tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52657654565209975612024-03-13T05:46:20.796+01:00Venom's BloggRandomly YoursVenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-68560101611792057872011-05-31T22:17:00.000+02:002011-05-31T22:17:46.279+02:00Snakes on a mofo blog.<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Snake venom is nothing more but highly modified saliva produced by snake’s special glands. Those glands are usually positioned on each side of the snake’s head, below and behind the eyes. Tubular and channeled fangs,(depending on the way that snakes release their zootoxin, by biting and/or spitting), are connected to the glands storage bags by venom ducts. Snake venom is a combo of many different enzymes and proteins, some of which are even harmless to humans. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">So much for the “mechanical” part! Now, have you ever wondered which snake species have <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cc0000;">the most toxic</span> venom? Here are just the top three:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">In third place is a somewhat short and stocky brown snake called The Philippine Cobra or “Ulupong”. Average length of the snake is 1,50 m, but some specimens caught were measuring 2 meters in length. It feeds predominantly on small mammals. However, when given the chance, it will feed on birds, eggs, frogs and lizards.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The venom of the Ulupong is a neurotoxin, which affects cardiac and respiratory functions, causing neurotoxicity and respiratory paralysis. Its victims are usually dead within minutes due to a complete respiratory failure. There are documented cases in which a person died only 30 seconds after being bitten. Philippine cobra will also spit venom for up to ten feet in distance, which can cause permanent blindness if small drops of it reach eyes. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">║█║▌║█║▌│║▌█║▌║</span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Second place is reserved for the Inland Taipan, also known as “Fierce Snake”. It is native to Australia and is regarded as the most venomous land snake. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">A dose of its neurotoxic venom excerpted from a single bite can kill over 150.000 mice, or 100 men. The adjective “fierce” is thus given to this snake’s venom rather than to its temperament, which is timid and shy. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">If confronted by a man, it is more likely to try to escape then strike. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">The late Steve Irwin once had a little “run in” with the Taipan, as you can see in this next insane video:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZwuqNouw8J3vFBKZne6LJ5tmiTAKq3E9VSB-B4JvlB-VbEGMHazXYE4gtzJXADxyzodSI-8QJh8ERlt-8ooG0wJCEY1ZNor5Kkoe0OVW0fIeW9MQ3b-zoZFFB16Zs4N99atWOzRqROup/s1600/tumblr_lc3iq9ujx61qehhs7o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZwuqNouw8J3vFBKZne6LJ5tmiTAKq3E9VSB-B4JvlB-VbEGMHazXYE4gtzJXADxyzodSI-8QJh8ERlt-8ooG0wJCEY1ZNor5Kkoe0OVW0fIeW9MQ3b-zoZFFB16Zs4N99atWOzRqROup/s320/tumblr_lc3iq9ujx61qehhs7o1_500.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">First place, based solely on the toxicity of its venom is taken by Hydrophis belcheri aka<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Faint-banded Sea snake. It is a sub-species of elapid sea snakes. Belcher’s snake has a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>friendly temperament, and it will not strike at humans if left alone. Usually, those bitten<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are fishermen handling their nets. Even then, it injects only a tiny dose of its mycotoxic<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>venom – which destroys muscle tissue among other side effects. Just a few milligrams of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Belcher’s snake venom can kill over 1.000 men.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div></div>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-24595287736579052202011-05-29T15:04:00.003+02:002011-05-29T15:24:11.795+02:00Photovoltaic cells - basics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Photovoltaics #PV# is a method in which electrical power is generated by conversion of solar radiation into direct current electricity with the usage of photovoltaic semiconductors. Photovoltaic power is generated mainly by solar panels composed of a series of PV cells. </span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GFVXwglPoUfhmWMLOnm1N1mdVrCe-BYodWifncsFb1DL80vZINL8Gbm9pl3SM_Wp_QZNrcMAwIKMIJD6MmnfpLQ3Qwu9Tk0eqR5qE2WNNC8GICfD-LejQwUbFWTEtScDMdA1dAa-udCB/s1600/solar+panels+nature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GFVXwglPoUfhmWMLOnm1N1mdVrCe-BYodWifncsFb1DL80vZINL8Gbm9pl3SM_Wp_QZNrcMAwIKMIJD6MmnfpLQ3Qwu9Tk0eqR5qE2WNNC8GICfD-LejQwUbFWTEtScDMdA1dAa-udCB/s320/solar+panels+nature.jpg" width="320" /></a>Materials presently in use for photovoltaics include mono-crystallinesilicon (used in manufacturing of high performance solar cells that are more expensive to produce than their </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">polysilicon counterparts), polycrystalline silicon(material consisting of small silicon crystallites converted into </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a single solar grade silicon), amorphous silicon (non-crystalline allotropic form of silicon; deposited in thin </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">films at low temperatures onto a variety of surfaces, providing unique capabilities for various electronic devices), copper indium sulfide and cadmium telluride (usually conjoined together with cadmium sulfide to form a p-n junction PV solar cell).</div><br />
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<i>Here are a couple of videos for you to better understand the process:</i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/x2zjdtxrisc?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/j4sD8ASlH-s?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-85134497858899174232011-05-27T19:24:00.001+02:002011-05-28T12:54:17.269+02:00Oldie but a goodie #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='500' height='300' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/15S0g8pG6HU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-13025861749518051002011-05-27T01:34:00.000+02:002011-05-27T01:34:41.918+02:00Most Fuel-Efficient Cars of 2011. #2<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My second choice for the most fuel-efficient vehicle of 2011 would be a *plug-in* hybrid electric vehicle manufactured by the GM's Chevrolet division, the Chevrolet Volt. This car has been on the sale in US market since last December. According to the EPA, it is the most fuel-efficient car with an internal combustion engine sold in the United States.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_T79t33U9KsBaBxOQ3XgDwLK_Cdslr7AtspUgTpxyPuAxEXR4tj1wISnx3ztwARiDhAq8Q91c1VZ62_1QK5LG3UnLsSaFD8QEAvrVVhz4K6_wK_vmLaXZmP1DYEHxIHNYSnowYorw2kP/s1600/Chevrolet-Volt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_T79t33U9KsBaBxOQ3XgDwLK_Cdslr7AtspUgTpxyPuAxEXR4tj1wISnx3ztwARiDhAq8Q91c1VZ62_1QK5LG3UnLsSaFD8QEAvrVVhz4K6_wK_vmLaXZmP1DYEHxIHNYSnowYorw2kP/s400/Chevrolet-Volt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Suggested retail price for the Chevrolet Volt in US starts at 40 thousand dollars, and that is before the 7.500$ federal tax credit. Additional incentives are on the table depending on the location of the sale. Currently, Volt is being sold only in selected US markets and is expected to be available for purchase nationwide in the late 2011.<br />
Why place Chevrolet Volt so high on the list?<br />
Well, the reasons are numerous, but let us start with the most obvious ones.<br />
According to General Motors, the Volt can travel 25 to 50 miles on its installed lithium ion battery. EPA approximates “electric” range at 35 miles, and the total range of 378 miles when fully charged. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">MPGe or (miles per gallon gasoline equivalent) of this vehicle in all-electric mode is 93, and 37 mpg in gasoline-only mode; for a combined fuel economy that is a rating of 60 MPGe.<br />
EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) estimates Volt`s tailpipe emissions in 84 grams of CO2 per mile, which puts Chevrolet Volt ahead of the Toyota Prius in terms of the amount of greenhouse emissions measured at the tailpipe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDao33Xjt_aXwG0BtafiZEFInqueoWh-_AT-4uN7AsnTAHaWOu-Oo4okY_i1PDs2KpCpepqoHI8w2qgFbJRqiDzXn1rDzHXvJ9F07N_D29lmztxjsQXbaikIB2R3Fg_rJy-MiojpYl7U3/s1600/chevrolet-volt_2011_1024x768_wallpaper_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDao33Xjt_aXwG0BtafiZEFInqueoWh-_AT-4uN7AsnTAHaWOu-Oo4okY_i1PDs2KpCpepqoHI8w2qgFbJRqiDzXn1rDzHXvJ9F07N_D29lmztxjsQXbaikIB2R3Fg_rJy-MiojpYl7U3/s400/chevrolet-volt_2011_1024x768_wallpaper_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt so far has been named “Top Safety Pick” by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety. Volt received the top ratings of "Good" for front, side crash test, rear impact, and on rollover protection. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full battery charge takes approx. ten to twelve hours from a standard US 120V, 15A household outlet, and about three hours from a 240 VAC outlet. When plugged in, recharging can be controlled remotely through a smartphone app.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBRcoB2r6ojGqAi5hH2o2xmNt7fo4Y-t1JV_hs7WA1c-3fGr_H6mbCbEvYlNPJ_0ZBAzo3ty4xawlBwU149aE7PxcU3eET9T2oMZ4sC7sU9PQos6-6ztdcsqV2fcQHv0qk463FkOkrhbC/s1600/2011+chevrolet+interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBRcoB2r6ojGqAi5hH2o2xmNt7fo4Y-t1JV_hs7WA1c-3fGr_H6mbCbEvYlNPJ_0ZBAzo3ty4xawlBwU149aE7PxcU3eET9T2oMZ4sC7sU9PQos6-6ztdcsqV2fcQHv0qk463FkOkrhbC/s400/2011+chevrolet+interior.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
After the Volt battery drops to a predetermined threshold from its full charge, a small 1.4 liter and 4cylinder IC engine with approx. 80 horse power takes over. It then burns gasoline to power 55 kW/74 HP generator to extend Volts range; the gas engine can engage mechanically to assist propulsion directly. The car also has a regenerative braking system. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Power from the generator is sent primarily to the electric motor, with the surplus recharging the batteries. This process is dependent on the SOC ^ state of charge of the battery pack and the power demanded at the wheels.<br />
It is important to notice that when additional power is needed, i.e. at higher speeds and loads, the gasoline engine can engage mechanically to the output at the transmission to assist both electric motors, taking the series' hybrid to a series-parallel hybrid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='520' height='290' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/5JM8lz5cDSA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Studies have shown that college students who had just recently been rejected by their boyfriends/girlfriends had a strong activity in the part of the brain directly associated with the insular cortex - part that experiences physical pain. Love hurts, literally!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Dr. Jonas Salk, the inventor of vaccine that almost completely eradicated polio - (infectious disease that left tens of millions of its victims paralyzed in different degrees), never patented his invention. His sole intent was to develop a safe and effective vaccine as fast as possible, with no interest in personal monetary gain. When he was asked in a televised interview about the patent ownership, Salk replied: "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?".</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>To all of the nice people that follow me, sorry - I was away without access to internet for the last four days - IN DA WOODZ! :)</i></span>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-18190579552551868462011-05-19T22:01:00.001+02:002011-05-20T22:15:13.622+02:00Most Fuel - Efficient Cars Of 2011 #1<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><b>If you are in the market for a new car, there are several fuel-efficient models out there that will save you money in the long run. As the price of oil rises and/or remains highly volatile and unpredictable, these vehicles rely mainly on electric current to keep them running. Not only are they economical in nature, they also aren't contributing to the environmental pollution and the greenhouse effect. </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Technology involved inside and outside of this car is ranging from advanced telematics system called ‘Carwings’ that detects nearby docking stations on a map, as well as tracking and compiling of data on distance traveled in correlation with the overall energy consumption; to VSP system used to alert pedestrians on the proximity to this quiet electric car; to the remote mobile phone access to vehicles air conditioning and power charging functions. There is also a single solar panel on the back used to power the auxiliary battery. </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><b><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><b><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">- Among other awards and recognition, the Nissan Leaf won the 2010 Green Car Vision Award award, the 2011 European Car of the Year award,the 2011 World Car of the Year, and it ranks as the most efficient EPA certified vehicle for all fuels ever.</span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Here are some videos used to promote 2011 Nissan Leaf. Hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Alarming study led by researcher Daniel Favre found that bees reacted pretty radically in the presence of cell phones placed in vicinity of their hives. The bees seem to have sensed the signals transmitted when the phone rang, and they also produced a heavy buzzing noise during the calls. The frequency of calls seems to have confused bees into a state of erratic flight patterns, and, as study demonstrated, their buzzing sounds increased ten-fold when the phones were in call or ringing mode, but remained normal when they were not in use.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">“It is apparent that cell phone signals cause bees to become lost and disoriented, and sometimes to assemble into a swarm. A minute or so after the phones are shut off, everything seems to go back to normal”, said Dr. Daniel Favre. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Popularization and acceptance of mobile phones as a personal device for the last fifteen years is largely coinciding with the huge decline of bee populations in the northern hemisphere. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Why should we be alarmed?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Bees are a major pollinator. In the U.S. alone they are responsible for 30% of the food production. Bee populations dropped 17% in the UK last year, according to the British Bee Association, and nearly 30 percent in the United States according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Andrew Goldsworthy, a biologist from the UK's Imperial College, London, has studied the biological effects of electromagnetic fields. He thinks too that it’s possible bees could be affected by cell phone radiation.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUr8M-7zJje6jScWADMIFUsyYtq7Pfk9tAz0oeRAZEEKRjXOZyGDPIB0VOQECl14GP0gnnWsmeiOf4UfZTJH97aX_7foh8qC0hQX9hl_fkN0_NAK2dohgbHSqI-D34bD5Vk4ZCwWEa_Jk/s1600/bee2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUr8M-7zJje6jScWADMIFUsyYtq7Pfk9tAz0oeRAZEEKRjXOZyGDPIB0VOQECl14GP0gnnWsmeiOf4UfZTJH97aX_7foh8qC0hQX9hl_fkN0_NAK2dohgbHSqI-D34bD5Vk4ZCwWEa_Jk/s320/bee2.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">The reason, Goldsworthy says, could be associated with a pigment in bees called cryptochrome.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Animals, including insects, use cryptochrome for navigation.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">They use it to sense the direction of the Earth's magnetic field and their ability to do this is compromised by radiation from cell phones and their base stations. Due to this factor bees have hard time finding their way home.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Goldsworthy has written to the UK communications regulator, suggesting that a change of phone frequencies could stop this confusion that bees experience.</span></span></div>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-29623194900090014502011-05-16T20:56:00.002+02:002011-05-16T21:03:23.107+02:00Solar powered Fujitsu laptop - Green design.<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lifebook Leaf is a concept laptop that embodies the latest environment-friendly trends in technology to renovate the production of laptops in the future. This laptop, conceptualized by designers Laura Karnath and Carl Burdick, was shortlisted from more than 1000 designs submitted for the “Fujitsu design award: A life with future computing”, organized by <a href="http://www.designboom.com/eng/">Designboom</a> in collaboration with Fujitsu.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The laptop runs on solar power. It consists of one OLED touchscreen that can be spread out as a flat display, or folded like a laptop. OLED displays function without a backlight, giving them the freedom to be thinner and less heavy than liquid crystal displays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4ziZfKLHRHox6dzZLxGPzh9jsZHnDV2d5-t1owlZuX4bLpCBLGjBsxDBvwAEp-y8yJg_GMFXsX2kTFXdLwwOChjmoglfzV5w5pFQYPyh99TbMRB6ehyphenhyphen3WwkExQfcy60cEQJ67cxmexAL/s1600/0019453571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4ziZfKLHRHox6dzZLxGPzh9jsZHnDV2d5-t1owlZuX4bLpCBLGjBsxDBvwAEp-y8yJg_GMFXsX2kTFXdLwwOChjmoglfzV5w5pFQYPyh99TbMRB6ehyphenhyphen3WwkExQfcy60cEQJ67cxmexAL/s400/0019453571.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #6aa84f;">How does OLED work?</div>A Layer of organic material is sandwiched between two conductors - (an anode and a cathode), which in turn are sandwiched between a glass top plate “seal” and a glass bottom plate “substrate”. When electric Current is applied to the two conductors, a bright, electro-luminescent light is produced directly from the organic material.<br />
<div style="color: #6aa84f;">Why is OLED technology “the future of displays”?</div>Blazing fast response times, wide viewing angles, exceptional color reproduction, outstanding Contrast levels, and high Brightness. The nature of its technology lends itself to extremely thin and lightweight designs along with the ability to use it in a variety of different applications. <br />
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-<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To prevent scratches on the touchscreens folded on the inside, the interior of laptop is made from rubber. It's exterior is made from polycarbonate, a material known to be optically sensitive and shatterproof. The exterior doubles up a solar cell that can be charged when the device is folded open and placed upside down.</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To communicate with other devices, the laptop integrates a 4G adapter for wireless Internet access. A small OLED panel located at the back of the device alerts users of messages or alerts received during charging. A waterproof zipper prevents damage caused by contact with water.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Here they are, apparently catching hypothermia in some nordic, middle of nowhere woods in Sweden.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I will post two of their / in my opinion / best singles, followed by couple of kewl remixes. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Miike Snow - Black and Blue</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Miike Snow - Silvia</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black and Blue - Caspa Remix</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The White River flood is part of the larger Mississippi River flooding that has already reached historic levels. Economists are currently estimating billions of dollars in damages.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gloria Allred always championed controversy. Some of her famous lawsuits include suing the Boy Scouts for not allowing girls take membership, and KMART for having a boys toy section and a girls toy section. She referred to the Boy Scout’s policy of admitting only boys as "gender apartheid".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Numerous times she was quoted saying that George W. Bush is “president select”, and has once called a Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom”.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">During the days of the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, Allred accused Arnold Schwarzenegger of being a Nazi sympathizer by stating that there were "six million reasons not to vote for him". No allegations of Schwarzenegger ties to Nazism have ever been substantiated.</span>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-74646937485907347232011-05-14T00:18:00.003+02:002011-05-14T01:57:46.014+02:00Eye Candy and some serious retrospecting.<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">college related stuff...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">chilled at work</span>...<br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">had a jury duty...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">taught someone illiterate to read...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">experienced weightlessness...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">learned how to juggle with 3 balls...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">made love on your kitchen floor...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">made love to another person on your kitchen floor...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">reflected on your greatest weakness, and realized how it was your greatest strength...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">farted in a crowded space and just walked away, like nothing major happened...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">realized that Sausage McMuffin gives your flatulence lethal degree of toxicity...</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 190%;">☣</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">none of the above - you are BOSS...</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just to remind you, this power plant was heavily damaged this March, after which it started leaking radiation. Damage was caused by a tsunami - triggered by a massive <span lang="EN-US">8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck about 400 km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Mr.</span><span lang="EN-US"> Kan</span><span lang="EN-US"> said in news conference that nuclear and fossil fuel used to be the only pillars of Japanese energy policy, but now the government will add two more pillars: renewable energy such as solar, wind and biomass, and and will increase it's focus on conservation. "We will thoroughly ensure safety for nuclear power generation and make efforts to further promote renewable energy, an area where Japan has lagged", he said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On Friday, Prime Minister Kan asked Chubu Electric Power to halt operations at its plant in Hamaoka (120 miles south of Tokyo).</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mr Naoto Kan said that three reactors sit in an area due for an earthquake, and new safety measures need to be put in place.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This shutdown may result in power disruptions to very important manufacturers including Toyota Motor. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Chubu Electric stock fell as much as 14% at one point on Monday, pulling with it other major electricity and gas shares.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_TjfD1euEcjUwWO9d006vIbmzE47o4b6rsx7m_gUTMW09I28EVCNTYbvy6w9BMqg2b8AFSt2fakVEXmwaWpRVhI-5e9rs_-I-RBII8fiIsjN7JtggAZzsmfulA0hjvFdyGnJEypSpA21/s1600/Japanese.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_TjfD1euEcjUwWO9d006vIbmzE47o4b6rsx7m_gUTMW09I28EVCNTYbvy6w9BMqg2b8AFSt2fakVEXmwaWpRVhI-5e9rs_-I-RBII8fiIsjN7JtggAZzsmfulA0hjvFdyGnJEypSpA21/s1600/Japanese.gif" /></a></div></div>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-77098178049804654602011-05-09T14:55:00.005+02:002011-05-09T17:51:49.645+02:00History of Noble Metals. Part Two: Spanish Doubloon.<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This coin has a rich history indeed. It was used as official currency in the period between the beginning of 16th and the middle of 19th century in Spain, and all of it’s colonies. Given the fact that it was made almost out of pure gold, it had a real value in countries where it wasn’t even a legal tender. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today, it is most readily associated with pirates that sailed and plundered trading ships off the coasts of both Americas and west Europe. Since it was a Spanish coin, it often found its way into treasure booty of English pirate buccaneers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I will give an example here how salvage divers, led by underwater explorer Barry Clifford - recovered 4,131 pieces of eight, and undisclosed amount of doubloons in the wreck of “Black Sam” Bellamy’s pirate galley Whydah, just off the shore of Cape Cod. It is interesting also to mention that Whydah was originally built to sail as a heavily-armed trading and transport ship for use in the Atlantic slave trade. It was supposed to carry goods from England to Africa and trade them for slaves, then sail to Caribbean to trade slaves for precious metals, medical ingredients, sugar and indigo, and finally ,sail back to England with all this cargo on board. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At the time, slave trader Whydah was navigating somewhere between island of Cuba and Hispaniola, when Black Sam first spotted it. There was a 3 day long chase, in which Bellamy's 2 ships, (a 26 cannon galley named Sultana and 10 gun converted sloop Marianne), finally caught up to the Whydah and made it's captain surrender it without resistance. Sam Bellamy short after made Whydah his flagship - and it remained so all the way to the end of his pirate escapades. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Doubloon was minted and stamped into a coin from 22 karat - almost pure - gold, and hence it was ordinarily referred to as a “gold piece”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It draws it’s name from Spanish word doblón, meaning "double" - it was worth 2 pistole, which was worth 2 escudo. One escudo was worth 16 reale, and 8 reale was also called a dollar, peso, or duro. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Most coins of that era were circular, but, initially they were hand stamped and therefore irregular in shape. The weight of the gold in coin is what mattered the most. If they weighed too much after the minting, small bits were cut off around the edges to make them roughly, (in case of the doubloon), 6.77 grams, or 0.218 ounces heavy.</span>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-58251256442910340972011-05-08T11:52:00.000+02:002011-05-08T11:52:40.631+02:00This is madness - 100!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1KXikG1hHkwbdHhsiysw0dxLPFoKa8Fi8C1cSkfGHOYzm0p6RN8kfUDRf_UF-mXSMeSxme4RkJ9nspzZxF-yg7N4tWV9dvuILPN2xDnU9X6sJCndN9GTZJwq4MNGnHETSJOtNv6tRA_8/s1600/100+sonny%2521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1KXikG1hHkwbdHhsiysw0dxLPFoKa8Fi8C1cSkfGHOYzm0p6RN8kfUDRf_UF-mXSMeSxme4RkJ9nspzZxF-yg7N4tWV9dvuILPN2xDnU9X6sJCndN9GTZJwq4MNGnHETSJOtNv6tRA_8/s320/100+sonny%2521.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">← <span style="font-size: small;">His avatar pic is what seventy year old grandmothers of nine, </span>and great grandmothers of two fap to. </div><div class="MsoNormal">-How do I know they do that, you ask?!</div><div class="MsoNormal">Well, lets not go there. I'm still kind of traumatized, as well as partially blind due to the fact...</div><div class="MsoNormal">Grandma, If you're reading this, I still <3 you! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">All kidding aside, this Justin Beaver - senior :) has a really good blog where he gives great motivational advices and guidelines that we should all apply in our day to day routines and practices - if we really want to succeed in life that is. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Check him out here </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://eensgezind.blogspot.com/">http://eensgezind.blogspot.com</a> - His blogspot has an interesting name too: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">! This really grinds my gear ! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">A site about my though's, motivational's and giving you a brighter look at life.</span></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anyways, thank you all so much for following my posts and giving your awesome comments, it means a great deal to me. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">See you all at "300 hundred" post, I hope! :) </span></span><br />
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</div>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-8065597760224396812011-05-07T10:11:00.001+02:002011-05-07T13:35:21.277+02:00Back to the future. Some urban ideas.<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span lang="EN-US">World population is growing rapidly, and the land we live on is becoming more and more scarce. Architects and scientists are constantly trying to find more ways to build upwards instead of outwards. They are also trying to combine comfortable standard of living with energy and environment friendly designs. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span lang="EN-US">I will be showing you here a couple of truly innovative ideas and solutions on how our future urban landscapes might look like.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Maybe you have heard of a saying “as rich as Caesar”?! The original saying actually is “as rich as Croesus”, - it has been ever since ancient times. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Often nowadays people use Caesar’s name instead of Croesus, possibly because it is much harder to pronounce, and it is less recognizable. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">King Croesus was the last king of Lydia (560 – 546 B.C.E). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Greatly due to his conquests and trade practices, Croesus was revered by many of his contemporaries as the wealthiest man on earth. Historically, the legend of the immenseness of his wealth is shadowed only by his merit in issuing the first standard purity gold coin - used in general circulation. The coin itself was a crude mix, so called electrum, which is a naturally occurring pallid yellow alloy of silver and gold. It has been also produced artificially during history. Lydian’s and other ancient people referred to it as “white gold”, as opposed to “refined gold”. In 546 B.C.E Croesus was defeated and captured by Persians, who then adopted gold as the predominant metal in their coins.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Although Croesus had subjugated the Ionian city-states, he was friendly to the Greeks, making salient and grand offerings to their oracles.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Herodotus, (</span>ancient Hellenic historian),<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> is in large responsible for the legendary stories involving this Lydian king. According to one, the Athenian Solon once advised Croesus that no man could be deemed happy, despite his riches, until he finished his life happily. Later, after Croesus had already been defeated by Persian ruler Cyrus the II, and sentenced to be burned alive, he allegedly cried out Solon’s name three times from the burning pyre. Cyrus, moved by king’s explanation, sympathetically spared his captive’s life, just to become his friend and ally later on. The myth, however, is chronologically impossible, and it is only one of the legends relating to this very real Midas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-8915801642363703752011-05-03T09:27:00.002+02:002011-05-03T09:32:07.400+02:00Random - Interesting Facts - part one.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The engines for the early Ford cars were made by the Dodge brothers - before they finally decided to establish their own automobile company in 1914.</span> </span><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Henry Ford produced the model T in 1908 in black color only - because the black paint available at the time dried the fastest. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ford’s model T, (a.k.a. Tin Lizzie), is regarded as “the first affordable automobile in history”.</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Almost 85 percent of all car parts are recyclable! In fact, automobiles are the most recycled consumer product today. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Car engines, doors, transmissions, and many other parts are completely re-manufactured or "rebuilt" to fit new cars. Tires are often recycled to become brake pedals and even floor mats. Steel found in just six cars is enough to build a brand new house when recycled, the steel framing, of course. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">This industry is huge, it accounts for 25 billion dollars in revenue each year.</span></div><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">First just to say that this is a bona fide charity endorsed by United Nations World Food Program - <a href="http://wfp.org/">wfp.org</a>.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Since its inception, the site has expanded from the first English vocabulary to offering a range of subjects including art, chemistry, math, language learning and geography. The quizzes have many levels to choose from, and up at the higher end they are seriously hard. That means anyone can learn something here while donating to a noble cause. </span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"></span> </span></b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">*Sponsored banners displayed on correct answers pay for the rice donated.</span></b></div><br />
<b><span lang="SH" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Over 90 billion grains of rice have been donated so far through <a href="http://freerice.com/" style="color: #cc0000;">freerice.com</a>, which means that dozens of millions of people have already played it since 2007.</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.freerice.com/">http://www.freerice.com/</a>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-41833113123968256322011-05-01T13:30:00.003+02:002011-05-01T14:02:09.798+02:00Arnold Schwarzenegger is back!<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Schwarzenegger is going to flex acting abilities </b><b>again- </b><b> in his first movie since 2003, a film called “Cry Macho”, where he will play a horse breeder who springs into action, /hopefully/ like 10 minutes into the movie. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>For his comeback, Guvernator worked out a nice deal - $10 million upfront and 25% first dollar gross on the back end – a pretty penny, even for our hero. </b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I don’t want to spoil the movie for you by revealing the actual plot, but, I will confirm that “Cry Macho” will carry on an already established tradition of superb acting performances followed by Arnold’s Shakespearean monologues, something we can all reminiscent to by watching this </span></b></span>▼.<br />
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</div>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-12791619455336926572011-04-30T21:31:00.004+02:002011-05-01T00:17:49.108+02:00Will Two and a Half Men show continue without Charlie Sheen?<b>Apparently, there is a deadline of two and a half weeks -(how appropriate)-left for Warner Brothers TV and CBS to decide on the fate of "Two and a Half Men". CBS company will be revealing their fall schedule for advertisers on 18th of this May in New York. This deadline lingers over the network and it's producer, Sheen's arch nemesis Chuck Lorre, to develop a sort of a warlock free version of the sitcom, or to just kill off what has been a hugely lucrative enterprise for everyone.</b><br />
<b>There are some names being tossed out there as possible replacements for Charlie. Actors like John Stamos, Rob Lowe and Jay Mohr have been in the loop so far.</b><br />
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<b>Sheen has been reaping 1.8 million per episode, and "Men" were being constantly ranked as the number one show on TV, prior to incidents that put our "winner" and Lorre into this bitter feud.</b><br />
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<b>As Charlie, aka Mr. Estevez, leads his legal battles against Lorre and Warner, I guess I will just sit tight and look forward to "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" episodes. :)</b><br />
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<blockquote style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>A father's life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children.- </i>That would be a short synopsis of this new movie that comes to theaters on 29 July 2011. With all star cast of Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, and ofc., our Dunder Mifflin employee of the year and 7 Dundie awards holder - Mr. Steve Carell himself.</b><b> This is definitely one movie you don't wanna miss this summer. </b></span></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>VenomForMasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12319651464608193419noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265765456520997561.post-9525455129352774352011-04-29T15:46:00.002+02:002011-04-29T17:16:44.376+02:00A few facts about British Royal Wedding; and some other "trivia".<div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>A joyous hour has arrived. British Royal Wedding at the Westminster Abby between prince William and Kate Middleton <--(lol - a commoner). As hundreds of millions of people all around the world tune in to watch the event, I myself decide to publish few estimates - in order to put things in sort of a real world perspective.</b></i></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding is costing an estimated $34 million.</b></span><br />
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<div style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">More than 1.2 billion people, that is one in every five on Earth, survive on less than $1 a day.</span></b></span></div><b style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">In total, 2.7 billion struggle to survive on less than two dollars per day.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kate Middleton's engagement ring is the same ring that Diana, Princess of Wales, wore in 1981. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It cost £30,000 at the time and is made from 14 diamonds encircling a sapphire.</b></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Diamond fueled wars have killed over 4 million people, destroyed countries, and displaced millions more</b>.</span></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Blood diamonds are not a problem of the past; blood diamonds from West Africa are</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> currently reaching international markets. The UN recently reported $23 million in blood</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> diamonds from the Ivory Coast are being smuggled into international diamond markets. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Diamonds</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> have fueled the conflict in the Congo (DRC), the bloodiest war since WWII. Armed violence and</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> human rights abuses continue over control of diamonds mines in eastern Congo. As the brutal</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> conflict in Sierra Leone shows, even a small amount of conflict diamonds can wreak enormous</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> havoc in a country. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kate Middleton's wedding gown costs $434,000.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>More than </b></span><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">2,2 million people die each year from diseases caused by polluted water.</span> </b></span></span></span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It costs just about <span style="font-size: large;">5000$</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> to donate a fully functional and long lasting water well for an African village through </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://thewaterproject.org/">thewaterproject.org</a><span style="color: #cc0000;">. Each well can then serve approx 500 people a day for dozens of years. Kate's gown that she will wear for just couple of hours is worth 86 life saving water wells.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>British people are projected to spend £163million on Wills and Kate souvenirs like painted china and coffee mugs</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The GDP -Gross Domestic Product- of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people), is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined. </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">($60 million) just last year the Royal Family harvested in taxes from the UK tax payers. British Royal Family's net worth is impossible to calculate due to it's vast spread. Some estimate that the total sum is close to a trillion dollars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Every seven seconds one child under the age of five will die from causes related to hunger in the world.</span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And this post was supposed to be all about them. :(</span></td></tr>
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