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Wow! I Love This...

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:23:41 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: Unbelievable. I'd love to this this in person.

Ron Mueck: Hyper-Realist Sculptor

He so nearly captures that extra bit, what we call the soul or spirit, that flame inside that makes us ourselves. He takes one to the very edge of the idea of life, calls into question what it is to be a person, what it is to be human. - Marina Warner.

Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck is an Australian hyper-realist sculptor working in the UK. His incredible sculptures of creepy, grotesque, mottled skin and uncannily gigantic proportional figures have adorned the Millennium Dome as well as Charles Saatchi’s living room for a number of years now. It would be fair to say, Mueck’s one of the leading contemporary artists of today.

Tags: art, sculpture, hyper-realist

Science 2007 Visualization Challenge Winners

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:21:11 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes

Clip Source: www.sciencemag.org

Special Feature: Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge 2007

Browse the striking sights, sounds, and motion that represent the winners in this year's visualization challenge in our 2007 Visualization Challenge Slide Show.

Clip Source: www.sciencemag.org

PHOTOGRAPHY: FIRST PLACE (TIE)
What Lies Behind Our Nose?

PHOTOGRAPHY: FIRST PLACE (TIE)
Irish Moss, Chondrus Crispus

PHOTOGRAPHY: HONORABLE MENTION
Tiny Metal Pathways

INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS: FIRST PLACE
Modeling The Flight Of A Bat

INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS: HONORABLE MENTION
How Does a Muscle Work?

INTERACTIVE MEDIA: FIRST PLACE
Physics Education Technology Project (PhET)

INTERACTIVE MEDIA: HONORABLE MENTION
Breast Cancer Virtual Anatomy

NONINTERACTIVE MEDIA: FIRST PLACE
Nicotine: The Physiologic Mechanism of Tobacco Dependence

NONINTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA: HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)
Möbius Transformations Revealed

NONINTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA: HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)
Towers in the Tempest

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Slide Show

Supporting Online Material

Tags: science, visualization, list, competition, photography, infographic

Some People Are Making A Killing

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:57:13 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: money.cnn.com

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense stocks on Wednesday hit new highs as Defense Secretary Robert Gates requested an extra $42 billion in funding from Congress to cover military costs in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008.

Among the defense companies likely to benefit from additional wartime spending are: Force Protection Industries Inc., General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD) , Ceradyne Inc. (NASDAQ:CRDN) and Oshkosh Truck Corp. (NYSE:OSK)

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) analyst Robert Stallard said he expects war-related spending in fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010 to be $170 billion and $150 billion, respectively. And even after the peak, war spending is still likely to be more than $100 billion annually for the next few years to refurbish and replace war torn equipment used in Iraq.

Tags: life, is, good, for, some

Beleaguered bear in bridge rescue

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:29:38 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A 250lbs bear clings to a ledge on the Rainbow Bridge, near the town of Truckee, California.

The bear panicked and tried to jump over the bridge's rail after two vehicles drove past it as it crossed the bridge - it was stranded for almost 24 hours.

Rescuers lower a nylon net from an army surplus store as the bear looks on. More than 100 people gathered to see the rescue.

Rescuers shot the bear with a tranquiliser dart before using a pole to push it into the safety net.

An abseiler looks on as the bear is lowered to the ground.

The sheepish looking bear finally makes it back to land. He then made a quick exit into the hills near the ski slopes of nearby Lake Tahoe.

Tags: news, bear, bridge, rescue

Why every man should lift weights

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:13:22 GMT

clipped by: alanocu

Clip Source: briankim.net

Weight lifting has definitely changed my life. Ask any person who has taken up weight lifting and you will get the same response. I guarantee it.

So why should every man lift weights?

Testosterone. Yes, that one hormone that literally defines our masculinity.

Testosterone helps you achieve your goals period.

How can we increase testosterone levels?

By lifting weights and gradually increasing the resistance on a consistent basis.

Enough talk; on with the benefits

Improved concentration and focus.

Sleep like a baby

Wake up early

Energy

Happiness

Mental toughness

Great habit

When you start lifting weights and begin to see all the positive benefits, there’s no going back. The benefits will drive you to keep on doing it, which continues the cycle, which then inevitably installs a great habit. You’ll feel more happy, energetic, focused, tough, accomplished and you won’t want to let go of the cause.

become like a bull and charge your way through life

You won’t regret it.

I guarantee it.

Tags: weight lifting, health, exercise

200 slaughtered

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:48:04 GMT

clipped by: kinokonoko
clipper's remarks: Please drive this story up with the hopes that it gets in the traditional media. The US must stop trading with Burma.

Clip Source: www.bpf.org

A dispatch received from someone with a relative in Yangon (Rangoon), via Richard Reoch of Shambhala:

We just got phone call with our sister living in Yangon about a few hours ago. We saw on BBC world, saying that 200 monks were arrested. The true picture is far worse. For one instance, the monastery at an obscure neighborhood of Yangon, called Ngwe Kyar Yan (on Wei-za-yan-tar Road, Yangon) had been raided early this morning.

They systematically ordered all the monks to line up and banged and crushed each one's head against the brick wall of the monastery.

Then, they tore off the red robes and threw them all in the military trucks (like rice bags) and took the bodies away.

Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the monastery, warded off by troops with bayoneted rifles, unable to help their helpless monks being slaughtered inside the monastery.

'Arrested' is not enough expression. They have been bludgeoned to death !!!!!!

Tags: war crimes, burma, murdered monks, myanmar

the whale highway (pic)

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:08:46 GMT

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Clip Source: beirutraders.org

Tags: whales, interesting

BMW's Hydrogen Vehicle - By-Product is only Water Vapor!

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:26:48 GMT

clipped by: constantskeptic
clipper's remarks: I want one!

Clip Source: www.bmwusa.com

On a global level, hydrogen technology addresses the growing gaps in the supply of fossil fuels. More specifically, it is the only fuel that can allow for a reduction in the overall emission cycle, while meeting our energy needs in a sustainable way. Besides, not many fuels can be produced from renewable sources such as sun, wind, water and biomass.

And because the infrastructure for refueling a hydrogen internal combustion engine is not yet complete, the V-12 engine also runs on gasoline at the push of a button, though emissions will result. But all it takes is the power of the Hydrogen 7's 12-cylinder, 260 horsepower engine to prove the capability of our EfficientDynamics. The BMW Hydrogen 7 is not available for purchase at this time, but is considered to be a milestone in bringing forward hydrogen as the sustainable fuel for individual transportation.

it runs on the most plentiful element in the world and emits virtually nothing but water vapor.

Tags: bmw, clean, hyrogen, alternative energy

Afganistan through the eyes of one marine

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:48:36 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: Don't often get to read articles like this. The whole article is worth a look.

Clip Source: www.theage.com.au

IN a pebble-strewn river valley enclosed by bare jagged mountains, smiling Afghan boys run alongside the foreign soldiers, as boys often do. The foreigners are US Marines and the boys often ask them for a dollar, a biscuit, a pen. And they ask: "How are you?"

On this day a Marine gives his standard reply to a mate, who records it on video.

"I'm on a field op. I have no f---ing money." As for the biscuit: "Do I look like Little Red Riding Hood, carrying around a load of biscuits? What the f---?"

What about the pen? "What the f--- they want a pen for?"

And how is the Marine doing? "I'm doing bad. That's how I'm doing. I'm in this shit-faced country."

The scene, and what it revealed about the attitudes of US troops, shocked US officers when it was posted on Liveleak.com, a video website, earlier this year.

In the video a Marine says to one of the boys: "You know your country stinks like ass? What you think about that? You think it sucks? You stink like ass, too."

Tags: afganistan, politics, war

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Ron Mueck: Hyper-Realist Sculptor

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Science 2007 Visualization Challenge Winners

Special Feature: Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge 2007

PHOTOGRAPHY: FIRST PLACE (TIE) What Lies Behind Our Nose?

PHOTOGRAPHY: FIRST PLACE (TIE)Irish Moss, Chondrus Crispus

PHOTOGRAPHY: HONORABLE MENTION Tiny Metal Pathways

INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS: FIRST PLACEModeling The Flight Of A Bat

INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS: HONORABLE MENTIONHow Does a Muscle Work?

INTERACTIVE MEDIA: FIRST PLACEPhysics Education Technology Project (PhET)

INTERACTIVE MEDIA: HONORABLE MENTIONBreast Cancer Virtual Anatomy

NONINTERACTIVE MEDIA: FIRST PLACENicotine: The Physiologic Mechanism of Tobacco Dependence

NONINTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA: HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)Möbius Transformations Revealed

NONINTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA: HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)Towers in the Tempest