304 Dead in Building Collapse, Bangladesh

304 ชีวิต สังเวยตึกถล่มในบังคลาเทศ

SOURCE :  http://www.boston.com

The search for survivors continues in one of the worst manufacturing disasters in history. Fifty survivors were found today; the death toll stands at 304. Terrified workers notified the police, government officials and a powerful garment industry group about cracks in the walls, discovered just days before the collapse. The owner of the eight-story Rana Plaza assured 3,000 workers that the structure was safe and they returned to their jobs. The death toll nears 300 with more workers trapped under the massive concrete and wire. A small collection of the hundreds of images made over the last three days, follows. -- Paula Nelson ( 30 photos total)

A Bangladeshi woman weeps holding a picture of her missing husband as she waits at the site of a building that collapsed April 24, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26, 2013. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

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Bangladeshi volunteers, rescue workers, family and friends gather at the scene after an eight-story building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 25, 2013. Survivors cried out to rescuers from the rubble of a block of garment factories. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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A Bangladeshi woman is lifted out of the rubble by rescuers at the site of a building that collapsed, April 25, 2013. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)#

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Bangladeshi rescuers work at the site of a building collapse. The Death toll has reached 304. (A.M. Ahad/Associated Press)#

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Volunteers and rescue workers assist in rescue operations 48 hours after an eight-story building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 26, 2013. At the disaster scene, exhausted teams of soldiers, firemen and volunteers continue to work through the mountain of mangled concrete and steel. Amid frustration about the slow pace of the efforts, thousands of anxious relatives burst onto the disaster site, prompting police to fire tear gas to disperse the crowd. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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Rescue workers, army personnel, police and media run after hearing someone shout that a building next to Rana Plaza was collapsing, during the ongoing rescue operation in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka April 26, 2013. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)#

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Bangladeshi people watch as rescuers use a piece of fabric to lower the body of a woman after she was discovered inside a building that collapsed, April 25, 2013. (A.M.Ahad/Associated Press)#

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A Bangladeshi woman relative of a victim cries at the site of a building that collapsed, April 25, 2013. (A.M. Ahad/Associated Press)#

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A Bangladeshi rescuer looking for survivors gestures from beneath a concrete slab, April 25, 2013. (A.M.Ahad/Associated Press)#

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Rescuers carry the body of a survivor out from the rubble, April 25, 2013. Fifty survivors were found April 26 as the death toll continued to rise. (A.M.Ahad/Associated Press)#

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Bangladeshi rescuers work at the site of the collapsed garment building, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 25, 2013. (A.M.Ahad/Associated Press)#

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Area residents crowd to watch rescue work in progress at the site of a building that collapsed, April 25, 2013, still hoping to learn the fate of their family and friends. (A.M. Ahad/Associated Press)#

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Relatives cry as rescuers continue to search for survivors and victims at the site of a building that collapsed, April 25, 2013. (A.M.Ahad/Associated Press)#

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A garment worker who was pulled alive from the rubble is removed from the area on a stretcher at the site of a building collapse, April 26, 2013. The death toll grew as rescuers continued to search for injured and missing, after the collapse of an eight-story building housing several garment factories. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)#

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A Bangladeshi relative of a victim cries at the site of a building that collapsed, April 25, 2013. (A.M.Ahad/Associated Press)#

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A relative of a victim cries at the site of a building that collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 25, 2013. The death toll stands at 304. (A.M.Ahad/Associated Press)#

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A rescuer looking for survivors emerges from beneath a concrete slab of the collapsed building near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 25, 2013. (A.M.Ahad/Associated Press)#

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A relative of a garment worker checks a body as she searches for her relative who is missing after the Rana Plaza building collapse, in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka April 25, 2013. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)#

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Rescue workers carry a survivor, who was trapped inside the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, April 25, 2013. People remain trapped under the rubble of a complex that housed garment factories supplying retailers in Europe and North America. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)#

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A rescue worker comforts a survivor, who was trapped inside the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, April 25, 2013. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters) #

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Rescue workers recover the body of a female garment worker, April 25, 2013. Rescuers recovered at least 187 bodies from the rubble of the collapsed building that housed mostly garment factories, officials said. More than 1000 people were injured. Local people rescued more than 100 garment workers. (Abir Abdullah/EPA)#

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Rescue workers dig into the damaged part of the eight-story building Rana Plaza, April 25, 2013. More than 1000 people were injured, many are still missing trapped in the rubble. (Abir AbdullahEPA)#

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Relatives began identifying bodies near the site of the eight-story building, Rana Plaza, which collapsed at Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 25, 2013. Local people rescued more than 100 garment workers and many remain trapped 3 days later. (Abir Abdullay/EPA)#

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Relatives check the list of the recovered bodies near the eight-story building, Rana Plaza, April 25, 2013. A group of 50 survivors were found together on April 26, 2013. (Abir Abdullah/EPA)#

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Bangladeshi firefighters carry the body of a dead garment worker pulled from the rubble, April 25, 2013. Survivors cried out to rescuers from the rubble of a block of garment factories in Bangladesh. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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A youth reacts after seeing his relatives bodies, April 24, 2013. An eight-story building containing several garment factories collapsed in Bangladesh, and further highlighted documented safety problems in the clothing industry. Armed with concrete cutters and cranes, hundreds of fire service and army rescue workers struggled to find survivors in the mountain of concrete and mangled steel.(Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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Mourners and relatives load bodies onto a rickshaw, April 25, 2013. The death toll in the Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster reached 304 people after rescue workers pulled out scores more corpses from the rubble of a collapsed garment factory building. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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A woman reacts after identifying the body of her husband killed in the collapse of the eight-story building, April 25, 2013. The death toll continues to rise in Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster. Survivors are still being pulled from the rubble of the collapsed garment factory building. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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A man holds his sister's portrait as he attempts to identify her among the bodies of those killed in the collapse of an eight-story building, April 25, 2013. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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A Bangladeshi garment worker lies crushed under the rubble 48 hours after the eight-story building collapse, April 26, 2013. At the disaster scene, where 304 have been found dead, exhausted teams of soldiers, firemen and volunteers continued to work through the mountain of mangled concrete and steel for a third day after staying on the job for a second straight night. Amid frustration about the slow pace of the efforts, thousands of anxious relatives burst onto the disaster site, prompting police to fire tear gas to disperse the crowd. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)#

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The Death of One, The Life of Another

 SOURCE  :  http://www.bigpicture.ru

Date: 12.04.2013
Categories: Animals | Comments (12)
Tags: shutter speed , point , shoot , death , predators

This can be called "survival of the fittest" or "be in the wrong place at the wrong time" - depending which way you look. These photos were taken of animals at the ideal time, when one is about to die, and the second is about to eat. Birds, reptiles and mammals are preparing for the feast!

1. "Great Grey Owl fly south from Canada to Minnesota in the winter to find food. This owl on the north shore of Lake Superior was hunting at sunset. This poor man and mouse out of luck - it did not live up to the sun. "

2. Bald eagle and a duck.

3. Osprey and fish.

4. Pelican and fish.

5. Hoopoe and a caterpillar.

6. Deadlock and an armful of fish.

7. Bumslang snake and a chameleon.

8. Indian pond heron and mouse.

9. Red-buzzard and protein.

10. Snake and a big fish.

11. Brown bear and salmon.

12. Alligator bites fish.

13. Leopard seal and penguin.

14. Lion and wildebeest.

15. Zebra and a pack of hyenas.

How Made Jeepneys in Philippines

            source  :      http://colossalplanet.com

jeepney – is the most popular form of public transport in the Philippines. They took place on the American military jeeps that in the 50 years some craftsmen were converted into civilian cars for the transport of people and goods is not very large.
Now jeepney manufactured at several plants. More precisely, the factories that it is difficult to name, most factory. After all, each vehicle is unique in its own way – they are all assembled by hand, and are painted by the customer, so to meet two identical vehicles you do not succeed.



Sarao was once one of the largest factories for the production of jeepney. Now, after the death of its founder, it passed to his son, who in this case, apparently, is not very well-versed, so the production was strongly reduced. This small factory is located in the same Las Piñas, where there is also the world’s only bamboo organ.



First of all, I must say that everything is done by hand. Tires purchased somewhere on the side, but the assembly of manufactured here in the factory:



The only thing that is not made by hand – the engines. For dzhippni use 3-4-liter engine from the ancient Isuzu. Sometimes putting new engines, sometimes a good old restored:



All hand painted, too, most often a simple brush:



In the jeepney is placed 12-15 people on the bench. However, in the rush hour jeepney people stuffed tightly, and 20 and 30 people can go, some of them are worth it.



In addition to production, the factory is also renovating the old jeepney. In general, the past glory of the factory is little left …



Body made entirely of galvanized steel – moisture in the Philippines is always a wholly-owned:



The seats are stuffed with coconut hair:



Then decorated them with strips of artificial leather:



Workshop:



All hand painted and hand made



But the jeepney for personal use:



Immediately produce and here are the carriages, which rolled tourists:



On the roof of the jeepney usually carry goods in rural small livestock and poultry, but it happens that the passengers are piled up on the roof – but the passenger cabin is allegedly pursued by the authorities. Loading passenger cabin through the opening is at the rear.



Dzhipni long ago lost direct contact with the car brand Jeep. Today, these improvised buses going to the trucks on the basis of a variety of used cars in the mostly Japanese, but also Korean and Chinese production in hundreds of handicraft workshops.



There is a large workshop producing a few jeepney per month (all individual orders). Some craftsmen are doing jeepney themselves.



Special order – coach bus. The cost varies jeepney from 350 to 450 thousand rubles:



Scottaped paint-work



the Paint-work area



the metal-work area



Love drivers to their avtodetischam is so great that every year in Manila even pass a special carnival – “The King of jeepney” of selecting the most colorful and original jeepney.



Wooden helicopter:



So do jeepney in the Philippines.

Premier Yingluck at AUT .

by    Phaitoon  Yaemprasuan

        Special Experienced Teacher          

        Information and Communication Technology Strand

      
                     

Ms Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand (who had her state visited to New Zealand) was awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree by the Auckland University of Technology for being Thailand's first female prime minister on March 23, 2013. 

We would like to express our congratulations to PM Yingluck who has worked hard for one and a half year since she was elected with landslide votes. Well, she is so popular and beloved prime minister because she is not such a NATO (No Action, Talk Only) politician like the "Special Man" who was "in the Office" before her.