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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Three-legged dog regularly walks six miles to ride train
A three-legged dog has become a regular attraction on board a train. Despite losing a leg in a car accident Peggy the Jack Russell often walks six miles (9.7 km) from her home in Rhewl, Denbighshire, to Berwyn station. She joins tourists on the train and can ride up to seven-and-a-half miles (12 km) of track through the Dee Valley.
Owner Dilys Lloyd regularly gets phone calls from the guards, asking her to collect Peggy from Llangollen station.
Mrs Lloyd, a retired teacher, said: "She loves going for a walk and appears fascinated by the trains, especially if she can have a free ride.
"I miss her and start calling out her name. When she doesn't come, I know she has gone again.
"She has probably followed walkers to the train station and got on board. The next thing I get a call from the station.
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Owner Dilys Lloyd regularly gets phone calls from the guards, asking her to collect Peggy from Llangollen station.
Mrs Lloyd, a retired teacher, said: "She loves going for a walk and appears fascinated by the trains, especially if she can have a free ride.
"I miss her and start calling out her name. When she doesn't come, I know she has gone again.
"She has probably followed walkers to the train station and got on board. The next thing I get a call from the station.
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Did You Know.......
#1. Pearls melt in vinegar
#2. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs... but not downstairs..
#3. Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
#4. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
#5. "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
#6. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
#7. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
#8. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
#9. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like its kissing the conveyor belt.
#10. An Ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
#11. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
#12. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
#13. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have$1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
#14. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.
#15. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
#16. The fingerprints of Koala Bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
#17. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
#18. A frog can’t empty its stomach by vomiting.
#19. A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
#20. The lung fish can live out of water for three years in a state of suspended animation.
#21. The bark of an older red wood tree is fire proof.
#22. The average American consumes nine pounds of food additives every year.
#23. 7000 new insects species are discovered every year.
#24. The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap
#25. Barbie’s fill name is Barbra Millicent Roberts.
#26. Tug of war an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
#2. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs... but not downstairs..
#3. Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
#4. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
#5. "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
#6. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
#7. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
#8. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
#9. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like its kissing the conveyor belt.
#10. An Ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
#11. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
#12. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
#13. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have$1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
#14. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.
#15. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
#16. The fingerprints of Koala Bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
#17. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
#18. A frog can’t empty its stomach by vomiting.
#19. A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
#20. The lung fish can live out of water for three years in a state of suspended animation.
#21. The bark of an older red wood tree is fire proof.
#22. The average American consumes nine pounds of food additives every year.
#23. 7000 new insects species are discovered every year.
#24. The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap
#25. Barbie’s fill name is Barbra Millicent Roberts.
#26. Tug of war an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Styrofoam Dome Homes
While styrofoam may be most commonly associated with disposable coffee cups, meat trays and packaging, prefab home manufacturer Japan Dome House Co., Ltd. uses it to construct easy-to-assemble modular kit homes.
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Blanket covered gas station
Artist Jennifer Marsh covered this 50-year-old former Citgo station with a giant blanket. Jennifer was bothered by the abandoned gas station that was an eyesore on the drive to her studio each day, so she decided to do something about it. With the help of professional and amateur artists from 15 countries and more than 2,500 grade-school students in 29 states, Marsh covered the 50-year-old former Citgo station — pumps, light stands, signs and all — with more than 3,000 fiber panels that are crocheted, knitted, quilted or stitched together.
The panels cover 5,000 square feet and come in every color, hue and texture. There are panels in burlap, leather, even silk.
There are panels of solid color and others with patterns, prints or scenes.
The project cost about $29,000, much of it her own money. There were also grants and contributions from individuals and businesses.
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World Reclamation Art Project (WRAP)
Watch how visual artist Jennifer Marsh turned an abandoned gas station in Syracuse, NY into an art exhibit, demonstrating the world's dependency on oil and the price we pay at the pump.
Blind man may have to give up best friend
A blind man has been told he will not be given a new guide dog after being forced to give up the one he has — because he walks too slowly.
Eric Gamsby, from Daubhill, has relied on his guide dog, Alice, for the last six years.
But the golden retriever, who is nine years old, must now retire under the rules of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
Mr Gamsby, aged 78, who suffers from sciatica, has been told he walks too slowly to be eligible for a replacement dog and must now rely on his white stick instead.
The widower, who has had guide dogs since he was 60, said: "I’m very down about it, very disappointed. She’s been a good dog — she’s not only a guide dog, she’s company for me.
"It will be like having a member of the family taken away from me."
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has told Mr Gamsby that a representative will visit him shortly to remove Alice’s harness so she may no longer be used as a guide dog.
A spokesman for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said they could not comment on individual cases.
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Eric Gamsby, from Daubhill, has relied on his guide dog, Alice, for the last six years.
But the golden retriever, who is nine years old, must now retire under the rules of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
Mr Gamsby, aged 78, who suffers from sciatica, has been told he walks too slowly to be eligible for a replacement dog and must now rely on his white stick instead.
The widower, who has had guide dogs since he was 60, said: "I’m very down about it, very disappointed. She’s been a good dog — she’s not only a guide dog, she’s company for me.
"It will be like having a member of the family taken away from me."
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has told Mr Gamsby that a representative will visit him shortly to remove Alice’s harness so she may no longer be used as a guide dog.
A spokesman for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said they could not comment on individual cases.
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Girl 'not pretty enough' for Opening Ceremony
It has been claimed that the little girl who starred at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was miming and was only put on stage because the real singer wasn't considered attractive enough. Ceremony musical director Chen Qigang says pigtailed Lin Miaoke was selected to appear because of her cute appearance and hadn't sung a note of the emotional song Ode to the Motherland. Photographs of Lin in a bright red party dress were published in newspapers and websites all over the world and the official China Daily hailed her as a rising star on Tuesday. But Chen says the girl whose voice was actually heard by the 91,000 capacity crowd at the main Olympic stadium was in fact seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who has a chubby face and uneven teeth.
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New premium grapes auctioned for $910 a bunch in Japan
A new variety of premium grapes debuted in Japan on Monday, with a single bunch fetching as much as $910.
A Japanese hotel manager paid that amount, or about $26 per grape, for a 1 ½ pound (700-gram) bunch of the Ruby Roman grapes to serve guests at an upscale hotel, officials said.
"We believe the price was probably a record high," said local agricultural official Hirofumi Isu. "They're delicious — sweet but fresh at the same time, very well-balanced."
The tomato-colored grapes made their debut at an auction in Japan's northwestern Ishikawa prefecture, where they have been under development since 1994 in a state-led project.
The bunch that fetched the top price had about 35 grapes, each slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball, Isu said.
The average price for the Ruby Roman grapes at Monday's auction was about $245 a bunch.
Isu said local farmers hope to sell 1,500 bunches, or 1 ton, of the grapes by mid-September.
Fruit is generally expensive in Japan, and people often buy grapes, peaches and melons as luxury gifts. Japanese are often willing to pay top prices for high-end fruits, especially for the prestige of owning the very first ones of the year.
Monday's prices far exceeded those for the most popular premium variety, Muscat of Alexandria, which sell for as much as $90 a bunch at Tokyo's Ota fruit market, the country's largest, according to Koichi Kato, an official at fruit wholesaler Tokyo Seika Co.
"It could be a congratulatory price for its debut," Kato said of Monday's auction in Ishikawa. "Tokyo's largest fruit market is very competitive."
A Japanese hotel manager paid that amount, or about $26 per grape, for a 1 ½ pound (700-gram) bunch of the Ruby Roman grapes to serve guests at an upscale hotel, officials said.
"We believe the price was probably a record high," said local agricultural official Hirofumi Isu. "They're delicious — sweet but fresh at the same time, very well-balanced."
The tomato-colored grapes made their debut at an auction in Japan's northwestern Ishikawa prefecture, where they have been under development since 1994 in a state-led project.
The bunch that fetched the top price had about 35 grapes, each slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball, Isu said.
The average price for the Ruby Roman grapes at Monday's auction was about $245 a bunch.
Isu said local farmers hope to sell 1,500 bunches, or 1 ton, of the grapes by mid-September.
Fruit is generally expensive in Japan, and people often buy grapes, peaches and melons as luxury gifts. Japanese are often willing to pay top prices for high-end fruits, especially for the prestige of owning the very first ones of the year.
Monday's prices far exceeded those for the most popular premium variety, Muscat of Alexandria, which sell for as much as $90 a bunch at Tokyo's Ota fruit market, the country's largest, according to Koichi Kato, an official at fruit wholesaler Tokyo Seika Co.
"It could be a congratulatory price for its debut," Kato said of Monday's auction in Ishikawa. "Tokyo's largest fruit market is very competitive."
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