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Archive for 2007

Thursday, January 18, 2007

New Life for Sale!!

`Winning bidder will take ownership of my:

– Name
– Phone number
– All my possessions which includes the following
– Clothes,
– Roughly 300 CDs
– Surfboard
– Laptop (minus certain information with my discretion),
– Pushbike (Has wonky handlebars, may need some work)
– Books,
– Bed
– CD player
– Backpack
– Tennis racquets
– Golf Clubs(which you will have no idea how to use)
– Childhood photos
– Skateboard
– Nice lamp which your ex-girlfriend bought you.’


How Cocaine is Processed in a Remote Lab

This seems to be a conversion from the free base to the hydrochloride. Using some dirty looking hydrochloric acid.

(8.1meg Windows media)

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Oh brother, your Maserati’s mashed

`Forklifts move a lot of old crates … but can you count a $110,000 Maserati as an old crate?

A building worker in Elizabeth Bay’s exclusive Bilyard Avenue did this morning when he found the dark blue luxury car parked in a construction zone.

But things didn’t quite go according to plan.

As the unidentified worker from SMS Construction hoisted the car two metres into the air, it flipped off the forks and crashed on its roof.’


A missile punch at bullet prices

`Normally, new weaponry tends to make defense more expensive. But the Navy likes to say its new railgun delivers the punch of a missile at bullet prices.

A demonstration of the futuristic and comparatively inexpensive weapon yesterday at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Dahlgren had Navy brass smiling.

The weapon, which was successfully tested in October at the King George County base, fires nonexplosive projectiles at incredible speeds, using electricity rather than gun powder.

The technology could increase the striking range of U.S. Navy ships more than tenfold by the year 2020.’


Human Catapult That Goes Wrong

(5.3meg Windows media)

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Toddler Dies After Head Crushed in Florida Car Wash

`An 18-month-old girl died after her head was crushed by an automatic car wash machine, police said.

Jaharra Brown slipped out of her aunt’s car while her mother and aunt vacuumed their cars Thursday. She wandered into the car wash, which was about 35 feet from the car, police said.

It was unclear whether the toddler fell down inside the car wash or was knocked down by machine parts, Police Chief Glenn Kimbrel said.

A boy inside a vehicle going through the car wash noticed Jaharra lying on the ground next to a car-carrying rail. The boy told his mother, who began screaming for help, The News Herald reported.’


I Test Sex Toys For A Living

`Only my closest friends know what I do for a living. Most people don’t even know my job exists. It’s not that I’m ashamed of it or anything, but when I tell people I test-drive sex toys for the Spankie.com Website, they usually assume I’m a nymphomaniac — which I’m not.

About twice a month, my company sends me an unmarked package filled with sex gadgets. Like any job, I schedule time for my projects in a date book: “4 to 5pm, play with jelly dildo; 9 to 10pm, try out new glow-in-the-dark condom.” Luckily, I have a very understanding boyfriend who usually “assists” me with my research.’


Cop Is Suspicious About Drug Use

For some reason this police officer is sure that this man has marijuana on him. :)

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Nuclear, climate perils push Doomsday Clock ahead

`The scientists who mind the Doomsday Clock moved it two minutes closer to midnight on Wednesday — symbolizing the annihilation of civilization and adding the perils of global warming for the first time.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 to warn the world of the dangers of nuclear weapons, advanced the clock to five minutes until midnight. It was the first adjustment of the clock since 2002.

“We stand at the brink of a second nuclear age,” the bulletin’s board of directors said in a statement.

They pointed to North Korea’s first nuclear test, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, U.S. flirtation with “bunker buster” nuclear bombs, the continued presence of 26,000 American and Russian nuclear weapons and inadequate security for nuclear materials.’


New risk factor identified for pancreatic cancer

`Although advances in oncology have brought therapies to deal with many different cancers, pancreatic cancer remains very difficult to treat. Worse yet, unlike lung cancer and smoking, or cervical cancer and HPV, little has been known about the etiology of the disease. Now a new study has revealed a link between pancreatic cancer and a relatively common infection, one that many people might find surprising: gum disease.

The link arose from data gathered from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. This long-running study began two decades ago and involves men working in health-care professions returning a survey every two years. As it turns out, after controlling for age, BMI, smoking and other factors, periodontal disease carried a 63 percent higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer.’


Escaped Chimp Gets Snack, Cleans Bathroom

`An escaped chimpanzee at the Little Rock Zoo raided a kitchen cupboard and did a little cleaning with a toilet brush before sedatives knocked her out on top of a refrigerator. [..]

Keeper Ann Rademacher says Judy went into the bathroom, picked up a toilet brush and cleaned the toilet. Rademacher says the 37-year-old Judy was a house pet before the zoo acquired her in 1988, so she may have been familiar with housekeeping chores. Judy wrung out a sponge and scrubbed down the fridge.

It took a couple of tries, but the zoo sedated the chimp, who fell asleep on top of the refrigerator with half a loaf of cinnamon-raisin bread she had pulled out of the freezer.’


Zero To Smashed In 20 Seconds

‘This dude drinks an entire bottle of Vodka in just 20 seconds. The effects take about an hour or so but he finally passes out in a classroom taking notes.’

(5.7meg Windows media)

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Lady driver who had ‘L’ of a wait

`A woman from Devon who finally passed her driving test after 23 years is now hoping to use her wealth of experience to help others.

Maria McCarthy from Sidmouth ripped up her L-plates after taking about 250 lessons, which cost her between £2,000 and £3,000.

The 42-year-old said getting her licence has given her a “badge of adulthood” and changed her life.

She has now written a book aimed at helping other women succeed.’


Laptop Battery Fire

This is what happens when you laptop batteries overheat or get damaged.

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Wii-contest radio station fires 10 staff

`A California radio station has fired 10 employees, including five on-air personalities, after Jennifer Strange, a mother of three, died following her participation in a “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” competition, reports the Sacramento Bee. The 28-year-old died of water intoxication, having consumed an estimated two gallons of water in an attempt to win a Nintendo console for her children. The winner of the contest was to be the person who managed to drink the most water without going to the bathroom.

Strange called into her office after the show and told a coworker that she had a “really bad” headache and would be going straight home. She was found dead in her Rancho Cordova home on Friday afternoon by her mother, who had gone to check on her after being contacted by the concerned coworker.’


Bristol’s Out For Mr Porn

`Angry homeowners called on the police yesterday to stop a house on their “lovely” estate being used to make porn films.

They claim adult filmmaker James Edwards has shot sex movies in full view of his neighbours.

They say women have exposed themselves on the drive of his £400,000 house in Bradley Stoke, Bristol.

One was fined £80 for urinating in the front garden while being filmed. [..]

He also warned he plans to feature the street in a TV porn series. “Using special effects, I’ll show actors having sex in front of neighbours’ homes.”‘


Row over angry, penis-removing doctor

`Doctors’ unions in Romania have criticised a decision to make a surgeon pay £100,000 in damages after he lost his temper and hacked off a patient’s penis during surgery.

Surgeon Naum Ciomu, who had been suffering from stress at the time, had been operating on patient Nelu Radonescu, 36, to correct a testicular malformation when he suddenly lost his temper.

Grabbing a scalpel, he sliced off the penis in front of shocked nursing staff, and then placed it on the operating table where he chopped it into small pieces before storming out of the operating theatre at Bucharest hospital. ‘


Forward Rappelling

The trick is getting over the lip. :)

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Lawyer Naked With Teen in Court

`A criminal defense lawyer was arrested after a sheriff’s deputy found him naked with a 14-year-old girl in a courthouse conference room, authorities said Tuesday.

The deputy looked into the room during rounds Monday afternoon and discovered 49-year-old Larry Charles and the girl, said Lt. Dan Bagnell of the police department’s Special Victims Unit.

“He had asked for sex. But there was no physical contact we’re aware of,” Bagnell said. ‘


Flying Down A Mountain

This is a giant flying-fox that crosses some valley. Would be a lot of fun. :)

(3.6meg Windows media)

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Reward Offered in Sodomy of Puppy

`Police are looking for suspects in the apparent sexual assault of a pit bull puppy in Newark.

The Associated Humane Societies of Newark was notified at 7 a.m. Tuesday by the Newark Police Department that a pit bull puppy had been sodomized by a local resident. An ambulance was dispatched to 321 Seth Boyden Terrace in Newark to rescue the injured animal.

“She was so cold to the touch, she’s in shock. She’s bleeding internally, and she couldn’t even get up,” Debbie Beyfuss of AHS told 1010 WINS. “We’re all sick over this.” ‘


Some Say It’s OK for Girls to Go Wild

`Your 14-year-old daughter shows up on MySpace in a bikini. Her 13-year-old friend is wearing a miniskirt that might make Britney Spears blush. Time to panic? Not necessarily.

Wearing short-shorts and belly shirts, grinding to hip-hop hits, and posting provocative pictures of themselves on the Internet – the behavior of many teen and tween girls has parents wondering if their daughters are bound for a lifetime of promiscuity and loose morals.

But some psychologists and child-development specialists believe nothing about the teenage drama has really changed. While young women may express their sexuality more overtly than they have in the past, for the most part, their behavior isn’t cause for alarm. It’s a necessary step in growing up.’


Jet Powered Chair

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Cosmic Crush

(627kB Shockwave)

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Breast-enhancing beer gains popularity

`Since Bulgaria joined the European Union, sales of Boza Ale, which claims to give women bigger breasts, has skyrocketed.

European men have been purchasing the beer, made from yeast and fermented flour, for European women since the extra taxes were removed with EU participation, Britain’s the Sun reported Monday.

Bar owners and shopkeepers are also stocking up, the report said.’


Young Rabies Patient

That’s pretty fucked up. Almost like it’s from a zombie movie. Except it’s not zombies, it’s rabies.

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German driver crashes on satnav command

`A 46-year-old German motorist driving along a busy road suddenly veered to the left and ended up stuck on a railway track – because his satellite navigation system told him to, police said.

The motorist was heading into the north German city of Bremen “when the friendly voice from his satnav told him to turn left”, a spokesman said.

“He did what he was ordered to do and turned his Audi left up over the curb and onto the track of a local streetcar line. He tried to back up off the track but got completely stuck.”

The police spokesman said about a dozen trams were held up until a tow truck arrived to clear the car off the track.

Several German motorists have crashed their cars in recent months, later telling police they were only obeying orders from their satnavs.’


Hitler – Born To Be Alive

If embedded Flash video doesn’t seem to play properly, try the embedded Windows media file on the other side of the link.

(793kB Windows media)

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New research says winning a Nobel Prize adds nearly 2 years to your lifespan

`New research by the University of Warwick reveals that a Nobel Prize brings more than just cash and kudos – it can also add nearly two years to your life.

The research by Professor Andrew Oswald, an economist at the University of Warwick, and Matthew Rablen, (a former Warwick postgraduate researcher now a government economist), is published this month in a study entitled “Mortality and Immortality”. [..]

Professor Oswald said: “Status seems to work a kind of health-giving magic. Once we do the statistical corrections, walking across that platform in Stockholm apparently adds about 2 years to a scientist’s life-span. How status does this, we just don’t know.”‘


Report of The President’s Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island

This is the official “Account of the Accident”. It’s quite long but kinda interesting, if you like that sorta thing. :)

The full report is also available.