Sora as Austria
What a beautiful evening
Amazing view from the top of a mountain. You can see Lake Wolfgang. I wish I was still there. Rewind a few days please?
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I want this.
Hצller Klotzner - Holler House, Lana 2009 (click for big).
(lost image source, please contact me if you know it).
Hצller Klotzner - Holler House, Lana 2009. Via.
Skatepark In Hard by C…H… on Flickr.
Germany Has A DNA Based Dating Service
Germany, has come up with an extremely modern way to find dates online. A dating service has been set up by biology students in Munich, Germany that will test subjects' DNA t find the most compatible gene pools.
Sarah A. Port is the 25 year founder of this dating service. It is a 120 pound a time Gmatch service that uses saliva samples to test whether potential partners are compatible and it claims a much higher success rate than any other match making website.
Sarah further explained why this DNA based site would work better because every time we meet someone, in a matter of seconds we get to know if we are attracted to them or not. Similarly, we also naturally have the habit of sniffing the scent of others. Thus, chemicals or pheromones play a crucial part in match making.
This is pretty interesting stuff I guess.
Broadcasters Ban 'The Simpsons'
Germany, Australia and Switzerland have decided to ban episodes of The Simpsons that make fun of nuclear disasters keeping in mind of what just recently happened in Japan - the radiation issues at the nuclear plant.
The broadcasters said that they will not cut scenes but just ban the episodes with such content. So, far a total of eight such episodes have been banned. In one of the episodes scientist Marie and Pierre Curie died of radiation poisoning, which is not a nice thing to show.
The nuclear plant in Springfield is one of the key elements in the running satirical cartoon that is the highlight of such an action. Though Homer is in charge of the safety but often the story shows negative scenes like once they showed nuclear waste was dumped in children's playground. Similarly, they have shown plutonium used as a paper weight. They have also shown three-eye mutant fish, melt downs and cracked cooling towers during various episodes.
Although the opening credits already clarify the satirical approach but in light of the things in reality, the broadcasters felt it is better to avoid showing such episodes.
Clever Airport Ads
Ford Fusion Ad at Budapest Airport ... luggage comes out of Ford Fusion
We handle your baggage well ... a campaign carried out in South Africa
Promoting FIFA in 2006 - Munich Airport Germany
Venice Marco Polo Airport promoting Casino Di Venezia
Biloxi International Airport
BMW Ad at Munich Airport
Dog in Germany gives birth to 17 puppies
A dog in Germany has given birth to 17 puppies, leaving their owner thrilled but fatigued after having to feed them with a bottle for several weeks because their mother couldn't cope with the demand.
Owner Ramona Wegemann said Monday she barely slept for more than a couple of minutes without interruption during about four weeks in an "exhausting" struggle to make sure all of the purebred Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies would survive.
She said when she was "finished feeding the last puppy, the first was hungry again."
Wegemann's dog Etana gave birth to eight female and nine male puppies on Sept. 28 in Ebereschenhof, which is near Berlin.
At least five times a day, Wegemann gave the dogs a bottle with special milk because their mother's nipples could have never coped with the demand, and when the puppies were not hungry, they wanted to be entertained, she said.
Wegemann said when dogs give birth to so many puppies several of them die within the first week. "But all of our puppies survived. This is incredible and wonderful," the 32-year-old added.
But caring for 17 puppies turned out to be a full-time job: Wegemann put her work as an independent animal psychiatrist on a hold and her husband took as much vacation as he could.
Their lives have been turned upside down by the puppies, and their living room is now occupied by a giant box that houses the puppies.
But even Wegemann still struggles to recognize them: The females puppies are called Bahati, Binta, Bahya, Bashima, Batouuli, Binki, Bora, Bisa and the male ones are Baakir, Banjoku, Belay, Bruk, Bundu, Bayo, Bukekayo, Biton and Bulus.
Wegemann gave them all African names because the Rhodesian Ridgeback is an African hunting dog. Wegeman and her husband now plan to give most of the puppies away.
Four of the puppies have been sold, two more are already paid for and will leave their siblings shortly.
My New Book - Pakistani Media: The Way Things Are
It is about time that I should inform our readers and followers about my latest book "Pakistani Media: The Way Things Are". I have recently completed this book on the media scene of Pakistan giving an unbiased account of how things actually go about in our industry. Also, through this book I feel people around the world could get a better understanding of Pakistani society because there are some strange and rigid perceptions created about Pakistan without any logical grounds. Once people will see things with an open mind, they will realize, that Pakistan is not a barren piece of land, or a country of terrorists, a place where women where burkhas and where people can not speak or understand languages. I have given it my best shot to write things that I have observed over the years I have worked in our industry.
Book Description:
"It is very difficult to understand how people around the world believe things about Pakistan that are untrue without actually ever knowing how things really are. The perceptions that are embedded in the minds are so strong that it is almost impossible to clear them out. The conviction with which the false image is accepted is even more appalling. This book highlights one of the most essential industries of the world i.e. media and shows how media alone has been a crucial part of Pakistan's existence and progress. It is an effort to show how Pakistani media started and how much has it evolved over the years. The media is a representation of a society and one must know at least a bit about Pakistan's media before creating perceptions that do not fit our society as a whole. Therefore, this book is about understanding how things really are in Pakistan through media giving an unbiased overview of the situation. Thus, this work should prove quite useful to students and professionals in the field of Media, Communications and Journalism around the world as a mere eye opener."
Published by Lambert Academic Publishing in Germany. The book is now available on all major online stores including Amazon. It will be out in bookstores in a few weeks with major focus in the American and European market. You can view the links for two markets depending on where you live.
If you're interested in understanding media, how media has evolved in Pakistan and how it is today, you should have a look at this book. You can always recommend the book to people in your circle. Reviews are welcome.
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