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C-Kumu Dog:
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/061018/K101802U.html
Massachusetts school bans playing tag at recess over fears of injuries, lawsuits
10:32:25 EDT Oct 18, 2006
Canadian Press
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) - Tag, you're out!
Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.
Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban.
While there is no districtwide ban on contact sports during recess, local rules have been cropping up. Several school administrators around Attleboro, a city of about 45,000 residents, took aim at dodgeball a few years ago, saying it was exclusionary and dangerous.
Elementary schools in Cheyenne, Wyo., and Spokane, Wash., also recently banned tag during recess. A suburban Charleston, S.C., school outlawed all unsupervised contact sports.
"I think that it's unfortunate that kids' lives are micromanaged and there are social skills they'll never develop on their own," said Debbie Laferriere, who has two children at Willett, about 65 kilometres south of Boston. "Playing tag is just part of being a kid."
Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said.
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Might as well start putting your kids in bubble suits or send them to school with a helmet and protective gear.. geez.
Guard Dog:
A real invisibility cloak is in our grasp: scientists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070406/sc_afp/ussciencephysicsinvisibility;_ylt=Aqwsl05bhMJ.Q5j9DGKlUM4PLBIF
Cranewings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_MJIzG-O0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fprofile%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Ffuseaction%3Duser%2Eviewprofile%26friendid%3D5118862
I thought this video was pretty funny. Plus the kid at 45 seconds is doing kali (:
Crafty_Dog:
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buzwardo:
Creepy-crawly pets eat owner
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By staff writers | August 29, 2007
A GERMAN man who lived with over 200 black widow spiders was fatally bitten by one and then eaten by his other pet creepy-crawlies.
Police found Mark Voegel, 30, in his apartment partially eaten by his pet spiders, several snakes, lizards and thousands of termites, Sun.co.uk reported.
Neighbours called police after becoming worried about the smell coming from Voegel's apartment.
Police were met by an unforgettably gruesome scene.
“It was like a horror movie. His corpse was over the sofa," a police spokesman said.
“Giant webs draped him, spiders were all over him. They were coming out of his nose and his mouth.
“There was everything there one could imagine in the world of reptiles.
“Larger pieces of flesh torn off by the lizards were scooped up and taken back to the webs of tarantulas and other bird-eating spiders.”
Voegel, who never invited people back to his small apartment, lived in the German city of Dortmund, Sun.co.uk reported.
Spider expert and animal cruelty officer Gabi Bayer said he kept creatures “that should never be allowed in a private home”.
“He had spiders so aggressive they are the equivalent of a pit-bull in the animal world,” she said.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22327399-1702,00.html
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