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« on: January 30, 2010, 07:16:52 PM »
On an overnight business flight, inspiration came knocking. Sitting between two empty seats with immovable armrests, inventor Emil Jacob had given up all hope of getting any rest. Abandoning the discomfort of the seats, he moved his travel-weary body to the floor.
“From down there I saw all this space,” Jacob explained. “I thought that there has to be a better way to do it; there’s so much space it’d be absurd not to use it.”
Essentially, Flex-Seats create more leg room and allow for all passengers to have a full or near-full recline without disturbing those behind them.
Jacob’s innovative design takes advantage of the vertical space in an airplane. Depending on the layout of a particular aircraft, there are several different models that can be adopted—ranging from raising every other seat a few inches, to creating small staircases for every row with a second floor of seats in each row.
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« on: January 29, 2010, 11:47:17 PM »
One of the greatest mysteries of life surrounds the process of death. No one can be sure what happens when you die, but the final moments of life are usually filled with honesty. Some people are given the chance to prepare for death, while others are not. A person’s final words are extremely revealing. These words give a glimpse into the individual’s overall feelings and experiences. If a person is murdered or dies suddenly, their final words help show exactly what they were thinking and feeling as they passed. It has long been common practice to document the final words of our loved ones. This list documents some famous last words and quotes.“One last drink, please.” Jack Daniel (1846-1911)Jack Daniel was an American distiller and the founder of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey distillery “Hey, Jimmie! The Chimney Sweeps. Talk to the Sword. Shut up, you got a big mouth! Please come help me up, Henny. Max come over here. French Canadian bean soup. I want to pay. Let them leave me alone.” Dutch Schultz (1902-1935)Those were the final, nonsensical statements of Mr. Dutch Schultz. He was a New York City-area gangster during the 1920s and 1930s “Now I can cross the shifting sands.” L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)L. Frank Baum was a US author, poet, and playwright best known as the creator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. “Love one another.” George Harrison (1943-2001)George Harrison was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, and lead guitarist of The Beatles. “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.” Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author. [/color “Brothers! Brothers, please! This is a house of peace!” Malcolm X (1925-1965)Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. “Money can’t buy life.” Bob Marley (1945-1981)Bob Marley was the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers. “KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you but cannot see you. Gas is running low. We are on the line 157-337. We will repeat this message. We will repeat this on 6210 kilocycles. Wait.” Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)Amelia Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer. She was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, which was awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. “Don’t worry, they usually don’t swim backwards.” Steve Irwin (1962-2006)Steve Irwin was an iconic Australian television personality, wildlife expert, and conservationist. He created the documentary series, The Crocodile Hunter and was the owner and manager of the Australian Zoo at Beerwah, Queensland. “The taste of death is upon my lips. I feel something that is not of this earth.” Mozart (1756-1791)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, with many being acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music.
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« on: January 29, 2010, 10:40:06 PM »
10. Maldives Size: 115 square miles There are 2,000 islands in the Indian Ocean, and the country of Maldives includes 200 of them. However, only 340,000 people live on all these islands combined. They have been independent from the United Kingdom since 1965. It may not be the safest place to move, as the whole country could be bound to be underwater in a few decades. 9. Seychelles Size: 107 square miles This island nation is located in the Indian Ocean. It has a total of 115 islands, northeast of Madagascar. It is part of Africa. The country has a population of 84,000. Seychelles has been independent of the United Kingdom since 1976. 8. Saint Kitts and Nevis Size: 104 square miles This country is located in the Caribbean Sea, and has been independent since 1983. These islands have a combined population of 39,000. 7. Marshall Islands Size: 70 square miles This is a chain of 34 Pacific Islands, and some atolls and reefs. They host a population of 58,000, and have been their own country since 1986. They used to be part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, owned by the US. 6. Liechtenstein Size: 62 square miles This country is located between Switzerland and Austria. It is on the Rhine River, in the Alps. About 34,000 people live in Liechtenstein. 5. San Marino Size: 24 square miles San Marino claims the title of oldest state in Europe, having declared itself in the fourth century. It is located on Mt Titano, in northern Italy. About 24,000 people live in San Marino. 4. Tuvalu Size: 9 square miles This is an island chain that spreads out for 360 miles. They have been independent since 1978, and host a population of 12,000 people. 3. NauruSize: 8.5 square miles This country is located in the Pacific Ocean, and has about 13,000 residents. It has been its own country since 1968. 2. Monaco Size: 0.7 square miles Monaco is situated within the South of France, on the Mediterranean Sea, close to the city of Nice. It holds the city of Monte Carlo, a center for millionaires, billionaires, boats and casinos. About 32,000 people live in Monaco. France is responsible for defending this tiny country. It has one of the most expensive real estate markets in all of Europe. 1. Vatican City Size: 0.2 square miles Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. It is located within the premises of Rome, Italy. The country is based around St. Peter’s Basilica, which is the spiritual center of Roman Catholicism. The pope calls Vatican City home, but he travels a lot. This country is only inhabited by 770 people, and none of them are permanent residents. It is also known as the “Holy See.”
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« on: January 29, 2010, 08:23:49 PM »
Daguerreotype of 1839, 29 Mai bei WestLicht Photographica Auction! May at the West Photographica Auction! As an absolute sensation occurs at the upcoming auction, a daguerreotype Giroux for auction - the first commercially produced camera in the world, and the initial spark for the triumph of photography! The starting price is 500,000 euros
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« on: January 29, 2010, 07:32:55 PM »
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« on: January 29, 2010, 07:29:12 PM »
This guy went to the tattoo parlor where he gets a pair of glasses tattooed over his eyes.
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« on: January 29, 2010, 07:10:18 PM »
She is a stealer of a heart
She will charm your soul
Then tear you apart
When she wants to go
Acts like the Devil may care
Loves more than one man
But she will never be there
For she just never can
She makes love then leaves
Makes promises made of lies
Are you a man who believes
And suddenly will realise
Like her I will never be
For I will do no wrong
I will always let you see
Where my love will belong
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« on: January 29, 2010, 06:55:09 PM »
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian mailman in Saskatchewan received a six-month conditional sentence for stashing up to 28,000 letters in his garage because of sore knees.
David Mah, 33, pleaded guilty in July to the charge of mail theft and was sentenced in Saskatoon Monday to the country's largest-ever mail theft, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix reported.
The discovery was made when Mah moved out of his rented house in 2008. When the landlord opened the locked garage, he found it full of bags and boxes of as many as 28,000 pieces of mail sent between 2001 and 2008.
Mah worked as a casual, or fill-in, letter carrier before being hired full-time during that period, the court heard.
He told the court he withheld mail on days when his knees hurt too much to walk.
Among the items postal inspectors found were credit cards, drivers licenses and tax returns, the newspaper said.
Canada Post initially said it would attempt to deliver the letters after sending them to British Columbia to be cleaned. However, because many were covered with mold and some were beginning to rot, they were deemed too hazardous to handle and destroyed, the newspaper said.
Mah's conditional sentence also included an order to perform 100 hours of community service, the judge said.
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« on: January 29, 2010, 06:47:21 PM »
247 Americans Die Every Day From Doctors Not Washing Their Hands A study commissioned by the lead hospital accrediting agency in the United States found that doctors and nurses fail to wash their hands with alarming frequency, contributing to the 247 deaths caused each day by preventable hospital infections.
The Joint Commission, which accredits hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities, has joined with eight major hospitals to address low hand washing rates nationwide. The program began in the spring, when the hospitals conducted rigorous assessments of hand washing compliance among their staff. They found that doctors and nurses washed their hands only 30 to 70 percent of the time that they entered or exited a patient’s room, averaging 50 percent.
Hand washing upon entering and exiting a room is a key part of the Joint Commission accreditation requirements and has been recommended by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
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« on: January 29, 2010, 06:35:11 PM »
The day when patients can “swallow their doctor” has come a step closer with the development of a submicroscopic nanoparticle that acts as an intelligent pill to deliver drugs when and where they are needed in the body.
Each nanoparticle is built to target a specific part of the body and to release their drugs in a controlled manner over a given period of time. They are so small that millions of them could be injected into the bloodstream without harming healthy tissues.Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge have designed the first nanoparticles designed to target the walls of the arteries around the heart. They bind specifically to the proteins that only stick out from the inner lining of the these blood vessels when they are damaged. Once the nanoparticles take up position in the diseased arteries they are programmed to release small quantities of drugs over several weeks or months to help cardiovascular patients to recover without exposing other parts of the body to much higher doses of potentially toxic drugs.
The development comes 50 years after a prophetic lecture by the brilliant American physicist Richard Feynman entitled “there is plenty of room at the bottom” where he described possible developments in nanoscience that could one day lead patients to “swallow the doctor” in the form of tiny robotic pills that could carry out internal surgery under autonomous control.
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« on: January 27, 2010, 09:55:23 PM »
WEED, CA – Scott Moore is preparing to give birth to his first child!Scott Moore was born Jessica, a girl. Having always felt strange in her own body, Jessica hit puberty and knew something had to change. “I was always a tomboy but when I started to develop breasts I realized I’d been born in the wrong body,” Scott said.
She began taking male hormones and her supportive parents paid to have her breasts removed when she was 16. Now 30, Scott is legally married to Thomas Moore, who is also a transgender man! 
Unable to afford gender reassignment surgery, Scott kept his female organs, which is how he is now pregnant by a sperm donor.
His doctor has notified the staff at the local hospital of Scott’s circumstances. “We didn’t want everyone to be shocked when a man turns up to give birth,” Scott said. “We found it very difficult to get a doctor and midwife at first. It was hard when people didn’t want to treat me.”
However, Scott is still excited. “I’m looking forward to giving birth now. With Thomas at my side everything will be just fine.
“We want to show the world that trans-families can be healthy, loving and nurturing.”
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« on: January 27, 2010, 07:59:20 PM »
No, I'm not cursing Austria! How could I hate a country that gave us Heir Schwarzenegger? When I say, Fucking, Austria, I am referring to an actual town in the municipality of Tarsdorf in the Innviertel region of that country.
Fucking is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko. "-ing" is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people of the root word to which it is attached; thus Fucking means "The Place of Focko’s people."
Fucking's most famous feature is the roadsign with the village's name on it. Tourists stop and take pictures in front of it and it has been stolen so many times that the residents took a vote in 2005 to change the name of the town. As it is, the residents liked the old name too much and kept it, opting for a more theft-proof sign which is welded to steel and secured in concrete.
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« on: January 27, 2010, 07:46:53 PM »
This fellow from Toronto tattooed his eyeball blue. Although corneal tattoos have been around for centuries, this is one of the first I have seen of someone doing it for body modification purposes.
This procedure included ten injections and, yes, the eye worked perfectly afterward even though the recipient reported a sensation of something 'being in his eye.'
Sorry, some of these pictures are pretty disgusting.
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« on: January 27, 2010, 07:23:04 PM »
The Door to Hell, as locals call it, is situated near the small town of Darvaz in Turkmenistan. Thirty-five years ago, geologists were drilling for gas when they encountered a very large cavern underground filled with a poisonous gas. They ignited the gas expecting it to burn off in a few hours. Thirty-five years later, the gas is still burning.
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« on: January 27, 2010, 07:10:28 PM »
These cows have been given a fistula, a hole directly into the stomach that scientists can reach into and study to see how certain foods get digested. Through this kind of work, better food can be concocted and studies into stomach cancer and other problems can be conducted. Although it looks inhumane, the cows don't seem to mind.
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« on: January 27, 2010, 06:59:28 PM »
I WUD LIKE TO OWN ONE :happy:  [/center
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« on: January 27, 2010, 06:31:44 PM »
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« on: January 27, 2010, 06:28:40 PM »
That last kiss said what you could not
The lingering fierceness compared to others
The start of what you dare not do
With burning passion, wanting more
A look in your eyes, pleading for love
Such gentleness, you whispered goodnight
An open door, leaving the chance for more
Oh how I wished that option could be filled
A morning light that brings such harsh reality
The softness of your early smile
As your eyes regarded my sleeping self
How sweetly your lips brushed my freckled arm
My wakeful self sat gingerly across from you
And everything about the man I beheld
Set my heart aflame -By Lucey Snyder
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« on: January 27, 2010, 06:02:37 PM »
Where would you be the safest if World War 3 broke out tomorrow? Perhaps it’s a grim subject, but safety and distance from world conflict can be a motivating factor in your choice to expatriate. At the very least, conflict around the world can weigh heavy on the soul, and it’s nice to know there are some places still left in the world where you might be left in peace. Thus, we’ve assembled a list of the 10 best places to live if you want to escape world conflict.10. SwitzerlandSwitzerland’s long history of neutrality and its tucked away location among the valleys of the Alps still make it a safe bet, even despite having a high number of bordering nations. It helps that neighboring Austria is also considered a neutral nation.9. Costa RicaCosta Rica has a stable democracy, a disbanded military and a national policy of neutrality. It also ranks highly on the Global Peace Index, Happy Planet Index, and Life Satisfaction Index. Although it sits in the middle of a tumultuous region, there are far worse places to sit in peace as the world goes down in flames all around.8. Papua New GuineaThere are regions of Papua New Guinea that are still being discovered for the first time. The canopy covered, mountainous nation contains some of the most isolated places in the world. Tuck yourself away in a nook here and it may be one of the few places left where you can completely insulate yourself from the outside world.7. CanadaCanada is the second largest nation in the world, yet it only shares a land border with one other country– the U.S.A.– and it is a peaceful border. That means there is a great expanse to escape to, if need be. Furthermore, Canada has few world enemies, ranks consistently high on the Global Peace Index, and is relatively homogeneous.6. SeychellesAside from being safely isolated from the rest of the world in the middle of the Indian Ocean, this beautiful island nation is a great place to forget about your worries. Isolation is the key here. And conflict is as transparent as the water.5. FinlandFinland has a long history of desiring to stay out of international conflicts, is recognized as neutral and always ranks in the top 10 of the Global Peace Index. It’s northerly location also typically means the remote areas of this country are a perfect place to disappear.4. TuvaluIsolated in the middle of Micronesia, Tuvalu is among the safest and most remote places in the world. It is the third least populated country on Earth, and the forth smallest. There are only a few places more distant from the world’s strife than Tuvalu.3. IcelandIceland, of course, has no borders, has remote locations, is stable as a country and has virtually no world enemies. Its people are happy and the nation always ranks highly on the Global Peace Index. If world conflict erupts, Iceland is one of the few stable nations in the world unlikely to get caught up in the middle.2. BhutanLandlocked among the Himalaya mountains, Bhutan is one of the most isolated nations in the world. It also showcases one of the most stable balances in the world between moderization and retention of ancient culture. Its religious population believes in peaceful resolution to all conflict, and although it sits in a troubled region, it remains protected by its geography.1. New ZealandNew Zealand might be the most isolated and expansive fully developed nation in the world. It shares no borders, sits relatively distant from any other nation, has no real national enemies, has a safe democracy and a diverse landscape with many remote places to hide away within. Furthermore, it ranked #1 on the Global Peace Index in 2009.
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« on: January 27, 2010, 05:29:28 PM »
If the idea of turning consumers into true cyborgs sounds creepy, don’t tell Intel researchers. Intel’s Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control all sorts of gadgets directly via brain waves by 2020.
The scientists anticipate that consumers will adapt quickly to the idea, and indeed crave the freedom of not requiring a keyboard, mouse, or remote control for surfing the Web or changing channels. They also predict that people will tire of multi-touch devices such as our precious iPhones, Android smart phones and even Microsoft’s wacky Surface Table.
Plenty of other researchers have also tinkered in this area. Toyota recently demoed a wheelchair controlled with brainwaves, and University of Utah researchers have created a wireless brain transmitter that allows monkeys to control robotic arms.
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