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Oddity Central: The Happiest House on Earth

cute photos, like in a fairy tale.


(photo credit: Oddity Central)

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Mao's grandson is a blogger- but what he blogs about is no surprise:

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ChinaGeeks » Another Kind of Mao Worship

Mao's grandson (“Mao Zedong’s grandson by his first wife, the country’s CPPCC representative,) is a blogger, and these are the titles of his posts:

• Grandfather [i.e., Mao Zedong] Has Had the Greatest Influence on My Life
• The New Development of Mao Zedong’s National Defense Strategy
• I Hope the Nation’s First Aircraft Carrier Will be Named After Mao Zedong
• The Ancestral Home of My Grandfather Mao Zedong
• Wen Jiabao Reports Many Aspects [of life] Make Use of Mao Zedong Thought
• Remembering My Grandfather Mao Zedong on his 115th Birthday
• We Love the Shaoshan [Mao Zedong's birthplace] Cuckoo
• Researching Mao Zedong’s Strategic Attack Strategy
• Brief Discussion of Mao Zedong’s Strategic Attack Strategy
• Mao Anqing: Remembering My Father Mao Zedong
• Following in My Grandfather’s Footsteps

What would our Nehruji's Grandson blog?

Interesting thought.

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Fly on the wall, bomb-sniffing bees- the world is what it was.

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Neatorama: Bomb-Sniffing Bees

I don't believe a word of this: Bomb Squad Bees.

"Our “sniffer bees” are honeybees trained to recognise a specific odour. They are trained using a well known Classical Pavlovian conditioning protocol – a simple association of a smell with a food reward. The insect is exposed to the odour in controlled pulses and simultaneously rewarded with sugar syrup. After three to five presentations and rewards the bee is trained. When the bee detects the odour it expects a food reward and extends its tongue (proboscis). This response is a reflex action (Proboscis extension Reflex, PER) and is not consciously controlled by the bee. A “panel” of bees can be trained in as little as a few hours to remember a particular odour for several days."

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