May 15, 2007
Roids? What Roids?
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May 14, 2007
New meaning to Ball and Chain
Indian man chained for defying father in marriage
Fri May 11, 2007 8:18 AM ET
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – Police in eastern India have rescued a Muslim man who had been shackled in chains for a month for marrying his childhood lover against the wishes of his father and village clerics, authorities said Friday.
Raghu Amin, 21, was locked in a dingy room by his father in a village in the state of West Bengal after he publicly announced his marriage to 18-year-old Sehnaaz Khatoon, who came from a poorer and lower class family, police said.
“He was chained throughout and even served food in this condition as punishment,” said police officer Jay Biswas.
Police came to Raghu’s rescue Thursday evening in Baduria village, 70 km (40 miles) north of the state capital Kolkata, after his wife lodged a complaint.
Raghu’s father has been arrested on charges of wrongful confinement and police said they were looking for some village clerics who they suspected were also involved.
In India, most marriages are still arranged by parents of the bride and groom who often look for compatibility in religion, caste and class. Couples breaking from this tradition are sometimes ostracized by their families and even face violence.
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May 12, 2007
Mother’s Dictionary..
A – ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now
growing in the middle.
B – BATHROOM: A room used by the entire family, believed by all
except Mom to be self-cleaning.
C – COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
D – DATE: Infrequent outings with Dad where Mom can enjoy worrying
about the kids in a different setting.
E – EMPTY NEST: See “WISHFUL THINKING.”
F – FABLE: A story told by a teenager arriving home after curfew.
G – GUM: Adhesive for the hair.
H – HINDSIGHT: What Mom experiences from changing too many diapers.
I – INFLATION: Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
J – JUNK: Dad’s stuff.
K – KISS: Mom’s medicine.
L – LEMONADE STAND: Complicated business venture where Mom buys
powdered mix, sugar, lemons, and paper cups, and sets up a table,
chairs, pitchers and ice for kids who sit there for three to six
minutes and next a profit of 15 cents.
M – MAYBE: No.
N – NAIL POLISH: part of an assortment of make-up items such as
lipstick, eyeliner, blush etc. which ironically make Mom look better
while making her young daughter look “like a tramp.”
O – OVERSTUFFED RECLINER: Mom’s nickname for Dad.
P – PANIC: What a mother goes through when the darn wind-up swing stops.
Q – QUIET: A state of household serenity which occurs before the
birth of the first child and occurs again after the last child has
left for college.
R – REFRIGERATOR: Combination art gallery and air-conditioner for the
kitchen.
S – SPOILED ROTTEN: What the kids become after as little as 15
minutes with Grandma.
T – TOWELS: See “FLOOR COVERINGS”.
U – UNDERWEAR: An article of clothing, the cleanliness of which
ensures the wearer will never have an accident.
V – VACATION: Where you take the family to get away from it all, only
to find it there, too.
W – WALLS: Complete set of drawing paper for kids that comes with
every room.
X – XOXOXOXOXO: Mom salutation guaranteed to make the already
embarrassing note in a kid’s lunch box even more mortifying.
Y – “YIPPEE!”: What mother’s shout the first day of school.
Z – ZUCCHINI: Vegetable which can be baked, boiled, fried or steamed
before kids refuse to eat it.
author: an unknown mother!
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May 12, 2007
Speacial Wishes?
I got this on a birthday card. I am not sure if it was meant to make me feel good, or what?
Even though you share this special day with 17,942,037 other people on planet earth, you are unique. From your fingerprints, one-of-a-kind voice and winning smile. You are special.
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May 12, 2007
FW: Researchers after my own heart-get it, heart!
Researchers create “plastic blood,” immediately prank roommates
Posted May 11th 2007 9:23PM by Nilay Patel
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Researchers at Sheffield University have developed what they’re calling “plastic blood” — a synthetic blood substitute with the consistency of runny honey they say might be used on battlefields and in disaster areas within the next decade. The polymer blood mimics the structure of hemoglobin, the compound in real blood that transports oxygen around the body, but is only intended for short-term use until a real transfusion can be performed. That’s still a huge improvement over carrying around real blood, especially since the plastic stuff can be handled and stored at room temperature and is completely sterile. The fake blood hasn’t been tested on humans yet, and won’t be until additional funding is secured to further refine the formula, but the potential impact of the idea is enormous — our homemade zombie flicks are about to get way better.
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May 11, 2007
FW: What is your cousin doing on the internet?
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May 8, 2007
The wrath of women-Just in time for mothers day
Cards and flowers are important to women
I’m sorry if this gives any of the ladies a good idea, but fella’s, you have been warned!
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May 7, 2007
People are leaving notes-Then taking your car???
Actually, this isn’t the whole truth. Check out http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp for the whole story. At forwardeverforward.com, we feel that this is a place where the e-mail stops. Let’s do everyone a favor and STOP THIS EMAIL!
“Tell your wives! Tell your relatives!
Tell your neighbors!
Beware of the paper in your back window! They’ll get you!!
BEWARE OF PAPER AT THE BACK GLASS OF YOUR VEHICLE
NEW WAY TO DO CAR JACKING (NOT A JOKE!!!)
Heads up everyone. Please, keep this circulating…
You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You start the engine and shift into Reverse. When you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space, you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window. So, you shift into Park, unlock your doors, and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view.
When you reach the back of your car, that is when the car hacker’s) appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off. They practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.
And guess what, ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car. So now the carjacker has your car, your home address, your money, and your keys. Your home and your whole identity is now compromised!
BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED.
If you see a piece of paper stuck to your back window, just drive away.
Remove the paper later. And be thankful that you read this e-mail.
I hope you will forward this to friends and family, especially to women.
A purse contains all kinds of personal information and identification documents, and you certainly do NOT want t his to fall into the wrong hands.
Please keep this going.”
PLEASE STOP THIS EMAIL! I am sick of getting it!
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May 4, 2007
Learn how to change your own oil!
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May 4, 2007
Woman pelted with powdered doughnut
Woman pelted with powdered doughnut
Police confirm assault on mall
By Vanessa Miller
Thursday, May 3, 2007
A Lyons woman said she was assaulted over the weekend when a man “pelted” her in the stomach with a stale, powdered doughnut during an outing with her husband and 2-year-old son on the Pearl Street Mall.
Stacy Phillips, 36, was standing with her son’s stroller at 11:15 a.m. Saturday near the mall’s intersection with 13th Street — her husband and child were admiring the flowers — when “She suddenly felt severe pain to her abdomen,” a police report said.
“She looked up to find that someone had thrown a stale, powdered doughnut at her,” the report said.
“I didn’t know what hit me,” Phillips told the Camera. “It felt like a Hacky Sack. It hurt.”
A man, who she described as a “vagrant” in his 30s, with blond hair and a beard, immediately admitted to throwing the hardened confection, Phillips told officers.
“He stated he was drunk and was just trying to feed the squirrels,” Phillips told the police, according to the report. Phillips said she was infuriated, and she called them “alcoholic losers,” the report said.
A man and a woman were sitting on a bench near the Wells Fargo bank, 1242 Pearl St., and witnessed the incident, according to police. After Phillips yelled at the pastry-launcher, she reported that the woman who witnessed the exchange started shouting profanities at her and her husband.
The male witness pulled the woman away from the scene, Phillips told police.
If officers identify the man who threw the doughnut, Phillips said she wants to press assault charges. Police determined that an assault had occurred, but officers do not know the culprit’s identity and no arrests have been made.
Phillips told police that she used to ignore the mall’s homeless population, “but no longer feels safe around them.”
An officer told her to call police immediately if something happens again, and Phillips said, in the future she would carry her cell phone with her, the report said.
Although Phillips said the incident was “shocking,” it could have been much worse.
“My husband had our 2½- year-old,” she said. “He was not in the stroller, thankfully, because he could have just as easily been hit in the head.”
Contact Camera Staff Writer Vanessa Miller at 303-473-1329 or millerv@dailycamera.com.
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