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South African Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee, just won the right to be eligable to compete at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing after sport's highest court backed his appeal against a ban imposed by athletics authorities.
Judging by the photo above, you'd see nothing but determination... running through his life. He's been a double amputee since he was a baby. Nothing makes him give up, he runs on shock-absorbing carbon-fiber prosthetics that resemble bent skis -- earning him the nickname "Blade Runner."
He's been running with those blades for a long time, this man ...
In Austria, the grandfather of all monstrosities
Apr 29 2008
Posted by Jay as Featured Articles, News Features
Austria … Julie Andrews, “The Sound of Music.”
That was before. Now, what comes to mind more easily when one thinks of Austria is Josef Fritzl, the Grandfather of Incest.
This devil of a man raped his own daughter for 24 years beginning when she was just 11 years old, kept her prisoner in a windowless cellar for the same duration of years, and sired her six surviving children, according to Austrian authorities.
Fritzl confessed to imprisoning his daughter Elisabeth in the cellar beneath their two-storey house in Amstetten, Austria, and DNA tests showed that indeed the 73-year-old devil had ...
After more than 10 years, Princess Diana may now rest in peace. Or would she?
Last Monday, April 7, 2008, a British inquest jury delivered a verdict of unlawful killing in the deaths of the Princess and her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed in the August 31, 1997 Paris car crash, blaming the driving of their chauffeur Henri Paul, who was also killed, and chasing paparazzi photographers.
Later, Dodi’s father, the billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed declared that enough is enough as he announced that he was abandoning his decade-long legal battle over Princess Diana's fatal car crash, and accepting an inquest ...
I got two moon stories here – both intriguing or silly, whichever way you look at it.
First, scientists have announced that they have discovered a moon on Saturn that appears to contain the basic ingredients for life -- warmth, water and organic chemicals.
The small Saturnian moon is called Enceladus where scientists reported seeing geysers at its south pole continuously shooting watery plumes some 500 miles off its icy surface into space last Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
The plumes were seen through the cameras of the Cassini spacecraft when it flew over the surface of Enceladus last March 12 as ...
The horizontally over-endowed should read this
Mar 28 2008
Posted by Jay as Featured Articles, News Features
If you’re shelling out more money for food these days, don’t be too surprised – You’re not the only one whose pockets are bleeding from high food prices.
From Albania to Zimbabwe – and all countries in between in alphabetical order – consumers are complaining about rising food prices.
In the Philippines, for instance, rice has doubled in prices since last January and threatens to triple in the days ahead. The price tag of practically every edible item is skyrocketing – pork, beef, chicken, vegetables, fish.
The same is true with fuel prices of course. The only thing not rising in ...
US presidential polls: Proxy fight between Brad and Angelina?
Mar 26 2008
Posted by Jay as Featured Articles, News Features
The next president of the United States could either be a relative of Brad Pitt or that of Pitt’s girlfriend Angelina Jolie.
But of course it’s not true that the next president will stay in Hollywood instead of Washington D.C. – although the presidency would surely be a star-studded one.
In an odd finding, researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society discovered that the two Democrat presidential bets – Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton – are actually relatives, although distant, of one of the hottest couples in Tinseltown.
Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, while Clinton ...
Now showing: The “BOOM” that happened long before Earth was born
Mar 22 2008
Posted by Jay as Featured Articles, News Features
It happened long, long before the Sun and the Earth were born, and yet its spectacular sign only became visible to us Earthlings last Wednesday, March 19, 2008.
In another reminder of how helluva big the Universe is and how infinitesimally small we all are, US scientists announced the explosion of a star that happened 7.5 billion light years away from Earth. For the record, one light year is equivalent to 5.9 trillion miles. Just try to do the math, if you can, to translate 7.5 billion light years to miles or kilometers.
Since the universe is some ...
Did you know that Pinocchio is real, and that he, in fact, lives in the White House? Yes, his real name is actually George Bush.
Actually, a study by two nonprofit organizations found that President Bush has a nose much, much longer than that of the fictional version of Pinocchio. Bush’s nose, which grows for every lie he tells, extends across the White House lawns, across Washington DC., across the United States – actually across the world! Just imagine a nose wrapping the globe – that’s Bush’s lying nose!
The study, as reported by wire agencies yesterday, Jan. 23, said ...
Identity of Mona Lisa Revealed!
Jan 15 2008
Posted by Jen as Announcements, In the News, News Features
People have long been baffled by the mystery of Mona Lisa's smile and the identity of the model herself. Throughout the years art historians, conspiracy theorists, aspiring conspiracy theorists and writers have all speculated on who this mysterious woman was. Who did the famous Leonardo da Vinci paint?
One of my favorite speculations of all time has to be the one which suggested that the Mona Lisa was actually a self-portrait of the famous painter himself! In my opinion, it is the oddest and most interesting what-if of all. Da Vinci was known to be quite an ...
‘Filipino Monkey’ nearly caused Armageddon
Jan 15 2008
Posted by Jay as Featured Articles, News Features
A “Filipino Monkey” nearly triggered a war between the US and Iran last January 6 -- a war that could have the potential to transform Earth into a Planet of the Apes.
Navy Times, the US Navy journal, has reported that a heckling radio ham known as the “Filipino Monkey,” who has spent years pestering ships in the Persian Gulf, is being blamed for sparking a major diplomatic row after American warships almost attacked Iranian patrol boats.
US warships nearly came within seconds of firing at the Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz after hearing threats that the ...
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The “Blade Runner”
Wonderful news from CNN…
South African Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee, just won the right to be eligable to compete at this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing after sport’s highest court backed his appeal against a ban imposed by athletics authorities.
Judging by the photo above, you’d see nothing but determination… running through his life. He’s been […]-
Business and Money
Who Moved My Cheese: The Cliff’s Notes! (Part 2)
This post is a continuation of my Cliff’s Notes for Who Moved My Cheese, the book by Spencer Johnson, M.D. (also the Author of The One Minute Manager). Hope you enjoy my annotations of the rest of the principles!
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Lifestyle and Leisure
Water me please
This is wise living.
I keep picturing this scene from Music and Lyrics where Hugh Grant (playing an 80’s singer Alex Fletcher) hires Drew Barimore (as Sophie Fisher, who plays as plant caretaker) to water his apartment plants. Obviously, Alex doesn’t care less what time his plants are fed and just keeps it for the “girls” so […] -
Entertainment
The devil made Miley do it
If you’re wondering why sexual perversions are happening left and right, front and back and every which way in the world today, why we have such a hideous sexual predator as Austria’s Josef Fritzl, one of the clues is staring at you right now.
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Travel
A Humble City
Hoi An is like setting foot inside one of those old Chinese movies. The elements are all there. From the low-tiled roofs to the narrow streets, Hoi An is a picture perfect replica of what ancient Vietnam used to be. The small city is located in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. In the 16th […]
Family Life
Praise as good as cash, really
Want to go on a shopping splurge without paying even a single cent?
You can try this: Print a copy of the Yahoo news page linked in this blog. Now, go to the mall, shop till you drop, and then go to the cashier. Tell the cashier, “You take my breath away with your beauty.” As […]From the Editor
Your bucket list
Has been quite some time since my last movie out. I’ve always wanted to see The Bucket List too. Is the film really good? There are some Jack Nicholson movies that I skipped because reviews weren’t really great. I’d make The Bucket List an exception BUT hey, if some of you would say it’s not […]
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