Who were responsible for Concorde crash

The Concorde flight AF4590 burst into flames and smashed into a motel near the town of Gonesse, about 10 miles north of Paris after take off from Charles De Gaulle airport, on July 25, 2000 at about 4.44pm local time.

Air France stopped flying the supersonic jets in 2003.

All 109 people on board the Air France flight as well as four people on the ground were killed. All but four of the passengers were German tourists heading to New York to join a luxury cruise to the Caribbean. There was one Briton on board. Nine French crew members also died.

The US airline Continental is to appeal against a French court judgment ruling that it was to blame for the crash of an Air France Concorde over a Parisian suburb more than 10 years ago.

A titanium strip allegedly fell off a Continental DC-10 which took off just before the Concorde. Judicial investigators say the strip was improperly installed on the DC-10 engine, prompting the charges against the airline, Ford and Taylor.

The French court agreed, ruling that Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were guilty of involuntary homicide concerning the deaths of 100 passengers, nine crew, and four people on the ground.

People found to be guilty:

John Taylor, 42, a mechanic who installed the titanium strip was fined €2,000 and given a suspended 15-month prison sentence. His supervisor

Stanley Ford, who was accused of approving the work without checking it, was acquitted.

Henri Perrier, 81, a French Aérospatiale executive, and two other French officials, Jacques Hérubel and Claude Frantzen, formerly who certified the jet's airworthiness.

Perrier, who was head of the Concorde programme at Aérospatiale had been accused of ignoring warnings about the safety of the aircraft during its 27 years in service after a string of incidents involving exploding Concorde tyres.

An investigation shows that a tire under the left wing blew on during take off. it struck the small strip of titanium on the runway.

The blown tire sent debris into the wing, causing the fuel tank to rupture and sparking the catastrophic fire that led to the crash.

More Than 60 Killed in Stampede at Indian Temple in Uttar Pradesh

An incident happen in Janki temple in Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh state where at least 63 people have been killed and scored of others injured in a stampede at a temple in a small town.

A large crowd gathered on Thursday for a ritual of feast and distribution of free utensils and clothes which is to mark the anniversary of the death of the wife of a Hindu holy man who runs a charitable trust.

The town where the tragedy occurred is about 180 kilometers southeast of the state capital, Lucknow.

Police say the stampede took place when a large gate collapsed and fell on some devotees. A senior police officer in Pratapgarh district, Brij Lal, says this caused the crowd to panic.

The people gathered there are around 6000 and mostly are local. The police mentioned that it is not clear what cause the gathe to collapse.Some reports say it was under construction.

As people tried to escape, many tripped and fell. The victims were mostly poor villagers who had gone to get the free gifts.

Rescue operations continued for several hours, with local people joining the police to extricate those trapped. The injured were taken to hospitals in nearby towns.

Witnesses say there were not enough volunteers or arrangements to control the large crowd.

This kind of cases happen before many times where in 2008, nearly 300 people died in two separeted stampedes at temples in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan states. Stampedes have claimed many lives at religious ceremonies held at temples in small towns, where the local administration is not equipped to handle large crowds.

Alert!Six Whitening Cream Contain Poison harmful for health

Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia-According to Health Minister Pharmacy Services Senior Director Eisah A. Rahman there are SIX whitening products contain posion that could be harmful for the health. The products are from 4 companies and the scheduled poisons are -- Tretinoin and Hydroquinone

Those whitening products are Temulawak Whitening Pearl Cream Papaya, Ratna Sari Whitening Night Cream, Atika Beuty Renewel Night Cream, Chantique Whitening Night Cream, NV Toner Treatment No 1 and NV Toner Treatment No 2.

The affected products are produced by Re-X Products Co. Ltd Thailand, SKY Resources Sdn Bhd, Chemi Lab Cosmetic Industries and Maxbeuty Industries Sdn Bhd

She said the use of Tretinoin and Hydroquinone were not allowed in cosmetic products because of their side effects if used without doctor's advice.

She also mentioned that Tretinoin can cause redness on the skin, discomfort, peelings and make it hypertensive to sun light.

While hydroquinone will also cause the same effects, except discolouration of the skin and also made the skin hypersensitive.The effect of using hydroquinone can prevent pigmentation process where the process reduces protection of the skin to ultraviolet rays and excessive sunlight which can cause skin cancer.

As such, she advised the public to stop using the products and for traders to stop selling them with immediate effect because if trader caught for selling these products, they will be fined up to RM25,000 or three year's jail or both if convicted for violating the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984.

Brittney

Let’s see what you think about Brittney Gruner after reading this article.
This young lady is known as upcoming player in women’s college basketball and a lot of her stuffs in Youtube.

This girl earn publicity since she punched Texas Tech’s J Barncastle on his face. Still, the match went into the favor of Baylor that made unsuccessful Lady Raiders with scores 69-60 and now, they’re competent to play season’s final match with Missouri. B.Griner who made 21 points for her team in the match was booted out by the functionaries and now, she’s liable to face discipline charges by her team Baylor and Big 12.

The action replay of the fields broadcast indicated that Griner committed 2 fouls. It wasn’t Barncastle’s mistake at all, it was Griner who actually began it first by knocking off her elbow to Barncastle who replied by swinging her backward. Afterward Griner punched her on the face.

NCAA rules advises temporary removal of one game for this conduct but further scold is also potential in the future.

Mylmu

The new portal, named MYLMU, was launched on January 9th, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Faculty, staff and students were invited to explore MYLMU in a "Preview Phase" beginning on November 10, 2008.

MYLMU is a community project that started in October, 2007. The project team was comprised of staff from Information Technology Services and Web, New Media and Design. The Web Advisory Committee has taken the primary lead for providing feedback about ManeGate and the university's future direction with MYLMU.

In addition, the Web Office sponsored focus groups and an external usability consultant to coordinate feedback and submit a report on ManeGate's successes, challenges and continuing needs.

Loyola Marymount University MYLMU page is located at my.lmu.edu MYLMU is a complete overhaul. ManeGate, based on proprietary software running on the Luminis platform, was replaced with open standards-based software developed by the CampusEAI Consortium. Learn a few things about MYLMU...

MYLMU features a new visual, content and architecture redesign. As in past redesigns, user feedback was the primary consideration in developing a new approach. The user interface was streamlined to take advantage of the edgier visual themes that were developed in the recent redesign of LMU.edu and the introduction of iLMU.

MYLMU represents a community-wide effort and we believe that the design innovations presented in MYLMU will prove to be a vast improvement. The main difference are no more tabs, channels and other clutter that makes it difficult to find what you're looking for.

Way to go Berlin! See the cool Pictures

Experience urself as being in Paris.Watch the videos!

The World's First Flying Hotel!! See the pictures here!

The World's First Flying Hotel

The Hotelicopter 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. Room service is available one hour after liftoff and prior to landing.

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)

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Save our Earth..Must see cool ads about saving our earth

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Think you are beautiful?Let's Ask Your iPhone

There is no denying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and many different things can make a person’s attractiveness Most of them are personality, intelligence, sense of humor and style all factor determine the overall beauty , it is not all about facial structure. Besides, if we were all attracted to the same person, life would be even more of a competition than it is already.

There are some people though, who are regarded as having a more conventional beauty and the reason behind it is actually more technical than it would seem. iPhone has recently added an application known as the Vanity app that allows users to import a picture of their face and then pinpoint certain areas for calculation.

The program will then use the information to determine the user’s ‘beauty’ based on the Golden Ratio. You may remember the Golden Ratio from other areas of study. The golden ratio, also known as the divine proportion, golden mean, or golden section, is a number often encountered when taking the ratios of distances in simple geometric figures.

Its proportions have been used for centuries to create stunning architecture and artwork, but it can be found throughout nature including human faces. The closer a person’s features match the ideal proportions, the more conventionally attractive they are.

If you are brave enough to take on the Vanity app you will be issued a score between 1 and 10. Do not despair if the score you get is lower than you had hoped.As previously mentioned, there are so many more aspects to a person’s beauty than facial proportions and there are some very quirky looking people who are considered extremely good-looking.

Angelina Jolie Heads to Haiti

And she's off.

After her PDA-packed Super Bowl appearance with Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie jetted off to the Dominican Republic Monday to visit hospitalized Haitian earthquake survivors and meet with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez.

On Tuesday, the 34-year-old UN goodwill ambassador -- who is suing a British tabloid for claming that she plans to split from Brad Pitt -- is expected to travel to Haiti.

Last month, Jolie -- who has visited everywhere from Iraq to Thailand to Pakistan -- announced that she and beau Pitt, 46, are donating $1 million to the emergency medical operation in Haiti.

In a statement, she said: "It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe of this size hit a people who have been suffering from extreme poverty, violence and unrest for so many decades."

Valentine Day: Beauty tips for girls and wives.Dont miss this!

Valentine's Day is an important day for a lot of girls, boys, husbands and wives. On this special day girl friends and wives get decked up for their boy friends and husbands. This time the day of love is coming on Sunday so don’t miss the opportunity to have a wonderful long activities and make sure to attract your guy

Here some Valentine special beauty tips for girl friends and wives:

There are a number of styles that are very flattering on women. Experiment with different styles like curls, straight and colouring to find the best look for you.

For eyes apply eye shadow base all over the eye area, wear natural shades that complement your eye color. Consider shades of beige, brown, gray and purple.

For cheeks using a cream blush with finger tips apply in a pink or red tone on apple’s of cheeks, then follow with the same color in a powder blush and apply on top of cream blush for a hot blushing cheek

Keep your lips soft and kissable with lip gloss or flavored chapsticks. Use Lipsticks of either deep red shed, chocolate shad or pink shed which usually depends when and where you are going.

Get a pedicure and manicure, match the nail enamel shades with your clothes. You can add shine to the topcoat to create some excitement.

If you are planning to go on a funky date like going for a music concert or for a romantic film, then girls can attire trendy tops donned with a pair of blue jeans or wear a knee-length skirt. If you are going out for lunch, best to wear like pinks, cream, beiges, blues, yellows, color. For a dinner date, you can wear the classy black dress. If you are going to party in a discotheque wear a nice party dress, preferably in black.

Shoes or Sandal style depends where you are going for Valentine's Day party. Always avoid to use flat sandals.

Pick a purse to match with your clothes but remember it should not be big, it should be trendy. Use accessories like stylish belts, classy earrings and delicate bracelets.

So, girlfriends and wives immediately reserve your seat in your parlour for biggest festival of love. Always ask your beautician about beauty tips for the big day of Valentine.

Ten Valentine's Day gifts under $20

Heart jewelry at Reruns Consignment Boutique on Market Square

14 February is nearing and still wondering what to get for your loved one.Valentine's Day should be about celebrating love, not breaking the bank. This year, show your loved ones how much you care with these 10 romantic gifts for under $20.

"100 Love Sonnets" by Pablo Neruda. If you don't consider yourself very good with words, let this famous book of love poems do the talking.
Price: $16.95 at Barnes and Noble

Heart Jewelry. Heart-shaped rhinestone-studded earrings, bracelets and necklaces can be found at Reruns Consignment Boutique on the corner of Market Square.
Price: $8-$13

Gift Basket. Known for its in-house bakery, Cafe 4 in Market Square is selling gift baskets for Valentine's Day. The baskets include cookies, candy and other romantic treats.
Price: $17.50 (large) and $11.50 (small)

Sterling Silver Heart Earrings. Handmade heart-shaped earrings by Ken Attkisson, an artist from North Carolina, can be found at Bliss Home and Art in Market Square.
Price: $14.95

Valentine Soaps. Handmade Valentine's Day-themed soaps made from vegetable glycerin are available at Earth to the Old City in Market Square.
Price: $7.99

Coupons. At Barnes and Noble, you can get Truth or Dare, Love, Kiss Me and Why I Love You coupon books that will last you for weeks after Valentine's Day.
Price: $5.99

Roll-On Perfume. Ralph Lauren has three romantic scents available in a roll-on tube. You can find these travel-friendly perfumes in any major department store.
Price: $20

Fragranced Lip Balm with a little personality from Earth to the Old City comes in a red bag with a Valentine's Day card attached.
Price: $6.99

DVD's. Romantic movies don't have to be chick flicks. Movies like "True Romance" by Quentin Tarantino and "The Princess Bride" will satisfy both of you.
Price: $19.99 at Best Buy

The best way to anyone's heart is through the stomach. Bake your favorite cake or batch of cookies and decorate them how you wish.

Resource:www.knoxnews.com

Why Linux founder endorses Google's Nexus One?

Why does Linus Torvalds, leader of the Linux kernel programming project love Nexus One?

According to him, he always think that phones are so irritating and it is only a gadget that is very disturbing. Torvalds said in a blog post. "But I have to admit, the Nexus One is a winner."

What are the features that won him over?

He said "I've wanted to have a GPS unit for my car anyway, and I thought that Google navigation might finally make a phone useful," Torvalds said. "And it does. What a difference!

I no longer feel like I'm dragging a phone with me 'just in case' I would need to get in touch with somebody--now I'm having a useful gadget instead. The fact that you can use it as a phone, too, is kind of secondary."

Google’s Android run on Java like layer atop, Google’s Dalvik virtual machine and accompanying software libraries.

More recently, though, Google issued a Native Development Kit for software that runs directly on the phone's Linux operating system. Through that technology, Mozilla is working on a version of Firefox for Android.

soft drinks can cause pancreatic cancer

A study in Singapore had found that drinking sugared soft drinks can cause pancreatic cancer. It was led by the University of Minnesota which followed some 60,000 people in Singapore for 14 years.

Drinking more than two soft drinks a week can increase 87 percent higher chance of getting pancreatic cancer. The article is on Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

The conclusions were drawn using data from the Singapore Chinese Health Study at the National University of Singapore, which is a broad, long term project on cancer.

In this particular study, the theory is that sugar may increase pancreatic cancer cells.

But one leading oncologist in Singapore says it is too early to draw this link.

A lot of people disagree with this statement because if sugar is the cause of pancreatic cancer , so other diets such as rice also have a lot of glucose which increase the level of sugar

Besides sugar, other studies have linked the disease with eating burnt red meat as well.

Pancreatic cancer sufferers have a low survival rate, and the illness is said to affect some 230,000 people globally. 

(Pancreatic cancer is cancer of the pancreas)

Aboard Shuttle Endeavour

Let’s look at the five men and one woman en route to the International Space Station:

Commander George Zamka is the person that bring the fragments of moon rick by Neil Amstrong up to Mount Everest by a former shuttle astronaut last spring. Zamka accepted the rocks last month and said he would make sure they got into the new space station compartments flying up on Endeavour. They will serve, he said, "as a reminder to all of the astronauts who are up there, what human beings can do and what our challenges are."

Zamka is 47 year ld Marine colonel grew up in New York, Rochester Hills, Mich., and Medellin, Colombia, his mother's hometown. It was "a great enticement" for pursuing an aviation career. His Colombian pilot uncle also was an influence.

Zamka went on to become a fighter pilot. He and wife Elisa have a 15-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy.
Pilot Terry Virts' childhood revolved around the space program.

He grew up in Columbia, Md., not far from Goddard Space Flight Center, where his parents worked. Mom was a secretary, and dad was a technician for NASA's Landsat satellites.

Virts, 42, said his first book as a child was about the Apollo moon landings and his bedroom was adorned with rocket and airplane posters. He'd occasionally accompany his father to the satellite control room at Goddard in the 1970s.

Former NFL star Warren Sapp Arrested for Domestic Battery

Warren Sapp who is the Former NFL was arrested by Miami Beach Police this afternoon for charged with misdemeanor domestic battery stemming from an allegedly violent confrontation with his girlfriend.

According to the Miami Beach Police Department, Sapp is accused of attacking his girlfriend of two years at around 5:00 AM Saturday at the Shore Club Hotel.

According to the arrest report, the alleged victim had "a swollen right knee and bruises on the back of her neck."

Sapp allowed her girlfriend to sleep in the hotel room but early in the morning , he pulled her out of the bed and start fighting about the guys she was hanging with earlier Friday night.

Sapp's girlfriend told cops that during the argument Sapp "grabbed her and began to choke her." He eventually threw her out of the room, she claims.

Sapp is in Miami for the Super Bowl and serves as an analyst for the NFL Network and on Showtime's "Inside the NFL."

When cops spoke to Sapp, he told them he had allowed the woman to stay in his room -- but later on decided he wanted her to leave because "he was expecting company." He told police he was trying to help her and she fell.

The NFL Network released a statement saying they were aware of the incident and that Sapp will not appear on the NFL Network until they review the matter.

Sapp is scheduled to co-host an event at BED Miami tonight. They tell us they haven't heard about the incident and, as of now, everything is still a go.

Howard County Snow Plow Tracker

Track Howard country Snow plow progress in real time.
Just click the link below or copy paste to your URL box.

http://snow2.co.ho.md.us/Index.asp

Hope every one will stay safe.

Nasa space shuttle launch time

 
This is the last operational year for the Space Shuttle, water was found on the moon, SpaceShip Two was unveiled and the Obama administration submitted a new roadmap for NASA’s future. Today, the Shuttle launches for the first time this year, and unfortunately for the last time at night. Endeavour, the spacecraft for this mission, will deliver a third connecting module – the Tranquility node – to the ISS and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics. The mission will feature three spacewalks.


The pilot, Terry Virts, is a lucky rookie and is obviously looking forward to his first stay in space:  “Everybody on their first spaceflight is just looking forward to going into space. It’s an amazing concept to think of leaving the planet Earth, and just not that many people have gotten to do that, so I’m really looking forward to that. 



Stiff wind rattled the launch site Saturday night as the fuel flowed into the shuttle, but forecasters were hopeful the gusts would subside in time for the 4:39 a.m. ET liftoff. The odds of good weather were 80 percent.


You have no idea how much I’d give to spend a few hours up there, floating while watching the Earth beneath me thanks to the breathtaking panorama the module is going to provide. But don’t worry, you don’t need to go to space to enjoy beautiful visuals. If you’re on the East Coast, there’s a good chance that you may see the Shutle’s beautiful fire trail rising up in the sky.