| Credits |
|
|
|
What is Brain Freeze?
|
The WJZ.com reports: What is Brain Freeze?
I've always wondered...well here is an excerpt:
If you've ever gobbled down a bowl of ice cream, you probably know what an "ice cream headache" feels like. But, what is the science behind the "brain freeze"?
One 13-year-old Canadian was curious enough about "ice cream headaches" that she conducted her own study on it, and she got the results published in a major international medical journal.
Maya Kaczorowski visited The Early Show to discuss her study published in the British Medical Journal called, "Ice cream Evoked Headaches (ICE-H) Study: Randomized Trial of Accelerated Versus Cautious Ice Cream Eating Regimen."
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (1)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Science
|
|
Food Blog
|
Personally, I don't and cannot cook, but I love fine dining and eat out most meals. If I had ever tried to cook a meal, I'd wind up putting something on the stove, get involved in some code until I smelled something burning :)
However, for those of you that do cook, I just ran into a very cool blog and I will make it my Aortal Link: Food Blog. Bon Apetit!
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (1)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Miscellaneous
|
|
Red Gems are hot for Valentine's Day
|
A Yahoo report: Red Gems are Hot for Valentine's Day
An excerpt:
Think red for Valentine's Day -- as in red gemstones.
The world of red gemstones is fascinating. They're hot, sexy, confident, passionate... and never boring! Each red gem has its own personality -- and it radiates from every facet.
If you are shopping for a red gemstone for Valentine's Day, there are several intriguing choices available -- and one is bound to be right for you. Colored stone experts at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), the world's foremost authority in gemology, provide the following insightful glimpses into four of the most popular red gemstone choices:
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (0)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Jewelry
|
|
ABC News Alert: FBI Whistleblower
|
Shorlty after 9/11, I subscribed to the ABC news Emergency alert system. Rarely is it even worth reading what they send, but FBI Called off Terror Investigations is.
Nonetheless, it is rather self serving for them to call this a breaking news story worthy of sending a message for their emergency alert system....
All that happened is ABC News staff interviewed some FBI whistleblowers... the actual news that deserved an alert was not when ABC News interviewed them, but a long time ago, when they went public with their allegations... for those who've been following us for a long time, you may remember reading here about Robert Wright along with some other whistleblowers using Judicial Watch's services...
Speaking of Judicial Watch, if anyone has seen Fatal Neglect, please drop a comment here and tell us what you thought of it...
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (0)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Miscellaneous
|
|
Landmark legislation to put an end to most telemarketing
|
Wired news has just reported this story: Bye Telemarketing, Hi More Spam?
The more you read "news" articles the more you begin to recognize how journalists (or their editors) sometimes like to spin a story, like recently happened to Mitch Kapor and his excellent open source project. Incidentally, that situation happened with Wired Magazine as well.
A story on how you will receive more spam is bigger news than just a telemarketing story alone, hence the spin... But even the end of the article acknowledges that the "additional spam" will only be a drop in the bucket. So the take home message, once the National Do Not Call List is up, make sure to subscribe. Here's an excerpt:
Bye Telemarketing, Hi More Spam?
By Katie Dean.
If annoying calls from telemarketers are to fade into a distant memory due to a landmark Federal Trade Commission ruling Wednesday, more spam may be sneaking into e-mail boxes as a result.
That's a harsh projection coming from privacy watchdogs based on the FTC's announcement for a national do-not-call registry. Consumers will be able to add their names to the list, either by registering on the Internet or calling a toll-free number.
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (0)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Technology
|
|
Diamond Gadget
|
MSN reports on Diamond's Sparkle Goes High-Tech...an excerpt:
Jewellers in the United States and Japan may find it easier to entice shoppers to part with their cash this Christmas, thanks to a new counter-top box that claims to let customers measure a diamond's sparkle.
International dealer Overseas Diamonds has developed an electronic scanner that gives a numerical rating for a diamond's ability to capture and reflect light, or what jewellers simply call a stone's "sparkle".
The Antwerp-based company also says the device, called the "Isee-2", will allow buyers to verify the provenance of stones, by reading laser-engraved trademarks and serial numbers.
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (3)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Jewelry
|
|
Russell Crowe Engaged & the Cartier Website
|
I was planning to blog about this Russell Crowe Story:
SYDNEY (AP) - Oscar-winning Gladiator star Russell Crowe is to marry his longtime girlfriend, a news report said Saturday. Crowe's Australian publicist Wendy Day said that the 38-year-old actor will marry Danielle Spencer, the Associated Press reported. No date was announced.
The announcement follows tabloid reports that Crowe, who formerly dated Hollywood actress Meg Ryan, recently bought Spencer a $100,000 US diamond ring and asked her to marry him.
but something happened after I set off looking for a picture of the ring. The first place I looked was at Cartier's Website. I clicked on one of their features and their website designers decided that the coolness of their site and latest flash/macromedia style tricks was more important then the end user.
They have taken up the whole screen and not offered any simple way to click out of the screen. For some less savvy users, who don't know how to use Alt-Tab, and this may be as high as 80%, it would mean rebooting their entire computer cold, potentially losing data, corrupting their hard drive, etc...
This is arrogant, selfish and very upsetting even to me, because I will have to kill IE, including some important windows I was planning to leave open all day, just to close the Cartier window. At least the annoying talking stopped...
This is the second time that I've seen an important company make such a huge mistake, annoying the customers they should be courting. Universal did something similar with Castaway, making their internet visitors feel abandoned themselves.
I do hope that Cartier takes steps to fix this issue. Looking at it again, I am astonished at how many people must have seen this and actually thought it was a good idea. I have to admit the actual Flash is well done and the images pretty, but you have to take this analogy to a store. If you make a store with beautiful Jewelry and people choose democratically to visit and stay as long as they want to at their leisure, you have something. But no matter how gorgeous the Jewelry, if you kidnap people on the street and force them to watch your presentation, they will not buy of their own volition. I'm really speechless. Feel free to take a look, but be warned, make sure to clear up your desktop before you visit....
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (0)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Jewelry
|
|
Jewelry of the Stars
|
I just ran across this interesting site called Fabulous Jewelry of the Stars:
"Fabulous Jewelry of the Stars"
is one of the largest collections of celebrity memorabilia ever assembled. Including jewelry, costumes and personal mementos from the famous and infamous, each piece in the collection is a small, personal bit of history.
Stars from past and present, from television, movies and music are represented in
"Fabulous Jewelry of the Stars"
They're selling things like "Bette Davis' Baby Rattle: Sterling Silver "Tiffany" w/ Letter from Her Daughter for $3,000.00 ".
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (0)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Jewelry
|
|
Marriage Proposal
|
The Greeley Tribune reports on a Marriage Proposal...
The day began when her John Evans Middle School students delivered her a dozen roses one by one.
Then another dozen came, this time delivered by the principal. Then came another dozen from Thompson%u2019s best friend, Danine Ehn, the school's office manager.
Dozens kept coming and coming until, by day's end, Thompson's desk looked like a kaleidoscope turned inside out. In all, she had received seven dozen roses.
And then came a few more roses. Ninety-three dozen more roses to be exact.
Those roses greeted Thompson in her Kersey living room along with beau Kevin Hudson, a Frontier Airlines manager who lives in Lakewood.
Bending on one knee, holding a diamond ring in his hand and with Elton John's "Your Song" playing in the background, he popped the question as several generations of Thompsons hid in the kitchen, straining to hear what was happening with their ears to the wall.
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (1)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Wedding Journal
|
|
Let's Make Diamonds!
|
Let's Make Diamonds
This is a very cool site, discussing chemical properties of Diamonds.
An excerpt:
Introduction
Diamonds are valuable because of their unique physical and chemical properties. Yet diamonds are almost pure carbon, the same element that makes up graphite, a common substance with properties VERY different from diamond. How can two materials with basically the same chemical composition be so different? Why is it that diamonds are so rare, when carbon occurs so commonly in other forms and compounds?
Objectives
To explore the differences between graphite and diamond, the two common naturally occurring forms of carbon.
To investigate the conditions required for the formation of diamonds
To begin to understand how crystalline structure affects physical and chemical properties of a substance
To gain some understanding of how materials change under varying conditions of temperature and pressure
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (1)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Jewelry
|
|
Claflin Jewelry Studio
|
Claflin Jewelry Studio is a cool site featuring galleries of pieces that have been made in their studio.
Welcome to the Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio's web site! Have you ever wanted to design and make your own ring? Would a friend or relative enjoy a bracelet, pendant, or belt buckle you made by hand? If so, how big should it be? What color are his or her eyes? What does he or she like to wear? How should you make the piece: casting or fabrication?
Here in the Claflin Jewelry studio, located on the lower level of the Hopkins Center in Room 63, we can help you give form to your ideas. You can make a silver or gold ring, set a diamond for an engagement ring, raise a bowl, form a chalice for your church, or make a steel bracket to mount your computer. Browse our online photo galleries to view samples of pieces created in the studio. We hope these images demonstrate the capabilities of the shop and inspire you to develop your own ideas. Visit the studio to see even more slides, examples from our display cases, and artists like yourself at work.
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (0)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Jewelry
|
|
De Beers warns Customers to Meet Deadline
|
allAfrica.com: De Beers Warns Customers to Meet Deadline
Failure to adhere to the Kimberley Process will mean that the industry will be unable to trade with the US
DE BEERS has sent out a strong warning to its customers that unless the diamond industry meets the January deadline to be fully compliant with the Kimberley Process, the industry will be unable to trade with the US the industry's main sales outlet.
In an address to De Beers Sightholders this week, Rory More O'Ferrall, director of public and corporate affairs, took a Churchillian stance when he said the scheme launched to eradicate the use of diamonds to fund conflict was "merely the end of the beginning", noting that the task was now to ensure that the scheme was as effective as possible.
"The reality is that unless the industry is fully compliant with Kimberley from January next year now just four weeks away we will be unable to trade in rough or polished diamonds with the US," he said.
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (0)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Jewelry
|
|
Huge Jewel Theft in Dutch Museum
|
Museum gem theft dazzles Dutch police
A gang of particularly adroit thieves had no need of a Dutch science museum's tips on how to tell real diamonds from fakes when they made off with a king's ransom of its most precious exhibits yesterday.
Embarrassed officials at the Museon in the Hague said the robbers "knew exactly what they were looking for" and that their haul included millions of pounds worth of necklaces, tiaras and gems lent by other institutions and individuals - including some of Europe's royal families.
"They took only the most valuable items in the exhibition," said the museum's director, Bert Molsbergen, adding that the full list of jewellery was still being compiled by police.
A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said no British royal jewellery was on show in the Hague. The crown jewels are never lent out, he said, and the tiara collection was recently returned from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The educational exhibition, entitled The Diamond - From Rough Stone to Gem, opened on October 5 and set out to offer visitors an insight into the gem business from mining through valuation to cutting and mounting. It also offered to assess stones and identify imitations.
by GilbertZ
| Leave
or Read Comment(s) (0)
| Links
to this entry (0)
| Jewelry
|
| May
2007 |
| Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
|
