Which was the biggest dinosaur ever?

It wasn't the Seismosaurus. At 150 feet (46 meters) long, the Seismosaurus was the longest animal ever. It wasn't the Ultrasaurus. That dinosaur was taller than  a sex-story building. No, the world's biggest dinosaur was the Argentinosaurus. Scientists found remains of this dinosaur in Nequen Province of Patagonia, Argentina. It was 110 feet (36 meters) long and weighed 100 tons (90,700 kilograms). That's heavier than twenty elephants.

Christmas around the world

Suicide Bomber kills 7 outside Iraq ministry Bayhdad (Reuters)-At least seven people were killed when a suicide car bomber hit Iraq's interior ministry on Monday in the latest attach since a crisis erupted between the sni' ite-led government and sunni leaders a week ago.

Gunman in Santa suit killed six, self in Texas. police Gravevine , Texas (Reuters)- A gunman who killed six people himself at a family Christmas celebration was dressed Santa Claus suit when opened fire, police said on monday.

Abuja (Reuters)-Nigeria's main opposition leader accused the government of incompetence on Monday after Islamist killed more than two dozen people in Christmas Day attacks on churches and other targets.

Swine Flu

Swine flu is a respiratory sickness caused by an influenza virus that mainly infects pigs. However, sometimes the virus can sicken humans. That is what has happened in Mexico in the last few weeks. The virus is believed to have sickened at least two thousand people there. Mexican health officials suspect at least one hundred fifty-two people have died from swine flu. Many of those who died were young adults who were healthy before they became infected. Mexico has suspended schools nationwide until at least May sixth. It has closed restaurants and churches. The government also cancelled large gatherings for sports, concerts and similar events. But many Mexicans have criticized the country's health measures. There are reports of seriously sick people being turned away from hospitals. Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos says the government does not have enough health care workers for all the victims. But he says there is enough medicine to treat those who have swine flu.The disease has spread to at least seven countries and is suspected in others. The United States has more than forty-eight confirmed cases in five states. The United States declared a public health emergency to permit the use of federal money and the use of flu medicines in federal storage. American officials so far have released about twelve million treatments of Tamiflu and sent them to the states. They say additional supplies are available if needed. President Obama has said officials are being watchful, not fearful. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising people to avoid travel to Mexico. But it has not suggested a ban. Swine flu can cause fever, head and muscle pain, cough, sore throat and stomach problems. If you have any of those signs, do not go to work or school. The only place you should go is to the doctor. There are simple ways to help prevent spreading the virus. Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Wash your hands with soap and water completely and often. Avoid contact with people who appear to be sick. Also, get enough good food and rest. Your body's natural defense system needs to be at its strongest to protect you against disease.  

An Apple Pie

The tree was full of red apples. The farmer was riding his brown horse. He stopped under the tree. He reached out and picked an apple off a branch. He bit into the raw apple. He enjoyed the apple. His horse turned its head to look at him. The farmer picked another apple off the tree. He gave it to the horse. The horse ate the raw apple. The horse enjoyed the apple. The farmer put a dozen apples into a bag. He rode the horse back home. He put the horse in the barn. He walked into his house. The cat rubbed up against his leg. He gave the cat a bowl of warm milk. He sat down on the sofa. He opened a book to read. His wife came home. She cooked the raw apples. She made an apple pie. They ate bread and hot soup for dinner. They enjoyed the bread and soup. They had hot apple pie for dessert. They both enjoyed the apple pie.

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The Baby Bear

The baby bear followed his mama. Mama bear walked through the woods. She was looking for berries to eat. She found some black berries. She started eating them. The baby started eating them, too. They ate all the berries. Baby bear was full. Mama bear was still hungry. She started walking again. She wanted to find more berries to eat. Baby bear lay down. He was full. He wanted to take a nap. But mama bear came back. She growled at baby bear. He understood mama’s growl. When mama growled, he obeyed. He got up and followed his mama. Someday he would take a nap after a meal. A squirrel ran up a tree with a nut. It dropped the nut and ran back down to the ground. It picked up the nut and looked at baby bear. Then it ran back up the tree. Baby bear did not like nuts. They were too hard to open.

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A Cat and a Dog

The black cat jumped up onto the chair. It looked down at the white dog. The dog was chewing on a bone. The cat jumped onto the dog. The dog kept chewing the bone. The cat played with the dog’s tail. The dog kept chewing the bone. The cat jumped back onto the chair. It started licking its paws. The dog stood up. It looked at the cat. It licked the cat’s fur. The cat licked the dog’s nose. The dog went back to its bone. A boy ran through the room. He was wearing a yellow shirt. He almost ran into the chair. The cat jumped off the chair. The cat jumped onto the sofa. The chair fell onto the floor next to the dog. The dog stopped chewing the bone. The dog chased the boy. The boy ran out to the street. He threw a stick. The dog chased the stick. The dog lay down. It chewed on the stick.

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Birds and a baby

The baby was lying on her back. A blue bird flew in through the window. The blue bird had blue eyes. It sat on the baby’s crib. The bird had a bell around its neck. The bell rang. The baby smiled. The baby reached for the bell. The bird shook its head. The bell fell off the bird’s neck. It fell next to the baby. The baby picked up the bell. The baby rang the bell. Another blue bird flew in through the window. This blue bird also had blue eyes. The baby had brown eyes. The birds looked at the baby. The baby looked at the birds. The baby rang the bell again. Both birds flew away. The baby started to cry. His mama came into the room. The baby smiled. Mama saw the bell. She asked the baby where the bell came from. The baby pointed at the window.

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A baby and a sock

The mother gave her baby a red apple. The baby tried to eat the apple. His mouth was too small. And he didn’t have any teeth. His brother took the apple. His brother ate the apple. The baby cried. His brother gave the baby a blue ball to play with. The baby smiled. His brother took the ball from the baby. He rolled the ball on the floor. The brown and white dog picked up the ball. The dog chewed on the ball. The baby cried again. His brother picked up the cat. He put the cat on the bed with the baby. The baby pulled the cat’s tail. The cat jumped off the bed. The dog chased the cat. The baby cried again. His brother let the baby hold a sock. The baby played with the sock. The baby was happy.

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Gifts For A Teacher

It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florist's son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers." "That's right" the boy said, "but how did you know?" "Oh, just a wild guess," she said. The next pupil was the candy shop owner's daughter. The teacher held her gift overhead, shook it, and said, "I bet I can guess what it is. A box of sweets." "That's right, but how did you know?" asked the girl. "Oh, just a wild guess," said the teacher. The next gift was from the son of the liquor store owner. The teacher held the package overhead, but it was leaking. She touched a drop of the leakage with her finger and touched it to her tongue. "Is it wine?" she asked."No," the boy replied. The teacher repeated the process, taking a larger drop of the leakage to her tongue. "Is it champagne?" she asked. "No," the boy replied, The teacher took one more taste before declaring, "I give up, what is it?" "It's a puppy!"

Understanding Women

Once upon a time, A genie appeared to a man, and offered him one wish. "HO Well," said the man, "I've always wanted to go to Fiji, but plane tickets are so expensive, and boats are so slow. Can you build a bridge from Los Angeles to Fiji?" Los Angeles "I'm sorry, man," the genie said. "You're pretty much asking for the impossible. That's six thousand miles of bridge. Plus, fuel stations and motels on the way. I'm sorry, but you're going to have to ask for something else." "Oh," said the disappointed man. "Well, can you grant me the ability to understand women?" The genie cleared his throat. "How many lanes did you want on that bridge?"

The Pirate

Once there was a retired pirate so he decides to live with his brother. The pirate walks up to his brothers house and knocks on the door. and his brother answers the door and says, "Oh my gosh , ''what happened to your hand!?! " The pirate said, "I lost it in a sword fight , but now I have a hook." Then the brother said, "What about your leg?"  he pirate said, "A cannonball hit it , but now I have a peg leg ." Then the brother said, "Well , what about your eye?" The pirate said, "I got some dust in it ." The brother said, "How could you lose your eye by just getting some dust in it?" Then the pirate said, "It was my first day with my hook!

Annoying Boy on Bus

A little kid walks into a city bus and sits right behind the driver and starts yelling, ”If my dad was a bull and my mom a cow I’d be a little bull.” The driver starts getting mad at the noisy kid, and continues with, ”If my dad was an elephant and my mom a girl elephant I would be a little elephant.” The kid goes on with several animals until the bus driver gets angry and yells at the kid, "What if your dad was gay and your mom was a prostitute?!” The kid smiles and says, ”I would be a bus driver!”

Wrong HighWay

Seventy-six year old Grace was watching TV at home late one afternoon. Presently, the 5:00 The lead story was traffic mayhem on I-95 a car going down the highway the wrong way. Grace suddenly realized her husband was traveling home on that very same highway.  she reached for the phone and called him on his cell. "Harold, Are you still on I-95?" "I am," Harold replied. "Well then please be careful!" Grace said "I just heard on the news that some maniac is going down the highway the wrong way!" "One?" Harold replied. "Aw, heck, they're ALL going the wrong way!"

Newpaper headlines

A man is out walking in New York city  when he sees a little girl being chased by a fierce dog.He fights off the dog by hitting the dog’s head with a stick and saves the girl’s life. The girl’s mother rushes over to him: “Thank you so much Thank for saving my little girl. You are a true hero. Tomorrow all the newspapers will have headlines about "Brave New Yorker Saves the Life of Young Girl” “But I’m not a New Yorker,” the man says. “Oh, then it will say in all the newspapers Brave American Saves Life of Young Girl,” says the mother. “But I’m not an American neither,” the man says. “So, what are you then?” asks the mother. “I’m an Iranian,” the man replied politely. The next day he sees the newspaper headlines: Islamic Extremist Kills American Dog.”

Lost Dad

A small boy on the beach had lost sight of his dad. He was wandering everywhere looking for him, but to no avail. So he went up to a lifeguard and asked for help. "I've lost my dad!" he said. "OK," the lifeguard said. "Maybe I can help you find him. What's he like?" The little boy thought for a moment and replied, "Mainly beer and golf!"

Who To Marry

There was a man who was choosing girlfriends, but did not know which one to marry. So he decided to give each one $2000 and see how each of them spent it. The first one She got new clothes, a new hairdo,  and tells the man, “I spent the money to look pretty for you because I love you so much.” The second one went out and bought new cell phone, a ipod, and gave them to the man. She said, “I bought these gifts for you with the money because I love you so much.” The third one takes the $2000 and invests it in the stock market, and returns the $2000 to the man and reinvests the rest. She says, “I am investing the rest of the money for our future because I love you so much.” The man thought long and about how the women spent the money. Finally, he decided to marry the one with the biggest breasts.

A Little Girl’s Trick

One day a little girl came running into her house yelling, “Mommy, I got five dollars!”  so she asked her child where she got the five dollars from. The little girl replied, ”Tommy gave me five dollars for doing cartwheel while he sat in the tree. The mother told her daughter, “Don’t you know that Tommy is just trying to see your panties?” ”OOOOhhhh” said the little girl. The next day the little girl came running into the house yelling, “Mommy, I got ten dollars. The mother asked, Where did you get the ten dollars from?” The little girl replied, “Tommy gave me ten dollars for doing a cartwheel while he sat up in the tree” The mother replied, “Didn’t I tell you that he is…” Before the mother could finish, the little girl said, ”Wait Mommy. I tricked him, I didn’t wear any panties today.”

Taxi Driver

A man in a taxi cab taps the driver on the shoulderto ask him a question. The driver screams, loses control of the cab,and swerves onto the sidewalk  before stopping just inches from a lamppost. After checking to make sure the passenger is OK, the driver says "I'm sorry, but you "Sorry. I didn't realize a simple tap on the shoulder would freak you out so much," the passenger says. "It's not your fault," replies the cabbie. "Today is my first day on the job after 25 years of driving a hearse."

Your Tax Dollars

NASA first started sending up astronauts,they discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.To combat this problem,NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity,including temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300° C.But The Russians use a pencil.

ABSTRACT

Background Switzerland introduced a pragmatic national drug policy when the former conservative abstinenceorientated politics proved unable to cope with an escalating number of users and related negative consequences for
public health and public order. The high visibility of ‘needle parks’ and the size of the acquired immune deficiency
disorder (AIDS) epidemic called for a new approach and for national leadership. Aims To describe the intentions, the
process and the results of setting up the new treatment approach of prescribing heroin to treatment resistant heroin
addicts, as an example of drug policy change. Materials and Methods A systematic collection of relevant documents
is analysed and used as evidence for describing the process of policy change. Results Measures to reduce the negative
consequences of continued use and to prevent the spread of AIDS were started mainly by private initiatives and soon
taken up officially in the ‘four-pillar’ drug policy (including harm reduction, prevention, treatment and law enforcement). Medical prescription of heroin to chronic, treatment-resistant heroin addicts was one of the innovations, based
on extensive scientific and political preparation. Detailed documentation and evaluation, ample communication of
results, adaptations made on the basis of results and extensive public debate helped to consolidate the new policy and
heroin-assisted treatment, in spite of its limitations as an observational cohort study. All necessary steps were taken to
proceed from a scientific experiment to a routine procedure. Discussion Comparable policy changes have been
observed in a few other countries, such as The Netherlands and Germany, based on the Swiss experience, with equally
positive results of heroin-assisted treatment. These experiments were designed as randomised controlled trials, comparing intravenous heroin against oral methadone, thereby demonstrating the specific value of pharmaceutical
diamorphine for maintenance treatment in opiate dependence. The positive impact of policy change and the positive
outcomes of heroin-assisted treatment were acknowledged increasingly nationally and internationally, but made it
difficult to continue the process of adapting policy to new challenges, due to the low visibility of present drug problems
and to changing political priorities. Conclusion A major change in drug policy was effectively realised under typical
conditions of a federalist country with a longstanding tradition of democratic consensus building. Facilitating factors
were the size and visibility of the heroin problem, the rise of the Aids epidemic, and a pragmatic attitude of tolerating
private initiatives opening the way to official policy change.

Loy Krathong Festival

One of the most popular festivals in early November is the Loy Krathong Festival. It takes place at a time when the weather is fine as the rainy season is over and there is a high water level all over the country.

“Loy” means “to float” and a “Krathong” is a lotus-shaped vessel made of banana leaves. The Krathong usually contains a candle, three joss-sticks, some flowers and coins.

In fact, the festival is of Brahmin origin in which people offer thanks to the Goddess of the water. Thus, by moonlight, people light the candles and joss-sticks, make a wish and launch their Krathongs on canals, rivers or even small ponds. It is believed that the Krathongs carry away sins and bad luck, and the wishes that have been made for the new year due to start. Indeed, it is the time to be joyful and happy as the sufferings are floated away.

The festival starts in the evening when there is a full moon in the sky. People of all walks of life carry their Krathongs to the nearby rivers. After lighting candles and joss-sticks and making a wish, they gently place the Krathongs on the water and let them drift away till they go out of sight.

A Beauty Queen Contest is an important part of the festival and for this occasion it is called “The Noppamas Queen Contest”. Noppamas is a legendary figure from the Sukhothai period. Old documents refer to her as the chief royal consort of a Sukhothai King named “Lithai”. Noppamas was said to have made the first decorated Krathong to float in the river on the occasion.

In Bangkok, major establishments such as leading hotels and amusement parks organise their Loy Krathong Festival and the Krathong contest as major annual function.

For visitors to Thailand, the Loy Krathong Festival is an occasion not to be missed. The festival is listed in the tourist calendar. Everyone is invited to take part and share the joy and happiness.

Penicillin

If Dr. Alexander Fleming hadn'tdiscovered penicillin in 1928,millions of people would have diedfrom infections. However, thewidespread use of penicillin as anantibiotic did not begin until the1940s, during World War II.

Electricity

If electricity hadn't been discovered,people would probably still be usingcandles or gaslights. Thomas Edisondeveloped the first incandescentelectric light bulb in 1879

Computer

If we didn't have computers, a lot of work would still be done with paper and pemcil, and prople in their homeswouldn't be able to be in contact with the entire world. The first PC was introduced by IBM in 1981.

Oil

If people hadn't discovered a lot of sources of oil, cars that run on gasoline wouldn't have become so common. The first commercial oil well drilled in North America was in Oil Springs, Ontario,Canada in 1858.

Airplanes

If the Wright brothers hadn't invented the first successful airplane, people might still betraveling long distances on ships, and there wouldn't be as much contact among people on different continents. The Wright  brothers first flew in an engine-propelled plane in 1903.

The Wheel

If the Sumerians hadn't invented the wheel in 5000 B.C.E., they couldn't have moved heavy loads. Six thousand years later, the Mayans and Incans in the Americas used the round shape in theirarchitecture, but they had no wheels.

Breaking Up-Broken Hearts

The following is a checklist to help you determine when it's time to move on. Just ONE "warning sign" is enough reason to break up.

But breaking up can leave you feeling down. Don't worry, this happens all the time, and it shouldn't last too long. Here is some advice on getting over a broken heart.

You shouldn't put up with an abusive partner. There is never an acceptable excuse for a partner to hurt you with words or actions. You don't have to tolerate any verbal or physical abuse. You should not accept common excuses like"I just had a bad day at work!", I'm under a lot of stress!!", "I'm really sorry. I promise L won't do it again!" You should think carefully before giving a person chance.

You ought to spend some time on your own in order to examine your feelings, but you mustn't become a hermit.

You partner should respect your opinions, decisions, morals, and values. He or she should support you and encourage you to reach your goals and dreams.

You should turn off the TV, and keep busy doing the things you enjoy.

Get out of the house and spend time with your friends.

If you partner has a problem with alcohol or drugs, you had better not believe that you'll be able to change his or her ways.

Remind yourself of your good qualities. Make a list!

You ought to have time for yourself, your family, and your friends. Your partner shouldn't be possessive and take up all your time and energy.

If you can't trust your partner, if  you think that he/she lies or cheats, or if he/she makes you feel unsafe, then you'd better listen to your instincts.

You should treat yourself right. Get enough sleep, eat right (stay away from junk food and caffeine), and spend a little extra time on how you look.

If you no longer enjoy time together, if you don't respect each other, or if you can't be honest with each other, then it's better to be on your own than in a ad relationship.

Most important: Don't feel sorry for yourself. Accept what happened and move on.

About Bicycles

Bicycle were invented in France in the 1790s. The first bikes were made of wood, had a front wheel that didn't move from left to right, and didn't have pedals. In 1817, a steerable front wheel was developed by Baron Karon Karl von Drais in Germany, and in 1839, the first pedals were introduced by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a blacksmith from scotland. The first bikes had large front wheels because it was believed that the bigger the front wheel, the faster the bike.

THE FOLD-UP BIKE

It looks like an ordinary bike,but it's portable. This folding bike can easily be transported and stored when it is not in use. It can make your life easier. In contrast to the standard bike, it is much smaller and less bulky, so it can be parked and stored more readily. the fold-up bike is attractive, and it comes in a variety of styles.

A VISION OF THE FUTURE

The French writer Jules Verne wrote several books in the late 1800s. In them, he wrote about the future. he asked/ "What will life be like at the end of the
20th century-one hundred years from now?" In
one of his adventure novels (From the Earth to the Moon), his characters traveled to the moon in a rocket. In another novel (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), his characters dove through the depths of the ocean in a submarine in the shape of a whale. In a novel titled Paris in the Twentieth Century, Verne
described a city with skyscrapers of glass and steel,
high-speed trains gas-powered automobiles, and a global communications network. Space rockets and submarines and other things in his novels didn't exist

in Verne's time, but many of the inventions that Verne imagined became reality by the end of the 1900s. That's why people call Verne a visionary

COMPACT CARS: The Smaller, The Better

The tiny classic is back, measuring 10 feet 11 inches (335 centimeters) long, 5 feet 5 inches (165 centimeters) wide, and 4 feet 11 inches (149 centimeters) wide, and 4 feet 11 inches (149 centimeters) tall. The new FIAT 500 is a triumph of Italian design. Every line has been crafted to reflect the legendary original, and buyers will be offered a variety of colors and options to customize their car. The FIAT 500 two-seater was introduced in 1957, and it became an automotive legend. It featured a 13 horsepower engine and had a top speed of about 53 miles (85 kilometers) per hour.

THE POLISH RIP VAN WINKLE

1 Rip Van Winkle was a character in a short by the American writer Washington Irving. In the story, Rip lived in a little town in the Hudson Valley, in New York, in the 1770s, around the time of the American Revolution. Rip went out hunting one day, took a nap under a tree, and fell asleep. He work up 20 years later to find himself a citizens of a brand-new country-the United States of America.

2.Similarly, in the movie Goodbye Lenin, Kathrin Sass, an East German woman, who dedicated her life to the perpetuation of Communist Party ideology, slips into a coma just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. When she wakes up eight months later, she is a member of a capitalist society. While she has been "asleep," governments have tumbled, barriers have fallen, and a whole new tide of Western goods and values has come flooding eastward to an eagerly awaiting public. Her loving son, Alex fears that the shock of finding such a radically changed world will lead to a heart attack. So he prepares an elaborate plan to protect her from the truth and to make her believe that the world she lives in now is the same as it used to be.

3.However, the story of Polish railway worker Jan Grzebski, 65, is not from a work of fiction, but is a real-life one. Grzebski went into a coma after he was hit by a train in 1988. He work up 19 years later in April 2007, into a world that had transformed itself from a Communist regime where food lines were common to a world of Big Macs and cell phones.
4."When I went into a coma, there was only tea and vinegar in the shops, meat was rationed, and there were long lines of cars at gas stations. Now there are so many goods in the shops it makes my head spin. What amazes me today is that all these people walk around with their cell phones and never stop complaining. I have nothing to complain about," said Grzebski.
5.At the time of the accident, Grzebski's doctor didn't give him long to live, but they were wrong. He survived thanks to the devoted care of his wife, Gertruda. She refused to believe the doctors and moved her husband's body  every  hour to prevent bed sores. :It was Gertruda that saved me, and I'll never forget it," said Grzebski.
6.Now he's getting to know his family, which has grown considerably since his accident. His four children are all married and have provided him with 11 grandchildren.

THE COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION

The first communications satellite, called Telstar, was launched from Cape Canaveral on July 10, 1962. This marked the star of  rapid transmission of TV signals over wide areas. What we take for granted today-satellite television, cellular telephones, wireless and high-speed Internet connections, and so forth-were part of science fiction only 40 years ago. Teenagers today are the first real citizens of the digital world. Unlike their parents, they have grown up in a world in which electronic delivery of information and entertainment is natural and more accepted than conventional forms like the newspaper, tape, or film.

THE EUROPEAN UNION

The European Union was formally established (with the Maastricht Treaty) on November 1, 1993. However, January 1, 2002, is a day the many people remember. It wasn't just the start of another new year. It was also the start of a new era for the 304 million people living in 12 European countries. On that day, the euro became the official currency of their countries. The European Union currently has 27 member states, and new member are expected to join. Citizens of member countries can travel freely, live, study, and work in any of the member countries.

THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

On November 9, 1989, the East German government allowed its citizens to visit West Berlin. In celebration, crowds of East and West Germans climbed onto and crossed the wall that separated the two parts of the city of Berlin. Over the next few weeks, the people knocked the wall down. the fall of the Berlin Wall will always be remembered as a symbol of the end of the Cold War between the East and the West.

THE SPACE RACE

The Russians launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, on October 4, 1957. Next, Sputnik 2, carrying a dog called Laika, went up into space on November 3. The Americans launched Explorer I, on January 31, 1958. The Americans won the race to land on the moon more than ten years later-with Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," said astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon. Space exploration has continued since then, and has brought new discoveries in many different areas of science.