A Frenchman became trapped while trying to fish his mobile phone out of the toilet on a high-speed train, forcing firefighters to cut through the U-bend to free him, passengers said."He came out on a stretcher, with his hand still jammed in the toilet bowl, which they had to saw clean off," said Benoit Gigou, who witnessed Sunday's rescue on board the 4:47 pm (1547 GMT) from La Rochelle to Bordeau
The boy who threw his clock out the window because he wanted to see time fly wasn't just the punchline of an old joke. There is an amazing amount of truth to this concept. Here is an excerpt from my book What Is Really Good? on the topic:Time Is Relative "Time flies when you’re having fun." "A watched pot never boils." These two phrases are well known because of their truth. We can all relate t
The first-ever SEMA Pinewood Drag Race sponsored by Fellers and DUB Publishing, was held July 25 during the SEMA Installation Banquet and Gala Fundraiser in Irvine, Calif. The benefactors are kids! SEMA combined a fun way to get SEMA members doing something they love, racing, and at the same time, give back to [...]
The first-ever SEMA Pinewood Drag Race sponsored by Fellers and DUB Publishing, was held July 25 during the SEMA Installation Banquet and Gala Fundraiser in Irvine, Calif. The benefactors are kids! SEMA combined a fun way to get SEMA members doing something they love, racing, and at the same time, give back to [...]
It's probably best to try to take one's mind away from football in the close season, it's definitely good for one's sanity to have a bit of a break from being a stress filled supporter while nothing is happening, that's why I've been sunning myself away from my computer for the last few days. I did rather enjoy the voyage back to the summer of 1995, courtesy of Ted; I can't quite believe that so
The “Chicago Sun-Times” reported Wednesday that the Chicago Bulls are no closer to filling their vacant head coaching spot than they were a week ago, despite reports to the contrary earlier this week. Reports surfaced Monday that the Bulls and former coach Doug Collins would formalize a deal on Tuesday, and he would be introduced [...]
Get out your hair pieces, duct tape, and panty hose filled with birdseed, reality TV wannabes. For the Logo network has given the greenlight to "Rupaul's Drag Race," a competition show in which the most famous of all female impersonators...
SHANGHAI: China's main stock index sank to a fresh 12-month low in tiny turnover on Tuesday, undermined by a continued slide in property shares. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ended the morning down 1.19 percent at 3,257.574 points, after hitting a low of 3,212.150.That left it below an 11-month low of 3,271.290 hit on April 3, which traders had considered technical support. The index lost 5.62 percent on Monday, posting its biggest drop since January, as property developers were hit by rumours that authorities might take fresh action to curb rises in real estate prices. Poly Real Estate Group lost 7.41 percent to 22.50 yuan after dropping 10 percent on Monday. It said its first-quarter net profit soared 230 percent, but this was partly because some of last year's sales were settle
My sister came here… to visit for 5 days, she told me last minute, and by that I mean she called me when she was in Oregon. She lives in California, near L.A. and she just decided that when she came she would bring a friend and they decided to bring drugs with them. [...]
Consumer confidence fell further into recessionary territory in March, hitting a 16-year low, even as other data showed incomes rose and inflation dipped in February, which should support the Fed’s efforts to bolster the economy.The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said its final index of confidence fell to 69.5 in March — its lowest [...]
The dollar eased further versus the euro and sterling following another round of weak US economic data, falling to 1.4708 and 1.9722, respectively. A key indicator of consumer confidence fell to its lowest level in 16-years with the University of Michigan preliminary sentiment survey dropping to 69.6, versus 78.4 from January. Industrial output in January crept up marginally to 0.1% versus a flat reading in December. Meanwhile, capacity utilization also increased slightly to 81.5% from 81.4% a month earlier. Also released was the December net capital flows (TIC), which more than halved to $60.4 billion, versus a revised $150.8 billion a month prior.The string of soft US data reinforces fears that the economy is headed toward a recession, thereby prompting the Fed to aggressively ease rates
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Alaska became a transit hub for weapons and supplies sent to Russia during World War II. In 1942, the Japanese capture of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands also spurred speedy military buildup. During the Cold War, radar and satellite stations sprang up along the northern and western coasts to watch for Soviet air attacks over the North Pole. "Our people welcomed the military, our men enlisted, they helped rescue downed planes and the Department of Defense has not taken into consideration the human health effects of these places," said Vi Waghiyi of the Norton Sound Alaska Project, an arm of the nonprofit Alaska Community Action on Toxics.
Another tale of that Christian love you've heard so much about. This one comes out of San Antonio, TX, where a pastor and an employee of the Love Demonstrated Ministries' boot camp were arrested for aggravated assault. This "man of god," Charles E. Flowers, is accused of dragging a girl behind a van after she fell behind during a run.Surely, such a terrible accusation must be overblown by the media (unless Flowers is not a real Christian)! Somebody better call Bill O'Reilly. Or maybe not. According to ReligionNewsBlog,Authorities said both Flowers and Bassitt restrained the girl June 12, tying her to the back of a van with a piece of rope before dragging her on her stomach at the Love Demonstrated Ministries’ boot camp in Banquete, about 10 miles west of Corpus Christi.The alleged victim in this terrible incident, age 15, says that this is not the first time she was assaulted at the camp. If you are as new to the whole idea of Christian boot camps as I am, it might be helpful to h
You may or may not remember the story we posted about Britney Spears house hunting and possibly buying a new home last week, but we are back with an addendum. When Britney took her kids and her crew to tour a $6.5 million on July 22, they actually took over the house for several hours. Soon after they arrived Britney had her bodyguard remove the For Sale sign and bring all the kids stuff in and they commenced to makin’ themselves at home. “She ate tacos on the bedroom floor!” a source says of the home. “She got crumbs and grease everywhere. She let her babies and her dog roam the floor. She left the bed a mess – I don’t know what’s wrong with her.” All this before any money had changed hands. Let that be a lesson to all homeowners in the greater Los Angeles, never let Britney Spears in your home without a grown up.
Flying high above N.Y. is great, but button-mashing battles are a bore
Peter Parker's gig as Spider-Man comes with one big perk: Joyful swings between Manhattan's towers of glass and steel. Dealing with an endless supply of villainy in the Big Apple is the downside of the superhero job description.
Unfortunately, that reality holds true in Activision's new "Spider-Man 3" game, timed for release
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 index fell 0.95% to 1084.73 points, the Tel Aviv 100 fell 1.16% to 1081.45 points, and the Tel-Tech fell 1.66% to 404.06 points. Turnover was NIS 2.33 billion.
HAVANA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Cuba has begun mobilizing cane cutters and will extend the sugar harvest from April into May as rain, hot weather and organizational problems jeopardize plans to produce around 1.6 million tonnes of raw sugar. Two months into the harvest, mills are operating well below expectations of 80 percent of potential and yields are well below the 11 percent or more that had been planned, national and provincial reports indicated. "We have some delays in plans due to rainfall. Also, some resources arrived late," Sugar Vice Minister Juan Godefoy said in an interview on national radio last week. The provinces of Villa Clara, Camaguey, Las Tunas, Holguin and Granma, due to produce close to half of this year's output, were particularly affected, Godefoy said. Temperatures have dropped and drier weather set in over the last week. But some worry that the El Nino phenomenon could produce unseasonable humidity and rainfall during the entire December-to-April dry s
