Friday, October 7, 2011

VIDEO: Cat On a Trampoline..Beautiful, Cool Cat

VIDEO: Strange Fish

Joke: The Doctor Went Hunting

A Doctor in Minnesota wanted to get off work and go hunting, so he approached his assistant "Ole, I am going hunting tomorrow and we don't want to close the clinic. I want you to take care of the clinic
and take care of our patients".

"Yes, sir!!!" answers Ole.

The doctor goes hunting and returns the following day and asks: "So,Ole, how was your day?"

Ole told him that he took care of three patients. "The first one had a headache so I gave him TYLENOL."

"Bravo ya Ole, and the second one?" asks the doctor.

"The second one had stomach burning and I gave him MAALOX, sir" says Ole.

"Bravo, bravo Ole! You're good at this and what about the third one?" asks the doctor.

"Sir, I was sitting here and suddenly the door opens and a woman enters like she's on fire, she undresses herself, taking off everything, and shouts: " HELP ME! For 5 years I have not seen any man!!!!!"

And what did you do Ole?" asks the doctor.

"I put drops in her eyes."
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GOT CAPTION? 10/08

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GOT CAPTION? 10/08 v.2.0

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VIDEO: Electric Plane..Team Pipistrel USA's Taurus G4


Cars and other land-bound vehicles aren't the only ones going electric. EV helicopters might not be ready for hours of flight, but electric airplanes sure are. During the recently concluded NASA Green Aviation Prize, electric airplanes proved that they can effectively and efficiently soar the skies for hours at a time. Team Pipistrel USA's electric aircraft, the Taurus G4, won the $1.35 million prize — the largest yet in aviation history."Two years ago the thought of flying 200 miles at 100 mph in an electric aircraft was pure science fiction," says team leader, Jack W. Langelaan.

A total of 14 teams registered for the Google-sponsored contest, but only three met requirements and competed for the prize. The three aircraft flew the skies of Santa Rosa, California in a competition that challenged them to travel 200 miles in less than 2 hours. Two of the competitors succeeded, but Taurus G4 excelled due to that fact that it carried not only two pilots but also two sacks of concrete to represent additional passengers. The aircraft that got second place, on the other hand, only carried its two pilots.

The competitors used geothermal-generated electricity to charge their airplanes' batteries. It took Pipistrel only $7 worth of charge to fly the Taurus G4 for over two hours thanks to the aircraft's efficiency. Maybe in time electric and solar-powered airplanes can provide us with cheaper air travel. Team Pipistrel will not keep all of $1.35 million, though. Instead, part of it will be donated to the next NASA challenge for supersonic electric aircraft. 

VIDEO: Hamster vacuums up rice

VIDEO: Mr Bean..Hair Stylist

Mr Bean goes to the barber for a haircut. When he is mistaken for a hairdresser he has fun styling a boy's hair.


VIDEO: $300M Spent On Navy Ships Never Finished Or Used

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The government is saying goodbye to two large oil tankers that it ordered during the Reagan administration, spent more than $300 million to build, and never finished or put in service.

The ships, the Benjamin Isherwood and the Henry Eckford, are being destroyed this month after having spent the last several years as part of the so-called ghost fleet of rotting and antiquated naval and merchant ships moored in the James River in Newport News, Virginia.

"Well, now we know why they're called ghost fleets. They haunt taxpayers with costs for decades and, once we see the cost for getting rid of them, we all want to drop dead," said Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union.

The ships were to have been built by a shipyard in Pennsylvania but it went out of business before they were completed.

Another shipyard gave it a shot but reportedly didn't meet Navy specifications.

As the long journey to completion was underway, the Exxon Valdez oil spill soured the government on single-hulled tankers. The Isherwood and the Eckford are both single-hulled tankers.

"Clearly, the US government and the Defense Department, in particular, has to practice better management of its properties, its supplies, its spare parts, everything. Otherwise, we're going to keep hearing examples like the Isherwood and the Eckford coming up time and again," Sepp said.

"$300 million is a lot of money, even with a government that is trillions of dollars in debt. That could buy a lot of body armor, a lot of baby formula. It could even pay down some of the borrowing we've been engaging in.

"Members of Congress have to look at not only the money that is about to be spent on programs in the future, but on everything that's been wasted so far. There are a lot of clues about managing the assets we have way better, spending a lot less money on them, and, most importantly, not spending the money in the first place where it isn't warranted," Sepp said.

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