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In March on the Discovery channel

 
Hundreds of Bizarre ‘Ice Balls’ form on Lake Michigan | XFINITY News Blog by Comcast

[h=1]Hundreds of Bizarre ?Ice Balls? form on Lake Michigan[/h]by Brian Rademaekers | March 1, 2013 at 9:40 AM | General
In an otherworldly scene, hundreds of giant balls of ice ? or in some cases ?ice boulders? ? are washing up along the shores of Lake Michigan.
While the phenomenon is nothing new, observers are noting that the oblong chunks of ice seem especially large this winter. Some reportedly weigh over 50 pounds.
The strange sight, which in some places includes hundreds of yards of shoreline littered with the spectacular ice balls, is attracting curious nature observers and local TV reporters.
In one clip, a reporter from UpNorthLive.com struggles to lift one the ice balls during a segment on the arrival of the odd-looking ice:

In another clip, Leda Olmstad, of Cedar, Michigan, marvels at discovering hundreds of ?amazing? ice balls stretching as far as the eye can see. It?s her Facebook photos that have helped draw attention to the bizarre scene ? bringing her calls from media outlets ranging from the New York Daily News to the Weather Channel.
Below, a meteorologist from NBC affiliate 7&4 News explains that the ice balls occur when the lake?s water is just below freezing. As chunks of ice form in layers, wind and currents round them ? not unlike a rock on river bottom ? until they get blown onto shore.
 
The Mercedes G63 6x6 Will Dominate Every Other SUV At The Mall

[h=1]The Mercedes G63 6x6 Will Dominate Every Other SUV At The Mall[/h]Mercedes G63 6x6 Dubai Geneva Motor ShowFour-wheel drive. Everyone seems to have it these days and, frankly, it's getting a bit boring. Mercedes realizes that too. But unlike everyone else, they're here to make a difference. That's where the brand new G63 6x6 comes in.



The G63 6x6 is six-wheel drive. That means it will be able to scale Mount Everest in total comfort, drive a group of four from China to Latvia with nary a worry, as well as terrify small indigenous tribes that have never seen a moving vehicle, let alone one that looks like it's out to murder you.
However, you'll likely see it in its natural habitat, scaling the parking garage at the local galleria during a sale at Neiman Marcus.
The G63 6x6 is powered by the G63's twin turbo V8. That equals 536 horsepower and 560 pound feet of torque. The torque split betwixt all six wheels is a nice 30:40:30. That adds up to 0 to 60 in under six seconds and a top speed of 100 MPH. That might sound slow, but it has 37 inch tires and weighs, weight (!) for it, 8,322 pounds.
There are also five locking differentials, I guess so you can drive over everyone else waiting to valet park for the opera.
It sounds like an absolutely manic offroader. It can ford depths of 39.3 inches, which should be enough to drive through the deepest puddles you'll find on a rainy day in Los Angeles. You can also inflate and deflate the tires from the inside, which means you won't scuff your shoes filling up the tires at the local Valero.
The cargo bed is finished in polished bamboo, which sounds rather lovely. It'll also be a great way to transport your new Prada merchandise.

To be serious for a moment, this thing looks incredible. It has off-road capabilities that you only dream of these days and can probably tackle anything you throw at it. It looks like it'll be perfectly at home on sand dunes and mountains. In fact, it looks like it would actively try and destroy you if you drove on a paved road. I love this thing.
Mercedes will build about 20 to 30 of the trucks each year at a price of somewhere around $450,000. If you want one, you better get in line behind members of the Dubai royal family as well as Paris Hilton. Probably.
 
Sarah Jessica Parker Confesses That Stilettos Deformed Her Feet | XFINITY TV Blog by Comcast

Sarah Jessica Parker Confesses That Stilettos Deformed Her Feet

All that ?Sex and the City? has taken its toll on Sarah Jessica Parker. The actress, who was a known passion for fashion that included a love of Manolo Blahnik shoes, now says that her high-end style and stilettos has deformed her feet.
Parker told Us Magazine that she now has to don sneakers, on doctor?s orders.

?For ten or so years, I literally ran in heels,? she said. ?I worked 18-hour days and never took them off. I wore beautiful shoes, some better made than others, and never complained.?
But after twisting her ankle and visiting a doctors, that all changed.

?I went to a foot doctor and he said, ?Your foot does things it shouldn?t be able to do,? she said. ?That bone there?. You?ve created that bone. It doesn?t belong there.? The moral of the story is, the chickens are coming home to roost. It?s sad, because my feet took me all over the world, but eventually they were like, ?You know what, we are really tired, can you just stop ? and don?t put cheap shoes on us???


I remember seeing the scene in the last Transformers movie with that Rosie chick unable to put her feet flat on the stairs when she was barefoot. Her ankles must be locked in place.
 
Curt's hijack thread

if you can choose $5,000 worth of gold or $8,000 in cash, but you couldn't have access to it until 10 years, which one would you take?
 
NJ stringing up dead birds to get rid of buzzards | General Headlines | Comcast

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. ? BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) ? The dead vulture's feathers snap and crack, breaking apart as its frozen wings are spread for one last flight.
It will soon soar gracefully ? albeit briefly ? into a tree in this hilly New Jersey suburb, hoisted to a branch where it will hang, upside down, until spring.

Wildlife officials say it's a sure-fire way to get an estimated 100 black and turkey vultures from roosting in the neighborhood, leaving behind foul-smelling and acidic droppings on roofs and lawns, creeping out residents and even their pets.
Before the black vulture's carcass is strung up, nearly a dozen vultures glide over Bridgewater on a cool, gray Monday morning. Some perch in trees. One rests on a chimney-top.

Neighborhood residents watched as wildlife specialist Terri Ombrello launched a weighted fishing line over a branch with a sling shot. She took turns with partner Nicole Rein tying the bird's legs with another line then pulled the bird about 30 feet off the ground.

Vultures may like to eat road kill but it turns out they don't like the sight of their own dead upside down.
"They don't like seeing their own in that unnatural position," Rein said.

Bridgewater, a town of 45,000 about 40 miles west of New York, became at least the seventh New Jersey community this winter to turn to the wildlife services unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for buzzard-beating help. Black and red turkey vultures are protected species and cannot be killed without a permit.

The birds roost from November to April, settling down as it gets dark, when they are most visible.

Jim Van Allen, 69, lives across the street where the carcass was strung up in Bridgewater. He's lived in the neighborhood practically his entire life. He said it isn't unusual to see vultures there in this community but not this many. He said the vultures started arriving in November, just after Superstorm Sandy.

"They just glide all around, all day long, I mean, just looking for something dead," he said.

The vultures, which have sometimes lined up eerily on rooftops, have not just spooked residents. Mark Nathan said his yellow lab Callie is afraid of the vultures, especially when they fly low.
"She freaks out about them," Nathan said. The dog "barks at them and then she runs inside as fast as possible," he said.

Scavenging vultures are key to the ecosystem because they feed off dead animals, acting as flying garbage disposals. Still, in densely populated areas where they can thrive, vultures pose a serious nuisance.
"Their feces runs down the roof. It looks bad," Van Allen said.

Residents can expect to see fewer vultures within one to three days. While some may still perch on the tree, Rein said, they will not do so for long.
While some New Jersey towns regard the influx of vultures as a problem at least one community is hoping it will get its birds back.

Wenonah started holding a vulture festival in 2006 after nearly 200 turkey and black vultures made the town their winter home. But the town canceled its festival this year, according to Vulture Festival website, because they're no longer roosting there at night.
 
Parkour lessons in Los Angeles

 
Sarah Jessica Parker Confesses That Stilettos Deformed Her Feet | XFINITY TV Blog by Comcast

Sarah Jessica Parker Confesses That Stilettos Deformed Her Feet

All that ?Sex and the City? has taken its toll on Sarah Jessica Parker. The actress, who was a known passion for fashion that included a love of Manolo Blahnik shoes, now says that her high-end style and stilettos has deformed her feet.
Parker told Us Magazine that she now has to don sneakers, on doctor?s orders.

?For ten or so years, I literally ran in heels,? she said. ?I worked 18-hour days and never took them off. I wore beautiful shoes, some better made than others, and never complained.?
But after twisting her ankle and visiting a doctors, that all changed.

?I went to a foot doctor and he said, ?Your foot does things it shouldn?t be able to do,? she said. ?That bone there?. You?ve created that bone. It doesn?t belong there.? The moral of the story is, the chickens are coming home to roost. It?s sad, because my feet took me all over the world, but eventually they were like, ?You know what, we are really tired, can you just stop ? and don?t put cheap shoes on us???


I remember seeing the scene in the last Transformers movie with that Rosie chick unable to put her feet flat on the stairs when she was barefoot. Her ankles must be locked in place.

My ex did that. She wore spike heels everywhere almost all the time. One day she came out of the shower and was having trouble walking. Her calf muscles and Achilles tendon shortened from wearing high heels all the time.
 
Looking to create a YouTube video worthy of two million-plus views and unworthy of getting arrested by police, 18-year-old video prankster Charles Ross decided to do an acrobatic flip over two Sarasota County sheriff?s deputies who were sitting on a park bench in Sarasota, Fla.
He accomplished only one of his goals.
The video, uploaded to YouTube on Saturday, has already gotten more than two million views, however, it also landed Ross in a pair of cuffs.

After landing the impressive flip without touching the cops, one of the unamused deputies told him ?the next time you do this we will be forced to do something.?
Ross acknowledged their warning and told them he understood. But once one of the deputies realized he had recorded the stunt, he completely changed his tone.
?Because you just filmed that, I?m about to ruin your day and erase it,? the cop said.
?No you?re not,? Ross replied. When he went after his camera, the two deputies tackled him to the ground and handcuffed him.

While the stunt was certainly ill-advised, did the 18-year-old, identified as Charles Ross byWWMT-TV, really break any laws?
Deputy Chris Shale, of the Sarasota County Sheriff?s Department, told TheBlaze that Charles Ross was arrested on Nov. 10 of 2012 at 948 Beach Road in Sarasota, the same location where he says the video was filmed. He was charged with both culpable negligence and resisting arrest without violence.

According to Florida state law, culpable negligence is described as the following:
(1) Whoever, through culpable negligence, exposes another person to personal injury commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083



[video=youtube;thMckjuhTCI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=thMckjuhTCI[/video]

YouTube Prankster Tackled, Arrested for Doing Front Flip Over Cops in Viral Video ? But Did He Break Any Laws? | Video | TheBlaze.com
 
But once one of the deputies realized he had recorded the stunt, he completely changed his tone.
"Because you just filmed that, I'm about to ruin your day and erase it," the cop said.
"No you're not," Ross replied.
When he went after his camera, the two deputies tackled him to the ground and handcuffed him.

While the stunt was certainly ill-advised, did the 18-year-old, identified as Charles Ross byWWMT-TV, really break any laws?

So apparently the officer did not erase the film. Couldn't he figure the camera out? lol

And I guess the cops were covered so far as a "crime" was concerned. Absurd. But the pretty dumb to do a flip over two armed anybodies much less cops.
 
The Movie Toy Chest - Entertainment - Thrillist Nation

G.I. Joe: Retaliation marks the second time the little plastic soldiers have become big, meaty killing machines on film. They follow a long tradition of toys-turned-movies, ranging from logical fare like TMNT to head-scratching adaptations like Battleship, which for some reason featured gigantic alien monsters, the iconic pegs as missiles, and Rihanna screaming while shooting guns while wet. Which was actually an improvement on the game.
Which iconic toys from your past are next to hit the big screen? Here are a few ideas....
 
Damn poachers...

Worst Field Trip Ever?! 8-Year-Old Girl Shot in Leg With Arrow | Fox News Insider

We think this may truly qualify as the worst field trip ? ever. An eight-year-old California girl was hit in the leg with a 20-inch arrow while she was playing on the UC Berkeley campus during a school science trip. Plus, talk about nerves of steel ? the third-grader, Nadine Harrison, was rushed to the hospital with the arrow still lodged in her leg! (See the photo for proof.)

Doctors had to surgically remove the arrow. Authorities say they still don?t know where the arrow came from.
 
Curt's hijack thread

The Movie Toy Chest - Entertainment - Thrillist Nation

G.I. Joe: Retaliation marks the second time the little plastic soldiers have become big, meaty killing machines on film. They follow a long tradition of toys-turned-movies, ranging from logical fare like TMNT to head-scratching adaptations like Battleship, which for some reason featured gigantic alien monsters, the iconic pegs as missiles, and Rihanna screaming while shooting guns while wet. Which was actually an improvement on the game.
Which iconic toys from your past are next to hit the big screen? Here are a few ideas....

I would make a movie out of the game called Perfection! It would be a sci-fi horror movie kind of like Saw mixed with Cube and Fermats Room . People move room to room solving puzzles as the floor rises toward the ceiling, if time runs out the floor pops up and flings them into razor blades or spikes on the ceiling.

Remember Perfection as a kid, the pressure to hurry and finish putting the shaped pegs in their slots before the timer made the whole thing pop up and scare you half to death and then you and your friends would all laugh hysterically?
 
Space Janitors season 2 part 1

 
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