Extreme theft.
http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3253576
Extreme theft.
http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3253576
what would anyone do with those medals???
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EGG MAYONNAISE ANYONE?
The type of sandwich people choose to eat can reveal their "inner" self, according to a new survey.
The findings suggest the popular BLT indicates a hard-working, self-motivated individual who holds traditional family values.
A tuna and cucumber sandwich suggests a caring and giving individual.
The BLT was the top choice for those men surveyed while the tuna and cucumber was the top choice for women.
Few people enjoyed tucking into an egg mayonnaise sandwich - although it was the favourite of the older generation.
Psychologist Donna Dawson said it tended to be chosen by someone who is traditional and conservative and would never take unnecessary risks.
The chicken and bacon sandwich was more popular and the most favoured among youngsters.
"It tends to be chosen by people with healthy life appetites, who expend a lot of energy during their daily routine," Ms Dawson said.
The classic 70s favourite - the prawn cocktail sandwich - was one of the least favoured sandwiches with only 8%.
A product manager at office products firm Avery Dennison said: "They say you are what you eat and this research clearly indicates key personality types."
(http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...262398,00.html)
I am a tuna and cucumber person
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What about salami sandwiches?
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
The survey was conducted in the UK... I am afraid the sandwich range is limited to the ones mentioned in the article
*tries to remind self why she is living in the UK*
Horrid weather, milky tea and without imagnation sandwiches... Oh yeah!
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I've never even heard of a tuna and cucumber sammich!!
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Tuna mixed with mayo (and some spices if you are preparing it at home) and cucumber slices... Believe me, beats the egg mayo or the prawn...
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I'm Not Touching It, YOU Touch It!
Fri Dec 17,10:22 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian police seized 292 voodoo dolls but were reluctant to inspect the black, hand-sized talismans for fear of witchcraft.
"Witches don't exist, but if they do, they do," Highway Police Capt. Gerson Fajardo explained in a local newspaper interview published on Thursday.
Transporting or selling the dolls is not against the law in Colombia. But police intelligence officer Rolando Silva, described by El Tiempo newspaper as an expert in witchcraft, nonetheless defended their seizure in the central province of Quindio.
"It was a measure to protect the moral conduct and the good habits of the people," he said.
The cargo, marked "various merchandise," also included 192 packages labeled magic dust and instructions on how to cast spells.
(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...mbia_voodoo_dc)
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So good to see that the health system has enough time and money for this
Gollum gets a health check
Thu Dec 16, 7:37 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Gollum, the creepy character in "Lord of the Rings" with the dual personality and eerie voice, suffered from a schizoid personality disorder, according to a group of medical students.
Thirty students at University College London were asked to explain the odd behaviour the character displayed in the films based on the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy.
The students noted his solitary habits, spiteful behaviour, odd interests, difficulty in forming friendships, emotional changeability, nervousness and paranoia.
"He fulfils seven of the nine criteria for schizoid personality disorder, and, if we must label Gollum's problems, we believe this is the most likely diagnosis," Dr Elizabeth Sampson, who headed the research team, said in the British Medical Journal on Friday.
His two personalities -- Gollum and Smeagol -- convinced some students it was a case of schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder.
But schizophrenia was ruled out because delusions were not in keeping with Gollum's culture. The interaction between the two personalities shows Gollum is aware of both Smeagol and Gollum at the same time, which is inconsistent with multiple personality disorder, in which one is usually suppressed.
His bulging eyes and weight loss also suggests a thyroid problem, they added.
(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._health_gollum)
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Er...what's strange with this news?
Well, everybody knows that Gollum is a schizo, (btw, does speaking of yourself in plural mean that you're a schizo?!??!) but if it's now scientifically proved, then fine.
(so says a person who has discussed on topics like "Table-manners at Middle-Earth", "Torturing on Middle-Eath" "Hygien on Mddle-Earth" and so on.)
If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.
It doesn't exactly say it but does not rule it out either!Originally Posted by Taliesin
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Mathematicians crochet chaos
Mathematicians have made a crochet model of chaos - and are challenging anyone else to repeat the effort.
Dr Hinke Osinga and Professor Bernd Krauskopf, of Bristol University's engineering mathematics department, used 25,511 crochet stitches to represent the Lorenz equations.
The equations describe the nature of chaotic systems - such as the weather or a turbulent river.
The academics are offering a bottle of champagne to anyone who cares to follow the pattern published in the journal Mathematics Intelligencer.
Floating leaves
The idea for the Lorenz manifold model came to the couple during the Christmas break two years ago.
Dr Osinga, who learnt to crochet when she was seven, was relaxing by crocheting some hexagonal lace motifs.
Prof Krauskopf asked her: "Why don't you crochet something useful?"
Eighty-five hours of work and some supporting steel wire later, they had something almost a metre across which looks not unlike a big Christmas decoration - which is what they are using it as.
Dr Osinga, said: "Imagine a leaf floating in a turbulent river and consider how it passes either to the left or to the right around a rock somewhere downstream.
"Those special leaves that end up clinging to the rock must have followed a very unique path in the water.
"Each stitch in the crochet pattern represents a single point - a leaf - that ends up at the rock."
The more serious side to the work was developing a computer model to describe complex surfaces.
( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4099615.stm) Please go to the page and enlarge the image!!!
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Last edited by Scheherazade; 12-19-2004 at 05:32 AM.
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Heh...chaos?
You call this thing chaos?
It can only mean that you haven't seen Our living when We have not been cleaning for some time.
This thing there is Perfect Order compared to Our room.
On the News bit:
We think that there was some kind of news that Harry Potter sixth book is now complete. Or smth. If you're interested, search the net.
If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.
Heh, Tal! Maybe you can start crocheting a model of your living room as well;just to put those scientists into shame!
Also regarding the 6th Potter book:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ts/4113663.stm
Last edited by Scheherazade; 12-23-2004 at 06:14 AM.
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Are we not alone afterall?
Mystery Martian 'Carwash' Helps Space Buggy
Wed Dec 22,10:40 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - An unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne car wash has boosted the performance of one of the two U.S. rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said Tuesday.
It said something -- or someone -- had regularly cleaned layers of dust from the solar panels of the Mars Opportunity vehicle while it was closed down during the Martian night.
The cleaning had boosted the panels' power output close to their maximum 900 watt-hours per day after at one stage dropping to 500 watt-hours because of the heavy Martian dirt.
By contrast, the power output of the solar panels of Mars Spirit -- on a different part of the Red Planet -- had dropped to just 400 watt-hours a day, clogged by the heavy dust.
"These exciting and unexplained cleaning events have kept Opportunity in really great shape," the magazine quoted NASA (news - web sites) rover team leader Jim Erickson as saying.
(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../od_nm/mars_dc)
An interesting article about language development:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magaz...-language.html
Last edited by Scheherazade; 12-23-2004 at 06:45 AM.
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