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 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 ...
I thought that it only happened in the movies, but lately I've visited this website from MSN Lifestyle that says the movie plot isn't really that far from what's happening in reality.
Here's a great intro to this story from that website:
In 2006, America's honeybees started mysteriously abandoning their hives, never to return. Farmers -- many of whom rely on the pollinator to help their crops grow (almonds, apples, avocados, blueberries, broccoli, carrots, cherries, and onions are just a few of the foods that require pollination) -- are understandably worried, as are scientists, who fear the ...
It turns out that many of the world’s scientists, particularly those in the United States, are flying high on drugs.
According to a recent survey in Nature, Britain’s top science journal, 20 percent of scientists have admitted to using performance-enhancing prescription drugs for non-medical reasons.
A huge majority of these pill-popping Einsteins said they take drugs to "improve concentration," and that they did so on a daily or weekly basis.
Now I may start to doubt scientists who could see things we ordinary mortals could not even imagine. For all we know, with all the drugs they’re taking, they could just ...
The Dining and Wine section of the New York Times says that the New York City Board of Health has passed a law forcing some restaurants to list calories on menus by this summer. This law is part of a food regulation package that will also eliminate trans fats in restaurant kitchens. And while it's main goal is to prevent obesity in general, the City Health Board also says it will broadly become an awareness campaign for people to WATCH WHAT THEY EAT.
Health officials hope that once someone sees that a Starbucks mocha made with whole ...
No, silly you, it’s not – yet – the end of the world. But it could be, soon enough, if you and the rest of humanity fail to heed the warning signs of global warming, the objective of the global movement called Earth Hour.
At least 371 cities, 26 of them major ones, around the world will turn off their lights for one hour beginning at 0900 GMT (that’s 8 p.m. Saturday if you’re in Manila) plunging millions of people into darkness to raise awareness about global warming.
Cities that have officially signed on for the event include Sydney (where ...
If you’re scared of jellyfish, don’t you ever dare go to … Antarctica. Yes, the continent of ice at the bottom of our world.
There you’ll find jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles, and also starfish that are two-foot wide.
Scientists who recently conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were floored by the size of some specimens they found.
How could such sea creatures become so big under freezing water? How surprising. But if there’s one thing that should not surprise us anymore, it’s the fact that life always presents us with stunning surprises.
Giant sea ...
Yup, order is in fact needed in the realm of animals for a new peculiar creature has recently been added to the growing list of animals. The mountains of Tanzania was the fitting venue for the discovery as scientists from California Academy of Sciences documented the existence of a previously unknown species of giant elephant shrew or sengi.
The newest member of Class Mammalia - Rhynochocyon udzungwensis - is the size of a cat and curiously looks like a cross between a small antelope and a small anteater. The animal has delicate thin legs and a flexible snout, ...
To people named Charles, Cyndi, David, Diana – and all those whose names begin with “C” or “D” – you wouldn’t like this item. And of course you have the right to poke in the eye (through visualization only, please) the so-called experts who made a recent study on people’s initials.
According to this US study, students whose names start with the letters C or D -- which denote mediocre marks in some grading systems -- did not perform as well as other pupils with different initials.
The study said certain initials may look better than others as monograms but ...
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 ...
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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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