I saw this on Drudge today. This is in the Middle East country, United Arab Emirates - Dubai to be exact. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Some wonder if Capitalism can survive in the Middle East. It’s looking pretty successful to me - last time I checked we didn’t have any palm tree shaped islands in the US.
Finally I’ve gotten around to working on things around the house again. I managed to save a little money here and there and there are a few things on my list to get done. One thing that tops the list is this old storage house in the back yard. It’s always been a place where Grandma kept her Christmas decorations, a deep freezer and a bunch of other junk.
If you’ve kept track of my pictures you will see that the front of this place was covered in gray shingles. I figured out why there were shingles on it. Once I started ripping them off I started thinking “why did I do this??”. I discovered another door and also discovered that on the other end there is no german siding like is on the front of the shed. The shingles certainly hid the ugliness. Anyway, my goal was to try and steer clear of throwing a bunch of money into this project. I got an estimate for vinyl siding and it was nearly 1200 bucks and that’s just too much. I’m going to throw some paint on it that’s the color of my house and see how that looks. I should be able to finish with only putting a couple hundred dollars in it which is certainly more economical than 1200.
Toronto researchers have successfully cured type-1 diabetes in mice “overnight”. Defective nerve endings in the pancreas could perhaps be the culprit of triggering the disease. “Defective nerve endings may attract immune system proteins that mistakenly attack the pancreas, destroying its ability to make insulin, the researchers said. This destruction is what causes diabetes.” The mice were cured by injecting a piece of protein or peptide to immediately reverse the disease, making this a very hopeful way of creating a drug to cure human diabetes.
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I had always heard about the fiasco between pro wrestler David Schultz and the famed 20/20 reporter John Stossel, but I never saw it. Well I did a little surfing today on YouTube and found the funny clip. Basically he was asking Schultz about the pro wrestling business and the last question that he asked was if wrestling was fake. That wasn’t a very good question to ask. See for yourself: