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Monthly Archives: September 2005

‘Sexist’ BBC show leaves viewers barking mad

Saturday, September 3, 2005

From MediaGuardian.co.uk [Requires registration]
‘Sexist’ BBC show leaves viewers barking mad
The BBC has been forced to apologise after 200 viewers complained about a hidden camera show in which women train their husbands like dogs.
BBC2’s Bring Your Husband to Heel features dog trainer Annie Clayton using traditional dog-training techniques to improve husbands’ behaviour.
The show, based around [...]

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Benjamin Marra - Illustrator

Saturday, September 3, 2005

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The Drowned City

Saturday, September 3, 2005

Some thoughts on the New Orleans deluge

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National Geographic prediction of New Orleans devastation (from 2004)

Saturday, September 3, 2005

Astounding National Geographic Magazine article predicting the disaster in New Orleans.
It was a broiling August afternoon in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Big Easy, the City That Care Forgot. Those who ventured outside moved as if they were swimming in tupelo honey. Those inside paid silent homage to the man who invented air-conditioning as they watched [...]

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Gargantuan library of Madonna (the singer) photographs

Friday, September 2, 2005

MadonnaShots - some definitely not safe for work.

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Humans have two brains

Friday, September 2, 2005

From the : International Herald Tribune
A brain in the head, and one in the gut
Two brains are better than one. At least that is the rationale for the close - sometimes too close - relationship between the human body’s two brains, the one at the top of the spinal cord and the hidden but powerful [...]

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Fantastic video of Iraq politician denouncing terrorists

Friday, September 2, 2005

From MEMRI TV, “Iraqi Politician Iyad Jamal Al-Din: The Arabs Want Tyrannical Regimes, in Line with Their Backward Culture”.
Click on “view clip” and be patient as it can be slow to load.

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The problem with eyewitnesses

Friday, September 2, 2005

From the BBC NEWS:
“The aftermath of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Tube station has shown that eyewitness testimony may not always be as reliable as it seems.
On the day Mr Menezes was killed, a picture was quickly painted by eyewitnesses of a suspect who had vaulted over a ticket barrier, [...]

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Hating America, Hating Humanity

Thursday, September 1, 2005

A good article by Paul Johnson on Anti-Americanism :
Anti-Americanism is a phenomenon which, though common and ubiquitous, is difficult to explain because it is illogical, irrational, contradictory, and mysteriously primitive.
…The United States, in a lawless and dangerous world where the U.N. cannot impose order ó in fact sometimes makes disorder worse ó has become [...]

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Miracle mice regenerate organs, nerves and bones

Thursday, September 1, 2005

From The Australian:
It’s a miracle: mice regrow hearts
SCIENTISTS have created “miracle mice” that can regenerate amputated limbs or damaged vital organs, making them able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals.
The experimental animals are unique among mammals in their ability to regrow their heart, toes, joints and tail.
…”We have [...]

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