tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8253951343663410482024-03-13T06:56:47.436-05:00The Views Of The All Seeing EyeThe random thoughts of a guy from Texas about the world and the things that happen in it. Hopefully there won't be too many ramblings...The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.comBlogger407125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-55407244301218869852008-11-22T17:27:00.007-06:002008-11-22T17:44:32.033-06:00Looking for a KFC in...Fallujah?...<a href="http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/11/21/fallujah-kentucky-fried-chicken/" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271628038467647010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 103px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 68px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAV9Vgp8m30DhF5Mmq5yIB93xq2Jk9X2oni3aroSRxGTaNucNz4NkZSnR7-M4MU4dKpi5ZKmiPYf5UHyLzMPUI7-8Ckt1dBJbF8zjptBQLDyGAi-vhBWpaaRHlDg9zG_SKBIffINUuQ/s320/fnc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/11/21/fallujah-kentucky-fried-chicken/" target="blank">David MacDougall reports</a> that he "finally made it to Kentucky Fried Chicken in downtown Fallujah. The quest for KFC is over!</div><br /><div>...it turns out this is not one of Colonel Sanders’ officially sanctioned franchises. In fact, appart from the large “KFC” sign in the window you’d be hard pressed to distinguish this from many other chicken restaurants in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah" target="blank">Fallujah</a>. The big difference <a href="http://www.slide.com/r/3gNe_12Y4z8qEUPe-1aLP9tEZNQ57H_C?cy=br" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271630255751643890" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRo2ZqUgsBFbMK3ohqdnetg6eWedzmiyO37Ak63UnHMeeh0dNHZHR-qNd2UbocAEIwHfpk_6PCQKWXMJrRcEJAEq1G49dtkm25KCkVNZkwt0QF-VKy5cM88m_Uc0zTNhCBtHfBEZQ-Q/s320/kfc1.JPG" border="0" /></a>though, is on the inside. Iraqis like baked chicken, and it turns out deep fried chicken is something of a novelty, and so they’ve been flocking to the restaurant over the past eight months since it opened..."</div><a href="http://www.slide.com/r/3gNe_12Y4z8qEUPe-1aLP9tEZNQ57H_C?cy=br" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271630440027989250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 187px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYB80pNSTtjDkOTp9LCn_l6JcLkj7kWwO14WqmtB34At0iZ1CEP9SPo_bsFTsuSFGl_EHow3PNAwrVvTryi6QmkzVE-g7MQERR26i6ZvQZLmCicmXatMmnaI2czDcCUVRvWkRKsZypA/s320/kfc2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>The reporter treated the marines of <a href="http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/div/1mar/1bn4/bravo.asp" target="blank">Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines</a> to a meal.</div><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/11/21/fallujah-kentucky-fried-chicken/" target="blank">Here is the entire story</a>.</div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.slide.com/r/3gNe_12Y4z8qEUPe-1aLP9tEZNQ57H_C?cy=br" target="blank">Here is the sideshow of pics</a>.</div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-46524117187614021682008-11-22T17:21:00.004-06:002008-11-22T17:27:33.397-06:00The 'Butt Bandit' has been caught...<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456245,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271626286850441042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 103px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 68px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXt36HvAyl1x5wnQeU1Gz-7oYGNu5G79p5VvsdaHTQrg6ybcWtTj_gqPMh2_U11aRKNuW_bt2592axjxPfVPpdNKZT2gt6C0wYpdbmLVaOjtXpjQHyMXCj80WllsE_Oz6QxRTSsU9EQ/s320/fnc.jpg" border="0" /></a> Residents and shop owners in <a href="http://www.heartcity.com/">Valentine, Nebraska</a> can now rest easy at night knowing the 'Butt Bandit' has been busted. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456245,00.html">FoxNews reports</a> that "Authorities said they've arrested a suspect in the rash of so-called "Butt Bandit" vandalism cases.<br />County Attorney Eric Scott said a 35-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday morning. Formal charges have not yet been filed. Some vandal had been skipping from one building to another at night, pressing his naked buttocks, groin or both on windows.<br />Store owners, church workers and school janitors have had to wash lotion and petroleum jelly off the windows he selects.<br />Local residents found some humor in the strange brand of graffiti and had dubbed the vandal the "Butt Bandit."<br />Valentine Police Chief Ben McBride called it "the weirdest case I've ever seen.""The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-25676286759575503712008-11-21T21:32:00.005-06:002008-11-21T21:47:52.348-06:00So you've heard of a worm in an apple....<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,455067,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271319908029949570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 103px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 68px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2z2t7MZzFaEwRX6BywVbIQKfunAyqRshPIGvhhUYYPle8IH9EAurb7Nz6J3QiMBGm2gIe7sEkR0IWq1uzZpPx3nRXVOP-TPqaI_EXb1Bnbd4Uj5jP2-ayel-80b5AXkRCobmN2Enfag/s320/fnc.jpg" border="0" /></a> So you've heard of a worm in an apple... Have you're heard of a worm in a person's head? <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,455067,00.html" target="blank">FOXNews reports</a> that "Doctors in <a href="http://www.arizonaguide.com/" target="blank">Arizona</a> thought a Phoenix-area woman had a possible brain tumor, but it turned out there was something else penetrating her brain – a worm.<br />Rosemary Alvarez started experiencing numbness in her arm and blurred vision. She went to the emergency room twice and had a cat scan, but everything came up clear, MyFOXPhoenix.com reported.<br />It wasn’t until doctors took a closer look at an MRI that they discovered something very disturbing.<br />“Once we saw the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_Resonance_Imaging" target="blank">MRI</a> we realized this is something not good,” neurosurgeon, Dr. Peter Nakaji told the news station. “It's something down in her brain stem which is as deep in the brain as you can be.”<br />Alvarez was wheeled into surgery where Nakaji and his colleagues were expecting to remove a tumor, but they uncovered a worm instead.<br />On a video of the surgery, Nakaji can be heard chuckling after he made the discovery.<br />“I'm sure this is a very strange response for the people in the operating room,” he told MyFOXPhoenix.com. “But because I was so pleased to know that it wasn't going to be something terrible.”<br />Doctors removed the worm and don't believe Alvarez will have any lingering health problems. No one knows exactly where she picked up the worm –- doctors said worms can come from eating undercooked pork or spread by people who don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom, according to the report.<br />“It only takes one person who is spreading it constantly to get a lot of people exposed and some of those people are going to go on to develop this problem,” Nakaji said.<br />Alvarez, who is now healthy and has resumed normal activities such a playing ball with family in her backyard, said she hopes people learn this lesson from her story.<br />“Wash your hands, wash your hands,” she added."<br /><br />Thankfully she had no tumor. <a href="http://media2.foxnews.com/112008/worm_tumor_700.wmv" target="blank">Here's the news story</a>.The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-38850487796413778072008-11-21T21:28:00.002-06:002008-11-21T22:05:17.859-06:00Just interesting....<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mm1KOBMg1Y8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mm1KOBMg1Y8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-51779137181642321982008-07-31T02:56:00.004-05:002008-07-31T03:03:11.301-05:00'Termites don't taste too bad'<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25939545/" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229084337815442738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaCn87w79Wf7ezzKbt04rX5yTCDvvg-UpR4LmVek7hemErm6No-qhcT9tSttBA7IlVvpc6DVRHc-vc-PrNyjxachVsrtQB-N1lD96p1-_-I7Ku9-QSO9gucJNDwh4R4QMTgHTyhQssQ/s320/msnbc.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25939545/" target="blank">MSNBC reports that</a> "Lost in the rocky, remote <a href="http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/" target="blank">Australian Outback</a>, a former pest exterminator faced dehydration and death. Desperate for food, he turned to what he knew best — bugs, he said Wednesday.<br />Theo Rosmulder, 52, managed to survive for four days by feasting on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termite" target="blank">termites</a> and other insects before local <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" target="blank">Aborigines</a> happened upon him Tuesday and brought him back to civilization.<br />A weary-looking Rosmulder told reporters that he found some relief from hunger at a giant termite mound. "I just hit the top of the termite nest off and got stuck into them," Rosmulder said.</div><div>"Termites don't taste too bad," he said at a news conference in the southwestern Australian mining town of Laverton.<br />Rosmulder was suffering from dehydration but otherwise in "surprisingly good condition," Western Australia state police Sgt. Graham Clifford said. He said the insects and termites provided Rosmulder a bit of moisture and some protein."</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25939545/" target="blank">Here is the rest of the story.</a><br /></div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-10429326363952943952008-07-31T02:43:00.002-05:002008-07-31T02:51:52.353-05:00So you want to sleep while you work...<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395181,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229080803271842722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7s74sYAbOuWKxOqA0CV-czeXgcdYa2XbE4QNU2vgYf5ydBAi7464EAKDw8ezrXAFjwj-bhcYVoyw6qPza2SjmD70iWmWuVyDtXbPt62X59BGQPok9H8s4CgvyPFPWjUc_N1Nj2qfFUQ/s320/2_61_073008_nasabedrest.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395181,00.html" target="blank">Fox News reports that</a> "It may not sound like much of a job — three consecutive months in bed — but <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/" target="blank">NASA</a> says the participants in its bed rest study are providing valuable information for the space program.<br />The test subjects are paid $10 per hour, or about $17,000 over the course of the study, which is carried out at the <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/" target="blank">University of Texas</a>...They spend three months lying down, and the preparation and rehabilitation take up another month.<br /><a href="http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=3C874447D9878565635BE4E320777266?contentId=7100219&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1" target="blank">MyFOXHouston.com</a> reports that <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/DTRS/1963/index.html" target="blank">NASA's Flight Analog Research Unit</a> is looking for ways to minimize the debilitating impact of zero gravity in space, which can cause reduction in muscle mass and bone density. One way to recreate those conditions on the ground is for test participants to lie down with head slightly tilted back for 90 days.<br />"It's very relaxing at times. This is probably the most I've sat still in 10 years," participant Heather Archuletta told <a href="http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=3C874447D9878565635BE4E320777266?contentId=7100219&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1" target="blank">MyFOXHouston.com</a>.<br />They can shower, surf the Internet and watch DVDs, all while remaining in bed. Afterward, the rehabilitation phase is key to the study, because <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/" target="blank">NASA</a> tests ways of bringing their bodies back to normal.<br />"I just wanted to help out the space program keep astronauts more healthy so we can make it to Mars," said Archuletta, who updates an online blog from her test bed."<br /><br />Anyone interested?...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=02C44E8F5BA7086599A8061FCFF77191?contentId=7100219&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1" target="blank">Here is the entire story</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://media.myfoxhouston.com/news/2008-07-30/nasabed/slides/1.html" target="blank">Here are photos of the study participants "in action."</a>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-62696801276757771552008-06-14T01:18:00.002-05:002008-06-14T04:04:29.490-05:00The Hulk Meets GuillermoGuillermo from the <a href="http://abc.go.com/latenight/jimmykimmel/index?pn=index" target="blank">Jimmy Kimmel Show</a> is featured in a preview of <a href="http://www.marvel.com/news/moviestories.3895.On_the_Green_Carpet~colon~_Incredible_Hulk_Premiere" target="blank">The Incredible Hulk</a>. Enjoy!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ne3YC339myg&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ne3YC339myg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-34906566537656496782008-06-14T01:07:00.004-05:002008-06-14T01:13:56.333-05:00Thank you<a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/?page=2" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211614983283121570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6yrybIrdzkgo6RBYkqN9jkVjwPuxomL7V6_yEqkQT8M9qjVWSIbAaT8fGuRiYxRx9clr7J5j_Mj8xl45s_-hUUFppArstlgo-ul5oNhbYk07txUsnUYfRC3DRJbKu74dmDnwklYRxg/s320/RussertMSNBC_6_13.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Tim Russert, thank you for being one of those rare exceptions in the news media who did a good job in hiding your personal political leanings. You came across as fair and balanced. I loved watching sneaky politicians getting into your sights. Your broad smiles could reach through the tv and make others smile. You will be missed. Hopefully other reporters will truly learn from your example. I am sure you are in the middle of your best ever interview...a truly divine interview. God Bless you and your family.</div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-15808860935532821922008-06-10T02:35:00.002-05:002008-06-10T02:45:22.574-05:00Port-A-Potty Rescue<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364262,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210154333387042786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALlpz-v_GBxi34M24loZGQXBDDrxqynhGZXb4nwBr5x66NF9TWRwo_Bo1uDBeK3DbRYhp3K2lP0unZq6b6BOge88PZL4RZ8OBg_KBNteD_qG83zCXtWtYVxireSV4vR40Z17RBonpYQ/s320/fnc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364262,00.html" target="blank">Fox News reports</a> that in <a href="http://www.lebanonpa.org/lebanoncity/site/default.asp" target="blank">Lebanon, PA</a>, "Rescue crews had to cut apart a portable toilet to rescue a man who got stuck naked inside the potty.<br />Authorities say 31-year-old Shannon Hunter, of <a href="http://www.lebanonpa.org/lebanoncity/site/default.asp" target="blank">Lebanon</a>, used his cell phone to call 911 on Sunday from inside a portable toilet.<br />Police say Hunter had been drinking and had taken off his clothes. Somehow, he immersed himself in the holding tank.<br />Deputy fire commissioner Chris Miller told <a href="http://fox43.trb.com/" target="blank">WPMT-TV</a>, "I've been on the job in one form or fashion for 21 years, and this is the first port-a-potty rescue I've ever had."<br />Police charged Hunter with public drunkenness and creating a health code violation, but they have no idea why he was in the toilet with his clothes off. They say he didn't suffer any serious injuries."</div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-69751406473449874802008-06-10T01:40:00.003-05:002008-06-10T02:29:25.072-05:0010 Cent Beer Night<a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=beernight/080604" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210140388478481378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3x5CD8nHjoRHieSVmKOxm88vvXuJL7SHzr0JjSBp9J-sJlxq5vzZkBJtRCHEvZ4UXsSsY4_dIOElBaekJwk11wksYtnCXUNsK-AYzncq0DEo7f4AC4PlklElgngEO3x5qHhv7JtdrbQ/s320/pg2_ap_10cent_beer2_300.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>For years as a long time <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Texas Ranger baseball</a> fan, I had heard about the game that ended the promotion 10 Cent Beer Night. The late great radio announcer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Holtz" target="blank">Mark Holtz</a> referred to it. I had always craved to learn what happened. Well, <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=beernight/080604" target="blank">ESPN has a story</a> saying happened that fateful night of June 4, 1974. The featured picture is of "the <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a> thought it necessary to brandish bats in defense of <a href="http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/burroje01.php" target="blank">Jeff Burroughs</a>." Here is an excerpt from the story. It is one wild one.</div><div>"...Accounts vary as to the volume proffered -- 8 ounces? 10? 12? -- but the price was certain enough: 10 cents per cup. Fans -- and we shall use this term for lack of a better one -- could buy up to six cups at a time, with no system in place to prevent a designated mule from purchasing a full complement, handing them off to underage clients, and returning for more.<br />Even though the <a href="http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle" target="blank">Indians</a> offered copious amounts of beer at cut-rate prices, a great many attendees opted to play with a handicap, arriving at their seats drunk, stoned or both. The June 4 promotion turned out to be quite popular, drawing 25,134 people, more than double the average crowd that season...</div><div>Through deliberate coordination or spontaneous groupthink, hundreds of fans showed up with pockets full of firecrackers. Anonymous explosions peppered the stands from the first pitch, lending the game a war-zone ambiance that would seem increasingly appropriate. Though it is not clear whether this impromptu celebration cost anyone a finger or hand, an uneasy <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/61/99/J0029900.html" target="blank">je ne sais quoi</a> settled into the stadium along with clouds of exploded gunpowder and marijuana smoke.<br />The <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a> took the lead in the top of the second inning on a home run by designated hitter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Grieve" target="blank">Tom Grieve</a>. Just a few pitches later, a heavyset woman sitting near first base jumped the wall, ran to the Indians' on-deck circle, and bared her enormous, unhindered breasts to appreciative applause from the beer-goggled teenagers who made up the stadium's primary demographic that night. She then attempted -- unsuccessfully -- to kiss umpire crew chief <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Chylak" target="blank">Nestor Chylak</a>, who was not in a kissing mood.<br />This woman was just the scout for a larger exhibitionist force. When <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Grieve" target="blank">Grieve</a> hit his second home run in the fourth inning, he had not yet rounded third base when a man -- entirely naked -- ran onto the field and slid into second, probably getting dirt in places unsuitable for speculation. In the fifth inning, two men in the outfield got into the act, jumping the wall and mooning the <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a>' outfielders. The players watched, hands on hips, shaking their heads as park security chased one hooligan after another across the diamond.<br />Each Texas player received a lusty chorus of boos as he stepped to the plate, and <a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/" target="blank">Fort Worth Star-Telegram</a> beat writer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Shropshire" target="blank">Mike Shropshire</a> noticed that the war drums beating from the nosebleed seats kept a quicker-than-usual tempo. Interest in the game itself peaked in the fourth inning, when <a href="http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle" target="blank">Indians</a> batter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leron_Lee" target="blank">Leron Lee</a> swatted a line drive back to <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a> pitcher <a href="http://www.cmgww.com/baseball/jenkins/" target="blank">Fergie Jenkins</a>. <a href="http://www.cmgww.com/baseball/jenkins/" target="blank">Jenkins</a> could not get out of the way and caught the ball with his stomach. As he writhed in pain, the fans began to clap. A chant began:<br />"Hit him again, harder!"<br />Later that inning, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leron_Lee" target="blank">Lee</a> was called safe in a close play at third. <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a> manager <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Martin" target="blank">Billy Martin</a>, no stranger to disruption and very much in his element that evening, came out to argue. A large number of the plastic cups sold to that point, many still full of beer, were thrown back onto the field by fans who found <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Martin" target="blank">Martin</a>'s very presence offensive. As he returned to the dugout, the Rangers manager blew kisses into the stands.</div><div>As the night wore on, the crowds grew bolder, and packs of fans frequently scurried across the outfield. One man tossed a tennis ball into center field, then scrambled after it. After throwing the ball back into the seats, he led park security on a little jog, pausing at one point to hug another fan, perhaps a long-lost relative, who had jumped out to greet him. Ushers dragged away one of the two, while the other leaped into the stands and was borne away by dozens of gleeful, anonymous hands. The rain of beer became a hail of rocks, batteries, golf balls and anything not bolted down...</div><div>Early on, the demand for beer surpassed the <a href="http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle" target="blank">Indians</a>' capacity to ferry it to concession stands, and a luminary, perhaps the same person who suggested the promotion in the first place, decided to allow fans to line up behind the outfield fences and have their cups filled directly from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroh_Brewery_Company" target="blank">Stroh</a>'s company trucks. The promotion achieved critical mass at that moment, as weaving, hooting queues of people refilled via industrial spigot.<br />The public address announcer reminded spectators not to litter onto the field, and refuse rained down harder. The grounds crew had not sat down since the second inning, and outfield fans used them as moving targets. Another woman jumped out of the stands waving, and though she did not disrobe, the crowd urged her to consider it. When ushers arrived to end the discussion, she attacked them. The surprised ushers forced her to the ground, prompting a storm of boos and shouts of "police brutality!"<br />One enterprising fan threw lit firecrackers into the <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a>' bullpen like grenades...</div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hargrove" target="blank">Mike Hargrove</a> came on to play first base for the <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a>. The baseline fans greeted him with a half-full jug of Thunderbird wine that missed his head by inches.<br />As the ushers flagged, streakers stripped leisurely on the field of play, abandoning their clothes in a pile in left-center. A contingent of fans along the third-base side began removing the padding on the left-field wall. Either through numbers or sheer force of will, they nearly succeeded in taking a large chunk into the stands. The grounds crew abandoned its trash-collection duties and mustered to save the padding, an effort that occupied them the rest of the night.<br />In the seventh inning, radio announcers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Tait" target="blank">Joe Tait</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Score" target="blank">Herb Score</a> watched as the baseball fans in the crowd gathered their families and left the stadium like refugees. In the eighth, they noticed...members of the <a href="http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle" target="blank">Indians</a> front office leaving the ballpark, doing their best to look casual...</div><div>In the ninth, the <a href="http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle" target="blank">Indians</a> mounted a rally, scoring two runs to tie the game at 5. The winning run stood on second base when a young man jumped from the outfield seats and (perhaps searching for a memento to mark the occasion) flipped the cap off <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a> outfielder <a href="http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/burroje01.php" target="blank">Jeff Burroughs</a>' head. The outfielder turned to confront the fan and tripped over his own feet in the process. For the first time that evening, the chaos enveloped a player.<br />The slope of the diamond made it impossible for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Martin" target="blank">Martin</a> to see below the level of an outfielder's knees from his station in the dugout. The legendary manager, in a moment that does not get large enough print on his long and colorful résumé, did not hesitate after Burroughs fell from view.<br />"Let's go get 'em, boys," he said, arming himself with a fungo bat and sprinting toward right-center field. The <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a>, understandably inspired, followed him.<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Martin" target="blank">Martin</a> and his team stormed the diamond, infielders filling out their ranks. When they reached the outfield, the <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a> found <a href="http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/burroje01.php" target="blank">Burroughs</a> flustered but unharmed. More worrisome was the effect of their charge on the assembly: The jovial, frolicking nudists had disappeared. The mob that replaced them kept its clothes on and brandished an arsenal that made <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Martin" target="blank">Martin</a>'s <a href="http://www.slugger.com/" target="blank">Louisville Slugger</a> look like a child's toy. The <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Rangers</a> manager spotted people wielding chains, knives and clubs fashioned from pieces of stadium seats. The 25 Texas players quickly found themselves surrounded by 200 angry drunks, and more were tumbling over the wall onto the field. The <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Texas Rangers</a> had been ambushed.<br />Then the riot began. <a href="http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle" target="blank">Indians</a> manager <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Aspromonte" target="blank">Ken Aspromonte</a>, his own defining moment upon him, realized that the <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex" target="blank">Texas franchise</a> might be on the verge of decimation. He too ordered his players onto the field. The bat racks in the home dugout emptied as the Indians mounted their own rescue..."</div><div></div><div><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=beernight/080604" target="blank">Here is the rest of the story plus a brief description of the play-by-play call from the Indians radio voices.</a></div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-64064698401577154462008-06-05T01:50:00.002-05:002008-06-05T02:43:36.012-05:00Are you being tracked?...<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363241,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208293826253035874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5K1nk4_22WNClect4zOMoXCC7VDBu-5_6J8PPaysI7kDK4aLzXhBGbJ4Z_X00t3c1ba7fso6nncctiJ9G8237bJNaMIrXF30rMqpRoDC96r0VazJ4Rv-nUypkO65jWaVm21ewsKulQ/s320/fnc.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363241,00.html" target="blank">Fox News reports</a> that "Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell-phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.<br />The first-of-its-kind study by <a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/neuhome/index.php" target="blank">Northeastern University</a> raises privacy and ethical questions for its monitoring methods, which would be illegal in the United States.<br />It also yielded somewhat surprising results that reveal how little people move around in their daily lives.<br />Nearly three-quarters of those studied mainly stayed within a 20-mile-wide circle for half a year.<br />The scientists would not say where the study was done, only describing the location as an industrialized nation.<br /><div>Researchers used cell-phone towers to track individuals' locations whenever they made or received phone calls and text messages over six months.<br />In a second set of records, researchers took another 206 cell phones that had tracking devices in them and got records for their locations every two hours over a week's time period..."</div><div><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363241,00.html" target="blank">Here is the rest of the story</a>.</div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-48682720292111378092008-06-03T03:06:00.003-05:002008-06-03T03:12:45.452-05:00Ouch! He put what on his what?...<a href="http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23791992-5001021,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207563900856047954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSyHKNBWnGRgG6GteLRVTgriLohVTXK1N3r6eFB9MGfn8mWWUXpUZHcR6WXD3_AQnY_exue1dU5ZR6uesVPZYnBjtvr8ud4GUJNlQw6rfeHPCUy0HvFZ317P8BYYufVZVKFw0VVkbDA/s320/0,,6069836,00.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23791992-5001021,00.html" target="blank">The Daily Telegraph reports</a> that "A man was operated on in <a href="http://www.cancercare.org.au/www/html/429-hornsby-hospital.asp" target="blank">Hornsby Hospital</a> early today to remove 16 stainless steel washers from his penis.<a href="http://www.berowra.net/" target="blank">Berowra</a> Fire Rescue officers were called to alleviate the man from his awkward predicament at 3am. It was not clear how the situation arose. The man may well have thought long and hard about placing himself in the difficult situation. Fire Rescue Officers spent more than an hour unsuccessfully attempting to remove the washers, before the man was taken into an operating theatre about 4.30am. Surgeons took about 90 minutes to remove the washers using fire brigade equipment. A hospital spokesman said equipment normally used to remove rings from fingers was ineffective because of the thicker nature of the washers. The man was in a satisfactory condition. It is believed the only lasting damage may be to his pride."The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-80156483624094918522008-06-03T02:26:00.002-05:002008-06-03T02:42:35.160-05:00Some Late Night FunHere's a clip from <a href="http://abc.go.com/latenight/jimmykimmel/index%22" target="blank">ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Show</a>. It is his look at unnecessary censorship. Enjoy!<br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0lE-ce7bRw&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0lE-ce7bRw&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-5521796881871741752008-06-01T04:39:00.001-05:002008-06-03T02:25:27.342-05:00Random thoughts on "Lost"<a href="http://unclebarky.com/reviews_files/may-2008.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207551801933175106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-i5fWoVspt2tMDrYzLHdJ7q3rrLsuYHWrohu8sUHrg_E853tnrkh0A-Owl13-JhZliqGz6WApMtANcs5tUEhRX-iPFqFHwk8WNNQOMK_1GCfpiPqNcr1TTYxrxkFP1C85owTmeJfNQ/s320/page3_blog_entry417_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Hmm... Could our Island be a link back to the lost land of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis" target="blank">Atlantis</a>?... Remember the large sculpture of a foot? These amazing feats from unknown powers or technology...The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-72199366882130845992008-06-01T03:36:00.003-05:002008-06-01T04:00:48.325-05:00Tribute to Harvey KormanI only got to see <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24882071/" target="blank">Harvey Korman</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show" target="blank">Carol Burnett Show</a> reruns. Thank you Harvey for bringing joy into so many lives.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GfVqgAcMYcg&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GfVqgAcMYcg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-47081652032306042792008-06-01T03:24:00.003-05:002008-06-01T03:36:10.147-05:00Anyone Else Notice This?...<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361201,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206826497920997682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaCejX117Ca0K98pg_Aoq8l5y4xkZqb4qbr-Bs_i7oF1zhB4_B5PetzNbtQyR99PDCXElD09mMkZpihxXDEuYfM5hTgDGp_gdnKaHv7negm3a5sdElqESCErKTbSxXhtLGitecSQwwg/s320/fnc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Has anyone else noticed the recent rash of major earthquakes striking aroung the world lately? I am not trying to be a harbinger of worse events to come shortly... <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361201,00.html" target="blank">Here are details on the latest major earthquake to strike</a>. This was a 6.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html" target="blank">Taiwan</a> on Sunday June 1st.</div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-50743934640493080072008-05-25T01:26:00.003-05:002008-05-25T01:32:10.608-05:00More Election 2008 Fun...<a href="http://abc.go.com/latenight/jimmykimmel/index" target="blank">ABC's Jimmy Kimmel</a> brings us a couple of clips from Election '08. The video ends with a real dig...<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4911404" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204198818351876226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7a9Gmwlo9HQqFYJ8h6tvX-wdpgcEVVxZ6JCPHubIM46L8PGQDZ6j_uhUCpsOK7mNuvn0PwQyysUJ2LbBIe4TkU25kp6TQysDvLjC4pqqnN2BKgf-InKzLFHhZVy9tYWIlhN-SL-UPjA/s320/election.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div></div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-82687543030877591312008-05-25T01:15:00.003-05:002008-05-25T01:22:59.287-05:00Lost Parrot Finds Its Way Home<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4911404" target="blank">ABC News reports</a> that a lost parrot in <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html" target="blank">Japan</a> was reunited "with its owners after squawking its address." <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4911404" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204196838371952754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ethFQ0SHArPQaGIMU0VDUnbve9VlXNzAdQYBnkIPrXsGGIkLvqdhFedtKr-hJkKcxxFjToCD_sdFgLwvRs4F7WPnoiVPjvCdGPfSnNg30u1zBR8CbjnAtFeA1U9LemvzlL-uiElhRQ/s320/par.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-3947215460003532142008-05-25T00:19:00.004-05:002008-05-25T00:49:07.256-05:00"Open Water" Revisted...<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3997308.ece" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204181084431911010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfFVYvHN_e3sMWMtOZn5IvnBy4yiYeaHqzM3FtnGX4TY2tByRUjLXKyFWpyiDgyc1Ej4yqpNmaZfsd_SdXvXg9fVNjDBSSXRb-Aiypq6udNxNCOdutwmq9UtIZtEiHhnCl0rIAL8MAw/s320/0_61_052408_divers_rescue01.jpg" border="0" /></a> "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00064AE0G?ie=UTF8&tag=thviofthalsee-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00064AE0G">Open Water (Widescreen Edition)</a><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thviofthalsee-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00064AE0G" width="1" border="0" />" revisted?... If you saw the movie, then you have a good idea how frightened and fortunate the following couple was:<br /><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3997308.ece" target="blank">The Times reports</a> "Two scuba divers were plucked from the open ocean almost 24 hours after they went missing on a pleasure dive on <a href="http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/the-great-barrier-reef/great-barrier-reef.htm" target="blank">Austrailia’s Great Barrier Reef</a>.<br />The divers, 38-year-old Briton Richard Neely and American Allison Dalton, 40, were found shortly before 9am 7.8 nautical miles from where they had lost contact with their diving boat on Friday afternoon.<br />They were winched to safety after an 18 hour air rescue effort involving up to 12 aircraft and flown to a <a href="http://www.tq.com.au/" target="blank">Queensland</a> hospital where they are said to be in good spirits despite suffering from mild <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia" target="blank">hypothermia</a>.<br />Last night, police and emergency services used helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft equipped with search lights and infrared sensing equipment to search for the divers but were forced to call off the search.<br />At first light this morning the search continued with seven helicopters and three fixed wing aircraft. A rescue helicopter spotted the pair near the <a href="http://www.whitsundaytourism.com/" target="blank">Whitsunday Islands</a> off the <a href="http://www.tq.com.au/" target="blank">Queensland</a>'s coast.<br />Police said the experienced divers surfaced yesterday afternoon around 200 metres from the dive boat but were unable to raise the crew.<br />They decided against fighting the strong current to conserve their energy, tying themselves to each other with a weight belt.<br />"They conserved energy throughout the evening and stayed as a pair awaiting rescue," Acting Superintendent Shane Chelepy of the Water Police said at a press conference in <a href="http://www.ourbrisbane.com/" target="blank">Brisbane</a> today.<br />"From the debrief we have, these people said they did spot one of the search aircraft last night but were unable to attract its attention," Deputy Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said.<br />Following the search, attention has now turned to the dive boat operator, <a href="http://www.seethewhitsundays.com/opp/tours/os/pstar/index.html" target="blank">The Pacific Star</a>, whose skipper was believed to have waited three hours until 5.30pm to alert emergency services to the missing divers.<br />"That issue will be investigated thoroughly, not only by <a href="http://www.police.qld.gov.au/" target="blank">Queensland Police</a> but also by Workplace Health and Safety in a joint investigation," Mr Stewart said<br />"Obviously there were other divers with that vessel at the time so we will have to look into what happened with their recovery - whether they were back on the boat and what actions the captain took to commence the search.”<br />Attempts to contact the operator of <a href="http://www.seethewhitsundays.com/opp/tours/os/pstar/index.html" target="blank">The Pacific Star</a> were unsuccessful today.<br />A similar incident occurred in 1998 when an American couple was left on the <a href="http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/the-great-barrier-reef/great-barrier-reef.htm" target="blank">Great Barrier Reef</a> by a dive operator at <a href="http://www.habadive.com.au/St-Crispin.32.0.html" target="blank">St Crispin Reef</a> near <a href="http://www.pddt.com.au/" target="blank">Port Douglas</a>.<br />The skipper of the dive boat was charged and later found not guilty of the manslaughter of Thomas and Eileen Lonergan after it was concluded by the coroner they had drowned or been killed by sharks."<br />I never thought this could happen again...The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-49587106788675146182008-05-24T23:13:00.003-05:002008-05-24T23:33:59.596-05:0010 Baseball Bats Get You A...<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,357927,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204164132195993682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRQHeTwVq_AvvgYjsM3GwsokS5Hr5cdDLMA52TEO8H4nIWmlZrmuUuCJ-QnvuoxWiQShyFO_qQKPs_ZfN5c6afTw7uBBHMQSK_8sZSCZMeddq23KpComPR11I_21pIIReXyKUoTXW5w/s320/fnc.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,357927,00.html" target="blank">Fox News reports</a> that "During three years in the low minors, John Odom never really made a name for himself until he got traded for a bunch of bats.<br />"I don't really care," he said Friday. "It'll make a better story if I make it to the big leagues."<br />For now, Odom is headed to the <a href="http://www.laredobroncos.com/" target="blank">Laredo Broncos</a> of the <a href="http://www.unitedleague.org/" target="blank">United League</a>. They got him Tuesday from the <a href="http://www.calgaryvipers.com/" target="blank">Calgary Vipers</a> of the <a href="http://www.goldenbaseball.com/" target="blank">Golden Baseball League</a> for a most unlikely price: <a href="http://www.prairiesticks.com/pro_maple.html" target="blank">10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats, double-dipped black, 34-inch, C243 style</a>.<br />"They just wanted some bats, good bats — maple bats," <a href="http://www.laredobroncos.com/" target="blank">Broncos</a> general manager Jose Melendez said.<br />According to the <a href="http://www.prairiesticks.com/index.html" target="blank">Prairie Sticks Web site</a>, their maple bats retail for $69 each, discounted to $65.50 for purchases of six to 11 bats.<br />The Canadian team signed Odom about a month ago, but couldn't get the 26-year-old righty into the country. It seems Odom had a "minor" but unspecified criminal record that wasn't revealed to immigration officials before they scanned his passport, <a href="http://www.calgaryvipers.com/" target="blank">Vipers</a> president Peter Young said.<br />Odom said the charge stemmed from a fight when he was 17. Although he thought it had been expunged from his record, it popped up during immigration...<br />The bat trade wasn't the first time Calgary came up with some creative dealmaking. The <a href="http://www.calgaryvipers.com/" target="blank">Vipers</a> once tried to acquire a pitcher for 1,500 blue seats when they were renovating their stadium, Young said."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,357927,00.html" target="blank">Here is the rest of this story</a>.The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-31134744075563855502008-05-24T22:56:00.004-05:002008-05-24T23:12:12.077-05:00Croc Defeats Shark<div><a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23745182-421,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204160554488236082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Zne5jkvbgms6v59cM1uiecabLDHeQtEqcnFe973HpjSU222_ZM0XD0k7Xi4RKc4CN8VeVZP0nvhT8PZka7EV8b0t3RfKUPZQt85DA5q9pWmaHli8J4ovzuoYXgnCMX9pDw6T1ALekQ/s320/news.JPG" border="0" /></a> "THERE'S no need to be scared of sharks when you're in the <a href="http://www.nt.gov.au/" target="blank">Northern Territory</a> - the crocs usually get to them first.<br />Paul van Bruggen snapped [this below] amazing [picture] of a 2.5m saltie dining out on a shark on the banks of the <a href="http://en.travelnt.com/explore/katherine/daly-river.aspx" target="blank">Daly River</a>...</div><div>"We went past one section of the river and we heard some splashing,'' he said. "We looked across and saw a shark's tail coming up out of the water and then a crocodile's head came up and grabbed it.'' <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23745182-421,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204161825798555714" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHj8P18LNrA7VGKWYNQFyuPEFS4Zde_qReGcuyfbTRIipmVRWXcDdywRda57NDsEB9-bk9moln1qzHihSvNu4GXBU5u7OEOk6xl31cn28DirA55ir4uGtGqHEd6vRKtBxGBSkrM3mgQw/s320/0,,6053708,00.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Mr van Bruggen said the crocodile knew exactly what it was doing, dragging the shark on to unfamiliar dry land before finishing off its prey. "How smart is the crocodile? It if was you or me it would be dragging you in to drown you, but it takes the shark up on dry land,'' he said. The fisherman, who was on the <a href="http://en.travelnt.com/explore/katherine/daly-river.aspx" target="blank">Daly River</a> last Friday for the <a href="http://www.darwingamefishingclub.com.au/classic/index.shtml" target="blank">Barra Classic</a>, said the crocodile definitely wanted shark for dinner. "We were about 15 metres away and it didn't bat an eyelid,'' he said."</div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-36597950852934749672008-05-21T02:50:00.000-05:002008-05-21T02:51:09.841-05:00<div id='vu_ytplayer_vjVQa1PpcFNzwUzJUv1Z03Nl5W7Kp76GrtZEuy1wf5o='><a href='http://www.youtube.com/browse'>Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com</a></div><script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.youtube.com/cp/vjVQa1PpcFNzwUzJUv1Z03Nl5W7Kp76GrtZEuy1wf5o='></script>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-18322353566710562642008-05-21T02:42:00.004-05:002008-05-21T02:48:48.642-05:00TV MeltdownABC's <a href="http://abc.go.com/latenight/jimmykimmel/index" target="blank">Jimmy Kimmel</a> shows a clip of a local weatherman who has a meltdown on tv. According to Kimmel, "this forecast calls for a 100% chance of anger!"<br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4892268" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202734273924547890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrStU4WqK7kwKXvXWf4SF17aNopvarxAPANkICrE2wrqErcZtY-snaYRSWuqcAV6WsqIG0mVJUMCFfQ-lepCJrLKCPzBnTP1-v_ejAxE-5iWDHBur55wWEpQ7tUQaK_6FZY8LK_Wl1A/s320/abc.JPG" border="0" /></a>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-44777207316691500172008-05-21T02:06:00.003-05:002008-05-21T02:20:09.894-05:00What's In Your Backyard?...<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356606,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202725387637212450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpyLE6hcBCE4ONraD79hjLkjwnDDf7oDSP7QZ8Wqfr-I61MR1WmXaeVRoJz7b8wP5HectvEfrhhd_SuUaPs_zQBeuiYkxh62lcU6qpLQkNKeUMCtSwG6eBVKwD-Iioeh2eDF5O_zm_w/s320/1_61_051908_oilwell_backyard1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356606,00.html" target="blank">Fox News reports</a> that "It's just a drop in the global oil bucket, but an eastern <a href="http://www.in.gov/visitindiana/" target="blank">Indiana</a> man is operating an oil well in his backyard in an effort to capitalize on soaring crude prices.<br />Greg Losh's rig produces three barrels of crude oil a day, though he told FOX News that he hasn't started selling it yet. For now, he and his partners are keeping it in storage containers.<br />He declined to say how much oil they've collected in the two weeks they've been pumping.<br />But as oil is going for about $127 a barrel on the international market, three daily would yield just under $400 a day for Losh on the global spot market — or 1/100,000 of the daily production increase the Saudis agreed to earlier this month.</div><div>Still, in spite of those returns and the $100,000 it costs to drill a well, it's worth it to Losh considering the current price of oil...</div><div>He expects to drill four more wells soon on his property in the town of <a href="http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/indiana/selma" target="blank">Selma</a> about 55 miles northeast of <a href="http://www.indy.org/" target="blank">Indianapolis</a>.</div><div>"It's a money maker. It is paying off," Losh told FOX.<br />The oil is stored in a tank and transported to <a href="http://www.ohio.gov/" target="blank">Ohio</a> for sale, he said. His oil well also produces natural gas to heat his home and several others."</div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825395134366341048.post-38139127392837861492008-05-19T01:28:00.003-05:002008-05-19T01:46:08.786-05:00It's Getting Rough In Mexico<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356532,00.html" target="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201972651668915474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBcR7iEG-2dl6o9ErUKVFwue7n9uvM2FAzgcHTxxuwPOaLPevA31FS_VrEwZ-cc7fLGO3EP5JSOW_pihsPIO8pEP0FdS6nNNJ-88gvCTIJSb20GSw45xWUH49YNcNlqQbTsOUmQKCYg/s320/0_63_051808_mexico3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356532,00.html" target="blank">Fox News reports</a> that "<a href="http://www.emergency.com/mexdrg97.htm" target="blank">Drug cartels</a> are sending a brutal message to police and soldiers in cities across <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html" target="blank">Mexico</a>: Join us or die.<br />The threat appears in recruiting banners hung across roadsides and in publicly posted death lists. Cops get warnings over their two-way radios. At least four high-ranking police officials were gunned down this month, including Mexico's acting federal police chief.<br /><a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html" target="blank">Mexico</a> has battled for years to clean up its security forces and win them the public's respect. But Mexicans generally assume police and even soldiers are corrupt until proven otherwise, and the honest ones lack resources, training and the assurance that their colleagues are watching their backs. Here, the taboo on cop-killing familiar to Americans seems hardly to apply.</div><div>Police who take on the cartels feel isolated and vulnerable when they become targets, as did 22 commanders in the border city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez" target="blank">Ciudad Juarez</a> when drug traffickers named them on a handwritten death list left at a monument to fallen police this year. It was addressed to "those who still don't believe" in the power of the cartels.</div><div>Of the 22, seven have been killed and three wounded in assassination attempts. Of the others, all but one have quit, and city officials said he didn't want to be interviewed.<br />"These are attacks directed at the top commanders of the city police, and it is not just happening in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez" target="blank">Ciudad Juarez</a>," Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said at the funeral of the latest victim, police director Juan Antonio Roman Garcia. "It is happening in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Laredo" target="blank">Nuevo Laredo</a>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana" target="blank">Tijuana</a>, in this entire region," he said. "They are attacking top commanders to destabilize the police force."<br />The killings are in response to a crackdown launched by <a href="http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/en/felipecalderon/" target="blank">President Felipe Calderon</a>, who has sent thousands of soldiers and federal police across the nation to confront the cartels. Drug lords have hit back by sending killers to attack police with hand grenades and assault rifles.<br />Police are increasingly giving up. Last week, U.S. officials revealed that three Mexican police commanders have crossed into the United States to request asylum, saying they are unprotected and fear for their lives.<br />"It's almost like a military fight," said Jayson Ahern, the deputy commissioner of <a href="http://www.cbp.gov/" target="blank">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</a>. "I don't think that generally the American public has any sense of the level of violence that occurs on the border."<br />On May 8, Edgar Millan Gomez, who had taken over as acting federal police chief, just 10 weeks previously, was shot by a lone gunman outside his Mexico City apartment. Police blamed the Sinaloa cartel and said a police officer was among the suspects arrested.<br />The U.S. Embassy in the capital flew its flag at half-staff. "Mexico has lost another hero," Ambassador Tony Garza said in a statement. "Mexico has lost too many heroes in the fight against criminals and drug cartels."<br />Mexican government institutions didn't lower their flags, but held elaborate funerals.<br />In Ciudad Juarez, police have been given assault rifles -- they used to just carry pistols -- but also are instructed not to patrol streets alone. More than 100 of the city's 1,700-member force have resigned or retired since January.<br />Soldiers are also in the cartels' sights. The Zetas, an infamous group of soldiers who became drug hit men, strung banners above highways with slogans such as "The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Zetas" target="blank">Zetas</a> want you -- we offer good salaries to soldiers," and taunts about low army pay.<br />The conflict has become a battle for loyalty on several levels.<br />"Juarez Needs You! Join up and become part of the city police," say enormous city billboards. The jobs offer salaries about three times higher than those offered by the foreign-owned "maquiladora" factories that are the city's biggest industrial employer.<br />But police and soldiers keep deserting to the cartels, giving traffickers inside knowledge about tactics and surveillance.<br />And because of their history of corruption and abuse, police and soldiers run into suspicion as they patrol the border slums where traffickers throw children's parties, hand out cell phones and employ taxi drivers and youths as lookouts..."</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356532,00.html" target="blank">Here is the entire story</a>.</div>The All Seeing Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884129881401276371noreply@blogger.com1