Random News Article Thread

[Steven]

Listen to the sound of particle pings: Scientists turn Large Hadron Collider data into music

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ts-turn-Large-Hadron-Collider-data-music.html

 

[glyn]

What is going on?

 

[bocadillo]

What is going on?

A similar thing is happening here

 

[Steven]

Here is a feel good story.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-crippled-mother-beats-odds-birth-Alaska.html

 

[spionfox]

Here is a feel good story.

It's the Daily Mail - it's full of them these days :icon_bigg

 

[Mawsley]

Cannabis found hidden in painting of Emmanuel Adebayor
from Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk

Border agency reveals ploys used by drug smugglers, including a portrait of former Arsenal footballer

Drug smugglers tried to bring cannabis worth almost £3,000 into the UK hidden in a painting of the footballer Emmanuel Adebayor, the UK Border Agency said today.

The wooden-framed picture was seized as it passed through a postal depot in Coventry from the footballer's native Togo.

The painting of the former Arsenal star now at Manchester City was addressed to a home in Tottenham, the team's north London rival.

Details of the ploy and several others were revealed by the agency to highlight the methods used by drug traffickers.

Officials intercepted drugs hidden in bottles of Baileys liqueur, woven baskets, packets of peanuts and yams that had been opened and glued back together.

They also found glass ornaments in which air pockets had been stuffed with cocaine and a birthday card bound for Belfast holding cocaine worth £40,000.

Brodie Clark, the head of Border Force, said the drugs were found last year during searches at ports, airports and postal sorting depots.

"These smuggling attempts show the lengths that organised criminals will go to in a bid to get drugs into the UK," he said.

"Criminals are prepared to invest large sums of money to come up with ever better concealment methods because they know the potential profits from the awful trade in harmful drugs are considerable.

"However, the smugglers are no match for the skill of our officers and the state-of-the-art technology at their disposal."

Border staff use a range of methods and specialist equipment to detect drugs. Sniffer dogs are trained to identify drugs and cash while x-ray machines can reveal unusual luggage or parcels. Body-scanners can detect whether "mules" have swallowed or are carrying packets of drugs.

Officials act on tip-offs from the public, criminal informants and law enforcement agencies around the world.

"Our most important weapon in the fight against drug smuggling is intelligence," Clark said.

"I would urge anyone with information that might be useful to the UK Border Agency to phone our hotline on 0800 59 5000."

 

[Steven]

"However, the smugglers are no match for the skill of our officers and the state-of-the-art technology at their disposal."

Yea right. :icon_roll Last report I saw was that less than ten percent of all estimated imported drugs were detected by Customs/Border Agency.

 

[bocadillo]

Some people just haven't got enough to do with their time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12135540

 

[fitz]

Some people just haven't got enough to do with their time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12135540

A load of bollocks

 

[Mawsley]

What is going on?

A similar thing is happening here

Aflockaplyse plotted on Googlemaps

 

[Mawsley]

It totally sucks balls...err...maybe not.

 

[Macky]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40972825/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts

 

[pork pie fox]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12160874

Good sneezing

 

[Mawsley]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40972825/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts

I see you and raise you this

 

[Profondo Rosso]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/38/20110118/tod-cat-summoned-for-jury-service-045b8e8.html

A tabby cat has been selected for jury duty in the US after his owners registered him on a state census form.

The bizarre letter was sent to the cat, which was listed in the pets section of the census, by a court in Boston, Massachusetts calling on him for duty.

Cat owners Anna and Guy Esposito wrote to the court asking the family pet, named Sal, to be excused from service because he doesn't speak or understand English.

Mrs Esposito reportedly included a letter from her vet confirming that the cat was a 'domestic short-haired neutered feline' and not human.

However, the request for the cat's exemption was refused by a jury commissioner and Mrs Esposito was told that Sal 'must attend' Suffolk Superior Crown Court.

She said: "When they ask him guilty or not guilty, what's he supposed to say - meow?"

"Sal is a member of the family so I listed him on the last census form under pets but there has clearly been a mix-up."

The Daily Mail reported that Sal could have accidentally ended up on the juror list when paperwork was misread at the last census.

According to the Massachusetts judicial branch website, US citizens who 'do not speak and understand English sufficiently well may be disqualified.'

If Sal's application for disqualification is denied, the cat is expected in court on 23 March.

 

[pork pie fox]

Alien hand syndrome:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12225163

 

[Blue Maniac]

Alien hand syndrome:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12225163

You can tell that's a BBC article from how bad the punctuation is in the first few paragraphs.

 

[bocadillo]

You can tell that's a BBC article from how bad the punctuation is in the first few paragraphs.

The letters b, b and c immediately after the www. in the URL are also a good guide.

 

[Blue Maniac]

The letters b, b and c immediately after the www. in the URL are also a good guide.

Far too much work to scroll up to the top and read that.

 

[pork pie fox]

Roast bear for dinner anybody?
ESPN link:

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=6049090