Ocgtober 12, 2005
Rest In Peace: The Quantum Sleeper
A man has created a safety bed which he claims will provide protection against hurricanes, tornadoes, thieves, kidnappers, and terrorists. The inventor's Web site calls it "the safest rest you've ever had."
When a motion sensor detects a threat, the "Quantum Sleeper" automatically folds up around its occupant. Inside the bulletproof canopy, an alarm awakens the protected sleeper, who can spray tear gas on the intruder...It’s bulletproof, airtight/watertight with a rebreather, backup power and air filtered and has one-way mirrors so intruders can watch themselves futilely try to get in while you sit inside and laugh and call your friends (and the police) on your cell phone, shortwave or CB radio. Most important it has a "toiletry system." ...with the optional CD and DVD players, microwave oven, and refrigerator while remaining protected against gas attacks, bullets, fires, hurricanes, floods, kidnappers, stalkers and homicidal maniacs. http://www.qsleeper.com/
Another crapy idea…
Patent filed for dog poo cement
A German architect has filed an application for a new type of cement made of dog poo. Friedrich Lentze, 57, from Berlin, applied for a patent for his "odourless heating and building material" made from the dog poo cleaned from the streets of the German capital every day.
He said: "The loads of dog poo that are gathered every day actually make a great mortar with fantastic insulating properties."
He added that dung had for centuries been used as building material and he had combined it with modern materials to come up with a new type of insulating cement.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1568620.html
I never knew how much danger my parents exposed me to as a child!!
In the pursuit of safety, teeter-totters and swings are disappearing from playgrounds
July 18, 2005 Andrea Levin is grateful that Broward County schools care about her daughter's safety. But this year when they posted a sign that demanded "no running" on the playground, it seemed like overkill.
…Broward's "Rules of the Playground" signs, bought from an equipment catalogue and displayed at all 137 elementary schools in the district, are just one of several steps taken to cut down on injuries and the lawsuits they inspire.
How about swings or those hand-pulled merry-go-rounds? "Nope. They've got moving parts. Moving parts on equipment is the number one cause of injury on the playgrounds."
Teeter-totters? "Nope. That's moving too."
Sandboxes? "Well, I have to be careful about animals" turning them into litter boxes.
Cement crawl tubes? "Vagrants. The longer they are, the higher possibility that a vagrant could stay in them. We have shorter ones now that are made out of plastic or fiberglass."
… Swings, merry-go-rounds, teeter-totters and other old standards are vanishing from schools and parks around the country, according to the National Program for Playground Safety.
…"We could do a lot more if we didn't have to watch our back every single second," said Graziose, who has led a playground safety committee for 17 years. "We sometimes get a letter from the attorney before we even get an accident report from the school." Since 1999, Broward County schools paid out about $561,000 to settle 189 claims for playground accidents… [it would be better to end frivolous lawsuits? Perhaps lawyers should be banned.]
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cplaygroundjul18%2C0%2C4929507.story
Officials Call 'Speak English' Sign Discriminatory
Tavern Sign Reads 'For Service, Speak English'
October 7, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Civil Rights Commission has ruled a sign in the window of a southwest Ohio tavern declaring, "For Service, Speak English," is discriminatory.
The panel said Thursday the Pleasure Inn... violated the state civil rights law. Commission spokeswoman White said the tavern could be ordered to remove the sign, to pay for advertisements about nondiscrimination, and its staff could be ordered to undergo diversity training or cultural sensitivity training.
Ohio law says it is unlawful for any proprietor of a place of public accommodation to deny the full enjoyment of the accommodations based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or ancestry. The commission said the English-only rule serves no purpose other than to discriminate against non-English speaking individuals.
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, a Mount Auburn-based agency that handles fair-housing issues for eight counties, including Warren, where the tavern is located, filed a complaint with the commission in July after callers complained.
http://www.nbc4i.com/news/5070718/detail.html
I suppose the owner will have to accept Pesos, Rubles, or Euros in payment and not discriminate by requiring payment in U.S. currency... The sign is about as intimidating as requiring voters to show a photo ID when voting...
Petition urges Congress to curb ACLU
A grass-roots group is mobilizing more than 100,000 Americans to urge Congress to pass a bill that would curb the ACLU by denying plaintiff attorneys the right to collect attorneys fees in lawsuits targeting religion in the public square.
The petition (http://www.cfra.info/33/petition.asp?PID=9854380&NID=1 ) by the Center for Reclaiming America calls for "a stand against the ACLU's radical agenda, which undermines our nation's moral and religious heritage."
The petition reads:
As a concerned citizen, I am taking a stand against the ACLU's radical agenda, which undermines our nation's moral and religious heritage. I join with citizens across the nation in protest of ACLU policies and actions to strip faith in God from the public square while promoting anti-family and pro-homosexual initiatives. I am calling on leaders in government and media to tell the truth about the ACLU's radical agenda. Furthermore, I demand lawmakers take the necessary steps to eliminate the monetary motives behind the ACLU's campaign to remove all mention of God from the public square. The ACLU does not represent me nor the vast majority of American citizens.
The legislation by Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., would amend the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Act of 1976 to prohibit prevailing parties from being awarded attorneys fee in religious establishment cases but not in other civil rights filings.
In August, another advocacy group asked Congress to probe the ACLU for "widespread use of frivolous lawsuits following its legal action against New York City for allegedly violating citizens' rights by random searches on subways.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46784
Arkansas Mother Gives Birth to 16th Child
Oct 12 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking about doing it again...Jim Bob Duggar, 40, said he and Michelle, 39, want more children.
"We both just love children and we consider each a blessing from the Lord. I have asked Michelle if she wants more and she said yes, if the Lord wants to give us some she will accept them," he said.
...The Learning Channel is doing [a] show about the family's construction project, a 7,000-square foot house that should be finished before Christmas. The home, which the family has been building for two years, will have nine bathrooms, dormitory-style bedrooms for the girls and boys, a commercial kitchen, four washing machines and four dryers.
Jim Bob Duggar, who sells real estate, previously lost his bid for the U.S. Senate. He said he expects to run for the state Senate next year but isn't ready to make a formal announcement.
Michelle Duggar had her first child at age 21, four years after the couple married. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/12/D8D6KS7O1.html
Shepherds wanted -- accountancy skills preferred
Oct 11 Do you have an accountancy qualification and are you familiar with the bureaucracy of the European Union? Perhaps a career as a shepherd on the plains of southern Hungary beckons.
…Not only are herd numbers growing, but shepherds must have accountancy skills and, since the country joined the EU last year, be capable of applying for grants, the newspaper Nepszabadsag reported Tuesday.
Ference Silay, who trained as an architect, is an ethnic Hungarian from Romania who now earns a living from the award-winning herd he owns in Domaszek, southern Hungary.
"Being a shepherd isn't just sitting next to your dog on the field all day, smoking a pipe," he told the paper.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051011/od_nm/hungary_shepherds_dc&printer=1
Prosecutor Earle refuses to accept supoena
Oct 11 Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay's defense team tried Tuesday to serve Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle with a subpoena, but Earle refused to accept it, DeLay lawyer Dick DeGuerin said. Alleging misconduct with grand jurors, the defense team wants to compel Earle to explain his behavior.
...DeGuerin said acceptance of the subpoena was voluntary Tuesday because it had not been stamped by a court official, but added the defense team would go through the court procedure Wednesday and redeliver it. He said Earle, district attorney for Travis County, would then be obligated to accept the subpoena, but could file a motion to have it dismissed.
...Acceptance simply involves signing a paper acknowledging delivery...The subpoenas asked that the prosecutor and the two assistants appear in court or submit to a deposition in which the defense lawyers would question them.
...DeGuerin wants Earle to answer 12 questions about conversations he had with grand jurors, including whether the prosecutor became angry when a grand jury decided against an indictment of DeLay and why that decision was not publicly released.
...DeLay has accused Earle _ a Democrat _ of pursuing the case against him for political reasons. Earle has denied any political motives [but he is making a movie about this].
In a motion filed last week, the defense team said that from Sept. 29 through Oct. 3, Earle and his staff "unlawfully participated in grand jury deliberations and attempted to browbeat and coerce" the grand jury that refused to indict DeLay.
The motion said Earle then attempted to cover up and delay public disclosure of the refusal, and also "incited" the foreman of the first grand jury to violate grand jury secrecy by talking publicly about the case _ in an effort to influence grand jurors still sitting.
...DeGuerin is asking for all documents, notes, telephone records and other relevant materials from Earle's staff. "I am determined to put on record the steps taken by you and your staff to obtain a replacement indictment against my client, Tom DeLay," DeGuerin said in a letter to the prosecutor.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/11/D8D66AU00.html
David Bennett <><
http://home.hiwaay.net/~dbennett
http://answersingenesis.org/home/area/qa.asp
A man has created a safety bed which he claims will provide protection against hurricanes, tornadoes, thieves, kidnappers, and terrorists. The inventor's Web site calls it "the safest rest you've ever had."
When a motion sensor detects a threat, the "Quantum Sleeper" automatically folds up around its occupant. Inside the bulletproof canopy, an alarm awakens the protected sleeper, who can spray tear gas on the intruder...It’s bulletproof, airtight/watertight with a rebreather, backup power and air filtered and has one-way mirrors so intruders can watch themselves futilely try to get in while you sit inside and laugh and call your friends (and the police) on your cell phone, shortwave or CB radio. Most important it has a "toiletry system." ...with the optional CD and DVD players, microwave oven, and refrigerator while remaining protected against gas attacks, bullets, fires, hurricanes, floods, kidnappers, stalkers and homicidal maniacs. http://www.qsleeper.com/
Another crapy idea…
Patent filed for dog poo cement
A German architect has filed an application for a new type of cement made of dog poo. Friedrich Lentze, 57, from Berlin, applied for a patent for his "odourless heating and building material" made from the dog poo cleaned from the streets of the German capital every day.
He said: "The loads of dog poo that are gathered every day actually make a great mortar with fantastic insulating properties."
He added that dung had for centuries been used as building material and he had combined it with modern materials to come up with a new type of insulating cement.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1568620.html
I never knew how much danger my parents exposed me to as a child!!
In the pursuit of safety, teeter-totters and swings are disappearing from playgrounds
July 18, 2005 Andrea Levin is grateful that Broward County schools care about her daughter's safety. But this year when they posted a sign that demanded "no running" on the playground, it seemed like overkill.
…Broward's "Rules of the Playground" signs, bought from an equipment catalogue and displayed at all 137 elementary schools in the district, are just one of several steps taken to cut down on injuries and the lawsuits they inspire.
How about swings or those hand-pulled merry-go-rounds? "Nope. They've got moving parts. Moving parts on equipment is the number one cause of injury on the playgrounds."
Teeter-totters? "Nope. That's moving too."
Sandboxes? "Well, I have to be careful about animals" turning them into litter boxes.
Cement crawl tubes? "Vagrants. The longer they are, the higher possibility that a vagrant could stay in them. We have shorter ones now that are made out of plastic or fiberglass."
… Swings, merry-go-rounds, teeter-totters and other old standards are vanishing from schools and parks around the country, according to the National Program for Playground Safety.
…"We could do a lot more if we didn't have to watch our back every single second," said Graziose, who has led a playground safety committee for 17 years. "We sometimes get a letter from the attorney before we even get an accident report from the school." Since 1999, Broward County schools paid out about $561,000 to settle 189 claims for playground accidents… [it would be better to end frivolous lawsuits? Perhaps lawyers should be banned.]
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cplaygroundjul18%2C0%2C4929507.story
Officials Call 'Speak English' Sign Discriminatory
Tavern Sign Reads 'For Service, Speak English'
October 7, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Civil Rights Commission has ruled a sign in the window of a southwest Ohio tavern declaring, "For Service, Speak English," is discriminatory.
The panel said Thursday the Pleasure Inn... violated the state civil rights law. Commission spokeswoman White said the tavern could be ordered to remove the sign, to pay for advertisements about nondiscrimination, and its staff could be ordered to undergo diversity training or cultural sensitivity training.
Ohio law says it is unlawful for any proprietor of a place of public accommodation to deny the full enjoyment of the accommodations based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or ancestry. The commission said the English-only rule serves no purpose other than to discriminate against non-English speaking individuals.
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, a Mount Auburn-based agency that handles fair-housing issues for eight counties, including Warren, where the tavern is located, filed a complaint with the commission in July after callers complained.
http://www.nbc4i.com/news/5070718/detail.html
I suppose the owner will have to accept Pesos, Rubles, or Euros in payment and not discriminate by requiring payment in U.S. currency... The sign is about as intimidating as requiring voters to show a photo ID when voting...
Petition urges Congress to curb ACLU
A grass-roots group is mobilizing more than 100,000 Americans to urge Congress to pass a bill that would curb the ACLU by denying plaintiff attorneys the right to collect attorneys fees in lawsuits targeting religion in the public square.
The petition (http://www.cfra.info/33/petition.asp?PID=9854380&NID=1 ) by the Center for Reclaiming America calls for "a stand against the ACLU's radical agenda, which undermines our nation's moral and religious heritage."
The petition reads:
As a concerned citizen, I am taking a stand against the ACLU's radical agenda, which undermines our nation's moral and religious heritage. I join with citizens across the nation in protest of ACLU policies and actions to strip faith in God from the public square while promoting anti-family and pro-homosexual initiatives. I am calling on leaders in government and media to tell the truth about the ACLU's radical agenda. Furthermore, I demand lawmakers take the necessary steps to eliminate the monetary motives behind the ACLU's campaign to remove all mention of God from the public square. The ACLU does not represent me nor the vast majority of American citizens.
The legislation by Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., would amend the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Act of 1976 to prohibit prevailing parties from being awarded attorneys fee in religious establishment cases but not in other civil rights filings.
In August, another advocacy group asked Congress to probe the ACLU for "widespread use of frivolous lawsuits following its legal action against New York City for allegedly violating citizens' rights by random searches on subways.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46784
Arkansas Mother Gives Birth to 16th Child
Oct 12 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking about doing it again...Jim Bob Duggar, 40, said he and Michelle, 39, want more children.
"We both just love children and we consider each a blessing from the Lord. I have asked Michelle if she wants more and she said yes, if the Lord wants to give us some she will accept them," he said.
...The Learning Channel is doing [a] show about the family's construction project, a 7,000-square foot house that should be finished before Christmas. The home, which the family has been building for two years, will have nine bathrooms, dormitory-style bedrooms for the girls and boys, a commercial kitchen, four washing machines and four dryers.
Jim Bob Duggar, who sells real estate, previously lost his bid for the U.S. Senate. He said he expects to run for the state Senate next year but isn't ready to make a formal announcement.
Michelle Duggar had her first child at age 21, four years after the couple married. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/12/D8D6KS7O1.html
Shepherds wanted -- accountancy skills preferred
Oct 11 Do you have an accountancy qualification and are you familiar with the bureaucracy of the European Union? Perhaps a career as a shepherd on the plains of southern Hungary beckons.
…Not only are herd numbers growing, but shepherds must have accountancy skills and, since the country joined the EU last year, be capable of applying for grants, the newspaper Nepszabadsag reported Tuesday.
Ference Silay, who trained as an architect, is an ethnic Hungarian from Romania who now earns a living from the award-winning herd he owns in Domaszek, southern Hungary.
"Being a shepherd isn't just sitting next to your dog on the field all day, smoking a pipe," he told the paper.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051011/od_nm/hungary_shepherds_dc&printer=1
Prosecutor Earle refuses to accept supoena
Oct 11 Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay's defense team tried Tuesday to serve Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle with a subpoena, but Earle refused to accept it, DeLay lawyer Dick DeGuerin said. Alleging misconduct with grand jurors, the defense team wants to compel Earle to explain his behavior.
...DeGuerin said acceptance of the subpoena was voluntary Tuesday because it had not been stamped by a court official, but added the defense team would go through the court procedure Wednesday and redeliver it. He said Earle, district attorney for Travis County, would then be obligated to accept the subpoena, but could file a motion to have it dismissed.
...Acceptance simply involves signing a paper acknowledging delivery...The subpoenas asked that the prosecutor and the two assistants appear in court or submit to a deposition in which the defense lawyers would question them.
...DeGuerin wants Earle to answer 12 questions about conversations he had with grand jurors, including whether the prosecutor became angry when a grand jury decided against an indictment of DeLay and why that decision was not publicly released.
...DeLay has accused Earle _ a Democrat _ of pursuing the case against him for political reasons. Earle has denied any political motives [but he is making a movie about this].
In a motion filed last week, the defense team said that from Sept. 29 through Oct. 3, Earle and his staff "unlawfully participated in grand jury deliberations and attempted to browbeat and coerce" the grand jury that refused to indict DeLay.
The motion said Earle then attempted to cover up and delay public disclosure of the refusal, and also "incited" the foreman of the first grand jury to violate grand jury secrecy by talking publicly about the case _ in an effort to influence grand jurors still sitting.
...DeGuerin is asking for all documents, notes, telephone records and other relevant materials from Earle's staff. "I am determined to put on record the steps taken by you and your staff to obtain a replacement indictment against my client, Tom DeLay," DeGuerin said in a letter to the prosecutor.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/11/D8D66AU00.html
David Bennett <><
http://home.hiwaay.net/~dbennett
http://answersingenesis.org/home/area/qa.asp
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