Big Blue

Blue Whale fact sheet :

- The largest creature on earth ; weighs 200 tons and 108 feet length and has a heart the size of a Mini Cooper car.

- Life span up to 80 - 90 years.

- Canivores and feed on krill- 40 million per day ( small crustaceans ) equivalent to 64,000 hamburgers a day.

- Swim up to the speed of 50 km per hour ( fastest swimmer is Sei Whale found in Norwegian waters )

- Lung capacity of 5,000 litres

- Water spray from its blow-hole up to 100 metres.








Blue Whale


Fin Whale






Sei Whale

Different value systems - American vs European

LED lights - energy saver ( cost effective ) and safer ( non heat / burning effect )

Light-emitting diode (LED) lights is the perfect substitution to conventional "halogen" light bulbs [50 watts] as they consume only 20% of electricity as compared to its peers i.e. 80% energy savings, less heat emission - less air conditioning, longer lifetime, improved robustness, smaller size and faster switching on/off.



Applications of LEDs are diverse. They are used as low-energy [8 watts] and also for replacements for traditional light sources in well-established applications such as indicators / signage ( in airports, railway stations etc. ) and automotive lighting. The Nintendo Wii's sensor bar uses infrared LEDs as well as TVs and VCRs remote controllers.



The compact size of LEDs has allowed new text and video displays and sensors to be developed, while their high switching rates are useful in communications technology and red LED lights accelerate plant growth ( photosynthesis ) during autumn especially for strawberry plants in greenhouses.

Iron ( Fe) + Carbon ( C ) = Steel

Steel is manufacture via smelting process whereby extraction of iron from iron ore mined from the ground- iron ore rich earth and alloy(combine) it with carbon[the ideal chemical partner] which gives the hardness, ductility and tensile strength of the resulting steel* through a Bessemer converter, a conversion process of removal of impurities and excess carbon ( preferablly less than 2%) from the iron by oxidation with air(oxygen) being blown through the molten iron discovered by Henry Bessemer, English engineer and inventor in 19th Century.



This historical discovery has resulted in an inexpensive modern steel making currently dominated by world player such Arcelor Mittal. However, recycling steel consume 75% less energy than smelting and mining process and representing 30% of steel making industry posed as an alternative proposition in this lucrative scrap metal recycling business pioneered by Grossman Iron & Steel.






* Steel with increased carbon content (% C) can be made harder and stronger than iron, but is also more brittle.

1)Carbon Steel has less than 2% of Carbon content ;

2)Stainless Steel has an additional element - Chromium i.e. rust proof ;

3)Alloy steel - High strength low alloy (HSLA) steel are used in cars, trucks, cranes, bridges and ships. HSLA steels are usually 20 to 30% lighter than a carbon steel with the same strength and non-corrosive.

4)Cast Iron has 3-4 % of Carbon content is brittle effect and corrosive mainly used in water pipes and automobile gear box.

57-mm Mk 110 naval gun

The 57-mm Mk 110 Naval Gun system is a multi-purpose, medium caliber gun which delivers high rates of fire with extreme accuracy against surface, airborne and shore-based threats with proven effective 6-mode programmable 57-mm Mk 295 ammunition. Sailors are able to respond quickly and effectively to eliminate all types of threats.


The 57-mm Mk 110 naval gun system is more lethal and has a higher rate-of-fire than any competing system. Linked with a digital fire control system, the 57-mm Mk 110fires automatic salvos at up to 220 rounds per minute. Servo-controlled electro hydraulic gun laying subsystems provide robust endurance and extreme pointing accuracy, even in high sea-state conditions.

Civilian uses of "nuclear bomb" !

You might think of nuclear weapons as just the most fearsome weapon ever invented by humans, but that would be seriously underplaying their versatility. Nuclear weapons aren't only good for leveling cities, they've also been used throughout the last 50 years for a variety of civilian purposes like stimulating natural gas production — and all kinds of innovative proposals have been slapped on the table to harness the awesome power of the nuclear blast for economic benefit.

Harness the versatility of nuclear energy:

1)Creating a Harbor, or Just a Hole
If there is one thing nuclear weapons have been proven to do, it's make big holes, and some scientists realized that could be a business proposition.

2)Creating a New Panama Canal
There's long been a problem with that engineering marvel of the early 20th century, the Panama Canal: It's just too small. For decades, people floated plans to build a bigger, better canal that could accommodate supertankers and our other outsize transportation vehicles.

3)Natural Gas Exploration
Beginning in the mid-1960s, scientists used targeted nuclear explosions to stimulate natural gas production by fracturing the rocks in which the gas was locked to make them more permeable. It worked well enough to warrant progressively larger tryouts.

4)Disposing of Nuclear Waste
One of the most incredible proposed applications of a nuclear explosion is to help store nuclear waste itself. A hole is bored beneath the waste processing plant, and a nuclear bomb is set off in the hole. Then the radioactive waste is poured into the subterranean cavity so formed, over a 25-year filling period. The wastes heat up through their own activity, boil dry, and eventually melt themselves and some surrounding rock into a glassy ball.

5)Human Spaceflight
If we can't use them on Earth, we might still be able to use them to get to outer space. Project Orion, spearheaded by Freeman Dyson among other eminent scientists, was to build a spaceship powered by atomic weapons.

6)Defending Earth From an Asteroid
Many scientists aren't so sure that nuclear weapons are the best way to defend Earth from a close call with a world-ending asteroid, but NASA maintains that in some circumstances, nuclear weapons could save the Earth.

Gold Bullion and Coins - An alternative long term investments?

SPDR Gold Shares (SPDR) , an exchange-traded fund (ETF) - [cheapest way top buy into gold bullion market by investing into gold companies] run by the World Gold Council(WGC) is traded on exchanges such as Hong Kong & Singapore. SPDR hold gold bars in bank vaults( HSBC on trust ) to back the holdings of their investors.

The gold is held in London by HSBC Bank on behalf of WGC. If investor wants to buy ETF, WGC will buy the gold bullion and sell to the investor the SPDR-ETF's share( backed by gold bullion/bars)and deposits the gold bullion with HSBC.

The yield / return per annum of gold related investment either direct investment ( holding gold bar physically ), equities or ETFs is averaging at 8.0% and above for past 20 years which was an unpward trend.

Gold spot price:-

Nov. 2008 USD$712.00
Mar. 2009 USD$912.00
Feb. 2010(f)USD$1,500.00

* (f) - forecast


Comment by analyst/ economist:-

"Gold investing is deemed the safest and most reliable" Hwang DBS Investment

"Demand for gold will always be there as it's tradable, portable and convertible". Standard Chartered Bank

Tomahawk

The Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile. Introduced by General Dynamics in the 1970s, it was designed as a medium- to long-range, low-altitude missile that could be launched from a submerged submarine.The United States Navy has a stockpile of around 3,500 Tomahawk cruise missiles of all variants.During the the 1991 Persian Gulf conflict, 288 Tomahawks were launched.



Tomahawk cruise missles has a network-centric warfare-capabilities, using data from multiple sensors (aircraft, UAVs, satellites, foot soldiers, tanks, ships) to find its target.

It also equips with a TV-camera for battlefield observation loitering that allows warfighting commanders to assess damage to the target and to redirect the missile to an alternative target. Also, the missile can send data about its status back to the commander. It entered service with the Navy in late 2004.

Brazilian judo - Jiu-jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) like judo, is a self-defense martial art focuses on ground fighting using grappling techniques. It promotes the principle that smaller, weaker person can successfully defend themselves against a bigger, stronger well- armed/armoured assailant ( against ancient samurai then in Japan ) using leverage technique such as joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat them.

Milla Jovovich (born in December 1975) of Ukrainian-Russian descent is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu "martial art" exponent currently an American supermodel, actress, musician and fashion designer. She has appeared in a number of science fiction and action themed films such as Return to Blue Lagoon (1991), The Fifth Element (1997), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and Resident Evil: Extinction (2007).

Chocolate fantasy

Total amount spent on chocolate is USD$580 million and equivalent to 5.7 billion pounds in United States.


86% of women think of chocolate while having sex as compare to men 1% on that note.

98% of women think about sex when eating chocolate.

78% of women think eating chocolate is sex

The number of maximum orgasm achieved during sex is higher by 24 times when eating chocolate prior to having sex. [ wihout eating chocolate- 19 times : eating chocolate - 43 times ]

Watamu Beach, Kenya 7th haven for "Marlin fish"

Key attraction and beach activities at Africa's fascinating beach with
natural serenity.

1)Game fishing - 7th haven for Marlin fish
2)Wild life hunting / preservation - Deer /Sea turtle
3)Snorkeling and scuba diving - 600 marine species including crocodile fish



Note. Marlin, is a member of a group of marine fish known as "billfish", and is closely linked to the freshwater trout. A marlin has an elongated body, a spear-like snout, and a long rigid dorsal fin, which extends forwards to form a crest.
Marlin are known to be incredibly fast swimmers, reaching speeds of about 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph).

Silent "influenza virus" killer a.k.a Spanish lady mystery disease

1916 Outbreak of deadly mystery disease struck Aldershot barracks, Spain ( during World War 1 ) now known as Spanish lady - mystery disease.

1918 The year Spanish influenza was officially discovered traced back to a Spanish lady by medical fraternity then. The Spanish lady was missing in the following year 1919.

1930 Influenza virus smaller than bacteria can be seen the first time that year using first ever newly invented electron microscope.

1985 Genetic probing, mapping and sequencing on a well-preserved lung tissue (specimen) by pathologist / micro biologist on specimen from Walter Reed "specimen" storage facilities during US President - Abraham Lincoln administration. Walter Reed is a storage of World War 1 soldiers ( specimen lung tissue) died from Spanish Influenza.

1999 Avian flu epidemic struck Italy


18 In 18 months or less than 2 years period the plaque hunter( Spanish influenza) killed 40 million globally including India 20 million victims.

90 percent of Brevig (island offshore of Scotland) population died within 5 days

4 years of World War 1 & 2 killed only 10 million lives

Edible gold ( palm oil Vitamin E ) sold at USD600 per kg

These orange-hued palm oil extracts - "tocotrienol", touted as "edible gold" among industry circles. The tocotrienol health supplement is the highest valued product in the sprawling palm oil supply chain contain vitamins A and E, squalene and coenzyme Q10 that help boost our immune system. Vitamin E is a family of tocopherols and tocotrienols.

It is a little known fact but palm oil extracts, which contain tocotrienols, are far more potent than fish oil supplements that are only fortified with oilseed tocopherols. Tocopherols are sourced from oilseeds such as soya oil, canola and sunflower, while tocotrienols are only available in high concentration in palm oil and rice bran oil. Both of these are grown in tropical countries.

Over the last decade or so, studies have shown that palm oil vitamin E, particularly the tocotrienols, is a far more potent antioxidant than tocopherols.

Preliminary studies prove tocotrienols can heal body cells and trigger cancerous cells to commit suicide. It is these unique biological activities in tocotrienols that show a promising future for cures for stroke, heart diseases and cancer.