ONLINE TODAY
► There's No Such Thing As Offline? Are You Online? What an outdated question this has become! Of course you're online, unless you're an off-the-grid survivalist or a remote tribesmen! From Facebook to bank accounts, you always have some sort of online presence, whether you're actively engaging in front of a screen or not. Yet this is still a word we use to describe our engagement with the Internet. So we have to ask, is this online/offline distinction even worth making? Because we may need to re-evaluate the very word "ONLINE"... Published on Feb 20, 2013 by pbsideachannel
►Worlds Cutest Frog - Desert Rain Frog. Published on Feb 13, 2013 by Dean Boshoff || REUTERS : (ROUGH CUT: NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: The vocal Namaqua Rain Frog has gained internet notoriety - for it's squeak. The tiny amphibian measures less than 5cm in length and is a burrowing frog. It spends most of its time underground and does not inhabit water. This particular squeaky frog was caught on film in the sand dunes along Port Nolloth in South Africa. When feeling threatened, this type of frog can inflate their bodies dramatically as a defense mechanism to deter predators as well as make the squeaky distress call.
► Attenborough: Amazing Rain Frogs - Life in Cold Blood - BBC wildlife. After waiting underground for months for rain to fall and hit the parched earth, the aptly titled Rain Frog erupts from the ground and springs into hungry life. Learn more about the truly astonishing world of the Rain Frog in this brilliant wildlife video from Sir David Attenborough's natural history masterpiece, Life in Cold Blood. Uploaded on Feb 20, 2009 by BBCWorldwide
► Turtle gets prosthetic flippers. Feb. 19 - A Japanese aquarium fights to get a 25-year-old loggerhead turtle swimming again, after a shark attack left her front fins torn to shreds five years ago. Tara Cleary reports : Yu the loggerhead turtle gets a second chance. Five years ago, she was attacked by sharks and critically wounded -- her front flippers torn almost to stubs. That's when a Japanese aquarium stepped in. Curator Naoki Kamezaki assembled a research team to try and get Yu swimming again. They came up with rubber flippers, held together with wet suit fabric. But it's not been easy: now on pair number 27 and almost five years later, Yu's flippers still fall off in the water. SOUNDBITE: Naoki Kamezaki, Director general of Suma Aqualife Park, saying (Japanese): "There have been times I wanted to give up and just fix her up the best we can and throw her back in. Then if luck's on her side she'll be fine; if not, she'll get eaten and that's just life. That would be the way of nature, I suppose." Even though Yu is severley restricted Kamezaki hopes her rubber flippers may enable her to breed. SOUNDBITE: Naoki Kamezaki, Director general of Suma Aqualife Park, saying (Japanese): "My dream for her is that one day she can use her prosthetic fins to swim to the surface, walk about and dig a proper hole to lay her eggs in. When her children hatch, well, I just feel that would make all the trauma in her life worthwhile." Pacific loggerhead numbers have reportedly declined by 80 percent over the last decade - making Yu's instinctual need to swim, small yet significant progress.
►AUTISM
■ BOSTON GLOBE - Girls may be protected against autism, scientists find
■ BOSTON - Girls may be protected against autism, new study finds
■ TIME - Why Girls May Be Protected Against Autism ( My older post : TIME - 24 February 2013)
► INDEPENDENT - So, would you vote for Hitler or Frankenstein? The strange names on an Indian election ballot. The tiny northeast Indian state of Meghalaya has a special fascination for interesting and sometimes controversial names || DAILY MAIL - Adolf Hitler is running for office in India (and Frankenstein is going up against him) || GUARDIAN - Adolf Hitler stumping for votes in Indian election
► OSCAR
■ HUFFINGTON POST - Seth MacFarlane's Jokes: The Worst Of The Bad || DAILYBEAST - Seth McFarlane bombed terribly hosting the 85th Academy Awards honoring the best in cinema for 2012, says Marlow Stern.
■ DAILY MAIL - Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell, 73, is arrested for bursting into a board meeting at University of Wisconsin-Madison to protest against 'cat torture carried out in their labs'
■ Oscars 2013: The Guardian's film critics review the 85th Academy Awards.
■ OSCAR CHANNEL on YOUTUBE
■ OSCARS 2013 Full Show : BARBRA STREISAND Sings 'The Way We Were' 2013
ABC World News Now : Oscars 2013 Recap: The Fashion, Fun & Falls. Seth MacFarlane was at the helm of an award show that delivered memorable moments. Published on Feb 24, 2013 by ABCNews
► ITALY's election
■ Huge protest vote pushes Italy toward deadlock► Syria says ready to talk with armed opposition
■ Italy's center left to win lower house, Senate deadlocked
■ Italian markets take fright at complex election results
■ Video: Italians vote in second day of polls
Feb. 25 - Italian comedian and blogger Beppe Grillo casts his vote in one of the closest and least predictable polls in years | Jessica Gray reports : Italian comedian and blogger Beppe Grillo casts his vote in his hometown of Genoa, Italy. According to recent polls, his 5-Star Movement party could win 16 percent of the popular vote in elections that close today. A political newcomer, Grillo's national campaign tour in a camper van channeled the frustration of everyday Italians tired of a failing economy, austerity measures and rampant corruption. After voting, Grillo accused other politicians of "scheming", adding that Italy's economy is in ruins. The only way to get out of this mess is to start over and revolutionize politics. The election is one of the most closely watched and unpredictable votes in years. Voter surveys place Prime Minister Mario Monti's central-left coalition in the lead, with Silvio Berlusconi's right-leaning party close behind. Many worry that a surge of protest votes could result in a new government unable to pull the country from its economic slump. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) VOTER, GIORGIA AGOSTINO, SAYING: "I'm not hopeful. I don't feel represented by any party. I just tried to limit the damage." The stakes are high, since Italy is the euro zone's third largest economy and a political stalemate could reawaken market instability.
► Is Your Red The Same as My Red? Published on Feb 17, 2013 by Vsauce
► Google Glass Can Kiss My Ass. Attaching a computer to your head is not going to bring you happiness, it's only going to make your life more synthetic, more artificial, less real, less genuine, less spontaneous. There comes a point where technology ceases to help us and just ends up making us miserable and detaching us from the private wonder of nature and reality. Published on Feb 20, 2013 by PrisonPlanetLive
► Fragile Italian Glass Snowboard: Every Third Thursday. For this month's episode, Signal Snowboards' Founder Dave Lee leaves the factory to travel across the sea to an Italian glass factory to create a handmade glass snowboard—the most delicate build to date! The glass snowboard is cut, pressed, tempered, and ever so carefully transported to the slopes. Signal Snowboards Italian team rider Giorgio "Iannino" Morell takes it for the all important test ride at Abetone ski resort in Tuscany. See how this glass artwork performs under pressure—will it slide or shatter? Check back every third Thursday of the month for another custom snowboard build from Signal Snowboards. Published on Feb 21, 2013 by Network A
► True Facts About The Mantis. Published on Feb 14, 2013 by zefrank1
► Puppy vs. Robot Crab. Published on Feb 13, 2013 by crackrockcandy
► Ice cylinder maker. Published on Jan 26, 2013 by Suedenim0n
► Goats Yelling Like Humans - Super Cut Compilation. Published on Feb 6, 2013 by RSVLTS
► The twins lose it in the tub! Uploaded on Mar 25, 2008 by reelwonders
► Killer Plants / Carnivorous plant - France. Uploaded on Nov 15, 2007 by journeymanpictures || NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - Carnivorous Plants
► A Day in California
► Water & Rocks, New Zealand
► T A H O E
► The Lost Thing (2010) - Utopia Original Sound Design
► Shugo Tokumaru "Katachi"
► Harlem Shake - Vimeo Version
► GIZMODO - Action Cam Pro Tips
► Revolution ( Life Cycle of a Drop of Water)
► San Francisco holds Lunar New Year parade || China ends Lunar New Year with molten metal showers
► Oscars A-listers on red carpet
► Oscar nominees hit red carpet
► 101-year-old marathon runner shines at last race
► Kerry urges Syrian opposition to attend Rome talks
► South Korea swears in first female president
► Projects call for peace ahead of Kenya vote
► Raul Castro re-elected as Cuban President
► Ex-comedian Beppe Grillo votes in Italian election
► Jerusalem celebrates Purim
► Sochi family evicted without compensation
► Obama to Govs: I'm Looking for Good Partners
► Obama: Congress Needs to 'compromise' on Cuts
► Napolitano: Cuts Will Impact Security Functions
► Jindal: Obama Needs to Show 'Leadership'
► Boehner on Sequester: Obama Campaigning Instead
► Deadline Looms in Budget Battle
► Administration faces question: Are donors paying for Obama access?
► Actor Depardieu hits dance floor in Russia's Chechnya
► MOVIE - Affleck reborn: From Oscar to 'Gigli' to Oscar
► "Zero Dark Thirty" fails at Oscars amid political fallout
► Oscars 2013: Jennifer Lawrence Had A Four-Letter Word Come To Mind During Acceptance Speech Fall
► Iran says Oscar-winning "Argo" is weak, "anti-Iran"
► Oscar TV audience rises to 40.3 million, show gets mauling
► MUSIC - Michael Bolton Turns 60: Still Rebounding From Samson Syndrome?
► OMG! - Kim Kardashian's Marriage Advice: 'Give It a Good Six Months Before You Commit'
► OMG!- Fashion Faceoff: Katy Perry vs. Emily Blunt
► Mars May Be Habitable Today, Scientists Say
► Seals take scientists to Antarctic's ocean floor
► Photos capture rare underwater phenomenon
► Decoding the Papacy: Benedict XVI's cryptic frustration
► Why Afghanistan may never eradicate opium
► Rats: Scratch and sniff landmine detection
► Today's African Proverb : "The okra plant does not grow taller than its planter" - Sent by Temitope, Nigeria
► Learn, Lock & Load: Schools weapons threat on the rise in UK (VIDEO)
Video: Berlusconi survives Femen booby trap. Three topless members of the Femen feminist group attempted to jump on Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi as he arrived at a polling station in Milan to vote in the Italian general election on Sunday. The activists, who had the message "Basta Berlusconi" ("Enough with Berlusconi") written on their backs, were quickly held and dragged away by police. Published on Feb 25, 2013
► Cyber Arms Race: US, China in full-scale web war? The rivalry between the U.S. and China has gone digital - and is threatening to turn into full-scale cyber war. A recent scandal involving a Chinese military unit allegedly engaged in cyber theft from American companies has put Washington on the defensive. But it might not be long before Washington makes its move in this new-era cyber arms race, as RT's Marina Portnaya reports. || ► 'US nuclear power plants very vulnerable to cyber attacks'. The competition between the U.S. and China has gone digital - and the Western superpower isn't feeling confident. Key intelligence figures think America is already losing a major cyber war, after accusing Beijing of hacking into Washington's security. RT discusses this with former Pentagon offficial Michael Maloof.
► CrossTalk: Bubble Building (VIDEO)
► 'US resort to terror, stopped trying to win hearts & minds of Afghan people' (VIDEO)
► NRA declares government will seize guns
► US Internet providers start spy program to stop file-sharing
► Falklands dispute: Argentina accuses UK of 'defiance' of anti-nuke treaty
► Former Obama spokesperson says he was barred from discussing drones
► Berlusconi bloc neck and neck with center-left coalition in crucial Italian election
► PETA mad about bombing Guam with dead mice
► Nation of Islam asks for gang protection
► Iran sanctions may be lifted – Russian Deputy FM
► Asteroid smashing mission to blast space rock in 2022
► 1kg meteorite piece found in Russian Urals, biggest chunk yet discovered
► The Stream - The privacy bargain
► Viewfinder - Rio's Red Card - Brazil
► Witness - Russia's online wavemakers
► Inside Story Americas - America's fiscal turbulence
► Drug-Resistant TB in India: Photographs by James Nachtwey
By Krista Mahr► Horse Meat Found in Ikea's Swedish Meatballs
* The Disease that Won't Die: Tuberculosis in Peru
* Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Still A Global Threat
► FOOD - A Taste of Burma: Where to Drink in Rangoon
► Golden Moments: Classic Hollywood Stars With Their Oscars
► Photos from the New York Reptile Expo
► OSCAR
■ How 'Losers' was sung in real time► Oscars 2013: A joyful night at the Governors Ball
■ Where's Clint Eastwood when you need him?
■ Ratings rise with MacFarlane as host
■ Seth MacFarlane's seven worst jokes
■ Five most awkward moments of the night
■ Best picture
■ Actress
■ Actor
■ Director
■ All winners
► California braces for impending cuts from federal sequestration
The state's defense industry stands to lose $3.2 billion. Los Angeles fears a $100-million loss. Additional reductions would hit education, housing and parks, with cumulative damage to the California economy.► Boehner says Obama using military as 'props' in sequester fight
* Obama calls for compromise
► Carney defends Obama's record on limiting role of money in politics
► One GOP lawmaker suggests sequester alternative
► Obama: Congress could turn off cuts with compromis
► FRAMEWORK
■ Review: The Lytro camera
■ 85th Academy Awards | Feb. 24, 2013
■ Pictures in the News | February 25, 2013
R O C K S
"And there were other rocks that were like animals, creeping, horrible animals, putting out their tongues, and others were like words I could not say, and others like dead people lying on the grass. I went on among them, though they frightened me, and my heart was full of wicked song they put into it; and I wanted to make faces and twist myself about the way they did, and I went on and on a long way till at last I liked the rocks and they didn’t frighten me any more" - Arthur Machen
► 10 Famous Balancing Rocks Around the World - By Kaushik Saturday, April 28, 2012
■ Balanced Rock, Utah || Arches National Park
■ Balanced Rock, Colorado
■ Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia
■ Idol Rock, Brimham Moor
■ Mushroom Rock, Kansas
■ Chiremba Balancing Rocks, Zimbabwe
■ Mexican Hat, Utah
■ Devils Marbles, Australia
■ Kjeragbolten, Norway
■ Golden Rock, Burma
3 PICTURES TODAY
A man is outlined in chalk while participating in a flash-mob that was organized in support of stricter gun laws, in Times Square, New York, February, 24, 2013. The flash mob started with people raising their hands into the air, then crumpling to the ground; once lying on the ground, some participants acted dead while others pretended to check vital signs of those who were "dead," before outlining the "dead" in chalk. REUTERS/Andrew Burton
An Israeli dressed as a zombie poses for a photo during an annual Zombie Walk procession for the Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv February 23, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
A man sells flags that have the image of Pope Benedict XVI printed on them before the pope's last Angelus prayer in Rome February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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