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First Astro Turf synthetic grass and now Spice, hmmm, synthetic grass. What is this world coming to?

Dumbazzes should not be allowed to breed, otherwise...
.this warning would not be needed !

Thursday, June 24, 2010 PhuketGazette.net

Don't coax crocs, Thai tourists told

NAKHON RACHASIMA: Authorities at Khao Yai National Park have given a stern warning to tourists, ordering them to stop taunting the park’s pair of two-meter-long crocodiles.

The warning came after officials spotted visitors tempting the beasts with their feet.

The reptiles first hit the headlines last year when they were seen swimming around a waterhole in the park, which is not a natural habitat for crocs.

The pair have since become a tourist attraction in themselves. Park authorities initially planned to catch the animals and take them to another park better suited to their way of life, but as they seemed to be thriving in Khao Yai and not damaging the natural environment, they were allowed to stay.

Now park authorities worry that a tourist could lose a leg or even their lives to the crocodiles.

Khao Yai National Park chief Manot Kanphanakngan described the behavior of some tourists as “very worrying.”

Many tourists stop to try and spot the crocodiles. Often, if the creatures can’t be spotted, tourists dangle their feet into the pond to try and attract them. Others use sticks to hit the water to get the attention of the crocodiles before running away when they approach.

Some foolhardy visitors wait for the crocodiles to approach, then hit them on the head with a stick before fleeing for their lives, Mr Manot said.

The tourists do not know just how dangerous crocodiles can be, he said.

The crocodiles could easily bite off a person’s leg with a single chomp or even rip their heads off.

Humans aren’t the only primates with good reason to stay clear of the crocs.

Recently one of the beasts bit in half a monkey that strayed too close to the water’s edge, he said.

Also worrying is the crocodiles’ habit of coming out to bask near a popular camping area.

Park authorities put up signs warning people not to tease the crocodiles, but may even have to close off that area of the park if visitors continue to disregard the warning.

Some people go to extremes to get out of jury duty...
..this guy used the ultimate excuse !


Police ID man hit by train as juror who left court
By: Emily Babay, Examiner Staff Writer
August 4, 2010

The man killed by a CSX train last week has been identified, after the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office recognized him as a juror who had left the courthouse without explanation.

Police identified the man as Joshua M. Brodsky, 44, of Silver Spring.

Brodsky had been serving on a Montgomery County jury, but abruptly left the courthouse July 23, said Darren Popkin, chief deputy sheriff. A judge found Brodsky in contempt of court and issued a warrant.

The Sheriff's Office recognized Brodsky after police released a sketch of the train victim, whose body was found in Kensington around 1:30 p.m. July 25.

It's unknown why Brodsky left the courthouse, Popkin said.



Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local ... z0veDJJ1ho

Yardsale prices were so low, they were criminal !
Heck, they were even sold by a criminal !!!


Thief holds yard sale with 'criminal' prices
Friday, August 6, 2010 | 11:57 AM ET, 102.CBC News

Police have arrested a man they say held an impromptu garage sale in June. But everything he sold didn't belong to him.

Police said a 26-year-old man broke into a home on London Road in Sarnia on June 17, opened up the garage, and held a garage sale over several hours.

Police said the man sold approximately $40,000 worth of property as neighbours on the city street looked on.

'There were a lot of people who got really good deals out there.'
—Staff Sgt. Doug Warn"No one confronted this person, and he held this sale for several hours," said Staff Sgt. Doug Warn.

Police said the man sold the items, mostly expensive tools and woodworking equipment, for pennies on the dollar.

Buyers now possess stolen property

"There were a lot of people who got really good deals out there," said Warn.

Some of those customers came forward to help officers identify the suspect.

"We know that there are many other people out there who did purchase items at completely unrealistic low prices … there's no doubt in my mind that these people now know that that property is now stolen property," said Warn.

Warn said if those people return the items to police now, there won't be any repercussions.

"But they are in possession of stolen property and if it was to go much longer than this, who knows what happens down the line."


Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/ ... z0vrnUpvMX

Talk about losing your street "cred"...
..Pwned by a 69 year old granny !

Suspect in attempted robbery arrested
By ANDREW GANT, Staff writer August 7, 2010 12:05 AM

Raymond Shepard a would-be robber -- who police said accidentally dropped his handgun into the lap of a 69-year-old woman he intended to mug -- was booked into jail Friday, about a month after the bumbled hold-up was reported.

Port Orange police arrested 25-year-old Raymond Shepard on a warrant for attempted armed robbery, according to records at the Volusia County Branch Jail.

Police say Shepard and an accomplice followed 69-year-old Carol Costello to her car July 9 as she left the Walmart on Beville Road in Daytona Beach. The accomplice blocked Costello's car with a black Chevrolet Impala while Shepard leaped onto her hood and banged on her windshield with his gun, investigators said.

He eventually broke a hole in the glass, police said, and his gun fell through it.

Costello picked up the weapon and pointed it back at him, police said, and when he bolted he dropped his cell phone.

Shepard remained held Friday night at the Branch Jail on $53,000 bail.

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J...knowing he's gonna be pimped out in the big house...lol.

Sure you have a shitty day once in a while...
.."Butt", (pun intended) try a different approach...lol !

story #1 Police: W. Pa. woman used diaper in traffic beef

Aug 9, 3:37 PM (ET)

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - State police said a woman wiped a dirty diaper on the window of another woman's vehicle during a dispute in a traffic jam as both were leaving the Fayette County Fair. Jessica Hollis, 23, of Mount Pleasant, has been charged with harassment in the incident which state police in Uniontown said happened about 10:50 p.m. Saturday.

Police said Hollis smeared the diaper on the rear window of a vehicle driven by 36-year-old Melanie Campbell, of Hopwood.

Police said the women began arguing while they were stuck in traffic leaving the fairgrounds in Dunbar Township.

Online court records don't list an attorney for Hollis, and a phone number listed in her name was disconnected Monday.

story # 2 Fargo man sentenced in feces assault on police

Aug 9, 3:41 PM (ET)


FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A Fargo man who tried to kick his own feces at police officers who responded to a party at his home was sentenced to serve a year in jail. Dennis Fike, 66. also must complete alcohol treatment or he might face another year in jail.

Fike was accused of defecating on a rug and attempting to kick feces at the officers last Aug. 28. His attorney argued that a handcuffed Fike had asked to use the bathroom and been denied.

Fike was convicted in June of attempting to contact a law enforcement official by bodily fluids or excrement and preventing arrest.

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Information from: The Forum, http://www.in-forum.com
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Man, that's a lot of Vienna sausages. If a whole bunch of us white guys from the South went over there, could you then say the stadium was filled with crackers and Vienna sausages? Just wondering.

Give 'em hell, Dr Laura !

Dr. Laura Schlessinger Uses N-Word With Black Caller

Dr. Laura Schlessinger used the N-word 11 times over the course of five minutes. When a black female caller wanted to ask Dr. Laura about racial boundaries, the doctor took it upon herself to offend the entire listening community. Listen to the rant audio clip.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger went on an N-word rant when a black female caller was describing her difficult situation at home. The woman talked about her troubling circumstances with her white husband's friends and their odd questions and conversations that often cross racial boundaries.

Dr. Laura dismissed the woman's comments right off the bat and claimed that even she makes off-color jokes with her black bodyguard.

The caller tried to make her point by bringing up the N-word. Dr. Laura apparently saw no problem with this and cited the black male community and comedians as users. She 'spewed' the word several times clearly offending the caller. The show went on a commercial break before the caller could respond. Below is the transcript of the discussion that followed the break.

CALLER: Is it OK to say that word? Is it ever OK to say that word?

DR. LAURA: It depends how it's said. Black guys talking to each other seem to think it's ok.


CALLER: But you're not black, they're not black, my husband is white.

DR. LAURA: Oh, I see, so a word is restricted to race. Got it. Can't do much about that.


CALLER: I can't believe someone like you is on the radio spewing out the n***** word, and I hope everybody heard it.

DR. LAURA: I didn't spew out the n***** word!


CALLER: You said "n*****, n*****, n*****" and I hope everybody heard it.

DR. LAURA: Yes they did, and I'll say it again: n*****, n*****, n***** is what you hear on HBO.


[Crosstalk]


DR. LAURA: Why don't you let me finish a sentence? Don't take things out of context. Don't NAACP me, leave them in context.

Dr. Laura's final comment before hanging up with the caller was, 'If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry outside of your race.'

F'n Big Brother working overtime !!

High-tech carts will tell on Cleveland residents who don't recycle ... and they face $100 fine
Friday, August 20, 2010, 8:00 AM Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It would be a stretch to say that Big Brother will hang out in Clevelanders' trash cans, but the city plans to sort through curbside trash to make sure residents are recycling -- and fine them $100 if they don't.

The move is part of a high-tech collection system the city will roll out next year with new trash and recycling carts embedded with radio frequency identification chips and bar codes.

The chips will allow city workers to monitor how often residents roll carts to the curb for collection. If a chip show a recyclable cart hasn't been brought to the curb in weeks, a trash supervisor will sort through the trash for recyclables.

Trash carts containing more than 10 percent recyclable material could lead to a $100 fine, according to Waste Collection Commissioner Ronnie Owens. Recyclables include glass, metal cans, plastic bottles, paper and cardboard.

City Council on Wednesday approved spending $2.5 million on high-tech carts for 25,000 households across the city, expanding a pilot program that began in 2007 with 15,000 households.

The expansion will continue at 25,000 households a year until nearly all of the city's 150,000 residences are included. Existing carts might be retrofitted with the microchips.

"We're trying to automate our system to be a more efficient operation," Owens said. "This chip will assist us in doing our job better."

The chip-embedded carts are just starting to catch on elsewhere. The Washington, D.C. suburb of Alexandria, Va., earlier this year announced it would issue carts to check whether people are recycling.

Some cities in England have used the high-tech trash carts for several years to weigh how much garbage people throw out. People are charged extra for exceeding allotted limits.

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J...but what about NYC ?

RollOnTheFloorLaughOutFrakkinLoud !!!

No We Can’t!… Sell Obama Soybeans http://www.weirdasianews.com

Two years ago residents of the sleepy Japanese port town of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, were chanting “Yes We Can!” as they cooked up ways to profit from the serendipity of having the same name as the incoming US President.

Local merchants rolled out Obama manju (sweet bean-filled cakes), Obama senbei rice crackers and other goodies bearing the likeness of Barack Obama. And the product that garnered the most media attention was Obama natto.


A staple for many Japanese, natto is made from soybeans fermented with Bacillus subtilis. The Japan Natto Cooperative Society Federation estimates that about 72% of the Japanese eat natto at least once a week. Many non-Japanese, however, find these gooey beans unappetizing due to the poignant cheese-like odor and stringy texture.

Natto is typically made from white soy beans, but the makers of Obama natto use only black soy beans, presumably in recognition of Obama’s determination to balance the US budget.

Residents of the town said that cash registers were really ringing last year when Obama made his first state visit to Japan, but sales have since been sagging like the president’s approval rating.

“We got a lot of press when he visited Japan last year but since then sales have really fallen off,” said a representative with Watanabe Natto Seizojo, producer of Obama natto.

Obama will get another chance to sample his namesake natto when he visits Japan this November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.

“That would be wonderful, but I know natto is an acquired taste that a lot of foreigners just can’t handle,” said the Watanabe Natto Seizojo representative.

"Older wimmin make good lovers"..or that's how the country song goes.
..just don't do a B & E and leave your camera behind !!

Sex video identifies suspects in break-in

Aug 24, 4:33 PM (ET)


ELMA, Wash. (AP) - It wasn't tough to identify the suspects in a break-in at a rural home at Washington state. The bare facts were right there.

The Grays Harbor County sheriff's office says a neighbor who came to collect the mail while the owner was away surprised a man and woman having sex on the floor Monday.

Chief Deputy Dave Pimentel says the naked couple fled, leaving behind the camera, which had been stolen elsewhere.

Pimentel said Tuesday that deputies who checked the video recognized the couple from previous contacts.

The 39-year-old woman was arrested for investigation of burglary. An arrest warrant was issued for the 31-year-old man.

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Information from: KXRO, KBKW

I've got a cure for this guy !
! Take away his damned video game !

Judge: Video game addiction suit can go on
HONOLULU — A Hawaii man who says he is unable to bathe, dress himself or wake up in the day because he is addicted to the video game "Lineage II" may proceed with his suit against the game's South Korean developer, a federal judge has ruled.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser said Craig Smallwood, 51, of Ewa Beach, Oahu, filed a lawsuit against developer NCSoft Corp. last October with several charges including emotional distress and misrepresentation.

Smallwood says he's spent more than 20,000 hours playing the multiplayer, online role-playing game since 2004. The 51-year-old says NCSoft Corp. never warned him about the danger of game addiction.

A Honolulu law firm that represents the company had urged that the case be dismissed, but U.S. District Judge Alan Kay in his Aug. 4 ruling allowed half of the eight counts to continue, the Star-Advertiser said.

Smallwood, who did not return a call for comment to the Star-Advertiser, alleges that the 2003 release "Lineage II" caused "extreme and serious emotional distress and depression."

Hospitalized for 3 weeks
The Star-Advertiser summed up the filings:

Smallwood, who says he is a disabled veteran, also alleges that he has been "unable to function independently in usually daily activities such as getting up, getting dressed, bathing or communicating with family and friends."

He claims to have been hospitalized for three weeks and that he now needs treatment and therapy three times a week because of the game.

In his Aug. 4 decision, Kay dismissed the charges of misrepresentation/deceit, unfair and deceptive trade practices, intentional infliction of emotional distress and punitive damages.

NCSoft still faces counts of defamation, negligence, gross negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Oahu law firm Bronster & Hoshibata, which represents NCSoft in the case, said Smallwood "fails to properly allege facts that would support each element of the emotional distress claim. As such, Smallwood has failed to properly give notice to NCSoft of the claims levied against it."

NCSoft also claims that Smallwood was banned from his game accounts because of his involvement with real money transfers, which is forbidden by the user agreement and rules of conduct of the game.

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Haven't reported a story from Phuket, Thailand in a while...
! No food was harmed in this story !...lol.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Phuket respects hungry ghosts

PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality hosted the annual Por Tor festival this week (August 26-27) to appease spirits said to be visiting families and roaming the streets of the island throughout their month-long reprieve from the spirit world.

The festival – chaired by Phuket Governor Wichai Phraisa-ngop, his wife Taisika, Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupapana and Phuket MP Raywat Areerob – took place at the new, yet-to-be-opened wet market on Ranong Road in Phuket Town.

On the third floor of the new building, which is to be for parking lot, Phuket Town residents gathered to offer food to ancestral spirits and itinerant "hungry ghosts" who might otherwise spoil the occasion.

On offer for the spirits at this year’s festival were elaborate displays of carved fruit, cooked meats, noodles, which in their length represent a long life, and traditional Chinese deserts and drinks.

Highlights included whole-barbecued pigs and red, turtle-shaped deserts known as ang-ku (smaller variety) and the larger tua-ku. The “sweet turtles”, made from wheat flour, are symbolically important as turtles are known to have long lives.

According to Chinese legend, legions of spirits are led from Hell back to Earth by the eponymous ghost Por Tor on the first day of the waxing moon in the seventh month of the Chinese calendar.

During their one-month sojourn, spirits visit their families and enjoy offerings of food before returning to Hell on either the 29th or 30th of the seventh Chinese month.

Upon their arrival and departure from “the land of the living”, tradition has it that young children are not allowed out in the evening. This is to protect them from bad luck or illnesses that may be inflicted by unappeased spirits who may also be on the loose.

Any leftovers from the feast are taken back by the donating families and either eaten at home or given to the poor as a form of merit-making.