Thursday, March 10, 2011

Deepest Pool in the world






Nemo 33 is a recreational diving center in Brussels, Belgium that is home to
the world's deepest swimming pool. The pool itself consists of a submerged
structure with flat platforms at various depth levels. The pool has two large
flat-bottomed areas at depth levels of 5m (16 ft) and 10m (32 ft), and a large
circular pit descending to a depth of 33m (108 ft). It is filled with
2,500,000 litres of non-chlorinated, highly filtered spring water maintained
at 30°C (86°F) and contains several simulated underwater caves at the 10m depth level. There are numerous underwater windows that allow outside visitors to look into the pools at various depths. The complex was designed by Belgian diving expert John Beernaerts as a multi-purpose diving instruction, recreational, and film production facility, and opened in 2004.

You can take only a few items of your own dive kit (computer, mask, pool fins) but no BCD, fins that require booties, regulators(unless they have an integrated air linked to your computer - but no DIN fittings at all). torches, etc... You are not allowed to practice any skills unless you have an instructor in your group.

Brand Pitt and Angelina adopting?


MANILA, Philippines – A tweet has revived rumors that Hollywood actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are interested in adopting a Filipino child.

The tweet posted Feb. 28 read: “Confirmed: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt inquired about possible adoption of a Filipino child from Hospicio de San Jose in Manila.”

Although it did not site a source, this particular bit of info has been re-tweeted by the site’s users, including by @Karen_DaviLa. The item was also later picked up by several tabloids, and mentioned on a Journal Online news update on Mar. 1.

Geronimo, who claims to have participated in outreach programs at Hospicio de San Jose, insisted that he was assured that all adoption inquiries made to the institution are confidential. Geronimo is not a spokesperson of the orphanage, nor is he affiliated with it.

It will be noted, however, that power couple dubbed Brangelina’s latest adoption issues, as of February this year, have to do with a child from Haiti and not from the Philippines. The couple has been rumored to be in the “latter stages” of adopting a seventh child into their brood—which is something the couple has denied through their spokesperson.

Despite the many rumors and even jokes surrounding Pitt and Jolie, especially with regards to adopting more children, they are nevertheless a picture of a happy tight-knit family. They already have their adopted children: son Maddox, nine, from Cambodia in 2002; Zahara, six, from Ehtiopia in 2005; and Pax, seven, from Vietnam in 2007. The couple also has three biological children: four-year-old Shiloh and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Huge Bacon

Bacon Mountain. It is very tall.