February 2010
Why Men and Women Get Jealous for Different...
Cheating on a spouse or significant other is sure to
cause feelings of jealousy and hurt in the spurned partner. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100129/sc_livescience/whymenandwomengetjealousfordifferentreasons
January 2010
10 Pain-Fighting Foods That Taste Good Too
Although there is little clinical research on fibromyalgia and food, many patients say that following a careful diet can help ease aches and discomfort. Mmm, mmm, good. Source: http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0„20309924_1,00.html
Brand Makeovers [w/ Photos]
The day comes when even a brand just doesn’t fit in anymore, and it’s time for a change. From Strawberry Shortcake to the Michelin Man, here are some famous icons who needed a facelift. Source: http://photo.newsweek.com/2010/1/brand-makeovers.html
Tesla Motors Plans for $100 Million IPO
Tesla Motors, the electronic car company filed paperwork signaling intent to go public, selling stock in an initial public offering (IPO). While no date has been set, the SEC paperwork filed indicated an offering of $100 Million. Source: http://fourpastfour.com/2010/01/30/tesla-motors-plans-for-100-million-ipo/
Is White Love for Taco Bell Good or Bad for...
Taco Bell is not Mexican food. Real Mexican food in America is mostly a myth. Source: http://www.dallasobserver.com/2010-01-28/news/is-gabacho-love-for-taco-bell-good-or-bad-for-mexicans/
19 Roads that you definitely DON'T want to drive...
Here is the list of the worlds most complicated and dangerous roads. Some of these complicated mountain passes can be dangerous if not negotiated with utmost caution, while others are complicated sets of roads and bridges, erected to ensure a streamlined flow of traffic at busy junctions. Without further ado, we present our top 19 list¦ Source:...
The Magic of Moonlight at Fisher Towers [PIC]
A bright moon furnishes magical light to this late night view of Fisher Towers in Utah. Source: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/3928437695_e4b2193833_b.jpg
Dr. Weil Video Interview: Geek Health Issues
Dr. Weil Video Interview: Geek Health Issues Source: http://kevinrose.com/post/354908516/drweil
Peek at Harry Potter's World at Universal Orlando
The theme park is providing a virtual sneak peek via an augmented-reality map, which, with the aid of a webcam, offers a bird’s-eye view of Harry Potter’s new world. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-preview.htm
A Hydrogen Highway For The East Coast
One of the big issues facing hydrogen is just where were supposed to fill the cars that might run on the stuff. A Connecticut company is answering that question on the East Coast with plans for a hydrogen highway that will extend from Portland, Maine to southern Florida. Source: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/01/east-coast-hydrogen-highway/
Coerced Reproduction
A third of women who report partner violence experience ‘reproductive coercion’—when the male partner pressures the other, through verbal threats, physical aggression, or birth-control sabotage, to become pregnant. Source: http://www.newsweek.com/id/232542
Hummer-Hating Artist Hacks H2 Into Horse Cart,...
Ah, conceptual art. Clearly our country would be less colorful were it not for the efforts of, say, New York artist Jeremy Dean, who got inspired reading about horse-drawn "Hoover carts" made during the Depression from old car bodies. Source: http://www.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1041943_hummer-hating-artist-hacks-h2-into-horse-cart-cites-hoover
Mental Downturn: How the Economy is Affecting ...
Almost as soon as the economic meltdown began, the ominous warnings started. Suicides: Watching for a Recession Spike, read a February 2009 headline in Time magazine. Around the same time, USA Today reported, Signs abound that the battered economy is causing serious damage to the mental health and family lives of a growing number of Americans. Source:...
What Your Favorite Lunchmeats Say About You
Your bologna has a first name, and a second name. This is common knowledge. But it also has an opinion about you — one that it shares with the rest of the world, freely and without reservation. Source: http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2010/01/what_your_lunchmeats_say_about.php
Engineers, They Love To Drink (pic)
Engineers, They Love To Drink (pic) Source: http://epicwinftw.com/2010/01/26/epic-win-photos-engineers/
H&M Likely Sold Genetically Modified Cotton as...
Cotton marketed as organic, but containing genetically modified material, was sold on a large-scale out of India last year to retailers, including H&M. H&M has admitted it knew about an investigation into GMO cotton and did not rule out the possibility that items in their ‘organic’ collection may have contained the contaminated cotton. Source:...
Study Shows One in Five U.S. Teenagers Has High...
A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in their Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, has found that over 20% of teenagers in the U.S. have elevated cholesterol levels. Source: http://www.physorg.com/news183625758.html
Bodybuilders Injected Oil in Their Arms for Size...
A Site Enhancement Oil (SEO) is a liquid substance, usually a mixture of oils, used by some bodybuilders to increase the apparent size of some muscles. The effects of SEOs are purely and solely cosmetic and there is no increase in muscular performance. Users dont look like regular weightlifters. In fact, abusers wind up grossly disproportionate. Source:...
Copper pipes could cause heart disease and...
Copper pipes could cause people over 50 to contract Alzheimer’s Disease and heart disease, a study has found. People should remove old copper pipes from their homes or install special filters because the metal has been shown to build up in their bodies and cause serious health problems. Source:...
Electric Legends: Stories Told in Glowing LED...
Imagine stepping out into a foggy morning and seeing hundreds of twinkling lights in the trees. What could it be? Fairies, will-o-the-wisps, ghosts? These seemingly magical photographs were all captured by the same man: a photographer named Barry Underwood. Source: http://webecoist.com/2010/01/23/electric-legends-stories-told-in-glowing-led-lights/
75 Memorable Cars of Hollywood
Whether its the paint job, the model of car, the engine, the special custom features, or the way its driven on screen, these cars steal our attention. They may or may not be your dream car, but Ill bet that you can pick them out of a crowded parking lot. Source: http://regretfulmorning.com/2010/01/75-memorable-cars-of-hollywood/
Museum's Award Winning Wildlife Photo Turns Out To...
Image from the Guardian Here’s the award winning photo from the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Now what is fake about it? It turns out that the wolf is! Instead of being snapped spontaneously in Source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/wildlife-winning-photo-fake.php
First Pictures of Inside Burj Khalifa: Worlds...
Burj Khalifa, formerly known as Burj Dubai, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m. The design incorporates ideas from traditional Islamic architecture, while the open petals of a desert flower were the inspiration for the towers base. Source: http://www.decodedstuff.com/burj-khalifa-inside-pics-worlds-tallest-tower/
Chocolate Covered w/ Insects? No Thanks.. [PICs]
Even the sweetest tooth might find these confections easy to resist. Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinkpicturegalleries/7044810/Hotlix-insect-candy-in-pictures-chocolate-scorpions—worm-lollipops-and-maggot-toffee-apples.html
8 Skyscrapers That Will Push the Limits of Design
This month, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai climbed higher than any other previous structure. But architects won’t rest there. Here are eight building plans trying to capture the title as the next tallest tower. Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/extreme_machines/4343115.html
Got cheese?
You will find yourself rooting so hard for this incredible little mouse! Source: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/2010/01/video_nolans_cheddar_cheese_ad_mouse_st_louis_food_blog_commercials_012110.php
Toyota recalls 2.3M US cars to fix sticking...
TORRANCE, Calif., January 21, 2010 — Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc, today announced it would recall approximately 2.3 million vehicles to correct sticking accelerator pedals on specific Toyota Division models. Source: http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota/toyota-consumer-safety-advisory-102572.aspx
Cadillac: An American Classic
For much of the 20th century, Cadillac was both—at home and abroad—a recognized status symbol. If you drove a Caddy, you were someone. Or you were just a grandpa. Source: http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/34372/american-classic-the-cadillac
Tour: Inflatable Hospital Deployed in Haiti...
With so few medical structures intact after the earthquake in Haiti, Doctors Without Borders had to create a hospital from thin air. The emergency inflatable field hospital is equipped with two operating theaters, surgeons and anesthetists, and supplementary stocks of medical supplies. Source: http://blip.tv/file/3106401
Starbucks Raises Prices of Complex Orders
That Triple Venti French Vanilla Soy Easy-Foam Latte is going to cost you extra. The company is raising prices for extras, while lowering prices for simple orders. Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34925407/ns/business-consumer_news/
6 Surprising Facts About Organic Foods
Think you know organic? Find out what’s behind the label. Source: http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/latest/organic-foods-benefits-460110
English Russia >> Once Upon a Time in Siberia
Fascinating pictures of the mining towns in Siberia in -42C. Source: http://englishrussia.com/?p=9337&
Chubby? Blame your kitchen
Your plates, pantry, and yes, your lightbulbs, may hurt your efforts to lose weight. Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34510129/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/
'Smoking' baby Facebook picture
‘Smoking’ baby Facebook picture sparks investigation into teenage mother Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1244351/Smoking-baby-Facebook-picture-sparks-investigation-teenage-mother.html
Feds Push New Paperless Health Care System
With most U.S. hospitals and doctors’ offices still mired in paper, new federal standards for electronic records seek to resolve this mess — although they’re not without controversy. Source: http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/health-care-system-feds-push-new-paperless-effort/19317163/
Mayor Fights for Medical Marijuana after Wife's...
Mayor Dan Yarber, 70, of tiny Cottleville, Missouri, recently passed a resolution urging state leaders to move forward with medical marijuana legislation. His wife used it to treat the side-effects of chemotherapy for breast cancer. "Instead of throwing up, she said ‘let’s go eat,’" he says. Source:...
Chemicals on apples cause concern decades after...
More than two decades after parents dumped apples from lunch boxes because of concerns about a chemical applied to the fruit, most researchers agree the crop is safer although most of it still carries pesticide residue. "We’re due for another look at whether we’re doing the best we can to protect the public from pesticides in food," says one expert Source:...
The Stig has been spotted on Google StreetView!
It’s like ‘Where’s Waldo’ for Top Gear fans! Source: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.322317,40.253906&ie=UTF8&ll=51.514959,-0.228567&spn=0.001582,0.004914&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.514926,-0.228765&panoid=cRXQyRB9ywmaZVKuBSddWw&cbp=12,146.0064180401
Are pilots flying beyond their limits?
Seven of the last nine airline crashes in the United States have involved regional carriers, and pilot fatigue was likely a factor in at least four of those incidents. Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover17-2010jan17,0,5261120.story
Optimus Prime vs. Megamunk
Optimus Prime vs. Megamunk Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerpig/4278235663/sizes/l/
F.D.A. Concerned About Substance in Food Packaging
In a shift, the Food and Drug Administration will study the health risks from bisphenol-A, or BPA, which is widely used in plastic bottles and food containers. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/health/16plastic.html
If Norman Rockwell had painted a mosh pit [Pic]
If Norman Rockwell had painted a mosh pit [Pic] Source: http://www.welcometohr.com/wp-content/uploads/mosh1.jpg
Bible Possibly Written Centuries Earlier, Texts...
Until now, many scholars have held that the Hebrew Bible originated in the 6th century B.C., because Hebrew writing was thought to stretch back no further. But the newly deciphered Hebrew text is about four centuries older, scientists announced this month. Source: http://www.livescience.com/history/earliest-hebrew-text-100115.html
25 Crazy Pizzas (PICS)
We’d eat most of these. Source: http://www.holytaco.com/25-crazy-pizzas
New York from 1920-1960 Period (PICS)
The New York was worth watching between 1920 to 1960. A glimpse of the vintage pictures, take you down into an era that was classic and traditional. Source: http://planetoddity.com/vintage-new-york-photographs/
You Can't Bring Us Down
School Pride + 9/11 = FAIL Source: http://www.totalprosports.com/more/school-pride-911-fail/
Male-on-Male Sexual Harassment on the Rise
Between 1992 and 2008, the percentage of sexual-harassment charges filed by men with the EEOC doubled from 8 percent to 16 percent. There are instances when women sexually harass men, but the increase is due mainly to reports of men harassing other men, also called same-sex sexual harassment. Source: http://www.newsweek.com/id/230677
Through the Lens: The Media Legacy of Princess...
Tina Brown, renowned magazine editor, best-selling author and founder of TheDailyBeast.com, discusses Princess Diana and celebrity culture. Brown is the author of The Diana Chronicles, a penetrating and absorbing account of the "people’s princess." This program supports the Constitution Center’s fall exhibition, Diana: A Celebration. Source:...
Pope meets Christmas attack woman
Pope Benedict XVI meets the mentally disturbed woman who assaulted him at Mass on Christmas Eve. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8457618.stm
BBC News - Having a big bum, hips and thighs 'is...
Carrying extra weight on your hips, bum and thighs is good for you and appears to protect against heart and metabolic problems, say experts. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8451674.stm