Nothing in life is simple as it seems!
This has GOT to be one of the Best illusion ever created. Incredible!




If you watch the above images from your seat in front of the computer, Mr. Angry is on the left, and Mrs.Calm is on the right.


Get up from your seat, and move back 12 feet, and PRESTO!! they switch places!!


It is said this illusion was created by

Phillippe G.Schyns and Aude Oliva of the Univ. of Glasgow .

A BAHRAIN boy has allegedly been kidnapped by relatives in Qatar after his mother was duped into travelling to visit his supposedly sick grandmother.

Briton Rebecca Jones says her 10-year-old son Adam was abducted three weeks ago after, she was invited to visit her late, Qatari ex-husband's family.

The 43-year-old left Bahrain with Adam on October 3, leaving behind her husband of five years, Barrie, and the couple's four-year-old daughter Alex.

She told the GDN from Doha yesterday that they spent two enjoyable days with the family, who were the "perfect hosts".

However, on the day they were due to return home, Mrs Jones received a call at their hotel requesting Adam be allowed to visit his ill grandmother.

She agreed and a driver was arranged to pick him up.

Mrs Jones said Adam called her to confirm he had arrived at the house safely and was told he would return after an hour.

Instead, she was called by one of Adam's uncles who asked to meet her to deal with an issue surrounding Adam's inheritance and only then did she find out she had been tricked.

"I went to a government office with my son's uncle to sign some inheritance papers, while my son was visiting his grandmother. But he was taken by the time I came back," Mrs Jones told the GDN.

"They (relatives) told me the papers I was going to sign were for my son's inheritance, but I refused to do so because they were in Arabic.

"Then one of my son's uncles, who has maintained a good relationship with us, assured me that the papers were about a piece of land my son and his grandmother owned, which they wanted to divide.

"Of course, I agreed because I had no reason to doubt them but after I signed it I was told that they had tricked me and this was a court order to take my son away."

A panicked Mrs Jones rushed to the grandmother's house, but Adam was not there.

The next day her husband flew in from Bahrain and the couple filed kidnapping allegations with police and the Qatari Public Prosecution.

Mr and Mrs Jones have been staying in Doha since then to fight their case, leaving Alex in Bahrain with her nanny.

Mrs Jones moved to Bahrain in 1988 and married Adam's father 10 years later.

Adam was born the following year, but the coupled divorced in late 1999.

Adam's father returned to Qatar, but visited Bahrain frequently, until he was killed in a motorbike accident in Qatar in November 2005.

Mrs Jones said she stayed in touch with his family and had taken Adam to visit relatives in Qatar several times since his father's death.

"A month ago I received a call from an uncle to visit Qatar to see the grandmother, as she was sick," said Mrs Jones.

She said she travelled to Doha with Adam, never for a minute suspecting that they were being lured into a trap.

Now she is in agony, but determined to get Adam back.

"I don't know how he is or where he is. But my late husband's relatives have indirectly indicated that my son is with them," said the Sheffield-born mum.

"I know who took my son and I won't leave until I get him back."

During their fight to get their son back, Mrs Jones was informed that the 77-year-old grandmother had filed for full custody over Adam.

The custody case goes before a Qatari court tomorrow, where Mr and Mrs Jones will be pleading for Adam to be handed back.

It is understood the Qatari family had originally planned to file the case in 2008 but as Mrs Jones wasn't in Qatar, they were unable to get a court order to take the child.

"I can't believe they are allowed to take him without any piece of documentation and that I have no rights as his mother," she said.

"I have had no contact with my son. They took away his mobile phone and won't let me speak to him.

"This is a devastating time for our family because I am sick with worry and I can't imagine life without him.

"All I want right now is to get my son back, I begged the family to let me see him but they refused.

"I will never give up the fight until the day I die."

"Alex is not aware of what's going on but she has started to become very unsettled," said Mrs Jones.

"She hasn't seen me for almost a month and she keeps asking about her brother. She misses him and loves him dearly.

"We just want this nightmare to be over."

Mr Jones said police had tried to get Adam back from the Qatari relatives but found Adam was not around.

"This has torn our family apart. I have a daughter in Bahrain, a wife in Qatar and a son - I don't know where," he said.

"This is very frustrating because we have tried all possible options to get him back but they are hopeless."

Mr Jones said the couple had no idea how long it could take to get Adam back.

The boy was a pupil at St Christopher's Junior School and it is understood his abductor has been looking at sending him to a school in Qatar.

It is understood Adam has been told he is on vacation and his parents will come for him soon.

"But I know my son is definitely distressed by now. He's never been away from us for even a day," said Mrs Jones.

"This has ruined our lives."

Mrs Jones' mother, sister and brother, who all live in Australia, have flown to Qatar to show their support for the family.

A DESPERATE mother has issued a heartfelt appeal to three separate governments to reunite her with her 10-year-old son, who has allegedly been abducted by relatives.

Briton Rebecca Jones, who claims her son Adam was kidnapped after they were duped into travelling to Qatar to visit his supposedly sick grandmother, is also preparing to launch an international campaign if Qatari courts refuse to hand Adam back.

The Cassation Court in Doha refused to give her temporary custody last week and is now due to decide who should get full custody of the St Christopher's Junior School pupil this Thursday (November 12).

Mrs Jones left Bahrain with Adam on October 3 to visit her late Qatari ex-husband's family in Doha, leaving behind her husband of five years, Barrie, and the couple's four-year-old daughter Alex.

She earlier told the GDN that she and her son had spent two enjoyable days with the family, who were the "perfect hosts".

However, on the day they were due to return home, Mrs Jones received a call at their hotel requesting Adam be allowed to visit his ill grandmother.

She agreed and a driver was arranged to pick him up.

Mrs Jones said Adam, who has dual British and Qatari nationality, called to confirm he had arrived at the house safely and she was told he would return after one hour.

Instead, the 43-year-old was asked by one of Adam's uncles to meet him to discuss an issue surrounding her son's inheritance.

However, she claimed she was tricked into signing legal papers in Arabic, which allowed the Qatari family to file for custody of Adam.

The next day, Mrs Jones' husband flew in and the couple filed a kidnapping case with police and the Qatari Public Prosecution.

The couple have been staying in Doha since then to fight their case, leaving Alex in Bahrain with her nanny.

They are now in the middle of a custody battle to get Adam back to Bahrain, after being informed that his 77-year-old grandmother had filed for full custody.

Mrs Jones has now lodged an appeal with the British government, the Bahraini royal family and the Qatari Amir to reunite her with her son.

"We are appealing to all three governments to help our case because we have no one else to turn to," she told the GDN from Qatar yesterday (nov 8).

"Adam is a child who has been taken away from his caring and loving family and I will not rest until I get him back.

"We plead with them (the three governments) to intervene in our case to ensure that justice is prevailed and my child is back in my arms.

"I appeal to them as a mother to assist us in our struggle to get Adam back and to ensure a fair trial is served.

"All I want is for Adam to be reunited with his family where he belongs."

Mrs Jones also vowed to launch an international campaign if Qatari authorities failed to deliver.

She added that relatives would hold a Press conference in London on Thursday (nov 12) depending on the outcome of the trial.

"We are preparing to approach the international Press if the matter is not resolved on Thursday," she said.

"Family representatives will hold a Press conference in London this week to all major news agencies depending on the outcome of the trial

"But everything is on the shelf right now because we want to wait and see what will happen.

"I will go to any length to highlight this issue and I will never give up the fight."

Mrs Jones earlier said she had lost all hopes of a positive outcome at the end of last week's trial.

Her lawyer earlier submitted several documents supporting her case, including some relating to his schooling in Bahrain.

Papers showing he had enrolled in several programmes to learn about Arab culture were also presented to the judge, as part of the Qatari family's case centres around the fact that they believe it is wrong for him to be attending a British school.

Mrs Jones has not seen Adam since October 5 and says she has had no communication with her son's Qatari relatives.

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The boy's friends, classmates and teachers earlier spoke of their shock and devastation at his sudden disappearance, while experts warned about the psychological impact the case could have on him and his mother.

Mrs Jones, who was born in Sheffield, moved to Bahrain in 1988 and married Adam's father 10 years later.

Adam was born the following year, but the couple divorced in late 1999.

His father Jamal returned to Qatar, but visited Bahrain frequently until he was killed in a motorbike accident in Qatar in November 2005.

Mrs Jones stayed in touch with his family and had taken Adam to visit relatives in Qatar several times since his father's death.

It is understood the Qatari family had originally planned to file the case last year, but as Mrs Jones was not in Qatar it was unable to get a court order to take Adam.

FAMILY and friends of a 10-year-old boy, allegedly abducted in Qatar over a month ago, launched a campaign yesterday (Nov 8) demanding his return.

Briton Adam Jones was reportedly kidnapped by family members of his late Qatari father on October 3, during a visit to the country with his mother Rebecca.

Rebecca's second husband and boy's stepfather, Barrie Jones, returned to Bahrain on Saturday (Nov 7), vowing to spearhead a campaign to reunite the devastated family.

He said he was overwhelmed with the support the family had already received from the Bahraini community.

"At the moment it's so hectic trying to consolidate all the information that people have been giving us, but I've got to say the reaction has been incredible," Mr Jones told the GDN yesterday.

"What's been really surprising is how many people are aware of what's happened to Adam, it hopefully will make a big difference."

He said that he would be holding a meeting today (Nov 9) with around 40 parents and concerned individuals to plan where the campaign will go next, adding that it all seems very positive.

"People have set up a Facebook group, there's a march being planned to the Qatari embassy and there are so many more things in the pipeline - it's incredible," said Mr Jones.

He said that Adam's case had already attracted international media attention, including the British newspaper The Telegraph.

Mr Jones said he felt that as the campaign gained momentum it would put increased pressure on the British Embassy and the British Foreign Commonwealth Office to intervene in the case.

Speaking from Qatar, Mrs Jones thanked the Bahraini community for their efforts,

She said that Adam would be delighted with the numerous kind comments that the family had received

"I'd like to thank all the people that have shown their support and it's been really amazing and quite overwhelming what people have done," she told the GDN.

"It's touching what people have said about Adam and he'd be so happy to hear that.

"On behalf of him and our entire family, we'd like to thank all of those people who are standing beside us."

The campaign for Adam's release gathered momentum yesterday outside St Christopher's Junior Schoolm in Saar, where Adam attends.

Over 100 T-shirts sporting the phrase 'Let's bring Adam back home' were passed out parents of fellow students, while leaflets with recent GDN articles on the case were distributed to parents picking up their children from school.

Christina Fantechi, one of five mothers involved in organising yesterday's campaign, said that there were many parents who wanted to let the Jones family know they were fully behind the cause and would do whatever possible to aid them in their struggle.

"The Jones family are my neighbours and good friends, my son Lorenzo is very close to Adam and of course we are all shocked by what has happened," she said.

"We had the idea of just going to the school and distributing t-shirts and asking parents to wear them whenever they leave the house.

"We know some people may be unaware of the situation, and if this helps Adam's cause then it will be worth it."

Mrs Fantechi said that the parents were planning further campaigns if yesterday's proved successful, although only if it will favour Adam's case in the long run.

"This week is crucial in his case and he needs all possible help," she said.

"The whole situation seems incredible and we will carry on with our campaigning as long as it is necessary.

"We are not sure what further steps we will take, but we will have to sit down and discuss them - we do not want to damage Adam's case."

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A 10-year-old boy is

being kept away from his mother, after being tricked into leaving her to visit his supposedly sick grandmother.

The misery that Adam Jones will be going through is unimaginable and I should think that he is very frightened.

The people who have done this will no doubt claim they love him and that what they are doing is for his own good.

Adam is the Bahrain-born and raised British boy who was allegedly kidnapped in Doha after his mother Rebecca was duped into taking him to visit relatives of his late Qatari father.

The couple had divorced and each remarried before the father was killed in a motorcycle accident four years ago.

Up to that point it appears the father was content that Adam should grow up with his mother in Bahrain and visited him here regularly.

But now Adam has been taken by other relatives, plunging his mother into agonising trauma and no doubt putting him under enormous emotional stress.

So it seems untenable that a court in Doha, where the grandmother has filed for full custody, should not act instantly to reunite mother and child, if only for a brief meeting.

It is most likely that Adam is being lied to by those holding him, perhaps even being told that his mother no longer wants him - which would be as cruel as the abduction itself.

How frustrating it must be for Mrs Jones that her first step towards getting Adam back must be an appeal for temporary custody, while the court decides who should keep him long term.

There should be no decision to make. She is his birth mother and his natural father is dead. There is no-one else he should be with other than his mother.

I can only hope that the grandmother comes to her senses, puts her own selfish needs to one side and hands Adam back to his mother, before this court case drags on too long.

It must be very hard for her, since she lost her son and, to some extent her grandson, but her own pain does not justify destroying a family and possibly ruining an innocent child's life.

To give him back without a fight would be an unselfish act for which he may one day come to love her.

Hopefully, all parties will eventually forgive each other and come to an agreement under which Adam has the best of both worlds - the loving home his mother and stepfather have created for him and a grandmother to visit

A CHILD allegedly abducted by relatives in Qatar could suffer long-term psychological damage unless he is returned to his mother soon, it was claimed yesterday. Briton Rebecca Jones claims her 10-year-old son Adam was abducted three weeks ago after she was duped into travelling to visit his supposedly sick grandmother.

She left Bahrain with Adam on October 3 to visit her late Qatari ex-husband's family in Doha, leaving behind her husband of five years, Barrie, and the couple's four-year-old daughter Alex.

Mrs Jones earlier told the GDN that she and her son had spent two enjoyable days with the family, who were the "perfect hosts".

However, on the day they were due to return home, she received a call at their hotel requesting Adam be allowed to visit his ill grandmother.

Mrs Jones agreed and a driver was arranged to pick him up.

She said Adam, who has dual British and Qatari nationality, called to confirm he had arrived at the house safely and she was told he would return after an hour.

Instead, the 43-year-old was called by one of Adam's uncles who wanted to meet her to deal with an issue surrounding Adam's inheritance and only then did she find out she had been tricked.

The next day, her husband flew in and the couple filed kidnapping allegations with police and the Qatari Public Prosecution.

Mr and Mrs Jones have been staying in Doha since then to fight their case, leaving Alex in Bahrain with her nanny.

They are now in the middle of an international custody battle to get their son back to Bahrain, after being informed that her son's 77-year-old grandmother had filed for full custody of Adam.

However, a leading clinical psychologist said impact of the case and the trauma of being away from his family could force Adam into depression, isolation and possibly suicide.

"No one is thinking about Adam's state of mind. This is going to affect him greatly," said Batelco Care Centre for Family Violence Cases president Dr Banna Buzaboon.

"Being away from his mother at such a crucial time will create stress, depression, panic and will eventually lead to suicidal thoughts.

"At the moment he needs a safety net, which is his mother."

Dr Buzaboon said any abduction should be considered a serious crime and called for Adam to be returned to his mother immediately.

"This is not a simple matter. This child has been ripped away from his family and it should be considered as crime," she said.

"This is kidnapping, even if the other side argues that his relatives took him, because taking a child - and Adam is still a child - away from his mother is a crime.

"He is going to feel confused among these strangers, I call them strangers because to Adam they will be."

Dr Buzaboon said as Adam had already suffered an earlier tragedy when he lost his father in a motorbike accident in 2005, this could add to his grief.

She is also worried about how a long-running legal battle may affect Adam's mother.

"She must be in a terrible psychological state because she's been away from her son for such a long period of time," said Dr Buzaboon.

"She needs someone to be with her and talk her through this because this has an equal impact on her as well."

However, Mrs Jones will have to wait for at least another week to learn the fate of her son as the custody case at the Cassation Court in Doha was yesterday adjourned until November 5 for the judge to decide whether to grant her temporary custody.

A male relative appeared in court on behalf of the Qatari family and submitted a number of documents to support their case.

However, when Mrs Jones tried to approach him, he refused to talk to her.

"The judge adjourned the case once again to review the case file and see whether I should get temporary custody of Adam until everything else is solved," said Mrs Jones.

Mrs Jones said she was exhausting all of her resources to put pressure on the authorities to take action and bring her son back.

Her lawyer earlier submitted a number of papers to support their case, including some relating to Adam's schooling and other documents that support his studies at St Christopher's Junior School in Bahrain.

Documents showing he had been enrolled in several programmes to learn about Arab culture were also presented to the judge to study.

Part of the Qatari family's case centres around the fact that they believe it is wrong for Adam to be attending a British school.

Mrs Jones says she was earlier told by relatives that the papers she was asked to sign were for her son's inheritance, but she refused to do so because they were in Arabic.

She claimed one of Adam's uncles, who had maintained a good relationship with them, assured her that the papers were about a piece of land her son and his grandmother owned, which they wanted to divide.

Mrs Jones claimed she agreed because she had no reason to doubt them but after she signed it, she was told that she was tricked and this was a court order to take her son away.

Born in Sheffield, Mrs Jones moved to Bahrain in 1988 and married Adam's father 10 years later.

Adam was born the following year, but the coupled divorced in late 1999.

Adam's father, Jamal, returned to Qatar, but visited Bahrain frequently, until he was killed in a motorbike accident in Qatar in November 2005.

Mrs Jones said she stayed in touch with his family and had taken Adam to visit relatives in Qatar several times since his father's death.

Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office earlier confirmed it was providing assistance to the Jones family, but would not elaborate.

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You want to live a long, full life -- to be young and lean forever. But you could be doing yourself more harm than good.


"Someday," you say, "I'm going to get my health back on track, after this next project," or "when I get back from my cruise," or "when the kids get a little older" ... C'mon, you know your list of reasons -- or what I call EXCUSES -- better than I.

Look, if you're waiting for some magical day to appear, you just may be waiting forever. These days do not "show up"; you show up for THEM. I have identified five critical areas, bad habits that many people mindlessly follow. Do you realize that each and every day of your life that you do not reverse these dangerous trends, you get farther and farther from your ultimate goal of living a fulfilling life?

Take a look at each area, determine how you stack up, and then make the fix today:

1) Stealing from sleep: Studies show that a minimum of seven to nine hours of uninterrupted sleep (at night) are essential for health. Sleep is the time when your body repairs and recovers from all of the metabolic processes that your body performs every second. Sleep supports healthy weight management, raises growth hormone, and heals the adrenals. If you are watching TV, working on your PC, or otherwise stimulating yourself so that you are unable to go to sleep by 11 PM, then establish the Power Down Hour and turn to more relaxing activities like baths, light novels, or cuddling with a loved one (or pet!) at least an hour or two before bedtime. Then ... retrain yourself to sleep through the night.

2) Skipping breakfast: How many times do you find yourself dashing out the door to start your day, only to discover that you forgot to eat? Listen, your body has just "fasted" overnight, and in order to fuel yourself for the day (and lower stress hormones), you must eat a balanced meal that includes proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Otherwise, your body will turn on itself for fuel, and it isn't fat but muscle that it's going to target ... which will cascade into a very nasty sequence of health consequences that will make you fat, old, and tired before your time.

3) Blowing off exercise: If you think you can manage your health and weight through dietary means alone, it won't work. Period. Exercise is crucial for stimulating proper physical and hormonal response necessary for building muscle and bone, burning fat, letting you sleep, keeping you young, giving you energy -- the list is endless. More important is the CORRECT type of exercise, which involves high-intensity interval training, along with resistance workouts. If you can't find 20-30 minutes a day to incorporate these exercises into your life (oh yeah, that is ALL you need, by the way), then you can kiss your health goodbye.

4) Noshing at night: Strapping on the feedbag in the evenings basically signals your body to hold off on burning existing fat stores, raises stress hormones before bedtime, and screws up your body's natural digestive processes at a time when it should be ready to shut down and repair. If you are eating in a hormonally-balanced way during your evening meal, there is absolutely no need to munch afterward.

5) Not counting your beverages: One of the craziest things I encounter in my work is the lack of consideration of high-calorie, high-sugar drinks in the diet. Yes, those healthy "Jumbo Juices," designer coffee slurpees (hey, they may as well be, given all the sugar in them), and those harmless little cocktails every night, especially those fruit-flavored martini and tequila drinks, can really pack on the pounds in a hurry. Make the switch to healthier options like iced green tea -- or, my favorite, Emergen-C -- for some sparkling mineral replacements that not only satisfy, but also fuel and nourish!


JJ Virgin, PhD, CNS is a celebrity health and nutrition expert, author, public speaker and media personality. She is internationally recognized as the creator of the Weight Loss Resistance Revolution™ and trains other health care professionals in her program. JJ is the President of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, nanp.org.

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A U.S. District Court judge in San Jose has awarded Facebook $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case the social-networking giant filed against online marketer Sanford Wallace, who is known as the "Spam King."



The Palo Alto company claimed Wallace and two associates registered as Facebook members in November 2008 to start a spam and phishing scheme.

According to court documents, the firm said Wallace sent numerous Facebook members a link to a Web site that tricked them into revealing their login information. Some messages sent the Facebook user to other sites that paid Wallace for that traffic.

The spammers would repeat the cycle by logging into the compromised accounts and sending more messages, the suit said.

Facebook claimed there were 14 million violations of the federal anti-spam law known as CAN-SPAM. In March 2009, Judge Jeremy Fogel issued a temporary restraining order and then a preliminary injunction against Wallace.

In an order filed Thursday, Fogel said Wallace violated the law "with blatant disregard" for the rights of Facebook and its members. Fogel also wrote that he is referring Wallace, who did not appear in court for scheduled hearings, to the U.S. attorney's office for criminal contempt charges for violating the restraining order and the injunction.

Fogel rejected Facebook's request for $7.5 billion in damages.

In November, Facebook won a record $873 million judgment against a Canadian resident accused of sending more than 4 million bogus messages from members' profiles, many advertising male enhancement drugs.

In 2008, Facebook rival MySpace won a $234 million judgment against Wallace and another Internet marketer, Walter Rines.

Wallace, however, filed for bankruptcy in June.

"While we don't expect to receive the vast majority of the award, we hope that this will act as a continued deterrent against these criminals," Sam O'Rourke, the company's associate general counsel, said in a Facebook message. "This is another important victory in our fight against spam."



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