How animals around the world have taken a tip from us to cope with the hot weather | Mail Online

 

Cool of the wild: From sunhats to ice-cream, how animals around the world have taken tips from us to cope with the hot weather

By Nick Enoch

An ice lolly, a dip in the pool, deckchairs… when it comes to cooling off in the hot weather, these animals don’t play by the rules.

As Britain enjoys a heatwave, with the mercury hitting 27c (81f) today, these are just some of the cunning ways our furry friends cope.

And as the pictures below show, it’s not just those here who are feeling the heat – from China to Germany, Indonesia to the U.S., animals are scoffing at what they’ve seen in nature documentaries and trying something a little bit different…

Let sleeping dogs lie: Tara the dog opts for a sunbed and parasol to see her through the blistering heat in Britain

Bird bath with a difference: Jacquille the parrot cools down in a tea cup in Costa Rica

One cool dude: Dudu the walrus beats the summer heat in China, at Qingdao Polar Ocean World; right, a squirrel gets stuck into a frozen treat in Swindon, Wiltshire

I’ve got this licked: An African lion in Brookfield zoo, Chicago refreshes himself with a block of ice

Sealion solution: Keepers at Qingdao Polar Ocean World have come up with innovative ways to keep their animals cool; right, Eski the snowy owl could do with a towel in the New Forest, Hampshire

Flew what a scorcher! A tufted titmouse suns itself in Massachusetts

Spread the whirred: This chilled dog has found himself a new fan; right, Chino the donkey enjoys an ice-cream at Pennywell farm in Buckfastleigh, Devon

Furry nice! A squirrel takes a dip in a swimming pool in San Antonio, Texas

Does it come in banana flavour? A baboon enjoys an ice lolly at Hangzhou wild animal centre, China; right, a meerkat at Marwell Wildlife Conservation Park, Hants

To hell with the diet… An orangutan at Ragunan zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia

Just follow my lead: Harland the poodle on Southsea beach in Hampshire; right, a fur seal relaxes in Stromness, South Georgia Island

White tiger cubs Jeevan and Ashoka cool off in a paddling pool at a safari park in Germany

Trunks, glasses and parasol…this pooch looks good – and he knows it

I’ll be finished in about nine hours… A young gorilla chews on a block of ice containing fruit at Los Angeles Zoo

Do I look like I want to share? A ring-tailed lemur at Paradise Wildlife Park in Broxbourne, Herts

Pass the oinkment, dear: Some pigs tan themselves in Cambridgeshire

It’s bacon hot! A piglet falls asleep in a doll’s house deckchair

How animals around the world have taken a tip from us to cope with the hot weather | Mail Online

American Reunion Irish premiere: Jedward’s brother Kevin accompanies twins and Tara Reid | Mail Online

 

Meet Kevin… Jedward’s older brother! Rarely-seen sibling accompanies the twins (and Tara Reid) to American Reunion Irish premiere

By Sarah Bull

His brothers are arguably the one of the world’s most famous set of twins – with their wacky behaviour and trademarked quiffs setting them apart from their peers.

And while he doesn’t have the same blonde hair as his siblings, Jedward’s older brother Kevin decided to follow in their dubious style footsteps last night as he joined the pair on the red carpet at the Irish premiere of the latest American Pie offering – American Reunion.

The similarity between Kevin and his brothers was clear to see, with the redhead even sporting the same slicked down hairstyle as his siblings.

Family affair: Jedward’s older brother Kevin accompanied the twins on the red carpet at the Irish premiere of American Reunion in Dublin last night

Heading home: Kevin was seen following along as Edward and Tara left the afterparty

Law student Kevin, 21, also wore the same black suit, skinny maroon tie and black patent shoes as his brothers as the trio posed up with one of the film’s stars Tara Reid on the red carpet.

And while the ensemble may have been slightly different from his usual student attire, Kevin should perhaps be grateful that his younger brothers had decided to leave their usual garish outfits at home for the evening.

Understated: John and Edward ditched their quiffs for the occasion as they posed up with Tara on the red carpet

Here today, gone tomorrow: Jedward sported quiffs at the LA premiere last month

The 20-year-olds are more notorious for their ridiculous styling – which has seen them in red satin suit for their Eurovision performance and trainers with angel wings – even opted for ties this evening.

The brothers were clearly excited about the Tinseltown starts descending on their home turf, tweeting: ‘Everyone we are so excited about coming to the savoy cinema in Dublin with @TaraReid it will be awesOme can’t wait to see everyone =:)’

Centre of attention: Even Jedward’s hair couldn’t detract from Jennifer Coolidge’s bust

The gang: Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy take a trip from Hollywood to the Savoy Cinema in Dublin

Meanwhile, Tara – who struck up a friendship with the duo on Celebrity Big Brother UK – wrote: ‘So excited to see @planetjedward at @AmericanPie #AmericanReunion premiere tonight in dublin!’

Tara, 36, looked striking by opting for a simple yet elegant floor-length gown which oozed glamour.

However, as ever, Jennifer Coolidge – aka Stifler’s mum – threatened to steal the show once again.

My Car? hunk still looked undeniably handsome despite his grey beard.

Say hello to mummy: Seann plays Jennifer’s son in the comedy franchise

The 48-year-old squeezed her voluptuous silhouette into a curve-hugging black cocktail dress with lace detail on the sleeves, with her ample bosom trying to break free.

On-screen son Seann William Scott put in an appearance too, looking a little older than his 35 years.

Demure: Tara looked striking in simply yet elegant Hollywood glamour

Protagonist Jason Biggs was notably absent, enjoying a European leg of promotion with Chris Klein.

The actor, famed for his role of Jim Levenstein in the comedy series, was seen dining alfresco with Chris, co-star Mena Suvari and celebrity stylist David Stanwell while they were sent to Rome.

The castmates have been split up over the last few weeks of world touring to cover more locations.

European break: Jason Biggs and Chris Klein missed the premiere as they were in Rome

When in Rome… Jason can be seen with Chris, Mena Suvari and celebrity stylist David Stanwell

American Reunion Irish premiere: Jedward’s brother Kevin accompanies twins and Tara Reid | Mail Online

Baldness cure secret revealed by mice – Yahoo! Lifestyle UK

 

Baldness cure secret revealed by mice

By Kim Hookem-Smith

A tuft of hair grown on the back of a bald lab mouse may hold the key to curing baldness in humans.

A research team in Japan used stem cell cultivation to create hair follicles from scratch. These follicles were then implanted into the hairless mice where they grew hairs.

The stem cells were taken from a balding man and the next step is to implant the created follicles into a human head in order to win the battle against balding, experienced by more than seven million men in the UK.
The technique may also allow men to re-grow hair in their original colour, even if they’ve already started to go grey.
The researchers from Tokyo University believe a cure for baldness could be engineered within three years. It will be an expensive treatment, however, and they believe it could be more useful in reconstructive situations where traditional hair transplant operations aren’t possible.
And there’s more research to be done, as the team do not yet know if it would be possible to recreate an entire head of hair. In this study, the hairs had to be implanted one at a time, which is fine on a mouse but a rather different proposition on an entire bald head!

Baldness cure secret revealed by mice – Yahoo! Lifestyle UK

56 stars tattooed on Belgian woman’s face still visible a year after she planned to have laser surgery | Mail Online

 

Still star struck: Young Belgian’s misery three years after she had 56 tattoos on her face

By Lyle Brennan

A disastrous mistake looked set to cost Kimberley Vlaeminck more than her looks after the young Belgian had 56 stars tattooed on her face.

Last summer she was preparing to shell out £9,000 for laser surgery and said she hoped to have the design removed by the end of September.

But, almost three years after the 21-year-old decided to go under the needle, the constellation shows little sign of fading.

Clear as the night sky: Kimberley Vlaeminck still bears the 56 tiny black stars she said she planned to have surgically removed

In June 2009, Miss Vlaeminck lied to family and reporters that she had asked tattooist Rouslan Toumaniantz for just three stars near her eye.

As her regret sank in, she claimed he kept adding more and more after she fell asleep at the Tattoo Box in Coutrai, Belgium.

She promised to sue the tattooist for the cost of removal, claiming a language barrier meant the Flemish speaker had misunderstood when she gave instructions in French and English.

Miss Vlaeminck said she avoided going out in public because the tattoos made her feel like a ‘freak’.

But a week later she confessed to a Dutch TV station that she had been awake throughout and had indeed asked for the full 56 marks.

She said she lied because she was afraid of how her father would react.

Freshly inked: Miss Vlaeminck at the age of 18 in 2009, shortly after she asked tattooist Rouslan Toumaniantz to cover her face in black stars

Even still, Mr Toumaniantz – whose own face is covered in tattoos and piercings – offered to pay half the cost of laser removal, saying he did not want to leave a customer unsatisfied.

He later retracted this offer, leaving Miss Vlaeminck to cover the cost alone.

Though laser treatment has been shown to be a effective way of removing ink, even the most advanced technology would leave white marks across her face.

According to Belgian media, Mr Toumaniantz said he did not regret tattooing Miss Vlaeminck, adding that it had given him publicity.

He has since started asking all his customers to give written consent to his designs.

Bizarre: Tattooist Mr Toumaniantz (right) originally offered to pay half the cost of Miss Vlaeminck’s laser removal – even though she threatened to sue him and lied that she had asked for only three of the 56 stars

56 stars tattooed on Belgian woman’s face still visible a year after she planned to have laser surgery | Mail Online

Mother’s bid to become the fattest human ever at 115 stone… (and she’s marrying a chef to help her) | Mail Online

 

• Supersize mum who dreams of becoming the world’s fattest woman reveals she’s marrying a CHEF

By Emily Allen

A mother bidding to become the fattest woman in the world has become engaged to marry a chef.

Susanne Eman, 33, revealed her controversial dream of reaching a target weight of over 115 stone last year – to become the biggest human ever.

Now the mother-of-two, who currently weighs more than 54 stone, plans to wed fiance Parker Clack, 35, who loves cooking for her.

Supersize diet: Susanne Eman, 33 being spoon fed by her boyfriend Parker Clack, 38 at the breakfast table

The pair met over the internet last year and hit it off following a string of emails.

Within months Parker moved in to Susanne’s home in Casa Grande, Arizona, where she lives with sons Brendin, 13, and Gabriel, 17.

Unemployed Susanne said: ‘We are a match made in heaven. I love eating and Parker loves cooking.

Love: Susanne and Parker share a kiss on their bed. The pair met over the internet last year and hit it off following a string of emails

Feast: Susanne enjoys her dinner at a local restaurant tucking into several dishes, including a side salad

‘It’s a perfect pairing. I still want to be the fattest woman in the world and Parker is fine with that.

‘He loves larger women and sees how happy I am when I’m eating.

‘His cooking skills were definitely part of the attraction. How could I resist a man with talents in the kitchen?

‘His signature dish, spaghetti bolognese, is my favourite. I could eat it all day.

‘Parker helps by doing the housework too.

‘He does most of the house work, cooking, helps encourage me to go for walks, he goes swimming with me, helps me do anything I have difficulty with.’

Parker encourages Susanne to go for walks and swim to keep her mobile and helps her with anything else she has difficulty with

Keep-fit: Parker is supporting Susanne in her controversial goal of becoming the world’s heaviest

Susanne says she has gained several stone since her last weigh-in last year when she registered at 54 stone

Amazingly Parker is supporting Susanne in her controversial goal of becoming the world’s heaviest.

Seen here dishing up a home-cooked breakfast for her, Parker cooks mountains of bacon and scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, huge slices of toast and even salad for Susanne.

Parker said: ‘I support her because it makes her happy, and I love big women.

‘I do worry about her health of course, but I try to make sure she eats some healthy food like salad, and I make sure she does exercises.

‘She’s taken up swimming since we met and we love to swim together.

Susanne poses for a photograph with her two sons Gabriel, left, 17, Brandon, right, 13, and her fiance Parker Clack. The couple are pictured right, together. Doctors have told Susanne she is gambling with her life

‘I know becoming the biggest woman ever is something she truly wants to do with all of her heart.

‘She had a check up last year and the doctor said she was fine, even though he doesn’t support her mission. He said she’s gambling with her life.

‘As long as the doctors say she’s okay, I’ll support her.

‘I’d love Susanne whatever she looked like, but if she was a size-zero model I wouldn’t have noticed her in the first place.

‘We met online and exchanged photos when we were courting. I thought she was beautiful.

‘I’ve always preferred bigger girls. To me there’s nothing attractive about a skinny woman. It’s more ladylike to have curves.

As Susanne, a size 10XL, continues to balloon, Parker takes her and her sons to the park on day-trips – wheeling Susanne around in her wheelchair

‘Men aren’t supposed to have curves, but women are, and Susanne definitely has them.’

Susanne says she has gained several stone since her last weigh-in last year when she registered at 54 stone.

She had hoped to be three stone heavier by the end of 2011.

‘It’s harder to gain than you might think because I’m trying to stay as healthy and active as possible,’ she said.

‘I’ve been slowly upping what I eat. It’s like an athlete training but instead of training to be harder, I’m making myself softer.

‘There’s not been a point where I’ve doubted what I’m doing. It’s deep desire for me to do this and I feel I can do it without endangering my health so I don’t worry about my boys.’

As Susanne, a size 10XL, continues to balloon, Parker takes her and her sons to the park on day-trips – wheeling Susanne around in her wheelchair.

‘My mobility is decreasing,’ she said. ‘But I always knew this would happen as I gained. I get out of breath more easily and Parker has to push me in my chair more often.

Susanne is served breakfast in bed by Parker who is a chef. Her favourite food is spaghetti bolognese which is his signature dish

‘When we go to the store he shops for me. He helps me in and out of the car. He encourages me to do my exercises.

‘My aim is to never become bed-bound. As long Parker keeps taking me out to the park for waddles, then I know I can keep moving.’ 

Reaching her goal would mean Susanne tops that of previous world record-holder Carol Ann Yager, who died in 1994 from kidney failure caused by morbid obesity.

But despite warnings from doctors that she is playing ‘Russian Roulette’ with her life, Susanne says she can avoid the fate of others who have reached over 1000lbs (71 stone).

‘I do my best to eat as much healthy food as possible,’ said Susanne.

‘I do an exercise regime to keep me as mobile as possible and Parker helps with that. He makes sure I do my stretches and sit ups.

‘I want to try and break the stigma that being fat is bad.

‘And it’s helped me to find love, so hat’s wrong with that.’

Mother’s bid to become the fattest human ever at 115 stone… (and she’s marrying a chef to help her) | Mail Online

Toddlers and Tiaras pageant moms given beauty queen makeovers – with scary results | Mail Online

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My, how you’ve grown! Toddlers and Tiaras pageant moms are given beauty queen makeovers – with scary results

By Daisy Dumas

We thought the day would never come – but, for the first time ever, a group of indomitable and infamous pageant moms have been given the beauty queen treatment, transforming them into adult-sized versions of their daughters.

Anderson Cooper and his team have taken TLC’s Toddlers and Tiaras’ four most famous mothers and given them pageant makeovers – even going as far as dressing them in copycat outfits to mimic their daughters’ favourite competition costumes.

Little and large: Pageant moms are given the beauty queen treatment by Anderson Cooper. The results are hilarious, if a little disturbing

The results, while hilarious, are an attempt by the talk-show host to encourage the controversial women to think differently about dressing their young girls up and asking them to perform in the revealing outfits and make-up.

Six-year-old Alana Thompson, aka Honey Boo Boo Child, looked like a miniature version of her mother, June Shannon, from McIntyre, Georgia.

The self-proclaimed ‘Coupon Queen’ said she found the corset a little tight, but apart from that she was determined to see the humorous side of the get-up, echoing the mothers’ attitudes towards the pageant world as a whole.

Look at mummy! Honey Boo Boo Child, aka Alana, looks very pleased to see her mom, June Shannon, in the hot pink outfit

The self-proclaimed ‘Coupon Queen’ said she found the corset a little tight, but apart from that she was determined to see the humourous side

‘We have had a blast,’ she said of the day at the studio. ‘This is something we’ll laugh about for years to come. This is fun, this is all about having fun.’

When questioned ether the outfit may make her change her philosophy towards child beauty pageants, it became clear the embarrassing makeover experience had made no impact.

‘I don’t rethink any decision that I’ve made for my daughter as far as pageants,’ she said.

The tiny electric blue spandex number was a touch on the revealing side for the mother-of-three Alicia

‘This was all in fun for us today, yeah, the corset is a little tight. With her, she enjoys doing it, so we are going to continue doing it.’

She insists on the programme, airing tomorrow, that the highly criticised pageant world is nothing more than a sport.

‘To us women who do it everyday it is a sport. Alana, she loves doing it, she’s not into the basketball or the baseball or anything like that.’

Honey Boo Boo Child and Pretty Woman: Alana Thompson and June Shannon, left, and Paisley with mom Wendy Dickey, right. Wendy famously dressed her child as a prostitute for a show when aged just three

When asked whether she had indulged in any ‘GoGo Juice’ – the caffeine-heavy mix of Red Bull and Mountain Dew she famously uses to energise her child – the larger-than-life June pointed out that Anderson and the audience had drunk it all. Indeed, at one point, the host takes a swig from a bottle and declares that the potent mix is ‘very sweet.’

‘I don’t give her GoGo Juice everyday of the week,’ explains June. ‘Sometimes I don’t give it to her at pageants at all, we may use another remedy that day which may be pixie sticks or candy or just a regular caffeinated drink.’

The mother of eight-year-old Laci was a little less enamoured with her Lady Gaga costume. The tiny electric blue spandex number was a touch on the revealing side for the mother-of-three Alicia, whose daughter’s verdict of the outfit was simply: ‘Weird.’

What a pair: EverRose Sims sparkles in pink and purple with her mother Kayla Sims, left, and Laci Crews with mother Alicia Morgan, right, in their teeny, tiny electric blue Lady Gaga leotards

Mr Cooper suggested that the audience had found the diminutive outfit ‘surprising’ for such a young child, but the mom disagreed.

‘Not at all. I mean, she doesn’t have anything, it’s different for children, it’s not showing anything, it’s a swimsuit for her.’

Happily for the mothers, there is another team of parents – namely, Lifetime’s Dance Moms – who are perhaps even more eyebrow-raising than they.

‘They are worse than us, they make us look really good’ said June, while Kayla, who famously encouraged her daughter to diet and lose 10 pounds, said of the Dance Moms: ‘I think they are mean, they seem mean-hearted.’

Throw it back: Anderson tries the famous GoGo Juice – a mix of Red Bull and Mountain Dew that June uses to energise Alana before shows. He winces and declares the mix to be ‘very sweet’

Speaking about eight-year-old EverRose’s diet, Kayla said she simply did not want her children to ever reach the weight of 300 pounds – as she once had.

‘Obviously it does look like my child lost ten pounds in a couple of weeks,’ she said of TLC’s editing. ‘If I could do that I would bottle it, I would sell it and I would be a millionaire. Also, I would be skinny too.

‘We watch what we eat all the time, not just a couple of weeks… Ten pounds she probably put on over the summer because she did not do as much activity. She takes dance, gymnastic and cheer. Over the summer that usually stops, so she was a little more sitting around. So she probably easily put that on over the summer.’

Beauty queen scene: The infamous pageant moms defended the beauty queen scene to Anderson, with June saying it just like a ‘sport’

She explains that she aims to teach her children to be as conscious of diet and exercise as they can be so that they do not have to deal with the bullying caused by obesity.

‘I have four children and I want them all to not live the things that I have lived, as we all have experienced things in our lives that we don’t want our children to deal with,’ she emotionally revealed.

Toddlers and Tiaras pageant moms given beauty queen makeovers – with scary results | Mail Online

Oscar presenting disasters – Yahoo! Movies UK

 

Oscar presenting disasters

When hosting the Academy Awards goes horribly wrong

 

By Steve Charnock

 

After scheduled host Eddie Murphy pulled out of hosting this year’s Academy Awards ceremony at the end of 2011, Oscar bigwigs started to panic. Who were they going to get in to replace the ‘Nutty Professor’ ‘funnyman’? After all, there’s been a severe decline in TV ratings in recent years and plenty of dodgy shows before now.
Luckily for the Academy though, Ol’ Safe Hands himself, Billy Crystal has signed on to host proceedings (this year’s awards will be his ninth in charge – only Bob Hope beats him with a whopping 18!). But not everyone can be trusted behind that podium come Oscars night. Here’s a useful guide for future hosts on how to present the Oscars, using some real-life examples:

James Franco and Anne Hathaway (2011)

Pretty in pink… Hathaway and Franco (Credit: PA)
This duo might go down as the worst Oscar presenters in history. Firstly, Franco. He couldn’t have looked more uncomfortable if he’d had one of the Academy Awards stuffed down the back of his trousers. He said it was ‘cos the material written for him was rubbish (which it was), but dressing up as Marilyn Monroe in a pink dress and blonde wig didn’t help. As for Hathaway… did she really need that many costume changes?

Rude… Letterman (Credit: PA)David Letterman (1995)
Late Show host David Letterman’s dry wit is hugely popular in America, especially with his cynical East Coast audience, but LA luvvies weren’t appreciative of his irreverent hosting style though. His dismissive style of comedy was seen as too disrespectful and a daft joke about Oprah Winfrey caused the Queen of TV to blank him for more than a decade afterwards.
Jerry Lewis (1959)
Professional pratfaller Jerry Lewis had to fill up 20 minutes of air time due to a scheduling error. The comedian could only waffle on for so long before he decided to jump into the orchestra pit to kill time and start playing a trumpet terribly. It was embarrassing. Luckily, the TV network (NBC) pulled the plug and cut to a documentary about pistol shooting instead. We hope someone got fired.
Donald Duck (1958)
1958′s ceremony saw Donald Duck co-host along with Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon and David Niven. And it just looked weird. Unsurprisingly.

 

Acerbic… Rock (Credit: PA)Chris Rock (2005)
You’re not Ricky Gervais and this isn’t the Golden Globes. Chris Rock managed to upset a fair few people with his acerbic barbs back in 2005. Saying that some of the Best Picture nominations ‘sucked’ will do that. Chevy Chase set the precedent in this though – calling the assembled crowd ‘Hollywood phonies’ back in 1987.
Ellen DeGeneres (2007)
The comedian spectacularly fawned over everyone in the most cringingly awful way imaginable in 2007. She posed for photos with people and then even cried about how ‘beautiful’ it all was the next day on her talk show.

No hosts (1989)
The academy has tried to hold the Oscars with no hosts seven times (usually to try and trim the running time). They abandoned the idea in 1989 after the show opened with a now infamous skit featuring Rob Lowe and Snow White (played by Eileen Bowman) singing a version of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Proud Mary’. So embarrassing the Academy has seemingly expunged all traces of it from the internet. Disney considered suing.
Have you got any suggestions for future Oscars’ hosts? Do share ‘em…

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Amazing ‘tsunami cloud’ hits Florida coastline – Yahoo!

 

Amazing ‘tsunami cloud’ hits Florida coastline

At first glance, it looks as though a tsunami wave is about to crash into a swathe of high-rise tower blocks.
But for beachgoers and surfers alike along Panama City Beach, Florida, there was no need to panic, the giant wave was just an curious illusion caused by harmless sea fog rolling off the Gulf of Mexico.

The tsunami-like clouds are just a harmless weather phenomenon.

Photo: Splashnews

So what’s the science behind the captivating photograph taken from a helicopter earlier this month?
This ‘tsunami cloud’ effect is believed to be caused by a phenomenon known as the ‘Kelvin–Helmholtz instability’ that can occur in both air and water.

This is when a fast-moving layer of fluid or air washes over a slower, thicker layer – creating the wispy wave effect.
According to helicopter pilot JR Hott, the clouds appear a few times a year but normally further down the coast.

Mr Hott wrote: "When the temperature, humidity and winds are just right, we’ll get this fog that forms on the high rise condos on the beach.”

He added: “The event, while it can form quickly, moves gently and slowly. It isn’t something that happens with more than a gentle breeze.”

Amazing ‘tsunami cloud’ hits Florida coastline – Yahoo!

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Bungalow stuck on seventh story of college building in impressive art installation inspired by Up |

 

Living on the edge: Bungalow stuck on seventh storey of college building in impressive art installation ‘inspired by Up’

By Mark Duell

It’s a fascinating piece of architecture that is leaving stunned observers wondering how on earth a bungalow has crash landed on top of a university building.

Do Ho Suh, of Seoul, South Korea, designed ‘Fallen Star’, which was carefully positioned on top of the University of California in San Diego and appears to have been inspired by the Disney film ‘Up’.

The house measures 15ft by 18ft and is an three-quarter version of a small house in Providence, Rhode Island, sticking out of the Jacobs School of Engineering’s seventh floor at a 10-degree angle.

Looking up: The house also has a front lawn and students have been invited to view it. The work will be seen from below by 29,000 undergraduates and the 52,000 people who visit the campus daily

 

Structure: The house designed by Do Ho Suh, left, measures 15ft by 18ft and sticks out of the Jacobs School of Engineering’s seventh floor at a 10-degree angle

Lifted up: The house was integrated onto a structural concrete slab around 100ft above the ground

‘The engineering on this project has been really complex,’ said Mary Beebe, director of the Stuart Collection, part of UC San Diego. ‘It’s probably the most complex we’ve ever undertaken.’

The house also has a front lawn and students have been invited to view it. The work will be seen from below by 29,000 undergraduates and the 52,000 people who visit the campus daily.

‘Do Ho Suh’s work explores the notions of home and displacement, the cultural meaning of space and the relationship between the personal and the collective,’ a UC San Diego press release said.

He suggested that ‘Fallen Star’ might represent a house picked up by a tornado and displaced, and the work symbolises a ‘home’ for many students who have left theirs to attend the university.

Up and away: The artist suggested that ‘Fallen Star’ might represent a house picked up by a tornado and displaced, and the work symbolises a ‘home’ for many students who have left theirs to attend the university

Impressive: Do Ho Suh, of Seoul, South Korea, designed ‘Fallen Star’, which was carefully positioned on top of the University of California in San Diego and appears to have been inspired by the Disney film ‘Up’

Animation: The hit 2009 film ‘Up’ featured 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen, right, going on the trip of his life with Russell, left, to see South America by tying thousands of balloons to his home, top

The house was integrated onto a structural concrete slab. ‘It should be an unforgettable image and experience for all and will invite people to see the world in a new way,’ Ms Beebe added.

‘The engineering on this project has been really complex. It’s probably the most complex we’ve ever undertaken’

Mary Beebe, Stuart Collection director

Mr Suh studied at Seoul National University before moving to the U.S. in 1991 to attend the Rhode Island School of Design, describing arriving in America as if he was ‘dropped from the sky’.

He also studied at Yale University and now lives and works in New York, London and Seoul, with his works on display in those cities as well as Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Tokyo in Japan.

The house is based on the hit 2009 animated film ‘Up’, which featured 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen going on the trip of his life to see South America by tying thousands of balloons to his home.

The film- – which starred the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer and Jordan Nagai – won two Oscars and was directed by Pete Docter, who also worked on Monsters Inc and Toy Story 2.

Bungalow stuck on seventh story of college building in impressive art installation inspired by Up | Mail Online

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Take One and Divide it By 998001

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Take One and Divide it By 998001

For Surprising

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by Max Eddy | 3:34 pm, January 23rd, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, a lot of calculators are going to truncate the results. However, if you manage to get a hold of one that doesn’t, solving 1/998001 will generate all the three digit numbers from 000 to 999. And in order, no less. I have no idea how this works, but it’s a pretty neat trick and even a bit unsettling. If you’re a fan of this kind of spooky math fun, solving 1/9801 will generate all the consecutive two digit numbers.