tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23478183227922541632024-02-20T05:14:45.611-05:00The Coozer FilesBrain Food for Media Zombies.Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2577125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-91603904705901007222011-10-17T10:06:00.002-04:002011-10-17T10:11:17.997-04:00Coozer-Files: RIP.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMtQw3QgX1Bfoetz5Rs0f6Cn87eLLt5aQ4Qz2EBLUzZwVxXhyphenhyphenDWO5cnfxkSHcSYgZXFZ8AwhN6cQGlD4WJZ7A77MUwMyg9oiIKLBK8hst633GBo2ShtCqhhMT13vuwGb5x4hXlbdH0fs/s1600/ctrl-alt-grr.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMtQw3QgX1Bfoetz5Rs0f6Cn87eLLt5aQ4Qz2EBLUzZwVxXhyphenhyphenDWO5cnfxkSHcSYgZXFZ8AwhN6cQGlD4WJZ7A77MUwMyg9oiIKLBK8hst633GBo2ShtCqhhMT13vuwGb5x4hXlbdH0fs/s320/ctrl-alt-grr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664463388580893330" border="0" /></a>Hi guys,<br /><br />As you can tell, I've been updating less and less. Truthfully, I'm just very lazy. You guys deserve better.<br /><br />Thank you for reading this over the years. It's been fun!!<br /><br />Best,<br />AdamAdam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-20781697617643219862011-09-16T13:27:00.002-04:002011-09-16T13:30:16.584-04:00Hamburglar steals raw meat, eats it in store.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9asgYAlexiztkG_LNqquxQSJMh-BLuO6cDrKWxlfwcZTV1uNP3C5Bluu2hP4t-62GdQELf905Sy-en9hYglAyi2iA68AWI_zwxcLHWbAmx10YM92KYC8xWGgSAM0moDXWGHba3wRENE/s1600/hamburglar.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9asgYAlexiztkG_LNqquxQSJMh-BLuO6cDrKWxlfwcZTV1uNP3C5Bluu2hP4t-62GdQELf905Sy-en9hYglAyi2iA68AWI_zwxcLHWbAmx10YM92KYC8xWGgSAM0moDXWGHba3wRENE/s200/hamburglar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653011090640962818" border="0" /></a>That's disgusting - Wal-Mart sells raw meat?? From the <a href="http://www.thefoodsection.com/foodsection/2011/09/food-blotter-deranged-hamburglar-steals-raw-meat.html">Food Section</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote>According to the Cumberlink Sentinel, a Carlisle, Pennsylvania man faces felony charges after police said he was seen eating raw meat from off the shelf of a Walmart store.<br /><br />Police say that the man, Scott T. Shover, 53, opened packages of raw ground beef and raw stew beef in the store, ate some of it, placed the opened packages back on the shelf, and then walked out of the store without paying for any of the meat. "Shover was arrested at Taser point without any further issues," according to police.<br /><br />Shover's record showed that he had four previous retail theft convictions.</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-88592009431868101262011-09-16T13:26:00.000-04:002011-09-16T13:27:48.891-04:00Escaped pet birds are teaching wild birds English.From <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/escaped-pet-birds-are-teaching-wild-birds-to-speak-english.php">TreeHugger</a> (Thanks Jen!):<br /><blockquote>Across parts of Australia, reports have been pouring in of strange voices chattering high in the treetops -- mysterious, non-sensical conversations in English. But while this phenomenon is certainly quite odd, its explanation isn't paranormal. It turns out that escaped pet birds, namely parrots and cockatoos, have begun teaching their wild bird counterparts a bit of the language they picked up from their time in captivity -- and, according to witnesses, that includes more than a few expletives.<br /><br />Jaynia Sladek, an ornithologist from the Australian Museum, says that some birds are just natural mimickers, able to acquire new sounds based on things they hear around them. For birds kept as pets, these sounds tend to mirror human language -- but that influence doesn't cease even after said birds escape or are released back into the wild.<br /><br />Once back in their natural environments, these chatty ex-pets eventually join with wild birds who, in turn, start picking up the new words and sounds. The remnants of that language also eventually gets passed along to the escaped birds' offspring, much like it does for humans.<br /><br />"There's no reason why, if one comes into the flock with words, [then] another member of the flock wouldn't pick it up as well," Sladek said in an interview with Australian Geographic.<br /><br />According to the report, 'Hello cockie' is one of the most commonly heard phrases feral birds are teaching in the wild, along with a host of expletives -- perhaps the last words those escapees heard after their frantic owners realized they were making a break for freedom.</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-52898557489108793902011-08-24T20:09:00.003-04:002011-08-24T20:14:44.578-04:00Anti-gay lawmaker, 64, caught in hotel with 18-year-old boy.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2vswv6fhyphenhyphenGrSZMyN0hb10RAVTKMRBggUF_0EghJenpa47S2PpfcfvqcVGa4YFh3yJ6mu5noxO1RZL77R7KLyYbeogvBPjpSI8XW1eZx0PukW1a_Vt9n5HySCQl71-OwWriOsrf-DvXg/s1600/gay_GOP_lawmaker.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2vswv6fhyphenhyphenGrSZMyN0hb10RAVTKMRBggUF_0EghJenpa47S2PpfcfvqcVGa4YFh3yJ6mu5noxO1RZL77R7KLyYbeogvBPjpSI8XW1eZx0PukW1a_Vt9n5HySCQl71-OwWriOsrf-DvXg/s200/gay_GOP_lawmaker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644580287353013746" border="0" /></a>Another case of a pathetic, closeted old man in a position of power who, out of self-hatred, makes things difficult for all other well-adjusted adults. From <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029681/Phillip-Hinkle-Anti-gay-marriage-state-congressman-denies-trying-set-gay-sex-rendezvous-Craigslist-admits-paying-meet-teen.html">Daily Mail</a>:
<br /><blockquote>A married lawmaker, pressured to resign after he was reportedly caught 'arranging' a gay sex tryst via Craigslist, has admitted paying a male teen.
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<br />However, Indiana state Rep Phillip Hinkle claims he is not gay and can’t explain why he set up the meeting.
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<br />The Indianapolis Star reported two weeks ago that Kameryn Gibson, 18, posted the ad for a ‘sugga daddy’ and got a response from Hinkle, 64.
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<br />Mr Gibson claimed Mr Hinkle offered him $140 for 'for a really good time.'
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<br />The paper published emails between Hinkle, 64, and Gibson, 18, as they set up a meeting at a downtown Indianapolis hotel.
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<br />One of them said: 'Cannot be a long time sugar daddy, but can for tonight. Would you be interested in keeping me company for a while tonight?'
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<br />The email offered 'to make it worth [your] while' in cash, and offers a personal description: ‘I am an in shape married professional, 5'8", fit 170 lbs, and love getting and staying naked.'
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<br />On Tuesday, Hinkle admitted meeting Gibson and giving him $80 for his time, but denied a sex act or any other wrongdoing took place.
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<br />The Republican said: 'I went to the edge, but I didn't fall over the edge.'
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<br />Mr Gibson claimed he changed his mind about sex when he found out Hinkle was a state rep, but Hinkle wouldn't let him leave the hotel room.
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<br />When Gibson called his sister for help, he said she threatened to call the cops and the media, and Mr Hinkle offered to 'give you whatever.'
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<br />After hanging up, Mr Gibson alleges that Mr Hinkle grabbed his buttocks, dropped the towel he was wearing and sat naked on the bed.
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<br />When Megan arrived later, they said Mr Hinkle gave them his BlackBerry, iPad and $100 cash to keep them quiet.
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<br />The siblings also claimed Mr Hinkle's wife also offered them money when she called the BlackBerry.
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<br />Megan Gibson told the Star: 'I was like, "Your husband is gay," and then she was like, "You have the wrong person."'
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<br />When Gibson began reading the emails and the address they were sent from, she said Barbara Hinkle told them not to call the police and later offered them $10,000 not to tell anyone.
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<br />In Mr Hinkle's version of the events, he claims he was the one victimized by the hotel encounter.
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<br />He says he came out of the bathroom at one point to find his money clip, business card holder, his BlackBerry, his iPad and Gibson - gone.
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<br />He also denied his wife spoke to Kameryn or Megan Gibson.
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<br />Mr Hinkle told the paper: 'Anybody who knows my wife knows she would not pay $10 to keep a mistake I made quiet, let alone $10,000.'
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<br />The Gibsons said they contacted The Star because she thought Hinkle's actions were 'creepy,' especially for a lawmaker.
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<br />The lawmaker said he is now working with his attorney to find hotel security tapes that back up his claim that he never met Megan Gibson.
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<br />Mr Hinkle, a strong opponent of gay marriage, denied he has homosexual tendencies.
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<br />He told the Star: 'I say that emphatically. I'm not gay.'
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<br />The news comes as pressure mounts from the Indiana Statehouse for Mr Hinkle to step down from the post he has held since 2000.
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<br />House Speaker Brian Bosma said he met with the embattled rep last week, and told him he should focus on his personal life in the 2012 session.
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<br />Mr Bosma, a fellow Republican, called the alleged scandal 'a detriment to the continuing work of the legislature.'
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<br />But Hinkle won't budge, telling the Star: 'Those people didn't elect me. The constituents did.'
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<br />Mr Hinkle, who boasts that he co-sponsored the creation of 'In God we trust' license plates in Indiana, has voted in favor of a gay marriage ban.
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<br />Indiana Gov Mitch Daniels called the situation a 'tragedy.'</blockquote>
<br />Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-29497306926493168092011-08-24T19:47:00.001-04:002011-08-24T19:49:31.005-04:00Japan trying to WEAKEN their currency.Leave it to Japan to humbly weaken their economy. From <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/business/global/japan-announces-loan-fund-to-help-weaken-yen.html?_r=1&hp">NY Times</a>:
<br /><p> </p><blockquote><p>TOKYO — Japan took steps on Wednesday to help its economy ride out a surge in <span class="meta-classifier">the yen</span>, which has battered the country’s export-led economy. </p> <p> The government announced a $100 billion loan fund to spur Japanese spending on corporate acquisitions and resources overseas, according to a statement released by the Finance Ministry. The ministry also said it would step up monitoring of currency markets by asking financial institutions to report on positions held by their currency dealers. </p><p> “Taking into account that there is a lopsided rise in the yen, I felt that swift measures were needed,” Yoshihiko Noda, the finance minister, told reporters. </p><p> But the action had little immediate effect on the yen and could underscore just how difficult it might be for the government to sway the huge foreign exchange market. A strong yen hurts Japanese exporters because it makes their goods less competitive and erodes the value of their overseas earnings when repatriated into yen. </p><p> Under the loan program, the government will send foreign currency reserves to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, which will then make loans to commercial banks so they can help companies with overseas investments. By spending yen for dollars and other currencies, the ministry hopes that the currency will weaken somewhat. </p><p> The yen was little changed, with <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/currency/dollar/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about the American dollar." class="meta-classifier">the dollar</a> trading at 76.96 yen late in New York, up slightly from 76.64. </p><p> The second part of the government’s action is an effort to curtail speculation that officials think might be contributing to moves in the yen. Mr. Noda has indicated recently that the government will act against speculators seeking short-term profits. </p><p> The Bank of Japan issued a statement in support of the measures. </p><p> “The Bank of Japan will continue to carefully monitor the effects of developments in the foreign exchange market on the future course of economic activity and prices,” it said. </p><p> The government’s announcement came hours after Moody’s Investors Service, the credit ratings agency, lowered Japan’s credit rating, warning that frequent changes in administration, weak prospects for economic growth and its recent natural and nuclear disasters have made it difficult for the government to pare down its huge debt. </p><p> Moody’s lowered Japan’s grade by one step to Aa3, the fourth-highest rating, the company said in a statement. </p><p> The downgrade brings Moody’s rating for Japan in line with that of Standard & Poor’s, which lowered the country’s grade by one notch to AA– in January, the fourth-highest on its scale. Moody’s had put Japan on review for a downgrade in May. </p></blockquote>
<br />Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-18024192278276803372011-08-22T13:50:00.005-04:002011-08-22T13:58:23.128-04:00Coozer-Bits.<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-adv-spider-men-20110821,0,6078726.story">Creepy</a>: New spider arrival quickly spreading.
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<br /><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128264.900-lottery-wins-come-easy-if-you-can-spot-the-loopholes.html">Awesome</a>: Lottery wins come easy if you can spot the loopholes.
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<br /><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1774724/know-thyself-the-self-delusions-that-influence-your-decisions-and-productivity">D'oh</a>: Three self-delusions that influence your decisions and productivity.
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<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/22/kate-winslet-fire-richard-branson">Yipes</a>: Kate Winslet escapes fire at Richard Branson's luxury island retreat.
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<br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2028805/Zombie-rats-Parasite-leads-rodents-death-making-sexually-attracted-smell-cats.html">ZombieWatch</a>: Cat urine turns rats into zombie prey.
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<br />Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-41574855202248464092011-08-22T13:11:00.003-04:002011-08-22T13:13:34.551-04:00Ridley Scott to direct new Blade Runner.Well, at least it's not a remake, or in this case, replicant. From <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/19/ridley-scott-to-direct-new-blade-runner-film/">Raw Story</a>:
<br /><blockquote>Nearly 30 years after making the sci-fi cult classic "Blade Runner," British director Ridley Scott has agreed to direct a new installment, the producers have said.
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<br />The new "Blade Runner," produced by Alcon Entertainment, will not be a remake but rather a follow-up or a prequel to the original. Scott has yet to decide between the two options, the company said in a statement.
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<br />"It would be a gross understatement to say that we are elated Ridley Scott will shepherd this iconic story into a new, exciting direction," said producers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.
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<br />"We are huge fans of Ridley's and of the original 'Blade Runner'." This is once in a lifetime project for us," they added.
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<br />No casting decisions have been made as of yet, and no release date has been fixed.</blockquote>
<br />Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-62842189171201528552011-08-22T10:03:00.003-04:002011-08-22T10:05:12.549-04:00Sorry!!I'm really sorry I haven't been updating lately. It's been a busy summer. I should have some updates this week. To regain your love, below is a picture of Fudgie the Whale.
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<br />Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-11991695278470138372011-07-28T09:30:00.001-04:002011-07-28T09:32:28.203-04:00Mexico accidentally invades US.Good thing George W. Bush still isn't in office. Otherwise, in retaliation, he would've declared war on Morocco. From <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/mexico-invades-us-texas_n_911121.html?ir=World">Huffington Post</a>:<br /><blockquote>AUSTIN, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors returned 33 Mexican soldiers on Tuesday who inadvertently crossed over the Rio Grande river into Texas, authorities said.<br /><br />The soldiers, packed into four Humvees, crossed over the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge into south Texas at around 2 p.m., said Felix Garza, a spokesman for CBP in Pharr, Texas.<br /><br />"They crossed the boundary line on the bridge. Once they did that they were forced to continue traveling to our primary inspection area," Garza told Reuters.<br /><br />"They were processed according to protocols, and they were released and returned to Mexico without incident or charges," he added, declining to say whether the troops were armed.<br /><br />In a statement late Tuesday, the Mexican military said the troops "unintentionally" crossed over the bridge while they were carrying out reconnaissance on the border.<br /><br />After clarifying the error with U.S. authorities, they returned to Mexico and continued their "routine activities," it said.</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-50439340105300660192011-07-26T15:22:00.002-04:002011-07-26T15:26:41.908-04:00Man tries to hijack NYC subway train.Where's Walter Matthau when you need him? <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/07/26/2011-07-26_start_train_or_die_terrifying_10minute_crisis_for_conductor_on_5_train_in_bronx.html">Item!</a><br /><blockquote>A man wielding a screwdriver and screaming someone wanted to kill him tried to hijack a subway train by forcing his way into a motorman's cab, cops, a witness and the motorman said Monday.<br /><br />The terrifying 10-minute ordeal on a crowded northbound No. 5 train happened Friday and prompted panicked passengers to rush to the conductor's defense.<br /><br />"I had some passengers helping me, so thank God for them," said motorman Darryl George, 36. "There are still good people in New York City."<br /><br />Suspect Richard Arrocho, 42, is accused of entering George's front-car cab by climbing through its open side window from a wall alongside the tracks near the 149th St. station in the Bronx.<br /><br />"I had opened my window to see what the situation was," George said. "He said someone with a gun was trying to kill him."<br /><br />As George turned his back to radio a supervisor, Arrocho clambered inside.<br /><br />"I was shocked," George said. "I couldn't believe it - he was inside my cab.<br /><br />"He said, 'Move the train or I'm going to f-----g kill you,'" George added. "He wouldn't let me open the door. He pulled a screwdriver and tried to stab me.<br />"I started to move the train slowly," George added. "He pulled my hand off and pushed the control to make the train go faster. I told him, 'If we keep moving at this speed, we're going to hit something.' It didn't make any difference to him. "<br /><br />"It was crazy," said witness Ronald Baker, 60, of the Bronx, who shot dramatic video of the 3:40 p.m. incident. "People were screaming, passengers were pounding on the [motorman's] door, trying to get the guy to put down his screwdriver."<br /><br />Baker's video shows George wrestling with Arrocho and briefly getting the suspect in a headlock as the train rumbled down the tracks. The train stopped once it reached the Jackson Ave. station. George managed to open the door and run out, leaving Arrocho in the cab alone.<br /><br />The video shows two passengers initially helping George try to keep the suspect locked in the cab. Apparently believing he might commandeer the controls, George and a passenger pushed open the door and attempted to get Arrocho to calm down.<br /><br />"Someone's trying to kill me!" Arrocho yelled.<br /><br />Court records show Arrocho claimed someone was trying to kill him in retaliation for a previous robbery. When cops arrived at the Jackson Ave. station, Arrocho surrendered without incident.<br /><br />"He may have seen 'Taking of Pelham 123' one too many times," said a law enforcement source, referring to the 2009 remake staring John Travolta as the hijacker of a No. 6 train in the Bronx.<br /><br />The source said Arrocho has a history of mental illness and spent time in a psych ward. He was charged with felony attempted assault, menacing, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon - a pointy Phillips-head screwdriver. He was being held on $2,500 bail.<br /><br />He has been arrested at least 40 times since 1985 on charges ranging from robbery to petty larceny, records show.<br /><br />"I could have lost my life over this," George said. "You don't expect something like this to happen when you go to work."</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-34872131636545080032011-07-26T15:08:00.002-04:002011-07-26T15:22:17.448-04:00Top 10 craziest state legislatures.Eye-popping article from <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/151712/the_10_craziest_state_legislatures_in_america?page=entire%29%20%7C">AlterNet</a>. Some highlights:<br /><br />10. Michigan: Passed a martial law bill that would end democracy during tough financial times. <br /><br />8. Ohio: Ohio Republicans had a fetus testify on the floor of the legislature.<br /><br />7. Montana: Made sure homosexuality is still a crime. <br /><br />And lots more.Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-78755600447454932042011-07-26T14:18:00.002-04:002011-07-26T14:20:43.610-04:00ZombieWatch: Man wakes up in morgue after being mistaken for dead.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPN5ynSgTlq2koYoHM_0ak34rcsiinoPwoo5N_QeOhn38QUQ9R5_ig_Us_sclNDKKRZFdV__ij4Xfu1s7Y1qBE63MqO0x6XyjlqqCNcgkMFJG_hcH2VusIDaE9gwxxTF8S7vQKAhpjEbw/s1600/morgue.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPN5ynSgTlq2koYoHM_0ak34rcsiinoPwoo5N_QeOhn38QUQ9R5_ig_Us_sclNDKKRZFdV__ij4Xfu1s7Y1qBE63MqO0x6XyjlqqCNcgkMFJG_hcH2VusIDaE9gwxxTF8S7vQKAhpjEbw/s320/morgue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633727553471635378" border="0" /></a>From <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/07/26/2011-07-26_man_wakes_up_screaming_in_south_african_morgue_after_being_mistaken_for_dead.html">NY Daily News</a>:<br /><blockquote>An unconscious South African man, presumed dead by relatives, had a rude awakening Sunday when he came to his senses in a morgue, officials said.<br /><br />His cries for help terrified employees at the mortuary in the Eastern Cape province of Libode.<br /><br />"Two workers heard screaming from the refrigerators," Sizwe Kupelo, a spokesperson for the Eastern Cape Health Department, told ABC News. "They thought it was a ghost and they ran for their lives."<br /><br />The man, who did not want his name released but is described as a grandfather in his 60s, had apparently suffered an asthma attack and fell unconscious.<br /><br />"The family called a private undertaker who took what they thought was a dead body to the morgue," Kupelo said, according to South Africa's News24.<br /><br />Relatives did not call paramedics, but instead phoned the mortuary, assuming he was dead. The morgue's owner told The Associated Press that the worker who picked up the supposedly dead man "examined the body, checked his pulse, looked for a heartbeat, but there was nothing."<br /><br />Ayanda Maqolo was there when the elderly man woke up and started screaming after having been in the refrigerator with other corpses for at least 21 hours.<br /><br />"He asked, 'How did I get here?'" the owner recalled the man saying. The owner added that the chilling experience even gave him "nightmares."<br /><br />"I couldn't sleep last night," he told AP. "But today I'm much better."</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-60369670707328302872011-07-21T12:52:00.002-04:002011-07-21T12:54:01.293-04:00Jesus saves (by shopping at Wal-Mart).<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxpmLETURXKWi6lOxU19fao9oaafG7MoZYxr8M9vr7JV0ZmE1fNnIm7bKsqg5QC_sWN5mpYo_Fa2-lwvk8yvGd-inyuoeP1dg72ReBiYeaJX2kSngiIOrGCRfC6-ru4mfH4Dbnnwq6_4/s1600/walmart-jesus-receipt.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxpmLETURXKWi6lOxU19fao9oaafG7MoZYxr8M9vr7JV0ZmE1fNnIm7bKsqg5QC_sWN5mpYo_Fa2-lwvk8yvGd-inyuoeP1dg72ReBiYeaJX2kSngiIOrGCRfC6-ru4mfH4Dbnnwq6_4/s200/walmart-jesus-receipt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631849856921590402" border="0" /></a>From the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/07/21/2011-07-21_south_carolina_couple_claims_to_possess_walmart_checkout_receipt_with_face_of_ch.html">NY Daily News</a>:<br /><blockquote>A South Carolina couple claims to possess one heckuva of a saintly sales slip--a Wal-Mart check-out receipt with the face of Christ on it.<br /><br />Gentry Lee Sutherland and Jacob Simmons got the blessed bill of sale upon paying for the development of 11 photos June 12 at a Wal-Mart store in Travelers Rest, S.C.<br /><br />"People are going to believe what they want to believe," said Sutherland.<br /><br />"There's tons of people who will say, 'Oh, we're in the Bible Belt,' but here's my question to the doubters, who else has the power to put their face on a check-out receipt but Jesus?"<br /><br />It wasn't until three days after they paid for the photos that Sutherland and Simmons divined the two eyes and bushy beard and hair that is now so evident when they look at the receipt.</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-26174391362785244852011-07-21T12:43:00.001-04:002011-07-21T12:44:17.885-04:00Marauding gangs of monkeys invade Rio.From <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/marauding-gangs-of-monkeys-invade-rio-de-janeiro.php">Treehugger</a>:<br /><blockquote>In Rio de Janeiro, bold bands of marauding monkeys are turning to a life of looting and mischief. By the dozens, young capuchin monkeys have been descending the nearby hills to sneak into homes and steal fruit and other food from unsuspecting residents -- wreaking havoc in the process. "They come in, make a mess, break and throw everything onto the floor," says one distraught resident of Rio's primate-sacked South Zone. But local experts say that kind-hearted humans may be to blame for unleashing this proverbial barrel of monkeys.<br /><br />Sure, in still-photos and wildlife documentaries, capachin monkey are undeniably adorable and seem rather harmless,but the recent slew of break-ins and thefts have familiarized locals with their more cunning qualities. In fact, an investigation from Jornal Floripa recorded some surprisingly well-orchestrated incidents of looting. By mimicking a birdcall, one monkey alerts countless others hidden that the latest home invasion will soon be underway.</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-21488512898805042172011-07-15T13:26:00.002-04:002011-07-15T13:29:39.256-04:00ZombieWatch: New virus jumps from monkey to lab worker.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ogYTlkLPLhVAri5Fal0h2KdX4crqSotLvwk5_64n51F0R0a3XBNZ-nr-Ojllq4o9Yy6ZilzIS4f1bjY8lSdqUcBpJ4kMz4g-ASBon1x4fg9M2CYRfT5zMRVtqMF_lSeSWy7ZLDjHhTk/s1600/28-Days-Later.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ogYTlkLPLhVAri5Fal0h2KdX4crqSotLvwk5_64n51F0R0a3XBNZ-nr-Ojllq4o9Yy6ZilzIS4f1bjY8lSdqUcBpJ4kMz4g-ASBon1x4fg9M2CYRfT5zMRVtqMF_lSeSWy7ZLDjHhTk/s200/28-Days-Later.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629632541402363490" border="0" /></a>From <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/07/new-virus-jumps-from-monkeys-to-.html?ref=hp">Science</a>:<br /><blockquote>It started with a single monkey coming down with pneumonia at the California National Primate Research Center in Davis. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Within weeks, 19 monkeys were dead and three humans were sick.</span> Now, a new report confirms that the Davis outbreak was the first known case of an adenovirus jumping from monkeys to humans. The upside: the virus may one day be harnessed as a tool for gene therapy.<br /><br />Adenoviruses are relatively large DNA viruses—as opposed to many other viruses that replicate using RNA—that commonly cause colds and respiratory infections in humans. They're also responsible for a variety of illnesses in cattle, dogs, horses, pigs, and other animals, but scientists thought the viruses and their ailments couldn't jump between species.<br /><br />Then, on 14 May 2009, a healthy adult male titi monkey—a small, reddish-brown species that calls much of South America home—came down with a cough at the Davis primate center and soon became lethargic and wouldn't eat. Staff members gave the animal intravenous fluids and antibiotics, but its condition worsened, and after 5 days staff members euthanized him. Four weeks later, another titi monkey came down with the same symptoms. Then another. And another. Within 2 months, 23 of the 65-strong population had become sick, and 19 eventually died. A team led by infectious diseases researcher Charles Chiu of the University of California, San Francisco, analyzed lung tissue samples from the dead monkeys and identified a never-before-seen adenovirus, which they named titi monkey adenovirus (TMAdV).<br /><br />But where did the virus come from? It's unlikely it originated in the titi monkeys themselves, Chiu says: "Hosts that are that susceptible to a disease are not likely to be its originators." So the researchers asked whether any lab workers had been sick during that period. One person, who had had close daily contact with the monkeys, reported coming down with a fever, chills, a headache, a dry cough, and a burning sensation in her lungs—hallmarks of the kinds of respiratory infection commonly caused by adenoviruses. Two of her family members reported similar, though less severe, symptoms in subsequent weeks.<br /><br />Neither the lab worker nor her family members sought medical attention, and all recovered within 4 weeks, after which it was too late for researchers to swab for traces of the adenoviruses directly. Instead, they examined the patients' blood for antibodies and compared them with those found in the infected monkeys. The lab worker and one of her family members showed a match, suggesting that the monkeys gave the virus to the lab worker or vice versa. But when the team tested a representative set of 81 blood samples from donors in the western United States, none had antibodies. That suggests humans weren't the source of the outbreak either.</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-18892119328246510332011-07-07T14:12:00.001-04:002011-07-07T14:13:52.730-04:00Charity offers baby as raffle prize.This is bizarre. How is this legal? From <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/to-hatch-ivf-charity-raffles-off-chance-to-have-a-baby/2011/07/06/gIQAOQQd0H_blog.html">Washington Post</a>:<br /><blockquote>Games of chance give lucky people the opportunity to win almost anything, from a goldfish at a carnival to millions of dollars. Now a charity in Britain is giving one couple the chance to have a baby.<br /><br />To Hatch, a charity that offers fertility treatment advice, will sell £20 raffle tickets to couples who want a chance to win £25,000 worth of in vitro fertilization treatments. This controversial lottery, set to launch July 30, has been received with some criticism.<br /><br />Anyone can enter to the contest and can give the prize to someone else if they win, according to the Telegraph.. If IVF treatments fails, then the charity will offer a surrogate, donor eggs or surgery.<br /><br />To Hatch founder Camille Strachan said the lottery comes at a time when the National Health Service, Britain’s publicly funded health care system, has undergone budget cuts: “We hope the To Hatch Lottery can ease the burden on the NHS and reduce the stress slightly on some of those who are struggling.”<br /><br />Josephine Quintavalle, director of the Comment on Reproductive Ethics, told the Telegraph the lottery “demeans the whole nature of human reproduction.” She also questioned the legality of the practice to Sky News.<br /><br />“This latest initiative, turning the process of reproduction into a buy-your-ticket lottery, is absolutely unacceptable and quite possibly breaks European Law on the commercialization of human tissue,” she said. “It is in this area where an immediate investigation should be demanded. It is surely not legal to pay £20 to have access to another woman’s womb?”<br /><br />The charity’s Web site was down Wednesday shortly after the announcement went viral. A message on the site read, “To Hatch is currently offline for site-wide maintenance, it will be up and running shortly.” It was later changed to, “Due to overwhelming demand the To Hatch website is currently offline for site-wide maintenance. It will be back up and running as soon as possible.”</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-77338348146355381942011-07-07T14:10:00.002-04:002011-07-07T14:12:20.077-04:00U.S. to send condolences after military suicides.Amazing to think that people were against this because they thought it would encourage suicide! From <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/us/politics/07suicide.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=condolence%20letter%20policy&st=cse">NY Times</a>:<br /><blockquote>Breaking with longstanding concerns that officially memorializing military suicides might encourage them, President Obama announced on Wednesday that he would begin sending letters of condolence to the families of troops who kill themselves in combat zones.<br /><br />“This decision was made after a difficult and exhaustive review of the former policy, and I did not make it lightly,” the president said in a statement. “This issue is emotional, painful and complicated, but these Americans served our nation bravely. They didn’t die because they were weak.”<br /><br />As the number of military suicides has surged since 2001, the issue of presidential letters — which are sent to the families of every service member killed in action — has become a source of great dismay among families of suicides. Some organized letter-writing campaigns and prodded members of Congress to introduce legislation to overturn the policy, which has existed for several administrations.<br /><br />In 2009, the Obama administration demurred, citing widespread concerns among veterans groups and senior military officers that such letters might be construed as sanctioning suicide. But on Wednesday, citing an 18-month review of the policy, Mr. Obama said he had concluded that by recognizing certain suicides, he might destigmatize the problem of mental illness within the military and thereby encourage service members to seek counseling.<br /><br />“The fact that they didn’t get the help they needed must change,” the president’s statement said. “Our men and women in uniform have borne the incredible burden of our wars, and we need to do everything in our power to honor their service, and to help them stay strong for themselves, for their families and for our nation.”<br /><br />The new policy, which was first reported by CBS News, will apply only to troops who commit suicide in officially designated combat zones, mainly Afghanistan and Iraq. The letters will differ from those sent to troops killed in combat, though the White House declined to say precisely how.<br /><br />In recent years, the military suicide rate has been above the rate for the general population, a reflection, experts say, of the stress of rapid-tempo combat operations and multiple deployments. But a majority of those suicides, 295 last year among active-duty personnel, have been committed outside combat zones, mostly in the United States. </blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-86612410030971867862011-06-24T15:23:00.000-04:002011-06-24T15:24:40.250-04:00Woman dies at her own funeral.From <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007356/Shocked-woman-dies-funeral-heart-attack.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">Daily Mail</a>:<br /><blockquote>A woman died from a heart attack caused by shock after waking up to discover she had been declared dead - and was being prepared for burial.<br /><br />As mourning relatives filed past her open coffin the supposedly dead woman suddenly woke up and started screaming as she realised where she was.<br /><br />Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, 49, had been wrongly declared deceased by doctors but died for real after hearing mourners saying prayers for her soul to be taken up to heaven in Kazan, Russia.</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-19814790921724955602011-06-24T15:03:00.003-04:002011-06-24T15:08:53.217-04:00Deep history of coconuts decoded.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXuGvT834lkunXHjVPal4h2zQ-iZsXbzCN29KHd5uC4UG7ZE3LskcKujgwbTosqOoQAC-Ab1xVQRINm-k8yQGDWTfRcfd2n_exTqCEWMdGbWxtvOqO6zDfuB4WizSpTwIONTiu23T5Oc/s1600/mp_coconuts.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXuGvT834lkunXHjVPal4h2zQ-iZsXbzCN29KHd5uC4UG7ZE3LskcKujgwbTosqOoQAC-Ab1xVQRINm-k8yQGDWTfRcfd2n_exTqCEWMdGbWxtvOqO6zDfuB4WizSpTwIONTiu23T5Oc/s200/mp_coconuts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621865198225351314" border="0" /></a>"Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" From <a href="http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22438.aspx">WUSTL</a>:<br /><blockquote>The coconut (the fruit of the palm Cocos nucifera) is the Swiss Army knife of the plant kingdom; in one neat package it provides a high-calorie food, potable water, fiber that can be spun into rope, and a hard shell that can be turned into charcoal. What’s more, until it is needed for some other purpose it serves as a handy flotation device.<br /><br />No wonder people from ancient Austronesians to Captain Bligh pitched a few coconuts aboard before setting sail. (The mutiny of the Bounty is supposed to have been triggered by Bligh’s harsh punishment of the theft of coconuts from the ship’s store.)<br /><br />So extensively is the history of the coconut interwoven with the history of people traveling that Kenneth Olsen, a plant evolutionary biologist, didn’t expect to find much geographical structure to coconut genetics when he and his colleagues set out to examine the DNA of more than 1300 coconuts from all over the world.<br /><br />“I thought it would be mostly a mish-mash,” he says, thoroughly homogenized by humans schlepping coconuts with them on their travels.<br /><br />He was in for a surprise. <span style="font-weight: bold;">It turned out that there are two clearly differentiated populations of coconuts, a finding that strongly suggests the coconut was brought under cultivation in two separate locations, one in the Pacific basin and the other in the Indian Ocean basin. What’s more, coconut genetics also preserve a record of prehistoric trade routes and of the colonization of the Americas.</span><br /><br />The discoveries of the team, which included Bee Gunn, now of the Australian National University in Australia, and Luc Baudouin of the Centre International de Recherches en Agronomie pour le Développement (CIRAD) in Montpellier, France, as well as Olsen, associate professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, are described in the June 23 online issue of the journal PLoS One.<br /><br /></blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-48799520259914260902011-06-24T14:45:00.003-04:002011-06-24T14:47:54.850-04:00Blogger jailed 30 days for saying beef noodles were too salty.What's even more crazy is that she was right about the cockroaches. From <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007713/Blogger-fined-restaurant-review-writing-noodles-salty.html">Daily Mail</a>:<br /><blockquote>A scathing review led to a Taiwanese blogger being sent to prison and ordered to pay compensation to the restaurant she criticised.<br /><br />The Taichung branch of Taiwan High Court on Tuesday sentenced the blogger, surnamed Liu, to 30 days in detention and two years of probation and handover NT$200,000 for her harsh review of the 'salty beef noodles'.<br /><br />The blogger writes about a variety of topics, giving her opinion on food, health and interior design, and has received more than 60,000 hits on her website.<br /><br />After visiting a Taichung beef noodle restaurant in July 2008, where she had dried noodles and side dishes, Liu wrote that the restaurant served food that was too salty, the place was unsanitary because there were cockroaches and that the owner was a 'bully' because he let customers park their cars haphazardly, leading to traffic jams, according to the Taipei Times.<br /><br />The restaurant’s owner, surnamed Yang, learned about Liu’s blog post from a regular customer, and filed charges against her, accusing her of defamation.<br /><br />The Taichung District Court ruled that Liu’s criticism of the restaurant exceeded reasonable bounds and sentenced her to 30 days in detention, a ruling that Liu appealed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The High Court found that Liu’s criticism about cockroaches in the restaurant to be a narration of facts, not intentional slander, the news website reported.</span><br /><br />However, the judge also ruled that Liu should not have criticized all the restaurant’s food as too salty because she only had one dish on her single visit.<br /><br />Health officials who inspected the restaurant did not find conditions to be as unsanitary as Liu had described, so the High Court also ruled that Liu must pay NT$200,000 to the owner for revenues lost as a result of her blog post.<br /><br />Liu has apologized to the restaurant for the incident.<br /><br />Yang said he filed the charges because Liu’s negative comments about his restaurant led to many customers calling him to ask if her review was true.<br /><br />He said he hoped the case would teach her a lesson.<br /><br />Huang Cheng-lee, a lawyer in Taichung, said that bloggers who post food reviews should remember to be truthful in their commentary and supplement their comments with photographs to protect themselves.<br /><br />He also said bloggers should be objective and fair in their writing.<br /></blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-87706482039028000532011-06-09T14:59:00.001-04:002011-06-09T15:00:36.611-04:00Connecticut citizens use fountain as toilet.From <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110607/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_fountain_trouble?bouchon=501,ny">Yahoo! News</a>:<br /><blockquote>NEW LONDON, Conn. – Officials in New London, Conn., turned off the water at the city's new waterfront fountain over the weekend, because people have been using it as a toilet.<br /><br />The fountain was activated last month and features a sculpture of a whale's tail with water spilling over it, which visitors are encouraged to run through.<br /><br />City Councilor Michael Buscetto III tells The Day of New London that since the fountain opened, police have responded to calls of people urinating, defecating and showering in the fountain water. He said some people who have cut themselves have also used the fountain to rinse off blood.<br /><br />City Manager Denise Rose says police are developing a plan to better keep an eye on the area.</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-89450622140354928802011-06-09T14:50:00.001-04:002011-06-09T15:17:52.206-04:00Flying bear kills two Canadians in freak accident.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcBtmRI3uTwJFrepongN2J4Mh0wmVjh8ax7l7075gO2j96bLRg3Erv6U3uEgJOOxU0G6fdNUd49YGp5YAxHJeLYGo6JR9DfLOfvpkKmTmdrWvD_KAFqPYu1vRDLba3IcOoIEZFdxSVvTE/s1600/Flying+Bear.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcBtmRI3uTwJFrepongN2J4Mh0wmVjh8ax7l7075gO2j96bLRg3Erv6U3uEgJOOxU0G6fdNUd49YGp5YAxHJeLYGo6JR9DfLOfvpkKmTmdrWvD_KAFqPYu1vRDLba3IcOoIEZFdxSVvTE/s200/Flying+Bear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616301349517178578" border="0" /></a>From <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110607/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_fountain_trouble?bouchon=501,ny">Yahoo! News</a>:<br /><blockquote>OTTAWA (Reuters) – Two Canadians died instantly in a freak accident when a car hit a 440-pound (200-kg) black bear and sent the animal flying straight through the windshield of an oncoming vehicle, local media said Wednesday.<br /><br />The bear's body hit the 25-year-old driver and a 40-year-old man sitting behind her and then shot out of the back window. The bear also died.<br /><br />The accident happened Monday night in a rural area about 25 miles north of the federal capital Ottawa.<br /><br />"We don't see (this) often, even if we live in the country. Lots of deer, but collisions with a bear and two people died? That's really rare," local police spokesman Martin Fournel told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.<br /><br />Collisions between vehicles and animals are common in Canada, which has a healthy population of large wild animals such as moose and deer.</blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-52842439491036326272011-06-09T14:08:00.003-04:002011-06-09T14:26:16.120-04:00Coozer-Bits.<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/06/jellyfish-invade-florida-beaches-sting-1600-in-memorial-day-attack.php">Yipes</a>: Jellyfish invade FL beach, sting 1600 people!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/5-more-arrested-accused-of-feeding-homeless-in-1528523.html">WTF</a>: 12 arrested for feeding the homeless in Orlando.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/611326/woman-hating_santorum_says_abortion_exceptions_to_protect_mother%27s_health_are_%22phony%22/">Lame</a>: Woman-hating Santorum says abortion exception to protect mother's health is "phony."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13711528">PSA</a>: Citibank confirms hacking attack.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/08/periodic-table-new-elements_n_873187.html">Science</a>: Periodic table adds two new superheavy elements.Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-76680240332048508532011-06-02T13:31:00.000-04:002011-06-02T13:32:24.077-04:00Russian man buries himself for luck, dies.From <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/06/02/2011-06-02_russian_man_buries_himself_alive_to_bring_good_luck_instead_he_dies.html">NY Daily News</a>:<br /><blockquote>A superstitious Russian man died after burying himself alive in the hopes it would bring him "good luck."<br /><br />The 35-year-old computer programmer told friends that spending a night underground would bring him good fortune for the rest of his life.<br /><br />"According to his friend, the man wanted to test his endurance and insistently asked his friend to help him spend the night buried," police official Alexei Lubinsky told the BBC.<br /><br />The victim dug a hole in his garden in the eastern city of Blagoveshchensk and created an improvised coffin with pipes for air.<br /><br />With a cell phone and a bottle of water in hand, he hopped in and had his friend cover the coffin with about eight inches of dirt.<br /><br />Heavy rain fell overnight and when the friend returned the next morning, his pal was dead.<br /><br />Police suspect the rain somehow blocked the air supply.<br /><br />A similarly bizarre fate met a another man in Russia last summer after pals buried him. They found him dead an hour-and-a-half later, crushed by the weight of the dirt.<br /></blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347818322792254163.post-22806435756273389512011-06-01T13:54:00.002-04:002011-06-01T13:56:05.764-04:00Bees swarm in Little Italy.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwtn6_WK3WpoFpI_gKrbXmBIXK3yh_1_cX7kuIKGwAVK2x3uqavXZfPWFDxp33OBon1wqVtJv_6Eu1oR2xfhHP1HTYWNr4EcFaxAz3g5AUYDVj_i0pY_RruTYMWzYk9R9E8SyE6ILXjg/s1600/bee_mailbox.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwtn6_WK3WpoFpI_gKrbXmBIXK3yh_1_cX7kuIKGwAVK2x3uqavXZfPWFDxp33OBon1wqVtJv_6Eu1oR2xfhHP1HTYWNr4EcFaxAz3g5AUYDVj_i0pY_RruTYMWzYk9R9E8SyE6ILXjg/s200/bee_mailbox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613311581582645618" border="0" /></a>This has the whole city a-buzz! From NY Post:<br /><blockquote>It was the biggest sting operation in Little Italy since the Gambinos were driven off.<br /><br />Crowds of people stopped to gape at a bizarre bee swarm (left) yesterday at a mailbox on the corner of Mulberry and Grand streets, snapping cellphone pictures and calling friends to marvel at the little bit of country in the midst of the big city.<br /><br />Andrew Cote, president of New York City Beekeepers, said there was nothing to worry about, as the buzzers are as sweet as honey when they travel in packs.<br /><br />"Bees are most docile when they swarm," he said.<br /><br />"They have no hive to protect, and they pose absolutely no threat."<br /><br />A beekeeper from his group helped the NYPD move the bugs to a safe location, he said.<br /><br />"People keep bees in New York City, and it's not unusual for them to swarm," Cote said.<br /><br />"It happens many times. I just picked up a swarm in The Bronx."<br /><br />But another beekeeper, Chet Crowl, said it's lucky the insects were quickly moved, because "the longer they stay, the more aggressive they get."<br /><br />Last year, the New York City Board of Health lifted a ban on beekeeping.<br /><br /><br /></blockquote>Adam Coozerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466726382405747888noreply@blogger.com0