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Evidently, sleeping on the road is an everyday thing for asses in Botswana. Google says that one of its Street View cars did not kill a donkey in Botswana, despite what images taken by that Street View car seem to imply.
As CNET notes, the images appeared to have gained steam earlier this week after they were shared on the Web by various users.
Depending on your direction of travel as you click through the map, the donkey appears either to meet an untimely demise, or to rise from a catnap in the road as the Street View car approaches.
Google insists it’s the latter.
In a Google Lat Long blog post titled “Never ass-ume,” Kei Kawai, a Google Maps group project manager, explained the controversy:
Over the last 24-hours concerned members of the public and the media have been speculating on the fate of a donkey pictured in Street View in the Kweneng region of Botswana.Because of the way our 360-degree imagery is put together, it looked to some that our car had been involved in an unseemly hit and run, leaving the humble beast stranded in the road. As our imagery below shows, the donkey was lying in the path – perhaps enjoying a dust bath – before moving safely aside as our car drove past. I’m pleased to confirm the donkey is alive and well.
Over the last 24-hours concerned members of the public and the media have been speculating on the fate of a donkey pictured in Street View in the Kweneng region of Botswana.Because of the way our 360-degree imagery is put together, it looked to some that our car had been involved in an unseemly hit and run, leaving the humble beast stranded in the road.
As our imagery below shows, the donkey was lying in the path – perhaps enjoying a dust bath – before moving safely aside as our car drove past. I’m pleased to confirm the donkey is alive and well.
YOU be the judge.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/google-run-over-donkey_n_2489691.html
In the search for an Earth-like alien world, astronomers have had their eyes set on planets beyond our solar system, but some moons orbiting these exoplanets may be just as likely to support life, scientists say.
Astronomers have discovered more than 800 exoplanets, with many more candidate worlds awaiting confirmation by follow-up observations. Most of them, however, are gas giants, similar to Jupiter, and only a handful have a solid surface and orbit their host stars in the habitable zone (the range where liquid water, and perhaps life as we know it, can exist).
But a team of astronomers says these uninhabitable exoplanets could host habitable exomoons.
Though no habitable exomoons have been found, Barnes and René Heller of Germany’s Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam say there’s no reason to assume they don’t exist.
Some researchers have already started thinking about how they might use instruments like the planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope to detect alien moons. Telescopes such as Kepler search for planets as they transit, or cross in front of, their star, causing telltale dips in the star’s brightness. Variations in these brightness patterns might reveal the presence of a moon orbiting a planet.
Next up: Getting there will be half the fun.
http://mashable.com/2013/01/11/alien-life-exoplanet-moons/
“I LOVE YOU” in sign language. Or is it a family member of the late great Ronnie James Dio erecting a tribute in the middle of suburbia?
Either way, we think is such a unique display that anyone can enjoy, especially since most people who don’t know sign language can at least recognize the hand gesture for “I love you.” The builder does a wonderful job of turning this symbol into a really amazing piece of art. What a positive message to place in front of your home!
Rock on, snow dude!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/snow-sculpture-sign-language_n_2426879.html
This is DEFINITELY not how to jam a guitar.
Dave Schneider, guitarist and singer for Hanukkah-themed rock band The LeeVees, describes how his guitar—a 1965 Gibson ES-335—got jammed in an elevator by baggage handlers at a Detroit airport.
While boarding in Buffalo, Schneider says he asked Delta staffers not to check in the vintage guitar—which he estimates is worth about $10,000—and allow him to carry it on the plane and place it in an available space, as he did on the flight from Portland.
Schneider says he even showed them a link to a story about Congress passing the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 that made it easier for musicians to fly with their instruments—allowing them to purchase an extra seat on the plane for their fragile instruments.
But he was denied.
Schneider was traveling with fellow LeeVees guitarist Adam Gardner. As the pair of rockers waited at the gate for their checked guitars, Schneider asked a member of the flight crew to check on his prized ax as it was being removed from the plane. “He did and said it would be fine,” Schneider recalled. But as the musicians waited for the luggage to appear, they could hear a screeching noise coming from the elevator.
“It was this crazy sound,” Schneider said. “Metal on metal.”
The case carrying Schneider’s semihollow-body guitar was lodged between the mobile service elevator and a rail on the loading dock, shaking the elevator door. The case even bent a steel beam.
The guitar itself was pinned between two beams and took workers an hour to retrieve it. It sustained damage to the bridge, neck and tail that would cost an estimated $1,980. But so far, Schneider says, Delta has given him the “runaround.”
He says the airline offered to cut him a check for $1,000 in Tampa, but Schneider refused it because he didn’t know how much the repairs would cost. The online claim forms he filled out after the guitar carnage were blank when Schneider checked on them, and two emails he sent to Delta chief executive Richard Anderson were not returned.
Delta told Yahoo News that the airline “will be reaching out to the customer directly to discuss how we can make this right.”
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/vintage-gibson-guitar-delta-baggage-leevees-214634001.html
China and Japan are constantly struggling over territory, politics and economic dominance – but now it appears the two Asian giants could have found another topic to fight about. Earlier this month a Japanese man was officially declared the world’s oldest living person at 115, but China is fielding an alternative candidate for the title.
Jiroemon Kimura, a former postman who was born on April 19, 1897, was named the world’s oldest person by Guinness World Records after the death of American Dina Manfredini.
However, just a few days ago the Xinhua agency reported on Luo Meizhen, a woman who claims to have turned 127 in September.
Funny, neither one of them look a day over 100.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254092/Japans-Jiroemon-Kimura-Chinas-Luo-Meizhen-stand-worlds-oldest-person.html
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with assault and disorderly conduct for his alleged rampage last month at McDonald’s, a meltdown reportedly triggered when his drive-thru order contained a hamburger with an unwanted piece of cheese.
Sean Varone, 35, was named in a District Court criminal complaint filed yesterday in York County, Pennsylvania.
According to cops, Varone became irate on November 30 after he “found his sandwich had cheese on it which was not what he ordered.” After he was provided a second hamburger–which also had cheese–Varone parked his vehicle and entered the McDonald’s.
Inside the restaurant, Varone allegedly began yelling at workers and demanded a refund. After getting his money back, Varone knocked over a trash can and “picked up a children’s high chair and threw it towards another dining table” in the crowded restaurant.
Then things got ugly. When Varone left the restaurant, the store manager followed him out to get his license plate number. He allegedly grabbed the manager, put her in a headlock, and grabbed a phone from her hand and smashed it on the ground.
He was charged with two misdemeanors and cited for criminal mischief for breaking McDonald’s cordless phone.
Just think, he never DID get his sandwich.
Source: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/mcdonalds-cheeseburger-rage-198723
Here you go, your tax dollars hard at work. Here’s some actual footage of a first responder seminar in San Diego, Calif. The Department of Homeland Security deemed the event an allowable expense, enabling participants to use federal grant funding to pay to go.
That’s according to “Safety at Any Price: Assessing the Impact of Homeland Security Spending in U.S. Cities” a report compiled by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who chairs the investigations subcommittee of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. The report focuses on grants made by the DHS and the Urban Areas Security Initiative. Coburn says the report shows that DHS was “directing scarce dollars to low-priority project and low-risk areas.”
For complete info, READ HERE. Do you believe it? SEE IT!
Coburn found that, among other things, DHS was spending money on teaching first responders how to stop flesh-eating ghouls. The report said the event was held by the HALO Corp. “at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa on an island outside San Diego 9 (and) the 5-day summit was deemed an allowable expense by DHS, permitting first responders to use grant funds for the $1,000 entrance fee.”
Source: http://washingtonexaminer.com/your-federal-tax-dollars-are-being-used-to-prepare-for-the-zombie-apocalypse/article/2515142#.UMXqsOTAd8E
She looks her disease in the face. Scoffs. And conquers.
Ann McDonald, 60, proves that you don’t need hair to look great. The Scotland grandmother suffers from alopecia and, as a result, has been completely bald for the past three years, the Daily Mail reported.
Three tattoo shops turned McDonald away, she said, but she ultimately ended up working with tattoo artist Pete Gillespie, who owns a tattoo shop in the town of Dalkeith. It took Gillespie a total of 12 hours to etch the intricate black-ink design onto McDonald’s scalp.
The tat cost a cool £720 — about $1,159 — and McDonald says it was “worth every penny.” We think so too, Ann!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/ann-mcdonald-tattoo-scalp-head-alopecia-grandmother_n_2247087.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news&ir=Good%20News
Sweet dough fried in hot oil is irresistible–cholesterol and fat be damned. It’s hard to find anyone who dislikes them, even New York City’s trans-fat-fighting Mayor Bloomberg. One day after proposing the New York City soda ban the Mayor proclaimed June 1, 2012, “NYC Donut Day.”
The contemporary hole-in-the-center “torus”-shaped donut emerged in the second half of the 19th century, says Paul R. Mullins, Department Chair of Anthropology at Indiana University-Purdue University. Bakers realized that a hollow center made for even frying. Mass-market chains like Winchell’s Donuts, Dunkin’ Donuts, and later, Krispy Kreme proliferated in the 1950s and 60s making donuts widely available.
Then everything changed. Things started getting bolder, weirder. San Jose’s Psycho Donuts created French-fry-shaped donuts served with cups of raspberry jelly and Bavarian cream for dipping. The “Luther Burger” debuted, a bacon-cheese burger sandwiched between two glazed donuts. Paula Deen’s version axed the cheese, kept the bacon and donuts, and added a fried egg. This spring, Dunkin Donuts announced that it would introduce a shredded pork donut to the Chinese market.
Before getting grossed out, consider that most donuts-gone-wild shops offer maple-bacon donuts and they’re always big sellers. One man’s shredded pork is another’s smoky bacon.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/11/27/donuts-go-gourmet/?intcmp=obnetwork
Ahhh, the gift that keeps on giving. Subscription delivery services are popping up for all sorts of goods, from beauty products, clothing, shoes, healthy snacks and more. This batch is meant for YOU, a man of the world. And you thought it was exciting to get a magazine every month? Check THESE out:
Manpacks lets you select from a variety of underwear, T-shirts, socks, toiletries and grooming essentials at various price points to create your pack. You receive your custom Manpack once every three months. The cost of the service varies depending on what items you select. Chose from brands such as Calvin Klein, Champion, Grooming Lounge, Gold Toe, Raw Materials and Sir Richards Condoms on the Manpack site.
Not your thing? Budget not that big? Try the Dollar Shave Club. The company ships razors and replacement blades to your door for $1 plus shipping and handling. Or you can upgrade to better razors at a $6 or $9 per month plan, which includes shipping and handling. If you start with the $1 razor and want to upgrade, you get the handle of your new razor free of charge.
Still not impressed? Difficult to please? READ MORE
http://mashable.com/2012/11/28/subscription-services-for-men/
http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/
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