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Motion OfficeCollaborative
MotionOffice is about providing the Activity Based Workspace with a family of products, designed with flexibility and customisation in mind. Whether it be a private work pod to complete a high focus task, a team workspace to provide training to your staff, or an open collaborative area to build stronger working relationships, MotionOffice enables employees to choose their preferred configuration.
AnotherSeating, Collaborative
Another with its comfortable, slightly raised and not too deep seat, is an elegant sofa combining good looks and comfort.
It is designed to suit any office space, with its continuous back quilting motif, which provides a distinctive finishing touch.
Available in a one, two and three seater lounge.
Aura CafeSeating, Collaborative
Restaurant and lounge areas, as well as collaboration spaces can be designed in a parallel way and designers can keep their own unique space concept. The line of Aura survives with the same touch of personality and colourful approach. By offering different heights and widths, Aura Cafe is able to create cafe and restaurant solutions as part of the contract seating market. The double colour use and slim line characterizes the interior and gives architects a good chance to design their own atmosphere which can easily match tables, walls, flooring and other design highlights.
Bang BangSeating, Collaborative
Bang Bang stools are inspired by the outer wires of a drum. The organically donut shaped upholstery cushions sit against the engineered wire frame. The bases can be upholstered to synergize with other products providing a softer option and offering greater customer flexibility.
BlincSeating, Collaborative
Blinc is a module based soft seat sofa designed for commercial, public and hotel reception use. The product line consists of 5 simple elements allowing for multiple configurations. Blinc is smooth and elegant in appearance with a solid wood structure inside a luxuriously upholstered soft exterior that provides support even during long periods of sitting. Suitable for meeting, collaborative and breakout.
Buxton SofaSeating, Collaborative
- Solid timber frame
- Commercial grade high density foam
- Metal legs
- Removable cushions
- Warranty: 10 years
- Weight capacity: 120kgs
CaraSeating, Collaborative
The Cara is stylish and sophisticated in its simple, refined design. It offers comfort in seating with generous space, support, and sturdy steel legs.
Cara HighlineSeating, Collaborative
The Cara Highline is a stunning and simple design that fulfills trend and privacy solutions with minimal fuss. Straight clear lines define the privacy boundaries so the users are partly isolated from the environment. As part of the Cara family, Cara Highline answers the need for privacy in open areas with a link panel addition. You can be in a lounge space, but still feel alone and comfortable while checking your mail or making a phone call. With its medium and high options, Highline is a perfect and comfortable solution. Have your meetings on the pod table and welcome your guests while being isolated from the rest of the surrounding
ClaudioSeating, Collaborative
Claudio is a multipurpose stool with a mushroom like shape, that sets a lively and playful mood in any casual meeting, breakout space, or workstation. Easy to move, the Claudio provides relaxation with its rocking base, comfortable seat cushion and rotation function and comes in various pop colors.
- Moving handle
- 360-degree swivel
- Mobility
CookieSeating, Collaborative
The Cookie stool is practical for any fast-paced environment. Easy to manoeuvre around tight spaces, the Cookie is ideal for working in a collaborative office, instructing a class, or chilling out in a breakout zone.
- Cookie Stool – 490mm high x 550mm diameter
- Available in Breathe Black, Lime Green, Tomato Red, Royal Blue and Orange
Cube OttomanSeating, Collaborative
Available in a wide range of colours and fabrics.
Size: 450 mm Cube
Anti-bacterial Foam
Assembled and Upholstered Locally in New Zealand and Australia to Order
Anti Bacterial Foam
IsleySeating, Collaborative
Isley can be used as free standing units or linked together with single, double or triple combinations providing you with significant seating for lounges. Unique asymmetric shapes are nicely turned to symmetry when you multiply the units, and with its wide size and shape, is a perfect fit for all lounges and shopping centres. With its pleasant and easy geometry, Isley merges with the rest of the architectural elements defining each space.
LedaSeating, Collaborative
Leda is designed with three options; the chair, the armchair and the low wide armchair for dining, waiting or lounge seating. Leda chairs and armchairs offer a wide selection for any contract project from the boardroom to a hospital waiting room. In addition to the quality of wood finishings, an array of wood colours can be chosen to match the colour of its surrounding elements.
LocaSeating, Collaborative
Modularity for any lounge idea brings a continuous form, and proves our endless design. Straight or curviliner solutions are all possible and chromed metal bases emphasize the continuity. Comfortable with a fashionable look, Loca proves to energize the ongoing space.
LotusSeating, Collaborative
The Lotus Ottoman was inspired by the lotus leaf that float on West Lake in Hangzhou, China. There are three sizes and heights, suitable for large or small spaces such as reception, meeting rooms, chill-out zones and educational spaces. A collection of round and oval shapes combines original design with versatile functions. The structure features high-quality wood and is available in a wide range of fabrics, PU or leather. Lotus Ottoman also has a specifically designed side table which is portable and height adjustable to suit the 3 Ottoman heights.


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I remember this one time I had a blackberry and it completely defined me. And then it became useless once iPhones became the way of the future.
…what I had left was a brickberry.
The Blogger behind Brickberry:
My name is Rachel Wagenman, and this is my blog.
I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Currently I'm shattering glass ceilings and making my way up in the broadcast television industry — in news promotional marketing, specifically.
For all you treating this page as a resume, I specialize in social media and recruit to view strategy.
Writing will always be my first love. Taking pictures will always be a close second, as the two seem to go hand in hand, especially while blogging. But I'll never pass up a chance to get dressed up and go out on the town.
About Brickberry:
Brickberry was founded on August 9th, 2013. Eager for a creative outlet in my life, yet never finding the time to sit down and start, it took spending $50 on groceries and needing a place to vent to motivate me.
I started Brickberry while I was working three jobs as a way to document the happy moments in my life. Believe me, the days were long and stressful, and I was working seven days a week. This blog helped remind me of all the good things in my life. (And gave me a place to complain about how adulthood sucks.)
Since then, Brickberry has evolved into a cookbook, a travel journal, and most importantly a place to document all the things to do in Hawaii — from being a social calendar of events, to showcasing the best restaurants and hikes, and even pointing out the must-see spots if you're visiting. It's a blog where both locals and visitors will end up taking something valuable away.
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Which of the following is a fluid?
a. helium
a. helium
Which of the follwing is not a fluid?
cabon dioxide
sea water
b. hydrogen
because of buoyan force act opposite direction of gravity,
object supmerged in water have net force smaller than their weight
which of the following stements about floating objects is correct?
the buoyant force equals the objects weight
which statement is not correct bout fluids?
fluid has a definite shape
which of the following statents about completely submerged objects resting on the ocean bottom is correct?
the apparent weight of the object depends on the objects density.
the temperature in container of fluid is
a measure of the avg kinetic energy of particles of fluid
Increasing the temp of fluid
increases the speed of particles
for an ideal fluid flowing through a horizontal pipe Bernoulli;s equattion stat the sume of pressure and energy per unit volume along the pipe does which of the following
remains constant as pipe diameter increases
municipal water supply is provided by a tall tower. Water from this tower flows to a building. How does the water flow of the ground floor fauset compare to an second floor fauset?
water flows more rapidly of the ground floor faucet
person is standing near the edge of a railroad track when a high speed train passes. Ther person tends to be . . .
pulled toward the train
which is not a bariable that decribes teh macroscopic state of an ideal gas
whcich is not an example of approximate simple harmonic motion
a ball bouncing on the floor
triplin the displacement from equilibrium of an object in simple harmonic motion will change the magnitude of the objects maxx acceleration by what factor
a mass attached to a spring vibrates back and forth. At equilibrium postion
the velocity reaches a max
a mass attched to a spring vibrates back and forth. and mas displacemtnt the spring force and the
acceleration reach a max
a simple pendulum swings in simpl harmonic mostion at max displacment
the accelration reaches a max
the angle bw the string of pendulum at its equilibrium position and at its masimum displacement is its
for a mas hanging form a spring the max displacement the spring is stretched or compressed from its equilibrium postion to
which of the following is the time it takes to complete a cycle of motion
which is the following is the number of cyucles or vibration per unit of time
how are frequency and period realtated in simpe harmonic motion
they are inversely related
by what factor should the length of simple pendulum be changed if the period of vibrations were to be tripled
whcih of the following is single nonperiodic disturbance
pulse wave
which is following is wave whose source is some from of repeating motion
periodic wave
on ed of taunt rope is fixed to a ost what type of wave is demonstrated in the free end is quickly raised
pulse wave
on the ongitudeianl wave the compressed regions corespond to
the wave for of longitudinal wave (stetched region ) coreespond to
what happens to the energy carried in a givin time interval by a mechanical wave when the wave's amp. is doubled
in increases by a factor of 4
what happens ot energy carried in a given time tinterval by mechanical wave whent he wave's amp is halved
decreases by a factor of 4
tow waves can occupy the same b/c waves are
displacements of matter
superposition of mechanical waves can be observed in movement of
waves in a ripple tank
which of the following is the enterference that results when individual displacements on the same side of the equilibrium position are added together to form the resultant wave
which of following is interferecne that results when individual displacement on opp sides of the equilibrium postion are added together to form the resultant wave
2 waves going toward eachother with on big hump and on small hump will cause what type of interfernce
partial constucitive
2 wave goign at eachother with a big hump and a small dip will cuase
partial dectrutive
2 wave going at eachother with an equal hump and dip will cause
complete destructive
consider to identical wave pluses on rope suppose the first reachees the dixed end of the rope is reflected back and the n meets the scond pulse when the pulses overlap exactly the supersosition principle perdicts taht the amp of resultan pulse at monment will
factor 0 times the amp of one the orginal pulses
fixed boundry waves are
relected and inverted
a studend send pulse traveling on rope wiht one end attached to post studedn will observe
the pulse will be reflected and inverted is rope is fixed to the post
standing waves are produced by periodic waves of
same frequencey amplidude and wavelength traveling in opp dricetions
how many nodes and antinoded are shown
2 noded,
3 antinodeds
fewest number of nodes a standing wave can have
how many nodes and antinode are show in standing wave above
five nodes
four antinodes
sound waves
are longitudinal waves
the rough of the since curve used to represent a sond wave correspond to
whcich of th following is region opf a longituinal wave in whcih the density and pressure are greater than normal
which of the followin is the region of a longitudinal wave in which the density and pressure are laess than normal
how haigh or low we percive a sond to be is defined at
which of the following is the number of cycles per unit of time
pitch refers
to many vibration per second perceived by human ear
whish has a higher speed of sound
which statement about sound waves is correct
they generally travel faster through solids than gasses
which of the following are series of comperssion in graphical representation of spherical and plane waves
wave fronts
as a train stats from rest hen accelerates down the track coming toward an observer faster and faster the frequence of the sound waves coming toward th eobserver will
constantly increase
doppler effect occurs with
all waves
as sound source approahes and the moves past a stationary observer the observer will hear
sudden drop in pitch
if yo hear th pitch of sieren become lower you know that
the sourse has just passes you is acceleratin away
if you are on train ho wwill pitch of the whistle sound as the train moves
will not change
property of sound call intensity is
proportional to the rate at wich sound energy flows through an area normal to dircetion of propagation
the intensity of sound is increased by a factor of 100 the new decible level will be
20 units greater
what is intensity of sound wave in relation ot the intensity aat the thershold of hearing
which of the followin is the ocndition that exists when the frequency of a force applid to system matches the natural frequence of vibration of the system
sound twince the intensity of the faintest audible sound is not perceived as twice as loud b/c the sensation of ludness is
approx. longarithmic in human ear
for standing wave in the air column in a pipe that is open at both ends, ther must be at least
two aninoded on one node
both end of pipe are open
all harmonics are present
in one end of pice is closed
onle odd harmonics are present
effecto of sound on the ear are loudness pictch and quality. Loudness is effect of _________, pitch is an effect of __________, and timpbre is an effect of __________
intensity, frequency , harmonic content
which of the followin si the quality of a steady musical sond that is the result of a mixture of harmonics present at different intensidties
describes and instruments own characteristic full sond and mix of harmonics at varying intensities
phenomenon in created by 2 tuning forks side by side that emit frequences tht differ by only a small amount
beats are formed by interfernce of 2 waves
of slightly diffrent frequencies traveling in same direction
which portion of electromagnetic spectrum is used in a telvision
radio waves
electromanetic spectrum used in aircraft navigation
which portion o fhte elctromagnetis spectrum is used to sterilize medical instruments
ultraviolet ligh
which portion of electromagnetic spectrum is used to id fluoresent mineralst
ultraviolet light
in a vacuum electromagnetic radiation of short wavelenghts
travels as fast as radiation of long wavelenghts
when red light is compred with vilet light
red light travels faster than violet light
if yo know the wvelenght of any form of electromagnetic radiation you can determine its frequency b/c
all wavelenght trave at same speed
relation ship b/w frequence wavelenght and speed holds for light waves b/c
fiffrent form s of elctromagnetic radiation travel at diffrenet speeds
farther ligh is form source
the more spread out light becomes
reading a ook and move twice as far form light source hw does brightness compare
snow reflects ammost all of light incedent upon it however a single beam of light is not relfected in the form of paralled rays. this and example of ________ relectio of a _______ surface
diffuse, rough
highly polished finsh on a new car provides a __________- surface for _____________ reflection
smooth specular
when incoming rays of light strike a flat mirror at an angle close to the surface of mirror the reflected rays are
close to mirror's surface
when straight line is drawn perpendicular to flat miior the point where an incoming ray strike the mirror's surfcae the angles of incedence and reflection are measured from the normal and
the angles of incidence and frelection are equal
if ligh ray strikes a flat mirror at and angle of 27 degrees from normal the relected ray will be
27 degrees form the normal
image of obj in flat miror is always
same size as object
when two parllel miiror are places os they face one onther ___________ images from thsi is b/c the mage in one mirror becomes the _________ for the other
which of the following best decribes the image produced by a flat mirror
virtual upright and magnification equal to one
when the reflection of an obj seen in flat mirror the distiance form mirro to image depends on
the distance form obj to the mirror
in a concave mirror an obj in bw the focal point and mirror would be
virual and enlarged and upright
in a convex mirror an obj in bw the focal point and mirror would be
virtual reduced and upright
best decribes image of concave mirror when obj is greater distance the twice the focal point distance from mirror
real inverted and magnificaiont less than one
when relection on and obj is falst mirro the image is
virtual and upright
parabolic mirror insteat of sherical mirror can be used to reuce the occurence of
spherical aberration
red light and greend light shine on same spot of white paper the spot apperars
not a dditive primary color
color ellow pigment subtract form white lighe
which is not a primary subtactive color
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Atlantico Homes are seeking a full time Administrative Assistant to join their team with immediate start.
Candidates applying for this role must have the following attributes in order to be considered for the role:
- As a minimum you MUST be fluent in English and Spanish in both oral & written communication skills
- Own car and hold a full driving license
- Neat personal appearance as you will be client facing
- Contribute to team efforts by accomplishing related results as needed
- Adaptable and open to learning new skills
- Resolve any administrative issues and coordinate preparation of reports
- Operate a range of office machines such as photocopiers, computers and faxes
- Phone call answering from client enquiries and attend to clients in the office & at properties
- Assistant to the Office Manager and aid with staff enquiries
- Ability to multi task and work methodically, accurately and neatly.
- Undertake duties such banking, filing, completion of electric/water contracts and community admin
- Some knowledge in the use of Microsoft Excel
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"If there were dreams to sell,
Merry and sad to tell,
And the crier rung his bell,
What would you buy?"
As a child I had a very vivid imagination .I lived in a little village surrounded by farm fields. There was always somewhere to explore.
In one particular field there was a massive rock surrounded by a long abandoned hay field. The grass was very high, a secret hiding spot.
This was my place; I could sit for hours atop this rock, hiding from my crowded, and sometimes chaotic world.
I named this rock "my treasure rock". I was convinced that long ago someone had placed this very heavy rock unto buried treasure. The rock being huge would keep it safe.
I just knew it was something fantastic, something that would change my life and my family's life forever.
Everyday I would try to dig around, and try to move that rock. Hours and hours spent pushing, wishing and hiding my secret.
I grew up finally realizing that it was just a beautiful rock, and if I wanted treasure or a change in my life, I would have to work hard and make smart choices. That was the only answer.
I do not know whatever happened to my rock. A house sits where it used to be.
Secretly, I am convinced someone found my treasure and lived out there dreams. It changed their lives.
I think everyone should have a treasure rock or a dream that they will never forget.
Maybe one of these could be your treasure rock. Enjoy.
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You Will Come to Life - Ezekiel 37:5 Print
by AprilMADE
A simple illustrated print with a refreshing message. Perfect gift of encouragement to someone special
Ships from - United Kingdom
Product description
"The Lord says to these bones I will make breath enter you and you will come to life." Ezekiel 37v5
In moments of tiredness this message inspires us to call upon the Lord for not only refreshment but for life at it's fullest within us.
Ink Hand Lettering.
Printed on 8x8 or 6x6 180 GSM card stock. (Frame Not Included)
Designed by April Banton.
I would love to see how you have displayed this piece! Use #aprilmade, or tag @aprilmadeco in your pictures.
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Meet the Maker
Art Prints, Greetings Cards and Gifts
Hi friends!
Thanks for popping by!
I'm April and I'm so happy you've come to have a gander at my shop.
aprilMADE was born out of a love for handlettering and displaying truth and encouragement around me in a beautiful way. I found as a new mum I was getting lost in the day to day routine of life and felt quite detached from God and his word. I began to take naptime as a space to be creative and listen to the Bible and that is where I found handlettering and painting! I feel so refreshed from creating a piece and use this time as an opportunity to reflect and pray. I hope you enjoy these pieces as much as I have enjoyed creating them!
When I'm not painting you'll find me tickling and chasing my two boys around, baking victoria sponges (cause you can't beat a classic!) and drooling over all the hobbycraft supplies (seriously though I can't stop trying new crafts! Help! Haha!). We have just relocated to Newton-Le-Willows in the North West where my husband is serving his curacy for the Church of England.
You can follow me on Instagram (@aprilmadeco) and Twitter (@aprilbanton), or on my Facebook Page www.facebook.com/aprilmadeco
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Android tablet, which is also 7.85'' display, from PiPO. This new product uses metallic cover design! The touch feeling would be very strong. And this tablet would use RK3188 quad-core chipset from Rockchip. While, the definition of the touchscreen would be 1024*768 pixel, that is exactly the same as iPad mini! The RAM will be 2GB with 5.0 mega pixel rear camera! What's it supports Bluetooth etc mutiple functions! It would be available to order from Tablets World very soon!


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- To find a particular episode, check out the Episode Guide
The audio podcast of The Sword and Laser went live on Febuary 4th, 2008, with the episode entitled "The Sword and Laser Podcast: Neuromancer Ch. 1-2 ." The podcast originally covered the current book pick in chapter increments; this was last changed to a more general discussion after Tom and Veronica realized they weren't reading the books at the same pace.
A full list of the audio podcasts can be found on the website, under the Podcast category. Each file can be downloaded individually from the bottom of the blog post, and the podcast is also subscribable via iTunes or RSS . Currently, due to limitations of the Squarespace blogging platform, only the most recent eight episodes are viewable at a time.
The audio podcast has spawned several club-specific terms, most popularly "Lem."
Quick Burns
Like the video show, the Quick Burns deals with the latest news in the science fiction and fantasy worlds. However, due to the nature of the audio show, there tends to be more significant and in-depth discussion around these stories than is possible on the YouTube show.
The calendar of upcoming releases. There is a Goodreads thread where users can submit ideas for the calendar.
Bare Your Sword
The "feedback from the audience" section. Veronica and Tom highlight threads from Goodreads, which either have to do with the current book pick, or are more general, popular and interesting dicussion topics.
Book Discussion
This is where the brunt of the book discussion happens, obviously. There are different stages of a book discussion: kick-off, check-in, and wrap-up. Tom and Veronica do their best to avoid spoilers, but a wrap-up talk is fair game and spoilers should be expected.


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Bay Area Hospital strives to improve the health of our community every day.
Bay Area Hospital is a tobacco-free campus.
We provide some of the most advanced and compassionate care in the region.
Whether you are receiving care or visiting a loved one, our goal is to make your stay with us a positive one.
Bay Area Hospital offers a wide variety of support groups and programs to improve the health of our community.
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I never really paid attention in history class. Or any class for that matter, but years later, somehow through the smoke and black coffee, I recall a history teacher reciting the famous line, "those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Which by mere observation of people's actions and methods of operation, makes me think no one else paid attention to their history teachers either.
I'm not talking politics here. I'm referring to the stupid little things we do to ourselves that keep us wondering why we're victims of the same situations we find ourselves in. Everyone has that friend that habitually cheats on their partners and constantly wonders why their relationships go sour.
Because people don't learn from history!
I don't know how many times I've said, "But this time it will be different!" while getting into the same stupid crap that got me into trouble the last bajillion times I said something like that. Yet we do it anyway, in our personal lives and in the grand expanses of history. Then, we have the nerve to downplay the past like we've all learned our historical lesson, after we all agreed to do the same stupid crap that got the people of history into the same damn trouble we're about to get into for the bajillionth time in history but maybe I'm getting repetitive.
Listen, history isn't something to be ignored. It's not going away. It commands fear and respect and if we don't take a lesson from Old Man History, we'll be back to the Stone Age in no time, hunting mammoths or whatever the post apocalyptic equivalent might be. Radioactive land squid or whatever.
The point is the past shouldn't be messed with. If we take away anything from Back to the Future II, it's that even the slightest change, like Biff stealing the Sports Almanac, can plunge 1985 into some kind of hellish alternate reality, where America's in chaos and the entire nation looks like Detroit circa right now.
So instead of openly mocking history, let's put on our super serious expressions, furrow our brows, and adjust our monocles towards some near historical misses and how things may have been different for 15 notable people who put off becoming a part of history for a bit longer than their would be assassins had intended.
15 Edward Longshanks I
Great nephew of Richard the Lionheart, Edward Longshanks the First, if you recall, is that jerk from the movie Braveheart, who loves Scotland but hates Scots, throws his son's gay lover out the window of his war room tower, and has Mel Gibson gutted by midgets right in front of Sophie Marceau.
But in reality, he doesn't fair much better. Before he was doing his Jigsaw routine on Scotland, expelling all the Jews from England, and literally scaring people to death with his presence alone, Edward Longshanks was making a name for himself crusading in the Middle East, campaigning against the Sultan of Egypt and his vast armies.
It was there in June of 1272, twenty six years before Braveheart's "They'll never take our freedom!" speech, Lil' Longshanks as he hated to be called (No, he didn't) was asleep with his wife, when he was awoken by a would-be assassin with a poison tipped dagger. A fight ensued and it's said that after Edward was struck several times with the knife, he was still able to wrestle the dagger away from the would-be assassin and stab him through the temple, killing him instantly.
According to legend, Longshank's wife, Eleanor of Castile was forced to suck the poison out of the wounds before a surgeon could arrive and throw leaches at it or whatever "surgeons" did back then. He survived the ordeal but not without a thorough brushing with death and months of recovery. The nature of the poison has been lost to history and there is an ongoing debate as to who sent the assassin and why. Some say it was an inside job to stop his succession as king, others say it was the Sultan of Egypt, or even the mysterious leader of Syria known as the Old Man of the Mountains.
Regardless of who sanctioned the attempt, had it proceeded as planned, the History of Europe, England, and subsequently America, would have been incredibly different. Also no Braveheart, the film… but I'm sure the real William Wallace would've found something equally badass to do with his time. Mel Gibson too.
14 King Hussein
When former King Hussein of Jordan was a Petit Prince of just 15 years, he went with his grandfather King Abdullah I to Jerusalem. The Prince and his grandfather were there to discuss a peace treaty with Israel and give a eulogy at the former Prime Minister of Lebanon's funeral, who had been assassinated just a few days earlier.
It was at the Al-Aqsa Mosque during Friday prayers on July 20th, 1951 that a Palestinian assassin somehow made his way through a heavy amount of security and opened fire on the King and his grandson. The King died at the scene while the 15-year-old Prince took a bullet to the chest, which somehow ricocheted off of a medal he wore, given to him by his grandfather, the King. The gunmen was killed on the spot by bodyguards.
Prince Hussein's father Talal bin Abdullah was then crowned the King of Jordan but his reign only lasted a year before he was deposed on the grounds of insanity. Hussein was pronounced King of Jordan in August of 1952 at the age of 16. Years later, in 1967 during the aftermath of the Six Day War with Israel, it would be this near death experience that would prevent King Hussein from entering talks. He stated concerns that he would meet a similar fate if he were to enter talks.
King Hussein wouldn't enter peace talks with Israel again until 1994 after decades of clandestine meetings and secret negotiations. The end result is the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace, which is still valid to this day.
13 William Jay Gaynor
Unfortunately calling this a failed assassination is going too far. I suppose you could call it a failed-failed assassination since that sounds totally legit and technical. Just like introducing my wife as my "first wife" at parties. Allow me to explain.
William Jay Gaynor was the "super lucky, unlucky" mayor of New York from 1910-1913. He was famous for his anti-cronyism, the release of hundreds of prison inmates who were incarcerated for low level and meaningless crimes like "Hooliganism" and "Tom Foolery," as well as speaking out against tyranny and police brutality.
He was also known for taking a bullet in the neck and being pretty chill about it. On August 9th, 1910, shortly after boarding the European bound SS Kaiser Wilhelm, at a dock in Hoboken, New Jersey, Gaynor was shot in the throat by a disgruntled security worker who had been fired from the docks just a month earlier.
Gaynor not only made a speedy recovery, he was forced to leave the bullet lodge in his throat where it remained till his death.
Oh, it was also the cause of his death. Three years later, while building his plans for the White House, William Jay Gaynor once again set sail for Europe aboard the RMS Baltic. While relaxing on a deck chair Gaynor suffered a fatal heart attack as a result of an infection caused by what doctors like to call Bullet-in-Throatitus.
Ironically the schmuck who shot him died in prison that same year. Maybe there's some crazy cosmic connection. (There isn't.)
12 Bill Clinton
Did I ever tell you about that time Osama bin Laden tried to kill Bill Clinton? No? Did anyone? Ever? Well he did, back in November of 1996.
Prof. Ken Gormley only recently revealed this information in the book "The Death of American Virtue." In it, he recounts a story told to him by former director of the Secret Service, Louis Merletti.
While on a trip to the Philippine city of Manila, then President of the United States Bill Clinton and his motorcade were stopped short of crossing a bridge lined with explosives. It was only later revealed that Osama bin Laden, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks, was the direct mastermind behind this failed assassination attempt.
Had they reached the bridge and the bombs detonated, well… The outcome would have meant (among many other things), the tragic death of an American President and his entourage, obviously no second term for Clinton, no Monica Lewinsky scandal, and most likely five years of President Al Gore. Possibly. Who knows, maybe Monica would've gotten that Jenny Craig spokesman gig all on her own.
11 Keisuke Okada & Kantaro Suzuki
On February 26, 1936 on what was later known as the "2-26 Incident" a group of Imperial Japanese Army officers lead a massive coup against the government and Imperial Palace of Japan.
Though they managed to take over and secure the Ministry of War and the General Staff Office, then Prime minister Keisuke Okada eluded capture and most likely execution because Okada's brother-in-law happened to look a lot like him and was mistakenly executed instead. Convinced they had killed the Prime Minister, the revolting armies declared victory, called it a day, and went home.
But not before shooting future Prime Minister of Japan Kantaro Suzuki, who not only survived but much like our friend William Jay Gaynor, lived with the bullet lodged inside him until his death years later.
Suzuki would survive a second assassination attempt during another military coup in August of 1945. This time perpetrated by the Ministry of War and the Imperial Guard in a last ditch attempt to prevent Japans surrender in World War Two.
Both Suzuki and Okada were in adamant opposition to entering a war and although they did not directly succeed each other, together played major roles in the peace negotiations with the allied forces prior to Japan's surrender.
10 Napoleon Bonaparte
Assassination plots upon Napoleon Bonaparte were about as frequent as my plans for fame and fortune and about as successful. Happened all the time, never panned out.
A few came close though, no not my personal plans for infamy. I'm talking about Napoleon of "Napoleon Complex" fame, though it turns out he was of average height as far as little angry French guys go.
It happened on Christmas Eve, 1800 just four years before he declared himself Emperor of France and basically brought modern liberal reform and law to all the major, most rural, and remaining feudal parts of Europe. Napoleon was running late to the opera and ordered his carriage driver to "make haste" or whatever old timey thing French people would say to make horses go faster, which inadvertently saved his life.
A shrapnel bomb was timed to go off just as his carriage passed by, however due to the drivers breakneck speed, or whatever French term's used for going fast in carriages, the bomb detonated just as Napoleon passed by, leaving him and most of his party unscathed. Several buildings were destroyed and an estimated 52 people were maimed or killed but you know, peasants were expendable in those pre-evolution days in France.
9 Jimi Hendrix
I'll come clean, technically and I suppose literally, Jimi never had an attempt on his life made but he was kidnapped, tied to a chair, and held for ransom under threat of death, so I feel I can include him in this list.
It all goes down in the 2011 book American Desperado by Jon Roberts and Evan Wright. Roberts, a big wig with the Medellin Cartel in the 1980s, recounts a verified story of being caught in the type of drama that usually ensues when one of the biggest names in rock and roll gets kidnapped. While at a nightclub run by Roberts, Jimi Hendrix was bribed into going back to some wise guy wannabe's house with the promise of slamming some primo heroin. Once there, Jimi was supposedly tied to a chair and given a large amount of dope. The kidnappers then called his manager, demanding a cut of his record contract or something vague. It was clear these guys were out of their league.
It didn't take Roberts and his crew but a few phone calls to track the kidnappers down. Once on the phone, Roberts made it clear just who had Jimi's back and the extent to which they'd go to make sure he remained in good health. Jimi was promptly released, though it's speculated that Jimi was too high to recall any of his two day ordeal.
It should be noted, the unnamed kidnappers still got the beating of a lifetime.
8 Dick Cheney
For Dick here, 2007 wasn't a very good year. After six years of being the nation's President… I mean Vice President, Dick Cheney had the worst approval ratings of his career at a mere 30%. Unfortunately, that whole rebranding of Iraq thing was taking forever, a year earlier he shot his attorney friend in the face with a shotgun in a "hunting accident," and worst of all, a suicide bomber tried to blow him up at the Belgram Airfield in Afghanistan but missed and killed 23 innocent people instead.
Many experts argue that the bombing was simply a coincidence that simply timed well with Cheney's arrival but a Taliban spokesman later claimed the attack was targeting Dick specifically; the bomb had detonated at the wrong time.
Cheney, being no stranger to not having any fucks to give, later recalled hearing a blast but not thinking much of it. Which I believe is what he said to the judge in regards to shooting his hunting buddy. (It wasn't).
7 Bob Marley
Here's another guy on our list that has been shot and was able to keep the bullet right where it lodged itself as a souvenir. Now I'm not an expert of anything in particular or at all, but if I ever get shot, the doctor looks at my wound, and tells me it's probably cool if we just leave the bullet were it is, I'm getting a new doctor and leaving a negative Yelp review. But I guess what's good enough for Japanese Prime Ministers, Mayors of New York, and music legends is good enough for me.
Bob Marley, his wife Alpharita (Rita) Marley, and the Wailers were all gunned down during a rehearsal session on December 3, 1976. Marley and his backup band were rehearsing for a concert he was producing to promote peace during a particularly dark chapter in Kingston, Jamaica.
At the time, two political factions vied for control of Jamaica, the Russian backed, communist, People's Nation Party and the CIA-sponsored Jamaican Labor Party.With both sides seeking to use him as a propaganda tool, Bob found himself in the middle of a war he was committed to staying out of.
The story goes, gunmen hired by the CIA, disguised to look like communists, stormed Marley's home first shooting Rita in the head but only grazing her and proceeding to open fire on Bob and the Wailers mid jam session. Before the gunmen fled in the direction of the communist headquarters, one of the would be assassins raised his gun and aimed it directly at Marley's chest and in the blink of an eye, Bob's manager Don Taylor shoved Bob to the floor. The gunmen missed his mark and Marley took the bullet in the arm, where it remained until his death.
No one died in the incident due to the power of Jah and of course the epic reflexes of Don Taylor, Bob Marley went on to release six more studio albums which included fan favorites like "Is This Love," Jamming," and "Redemption Song."
6 Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford has the odd distinction of being the only man on this list who has had two assassination attempts, within less than thirty days from each other, both in Northern California, and both by women who, despite each receiving life sentences, were both paroled early and released. No, really.
Also, the two attempts aren't related in case you were thinking Former President Gerald Ford also holds the distinction of being the only president to be targeted by an organization of elite female assassins like Pamela Anderson's team on V.I.P.
The first brush with a femme fatale came on September 5, 1975 in Sacramento California. Lynette Fromme, known as Squeaky amongst her Manson Family cohorts, had allegedly hoped to speak to Ford about the plight of California Redwoods and decided the best way of going about that was showing up in a hooded red robe waving a pistol around. Though she made it close enough to Gerald to take a shot, she was apprehended by Secret Service, and promptly served 34 years in prison until her release in 2009.
The second incident took place in San Francisco just three weeks later. This time Sara Jane Moore was able to let a few bullets fly only to miss and be tackled by more Secret Service agents.
Another oddball, Moore was said to have an obsession with Patty Hearst's kidnapping and brainwashing by the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army). She was also an FBI informant who worked for Patty Hearst's father Randolph Hearst. She was sent to prison and released in 2007 after serving 32 years.
5 50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III AKA 50 Cent is an American hip hop institution. This guy has made and lost and made and lost and made millions of dollars, investing in everything from water, to real estate, to helping starving children in Africa. In fact, if I go to a birthday party and I don't hear the traditional "Happy Birthday to You" song, "Birthday" by the Beatles, and 50 Cent's "In Da Club" before cake and ice cream, I'm out.
In April of 2000, 50 Cent was sitting in a car outside his grandmother's home while she worked in the garden and his son played inside. A gunman walked up to the vehicle and emptied out the clip of his 9mm handgun at point blank range, striking Fiddy 9 times including once in the face causing the slight slur that's part of his signature style.
Curtis spent over six months recovering, requiring a cane to help him get around. His career would rise to Olympian heights just two years later when Eminem introduced him to Dr. Dre and together delivered unto the world classic songs like "Wanksta" and "Candy Shop."
4 Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
Fadlallah was a prominent Shia Muslim Cleric who carried massive sway in Lebanon and surrounding countries. He is responsible for establishing libraries, a women's cultural center, and founding several Islamic schools.
Over the years, he has written dozens of books and held many public lectures that have brought with them giant bundles of controversy for their liberal views in comparison to strict traditional Shia law. He has even spoken out against the banning of abortions in Muslim countries under special and/or extreme circumstances.
He was also one of the unofficial (official) spiritual leaders of the Hezbollah, though both parties will vehemently deny it. So it's no surprise that any combination of the aforementioned activities might get you on someone's shit list. This time it was the Reggae-hating (probably), cocaine-smuggling (allegedly), ancient alien denying (definitely), CIA. Or so the legends go…
On March 8, 1985 Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah was resting at home, when a massive 400 lb bomb went off not far from his residence. Fadlallah was uninjured but the blast killed 80 people and injured another 256 mostly women and children. The blast leveled a seven-story apartment building, a cinema, and was timed to go off during evening prayers.
Sometime later, investigative journalist Bob Woodward would make the claim that CIA Director William Casey planned the attempt with funding from Saudi Arabia. According to said legend…
3 Pope John Paul II
Also known as Saint John Paul the Great, this pope has the second longest papacy in modern history at 27 years, next to Pope Pius IX at 32 years in the 1800s. This guy is also the most traveled Pope having visited 130 countries and is the reason the Popemobile now looks like a check-cashing stand on wheels.
On May 13, 1981 the Pope was cruising through St. Peter's Square in his Popemobile, top down, fully exposed to the elements when he was gunned down by Mehmet Ali Agca, a member of a neo-fascist terrorist organization known as the Grey Wolves, which was totally going to be the name of my metal band, until now. (Not really.)
The Pope was struck four times but someone upstairs must've liked him as he made a full recovery and in the end actually befriended his would-be assassin, visiting him often in prison and meeting with members of his family on several occasions. Pope John Paul II later asked Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi to forgive and pardon Mehmet, who was released in 2000.
2 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the pillars of the civil rights movement and although he was tragically assassinated at a pivotal time in America's modern history, his voice can still be heard, echoing words of nonviolent resistance against insurmountable obstacles that are as relevant today as they were when spoken.
But before the famous 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and before the nonviolent protests organized throughout the south, and just three years after Dr. King received his Ph.D. in systematic theology, an attempt would be made on his life.
In September of 1958, Dr. King was on tour promoting his recent book, Strive Toward Freedom. It was during a book signing at a department store in Harlem where he was approached by Izola Curry, a mentally unstable, out of work, housekeeper who suffered paranoid delusions of clandestine crimes against humanity perpetrated by the NAACP.
Curry pulled out a letter opener and stabbed Dr. King in the chest. King was rushed off to a hospital and Curry was arrested on the spot. The letter opener was positioned against Dr. King's aorta and the slightest movement could puncture it. Removing it took hours and required surgeons to completely open his chest cavity. Miraculously, he eventually made a full recovery and went on to change the country with his dream.
Izola Curry died in a nursing home in 2015.
1 Margaret Thatcher
The Iron Lady AKA Margaret Thatcher, first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, had a love/hate relationship with history. Her politics gave the UK better labor laws, a stronger, prouder army, economic recovery and the first stable peace talks between England and the IRA. She also created class gaps, ridiculously conservative reforms, and basically caused the infamous Poll Tax Riots. But before all that, in the early days of Thatcherism, when punk bands were still being inspired and hunger strikes were all the rage, Old Iron Sides was just a few feet away from being blown into tiny pieces of Thatcherite.
On October 12, 1984, while staying at the Brighton Hotel, a bomb planted weeks earlier by an IRA agent detonated several rooms away. The blast destroyed a large portion of the building including parts of Thatcher's room, however she and her husband Denis were unharmed in the attack. Five government staff, however, were tragically killed. Although a thorough inspection of the hotel was done with bomb sniffing dogs well before Thatcher's entourage arrived, the device somehow was overlooked.
The attack, now known as the Brighton Hotel Bombing, most likely expedited peace talks between Britain and Northern Ireland as well as the signing of the Hillsborough Anglo-Irish Agreement, giving the Republic of Ireland more control governing Northern Ireland. Much to the chagrin of Edward Longshanks I.


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