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Barack Obama warned potentially major environmental disaster

Barack Obama on Sunday warned of “major and potentially major environmental disaster unprecedented” as badly damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico and off the spit of a widening of the smooth slippery wetlands and wildlife. Obama flew to southern Louisiana to inspect troops composed of the gusher of oil as a Cabinet member described the situation as grave and urged the government to do everything he could. spill that threatens not only the environment but also abundant in the region’s fishing industry, which Obama called “the heartbeat of economic life in the region.” Obama said the slick was nine miles off the coast of southeast Louisiana. … Continue reading

3D-capable Blu-ray player

3D-capable Blu-ray player

So you finally took the plunge on a wall-filling flat-screen TV set, swapped the DVD player for a Blu-ray deck and strung expensive HDMI cables between them. Samsung releases Australia’s first 3D TV this week, with its LED-LCD 7000 series starting at $2899 for the 40-inch model. The mid-size 46-inch screen sells for $3699, with a 55-inch panel perched at $4799.

Samsung will also release a 3D-capable Blu-ray player for $599, which will be bundled with a 3D Blu-ray edition of DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs Aliens.… Continue reading

The shuttle Discovery has started its long journey back to Earth

The shuttle Discovery has started its long journey back to Earth

Gliding over the deep blue waters of the Caribbean, the shuttle Discovery has started its long journey back to Earth.

The crew, including a record-breaking trio of female astronauts, wrapped up a two-week mission on the International Space Station on Saturday before undocking from the orbiter.… Continue reading

More than 20,000 Watch as Dallas Cowboys Stadium Dynamited

More than 20,000 Watch as Dallas Cowboys Stadium Dynamited

More than 20,000 people gathered at tailgate parties and other spots Sunday to watch fireworks go off one last time over Texas Stadium before a ton of dynamite lit up the Dallas Cowboys’ longtime home and brought it to the ground.

The building known for the giant hole in its roof — “so God can watch his team,” according to local lore — was demolished in a planned implosion set off by the 11-year-old winner of an essay contest.

The Cowboys played 38 seasons in Texas Stadium, winning five Super Bowls during that time. The local landmark also was home for the world famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

“It was much more emotional than I expected,” said Pam Seal, a cheerleader in 1975. She decided only Saturday to drive from the suburb of North Mesquite to watch. “I’m so glad that I had my family out there to hold my hand through it. I didn’t think I would be that much of a basket case about it. It was like saying goodbye to an old friend.”… Continue reading

Sensational Rocket War Celebrated traditional Easter

Sensational Rocket War Celebrated traditional Easter

Homemade rockets streaked through the sky during a traditional Easter celebration in the village of Vrontados at midnight yesterday, on the Greek island of Chios.

As a variation of the Greek habit of throwing fireworks during the celebration of the Orthodox Christian service at midnight before Easter Sunday, two rival church congregations in the town, the congregations of the Agios Markos and Panagia Erithiani churches, perform a ‘Rocket War’.

Each congregation fires thousands of homemade rockets across the town, with the objective of hitting the bell tower of the church of the other side. There are many different versions of the story behind this tradition in Vrontados.… Continue reading

The Air Comet attendants posing provocatively in and outside airline cabins

The Air Comet attendants posing provocatively in and outside airline cabins

Flight attendants owed up to nine months’ wages by a grounded Spanish airline have posed nude for a calendar to draw attention to their plight, one of the cabin crew turned models said on Wednesday.

The calendar, numerous excerpts of which appeared in the Spanish media, shows the Air Comet attendants, all female, posing provocatively in and outside airline cabins, and in one case on top of a jet turbine.

“We are just demanding our rights to receive what is ours, we each have eight or nine months of unpaid salaries,” attendant Adriana Ricardo, who appears in the calendar, told Reuters.… Continue reading

Computer artists claim to have recreated the face of Jesus Christ

Computer artists claim to have recreated the face of Jesus Christ

Computer artists claim to have recreated the face of Jesus Christ using digital technology. The image was created by taking information and blood encoded on the Turin Shroud – the blood-stained linen that many believe was the burial cloth of the crucified Jesus Christ – and transforming it into a 3D image.

In a two-hour TV special on the History Channel, to air in the U.S. tonight, the computer artists will reveal their image of Jesus in full. But the results may surprise some viewers. According to the company that made the image it does not resemble the popularized version of Jesus.

Computer artist Ray Downing, the president of Studio Macbeth, said: ‘We ‘lifted’ the blood and isolated it [on the computer] so that it would sit ‘in air’ [on a transparent background].’… Continue reading

Jacob Zuma is going to marry a third wife

Jacob Zuma is going to marry a third wife

South African President Jacob Zuma will marry his fiancee, Thobeka Mabhija, in the near future. Create Zuma, 36-year-old woman was his third wife. And why Zuma is derived from the Zulu tribe, polygamy is common because it is part of the traditional practice in South Africa.… Continue reading

UN investigators Check Musharraf, about the murder of Benazir

Metro-reality.com, ISLAMABAD : UN Commission investigating the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to check the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf. … Continue reading

Bugatti worth 750,000 pounds falls to Laguna because Pelican

Metro-reality.com : a Bugatti Veyron, the world’s most expensive car, a free fall into a lagoon because the owner was surprised to see the birds pelicans flying low when driving the car.

According to the Monday edition of the Daily Mail (16/11), Andy House, the owner of the car, get a lot of sympathy. Arnold Schwarzenegger, include one who calls him to give sympathy over that accident.… Continue reading