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Saturday, February 21, 2009
5 + 500
Five guys got together with five hundred chairs and..........
Chair Arch: A film by The Glue Society
Chair Arch: A film by The Glue Society
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Meerkat Pups make an Appearance at Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoo is celebrating the birth of two Meerkat pups, the first to be born at the Zoo in nine years. The two pups, named Zanzibar and Nairobi, were born on Friday January 23, 2009 to mother Malawi and have just started venturing out of their nest box to explore the Zoos African-themed Meerkat Desert.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Cave House
.Would you live here?.
Tim said...
I saw this on another blog and it had some details:
It has about 16,000 square feet, is in a small city, and has a stage where many artists performed--including Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
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It has about 16,000 square feet, is in a small city, and has a stage where many artists performed--including Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
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LUCKY FIND
Jim Cook has preserved the club's unique find - a golf ball embedded inside the trunk of a tree.
The tree had apparently grown around the ball which had probably been lodged in its branches many years ago.
It was discovered when Richard Mitchell, greens keeper at the Eaton club in Norwich, felled the conifer and cut it into pieces, only to find the ball perfectly encased in the wood.
Club manager Peter Johns said: "It's an incredible find."
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The tree had apparently grown around the ball which had probably been lodged in its branches many years ago.
It was discovered when Richard Mitchell, greens keeper at the Eaton club in Norwich, felled the conifer and cut it into pieces, only to find the ball perfectly encased in the wood.
Club manager Peter Johns said: "It's an incredible find."
.Lorne said...
Funny discovery!
So, finally I can see how the golf ball looks from inside!
So, finally I can see how the golf ball looks from inside!
Was always interested, but never had a)tools b)time c)old ball to cut it!
Once I have seen rifle caught in tree, in WWII museum somewhere in
Europe, but it was visible from outside without cutting...Take care
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Blind Mechanic At The Job
A blind mechanic fixes cars using just touch to tell what is wrong with them.Dutchman Col Collewijn lost his eyesight when he was eight – but has incredibly learned how to repair motors.
The remarkable mechanic said: "As long as my tools are in the right place and no screws drop to the ground I get along alone very well."
Collewijn, who has worked in a garage in Nuis, Holland, for 30 years, said: "I do everything by trusting my senses and my hearing.
"And I have one big advantage over other mechanics - I can repair cars in the dark."
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
In the News
India court 466 years behind schedule
Judges spend about 5 minutes on cases, but thousands still pending
The High Court in New Delhi is so behind in its work that it could take up to 466 years to clear the enormous backlog, the court's chief justice said in a damning report that illustrates the decrepitude of India's judicial system.
The Delhi High Court races through each case in an average of four minutes and 55 seconds but still has tens of thousands of cases pending, including upward of 600 that are more than 20 years old, according to the report.
The problems of the Delhi High Court, which hears civil, criminal, and constitutional cases, is more the standard than the exception in India. The country's creaky judicial system has long been plagued by corruption, inefficiency and lack of accountability, often making the rule of law unattainable for all but the wealthy and the well-connected.
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Woman wields wedgie to subdue suspect
Technician says she saw man trying to break into a co-worker’s car
It took a wedgie and a headlock to pin down a man suspected of breaking into a car.
Yvonne Morris, a technician at the Brickyard Animal Hospital, said she chased a man who broke into a co-worker's car, but he kept squirming away from her.
The third time, Morris grabbed hold of the man's boxer shorts and pulled. Salt Lake City police said she then she put a headlock on the man until help could arrive.
The man was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on suspicion of vehicle burglary, possession of stolen property and outstanding warrants.
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Power Surge Causes Explosions In 55 Homes
Fifty-five homeowners in Minneola Florida were stunned Wednesday when a sudden power surge blew up appliances and caused fire to shoot out of outlets. It was all because of a mistake by their electric company.
Sumter Electric sent too much power through the wires to homes near Chelsea Parc Drive Appliances exploded and fire shot out of the outlets. Residents heard the explosion, they ran outside and found the breaker boxes outside their homes were on fire.
In home after home, neighbors suddenly experienced the same thing.
"Like sparks flew out of the outlets and there was a huge puff of a smoke and I just grabbed my son and ran outside," resident Taryn Anthony said.
Sumter County Electric Cooperative was upgrading the power grid around the Chelsea Parc neighborhood in Minneola when something went wrong. There was a power surge. The utility sent twice the normal amount of power, frying electrical systems in 55 homes.
"I was so scared, I didn't know what happened," 91-year-old Inez Slater said.
Slater was asleep and woke up to a fireball flying across her living room.
"All at once, my goodness in life, it was just like a bomb went off here, fire was just flying from lights everywhere in here," she said.
Now, her TV, her phone and life-alert bracelet no longer work. In other homes, Eyewitness News found appliances ruined and electrical outlets burned.
Rob Anderson came outside to find his power breaker on fire. He quickly put it out.
"Basically, everything in the house is gonna be fried," he said.
Firefighters had to use special equipment to make sure wiring inside people's homes wasn't still burning. The power company hired contractors to fix homeowners' electrical systems and is promising to replace damaged appliances.
Nobody was hurt and no ones house actually caught on fire.
Sumter Electric Cooperative said it is investigating why it happened. The utility said they've never had a problem like this before.
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Judges spend about 5 minutes on cases, but thousands still pending
The High Court in New Delhi is so behind in its work that it could take up to 466 years to clear the enormous backlog, the court's chief justice said in a damning report that illustrates the decrepitude of India's judicial system.
The Delhi High Court races through each case in an average of four minutes and 55 seconds but still has tens of thousands of cases pending, including upward of 600 that are more than 20 years old, according to the report.
The problems of the Delhi High Court, which hears civil, criminal, and constitutional cases, is more the standard than the exception in India. The country's creaky judicial system has long been plagued by corruption, inefficiency and lack of accountability, often making the rule of law unattainable for all but the wealthy and the well-connected.
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Woman wields wedgie to subdue suspect
Technician says she saw man trying to break into a co-worker’s car
It took a wedgie and a headlock to pin down a man suspected of breaking into a car.
Yvonne Morris, a technician at the Brickyard Animal Hospital, said she chased a man who broke into a co-worker's car, but he kept squirming away from her.
The third time, Morris grabbed hold of the man's boxer shorts and pulled. Salt Lake City police said she then she put a headlock on the man until help could arrive.
The man was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on suspicion of vehicle burglary, possession of stolen property and outstanding warrants.
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Power Surge Causes Explosions In 55 Homes
Fifty-five homeowners in Minneola Florida were stunned Wednesday when a sudden power surge blew up appliances and caused fire to shoot out of outlets. It was all because of a mistake by their electric company.
Sumter Electric sent too much power through the wires to homes near Chelsea Parc Drive Appliances exploded and fire shot out of the outlets. Residents heard the explosion, they ran outside and found the breaker boxes outside their homes were on fire.
In home after home, neighbors suddenly experienced the same thing.
"Like sparks flew out of the outlets and there was a huge puff of a smoke and I just grabbed my son and ran outside," resident Taryn Anthony said.
Sumter County Electric Cooperative was upgrading the power grid around the Chelsea Parc neighborhood in Minneola when something went wrong. There was a power surge. The utility sent twice the normal amount of power, frying electrical systems in 55 homes.
"I was so scared, I didn't know what happened," 91-year-old Inez Slater said.
Slater was asleep and woke up to a fireball flying across her living room.
"All at once, my goodness in life, it was just like a bomb went off here, fire was just flying from lights everywhere in here," she said.
Now, her TV, her phone and life-alert bracelet no longer work. In other homes, Eyewitness News found appliances ruined and electrical outlets burned.
Rob Anderson came outside to find his power breaker on fire. He quickly put it out.
"Basically, everything in the house is gonna be fried," he said.
Firefighters had to use special equipment to make sure wiring inside people's homes wasn't still burning. The power company hired contractors to fix homeowners' electrical systems and is promising to replace damaged appliances.
Nobody was hurt and no ones house actually caught on fire.
Sumter Electric Cooperative said it is investigating why it happened. The utility said they've never had a problem like this before.
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