What's in the News

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #765 on: November 08, 2008, 04:00:38 PM »
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Knicker twist over GPS lingerie

November 01, 2008

RIO DE JANEIRO: Lingerie maker Lucia Iorio says her new design targets the modern, techno-savvy woman, but the GPS-equipped Find Me If You Can line has raised the hackles of feminists who call it a 21st-century chastity belt.

The lingerie combo consists of lace bodice, bikini bottom and faux pearl collar, with the GPS device visibly nestled in the see-through part of the bodice next to the waist.

"This collection ... is a wink to women and a challenge to men because, even if she gives him the password to her GPS, she can always turn it off," Iorio said.

"She can be found only if she wants to.

"It's not a modern chastity belt. Some men think they can keep tabs on their girlfriends with it, but they're wrong."

Unconcerned with the controversy her new collection has raised, Iorio dismissed the global financial crisis and its adverse impact on luxury items sales. The GPS lingerie retails from $1200.

So how many has she sold?

Iorio admits to only a few customers, but is full of optimism.

"Some women are now interested in buying it for protection," she said, adding that in a violence-prone country such as Brazil her GPS lingerie should soon be selling briskly.

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #766 on: November 09, 2008, 02:12:02 PM »
This time a good woman lost the election.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/09/2414386.htm?section=justin

I had a lot of respect for her policies and her way of doing things.

(You didn't know the Kiwis had a woman PM???   kkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkk)

Re: What's in the News
« Reply #767 on: November 09, 2008, 04:18:26 PM »
Americans obnoxious?  That hasn't been the sentiment among the Suzhou crowd.  The only nationality with a bad rep here (apart from the Japanese, a knee jerk reaction among Chinese) seems to be the Germans.  And yes, it's hardly scientific: I know a good number of really cool Deutsch (sp?).

Coming soon: Tequila Diamondo ((TM).

Seems the NZ voters went with the party they thought would understand global economics.  I'd be interested to hear what our Kiwi members think.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #768 on: November 09, 2008, 05:13:02 PM »
"Some women are now interested in buying it for protection," she said, adding that in a violence-prone country such as Brazil her GPS lingerie should soon be selling briskly.

At least they will find the body pretty quickly. bfbfbfbfbf


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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #769 on: November 11, 2008, 07:21:11 PM »
I have a vision of prisons being filled with walking frames and wheel chairs in the future!

Japan's geriatric crime wave
Fri, 11/07/2008 - 10:16am
As Japan's population ages, the country is facing the new and unexpected problem of senior crime:

The number of people aged 65 or older arrested for crimes other than traffic violations totaled 48,605 last year, up from 24,247 in 2002, the Justice Ministry said in an annual crime report. Elderly crimes rose 4.2 percent in 2007 from a year earlier, though the total number of people arrested fell 4.8 percent to 366,002.

Thefts, such as shoplifting and pick-pocketing, were the most common crimes committed by older people, the report said, citing low income, declining health and a sense of isolation as the main causes of the trend. Serious crimes such as murder and robbery were less prevalent among seniors than younger people.

The report said elderly crime is growing at a much faster pace than the population of senior citizens.

The rise in elderly crime has also forced many prisons to renovate their facilities and provide nursing care.
 


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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #770 on: November 11, 2008, 11:11:59 PM »
I have a vision of prisons being filled with walking frames and wheel chairs in the future!


Given the age of the perps, I don't think they'll be filled for long!
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #771 on: November 11, 2008, 11:21:38 PM »
Is the elderly care system so bad in Japan that the senior citizens have to commit crimes in order to be properly looked after??
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #772 on: November 11, 2008, 11:28:35 PM »
Traditionally it has been the daughter or daughter-in-law in a family who will care for the parents.  Longevity in Japan is high - so they could be in jail a LONG time.  ahahahahah  But the changing social structure means that families can no longer take the same role, and the birthrate is declining (1.43 - not replacement levels).  So ... it causes problems.

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #773 on: November 11, 2008, 11:43:41 PM »
Is the elderly care system so bad in Japan that the senior citizens have to commit crimes in order to be properly looked after??

Yes. Sort of. The fact that Japan has one of the lowest birth rates among first world nations plays into this. It is insanely expensive to simply live in Japan, let alone raise a child. In the late eighties or early nineties I recall a surprisingly well supported government financial investigation in settling up a retirement colony somewhere in Europe.My memory is telling me, "Spain," but it has been a while. Politicians were considering shipping elderly out of the nation!

In the late nineties a niche business sprang up and the demand for Philippine caregivers were one option, complete with insurance subsidization to ease the burden of hiring caretakers.

In weirder, related news, the demand for over-40 porn in Japan emerged and it is one of the few, growing subgenres in the Japanese adult video business with numerous, fairly mainstream companies starting up 50+ lines, and not just for the straight crowd.

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #774 on: November 12, 2008, 12:25:03 AM »
There are also robot care-givers in Japan!

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #775 on: November 12, 2008, 02:41:13 PM »
After a night on the tequila (or baijiu!) take a sieve when you go to the bathroom!


Mexican scientists turn tequila into diamonds

From correspondents in Mexico City | November 12, 2008
Article from:  Agence France-Presse

MEXICAN scientists have turned the country's national tipple tequila into diamonds, and are seeking applications for their discovery, with the crystals too small to be used in jewellery.

The tequila diamonds could be used to "detect radiation, coat cutting tools or, above all, as a substitute for silicon in the computer chips of the future", said Miguel Apatiga, one of three researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico who made the discovery.

The scientists found that the heated vapour from tequila blanco, when deposited on a stainless steel base, could form diamond films.

They began experimenting some 13 years ago with synthetic diamonds - made by a technological process, as opposed to natural diamonds, produced by geological process - from gases like methane.

Later they produced diamonds from liquids, and then noticed that the ideal compound of 40 per cent ethanol and 60 per cent water was similar to the proportion used in tequila.

"One day I went to the campus shop and bought a bottle of cheap tequila. I used it under the same experiment conditions as for a test with ethanol and water and obtained positive results," Mr Apatiga said.

The diamonds formed were small crystals, too tiny to be used in jewellery.

"It would be very difficult to obtain diamonds for a ring," Mr Apatiga said.

But the scientists are investigating other applications for tequila diamonds.

"It's true that the fact it's tequila has a certain charm. It's a Mexican product and Mexican researchers developed the project ... but a businessman can say to me: 'Great, how pretty! But how can I use it?'" Mr Apatiga said.

After the first test with a common make of tequila blanco, the group is now studying more select tequilas to find the best to make the transformation.

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #776 on: November 12, 2008, 03:55:53 PM »
All in all, milk's another brick in the wall.   ahahahahah

China wants to make bricks from toxic milk: report
Tue Nov 11, 2:42 pm ET
BEIJING (AFP) – A south China city is considering using milk at the centre of a poisoned food scandal to make bricks as a cheap and clean way of disposing of the tainted products, state media reported Tuesday.

Guangzhou officials are looking into the viability of dumping the toxic products, found to have been tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, into furnaces that make bricks and cement, the Nanfang Daily reported, citing Wang Fan, director of the city's food safety office.

The plan comes after some Guangzhou garbage stations earlier this month poured tainted milk into rivers, triggering concerns the city's water supply would be contaminated, it said.

Using the milk products in the manufacturing process is estimated to cost 700 yuan (105 dollars) for each tonne of milk processed, more than 70 percent cheaper than burning it in garbage incinerators, earlier media reports said.

The reports said that burying the poisoned products was another alternative allowed by the government, at a cost of 200 yuan a tonne, but quantities would have to be limited to prevent soil pollution.

In China alone, four children have died and 53,000 have fallen ill after consuming milk or milk products laced with melamine, which can make the protein content appear higher.

Many countries and territories have banned Chinese milk and milk products in the wake of the scandal, one of many involving tainted Chinese-made foods.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #777 on: November 12, 2008, 09:47:33 PM »
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After a night on the tequila (or baijiu!) take a sieve when you go to the bathroom!

Proof that some people really don't read previous posts.
A better use for Tequila...........
http://www.physorg.com/news145255770.html

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #778 on: November 13, 2008, 02:21:09 AM »
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #779 on: November 13, 2008, 09:59:41 AM »
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After a night on the tequila (or baijiu!) take a sieve when you go to the bathroom!

Proof that some people really don't read previous posts.
A better use for Tequila...........
http://www.physorg.com/news145255770.html

Posted Nov.  8

One can only say this story puts new meaning to "a margarita on the rocks," sorry it was right there had to be said.