Archive for November, 2010
World’s top 10 airlines and best airlines for international travel
air More than 17.9 million air travellers from over 100 different nationalities took part in a 10-month survey between July 2009 and April 2010 to choose the world’s best airline.At the Skytrax 2010 World Airline Awards, that took place in Hamburg, 40 different airlines from around the world... [Read More]
Neptune is the outermost planet of the gas giants.
neptune-planet Neptune is the outermost planet of the gas giants. It has an equatorial diameter of 49,500 kilometers (30,760 miles). If Neptune were hollow, it could contain nearly 60 Earths. Neptune orbits the Sun every 165 years. It has eight moons, six of which were found by Voyager. A day on Neptune... [Read More]
Rio Looks to Next Targets After Taking Key Slum
rio de janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio’s top security official hailed the taking by authorities of what was long the most dangerous slum in the city that will host the 2016 Olympics, as operations continued Monday to locate drug gang members thought to be hiding inside. Meanwhile authorities,... [Read More]
Weight Watchers Unveils New Points Program
NewWalmartMirror Weight Watchers International (WTW) unveiled the successor to its iconic calorie-counting Points program. The PointsPlus program will not only identify the number of calories in a foodstuff, but also favor food that the body works harder to convert into energy and steer the weight-conscious... [Read More]
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and is the third largest in the solar system.
uranus It was discovered by William Herschel in 1781. It has an equatorial diameter of 51,800 kilometers (32,190 miles) and orbits the Sun once every 84.01 Earth years. It has a mean distance from the Sun of 2.87 billion kilometers (1.78 billion miles). It rotates about its axis once every 17 hours... [Read More]
Twitter name @theashes brings cricket fame to US woman
the-ashes A woman in the US has made headlines after complaining about cricket messages sent to her Twitter account, which is named @theashes. The woman says she knows nothing about cricket but has received scores of tweets about the Ashes contest between Australia and England. She finally complained... [Read More]
Haiti’s elections descended into chaos as 12 of the 18 presidential candidates denounced “massive fraud” and street protests erupted over voting problems.
HaitiVoters Ballot boxes were ripped up and voting papers strewn in the streets, polling stations opened late and were ransacked, and voters could not find their names on lists. The 12 politicians gathered in a hotel ballroom in the capital Port-au-Prince to join hands, denounce Jude Celestin, the chosen... [Read More]
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in the solar system with an equatorial diameter of 119,300 kilometers
saturnopposition Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in the solar system with an equatorial diameter of 119,300 kilometers (74,130 miles). Much of what is known about the planet is due to the Voyager explorations in 1980-81. Saturn is visibly flattened at the poles, a result... [Read More]
The game could have a huge bearing on the title battle
It is still early in the season, of course, but a game that will be watched by millions worldwide could have a huge bearing on a title battle that was only ever going to involve two teams.Unbeaten in all competitions, Real Madrid lead La Liga having won 10 and drawn two but Barcelona remain just a... [Read More]
Can Air India overcome the crisis?
Recently, the independent directors on the company’s board demanded the removal of Pawan Arora, the boss of Air India Express, the low-cost arm of the airline, for misrepresenting facts. The directive was opposed by Chief Operating Officer Gustav Baldauf who told Jadhav the procedure was not... [Read More]
jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and is the largest planet in the solar system
Jupiter-wide jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and is the largest planet in the solar system. If Jupiter were hollow, more than one thousand Earths could fit inside. It also contains two and a half times the mass of all the other planets combined. It has a mass of 1.9 x 1027 kg and is 142,800... [Read More]
Leslie Nielsen, star of ‘Airplane!’ and ‘Naked Gun,’ dead at 84
leslie-nielsen Naked Gun, Airplane actor Leslie Nielsen dies,Leslie Nielsen, whose longtime career as a dramatic actor took a sudden turn into comedy with spoofs like “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun,” has died at age 84, his family said Sunday. The Canadian-born Nielsen’s... [Read More]
President Lee Myung-bak on Monday condemned North Korea’s deadly shelling of a South Korean border island as an “inhumane crime”
Delivering a televised speech to the nation, Lee offered a rare public apology for the government’s much-criticized response to a rain of North Korean artillery shells on Yeonpyeong Island near the tense Yellow Sea border on Nov. 23. President Lee Myung-bak speaks in a televised speech. The president... [Read More]
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is commonly referred to as the Red Planet
mars Before space exploration, Mars was considered the best candidate for harboring extraterrestrial life. Astronomers thought they saw straight lines crisscrossing its surface. This led to the popular belief that irrigation canals on the planet had been constructed by intelligent beings. In 1938, when... [Read More]
Iphone 3G/3GS Unlock and Update: iOS 4.2.1 using Ultrasn0w 1.2 Now Released!
unlock-i-phone The iPhone Dev Team has released the updated version of the unlocking tool called Ultrasn0w carrier that can unlock the latest IOS 4.2.1 and 4.1 firmware for iPhone 3G and 3G bands base by 13 / 05/2004. Since the iPhone baseband has 4 different OS, it takes a little longer to Dev Team... [Read More]
The Chinese-based Economy Daily News has reported over the weekend that Apple will add five new features to its second generation of iPadApple plans five new features for iPad 2
ipad-facetime The Chinese-based Economy Daily News has reported over the weekend that Apple will add five new features to its second generation of iPad. Citing unnamed industry sources, the paper says video phone, better mobility, USB port, new display technology and three-axis gyroscopes are the new... [Read More]
Earth, our planet appears to be big and sturdy with an endless ocean of air. From space, astronauts often get the impression that the Earth is small with a thin, fragile layer of atmosphere
Earth from moon From the perspective we get on Earth, our planet appears to be big and sturdy with an endless ocean of air. From space, astronauts often get the impression that the Earth is small with a thin, fragile layer of atmosphere. For a space traveler, the distinguishing Earth features are the... [Read More]
Pro-West parties take setback in early Moldova election results
moldova-people The polls are closed and the votes are being tallied in the former Soviet state of Moldova after it held its third parliamentary election in two years on Sunday. The election pits the ruling Alliance for European Integration, a loose coalition of liberal-leaning parties, against a Communist... [Read More]
Walmart Cyber Monday Deals ToysRUs Black Friday and Walmart Thanksgiving Day Sale to start Midnight Tonight
Cyber Monday has arrived and in 2010 there are a world of bargains, available to the Cyber Monday online deal hunter. There is massive competition between online stores for the deepest deals, and the coupons that give the most savingsdiscount. The internet world is going crazy with websites dedicated... [Read More]
Venus, the jewel of the sky, was once know by ancient astronomers as the morning star and evening star.
venus Venus, the jewel of the sky, was once know by ancient astronomers as the morning star and evening star. Early astronomers once thought Venus to be two separate bodies. Venus, which is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, is veiled by thick swirling cloud cover. Astronomers refer... [Read More]
Mercury was named by the Romans after the fleet-footed messenger of the gods because it seemed to move more quickly than any other planet
Crescent-Mercury If an explorer were to step onto the surface of Mercury, he would discover a world resembling lunar terrain. Mercury’s rolling, dust-covered hills have been eroded from the constant bombardment of meteorites. Fault-cliffs rise for several kilometers in height and extend for hundreds... [Read More]
Birth of the Solar System
Birth of the Solar System,The Solar System’s birth was far from peaceful. Witness the spectacular explosion known as the “Big Bang”. ...
TED Baillieu and the Coalition looked set to oust the Brumby government last night as Labor suffered crushing swings against it in many seats.
baillieu TED Baillieu and the Coalition looked set to oust the Brumby government last night as Labor suffered crushing swings against it in many seats. At 9pm last night, Labor leader John Brumby had not conceded defeat, however poll watchers were predicting it would be almost impossible for the government... [Read More]
The Sun is the most prominent feature in our solar system. It is the largest object and contains approximately 98% of the total solar system mass.
Sunrise The Sun is the most prominent feature in our solar system. It is the largest object and contains approximately 98% of the total solar system mass. One hundred and nine Earths would be required to fit across the Sun’s disk, and its interior could hold over 1.3 million Earths. The Sun’s... [Read More]
