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Jacintha Saldanha: behind the headlines a family mourns
FOR all the talk of how Kate Middleton might feel about the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha at King Edward VII Hospital and calls for Mel Greig and Michael Christian to be killed, the dead woman’s family have been overlooked. Mrs Salanha’s widow Ben Barboza issues a short statement:
I am devastated with the tragic loss of my beloved wife Jacintha in tragic circumstances, She will be laid to rest in Shirva, India
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Posted: 8th, December 2012 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)
Reactions to the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha: Mel Greig and Michael Christian are killers?
REACTIONS to the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse at Kate Middleton’s hospital pranked by Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian. Both have deleted their twitter accounts. No word yet from Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.
Who or what to blame? Well, most of never knew Jacintha Saldanha, so it’s impossible to know why she would have committed suicide. But some people know:
It’s Society
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Posted: 7th, December 2012 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (4)
What killed Jacintha Saldanha? Kate Middleton’s pranked nurse is dead
THE nurse who put talked to two Australian radio tricksters was called Jacintha Saldanha. She was the hospital receptionist who put 2day FM’s Mel Greig and Michael Christian through to the Duchess of Cambridge’s rooms at King Edward VII Hospital.
Now Jacintha Saldanha, 46, is dead. She most likely killed herself. She was found unconscious at an address near the private Central London hospital at around 9.30am this morning.
Ms Saldanha had two children.
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Posted: 7th, December 2012 | In: Reviews, Royal Family | Comments (43)
Durham University students go Porting in Durham
A FEW students at Durham University are attempting to create their own mini Bullingdon Club by pouring bottles of port over their heads in public. A film has been uploaded on YouTube. You might expect comments to be about how austerity is not universal and that wasting alcohol should be a crime punishable by death.
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Badgers: They ARE trying to kill the human race
BADGERS have clearly never forgiven humans for making them a dancing meme all those years ago, when people used to laugh at any old crap online. With ‘badger badger badger badger badger‘ racing around their minds, they’ve gone all Michael Douglas in Falling Down and want us to die.
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Would you eat a burger if you needed ID for it? The Atomic Fallout Pizza burger is here
BURGER eaters are having to show ID before they can eat a patty. How about that? Now, before you start thinking that this is some awful, awful Jamie Oliver stunt for healthy eating, it is quite the opposite. The ID is part of a disclaimer because this burger is so unbelievably spicy.
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Posted: 6th, December 2012 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | Comment
So, you wanted to break out of a Brazilian prison (photos)
THIS man wanted to break out of a prison in Brazil. See you in the canteen, Papillon:
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CFACT prank delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha
TO Doha, Qatar, where the jetted-in climate change activists are approached by members of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT). They tell the delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference about a new carbon capture mask that filters out the carbon dioxide (CO2) they exhale. Would they wear one. You know, for Gaia?
Posted: 5th, December 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)
When John Lydon appeared on Judge Judy
BEFORE eating kangaroo anus on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, chewing off politicos on Question Time and smacking his cops at butter, John Lyndon appeared on Judge Judy. It was October 1997 when Lydon appeared before the TV Beak known in her lounge as Judy Sheindlin. Robert Williams was suing the former Sex Pistol and Public Image Ltd frontman for breach of contract and assault and battery.
Virgin Records produced a press release in defence of their act:
Williams filed criminal battery charges against Lydon. The charges were immediately dismissed when police investigators determined that Williams’ case was completely unfounded. A subsequent civil suit was filed by Williams in small claims court claiming damages of $5,000 in lost wages and “civil battery.”
Upon learning of the ongoing dispute between Lydon and Williams, the staff of “Judge Judy” recently approached Lydon’s representatives and offered to adjudicate. When Gardner called Lydon to inform him of Judge Judy’s offer, Lydon accepted immediately, exclaiming, “I love this country!”
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Posted: 5th, December 2012 | In: Celebrities, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment
Millie Martin murder: Why did the court prosecute Rachel Martin?
BARRY McCarney, 33, has been jailed for life at Dungannon Crown Court for the murder of 15-month-old Millie Martin. He is guilty of murder, sexual assault and causing grievous bodily harm.
The victim had bruises to her body, 21 broken ribs and a fatal injury to her head.
In 2009, at the time of the murder, McCarney had been dating Millie’s mother Rachael Martin, 27. They had been an item for three weeks.
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The most dramatic news photos of 2012
THE most dramatic images of 2012:
Flames from the Waldo Canyon Fire cause the western side of Colorado Springs, Colo. to glow as several structures and home burn on Tuesday, June 26, 2012.
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Posted: 5th, December 2012 | In: Key Posts, Photojournalism, Reviews | Comment
Qatar produces hots air on climate change as China burns ahead
HAVING flown into the Climate Talks in Qatar, a deal looks unlikely. The latest data on carbon dioxide emissions leads to the BBC story “Carbon emissions are ‘too high’ to curb climate change“. The Times sums up:
Of the planet’s top 10 polluters, the United States and Germany were the only countries that reduced their carbon dioxide emissions.
Last year, all the world’s nations combined pumped nearly 38.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, according to new international calculations on global emissions published today in the journal Nature Climate Change.
That’s about a billion tonnes more than the previous year.
The total amounts to more than 2.4 million pounds (1.1 million kilograms) of carbon dioxide released into the air every second.
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Posted: 4th, December 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)
Zoo magazine invites readers to bisect women
READERS of Zoo magazine were invited to state which half of a woman they enjoyed the most, and, in turn, which half they enjoyed the least. The woman could be bisected in any way.
Who knew that the ancient trick of sawing a lady in half was a serving suggestion?
No-one opted for the ‘Battenburg”. But some did reply on the magazine’s Facebook page:
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Posted: 4th, December 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)
New York’s Cornell University gives students grass
AT New York’s Cornell University, the Olin Library has been carpeted in grass. The grass, imported from the Adirondack Mountains has a “cognitive relaxing effect“.
Students unaware that grass can make you chill out and think differently are, like, totally wowed, dude…
A video of Syrian rebels executing Assad’s bloodless soldiers
TAKE a look at this video from Syria. The Washington Post titles it: “Video said to show Syrian rebel executing unarmed prisoners.”
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Atos abandon disabled man on 2nd floor as fire alarm evacuates building
IN news to test the paralympic legacy, Geoff Meegha has been abandoned in an office with the fire bell raging.
Mr Meegha is 32. He suffers from early-onset Parkinson’s. He cannot walk far. So. He claims disability benefit. During his assessment with the Atos at a building in Neasden, London, the fire bell sounded. Everyone ran for the exists. Apart from Mr Meegha who was left on the second floor. In his wheelchair.
You can imagine the Atos staff peeping at their CCTV screen, watching for Mr Meegha to get up and run.
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Alan Bartlett Shepard Junior’s Navy Academy Yearbook
SNAPSHOT: Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Jr. showed same flashing smile and engaging personality as a midshipman as when he climbed from Mercury capsule after historic ride into space. This is the way he appeared in 1945 in his Naval Academy yearbook:
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Posted: 3rd, December 2012 | In: Flashback, Technology | Comment
Watch, as a man wins $588m
WINNING the lottery is something most of us have idly dreamed of at some point, but imagine for a second if it actually came true AND the moment you found out was captured on film.
Most of us would run wildly around, defecating and sobbing into strangers bosoms. One man in America could barely conceal his delight in Maryland when he found out he’d scooped the $588m Powerball jackpot!
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Catholic church set up hotline for possessions and Pope goes on Twitter
FINALLY, the Roman Catholic Church is getting all modern on us! Have they relaxed their views on contraception and homosexuals? Don’t be ridiculous. They are, however, embracing technology, so it won’t be long ’til we see The Pope throwing out his red Papal shoes and investing in some Dalai Lama Air Max or something.
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1963: Lenny Bruce is banned from Britain ‘in the public interest’
IN April 1963, comedian Lenny Bruce (nee Leonard Alfred Schneider) was refused entry to Britain. Why? It was “in the public interest”. He had said things deemed to be “obscene” in the US. The UK was not taking any chances. Bruce might say obscene words here. He was put on a plane and sent back to New York. In 1964, Bruce was convicted after a six-month trial of using obscene words in his stage show.
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Posted: 3rd, December 2012 | In: Celebrities, Flashback | Comment
Operation Yewtree: Tweeters make mockery of Lord McAlpine’s pain and Leveson’s Report
ANDREW Reid, legal representative to smeared British Conservative treasurer Lord McAlpine, says of they who libelled his client on Twitter:
“”We have been inundated by the public who have wanted us to deal with this problem of Twitter, and have encouraged and in some cases have actually offered us funds… Let it be a lesson to everybody that trial by Twitter or trial by the internet is a very nasty way of hurting people unnecessarily and it will cost people a lot of money…”he public are fed up with it. We are being pushed and pushed to get on and actually end trial by Twitter.”
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When dolphins attack: Jillian Thomas bitten at Orlando’s SeaWorld
FACE of the day: Jillian Thomas, 8, feeds fish to dolphins at Orlando’s SeaWorld. She is wearing a Tom & Jerry T-shirt. One dolphin bites her hand. Her mum and dad then post the footage of the biting on YouTube. Why? Jillian’s father, Jamie Thomas, says:
“We thought, look, we’ve got this video, let’s make it public, and let’s try to put some pressure on SeaWorld to make some changes.”
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Posted: 3rd, December 2012 | In: Reviews | Comments (3)
Belgium unveils its anti-Christian austerity Christmas Tree
TO Belgium where the Austerity Tree is on show. The abstract light installation replaces the traditional Christmas tree at the Grand Place in Brussels. Traditionally, a 20m (65ft) pine tree from the forests of the Ardennes decorates the city’s central square, the Grand Place. This year, it has been replaced with a 25m (82ft) construction. The other tree has been used to print Greek currency…
The tree is not universally popular. Bianca Debaets, a city councilor from the Christian Democrat and Flemish Party, says:
“What next? Will Easter eggs be banned from the city because they make us think of Easter?”
Erik Maxwell, from Brussels, told BBC News:
“We think the tree has been put up for cultural reasons. A tree is for Christmas and Christians but now there are a lot of Muslims here in Brussels. So to avoid discussions they have just replaced a tree with a couple of cubes! I am more traditional, I prefer the usual tree. That’s better for the Belgian people.”
Christmas trees invented in Germany are better for Belgians? What’s it to be, then, Muslims or Germans for Christmas? People of Belgium… Vote now!
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Posted: 2nd, December 2012 | In: Reviews | Comments (9)
The Circus heads to see Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican (photos)
POPE Benedict XVI watched the circus today. He did not go to the circus. The circus came to the Vatican. (They were curious to see if the legends were true.) The do was arranged by the “Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People”:
On 19 March 1970, with the Motu Proprio Apostolicae Caritatis, Pope Paul VI established the “Pontificia Commissio de Spirituali Migratorum atque Itinerantium Cura”, with the task of studying and providing pastoral care to “people on the move” such as: migrants, exiles, refugees, displaced people, fishermen and seafarers, air travelers, road transport workers, nomads, circus people, fairground workers, pilgrims and tourists, as well as those categories of people who, for various reasons, are involved in human mobility, such as students abroad, and operators and technicians engaged in large projects or scientific research at the international level who are obliged to move from one country to another.
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