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giraffe kick sparks breakout

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:09:20 GMT

clipped by: mona

Police suspect giraffe in circus breakout

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Fifteen camels, two zebras and several llamas and pot-bellied pigs escaped from a circus visiting Amsterdam early Monday, police said.

"We suspect that a giraffe kicked open a pen," Dutch police said in a statement, adding that the animals did not get far before they were rounded up and returned to the circus.

Man sold his entire life on ebay!

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:54:18 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A Briton living in Australia has agreed a bid of more than £192,000 after putting his "entire life" up for sale following a split from his wife.

Ian Usher, 44, who left Darlington six years ago, included his house, car, job and friends in the online eBay auction, in an effort to make a fresh start.

The lot attracted a peak offer of 399,300 Australian dollars (£192,276) when bids closed early on Sunday.

Despite expecting higher bids, Mr Usher said he had "no regrets".

At one point offers on the "life lot" rocketed to over two million Australian dollars (£1m) within hours of the sale's start last Sunday.

Up for auction was his three-bedroom home, in Western Australia's capital Perth, and everything inside it, including his Mazda car, motorcycle, jet ski and parachuting gear.

Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug!

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:24:17 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: Let more such accidents happen!

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday

The drug, called lodamin, was improved in one of the last experiments overseen by Dr. Judah Folkman, a cancer researcher who died in January. Folkman pioneered the idea of angiogenesis therapy -- starving tumors by preventing them from growing blood supplies.

Lodamin is an angiogenesis inhibitor that Folkman's team has been working to perfect for 20 years. Writing in the journal Nature Biotechnology, his colleagues say they developed a formulation that works as a pill, without side-effects.

Tests in mice showed it worked against a range of tumors, including breast cancer, neuroblastoma, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, brain tumors known as glioblastomas and uterine tumors.

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

Harley-Davidson Museum Sneak-Peek

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:41:22 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Opening July 12th, the new Harley-Davidson Museum is expected to draw visitors to Milwaukee from around the world.

Clip Source: www.jsonline.com

The Harley-Davidson Museum offers a close-up look at bikes that have left an indelible mark on American culture. Harley hopes the museum will quickly become one of Milwaukee’s biggest tourist attractions, much as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is for Cleveland. It opens to the public at 6th and Canal streets on July 12.

Clip Source: www.jsonline.com

you have more than reached your destination

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:24:45 GMT

clipped by: mona

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

'Sleeping' pilots fly right past destination

AN Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out of a deep slumber by air traffic control, a report said.

The plane flew to Mumbai on autopilot, but when air traffic there tried to help the aircraft land, the plane ignored their instructions and carried on at full speed towards Goa.

"It was only after the aircraft reached Mumbai airspace that air traffic control realised it was not responding to any instructions and was carrying on its own course,'' the source said.

"The aircraft should have begun its descent about 100 miles (160km) from Mumbai, but here it was still at cruising altitude. We checked for hijack.''

Finally air traffic control buzzed the cockpit and woke up the pilots, who turned the plane around, the report said.

Controversial diet drug approved...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:48:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: tell me something new...

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

An obesity drug has been approved for NHS use in England and Wales, despite links to an increased risk of depression and suicide.

Rimonabant is already used by thousands of Britons, and, coupled with exercise, could help patients lose up to 10% of their body weight.

Scotland and the US have not approved the drug amid safety concerns.

However, an obesity specialist welcomed the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) ruling.

Doctors have been told not to give it to patients with a history of major depression, and to be alert for new symptoms of depression in patients taking the drug.

Patients will not be allowed to have the drug, whose brand name is Acomplia on the NHS unless they have tried and failed using alternative drugs such as orlistat.

Evidence suggested one in 10 people might develop mental side-effects including low mood and depression, anxiety, irritability, nervousness and sleep disorders.

1001 Clickable Web 2.0 Logos Map of the World

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:21:48 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Pick your click and take a chance.

Clip Source: www.appappeal.com

How To Photograph Fireworks

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:54:01 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners
clipper's remarks: Just in time for the Fourth of July.

Clip Source: twipphoto.com

Here are some basic tips - this is not intended as an all-inclusive article, but rather a starting point.

1. Scout out and stake out your favorite spot early.

2. Use a tripod.

3. Use long shutter speeds. For most fireworks photos, an ISO of 250 with a four-second exposure at f8 should be a good starting point.

4. If your camera has a long-exposure noise reduction mode, use it.

5. DO NOT use flash. It won’t help.

6. Set your focus point to infinity and then disable autofocus.

7. Bring several formatted memory cards.

8. If possible, use a strong foreground object such as a local landmark to set the fireworks against.

9. Bring a small flashlight so you can read your camera’s dials in the dark.

10. Don’t forget to shoot both vertical and horizontal views of the fireworks…

Experiment and have fun. You’ll get the best results if you practice your technique.

Tags: photography, photographs, fireworks, tips

Photoshop Disasters

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:41:19 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com

Aren't newspapers supposed to not do things like this? (I mean real newspapers, not National Inquirer or the British tabloids.) Isn't there some sort of oath of journalistical ethics that they have to swear or something?

Clip Source: photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com

Obviously she's been at the shadow pies.

Clip Source: photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com

Woooo! Cross my palm with silver and gaze into my crystal ball! Mmmmmm!... I can see the past! Ohhhhh! I see a photograph... being taken in front of a white backdrop.... in a studio... I see someone Photoshopping blue sky and little clouds behind me!.... Woooo!

Tags: photoshop, photography, humor

sensible units

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:25:51 GMT

clipped by: mona
clipper's remarks: fun little online toy

Clip Source: www.sensibleunits.com

Convert boring units to real objects as you type!

164 centimetres

is equal to:

Reload

1.1 standard railway gauges.
14 CDs side by side.
1.2 Alaskan moose antler spans.
32 AA batteries end to end.

Tags: fun, converter, convert

cough

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:52:37 GMT

clipped by: macabeo41

Clip Source: ffffound.com

Gas Prices too High?

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:26:06 GMT

clipped by: TwilaMarie
clipper's remarks: My car is doing this!

Clip Source: i29.tinypic.com

Tags: car, gas, prices, inflation, oil, humor

Geek Wedding Proposal

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:49:50 GMT

clipped by: buckwoo

Clip Source: www.cnet.com

Just wanted to say congrats to some BOL listeners

Last week a couple of friends of mine who are Buzz Out Loud listeners
got married.

I know they’re listening so I just wanted to say congratulations to Jeff
& Cela Schiffman.
Also, for the benefit of any nerds who are reading this (Tom, Molly, and
Jason) check out the wedding ring…
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/4976/2551835869343acf30d8bwj8.jpg
Designed by the groom it has Sapphires for the engine and a diamond in
the gun turret. It also split in two. When he proposed he gave her the
back half and said “You can have half now and the other half when we
reach Alderaan.”
Also, their wedding cake…
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5504/255266225048c007e233bjj5.jpg
Also designed by the groom.

This is what happens when two people meet in a 6 week long line for a
Star Wars film in Hollywood

Love the show!

JimJimBinks

Tags: geek, proposal, wedding, star wars

Fruits, vegetables, teas may protect smokers from lung cancer

Sat, 31 May 2008 12:42:22 GMT

clipped by: einbar

Clip Source: www.newsroom.ucla.edu

Fruits, vegetables, teas may protect smokers from lung cancer

Tobacco smokers who eat three servings of fruits and vegetables per day and drink green or black tea may be protecting themselves from lung cancer, according to a first-of-its-kind study by UCLA cancer researchers.

UCLA researchers found that smokers who ingested high levels of natural chemicals called flavonoids in their diet had a lower risk of developing lung cancer — an important finding, since more than 90 percent of lung cancers are caused by tobacco smoking.

What we found was extremely interesting, that several types of flavonoids are associated with a reduced risk of lung cancer among smokers," said Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang, a researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and a professor of public health and epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health. "The findings were especially interesting because tobacco smoking is the major risk factor for lung cancer

Gmail Rolls Out 13 New Features

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:04:44 GMT

clipped by: Mohir

Clip Source: news.softpedia.com

Google has recently rolled out Gmail Labs, a special testing platform which incorporates test versions of the upcoming Gmail features which could be used by all users of the mail service.

At this point, no less than 13 functions are available under the Gmail Lab link included in all Gmail accounts. All you need to do is to navigate to Settings and click on the last tab called Labs. Here you can find all the available experimental features. For instance, you can now choose new chat emoticons, mouse gestures for Gmail, custom keyboard shortcuts, custom date formats and many others. Obviously, the main goal of this testing platform is actually to get feedback, so feel free to send your opinion about the new features to Google.

Tags: google, gmail, email