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Extraordinary Paintings on walls!!!

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Facts About Electric Storms !!

Sing along with me, "You light up my life."

I love an electric storm. Of course, I love them when they are “over there” and not “over here.” I can remember standing in a plain in the Midwest of the United States enthralled by the show. A couple of years ago I took some friends to Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park . We sat eating a Japanese bento and watched an electric/lightening storm march across the Valley. Absolutely breathtaking.

So, what do we know about lightening and electric storms?

1. They occur as a result of other storms - thunderstorms, volcanic eruptions, and dust storms.
2. Bolts can travel at 60,000miles/sec (220.000km/h) - imagine the guy with the stop watch trying to measure that!
3. Temperature of bolts can reach 30,000C (54,000F) - That’ll cook your egg in no time, eh?
4. There’s an estimated 16 million electric storms every year.
5. The chances of being struck by lightening in America - 1 in 576K. I live in San Jose, abt 1 million. There’s two people running around who have been hit by lightening. About one in 2.3 million die.
6. Scientists don 'nt know how lightening forms.
7. There are at least 14 kinds of lightening - Elves, Sprites, Blue Jets, to name a few.
8. You can be confused by the supposed physics behind lightening here or here.
9. Doc did NOT really harness a lightening bolt in Back to the Future.

Or you can just enjoy the show … and in my case, appreciate the lightening Maker.

Check out an amazing gallery of electric storm pictures, after the break. It’s quite stunning!

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Most Expensive in the World ! ! ! !

Diamond Crypto Smartphone - $1.3 Million Mobile Phone!

JSC Ancort company and Mr. Peter Aloisson the world famous Austrian jeweler, the designer and the inventor of the luxury mobile phones have signed an agreement to start a project on the creation of a Diamond Crypto Smartphone. The cost of the luxurious Diamond Crypto Smartphone is USD 1.300.000.Materials to be used
- metal parts: all parts are casted in solid platinum 950, besides the Ancort logo and the navigation key (these two parts are made of 18 carat rose gold).
- wooden parts: side parts of the phone and reverse side of the phone made of macassar ebony, carrying material used is carbon, coated with macassar ebony with 7 layers of polyester surface (hand polished), the wooden part on the reverse side can be hand decorated (possible personalization e.g. company logo or clients name/initials).
- keypad (front side): all keys are being produced in solid platinum and then hand engraved and then hand-coloured.
- option: also black rhodium treatment of the platinum is possible (black, shiny look).
- navigation key: navigation key has been produced in solid 18 carat rose gold and carries 28 round cut diamonds. Weight is 1,5 carats and quality is “G – vvs1” or better.
- navigation button: ½ carat princess cut diamond in natural blue colour. The specification for the blue diamond option is “D – IF”.
- side buttons: double button made of cut to shape natural blue diamonds 1,2 carats in total.The quality is “D – IF”.
- single button: made of cut to shape natural blue diamond ½ carat in weight, quality is “D – IF”.
- on/off button (top): made of cut to shape natural blue diamond 1 carat in weight, quality is “D – IF”.
- diamond lines: each side carries 25 ½ carat princess cut five blue diamons on each side (total 50 diamonds, 10 of them are blue diamond). Left and right quality is “D – IF”.
- setting: channel setting
- total weight: 25 carats

Accessories
- leather pouch: Connolly leather, black colour – hand made with platinum trimmings and lock witj additional platinum decoration encrusted with round shaped diamonds in vvs1 quality G/H colour.
- presentation box: hand made macassar ebony box with suede leather lining (beige), platinum trimmings and lock. Space for the phone, leather pouch and phone tutorial and accessories (possible personalization e.g. company logo or clients name/initials), music function when opening the box (clients choice of song/music theme).

Certificates
- for all diamonds used we provide separate international diamond certificates
- for the platinum used we provide a peter aloisson certificate

Technical Specification of the Diamond Crypto Smartphone
Operation System: Windows CE
Main processor: Motorola MX21 (266 MHz)
Memory: 64 РњР± (Flash)/64 РњР± (RAM)
Network standards: GSM 900/1800
Main display type: colour TFT (262.144 colours)
Touch Screen size: 2.2” (33.84×45.12 mm)
Resolution: 240×320 pixels
Antenna: Embedded antenna
Keypad: Latin alphabet
Virtual keypad: Yes
SIM-card: Plug-in (3 Р’) type
Battery (standard): 1350 mAh (Li-Polymer)
Battery operation in stand by mode: > 100 hours
Talk time: > 2 hours
Dimensions (HxWxL): 115С…53С…24 mm
SMS support: Yes
MMS support: Yes
E-mail support: Yes
Internet support: Yes
WAP 2.0 support: Yes
GPRS support: Class 10
JAVA support: Yes
Modem: Yes
Synchronization with PC: Microsoft ActiveSync
Interface: USB
Number of preset melodies and tones: 29
Media Player: Wav, MP3
Phonebook: 4000 numbers
Number of numbers for one subscriber: 5 numbers + fax and E-mail
Subscriber groups, groups: 26
Organizer: Yes
Keys for Quick access to programs: Yes
Charging: battery charging via AC-adapter or via USB-Cable
Standard set: Crypto Smartphone, charger, standard battery, cables, PC synchronization set (a cable and CD with software), User manual, certificate of warranty, pouch.
Viewing office documents: Microsoft Word

Main Cryptographic characteristics
Encryption processor: TMS 320 VC 5416
Crypto Phone call: Yes
Crypto SMS: Yes
Crypto E-mail: Message body and attachments
Encryption button: Dedicated button
Key power: 1077
Crypto algorithm: Symmetric 256 bit
Key distribution method: Public key
Data encryption in the phone: Yes
Syllable intelligibility: 87%

- Tempest-proof special screens, filers and protection methods are used in Crypto Smartphone and protect reliably non-encrypted information from leakage into the air.
- A physical sensor of equiprobable keys – a user enters the selected keys into a Crypto Smartphone manually or automatically from a key sensor. Depending on the user requirement a Crypto Smartphone may have a separate portable or fixed key generator in a set to enter keys in the device.
- Two similar Crypto Smartphones should be used to provide the encrypted communication. Crypto Smartphones can function in the standard (public) and secure mode.
- Open key length 256 bit based on the elliptic curve.
- A public key is formed for each commutation session.
- A user can independently generate encryption keys and input them in the Crypto Smartphone.
- Compatibility with ISDN, PSTN Ancort phones.
- EDA (Encrypted Document Access) password protection.

Price of the Brilliant Crypto Smartphone is $1.3 million

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Most Expensive Homes In The World!!!

North America .
1.Price: $70 million
Location: New York, N.Y.


The triplex penthouse at the Pierre is the ne plus ultra of Manhattan apartment living—if one may prosaically call it that. The hotel's top three floors, including the original Pierre ballroom with its 23-foot-high ceilings, offer 360-degree views of New York City from windows and terraces. The home features an opulent black marble staircase, 20-foot French windows, double reception rooms and a paneled library. Should the asking price seem too steep, the property is also available in two parts, at $11 million and $59 million. The latter, incidentally, would still make it onto our list. The listing brokers are Elizabeth Lee Sample and Brenda S. Powers at Brown Harris Stevens.

2.
Price: $122.2 million
Location: Windlesham, England

Your blood may not run blue, but with enough green you can still live near—and like—royalty. Updown Court is currently the most expensive residence in the world, costing about $50 million more than the priciest U.S. home. The brand-new property is totally over the top, with 103 rooms, five swimming pools and 24-carat-gold leafing on the study's mosaic floor. There's a squash court, bowling alley, tennis court, 50-seat screening room, heated marble driveway and helipad. All eight of your limousines will fit in the underground garage. Then there are the neighbors, who include the queen (at Windsor Castle) and Elton John. It is listed with Savills and Hamptons International.

3.
Price: $27.5 million
Location: Batam, Indonesia
This tropical private island has a house on it—which makes it a very pricey home, with a lot of land around it. Sultan's Island is in Indonesia's Riau archipelago, off the coast of the island of Batam and tantalizingly close to Singapore. Totaling 94 acres, the island is ringed with mangroves and small beaches. Listed with Cheyenne Morrison at Coldwell Banker Morrison's Private Islands.

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New Seven Wonders Of The World.
Nearly, hundred million people voted to represent global heritage. The pyramid of Giza is conspicuously absent from the list as it surprisingly went out of favor of public. The listing is in randon order, as announced at the Declaration Ceremony on 07.07.07. All the Official New 7 Wonders are equal and are presented as a group without any ranking.
The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá (before 800 A.D.) Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
MEXICO
Chichén Itzá, once built played a central role in Mayan Civilization. The temple sufficiently reveals the degree sophistication these people achieved.

The Roman Colosseum (70 - 82 A.D.) Rome, Italy

ITALY
The colossal Colosseum was built nearly 2,000 years back. Nearly, every design of the modern sports stadium bears striking resemblance to this majestic structure. Couple of thousand years later it might be a sight which gives you pleasure, but the appalling barbarism, brutality and bloodshed that went on in it in its heydays must have been very different from the graceful tranquility it exudes today.

The Great Wall of China (220 B.C and 1368 - 1644 A.D.) China

CHINA

The Great Wall of China was built to keep barbaric people at bay from invading China. The massive contiguous structure is over 5,000 kms long. Great Wall of China is reported to be visible from the moon.

Machu Picchu (1460-1470), Peru

PERU

In the 15th century, the Incan Emperor Pachacútec built a city in the clouds on the mountain known as Machu Picchu ("old mountain"). This extraordinary settlement lies halfway up the Andes Plateau, deep in the Amazon jungle and above the Urubamba River. It was probably abandoned by the Incas because of a smallpox outbreak and, after the Spanish defeated the Incan Empire, the city remained 'lost' for over three centuries. It was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911.

Petra (9 B.C. - 40 A.D.), Jordan

JORDAN

On the edge of the Arabian Desert, Petra was the glittering capital of the Nabataean empire of King Aretas IV (9 B.C. to 40 A.D.). Masters of water technology, the Nabataeans provided their city with great tunnel constructions and water chambers. A theater, modelled on Greek-Roman prototypes, had space for an audience of 4,000. Today, the Palace Tombs of Petra, with the 42-meter-high Hellenistic temple facade on the El-Deir Monastery, are impressive examples of Middle Eastern culture.

The Taj Mahal (1630 A.D.) Agra, India

INDIA

This immense mausoleum was built on the orders of Shah Jahan, the fifth Muslim Mogul emperor, to honor the memory of his beloved late wife. Built out of pristine white marble and standing in formally laid-out walled gardens, the Taj Mahal is regarded as the most perfect jewel of Muslim art in India. The mausoleum is still held as a symbol of love throughout the world.

Christ Redeemer (1931) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BRAZIL

This statue of Jesus stands some 38 meters tall, atop the Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro. Designed by Brazilian Heitor da Silva Costa and created by French sculptor Paul Landowski, it is one of the world’s best-known monuments. The statue took five years to construct and was inaugurated on October 12, 1931. It has become a symbol of the city and of the warmth of the Brazilian people, who receive visitors with open arms.