the raids and the arrests is only enhancing the culture of hatred," said association spokesman Abdul-Salam al-Qubeisi.
In Hawija, the first explosion, caused by a roadside bomb, killed no one. But the next three killed 18, with the deadliest coming at a checkpoint in Dibis, on Hawija's outskirts — which killed 10. At least 39 people were wounded.
"I was standing some distance from the checkpoint when I heard a big explosion and I was thrown onto the ground," Lt. Sadiq Mohammed, 26, whose right leg was wounded, said from his hospital bed. "This is a terrorist act because real resistance should only target American troops, not Iraqis trying to protect their country."
Near the Syrian border, an American-backed military operation zeroed in on insurgents in Tal Afar, sending tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles to patrol the narrow streets under the cover of helicopters, witnesses said. About 20 suspected insurgents were captured, Tal Afar police Capt. Amjad Hashim said.
Two U.S. Marines also died Monday after separate roadside bombings near Fallujah, the military said Tuesday. A U.S. soldier died of non-combat related injuries near Baghdad International Airport.
On Wednesday, the military said three U.S. soldiers had died in two attacks. Two 42nd Infantry Division Soldiers were killed in an indirect fire attack on their base in Tikrit late Tuesday, and a roadside bomb exploded near another U.S. vehicle north of Baghdad, officials said.
At least 1,679 U.S. military members have died since the Iraq war began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
In Habaniya, 50 miles west of Baghdad, insurgents attacked a supply convoy carrying supplies to an American base, and local reporters said they saw at least seven bodies, all of which appeared to be Iraqi men in their 20s and 30s. The U.S. military and American diplomats said they were not aware of any Americans in the convoy.
Elsewhere, a mortar attack at a U.S. base near Fallujah left three Iraqis dead; and gunmen killed four Iraqis in Mosul, a Sunni cleric in southern Basra and a foreign ministry employee in Baghdad.
Laith Kuba, spokesman for Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who earlier this week indicated Saddam Hussein could go on trial within two months, said Tuesday the timing was in the hands of the Iraqi Special Tribunal and no trial date had been set.
____
Associated Press writers Yehia Barzanji in Kirkuk, Iraq, contributed to this report.
musikCube 0.92.5 Beta Released!
musikCube 0.92.5 Beta has been released.
For more details, visit: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/musikCube/1091033963/1
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Joke: You and Your Boss
Joke: You and Your Boss
1. When you take a long time, you're slow.
When your boss takes a long time, he's thorough.
2. When you don't do it, you're lazy.
When your boss doesn't do it, he's too busy.
When your boss doesn't do it, he's too busy.
3. When you make a mistake, you're an idiot.
When your boss makes a mistake, he's only human.
When your boss makes a mistake, he's only human.
4. When doing something without being told, you're overstepping your authority.
When your boss does the same thing, that's initiative.
When your boss does the same thing, that's initiative.
5. When you take a stand, you're being **g-headed.
When your boss does it, he's being firm.
When your boss does it, he's being firm.
6. When you overlooked a rule of ettiquette, you're being rude.
When your boss skips a few rules, he's being original.
When your boss skips a few rules, he's being original.
7. When you please your boss, you're arse-creeping.
When your boss pleases his boss, he's being co-operative.
When your boss pleases his boss, he's being co-operative.
8. When you're out of the office, you're wandering around.
When your boss is out of the office, he's on business.
When your boss is out of the office, he's on business.
9. When you're on a day off sick, you're always sick.
When your boss has a day off sick, he must be very ill.
When your boss has a day off sick, he must be very ill.
10 When you apply for leave, you must be going for an interview.
When your boss applies for leave, it's because he's overworked.
When your boss applies for leave, it's because he's overworked.
Burung
"Doktor," kata seorang ayah melalui telefon, "Anak lelaki saya menderita Selsema Burung."
"Saya tahu,"jawab doktor.
"Semalam saya telah ke rumah anda dan memberinya ubat. Pisahkanlah dia dari semua orang yang ada di rumah."
"Tapi, doktor," kata ayah yang cemas itu.
"Dia telah mencium pembantu rumah kami."
"Kasihan. kalau begitu dia juga perlu dikuarantin."
"Tapi, doktor, saya juga telah mencium pembantu itu."
"Wah, ini rumit. Bererti anda juga sudah menyimpan benih penyakit itu."
"Ya, dan tidak lama setelah itu, saya juga mencium isteri saya."
"Celaka,"jawab doktor, "Kalau begitu saya sudah dijangkiti."
Money
A young man was having some money problems, and needed $200 to get his car fixed and roadworthy again.
But had run out of people to borrow from.
So, he calls his parents via the operator, and reverses the charge and says to his father. "I need to borrow two hundred dollars," he says.
At the other end, his father says, "Sorry, I can't hear you, son, I think there may be a bad line."
The boy shouts, "Two hundred. I need two hundred dollars!"
"Sorry, I still can't hear you clearly," says his father.
The operator cuts in, "Sorry to butt in, But I can hear him perfectly clearly."
The father says, "Good. YOU send him the money!"
But had run out of people to borrow from.
So, he calls his parents via the operator, and reverses the charge and says to his father. "I need to borrow two hundred dollars," he says.
At the other end, his father says, "Sorry, I can't hear you, son, I think there may be a bad line."
The boy shouts, "Two hundred. I need two hundred dollars!"
"Sorry, I still can't hear you clearly," says his father.
The operator cuts in, "Sorry to butt in, But I can hear him perfectly clearly."
The father says, "Good. YOU send him the money!"
Dark Throne (beta) Defenselog
Edison's soldiers do 382,248,708 damage.
You defend the attack.
Your 6,968 guards do XXX damage.
Edison has defeated you!
7,078,776 gold was pillaged.
During the battle you lost 34 guards and killed 3 enemy soldiers.
Your fortification takes 21 damage."
You defend the attack.
Your 6,968 guards do XXX damage.
Edison has defeated you!
7,078,776 gold was pillaged.
During the battle you lost 34 guards and killed 3 enemy soldiers.
Your fortification takes 21 damage."
Kelly Osbourne in Drug Rehab
By The Associated Press 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
Kelly Osbourne, the 20-year-old daughter of heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne, has checked herself into a drug treatment center, according to a published report.
Osbourne entered the Pasadena facility on Thursday, Us Weekly reported Friday. A message left for her mother, Sharon Osbourne, was not immediately returned.
A family representative told the magazine that Kelly Osbourne was 'dealing with some personal issues' and would be back in a few weeks.
Kelly Osbourne spent several weeks last year at a Malibu drug treatment center for an addiction to prescription pain killers.
Her brother, Jack Osbourne, checked himself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic in 2003 and Ozzy Osbourne has been candid about his decades of battles with substance abuse.
The siblings became international stars following the success of the MTV reality show 'The Osbournes,' which showed an oft-dazed Ozzy doting over his family with Sharon."
Kelly Osbourne, the 20-year-old daughter of heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne, has checked herself into a drug treatment center, according to a published report.
Osbourne entered the Pasadena facility on Thursday, Us Weekly reported Friday. A message left for her mother, Sharon Osbourne, was not immediately returned.
A family representative told the magazine that Kelly Osbourne was 'dealing with some personal issues' and would be back in a few weeks.
Kelly Osbourne spent several weeks last year at a Malibu drug treatment center for an addiction to prescription pain killers.
Her brother, Jack Osbourne, checked himself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic in 2003 and Ozzy Osbourne has been candid about his decades of battles with substance abuse.
The siblings became international stars following the success of the MTV reality show 'The Osbournes,' which showed an oft-dazed Ozzy doting over his family with Sharon."
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - AEROSMITH Frontman Receives Honorary Doctorate From UMASS-BOSTON
According to the Boston Globe, more than 2,600 students collected degrees Friday (June 3) from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, where commencement day advice was delivered by Steven Tyler of AEROSMITH, broadcast journalist Emily Rooney, and the president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez.
Tyler, a Boston-based rock 'n' roll icon, received an honorary doctorate from UMass-Boston for his music and his support for philanthropic causes, from literacy and homelessness to rehabilitation for alcoholism and support for families of soldiers killed in Iraq. 'Remember, today is the first day of the rest of your life,' the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member told graduates.
Then he raised a tin of licorice Altoids to the microphone, shook it like a maraca, and thrilled the crowd. 'Sweeet grad-uation,' he sang to the tune of the AEROSMITH hit 'Sweet Emotion'.
Check out a photo of Steven Tyler of AEROSMITH being congratulated by the president of the University of Massachusetts at Boston, Jack M. Wilson, and interim Chancellor J. Keith Motley after receiving an honorary doctorate yesterday.
Tyler, a Boston-based rock 'n' roll icon, received an honorary doctorate from UMass-Boston for his music and his support for philanthropic causes, from literacy and homelessness to rehabilitation for alcoholism and support for families of soldiers killed in Iraq. 'Remember, today is the first day of the rest of your life,' the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member told graduates.
Then he raised a tin of licorice Altoids to the microphone, shook it like a maraca, and thrilled the crowd. 'Sweeet grad-uation,' he sang to the tune of the AEROSMITH hit 'Sweet Emotion'.
Check out a photo of Steven Tyler of AEROSMITH being congratulated by the president of the University of Massachusetts at Boston, Jack M. Wilson, and interim Chancellor J. Keith Motley after receiving an honorary doctorate yesterday.
Marine Turtles
Green sea turtle - Mafia Island, Tanzania
photo: WWF-Canon / Peter DENTON
photo: WWF-Canon / Peter DENTON
Having traveled the seas for over 100 million years, marine turtles have outlived almost all of the prehistoric animals with which they once shared the planet. Marine turtles survived the extinction of the dinosaurs and are still present in the world's oceans today.
Until recently, their success was apparent, as marine turtles crawled ashore to nest in abundance on tropical and subtropical beaches around the globe. Unfortunately threats like hunting for meat, shell and eggs; habitat destruction; fisheries bycatch; pollution; boat strikes; and introduced predators have wiped out entire turtle populations, or reduced them to mere shadows of their former glory. Today three of the seven existing species are critically endangered with extinction, three are endangered and the status of the seventh species remains unknown.
WWF is working across the globe to help protect these remarkable creatures and the habitats that they need to survive.
IRON MAIDEN: 'The Trooper' Single Details Revealed
According to a post at MaidenFans.com, IRON MAIDEN will be releasing a new CD single, 'The Trooper', this summer. It's already certain that it will be released in Spain this month ahead of the Lorca Rock festival, with other territories to follow.
The first song one the single is the orginal tune from the 'Piece of Mind' album (1983), in celebration of the band's current 'Early Days' tour. The second track is a live recording of that same song made in 2003, in anticipation to the release of the forthcoming 'Death on the Road' DVD, slated to hit stores shelves on August 29.
To check out the artwork for 'The Trooper' single, click here.
The first song one the single is the orginal tune from the 'Piece of Mind' album (1983), in celebration of the band's current 'Early Days' tour. The second track is a live recording of that same song made in 2003, in anticipation to the release of the forthcoming 'Death on the Road' DVD, slated to hit stores shelves on August 29.
To check out the artwork for 'The Trooper' single, click here.
Messenger & Chatroom ~ Abbreviations
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Puzzle over three-headed frog
 The three-headed frog has fused bodies and six legs |
The creature - which has six legs - has stunned a BBC wildlife expert who said it could be an early warning of environmental problems.
Laura Pepper, from the Green Umbrella nursery in Weston-super-Mare, said: "We thought it was three frogs huddled together at first.
"It is very strange. The children couldn't believe it."
Mike Dilger, from the BBC Natural History Unit, said: "I have never seen anything like this.
"Frogs are primitive animals - so the occasional extra toe is not that unusual. But this is very unusual."
All the creature's eyes and legs appear to function normally, but it is not known whether it eats using all three of its mouths.
The amphibian was kept in a container for several hours but hopped away later while nursery staff were showing it to curious parents.
Tatapan Penuh Cinta
Tatapan Penuh Cinta
Pernahkah anda menatap orang-orang terdekat anda saat ia sedang tidur?
Kalau belum, cobalah sekali saja menatap mereka saat sedang tidur.
Saat itu yang tampak adalah ekspresi paling wajar dan paling jujur dari seseorang.
Seorang artis yang ketika di panggung begitu cantik dan gemerlap pun bisa jadi akan tampak polos dan jauh berbeda jika ia sedang tidur.
Orang paling kejam di dunia pun jika ia sudah tidur tak akan tampak wajah bengisnya.
Perhatikanlah ayah anda saat beliau sedang tidur.
Sadarilah, betapa badan yang dulu kekar dan gagah itu kini semakin tua dan ringkih, betapa rambut-rambut putih mulai menghiasi kepalanya, betapa kerut merut mulai terpahat di wajahnya.
Orang inilah yang tiap hari bekerja keras untuk kesejahteraan kita, anak-anaknya.
Orang inilah, rela melakukan apa saja asal perut kita kenyang dan pendidikan kita lancar.
Sekarang, beralihlah. Lihatlah ibu anda. Hmm...kulitnya mulai keriput dan tangan yang dulu halus membelai-belai tubuh bayi kita itu kini kasar karena tempaan hidup yang keras.
Orang inilah yang tiap hari mengurus kebutuhan kita.
Orang inilah yang paling rajin mengingatkan dan mengomeli kita semata- mata karena rasa kasih dan sayang, dan sayangnya, itu sering kita salah
artikan.
Cobalah menatap wajah orang-orang tercinta itu...
Ayah, Ibu, Suami, Istri, Kakak, Adik, Anak, Sahabat,
Semuanya...
Rasakanlah sensasi yang timbul sesudahnya.
Rasakanlah energi cinta yang mengalir pelan-pelan saat menatap wajah lugu yang terlelap itu.
Rasakanlah getaran cinta yang mengalir deras ketika mengingat betapa banyaknya pengorbanan yang telah dilakukan orang-orang itu untuk kebahagiaan anda.
Pengorbanan yang kadang tertutupi oleh kesalah pahaman kecil yang entah kenapa selau saja nampak besar.
Secara ajaib Tuhan mengatur agar pengorbanan itu bisa tampak lagi melalui wajah-wajah jujur mereka saat sedang tidur.
Pengorbanan yang kadang melelahkan namun enggan mereka ungkapkan.
Dan ekspresi wajah ketika tidur pun mengungkap segalanya.
Tanpa kata, tanpa suara dia berkata... "betapa lelahnya aku hari ini".
Dan penyebab lelah itu? Untuk siapa dia berlelah-lelah? Tak lain adalah kita.
Suami yang bekerja keras mencari nafkah, istri yang bekerja keras mengurus dan mendidik anak, juga rumah.
Kakak, adik, anak, dan sahabat yang telah melewatkan hari-hari suka dan duka bersama kita.
Resapilah kenangan-kenangan manis dan pahit yang pernah terjadi dengan menatap wajah-wajah mereka.
Rasakanlah betapa kebahagiaan dan keharuan seketika membuncah jika mengingat itu semua.
Bayangkanlah apa yang akan terjadi jika esok hari mereka "orang-orang terkasih itu" tak lagi membuka matanya, selamanya ...
Pernahkah anda menatap orang-orang terdekat anda saat ia sedang tidur?
Kalau belum, cobalah sekali saja menatap mereka saat sedang tidur.
Saat itu yang tampak adalah ekspresi paling wajar dan paling jujur dari seseorang.
Seorang artis yang ketika di panggung begitu cantik dan gemerlap pun bisa jadi akan tampak polos dan jauh berbeda jika ia sedang tidur.
Orang paling kejam di dunia pun jika ia sudah tidur tak akan tampak wajah bengisnya.
Perhatikanlah ayah anda saat beliau sedang tidur.
Sadarilah, betapa badan yang dulu kekar dan gagah itu kini semakin tua dan ringkih, betapa rambut-rambut putih mulai menghiasi kepalanya, betapa kerut merut mulai terpahat di wajahnya.
Orang inilah yang tiap hari bekerja keras untuk kesejahteraan kita, anak-anaknya.
Orang inilah, rela melakukan apa saja asal perut kita kenyang dan pendidikan kita lancar.
Sekarang, beralihlah. Lihatlah ibu anda. Hmm...kulitnya mulai keriput dan tangan yang dulu halus membelai-belai tubuh bayi kita itu kini kasar karena tempaan hidup yang keras.
Orang inilah yang tiap hari mengurus kebutuhan kita.
Orang inilah yang paling rajin mengingatkan dan mengomeli kita semata- mata karena rasa kasih dan sayang, dan sayangnya, itu sering kita salah
artikan.
Cobalah menatap wajah orang-orang tercinta itu...
Ayah, Ibu, Suami, Istri, Kakak, Adik, Anak, Sahabat,
Semuanya...
Rasakanlah sensasi yang timbul sesudahnya.
Rasakanlah energi cinta yang mengalir pelan-pelan saat menatap wajah lugu yang terlelap itu.
Rasakanlah getaran cinta yang mengalir deras ketika mengingat betapa banyaknya pengorbanan yang telah dilakukan orang-orang itu untuk kebahagiaan anda.
Pengorbanan yang kadang tertutupi oleh kesalah pahaman kecil yang entah kenapa selau saja nampak besar.
Secara ajaib Tuhan mengatur agar pengorbanan itu bisa tampak lagi melalui wajah-wajah jujur mereka saat sedang tidur.
Pengorbanan yang kadang melelahkan namun enggan mereka ungkapkan.
Dan ekspresi wajah ketika tidur pun mengungkap segalanya.
Tanpa kata, tanpa suara dia berkata... "betapa lelahnya aku hari ini".
Dan penyebab lelah itu? Untuk siapa dia berlelah-lelah? Tak lain adalah kita.
Suami yang bekerja keras mencari nafkah, istri yang bekerja keras mengurus dan mendidik anak, juga rumah.
Kakak, adik, anak, dan sahabat yang telah melewatkan hari-hari suka dan duka bersama kita.
Resapilah kenangan-kenangan manis dan pahit yang pernah terjadi dengan menatap wajah-wajah mereka.
Rasakanlah betapa kebahagiaan dan keharuan seketika membuncah jika mengingat itu semua.
Bayangkanlah apa yang akan terjadi jika esok hari mereka "orang-orang terkasih itu" tak lagi membuka matanya, selamanya ...
Jokes of Ah Beng
Act 1)
Ah Beng calls the telephone operator.
Ah Beng: "Could you please tell me the time difference between Singapore and New York?"
Operator: "Just a minute..."
Ah Beng: "Thank you."
Ah Beng got his answer and cut off the line.
Act 2)
At a bar in New York, the man sat next to Ah Beng told the bartender, "JOHNNIE WALKER, SINGLE." and his companion said, "JACK DANIELS,SINGLE." The bartender turned to Ah Beng and asked, "AND YOU, SIR?"
Ah Beng replied: "Tan Ah Beng, MARRIED."
Act 3)
After completing a jigsaw puzzle he'd been working on for quite
sometime, Ah Beng proudly shows off the finished puzzle to a friend. "It took me only 5 MONTHS to do it," Ah Beng said. "FIVE MONTHS? Why did you take so long." the friend asked. Ah Beng replied, "No, it is not long at all, look at the box, it says it is for 4 to 7 years".
Act 4)
Ah Beng had just bought a new computer and was using it when he encountered some problems. After a few attempts, he decided to use the 'Help' command. Soon after, he became very irritated and called the computer shop for support.
Ah Beng : I pressed the 'F1' key for help... but it's been over half an hour & still nobody has come to help me .......
Act 5)
Ah Beng with two red ears went to his doctor. The doctor asked him what had happened to his ears and he answered, " I was ironing a shirt and the phone ring lor- but instead of picking
up the phone, I accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear. So Kena lor!" "Oh Dear!" the doctor exclaimed in disbelief. "But, what happened to the other ear?" Ah Beng: "That stupid fellow called back again loh!"
Act 6)
Why did Ah Beng go to a movie with his 18 friends? Because according to the advertisement, below 18 is not allowed to go in.
Gallery of home-built bikes
Gallery of home-built bikes
Bikeforest has a nice photograph gallery of homemade bikes, scooters, and tricycles.
Link
Bikeforest has a nice photograph gallery of homemade bikes, scooters, and tricycles.
Link
How to start your day with a positive attitude?
How to start your day with a positive attitude?
1. Create a "New Folder" on your computer
2. Name it "Project Manager"
3. Send it to trash
4. Empty the trash
5. Your computer will ask you "Do you really want to get rid of "Project Manager"?"
6. Answer calmly, "Yes", and press the mouse button firmly..
(AND YOU FEEL BETTER ALL DAY...YES YES ! )
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http://fullfilth.blogspot.com
1. Create a "New Folder" on your computer
2. Name it "Project Manager"
3. Send it to trash
4. Empty the trash
5. Your computer will ask you "Do you really want to get rid of "Project Manager"?"
6. Answer calmly, "Yes", and press the mouse button firmly..
(AND YOU FEEL BETTER ALL DAY...YES YES ! )
--
http://fullfilth.blogspot.com
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