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[Hugo_Smith]

HAHAHAHA!
Ahem. That's quite funny.

[EscapeGirl]

New Zealand record charts go to the dogs Mon Feb 18, 12:00 AM ET



It's a doggone chartbuster -- a song audible only to dogs has topped New Zealand record charts, and is looking to go global.

A Very Silent Night, recorded at a frequency only dogs can hear, was so popular among owners it hit number one at Christmas, but has been receiving mixed responses from listeners.

"The most violent one was a dog that physically attacked the radio when it was played and went quite berserk and totally destroyed it," said Bob Kerridge, chief executive of animal welfare group, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).

"On the other side of the scale, they just lie down and did nothing." The charity CD, priced at NZ$4.99 ($3.93), contained an instrumental and a vocal version of the song, but Kerridge said he did not know what kind of music dogs would hear.

"Never having heard it myself, I don't what they'll hear and of course I don't know how dogs hear music," he said.

Kerridge added dogs in Australia and the United States could soon have a listen.

Around NZ$22,000 ($17,300) has been raised by the disc's sale.

(Reporting by Kazunori Takada; Editing by David Fox)

That's pretty funny. I'd love to see the effect on my mom's little dog. I know I always buy catnip for mom's cat's when I fly home to visit, but they NEVER seem impressed. With my luck, her dog would ignore it, too. Very funny, though!

[Mulan]

Thailand news

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[RBS]

All kinds of free software

This is probably stuff you have all seen before but I thought seeing it all on one concise page might help someone find a new diversion at no cost.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2260070,00.asp

I use the picasa photo manager. Extremely easy to use. Some editing capability.

I have heard some buzz about GIMP, anyone out there using it?

[EscapeGirl]

Wow! Thank you so much for posting this, RBS! I had never known about some of those things. Only heard of them. Much appreciated.

[Hitman]

@RBS
I used GIMP sometimes and I can tell you, it's pretty good. I mostly used it to mix two images together and I'm really satisfied with it.

[RBS]

Thanks Hman. I have been wanting to give it a go.

[EscapeGirl]

I thought this was a very interesting piece of news. Then again, I am fascinated by astronomy.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/03/21/exploding.star.ap/index.html

[Eternal Becky]

It is indeed very interesting I wish I could have seen it. Thanks for sharing

[RBS]

Kitten's message to its Mother

Markings on kitten spell out a message to its MommaCat. Amazing!

http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=39894

[Mistery]

Wow! Thanks for sharing this

[EscapeGirl]

How cute! Thanks for posting.

[jenni.p123]

AWWWWWWWWWWW !

[ShiningStar]

awww such a cute kitty!

[Eternal Becky]

Charlton Heston dies.

This news has totally saddened me
Charlton Heston was my favourite hollywood actor. Not only me but my whole family loved him and his acting a lot.

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=308288&GT1=7701

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