A massive blackout hit many parts of the Egyptian capital on
Thursday, briefly halting traffic on much of its crowded subway and
delaying the start of trading on the stock exchange.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Russia Sect Lived Underground for 10 Years
- More than a dozen children were among the 60-member Muslim sect that had holed up underground for a decade.
Asian Miniatures
In the digital collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, there is an album of pencil and watercolor sketches of Hindu gods and Mughal emperors, but they don't know the date -possibly the 18th century. Pictured here is the goddess Durga. See a selection of these fascinating miniatures at BibliOdyssey.
Posters warn women of acid attacks for wearing jeans
Posters warning of serious consequences like acid attacks if women wore
jeans and tops created panic across Ranchi in Jharkhand, India, on
Tuesday but police refused to react to the threats and made no arrests.
Written in red ink, the posters by a group calling itself Jharkhand Mukti Sangh were seen at Albert Ekka Chowk, outside the office of the registrar and St John School at around. They were deliberately penned in red ink to give the impression that they were the handiwork of a rebel group, said police. "We are not taking the posters seriously as we feel some miscreants are behind them. But we will investigate," said DGP G S Rath, adding to the insecurity created among the city's women.
"The police should immediately look into the matter and take action. If they are not booked, it will be very difficult for us to move around freely," said a girl student of St Xavier's College. She was furious with the group. "They are behaving like the Taliban. I don't know why they have started this moral policing," she said on condition her identity be kept secret for fear of reprisal.
The chairperson of the State Women's Commission, Hemlata S Mohan, was shocked. "There is no justification for such posters. We cannot allow the girls to be targeted in this fashion," said Mohan. The posters also warned of violence against job seekers in Jharkhand who are not domiciles of the state. "Outsiders" planning to buy land in the state have also not been spared, just as companies have been warned about the backlash if they displace people. The police said "attacks" and warnings to "outsiders" is nothing new.
Written in red ink, the posters by a group calling itself Jharkhand Mukti Sangh were seen at Albert Ekka Chowk, outside the office of the registrar and St John School at around. They were deliberately penned in red ink to give the impression that they were the handiwork of a rebel group, said police. "We are not taking the posters seriously as we feel some miscreants are behind them. But we will investigate," said DGP G S Rath, adding to the insecurity created among the city's women.
"The police should immediately look into the matter and take action. If they are not booked, it will be very difficult for us to move around freely," said a girl student of St Xavier's College. She was furious with the group. "They are behaving like the Taliban. I don't know why they have started this moral policing," she said on condition her identity be kept secret for fear of reprisal.
The chairperson of the State Women's Commission, Hemlata S Mohan, was shocked. "There is no justification for such posters. We cannot allow the girls to be targeted in this fashion," said Mohan. The posters also warned of violence against job seekers in Jharkhand who are not domiciles of the state. "Outsiders" planning to buy land in the state have also not been spared, just as companies have been warned about the backlash if they displace people. The police said "attacks" and warnings to "outsiders" is nothing new.
Man set fire to toilet seat for religious reasons
Further proof (as if it were needed) that religion is for shit!
Police in Louisville, Kentucky were called to a petrol station on a type of bathroom emergency. They responded to the Speedway convenience store on Brownsboro Road on Saturday after reports of a man setting a toilet seat on fire.
Upon arrival police arrested James Crittenden, 46, who had been confronted by store personnel in the restroom. According to the written citation, Crittenden told store workers he lit the fire for religious reasons.
Crittenden was also arrested on July 25, 2012 after police said he was huffing cans of a whipped cream product in the ValuMarket at Mid City Mall. Crittenden, 36, who had been banned from the store in the past for disorderly conduct and theft, opened 10 cans of the product, which totaled $23.90.
Crittenden told store personnel that he would pay for the opened cans, but only had $7.00 in his pocket. The arrest report states Crittenden said he was huffing the cans to wake up and that the US Constitution allowed him the authority to huff Redi Whip. Crittenden has been charged with arson.
Child found living in menagerie
A child was allegedly living with 19 dogs, 15 cats, two rabbits, three
quail, nine chickens and one duck in a house. The plight of the
12-year-old boy living in the menagerie led animal welfare officers to
contact police to assist with a search warrant for the boy's home in
Newark, Delaware.
"When officers arrived and entered the home, they smelled a pungent odor of urine, which made it difficult to breathe, emanating throughout the house and observed the residence to be in deplorable conditions," Colonel W. Scott McLaren, chief of New Castle County Police Department said in a statement.
Sandra Kelsch, 49, and her husband, Edward Kelsch, 48, were each charged with endangering the welfare of a child. They were released on $500 unsecured bail. Animal cruelty charges are pending against the couple by the Kent County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
SPCA animal control agents removed the pets. Another 10 cats that could not be caught were left behind and 28 more dogs were seized from the property. The home was condemned as unfit to live in. The couple’s 12-year-old son was taken to A.I. duPont Hospital for Children to be evaluated for any health problems. The boy was medically cleared and placed in the care of relatives.
There's a news video here.
"When officers arrived and entered the home, they smelled a pungent odor of urine, which made it difficult to breathe, emanating throughout the house and observed the residence to be in deplorable conditions," Colonel W. Scott McLaren, chief of New Castle County Police Department said in a statement.
Sandra Kelsch, 49, and her husband, Edward Kelsch, 48, were each charged with endangering the welfare of a child. They were released on $500 unsecured bail. Animal cruelty charges are pending against the couple by the Kent County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
SPCA animal control agents removed the pets. Another 10 cats that could not be caught were left behind and 28 more dogs were seized from the property. The home was condemned as unfit to live in. The couple’s 12-year-old son was taken to A.I. duPont Hospital for Children to be evaluated for any health problems. The boy was medically cleared and placed in the care of relatives.
There's a news video here.
Remains of "Ape Woman" to Finally be Returned and Buried in Mexico
Pastrana worked as a carnival sideshow attraction known as the "Ape
Woman". Born in 1834 in Mexico, Pastrana was born with hypertrichosis
terminalis, a deformity that caused the development of an oversized jaw,
excess facial hair growth, her ears and nose were unusually large, and
her teeth were irregular.
Both Mars and Rembrandt
When did the repugican party become the party that hates science?
Ever
the drama queen, repugican super-strategist Grover Norquist is vewy vewy
upset about this breathtaking photo of the sunset on Mars:
Norquist is implying that the Mars mission wasn't worth it.
And Iraq was?
George Bush's vendetta war in Iraq is costing us $3 trillion, or 1,200 times the cost of "that picture of Mars" (the Curiosity mission cost only $2.5bn). So, actually, had the repugicans not invaded Iraq on a lie we could have afforded both Mars and Rembrandt.
This is something that bothered me way back in 2001. I remember when the shrub was proposing the huge $1.6 trillion tax cut, and when Democrats, led by Tom Daschle, immediately caved and countered with a $1.3 trillion tax cut (that'll show 'em). At the time I thought, yeah we have a surplus thanks to Bill Clinton, but shouldn't we save this for a rainy day rather than run out and spend it like a drunken Reagan? Yet that's what the repugicans did, and it's what they always do.
The repugicans never met a surplus they didn't spend. They wasted America's rainy day fund on tax cuts for the rich and wars of convenience, and now we're all paying for it.
Of course, it gets even funnier. Had Norquist taken a few more science and math classes he might have had the smarts to Google the photo before sending it out to the world as a new photo from Mars. It's not a new photo at all. It's a photo from 2005, and has nothing to do with Curiosity's current mission to Mars.
And Grover, there's one more difference between the Mission to Mars and the $3 trillion repugican war of convenience in Iraq.
The Mission to Mars didn't kill anyone.
P.S., Oh, and Grover, the pic you're complaining about was from the shrub cabal. But funny you didn't complain about the cost of the Mars mission, or shrub's various wars, then.
Norquist is implying that the Mars mission wasn't worth it.
And Iraq was?
George Bush's vendetta war in Iraq is costing us $3 trillion, or 1,200 times the cost of "that picture of Mars" (the Curiosity mission cost only $2.5bn). So, actually, had the repugicans not invaded Iraq on a lie we could have afforded both Mars and Rembrandt.
This is something that bothered me way back in 2001. I remember when the shrub was proposing the huge $1.6 trillion tax cut, and when Democrats, led by Tom Daschle, immediately caved and countered with a $1.3 trillion tax cut (that'll show 'em). At the time I thought, yeah we have a surplus thanks to Bill Clinton, but shouldn't we save this for a rainy day rather than run out and spend it like a drunken Reagan? Yet that's what the repugicans did, and it's what they always do.
The repugicans never met a surplus they didn't spend. They wasted America's rainy day fund on tax cuts for the rich and wars of convenience, and now we're all paying for it.
Of course, it gets even funnier. Had Norquist taken a few more science and math classes he might have had the smarts to Google the photo before sending it out to the world as a new photo from Mars. It's not a new photo at all. It's a photo from 2005, and has nothing to do with Curiosity's current mission to Mars.
And Grover, there's one more difference between the Mission to Mars and the $3 trillion repugican war of convenience in Iraq.
The Mission to Mars didn't kill anyone.
P.S., Oh, and Grover, the pic you're complaining about was from the shrub cabal. But funny you didn't complain about the cost of the Mars mission, or shrub's various wars, then.
Curiosity transmits first full-color panorama back from Mars
Ain't it pretty? The first color panorama image of Gale Crater, the landing site for the Curiosity rover. Thumbnail versions of images taken by the Mast Camera were combined to form this 360-degree view. From NASA:
Scientists will be taking a closer look at several splotches in the foreground that appear gray. These areas show the effects of the descent stage's rocket engines blasting the ground. What appeared as a dark strip of dunes in previous, black-and-white pictures from Curiosity can also be seen along the top of this mosaic, but the color images also reveal additional shades of reddish brown around the dunes, likely indicating different textures or materials.
The images were taken late Aug. 8 PDT (Aug. 9 EDT) by the 34-millimeter Mast Camera. This panorama mosaic was made of 130 images of 144 by 144 pixels each. Selected full frames from this panorama, which are 1,200 by 1,200 pixels each, are expected to be transmitted to Earth later. The images in this panorama were brightened in the processing. Mars only receives half the sunlight Earth does and this image was taken in the late Martian afternoon.
Mars Panorama
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The Bird Of Paradise Without Wings
The flower is also known as Crane Flower or Bird of Paradise. Its scientific name commemorates Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of King George III. Take a look at the bird of paradise without wings.
Police officer frees moose stuck in swing set
A moose was set loose by a Weber County Sheriff’s Deputy after the
animal got his antlers tangled in a swing set. The moose wandered into a
homeowner’s backyard in Causey Estates outside of Huntsville, Utah, and
trapped himself in the chains of several swings.
Sgt. Lane Findlay said a neighbor called to report the animal in distress. The neighbor had used a pair of bolt cutters to clip a few chains of the swing before Findlay arrived. “I walk up and there’s this full grown moose with three swings wrapped around its horn and it’s completely trapped,” Findlay said. He said the animal was clearly agitated and in pain.
The moose had blood on his antlers and some of the velvet from his skin had come off. He cautiously moved toward the animal with the bolt cutters in hand and started cutting the chains. “Every time I would cut one, he would feel that tension release and start to move around,” Findlay said.
He tried not to cut the swings too high to prevent the swings from staying stuck on the moose and successfully set him loose. “Once he was free he just took off,” Findlay added. The moose wandered to a nearby home and laid down to rest. Findlay gave the moose water and sprayed him down with a hose. The Department of Natural Resources also responded to the incident. They said the animal will shed its antlers and be fine.
Sgt. Lane Findlay said a neighbor called to report the animal in distress. The neighbor had used a pair of bolt cutters to clip a few chains of the swing before Findlay arrived. “I walk up and there’s this full grown moose with three swings wrapped around its horn and it’s completely trapped,” Findlay said. He said the animal was clearly agitated and in pain.
The moose had blood on his antlers and some of the velvet from his skin had come off. He cautiously moved toward the animal with the bolt cutters in hand and started cutting the chains. “Every time I would cut one, he would feel that tension release and start to move around,” Findlay said.
He tried not to cut the swings too high to prevent the swings from staying stuck on the moose and successfully set him loose. “Once he was free he just took off,” Findlay added. The moose wandered to a nearby home and laid down to rest. Findlay gave the moose water and sprayed him down with a hose. The Department of Natural Resources also responded to the incident. They said the animal will shed its antlers and be fine.
Sweet-toothed bear raids 'chocolate factory'
Last week a young black bear broke into The Estes Park Rocky Mountain
Chocolate Factory in Colorado and ate himself silly with chocolate
treats from the sweet shop. Owner of the store Jo Adams came into work
when something struck her as odd, a candy tin and one cellophane wrapper
on the floor and dirt on top of her check out counter. Jo thought, “Oh
darn, one of those pesky ground squirrels has got in the store and upset
a few things.” Jo called her son Eric Adams to come and help her find
the critter and clean up before she opened the store. The two searched
and searched but they couldn’t find the offender. Jo has recently put in
four surveillance cameras in the shop and Eric decided to check the
cameras.
At first glance, they noticed a shadowy figure in the video and couldn’t quite make out what it was. Soon however, the figure stood up next to the front counter and Jo could begin to make out the shape of the body and then noticed some black fuzzy ears on top if it’s head. Jo blurted out, “That’s a bear!” Sometime during the night, a young black bear had got into the shop and made himself at home, enjoying lots and lots of chocolatey treats. The bear takes mouthfuls of candy from the display rack at the counter and then walks out the door and eats it on the sidewalk. As soon as he finished, he’d come back in for another mouthful and take it back outside, eat it then come back for more. All in all the bear went in and out of the shop seven times in a matter of 20 minutes.
At one point, he came back in and placed his paws on the glass display case, leaving nothing but footprints, doing no damage at all. At one point, he hopped over the counter and walked behind the candy case which was sealed and he jumped up on the back counter and traipsed along, stepping over items, not disturbing a thing. Jo was amazed at how gentle and polite this bear was. Not a thing was damaged in the entire store and he left twenty minutes later. This bear certainly satisfied his sweet tooth. Apparently, the bear’s favorite things were the chocolate covered Rice Krispie Treats, peanut butter cups, a special Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory treat called Balls of Joy, English Toffee and Cookie Bears.
Jo stated, “That little bugger ate a lot of candy!” After discovering that the bear had been in the store, Jo enlisted the help of family members and employees to clean, disinfect and throw out anything the bear had any contact with. Apparently, the bear was able to get in due to a faulty lock on the door which didn’t latch properly. He slipped his claws underneath the door and was able to pop the door open. The lock was immediately replaced and the bear has not able to break into the store again. The following evening the bear came back as evidenced by some muddy paw prints left on the door yet he left disappointed since the door had been repaired. Jo doesnt’ want any harm to come to this bear. She said, “He was just doing what bears do …eat! He was hungry.”
At first glance, they noticed a shadowy figure in the video and couldn’t quite make out what it was. Soon however, the figure stood up next to the front counter and Jo could begin to make out the shape of the body and then noticed some black fuzzy ears on top if it’s head. Jo blurted out, “That’s a bear!” Sometime during the night, a young black bear had got into the shop and made himself at home, enjoying lots and lots of chocolatey treats. The bear takes mouthfuls of candy from the display rack at the counter and then walks out the door and eats it on the sidewalk. As soon as he finished, he’d come back in for another mouthful and take it back outside, eat it then come back for more. All in all the bear went in and out of the shop seven times in a matter of 20 minutes.
At one point, he came back in and placed his paws on the glass display case, leaving nothing but footprints, doing no damage at all. At one point, he hopped over the counter and walked behind the candy case which was sealed and he jumped up on the back counter and traipsed along, stepping over items, not disturbing a thing. Jo was amazed at how gentle and polite this bear was. Not a thing was damaged in the entire store and he left twenty minutes later. This bear certainly satisfied his sweet tooth. Apparently, the bear’s favorite things were the chocolate covered Rice Krispie Treats, peanut butter cups, a special Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory treat called Balls of Joy, English Toffee and Cookie Bears.
Jo stated, “That little bugger ate a lot of candy!” After discovering that the bear had been in the store, Jo enlisted the help of family members and employees to clean, disinfect and throw out anything the bear had any contact with. Apparently, the bear was able to get in due to a faulty lock on the door which didn’t latch properly. He slipped his claws underneath the door and was able to pop the door open. The lock was immediately replaced and the bear has not able to break into the store again. The following evening the bear came back as evidenced by some muddy paw prints left on the door yet he left disappointed since the door had been repaired. Jo doesnt’ want any harm to come to this bear. She said, “He was just doing what bears do …eat! He was hungry.”
How Do Sharks Keep Their Teeth So Clean?
Yes, sharks do have extra teeth for those that they lose, but you might not know they never lose teeth due to cavities. As it turns out, the exterior of their teeth are actually made of flouride -meaning those chompers stay pearly white until the day they fall out.
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Surprise, the world's largest mammals produce the world's largest turds
Wired Science has a revealing post about a particularly notable plume of whale poop
spotted by a scientist off the Southern California coast. From giant
animals come giant poo. Marine biologists and oceanographers get to
study stuff like this with their serious-face on.
Seven rare rhinos photographed in Indonesia
A conservationist says seven of the world's rarest rhinoceroses were photographed at a national park in Indonesia.
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