How We See The World

Scientists puzzled by mysterious 200 mile long crater on the surface of Mars By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:52 PM on 1st September 2010 Comments (44) Add to My Stories Scientists have been left baffled by a long strange scar on the surface of Mars, close to the planet’s equator. The European Space Agency (ESA) has released new images of Orcus Patera - an elongated crater which is located between the volcanoes of Elysium Mons and Olympus Mons in the planet's eastern hemisphere. Scientists believe the most likely explanation for the crater is that it was made in an oblique impact, when a small asteroid struck the surface at a …

wow! hard to believe he was able to survive that

Ban TV to protect children's health, top psychologist tells EU politicians By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:00 AM on 31st August 2010 Comments (113) Add to My Stories TV should be banned for toddlers and severely rationed for other youngsters to protect their health and family life, a leading psychologist will tell MEPs today. Dr Aric Sigman claims that millions of children spending hours slumped in front of TVs and computers is 'the greatest unacknowledged health scandal of our time'. He says it is linked to ills ranging from obesity and heart disease to poor grades and lack of empathy. Ban: Toddlers should not be al…

Dragons' Den panel in record £900,000 bidding war for the 'Magic Wand' they think could replace your remote control By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:05 PM on 24th August 2010 Comments (72) Add to My Stories A pair of British inventors were celebrating today after receiving the largest ever offer from a single Dragon for their hit gadget - a magic wand. Entrepreneurs Chris Barnardo and Richard Blakesley accepted a £200,000 offer from tough-talking Duncan Bannatyne for their Kymera Wand on the hit BBC Two show Dragons' Den. The device resembles a traditional Harry Potter-style wand but is in fact a buttonless universal remote contro…

anyone else excited? :dance:

anyone? being a Nerdfighter is wonderful :wacky: (hopefully at least one person knows what i'm taking about :uhoh:) or if you don't know what a Nerdfighter is... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyQi79aYfxU]YouTube- How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ[/ame]

Locksmith exposed on BBC's Rogue Traders is jailed for four years for ripping off dozens of customers with shoddy work By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:54 PM on 31st August 2010 Comments (41) Add to My Stories Rogue trader: Mark Makowski has been jailed for four years for over-charging pensioners hundreds of pounds A locksmith who ripped off dozens of desperate customers and was featured on the BBC's Rogue Traders programme was jailed for four years today. Mark Makowski, 40, overcharged his victims by hundreds of pounds for shoddy and often unnecessary work around the London area. He ignored letters of complaint and bullied un…

http://news.antiwar.com/2010/08/23/us-drone-strike-destroys-house-full-of-children-in-pakistan/ Our nation's finest :nice:

Elf 'n' safety police outlaw children's communal trampoline (even though it has a safety net) By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:53 AM on 31st August 2010 Comments (33) Add to My Stories Sharon Farmer has been ordered to take down her trampoline because it constitutes a safety risk (file picture) A childminder has been ordered to take down a trampoline – because youngsters could ‘injure themselves’ if they bounce off it and onto the grass. Sharon Farmer has put up the 14ft trampoline in communal gardens in Lewisham, south London, for the past decade, but has been told by housing association bosses she must remove it for h…

Bob Wilson's son-in-law dies after being poisoned by sea urchin in freak tragedy By Katherine Faulkner and Andy Gardner Last updated at 8:22 AM on 31st August 2010 Comments (47) Add to My Stories Tragic loss: Mitchell Carey died after stepping on a sea urchin during a Greek holiday The son-in-law of TV presenter and former footballer Bob Wilson has died in a freak tragedy after apparently contracting blood poisoning when he stepped on a sea urchin while on holiday. Mitchell Carey is understood to have begun complaining of stomach pains shortly after returning from Greece, before his condition deteriorated sharply. Last night his fat…

well, i have these days, a complex and i wanna ignore it by watching something cool.. Actually, i'm sick of all the commercial bullshit! i'm looking for a real movie.. that kind of movies with a lot of moralities a movie about youth problems/unsatisfaction.. eh, can you ? or why not a book.. whatever ;)

'Skeptical Environmentalist' and critic of climate scientists to declare global warming a chief concern facing world today The world's most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront", in an apparent U-turn that will give a huge boost to the embattled environmental lobby. Bjørn Lomborg, the self-styled "sceptical environmentalist" once compared to Adolf Hitler by the UN's climate chief, is famous for attacking climate scientists, campaigners, the media and others for exaggerating the rate of global warming and its effects on humans, an…

The sun is setting over South Africa's oldest vineyard and the last of the wine-tasting tourists are climbing onto their buses. But one large family group has no intention of leaving – and there is little the management can do about it. Groot Constantia, in the heart of Cape Town's wine country, can deal with inebriated holidaymakers – but it is invading baboons which have developed a taste for its grapes that the wine makers are struggling with. Each day, dozens of Cape Baboons gather to strip the ancient vines – the sauvignon blanc grapes are a particular favourite – before heading into the mountains to sleep. A few, who sample fallen fruit that has fermented in…

Human bones have been found in a state forest where the Australian serial killer Ivan Milat murdered seven backpackers, including two Britons, in the late 1990s. The skeletal remains, discovered by a group of motor bike riders, were located in open ground near a fire trail in the Belangelo State Forest, south of Sydney, where Milat dumped the bodies of seven backpackers. Among his victims were 22-year-olds Caroline Clarke, from Northumbria and Joanne Walters, from South Wales. In 1996, Milat, a former road worker, was found guilty of all seven murders. He is currently serving a prison term of seven life sentences, plus a further term of 18 years. Police …

An expedition surveying the wreck of the Titanic is showing off some crisp images of the world's most famous shipwreck. But officials from Expedition Titanic said in a statement they are now headed back to Newfoundland because high seas and winds brought on by hurricane Danielle are preventing researchers from carrying out their work. The team of scientists have been using a pair of robots to take thousands of photographs and hours of video of the wreck, which lies roughly 2.5 miles below the surface. The hi-resolution images include shots of the ship's bow, clearly showing the railing and anchors. The expedition left Newfoundland earlier this month to the spo…

The luckiest piglet: Tiny porker is sole survivor of inferno that killed 768 other pigs By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:20 PM on 30th August 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories One little piglet was feeling very lucky today after it emerged it was the only survivor of a huge blaze that killed almost 800 other pigs. The animal was only saved because it managed to run to the door of the piggery of the Lincolnshire farm when the fire broke out. Tragically, the other 600 piglets and 168 sows burned to death in the fire, which was caused by an electrical fault in the central unit of three connecting pig sheds. Northmoor Farm: 6…

More than 20 Britons held in major drugs swoop on Ibiza By Gerard Couzens Last updated at 6:48 PM on 30th August 2010 Add to My Stories More than 20 Britons have been arrested during weekend drugs raids in Ibiza. The suspects were held on Saturday during a major police operation on the island and were due in court today. Four women were taken away in handcuffs after a raid involving a police helicopter at an apartment in the Cala de Bou area near the party resort of San Antonio. Ibiza Town: The suspects were due in court in the Ibiza capital today Several more suspects were arrested at a flat in the West End, San Antonio's main …

Too tall for school: The 14-year-old Brazilian girl who at 6ft 9in cannot fit on the bus By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 7:22 PM on 30th August 2010 Comments (0) Videos Add to My Stories It's hard standing out from the crowd when you are a teenager but few schoolchildren can claim to be more visible than Elisany Silva. The 14-year-old measures an unbelievable 6ft 9in tall, making her one of the biggest teenagers in the world. The pretty youngster is believed to be suffering from a rare disease which has caused her extreme growth. Scroll down for video Tallest: Elisany Silva towers over her friends as they play on the bea…

I've googled like hell, and I get nothing. So it's off to coldplaying. Anyways, I've been having problems with my Volume Control. When I turn it on it's fine but then in a couple of hours it shows me this; Translation; There are no active mixer devices available. To install mixer devices, go to Control Panel click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Add Hardware And I did that^ but nothing happens and it tells me that it's already installed or something. So, It's like I have no volume of control of it.. no volume control. What the hell is going on?

The death of 'thank you'? Why most of us just say 'cheers', 'ta' or just smile to show our appreciation these days By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:56 PM on 23rd August 2010 Comments (21) Add to My Stories If you do someone a good turn today, don’t expect a thank you. ‘Cheers’, ‘ta’ or even ‘wicked’ is the more likely response, if a survey is to be believed. Research among computer users suggests that the traditional expression of gratitude has fallen by the wayside. Cheers, oh and ta for dinner: The traditional 'thank you' is being usurped by snappier ways to show thanks, like 'Wicked', 'You star' and 'Cool' Almos…

And if so why?

British beekeeper breeds bee that can protect itself from deadly mite that is wiping out colonies By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:49 PM on 24th August 2010 Comments (30) Add to My Stories A British beekeeper is breeding a strain of bee which can protect itself from a deadly parasitic mite that is wiping out colonies across the world. Ron Hoskins, 79, lost tens of thousands of bees since the parasitic varroa mite entered Britain in 1992. The mite poses a serious threat because the billions of bees it kills are needed to pollinate crops and plants which remove carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Beekeeper Ron Hosk…

OAP crook isn't so flush now after being forced to hand over £500,000 found stashed in his toilet cistern By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:49 PM on 24th August 2010 Comments (40) Add to My Stories A pensioner who was unable to explain how he came across £500,000 in cash found stashed around his toilet cistern has been ordered to hand over the money. The money was uncovered after Peter Wells, 70, who spent four years in jail for drug dealing, was stopped by police for a minor motoring offence in Kent. Police discovered he was carrying £80,000 in his holdall and when asked to explain the money, he said it was to buy something 'lik…

'Alpha female' Apprentice winner Yasmina, 29, is having a baby with work colleague By Tom Kelly Last updated at 11:22 AM on 23rd August 2010 Comments (131) Add to My Stories She was dubbed the ultimate ‘Alpha Female’, destined for business greatness, when she won The Apprentice. Now Yasmina Siadatan must decide whether to put her family ahead of her career after becoming pregnant during a whirlwind romance with a colleague. The 29-year-old was hired on last year’s series of the BBC1 show by Lord Sugar for a £100,000-a-year business development manager position at his company AMScreen Healthcare. Delighted: Apprentice winner Yasmina Siad…

Too many signs and bollards 'are disfiguring our streets' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:41 PM on 23rd August 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Streets across the country are being ‘disfigured’ by tens of thousands of unnecessary road signs, bollards, posts and railings, a campaign dossier revealed last night. Civic groups said the rapid growth in ugly ‘clutter’ was blighting otherwise attractive neighbourhoods and high streets. Council health and safety zealots were blamed for wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on ‘street furniture’ that is intended to prevent accidents but can actually make an area m…