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Earth From Above... Totally Awesome!!!
Icebreaker Louis Saint Laurent in Resolute Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada.
Worker resting on bales of cotton, Thonakaha, Korhogo, Ivory Coast. Cotton crops occupy approximately 335,000 square klilometers worldwide, and use nearly one quarter of all pesticides sold.
Mountainous countryside near Maelifellssandur, Myrdalsjkull Region, Iceland. Once the young lava fields of Iceland cool down, life begins anew little by little. Ice, wind and water flatten and carve out shapes to begin with, then, during the summer, bacteria, lichen and fungi prepare the soil for plants, in particular mosses which adapt to an environment which remains difficult. These plants colonise the most favourable sites and terrain little by little, forming a new ecosystem.
"Tree of life", Tsavo national park, Kenya. This acacia is a symbol of life in the vast expanses of thorny savanna, where wild animals come to take advantage of its leaves or its shade. Tsavo National Park in southeastern Kenya, crossed by the Nairobi-Mombasa road and railway axis, is the country's largest protected area (8,200 square miles, or 21,000 square kilometers) and was declared a national park in 1948.
Iraqi tank graveyard in the desert near Al Jahrah, Kuwait. This graveyard of tanks will bear witness for many years to the damage that war causes both to the environment and to human health. In 1991, during the first Gulf War, a million depleted uranium shells were fired at Iraqi forces, spreading toxic, radioactive dust for miles around. Such dust is known to have lasting effects on the environment and to cause various forms of cancer and other serious illnesses among humans.
Village in the Rheris Valley, Er Rachidia region, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Fortified villages are frequently seen along the valley of the Rheris, as they are on most rivers of southern Morocco, inspired by the Berber architecture built to protect against invaders. Today, with the threat of raids now gone, the close clustering of dwellings, small windows, and roofs covering houses and narrow streets serve the purpose of protecting occupants from heat and dust. The flat, connecting roofs also provide a place for drying crops.
Road interrupted by a sand dune, Nile Valley, Egypt. Dunes cover nearly one-third of the Sahara, and the highest, in linear form, can attain a height of almost 1,000 feet (300 m). Barchans are mobile, crescent-shaped dunes that move in the direction of the prevailing wind at rates as high as 33 feet (10 m) per year, sometimes even covering infrastructures such as this road in the Nile Valley. 
Town of Koh Pannyi, Phand Nga bay, Thailand. The south-western coast of Thailand offers a series of beautiful bays lined with many islands. Phang-nga Bay's special formations were created after the thawing of ice 15,000 years ago. Rising waters then submerged arid calcareous mountains, leaving only their peaks visible to the eye. The bay was turned into a marine park in 1981. One of its popular attractions is the village of Koh Panyi, which was built on piles two centuries ago by Muslim sailors coming from Malaysia. The inhabitants make a living via traditional fishing and tourism. Preserved by its configuration, the bay floor of Phang-nga Bay suffered much less from the tsunami of December 26, 2004 than nearby sites.
Icebergs and an Adelie penguin, Adelie Land, Antarctica. Antarctica, the sixth continent, is a unique observation point for atmospheric and climatic phenomena; its ancient ice, which trapped air when it was formed, contains evidence of the Earth's climate as it has changed and developed over the past millions of years.
A whale swims off the Valdes peninsula, Argentina. After summering in the Arctic, whales return to the southern seas each winter to reproduce. From July to November, whales mate and bear their young along the coasts of the Valdes Peninsula in Argentina. Until the 1950s, this migratory marine mammal was extensively hunted for its meat and the oil extracted from its fat, which brought it to the edge of extinction. Protective measures were adopted after international attention was focused on the problem in 1937. In 1982 a moratorium was declared on whale hunting for commercial purposes, and in 1994 the southern seas became a whale sanctuary. After decades of protection, 7 of the 13 whale species, of which only a few thousand remain (10 to 60 times fewer than in the early 20th century), are still endangered.
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Halle Berry Is Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive
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Monday, October 06, 2008
Mobile Suit Gundam: 00 [Double O] Season 2

4 years since the final battle between Celestial Being and the UN Forces. Humanity, having established the Earth Sphere Federation, forms an independent security preservation force, Arrows, separate from the formal Federation army to further unify nations and the will of mankind. But the reality was the inhumane oppression of anti-government powers, doctrines & ideologies in the name of unity. Saji Crossroad, who followed the path to becoming a space engineer to keep a promise to Louise Halevy and fulfill a dream, is also compelled to become involved in Federation government reform.
Meanwhile, Setsuna F. Seiei, surviving the final battle 4 years ago, saw the future of the world that had been changed by Celestial Being. With the defeat of guardian Alejandro Corner, he dreamed of a peaceful world without conflict. But before his own eyes was the reality of the continuing strain on peace, the oppression caused by Arrows. He decides once more to fight with Gundam, the power with the potential to change the world.
Where will Setsuna's and Saji's paths take them as the world is set into motion once more?

Setsuna F. Seiei
Info: 21-years-old. Lived as a boy soldier in his native Kurdish and became a Gundam Meister with Celestial Being. Engaged in one-on-one combat with Graham in a final battle. Went missing. 4 years after, what does he think of as he looks at the world without conflict the Earth Sphere Federation ushered in?Lockon Stratos
Info: 29-years-old. Expert marksman and Gundam Meister affiliated with Celestial Being. 4 years ago, he and his bitter enemy Saachez shot each other simultaneously and This Lockon heads to the battlefield together with his partner Haro and, as a Gundam Meister, pilots the Gundam Cherudim.Allelujah Haptism
Info: 24 year old. A Gundam Meister for Celestial Being. Pilot of the Gundam Kyrios. A kind-hearted person who spent his childhood in the Human Reform League as an orphan. After the final battle, where both he and Gundam Kyrios were greatly damaged and went missing in space afterward.Tieria Erde
Info: Age unknown. Seriously injured in the decisive final battle in which he flew the Gundam Nadleeh but he was rescued by an organization and his life saved. Afterwards, he did his best to rebuild Celestial Being. Previously, he had thought of Veda as an absolute being but now he looks for the meaning of his personal struggle.GN-0000 Gundam 00
Description: New generation Gundam developed as a successor unit to the Gundam Exia. A formidable mecha equipped with 2 GN Drives on its shoulders, it boasts astounding GN particle emission and its performance overwhelms that of all other mobile suits. Pilot: Setsuna F. SeieiGN-006 Gundam Cherudim
Description: GN-002 Gundam Dynames' successor unit, which includes superior sniping combat to reflect the abilities of the pilot. It is now also much more heavily armoured, and has a large device on the left shoulder possibly to help with sniping. It is also shown with two beam sabers, evident on the backpack unit. It inherits the Dynames' leg guards, and has a much smaller, square, variant of the 'eye' device on the Dynames, though the function is unknown.GN-007 Gundam Arios
Description: Successor unit to the GN-003 Gundam Kyrios, a high mobility type equipped with a similar transformation mechanism. Specialises in high speed combat. Both shoulders are equipped with a booster wing-like device, possibly to further the aerodynamic functions of the new suit. The delta wing is now also accompanied by canards, as shown on the legs in MS form. This suit is expected to exceed the Kyrios in every respectGN-008 Gundam Seravee
Description: Successor to the GN-005 Gundam Virtue that carries over the heavy armament concept. It was built with the ideal of strengthening offense, while the two shoulder equipped GN cannons are simple in design, their power is much greater than those of the Virtue's. The Seravee is also equipped with two GN Bazookas, located in the upper thigh. The cockpit, torso, legs, and chest are all much more heavily armored, but the arms are mostly bare, leaving a potential Achilles's Heel.
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Kelly Salary Guide 2008/2009
Kelly Services, one of the earliest and most established international recruiters in Malaysia, provides a wide range of recruitment solutions to its clients including permanent, contract and permanent staffing, as well as payroll services and outplacement.
Founded more than 60 years ago in Michigan, United States, the company now operates in close to 40 countries worldwide and provides employment opportunities to more than half a million people.
One of Kelly’s annual publications is the salary report or virtual handbook that helps job seekers to streamline and compare their salary expectation to the market pay.
The report compiles information on salary for different job titles, which are further divided into 8 different industries, namely call center; banking and financial; sales, marketing & advertising; office support; human resource; logistic and warehousing; information technology; and engineering and technical. Other criteria taken into account include the candidate’s academic qualification, years of experience and location of work.
Through the publication, the recruitment agency also believes that the employment market will remain robust in the next 12 months, barring major fluctuations in economic condition. More job vacancies are also expected to be found in manufacturing, information technology, engineering, services and banking, as well as in oil and gas, electrical, plastic and construction. Additionally, high demand of IT expertise also sees a slight increase in the average minimum salary offered to candidates.
Click here to download Kelly Services’ Malaysia Salary Guide 2008/2009.

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5 Reasons Why You Need to Find Another Job
By all means, continue to work and continue to give your top performance for the company. What I mean is that, while you’re busy and consistently producing your best effort, pleasing your boss and making your company richer and richer, you should seriously start considering minding your own business right now, if you have not done so.
In other words, find other ways to give you income in addition to your full time job. And this can be achieved via doing part time or freelance jobs, involve in small scale investments (legal!), or any other job according to your preferred work schedule.
Here are 5 reasons why you need to do so:
1. You may own the profession but you don’t own the company.
By now you already know that job security is a myth. You would’ve probably heard Narayana Murthy’s advice (founder of Infosys) to “love your job but never fall in love with your company.”
It is a brave but fair statement from someone who comes from the employer side. Narayana is right. We can brag about how much we love our company, but we may forgot that we’re only about 1 paycheck away from losing our job. There might be a lot of emotional attachment between you and the company that you even bring your home planted trees to your office to show your love, but when it comes to financial decision for a company, there’s no emotion involved.
Carolyn Kepcher was a trusted hand right person for Donald Trump in his Apprentice show until she herself was given the boot. People were saying that Carolyn was indispensable to the Trump Organization. They were wrong. Another classic example is Steve Jobs, who was fired, 10 years after building the Apple company from a 2-person company to a US3 billion organization.
Steve Jobs started the Apple company at his parents’ garage at the age of 20 and in 10 years he developed Apple to become one of the fastest growing companies in America and soon went for public listing. A year after Apple’s finest creation, Macintosh, was unveiled, he fell out with one of his own top executives they hired and the Board of Directors decided to remove Steve from Apple. How can you be fired from a company that you started on your own?
Even though many years later he was approached by Apple and eventually made the CEO, I do not think he will ever forget the betrayal.
2. To find the life time opportunity, you need to look, and not wait for it.
Rather than playing a waiting game, go play seek and find game. The opportunity is there waiting to be found. Only those who seek for it will find it. When you find it, you are a free man. You can now quit your day job and go for world tour or live in Venice. Sometimes, the opportunity is there in front of our eyes but we fail to realize it. It happens so often that it takes some immigrants, sometimes illegal ones, from other countries to capitalize it. This is a syndrome called ‘we look but we fail to see’. In his book The Silent Millionaire, author Chef Li quoted an example of an illegal immigrant, by the name of Diyono Santoso, who came to Malaysia from Indonesia via boat and had to swim many miles before reaching the shore.
While wondering around in Kuala Lumpur looking for jobs, he noticed that people would not hesitate to part with one dollar to buy something. He thought, if that’s the case, then he needed to find something cheap to sell. Since making cendol is the only thing he could do, he decided sell cendol for a dollar. He got 300 dollars on his first day of business. Realizing its potential, Diyono opened another stall, one after another, managed by other people. In the end, he opened 7 different stalls and the 7 stalls gave him a handsome income of 20 thousand dollars. Now can someone tell me how long do you need to work to get that kind of salary?
3. Expand your network
Job FairBy doing something which is out of your current line and job scope, your rate of networking growth will be much faster. You will be meeting different sets of people who share a lot of common traits with you.
The good thing about meeting people who share common things with us is that, getting along with them is a breeze and becomes a very natural process. The thinkings are of the same wavelength.
Apart from meeting new friends, you will also be surprised to see some of those you meet along the way are your old friends and buddies who have been out of touch with you for so long.
4. Make more money
The market out there is unfair. It includes the employment market, the industrial market and the consumer market. A rise in a petrol price will be followed by rises of almost any other product prices. When the last time the government announced the new salary rate for the public servant, do you remember what happened? Correct, the price for almost all household products increase.
Furthermore, the increase in salary is always one step behind the increase of the standard of living and the inflation. Actually we realize this. In fact, we probably involve in most of the so-called ‘big talks’ in coffee houses. But talks always remain talks and we remain inside the rat race. And remember, Mr Tax Guy is not a nice person either. As an employee, the bigger your income, the bigger your tax bracket is. Our portions are taken without us even seeing the money.
So it is always nice if we can come out with something that can give us some extra money.
I have a number of Chinese friends, who worked together with me many years ago, who were busy both as employees and as businessmen. While their day time was spent with them busy with the office work load, their free time was filled with increasing their additional income. They involved in the trading business, property investment, stocks and bonds and so on. One of them even became a loan shark (to which we advised him to chose other venture instead)!
The problem with being an employee is that, your income varies almost linearly with your effort. That means, no matter how hard you work, you get the same income every month. While being in the business allows you to tweak your work and strategy and the result you see can be tremendous. The income you get as a result of you spending a lot of time and effort in marketing your products can simply hit the roof.
5. Learn to give back to community
Having more money give us opportunity to give something back to the community. Sometimes, we complain that our income is too meager that we need every penny of it to spend. We also complain that we are not giving enough to the community because we only have little left after spending most of our hard earned income.
When our business grows, we also provide opportunities for other people as well. The opportunities can be in the form of business or employment. How noble is that. They have been many stories of people who were once drop-outs and came from the poor rank of the society that eventually provide jobs to graduates like us. Time for a pay back.

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