Maximum lack of warm, minimum skywater, moderate atmospheric
movement and less solar stuff than you could shake a bottle of suntan lotion
at, at the Castle this morn, even later than usual I had to see my General
Medic-blood pressure test and a nice blood test form, which meant going up to
the Aldershot ‘Elf Centre, paying to park the Honda and sitting in the dungeon
until my lucky ticket number came up.
And I am going to have to ban anonymous comments because I
just don’t have the time sort them out, I have enough spam to take on Tesco in
the meat dept.
According to the Independent the deputy Prime Monster admitted
that allegations of sexual harassment were a factor in the peer's decision to
quit as the party's chief executive.
Which means that numb nuts Nick dramatically altered his
explanation for Lord Rennard's surprise resignation in 2009 which had
previously been blamed on ill health. His comments were rejected by the peer's
friends, who said he had been warned by his doctors that he could be dead
within a year unless he led a less stressful lifestyle.
Which seems to be a lucky break for his “Lordship”-or maybe
not...
U-Turn Cam is set to be dropped for this year's festivities
in Witney after the bill for the 2012 event – which attracted 8,000 people –
hit £45,000 pounds, including £2,300 for the Prime Monster’s security, Town
councillors in the Prime Minister's constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire have
drawn up plans to spread out the festivities, blaming rising costs and
"dangerous" crowd levels.
The PM (T), who last year joined Father Christmas to switch
on the seasonal lights, is now set to be dropped from the programme, with
council officers looking for cheaper alternatives.
Witney mayor Councillor Eaglestone said: "My plan is to
try to spread it over three days at different venues, but not have an official
switch-on, no road closure and no David Cameron because it costs us a lot of
money and we had criticism from the district council because of the number of
people there.
Not even your own constituency wants you Dave....
Passers-by in the
Japanese capital’s Akasaka district have witnessed the Grand Prince Hotel being
demolished by construction company Taisei Corporation with a rather unique
method.
Engineers
reinforced the top floor with steel beams and then effectively lopped it off,
keeping it in place to be used as an adjustable lid that can be lowered down
the building on an external support frame.
Slowly but surely,
and with none of the explosions or dust normally associated with the demolition
of skyscrapers, the hotel is being torn down.
Shame that, they could have turned it into a prison....
In the USA that is, apparently growth was high, taxes were
lower, there was less crime, better education, more spending power, more home
ownership, lots of social mobility, oodles of optimism, falling debt and
popularity was at a peak.
Great: that is if you ignore the racism and homophobia,
organised crime and even more racism.
The "most exclusive pram in the world" is made
with the same materials as Aston Martin's luxury car interiors.
Born from collaboration between Aston Martin and pram-makers
Silver Cross, the limited edition pram is "designed to perfection with
every detail considered".
The high-specification product boasts a leather-trimmed
handle, air-ride suspension and is emblazoned with Aston Martin's iconic wings
logo.
The pram's wheels are made from aluminium alloy and based on
the wheels of Aston Martin One-77 car, though the automobile equivalent will
set you back a cool £1.2m.
Described by Silver Cross as a "must-have for the most
fast-paced lifestyle", and with just 800 being made, there is sure to be
stiff competition among people who have money to burn.
And at £2,000 they can keep it...
Eyes hooked up to the tail can help blinded tadpoles see, to
learn more about the relationship between the body and the brain, researchers
wanted to see how capable the brain was of interpreting sensory data from
abnormal "ectopic" locations from which it normally does not receive
signals.
Scientists experimented with 134 tadpoles of the African
clawed frog Xenopus laevis, a common lab animal. They
painstakingly grafted new eyes onto places such as their torsos and tails and
then surgically removed their original eyes.
These experimental tadpoles then received a vision test the
researchers first refined on normal tadpoles. The tadpoles were placed in a
circular arena half illuminated with red light and half with blue light, with
software regularly switching what colour light the areas received. When
tadpoles entered places lit by red light, they received a tiny electric zap. A
motion-tracking camera kept tabs on where the tadpoles were.
Remarkably, the scientists found that six tadpoles that had
eyes implanted in their tails could apparently see, choosing to remain in the
safer blue-light areas.
Time to test on “humans” then-preferably the researchers...
That’s it: I’m orf to test
my mechanical sausages
And today’s thought:
Punched or bored-preferably punched
Angus
