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→ Top 20 Heritage Places To Go..!!

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Friday, July 10, 2009

From amazing to mysterious, view the top 20 natural, cultural, archaeological and architectural wonders around the World.

These heritage places are truly wonders of the World..!


1.Longmen Grottoes, China



Tourists view Buddhist sculptures at Longmen Grottoes in the outskirts of Luoyang of Henan
Province, China. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
lists the site as a world heritage center featuring Buddhist images, shrines and relics.

2.Al-Hijr, Saudi Arabia



A section of the archaeological site of Al-Hijr -- also known as Madain Saleh -- in northern Saudi Arabia was added on to UNESCO's World Heritage List on July 6, 2008. Al-Hijr, the largest conserved site of the civilization of the Nabataeans south of Petra in Jordan, is the first World Heritage site in Saudi Arabia.

3.Bayon Temple, Cambodia



The Bayon Temple, near siem Reap, Cambodia is famous for its multitude of giant stone faces. There are more than 1,000 temples in the Angkor area, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble scattered through rice fields to the magnificent Angkor Wat, said to be the world's
largest single religious monument. Many of the temples at Angkor have been restored, and together they comprise the most significant site of Khmer architecture. Visitor and tourist numbers approach one million annually.

4.Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos National Park



“Solitario George” (Lonely George), the last living giant tortoise of this species, native from the Pinta Island, is cared for at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador. He is estimated to be 60–90 years of age. The Galapagos Islands were originally added to the World Heritage List in
1978, and were upgraded to The List in Danger in 2007.

5.Kinderdijk's Mill Area, Netherlands



People skate on frozen canals in Kinderdijk's Mill Area, a UNESCO World Heritage site, near Rotterdam, Netherlands. Kinderdijk has the largest collection of historical windmills in the Netherlands, and is a top tourist sight in South Holland.

6.Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina



A view of the Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, an ecotourism destination in
Patagonia, Argentina, declared by UNESCO as Natural World Heritage Site in 1981. The glacier, in the province of Santa Cruz, is one of the most significant natural attractions of Argentina --the 3rd largest ice field in the world after Antarctica and Greenland.

7.Shrine of the Bab, Israel



Terraced gardens surround the golden-domed Shrine of the Bab of the Bahai faith in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. The world spiritual center of the Bahai faith, whose devotees number less than six million worldwide, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on July 8, 2008.

8.St. Peters Square, Vatican City



An aerial view of St. Peter's Square, in Vatican City. According to the World Heritage Web site, a unique collection of artistic and architectural masterpieces lie within the boundaries of this small state. Vatican City was added to the World Heritage List in 1984.

9.Petra, Jordan



Camels rest in front of the main monument in Jordan's ancient city of Petra, the 'Khazneh' or
Treasury, that was carved out of sandstone to serve as a tomb for a Nabatean king. The city,
situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egyptand Syria-Phoenicia, according to the World Heritage Web site. Petra was added to the WorldHeritage List in 1985.

10.Yellowstone National Park



A herd of elk graze in the meadows of Yellowstone National Park. In the background stand Mt.
Holmes, left, and Mt. Dome. Yellowstone contains half of the world's known geothermal features,
with more than 10,000 examples, the World Heritage Web site says. Yellowstone was added to the World Heritage List in 1978.

11.Drakensbreg Mountains, South Africa



Rock paintings made by the San people are seen in the Drakensbreg Mountains in eastern South
Africa. The San people lived in the Drakensberg area for thousands of years before being exterminated in clashes with the Zulus and white settlers. They left behind an extraordinary collection of rock paintings in the Drakensberg Mountains, earning the UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2000.

12.Shibam, Yemen



A general view of the historical walled city of Shibam in eastern Yemen's Hadramaut province.
Shibam is a UNESCO World Heritage site (1982) well known for its high-rise mud-brick buildings, nicknamed of 'the Manhattan of the desert'.

13.Easter Island, Chile



A view of some of the 390 abandoned huge statues (moais in Rapa Nui language), in the hillside of the Rano Raraku volcano in Easter Island, 3,700 km off the coast of Chile. The Chilean island,
located in the Polynesian archipielago, has many archeological sites and its Rapa Nui National Park is included on UNESCO's World Heritage Site list since 1995.

14.Great Wall, China



Visitors make their way along the Great Wall of China at Simatai, northeast of Beijing. This Ming-dynasty Wall was built as one of four major strategic strongholds for defensive purposes from tribes invading from the north. The Great Wall stretches over approximately 4,000 miles and is one of the largest building construction projects ever completed. It was added to the World Heritage List in 1987.

15.Sydney Opera House, Australia



The Australia landmark "is a great architectural work of the 20th century that brings together multiple strands of creativity and innovation in both architectural form and structural design,' according to the World Heritage Web site. The Opera House joined the World Heritage List in 2007.

16.Hampi, India



A temple is seen in Hampi, near the southern Indian city of Hospet, north of Bangalore. Hampi is
located within the ruins of the city of Vijayanagar, the former capital of the Vijayangar empire. The village of Hampi and its monuments were inscribed a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986.

17.Potala Palace, Tibet



A Tibetan pilgrim spins prayer wheels as she offers prayers while encircling the grounds of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. Since UNESCO named the Potala Palace as a World Heritage site in 1994, the Chinese authorities have felt that the Potala Palace now belongs to the people of the world,
and no longer to the Dalai Lama, and even if the exiled Dalai Lama were permitted to return to
Tibet, it is highly unlikely he would be allowed to live in his traditional home, the 1,300-year-old Potala Palace.

18.Machu Picchu, Peru



The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu is located in the Peruvian city of Cusco. Machu Picchu was name done of the New Seven Wonders of the World, and was added to the World Heritage List in 1983. Thepopular tourist site was considered for the List in Danger in 2008, but was not added.

19.Mount Koya, Japan



The Buddhist pagoda called Konpon Daito at Mount Koya, in Wakayama province, Japan, representsthe central point of a mandala covering all of Japan according to Shingon Buddhist doctrine.Mount Koya, located east of Osaka, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 and wasfirst settled in 819 by the Buddhist monk Kukai, founder of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.

20.Pontcysyllte Canal, United Kingdom



Situated in north-eastern Wales, the 18 kilometre long Pontcysyllte Canal is a feat of civil engineering of the Industrial Revolution, completed in the early years of the 19th century. Covering a difficult geographical setting, the building of the canal required substantial, bold civil engineering solutions, especially as it was built without using locks. The aqueduct is a pioneering masterpiece of engineering and monumental metal architecture, conceived by the celebrated civil engineer Thomas Telford. The use of both cast and wrought iron in the aqueduct enabled the construction of arches that were light and d strong, producing an overall effect that is both monumental and elegant.

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→ Top 5 Bizzare Facts...Around The Earth !!

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Some Time we look too far to find some amazing things. But if we look around us we can see so many examples of bizarre facts. It is truly said that we know all about the Solar system but we hardly know about our palm. So I have accumulate some bizarre facts which are surprising and as well as amazing too,around the world.

I'm sure that these can blow your mind.


1. An 11-year-old "werewolf" boy who desperately seeks a cure for his condition is baffling medical experts.Pruthviraj Patil is one of 50 in the world who suffers from hypertrichosis, a rare genetic condition known as Werewolf Syndrome.As a result his face and body is covered in thick, matted hair.But he is hoping doctors will one day find a cure for his ailment.


2. A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner.The winner of the World's Ugliest Dog contest, that is.Pabst,The toothy 4-year-old Boxer mix rescued from a shelter by Miles Egstad of Citrus Heights, Calif., won the annual contest on
Friday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California.It was an upset victory for Pabst, who beat former champion Rascal, a pedigree Chinese Crested.Pabst's owner took home $1,600
in prize money, pet supplies and a modeling contract with House of Dog.


3. Meet Yoda, a household pet born with an extra pair of ears.Chicago, Illinois, couple Valerie and Ted Rock took the cat in two years ago after they visited a local bar, where a group of drinkers were handing the animal around and making fun of him.Since being adopted by the Rocks and after getting his picture posted on the Internet, the two-year-old feline has become an international media celebrity.



4. The spear entered Dave 11-moth-old Tabby's neck and came out by his left elbow. Lucky for
Dave, the cross bow attack missed his heart and lungs by a fraction.Owner Andrew Childerhouse said: "This defies understanding of people's minds. It is absolutely horrific.
Who would do this to a cat?"
"Dave is a very friendly cat so someone probably got very close and then let him have it."
Andrew Childerhosue said his two daughter were "hysterical" when they discovered Dave the
Tabby.
"The girls were hysterical. But Dave could still walk around and looked comfortable. There
was no blood showing from the wound."
"He was starving and very smelly from where he had been lying in his own mess."
Dave the kitten is now recovering after five days in intensive care.


5. A massive pig found at a remote cattle ranch or station in Australia's sparse north west Pilbra region has been found. The Feral Australian outback pig beast may be the biggest ever seen in the world.The giant pig is regarded as one of the biggest ever seen in the world. Pigs are not native to Australia and were first introduced to the Australian Outback by European settlers in the 18th century.The photo, snapped by John Anick a few years ago, has been doing the rounds on Internet blogs and chain mails for several months, as rumours circulated about the location where the massive wild pig was found and snapped.Reports say the giant big weighing in at 220 kilograms or 485 pounds was shot and killed from a helicopter eating the carcase of a dead cow.

I can only say that now it will be use as a piggy bank.

→ Hayden Panettiere Dare To Bare Before Denis !!

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Now it is time for Hayden Panettiere to goes cloth less for her upcoming movie. She is a whopping 20 years old, it's time for her to prove she's a big kid. That's why her Heroes character Claire will probably start kissing girls next season. And in her own words she says,"If I can't flaunt it at 20, come on!" the Heroes actress told People. "I mean I might as well show it now."

"But you never know, you never know," she continues telling E! Online. "I could be 30 years old and just be like, 'Screw it - I want to take it all off. I better take a picture of this baby before it all goes."


"I was really naked," the 19-year-old starlet gushes about her revealing scene when talking to E! Online's Marc Malkin. "I had these little sticky petals on my boobs, but that was about it. My dad calls me such an exhibitionist. He always says, 'God, even when you were little, you were such an exhibitionist!'"

"I Love You, Beth Cooper" won't only test Hayden Panettiere's acting skills in a comedy movie, but also see her showing some skins. Playing the most popular girl in school Beth Cooper, the Claire Bennet of NBC's series "Heroes" confesses that she really is naked in the scene where she drops her towel in a locker room as she tries to impress geeky Denis Cooverman.


Hayden wasn't particularly fazed by the shoot, however. She told People:

"It didn't bother me much. I think when the person who's doing it gets all uncomfortable and shy, then it's other people around who get more uncomfortable because they're uncomfortable. I mean I was fine - everyone was really professional."



It's unclear how much skin moviegoers will see, but Hayden told E! News that she was completely nude on the set - mostly:

"I was really naked. I had these little sticky petals on my boobs, but that was about it. My dad calls me such an exhibitionist. He always says, God, even when you were little, you were such an exhibitionist! Oh boy. That's not creepy or anything."



Talking about the nudity issue deeper, Panettiere states that she won't take all her clothes off in front of the camera for now. "I'm cool with my body, and I'm cool running around undressed and all that stuff, but there are just certain things that not everyone needs to know, that you need to keep somehow private and personal to you," she says. "But you never know, you never know. I could be 30 years old and just be like, 'Screw it - I want to take it all off. I better take a picture of this baby before it all goes.' "



"I Love You, Beth Cooper" centers on a nerdy valedictorian who proclaims his love to the hottest cheerleader in school during his graduation speech. Much to his surprise, the cheerleader shows up at his pad that night and shows him the best night of his life.The comedy movie heads to U.S. theaters on July 10, this year.


→ NASA Astronauts Are Never Gonna Fly Again !!

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NASA on Monday unveiled the nine Americans making up its newest class of astronaut candidates, a group that will never fly on the space shuttle.The six-man, three-woman astronaut class of 2009 is NASA's first batch of new spaceflying recruits in five years. The candidates are expected to report to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in August to begin two years of training.

"This is a very talented and diverse group we've selected," said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's space operations chief, in a statement. "They will join our current astronauts and play very important roles for NASA in the future."

NASA's three aging space shuttles are due to retire in 2010 after completing construction of the International Space Station. The new astronaut candidates, therefore, will likely only train to fly aboard the space station, Russian Soyuz vehicles, and NASA's shuttle replacement - the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle and its Ares rockets tapped to ferry spaceflyers to orbit and back to the moon by 2020. The 11 astronauts of NASA's 2004 class are all expected to have flown once on a shuttle by the fleet's retirement next year, NASA officials have said.

"In addition to flying in space, astronauts participate in every aspect of human spaceflight, sharing their expertise with engineers and managers across the country," Gerstenmaier said.
The 2009 astronaut class is a relatively young group, with ages ranging from 30 to 43. NASA selected the nine from a field of 3,500 applicants to make up the new class, its 20th group since the original seven Mercury astronauts were unveiled in 1959.

The group is a mix of military and civilians that includes: a technical intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), two NASA flight surgeons, a space station flight controller, a sprint-running molecular biologist, as well as two Navy test pilots, a U.S. Air Force test pilot and the special assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the
Pentagon.



Meet NASA's new 2009 astronaut class, starting on the top row from left; Serena Aunon, Jeanette Epps, Jack Fischer; in the middle row from left, Michael Hopkins, Kjell Lindgren, Kathleen (Kate) Rubins, and in the bottomrow from left, Scott Tingle, Mark Vande Hei, Gregory (Reid) Wiseman.

1. Serena M. Aunon, 33, of League City, Texas; University of Texas Medical Branch-Wyle flight surgeon for NASA's space shuttle, International Space Station and Constellation programs; born in Indianapolis, Ind. Aunon holds degrees from George Washington University, the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston, and UTMB.

2. Jeanette J. Epps, 38, of Fairfax, Va.; technical intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency; born in Syracuse, N.Y. Epps holds degrees from LeMoyne College and the University of Maryland.

3. Jack D. Fischer, Major U.S. Air Force, 35, of Reston, Va.; test pilot; U.S. Air Force Strategic Policy intern (Joint Chiefs of Staff) at the Pentagon; born in Boulder, Colo. Fischer is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

4. Michael S. Hopkins, Lt. Colonel U.S. Air Force, 40, of Alexandria, Va.; special assistant to the Vice Chairman (Joint Chiefs of Staff) at the Pentagon; born in Lebanon, Mo. Hopkins holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Stanford University.

5. Kjell N. Lindgren, 36, of League City, Texas; University of Texas Medical Branch-Wyle flight surgeon for NASA's Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Constellation Programs; born in Taipei, Taiwan. Lindgren has degrees from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado State University, University of Colorado, the University of Minnesota, and UTMB.

6. Kathleen (Kate) Rubins, 30, of Cambridge, Mass.; born in Farmington, Conn.; principal investigator and fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT and conducts research trips to the Congo. Rubins has degrees from the University of California-San Diego and Stanford University. Rubins is not the youngest person to be selected for NASA's astronaut corps. Astronauts Sally Ride and Tammy Jernigan were both 26 at the time of their selections in 1978 and 1985, respectively.

7. Scott D. Tingle, Commander U.S. Navy, 43, of Hollywood, Md.; born in Attleboro, Mass.; test pilot and Assistant Program Manager-Systems Engineering at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Tingle holds degrees from Southeastern Massachusetts University (now University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) and Purdue University.

8. Mark T. Vande Hei, Lt. Colonel U.S. Army, 42, of El Lago, Texas; born in Falls Church, Va.; flight controller for the International Space Station at NASA's Johnson Space Center, as part of U.S. Army NASA Detachment. Vande Hei is a graduate of Saint John's University and Stanford University.

9. Gregory R. (Reid) Wiseman, Lt. Commander U.S. Navy, 33, of Virginia Beach, Va.; born in Baltimore; test pilot; Department Head, Strike Fighter Squadron 103, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, based out of Oceana, Va. Wiseman is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Johns Hopkins University.

→ The Life Of Michael Jackson

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Baby Jackson ... he sure was a cute kid. Jackson is pictured here in the early 1960s.


Baby Jackson ... he sure was a cute kid. Jackson is pictured here in the early 1960s.

Early days ... Jackson's solo career took off in 1971. He sure scrubbed up well back then

King Of Cool ... Jackson knew how to rock it even back in the day. He's pictured in his limo outside the Palace Hotel in New York during the 1980s

Thrilling ... Thriller was Jackson's sixth solo album and cemented his place as one of the biggest pop stars of the late 20th century. According to The Guiness Book of World Records it's the world's best selling album of all time

Music Greats ... friends with the best, Jackson is pictured with music diva Diana Ross

Changing Face ... In the mid 1980s Jackson was diagnosed with Vitiligo - a chronic skin disease that causes loss of pigment, resulting in irregular pale patches of skin. It was around this time he embarked on a series of plastic surgery procedures, dramatically changing the shape of his nose and chin

Divorce ... Jackson and Presley divorced in 1996, less than two years after their marriage. They're pictured here visiting a cancer ward in 1995

King of Pop ... you'd be sweaty too performing in front of 60,000 people. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He's pictured performing in Brunei for the 50th Birthday of the country's ruler in 1996 .

Commanding presence ... Jackson is pictured conducting a military band during is visit to Moscow in 1996

Globe Trotter ... Jackson's History world tour consisted of 82 concerts in over 38 countries. He is pictured here in Bangkok .

Wax on ... Michael Jackson and mime artist Marcel Marceau perform in Paris during the unveiling of Jackson's wax double

Second Marriage ... Jackson married dermatologist nurse Deborah Jeanne Rowe in Sydney in 1996. The pair called it quits after three years and two children together.

Love of children ... Jackson, pictured in Soweto, South Africa, has been involved with many children's charities over the years. In 2005 he was aquited of child molestation charges .

Friends in High Places ... Pictured with South African President Nelson Mandela, Jackson performed two charity concerts in 1999 of which profits went to the Nelson Mandela children's fund.

Bizarre Behaviour ... Jackson's third child Prince Michael Jackson II was born in 2002. The singer was widely criticised for dangling his newborn son over the balcony of his hotel room in Berlin
Arrested ... in 2003 Jackson was charged with several child molestation offences .

Sigh of Relief ... a jury deliberated for about 32 hours over the course of seven days before acquitting Jackson of the child molestation charges in 2005. Jackson is pictured leaving the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

Jackson Today ... pictured recently at Heathrow airport, Jackson regularly travels with an extensive entourage including 10 or more security guards.

Is that you? ... Jackson's face is almost unrecognisable from his Thriller days.


A Music Era Has Come To Close - Mickel Jackson Died ( Funeral Pics )


Michael Jackson has passed away. He was pronounced dead some time back. I have compiled some pictures below. Check them out and leave your condolence messages below.
Please respect the dead. Michael was a world wide phenomenon and last of the breeds. They don’t make em like that any more.

Michael Jackson today that all their fans for the demise of a really bad news. That Thursday afternoon (June 25), UCLA Medical Center in the Air takes last. He was age 50.

According to TMZ.com website, Michael suffered a cardiac arrest at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics couldn’t reanimate him.When he was brought to hospital he was already dead, the staff tried to resuscitate him but in vain.






The Funeral for Michael Jackson has not been scheduled yet but as and when the autopsy reports are in and when the family schedules it, I will post the details here. Please keep in touch and hold your patience ..