A major earthquake struck Tuesday
in southwestern Pakistan, killing two people and sending others fleeing
into the streets and praying for their lives as buildings swayed,
officials said.
The magnitude 7.7 quake hit in the southern part of Baluchistan
province, said Pakistan’s chief meteorologist, Mohammed Riaz. The U.S.
Geological Survey in Golden, Colo. reported the quake as magnitude 7.8.The quake struck in a remote area of Baluchistan with little population, said the head of Pakistan’s Earthquake Center, Zahid Rafi. He warned of possible aftershocks.
The province in southwest Pakistan is the country’s largest but also the least populated.It is also the home to several extremist Islamic groups, and we here at the Perspective Research Department, and Naked News staff, believe this is God’s retribution for such dastardly deeds as the Jihadist attacks on Christians in the last few weeks ……………………., and that Muslim asshole that cut me off in traffic yesterday! (sic)
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Staff found the 20-centimeter (8-inch) Mandarin rat snake in the passenger cabin near the door late Sunday before passengers were due to board the flight bound for Tokyo from Sydney International Airport, Qantas said in a statement Monday.————————————————
After reading this, ya have to think that it’s pretty tame and boring here in good ol’ Canada: A man in western Sweden has been arrested on a charge of vandalism after urinating on fruit worth 700 kronor ($110) in a Gothenburg supermarket.
MEANWHILE!
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about an odd court case from
the south Stockholm suburbs concerning a man who had been acquitted of
sexual harassment charges after being caught masturbating at a public
beach.According to the court ruling, no offence had been committed as the masturbating man was not pleasuring himself towards a specific person.
Last week, the story was discovered by a number of notable international news outlets, including the Daily Mail, the Independent, the Guardian, and Time magazine in the US.
By the time it reached celebrity blogger Perez Hilton in the United States, the story had morphed into claims that Sweden had “decriminalized” public masturbation.
So, what exactly was the significance of the court’s ruling and, more importantly, is it really legal to masturbate in public in Sweden?
To get to the bottom of the story, The Local caught up with Olof
Vrethammar, the prosecutor who handled the case, to find out what his
inability to achieve a conviction actually means.“There has been a lot of reaction to this case but I think what has happened is that my words have been taken out of context a bit. I read somewhere that this was a ‘landmark trial’ but that is not the case,” Vrethammar explains.
“It is not okay to masturbate in public in Sweden as we have the same laws as anywhere else on this type of behaviour.”
Vrethammar was present in court when the 65-year-old man who was literally caught with his pants down was acquitted by the Södertörn District Court.
“For the man to be convicted for sexual molestation it needs to be proven that he was targeting one or several specific people. If you can’t prove that is the case, then it is not sexual molestation,” he said.
The prosecutor said the ruling does not the open the door for exhibitionists to simply peel off and head for their local beach.
“If a similar situation happened then it is likely the person would
be charged with a sexual offence depending on the circumstances,” he
explained.“In this case, the court found that the accused had his back to the injured party and that nothing points to the conclusion that a crime was targeted against them. The act may be seen as disorderly conduct.
“If, however, you expose yourself to somebody, that violates their sexual integrity then you may be charged with sexual molestation.”
So the lesson to wanna-be exhibitionists is clear: it’s not okay to masturbate in public in Sweden, despite what the headlines may say.
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Dear Readers: In perhaps one of the greatest examples of
“HUBRIS” I have ever seen, Garth Drabinsky is set to go to court
Tuesday as he fights to reclaim the Order of Canada he lost while
serving his prison sentence for fraud.The disgraced theatre mogul, who is on day parole in Toronto, is asking the Federal Court to declare the decision of the Order of Canada advisory council unlawful.
Drabinsky and business partner Myron Gottlieb were convicted in 2009 for a book-cooking scheme that ultimately resulted in the demise of Livent Inc. — the company behind such hits as “Phantom of the Opera” and “Ragtime.”
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Two Saskatchewan companies are the first to be licensed to sell medical marijuana under Health Canada’s latest regulations.
Both companies are based in Saskatoon, and have received 622,433 job applications in the last two weeks alone!
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Speaking of Saskatoon: Radio listeners there now have more ways to listen to CBC Radio One on weekdays.
The CRTC has approved a broadcast license for the morning radio show, Saskatoon Morning.The program will be aired on a temporary basis while producers try and figure out if there is enough stuff to talk about in Saskatoon to fill a morning show!!!!!
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It might seem that the range of scents humans can detect is infinite, but scientists have managed to sort them all into 10 basic categories, ranging from peppermint to pungent.
The classifications are meant to be the olfactory equivalent of the five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (savory).
To come up with the 10 scents, neuroscientists turned
to a 30-year-old database that contained profiles of 144 odors. Each
odor was assessed by human subjects, who were given a list of 146 words
and asked to rate how well each word described the odor. The researchers
wanted to see if they could look for patterns in those responses that
would help them group the odors.
Using statistics, they analyzed how the 146 words were used and how they were related to one another. Some words were almost always used together, such as fruity and honey. Others were rarely or never paired, such as fecal and minty.
Using statistics, they analyzed how the 146 words were used and how they were related to one another. Some words were almost always used together, such as fruity and honey. Others were rarely or never paired, such as fecal and minty.
By the end of the analysis, the researchers came up with a total of 10 distinct groups of words that tended to be used together.The result was a list of 10 key odor categories: fragrant, woody/resinous, minty/peppermint, sweet, chemical, popcorn, lemon, fruity (non-citrus), pungent and decayed.
Popcorn gets its own category (well-deserved) but bacon doesn’t? At he very least, bacon needs to go into a ‘cooking meat’ category. I’m really not sure where bacon fits into this list.
http://www.env-econ.net/2013/09/they-forgot-bacon.html
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AND FINALLY: This song has been stuck in my head for the last 36 years, (when it first came out) and I swear that if it stays for even one more day I’ll kill myself!
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