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Important Notice to Forum Readers
By: AGelbert Date: January 23, 2016, 5:13 pm
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The Createaforum site that hosts this forum has been down for a
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: January 24, 2016, 1:45 pm
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[move][font=courier][b]Important Notice to Forum
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The Createaforum site that hosts this forum has been down for a
couple of days. It is now up but, as you can see, the graphics
are still belly up. Here's hoping things will improve soon.
Thank you for your patience.
Administrator Agelbert
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Everything is working right now. ;D Thanks again for your
patience. 8)
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: February 7, 2016, 1:31 pm
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[center]How do finger lengths correlate with personality?
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Will Wister, 1000s of hours studying psychology.
9.1k Views
The longer your ring finger relative to your index finger, the
more masculine qualities you are likely to possess.
if you have a longer ring finger, it means you got more
testosterone as a fetus and are more likely to be hyperactive,
aggressive and disgusted by anything featuring Hugh Grant. A
longer index finger, on the other hand, means more estrogen,
making you more neurotic and sensitive. … Studies found that it
was when the two fingers were nearly the same length that the
subjects were more likely to be gay (men and women both).[1]
Scientists … have since found links, for example, between long
index fingers in women and a likelihood of being highly fertile,
unassertive, neurotic and unlikely to take risks. [2]
Men with particularly long ring fingers are more likely than
average to be fertile, athletic and aggressive and to have poor
verbal skills.[2]
“The other very strong relationship to digit ratio is found in
running speeds — there is a pretty good chance of predicting who
is going to win a race.”[2]
There are gender differences with respect to finger lengths in
males, the second digit(index finger) tends to be shorter than
the fourth (ring finger), and in females the second tends to be
the same size or slightly longer than the fourth.[3]
This can be referred to as the 2D:4D ratio:
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Femme lesbians are exposed to less androgens than butch lesbians
– or rather it’s logical to infer that because of differences in
the ratio of their finger lengths.[4]
[1]
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[2]
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[3] Ecker A (1875). "Einige Bemerkungen über einen Schwankenden
Charakter in den Hand des Menschen[Some remarks about a varying
character in the hand of humans]". Archiv fur Anthropologie 8:
68–74. and
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Written Oct 31, 2012
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: February 14, 2016, 9:40 pm
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[center]Nature-Inspired Rugs Transform Your Home Into a Natural
Landscape[/center]
Cole Mellino | February 14, 2016 11:37 am
Argentinian artist Alexandra Kehayoglou turns carpeting scraps
that would have otherwise been thrown out into beautiful works
of art. Using recycled scraps from her family’s carpet factory
in Buenos Aires, Kehayoglou creates stunning patchworks that
resemble natural landscapes, including moss, grass, sand,
pastures, lakes and snow.
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Kehayoglou uses scraps from her family’s carpet factory in
Buenos Aires, Argentina to create these beautiful area rugs.
Photo credit: Alexandra Kehayoglou
Kehayoglou has been creating the rugs since 2008. It takes about
two months to make each rug, which she crafts using “a laborious
hand-tufting process,” according to Colossal. “The carpets
balance form and function and can powerfully transform an entire
room into a lush meadow dotted with pools of water and tufts of
grass. Many of her works even function as part tapestry and flow
from walls to floor, or work as covers for chairs or stools.”
Kehayoglou told Country Living that each rug has personal
meaning to her. Every piece is based on a specific memory and is
tied to the landscapes of her home country. “The pieces are big
and feel infinite,” she said. “They are meant to be portals that
have the power of taking you where your memories are.”
[move][font=times new roman]Check out these photos of her
beautiful rugs:
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Photo credit: Alexandra Kehayoglou
You can find more of Kehayoglou’s carpet creations on Instagram,
Artsy and her website.
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: March 7, 2016, 8:34 pm
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[center]Incat To Design Ferry For Loch Ness Monster Hunt
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March 4, 2016 by gCaptain
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[center]20m Catamaran Tour Vessel / Photo Credit: Incat
Crowther[/center]
Incat Crowther said it received a contract to design a 20m
catamaran passenger ferry, taking tourists in search of monster
Nessie in the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland.
The vessel, being built by Cruise Loch Ness, will be powered by
a pair of Volvo D9 MH main engines, producing 313 kilowatt (kW)
per side. These engines are capable of propelling the vessel to
speeds over 20 knots.
Incat Crowther’s Europe office is working on the preliminary
design phase, including an analysis of the vessel’s platform and
a narrow-beam catamaran.
The main deck is spacious with large windows for
monster-spotting opportunities. Toilets and a bar are located
aft. The upper deck is effectively an interior space, being open
at the side whilst being covered above. This will allow the
cruise to operate in various weather conditions, without forcing
passengers inside, according to Incat Crowther.
The vessel’s design features an asymmetric wheelhouse,
incorporating an enclosed wing control station on the port side,
and an open access passage to starboard. The open starboard side
passage allows direct access for crew between the wheelhouse and
foredeck, whilst also giving the flexibility of passenger flow
between foredeck and upper deck.
Construction of the vessel is underway at Exeter Fabrication Ltd
in England.
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[center]Are you looking for something?
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: March 13, 2016, 5:51 pm
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gCaptain
[center]Watch: Scary Video Shows SAR Helicopter Crashing Near
Grounded Cargo Ship :o[/center]
March 11, 2016 by Mike Schuler
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Some scary video shows the moment a search and rescue helicopter
crashed into the sea while responding to a grounded
containership in Taiwan.
The accident occurred while responding to the grounding of the
cargo ship TS Taipei near New Taipei City, Taiwan. One person
was killed and the pilot was seriously injured in the accident,
reports say. Three others aboard the helicopter escaped
unharmed.
All 21 crew members were airlifted from TS Taipei on Thursday
after the ship ran aground in rough weather.
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: March 18, 2016, 9:59 pm
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[center][font=times new roman]The most amazing piece of
transformer furniture ever was built in 1810
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[move]I'm a TRANSFORMER
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Go to the link to watch the gif of the desk transforming! It's
AMAZING!
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: March 27, 2016, 5:06 pm
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[center]Google makes its $149 Nik Collection photo editing
software free to download
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By Rob Thubron on March 25, 2016, 12:00 PM
SNIPPET:
Back in 2012, Google purchased German company Nik Software, the
firm behind a series of photo editing plug-ins designed for
amateur and professional photographers. The acquisition was
primarily so Google could get its hands on popular photo app
Snapseed, but the company also reduced the cost of Nik's
collection of seven plug-ins from $499 to $149. Now, the price
has dropped even more, right down to zero.
The collection includes Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Silver
Efex Pro, Viveza, HDR Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro and Dfine. It's
free to download for Windows and Mac, and provides “a powerful
range of photo editing capabilities — from filter applications
that improve color correction, to retouching and creative
effects, to image sharpening that brings out all the hidden
details, to the ability to make adjustments to the color and
tonality of images,” according to a statement from Google.
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: April 11, 2016, 9:16 pm
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[center]Three Castaways Rescued from Deserted Island After
Writing “HELP” on Sand[/center]
April 9, 2016 by Mike Schuler
Three men were rescued from a deserted island in the western
Pacific after a U.S. Navy patrol plane spotted the word H-E-L-P
spelled out on the sand in a real life castaway drama.
The drama began Monday when the three men set out on their
19-foot skiff from Pulap in the state of Chuuk, Federated States
of Micronesia. The men reported that a few hours after their
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until they reached the
uninhabited island of Fandadik, located approximately four
nautical miles from Pulap.
Coordinating the search, the U.S. Coast Guard enlisted the help
of commercial vessels participating in the AMVER program and
requested air support from the Navy to search the waters in the
region.
Three days later, the men were spotted by a Navy P-8A aircrew on
Thursday as they waved life jackets and stood next to a large
“help” sign made of palm leaves.
A small boat was then able to recover the men from the island
with no reported injuries.
“Ingenuity of these men to build their sign and the preparedness
of having lifejackets also contributed to their safe rescue,”
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Agelbert NOTE: As an experienced (light twin air taxi) pilot
having flown over, near and along palm tree lined beaches of the
tropics often, I can tell you the "HELP" letters were seen from
an aircraft that had to be flying BELOW 1,000 feet.
You can barely see anything the size of those letters above
that. :(
To see what I mean, just go to Google Earth and look at the
numbers on an airport runway.
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THOSE numbers (each number measures about 60 feet by 20 feet -
at large airports with twin runways they have a letter "L" for
"left" or "R" for "right" of the same size along the runway
centerline) CAN be seen easily up to 5,000 feet above.
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[center]A small boat from Pulap recovers three men from the
uninhabited island of Fanadik after they were discovered by a
U.S. Navy plane. (U.S. Navy) [/center]
The letters on that picture are not white on a black background;
they are black on a sandy brownish background. This makes them
harder to spot. The size of each letter, assuming the person
nearby is about 6 feet tall, is about 12 feet by 7 feet. That
severely limits the height at which they can be spotted by the
unaided eye.
Free advice for you Doomers that don't want to be seen : Keep
your lines small, curvy and discontinuous for your buildings and
other infrastructure. That is the basis of all camouflaging
techniques. 8)
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: April 22, 2016, 9:20 pm
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[center] What are the most ironic ways people have died
throughout history? ??? [/center]
Luc Sánchez
82.9k Views
From: 10 Most Ironic Deaths In The History That Are Hard To
Believe
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The owner of the Segway company, Jimi Heseldon, died after he
drove off a cliff while riding a Segway.
Garry Hoy, a lawyer in a Toronto law firm, died while attempting
to prove to a group of students that the glass in the
Toronto-Dominion Centre was unbreakable. Hoy threw himself
through a glass wall on the 24th story. The glass did not break,
but the window frame gave away and Hoy fell to his death.
Jerome Moody drowned at a pool party. The irony in this is that
the pool party was held by lifeguards celebrating their first
drowning-free swimming season. His body was found at the bottom
of the pool after the party ended.
Michael Anderson Godwin, a convicted murderer who was at first
sentenced to an electric chair but later had his sentence
overturned to life imprisonment, accidentally electrocuted
himself while sitting on a metal toilet seat in his prison cell.
Jim Fixx, a guy who wrote a best-selling book on the benefits of
jogging, died from a heart attack while jogging. :o :P
Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, a woman wrongly declared dead by
doctors, died of shock from a heart attack after waking up at
her own funeral. :(
Clement Vallandighan, a lawyer that was representing a defendant
in the court against murder case, shot himself while trying to
prove to the jury that the victim had accidentally shot himself
and his client was innocent. He died but he won the
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