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Is this Ucumar?

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:28:00 +0000

The Ucu, sometimes called Ucumar or Ukumar-zupai, is a reported Bigfoot like creature thought to live in the mountainous regions in and around Chili and Argentina. The Ucu is described to be the size of a large dog and walks erect, it is also thought to prefer the more tropical regions of the Andes mountain range. According to natives the Ucu likes to eat payo, a plant with an inside similar to cabbage, and emits a sound like uhu, uhu, uhu, which Ivan T. Sanderson compared to the noises reported by Albert Ostman, who claimed to have been held captive by a family of Sasquatch in 1924.

One of the first documented sightings of the Ucu took place in May of 1958 when a group of campers in Rengo, 50 miles from Santiago, Chili, reported that they saw what they could only describe as an ape man. Police were called out to investigate; they took reports from the witnesses, one of which was Carlos Manuel Soto who swore that he had seen an enormous man covered with hair in the Cordilleras, one of the Santiagos 6 provinces.

In 1956, geologist Audio L. Pich found seventeen inch long human like footprints on the Argentina side of the Andes Mountains at a height of over sixteen thousand feet. The following year similar tracks where discovered in the province of La Salta, Argentina. Not long after, residents of Tolor Grande informed newspaper reporters of a nightly chorus of what they described as eerie calls emanating from the near by Curu-Curu Mountains. The cries, which where attributed by the locals to a creature known as the Ukumar-zupai, frightened the community for some time, and according to anthropologist Pablo Latapi Ortega, traditions of these giant ape men continue to this very day in Argentina.

Read more at http://theunexplainedmysteries.com/El-Ucumar.html

What is MapQuest ?

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:43:00 +0000

I had read something yesterday and found the word MapQuest. I wonder what it is and start searching on web and found this on Wikipedia.org :

MapQuest is an American free online web mapping service owned by AOL. The company was founded in 1967 as Cartographic Services, a division of R.R. Donnelley & Sons in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1969. When it became an independent company in 1994, it was renamed GeoSystems Global Corporation. MapQuest was acquired in 2000 by America Online, Inc. Company headquarters are in Lancaster and Denver, Colorado.

MapQuest provides some extent of street-level detail and/or driving directions for a variety of countries. You can see if they include your country from a pull down menu on their home page.

A MapQuest-branded Yellow Pages service is provided by AOL. Other services include a world atlas and MapQuest Mobile. MapQuest Mobile is a service providing maps and driving directions to any Web-enabled mobile phone or personal digital assistant.

MapQuest also features a customizable GasPrices page, where users can type their address and compare the gas prices of nearby public gas stations. Because it also features the dates that the prices were first posted, it allows users to find the cheapest prices for gas. However, this page is only available in the United States.

In October 2006, MapQuest sold off its publishing division (which published traditional maps in paper format) to concentrate on its online and mobile services.

Keropok Rota - tak halal?

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:04:00 +0000

Posting pertama Pakcipan pada 2010 ini:

Dulu Pakcipan pernah post-kan artikel tentang 'Kod E'.... ni ada satu lagi masalah pasal makanan halal - Keropok Rota!

Well done Oprah and British Airways

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:06:00 +0000

TWO TRUE STORIES ABOUT RACISM

1) I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of the Oprah Winfrey

Show where her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if the statements about race he was accused of saying were true. Statements like'...'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish and Asians would buy my clothes, I WOULD NOT have made them so nice. I wish these people would *NOT* buy my clothes, as they are made for upper class white people'

His answer to Oprah was a simple 'YES'. Where after she immediately asked him to leave her show.

My suggestion? Don't buy your next shirt or perfume from Tommy Hilfiger. Let's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes, let's put Him in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the ridiculous prices he puts on his clothes. BOYCOTT.

PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW.

Then send it to the whole community that's not white people and see the result. We have to see the result of unity.

Let's find out if Non-whites really play such a small part in the world. Stop buying any range of their (Tommy H etc) product, perfume, cosmetics, clothes, bags, etc.,

2) Scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg and London

A White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess..
'Madam, what is the matter,' the hostess asked. ' You obviously do not see it then?' she responded. ' You placed me next to a black man.

I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. Give me an alternative seat.'
'Be calm please,' the hostess replied. 'Almost all the places on this Flight is taken.

I will go to see if another place is available.' The Hostess went away and t hen came back a few minutes later. 'Madam, Just as I thought, there are no other available seats in the economy class. I spoke to the captain and he informed me that there is a seat in the business class.

All the same, we still have one place in the first class.' Before the woman could say anything, the hostess continued: 'It is not Usual for our company to permit someone from the economy class to sit in the first class. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.' She turned to the black guy, and said, 'Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in first class.'

At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded. Both the above are true stories. If You are against racism, please send this message to all your friends;

'please do not Delete it without sending it to at least one person'.

Is this for real?... or cheating?

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:20:00 +0000

I received an email from someone that I don't know whom. And, how this guy got my email address also give me a question. Read what this guy gave me below. I don't know what is that and also is it true or not. But in the email, they put someone's picture, looks like this guy standing at the petrol digging area (I did not put it here). Read it on.... but I think this is one stupid believer.

Dear Friends,

Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is sharing his fortune. If you ignore this you will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period.

For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00, for every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks!, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a cheque..

mai kita cuba ...........ramai2.....aku dah dapat semalam...RM5,449.00 selepas T/T ke bank akaun aku.

Norhafizah Binti Abdul Halim
Setiausaha
Pengarah MARA Negeri
Kedah
Tel:04-7313060/7335780 DL: 04-7331734
Faks: 04-7319156
email: norhafizah@mara..gov.my

kite try, test, tengok..... X rugi pun....

tu la masalah dia sekarang nie wan, aku baru je balik dari bank in cheque USD13k++ dlm
FCY a/c kat bawah tadi. Ade 3 day float....... aku yg jadi confuse....biar betul beb duit nie........
kita tunggu dulu, kalu clear duit tu, aku habaq kat smua nooo......

Thanks and Regards
ROSFAN MOHD SUBBIAN
Trade Finance Ops
03-2034 5861

Nie betullah? tahun lalu aku dapat email nie...aku forward lah..masa tu masih bute IT lagi kan , so percayalah..tup tap tup tap...6 bulan kemudian aku dapat email memohon alamat aku..terkezut aku biler 2 minggu kemudian aku dapat cek bernilai $16, 456...32..giler babi nye seronok...tu dalam US Dollar..biler aku covert, masa tu 3.8...kirelah..

Hai this is not joke i got 4672$ credited in my ICICI account last week
Frnds I got $2163 today only.
So I am forwading to u frnds
Don't miss this chance < style="'font-size:">

Regards,
Sathish kumar.
Vnet - 56639

I got $9386. Was shocked!!!
Hey!!!!!! Am not joking... .... .........
This really works!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got $12,101 credited with this months salary, that is why I am sending this to you guys. I am almost going mad. Planning to quit TCS and start a new company.. You guys can join hands. What to say yarr????

Love,
Ajay Joy
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Mailto: MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "us.mc531.mail.yahoo.com" claiming to be ajay.joy@tcs.com
Website: MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "www.tcs..com" claiming to be http://www.tcs.com
MARI KITA CUBA RAMAI-RAMAI, KITA LIHAT SIAPA YANG DAPAT
DUIT RAYA TU...... RAYA SAKAN KITA

Oh my god!! Today I ch ecked my HSBC account have RM 5, 667.10 deposited recently! The monthly statement details shown credited by M/S Bill Gates Foundation. It works!!!

brgds,
M

do u think it's true??
Guys It's working
I have got $10000 .

Deepak

BLUE RIBBON AGAINST CHILD ABUSE

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:49:00 +0000

My name is Sarah
I am but three,
my eyes are swollen
I cannot see.

I must be stupid,
I must be bad,
what else could have made
my daddy so mad?

I wish I were better,
I wish I weren't ugly,
then maybe my Mommy
would still want to hug me.

I can't speak at all,
I can't do a wrong
or else I'm locked up
all the day long.

When I awake I'm all alone
the house is dark
my folks aren't home.

When my Mommy does come
I'll try and be nice,
so maybe I'll get just
one whipping tonight.

Don't make a sound!
I just heard a car
my daddy is back
from Charlie's Bar.

I hear him curse
my name he calls
I press myself
against the wall..

I try and hide
from his evil eyes
I'm so afraid now
I'm starting to cry.

He finds me weeping
he shouts ugly words,
he says its my fault
that he suffers at work.

He slaps me and hits me
and yells at me more,
I finally get free
and I run for the door.

He's already locked it
and I start to bawl,
he takes me and throws me
against the hard wall.

I fall to the floor
with my bones nearly broken,
and my daddy continues
with more bad words spoken.

'I'm sorry!' I scream
but its now much too late
his face has been twisted
into unimaginable hate.

The hurt and the pain
again and again
oh please God, have mercy!
oh please let it end!

And he finally stops
and heads for the door,
while I lay there motionless
sprawled on the floor.

My name is Sarah
and I am but three,
tonight my daddy
murdered me.

There are thousands of kids out there just like Sarah. And you can help....

Marwa - mati mu kerana maruah kami !

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:46:00 +0000

1 Juai 2009 - Amerika Syarikat

Jutaan orang dari seluru dunia menyaksikan pengkebumian Micheal Jackson. Ramailah orang yang menumpahkan air mata kerana kehilangan penghibur kesukaan mereka. Ramailah yang menabur bunga untuk raja pop itu yang seluruh tubuhanya disaluti 'barang palsu'.

1 Julai 2009 - German
Kita dikejutkan dengan pembunuhan Marwa El-Sherbini yang berlaku di sebuah 'courtroom' di Langericht, Dresden, German. Marwa ditikam sebanyak 18 kali oleh Alex W. , seorang lelaki yang selalu mengganggunya dengan memanggilnya 'terrorist' dan cuba menanggalkan tudungnya. Malah, suami Marwa turut cedera kerana cuba melindunginya dan masih belum sedarkan diri. Tetapi suaminya bukan sahaja cedera parah kerana ditikam tetapi ditembak oleh polis German yang kemudiannya menyatakan ia tidak disengajakan.

Ogos 2008 - kisahnya
Marwa di serang dengan kata-kata kesat disebuah taman oleh lelaki tersebut yang juga turut cuba membuka tudung kepalanya tetapi dipertahankan Marwa. Alex W. ditahan polis dan didenda 780 euro tetapi pendakwa merayu untuk hukuman lebih berat kerana Alex menyatakan dalam mahkamah bahawa 'orang seperti Marwa bukan manusia'.

Julai 2009 - pembunuhan
Perbicaran rayuan untuk Alex dijalankan dan cuma beberapa orang sahaja dalam bilik mahkamah tanpa kehadiran polis. Ketika perbicaraan dijalankan, Alex menyerang Marwa dan menikamnya sebanyak 18 kali sehingga mati dan suaminya turut ditikam di dada dan badan. Marwa dilaporkan hamil tiga bulan ketika dibunuh. Ketika menyerang, Alex berkata, "kau tidak layak untuk hidup".

Kini - di seluruh dunia
Kematiah Marwa tidak dihebahkan secara besar-besaran akibat 'kegilaan' dunia termasuk umat Islam terhadap MJ. Berita wanita yang mempertahankan maruahnya, agamanya dan umat Islam lain tenggelam dengan berita pengkebumian raja pop itu. Saya sendiri hanya membacanya di laman maya BBC News. Pun begitu, jenazah Marwa disambut oleh beribu-ribu umat Islam di Mesir, tanah kelahirannya. Dia disambut sama seperti pejuang, sama seperti para syahid di Palestin.

Marwa oh! Marwa, mati mu kerana agama mu, mati mu kerana mempertahankan maruah mu, mati mu kerana agama kami, mati mu karana mempertahankan maruah kami.

Israeli settlers burn Palestinian farm

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:38:00 +0000

Obama still didn't say anything about this!

Israel's illegal settlers in the West Bank have set fire to more than 120 hectares of Palestinian land, the Ministry of Agriculture says.

In a series of attacks since the spring, settlers have gone on the offensive, attacking Palestinian farmers particularly in villages surrounding the cities of Nablus and al-Khalil (Hebron), the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday.

The ministry issued a statement after settlers in the West Bank town of Beit Ummar set fire to more farmland on Sunday. The town's mayor said that large areas of olive, almond, and grape fields were reduced to ashes.

The statement also expressed concern over the recently-announced Israeli plans to confiscate another 13,900 hectares stretching from the eastern edge of Bethlehem to the Dead Sea -- including land in the villages of Al-Ubeidiya, Ar-Rashayida and At-Ta'amara -- and the area of Nabi Musa, which is to be annexed by the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim.

In spite of mounting pressure by the international community, the ministry noted that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved the construction of 50 new housing units in the settlement of Adam, in addition to 300 houses in the settlement of Benyamin.

Source: http://www.presstv.com

Little history of reality tv.

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:02:00 +0000

Certainly, there are many people who think that reality shows have begun recently, but then there are a lot of us who believe that Allen Funt started these in 1948 with the TV serial called "Candid Camera" and he rightly deserves the credit for this now ubiquitous phenomenon. Reality TV seems to be a recent innovation, but "Candid Camera" was a forerunner that doesn't receive enough credit. Most people would concur that reality TV is synonymous with a peep show.

The 1950s shows can be categorized only as reality TV. How to express the reality? We might call them "game shows". They really are reality television.

Reality shows on television have got much expansion over the years. This class has developed further in the last 50 to 60 years.

Reality television is extremely popular these days. Once the reality show "Survivor" became a huge hit on CBS, other networks wanted to cash in on the trend. If you've been living under a rock: "Survivor" is a reality television program - or game show - documenting contestants living together for 39 days in a primitive environment. While they attempt to undermine one another and vie for the great reward - (one million dollars), the participants eventually found ways to cooperate with each other.

A total of seven different reality television programs exist on the big four. (NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX). The expansion of reality television is not just on those networks. Each and every channel is on the lookout for some great reality television shows, cable centers just grab such programs having top shows like "The Deadliest Catch", "Monster Garage", "Top Chef", etc. These are only a few on the big long list.

Reality TV shows have expanded to include so many categories, from documentaries, to scientific endeavors, dating shows, criminal justice, talent searches, and many more. There are many different examples of reality television, such as dating, law enforcement, hidden camera and game shows to name just a few.

Melanoma - what is that?

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:02:00 +0000

Ryan ankle had a small spot that looked different. It was purple and white. That spot was growing because a melanocyte had grown a cancerous tumor. He was informed by his personal physician that he had a melanoma.

Melanocytes are the cells that produce melanin. Melanin gives dark or tan color to the skin. But, when one of these cells gets out of control, it can produce one of the most dangerous cancers known. And more than 50,1013 people are told that they have melanoma every year just inside the USA.

Causes of Malignant Melanoma

The most common cause of melanoma known is over exposure to ultraviolet rays. When melanoma was first studied, it was found that people who labored out of doors were those who tended to show up with melanoma. Furthermore, people who had gotten a sunburn causing blisters were at risk to get a malignant melanoma.

People with fair skin are much more likely to get melanoma. This may be due to the fact that they are more likely to get skin damage by sun exposure. However, this is not a hard and fast fact.

Those who have lots of nevi (moles) are more likely to get melanoma, particularly those who have more than 50. Also, those with a particular type of mole called a dysplastic nevus are at higher risk.

Some people have had other skin cancers successfully treated including squamous cell carcinoma. Those people are more likely to get melanoma.

If you have had other family members that had malignant melanoma, then you are more likely to get a malignant melanoma as well.

Finally, those who have a problem with their immune system get malignant melanomas more often. Whether a person has AIDS, an organ transplant needing medications to curtail the immune system or others using those medications, that person will have a higher risk.

There was one case that showed the role of genetics in malignant melanoma. A man who was a chimera got malignant melanoma. A chimera is someone who has different parts of the body having two different sets of DNA. This apparently happens when twins are formed and somehow join into one body. This man had large metastatic lumps of malignant melanoma tumors on one side of his body and none at all on the other!

How to Identify a Melanoma

The only way to be sure whether a bump on your skin is a malignant melanoma or not is to have your doctor take it off and get it studied by a pathologist. However, there are some ways to know if you should be suspicious of one of those lumps or bumps.

Irregular Border - A malignant melanoma will typically have an uneven border. The usual mole has a sharp border. You can point to any spot on your skin and say for sure whether it is part of the mole or not. This is not the case with malignant melanoma.

Assymetric Shape - The malignant melanoma lesions typically have two halves that are not the same.

Different Color - Melanomas often will have different parts of the tumor that have different colors.

Size - most melanomas are larger than other moles. And they also tend to grow and may bleed or itch.

If you have a supicious lesion that you are not sure about, get it checked by your doctor early. Those who have them removed early have a much better chance of survival. Particularly when the lump is still tiny.

Ebola found in pigs for first time raising fears it could mutate and threaten humans

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:02:00 +0000

This is a real shocking. While we are still struggling with Pig Flu (H1N1) and just recover from Bird Flu, this news is a real scary.

A form of Ebola virus has been detected in pigs for the first time, raising concerns it could mutate and threaten humans, scientists report.

Reston ebolavirus (Rebov) has only been seen in monkeys and humans previously and, unlike other types of Ebola, it is not known to cause illness in people.

Researchers say it is theoretically possible for the virus to mutate in pigs into a form that might sicken people.

The Philippines had tested 141 people, the researchers said, and six of them who either worked on pig farms or with swine products were found with antibodies to the Ebola-Reston virus, which means they might have been infected by pigs at some time.

However, they showed no signs of illness. Rebov belongs to the family of filoviruses which target primates. These viruses cause viral haemorrhagic fevers, which result in bleeding and coagulation, and can lead to death.

In their study, the scientists examined blood and tissue samples taken from pigs suffering unusually severe respiratory infections in different parts of the Philippines and found they contained widely varying strains of the virus.

This suggests that the virus may have circulated widely in pigs even before it was first discovered in monkeys exported to the United States from the Philippines in 1989, the scientists said.

The discovery of Rebov in pigs in the Philippines is reported in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

Click the source for more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5791145/Ebola-found-in-pigs-for-first-time-raising-fears-it-could-mutate-and-threaten-humans.html

Organic foods - is it the best healthy foods?

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:02:00 +0000

What are some of the most important things to know before you start shopping for organic groceries?

If you are trying to eat more health foods, organic food may be an option. Organic grocery shopping insures better farming standards and healthier foods for your family. Consider the health and community benefits of organic grocery shopping.

What makes organic foods different? Organic foods can be generally defined as foods produced under a specific set of standards. They will not have had conventional pesticides used on them, they have not been grown using artificial fertilizers or sewage sludge, and they have not had any food additives added as well. Countries have different guidelines for classifying organic fruits and vegetables. Absolutely no antibiotics or growth hormones are used on meat labeled organic.

Where are organic foods available? Your local grocery is the best place to find organic foods for your family. There's the organic foods section. You may also find that you can take advantage of organic foods through shopping at your local co-op, or that you can find a community supported agriculture project, where membership will entitle you to a share of a local farm. Farmer's Markets are great local resources for organic foods.

There are lots of options for healthy eating using organic food shopping. Stay focused on your surroundings and take advantage of the decisions you must make. Organic groceries provide many opportuities for you to eat better. Stay focused on your surroundings and take advantage of the decisions you must make. Most important is to learn about the foods.

5 DON'TS when you are sleeping

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:33:00 +0000

1 - DON'T SLEEP WITH WATCH
Watches can emit a certain level of radioactivity. Though small, but if you wear your watch to bed for a long time, it might have adverse effects on your health

2 - DON'T SLEEP WITH PHONE
Putting the phone beside your bed or anywhere near you is not encouraged. Though some of us will use phones as alarm clocks, but please put the phone as far as possible. Scientists have proved that electrical items including mobile phone and television sets emit magnetic waves when used. These waves can cause disruptions to our nervous system. Therefore if you need to put your mo! bile phone near you, switch it off first.

3 - DON'T SLEEP WITH MAKE UP
People who sleep with make up might have skin problems in the long run. Sleeping with make up will cause the skin to have difficulty in breathing and problem in perspiring. You will also need a much longer time to go into deep sleep.

4 - DON'T SLEEP WITH BRA
Scientists in America have discovered those that wear bras for more than 12 hours have a higher risk of getting breast cancer. So go to bed without it.

5 - DON'T SLEEP WITH OTHERS' WIFE / HUSBAND
You may never wake up again. :

........ how about underwear!!?

The Mind Set of Americans

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:07:00 +0000

Old Mustapha has lived for more than 40 years in New York. He would like to plant potatoes in his garden, but he is alone and old and has a son who lives in Iraq.

He sent an e-mail to his son:

Dear Ahmed,

I'm sad, I cannot plant potatoes in my garden. I know you would help me with hoeing the garden, if you were here.

I love you.

Dad

The son immediately replied:

Dear Dad,

Please don't touch the garden! I have hid "the stuff" there.
I also love you Dad.

Ahmed.

Within 2 hours the US Army, Marines, FBI and CIA arrived at Mustapha's door. They carefully hoed the soil, but found nothing. They left very disappointed.

The same evening the old Mustapha got another email from his son.

Dear Dad,

Most probably the garden is now hoed and ready for planting.
Sorry, I couldn't do more for you from this distance.

Love,
Ahmed.

UN Resolutions Against Israel, 1955-1992

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:43:00 +0000

When US is so busy with Iran and North Korea, Obama seems to forget about Israel and Palestinian. Why North Korea get immediate blockade but not Israel. Why US support get involve in Iran but not Palestine? Lets see how many resolutions by UN against Israel so that Obama will not forget his promises.

This number only covers resolutions passed from 1955 through 1992.
UN Resolutions Against Israel, 1955-1992

1. Resolution 106: "...‘condemns’ Israel for Gaza raid"

2. Resolution 111: "...‘condemns’ Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people"

3. Resolution 127: "...‘recommends’ Israel suspend its ‘no-man’s zone’ in Jerusalem"

4. Resolution 162: "...‘urges’ Israel to comply with UN decisions"

5. Resolution 171: "...determines flagrant violations’ by Israel in its attack on Syria"

6. Resolution 228: "...‘censures’ Israel for its attack on Samu in the West Bank, then under Jordanian control"

7. Resolution 237: "...‘urges’ Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees"

8. Resolution 248: "...‘condemns’ Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan"

9. Resolution 250: "...‘calls’ on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem"

10. Resolution 251: "...‘deeply deplores’ Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250"

11. Resolution 252: "...‘declares invalid’ Israel’s acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital"

12. Resolution 256: "...‘condemns’ Israeli raids on Jordan as ‘flagrant violation"

13. Resolution 259: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation"

14. Resolution 262: "...‘condemns’ Israel for attack on Beirut airport"

15. Resolution 265: "...‘condemns’ Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan"

16. Resolution 267: "...‘censures’ Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem"

17. Resolution 270: "...‘condemns’ Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon"

18. Resolution 271: "...‘condemns’ Israel’s failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem"

19. Resolution 279: "...‘demands’ withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon"

20. Resolution 280: "....‘condemns’ Israeli’s attacks against Lebanon"

21. Resolution 285: "...‘demands’ immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon"

22. Resolution 298: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s changing of the status of Jerusalem"

23. Resolution 313: "...‘demands’ that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon"

24. Resolution 316: "...‘condemns’ Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon"

25. Resolution 317: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon"

26. Resolution 332: "...‘condemns’ Israel’s repeated attacks against Lebanon"

27. Resolution 337: "...‘condemns’ Israel for violating Lebanon’s sovereignty"

28. Resolution 347: "...‘condemns’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon"

29. Resolution 425: "...‘calls’ on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon"

30. Resolution 427: "...‘calls’ on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon’

31. Resolution 444: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces"

32. Resolution 446: "...‘determines’ that Israeli settlements are a ‘serious obstruction’ to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention"

33. Resolution 450: "...‘calls’ on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon"

34. Resolution 452: "...‘calls’ on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories"

35. Resolution 465: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s settlements and asks all member states not to assist Israel’s settlements program"

36. Resolution 467: "...‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s military intervention in Lebanon"

37. Resolution 468: "...‘calls’ on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return"

38. Resolution 469: "...‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s failure to observe the council’s order not to deport Palestinians"

39. Resolution 471: "...‘expresses deep concern’ at Israel’s failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention"

40. Resolution 476: "...‘reiterates’ that Israel’s claims to Jerusalem are ‘null and void’

41. Resolution 478: "...‘censures (Israel) in the strongest terms’ for its claim to Jerusalem in its ‘Basic Law’

42. Resolution 484: "...‘declares it imperative’ that Israel re-admit two deported Palestinian mayors"

43. Resolution 487: "...‘strongly condemns’ Israel for its attack on Iraq’s nuclear facility"

44. Resolution 497: "...‘decides’ that Israel’s annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights is ‘null and void’ and demands that Israel rescind its decision forthwith"

45. Resolution 498: "...‘calls’ on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon"

46. Resolution 501: "...‘calls’ on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and withdraw its troops"

47. Resolution 509: "...‘demands’ that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon"

48. Resolution 515: "...‘demands’ that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow food supplies to be brought in"

49. Resolution 517: "...‘censures’ Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon"

50. Resolution 518: "...‘demands’ that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in Lebanon"

51. Resolution 520: "...‘condemns’ Israel’s attack into West Beirut"

52. Resolution 573: "...‘condemns’ Israel ‘vigorously’ for bombing Tunisia in attack on PLO headquarters

53. Resolution 587: "...‘takes note’ of previous calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw"

54. Resolution 592: "...‘strongly deplores’ the killing of Palestinian students at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops"

55. Resolution 605: "...‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s policies and practices denying the human rights of Palestinians

56. Resolution 607: "...‘calls’ on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention

57. Resolution 608: "...‘deeply regrets’ that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians"

58. Resolution 636: "...‘deeply regrets’ Israeli deportation of Palestinian civilians

59. Resolution 641: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s continuing deportation of Palestinians

60. Resolution 672: "...‘condemns’ Israel for violence against Palestinians at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount

61. Resolution 673: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s refusal to cooperate with the United Nations

62. Resolution 681: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s resumption of the deportation of Palestinians

63. Resolution 694: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s deportation of Palestinians and calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return

64. Resolution 726: "...‘strongly condemns’ Israel’s deportation of Palestinians

65. Resolution 799: "...‘strongly condemns’ Israel’s deportation of 413 Palestinians and calls for their immediate return.

Source: Paul Findley’s Deliberate Deceptions (1998, pages 192-4).

30 Little Known Facts About Israel

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:45:00 +0000

1. Did you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in Israel? A Jew from any country in the world is guaranteed citizenship in Israel, while the Palestinians who have been there for centuries are oppressed and persecuted.

2. Did you know that instead of sewing an insignia on clothing to distinguish race (like the Germans did to the Jews before WW2), Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded to distinguish Jews from non-Jews?

3. Did you know that East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights are all considered by the entire world community, including the United States and the United Nations, to be occupied territory and NOT part of the State of Israel?

4. Did you know that Israel allots 85% of the water resources for Jews, and the remaining 15% is divided among all Palestinians in the territories? For example in Hebron, 85% of the water is set aside for about 400 Jewish settlers, while the remaining 15% is distributed among Hebron's 120, 000 Palestinians?

5. Did you know that the United States awards Israel $5 billion in aid each year from American tax dollars?

6. Did you know that US aid to Israel ($1.8 billion annually in military aid alone) exceeds the aid the US grants to the entire African continent? This aid is used both to buy American weaponry and to buy arms made in Israel.

7. Did you know that Israel is awaiting an additional $4 billion worth of American military hardware, including new F-16s and Apache and Blackhawk helicopters. As Israel's main ally and supporter internationally, the United States is committed to maintaining the Jewish state's "qualitative edge" in weapons over its neighbours.

8. Did you know that the U.S. administration has notified Congress on numerous occasions that Israel has violated the rules on how US-supplied weapons are used? (In 1978, 1979 and 1982 during fighting in Lebanon, and once after Israel's bombing of an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.)

9. Did you know that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that refuses to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and bars international inspections from its sites?

10. Did you know that high-ranking military officers in the Israeli Defence Forces have admitted publicly that unarmed prisoners of war have been summarily executed by the Israeli forces?

11. Did you know that Israel blew up an American diplomatic facility in Egypt and attacked a US warship in international waters (the USS Liberty), killing 33 and wounding 177 American sailors and the US did nothing about it? (Imagine if an Islamic country like Iraq did this!)

12. Did you know that Israel stands in defiance of 69 United Nations Security Council Resolutions?

13. Did you know that Israel is explicitly dedicated to the policy of maintaining a distinct Jewish character?

14. Did you know that Israel's current Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was found by an Israeli court to be "personally and directly responsible" for the Sabra and Shatilla massacre in Lebanon where more than a thousand innocent Palestinian men, women, and children were axed to death or lined up and shot in cold blood?

15. Did you know that on May 20, 1990, a group of unarmed Palestinian labourers were lined up and murdered by an Israeli solider as they sat waiting for transportation back to Gaza? The terrified labourers who gathered in an area of southern Israel known as Rishon Lezion (known to Palestinians by its Arabic name Oyon Qara) handed their ID cards to the Israeli soldier. The soldiers ordered the distressed labourers to kneel down and face the ground and unexpectedly showered them with a barrage of bullets, killing seven and wounding many others. Needless to say, the soldier was not charged with any crime.

16. Did you know that until as recently as 1988, Israelis were permitted to run "Jews Only" job ads?

17. Did you know that the Israeli Foreign Ministry pays six US public relations firms to promote a "positive image" of Israel to the American public?

18. Did you know that Sharon's coalition government includes a party--Molodet--which advocates ethnic cleansing by openly calling for the forced expulsion of all Palestinians from the occupied territories?

19. Did you know that recently-declassified documents indicate that David Ben-Gurion approved of the forced expulsion of Arabs from all Palestinian territory in 1948?

20. Did you know that the former chief rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, who is also a founder and spiritual leader of the religious Shas party (Israel's third largest political party) openly advocates a 'Final Solution' to annihilate the Palestinians? Speaking at the widely broadcast sermon marking the last Passover, he declared of the Palestinians: "The Lord shall return their deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and exterminate them, devastate them and vanish them from this world. It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable."

21. Did you know that Palestinian refugees make up the largest portion of the refugee population in the world?

22. Did you know that Palestinian Christians are considered the "living stones" of Christianity because they are the direct descendants of the disciples of Jesus Christ? And the Palestinian Christians stand united with their Muslim brethren in the struggle against the Israeli occupation.

23. Did you know that despite a ban on torture by Israel's High Court of Justice, torture has continued unabated by Shin Bet interrogators on Palestinian prisoners?

24. Did you know that despite every Israeli attempt to disrupt Palestinian education, Palestinians have the highest ratio of PhDs per capita in the world?

25. Did you know that the right of self-determination is guaranteed to every human being under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [December, 1948], yet Palestinians were/are expected to negotiate for this right under the Oslo Accords?

26. Did you know that despite what is widely perpetuated and written in the history books that the Arabs attacked Israel in the 1967 war, it was Israel who attacked the Arab countries first, capturing Jerusalem and the West Bank, and called the attack a pre-emptive strike?

27. Did you know that, as an occupying power, Israel has a particular responsibility under the Geneva Conventions to protect Palestinian civilians?

28. Did you know that, despite Ariel Sharon's public call for a unilateral ceasefire, Israeli soldiers have not stopped shooting, killing or bulldozing Palestinian homes? The most recent example of this is the murder of three innocent women who were shot by an Israeli tank as they sat in their tent!

29. Did you know that the Zionists have been trying to destroy Masjid al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock for the last 50 years by digging underground tunnels beneath the sites to weaken its foundation causing it to collapse?

30. Nelson Mandela called the Israeli government an apartheid regime, just like South Africa used to be.

-SAY NO TO ZIONIST-

Source: http://www.missionislam.com/nwo/littlefacts.htm

Is it true.....?

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:09:00 +0000

Is it true: " Work hard, die fast. Work smart, die last" ?

Well I don't know. I still alive till this post written. What is that means?
Do I work smart? 30 years and over and still working.... work smart?

How about you?

A good reminder for Obama

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:09:00 +0000

A good nice picture to remind Obama about his promise to stop war in Afghan and Iraq. The crime and sins by George Bush and George 'War' Bush, are still over there.

This picture was taken from CODEPINK, where they want Obama to clean that sins. Join them to send a reminder to Obama about his promise. Join them now... http://www.codepinkalert.org/

Harry Porter -The Half Blood Prince

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:37:00 +0000

Finally Harry porter latest movie Trailer The Half Blood Prince Released and available for download. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint reprise their roles in the darkest installment of the box-office monster hit. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is coming to theaters worldwide on November 21, 2008. This time, Harry Potter explores Voldemort's past and prepares to take on the epic battles that lay ahead. Well, this never ending movie surely will get another box-office!

Youtube Link To Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/harryportertrailer

danaFOREX terlalu aktif

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:31:00 +0000

Pak Cipan menerima berita dari rakan-rakan bahawa danaForex sekarang ini sangat aktif. Oleh kerana terlalu aktif, mereka terpaksa memberikan masa seminggu lagi kepada ahli baru untuk mendaftar iaitu sehingga 19/10/2008.

Menurut rakan-rakan, danaForex terpaksa membuat begitu kerana kesibukan membayar keuntungan kepada para ahli.

DanaForex mendapat sambutan kerana bayaran murah, dapat keuntungan (walaupun sikit) dan pengurusnya boleh dipercayai. untuk info lanjut, sila ke DanaForex.

Eggs, Petrol and something to think about....

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:37:00 +0000

A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two dozen at a time. One way while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are 76 cents a dozen.

When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, 'The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly' . These store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores and on and on and on.

As the man kept buying eggs, the price kept going up and up. He saw the big egg trucks elivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs.

Then week before Thanksgiving, the price of eggs shot up to $1.00 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, 'Cakes and baking for the holiday'. The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc. happen.

This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man says, 'There must be something we can do about the price of eggs'.

He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs.

Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.

The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week.

The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least two weeks.

At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price.

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When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, 'The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly' . These store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores and on and on and on.

As the man kept buying eggs, the price kept going up and up. He saw the big egg trucks elivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs.

Then week before Thanksgiving, the price of eggs shot up to $1.00 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, 'Cakes and baking for the holiday'. The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc. happen.

This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man says, 'There must be something we can do about the price of eggs'.

He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs.

Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.

The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week.

The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least two weeks.

At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price.

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amp;^*&% eggs even if they were free'. The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again.

The grocery store owner said, 'I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time. Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers would start buying by the dozen again'.

The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers but the egg farmers liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, those chickens just kept on laying. Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs but only a few cents.

The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, 'When the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen.'

Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers.

The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while.

And those chickens kept on laying.

Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell.

The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price.

Well now the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

amp;^*&% eggs even if they were free'. The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again.
amp;^*&% eggs even if they were free'. The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again.

The grocery store owner said, 'I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time. Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers would start buying by the dozen again'.

The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers but the egg farmers liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, those chickens just kept on laying. Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs but only a few cents.

The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, 'When the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen.'

Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers.

The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while.

And those chickens kept on laying.

Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell.

The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price.

Well now the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

Now, transpose this analogy to the petrol industry

What if everyone bought only RM30 worth of petrol (approx 11 litres) each time they pulled to the pump?

The dealer's tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the petrol coming from the huge tank farms.

The tank farms wouldn't have room for the petrol coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the oil fields.

Just RM30 each time you buy petrol. Don't fill it up. You may have to stop for petrol twice a week or even 3 times, but the price has to come down eventually if all of us do this all the time.

Think about it ... let the deciding factor be within our control ...

As an added note ... don't buy anything else at the petrol stations, don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on petrol until the prices come down ...

just think of this concept for a while, then share it with your family, friends, colleagues, clients ..... everyone!

History of Ballpoint Pens

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:44:00 +0000

A Hungarian journalist named Laszlo Biro invented the first ballpoint pen in 1938. Biro had noticed that the type of ink used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge-free. He decided to create a pen using the same type of ink. The thicker ink would not flow from a regular pen nib and Biro had to devise a new type of point. He did so by fitting his pen with a tiny ball bearing in its tip. As the pen moved along the paper, the ball rotated picking up ink from the ink cartridge and leaving it on the paper. This principle of the ballpoint pen actually dates back to an 1888 patent owned by John J. Loud for a product to mark leather. However, this patent was commercially unexploited. Laszlo Biro first patented his pen in 1938, and applied for a fresh patent in Argentina on June 10, 1943. (Laszlo Biro and his brother Georg Biro emigrated to Argentina in 1940.) The British Government bought the licensing rights to this patent for the war effort. The British Royal Air Force needed a new type of pen, one that would not leak at higher altitudes in fighter planes as the fountain pen did. Their successful performance for the Air Force brought the Biro pens into the limelight. Laszlo Biro had neglected to get a U.S. patent for his pen and so even with the ending of World War II, another battle was just beginning...

Historical Outline - The Battle of Ballpoint Pens
The first pen-writing instrument was the quill pen dipped into dark paint. There became a need to lengthen the time between dips, eliminate splatter, eliminate smearing and improve pen handling.

* Early 1800s: The first designs for pens that could hold their own ink patented.

* 1884: L.E. Waterman, a New York City insurance salesman, designed the first workable fountain pen, the fountain pen becomes the predominant writing instrument for the next sixty years. Four fountain pen manufactures dominate the market: Parker, Sheaffer, Waterman and Wahl-Eversharp.

* 1938: Invention of a ballpoint pen by two Hungarian inventors, Laszlo Biro and George Biro. The brothers both worked on the pen and applied for patents in 1938 and 1940. The new-formed Eterpen Company in Argentina commercialized the Biro pen. The press hailed the success of this writing tool because it could write for a year without refilling.

* May 1945: Eversharp Co. teams up with Eberhard-Faber to acquire the exclusive rights to Biro Pens of Argentina. The pen re-branded the “Eversharp CA” which stood for Capillary Action. Released to the press months in advance of public sales.

* June, 1945: Less than a month after Eversharp/Eberhard close the deal with Eterpen, Chicago businessman, Milton Reynolds visits Buenos Aires. While in a store, he sees the Biro pen and recognizes the pen’s sales potential. He buys a few pens as samples. Reynolds returns to America and starts the Reynolds International Pen Company, ignoring Eversharp’s patent rights.

* October 29, 1945: Reynolds copies the product in four months and sells his product Reynold's Rocket at Gimbel’s department store in New York City. Reynolds’ imitation beats Eversharp to market. Reynolds’ pen is immediately successful: Priced at $12.50, $100,000 worth sold the first day on the market.

* December, 1945: Britain was not far behind with the first ballpoint pens available to the public sold at Christmas by the Miles-Martin Pen Company.

The Ballpoint Pen Becomes a Fad

Ballpoint pens guaranteed to write for two years without refilling, claimed to be smear proof. Reynolds advertised it as the pen "to write under water." Eversharp sued Reynolds for copying the design it had acquired legally. The previous 1888 patent by John Loud would have invalidated everyone's claims. However, no one knew that at the time. Sales skyrocketed for both competitors. Nevertheless, the Reynolds’ pen leaked, skipped and often failed to write. Eversharp’s pen did not live up to its own advertisements. A very high volume of pen returns occurred for both Eversharp and Reynolds. The ballpoint pen fad ended - due to consumer unhappiness.

* 1948: Frequent price wars, poor quality products, and heavy advertising costs hurt each side. Sales did a nosedive. The original asking price of $12.50 dropped to less than 50 cents per pen.

* 1950: The French Baron called Bich, drops the h and starts BIC and starts selling pens.

* 1951: The ballpoint pen dies a consumer death. Fountain pens are number one again. Reynolds folds.

* January, 1954: Parker Pens introduces its first ballpoint pen, the Jotter. The Jotter wrote five times longer than the Eversharp or Reynolds pens. It had a variety of point sizes, a rotating cartridge and large-capacity ink refills. Best of all, it worked. Parker sold 3.5 million Jotters @ $2.95 to $8.75 in less then one year.

The Ballpoint Pen Battle is Won
* 1957: Parker introduces the tungsten carbide textured ball bearing in their ballpoint pens. Eversharp was in deep financial trouble and tried to switch back to selling fountain pens. Eversharp sold its pen division to Parker Pens and Eversharp's assets finally liquidated in the 1960’s.

* Late 1950's: BIC ® held 70 percent of European market.

* 1958: BIC buys 60 percent of the New York based Waterman Pens.

* 1960: BIC owns 100 percent of Waterman Pens. BIC sells ballpoint pens in U.S. for 29 - 69 cents.

The Ballpoint Pen War is Won

BIC ® dominates the market. Parker, Sheaffer and Waterman, capture the smaller upscale markets of fountain pens and expensive ballpoints.

* Today: The highly popular modern version of Laszlo Biro's pen, the BIC Crystal, has a daily world wide sales figure of 14,000,000 pieces. Biro is still the generic name used for the ballpoint pen in most of the world. The Biro pens used by the British Air Force in W.W.II worked. Parker black ballpoint pens will produce more than 28,000 linear feet of writing -- more than five miles, before running out of ink.

Source: http://inventors.about.com

The History Waterman Pen and Fountain Pen

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:23:00 +0000

Lewis Waterman patented the first practical fountain pen in 1884. Writing instruments designed to carry their own supply of ink had existed in principle for over one hundred years before Waterman's patent. For example, the oldest known fountain pen that has survived today was designed by a Frenchmen named M. Bion and dated 1702. Peregrin Williamson, a Baltimore shoemaker, received the first American patent for a pen in 1809. John Scheffer received a British patent in 1819 for his half quill, half metal pen that he attempted to mass manufacture. John Jacob Parker patented the first self-filling fountain pen in 1831. However, early fountain pen models were plagued by ink spills and other failures that left them impractical and hard to sell.

The fountain pen's design came after a thousand years of using quill-pens. Early inventors observed the apparent natural ink reserve found in the hollow channel of a bird's feather and tried to produce a similar effect, with a man-made pen that would hold more ink and not require constant dipping into the ink well. However, a feather is not a pen, only a natural object modified to suit man's needs. Filling a long thin reservoir made of hard rubber with ink and sticking a metal 'nib' at the bottom was not enough to produce a smooth writing instrument. Lewis Waterman, an insurance salesman, was inspired to improve the early fountain pen designs after destroying a valuable sales contract with leaky-pen ink. Lewis Waterman's idea was to add an air hole in the nib and three grooves inside the feed mechanism.

A mechanism is composed of three main parts. The nib, which has the contact with the paper. The feed or black part under the nib controls the ink flow from the reservoir to the nib. The round barrel that holds the nib and feed on the writing end protects the ink reservoir internally (this is the part that you grip while writing).

All pens contain an internal reservoir for ink. The different ways that reservoirs filled proved to be one of the most competitive areas in the pen industry. The earliest 19th century pens used an eyedropper; by 1915, most pens had switched to having a self-filling soft and flexible rubber sac as an ink reservoir. To refill these pens, the reservoirs were squeezed flat by an internal plate, then the pen's nib was inserted into a bottle of ink and the pressure on the internal plate was released so that the ink sac would fill up drawing in a fresh supply of ink.

Several different patents issued for the self-filling fountain pen design:

* The Button Filler: Patented in 1905 and first offered by the Parker Pen Co. in 1913 as an alternative to the eyedropper method. An external button connected to the internal pressure plate that flattened the ink sac when pressed.

* Lever Filler: Walter Sheaffer patented the lever filler in 1908. The W.A. Sheaffer Pen Company of Fort Madison, Iowa introduced it in 1912. An external lever depressed the flexible ink sac. The lever fitted flush with the barrel of the pen when it was not in use. The lever filler became the winning design for the next forty years, the button filler coming in second.

* Click Filler: First called the crescent filler, Roy Conklin of Toledo commercially produced the first one. A later design by Parker Pen Co. used the name click filler. When two protruding tabs on the outside of the pen pressed, the ink sac deflated. The tabs would make a clicking sound when the sac was full.

* Matchstick Filler: Introduced around 1910 by the Weidlich Company. A small rod mounted on the pen or a common matchstick depressed the internal pressure plate through a hole in the side of the barrel.

* Coin Filler: Developed by Lewis Waterman in an attempt to compete with the winning lever filler patent belonging to Sheaffer. A slot in the barrel of the pen enabled a coin to deflate the internal pressure plate, a similar idea to the matchstick filler.

There are nine standard nib-sizes, with three different nib-tip cuts: straight, oblique and italic. The early inks caused steel nibs to quickly corrode and gold nibs held up to the corrosion. Iridium used on the very tip of the nib replaced gold because gold was too soft. Most owners had their initials engraved on the clip. It took about four months to break in a new writing instrument since the nib was designed to flex as pressure was put on it (allowing the writer to vary the width of the writing lines) each nib wore down accommodating to each owner's own writing style. People did not tend to loan their fountain pens to anyone for that reason.

The ink cartridge introduced around 1950 was a disposable, pre-filled plastic or glass cartridges designed for clean and easy insertion. They were an immediate success. The introduction of the ballpoints, however, overshadowed the invention of the cartridge and dried up business for the fountain pen industry. Fountain pens sell today as a classic writing instrument and the original pens have become very hot collectibles.

Who is Lewis Waterman

Lewis Waterman
Residence - 265 Macon Street, Brooklyn, New York City
Born - Decatur, Otsego County, N.Y. - 1837
Death - 1901

Invented the capillary feed in fountain pens - now universally used - that allows for even ink flow. Though necessity may be the mother of invention, perhaps it is frustration that fuels the fire; or so it seemed for Lewis Waterman. In 1883, Lewis Waterman was an insurance broker in New York City, getting ready to sign one of his hottest contracts. In honor of the occasion, Lewis Waterman bought a new fountain pen that he considered far more stylish than a cumbersome dip pen and ink well. With the contract on the table and the pen in the client’s hand, the pen refused to write, and actually leaked onto the precious document. Horrified, Lewis Waterman raced back to his office for another contract, but a competing broker had closed the deal.

Determined to never again suffer such humiliation, Waterman began to make fountain pens in his brother’s workshop. Lewis Waterman used the capillarity principle which allowed air to induce a steady and even flow of ink. He christened his pen "the Regular," decorated it with wood accents, and obtained a patent for it in 1884. In his first year of operation, Waterman sold his hand-made pens out of the back of a cigar shop. He guaranteed the pens for five years and advertised in a trendy magazine, The Review of Review. The orders filtered in.

By 1899, Lewis Waterman opened a factory in Montreal and was offering a variety of designs. In 1901, upon Waterman’s death, his nephew, Frank D. Waterman took the business overseas and increased sales to 350,000 pens per year. The Treaty of Versailles was signed using a solid gold Waterman pen, a far cry from the day Lewis Waterman lost his important contract due to a leaky fountain pen.

Lewis Edson Waterman is commonly cited as being the inventor of the first practical fountain pen, just as Henry Ford is often supposed to be the inventor of the automobile. Neither supposition is completely accurate; however, it is certainly true that Waterman was the first big international success among fountain pen makers.

The story of how Waterman invented the multi-channel feed back in the 1870s is a typical stirring tale of Yankee Ingenuity. As the tale is told, Waterman (an insurance salesman at the time) loaned a new reservoir pen he had bought to a client to sign a policy; unfortunately, the pen (as was typical of these early examples) refused to do anything but blot the contract. The client, taking all this as an ill omen, nixed the deal.

Retiring to his brother's upstate New York farm for some serious whittling, Waterman soon came up with his feed, which he fitted to a pen made by his brother from a wagon wheel spoke. The pen worked well enough to encourage him to begin manufacturing and selling them on a small scale beginning in the early 1880s. He was granted patents on his innovations (which also included a process for machining decorative chasing onto hard rubber pen barrels) in 1883, and incorporated in 1888.

Thanks to heavy investment in magazine advertisements, Waterman was soon nationally and internationally recognized as a leader in the young industry.

Waterman's globe trademark was no idle boast; the company enjoyed a very large export trade, and by the 1920s had subsidiaries in Canada, France, and the U.K. The company's products earned a gold medal at the Paris Exposition in 1900 (which also saw the appearance of the first electric escalator) , a year before L. E. Waterman's death.

Waterman pens set the pace for penmakers up through World War I, and were extensively copied, both directly and indirectly, despite any number of patents on the Waterman innovations. The high point of Waterman's popularity was probably the decade of the 1920s, during which they offered a huge variety of models and sizes.

In the 1930s, having been slow to respond to technical and stylistic innovations by the competition, Waterman began to lose ground. During this time, they sold the Patrician, one of the rarest and most avidly-sought of vintage U.S. pens (examples in good condition can fetch $1,500 or more). The Hundred-Year models from the 1930s and 40s are also very expensive and difficult to find. During the later '40s and the '50s, the company really ran out of gas, and the remains of the U.S. Waterman operations were finally sold to Bic in 1959, forming the basis of that French firm's American production facilities.

The fact that the Waterman name persists to this day can also be attributed to the French. In 1926, a Waterman rep by the name of Jules Fagard established a French subsidiary called JiF-Waterman; ten years later, they would invent the first practical disposable ink cartridge (originally a glass capsule). JiF-Waterman entered the post-World-War-II era in pretty good shape, thanks to astute management by Fagard and his widow Elsa; when the parent company finally gave up the ghost, the French subsidiary carried on the name with further distinguished products. Waterman is still based in France, but has been back under American ownership (by the toiletries giant Gilette) for a few years now.

Source: http://inventors.about.com

Cheap Car Finance: Derive Reality Of Your Dream Car Drive

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:13:00 +0000

Life is on the wheel nowadays. Finance companies have made it viable almost for everyone to avail the means of transportation one like. In this prospect, money market has come up with the concept of cheap car finance. With the concept, availing car of one’s dream has become very easy and convenient.

There is a huge amount of finance involved in buying a car. Therefore, financing becomes an inevitable for most of the potential buyers. While making a search for the cheapest possible car finance, you need to ensure that you borrow the money that suits your repayment capability.

You can avail cheap vehicle finance on pledging your home or any property for collateral. Rate of interest on such a secured loan is kept low. The very car you wish to buy can also serve the purpose of collateral. You can borrow greater amount of finance through these loans. If you need only smaller loan, then it can be availed through the unsecured option, without collateral. Interest rate will be a little higher, but it can be lowered for the deserving customers, who have a clean record of making timely payments.

Of course, finance is available at low rate of interest. But the rate will be lower for those people only, who have a good credit record. Such a class of borrowers carries almost no risks for the financial institutions.

However, individuals having credit problems like late payments, arrears and defaults in your name, they too can get privilege of securing cheap car finance. There are ways to ensure low rate of interest on the finance is to make down payment of high amounts. Such a down payment can cut almost all the risks for the finance companies. Therefore, if your credit history has deformities then a good amount of down payment not only ensures the finance approval, but it comes at low rate also. They will have to shop around a little to cull out the best possible finance option for them. Else, they apply for finance only after they show the credit improvements in their reports.

You can fulfill your dream by financing the car you like. Cheap car finance can do it for you. With the help, you finance your dream and make it a cherish reality.

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Psoriasis Treatment

noreply@blogger.com (pakcipan) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:43:00 +0000

There is no cure for psoriasis. However, treatment is usually effective and will control the condition by clearing or reducing the patches of psoriasis. Most people with psoriasis can be treated by their GP. Your GP may refer you to a dermatologist (skin specialist) and their team based in a hospital if symptoms are particularly severe or have not responded well to previous treatments.

Treatments are based on the type and severity of your psoriasis and the area of the skin affected. Your GP will probably start with a mild treatment - such as topical creams - and then move on to stronger treatments if necessary.

There is a wide range of treatment options for psoriasis but identifying what treatment is most effective can be difficult. You should talk to your GP if you feel a treatment is not working, or you are experiencing uncomfortable side effects.

Treatments fall into three categories:

* topical - creams and ointments are applied to your skin,
* phototherapy - your skin is exposed to certain types of light, and
* oral and injected medication - medicine is used to reduce the production of your skin cells.

Different types of treatment are often used in combination.
Topical treatments

Topical treatments are creams and ointments you apply to the affected areas of your skin. They are used to treat mild to moderate psoriasis. Topical psoriasis treatments include:

* Topical corticosteroids - these are the most commonly used medicines for treating mild to moderate psoriasis. The treatment works by slowing the production of skin cells; this reduces the inflammation and relieves the symptoms of itching. Topical corticosteroids range in strength from mild to very strong. Stronger topical corticosteroids are normally only used on small areas of your skin or on particularly thick patches. You should only use topical corticosteroids when instructed by your GP. Over-use can lead to you developing a tolerance to the cream and it could damage your skin.

* Vitamin D analogues - the Vitamin D in the cream has a suppressing effect on your immune system, slowing the production of skin cells. The most widely used Vitamin D analogue is calcipotriol, which is used to treat mild to moderate psoriasis. Calcipotriol has no side effects, provided you do not use more than the amount recommended by your GP.

* Dithranol - this has been used for over 50 years in the treatment of plaque psoriasis. It is effective in suppressing the production of skin cells and has no side effects. However, it is typically only used as a short-term treatment under hospital supervision, as it stains everything it comes into contact with including your skin. It is normally only applied to your skin for five minutes before being washed off to reduce the risk of staining your skin. Dithranol is often used in combination with phototherapy.

* Tazarotene - this cream contains a chemical similar to Vitamin A - a retnoid - this slows the production of skin cells. It is used in the treatment of moderate plaque psoriasis. The most common side effect is skin irritation. Tazarotene can cause birth defects so it should be strictly avoided during pregnancy or if breastfeeding. It is not recommended for children or teenagers.

* Coal tar - this is a thick heavy oil and is probably the oldest treatment for psoriasis. How it works is not exactly known, but it reduces scales, inflammation and itchiness. Coal tar does cause staining of clothes and bedding but it has a very strong smell. It is often used in combination with phototherapy.

Phototherapy

Phototherapy uses natural and artificial light to treat psoriasis.

* Sunlight - brief, daily exposure to small amounts of sunlight can improve symptoms, but too much sun can cause a worsening of your condition and cause skin damage. Consult with your GP about the safest way to make use of the sun.

* UVB phototherapy - this uses a wavelength of light that is invisible to human eyes - ultraviolet B light. The light slows down the production of skin cells and is an effective treatment against guttate or plaque psoriasis that has not responded to a topical procedure. Treatment takes place at a hospital under the supervision of a dermatologist. You will normally need between 10 and 30 sessions.

* Psoralean plus ultraviolet A (PUVA) - for this treatment, you will first be given a tablet called psoralean. This makes your skin more sensitive to light. Your skin is then exposed to a wavelength of light called ultraviolet A. This light penetrates your skin more deeply than ultraviolet B light. This treatment may be used if you have severe psoriasis that have not responded to other treatment. Common side effects of the treatment include nausea, headaches, burning and itchiness. Long-term use of this treatment is not encouraged as it can increase your risk of developing skin cancer.

* Combination light therapy - combining phototherapy with other treatments often increases the effectiveness of phototherapy. Some doctors use UVB phototherapy in combination with coal tar, as the coal tar makes the skin more receptive to light. Combining UVB phototherapy with Dithranol cream has also proved effective.

Oral and injected medication

You will normally only be prescribed tablets or injections if your psoriasis is severe and is resistant to other treatments. Oral medications can be very effective in treating psoriasis but they all have potentially seriously side effects - so they are only used for short periods of time.

* Methotrexate - methotrexate is a medicine that decreases the production of skin cells and suppresses inflammation. It is useful in treating pustular psoriasis, psoriatic erythoderma and extensive plaque psoriasis. It has no short-term side effects, but long-term use can cause serious liver damage. People who have previous liver disease should not take methotrexate. You should not drink any alcohol when taking methotrexate. Methotrexate can cause serious birth defects. Women should take adequate contraceptive precautions to avoid falling pregnant during therapy and for three months afterwards. Methotrexate can affect how sperm cells develop, so men should avoid fathering a child during therapy and for three weeks afterwards.

* Aciterin - aciterin is an oral retnoid that reduces the production of skin cells. It is used to treat severe psoriasis that has not responded to other treatments. It has a wide range of side effects including dryness and cracking of the lips, dryness of the nasal passages, loss of hair, and in rarer cases, hepatitis. Acitretin causes serious birth defects, and women should avoid pregnancy during treatment, and for two years after.

* Ciclosporin - ciclosporin is an immunosuppressant - a medicine that suppresses your immune system. It has proved effective in the treatment of all types of psoriasis, but as it stops your immune system from working normally, it can make you more at risk from infection. Ciclosporin also increases your chances of kidney disease and high blood pressure.

All of the oral and injected medicines for psoriasis come with both benefits and risks. Before starting a treatment of oral medication, your GP or dermatologist should clearly explain the benefits and risks of the treatment, both verbally and in writing.

Source: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk