Patrick Lambie hands off Schalk Burger
2010 Currie Cup Final
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Lambie Earns SA Call-Up – Twenty-year-old Patrick Lambie played the match of his life on Saturday to earn a call-up to the 30-man Springbok team for their grand slam tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland next month. Lambie earned selection after scoring 25 points in a man-of-the-match performance for the Sharks, who beat Western Province 30-10 in the Currie Cup final on Saturday. [mail&guardian]

Mountain Climbers Can Surf The Net On Top Of Mount Everest – There’s no excuse not to climb the world’s tallest mountain anymore. According to Mashable, visitors of Mount Everest can now surf the web or place calls through a standard GSM 3G network. This means that visitors are no longer limited to satellite phones to communicate with those at the bottom of the mountain who were too chicken to make the vertical hike. [dvice]

Putin Has A Black Eye – The sight of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with apparent bruising to his face has sparked rumours he is ill or has undergone cosmetic surgery.The famously macho politician, 58, seemed to be wearing heavy make-up when he was photographed with a dark patch around one eye on a visit to Ukraine. Picture after the jump. [bbc]

Shape Editor Apologizes For Putting LeAnn Rimes On Cover – It’s not often the editor-in-chief of a magazine sends out a email to subscribers apologizing for content–yet that’s exactly what Valerie Latona, editor of Shape Magazine, did this week. Readers were appalled that the publication featured Rimes who had previously admitted to cheating on then-husband Dean Sheremet with also-married Eddie Cibrian. [popeater]

Man Eaten By Lions Near PE – Bystanders watched helplessly on Sunday morning as one of the managers of a crocodile-and-lion farm was savagely mauled to death by three adult lions.The incident happened at the Addo Croc and Lion Ranch which borders on the Addo Elephant Park, 58km from Port Elizabeth. [news24]

The Large Sopranos Actress Has Died (46) – Denise Borino-Quinn, who unexpectedly won a role as a mafia wife on “The Sopranos” after she attended an open casting call, has died. She was 46. The Farmer Funeral Home in Roseland, N.J., said Borino-Quinn died Wednesday after a long battle with liver cancer. Her husband, Luke Quinn Jr., had died in March. [huffstuff]

Brazil Elects First Female President – Dilma Rousseff, the Worker’s Party candidate for President of Brazil, defeated opponent Jose Serra of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party with 56 percent of the vote, becoming Brazil’s first female president. Not bad for a former guerilla fighter. And no, she does not look like the Brazilian women that you may have grown accustomed to in the pages of fashion magazines around the world. [gawker]

iPhone/iPod Docking Station Console For Your Harley – The DashLink Docking Console for Apple iPhone and iPod touch from the house of Hell’s Foundry is a complete replacement fuel tank console with integrated docking station. It includes a smart charging system with a self-sensing on/off circuit to detect if a device is present. This means that the GPS Navigation Application can be run with the screen lit while playing iTunes. You can use your Bluetooth earphones and Wi-Fi enabled devices. Quite mean. [bornrich]

The New Celebrity Parenting Craze – Tobey Maguire, Helen Hunt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Alexander, Felicity Huffman and husband William H. Macy are among the stars who swear by the RIE method. A little-known Los Angeles-based group with a devoted celebrity following is leading a backlash against these intense parenting efforts, attempting to slow life down to baby-speed. RIE, short for Resources for Infant Educarers and pronounced “wry,” eschews the conventions of American infancy. [dailybeast]

Ferrari World Opens – Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest indoor theme park, opened its doors, at least to invited press.The brand new attraction is the first park themed on the famed racing cars and includes the world’s fastest roller coaster, Formula Rossa, with top speeds of up to 150 mph, among its 20 Ferrari-inspired thrill rides, simulators and family-friendly attractions. All are located under a 2,200,000-square-foot red roof, modeled after the side profile of a Ferrari GT. [aolnews]

Zach Galifianakis Smokes Joint On TV – Funnyman Zach Galifianakis stunned TV viewers on Friday night when he lit up a joint and started smoking it during a political chat show. “The Hangover” star was making a point about the upcoming vote for marijuana when he took the roll-up and a lighter out of his blazer pocket. He said, “It’s a tricky thing politically to jump on that bandwagon (and vote for the legalization of pot) because I think that maybe people still see it as taboo.” Video ->> [starpulse]

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