Giant Mecca clock seeks to call time on Greenwich

 By Ken

For more than a century, a point on the top of a hill in south-east London has been recognised as the centre of world time and the official starting point of each new day.

 For more than a century, a point on the top of a hill in south-east London has been recognised as the centre of world time and the official starting point of each new day.

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WoW.... Sad!!!! Six teens drown trying to save each other from Red River sinkhole

By Stanley

'It was nothing I could do but watch them drown one by one,' says witness

Six teenagers from at least two families drowned in the Red River in northwest Louisiana after they stepped off a ledge from shallow water into a 18-foot sinkhole Monday, fire officials said.

Shreveport Fire Chief Brian Crawford told the Shreveport Times that the victims, aged 13 to 18, had drowned while trying to save each other. Only one, a 14-year-old, was rescued.

None could swim
Marilyn Robinson, a friend of the families, watched helplessly as the children, five boys and a girl, went under, the Times reported.

"None of us could swim," the 38-year-old told the newspaper. "They were yelling 'help me, help me. Somebody please help me.' It was nothing I could do but watch them drown one by one."

With tears rolling down her face, Louise Edwards, another witness, added: "It was hard watching them and not being able to help. Some people tried to jump in, but they were already gone. It's like a nightmare. Lord please help us, please."

Tears and Tears!! May their souls rest in perfect peace.

Amazing!!! BLACK Nigerian couple gives birth to a complete WHITE offspring...

By Ken
This is really amazing!!!! What a life right? Whta do you think about this?
A black couple from Nigeria, living in Britain, recently stunned everyone when the wife gave birth to a white, blue eyed, blonde baby girl.

The father, Benjamin Ihegboro, admitted he was shocked when he first saw his baby. He said he asked his wife if the baby, who was named Nmachi, meaning “beauty of God,” was his. He later said he was joking, of course, and knew she was his. “Even if she wasn’t” , he said, “she wouldn’t look like this!” Mom Angela said, “She is beautiful, a miracle baby.”
The doctor who delivered little Nmachi, says she is not an albino, as some have suggested. She doesn’t have the white hair and pink eyes, traditional traits of albinos. Benjamin and Angela Ihegboro, have two other children, who are dark skinned like their parents.
Genetic experts in London are baffled by the birth. One such expert, Professor Bryan Sykes, head of human genetics at Oxford University, exclaimed, “ The birth is extraordinary…In mixed race humans, the lighter variant of skin tone may come out in a child and this can sometimes be startlingly different to the skin of the parents.”

Woman with multiple wombs 'pregnant with two babies who are not twins'

By Ken
The 34 year-old has a rare condition known as uterus didelphys, which means she has two uteruses.

Mrs Cromar, from Murray, near Salt Lake City, Utah, has been told she is a boy and a girl. They are not twins and are due at different times.
Medical experts say the chance of conceiving in both uteruses is about one in five million.
Less than 100 people in the world are known to have given birth to babies that are not twins.
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True or Not? Women are 'at their most beautiful' at 31

By Ken

Now this is one of those facts debates put out for discussions. lol. What do you think? 

" The findings, from a survey of the opinions of over 2,000 men and women, found that beauty was as much rooted in personality as appearance".

When asked when women are at their most attractive, more people picked 31 than any other age.

Well its up to you.

Salad Spinner Centrifuge: A Cheap, Ingenious Health Care Tool

By Ken

We already know that we need to eat plenty of leafy greens to stay healthy, but who knew that a salad spinner itself could help save lives?

As we learn from EurekAlert, Rice University undergraduates Lila Kerr and Lauren Theis were presented with an assignment in their Introduction to Bioengineering and World Health class. As Theis explains:
"We were essentially told we need to find a way to diagnose anemia without power, without it being very costly and with a portable device."
In a solution short on cost but long on ingenuity, the duo modified a basic, every day salad spinner into an easy to use and transport centrifuge that successfully separates blood to allow diagnosis of anemia with no electricity. The device costs about $30, can process 30 individual 15 microliter blood samples at a time, and can separate blood into its component red cells and plasma in about 20 minutes.
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Wow... Meet the girl who must eat every 15 minutes to stay alive

By Ken 
Her name is Lizzie Velasquez and she weighs just four stones and has almost zero percent body fat but get this -- she is not anorexic.
Miss Velasquez has a rare condition which prevents her from gaining weight even though she eats up to 60 small meals a day.
"I weigh myself regularly and if I gain even one pound I get really excited," said 5ft 2 ins Miss Velasquez, who wears size triple zero clothes.
She was born four weeks prematurely weighing just 2lb 10oz. Doctors found there was minimal amniotic fluid protecting her in th
"However Lizzie is lucky to have healthy teeth, organs and bones so the outlook is good. We will continue to study her case and learn from her." Miss Velasquez has helped to write a book about her incredible experiences.
It is due to be released in September.
Can you believe that?
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