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The Most Powerful / Amazing Photos of 2011……….

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:34:00 +0000

1.

Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza in 9/11, pauses at his son’s name at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial.
(Getty Images / Justin Lane)
2.

A whirpool forms off the Japanese coast after the tsunami on March 11.
(Reuters / Kyodo )
3.

This sightseeing boat, Hama Yuri, was pulled 1300 feet from the coast and somehow balanced itself on a two story house during the tsunami in Japan.
4.

Members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on May 1.
(Reuters / HANDOUT)
5.

Two lights from the former site of the World Trade Centers shine for the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
(Reuters / GARY HERSHORN)
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6.

Phyllis Siegel, 76, left, and Connie Kopelov, 84, both of New York, embrace after becoming the first same-sex couple to get married at the Manhattan City Clerk's office.
(Getty Images / STAN HONDA)
7.

A protester gets sprayed in the face with pepper spray at an Occupy Portland protest. (Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian)
8.

A before and after shot of Joplin, Missouri after a massive tornado on May 22.
Source: zeitlosimagery
9.

Friends and loved ones gather at the Oslo cathedral to mourn 93 victims killed in twin terror attacks from a bombing in downtown Oslo and a mass shooting on Utoya island on July 22.
(Getty Images / Paula Bronstein)
10.

A monstrous dust storm (Haboob) roared through Phoenix, Arizona in July.
Source: dbryant
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11.

A policeman detains an opposition activist in Baku on March 12. Azerbaijan police detained more than 30 activists of the opposition Musavat Party when its members took to the street of Baku to protest against the ruling elite following a similar rally a day before. (Reuters)
12.

Christians protect Muslims during prayer in Cairo, Egypt.
Source: @NevineZaki
13.

An aerial shot of the damage immediately following the Japanese tsunami.
(Reuters / KYODO)
14.

A girl in isolation for radiation screening looks at her dog through a window in Nihonmatsu, Japan on March 14.
(Reuters / Yuriko Nakao)
15.

A man sits in front of a destroyed apartment building following the Joplin, Missouri tornado. (Reuters)
16.

A University of California Davis police officer pepper-sprays students during their sit-in at an "Occupy UCD" demonstration in Davis, California. (Jasna Hodzic)
17.

A mother comforts her son in Concord, Alabama, near his house which was completely destroyed by a tornado in April.
(AP / Jeff Roberts)
18.

Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate. (Reuters)
19.

Firefighters of Ladder Company 4 — which lost seven men on 9/11 — perched together on their aerial ladder, watching a news bulletin in Times Square declaring that Osama bin Laden was dead on May 2.
Source: lens.blogs.nytimes.com
20.

Slain Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson's dog "Hawkeye" lies next to his casket during funeral services in Rockford, Iowa. Tumilson was one of 30 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan on August 6 when their helicopter was shot down during a mission to help fellow troops who had come under fire.
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21.

A boy looks at a figure of Steve Jobs next to flowers laid in his tribute at an Apple store in Hong Kong, China.
(AP / Kin Cheung)
22.

Cars are abandoned on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive during the "Snowpocalypse" in February.
Source: chicagotribune.com
23.

Facebook played an extremely important role in the uprisings throughout the Middle East.
Source: theatlanticwire.com
24.

84-year-old Dorli Rainey was pepper sprayed during a peaceful march in Seattle, Washington. She would have been thrown to the ground and trampled, but luckily a fellow protester and Iraq vet was there to save her. (Joshua Trujillo / seattlepi.com)
25.

Australian Scott Jones kisses his Canadian girlfriend Alex Thomas after she was knocked to the ground by a police officer's riot shield in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadians rioted after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins.
(Getty Images / Rich Lam)
26.

Hurricane Irene approaches the east coast.
27.

Billy Stinson comforts his daughter Erin Stinson as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood on August 28 in Nags Head, N.C. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head.
(Getty Images / Scott Olson)
28.

Flowers and tributes are seen outside the home of Amy Winehouse in London on July 24.
(Reuters / STEFAN WERMUTH)
29.

Office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington, D.C., moments after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook the nation's capital. The earthquake was centered northwest of Richmond, Va., but could be felt from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
(AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
30.

Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child, is held by his mother in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee in the town of Dadaab, Kenya. The baby has since made a full recovery.
(AP / Schalk Van Zuydam)
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A woman jumps from a burning building during the London riots in August. (Amy Weston / WENN.com)
32.

Office workers look for a way out of a high rise building in central Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22. A strong earthquake killed at least 180 people.
(Reuters / Simon Baker)
33.

A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the destroyed city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan after the massive earthquake and tsunami.
(Reuters / ASAHI SHIMBUN)
34.

A demonstrator shows his bottom to riot police during a protest by European workers and trade union representatives to demand better job protection in the European Union countries in Brussels on March 24.
(Reuters / Thierry Roge)
35.

A woman rebel fighter supporter fires an AK-47 rifle as she reacts to the news of the withdrawal of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces from Benghazi on March 19.
(Reuters / GORAN TOMASEVIC)
36.

Police spray Ugandan opposition party leaders with colored water during demonstrations in the capital Kampala on May 10.
(Reuters / James Akena)
37.

A student is punched in the face by a police officer in Chile. Students in Chile are demanding a new framework for education.
(Reuters / VICTOR RUIZ CABALLERO)
38.

An aid worker using an iPad captures an image of a dead cow's decomposing carcass in Wajir near the Kenya-Somalia border on July 23.
(Reuters / STRINGER)
39.

A Libyan rebel is pictured with Gadhafi's golden gun.
(Getty Images / Philippe Desmazes)
40.

Harold Camping speaks about the end of the world. The world was supposed to end on May 22 of this year.
(AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez)
41.

A phone hangs off the hook on Wall Street.
(Reuters / LUCAS JACKSON)
42.

US gay service members march in a gay pride parade for the first time ever.
(Getty Images / Sandy Huffaker)
43.

A woman hangs onto a street sign in chest deep water along the flooded streets in Rangsit on the outskirts of Bangkok on October 24.
(Getty Images / Paula Bronstein)
44.

A distressed bride attempts suicide in China after her fiance abruptly called off their marriage. Still in her wedding gown, she tried to kill herself by jumping out of a window of a seventh floor building. Right as she jumped, a man managed to catch and save her.

Amazing /Cutest Finger Arts

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:53:00 +0000

Shhhhh…..this will only hurt for a moment. (Link)

(Link)

Why did he vomit? Maybe he put his finger down his throat.

Raspeberry head. (Link)

Batman.

Cute. (Link)

Toes have feelings too! (Link)

Hanged. (Link)

Suicidal finger.

Fingers up, this is a robbery.

Most Useful Gadgets That Everyone Should Use

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:48:00 +0000

I bet there's at least 1 gadget you could use...

Dogies performing their daily Yoga routines. :)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:36:00 +0000

Baby born with two heads In Brazil

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:54:00 +0000

A Brazilian woman has given birth to a baby with two heads.

The boy was born by caesarean at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil’s northern Para state, weighing 4.5kg.

The two-headed boy is, in reality, conjoined twins who share a single body.

The "twins", named Jesus and Emanuel, have two brains, two backbones and a single heart.

Because they share the same body, it is not possible to separate them.

The mother fed both mouths and the baby stayed with her in her room.

The 25-year-old mother was said to have found out about the abnormality only minutes before the child was born on Monday.

She lives in a rural area of the state with no access to scans or ultrasounds.

Hospital director Claudionor Assis de Vasconcelos told Brazil’s O Povo newspaper that the woman had decided to travel to the hospital because she was feeling strong abdominal pains.

“When doctors scanned her, they realised the baby had two heads, and a normal birth would be a great risk, both for mother and baby.

“The caesarean took an hour because the baby was sitting down.

“Despite all the problems we have as a small interior hospital, we managed to save both mother and baby. And for us it was a great surprise to find that the child was in really good health.”

Amazing / Bizzare /Unique HAIR STYLES/CUTS

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:13:00 +0000

10. Hairy Spectacles

9. The Triangle with a mustache

8. The Justice League

7. He doesn't know what's at the back of the head

6. Hair spank

5. Hair after an electric shock

4. A Phoenix or a Dragon.

3. The Helicopter Hair

2. The Afro Cap

1. THERE's A GOAT ON HER HEAD

Anna Clifford, erratic driving

Another funny mugshot, unknown criminal

Casey Johnson-Peterson, grand theft

Warren Hock, fugitive of justice

Moises Alvarez, expired drivers' license

Trevor Newbauer, disorderly conduct

Keyon Mobley, domestic battery

Michael LaPlant, traffic in amphetamine

Alexis Gadson

Matthew Henline, aggravated assault

Terrance Gaultney, theft

Funny/Amazing/Edited Photography

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:57:00 +0000

ling!

21 Inspirational Pics That You Must See

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:51:00 +0000

“Go Your Own road”

“Working at Sea”

“Face vs. Fist”

“Road-worker’s Coffee break”

“Coffee Spill”

“Wet dreams on open water”

Winner in Fotosidan’s Photo challange 2008 theme:”dreams”

“The Downside of Shredding Continued”

LEGO

“Common Breakfast”

“Lazy dogs have also come out”

“Strange Forest”

“Tetris”

“Unexpected visit”

“Arms break, vases don’t”

“Oranges are best whole”

Untitled

“Heaven Express”

‘Homo sapiens”

“Shaving is for Boys”

“Tough”

“Hanging See on the wall”

12 Most Amazing/Bizzare/Odd Fountains

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:44:00 +0000

1. Mermaid milking herself, Bologna, Italy

(Image credits:casalingarevival)

2. Giant Tap, location uknown

(Image credits:Bill Liao)

3. Women under Umbrella, location unknown

(Image credits:dasnake )

4. Boy urinating on a Frog, Kansas City, MO, USA

(Image credits:raebrune )
Authors comment: “the frog is spraying water at him. they have strange fountains here”

5. Blood Fountain, Swansea, Wales, UK

(Image credits:Swansea Photographer )

6. Jeanneke Pis, Brussels, Belgium

(Image credits:elmada )

7. Manneken Pis, Brussels, Belgium

(Image credits:Xenocryst @ Antares Scorpii )

8. Child and the Swan, Ribe, Denmark

(Image credits:sonicwalker )

9. Ehekaursell or Marriage Merry-go-round, Nuremberg, Germany

(Image credits:peregrinari )

10. Give me that water! Prague, Cech

(Image credits: http://thejetz.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html
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11. Spitting frog, Columbia, MD, USA

(Image credits:Bob Reck )

12. Vomiting Fountain Sculpture, London, UK

50 Strange/Amazing/Unique Buildings of the World (part-1)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:20:00 +0000

1. Office center “1000″ a.k.a. Banknote (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Image credits: RA Studija
Architects: Rimas Adomaitis, Raimundas Babrauskas, Darius Siaurodinas, Virgilijus Jocys.
Dates: 2005-2008.
Despite what you might think this amazing building is not a temporal installation. The image of the LTL 1000 banknote is brought onto this building using special enamel paint. Money theme well represents various businesses located in this spectacular building. It’s an office center located in the second biggest city in Lithuania.By the way, banknote dates back to 1925. However it’s not used nowadays.

Image credits: RA Studija

2. Kerala House Boats (Alappuzha, Alleppey, Kerala, India)

Image credits: Jiths

3. Olympic Stadium (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

Image credits: Wikipedia

4. Blur Building (Yverdon-les-Bainz, Switzerland)

Image credits: Dillerscofidio
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Dates: 2002
Seven years passed from expo 2002 but this building is still one of my favorites. It’s probably the mist that makes it so unusual and amazing at the same time. So called ‘blur pavilion’ with self generated mist was meant to give an impression that the building is floating above the water without any structural support. And indeed it looks just like that.

Image credits: Dillerscofidio

5. Tenerife Concert Hall (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)

Image credits: extranoise

6. The Never Was Haul (Berkeley, California, USA)

Image credits: drewdomkus

7. The Puerta de Europa towers a.k.a Gate of Europe a.k.a Torres KIO (Madrid, Spain)

Image credits: wikipedia
Architects: Philip Johnson and John BurgeeDates: 1996
Torres KIO are two twin office buildings in Madrid. Each building is 115 m tall with an inclination of 15º. These twin towers are the world’s first leaning high-rise buildings.

Image credits: Santiago Vila, bjaglin, Santiago Vila

8. UFO house (New Zealand)

Image credits: fletchy182

9. Gas Natural headquarters (Barcelona, Spain)

Image credits: Alberto OG

10. Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, California, USA)

Image credits: Phillip Ritz
Architects:Frank GehryDates: 1987 – 2003
Walt Disney Concert Hall is designed to be one of the most acoustically sophisticated concert halls in the world providing an unparalleled musical experience.
The project was launched in 1987 and completed in 2003.You can read more about this amazing building on wiki and Los Angeles Philharmonic homepage.

Image credits: Phillip Ritz

11. Cob House (Vancouver, Canada)

Image credits: neil-san

12. The Mushroom House aka Tree House (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

Image credits: The Rocketeer

13. Ewok House (Location unknown)

Image credits: piH9

14. Edificio Mirador (Madrid, Spain)

Image credit: javier1949
Architects: MVRDV
Dates: 2004
It’s a building developed by Dutch architects MVRDV. The building reaches 63.4 meters in height with 21 stories. The highlight of this building is the large central hole which is 36.8 meters above the ground. It’s the large lookout area that provides inhabitants with a community garden and a space from where they can contemplate the skyline.Different colors represent different blocks with its own planning, which offer at least 9 different types of apartments.

Image credits: javier1949

15. Free Spirit Spheres (Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada)

Image credits: freespiritspheres.com/

16. Tempe Municipal Building (Tempe, Arizona, USA)

Image credits: phxpma

17. Korowai Treehouse (Papua New Guinea, Indonesia)

Image credits: 710928003

18. Turning Torso (Malmö, Sweden)

Image credits: Bjaglin
Architects: Santiago Calatrava
Dates: 2005
The tower reaches a height of 190 metres (623 feet) with 54 stories.The design is based on a sculpture by Santiago Calatrava called Twisting Torso. It uses nine segments of five-story pentagons that twist as it rises; the topmost segment is twisted ninety degrees clockwise with respect to the ground floor.

19. Wozoco Apartments (Amsterdam, Holland)

Image credits: yellow book ltd

20. Stata Center (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

Image credits: rpongsaj

21. Great Mosque of Djenné (Djenne, Mali)

Image credits: wikipedia

22. Glass House (Boswell, B.C., Canada)

Image credits: Christopher Armstrong

23. Beer Can House (Houston, Texas, USA)

Image credits: J. Smallwood

24. Strawberry Ice-cream shop (NC,USA)

Image credits: unknown

25. Strawberry house (Tokyo, Japan)

Image credits: chipple

26. Sculptured House (Colorado, United States)

Image credits: Runder

27. Nautilus House (Mexico City, Mexico)

Image credits: Javier Senosiain via worldarchitecturenews.com

28. Kvivik Igloo (Kvivik, Faroe Islands)

Image credits: Paul & Kelly

29. Modern Igloo (Alaska)

Image credits: rrriles

30. Atomium (Brussels, Belgium)

Image credits: /*dave*/

31. Cathedral of Brasilia (Brasil)

Image credits: wikipedia

32. Great arche of defense (Paris, France)

Image credits: wikipedia

33. La Pedrera (Barcelona, Spain)

Image credits: joe_aesmorga

34. Errante Guest House (Chile)

Image credits: Beauty addict

35. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Nice, France)

Image credits: The Anti-ZIM

36. Agbar Tower (Barcelona, Spain)

Image credits: xn44

37. The Museum of Play (Rochester , USA)

Image credits: Mike.Hanlon

38. Bubble House (Bay Area of California, USA)

Image credits: blmurch

39. Raffles Dubai in Wafi city (Dubai, UAE)

Image credits: Wikipedia

40. Atlantis (Dubai, UAE)

Image credits: Tom Olliver

41. Casa da musica (Porto, Portugal)

Image credits: wikipedia

42. Berlin Zeiss Planetarium (Berlin, Germany)

Image credits: wikipedia

43. National Theatre (Beijing, China)

Image credits: Azure Lan

44. Montreal Biosphère (Canada)

Image credits: wikipedia

45. Eden project (United Kingdom)

Image credits: wikipedia

46. Kobe Port Tower (Japan)

Image credits: wikipedia

47. Cybertecture Egg (Mumbai, India)

Image credits: worldarchitecturenews.com/

48. Kunsthaus (Graz, Austria)

Image credits: watz

49. Federation Square (Melboune, Australia)

Image credits: wikipedia

50. The Esplanade (Singapore)

Image credits: wikipedia

50 Strange/Amazing/Unique Buildings of the World (part-2)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:04:00 +0000

1. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

Construction of the building started in in January 2003 and in December 2003 it was finished. House architecture is based on Jan Marcin Szancer (famous Polish artist and child books illustrator) and Per Dahlberg (Swedish painter living in Sopot) pictures and paintings.

Image via: brocha

2. Forest Spiral – Hundertwasser Building (Darmstadt, Germany)

The Hundertwasser house “Waldspirale” (”Forest Spiral”) was built in Darmstadt between 1998 and 2000. Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the famous Austrian architect and painter, is widely renowned for his revolutionary, colourful architectural designs which incorporate irregular, organic forms, e.g. onion-shaped domes.
The structure with 105 apartments wraps around a landscaped courtyard with a running stream. Up in the turret at the southeast corner, there is a restaurant, including a cocktail bar.
Image via: Kikos Dad

3. The Torre Galatea Figueras (Spain)

Image via: manuelfloresv

4. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace (France)

Image via: Mélisande*

5. The Basket Building (Ohio, United States)

The Longaberger Basket Company building in Newark, Ohio might just be a strangest office building in the world. The 180,000-square-foot building, a replica of the company’s famous market basket, cost $30 million and took two years to complete. Many experts tried to persuade Dave Longaberger to alter his plans, but he wanted an exact replica of the real thing.
Image via: addicted Eyes

6. Kansas City Public Library (Missouri, United States)

This project, located in the heart of Kansas City, represents one of the pioneer projects behind the revitalization of downtown.
The people of Kansas City were asked to help pick highly influential books that represent Kansas City. Those titles were included as ‘bookbindings’ in the innovative design of the parking garage exterior, to inspire people to utilize the downtown Central Library.
Image via: jonathan_moreau

7. Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, United States)

8. Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada)

Expo 67, one of the world’s largest universal expositions was held in Montreal. Housing was one of the main themes of Expo 67.
The cube is the base, the mean and the finality of Habitat 67. In its material sense, the cube is a symbol of stability. As for its mystic meaning, the cube is symbol of wisdom, truth, moral perfection, at the origin itself of our civilization.
354 cubes of a magnificent grey-beige build up one on the other to form 146 residences nestled between sky and earth, between city and river, between greenery and light.
Image via: ken ratcliff

9. Cubic Houses (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

The original idea of these cubic houses came about in the 1970s. Piet Blom has developed a couple of these cubic houses that were built in Helmond.
The city of Rotterdam asked him to design housing on top of a pedestrian bridge and he decided to use the cubic houses idea. The concept behind these houses is that he tries to create a forest by each cube representing an abstract tree; therefore the whole village becomes a forest.
Image via: vpzone

10. Hang Nga Guesthouse a.k.a Crazy House (Vietnam)

The house is owned by the daughter of the ex-president of Vietnam, who studied architecture in Moscow.
It does not comply with any convention about house building, has unexpected twists and turns, roofs and rooms. It looks like a fairy tale castle, it has enormous “animals” like a giraffe and a spider, no window is rectangular or round, and it can be visited like a museum.
Image via: JonasPhoto

11. Chapel in the Rock (Arizona, United States)

Image via: santanartist

12. Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic)

Image via: jemil75

13. Calakmul building a.k.a La Lavadora a.k.a The Washing Mashine (Mexico, Mexico)

Image via: marj k

14. Kettle House (Texas, United States)

Image via: y luckyfukr

15. Manchester Civil Justice Centre (Manchester, UK)

Image via: tj.blackwell

16. Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo, Japan)

Image via: pict_u_re

17. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain)

Image via: angelocesare

18. Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal)

image via: Jsome1

19. Shoe House (Pennsylvania, United States)

Image via: James Gordon

20. Weird House in Alps

Image via: nicolasnova

21. The Ufo House (Sanjhih, Taiwan)

Image via: cypherone @ Taiwan

22. The Hole House (Texas, United States)

Image via: melinnis

23. Ryugyong Hotel (Pyongyang, North Korea)

Image via: Pricey

24. The National Library (Minsk, Belarus)

Image via: ledsmagazine.com

25. Grand Lisboa (Macao)

Image via: Michael McDonough

26. Wall House (Groningen, Netherlands)

Image via: Liao Yusheng

27. Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain)

Image via: disgustipado

28. Bahá’í House of Worship a.k.a Lotus Temple (Delhi, India)

Image via: MACSURAK

29. Container City (London, UK)

Image via: y Fin Fahey

30. Erwin Wurm: House Attack (Viena, Austria)

Image via: Dom Dada

31. Wooden Gagster House (Archangelsk, Russia)

Image via: deputy-dog.com

32. Air Force Academy Chapel (Colorado, United States)

Image via: dbking

33. Solar Furnace (Odeillo, France)

Image via: f2g2

34. Dome House (Florida, United States)

Image via: easement

35. Beijing National Stadium (Beijing, China)

Image via: littlemalt

36. Fashion Show Mall (Las Vegas, United States)

Image via: b2tse

37. Luxor Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, United States)

Image via: wallyg

38. Zenith Europe (Strasbourg, France)

Image via: Edouard55

39. Civic Center (Santa Monica)

Image via: karenchu121

40. Mammy’s Cupboard (Natchez, MS, United States)

Image via: Live Simply

41. Pickle Barrel House (Grand Marais, Michigan, United States)

Image via: the naked fauxtographer

42. The Egg (Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, United States)

Image via: iessi

43. Gherkin Building (London, UK)

Image via: Lawrie Cate

44. Nord LB building (Hannover, Germany)

Image via: iterby

45. Lloyd’s building (London, UK)

Image via: ryanfb

46. “Druzhba Holiday Center Hall (Yalta, Ukraine)

Image via: Argenberg

47. Fuji television building (Tokyo, Japan)

Image via: kamoda

48. UCSD Geisel Library (San Diego, California, United States)

Image via: ewen and donabel

49. Ripley’s Building (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)

Image via: Bekah267

50. The Bank of Asia a.k.a Robot Building (Bangkok, Thailand)

Image via: hewy

Amazing/unique/different USB

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:55:00 +0000

A USB flash drive consists of a NAND-type flash memory data storage device integrated with a USB (universal serial bus) interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, much smaller than a floppy disk (1 to 4 inches or 2.5 to 10 cm), and most USB flash drives weigh less than an ounce. Storage capacities typically range from 64 MB to 64 GB with steady improvements in size and price per gigabyte. Some allow 1 million write or erase cycles and have 10-year data retention, connected by USB 1.1 or USB 2.0.
I hope you haven’t just read this dull introduction that I copied from Wikipedia. Better enjoy these pictures of these realistic and strange USB flash drives!

Watermelon USB

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Strawberry USB

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Shushi USB

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Shrimp USB

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BBQ USB

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Fast Food USB

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Biscuit USB

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Donut USB

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Our Suggestions for Chinese Flash Drive Manufacturers

Ground Pork USB

Cabbage USB

Sausage USB (thanks for the photo Linex)

If you happen to have some stupid and weird ideas for USB design – please share it with us.

World’s Largest of Everything pics

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:46:00 +0000

WORLD'S LARGEST INDOOR SWIMMING POOL
World Water Park ... Edmonton , Albert , Canada ...........SIZE.....5 Acres

WORLD'S LARGEST OFFICE COMPLEX ....... CHICAGO
Chicago Merchandise Mart.... Illinois , USA

WORLD'S LARGEST SHOPPING MALL
South China Mall, Dongguan, China .892,000 meter-square
Shops on 6 floors

World's Largest Protest Sign 666 feet wide by 530 feet tall
(with actual comparison to the Statue of Liberty)
on August 26, 2008 by AmericanRTL.org during the 2008 DNC in Denver from the Rocky Mountains overlooking the city

WORLD'S WIDEST BRIDGE........ AUSTRALIA
Sydney harbor bridge, Australia .....16 lanes of car traffic.. ....8 lanes in the upper floor, 8 in the lower floor

WORLD'S LONGEST BRIDGE.............. CHINA
Donghai Bridge , China .......................32.5 kilo meters

WORLD'S BIGGEST PASSENGER SHIP
MS Freedom of the Seas......4300 passenger Capacity Inside

WORLD'S BIGGEST PLANE...............AIRBUS
Airbus A380...........555 Passengers

WORLD'S BIGGEST BUS
Neoplan Jumbo - cruiser......2 in 1 bus....double deck bus......170 passenger capacity

WORLD'S HIGHEST STATUE............... BRAZIL
CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUE.....RIO.D.J....... BRAZIL

WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING......... DUBAI
Burj Dubai...........900 meters high. To be finally completed 2008

WORLD'S LARGEST PALACE................... ROMANIA
Palace of the Parliament..... Bucharest , Romania ........... more than 500 bedrooms, 55 kitchens,120 sitting rooms

WORLD'S BIGGEST STADIUM......... BRAZIL
MARACANA STADIUM........... RIO D.J............. BRAZIL CAPACITY...199 ,000

WORLD'S COSTLIEST STADIUM....... ENGLAND
New WEMBLEY STADIUM, London ...90, 000 capacities...............cost.....$1.6 billion

WORLD'S MOST COMPLEX INTER-CHANGE......... TEXAS
Interstate 10 Highways Interchange...... Houston , Texas

WORLD'S BIGGEST EXCAVATOR
Built by KRUPP of Germany ........45,500 tons.....95 meters high.......215 meters long

WORLD'S LARGEST MOSQUE................. PAKISTAN
Shah Feisal mosque..... Islamabad ... Pakistan
Inside hall capacity ...35, 000 outside overflow capacity..... 150,000

WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL......... LAS VEGAS
MGM Grand Hotel... Las Vegas .6, 276 rooms &nb sp;

WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL . DUBAI ..U.A.E
Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai ...only 7 Star Hotel in the World
Cheapest room...$1000 per night.......Royal suit...$28,000 per night

WORLD'S Largest CHURCH BUILDING .......... NIGERIA
Winners` Chapel.......Canaanland .. Otta........ Nigeria
Inside Sitting Capacity......50,000 Outside Overflow Capacity.....250,000

WORLD'S BIGGEST ROMAN-CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL........ ....IVORY-COAST

10 of the World's Most Luxurious Houses

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:36:00 +0000

1.Antilla, Mumbai - The first Billion dollar home

Mukesh Ambani, the fifth richest man in the world and head of the Mumbai based petrochemical giant Reliance Industries is estimated to be worth somewhere in the region of $43 billion. He is also the owner to-be of a 27-story skyscraper in downtown Mumbai that is to cost him colossal $2 billion! His wife Nita Ambani was staying in the Mandarin Oriental in New York and was so impressed with the interior Asian style decor that she wanted something similar for her to live in. What resulted from that is the world's largest and most expensive home ever. Every story in the Antilla's skyscraper home will be built to a different specification. The vast variation of materials to be used in its build has tremendously added to its overall cost. The meticulous planning that has gone into this architectural design is astounding and once the 27 -story tower is built it will certainly become a spectacular site for all eyes. Hirsch Bedner Associates are the designers behind this project. (Link)

2.Updown Court, England - The most important private residence to be built in England since the 19th century ($150 million)

Updown Court is situated only 25 miles from London, and through a pair of large sophisticated iron gates, one can see a palatial construction of immense scale and beauty. The property, however, is best known for its price tag: more than 85 million British pounds (+$150 million U$, with 103 rooms, five swimming pools and 24-carat-gold leafing on the study's mosaic floor. There's a squash court, bowling alley, tennis court, 50-seat screening room, heated marble driveway and helipad. Eight limousines will fit in the underground garage. Then there are the neighbors, who include the queen (at Windsor Castle) and Elton John. It is listed with Savills and Hamptons International. So, even if your blood doesn't run blue, with enough green you can still live near—and like—royalty! (Link)

Versailles, Florida - The largest family home ever built in the US

This 30 bedroom mansion boasts its own bowling alley, roller skating rink and Olympic sized swimming pool to make it the largest family home ever built in the US. Time share mogul David Siegel and his former beauty queen wife Jacqueline began building the huge estate three years ago. But with almost 18 months of work still to be carried out on the property they have put it on the market at $75m. Experts believe a further $25m needs to be spent before anyone can move in.
As well as 30 bedrooms the home would have 23 bathrooms with spectacular views over Lake Butler, about 20 miles from Orlando. The hand-built windows for the house cost more than £2m and other luxuries include a ballroom and a children's theatre. There is a garage with enough space for 20 cars, three swimming pools, a large boat house, formal gardens, and a one-story gatehouse with an apartment. There is also a baseball field, two tennis courts, a 60 foot by 120 foot Grand Hall with a 30-foot stained glass dome, two grand staircases, a 37 foot by 30 foot kitchen, 10 satellite kitchens, a two-story wine cellar and a rock grotto with three separate spas behind an 80-foot waterfall. All 23 full bathrooms have full-sized Jacuzzis, 160 tripled paned windows and Brazilian mahogany French-style doors that alone cost pds2.million.
The property was called Versailles as the entrance was modeled after the Palace of Versailles in France. (Link 1 | Link 2)

Fleur De Lys, Beverly Hills – Mariah Carey's palace

For the woman with the most expensive pair of legs, it was only fair she also had one of the most expensive houses in the world. Mariah Carey apparently had no problem scraping together a nice down payment on this palace in Beverly Hills. The Fleur De Lys is among the world's most expensive estates with an asking price of $125 million. Maria Carey's new digs were built by a Texan billionaire on 5 acres; it is 41,000 square feet of pure diva luxury and will also be modeled after the most extravagant home of its time: the Palace of Versaille, the former home of Marie Antoinette. Surrounding the mansion are rolling lawns, ornamental gardens and mature trees, a 3,000-square-foot manager's house, staff quarters for 10 people, a spa and pool with a pavilion, a championship tennis court, and a lavish garden folly. (Link)

Hearst Mansion, Beverly Hill –The Godfather Mansion

This Beverly Hills mansion has been advertised for sale at $165m (£81.4m), making it one of the most expensive residential property listed in the US. The former home of US newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst has 29 bedrooms, three swimming pools, tennis courts, its own cinema and a nightclub. He has decorated the property with statues brought north from his famous Hearst Castle in San Simeon and with life-size paintings of Davies. Mr. Hearst bought the H-shaped mansion in 1947 for about $120,000. In 2007, the estate's current owner, who bought it in 1976, put the home on the market for US$165 million. The home's buyer will have some notable neighbours, including Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and David and Victoria Beckham. (Link)

Acqua Liana, Florida – The most luxurious eco mansion

Frank McKinney, known as the real estate “artist,” has built a 15,000-square-foot “eco-mansion.” Is that possible? I am not sure whether to look in awe at all the sleek green that money can buy, or to recoil from the notion that 15,000 feet of excess is environmentally friendly. Inspired by trips to Bali, Fiji, Tahiti and Hawaii, the three-story, 15,000-square-foot, 7-bedroom, 11-bath mansion features floating sun terraces, a waterfall spa with a fire feature in the water and an arched aquarium wet bar. Green features inside the one-off mansion include enough solar panels to cover a basketball court generating enough energy for two or three average-size homes. A water system that collects enough run-off water to fill the average swimming pool every 14 days and environmentally conscious lighting reduces electricity consumption by 70 per cent. There is enough reclaimed wood to save 10.5 acres of Brazilian rain forest.
But, still, do the words “green” and “mansion” go together? (Link)

Villa Leopolda, France – The mansion that caused a man to lose a 75 million deposit

The magnificent $750 million Villa Leopolda in Villefranche-sur-Mer was built for King Leopold II of Belgium in 1902. The estate is so big that it requires 50 full time gardeners. The grounds cover 20 acres of garden and visitors can stroll amongst 1,200 olive, orange, lemon and cypress trees. In 2008, owner Lily Safra (wife of the deceased Syrian (Lebanon-born) businessman Edmond Safra), a famous Jewish philanthropist, decided to sell it. Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov intended to buy it. After making a ten per cent down-payment, he then backed out of the sale after the global credit crunch hit. But a court in Nice later ruled that he had to forfeit the $75 million deposit he put down for the mansion. Prokhorov had signed a sales agreement for the Villa, and French law stipulates that purchasers lose their deposits if they pull out after such an agreement has been executed. But don't feel sorry for the guy, he is still worth a cool $17.85 billion. (Link)

The Manor, Los Angeles – Aaron Spelling dream house

His wife Cindy dubbed Aaron Spelling's 56,000-square-foot LA mansion “The Manor”. Built for him in 1991 it has 123 rooms for his family to choose from. Nothing was spared in the creation of this home, with an indoor skating rink, multiple pools, three kitchens, sports courts, private orchard, and a bowling alley. Not happy with the “norm” for these mansions, there are also more unusual additions, such as a doll museum, a room used exclusively for wrapping presents and an entire floor dedicated to closet space. In 2007 Candy Spelling, estranged mother of Tori Spelling, decided that her 57,000 square foot mansion was just a tad bit large for her and her pooch and decided to sell it and turned the mansion into the most expensive estate (in terms of current listings) at that time. (Link)

The Manalapan Residence – the ultimate oceanfront estate home

Set upon 5.5 acres, with 520 feet fronting direct Atlantic Ocean-to-Intracoastal waterway property, The Manalapan Residence triumphantly blends Old World elegance and classicism with 21st century facilities. Some of the amenities of this 3-story ‘beach house' includes 67,672 square feet, 14 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, 18 car garage, 6,140 sq. ft. master bedroom suite, movie theatre, casino and club room with aquarium wet bar, gymnasium with beauty salon, shark tank, 2 elevators, bowling alley, tennis court and a go cart track. Do you still need more reasons to believe this is the greatest mansion if you want to live in front of the ocean? The only bad thing is its price tag of $135 million. (Link)

Barbie Malibu Mansion – a life-size mansion inspired by Barbie's dream house

In honor of Barbie's 50th birthday celebration, interior decorator extraordinaire, Jonathan Adler, decked out a real-life 3,500-square-foot pad overlooking the Pacific Ocean to look like the blond doll's outrageous home. He lined Barbie's bedroom with wall-to-wall pink carpeting emblazoned with her initial. The closet is filled with 50 pairs of pink peep-toe heels while her kitchen is stocked with cupcake-making ingredients. An in-house museum features 25 vintage Barbie dolls on display. In the garage? A pink Volkswagen New Beetle with a motorized pop-up vanity in the trunk. Adler's favorite furnishings are hanging in the living room: an original Andy Warhol portrait of Barbie valued at over $200,000 and a chandelier — designed by "Project Runway" contestant Chris March — that's made up of over 30 blond wigs and took more than 60 hours to craft. He also admires a one-of-a-kind black-and-white wall mirror created with 64 dolls. The house is perched on a cliff in Malibu overlooking the ocean. It's a fantasyland for anyone. (Link 1 | Link 2)

See what girls can do…..

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:32:00 +0000

I used to be like this...

Then I met a girl...

She was like this...

Together, we were like this...

I gave her gifts like this...

When she accepted my proposal, I was like this...

I used to talk to her all night like this...

And at the office I used to do this...

When my friends saw my girlfriend, they stared like this...

And I used to react like this...

But on Valentines Day,
she received a red rose from someone else like this...

And she was like this…

And I was like this…

Which later led to this...

and this...

I felt like doing this...

So I started doing this...

NOW look at me…

DAMN GIRLS!

Most Tempting Eyes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:39:00 +0000

18 cool product ideas you never thought of, but would've made you a fortune...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:07:00 +0000

26 best everyday life fails

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:38:00 +0000

Sometimes life is hard. It’s the simple things in life that often pose the greatest challenge. Check out our gallery of life fails such as drinking, wearing underwear, shopping and driving. If you are having a bad day, you can simply look at these pictures and realise that perhaps things are as bad as you first thought.

Slow Motion Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:37:00 +0000

The History Of Cell Phone

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:08:00 +0000

1983

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

Analog Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Advanced Mobile Phone System mobile phone as of 1983.

1989

Motorola MicroTAC 9800X

The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket.

1992

Motorola International 3200

The first digital hand-size mobile telephone.

Nokia 1011

This was the first mass-produced GSM phone. It was produced until 1994.

1993

BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator

The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo.

1996

Motorola StarTAC

The first clamshell cellular phone. Also one of the first display screens featured on a cell.

Nokia 8110

Alternately called the “banana phone”, this phone was popularized in the first Matrix movie.

Nokia 9000 Communicator

The first smartphone series, driven by an Intel 386 CPU.

1998

Nokia 9110i

This iteration of Nokia’s Communicator series significantly reduced the weight of this precursor to the smartphone.

Nokia 5110

This cell phone was the most popular consumer model at the time of its release and for some time afterwards.

1999

Nokia 8210

This phone was loved for its customizable design, but hated for its screen fade.

Nokia 7110

The first mobile phone with a WAP browser.

Nokia 5210

This phone was known for its durability and splash-proof interchangeable casing.

Benefon Esc!

This was the first instance of a GPS being integrated into a mobile phone, and was sold mostly in Europe.

Samsung SPH-M100 Uproar

The Uproar was the first cell phone to have MP3 music capabilities.

Nokia 3210

The internal antenna and predictive T9 text messaging sold approximately 160 million of these phones.

2000

Ericsson R380

The R380 featured a black and white touchscreen, partially covered by a flip.

Nokia 3310

This popular phone sold 126 million models, and was particularly popular in Europe.

Ericsson R320

One of the first phones with a WAP browser. A version of this phone was released in China that allowed Chinese character SMS.

2001

Nokia 5510

This phone featured a full QWERTY keyboard. It could also store up to 64mb of music.

Nokia 8310

This phone contained premium features not normally found on handsets of the time, such as Infrared, a fully functional calendar and a FM Radio.

Ericsson T39

This tiny handset was the first Bluetooth-capable phone.

Ericsson T66

This diminutive entry from Ericsson was the height of a cigarette.

Ericsson T68

This was Ericsson’s first handset with a colour screen.

Siemens S45

Siemens’s first ever GPRS mobile phone with 360kb of internal memory – high at the time.

2002

Nokia 3510(i)

The first Nokia phone to bring GPRS internet services to the mass market. The 3510i, pictured here, was a more advanced version with a colour screen.

Nokia 7650

This was the first Nokia set to feature a built-in camera and was featured in the movie Minority Report.

Sony Ericsson P800

This smartphone featured a touchscreen and up to 128mb of memory.

Nokia 6100

This model sold from 2002-2005. It featured an LCD screen and internet connectivity through GPRS.

Nokia 6310i

The 6310i quickly gained popularity in the corporate world for its simplicity and long battery life.

Sanyo SCP-5300

The first camera phone. Despite the low quality images it produced, it was the first.

2003

Nokia 1100

This extremely popular design has sold over 200 million since its introduction in 2003. This phone is rumoured to have sold for up to $32,000 in online criminal communities due to its ability to intercept one-time banking passwords.

Nokia N-Gage

Nokia’s answer to the Game Boy advance, this phone/games system had a couple of award winning titles before it succumbed to its clunky interface design.

PalmOne Treo 600

One of the “it” gadgets from 2003-2004 until BlackBerries overtook them in popularity. Three or four days between charges and a successful merger of phone, PDA, and camera made this the business tool of choice.

Nokia 2100

This design was available in a wide range of colours and featured a monochromatic screen.

Nokia 6600

Considered very advanced at the time of its introduction due to its Symbian OS-based Nokia Series 60 platform. Released in the US market as the Nokia 6620.

BlackBerry Quark 6210

Research In Motion’s first integrated phone/PDA.

BlackBerry 7210

BlackBerry’s first colour screen.

Nokia 7600

One of the first 3G smartphones by Nokia, still one of the lightest and smallest.

2004

Motorola Razor V3

When this was introduced it set the standard for sleek design in the industry.

Sony Ericsson P910

An attractive flip smartphone with full internet connectivity.

Nokia 7610

Nokia’s first smartphone with a 1 megapixel camera.

Nokia 3220

The first entry-level Nokia phone that offered full internet access.

Nokia 6630

The first cell phone to allow for global roaming.

Nokia 7280

Listed by Fortune Magazine as one of the best products of 2004. Also referred to as the “lipstick” phone.

2005

Nokia 1110

Released as a low-end GSM phone, and widely used in developing countries.

Nokia 6680

One of the first 3G phones, the Nokia 6680 was considered to be high end at the time of its release.

HTC Universal

This was the first 3G Pocket PC phone at HTC and the first to come with Windows Mobile.

Motorola RAZR V3 Magenta

This hot pink phone gave the fashion set something to talk about – and on.

2006

HTC TyTN 100

This model was sold as the Orange SPV M3100 in the UK, keeping with HTC’s tradition of private labelling for individual carriers.

Nokia N73

This immensely popular smartphone has sold millions of models worldwide, and is still in wide use as of 2009.

Motorola Q

The “BlackBerry Killer” from Motorola.

BlackBerry Pearl

The first design-conscious entry from RIM, the Pearl is still being offered on the market today.

KDDI Penck

A fabulous design available only in Japan.

O2 XDA Flame

The XDA Flame is the first dual processor PDA-phone in the 02 line.

LG Chocolate KG800

One of the first well-designed phones made for mass market use.

Samsung i607 BlackJack

Research in Motion sued Samsung over the name of this phone. The lawsuit was settled out of court.

Nokia E62

Originally released to target business users in the European market.

2007

iPhone

The original iPhone was released in June 2007 with an auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch sensor that allowed multiple inputs while ignoring minor touches, a touch interface that replaced the traditional QWERTY keyboards, and many other features that helped to give Apple an almost instant healthy market share on its release.

LG Prada KE850

Touchscreen phone that took home a Red Dot Design Award for “Best of the Best” in 2007.

LG Voyager

This design was touted as LG’s take on the iPhone.

HTC Touch

HTC’s answer to the iPhone with its own multi-touch interface and a high screen resolution.

Motorola RAZR2 V9

The solid steel hinge and the metal case make this sleek design feel luxurious and durable.

Motorola Q9H

This fine-tuning of the Motorola Q was released in Italy and the US in 2007.

Nokia E90 Communicator

This update of the first smartphone launched the fifth generation of the series.

Nokia N95

Nokia’s popular smartphone features a slider to access multimedia buttons and a numeric keypad.

Helio Ocean

Work on this “ultimate messaging and talking machine” began before Helio was a company.

LG Shine

This phone won another Red Dot for LG in 2007. Also released in Gold and Titanium Black.

Motorola RAZR²

This phone features the Opera internet browser and CrystalTalk technology.

Palm Treo 755p

The Treo 755p is a smartphone developed by Palm, Inc. It was released on May 14, 2007 as the first CDMA Treo without an aerial antenna.

LG Viewty

A phone firmly focused on visuals. DivX Certified playback and 5 megapixel digital camera with Schneider Kreuznach optics are just a couple of the features of this simply designed phone.

2008

iPhone 3G

The iPhone 3G was made even more desirable by all the apps that could be purchased for it in the AppStore when it was released in July of 2008.

LG Vu

The LG Vu was one in a series of phones that included the LG Prada phone.

T-Mobile G1 Phone

The G1 phone was the first phone to be released with the Android operating system designed by Google. Also known as the HTC Dream. One million devices have sold as of April 2009.

Nokia N96

This GPS-enabled entry in Nokia’s smartphone line features a sleek, compact design.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

This phone was featured in The Dark Knight.

LG Secret

The outside of the LG Secret, a 3G slider phone, is constructed from carbon fiber. Also features the world’s slimmest 5.0 megapixel camera on a smartphone.

Samsung Instinct

The Instinct was introduced as the “iPhone killer” from Samsung at a low price of $129.00.

BlackBerry Storm

Designed to be a direct competitor to the iPhone 3G and other 3G smartphones; RIM’s first device to do away with the QWERTY keyboard and incorporate a touchscreen.

BlackBerry Bold

Blackberry’s “middle ground” solution for those who wanted a 3G phone and a QWERTY keyboard.

Samsung Behold

Cell Fanatic found this entry by Samsung offered superior image quality over the Apple iPhone 3G and the BlackBerry Storm.

Samsung Gravity

The Samsung Gravity is their first to feature a slide-out keyboard that has proved popular in other brands.

Motorola Krave

The Krave design features a transparent flip that acts as a secondary touch surface to access additional features.

Samsung Omnia

The Samsung Omnia features a simple touchscreen interface and a speaker on the back.

Nokia E63

Billed as the budget business smartphone.

LG Dare

The handwriting recognition and simple touchscreen styling of the Dare is enhanced by the easy-grip back.

Sony Ericsson W760i

Includes the “Sensme” music feature, as well as all of the other features from the Walkman phone brand.

Nokia N79

The Nokia N79 has a Naviwheel, GPS, a 5 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss Optics Tessar lens and more.

HTC Touch Diamond

This attractive smartphone featured a resistive touch screen which is better for Asian character recognition.

LG KC910 Renoir

The LG Renoir has an 8-megapixel camera with xenon flash and Schneider-Kreuznach optics.

Nokia E71

The steel frame of this sleek smartphone from Nokia fits into your palm.

2009

Prada II or LG KF900

The second iteration of the Prada phone designed by LG. The sliding QWERTY keyboard is new, as is its 3G capability.

LG Arena

The first phone with LG’s 3D S-Class user interface. This UI reorients with the rotation of the phone and allows you to scroll film-reel style through available apps.

BlackBerry Curve 8900

Released in February 2009, the Curve features an improved trackball and a higher resolution screen. Still a 2G.

LG Versa

Comes with an attachable QWERTY keyboard and a virtual keyboard on the touch screen.

Sidekick LX 2009

This 3G incarnation of the Sidekick includes improved support for social networking applications.

Samsung Magnet

The Samsung Magnet is a cheap alternative for pricier smartphones with much of the same functionality and a cool design.

LG Xenon

Another slide-out QWERTY keyboard and compact design. Comes with AT&T’s Navigator, AT&T’s turn-by-turn GPS service.

HTC Magic

The next HTC entry to sport Google’s Android operating system. No US carriers have yet been confirmed for this model, but T-Mobile has been rumoured to be the carrier of record. Vodafone has exclusive rights to the phone in all markets that they service.

HTC Touch Diamond2

HTC made the LCD display screen as large as they could at 3.2″ for their next incarnation of the Diamond.

Samsung Propel Pro

The sliding QWERTY keyboard and slick design make this an attractive entry by Samsung.

LG Rumor2

Built for e-mail, the Rumor2 supports Lotus Notes where its predecessor didn’t.

Motorola Renew

This eco-friendly phone is the world’s first carbon-neutral cell phone. Made with recycled water bottles, cheap, and an abundance of features for the low price.

Coming Soon

Palm Pre

This phone launches June 6 in the US through Sprint. It will feature the ability to keep multiple apps open at once.

Nokia N97

This phone will be available in June of 2009.

Omnia HD/Samsung i8910

This phone promises the first high-definition video recording when it is released July 1st of 2009.

Only Available in Japan

Here’s hoping that some of these sleek designs make it across the pond eventually to North America. For more Japanese tech goodness, check KDDI’s English page.

Hitachi WOOO Ketai H001 Phone

This phone promises a 3D display. Ubergizmo predicts that it will be a Japan-only handset.

Panasonic P001

3.1″ increased resolution screen, impressive design, global roaming capabilities and one-push open make this an object of desire.

Walkman Phone Premier³

This phone opens up to reveal a 3″ screen and a stylish keypad.

Casio 001

This sports model features a touch panel for interactive gaming and music.

S001 Sony Ericsson Cyber-Shot

This phone screams elegance. Oh, and it has the world’s first 3.3″ full OLED WVGA display and an 8.1 megapixel camera. Not that we’d want all that fancy stuff in North America.

Toshiba T001

Princesses and fashionistas everywhere will go gaga over this design. Advanced video functions and a 5.1 megapixel camera put a little spike in this phone’s heel.

Kyocera K001 Junior Phone

Those of you with children will know how hard it is to put parental restrictions on anything electronic. This phone gives you the ability to track your child with a GPS locator, lock out questionable website addresses, and more.

Resources

If you have half an hour to kill and really want to get into the evolution of the cell phone and its cultural impact, check this full-length documentary from CBC.
For a more detailed history of the cell phone, we recommend Cell Fanatic’s history page.
Please leave us your memories of your cell phones of days gone by and your critiques of what is currently available in our comments section.

Journey Of Formula 1

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

F-1 CRASHES

Child Soldier/Army/Warrior Touchy Pics

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:50:00 +0000

Although there are no exact figures, hundreds of thousands of children under the

age of 18 serve in governmentforces or armed rebel groups. Some are as young as eight years old.

Since 2001, the participation of child soldiers has been reported in 21 on-going or recent

armed conflicts in almost every region of the world.

Children are uniquely vulnerable to military recruitment because of their emotional and physical

immaturity. They are easily manipulated and can be drawn into violence that they are too young to resist or understand.

Technological advances in weaponry and the proliferation of small arms have contributed to the increased

use of child soldiers. Lightweight automatic weapons are simple to operate, often easily accessible,

and can be used by children as easily as adults.

Children are most likely to become child soldiers if they are poor, separated from their families,

displaced from their homes, living in a combat zone or have limited access to education.

Many children join armed groups because of economic or social pressure, or because children believe

that the group will offer food or security. Others are forcibly recruited, “press-ganged” or abducted by armed groups.

Both girls and boys are used as child soldiers. In some countries, like Nepal, Sri Lanka and Uganda, a

third or more of the child soldiers were reported to be girls. In some conflicts, girls may be raped, or given to military commanders as “wives.”

Once recruited, child soldiers may serve as porters or cooks, guards, messengers or spies.

Many are pressed into combat, where they may be forced to the front lines or sent into minefields

ahead of older troops. Some children have been used for suicide missions.

Children are sometimes forced to commit atrocities against their own family or neighbors.

Such practices help ensure that the child is “stigmatized” and unable to return to his or her home community.

In some countries, former child soldiers have access to rehabilitation programs to help them locate their families,

get back into school, receive vocational training, and re-enter civilian life.

However, many children have no access to such programs.

They may have no way to support themselves and are at risk of re-recruitment

In 2000, the United Nations adopted an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children

in armed conflict.The protocol prohibits the forced recruitment of children under the age of 18 or their use in hostilities.

To date, it has been ratified by more than 110 countries.

The ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labor prohibits the forced or compulsory recruitment of children under

the age of 18 for use in armed conflict. It has been ratified by over 150 countries.

It’s Diwali season friends…..

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:48:00 +0000

Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos

1. Water and a Girl
Beautiful composition, excellent scenery, amazing play of colors.

2. The Ball is Coming!
Analogue shot with Seagull 6×6 (Chinese clone of Rolleiflex), made in 1983. “The gulfball is suspended on a fishing line in front of the camera. It was a stormy day. So I had to shoot 5 or 6 films for getting one image with the ball in the center position AND a light reflection on the golf club.”

3. Sky
The sky is reflected in a drop of water. Beautiful scenery.

4. Returning to the same ocean
Beautiful sand textures, beautiful composition and somehow a very sad story hidden behind the image.

5. Tree
A colorful tree from a different perspective.

6. Gizmo
How adorable is that?

7. Glittery Ball
“The reflection in this water droplet, it looks like the glitter is stuck to the water, but NO, it is reflections from the glitter on the feather.”

8. Yaw? Weeeee
You probably shouldn’t try this in your local trains. Such pictures are unforgettable.

9. Leap of Faith
What does being one step away from falling into the abyss feel like? The photo is taken by Paul Perton.

10. Astronaut Self-shot Over Earth
Could this be the best self-shot ever? It’s truly out of this world.

11. Autumn in red
Pure beauty. No words are necessary.

12. FlickrMeeting – Genova – G3
Blue baloon, a small detail, gives the picture an incredible power.

13. Sea in the sea
Incredible scenery. Apparently, the shot was made on the boat in the middle of the sea.

14. If I was an old building…
“If I was an old building I would want to be by the ocean. Till’ the end of times”. Photographed at the old fishing piers of the Texas Bolivar Peninsula.

15. Bee the Cat
“It’s hard to get the right exposure, with them being white, and with the fact they don’t stay still unless they’re sleeping.”

16. Passing the Golden Gate Bridge

17. Glow
Smoke from a leaf pile.

18. Swimming pool
Taking a look at the swimming pool. From a quite different perspective.

19. Reflect
A reflection from the louvre’s pyramid.

20. Time To Go Home…
“Tthe way the birds are lined up makes the composition extraordinary fantastic.”

21. Seagull on a sign
This seagull seems to have its own personal understanding of human’s rules.

22. Marshmellow girl
A beautiful composition.

23. Refashioned Dahlia
Photo taken at Duncan Garden in Spokane, WA.

24. Bird and Meat

25. Water drop
A photo taken at the exact right time. Available as a desktop wallpaper in various resolutions.

26. Mt. Fuji

27. Two ways at looking at a fish

28. Blessed fog
A shot of Grande Madre di Dio in Torino, Italy.

29. Family of bugs

30. Pigeon Point Lighthouse
“Once per year at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse they shut down the weak insipid modern (presumably electric) light and switch over the the 5 kerosene lamps and fresnel lens of the original, as it was 135 years ago.”

31. Fire Shot
Location: Changa Beach, Coquimbo.

32. A conversation
Fox, bird and snow. This picture is titled “Good afternoon, my name is chikiricuatro”.

33. Shanghai – Acrobatic
Picture taken during an acrobatic show in a Shanghainese theatre.

34. Northern lights as seen from space

35. Red October Rise
Sunrise over Bogie Lake, Michigan.

36. Crystal clarity

37. Skier’s Paradise
“Climbing partner at 17,000′ on Denali carrying his skis down to around 16,200′ where he will be able to ski down the rest of the way to base camp at 7200′.”

38. Bird and Water

39. Photograph Taken at the Exact Right Time

40. All alone.
This shot is taken on a Norway’s cliff Prekestolen (also known as Preacher’s Pulpit).

41. Looking out of the window

42. Above the clouds
The shot taken during the flight from Vienna to Frankfurt, approaching Frankfurt.

43. The Waves

44. The Waves. One more time.

45. Cockfight
Taken by Jan Sochor.

46. Polar lights
Öxarárfoss in Iceland – Aurora Borealis taken by Arnar Valdimarsson.

47. Concentration

48. Cat and deer

49. Here floats a bubble in the air…

50. A girl portrait