Friday February 5, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Friday February 5, 2010)
(1)- FOOD AND FILM -- One of the delights of watching food-centric films is to see the main characters demonstrate their culinary skills. The breaking of an egg, the flipping of an omelet, the chopping of an onion become impressive feats.

(2)- BAYEAUX TAPESTRY -- The button above leads you to my personal selection of commentaries and highlights of sections of the Bayeux Tapestry. They include the more important events that recount the story of the Battle of Hastings 1066.

(3)- REPTILE REPORT -- Two British crocodiles have been taught to recognise when a keeper calls their names. The reptiles, Paleo and Suchus, have been taught to listen for their names and are even learning when to open their mouths for food.

(4)- ALIEN NEWS – Earth is becoming "invisible" to aliens, the world's leading ET hunter claims, adding that transmission of signals into space was being cut by the digital revolution.

(5)- AMBIDEXTROUS -- Children who are ambidextrous, using either hand with the same ease, may be more likely to have mental health, language and academic problems than their peers, although researchers aren't sure what is behind this link.

(6)- BOVINE WOES -- Someone in Lonoke County, Arkansas is shooting cows, and the sheriff's office is after them. Injured cattle are costly Black Angus. Each time the cows have been hit in the head with a small caliber gun during deer season.

(7)- ADVANCES -- Advanced prostheses make amputees stronger than normal, now it seems they are making them sexier. MIT Media Lab's Biomechatronics Group boss says advanced prostheses will soon become envied like the newest electronic gadget.

(8)- DISAPPEARING LIBRARIES -- With libraries under increasing pressure, we gather together images from archives past and present.

(9)- ROBBERY FOILED -- Police in Mexico City have rescued 150 ferrets from armed robbers after a high speed chase. Police say they found the furry contraband after the suspects crashed their car into a tree and then fled on foot.

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