http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=499240

I don’t care if the artist is two. That’s good.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/nyregion/12fall.html

A 29-year-old man plunges 17 stories in the atrium of a hotel in Minneapolis, landing on an overhang.

A 22-year-old amateur sky diver goes into free fall more than a mile above the earth when his main parachute and reserve chute fail to open. He lands in a three-foot-deep duck pond.

Both men survived.

The question of why was echoed when a window-washing platform gave way on Friday and two brothers preparing to clean the black-glass skin of an apartment building on the Upper East Side fell 47 floors. Why did one die and the other survive, though he is grievously injured?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/7139676.stm

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has opened high-level talks at the climate change conference in Bali with a call to action.

He said that if no action was taken, the world would face impacts such as drought, famine and rising sea levels.

Delegates are hoping to agree a “Bali roadmap” leading to further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions when the Kyoto Protocol targets expire in 2012.

The US and Canada are among countries opposed to further binding targets.

The UN itself wants developed countries to commit to cuts of 25-40% from 1990 levels by 2020.

http://education-portal.com/articles/10_Sites_Offering_Free_Linux_Courses_Online.html?=rss

10 Sites Offering Free Linux Courses Online

http://video.nbc10.com/player?id=180229

A tornado sweeps through Bogota, Colombia, and the whole thing is caught on video by residents’ cell phones.

http://mysite.verizon.net/brianwturner/amcin.html

The every day story of having a condom (sans packet, luckily unused) fall out of ones wallet.

I really like Renrutia’s comic strips. Well worth exploring.

http://weburbanist.com/2007/12/09/satirical-or-strangely-true-the-secret-and-subconscious-art-of-graffiti-removal/

Most would argue that graffiti removal is at best the elimination of vandalism or at worst the destruction of art, right? One award-winning film argues something quite different: that graffiti removal is the ultimate next step in the progression of modern art. Despite its semi-satirical intent, The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal raises many provocative questions and is an oddly compelling look at what might be the most overlooked art of our time. A closer look at the film reveals some surprising and strange realities regarding the art of graffiti removal.

http://www.rivalmap.com/

Interesting site to manage collective intelligence.

Many thanks to msaleem-stumbl

http://curvety.blog.co.uk/?tag=eating%20disorder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7SGgf5vaNc

If you can sit through this without smiling broadly and grooving in your seat you have no soul and I daresay, no taste.