Leaving their mark

Elephants wade through swamp grass in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, leaving behind telltale trails. A worldwide ivory-trade ban has helped boost Kenya's elephant population. The elephant's traditional ranges take them outside park boundaries, where they infuriate newly settled farmers by eating their crops. Click image to enlarge.

Baby tortoise with two heads

A woman holds a baby tortoise with two heads in Havana September 27, 2005. The tortoise was found some days ago on a river bank at the city forest. According to scientists of the local aquarium who inspected the animal, it seems to be perfectly healthy. ~link

Cigarette, cockroaches and cancer

DivX Create Suite: Free Today

DivX Create Suite: Free Today:

To celebrate their 5th Anniversary, the guys over at DivX are giving away licensed copies of their Create bundle for Windows. This includes both the DivX Pro 6 Encoder and the professional player. Usually DivX charges $19.99 for this so head on over and grab your serial.

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Gangsterism

Girls' suicide pact shocks France

Girls' suicide pact shocks France:

All sorts of music have driven people to extremes of behaviour. Not just black metal

This day in history - Sep 28, 2005 - The Al-Aqsa Intifada begins

The Al Aqsa Intifada, a wave of violence and political conflict, began after Ariel Sharon, then Israeli opposition leader, traveled to the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem and proclaimed the land to be forever the property of Israel. While Palestinians maintain that the Intifada was a result of Sharon's visit, Israelis claim the uprising started with two political assassinations the day before.
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What you can do with straw

Happy birthday, Google

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This day in history - Sep 27, 2005

After a five- year struggle against the Soviet-backed Afghan government, the Taliban religious sect captured the city of Kabul. After the fall of the Afghan capital, rival revolutionary leader Burhanuddin Rabbani fled the city. The Taliban would remain in power and establish a Wahabi-based fundamentalist Islamic state until their overthrow by U.S.-backed forces loyal to Rabbani in late 2001. ~ more

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Worldometers

Worldometers

Fadilat sembahyang terawih

*Telah dimaklumkan bahawa fadhilat ini adalah fadhilat palsu, rujuk link dalam komen di bawah. Terima kasih.

Malam 1 : keluar dosa-dosa orang mukmin pada malam pertama sepertimana ia baru dilahirkan, mendapat keampunan dari Allah.

Malam 2 : diampunkan dosa-dosa orang mukmin yang sembahyang terawih serta kedua ibubapanya (sekiranya mereka orang beriman).

Malam 3 : berseru Malaikat di bawah 'Arasy supaya kami meneruskan sembahyang terawih terus menerus semoga Allah mengampunkan dosa engkau.

Malam 4 : memperolehi pahala ia sebagaimana pahala orang-orang yang membaca kitab-kitab Taurat, Zabur, Injil dan Al-Quran.

Malam 5 : Allah kurniakan baginya pahala seumpama orang sembahyang di Masjidilharam, Masjid Madinah dan Masjidil Aqsa.

Malam 6 : Allah kurniakan pahala kepadanya pahala Malaikat-malaikat yang tawaf di Baitul Ma'mur (70 ribu Malaikat sekali tawaf), serta setiap batu-batu dan tanah-tanah mendoakan supaya Allah mengampunkan dosa-dosa orang yang mengerjakan sembahyang terawih poda malam ini.

Malam 7 : Seolah-olah ia dapat bertemu dengan Nabi Musa serta menolong Nabi 'Alaihissalam nenentang musuh ketatnya Fir'aun dan Hamman.

Malam 8 : Allah mengurniakan pahala orang sembahyang terawih sepertimana yang telah dikurniakan kepada Nabi Allah Ibrahim 'Alaihissalam.

Malam 9 : Allah kurniakan pahala dan dinaikkan mutu ibadat hambanya seperti Nabi Muhammad S.A.W.

Malam 10 : Allah Subhanahuwata'ala mengurniakan kepadanya kebaikan di dunia dan di akhirat.

Malam 11 : Keluar ia daripada dunia (mati) bersih daripada dosa seperti ia baharu dilahirkan.

Malam 12 : Datang ia pada hari Qiamat dengan muka yang bercahaya (cahaya ibadatnya).

Malam 13 : Datang ia pada hari Qiamat dalam aman sentosa daripada tiap-tiap kejahatan dan keburukan.

Malam 14 : datang Malaikat menyaksikan ia bersembahyang terawih, serta Allah tiada menyesatkannya pada hari Qiamat.

Malam 15 : Semua Malaikat yang menanggung 'Arasy, Kursi, berselawat dan mendoakannya supaya Allah mengampunkannya.

Malam 16 : Allah subhanahuwata'ala tuliskan baginya terlepas daripada neraka dan dimasukkan ke dalam Syurga.

Malam 17 : Allah kurniakan orang yang berterawih pahalanya pada malam ini sebanyak pahala Nabi-Nabi.

Malam 18 : Seru Malaikat : Hai hamba Allah sesungguhnya Allah telah redha kepada engkau dan ibubapa engkau (yang masih hidup atau mati)

Malam 19 : Allah Subhanahuwata'ala tinggikan darjatnya di dalam Syurga Firdaus.

Malam 20 : Allah kurniakan kepadanya pahala sekelian orang yang mati syahid dan orang-orang solihin.

Malam 21 : Allah binakan sebuah istana dalam Syurga daripada nur.

Malam 22 : Datang ia pada hari Qiamat aman daripada tiap-tiap dukacita dan kerisauan (tidaklah dalam keadaan huru-hara di Padang Masyar).

Malam 23 : Allah Subhanahuwataala binakan kepadanya sebuah bandar di dalam Syurga daripada nur.

Malam 24 : Allah buka peluang 24 doa yang mustajab bagi orang berterawih malam ini, (elok sekali berdoa ketika dalam sujud)

Malam 25 : Allah Taala angkatkan daripada siksa kubur.

Malam 26 : Allah kurniakan kepada orang berterawih pahala pada malam ini seumpama 40 tahun ibadat.

Malam 27 : Allah kurniakan orang berterawih pada malam ini ketangkasan melintas atas titian Sirotolmustaqim seperti kilat menyambar.

Malam 28 : Allah Subhanahuwataala kurniakan kepadanya pahala 1000 darjat di akhirat.

Malam 29 : Allah Subhanahuwataala kurniakan kepadanya pahala 1000 kali haji yang mabrur.

Malam 30 : Allah Subhanahuwataala beri penghormatan kepada orang berterawih pada malam terakhir ini yang teristimewa sekali, lalu berfirman:

"Hai hambaKu : makanlah segala jenis buah-buahan yang engkau ingini hendak makan di dalam syurga, dan mandilah engkau dariapda air syurga yang bernama Salsabila, serta munumlah air daripada telaga yang dikurniakan kepada Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. yang bernama 'Al-Kauthar'."

Ikan lumba-lumba dilatih khas hilang

LONDON: Taufan Katrina tidak hanya menyebabkan kemalangan jiwa dan kerugian besar kepada Amerika Syarikat, malah turut menyaksikan kehilangan ‘senjata’ tersendiri mereka di medan pertahanan – sekumpulan 36 ekor ikan lumba-lumba yang dilatih khas.

Akhbar Britain The Observer melaporkan, ikan lumba-lumba itu mungkin mengambil kesempatan melepaskan diri selepas kawasan yang menempatkannya di pesisiran pantai New Orleans, ditenggelami air berikutan kehadiran Katrina pada 29 Ogos lalu.

Namun, kehilangannya itu sebaliknya mendatangkan risiko kepada penyelam dan pemain luncur ombak kerana membawa senjata bahaya iaitu damak yang bertoksik.

Tentera laut AS mengaku ia melatih ikan lumba-lumba berkenaan bagi tujuan ketenteraan, tetapi enggan mengesahkan sama ada binatang itu hilang.

Ikan itu sememangnya dilatih tentera AS untuk menembak pengganas serta menunjukkan sebarang kegiatan risikan di dasar laut.

Pakar yang mengkaji latihan tentera laut AS membabitkan haiwan pintar itu berkata, 36 ikan lumba-lumba itu bahaya kerana mungkin membawa senjata api dalam bentuk damak yang bertoksik.

Ikan lumba-lumba sememangnya dilatih dalam misi serang dan bunuh sejak Perang Dingin. Ia turut diajar menembak pengganas yang menyerang kapal tentera.

Mereka yang terbabit mengkaji program kontroversi pertahanan AS itu berkata, amat penting bagi ikan berkenaan ditangkap secepat mungkin.

Leo Sheridan, 72, yang juga penyiasat kemalangan disegani berkata, dia menerima maklumat perisikan yang mengesahkan kehilangan ikan lumba-lumba itu. – Agensi

“Saya bimbang ia akan menembak penyelam yang terbabit dalam latihan antipengganas. Malah jika peluncur ombak sekali pun yang dianggap bahaya, akan menyebabkan ikan lumba-lumba itu melepaskan tembakan damak berkenaan.” – Agensi

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Crazy teen video

Crazy teen video

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Protest

Nocturnal Rites - live video posted online

NOCTURNAL RITES: Live Video Posted Online: “Swedish power metallers NOCTURNAL RITES have uploaded a live performance video of the track "Deliverance" from the group's show at Sky Com Arena in Ume�, Sweden at this location (.MPG, 59 MB).

NOCTURNAL RITES' latest album, "Grand Illusion", was released this past week via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2004's "New World Messiah" was recorded and mixed at Toontrack Studioin Ume�, Sweden and features guest appearances by Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL), Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS), Henrik Danhage (EVERGREY), Kristoffer W. Olivius (NAGLFAR) and Swedish cross-country skiing world champion, Per Elofsson.

"Grand Illusion" includes a bonus DVD featuring three videos from "New World Messiah", the "Fools Never Die" clip, a "Making of Grand Illusion" segment and extra footage from the "Demons of the Opera" show.”

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Customer vs tech support

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Customer: "You've got to fix my computer. I urgently need to print document, but the computer won't boot properly."
Tech Support: "What does it say?"
Customer: "Something about an error and non-system disk."
Tech Support: "Look at your machine. Is there a floppy inside?"
Customer: "No, but there's a sticker saying there's an Intel inside."

• 
  

Tech Support: "Just call us back if there's a problem. We're open 24 hours."
Customer: "Is that Eastern time?"

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Tech Support: "Ok, in the bottom left hand side of the screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?"
Customer: "Wow. How can you see my screen from there?"

Cyclic number

142857 is a cyclic number.

Multiply the number by any digit in 1 to 6. The result will be a number having same digits as 142857 in the same order just rotated.

142857 * 1 = 142857
142857 * 2 = 285714
142857 * 3 = 428571
142857 * 4 = 571428
142857 * 5 = 714285
142857 * 6 = 857142

Baby Steps

Baby Steps

Photograph by Michael Nichols
From WildCam Africa, National Geographic, September 2005

CSS Import™ | The CSS Gallery

CSS Import™ | The CSS Gallery

Something to remember

Something to remember

Peluang jadi jutawan

Peluang jadi jutawan

Two-thirds of Swedes secretly read partner's SMS messages: study - Yahoo! News

Two-thirds of Swedes secretly read partner's SMS messages: study - Yahoo! News:

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Two-thirds of Swedes secretly read their partner's mobile phone text messages, in particular when he or she nips off to the loo, according to a recent study.
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Sixty-four percent of those questioned by mobile portal Halebop for Swedish operator TeliaSonera said they read their partners' SMS messages purely out of curiosity, but one-fourth admitted that they did it out of jealousy.

Most people, 47 percent, said they secretly peeked into their partner's phone when he or she was in the bathroom or shower, while others said they did it when their partner was sleeping or had forgotten to take their mobile.

Sixty-three percent said they were particularly interested in reading their partner's phones messages after he or she had been to a bar or restaurant, while only four percent said they looked after their partner returned from a work conference.

The study also showed that 86 percent of people had flirted with someone by SMS, and 40 percent had had SMS sex. Seven percent said they had had SMS sex with an unknown person.

The study questioned 685 people in Sweden from August 25 through September 5.

Technorati tags: sms, mobile, odd

Yahoo! Help - How do I add a new email address to my Yahoo! Groups account?

How do I add a new email address to my Yahoo! Groups account?:

Method A

1. First, add the email address to your Yahoo! ID by following these steps:
* Go to the Account Info page.
* Click the Edit button next to Member Information.
* Enter the new email address in one of the Alternate Email fields.
* Click the Finished button.

2. Next, verify your email address. (This must be done to make sure you own the email address.)
* Click the Edit button next to Member Information again.
* Click on the Non-verified link next to the new email address.
* You will be taken to the Email Address Verification page. Click on the Send Verification button.
* Check for a verification email message sent to that address. (This might take a while). Click the link in the email(s) we sent to verify your email address. Enter the email confirmation code and Yahoo! password in the boxes.

3. Note: If the new address is already known to Yahoo! Groups (i.e., you used it to subscribe to a group), you'll have to convert it. (We're working on eliminating this step.)
* Go to the My Preferences page.
* Click on the Edit button next to Email Accounts.
* Find the email address you'd like to add to Yahoo! Groups and click on the Convert link.
* Follow the steps in the conversion wizard to link this address to your Yahoo! Groups account.

Method B

1. Join a group via email.
* Send an email from the new address to: groupname-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. (Make sure to replace "groupname" in the address with the actual name of the group.)
* Reply to the confirmation message sent to you to verfiy that you own that address.

Note: This will be an "email-only" membership. You will be able to receive email from the group (and post if it is a discussion group). If you want to access all of the web features of the group, you will have to convert it.

Konsert motogp - Ramli Sarip

Bank ATM's Converted to Steal IDs of Bank Customers

A team of organized criminals are installing equipment on legitimate bank ATM's in at least 2 regions to steal both the ATM card number and the PIN. The team sits nearby in a car receiving the information transmitted wirelessly over weekends and evenings from equipment they install on the front of the ATM (see photos). If you see an attachment like this, do not use the ATM and report it immediately to the bank using the 800 number or phone on the front of the ATM.

The equipment used to capture your ATM card number and PIN are cleverly disguised to look like normal ATM equipment. A "skimmer" is mounted to the front of the normal ATM card slot that reads the ATM card number and transmits it to the criminals sitting in a nearby car.

At the same time, a wireless camera is disguised to look like a leaflet holder and is mounted in a position to view ATM PIN entries.

The thieves copy the cards and use the PIN numbers to withdraw thousands from many accounts in a very short time directly from the bank ATM.

Equipment being installed on front of existing bank card slot.

The equipment as it appears installed over the normal ATM bank slot.

The PIN reading camera being installed on the ATM is housed in an innocent looking leaflet enclosure.

The camera shown installed and ready to capture PIN's by looking down on the keypad as you enter your PIN.

Google special edition - Katrina

http://www.google.com/katrina.html

In 24 hours

For average human:

• HEART beats 1,03,689 times.

• LUNGS respire 23,045 times.

• BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.

• NAILS grow 0.00007 inches

• HAIR grows 0.01715 inches

• Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)

• Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.

• Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.

• Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.

• Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.

• Speak 4,800 WORDS.

• During SLEEP move 25.4 times

Bike or rocket?

Somebody is leaving

The 5 questions most feared by men

The 5 questions most feared by men are:

1. What are you thinking about?
2. Do you love me?
3. Do I look fat?
4. Do you think she is prettier than me?
5. What would you do if I died?

What makes these questions so difficult is that every one is guaranteed to explode into a major argument if the man answers incorrectly (i.e.,tells the truth). Therefore, as a public service, each question is analyzed below, along with possible Responses.

Question # 1: What are you thinking about?

The proper answer to this, of course, is: "I'm sorry if I've been pensive, dear. I was just reflecting on what a warm, wonderful, thoughtful, caring, intelligent woman you are, and how lucky I am to have met you."

This response obviously bears no resemblance to the true answer, which most likely is one of the following:

a. Baseball.
b. Football.
c. How fat you are.
d. How much prettier she is than you.
e. How I would spend the insurance money if you died.

Perhaps the best response to this question was offered by Al Bundy,who once told Peg, "If I wanted you to know what I was thinking, I would be talking to you!"

Question # 2: Do you love me?

The proper response is: "YES!" or, if you feel a more detailed answer is in order, "Yes, dear." Inappropriate responses include:

a. Oh Yeah, shit loads.
b. Would it make you feel better if I said yes?
c. That depends on what you mean by love.
d. Does it matter?
e. Who, me?

Question # 3: Do I look fat?

The correct answer is an emphatic: "Of course not!" Among the incorrect answers are:

a. Compared to what?
b. I wouldn't call you fat, but you're not exactly thin.
c. A little extra weight looks good on you.
d. I've seen fatter.
e. Could you repeat the question? I was just thinking about how I would spend the insurance money if you died.

Question # 4: Do you think she's prettier than me? Once again, the proper response is an emphatic: "Of course not!" Incorrect responses include:

a. Yes, but you have a better personality
b. Not prettier, but definitely thinner
c. Not as pretty as you when you were her age
d. Define pretty
e. Could you repeat the question? I was just thinking about how I would spend the insurance money if you died.

Question # 5: What would you do if I died?
A definite no-win question. (The real answer, of course, is "Buy a Corvette and an airplane") No matter how you answer this, be prepared for at least an hour of follow-up questions, usually along the these lines:

WOMAN: Would you get married again?
MAN: Definitely not!
WOMAN: Why not? Don't you like being married?
MAN: Of course I do.
WOMAN: Then why wouldn't you remarry?
MAN: Okay, I'd get married again.
WOMAN: You would? (with a hurtful look on her face)
WOMAN: Would you sleep with her in our bed?
MAN: Where else would we sleep?
WOMAN: Would you put away my pictures, and replace them with
pictures of her?
MAN: That would seem like the proper thing to do.
WOMAN: And would you let her use my golf clubs?
MAN: She can't use them; she's left-handed
WOMAN: - - - silence - - -
MAN: Oh shit.

H.I.M.: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

BLABBERMOUTH.NET - H.I.M.: Entire New Album Available For Streaming: "H.I.M.'s entire new album, 'Dark Light', is available for streaming at the MTV Italy web site. 'Dark Light' is scheduled for release on September 27"

Russian hand-painted mice

Russian hand-painted mice

Satu lagi pencapaian bumi Islam Hadhari

::Roslan SMS Corner:::

Kami berbangga mengisytiharkan bahawa Malaysia adalah pasaran pertama yang kita gunakan untuk menguji jenama ini dan kami berjaya. Langkah seterusnya adalah untuk menganjurkan majlis-majlis hiburan Parti Hitam untuk mengumpulkan anak-anak muda bagi mencuba Guiness

Bank of ganja

Nice design ;-)

Neowin.net - Macromedia Flash Player 8

Macromedia Flash Player 8:

Macromedia Flash Player is free software that lets you view web content created by Macromedia Flash. This content may be interactive content such as menus that slide, or may be complex programs like games and movies. Many web browsers (Internet Explorer, for example) install Macromedia Flash Player automatically, but you may need to upgrade it from time to time as Macromedia makes improvements and as websites you visit update their content.

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Caught stealing

Check out this video, look like new reality tv show ;-)

Rare Reptiles Of Malaysia

Rare Reptiles Of Malaysia

Date of issue 28-Sep-2005

Stamp Value :30 Sen ( 2 Designs); 50 Sen; RM1

Stamp Size :40 mm X 30 mm

Perforation :14
Sheet Content :20 Stamps

Paper :SPM Watermarked, Phosphor Coated

Printing Process :Lithography

Printer :Percetakan Keselamatan Nasional Sdn. Bhd

Stamp Designer :Reign Associates Sdn. Bhd

First Day Cover Value : 30 Sen
Miniature Sheet Value :RM 2.00

Miniature Sheet Size : 100 mm X 70 mm

Stamp Size in Miniature Sheet : 40 mm X 50 mm

Folder Value :RM 5.00

Date of Issue 28-Sep-2005

Windows tips/shortcut

• Press Win+L to switch to the Welcome screen.
  

• Press Win+L to lock your workstation
  

• You can switch users without going through the Welcome screen: From Task Manager, go to the Users tab, right-click a user, and select Connect.
  

• Hold down the shift key in the shutdown dialog to change "Stand By" to "Hibernate". Or just press H to hibernate instantly. You can even use the Power Control Panel to configure your power button to hibernate.
  

• To disable the password when resuming from standby or hibernation, open the Power Control Panel and uncheck "Prompt for password after returning from standby" on the Advanced tab.
  

• You can rename multiple files all at once: Select a group of files, right-click the first file, and select "Rename". Type in a name for the first file, and the rest will follow.
  

• Hold down the shift key when switching to thumbnail view to hide the file names. Do it again to bring them back.
  

• When dragging a file in Explorer, you can control the operation that will be performed when you release the mouse button:
  

1. Hold the Control key to force a Copy.
2. Hold the Shift key to force a Move.
3. Hold the Alt key to force a Create Shortcut.
   

• If you create a file called Folder.jpg, that image will be used as the thumbnail for the folder. What's more, that image will also be used as the album art in Windows Media Player for all media files in that folder.
  

• From the View Menu, select "Choose Details" to select which file properties should be shown in the Explorer window. To sort by a file property, check its name in the "Choose Details" in order to make that property available in the "Arrange Icons by" menu.
  

• To display the volume control icon in the taskbar, go to the Sounds and Audio Devices Control Panel and select "Place volume icon in the taskbar".
  

• Hold down the shift key when deleting a file to delete it immediately instead of placing it in the Recycle Bin. Files deleted in this way cannot be restored.
  

• If you hold down the shift key while clicking "No" in a Confirm File Operation dialog, the response will be interpreted as "No to All".
  

• To save a document with an extension other than the one a program wants to use, enclose the entire name in quotation marks. For example, if you run Notepad and save a file under the name Dr.Z it will actually be saved under the name Dr.Z.txt. But if you type, "Dr.Z" then the document will be saved under the name Dr.Z. Note that a document so-named cannot be opened via double-clicking since the extension is no longer ".txt".
  

• Put a shortcut to your favorite editor in your Send To folder and it will appear in your "Send To" menu. You can then right-click any file and send it to your editor.
  

• Ctrl+Shift+Escape will launch Task Manager.
  

• To arrange two windows side-by-side, switch to the first window, then hold the Control key while right-clicking the taskbar button of the second window. Select "Tile Vertically".
  

• To close several windows at once, hold down the Control key while clicking on the taskbar buttons of each window. Once you have selected all the windows you want to close, right-click the last button you selected and pick "Close Group".
  

• You can turn a folder into a desktop toolbar by dragging the icon of the desired folder to the edge of the screen. You can then turn it into a floating toolbar by dragging it from the edge of the screen into the middle of the screen. (It helps if you minimize all application windows first.)
  

• You can turn a folder into a taskbar toolbar.
  

1. First, unlock your taskbar.
2. Next, drag the icon of the desired folder to the space between the taskbar buttons and the clock. (Wait for the no-entry cursor to change to an arrow. It's a very tiny space; you will have to hunt for it.)
3. You can rearrange and resize the taskbar toolbar you just created.
4. You can even turn the taskbar toolbar into a menu by resizing it until only its name is visible.
   

• In the Address Bar, type "Microsoft" and hit Ctrl+Enter. Internet Explorer automatically inserts the "http://www." and ".com" for you.
  

• To remove an AutoComplete entry from a Web form, highlight the item in the AutoComplete dropdown and press the Delete key.
  

• To remove all Web form AutoComplete entries, go to the Internet Explorer Tools menu, select Internet Options, Content, AutoComplete, then press the "Clear Forms" button.
  

• To organize your Favorites in Explorer instead of using the Organize Favorites dialog, hold the shift key while selecting "Organize Favorites" from the Favorites menu of an Explorer window.
  

• You can organize your Favorites by dragging the items around your Favorites menu.
  

• Alternatively, you can open the Favorites pane and hold the Alt key while pressing the up and down arrows to change the order of your Favorites.
  

• To run Internet Explorer fullscreen, press F11. Do it again to return to normal mode.
  

• If your "Printers and Faxes" folder is empty, you can hide the "Printers and Faxes" icon when viewed from other computers by stopping the Print Spooler service.
  

• To add or remove columns from Details mode, select Choose Details from the View menu, or just right-click the column header bar.
  

• In Internet Explorer, hold the Shift key while turning the mouse wheel to go forwards or backwards.
  

• In Internet Explorer, hold the Shift key while clicking on a link to open the Web page in a new window.
  

• In Internet Explorer, type Ctrl+D to add the current page to your Favorites.
  

• This and many more keyboard shortcuts can be found by going to Internet Explorer, clicking the Help menu, then selecting Contents and Index. From the table of contents, open Accessibility and click "Using Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts".
  

• In some applications (such as Internet Explorer), holding the Control key while turning the mouse wheel will change the font size.

• To shut down via Remote Desktop, click the Start button, and then type Alt+F4.

622 Music video's - free download

Download a lot of music videos here

Asal Usul Kejadian Adam A.S.

Kita selalu mendengar kisahnya Nabi Adam AS.Dan kita juga terlalu tahu tentang kejadianya manusia itu adalah dari tanah. Tetapi apakah kita tahu akan tanahnya itu? Apakah kita tahu akan prosesnya kejadian itu? Mari kita baca kupasan yang sedikit ini, mudah-mudahan kita lebih mengetahui tentangnya dan Insyaallah dapatlah kita mempelajarinya bersama-sama.
 
Berpesan-pesanlah pada kebaikan dan berpesan-pesanlah pada kesabaran.

(Al-A'ssr) "Betapa payahnya malaikat-malaikat meminta tanah dari bumi untuk menjadikan nabi Adam A.S (Abul Basyar/Bapa segala manusia)".

Pada suatu ketika, Allah SWT menitahkan kepada malaikat Jibril supaya turun ke bumi untuk mengambil sebahagian tanahnya untuk mencipta Adam. Akan tetapi apabila beliau sampai ke bumi, bumi enggan membenarkan tanahnya diambil untuk dijadikan Adam kerana bumi khuatir Adam akan melakukan kemungkaran kepada Allah. Lalu Jibril kembali ke hadrat Allah memberitahu bahawa ia tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa apabila mendengar mendengar sumpah bumi.

Setelah itu, Allah memerintah malaikat Mikail. Jawapan bumi masih sama lalu Allah memerintahkan malaikat Israfil dan jawapan bumi masih tidak berganjak. Masing-masing kembali dengan jawapan yang hampa.

Akhirnya, Allah menyuruh malaikat Izrail turun ke bumi.Kata Allah: "Hai Izrail!  Engkaulah kini yang aku tugaskan mengambil tanah. Meskipun bumi bersumpah-sumpah dengan ucapan, jangan engkau mundur. Katakan bahawa kerjamu atas perintah dan atas namaKu. "Apabila Izrail turun ke bumi dan menyampaikan perintah Allah kepada bumi,maka akhirnya bumi mengizinkan tanahnya diambil. Setelah Izrail mengambil beberapa jenis tanah,kembalilah ia ke hadrat Allah.

Lalu Allah berfirman: "Ya Izrail, pertama engkau yang Ku tugaskan mengambil tanah, dan kemudian di belakang hari kelak akan kutugaskan engkau mencabut roh manusia."

Maka khuatirlah Izrail kerana bimbang akan dibenci oleh umat manusia. Lalu Allah berfirman lagi: "Tidak, mereka tidak akan memusuhi kamu. Aku yang mengaturnya, dan Aku jadikan kematian mereka itu bersebab antaranya terbunuh, terbakar, sakit dan sebagainya.

Jenis tanah yang digunakan:
 
1. Tanah tempat bakal berdirinya Baitul Mugaddis

2. Tanah Bukit Tursina

3. Tanah Iraq

4. Tanah Aden

5. Tanah Al-Kautsar

6. Tanah tempat bakal berdiringa Baitullah

7. Tanah Paris

8. Tanah Khurasan

9. Tanah(Babylon)

10.Tanah India

11.Tanah syurga

12.Tanah Tha'if


Menurut Ibnu Abbas:-

1. Kepala Adam dari tanah Baitul-Muqaddis kerana disitulah berada otak manusia,dan disitulah tempatnya akal.

2. Telinganya dari tanah Bukit Thursina, kerana dia alat pendengar dan tempat menerima nasihat.

3. Dahinya dari tanah Iraq,kerana disitu tempat sujud kepada.

4. Mukanya dari tanah Aden, kerana disitu tempat berhias dan tempat kecantikan.

5. Matanya dari tanah telaga Al-Kautsar,tempat menarik perhatian.

6. Giginya dari tanah Al-Kautsar,tempat memanis-manis.

7. Tangan kanannya dari tanah Kaabah,untuk mencari nafkah dan kerjasama,sesama manusia.

8. Tangan kirinya dari tanah Paris, tempat beristinjak.

9. Perutnya dari tanah Babylon. Disitulah tempat seks(berahi) dan tipudaya syaitan untuk menjerumuskan manusia ke lembah dosa.

10. Tulangnya dari tanah Bukit Thursina, alat peneguh tubuh manusia.

11. Dua kakinya dari tanah India, tempat berdiri dan jalan.

12. Hatinya dari tanah syurga Firdaus,kerana disitulah iman,keyakinan,ilmu,kemahuan dan sebagainya.

13.Lidahnya dari tanah Tha'if, tempat mengucap Syahadat,bersyukur dan berdoakan kepada Tuhan.


Proses kejadiannya:
 
1. Ketika Allah jadikan Adam,tanah itu dicampur dengan air tawar, air masin, air hanyir, angin dan api. Kemudian Allah resapkan Nur(cahaya) kebenaran dalam diri Adam dengan berbagai macam "sifat".

2. Lalu tubuh Adam itu digenggam dengan genggaman "Jabarut" kemudian diletakkan didalam "Alam Malakut".

3. Sesungguhnya tanah yang akan dijadikan "tubuh Adam" adalah tanah pilihan. Maka sebelum dijadikan patung, tanah itu dicampurkan dengan rempah-rempah dan wangi-wangian dari sifat Nur sifat Allah, dan dirasmikan dengan air hujan "Barul Uluhiyah".

4. Kemudian tubuh itu dibenamkan didalam air "Kudral-Izzah-Nya" iaitu sifat "Jalan dan Jammal". Lalu terciptalah tubuh Adam yang sempurna.

5. Demikian pula roh,ketika itu diperintah masuk kedalam tubuh Adam, ia merasa malas dan enggan, lalu ia berputar-putar, mengelilingi patung Adam yang terlantar. Kemudian Allah menyuruh malaikat Izrail untuk memaksa roh itu masuk. Akhirnya mahu tidak mahu roh itupun masuk dan menyerah kepada Izrail.


Menurut riwayat ketika Adam masih berada di syurga, sangat baik sekali kulitnya. Tidak seperti warna kulit manusia.Kerana Adam telah diturunkan ke dunia, terjadilah perubahan pada warna kulitnya. Sebagai pengetahuan, yang masih tertinggal warnanya hanyalah pada kuku manusia. Oleh itu, meskipun orang kulitnya hitam, tetapi warna kukunya adalah sama, ialah putih kemerah-merahan.

Dijadikan pada tubuh Adam ada sembilan rongga atau liang. Tujuh buah liang dikepala,dan dua buah liang di bawah badan letaknya.

Tujuh buah letaknya adalah :

1. Di Kepala ialad Dua liang mata, Dua liang telinga, Dua liang hidung dan sebuah liang mulut.

2. Dibawah ialah Sebuah liang kemaluan dan liang dubur.

Dijadikan pula lima buah pancaindera:

A. Mata alat penglihatan

B. Hidung alat penciuman

C. Telinga alat pendengaran

D. Mulut alat merasa manis, masin dan sebagainya.

E. Anggota tubuh lainya seperti kulit, telapak tangan, untuk merasa halus, kasar dan sebagainya.

Setelah Roh masuk kedalam tubuh Adam, lalu roh itu masuk perlahan-lahan sehingga ke kepalanya yang mengambil masa 200 tahun.

Demikianlah Allah memberi kekuatan pada Izrail untuk memasukkan roh ke dalam tubuh Adam. Setelah roh meresap ke kepala Adam, maka terjadilah otak dan tersusunlah urat-urat sarafnya dengan sempurna. Kemudian terjadilah matanya dan seketika itu matanya terus terbuka melihat dan melirik kekiri, ke kanan dan kebawah dimana pada masa itu bahagian badannya masih merupakan tanah keras. Dilihatnya kiri dan kanan para malaikat yang sedang menyaksikan kejadian dia. Ketika itu dia telah dapat mendengar para malaikat mengucapkan tasbih dengan suara yang merdu dan mengasyikkan. Kemudian ketika roh sampai kehidungnya lalu ia bersin, serta mulutnya terbuka. Ketika itulah Allah ajarkan padanya ucapan Alhamdulillah. Itulah ucapan Adam pertama kalinya kehadrat Allah. Lalu Allah berkata Yarhamukallah" yang membawa erti: "Semoga engkau diberi rahmat Allah". Oleh kerana itu jika seseorang itu bersin, menjadi sunat mengucap "Alhamdulillah" dan orang yang mendengarnya disunatkan pula mengucapkan Yarhamukallah". Kemudian ketika roh sampai pada dadanya, tiba-tiba saja ia mahu bangun. Padahal sebahagian bawah badannya masih tanah dan keras. Disini menunjukkan sifat manusia yang suka tergesa-gesa (tidak sabar). Sebagaimana firman Allah SWT bermaksud:

"Dan adalah manusia itu suka tergesa-gesa".(Al-Israk:II)

Maka ketika roh itu sampai dibahagian perutnya, maka terjadilah susunan isi perut dengan sempurna. Maka seketika itu terasalah lapar. Kemudian terus roh itu meresap sampai ke seluruh tubuh, tangan, kaki lalu terjadi darah daging dan tulang. Urat-urat berkulit dengan  sempurna, yang mana kulit itu kian lama kian cantik dan halus.

Begitulah proses kejadian-kejadian tubuh Adam. Setelah kejadian Adam sempurna sebagai manusia, maka dialah merupakan makhluk manusia yang pertama. Wajahnya cukup cantik, semua malaikat berasa kagum melihat Adam yang begitu menawan. Kemudian Adam diarak oleh malaikat-malaikat selama 100 tahun lalu diperkenalkan kepada seluruh penghuni dari langit pertama hinggalah kelangit tujuh sebelum dibawa ke Syurga tempat mula-mula Adam dijadikan.

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Customer Service Tips And Techniques

We all know the story...it costs 5 times as much to bring in a new customer than to keep an existing one. When people become your customer, they want to be loyal. So, why do they leave? Most of the time, they leave because of small oversights and lack of attention to plain, old customer service.

When customers call on the phone, we are provided with a tremendous opportunity to reinforce and grow the relationship. It makes good (economic) sense to take the extra time and effort to make these calls as meaningful and service oriented as possible. Attention to customer service will go a long way in helping you to satisfy your customers and make them feel as if they are truly special.

1. Always tell your customer what you CAN do for them. Don't begin your conversation by telling them what you CAN'T do.

2. Allow irate customers to vent. Do not interrupt them or start to speak until they have finished having their say.

3. Diffuse anger by saying "I'm sorry or "I apologize."

4. Use your customer's name at different points in the call.

5. Make certain that your "solution" to the customer's problem is acceptable to them. Get their approval and agreement.

6. Always conclude each call with a "Thank you" or a verbal message of appreciation for their business.

7. Make certain that your tone of voice is in sync with your words. Remember your tone of voice can completely contradict your message.

8. Listen attentively! There is nothing worse than asking an irate or troubled customer to REPEAT what they have just said.

9. Go the extra step by following up on your solution. Re-contact the customer to make certain that everything has been handled in a satisfactory manner, and they are pleased with the outcome.

10. Remember to ask if there is anything else that you can do for your customer. Taking the time to ask the question often results in  increased business and a more committed customer.

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Civilization or barbarians?

If Europeans do it, it is called Civilization, if others do it, they are Barbarians.

The great Changez Khan, whose intelligent warfare tactics are followed today by Americans, was a considered Barbarian, but Alexander the great was civilized. The Romans were civilized but Attila the Hun who defeated Romans was barbarian, Americans (north and south) are civilized but ancient american Indians of including Mayans were barbarians.

There is a small town called Sedlec, some seventy kilometers east of the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague. This town Sedlec has an unusual, weird scary church. The inside of this church is dembellished with real human bones.

In year 1218 AD, when a certain Abbot Henry made a pilgrimage to the holy land and brought back a jar full of soil from cemetery, which he spread over the Church. As a result the church came to be regarded as more sacred and turned into a popular burial spot. By 1318, more than thirty thousands bodies were buried there and by 1511, it became necessary to dig out the graves of their forefathers and remove the older bones to make place for the new ones. The dugout human bones then became the construction materials for the macabre creations. In 1870 a local woodcarver was hired by the Duke of Shwartzenberg to decorate the inside of the church with the human remains of their forefathers. They were some forty thousand pieces of dead human bones. It is now the Church of Human Bones. To a visitor it is weird, ghastly, horrifying place nowhere to be near in dark alone.

Hotel 5 bintang

Sepasang suami isteri dalam perjalanan ke bandar dan kerana jaraknya yang jauh, mereka siggah untuk menginap di sebuah hotel sebelum meneruskan perjalanan keesokan paginya.

Akhirnya mereka bertemu dengan sebuah Hotel yang cukup bagus walaupun tidak berbintang dan bermalam. Keesokan paginya ketika akan keluar hotel, mereka dikenakan bayaran RM 200.00

"Hah? Ini kadar hotel 5 bintang. Awak tak salah kira ke?" tanya si suami terkejut.

Dia meminta dipanggilkan pengurus hotel dan membantah harga yang terlalu mahal. Setelah mendengar dengan penuh perhatian, pengurus berkata, "Hotel ABCD ini dilengkapi dengan kolam renang taraf antarabangsa, ruang persidangan dan berbagai hiburan semuanya bertaraf antarabangsa."

"Tapi kami tidak langsung menggunakan kemudahan tersebut," kata si suami berkeras.

"Salah Encik sendiri. kemudahan itu disediakan untuk dimanfaatkan," kata si pengurus tak mau kalah.

Setelah termenung sejenak si suami membuka  dompetnya, mengeluarkan wang RM 50.00.. dan mengulurkannya kepada pengurus tersebut.

"Ini baru RM 50.00?" tanya pengurus.

"Baki RM 150.00 lagi tu saya dah bayar... iaitu saya relakan Encik tidur dengan isteri saya"

"Tapi saya tidak tidur dengan isteri Encik..."

"Salah Encik sendiri. ianya sudah tersedia semalaman, kenapa tidak dimanfaatkan..."

Before and after

Train

Lady               : Is this my train?
Station master : No, it belongs to the Railway Company
Lady               : Don't try to be funny. I mean to ask if i can take this train to Kuala Lumpur.
Station master : No madam, i'm afraid it's too heavy for you.
Lady               : ????????

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Your results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you'll always get the most accurate and up-to-date results; and you can search not just for blogs written in English, but in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and other languages as well.

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Weird facts

• American car horns beep in the tone of F.

• The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

• Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

• Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

• The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

• Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

• The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

• Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

• Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser.

• The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

• No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

• 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

• Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

• A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight.

• The albatross drinks sea water. It has a special desalinization apparatus that strains out and excretes all excess salt.

• In Clarendon, Texas, there is reportedly a law on the books that lawyers must accept eggs, chickens, or other produce, as well as money, as payment of legal fees.

• Cats purr at 26 cycles per second, the same as an idling diesel engine.

• A dragonfly flaps its wings 20 to 40 times a second, bees and houseflies 200 times, some mosquitoes 600 times, and a tiny gnat 1,000 times.

• Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

• Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

• The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

• A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

• The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
  

• Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."

• The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

• Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

• All porcupines float in water.

• Cat's urine glows under a black light.

• Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

• When opossums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror

• A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

• Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink."

• A group of frogs is called an army.

• A group of rhinos is called a crash.

• A group of kangaroos is called a mob

• A group of whales is called a pod.

• A group of ravens is called a murder.

• A group of officers is called a mess.

• A group of larks is called an exaltation.

• A group of owls is called a parliament.

• Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been overmixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since. [It floats in gasoline, too.]

• If you could count the number of times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have the correct temperature in Celsius degrees.

• During the Civil War, Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union Army before he accepted his post with the Confederacy.

• Margaret Higgins Sanger, the birth-control pioneer, was one of eleven children.

• There are more than 15,000 different varieties of rice.

• When a man died in ancient Egypt, the females in his family would smear their heads and faces with mud and wander through the city beating themselves and tearing off their clothes.

• Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

How the snail crosses this little bridge