mercury's day
ebay antiquing
While we (sort of) understand why people pay a little more for a bottle of wine that's improved with age, we're not quite so sure about the speculative value of an aging French fry.
Still, there's a kind of earnest enthusiasm about this eBay ad for "the only known 1993 [McDonald's french] fry in existence," as though it is something that anyone will realize the innate value of.
on women's bellies
April 8, 2008 -- Having a big waist may raise women's death rates, even in women who aren't overweight.
That news comes from a study of 44,600 female nurses enrolled in a long-term health study.
The bottom line: Waists mattered more than weight.
Being in the normal weight range was less important than having a waist less than 34.6 inches and a waist-to-hip ratio of less than 0.88 .To calculate your waist-to-hip ratio, divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement.
space tourism
A rocket-powered plane that will allow tourists to travel in space is in development and will start flights in two years.
Plans have been revealed for 'Lynx', a two-seater 'space taxi', which will be capable of flying 37miles above the Earth from 2010.
Flights will cost passengers £50,000 for a journey in the rocket-powered vehicle that is intended to operate like a normal aeroplane by taking off and landing on runways.
It will reach twice the speed of sound on its ascent to offer space tourists spectacular views of Earth.
sex is in the eyes
It is one of the main questions on an amorous young man's mind - how can you tell whether a girl might be interested in a one-night stand without having to waste precious time in small talk?
Similarly, an eligible young lady might be keen to know whether the chap chatting her up is the type who's ready to settle down and raise a family.
It turns out that the answers have been staring them in the face.
watch what homework you bring to lunch
Melanie Bowers, 13, and her parents walked into Athens High School Monday afternoon to talk to campus police. They were hoping to get some answers.
"It never should have happened in the first place. The whole assignment was a silly assignment and they should have contacted us immediately after it happened," said J.R. Bowers, Melanie's father.
It was an assignment for history class--to make a protest sign for or against an issue, and Melanie said she chose illegal immigration. Her sign read, "If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration." Somehow, Melanie said the sign got passed around lunch and angered a group of Latino students.
niedermayer? dead
dead wormer? dead
abu obaidah al-masri? dead
A U.S. official says an al-Qaida figure believed to help plan the 2005 subway and bus bombings in London has died.
The intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, tells VOA that Abu Obaidah al-Masri appears to have died of natural causes some months ago. The official also says Masri died in the Afghan-Pakistan region.
Masri was also suspected in a plot to blow up commercial airliners over the Atlantic Ocean in 2006.
Masri had been reported killed in a missile strike in Pakistan in 2006.
SEAL medal of honor
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Tuesday awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to a member of the Navy Seals who threw himself on a grenade in 2006 to save his comrades in Iraq.
President Bush presented the Medal of Honor to George and Sally Monsoor, parents of Petty Officer Monsoor.
The president presented the award, the nation’s highest military honor, to the parents of the Petty Officer Second Class Michael A. Monsoor, 25, in a ceremony at the White House.
“The Medal of Honor is awarded for an act of such courage that no one could rightly be expected to undertake it,” Mr. Bush said, adding that those who knew Petty Officer Monsoor were not surprised he had made the sacrifice.
kidney cancer vaccine
A small biotech company received approval yesterday from the Russian Ministry of Public Health to market the cancer vaccine Oncophage for some types of kidney cancer.
The Scientist reports that the approval of the Antigenics cancer drug is the first for any cancer immunotherapy by any regulatory body in the world. It comes after the treatment didn't pass muster with the FDA, despite $425 million spent developing the treatment over 12 long years. Oncophage differs from preventative vaccines because it is supposed to treat an existing malignant condition, not prevent precursors to a cancer's development (By contrast, Gardasil helps prevent cervical cancer by providing protection from human papillomavirus, but it doesn't treat cervical cancer itself.)
The development opens up the disturbing (and intriguing) possibility that small biotech companies will increasingly seek to market their products in the developing world. As Ren Benjamin, a biotech analyst at the investment firm Rodman and Renshaw told The Scientist, "This will really be a landmark analysis -- not only to see whether small biotechs can do it alone in these other countries, but also, are these other countries worth pursuing."
pixar to release all movies in 3D
NEW YORK (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday its Pixar animation studio is committing to 3-D and will release all of its movies in the format beginning with "Up" next year.
Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter made the announcement in New York at a presentation of Disney's upcoming lineup of animated movies through 2012.
He said Walt Disney Animation Studios will offer "The Princess and the Frog," a musical set in New Orleans, in the traditional hand-drawn format for release for Christmas 2009.
kosovar constitution
Kosovo's parliament has adopted a new constitution, almost two months after unilaterally declaring independence from Serbia.
The charter pledges to build a state protecting minorities such as the Serbs who vehemently oppose Kosovo's split.
The text is to come into force on 15 June when the UN is due to complete a handover of powers to the new state.
above average hurricane season predicted
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A noted hurricane researcher predicted Wednesday that rising water temperatures in the Atlantic will bring a "well above average" storm season this year, including four major storms.
The updated forecast by William Gray's team at Colorado State University calls for 15 named storms in the Atlantic in 2008 and says there's a better than average chance that at least one major hurricane will hit the United States.
april 9th in history
193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
475 - Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies.
1413 - Henry V is crowned King of England.
1440 - Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
1682 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
1865 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
1867 - Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
1909 - The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
1916 - World War I: Battle of Verdun - German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
1917 - World War I: Battle of Arras - The battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
1937 - The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London - it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
1939 - Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.
1940 - World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
1942 - World War II: Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March - United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. The Japanese Navy launches an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the island's east coast.
1945 - World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.
1945 - World War II: Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
1945 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
1947 - The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kills 181 and injures 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
1947 - The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
1948 - Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia (La violencia).
1948 - Massacre at Deir Yassin.
1953 - Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film, entitled House of Wax.
1957 - The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.
1959 - Mercury program: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, which the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
1967 - The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.
1969 - The "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty on federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
1969 - The first British-built Concorde 002 mades its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
1975 - The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
1991 - Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 - A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty on drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
1992 - John Major's Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom.
1999 - Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President of Niger, is assassinated.
2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad, Iraq falls to American forces.
2005 - His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales weds Camilla Parker Bowles.
While we (sort of) understand why people pay a little more for a bottle of wine that's improved with age, we're not quite so sure about the speculative value of an aging French fry.
Still, there's a kind of earnest enthusiasm about this eBay ad for "the only known 1993 [McDonald's french] fry in existence," as though it is something that anyone will realize the innate value of.
on women's bellies
April 8, 2008 -- Having a big waist may raise women's death rates, even in women who aren't overweight.
That news comes from a study of 44,600 female nurses enrolled in a long-term health study.
The bottom line: Waists mattered more than weight.
Being in the normal weight range was less important than having a waist less than 34.6 inches and a waist-to-hip ratio of less than 0.88 .To calculate your waist-to-hip ratio, divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement.
space tourism
A rocket-powered plane that will allow tourists to travel in space is in development and will start flights in two years.
Plans have been revealed for 'Lynx', a two-seater 'space taxi', which will be capable of flying 37miles above the Earth from 2010.
Flights will cost passengers £50,000 for a journey in the rocket-powered vehicle that is intended to operate like a normal aeroplane by taking off and landing on runways.
It will reach twice the speed of sound on its ascent to offer space tourists spectacular views of Earth.
sex is in the eyes
It is one of the main questions on an amorous young man's mind - how can you tell whether a girl might be interested in a one-night stand without having to waste precious time in small talk?
Similarly, an eligible young lady might be keen to know whether the chap chatting her up is the type who's ready to settle down and raise a family.
It turns out that the answers have been staring them in the face.
watch what homework you bring to lunch
Melanie Bowers, 13, and her parents walked into Athens High School Monday afternoon to talk to campus police. They were hoping to get some answers.
"It never should have happened in the first place. The whole assignment was a silly assignment and they should have contacted us immediately after it happened," said J.R. Bowers, Melanie's father.
It was an assignment for history class--to make a protest sign for or against an issue, and Melanie said she chose illegal immigration. Her sign read, "If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration." Somehow, Melanie said the sign got passed around lunch and angered a group of Latino students.
niedermayer? dead
dead wormer? dead
abu obaidah al-masri? dead
A U.S. official says an al-Qaida figure believed to help plan the 2005 subway and bus bombings in London has died.
The intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, tells VOA that Abu Obaidah al-Masri appears to have died of natural causes some months ago. The official also says Masri died in the Afghan-Pakistan region.
Masri was also suspected in a plot to blow up commercial airliners over the Atlantic Ocean in 2006.
Masri had been reported killed in a missile strike in Pakistan in 2006.
SEAL medal of honor
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Tuesday awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to a member of the Navy Seals who threw himself on a grenade in 2006 to save his comrades in Iraq.
President Bush presented the Medal of Honor to George and Sally Monsoor, parents of Petty Officer Monsoor.
The president presented the award, the nation’s highest military honor, to the parents of the Petty Officer Second Class Michael A. Monsoor, 25, in a ceremony at the White House.
“The Medal of Honor is awarded for an act of such courage that no one could rightly be expected to undertake it,” Mr. Bush said, adding that those who knew Petty Officer Monsoor were not surprised he had made the sacrifice.
kidney cancer vaccine
A small biotech company received approval yesterday from the Russian Ministry of Public Health to market the cancer vaccine Oncophage for some types of kidney cancer.
The Scientist reports that the approval of the Antigenics cancer drug is the first for any cancer immunotherapy by any regulatory body in the world. It comes after the treatment didn't pass muster with the FDA, despite $425 million spent developing the treatment over 12 long years. Oncophage differs from preventative vaccines because it is supposed to treat an existing malignant condition, not prevent precursors to a cancer's development (By contrast, Gardasil helps prevent cervical cancer by providing protection from human papillomavirus, but it doesn't treat cervical cancer itself.)
The development opens up the disturbing (and intriguing) possibility that small biotech companies will increasingly seek to market their products in the developing world. As Ren Benjamin, a biotech analyst at the investment firm Rodman and Renshaw told The Scientist, "This will really be a landmark analysis -- not only to see whether small biotechs can do it alone in these other countries, but also, are these other countries worth pursuing."
pixar to release all movies in 3D
NEW YORK (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday its Pixar animation studio is committing to 3-D and will release all of its movies in the format beginning with "Up" next year.
Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter made the announcement in New York at a presentation of Disney's upcoming lineup of animated movies through 2012.
He said Walt Disney Animation Studios will offer "The Princess and the Frog," a musical set in New Orleans, in the traditional hand-drawn format for release for Christmas 2009.
kosovar constitution
Kosovo's parliament has adopted a new constitution, almost two months after unilaterally declaring independence from Serbia.
The charter pledges to build a state protecting minorities such as the Serbs who vehemently oppose Kosovo's split.
The text is to come into force on 15 June when the UN is due to complete a handover of powers to the new state.
above average hurricane season predicted
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A noted hurricane researcher predicted Wednesday that rising water temperatures in the Atlantic will bring a "well above average" storm season this year, including four major storms.
The updated forecast by William Gray's team at Colorado State University calls for 15 named storms in the Atlantic in 2008 and says there's a better than average chance that at least one major hurricane will hit the United States.
april 9th in history
193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
475 - Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies.
1413 - Henry V is crowned King of England.
1440 - Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
1682 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
1865 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
1867 - Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
1909 - The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
1916 - World War I: Battle of Verdun - German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
1917 - World War I: Battle of Arras - The battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
1937 - The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London - it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
1939 - Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.
1940 - World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
1942 - World War II: Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March - United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. The Japanese Navy launches an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the island's east coast.
1945 - World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.
1945 - World War II: Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
1945 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
1947 - The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kills 181 and injures 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
1947 - The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
1948 - Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia (La violencia).
1948 - Massacre at Deir Yassin.
1953 - Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film, entitled House of Wax.
1957 - The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.
1959 - Mercury program: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, which the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
1967 - The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.
1969 - The "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty on federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
1969 - The first British-built Concorde 002 mades its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
1975 - The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
1991 - Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 - A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty on drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
1992 - John Major's Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom.
1999 - Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President of Niger, is assassinated.
2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad, Iraq falls to American forces.
2005 - His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales weds Camilla Parker Bowles.
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