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Angel falls - The highest waterfall in the world

2008-11-21T14:44:00.000-08:00

The highest waterfall in the world - Angel. Waterfall's height is 979 meters (according to some information 1059 meters), height of continuous falling is 807 meters. Angel falls is named in honour of pilot James Ankhelya who has flown through the falls in 1935. Angel waterfall is located in wild district of Venezuela, and it is possible to reach there only by air.

The most expensive potatoes in the world

2008-10-19T14:24:00.000-07:00

It would seem that even simply potatoes can cost thousands. Resourcefulness citizents who lives on island Nurmuate annually harvest no more than 100 tons of class "La Bonnotte" per year.
As that piece of potato (on a legend, this sort developed by supreme god of Incas) exclusively soft, it harvested only manually.
The most expensive potatoes in the world cost about 500 euros per kilogram.

Queen Mary 2 - Largest Ship in the world

2008-08-10T15:43:00.000-07:00

Queen Mary 2 - the largest ship in the world.
Weighs 150 thousand tons, it’s more than thousand blue whales. It’s length like four football fields.
Total on liner board are forty-two wireless internet access point. Ship network area based on network technologies Cisco, servers and workstations, Dell and IBM solutions for retail outlets. Computer system includes 26 ship stations Dell based on Intel Xeon.

Queen Mary 2 moves by four powerful electric engines "Mermaid". Using engines "Mermaid" allowed to renounce the propeller shaft, that’s why are reduce noise and vibration level. Together engines "Mermaid" are up 85 megawatt power complex in the 157 thousand horsepowers, which allows the ship to exceed a speed of 28 knots (55.6 kilometres per hour).

Queen Mary 2 drives by boat joystick, located in the captain's bridge. Boat looks like floating city rather ship.

Cabins description:
1310 cabins area 18 - 209 sq. m.
1017 cabins with view of ocean,
293 cabins without view of something ,
953 cabins with balconies,
30 cabins are equipped for the invalids.

Types of rooms:
Q1: two-floor-cabin of 209 sq. m. :On the second floor are located bedroom and private balcony; on the first floor is living room with sofa, coffee table, dining table and a desk, two marble bathrooms with jacuzzi and shower, toilet and bidet.
Q2, Q3: area of 111 sq. m. and 74 sq.m. : bedroom and living room, private balcony, marble bathroom with a jacuzzi and shower. Second bathroom with shower only.

Dining:
On board there are :14 bars and 10 restaurants.

Sport, entertainment:
theater, cinema, library, casino, cigar room, nightclub, spa center, sauna, massage. 3 outdoor pool; 2 closed pool; 8
jacuzzi, a fitness center.

Additional services:
Self-service laundry.

World's most expensive beer - Samuel Adam's Utopias

2008-07-31T03:00:00.000-07:00

Beer is one of the oldest alcoholic beverage ever known, even the ancient Egyptians brewed beer. Beer is the most popular drink overall after water and tea.
Samuel Adam's Utopias – world's most expensive beer which costs around $100 per bottle (24 oz) or about $65 per pint, sold in copper bottles resembling the copper brewing kettles, named after one of the founding fathers of the USA.
Samuel Adam's Utopias it is strongest beer in the world, the alcohol content is 25%. The process of making this beverage can take up to 12 years, giving it the unique and rich flavors.
The production of world's most expensive beer was limited to 8,000 bottles per year.

Cheapest pistol in the world - Liberator

2008-07-17T02:36:00.000-07:00

Cheapest pistol in the world - Liberator. It was created in 1942 for Resistance Movement (civilian population in the occupied territories). This pistol was created to get arms ( you kill soldier and took his weapon), as well as for other purposes .
A primitive, single-loaded pistol developed for the rapid and massive manufacturing and was extremely cheap to manufacture. This is unique weapon, which manufactured faster than reload (every 6.6 seconds was making a new one). Loading takes approximately 10 seconds. (Some sources claim that the average rate of one gun was 7.5 seconds).

These pistols were produced by General Motors , you think that company produced cars, etc. but this company knew perfectly interpreted in stamping details, and that was necessary for the manufacture this gun. Each gun costs for U.S. government $ 1.75 (some sources claim $ 2.15).

Weapon were dropped by aircraft in thousands on the occupied zone. To weapon’s kit which droped for resistance movement included:
(a) Gun FP45 Liberator;
(b) 10 bullets in;
(c) Manual instruction
(d) Stick-cleaning rod for pushing the bullet.

The extra bullets could deposited in pistol. Due to the smooth barrel , the maximum range of aiming was less than 8 meters (In fact, approximately 3 meters). Gun had a weight 445g without bullets , length 141 mm and barrel’s length 102 mm.
During the years of war was produced more than 1 million units, will give just an example over its production were working 300 workers, each 6.6s. (some sources - 7 seconds) was created a new unit, its production was 24 hours per day, for 7 days, for 11 months. Most "Liberators" were destroyed after the war (they simply was dumped into the sea by British)

The biggest gun in the world - Dora

2008-07-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

The biggest gun in the world was developed in the 1930s by Krupp for destroying large, heavily fortified targets. The shell «Dora» punched armor in the thickness of 1 m or 8-metre ferro-concrete overlapping. In the beginning the supergun has received the name "Gustav", but the tradition of firm to give to the products female names it has appeared more strongly, and the invention has changed "sex".

Transported the super gun was with the help of several trains (all to 60 locomotives and wagons with the personnel in quantity some hundred persons).
Engineering preparation of district was conducted by 1,5 thousand workers and one thousand sappers of 4 weeks. As the equipment of the biggest gun «Dora» was delivered in 106 wagons by five trains, in a place of deployment of the weapon have constructed the whole switchyard.

Quantity of service personnel «Dora» - 4139 soldiers, officers and civilians. Among other things calculation tools include protection battalion, a transport battalion commandant, Field bakery, camouflage squadron, a field office mail and marching battalion… brothel with staff in 40 "workers".

Data about supergun application near Sevastopol are contradictory. In memoirs Manstein asserted, that «Dora» has let out on the Soviet fortress of 80 shells. The German gun was soon marked by the Soviet pilots who struck to its position serious blow and have damaged energytrain.

In the morning on June, 5th, 1942 two diesel locomotives with powerful capacity in 1050 horsepowers everyone have rolled out this construction in weight of 1350 tons on a fighting crescent position and have established to within centimetre. The first shot consisted of a shell 7088 kg, two powder charges on 465 kg everyone is powerful, sleeves 920 kg is powerful. The trunk lift has given it an eminence in 53 degrees.

Specially for updating of shooting a little at some distance from «Dora» the aerostat has been lifted in air. At a shot the service command hid in shelter for some hundred of metres. The shot caused effect of mini earthquake. The roar at combustion for 6 milliseconds from above 900 kg of gunpowder and pushing out of a 7-ton shell was simply monstrous - in the wagon for 3 kilometres, under the certificate of contemporaries-eyewitnesses, the dishware jumped up. Recoil pressed a railway line on 5 centimetres.

After a capture of Sevastopol "Dora" have sent under Leningrad, in station Tajtsy area. When operation on break of blockade of a city has begun, Germans hastily evacuated a supergun to Bavaria. In April, 1945 at approach of Americans, the biggest gun in the world have blown up.

The most exact estimation to this miracle of military technics was given by the chief of the Joint Staff of land forces of fascist Germany colonel general Frants Galder: «the Present work of art, however useless».

Stalker in Real Life

2008-05-10T02:32:00.000-07:00

Few days ago there was an interesting action «Stalker RealPlayer 3» passing on territory of Chernobyl on motives of known game Stalker. People simply came off on radioactive territories, played strike ball and have fun - actually they have received a huge amount of adrenaline and X-ray =)

source on Russian, and all photos

Evergreen DN-2000 - cheapest Mp3 player in the world

2008-05-05T09:14:00.000-07:00

Evergreen DN-2000 is cheapest Mp3 player in the world - product of japanese company Evergreen which decided to produce cheapest Mp3 players.
It runs for 5-hours on a single AAA battery and supports 1GB SD cards and this for only 58x60x13mm and 30g.
Price of Evergreen DN-2000 only $8.5 but do you want it? is it necessary for you?

Longest bus in the world

2008-05-01T16:08:00.000-07:00

The world’s longest bus has been presented Shanghai's Busworld Asia 2007, it works only in cities without corners or the other way would be to drive from one block to another without turning.

This 83 foot (25 meter) long bus has a capacity of 300 passengers and 40 seats, is divided into 3 compartments, due to this its speed limit is up to 51mph max (82 km/h), probably to avoid any unwanted incident.

But then with that kind of speed this bus would cause traffic jam that might clog up the city, one of the reason being that it is almost impossible to over take the bus.

The world’s longest bus will be primarily used for traveling between in Beijing and Hangzhou.

This attractive bus does come at a high price - between $155,000 to $250,000

Really long bus =)

Whale Shark - Biggest fish in the world

2008-04-30T03:55:00.000-07:00

Whale Shark (Rhinodon typus) - Biggest fish in the world. Whale Shark the largest kind of sharks, and also largest of nowadays living fishes. Whale sharks often grow to 45 feet and 15 tons.
Despite the impressive sizes, the whale shark is absolutely safe for the humans, as eats like a whale, exclusively plankton and other small organisms which it filters, involving in itself water.

Some pics and videos of world's biggest fish.

Cola and Mentos - the most mass scientific experiment

2008-04-28T13:18:00.000-07:00

The most mass scientific experiment has taken place in Belgium, 1500 young chemists having armed with raincoats, Cola and Mentos, have rushed to establish a world record... 1500 fountains with Cola have simultaneously shot over the university area, than have marked an establishment of a new world record.

Spruce - The oldest tree in the world

2008-04-17T14:45:00.000-07:00

The oldest tree in the world - Spruce is found in Swedish province Dalarna on the Fulu mountain. Tree is 9550 years old. Lot of years this tree was regarded as youngish. However new research has shown, that it not so, it's young trunk of ancient tree.

It is known, that Spruce growing in the Swedish mountains can survive in heavy conditions thanks to ability to grow up from root system the second trunk instead of the died.

Though the last of 10 thousand years the climate here was adverse, these trees have remained. And as last 100 years the average temperature of air in area Fulu has risen on one degree °C, ancient Spruce have begun to grow up actively. So, the young trunk of that 9550-year-old record-holder has started to last upwards, apparently, somewhere in 1940.

The previous oldest trees - pines in the North America - were dated 4-5 thousand years.

Most fashionable gas masks

2008-04-12T14:55:00.000-07:00

Fashionable gas masks have been presented at the exhibition in Romania a number of leading fashion designers have presented the magnificent gas masks.
Diddo Velema, Gucci and Lui Vuitton have created and have presented at a luxury exhibition in Bucharest own gas masks inlaid with brilliants and other precious metals and stones. Glamour gas masks..., who need it... If somebody will want to go to night club in time of the chemical attack =) and pass the face-control...
Now they will have what to dress =)

"Help" - the most amazing design of medicines

2008-04-11T11:40:00.001-07:00

"Help" - the most amazing design of medicines
Once Richard Fine had headache. Certainly, he has gone to a drugstore. And there his headache was increase more strongly because he has seen hordes of packings with the medicines, full of bright stains and shouting slogans … Fortunately, Richard was the designer so he has started to develop a series of quiet, soft packings for medicines.

Packings, should inform about contents as much as possible simply and clearly to the buyer. The series is called «Help». Now there are two packings: «Help, I have a headache» and «Help, I've cut myself», for tablets and bandages accordingly. Price of Both $6.00

Certainly, distinct instructions are obligatory but to soften their negative influence, there is text on a simple, informal spoken language on packings «Help». For example, on packing of bandage it is written: «Don't be startled. The bandages inside don't look normal. That's because they are made of a futuristic material. It's the same material they use in hospital. You can wear them for several days. Enjoy.».

Leopard 2 - the most perfect tank in the world

2008-04-04T12:49:00.000-07:00

The Leopard 2 - one of the most perfect main battle tank in the world. Armies of Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark and Greece has Leopards 2.
Leopard 2 tanks are created on classical configuration: the mechanic-driver is in a forward part, the commander of the tank, operator and charger in a tower; the engine is located in a fodder part.

The models of all tanks, except А6 model has digital fire control systems with laser range-finders, fully stabilized 120-mm smooth-bore gun of Rheinmetall company L44 calibres, 7,62-mm coaxial machinegun, and antiaircraft gun, located on a tower roof. Besides, there is smoke screen system. Armored protection and control systems of fire was constantly modernised.

Leopard 2А6. The new tank has strengthened tower armor and additional anti mine protection. The main difference of new model is Rhl 120/L55 with increased on 11 calibres (1300 mm) in the length.

The engine is the MTU MB 873 diesel engine, providing 1,100kW (1,500shp), with a Renk HSWL 354 gear and break system. An enhanced version of the EuroPowerPack, with a 1,210kW (1,650shp) MTU MT883 engine, has been trialled on the Leopard 2. The weight of the tank has increased to 62 tons.

The most expensive Big Mac in the world

2008-04-02T10:53:00.000-07:00

Big Mac has been sold In India for $10 000

The most usual hamburger from McDonald’s which cost in India 42 rupees (more than US dollar), has been sold at charitable auction for 400 thousand rupees ($10 thousand).

The money obtained from sale of the hamburger, will be transferred into account the charitable organisation The Banyan, a dealing with problem of homeless women in India. Auction has been dated for opening of first fast food McDonald’s in the city of Chennai (Madras) in the southwest of India.

The buyer of a hamburger became Shiva Kumaar P. R, the director of company Saravana Bhavan Holdings.

The Most Envious Kid in the World

2008-04-01T01:15:00.000-07:00

Look at the face of this kid, evil face =)

Swallow's Nest Soup - most rare and exotic dishes in the world

2008-03-30T15:13:00.000-07:00

Swallow's Nest Soup
One of the most rare and exotic dishes in the world - the well-known Chinese soup from swallow's nests. For 400 years which have passed from the date of the invention of a dish, it has risen in price in times: the broth from the nest of sea martins-collocalia can cost to gourmets in the 10 thousand dollars.

This is main ingredient of Swallow's Nest Soup

Levi's 501 - the most rare and expensive jeans

2008-03-29T15:49:00.000-07:00

The most rare and expensive jeans - well-known Levi's 501 model of Levi Strauss & Co company. For ancient, sewed 118 years ago jeans (in 1890 Levi Strauss & Co assigned its first lot numbers to its products, and the famous number 501), the collector from Japan has paid 60 thousand dollars to the owner at eBay . The huge sum, if considering, that new jeans of the same model costs only 40$.

Amazing Spider-Man #1 - most rare comics

2008-03-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

One of the most rare nowadays existing comics is the first edition of well-known "Spiderman" under the name "Amazing Spider-Man #1". Its rarity consists not only in a serial number, but also that for the book of 1963 of the edition it has amazingly well remained. Approximate cost of the comics for collectors, makes about 40 thousand dollars at initial retail price in 12 cents.

Amazing Spider-Man #1

Poison Dart Frogs - the most poisonous animals in the world

2008-03-27T16:24:00.000-07:00

Phyllobates - the most poisonous animals in the world. Phyllobates is a genus of Poison Dart Frogs which live in woods of Southern and Central America. Difference from other amphibians, Poison Dart Frogs are active only at the day, and at the night they sleep.

As is known, the Bright skin have a dangerous poisonous animals, providing with that safety from predators and caution by the stranger. Poison Dart Frogs and Phyllobates are painted very brightly.

These frogs are very poisonous. They have the most deadly poison. Especially dangerous Golden Poison Frog ( Phyllobates terribilis ) from Venezuela. This Phyllobate is active in the afternoon too and hunts on small insects, spiders and worms.

Poison dart frogs's skin has microscopic glands which shares poison, it is quite enough to kill a jaguar. This poison consists approximately of hundred different substances. It is one of the strongest poisons in the world. It is so dangerous, that scientists should put on thick gloves to take it in hands as poison can get through any cut or even a scratch. Poison has terrible nervously-paralytic action. As a result there is cardiac arrhythmia, which leader to its stop. That poison has worked, it is enough to get to blood through a mucous membrane or scratch on the skin. That is why these frogs nobody risks to touch, except Indians who grease with the frog poison the hunting arrows.

Vaccines against poison Poison Dart Frogs it is not invented. It's not possibility to survive after this poison will get to the organism. Each frog makes enough toxin, and one dose can kill at least 10 persons.

Why they have such strong poison, it is not known till now. Other interesting fact connected with these reptiles, consists that Poison Dart Frogs are not sensitive to the poison. Not clearly and the origin of their toxin. Cases when grown up in bondage, Poison Dart Frogs lost their Poison. Probably, any special diet for toxin maintenance in an organism is necessary to them.

The most effective way of protection is very simple - not to touch these frogs! =)

Everclear - strongest alcoholic drink in the world

2008-03-25T16:16:00.000-07:00

Everclear is considered the strongest alcoholic drink. Everclear is grain alcohol, at concentrations 95 % alcohols (190 proofs) and 75.5 % (151 proof). Everclear is made by Luxco. For comparison, vodka in general contain 40 % alcohol (80 proofs), But it's effective knockouter =) Imagine what will do with you Everclear.
Everclear (190 proofs version) is illegal in more than 10 states. For them there is a special 151 proof a variant (75.5 %) to comply with the state low. Advantage of Everclear that it does not contain much sugar and impurity, it may make drinkers less vulnerable to hangover, if you have some kind of diet, Everclear it is what you need =)). Everclear is rarely consumed in the pure state and almost always used in cocktails.

I do not know Everclear good or bad, but i know exactly ... it's will be funny =)

Blobfish - most disgusting fish in the world

2008-03-24T16:40:00.000-07:00

Blobfish - most disgusting fish in the world. Blobfish inhabit in the deep waters near Australia. Because of that that there where he lives very coldly and darkly, it is seldom noticed by people.
Blobfish are found in depths, where very much a high pressure. The jelly-like flesh of blobfish is little bit less than water; it allows fish to float above a sea floor, not spending energy on swimming.

Blobfish don’t need muscles - it sit and wait for something edible to go by or swallow of all that will get before it.

There are some video, but i don't know is this fake or not...

and some very fun video of blobfish =)

see also most loveliest animal

Coffee - the most popular drink in the world

2008-03-24T09:17:00.000-07:00

Coffee - the most popular drink in the world. Coffee made of fried grains of a coffee tree. Thanks to the caffeine, has stimulating effect. =)

The coffee name has occurred from Kaffa - areas in the southwest of Ethiopia where, according to one of legends, have been opened properties of this plant.

There are two basic kinds of coffee trees: arabica and robusta (canephora) coffee. About three quarters of world production of coffee is based on arabica (Coffee arabica).

Most popular ways of preparation of coffee
- Turkish
- Espresso
- Glace
- Americano
- Capuchino
- Latte
- Mocco

Regular coffee drinking can cause accustoming. The person dependent on coffee gets used to additional stimulation and refuses to work without caffeine. Coffee can cause a sleeplessness. The teeth of coffe junkies is not white. Coffee possesses diuretic and laxative effect. o_O

But it's not matter, because coffee is too delicious and i can't stop =)

it's amazing...

Bee Hummingbird - the smallest bird in the world

2008-03-23T12:00:00.000-07:00

Bee Hummingbird - the smallest bird in the world. Males of the bee hummingbird living on Cuba and on Isla de la Juventud, weigh 1,6g, and their length is 5,7cm, Half of length make a tail and a beak. Females are a bit larger.

They are very mobile, fervent and unaccomodating birds also they are extremely courageous in attacks on the larger birds, especially in period when they care of baby birds.

They fly extremely fast - up to 80 km/h. They doing to 80 swings in a second. At rest the heart of the hummingbird usually work with frequency of 500 blows in a minute, and during physical activity of 1200 and more beats in a minute. The maximum life expectancy of the hummingbird is 8 years. They eat every ten minutes.

Skins of the hummingbird are used as an ornament that's why people had exterminated a lot of kinds =(

Kiwi - the most nutritious fruit in the world

2008-03-22T08:21:00.000-07:00

Remember one of key rules of a healthy food - eat not less than five vegetables and fruit in day? And what fruit the most nutritious? Researchers of university Baylor in Dallas, carefully having studied properties of 27 products, have come to conclusion, that the most useful fruit is kiwi. In a kiwifruit the average size 75 mg of vitamin C, contains about 46 calories, 0.3-gram fats, 1 gm proteins, 11 gm carbohydrates, 75 mg vitamins and 2.6 grams dietary fiber.

Eating one kiwi on day, the person covers daily norm of vitamin C which is capable to strengthen immune system, blood vessels, and also raises resistibility of an organism in struggle against diseases. Besides this vitamin helps the person to avoid stresses. Last experiments of the Norwegian scientists have shown, that this product actively burns the fats blocking arteries. It in turn reduces risk of formation of blood clots.

How to eat a kiwifruit

Mi-12 - The biggest helicopter in the world

2008-03-21T14:06:00.000-07:00

Мi-12 (Homer - on the NATO classification) - the heaviest and load-lifting helicopter from ever constructed in the world. Distinctive feature is the lateral arrangement of screws which are set in motion by four engines GTD D-25VF, similar to Mi-6.

Мi-12 developed as the superheavy transport helicopter with load-carrying capacity more than 30 tons, for transportation of components of rockets.

On August, 6th 1969, Mi-12 has lifted cargo in 44205 kg on height of 2255 m, having established a world record of load-carrying capacity for helicopters which is not beaten till now.

Boeing X-43 - Fastest hypersonic aircraft in the world

2008-03-20T17:09:00.000-07:00

Boeing X-43 - The pilotless experimental hypersonic flying machine constructed under the program of NASA of working out of the plane with direct-flow jet engine «Hyper-X». For conclusion to demanded speed and height it was used with Pegasus rocket. X-43A was developed for the purpose of speeds greater than Mach 7, about 8,050 km/h (5,400 mph) at altitudes of 30,000 m (100,000 feet) or more. On the third flight X-43A set a new record of speed - 12,144 km/h (7,546 mph), or Mach 9.8.

Some videos:

The strangest Porsche Cayenne in the world

2008-03-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

Some one in Russia who had superfluous Porsche Cayenne and Volga, created exclusive super car. This car is a copy of GAZ-21 Volga, but much better because it has been built on the basis of Porsche Cayenne =). Passenger compartment looks like original Volga but has functionality of Porsche Cayenne's. And all this facts made of this car strangest Porsche Cayenne in the world =)

The smallest jet aircraft in the world - BD-5J

2008-03-18T14:55:00.000-07:00

BD-5 - the smallest jet aircraft in the world created in the 1960s by Jim Bede - US aircraft designer. The BD-5 has a small fuselage, small engine installed in a compartment, and small propeller (or jet engine in the BD-5J variant) in the rear.

BD-5J Looks awesome, it very small and convenient, it can be carried with yourself to the outdoors and when you will feel bored, start flying =)

Some general characteristics of smallest jet aircraft: weighs 162 kg, is 3.7 m long, has a wingspan from 4.26 m to 6.55 m (depends of used modification), and can fly at 483 km/h (300 mph).

see also Largest airplane in world

Some video:

Top 10 Deadliest Animals in the World

2008-03-17T14:17:00.001-07:00

10. Poison Dart Frog
Poison dart frog is the common name of the Dendrobatidae family of small, dihydrogen poison dart frogs are native to central and South America. The frogs are widely called poison arrow frogs or poison dart frogs due to indigenous peoples' use of their toxic excretions to poison the tips of arrows and blowdarts

9. Cape BuffaloCape Buffalo - The Cape or African buffalo is the largest African antelope and can weigh up to 2000 lbs. It has few natural predators other than man. Lions will attack only old, sick or immature buffaloes and leopards will attack only newborn calves.

8. Polar bear

The Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a bear native to the Arctic and Subarctic. The world's largest land carnivore, an adult male generally weighs 300–600 kg (660–1320 lb), while an adult female is about half that size.

7. Elephant

Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kilograms (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer

6. Australian Saltwater Crocodile

The Australian Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living crocodiles and reptils. It is found in suitable habitat throughout Southest Asia and northern Australia.

5. African Lion

The African Lion (Panthera leo) is a member of the family Falidae and one of four big cats in the genus panthera. With exceptionally large males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.

4. Great White Shark

The Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, also known as white pointer, white shark, or white death, is an exceptionally large lamniform shark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. Reaching lengths of more than 6 m (20 ft) and weighing up to 2,250 kg (5,000 lb), the great white shark is the world's largest known predatory fish.

3. Australian Box Jellyfish

Australian Box Jellyfish are best known for the extremely powerful venom possessed by some of their species. The Australian Box Jellyfish species are amongst the most venomous creatures in the world. Stings from such species are excrutiatingly painful, either initially or as an after-effect, and are often fatal. However not all species of Box Jellyfish are this dangerous to humans.

2. Asian Cobra

Asian Cobra (Naja naja) is a species of venomus snake native to the Indian subcontinent. It is the most famous of the Big Four, the four most venomous snakes of India for which a single polyvalent antevenin has been created.

1. Mosquito

Mosquito have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and long legs. The females of most mosquito species suck blood from other animals, which has made them the most deadly disease vectors known to man, killing millions of people over thousands of years and continuing to kill millions per year by the spread of diseases.

Steel House

2008-03-15T16:01:00.000-07:00

Steel house sits on a river near Lubbock, Texas. Robert Bruno is an architect that created this great design for himself. Steel house had building for more than 20 years and took 110 tons of steel, price of which only about 30.000 dollars. A car is more expensive than steel house...

The beginning:

The steel house from outside:

The interior of steel house:

Tarsius - the loveliest animal in the world

2008-03-10T11:21:00.000-07:00

Loveliest animal in the world is Tarsius - very small animals, their growth makes
from 9 to 16 see In addition at them there is a naked tail in length from 13 to 28 the Weight see varies from 80 to 160 gramme. They are allocated especially with long back finitenesses, the large head, capable to turn almost on 360 °, and also good hearing. Fingers extremely long, ears round and naked. The soft wool has a brown or grayish shade. However the most appreciable sign are the big eyes in diameter to 16 mm.

First of all tarsius are active at night. They live on trees in woods, hiding in the afternoon in dense vegetation. Tarsius are able to climb very dexterously on trees, and also by means of long hind legs to jump on some metres. As a rule, tarsius live in steams, sometimes also in small small groups.

The main threat for tarsius is destruction of their vital environment. Besides, on all of them still hunt because of their meat. Attempts to tame tarsius and to make of them pets have no success and conduct, as a rule, to death of an animal through short time. Tarsius cannot get used to bondage, in attempts to escape they quite often break to themselves heads about rods of cages.

Largest vehicle in the World - Bagger 288

2008-03-10T10:18:00.000-07:00

Bagger 288 constructed by German company Krupp for Rheinbraun, is the world's largest land vehicle.
If you want to get the ore, dirt out, or move a mountain, it's what you need.
Bagger 288 earth digger has 311 feet hight, 705 feet width and weighs 45,500 tons. Bagger 288 removes 100,000 cubic yards per day.
Largest vehicle in the World Cost: $100 million
It Took 5 years to design and manufacture plus another 5 years to assemble
Maximum speed 1/3 mile per hour

see also largest airplane in world

The most beautiful friend of Paris Hilton

2008-03-07T15:37:00.000-08:00

Paparazzi have photographed Paris Hilton in the company of actress Christine Lakin which has changed to unrecognizability.

The Highest Skyscraper in the World - Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower)

2008-03-05T15:33:00.000-08:00

Burj Dubai ("Dubai Tower") - the highest skyscraper in the world (since July, 21st, 2007). Form of skyscraper looks like giant stalagmite. Now the building is in a progress, planned to finish in the end of 2008 in the largest city of the United Arab Emirates - Dubai. Burj Dubai ("Dubai Tower") will be the highest design in the world, but ever now it's have some concurents (in project). The exact definitive height of a construction is still unknown, and estimated makes 818 m (at quantity of floors - more than 160). Current Floor 159 and Current height 604,9 m

Current records (unofficial):
- Vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 604.9 m (1,972 ft)
- Vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 604.9 m (1,972 ft)
- Tallest freestanding structure: 604.9 m (2,006 ft)
- Building with most floors: 159

Highest mountain in the world - Everest ( Chomolungma )

2008-03-04T13:08:00.000-08:00

Everest ( Chomolungma ) - the highest top of globe in height of 8848 m, is in the Himalayas. It is located on border of Nepal and China (the Tibetan independent area), however the top lays in territory of China. Everest ( Chomolungma ) has the pyramid form; the southern slope is more abrupt. From a file extensively flow down the glaciers terminating at height about 5 thousand m. On a southern slope and edges of a pyramid snow not kept, they are bared.
On May, 29th, 1953 Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) and Edmund Hillary (New Zealand ) have reached top of the Everest.
The first woman to climb Mount Everest was Junko Tabei,in 1975.
For today at top of highest mountain in the world were more than 2500 persons and had died more than 200 persons.They are courageous people which have thrown a challenge to the nature, to itself and to the all world

The Most Expensive Car in the world - Bugatti Veyron 16.4

2008-03-03T13:47:00.000-08:00

The Most Expensive Car in the world - Bugatti Veyron 16.4 will transport you to a world of your own.
It is the most expensive, most powerful, and fastest car in the world, with a proven top speed of 407 km/h or 253 mph.
You can get the Bugatti Veyron without problems for $1,500,000 or €1100000 or £800,000. But plz, do not buy too much, or car will cease to be exclusive =)

see also Strangest motorcycle in the world - Bombardier Embrio

The Transformers Mobile Phone

2008-03-01T17:06:00.000-08:00

The Transformers Mobile Phone was made by Softbank for a Japanese TV show, but it full functional cellphone with a QVGA screen and a 3.2-megapixel camera. The Transformers Mobile Phone codenamed 815T PB, it has legs and arms - so you can use it as a toy.

Smallest Pacman Game In The World

2008-02-29T05:40:00.000-08:00

Nice game if you want to kill few minutes of your free time. If you have a magnifier, it's will be useful =))

Link to game: Paman

Strangest motorcycle in the world - Bombardier Embrio

2008-02-29T04:42:00.000-08:00

Strangest motorcycle in the world - Bombardier Embrio is a concept motorcycle with one-wheel and hydrogen fuel cell . To balance the rider on a single wheel Bombardier Embrio uses gyroscopes. Secondary wheel drops down from the front to help the rider balance when he come to stop. Trigger control on the left handlebar for acceleration, and a trigger control on the right handlebar for braking.
I think it's A.W.E.S.O.M.E. vehicle, probably riding this motorcycle you have really adrenalin splash

Biggest kitty work

2008-02-28T08:10:00.000-08:00

Good kitty, it disgustingly and ridiculously in one time =))))

Biggest Flying Boat In The World

2008-02-26T14:49:00.000-08:00

Hughes H-4 Hercules - the largest transport flying boat, developed by the American firm Hughes Aircraft. Developed under the guidance of Howard Hughes, this 136-ton plane which originally designated as НК-1 and has received an informal nickname the Elegant Goose or the Spruce Goose, was the biggest ever constructed flying boat. Plane Hercules piloted by Howard Hughes, has made the first and unique flight on November, 2nd, 1947 when of 21 metre has risen in air on height and has covered approximately one mile on a straight line over harbour of Los Angeles. After long storage, the plane has been sent in a museum Long Beach, California.
I saw the movie about Hughes and H-4 Hercules, nice story )

see also Largest Airplane In The World

Largest Airplane In The World

2008-02-26T14:08:00.000-08:00

The Biggest plane in the world is An-225 Mriya (Dream) NATO reporting name: Cossack. It's transport plane of the superbig load-carrying capacity. At present is the greatest, heavy and load-lifting plane in the world.
Necessity of creation of aviation transport system for the project of a reusable spaceship "Boorun" (Snow-storm) was the reason of construction An-225.
At present An-225 is the heaviest and load-lifting plane, when or rising in air. The unique plane surpassing An-225 on wingspan, it Hughes H-4 Hercules which rose in air only once.
It is developed in a bureau of O.K.Antonova (Kiev, Ukraine).

Once I saw this plane when it did a turn, the angle was huge, speed was slow, looks like it will fall, it's very big plane, it's true =)

see also largest vehicle in world

Biggest pool in the World

2008-02-26T08:07:00.000-08:00

The biggest Pool is in the world situated at The hotel San Alfonso del Mar in Chile, it is 1013 metres length, the area - 8 hectares. Impurity of ocean and considerable quantity of sharks at coast became one of the reasons of construction of pool. Necessarily I will go there to have a rest, though it is strange to swim in huge pool when nearby there is ocean =)

Largest hamburger in the world

2008-02-25T13:07:00.000-08:00

In Detroit after 12 hours of preparation and baking, the 134-pound burger emerged Saturday at Mallie's Sports Bar and Grill.

The "Absolutely Ridiculous Burger," made with beef, bacon and cheese, was delivered on a 50-pound bun, The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press reported. It sells for $350, and orders require 24 hours' notice.

source

The Most Longest Car in the world

2008-02-25T03:50:00.000-08:00

The longest car ever built was a 30.5 meter (100 ft) limousine. The 26 wheeled car was mainly used for promotion and films. Includes a swimming pool with a diving board and a king size water bed. The longest car was designed by Jay Ohrberg of Burbank California.

How to post Copyright (©), Trademark ( ™ ), etc

2008-02-24T09:28:00.000-08:00

(©) Copyright is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 9
( ™ ) Trademark is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 3
(®) Registered is Alt, 0, 1, 7, 4
( • ) Bullet is Alt, 0, 1, 4, 9
(...) Ellipsis is Alt, 0, 1, 3, 3
( – ) "N" Dash is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 0
( — ) "M" Dash is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 1
( ¶ ) Paragraph (Pilcrow) is Alt, 0, 1, 8, 2
(£) Pound is Alt 0, 1, 6, 3
( € ) Euro is Alt, 0, 1, 2, 8
(¢) Cents is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 2

How to post some thing like that ♫, ☺, ♂, etc

2008-02-24T09:24:00.000-08:00

alt + 1 = ☺ alt + 2 = ☻
alt + 3 = ♥ alt + 4 = ♦
alt + 5 = ♣ alt + 6 = ♠
alt + 7 = • alt + 8 = ◘
alt + 9 = ○ alt + 10 = ◙
alt + 11 = ♂ alt + 12 = ♀
alt + 13 = ♪ alt + 14 = ♫
alt + 15 = ☼ alt + 16 = ►
alt + 17 = ◄ alt + 18 = ↕
alt + 19 = ‼ alt + 20 = ¶
alt + 21 = § alt + 22 = ▬
alt + 23 = ↨ alt + 24 = ↑
alt + 25 = ↓ alt + 26 = →
alt + 27 = ← alt + 28 = ∟
alt + 29 = ↔ alt + 30 = ▲
alt + 31 = ▼ alt + 177 = ▒
alt + 987 = █

Net Disaster - Destroy the Web

2008-02-24T06:15:00.000-08:00

Set the address of any website: your site, a site of your acquaintance, any site known to you.
The website which "destruction" will bring to you the greatest satisfaction or it is simple, will be "on a trick" tongue.gif

Choose type of "cataclysm" which you wish to apply on the site specified by you and enjoy the received destructions! In some "cataclysms" there is also a soundtrack.

Link: netdisaster.com - try it, it's funny =)

Marilyn Manson's Evolution

2008-02-23T03:29:00.000-08:00

While great and awful Marilyn Manson on the sly turns to the kind and lovely guy, the people turned on theatrical devilry, wait for the new hero … Terribly to think - but to the one who will come after Manson to make impression upon public, it is necessary to cut off, perhaps, to itself a head and to be decapitated on press conference … to Planck the musician has lifted so highly, that the problem at its followers the uneasiest - all the same what to think up the new weapon after a hydrogen bomb …

But in the childhood and a youth Marilyn Manson was completely not awful. And called him not the Antihrist-superstar, and it is simple - Bryan Uorner.

He had quite usual parents - mum, the nurse, and the daddy, the dealer furniture …

In 1987 in 18 years Bryan has finished school in Ohio and has went to Florida.

He has begun an independent life with work in musical magazine: began to write reportings from concerts and, eventually, has understood, that hes calling - not to look from auditorium as others appear on stage, and light fire by himself.

In 20 years Bryan has taken the first step to the future success and has created group Merilyn Manson and Spooky Kids.

Guys immediately became the phenomenon in a club life of America: during performances musicians purposefully tried to make shocking impression upon public.

At this particular time on a scene there are crosses with the girls crucified on them, bald goat heads, and fresh goat blood which spray on spectators …

But, of course, really shocking shows became the main reason of success of project Marilyn Manson

To frighten the public then there was resolutely nobody. In the early nineties Elis Cooper who has once become famous for that has bitten off a head to a chicken on a scene, was already switched to romantic ballads …

… And Ozzy Osborne which has somehow crushed a Christian cross at a concert, has stopped to drink and began to propagandise a healthy way of life.

Marilyn Manson not only has filled with itself a shock-fate niche, but also has surpassed all predecessors …

In 2000 in Marilyn Manson's activity the culmination has come - the head of Catholic church of America William Donahju has accused the musician that it wages war with Jesus. Manson did everything to anger clergymen - tore at Bible concerts, stepped on the stage with a cross poured by imitation of blood, put on a cassock of the priest...

But main Marilyn Manson's scandal still there is a fight during its performance in Salt Lake City - then the indignant head of church of Mormons has climbed up a scene, and the singer as a sign of the protest has pulled out all pages from «the Book of the Mormon». As a result admirers of the singer - in a name of Marilyn - and Mormons - in a name of the Lord - have arranged the present fight in a hall.

After that when musician arrived to any country with a concert as the local religious authorities declare, that performance needs to be cancelled urgently. For example, in 2001 before Manson's concert in Moscow hierarches of orthodox church have sent mayor Jury Luzhkov the letter with the request not to arrange in capital a concert of the executor which shows disrespect for Christianity.

Shocking religious figures Manson does not forget and about mere mortals … For example, the security guard of a rock star David has officially declared, that during a concert the musician has suddenly attacked it, has seized by a head and has pressed to hips, simulating oral sex. The man has estimated mental cruelty in $75 000, but has withdrawn the judicial claim later.

Manson tells about itself such things from which to decent people sick: ostensibly quite often invites friends and all together they with pleasure clear to themselves stomachs. Still the musician assures, that has sex with a sheep, and has then killed her on an altar. About itself Manson dismisses the most awful hearings.

But even if the musician would not tear the sacred Bible to scraps, it all the same would not get to paradise: would not pass face control. The awful image in which the singer appears on public, clearly specifies, that he was born nearby from a nuclear waste. All its predecessors in a shock-fate field - Elis Cooper, King Dajmond or Ozzy Osbron- with the ostensibly an awful make-up - in comparison with Manson simply hansom.

However, last time in the name of zombie-mutant Manson human lines are more and more looked through... He does not go to church, but already yours faithfully concerns the Sacred writing. Women became the reason for that, as one would expect: they never saw in Manson of a devil spawn, always admired it … kindness and decency.

Its first official girl from whom he has appeared before journalists - actress Rose MakGoun - a serial star "Charmed" - spoke about the singer so: «All thought, that I the savage and the madwoman, but I sat and scorching heat for Manson at home fruitcakes. It very class - completely not such as about it write in newspapers».

Other woman - known on either side of ocean, dancer Dita Fon Tiz too did not see in Merilyn anything terrifying, on the contrary - was going to become staid and enjoy with it family happiness. «I want three children - at least», - Dita spoke.

Manson and Dita became the husband and the wife in 2005. On wedding «Great and Awful» has touchingly presented to the spouse a wedding ring with the brilliants, made on its order. But a year later they have divorced - because of household disagreements, anything original and shocking.

Not so long ago Manson has presented to public the new girlfriend - 20 year old actress Evan Rachel Wood. Despite the big age difference, Evan and Merilyn are happy together: the grown old musician with delight tells about love to the girlfriend and how it approaches it though still recently it gave interview only on a devilry and Satanism theme...

The newly made passion say: «Both of us adore Beatles. I realy love Manson! The unique lack - it, happens, snores at night. Though also it is pleasant to me!»

On formal receptions Manson timidly as if the schoolboy, holds Evan for the hand. Instead of so a long time them have photographed on a beach in Malibu where they attentively listened to instructions of the trainer on surfing. Similar, Evan has masterly finished begun by its predecessors. A hell gate has slammed before a nose of respectable citizen Marilyn Manson, and it for ever remained with us.

To shock the world, again there is nobody. But it's not for long time

Top 10 All-American Inventions

2008-02-21T15:16:00.000-08:00

The airplane

Numerous principles of flight are necessary to get a plane off the ground. By the beginning of the 20th century, different people had added various components, but the goal of sustained flight eluded all of them -- except the Wright brothers. While not the first to achieve flight, the Wright brothers applied aerodynamic principles they had researched and developed out of thin air to fly the first fully controlled, heavier-than-air, manned, powered, fixed-wing machine.

Their primary and most important contribution can be considered the last one: The creation of a fixed-wing aircraft, where the wings don’t move in order to generate the necessary lift. This was the missing component for flight, and is the essential principle behind every glider, prop plane, jet airplane, and rocket you see in the sky.

The brothers best embodied the American spirit in 1905, after the success at Kitty Hawk. Despite neither being wealthy nor enjoying government funding, the Wright brothers quit the bicycle business and risked all they had to “make it” in a field that didn’t even exist. Perhaps the most thrilling event came during the Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York City in 1910. As over one million New Yorkers looked on in awe, Wilbur Wright flew up and down the Hudson before executing a dramatic circle of the Statue of Liberty.

The steamboat

The steamboat was powered by an external combustion steam engine in the form of a boiler that burned wood or coal. Engineer Robert Fulton probably gets too much credit for the steamboat, but he made a variety of improvements and launched a successful prototype in 1803. Four years later, he built the world’s first commercial steamboat.

Its appearance on America’s inland waterways is serendipitous to the growth of America; a year later, President Jefferson completed the Louisiana Purchase. Although these boats had more than a few major malfunctions -- including catastrophic exploding boilers --in their time they made an incalculable contribution to America’s great westward expansion.

Last but not least, before getting into the amusement business, no less an American icon than Mickey Mouse earned his chops as a steamboat pilot in Steamboat Willie.

Jazz

Born of West African spirituals, rooted in blues and 19th-century slave songs, and driven by improvisation and polyrhythms, jazz is a uniquely American Musical style. Born in New Orleans at the turn of the century, by the 1920s, jazz bands were regulars at speakeasies. Thanks to the development of both the phonograph and the radio, jazz was able to reach a wider audience and created more than a few household names, including Waller, Goodman, Armstrong, Basie, Fiztgerald, Holiday, Ellington, and Miller.

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis sees jazz as a product of the black experience, invented not despite the absence of civil rights, but as a response to it. Calling jazz an art form “based on freedom,” he wrote that black Americans “… have been more concerned with freedom and the quality it can provide than any other group in this country…”

Jazz has remained true to those roots. Its vast flexibility as a musical form has allowed it to evolve seamlessly through swing, bebop, free-form, fusion, and more.

The presidency

While some U.S. presidents make their citizens prouder than others, all Americans can be proud of the presidency. It symbolizes countless American institutions and ideals, including representation, constitutional rights, checks and balances, and even freedom itself.

Against centuries of monarchs and autocrats, the Founding Fathers virtually invented the role of the president in 1787. A position designed for a private citizen to become an elected official and head of state of a constitutional republic, backed by neither the Right of Kings nor military might, but the will of the people and the strength of the Constitution.

In drafting the president’s role, the Constitutional Convention was especially wary of any form of government that could create an autocrat. Thus, although the office represents the executive branch of government, its power is limited by the legislative and judicial branches by a brilliant series of checks and balances.

In fact, Benjamin Franklin was so amazed by the workings of the new American government that he was known to remark, “... to find this system [of government] approaching so near to perfection as it does...”

Blue jeans

Ever since German-born Levi Strauss reinforced the denim pants he sold to gold rush minors with copper rivets, blue jeans have embodied the rugged freedom and independence of the American frontier.

Throughout the first half of the 20th century, jeans were little more than a durable pair of work pants. In the economic boom following World War II, teenagers began flexing some economic muscle with jobs and disposable incomes. Youth culture entered the mainstream with a fury, and for a calling card they stole blue jeans out from under the working man. Despite the next half-century’s worth of turbulence, jeans have never gone out of style. Instead, they’ve been adopted by every age group, and in the words of a writer for American Fabrics magazine, “Denim is one of the oldest fabrics, yet it remains eternally young.”

Today, blue jeans are arguably the most popular or ubiquitous item of clothing in the world, and may be America’s most easily recognizable export.

The Corvette

The sports carbrings to mind many things, such as speed, freedom, sex, and the open road. And since the first Corvette rolled out of the Chevrolet factory in 1953, it has been all of those things and more to generations of Americans. It’s the great American sports car for everyone, from teenage boys dreaming about one day owning one to middle-aged men who make their teenage dreams come true and finally have the privilege of storing one in their garage.

The Corvette is the first sports car built by an American car manufacturer. After six generations, it’s been made into coupes, hatchbacks, and convertibles, and branded as roadsters, Grand Sports, Sting Rays, Z06s, and more.

The Corvette found a place in pop music when Prince released “Little Red Corvette” in 1983, and in 2001 Chevrolet responded, sort of. Specifically, they featured a red 1963 Corvette Sting Ray on a number of billboards with the caption, “They don’t write songs about Volvos.”

Bourbon whiskey

When 18th-century Kentucky farmers in the county of Bourbon turned leftover corn crops into mash, they distilled the world’s first corn-based whiskey. Legend says the county -- and by default -- the whiskey, were named after the French House of Bourbon, for the aid provided to America in the War of Independence against Britain.

According to U.S. law, bourbon such as Jim Beam or Wild Turkey must be aged in new barrels that are first charred by fire, an essential process that gives bourbon its smooth flavor. Tennessee whiskey, such as Jack Daniels, is a type of bourbon with an added step: It’s filtered through sugar maple charcoal, which contributes to an even smoother flavor.

Bourbon’s place in Americana was formalized in 1964, when Congress designated it “America’s Native Spirit,” and named it the official distilled spirit of the country.

Colt .45

The preferred firearm for iconic figures like Theodore Roosevelt and General Patton, the Colt .45 enjoys a celebrated spot in America’s long love affair with guns. Often imitated by other manufacturers, this single-action revolver is the trusted quick draw pistol for literally hundreds of characters in Westerns, including Will Kane (Gary Cooper) in High Noon.

The .45-caliber Colt Single Action Army (SAA) was originally designed by Colt’s Manufacturing Company in 1873 for the U.S. cavalry. It is still manufactured today, although neither marketed nor sold under the gun’s ironic alias: The Peacemaker.

In 1914, the U.S. government created the Division of Civilian Marksmanship, whose purpose was to distribute surplus military weapons to its law-abiding citizens. During this time, the Colt .45 was the chosen firearm.

The Western

Along with jazz, the Western is an art form Americans can truly call their own. Although found in television, paintings, sculpture, literature, radio and more, the Western’s most profound vehicle has been film.

Owning to the vast adaptability of its essential plot, the Western is constantly being reinterpreted. Filmmakers have explored it through virtually every other major genre, from adventure and drama to comedy, sci-fi, musicals, and more. As a result, the Western often acts as a mirror on culture, portraying distinctly American values -- sometimes with flattery, other times with irony or cynicism.

Baseball

The so-called national pastime speaks to the American character because it blends skill, timing, athleticism, and strategy into a team sport that also relies heavily on individual performance. Individuality also finds expression in Baseball parks as no two are the same; each is unique in dimension, ambiance and character -- a trait by which fans inevitably develop pride-of-place.

So many sayings in the vernacular find roots in baseball, including “ballpark figure,” “cover your bases,” “thrown a curveball,” “getting to first base,” “right off the bat,” and more. As a professional export it has found homes in Japan, Cuba, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Taiwan, and parts of Central and South America. Meanwhile, Little League baseball is played on six continents by millions of kids.

The Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Starting A Business

2008-02-12T09:41:00.000-08:00

What are the common mistakes that new entrepreneurs make and how can you avoid making them yourself? Here is our top 10 list of mistakes people make when starting a business:

1) Not enough money.

The most common reason why new businesses shut down is that the owner runs out of money. Cash flow is critical to a startup business. You could be profitable and still have to close your doors because your customers are taking too long to pay you. Cash is king in a startup venture and you need to prepare for it.

One option is to make sure you have enough startup capital from your own investments or outsiders (bank loan, private investors, etc). A second option is to ease into the business so that you start doing it on a part-time basis until you know that it will make enough money to support you.

2) Not thinking survival.

Starting a business is all about survival. How do you stay around one more day so that you can learn more about your market and close new customers?

At the beginning stages of a business this may mean doing work that might not be completely what you want to do but it helps pay the bills. You need to do whatever it takes to survive and get through until the business can fully support yourself.

3) Losing momentum.

Many new entrepreneurs have ambitions to start a business so they create a website, try to make a few sales, go all out for a few months and then stop completely. Building a business is all about momentum. If you had 24 hours to spend on a business they would be put to far better use by spending one hour a day than for 24 hours straight.

It takes time to develop a new company and for people to react to what you have to offer. Never lose the momentum and even if your business is only a part time initiative for you at the moment, make sure that every day you are making progress of some sort to move your company forward.

How Big Is the Internet? 155,583,825 Sites

2008-02-12T09:30:00.000-08:00

A January Netcraft survey estimates that there were last month 155,583,825 WEB SITES ON THE INTERNET. Two other interesting data points: 1) Growth had slowed from 5.4 million new sites in December to just 354,000 new sites in January; and 2) Apache serves, which have been in the lead but suffering a long decline has been surging lately, and at the expense of Microsoft.

How to Build a Potato Launcher

2008-02-12T08:54:00.000-08:00

Steps

Method 1:

1. Create the air chamber. Cut two lengths of 2"-diameter pipe 30" long and a third 6" long. On the end of one, glue on the 2"x1" SPIGOT x FIPT reducer bushing. To do this, glue the bushing into the coupling, then glue the coupling onto the pipe. Using the elbows, then make a U-shaped pipe, with the 6" section as the bottom of the U. Cut the bike tube off of the valve, leaving the valve and a small flap of rubber around then the valve, about 3/4" wide. Before gluing on the pipe endcap, drill a hole in the center of the cap just big enough for the bike valve. Insert the valve, cut from the tube, and tighten the valve on the cap using the nut. Then glue the cap on the open end of pipe. Where the female threads are, thread the 3" long pipe nipple. Be sure to use the teflon tape on the male threads of the nipple!
2. Make the barrel. Cut a length of 2" diameter pipe 36" long (remember, you can always trim this down later!), and also cut a 4" long piece of 1"-diameter pipe. Glue the remaining reducer bushing into one end of the barrel (to do this, glue the bushing into the coupling, then glue the coupling onto the pipe), then glue the 1" pipe into the bushing. Finally, glue the 1" SOCKET x MIP adapter on the end of the 1" pipe.
3. Put Teflon tape on the open end of the air chamber's pipe nipple. Thread the air chamber into the valve. BE SURE THE AIR WILL MOVE IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION!! Air from the chamber needs to move into the IN hole of the valve, and out of the OUT hole of the valve, as indicated by arrows. Tighten down until snug, and be sure to position the valve on the chamber so there is room for the barrel.
4. Put Teflon tape on the threads on the end of the barrel. Thread this into the OUT hole of the valve until snug.
5. Hook up a 24v DC or AC power source to the solenoid. 3 9v batteries wired together (in series) to make 27v works perfectly. A 12v battery will work effectively, too. Applying voltage will open the valve, cutting it off will close the valve.
6. Load the ammunition (potatoes, fruits, balls, towels, etc.)
7. Fill the air chamber with a normal bike pump or a REGULATED air compressor using the valve on the air chamber.
8. Apply voltage to open the valve, thus FIRING THE GUN. Have fun!

Method 2:

1. Get all your parts ready for assembly.
2. Cut all your pipes to the correct length using a saw.
3. Glue the end cap holder onto the end combustion chamber pipe (Fatter, shorter one) Make sure you don't get glue into the threads.
4. Take the 3" to 1.5" reducer and glue the 3" end to the other side of the combustion chamber.
5. Glue the barrel to the other end of the reducer.
6. Put two 3-inch nails into the 3" section on either side so there about 1 cm apart.
7. Put small alligator clips on the leads to your BBQ sparker.
8. Let it dry for a day, then you're ready to fire.

Loading:

1. Ensure a tight seal around the projectile. This prevents the combustion gasses from escaping around the projectile instead of pushing it forward and will result in inefficient shots.
2. Cut each potato in half and put it on a board or hard ground. Use the barrel as a cookie-cutter to force a perfect circle of potato into the muzzle and force it down with a ramrod.

Firing:

1. Open the end cap.
2. Spray propellant (almost all hairspray will do) inside the chamber and close end cap tightly. Just a quick half-second spray is plenty.
3. Connect the alligator clips to the nails in the chamber.
4. Aim away from all people and click the sparker (it may take a few sparks so don't be discouraged if it doesn't work).

Tips

There are plenty of instructions on the internet, just Google "Potato Cannon instructions". There are many variations to this cannon, so have fun and experiment, but be safe and smart!
The volume of the combustion chamber is proportional to power of the shot, but a long chamber produces an inefficient compression wave so keep the combustion chamber short and fat.
Muzzle-loading firearms make use of "wadding" - patches of cloth to wrap projectiles to form a good seal with the barrel. The same concept can be applied to potato guns if other misc ammunition is used which does not lend itself to the "cookie-cutter method". The possibilities are endless.
The longer the barrel, the longer the force of the combustion will accelerate the projectile. Too short of a barrel will rob the gun of power. However, if the barrel is too long, the expanding gasses begin to lose pressure and friction of the projectile in the barrel begins to slow it down. Find the optimum length for your own configuration by trial and error.
The initial ignition in the combustion chamber should be close to the center of the chamber cavity for the formation of an efficient compression wave to transfer the energy of the explosion.
Too much propellant gas is as bad as not enough. If too much oxygen is displaced then ignition will not occur. Trial and error will teach the optimum amount of propellant to use in your individual design.
A screw inserted into the barrel where it connects to the combustion chamber will prevent the ammunition from being rammed too far and falling into the chamber.
Try new ammunition! Potatoes are plentiful, but if you live near a walnut tree...
If something needs to be sealed shut, use duct tape. It starts out as tape, but after you use the cannon the adhesive turns into a very sticky glue that keeps stuff closed.
If your local hardware store does not have the exact fittings listed, don't worry. You will probably be able to find a way to use multiple parts (i.e. reducers, couplers, etc.) to accomplish what the parts listed do.
If you have never worked with PVC before, buy some scrap PVC and a few cheap couplers so you can practice gluing before you build your launcher. Twist each glue joint a quarter-turn as you are pushing it together.
The Christy's glue recommended below is a great one-step glue but requires you to work fast. Plan carefully and be ready to move once you apply the glue.
Read the valve's directions to get maximum flow through the valve. This often involves turning a knob or a collar on the valve.
Follow the directions on the glue, and glue liberally on both the pipe and the socket. Do not use glue or plumber's dope on threads; wrap male threads in a couple of layers of Teflon thread-sealing tape.
Pipe terminology is often confusing. Here are a few abbreviations used: FIPT - Female Threads; MIP - Male Threads; SOCKET- a slip socket; SLIP - unthreaded pipe, use glue to secure in a joint; SPIGOT - male slip on a bushing, etc.; OD - outside diameter; ID - inside diameter (PVC pipe measurements is usually measured by ID, so the OD will be larger than 2")
After cutting pipe, remove the burrs with sandpaper or a file.
The world of plumbing can be confusing and unorganized, so do not be afraid to ask the store staff for help.

Warnings

Projectile launchers involve risk. Be careful!
Make sure that you aren't ever looking down the barrel of the cannon when it's loaded. Make sure you wait at least 24 hours from completion of the cannon to the firing of the cannon. Make sure you never point this cannon at anyone, or do something stupid like cause property damage.
When you glue the PVC pieces together, you must hold them for at least 60 second so the glue can start to bond. You will need to apply a lot of pressure, or the pieces will slide apart when they dry.
Be absolutely sure to empty out all the fumes before you test the igniter.
Only use Schedule 40 PVC pipe (PVC is white, ABS pipe is black). The 'Schedule' of pipe refers to the thickness of the pipe's walls. Any thinner than Sch 40 pipe is UNSAFE and could burst under high pressure, and is more prone to breaking.
LET THE GLUE DRY!! Most accidents with these guns happen because an anxious builder does not let the glue dry. Let it dry a full 24 hours before shooting.
Do not exceed 100 PSI- EVER. Most valves are rated for a maximum of 125 PSI with water, and too high a pressure WILL cause joints to fail. Even with 40 or 50 PSI you will discover the potential of this gun, so play it safe.

Things You'll Need

Method 1

Sch 40 PVC: 1" dia, 4" long
Sch 40 PVC: 2" dia, 8.5' long TOTAL
2" x 1" reducer bushing, SPIGOT x SOCKET
2" x 1" reducer bushing, SPIGOT x FIPT
Two- 2" PVC Couplers
2" PVC Pipe Cap
PVC Pipe Nipple: 1" diameter, 3" long
Can of Christy's Red Hot Blue Glue
Roll of Teflon thread sealing tape (white, approx 3/8" wide)
1" Solenoid-operated sprinkler valve, U-shaped (not inline), female threads
Bicycle tube with a valve that has a nut, normally used to tighten the valve onto the rim. Presta-valve tubes for road bikes usually have this, while Schrader-valve tubes normally do not have a tightening nut. You need this nut to seal the valve onto the air chamber.
Hacksaw
Drill & Bits
Sandpaper or File

Method 2

4' long of 1.5" PVC pipe for the barrel
4" long of 3" PVC pipe for the combustion chamber
A pipe reducer from 3" to 1.5"
A 3" threaded end cap Socket
A 3" end cap
Coleman BBQ igniter
PVC glue
Potatoes

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Top 40 Photoshopped Images

2008-02-12T08:32:00.000-08:00

Our Top 40 Photoshopped Images

Sometimes they can be funny, sometimes thought provoking, other times they just mess with your mind. They’ll always take your breath away though and make you wonder at the skills of the people that created them. The following images are our favourite Photoshopped images. If you’ve seen better we’d love to hear from you.

Top 10 The Most exciting USB device

2008-02-10T02:45:00.000-08:00

10. USB Squid

The biggest difference between the USB Squid and other USB Hubs is the USB Squid's arms can bend in any direction (so all your USB cords don't have to be coming from the same place!) Also, they have ridges on one side and the top - and indents on the bottom and other side. You can actually connect the USB ports using these ridges in many different configurations. Maybe you need 4 vertical ports or 4 horizontal or the end two free and the middle stacked or maybe a zig zag hub. The choice is yours. Let's see a real squid do that!

9. USB FlexLight

Need to shed a little light on the subject? Try the USB Flex Light. Perfect for traveling or evening work, the Flex light gently illuminates your notebook keyboard without disturbing others.

8. USB LavaLamp

Whether it's a late-night coding marathon or just your typical afternoon staring at spreadsheets, the USB Mini Lava Lamp will help you relax. Just plug it into your USB port for power and this little desktop ambiance generator will do the rest. Filled with clear "lava" and a bunch of glitter flakes, this light creates something resembling a disco ball effect on your desk and walls.

The USB Mini Lava Lamp is an authentic Original Lava Brand® product and comes with a single small lightbulb. It stands about 6" tall and connects using a coiled USB cable that stretches to about 4 feet.

7. USB TechLamp
Wait. We know that the amount and style of lighting is absolutely critical. There are some who bask in the flickering blue glow of fluorescence. Others swear by warm incandescence, while others go so far as to put black drapes over their cubes, and wear sunglasses while only being illuminated by their monitor. Frankly, we think you're probably somewhere in between. Lighting peer-pressure can be intense in the geek workplace, so it's time to take it back. Make it yours. The matter and amount of lighting is your choice.
6.USB Drink Chiller & Warmer

It's perfect and it's simple - a hotplate powered by USB keeps your coffee warm. But if Alton Brown has taught us anything is that we hate a single-use tool. That, and, sometimes we like our caffeine served cold. No problem, 'cause we've got you covered!
Just flip a switch, and the hot-plate turns into a peltier device, quickly cooling to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius). Sweet! By maintaining optimum temperatures for your caffeine delivery system, you can enjoy increased work productivity and nice twitchy gaming reflexes.

5. Griffin PowerMate

PowerMate is the coolest volume knob your computer has ever seen – and so much more. Use it to edit home movies or scroll through long documents and web pages. Best of all, PowerMate is an assignable controller. Program it to do anything you want in any application. Customize it to your own needs and get wild.

4.USB Laser Guided Missile Launcher

The office arms race continues, and we think this newest escalation could very well lead to mutually assured destruction on all sides! With the ability to connect (and simultaneously control) an almost unlimited number of missile launchers (well, only limited by your system memory and number of USB ports), the USB Laser Guided Missile Launcher will empower you to unleash something akin to total office annihilation. Not only will you achieve strength with the size of your battery of missiles, they will be accurate too. The built-in laser missile aiming system will allow you to aim and fire your weapons with close to pinpoint accuracy! Just point the red laser dot at your target and slowly squeeze your mouse trigger finger. However, should you choose to opt for a stealth ambush, the laser can also be easily turned off.

3. 4-Port USB Hub Illuminated Mousepad

At first glimpse, what you see before you is a quality gaming mouse pad with a highly accurate mousing surface and some soothing blue LEDs to boot. Well, look again, because the sweet mousing accessory you're looking at is also a high-speed USB Hub! Across the back of this nifty mousepad you'll find high-speed USB ports, perfect for plugging in your digital camera, mp3 player, and dare we suggest it... your mouse!

2. ThinkGeek USB SnowBot

Last December, as we were settling down for a long winter's nap, we were visited by two robots from the future! They spoke to us and now it is time to share their message. There's good news and bad news. The good news is there are tons of really cool robots in the future. The bad news is they are divided into two factions, are waging war against each other, and have "downgraded" humans to pretty much servants and food. We quickly smashed the robots with hammers, and swore to devise a way to save humanity.
Before we destroyed the robots, however, we were able to learn two things. 1. Each army of robots uses a different color scanning light (red or blue); 2. We have no idea which side is in humanity's best interest to win. So we built the Snowbot - a small, winter-themed beacon…and perhaps our only hope. Powered by a simple USB port, the Snowbot has a scanning light just like the robots from the future. You can change the speed of the scan, turn on/off the scanning noise, and (for future protection) change the scan color (red or blue). So no matter which robot army storms your home or office, a quick flick of a switch and you are rooting for the invader's color. Hopefully then the robots will just make you a servant and not an appetizer. Good luck and happy holidays.

1. USB Doomsday Device

The secret to the USB Doomsday Device is very simple - it has three levels of failsafe protection. In order to arm the Device, you first need to activate switch one. Then, you need to activate switch two. Then (and stay with us here, because this is where it gets a little crazy), you need to activate switch three. Switch three is a key switch, and only authorized personnel should have a copy of the key. Once all three switches are turned on (in order) the Main light will glow red. This means the Device is armed and very dangerous.

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Top 5 reasons to be an Emo

2008-02-10T02:23:00.001-08:00

Now before we start, this is all just a joke. There's no need to get upset, have a weep, drop out of school or write bad poetry. It's OK, we're just having fun.
Unless of course you're an Emo, in which case I'm sure you'll prefer to bypass the fun and get on with soaking up the self depreciation asap.

Being miserable makes you happy
Why waste your time chasing contentment when you can be just as happy being depressed? Come on, adopt an upside down smile and have your mum interfere in your life for a truly joyous evening of pain, it’s great!

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Top 5 reasons not to be an Emo

2008-02-10T02:23:00.000-08:00

Now remember, we're joking. The last thing the scene needs is some Emo's parents turning up on our doorstep telling us we've upset their son so much he can't be bothered to do his hair.
But feel free to tell us what we missed.

The scarring
Being physically and emotionally damaged may help when you’re hanging out with Emos, but bursting into tears during assembly isn’t all that cute. If you think you’re unhappy now, wait until you’re being beaten to a pulp outside Safeway for saying you like Anberlin in public.

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The Top 7 Most Annoying Enemies in video games

2008-02-09T11:11:00.000-08:00

There are video game enemies out there that make your blood boil. The ones that you will go out of your way to kill, just so you know they're dead. When you hear the music meaning that an enemy is near by, you know, it's them. They attack you, they kill you and you cuss at them violently. No? This isn't you? Just me? Wow, okay, thanks for making me look insane. Anyway, here are the MOST annoying video game enemies.

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Top 10 of The Most Hardest Games for NES

2008-02-09T11:05:00.001-08:00

If you're a child of the 80's or even a child of the 90's and you love video games, then there's surely no doubt that you would believe that the Nintendo Entertainment System defines the word "classic".

So many great games that system has given us. There were classic games that launched popular series' like "Super Mario Bros." and "Legend of Zelda". There were also some games that were really short and simple but still awesome and fun to play like "Duck Tales" and "Adventures in the Magic Kingdom". There were even some arcade classics like "Balloon Fight" and "Pac Man". Believe it or not, there were actually some games on this system that were extremely hard. The following is a list of the Top 10 games on the NES that I believe are the hardest games in the NES library. Now, before you say stuff like "I liked that game! Why are you distin it?", please keep in mind that I'm not saying that these are all bad games, and I'm not necessarily saying that they're all good games; I'm just saying that they're really really hard. Okay, enough with the yakkin', and let's begin the countdown.

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Top 5 ideas for Valentine's Day gifts

2008-02-09T03:15:00.000-08:00

If you goofed on the Christmas shopping this year, now's your chance to make amends. Whether you're willing to spend a little or a lot, here are our top five Valentine's Day gift ideas:

5. A weekend away
And you really don't need to go far. Simply book a room at your local hotel. Make sure to leave the kids and ozher "interruptions" behind. Check hotel Web sites and call them directly as many will have special Valentine's Day packages.....

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Top 10 of the most fastest cars

2008-02-08T07:12:00.000-08:00

Bugatti Veyron

Top Speed: 252.2 mph

1001 Horsepower

Koenigsegg CCX

Top Speed: 250 mph

900 Horsepower

Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo

Top Speed: 248 mph

750 Horsepower...........

Top 5 Headphones

2008-02-07T10:43:00.000-08:00

Bose QuietComfort 3

Price tag: $349.00

Etymotic ER-6 Isolator

Price tag: $90.00-105.00

Logitech FreePulse Wireless Headphone

Price Tag: $100.00

Sennheiser HD280Pro

Price tag: $80.00 -100.00

Sony Fontopia MDR-EX71SL Noise Isolating Headphones

Tag price: $31.00-$40.00

America's Top 25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies

2008-02-07T09:39:00.000-08:00

1. Google
online search engine, web portal
2. Salesforce.com
sales mgmt software
3. Ceradyne
aerospace, defense ceramics
4. Euronet Worldwide
banking software
5. FalconStor Software
archive, backup software
6. Cognizant Technology Solutions
consulting
7. Celgene
biotechnology
8. LifeCell
biotechnology
9. Martek Biosciences
nutritional supplements
10. j2 Global Communications
internet telecom svcs
11. Red Hat
Linux software
12. Digital River
e-commerce services
13. Genentech
biotechnology
14. DRS Technologies
aerospace, defense
15. L-3 Communications Holdings
communications equipment
16. Vocus
public relations mgmt software
17. CommVault Systems
archive, backup software
18. FARO Technologies
measuring equipment
19. Comtech Telecommunications
telecommunications equipment
20. Network Appliance
data storage hardware, software
21. NII Holdings

Latin America wireless telecom svcs
22. Diodes semiconductors
23. Dolby Laboratories
audio technology
24. Gen-Probe
DNA diagnostic technology
25. Adobe Systems
imaging software

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How small is our planet

2008-02-05T00:39:00.000-08:00

Planets, stars, galaxies... It is surprising how all is rather big or rather small... The Outer Space have many secrets...

The Earth Is a place of dwelling of millions biological kinds, including people. The unique planetary body known at present occupied by live beings. Scientific data specify that the Earth was formed nearby 4,54 billions years ago.

Top 10 Most Famous Movie Quotes

2008-01-12T12:51:00.000-08:00

1. Dr.No (1962) - "...Bond. James Bond."

2. Casablanca (1942) - "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
3. I'm no Angel (1933) - "Well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men."
4. The Terminator (1984) - "I'll be back."
5. Hell's Angels (1930) - "Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?"
6. Forrest Gump (1994) - "My Mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get.'"
7. Duck Soup (1933) - "I could dance with you till the cows come home...On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows when you came home."
8. Gone with the Wind (1939) - "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!"
9. Taxi Driver (1976) - "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here. Who the f--k do you think you're talkin' to?"
10. Anna Christie (1930) - "Gimme a whiskey, ginger ale on the side. And don't be stingy, baby."

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