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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Lawak: Janji 

Sepasang kekasih sedang bercakap di telefon dengan mesra. Si pemuda melontarkan ayat-ayat power

Dollah : "Sayangku, engkau tidak usah meragukan cintaku kepadamu. Apa pun yang terjadi aku tetap mencintaimu. Tak ada yang bisa menghalanginya."

Tipah : "Ah, abang tipuuu...."

Dollah : "Sumpah sayang, Lautan dalam pun akan kuselami demi cintaku kepadamu"

Tipah : "Hhmmm..."

Dollah : "Lebarnya lautan akan kuseberangi demi cintaku kepadamu.."

Tipah : "Hhhmmmm..."

Dollah : "Lautan api akan ku renang demi cintaku padamu"

Tipah : "Terima kasih, kekasihku. Sekarang, marilah kesini.. saya rindu nak bertemu..."

Dollah : "Hmm, sayangku. Maaf, kalau sekarang tidak boleh, sekarangkan sedang hujan.
Sedangkan kereta abang baru saja dibasuh tadi...!"

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Lawak; HyperAktif 


Joyah mempunyai 3 orang anak yang hiper aktif.
Suatu pagi dia bermain "Polis dan Penjahat" bersama anak2 nya...

Seorang anaknya menembak Joyah dan berteriak, "Bang! Mama mati."

Sally terhempas ke tanah dan dia tidak segera bangun.

Seorang jirannya yang kebetulan melihat kejadian itu segera berlari
mendekati Joyah untuk melihat apakah dia mengalami kecederaan
ketika jatuh tadi.

Ketika jirannya membongkokkan badannya, Joyah yang keletihan ini
membuka salah satu matanya dan berkata,

"Shhh. Saya tidak apa-apa... tidak usah pedulikan saya.
Ini satu-satunya kesempatan saya untuk beristirahat sejenak sepanjang
hari ini."

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Lawak: NYANYUK 

Pada suatu malam seorang profesor yang pelupa dan nyanyuk pulang lambat.
Ketika hendak membuka pintu, dia sedar bahawa dia tidak membawa kunci rumah.
Akhirnya dia mengetuk-ngetuk pintu rumahnya hingga isterinya terbangun dan membukakan pintu.
Kerana kegelapan, si isteri tidak dapat mengenali si profesor itu adalah suaminya.
Lalu si isteri berkata,

"Maaf Encik, ... Profesor belum balik... dia tidak ada di rumah."

Profesor pelupa itu menjawab,
"oo.. takpe lah, kalau begitu saya akan datang semula esok. Terima kasih puan!"

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Monday, May 28, 2007

Engrish 







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Sunday, May 27, 2007

Cat cares for puppies 



Taking care : A cat nurses a puppy near the town of Mamurras, 50 km from capital Tirana. The cat, which had lost her kitten, started caring for the puppy after the mother was killed by a car accident.(AFP/Gent Shkullaku)

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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Where else but Roswell? Alien theme park 

By TIM KORTE, Associated Press Writer
Businesses here have been cashing in on the UFO craze for years — paintings and replicas of UFOs and space aliens adorn downtown buildings, and even the McDonald's and Wal-Mart are UFO- and space-themed.

Now city officials want to take it to another level with a UFO-themed amusement park, complete with an indoor roller coaster that would take passengers on a simulated alien abduction.

"Nobody will be harmed and everybody will be returned, hopefully, in the same shape," concept designer Bryan Temmer said Friday.

The park, dubbed Alien Apex Resort, could open as early as 2010. The city has received a $245,000 legislative appropriation for initial planning, but the park would be privately built and managed. Requests for proposals will be advertised next month.

The proposed park initially will cover 60 to 80 acres with room to expand to 150 acres. It will feature other rides and attractions, including an exhibit hall with information on scientific exploration of the universe.

"It's not just about the Roswell Incident and did it happen," said Temmer, of Land O' Lakes, Fla.

The Roswell Incident, of course, has brought the southeastern New Mexico city worldwide acclaim. It centers on a purported UFO crash on a nearby ranch in July 1947, which the military later claimed was a top-secret weather balloon.

Temmer, who describes himself as a fan of theme parks and science fiction, pitched the concept to city leaders two years ago. "I knew there was only one place on the planet, probably in the universe, where this idea would work," he said.

City Planner Zach Montgomery said the project will cost "several hundred millions of dollars," but a more accurate figure hasn't been determined. A roller coaster similar to the one Temmer proposed is under construction at another theme park for almost $100 million, Montgomery said.

Montgomery said the city is considering six potential sites but declined to identify them, other than to say each is within city limits or could be annexed. He also wouldn't name potential operators, but said at least four major corporations approached about the idea are excited.

Some business owners believe the theme park is necessary to keep tourists returning.

Sharon Welz is a co-owner of the Roswell Space Center, a T-shirt and souvenir shop just off Main Street. She said visitors often complain they'd like to see and do more during trips to the town of about 50,000 people.

"We would welcome something like an alien roller coaster or a theme park, absolutely," she said. "How can it hurt us?"

Montgomery agrees, saying the top complaint by tourists during the city's annual UFO festival each summer is that there's not enough to do.

The town's biggest tourism attraction is the International UFO Museum and Research Center, which has drawn 2.5 million visitors since opening in 1992. Beyond that, it's largely boutiques like the one run by Welz.

"We're still in the infancy of our UFO-related economic development," Montgomery said. "Eventually, when people come to Roswell they're not going to have enough time to do everything they want to do. That's our goal."


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Friday, May 25, 2007

Kalaulah Mayat Boleh Berkata-kata 

Agama Islam
Semoga kita insaf dan menjadi ia satu pengajaran. InsyaAllah...

Hari berganti hari. Keadaanku semakin tenat. Tubuhku terkaku seperti mayat di atas katil di salah sebuah hospital yang aku sendiri tidak tahu mengapa aku ditempatkan di sini.

Sebelum tu, yang aku ingat aku sedang memandu kereta ayah, lalu bertembung dengan lori balak.Tapi selepas itu aku tidak ingat apa-apa. Pandanganku kabur. Tidak dapat kupastikan siapa orang-orang yang berada di sekelilingku. Aku terasa dadaku teramat berat dan bahagian pinggangku sudah tidak berasa apa-apa lagi. Derita sungguh. Nafasku sesak.



Tiba-tiba tanganku dipegang kuat. "Mengucap sayang.... mengucap........ Asyhaduallailahaillallah........." Ucapan itu dibisikkan ke telingaku disertai dengan tangisan. Itu suara ibu. Manusia yang pernah mendodoikan daku semasa kecil, manusia yang pernah menyuapkan nasi ke dalam mulutku, manusia yang pernah memberi susunya serta yang pernah merotanku kerana degil.

"Bagaimana dengan keadaannya doktor?" Aku amati suara itu. Pasti itu suara abang. Mungkin abang baru sampai. "Tenat", jawab doktor dengan ringkas. "Itu kata doktor bang, jangan berserah kepada takdir sahaja. Kita perlu usaha."

Sudah seminggu aku terlantar di wad ini, kenapa baru sekarang abang menjengah? Datanglah ke sini, aku ingin berbicara denganmu. datanglah..... Tapi mataku.......semakin gelap. Adakah aku sudah buta? Tidak!!!! Aku tidak mahu buta. Aku masih ingin melihat dunia ini. "Sabarlah dik, banyak-banyak ingatkan Allah." Abangkah yang bersuara itu? Apa yang aku tanggung ini tidak semudah yang kau lafazkan,abang. Tolonglah adikmu ini. Tolong bukakan mataku. "Tekanan darahnya amat rendah". sayup sayap kedengaran suara doktor.!

Kedengaran juga ibu menangis teresak-esak. Ibu,kau hanya mampu menangis saja dan bila tiba saatnya, kita akan berpisah. Tapi,ibu.....aku tidak mahu berpisah denganmu. Tolonglah ibu,selamatkanlah daku. "Yassin......".bacaan yassin terngiang-ngiang di telingaku. Aku tahu itu suara abang. Tetapi kenapa aku diperdengarkan dengan suara itu???

Apakah aku sudah menghampiri maut??????? Aku takut!!!!!!! Sedetik lagi sakaratul maut datang. Sedetik lagi izrail datang. Sedetik lagi malaikat maut datang. Aku di ambang sakaratul maut...... Aku semakin tegang dan semakin sendat nafas di dada.Ketika itu,aku tidak ingat apa-apa lagi. Aku tidak kenal sesiapa di sekelilingku.Tapi yang pastinya sekarang, aku berdepan dengan sakaratul maut. "Tolong ibu,tolonglah aku, aku takut".

Tapi rintihan ku tidak dipedulikan. Apa mereka semua sudah pekak? Aku dilambung resah, gelisah dan penuh kesah.! Keluhan dan rintihan "Panas, dahaga,haus, panas........".tapi tiada siapa pun yang peduli.

Nenekku datang, "Nenek...........". "Kau dahaga cu,kau lapar cu,mahu air??Ini gelas penuh air madu,kalau cucu mahu masuk syurga,minum air ini".

"Ibu......". Ibuku datang, Ibu menggoyangkan buah susunya." Ini ibumu. Air susu ini membesarkanmu, nak. Buangkan islam, matilah dalam agama yahudi."

"Ayah.......kau datang ayah......." "Matilah dalam agama yahudi anakku. Matilah dalam agama nasrani. Itulah agama yang membantu kau masuk ke syurga".



"Mengucap sayang,mengucap. Asyhaduallailahaillallah......". Ucapan itu diajukan sekali lagi ke telingaku. Itu suara ibu. Tapi lidahku sudah menjadi kelu. Manusia-manusia berjubah hitam datang. "Mari ikut kami". manusia-manusia berjubah hijau datang membawa bersamanya payung hijau, katanya "Mari ikut kami". Cahaya putih datang.

Datang kilatan hitam. Datang sinaran kuning. Cahaya merah datang. "Apa ini, apa ini? Akulah sakaratul maut.......!!!!!!".

Kedinginan menjalar, merayap perlahan-lahan dari hujung kaki ke hujung rambut dan kini seluruh jasadku diselimuti sejuk dan kemudian datanglah malaikat maut di hujung kepalaku. "Hai jiwa yang keji, keluarlah dari kemurkaan Allah......." Aku tersentak. Roh kuberselerak di dalam tubuhku.Lalu, nnalillahi wainnailaihi rajiuun....

Malaikat-malaikat yang menunggu sesayup mata memandang dan menghemburlah bangkai yang sebusuk-busuknya. Tiba-tiba bau busuk menusuk ke hidungku, seperti bau sampah yang amat busuk.

"Apa yang busuk ni? Tak adakah orang yang mengangkat sampah hari ini? Ah, busuknya, hanyirnya, hancingnya......".
"Assalamualaikum......"
"Siapa yang memberi salam itu?"
"Aku"
"Kau siapa wahai pemuda???"

Seorang lelaki tercegat di hadapan katilku. Aku tidak pernah melihat orang yang sehodoh, sekotor dan sebusuknya di dunia ini. Rambutnya yang tidak terurus, baju yang dipakai berlumut hijau, kuning, coklat dan entah apa-apa warna lagi, dari lubang hidung, telinganya dan mulutnya terdapat nanah dan darah pekat keluar. Tanpa dipedulikannya...... jijik, loya, aku rasa........teramat loya melihatnya.

"Kau tak kenal aku?"
"Tidak," jawabku tegas. Mana mungkin aku kenal kau sehodoh dan sejijik ini.
"Aku sahabatmu, kau yang membuat aku hari-hari."
"Bohong!" Aku menjerit sekuat hati. Biar semua penghuni wad ini mendengarnya. "Aku tak kenal engkau! Lebih baik kau pergi dari sini."
"Akulah amalanmu yang keji.........."

Aku terdiam. Aku tidak mampu berkata apa-apa lagi. Ya! aku teringat kini, semuanya telah pernah ku dengar dan ku pelajari dulu. Segala dosa dan keburukan yang kita lakukan di dunia,akan dijelmakan dalam sebagai suatu makhluk yang teramat hodoh di hadapan kita di alam barzakh nanti. Oh..Tuhan,aku banyak dosa. Aku memang lalai, cuai dan lupa dengan segala nikmat yang telah kau kurniakan. Solatku kerana kawan, dan bukannya ikhlas kerana Allah. Pergaulanku bebas, tak kenal muhrim ataupun tidak. Tapi itu semua telah berlalu dan dan sudah terlambat untuk bertaubat. Apa yang aku harus lakukan!!!!!

Surah yassin yang abang pegang diletakkan di atas dahiku. Aku melihat kak long dan kak ngah menangis. Aku juga lihat mata abah bengkak.Tiba-tiba badanku di sirami air. Air apa ini????? "Tolong....sejuk!!!!Kenapa air ini berbau air kapur barus. "Tolong jangan tekan perutku dengan kuat, sakit!!!!" Kenapa ramai orang melihat aku??? "Aku malu.....malu.....malu......!!!!!!". Aku diusung ke suatu ruang. Aku lihat kain putih dibentangkan. Lalu diletakkannya aku di atas kain putih itu. Kapas dibubuh di celah-celah badanku. Lalu aku dibungkus satu demi satu dengan kain itu. "Nanti, tunggu!! Jangan bungkus aku. Kenapa kalian semua buat aku macam ini? Tolong... rimas.... panas........"

Kemudian aku diletakkan di suatu sudut. Beberapa orang termasuk tok imam menyembahyangkanku. Kelihatan ayah dan abang berada di saf yang pertama. Tapi kenapa aku disembahyangkan? Bukankah aku boleh sembahyang sendiri? Aku teringat kata-kata ustazku dahulu. "Sembahyanglah kamu sebelum kamu disembahyangkan". Dan kini baru aku sedar aku sudah tidak mampu lagi untuk mengangkat takbir, ruku', sujud dan tahiyyat.

Aku diangkat perlahan-lahan kemudian diletakkan di dalam kotak kayu. "Kotak apa ini?" Aku diusung oleh enam orang termasuk ayah dan abang. Aku diusung setapak demi setapak. "Al-Fatihah!" Kedengaran suara tok imam. Kelihatan ibu, kak long, kak ngah dan lain-lain mengekori di belakang tapi ke mana dibawanya aku?..

Nun jauh di sana, kelihatan tanah perkuburan kampungku. "Ke situkah aku dibawanya? Tolong turunkan aku,aku takut!!!!!!". Setibanya di tanah perkuburan, kelihatan satu liang yang bersaiz dengan jasadku. Beberapa tangan memegangku dan aku diturunkan ke dalam liang itu. "Perlahan-lahan", aku terdengar suara tok imam memberitahu. "Tolong keluarkan aku dari sini! Aku seram!!!"

Kini aku berada di dalam liang sedalam enam kaki. Sedikit demi sedikit pasir dan tanah menutupiku. "Tanah apa ini?" "Aduh sakitnya badanku ditimbusi tanah". "Innalillahiwa innailaihi rajiuuun.......Dari Allah kita datang dan kepada Allah jualah kita kembali".

Kedengaran bacaan talkin dari tok imam. "Sesungguhnya mati itu benar alam barzakh itu benar, siratul mustaqim itu benar, syurga dan neraka itu juga benar........".

Sayup sayap aku terdengar tok imam terus membaca talkin, tetapi makin lama makin hilang. Pandanganku makin lama makin kabur dan terus tidak kelihatan. Tubuhku terasa telah ditimbusi sedikit demi sedikit pasir dan tanah yang dilemparkan ke atas ku. Terasa semakin gelap dan ......aku kini keseorangan....... :(

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Princess Leia costume 



Eleven-month old Jada Chow wears a Princess Leia costume during the opening day of "Star Wars Celebration IV" in Los Angeles May 24, 2007. The five-day convention celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars saga. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES)

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Cicadas a tasty treat for zoo animals 

At the Brookfield Zoo, cicadas are a lot more than just really noisy insects: They're delicious treats.

These days, a host of animals from bearded dragon lizards to African wild dogs to white-crested laughing thrush birds are enjoying cicadas.

And zoo nutritionists — not to mention the mothers of all those lizards, dogs and birds — don't have to worry. Although the cicadas emerging this month after spending 17 years underground may seem like candy to the animals — crunchy on the outside and soft in the center — they're actually health food.

"They're extremely nutritious and won't impact their (animals') diets because they don't have a lot of fat in them," Tim Sullivan, the zoo's behavioral husbandry manager, said Friday.

The cicadas are such a welcome addition to the diets of the animals that the zoo is not only letting those that live outside catch and eat them on their own, it is bringing cicadas to the animals that live inside so they can enjoy them, too.

"We've substituted cicadas for crickets and meal worms that some of the other animals get," Sullivan said.

He said that since the cicadas started coming out of the ground in big numbers the last few days, animals all over the zoo have been seen eating them, often as soon as the insects emerge.

The only losers are the cicadas themselves. But Sullivan suggested that if they have to go — and they are going to die in about 30 days even if they do avoid being eaten — a zoo is as good a place as any.

"Getting eaten by exotic animals is a better way to go than being eaten by a squirrel or a crow," he said.


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Boy, 11, bags hog bigger than 'Hogzilla' 

Hogzilla is being made into a horror movie. But the sequel may be even bigger: Meet Monster Pig. An 11-year-old boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet 4, from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.

If the claims are accurate, Jamison Stone's trophy boar would be bigger than Hogzilla, the famed wild hog that grew to seemingly mythical proportions after being killed in south Georgia in 2004. Hogzilla originally was thought to weigh 1,000 pounds and measure 12 feet long. National Geographic experts who unearthed its remains believe the animal actually weighed about 800 pounds and was 8 feet long.

Regardless of the comparison, Jamison is reveling in the attention over his pig.

"It feels really good," Jamison said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "It's a good accomplishment. I probably won't ever kill anything else that big."

Jamison, who killed his first deer at age 5, was hunting with father Mike Stone and two guides in east Alabama on May 3 when he bagged Monster Pig. He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50-caliber revolver and chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with a point-blank shot.

Through it all, there was the fear that the animal would turn and charge them, as wild boars have a reputation for doing.

"I was a little bit scared, a little bit excited," said Jamison, who lives in Pickensville on the Mississippi border. He just finished the sixth grade on the honor roll at Christian Heritage Academy, a small, private school.

His father said that, just to be extra safe, he and the guides had high-powered rifles aimed and ready to fire in case the beast, with 5-inch tusks, decided to charge.

With the animal finally dead in a creek bed on the 2,500-acre Lost Creek Plantation, a commercial hunting preserve in Delta, trees had to be cut down and a backhoe brought in to bring Jamison's prize out of the woods.

It was hauled on a truck to the Clay County Farmers Exchange in Lineville, where Jeff Kinder said they used his scale, recently calibrated, to weigh the hog.

Kinder's scale measures only to the nearest 10, but Mike Stone said it balanced one notch past the 1,050-pound mark.

"It probably weighed 1,060 pounds. We were just afraid to change it once the story was out," he said.

The hog's head is being mounted by Jerry Cunningham of Jerry's Taxidermy. Cunningham said the animal measured 54 inches around the head, 74 inches around the shoulders and 11 inches from the eyes to the end of its snout.

"It's huge," he said. "It's just the biggest thing I've ever seen."

Mike Stone is having sausage made from the rest of the animal. "We'll probably get 500 to 700 pounds," he said.

Jamison, meanwhile, has been offered a small part in "The Legend of Hogzilla," a small-time horror flick based on the tale of the Georgia boar. The movie is holding casting calls with plans to begin filming in Georgia.

Jamison is enjoying the newfound celebrity generated by the hog hunt, but he said he prefers hunting pheasants to monster pigs: "They are a little less dangerous."

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Associated Press writer Jay Reeves in Birmingham contributed to this report.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Orangutan escapes from Taiwanese zoo 

An orangutan escaped from a Taiwanese zoo and terrified patrons at a nearby restaurant Wednesday, overturning picnic tables and motorbikes and forcing terrified diners to cower inside the eatery.

The orangutan, who pushed his way out of his cage before wandering into the restaurant, was subdued when an official shot him with a tranquilizer dart. He was carted off for treatment in the scoop of a small bulldozer.

Wednesday's incident occurred six weeks after a 440-pound crocodile chewed the forearm off a veterinarian at the same zoo. The vet's limb was reattached in a seven-hour surgery.

Orangutans are native to the forests of Malaysia and Indonesia. They have a shaggy, reddish-brown coat, long arms and no tail.

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Fountain 



Children play under a fountain in Alexandrovsky Garden near Moscow's Kremlin May 23, 2007. REUTERS/Oksana Yushko (RUSSIA)

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Special Force? 



Belarus special forces soldiers demonstrate the ability to break concrete slates with their foreheads, at the opening of the the 4th international exhibition of arms and military hardware, the Milex 2007, in Minsk, Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Over 100 enterprises and firms from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and other countries displayed their products at the Milex 2007 exhibition, which was opened Tuesday in Minsk, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Chelsea Flower Show 



A visitor looks at a display of flowers during media day at the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London May 21, 2007. The show, which opens on May 22, runs until May 26. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (BRITAIN)

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FIFI eats carrots! 



'Fifi' eats carrots as she joins Sydney's Taronga Zoo's chimpanzee family to celebrate her 60th birthday, Australia, Monday, May 21, 2007. Fifi, the oldest member of Taronga's chimpanzee family, and her extended family received a special vegetable cake, fresh leaves, watermelons and extra coconuts to mark this important milestone. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Bubo bubo 



Bubo bubo : Bubo bubo, a Eurasian eagle-owl at Cerveny Kamen castle, 40 kms from Bratislava.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)

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Friday, May 18, 2007

Mumbai Sunset 



Mumbai sunset : An indian family enjoys the last rays of light on the promenade off Marine Drive as the sun sets over the Arabian sea in Mumbai.(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

White tiger - endangered species! 



Pampa, a one-year-old male white tiger, yawns at the Metropolitan Zoo in Santiago, Thursday, May 17, 2007. The white tiger is one of the most endangered species in the world with an estimated of 240 in existence. Pampa arrived form the Argentina's Temaiken zoo. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin)

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Priorities Campaign 



Ben Cohen, in green jacket, shows schoolchildren his 'Topsy-Turvy Bus' in Burlington, Vt., Wednesday, May 16, 2007. The Topsy-Turvy Bus is being driven across country toward New Hampshire, and later this year to Iowa, joining a campaign that's urging presidential candidates to increase investment in families and communities by shifting Pentagon spending to programs that build strong communities. The bus is a project of the Priorities Campaign, headed by Cohen who co-founded Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Dive! 



A boy dives into a pool to cool himself from the heat in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Scorching summer heat has engulfed most parts of southern India with temperatures touching 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Heading to Petra 



Heading to Petra : A horse pushes a cart through rocks on its way to the ancient ruins of Petra in Jordan.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)

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Monday, May 14, 2007

Jacques le Fataliste 



Jacques le Fataliste : A member of the public walks past the painting "Jacques le Fataliste" by Frank Stella during a preview Sale of Contemporary Art at Sotheby's New York.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Night Session 



Night session : A cyclist jumps during a night session near central Slovakia's town of Liptovsky Mikulas. A small group of cycling amateur enthusiasts met for bar-b-que where practiced their riding skills at night.(AFP/Joe Klamar)

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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Diamond Eyes 



Diamond eyes : A model diplays the Donnersmarck Diamonds, a cushion-shaped diamond weighing 102.54 carats and a pear-shaped diamond weighing 82.48 carats, at a preview in Geneva.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)

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Monday, May 07, 2007

Thirsty 



A monkey drinks water from a roadside tap in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri May 7, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA)

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Sunday, May 06, 2007

:::MAROON 5::: Makes Me Wonder lyrics 



[Verse]
I wake up with blood-shot eyes
Struggled to memorize
The way it felt between your thighs
Pleasure that made you cry
Feels so good to be bad
Not worth the aftermath, after that
After that
Try to get you back

[Bridge]
I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you

[Chorus]
Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to try
(Yeah)
So this is goodbye

[Verse]
God damn my spinning head
Decisions that made my bed
Now I must lay in it
And deal with things I left unsaid
I want to dive into you
Forget what you're going through
I get behind, make your move
Forget about the truth

[Bridge]
I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you

[Chorus]
Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference,
It even makes a difference to try
And you told me how you're feeling
But I don't believe it's true anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye

[Breakdown]
I've been here before
One day a week
And it won't hurt anymore
You caught me in a lie
I have no alibi
The words you say don't have a meaning
Cause

[Bridge]
I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you
And I...and so this is goodbye

[Chorus]
Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference,
It even makes a difference to try
And you told me how you're feeling
But I don't believe it's true anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye
So this is goodbye, yeah [x3]
(Oh no)

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Friday, May 04, 2007

LINUX: Sistem Operasi Masa Depan ? 

Istilah Linux atau GNU/Linux (GNU) digunakan bagi merujuk kepada keseluruhan edaran Linux yang selalunya disertakan perisian-perisian lain sekali dengan Sistem pengendalian. Contoh-contoh perisian adalah seperti pelayan web, bahasa pengaturcaraan, pangkalan data, persekitaran desktop (seperti GNOME dan KDE), dan suite pejabat seperti OpenOffice.org.

Kisah ini dimulai ketika seorang mahasiswa Computer Science (Sains Komputer) University Helsinski yang bernama Linus Torvalds ingin mengembangkan sistem operasi MINIX pada tahun 1991.



Pada saat itu sistem operasi MINIX diedarkan kepada mahasiswa di universitinya sebagai prototaip sebuah sistem operasi. Dalam perkembangannya dia menyebarkan kod programnya melalui internet sehingga dapat dipelajari oleh orang lain, ini yang menyebabkan Linux berkembang dengan pesat karena dibuat oleh ribuan programer dan hacker yang tersebar di seluruh dunia.

Pada mulanya, ia dibangunkan dan digunakan oleh peminatnya sahaja. Kini Linux telah mendapat sokongan daripada syarikat-syarikat besar seperti IBM, dan Hewlett-Packard. Para penganalisa menujukan kejayaannya ini disebabkan ianya tidak bergantung kepada vendor (vendor-independence), kos perkakasan yang rendah, dan kepantasannya berbanding versi UNIX proprietari, serta faktor keselamatan dan kestabilannya berbanding dengan Microsoft Windows. Ciri-ciri ini juga menjadi bukti kepada keberkesanan model pembangunan sumber terbuka.

Saat ini Linux didistribusikan dibawah GNU -- General Public License -- yaitu suatu lesen dimana pemilik program tetap memegang hak ciptanya, tetapi orang lain boleh menyebarkan, memodifikasi bahkan menjual kembali program tersebut dengan syarat kod program yang asli harus tetap disertakan.

Sekarang, banyak sekali perusahaan yang mengeluarkan CD Linux, seperti RedHat, Debian, Slackware, Caldera, Stampede, TurboLinux, Knoppix, Fedora, Suse dan lain-lain. CD Linux tersebut disebut dengan CD distribusi.

Sebenarnya yang disebut dengan Linux adalah sebuah kernel, yang merupakan bahagian paling penting dari suatu sistem operasi, yang menangani I/O, pengaturan memori dan interaksi antara perkakasan (hardware) dengan aplikasi. Kernel Linux ini merupakan kernel standard yang digunakan oleh distribusi-distribusi yang ada sekarang ini.

Perbezaan yang ada antara distribusi hanyalah pada pakej-pakej aplikasi yang disertakan, sistem penyusunan direktori, init script, dan lain lain. Mana yang lebih baik? Semua sama baiknya, bergantung dari selera pengguna. Saat ini distribusi yang paling banyak digunakan di negara ini adalah RedHat yang terkenal dengan kemudahan dalam pemasangannya.

Untuk melakukan pemasangan ruang hard disk diantara 200MB sampai 2GB bergantung pada banyaknya software yang akan anda pasang. Pada beberapa distribusi Linux anda bahkan dapat memasangl versi minimal dengan hanya menggunakan 50 mega hard disk ataupun dengan menggunakan sebuah disket dengan kapasiti 1.44 MB. Bagi yang baru nak mencuba Linux dicadangkan menggunakan Damn Small Linux.

Linux juga dapat dijalankan dengan baik pada komputer yang sudah memiliki sistem operasi lain seperti MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows ataupun OS/2. Pada masa komputer dihidupkan, pemakai dapat memilih untuk menjalankan komputer tersebut dengan sistem operasi Linux atau sistem operasi lainnya. Sistem seperti ini dinamakan dual boot.

Tetapi bukan bererti anda memerlukan MS-DOS, Windows atau sistem operasi lain untuk menjalankan Linux, linux adalah sistem operasi yang dapat berdiri sendiri dan tidak bergantung pada sistem operasi yang lain.

Pengendalian yang sukar masa lalu dihadapi oleh pengguna Linux adalah kurangnya dokongan terhadap harware yang ada, namun pada saat ini Linux mengalami perkembangan yang sangat pesat dan semakin banyak hardware yang didokong, dari segi penggunaan, Linux juga semakin mesra pengguna sehingga ditengah-tengah maraknya sweeping yang dilakukan oleh Microsoft, Linux layak menjadi sebuah alternatif sistem operasi yang murah tetapi handal.

Linux meskipun di datangkan dengan GUI (antaramuka grafik) namun kekuasaan Linux sama seperti Unix iaitu dengan skrip commandnya di terminal.

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Waterball 



A girl is enclosed in a floating sphere on a river at a park on the outskirts of Beijing May 3, 2007. The ball-shaped device enables people to "walk" on water surfaces. China is celebrating a week-long Labour Day holiday, which started on Tuesday, a time when millions of Chinese people travel to major cities to enjoy cultural attractions or return home to visit relatives and friends. Picture taken May 3, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA)

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Thursday, May 03, 2007

:::DAUGHTRY::: Home lyrics 



I'm staring out into the night,
Trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.

Well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.


The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, it makes true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.

So I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.

Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.

Oh, well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.
I said these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.

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Loading mangoes 


Indian labourers load mangos onto a lorry before sending it to others parts of the country at the wholesale mango market on the outskirts of Bangalore.(AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)

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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

:::DAUGHTRY::: It's Not Over lyrics 



I was blown away what could I say
It all seemed to make sense
Youe taken away everything
And I can do without
I try to see the good in life
But good things in life are hard to find

(Chorus)
Blow it away, Blow it away
Can we make this something goooood
Well I tried to do it right this time around
Let start oveeerr
I tried to do it right this time around
Its not oveeerr
There a part of me that dead and in the ground
This love is killing me, but youe the only one
Its not overrrrr
(Chorus)

Taken all I could take and I cannot wait
Were wasting to much time
Being strong holding on
Cant let it bring us down
My life with you means everything
So I won give up that easily

(Chorus)
Blow it Away, Blow it Away
Can we make this something gooood
Cause its all misunderstoooood
Well I tried to do it right this time around
Let start over
I tried to do it right this time around
It not over
Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But youe the only one
It not oveeeerrr
(Chorus)

We can let this get away
Let it out, let it out
Don get caught up in yourself
Let it ouuuuttttt

(Chorus)
Let start over
I tried to do it right this time around
It not over
Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But youe the only one
It not oveeer
Let start oveeeerrr
Its not oveeerr, Oh yeah, yeah!
This love is killing me
But youe the only one
It not oveeerrrr.....

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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

My weekly top 20 video clips 


Enjoying Infusion 



People enjoy the new Infusion rollercoaster opened for the first time on the Pleasure Beach in Blackpool, northwest England.(AFP/Paul Ellis)

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