Jack Russell terrier glues jaws together after feasting on morning mail

Dogs are usually keen to get their teeth into some tasty treats. But it was a very different story for this Jack Russell who managed to glue his mouth shut after chewing on an envelope. Toby ripped open the mail when it arrived on the doormat one morning. And when owner Gill Bird returned to her home, she was stunned to find the dog was unable to open his mouth. After she realised she wouldn't be able to prise it open herself, she drove to Alver Vets in Stubbington,England where he was sedated so the vet could clear the paper and open his mouth.

Gill, 41, from Megson Drive in Lee-on-the-Solent, said: 'Toby likes to attack the post. 'When we hear the letter box go we have to run and get to the post before he does. I came home with some fish and chips for lunch. I went to give him a chip and wondered why he wouldn't take it. He was drooling. I thought it was strange. All this paper was mashed around his teeth. It was absolutely stuck to it. I tried to stick my finger in his mouth but he couldn't open it.

'He had bubbles and saliva coming out of his mouth and he had a strange look on his face. It's just really bizarre. I can't help but laugh. He is the most fantastic dog. He's very lively. He's loved by everyone, he's so much fun.' Ian Wooding, a veterinary surgeon at Alver Vets, described it as a 'very unusual case'. 'I couldn't believe it until I saw it,' he said. 'His mouth was stuck together.

'He had chewed on an envelope and he chewed it up to the point where the paper and the glue had gone all sticky. We tried to scrape some of it out when he was conscious but he was quite worked up so we ended up sedating him. We had to pick away at it and get rid of all the paper so we could prise his jaw open again.' Toby, who turns six next week, is now well and is back at home.

Saudi clerics advocate adult breast-feeding

Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said. They are at odds, however, over precisely how the milk should be conveyed. A fatwa issued recently about adult breast-feeding to establish "maternal relations" and preclude the possibility of sexual contact has resulted in a week's worth of newspaper headlines in Saudi Arabia. Some have found the debate so bizarre that they're calling for stricter regulations about how and when fatwas should be issued.

Sheikh Al Obeikan, an adviser to the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of Justice, set off a firestorm of controversy recently when he said on TV that women who come into regular contact with men who aren't related to them ought to give them their breast milk so they will be considered relatives. "The man should take the milk, but not directly from the breast of the woman," Al Obeikan said. "He should drink it and then becomes a relative of the family, a fact that allows him to come in contact with the women without breaking Islam's rules about mixing."

Obeikan said the fatwa applied to men who live in the same house or come into contact with women on a regular basis, except for drivers. Al Obeikan, who made the statement after being asked on TV about a 2007 fatwa issued by an Egyptian scholar about adult breast-feeding, said that the breast milk ought to be pumped out and given to men in a glass.

But his remarks were followed by an announcement by another high-profile sheik, Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini, who said that men should suckle the breast milk directly from a woman's breast. Shortly after the two sheiks weighed in on the matter, a bus driver in the country's Eastern Region reportedly told one of the female teachers whom he drives regularly that he wanted to suckle milk from her breast. The teacher has threatened to file a lawsuit against him.

Russian man becomes a father at the age of 89

Dribbling, burping and nodding off in the middle of the day - and that's just the father. Aramais Nazarov, a decorated Second World War veteran, has become a dad for the fourth time aged 89.

He took his newborn son Artem - weighing in at 8lb 2oz - home from hospital yesterday. The former soldier, who served in Stalin's Red Army, brought a bouquet of pink roses to congratulate his wife Yevgeniya, who is 54 years his junior.

Mr Nazarov, whose eldest child is a 61-year-old pensioner, said: "What is the secret of my strength? When you've got a wife that much younger you just have to meet her demands - and so I do. All things being well, we will have a daughter to make the family complete."

His wife, 35, said: "I don't feel the age gap. We live like a normal man and wife. He is very strong." Her mother Lidia Alexeevna, who is herself two decades younger than her son-in-law, admitted that she tried to persuade her daughter against the match. "Of course I tried to talk her out of it," she said. "But she insisted. He's a faithful and loving husband to her."

American Defense Tool: Global Hawk UAV

Global Hawk UAV that returned from the war zone recently under its own power.
(Iraq to Edwards AFB in CA) - Not transported via
C5 or C17.....

Notice the mission paintings on the fuselage..

It's actually over 250 missions....
(And I would suppose 25 air medals).

That's a long way for a remotely-piloted aircraft.

Think of the technology (and the required quality of the data link to fly it remotely).

Not only that but the pilot controlled it from a nice
warm control panel at Edwards AFB.

Really long legs -- can stay up for almost 2 days at altitudes above 60k. The Global Hawk was
controlled via satellite; it flew missions during
OT&E that went from Edwards AFB to upper Alaska and back non-stop.

Basically, they come into the fight at a high mach
in mil thrust, fire their AMRAAMS, and no one ever
sees them or paints with radar. There is practically
no radio chatter because all the guys in the flight
are tied together electronically, and can see who is targeting who, and they have AWACS direct input and 360 situational awareness from that and other sensors..

The aggressors had a morale problem before it was all over.. It is to air superiority what the jet engine was to aviation.

It can taxi, take off, fly a mission, return, land and
taxi on its own. No blackouts, no fatigue, no relief
tubes, no ejection seats, and best of all, no dead
pilots and no POWs.

10Q JJ

JOKE: Amy, a blonde city girl, marries a Colorado rancher.

Amy, a blonde city girl, marries a Colorado rancher.

One morning, on his way out to check on the cows, the rancher says to Amy, "The insemination man is coming over to impregnate one of our cows today. I drove a nail into the 2 by 4 just above the cow's stall in the barn. You show him where the cow is when he gets here, OK?" and then the rancher leaves for the fields.

After a while, the artificial insemination man arrives
and knocks on the front door. Amy takes him down to the barn. They walk along the row of cows and when she sees the nail, she tells him, "This is the one, right here."

Terribly impressed by what he seemed to think just might be another ditzy blonde, the man asks, "Tell me lady, how did you know this is the cow to be bred?"

"That's simple. By the nail over its stall." Amy
explains very confidently.

Then the man asks, "What's the nail for?"

She turns and walks away, and with complete confidence, says, "I guess it's to hang your pants on."

Captioned....

IT'S BEEN PANDAMONIUM AROUND HERE!

PHOTOSHOP OR NOT?

GOT CAPTION?