A new use for the microwave
reuters.co.uk wrote:
A team of engineering researchers at the University of Florida found that two minutes of microwaving on full power killed or inactivated more than 99 percent of bacteria, viruses or parasites, as well as spores, on a kitchen sponge.
The story is here
Wooo - scary stuff [but it might be useful :groucho:]
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DOubt all the facts at the end are true....and appologies if this has been posted b4 but......found it VERY funny just now when i was clearing out my emails inbox....
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Proud to be British ??
One of the British national daily newspapers is asking readers "what it
means to be British?" Some of the emails are hilarious but this is one
from
a chap in Switzerland...
Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a
Belgian
beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab
on
the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American TV shows on a
Japanese TV.
And the most British thing of all?
Suspicion of anything foreign.
Oh and!!!!!
Only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than an
ambulance.
Only in Britain... do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to
the
back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can
buy
cigarettes at the front.
Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries,
and a
DIET coke.
Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to
the
counters.
Only in Britain... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the
drive
and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
Only in Britain... do we use answering machines to screen calls and
then
have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want
to
talk to in the first place.
Only in Britain... are there disabled parking places in front of a
skating
rink.
NOT TO MENTION...
3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new
shirts.
58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
screwdrivers.
31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while
the
fairy lights were plugged in.
19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas
decorations
were chocolate.
British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker
pulling
accidents.
101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out
of
the soles of their feet.
18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
cigarette in their mouth.
A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
opening
bottles of beer with their teeth.
5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of Control
Scalextric cars.
and finally.........
In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the
toilet.
Proud to be British???
BBC in talks on Google link-up
Quote:
Monday January 22, 2007
The BBC is in advanced negotiations with Google to make programming available via a branded channel on the search giant's video-sharing site, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal.
It is understood that BBC executives are keen that the deal, which involves BBC Worldwide and the BBC, is eventually expanded to include putting content on Google-owned YouTube.
BBC Worldwide is understood to be looking at commercial options for the agreement, such as a share on contextual advertising that will run alongside BBC content.
Article continues
This would mirror the type of deal that YouTube has in place with US sports organisation NHL.
The BBC will use Google Video as a vehicle to raise the profile of its content by posting clips of popular programming.
The two companies are expected to announce the agreement to coincide with a trip by the Google chief executive, Eric Schmidt, to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.
Last July, Google rolled out eight country-specific versions of Google Video in Europe and signed up content partners including ITN, IMG Media (the sports company that handles events such as Wimbledon), A&E (which owns the History Channel) and Buena Visa International Europe.
Under the original deals the partners have used the platform for promotional purposes.
Channel 4, for example, has a branded promotional channel plugging Ugly Betty.
However, if BBC Worldwide's deal included access to the US version of Google Video, which has pay-per-view and pay-per-download options, a wider range of commercial options could be considered.
Several large broadcasters in the US have similar arrangements with Google-owned YouTube including CBS, which claimed 200,000 extra viewers for The Late Show with David Letterman after clips from the show were posted on the video-sharing website.
The differentiation of deals between Google Video and YouTube is set to become a moot point. According to sources, the issue of running two brands and operations in the video-sharing sector is close to being "resolved" by Google chiefs.
A spokesman for Google said that the company never comments on market speculation.
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1995910,00.html
Anyone going to RODNEY P + DJ SKITZ @ uRBn down South 2nd Feb? – Need a lift! Ez peeps,
Rodney P + DJ Skitz are playing from 1XTRA on the 2nd of February in Gosport at the Sidewalk Club (po121DU for location) I live in Bournemouth but have no transport!! Is there anyone else going to this?
It will be wicked!! I cant miss it!
PLEASE HELP ME GET THERE!!!! ;)
Afghan poppies Sounds like a good idea to me..What do you think ??
bbc.co.uk wrote:
Doctors want Afghan poppy fields to be used for the NHS
Leading doctors say Afghanistan's opium-poppy harvest should be used to tackle an NHS shortage of diamorphine.
The British Medical Association says using the poppy fields in this way, rather than destroying them, would help Afghans and NHS patients.
The rest of the story here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6287975.stm
Happy Birthday NuamiTu18! happy birthday mate - hope you're enjoying it whatever part of the world you are in at the moment and that you eventually get to see this message...
your last year of being a teenager too....
Hoodie Ban This is just crazy!
:you_crazy:you_crazy
I know we have hoodie ban in Denmark too,and I have more that one myself. But I have never been asked to leave a shop because of it...
Are things really so bad in the UK that a shop owner do that?
:you_crazy
Quote:
Jay was wrapped up against the cold for the shopping trip
A toddler has been banned from a North Yorkshire shop for wearing a hoodie.
Two-year-old Jay Cowper was wrapped up against the cold in a brown jacket with a furry hood when he went shopping with his grandfather in York.
Jay was asked to remove his hood by staff at Monkton Road Stores because of a "no hoodie" policy designed to tackle problems with troublemakers.
His grandfather refused out of principle and the pair were forced to leave the store.
'Will not rob'
Jay's grandmother Brenda Cowper branded the decision "ridiculous".
She said: "As soon as he walked in he (the owner) said 'do you mind asking the little boy to take his hood down'.
"My husband looked at him and said 'he is only two-and-a-half, he is not going to rob you'."
"The shop owner said 'well, it's my policy that nobody comes in and gets served with a hood up'.
"So my husband said he would go somewhere else and with that he just walked out."
The owner of Monkton Road Stores said his shop had been a constant target of crime and he could not afford to make any exceptions.
Ring thief :) Stupid idiot
:laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:
Quote:
X-ray showing ring in stomach
Thief's Wedding Bowels
A groom has paid a heavy price for trying to get the perfect ring for his bride to be.
Simon Hopper has been jailed for 12 weeks after admitting stealing a £1750 symbol of love by swallowing it.
While viewing a selection of rings at a jewellers in Dorchester he waited until the owner's back was turned then gulped down the ring - price tag and all.
Jeweller Fred Burgess asked Hopper where the ring was.
"He told me he'd given it back to me and I knew he hadn't so I called the police," Mr Burgess said.
Officers arrived in a couple of minutes and searched Hopper but could find no trace of the platinum ring.
Then when one of the officers ran a metal detector over his stomach the alarm sounded.
They took him to hospital where an x-ray revealed an object in his stomach that looked suspiciously like the ring in question.
Hopper claimed it must have been a canned drink ring-pull that he had mistakenly swallowed earlier.
Police decided to hold Hopper in a cell until nature took its course.
Mr Burgess told Sky News : "He managed to hold on for four days but then the inevitable happened and I got the ring back.
"It's had several good cleans. I'm not sure I'll be revealing it's background to the future buyer."
Adding a myspace ID? Where do you find it? I cant see my id? just my username :yawn:
Enter your myspace account number (To find it, login in to myspace and put your cursor over the word profile).
parties up north! evenin, hope you all had good weekends! raaa
i'm 16 and lookin for the atmosphere and vibe of a party, one without twats lookin for violence and that, just with people who love havin a good time an dancin.
i live up near york, but can get to manchester, lincolnshire, and all yorkshire. but i dont know of any parties. i aint askin for party-lines or owt cos i know that the authorities are keepin us on lockdown (bastards!)
just someone reassure me there are parties up ere, and that there will be loads this summer!
cheers,
boothy :bounce_fl
pills in york anyone know anythin bout the kinda pills circulatin up in the york area? i can get some piece o piss, love hearts or red ferraris mainly about, just wantin to know if anyone experienced with this area, and the chances of them being cut to shit.
cheers,
boothy
Nightlife targeted in crime crackdown The report is here
bbc.co.uk wrote:
A total of 57 officers were on duty in Ashford town centre and the surrounding areas on Friday night.
The operation focused on the domestic railway station, public houses, wine bars and nightclubs
loads of tunes for sale tekno/trance/oldskool loads of techno/trance/hardhouse/nrg and a bit of oldskool including
stay up forever
smitten
hazchem
yolk
tinrib
boscaland
noom
raw
tracid traxx
protekult
tec
maximum minimum
chocis chewns
powertools
hydraulix
alien tracks
tidy tracks
the list goes on.........................over 300 tracks
click on the link for my listings http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?seller=back292
hope u find somment ya like
nice 1
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