Niagara Falls, one of the wonder of the world

Interesting facts about Niagara Falls

The flow over the American Falls was stopped completely for several months in 1969. The idea was to determine the feasibility of removing the large amount of loose rock from the base of the falls to enhance it's appearance. In the end the final decision was that the expense would be too great.

The word "Niagara" is derived from the Iroquois Indian word "Onguiaahra" meaning "the strait"

There is an international boundary between the United States and Canada.

Before the invention of film, tourists would sketch pictures of the Falls.

The flow was also halted over both falls on March 30th 1848 due to an ice jam in the upper river.

The movies Niagara and Superman were filmed in part at the Falls.

In the past ten years, two daredevils lost their lives trying to conquer Niagara.

In the evenings, intense spotlights bathe the falls with different shades of color.

The first  person to go over the Falls in a barrel and survive was a  63 year old female schoolteacher.

High wire tightrope acts used to be performed across the river. Most notably was "Blondin" who once actually carried his manager across on his back, stopping midway to rest !

The Falls make a tremendous sound as the water goes over and lands at the bottom.

Twenty percent of the worlds freshwater lies in the Great Lakes, and most flows over Niagara Falls.

Is there more mist at the Falls? Is it man made or natural coincidence?

Where is Niagara Falls ?

Collectively they are called "Niagara Falls"

Categorized by these three names:

American Falls & Bridal Veil Falls

Length of brink:  1060 feet /323.08 meters

Height:  176 feet / 53.6 meters (due to rocks at the base actual fall is 70 feet/ 21.3 meters)

Volume of water: 150,000 U.S. Gallons / 567,811 Liters per second

Actual amount varies, there are two hydroelectric plants which draw water into their reservoirs prior to the Falls.  Their intake greatly affects the volume of water flowing over the falls.

The amount of water being siphoned away depends on  two variables. The time of year, and the time of the day.   Flow is greatest over the Falls in the daytime during peak tourist season (June, July, and August).  In the event of an emergency  the flow can be somewhat reduced  by the hydroelectric companies increasing their intake.

The Bridal Veil Falls is named for its appearance. It is located next to the American falls,  separated by a small piece of land called Luna Island.

Canadian "Horseshoe" Falls

Length of brink: 2600 feet / 792.4 meters

Height: 167 feet / 50.9 meters

Volume of water: 600,000 U.S. gallons / 2,271,247 liters per second Interesting fact: According to the U.S.G.S.  (United States Geological Survey) of Niagara Falls, it appears that almost 1/3 of the Canadian Falls lies within US Territory and Terrapin Point is in Canada.

American Falls  (between Prospect Point and Luna Island) far leftBridal Veil Falls (between Luna Island and Goat Island) mid leftCanadian Falls (between Goat Island and Table Rock) right 

The Old Man at the Foot of the Mountain by Azizi Hj. Abdullah

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old.

The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. One critic explains the novel's impact by writing, "In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism."^[1]

As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book is widely taught in schools in the United States with lessons that emphasize tolerance and decry prejudice. Despite its themes, To Kill a Mockingbird has been subject to campaigns for removal from public classrooms, oftenchallenged for its use of racial epithets.

Reaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of the book by several authors and public figures, calls To Kill a Mockingbird "an astonishing phenomenon".^[2] In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die".^[3] It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote. Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. To date, it is Lee's only published novel, and although she continues to respond to the book's impact, she has refused any personal publicity for herself or the novel since 1964.

ATIQAH ZULHISAM :D

The 17 days search ......

the 17 days search ended with a HEARTBREAKING news. 

our deepest condolences towards the families of the #MH370 passengers . 

we may not have anything to do with the flight passengers but as a caring society, 

we do feel the shocked and affected by the news. 

the MAS flight #MH370 was said to be found in the South of the Hindi Ocean .

THE HINDI OCEAN 

Hindi Ocean was knows as the 3rd biggest sea in the world with the depth of 3600 metres .


i don't have nothing much to explain but i think a few of these pictures will help you guys out there to think of
the really bad incident that had happened to the MAS flight and the passengers of the flight #MH370 .

comparing the depth of the Hindi Ocean to the tallest building on earth and the MAS #MH370

It was really bad but then , we should not lose hope yet . 

the body of the flight haven't been found 

and ....

the bodies of the passengers haven't been found yet . 

so, let us all lift our hands together and pray to the God for miracles to happen.

Here is a little bit about the passengers of the MAS #MH370 and what people say about them ...

apart from the news itself, one of the crew's daughter, Chief Steward Andrew Nari, Maira Elizabeth had caught our attention. 

everyday, she'll send out tweets asking for her dad to come back home. 

but, despite all those rough patches, she stay strong and think positively . 

apart from that, a lot of Malaysians were trying their best to help by giving moral support to the victims's families. 

i know a lot of questions are soaring in our mind . 

HOW DID THE FLIGHT ENDED UP AT THE SOUTH HINDI OCEAN ? 

HOW DID THE FLIGHT CRASHED ?

WHAT HAD REALLY HAPPENED ? 

WHO IS THERE TO BLAME ?

but we knew nothing ... 

The FBI are doing their investigation .. 

the search for the body of the #MH370 are still on and the search for the victims' bodies still continues .. 

i know it's really a devastating news for all ..

but instead of blaming each other, 

we should be holding our hands together, 

connecting our souls,  

closing our eyes , 

and most importantly ... 

PRAY FOR #MH370 ...

finger-crossed

~bieber's~

LAT dan Budak Kampung :D

 LAT 

Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid (Tulisan Jawi: محمد نور خالد), atau lebih dikenali sebagai Lat, (lahir 5 Mac 1951) ialah seorang kartunis Malaysia. Pemenang Hadiah Budaya Asia Fukuoka pada tahun 2002 ini telah menerbitkan lebih daripada 20 jilid kartun semenjak berusia 13 tahun. Kebanyakan karya-karyanya menggambarkan suasana sosial dan politik Malaysia secara lelucon tanpa berat sebelah. Karya Lat yang paling terkenal ialah Kampung Boy (1979) yang diterbitkan dalam beberapa negara di serata dunia. Pada tahun 1994, Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah mengurniakan gelaran Datuk kepada Lat sebagai pengiktirafan kepada jasa kartunis ini dalam membantu memupuk harmoni dan persefahaman sosial menerusi kartun-kartunnya.
Sebagai anak kelahiran kampung, Lat banyak menghabiskan zaman mudanya di luar bandar sebelum berpindah ke bandar sewaktu berusia 11 tahun. Sewaktu di sekolah, beliau menambah pendapatan keluarganya dengan menyumbangkan jaluran kartun kepada akhbar dan majalah. Beliau hanya berumur 13 tahun apabila beliau menjayakan komik terbitan pertamanya, Tiga Sekawan. Setelah gagal mencapai gred-gred yang memuaskan untuk melanjutkan pelajarannya selepas sekolah menengah, Lat menjadi seorang wartawan akhbar. Pada tahun 1974, beliau bertukar kerjaya menjadi kartunis editorial. Karya-karyanya yang mencerminkan pandangan dirinya terhadap hal-ehwal Malaysia dan dunia, sering disiarkan dalam akhbar kebangsaan seperti New Straits Times dan Berita Minggu. Beliau mengadaptasikan pengalaman hidupnya lalu menerbitkannya dalam bentuk autobiografi, iaitu Kampung Boy and Town Boy, untuk menceritakan kehidupan di luar bandar dan di bandar dengan menyiratkan perbandingan antara kedua-dua persekitaran hidup itu.
Gaya kartun Lat disifatkan mencerminkan pengaruh-pengaruh awalnya, majalah komik The Beano danThe Dandy dari UK. Walau apapun, beliau mampu membuat cara ilustrasi sendiri dengan melukis orang kebanyakan dengan coretan dakwat yang tebal. Cara beliau melukis watak Melayu dicirikan dengan hidung bergelung tiga. Lat memberi tumpuan kepada kehidupan rumah tangga dan kanak-kanak disebabkan penyanjungannya terhadap Raja Hamzah sejak 1960-an. Rejabhad, seorang lagi kartunis tersanjung, merupakan pembimbing Lat yang memenuhi kartunis muda itu dengan kepekaan terhadap perkara-perkara dalam karyanya. Tumpuan Lat terhadap butir-butiran menjadi faktor beliau menjadi terkenal kerana karya-karyanya yang menarik semua lapisan masyarakat dengan cerita-cerita yang boleh dipercayai dan tidak berat sebelah.
Selain menulis dan menerbitkan kartun, Lat turut menceburi bidang animasi, pembarangan, dan taman tema yang menampilkan karya-karya ciptaannya. Nama dan karya-karyanya turut mendapat pengiktirafan antarabangsa; kartunis luar negara seperti Matt Groening dan Sergio Aragonés mengagumi hasil seninya, manakala ada kerajaan luar negara yang mengundang Lat untuk melawat negaranya demi meluaskan pendedahan negaranya di mata dunia menerusi catatan pengalaman Lat di negara-negara sedemikian dalam bentuk kartun. Selepas 27 tahun berdiam dan bekerja di Kuala Lumpur, Lat berpindah balik ke Ipoh untuk menjalani kehidupan separa bersara yang lebih tenang.

ATIQAH ZULHISAM :D

RESPECT !!!

we always come across the phrase where WE have to RESPECT THE ELDERS .
for sure it is true .  we have to respect people who are older than us .

but then what if the elder did something wrong ?

 should we just tell them and point out the flaws ? 
 or should we just keep quiet as we're too afraid to be pointed out as rude ? 

 the same concept should be applied between our friends and peers .

 sure we have to respect them but we have to remember that NOBODY is PERFECT !

 we tend to make mistake one after another  .

WHY ?? 

 because we're suppose to learn from mistake .

one lesson that i had learnt today is not just respecting our friends but RESPECTING THOSE WHO ARE BELOW US . 

YEP !!!

being a LEADER won't give you an access to plainly scold those who worked under you .
 sure they did make a mistake but the simplest thing you can do is just advise and give them some time to correct the errors and mistake their did .

YEP !!!

that is much more simple .

ONE MORE THING ...

being a leader doesn't mean that you have to always be strict and assertive . 

the most important thing of living in a community right now is to

SMILE ....

and 

BE POLITE !!!! 

REMEMBER ...

bieber's <3 p="">

8 pusat aneh di dunia

Masih banyak tenpat lagi dalam dunia ini yang belum kita terokai. Jom kita tengok antara lapan tempat terpelik di dunia. Walaupun pelik dan tidak seperti tempat biasa, tapi tempat tempat ini sangat cantik. Sambil sambil tengok tu, kita patut bersyukur pada Allah kerana kurnia-Nya yang sangat indah dan cantik. 

 

 PAMUKKALE – TURKEY

Kolam ni terjadi pas 1 gempa bumi kat Turki beribu tahun dulu yg membuatkan tanah2 tu ada yg naik dan ada yg turun. Bawah tanah tu ada mata air panas maka bila terjadi gempa bumi tu, bawak naik air panas tu. Air panas tersebut mengandungi kalsium yg sangat tinggi. Pamukalle bermaksud Istana Kapas di sebabkn warna air yg berwarna putih susu. Pada zaman Greco-Romans, mereka buat bandar yg bernama Heirapolis dan menggunakan tempat ni as “Healing Place”.
(Tempat ni dh di tutup oleh UNESCO sebab ada kejadian pelancong mandi kat klam tu)

 

  MOERAKI – NEW ZEALAND

 Batu yg besar ni terletak kat Pantai Otago dan terjadi sama mcm proses mutiara terjadi (pendek kata ni mutiara gergasi la)

Lagenda kaum Maori mengatakan batu ni di bawa nenek moyang dorg dalam sampan yg besar dan batu2 ni adalah tinggalan kapal tu. 

 NINE HELLS OF BEPPU – JAPAN

Beppu, terletak kat Kepulauan Kyushu adalah penghasil kolam air panas kedua terbesar di dunia. Di katakan “Hell” di sebabkan keadaan kolam yg mcm pintu neraka masyarakat Jepun di tambah lagi dengan warnanya yg merah. Antara tempat tu adalah Sea or Ocean Hell (Umi Jigoku), Shaven Head Hell (Oniishibozu Jigoku), Cooking Pot Hell (Kamado Jigoku), Mountain Hell (Yama Jigoku), Devil or Monster Mountain Hell (Oniyama Jigoku,) Golden Dragon Hell (Kinryu Jigoku) and White Pond Hell (Shiraike Jigoku). Malangnya, petempatan kat sekeliling kolam tu dan terlebih di bangunkan maka tak hairan jika satu hari nanti kolam2 ni di tutup.

 GREAT BLUE HOLE OF BELIZE 

Aku rasa ramai yg tau tempat ni kan? Blue Hole of Belize adalah salah satu pintu masuk ke dalam rangkaian gua di dalam laut. Ia berwarna biru disebabkan kedalaman air tu adalah dalam 130 meter. Gua2 dalam rangkaian tu kebanyakannya kering maka sesape yg berani boleh cuba skuba kat situ. 

 HELL’S DOOR – TURKMENISTAN

 Terletak kat Turkmenistan, percaya atau tak ini adalah buatan manusia. Pada tahun 1971 askar Soviet dapat tau kat situ gas asli maka dorg pun mula la mengorek. Pas dah sampai ke ke dalaman 25 meter, bumbung tempat yg menyimpan tu runtuh dan mengakibatkan gas asli tu terbebas. Ianya terbakar lepas pihak Soviet amik keputusan untuk tanak ada kes penduduk tempatan keracunan. Videonya ada di youtube. Boleh search gate of hell .

 SANQINGSHAN – CHINA

taman negara China ni biasa kita tengok dalam filem2 fantasi dorg. Di katakan syurga dewa masyarakat China.Mengikut lagenda, seorang puteri China memujuk 4 dewa alam iaitu api,air,angin dan tanah untuk membuat taman ni untuk dia

EYES OF AFRICA

Cuba bukak google maps dan tengok.korg akan nampak bentuk mata.

Link maps - click here

 RACETRACK PLAYA – USA

Batu tu bergerak setahun sekali di sebabkan setiap tahun, tempat tu akan hujan dan akan membuatkan tanah yg kering menjadi lumpur. yg menjadi misteri, batu2 kat situ ada yg seberat beratus kilo dan tempat tu adalah tempat yg paling rata di dunia.