Miss Mexico is the winner of Miss Universe 2010

Event Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant finally determine the winner of this year, namely Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete. Navarrete get the crown after competing with five other contestants, the Miss Australia, Miss Jamaica, Miss Ukraine and Miss Philippines.
Navarrete who is now 22-year-old will replace the role of Stefania Fernandez, Miss Universe 2009 from Venezuela. ‘m Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps must be satisfied as a runner up.
In a question and answer session, Navarrete got the question ‘What are the effects of uncontrolled internet usage for young people today? ” Navarrete answering questions through the translator and said that ‘the internet is needed, equipment needed, and we must ensure that the children use it in accordance with family values. ”
Before the coronation, many predictions Miss Venezuela, Marelisa Gibson would win the Miss Universe crown. However, Gibson was killed in the 15 large. Some of the other contestants should be quite satisfied with the special title they receive, among them MissAustralia who won the Miss Congeniality and Miss Thailand won Miss photogenic and Best National Costume.
World beauty contest Miss Universe 2010 contestants from 83 countries attended, one of Indonesia represented Qory Sandioriva. But the representative of Indonesia since the early provision was not included 20 large.
The contest this year held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas. Natalie Morales and Bret Michaels is believed to be hosted at the summit event. Some celebrities like Jane Seymour, Criss Angel, Evan Lysacek and William Baldwin also joined the jury sitting in the chair.

Bravo Miss mexico

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Hotel In The Air – Hotelicopter

Hotelicopter ! I wish this is for real, but it’s not (It’s not verified yet). Here I want you to point the digital craftsmanship for this design & used in a so called ‘viral advertisement’ (which is new form of web marketing) to promote a hotel reservation website.  It has cleverly done & it’s a nice piece of work.  Enjoy the design & the concept.

Hotelicopter | Amazing Images

Let’s check what they got to say about this Hotelicopter from the creators of this advertisement.
It’s starts like this: The Hotel copter features 18 luxuriously-appointed rooms for adrenaline junkies seeking a truly unique and memorable travel experience. Each soundproofed room is equipped with a queen-sized bed, fine linens, a mini-bar, coffee machine, wireless internet access, and all the luxurious appointments you’d expect from a flying five star hotel.

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Room service is available one hour after liftoff and prior to landing.
Hotelicopter Specifications:
Dimensions Length: 42 m (137 ft)
Height: 28m (91 ft)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 105850 kg (232,870 lb)
Maximum speed: 255 km/h (137 kt) (158 miles/h)
Cruising speed: 237 km/h (127 kt) (147 miles/h)
Original Mi Range: 515 km (320 mi)
Our augmented Mi Range – 1,296 km (700 mi)

Hotelicopter | Amazing Images

Hotelicopter | Amazing Images

Hotelicopter | Amazing Images

Hotelicopter | Amazing Images

Hotelicopter | Amazing Images

Hotelicopter | Amazing Images

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About Black Holes

A black hole is a massive object whose gravitational field is so intense that it prevents any form of matter or radiation from escaping. The term derives from the fact that its absorption of visible light renders the hole invisible and indistinguishable from the black space around it.

In this artist’s rendition, the yellow region at the center represents a supermassive black hole. Around are dust grains mixed with heated, outflowing gas. But just how big is “supermassive?” Find out in the next photo!

This diagram shows different sizes of black holes as compared to our sun. As you can see, a black hole could swallow millions of stars. And in fact, they often do — see how black holes stifle stars next.

Supermassive black holes in some giant galaxies create such a hostile environment, they shut down the formation of new stars. Strangely, black holes lie at the center of most galaxies, as shown in the next image.

Like most galaxies, NGC 1097, a barred spiral galaxy, has a supermassive black hole at its center. The next image is a new Hubble photo showing another black hole at the center of a galaxy.

This is a new composite image of a galaxy cluster located about 2.6 billion light-years away. The three views of the region were taken with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in February 2006. See a massive radio telescope in the next photo.

This is a depiction of a wormhole, or an Einstein-Rosen bridge, bursting open in the vacuum of space. Many believe these curves in spacetime could enable time travel. Find out about another mystery of space in the next photo: the elusive dark matter.

Dark matter composition is up for debate, with subatomic particles and black holes considered as candidates.
Black holes are predicted to exist through solutions of Einstein’s field equations of general relativity. They are not directly observable, but several indirect observation techniques in different wavelengths have been developed and used to study the phenomena they induce in their environment. In particular, gases caught by the gravitational field of a black hole are heated to considerably high temperatures before being swallowed, and thereby emit a significant amount of X-rays. Therefore, even if a black hole does not itself give off any radiation, it may nevertheless be detectable by its effect on its surrounding environment. Such observations have resulted in the general scientific consensus that, barring a breakdown in our understanding of nature, black holes do exist in our universe.

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First Floating Wind Turbine

The world’s first floating wind turbine is to be towed out to sea this weekend.
It had taken just over five days to tow the 1,500-tonne structure from the fabrication yard in the Finnish port of Pori on the Gulf of Bothnia where  the parts were assembled.  The wind turbine will be towed out to the field,   south-west of Karmoy.

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Floating wind turbine on testing | Amazing News 

Floating wind turbine | Amazing News

Floating wind turbine | Amazing News

The test period will start in the autumn of 2009 and will last for two years. The Hywind, a 2.3 megawatt (MW) wind turbine built by Siemens, the pilot combines technology from both the Wind and Oil&Gas industry and draws upon expertise from StatoilHydro’s longstanding offshore experience.
In a similar way to how large parts of icebergs are hidden below the sea surface, the turbine has a 100 metre draft that is anchored to the seabed with cables, that can be up to 700 metres long.
The floatation element stretches 100 metres below the sea surface. It is anchored to the seabed in three places. It can be moored in waters up to 700 metres deep.
Offshore wind farms cost considerably more than wind farms on land, and initially floating ones will be more expensive than static offshore installations. Floating wind farms could later be established off both coasts of North America and off the Iberian peninsula and the coasts of Norway and the United Kingdom, she said.
Demo Video of Assembling & Installation

Floating wind farms could provide an additional source of energy for countries that have run out of space for their onshore wind farms, or where there is not enough wind on land.
Information Sources:  Statoilhydro.com, Bbc.co.uk
Image Sources:  Statoilhydro.com

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Black Box Is Not Black

Ever wonder a Flight Data Recorder generally known as “black box” how it’s look like? and how they work? Well.. I did. So, I did a small research on this & found out more interesting facts about different types of Flight Data Recorders and their history.

There are mainly two types, one is  Flight Data Recorder (FDR) used for record specific aircraft performance parameters  & the other is  Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) used for records conversation in the cockpit, radio communications between the cockpit crew and others (including conversation with air traffic control personnel), as well as ambient sounds. In some cases, both types have been combined into a single unit.

First Generation Foil Recorders

Earlier Black Box

Efforts to require crash-protected fl Foil Recorderight recorders date back to the 1940s. The introduction of Flight Data Recorders (FDR), however, experienced many delays.  That’s because technology could not match the design requirements of a unit that could survive the forces of an aircraft crash and the resulting fire exposure until 1958, when the world authorities approved a minimum operating requirements for an FDR.

Second Generation Tape Recorders

Black Box

Flight data alone could not provide all accident information needed by the investigators. An advanced technology covering the recording of Tape Recordersounds in the cockpit, crews’ conversation, air traffic control communications and aircraft noises was needed. This started a second generation of recorders that used magnetic tape as the recording medium.

Third Generation Solid State Recorders

Modern Black Box

The Solid State Flight Data Recorder (SSFDR) became commercially practical in 1990. “Solid State” referSolid State Flight Data Recorders to storage of data in semiconductor memories or integrated circuits, rather than using the older technology of electromechanical methods of data retention. Since the solid state memory does not require scheduled maintenance or overhaul, there are potential cost savings to the operator.

Next Generation Flight Recorders

Next Generation Black Box

The FDR and CVR are two of the greatest safety inventions of the commercial airline industry.  What improvements are on the horizon?  Within the next few years, some form of cockpit video recorder that can store video images in solid-state memory and in conjunction with voice recording will be developed.

Black Box Image Gallery

Newer Black Box

Black Box Retrieval

Modern Black Box 

New Generation Black Box 

Old Black Box 

Opened Black Box

Old Black Box 

Earlier Black Box 

Black Box

Some Black Box Facts

Flight Data Recorder
Time recorded: 25 hour continuous
Number of parameters: 18 – 1000+
Impact tolerance: 3400Gs / 6.5 ms
Fire resistance: 1100 degC / 30 min
Water pressure resistance: submerged 20,000 ft
Underwater locator beacon: 37.5 KHz; battery has shelf life of 6 years or more, with 30-day operation capability upon activation

Cockpit Voice Recorder
Time recorded: 30 min continuous, 2 hours for solid state digital units
Number of channels: 4
Impact tolerance: 3400Gs / 6.5 ms
Fire resistance: 1100 degC / 30 min
Water pressure resistance: submerged 20,000 ft
Underwater locator beacon: 37.5 KHz; battery has shelf life of 6 years or more, with 30-day operation capability upon activation

Information Sources: NTSB.gov, Wikipedia.com, L-3com.com
Image Sources: NTSB.gov, Wikipedia.com

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