Monday 4 June 2012

Miracle Of Quran

 Where Two salty and sweet seas meets


Two Seas in Quran

He releases the two seas 9meeting) side by side, between the a barrier (so) neither of then transgresses" (Quran, 55: 19-20)

"And it is He who has released (simultaneously) one fresh sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition" (Quran, 25:53)

"It is He Who has let free the two bodies of flowing water: one palatable and sweet, and the other salty and bitter; yet has He made a barrier between them, and a partition that is forbidden to be passed" (Quran, 25:53)

How can it be?
Modern science find this myth while Quran state it in more than 1400 years ago. For a Muslim phenomenon like it was not unusual because all happens with the power of almighty God. This does not mean a Muslim did not want to pay attention to the scientific facts about natural events like these two seas, because of this phenomenon requires a Muslim to do research and take the wisdom and knowledge.

Many of the power of God in the form of phenomena which according to most humans strange, can be a source of science research to generate substantial benefits for human life.

Modern Science has discovered that in the places where two different seas meet, there is a barrier between them. This barrier divides the two seas so that each sea has its own temperature, salinity and density. This phenomenon occurs in several places, including the divider between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean at Gibralter. A white bar can also be clearly seen at Cape Point, Cape Peninsula, South Africa where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean. But when the Qur’an speaks about the divider between fresh and salt water, it mentions the existence of  “a forbidding partition” with the barrier.

This phenomenon occurs in several places, including Egypt, where the river Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea. These scientific phenomena mentioned in the Qur’an was also confirmed by Dr. William Hay, a well known marine scientist and Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado, U.S.A. (Muslim Ways)

 

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Sunday 3 June 2012

Miniature Art on the Tip of Pencil

                                                                              

 Many artists have used pencils to create works of art – but Dalton Ghetti creates miniature masterpieces on the tips of pencils.

Dalton, who works as a carpenter, has been making his tiny graphite works for about 25 years. A sculpture of Elvis Presley wearing shades, carved from a single pencil.
The 49-year-old said: “At school I would carve a friend’s name into the wood of a pencil and then give it to them as a present. Later, when I got into sculpture, I would make these huge pieces from things like wood, but decided I wanted to challenge myself by trying to make things as small as possible.

Dalton uses three basic tools to make his incredible creations – a razor blade, sewing needle and sculpting knife. He even refuses to use a magnifying glass and has never sold any of his work, only given it away to friends. He said: “I use the sewing needle to make holes or dig into the graphite. I scratch and create lines and turn the graphite around slowly in my hand”

 I experimented sculpting with different materials, such as chalk, but one day I had an eureka moment and decided to carve into the graphite of a pencil”     


The longest Dalton has spent on one piece was two and half years on a pencil with interlinking chains. A standard figure will take several months. He said: “The interlinking chains took the most effort and I was really pleased with it because it’s so intricate people think it must be two pencils”


When Dalton, from Connecticut, USA, first started he would become frustrated when a piece would break before being finished after he had spent months working on it. He said: “It would drive me mad when I would be just a bit too heavy-handed and the pencil’s tip would break. I would get very nervous sometimes, particularly when the piece was almost finished, and then I would make a mistake. I decided to change the way I thought about the work – when I started a new piece my attitude would be ‘well this will break eventually but let’s see how far I get. It helped me break fewer pencils, and although I still do break them, it’s not as often”


Dalton, who is originally from Brazil, has a box full of more than 100 sculptures that have broken while working on them that he affectionately calls ‘the cemetery collection’. He said: “I have quite a few broken pieces so I decided to glue them on pins and into styrofoam for a display case. People might think it’s weird I keep them but they’re still interesting. I worked on them for months so they might be dead now but at one point I gave them life”


“I don’t make any money from it but that’s not what it’s about for me. However, I would love for a gallery owner in England to fly me over to put on a show,” he said

Dalton hollowed out the centre of the wood, then carved the central column of graphite to create this hanging, linked heart

                           
                   Carved from the graphite in a normal pencil: A tiny hammer


                    Carved from the graphite in a normal pencil: A tiny button

                         
       A Tiny saw,using both the wood and graphite of a single pencil

 This carving shows a goblet being held by a hand, all carved from one pencil’s graphite

        Carved from the graphite in a normal pencil: A highly detailed boot


                                                   A miniature graphite chair


                                                  A mini mailbox on a post

An intricately detailed screw, carved in one piece from a pencil’s graphite
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Saturday 2 June 2012

Defusable Alarm Clock


Explosive Morning with a Defusable Alarm Clock!

Inspired by the iconic look of time bombs in old movies, software engineer Michael Krumpus set out to build an alarm clock that would make his mornings more action-packed. When the alarm goes off in defuse mode, the clock starts a 10-second countdown; the correct wire, which is randomly assigned each day, has to be cut or pulled out to stop the detonation, or the clock will “explode” with noise and flashing LEDs.
Krumpus says he noticed hundreds of hits from Homeland Security personnel on his website, but the clock is completely harmless.
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Beauty Tips to Get Fresh and Beautiful Skin


There are lots of skin care tips to help one look good,  tips to makeup while travel,tips to get ready quick when in hurry and tips to use your unused or old makeup material which you do not understand what to do with it. these tips are  valuable in daily use from the kitchen of our house that can make batch of difference in your total looking.
Here are only some tips  about changing drinking  and  Eating Routine to  get a beautiful and fresh skin.

* When gets up in the morning, do not wash off the oil which you get on
your face, specially around your nose and chin, rather spread this oil from your nose to all over face in upward strokes. It’s the natural oil, which your body produces and is very good for one’s skin to keep it young and supple. After that you can wash your face but without soap. First face wash of the morning should be just with water.

* Fill water in your mouth and then splash water on your face and on eyes. It’s a kind of exercise.

* Drink 2 glass of lukewarm water in the morning empty stomach with a spoonful of honey and lemon juice added to it. It’s good to clean your stomach, and detoxify the toxins. With the consumption of this skin starts glowing within a month.

* Cut off the use of caffinated and saturated drinks. Stop eating much of junk and fried food, which spoils the body and damages the skin.

* Rather drink lots of water at least 8-10 glasses of water in a day. Fresh juices and even buttermilk is good to keep you fit and healthy.

* Try to walk whenever you get an opportunity. Exercise is must for a healthy mind, body and skin. If your schedule is too busy to get time to workout then get it this way. Try to climb stairs then taking lift. Park your car a little more away from your destination so that you will have to walk.

* Always sit in a right posture and keep your abs muscles tight. It will strengthen your tummy muscles and make it look flatter.

* Always breathe properly. The correct breathing pattern makes surprising difference to your body and skin. When inhale air should reach till abdomen and when exhale you should feel light in your abdomen.

* Always add green fresh salads with your meals. This will reduce the quantity of food calories you are eating and will help you remain fit.
* Consume more of fruits and vegetables with a balanced healthy diet.

* Do wash face often but not every time with soap. If you are working keep wiping off your face with wet tissues.


* Whenever in the kitchen, you can rub lemon peel from the pulp side on your face to get rid of the grease and can apply any fruit juice on face with a cotton roll. You can wash it off after few minutes.
Now here are some beauty tips related to make up and facial beauty:

* To start with the morning, wash your face with water and when you take bath use mild soap on your face. Apply a good moisturizer depending on your skin type and remember that if should be having sun protection. Never go out without applying sunscreen lotion.

* Apply a light lip color or lip-gloss in a shade, which suits your skin tone. You can put a dab of foundation on your lips before putting the applying the lip color as it helps to stay it for longer.

* For eyes eye liner and eye pencil are available in many shades. Choose a good brand. You can apply brown eye pencil to give them a softer look. Use dry eye pencil on oily skin and do avoid eyeliner on small eyes rather use eye pencil to define them.

* You can curl your lashes with mascara even if you don’t want to put any other eye make up, you can use mascara.

 * Use light eyeshades on your eyelids for day use.

* You can use compact powder a shade lighter to your skin tone on your face and neck to give it a finishing touch.

* Always apply body lotion on your skin after having bath all over your body. It keeps your skin smooth and keeps the skin tone even.

* Avoid using foundation for daily usage. Use it just for parties and functions and let your skin breathe.

* Use a mild scrubber on your skin once in a week to remove black heads and dead skin and face packs to rejuvenate your skin.

* Always sleep after cleaning your skin by removing your make up. Baby lotion or baby oil is good make up remover and can be used even to remove eye make up.

* Use a good cleanser, toner and moisturizer on your skin before going to bed. You can choose a good night cream based on your skin type and your age. As for women who are 30 plus the requirement of creams are totally different than teen-age girls.
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Friday 1 June 2012

Gilgit Baltistan Heaven on Earth

A land where the three extravagant mountains of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu-Kush greet each other, the home to rare flora and fauna, beautiful valleys and the dazzling lakes, is Gilgit-Baltistan; yet another eye-catching region of Pakistan and a popular tourist destination. The amiable denizens, celestial landscapes and enthralling cascades make this province a favourite destination for tourists from all across the world. Moreover, the simplicity and harmony of the province is a treat for the mind and soul. The region is known to be surrounded by the highest and greatest number of mountains around the world. Although the area is dry and rugged, as the clouds are blocked by the huge mountains but the labour of the strong and willing local population has even claimed the hard mountains for cultivation resulting in beautiful green orchids of many fruits in the valley. This makes a spectacular contrast in the green fields and ruggedness on the mountains topped with white snow.

            Sheosar Lake is a situated in Deosai National Park, in Gilgit-Baltistan province of northern Pakistan. The lake is at an elevation of 4,142 metres (13,589 ft) in the Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe. Its approximate length is 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi), width 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi), and average depth is 40 metres (130 ft).


         Hunza Valley, a beautiful place to visit, about 3 hrs journey from Gilgit, Northern Areas of Pakistan. If anyone visiting , must see are Baltit Fort, Durbar Hotel and Fishing experience in Hunza River.


 The Karakoram Highway or KKH in short, is the greatest wonder of modern Pakistan. It is one of the most spectacular roads in the world connecting Pakistan to China. It twists through three great mountain ranges - the Himalayas, Karakoram and Pamir. KKH passes through the Karakoram Range, which boat 12 of the 30 highest mountains in the world.River indus is a very old capmanion of KKH and old silk rout. The ultimate source of the Indus is in Tibet. The Indus is, by volume, the largest exotic river (one that mainly flows through a country from which it receives no water) in the world.


             It's a Heart from an eye.. Shangrila Resort , Skardu Baltistan.It is located at a drive of about 20 minutes from Skardu (nearly 2,500 m or 8,200 feet) town.



           Laila Peak is considered to be the most beautiful peak in Karakorams.It is located in Hushe Valley of Baltistan, Pakistan. This beautiful six thousand meter peak is unique in its own beauty in terms of climbing and having a panoramic view, standing at the footsteps of Gondogoro la towards Hushe, this is one of the technical six thousand meter high peaks.  The peak is synonymous with its west face which drops down the mountains at almost uniform gradient forming a giant ramp Its northern and eastern sides consist of contrasting steep granite.



           Beautiful view of  Gasherbrum-IV, Karakoram Range, Baltistan, Pakistan.



 Trango Tower  Location: Skardu Baltistan (Pakistan) is the highest rock tower in the world.It is one of the most spectacular granite towers in the world.Height = 22500 ft


                                     Siachen Glaciers , Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan.
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The Bahrain World Trade Center!


The Bahrain World Trade Center is the first skyscraper to have wind turbines integrated into the structure of the building.
Three large wind turbines are suspended between two office towers. The towers are aerodynamically tapered to funnel wind and draw air into the turbines.This airfoil tapering allows the wind to enter the turbines at a perpendicular angle and increases air speed as much as 30 percent in each of the 95 ft wide turbine rotors.The turbines supply about 15 percent of the electricity used by the skyscraper - approximately the same amount of electricity used by 300 homes.



   
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Natural Ice Cave



The Eisriesenwelt is a natural ice cave . It is really a gift of nature which is located in Werfen district of Austria,nearly 40 km far away south of Salzburg.The Eisriesenwelt's width is more than 42 km. The Eisriesenwelt was caused to occur by the Salzach River. This river flowed in mountain occuring erosion of passages about 100 million years ago.Over the many years cracks in mountain extended too much because of erosion of rocks by water.In winter time, when air in mountain is warmer than outside air; cold air spread into the mountain and makes cooler temprature of lower areas to fall freezing point.In spring ,snow melts and this melting water flow through crevices in the mountain.When melting water reaches cold areas of the caves,it starts to freeze and turns into amazing ice formations which are visible inside the cave. In spite of 42 km length of cave , only the first 1 km , that people are allowed to see,is covered in ice.The remain part is formation of limestone. Anton Posselt,a natural scientist from Salzburg discovered Eisriesenwelt in 1879.Before discovery of cave,local people thought that it was an etrance to Hell,because of that they did not explore the caves.Posselt published a report about his discovery after one year,but the caves slipped back . Alexander von Mörk,who is a speleologist from Austria,was one of less number of people who remembered Posselt's discovery.He led several expeditions into cave beginning in 1912,which were followed by others.In 1920 some cabins and roads were constructed.(Forscherhütte,Dr. Oedl House).Tourists began to arrive sooner ,and the caves popularity suddenly increased.

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Smallest working aquarium


This is  the world's smallest working aquarium - which holds just two tea spoons of water.The miniature wonder, which is made of glass and measures just 30mm wide by 24mm high and 14mm deep, can be held in the palm of your hand. And it is so small there is only room for these tiny zebra fish.The extraordinary creation is the latest by Anatoly Konenko, from Omsk, in Russia.
Working with a microscope, he has built up quite a collection of miniature art over the years.
Other creations include a caravan of 12 miniature camels inside the eye of a needle, which measures an incredible 0.25mm.Mr Konenko has also made an incredibly detailed ship in a bottle, which stands at just 0.25mm high, and a pair of shoes smaller than a matchstick.
Some of his creations are worth as much as 50,000 euros, £44,000.



 







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