Aerial photographs of some seashores
Friday, 31 August 2012
Cosmic speculation Park in Scotland
Cosmic speculation Park in Scotland
Exclusive car to an anonymous billionaire
Exclusive car to an anonymous billionaire
Anonymous billionaire request from a private company to build a car has a classic, elegant design, which the company has met him after 3 years of discussions, design and construction, it revealed a unique car in the display on the beach in Monterey, California, USA.
The company has used your planning her car "MP4-12C" for auto industry unique, which means owning engine capacity 3.8 liters generates power 600 hp, yet possessing a body externally special advanced materials was built two years and a half, it is expected that the price of the car more than 1 million £.
Heave, horse! Firefighters' desperate three-hour struggle to rescue gelding facing certain death after getting trapped in pond
Heave, horse! Firefighters' desperate three-hour struggle to rescue gelding facing certain death after getting trapped in pond
A horse stranded in a muddy pond was rescued from certain death after firefighters spent more than three hours pulling him on to dry land.
The 27-year-old gelding, named Jeremy, was trapped up to his neck in water after wading into thick, cloying mud.
He had already been in the farm pond in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, for a few hours when his owner Jayen Renshaw found him on Monday night.
Trapped: Horse Jeremy, a 27-year-old gelding is barely able to breath as firefighters begin to pull him out
Suffering: The horse was struggling to keep his head above water when the rescuers arrived
Looking on were Miss Renshaw and her sister Jenny. Also there was Jeremy’s best friend, a donkey called Misty.
Miss Renshaw said: ‘I stood back I can’t handle seeing him being moved around.
‘It was a close call, the vet gave him a lot of antibiotics and stuff to calm him down. He’s an old guy - he’s 27 years old.
Looking up: The horse is pulled to the edge of the pond and looks more likely to live as rescuers drag him out
Heave, ho! Jeremy slides further out as firefighters give an almighty tug on the ropes in a bid to rescue him
Free at last: Exhausted and on the ground, Jeremy is nevertheless alive after the firefighters' effort
Good boy: A vet pats Jeremy on his neck as he begins helping him to recover from the ordeal
Easy boy! The horse is welcomed back to dry land after being saved from near death
Station Manager, Kevin O’Connor said: ‘It was up to its neck in water and suffering from hypothermia.
‘It kept trying to spin in the water every time we got ready to pull it up it would turn round. It was very close to dying, but the donkey never left its side.
‘We also had to protect the owners of the horse from danger, it was lucky no one broke their leg.’
This wasn’t the first time Jeremy has had to be rescued from water by firefighters, Jenny added: ‘Many years ago he went in the canal and the fire brigade were involved in getting him out then too.
Kindle Fire sold out in U.S. fuelling speculation release of new version is imminent
Kindle Fire sold out in U.S. fuelling speculation release of new version is imminent
Kindle Fire, Amazon's digital reader has sold out in the United States, sparking speculation that the release of a new version is imminent.
The internet retailer has a major press conference scheduled for next Thursday in Santa Monica, California.
It's widely expected to reveal a new model of the Fire there, so the announcement that the first model is 'sold out' suggests that Amazon halted production a while ago to retool for a new model.
Sell out: Kindle is widely expected to reveal a new model of the Fire, so the announcement that the first model is 'sold out' suggests that Amazon halted production a while ago to retool for a new model
Seattle-based Amazon launched the $199 tablet last November.
It was the first Kindle with a color screen and the ability to run third-party applications, placing it in competition with Apple Inc.'s iPad, at half the price of the cheapest iPad.
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Amazon doesn't say how many Fires it has sold, but says it captured 22 percent of U.S. tablet sales over nine months.
That would make it the second-most popular tablet, after the iPad.
Based on iPad sales reported by Apple, Fire sales can be estimated at somewhere around 5 million units.
Sales: Amazon doesn't say how many Fires it has sold, but says it captured 22 percent of U.S. tablet sales over nine months. That would make it the second-most popular tablet, after the iPad
Separately, ABI Research said today that sales of dedicated e-readers, like the non-Fire, black-and-white Kindles, peaked last year.
It expects worldwide sales of e-readers at 11 million in 2012, down from 15 million in 2011.
The research firm expects tablets to outsell e-readers nine to one this year, despite costing four or five time as much.
Still, e-readers won't go away completely, ABI analyst Joshua Flood said.
'We believe there will always be a niche market for the dedicated reading device for voracious readers, business travelers, and educational segments, particularly ones that are low-priced,' Flood said.
Amazon could update the rest of its Kindle line at next week's event, too.
The current models were launched a year ago.
In the intervening time, competitor Barnes & Noble Inc. has launched a Nook e-reader with a built-in screen illuminator for reading in the dark.
Amazon itself was the main outlet for the Kindle Fire.
However, Staples stores recently sold it for $179.
A paradise for Kate: Royal couple's official engagement in exotic East... and a second honeymoon on desert island in the South Pacific
A paradise for Kate: Royal couple's official engagement in exotic East... and a second honeymoon on desert island in the South Pacific
Most couples can’t hope to manage a second honeymoon until retirement – if at all.
For the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, however, it’s come around rather more quickly.
Only 18 months after their honeymoon on the exclusive North Island resort in the Seychelles, the couple are again heading to a deserted paradise island – this time in the South Pacific.
Kate and William will spend a night on privately owned Tavanipupu island, famed for its crystal waters and luxury hand-thatched bungalows, as part of their first official tour on behalf of the Queen.
Before that the couple will travel to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Borneo and the Solomon Islands, ending their nine-day trip on the South Pacific realm of Tuvalu, the fourth smallest country in the world.
They’ll get up close and personal with wild orangutans, have an orchid named after each of them and face the challenge of being carried from a plane in a garlanded canoe.
It will be the biggest test yet of Kate’s much-praised fashion sense, as she will need up to 30 different outfits, including one for a trek to the jungle.
The Queen is believed to be lending her several pieces of jewellery including, possibly, one of her favourite tiaras.
Her famous locks will be also well cared for – Prince Charles is privately footing the bill for a freelance hairdresser to travel with them.
And the couple have hired a private jet – paid for by the taxpayer – for part of their trip.
Sources said it would be ‘absolutely impossible’ to travel to remote Tuvalu and the Solomon Island otherwise. The Queen is still sovereign of both countries.
The tour has been organised to mark the Diamond Jubilee and many of the stops were chosen personally by the Queen.
The couple will also visit the Commonwealth nations of Singapore and Malaysia on behalf of the British government to strengthen diplomatic and trade links.
Perfect beaches: The royal couple will spend a night on the Tavanipupu Private Island Resort
Fit for royalty: The 'majestic' bed in one of the luxury bungalows where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to stay
It's a hard life: William and Kate will sail by traditional war canoe to the Tavanipupu Private Island Resort, which is known as one of the South Pacific's 'best kept secrets'
Idyllic: The view from one of the verandas on privately owned Tavanipupu Island
Luxurious: One of the hand-thatched bungalows on the resort where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to stay
Then they will fly on to Sabah, the Malaysian part of Borneo, and travel deep into the jungle at Danum Valley, where they hope to climb into the rainforest canopy and see wildlife including the endangered orangutan.
On September 16 they will make their way to Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.
The couple have been told to expect a colourful welcome – complete with chanting warriors – followed by a drive to the capital in an open-topped vehicle decked in fresh flowers.
Paradise: The Royal couple will take in Tuvalu, a Polynesian island located midway between Hawaii and Australia which is one of the most remote inhabited places on the globe
The Royal treatment: The couple will be carried from a plane in a garlanded canoe just like the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were during their visit to Tuvalu in 1982
Animal watching: William and Kate will get up close and personal with wild orangutans in Borneo
Getting back to nature: The Duke and Duchess will also head deep into the jungle in the Danum Valley in Borneo
Another traditional state dinner also beckons, although this one takes the form of an outdoor island feast with meats cooked in underground barbecues.And then, just when the endless rounds of smiles and handshakes may have got a little too much, they will be whisked off to paradise – in a traditional war canoe.
The five-star Tavanipupu Private Island Resort is known as one of the South Pacific’s ‘best kept secrets’.
It says it offers ‘decadent king-sized beds, some of the best food on the planet, crystal clear water teeming with life, a relaxing massage over the water [and] “real” local people who wait on you hand and foot … in one of the wildest places left on earth.’
The 37-acre island, discovered by Europeans in the 19th century, was once a coconut plantation owned by Norwegian traders.
In the 1970s it was bought by English interior designer Dennis Bellote and his late partner Keith Paske, who turned the overgrown island into a luxury five star resort.
Poignant: The couple will be given the chance to view an orchid named after William's late, mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, which she never got to see
Stop off: On September 16 they will make their way to the Solomon Islands, which despite consisting of nearly 1,000 islands across 11,000 square miles, have a population of little over half a million
It is expected they will stay in a £300-a-night hand-thatched bungalow favoured by honeymooners which has been built over the crystalline waters of the Coral Sea and boasts a ‘majestic’ king-sized bed carved out of bamboo.
THE ROYAL'S SCHEDULE IN FULL
- September 11: Singapore
- September 13: Malaysia
- September 15: Sabah, Malaysia (rainforest)
- September 16: Solomon Islands
- September 18: Tuvalu
Aides confirmed yesterday that the couple hope to do a little snorkelling before retiring to bed for an early start to Tuvalu the following morning.
The Queen last visited the island in 1982 when she was carried ashore with Prince Philip from Britannia in a canoe.
This time William and Kate will arrive by plane but the locals are still determined to continue the custom.
‘We have really have no idea what to expect,’ their private secretary admitted yesterday.
The couple will be given a tour of the ten mile square island, including the coconut tree that was planted by the Queen on her last visit.
But it will be rather less luxurious than their previous stop. The island is plagued by ants and large rats, and the infrastructure is so limited that the couple will stay in only the most basic of hotels.
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