Digger the Clydesdale becomes Britain's biggest horse

Digger, a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall Clydesdale, is one big horse. - the biggest in Britain, in fact (and he’s still growing!):
Eileen Gillen, farm manager, said: "He is the largest horse we have ever had. He is the equivalent of a growing teenage boy –never out of the fridge. Heaven knows what size he is going to end up."
With his head up Digger measures close to 9ft. Horses are traditionally measured in four-inch "hands" from the ground to the withers, which is the highest point of the spine before it becomes the animal’s neck.

Digger is now neck and neck with Cracker, a shire horse in Lincolnshire measured at 19 hands and two inches in 2005.
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Drive-by hair robbery in Brazil

Two men on a motorcycle in Brazil grabbed a woman as she walked to church, pulled out a machete and cut off the waist-length hair she had been growing for two decades.

The woman, a homemaker whose name was not released, told police she was walking to church when she was assaulted late Tuesday, police officer Antonio Williams da Silva said by telephone from the northeastern city of Aracaju.

Da Silva said the woman told authorities she hadn't cut her hair for 20 years.

"It must have been nearly a meter and half (more than four feet) long," da Silva said.

The robbers cut the woman's hair above her shoulders, he said, apparently with the idea of selling it to be fashioned into a wig.

"A hairpiece that size could cost you as much" as $550, da Silva said.

The woman was not injured, but her assailants could be charged with battery if caught.

Da Silva said it was the second recent case of hair robbery in Aracaju.

Similar attacks have occurred in other Brazilian cities, where the demand for human hair is high.

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world's largest swimming pool

In this handout photograph provided by the San Alfonso del Mar seaside resort, a general view of the resorts huge lagoon and surrounding condominiums are seen on January 15, 2008 in Algarrobo, Chile. Acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest swimming pool, the lagoon measures 1,013 metres (3,323 ft) in length, covers an area of eight hectares (20 acres), contains 250,000 cubic metres of water and is navigable in small boats.
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Self-Sustaining zeroHouse

A design by Specht Harpman, the zeroHouse is a self-sustaining 650-square foot house receiving its electrical power via solar panels .

Able to process its own waste, the home has no need for utilities or waste connections and even collects/stores rainwater via rainwater collection panels which divert water into a 2700 gallon cistern.

Expected to sell for approximately $350,000, the house employs a helical-anchor foundation system that touches the ground at only four points to minimally disturb the ground. The tubular steel frame can withstand winds of up to 140 mph and the living modules have flexible attachment points for deflection and movement. The structure is claimed to be maintenance-free with steel frame components that are bonded for corrosion prevention, and the solar panels are rated for indefinite use, even with continuous exposure.

The home is expected to house about 4 adults and features 2 bedrooms, 1 full bathroom, a kitchen/dining room and a living room, with two elevated exterior terraces.

http://www.zerohouse.net/

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Female Figure on Mars Just a Rock

The idea that there may be life on Mars has been around for centuries, but the theory got a dubious boost from recently released photos of the surface of Mars (taken by the NASA robot Spirit) apparently showing a human-like figure. Several Internet sites have glommed onto the image and suggested the figure could be alive.

But what is it? Just a rock, astronomers say.

It's hard enough to accurately recognize figures and faces across the room. Mars, depending on when you measure it, is about 35 million miles away. The best telescopes aren't of much help in determining surface features, and that's why NASA sent robots with cameras to Mars.
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Peculiar calabashes

A photo taken on January 22, 2008 shows football-shaped calabashes planted by a local resident in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu Province. After six years of experiment, Lanzhou local Mr. Zha successfully harvested calabashes of various shapes like football, chessman and even the buddha.

The 5 Myths of Getting Rich

Do you have what it takes to be rich? Of course you do! It’s in everyone who actually wants it. So what’s holding you back?According to CNNMoney, the 5 myths that stop people becoming rich are:

• Myth 1: You’ve got to have incredible charisma
• Myth 2: You must be able to see into the future
• Myth 3: You’ve got to stick to your guns, no matter what
• Myth 4: You need to take big risks
• Myth5: You need a burning desire to get rich

How honest are you ? Is it depends ?

There is a box on the coffee counter in the Psychology Department at the University of Newcastle. On the wall above it, a note shows the prices for coffee and tea, and explains that payment should be left in the box. That’s been the system for years.

However, for 10 weeks in 2006, Melissa Bateson and her colleagues placed an image above the note. Every week they changed the picture, alternating between images of eyes and flowers. They tracked the amount of money received versus the amount of liquids consumed each week and plotted the results in this graph. Nearly 3 times as much money was collected on weeks when the eyes were watching.

The report is here

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Don't judge too quickly

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Greenpeace Ads Photograph

Not only a tree is cut down,logging destroys more then only the forest, but also animals and humans.This images really makes you think.






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Iran 2008, Decide for yourself

Kite-Powered Generator to Rival Nuclear

Italian researchers are developing a wind-powered generator called KiteGen that uses kites instead of propellers, theoretically producing as much energy as a nuclear power plant

Developed by Sequoia Automation, the KiteGen deploys kites from metal poles when a sizable wind approaches. After deployment each kite, similar to those used in Kite surfing, uses a pair of high-tension cables to adjust height and angle for maximum wind resistance. After the Kites set the KiteGen in motion an alternator at the core of the device harnesses current in a very efficient manner.

It’s been called revolutionary, but I see it as part of a new energy future, said Massimo Ippolito, head of R&D for Sequoia. With the right mix of photovoltaic, solar thermal power, plus wind power from KiteGen, we can try to meet the needs for rising global electricity consumption.

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Worldest greenest city

Abu Dhabi and the World Wildlife Fund has planned to launch their planned ‘Masdar City’, which will be home to 50,000 people, and which they hope will be the world greenest city: zero-carbon, zero-car, zero-waste. Sewage will be treated and used for irrigation. Water will come from a solar-powered desalination plant. Photovoltaic cells will also provide electricity for the city.
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Russian couple reunited after 60 years apart

When Anna Kozlov caught sight of the elderly man clambering out of a car in her home village of Borovlyanka in Siberia, she stopped dead in her tracks, convinced her eyes were playing tricks.

There, in front of her, was Boris, the man she had fallen in love with and married 60 years earlier. The last time she had seen him was three days after their wedding, when she kissed him goodbye and sent him off to rejoin his Red Army unit

By the time he returned, Anna was gone, consigned by Stalin’s purges to internal exile in Siberia with the rest of her family as an enemy of the people. They left no forwarding address.

Frantic, Boris tried everything he could to find his young bride, but it was no good. She was gone.

Now, more than half a century later, they were reunited, an extraordinary coincidence leading them both to return to their home village on the very same day.

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we can be heroes

I can remember (I remember)
Standing, by the wall
And the guns shot above our heads
And we kissed,
as though nothing could fall
And the shame was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Then we could be Heroes,
just for one day

We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be Heroes

We're nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we're lying,
then you better not stay
But we could be safer,
just for one day

[Soundtrack: Heroes - David Bowie]