Pusuke - 26

 

Pusuke, the recognized world’s oldest dog by Guinness has died – he was 26 years old. Pusuke was born March 1985 in Japan. He was owned by Yumiko Shinohara, a housewife since

she was 16 years old. Pusuke was reportedly eating well and staying active, when he lost his appetite and had difficulty breathing.  Pusuke died peacefully, minutes after his owner returned home from a walk. The oldest-known dog on record, according to Guinness, was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey, who lived to the ripe old age of 29 years and five months before it was put down in November 1939.

Livermorium and Flerovium

 

 

 

Livermorium and Flerovium are just two of the newly added elements in Chemistry’s Periodic Table. They are positioned in the 114 and 116 spots under super heavy or Transuranium elements.

The two were actually synthesized some 10 years ago but were only confirmed after repeated experiments. Other elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have also been synthesized but has not been confirmed yet.

Flerovium will have an atomic symbol of Fl to honor Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, where superheavy elements, including element 114, were synthesized by scientists.  Livermorium will be symbolized as Lv honoring Livermore National Laboratory and the city of Livermore, California.

Microsoft develops software that scores work habits

 

Microsoft has filed a patent for a software that scores and reports employees working habits and behaviors. It can analyze behavioral patterns of employees on a daily basis regarding their working habits and interactions over conferences, telephone, text messages and other forms of digital communication.  The range of possible monitored behaviors includes word phrases, body gestures, and mannerisms and will rely upon subjective criteria set by employer regarding what’s acceptable or not.

 

Examples of behaviors included are cutting off others during conversation, prolonged monologues, nodding one’s head in agreement, shaking one’s head indicating disagreement and hand gestures. Mannerisms may include visual cues such as wearing dark glasses in a video conference, wearing unacceptable clothing to a business meeting.

3 year-old eats leftovers after mom dies

 

3-year-old Shylah Silbery from Wellington, New Zealand lived alone for 2 days after her mom  dies unexpectedly. She survived eating cheese, leftover lasagna and milk from the fridge and comforted herself with a teddy bear. Her mom, Lauren Silbery was only 28-years old. Her relatives began calling neighbors two days after they haven’t heard from Lauren. Police then coaxed Shylah to leverage herself on a table to reach and unlock the door.

 

Authorities believe there was no foul play involved and are waiting for the autopsy results. The little girl spent several days in the hospital from dehydration and diaper rash.   

Facebook Datacenter near Arctic Circle

 

Facebook will build it’s first Datacenter outside of US in the northern city of Lulea, Sweden. Strategically chosen primarily because the location is just 60 miles from the Arctic Circle. The weather will provide natural thermal cooling for the server farms of the company.

 

 

 

 

A Die-hard Superman fan

 

Herbert Chavez, 35, is so obsessed with Superman that he wants to transform his looks into that his comic book hero. He has gone repeatedly under the knife in order to copy Superman’s facial looks. He also had silicone implants and injections to achieve more muscular looks. To whose artwork or Superman image he is trying to imitate was not clear though.  But as far as I see it, I’ m not sure he’s even close.

 

World’s oldest car sold for $4.6M

 

The De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout aka ‘La Marquise’ is the oldest running car in the world has been fetched for $4.6 million. The 127-year-old steam-powered engine was made in France in 1884 for Count De Dion, a year before Daimler and Benz manufactured their first experimental gasoline-powered car.

 

 

World record bikini parade

 

A parade of 357 bikini-clad women walked 1.6 km along the streets and beach of Surfer’s Paradise in Gold Coast City, Australia  set a new Guinness World Record for the longest bikini parade. The women who participated had to be at least 18 years old and has to pay $25 registration fee. The proceeds of the event will be donated to charity.

 

 

 

Holy Madison insures breasts for $1 million

 

Reality TV star Holly Madison takes an insurance policy with Lloyd’s of  London on her breasts, which she refers to as her primary “moneymakers”. She was quoted saying, "If anything happened to my boobs, I'd be out for a few months and I'd probably be out a million dollars”.  The Peepshow star realized the value of her bosoms when she started appearing half-naked in the Las Vegas production.

“Sex strike” puts end to war

In the Philippines, women in the southern island of Mindanao held a “sex strike” to put an end to the local wars that has been beleaguering their town. The women threatened that they will refuse to have sex with their husbands if the men continue their warring. A week after the threat, peace started to reign.

Source: gmanews.tv

Boy suckles from cow

20-month old Tha Sophat from Cambodia learned to suckle directly from a mother cow. He started doing it after watching a baby calf do the same. His grandfather tried to dissuade him from doing it but he persisted and wailed aloud so he just let him and has suckled from the cow twice a day ever since. The boy has lived with his grandparents since his parents moved to Thailand for work.

 

Nike releases Back to the Future shoes

Marty McFly was the first one to use it in Back to the Future part 2. Remember him using the self-tying shoes before jumping in a hover board? That’s the exact thing that Nike patented and has released limitedly for auction at Nikemag.ebay.com. Proceeds of the sale will go to Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The shoes however will not be power-laced until 2015.

 

 

The Nike Air Mag 2011 as design by Tinker Hatfield

 

 

Cuban man has 24 fingers and toes

Yoandri Hernandez Garrido from Cuba has six perfectly formed fingers on each hands and six toes on each foot which is why they call him “24”. He says that those extra digits are blessings which earn him extra money when tourists pay him for pictures. The condition is called polydactyly but his is well-formed instead of just extra soft protruding tissues.

 

 

 

Microbe turns newspaper to fuel

 

Scientists from New Orleans’ Tulane University, discovered a bacteria that converts the dailies to butanol – a flamable material similar to gasoline. The new microbes called TU-103 eats the cellulose materials found in organic materials such as newspapers then produces butanol as by-product. Although there were other bacteria that produces similar reaction, they have all required an oxygen-free environment which would cost more. The h bacteria doesn’t need such setup. The abundance of organic materials for these bacteria to thrive on makes this a very promising alternative as bio-fuel.

Diamond planet discovered

 

Astronomers have discovered a very dense planet consists largely of carbon, so dense, scientists assume that the carbon must be crystalline meaning it is a massive cosmic diamond.  The planet orbiting a neutron star is about 4,000 light years away. I guess, miners of the future will beat each other out whoever reaches this gem planet first.  Hmm, I wonder how many carat does it weigh. :)

 

An artist’s rendition of the recently discovered diamond planet.

New Words for the Oxford English Dictionary

 

The OED has acknowledged the following words among others and has added them to their list of new words. So if anyone who are not “in” with today’s ever-evolving lingo, they may now consult OED.

 

Retweet - "repost or a forward" of a message on the social networking site Twitter

Sexting - the "the sending of sexually explicit photographs or messages" via mobile phone

Cyberbullying - The use of information technology to bully a person by sending or posting text or images of an intimidating or threatening nature

Jeggings - Leggings resembling tight jeans

Mankini - Bikini for men

Woot -  used to express elation, enthusiasm, or triumph

Noob - a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, especially computing or the use of the Internet.

 

Before these, Internet jargons such as LOL or Laugh Out Loud and IMHO or In My Humble Opinion were also added.

Grandma Plays Nintendo

 

 

Meet Narisawa, a 99-year-old grandmother who plays Bomberman on the original 8-bit NES (Nintendo Entertainment System aka Nintendo Family Computer) game console. She started playing 26 years ago and has been playing it daily, clearing all 50 levels a number of times. She says playing the game sharpens her memory.

Invisible Bathtub

 

Where does the Invisible Man take a bath? :)

 

A concept design by Stern McCafferty Architecture & Interiors.

 

Man builds real-life Noah's Ark

Dutch man Johan Huibers, dreamed of a massive flood in Holland 20 years ago which prompted him to plan and build a real Noah's Ark. His ambitious project took three years to finish, complete with real-life animal replicas inside his ark. It measures 300 cubits in length, 30 cubits high and 50 cubits wide. Cubits are the ancient measure denoting an arm’s length, elbow to fingertip - or approximately 18 inches.

The world’s shortest man is a Filipino

 

 

Measuring just 23.5 inches (59.9cm), Junrey Balawing has been officially declared by Guinness as the World’s Shortest Man.

 

 

Junrey bested Khagendra Tharpa Magar from Nepal who measured 26 inches (67.08cm) and who was the previous title holder.

 

 

Junrey just turned 18 which made him eligible for the record. Local doctors have not been able to determine the cause of his condition which is why the Guinness record will play a vital role in attracting worldwide attention from medical professionals around the world who would be able to help him.

 

"The previous record holder had been given medical care... He even had free surgery provided by the U.S.A. So there are benefits to being a record holder," says Guinness editor-in-chief Craig Glenday.

 

Junrey lives in Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte.