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vineri, 12 august 2011

Damn Cool Pics

Holy Month of Ramadan 2011 in Pictures
Beautiful iPhone Photography
How Parents Use Facebook to Spy on their Kids [Infographic]
US Debt Crisis - 2012 is only for America
Resort Like Prisons Of Netherlands

Holy Month of Ramadan 2011 in Pictures

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:31 PM PDT

Ramazan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and sexual intimacy with their partners during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and submissiveness to God. Muslims fast for the sake of God (Arabic: الله‎, trans: Allah) and to offer more prayer than usual.

Beautiful iPhone Photography

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 01:51 PM PDT

With so many fantastic apps on the market, with their one touch photo effects and filters, iPhones and their built in digital cameras have taken the photography world by storm. Producing some truly inspiring results, which we have gathered a collection of for you today. Take a look at the fun and creative life captured on an iPhone followed up by some links to a few apps to take your own pics with.

Source: noupe

How Parents Use Facebook to Spy on their Kids [Infographic]

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 01:45 PM PDT

There is a lot you can tell about a person by reading their Facebook profile. From incriminating photos to friendship insights, Facebook tells all. That's one of the reasons so may parents are joining Facebook, according to a recent study. As it turns out, more than half of parents use the popular social network to spy on their kids' Internet activity--and 11 percent of parents joined Facebook for the sole purpose of snooping on their kids! But with the growing number of underage Facebook users, are parents snooping, or safeguarding? Find out the stats on parents and Facebook in the below infographic.

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Source: onlineschools

US Debt Crisis - 2012 is only for America

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 09:15 PM PDT

A must watch video for all specially for those who are considering going to US in future!!

Resort Like Prisons Of Netherlands

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 07:28 PM PDT

Neat lawns, flowerbeds, playgrounds and buildings designed by famous architects, this is how a Dutch prison looks like. It is more like a country club or recreation center, but not a prison. It has everything you need for healthy living. Today, in the Dutch prison Penitentiary Maashegge contains 167 people, but in 2 years it will be closed.

In 2009 the Dutch justice ministry announced that it will close eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in the prison system, due to the decrease in crime in the country. In order to somehow save their beautiful prisons, the Dutch government is inviting foreign criminals into them. For example, last year 500 Belgian inmates were invited. The Netherlands would get 30 million euros in the deal, and it will allow the closing of the prisons in Rotterdam and Veenhuizen to be postponed until 2012.

This is a medium-security prison which contains 167 prisoners and 140 employees. Taking pictures of the prisoners is prohibited.

The prison looks like a park inside. The Dutch can be definitely proud not only of their cheese, tulips and wind-mills but also of the penitentiary system that had gone through perfection since the 16th century. In 1595 they built the first prison where criminals were engaged in working and where the principle of humanity prevailed.

One can get the idea of the place only looking at the barbed wire fences.

The territory is divided into parts which are connected with one another with the help of such gates.

Posters for personnel.

Doors are supplied with special electronic locks.

They can meet relatives once a month for 2 hours and can make a paid 10-minute call per week. There is a library here that can be attended once a week as well.

Prisoners can work 4 hours a day and earn 25 Euros a week.

Each room is supplied with a radio, TV socket, watching TV costs 6 Euros a week.

Those who misbehaved are sent to the isolation ward. It is empty and has no windows.

The prisoners are also given a piece of chalk to draw on the door. This can be the only thing to do.

View from the window.

A catholic board school was located here before and was later turned into a prison.

The ground is used for walking.

If somebody can't afford paying 6 Euros a week for watching TV in the ward, he can watch it in the hall.

The prison has standard rooms. Corridors end with a kitchen where anyone can cook for himself if he doesn't like the menu. Prisoners are given jam, rolls, coffee, tea and juices for breakfast. A dinner consists of three hot dishes, salads and fruits. In some prisons it's allowed to order dishes from restaurants. Jews often order Kosher food. Prisoners have a right not to attend the dining room. In this case they will be delivered food but before it's necessary to check whether the delivered menu corresponds to the dishes on the list.

This is the building where young people who haven't reached the age of 23 spend time before the court. Preliminary conclusion can't last longer than 3 months.

A prison must remind of home. Otherwise a person will only become more angry.

A hotel.

Good doctors, attentive nurses and best equipment are available. Only two cases of tuberculosis were recently revealed. Since 2008 the practice of giving food additives reducing stress conditions has been introduced. In one of prisons they started dispensing reagent called orange aroma associated with health and freshness and decreasing aggressiveness.