TOP 10 WEIRD WINE INGREDIENTS

Wine most commonly comes from grapes, but some winemakers have been pushing the boundaries of decency by making wine with much more than just fruit. )We recently revealed the weirdest ingredients that have been used in brewing beer, and that was definitely not for the faint-hearted. And earlier this week we reported that tiger bone wine is on sale in China and then db’ssenior writer, Lucy Shaw, drank some snake wine at...

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Chinese official Yan Linkun's airport rampage caught on video

(USA TODAY) -- A Communist Party official had a meltdown for the ages at an airport in south-central China, flying into a rage after his family missed a flight for the second day in a row. Yan Linkun, identified by NBC News as "a deputy chairman of a mining company and a member of a Communist Party political advisory body," smashed gate agents' computers into a wall and to the ground. His fury continued for several minutes, with Yan next taking debris from the destroyed computers and smashing it against the glass wall that separated him from...

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The millionaire and his mission to Mars

World's first space tourist plans privately-funded mission to the Red Planet when it makes its nearest approach to Earth in 2018 It has been a long-cherished dream of space enthusiasts, as well as lovers of science fiction, but now it seems that someone has finally come up with an ambitious – and some say realistic – plan to send two astronauts to Mars in just five years’ time. Tomorrow at the National Press Club in Washington, multi-millionaire...

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A flaw in a law to help Missouri charter schools

 JEFFERSON CITY — One of the rare meaningful changes to school policy to overcome Capitol gridlock in recent years opened the door for more charter schools in Missouri.        Turns out, the new law pried open a loophole at the same time. Districts that open charter schools would be allowed to double dip into the pool of state aid — getting paid twice for the same students and leaving less money available for others. The loophole was an accident. That’s not in dispute. In fact, lawmakers...

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A man has been killed by a shark believed to be up to 14ft long

A man has been killed by a shark believed to be up to 14ft long. Adam Strange, who was in his 40s, was swimming off New Zealand's Muriwai beach near Auckland when the shark attacked. His family said that Strange was a ''glorious and great father, husband and friend''. He was a well-known filmmaker who had been a finalist at the Cannes International Advertising Awards. In his spare time, Strange said he liked to surf on the West Coast. He also enjoyed skiing, mountain biking and live music. Pio Mose, a witness who was fishing from the beach,...

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Hotel of the weird and wonderful

La Balade Des Gnomes, near the picturesque town of Durbuy, in Belgium, offers guests a unique experience where they can unwind in an imaginary world. London - A Belgian enthusiast has created one of the world’s weirdest and most wonderful hotels where you can spend the night inside a Trojan horse or even sleep with a mermaid. La Balade Des Gnomes, near the picturesque town of Durbuy, in Belgium, offers guests a unique experience where...

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Miami festival turns 20,000 pounds of tomatoes into ammunition

Miami street runs red with tomato juice What's a farm to do with a winter excess of tomatoes? At Miami's oldest bar, Tobacco Road, some 20,000 pounds were turned into ammunition at a festival on Saturday, the Miami Herald reports. Participants, mostly college students, went into attack mode after James Goll, who markets the festival, gave the call: "Let's fire it up." The concept was simple: Launch as many tomatoes as your arms can wield. Wash it off at the nearby shower. Wash it down with more beer. The free-for-all lasted about 45 minutes...

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Ensuring Safe Schools for LGBT Youth

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Michael Yudin From Left to Right: Vinnie Pompei (Project Director & Conference Chair) Michael Yudin (Keynote Speaker) Actor George Takei (Honoree) Betty DeGeneres (Ellen's Mother) (Honoree) MSNBC Anchor Thomas Roberts (Honoree) City Councilmember, Fort Worth, Texas, Joel Burns (Honoree) This past weekend in San Diego, I had the opportunity to participate in the 4th Annual National Educator Conference...

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Duncan Joins Students, NBA and WNBA Players for Hangout

Secretary Arne Duncan joined WNBA player Maya Moore, NBA player Harrison Barnes, former NBA player Allan Houston, and high school student athletes from across the country for a discussion about how sports have played a role in their education and maturation. (Photo by Otto Kitsinger - courtesy of NBAE via Getty Images) Prior to Secretary Arne Duncan “schooling” the competition during his third appearance in the NBA Celebrity All Star Game in ...

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Justin Bieber barred by Manchester nightclub

JUSTIN BIEBER has been knocked down a peg or two recently. First he was given the boot by girlfriend SELENA GOMEZ. Now he’s had a slap in the face in the UK after being turned away from Manchester house club Sankeys on Thursday. That’s an honour usually reserved for ravers already off their faces. Bieber was in the city for his show at MEN Arena and after the gig thought he’d walk straight into the venue. But bosses weren’t going to let a teen pop star ruin their well-earned credibility and told him to try somewhere else. Yesterday a message...

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Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z announce joint tour

NEW YORK (AP) -- Put on your suit and tie: Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z are hitting the road together. The performers announced Friday that they'll embark on a 12-city stadium tour that will kick off July 17 in Toronto. "Legends of the Summer" will wrap up Aug. 16 in Miami. Stops on the tour also include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston. Jay-Z is featured on Timberlake's comeback single, "Suit & Tie." Timberlake's new album, "The 20/20 Experience," will be released March 19. SOURCE : http://www.wbir.com...

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The 10 Happiest Cities In The World

The U.S. is a pretty unhappy place compared to Europe, Australia, and South America. That’s according to a survey of 10,000 people in 29 countries from market research company GfK Custom Research. Conducted in 2009, the Anholt-GfK Roper City Brands Index, claims that San Francisco is the only U.S. city to crack the list of the 10 happiest cities in the world. Who else came out on top, and why? Rio de Janeiro is at...

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The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Education

1_Coursera For simultaneously scaring and wooing brick-and-mortar universities into the future by helping get their courses online, at no cost to students. By the end of 2012, eight months after the site’s launch, 33 universities were offering 206 courses over Coursera’s platform, all free to the site’s two million users--up from only five universities in the beginning. Now the startup, whose growth “has really amazed” even cofounder Andrew Ng, is looking more and more like a stand-alone school. Last December, the company launched career...

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The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Health Care

1_Sproxil For sticking it to fraudulent pharmaceutical sellers. Sproxil has developed a game-changing approach to help eliminate the fake drugs that kill more than 700,000 people around the world each year. When patients receive their medications, they simply scratch off a sticker label to reveal a code, then text it to Sproxil, which verifies its authenticity. Last year, the company crossed the 2-million-use threshold and launched a partnership with IBM to analyze customer data so they could discern drug-counterfeiting patterns. Sproxil...

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How CEOs Stay So Productive

Even the bigwigs get tempted by the latest cat video. They just figured out how to kick the habit with some simple mind hacks and easy-to-use apps. “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.”-–Paul J. Meyer. Since the early 1970s, productivity--the amount...

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Infographic: An Amazing, Invisible Truth About Wikipedia

Every Wikipedia entry has an optional feature we take for granted--geotagging. An entry on the Lincoln Memorial will be linked to its specific latitude and longitude in Washington D.C. On any individual post, this may or may not be a useful thing. But what about looking at these locations en masse? That was a question asked by data viz specialist and programmer Olivier Beauchesne. To find out, he downloaded all of Wikipedia (it’s open-source,...

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Nike: The No. 1 Most Innovative Company Of 2013

           By: Austin Carr "This is the raw stuff." Nike CEO Mark Parker. Stefan Olander, head of Nike's three-year-old Digital Sport division, is watching a group of his engineers hack an experiment together. They're using a pair of Nike trainers with embedded sensors. The sensors measure pressure created when the shoes, which happen to be on the feet of a lanky product manager named Brandon...

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