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The nude photo of Golshifteh Farahani has been published by Madame Le Figaro magazine. The photo only shows a partially nude farahani who covers her two breasts with her hands, however, in the video, there is an actual part where she unveils, and exposes her breasts.
The publication has actually attracted a wave of visitors to her Facebook page, along with people from Iran and the Middle East.
The Paris-based actress left Iran last year in protest against restrictive Islamic codes that the Iranian cinema industry has to follow under Ahmadinejad's conservative cultural policies.
Now she said the government has sent a communication telling her not to travel back to her homeland.
Farahani appeared along Leonardo DiCarpio in the Hollywood film Body of Lies as a nurse who helps an injured American secret agent to recover to carry out his mission in a Muslim country.
OK, before you guys start shouting Halleluia, waive your hands and start praising Jesus, I would like to interrupt the moment by saying this is not a miracle. Sorry about that...
This is not a supernatural phenomenon but rather a natural one. Some had already said this is a gateway to heaven or heaven opening up, some say it's a U.F.O. parking their spaceship, uh well... up in the sky, while some say it's HAARP (darn conspiracy theorists and armchair experts).
The natural phenomenon shown in the video above is actually a fallstreak hole, otherwise known as, hole puch cloud, punch hole cloud, canal cloud or cloud hole. It is a large circular gap that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds. Such holes are formed when the water temperature in the clouds is below freezing but the water has not frozen yet due to the lack of ice nucleation particles. When a portion of the water does start to freeze, it will set off a domino effect (series of cause and effect), due to the Bergeron process, causing the water vapor around it to freeze and fall to the earth as well. This leaves a large, often circular, hole in the cloud.
By the way, what is a Bergeron process? I know this is seldom found in your average Science books... but uhm... Well, it is the formation of precipitation in the cold clouds of the mid and upper latitudes by ice crystal growth.
It is believed that a disruption in the stability of the cloud layer, such as that caused by a passing jet, may induce the domino process of evaporation which creates the hole. Such clouds are not unique to some geographic area, as a matter of fact, it had been photographed in the United States, Russia, and other countries where snow occurs.
Because of their rarity and unusual appearance, fallstreak holes are often mistaken for or attributed to unidentified flying objects or the supernatural by the scientifically uninformed.
The burning hole in this video is located in Turkmenistan (contrary to popular belief that it's in Uzbekistan), found near the village of Darweze (turkish for "The Gate", also known as Darvaza). People call this natural wonder as the "Door to Hell", but of course, you can't find Satan in this hole, unless you're hallucinating or high on hallucinogenic drugs.
The Darweze area is said to be rich in natural gas. It's discovery was in 1971, when Soviet geologists accidentally tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of 70 meters (230 ft.). To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided to burn it off. Geologists had hoped the fire would use all the fuel in a matter of days, but the gas is still burning up to this day. Locals have called the cavern "The Door to Hell" since then.
Next to capturing the gas, flaring is safer and friendlier to the environment than releasing the methane into the atmosphere, as methane is a relatively potent greenhouse gas and considered to have a high global warming potential of 72 (averaged over 20 years) or 25 (averaged over 100 years).
In April 2010, the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow visited the site and ordered that the hole should be closed, or other measures be taken to limit its influence on the development of other natural gas fields in the area.
In this video, a monkey climbs onto the high-voltage electric cables while authorities try to capture it. The monkey unknowingly endangers itself while monkeying around the deadly cables. Unfortunately, the authorities failed to capture it and the expected happened.
I cannot confirm the place where this event took place. If we could only understand what the reporter's language in this video is, then perhaps we can pinpoint the location. Some unverified sources say it's in Mexico, while some says the language is Portuguese. I am not sure though.
Ever wondered what does a real nuclear detonation looks like? Of course, we've seen so many on books, and movies, but I bet you've never seen a live footage of an actual nuclear test.
A nuclear explosion is incredibly bright, as a matter of fact, it can blind your eyesight. Thus, a direct view is not possible. The US military on the other hand manage to capture one of their previous nuclear tests on video. The usual clips available for viewing are short, but this one from the military is quite long. It will give you a horizontal view of the explosion, including the details of how a huge fireball glows out of it, and how the so-called mushroom cloud forms.
Let's reminiscent the past 2011, this time, let's cast our eyes into the most sexy women in the Philippines of the past year. The video above shows FHM Philippine's list of Top 100 sexy women for 2011. I'm not sure how they pick their candidates, but I presume someone must had nominated them then were presented to the public to cast votes on. So far, these are the Filipinos' most favorite women of 2011.
Don't be surprised if Maria Ozawa, Megan Fox, and some other foreign women were included in the list. They were definitely some of those whom Filipinos like.
Now, let's see some curves... Presenting, FHM Philippine's Top 100 most sexy women...
This video was taken way back in December 2009, and it happened during Christmas eve, when the Pope traditionally held a mass and gives his Christmas message at St. Peter's Basilica. This may be old news, but for those who had been living in the dark, here's your chance to hear it...
Pope Benedict XVI traditionally walks the center aisle before starting the mass, but suddenly a woman jumps pass the barricade and drags the Pope into the floor.
The woman in red, the Pope's attacker was identified as Susanna Maiolo, a Swiss-Italian national with psychiatric problem. She had a record of attacking the Pope already back in 2008, she wasn't successful back then as the Pope's guardian angels, the men-in-black security guards, caught her just before she could grab the Pope. However, in 2009, she came back again to try her luck, and this time, she made it.
Susanna Maiolo
Medical experts said the Pope was lucky not to have broken any bones in the fall. He lost his mitre (the fish headband), and staff and remained on the ground for a few seconds before being helped helped up by attendants. However, French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, 87, who also fell in the melee had broken a hip and was taken into hospital.
A senior Vatican source who was at the service and asked not to be named said: "The fact this woman is known and was still able to get through security is very, very serious."
All the people who were inside St. Peter's Basilica had invitations and so would have had to be checked and give their names. But despite all of that, the woman was still able to get though. Sort of a miracle in her case.
"The Pope's guards were able to drag her away but the sense of shock in the basilica was amazing - there was a huge gasp, no one could believe what was happening," he added.
The Vatican said it would review its security procedure but it was not realistic to ensure 100 percent security because the Pope is regularly surrounded by thousands of people.
Spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said: "People want to see him up close, and he's pleased to see them closely too. There were 7,000 people there at the Mass and she could have got her ticket from anywhere. She is known to the Vatican but she was never thought to have been of any serious danger to the Holy Father. She was not armed and if anything the poor woman needs treatment, which is what she is getting."
There were already many times the Pope was assaulted, but most of these attackers always fail. Thanks to God, and well, the men-in-black.
According to the source who uploaded this video, this accident occurred in Brazil. A man who was trimming the trees got electrocuted by a live wire then he collapsed on the ground. Two men rushed in to help the man, but one of the rescuers got electrocuted himself when he accidentally touched the unnoticed wire. Apparently, the rescuers failed to notice the wire that's just hanging near the spot.
The continuous surge of electricity eventually burns the man. This is one of the shocking videos to surface the Internet.
This is the video of the light aircraft that crashed into a school within the residential area in Parañaque City, Philippines on December 10, 2011. A bystander has manage to luckily capture the final moments of the plane using a celphone video camera.
According to the news, this accident sparked a huge fire that consequently killed 13 people.
Authorities reported that the plane crushed in Felixberto Serrano Elementary School, which was surrounded by shanty houses. The school was located near Annex 35 Subdivision.
It was said that the plane's crash caused a huge fire in the school, which spread to the surrounding shanties. At least 50 homes were gutted by the fire.
Ramon Gutierrez, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), said that the plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft Queen Air cargo carrier light airplane with tail number RPC-824, crashed after taking off from the domestic airport near Merville Subdivision.
Gutierrez said that the plane was bound for San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, where it was supposed to fetch a fish cargo. He said that after taking off, the plane's pilot requested for a rerun from the air control tower, citing mechanical trouble.
The plane crashed while on its way back to the airport.
Gutierrez said that the plane had three passengers, including a civilian and two pilots identified as Timoteo Aldo and Jessie Kim Lustica.
Gutierrez said that the plane that crashed has a capacity of six to eight passengers, including seats for two pilots.
1/21/2012 02:43:00 AM
Anthony Yap
