The big, warm yellow thing is out at the Castle this morn,
there is a smidge of atmospheric movement and the liquid metal gauge it
tottering on the coldish side.
Day three after having my Periosteal pecked, the elbow is
now a nice shade of purple with yellow bits and despite the confidence of my
general medic it still hurts-ho hum....
Has apparently been awarded the highest rank in all three
military services by mummy, tree hugger Charlie is now a Field Marshal, Admiral
of the Fleet and Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
A Government lawyer who controversially gave the green light
for Jeremy CHunt to oversee Rupert Murdoch’s bid for control of BSky has
been knighted.
Paul Jenkins, the chief executive and permanent secretary of
the Treasury Solicitor’s Department since 2006, is made a knight and a member
of the Order of the Bath.
A letter from Mr Jenkins was used by Prime Minister David
Cameron to defend his conduct over the bid by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation
for control of satellite broadcaster BSkyB in 2010 at the Leveson inquiry this
week.
Mr Jenkins had agreed Mr CHunt could rule on the deal
despite not seeing a private memorandum to Mr Cameron in which Mr CHunt
said he backed the Murdoch bid.
However, Mr Cameron quoted a letter from Mr Jenkins that
suggested he would not have altered his advice even if he had seen the private
memo.
Of course he did.....
Professor Roger Penrose a leading Oxford University
scientist claims to have evidence of stars and galaxies that existed long
before the universe as we know it formed.
He reckons that cosmic radiation discovered by one of NASA's
telescopes is older than the Big Bang.
The researcher shows that the cosmic radiation background
(CMB) formed in concentric circles that had cooled to a temperature of -270C
over the 14 billion years since the universe came into being.
Prof Penrose and his colleague Professor Vahe Gurzadyan of
the Yerevan State University in Armenia claim to have 12 examples of the
circles, some of which have five rings - meaning that the objects had five
massive events in their history.
The scientists believe the circles are imprints of violent
gravitational forces generated by black holes that existed long before the Big
Bang.
The research casts doubt upon the widely-held theory that
the universe has continued to expand since the Big Bang and will continue to do
so until it ceases to exist.
Prof Penrose says that his research shows that all matter in
the universe will eventually be consumed by black holes, leaving only energy
behind which will in turn trigger the next Big Bang.
Luckily I only have one ring but Uranus has thirteen.......
Istvan Puskas, a motorcycle enthusiast from Hungary took the
term “chopper” literally and has spent the last two years chopping his dream
ride from black locust wood.
Instead of chromed steel, the handlebars and exhaust pipes
are made from cow’s horns, and the amateur bike-maker used deer antlers as decorations.
He used the engine of a small Fiat built in Poland under
license from the Italian car maker, fuelled with petrol from a small wooden
barrel that serves as a gas tank.
And it works! I just hope he has treated it for woodworm…
Two Missouri women
are accused of showing off more than their putting skills at a south western
Illinois golf course.
Madison County
Sheriff's Capt. T. Mike Dixon says investigators responded to complaints of
lewd behaviour Monday at the Woodlands Golf Course in Foster Township and saw
the women displaying their breasts.
Now, authorities in
Madison County have charged 45-year-old Shelly Lewis and 43-year-old Alicia
Binford of O'Fallon, Mo., with public indecency.
Binford and Lewis
couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday. Binford's home telephone number has
been disconnected. Lewis hasn't returned a message left at her home. Court
records don't show if they have an attorney.
Both women are free
on bond.
I never found golf that exciting…
And today’s thought:
Sex on the beach Olympics
Angus
