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Ryanair jet window mended with tape before London takeoff
by: NewsCore | October 25, 2011 7:36AM

  • Ground crew fix plane window with tape
  • Tape falls off, plane makes disturbing noises
  • Pilot forced to abort flight after 20 minutes

A PLANE with 200 passengers onboard had to turn back to London after tape used to patch up a pilot's window came loose.

Passengers watched in horror as ground crew put the tape around the edge of the windscreen of the Ryanair jet shortly before takeoff from London Stansted Airport to Riga, Latvia.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said the tape was being used as an extra precaution to secure a new window seal.

But the pilot aborted the flight after 20 minutes when the tape started to become loose and made disturbing noises.

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair insists normal procedures were followed throughout, and there was no danger to passengers or crew.

But one passenger, Anthony Neal, 33, of Bromley, south London said, "We were kept in the dark, and were terrified. I could see guys taping in the windscreen with what looked like duct tape or gaffer tape."

He added, "We were in the sky, then the pilot said due to damage on the windscreen, we were going to have to turn back."

A spokesman for Ryanair said, "We do not comment on routine technical issues. All Ryanair flights operate in accordance with approved safety standards."

The IAA said it had completed its probe.

The airline has been scrutinised for its announcement earlier this month that it will remove all but one toilet on its planes in order to reduce ticket prices.

Read more about the plane fixed with sticky tape at The Sun.

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Don't you hate when that happens?
 
Testicle Face

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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/8368884/face-spotted-in-testicle-ultrasound
A man's face has appeared in an ultrasound of a testicle tumour, prompting Canadian urologists to write a humorous entry about it in a high-profile medical journal.

G. Gregory Roberts and Naji J. Touma from Ontario's Queen's University discovered the unsettling image of a man with a pained expression on his face while scanning the inflamed testicles of a 45-year-old patient.

The pair wrote in peer-reviewed journal Urology they had considered the possibility of the image being a divine sign.

But after dismissing a theory it could be a gesture from the Egyptian god of male virility Min, the pair decided it was a "mere coincidental occurrence rather than a divine proclamation".

"The residents and staff alike were amazed to see the outline of a man's face staring up out of the image, his mouth agape as if the face seen on the ultrasound scan itself was also experiencing severe epididymo-orchitis (inflamed testicles)."

The 45-year-old had the testicle removed but fortunately the tumour turned out to be benign.
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Not sure whether you'd call this weird (it's definitely not wacky), but it's certainly horrifying.
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Poo coffee causes stink among latte set
by: Heather Kennett | From: Sunday Mail (SA) | January 21, 2012 10:00PM

AT $400 a kilogram, it's the world's rarest and most expensive coffee.

And it's creating a stir among Adelaide's coffee lovers.

Called kopi luwak, it's also known it as cat-poo coffee because it's made entirely of beans digested and excreted by the palm civet, a cat-like creature that lives in the jungles of Asia. It's highly prized by many coffee connoisseurs for its smooth flavour and bitterless aftertaste.

Now the exclusive beans are available online for SA caffeine lovers to make in their own home.

But Sunday Mail's own taste testers all agree - it really does taste a little crappy.

Sipping a short black made with the exotic beans, plumber Lee Hammond screws up his face in disgust.

"I wouldn't pay any money for this," he said.

However Adelaide's top barista Fiefy Anuwatanaphorn was far more enthusiastic.

"It's not bitter, it's quite sweet and fruity with a very clean finish," the 2009 and 2010 SA Barista Champion said.

At about $8 a shot, she ruled out using the beans at her Pirie St specialty coffee bar.

"The general public wouldn't be so interested but for coffee aficionados, I think they would be happy to spend the money just to try and experience a different type of coffee."

The coffee is available online at www.cenzos.com.au.
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From here.
 
I can find no good reason to put into my body anything that has ever been eaten by another animal, floating through their intestine and excreted out the end. I think I'll leave this one.
 
Pig-shaped robot transmits kiss over distance

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/8412415/pig-shaped-robot-transmits-kiss-over-distance
A Singaporean researcher has developed a robotic device in the shape of a pig that can emulate and transmit a kiss, adding an extra level of intimacy to long distance relationships.

The 'Kissinger' is the size and shape of a softball and has touch-sensitive lips that can detect and replicate the way a person kisses.

Its creator, artificial intelligence researcher Hooman Samani, said the device helps close the physical gap between people and can also add a titillating new dimension to video games.

"Humans can kiss virtual characters while playing games and receive physical kisses from their favourite virtual characters," Mr Samani wrote on his website.

He believes the Kissinger could also change the relationships people have with robots.

Mr Samani has previously developed a pair of cabbage patch doll "surrogates" that copy human voices and gestures.
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there is a video on the website, kinda cool and freaky at the same time
 
wynter said:
Didn't they have something similar to that on Big Bang Theory? Raj and Howard were usuing some device that simulated kissing over long distance.

edit to add..yes they did. Here's the clip

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That's what I first thought of too. Haha.
 
Pig image causes a stink among police
February 4, 2012 - 2:46PM

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One of the splodges painted on the side of the cow on the Vermont Police crest clearly
resembles a pig. Photo: Reuters

Police in the US state of Vermont were embarrassed when they realised that the emblem on their squad cars had been doctored to show a pig.

Long an insulting term to refer to police, a pig is hardly the symbol that uniformed officers would like to display.

But right there in the state seal mounted on most of the New England state's police cruisers there is now a curly tailed porky pig, the Burlington Free Press reported.

The shield shows a - legitimate - cow among other pastoral details and the pig is drawn cleverly, although hardly discreetly, into the regular splotches on the cow's hide.

State officials noticed on Thursday, then traced the prank to a prison printing shop in Saint Albans, the newspaper reported.

Apparently an inmate four years ago was able to modify the computer program and inserted the extra image.

AFP
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From here.

Edit: Bigger pic:

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