Will "Flying Squirrel" Suit Let Skydivers Jump Without Chutes?

It sounds crazy, and it probably is: Skydive from 15,000 feet (4,600 meters) and land safely—without a parachute—wearing a getup that resembles a flying squirrel costume (wallpaper: flying squirrel).
"It's pretty much considered impossible," said Maria von Egidy, a designer with Jii-Wings in Cape Town, South Africa.

Von Egidy isn't interested in trying the stunt herself. But she aims to design the first wingsuit that will help pull it off.
Wingsuits are jumpsuits with fabric panels between the arms and legs that enable skydivers to zoom around in freefall.
By angling the self-inflating, rigid "wings," pilots can turn, dive, or rocket forward.
What wearers can't do—at least not yet—is land safely without the aid of a parachute.
"In terms of downward speed, we're actually within the margin of safety there for landing," von Egidy said. "But of course the forward speeds are tremendous."
And therein lies the catch.

The Obamas' and the McCains' on Family Life

Found on MotherTalkers – “Rants and Raves on Modern Motherhood” was a piece on the family lives of the Obamas’ and the McCains’. Michelle and Barack Obama and Cindy McCain, spoke with Parents magazine about how they raise their children and the challenges they have faced. The Obama family sees conversation and talking to children as the most “effective discipline tool”. Michelle Obama, said :“I don’t think you can overestimate how important conversations are from the time kids are even 2 and 3. We made our expectations clear early on, so now we’re not talking about rules or arguing about what they have to do. They know what we expect from them, and they’re eager to please us. Barack Obama responded with “Now, granted, they are not teenagers, so we don’t want to sound like, “Well, aren’t we the clever parents?” and then you talk to us four years from now…”Cindy McCain discussed the adoption of her daughter Bridget and the medical issues they faced when they brought her home. The magazine asked “Did you have any other challenges helping her adjust? Did she ever wonder why she didn’t look like the rest of the family?
No, and I think that says a great deal about my children, if I can brag for a moment. When I first walked in the door with her—here I was coming home with a brand-new baby sister who no one knew was coming—my kids never missed a beat. She was absolutely part of the family immediately—including the pranks that kids play on each other.” And also “I remember that I used to take her to the market, and people would stop and stare at her. It was really my first encounter with—I don’t think prejudice is the right word, but certainly a misunderstanding of what she was all about and what was going on with her

Jay Tomas Reunites With Out of Wedlock Son

I guess nobody cares about Jay Thomas anymore, because if not for the fact that I heard about this on the Howard 100 News (The Howard Stern Show news outlet on Sirius XM Satellite Radio) I don't think I would have seen it. Yes, it was on the Today Show, but it was on the 27th hour that Kathie Lee hosts. Certainly SOME people care; he's gotten plenty of press attention for the story over the past few months.
I think it's a good story, although not exactly Lifetime TV material. Here's what happened: Jay Thomas, an actor and radio personality (he used to be on 'Cheers', and also had his own show called 'Love & War', plus he's done a ton of movies and TV guest spots), had a son with a girlfriend 28 years ago. The boy was adopted as an infant and his parents named him John Harding, although his nickname was JT, same as Jay's. JT moved to L.A. 11 years ago hoping to find his biological dad. He knew from his adoptive family that, " my biological dad was 'different' and not like the rest of us. Those remarks often caused me to fantasise [sic] and wonder about just me who my birth dad really was... A monster? A member of the traveling circus?"According to JT the younger, he eventually heard that his father was on 'Cheers', so of course he thought that meant Ted Danson. Not quite. Eventually he found out it was Jay, and they've been spending time together ever since.So why are we only hearing about this now? As the National Ledger puts it, "It's just that JT's star is rising now, with his JTX band and his hot Next Plateau Records song, 'I'm Gonna Party Like a Rockstar.'" In other words, they want publicity. In fact, Jay says in the Today show clip that he's selling t-shirts that say, "I Reunited With My Biological Son Because It Was Good For Both Our Careers" or something like that. Can't find the shirt, though.Thomas is so cynical and hilariously inappropriate, making this is a slightly different adoption-reuniting tale. Nothing wrong with that, right?

First Dinosaur Feathers for Show, Not Flight?

One of the oldest known dinosaur relatives of birds had "bizarre" anatomy, including long, ribbon-like tail feathers that suggest plumage may have first evolved for show rather than for flight, scientists say.

Farmers unearthed a fossil of the new dino species, dubbed Epidexipteryx hui, from the hills of Inner Mongolia in late 2007.

The remains date back to 152 million to 168 million years ago, making the newfound creature slightly older than Archaeopteryx, the most primitive known bird.
(Related: "Earliest Bird Had Feet Like Dinosaur, Fossil Shows" [December 1, 2005].)
Like other avialans—birds and their closest dinosaur relatives—Epidexipteryx is a theropod, a group of two-legged animals that includes Tyrannosaurus rex.
Researchers think the pigeon-size Epidexipteryx might have used its plumes as flashy ornaments, since it was mostly covered in short feathers that lack the structure necessary for flight.
"For example, [the feathers] could potentially have played a role in displays intended to attract a mate, scare off a rival, or send a warning signal to other individuals of the same species," said study co-author Fucheng Zhang, a paleontologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
"This is very exciting indeed, since it gives us a window into a stage of avialan history just preceding the appearance of the classic 'first bird,'" Zhang said.
"It shows that the use of feathers for visual communication—as opposed to other functions such as insulation and flight—was a very early development."

How Snails Walk on Water Is a Small Miracle

Walking on water may seem miraculous, but for tiny aquatic snails, it's an everyday activity. Now, scientists have puzzled out the snails' baffling method of propulsion.

method of propulsion.
"How the snails were dragging themselves across a surface that they could not even grip was absolutely perplexing to us," said lead author Eric Lauga, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, San Diego.

Hanging on to the water's surface is not the issue for the snails. They are naturally buoyant, because they are so small," Lauga said.
Even so, the snails need traction to move across the slippery surface. Think of humans trying to walk on ice—they don't break through, but their feet can't get a grip.
By making small rippling motions with its foot, the snail creates traction for itself, Lauga and his colleagues found after studying videos of the snails. The researchers' observations are detailed this month in the journal Physics of Fluids.
The snails' ability to move depends on water's tendency for its surface to resist disturbance. Water "wants" to stay flat, Lauga said.
When the snail ripples its foot, similar ripples are created on the water's surface. The ripples generate a downward force as the water flattens itself.
These ripples are just the right size for the snail to use to push itself along. "If the ripples were too small, the snail would slip, as on ice," Lauga said.
"If the ripples [were] too big, the snail could not 'grab' them."

In a new experiment, people who held steaming cups of coffee for a few seconds judged another person as more generous, caring, and happy than people who held a cup of iced coffee did.

In a second experiment, people who briefly handled a therapeutic hot pad instead of an ice pack were more likely to later select a gift for a friend rather than themselves.
The findings indicate that physical warmth unconsciously stimulates friendly behavior toward other people, according to marketing professor Lawrence Williams of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
"There's a meaningful interface between the physical world and our bodies and the psychological world and what's going on in our heads," said Williams, who led the study, to appear in tomorrow's issue of the journal Science.

Boring..

well it is time for me to fill up these blanks.blanks where it's never been spill with tears and tears that can never make a person weeker but stronger. This how I'm gonna start my blog for today. I'm sorry to all readers who loves reading my blog that i haven't been spending my time on typing things that had been sitting in my mind and i have like a week more to spend my precious tyme of stying at home. im gladly to say that for the 1st tyme in my life my room is clean. ahakz!actually not too clean but the definition of clean that i mean was hygienecaly clean. Now, i have to go through final exam n this time around i would try my best to get even better grades than the last time. At certain times people have to fall in order to achieve the best. falling is not a bad thing and falling is the thing which makes people stronger in so many ways.

Plastic surgeries

There was once an old man who was very faithful. He was always living the bible and helping the poor . He was also a very rich dude. This guy however was almost 80 years old when he felt regret. He asked GOD for another 20 years without any problems tolive his life to the fullest since he was amazingly rich. Given the fact that he served him well. GOD agreed. So after that, he realised dat he was a bit to old to enjoy life ( looking 80….wat was he thinking????) Anyway he decided to go for a plastis surgery, you know, botox and stuff like that to look younger. So he was look very cute for a 80 year old after the surgery. The moment he stepped out , a truck crosing the road hit him and he died. Then after he died he asked GOD why did he lie to him bcoz GOD said that he could live for another 20 years and do you know what GOD told him? I dont know …
do you know why people…..
Because he changed his face remember?
So, forget plastic surgeries and stuff like that or else..Poeple will forget you because they know you not as anybody else. if you change. they won’t recognise you!!

Can I forget?

well, another day in the life of mr. boring…….. *yawn* but that does NOT matter after receiving a testi(monial) from my old bud from skool……… she’s a really cute girl, but i’m afraid she’s taken…… my bad, my bad……… took a long look at her new pics, and wasn’t she FANTASTIC? i mean, i HAD the biggest crush on her, and well, i can’t seem to forget her…………… life’s like that, u see…….. had a crush with one of ur bestest frenz, n now can’t forget her………. i’m a loser, huh….
Well, until next, -bYe-

Rolling Days-YUI

Mou gaman bakka shiterannai yo
Iitai koto wa iwanakucha

Kaerimichi yuugere no basutei
Ochikonda senaka ni bai bai bai
Kimi no FIGHTING POSE misenai gao!

Yume ni made mita you na sekai wa
Arasoi mo naku heiwa no nichi jyou
Demo gen jitsu wa hibi to rabu de
Tama ni kuyandari shiteru
Sonna ROLLING DAYS!

koron jattatte iin ja nai no
sontoki wa waratte ageru
norikon da basu no okukara
chiisaku hohoemi ga mieta

kimi o tayori ni shiteruyo Oh! Oh!

yume ni made mita you na Sweet Love
koibito tachi wa kakurega o sagasu no
demo genjitsu wa aenai hi ga
tsuduki nagara mo shinjiteru no Rolling days

tsumazui tatte Way to go!!
Yeah!! Yeah!! doro darake Rolling star!!

narubeku egao de itai keredo
mamorinuku tame ni wa shikatanai desho ?
kitto uso nante souimi o motanai no
All my loving
sou janakya yatterannai

yume ni made mi ta you na sekai wa
arasoi mo naku heiwa na nichijou
demo genjitsu wa hibi torabutte
tamani kuyan dari shiteru sonna Rolling days

sou wakatterutte
tsumazuitatte Way to go!!
Yeah!! Yeah!! doro darake Rolling star!!

English Translation[anime version]

I want to live in a world of peace
Without conflict, like the one I’ve seen in my dreams
I just can’t keep it inside
I’ve gotta say what I wanna say
The bus stop at twilight, on the way home
Saying bye bye bye to the sad backs of others
Your face doesn’t show your fighting pose

A world like the one I’ve seen in my dreams
Without conflict, daily peace
But in reality,I sometimes I worry about
Love and the day to day grindThose Rolling Days!

You would never hold a lie, no never
All my loving, without it, I can’t go on

Sweet love like I’ve seen in my dreams
Lovers searching for hidden faces
But in reality, the days we can’t meet
Continue on, but I believe LONELY DAYS
Even if you stumble, WAY TO GO, YEAH YAY
A muddled rolling star!


Yes...
Another song form my favourite japan artis
YUI...
Actually this song has 2 type that is anime version and original vertion,
this one is anime version from the fifth opening from anime Bleach..

Love Is always around no matter where you go..

Love is all around,the petals and pastures that receives showers of blessings from God,trees that are shading their leaves to the birds which rest on its branches;soft breezes of the wind,carries away the heat of all mankind….Natures,understands love…

So do human beings,that is why,men and women fall in love,being together,grow together,build their home n families…but sometimes i don’t understand what is God’s plan for me…why should i suffer all this?why this could happen on me?

In another 5 months times,or maybe even now,i m facing the hardest test God have gave me in my 19 year old.

Distance,it could be the killing timed bomb for love,makes humans suffer.Suffered…..but still want to hold it on hands,because of love.Though It is the thorns which prick our hearts,but we still protect it…my goodness,hearts are made from flesh,flesh comes from the combinations of our parents,and Gift of Life from God…so why do we have to suffered like this?

I pray that God'll guide my way,let me understand,why is this happen on me…Is that the way to test our relationship is strong enough?or just In His Time,He wanted to stop us from being together?…I pray for an answer ALLAH….I wanted this relationship so much,i dream it'll become true for us,but,it is always,we human beings,have to place our destinies in YOUR Hands.

Accept whatever happens to you.Even if you suffer humiliation,be patient.Gold is tested by fire,and human character is tested in the furnace of humiliation.Trust the ALLAH,and He will help you.walk straight in His ways,and put your hope in him.

This phrase will be my guide, my direction, it'll raise me up when i m sad and remorse…i only want to tell the person concern, love is always with you, set your goals, i'll still wait for the day to come…

your child

Your children are not your children,
they are the sons and daughters of life’ s logging for itself .

They come through you but not from you.
And thought they are with you yet they belong not to you.

you may give them your love,
but
not your thoughts,
for they have their own thoughts.

You may strive to be like them,
but
not seek to make them like you

JUST FOR TODAY

…smile at a stranger
…listen to someone’s heart
…drop a coin where a child can find it
…learn something new, then teach it to someone
…tell someone you’re thinking of them
…hug a loved one
…don’t hold a grudge
…don’t be afraid to say “I’m sorry”
…look a child in the eye and tell them how great they are
…don’t kill that spider in your house, he’s just lost so show him the way out
…look beyond the face of a person into their heart
…make a promise, and keep it
…call someone, for no reason that to just say “hi”
…show kindness to an animal
…stand up for what you believe in
…smell the rain, feel the breeze, listen to the wind
…use all your senses to their fullest
…cherish all your TODAYS
Today you were thought about by me…
Matthew 22:39 (GNB) ” The second most important commandment is:” Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow

Yesterday I met a stranger…
~ Today this stranger is my friend.
~ Had I not taken the time to say hello, or return smile, or shake a hand, or listen, I would not have known this person.
~ Yesterday would have turned into today and our chance meeting would be gone.
~ Yesterday I hugged someone very dear to me.
~ Today they are gone…and tomorrow will not bring them back.
~ Wouldn’t it be nice if we all knew tomorrow would be there?
But this is not to be, so take the time TODAY to give a hug, a smile, an “I love you”

The truth about obesity

Be honest.
Has anyone ever agitated you by their weight.

Has anyone ever had a body so extremely fat that it disturbs you.

Have you ever felt that someone wasn’t fit to be your friend or have your Acquaintance because he/she was overweight.

Yes?

Our eyes tell us the truth,but our hearts and minds speak otherwise see these people do good to us and show us more love and care than any other normal person could ever give,and yet we refuse to give them the same amount of affection,because it’s their physique that ultimately bothers us.We know that fact,and yet we’re willing to change it,to change ourselves for the better because we fear degradation from the higher powers afraid that the more ‘beautiful’ and socially powerful persons might leave us to our betrayed friendships with the fat and obese the end,we’re stuck.Alone.
Have you ever had the feeling of sitting at a table with other people at dinner,looking ravenously upon the food that sits on the table,and yet taking only a bite of it for fear it would add another pound?


God gave the birds wicker baskets of bread,
and He gave me a crumb for me to nibble on.
And yet I mustn’t eat it.


Because I might gain more weight,you byatch.
It’s a worldwide phenomenon.
Bosses don’t want to hire fat people.
Men don’t want to go out with fat ladies.
Modelling is only suitable for the anorexic
.I feel for them,because I have gone through that.
How do you think they feel?
And I mean as in those who really want to make a change and be thin,not those who have accepted their fat ‘fate’.
Going through hundreds of diets until you already know them by heart

Atkins,low-carb,vegetarian to slimming and beauty centers at the age of 10,feeling like a doofus walking around women who are already model-like-ly slender,knowing the fact that they talk about you behind your back,going "oh God is she really 10?So fat maa!".

Getting sympathy friendship from the popular,making friends with the similarly downtrodden group,dreading ‘the’ time every year when the teacher calls out your name to check your weight.

Oooh there’s more to that,but it makes me sick just typing it here.

People think they are sensible and socialize with everyone,but not many are aware of the discrimination they put on the fat and obese.

Come on,you don’t think they notice it when you smile pathetically at them?

It’s a lie on top of a lie.

They deserve support and care.

It’s not as if they aren’t people too.

Severely suffering each day,reading labels and nutritional value on the food they eat,constantly counting the calories they eat.

And it still doesn’t work.

It’s as if they’re digging a hole that never ends.

Like trying to fly.

An effort that brings no result worthy of joy.

The Argument That Never Was

I’m sick of people stepping on me like dry,torn grass in a carnival.
I’m dead tired of arguing against what’s supposed to be right.Over something which will never change,or insisting on an opinion that will never move from it’s spot as long as there’s no proof that it’s wrong.People’s train of thought differs enormously,there’s just no way you can change anyone’s perception of how things are.No matter how much evidence you put into your argument,it’ll never make them budge from their pedestal of thought.
To simplify things,I just hate arguing,whether or not I’m the one to blame.Once someone has gotten hold of her mindset,it’s ludicrous to think you can change that mindset to thinking you’re right and she’s wrong.It’s ridiculous.Even though you’re so close,asymptotically close to influencing her opinion,it’s still her opinion and she may just agree with you physically and have a world of difference thought-wise.Shyte-like,but human seems to be the word here.

is this right?

This post might be very self-centred and big-headed.But circumstances require me to act so.So leave if you can’t read this kind of stuff.
I can’t really consider myself as stupid.I mean,sometimes I really am not as stupid as I think I am.I score fairly good grades.Well.At least better than a few other hopeless winos.But making the same mistake of trusting someone else with all I have is something even a hopeless wino wouldn’t do.Ever.
See,that’s just the problem with me.I have this habit of tripping into the same booby trap again.Twice.
I never saw myself as a confidant.I sort of did at first;and maybe it went pretty far and I was happy as long as it lasted.But that was probably as far as it went;my presumptions never came to reality.And considering that fact,knowing that someone’s been using you up like water in the well till it runs cracking dry,really stabs me deep,forming this unbearable wound in the small of my back.
Telling myself this was going great and I actually had something nice in my life for a change only made it worse because the realization slaps me hard in the face.I suck at this sort of thing.Way too much for friendship.For being a trustee.For someone to hold on to me,and perhaps for the worthiness I have in myself as a friend.
Come on.
I don’t have to know.Is that what this is all about?Well,I probably don’t need to.They didn’t have to move so much as an inch.They didn’t even have to think about telling me;because their body language was practically blowing every single cover they had.Their actions just screamed out loud about absolutely everything they kept hidden inside.And that’s how someone as stupid as me finds out.
I beg their forgiveness.For knowing all this while but pretending I didn’t just to make them feel better.

Rich is good????

Ever wondered what it was like to be filthy rich that you got everything you wanted?
This message goes out to someone.It’s a he.And he ought to know this.
Once upon a time there was a girl named Sue.She was the only child,she was the daughter of a multi-billionaire and she got everything she wanted.
When Sue turned 15,her world turned around.She found out her father had 3 other wives,he was a prostitute addict,he had tremendous debts because of gambling,he was a terrible smoker and drank heavily day to night.He was nothing like the loving father she ever knew.And worse still,he’d been doing this ever since Sue was born,only she never knew it.
Her mother cried every night,but Sue felt helpless.There was nothing much she could do or say that could change the situation.
In two months,their money became less and less.They moved out of the mansion and rented a two-room apartment in a sad part of the city.And Sue had to work as a waitress in a local restaurant to raise money to pay for her study fees.
There is a fine line between wealth and happiness.Too fine a line for me to say.Hell,if people knew that,not many would have the desire to be wealthy.
It’s like Jim Carrey says.Everyone has to be a good-looking successful actor.Then only will they regret for knowing how it really is like.
Go to hell.You have no idea what it is like.You keep thinking life for others is a bed of roses full of honey and sugar while yours sucks like a foul-smelling pigsty full of bullshit.Wake up and smell the air,sucker.There is such a thing as hope.The whole world faces the same level of shit.Just not the same way as you do.
But you probably don’t understand and maybe you don’t want to.It’s okay.Why not get your dad to sign up for prostition.Imagine him sleeping with another wino in a hotel room for a week and coming back home,claiming he’s been out for business.There’s nothing much a son can say.His dad’s got too much money.Too much power.
Imagine passing by a Carlsberg factory.And suddenly hearing dad piping up,"Hey,I remember being here with my friends.Sipping wine till we get drunk and hungover." Oh it’s no big deal.He’s your dad.
Oh but don’t get me wrong.There are roses in it.But the very few wilting ones.Seriously.Being wealthy does not necessarily mean being happy.But being happy definitely means being wealthy.

serenity

Elegance is usually confused by superficiality and fashion.That is a grave mistake.
Serenity comes from the heart.Although often tormented by thoughts of insecurity,the heart knows that,through correct posture,it can regain its equilibrium.The physical elegance I’m talking about comes from the body and is not a superficial thing,but our way of honouring how we place our two feet on the ground.That is why,whenever you feel uncomfortable in that correct posture,you should not think that it is false or artificial.It is true because it is difficult.It makes the path feel honoured by the dignity of the pilgrim.
Many archers complain that,despite many years of practice,they still feel their heart beating anxiously,their hand trembling,their aim faltering.Archery makes our mistakes more obvious.


-POULO COELHO-

The tiger (Panthera Tigris) is a mammal belonging to the Felidae family from the Panthera genus.
In the wild, tigers mostly feed on deer, wild boar, and wild cattle, including gaur and water buffaloes, young rhinos and young elephants.
Humans are the tiger’s most significant predator, as tigers are often poached illegally for their fur. Also, their bones and nearly all body parts are used in traditional Chinese medicine for a range of purported uses including pain killers and aphrodisiacs. Poaching for fur and destruction of habitat have greatly reduced tiger populations in the wild.
At the beginning of the century,it is estimated that there were 100000 tigers in the world,but this number has decreased to 8000.To put it bluntly,tigers are disappearing in the wild and are being increasingly endangered with the continuous act of tiger-poaching, habitat loss and population fragmentation.
In Malaysia, it is believed that the population of a certain species of tiger is now narrowed down to one.1.Satu.Wahidan.Ee.Gunne.
This species,a.k.a. the Aiman is now considered highly endangered and is in desperate need of a breeding type to further enlargen its population in Malaysia,and so forth on planet Earth.
It feeds on a number of much interesting prey albeit having a peculiar diet consisting of those similar to omnivorous creatures,including chicken,red meat,fish,a number of vegetables and unbelievably,cookies,cakes and other sweeteries.
On a peculiar note,this tiger can be seen amidst the bustling towns of Taman Tun Dr. Ismail and other largely crowds of people in Kuala Lumpur,wearing clothes.Sources say that it is being harnessed by a human family that provides sufficient food,clothing and a suitable habitat for it in the heart of Taman Tun.It can be seen sometimes roaming with other men around its age of about 17 to 18 years.
The presence of such a tiger is also noticed in a popular shooting studio in Taman Tun where it is seen amidst cameras,lights,screens and several top Malaysian actors and actresses,namely Maya Karin and the widely known director,Shuhaimi Baba,also known for writing top selling movies entering the international screen such as Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam and Ringgit Kasorrga.
Its behaviour is relatively unpredictable; sometimes playful and joyous,other times it may be dangerously alert and in search of victims.
Having said so,it is a lovable creature and in the heart of many youngsters (a.k.a NAIL) and teenagers alike.Currently free from the dangers of poachers and hunters,it is hoped that this tiger will chance a long life and will not have to face the same luck as many of its unfortunate brothers in the tropical rainforests of Malaysia and other jungles in the world.


Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?…