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Madonna faces arrest over concert stunt
Dusseldorf police have warned the singer that she could be in breach of their "insulting religious beliefs" law and they will be in the crowd ready to act if she attempts the stunt. During her Confessions tour, the 48-year-old singer wears a crown of thorns and is hoisted on to a 'disco cross'. While numerous religious leaders have condemned the performance as "blasphemous", Madonna insists she is performing the stunt to try and raise Aids awareness. Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders objected before the singer's Rome concert earlier this month and there calls for her to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church. ........ Posted by: Gina Permalink Source TV is an effective 'painkiller' for kids
The research team assessed 69 children between the ages of 7 and 12, who were randomly divided into three groups to have a blood sample taken. One group was given no distraction while the sample was being taken. In the second group mothers attempted to actively distract their children by talking to them, soothing, and/or caressing them. And in the third group, the children were allowed to watch TV cartoons while the procedure was being carried out. None of the children was given any form of anaesthesia, and after the samples had been taken, all the children and their mothers then rated their pain scores. The children recording the highest pain scores were in the group for whom no distraction had been provided. These scores were around three times as high as those recorded by children allowed to watch the TV cartoons. Middling scores were recorded by those children whose mothers had attempted to actively distract them while the sample was taken. Eventhough on average, the mothers rated pain scores higher than their children had done, and especially for their own attempts at distracting their offspring, they nevertheless recorded the lowest pain scores for children who had been allowed to watch TV cartoons......... Posted by: Gina Permalink Source Web Database For Ionic Liquid Data
There has been an explosion of interest in the last few years (including a near-exponential growth in journal articles) in the synthesis and use of ionic liquids--salts that melt below the boiling point of water. A large part of the interest is due to something ionic liquids don't have: a measurable vapor pressure at room temperature. With typical vapor pressures in the range of 10-10 pascal (10-14 psi), ionic liquids have essentially no vapor emissions and so look like excellent candidates for "green solvents" to replace hazardous, air-polluting organic solvents like acetone and benzene. With dozens of anions and cations to choose from, they can be tailored to specific needs and may be especially useful as solvents for biocatalysis. One problem has been a lack of organized, reliable data on the basic physical properties of ionic liquids, critical information for designing industrial processes. NIST, in cooperation with the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), has created ILThermo, the IUPAC Ionic Liquids Database. Launched at the end of July, ILThermo is a free, web-based research tool that allows users worldwide to access an up-to-date data collection of thermodynamic, thermochemical and transport properties of pure ionic liquids as well as binary and ternary mixtures......... Posted by: Sarah Permalink Source A science or engineering bachelor's degree
Even people who go on to work in non-technical fields say their science or engineering bachelor's degree is useful in their jobs.
Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation That holds even if the graduate ends up doing non-technical work. As per the survey, among those workers whose only degree was an S&E bachelor's, 27 percent had S&E occupations. Sixty-three percent working in non-technical fields still said their jobs were correlation to their S&E degree. Some 400,000 sales workers, for example, reported their job was correlation to their S&E bachelor's degree. And a majority of S&E bachelor's degree holders employed as artists, editors or writers reported their degree was at least somewhat correlation to their job. Of those who went on to receive advanced degrees, the largest proportion, almost 29 percent, took those degrees in non-S&E fields, namely business, law or medicine. "S&E knowledge remained important to the jobs of most S&E bachelor's holders with advanced degrees--being reported as necessary by a majority of both those with master's degrees in business and those with other non-S&E advanced degrees," the survey said......... Posted by: Tom Permalink Source Unique Photo Coasters
The photo coasters have high metal holder on the back of each coaster and rubber feet to protect surfaces. The 4-piece coaster set comes for just $ 14.99......... Posted by: Tom Permalink Source Stranger in a Strange Land
Now, some might think this is a little overblown, but, well, let them choke on their own bile. The event was how such blogging events should be: the newbies and the veterans getting together to discuss blogging and blogging practices. This is the only time that I have not seen the newbies attacked as idiots or undeserving the veterans attention, but rather working together to make the community better. Let me ask you: is that such a bad thing? As others have noted, there was hugging and kissing and giggling - but that was pretty much just me, as I tend to hug and kiss people I know hello. And, well, I got to meet a lot of people that I read, but have not seen yet in person, or people that I met at the conference or people that are friends: Nellie Lide, Teresa Valdez Klein, Toby Bloomberg, Susan Getgood, Amy Gahran, Josh Hallett, Erin Caldwell, Robert Scoble, Stacy Libby. the list goes on and on, and the people that I forgot, I apologize. And, well, Lisa and Elisa and Jory did a great job - and that's not a shock. Yep, me talking to Jory and Elisa......... Posted by: Tom Permalink Source Obsessive complusive cat flushing the toilet
Obsessive complusive cat flushing the toilet. Watch video Amazing......... Posted by: Gina Permalink Source Art On The Moon
It was created by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck and installed by Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott, along with a plaque bearing the names of the 14 astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the service of space exploration......... Posted by: Brooke Permalink Source Tradition vs. Change in 'Lhasa Vegas'
The golden dharma wheel and fawns atop the Jokhang Temple, the spiritual heart of Lhasa. Xeni Jardin © 2006
For years, Tibet has been a difficult place to get to for most Westerners, because of visa restrictions -- though these rules may soon be eased to facilitate tourism, according to a recent announcement by a communist party leader in Tibet. Tourists to Lhasa, the capital and ancient heart of Tibetan Buddhism, might find two very different cities......... Posted by: Tom Permalink Source Whiplash the Cowboy monkey
He is an 18 yr old Capuchin Monkey and he is one of the biggest little monkeys in the world. Whiplash has been riding since he was two yrs old and has been a part of our family since he was born......... Posted by: Tom Permalink Source |
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