Beautiful blue skies and puffy clouds this week in Adelaide.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
RSA Animate - The Divided Brain - YouTube
via youtube.com
Just amazing. Well worth the 11 minutes of your life.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Muhammad Ali shouts breakfast for 100 at McDonalds in Jakarta.
Global Village Champions Foundation founder Yank Barry and good friend Muhammad Ali, traveled to Jakarta Indonesia on one of their many humanitarian missions to feed hungry people in need.
During their stay Muhammad had a craving for a taste of home. Early one morning around 7 am, Muhammad wanted to go to McDonald's Restaurant. It was approximately one block from the Hilton Hotel, but as you can probably guess, he cannot go anywhere without attracting a crowd. The main concern was that he did not have his body guards with him, but he would not be deterred.
Yank, Muhammad and another friend left the hotel and in no time three people turned into seven, and then seven turned into fifteen as the realization hit that Muhammad Ali was out for a stroll. It was a very busy street and one guy jumped out of his car, leaving it in the street and started following Muhammad with the rest of the crowd. By the time they got to McDonald's it was a mob scene!
Muhammad made his way to the counter and ordered an Egg Mcmuffin and coffee and turned to Yank and said "What do you want?" then turned to their other friend and asked him "What do you want?" They both answered "We will have the same!" At this point Muhammad turns to Yank and says "You got alot of money on you?" Yank says sure and Muhammad shouts out "Breakfast for Everyone" Muhammad treated everyone in the restaurant including the staff behind the counter. By this time the restaurant was jammed with over 100 people.
When the bill came it was over $180.00 and Yank was only carrying $130.00. This took place several years ago so there were no debit machines nor ATM's and they did not take credit cards like they do today. Yank had to find a kiosk bank to withdraw $50.00 to pay the bill. Meanwhile the mob in the restaurant was overjoyed to be sharing their breakfast with "The Greatest"
Right place, right time! A memory that these lucky folks will never forget!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Bored of Butlins? Try some of these
via infobarrel.com
If you are looking for some great destinations for your next vacation, there are a number of dangerous tourist attractions that you may want to avoid. Many of these locations have been made into tourist attractions in order to generate an income for the location, but it might not have been the best idea to turn them into tourist destinations. Here are twelve of the most dangerous tourist attractions in the world.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (Original Stereo)
via youtube.com
Been listening to a compilation over and over for the last few days. What a great voice.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
via theonion.com
As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state of Kansas. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are now asserting that the long-held "theory of gravity" is flawed, and they have responded to it with a new theory of Intelligent Falling.
"Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, 'God' if you will, is pushing them down," said Gabriel Burdett, who holds degrees in education, applied Scripture, and physics from Oral Roberts University.
Burdett added: "Gravity—which is taught to our children as a law—is founded on great gaps in understanding. The laws predict the mutual force between all bodies of mass, but they cannot explain that force. Isaac Newton himself said, 'I suspect that my theories may all depend upon a force for which philosophers have searched all of nature in vain.' Of course, he is alluding to a higher power."
Founded in 1987, the ECFR is the world's leading institution of evangelical physics, a branch of physics based on literal interpretation of the Bible.
According to the ECFR paper published simultaneously this week in the International Journal Of Science and the adolescent magazine God's Word For Teens!, there are many phenomena that cannot be explained by secular gravity alone, including such mysteries as how angels fly, how Jesus ascended into Heaven, and how Satan fell when cast out of Paradise.
The ECFR, in conjunction with the Christian Coalition and other Christian conservative action groups, is calling for public-schools to embrace this information into their curiculums.
American Newspaper Editor: Israel Should Consider Assassinating Obama
via gawker.com
Andrew Adler, the owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, a weekly newspaper serving Atlanta's Jewish community, devoted his January 13, 2012 column to the thorny problem of the U.S. and Israel's diverging views on the threat posed by Iran. Basically Israel has three options, he wrote: Strike Hezbollah and Hamas, strike Iran, or "order a hit" on Barack Obama. Either way, problem solved!
Who the fuck are these people? Where do they think that they fit into "Land of the Free"
Wankers.................................
Homeless Teen, Top Science Student, to Get House | NBC New York
via nbcnewyork.com
Very inspiring.
The family of a Long Island homeless teen recently named one of the top science students in the nation will how have a home to call their own.
Samantha Garvey, 17, is among 61 Long Island teens, and 300 nationwide, designated as semi-finalists in the National Intel Science Search.
Garvey and her family were offered a rent subsidized three-bedroom home by Suffolk County officials Friday morning. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone says the Garvey family can move in about 10 days.
"This is just the most amazing thing you could ask for," the diminutive Garvey said at a news conference Friday, surrounded by her parents, brother, sister and a cadre of politicians and school officials.
"We're all in tears here," she said. "This is what we've always wanted."
The Garvey family was evicted from their home in December after the teen's parents were injured in a car crash. Samantha, along with her mom, dad and two siblings, moved into a homeless shelter in Bay Shore two weeks ago.
Intolerance and Hatred. The Challenge of Our Generation
via bbc.co.uk
The court heard the leaflets showed an image of a wooden mannequin hanging from a noose and quoted Islamic texts.
The leaflets said capital punishment was the only way to rid society of homosexuality.
They were handed out near the Jaima Mosque on Rosehill Street, Derby, and put through the letterboxes of people's homes in surrounding streets.
The court heard the leaflets were made and used as part of a campaign to publicise a protest in response to the Gay Pride festival held on 10 July 2010 in Derby.
The leaflet called for gay people to be given the death penalty
The men admitted distributing the leaflet but said they were simply following and quoting what their religion taught them about homosexuality and did not intend to threaten anyone.
Friday, January 20, 2012
The Joys of Scottish Weather
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CIA Spy Drone takes on new form
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Adelaide Street Art
Adelaide has a number of designated spray paint art areas. They are constantly changing. I really liked this guy.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
"The Washing Line" - Our Scotland
Just down the road from where I grew up. Things have to stay on washing lines for weeks to dry.
The only smoking kangaroo, should be on the barbie
via heraldsun.com.au
The Australian Government has hit out at a major tobacco company that is using a kangaroo on cigarette packages overseas. Australian Attorney-General Nicola Roxon says there is nothing the Government can do to stop one of Australia's most treasured national icons being used to flog cigarettes in Europe.
An image of a kangaroo and the phrase "An Australian Favourite" are on packets of Winfield being sold in France.
The branding of the cigarettes, made by British American Tobacco, has angered health groups and the Federal Government.
One anti-smoking advocate dubbed the image the "cancer kangaroo".
Ms Roxon said while the Government is set to force all cigarettes available in Australia to be sold in drab olive-brown packages from December 1, it has no legal control over the packaging of cigarettes overseas.
But it was inappropriate to use Australia as a marketing tool for a dangerous product, she said.
"Frankly I think it's pretty un-Australian," Ms Roxon said.
Ernie Celebrates Rubber Duckie's Birthday!
via pregnancy.org
Today is Rubber Duckie's Birthday! Aside from Bert, Rubber Ducky has been Ernie's faithful companion for many years. We wanted to find out more about this interesting fellow so we delved a bit into his background and found some very interesting facts:
Did you know that:
• Ernie's rubber duck was "born" in 1970.
• The Rubber Ducky song hit Billboard's chart at number 16 the year it was introduced. It was even nominated for a Grammy Award for 'Best Recording for Children,' but it lost to 'The Sesame Street Book & Record,' which, ironically, also contains the song.
• The bathtub version is the most famous and commonly seen version. It was included in many videos, including Sing Along, Shalom Sesame, Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting and has been dubbed into many different languages.
• In 1974, Ernie sang the song as "El Patito," with a new Latin arrangement and Spanish-language vocals by Jim Henson.
• In 1990, a new version of "Rubber Ducky" was filmed using the original recording with Jim Henson as Ernie.
• Little Richard performed a rock-and-roll version of the song for Sesame Street.
• Bert sang the song once.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
BBC News - Web addicts have brain changes, research suggests
via bbc.co.uk
Web addicts have brain changes similar to those hooked on drugs or alcohol, preliminary research suggests.
Experts in China scanned the brains of 17 young web addicts and found disruption in the way their brains were wired up.
They say the discovery, published in Plos One, could lead to new treatments for addictive behaviour.
Internet addiction is a clinical disorder marked by out-of-control internet use.
A research team led by Hao Lei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan carried out brain scans of 35 men and women aged between 14 and 21.
Seventeen of them were classed as having internet addiction disorder (IAD) on the basis of answering yes to questions such as, "Have you repeatedly made unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back or stop Internet use?"
Specialised MRI brain scans showed changes in the white matter of the brain - the part that contains nerve fibres - in those classed as being web addicts, compared with non-addicts.
No surprises from me.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Australia Day 2012: "Barbie Girl" (Sam Kekovich v Melissa Tkautz v Justice Crew) - YouTube
via youtube.com
This is what it is like everyone. Party on Mateys. Aussie Aussie Aussie!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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