World's tallest tower closed a month after opening	the "other" pile
Link #149579 submitted by Mac on Feb 9, 2010 06:44am.   (+180XP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_dubai_tallest_bu...
The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks. Comments: 0   Hits: 98   Points: 203465   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

8 Foods That Will Hide Your Bad Breath	just add bacon
Link #149578 submitted by johnny2000 on Feb 9, 2010 04:51am.   (+200XP) http://www.dumblittleman.com/2010/02/8-foods-that-will-hide-your-ba...
There’s nothing worse than having bad breath and not knowing about it!     There are certain foods that are guaranteed to cause bad breath. Most people are quite aware that eating foods such as curry, garlic (> the most horrible food to me, have to vomit!), onions or coffee before a meeting or function might be the kiss of death when it comes to social etiquette.     You can try chewing gum, but you’ll have to chew for a long time because until that bad-breath-causing-food clears from your system (which can take up to 24 hours), you’ll be stuck with that bad breath. That’s unless you know which foods you can eat to mask the problem. Comments: 0   Hits: 141   Points: 202346   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

More cat owners 'have degrees' than dog-lovers	blinded by science
Link #149577 submitted by johnny2000 on Feb 9, 2010 04:47am.   (+400XP) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8501042.stm
People who own a cat are more likely to have a university degree than those with a pet dog, a study by Bristol University suggests.     The study said longer hours, possibly associated with better qualified jobs, may make owning a dog impractical.     It also found that UK pet ownership was much higher than previously thought.     Cat and dog numbers were last estimated in a scientific peer-reviewed journal in 1989, which said there were 6.2 million and 6.4 million respectively in the UK.     But according to Bristol's Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, the populations today are likely to be about 10.3 million and 10.5 million. Comments: 0   Hits: 20   Points: 202220   Rating: 10.0 / 6   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

7 Insane Ways Music Affects The Body	blinded by science
Link #149576 submitted by johnny2000 on Feb 9, 2010 04:41am.   (+200XP) http://www.cracked.com/article_18405_7-insane-ways-music-affects-bo...
The world is chock full of ear hurt that some people willingly refer to as music. The Jonas Brothers, Lady Gaga, Conway Twitty; they all produce high quality records and 8-tracks for our enjoyment whether we like it or not.     But music--even terrible music--has a stunning amount of power over our bodies. For instance science says music can... Comments: 0   Hits: 65   Points: 202160   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Top 10 Oldest People Ever	some dude/some chick
Link #149575 submitted by johnny2000 on Feb 9, 2010 04:35am.   (+250XP) http://listverse.com/2010/02/07/top-10-oldest-people-ever
We would all love to live longer, so long as we can do it functionally and with all our faculties in place. There is much argument and many conflicting ideas on what allows people to live a long and healthy life. Despite this there is evidence of people living to an extraordinary age while smoking all their life, eating chocolate, drinking alcohol and all sorts of other contraindicated behaviors.     This is a list not of centenarians (people who have reached the age of 100 years), but of supercentenarians, who are those that have reached the ripe old age of 110 years or more. supercentenarians represent only a small portion of those living over 100 years. Only 1 in 1000 centenarians reach the age of 110. Further, only 2 percent of supercentenarians live to see age 115. Currently there are a documented 76 female and 2 male supercentenarians. Comments: 0   Hits: 57   Points: 202106   Rating: 10.0 / 3   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

30 Bizarre Examples of Defacing Money	strangely funny
Link #149574 submitted by johnny2000 on Feb 9, 2010 04:31am.   (+240XP) http://moneymumbojumbo.co.uk/fun-articles/30-bizarre-examples-of-de...
There are actually a lot more methods of individual expression today as compared to any other period within history. Whether you select blogs, forums, graffiti, tattoos or even just conventional creative platforms, it is always more fun if it involves a bit of risk. Money defacing is perhaps the most economical style of risky individual expression – and is as equally unlawful as graffiti. Comments: 0   Hits: 92   Points: 202095   Rating: 9.6 / 3   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Oldest Living Things in The World	the "other" pile
Link #149573 submitted by johnny2000 on Feb 9, 2010 04:23am.   (+200XP) http://kk.org/ct2/2009/09/oldest-living-things-in-the-wo.php
Besides the canonical Bristlecone Pine, there are many other organism on earth that will outlive you. Photographer Rachel Sussman has been traveling around the world to find and photograph them. I'm surprised by the number and variety of long-lived organisms.     > blog Comments: 0   Hits: 69   Points: 201976   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

WordItOut	fun & games
Link #149572 submitted by dorian on Feb 9, 2010 04:15am.   (+190XP) http://worditout.com
Transform your text into word clouds!   Simply enter some text and create your word cloud!     A word cloud is an attractive arrangement of randomly positioned words, where the most important words are bigger than the others. Comments: 0   Hits: 28   Points: 201850   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Sketchfu	hobbies & diversions
Link #149571 submitted by dorian on Feb 9, 2010 04:11am.   (+250XP) http://sketchfu.com
Welcome to Sketchfu, where you can draw and share. Comments: 0   Hits: 33   Points: 201833   Rating: 10.0 / 3   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Food co-ops toolkit	the biz
Link #149570 submitted by dorian on Feb 9, 2010 04:08am.   (+200XP) http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoopstoolkit
More and more communities are setting up food co-ops so they can get good food at an affordable price and have more control over where their food comes from.     Co-operation is all about two or more people joining forces and working together to achieve something they probably couldn't do on their own.     In the case of food co-ops a group of people join forces in order to be able to buy foods they may otherwise find it hard to get hold of at a price they can afford. By volunteering their time and pooling their buying power they can get produce direct from local farmers or wholesalers.     This toolkit aims to provide an overview of the important things you need to think about when setting up and running a food co-op. Comments: 0   Hits: 11   Points: 201768   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

secretlondon	destinations
Link #149569 submitted by dorian on Feb 9, 2010 03:44am.   (+190XP) http://secretlondonblog.onefinestay.com
secretlondon exists to inspire Londoners by sharing the secrets of the city.     While we're building a site, please keep on sharing London's secrets - use the Facebook Group to post any lesser known great places to see in London.     twitter page (has the latest tips)   Comments: 0   Hits: 34   Points: 201545   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Secret Spaces of San Francisco	destinations
Link #149568 submitted by dorian on Feb 9, 2010 03:23am.   (+200XP) http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/441-sense-of-popos-secr...
Scattered across the centre of San Francisco are almost seventy semi-secret spaces, privately owned but open to the public. Subject to the fine print of a little-known pact between City and Commerce, these so-called POPOS (Privately Owned Public Open Spaces) allow alluring vistas of San Francisco and access to its intimate interiors. However, they are often poorly indicated – perhaps a deliberate tactic by the private companies who own the spaces to prevent the pesky public from using them. Accessing POPOS sometimes even requires walking past security guards, or through unmarked doors. No wonder many are underfrequented.     A concerted effort of concerned citizens – and this map produced by them – is aimed at raising awareness of the existence of these fascinating spaces, 68 in all, both north and south of Market Street, many in existence for decades. This map is part of a guide produced by SPUR (San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association); the 45 round indicators are POPOS set up between 1959 and 1985, the squares mark the 23 inaugurated after the 1985 Downtown Plan, which stipulated the zoning regulations requiring commercial urban development to be counterbalanced by POPOS. Comments: 0   Hits: 48   Points: 201342   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Botoxed Face Impairs Bad Feelings	health
Link #149567 submitted by Mac on Feb 8, 2010 07:56pm.   (+330XP) http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=botoxed-fa...
A study in the journal Psychological Science indicates that people who had facial muscles deadened with botox had difficulty processing negative emotions. Comments: 2   Hits: 83   Points: 196754   Rating: 9.3 / 3   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Cassini detection adds to Enceladus liquid water story	blinded by science
Link #149566 submitted by lola_ice on Feb 8, 2010 07:03pm.   (+100XP) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8495663.stm
"Scientists working on the Cassini space mission have found negatively charged water ions in the ice plume of Enceladus. Their findings, based on analysis from data taken in plume fly-throughs in 2008 and reported in the journal Icarus, provide evidence for the presence of liquid water, which suggests the ingredients for life inside the icy moon. The Cassini plasma spectrometer, used to gather this data, also found other species of negatively charged ions including hydrocarbons." Comments: 0   Hits: 48   Points: 196146   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

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