Facts from Guiness Book of World Record

1. Highest walk on air balloon.

Mike Howard (Mike Howard) from Britain walked the beam that can extend between two balloons at an altitude of 6522 m. near the city Yovil, County Somersetshir, UK, September 1, 2004 This feat was captured on videotape for the television show "Guinness records : 50 years, 50 of Records."

2. The most stretchable skin.


Harry Turner (Garry Turner) from Britain could spread to the abdominal skin to see 15,8 This is due to a rare disease known as syndrome Elersa- Danlosa violation connective tissue, affecting the skin, ligaments and internal organs. Collagen, strengthens skin, and is responsible for its elasticity, damaged, which, among other things, is the weakening of the skin and joints razboltannost. In more severe cases, this can result in the destruction or rupture of blood vessels, leading to death.


3. The longest dog ears. .

The longest dog ears and see the size 34,9 34,2 cm-right and left, respectively, measured on September 29, 2004 They belong Tiggeru (Tigger), Jr., whose owners Brian and Christine Flessner (Bryan and Christina Flessner) lived in the city of St. Joseph, Illinois.


4. The highest paid attraction in slow decline.

The highest attraction slow fall called "Sky Jump" (Leap from the sky) and is located in the tower and entertainment center crossovers Macau. Fall begins with a 61-level towers at a height of 233 m. over land, and continues for 17-20 seconds. Solemn leap committed A. J. Hackett (A. J. Hackett) from New Zealand on August 17, 2005


5. The heaviest apple.


The heaviest weighing 1,849 kg apple. Chisato raised Iwasaki (Chisato Iwasaki) for its apple farm in the town of Hirosaki (Hirosaki), Japan, which was thwarted by October 24, 2005


6. An old man, who committed lowering a rope.


The oldest person spustivshimsya a rope from a height of more than 30 metres. a britanka Doris Long (Doris Long), which on June 10, 2006 has descend from the building Millgate House-60 m. from the roof to the ground, at the age of 92 years and 24 days (she was born on May 18, 1914). The building is located in an area of St. George in the city of Portsmouth, England.


7. The biggest hamburger, which can be bought.


The biggest hamburger weighing 35.6 kg. included in the menu bar grill Bob's BBQ & Grill on the beach in Pattaya, Thailand on July 31, 2006


8. The largest mirror ball.

The largest mirror ball is 5.01 m. in diameter. Imaginate Events. His boat Nigel Burrows (Nigel Burrows) from the company Imaginate Events. Shaer was demonstrated in the city of Reading, England, October 13, 2006

9. The quickest office.


The quickest office is a table specially equipped to ride on the roads, and moving with a maximum speed of 140 km / h. His boat Briton Edd China (Edd China), and he also has held across Westminster Bridge in London on November 6, 2006 on the Day Guinness World Records.


10. The biggest leap riding on a lion.


The biggest leap riding on a lion to a distance of 2.3 m. Askold committed and Edgar Zapashnye (both Russian) - Russian State Circus performers, the circus scene Perm July 28, 2006


11. The largest number of concrete blocks, broken karatistom one minute.


Ninety concrete blocks for one minute broke his arm Norwegian Narve Laeret on televisions transfer "Senkveld" television TV2 on November 9, 2006 in Oslo.


12. The largest number of snakes gremuchih held in his mouth.

American Jackie Bibby (Jackie Bibby) was able to hold in his mouth without assistance 10 gremuchih snake tails for a period of 10 seconds on the Day Guinness World Records on November 9, 2006


13. The largest number of needles in the head.

One 1,790 needles for acupuncture was votknuto in the head and face Shengchu Chinese Wei (Wei Shengchu) on March 23, 2004 in the city of Nanning, China.


14. The longest fingernails on both hands.


Nelvin Feyzel Booz (Nelvin Feizel Boothe) from the city of Pontiac, Michigan, not strig nails 25 years, bringing the total length of 1910 amounted to 931 nails see


15. The strongest vypuchivanie eye.


Kim Gudmen the United States can vypuchit eye of the eye of 11 mm. This fact was recorded in the television show "Guinness World records : Praymtaym" June 13, 1998


16. Smallest and most of the living horses.

On July 7, 2006 the smallest of the living horses were Tambelina (Thumbelina) , miniature mare, whose growth was 44.5 Bobcats see Her owners, Kay and Paul Gesling (Kay and Paul Goessling) live on a farm in Goose Creek the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Growth Radar (Radar) - Belgian upryazhnoy horses, has been measured with Horseshoe on July 27, 2004 and amounted to 202 see Radar owned firms Priefert Manufacturing Inc. city of Mount Pleasant, Texas. Both horses are brought together for a photo in the Guinness Book of September 3, 2006


17. The biggest pick-up.

Height truck Bigfoot 5 is 4.7 m height tires-3 pm-weight 17,236 kg. This is one of the 17 pickups such established Bob Chandler (Bob Chandler) from the city of St. Louis, Missouri. It was built during the summer of 1986, he is now permanently berthed in the city of St. Louis and occasionally appear on the local festivities.


18. The most hirsute men.

Victor "Larry" Ramos Gomez (Victor "Larry" Ramos Gomez), pictured in the photos, and Gabriel "Danny" Gomez (Gabriel "Danny" Gomez) (both from Mexico) belong to one family, consisting of 19 members, has five generations which are rare disease known as a common congenital Ray, and characterized by excessive hair on the face and Volvo. Traits cover women's family can be described as a light or average, while 98% of men covered with thick body hair, except for the hands and feet.


19. 's Longest jet of milk produced from the eye.

Ilker Yilmaz (Ilker Yilmaz) from Turkey issued a strict eye milk 279.5 see Record was recorded on September 1, 2004 at the Hotel Armada Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.

World`s Largest Cargo Ship

World's Largest Cargo Ship Get a load of this ship! 15,000 containers and a 207' beam! And look at the crew size (13) for a ship longer than US aircraft carriers, which have complements of 5,000 men and officers. Think it's big enough? Notice that 207' beam means it was NOT designed for the Panama or Suez canal . It is strictly transpacific. Check out the "cruise speed". 31 mph means the goods arrive four days before the typical container ship traveling at 18 to 20 mph on a China-to-California run. So this behemoth is hugely competitive when carrying perishable goods.This ship was built in three, perhaps as many as five sections. The sections floated together and then welded. It is named Emma Maersk. The command bridge is higher than a ten story building and has eleven rigs that can operate simultaneously.

Additional info:
Country of origin - Denmark
Length - 1,302 ft
Width - 207 ft
Net cargo - 123,200 tons
Engine - 14 in-line cylinders diesel engine (110,000 BHP)
Cruise Speed - 31 mi/h
Cargo capacity - 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 ft3 container)
Crew - 13 people
First Trip - Sept. 08, 2006
Construction cost - US $145,000,000+

The silicone paint applied to the ship's bottom reduces water resistance and saves 317,000 gallons of diesel per year !

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Why a Doctor Choose to Be A Nurse?

Since 1994, 100,000 Filipino nurses have left the Philippines to work abroad. A good proportion of that figure are doctors who decided to become nurses.

Here is one more young doctor shifting into the field of nursing. She expresses her sentiments and reasons for choosing a new career. It is worth appreciating how someone begins with idealism, and later on, transforms to a new person with a totally different outlook in life.

I do not blame her for her decision. Maybe if majority of the doctors here become nurses, and leave for greener pastures abroad, some good leader(s) of this country will notice there's a big problem in the health system, and do something about it. I just pray that when that happens, it is not too late yet.

Excerpts from the article:

"If this nation thinks that paying $200 to a doctor here is equivalent to $5,000 to a nurse abroad and should be enough compensation for our toil and brains, I am not going to play a martyr. We doctors are just like every decent, hard-working citizen of this country who has an instinct of self-preservation. We are trying to stay afloat even as the nation seems to be sinking. Government officials can continue to bicker until one day they have to go to a hospital --- only to find it empty. We boast about the brawn we send overseas, but if we lose our brain as well, what is going to happen to this country?

"Since I am young and broke, this could all be useless bellyaching. But couldn’t it also be the valid complaints of a thinking citizen of this country? Although some of our colleagues remain hopeful about our country’s future, I don’t think I can stay longer, waiting for a miracle. I am turning 30 in a few months, with only one ton of medical textbooks and a stethoscope for assets. And I still owe my parents half a million pesos in medical school tuition. A doctor cannot save lives if his own is in peril."

Some Facts what is happening:

1. In the last 10 years, the Philippines exported close to 90,000 nurses overseas.

2. In the last four years, 3,500 doctors left the country to take on nursing posts abroad.

3. The number 1 course choice here is now Nursing. I have friend lawyers, engineers, and yes, doctors who are all shifting to nursing to work abroad.

4. The Philippines is now exporting more nurses than it is producing, resulting in substandard patient care and a real crisis in hospitals.

5. Migrant health workers are still predominantly female, meaning more families are losing their traditional caregivers --- the wives, mothers, and sisters. According to a 2004 Asian Development Bank report, 65 percent of Filipino workers overseas are already women.

6. Because of equal opportunity in employment (something non-existent here) abroad, age is not a hindrance to working, and more senior doctors and nurses opt for retirement to study nursing and work abroad. This leaves an unwanted vacancy in health personnel in hospitals especially in the provinces.

7. About 10 percent of the Philippines' 2,500 hospitals have closed down in the past 3 years mainly because of the loss of doctors and nurses to jobs overseas.

8. Next to India, the Philippines is already the second largest source of doctors in hospitals abroad. The country also supplies 25 percent of all overseas nurses worldwide.

9. The preferred country of destination is the United States because of the possibility of acquiring U.S. citizenship and all its privileges. But 57 percent of Filipino nurses abroad are in Saudi Arabia and only 14 percent are in the United States, while 12 percent are in the United Kingdom.

10. PGH, the country’s premier government hospital, is also seeing an exodus, with up to a quarter of its 2,000-nurse workforce leaving in the last few years. While it used to accept only the top graduates of the country’s nursing schools, it can no longer afford to stick to such standards. Now, as long as a nurse makes the minimum passing grade, an apparently desperate PGH will take the applicant.

11. About 5,500 doctors are now enrolled in 45 nursing schools in courses that were tailor-made for them. Two thousand doctors have already taken up the Nursing Board Exams, topping the test in 2003 and 2004. In 2004, the topnotcher in the medical board exam announced his plans to work overseas as a nurse.

12. It is no longer hip and cool to become a doctor here. Of the 39 medical schools in the country, three have ceased operating because of steeply declining enrollment. The Iloilo Doctors College of Medicine, for instance, reported a 74-percent decrease in enrollees.

Reasons for this mass migration of our health workers include the prevailing political instability, widespread corruption, and all-too-important financial aspect.

A nurse working in the UK for 6 months can earn as much as P500,000 (half a million pesos). A nurse in the US can get a signing bonus anywhere from US$2,000 to US$10,000.

Here, nurses in the provinces get about P2,000 monthly (US$35.90). In government hospitals, nurses get P9,000 monthly (US$161.55), and in private hospitals, it could go down to P4,000 (US$71.80). Under Republic Act 9173, an entry-level nurse should get about P13,300 a month (US$238.74). The key word "should" is most likely a joke. This law is not properly enforced.

Bottomline is that the aging population in western countries will increase in the next 5 to 10 years, and demand for nurses and doctors from developing countries like the Philippines will continue to rise.

US NURSING WAGES
A new study links the nursing shortage in the US with salary figures lagging behind inflation rates. The study covers the period between 1996 and 2000, when there was a notable shortage in US nursing staff coinciding with a salary range below the inflation rate. When salaries were increased, there was a significant 9.2 percent increase in the nursing staff. I wonder if this increase came from the US, or from international manpower sources like the Philippines.

The lowest median wage for US nurses quoted in the study, came from the Memphis area, where the wage was $19.50 per hour. In today's exchange rates, this around P1,000 per hour. A nursing shift is about 8 hours, so that's about P8,000 per shift. Not bad, if you ask me. P8,000 is a month's salary here. And I'm doing my math at a time when the Philippine peso is stronger. Imagine the rates years ago.

The highest median wage is in Oakland, CA where the pay is $39 per hour or nearly P2,000 using today's rates. That's a cool P16,000 per nursing shift. Whoa! I hear there are even signing bonuses and relocation fees provided today with each new nurse hired.

No wonder even doctors here want to be nurses abroad.

Dark Night Photos-Leaked

Tons of new (and leaked) photos from the new Batman Begins sequel entitled, “The Dark Knight”, have popped up on the net and Warner Bros. have been pulling them out one site at a time…

Here’s your chance to see what all the fuss is all about… and let me just say that these photos are frickin awesome! Enjoy! (courtesy of chuckie dreyfus).

Nokia Battery Advisory

Are you nokia phone user?
Due to some news of exploding nokia battery recently, Nokia issue this product advisory.
This is a product advisory for the Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006. This product advisory does not apply to any other Nokia battery.

Nokia has identified that in very rare cases the affected batteries could potentially experience over heating initiated by a short circuit while charging, causing the battery to dislodge. Nokia is working closely with relevant local authorities to investigate this situation.

Nokia has several suppliers for BL-5C batteries that have collectively produced more than 300 million BL-5C batteries. This advisory applies only to the 46 million batteries manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. There have been approximately 100 incidents of over heating reported globally. No serious injuries or property damage have been reported.

Consumers with a BL-5C battery subject to this advisory should note that all of the approximately 100 incidents have occurred while charging the battery. According to Nokia's knowledge this issue does not affect any other use of the mobile device. Concerned consumers may want to monitor a mobile device while charging that contains a BL-5C battery subject to this product advisory.

While the occurence in the BL-5C batteries produced by Matsushita in the time-period specified is very rare, for consumers wishing to do so, Nokia and Matsushita offer to replace for free any BL-5C battery subject to this product advisory.

The BL-5C batteries which are subject to the product advisory were used with the following Nokia models or separately as accessories:

Nokia 1100, Nokia 1100c, Nokia 1101, Nokia 1108, Nokia 1110, Nokia 1112, Nokia 1255, Nokia 1315, Nokia 1600, Nokia 2112, Nokia 2118, Nokia 2255, Nokia 2272, Nokia 2275, Nokia 2300, Nokia 2300c, Nokia 2310, Nokia 2355, Nokia 2600, Nokia 2610, Nokia 2610b, Nokia 2626, Nokia 3100, Nokia 3105, Nokia 3120, Nokia 3125, Nokia 6030, Nokia 6085, Nokia 6086, Nokia 6108, Nokia 6175i, Nokia 6178i, Nokia 6230, Nokia 6230i, Nokia 6270, Nokia 6600, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6630, Nokia 6631, Nokia 6670, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682, Nokia 6820, Nokia 6822, Nokia 7610, Nokia N70, Nokia N71, Nokia N72, Nokia N91, Nokia E50, Nokia E60

This product advisory applies also to the following accessories:

Nokia Wireless GPS Module LD-1W, Nokia Wireless GPS Module LD-3W

“Nokia” and “BL-5C” are printed on the front of the battery. On the back of the battery, the Nokia mark appears at the top, and the battery identification number (consisting of 26 characters) is found at the bottom. If the battery identification number does not contain 26 characters, it is not subject to this product advisory.

If you are interested to know if your battery is part of this product advisory, please follow the two steps below:

1) Switch off your mobile device and check the battery model. If your battery is not a BL-5C model, you are not included in this product advisory and your product will not be replaced.

2) If your battery is a BL-5C model, remove the battery and check the 26-character identification number from the back of the battery. Goto to this site (CHECK) and Enter the identification number in the field below and you will be advised if your battery may be replaced.

Burj Al Arab- the only 7 stars hotel in the world-Part 1

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