Swimming Santa Claus promotes protecting the ocean

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"Here's something you don't see every day: a Chinese Santa Claus recently appeared underwater at an aquarium in Shanghai.

The Santa, decked out in red and white garments, was swimming alongside fish to promote saving the ocean. The unusual act has drawn significant attention."



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AirPod-a car that runs on thin air

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"There are cars that run on gas, electricity, vegetable oil, even human waste, and now there is a car that runs on air.

The AirPod has been created in the UK and runs on compressed air. This CNN video demonstrates how the three-wheeled, two door, steering wheel-free vehicle zips around. (It is also oddly reminiscent of a car from "The Jetsons," but that was probably not planned.)

Compared to a standard car, the AirPod emits a fraction of the pollution, can reach up to 50 mph, and will cost around $10,000. Motor Development International hopes that the AirPod will be the future of urban transportation."
(source:The Huffington Post, Joanna Zelman on 22nd Dec 2010)



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Lunar eclipse on Dec 21st 2010

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Lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is blocked by the earth's shadow as the earth passes between the moon and the sun. Dec. 21st is also called the winter solstice, the longest night of the year(in the northern hemisphere).

The first video shows the shadow falling on the moon from the left hand side of the moon and progress over the moon as the satellite revolves around the earth. Then the red coloured moon is due to the diffused light(penumbra) falling on the moon from the sun. Then the moon lights up from the left side again with direct light from the sun as it emerges from the shadow of the earth.



The second video is an incredible time lapse video of the total lunar eclipse from KxbTV on YouTube, produced by Kareem Brown.



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Thinking your way thin-Imagination Diet

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The better you are at imagining yourself eating what you crave for, the easier it is for you to lose weight.?!



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The 20 Most Popular YouTube Cooking Videos

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"More Americans are turning to YouTube to learn how to prepare all kinds of foods."

They are accessible at the following website:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/13/youtube-cooking-videos_n_795629.html#s205135

Three samples are given below:







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Richard Sears on Planning for the end of oil

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Would we stop using oil because we run out of oil? No says Richard Sears. We stopped using stones for making tools because of new ideas and innovations. In the same way....



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Dan Ariely on Are we in control of our decisions

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Shock of shocks, we are mistaken if we think that we are in control of our own decisions.

Listen to a witty and very entertaining behavioural economist, Dan Ariely, giving us many examples of our visual illusions, counter-intuition, and irrationality.




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