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أبشع مباني العالم!! : 21 صورة لأسوأ 21 مبنى في العالم

تحدثنا أكثر من مرة سابقاً عن أجمل وأغرب مباني العالم لكننا سنقلب الصورة هذه المرة لنتحدث عن “أبشع” مباني العالم:

بالتأكيد الجمال والبشاعة هي آراء نسبية تختلف من إنسان لآخر وكما يقول ديفيد هيوم “فالجمال ليس خاصية في ذات الأشياء بل في العقل الذي يتأملها”، لكننا سنرى في هذا الموضوع مجموعةً من الصور التي عرضها موقع Telegraph على أنها “أبشع مباني العالم”، ولنبدأ من لندن:

21.

برج الرصد في حديقة الألعاب الأولمبية في لندن:

شكل غير مفهوم بالفعل وتشعر من ألوانه غير المتناسقة وكأنه مبني من مواد معاد تصنيعها!!

20.

مبنى شركة Verizon في مدينة نيويورك:

أستغرب صراحةً اعتباره بشعاً. قد يكون عادياً لكن لو اعتبرناه بشعاً فكيف نصف ما نشاهده في الوطن العربي!

19.

مبنى الدار في أبوظبي:

أستغرب أيضاً وجود هذا المبنى في القائمة. رأيته في الواقع وبدا لي مميزاً وملفتاً للانتباه!

18.

مبنى شركة Longaberger Basket في ولاية أوهايو الأمريكية:

أعذر المصمم . حين يكون اسم الشركة سلة لونجبيرجر فكيف سيكون شكل مبناها؟!!

17.

مبنى تلفاز Zizkov في جمهورية التشيك:

أعجبني هذا المبنى!

16.

مبنى سكني في جوهانسبرج بجنوب أفريقيا:

يشبه فندق سوفيتيل الجزيرة في القاهرة:

15.

مبنى Strata SE1 في لندن:

أستغرب أيضاً وجود هذا المبنى في القائمة!
ما رأيكم هل ترونه بشعاً؟!

14.

المكتبة الوطنية في بيلاروسيا:

13.

فندق Grand Lisboa في مكاو:

غريب!

12.

مبنى راديو سلوفاك في سلوفاكيا:

يشبه مبنى وزارة الداخلية السعودية:

لكن أظن أن تطبيقه في تصميم وزارة الداخلية كان أقل سوءاً!

11.

مبنى الفيل في بانكوك:

10.

مبنى SIS في لندن:

هو مقر الاستخبارات السرية البريطانية MI6 . يبدو أشبه بقلعة محصنة!

9.

مبنى ميرادور في مدريد:

8.

الساحة الفيدرالية في ميلبورن باستراليا:

7.

كاتدرائية ليفربول:

6.

السفارة الروسية في هافانا:

تستحق تصدر القائمة وليس المركز السادس فقط!

5.

أبراج إيلود في باريس:

4.

مبنى فانج يوان في الصين:

3.

المكتبة الوطنية في كوسوفو:

2.

فندق Ryugyong في كوريا الشمالية:

1.

مبنى Torre Velasca في إيطاليا:

وكما ذكرت لكم بدايةً فلا أظن أن كثيراً من المباني في القائمة تستحق لقب “البشاعة” فضلاً عن اعتبارها الأبشع في العالم!
لو كنا سنضع نحن هذه القائمة فهل لديك مبنى تقترح وضعه؟

Cancer :what do you know about it

Cancer

What is Cancer?

Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by out-of-control cell growth. There are over 100 different types of cancer, and each is classified by the type of cell that is initially affected.
Cancer harms the body when damaged cells divide uncontrollably to form lumps or masses of tissue called tumors (except in the case of leukemia where cancer prohibits normal blood function by abnormal cell division in the blood stream). Tumors can grow and interfere with the digestive, nervous, and circulatory systems, and they can release hormones that alter body function. Tumors that stay in one spot and demonstrate limited growth are generally considered to be benign.

More dangerous, or malignant, tumors form when two things occur:
a cancerous cell manages to move throughout the body using the blood or lymph systems, destroying healthy tissue in a process called invasion
that cell manages to divide and grow, making new blood vessels to feed itself in a process called angiogenesis.
When a tumor successfully spreads to other parts of the body and grows, invading and destroying other healthy tissues, it is said to have metastasized. This process itself is called metastasis, and the result is a serious condition that is very difficult to treat. In 2007, cancer claimed the lives of about 7.6 million people in the world. Physicians and researchers who specialize in the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer are called oncologists.

What causes cancer?

Cancer is ultimately the result of cells that uncontrollably grow and do not die. Normal cells in the body follow an orderly path of growth, division, and death. Programmed cell death is called apoptosis, and when this process breaks down, cancer begins to form. Unlike regular cells, cancer cells do not experience programmatic death and instead continue to grow and divide. This leads to a mass of abnormal cells that grows out of control.

What is cancer? - Video

A short, 3D, animated introduction to cancer. This was originally created by BioDigital Systems and used in the Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon.

What are the symptoms of cancer?

Cancer symptoms are quite varied and depend on where the cancer is located, where it has spread, and how big the tumor is. Some cancers can be felt or seen through the skin - a lump on the breast or testicle can be an indicator of cancer in those locations. Skin cancer (melanoma) is often noted by a change in a wart or mole on the skin. Some oral cancers present white patches inside the mouth or white spots on the tongue.
Other cancers have symptoms that are less physically apparent. Some brain tumors tend to present symptoms early in the disease as they affect important cognitive functions. Pancreas cancers are usually too small to cause symptoms until they cause pain by pushing against nearby nerves or interfere with liver function to cause a yellowing of the skin and eyes called jaundice. Symptoms also can be created as a tumor grows and pushes against organs and blood vessels. For example, colon cancers lead to symptoms such as constipation, diarrhea, and changes in stool size. Bladder or prostate cancers cause changes in bladder function such as more frequent or infrequent urination.
As cancer cells use the body's energy and interfere with normal hormone function, it is possible to present symptoms such as fever, fatigue, excessive sweating, anemia, and unexplained weight loss. However, these symptoms are common in several other maladies as well. For example, coughing and hoarseness can point to lung or throat cancer as well as several other conditions.
When cancer spreads, or metastasizes, additional symptoms can present themselves in the newly affected area. Swollen or enlarged lymph nodes are common and likely to be present early. If cancer spreads to the brain, patients may experience vertigo, headaches, or seizures. Spreading to the lungs may cause coughing and shortness of breath. In addition, the liver may become enlarged and cause jaundice and bones can become painful, brittle, and break easily. Symptoms of metastasis ultimately depend on the location to which the cancer has spread.

University:The best universities in the world

University
The best universities in the world

Have you ever wondered what the best university in the world is? What about other top-ranking schools? With so many highly accredited institutions, it’s difficult to narrow it down to just three. But with so much to offer, these esteemed universities deserve spots on this list.

1. The University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is one of the oldest in the world. It’s also largest in the United Kingdom. It is comprised of 31 colleges, each of which concentrates on a specific area of study. Cambridge is considered one of the best universities because of its diverse culture, long standing status as a haven for academia, and the high success rates of its students.

Cambridge has graduated many notable alumni, like writer John Milton and scientist Sir Isaac Newton. Interestingly enough, John Harvard, founder of Harvard University, is a Cambridge alumnus.

2. Harvard University

Speaking of John Harvard, his school also ranks as one of the best universities. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest facility for advanced learning in the United States. Harvard was established in 1636, and is now recognized as one of the leading academic facilities in the world. Harvard is home to over 2,400 faculty members and 21,000 students.

Harvard has the largest endowment of any other university. Among its famous alumni are presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy John Quincy Adams, and Barack Obama. Comedian Conan O’Brien, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, and entrepreneur Bill Gates also attended Harvard.

3. Oxford University

Though it’s in third place on this list, many consider Oxford to be the best university in the world. Established in 1249, Oxford has been an esteemed campus of higher learning for centuries. With over 20,000 students, it has one of the lowest dropout rates in the UK, and employs 95% of its graduates within six months of finishing their degrees.

It also houses a diverse student population. Oxford’s campus consists of students from 130 nationalities, and one quarter of its students come from overseas. Oxford is comprised of 39 colleges, each with a unique area of study.

From Birth To 12 Year By Frans Hofmeester Using Time Lapse Technique

The life is really incredible how it is long but in my opinion it's not that long that we thing, it's really little moments. Here you will see one of the most incredible videos that I've never seen before such like this film. It's the film of life.

A man called Frans Hofmeester take a short film of his daughter from her birth to until she become 12 years old. Incredible, it's the longest time to make a film and I've called this film [The Life].

The father of this girl said "I filmed my daughter every week, from birth up until she turned 12 years old

an then made this time lapse edit in FCP."

So after you'v watch this incredible film what are you think to make?! I've thing to take a picture of my face every week and after 10 years I'll try to watch my passed 10 years in just 60 seconds :) fantastic :).

Money as you can get

What about forex

FOREX — the foreign exchange market or currency market or Forex is the market where one currency is traded for another. It is one of the largest markets in the world.

Some of the participants in this market are simply seeking to exchange a foreign currency for their own, like multinational corporations which must pay wages and other expenses in different nations than they sell products in. However, a large part of the market is made up of currency traders, who speculate on movements in exchange rates, much like others would speculate on movements of stock prices. Currency traders try to take advantage of even small fluctuations in exchange rates.

In the foreign exchange market there is little or no 'inside information'. Exchange rate fluctuations are usually caused by actual monetary flows as well as anticipations on global macroeconomic conditions. Significant news is released publicly so, at least in theory, everyone in the world receives the same news at the same time.

Currencies are traded against one another. Each pair of currencies thus constitutes an individual product and is traditionally noted XXX/YYY, where YYY is the ISO 4217 international three-letter code of the currency into which the price of one unit of XXX currency is expressed. For instance, EUR/USD is the price of the euro expressed in US dollars, as in 1 euro = 1.2045 dollar.

Unlike stocks and futures exchange, foreign exchange is indeed an interbank, over-the-counter (OTC) market which means there is no single universal exchange for specific currency pair. The foreign exchange market operates 24 hours per day throughout the week between individuals with Forex brokers, brokers with banks, and banks with banks. If the European session is ended the Asian session or US session will start, so all world currencies can be continually in trade. Traders can react to news when it breaks, rather than waiting for the market to open, as is the case with most other markets.

Average daily international foreign exchange trading volume was $4.0 trillion in April 2010 according to the BIS triennial report.

Like any market there is a bid/offer spread (difference between buying price and selling price). On major currency crosses, the difference between the price at which a market maker will sell ("ask", or "offer") to a wholesale customer and the price at which the same market-maker will buy ("bid") from the same wholesale customer is minimal, usually only 1 or 2 pips. In the EUR/USD price of 1.4238 a pip would be the '8' at the end. So the bid/ask quote of EUR/USD might be 1.4238/1.4239.

This, of course, does not apply to retail customers. Most individual currency speculators will trade using a broker which will typically have a spread marked up to say 3-20 pips (so in our example 1.4237/1.4239 or 1.423/1.425). The broker will give their clients often huge amounts of margin, thereby facilitating clients spending more money on the bid/ask spread. The brokers are not regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (since they do not sell securities), so they are not bound by the same margin limits as stock brokerages. They do not typically charge margin interest, however since currency trades must be settled in 2 days, they will "resettle" open positions (again collecting the bid/ask spread).

Individual currency speculators can work during the day and trade in the evenings, taking advantage of the market's 24 hours long trading day.

If you want to know more about how to start trading in Forex, please, proceed to our Forex for dummies article.

Rain of microbes on one of Saturn's moons

صور مدهشة أغرب من الخيال: لأمطار من الميكروبات على أحد أقمار كوكب زحل الغامضة!!

نعيش في كون يكشف لنا يوماً بعد يوم أنه أغرب من الخيال، فمؤخراً كشفت مركبة الفضاء كاسيني عن صور مدهشة ستُحدِث (لو صحّت) طفرة في نظرتنا للكون:

فما تشاهدونه هو أحد الصور التي التقطتها مركبة الفضاء كاسيني حين مرت بالقرب من القمر إنسيلادوس (أحد أقمار زحل)، وفيها تلاحظون تدفقات مائية

ضخمة تشبه النافورة ينفثها القمر إنسيلادوس للفضاء!، وحين حلل علماء ناسا ما تخرجه هذه النوافير (أو النافورات) وجدوا أنها تتكون من بخار ماء

وجزئيات ثلج ومركبات عضوية، ويظن العلماء أن لديهم من الدلائل ما يكفي

للقول أنها تحوي ميكروبات أيضاً!

أي أن السماء تمطر على قمر إنسيلادوس ماءاً وثلجاً وميكروبات!!

اقتربت مركبة الفضاء كاسيني حتى مسافة 74 كيلومتر من القطب الجنوبي للقمر لالتقاط هذه الصور، وفيها تم الكشف عن أكثر من 90 نافورة تنفث بخار الماء والبكتيريا لتمطره على سطح الكوكب.

(رسمة تخيلية بواسطة الكومبيوتر لسطح القمر إنسيلادوس)

يبلغ قطر القمر إنسيلادوس حوالي 500 كيلومتر وهو أحد أقمار زحل الكثيرة

التي يقارب عددها 60 قمراً! ، وهذه صورة لإنسيلادوس تم التقطاها عام

2009:

لفت هذا القمر انتباه العلماء منذ زمن بسبب الشقوق الغامضة التي توجد على سطحه، والتي اكتشف العلماء بسببها دلائل على وجود بحر ضخم أسفل سطح هذا القمر الغامض، والمثير أن مركبات ناسا رصدت أملاحاً في مكونات مياه الكوكب تجعل بحره شبيهاً بالبحار على كوكب الأرض!

(صورة للشقوق على سطح القمر الغامض)

لا زالت هذه المعلومات جزءاً من افتراضات مبنيةً على الملاحظة العلمية وقراءة بعض المجسات، لكن العلماء يخططون للحصول على عينات من رذاذ نافورات إنسيلادوس لدراستها وقطع الشك باليقين.

فهل يكون هذا القر الصغير سبباً لتغيير نظرتنا للكون؟

Transparent house in Tokyo

اغــرب مــنــزل شـــفــاف بـالـعـالـم بـطـوكـيـو

هل تتخيل كيف يمكن أن تبدو الحياة داخل منزل مصنوع من الزجاج؟!!..

يقع هذا المنزل المدهش في أحد المناطق السكنية في مدينة طوكيو باليابان، وهو من إبداع المهندس المعماري سو فوجيموتو الذي يشتهر بأعماله غير التقليدية.
يحمل هذا المنزل اسم NA House وهو مبني بهيكل فولاذي تم تثبيت الواجهات الزجاجية عليه في كل الاتجاهات:

المثير في المنزل ليس أنه شفاف فقط، بل يتميز كذلك بأنه متعدد الطبقات لكن دون وجود أي سلالم كاملة!.. كيف ذلك؟
من خلال الارتفاع التدريجي فلا يوجد سلم كامل بل طبقات تنقلك من مستوى لمستوى أعلى:

فكرة عبقرية جعلت التصميم الداخلي للمنزل تحفة معمارية بديعة، خاصةً أنه دعمها بأثاث داخلي يمكن تحريكه ليتحول إلى درجات سلم حين يوضع في أماكن معينة، حيث ترتكز فكرة فوجيموتو على البساطة الشديدة، لذا يستخدم كل شيء لأي شيء، فيمكن للطاولة أن تتحول إلى سرير ويمكن للأريكة أن تصبح طاولة وهكذا، لذا تجدون أن مساحة المنزل صغيرة نسبياً ومع ذلك مليئة بالكثير.
وهذه مجموعة صور إضافية لنموذج مصغر للمنزل: