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Newton's 1st Law of Motion 1970-01-01 00:59:59 An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an external force.feed Read more:Newton
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"Its the End of the World As We Know It"... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I found this quick and easy summary of the major religion's teachings on the end of the world...(or see the entire post HERE )IslamThings Get Bad: The Last Judgment in Islam is known as the Qiyamah [wiki]. At a time of God's choosing - no one knows when - Jesus (yes, that Jesus) will come down from heaven, end all wars, and kill ad-Dajjal [wiki] (Islam's equivalent to an Antichrist).And Then: Each and every person who ever lived will be bodily resurrected and judged by God. Those found wanting will be sent to hell either temporarily or permanently; those who have been good and faithful go to heaven.Until: No, that's it, actually. For the record, most Muslims do believe that some "People of the Book," that is, Christians and Jews, will also get to heaven.JudaismThings Get Bad: The end of days [wiki], or acharit hayamim, will be marked by conflict and tumult. When? Well, the Talmud states that the world will only last 6,000 years - so many Orthodox Jews believe the world as we'v Read more:World
Actual Newstory...Boys Screaming Kills Chickens 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Boy's screaming kills chickensWednesday, January 24, 2007Scared to death: 443 chickens perishedHundreds of chickens have been found dead in eastern China - and a court has ruled that the cause of death was the screaming of a four-year-old boy who in turn had been scared by a barking dog.According to a local newspaper, the bizarre sequence events began when the boy arrived at a village home in the eastern province of Jiangsu in the summer with his father who was delivering bottles of gas.A villager was quoted as saying the little boy bent over the hen house window, screaming for a long time, after being scared by the dog."One neighbour told police that he had heard the boy's crying that afternoon and another villager confirmed the boy screaming by the hen house window," the newspaper said.A court ruled the boy's screaming was "the only unexpected abnormal sound" and that the 443 chickens trampled each other to death in fear.The boy's father was ordered to pay around £117 in compens Read more:Kills
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Tips to Avoid Getting a Cold... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I'm into my 6th day now with a bad cold so the following article caught my attention...Prenvention magazine recommends the following practices for avoiding the common cold this winter. Here are the highlights:1. Flick switches with the side of your hand or wrist, which makes you less likely to pick up or pass along germs on your hands. 2. Make all calls on your cell to avoid getting germs from other phones. 3. Carry your own pen everywhere. Borrowing others' is a prime way to pass germs. 4. Clean up often. Use a soapy sponge to wipe surfaces you touch frequently.5. Sneeze into your elbow if you're caught without a tissue (and teach kids to do the same). It keeps germs off your hands. More here feed Read more:Avoid
Serious Moment...Ukrainian Mining Village 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Here is a photo essay from a Russia-related blog which depicts the hard life of poverty-stricken mining families in the former Soviet Union.One Ukrainian
observer of the original blog post misunderstood its intent and responded in an amuzing, yet understandable, way:"Thrust you foto in you a** american! Is better show american fat policemens from MC - Donals. Which hardly move the legs! Before to photograph the another's country, show all over again the rotten country, the photographer!"See the entire photo project here:English Russia » A Miners Village
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Hello, Grisham -- So Long, Hemingway? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 According to a recent Washington Post Article, The Fairfax County Library in Virginia is tossing out books! Classics by such authors as Virgil, Aristotle, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway
have not been checked out in the last two years, so they are being "weeded" out of the collection! The Library's new software provides a list of all the books that have been untouched in the last 2 years, and the plan is to move them out to make room for more popular works.Below is a list of their most recent victims:The Works of Aristotle, AristotleThe Sound and the Fury, William FaulknerThe Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas HardyFor Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest HemingwayDesolation Angels, Jack KerouacDoctor Zhivago, Boris PasternakRemembrance of Things Past, Marcel ProustOh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well, Maya AngelouThe Glass Menagerie, Tennessee WilliamsJane Eyre, Charlotte BronteDoctor Faustus, Christopher MarloweOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr SolzhenitsynBabylon Revisit Read more:Hello
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Example of Great Wit... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This is a serious and helpful post that I found at a blog I've never read before (read that as "disclaimer"). But I really enjoyed this bloggers ability to say something profound in an unusual way... 5 Ideas for Stressful Living:"1. Attempt to control absolutely everything... Try to control other people; both what they do, and also what they think."Click the link to read the entire article at Everyday Wonderland! feed Read more:Example
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Carbonated Fruit ???... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Is this the new, new thing?Food that does stuff in your mouth?Bruce Horovitz, in yesterday's USA Today, wrote about this new product.Long story short: It's real fruit — grapes, slices of apple and pineapple — carbonated in a secret process using the same very carbon dioxide as in soft drinks.Here is the article:Fizzy Fruit
hopes bubbles tickle kids' appetite for fruitBetter-for-you snacking has come down to this: fresh fruit all but guaranteed to make kids belch.It's Fizzy Fruit — whole grapes or slices of apples or pineapples carbonated in a secret process with the same carbon dioxide that's in soft drinks but without added sugar. (More at USATODAY) Thanks, bookofjoefeed
People Poking for a Peek of Pig!... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 British children's theatre group performs a private piece placed precociously present in a pig pinata?(Ok, maybe I went too far...sorry.)Read the news story from the Arts Council of LondonThanks, Anitafeed
Design Art or Kitchen Appliance?? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 From the designers website:"Hang your fruit on the wall. 'The Ring' is an unusual fruit bowl made of porcelain. It is not placed on a dining table or on kitchen unit but hangs on the wall. The concept is between art and design. It is to be hang on the wall, like a decorative piece of art, a modern version of still life fruit paintings..."(From yankodesign.com)feed Read more:Kitchen
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Bottled Air is the New Bottled Water... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Remember when you used to scoff at the idea of paying extra for designer brand bottled water? (Evian, anyone?)Now you buy it all the time, so don't scoff at idea of buying designer oxygen bottles!!!"A natural boost of energy whenever you need it!"Get your here: OxiaView this video of Regis giving Kelly a puff!(Thanks, fitsugar )feed Read more:Bottled
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Winter Storm 2007 !!! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Leah Atkins with "Whitie the Snowman" "Whitie the Snowman" strikes a pose... If video is unavailable, click herefeed Read more:Storm
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Food to Help You Sleep!... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Here is excerpt from a Yahoo! Food news article:Top 10 Foods for a Good Night's Sleep
Tue, Jan 23, 2007What is the secret to getting a solid 7 to 8 hours of sleep? Head for the kitchen and enjoy one or two of these 10 foods. They relax tense muscles, quiet buzzing minds, and/or get calming, sleep-inducing hormones - serotonin and melatonin - flowing. Yawning yet?Bananas. They're practically a sleeping pill in a peel. In addition to a bit of soothing melatonin and serotonin, bananas contain magnesium, a muscle relaxant.Chamomile tea. The reason chamomile is such a staple of bedtime tea blends is its mild sedating effect - it's the perfect natural antidote for restless minds/bodies.Warm milk. It's not a myth. Milk has some tryptophan - an amino acid that has a sedative - like effect - and calcium, which helps the brain use tryptophan. Plus there's the psychological throw-back to infancy, when a warm bottle meant "relax, everything's fine."Honey. Drizzle a little in your warm milk or
"U2-charist" at English church... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Church to replace some hymns with U2 hitsTuesday, January 30 2007By Dave WestA church in England has announced it is planning a service using U2 hits instead of hymns.St Swithin's Church in Lincoln will hold what is thought to be the country's first Holy Communion with rock music in May.The event, which it has dubbed "U2-charist", is based on similar initiatives which have been used in the USA in recent years to attract more worshipers.A band will cover the songs, which will include Mysterious Ways and Beautiful Day and the congregation will sing along karaoke style with lyrics on a big screen. The service will also look at the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals which have been championed by U2's Bono.The Right Reverend Timothy Ellis, The Bishop of Grantham, said services should be fun. "The Millennium Development Goals are extremely important for the future of the world," he commented. "It is also very important that we continue to try to find ways of worshipping that a Read more:English
Actual Product...Caffeinated Donuts!!! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The Associated Press is reporting that scientists have now figured out a way to add caffeine to donuts!Doctor Robert Bohannon, a Durham, North Carolina, molecular scientist, has developed a way to add caffeine to baked goods, without the bitter taste of caffeine. Each donut contains the equivalent of about two cups of coffee. I guess sometimes a nerve-rattling sugar high is just not enough!Thanks, Yahoo!Newsfeed Read more:Caffeinated
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Could the Government Really "Re-Price" the Penny? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Coin shortage could turn pennies to nickelsBy Kevin Plumberg -- NEW YORK (Reuters)( full story here - Yahoo News )A potential shortage of coins in the United States could mean all those pennies in your piggy bank could be worth five times their current value soon, says an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.Sharply rising prices of metals such as copper and nickel have meant the face value of pennies and nickels are worth less than the material that they are made of, increasing the risk that speculators could melt the coins and sell them for a profit.Francois Velde, senior economist at the Chicago Fed, said the best solution would be to "rebase" the penny by making it worth five cents rather than one cent. Doing so would increase the amount of five-cent coins in circulation and do away with the almost worthless one cent coin.Velde said that since 1982 the Mint has produced 910 pennies for every American. Last year there were 8.23 billion pennies in circulation, according t Read more:Government
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My Pet Moose... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The folks over at Mental Floss Magazine had a story about a man with a pet moose. My favorite line from the story was "he really thinks he is a cow for now..." Kinda makes you wonder what's next!(full story )feed
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