7-Foot 3-Inch Long Rattlesnake.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Gas Mask Bra one of the most INSANE patents
Elena Bodnar, winner of the Ig Nobel Public Health Prize, displays a bra she designed that converts into a pair of gas masks, during the Ig Nobel prize awards ceremony on Harvard University's campus in Cambridge, Mass. , Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Bodnar said that the bra/gas masks could have been useful during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. One mask is for the wearer and the other for a friend.
Elena Bodnar, left, winner of the Ig Nobel Public Health Prize straps a portion of a bra she designed that converts into a pair of gas masks to the face of Wolfgang Ketterle, 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, at the Ig Nobel prize awards ceremony on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. , Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Bodnar, said that the bra/gas masks could have been useful during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks..
Friday, October 2, 2009
Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed
10-year-old girl locked in room, denied access to bathroom
A 10-year-old Portales girl was forced to eat meals quickly, by herself, then locked in her room at night “to prevent her from getting up and eating food,” according to a police incident report.
The girl was also forced to wear pull-up diapers, denied bathroom access and had her head shaved as punishment for cutting her own hair, the report shows.
The details of child neglect charges against Mern and Athena Shepherd are contained in the report released Wednesday. Both were in Roosevelt County jail in lieu of $5,000 bond each.
The Shepherds were arrested Sept. 24 — six days after teachers at the girl’s elementary school contacted police because the girl appeared malnourished.
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2000 women whipped for 5 hours by priests
Two thousand teenagers and children, some as young as 10, were whipped by the temple's priests. For five hours. The priests' explanation: This whipping is a cure-all. Some 10-year-olds were lashed for not studying enough. Others were attacked for being slow to attain puberty. And menstruating teens were hit for being impure. The priests say this is nothing new. "We have been practicing this ritual for 300 years," declares Thangavelu, a priest.
The women can be seen gasping for breath; many are sobbing their hearts out. But the faith is unshakeable. Radhika, a devotee, says, "We believe that when we are whipped, we will get rid of all our mental and physical ailments and evil spirits."
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Maggots removed from woman's nose
When 70-year-old Laxmibai first got a nose bleed, no one really paid much attention to it. Only when the bleeding continued for five days and two hospitals couldn't find the cause for it that her family took her to civic-run Sion Hospital. The doctors there came up with the right diagnosis: she had maggots in her nose.
"The fly laid eggs inside her nose. We removed more than 40 maggots from her nose on Friday. The worms had started feeding on her flesh, due to which the patient was bleeding and in pain. Now we have cleaned the wound and she will be fine if there is no further infection,'' said Dr Mustafa Kapadia, ENT surgeon at Sion Hospital.
A fly lays eggs in moist areas and the maggots break out of the eggs within eight to 20 hours. Immediately, they start feeding on the place the eggs were laid on.
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A 10-year-old Portales girl was forced to eat meals quickly, by herself, then locked in her room at night “to prevent her from getting up and eating food,” according to a police incident report.
The girl was also forced to wear pull-up diapers, denied bathroom access and had her head shaved as punishment for cutting her own hair, the report shows.
The details of child neglect charges against Mern and Athena Shepherd are contained in the report released Wednesday. Both were in Roosevelt County jail in lieu of $5,000 bond each.
The Shepherds were arrested Sept. 24 — six days after teachers at the girl’s elementary school contacted police because the girl appeared malnourished.
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2000 women whipped for 5 hours by priests
Two thousand teenagers and children, some as young as 10, were whipped by the temple's priests. For five hours. The priests' explanation: This whipping is a cure-all. Some 10-year-olds were lashed for not studying enough. Others were attacked for being slow to attain puberty. And menstruating teens were hit for being impure. The priests say this is nothing new. "We have been practicing this ritual for 300 years," declares Thangavelu, a priest.
The women can be seen gasping for breath; many are sobbing their hearts out. But the faith is unshakeable. Radhika, a devotee, says, "We believe that when we are whipped, we will get rid of all our mental and physical ailments and evil spirits."
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Maggots removed from woman's nose
When 70-year-old Laxmibai first got a nose bleed, no one really paid much attention to it. Only when the bleeding continued for five days and two hospitals couldn't find the cause for it that her family took her to civic-run Sion Hospital. The doctors there came up with the right diagnosis: she had maggots in her nose.
"The fly laid eggs inside her nose. We removed more than 40 maggots from her nose on Friday. The worms had started feeding on her flesh, due to which the patient was bleeding and in pain. Now we have cleaned the wound and she will be fine if there is no further infection,'' said Dr Mustafa Kapadia, ENT surgeon at Sion Hospital.
A fly lays eggs in moist areas and the maggots break out of the eggs within eight to 20 hours. Immediately, they start feeding on the place the eggs were laid on.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed
Dad accused of gruesomely abusing his 2 sons by circumcising them
A man who has two wives and has fathered 14 children is now defending himself in his own child abuse case.
Johnny Marlowe is accused of circumcising his sons with a utility knife.
When asked if he loved his children, he said, "Yes. Oh yeah man, definitely."
PICTURE & VIDEO
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Teen cuts his fathers hands off while he sleep
A 17-year-old Taiwanese boy has been arrested for cutting off his father's hands, allegedly for years of physical abuse, a police official said.
The boy cut through his father's wrists with a knife while he was asleep at the family's home in central Miaoli, the official said. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.
The 37-year-old father, a divorced ironsmith, was in stable condition after doctors reattached his severed hands, the official said.
The father and son were identified only by their surname, Fan.
The police official said the boy admitted to cutting his father's hands off and showed no remorse, complaining that he was beaten after refusing to get a job while attending school.
The boy told the police that since his mother left home some 10 years ago, his father had frequently beat him and even tossed a chair or other objects at him.
The boy said he bought a knife and planned to kill his father two days earlier after his father reprimanded him for refusing to work and denied him allowances.
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Missing 12-year-old girl is 8 ½ months pregnant
An Amber Alert has been issued for a pregnant 12-year-old and her younger sister from Mooresville.
Police issued the alert because the pregnant sister missed an appointment last week for an important medical procedure, and now her health could be a great risk.
The Iredell County Sheriff's Office says Keara and Sierra Hess have been missing since last Wednesday.
The girls, who are 12 and 11, are believed to be with their adoptive father, Matthew Hess.
PICTURE & VIDEO
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Chances are high pot will be legal
That proposed ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in California for people 21 and older - and let local government tax the sales - has a good chance of passing.
People are no longer outraged by the idea of legalization, and truth be told, there is just too much money to be made both by the people who grow marijuana and the cities and counties that would be able to tax it.
Unlike the 1970s, when Mayor George Moscone first moved to decriminalize pot, marijuana is no longer about hippies. Thanks to medical marijuana, pot has moved from the alleyways to Main Street, with pot clubs springing up all over the state.
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House Damaged By Wrong-House Oil Delivery
Ferrantino Fuel Corp. Pumps 100 Gallons of Oil into John Byas' Home, and He Doesn't Even Have an Oil Tank
His family has been forced out of their home, and his wife has been hospitalized from the fumes.
To say John Byas is angry over what happened to his home is putting it mildly.
"I work hard and it's a lot of money wasted," Byas said.
His newly renovated basement is ruined, his carpet yanked up, and furniture is piled outside in a heap, all because of a mistake made by the Ferrantino Fuel Corporation. They delivered 100 gallons of oil to his home – pumped through an outside pump, flooding the basement – but Byas has lived at the home for two decades, and has never had an oil tank.
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A man who has two wives and has fathered 14 children is now defending himself in his own child abuse case.
Johnny Marlowe is accused of circumcising his sons with a utility knife.
When asked if he loved his children, he said, "Yes. Oh yeah man, definitely."
PICTURE & VIDEO
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Teen cuts his fathers hands off while he sleep
A 17-year-old Taiwanese boy has been arrested for cutting off his father's hands, allegedly for years of physical abuse, a police official said.
The boy cut through his father's wrists with a knife while he was asleep at the family's home in central Miaoli, the official said. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.
The 37-year-old father, a divorced ironsmith, was in stable condition after doctors reattached his severed hands, the official said.
The father and son were identified only by their surname, Fan.
The police official said the boy admitted to cutting his father's hands off and showed no remorse, complaining that he was beaten after refusing to get a job while attending school.
The boy told the police that since his mother left home some 10 years ago, his father had frequently beat him and even tossed a chair or other objects at him.
The boy said he bought a knife and planned to kill his father two days earlier after his father reprimanded him for refusing to work and denied him allowances.
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Missing 12-year-old girl is 8 ½ months pregnant
An Amber Alert has been issued for a pregnant 12-year-old and her younger sister from Mooresville.
Police issued the alert because the pregnant sister missed an appointment last week for an important medical procedure, and now her health could be a great risk.
The Iredell County Sheriff's Office says Keara and Sierra Hess have been missing since last Wednesday.
The girls, who are 12 and 11, are believed to be with their adoptive father, Matthew Hess.
PICTURE & VIDEO
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Chances are high pot will be legal
That proposed ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in California for people 21 and older - and let local government tax the sales - has a good chance of passing.
People are no longer outraged by the idea of legalization, and truth be told, there is just too much money to be made both by the people who grow marijuana and the cities and counties that would be able to tax it.
Unlike the 1970s, when Mayor George Moscone first moved to decriminalize pot, marijuana is no longer about hippies. Thanks to medical marijuana, pot has moved from the alleyways to Main Street, with pot clubs springing up all over the state.
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House Damaged By Wrong-House Oil Delivery
Ferrantino Fuel Corp. Pumps 100 Gallons of Oil into John Byas' Home, and He Doesn't Even Have an Oil Tank
His family has been forced out of their home, and his wife has been hospitalized from the fumes.
To say John Byas is angry over what happened to his home is putting it mildly.
"I work hard and it's a lot of money wasted," Byas said.
His newly renovated basement is ruined, his carpet yanked up, and furniture is piled outside in a heap, all because of a mistake made by the Ferrantino Fuel Corporation. They delivered 100 gallons of oil to his home – pumped through an outside pump, flooding the basement – but Byas has lived at the home for two decades, and has never had an oil tank.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed
Trucker driving flips his rig while he was masturbating
A German trucker suspected of driving under the influence of drugs crashed his vehicle near Boras in western Sweden on Tuesday. He subsequently admitted to masturbating at the time of the accident.
The trucker, apparently unable to reach a satisfactory climax, then proceeded to continue to pleasure himself while in the midst of a police interrogation, according to the local Boras Tidning newspaper.
"He was masturbating while the police interrogated him," police prosecutor Åsa Askenbäck told the newspaper.
"He has admitted that he was not paying full attention at the time of the accident. He was playing with himself instead of focusing on the road."
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Woman wakes up to find her left nipple bleeding
When Daly City resident Rosalinda Miran-Ramirez woke up one morning in April to find her left breast bleeding from the nipple, she panicked. The shirt she had been sleeping in was saturated with blood. So her husband took her to the emergency room at Seton Medical Center.
"In my mind I know something serious is going on," said Miran-Ramirez. "I need to see a doctor."
Doctors found a tumor and initially told her she had breast cancer. A biopsy later proved that assumption false; the tumor was benign.
But Miran-Ramirez said the real shock came when her insurance company, Blue Shield of California HMO, which had initially approved the claim for the emergency room visit, reversed course and sent her a new bill three months later requiring her to pay the total charges for that visit: $2,791.00.
Why? Documents from Blue Shield indicate the company had reviewed the case and determined Miran-Ramirez "reasonably should have known that an emergency did not exist."
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A German trucker suspected of driving under the influence of drugs crashed his vehicle near Boras in western Sweden on Tuesday. He subsequently admitted to masturbating at the time of the accident.
The trucker, apparently unable to reach a satisfactory climax, then proceeded to continue to pleasure himself while in the midst of a police interrogation, according to the local Boras Tidning newspaper.
"He was masturbating while the police interrogated him," police prosecutor Åsa Askenbäck told the newspaper.
"He has admitted that he was not paying full attention at the time of the accident. He was playing with himself instead of focusing on the road."
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Woman wakes up to find her left nipple bleeding
When Daly City resident Rosalinda Miran-Ramirez woke up one morning in April to find her left breast bleeding from the nipple, she panicked. The shirt she had been sleeping in was saturated with blood. So her husband took her to the emergency room at Seton Medical Center.
"In my mind I know something serious is going on," said Miran-Ramirez. "I need to see a doctor."
Doctors found a tumor and initially told her she had breast cancer. A biopsy later proved that assumption false; the tumor was benign.
But Miran-Ramirez said the real shock came when her insurance company, Blue Shield of California HMO, which had initially approved the claim for the emergency room visit, reversed course and sent her a new bill three months later requiring her to pay the total charges for that visit: $2,791.00.
Why? Documents from Blue Shield indicate the company had reviewed the case and determined Miran-Ramirez "reasonably should have known that an emergency did not exist."
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TAILGATING COYOTE
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A lady saw a man driving a pick-up truck down the freeway, and what appears was a dog was hanging onto the tailgate for dear life. A few weeks later, her neighbor saw this truck at the Bass Pro Shop in Daphne, Alabama.
The pick-up truck driver is a local taxidermist with a great sense of humor. And it’s not a dog, it's a coyote. Can you imagine how many people try to stop this guy?
The pick-up truck driver is a local taxidermist with a great sense of humor. And it’s not a dog, it's a coyote. Can you imagine how many people try to stop this guy?
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed
Man sues BofA for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars"
Dalton Chiscolm is unhappy about Bank of America's customer service -- really, really unhappy.
Chiscolm in August sued the largest U.S. bank and its board, demanding that "1,784 billion, trillion dollars" be deposited into his account the next day. He also demanded an additional $200,164,000, court papers show.
Yet the money Chiscolm wants could dwarf all the bank's other problems.
It's larger than a sextillion dollars, or a 1 followed by 21 zeros. Chiscolm's request is equivalent 1 followed by 22 digits.
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Pregnant Woman Is Pregnant Again
Julia Grovenburg Is Expecting Two Babies but Not Twins Two Weeks Apart
A pregnant woman in Arkansas surprised doctors twice over when she went in for a routine ultrasound this June.
Doctors successfully located Todd and Julia Grovenburg's growing baby girl Jillian, but then discovered another smaller baby -- what could be Jillian's younger brother -- growing beside her.
The Grovenburgs may have conceived their son Hudson a full two-and-a-half weeks after Jillian, according to statements given to KFSM-TV in Ft. Smith-Fayetteville, Ark.
Different from identical twins or fraternal twins, the Grovenburg babies would have separate due dates and are considered to be a rare medical occurrence.
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Dalton Chiscolm is unhappy about Bank of America's customer service -- really, really unhappy.
Chiscolm in August sued the largest U.S. bank and its board, demanding that "1,784 billion, trillion dollars" be deposited into his account the next day. He also demanded an additional $200,164,000, court papers show.
Yet the money Chiscolm wants could dwarf all the bank's other problems.
It's larger than a sextillion dollars, or a 1 followed by 21 zeros. Chiscolm's request is equivalent 1 followed by 22 digits.
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Pregnant Woman Is Pregnant Again
Julia Grovenburg Is Expecting Two Babies but Not Twins Two Weeks Apart
A pregnant woman in Arkansas surprised doctors twice over when she went in for a routine ultrasound this June.
Doctors successfully located Todd and Julia Grovenburg's growing baby girl Jillian, but then discovered another smaller baby -- what could be Jillian's younger brother -- growing beside her.
The Grovenburgs may have conceived their son Hudson a full two-and-a-half weeks after Jillian, according to statements given to KFSM-TV in Ft. Smith-Fayetteville, Ark.
Different from identical twins or fraternal twins, the Grovenburg babies would have separate due dates and are considered to be a rare medical occurrence.
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