This weeks links, pictures and videos which have come my way
b3ta warlords greatness, http://b3ta.com/newsletter/issue520/
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Clever thoughts from beta - http://b3ta.com/newsletter/issue520/
: THREE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Learn from us, wise grey-bearded B3tans
* If TV reflected real life, East Enders would
just be couples using separate laptops and
occasionally muttering. "What did you say?"
"Nothing"
* Twitter is a conspiracy to record our stupid
comments so that if we ever gain power we can
be hung by our own words
* Flicking Vs and waving a potato peeler is a
particularly ineffectual way of getting the
neighbours cat to go away
http://www.football365.com/mediawatch/7934594/Mediawatch
Non-Football Story Of The Day
'A Canadian man accidentally shot himself in the forehead while trying to kill a mouse with the butt of his rifle. Dale Whitmell, 40, of Goulais River, tried to crush the rodent with his weapon at a camp near Wawa, Ontario, but didn't know the gun was loaded. He got quite a shock when the gun fired, with the bullet grazing his forehead but luckily not causing serious injury. Police say Mr Whitmell was admitted to and released from the hospital, before being charged with careless use of a firearm. A spokesperson said: "He was very lucky." It's not known what happened to the mouse' - Orange
CLAM Sighted on Kitchen table
City announces plans to get rid of pesky pigeons by getting them drunk
A Ukrainian city blighted by pesky pigeons is mulling over radical plans to get the birds drunk on wine before deporting them.
According to local news reports, they have been particularly irked by the large amount of bird droppings falling on a statue of famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko.
The problem has been magnified by Sumy's upcoming prestigious City Day celebrations, which take place across the country to remember the day each city across Ukraine was founded.
Eager for the city to look its best, desperate official Alexei Movchan believes he has found the perfect solution to Sumy's pigeon problem.
'Let’s give them wine-soaked bread and then deport them somewhere where they’ll wake up the next day,' announced Movchan, who heads the city branch of the ruling Party of Regions.
Movchan denied the controversial move would infringe animal rights groups, insisting it is a tried and tested custom practised regularly by an Orthodox Christian monastery in west Ukraine.
Sumy, founded in 1652, will celebrate its City Day on September 2.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/906241-city-announces-plans-to-get-rid-of-pesky-pigeons-by-getting-them-drunk#ixzz21oHxmRz7
How could you do this Kirsten
this is her reaction to watching the twilight trailer
Squirrels disrupt beach volleyball
Olympic beach volleyball players have come across an unexpected handicap - squirrels burying their nuts on their courts.
The rodents have been burying beechnuts and acorns on six sandy practice courts at London's St James's Park.
And bikini-clad players have been left grimacing as they land barefoot on the squirrel snacks.
Groundsmen now have to rake the sand before practice sessions, reports The Sun.
Six courts, two warm-up courts and a hospitality lounge have been created in the leafy lakeside park close to Buckingham Palace.
The 15,000-seat main competition arena in nearby Horseguards Parade has not been affected.
A London 2012 source told the newspaper: "It's nuts but true. It seems squirrels have been invading the courts and either hiding or dropping their nuts.
"But it won't affect the competition because the sand is regularly raked."
Funny Death Scenes
Who What Why: How do flying ants know it's their one day a year to mate?
see more This is Photobomb
http://www.football365.com/mediawatch/7939357/Mediawatch
Non-Football Story Of The Day
'Police in Devon are asking for help in finding a bus passenger who caused £200 worth of damage by eating his seat - or at least a chunk of it. The young man was travelling on the bus in Paignton, on the English riviera, when he was apparently seized by an attack of hunger or boredom and began biting the leather seat. It is not entirely clear whether he swallowed the hunk of seat or spat it out but CCTV footage caught the suspect gripping a bottle of fizzy drink, which he might have used to wash it down. Devon and Cornwall police have chewed over the evidence since the incident on 25 May but have drawn a blank, so have released a CCTV still of their chief suspect to help track him down.
'A police spokesman summed the crime up: "While travelling between Paignton and Torquay on a number 12 bus, a male passenger started chewing the leather seat he was sat on and continued to pick at the hole with his hand to make further damage. Around £200 of damage was caused." The suspect is described as male, in his late teens to early 20s, 5ft 9ins and (perhaps not surprisingly) of stocky build. He has short dark hair and was wearing a dark coloured T-shirt and light jeans. The bus operator Stagecoach's conditions of carriage asks passengers to "refrain from eating and drinking items which make the environment unpleasant for other customers or otherwise cause offence". It does not address the question of eating bits of the bus' - The Guardian
What's behind the Rorschach inkblot test?
see more This is Photobomb
Termites' crystal backpacks help them go out with bang
Ageing workers assist soldiers in defending their colony
A species of termite has been found to inflict more damage on its enemies as it ages.
When defending their colony, some termites "explode", releasing chemicals that injure intruders.
A previously unknown crystal structure has been discovered that raises the toxicity of their chemical weapons.
As worker termites grow older, they become less able to perform their duties.
Yet this newly discovered structure allows ageing workers to better defend their colony. The research was published today in Science.
When faced with a threat, many termite species employ a type of altruistic suicide known as "autothysis" in order to deter attackers.
In a few species, workers join "soldier" termites in the defence of their colony and perform these acts of suicidal defence.
However, a twist to this system has been discovered in a species from French Guiana.
"My PhD student, Thomas Bourguignon, was studying termite community ecology and collecting species when, casually, he found something really special," Prof Yves Roisin from the Free University of Brussels told BBC News.
By rupturing their bodies, Neocapritermes taracua release a toxic chemical that sticks to intruders, holding them fast and corroding their bodies.
"[Autothysis] is usually a one component system. The defensive secretions are stored in salivary glands, but in these species there is a 'backpack' with two crystals carried outside the body. When the termite bursts, the two mix together, producing the more toxic compounds," Prof Roisin explained.
The "backpacks" are formed from pouches on the outside of the body.
Defensive bombs
Although termite societies contain castes of "soldier" individuals with vastly enlarged mandibles that have evolved for the purpose of attacking intruders, workers can join fights and perform defensive suicides should the need arise.
The research shows that as workers in this species grow older and more incapable of performing other tasks, they store up crystals that produce a chemical reaction when mixed with glandular secretions. This increases the toxicity of their explosive defence mechanism.
Biologists believe it allows the ageing workers to become more "useful" to the colony as sacrificial, defensive bombs.
How the crystals are synthesised is, as yet, unknown. Also unknown is whether other species in the genus have evolved a similar backpack system.
"There are some five or six species in the genus, but it's the only species [that carries a backpack] we've seen so far," Professor Yves Roisin said.
"It's quite strange."
see more This is Photobomb
GIANT TOFFEE CRISP
Macrophilia refers to a fascination with or a sexual fantasy involving giants. Usually fantasies can either include the macrophile shrinking before a normal sized man or woman, or the macrophile keeping his or her normal height while their partner grows to often incredible heights.[1]
DEEP INSIDE THE CHAIN PUB PISS DUNGEON
A strange tail of man sneaking in toilet to get pissed on!
see more This is Photobomb
http://www.football365.com/mediawatch/7931839/Mediawatch
Non-Football Story Of The Day
'An inflatable doll floating in a lake sparked a dramatic rescue mission involving 18 officers after police mistook it for a drowning woman. A team of police officers in Shandong province, China, rushed to the scene after receiving a call from a concerned witness about a lady in distress in one of the province's lakes. According to RocketNews24, the team of 18 officers spent over 40 minutes battling to retrieve the life-like doll and bring it to shore.
'The dramatic scenes attracted over 1,000 spectators according to local reports, with the large crowd blocking traffic and preventing rescue crews from reaching the scene. Officers were horrified to find when they finally managed to recover the body that they had in fact rescued an inflatable sex doll from the lake. A shocked crowd quickly dispersed from the scene following the astonishing scenes, with some spectators covering the eyes of younger children who had waited to watch the events unfold. Following the embarrassing rescue operation, officers said they were forced to act due to the toy's similar size and appearance to an adult female' -Metro.
Disciplining your Child, give him some hot sauce
Creepy Things London Did to Prepare for the Olympics
5. Surface-to-Air Missiles ... on Apartment Buildings
4. The Biggest Military Buildup in London Since World War II
3. Empty Roads for the Rich
2. Big Brother Is Watching You (You, Specifically)
1. Berlin Wall 2: Wall Harder
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