Valentines - Chinese man proposed his girlfriend with a Dress Made of 9,999 Roses!

Most women would be content with a bouquet of flowers on Valentine's Day. But one man in China requested 9,999 red roses before asking for his girlfriend's hand in marriage.
And realising his partner's penchant for fashion, Xiao Fan had each blossom carefully stitched together to form a sweeping, floral bridal gown.

 Yin Mi being proposed to by her boyfriend in the gown made of 9,999 roses at Chime-Long Paradise amusement park in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong

Dressmakers worked around the clock to prepare the garment, and Yin Mi patiently waited as it was adjusted on the day.
She topped the creation with an ivory-white fur shrug and clutched a vibrant stem of yellow orchids.
The couple caught the eye of onlookers as they took to the grounds of Chime-Long Paradise amusement park in the southern province of Guangdong.
It is where Mr Fan first met Yin Mi three years ago when she was crowned Miss Bikini 2009.
And judging by the dazzling engagement ring on her finger, Ms Mi accepted the proposal.

 Blushing bride: Dressmakers prepared Ms Mi for the occasion carefully stitching the 9,999 red rose blossoms together.

 Ms Mi topped the impressive creation with an ivory-white fur shrug and clutched a vibrant stem of yellow orchids

But there was a reason for Mr Fan's order of 9,999 roses. The number nine represents 'forever' in Chinese culture and in Beijing's Forbidden City - the most well-preserved imperial palace in China - the emperor is said to have requested 9,999 rooms to be built.

According to legend the number 10,000 was reserved for gods, therefore the emperor believed the number 9,999 would take him closer to heaven and bring him good luck.

Meanwhile the orchid is known to symbolise love, beauty, refinement, fertility, virtue and maturity.

This could be a world record

THIS COULD BE A WORLD RECORD


No one can break this world record,
The same Queen-Elizabeth of England , with 11 presidents of USA .

Queen Elizabeth with Barack Obama

 
Queen Elizabeth with George W. Bush

Queen Elizabeth with Bill Clinton

Queen Elizabeth with George Bush

Queen Elizabeth with Ronald Reagan

 

Queen Elizabeth with Jimmy Carter

Queen Elizabeth with Gerald Ford

Queen Elizabeth with Richard Nixon

 

Queen Elizabeth with John F. Kennedy

 

Queen Elizabeth with Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

Queen Elizabeth with Harry S. Truman

 

Boat for Sale....ANY TAKERS???????????

Boat for Sale...ANY TAKERS???????????

Want to buy a boat? Think about this "island yacht", and make sure I should be invited to its inaugural sailing...

 Yes you read it right, a whole amazing island built right on a beautiful yacht. Created by UK-based yacht design company Yacht Island Designs, bringing a whole island onto a yacht.

The design as you can see is inspired by tropical islands, with huts, a pool and to top of that, a whole volcano that is sure not to erupt. Since this is a yacht, it comes packed with special VIP rooms, arcades, gym, lounges, spas and even a helipad. The volcano adds a lot of beauty to the whole look of the yacht, it also happens to have water flowing out of it onto the pool creating this amazing river complementing the whole tropical look.

The back of the yacht has a retractable beach deck where structures float on the sea making the sea accessible to swim in and of course grant access to various water activities such as wake boarding and jet-skis. The whole concept is pure genius and the result looks even better.

5 Deadly Helicopters

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

This four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter is arguably the most popular combat aircraft in the world. It was the focal point of the hit film and book 'Black Hawk Down.' Used extensively in the United States Army, this legendary chopper has also served several armed forces all over the world, including Taiwan's. Even today the demand for Black Hawks is very high by militaries around the world.

 CH-47 Chincook

This twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter can travel at speeds of up to 315 kmh. Currently used by the United States Army, Japan and the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the unit price of this helicopter is a staggering $35 million. It also happens to be one of the longest serving choppers in modern combat history--it was first used way back in 1962!

 Mil MI-24 Hind

The Mil MI-24 is a large helicopter gunship and attack helicopter that is often used as a transporter as well. Primarily used by the Russian Air Force, the MI series of helicopters is used by several other countries, including India. The Indian Air Force currently has one squadron of MI-25 (Hind D) and MI-35 (Hind E) each. These are the export versions of the MI-24.

 AH-64 Apache

Other than the United States Army, the Israeli, Dutch and Egyptian Air Forces use this four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter as well.The unit price of this amazing chopper is about $20 million, and it is designed to endure extreme conditions during the day or night! It uses the Target Acquisition and Designation System, Pilot Night Vision System (TADS/PNVS), passive infrared countermeasures, and military-grade GPS to ensure it's always on the money.

 Kamov KA-50 Black Shark

This single-seat Russian attack helicopter is considered by many to be the best combat chopper in the world! It can carry a huge weapon load in its four external hardpoints. Besides, it's known to carry twelve laser-guided Vikhr anti-tank missiles that have a range of 8 km!

Currently, there are 10 KA-50s serving the Russian Air Force, and there are other variants of this aircraft--about 16--also in active service.

Britain's first 'male mother'

A man has become Britain's first male mum despite being born a women and undergoing a sex change.
The man, who is in his thirties, gave birth last year, according to the Beaumont Society transgender support group.
 The Society's Joanna Darrell said the man had approached the group asking for advice about having a baby.
She said: 'We had a general inquiry to the Beaumont Society.
'The society, all it does is provide information and acts as an information hub for people to find data about specific things, and we are able to refer them to more specialist organisations.'
She added: 'We sometimes get people coming back to say thanks for our help. He got back in touch and said he had had the baby.'
Darrell said she had referred the man to the Gender Identity Research and Education Society, is a charity that provides education, based on research into gender identity and intersex issues, to help improve the lives of those affected by the issues.
She said: 'This is probably unique, in the two years that I have been a member of the society this is the only one that I have been able to refer on.'
It is possible for transgender men who were born women, who still have functioning ovaries and a uterus, to become pregnant while still identifying and living as men.




World's first male mum Thomas Beatie - born Tracy Lagondino - pregnant with his first child in 2008

 The man is thought to have had hormone treatment to reactivate his womb, which had not been removed during his original sex change operation.
The baby is believed to have been delivered by caesarean section but it is possible the man retained the ability to give birth naturally.
Darrell told The Sunday Times she believes he is the first British man to have given birth, and added: 'As far as we know there is only him.'


The man is following in the footsteps of American Thomas Beatie, who became the world's first pregnant man in 2007 and has since given birth to three children, Susan, Austin and Jensen.
Beatie, 38, who lives in Arizona with wife Nancy, was born a woman, Tracy Lagondino.
He began having testosterone injections when he was in his twenties, which lowered his voice, gave him facial hair and altered his reproductive organs.
In 2002 he had his breasts removed and legally became a man but kept his vagina, uterus and other female sex organs so he could have children because Nancy had had a hyst*****omy.

 He stopped taking testosterone to become pregnant and the couple bought sperm from an anonymous donor.
Mr Beatie underwent artificial insemination and reportedly gave birth naturally.
Last year Beatie revealed he was planning to have a hyst*****omy after filing for bankruptcy.
Scott Moore, a transgender man, who lives in California with his husband, gave birth in March 2010.
Israeli transgender man Yuval Topper was reported to have given birth on December 28, 2011.

One mosquito coil equals 100 cigarettes

Smoke emitted from one mosquito repellant coil is equivalent to those of 100 cigarettes, thus causing harm to a large number of people in India, an expert said Wednesday.

"Not many people know about it, but the damage done to your lungs by one mosquito coil is equivalent to the damage done by 100 cigarettes. This was according to a recent study conducted in Malyasia," said Chest Research Foundation director Sandeep Salvi.

He was speaking at the conference 'Air Pollution and Our Health', organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) along with the Indian Council for Medical Research and the Indian Medical Association.

Salvi said there is a lack of awareness about the impact of air pollution on human health.

Pointing out the "lack of research culture" among Indian doctors, Salvi said that indoor air pollution too is a health risk factor.

Participants at the event, which included doctors and health researchers, also spoke about vehicular air pollution in the capital.



According to estimates, about 55 per cent of Delhi's population lives within 500 metres from main roads - and is, therefore, prone to a variety of physical disorders.

"The vehicular pollution is a major concern for the environment. The rising incidents of genetic disorder has a lot to do with air pollution. India loses one million children under five because of respiratory problems every year," said Sanjeev Bagai, the chief executive officer of Batra Hospitals.


He said industries also contribute to the air pollution and these need to be shifted out of the capital.

The World’s First Heartless Man

Doctors from the Texas Heart Institute have successfully replaced a patient’s heart with a device that keeps the blood flowing, thereby allowing him to live without a detectable heartbeat or even a pulse. Here’s how it works:The turbine-like device, that are simple whirling rotors, developed by the doctors does not beat like a heart, rather provides a ‘continuous flow’ like a garden hose.

 Craig Lewis was a 55-year-old, dying from amyloidosis, which causes a build-up of abnormal proteins. The proteins clog the organs so much that they stop working, according to NPR. But after the operation, with the ‘machine’ as his heart’s replacement, Lewis’ blood continued to spin and move through his body. However, when doctors put a stethoscope to his chest, no heartbeat or pulse can be heard (only a ‘humming’ sound)—which “by all criteria that we conventionally use to analyze patients”, Doctor Cohn said, he is dead. This is proof that “human physiology can be supported without a pulse”.With all the talk of replacing human organs with those of an animal and electronic hearts, it’s surprising that medical researchers overlooked taking a trip to the plumbing section of the hardware store for replacement parts!

Virtual reality contact lenses

Contact lenses which focus 3D screens directly into people's eyeballs could be on sale as early as 2014, says U.S. company Innovega.
The tiny 'screens' sit directly on users' eyeballs and work with a pair of lightweight glasses with a built-in translucent screen. The experience is equivalent to a 240-inch television viewed at a distance of 10 feet, says Innovega's CEO Steve Willey.

 The devices can 'pair' with smartphones and portable game devices to deliver up-close video - or switch to a translucent 'augmented reality' view, where computer information is layered over the world we know. Crucially, the devices can be worn while moving about - previous bulky 'VR headsets' have blindfolded their users and can only be used sitting down.The effect could be similar to the lenses worn by Tom Cruise in Minority Report.

 The company is also developing hi-tech lenses for use by American soldiers, feeding battlefield information directly into their eyes.DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, thought of as the American military's 'mad scientist' wing - has been funding research on 'soldier mounted displays' for some time. It's now working on 'iOptik' lenses with Innovega.

 The lenses, made with nano-scale engineering processes,work as a hi-tech focusing device, which allows Innovega's glasses to be considerably less bulky than previous devices.
The lenses themselves require no power, and thus can sit safely on the eyeball.

Feb 14: Not just for Valentines

Couples across the globe celebrate romance on February 14, but this date hasn't always been only about love. We look at 14 other special events that took place on this day over the years.

 1483- Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire in India was born.

 1849- James Knox Polk becomes the first serving U.S. President, who has his photograph taken.

 1896- Inventor of the world's first Ferris wheel, George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. is born. The Ferris wheel was first built for the Chicago World Fair in memory of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.

 1929- Sir Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin by sheer accident, after leaving a plate of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered.

 1929 – The infamous St Valentine's Day massacre takes place where 7 people, 6 of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.

 1933 – Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi aka Madhubala, the Indian actress was born. Her personal life was just as dramatic as her professional one and she remains one of the most acclaimed Indian actresses of Bollywood.

 1944 – Carl Bernstein, the American investigative journalist was born. His outstanding reportage of the Watergate scandal along with Bob Woodward for The Washington Post indicted White House officials like H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, Charles Colson, and John Mitchell, and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. John Ehrlichman died in Atlanta, Georgia on the same date, in 1999

 1975 – P. G. Wodehouse, the British author died. He was best known for his deceptively simple style of witty writing.

 1989 – The author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie has a fatwa issued against him, by Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini.

 1989 – In a much awaited verdict, Union Carbide finally agrees to pay the Indian government $470 million for damages caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.

 2003 – Dolly, the first cloned mammal dies.

 2005 – Explosives of around 1,000 kg of TNT are detonated, killing Lebanese billionaire and business tycoon Rafik Hariri and 21 others as his motorcade drove near the St. George Hotel in Beirut.

 2008 –A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall at Illinois University, resulting in four fatalities and 22 injuries, before turning the gun on himself.