Torturing an Eagle 1
Here is a pet market… In cages are partridges, they are bought for beautiful singing, wood pigeons are bought to be eaten.  At one of the stumps some guys were standing and laughing - there an eagle was being tortured…

The owner shows the wingspread and offers to buy a bird for 50 dollars.
Torturing an Eagle 3
Near is another bird.

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The Airport as Pilots See It 1
Pilots attend a medical examination, flight briefing, obtain an outbound clearance and do many other things at the airport. See what they usually do in detail.
Pilots enter a service building through a separate entrance in the airport terminal. The airport is divided into two areas - “normally occupied” and “nonoccupied” ones. “Normally occupied” area is an area inside the airport, in order to get there it’s necessary to pass checking. All other part of the building is called “Nonoccupied” area.
The Airport as Pilots See It 3
Right after the checking all the crew should attend a medical examination.
The Airport as Pilots See It 4
Here pilots receive a flight assignment where all other information about the flight is noted. Medical examination must be attended not sooner than 2 hours before departure and not later than 1 hour. A doctor measures pressure and takes a pulse rate. He assesses a pilot’s condition and in case he has any suspicion additional tests may be taken.
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Guido Daniele is an artist who lives and works in Milan, Italy. He was born in Soverato. In 1972, he graduated from Brera School of Arts, majoring in sculpture and then attended the Tankas school in Dharamsalawent, India until 1974. He has worked as a hyper-realistic illustrator, co-operating with editing and advertising companies, innovating with airbrush and testing out various painting techniques.When Italian artist Guido Daniele was hired by an advertising agency to create body painting of animals, he loved the idea.
“I researched each animal in depth to see how I could transfer it to a hand, and then set about bringing it to life.”
The hardest part of his job is watching his creations disappear down the drain after they’re photographed. “I’m getting used to it,” Daniele shrugs. “At least I get to start each day with a fresh canvas.” Guido was the 2007 Hero of the Year. An award given to him by the Animal Planet television network.



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1. The flyby problem


When scientists send their spacecraft across the universe, they save fuel by performing “slingshot fly-bys”. This is where, rather than firing up the thrusters, the craft changes its trajectory by harnessing the enormous gravitational pull of a planet. However, this trick has had an unexpected side-effect: it seems to produce a change in speed that no one can account for. In 1998, for example, NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft had its speed boosted by an additional 13.5 millimetres per second. There are many examples of this, but no explanation – which raises the tantalising possibility that it could be a sign that a whole new branch of physics is waiting to be discovered.

2. Morgellons Disease

Morgellon’s disease report extreme tiredness, itches and rashes, and fibres growing out from their skin. The official line is that this is a mental illness, however: the medical literature has Morgellons down as “unexplained dermopathy” or “delusional parasitosis”. Though it was described by an English doctor 300 years ago, there were no documented cases until one 2002. Since then, however, reportings of the disease have boomed. Many researchers put this down to hypochondriacs reading about the disease on the internet.


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Guatemala Sinkhole
Guatemala Sinkhole. Image via AP
Imagine walking down the street, minding your own business, when suddenly the earth begins to shake and fold in. Imagine that the very ground you stand on is disintegrating beneath your feet, being devoured by a giant hole. No - this isn’t some lewd joke about Paris Hilton or something from Return of the Jedi. No, today we’re going to explore the phenomenon of sinkholes and some of the most incredible and destructive examples.
Before we go into them however, you’ll probably need a bit of amateur scientific background from me. In short, sinkholes form when the bedrock or soil underneath subsides, forcing the topsoil (or in many cases concrete) to collapse. They can be exceptionally large (several hundred meters in diameter and depth) and can swallow everything directly above. So, without further ado, here are five giant holes that devoured everything around them.

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No.10 – Google is buying black fiber

Though the mysterious name makes it sound like some kind of serpentine spy network, “dark fibre” is just unused fibre-optic cable that’s been lying dormant since tech boom companies failed to make any use of it. However, before you say “Oh, well that’s OK,” consider that Google could be planning on creating its own IP network or maybe offering nationwide free Wi-Fi as it does in its hometown of Mountain View. On one hand, hooray, free Wi-Fi! On the other hand, what kind of catastrophic effects would it have on the economy if Google single-handedly leveled the telecom industry?

No.9 – Google destroys libraries

Geoff Nunberg labeled Google Books “The Last Library,” a pretty dire term for Google’s massive project to scan and index the contents of millions of books. The company had to pay a $125 million (USA) settlement in 2008, after a lawsuit accused it of infringing on authors’ and publishers’ copyrights. The Department of Justice is investigating exactly how legal the settlement was, and whether or not it violates the Sherman Antitrust Act, given that it grants Google (and nobody else) an eternal license to sell books whose authors can’t be located.

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10.Millennium Force

Millennium force stands taller than 300 feet at its highest point, reaches speeds of 93 mph, and is considered to be the tallest circuit roller coaster in the world. It is located at Cedar point in San dusky, Ohio US.

9. The Steel Dragon

The name was derived from “The Year of the Dragon”. The track is the longest in the world measuring 8133 feet in length. It is located at Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in Mie Prefacture, Japan.

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Anyone who experienced the Japanese trains has a story to tell… There are hundreds of stories about the punctuality, the speed or the cleanness of the Japanese trains. Nevertheless, what makes the Japanese trains so different? Of course, there’s no simple answer… but I’ll present you with some facts that may give an over-all picture…
Japanese Trains
Yamanote (green) & Keihin-Tohoku (blue) commuter trains near Akihabara Station
1. The Cooperation between Japanese Train Manufacturers
Let’s start with the beginning, the factories. What can be different about them? The technology involved? Maybe, but not only…
Taking into account just the high-speed trains, while the lead manufacturers from the rest of the world are competing with each other, researching and developing their own products (e.g. Alstom with the TGV, Siemens with the ICE ), in Japan the train manufacturers have been closely cooperating ever since the first Shinkansen was produced, in 1964.
Shinkansen Series 0
Shinkansen 0 Series, image via Wikipedia
The first Shinkansen (0 Series) was produced by a group of 6 different manufacturers (Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Sharyo, Kinki Sharyo, Kisha, Hitachi and Tokyu Car Corporation) some of them competitors on the same market.
This cooperation led to many advantages but most significant is the fact that the Japanese trains are by far the most reliable trains in the world. In 2007, compared to the reliability of the French TGV trains, the Shinkansen trains scored 60 times better…


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Romain Jerome
Romain Jerome is a Swiss watch-making brand that became worldwide famous for creating the emblematic DNA-Famous Legends Collection. One of the first in the collection of DNA of Famous Legends were watches Titanic DNA with the body of rusted steel from the Titanic. Watches from next collection – Moon Dust-DNA – was created using fragments of the Apollo XI and the Soyuz spacecrafts; dials with mineral structure containing Moon dust. Today we want to show you last collection based on the erupting Eyjafjallajökull volcano. There’s no information about price, but the watch is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity confirming that the volcanic rock and the ash do indeed come from the Eyjafjalljökull volcano.

 
Romain Jerome Eyjafjalljökull Volcano-DNA


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Back Ends of Buses......................(busad6.jpg)
Traditionally, the back end of a bus isn't much to look at. But seeing as we often spend hours behind them, waiting and waiting for traffic to move, it makes sense to spruce them up a little. And when the sprucing is done with a little humor, the results can be very striking. Read on...
Back Ends of Buses......................(busad1.jpg)

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Martin Naughton

$1.5 billion
Glen Dimplex
Ireland
Press-shy aeronautical engineer built world's largest manufacturer of electrical heating appliances (stoves, electrical fireplaces, space heaters, decorative fires, water heaters). Founded Glen Electric in 1973; acquired Dimplex four years later. Became sole owner of Glen Dimplex in 2003.






Min Kao

$1.6 billion
Garmin
U.S.
With partner Gary Burrell, launched GPS-device designer that became Garmin in 1989. Started marketing navigation units to directionally challenged drivers in 1998. Garmin's biggest retailer: Best Buy.





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How to Cook an Egg with your Mobile Phone

We need:
1) One egg and 2 mobiles
2) 65 minutes to call from one phone to the other
3) Set up something like in the graphic

We’ll initiate the call between the mobiles to last for 65 min approximately;
Nothing will happen on the first 15 minutes…

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