.Wednesday, February 4, 2009
In the News
Jail term for unpaid parking tickets
A woman driver has been sentenced to 16 months jail after clocking up £280,000 in parking fines.
Magistrates in Graz, Austria, heard that Maria Schaeffer, 38, ignored 700 tickets for overstaying in short term parking bays.
Each £30 ticket snowballed to a £400 fine with extra penalties for non payment and costs.
Judges suspended the jail term on condition she pays the bulk of the fines.
A police spokesman said: "She should have realized that fines don't just disappear over time."
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Smelly footed student wins right to study
A philosophy student with smelly feet has won the right to attend lectures at a Dutch university after a 10-year legal battle.
Teunis Tenbrook was thrown out from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam after complaints from professors and other students that it was impossible to study with the smell from his feet.
But now, after a lengthy legal battle, a court has ruled that having smelly feet is no excuse to ban a student from a university.
The judge said: "Our considered opinion is that the professors and other students will just have to hold their noses and bear it."
But now the university has announced instead of banning students with smelly feet they are planning to issue fines to tackle such problems.
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A woman driver has been sentenced to 16 months jail after clocking up £280,000 in parking fines.
Magistrates in Graz, Austria, heard that Maria Schaeffer, 38, ignored 700 tickets for overstaying in short term parking bays.
Each £30 ticket snowballed to a £400 fine with extra penalties for non payment and costs.
Judges suspended the jail term on condition she pays the bulk of the fines.
A police spokesman said: "She should have realized that fines don't just disappear over time."
.
Smelly footed student wins right to study
A philosophy student with smelly feet has won the right to attend lectures at a Dutch university after a 10-year legal battle.
Teunis Tenbrook was thrown out from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam after complaints from professors and other students that it was impossible to study with the smell from his feet.
But now, after a lengthy legal battle, a court has ruled that having smelly feet is no excuse to ban a student from a university.
The judge said: "Our considered opinion is that the professors and other students will just have to hold their noses and bear it."
But now the university has announced instead of banning students with smelly feet they are planning to issue fines to tackle such problems.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Kid after a trip to the dentist
David After Dentist
This 7 year old boy had an extra tooth removed last summer, 2008.
This 7 year old boy had an extra tooth removed last summer, 2008.
The father had to carry him out of the office.
The staff was laughing and the father had tears it was so funny.
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Newborn-Sized Toddler Baffles Doctors
Even though she was born 14 months ago, Suraya Brown is still the same size she was when she was a newborn — a mere 7 pounds and 19 inches tall, the Mirror has reported.
The child, nicknamed a "real life baby doll," has baffled doctors, who call her condition a "real conundrum."
Her mother, Atlanta Ruzman, says her older daughter has dolls that are larger than Suraya.
"Doctors consulted international experts about her case but her condition seems to be a complete mystery," said Ruzman.
Suraya was born four weeks early weighing 2.6 pounds, but specialists say nine out of 10 babies born at this stage will immediately start growing and put on weight. In Suraya’s case, she stayed at her birth weight for the first eight months and has only put on a few pounds over the past six.
Experts at various London hospitals have carried out all kinds of tests on Suraya to find out what could be wrong with her, including checks to see whether she is suffering from some form of dwarfism.
Doctors are investigating a theory that her body has become resistant to its own growth hormones. Consultant pediatrician Dr Jide Menakaya says the child's case is "highly unusual."
"I have certainly never seen anything like this and I have been in pediatrics for nearly 17 years," said Menakaya.
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The child, nicknamed a "real life baby doll," has baffled doctors, who call her condition a "real conundrum."
Her mother, Atlanta Ruzman, says her older daughter has dolls that are larger than Suraya.
"Doctors consulted international experts about her case but her condition seems to be a complete mystery," said Ruzman.
Suraya was born four weeks early weighing 2.6 pounds, but specialists say nine out of 10 babies born at this stage will immediately start growing and put on weight. In Suraya’s case, she stayed at her birth weight for the first eight months and has only put on a few pounds over the past six.
Experts at various London hospitals have carried out all kinds of tests on Suraya to find out what could be wrong with her, including checks to see whether she is suffering from some form of dwarfism.
Doctors are investigating a theory that her body has become resistant to its own growth hormones. Consultant pediatrician Dr Jide Menakaya says the child's case is "highly unusual."
"I have certainly never seen anything like this and I have been in pediatrics for nearly 17 years," said Menakaya.
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