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By now most people have heard of the American Girl who saved a 16 year old british boys life, due to messages sent via Facebook.The young hero actually talked to her mother about what was going on and they called the White House and the British Embassy. If the reporting of plane crashes and earthquakes aren’t a good enough reason, this seals the fact that social media’s impact peoples lives greatly.

The British Have It Best

Brewers that “represent the best of British Beers,” have called for a National Beer Day. Over 200 MP’s have backed the campaigned labeled, “Save the great British Pub.”

Bob Russel called for a motion on the government to adopt a five point plan to save the British pub. He states that the traditional pubs are being outpriced by supermarkets, without the restrictions required by licensees of pubs.

Russel states that five pubs are day are closing down in the UK everyday. Beer sales are at their lowest level for nearly 40 years. He even said that the planned tax increases, “will place traditional public houses at even greater risk of closing down”.

Leaving On A Jet Plane

The Wisconsin state capital building in Madison was forced to evacuate as a precaution, due to a stolen plane flying through that section of the state.

Federal and Military officials said that the stolen plane was Cessna 172, was taken at the Thunder Bay Airport, Ontario. It was forced to land after being trailed by 2 fighter jets. The plane landed on a section of U.S. highway 60. The pilot fled on foot after landing the Cessna, but was taken into custody after a short time.

The pilot refused communication with authorities through the entire flight. The pilot was a student at the Confederated College Flight School at Thunder Bay International Airport. The plane was stolen around 2:30 p.m. from the school.

“We don’t know what the motive is. I wouldn’t want to speculate on that. We are treating this with the utmost seriousness,” said Mike Kucharek, spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado, while the flight was still under way.

The Curves of the World

Welcome to East High school located in Denver, Colorado. A geography class accidentally got a lesson in the geography of the human body.

A substitute teacher was looking to find a movie the class was supposed to be watching on Thursday, but found a pornographic film instead.

“A substitute teacher was having difficulty opening a computer presentation that was supposed to be shown to the class. While opening what was thought to be the correct file, a pornographic movie started to show on the screen of the computer. The movie was on the computer screen for just a few seconds,” Principal John Youngquist said in a letter sent to all parents.

The advanced placement class had a total of 23 students and a mix of freshmen and sophomores. Luckily, only 6 students saw the film, because the teacher had yet to turn on the overhead projector.

The Denver Public School District is investigating the incident. They are not sure what action will be taken after the review and wasn’t sure if the regular teacher was back to work on Friday.

Teens Unleashing the Phoenix from Axe Body Sprays

Staying in the great state of Colorado, we turn to Lakewood. Apparently, firefighters are disturbed by a rising trend of homemade flamethrowers.

“We’ve had a dozen young people charged with various arson crimes in the last month and all involved Axe Body Spray,” said Cindy Matthews of West Metro Fire.

The fire department has started asking parents and teachers to caution youngsters and ignore the 200+ videos on Youtube, showing the mini-flamethrowers being ignited.

“Nearly a dozen young people are facing a range of charges after using the popular teenage cologne to set things on fire, including themselves,” stated a news release from the fire department.

Axe has put out a video warning users to “use Axe responsibly.” They are hoping their video can detour kids from causing another incident like back in 2007. Two kids were playing with the body spray flamethrower, and one suffered 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns on his body and face.

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On April 6th of this year, new regulations will go into effect that will allow women, who undergo the In vitro fertilization (IVF) to “nominate” anyone to be their baby’s father on the birth certificate.  Now this new regulation means that the mother could name another woman to be listed on the birth certificate.

The new regulation will also mean that the “father” doesn’t have to have any type of relation with the mother. Critics of the regulation think that women may name their best friends or the name of father could be named “second parent.” They say that the ‘father’ that is listed on the birth certificate would have to consent to being placed on the document.

This new regulation was part of the Embryology Bill passed by the British Parliament last year and will effect roughly the 2,000 women who use IVF yearly. The new rules state: ‘The women receiving treatment with donor sperm (or embryos created with donor sperm) can consent to any man or woman being the father or second parent. The only exemption is close blood relatives.

Baroness Deech, a former chairman of the HFEA, said the practice would lead to the ‘ falsification of the birth certificate’. She said: “This is putting the rights of the parents’ way above those of the child. It is absurd that anyone can be named as the father or the second parent.”

Only time will tell how many children that will have Barrack Obama, Brad Pitt, and George Clooney listed as the father, since its starting in the United Kingdom, maybe there will be a few with John Cleese & David Beckham.

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Name Your Dad

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Since its the weekend and so much is going on with conventions and shows in downtown Phoenix, I thought I’d share some stories that might make you stray from stupidity. If not, please do it responsibly and make sure I get to hear about it. Since its Arizona and we have a superbly strict D.U.I. Policies. I thought I’d share some wonderful stories from around the web. As always, the links are ath the bottom of the post.

I Walked a straight line I swear!!

Greenville Middle Academy in Greenville, South Carolina had to call the police about a minor car accident that happened in a pickup line in their “pick up” line. Police arrested Marcia Peyrouse Gaines, 49, when they asked for her license and registration, she fumbled around and seemed unsteady on her feet.

Greenville Police Cpl. Jason Rampey said, “In this case, when she went to present her identification — her driver’s license — to the officer, she presented a credit card. That is one observation he made which led him to believe that something is not right here and he looked into the matter further.”

After the police man detected a scent of alcohol they conducted a field sobriety test, which of course Marcia failed. Her results from a blood-alcohol test was nearly 3 times the legal limit.

Rampey said, “I think one of the things that is so egregious about this is that there were kids present and so many other people present in this line.”

He said that the lesson is a simple one: “People use common sense. If you’re going to drink, don’t drive.”

OMG Run… It’s a Tank!!!

The town of Bergen got a little scare this Friday morning, when a British soldier decided to steal 2 small tanks from his northern German base.

“He had a blood alcohol content of 1 promille – past the legal driving limit in Germany – and decided he’d like to take one of the vehicles out of camp,” British Army spokesperson Helga Heine said. “At some point he wrecked the tank, got out, went back and got another one and drove it in the same direction, hitting a tree before he was stopped.”

The young soldier of 18 years old, stole 2 light tanks. Luckily before he reached the town of Bergen, British MP’s were able to stop him, as he almost rammed an oncoming car and running a patrol car off the road. He lost control of the tank and slammed into a 75 centimetre thick tree.

“We all got the giggles when we read this,” Heine told The Local. “But stealing a vehicle is a serious offense it will be dealt with accordingly.”

Speeding, that was the wind…I must go to a meeting now.

2nd Grade teacher Emilee Crow found herself sitting in handcuffs becuase she took it too far after being stopped in a Watauga School zone. She has since been placed on administrative leave due to this incident.

Police said Crow threw a temper tantrum during the ten-minute stop, which was recorded by police. She was caught speeding in a school zone, and decided to say:

“I’m a freaking teacher, and usually, usually you guys have some idea about that,” within minutes, the officer said Crow became more belligerent by throwing her driver’s license and insurance card onto the street. She decided then that it was time for her to leave.

“You’re setting a wonderful example right here in a school zone being a teacher cussing at me and yelling and screaming at me,” said the police officer (heard from his video footage). Crow fishtailed her car and almost hit the officer, which is when he decided to make the arrest. “You’re not going to make an example out of me in front of every [expletive] parent in school,” she said back to the officer.

My thought on this…is no need to make an example out of you…You’ve done a great job making yourself look like an ass.

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When I move I puke
This is How I Roll
Its all about the kids

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