The world's oldest stamp

The world's oldest stamp

The world's oldest stamp is from United Kingdom dating back to 1840. This stamp is a depiction of queen Victoria. This stamp is called The Black Penny Stamp. There are about 1.3 million issues still in collector's hands while the originals are worth around $100,000.000. per stamp.

The Black Penny is the world's first adhesive stamp of public postal system. It was issued by the United Kingdom in the UK and Ireland on 1 May 1840, for use from 6 May that year.

Superman's first appearance all about and video

Superman's first appearance all about and video

Superman achieved greater sales in 1938 with it's first appearance

Superman's first appearance was in Action Comics #1, in 1938. In 1939, a self-titled series was launched. The first issue mainly reprinted adventures published in Action Comics, but despite this the book achieved greater sales

The year 1939 also saw the publication of New York World's Fair Comics, which by summer of 1942 became World's Finest Comics. With issue #7 of All Star Comics, Superman made the first of a number of infrequent appearances, on this occasion appearing in cameo to establish his honorary membership in the Justice Society of America

Initially Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster provided the story and art for all the strips published. However, Shuster's eyesight began to deteriorate, and the increasing appearances of the character meant an increase in the workload. This led Shuster to establish a studio to assist in the production of the art, although he insisted on drawing the face of every Superman the studio produced. Outside the studio, Jack Burnley began supplying covers and stories in 1940,[28] and in 1941 artist Fred Ray began contributing a stream of Superman covers, some of which, such as that of Superman #14 (Feb. 1942), became iconic and much reproduced. Wayne Boring, initially employed in Shuster's studio, began working for DC in his own right in 1942 providing pages for both Superman and Action Comics.[29] Al Plastino was hired initially to copy Wayne Boring but was eventually allowed to create his own style and became one of the most prolific Superman artists during the Gold and Silver Ages of comics

Vespa History details photos and video

Vespa History details photos and video

Model AMCA Troupes Aeról Portées Mle. 56 used by the French military in World War II.

Italian industry had suffered severely under Allied bombing during World War II, and many Italian industries were geared for wartime production. With the Italian economy struggling and much of their manufacturing facility in ruins, the Piaggio family sought a way to reinvent their business. They had been producing aircraft, but the demand was greatly reduced in post-war Italy.

Iran victory against Israel. What if that scenario happened in the real?

Iran victory against Israel. What if that scenario happened in the real?

Israel cannot act alone

Iran has emerged as the victor in secret war games that simulated an Israeli attack on one of its nuclear facilities.

According to the scenario, the Obama Administration decided to pursue a diplomatic approach to Tehran, leaving America’s closest military ally in the region in the lurch.

The exercise, staged by Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies last month, showed that even an Israeli commando raid on Iran’s heavy water plant at Arak would not draw the US into a military conflict with Iran.

“Our leverage over the Americans, when we could prise them away from the Iranians and Europeans and others, was limited,” said Giora Eiland, a former Israeli national security adviser who played the role of the Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, in the simulated conflict.

Fight for bread

Fight for bread

In Syria, as in Egypt, the availability of cheap, subsidized bread is a cornerstone of the government’s economic policy. Syria’s food problem is less urgent because, up until now, the country has produced enough wheat to meet its own requirements. In addition, the Syrian government exercises significant control over the domestic market as well as imports and exports of agricultural produce. This has enabled it to insulate its food prices from the global crisis to some extent. However, Syria has been experiencing a serious drought over the past year, such that wheat production for 2008 is expected to be down more than 38 percent from 2007. Under these circumstances the control of food prices, which may be critical to the maintenance of government authority, will become increasingly difficult, especially in the absence of a rationalized economy that can create private sector jobs that pay a decent wage.

Iran :the 14 million Iranians live below the poverty line and the nuclear program

Iran :the 14 million Iranians live below the poverty line and the nuclear program

At least 14 million Iranians live below the poverty line, according to a central bank report quoted by the press on Monday, adding to concern about the welfare of those worst off in Iran as prices soar.

"If an urban family of four makes less than four millions rials (425 dollars) a month then the family is under poverty line," it said. 

Social Security and Welfare Minister Abdolreza Mesri said around 9.2 million people were living in poverty, 10.5 percent of the population in cities and 11 percent in villages.

Mesri also said that two million people live in extreme poverty in Iran, earning less than 650,000 rials (70 dollars) a month.

The latest figures come amid increasing concern over soaring prices in Iran, which have hit the poor and state employees on low incomes particularly hard. Teachers, for example, earn less than 300 dollars a month.

Since Iranian new year in March, the prices of basic foodstuffs, especially fresh vegetables and poultry, as well as services such as taxis have jumped. 

Iran's inflation rate - which has aroused much criticism of the economic policies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - topped 26 percent in June, according to the central bank.

Ahmadinejad has been blamed by many economists for directly fuelling the price rises by ploughing huge amounts of cash into the economy to fund local infrastructure projects. 

The government insists, however, that it has inflation under control and that booming oil receipts allow it to splash out on necessary infrastructure projects. 

Iran, the second biggest oil exporter in OPEC, last year enjoyed oil revenues of 60 billion dollars in the last Iranian year to March.

But there has been a sharp increase in money supply growth -- a key indicator of future inflation trends -- to almost 40 percent during the years of the Ahmadinejad presidency. 

He was elected in 2005 on a platform of making the poor feel the benefits of Iran's massive oil wealth, and he has made implementation of economic "justice" the main government slogan. 

The amazing things that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Insist to continue the  nuclear program of Iran which was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program

The support, encouragement and participation of the United States and Western European governments in Iran's nuclear program continued until the 1979 Iranian Revolution that toppled the Shah of Iran

Modern slavery in Arab gulf the worst human rights place

Modern slavery in Arab gulf the worst human rights place

Poor people forced into involuntary servitude and sexual practices in Arab gulf

The Arabs usually "marry" the girls for short periods, sometimes just a single night. In fact, marriage and divorce formalities are often prepared at the same time,

In India for example girls and children are available for as little as 5,000 rupees to satisfy the lust of doddering old Arab men ( Five thousand rupees  equals just a bit over US$100)

Opel kadeet History Since 1936..video

Opel kadeet History Since 1936..video

 Opel kadett 1937

The Opel Kadett was a small family car built by the German Opel company between 1937 and 1940, then from 1962 to 1992. Production facilities of the pre-war Kadett were transported to Russia after WW II, and thus this early Kadett formed the basis for the Moskvitch 400/420. GM South Africa extended the Opel Kadett name until 1999.

The first successful car flight

The first  successful car flight

a Sport Pilot license will be required to fly one

This is the first successful attempt at producing a car that easily transforms to an airplane

Watch it when its transforms to an airplane but with one notice : it is not hi speed airplane

The first registered flight of the Terrafugia  Transition, which makes this a significant marker in the development of the flying car. While there have been many attempts to develop a flying car  in the past, the Terrafugia Transition  might be the most promising in the modern era. The prototype was debuted in early 2006, and the project spearheaded by five pilots, all of whom graduated from MIT, has come a long way since.

Strangest portable market in the world

Strangest portable market in the world

When the train passes dismantling the market and then re-build it again, this video from Bangkok and any how you can call it: portable market in Asia

A fishing trip in Egypt

A fishing trip in Egypt

After a long chase the fish finally succeeded in hunting

For many reasons, fish is no longer much in the Egyptian shores

All about Tata Nano the cheapest car in the world and Test driving video

All about Tata Nano the  cheapest car in the world and Test driving video

Tata Nano is a rear-engined, four-passenger city car  built by Tata Motors, aimed primarily at the Indian market. It is the cheapest car in the world today

It debuted in late 2008 at the 9th annual Auto Expo at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India,[6] and started to be delivered to customers in July, 2009

Tata sought to produce the least expensive production car in the world and with a starting price near US$2,200 the Nano achieved that goal.

The Cheapest journey all over the world..video

The Cheapest journey all over the world..video

Less than 10 cent to have a big journey around Alexandria

This article contain also photos and videos included

Tram, which is the cheapest and almost the fastest transportation in Alexandria as nothing stops it.

It's the best choice if you are a tourist as it will show you the whole city it can take you almost every where

There are 2 types of trams blue and yellow one but blue one have 2 routes and yellow have one route but every tram number in yellow takes you to a different place.

But take care you cant take the tram when it's crowded because you will find students beating each other to be inside

The best about Tram that it have a fixed price and it's very very cheap.In the blue tram there is a car for women only

First Homebuilt Aircraft in China..video

First Homebuilt Aircraft in China..video

A Chinese Photographer Yang Weiming who spent two years and 100,000 yuan, turned his air plane drawing on paper into real thing.

his Homebuilt aircraft “little horse” had its first flight in Shenzhen. and safely landed after a 25 minutes of flight at 400 meters in altitude.

 American homebuilt aircraft manufacture CEO also participated in the first flight, said his work is perfect.

Behind the story

Yang Weiming was crazy about making airplane models ever since an early age. In order to make his childhood dream come true, in 2007 he started working on his homebuilt aircraft. To study the aircraft model and relevant information, he spent half a year in preparation. Finally he selected a mature, highly rated model (miniMax). There are about 3500 of this model of homebuilt aircrafts all around the world, it has a good and safe flight record. And it has the government safety certification in Germany and England. Unite states maintains the largest volume of this kind.

Legend of the oldest off-road vehicle jeep..video

Legend of the oldest off-road vehicle jeep..video

Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of Chrysler. It is the oldest off-road vehicle (also sport utility vehicle – SUV) brand. It inspired a number of other military Light Utility Vehicles such as the Land Rover which is the second oldest brand. The original vehicle which first appeared as the prototype Bantam BRC became the primary light 4-wheel-drive vehicle of the US Army and Allies during World War II and the postwar period. Many vehicles serving similar military and civilian roles have since been created by many nations

Amazing shark show on the beach video

Amazing shark show on the beach video

Show this amazing shark show on the beach with many unusual acts

Egyptian Crime Investigators Comb Museum, After Painting Theft

Egyptian Crime Investigators Comb Museum, After Painting Theft

Egyptian authorities were trying to trace a Van Gogh painting said to be worth $55 million on Sunday, after it disappeared from a museum in Cairo.

Security forces secured the area outside the Mahmoud Khalil Museum to allow criminal investigation experts to examine fingerprints at the crime scene.

Local newspapers carried news of the theft on their front page, with pictures of the painting, "The Poppy Flower."

Egypt searches for $50m painting video

Egypt searches for $50m painting

 The Poppy Flower

Egyptian authorities have had to make an embarrassing U-turn on the disappearance of a Vincent Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum.

An empty frame is all that is left after "Poppy Flowers", worth $50m, was stolen on Sunday.

Following initial reports that it had been recovered, the country's culture minister backtracked on his claim.

The theft raises serious questions and concerns about the state of security at Egypt's top museums, which house some of the world's most precious, rare and valuable antiquities and artwork

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 7

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 7 

Taximeter equipment

An Argo taximeter of the 1930s, as fitted to an Austin 12/4

A taximeter is by definition what makes a ‘cab’ a ‘taxicab’. Fitting of a taximeter was made compulsory in London from July 1907. The modern taximeter was a German invention and its name comes from its inventor, Baron von Thurn und Taxis. It was first used in Berlin but soon adopted worldwide. Taximeters in London calculate the fare payable as a combination of time and distance. When the cab is in motion, it records distance and when the cab is stationary it records the time spent standing still and adjusts the fare accordingly. Early taximeters were totally mechanical in operation and the clock that recorded waiting time had to be wound by hand. Meters of the 1960s and 1970s had a built-in electric clock but today, taximeters are fully electronic and operate on a time basis at speeds between zero and 10mph.

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 6

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 6

A London cab driver’s licence

A London cab driver’s licence is issued for a period of three years. In 1843 it became compulsory for cabmen to wear a metal badge showing their licence number, which they still do to this day.

London’s cabs are identified by a computer-generated rectangular white plastic licence plate, mounted on the boot lid. This plate is issued annually and bears a unique licence number as well as the number of passengers the cab is licensed to carry and the vehicle’s index number. The practice of displaying an identification number goes back to the 17th century. Between 1654 and 1714, Hackney Coaches displayed a hackney registration number on the carriage doors. After 1714 a metal plate showing the hackney registration number was displayed on the rear of the hackney coach. When the Metropolitan Police took charge, a mark was stencilled on the rear of a cab each time it passed its annual inspection, showing the year the licence was issued and the initials of the current police commissioner. This practice continued with motor cabs until the 1950s, when the stencil was abandoned and replaced by a plate with numbers indicating to the month of issue. This was replaced this century by the current white plastic plate.

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 5

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 5

AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR

The famous FX-3 taxi

The Austin FX3 of the 1950s

Post-war, there was an urgent need for new taxis as all the pre-war models had been discontinued. Nuffield, the makers of the Morris-Commercial cab had tested a prototype cab throughout the war. It was introduced in 1947 as the Oxford and sold by Beardmore, who had not developed a new cab of their own. In 1948 a new Austin, the FX3, built by Carbodies of Coventry and financed jointly by Mann and Overton, Carbodies and Austin appeared and soon dominated the market. It was first produced with a petrol engine but in 1952 a conversion for a Ferguson diesel engine was made available. However, in 1954 Austin produced its own 2.2 litre diesel engine. Austin also built a four-door limousine version of the FX3, the FL1, fitted with a bench front seat but minus a ‘For Hire’ roof sign. Beardmore introduced a MkVII in 1954, but it sold in very small numbers and presented no threat to Austin. The last Beardmore was produced in 1967.

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 4

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 4

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

During the Second World War the majority of younger cabmen were called up into the forces and production of new cabs ceased for the duration. The taxi trade was one area during the war where women did not take over a man’s role, as there was no time for the women to undergo the extensive ‘Knowledge of London’ topographical test that the men had completed. A large number of cabs, along with their drivers were requisitioned by the Auxiliary Fire Service to tow trailer pumps. However, the cabs were underpowered for the job and most were returned to the ranks, although some drivers remained in the AFS and served with much distinction. For the trade in general, the remaining cabmen had to drive cabs that were maintained to the best of their owners’ limited resources on severely rationed petrol in blacked-out, bomb-damaged streets. Although servicemen, including the Americans provided some extra work, the trade again went into decline.

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 3

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 3

BETWEEN THE WARS

The First World War devastated the taxi trade. Production of the Unic ceased for the duration as the company turned to producing munitions. The majority of younger cabmen were called up to fight and those that remained had to drive worn-out cabs. By 1918 these remnant vehicles were sold at highly inflated prices, often beyond the pockets of the returning servicemen, and the trade deteriorated.

William Beardmore & Co Ltd was Scotland’s largest engineering concern and a division of the company built the first new post-war taxicab in Paisley, Glasgow. The cab was introduced in 1919 and because of its sturdiness and comfort it became known as the ‘Rolls-Royce of cabs’. A much-revised Mk 2 followed in 1923. A Citroën cab was introduced in 1921, as was an updated version of the pre-war Unic. In 1925, an attempt to introduce a two-seat cab that would run at a lower tariff, in parallel with the existing four-seat cabs was vehemently opposed, and eventually repulsed by the trade. However, the lower tariff was introduced anyway and the trade, already suffering in the Depression was severely hit. The Conditions of Fitness had not been altered since their introduction and by 1927, no British maker other than Beardmore was interested in making cabs for such a small market. The Conditions of Fitness were reviewed in 1927 to try and attract more makers and revised rules were introduced in 1928, although a Morris-Commercial appeared before their introduction. Following the review, Beardmore introduced a Mk3 and both cabs proved very popular.

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 2

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 2

MOTOR CABS

An early Unic cab, made in Paris

London’s first motor cabs were electrically powered. They were called Berseys after the manager of the London Electrical Cab Company, who ran them, but were nicknamed ‘Hummingbirds’ from the sound that they made. 25 were introduced in August 1897 and by 1898 a further fifty of them were at work. Unfortunately, they proved unreliable and there were a number of accidents, including one fatality. Public confidence in them evaporated and they were withdrawn by 1900.

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 1

The most famous taxi time line: London Taxi part 1

HORSE-CABS AND HACKNEY CARRIAGES

A Hansom cab - Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli called them ‘the gondolas of London’

The name ‘hackney’ as used in hackney coaches and hackney cabs came from the Norman French word ‘Hacquenée’, meaning a horse for hire. The first record of hackney coaches plying for hire in London was in 1588, when one Captain Baily, a veteran of Sir Walter Raleigh’s expeditions put four coaches to work by the maypole in the Strand. By the 1760s, there were over a thousand ‘hackney hell carts’ thronging the streets of London, causing considerable congestion. In 1823 a two-seat, two-wheeled carriage called a cabriolet was introduced. It was very popular for its speed and comfort and from this vehicle we derive the name ‘cab’. From the middle of the 19th century two types of cab began to dominate, the two-wheeled hansom, a fast and elegant carriage and the ponderous four-wheeled ‘growler’ which, with its luggage carrying ability was to be found mostly at railway stations.

Some horse cabs continued to ply for hire into the 1930s but most had gone by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. London’s very last horse cab licence was surrendered on the 3rd April 1947.

Air Canada one of World Worst Airlines

Air Canada one of World Worst Airlines

Despite spending a lot of money to upgrade their planes, Air Canada is still awful. Old planes with one big movie screen dominate their fleet. The food tastes like it was cooked a few years ago and complaints of surly flight attendants are common. 

The SS Valencia one of the most mysterious ships in the history

The SS Valencia one of the most mysterious ships in the history

27 years after the sinking the raft was found floating near Barkley Sound

SS Valencia is a ship that sank off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia in 1906. The ship was experiencing bad weather near Cape Mendocino, and after the float, of course, hit a reef and began sinking into the water. 27 years after the sinking of Valencia, one of the raft was found floating peacefully near Barkley Sound.

The Roswell Incident..video

The Roswell Incident..video

In July 1947 a suspected UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico. Extra-terrestrial debris marked in alien hieroglyphics and even alien corpses were thought to be recovered. An autopsy was believed to be carried out on the corpse of an alien by U.S. doctors. However, since the 1970s huge controversy has surrounded the Roswell incident. The U.S. military took a firm stance that it was not an alien craft that crashed to Earth but an experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon belonging to a classified program named “Mogul” instead

St. Basil’s Cathedral one of the Europe’s most impressive cathedrals

St. Basil’s Cathedral one of the Europe’s most impressive cathedrals

Location: Moscow, Russia

Commissioned by Ivan the terrible to commemorate his successful military campaign against the Tartar Mongols in the city of Kazan, in 1552, St. Basil’s was designed by Postnik Yakolev and built between 1555 and 1561. Legend has it that Ivan the Terrible had the architect blinded after the building was finished, so he could never build anything more beautiful, but history records that he did build another cathedral in Vladimir, so the legend is most likely just that.

The most Mysterious Airline Crashes

The most Mysterious Airline Crashes

Airplanes are one of the safest forms of travel around but accidents do happen in forms such as mid-air collisions, terrorist hijacking, or technical malfunctions. From all these disasters nothing is more unsettling than those which are unsolved. Disappearances of airliners do occur. Due to severe electrical storms combined with electronic malfunctions, an airplane will disappear from ground radars, communications lost, and in the end the downed airplane will never be discovered along with the specific cause and reason for the accident. Here are some of the most mysterious airplane incidents of all time.

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a Lockheed L1049

Flying Tigers Line Flight 739 was a Lockheed L-1049H used by the US military during the Vietnam War. On March 15, 1962 it disappeared over the western Pacific Ocean. It was carrying 96 U.S. soldiers en route to Saigon, Vietnam to combat communist guerillas. All 107 onboard died presumably crashing at sea. No cause was identified.

Police vehicles from around the World

Police vehicles from around the World

There's something weird about police cars. No matter where you go, they all look somewhat the same, yet still completely different. It's one of those strange travel gems -- like grocery stores and candy bars -- that seem so familiar yet remain absolutely different and strangely interesting. Here's a whole boat-load of police cars in different shapes, sizes, colors, and flavors from different corners of the globe. Enjoy!

Volkswagen Beetle car with greatest history

Volkswagen Beetle car with greatest  history

interrupted only by the Second World War. Over 21 million Beetles were produced

W30 1937

Volkswagen Beetle is a small family car, one of the best known cars from Germany, and one of the most recognizable and distinctive cars in the world.

1950 Volkswagen Beetle 

The Beetle was in production from 1938 until 2003, interrupted only by the Second World War. Over 21 million Beetles were produced.

Hend al-Fasi funeral

Hend al-Fasi funeral

 One of Hend al Fasi party

The beautiful princess before death

Turki Ibn abdel Azeez with his wife Hend 

Hend al Fasi was the most devil princess at the last 20 years

Funeral of princess, Hend al-Fasi, wife of prince, Turki Ibn abdel Azeez

Kind of Taxi around the world

Kind of Taxi around the world

Mexico City

Until recently, the standard taxi in Mexico City was the VW Beetle. ‘nuff said.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong uses the Toyota comfort as a taxi. Durable, functional and powered with an LPG engine. Boring.

Tokyo

Tokyo seems to be coming to the realization that a better quality automobile is needed for a Taxi, and after years of using the Toyota Comfort is now moving towards the Toyota Crown. Far more luxurious.