Website artist Su Blackwell
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
What to do with your old books!
You have an old used book and you plan to drop it in garbage? Well, after seeing the following pictueres you might change your mind about that and try to make some cool paper-cut sculptures from its papers.
Website artist Su Blackwell
Website artist Su Blackwell
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Bulldog Beauty Contest 2010
Some love for Bulldogs????
Bulldog Beauty Contest 2010 took place February 28 at the Marketplace Long Beach, California.
http://www.hautedogs.org/bulldog.html
Bulldog Beauty Contest 2010 took place February 28 at the Marketplace Long Beach, California.
http://www.hautedogs.org/bulldog.html
Bed ladder
Sometimes I whish I would have a bed ladder…!
Bed ladder makes getting out of bed easy. The sturdy wooden rungs provide stability and comfortable grips for pulling yourself up without help from others. A great aid for the elderly and people with disabilities. Great for hospitals and care centers. Simply loops around bedposts or bed legs.
More information:Bed Ladder
Bed ladder makes getting out of bed easy. The sturdy wooden rungs provide stability and comfortable grips for pulling yourself up without help from others. A great aid for the elderly and people with disabilities. Great for hospitals and care centers. Simply loops around bedposts or bed legs.
More information:Bed Ladder
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
"Men in Black" – In 3D
Will Smith returns to the Men In Black franchise, with a new 3D sequel heading to cinema screens in summer 2012…
Columbia Pictures has confirmed what's been rumoured heavily for the last few weeks, namely that it's pressing ahead with a third Men In Black movie.
The new film, which will inevitably be a 3D affair, will be arriving in the summer of 2012, and Will Smith has signed up to reprise his role as Agent Jay. Tommy Lee Jones hasn't yet signed on the dotted line to return as Agent Kay, but negotiations are ongoing to secure his return. The long-rumoured casting of Josh Brolin looks to be on the mark too, as he's reportedly in talks about playing a younger Agent Kay.
The script this time round is being written by Etan Cohen, who hopefully can overcome the lame retread of the original that Men In Black 2 ended up as. Cohen also penned Tropic Thunder, which does offer some promise.
The release date for the film has also been announced, too. For Men In Black 3 is set to do battle with Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine and Star Trek in the summer of 2012. It's marked for release on May 25th of that year. Barry Sonnenfeld is the man charged, once more, with directing the film.
Source: Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures has confirmed what's been rumoured heavily for the last few weeks, namely that it's pressing ahead with a third Men In Black movie.
The new film, which will inevitably be a 3D affair, will be arriving in the summer of 2012, and Will Smith has signed up to reprise his role as Agent Jay. Tommy Lee Jones hasn't yet signed on the dotted line to return as Agent Kay, but negotiations are ongoing to secure his return. The long-rumoured casting of Josh Brolin looks to be on the mark too, as he's reportedly in talks about playing a younger Agent Kay.
The script this time round is being written by Etan Cohen, who hopefully can overcome the lame retread of the original that Men In Black 2 ended up as. Cohen also penned Tropic Thunder, which does offer some promise.
The release date for the film has also been announced, too. For Men In Black 3 is set to do battle with Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine and Star Trek in the summer of 2012. It's marked for release on May 25th of that year. Barry Sonnenfeld is the man charged, once more, with directing the film.
Source: Columbia Pictures
Goodbye to '24'
Some love for Jack Bauer?
Eight seasons in, "24" was 86'd. By the time the last episode airs on May 24, there will have been nearly 200 hours of "24." To date, there have been 18 Emmy wins.
"I think over the course of the eight years, we've had 16 marriages and 30-something children have been born," said star Kiefer Sutherland, who portrays federal agent Jack Bauer on the series. "We were like a family. So, it's very hard to say goodbye."
Sad as the end may be, Sutherland said the time is right.
"It was a lot of different things. It's a very, very difficult show to write. And (executive producer) Howard Gordon . . . normally halfway through the season will say, 'I've got a great idea for next year.' And he just wasn't feeling it. And all his energy was focused on this season eight. He said, 'This is where I feel it should end, and we should be making the films.' And once he says that, you've got to go with him."
The "24" feature film, still in development, will stray from the show's format in at least one key way: It won't take 24 hours to tell its story of a day in the life of Jack Bauer....
Eight seasons in, "24" was 86'd. By the time the last episode airs on May 24, there will have been nearly 200 hours of "24." To date, there have been 18 Emmy wins.
"I think over the course of the eight years, we've had 16 marriages and 30-something children have been born," said star Kiefer Sutherland, who portrays federal agent Jack Bauer on the series. "We were like a family. So, it's very hard to say goodbye."
Sad as the end may be, Sutherland said the time is right.
"It was a lot of different things. It's a very, very difficult show to write. And (executive producer) Howard Gordon . . . normally halfway through the season will say, 'I've got a great idea for next year.' And he just wasn't feeling it. And all his energy was focused on this season eight. He said, 'This is where I feel it should end, and we should be making the films.' And once he says that, you've got to go with him."
The "24" feature film, still in development, will stray from the show's format in at least one key way: It won't take 24 hours to tell its story of a day in the life of Jack Bauer....
'Dark Knight' – Batman 3 – Official release date!
Warner Bros officially set a date for the follow-up to The Dark Knight. Tentatively known as Batman 3, the movie will debut July 20, 2012 in conventional and IMAX theaters, almost exactly four years after The Dark Knight opened to record-breaking numbers.
The studio has barely begun the process of developing the movie; Nolan is in postproduction on “Inception,” but is hammering out a story with David Goyer.
There is no title as this point and no start date.
July is becoming Nolan’s month. “The Dark Knight” opened on July 18, 2008, and “Inception” debuts July 16.
With Batman 3 on the docket, summer 2012 is shaping up to be one of the greater geek movie seasons. Marvel’s “The Avengers” is slated to come out May 4, board game adaptation “Battleship” leaves port May 25, the “Star Trek” sequel beams up June 29, and the rebooted “Spider-Man” swings into theaters on July 3.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Amazing hybrid animals
Take a look at some of these otherworldly hybrid animals......
Though they rarely occur in nature, individuals from different but closely related species do occasionally mate, and the result is a biological hybrid — an offspring that shares traits from both parent species.
Here are six bizarre, but truly unique half-breeds.
Zebroids
(Photo: Wiki Commons / GNU)
A zebroid is the offspring of a cross between a zebra and any other equine, usually a horse or a donkey. There are zorses, zonkeys, zonies, and a host of other combinations.
Zebroids are an interesting example of hybrids bred from species that have a radically different number of chromosomes. For instance, horses have 64 chromosomes and zebra have between 32 and 44 (depending on species). Even so, nature finds a way.
Savannah cats
(Photo: Jason Douglas / Wiki Commons / public domain)
Savannah cats are -- contrary to popular belief -- from a coastal town in Georgia. But what they are is what you get from mixing your everyday domestic cat with an African Serval cat. Historians believe the first one was bred sometime in the mid 1980s by a cat breeder in, of all places, Pennsylvania. The International Cat Association first recognized the cat in 1996. The hybrid cat can now be purchased or perused in copies of 'Savannah's Illustrated' magazine.
Ligers
(Photo: aliwest44 / Flickr)
Ligers are the cross of a male lion and a female tiger, and they are the largest of all living cats and felines. Their massive size may be a result of imprinted genes which are not fully expressed in their parents, but are left unchecked when the two different species mate. Some female ligers can grow to 10 feet in length and weigh more than 700 pounds.
Ligers are distinct from tigons, which come from a female lion and male tiger. Various other big cat hybrids have been created too, including leopons (a leopard and a lion mix), jaguleps (a jaguar and leopard mix), and even lijaguleps (a lion and jagulep mix).
Wholphins
(Photo: Mark Interrante (aka pinhole) / Flickr)
A cross between a false killer whale and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, wholphins are hybrids that have been reported to exist in the wild. There are currently two in captivity, both at Sea Life Park in Hawaii.
The wholphin's size, color, and shape are intermediate between the parent species. Even their number of teeth is mixed; a bottlenose has 88 teeth, a false killer whale has 44 teeth, and a wholphin has 66.
Grolar bears
(Photo: via Inhabitots.com)
The offspring of a grizzly bear and a polar bear, a grolar bear is one beast you don't want to meet in the woods. Interestingly, unlike many hybrid animals on this list, grolar bears are known to occur naturally in the wild.
Some experts predict that polar bears may be driven to breed with grizzly bears at an increased frequency due to global warming, and the fact that polar bears are being forced from their natural habitats on the polar ice.
Beefalo
(Photo: via readthesmiths.com)
Beefalo are the fertile offspring of domestic cattle and American bison. Crosses also exist between domestic cattle and European bison (zubrons) and yaks (yakows). The name given to beefalo might be the most suggestive, since the breed was purposely created to combine the best characteristics of both animals with an eye towards beef production.
A USDA study showed that beefalo meat, like bison meat, tends to be lower in fat and cholesterol. They are also thought to produce less damage to range-land than cattle.
Source: Bryan Nelson, Mother Nature Network
Though they rarely occur in nature, individuals from different but closely related species do occasionally mate, and the result is a biological hybrid — an offspring that shares traits from both parent species.
Here are six bizarre, but truly unique half-breeds.
Zebroids
(Photo: Wiki Commons / GNU)A zebroid is the offspring of a cross between a zebra and any other equine, usually a horse or a donkey. There are zorses, zonkeys, zonies, and a host of other combinations.
Zebroids are an interesting example of hybrids bred from species that have a radically different number of chromosomes. For instance, horses have 64 chromosomes and zebra have between 32 and 44 (depending on species). Even so, nature finds a way.
Savannah cats
(Photo: Jason Douglas / Wiki Commons / public domain)Savannah cats are -- contrary to popular belief -- from a coastal town in Georgia. But what they are is what you get from mixing your everyday domestic cat with an African Serval cat. Historians believe the first one was bred sometime in the mid 1980s by a cat breeder in, of all places, Pennsylvania. The International Cat Association first recognized the cat in 1996. The hybrid cat can now be purchased or perused in copies of 'Savannah's Illustrated' magazine.
Ligers
(Photo: aliwest44 / Flickr)Ligers are the cross of a male lion and a female tiger, and they are the largest of all living cats and felines. Their massive size may be a result of imprinted genes which are not fully expressed in their parents, but are left unchecked when the two different species mate. Some female ligers can grow to 10 feet in length and weigh more than 700 pounds.
Ligers are distinct from tigons, which come from a female lion and male tiger. Various other big cat hybrids have been created too, including leopons (a leopard and a lion mix), jaguleps (a jaguar and leopard mix), and even lijaguleps (a lion and jagulep mix).
Wholphins
(Photo: Mark Interrante (aka pinhole) / Flickr)A cross between a false killer whale and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, wholphins are hybrids that have been reported to exist in the wild. There are currently two in captivity, both at Sea Life Park in Hawaii.
The wholphin's size, color, and shape are intermediate between the parent species. Even their number of teeth is mixed; a bottlenose has 88 teeth, a false killer whale has 44 teeth, and a wholphin has 66.
Grolar bears
(Photo: via Inhabitots.com)The offspring of a grizzly bear and a polar bear, a grolar bear is one beast you don't want to meet in the woods. Interestingly, unlike many hybrid animals on this list, grolar bears are known to occur naturally in the wild.
Some experts predict that polar bears may be driven to breed with grizzly bears at an increased frequency due to global warming, and the fact that polar bears are being forced from their natural habitats on the polar ice.
Beefalo
(Photo: via readthesmiths.com)Beefalo are the fertile offspring of domestic cattle and American bison. Crosses also exist between domestic cattle and European bison (zubrons) and yaks (yakows). The name given to beefalo might be the most suggestive, since the breed was purposely created to combine the best characteristics of both animals with an eye towards beef production.
A USDA study showed that beefalo meat, like bison meat, tends to be lower in fat and cholesterol. They are also thought to produce less damage to range-land than cattle.
Source: Bryan Nelson, Mother Nature Network
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Depressed? Eat some chocolate?!
People who are depressed eat more chocolate than people who are not, U.S. researchers said on Monday last week, in a study that puts numbers behind the link between mood and chocolate.
They said people who were depressed ate an average of 8.4 servings of chocolate per month, compared with 5.4 servings among those who were not.
And people who had major depression based on results of a screening test ate even more -- 11.8 servings per month. A serving was considered to be one small bar, or 1 ounce (28 grams), of chocolate.
"Depressed mood was significantly related to higher chocolate consumption," Dr. Natalie Rose of the University of California, Davis, and University of California, San Diego, and colleagues wrote in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Many people consider chocolate a mood-booster but few studies have actually confirmed the connection between the confection and mood. And most studies have looked only at women.
Rose and colleagues studied the relationship between chocolate and mood among 931 women and men who were not using antidepressants. People in the study reported how much chocolate they consumed and most also completed a food frequency questionnaire about their overall diet.
Their moods were assessed using a commonly used depression scale. What they found was a marked association between chocolate consumption and depression. And unlike other studies that looked only at women, the link was true of both men and women.
What the study could not say was why people who are depressed eat more chocolate.
It could be that depression stimulates chocolate cravings, and people eat chocolate as a sort of self treatment, confirming some studies on rats that suggest chocolate can improve mood, the authors said.
Or, it could be that depression may stimulate chocolate cravings for some other reason without providing any mood benefit. People in the study did not have any such "treatment benefit" from chocolate, the team said.
And they said it may be that eating a lot of chocolate actually causes people to feel depressed, another possible explanation for the association they saw in the study.
It may be something physiological about chocolate, such as providing additional antioxidants. Or the mood-boosting effect of chocolate could be fleeting, like the temporary euphoria from drinking alcohol, leaving people feeling even lower after the brief euphoria has passed.
"Distinguishing among these possibilities will require different study designs," the team said.
They said future studies will be needed to determine whether chocolate is a cause of depression, or a temporary salve.
They said people who were depressed ate an average of 8.4 servings of chocolate per month, compared with 5.4 servings among those who were not.
And people who had major depression based on results of a screening test ate even more -- 11.8 servings per month. A serving was considered to be one small bar, or 1 ounce (28 grams), of chocolate.
"Depressed mood was significantly related to higher chocolate consumption," Dr. Natalie Rose of the University of California, Davis, and University of California, San Diego, and colleagues wrote in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Many people consider chocolate a mood-booster but few studies have actually confirmed the connection between the confection and mood. And most studies have looked only at women.
Rose and colleagues studied the relationship between chocolate and mood among 931 women and men who were not using antidepressants. People in the study reported how much chocolate they consumed and most also completed a food frequency questionnaire about their overall diet.
Their moods were assessed using a commonly used depression scale. What they found was a marked association between chocolate consumption and depression. And unlike other studies that looked only at women, the link was true of both men and women.
What the study could not say was why people who are depressed eat more chocolate.
It could be that depression stimulates chocolate cravings, and people eat chocolate as a sort of self treatment, confirming some studies on rats that suggest chocolate can improve mood, the authors said.
Or, it could be that depression may stimulate chocolate cravings for some other reason without providing any mood benefit. People in the study did not have any such "treatment benefit" from chocolate, the team said.
And they said it may be that eating a lot of chocolate actually causes people to feel depressed, another possible explanation for the association they saw in the study.
It may be something physiological about chocolate, such as providing additional antioxidants. Or the mood-boosting effect of chocolate could be fleeting, like the temporary euphoria from drinking alcohol, leaving people feeling even lower after the brief euphoria has passed.
"Distinguishing among these possibilities will require different study designs," the team said.
They said future studies will be needed to determine whether chocolate is a cause of depression, or a temporary salve.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Dog Brain Trainer
If you want to really test your dog’s intelligence, we recommend these three games. Each one is a little different, but all are fun ways to keep your dog occupied and mentally stimulated. Hide the treats in the compartments, place the bones in their slots, give it a little twist, and leave it for your dog to figure out.
We should mention games like these are excellent for dogs with separation anxiety. All the hard work to get to the treats will keep your anxious pup busy, preventing their brain from entering that dangerous CHEW UP EVERYTHING mode. In the meantime, if someone has both a Poodle and a Basset Hound, we’d like to know who is REALLY smarter in a battle of Interactive Intelligence Games!
Source: ThinkGeek
JEWELRY IN DISHWASHER
Some love for your jewelry!
Dishwasher Cleaning Jewelry "Egg" makes diamonds look like new! No harsh chemicals necessary. Simply hang the egg in the dishwasher with your jewelry locked safely inside and let hot water and detergent's built-in degreasers rejuvenate lackluster surfaces into a brilliant shine in no time. Safe for use with most fine jewelry with faceted stones (not glue mounted).
More info: Jewelry "Egg"
And some love for your daughter??????
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