In this edition of News From A Weird World, the Florida Mother Of The Year, a Drunk Ice Cream Truck Driver, Florida Bar Brawl, Mom Videos Her Kids Under Age Smoking, a Man With 39 Wives, Growing Pot In Your Apartment and more.
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Dozens of earthquakes occur daily around the world, but we only ever hear about the big ones, those that cause major damage, destruction or loss of life. It does seem though that in the last several years, there have been more than the average number of major earthquakes, as well as some significant volcanic activity around the world. Should we be concerned about this? Is it related to Global Warming or Climate Change? Is the earth going through some changes that could bring about the end of the world as we know it?
When you see that a movie is due for general release, and it sounds like it ought to be an interesting one for you to watch, do you rush out, buy the book and read it, so that you are familiar with the storyline for when you go to see the movie?
Those of us who work in the Information Technology industry should be familiar with the terms Full Backup, Differential Backup and Incremental Backup, but for many people outside of the computer industry, these terms are often confusing. I hope to clarify this here, and to help anyone who is looking to backup their computers at home find the best way to do this.
In this latest edition of News From A Weird World you can find bizarre news stories that include a man buying drinks for strange women, the Subway robbers, a Valentine’s Day frog, world kissing record, “show me your breasts”, the man who dies twice and more.
The old expression ”A Watched Kettle Never Boils” really does ring true for some reason. If you wait for something to happen, it takes forever, but as soon as you turn away, whatever you were waiting for finishes. Just why is this I wonder.
Like many people I support Human Rights, the right for all people to have certain basic freedoms, but the legal system, especially in the European Union, is taking this too far, and creating conflicts with the laws in the UK, which as a member of the European Union, now has to conform to certain of their laws. Currently in the UK, people who are serving prison sentences are not eligible to vote, but the Council of Europe says that the right to vote is a Human Right, and is threatening to fine the UK if they do not agree to change the laws and to comply with this ruling.
Last year on Associated Content there was a competition for writers to publish Limericks for Saint Patrick’s Day. A wonderful competition it was too, and I read many fine poems, yet being new to Associated Content myself, many of my poems received very little traffic, which was disheartening.
In February 1911 few people could have foreseen the events that lay just three short years away, and much of the political focus of the time was on the rights of women and the impact of the automobile on society. The Sydney Morning Herald from Australia on the 11th February 1911 included an article covering discussions in the House Of Commons the previous day, relating to interchanges between Britain and Germany, and political attempts to improve friendly relations between the two nations.
3D television gets additional programming as from this weekend, when Sony, Discovery and IMAX launch “3net”, which is a new 24 hour channel that will be showing exclusively 3D shows. It seems that these three media giants are not taking the chance that viewers might be put off purchasing 3D televisions and cable subscriptions due to the lack of programming, by launching a channel that will bring some of the best kinds of 3D programs to the screen, namely documentaries.