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Both a conscious and an unconscious person can survive longer without oxygen under water than in a comparable situation on dry land.
Mammalian diving reflex
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The mammalian diving reflex optimizes respiration which allows mammals to stay underwater for a long time. It is exhibited strongly in aquatic mammals (seals,[1] otters, dolphins, etc.), but exists in a weaker version in other mammals, including humans. Diving birds, such as penguins, have a similar diving reflex. Every animal's diving reflex is triggered specifically by cold water contacting the face[2] – water that is warmer than 21 °C (70 °F) does not cause the reflex, and neither does submersion of body parts other than the face. Also, the reflex is always exhibited more dramatically, and thus can grant longer survival, in young individuals. Upon initiation of the reflex, three changes happen to the body, in this order:
When the face is submerged, receptors that are sensitive to cold within the nasal cavity and other areas of the face supplied by cranial nerve V (trigeminal) relay the information to the brain and then innervate cranial nerve X, which is part of the autonomic nervous system. This causes bradycardia and peripheral vasoconstriction. Blood is removed from the limbs and all organs but the heart and the brain, creating a heart-brain circuit and allowing the mammal to conserve oxygen. In humans, the mammalian diving reflex is not induced when limbs are introduced to cold water. Mild bradycardia is caused by the subject holding their breath without submerging the face within water.[4] When breathing with face submerged this causes a diving reflex which increases proportionally to decreasing water temperature.[2] Activating the diving reflex with cold water can be used to treat supraventricular tachycardia.[6] However the greatest bradycardia effect is induced when the subject is holding breath with face submerged. Applications Beyond the effect of the reflex when submerged in water, the reflex is used consciously in "splashing cold water on one's face". This is used both to relax when upset and to wake up when drowsy.
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A Record ~40 Million Americans are on Food Stamps
5 Pieces of Evidence the US is Developing a Strong Under Class
By Damien Hoffman Posted on May 12 2010. Based on the evidence below, the US currently has an underclass reaching about 10% of the population. Although these sorts of phenomena occur during recessions, keep your eye out as there are other signs the US is turning into a two-class society: 5) Dollar Tree Stores is at All-Time Highs  Whoever says a dollar doesn’t buy anything anymore hasn’t been to a Dollar Tree store (DLTR). Store revenues are up 12.5%. That’s 12.5% more dollars chasing ultra-cheap products rather than higher quality goods. But when your wages are either flat or nonexistent, choices are slim to none. 4) 2.8 Million Homes were Foreclosed in 2009  The number of homes in foreclosure across the U.S. in 2009 climbed to 2.8 million, an increase of 21% over 2008 and a staggering 120% jump since 2007. According to Irvine CA-based foreclosure-tracking company RealtyTrac, 2.21% of all U.S. housing units—one in 45—received at least one foreclosure filing last year. According to Rick Sharga, SVP of RealtyTrac, 2010 is expected to see between 3 and 3.5 million foreclosures. 3) 24.5 Million Americans are Unemployed  Do you think the unemployment rate is 9.9%? That’s not the broadest measure of unemployment. The broader number more appropriately includes those who need work but have given up the search, and those who have taken part-time jobs while still seeking full time employment. And that number is 17.1% or 24.5 million Americans. That’s like multiplying the population of New York City by 4 and taking away every single person’s job. Ouch. 2) 32 Million Americans Don’t Have Health Insurance  They will soon. But at the moment it’s worth noting this number because it shows approximately how many people cannot afford health insurance. As my grandfather says, “All you have is your health.” These people pray everyday that they don’t lose their health because the costs can drive the average person into bankruptcy. 1) A Record ~40 Million Americans are on Food Stamps  If you can’t eat, you can’t live. The Agriculture Department said a record ~$40 million Americans, or 1 in 8 Americans, may not be able to eat without government assistance. This is the ultimate sign of an under class. And the US has been setting new records consistently since December of 2008.
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05-27-10, 05:49 PM
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Ames Room
In the Ames room illusion, two people standing in a room appear to be of dramatically different sizes, even though they are the same size.
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06-02-10, 05:52 AM
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Top 10 Strange Phenomena of the Mind The mind is a wonderful thing – there is so much about it which remains a mystery to this day. Science is able to describe strange phenomena, but can not account for their origins. While most of us are familiar with one or two on this list, many others are mostly unknown outside of the psychological realm. This is a list of the top ten strange mental phenomena. We have all some experience of a feeling, that comes over us occasionally, of what we are saying and doing having been said and done before, in a remote time – of our having been surrounded, dim ages ago,by the same faces, objects, and circumstances – of our knowing perfectly what will be said next, as if we suddenly remember it! – Charles Dickens
10 Déjà Vu  Déjà vu is the experience of being certain that you have experienced or seen a new situation previously – you feel as though the event has already happened or is repeating itself. The experience is usually accompanied by a strong sense of familiarity and a sense of eeriness, strangeness, or weirdness. The “previous” experience is usually attributed to a dream, but sometimes there is a firm sense that it has truly occurred in the past. 9 Déjà Vécu  Déjà vécu (pronounced vay-koo) is what most people are experiencing when they think they are experiencing deja vu. Déjà vu is the sense of having seen something before, whereas déjà vécu is the experience of having seen an event before, but in great detail – such as recognizing smells and sounds. This is also usually accompanied by a very strong feeling of knowing what is going to come next. In my own experience of this, I have not only known what was going to come next, but have been able to tell those around me what is going to come next – and I am right. This is a very eerie and unexplainable sensation. 8 Déjà Visité  Déjà visité is a less common experience and it involves an uncanny knowledge of a new place. For example, you may know your way around a a new town or a landscape despite having never been there, and knowing that it is impossible for you to have this knowledge. Déjà visité is about spatial and geographical relationships, while déjà vécu is about temporal occurrences. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about an experience of this in his book “Our Old Home” in which he visited a ruined castle and had a full knowledge of its layout. He was later able to trace the experience to a poem he had read many years early by Alexander Pope in which the castle was accurately described. 7 Déjà Senti  Déjà senti is the phenomenon of having “already felt” something. This is exclusively a mental phenomenon and seldom remains in your memory afterwards. In the words of a person having experienced it: “What is occupying the attention is what has occupied it before, and indeed has been familiar, but has been forgotten for a time, and now is recovered with a slight sense of satisfaction as if it had been sought for. The recollection is always started by another person’s voice, or by my own verbalized thought, or by what I am reading and mentally verbalize; and I think that during the abnormal state I generally verbalize some such phrase of simple recognition as ‘Oh yes—I see’, ‘Of course—I remember’, etc., but a minute or two later I can recollect neither the words nor the verbalized thought which gave rise to the recollection. I only find strongly that they resemble what I have felt before under similar abnormal conditions.” You could think of it as the feeling of having just spoken, but realizing that you, in fact, didn’t utter a word. 6 Jamais Vu  Jamais vu (never seen) describes a familiar situation which is not recognized. It is often considered to be the opposite of déjà vu and it involves a sense of eeriness. The observer does not recognize the situation despite knowing rationally that they have been there before. It is commonly explained as when a person momentarily doesn’t recognize a person, word, or place that they know. Chris Moulin, of Leeds University, asked 92 volunteers to write out “door” 30 times in 60 seconds. He reported that 68 per cent of his guinea pigs showed symptoms of jamais vu, such as beginning to doubt that “door” was a real word. This has lead him to believe that jamais vu may be a symptom of brain fatigue. 5 Presque Vu  Presque vu is very similar to the “tip of the tongue” sensation – it is the strong feeling that you are about to experience an epiphany – though the epiphany seldom comes. The term “presque vu” means “almost seen”. The sensation of presque vu can be very disorienting and distracting. 4 L’esprit de l’Escalier  L’esprit de l’escalier (stairway wit) is the sense of thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late. The phrase can be used to describe a riposte to an insult, or any witty, clever remark that comes to mind too late to be useful—when one is on the “staircase” leaving the scene. The German word treppenwitz is used to express the same idea. The closest phrase in English to describe this situation is “being wise after the event”. The phenomenon is usually accompanied by a feeling of regret at having not thought of the riposte when it was most needed or suitable. 3 Capgras Delusion  Capgras delusion is the phenomenon in which a person believes that a close friend or family member has been replaced by an identical looking impostor. This could be tied in to the old belief that babies were stolen and replaced by changelings in medieval folklore, as well as the modern idea of aliens taking over the bodies of people on earth to live amongst us for reasons unknown. This delusion is most common in people with schizophrenia but it can occur in other disorders.
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06-09-10, 05:34 PM
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2 Fregoli Delusion
 Fregoli delusion is a rare brain phenomenon in which a person holds the belief that different people are, in fact, the same person in a variety of disguises. It is often associated with paranoia and the belief that the person in disguise is trying to persecute them. The condition is named after the Italian actor Leopoldo Fregoli who was renowned for his ability to make quick changes of appearance during his stage act. It was first reported in 1927 in the case study of a 27-year-old woman who believed she was being persecuted by two actors whom she often went to see at the theatre. She believed that these people “pursued her closely, taking the form of people she knows or meets”. 1 Prosopagnosia  Prosopagnosia is a phenomenon in which a person is unable to recognize faces of people or objects that they should know. People experiencing this disorder are usually able to use their other senses to recognize people – such as a person’s perfume, the shape or style of their hair, the sound of their voice, or even their gait. A classic case of this disorder was presented in the 1998 book (and later Opera by Michael Nyman) called “The man who mistook his wife for a hat”.
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06-10-10, 06:21 AM
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POSITION CURSOR TO MOVE CHART UP OR DOWN
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06-15-10, 04:57 AM
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Woolly sheep pigs arrive at Essex zoo
Three rare woolly pigs - or sheep pigs - are settling into their new home at Tropical Wings Zoo in Essex, but many visitors think they're sheep. And who can blame them?
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06-15-10, 10:33 PM
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Sweet idea for the lock!
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06-19-10, 02:34 PM
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Two grand slams in one game?
Al Roach was born November 12, 1981 in Willingboro, New Jersey. He resides in South Jersey where he remains one of the best private baseball instructors and wildlife educators. Roach attended Shawnee High School, he later attended Temple University as a student athlete. After his college career, Roach went on playing professional baseball.
Roach signed 5 professional contracts in his time. Injuries have kept him from excelling his whole career towards Big League Play. He remains one of the best power hitters to emerge from the Southern New Jersey area. The junior season at Temple left Roach with a solid .307 average, 15 doubles, 3 triples, 9 home runs and 31 rbi's. He finished his senior year hitting .385 with 16 doubles, 7 home runs, 41 rbi's and 36 walks in 179 at bats. While attending college, Roach received several awards with his best accomplishment finishing in the top 50 in division 1 batting average in the country his senior year. Roach hit two grand slams in one game, collecting 9 rbi's at the collegiate level. His senior year, he also received All-Conference Honors and the NJ Division 1 college player of the year. His professional career started with an invitation to pre-spring training with the San Diego Padres in 2005, Roach later signed at the end of March with the Brockton Rox. Later that same year in May, Roach was pushed to have season-ending Labrum surgery. The following year he re-signed with the Brockton Rox only to pick up and head to Traverse City, Michigan where he played for the entire season with the Beach Bums. His average hit .292 up through All-Star break but collapsed after a suffering a blow to the right knee leaving him sidelined for 11 days and nagging him the rest of the season. Since the 2006 season, Roach signed with teams such as the Macon Music in the South Coast League and the Atlantic City Surf of the Can-Am League. He is also recognized in the pet community for having two published books, "The Wood Turtle: Old Red Legs" and "The Spotted Turtle: North America's Best" He has numerous published articles on living turtles. He is known for having around 1000 individuals and or 100 species of turtles and tortoises in which he studies on his free time. And, along with various other websites, he (our beloved leader) is the owner and founder of REPTASTIC !!
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06-22-10, 06:15 PM
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 CPR for Cats & Dogs CPR for cats and dogs is similar to CPR for humans. These directions assume the animal is unconscious and the risk of being bitten by the animal is not present and YOU KNOW the animal is not afflicted with RABIES 1. Remove any obstruction. Open animals mouth and make sure the air passage is clear. If not remove the object obstructing the air passage. 2. Extend the head and give several artificial respirations:
The ratio of compressions to breaths should be approximately the same as for humans - 30:2 Continue doing this until the animal responds or begins to breathe on its own. RETURN TO MAIN MENU
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(A Must Watch, Really)
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Now this is an AIRPLANE!!!  Look at this new aircraft... Air travel industry for the next 100 years. The radical Blended Wing design has been developed by Boeing in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Center . The mammoth plane will have a wing span of 265 feet compared to the 747's 211 feet, and is designed to fit within the newly created terminals used for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet wide. The new 797 is in direct response to the Airbus A380 which has racked up 159 orders, but has not yet flown any passengers. Boeing decide to kill its 747X stretched super jumbo in 2003 after little interest was shown by airline companies, but has continued to develop the ultimate Airbus crusher 797 for years at its Phantom Works research facility in Long Beach , Calif. The Airbus A380 has been in the works since 1999 and has accumulated $13 billion in development costs, which gives Boeing a huge advantage now that Airbus has committed to the older style tubular aircraft for decades to come. There are several big advantages to the blended wing design, the most important being the lift to drag ratio which is expected to increase by an amazing 50%, with overall weight reduced by 25%, making it an estimated 33% more efficient than the A380, and making Airbus's $13 billion dollar investment look pretty shaky.  turbulence and creates less stress on the air frame which adds to efficiency, giving the 797 a tremendous 8800 nautical mile range with its 1000 passengers flying comfortably at mach 0.88 or 654 mph (+-1046km/h) cruising speed another advantage over the Airbus tube-and-wing designed A380's 570 mph (912 km/h). The exact date for introduction is unclear, yet the battle lines are clearly drawn in the high-stakes war for civilian air supremacy. What an amazing thing!
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Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for his pictures of bears and other wildlife, was mauled to death by a brown bear on the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia. He was in his mid-40?s and lived in Fairbanks, Alaska. .  It is said that this is the last photo he took but...
IT IS NOT!!! Photographs of this nature tend to be rare, as they require that the victim have a camera readily at hand and the presence of mind to stolidly snap away as the final moments of his life flash before his eyes, or to capture by happenstance a danger to which he was oblivious at the time. The former is the circumstance claimed of the picture displayed above, purportedly taken by a wildlife photographer just before he was mauled to death in his tent by a bear. However, this picture was neither taken by Hoshino nor recorded the circumstances of his death; it's an entry from a PhotoShop competition in which contestants were tasked with "creating a hoax: the final photograph, if the victim, whoever he might be, had a camera on him right before 'it' happens."
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 Stanley Meyer was a maverick inventor who designed an auto engine that ran solely on water, demonstrating his discovery with a dune buggy with a water-powered engine. His revolutionary car was recorded many times on film and TV. The operating principle is that the atomic composition of water makes it a perfect fuel source. The water molecule is composed of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, and when the water molecule is separated into its component elements (H and O) and oxidized as fuel, the resulting energy is two and a half times more powerful than gasoline. The by-product of the combustion is water vapor – nothing more. In previous research, the problem had always been how to deconstitute water economically. Traditional methods of separating the bond of the water molecule had resulted in failure. To power a car by these methods would not propel a car very far; the car’s electrical system could not recharge from the process quickly enough, the result being a quickly drained battery. After thirty years of research, Meyer discovered a workable method of on-board hydrogen electrolysis, creating an engine that performed at an efficiency of 100 miles per gallon... of water. Meyer had been told that the military planned to use this technology in their tanks and jeeps. He had patents on his invention, and was ready for production. He reported that he had been offered a billion dollars from an Arab to shelf his idea, but he declined the offer. Meyer died abruptly on March 27, 1998, aged 57, during an evening meal out. Meyer ran out of the restaurant exclaiming that he had been poisoned, and died shortly after. OH! BUT WAIT!! SEEMS STANLEY MEYER (MOST PROBABLY) WAS A LIAR!!! Debunking Stanley Meyer's claims WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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The Boy With The Incredible Brain
This is the breathtaking story of Daniel Tammet. A twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities, Daniel is one of the world’s few savants. He can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, and learn a language in a week. This documentary follows Daniel as he travels to America to meet the scientists who are convinced he may hold the key to unlocking similar abilities in everyone. He also meets the world’s most famous savant, the man who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s character in the Oscar winning film ‘Rain Man’. (2005)
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OK Here we go!
If the following are "things" you may not have known, it is only
because they are all a fiction of someone's imagination... But they are still 'Things you may not have known!' du du du du du   CLIC ON ALIEN SPECIES
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Is there a Physicist in the house?
Are We Living Inside a Black Hole?
By Rebecca Boyle Posted 07.23.2010 at 11:53 am 22 Comments  Black Hole Concept Wikimedia Commons Scientists trying to explain the universe’s accelerating expansion usually point to dark energy, which seems to be pushing everything apart. But an Indiana University professor has a new theory, reports New Scientist: We’re inside a black hole that exists in another universe. Specifically, a black hole that rebounded, somewhat like a spring. Some fairly mind-blowing physics is involved here, but the gist is that Nikodem Poplawski of IU-Bloomington used a modified version of Einstein’s general relativity equation set that takes particle spin into account. Including this variable makes it possible to calculate torsion, part of the geometry of space-time. It also gets rid of the black hole singularity, a phenomenon that general relativity cannot explain. In a study published earlier this year, Poplawski said when the density of matter reaches epic proportions, torsion counters gravity. This prevents matter from compressing indefinitely to a singularity of infinite density. Instead, matter rebounds like a spring, and starts expanding again. Related Articles  Tevatron Particle Study Finds Exciting New Clue to Why Everything Exists Very Large Telescope Finds Very Tiny Black Hole Blowing Most Massive Fiery Space Bubble Video: What Would You See As You Plummet Into a Black Hole?In Poplawski's latest study, his calculations show that space-time inside the black hole expands to about 1.4 times its smallest size in as little as 10-46 seconds -- two orders of magnitude faster, for lack of a better word, than the Planck time. This brisk bounce-back could have been what led to the expanding universe that we see today. But here's the real kicker: as Poplawski says, we may not be living in our universe at all; we might be living inside a rebounded black hole that exists in a different universe. We could tell by measuring the preferred direction of our universe. A spinning black hole would have imparted some spin to the space-time inside it, which would violate a law of symmetry that links space and time. This might explain why neutrinos oscillate between their antimatter and regular-matter states.
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UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON - THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER OF HEARD BEFORE
1. TOADS IN THE COAL According to official and reputable sources there have been over 90 recorded unexplained cases of amphibians being found alive but fully encased in coal pockets or stone geodes. Of these cases, 40 involved frogs or toads. The most well respected case is documented in the Reader’s Digest book – “Mysteries of the Unexplained”. There is a pattern to the various discoveries. In most cases the frog is discovered in a chamber full of mucous and is usually very pale or white in colour. After a few minutes exposed to air it comes-to-life and is usually quite active for a short while before turning grey and apparently developing respiratory difficulties. In most cases the animal dies within 24 to 72 hours but there are some references that when these poor creatures were quickly allowed into fresh pond water they seem to have survived indefinitely.  (new) Actually, it's not so much Toads in the Coal as Frogs in Geodes. This unexplained phenomenon is more common than you may have realised. Official specimen photograph possibly from South America - (C) Copyright Aquiziam.Com Logically, these accounts of entombed amphibians seem impossible but it is worth noting that certain frogs do seem to have some ability to enter a state of suspended animation. Also, the most credible accounts of these incidents suggest that the “rocks” may have formed within the past thousands of years rather than millions. Finally, frogs and toads do burrow into soft “muds” that can appear to fossilise quite quickly and, in the correct environment, appear to turn to stone particularly if they are exposed to high levels of mineralised water such as the Petrifying Well of Knaresborough, England.  Flimmern Geists / Flicker Spirits / Shadow People Dark hooded figures that can only be seen with your peripheral vision C) Copyright Aquiziam.Com The words “Flimmern” and “Geist” are Germanic in origin and translate as Flicker-Spirits or Flicker-Guides. This unexplained phenomenon was first described by the alchemist Jakob Bohme in the 16th Century as the ability to see shadowy figures out of the corner of your eye. Generally, these beings flicker in-and-out of a person’s peripheral vision and appear to be humanoid, dark and agile. The truth is that almost every person alive has at some time seen a fast moving shadow just at the edge of their vision and turned to look but seen nothing more. These observations are most often accompanied by shivers, chills and a sensation that something odd has happened. Scientists are quick to suggest that this phenomenon is just a “trick of the eyes” but fail to explain both how and why. It is possible that these unexplained apparitions are just the hallucinations of the brain as it tries to decipher the edge of visual perception but others believe that it is in this marginal zone that the eye and the mind is able to perceive another more paranormal dimension. These Flickering Spirits are often described as being cloaked but those that have trained themselves to observe this phenomenon simply describe a blurred outline that can easily be mistaken for dark clothing. In late 16th century culture and superstition these Flimmern-Geists were largely associated with death and may well have given rise to the popular image of the “Grim Reaper” the personification of Death – a dark hooded figure that flickered in-and-out of a person’s vision shortly before they died. There is a current school of occult thought that proposes that these “Flicker-Ghosts” are somehow the guides that lead a person’s soul to the afterlife. The reality is that nobody really knows why or how individuals see these things but there is no doubt that many millions do. In fact, so many humans see them that they treat them as just-one-of those-things that, you know, just happen. 3. IMPOSSIBLE FOOTPRINTS Is it possible to find fossil-trace foot prints of dinosaurs and humans in the same rock? Some people believe that they have evidence for just such an impossible occurrence. Archaeologists and palaeontologists as well as other interested amateurs have been discovering dinosaur footprints in various types of sedimentary rock. These footprints are created when a creature leaves an imprint in soft material such as mud, clay or sand. If the conditions are right then the imprint is filled-in with more material while retaining its shape. Over time the soft material is covered by new layers which preserves the prints and hardens into stone. Millions of years later these tracks may be revealed by natural erosion or excavation.  Dinosaur and human footprints from the same geological strata? The Paluxy Prints from Glen Rose in Texas - USA Highly controversial! There is nothing strange or inexplicable about this process. However, there have been many reported accounts of human footprints being found together with dinosaurs - or in rocks that date from many millions of years ago and long before humans are believed to have evolved. Naturally, this has created a significant controversy between scientists, creationists and other interested parties. The most famous site, and the one featured in the image, is the Paluxy site near Glen Rose in Texas, USA. Still, claims persist that some of the tracks were modified to look more like human footprints after the locals realised the potential tourism value. Some additional ancient footprint-examples include the Burdick Print also from Glen Rose, the Meister Print from Antelope Springs, Utah, the Nevada Shoe Print and the Coffee Print from Stinnet, Texas. Most reputable palaeontologists dismiss these claims as hoaxes or misinterpretations but advocates of the fossil-trace footprints argue that in many cases the finds are dismissed unfairly simple because mainstream science declares them impossible and refuses to carry out the correct study. In this case we at Aquiziam tend to side with the mainstream science that there is a better explanation that human-dinosaur coexistence. Still, who knows for sure?  Can someone really just disappear in front of your eyes? Some thinks so. The strange and unexplained phenomenon of the vanishing man - England C) Copyright Aquiziam.Com Worldwide there are literally hundreds of thousands of missing persons and many more disappear every day. One only has to search Google Images for “Missing People” to appreciate the scale of the problem. Many of these missing people are found but a significant proportion disappears forever. Where they went or what happened to them is a mystery in its own right but still not as strange as Vanishing People. These are individuals that for no apparent reason simply vanish in front of witnesses who are at a complete loss to explain what happened. It is worth noting, as with many other mysteries, that some of these cases have turned out to be hoaxes. In general, there are a couple consistencies in the most well known cases that are worth mentioning. All the people involved were (or appeared to be) content with their lives. All of them were engaged in a normal activity such as running a race or walking through a field when they simply vanished. There are hundreds of well documented cases of people disappearing in mysterious circumstances but actually very few where they simply vanished in full view of other people. We’ve listed this as a phenomenon because of its pervasive theme in stories, films and cultural beliefs. As an example, the films Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Illusionist and the X-files all refer to this occurrence. The belief in the possibility of this as a phenomena has been reinforced by the acts of stage magicians that really do appear to be able to make others disappear. 5. MYSTERY SCRATCHES Have you ever woken up in the morning to find strange and unexplained scratches or bruises on your body and in places you couldn’t have reached yourself. Well ... even if you haven’t millions of others have. In fact, there are internet forums where people describe the phenomenon and desperately appeal for explanations and help. (Just google: “strange cuts and scratches” or “mysterious scratches on body”) In most cases the scratches are mild and disappear in a day or two and the vast majority of these cases never get medically reported as the sufferers usually convince themselves that they are somehow self inflicted. Others attribute the injuries to bug bites, allergic reactions or even something that happened during the day that they failed to notice at the time.  Example of a typical nighttime scratch or welt. This is a painful and disturbing phenomenon that effects more human beings than you would possibly believe. Is it self inflicted or something else? Usually the incident is forgotten as soon as the bruises vanish or the scratches fade. However, persistent sufferers go to great lengths to rule out these possibilities. There have been cases of sufferers wearing gloves to bed, fumigating their houses and even taking full medical allergy tests all to no avail. In one case a woman went to the extreme length of having a friend watch her while she slept and still woke up with new bruises and scratches. According to her friend nothing strange happened except for a period when the victim tossed and turned restlessly for about 15 minutes. Doctors try to put forward rational explanations for this condition such as the skin disease Pityriasis Rosea but most of these thoroughly fail to convince those that have actually experienced it happening to them. The phenomenon has persisted through the centuries and in the past has been explained by demons, having-a-devil-on-your-back, goblin fury, divine punishments and even encounters with incubi or succubae. In some cases the victims report that in addition to the scratches and bruises they have other more disturbing injuries.  Mount St. Helens in 1982 - Reflections in Spirit lake taken 2 years after the catastrophic eruption of 1980. Photograph courtesy of the USGS. The eruption generated Infrasound waves that could be easily detected in Seattle 156 km to the North. Infrasound is described as any audio wave frequency that is lower than the 20Hz that can be detected by the human ear. There is no doubt that Infrasound exists and it can be both detected and created by audio technology. It can travel long distances and is often associated with natural phenomena such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. It may be the reason that animals can anticipate such events before humans can and researchers are now using infrasound detection equipment as part of civil defense early warning systems. Studies have shown that when humans are exposed to infrasound they develop feelings of supernatural awe, fear, depression and anxiety that can lead to complete panic attacks. Some researchers have even claimed that the 19Hz cycle is particularly associated with paranormal events and may be a stimulus for disruption of human vision creating the illusion of ghostly perceptions. If the source of the infrasound is powerful enough it can create vibrations in objects that make them appear to move of their own accord and even cause glass to break. Infrasound has been used at political rallies to stimulate the crowd, as a psychological weapon to demoralise the enemy and as special effects amplifiers in films. The effect of Infrasound on the human body is being explored in various studies but, as yet, it is not illegal to expose humans to such low frequencies even though the long-term health effects are unknown. 7. THE HESSDALEN LIGHTS Strange and still-unexplained lights in the sky are a fairly common occurrence and most can be explained as either manmade objects or natural phenomena such as the Aurora Borealis or even shooting stars. However, there are occasions when the phenomena persist and the mysterious lights that still materialise over Hessdalen in central-eastern Norway are one such case in point. According to various sources they started to appear in 1940 but it was in 1981 that the intensity of these phenomena increased dramatically and started to be recorded by everyday people. Records show that at certain times there have been 20 reported sightings in just one week.  The Hessdalen Lights often appear to be balls of gas that have spontaneously ignited in the air. Due to copyright restrictions this is an accurate artists impression based on the events of 1981. Although the intensity of this mysterious phenomenon has declined over the years there are still regular sightings and various scientific and quasi-scientific study projects have been established to monitor these lights. Visually they look like small pockets of burning gas (blue or orange) but maintain their luminosity for far longer than just a simple flaming of combustible methane or hydrogen. The lights also move in a way that is similar (but slower) to reports of ball lightning but otherwise have no similarities. The Hessdalen Automatic Measurement Station was established in August 1998 and has regularly recorded inexplicable lights from 1983 until now. Everyone has a theory as to what might be casing these phenomena. Some of the claims include UFO portals, spontaneous combustion of natural gasses, Will-o'-the-wisps, ball lightning, Scandium effects and localised Ionic charges. At times it seems as if the Hessdalen lights are used as proof of everything from divine apparitions to alien invasion. There have been several claims in the media that the mystery of the Hessdalen lights has been solved usually accompanied with a statement that these results will be released sometime in the future. We’re still waiting.  Visual evidence of time slips often appear in old photographs such as the one above. In this case a sports car is seen parked on the side of the street in an image that is clearly taken 100 years before such a vehicle was ever produced. We think that the car is an early Porsche or perhaps a more recent Audi. It's hard to tell. 8. TIME SLIPS According to great scientists such as Albert Einstein, time is not as stable as most of us think. As humans we’re adjusted to time and our evolution has established tricks to allow our conscious minds to deal with it but in reality it’s a slippery concept. Time slips occur when a current time (now) interlaces with a previous time (then) and can be experienced by the person from the more recent time. However, the event is usually unnoticed by the people from the earlier time. What is the evidence for this phenomenon? Well ... plenty if you know where to look. In fact it is so common that we’ve even built it into the English language. We’ll explain. When a time slip occurs people in both realities are able to experience the alternative reality. Still, according to most accounts, this usually lasts for only a few seconds and the human brain does its best to filter out these anomalies. This has given rise to expressions such as “I could have sworn that I’ve just seen” or “my eyes must be playing tricks on me” or even “you won’t believe what I just saw”. Over the years people have claimed that they’ve seen old airplanes parked in fields that were once airports or roman soldiers marching down their road. In almost all cases the person experiencing the time slip blinks, looks again and is startled to find that whatever they saw has now vanished. However, photography has captured these anomalies from the time that the camera was first invented. In fact, the longer exposure times of early cameras have revealed more than the modern “instant” versions do but there are still oddities such as the image captured on Google Earth that clearly shows a World War Two bomber flying over Britain. Is this a time slip or just the folks at Google having a laugh? Perhaps it’s a reconstruction from an air show? Not all time slips are brief and there have been occasions when people have entered a room and been startled to find that they are in a completely different time. One case was recorded by Mr Archie “Racer” Carmichael who was driving from Birmingham to London in 1953 when he stopped for a drink in a Cotswold village near Borton-on-the-Water. He parked his Austin-Healy 100/4 outside the local pub and entered for a drink. He was shocked when the he found the people inside the bar looked as if they were from an earlier century. His attempts to communicate were ignored and after a few minutes the scene dissolved and Archie found himself being asked if he was alright by a worried looking barman. It seems that he thought he had seen ghosts but was probably experiencing a time slip. Last edited by Boo; 07-26-10 at 03:32 PM.
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Located in the Lao Highlands the Xieng Khouang area is at the centre of a remarkable archaeological site known as the Plain of Jars. Scattered across this region are thousands of stone jars that scientists have estimated date from approximately 2000 years ago. They range in size from quite small to enormous with the largest weighing up to 14 tonnes. Very little is known about the makers and scientific attempts visit the site and conduct excavations are severely hampered by the vast number of unexploded bombs that litter the sites. These munitions are the remnants of the Secret War when the USA carried out one of the most intensive bombing campaigns in all history.  The largest of Jars is located at Site One. It is approximately 12 ft high and weighs an estimated 14 tonnes. Photo Credited to: Christopher Voitus It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 unexploded devices in the immediate region making this one of the most hazardous archaeological sites in the world. Unraveling the true history and origin of the jars is further complicated by the fact that the 1969 bombing campaign effectively wiped the place off the map and scattered the original inhabitants far and wide. There are many theories as to why the Jars were created. Some believe that they were funerary urns for human ashes while others believe they were designed to store rainwater from the monsoons. This does make a certain amount of sense as they are located exactly on one of the ancient trade routes from Northern India. At times they have certainly had a religious significance as limited excavations have revealed that some contained statues of Buddha as well as other offerings such as beads and bronze tools. What is often overlooked is that these jars would have required vast human effort to create, perhaps even on the same scale as Stonehenge, and would have been done for a reason of great significance. For now, their existence is just another ancient mystery that defies immediate explanation.  Warwick Castle Circa 1871. Made available via the Cornell University Library. I is here that we ourselves experienced the Hyper perception phenomenon. Most people will experience Hyper Perception at least once or twice in their lifetime. This phenomenon usually occurs when a person visits a place they’ve never been before and yet experiences a very strong sense of familiarity. This should not be confused with déjà vu which is often fleeting and is really just a brief feeling of having seen or done something before. Hyper Perception is extended when the same person may perceive things about the place that they couldn’t possibly know. Unlike time slips or déjà vu, the feeling grows stronger the longer they stay and in some cases people have reported suddenly being aware of very clear memories of the place from other times often decades or even centuries in the past. Tour guides in stately homes or other historic sites have become quite used to people coming up to them and say things like “wasn’t there a statue by that tree” or “didn’t this floor used to wood?” In many cases the guides will admit that this used to be the case many years ago but they were moved or renovated. The guides then usually ask how the visitor knew this to which the answer is almost always: “I don’t know I just seem to remember it being that way”. In certain cases people who have experienced very strong hyper perceptions find the experience quite disturbing. The picture to the right and above is of Warwick Castle in England. Some years ago a member of the team visited it to take photographs and was so overwhelmed with a sense of having actually lived there before that he later spent months researching both the history of the Castle and his own family tree to see if there was any connection. He didn’t find one but still keeps looking. To test his own perceptions he visited the Castle again several years later and felt the identical sensation which he states he has never experienced anywhere else. Strangely, very little has been written about hyper perception as it is usually and unfairly bundled together with claims of clairvoyance, ESP and fortune telling. If you enjoyed this page you might like to visit these too ...  Secrets of the Dollar Strange symbols, hidden secrets, masonic mystery, the Dollar has it all. Be very surprised  Ancient Technology Here are the top ten ancient techology finds that have baffled scientists and historians for years.  It is our understanding that all content and images used on this page are original works from Aquiziam.Com or from a legitimate commercial photo-library or from an open media source such a wiki commons - unless otherwise stated. However, if this is not the case and they remain the property of a more legitimate owner we will remove them from this website. Unless otherwise stated all images and written content should be treated as copyright protected material and should not be duplicated without consent. (C) February 2010 - Aquiziam.com MYSTERIES 
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Top 10 Con Games Explained
Unlike most kinds of petty crime, a confidence game, or con, takes an enormous amount of skill and forethought to pull off. When done right, in many cases the grifters who perpetrate them have not actually done anything overtly illegal–they’ve simply used lies and manipulation to get their victim, or “mark,” to willingly hand over their own money. Whether blackmail, fraud, or illegal gambling, the following are ten of the most famous ways that these swindlers try to take advantage of the confidence of their unsuspecting victims. Obviously, there are a number of takes on any kind of con, but these are the most popular variations of the most well known tricks.
10. The Embarrassing Check The embarrassing check con is a well-known means of legally getting money from victims by playing off of their innate feelings of shame. The con men open a fake business with an overtly explicit title that supposedly sells sex toys or other pornographic material, but buyers are told that any purchases they make will be routed through a separate company with a much more innocuous name. After taking orders and collecting payments, the company then sends out letters explaining that a shipping error or some other issue has made it impossible for them to deliver on their product. They enclose a legitimate check refund, only this time the highly graphic name of the company is clearly emblazoned on the check, the idea of course being that a certain percentage of the customers will be too ashamed or embarrassed to ever cash it. 9. The Fiddle Game  (I'll bet that is how the guy with the blue box turtle came to own it and now he is trying to sell it thinking it really is worth something) 8. The Pig in a Poke  7. The Thai Gem Scam  6. The Wire Game  5. The Badger Game  4. Three-Card Monte One of the classic short cons, three-card monte is a card game that uses sleight of hand and trickery to swindle victims out of small amounts of cash. It’s one of the oldest cons around, and dates back to “the shell game,” a similar scheme that was popular during the Middle Ages. The game itself is deceivingly simple. Three cards are placed faced down on a flat surface, usually two black jacks and a red queen. The dealer shows the players the red queen, and then proceeds to thoroughly shuffle the cards to make it difficult to tell where it is. Players then bet on whether they can pick the queen out of the three cards. It sounds easy enough, but the game is more or less impossible to beat, because a good dealer can use sleight of hand to switch the cards at will, and can easily decide who wins or loses. In more sophisticated set ups, the whole game is a fake, and the other supposed “players” are in on the con. One of these conspirators will approach the mark and pretend to give them inside information on how to beat the game, enticing them to make a larger bet. Since street gambling is quite clearly illegal, any time a victim begins to suspect the game might be a cheat, the con men simply pretend to see the police coming, pack up their game, and make a break for it. 3. The False Good Samaritan  2. The Spanish Prisoner  1. The Ponzi Scheme 
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Wholesale theft!
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The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - SOLVED!
How Brilliant Computer Scientists Solved the Bermuda Triangle Mystery Terrence Aym Salem-News.com Oceanographic surveyors of the sea floor in the area of the Bermuda Triangle and the North Sea region between continental Europe and Great Britain have discovered significant quantities of methane hydrates and older eruption sites.  The Bermuda Triangle. Courtesy: steelkaleidoscopes.typepad.com (CHICAGO) - According to two research scientists the mystery of vanished ships and airplanes in the region dubbed "The Bermuda Triangle" has been solved. Step aside outer space aliens, time anomalies, submerged giant Atlantean pyramids and bizarre meteorological phenomena ... the "Triangle" simply suffers from an acute case of gas. Natural gas—the kind that heats ovens and boils water—specifically methane, is the culprit behind the mysterious disappearances and loss of water and air craft. The evidence for this astounding new insight into a mystery that's bedeviled the world is laid out in a research paper published in the American Journal of Physics. Professor Joseph Monaghan researched the hypothesis with honor student David May at the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. The two hypothesized that large methane bubbles rising from the ocean floor might account for many, if not all, of the mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft at specific locales around the world. Researcher Ivan T. Sanderson identified these mystery areas during the 1960s. Sanderson described the actual shape of these regions as more like a lozenge rather than a triangle. Some of the more famous spots include an area in the Sea of Japan, the North Sea, and of course the infamous "Bermuda (or Devil's) Triangle." Oceanographic surveyors of the sea floor in the area of the Bermuda Triangle and the North Sea region between continental Europe and Great Britain have discovered significant quantities of methane hydrates and older eruption sites. Because of the correlations and existing data, the two envisioned what would happen when gigantic methane bubbles explode from natural fissures on the seafloor. The methane—normally frozen at great pressure as gas hydrates embedded within subterranean rock—can become dislodged and transform into gaseous bubbles expanding geometrically as they explode upwards. When these bubbles reach the surface of the water they soar into the air, still expanding upwards and outwards. Any ships caught within the methane mega-bubble immediately lose all buoyancy and sink to the bottom of the ocean. If the bubbles are big enough and possess a high enough density they can also knock aircraft out of the sky with little or no warning. Aircraft falling victim to these methane bubbles will lose their engines-perhaps igniting the methane surrounding them-and immediately lose their lift as well, ending their flights by diving into the ocean and swiftly plummeting. COMMENT
So again we see another unexplained phenomenon actually has a natural explanation, but people will continue to believe that unexplained phenomena must have a "fantasy" explanation conjured up from their imagination... I don't think so! 
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Abandoned Hobbiton from “Lord Of The Rings”  The Lord of the Rings movies are well known all over the world, and so is the village Hobbiton where the Hobbits in the trilogy were living.The beautiful little houses surrounded by amazing nature were located in Matamata in New Zealand during filming, and they still are. Now the Hobbit houses are used by a farm nearby. More precisely their sheep have moved into the village where they are using the hobbit houses. Nowadays you can get a tour around in Hobbiton to see the famous Hobbit cabins and also pet the lambs. Speaking of sheep, in Scotland a farmer has painted his sheep in bright colors to “spice things up”.      
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Most Colorful River In The World
During a brief span between the wet and dry seasons, when the water level is just right, the many varieties of algae and moss bloom in a dazzling display of colours. Blotches of amarillo , blue, green, black and red - and a thousand shades in between -
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DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN, CAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO HE IS?
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 There is a documentary being filmed about Benjaman that is scheduled for release in 2011.
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World Helium Supply Could Be Gone in 30 Years
Gas Used in Balloons, Rocket Fuel, and LCD TVs is Dwindling Thanks to Government Mandate to Sell Off Reserves
 The dwindling supply of the inert gas has been a growing concern since the mid 2000s. Now a group of scientists tells the Independent that the world's supply could be gone completely in less than 30 years. The problem is twofold. First, helium is a non-renewable resource, mainly collected from the very slow decay of radioactive elements - and we're using it much faster than it's being created. Second, Congress passed a law in 1996 mandating that the U.S. helium reserve - by far the largest in the world - be sold off by 2015, irrespective of market price. The supply appeared plentiful then. Now, not so much. The impact goes far beyond not being able to inflate birthday balloons. Liquid helium is used in cooling medical equipment and the gas has numerous industrial applications. It's used in manufacturing LCD TV screens. Oh, and it helps power space shuttle and other rockets. What's more, a far rarer isotope of the gas, Helium-3, plays a pivotal role in the research of nuclear fusion, one of the world's great (if far-off) clean energy hopes. Wired had an eye on that problem a decade ago. But even plain Jane helium is "being squandered," Cornell University physics professor Robert Richardson told the Independent. "Richardson believes the price for helium should rise by between 20- and 50-fold to make recycling more worthwhile," the paper reported. He said a typical party balloon should cost as much as $100, to reflect the true value of the gas. "Once helium is released into the atmosphere in the form of party balloons or boiling helium it is lost to the Earth forever," he said. © MMX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed
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Everyone has their ups and downs.
It's reassuring to know that even the biggest stars are no exception. Find out which conditions celebs like Britney Spears, Mel Gibson, Axl Rose, and rapper DMX deal with daily...
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DNA tests show Hitler had Jewish and African roots
Saliva samples from living relatives reveal the Nazi leader’s biological links to races he tried to eliminate. By Katherine Butler  Adolf Hitler, courtesy of German Federal Archive. (Photo: Wikimedia) Belgian journalist Jean-Paul Mulders and historian Marc Vermeeren initiated the search for Hitler’s lineage, taking saliva samples from 39 living relatives, including a first cousin. The samples were analyzed under “stringent laboratory conditions.” Experts found that Hitler’s relatives have a chromosome called Haplogroup E1b1b1. Haplogroup E1b1b1 is common among Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews, as well as Berbers of Africa’s Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. It is extremely rare among people of Western European descent. Also, a significant proportion of the Afro-Asiatic Jewish population carries E1b1b1. It is considered one of the major founding markers of the Jewish lineage and is carried through the male chromosome. Ronny Decorte is a genetic specialist at the Catholic University of Leuven. As he told the Telegraph, “This is a surprising result. The affair is fascinating if one compares it with the conception of the world of the Nazis, in which race and blood was central. Hitler's concern over his descent was not unjustified. He was apparently not 'pure' or ‘Aryan’.” However, the appearance of Haplogroup E1b1b1 is not surprising to some who have studied Hitler’s family tree. As the Telegraph notes, some historians believe that Hitler’s father Alois was the illegitimate offspring of a maid called Maria Schicklgruber and a 19-year-old Jewish man named Leopold Frankenberger. Schicklgruber worked as a housekeeper for a Jewish family in Graz. This issue was the subject of a blackmail letter sent by Hitler’s nephew, William Patrick Hitler, at the height of Hitler’s power. Historians often note the atmosphere of terror in Hitler’s early family. Alois Schicklgruber changed his name on Jan. 7, 1877. to "Hitler," which Adolf adopted as his only surname. Recently verified journals kept by his sister Paula note the dysfunctional nature of the family. Hitler himself was a noted bully, often slapping his younger sister around “for the good of her education.” Hitler’s father Alois beat his son regularly, at times doing do so over the body of Adolf's protective mother. For further reading: ______________________________________________
So I guess Hitler was consistent in his beliefs since he did kill himself in the end...well that is one way boo look at it.
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....two pictures with the exact same face.
But ... on one photo you see a girl and on the other one - a guy.
 The fact is that this face was created on computer by mixing male and female face features, which gave this androgynous face. With a change of contrast, our brain recognizes the face on the left as being a female one, while on the second photo, where contrast is higher, our brain recognizes it to be a male’s face. For me, this is the best optical illusion of the century. ineedfile.com © 2007-2009
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Arm Sleeper Pillow – Fellow Arm Sleepers Rejoice!
 I have a feeling a pillow like this would take some time to get use to but I think it might be worth the $100 price tag. The pillow is made out of memory foam so it shouldn't deflate or sag on you, which is nice.
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Development of Tiny Thorium Reactors Could Wean the World Off Oil In Just Five Years
By Rebecca Boyle  Thorium One ton of thorium can produce as much energy as 200 tons of uranium and 3.5 million tons of coal, according to the former director of CERN. via Telegraph An abundant metal with vast energy potential could quickly wean the world off oil, if only Western political leaders would muster the will to do it, a UK newspaper says today. The Telegraph makes the case for thorium reactors as the key to a fossil-fuel-free world within five years, and puts the ball firmly in President Barack Obama's court. Thorium, named for the Norse god of thunder, is much more abundant than uranium and has 200 times that metal's energy potential. Thorium is also a more efficient fuel source -- unlike natural uranium, which must be highly refined before it can be used in nuclear reactors, all thorium is potentially usable as fuel. The Telegraph says thorium could be used as an energy amplifier in next-generation nuclear power plants, an idea conceived by Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia, former director of CERN. Known as an accelerator-driven system, it would use a particle accelerator to produce a proton beam and aim it at lump of heavy metal, producing excess neutrons. Thorium is a good choice because it has a high neutron yield per neutron absorbed. Thorium nuclei would absorb the excess neutrons, resulting in uranium-233, a fissile isotope that is not found in nature. Moderated neutrons would produce fissioned U-233, which releases enough energy to power the particle accelerator, plus an excess that can drive a power plant. Rubbia says a fistful of thorium could light up London for a week. The idea needs refining, but is so promising that at least one private firm is getting involved. The Norwegian firm Aker Solutions bought Rubbia's patent for this thorium fuel cycle, and is working on his design for a proton accelerator. The Telegraph says this $1.8 billion (£1.2 billion) project could lead to a network of tiny underground nuclear reactors, producing about 600 MW each. Their wee size would negate the enormous security apparatus required of full-size nuclear power plants. After a three-decade lull, nuclear power is enjoying a slow renaissance in the U.S. The 2005 energy bill included $2 billion for six new nuclear power plants, and this past February, Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees for new nuclear plants. But nuclear plants need fuel, which means building controversial uranium mines. Thorium, on the other hand, is so abundant that it's almost an annoyance. It's considered a waste product when mining for rare-earth metals. Thorium also solves the non-proliferation problem. Nuclear non-proliferation treaties (NPT) prohibit processes that can yield atomic bomb ingredients, making it difficult to refine highly radioactive isotopes. But thorium-based accelerator-driven plants only produce a small amount of plutonium, which could allow the U.S. and other nations to skirt NPT. The Telegraph says Obama needs a Roosevelt moment, recalling the famous breakfast meeting when Albert Einstein convinced the president to start the Manhattan Project. A thorium stimulus could be just what the lagging economy needs.
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I’m Under Arrest for What?
 Fifty Bizarre U.S. Laws By: Annie Tucker Morgan I’ve never claimed to have extensive knowledge of U.S. legislation throughout history, but it’s safe to say that I and most people I associate with are law-abiding citizens … or not. As it turns out, every state in this country has at least one wacky legal stipulation that could land residents in hot water if they don’t comply. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Alabama It’s illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church. Alaska Whispering in someone’s ear while he’s moose hunting is prohibited. (guess you have to yell!!) Arizona Cutting down a cactus may earn you a twenty-five-year prison term. Arkansas It’s illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas. (now who's stupid enough to do that...it's Kansas with an Ar .................................................. ............................................in front right?) California You may not eat an orange in your bathtub. (oh., but steak dinner is OK?) Colorado It’s unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor (Denver). (that's right, you have to sell it to him) Connecticut A pickle cannot actually be a pickle unless it bounces. Delaware It’s illegal to get married on a dare. (is there any other way?) Washington, D.C. It’s against the law to post a public notice calling someone a coward for refusing to accept a challenge to duel. Florida If you tie an elephant to a parking meter, you must pay the same parking fee as you would for a vehicle. (so that's why no one rides .................................................. .................................................. .....................elephants in Florida anymore) Georgia It’s illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless you draw the shades first. Hawaii All residents may be fined for not owning a boat. Idaho A man must not give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing fewer than fifty pounds. (Guess that's why Hershey Park's in PA) Illinois It’s illegal to take a French poodle to the opera (Chicago). Indiana The value of pi is 4, and not 3.1415. (now this explains alot) Iowa One-armed piano players must perform for free. Kansas It’s illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits (Natoma). Kentucky Every citizen is required to take a shower once a year. (yeah to get a driver's license you have to provide proof of shower) Louisiana Biting someone with your natural teeth constitutes simple assault, but biting someone with your false teeth classifies as aggravated assault. Maine If you keep your Christmas decorations on display after January 14, you’ll be fined. (definitely not a redneck state) Maryland It’s against the law to wash or scrub a sink, no matter how dirty it is (Baltimore). Massachusetts No gorilla is allowed in the backseat of any car. (what about pet chimps that rip your face off) Michigan A woman may not cut her own hair without her husband’s permission. (grounds for divorce if you ask me) Minnesota It’s illegal to paint a sparrow with the intent of selling it as a parakeet (Harper Woods). (definitely not a redneck state either) Mississippi Walking a dog without dressing it in diapers is forbidden (Temperance). (only in Mississippi would they say "dressing it in diapers") Missouri Children may buy shotguns in Kansas City, but not toy cap guns. (NRA doing it's job) Montana It’s a felony for a wife to open her husband’s mail. (Grounds for divorce, oh yeah) Nebraska Bar owners may not sell beer unless they brew a kettle of soup simultaneously. (I'll have a brew with my brew) Nevada It’s illegal for men with mustaches to kiss women. (who cares as long as they can still....) New Hampshire It’s forbidden to sell the clothes you’re wearing to pay off a gambling debt. (now that's just prudent) New Jersey It’s against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season. (Typo? did they leave of the wo from woman?) New Mexico Females may not appear unshaven in public. (the operative word hear is appear) New York While riding in an elevator, you must talk to no one, fold your hands, and look toward the door. (I lived in NY - so that's why everyone .................................................. .................................................. ............................................. acted like that in an elevator) North Carolina It’s against the law to sing off-key. (Sammi joe - good thing you don't live here just kidding )North Dakota It’s illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on. Ohio You must honk the horn whenever you pass another car, according to the state’s driver’s education manual. Oklahoma It’s forbidden to take a bite out of another person’s hamburger. (definitely not a redneck state) Oregon State law requires dishes to be drip-dried. 9yeah they's in no hurry in Oregon - population 5) Pennsylvania It’s illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors. (Yeah, everyone keeps the frig outside) Rhode Island You may not bite off another person’s leg. (Could still be a redneck state) South Carolina If a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, he is required by law to keep his promise. (Oh yeah? or else what!) South Dakota It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory. (like aren't all the cheese factories in Wisconsin?) Tennessee Selling hollow logs is strictly forbidden. Texas You may not shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel. Utah It is illegal not to drink milk. Vermont Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth. Virginia Tickling a woman is unlawful. Washington It’s illegal to pretend that one’s parents are wealthy. West Virginia If you make fun of someone who does not accept a challenge, you risk a six-month prison sentence. Wisconsin Unless a customer specifically requests it, margarine may not be substituted for butter in a restaurant. Wyoming Unless you have an official permit, you may not take a picture of a rabbit from January to April. (The parentheticals are Boo comments)
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15 Truly Bizarre Mental Delusions
When you are delusional, you lose the ability to distinguish reality from fantasy. Sufferers stumble through life, constricted by pseudo-worlds of their own making. Although the term was first coined in 1977, symptoms of delusion have been recorded for over 150 years. Here are 15 of the most bizarre syndromes to be documented since that time. . . 1. Capgras Delusion  source 2. Internet Delusions  source & source 3. Truman Show Delusion  source & source 4. Life as Computer Game  source 5. Cotard's syndrome  This is thought to be a delusional affliction similar to Capgras delusions…except much worse. Whereas Capras syndrome is seen as a separation of visual processing from emotional responses, Cotard’s syndrome is the total severance of emotion from all external stimulus. The sufferer feels that they are already dead. They may even claim smelling their flesh rotting or feeling maggots on their skin. source 6. Derealization  source 7. Wendigo Psychosis  source 8. Depersonalization  source
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9. Delusions Of Grandeur
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 Alien Food SymbolsIt is well known that aliens are among us. Hundreds or thousands of alien races live with us here on Earth. Some are terrified refugees from evil galactic empires. Others just stopped by for a nosh. But they share one thing in common: most terran food is poisonous to them. Think about it. Would you munch on Martian mushrooms? Or feast on some random slime pustules that you found in a swamp on Venus? Not likely! So you can't expect the Tantellians or the Pod Worms to go around ordering Number 2 from Taco Bell, now can you?
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Fritos "Corn" Chips
 Pepperidge Farm Cookies
Hellmann's Mustard
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Salt and Pepper
What could be more innocent than the individual packages of salt and pepper they give you with your meal on airline flights? Or more ominous?Snack Mix Tell the truth. Didn't you always wonder about the origin of that strange "Snack Mix", a combination of all of the oddly shaped and (if you read the ingredients list) oddly constituted things you could imagine? Well, wonder no longer.Hula Hoops A British company, perhaps already in the service of the aliens, produces a food-like product called Hula Hoops. Slyly, they use reflective packaging to obscure their alliance with The Others.
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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Why is it that the aliens hide their hideous needs amongst our most treasured cultural institutions? Are they mocking us? "A taste above", this says. Above what, exactly?Wireless LAN Snack
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Power Supply
Our subsequent examination of other electronic components revealed even more horrifying truths. Have you ever wondered why they call the electrical adapter for your laptop computer a power supply, when it is not the source of electrical power for your laptop at all? How much more blatant can they be?
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 A sexual pairing or the World Trade Center? And what would that mean?  It cannot be our imagination that this is a human skull inside of a magic triangle. Is this a declaration of war, or an historic artifact of their present domination?  Our sources are unable to penetrate this parallel construction. Can we possibly understand it in time?  Does this race intend to transport itself back into space? Will they take certain of us with them? Or are they using the very power of lightning itself to subjugate us?  This is a spacecraft, or perhaps a planet (are they the same?) inside of which is a gyroscope or an electromagnet. Is this a form of propulsion? Or a method of confinement? And, if the latter, confinement of what? Or whom? This sad, lonely alien race is one of the few who cannot be nourished by the deceptive "power supply". 
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Did you know that…………….
The liquid inside a coconut can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a barcode was Wrigley’s gum. The King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. The first owner of the tobacco company making Marlboro’s died of cancer. So did the first “Marlboro Man”. Walt Disney was afraid of mice. Pearls melt away in Vinegar. The three most valuable brand names on earth are Marlboro, Coca Cola and Bubweiser, in that order. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. A duck’s quack does not echo, no one knows why. You should leave your toothbrush at least six feet away from the toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. Turtles can breath through their anus. That's nothin, people can talk through their anus! (a boofactoid)
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By JEFF HOUCK The Tampa Tribune
It's been a busy year. But, then, you already knew that. After all, you were probably busy submitting video questions to presidential candidates on YouTube. Or infiltrating the audience at a John Kerry appearance. Or, you know, having a real life. There were wildfires to worry about, iPhones to buy and water to suck from the ground in Georgia. The white noise of life gets pretty loud when you add Imus, Baldwin, Rosie and Trump to the conversational bouillabaisse. You tend to miss a few things going on in the world when the news focus is on which goofball might have parented Anna Nicole's baby. To help you catch up on developments both great and small that you might have overlooked, we spent the year casting our net into the stream to catch some tasty info nuggets. We've pushed them into a giant news pill for you to swallow in one gulp. Consider this list - pulled from dozens of news stories from 2007 - your chance to catch up. * * * * * 1. A giant fossilized claw found from an ancient sea scorpion indicates that when alive, it would have been much taller than the average man. This find, from rocks 390 million years old, suggests that spiders, insects, crabs and similar creatures were much larger in the past than previously thought. Read About It * * * * * 2. Skin cancer is 20 percent more common on the left side of the body. Read About It * * * * * 3. Men who have only daughters have a higher risk of prostate cancer than men with at least one son, suggesting a chromosome defect. Read About It * * * * * 4. Baking pizza dough at higher temperatures for longer periods enhances levels of antioxidants that researchers believe reduce a person's risk of developing cancer and heart disease. Read About It * * * * * 5. Scientists have discovered dark chocolate contains more antioxidants than red wine. Read About It * * * * * 6. People who are optimists do better in most avenues of life, whether it's work, school, sports or relationships. They get depressed less often than pessimists do, make more money and have happier marriages. Read About It * * * * * 7. Scientists have figured out that a unique bacterium is what makes the sea smell like the sea. They've also found a way to capture the aroma and bottle it. Read About It * * * * * 8. Minorities from low-income areas are at increased risk for having a leg amputated as a result of severe peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a type of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, of the legs. Read About It * * * * * 9. A survey of 25,000 Americans found that 62 percent said they do not eat any fruit on a typical day, and 25 percent said they do not eat vegetables. All told, 11 percent ate the recommended number of servings of fruits and vegetables, it found. Read About It * * * * * 10. Owls try to sound more macho by lowering the tone of their hoots. Read About It * * * * * 11. Electronic noses used in the food industry and for sniffing out explosives can perform better with the addition of artificial "snot." Read About It * * * * * 12. Wild herds of African elephants communicating by vibrations in the ground can determine which animal produced the vibrations. The seismic system is so sophisticated, scientists describe the elephants as having their own version of "caller ID." Read About It * * * * * 13. A new species of sea anemone has been discovered in the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean, living in the unlikeliest of habitats: the carcass of a dead whale that had sunk some 1.8 miles below sea level in a region called Monterey Canyon, roughly 25 miles off the coast of Monterey, Calif. Read About It * * * * * 14. Scientists have discovered particles of cocaine and marijuana, as well as caffeine and tobacco, in the air of Italy's capital. The concentration of drugs was heaviest in the air around Rome's Sapienza University, though officials warned against drawing conclusions about students' recreational habits. Read About It * * * * * 15. Some people's features match their monikers so well that it makes them instantly more memorable. For example, when people hear the name Bob, they picture a large, round face, but when they hear the name Tim or Andy, they imagine someone far thinner. Read About It * * * * * 16. Ocean surface currents can be chaotically changeable. Two identical items released at the same location and at the same time can end up in vastly different areas. Severe storms that alter normal weather patterns also play an important role in the movement of drift items. Read About It * * * * * 17. Dolphins living off the coast of Wales whistle, bark and groan in a different dialect from dolphins off the western coast of Ireland. Read About It * * * * * 18. Scientists are breeding cows that can produce skimmed milk and butter that is so soft, it spreads straight from the fridge. A team in New Zealand has identified a cow, named Marge, who naturally produces lower levels of saturated fat in her milk. Read About It * * * * * 19. For small- and large-stature adults, automobile airbags may do more harm than good, new research indicates. A detailed look at crash data spanning 11 years for more than 65,000 front-seat passengers found that while airbags are "modestly" protective for people of medium stature (5-foot-3 to 5-foot-11), they appear to increase the risk of injury to people smaller than 4-foot-11 and taller than 6-foot-3. Read About It * * * * * 20. U.S. military troops rarely consume all the components in MRE provisions, particularly when they are preparing for missions where reducing the amount of weight and bulk in their packs is essential. Instead, they "field strip" the rations, choosing their favorite items and tossing out the rest. Read About It * * * * * 21. Fetuses are able to mount their own specific immune response to flu vaccines received by their mothers. Read About It * * * * * 22. Women who enjoyed strong childhood relationships with their fathers prefer to have a male partner who physically resembles him. Read About It * * * * * 23. A race of 36 million-year-old, extinct giant penguins (over 5 feet tall) marched to equatorial South America during a time when the world was much warmer than it is now. Remains of the penguins found on the southern coast of Peru challenge previous conceptions about penguin evolution and expansion. Read About It * * * * * 24. Icebergs hold trapped terrestrial material, which may be released far out at sea as they melt. This process produces a "halo effect" with significantly increased nutrients, chlorophyll and krill out to a radius of more than two miles. Scientists also have begun to suspect that icebergs may play a role in global climate regulation by removing carbon from the atmosphere. Read About It * * * * * 25. Fish use the threat of punishment to maintain stability in their social order. Small goby fish at Lizard Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef use the threat of expulsion from the school as a powerful deterrent to keep subordinate fish from challenging those more dominant. Read About It * * * * * 26. Ape-men ancestors began walking on two legs 6 million years ago because it used far less energy than clambering on all fours. Read About It * * * * * 27. Some office printers emit a dangerous amount of toner in the air, possibly causing health concerns ranging from respiratory irritation to cardiovascular problems. Some of these floating microscopic particles may be carcinogens. Read About It * * * * * 28. Yawning may be a kind of low-tech air conditioning for the brain. Read About It * * * * * 29. Onions contain a sulfur-based antioxidant that binds with harmful toxins in the brain and flushes them out of the body, helping to prevent memory loss. Read About It * * * * * * 30. The Asian Cyprian honeybee kills its nemesis, the Oriental hornet, by smothering with other honeybees as a mob, causing the hornet to asphyxiate. Read About It * * * * * * 31. Sex among African bat bugs is a violent affair. During copulation, males of the species pierce the abdomens of their mates with their genitals and ejaculate directly into their blood. Read About It * * * * * * 32. Diners at restaurants enjoy their wine and meals more if the wine has a special label, even if it's really only a $2 vintage. Read About It * * * * * * 33. Small children stress out about starting kindergarten up to six months before school starts, suggesting youngsters may take cues from their anxious parents. Read About It * * * * * * 34. Shoppers prefer stores' scents to match their sounds. Participants in a research study who were exposed to a Christmas scent in combination with Christmas music gave the store higher ratings than those who experienced a Christmas scent with non-Christmas music. Read About It * * * * * * 35. A giant underwater current sweeping past Australia's island of Tasmania toward the South Atlantic is a main contributor to regulation of carbon dioxide gasses in the atmosphere. Read About It * * * * * * 36. Ultra-hardy bacteria species collectively known as "extremophiles" have been discovered in NASA "clean rooms" used by scientists and engineers who are assembling spacecraft. Read About It * * * * * * 37. Fruit flies love the carbon dioxide fizz from beer. The insects have special taste receptors that are sensitive to the gas. Read About It * * * * * * 38. Overweight women who face employment weight bias could be victims of sex discrimination. Women are 16 times more likely than men to report weight discrimination in the workplace. Read About It * * * * * * 39. The mangrove killifish, found in the Caribbean, can modify its biological makeup so it can breathe air and live in trees for months at a time. Read About It * * * * * * 40 Two-thirds of women older than 40 are the primary providers for their families. Read About It * * * * * * 41. A derivative of broccoli-sprout extract protects the skin against the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. Read About It * * * * * * 42. The first prehistoric fish that made its way onto land saw a full range of colors, including wavelengths of light that human eyes cannot see. Read About It * * * * * * 43. It takes business people twice as long to enter text messages on an iPhone as on conventional cell phones. Read About It * * * * * * 44. A survey of tendencies among approximately 1,000 car owners age 18 and older showed that U.S. men and women demonstrated an equal interest in upgrading the quality of their tires and wheels. Women who responded to the survey tended to spend less than men when doing so. Read About It * * * * * 45. The therapeutic, relaxing effect on the arteries provided by drinking a few cups of ordinary black tea is wiped out if milk is added to the drink. Read About It * * * * * 46. About two-thirds of students play video and computer games - 82 percent of male students and 59 percent of female students. Only about one quarter said they play games often with someone of the opposite sex. Read About It * * * * * 47. Infants born to mothers who eat fruits while breastfeeding will be more receptive to eating those foods later in life. Read About It * * * * * 48. While lunging toward krill and fish with an open mouth, a single-fin whale can engulf up to 2,900 cubic feet of the ocean soup, which is almost equal to the volume of a large school bus. Read About It * * * * * 49. The parasitic jewel wasp uses a venom injected directly into a cockroach's brain to inhibit its victim's free will and its motivation to walk. Unble to fight back, the "zombie" cockroach can be pulled into the wasp's underground lair, where an egg is laid in its abdomen. The larva later hatches and eats the still living but incapacitated cockroach from the inside out. Read About It * * * * * 50. Mercury has an Earthlike molten core that wobbles like a raw egg does when spun on a countertop. Read About It Reporter Jeff Houck can be reached at (813) 259-7324 or jhouck@tampatrib.com.
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Face Recognition 
On the front of the package, towards the bottom, just next to the net weight, is a curious symbol. You might think that part of it is merely a marking indicating that these cookies are Kosher. Turn it sideways, however, and it portrays a huge alien ship hovering over a planet - perhaps our own? Is the symbol of a magnet inside the planet somehow important to these aliens? 
We recognize the tell-tale symbology of The Others in this close-up of the obscure lower left part of the back of the package. Is this the feeding position of a snake-like race? Or perhaps the throne of a race that presumes to rule the galaxy? 
Under advanced digital enhancement supplied by our sources, a terrifying image emerges, showing subservient humans feeding this dominating race of aliens, their huge mouths presumably leading to even larger subterranean bodies. 
Does this indicate a race of beings that come from a distant star through a portal, a portal that is beyond our meager scientific means? 
We fear that it is worse than we thought. What we thought was restricted to certain packaged foodstuffs is not. We came to this horrifying realization recently as our attention was drawn to the back of the very PC/MCIA card that we use for wireless Ethernet access. 
Do you see? Do you see, now? 
And here. Is this not obviously the head and the body of an alien race, perhaps even a humanoid race, seen through the sacred triangular window of their vessel? How many of you have already seen them here? 
This turned out to be the mother load. 
We believe this to represent the spider race from Tantelos, secure in their alien lair. 
What could this be but the trisexual Argulians? How obscene that they would display their mating rituals on their foodstuff. 
Here we see an image of a planet - is it Earth? - with the clear indication of a magnet, a ray gun, and a symbol too small for human eyes to resolve. Isn't their aggressive intention obvious? 
This complex symbol is thought to combine futuristic circuitry with mental powers. What astonishing superhuman capabilities must this alien race have? 
This, one of the most enigmatic alien food symbols to date, portrays a spherical alien craft, inside of which is a mysterious protection device and an alien life form, wielding a tool that cannot be identified. 
Here, an archtypical alien head (was E.T. really fiction?) is silhouetted in a moon. Our moon? Or theirs? 
This seemingly simple geometric shape hides an awful truth. This alien race chooses to identify itself, not with a visual representation of itself or its craft, but with a geometric theorem. Are they flaunting their advanced mathematics? What other secrets have they discovered?
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