The Devil's Sea

The Devil's Sea

Miyake Island, Japan

The Devil's Sea, also called the Formosa Triangle, is located off the coast of Japan in a region of the Pacific around Miyake Island, about 110 miles south of Tokyo.Like the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil's Sea doesn't appear on any official maps, but the name is used by Japanese fishermen. The area is known for strange disappearances of ships and planes-at least by those in the United States.

Another myth is that, like the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil's Sea is the only other area where a compass points to true north rather than magnetic north.
One popular theory is that volcanic activity around the area, particularly an underwater volcano, could be responsible for the disappearances.

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Facts About The Bermuda Triangle

Facts About The Bermuda Triangle

Ships and airplanes disappear into the ocean every year. This is normal and may simply occur because of people’s mistakes or nature’s accidents. These incidents could happen anywhere. But there is one place that they are said to happen much more often than anywhere else-so often that it has become legendary as a mysterious place of disappearances. That place is called the Bermuda Triangle.

5 planes similar to these 'Avengers' disappeared in 1945. 

The Bermuda Triangle is an area in the Atlantic Ocean just east of the Gulf of Mexico. This area is named after one of its corners, the island of Bermuda, possibly because Bermuda was once known as the “Isle of Devils.” The triangle’s other two corners are found on the coasts of Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. It covers about 500,000 square miles (804,672 square kilometers) of ocean.

It is said that this triangle holds a great mystery. Not only do ships and planes disappear, but odd magnetic forces seem to be at work in this particular location. Christopher Columbus is said to be the first man to have noticed odd things happening in the Bermuda Triangle. He said he saw “dancing lights.” He also said that his compass did not work properly when he was in this region. Once, five American Navy boats disappeared there all at once. People have made predictions about what could have caused these strange occurrences. However, no one knows for sure.

There are dozens of theories that try to explain the things that take place in the Bermuda Triangle. Many of these theories are quite eccentric. For example, some people believe that ships have disappeared because of creatures from another planet. Others say that the triangle is a door to other planets. Some people believe that ships and planes are transported into a different place in time. Still others blame the advanced society of the “lost city” of Atlantis. Because of the unusual things that have happened in the Bermuda Triangle, this part of the ocean has been nicknamed the “Devil’s Triangle.”

Today, scientists say that there is nothing really unusual about the Bermuda Triangle. Many say that natural disasters may cause ships and aircraft to disappear. There are waves and hurricanes that can sink ships in this area. The Gulf Stream, a big current in the ocean, can carry ships away. Some think that there is an underwater volcano in the triangle, which may be the cause of disappearing boats. Others blame underwater earthquakes. Still others have found bubbles of gas that may come to the water’s surface and cause boats to sink.

It is also possible that there are reasonable explanations beyond nature for these disappearances. Planes crash in the Bermuda Triangle just as they would in any other place, but the ocean bottom underneath the triangle is full of very deep trenches that may prevent people from finding lost planes and boats. Some even say that there are modern-day pirates in this region who are to blame for the many disappearances there. There are many other rational reasons that have been used to explain lost vehicles in the Bermuda Triangle.

Of course, there are many who say that the stories we hear about the Bermuda Triangle are just made up or imaginary. They blame many disappearances on human mistakes, just like disappearances in other parts of the world. Because some people are superstitious, they might report things they see as strange and blame the mysterious triangle for something that could have been explained otherwise.Many people do not want to believe the Bermuda Triangle can be so easily explained. They like the idea of a mystery. There have been books and movies about things that are not easily explained. This makes the Bermuda Triangle a perfect subject for these kinds of stories. Maybe it is for this reason that so many people still believe that there is such a thing as the “Devil’s Triangle.”

A Douglas DC-3, the same model that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle in 1948

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Dunn's River Falls, Jamaica

Dunn's River Falls, Jamaica

The world-famous Dunns River Falls offers an exhilarating climb through warm, cascading waters. The tropical splendour of Coyaba and Shaw Park Gardens is magnificent. Take a drive through a forest of ferns aptly called Fern Gully. Ride a horse on the trails at Prospect Plantation. Play polo at nearby Chukka Cove or relax and sun at James Bond Beach. Agent 007, the fictional creation of British writer Ian Fleming, was
born in Jamaica. His first film, Dr. No, was filmed here. If you are a Bond aficionado, stay at his luxurious home,

Goldeneye, and dream of similar adventures. A new attraction is the not-to-be-missed Rainforest Bobsled Jamaica at Mystic Mountain. The Sky Explorer is a state-of-the-art chairlift that sends passengers soaring above the treetops to the peak of Mystic Mountain. At the peak, there is a Bobsled and Zip Line Canopy Tour, restaurant and gift shop. Swimming with the dolphins and white river tubing are other treats that should  not be missed.

Drive west of Ocho Rios to Discovery Bay where  Columbus first landed, or to Runaway Bay, so called because slaves used this area as an escape route. Visit Seville Great House to see Indian and Spanish artifacts. Visit Green Grotto Caves or climb the hills to Nine Miles, the birthplace of the legendary Bob Marley. Just east of Ocho Rios is the village of Oracabessa, the celebrated Firefly property and Jamaican
retreat of playwright Noel Coward.Ocho Rios presents a mix of excitement and serenity, truly one of the world’s most exotic resorts.

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Lost World- Mount Roraima

Lost World- Mount Roraima

The Roraima Mount is a huge and high plateau (over 2,700 meters), located on the border of Brazil, Venezuela and the French Guiana hidden between the Amazon Forest and the Venezuelan Grand Savanna. This journey invites adventures to explore this region that is one of the most exotic and mysterious places on entire world.

On the summit of Mount Roraima, you will visit the “Valley of the Crystals”, the labyrinths of towering stone pinnacles, Lake Gladys, the prow, “triple point” (the three way border of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil) and the Oil Bird ravine (home to the rare echo-location Oil Birds).

About 9 miles (14 km) long and 9,094 feet (2,772 metres) high, it is the source of many rivers of Guyana, and of the Amazon and Orinoco.There is only one ‘easy’ way up, on a natural staircase-like ramp on the Venezuelan side -to get up any other way takes and experienced rock climber.On the top of the mountain it rains almost every day, washing away most of the nutrients for plants to grow and creating a unique landscape on the bare sandstone surface.

This also creates some of the highest waterfalls in the world over the sides (Angel falls is located on a similar tabletop mountain some 130 miles away)It is thought that the reports from early Victorian expeditions to the mountain inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write his classic adventure yarn, The Lost World, in 1912 now made into countless films.

Mount Roraima rises like an immense fortress above the clouds, towering over the rainforest below. The first explorers who reached the summit of the plateau discovered a plethora of new plant and animal species, including spectacular carnivorous plants, rare animals and birdlife, as well as the most spectacular scenic views in South

America. Revered by indigenous people as the “mother of waters”, this mountain was the destination of numerous exploratory expeditions, especially in the late 19th  and early 20th centuries.

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All About Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein A life of Genius

(1879-1955) 
Albert Einstein is one of the most notable and influential scientists of the twentieth century. Although he became known as a genius of science, he was slow in learning to speak as a child. Einstein also rebelled in school, which left many teachers to believe he would amount to little. His interest in science and math was inspired by a compass, his "sacred little geometry book," and classical music. By the age of sixteen, he wrote his first research science paper.

Einstein attempted to skip the last few years of high school to enter the Swiss institute of Technology. But he failed the entrance exam. His most famous discovery is the theory of relativity, E=mc2. This theory overturned Isaac Newton's laws by explaining the relation of energy and mass as a consequence of space and time. It was first introduced in a three-page paper in 1905. So ahead of its time, the theory could not be proven until years later.

Born in Germany and raised in the Jewish faith, Einstein strongly opposed injustices of race and religion. He helped out however he could. Einstein supported the American civil rights movement and efforts of the Zionist movement to preserve and cultivate the Jewish faith. He played an important role in setting up the Hebrew University of Israel.

Many people have thought that Einstein was the creator of the atomic bomb. But this is not true. During World War II, he wrote a letter to President Roosevelt warning of Germany's possible use of nuclear weapons. Einstein was actually barred from helping the United States to make the atom bomb.

Albert Einstein was more than a world-famous scientist. His name and image have come to represent genius and intellect.


Quotes 

1 "With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon."

2. "Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me?"

3. "I'm doing just fine, considering that I have triumphantly survived Nazism and two wives."

4. "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."

5. "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

Factoids 

1. Einstein wrote his first scientific paper, "On the Investigation of the State of the Ether in a Magnetic Field," in 1895 at the age of 16. It was never published but sent to his uncle for critique.

2. Einstein was a member of the Princeton chapter of the NAACP and served as co-chair of the American Crusade to End Lynching, which was headed by his friend Paul Robeson.

3. Efforts were made by reputable German scholars and government officials to debunk Einstein's work and to stop the teaching of his theories because of his Jewish heritage.

4. While Einstein was considered a genius, at times he was more of an absent-minded professor. He was notorious for forgetting dates and numbers, losing things, and had problems spelling in the English language.

5. Einstein attributes his interest in science to a compass that his father gave to him when he was 10 years old.

6. From 1901 to 1954 Albert Einstein published more than 300 scientific works.

7.  In 1944 a handwritten copy of Einstein's work on electrodynamics is sold for $6 million to finance war bonds.

8. In 1946 Einstein accepted an honorary degree from Lincoln University inPennsylvania, the first school to grant college degrees to African Americans in the United States and gave a speech addressing racism.

9. In 1952 Einstein was offered the position of president of Israel, but he declined.

10. After his death, Einstein's brain was donated to the Princeton Medical Center.


Awards and Honers 

1.  Awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics (1922)

2. Awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London (1925)

3. Awarded a gold medal by the Royal Astronomical Society of England (1926)

4. Awarded the Max Planck medal for extraordinary achievements in theoretical physics (1929)

5. Awarded the Franklin Medal by the Franklin Institute (1935)

6. The 99th element, a metallic synthetic element is named "einsteinium" in honor of Albert Einstein. (1955)

7. The Albert Memorial, a bronze and marble sculpture, is erected in the Washington, D.C. National Mall by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1979).

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Victoria Falls- Zambia

Victoria Falls- Zambia

Zambia a landlocked country in south-central Africa Zambia, is a vast, kidney-shaped plateau most of which drains gently downward to the great Zambezi River. Although well within the tropics, it is a temperate land since it has relatively high altitude. It is generally flat, and is bordered by eight other countries.Zambia became the independent Republic of Zambia in 1964 and was a one-party state for many years before the first multi-party elections were held in 1990. Its eight million people are mostly of Bantu origin, belonging to a large number of tribes and speaking 73 different dialects, but Zambia’s official language is English English.

The economy is based on Zambia’s copper, the mining of which is the largest provider of formal employment and biggest earner of foreign exchange. Other exports include agricultural and horticultural products, gemstones, timber and cement. The quality of Zambian emeralds is said to be unsurpassed in the world.

Victoria Falls

The Victoria Falls form the greatest curtain of falling water in the world. They are 1,708 metres wide, 103 metres deep (at their highest point) and carry 500 million litres of water per minute in full flood. David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary who discovered the Falls on an African expedition in November of 1855, named it in honour of Queen Victoria, the Queen of England at the time. A wide variety of animals are found around this great natural wonder of the world. 

Their ancestries go back 150 million years to the age of the dinosaurs; a time when widespread volcanic activity changed the shape and form of southern Africa Where the Falls now thunder and rage, a huge slab of basalt was pushed up during that time. 

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How to find a Linux CD-ROM at low cost

How to find a Linux CD-ROM at low cost

The Linux market started from a few distributions available only from FTP servers, to full feature commercial distributions available in stores and online including a printed manual and phone support.
Here are the main choices you have when looking for a Linux distribution:



You can download any Linux distribution from its FTP server. To take a few examples,
RedHat can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.redhat.com, Slackware from ftp://ftp.cdrom.com and Debian from ftp://ftp.debian.org. That method is free, but requires you to have a fast Internet connection. Downloading a full Linux distribution over a 56Kbps modem will take you quite a few hours.

An other way is to buy a full distribution. RedHat, for example, can be bought online for about $50. This will include a box, a CD-ROM, a boot diskette, a manual and support from RedHat.

The last way is to buy only the CD-ROM. There are a few places selling CD-ROMs of various distributions for $2. One of them is http://www.cheapbytes.com. You will only get the CD-ROM, but this is all you need to install Linux if you are comfortable with the fact that you don't get a printed manual or free support. You can find the manual and other documentation on the CD-ROM.

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