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ouch ... tell me how we could smell an overall impression? See the Pygmy Shetland Ponies. What's so funny? Their eyes? Legs? Tails? Mouth? Partially, nothing too fit to be regarded as funny. But in an integral part .... gosh, dahliiing .... I felt I wanted to kiss the horse's lips. Mmmmmmmmmuach.....
► Caring Friends Can Save the World - Feb. 1, 2013 — Craig Kielburger was only 12 years old when he travelled to India to see the plight of child laborers first hand. 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai took a stand against the Taliban with her campaign for women's education rights. Alongside these individuals, organizations like Teen Activist and Do Something rally teens to make a difference in their communities and beyond.
► NEW YORK TIMES :: Washington Post Joins List of News Media Hacked by the Chinese - By NICOLE PERLROTH. Published: February 1, 2013 || ► N.Y. Times hacked: How large is China's campaign to control, intimidate? The list of media outlets infiltrated by Chinese cyberspies doesn't end with The New York Times or Wall St. Journal, cybersecurity experts say. Anyone reporting on China is a potential target. - By Mark Clayton, Staff writer / February 1, 2013 || ► RUSSIA TODAY :: Anti-WikiLeaks hackers claim responsibility for DDoS attack on RT website || ► BBC : 16 August 2012 Reuters hacked for third time with hoax al-Faisal death
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► Horsemeat scandal leaves Burger King facing a whopping backlash - Burger giant forced to take out adverts in the national press apologising for error as thousands of consumers complain on Facebook and Twitter - by Mark King and Jemma Buckley | Friday 1 February 2013
► 'Bullet to the Head' star Sylvester Stallone says he wants additional gun control
► Penelope Cruz pregnant, expecting baby No. 2 with Javier Bardem
► February 2, 2013 22:14 - My Bloody Valentine's website crashes after midnight launch of new album 'mbv'
► Turkey says tests confirm leftist bombed U.S. embassy || ► Turkey: US Embassy bomber had terror conviction - AP foreign, Sunday February 3 2013 || ► Turkey: Embassy Bombers Cling to Cold War Ideology - By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press February 2, 2013 || ► Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)
► Missing New York mother (Sarai Sierra) found dead near ancient walls in dangerous Istanbul neighborhood 'was drawn to site of her death by life-long passion for GRAFFITI,' husband says. PUBLISHED: 2 February 2013 || ► Search Continues for Missing Latina Mom - The husband of a New York City mother who went missing while vacationing in Istanbul last week is traveling to Turkey to try and find her.
► Brazil's famous Carnival costumes: Made in China. Published on Feb 1, 2013 :: Brazil's textile industry is under pressure from cheap Asian imports, especially from China. Now producers are demanding limits be set on imports. The Carnival, a symbol of Brazil around the world, isn't exempt from this globalisation.
► Hollande receives rapturous welcome in Mali's Timbuktu. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: President Francois Hollande receives a rapturous welcome in Mali as he promises that France will stay as long as necessary to continue the fight against Islamist rebels in the country's north.
► Israel's Netanyahu tasked with forming new coalition. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: President Shimon Peres tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a new government after talks with parties elected to Israel's new parliament.
► Syrian TV claims to show aftermath of alleged Israeli attack. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: Syrian TV broadcasts images that it claims shows the aftermath of an overnight attack during the night of January 29-30, 2013. Syrian authorities have accused Israel of launching an air strike on a scientific research in Jamraya, near Damascus.
► Nepal's Maoists to hand leadership to independent PM. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: Nepal's Maoists vowed never to return to guerrilla warfare and offered to give up leadership to an independent prime minister to take the Himalayan nation towards democracy.
► Anti-India protests in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: Members of Pakistan's largest religious parties demonstrated on Sunday in the town of Chakothi close to the Line of Control (LoC) that separates Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
► Report: Missing NYC Woman Found Dead in Turkey. Published on Feb 2, 2013 :: A New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found dead on Saturday, and police detained 11 people for questioning in connection with the case, Turkey's state-run news agency said. (Feb. 2) || ► Turkish Cops: Missing NY Woman Died of Head Blow. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: Turkish police say a New York City woman who went missing and was later found dead in Istanbul had suffered a fatal blow to the head. Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was to fly home. (Feb. 3)
► Photo Takes Aim at Obama Skeet Shooting Mystery. Published on Feb 2, 2013 :: Two days before President Barack Obama's first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried to settle a brewing mystery when it released a photo to back his claim to be a skeet shooter. (Feb 2)
► Raw: Carnival Party for Dog Lovers in Rio. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: Hundreds of dogs wearing fancy dress costumes took part in a carnival block party in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Dog-owners brought their pets to Copacabana beach to take part in a special parade to unite dogs of all breeds, sizes and colors. (Feb. 3)
► Raw: Anti-bullfighting Protest in Mexico. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: Hundreds of protesters covered themselves in fake blood and gathered in front of the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City on Sunday to call for an end to bullfighting in Mexico. (Feb. 3)
► Rio Carnival goes to dogs at canine street party - By JENNY BARCHFIELD | Associated Press
► Groundhog Day - Punxsutawney Phil, America's most famous groundhog, emerged from his burrow on Feb. 2 to the glare of cameras and the cheers of thousands of spectators and offered his annual weather prognostication: An early spring is coming.
► Groundhog Day 2013: Will 'Punxsutawney Phil' See His Shadow?
► Award-winning photos showcase beauty in science (PHOTOS) - The natural world is filled with gorgeous creatures, strange processes and mysterious structures hidden to the naked eye. The winners of the 2012 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, announced Jan. 31, make that beauty visible in stunning imagery revealed in photographs, interactive videos, simulations and even computer games.
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► The nation's most expensive home for sale: Crespi-Hicks estate, $135 million - By Jennifer Karmon | Spaces – Fri, Feb 1, 2013► Finest Estate Home, Crespi Hicks Estate. Published on Jan 22, 2013 by SignificantHomes . Here is an architecturally significant home with one of the most important architectural pedigrees, on 25 acres, the largest estate property in the country, only eight miles from a downtown, arts district and airport. The original architect in 1939 was Maurice Fatio, voted New York's most popular architect in the 1920s, who designed estate homes in New York and Palm Beach for prominent families including the Vanderbilts and Huttons, and the renovation architect, Peter Marino, who is one of the nation's most accomplished architects, with projects across the country. The homeowners, along with Peter Marino, honored, and further refined, the powerful architecture and perfect proportions that Maurice Fatio was known for in New York and Palm Beach and are still celebrated today. This estate home features artisanship, materials and a site that cannot be replicated even if one had the resources and five or ten years to commit to a residential endeavor.
► 4 February 2013 - Swiss love affair with rail turns sour | By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Switzerland
► Russian judge resigns for apparently sleeping on the job. 1 February 2013 - A disciplinary panel of judges has approved the resignation of a Russian judge who apparently fell asleep during a court hearing. Yevgeny Makhno, a judge in the far-eastern town of Blagoveshchensk, tendered his resignation earlier this week after video clips of him were uploaded onto YouTube.
The footage, which was apparently filmed in August of 2012, shows Mr Makhno sitting in what looks like a court room with his eyes closed and his head slumped to one side. In another video, the judge appears to be engrossed in his mobile phone and sitting with his head drooping on his chest. One clip was viewed over 75,000 times in just a few days. The videos were posted in January by Vladislav Nikitenko, a local activist and the legal aid of Andrey Nalyotov - whom Mr Makhno sentenced to five years in a penal colony for fraud. Mr Nikitenko has requested that Russia's Supreme Court rule on whether the sentence is legitimate if the judge "was not in control of the trial". He hopes the video will help to overturn Nalyotov's sentence, whose appeal is scheduled for February 14. Mr Makhno refutes the claims that he fell asleep at a hearing. Previously, an internal inspection at the Blagoveshchensk city court confirmed that it was Mr Makhno in the videos but said it had not found any proof that the judge had actually fallen asleep during the hearing. Following the judges' decision to approve his resignation Mr Makhno will be able to be re-instated after retaking some exams.
► 4 February 2013 - Musicians caught up in Mexico's drug wars
► 4 February 2013 - Is piracy a Mega problem for Hollywood? | By Alex Hudson BBC News
► 3 February 2013 - Thai whiskey tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi takes over Fraser and Neave | By Jonathan Head BBC News, Bangkok
► 4 February 2013 - Traces of war :: Capturing the last stand of the bunkers of World War II. The Last Stand - by Phil Coomes
► 31 January 2013 - Homing pigeon 'Bermuda Triangle' explained | By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service
► 3 February 2013 - Curiosity Mars rover hammers into rock | By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent
The US space agency's Curiosity Mars rover uses its drill for the first time, hammering down briefly into a flat slab of rock on the floor of Gale Crater.
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► Chief of Mardi Gras Indians gets ready for the big day. 4 February 2013 - Howard Miller is the Big Chief of the Creole Wild West Tribe. Like all Mardi Gras "Indians", he is not Native American. New Orleans "Indians" are black people who march in the Mardi Gras parade, wearing 100lb (45kg) dresses that they sew themselves throughout the year. In New Orleans, Louisiana, the so-called "second line" parades take place all through the year, mostly for funerals, weddings and block parties. Carnival parades, the "Krewe", liven up the entire month leading up to Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. But the "Indians" prepare all year to just come out on a single day - Mardi Gras - this year on 12 February. The "Indians" tradition is 200 years old and can be traced back to slavery, when Native Americans helped runaway slaves. The tradition is slowly disappearing, because of the relatively high costs of beads and feathers, and because many "Indians" left the city after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The "Indians" tribes were believed to put up violent fights against each other and later to fiercely compete for the "prettiest" costume. Chief Howard explains the true tradition has nothing to do with fights and competition. It is only a "spiritual expression of our real selves," he says. The BBC spent a day with the Big Chief, while he gets ready for the big day. | VIDEO Produced by Anna Bressanin, Images by Ilya Shnitser
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► Inside Syria - Syrian conflict: Tensions beyond its borders. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: This week saw a stark reminder that while Syria remains locked in violent conflict within its borders, the country's place in the region's delicate balance of power may be just as fiercely contested by its neighbours.
► Afghan government responds to torture charges. Published on Feb 3, 2013 :: The government of Hamid Karzai, Afghan president, has asked a commission to investigate recent UN allegations that the detention centres of the nation's spy agency regularly practices torture. The commission, including members of the National Directorate of Security and the Ministry of Interior, both implicated in the UN report released earlier this month, has been highly criticised by rights agencies. Accused of at least 14 abusive practices, including threats of rape, hanging prisoners by their arms for hours at a time and sleep deprivation, the NDS and MOI have both denied the charges against them. This is not however, the first time that NDS has faced charges of torture and forced confessions, reports released by the UN and Human Rights Watch last year, found similar results. Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse reports from Kabul, where she was given exclusive access to prisoners in an NDS facility.
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Viking tribe
The myth their lives picture is still in debate. Viking depicted untreated, wearing horned helmets. Their dress style is still admired by many people, and are often characterized by the appearance of battle wounds.
And until now, I still found the movie and cartoons depicting the Vikings were ragged, dirty, rarely shower, with injured face was holding a large ax. Even their lifestyle is still continues to be replicated both in the fashion and entertainment media.
But in the view of some authors that I read do not describe it that way. One of them is Louise Henriksen Kampe (a curator at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde), Peter Pentz (Viking weapons expert and curator of the National Museum of Denmark), published their opinions ScienceNordic, 29 July 2012, which stated that the Vikings were more clean from what we know today.
Kampe Louise Henriksen said that some archaeological discoveries revealed the presence of tweezers, comb, nail cleaner, buds and the toothpicks from the Viking Age. These instructions stated that cleanliness was -- at least -- meaningful to the Vikings.
Ibn Fadlan --- Arab ambassadors who met a group of Vikings in Volga --- describing them as the filthiest of God's creatures. The majority of Arabs are Muslims and obliging 'cleanliness' before prayer five times a day, while the Vikings may only shower once a week, but that does not mean that they do not clean themselves.
The scientists said that the Viking also liked the colors. Blue and red were popular colors throughout the Viking Age. In general, they all wore colorful clothes with patterns and sewing ribbons. Viking tribe also knew the luxuries such as silk, silver and gold thread. But only the elite had been able to use the exclusive fabrics imported from all over the world.
The Vikings often described using a horned helmet, but they did not actually wear it. At the end of the 19th century people started drawing Vikings wearing horned helmets because of the villain role wore a helmet in Wagner opera, popular in that day. In actual combat situations, the horn would not be very practical because it's easily trapped in various battle trap. When in battle, the Vikings used an iron helmet to protect their heads, and armed with ordinary tools or swords and spears.
Researchers made estimates about the social position of a Viking based on the weapons brought to his grave. Small ax and a knife were the tools used by everyone, but the spear and sword were the only traditional weapons buried with the elite. The sword was associated with dignity completely different.
Viking tribe also used the arrows as traditional weapons. For protection they used round shields coated with leather. The shield was sometimes painted and decorated with simple patterns. Chain armor that protected the body could only be purchased for those who were able, not all Vikings used it.
In history, the Vikings had a neat beard. It was not enough to be clean but also the hair should be styled correctly. Males had long hairstyles and short hair at the back of the heads. Beards could be short or long, but always neat. This image described by the carving on Oseberg ship in Norway. Their hair was neatly manicured, elegant long whiskers, also neat beard.
There were also sources that corroborated the statement --- The Old English Anonymous letter --- when a man advised his brother to follow the practice of Anglo-Saxon and didn't not give up on Denmark fashion, with a shaved neck and eyes covered by hair fringe.
The men wore the same material with the women. The inner layer was usually composed of linen and woolen coats the outside. Viking men wore trousers and usually sewn in trousers style. Men usually wore the hats, while women can choose between the small caps and scarves.
From the year 1220 -- several centuries after the Vikings had damaged Britain -- John of Wallingford described Viking tribe as the neat tribe. They conquered all of the best cities in the country that caused many difficulties for the country's indigenous people. According to tradition, those who used to comb their hair every day, requiring a shower every Saturday, to change clothes as often as possible could attract the attention of many people. In this way, they attracted the sympathy of a married woman, seducing the girls to be their mistress.
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