Cats in Space

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headsup Improbable research

and then there is HelloKitty in space:

Biology lesson of the day

from the FeaturedCreature website:

photo via: wapichan.cocolog-nifty.com

The Chinese Bush Brown Butterfly in it's larval state:

aka the HelloKitty Catepiller.



headsup from Hellokittyhell.

CSI HelloKitty

HelloKittyHell reports that you now can have your tooth crown with kitty's image.

You don't have to have a crown to get HelloKitty on your tooth, nor is it just kitty:

Maybe you’ve been seen Tattoos in the arm or back . But what about the Tattoo on the teeth?, Yes Dental Tattoos. This is what happened in India today, Tattoo on the teeth is very popular in these Bollywood countries.
According to orthodontist and implantologist Herman Verma, the youth nowadays is quite adventurous and they take on new trends much easier than generations before them. These dental tattoos are not something new, since they have been used in the West for years (approximately since the early 2000’s).

 as the Times of India article notes:

"Dental tattoos came in the limelight when hip-hop singers and rappers began to don them to look phenomenal on the stage. This trend is basically for party animals," agrees Dr Prashant Bhasin, an assistant professor at a dental college, and a private practitioner, adding, "Recently, a 13-year-old girl got a temporary tattoo done on her tooth. She had seen it on her friend's mother's tooth, so she also wanted one. Temporary tattoos are stuck on the tooth with the help of laser, while permanent ones are drilled into the tooth. Patients mostly go for temporary ones because this is a fad, and may not be so cool after a few seasons. Though permanent tattoos can also be removed, temporary ones are easily removable."

on the other hand, trendy crowns can cause problems.

the Journal of Pediatric Dentristry complains:

Decorative crowns for the teeth have gained a resurgence of popularity among adolescents. Similar to other forms of body art found in the mouth, these trendy crowns may be associated with a variety of oral complications. This case report describes a localized form of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, exacerbated by a cosmetic gold crown in a teenage girl. Healthier artistic options are discussed to replace this flashy dental fad.

Fashion items of the day

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and then there is Daryl Dixon's HelloKitty Iphone Case: 

A Sign that the end of the world is nigh

HelloKitty post of the day

HelloKittyHell presents Hello Kitty Tie Fighter...

and here is her boss: HelloVader...

Gift item of the day

From HelloKittyHell:

A Hello Kitty Chia pet:

Another sign the end of the world is nigh

from HelloKittyHell....

Hello kitty post of the day

Photosource 9gag

Religious stuff below the fold

NYTimes finally notices Vanity Fair's fluff piece on the wife of Syria's dictator (the bad guy of the week).

Isn't that the same editor of Vanity Fair who is sponsoring a contest to dine with her and the President (just you, them, and 99 other "guests)?

But of course, in this the NYTimes is the pot calling the kettle black, because their very own snarky Maureen Dowd wrote a fluff piece on Saudi awhile back that minimized the problems of women. She even called her article "driving Miss Saudi" without recognizing that the driver was probably a Catholic Pinoy who like the other 1 million Catholics, mostly Pinoys, aren't allowed to have a church, have their rosaries and Bibles thrown away on entering, and can be jailed or deported for attending worship services in a private apartment.

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Related story: What if they gave a protest and no one reported it?

GetReligion finds few stories covering the freedom of religion protests around the country.

But of course, if they "noticed" them, the protesters would soon morph to stories of rabid violent fascists, as the press did with their Tea Party coverage.

on the other hand, our local press didn't cover the thousands in the pro life protests here (in contrast to the 200 Protestants who protested Lady Gaga got world wide headlines.

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Speaking of Lady Gaga: ..Jesebel says Madonna's "nipple accident" was a protest of Turkey's plan to tighten abortion laws.
Trying to outsmut the competition? Sorry, Madonna, nipple accidents are sooo last year...

But the local Turkish English language press only notes that it looks like Madonna is worried and jealous of Lady Gaga and Billboard agrees.

Hmm...maybe they should do a remake of All About Eve, called "All About Ms. C".

Why all the stories? It's easier to find articles on Lady Gaga's hair bow than it is to find an in depth discussion of the failure of Spain's hundred billion bailout.

and as any Hello Kitty fan knows: LadyGaga stole the "bow" from HelloKitty. 

photo link

Gift item of the day

from Randomgoodstuff: make your Bento with a HelloKitty Hot Dog.

Buy the equipement link

Food links of the day

What should one do with "invasive species"?

 Uh, maybe eat them?

PopMech has the beef on Lionfish and cannibal shrimp: YUM.

No, I haven't eaten Lionfish, but the cannibal shrimp are delicious...I don't care for the Asian carp however.

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article on PC fish and the ins and outs of the fishing industry and how the greens misunderstand these nuances...


don't ask me...most of our fish are farmed talapia or bangus etc.....we live away from the ocean.



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arXiv blog at Technology Review reports:

Irish Mathematicians Solve The Guinness Sinking Bubble Problem

Bubbles sink in Guinness because of the peculiar geometry of pint glasses, say a dedicated group of researchers at the University of Limerick

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Want to find a good, local beer? 
there's an app for that: Beermaps to the rescue:

The Beer Mapping Project offers city maps and international beer maps by country for serious imbibers.

Here, SanMig is the best....

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and when you are done eating, wash it down with a helloKittyPink Goose Vodka.

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Gift item of the day

for your favorite golfer: A HelloKitty Golf bag

 
and don't forget to add a few HelloKitty Golf Tees

Let this adorable Hello Kitty 3.25" Plastic Tee hold your golf ball still before your first stroke. This adorable set features white and pink tees, as well as red and white plastic tees for a cute look. Hello Kitty's name is printed on the body for an extra touch of cuteness.

Gift item of the day

Buy a HelloKitty Recliner for the one you love available at your local Walmart... headsup HelloKittyHell

Another sign that the end of the world is nigh

helloKitty Plush dolls

buy one as a Valentine present for your favorite pervert.

via HelloKittyHell

Hello Kitty item of the day

see more Must Have Cute

you can buy it HERE

and if you aren't into monopoly, you can buy HelloKitty Yatze and HelloKittyBingo...


and for the geeks in your life:

Klingon Monopoly is also available

Science lesson of the day

Having trouble getting your girl to love Chemistry?

No problem...get her a HelloKitty Periodic table.

Stories that make you go "huh?"

Air pollution linked to Diabetes in Afro American women

Huh?

Then why don't the AfroAmerican men, or the Hispanic, white or Asian folks who live in the same neighborhoods have a higher rate of diabetes?

And, of course, this doesn't explain why the highest rate of Diabetes in the US is not in urban black women but in the rural Pima Indians

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Obama care is causing Doctors in private practice to go broke.

it used to be we overcharged the rich and treated the poor for free. Now the rich folk's insurance under-reimburses you, and the poor folks gov't healthcare underpays you more (if they don't deny payment altogether). And you have to hire more help to fill out all that required paperwork, buy expensive computers, hire someone to keep the computerized records from crashing, etc.

And then there is this:

"I will see more patients, but I won't check all of their complaints at one time," he explained. "If I do, insurance will bundle my reimbursement into one payment." Patients will have to make repeat visits -- an arrangement that he acknowledges is "inconvenient."

and of course, reimbursement regulations don't let you code that you spent 45 minutes with Mrs. G not for her cold, but because her teenager is on drugs or pregnant, or her husband found a new girlfriend and she spent a half hour crying on your shoulder....none of which you want to put into her medical record because her sister in law works in the medical records office and has been known to snoop...

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related Item:

IN 2011, RECORD SHORTAGES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Because of federal regulations. “The number of prescription drug shortages shot up to a record 267 in 2011, nearly four times the level of just seven years ago, a new report says. It’s a shortage made in Washington. . . . As is often the case, government price and output controls are largely to blame for shortages, which have killed at least 15 people since 2010.”

Yeah. The pundits should have seen how well the VA and IHS worked before they decided to remake the US medical system into a top heavy behemoth.


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The "politics Uggh" comment of the day.

WELL, AFTER THE TRIG PALIN ASSAULTS, GOING AFTER A STILLBORN BABY ISN’T MUCH OF A STRETCH: The Casual Cruelty of Eugene Robinson. Remember this the next time they launch one of their bogus “new civility” campaigns.

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making Chimeras by using "live" embryos?

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and the really important news story of the day comes from HelloKittyHell:

they are making a documentary about HelloKitty fans.

Hello Kitty item of the day

headsup Dustbury

HelloKitty Christmas

we celebrate the religious holiday here in the Philippines, but much of Asia celebrates the secular celbration of Christmas...so it's still PC to say merry Christmas here in Asia...