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  1. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive26 Feb 2010, 00:00
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...26/2831040.htm Quote: Bizarre plot to sell Sydney water to the world By Reged Ahmad Updated Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:33pm AEDT Sydney Water is fighting to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars after allegedly being dropped into a bizarre scheme to bottle and market the city's drinking water internationally. The New South Wales Opposition is demanding the State Government explain how a senior manager could sign over $280,000 for the plan, which also allegedly included projects to analyse narcotics from sewage and run offshore desalination plants on ships powered by nuclear energy or liquid gas. Sydney Water has fired project asset manager Ed Harvey, who allegedly signed it up to the scheme in a number of unauthorised contracts with businessman Paul Makucha. A Supreme Court judge yesterday said the agreement contained "onerous terms for Sydney Water Corporation ... [including] substantial payments running into millions of dollars ... to be made for the use of Sydney Water Corporation's own name and logo." Justice White was making an interim judgement on Mr Makucha's application for Sydney Water to pay some of his legal costs. The court heard the businessman only had $10 in cash to pay for living expenses and had bankruptcy proceedings pending. The application was dismissed, but yesterday's judgement revealed strange details of some of the contracts allegedly signed by Sydney Water's project asset manager without its knowledge. The judge said the "complex" agreement included a deal for the public utility to provide drinking water and water produced by desalination plants to be bottled by one of Mr Makucha's companies using "environmentally-friendly plastics". The agreement included additional projects, such as the "analysis of narcotics from sewage, diabetes analysis, the operation of offshore desalination plants in ships operated by nuclear power or liquid gas, water trading, and the purchase and resale of drinking water around the world using ships specially designed according to specifications of Mr Makucha." Other clauses included "Sydney Water Corporation promising that if Mr Makucha becomes aware of a proposed or actual terrorist attack, it will ensure that his concerns are properly investigated by relevant authorities." Justice White said Ed Harvey was also promised a financial reward under the deal. The State Opposition's spokeswoman for natural resource management, Katrina Hodgkinson, has called on the NSW Government to tell taxpayers how much the scandal will cost them. "This latest corruption scandal has been allowed to flourish because we have an incompetent State Labor Government that's failed to ensure that state-owned corporations have got sufficient checks and balances to stop corrupt conduct before it actually happens," she said. "We don't know what the full extent of Sydney Water's liability is going to be. How is it that these contracts could be signed? How is it that money could be paid without the proper authority? "State Labor has to come clean about how much this is going to cost the corporation's customers in additional water charges to pay for the legal fees." Sydney Water suspended Mr Harvey after an internal audit uncovered irregular payments. The matter was then referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the police. Mr Harvey was dismissed yesterday over the issue. Substantial elements of the case are yet to be heard in court. The matter is due to return to the Supreme Court in early March.
  2. Josh85Salvaged from archive26 Feb 2010, 00:00
    please summarize for me Monty, I cannot read, nor understand all that.
  3. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive26 Feb 2010, 00:00
    Seems like some dude at Sydney Water has hooked up with a dodgy business mate. The "plan" involves selling bottled tap water to the world- this works for Fiji but Sydney is not Fiji. Analysing nacrotics from sewage: why? Surely that's either pointless or the job of the govt dept of environment. Running "offshore desalination plants on ships powered by nuclear energy or liquid gas" seems like a really silly thing to do- I don't see why it's impossible; even small vessels can have a desal. plant to get a few litres per day. Scaling this up to industrial levels, using nuclear or LPG? Only warships are powered by nuclear reactors*, and isn't LPG too expensive for marine use? Plus, the energy used to move the ships and desalinated water is an inefficiency. * With a couple of exceptions as far as I can remember. The only advantage I can see with a desal ship is that the plume of hyper-saline (very salty brine) waste would be dispersed, not fixed like with a shore based plant. Paul Makucha -the dodgy business dude- is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings. "...one of Mr Makucha's companies." Red flags right there. Quote: Justice White said Ed Harvey was also promised a financial reward under the deal. That's corruption, and that's why Harvey was fired. Basically, just a whole bunch of howler quotes in the article: "environmentally-friendly plastics" "analysis of narcotics from sewage, diabetes analysis, the operation of offshore desalination plants in ships operated by nuclear power or liquid gas, water trading, and the purchase and resale of drinking water around the world using ships specially designed according to specifications of Mr Makucha." "Sydney Water Corporation promising that if Mr Makucha becomes aware of a proposed or actual terrorist attack, it will ensure that his concerns are properly investigated by relevant authorities."
  4. Josh85Salvaged from archive26 Feb 2010, 00:00
    ... My cat's breath smells like cat food. O_O
  5. mousewallratSalvaged from archive26 Feb 2010, 00:00
    Quote: Originally Posted by Josh85 View Post ... My cat's breath smells like cat food. O_O Goddammit Josh, fix your sig. Quit jerkin' off. We want her back.
  6. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive26 Feb 2010, 00:00
    That's not weird, unless your cat hasn't been eating cat food.
  7. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive9 Mar 2010, 00:00
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2....htm?site=news Quote: Phantom kangaroos spotted in Japan Posted Tue Mar 9, 2010 1:09am AEDT It may seem odd, but the locals swear it is true. People in a Japanese mountain region have reported a number of kangaroo sightings, and journalists are now trying to stalk the marsupials. The descriptions given by the apparent eyewitnesses seem close enough. For years they have spoken of a beige animal with large ears, one to 1.5 metres tall, that stands by the roadside and then hops away. The sightings were all reported in the Mayama mountain district of Osaki city in Miyagi prefecture, a community of 441 households, located about 350 kilometres north of Tokyo. The city has received about 30 reports of "kangaroo-like animals", including three cases since December, when the mountain area was often covered in snow, said local official Tetsuya Sasaki. "People aged in their 40s to their 60s have said they have spotted what looked like kangaroos while travelling to and from work in the early mornings and evenings," said Mr Sasaki. Rumours about kangaroo sightings started about seven years ago, and television crews and newspapers have set up hidden cameras in the district, but have so far failed to capture an image of a kangaroo. As a joke, "some people have put up 'kangaroo crossing' signs on their roadside properties," Mr Sasaki said. Kangaroos are on show at many Japanese zoos and can be imported by individuals. - AFP
  8. rubicksSalvaged from archive9 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Samurai Skippy
  9. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive9 Mar 2010, 00:00
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...10/2841589.htm Quote: Baby elephant back from the dead An elephant calf which was believed to have died during its mother's labour at Sydney's Taronga Zoo has been delivered alive. Mother Asian elephant Porntip gave birth to the calf this morning, zoo spokesman Mark Williams said. On Monday, staff at the zoo said ultrasounds showed the calf was in an upside-down position, making it impossible for the mother to give birth. Zoo staff previously believed the calf had died in the womb on Sunday night, but now admit they were mistaken. "Remember you are dealing with a three-tonne animal. It's very hard to get absolutes," Mr Williams added. Whoops: SNAFU Good result.
  10. NecromechSalvaged from archive10 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Wait.... PORNTIP!? I couldn't get past that... Awesome name for an elephant.
  11. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive24 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Weeeeuuuuwl, the time gremlin deleted a post where I said 'Porntip' was Thai for 'amusing pun,' so on we go... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3485158.stm Quote: Oral sex linked to mouth cancer Some cases of mouth cancer could be caused by a virus contracted during oral sex, scientists have warned. Writing in New Scientist magazine, US researchers said the human papilloma virus, which causes most cervical cancers, may also cause oral tumours. Experts say heavy smoking or drinking causes most mouth cancers, but the HPV link could help explain why some young adults develop the rare disease. But they stressed people did not need to alter their behaviour. It is estimated that up to a fifth of women aged 18 to 22 in the UK carry a variety of HPV. Scientists are working on a vaccine that would be effective against the most common strains in an attempt to cut the number of cases of cervical cancer. They now hope a vaccine could have the added benefit of reducing oral cancers, which affect around one in 10,000 people. 'Strong link' In the Johns Hopkins study, also published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers compared 1,670 patients who had oral cancers to 1,732 healthy people from Europe, Canada, Australia, Cuba, and Sudan. They took tissue biopsies to see if the HPV virus was present. It was found in a small number of people with oral cancer. It was more common amongst people who reported having more than one sexual partner or who practised oral sex, than in cancer patients who smoked or chewed tobacco. Most of those who carried the virus had the HPV16 strain - which is also the most common strain in people with cervical cancer. The virus was equally likely to be present in men and women. Patients with mouth cancer were also three times as likely to have antibodies against HPV, which shows they had been exposed to the virus, than the healthy people studied. The link was even stronger in people with tumours at the back of their mouths. 'Rare disease' Dr Raphael Viscidi, who led the research, said: "This is a major study in terms of its size. I think this will convince people." Dr Newell Johnson, of King's College London, added: "We have known for some time that there is a small but significant group of people with oral cancer whose disease cannot be blamed on smoking and drinking because they are too young. "In this group there must be another factor, and HPV and oral sex seems to be one likely explanation. "This study provides the strongest evidence yet that this is the case." But Dr Anne Szarewski of Cancer Research UK told BBC News Online people should not panic about the findings. "It is important to add to our knowledge about cancer causes, but I wouldn't want to give the impression this is a major issue. "Oral cancer is rare, and tobacco and alcohol are by far the biggest causes." "Work on a vaccine against cervical cancer could also have the pleasant benefit of eliminating some oral cancers too." Dafuck?!?!?!
  12. YMBOTSSalvaged from archive24 Mar 2010, 00:00
    I heard sodomy cures cancer.....hope I never get cancer....
  13. boo_cockySalvaged from archive24 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Quote: Originally Posted by YMBOTS View Post I heard sodomy cures cancer.....hope I never get cancer.... Obviously, you never will...you've taken preventive measures, faggot. hahahahaha
  14. HeyBuddySalvaged from archive24 Mar 2010, 00:00
    I think the word Bizarre pretty much sums up the entire thread.
  15. loadrunnerSalvaged from archive24 Mar 2010, 00:00
    not so bizarre, A girl here sells her pantys for $10 a piece, she puts on the whole day even did not wash. omg, that's bizarre, and she sells one every day.
  16. rubicksSalvaged from archive24 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Quote: Originally Posted by loadrunner View Post not so bizarre, A girl here sells her pantys for $10 a piece, she puts on the whole day even did not wash. omg, that's bizarre, and she sells one every day. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/03/article-1104135…
  17. ROSSDSalvaged from archive24 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Quote: Originally Posted by loadrunner View Post not so bizarre, A girl here sells her pantys for $10 a piece, she puts on the whole day even did not wash. omg, that's bizarre, and she sells one every day. I'm pretty sure everyone in the world has heard this one before, but in Japan there are vending machines on the street that sell unwashed used womens (so they say) underwear.
  18. HeyBuddySalvaged from archive25 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Speaking of weird.... Have you guys heard of the guy in Viera Florida who was recently sentenced to 15 years for breaking INTO the Brevard County Jail? He was caught climbing a 12 foot fence with cuts from the barbed wire. Evidently, he had taken a plea bargain on a manslaughter charge and was released from the jail. Then he begged officials to let him stay in jail because he was afraid of retaliation from the victims family. They refused to take him, and told him to file a police report. So, he tried to break back in.
  19. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive25 Mar 2010, 00:00
    That's pretty bizarre... why'd the dude take the plea bargain in the first place then? http://smileydatabase.com/s/317.gif
  20. HeyBuddySalvaged from archive25 Mar 2010, 00:00
    You've got me. I guess he really didn't think that one through.
  21. HeyBuddySalvaged from archive26 Mar 2010, 00:00
    March 25, 2010 Albert Bailey, age 27, and an unidentified 16 year old called a Connecticut bank, and requested that they have a bag of money ready. They evidently wanted the money waiting for them when they arrived to rob the bank. Ten minutes later, they arrived and were greeted in the parking lot the police officers who promptly arrested them. I know that robbing a bank seems like it takes forever, and who wouldn't want the convenience of robbery to-go with takeout cash? The problem is that the phone works two ways. When you call the bank, they can call other people. It was creative, but not all new ideas are good ones.
  22. silenthill22Salvaged from archive26 Mar 2010, 00:00
    I guess it does take some intelligence to be a thief after all.
  23. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive27 Mar 2010, 00:00
    The following is a true story, it happened to a socioligist friend of a friend of mine: http://www.psychologytoday.com/artic...ising-e-and-yo Quote: Raising E and Yo... A sociologist reconsiders his kids' outrageous names--and mines the data for clues to the consequences. By Dalton Conley, published on March 01, 2010 - last reviewed on March 09, 2010 Every so often a bolt of panic strikes me when I consider what my wife and I named our children. Our daughter has the shortest name on record: E. Our son, meanwhile, reportedly has the longest in New York City: Yo Xing Heyno Augustus Eisner Alexander Weiser Knuckles (sung to the tune of "John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmitt"). The original intent of "E" was that she could decide what it stood for. She was born about two months early, and we almost called her Early. We also liked a number of other "E" names. So we decided to punt on the whole issue and give her control. (Little did we know the world was about to enter the electronic era: E-Trade, e-commerce, e-everything.) We figured when it came time to rebel against her parents, she'd choose something very traditional like Elizabeth, or perhaps my mother's name, Ellen. So far, at age 12, she is still E. Once you name your first kid E, the pressure is on. You can't just name the second one "John" unless you are conducting a controlled experiment on sibling differences. I had wanted to give our boy an ethnically ambiguous name to challenge assumptions about race and assimilation. For all the Asian-American Howards out there, shouldn't there be a light-haired, blue-eyed white kid named Yo Xing (which means shooting star if said in the second tone in Mandarin)? Initially, I had my heart set on Xing-Yo. I liked the initials XY for a boy, mimicking the male chromosomes. And I liked that X-ing also meant "Crossing." But my wife is superstitious and refuses any name that has been suggested before the baby's birth. I opened my big mouth during the pregnancy and blew it. Still, she accepted Yo, appealing for its meaning "I" in Spanish (and confusing in a "who's on first?" sort of way now that Yo is actually studying the language at school). It also means "Hey" or "You" in street parlance. As for all the other names: We suspected that this was the last kid we would produce, so we wanted to squeeze everything in there without having to make tough choices. We threw in family names, the name of a recently deceased mentor of my wife, and the emperor Augustus (I was into Robert Graves's I, Claudius that hot summer). But Xing was left out until three years later, when my wife finally agreed that my original thought was pretty cool and signed the paperwork to add it. (Her elder daughter, my stepdaughter, is named "Mister Jamba Djang Ulysess Hope." So my ideas were not a difficult sell.) And yet in light of all of our fun adventures in naming, I often wonder whether we unduly saddled our children with disadvantageous monikers that will haunt them for the rest of their lives. "I often wonder whether we unduly saddled our children with disadvantageous monikers" O.o ~ Here's a thought: Why not try it out on youself first? Change your own bloody name to Ramses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops Where's My Thribble. Leave your kids out of your ridiculous challenges of societal norms. Dalton Conley? Fuckin' eh- Dolt.
  24. rubicksSalvaged from archive30 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Quote: Originally Posted by MontysDouble View Post The following is a true story, it happened to a socioligist friend of a friend of mine: http://www.psychologytoday.com/artic...ising-e-and-yo "I often wonder whether we unduly saddled our children with disadvantageous monikers" O.o ~ Here's a thought: Why not try it out on youself first? Change your own bloody name to Ramses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops Where's My Thribble. Leave your kids out of your ridiculous challenges of societal norms. Dalton Conley? Fuckin' eh- Dolt. FiFi Trixibell?
  25. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive29 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Wasabi smoke alarms for the deaf: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8592180.stm Japanese boffins inventing an odour-emitting smoke alarm have discovered that the smell of wasabi is the best odour to use. Let's hope there aren't too many false alarms.
  26. loadrunnerSalvaged from archive30 Mar 2010, 00:00
    Quote: Originally Posted by MontysDouble View Post Wasabi smoke alarms for the deaf: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8592180.stm Japanese boffins inventing an odour-emitting smoke alarm have discovered that the smell of wasabi is the best odour to use. Let's hope there aren't too many false alarms. A deaf guy can see smoke? and see flashing light? When i smell wasabi, it is sushi time. lol crazy japanese
  27. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive5 Apr 2010, 00:00
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...06/2864643.htm Quote: Man threatens to down Qantas jet with mind power Singapore Police are questioning a man who threatened to bring down a Qantas flight from Sydney to Singapore. The man was restrained by flight stewards after he made threats to disrupt QF31 using mind power. According to ABC reporter Nick Luchinelli, who was onboard the flight, it seemed the middle-aged man was either under the influence of drugs or alcohol - or possibly both. He was suffering some sort of delusion and people who were sitting close to him in the next row said he was threatening to use the power of his mind to bring the flight down. The stewards had to take the threat seriously so he had both his arms and legs cuffed, and remained that way for the rest of the flight. Singaporean police boarded the flight after passengers disembarked.
  28. JACKASS2010Salvaged from archive5 Apr 2010, 00:00
    ... srsly?
  29. silenthill22Salvaged from archive5 Apr 2010, 00:00
    haha what a stupid fuck
  30. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive6 Apr 2010, 00:00
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin Quote: Women arrested taking corpse onto plane Two women were arrested at a British airport on suspicion of trying to smuggle a dead relative onto a flight bound for Germany, police said on Tuesday. The 91-year-old deceased man was pushed in a wheelchair through Liverpool's John Lennon airport wearing sunglasses before check-in staff became suspicious and he was prevented from boarding the plane. He was believed to have been driven about 56 kilometres to the airport by taxi from Oldham, Greater Manchester, police added. The women were arrested on suspicion of failing to give notification of a death and were released on bail. The cause of death is not known. Wochenende an Bernhard's.
  31. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive9 Apr 2010, 00:00
    Complete and utter batshit insanity: http://www.timecube.com/ The page is pretty TL;DR, but it doesn't matter- scroll to any part; it's all comedy gold.
  32. Josh85Salvaged from archive10 Apr 2010, 00:00
    Well i threaten shit with my mind too sometimes. Or like when i give people cancer. It's deadly serious. Like i've been on stickam (webcam chat site) before and this chick wouldn't enable my webcam.. and i wanted my cam to be enabled.. so she just kept ignoring me.. so i said fuck it. You done it now. I'm afraid i'm going to give you cancer. Malignant, life-shortening cancer. And i'm fairly certain i do have these powers. However, only i may give people cancer. You cannot give me cancer in retaliation, or any other diabolical disease or curse. I am the only one with powers around here.
  33. rubicksSalvaged from archive10 Apr 2010, 00:00
    Quote: Originally Posted by Josh85 View Post Well i threaten shit with my mind too sometimes. Or like when i give people cancer. It's deadly serious. Like i've been on stickam (webcam chat site) before and this chick wouldn't enable my webcam.. and i wanted my cam to be enabled.. so she just kept ignoring me.. so i said fuck it. You done it now. I'm afraid i'm going to give you cancer. Malignant, life-shortening cancer. And i'm fairly certain i do have these powers. However, only i may give people cancer. You cannot give me cancer in retaliation, or any other diabolical disease or curse. I am the only one with powers around here. no cancer but we can administer unemployment, a drug free environment also we will ensure that your parents will insist on your little sister moves in with you when they go on their lotto winning world cruise
  34. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive14 Apr 2010, 00:00
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4252692.stm Quote: Man's static jacket sparks alert An Australian man built up so much static electricity in his clothes as he walked that he burned carpets, melted plastic and sparked a mass evacuation. Frank Clewer, of the western Victorian city of Warrnambool, was wearing a synthetic nylon jacket and a woollen shirt when he went for a job interview. As he walked into the building, the carpet ignited from the 40,000 volts of static electricity that had built up. "It sounded almost like a firecracker or something like that," he said. "Within about five minutes, the carpet started to erupt," he told Australian radio. Considerable current Perplexed firemen evacuated the building and cut its electricity supply, thinking the burns could have been caused by a power surge. "There were several scorch marks in the carpet, and we could hear a cracking noise - a bit like a whip - both inside and outside the building," said fire official Henry Barton. Mr Clewer said that after leaving the building, he scorched a piece of plastic in his car. His clothes were measured by firemen as carrying an electrical charge of 40,000 volts, the Reuters news agency quoted Mr Barton as saying. The fire official added that the charge was close to being high enough to cause the items to spontaneously combust. "I've been firefighting for over 35 years and I've never come across anything like this," he said. Note to self- nylon jacket, woolen jumper.
  35. JooXSalvaged from archive15 Apr 2010, 00:00
    That's it... I'm going shopping. "I beg your pardon?" 'KAZZAAAPPPPPP!' http://www.spidermancrawlspace.com/wordpress/wp-content/u…
  36. silenthill22Salvaged from archive15 Apr 2010, 00:00
    He should fight crime with his superpowers.
  37. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive17 Apr 2010, 00:00
    http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle...lind_driv.html Quote: World Record for fastest unaccompanied blind driver http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2628654240_edecc95f90… Turkish pop-singer Metin Senturk became the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver in this car on Friday. Turkish pop-singer Metin Senturk became the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver on Friday and said he felt he had danced with death. Senturk wept as he emerged from a Ferrari F430 at Urfa airport in eastern Turkey to learn from Guinness World Records officials his average speed of 292.89 kph broke the previous record of 284 kph, held by a British bank manager. "I don't think there are any words to describe this feeling. I am really happy. It was really hard, like a dance with death," said Senturk, who has been blind since the age of three. Following Senturk in a separate vehicle was former rally driver Volkan Isik, who guided the blind man by radio. This is kind of pointless, in a cool way; unlike Bloodhound SSC which is cool in a pointless way.
  38. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive21 Apr 2010, 00:00
    http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/worl...0421-ss3o.html Quote: British women 'gets Chinese accent after bad migraine' April 21, 2010 - 6:59AM LONDON: A British woman has suddenly started speaking with a Chinese accent after suffering a severe migraine, she said in comments quoted by British media on Tuesday. Sarah Colwill believes she has Foreign Accent Syndrome which has caused her distinctive West Country drawl to be replaced with a Chinese twang, even though she has never even visited the country. Bizarre. http://smileydatabase.com/s/317.gif
  39. JooXSalvaged from archive21 Apr 2010, 00:00
    Quote: Originally Posted by MontysDouble View Post http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/worl...0421-ss3o.html Bizarre. http://smileydatabase.com/s/317.gif It's more common than you may think. It happend to TGD's typing after leaning too far back in his computer chair one day.
  40. silenthill22Salvaged from archive21 Apr 2010, 00:00
    Quote: Girl in Coma Wakes Fluent in German By Chris Capps 4/14/10 http://www.unexplainable.net/images/shareo.png Printer Friendly Page http://www.unexplainable.net/brainbox/uploads/1/Hospital_… As though the true strange nature of comas wasn't already an amazing source of controversy in the psychological field, one teen has awoken from a coma with a fluent understanding of German. This would not be unusual, except she was just barely beginning to study the language when she entered the coma. What does the mind do when we sleep or are likewise incapacitated by a sudden illness? Is it possible this altered state of consciousness can actually accelerate learning in some capacities as the brain must focus on its memories rather than constantly taking in new stimulation? It seems even this explanation is not enough, considering the short period of the coma. The girl, a resident of Knin had only scratched the surface of studying German a mere two weeks prior, but had been watching a great deal of German TV and films and had been attempting to read German books as well. Unfortunately, as is often the case with learning a new language the going was slow. And the girl, despite her diligence, was falling behind in her studies. When she suddenly grew ill and lost consciousness, however, she awoke and doctors were in for a serious shock when she started talking once again 24 hours later. Doctors at the Split's KB Hospital were shocked when the Croatian speaker awoke and began speaking to them in fluent German. The rare ailment had robbed her of her ability to speak her native tongue, but endowed her with an incredibly versatile and fluent German vocabulary. "It's incredible," one German speaking nurse said of the girl, "Her accent is perfect and you'd think you were talking to a native speaker if you had just met her." The ailment is so rare that quite a bit of attention has been paid to her during recovery from her ordeal. Experts in neurology have been called in to study the language the girl is speaking, and largely are flabbergasted as to what could have caused her affliction. And though the case is incredible, it is not entirely unheard of. In 2007 a Czech teen was in a coma for 45 minutes. When he awoke, however, he shocked doctors with his ability to speak perfect English. Those who had been studying with him described his aptitude at the language as "basic at best," but after the incident not only was his vocabulary near perfect, but his accent suggested a native speaker. Far from believing this incident can be explained only as a miracle, experts have pointed to other cases where such a strange occurrence has happened in the past. In fact, even archaic languages such as ancient Babylonian or Egyptian have been documented after short comas. Is it there a simple explanation, or is something else at work here? It's estimated that the human mind records a considerable amount of information every moment, and can actually access this information when the brain undergoes a strange and unexplainable transformation. Is it possible that the brain can not only access this information, but actually put its focus on it in such a way that the language center can focus on a collection of memories that would normally be inaccessible? Perhaps this can tell us something about the way we process language in general. http://www.unexplainable.net/Simply-...g-German.shtml
  41. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive21 Apr 2010, 00:00
    ^^^ Now that's weird. Nice post Silenthill.
  42. Outsource Moderator RajanSalvaged from archive21 Apr 2010, 00:00
    http://cdn.ebaumnation.com/2009/12/21/power-glove-me-crai…
  43. Outsource Moderator RajanSalvaged from archive21 Apr 2010, 00:00
    http://www.beersteak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/funny…
  44. MontysDoubleSalvaged from archive
    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nat...-1225864785973 Quote: Topless hero Tash Bennett saves neighbours from fire * By Nick Calacouras * From: Northern Territory News * May 11, 2010 2:27AM A WOMAN put the safety of her neighbours over her own modesty when she saved an apartment building from going up in flames - topless. Fitness instructor Tash Bennett was sunbathing by the pool of the Alatai Apartments in Darwin when a nearby palm tree caught on fire. "I was just lying there when some ash fell on top of me," she said. "I wasn't really paying attention because I was listening to my iPod." Ms Bennett raced to reception for help before rushing back to the pool to use the fire hose. It was only after battling the blaze for five minutes that she looked down and realised that she was still topless from the sunbaking. Nice.
  45. JACKASS2010Salvaged from archive
    her sis is hotter.
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    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...12/2897464.htm Quote: Man who gambled on his life dies Posted Wed May 12, 2010 2:23pm AEST A British man with terminal cancer who won 10,000 pounds ($16,700) by gambling on his own life has died just weeks short of cashing in a third bet. Jon Matthews, 60, from Milton Keynes, north of London, was diagnosed with mesothelioma - a cancer linked to asbestos - in April 2006. His doctor told him he would not be alive to see 2007. The widower refused to accept the prognosis and placed a 100-pound bet with odds of 50-1 that he would survive until June 1, 2008. He cashed in 5,000 pounds when he made it, according to bookmakers William Hill. Mr Matthews placed a further bet, for the same amount and with the same odds, that he would make it another year. And on June 1, 2009, he cashed in another 5,000 pounds. The odds that he would stay alive another 12 months went up to 100-1 and he placed another 100-pound bet, which would have netted him 10,000 pounds had he survived until June 1. But he finally succumbed to his illness last week, the bookmakers said. Graham Sharp, who took the bet for William Hill, said he was "very sad" to hear of Mr Matthews' death, but the gambling had given him "fun and enjoyment". "When he first approached us about it I was in two minds and thought we'd be accused of doing something in bad taste," Mr Sharp said. "But it gave him an incentive to keep on battling through the disease." - AFP Umm, okay. Err, I agree with the bookie: Graham Sharp, who took the bet for William Hill, said he was "very sad" to hear of Mr Matthews' death, but the gambling had given him "fun and enjoyment". "When he first approached us about it I was in two minds and thought we'd be accused of doing something in bad taste," Mr Sharp said. "But it gave him an incentive to keep on battling through the disease."

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