LET'S HELP SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE'S VICTIMS!

2008 Sichuan earthquake occurred at 14:28:04.1 CST (06:28:04.1 UTC) on 12 May 2008,[2] with its epicenter in Wenchuan County (Chinese: 汶川县; Pinyin: Wènchuān Xiàn), Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China. It had a magnitude of 7.8 Ms according to the State Seismological Bureau of China and 7.9 Mw according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was 90 kilometres (55 miles) west-northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan.[3] The earthquake was felt as far away as Beijing and Shanghai, where office buildings swayed with the tremor,[4] Pakistan,[5] Thailand,[5] and Vietnam.[6]

With 11 921 recently confirmed dead so far,[7] it was the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed approximately 250,000 people.[8]
Unknown "Jayne's Maid" Adventurous - 16 years, 6 months, 16 days ago

The Air Jordan XX3 (Jordan 23) is a ground breaking shoe like many of the other Air Jordans. MJ and JB took strides forward with sustainability producing the shoe without the use of any glue - the first of its kind for a performance basketball shoe. This was accomplished with complex and fine tuned engineering from none other than Tinker Hatfield. The stitching on the side of the shoe adds strength to the shoe, but also makes it much harder to bootleg - something else that JB took into consideration when making these shoes.

The Air Jordan XX3 (Jordan 23) is said to be the last model of the Air Jordan series by many individuals high in Jordan Brand including the head of footwear marketing, Gentry Humphrey. While there was alot of celebration for the 20th year anniversary of Air Jordans, there is much anticipation for the 23.

Performance wise, the Jordan XX3 is said to be above and beyond that of any other Air Jordan. For the third straight year, the Jordan 23 uses IPS (Independent Podular Suspension) Cushioning. For support, a carbon fiber plate extends along the bottom the of sole that modeled of Michael Jordan’s thumb print.

Cosmetically, the shoe is as unique as any other Jordan model relative to the rest of the field. Starting at the toe, the toe cap has Michael Jordan’s signature embossed. The side of the shoe features a stitched pattern that gives the shoes strength in addition to cosmetic effect. The tongue of the left and right are different for a first time with a Jumpman on the right shoe and “23″ on the left. Lastly what starts at the front of the shoe and extends the full length is a glittery glossy panel that covers the midsole body of the sneaker.
Unknown "Jayne's Maid" Adventurous - 16 years, 8 months, 1 day ago

When Mark Hughes founded Herbalife more than 20 years ago, his mission was to help people discover their optimum health through good nutrition. His most important challenge was to find a simple, effective way to achieve weight loss and weight control.

Mark travelled all over the world, focusing on centuries-old herbal remedies to provide the ingredients for his original formulae.

Herbalife has combined that ancient herbal wisdom with the most advanced scientific research, to create a spectrum of healthy programmes and products custom-designed with your specific needs in mind. We call it "custom living".

Our philosophy is rooted in a concept based on nourishing your body at the cellular level.

The trillions of cells that make up your body must be healthy and functional before you can expect optimum well-being and energy. No long term weight loss or weight control or life enhancement programme can work, unless your cells receive all the nutrients they need from natural food sources or any additional supplementations.

Your body is under siege every day.
You feel rushed, hungry, fatigued and stressed-out. So you eat fast foods for convenience, consume sweet foods and snacks for a pick-me-up and use medications to take away aches, pains, sleeplessness and general malaise. It's no wonder we're overweight and overwhelmed. In recent years, excess weight has been documented as the leading cause of many common ailments. It's become a serious health concern that shouldn't be overlooked or minimised.

This concern has led us to look for an answer. Amazingly for Herbalife Weight Loss, Extra Vitality and optimum health the answer is really very simple.

Our philosophy is rooted in a concept based on nourishing your body at the cellular level.

Optimal well-being can begin when you nourish your cells for proper metabolism, growth, repair, detoxification and reproduction.

Herbalife has combined that ancient herbal wisdom, with the most advanced scientific research, to create a spectrum of healthy programmes and products custom-designed with your specific needs in mind

We have assembled herbs, botanicals and supplements from every corner of the globe in just the right combinations for superior nutritional support

We put together a panel of distinguished scientific and nutritional experts to create a step-by-step programme to guide you back to the healthy, energetic and vital person nature intended you to be.
Unknown "Jayne's Maid" Adventurous - 16 years, 8 months, 22 days ago

Jason Charles Bourne has a mysterious past, which continues to torment him throughout his lifetime. His real name is David Webb, and he is a career foreign service officer and a specialist in Far Eastern affairs. Before the events in Identity, Webb had a Thai wife named Dao and two children named Joshua and Alyssa in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. But during the Vietnam War, an aircraft strayed into Cambodia dropping two bombs and strafed a spot near the Mekong River, unintentionally killing Webb's wife and two children. Owing to Cambodia's neutrality in the war, every nation disclaimed the plane, since no one wanted to be responsible for the incident. Having nothing left, Webb went to Saigon and trained for a special top-secret unit called Medusa. (Many years later the unit and its actions would still remain top secret.) At this point, Webb was known only as Delta One, his code name within the unit.

The top-secret and government-funded project codenamed 'Medusa' is a vital part of David Webb's life. Taking place during the Vietnam War, Webb was recruited into Medusa by friend and CIA officer, Alexander Conklin, after the death of Webb's wife and children. At the time, Webb was furious and wanted revenge in any possible capacity. By joining Medusa, he felt he was seeking revenge against the people who presumably killed his wife and children, the North Vietnamese. The reason Medusa remains top-secret is the fact that many of the members of Medusa were criminals whom the American government hired during the war to infiltrate parts of Northern Vietnam and kill suspected members of the Viet Cong. In addition, they also killed village chiefs that were suspected to be in collaboration with the Viet Cong and aided in rescuing POWs wherever they could. They were considered an assassination team or a death squad. Each member would be compensated by the United States for doing this.

Most of the members were murderers, fugitives, smugglers, arms dealers, or drug lords being led by a man called Delta. Delta became well known as a ruthless person, with little regard for orders, but succeeding in all his missions. But the fact that "Delta" was really David Webb had become known to too many people. To get to Delta, his brother, Gordon Webb, a US Army Lieutenant stationed in Saigon, was kidnapped.

One member of Medusa was a man by the name of Jason Charles Bourne. During the mission to save Gordon Webb, it was found out that the Australian-born Jason Bourne was a double agent. Bourne was involved in illegal activity including slavery, narcotics, smuggling, and assassinations. With this knowledge, Delta executed Bourne in Tam Quan while he (Bourne) was busy exposing the rescue operation. This was on March 25, 1968. Due to the American government not wanting to acknowledge the existence of Medusa or its members, it never reported the death of Bourne, but rather listed his status as MIA.
Unknown "Jayne's Maid" Adventurous - 16 years, 9 months, 23 days ago

Bushidō (武士道, Bushidō?), meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. It originates from the samurai moral code and stresses frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery and honour unto death. Born of two main influences, the violent existence of the Samurai was tempered by the wisdom and serenity of Confucianism and Buddhism. Bushidō developed between the 9th to 12th centuries and numerous translated documents dating from the 12th to 16th centuries demonstrate its wide influence across the whole of Japan.[1]

According to the Japanese dictionary Shogakukan Kokugo Daijiten, "Bushidō is defined as a unique philosophy (ronri) that spread through the warrior class from the Muromachi (chusei) period." Nitobe Inazō, in his book Bushidō: The Soul of Japan, described it in this way. "...Bushidō, then, is the code of moral principles which the samurai were required or instructed to observe... More frequently it is a code unuttered and unwritten... It was an organic growth of decades and centuries of military career."

Under the Tokugawa Shogunate, aspects of Bushidō became formalized into Japanese Feudal Law.
Unknown "Jayne's Maid" Adventurous - 16 years, 9 months, 23 days ago