By Maria Fletcher | One of the world’s most deadly ants, Myrmecia pilosula — better known as the Jack Jumper, is native to Tasmania. The Jack Jumper (also called the Hopper) ant exists only in Australia and a close encounter can prove deadly to the more than 60,000 people who are allergic to its sting.
It is estimated that around 10 per cent of the Tasmanian population may be allergic to the Jack Jumper, with around 3 per cent suffering life threatening anaphylaxsis if attacked by the ant.
Anaphylaxis to the Jack Jumper is not rare. Jack Jumper ants cause more deaths in Tasmania than spiders, snakes, wasps, and sharks combined. This allergic reaction to this ant does not disappear quickly. Studies have shown that 70% of people with the allergy will have another allergic reaction if re-stung. This sensitivity to repeat stings seem to go on for many years.
Revellers blew it when police who turned up at their rowdy party after complaints about the noise were mistaken for strippers.
The officers were mobbed when they walked into the bash in Simmern, western Germany, as drunken party-goers urged them to rip their clothes off.
“A young woman was giving a party and there seems to have been some confusion because the guests thought the two officers were a strip act,” said a police spokesman.
“The misunderstanding was swiftly resolved and calm was restored,” added the spokesman. “And they got out with their uniforms intact.”
This beast is called an Aeros Craft… It’s not a blimp… It’s not a zeppelin… It’s more like a cruise ship that flies.
At about 600 feet long… This aircraft will offer enough room for hundreds of passengers to be totally pampered for an 18 hour coast to coast flight at around 8000 feet… The views will be breathtaking!
Even though it does use helium(a lot!)… It only gets about 2/3 of its lift from the gas. But it’ll have a payload of about 400 tons.
That means that the cargo version could carry a whole Wal-Mart’s worth of goods and land anywhere there’s enough flat space.
Relatively quiet… stable, and with no need to be pressurized … This aircraft is scheduled to be in the air by 2010.
It’s 4am and I’m actually sleeping … that’s big for me. Anyway, two nights ago I’m kind of in a light sleep and then I hear pounding! I’m startled and bolt up and outta bed faster than I thought I could move!
As I reach the livingroom (it’s actually a very short hallway) I realize that the pounding is … COMING FROM INSIDE THE APARTMENT! Anyone remember that movie When a Stranger Calls?
The Bush administration’s crackdown on the public’s right to know continues: Officials at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) havequietly closed down the only federal program that tracks the types and quantities of chemical pesticides and fertilizers being used by America’s farmers.
Since 1990, the USDA’s statistical wing has published annual surveys detailing the chemicals that farmers spray on our food. The reports are a vital source of information for government regulators, environmental activists and industry analysts – but in recent years, agency chiefs have begun to dismantle the program. Last year, officials ordered staff to gather chemical-usage data only for cotton and apple crops; this year, they’ve gone further still, saying they can no longer afford the program’s $8 million price-tag and won’t be collecting any data whatsoever for the 2008 growing season.
Read How This Is Causing Panic In A Lot Of Circles… HERE
I’ve tried this new search engine …Cuil for 2 days and it claims to be better than Google.
Well… I beg to differ. Their first mortal sin is that they can’t locate LCO… They can find it through all the blog listers and rankers…. But… They can’t find LosCuatroOjos.com itself… Nowhere!… Not even when the url is entered directly.
I’m not saying that LCO is the most important site on the web (well…it is to me!)..But all…and I mean all of the other search engines can find us.
We’ll give ‘em a few weeks to get their crawlers out.
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