I'm the kind of person that is extremely slow to adopt new technology. It took me forever to adopt email as a regular communication method, and I'm just now getting used to the idea of storing all my memos and notes on a PDA rather than in a paper planner. So it comes as no surprise that I've held off buying a digital camera until now -- and that's only because my film-based model finally gave out... more.

If you want to be a real pianist, a selection of good piano books is really a necessity. You can spend as much time as you want to practicing scales, but it is simply not enough. If all that you do is practice your scales, you will probably get bored with playing piano, and when you get bored, your playing will suffer. Through using piano books with songs that you like, you can keep playing fun an... more.

Trust me, starting to have a low carb lifestyle is one of the toughest things that you'll ever do. Of course there are thousands of low carb recipes out there, so that is not the problem. The problem is that we are taught to crave carbohydrates above everything else except for fat. We can cook low carbohydrate recipes until we are blue in the face, but that does not mean that we will like them. ... more.

Waitresses wield swords and flare flames at diners, who have to get past a moat before sitting at their table in the dimly lit dining hall. The same customers are also encouraged to take photos with the warrior-like waitresses, who dress in black or red to look like ninjas in keeping with the theme of a dark but lively restaurant that opened last month in Taiwan's capital. "The ninja is mysterio... more.

A tin of cat food may be the solution to reducing the number of toxic cane toads in Australia, one of the country's major pests which environmentalists have tried for years to stop from killing off the native wildlife. Scientists from the University of Sydney said that putting cat food close to ponds inhabited by baby cane toads attracts carnivorous ants that are also immune to the toads' poisono... more.

A California airport was shut down earlier today after a passenger carrying honey in five sports drink bottles triggered a security alert. Flights in and out of Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, about 180 kilometres north of Los Angeles, were suspended for several hours following the scare. However the airport was reopened after it was determined that no hazardous materials were involved. L... more.

London, Feb 6 (ANI): An eight-year-old British boy, who wanted to buy eggs for his mother, was left very upset when he was told by staff at his local Spar that he could not do so. William Broadbent of Penistone, South Yorks, was close to tears after he went back home and told his mother Katrina, 42, about it. "He was upset because he thought the assistant believed he was going to do something si... more.

A town left empty after the withdrawal of Soviet and Russian forces from the Baltic state of Latvia was sold at auction on Friday for $3 million. The buyer of the Skrunda 1 town, consisting of 45 hectares (111 acres) of land, 70 buildings, including 10 apartment blocks, a hotel, club, warehouses and garages was a company from Russia, the privatisation agency said. "It is positive that proper... more.

A traditional Emirati restaurant in Dubai has added a new entree to its menu billed as a fat-free choice for carnivorous but health-conscious diners: the Camel Burger. For 20 UAE dirhams ($5.45), the Local House restaurant offers a quarter pound camel burger, loaded with cheese and smothered in burger sauce, the Xpress weekly newspaper reported on Thursday. Ali Ahmad Esmail, Local House assistan... more.

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