http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7795-Amazing-Animals
The diving bell spider or water spider, Argyroneta aquatica, is a spider which lives entirely under water.
Argyroneta aquatica is found in Northern and Central Europe and up to latitude 62°N and northern Asia. It is the only spider that spends its whole life under water. However it breathes air, which it traps in a bubble held by hairs on its abdomen and legs.[2]
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Why Are Some People Double-Jointed?
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7794-Why-Are-Some-People-Double-Jointed
At any party, there's always that guy who can bend his fingers freakishly far back, and then brags about being "double-jointed" – but there's actually no such thing.
The term double-jointed implies that a person with unusual flexibility has twice the average number of joints, which allows for their increased range of motion. But that's anatomically impossible – except for rare instances, the majority of people have the same number of joints, the points in the body where two bones meet.
At any party, there's always that guy who can bend his fingers freakishly far back, and then brags about being "double-jointed" – but there's actually no such thing.
The term double-jointed implies that a person with unusual flexibility has twice the average number of joints, which allows for their increased range of motion. But that's anatomically impossible – except for rare instances, the majority of people have the same number of joints, the points in the body where two bones meet.
Federal Lands in the US
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7791-Federal-Lands-in-the-US
The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) – nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and indian reservations, or are leased to the private sector for commercial exploitation (e.g. forestry, mining, agriculture). They are managed by different administrations, such as the Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the US Department of Defense, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Bureau of Reclamation or the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) – nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and indian reservations, or are leased to the private sector for commercial exploitation (e.g. forestry, mining, agriculture). They are managed by different administrations, such as the Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the US Department of Defense, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Bureau of Reclamation or the Tennessee Valley Authority.
When Doomsday Isn't, Believers Struggle to Cope
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7793-When-Doomsday-Isn-t-Believers-Struggle-to-Cope
If you're reading this, Harold Camping's predictions that the end of the world would start Saturday (May 21) failed to pan out.
That's good news for most of us, but Camping and his followers were looking forward to the end. After all, they believed that they were likely to be among the 200 million souls sent to live in paradise forever. So how do believers cope when their doomsday predictions fail?
It depends, said Lorenzo DiTommaso, a professor of religion at Concordia University in Montreal who studies the history of doomsday predictions.
If you're reading this, Harold Camping's predictions that the end of the world would start Saturday (May 21) failed to pan out.
That's good news for most of us, but Camping and his followers were looking forward to the end. After all, they believed that they were likely to be among the 200 million souls sent to live in paradise forever. So how do believers cope when their doomsday predictions fail?
It depends, said Lorenzo DiTommaso, a professor of religion at Concordia University in Montreal who studies the history of doomsday predictions.
Poverty has nothing to do with crime. Exhibit A.
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7789-Poverty-has-nothing-to-do-with-crime.-Exhibit-A.
Photo from Detroit News: White landlord allegedly killed by black millionaire. He was rehabilitating properties in Detroit and even living with tenants in one of his own properties. However, living among his tenants caused him to become a target.
The extremist left-wing mantra that “poverty caused crime,” is slander against all law abiding poor people. In fact, a mountain of empirical data exists that shows the two are not related.
In this case a 62 year old black male recently won $1.47 million, after taxes, in the lottery. Only to be charged with the premeditated murder of his daughter’s white landlord in an apparent racially motivated slaying.
Photo from Detroit News: White landlord allegedly killed by black millionaire. He was rehabilitating properties in Detroit and even living with tenants in one of his own properties. However, living among his tenants caused him to become a target.
The extremist left-wing mantra that “poverty caused crime,” is slander against all law abiding poor people. In fact, a mountain of empirical data exists that shows the two are not related.
In this case a 62 year old black male recently won $1.47 million, after taxes, in the lottery. Only to be charged with the premeditated murder of his daughter’s white landlord in an apparent racially motivated slaying.
Great L.A. Child Shortage Solves Class-Size "Problem"
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7780-Great-L.A.-Child-Shortage-Solves-Class-Size-quot-Problem-quot
Robert Putnam's next book: "Swinging Alone" Why are teachers unions warning about expanding class sizes even though the child population is declining in Los Angeles and other parts of California? The Golden State has a history of hawkishness on class size, but the intuition that class size strongly influences learning outcomes is not well supported by evidence.
Robert Putnam's next book: "Swinging Alone" Why are teachers unions warning about expanding class sizes even though the child population is declining in Los Angeles and other parts of California? The Golden State has a history of hawkishness on class size, but the intuition that class size strongly influences learning outcomes is not well supported by evidence.
Memorable Shoutbox Quotes
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?179-Memorable-Shoutbox-Quotes
[26-04, 23:37] EcoV:
[26-04, 23:37] Apocales: lol
[26-04, 23:37] The Octopussy: theyre the biggest alcoholics
[26-04, 23:37] Lighto: Lightos remembers drinkering Eco, try to drive to Tuscon to kills the old immigrant lady
[26-04, 23:37] EcoV:
[26-04, 23:37] Apocales: lol
[26-04, 23:37] The Octopussy: theyre the biggest alcoholics
[26-04, 23:37] Lighto: Lightos remembers drinkering Eco, try to drive to Tuscon to kills the old immigrant lady
Would Meek Compliance Have Saved Jason Kemp's Life?
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7779-Would-Meek-Compliance-Have-Saved-Jason-Kemp-s-Life
Yesterday the ACLU of Colorado filed a federal lawsuit against five Colorado State Patrol officers in connection with the shooting death of 31-year-old Jason Kemp at his home in Grand Junction last July. According to KKCO, the local NBC affiliate, Trooper Ivan Lawyer and Cpl. Kirk Firko "were called to an accident near Glade Park Road and South Broadway involving a pickup pulling a trailer and jet ski" in which "the jet ski fell off the trailer and the truck was stuck in a neighbor's yard." Callers "said it appeared as if the three people trying to remove the truck were intoxicated." When Lawyer and Firko arrived at the scene, the men were gone, but the troopers followed them to Kemp's house down the street. Kemp refused to let them in, saying (correctly) that they needed a warrant. Together Lawyer and Firko kicked in the door, and Lawyer shot Kemp in the chest at close range. Later he claimed that "Kemp lifted and extended his arm upward as if he was pointing a gun at him," but no weapon was found anywhere near his body.
Yesterday the ACLU of Colorado filed a federal lawsuit against five Colorado State Patrol officers in connection with the shooting death of 31-year-old Jason Kemp at his home in Grand Junction last July. According to KKCO, the local NBC affiliate, Trooper Ivan Lawyer and Cpl. Kirk Firko "were called to an accident near Glade Park Road and South Broadway involving a pickup pulling a trailer and jet ski" in which "the jet ski fell off the trailer and the truck was stuck in a neighbor's yard." Callers "said it appeared as if the three people trying to remove the truck were intoxicated." When Lawyer and Firko arrived at the scene, the men were gone, but the troopers followed them to Kemp's house down the street. Kemp refused to let them in, saying (correctly) that they needed a warrant. Together Lawyer and Firko kicked in the door, and Lawyer shot Kemp in the chest at close range. Later he claimed that "Kemp lifted and extended his arm upward as if he was pointing a gun at him," but no weapon was found anywhere near his body.
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