It is a bloodbath, cruel and barbaric. Each year, the idyllic and peaceful setting of the village of Taiji in southern Japan is shattered by almost unspeakable cruelty as incredible pain and ultimate death is inflicted on defenseless dolphins.

An attack on a teen by a man at a McDonalds in South Los Angeles was caught on the restaurant's video camera. The man allegedly punched the 16-year-old girl over an argument of who skipped in the line.

This all happened in a matter of seconds at the McDonald's near Crenshaw and Florence in South LA on the morning of September 14. The unidentified man wearing a blue polo shirt suddenly attacked and repeatedly punched the 16-year-old girl in the face, then afterwards fled the scene along with two small boys, who were with him during the incident, in a red truck with no license plate.

The LAPD have released the video in hopes of capturing the man with help from the public in identifying the alleged attacker who the LAPD say is a 35 and 40-years-old black male, five feet, ten inches tall, weighing around 170 pounds.



From watching the video, the man with two young boys can be seen 'bogarding' two girls in line prompting another teenage girl, the victim in the incident, to confront the man which led to the attack on the 16 year-old who was later treated at a nearby hospital for her injuries.

A north Idaho gas station worker has won $100,000 on a scratch ticket for his third big money lottery win in the last four years. Last year he won $50,000 and he took home $15,000 in 2004. (Oct. 9)

He claims his lucky quarter is his secret !

Madonna's Madison Square Garden show 10/7/08. Madonna uses Sarah Palin in a line from her song "I Love New York."

The C in their first release "The Sound Of C" stands for the Belgian club Confetti’s in Brasschaat, near Antwerp. Serge Ramaekers en Dominique Sas were working on a marketing campaign to gain more publicity for the club. One of the servers at Confett’s (Peter Renkens) became the face of the marketing campaign, which included the single "The Sound Of C". To shoot a music video the band was dropped at the main shopping street in Antwerp De Meir and performed "The Sound Of C" in front of hundred citizens passing by. Due to the success of the first single, a live act was put together and Confetti’s traveled the world to promote their New Beat music. On stage singer Peter was always wearing a captain uniform. The dress code for New Beat was black & white clothes combined with childish accessories. In 1989 they released their only album "92… Our First Album"

Guru Josh was a brief star of the early 1990s British acid house music scene, on the back of the 1989 single Infinity (1990s... Time For The Guru) (UK # 5, Ger #2, Australia #4). A track which, in radio edit form, has gone on to feature on a large number of compilations of \'old skool\' house music.

Meer info: Guru Josh op Wikipedia

The Giant Isopod...



Looking like it just crawled out of a bad science fiction movie, the giant isopod is without a doubt one of the strangest creatures found in the deep sea. Known scientifically as Bathynomus giganteus, it is one of about nine members of the genus Bathynomus. It is also the largest known members of the isopod family, a group of crustaceans closely related to shrimps and crabs. The giant isopod is also related to the small pillbugs that you can find in the garden. In fact, this insect-like creature is sometimes referred to as the giant pillbug. Giant isopods are not usually fished commercially, although some can be found in the occasional oceanside restaurant in northern Taiwan, where they are boiled and served with rice.





Wikipedia links:
ENG: Giant Isopod

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