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Originally Posted by ekim68

Man accidentally ejects himself from plane

It probably is best not to fiddle with switches or controls when riding in the back seat of an air force plane.

A man who failed to obey that principle found himself hurtling out of the cockpit, smashing through the Perspex canopy and into space after grabbing the black- and yellow-striped handle between his legs. He had inadvertently pulled the eject lever and found himself blasted 100 metres into the sky on his rocket-powered seat.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...r-ejector-seat

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Cafe cook frees ensnared manatee

STUART, Fla., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A cook at a Florida cafe said she used a restaurant knife to free a manatee that had become ensnared in a net near the eatery.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/...3251257369432/

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Cafe cook frees ensnared manatee

STUART, Fla., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A cook at a Florida cafe said she used a restaurant knife to free a manatee that had become ensnared in a net near the eatery.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/...3251257369432/

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Canada apologizes for declaring woman dead

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A Canadian federal department has apologized to a British Columbia woman who was mistakenly flagged as dead in government records.

Nancy Towle's problems began when her Canada Pension Plan widow's benefit check didn't arrive in September, The (Kamloops) Daily News reported.

She told the newspaper she spent two days making phone calls to various federal departments and learned she had been declared dead.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/...0501257536781/

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Canada apologizes for declaring woman dead

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A Canadian federal department has apologized to a British Columbia woman who was mistakenly flagged as dead in government records.

Nancy Towle's problems began when her Canada Pension Plan widow's benefit check didn't arrive in September, The (Kamloops) Daily News reported.

She told the newspaper she spent two days making phone calls to various federal departments and learned she had been declared dead.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/...0501257536781/

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Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...5A50K620091106

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Originally Posted by ekim68

Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...5A50K620091106

Entrepreneurmanship! Is that a new word?

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Entrepreneurmanship: My new favorite word poochee...

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British man provides photo for his own wanted poster

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...5A61AH20091107

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

British man provides photo for his own wanted poster

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...5A61AH20091107

Mucho stupid!

[ekim68]

Google glitch mislabels Nevada town

HENDERSON, Nev., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Officials and locals in Henderson, Nev., said a Google Maps error incorrectly identifies the area where their town should be as "Rochester."

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/...4921257800769/

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Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays

SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist.

These so-called virtual goods, like a $1 illustration of a Champagne bottle on Facebook or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a collection of pixels on a Web page.

But it is quickly becoming commonplace for people to spend a few dollars on them to get ahead in an online game or to give a friend a gift on a social network.

Analysts estimate that virtual goods could bring in a billion dollars in the United States and around $5 billion worldwide this year — all for things that, aside from perhaps a few hours of work by an artist and a programmer, cost nothing to produce.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/te..._r=1&th&emc=th

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How some aromas are bound in memories

REHOVOT, Israel, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Authors and screenwriters have long been aware that some odors can spontaneously evoke strong memories, but Israeli researchers have explained why.

Graduate student Yaara Yeshurun with professors Noam Sobel and Yadin Dudai of Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel said the key might not necessarily lie in childhood aromas but rather in the first time a smell is encountered in the context of a particular object or event.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/...8731257901743/

(Encounters for the first time, eh? )

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

How some aromas are bound in memories

REHOVOT, Israel, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Authors and screenwriters have long been aware that some odors can spontaneously evoke strong memories, but Israeli researchers have explained why.

Graduate student Yaara Yeshurun with professors Noam Sobel and Yadin Dudai of Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel said the key might not necessarily lie in childhood aromas but rather in the first time a smell is encountered in the context of a particular object or event.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/...8731257901743/

(Encounters for the first time, eh? )

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A Boston-based wind energy company is facing an unusual problem for its proposed wind farm in Maine: the site is too windy for even the burliest of turbines.

Company officials for First Wind said last week that the Longfellow Wind Farm may be in doubt because of the excessive winds on site; proving that too much of a good thing (wind) is still possible in the wind industry — at least with current technology.

http://earthandindustry.com/2009/11/...-is-too-windy/