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10 Bizarre Wine Brand Names

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:12:00 GMT

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1.Fat bastard

A French wine produced and distributed by a British - French partnership, FAT bastard is a fast growing brand, recently selling over 400,000 cases per year in the United States alone. BusinessWeek has called FAT bastard a "marketing phenomenon".

2.Bitch

An Australian wine called "Bitch", the back label repeats it 77 times, followed by "some more".

3.Le Vin de Merde

Jean-Marc Speziale, who owns a small restaurant in Aniane near Montpellier, was so fed up with the bad press that wines from the Languedoc-Roussillon were getting that he decided to hit back. So he started making his own batch of wine, and labelled them Vin de Merde, or Wine of Shite as they say in Ireland.

4.Oops

The name originates from the fact that they mislabeled the grape type for such a long time that they decided to call it "Oops!"

5.Arrogant Frog Ribet

6.Elephant on a Tightrope

7.Frog's Piss

8.Cleavage Creek

9.Mad Housewife

10.Blasted Church

Tags: bizarre wine, brand names, humor

Frogs/Tadpoles Learn About Predators As Embryos

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:42:55 GMT

clipped by: celestialdancer

Clip Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com

Frog tadpoles have a good nose for danger: Scientists know that they go from headlong swimming to total stillness when they smell a predator. Now, researchers have discovered that frogs get that odoriferous training very early on. When they’re still embryos, they can learn to assess the threat level by sniffing for a predator’s pheromones.

In an experiment sure to make PETA squirm, crushed tadpoles were mixed with water in which a tiger salamander had been swimming. Embryos were raised in this water with different concentrations of crushed tadpoles. Once the embryos had hatched into tadpoles, researchers tested their response to only the salamander odor. The tadpoles that were exposed to a higher concentration of the injured tadpole odour stayed motionless for longer in response to the salamander cue [BBC News]. The scientists say this demonstrates that these tadpoles learned as embryos that salamanders were more dangerous predators.

Kids Educational Toys - Leap Frog

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:45:19 GMT

clipped by: RebeccaMontana
clipper's remarks: LeapFrog is one of the main companies for kids educational toys, find out more here.

Clip Source: kidseducationaltoys.net

Kids Educational Toys – Leap Frog Toys

LeapFrog® Learn & Groove Musical Table
List Price: $44.99
Sale Price: $38.39
Average Rating:

The rise in demand for academic toys, LeapFrog product, for instance came when folks started to understand and realize the price of play brings to their youngsters' physical and psychological growth. And since most trendy folks rarely have time to spare playing with their kids, they take a look at to compensate the educational that will be derived from them by providing them with quality educational toys.

Tags: kids educational toys, leapfrog

Animal Oddities

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:42:34 GMT

clipped by: Kelika

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

prehensile pangolin is nearly covered in razor-sharp protective scales. The nocturnal tree-dwelling critter has no teeth; it stalks ants and termites with its long, soft snout." />

Originally from the shrinking forests of central Africa, the prehensile pangolin is nearly covered in razor-sharp protective scales. The nocturnal tree-dwelling critter has no teeth; it stalks ants and termites with its long, soft snout.

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

coral reef worm is covered with thousands of tiny bristles whose sting can cause permanent numbness. Discovered terrorizing a living reef display in the U.K.'s Blue Reef Aquarium, Barry (who has since been relocated to his own tank) is popular enough to warrant his own Facebook page." />

Barry the 4-foot-long coral reef worm is covered with thousands of tiny bristles whose sting can cause permanent numbness. Discovered terrorizing a living reef display in the U.K.'s Blue Reef Aquarium, Barry (who has since been relocated to his own tank) is popular enough to warrant his own Facebook page.

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

aye-aye, which has been driven to the brink of extinction thanks to its status as an omen of death, feeds in the dead of night. But don't be afraid: the little lemur, a native of Madagascar, prefers tree grubs to human fare." />

The bug-eyed aye-aye, which has been driven to the brink of extinction thanks to its status as an omen of death, feeds in the dead of night. But don't be afraid: the little lemur, a native of Madagascar, prefers tree grubs to human fare.

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Trichobatrachus robustus (better known as the hairy frog) can project the sharp bones of its toes through its skin when cornered by a predator. According to research associate David Blackburn of the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, the hairy frog uses its protruding bones like claws to scrape and scratch its way to freedom." />

the Trichobatrachus robustus (better known as the hairy frog) can project the sharp bones of its toes through its skin when cornered by a predator.

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

tuatara can live up to 80 years and has a third eye -- complete with retina, lens and nerve endings -- peeking out the top of its scaly head. The nocturnal, light-sensitive lizard dates to prehistoric times." />

tuatara

has a third eye

Turtle Frogs - They Really Look Like Turtles

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:14:44 GMT

clipped by: celestialdancer
clipper's remarks: No tadpole stage - tadpoles metamorphose within the egg and emerge as frogs.

Clip Source: frogs.org.au

Clip Source: www.frogsaustralia.net.au

Description: This frog has a very small head and very short arms and legs, small eyes and a round bulbous body. Its back can range in colour from dull grey to brown. The belly is smooth and dirty white with brown flecks. The skin on the back is smooth with fine granulations, which gives a shiny appearance.

Size: 45 mm

Habitat: This frog lives beneath logs in sandy soils not usually near water. It comes to the surface after it rains.

Breeding: Male and female pairs burrow in the sand, mate and lay their eggs.

Eggs: Are the largest Australian frog eggs measuring between 5 mm - 7 mm in diameter. Females lay 15 - 20 eggs at one time, underground.

Tadpoles: Develop entirely within their eggs and emerge as frogs.

This frog can burrow head first into the sand with its arms. It feeds entirely on termites

It can eat over 400 termites at one time.

Frog "at peace"

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:55:53 GMT

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Clip Source: www.mymodernmet.com

White House Office Of Health Reform Director "Blindsided" By AHIP Study

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:51:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: That's what happens when you play frog to the scorpion, Mr. President.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

(AP) WASHINGTON — Insurance companies aren't playing nice any more. Their dire message that health care legislation will drive up premiums for people who already have coverage comes as a warning shot at a crucial point in the debate, and threatens President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

Democrats and their allies scrambled on Monday to knock down a new industry-funded study forecasting that Senate legislation, over time, will add thousands of dollars to the cost of a typical policy. "Distorted and flawed," said White House spokeswoman Linda Douglass. "Fundamentally dishonest," said AARP's senior policy strategist, John Rother. "A hatchet job," said a spokesman for Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.

White House Office of Health Reform director Nancy Ann DeParle told NBC's Chuck Todd that she felt "blindsided" by the health insurance industry's study.

Tags: healthcare, insurance, companies, will, raise, rates, scare, tactics, public option, nationa healthcare system

Strictly Come Dancng's Anton du Beke Race Row

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:44:56 GMT

clipped by: David Hughes
clipper's remarks: What a fuss! I don' see "paki" as racist. What about "pommy", "iti", "wog", "paddy", "bedouin", "frog", "aussie", etcetera!?

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Strictly Come Dancing's Anton du Beke 'mortified' by race row

Anton du Beke, the Strictly Come Dancing performer, has said he was ''mortified'' after making a racist remark to dance partner Laila Rouass.

Speaking on spin-off show It Takes Two, he said: ''I would just like to reiterate my apology from last weekend to Laila, to everybody on the show really and to everybody who watches the show because I feel embarrassed, I feel stupid as well.

Du Beke, 43, called Rouass a ''paki'' when she attended rehearsals wearing fake tan.

Top 5 Websites To Watch Old Movie Trailers You Forgot About

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:24:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I think I shall check these out.

Clip Source: www.makeuseof.com

So where does one find old movie trailers for movies that are now long gone from the silver screen? The internet’s a big place and user generated content sites such as YouTube only scratch the surface in terms of the sheer amount of films made since the 1920s. The sites below delve deeper.

Jaman

Chasing the Frog

MGM.com

Turner Classic Movies

These sites should keep you entertained as well as yearning to see the full films.

Tags: media

Colorful ( & Poisonous) Frogs

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:06:27 GMT

clipped by: EddieIsSteady

Clip Source: www.darkroastedblend.com

Colorful ( & Poisonous) Frogs

Bacchanalia of colors that can be lethal

Not all beautiful frogs depicted here are poisonous, but those who are - can be very deadly indeed. The most poisonous animal is not a snake or a spider. It's a beautiful little frog! "Most frogs produce skin toxins, but the dart poison frogs from Central and South America are the most potent of all. The golden poison frog, called terribilis (the terrible), is so toxic that even touching it can be dangerous. A single terribilis contains enough poison to kill 20,000 mice or 10 people. It is probably the most poisonous animal on Earth." (source)

And finally, the aforementioned "Most Poisonous" Golden Poison Dart Frog:

"Mint" flavour:

Phyllobates terribilis, shown above, has enough poison to kill 100 humans (source)

The skin of an adult P. terribilis has enough batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice, or 100 adult humans.

Tags: frogs, nature, poisons, toxins

Maui Wedding of Delicate Grass Accent

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:10:03 GMT

clipped by: MorganWilliam
clipper's remarks: More inquiries visit at:
Maui Wedding

Clip Source: www.weddingclipart.com

Delicate Grass Accent

Picnic Ant

Bee Gathering Pollen

Happy Gradient Style Frog

Bee with Glasses

Tags: maui weddings, maui wedding, married on maui, romantic maui weddings

New Species from the Mekong Delta

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:49:31 GMT

clipped by: Kelika

Clip Source: www.time.com

Cat Ba Leopard Gecko

Clip Source: www.time.com

Tiger-Striped Pit Viper

Clip Source: www.time.com

Rough-Coated Tree Frog

Clip Source: www.time.com

Odessa Barb

the fish had never been seen in the wild until last year

Clip Source: www.time.com

Khorat Big-Mouthed Frog

Clip Source: www.time.com

Cnemaspis Biocellata

Clip Source: www.time.com

Musa Rubinea

new type of wild banana

Clip Source: www.time.com

Oligodon Deuvei

Clip Source: www.time.com

Nonggang Babbler

only 30 of these birds have been spotted.

a plethera of stuff

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:40:03 GMT

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Clip Source: www.mspaintporn.net

Clip Source: www.afrojacks.com

Let the frog drive in peace goddammit!

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I'll hang out with Thor any day

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Angelllaaa.... tell your children not to walk my waaayy

Clip Source: www.afrojacks.com

I want to be very clear on my child's illustration. It is NOT of me on a dance pole on a stage in a strip joint. I work at Home Depot and had commented to my daughter how much money we made in the recent snowstorm. This drawing is of me.... selling a shovel.

Clip Source: www.afrojacks.com

Poop cakes are great for every occasion!

one dead and a frog jerk

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:32:11 GMT

clipped by: darkfowl75

Clip Source: www.afrojacks.com

poem: "The Social Life of Water" by Tony Hoagland

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:25:26 GMT

clipped by: Lexica

Clip Source: www.37days.com

All water is a part of other water.
Cloud talks to lake; mist

speaks quietly to creek.

Lake says something back to cloud,
and cloud listens.

No water is lonely water.

All water is a part of other water.
River rushes to reunite with ocean;
Tree drinks rain and sweats out dew;
Dew takes elevator into cloud;
Cloud marries puddle;

puddle

has long conversation with lake about fiord;
Fog sneaks up and murmurs insinuations to swamp;

Swamp makes needs known to marshland;

Thunderstorm throws itself on estuary;
Waterspout laughs at joke of frog pond.

All water understands.

All water understands.
Reservoir gathers information
for database of watershed;
Brook translates lake to waterfall;
Tide wrinkles its green forehead and then breaks through.

All water understands.

But you, you stand on the shore
of blue Lake Kieve in the evening
and listen, grieving

as something stirs and turns within you.

Not knowing why you linger in the dark.
Not able even to guess
from what you are excluded.

Tags: poems, poetry, water