Babes in Man Terrain

Women are breaking gender barriers in the traditionally "Man's Job".

 bull riding

Paige Stout, born 1994 in Texas. She is one of the few female stock contractors in Professional Bull Riders history.

 paige stout

Born in Helena Montana USA, Mesa Pate 21, is also a female stock contractor making waves in the man's arena.

       mesa pate

Nurhafizah Abu Sujad is the Singapore national soccer team’s physiotherapist. Studied at University of Sydney, the 31 year old is married with 2 children.

nurhafizah sujad

photo by Jai AK 

Maria Esther Landa 36, from Lima, Peru is one of her country's few female welders. She began learning to weld at age 18 and 10 years later with her elder sister Elvira, founded Santa Maria Industries.

maria landa

And in Canada there is The Welder Chic owned by Theresa Siochowicz 38 and Heather Greenway 28.

Theresa Siochowicz  / Heather Greenway

Lisa Mirtsopoulos and Melissa Marco work as giant dump truck drivers in Australia mining industry. The number of such woman drivers are growing.

Tina Chong is a former Guinness Beauty Queen in Malaysia. Durian plantation is generally man business. She planted her 18 acre durian orchard in the early 1990s which now has 700 trees mostly of the king of durians, Musang King.

a former Guinness Beauty Queen

a former Guinness Beauty Queen

a former Guinness Beauty Queen

The Cs Have It

Concrete
Early Romans invented concrete by mixing volcanic dusts, lime and small rocks.

In 1877, Frenchman Joseph Monier invented reinforced concrete. Concrete is a mixture of stones, sand and cement and reinforced by embedded steel bars.

The modern day concrete made possible the skyscapers we see today.


Car
In 1886 Karl Benz invented the first petrol powered car, or auto mobile.

On June 28 1926 Benz merged with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) and produced the first Mercedes Benz.


Clock
Clocks have been around since the beginning of civilisation.

A German man called Peter Henlein, invented the Spring powered clock in 1510.

He produced a watch which was nothing more than a portable clock. But that was enough to revolutionised time keeping.


Computer
On April 4 1975, Paul Allen and Bill Gates established Microsoft.

On April Fool's Day 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs started Apple Computers.

This blog and its readers, will not be possible without their inventions.


Credit Card
Credit cards originated in the United States during the 1920s.

The inventor of the first bank's credit card was John Biggins of the Flatbush National Bank of Brooklyn in 1946.

Diners Club issued their credit card in the United States in 1950 followed by American Express in 1958.

Originally promoting to traveling salesmen, it became a huge overnight success.


Camera
Joseph Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor credited as the inventor of photography in 1827. Bitumen that was exposed would react to the light, creating an image.

George Eastman refined the idea and during the 1940s, color photography was created. Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company in 1892. The first true digital camera was created in 1986 by Kodak.

Mountains

In the light of 12 year old children who lost their lives in the Mount Kinabalu earthquake, questions have been asked whether children are allowed to climb high altitude mountains.

La Rinconada in Peru is the highest city in the world.

It is a mountainous city at an altitude of 5,100 metres. Population: 50,000

Gold mining is the main driver of the economy.

At 5,100 metre, low level of oxygen in the blood can occur anytime. The effects of high altitude on humans are considerable. But how does the Peruvians adapt at living at such high altitude ?

142 million people live at altitudes above 2,500 metres. Native Peruvians have better oxygenation at birth with enlarged lung volumes throughout life.

People coming from sea level cities need 2 weeks to adjust to these altitudes.

Children are more likely to get high-altitude illness because their bodies have a hard time adjusting to the low oxygen in the air.

Oldest World Democracy

In the year 507 BC, Athen introduced a system of political reforms called demokratia, or “rule by the people.” Thus Athens is regarded as the birthplace of democracy.

 

The United States and Great Britain are among the oldest modern democracies. 

 

The United States very first presidential election was 1788, while the British general election was held in 1708.

Your Eyes

Sunglasses today are commonly used as a fashion accessory.

Sunglasses are an effective and affordable way to protect eyes from UV damage.

UV damage occurs in the morning from 8.00 - 10.00 and in the afternoon from 2.00 - 4.00.

Not all sunglasses provide UV radiation. Such sunglasses are harmful to eyes because the darkened filter causes pupil dilation that allow more light to enter the eyes.

Sunglasses were in fashion in the 1930s. Nowadays people cannot imagine a day without sunglasses.

Do UV coating on your sunglasses have an expiration date?

The good news is - no they don't.

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