Cloudy, coldish and calm at the Castle this morn, did a bit
of fettling in the garden between showers yestermorn and then gathered yet
another load for the “recycling centre”.
Allegedly thousands of graves will be dug up and moved to
make way for the new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham.
The HS2 rail line is expected to run straight
through old cemeteries in London and Birmingham. It is estimated that the
remains of about 50,000 people could be affected.
Under the plans,
the Curzon Street terminal would be built on Park Street in Digbeth,
Birmingham, a 19th Century graveyard.
And St James
Gardens, a consecrated former church burial ground in Euston, central London,
will also need to be dug up.
Strict rules apply
to the exhumation of bodies. In England and Wales, the Ministry of Justice
first has to grant a licence for their removal, it then has to gain planning
permission and adhere to rules set out by organisations such as English
Heritage and the church. Because of the age of most of the burial grounds this
tends to be the Church of England.
Reburial must also
take place - usually in other nearby cemeteries.
The graves in
question date back at least 100 years, though many are much older. In some
cases, they are unmarked by headstones and any living relatives are no longer
contactable.
You are not even safe from this lot when you are dead and
buried, think I’ll be cremated.
According to the Piss Poor Policies Millionaires Club
Coalition’s behaviour tsar Charlie Taylor a growing number of primary school
children are too violent and disruptive to be in school.
Apparently there is a group of children showing very extreme
behaviour, very difficult, challenging, violent behaviour - often quite young
children. There is an increase in those kind of children.”
They would often resort to kicking or biting fellow pupils
in the classroom, MPs on the Commons select committee for education were told...
Mr Taylor’s comments follow claims from head teachers’
leaders that children often arrive at primary school — lacking in personal
skills and ill-equipped to communicate with their fellow pupils.
They have put the blame on parents who fail to communicate
with them - and allow them to remain in front of computer screens or TVs for
the most part of the day.
The PPPMCC’s “solution” is that parents should be docked
benefit payments if they failed to pay fines levied upon them as a result of
their children truanting.
And it doesn’t help Kiddlies behaviour when one’s parents
leave one behind in a pub.....
Researchers at Zhongda Hospital at Southeast University in
Nanjing have come up with a cunning plan to lower blood pressure-“eating farts”.
An experiment was done at Johns Hopkins University in which
the smell of flatus, which comes from hydrogen sulphide, effectively controlled
the blood pressure of mice.
Yuyu Yao, an associate professor at Southeast University,
said that it has not yet been tested on human beings. A working dosage could be
a problem because of the size difference between humans and mice.
The gas could have side effects on other parts of the body,
he added.
I think Yuyu has been sniffing something else.........
Dutch space company Mars One has unveiled their secret plan
to have humans living (and dying) on the red planet by 2023. According to their
video which hit YouTube today, the first four-person team will take seven years
to reach their destination, with additional crews heading off every two years
after that to live out their remaining days establishing a permanent
settlement.
While this sounds
like the plot of a science fiction film, the project and the company behind it
seem legitimate, having apparently been endorsed by Nobel Prize-winning
theoretical physicist Prof. Dr. Gerard 't Hooft. Oddly, "Big Brother"
co-creator Paul Römer is also an ambassador of the project.
Too much wacky baccy methinks...
Google has unveiled its latest invention – a pair of
high-tech glasses which can video everything you see.
The computer giant introduced the device at a launch event
showing live feeds from the cameras on glasses worn by sky-divers.
As the daredevils jumped out of a blimp flying above San
Francisco, attendees at Google's I/O event watched the video footage from their
perspective.
They also watched the live stream from cyclists jumping over
ramps then riding into the conference room.
The device has a camera to capture fleeting moments and
allow others to see the world through your eyes.
It also houses a speaker, microphones as well as a processor
and sensors which can give users information on what they are seeing.
For instance, wearers of the glasses could see directions to
their destination appear literally before their eyes.
They can also talk to friends over video chat or even buy
things online as they walk around.
The company is selling the device, known as Project Glass,
for $1,500 - but only to people at its annual three-day conference in San
Francisco.
That’ll go dahn well with the Elfandsafety chaps....
And finally:
The latest Lamborghini replica to come out of China is of
the Murcielago LP64, and is said to be 99% identical to the original on the
outside, while the interior is “only” 70% identical.
A brand new Lamborghini Murcielago LP64 would cost you over
$400,000 but this ex Toyota MR2 will only cost you $65,000.
According to the cars maker the reservation period for a
Chinese Lamborghini Murcielago LP64 replica is 5 months, and requires an
initial deposit of 210,000 Yuan.
The only snag is that it will never be legal on the road
because it can’t be registered.
Bit of a waste of time and money then…..
That’s it: I’m orf to
celebrate the steam engine
And today’s thought:
Neigh, neigh and thrice neigh Wimbledon
Angus
