Isnin, 31 Mei 2010
TERKINI PALESTIN : Konvoi LL4G "Hilang"!
Ustaz Hassanuddin, Pengasas Aqsa Syarif, yang juga Mahaguru saya turut berada bersama-sama 10 rakyat Malaysia lain dalam konvoi tersebut.
5.15PM tadi, Ustaz Iswan maklumkan beliau menerima maklumat dari Mubarak (anak Ustaz Hassan). Mubarak menerima panggilan telefon dari neneknya mengkhabarkan ayahnya dalam keadaan selamat.
Kapal-kapal konvoi telah ditawan oleh ZIONIS dan dibawa ke haluan yang tidak di ketahui. Beberapa ketika selepas serangan, talian komunikasi diputuskan oleh rejim tersebut.
Ya Allah, sesungguhnya pertolonganMu amat hampir kepada mereka. Bantulah mereka ya Allah. Selamatkan mereka. Hancurkan kafir yang Kau laknati itu Ya Zaljalaali Wal Ikram!!!
TERKINI PALESTIN : Konvoi Bantuan ke Gaza diserang
Rakyat Malaysia yang menaiki sebuah daripada enam flotila bantuan kemanusiaan kepada penduduk Gaza diserang kapal perang Israel mengakibatkan 16 orang terbunuh manakala puluhan lagi cedera.
Menurut The Star, rakyat Malaysia itu adalah krew televisyen dari Astro yang menaiki kapal dari Turki.
Sementara itu menurut AFP yang memetik laporan televisyen yang dimiliki Hamas, anggota komando Israel menyerbu sekurang-kurangnya sebuah kapal yang didakwa dipenuhi aktivis pro-Palestin yang berjuang untuk Gaza.
Televisyen Al-Aqsa Gaza, menunjukkan imej video komando Israel yang berpakaian serba hitam turun daripada helikopter dan bertempur dengan kumpulan aktivis, di mana beberapa yang cedera kelihatan terbaring di atas dek kapal itu.
Rangkaian televisyen berkenaan berkata, dua aktivis terbunuh manakala 50 yang lain cedera.
Tentera Israel enggan mengulas laporan itu dan penganjur konvoi bantuan berkata, mereka terputus hubungan dengan bot berkenaan.
Kapal itu membawa lebih 700 penumpang, iaitu peringkat terakhir misi berprofil tinggi bagi menghantar lebih 10,000 tan bekalan bangunan dan yang lain ke Gaza, di mana keadaan di situ lumpuh akibat sekatan Israel sejak 2007
Berikut adalah video sebelum serangan. Laporan oleh krew Astro Awani.
Paparan bahan yang dibawa oleh konvoi :
Rabu, 26 Mei 2010
TECHNOLOGY : Mechanical cufflinks
TECHNOLOGY : Victor builds a better mouse trap
New Needle : Spiral Eye
Considering that sewing is supposedly a relaxing pastime, isn’t it odd that the very first step in the process – threading the sewing needle – is so difficult? That’s exactly what Minnesota inventor, Pam Turner thought and that’s why she designed the Spiral Eye needle. It’s a sewing needle that allows the user to simply slide a looped thread towards the needle eye where it is caught and then pulled into the eye. Easy, stress-free and so simple - you wonder why it's taken this long to create.
The Spiral Eye needle is made from 100% surgical stainless steel so is suitable for those people who may be allergic to nickel plating. It won’t damage your thread or come undone during sewing, will not rust, snap or break and remains sharp. It is available in a variety of sizes and Turner claims it is the only sewing needle made in the USA.
To thread the Spiral Eye needle, you drape the thread over the needle shaft then pinch it to form a loop around the needle. You slide the looped thread with your fingers towards the eye of the needle. When the thread catches in the slot you stop sliding, and tug the thread into the groove. You then move the thread towards the point and back around the tongue and voila – the thread is through the eye of the needle.
Threading a needle certainly becomes more difficult for people as eyesight starts to fail but even children have difficulty maneuvering thread through the eye of a sewing needle. Turner recalls that her mother “struggled to thread a needle. Glasses resting on her nose, she trimmed the end of the thread, sucked on it, failed to get it through the eye of the needle and re-trimmed it. Sometimes she would curse, "Why can't someone invent a better needle? We've been to the moon for goodness sake." It wasn’t until years later that Turner, when faced with the same frustration, decided to invent a needle that would be easy to thread.
It took Turner many years and multiple conversations with tool and die makers as well as people who worked in the manufacturing industry. When she finally exhibited at the Minnesota Inventor's Congress Invention in June 2008, she realized that those years of hard work had finally paid off – she was an inventor.
The Spiral Eye needles can be purchased as a single unit or in boxed sets. Single needles start at US$5.50, while a set of cross-stitch needles cost US$16. you can even purchase special fish bait needles to attach your bait securely.