Saturday, August 23, 2008
Edinburgh on the Fringe
Every year, thousands of performers descend on this beautiful Scottish town. Watch as the Frugal Traveler tries to uncover the diamonds in the rough.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
World's deepest swimming pool
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
U.S. scientists one step closer to cloaking device
U.S. scientists are getting closer to engineering material that could make three-dimensional objects invisible to the human eye, though they're nowhere close to duplicating the "cloaking device" used by alien Klingons in "Star Trek," according to media reports Monday.
Previously, they only have been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects.
The findings, by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, led by Xiang Zhang, are to be released later this week in the journals Nature and Science.
Cloaking uses metamaterials to deflect radar, light or other waves around an object.
Metamaterials are mixtures of metal and circuit board materials such as ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite. They are designed to bend visible light in a way that ordinary materials don't. Scientists are trying to use them to bend light around objects so they don't create reflections or shadows.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Brightman, Liu duet for the world
Cheers from the 90,000-strong crowd reverberated through the National Stadium, when Chinese vocalist Liu Huan and British songstress Sarah Brightman presented the theme song for the night, You and Me, at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics last night.

Flashlights and countless camera flashes offered the backdrop to a towering globe on which Liu and Brightman sang their duet, written and composed by France-based Chinese songwriter Chen Qigang.
"I think the show has succeeded in sending the message ... communicating with the world in harmony," Liu said after his performance.
"Being up there was one of the biggest thrills in my life," Brightman said.
She also performed the theme Amigos para Siempre at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games with Spanish tenor Jose Carreras.
The 48-year-old soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer wowed Chinese audiences in a concert in Beijing on May 30, 2004, at the Capital Gymnasium.
Brightman has also toured other cities in China, such as Shanghai and Guangzhou.
She gained fame through performances in hit musicals such as Andrew Lloyd Weber's Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.
Her style of blending classical vocals and pop-inspired instrumentation and arrangement has earned her 150 gold and platinum awards in 34 countries.
Similarly, Liu Huan is one of the most popular singers in China.
As composer of the One World, One Dream Olympic song, and one of the country's best known musicians, the stocky 45-year-old Tianjin native majored in French and is a self-taught singer-songwriter.
Liu first became known for composing music for Chinese TV dramas, including the TV series Beijingers in New York, a huge hit in the early 1990s.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Top UK Olympic medal hopefuls pose naked for photos, United Kingdom

Friday, August 1, 2008
Fierce competition ahead



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