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Practical Ideas!!

2012-05-23T16:27:00.000+08:00

Mud Caked Pool Table

Bubble Level Ruler alternative

Do Not Disturb

Band On The Run

Surf with comfort!!

Key Handle

Transporter

Camouflage & Wind Breaker!!

Watch with a Portable Pool

Jack on wood

Bridge mended

Comfy sleep board

Sleep on single seat

Shelf snoozer

Environmentally friendly! No plastic bag!!

Transporter 2

Transporter 3

Make shift stool!!

Equilibrium meditation

4 in one!!

Make use of leftovers

Foursome!!

Go green without electricity

Watch & Sleep!!

Hidden texts!!

Innovative hammocks

Email us more photos to add!! We will post as to sender name and request.

Canada bus killer not guilty

2012-05-23T13:18:00.000+08:00

Vince Weiguang Li, 43, after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was found not guilty of murdering 22-year-old Tim McLean on a Canadian Greyhound bus on July 30, 2008. Li, a devout Christian and a computer engineer, immigrated to Canada with his wife from China's province of Liaoning in 2001. Tim McLean, a 22-year-old Canadian man, was stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized while riding a Greyhound Canada bus about 18 miles (29 km) west of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba traveling the Trans Canada Highway.

Li is a a computer software engineer in Beijing who immigrated to Canada from China on June 11, 2001 who worked at various jobs in Winnipeg, Thompson and Edmonton after his arrival in Canada from China. He worked in Winnipeg at menial jobs at Grant Memorial Church for six months to support his wife. In Edmonton 2006 he take up jobs which included service at a Wal-Mart, at a fast-food restaurant, and newspaper delivery.
Spare the rod of fears about wrongful convictions, concerns about the state taking the lives of individuals, and uncertainty about the death penalty's role as a deterrent for crime? Balancing the need to protect the public, the mental condition of the accused, the accused’s re-integration into society, and the other needs of the accused aren't an easy task.
Canada has abolished the death penalty on July 14, 1976. The last execution in Canada was on December 11, 1962. A good precedent for the abolition of capital punishment is the 1959 case of Steven Truscott, who was just 14 years old when convicted of a murder that he did not commit.. (On August 28, 2007, Truscott was acquitted of the charges by the Ontario Court of Appeal.)
Related Article : Canada bus killer ate flesh of beheaded victim
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Lover's penis severed by angry spouse

2012-05-20T11:42:00.001+08:00

Chandana Pradeep, a 30 years old barber who argued with his 45 years old lover when she refused to give him money for alcohol had his penis bitten off in Sri Lanka. Herald Sun May 19, 2012 8:51AM

The barber's case has a preceding infamous New Yorker, John Wayne Bobbit who allegedly mistreated his wife. His Ecuadorian wife, Lorena, in June 23, 1993 cut off nearly half of his penis on grounds of cheating, abuse, forcing her to get an abortion, and other heinous acts. She threw the penis into a field and was later located after an exhaustive search by the police who then packed in ice, and delivered to the hospital where John Bobbitt was being treated.

According to testimony given by Lorena Bobbitt in a 1994 court hearing, he was intoxicated after a night of partying and then raped her. Subsequently John Wayne Bobbitt was tried for and acquitted of spousal rape. The jury found Lorena not guilty due to insanity causing an irresistible impulse to sexually wound her husband. Lorena underwent a 45-day evaluation period at Central State Hospital, located in Petersburg, Virginia. In 1995, after six years of marriage, Lorena and John divorced.

After the divorce, John continued to have run-ins with the law. He was reportedly arrested seven times for offenses ranging from assault to grand larceny. He appeared in a gimmick adult biopic of his own life, as well as a dominatrix video in order to pay his medical (a nine-hour operation) and legal bills. Eventually he began dating someone new, publicly claiming that they would remain abstinent until they married, but after a while he got thrown in jail for hitting her. Early in 1997, he became a minister at a Las Vegas church, but told Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (1996) that a sequel to _John Wayne Bobbit Uncut_ (1997) was not out of the question.

In December 1997, Gallo made news when she was charged with assault for punching her mother, Elvia Gallo, as they watched television. She was eventually found not guilty of assault and her mother continued to live with her. In 2007, she was working at a beauty salon in the Washington, D.C. area and in the same year founded Lorena's Red Wagon organization, which helps prevent domestic violence through family oriented activities.

The Bobbitt case was one of the first cases that brought public attention to the subject of marital rape.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Greece on the brink of collapse

2012-05-18T23:11:00.000+08:00

Conditions are already hard for business people in Greece, with the country in its fifth year of recession. Greece imports 40 percent of the food it consumes, nearly all of its oil and natural gas and much of its medicine. Greece runs a primary deficit - spending more than it takes in taxes and by itself it would be shut out of international markets and have no one to borrow from. There are no run on banks to withdraw money because many Greeks have precious little left in the bank. Many have been surviving on [$500] 400 euros a month, which has to cover tax, bills, food and medical costs."

Anti-austerity Greek leftist Syriza party, which was the second-most popular party in elections earlier this month, has grown even more. They are counting on the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and euro zone governments who hold most of Greece's 250 billion euro debt decision to keep things going rather than drop the curtain on Greece's euro dream and absorb the losses themselves. Greeks plunged their country into turmoil by voting overwhelmingly on Sunday 6th May 2012 to reject parties behind an EU/IMF bailout and are defiant to do it again. Greeks say they want a rescue plan that would not hurt the poorest and middle class as much.Greeks want to be on an equal footing with other people and not just slaves of some countries as commented by a Greek worker. Public spending in Greece pension system is at its worse with 35 years of work to earn a full pension. 80% of wages in Greece are in pension payment and are paid out 14 times a year. Greeks get a pension calculated on the last five years of their working life, which tend to be the highest-paid. German, Italian and Portuguese pensions are based on wages worked over a lifetime. Spain bases them on the best 15 years of work.

A 52-year-old teacher in a private school in Athens gets 400 euros ($496) a month from the Greek government, part of her late mother’s state pension. Under the current system, she qualifies to receive the payment for life as the only surviving child of a deceased civil servant, provided she doesn’t tie the knot. Female civil servants with children under 18 can get early retirement. Unmarried daughters of state workers say the payment became a factor in staying single.

The Greek government has identified at least 580 job categories deemed to be hazardous enough to merit retiring early — at age 50 for women and 55 for men. Vasia Veremi may be only 28, but as a hairdresser in Athens, she is keenly aware that, under a current law that treats her job as hazardous to her health, she has the right to retire with a full pension at age 50. Greece’s patchwork system of early retirement has contributed to the out-of-control state spending that has led to Europe’s sovereign debt crisis. Greece’s pension system is unsustainable. Greeks won't give it up and the country, save tourism does not have businesses or industries that could drive a recovery by leaving Euro without its debt-cutting targets.

A Greek exit from the 17-nation euro zone, or "Grexit" risks turning the nation into what would be close to a failed state on the edge of the European Union, one of the most prosperous societies the world has ever known. The likelihood of a Greek exit from the euro is now so high that even political leaders committed to avoid it admit preparations are under way.

External link: Europe, US and the world brace for messy impact from Greece
Forget Greece, China Biggest Risk to Global Economy: Faber

BOEING 797

2012-05-18T14:48:00.000+08:00

I just received an email of Boeing 797 and found out that it is untrue.................
BOEING 797- blended wing passenger liner !!
It can comfortably fly 10,000 Miles (16,000 km) at Mach 0.88 or 654 mph (1,046 km/h)
with 1000 passengers on board !
They have kept this secret long enough.
This shot was taken last month by an amateur photographer.

Since 2006 the above hoax message has been circulating via email and online which is preposterous as denied by Boeing. Someone was having a bit of fun with Photo Shop perhaps. Boeing is not planning to build a 1,000 passenger commercial airplane dubbed the "797," based on the blended wing body (BWB) concept or any other futuristic concept. Instead Boeing is developing the 787 as the perfect match to help meet point-to-point routes demand. What is true, according to Boeing, is that Boeing Phantom Works, the company's advanced research and development organization, is doing research on the blended wing body design as a potential military aircraft. Boeing has built a scale model to test its low-speed flying characteristics in a wind tunnel. There are also plans (as of 7/13/07) to flight test a scale model.

Source Boeing 797 Hoax

Stunning Bird Structure Engineering

2012-05-17T10:21:00.000+08:00

Someone emailed me this and I thought of sharing it here.............. Just how M A N Y trips would a bird have to make with that tiny little quantity of mud/clay it could carry? (and how far from the nest is the source?) How the heck does the bird come up with the windbreak/entrance design that shields th eggs/chicks from the elements. Nature has its magical ways I suppose!!

Altantuya case: Judge yet to file judgment

2012-04-25T19:33:00.000+08:00

Political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, who was charged with abetting in the murder but was acquitted and discharged without his defence being called on Oct 31, 2008.
Azilah and Sirul were convicted in April 9, 2009 sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court .
Found guilty of murdering the 28-year-old Mongolian mother of two in Mukim Bukit Raja near here 10pm on Oct 19, 2006 and 1am the following day.

There is no perfect crime. The taxi driver hired by Altantuya for the day did not appreciate that his passenger was kidnapped under his eyes without payment for the fare. He took note of the registration plate of the kidnapper’s car and filed a complaint at the local police station. In a few days, the police identified the car and realized that it was a government vehicle. Read More at Margeemar Blog

The duo, who were commandos with the elite Special Action Squad, subsequently filed their appeals in the same month. As at Friday February 10, 2012 the hearing date for the appeals of two police personnel convicted of the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu has yet to be fixed because one of them, C/Insp Azilah Hadri has not filed his petition of appeal. Azilah's lawyer J Kuldeep Kumar said the petition could not be filed as he had only received 40 of 57 volumes of the documents. Kuldeep Kumar said the documents were subsequently send to him in stages in the last six months, adding that he would obtain the remaining 17 volumes of documents from the court.

Opposition leaders have said Najib might also have had an affair with Altantuya and that there was a connection between her murder and the controversial multi-billion ringgit Scorpene submarine deal between the Malaysian government and French arms manufacturer DCNS. They said the onus was now on Najib to prove his innocence in the RM6.7billion submarine deal following an allegation of a “third person” in the negotiation that took place in Macau. It is alleged that Altantuya was an interpreter in the deal.

In June 2002, the Malaysian government signed a EUR 1 billion contract with Armaris (now DCNS) and Spanish naval shipbuilder Izar (now Navantia) for 2 SSK Scorpenes and associated support and training.

Sources:
Minister Nazri Aziz explains to Parliament the delay in the appeal of the two cops convicted for murder. by Syed Jaymal Zahiid | June 27, 2011

Azilah yet to file appeal in Altantuya murder case Published: Friday February 10, 2012 MYT 5:18:00 PM The Star

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2) Anwar Ibrahim fights on.............
3) Altantuya connected to Najib fresh evidence
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Push The Button Stunt

2012-04-25T11:10:00.000+08:00

Reportedly a Belgian TV channel staged this atonishing prank, which Push to add drama practically left the onlookers wondering with surprise...................

Fur Coat in a circus

2012-03-18T19:18:00.004+08:00

Surprising number of circus spectators where a volunteer is invited to a luxurious fur coat. A good hint for those who are engaged in killing animals for this kind of coats.

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Lion Dance with a difference

2012-03-18T11:37:00.008+08:00

Celebrating traditional with a difference. Promoted by Singapore Tourism in 2010
Singapore- never forgetting your roots and yet championing new ideas..

While it serves as great entertainment to the spectators, it is undoubtedly a huge mark of disrespect to traditions?? No, shame on you. For not having an open mind. Tradition is something created by man and yes it is respected by many for many generations, but there is nothing wrong by presenting it in a different manner.

Source:You Tube 1 & 2

The story goes that once upon a time a monk had a dream in which there were many sorrows and evils plaguing the land. The monk prayed and asked the gods how he could prevent these evils from occurring. The gods told him that a lion would protect them and fight back the evils. The Chinese people had never seen a lion before, but had heard stories that the lion was the king of all the other animals, so the monk combined all the lucky or magical animals he could think of and so made a lion.
Source:Wikipedia

Read more about Lion Dance activity Singapore

Nissan Frontier Landing Gear Fake Or Real!!

2011-12-13T14:27:00.004+08:00

Nissan Frontier Landing Gear

Facts gathered from around:-
There is no way the truck could get up to the 143 mph touchdown speed in time to perform the trick and the truck's suspension would collapse under the weight.

According to Air New Zealand a 747 jet plane can land at a minimum of 124 mph. And the plane can keep the nose up to minimize the force on the truck. Hmmm...

This video is incredible because the nose landing gear of an airliner typically supports about 10% of the aircraft's weight.
Since a Boeing 727 has a maximum landing weight of between 137,500 and 164,000 pounds depending on the model, its front weight is between 13,750 and 16,400 pounds, while a Nissan Frontier has a maximum payload of 1,524 pounds.
Hence, the nose landing gear of a Boeing 727 is about ten times the maximum payload of a Nissan Frontier.

It does say fictionalization right before the commercial, but I would like to see what would happen if this was attempted. The max Payload of a Dodge 3500 full size pick-up is only 5100LBS and this is a mid-size truck advertised with a max payload of 1,446LBS. It would have to hold 1/3 of 9500LBS to survive the "crash" but what would happen if a full size truck actually tried this? Would the tires explode or would the truck just crumble under the weight of the plane. A full 3500 of 350 truck would have 12 ply tires vs 4 ply of the Frontier. I would definitely want to see them disprove this!!!

Also if that really happened that truck would have been crushed. There have many incidents where airliners smashed into cars, some even fatal, the SWA overrun comes to mind.

My first thought when I saw this was that, at the least, those tires would have blown. I'm sure they're not rated for high speeds under that type of load. The truck doesn't even have a 1-ton axle. Also notice at the end of the video that the suspension isn't even under load. Anyone with a reasonable mind would know that the bed would be bottomed out.

Looks like ONT has been pretty busy with filming commercials lately! The 722 sitting at the gate in the background is the owned by LAWA and used as a movie prop. It's usually sitting over at the old terminal. The (very) computer generated one in distress appears to be modeled after it

According to the Frontier Nissan's light duty pickup website, the Max payload for a new Frontier is 1,526=4 lb, with the SV V6 package with the Manual RWD tranie. A 727 nose on that truck would turn it into a pancake.

Miniature Wonderland Hamburg

2011-12-13T14:04:00.002+08:00

Miniatur Wunderland (German for miniature wonderland) is a model railway attraction in Hamburg, Germany and the largest of its kind in the world. As of January 2011, the railway consists of 12,000 metres (39,370 ft) of track in HO scale, divided into seven sections: Harz, the fictitious city of Knuffingen, the Alps and Austria, Hamburg, America, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. Of the 6,400 square metres (68,889 sq ft) of floorspace, the model takes 1,150 m2 (12,378 sq ft).

By 2020, the exhibit is expected to have reached its final construction phase, including at least a total of ten sections in a model area of over 2,300 m2 (24,757 sq ft).The section covering an airport was opened in May 2011. The exhibit includes 890 trains made up of over 11,000 carriages, 300,000 lights, 215,000 trees, and 200,000 human figurines. The creators will work on models of Italy and France now that the airport section is completed. The airport is named Knuffingen International Airport and is modeled after Hamburg International Airport. Possible future additions include Africa, England, or a futuristic landscape.

The construction of the first part started in December 2000 and the first three parts were completed in August 2001. The project was created by two brothers Frederik and Gerrit Braun.

Source:Miniatur Wunderland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg Homepage

The Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany

2011-07-20T17:56:00.004+08:00

The Magdeburg Water Bridge - Wasserstraßenkreuz Magdeburg in Germany

Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long,Magdeburg Water Bridge or Wasserstrassenkreuz in German, (52°13′50″N, 11°42′4″E), completed in October 2003, connects two important German shipping canals, the Elbe-Havel Canal and the Mittellandkanal, which leads to the country’s industrial Ruhr Valley heartland. The huge tub to transport ships over the Elbe took 24,000 metric tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build. Barge captains will now be able to ship loads of up to 1,350 metric tons – the equivalent of 50 truckloads – over the 34-meter wide and 4.25-meter deep water bridge. Previously, ships could only be loaded with 800 metric tons. Serve as part of the unification project former East and West Germany,it is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin.
Photo taken on the day of inauguration 10.10.2003 Friday.

Environmental group BUND call for ending the further planned canal expansion of the Havel and Spree waterways near Berlin stating that however is the advantages any enhance canalization of Havel and Spree for bigger Rhine boats would have fatal consequences for the natural water supply in Berlin and Brandenburg. Falling water levels would dramatically drain wetlands and Potsdam’s world cultural heritage would be threatened.

Wikipedia

High Line (New York City) converted to urban park

2011-07-18T11:25:00.009+08:00

Video:Robert Hammond on The Highline which is an old, elevated rail line that runs for a mile and a half right through Manhattan. And it was originally a freight line that ran down 10th Ave.

A green park created from a dense Manhattan by recycling of the elevated railway into an urban park similar to the Promenade Plantée in Paris.

“4.5 km-long elevated park in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France.”

Notably three buildings straddle the High Line & rail used to pass through many factories. The park's attractions include naturalized plantings that are inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew on the disused tracks and new, often unexpected views of the city and the Hudson River. Pebble-dash concrete walkways unify the trail, which swells and constricts, swinging from side to side, and divides into concrete tines that meld the hardscape with the planting embedded in railroad gravel mulch. Stretches of track and ties recall the High Line's former use. Portions of track are adaptively re-used for rolling lounges positioned for river views. In addition there is the rusted, disused mullions of the old Nabisco Factory loading dock where the window bays are reinstalled with a series of 700 purple and grey colored glass panes. Each color is exactly calibrated to match the center pixel of 700 digital pictures, one taken every minute, of the Hudson River.

The High Line Park currently runs from Gansevoort Street, one block below West 12th Street, in the Meatpacking District, up to 30th Street, through the neighborhood of Chelsea to the West Side Yard, near the Javits Convention Center.

The 30th Street Cut-Out is located at the northern terminus of Section 2, where the High Line curves to the west. When Section 2 opens later this spring, visitors standing on the Cut-Out will be able to take in sweeping views of the Hudson River to the west, and the Empire State Building to the east. To the north, visitors will see the High Line at the rail yards. This rail yards section of the High Line comprises one-third of the entire historic structure. It is still owned by CSX Transportation Inc., the railroad company that donated the High Line below 30th Street to the City of New York in 2005.

See New Gallery of High Line Visitor Photos
See Construction Update: 30th Street Cut-Out
Wikipedia
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Malaysia unrest over reform

2011-07-10T11:47:00.019+08:00

Update 20 July 2011-Malaysia censors Economist article on Bersih rally in the July 16 edition:-Home Ministry official Abdul Aziz Mohamad Nor was quoted in The Star daily as saying Malaysia has censored sections of an article in The Economist magazine about the death of a man during the protest and to police action in putting down the rally. Source

The Economist - 16 July 2011
English | 173 pages | True PDF | 6.29 Mb
Political affray in Malaysia:Taken to the cleaners
An overzealous government response to an opposition rally
Jul 14th 2011 | SINGAPORE | from the print edition

Update 15thJuly2011:-Bersih 2.0 - The Lies vs the Truth

Read following is the first public statement made by medical officers following the police denial that personnel had shot tear gas into hospital compounds on July 9.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (sworn affidavits)

We, the undersigned doctors, wish not to enter into the polemics of the Bersih 2.0 march on 9th July 2011 but would like to clarify the inconvenient truth.

We are outraged at the incidents, and the subsequent responses from the authorities, to the events where tear gas and chemical laced water were shot into the compounds of Tung Shin and Chinese Maternity Hospitals, two adjacent buildings along Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, with scant regard for the safety of patients, staff and the general public who were at the buildings that afternoon.

Hospitals are considered as safe sanctuaries for all, even during war times, but these consecrated places of refuge and protection were violated by the defence forces that afternoon. Police even entered the buildings in search of some of these peaceful marchers. What was most frightening and witnessed by many was the unprovoked violent assault within the hospital compounds and apprehension of several protesters who had merely run into the hospitals to seek shelter from the tear gas and the water cannons!

It is repulsive that the authorities entrusted with policing the nation and protecting the weak and needy, have shamelessly denied publicly, the occurrence of these incidents IN SPITE of countless photo/video and eye witness accounts of what was evident to all independent observers.

A few of the undersigned were actually visiting or working in the hospitals concerned at the time of the events and will gladly provide sworn affidavits, if required, as to veracity of the incidents

The Malaysian public expect holders of high public office to honour their positions accorded by the citizens, by discharging their duties with moral integrity, dignity and transparency.

Their failure to do so raises the public's doubts in their competence and credibilty as much as it demeans those high offices.

Dr Ng Kwee Boon - Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Datin Dr Low Paik See - Consultant Paediatrician
Dato' Dr Musa Mohd Nordin - Consultant Paediatrician & Neonatologist
Dr Mazeni Alwi - Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Dr David Quek - Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Sheikh Johari Bux - Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Dr Steve Wong - Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa - Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Dr Ng Swee Choon - Consultant Cardiologist
Source

Update 11thJuly2011:Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said authorities would review their video footage of the protest to investigate the 59-year-old taxi driver who died during the protest -- the biggest in four years -- which police say he was a bystander who died of a heart attack. Allegations that police fired tear gas into a hospital compound will also be probed. Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says the government will answer (the allegations) without fear or favour. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says his concern is the security of the nation and the safety of the people and defended the police, saying the opposition-backed rally was a ploy to tarnish the country's image.

But rally organiser Bersih 2.0, a coalition of non-governmental groups demanding electoral reform claimed police fired tear gas canisters into the crowd, hurting people, and beat others and these were unwarranted attacks against a peaceful gathering of unarmed citizens was nothing short of shocking.

Monday See Malaysia back to Normal

Malaysia warns irresponsible foreign media and ralliers
Update 10thJuly2011:

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Sunday defended the government's handling of street protests demanding electoral reform on Saturday amid intense criticism heightened by the death of a demonstrator. Baharuddin Ahmad, a former soldier, a member of the opposition Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party (PAS), was fleeing after police fired gas canisters when he collapsed, his brother Mohamad Sharin told AFP.

KUALA LUMPUR - The police arrested over 1,600 ralliers on Saturday 09 July 2011 during clashes with protesters demanding poll reform ahead of general elections,who defied government warnings to rally in the capital for electoral reform. Tear gas has injured some as Malaysian police fired tear gas and water canon on the crowd as they march to a stadium and to the king's palace to hand over a memorandum detailing their demands. Among those injured were Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who suffered a bruise on his head and a cut leg. His bodyguard however had to undergo minor surgery after he was hit in the left eye by a tear gas canister,reportedly taking the shot for Anwar.

Police brutality remains a concern as heavy-handed measures were employed to disperse what was a peaceful march until the water cannons and tear gas were deployed.Bleeding protestors were carted off by police personnel, while a man spotted on the ground with a fracture and his wrists bound in police-issued plastic handcuffs.He had boot marks on his pants and claimed that several police personnel had pinned him to the ground and kicked his leg. Incidences of police brutality were seen, with officers allegedly punching and shoving detainees. They were also allegedly seen manhandling female detainees. Extracts from Malaysiakini

Leaders of opposition parties were among those detained during a massive security operation but it failed to thwart the outlawed demonstration which saw 50,000 people take to the streets of Kuala Lumpur, according to organisers. Among those arrested were protest leader Ambiga Sreenivasan and Maria Chin Abdullah(Reforms group Bersih 2.0-a broad coalition of opposition parties and civil society groups). Ambiga, former head of the Malaysia Bar Council, told AFP she was freed later Saturday without being charged. Abdul Hadi Awang, president of the Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party (PAS), the country's largest opposition grouping, was also arrested.

With elections expected to be called early next year, demonstrators were demanding changes to the voting process including eradication of vote buying and prevention of irregularities which they say marred previous polls.

Malaysian police may have crushed a weekend protest, but analysts say the crackdown has tainted the country's democratic credentials and could embolden the opposition ahead of elections.

Source: Channel News Asia

JOKE:

Mahathir, Queen Elizabeth, and Vladimir Putin all die and go to hell.

While there, they spy a red phone and ask what the phone is for. The devil tells them it is for calling back to Earth.

Putin asks to call Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he is finished the devil informs him that the cost is a million dollars, so Putin writes him a check.

Next Queen Elizabeth calls England and talks for 30 minutes. When she is finished the devil informs her that the cost is 6 million dollars, so she writes him a check.

Finally Mahathir gets his turn and talks for 4 hours When he is finished the devil informs him that the cost is $5.00.

When Putin hears this he goes ballistic and asks the devil why Mahathir got to call Malaysia so cheaply.

The devil smiles and replies: “Since Najib took over, the country has gone to hell, so it’s a local call.”

SOURCE

Driving to Singapore

2011-06-16T18:30:00.011+08:00

The latitude and longitude of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is: 3° 10' 0" N / 101° 42' 0" E
The latitude and longitude of Singapore is:1° 22' 0" N / 103° 48' 0" E

YourSingapore.com -Experience
Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP), Toll Charges and Electronic Road Pricing matters

Driving distance from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Singapore, Singapore is:232 miles / 374 km
Bearing SE; Drive time 2 hours, 45 minutes
Fuel cost of driving from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Singapore is:
USD32.44 or MYR97.174 one-way / USD64.88 or MYR194.348 round trip
Gas mileage: 25 mpg - 9.409 L/100 km
Gas consumption: 9.279 gallons 35.125 litres
92.35128 (US cents/litre) 3.496 ((US Dollars/gallon)
RON97 Malaysia Premium grade petrol, effective midnight15th June,2011, MYR2.80 per litre or MYR10.599 per gallon.
*Toll charges class 1 Passenger cars from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Singapore is
Normal Rates:MYR42.20 USD13.86 Total Distance:KM 306.7(Toll gate is Putra Jaya - Skudai)* Source
Also see expressway route
Straight line flying distance- 110 miles / 177 km
Map at Source

*Additional cost: Johor–Singapore Causeway*

Malaysian toll charges Passenger cars MYR 2.90 USD 0.956 *Note: Toll
charges can only be paid with the Touch'n Go card. Cash payment is not accepted.
Second link Tanjung Kupang Toll Plaza (TTK) (Malaysia) Passenger Cars
RM7.50

Singapore toll charges SGD 1.20 MYR 2.937 USD 0.969
SGD$3.70 for cars entering via Second link, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim at Tuas

Additional cost: The Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) Scheme for foreign-registered cars into Singapore.
Vehicle Entry Permit Charges for cars 20 SGD per day. Acquire an Autopass card at checkpoints to (VEP) fees, toll charges and/or ERP(Electronic Road Pricing) charges. Consider Autopass Cards slots known as In-Vehicle units (IU) installation in the vehicle. For foreign motorists intending to pass through ERP-priced roads during its operational hours, they can either choose to install or rent an In-Vehicle Unit (IU) to pay ERP fees. For those who do not wish to rent or install an IU, they can choose to pay a fixed ERP fee of S$10 per day, regardless of the number of times they pass through an ERP gantry in the day. This will be paid together with their VEP and toll charges via the
Autopass card when they depart from Singapore. This fixed fee scheme starts
from 1 September 2003 onwards and is only applicable for those who do not
have an IU installed in their foreign-registered cars.
Authorised IU Service Centres

Temporary IU installation booths
TIU rentals cost SGD5 a day (minimum 2 days' rental) with a SGD120
refundable deposit, from which the daily rental will be deducted. Each TIU
is valid for two weeks, although extensions may be made at TIU sales
outlets.

1)Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim
(Slip road along Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim towards Tuas Checkpoint - Drive
through)
Telephone : (65) 6863 0756
Operating Hours : 24 Hours

2)Turf Club Avenue
(Outside Kranji Turf Club - Drive through)
Telephone : (65) 6367 7686
Operating Hours : 08:00 - 20:00 Hrs

3)Woodlands Centre
(Along Woodlands Centre Road - towards Woodlands Checkpoint)
Telephone : (65) 6368 1807
Operating Hours : 24 Hours *

All foreign-registered vehicles entering Singapore are only granted free
entry on weekends and during off-peak hours on weekdays (5 p.m.-2 a.m.)
However, during the Singapore mid-year and year-end school holidays, VEP
fees will only apply from 2AM to 12PM. Exemption of VEP charges on Singapore's Public Holidays apply.
Foreign-registered cars and motorcycles are permitted to drive into
Singapore for 10 days in a calendar year without paying Vehicle Entry Permit
fees, although toll charges still apply.

Hint: Do fill up your petrol tank or risk paying twice the price @
SGD2.14/liter premium grade (See Is Petrol in Singapore Overpriced?)
, in Singapore. Malaysians driving into Singapore are also advised against
traveling during peak hours (6am to 9am driving into Singapore, and leaving
Singapore 5pm to 8pm during weekdays) as the traffic flow is usually quite
heavy.
It is projected from late 2011, the Johor Bahru Causeway toll will jump
sharply to more than 200%.

N.B. (
Nota Bene)Malaysia: the "regular" unleaded fuel is 95 RON,
"premium" fuel is rated at97 RON (but for Shell 97 RON is V-Power,
and Shell's V-Power Racing is rated at 97 RON.) (Research Octane
Number] Higher octane ratings correlate to higher activation energies
used in more powerful engines which are designed to operate with a
high maximum compression. However, detonation(uncontrolled ignition)
is undesirable in a spark ignition engine( contrasts with diesel-fueled
compression-ignition engine), and is signified by audible "pinking" or
in more extreme cases "knock". A common misconception is that power output
or fuel efficiency can be improved by burning fuel of higher octane than that specified by the engine manufacturer.

Jaybob subtitles

2011-06-15T13:44:00.049+08:00

English Subtitles for Jaybob range of movies are added here when available.

(Last Updated June 21, 2012)

Who is Jaybob? Jaybob is a Team of unknown people across the world that works as a Team by compressing and ripping movies in compatible format with excellent high quality visual scenes. Jaybob Torrents are only posted on IsoHunt & Hexagon.cc

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The subtitles available here are of .sub and .idx files format.

Works great in DIVX player.

The subtitles are well synchronized and fonts are outline in blue.Optimum font size
well at the bottom screen for good visual to both movie and fonts.

Jaybob movies source
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A Thousand Words {2012}
Act of Valor 2012
Alvin And The Chipmunks Chipwrecked {2011}
Abduction [2011]
Age Of Heroes [2011]
All Star Superman {2011}
Arthur {2011}
Battleship {2012}
Bad Ass 2012
Blitz (2011)
Battle Los Angeles (2011)
Contraband {2012}
Cars 2 {2011}
Courageous {2011}
Donner Pass 2012
Drive Angry {2011}
Elephant White 2011
From Prada To Nada (2011)
Fast Five {2011}
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part One {2010}
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part II (2011)
Hot Tub Time Machine {2010}
House Of The Rising Sun {2011}
How.To.Train.Your.Dragon.2010
Hugo211
Ice Age 4 Continental Drift {2012}
Iron Sky {2012}
Immortals 2011
Inception.2010
IronClad 2011
I Am Number Four {2011}
J. Edgar 2011
Kung Fu Panda 2 {2011}
Kill The Irishman {2011}
Limitless[2011]
Men in Black 3[2012]
Merry Madagascar {2009}
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol {2011}
Morning Glory {2010}
Nanny McPhee Returns 2010
One For The Money {2012}
Puss in Boots (2011)
Pirates Of The Caribbean On Stranger Tides {2011}
Recoil.2011
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes{2011}En & Chi
Red.2010
Soldiers Of Fortune {2012}
Safe.House.2012
Seven.Below.2012.
Seeking.Justice.2011
Salt {2010}
Super 8 {2011}
Scooby Doo Legend Of The Phantosaur {2011}
Sniper Reloaded 2011
The Three Stooges {2012}
The Avengers {2012}
The Descendants {2011}
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy {2011}
The.Muppets.2011
The Smurfs {2011}
The Scorpion King 3 Battle for Redemption 2012
The Double {2011}
Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon (2011)
The.Entitled.2011
The Warriors Way {2010}
Tekken.2010
The Eagle 2011
The Adjustment Bureau {2011}
The Tourist {2010}
Tower Heist 2011
The Way Back {2010}
The Speed Of Thought {2011}
The Hit List 2011
The Social Network {2010}
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Unknown[2011]
Valhalla Rising {2009}
Wanderlust {2012}
X-Men First Class {2011}

Foods that Keep Bones Strong

2011-06-06T23:49:00.002+08:00

Also for your general health

Eat the following to avoid the risk for osteoporosis (literally "porous bone") or debilitating fractures and breaks.
Eat: About 5 ounces of lean protein (skinless poultry, fish, beans, low-fat or fat-free-dairy foods, nuts and seeds) per day for women, 5½ for men. (A serving of chicken or fish the size of a deck of cards is about 2 to 3 ounces.)
Avoid: Red meat, poultry skin, lard, butter, cream and tropical oils (saturated fat can thin bones).
Caution: If you are on a low-carb, high-protein weight-loss program, your body may leach calcium from your bones, causing them to weaken. The key: keep a good balance and make sure you consume enough calcium
Eat: At least 1½ cups of fruits and 2 cups of vegetables every day; more is even better. Choose a rainbow of produce, including greens, reds, oranges, blues and yellows. Satisfying your taste buds isn't the only motivation. Each kind of fruit and vegetable offers its own particular concentration and mix of nutrients. Evidence suggests fruits and vegetables create an environment that reduces calcium loss from bone. Also plant phenols and flavonoids provide compounds that bolster bone. Produce is also rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, which can help fortify bones and maintain the muscles that support them

Eat: Low- or non-fat dairy products (such as milk and yogurt), canned salmon and sardines (eat the soft bones!), dark green leafy greens, broccoli, dried figs and nuts. (Note: Spinach, rhubarb and beet greens provide less calcium because a substance called oxalate gets in the way of absorption). To absorb calcium, you also need vitamin D. Few foods other than fish and liver naturally contain vitamin D, so look for vitamin D fortified foods (like milk and orange juice) and ask your doctor if you need a daily supplement.
If you're under age 50, get a total of 1,000 mg of calcium from foods and supplements, if needed. Along with it, get 400 to 800 IU of vitamin D daily. If you're over 50, get 1,200 mg of calcium and 800 to 1,000 IU of vitamin D. (Your body can absorb about 500 to 600 mg of calcium at one time, so spread out your calcium intake. Have a calcium-rich food at each meal or as a snack. For example, have a glass of calcium-fortified orange juice with breakfast, eat yogurt at snacktime, and drink a glass of milk before bedtime.)

Aim for at least 30 minutes of exercise each day. Weight-bearing and muscle-strengthening exercises helped you build bones in your younger years. If you're over 30, the right physical activity will help you maintain bone strength. If you can't do high-impact weight-bearing activities such as running, try lower-impact exercises, such as walking, stair climbing (step machines), low-impact aerobics and elliptical training. For muscle strengthening, exercise with free weights or a resistance band.

Get your vitamins and minerals which research suggests are beneficial for bones.
• Magnesium: spinach, beet greens, okra, tomato products, artichokes, plantains, potatoes, sweet potatoes, collard greens and raisins
• Potassium: tomato products, raisins, potatoes, spinach, sweet potatoes, papaya, oranges, orange juice, bananas, plantains and prunes
• Vitamin C: red peppers, green peppers, oranges, grapefruits, broccoli, strawberries, Brussels sprouts, papaya and pineapples
• Vitamin K: certain dark green leafy vegetables such as kale, collard greens, spinach, mustard greens, turnip greens and Brussels sprouts.
Salt over the 2,300 mg or less limit could be bad for bones.(used both as a flavoring and a preservative in many meals and foods we eat)To reduce your intake:

* Eat fewer takeout and restaurant meals, and cook with less salt at home.
* Avoid high-sodium deli foods, especially smoked meats.
* Limit canned vegetables, frozen meals, condiments (e.g., salad dressings, catsup, mustard, etc.), tomato sauce and other packaged foods, since these products tend to contain excess sodium.

Leisureblog comment: As for orange juice, eat the whole orange with its fibre.
As for little non canned fishes I chew its head, bones and swallow all.
Papaya & sweet potatoes are sweet, good, easy to eat & relatively cheap here. I love cooked pineapples
with onions, soya sauce and some honey or sugar or oyster sauce.
Sweet potato leaves is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Vitamin E
(Alpha Tocopherol), Niacin and Phosphorus, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin K
,Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Magnesium, Potassium and Manganese. Easy to grow in the yard here.
Vitamin K in sweet potato leaves - per 100 g Vitamin K=108 mcg. Nutrition Information for Sweet Potatoes
Nutrition Facts and Calories in Sweet potato leaves, cooked, steamed, without salt

Source

Something you ought to know

2011-06-06T14:11:00.033+08:00

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for

Blood plasma.
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No piece of paper can be folded in half

more than seven (7) times. Oh go ahead...I'll wait...
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Donkeys kill more people annually

than plane crashes or shark attacks. (So, watch your ass )
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You burn more calories sleeping

than you do watching television.
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Oak trees do not produce acorns
until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.
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The first product to have a bar code

was Wrigley's gum.
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The King of Hearts is the only king

WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE
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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987
by eliminating one (1) olive

from each salad served in first-class.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

(Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you!)
(That women are going the 'right' direction...?)

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Apples, not caffeine,

are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from

DEAD SKIN!
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.
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Walt Disney was afraid

OF MICE!
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PEARLS MELT

IN VINEGAR!
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The three most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

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It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...

but, not downstairs.

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A duck's quack doesn't echo,

and no one knows why.
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush
be kept at least six (6) feet away from
a toilet to avoid airborne particles
resulting from the flush.

(I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)
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And the best for last....

Turtles can breathe through their butts.
(I know some people like that, don't YOU?)

So......................please write in for anything else we ought to know.....!!

Type rest of the post here

River Monsters

2011-03-29T17:46:00.008+08:00

52-year-old British angler Jeremy Wade grapples with this ferocious-looking 'giant piranha' known as goliath tigerfish.
The giant freshwater fish has 32 teeth that are of similar size to those of a great white shark and has been known to attack humans and even crocodiles.

Wade, the host of ITV's River Monsters show, anxiously reeled in this specimen, which weighed more than 100lbs and was 5ft long and has been known to consume prey the same size as itself, attack people and take pieces out of crocodiles.

'It is very rare to catch one, especially by an outsider because they are found in such a remote and difficult location to get to. There are no guides or lodges on that part of the Congo River.'

Wade released it to the river soon afterwards who spent eight days trying to land the fish.

Jeremy Wade Hooking a Goliath Tigerfish

Tribute Jeremy Wade River Monsters

Source: dailymail.co.uk 21st October 2010

The Law of the Seed

2011-03-29T17:29:00.004+08:00

The tree has UNCONDITIONAL LOVE for all.
And that is what God is....NATURE...UNCONDITIONAL..LIFE GIVING..
So, best to live in Nature, with Nature and believe Nature.
For we all are parts of Nature ..the DIVINITY.

by: Author Unknown, Source Unknown

The Law of the Seed
Take a look at an apple tree. There might be five hundred apples on the tree, but each apple has just ten seeds. That's a lot of seeds!

We might ask, "Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few more apple trees?"

Nature has something to teach us here. It's telling us: "Not all seeds grow. In life, most seeds never grow. So if you really want to make something happen, you had better try more than once."

This might mean:
You'll attend twenty interviews to get one job. You'll interview forty people to find one good employee. You'll talk to fifty people to sell one house, one car, one vacuum cleaner, one insurance policy, or a business idea. And you might meet a hundred acquaintances just to find one special friend .

When we understand the "Law of the Seed", we don't get so disappointed. We stop feeling like victims. We learn how to deal with things that happen to us.

Laws of nature are not things to take personally. We just need to understand them - and work with them.

IN A NUTSHELL
Successful people fail more often. But they plant more seeds.

When Things Are Beyond your control, here's something that you must NOT DO so as to be happy: You must not decide how you think the world SHOULD be. You must not make rules for how everyone SHOULD behave. Many times, such thoughts can bring you spiralling down into more unhappiness.

On the other hand, let's say you expect that:
Friends SHOULD return favours.
People SHOULD appreciate you.
Planes SHOULD arrive on time.
Everyone SHOULD be honest.
Your husband or best friend SHOULD remember your birthday.

These expectations may sound reasonable. But often, these things won't happen! So you end up frustrated and disappointed.

There's a better strategy. Demand less, and instead, have preferences! For things that are beyond your control, tell yourself:
"I WOULD PREFER "A", BUT IF "B" HAPPENS, IT'S OK TOO!"
You prefer that people are polite.. but when they are rude, it doesn't ruin your day.
You prefer sunshine.. but if it rains, it is ok too!

To become happier, we either need to:
a) Change the world, or
b) Change our thinking.
It is easier to change our Thinking!

IN A NUTSHELL
It is not the problem that is the issue, but rather it is your attitude attending to the problem that is the problem. It's not what happens to you that determine your happiness but rather how you think about what happens to you!

Life is Like Coffee

2011-03-29T00:13:00.004+08:00

Life is Like Coffee
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything...they just make the best of everything."

The Life is like Coffee Movie

by: Author Unknown, Source Unknown

Faith The Dog

2011-03-27T13:57:00.005+08:00

This is 'Faith

This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. He was born with 3 legs - 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which had to be amputated. He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him. His first owner also did not think that he could survive and he was thinking of 'putting him to sleep'. But then, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him. She became determined to teach and train this little dog to walk by himself. She named him 'Faith'.

In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfboard to let him feel the movement. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward for him for standing up and jumping around. Even the other dog at home encouraged him to walk. Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learned to balance on his hind legs and to jump to move forward. After further training in the snow, he could now walk like a human being.

Faith loves to walk around now. No matter where he goes, he attracts people to him. He is fast becoming famous on the international scene and has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows. There is now a book entitled 'With a Little Faith' being published about him. He was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.

His present owner Jude Stringfellew has given up her teaching post and plans to take him around the world to preach that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul'.

Faith (dog) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Faith The Dog 5mins video
This bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone will appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day. Faith is the continual demonstration of the strength and wonder of life In life there are always undesirable things, so in order to feel better you just need to look at life from another direction. This message may help us to see that.

Faith-the biped dog

Don't understand how on earth they got there

2011-01-20T18:16:00.013+08:00

Much baffled on how on earth they got there!!
Scroll down to the last picture to get the joke!!
Please don't get personal for we love all Americans.

High-Tech Hijacking

2011-01-20T16:14:00.005+08:00

Electronic Pickpocketing

RFID = convenience and invasion of privacy.
Walt Augustinowicz may be scaring you to buy a card protector(Faraday Cage).
Armed with a credit card reader he bought for less than $100 on-line and a netbook computer, WREG On Your Side Investigators put Augustinowicz to the test. The report goes as experts at the Identity Theft Resource Center stated that they've never seen a case of RFID skimming used to steal information. Not all credit cards has RFID chip implemented. (Radio-frequency identification)
RFID is a tracking system that uses intelligent bar codes to track items in a store. RFID chips are very similar to barcodes. RFID tags do not have to be visible to the reading device. They can be scanned through clothes, wallets, and even cars. The distance from which they can be read is also much greater than that of a barcode.

Source

How to block/kill RFID chips
A good quick fix. A layer or two of aluminum foil should do the trick. Just wrap your RFID card in aluminum foil which will retards the signal Easy way to test this is to take a cellphone, turn it on, wrap it inside something that will prevent its antenna from touching the cage (such as a sock?) then wrap it in aluminum foil, folding over the edges so the package is pretty much airtight. Then call your cell phone number from a landline, if you've done everything correctly the phone will be out of range and will not ring, but the call will go to voicemail.

Or Obtain a RFID Reader. If you pay for the reader you might as well buy a READER/WRITER. MAke sure you get a list of the frequency that the RFID reader/writer operates at. These units are good for creating mis-information because you can write false data to the chip (NOT YOUR PASSPORT!!!!) and carry some false info on the chip(s) in your wallet, so when someone scans you then they will see all the false data. Include in the info "YOU ARE BEING WATCHED!" See more option right below!!

1)Buy a wallet and passport holder that block rfid transmission here

2)RFID-blocker passport cover made by Travelon at overstock.com

3)EMvelope #93390 at American Science & Surplus catalog - RFID-Blocker Sheet. The description reads as follows:"it is an 8-3/8" x 3-1/2 x .012" thick trim-able electromagnetic sheet (think Farraday cage with floating ground) that blocks RF up to 2.4 GHz. Cut it to size and slip it in your wallet, or whatever, and it protects the data on your credit cards, ID cards, E-Z Pass, or anything else with an embedded RFID chip, including the new US Passport."

4) Ebay as at Jan 20. 2011
RFID Blocking Bonus Pak/ 2 Passport/ 10 card sleeves. Post to:Worldwide

20 Tyvek RFID Credit ID Card Protector Sleeve Envelopes. Post to:Worldwide