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:: Welcome to my online journal, which is for notes on the website, life, thoughts(both literal and graphical) and everything after.
Also, for that many of you have suggested in your emails to set up a blog for communication purpose. Now you have it.
I will upload new entries often so feel free to bump in anytime. Thanks for being here.
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AIRPLANE / SPACE RELATED Add-ons to Flight Simulator Software Need to enhance your flight experience, new/realistic terrains/environment to enjoy the virtual flight, or just plain upgrade? Google Earth has a built-in platform for flight simulator. It has satellite generated photos ready to install for your MSFS series. For example: real photos of Los Angeles-USA that users can find in the website. Here's the link: http://earth.google.com/. Fabulous website. Must visit. Otherwise you are missing something for Flight Simulator and daily GPS leads. Supplement to Google Earth: New Stuff for MSFS. 3D maps/3d models(objects). New downloads my be edited in your favorite 3D graphics program(s) and then reinstall on your HD. Also visit: www.flightenvironment.com. For your everyday FS needs. Unrelated to Google Earth.  Articles on Airline Meals
Did you know it is hard to digest food when you are 30,000ft in the air? Visit this website for Q & A regarding flight related must-knows. http://www.flyana.com/meal. This website belongs to an ANA(All Nippon Airways) stewardess of her in-flight experience, what she learnt on her job, and a section for her travel journal with ANA flights. There's also hotel ratings from her where she stayed during her transfers/rotations. Her tips on how to get paid(fly free) travelling with airlines and fill surveys/flight experiences for the airline industry. Live in hotels around the world and rate them while get payed from consumer agencies. 
Caterers for the AirlinesFor all the food savvys out there. You ought to know. Air Meal(via Wikipedia). Major companies in the catering industry: LSG Sky Chefs. This company also serve baked goods/hot snacks/ hamburger & sandwiches/salads to 7-11(Seven-Eleven) stores in the USA. Gate Gourmet. Servair. 
The Greater World All about astronomy and the universe: www.space.com - GREAT PICTURES !!! A must see. TECHHEADS Internet Speed Log on to: www.speedeasy.com to test your modem/internet speed and see if it's worth what you are paying for. Some companies(ISP) that provide internet sevice do not live up to what they claim on the speed they provide to customers. It could be your computer's internal problem which is unrelated to the provided service. There are tools in this website to test your machine and remedies fixing (it)them. 
The Real Cost Manufacturers now cut the price down to USD $5 (cost for producing) per blue chip for Bluetooth. Wireless devices drain lots of battery life. Solar now become popular choice. The Bluetooth headset enters era of utilizing any light source in the house(or in enclosed environments) to generate electricity for the device. Now consumers can use mobile/celphone as remote control for home appliances when they are not at home. For example: you can turn on/off the lights when your away from home(very useful if you forgot to turn off the lights); turn on the washing machine or dish washer; record your favorite shows on TV while in office; turn on the air-con(If it doesn't have a timer. Even with a timer you can change the settings anytime away from home) and let the house cool down before you arrive home after work in summer, turn on the oven or microwave while shopping and dinner is done before you come home...etc. Phone companies are now providing this service. Of course, the end receiver(appliances/fixtures) must have a remote sensor installed and a subscription of this service from your phone company. Best way to multitasking. Doing several things simultaneously saves time. Just think about washing cloths in the house remotely while you are on vacation. 
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE
The Pesky Creature Yahoo!: The camouflage - Squirrels mask themselves by smell of snake skin. - YT xo 
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1.8.2008 ---> Globalization. Economism(is this a word?). Consumerism. Materialism. What else?
:: the BLACK GOLD :: Wow, price of crude oil exceeded record high at $100 per barrel at end of December 2007 due to political instability in the Middle East. But checkout this guy (forgot the URL of the site I visited. And I am not making the following up): Remember all those times you drove an extra few miles on empty, just so you could avoid paying $3 a gallon for a little bit longer? Rising gas prices cuase headaches, and I'm confident everyone hates dropping hundreds of dollars a month just to drive their cars. Well, everyone except Tom Cruise. Our favorite Scientologist is worth mountains of money (some say up to $250 million). To that I was surprised that he spends $1M of that fortune per year just on fuel. The movie king owns four private planes, several cars, trucks, yacht and whatever else. He was listed in the top 20 celebrities in 2007 for being not EARTH FRIENDLY- not green enough by voters. Hey, he use gasoline as if it were water. 
Additional information to price hike on oil: USD $100 a barrel. :: FOOD for THOUGHT :: As if there weren't enough reasons to stay away from sodas, here's another one. Researchers recently said that ordinary soft drinks containing too much sugar can end up increasing serum uric acid levels. What does that lead to? An increase in the risk of developing gout. Gout is not only dangerous, but extremely painful. 
When gout happens, too much uric acid (caused by the breakdown of sugars from soft drinks) causes painful crystals to develop in the joints. Underexcretion (not visiting the restroom often) also contributes to the condition. Want a great New Year's resolution? Start shaking off sodas from your daily regimen now. ∇∇ Boost your brain power with these foods and beverages: (not listed in order of preference) ∇∇ >> Chocolate. (as little amount as a piece of Hershey's "KISSES" is enough to boost your brain power and make you happy and heart smile. But who can resist only one(1) Hershey's "KISSES"); Hot or cold chocolate drink is an alternative to solids. >> Garlic. *If consumed more than 5 cloves within a day - Garlic thins the consistancy of blood which make an individual bleed heavily if occured in a life-threatening injury or during surgery. Something garlic lovers must consider and be cautious of. Used in the right amount, it helps the heart pump blood efficiently(the thinning of blood) and promotes healthy circulation in the body, which in turn sends more nutrients/oxigen to the brain. Our brain uses 25% of our total energy in any given time despite it weighs only 1.5kg - 2.8kg in adults. >> Onion. >>Spinach. >>Almond. *Eat a handful of almond a day also makes skin healthy(it's full of vitamin E) and keeps the heart strong. >>Soy bean, or tofu; bean curd / Soymilk. >>Chicken or duck egg. >> Fish [top choices: Tuna, Salmon(Pink variety; not the White) , Halibut, and Sardine]. Yay, sounds fishy, feeling fishy, or something fishy? >> Banana. >> Avocado. >> Milk. >> Coffee (not decaffed). >> Tea (not decaffed). *Do not exceed 6 cups in a day - including decaffeined. Tea blocks absorbtion of calcium. It also decreases bone mass. >> Curry. >> Ketchup or tomato paste(such as those on pizzas or in spaghetti sauce). (2 teaspoons a day may decrease brain aging.) 
∇ - NEWS - ∇ AOL dropping support/development of Netscape Netscape Navigator; or simply Netscape, the world's first commercial Web browser and the launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off Feb. 1, 2008, after a 13-year market presence. Its current caretaker, AOL(America Online) - subdivision of Time Warner Inc.'s, decided to stop further development and technical support to focus on expanding the company as an advertising business. Netscape's use battled with Microsoft Corporation's Internet Explorer(aka IE) entry into the browser business in 1994, and Netscape gradually faded away following the birth of its open-source sibling, Firefox. To date, only 20% internet users use Netscape browsers comparing to 60% dominate by IE, with the remaining 20% using other types of browsers. "While internal groups within AOL have invested a great deal of time and energy in attempting to revive Netscape Navigator, these efforts have not been successful in gaining market share from Microsoft's Internet Explorer," Netscape Director Tom Drapeau wrote in a blog entry Friday, December 28, 2007. Internet goers will still be able to download and use the Netscape browsers indefinitely, but AOL will stop releasing security and other updates Feb. 1, 2008. Mr. Drapeau recommended that the small base of Netscape users download Firefox instead. >> Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com. Netscape official site and product downloads/upgrades: http://browser.netscape.com. McDonald's Eat Starbucks Hello Uncle Mac!!! It's anyone's guess - all about money. BIG MAC/McDaddy is now offering coffee(not just the regular they sell already for years) but the ones similar on Starbucks menu, e.g. latté, cappucino, expresso, iced, frothed, flavored and what not. Items are on the board right now which appeared on January 1, 2008 in their stores worldwide. McDonald's currently has around 16,000 stores around the world, of which about 5,000 locations are in the U.S. alone. Uncle Mac estimates the new coffee lineup will help the company rake in USD $1 billion per year. !!! AMAZING !!! You read that right. Just selling coffee alone brings in $$$. I'm Thrilled. Also, McDonald's buys in and sells more chicken than any other restaurants, super markets, hotels and food related industries in the U.S.. The large portions of chicken are used in their chicken nuggets, chicken tenders(aka chiken strips), McChicken Sandwiches and McSalads. Big business for farmer(s) who raise chickens for McDonald's. Btw, a potato planter in the state of Oregon exclusively grows potatoes for McDonald's french fries and hash browns. From that, he earns USD $5 million a year just for selling potatoes to BIG MAC! Starbucks now offers breakfast items on their menu in response to McDonald's attitude for stealing the coffee market after a week (on January 7, 2008). Some items are similar to McDaddy's such as: hot cinnamon rolls, pancakes, muffin/bagel/cup cakes, burritos/snack wraps, and a new variety of cookies in addition to the ones they already sell. In my opinion, Starbucks will be a success had they enter the MAIN STREAM as a restuarant, not just in the Bakery/Coffee shop/Snack store sector. I think they have the ability to create delicious dishes; meals. What I find interesting: One is RED (color of McDonald's); the other is GREEN (color of Starbucks). Rival colors of traffic light. I'm YELLOW (well, maybe). Speaking of traffic leads us to the following topic. See below. 2008 New Traffic Law in California, USA 1. No smoking in the car if a child under 12-years old is present. Effective January 1, 2008. 2. Those of you who still talk on phone while driving...break the habbit. Hand-held celphones are not allowed to be used in cars in motion; drivers may use headset with microphone and/or on-board talking device(s). Park on the roadside if you need to use your celphone that require hands. First-time offenders if caught will be fined USD $100. Effective June 1, 2008. Ample time for drivers to adjust before the law takes effect. - YT xo 
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