Here are contemporary photos of Russian streets mixed with photos from World War 2.

View it here. You can almost read the msuic on the band's music stands. Here's the photographer's explanation of how he did it.

The ThinkPad W700ds appears to be the first laptop ever to sport two
LCD screens -- a 17-in. primary and a 10.6-in. secondary screen.

The souped-up "mobile workstation," as Lenovo calls it, also comes
with customers' choice of quad-core Intel Core 2 processors and Nvidia Quadro
mobile graphics CPU with as many as 128 cores. It also comes with as
much as 8GB of DDR3 memory and a pair of hard drive/solid-state drive
bays for up to 960GB of storage.

It's all in an 11-lb. brick -- five times the weight of netbooks,
such as the Asus Eee 701, and at least double the weight of typical
laptops -- that is encased in the ThinkPad's trademark ebony exterior.

"This is the nitro-burning drag racer of ThinkPads," said Craig
Merrigan, vice president of global consumer marketing at Lenovo, in a
briefing this week.

The W700ds is expected to be available in January starting at $3,600.

News about the W700ds was originally timed for release the week of the Consumer Electronics Show in early January. But details leaked out on blogs earlier this month after a Web page went live early on IBM's Web site.

"Why two screens? Most people are using two monitors at their
desktop. So we wanted to give them all the things they are used to on
their desk," said Wes Williams, worldwide product marketing manager for ThinkPads.

The primary WUXGA 17-in. screen is brighter and more colorful than
other notebook PC screens, Williams said. The main screen is rated at
400 nits of brightness, which is brighter than any other notebook in
the market, he added. It also has a color gamut equivalent to 72% of
Adobe RGB that is better than other notebooks and a plus for
photographers and graphic designers, Williams said.

The W700ds' secondary 10.6-in. vertical screen is about the size of
a typical netbook display, Lenovo said, or about 40% the size of the
W700ds' primary 17-in. display. It can also be tilted up to 30 degrees
like a car's rearview mirror.

The W700ds also includes a built-in WACOM digitizer, also called an
electronic drawing pad, and color calibration software. Despite its
power and weight, Williams claimed that the W700ds runs "incredibly
cool" because of the use of dual fans and dual-heat reduction systems.

The trade-offs? Besides price and weight, the W700ds is bulkier than
typical laptops, measuring 16 inches by 12 inches, and is 2.1 inches
thick. The ultrathin MacBook Air, by comparison, is 13 by 9 inches and only 0.75 inches thick.

Richard Shim,
an analyst at research firm IDC, said the W700ds is a "very niche-y,
technical showcase type of product" that will nevertheless likely be a
"big hit" with photographers, designers and developers who will value
the included productivity-enhancing tools over its shoulder-aching
weight.

Lenovo unveiled the single-screen version of the ThinkPad W700 in August. That machines starts with a price tag of about $2,500.

To connect to external monitors, the W700 includes both DisplayPort video adapters as well as dual-link DVI.

The W700ds is so wide that it boasts a separate numeric keypad, a rarity on laptop keyboards.

Moko the friendly dolphin has become so friendly she has
taken to bringing swimmers fish - but she has been receiving some
unfriendly treatment in return.

The three-year-old bottlenose dolphin has made Mahia Beach
her home for more than 18 months, and has become a familiar sight
socialising with swimmers and boaties.

Many a bodyboard, crayfish buoy and rugby ball have been taken out
to sea, never to be seen again, as the cheeky dolphin continues to play
on her own.

Others had been on the receiving end of Moko's generosity, Conservation Department programme manager Jamie Quirk said.

"She has actually been bringing fish to people. People have had
kahawai and gurnard brought to them and some lucky people have had her
bring them seahorses," he said.

Lately, however, some people have been "roughhousing" with Moko,
scarring her skin with scratches caused by jewellery and sharp
fingernails.

"We are a bit concerned that some people are getting into rough play
with her - they jump on her back or grab her dorsal fin," said DoC
Wairoa field officer supervisor Malcolm Smith.

"She can play rough right back - she's a big, powerful animal, she probably weighs 150 kilograms. She could damage someone."

Mr Smith said Moko appeared to be well-fed and healthy, despite all the human attention.

Mahia resident Bill Shortt has been watching Moko's movements since she arrived in the area at Easter 2007.

"Moko is getting tamer than ever," he said. "It's really amusing.
She comes right in to the shore now, into only a few feet of water, to
play with the children."

How to fix you glasses with a pencil - I can see this catching on.

VICTORIA CROSS FOR NEW ZEALAND (V.C.)

Corporal Bill Henry APIATA (M181550) - Citation

"Lance Corporal (now Corporal) Apiata was, in 2004, part of a New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) Troop on patrol in Afghanistan, which laid up in defensive formation for the night.

At approximately 0315 hours, the Troop was attacked by a group of about twenty enemy fighters, who had approached by stealth using the cover of undulating ground in pitch darkness. Rocket-propelled grenades struck two of the Troop's vehicles, destroying one and immobilising the other.

The opening strike was followed by dense and persistent machine gun and automatic rifle fire from close range.

The attack then continued using further rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun and rifle fire. The initial attack was directed at the vehicle where Lance Corporal Apiata was stationed.

He was blown off the bonnet by the impact of rocket propelled grenades striking the vehicle. He was dazed, but was not physically injured.

The two other vehicle crew members had been wounded by shrapnel; one of them, Corporal D, was in a serious condition.

Illuminated by the burning vehicle, and under sustained and accurate enemy fire directed at and around their position, the three soldiers immediately took what little cover was available. Corporal D was discovered to have sustained lifethreatening wounds. The other two soldiers immediately began applying basic first aid.

Lance Corporal Apiata assumed command of the situation, as he could see that his superior's condition was deteriorating rapidly.

By this time, however, Lance Corporal Apiata's exposed position, some seventy metres in front of the rest of the Troop, was coming under increasingly intense enemy fire. Corporal D was now suffering serious arterial bleeding and was lapsing in and out of consciousness.

Lance Corporal Apiata concluded that his comrade urgently required medical attention,or he would likely die. Pinned down by the enemy, in the direct line of fire between friend and foe, he also judged that there was almost no chance of such help reaching their position.

As the enemy pressed its attack towards Lance Corporal Apiata's position, and without thought of abandoning his colleague to save himself, he took a decision in the highest order of personal courage under fire. Knowing the risks involved in moving to open ground, Lance Corporal Apiata decided to carry Corporal D singlehandedly to the relative safety of the main Troop position, which afforded better cover and where medical treatment could be given.

He ordered his other colleague, Trooper E, to make his own way back to the rear.

In total disregard of his own safety, Lance Corporal Apiata stood up and lifted his comrade bodily. He then carried him across the seventy metres of broken, rocky and fire swept ground, fully exposed in the glare of battle to heavy enemy fire and into the face of returning fire from the main Troop position. That neither he nor his colleague were hit is scarcely possible. Having delivered his wounded companion to relative shelter with the remainder of the patrol, Lance Corporal Apiata re-armed himself and rejoined the fight in counter-attack.

By his actions, he removed the tactical complications of Corporal D's predicament from considerations of rescue.

The Troop could now concentrate entirely on prevailing in the battle itself. After an engagement lasting approximately twenty minutes, the assault was broken up and the numerically superior attackers were routed with significant casualties, with the Troop in pursuit.

Lance Corporal Apiata had thereby contributed materially to the operational success of the engagement. A subsequent medical assessment confirmed that Corporal D would probably have died of blood loss and shock, had it not been for Lance Corporal Apiata's selflessly courageous act in carrying him back to the main Troop lines, to receive the immediate treatment that he needed."

Ever wanted a cast of your intimate internals? Then this is the place to go.
If you want to give it a go yourself I would warn against using concrete (though the ping pong ball was a nice touch).

A bizarre incident on Highway 6 in Hightower County left six cars submerged in Lake Minnekonkatonka. Recovery workers spent three hours removing the vehicles, while local residents comforted the victims. No serious injuries were reported. "It was horrible!" said Marianne Jones, driver of the first car to go into the lake. "I was just driving along, and all of sudden the car is flooding - I'm still not sure exactly what happened."

"I saw all the cars in the water and I thought the road was flooded." said Myron Dillfinger, driver of the sixth car. "I figured if they all thought they could make it - I could, too."

Criminal charges could result from the incident, according to Sgt. Bill Rippleneck of the Highway Patrol: "We're looking into the involvement of the maintenance truck driver, and whether his actions were malicious or not." The maintenance driver, Howard Swansonson, was allegedly restriping the highway and decided to park by the lake for lunch, forgetting to turn off the paint sprayers until he was well off the roadway. The errant striping subsequently diverted the cars into the lake.

"I kind of nodded off after I parked" explained Swansonson. "I kept hearing splashing sounds, but I just figured it was geese." David U. Infinger, owner of D.U.I. Striping, arrived at the scene after hearing of the incident. "I'm glad no one's hurt, but these people drove into that lake voluntarily, if you ask me."

"It was a no passing zone!" replied Arnold Sneevel, driver of the third car. "You can't cross that double yellow, everybody knows that!" All of the victims intend to seek civil action pending the Highway Patrol's investigation.

Vulcan point in Crater Lake on Vulcano Island in Lake Taal on Luzon, Philippines

From this:

to this:

using only gravity.