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KHO Earthquake Detector Upgrade
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| Yes, just when
you thought you'd heard the end of it, we have modified the earthquake
detector again. It now has a new alarm bell panel on the top. Neat? Heh! |
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Air Asia to Bali
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| Air Asia the budget Malaysian carrier
will spread it's wings to Bali with the start of a Kuala Lumpur-Bali service
in July. The very successful new airline initially only flew Malaysian
domestic routes. No fares have been released yet. Air Asia currently flies
from KL to 14 Malaysian destinations as well as Singapore, Brunei, Jakarta,
Medan & Bangkok. John & Jamal flew Air Asia last year from Penang
to Jahore Baru, we found them excellent. http://www.airasia.com |
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House Fly
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| More than 100 pathogens associated
with the house fly may cause disease in humans, including typhoid, cholera,
dysentery, tuberculosis, anthrax and infantile diarrhoea, as well as parasitic
worms. |
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Merparti to
Fly to Banyuwangi
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| Indonesian domestic carrier Merparti
are planning a new route to Bali via Banyuwangi. Currently a small airport
is being built to handle a 22 seat Twin-Otter airplane. Service is scheduled
to commence before year end. 210km 108km |
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| The Twin-Otter was built by DeHaveland
Canada and designated as a DHC-6 it cruses at 150 knots or 227 km per hour.
Approximate flying time Surabaya- Banyuwangi, 1 hour. Banyuwangi- Bali,
1/2 hour. |
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Merparti Twin-Otter
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Bakelite
the first Plastic
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| Leo Hendrik Baekeland was born in
Ghent, Belgium, in 1863. He immigrated to the United States in 1889. His
first major invention was Velox, a photographic |
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| printing paper that could be developed
under artificial light. Baekeland sold the rights Velox to George Eastman
and Kodak for for one million dollars in 1899. He then started his own
laboratory in Yonkers, New York, where he invented Bakelite in 1907, a
synthetic substitute for the shellac used in electronic insulation. Bakelite
was made by mixing Carbolic Acid with FormaldehydeIn 1944, Baekeland died
at the age of eighty years in Beacon, N.Y. |
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A Bakelite Telephone
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