This is the potty putter. It’s a miniature green and rug for in front of the toilet. Watch out for the water hazard, it’s a real bugger! Now even if your game stinks, you can practice till you’re pooped.
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The Potty Putter Takes Golf to a New Place.
Zapper Can Remove Parasites and More!
On a regular basis, newspaper headlines include the findings of major medical studies where yet another parasitic virus has been found to cause yet another disease. What is interesting about these findings is that Dr. Hulda Clark was making these same connections in the 1950’s.
Pharmaceuticals of the Future
In the future people will be given the choice of popping pills or popping a cd into a player and list.ening to their remedy. Resonance therapy has taken hold thanks to Medical Resonance Therapy Music.
USPTO Considering Denver Office
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is considering the Denver area for a regional office but is still in the preliminary stages of the process.
Study: Average Daily Commute Getting a Little Shorter
The average daily commute to work has shrunk from 25.5 minutes in 2000 to 25.1 minutes last year, according to data released this week by the Census Bureau.
Sleeping During Sex
New poll finds one in 12 people have fallen asleep while having sex.
Pure-Play CD Retailers Experience Death by a Thousand Cuts
A music awards event in New Zealand and a bankruptcy in the US signal bad times ahead for the retail CD distribution business.
Using Plastic Surgery to Improve Job Prospects
Chinese students are now getting plastic surgery to improve their chances of getting a job.
Patent Backlog Grows to Record Levels
The number of applications for U.S. patents has increased every year for 20 years. The number of patent examiners has not kept pace, and now over one million patents are waiting to be examined
Bankruptcy Filings Drop Sharply
For the entire country, the total number of bankruptcies filed during the first six months of 2006 was the lowest first-half year filings in 20 years, falling to 272,604 from 868,482, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Second Hand Cell Phones Full of Secret Information
Second hand mobile phones purchased over the internet can surrendered credit card numbers, banking passwords, business secrets and even evidence of adultery.
Venice: A City Losing Its Residents
The number of residents in the historic center of Venice has nearly halved over the past 40 years, from 121,000 at the time of the great flood of 1966 to just over 62,000 now, according to the latest data from the city council.
One-Person Families Likely to Boost Chinese Economy
The new bachelor trend among Chinese middle-class, white-collar workers will trigger a "single economy" phenomenon in the country, experts say.
Bank tries to Attract Customers with ATM Roulette Game
Japanese banks have long had a reputation for poor service but at least one is trying something new — wooing customers with an opportunity to try their hand at Lady Luck.
Following the Patterns of ‘Heavy Users’ Online
The subtitle of "The New Digital Divide" study from Universal McCann (UM) says it all: "How the New Generation of Digital Consumers Are Transforming Mass Communication." In other words, things are changing in Adland.
SAT Scores Post Largest Drop in 31 Years
The high school class of 2006 recorded the sharpest drop in SAT scores in 31 years, a decline that the exam’s owner, the College Board, said was partly due to some students taking the newly lengthened test only once instead of twice.
‘The Future of Libraries’ Coming on September 5th
On September 5th, Futurist Thomas Frey will speak in Westminster, Colorado on the topic of "The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation". The public is invited.
Firemapping System Delayed
Terrorism has delayed the launch of a new system for monitoring wild fires in the US, according to NASA engineers.
Study: Average Baby Boomer has had Held 10½ Jobs by Age 40
Over 25 years, the average younger baby boomer someone who was 39 to 48 years old at the conclusion of a national study — had held 10½ jobs.
The Cost of Hair
The average British woman spends an astonishing £36,903.75 - (70,151.04 USD) on her hair in a lifetime.
Grandma Summons Family to Rehearse Her Funeral
Granny Li, 79, held her own funeral rehearsal in Dianjiang, Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, and had her children practice what they would need to do for the real thing, starting from learning how to cry, according to the Chongqing Business Herald News.
The Latest on MVNOs
The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business has taken some lumps, but as mobile competition shifts focus the MVNO business model is reshaping itself.
What’s Expected
Seth Godin: It’s expected that you’ll tip the masseuse (masseur) at the spa. But not the acupuncturist down the street. It’s expected that the CEO of a public company will hire a hotshot consultant to help her do her job. The CFO gets to do that too. But not the receptionist.
What Does the Long Tail Look Like on Wikipedia?
The most popular article on Wikipedia is the article about… wikipedia. Not to mention dozens of articles about off-color topics. Here are today’s to 50 articles.
Organisms Growing in Extreme Environments
Microbes discovered by a lake of liquid carbon dioxide under the sea off Taiwan could help us locate life on Mars, researchers say. Japanese and German researchers have found billions of bacteria and other tiny organisms living in a layer of sediment which traps the CO2 under the seabed. Their survival in such a hostile […]
