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camel milk chocolates
An Austrian chocolate maker has joined forces with an Arabic camel farm to create a new delicacy—camel milk chocolate. Company head Johann Georg Hochleitner said camel’s milk is a good alternative to cow’s milk, as it was lower in fat and sweeter. A proposed manufacturing plant will produce some 40 tonnes of camel chocolate per month.
creative accountants
Extreme accounting is the latest (and unlikeliest) adrenaline sport. Accountants visit challenging locations like mountaintops, seabeds, caves and rollercoasters. And, inspired by the “extreme ironing” craze, they take their work with them. A spokesman for the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting said: “It’s a phenomenon that pushes accountants to their limits—and beyond.”
cleaning with force
Mini “light sabres” could one day replace toothbrushes in the battle against gum disease and tooth decay. Emitting a blue light, it takes just two minutes of treatment each day to prevent, control or treat gum disease, making these super sabres more effective at eradicating harmful bacteria than antiseptic mouthwash.
fine in theory
A £450,000 ($A1m) grant has been awarded to a scientist developing a pill, which it is suggested, might add up to 30 years to a person’s life. The theory is that it will increase levels of the hormone thyroxine in the body, which in turn alters an individual’s metabolic rate. This leads to the production of fewer free radicals, which can damage body tissue.
eyelid zoom
Japanese electronics giant Sharp has designed a camera that allows you to zoom simply by partially closing your eyelid. Sharp’s automatic zoom technology uses an optical sensor just below the viewfinder to detect how much of the white of the eye—the sclera—is visible. Partially closing your eye for longer than a blink activates the zoom.
fast message service
A Scottish factory worker has been acclaimed as the world’s fastest phone message texter, texting “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human” in just 48 seconds.
Anti-Youth Day
An eight-year-old “Spiderman” jokes with policemen as he tries on riot gear during an anti-World Youth Day demonstration in Germany in August. Protesters against the Catholic religious jamboree, which was attended by Pope Benedict XVI, were calling for a “religion-free zone.” The next such event is scheduled for Sydney.—AFP/Joe Klamar
Signs of the Times of October 22, 1945, in the context of the return of the millions of servicemen worldwide, posed the question: “Will our homes be places of inspiration and rest they anticipated? Shall we, the inmates who have longed for their return, be able to live up to their expectations of us?” it asked. Then, further into the article, “Will they find restoration and healing instead of wounds and heartaches?”
Unfortunately, homes are often war zones themselves, with battles occurring daily. But, as the article says, our homes “should be a place . . . of love and fellowship.”
Extract from Signs of the Times, October 2005.
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