[jico.]

 

see you guys later...

[schizophrenicroom]

bourbon?

[ALIEN ANAL]

is that your band nicfit?

[nicfit]

Originally Posted by Nefeli

congratulations! and yo the sound is pretty good.

Why, thanks, but that's not a big accomplishment on my side, I just shot this little thing with my (ex) digital camera (a year ago) converted the video format and upped it , I'm not playing.

Originally Posted by ALIEN ANAL

is that your band nicfit?

Nope..at least I'm younger than them ..but I like them a lot.
This was my ex band www.bezdomnyjtheband.blogspot.com ,all the links are probably dead (except fot the video one, maybe...)
btw, thanks for checking, I think some guys over here could like that band.

[Hip Priest]

Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

bourbon?

Nothing to do with whiskey, more's the pity.

The theory of the bourbon: The Bourbon biscuit is a sandwich biscuit consisting of two thin rectangular dark chocolate biscuits with a chocolate fondant filling...It is apparently named after the House of Bourbon, an aristocratic French and Spanish family...

The practrice of the bourbon: they're a bit crap; they barely taste of chocolate at all, and the 'aristocratic' connection serves merely to con people into thinking they are somehow a 'posh' option.

[ALIEN ANAL]

listen to the song in my Sig
its fun!

[Hip Priest]

Fascinating, absolutely fascinating:

European Man Found in Ancient Chinese Tomb, Study Reveals
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
May 24, 2007

Human remains found in a 1,400-year-old Chinese tomb belonged to a man of European origin, DNA evidence shows.

Chinese scientists who analyzed the DNA of the remains say the man, named Yu Hong, belonged to one of the oldest genetic groups from western Eurasia.

The tomb, in Taiyuan in central China, marks the easternmost spot where the ancient European lineage has been found (see China map).

"The [genetic group] to which Yu Hong belongs is the first west Eurasian special lineage that has been found in the central part of ancient China," said Zhou Hui, head of the DNA laboratory of the College of Life Science at Jilin University in Changchun, China.

Hui led the research, which will be published in the July 7 issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

The tomb containing Yu Hong's remains has been undergoing excavation since 1999.

It also contains the remains of a woman of East Asian descent.

The burial style and multicolor reliefs found in the tomb are characteristic of Central Asia at the time, experts say.

The people pictured in the reliefs, however, have European traits, such as straight noses and deep-set eyes.

"The mixture of different cultures made it difficult to confirm the origin of this couple, and the anthropologists also could not determine the race of these remains, owing to the partial missing skulls," Hui said.

To learn more about the history of the couple, Hui's team studied their mitochondrial DNA, a type of DNA inherited exclusively from the mother that can be analyzed to track human evolution.

[amyvega]

it's a shame we can't post youtube stuff here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn4dfazj_SU

[Hip Priest]

Tracks in ancient lake show dinosaurs swam

Twelve footprints found in the bed of an ancient lake in northern Spain have thrown up the first compelling evidence that some land dinosaurs could swim, say researchers.

The 15-metre-long track (49 feet) in sandstone "strongly suggests a floating animal clawing the sediment" as it swam against a current, they say. The creature is believed to have been a therapod – a large family of carnivorous dinosaurs - that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 125 million years ago.

The track sequence in the former lakebed consists of six asymmetrical pairs of two or three S-shaped scratch marks. Each set measures about 50 centimetres (20 inches) in length and 15 cm (6in) wide (see image, right).

The prints paint a picture of a large, buoyant dinosaur whose clawed feet raked the sediment as it swam in a depth of about 3.2 metres (10.4 feet) of water, according to the team. Ripple marks on the surface of the rocks indicate the dinosaur was swimming against a current, and struggling to maintain a straight path, they say.

"The dinosaur swam with alternating movements of the two hind limbs, a pelvic paddle swimming motion," says Loïc Costeur, one of the team at the University of Nantes, France. "It is a swimming style of amplified walking, with movements similar to those used by modern bipeds, including aquatic birds."
New niches

The question as to whether dinosaurs could swim has been debated for years. But until now, no conclusive evidence had come to light.

Previously discovered fossils showed swimming tracks apparently left by other dinosaurs such as sauropods - long-necked animals like Diplodocus. But some of these have been disputed and were not as detailed as the new ones.

The new tracks provide the first definitive evidence of active swimming behaviour in dinosaurs and are the best record of swimming by theropods, the researchers say.

Asked to speculate as to which theropod may have made the tracks, Costeur cautiously pointed to the allosaurus - a bipedal carnivorous dinosaur with a large skull balanced by a long, heavy tail. Some allosauruses could reach more than 10 metres (32 feet) in length.

The discovery opens up new avenues in dinosaur research, said Costeur. Computer modelling will be able to reveal more about anatomy and biomechanics, "as well as our view of the ecological niches in which they lived."

The Virgen del Campo tracks are located at the Cameros Basin in La Rioja, Spain, at the site of a delta to a former lake. The basin is already known as a treasure trove of footprints of walking theropods.

Journal reference: Geology (vol 35, p 507)

[Hip Priest]

Scottish villagers fight to save The Tree That Ate A Bicycle!!!

Villagers are calling for a preservation order to be issued to protect a tree that has enveloped pieces of metal, including a bicycle, a ship's anchor and chain, and a bridle bit.

The sycamore tree, dating from the 1800s, stands in the yard of an old smithy in Brig o'Turk, in the Trossachs, now part of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs national park. As it grew, the expanding trunk engulfed the blacksmith's scrap heap around it.

When a local boy, who had left his bicycle against the tree, failed to return from the First World War the tree grew around it. Parts remain visible, sticking out of the trunk. But hundreds of other pieces of metal are hidden inside.

John Barrington, 62, who has written a book on the area, said the tree was "one of Scotland's greatest arboricultural curiosities" and should be protected by law.

"The iron-eating tree, or the Bicycle Tree as many locals know it, is one of Scotland's great wonders. The seedling grew up through this pile of scrap metal, on which the local blacksmith had thrown all kinds of things. As it grew it swallowed up hundreds of bits and pieces of metal."

He added: "The people of Brig o'Turk are very proud of it. I was surprised to discover there was no Tree Preservation Order protecting it."

Donald Rodger, an arboriculturalist who has studied the tree, said he had seen nothing to rival it. "The Brig o'Turk iron-eating tree is a unique novelty and a great part of our natural heritage. I feel it must be protected."

But David Evans, principal tree consultant at the Arbor Centre in Bath, said it was not unusual for trees to engulf metal objects. "This is very common," he said.

A spokesman for the national park said the tree did not warrant a preservation order. She said: "The only reason would be if there was a clear threat to it. It is special because of the bike and other pieces of metal. It is a freak of nature."

[Hip Priest]

'Underground Tribe' theory on Chase Beast

May 14 2007

By Lynn Grainger


A tribe of subterranean creatures who surface on Cannock Chase to hunt for food could be behind a rash of 'werewolf' and Big Foot sightings near Stafford.

And the mysterious beings could also be responsible for a string of pet disappearances, it has been claimed.

West Midlands Ghost Club, our area's top paranormal investigation group, say they have been contacted by a number of shocked eye-witnesses who claim they have come to face to face with a 'hairy, wolf-type creature' at the beauty spot.

A scout leader and a local post man are amongst the 'credible' witnesses to contact the club. Theories behind the sightings range from a crazed tramp to aliens.

But now another paranormal expert has put foward the theory the sub-human beast is not a werewolf at all - but a Stone Age throwback.

The investigator, who wishes to remain anonymous, told us: "Strange sightings in this area have been made over many years by civilians, military, police, ex-police and scout leaders on patrol.

"Some incidents have been reported and logged but others not - some people don't want to be classed as 'mad'.
"The strangest rumour has come from a senior local resident who believes the mysterious intruders to be subterranean," he told us.

"The creatures have made their way to the surface via old earthworks to hunt, for example, local deer."

And, on the surface, the far-fetched tale could be easily dismissed. However, our expert added: "It's a fact that there has been significant mining activity under Cannock Chase for centuries. And it's a fact there is a high rate of domestic pet disappearance in the area - especially dogs off the lead...just ask anyone who walks their dog near the German War Cemetery..."

Nick Duffy, a lead member of West Midlands Ghost Club, told us he was intrugued by this new theory: "It's as likely as any of the other theories - so it could well be," he said.

[MellySingsDoom]

Are Hip Priest's posts here appreciated?

If it takes 2 men to dig a trench in an hour, how long will it take the members of Neurosis to write a song about manly, bare-chested trench digging?

[Hip Priest]

Organism found at SRS amazes scientific world

One of the world's tiniest celebrities hails from one of the planet's toughest neighborhoods.

Its story began a couple of years ago, when scientists fished a strange slime off a probe used to examine decades-old, high-level nuclear waste inside tanks stored at Savannah River Site.

"At first, nobody was sure what it was," said Christopher "Kitt" Bagwell, a senior scientist at the top-secret Savannah River National Laboratory.

Turns out, the greenish-orange slime was alive.

The more it was studied, the more it enamored scientists who were fascinated with its ability to survive radiation doses thousands of times greater than what is considered lethal to humans.

"Finding an organism in such a toxic environment is very unexpected," said Dr. Bagwell, who will present a paper about the bacteria - dubbed kineococcus radiotolerans - to the American Society for Microbiology next month.

In addition to thriving in the face of normally-lethal radiation, the organism also demonstrates remarkable survival characteristics in terms of its DNA.

Humans and most organisms can tolerate few breaks in DNA molecules, he said, but kineococcus radiotolerans has the ability to reassemble itself.

"With this organism, we can take an intact DNA molecule, blast it into little pieces, and in five to six hours the organism is restored and growing normally again," Dr. Bagwell said.

Dr. Bagwell and others who have studied the organism hope further research will yield clues that could aid in medical research, cancer studies and other areas.

"There's a lot of excitement about this organism because of its ability to withstand tremendous abuse," he said. "What we don't know is how it does these things - and what more it can do. That's the direction we're going now."

[MellySingsDoom]

Mr Wimpy is a better character than Ronald McDonald.

[sonicl]

When did you last eat at a Wimpy though? The food is just as crap as McDonalds, but you have to wait longer for it.

[lungfish]

wake and walk and talk and take and wake and walk and talk and take.

[MellySingsDoom]

sonicl - a long time ago, admittedly. I didn't mind the old sit-down meals Wimpy did in the 70's and 80's. Remember the Brown Derby desert? Of course Wimpy and McDonalds are both eminently avoidable now, but having said that, there's summat about Mr Wimpy that it quintessentially British. R McDonald reminds me too much of John Wayne Gacy in clown costume, and look what he did.

[demonrail666]

Wimpy: proper cutlery, waitresses and Tomato ketchup bottles shaped like tomatoes. Fuckin' class.

[sonicl]

The last time I ate in a Wimpy it was like being transported into an episode of Life on Mars. For reference, that meal was eaten in the branch at Henley-on-Thames.

[pbradley]

I wanted to try out the fonts and stuff.

But I didn't want to be all johnnycomelately in that other thread.



Look at the pretty colors.