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Saturday, September 2, 2006
STRANGE STATUES around the world
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World's FASTEST CARS
Fastest cars based on acceleration (in seconds) from 0 to 60 MPH.
Click this link to have a look at the world's fastest cars: http://www.2sportscars.com/fastest-cars.shtml
Click this link to have a look at the world's fastest cars: http://www.2sportscars.com/fastest-cars.shtml
World's first UNDERWATER HOTEL!
Hydropolis is the world's first underwater luxury hotel
Currently under construction in Dubai. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex.
For more photos and info, check out this! http://www.alltraveltips.com/underwaterhotel.html
Currently under construction in Dubai. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex.
For more photos and info, check out this! http://www.alltraveltips.com/underwaterhotel.html
Friday, September 1, 2006
MAN AUCTIONS permanent advertising tattoo on back of neck!
A 25-year-old man from Maine is auctioning off the back of his neck as advertising space. The winning bidder can put a permanent tattoo ad on the back of Mark's neck.
Mark Greenlaw from Biddeford, Maine has ran crazy auctions since the day he started the all famous weirdebay.com but nothing could prepare him for his newest adventure. The 25 year old has decided to offer a permanent advertising spot on the back of his neck to the highest bidder, when sitting down with Mark Greenlaw he had a smile that would make you think he was just your normal crazy guy, in reality he is a very nice guy at age 25.
Mark Greenlaw has three kids ages 5, 3, and 2 his exact words to me were “I am doing this auction to help support my family and if it takes a little pain and a logo on the back of my neck to do so then I will do it.” When asked does it bother you that this company will be branded on you for life? He replied: “Not at all I think it will be fun for both myself and the company, just image the media exposure the company will receive.”
Mark Greenlaw’s auction can be found on the world famous auction site E-bay his user ID is maineelectronics the auction currently has one bid of ninety nine cents but the reserve has yet to be met, The auction still has 9 days and 12 hours remaining as of January 16, 2006 and you can also search for this auction by the auction ID which is 5657013788.
In the auction Mark Greenlaw has stated that a Portland, Maine based radio station WPOR with DJ Joe Lerman will be doing a live interview with him on Wednesday, January 18 and during that interview he will tell the listeners who the highest bidder is and what their company is.
courtesy: email
Mark Greenlaw from Biddeford, Maine has ran crazy auctions since the day he started the all famous weirdebay.com but nothing could prepare him for his newest adventure. The 25 year old has decided to offer a permanent advertising spot on the back of his neck to the highest bidder, when sitting down with Mark Greenlaw he had a smile that would make you think he was just your normal crazy guy, in reality he is a very nice guy at age 25.
Mark Greenlaw has three kids ages 5, 3, and 2 his exact words to me were “I am doing this auction to help support my family and if it takes a little pain and a logo on the back of my neck to do so then I will do it.” When asked does it bother you that this company will be branded on you for life? He replied: “Not at all I think it will be fun for both myself and the company, just image the media exposure the company will receive.”
Mark Greenlaw’s auction can be found on the world famous auction site E-bay his user ID is maineelectronics the auction currently has one bid of ninety nine cents but the reserve has yet to be met, The auction still has 9 days and 12 hours remaining as of January 16, 2006 and you can also search for this auction by the auction ID which is 5657013788.
In the auction Mark Greenlaw has stated that a Portland, Maine based radio station WPOR with DJ Joe Lerman will be doing a live interview with him on Wednesday, January 18 and during that interview he will tell the listeners who the highest bidder is and what their company is.
courtesy: email
MOTHER fries 10-year-old son for excessive eating
A Nigerian mom was arrested for pouring boiling hot oil over her son as a punishement for eating too much leftovers.
10-year-old Ebuka Ochichi had eaten too much of the macaroni she left in the kitchen, his mother said. She discovered what the little boy had done when she came hom from work.
The woman's sister witnessed how angry she got with the boy and was ordered to boil a pot of oil.
"She told me to put on the stove and boil some groundnut oil in the frying pan. When the oil boiled, she called Ebuka and ordered him to put his hand into the frying pan. When he refused she carried the frying pan and poured the oil on his hands, his face and his chest," the sister said.
The woman said she didn't mean to harm the boy, but a shocked tribal chief doesn't believe her.
He said: "How can she say she meant no harm? She kept the boy in the house for three days without even making an attempt to take him to the hospital for treatment."
"If not that God exposed her through her neighbour, maybe the boy could have got infected and perhaps died," he added.
courtesy: email
10-year-old Ebuka Ochichi had eaten too much of the macaroni she left in the kitchen, his mother said. She discovered what the little boy had done when she came hom from work.
The woman's sister witnessed how angry she got with the boy and was ordered to boil a pot of oil.
"She told me to put on the stove and boil some groundnut oil in the frying pan. When the oil boiled, she called Ebuka and ordered him to put his hand into the frying pan. When he refused she carried the frying pan and poured the oil on his hands, his face and his chest," the sister said.
The woman said she didn't mean to harm the boy, but a shocked tribal chief doesn't believe her.
He said: "How can she say she meant no harm? She kept the boy in the house for three days without even making an attempt to take him to the hospital for treatment."
"If not that God exposed her through her neighbour, maybe the boy could have got infected and perhaps died," he added.
courtesy: email
MOBILE buried with the dead!
More people than ever are asking to be buried or cremated with their mobile phones when they die, say researchers.
Check this out ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4853548.stm
Check this out ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4853548.stm
PAYING by fingerprint at the supermarket
Customers of a German supermarket chain will soon be able to pay for their shopping by placing their finger on a scanner at the check-out.
An Edeka store in the southwest German town of Ruelzheim has piloted the technology since November, cutting out on time otherwise wasted scrabbling for coins or cards.
The company plans to equip its stores across the region with the new technology.
Store manager Roland Fitterer said: "All customers need do is register once with their identity card and bank details, then they can shop straight away".
The technology is based on comparing the shopper's fingerprint with those stored in its database along with account details. Edeka bosses said they were confident the system could not be abused. The chance of two people having the same fingerprint is about one in 220 million.
courtesy: email
An Edeka store in the southwest German town of Ruelzheim has piloted the technology since November, cutting out on time otherwise wasted scrabbling for coins or cards.
The company plans to equip its stores across the region with the new technology.
Store manager Roland Fitterer said: "All customers need do is register once with their identity card and bank details, then they can shop straight away".
The technology is based on comparing the shopper's fingerprint with those stored in its database along with account details. Edeka bosses said they were confident the system could not be abused. The chance of two people having the same fingerprint is about one in 220 million.
courtesy: email
RUSSIAN survives snooze on train track
A Russian man who fell asleep between train tracks failed to wake up when a 140-tonne cargo train passed over him.
Vladimir Rasimov passed out and fell asleep between the tracks as he took a short cut home after going out with some friends in a bar.
The train driver saw somebody on the line and braked sharply. When rescuers tried to pull the drunken sleeper from underneath the carriages the man was still sleeping. Unfortunately the rescuers failed and the train had to carry on to free him.
Train driver Vladimir Slabiy said: "I saw a man lying between the tracks and tried to stop, but it was too late. The train went right over him and I thought he must have been killed."
"But when I got out and checked he was still lying there fast asleep."
"If he had woken up from the noise of the train he would have lifted his head and been hit by the undercarriage and that would have been the end of him. It was lucky he was so drunk."
courtesy: email
Vladimir Rasimov passed out and fell asleep between the tracks as he took a short cut home after going out with some friends in a bar.
The train driver saw somebody on the line and braked sharply. When rescuers tried to pull the drunken sleeper from underneath the carriages the man was still sleeping. Unfortunately the rescuers failed and the train had to carry on to free him.
Train driver Vladimir Slabiy said: "I saw a man lying between the tracks and tried to stop, but it was too late. The train went right over him and I thought he must have been killed."
"But when I got out and checked he was still lying there fast asleep."
"If he had woken up from the noise of the train he would have lifted his head and been hit by the undercarriage and that would have been the end of him. It was lucky he was so drunk."
courtesy: email
BBC wants interview with deceased Bob Marley
The BBC asked reggae legend Bob Marley for an interview almost 24 years after his death. 
The British channel admitted that it was an “embarrassing error”. “It was a realy stupid mistake. Especially with April fools!”, according to the statement.
The request for the interview was made to the Bob Marley Foundation, and was part of a series of requests to artists for a show on radio channel BBC3.
The BBC requested the interview by e-mail with a standard text. This e-mail was sent to hundreds of receivers. According to the BBC the Bob Marley Foundation had a pretty good laugh, but the channel apologized nevertheless.
courtesy: email
The British channel admitted that it was an “embarrassing error”. “It was a realy stupid mistake. Especially with April fools!”, according to the statement.
The request for the interview was made to the Bob Marley Foundation, and was part of a series of requests to artists for a show on radio channel BBC3.
The BBC requested the interview by e-mail with a standard text. This e-mail was sent to hundreds of receivers. According to the BBC the Bob Marley Foundation had a pretty good laugh, but the channel apologized nevertheless.
courtesy: email
DOG saves abandoned baby from forest
The dog was looking for food for her newborn puppies when she reportedly saved a 2-week-old baby girl from a forest in Kenya.
The dog found the baby in a forest south of the capital Nairobi. She then took the infant, wrapped in a dirty, black cloth, and carried it across a busy road and through a barbed-wire fence and placed it close to her own puppies.
A witness, Stephen Thoya says: "I heard the sound of a baby crying, (when) I looked closely, I saw a dog carrying a baby as it crossed the road."
The owner of the heroic dog, Mary Adhiambo says her dog lay next to the baby and cared for it until it was spotted by human rescuers. Ms Adhiambo washed the baby who's umbilical chord was covered with maggots. After cleaning the baby Mary Adhiambo rushed it to hospital.
The newborn baby girl, who was resqued by a dog
At the hospital, the 3.3 kilogram child was christened Angel. Doctors confirmed the newborn baby girl had been out in the open for at least two days after being abandoned.
Dr Jonathan Micheni said: "An infant of such a tender age, having spent two nights in the cold, is likely to develop respiratory infections and we have put her on a treatment to prevent any bacterial or fungal infections."
These kinds of incidents in which babies are abandoned are very common in East African countries like Kenya, where over 56% of the population lives on less than US $1 a day.
courtesy: email
The dog found the baby in a forest south of the capital Nairobi. She then took the infant, wrapped in a dirty, black cloth, and carried it across a busy road and through a barbed-wire fence and placed it close to her own puppies.
A witness, Stephen Thoya says: "I heard the sound of a baby crying, (when) I looked closely, I saw a dog carrying a baby as it crossed the road."
The owner of the heroic dog, Mary Adhiambo says her dog lay next to the baby and cared for it until it was spotted by human rescuers. Ms Adhiambo washed the baby who's umbilical chord was covered with maggots. After cleaning the baby Mary Adhiambo rushed it to hospital.
The newborn baby girl, who was resqued by a dog
At the hospital, the 3.3 kilogram child was christened Angel. Doctors confirmed the newborn baby girl had been out in the open for at least two days after being abandoned.
Dr Jonathan Micheni said: "An infant of such a tender age, having spent two nights in the cold, is likely to develop respiratory infections and we have put her on a treatment to prevent any bacterial or fungal infections."
These kinds of incidents in which babies are abandoned are very common in East African countries like Kenya, where over 56% of the population lives on less than US $1 a day.
courtesy: email
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