http://linkfilter.net Daily fresh links en-us http://linkfilter.net/images/newbutton.jpg http://linkfilter.net/ http://linkfilter.net/?id=150099 Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman with the Los Angeles Rams who was a charter member of the team's famed Fearsome Foursome, then made a remarkably smooth transition into careers in broadcasting and <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VULr5fvvOBI'>acting</a> (YT, 00:31), has died. He was 69... &nbsp; &nbsp; Olsen played 15 seasons in the NFL from 1962 to 1976, all with the Rams. He was the league's most valuable player in 1974 and appeared 14 times in the Pro Bowl. After retiring as a player, he spent another 15 seasons in broadcast booths as an analyst for NBC and CBS and acted in such television shows as &quot;Little House on the Prairie&quot; and &quot;Father Murphy...&quot; http://linkfilter.net/?id=150098 They plan to become doctors, researchers and professors, but these students from Liberty University, an evangelical school, also believe God created the Earth in a week, some 6,000 years ago. &nbsp; &nbsp; http://linkfilter.net/?id=150097 The US military is studying the feasibility of a system that could allow them to accurately navigate in enemy underground tunnels, an environment in which GPS does not work. http://linkfilter.net/?id=150096 Oxygen, it would seem, has an effect on the severity of hangovers. On March 1, a new study was published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, an academic journal, and researchers concluded that "enhanced dissolved oxygen concentrations in alcohol may reduce alcohol-related side effects." &nbsp; &nbsp; Researchers at Chungnam National University in South Korea found that when healthy subjects drank "elevated dissolved oxygen concentrations in alcoholic drinks," the metabolism and elimination of alcohol increased faster (30 minutes) than without the oxygenation. &nbsp; &nbsp; I had heard that pure oxygen breathed through a respirator is an amazing hangover cure. 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In short, each of these sites is aiming to be the Netflix of love. &nbsp; &nbsp; <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/fashion/05generationb.html">His 50 First Dates (or in Her Case, 3) </a> http://linkfilter.net/?id=150094 Sea spray has been detected in the middle of the United States, some 900 miles (1,400 kilometers) from any ocean, a new study says. http://linkfilter.net/?id=150093 This is the sort of thing that happens when nerds take a break from a marathon game of Dungeons & Dragons to watch The Big Lebowski. http://linkfilter.net/?id=150092 As the whole music industry struggles to cope with the rise of the machines, and old marketing models go the way of the newspaper, leave it to new-wave pioneers Devo to come up with some kind of a solution: Devo, Inc! &nbsp; &nbsp; Backed by a fancy marketing agency and that ol’ dinosaur Warner Brothers, the fathers of devolution are making a comeback with a corporate guise and a set of focus groups meant to guide their creative process. 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In the hopes of salvaging their marriage, the couple have signed up for an unconventional year-long group therapy program with psychotherapist Judith Coché, in which five couples talk openly about their marital problems in a group atmosphere. &nbsp; &nbsp; Abraham's noteworthy book chronicles a year in the life of Coché's group, and follows the five couples as they undergo financial crises, struggles with impotence, accusations over porn use, and, in one case, a bisexual past. The result is a fascinating -- and at times infuriating -- book that captures the ways marriage, monogamy and psychotherapy can be both affirming and destructive. http://linkfilter.net/?id=150090 Dextro is one of the pioneers of contemporary computer/web art. Since 1995 he runs dextro.org, his set of works (900 mb) on abstract graphic design and algorithmic animations. While in cooperation with lia he set up turux.org 1997–2005. &nbsp; Dextro has received numerous awards and reputation on the originality and ingenuity of his work. &nbsp; http://linkfilter.net/?id=150089 In 1940s and 1950s, right after the World War 2 Russia had to recover from the consequences of the Nazi invasion. Lots had to be done and as we know to complete something you need to have enough energy. And energy at that times as well as it is much likely now meant oil. &nbsp; At that times the known oil reserves differed from what people in Russia know about it now. The main places to drill for oil was Southern Russia on contrary to frozen Northern Siberian regions as it’s for now. And the gemstone of the Soviet Oil production was Caspian sea region, mainly the territories that are an independent state of Aizerbajan now. &nbsp; &nbsp; So after a massive attack of oil thirsty state the lands of this previously oil-saturated region little by little got exhausted of the black mineral treasure and the need for new sources of it arouse. Now it’s not clear who was that this genius who first came up with an idea of getting the oil right from the sea bottom where it was still plenty of it and for this purpose to build a real city 42 km (25 miles) off the coast right in the middle of the sea, but what we know is that this idea came into play and by some crazy chance it got support from that times Soviet leaders who leveraged it with the all support the biggest (by the territory) state could offer at that time. What this meant is that in a matter of just a few month a real town was built right in the middle of the nowhere on giant steel blocks coming from the sea bottom, from as deep as hundreds of feet down. And they called it “Oil Stones”. http://linkfilter.net/?id=150088 A lot of musicians have a reputation for being weird because it’s simply a part of rock and roll culture. Some just do it as an act of showmanship, while others are genuinely bizarre people. Either way, you need to go the extra mile to stand out as a weird musician, and here’s a list of six that accomplished that dubious feat. &nbsp; &nbsp; <a HREF="http://www.weirdworm.com/10-ugliest-musicians/">10 Ugliest Musicians</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; <a HREF="http://www.weirdworm.com/top-10-masked-bands/">10 Bizarre Masked Bands</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; <a HREF="http://www.weirdworm.com/bizarre-rock-star-deaths/">Bizarre Rock Star Deaths</a> http://linkfilter.net/?id=150087 Kilian Eng is an illustrator from Stockholm, Sweden. 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