India's massive general election 2009

May 22, 2009

On May 16th, 2009, the Election Commission of India announced the results of its recent month-long India-wide election for their lower house of Parliament - the largest democratic election in the world. An estimated 714 million voters (from a population of 1.2 billion) were eligible to cast their vote in one of five separate phases at over 800,000 polling stations, starting on April 16th. Logistically difficult, massive in scale, and opposed by various rebel groups, separatists and protestors, the elections still managed to be held with minimal disruption, with an average voter turnout of greater than 56%. The big winner was the the Indian National Congress party, which will form the new government under the incumbent prime minister Manmohan Singh. As with any photo story from India, it is impossible to capture every aspect in just a handful of pictures - collected here are only some of the scenes that played out across the nation over the last month. (40 photos total)

A woman shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote at a polling station in Sonapur, about 50 km (31 miles) from Guwahati, India on April 23, 2009. Millions of Indians voted in this, the second stage of a month-long general election. (REUTERS/Utpal Baruah)

Batman fans

  แบ็ตแมน แฟนพันธ์ุแท้             

I have known Batman since my childhood more than 40 years ago (now I'm over 59). That time I lived in Chonburi Province and Batman was on monochrome TV,  (TV was very rare & more expensive in that time) and cartoon magazines. Batman appeared with his younger assistant, Robin,  Yesterday Batman series were interesting, exciting and more dramatic actions.  These are some funny pictures of the Batman fans.




The baby wears the Bat mask, well he is the super hero.

ปฏิมากรรมน้ำแข็ง Ice Sculpture

Amazing Masterpieces of Ice Sculpture - For the manufacture of ice sculptures using both natural and artificial ice. Worldwide annually several hundred ice sculpture festivals such as Fairbanks, Harbin, Lübeck.

Shadows ร่มเงา

Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo

fish • Market • Tokyo • Japan

The world's largest fish market in Tokyo and called Tsukiji. Perhaps the word is not quite accurately convey the idea of ​​the biggest on the planet Focus fish trade. Then the following figures: Japan accounts for ten percent of the global fish consumption. Simply put, every tenth caught in oceans and seas fish gets to the Japanese. And 87% of the wholesale fish and seafood market in Japan focused on Tsukiji. In absolute terms, it is 660 thousand tons per year.
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1) Even the name of the Tsukiji is directly related to the sea, because the sea of ​​this area of ​​Tokyo, literally and arose: Tsukiji translated as "made land", ie land reclaimed from the sea.

2) Long before dawn, hundreds of trucks come in Tsukiji - driven fish and marine reptiles from around the world. Barely glimmer light begins auction.

3) The majestic tuna carcasses ..

4) luxury pink salmon in plastic boxes, sealed in cellophane ...

5) Sea shells of all kinds and shapes with their bizarre inhabitants ...

6) giant crabs, bristling with powerful claws ...

7) already packaged in boxes ...

8) Nematocera lobsters ...

9) octopus ...

10) - and hundreds of thousands of different sea creatures, the vast majority of which a foreigner sees for the first time in my life, and now you do not suspect any of their existence, even more so, that all that can be eaten.

11) People who are busily walking about side by side with you on fish series, by the way, deserves perhaps more attention than the fish itself. It's idols in the world of Japanese haute cuisine. All the most famous chefs of the best restaurants and hotels in Tokyo-class begin their morning with the obligatory trip to the Tsukiji, where the catch is taken for its culinary achievements. In general, fish belly Tokyo - a Mecca for gourmets.

12) When the eye becomes accustomed to the incredible variety of fish and shellfish - if this is possible at all to get used to - the next thing you notice is the almost complete lack of fish odor. Boxes with marine catch comes with seiners have carefully sorted; fish and seafood washed, as a first-grader at the school line on 1 September. Considering all this exciting splendor, should, however, not to relax and look at the two on the sides: the narrow rows dashing sweep incredible design motorized carts with boxes of fish. Trolley mounted on a metal barrel with a burning coal. On top of the barrel wheel.

13) Motor vehicles, probably working as a locomotive firebox, giving this unit on wheels pretty decent speed. Japanese stands on the cart and steers. Where he taxied the next moment, knows only himself. Probably soon Teamsters with their antediluvian carriages replace any intelligent machines or robots, but from Tsukiji lose some of its charm today.

14) Even more to lose Tsukiji, if to some hyper-vigilance sanitary inspector will come to mind to close the tiny restaurants, perched on the edges of the market, where now you can enjoy sushi and sashimi from the freshest, just gutted fish. By the way, the owners of the market puzzled the creation of the site .

15) At the Tsukiji daily selling 3000 tuna weighing over 200 tons. Of one thousand shops here almost half focuses only on the tuna, or maguro in Japanese. However, one name in the case of tuna in Japan will not be enough. Species of tuna there are so many; Japanese are more likely appreciate the so-called "blue" tuna. And it - the fatty part of the underbelly, called "Rotor".

16) In view of this meat tuna is not a raspberry-red, which is usually served in sushi bars, and pink with white veins. It is from the "Rotor" obtained the best gourmet sushi and sashimi. The cost, of course, appropriate. At the fish market Tsukiji pounds of "blue" tuna is worth an average of $ 150; "Rotor" of such fish will be even more expensive.

17) If you look at the labels on the boxes of tuna, which come in the morning at the Tsukiji fish market, it turns out that they arrived almost from all over the world, but mainly from the Mediterranean Sea. This is not a "wild" caught on the high seas tuna and fish with Mediterranean farms where tuna are bred specifically for the Japanese market. The trick here is this. "Wild" is similar to tuna torpedo - it cuts through the water at speeds up to seventy miles per hour. Its meat contains little fat, because in search of food such tuna is doing hundreds of miles a day. Another matter Privolnoe habitation on ryboferme where tuna is provided three meals a day; from this and start up his prized by Japanese gourmets zhirok. Most of the tuna farms in the Mediterranean, by the way, is owned by Japanese owners.

18) Here it is - a traditional green Japanese horseradish wasabi (here it is not a powder, as in commercial establishments, and freshly prepared)

19) Zoom.

All these and many other little tricks explain why the fish auction in Tsukiji boil no less passion than on the Tokyo Stock Exchange . After all, competition among Japanese cooks mad: in this country per capita are more restaurants than anywhere else in the world that makes the best chefs in the crack of dawn to rush to Tsukiji in search of a better explanation.

Signs of Spring สัญญาณแห่งฤดูใบไม้ผลิ

The Northern Hemisphere is once more beginning its lean towards the Sun, with the spring equinox taking place last Friday, March 20th. People all over are welcoming the spring sunshine and new growth in many ways - from Stonehenge and Mayan pyramids to Dutch meadows and Texan beaches. Here is a collection that shows some of the signs of spring as we shake off the last bits of winter. (29 photos total)

A girl enjoys the warm weather in St James's Park on March 16, 2009 in London, England. Temperatures reached 17 degrees celsius (63F) that day. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Erotica Cars ชมรมคนรักรถเก่า

  OLD CAR IMPRESSION  เสน่ห์รถยนต์เก่า

  

 by    Phaitoon  Yaemprasuan  
        Special Experienced Teacher
        Information and Communication Technology Strand

Ford - Mastang

    Ford "Mustang"  was the hottest car of 1970s. Its design is interesting and attractive for whole people. As years go by Ford Mustang is always valuable.

ฟอร์ดมัสแตง (ม้าป่า) เป็นรถยนต์ฮอตในช่วงทศวรรษ1970  การดีไซด์น่าสนใจ เตะตาน่ายล สำหรับทุกคน  แม้กาลเวลาจะผ่านพ้นไปแล้ว แต่คุณค่าของเจ้าม้าป่าตัวนี้ก็ไม่ได้ลดลงแต่อย่างใด