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Scientists Glean Blood Protein From Rice
02 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As if it isn’t already enough that just about everything is made in China, now they’ve started making blood, from rice.
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The Murdochs WERE Lying
02 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One thing the Murdochs probably didn’t do last night, is sleep particularly well – James, especially. Documents released by the parliamentary committee investigating illegal voicemail hacking at News International reveal compelling evidence that James has been lying since at least 2008. Either that, or he is just a really shoddy businessman. Maybe both.
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DSK Scandal To Be Made Into Porn Film
02 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Crowd funding allows the average guy on the street to invest in movies without having to spend millions. And the producers of a porn film based on the scandal surrounding the former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, are looking for such funders at the moment. The working title for the film is DXK. R500 buys your name in the credits and an invitation to the premiere.
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Boeing 767 Touches Down Without Wheels In Warsaw [Video]
01 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Howz this vibe, a plane landed perfectly without wheels in Poland! It took off from New York. Storyful reports: A Boeing 767 carrying over 200 passengers from New York’s Newark Airport made an emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday. Video footage showed the Polish Airlines plane https://www.aldaorg.net/buy-accutane/ touching down on the runway without landing […]
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Petman: The Robot That Will Kill You In The Robopocalypse, And Look Good Doing It [VIDEO]
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You guys remember Alpha Dog, the terrifying robot dog that Boston Dynamics built for the US military? Well they’re over terrifying robot dogs, and have moved on to terrifying robot people. Hence ‘PETMAN,’ their awful test dummy for demonstrating how chemical protection suits might affect soldiers trying to run, do push-ups or kill all humans.
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Jersey Shore Goes To College
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You might not think Jersey Shore is the sort of show that would spark serious academic debate, but lo and behold, the University of Chicago recently concluded a day long seminar on the dynamic and active scholarly field of “Jersey Shore studies”. No, really.
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Nervous Japanese MP Drinks Fukushima Nuclear Water
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A Japanese government official has risen to a challenge set by journalists to prove that water collected from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was safe to drink. Albeit with some trepidation. MP Yasuhiro Sonoda downed a glass of water during a televised news conference and seems to have survived, although his shaky hands certainly betrayed his nerves.
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Greek Referendum On Bailout Threatens New Euro Zone Crisis
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
George Papandreou’s shock announcement that he will put Greece’s bailout to a referendum helped the FTSE open nearly three per cent down this morning. It was interesting listening to Lindsay Williams on 2oceanVibe Radio a little earlier too. He remarked that there are more Porsche Cayennes registered in Greece than taxpayers declaring an income of 50 000 euros or more. Clearly Greeks aren’t fans of paying tax.
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Heidi Klum: Surprises Everybody With A Non-Sexy Halloween Costume [PICS]
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Heidi Klum is really, really into Halloween. Which isn’t surprising, given that Halloween is when people dress up in revealing costumes for candy, and her career is pretty much dressing up in revealing costumes for money. Except she went non-traditional at her annual Halloween party in Las Vegas, dressing as a terrifying skinless body.
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Where On Earth Do You Fit In?
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week 2oceansVibe reported on the release on the UN Population Fund State of World Population 2011 report, which estimates that by the end of October 2011, the number of humans in the world would soar past seven billion.
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Android, And Everything Else, Destroying BlackBerry In The US
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Is this the beginning of the end for BlackBerry? Manufacturer, Research In Motion lost nearly two thirds of the US smartphone market share, year on year for the same period. HTC has taken a clear lead in the US smartphone market, and it’s been closely followed by Samsung, who just last week, surpassed Apple in total worldwide smartphone shipments.
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Google’s Time-Lapse Halloween Doodle [VIDEO]
31 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Lately, Google has been having a great deal of fun with their doodles. They have decided to wish us all a happy Halloween by creating a short time-lapse video of some of their employees carving out six particularly large pumpkins at their headquarters in Mountain View, California.
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Mangyongdae Funfair: The Last Theme Park In North Korea [PICS]
31 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This fairly depressing photo series of Manyongdae Funfair, North Korea’s version of the Happiest Place On Earth, has just been released. The amusement park, located a few kilometres north of Pyongyang, is the last theme park in the dictatorship, which isn’t totally surprising given the dilapidated and dangerous rides on display.
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FAA Say Couple Who Had Sex Mid-Skydive Did Not Break Law
31 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last month, part-time skydiving instructor Alex Torres was fired from his job after he made a sex tape of him and the company’s receptionist in an airplane before jumping out in tandem and continuing the act midair. But luckily for them the Federal Aviation Administration won’t press charges, because they did not “distract the pilot from concentrating on his flying.”
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Saudi Royalty Offers $1 Million Reward For Capture Of Israeli Soldiers
31 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hours after Sheik Awadh al-Qarani promised a reward of $100 000 to anyone who captured an Israeli soldier, a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, with ties to Rupert Murdoch, offered to raise that offer by $900 000 to make it $1 million. These offers follow the release of Israeli soldier, Gilad Schalit, who was held by Hamas in Gaza for more than five years.
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Greece Is Very, Very Lucky
28 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
European leaders are secretly all doing little victory dances. The Eurozone crisis has never looked better. Leaders have agreed new deals that slash Greek debt and increase the main bailout fund to around €1 trillion. They’re basically printing money. Athens will get a new €100 billion bailout early in the new year, and existing bond debt will be cut by 50%.
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Victoria’s Secret To Launch US$2,5 Million Fantasy Treasure Bra
28 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Recession? What recession? Next month, Victoria’s Secret will launch a US$2,5 million bra at their annual fashion show in New York. The 2011 Fantasy Treasure bra boasts 3 400 white and yellow diamonds totalling 142 carats, and was inspired by sea shells, and buried treasure, apparently.
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Samsung’s Solar-Powered Internet School
28 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Samsung Africa has unveiled a unique initiative they are calling the Samsung Internet Schools Programme. The initial programme will span five African countries: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan. In time it will branch out into other African countries too. The school is a mobile, solar-powered, independent classroom housed in a container.
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Sony Buys Sony Ericsson
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s just been revealed that Sony has bought out its Swedish partner, Ericsson, for $1,5 billion. Ericsson had a 50 per cent stake in mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson, but will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony now. Sony is rather excited about the move because now it can integrate its smartphones with its consumer electronics devices.
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Radioactive Cars Now On Sale In Japan
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s been about seven months since that huge Tsunami hit Japan, wiping out businesses, cars, people and the Fukushima nuclear power station. However, a lot of stuff contained in the 18-mile radioactive exclusion zone remained undamaged, including some pretty usable cars. These can now be bought on the Japanese used car market. Extra limbs sold separately.
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Indian Man Reenacts ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Story Line In Real Life
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a heart-warming TV moment reminiscent of the movie Slumdog Millionaire, a poor Indian man has became the first person to win the $1 million prize in his country’s version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
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Tenth Tibetan Monk In 12 Months Sets Fire To Himself In China
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yet another Tibetan Buddhist monk doused himself in fuel and set fire to himself in China yesterday. This brings to ten the total number of monks who’ve resorted to this extreme form of protest since March this year.
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We Are Legion: Human Population Blasts Past 7 Billion
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) dropped its annual State of World Population report late yesterday, and as has been predicted for a little while now, the earth’s human population will blast past seven billion people by the end of the month.
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The Zimbabwean, The Hooker And The Ass
26 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
What began as a harmless night of casual paid-for sex turned into a magical mystery adventure that has landed a Zimbabwean man in court charged with bestiality.
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The New Coffee: Inhalable Caffeinated Lime-Flavoured Puffs
26 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There are other products on the market that deliver short bursts of energy, but for those that really like their coffee; there is a new way for you to ingest it, without the hassle. Harvard biomedical engineering professor, David Edwards, has invented AeroShot: caffeine delivered to your body faster than coffee. Cue the coffee inhaler.
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Anxious Bangkok Prepares For Month Long Floods
26 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Anxious Bangkok residents are steeling themselves against floods moving down from the northern part of Thailand, which are the worst to hit the country in decades. With Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra keeping everyone on edge with statements such as “I’m fifty percent confident that the inner zone of Bangkok will not be completely flooded,” it must be increasingly difficult to remain buoyant.
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Gordhan Relaxes Local Listing Rules – JSE To Gain
26 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a move that’s widely expected to attract further, and much needed investment diversification, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday announced that the Treasury will allow local investors to trade in foreign-domiciled companies, especially throughout Africa. The move will no doubt heighten the attractiveness and status of the local exchange.
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Biker Pauses Mid-Rally To Save A Drowning Calf [VIDEO]
25 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is pretty badass – footage of a Gauteng biker assessing a motorcycle rally course for the Amageza Challenge and taking a short detour midway through to save a calf drowning in a nearby canal. In the event that you’ve grown tired of Gaddafi footage, and would like to watch something awesome instead.
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Gaddafi Buried At Dawn In Secret Desert Location
25 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The bodies of fallen Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, and his son, Mo’tassim, were buried in a secret desert location this morning, a National Transitional Council official has told news agencies. This is a good thing because the stench of the rotting corpses was getting a bit much and decay had set in, forcing officials to close the fridge doors yesterday.
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The Church Of Scientology Stalked The South Park Creators For A While
25 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember that 2005 episode of South Park where they satirized Scientology by neutrally describing their core beliefs? Well, Scientology does. Recently revealed internal documents reveal that they spent a good year investigating creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker for evidence that could be used to discredit them for making Scientology seem like a creepy cult.
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