BA lost cat at Athens Airprt

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A couple has criticised British Airways' handling of pets after their cat was lost for several hours at Athens airport.

Kit and Megan Peel had been living in Greece when they decided to return home to Nidderdale in North Yorkshire with their cats Spartacus and Tancredi.

The couple claim BA's handling area was unsuitable after Spartacus broke free and bolted through a window.

BA said it had received accolades for its handling of animals.

The couple rescued Spartacus and his brother while living in Greece

Mr Peel was travelling to Heathrow Airport and had arranged for the cats to travel on BA Cargo, paying more than 700 euros for pet tickets.

Mr Peel said he was in a room with open kiosk-style windows holding the cats while their cage was x-rayed when Spartacus became scared and broke free, running off into a busy cargo area. Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Bog Snorkel has new world record

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Llanwrtyd Wells bog snorkel has new world record time

Bog snorkellers must swim two lengths of the water-filled trench without using conventional strokes

The World Bog Snorkelling Championships in Powys has been won in a record time.

About 140 people from the UK, Poland, Ireland, Germany, France and Australia challenged for the title at Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, on Sunday.

Contestants must avoid conventional swimming strokes when negotiating the 60 yard (55m) water-filled trenches.

Dan Morgan, from Brecon, is said to have "thrashed" the existing record, 1 min 38.15 secs, by eight seconds.

His time was 1 min 30.06 secs. Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

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BBC News - Lennon's toilet sells for £9,500 in Beatles auction

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The Jewel Wasp

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And you thought "living" roaches were bad

Two new states for roaches have been discovered recently: the undead and the robotic.

The undead "zombie" roaches are the victims of the jewel wasp, whose brain-injected toxin stops a roach's will to escape. Creepy as that is, scientists are now using this parasitic relationship to better understand the chemical nature of movement.

As for the 'droids, European scientists have newly invented a robotic cockroach. The machine, covered in a paper filter drenched in cockroach pheremones, is capable of influencing roach group-behavior. Researchers speculate that these robots could be used to lead cockroaches to traps, eliminating the need for pesticides.

Check out the BBC video here. Read more at burkemuseum.blogspot.com

 

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A close call in the race to be named 'Britain's most disgusting woman' - Yahoo! News UK

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Damn Cool Pics: Mike Tyson's Abandoned Mansion

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New York Cat Fashion Show

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New York Cat Fashion Show Photos The New York Fashion Week is known to all fashionistas out there, but most of them never heard of the New York Cat Fashion Show. Yes, now your little furry friend can strut their stuff down the catwalk.… [More]

Photos of New York Cat Fashion Show (Via: thisblogrules)

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Digital Overload: Your Brain On Gadgets

The average person today consumes almost three times as much information as what the typical person consumed in 1960, according to research at the University of California, San Diego.

And The New York Times reports that the average computer user checks 40 websites a day and can switch programs 36 times an hour.

"It's an onslaught of information coming in today," says Times technology journalist Matt Richtel. "At one time a screen meant maybe something in your living room. But now it's something in your pocket so it goes everywhere — it can be behind the wheel, it can be at the dinner table, it can be in the bathroom. We see it everywhere today."

Richtel has spent the past several months researching the toll technology and "information juggling" are taking on our lives — and our brains. His series "Your Brain On Computers" describes how multitasking on computers and digital gadgets affects the way people process information — and how quickly they can then become distracted.

The Brain In The Wild

August 24, 2010 Listen to the Story Fresh Air from WHYY [37 min 54 sec] Add to Playlist Download Transcript   Read more at www.npr.org

 

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Origin of the word BACON

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The word derives originally from the Old High German “bacho”, meaning “buttock”, which in turn derived from the Proto-Germanic “backoz”, meaning “back”.  By the 14th century, it found its way into Old French as “bacun”, meaning “back meat”.  And by the 16th century, it found its way into Middle English as “bacoun”, which referred to all cured pork, not just the back meat.

The USDA defines “bacon” as “the cured belly of a swine carcass”… mmm swine carcass…

The phrase “bring home the bacon” has been around since the early 20th century and was initially used primarily by the working class, with bacon being a staple meat for that class.

The difference between bacon and salted pork or ham is primarily in the brine used.  Brine for bacon often includes sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate, and saltpeter for curing the meat; sodium ascorbate for setting the color, as well as speeding up the curing process; and brown or maple sugar for flavor, among other ingredients.  One of the principle differences is that brine for ham tends to have a much higher concentration of sugar. Read more at www.todayifoundout.com

 

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We"ve stopped Cairns Drilling !

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Our campaigners have evaded a huge security operation and have scaled Cairn Energy's controversial oil rig in the Arctic seas off Greenland, shutting it down - live updates below. Arctic drilling has got to stop. Tell Cairn's boss, Bill Gammell to stop drilling now. Take Action >

For background on Cairn's Arctic drilling, watch this video. Action updates appear automatically below. To send a message to the ship, reply to @gp_espy on Twitter. Read more at www.gobeyondoil.org

 

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How to be a Butcher DIY

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How to Be a Butcher: 4 Pro Tips on DIY Dismemberment

At a half-hog butchering demonstration on June 16, Fleisher's Meat co-founder Joshua Applestone shares the secrets to slicing swine.

"I'm not a killer, I'm a butcher,"

1. Pigs have seams

2. Knives off the table

Butcher Joshua Applestone speaks to a rapt audience as he butchers a half hog at New York's James Beard House on June 16, 2010.

3. Match the blade to the butchery

Butcher Joshua Applestone demonstrates proper knife technique. Applestone's outfit, Fleisher's Meats, teaches the skills of slicing swine to aspiring butchers.

4. Don't get slick

Having forgotten his own bone saw at home in Kingston, NY, butcher Joshua Applestone attempted to make do with a borrowed hack saw. In the end, he ditched the hack saw and demonstrated most of the operation using a Wusthof 12-inch chef's knife.Read more at www.popularmechanics.com

 

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Be careful with this Woman

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Be Careful with this woman! (video file) Read more at groups.yahoo.com

 

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Creative Sequence Photography

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CREATIVE SEQUENCE PHOTOGRAPHY

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Monkey adopts Cat

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During the remarkable moments the monkey would become agitated if Anne ventured too near to take pictures and at one point used a huge leaf to try and cover the kitten from view

The monkey was even wary of other macaques and would not allow other young males to get too close

Throughout the session the kitten enjoyed the attention being lavished on it by its protective carer and made no effort to leave

The reserve is inhabited by about 340 monkeys in four groups. It is considered sacred by locals and visited by about 10,000 tourists each month

It is not known how the cat came to be in the company of the macaques Read more at groups.yahoo.com

 

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W.B. Yeats

Down by the Salley Gardens

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

When You are Old

The Song of Wandering Aengus

The Cap and Bells

He hears the Cry of the Sedge

The Wheel

The Secret Rose

He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Three Things Read more at www.chiark.greenend.org.uk

 

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Cartoons

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funonthenet: Photos: Superb Paintings From National Gallery Of London.: Thumbnails

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China sets up base to explore deep-sea energy - China.org.cn

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A Buyer’s Guide to the Top 5 Mobile and Portable Scanners

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The Roman industrial estate: Discovery off the A1 suggests ancient economic hub for missing legion | Mail Online

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Wings of desire: Love letters from the Second World War | Mail Online

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The secrets of romance: What exactly does make us CLICK? | Mail Online

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£1 a day Heart Wonder Drug

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£1-a-day heart wonder drug: Pill could save 10,000 lives every year in UK

A pill costing little more than £1 a day could save the lives of thousands suffering from a common heart condition.

British doctors are so impressed with the ‘breakthrough findings’ of a major study that they have pledged to start using the drug, ivabradine, to treat patients with heart failure straight away, even though it has not yet been licensed for the condition in the UK.

More than 700,000 people live with heart failure, which occurs when the organ becomes too weak to pump blood efficiently round the body.

This can lead to fatigue, breathlessness, increased heart rate and other serious complications.

Around 100,000 a year are thought to die from heart failure and many patients are repeatedly admitted to hospital because of their symptoms. Read more at www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Whats your Secret Cliff?

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What's your secret, Cliff?: Pushing 70, yet he's still got the body of a Young One

There can’t be many men approaching their eighth decade who would be happy to pose topless.

Sir Cliff Richard is a proud exception.

Apart from a few more hairs on the chest, the clean-living star’s toned frame looks hardly any different from publicity shots for the movie Summer Holiday – made 47 years ago.

Young One: Still toned and fit, Sir Cliff shows off his beach body as he prepares to turn 70

1963: From Summer Holiday, when Sir Cliff was aged 23

Sir Cliff, who turns 70 in October, peeled off for his 2011 calendar. Read more at www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap: Wikipedia puts an end to the secret of whodunnit | Mail Online

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What would it take to save every endagered species

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What would it take to save every endangered species? Twenty-two Komodo dragons bred at the Los Angeles Zoo have hatched this month, a development that may help to ensure the survival of that species. Can we save many other endangered animals and plants this way too?  Read More » More Great Links: How Extinction Works Could scientists resurrect the dodo bird? Read more at www.howstuffworks.com

 

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WHY? Tell Me Why!

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Why? Tell Me Why!: Stomach Growls

Hunger Why? Tell Me Why! (02:42) Have you ever wondered why you get hungry during certain times of the day? Or why you get hungry at all? Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out.

Hiccups Why? Tell Me Why! (02:00)

Pubic Hair Why? Tell Me Why! (01:08) Kasey-Dee Gardner combs through the reason why humans have public hair.

Boogers Why? Tell Me Why! (00:53) Ever wondered why we have nose and eye boogers? Kasey Dee Gardner finds out why.

Puffy Eyes in the Morning Why? Tell Me Why! (01:21) Rise, shine, and puffy eyes? Have you ever experienced puffy eyes in the morning? This week Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out why this happens.

Why Do We Forget Things? Why? Tell Me Why! (01:33) Have you ever noticed how you can forget where you put your car keys, yet remember how to ride a bike? This week Kasey-Dee Gardner gets to the root of why we forget certain things and remember others.

Runny Noses Why? Tell Me Why! (01:08) With winter here, it seems like our noses are runny faucets. This week Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out why this disgusting phenomenon happens.

Brain Freeze Why? Tell Me Why! (01:48) Have you ever eaten ice cream too fast and gotten a stinging sensation in your face? Discovery News' Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out why we get brain freeze.

Veins and Blood Why? Tell Me Why! (01:26)

Blood Types Why? Tell Me Why! (02:07) Humans have four different blood types - have you ever wondered why that's the case? This week Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out.

Voice Recognition Why? Tell Me Why! (01:24) Have you ever realized how different your voice sounds on an answering machine? This week, Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out which one is your "true" voice and why.

Morning Breath Why? Tell Me Why! (01:53) Every morning we wake up to a not so pleasant taste in our mouth. This week on Why? Tell Me Why! Kasey-Dee finds out the root of nasty morning breath. Read more at news.discovery.com

 

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