tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40796156154081295622024-11-08T22:35:09.330+07:00There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soulAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291227594454162695noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079615615408129562.post-39893907785306103102014-08-30T17:54:00.000+07:002014-08-30T17:55:31.805+07:00

A fading fresco and a DIY fiasco: Masterpiece of Jesus is destroyed after old lady's attempt to restore damage is a less-than-divine intervention - Woman in her 80s attempted to restore the damaged 19th century religious artwork by herself - Her botched effort has infuriated locals and art experts in Zaragoza, Spain -The fresco was set to be repaired by professionals thanks to a donation from

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Michelangelo's Ugliest Drawing May Not Be His - Michelangelo's portrait of Cleopatra holding an asp to her breast has been celebrated as an ideal Renaissance composition of an idealized woman. With pearls, braided hair and a slender neck, the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt faces her death by snakebite with a detached, elegant gaze.  Curators had suspected there was another Michelangelo

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Ten Things Your Health Insurance Plan Will Soon Have to Cover - Treatment for substance abuse and mental health are included in the benefits all health insurance plans must help pay for starting in January 2014. If you’ve ever had health insurance, you’re probably all too familiar with what your plan won’t cover; the list of expenses denied when you try to file a claim can seem endless. It’s

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Ebola: Still the Scariest Virus Out There? - Simply uttering the word Ebola is enough to cause a person to cringe, shudder, twitch, or perhaps even recoil in horror. Rightly so. Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF), the result of an infection with one of the four identified sub-types of Ebola viruses known to affect humans, is gruesome. Ebola infection can result in a mortality rate as high as 90

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Yoga in the NBA -Teams add to their strength and conditioning programs — Every NBA player — frankly, nearly every athlete — has an internal clock counting down the days until he can no longer play the game professionally. In that time, he is likely to make an incredible amount of money. And he is to do it while playing a sport which he is likely to have loved for all, or at least most, of his

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How To Demolish an Atomic Bomb - Could a missile strike on Iran cause an accidental nuclear detonation? President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both alluded to military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities at last week’s AIPAC meeting, and many commentators worry that war is becoming a more realistic possibility. With all that enriched uranium lying around, is

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If You Shoot a Bomb, Will It Explode? - What happens when a bullet hits dynamite.- A potentially explosive situation? On Wednesday, air marshals in Miami shot and killed a man who was pretending to carry a bomb off a plane. According to an official account, the marshals ordered the man to get on the ground and then opened fire when he reached into his backpack. A government spokesman

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Tom Cruise: Playing heroic loner Jack Reacher was easy - Tom Cruise said playing heroic loner Jack Reacher was "easy" because it reminded him of his own life. The Top Gun star spent hours meeting fans at the premiere of his new film in London's Leicester Square last night. Jack Reacher is based on One Shot - one of a series of best-selling novels by Lee Child about the eponymous

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Diplomat killed in Libya sent chilling message to fellow gamers before death - One of the American diplomats killed Tuesday in a bloody attack on a Libyan Consulate told pals in an online gaming forum hours earlier that he'd seen suspicious people taking pictures outside his compound and wondered if he and his team might "die tonight."Sean Smith, a foreign service information management officer

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HIV-positive saliva not a "deadly weapon" -- An HIV-positive man who admitted to biting a police officer attempting to arrest him had his aggravated assault conviction overturned on Thursday by New York's top court, which ruled the man's saliva did not qualify as a deadly weapon. The Court of Appeals, in throwing out the conviction of David Plunkett, ruled that body parts, saliva or

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A father's and son's tale - The father retired at 49. His son is 33 and has yet to start a pension - Work longer than your dad, and retire on less. That is the Father's Day message from a slew of new data that highlights the growing gulf between the pensioners of today and the retirement prospects of the younger generation. Straining under the weight of mortgage payments, credit card

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What we can learn from China - An eminent Chinese mathematician reveals the secrets of his country’s excellent maths education system to Peter Stanford.'Above all, it is a cultural thing.” Professor Lianghuo Fan is reflecting on the differences he has noticed between maths education in China and Singapore, where he lived and taught for 40 years, and in Britain, where he is now based. “In

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Rebates for Some Who Buy Own Health Insurance - Almost a third of people who bought their own health insurance last year will get rebates averaging $127 because of a requirement in the federal health care law, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.But the percentage of consumers eligible for rebates varies widely by state, and by insurer within each state, the analysis found

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How Much Money Do You Need to Be Happy? - It turns out, money might buy happiness after all. And, it might not cost as much as you think. According to a new poll, an annual household income of $50,000 is enough to increase the likelihood of people feeling an overall sense of happiness and satisfaction in life.To arrive at that number, the researchers at Marist Institute for Public Opinion at

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Happiness is... hitting the gym: Exercise fans feel greater levels of excitement, say scientists - If the person next to you appears more enthusiastic about life, it may be because they are more physically active, say scientists.Such people report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to researchers in the U.S. ‘You don’t have to be

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Mysterious gelatinous spheres rain down in England - The discovery of mysterious, blue, gelatinous spheres in an English backyard has captivated the imagination of scientists and the public alike. What the heck are the spheres? And where did they come from?The unscented, water-insoluble spheres were first found in the yard of former aerospace engineer Steve Hornsby. Since the discovery was made

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Calories count, but source doesn't matter - People trying to lose weight may swear by specific diet plans calling for strict proportions of fat, carbs and protein, but where the calories come from may not matter as much as simply cutting back on them, according to a study.Researchers whose results were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found there were no differences in

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Corruption Costs Indonesia $238m in 2011 - Indonesia lost as much as Rp 2.13 trillion ($238.6 million) to corruption in 2011, although authorities should have been able to easily detect the methods used for graft, a watchdog revealed on Sunday.Danang Widoyoko, the coordinator of Indonesia Corruption Watch, said a study by his organization showed that embezzlement accounted for most of the money

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10 ways to boost your relationship - Even if you don't like all the fuss around Valentine's Day, take this opportunity to make some long-term changes in your relationship, to ensure a happier, more loved-up future1. Share an activity According to Devika Singh, psychologist at Dubai Herbal & Treatment Centre, a great way to focus on the future of your

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The ghost at the window: Dead owner 'returns to haunt' builders demolishing her beloved guesthouse - Frances Grimshaw would stand for hours at the guest house window awaiting visitors and taking bookings on the phone - Her son believes she appeared to protest against the demolition of the building she lovedWhen a demolition team began work at a derelict Victorian guest house they all agreed that

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Has Bigfoot Been Found? - Two Bigfoot hunters claim they have the body of one and plan to release a photo and what they claim is DNA evidence at a news conference in Palo Alto on Friday. The Bigfoot is claimed to have been found in the woods of northern Georgia by Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, and the claim is being supported by a Bay Area Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi, a multiple local

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Euro zone may yet escape recession as services jump: PMIs - The euro zone may yet escape recession thanks to a surprise upturn in the service sector that outweighed the ongoing contraction in manufacturing this month, surveys showed on Tuesday.Markit's Flash Eurozone Purchasing Managers' Composite Index (PMI), often seen as a growth indicator, jumped to 50.4 from December's 48.3, its highest

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Voltaire Letters Shed Light On Years In England - A French author's English alter ego has been unmasked by new letters, according to Oxford University.Professor Nicholas Cronk, director of the university's Voltaire Foundation, said two of the 14 letters shed light on the extent of Voltaire's interactions with the English aristocracy.In one letter the author even signs his name Francis Voltaire -

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Leonardo Da Vinci may be at the heart of a real art mystery - Modern science may reveal whether a long-lost work by the Renaissance master was hidden decades later by another painting. And then what?At three o'clock on a cold December morning, a team of researchers huddled together on scaffolding 25 feet high in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio, holding a tablet computer up to a huge 16th century

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North Korea transition "smooth," economy the real test - North Korea's new leadership under the inexperienced Kim Jong-un appears to be functioning "relatively smoothly," but he has to look beyond key ally China to rebuild its shattered economy, South Korea's senior most official on the North said on Monday.Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik told Reuters that despite Kim Jong-il's sudden death last

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